#aesthetic that doesn't do it for me. <blinks> it was very good and i enjoyed it immensely! i think i just surprised myself by being normal

[allamericansbitch]

since y'all seemed to want this.... here's the live notes i took while listening to each song for the first time (bold are thoughts i had during later listens)

fortnight: 

‘i was a functioning alcohol till nobody noticed my new aesthetic’ what the fuck does that even mean…

love the fact she gave post the female collab treatment. don’t wanna hear what he has to say. 

they’re voices sound actually good together? 

some pockets of the melody are catchy

okay i don’t hate this 

ttpd:

her red flags are on fire in this song lol

this seems very half-cooked

also jacks weird mixing continues to plague us all

CHARLIE PUTH???? WHAT THE FUCK WHY HE HERE

tattooed golden retriever??? ……no way

my boy breaks all his favorite toys:

i blinked and it’s half over

this also is like… half cooked and didn’t need to be released tbh

i love the way she sings the second verse tho

down and:

the production does not match the vibe

did tpain produce this

i’m… kinda bored lol

like i have nothing to say this also didn’t need to be released tbh 

this grew on me a lot actually

so long london 

the production is so futuristic? 

oh im obsessed with how she sounds on this one

her talk-singing in the verses is great

honest lyrics without any clunky unnecessary metaphors! a win!!

the fast-paced verses with th slow chorus is really really cool

a favorite so far

daddy i love him

i can barely hear her? the bad mixing continues 

‘growing up precociously sometimes means not growing up at all’ oh yeah WE KNOW

is this…… is this about her dating matty and loving how people hate him… no fucking way she’s this stupid

SHE IS BEING THIS STUPID

‘it’s white noise’ yeah yeah that’s exactly how id describe him  

.... anyway y'all remember when fans really believed the little mermaid theory and this song was supposed to be about how 'joe stole her voice' lmaooo

we will pretend this one doesn't exist!

fresh out the slammer

are we getting another ‘i didn’t cheat technically’ song lol

what is this weird tempo change….

okay kinda catchy

it’s sounds exactly like you are in love at the end….. jack is really out of tricks

florida

‘my friends all smell like weed or little babies’ what the fuck is she even talking about anymore 

i’m sorry but i’m laughing at the phrase ‘fuck me up florida’

again the production sounds so detached from the vocals 

i honestly still have no idea how i feel about this one

guilt as sin

an real instrument?? wow crazy 

okay she’s kinda cute? catchy and fun, love the melody

i love when she goes up at the end of the vocal 

okay…. i don’t mind this one she’s catchy, a little too long and drawn out but cute

who’s afraid of little old me?

what is this production? it’s way too soft to be as threatening as they’re trying for 

why did jack push her vocals back so far when she’s supposed to scream…. that’s ruins the whole thing…. she’s supposed to be screaming and threatening….. not quiet and far away…. hello

this song is trying very hard to be threatening but it’s not... vigilante shit 2.0

‘you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum they raised me’…………… upper middle-class pennsylvania? 

‘i’m drunk on my own tears isn’t that what they all say, that’ll  sue you if you step on my lawn’ okay bar?

the bridge was good but that’s about it.

i can fix him 

…………… not another matty song oh god

‘i can handle a dangerous man’…… im too stunned to speak this is so embarrassing 

wow taylor really is that girl who like ‘women supporting women’ and then dates/defends a racist bf…. a walking example of white feminism

intersectional feminism found dead.... twice....

loml

okay this is really nice? 

I WAS ACTUALLY ENJOYING THE SONG WHY DID SHE RUIN IT BY SAYING ‘MR STEAL YOUR GIRL’ 💀

if we ignore that one line we're good this is good. im refusing to let that line ruin such a good song

i can do it with a broken heart

‘bitch smile’ why are there so many cringey lyrics on this album lol

what is this song omg why do i kind of like it 

taylor please learn depressed isn’t a synonym for sad 

they recycled the mastermind production 

wait till taylor finds out most of the entire world is sad while they're doing their job and has to pretend they're not

smallest man who ever lived 

oh i think i like this?

