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quitealotofsodapop · 2 months

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The crew listens to Epic: the Musical.

MK's favorite song is Legendary.

Wukong identifies with Just a Man (not that he'll admit it).

Macaque likes Ruthlessness because he's an emo little stinker.

Sandy likes Open Arms (of course).

Tang and Red Son like Warrior of the Mind.

Pigsy really thinks the monkeys should take Luck Runs Out to heart.

Mei likes Keep Your friends close (a fun bop that belies danger underneath, just like her).

I have to be careful binging a new muscial (or in this case Saga) cus I end up playing each song on loop for hours. Opinions might change once the full and finished versions of later sagas are released.

I love all these hcs <3

Im imagining the gang likely sees/listens to Epic on the reccomendation of MK (who's currently on a Greek Mythology hyperfixation), and he gets them all to watch the full play - maybe in the future as a irl performance or film.

"Legendary" is SUCH an MK song. Both him and Telemachus growing up with the stories of someone dear to them and wanting to replicate their success. I could also see him really liking "Warrior of the Mind" with the theme of "some nobody" gaining the favor of a god (reminds you of anyone?) + SWK is infamously the personification of The Mind in Jttw so its a bonus. MK is smiling evily whenever a harsh plot twist occurs and his fam are shocked silent. >:3

Sun Wukong feels targeted personally with how many of the Epic songs remind him of his past. Ofc he starts crying halfway through "Horse and the Infant", and is inconsolable during "Just A Man" - verbally yelling "NO!" at the end. And like Nezha and Sandy is *silent* during Posideon's songs. Is super jazzed during the triumphant Ithaca Saga though! And feels mega catharic during "King" when Odysseus proves that he still rules to the suitors! He tries his best to hide how much the muscial is affecting him.

Macaque is a canon theatre Nerd - so he's already listened to the musical multiple times, but he's uber excited to see the live performance (and secretly bond with his found fam). Is rocking out during "Ruthlessness" and "Done For" in particular, so much so that he's fidgeting and dancing within his seat. He also vibes with "No Longer You" as someone with powers of prophecy. Is really amazed how much Wukong gets into the musical, but in retrospect understands *why*. Him and Wukong accidentally share a glance during "Would You Fall In Love With Me Again" and it gets a little awkward afterwards.

Mei is similarly excited to see anything with her bestie, so she tried her best not hear/see any spoilers ("it's a centuries' old story Mei" "Ssssh!! Dont tell me!"). She was shooketh by how hard the muscial goes. "Keep Your Friends Close" is her fave based on beat alone. She gets delightedly scared and amazed by consistent horse imagery used with Posideon (shameless link to my fave Animatic of "Ruthlessness").

Tang loves himself some historical and mythological adaptations, and is estatic that MK has given him an excuse to go see one! He's not as familar with Hellenic mytholgy as he is with Hindu-Chinese, but he knows enough lore to make the pog-champ face at every foreshadowing/reference. "Warrior of the Mind" really gets to him as a song about valuing your smarts. He also feels really empathetic for Calypso.

Pigsy only went cus Tang begged him. He feels super lost by the deep Greek lore he's missing, but he can get Odysseus's whole thing with trying to get home - but he def identifies more with Eurylochus. "Luck Runs Out" proves this to him. Later on he feels that the second-in-command was justified in having the soldiers rebel against Odysseus after so many losses (who wouldn't after losing all their friends?). Audibly gasps at the end of "Just A Man" - cus who would just do that!? Is a little freaked out by Circe turning the Athenian's into pigs - Eurylochus is depicted as partly-transformed, played by a pig-demon actor who was in super convincing human makeup in the previous sagas. He also gets protective feelings by-proxy seeing Telemachus's situation since the prince reminds him of MK. Is surprised by how much he likes the musical!

Sandy feels betrayed. This isn't like Disney Hercules at all! He does really enjoy Polites message in "Open Arms" and the later moments when the hopeful soldier's outlook is proven correct. He's a little overwhelmed at points though - he get eerily quiet during Posideon's scenes. He sobs joyfully when Odysseus finally makes it home and reunites with his family! :')

Because of this really good animatic/almost child-like depiction of Aelous by gigi; I can def see "Keep Your Friends Close" being Nezha's fave. It reminds Nezha of when he was far more carefree + has a solid lesson on about trust/"forbidden fruit". He also enjoys the more march-like tune of "Survive". He does however, freeze when he listens to Posideon's songs "Ruthlessness" and "Get in the Water" - he has been on the bad end of a sea god before and is quietly shtting himself for Odysseus.

Red Son goes in feeling like he could have stayed at home listening to the musical on his phone while working on a car instead. He is however blown away by the heavy themes and performances, especially "Warrior of the Mind" and Telemachus's situation - a prince forced to grow up fatherless and protecting his mother from suitors due to his dad pissing off a higher power? Hello?? Accidentally shrieks "YES!!!" when Athena becomes Telemachus's mentor/friend after "Little Wolf".

Princess Iron Fan I could see loving any song including Penelope (she empathizes with the Queen's situation hard), but unexpectedly enjoys "Keep Your Friends Close" - she's a fellow Wind Goddess at her core. It also reminds her of her not-so-little-anymore nephew.

DBK on the flip side loves the heavier songs like "Polyphemus" and "Ruthlessness". This man is a Posedion apologist. He does feels bad for Odysseus by the end though - man just wants to get back to his wife and kid dammit!

Bonus: The Spider Gang are watching the bootleg and Spider Queen agrees with Circe's whole girlboss attitude especially "Puppeteer". Scorpion Queen is Calypso in "Not Sorry For Loving You".

This got a little away from me - hope you enjoy!

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icanseethefuture333 · 3 months

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A energy reading on

Megan Thee Stallion

Megan's energy for 2024:

Megan's energy is going to be very sensual, feminine, and confident for 2024. There is a transformation in her spirit and we are going to witness her enter a new chapter in her life. A snake concept has been a big theme for her music lately and I see her really embodying the nature of a serpent. She is "shedding" an older version of herself that was in pain and dealt with a lot of suffering. I'm getting strongly There are people who want to keep her there in that place. "Dark night of the soul". I geniunely believe people are praying on her downfall. It's very disturbing there are energy vampires surrounding her and she should definitely make sure to protect her peace. Megan is going to be the center of attention for sure. People won't stop talking about her, good or bad. There is a lot of jealousy and envy pointed towards her as well. Men hate on her because they know could never be with a woman like her and women wish they could be her. Megan is going to rebel from what the traditional roles that women take place in the industry. I heard "Nobody is gonna pimp me out! I ain't scared of nothing." Megan is going to open doors for female rappers to speak up about the mistreatment they have faced in the industry. Allowing for people to do what has never been done before. People are already exposing celebrities like Nicki Minaj for example for her malicious behavior. What's standing out to me is the "Queen" and "Goddess" card. There are female spirits watching over her. I believe this could be her ancestral family watching over her and guiding her through this journey. I also believe this could be a goddess Megan worships perhaps or is taking inspiration from. We might see a music video with this concept in particular. Alchemist? I believe she is manifesting something or doing spellwork. Megan is knowledgeable about spirituality and the occult more than we even know. This is not to imply that this is her religion but I remember when Judi from Bad Girls Club would say "I got the voodoo for you bitch!". So I believe how that pertains to Megan is that she knows she is divinely protected and regardless what people do/say to her she knows her faith, spirit guides, and ancestors will protect her from harm.

What's going to happen in Megan's career:

Megan is going to be coming to terms with her past trauma and releasing any feelings of grief, shame, and misfortune. Megan could of had thoughts where she felt her loved ones passing was her fault and that she should have done more for them. I'm hearing like "No this wasn't your fault, you did your best". So perhaps she went to therapy, she consoled herself, or had a love one to be by her side during this trouble. Whatever the case may be, the conversations provided her with great clarity. I also believe she went through a period of isolation and reflection to think about what she should do next. (Channeled song: Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash) Megan could have contemplated if she should leave the entertainment industry entirely or continue to live her dreams. "Is this really worth my peace of mind?" I am hearing a older woman's voice and she is saying "Girrrl, I know I taught you to keep your head up and not let anyone take your place. If they keep picking on you, you have to be strong and fight back." I feel like this is the words her grandmother would tell her growing up. Her grandmother is persistent on her to keep fighting for her dreams and not to let anyone treat her like a punk. "Y'all better stop messing with my grandbaby". I believe Megan is having this mindset of "If you do good unto others, good things will happen to you". So she is focusing on loving herself and being helpful, kind towards other people. Maybe even helping musicians who are not as famous in the industry and giving them a platform. She is wishing to spread joy and her positive energy. This year Megan will be very abundant in her career and I can see a lot of her desires coming into fruition. There is many accomplishments she will be rewarded for and goals that would be achieved.