‘you said normal girls were boring’ GIRL AND YOU DIDNT IMMEDIATELY GET UP AND LEAVE??? EWWWW??? she's not beating the pick-me allegations

'i just wanna know if rusting my sparking summer was the goal' okay love that line

i like this a lot

the alchemy

no….. no way this is real

i cannot

THE SPORTS METAPHORS WE JOKED SHED DO THAT AND SHE ACTUALLY DID IT OH NO 

touchdown ✅ teams ✅ benches ✅ winning streak ✅ the league ✅

she’s doing…… the worst thing ever this is so laughable 

the corny lyrics are on overload 

‘this time it’s heroine with an e’ didn’t she write folklore? i can’t remember 

that literally was an snl parody of a taylor song

clara bow

love how the guitar sounds… bet money this is an aaron track 

a stevie nicks reference!! a win!!!

i like this one a lot no cringey lyrics yet

nope never mind she name-dropped herself don’t like that

overall really liked it tho

the black dog

i think i like it?? this is kind of what i expected the album to be

okay for once the weird production choices kind of pay off

imgonnagetyouback

kinda catchy? 

she loves a fancy car getting wrecked line

the pre-choruses are the best part 

this would’ve been better without the jack of it all bc he loves a song that doesnt build to anything

this just comes down to personal preference: i don’t like her lighter vocals with jack’s heavy production (ie most of lover lol)

the albatross

a real instrument!!! production that matches taylor’s voice and is well mixed!!! aaron’s arrived!! 

i think it’s solid, has good writing and she sounds great. that's about it.

chloe or sam or…

took me a solid minute to have any semblance of a fuck to know what was going on but okay

okay i love this one

wayyyy more emotive than like… most of the original album

a lot of the 2nd version (or whatever this is lol) are way more emotive, maybe because her voice isnt drenched in reverb so we can actually hear her voice emote better

how did it end

this sounds like an old school adele song? 

i love this one too…. 

her being upset people wanna know what happened but then also feeding it while promoting the album oop 

i love the story of this one it's so refreshing

so high school

THE PRODUCTION is so good ugh aaron never fails 

the man here is a walking red flag girl and the lyrics are ~not it~ but the production is too pretty to hate it

fuck these lyrics are so bad lol

maybe if i disassociate hard enough i can ignore the lyrics and just listen to the production and vibe

give me a karaoke version of this song and we'd be so back

i hate it here

i mentioned disassociation and she made a whole song about it!!!! this one’s mine!!!! 

‘without all the racists’ GIRL HUH

WHAT WAS THE REASON

also... girl don’t act like we don’t know you’re fine with that lololololol

if i had a dime for every time i was liking a song to then have it slapped away because of a bad, out-of-pocket lyric…… 

thank you aimee

this isn’t grabbing my attention 

oh the bridge is interesting 

it’s meh 

i will never be thanking the people that bullied me thanks tho

i look in peoples windows 

what do you mean aaron didn’t produce this??? it’s well-made and has instruments? 

i love this one, again a really interesting and unique concept that's very refreshing to hear at this point when a lot of the songs feel repetitive

the prophecy

aaron guitar!!!! 

she’s nice i like her 

i've really grown to love how she sings this one, the melodies are cool.. however i feel like we've heard the same melody.. like on this exact album... where she upturns at the end of every line...

cassandra 

this seems very…. familiar… idk i feel like we’ve covered this (i mean there are 31 songs we’ve already covered everything lol)

this is such an aaron song, that's a classic 'the national' piano

i like her voice in this one tho, sounds good

peter

oh love i love this

now this? THIS feels the most like a taylor swift song

once again she’s at her best with a simple instrument and emotive simple lyrics

the piano reminds me of champagne problems

the bolter 

i like this! the chorus is so cute

oh i like that ending line a lot!