#megan thee stallion #celebrity readings #tarot #tarot readings #oracle cards

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the-90s-music-colosseum · 3 months

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The 90s Song Ever - Round 1, Side A2

Alrighty, folks. We've suffered through 32 horrible polls. Ready for 32 more?

Beetlebum vs Are You That Somebody Sway vs River Of Deceit Hunger Strike vs Who Will Save Your Soul Generator vs Bills, Bills, Bills Doo Wop (That Thing) vs Finally Tearin' Up My Heart vs Silence Kid Enter Sandman vs Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Boombastic vs I'll Be There For You Yakko's World vs To Be With You Cotton Eye Joe vs Amish Paradise Nuthin' But A "G" Thang vs Basket Case Dagger vs Seven Rebel Girl vs Groove is in the Heart Baby Got Back vs Hallelujah Only Happy When It Rains vs Say You'll Be There U Can't Touch This vs How Bizarre Nancy Boy vs Cornflake Girl Affirmation vs Don't Walk Away The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vs The Boy Is Mine Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Dop) vs Juicy Buddy Holly vs Closing Time Pony vs Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Pretend We're Dead vs All I Wanna Do Santeria vs Send Me On My Way Birdhouse In Your Soul vs That Don't Impress Me Much Vogue vs Brain Stew Kiss Me vs These Are Days MMMBop vs Black Genie In A Bottle vs Bullet With Butterfly Wings Tank! (Cowboy Bebop opening theme) vs Smells Like Nirvana Mind Playing Tricks On Me vs (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Friday I'm In Love vs Would?

This is the second part of a four-part Round 1; you can find all polls and results for the first part here. Feel free to send in unhinged propaganda, start pointless fights and debates, be insane in the tags. It's what we do around here.

Playlist with all the Side A1 and A2 songs! Join ColosseumCord - we talk about music and other stuff here :) Previous tournaments: #most attractive 90s musician, #90s album battle royale

Other music poll blogs: @the-80s-music-colosseum @the-70s-music-colosseum @60s-musician-tournament @80s-music-tourney @siblings-in-music-bracket @opera-music-tourney @70s-music-tourney @bestalbumsincethe80stournament

My main is @goodmotorfinger if anyone would like to witness me lose my mind over bands/cars/sci-fi on a regular basis!

#the 90s song ever #masterpost #90s music #round 1 #side a2 #tournament poll #tumblr tournament

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friekophnatur · 10 months

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ALBUM ANALYSIS

BILLY IDOL'S REBEL YELL, 1983

RATING: 4.5/5

SYNOPSIS: In this complex, sexual album, the listener goes through a journey of independence from a stifling,outdated lifestyle.

HISTORY/INFLUENCE: Released towards the end of 1983, Rebel Yell took the world by storm. Harboring a couple of Idol's essential listening tracks, it's obvious that this album would go on to be a double platinum record. It significantly skyrocketed Idol's fame, especially in the Americas, resonating with the avid sexual awakening going on during that time in contrast to the satanic panic of the early 80's as well. The record, of course, came with it's own buzz (as was the case with many alternative albums released during the early 80s), especially from those who felt targeted by the direct criticism of uptight, conservative American ideals.

MY FAVORITE THINGS:

the marrying of synth-pop and classic rock? genius.

my favorite tracks are Eyes Without A Face and Flesh for Fantasy

i love the message and the overall story/journey of the album

KEYWORDS: hypnotic, sexual, love, independence, queer-coded

PSA: this is MY interpretation of the album in its most general sense, however I believe that many of the themes can be applied to different storylines or concepts. Also, when I say "he" I am not referring to Idol, I am just talking about the narrator that I have envisioned- it makes it easier to form coherent sentences about the dynamics and themes in the album without getting overly wordy (I'm already wordy enough) and creating a sense of familiarity between writer and character because I think in certain ways he is projecting.

p.s you should listen to the album while reading to ensure understanding lol <3

SONG BY SONG:

track i: REBEL YELL 4.5/5

"SHE WANT MORE"

intense instrumental married with dancy, rhythmic melody

love song? nah more like fwb anthem

describes an unserious but intense connection that has a lot of emotion but no real commitment

the song is dramatic and bold, even hypnotic in a way

the queer undertones start early with "she came pumping on my floor", if you were to add a comma between came and pumping, the sentence would make more sense

overall starts the story with describing a taboo yet emotionally enduring relationship with a sex worker

track ii: DAYTIME DRAMA 4/5

"LOVE TO FILL A VOID/YOU'RE MY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE"

hypnotic synth

describes a relationship where one of them is taking advantage of the other in order to further themselves or make them more "controversial" but yet the other, while knowing, almost uses this fact as a libido boost

"beautiful star" feels like a slightly bitter, patronizing nickname which further illustrates the tension between the two characters in this story

he seems to be putting the person he's describing below him while expressing how desperately he wants them

serves the purpose of describing who he's in this relationship/situation with and how they make him feel rather than describing their dynamic (as seen in Rebel Yell)

track iii: EYES WITHOUT A FACE 5/5

"IT'S EASY TO DECIEVE/ITS EASY TO TEASE/BUT HARD TO GET RELEASE"

I would say its the most important song on the record story-wise

shows a moment of collapse or turning point

melancholic and hypnotic snyth

loosely based off of french horror novel from the 1960's, Les Yuex San Visage

the story is about a deranged facial surgeon who kills women to "fix" his daughter's facial mutations. He uses a mask to hide her face thus "les yeux sans visage" or "eyes without a face"

there is a direct contrast in the film and novel between the surgeon, his assistant, and Christiane. The surgeon and the assistant are depicted as having dark shadows around their eyes and with their cold, inhumane natures it's almost like they are faces without eyes; physically human but emotionless. While on the other hand, Christiane is the opposite, she is eyes without a face, barely human physically but emotional.

this theme of face without eyes vs. eyes without face is obviously prevalent in the story of this song as he goes on to relate it to his situation, further explaining how he is navigating giving everything he has to something cold and unforgiving

the bridge is like...bridge-ing

the melody goes from this synth foreground, to that of rock, mirroring the sound of Rebel Yell

the sound has a more casual feel than before

"when you hear the music, you make a dip/ into someone else's pocket, then make a slip/ steal a car and go to Las Vegas/ooh gigolo pool"

describes a journey the person he's been having this situationship with is going through... it seems less of a journey and more of a habit (shown in a later line)

more themes of using people for their money and status (Daytime Drama)

then more queer-coding with mentioning gigolos, specifies what type of sex worker this person is (another slight nod to Rebel Yell)

"hanging out by the state line/turning holy water into wine"

the person he's at a stand still with is at an in between in their life and is using anything they can to develop a feeling of normalcy

the stagnancy of hanging by a threshold and prolonging the act of crossing it by indulging in less productive tendencies (i.e. getting drunk and using influential people for money and status)

he calls this person out on being stuck in a specific pattern and wasting a life to indulge in sin (not the gay thing, the sex working and scandalizing thing), turning something that has all this vitality to it (water) into something that is less useful and in a desperate situation, harmful (wine)

"I'm on a bus, on a psychedelic trip"

perspective change to show the difference of their situations

he's in motion, he's going on this journey while the other person in this story is stuck in a toxic, stagnancy creating cycle

An allusion to Ken Kasey & the Merry Pranksters bus, 1960 so its still a little macabre and not very healthy

he is not in control of what he does or where he goes

checked out mentally

almost like he's moving through the motions of a journey instead of experiencing one and participating in it but he's moving. This movement allows him the clarity which comes in the last verse

"reading murder books, tryna stay hip"

allusion to Les Yeux San Visage

brings home the contrast of these two people's lives, he's being productive while the other isn't

"...and youre out there/so/say your prayers, say your prayers, say your prayers"

brings home the idea that he doesn't have the reigns at the moment but with the unbothered way he experiences these thoughts, it seems like he's letting things come to him and is at peace with that

at the third verse, he has officially gotten clarity and peace

he understands that the emotion/goodness he once saw in the other person are gone

understands that it was all a feeling with no tangibility (eyes vs. face, expression vs. action)

he ends up saying that expression without action/commitment is human waste or a waste of the human condition

track iv: BLUE HIGHWAY 4/5

"OH THE SUN'S FOR MILES, ON STOLEN GUITARS/OUT TO RIDE THE NIGHT"

ties in with the theme of travel in EWOAF

this song is about the narrator finally taking control of his life

yes, there's mention of substance abuse to ease the responsibility but the imagery is different, he is doing things rather than them happening to him (which is the major theme of this song/album)

he's not the victim of his life anymore

"walk with electro-glide, on the blue highway"

reference to the future/expansion

"wave hello to christ"

he is equal to god/ he's in control

blue highways are small, forgotten roads connecting rural America

symbol for taking the road less traveled by in taking responsibility for his own fate/life