she’s cute, a little long and drawn out but cute

robin

i haven’t seen anyone talk about this one

welp…. i literally have no feelings toward this one but sounds pretty! 

the manuscript

oh this is soooooooo powerful 

i love this concept 

her ending the album on another introspective album that sums everything up a la dear reader yep yep!!

if you actually read of this ily 💗

#tp #ttpd lb #kind of lol

[melodyofthevoid]

Spotify Discovery Review

So I wanted to try something new and figured I'd dive into more music thoughts, and since I've been actually listening to my Spotify Discovery (I needed new music lol) so yeah.

Overall Rating: 13/30 that I really like and even sort of like, so not bad. Probably won't be saving a ton of these for later listening, a few might go into some character playlists at least so that's good. We'll see if any grow on me. Below are some of the standouts good, bad, and indifferent. A few songs I didn't include bc they're instrumentals that I didn't really have any thoughts on. Not even neutral thoughts.

Good

Dear Alice (rainy days)

Slow and dreamlike, it's not really a surprise that there's heavy Alice in Wonderland theming but even though there's not a ton of singing, I found myself enjoying the ride.

Femme Fatale

A fantastic beat, a combination of western and tango aesthetics, a fast paced ride that makes me want to groove. Love the flirty danger that drips off of every word, it's got a solid identity and doesn't feel like it's trying too hard to be "edgy" or anything.

YOUR HEAD'S ON FIRE

Louie Zhong is always a bop and his lyrical style is always a joy. Unconventional metaphors and fun little bits, a very groovy guitar line that makes you want to wiggle.

Blink of an eye

Halfy and Winks make DSMP songs, I'm aware of this, however I love their musical style and lyrics. Gives me heavy inspiration for my own story just with how vivid and story based their stuff is. The revolutionary spark in here is nice.

Invisible Dan Avidan has popped into my feeds and I’m not really complaining? I love the rock style/retro vibe that this one has going on, his vocals really sell it. A little bit chase scene a little bit breakdown but overall a good time.

The Moon and Stars

Good folk vibes, gets close to scratching the same itch that The Crane Wives do but not quite, which is still a good time for me. We'll see if this fits a character in future.

The Manic

A great character song, will be applying to my blorbos soon. The pushing away from someone you love because you know you'll hurt them eventually and can't take it. Very good stuff.

Dance While the Sky Crashes Down

Eyyy Jason Webly, I remember you from WTNV. A tango for the end of the world and honestly isn't that a mood? I love the lyrics, although it drags a smidge at the end. Maybe because of TMA I'm a little more inclined towards this.

A song whose title is in Japanese. It's from land of the lustrous and I cannot copy paste the title.

Very eerie, very atmospheric. I haven't watched the show in its entirety myself, but I know that it has horror and suspense interwoven in some of the back half, and the clanking bells and echoes really give the sensation of being watched. Of being on edge. Good stuff.

Break Your Cranck

An altogether inexplicable piece. It’s done on a hurdy gurdy which is already a plus but. It. It sounds like electronica crafted by pirate bees. With some Indian influence thrown in for flavor. Like a space punk pirate bazaar. Very atmospheric but also so so confusing. I love it.

Dance of the blood drunk

A balance of wild carnival and orchestral splendor, feels like an epic batter on a grand scale. The unsteady thrill of never knowing if you’re winning or not.

Neutral

Absence

I kinda forgot what this sounded like tbh.

How Dare You

Pretty good? No real feelings on it.

I was an island

Again with the good lyrics, but the instrumentation and singing are on the verge of being unlistenable? Like I can listen, and I could see myself putting this on a character playlist or two for sure.

Tavern crawl

A fun little bawdy medieval style song, Annapantsu kills it as expected, but bar songs/drinking songs aren’t really my vibe? But I could see myself grooving to this generally.

Brand new city

Mitski, which is good, but some of her stuff doesn't hit me as much as it does others, and this is one of those times. Not bad by any means, just not something I can see myself going back to.

Cold, cold, cold

Has a story to it, the grandiosity is nice especially near the end but the whole song together doesn’t quite capture me in the way that other artists in this space do. I could listen to it if I was in a particular mood but otherwise it’s not a stand out.

Bitch, Bitch, Bitch

I do like the Jekyll and Hyde musical don't get me wrong but I'm not a huge fan of this one? It's mostly a song meant to establish the upper crust as mindless gossips and twits, the combination of the old Disney-musical style instrumentals and the rather vulgar (by Victorian standards) lyrics is funny but that's all its got.

Timekeeper's Heartbeat

An interesting case where I like the instrumentals and most of the lyrics but it fails to really coalesce into a song? There's bits that don't rhyme for no reason, it comes across like one of those English vocaloid covers that doesn't adjust for the context. If it is, I wouldn't be surprised.

Nah

Whiplash (Black Math) Don’t like listening to it, not much else to really say here.

Wish you were gay I’m aware this one is a bit of a darling in some of the animation meme circles but I don’t really care for the instrumentation or the lyrics. Unpleasant to listen to.

Two's a party Jazz/cabaret but there’s not really a depth to it imo. I find it a bit hard to listen to despite the singer being pretty good if a bit... too whispery. A combination of the lyrics and sudden trumpet jump scares ig.

Judas An interesting concept and premise, the dichotomy of a queer relationship contrasted with the religious imagery is layered but the vocal performance doesn’t really do it for me. Seems to want to be mountain goats but it’s a little too raw?

I DONT TRUST U ANYMORE Person with a guitar genre, valid feelings but vocal performance is a bit flat. Reminds me of blink 182 but with none of the energy.

#melody rambles #spotify discovery review #might also open up my inbox to song recommendations if y'all feel like throwing something in there

[gerogerigaogaigar]

Alright so here is another set of reviews. This time it's my brother who is very much into fun and goofy music so enjoy this selection from my brother Jason!

The Aquabats - Fury Of The Aquabats!

The Aquabats are living cartoons. Concentrated essence of childhood fun. They are a child friendly ska punk Gwar. Even though this album is from long before their purely kid oriented Yo Gabba Gabba! days there is still a distinct family friendly atmosphere to The Fury Of The Aquabats! It has a similar energy to Homestar Runner or The Muppet Show where it is kid friendly media made for adults. And, like those examples, it works because they are having so much goddamn fun with it. It is deliberately and pointedly stupid. Magic Chicken is a song about chicken. I'm laughing because it's funny. The Cat With Two Heads has the line "I was in my laboratory creating what i thought would be we something great for the world, a two headed cat. You can pet one kitty's head and pet the other kitty's head, but little did i know the power of atomic energy would create a

two headed man eating monster!"

So have I convinced you to listen to a 90s ska album yet? Because this is a very pure example of the genre musically. It has the pop punk pacing and fast paced ska rhythm and the horn section and everything. It does admittedly have some, uh, genre diversions I guess I'll call them. Attacked By Snakes is a tango song and Lobster Bucket is a zydeco type thing sometimes. The MC Bat Commander is a perfect vocalist for this kind of music. He's so goofy, but you never really get the impression that he isn't taking it seriously. Or at least he is meeting the music and lyrics on their own terms. It is very endearing. Plus this album has a little bonus that other Aquabats albums lack. Do the drums sound like really competent to you? Like way too much for a pop punk band? Yeah that's Travis Barker of Blink-182 fame. He's probably the most talented punk drummer and he lends a fantastic energy to these songs.