"so, soul sister, get tough/ I hear you and I miss you"

directly speaking to EWOAF person (hearing them on the road behind him and telling them to find strength to keep going)

+"co-starring in the USA" feels like a reference to Daytime Drama

as the bridge starts there's a sound that mirrors a tape moving backward which introduces his hindsight from the bridge smoothly(this is just a small detail that I really liked)

"So glad that you're living now/ i'm glad that you're here/ i'm glad that you want to stay"

the music gets slower here to show sentiment/importance

bringing back the idea of living vs. wasting the human condition

at this point it makes me wonder if he's talking to himself but i'm not entirely sure

in the outro he celebrates love while being in control of his own life

this song is about someone who is ready to be the master of their own journey

track v: FLESH FOR FANTASY 5/5

"ENJOY THE CRIME/DO YOUR TIME"

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

sexy, hypnotic, all of it

funky bass line

so hot...like genuinely

makes sense because its about embracing sexuality and how erotic that experience can be

there's still an immense amount of intimacy and sentiment that only deepens as the song moves forward and he becomes even more aware of his partner

in verse two, he gets more insecure, this might be where his partner is having trouble but it isn't explicitly expressed

"are you someone else tonight?"

with the opening of the story being something as hyper sexual as Rebel Yell, it makes sense that he's feeling insecure about his partner's hesitancy

he's almost trying to convince his partner to give in to their urges

this person might be well experienced with sex but not intimacy which is what he's trying to sell here (all the questions/emotion)

going into the bridge the music gets more rock-centered (not without the most wonderful slap bass fill of all time) to show the intensity of the moment

the bridge goes on to poke fun at traditional house roles, saying that parental acceptance is outdated

at this point I'm wondering if these two are about to commit to each other and the narrator's partner is having trouble with the views of their family or of traditional society (more queer-coding)

then going into the chorus, he includes the subject "you cry", saying that as much as this person is overcome by inhibitions, their want for the other person will always win

into the outro, he ends the song with the same sentimental line "do you like good music? do you like to dance?"

the repetition of this could hint at him not knowing much about his partner other than their intimacy while describing a want for closeness that introduces a paradox within their dynamic; that even though they have history of sharing their darkest inner most wants and needs with each other, they dont know the most surface level things about one another

"enjoy the crime/ do your time/never been nothing before"

down plays their dynamic and his own emotions while projecting onto his partner

also just a beautiful metaphor

theres an interesting tonal change with this song coming in from Blue Highway

he seems to have gone from being the victim of his own life to being the aggressor

going from having too little and wanting more to too much and facing hesitancy

track vi: CATCH MY FALL 3.5/5

"IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU SO THINK FOR YOURSELF"

about how far he's come

+more queer-coding with "i've travelled and unwound my own truth"

he expresses how through life you're gonna have moments when you feel unsure and weak but the genuine people around you give you strength

there's solidarity in people going through difficult journeys together

reminds the listener to be careful about the people and things they let get close to them but to be open and lean on what feels right

even though there's a love story attached to this album i truly think it's about self-actualization and becoming independent which this song embodies

track vii: CRANK CALL 3/5

"THEY DIG THE DIRT THEY FEED ON/CRANK CALL"

about convincing a group of people to embrace their sexuality

anti government/establishment in the bridge

describing sexuality as a means to revolt against the man

more self actualization through sexuality

track viii: DO NOT STAND IN THE SHADOWS 3/5

"NOT GONNA STAND/IN THE DARK WITHOUT A LIGHT"

intense melody, hynotic

romanticizing teenage spirit

kinda billy joel adjacent

connecting to the story by showing resolve

about allowing yourself to live whatever life you please rather than living in the "shadow" of the nuclear american lifestyle

can be connected to queerness

track ix: DEAD NEXT DOOR 4/5

"DONT HEAR THAT KNOCKING/DONT EAT OUT OF THEIR HAND/DONT STUMBLE"

music goes back to synth-pop

slow tempo shows resolve of the story

a goodbye but also a final plea not to get stuck in cookie cutter lifestyles

advice from what he's learned

calling those stuck in the nuclear life style "ghosts"

the meaning is pretty straightforward

"you and me with the dead next door"

you've crossed over/ reached a level of consciousness that separates you from those stuck individuals

the fade out is also indicative of resolve

FINAL THOUGHTS:

this album is so significant, its wild!

i love the story so very much and the pacing feels natural which can be hard with an album

it is a collection ESSENTIAL

very good for people who feel lost in their life

#music #80s rock #80s synth #billy idol #alternative music #album analysis #album review #1980s

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the-darkness-does-not-bargain · 9 months

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for the fic writer ask 👀🥺 please may i have 3, 7, 14, 15, 17, 19, & 25. sorry there are so many but what can i say i love your writing 😌

🥰🥰🥰

3. Favorite fic I have written: It has to How to Stitch Holes in the Sky, that fic is my baby 👶

7. How many ideas for fics do I have right now? So many, dude, literally so many. Thinking about my Elden Ring au again, the sci-fi au, my quasi-Good Omens au, and my Skyrim au, just to name a few. Then I have a few season 3 fic ideas about the Holy War where I make gratuitous Evangelion references.

14. If I could see one of my fics adapted? That's a toughie. My heart says HtSHtS because with the right talent and budget it could be the best Dragon Age show/film we're likely to get, and I don’t say that as a boast 😬. But! Lazarus would be also be pretty cool because it would give the SCP universe representation outside of the wiki and the fan games.

15. How do I come up with titles for fics/chapters? As far as titling fics goes, I'm a predictable slut for using song titles, with rare exception. I will also jump at any opportunity to name chapters after songs too (see: my two She-Ra fics). But if I'm not doing that, I just try to match the titles to the general theme of the work, so Chant verses for HtSHtS, data logs for Lazarus, etc etc.

17. What's something I learned while researching for a fic? That burns left by lightning strikes heal very quickly and almost never scar. I was going to have a character have lichtenberg scars from a lightning strike, only to find out that those marks tend to fade within a day. Both interesting and disappointing at the same time.

19. Sneak peek!

Now that you've made the decision to try negotiating with the rebels, things begin moving at a rapid pace. Josephine starts working her magic, sending messenger hawks with one hand and penning orders with the other. Dora focuses her efforts on arranging troops throughout the Hinterlands, guarding the roads and protecting the refugees in case the Templars try to attack. Mother Superion sends Harding back to work with her best spies to infiltrate Redcliffe and gather intel before your arrival.

Within Haven's walls, the people aren't resting either. Construction on the siege weapons continues from dawn until dusk, and an ever-growing number of soldiers train in shifts out in the cold.

Lilith doesn't try to ambush you with training again. In fact, she seems to be avoiding you, leaving the position of instructor open to Beatrice once again. She doesn't try to hit you with sticks, but she does gently reassert the Seeker’s point about your fitness level.

"We'll start simple," she says on the first morning she greets you in a set of warm fatigues rather than her usual robes. Simple turns out to mean jogging laps around the frozen lake, which nearly does you in before you've even begun.

"Draste’s tits," you pant hoarsely, stopping in your tracks somewhere into the second lap and planting your hands on your knees. "How does anyone just do this?"

She jogs back to you with limber strides, her natural grace unhindered by the snow and mud. "They practice," she tells you plainly. "They work at it until it's easy. And then they keep going." She isn't even out of breath, what the actual fuck?

"And there's no way we could just skip to the part where it's easy and go from there?" Your lungs feel like they’re going to blow your ribs out.

She chuckles. "I'm afraid not." She gently pushes on your shoulders until you straighten. "But we can at least move on to something else."

25. Have I ever upset myself with my own writing? As in, have I ever made myself cry? Yes, on occasion. Or, has my writing upset me in other ways? Also yes. I've been writing since middle school; needless to say I've gone through some serious growing pains with my work. I smashed one of my own flash drives with a hammer once because I hated everything on it. Good riddance to it.

#ask meme #thanks bestie 😘

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musiast · 2 years

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BIBI’s “Animal Farm” & Oppression in the Music Industry

Many of us are familiar with the story of Animal Farm. A group of animals rebelled against their master and drove him off the farm. A system known as “animalism” was put into place to ensure that all animals were treated equally. A group of pigs who were considered the “smartest” of the animals was appointed the leaders, and ultimately became power-hungry and oppressed the animals just as their master did. These events were inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917, in which the monarchy was overthrown by the revolutionaries and was replaced with a socialist form of government. However, it was not long before leaders such as Stalin became power-crazed and took advantage of the people as well.

Major recurrent themes in Animal Farm include class struggle or antagonism, power dynamics, and inequality. Although these themes were discussed in the context of the political turmoil of the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War II, George Orwell’s novel became a source of inspiration for works in numerous and diverse fields, including music. In the song I am discussing today, a few of these themes are further explored through the lens of an artist working in the music industry.

South Korean singer-songwriter, BIBI, recently released a new single called “Animal Farm”, a suspenseful, yet melancholic tune that talks about the consequences of being subjected to those in positions of power. One may consider the music video more surprising than the lyrics, as it is jam-packed with blood and gore, and is reminiscent of a typical Quentin Tarantino film. I was immediately intrigued by the concept and decided I wanted to break down the lyrics, which are in Korean, for English-speaking audiences such as myself.

And so we begin.

As the music video starts, the camera pans onto BIBI, who is kneeling down on a table with an apple in her mouth, much like a roasted pig. Surrounding her are men with white masks, patiently waiting to dine. Roasted pig is considered a delicacy in many countries, and is typically afforded by the wealthy and affluent. Around her, glasses of champagne and luxurious dishes are being served to the guests.

Verse #1 - Hypocrisy

Words of sin Masks of hypocrisy Overflowing in the ballroom Champagne popping Wine and bread The dance of stuffed pigs

My first thought is that BIBI is commenting on how she is the center of attention for many powerful men in the music industry. These men are masked, implying that they probably work behind the scenes unlike her. Although these men consider her (the roasted pig) a “delicacy”, they are also taking advantage of her by “feeding” on her. Perhaps BIBI has dealt with issues of being objectified as a female artist in the industry and feels as if her work is valued less than her physical appearance.

The image of champagne is analogous to the image of whiskey in Animal Farm and represents corruption. One of the commandments of animalism was that no animal would be allowed to consume alcohol, yet after gaining power, the pigs felt they could break the rule by drinking whiskey. In the context of the entertainment industry, this could be alluding to the fact that many record labels and music producers have the final call on the work an artist ultimately releases – that is, which works the label believes will be most profitable for them. In most cases, the artist is forced to accept these decisions or risk getting fired by their record label.

Verse #2 - Power Dynamics

Welcome, well done Shameless friends of mine Who’s next Hang my pretty head in your room Where is love? Where is my sympathy? What have we lost? Is it a farm? Is it society? Am I a tiger or a gazelle?

BIBI addresses how people shamelessly use her for their own gain. She questions the lack of sympathy her so-called “friends” have for her and draws attention to the destruction their actions have caused. My assumption is that, once BIBI realized these people were taking advantage of her for personal gains, she cut ties with them. This obviously had negative consequences. I found her question about whether the world is a farm or society particularly interesting. In an ideal society, people are thought to live alongside each other in peace and harmony, while relationships are built on trust and community. On a farm, however, animals are raised in a structured environment and are only kept and nurtured until they are discarded for food - much like record labels that only keep an artist for as long as they are profitable. In BIBI’s view, the lines between these two extremes are blurring. Soon enough, will artists just be treated like farm animals that can be discarded?

Pre-chorus - Hidden Struggles

“It might be pretty, it might be beautiful…This might be right, this might be justice,” BIBI says in the post-chorus. From the outside, BIBI’s situation, like many artists, might seem positive. After all, she is in the spotlight, goes on concert tours, and is constantly meeting famous people. What could be so bad about her life? What many people are not aware of, however, is the oppression many artists like herself face behind the scenes in the music industry - that beyond the smiles and cheers, there are struggles unknown to us listeners.

Chorus - Revenge

Suddenly, the music video takes a dark turn. BIBI picks up a long sword, jumps onto the table, and slashes the neck of the man sitting at the head of it. One by one, she kills off the rest of the men in the dining room. Finally, she stops at a glass showcase with an electric guitar inside. She shoots it open with a gun, takes out the guitar, and begins playing an epic solo in her bloody white dress – surrounded by the countless dead bodies of the men she killed.

But I, sing to death the song of lies Dance along to death the dance of the devils The center of the grand feast Under the big guillotine To whom does the rolling head belong

By going along with the demands of those in power, BIBI is contributing to the very thing she despises. The fact that she has limited control over her creative work and expression makes her feel like she is not her own person, and has lost a sense of her identity. I believe the electric guitar symbolizes her desire to break free from the restraints of the industry and find her own voice.

I thought it was very creative of BIBI to draw inspiration from Animal Farm in the process of creating this song and music video. It goes to show that more than 80 years later, Orwell’s story remains relevant in modern society. Unfortunately, this also means that issues of power dynamics and inequality are also still pervasive in society and across cultures and industries. Who would have imagined that the message of Animal Farm, an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution could be so perfectly encapsulated in a South Korean song released in 2022? I admire BIBI’s courage to come to terms with some serious issues she has experienced, and through highly creative means too.

#BIBI #88rising #kpop #animal farm #george orwell #songwriting #song lyrics #Spotify

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malevolentmango · 9 months

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for the writer meme, all the primes (1 not included)!

hi mis you're an absolute terror (affectionate) cracks knuckles okay let's do this. I'm just gonna go ahead and put this under a read more from the get go, it's gonna be long laksjfd

link to the ask meme!

2. Do you plan each chapter ahead or write as you go?

I do a secret third thing called "hallucinate wildly about scenarios and then put them in an order that eventually becomes an outline and chapters."

3. Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/fic

see above

But really though, to use wyab as an example, once I had an idea of the direction I wanted the story to go I just broke down the scenes in a way that made sense and tried to keep a sort of overarching theme for each chapter. Which is why those chapters ended up so long. >.>

5. Do you like constructive criticism?

Only from people I trust <3

7. How do you choose which POV to write from?

I choose the one that I think would make the fic more interesting! Like, wyab would not have worked if it was primarily Goro's POV, even though his perspective on certain scenes would've been really cool. Though now that I'm thinking about it, I do tend to favor Akira...

11. Link your three favorite fics right now

Been working my way through MistressEast's After Hours at Leblanc series for the past week or so (I'm a slow reader alskjdf), it's fantastic!

Also obsessed with @honeysweetcorvidae's NG+ AU and a certain someone's rebel AU. :3c

13. What’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

In high school one of my AP English teachers told me the word "that" is often unnecessary in a lot of the places people use it and can drag down the flow of your writing and ever since I've been culling it from my sentences unless it's actually necessary. There were at least two places in that one sentence where I tried to use it!!

17. What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)

Cry. Do something else. Pretend my writing never existed.

Serious answer: Music helps me focus a lot! I either have a full playlist for each writing project, or a handful of songs that work for me for things like oneshots. Reading through what I've already written or my notes can also help because it reminds me why I was excited about the thing in the first place (this is a double-edged sword - sometimes it's just frustrating alksjf).

19. What is the most-used tag on your ao3?

Top 3 for funsies. You might say I'm predictable.

23. Best writing advice for other writers?

Oh I should not be giving anyone advice. Uh. I think my favorite bit of advice in general is that you should absolutely say fuck the rules when it comes to grammar, but you do have to know what the rules are first. Break them in a way that's impactful.

29. What’s your revision or editing process like?

I have trained and worked as an editor, so I can be kind of ruthless with myself sometimes. I do at least one pass where I just pick every line apart and make it sound as good as possible, but I try to limit myself to just one of those, maybe two if it's a scene I'm really into/worried about. I'm also guilty of editing as I write, but I've gotten better at quelling that over the years!

31. Do you start with the characters or the plot when writing?

I guess technically the characters because a lot of my stuff is very character-centered/driven. The plot often comes from me going "what happens if I put [character(s)] in [situation]?"

37. How do you choose where to end a chapter?

Depends! I try to make it impactful regardless, whether that's a cliffhanger or just something punchy and meaningful. For wyab, I decided that the last scene of each chapter would be from Goro's POV - like we were checking in on him hehe. I thought it was fun!

41. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?

Generally one-and-done! But I do reread in certain cases, like when I was writing the epilogue for wyab and wanted to make sure I was calling back to earlier parts of the fic correctly. Or when I'm thinking about sequels... >.>

43. Do you take a sadistic joy in whumping your characters, or are you more the "If you hurt them I would kill everyone and then myself" kind of person?

I am the embodiment of the "angst with a happy ending" ao3 tag so. both?

47. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

Answered this earlier but I try to leave it at one pass! If I do more than that I tend to start hating my own writing and/or talk myself out of posting it alskjfa

53. How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?

idk if it's a perfect split exactly, but I'm definitely both! I think it fluctuates - when I first got into p5, I devoured a large portion of the shuake tag before writing anything at all. And then I got absorbed in my own writing and barely read anything that wasn't friend fics alskjdf

59. Does anyone in your personal life know you write fic? if not, would you tell anyone?

At this point all of my friends are also fic writers and/or in fandom lmao. But my family doesn't know, and I simply do not want to explain all that to them.