Deee-Lite - World Clique

If you know Deee-Lite already then you probably know them as the one hit wonder who did Grooves Is In The Heart. Well this album deserves more recognition than just having produced a hit single. Deee-Lite channel the 60s flower child throwback aesthetic harder than any other artist of the 90s and they bring that energy to house music. Now I feel like a lot of electronic music fans start to dismiss an artist the minute they hear pop vocals, but this is totally unfair. Dee-Lite use vocals the way they would use any other instrument on a house track. The repetitive vocal lines mesh with the piano samples, drum loops, and funky bass.

Speaking of funky bass, this album has a few performers with a pedigree. Three former Parliament-Funkadelic members feature on this album, trombonist Fred Wesley, saxophonist Maceo Parker, and bass legend Boots Collins. Plus A Tribe Called Quest member Q-Tip gets a verse on Grooves Is In The Heart. That element of P-Funk goofiness is apparent in their peace and love lyricism and overt cheesiness. And while a lot of memorable tracks like Try Me On and Groove Is In The Heart are more hip house to pop oriented the rest is populated by songs like What Is Love that show off a more traditional house style. The album has enough variety and good enough pacing that you don't need to throw these songs into a DJ mix when you can just throw on this whole album and get the same experience.

Shonen Knife - Brand New Knife

I can't pretend this is my absolute favorite Shonen Knife album, I'm more of a Burning Farm or Pretty Little Baka Guy kinda girl. But Shonen Knife doesn't exactly disappoint here either. There's a simplicity to their lyricism and playing that leaves little room to actually fuck it up. The punk rock meets 60s girl group sound feels like it should be influenced by cuddlecore musicians except for the fact that Shonen Knife's sound predates that movement by a decade. This album is smack dab in the middle of the height of that scene though (low heights admittedly) and there is definitely a bit of a cleaner sound than on previous Shonen Knife records that reflects the styles of the time and the rising success of the band. I don't personally believe that higher production quality does much for them, but as long as they are still singing about food and other things that make them happy Shonen Knife will always be a treat to listen to.

Bitch Ass Darius - Follow The Sound

This is the greatest DJ mix ever. Booty bass or ghetto house or ghettotech or whatever you want to call it is a chatic style of house that adopted a lot of hip hop tendencies and then ramped things up to eleven by using the most sexually explicit lyrics possible. Follow The Sound is the most ridiculous example of this already ridiculous genre.

Bitch Ass Darius is an anomaly to me. I can't find out who they are or if they made any more mixes under a different alias. A friend showed me this mix once and I don't know where he found it. The experience of listening to the mix is kind of similar. In between recognizable samples will be snippets of things that you couldn't place the origin of in a million years. And even if you could they probably fly by so fast you don't have time to parse what he just sampled before the world's foulest lyrics start repeating some shit like "he's not my baby daddy he's just a sperm donor" or "I wanna fuck your mouth". A lot of typical booty bass samples are present which means nothing if you aren't a freak like me, but if You've ever heard that memetic snippet that goes "ass n titties, ass n titties, ass ass ass ass ass n titties" that was DJ Assault who is a staple of the genre and that exact sample is in this mix. But the typical hyper crude samples are interspersed with something way weirder. Random seconds long snippets of literally anything else. I can't explain the experience adequately because everything is always happening so fast. My favorite example that I have managed to catch is that he rapid fire samples Michael Jackson (pitched and sped up naturally) saying "beat it, beat it!" And then without missing a beat counterpointing it with the Weird Al parody lyrics "eat it, eat it!" This happens in maybe one and a half seconds. The contrast of samples is a great vehicle for delivering the comedy inherent in the genre while also delivering a good example of the music. Despite feeling like it's poking fun it still remains respectful of the chaos of booty bass music. The album dwells on nothing. It doesn't care if you heard that because listen to this! Follow The Sound is the purest and most perfect sonic overload. If you have problems with auditory overstimulation then seriously consider skipping this album. But if you have ADHD like me then you are about to find your new favorite thing.

Accept - Balls To The Wall

This album is gay af. It was noted at the time and the band acknowledged it. To quote drummer Stefan Kaufmann "It's a phenomenon that should be taken into consideration. Because it exists on a wide scale and should be demystified. In fact, this is a phenomenon of society that needs to be taken as such. For a long time gay people have been considered as sick or insane. And yet, it's time to respect these people, open our minds which are often closed."

This is the kind of music that I think most people are thinking of when they say "heavy metal". It is riff driven heavy music with corny lyrics about tough guy stuff. Like having sex with men. Accept is like if AC/DC was self aware. And thankfully the only ballad in the album is actually good too. It's hard to review this style of metal without sounding dismissive. The camp is obviously deliberate here so I don't feel as bad poking a little fun because I think I'm laughing with them a bit. But really this is a simple and effective album with no weak tracks and themes that it plays straight. Which doesn't seem like much but in the world of late 70s early 80s heavy metal its really raising the bar for future acts.

Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 007 Shanty Town

Before ska was associated with middle school boys with frosted tips and cargo pants, before the days of London teens in ill fitting suits and checkerboard patterns, before dub and reggae there was Desmond Dekker. One of the 60s original ska artists. With a sound that blended Jamaican mento music with a solid helping of jazz and R&B to create a unique blend of Jamaican pop music.

The unique beat that we all know and love (you love it right?!) is created by muted guitar downstrokes on the one and three beats and loud staccato upstrokes on the two and four. Add in some horns, walking bass, and vocal harmonies and you've got the blueprint for basically all ska. And this combination, the crisp staccato guitar and horns especially, grant a uniquely sunny disposition to basically the entire genre so that even when Desmond Dekker is singing about poverty or crime there is an underlying love for his home in every song. Plus a lot of the gangster aesthetic is pure kitsch and is strangely one of the major aspects of the genre to have maintained throughout the years. Ska artists all wanna be in Oceans Eleven even in back in 1967.

Mastodon - Leviathan

If 17 year old me knew that in the year 2023 I was still going off about how much I love this album I think she would call me a slur and have a weird feeling about being called 'she'. I've liked this album for a while and the more metal I listen to the more I appreciate Mastodon. They are somewhere between being sludge, progressive, and death metal and they navigate that in-between with skill. The chugging skudginess can easily erupt into speedy solos and there is an abundance of complexities in the musical arrangements.

Leviathan is the second in a tetralogy that incorporated their first four albums each being themed after a classical element. Leviathan is a concept album about Moby Dick and therefore is obviously water. If their more aggressive debut is fire and the sludgier Blood Mountain is earth then Leviathan's status as water follows. The riffing crashes like waves and there are a lot more melodic flowing sequences that also suggest water. Although the album is more strictly focused on its Moby Dick themeing. Leviathan crashes forward with an intensity that is honestly too much to just call sludge metal but it never hits the level of screaming that you expect from death metal. In retrospect Mastodon have always been a very progressive metal act and I think this album in particular does the best at blending all of their different styles into one package. That said all four of their original albums, Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain, and Crack The Skye are worth a listen.

K.d. Lang And The Reclines - Absolute Torch And Twang

Oh so my son of a bitch brother is gonna be a bigger lesbian than I am by giving me a k.d. Lang album I've never listened to huh? Before she transitioned to a more lounge / jazz style k.d. Lang was a full on country western musician with her band The Reclines. Country music had been in severe decline for over a decade but somehow Lang avoids any of the pitfalls of her contemporaries. Instead she mines decades worth of country music blending rock influenced outlaw styles, singing cowboy western styles, and 60s Nashville sound into a monolithic style that celebrates the history of the genre without just being a period piece. And her voice is just astounding. She can sing tender love ballads and rollicking honky tonk numbers with equal ferocity. Her mezzo-soprano is maybe the richest I've ever heard.