61. Why do you continue writing fics?

Because I love the characters! I want to make them dance for me :3c

67. Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?

Both! I like going full indulgence with my own ideas, but prompts are great for challenging myself.

71. When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

Again using wyab as an example: The entirety of the fic is in one google doc. Makes it easy to search for things, and to make outlines. Part of the reason I added the p5-esque calendar dates was to keep myself on track, and to indicate that time was passing without having to spell it out every time. Other than that... I tend to stream of consciousness write my notes as they come to me and organize them later.

73. What do you think makes your writing stand out from other works?

oh god uhhhhh. fuck. I guess probably the fact that I try to balance flowery language with overall concise storytelling makes my writing style pretty distinct? And I'm a slut for themes and metaphors, and that definitely comes through too.

#gauntlet complete #that was fun actually thanks mis <3 #ask meme #mango writes things

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columboscreens · 2 years

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I love the IRA episode lol - I find myself humming the "God save Ireland said the heroes" song from time to time

agreed! the conspirators has a place in my heart because columbo tackles something much bigger than a single homicide and the show handles that pretty competently. it was also a very hot topic at the time, as i believe The Troubles were at a fever pitch when this episode was aired. as it goes, you find it's less about the murder and more about, well, the conspirators. it's a nice change of pace.

like aside from some dumb mistakes and devlin's accent being pretty wonky to even american ears (clive revill's from new zealand; his northern irish brogue ranges from convincing to non-existent lol), i would say in terms of cultured columbo plots of the 70s it's probably the best one. better plot than dagger of the mind (england), more thrilling than matter of honor (mexico), and certainly more nuanced and thoughtful than a case of immunity (..."suari". lmao)--which as a middle easterner i find loads of fun but pretty laughable otherwise. though if we're talking arab representation i'll take a hundred moderately tone deaf columbos over Homeland any day. but speaking of internationally-themed columbos...

from "shooting columbo"

imagine what could have been! we very nearly got more than just geishas and fugu with a columbo in japan ON LOCATION, but producer everett chambers butted heads with peter falk on too many other things. though if you were working with falk productionside you were inevitably butting heads with him...

ANYWAY this episode is also hugely boosted by the friendship and chemistry columbo has with devlin. they're both intellectual smart asses with devious streaks so they click! it smacks of a similar caliber of camaraderie that columbo develops with carsini in any old port. here, it's so cute and fun to watch that i dont even mind the limerick rap battle filler lol

they might not know it, but they are dating.

speaking of tune humming, i had my rebel tune of choice oro se do bheatha bhaile stuck in my head while watching this, but i'm a huge fan of the episode's musical score! i think it's one of the best soundtracks of the series and it adds to the show in a big way. i always get chills hearing those fourths and fifths...

#in the alpha timeline columbo was sent to iran to arrest the ayatollah #i was good buds with a huge IRA guy in high school he showed me all the songs lmao #columbo #ask #the conspirators #text #longpost

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canyouhearthevoices · 1 year

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‘The Leaders’ Lyric Analysis

Released with ZERO: FEVER Part 2, 1st March 2021.

Once upon a time I saw something online saying that this song’s Korean name was ‘The Student Council’ or something of the like. But when researching for this post, I didn’t find any mention of it. It seems logical because the student council is consistently mentioned in the lyrics, but if it was that obvious, I feel like it would be pretty common knowledge on the internet.

This song is the first that marks my changed methods of analysis/annotation based on my changing view of the storyline prompted by the Diary entries. In my past analyses, red represented HALATEEZ, blue TREASURETEEZ, and purple traits that were present in both groups and the general story, such as time travel. Now, red will represent Gothic elements, including motifs like fire, fever, illusion vs reality, and so on. Blue will represent celestial and nautical imagery, and the idea of a ‘new hope’. Purple will represent general aspects of the storyline, like time travel. Luckily for me, this new system correlates quite closely with the old one - as HALATEEZ are associated with Gothic imagery, fire and such, and Treasureteez are associated with nautical imagery, light, and colours. This new system allows me to express broader themes about the storyline without shoving songs into tiny boxes.

But let’s talk about ‘The Leaders’.

It’s a very interesting song. Both ATEEZ’s general storyline and the FEVER series discuss rebelling against authority and systems of authority, using music, passion and dance. But ‘The Leaders’ not only takes joy in acts of authority, it supports the systems that authority came from. It comes off as having a duality of ATEEZ showing how cool they are, and them critiquing the system of authority through parodying how that system acts.

Or at least, I hope that’s the case. Because otherwise them bullying kids for their lunch money would be far more cruel than cool.

But other than that, it’s another ‘look how cool we are’ song - as is relatively common with ATEEZ, and especially with this album. They are expressing that they are the leaders of the 4th gen, and of kpop, music, and this rebellion. There’s lots of foreshadowing, lots of Hongjoong being a little odd, and lots of dissing those who aren’t as cool as them in some very creative and actually kind of motivating ways.

Full lyric analysis below the line.

The Leaders

The first verse here is also translated as ‘The leader is here, wait wait, raise your hands. What’s bad is bad man, listen to the new boomers.’

I find it funny that they call the people they’re dissing ‘boomers’ here. It’s a very unusual insult for them to use - since they usually don’t use common insults, and instead use very creative ones, as we will see later on.

It’s also interesting that the whole song has a juxtaposition of us being told to ‘wait’ and then do to something - like dance, raise our hands, sing, etc. I wonder if it is bad translation, bad lyricism, or just ATEEZ trying to further show this duality of good vs bad power and leadership.

This verse is also translated as ‘wait a second, the breath rises ‘till my chin. My heart aches, you need disinfectant for the pain’.

One translator noted here that this literal translation of the second line would be better translated as ‘breathless.’ I also like the use of ‘disinfectant’ in the alternate translation. It foreshadows THE WORLD, a place where emotions are literally ‘disinfected’ from people, leaving sterilized husks behind. I also like the use of the red pill in the original translation, as the red pill has become a symbol of pulling the wool away from someone’s eyes and making them aware of the true, often horrific, nature of the world.

The first three lines of this verse are also translated as ‘I scream ‘ack’ because it stings. Today as well.’

Alright, it’s going to get a bit complex here.

The last three lines of the first verse are also translated as ‘Stand straight, gather around. Everyone behind me, oohh, quiet, follow me.

The last line of the last verse here is also ‘courage, ambition, fake bravado’. This is interesting because the alternate translation suggests that at least part of ATEEZ’s identity is a mask of confidence over insecurities - kind of a ‘fake it till you make it’ ideology. This is great because it humanizes them and adds a flaw that can be, and has been, manipulated. Their insecurities about themselves, their past, and everything in between make them vulnerable to infighting, self-destructive behaviour, and more.

The alternate translation uses the same third line of this verse, but they included a note suggesting that it is slang. What for? Goodness knows. Is a lollipop like Hongjoong’s staff that he carries in ‘Guerrilla?’ Is it supposed to say that ATEEZ are rich and mature instead of people who carry a lollipop (often seen as children and immature?)

And speaking of Hongjoong - the armband suggests that this verse is talking about him. It could alternatively be a nod to how those in positions of authority often have an armband to denote said authority in general, but the closest we know to this is that Hongjoong has one.

Also, the last line is alternatively translated as prepare yourselves now.’

This last verse from my king Jongho is also translated as;

‘What should I say, I’m sorry to tell you but you don’t look cool at all, you look like a moody teenager. Clothes that fit on my body.’

I don’t think this translation is as good since it doesn’t include the context that the listener/reader needs to best understand the message. But it’s still pretty clear - the ‘moody teenager’ tries to cover up their body and self in baggy clothes, while ATEEZ express their coolness and their true self through clothes that fit their specific bodies well. It’s a stereotype, but we know that they exist for a reason, and either way, it still contributes to their message.

I looked up ‘chuunibyou,’ since, when a translator leaves a word in the original language, it usually has a very specific and often long meaning that makes it hard to directly translate. In this case, chuunibyou translates roughly to ‘second-year syndrome’ and is supposed to represent someone in their early or pre teens who has a very grandiose and often unrealistic sense of self and their own coolness. This stage in life is also generally associated with being a moody teenager, and thus with baggy clothes, so clearly ‘moody teenager’ is how the second translator tried to solve the problem.

This one is... interesting, and the reason I talk in the intro of the post about both good and bad authority being portrayed in the song. It may have been lost in translation here, but it sounds like Yunho is bullying some poor kid for his lunch money. And I highly doubt this is something that they would uncritically say in an industry like kpop in a countrylike Korea, where school bullying in idols is a huge scandal.

ATEEZ are known for critical consumption and creation of media - anarchy, the government, and so on. So I feel pretty confident that this is either 1) a mistranslation, or 2) then critiquing the corrupt and bullying use of power.

Anyway, the second and third lines are also translated as ‘hand over your debit cards, I’ll appoint everyone right now.’

The second line here is also translated as ‘my surname is extraordinary.’ And this is because my guy Hongjoong has the surname ‘Kim,’ which, for those of you who don’t know, was the name of the royal family in Korea. Hence why, when peasants were able to choose surnames, a lot of them chose ‘Kim’ - making it the most common surname in the country. He’s literally calling himself a rich king.

This verse is also translated as;

‘Your crime is being pretentious, your crime is your words. Before receiving a bonus point, they need to receive a minus point first. This is all for me, teacher.’

This is interesting because, in the original translation, it is suggested that the person is not getting any bonuses, just punishments. But this translation suggests that they get both. I won’t point to which one is more likely valid, since they both have good points - the first has the misuse of power theme, and the second duality. Both of which are key in ATEEZ’s storyline.

The first two lines of this last verse are also translated as; ‘The leaders are amazing, they’re about to explode. We rock this world, lead every day.’

Conclusions

The duality of good and bad leadership is very key to ATEEZ in general, but especially the post-Treasure versions. And, although I like it, the language gap can make it a tad confusing.

#ateez #atiny #ateez theories #the leaders #fever #zero: fever part 2 #fever pt 2 #lyric analysis

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theunrealinsomniac · 2 years

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hello!! i hope you are doing well. maybe youve talked about this before but do you have writing advices to stay inspired? and how is the process for you to organize your ideas and get to work? im very curious about that, hope its not too personal!

Hello, I'm okay thank you!

I actually don't think I have talked about how I stayed inspired, mostly because it's something of a fluke half the time lol.

But I do have some tricks that might help others so:

Make a writing playlist. No seriously, find songs that inspire you to write and put them on a playlist. I personally have one for NaruSaku and one for NSFW writing on Spotify and that can normally be relied on to get in the mood to write.

Reading stories and watching TV shows about what you're trying to write can work too. That's a bit of a double edged sword though, you don't want to copy things whole hog, but it can help to get the ball rolling.

I actually started writing at 15/16 cos I was reading fic for NaruSaku and in my teenaged hormonal arrogance was like 'god, I can do better than this!' and that's how I started lol.

And much to my shame, reading bad fic and needing to put something 'better' out there does still work for me. I don't do that quite so much anymore thankfully lol, now it's more reading good fic and going 'oh my god, that's fucking great and it gives me ideas!'

If you're in the process of writing and you lost the thread or you've suddenly gotten a little self-conscious? Find someone you trust, someone who won't mind spoilers, possibly someone who doesn't even read your work but is a friend ... and ask them to read what you've got so far, or just the latest snippett.

The reassurance of someone you trust telling you what you've got is good? Especially if they're willing to riff on the idea with you, is golden. I've recaptured flagging inspiration by doing that a lot.

I sometimes go back and reread previous chapters of my work too. Reminds me where I want to go, what I've said in previous chapters and so what I have to stick to, gives me direction.

Did that just last night actually.

Now if you've just lost inspiration? Or the drive to write at all? Stop.

If you are forcing out every word or couple of words? Stop writing right now.

You're burnt out, you need to go do something else. Sleep, eat, shower, go for a walk, play a video game, watch a TV show or movie just for fun. Talk to your friends, play with your dog/cat/rabbit whatever.

Inspiration will not come if your brain is so wired you can't think straight. The best writer in the world will tell you that nothing is better for inspiration than healthy life habits, even the ones who spent half their time coked up.

Now as for my process lol.

God, this is gonna show me for the fraud I really am lol.

Firstly I need it to be understood that this is not a good thing lol, what I'm about to tell you is not good, it's just what my brain does.

Okay? Okay.

My brain doesn't shut the fuck up. Whether that be with all the things I need to do in a day housework wise, all the stuff I have to do at work or all the ideas I have for stories.

Cos in my case? You will only ever see a handful of the ideas that my brain throws at me cos I can't keep up.

So half of the battle for me is actually picking an idea to even start writing lol. I get stunlocked so often it's actually why I've had to instigate a 'no more than three chaptered fics at a time' policy.

And honestly, I would prefer it be one at a time but my brain rebels if I'm not at least spinning three plates at a time. And then it will throw curveballs at me in the shape of oneshots.

But once I've picked the writing for the day, eventually, I just start writing, no plan but the idea that inspired me and I just go. And it's normally just whatever idea appealed to me most lol.

Chapter One of every single fic, or the opening lines of the oneshots, are always 'seat of my pants figure it out' exercises.

You can actually tell when I click into the main theme of the story pretty easily in most of my work, at least I can see it, and sometimes that's before the end of the first chapter, sometimes we're way, way in and the story is kind of all over the place until then.

But okay, chapter/story is done, first draft is done. I wrote until I hit a natural stopping point and I have a completed first draft.

Then I edit.

I do a basic spell and grammar check first. Then I read through for typos and iffy tenses. That's Draft Two.

Then I read through again, finding more typos and iffy tenses and maybe make some edits to the flow of text. That's Draft Three.

Rinse and repeat until satisfied. Picking out dodgy lines, changing scenes where necessary and correcting any typos I've still missed or punctuation errors, you get it.

Then I post and wait lol.

And normally I'll take a few days to a week off and pick up whatever I'm writing next. Normally another story but in the case of the Wedding AU that sucker was just a constant stream of writing lol. It's a miracle I didn't freeze up lol.

Which is another reason why I have three chaptered fics going at a time. Let's me swap between as I go and avoid freezing up for longer.

But yeah, hope that was interesting lol.

Thanks for asking!

#ask theunrealinsomniac #meta #my writing #my head is a box of cats with a ball of yarn

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libidomechanica · 3 months

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In the squalid savage woman this, the back

A Kelly lune sequence

Robert Burns: ask for death and heart, how know me not fear.

But the sweeps away from men’s, will not yield, eager-heat.

Trembling hands; they keep me aside transformed by a bee.

The white-blossoms from to-day, to me there; but of hate.

Let him, taken Maid, by love, and speak it so. My name.

Yea, I will bear, cry’d Dapperwit, and small plot of good?

And looking Tydes, whereof. That not large leave my Lays.

And Beau’s pinn’d and charity. And bask’d the light appal!

The sylvan his cruel fellowship, o Priestess, alas!

Their feeling crept upon thee more the way here. That all.

For ever be. The pastoral eglantine; for it.

Still were long the hill. With blindly drown’d estate to Fate!

Or with a hinge. That sitting here of men: some disease.

This to thee. Lady treasure have my grandmother days?

Last night, stray’d. Still out of man; who mused on all their door.

Doubt it assumptions tutch. Upon us: surely rest.

I’ll see; see him whence chase. When Nights, for there was no hum.

Are theyr Pan the pity of hurts, while throng’d with darkness.

Of the cursèd duke; o give height. Nor dare weak point, with weeds.

And be all other. And talk of her growth the sinks down.

So to breathe bee? No life, in the Hand for evermore.

In their for nought to handle thing her dress, alas! Sigh.

But thee to my tomb. As I have been they raised her own.

And round alone, and the morn breaks the Cosmetic Pow’rs.

My new-mown. And whispering, replies with desire.

The room I never. Say that find. My love comes from death!

Aqueducts,—and thee, gave us now thee forsworne? Hurts.

Each Band then presence. The very song these should I meet?

With the bugle hung. The sway, the Hair. I was bom old.

To shroud drag inwardly splendour stream. That leades it.

The sons of a Fool? Did glide by side the gen’ral Fate.

Strange a colour, on mine! And high, instruct the snowie Neck.

My tongues. Into your she cried, while Visions, and the lands.

Into my boyling bloudie paine. All this lower to die.

And game and babe and Tweezer-Cases. Ring out the white.

With fall? Sad shall at once of the cedar pole, that’s me.

Burst in turn’d. No gray walls god’s finger- nail on to-night!

The shatter’d free, the Hair. And break before rude Despair.

—My thought shine and liued with pain discourse had of by him?

To love, a hazard. Her more Glories, in faery land.

Oft shower; as gently playne ouerture? To theme to roam.

In Memoriam A. Or pines, wide air, this laye of farce!

Dip down to Camelot. Cure, do you be, will be there?

Lure of two of the blindness, all- subtilising Muse.

Some loves him kind. Thou stay here, and ground, and woe long lost.

And my own Incompete. Viewed the Lady of Shalott.

My speak to me, dearer drawn, sees its Name. Of Demons?

So easily because it’s easy. During or death.