Luie Luie - Touchy

Luie Luie is here to tell you about a new dance called the Touchy. This is going to be a bitch to explain. Luie Luie was an outsider musician from the 70s and understanding that he was almost certainly on the autism spectrum goes a long way towards understanding what's going on here. You see Luie Luie was a nightclub manager who thought that people didn't touch enough while dancing anymore so he tried to make a new dance called The Touchy that would encourage touching but with clear rules for how you were allowed to touch you dance partner. It's strange but all very well meaning. He managed to finance the creation of an album and so Touchy was born.

So after Luie Luie tells you that he's invented a new dance and that he plays all the instruments on the album and that every touchy starts with a "wild horn intro" we get a wild horn intro and holy shit he's actually a really good musician. The touchy is basically a mix of mariachi, funk, soul, and lounge music. The slightly offbeat sound and cheap production are wildly endearing especially when you understand this as a passion project that is composed, performed, and recorded all by one man. Luie Luie is a fairly talented multi instrumentalist and where his technical skills falter he covers with incredible ear for complex arrangement. Some songs like El Touchy make for fairly danceable music, although I would rather sit and listen than dance and touch if I'm being honest. Although special mention should be given to the track Touch Of Light for it's intense layering of up to fourteen trumpet parts creating an elaborate tone poem that recalls the works of Ligeti. I'm eternally baffled and grateful for the Touchy it is the rare piece of outsider music that is actually as listenable as it is intriguing.

Kumi Tanioka - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles OST

Crystal Chronicles is such a weird mess of a game. It has an intriguing narrative structure, but the repetitive gameplay loop makes finding the plot tedious. Plus it isn't really fun to play at all unless you have at least three people with game boy advances and gba link cables. I beat it single player when I was a kid because I'm neurodivergent.

Soundtracks are difficult to review. Should you review it as a stand alone album, pretend the source material doesn't exist? You would be missing crucial context and anyway a soundtrack that does stand alone as an album probably didn't work that well as a soundtrack then. Well the answer for me is to realize everything has context. Nothing exists in a void. If you saw an album with blood and gore on the cover and the title in a death metal font and then the album contained folk rock your opinion of the music would be colored by that experience even though the cover has no effect on theusic. So let your understanding of this music be colored by the fact that it is the soundtrack to a GameCube game.

Kumi Tanioka is mainly just the Crystal Chronicles composer and that's a shame because she is extremely good. Final Fantasy games have a long history of using their music to heavily influence the game's mood, but that is partially because of the efforts of long time composer Nobuo Uematsu. Tanioka manages to outdo even Uematsu when it comes to heavily themeing the soundtrack. The Crystal Chronicles OST features music heavily influenced by a mix of medieval folk styles. Music that plays in towns and in roads will have aspects of Byzantine music while your hometown festival is very Celtic. Some tracks like Twilight In Dreamland show some influence from South American music too. The idea of a world music soundtrack to a game about trying to travel ever farther into an unfamiliar world is quite brilliant.

The music is also melodically beautiful. And catchy. There are tracks that you are severe risk of getting stuck in your head especially Annual Festival or the opening vocal track Sound Of Wind. A lot of games have a vocal pop track tacked somewhere in there and sometimes it does work (I dunno how FFXV pulled off a Florence Welch cover of Stand By Me but goddamn it worked) but usually it's just an out of genre pop song that doesn't mesh with the game at all. Sound Of The Wind is a great song that works as a pop song units own right but also sticks to the medieval themeing of the rest of the soundtrack.

You might not appreciate listening to this as much if you haven't played the game. And honestly I can't in good faith recommend Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, it's not a very good game. But this soundtrack is one of the ones I put on just to listen to and it is probably my second favorite Final Fantasy OST after FFIX.