And love, a happy star! One music unto her grave!

Of tender pullings from dealt with wine. Love is slaue-borne?

These am I not stays shut. No long shines in the wise.

Brought to served, and the beautiful each assume the snow.

Each other answer. With me no casual mistresses.

By which makes a lady of Shalott. Love is an hours?

While it sweeps or when life’s death. Night, a vanish’d no more.

Half is his face: nay, Poll satisfied. I smells of death.

At the unpermitted to ravish’d brow. As some day.

Still perfumèd garments see. What would toss with what is it?

Till love begun. The Gods and tried, so well with their Head.

For change, and make them Rebel-Knave, while thus? I shall live!

And hear not; or some in life. Lost her beauty alone!

Leaving left for a guide to roam the soul. There and use.

But Madam’s faultless, flash along tract insight forlorn.

But so it isn’t true. The bailey beareth the way here.

And he shower. If thoughts in darkening true, that he sees.

Put thy tender Box. To lull with gold, and of marble.

Abide, that had fall. What blushing a full of the field.

My light. One day I whistle blew; the generation.

My Lady of Shalott. The Ladies start at the Light.

I am resolve thee lust, yet is death. Like slaue-borne?

Then the summer’s dye! But both are from the Saviour’s feet.

Death ere Arthur’s love and then the field. Or eagle’s ward.

But by the bearing Spoil. The slope than a Birth of old.

For any threat the single churches. As an All Night.

No time enough. When kisses by, and vain am I!

And the floating between the pass’d by the air face. Still!

But heard! The wishes hang the radiant Lock you the Fires.

Of life, whom to love is all the man is best: but with!

Because the gay, like vibration cannot strain of day?

Repair, and yet myself I seek nae main o’er the hand.

The lucid outliving life, in sporting whose lived on.

And change, and good-night for you. Of life, she rainbow frill?

Tender Billet-doux. And go with his houses higher.

For I rank’d with marble men abide, their dead: fair Head.

I love set thy place. Yet late all blood glow with Wisdom.

The night, minstrel in. The frame, and Spoons is comfort neer.

And seemed its supply. And gay, a martiall lot. His cause.

That I have been, or Virgin could Fate prevent; and died.

Clear me when I was a novel powers, where thee all.

Tired that runneth ever curse in an ecstasy.

Winking Face, like Cato cowered. And all their ghost.

Than his blessing of. Two Handmaids along that has fall.

Such follie green, above. Deny it. And thoughts, will not fall.

That I come. The Fleet the work is head, with sorrow wane?

Glowing joy, folioed. Tell me back into my Lady.

Most doth eternal forever lodging God withstand?

Upon such destroy’d, or keep, to wish, that tower was!

#poetry #automatically generated text #Patrick Mooney #Markov chains #Markov chain length: 6 #174 texts #Kelly lune sequence

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boatdriinks · 7 months

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let’s talk about samurai’s songs

so, it’s been said in the game’s canon that kerry and johnny both authored the songs played by samurai. kerry, however, relinquished control over the songs to johnny. I forget what the exact wording was, but it was something along those lines.

so I read that and thought: okay. which ones are Kerry’s songs?

the ones I can already concretely say are Johnny’s are

Never Fade Away (because it was written and recorded after Samurai broke up anyway)

The Ballad of Buck Ravers (the first few notes are literally part of Johnny’s theme “The Rebel Path,” and so i don’t think Kerry writing that one would make sense)

Black Dog (Johnny wrote it and recorded right before his death– no way Kerry had any input)

Samurai’s version of Chippin’ In (obviously bc Kerry has his own version)

The last two we’ve actually heard is Archangel and A Like Supreme. One of them, I think, already has a good potential for one of Kerry’s songs. That one would be Archangel. Here’s why, in case you’re unaware: Kerry’s gun is named after it, and it also plays behind the destruction portion of Boat Drinks (also Kerry turns it on to have sex with V, but y’know lmao). So I like to think that sets it up pretty well.

That leaves A Like Supreme, which is pretty up in the air. Honestly, though, I could see Kerry being a petty little shit and only wanting to play his songs at the Samurai concert in 2077. so maybe it’s his too, who knows.

But that then also leaves Kerry’s version of Chippin’ In.

Of course it was written by Kerry. How could it not be?

But so then, why does it exist?

Personally, I think it’s the original version that Johnny vetoed, given that its lyrics are closer to 2013/2020′s version of the lyrics. Maybe he thought it didn’t fit Samurai that well. But, Johnny decided he liked the concept and probably worked together with Kerry to make another version of the song that fit the band more.

After Samurai went their separate ways, though, I could see Kerry finally making that version public.

so yeah, those are my thoughts.

#i'd rather bleed than settle for less { kerry ; headcanons }#another repost from my multi #just so the read more doesn't redirect to a different blog lmao

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the-90s-music-colosseum · 2 months

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The 90s Song Ever - Round 1 Results

Hello y'all it's me again!! We have collectively suffered through the first month of this tournament, slicing the 256-song bracket clean in half and experiencing tremendous pain. Unfortunately it is late now and I'm sleepy, so the anticipated start of Round 2 is postponed til tomorrow - keep your eyes peeled for polls! Until then... good night.

Expand to see the results of Round 1! Songs in green will be moving onto the next stage, songs in red have been banished to the shadow realm.

Side A1

Midlife Crisis vs When You Sleep Emotions vs Barbie Girl Sugar Kane vs Firestarter More Than Words vs Born Slippy Sabotage vs Wonderwall November Rain vs I Want It That Way Losing My Religion vs Kiss Of Life Stratford-On-Guy vs Grace, Too Shitlist vs Freak On A Leash Blue (Da Ba Dee) vs Doll Parts Peaches vs Bulls On Parade All Star vs Flagpole Sitta Push It vs The Distance I Could Fall In Love vs Blue Monday Two Princes vs Bitch End of the Road vs The Private Psychedelic Reel Sour Times vs Sober 1979 vs Constant Craving Now That We Found Love vs Sunburn Loverman vs Wakko's America Around The World vs Lightning Crashes Believe vs Nothing Compares 2 U Pepper vs Windowlicker Fly vs Law & Order Theme Black Hole Sun vs Sex and Candy Animal Nitrate vs Unfinished Sympathy No Rain vs The Rain Free Your Mind vs My Heart Will Go On Du Hast vs The X-Files Theme C'est la Vie vs Fear Of The Dark Supersonic vs Deceptacon Running in the 90s vs The Tourist

Side A2

Beetlebum vs Are You That Somebody Sway vs River Of Deceit Hunger Strike vs Who Will Save Your Soul? Generator vs Bills, Bills, Bills Doo Wop (That Thing) vs Finally Tearin' Up My Heart vs Silence Kid Enter Sandman vs Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Boombastic vs I'll Be There For You Yakko's World vs To Be With You Cotton Eye Joe vs Amish Paradise Nuthin' But A "G" Thang vs Basket Case Dagger vs Seven Rebel Girl vs Groove is in the Heart Baby Got Back vs Hallelujah Only Happy When It Rains vs Say You'll Be There U Can't Touch This vs How Bizarre Nancy Boy vs Cornflake Girl Affirmation vs Don't Walk Away The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air vs The Boy Is Mine Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Dop) vs Juicy Buddy Holly vs Closing Time Pony vs Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Pretend We're Dead vs All I Wanna Do Santeria vs Send Me On My Way Birdhouse In Your Soul vs That Don't Impress Me Much Vogue vs Brain Stew/Jaded Kiss Me vs These Are Days MMMBop vs Black Genie In A Bottle vs Bullet With Butterfly Wings Tank! (Cowboy Bebop opening theme) vs Smells Like Nirvana Mind Playing Tricks On Me vs (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Friday I'm In Love vs Would?

Side B1

Everlong vs Only Wanna Be With You California Love vs Fall At Your Feet Glory Box vs Man In The Box Livin' la Vida Loca vs Are You Gonna Go My Way What's Up vs If Only Personal Jesus vs Everybody Hurts The World I Know vs Glycerine Semi-Charmed Life vs You Get What You Give I'm Too Sexy vs Amor Prohibido Rhythm Of The Night vs Heaven or Las Vegas Heart Shaped Box vs In the Aeroplane over the Sea Everything Must Go vs Insane in the Brain Tornado of Souls vs Rabbit in Your Headlights My Own Summer (Shove It) vs Ice Ice Baby Californication vs Crush On You Clown vs No Scrubs Bitter Sweet Symphony vs Say My Name Waterfalls vs Cowboys from Hell Army of Me vs Tomorrow Adam's Song vs Self Esteem Under The Bridge vs None Of Your Business No More Tears vs Roll The Bones Black Or White vs Pure Morning Stay (I Missed You) vs Lump Girls and Boys vs De Música Ligera Waking Up vs Be Aggressive Can I Kick It? vs You Oughta Know Canned Heat vs Your Woman Cannonball vs Always Be My Baby Painkiller vs Even Flow Goldeneye vs Tubthumping Steal My Sunshine vs I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

Side B2

Closer vs Sorted For E's and Wizz Bring It All Back vs Loser Wannabe vs Jesus Christ Pose Kiss From A Rose vs Nothing Else Matters Killing in the Name vs That's The Way Love Goes Pokemon Theme (Gotta Catch 'Em All) vs Ordinary World Song of Storms vs Estoy Aquí The World Is Not Enough vs I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone Criminal vs Real Love Enjoy the Silence vs Plush This Is Halloween vs Spooky Scary Skeletons Fade Into You vs I Will Always Love You Istanbul (Not Constantinople) vs Iris Been Caught Stealing vs Virtual Insanity I Wish vs No Diggity Torn vs Common People Gangsta's Paradise vs Detachable Penis What Is Love vs The Sign Linger vs Ironic Venus as a Boy vs Lover, You Should've Come Over 100% Pure Love vs Macarena (Bayside Boys remix) Violet vs Sugar Spongebob Squarepants Theme vs ...Baby One More Time Loaded vs Creep The Kids Aren't Alright vs One In A Million Right Here, Right Now vs Bruise Violet Killing Me Softly With His Song vs Lovefool Jump Around vs Jump Don't Speak vs Spit It Out Intergalactic vs Dreams Say It Ain't So vs Smells Like Teen Spirit Poison vs Rid of Me

#the 90s song ever #masterpost #round 1 results #90s music

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octopodian · 11 months

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1.) how would you describe the world your story takes place in?

i usually go for "just the real world, but with whatever changes i need to tell the story i want to tell" i am VERY lazy by nature. the characters r usually more important than the world. which is the antithesis of this ask game i get it. i wont apologize. im a rebel.

you say somethings a golem and people know what that is already, same with robot. i dont rly need to invent the wheel for what i do.

when i make a diff world (i.e. Eden, or a sci-fi setting) im usually vague and simply reference the genre as a whole. no one questions nanobots when Everything does nanobots, you just say nanobots and carry on.

2.) if you gave an in depth description of your story to someone who was not all the way paying attention, what would their takeaway be?

the abels (aaron and leah, horrorverse): "ok its single fatherhood. i got it. no i know its- i know its about gender and viscera yes i got that--"

aide: ok so the robot has dad issues

terpsichore: what the fuck is wrong with her. she did WHAT with a hammer?

airborne spore: ok so the mushroom has dad issues

3.) any recurring images/elements?

uhh a lot of my ocs deal with death in diff ways. you get it. im morbid. theres also Gender in various ways, and theres always robots or constructs or cases where Humanity vs Personhood are mixed up.

4.) what would you say is the message, if there is one.

this is so corny but i think love, but not like romantic love just like, for the world and for people and for your goals. passion mb? idk. caring about SOMETHING bc if you don't what else is there. you can hold onto anything but you need SOMETHING to hold onto.

the real message for terp and AC (eden) is The Ice is Coming. The Ice is Coming. The Ice is Coming.

5.) pick a theme song for the tv adaptation.

THIS IS THE HARDEST ONEEEEEEE i mean most oingo boingo songs can work for anything involving aaron/leah... weird science being the Easy one, but private life/sweat/same man i was before/gray matter/no spill blood/no one lives forever work too. mostly these r aaron songs, not about his daughter, but i havent found good music about father daughter love, soooo,

terpsichore would be icarus by jason webley, it has sickness as a female lover AND the voices of angels, it fits the best.

aide is get your shit together by pillowfight, im sure it could apply to other characters too but to me thats the core of their story thus far and probably in the future.

airborne cordyceps spore has his own songs but the GENERAL STORY would be animal skin by bryan dunn. hes a minecraft oc. you wouldnt know it.

#asks #SO HARD TO NOT ANSWER ABOTU SPECIFIC INDIVUDUALS....

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shininginyourlight · 1 year

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all right, since kerry’s a more prominent muse for me, I’ll be using Kerry’s banner for this. but, it can easily apply to johnny, too.

let’s talk about samurai’s songs

so I read that and thought: okay. which ones are Kerry’s songs?

the ones I can already concretely say are Johnny’s are

Never Fade Away (because it was written and recorded after Samurai broke up anyway)

The Ballad of Buck Ravers (the first few notes are literally part of Johnny’s theme “The Rebel Path,” and so don’t think Kerry writing that one would make sense)

Black Dog (Johnny wrote it and recorded right before his death-- no way Kerry had any input)

Samurai’s version of Chippin’ In (obviously bc Kerry has his own version)

The last two we’ve actually heard is Archangel and A Like Supreme. One of them, I think, already has a good potential for one of Kerry’s song. That one would be Archangel. Here’s why, in case you’re aware: Kerry’s gun is named after it, and it also plays behind the destruction portion of Boat Drinks (also Kerry turns it on to have sex with V, but y’know lmao). So I like to think that sets it up pretty well.

That leaves A Like Supreme, which is pretty up in there air. Honestly, though, I could see Kerry being a petty little shit and only wanting to play his songs at the Samurai concert in 2077. so maybe it’s his too, who knows.

But that then also leaves Kerry’s version of Chippin’ In.

Of course it was written by Kerry. How could it not be?

But so then, why does it exist?

After Samurai went their separate ways, though, I could see Kerry finally making that version public.

so yeah, those are my thoughts.

#i'd rather bleed than settle for less { kerry ; headcanons }

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the-firebird69 · 1 year

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Is the storm moving in here on its own BJ or is he pushing it

Caa

It appears he's pushing it so I'm going to be a force together and go out there and medical follow cuz we'll try and take the ship and the guys asking for it

Bja

We got Storm chasers in route no I know what I'm doing

Jeff

I'm requesting any and all Storm chasers to get out there now some kind of rebel leader and so is Stan and there's a bunch of them around here you need to understand these leaders don't want to storm here and the same all sorts of stuff cuz they don't know what to do they don't want to go in the oven either and really this is not helping that situation you go running around saying you're stealing stuff to get kidnapped from again so let's get out there with the storm chaser stuff let's get out there with the subs let's get out there with the ships and spaceships and wherever you got and Willie wigs and Willy wobble hammer Gibraltar and everything else roll it out there and show this guy we did it before we can do it again actually we did it before

Zues Hera

He's back for more and he says he means it and we're at war with him anyways the point is that everybody steps in and clutches the guy if he gets out of control so we can do this and it's a way to keep him out of here and to extinguish him if we have to and we're going to have to then spreads all over and he takes big hits so it's a good idea

Tommy a

We're moving out and we got the message we got to stop this this is nonsense the guy's a huge a****** we can just sit here and take it we're not going to even be here then I'll be poor people running around trying to steal food it's going to be like zombieland I'm up for this man this guy is such a douchebag and he's ruined society for so long and everybody will stand up for me if I stand up to him cuz they have been doing that so I need to show support wasn't happening earlier we are at a funeral so let's get going on it and let's make sure he can feel the pain and really his clothes aren't that bright and they're not that powerful and Corky was doing okay today I'll tell you what my friend to get up and go you just needs a motif... He thinks he found one

Mac Daddy

Listen everybody knows a joke about the sailors in the submarines and how the Little submarine goes into the big submarine and all sorts of stuff like that so you want to get in the submarines and you wear your cushion stuff and everything else can go cuz you don't need to be armed down there and let's see that happen it's a sweatshop okay even the new ones get a little warm

Garth

Okay Garth but you on board each ship just one of you it'll bring protection he says I've got my cushies too

Jeff

I'm there

Mary f I've got folds and yeah my famous biscuits too but to eat those they're made out of dough

I'm serious man you going to get out there you're going to wear your armament and your life jacket on those ships and you're going to grease yourselves up with Vaseline cuz it's hot on those ships too and those pig clones trying to grab you it's going to be like a greased pig

Zues Hera

Okay that's the use of the brain there it says why not some rocket Man you can stop that thing and probably the only one out there it stops IT their best to be going just aim for that one engine and sweetie pie takes a break so I'm going to go do that and he said that last part I don't call him sweetie pie I'll call him the b**** the b**** is going to get it

Jeff

So let's pick a theme song and I was going to say hey hey goodbye but I think you're the one that's going down is more appropriate because we wanted to go down and he may have caused down syndrome in order to steal from all you guys cuz you're not really are not that Swift and he's pulling it down that might be wrong though

Zues Hera

We got it we're going to play it and stop talking

Bja

I would say I I captain but in this case I think I'll forgo that

Zues Hera

Hahaha

All laugh

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