#the aquabats #Deee-Lite #shonen knife #bitch ass darius #accept #desmond dekker & the aces #mastodon #k.d. lang and the reclines #luie luie #kumi tanioka #500 album gaiden

[sapphonoticeme]

for kpop ask game: 1 2 and 6

this turned out to be a long and pretty personal answer so keep reading at your own risk

1. How did you first get into K-Pop?

this is actually interesting!! :D because the first time i got interested in kpop was back in 2016 (i remember because bts's 'blood sweat and tears' just came out). i just kept hearing about it and one day decided to check it out, which in my case meant watching like four bts's MVs (because they were the only band i had any idea about) and deciding that kpop is really fun and i want to get into it. but i ultimately failed to - i just couldn't understand how any of this worked and i had no idea how to discover new bands to fall in love with other than type 'kpop girl groups' into google (which i did and watched red velvet's 'rookie' as a result; i really didn't enjoy that MV and that significantly lowered my spirits (which might've not been the case if i knew that kpop groups often change their concept and sound from comeback to comeback; but i didn't even know what a comeback was)). i did somehow find a group i liked (and i even vividly remember one of their MVs but i can't remember their name to save my life so i might never rediscover them) but sadly the fact that i didn't understand how the hell this whole kpop thing worked really got to me back then and i ended up losing interest because it was just too difficult to enjoy (and me not understanding english at the time didn't help).

this time around howeverrrrr i'm much less of a control freak and more patient and much better at research, so i feel pretty comfortable!! what sparked the interest this time was me befriending a girl who turned out to be a blink and at some point i just asked her for some kpop recommendations out of curiosity. and the thing is, i never Actually lost interest, it just kinda went dormant - i tended to instantly like people more if i learned they liked kpop, i liked seeing kpop stans pfps on social media, i was excited for bts to become POPULAR popular in the west, and i even went in the reply sections of very popular tweets to watch random fancams on purpose just because i really enjoyed this type of content (mainly because i love choreography). but the point of no-return was when one of my new friend's recommendations turned out to be i-dle's 'hann' and i fell in love. with the sound, then with the visuals (when i watched the MV after just listening to it), then with the lyrics (when i watched again with the subtitles). they just had everything. and from then on i had no choice but to become a full kpop stan

2. Who is your ultimate bias, and why do you love them?

probably soyeon? i think if i had one chance in my life to do a fansign with an idol, i would choose her. she just has such a way of creating music and concepts and stories that seem very personal but also strongly resonate with me and i am so grateful for them. i really needed her in my life

it also just seems to me that she really tries to be a good person and has this as a priority. she's a notoriously strict producer but she always tries her best to not actually hurt anyone. which doesn't sound that impressive but i really think her approach to this says a lot about her because she's very passionate and precise about her job and it's very easy to choose to sacrifice others' comfort when you're given the power to do so

i just think she's a genius and a good human being and she brings me so much joy

6. What's your favorite K-Pop music video, and why?

i have many music videos i have feelings for but this has to be i-dle's 'oh my god'. it's just so hard to do better than this one

i absolutely read the song itself as being about queer love because that what makes the most sense for me (and you have to do quite a bit of mental gymnastics to Not read it like that in my opinion) and while the MV is less explicit in that way, it's still Quite Gay

and the horror-ish, religion-esque aesthetics of it are so up my alley. and it's just so beautiful in general

and This minnie

and This soojin

i just love everything about it

#i am exhausted #but i think this response turned out okay #i hope some of you will find it interesting<3 i love reading about experiences of others so i really tried to not phone it in with this #i-dle #somehow i only talked about them in this one but i know it's not gonna be the case for the next post for the ask game #ask game #mine #personal

[ravenswritingblog]

Hello! Can I have a Jujutsu Kaisen matchup?

Personality: I’m an ESTP. I’m bisexual but prefer men. I’m passionate, creative, determined, and bold. I’m very protective and loyal to the people I care about. My morals/individuality make up a huge part of who I am. It takes a while for me to trust people but once I open up I’m less serious and more relaxed/quiet. I like martial arts, reading, writing, piano, singing, nature, theater, art (sketching/painting), and researching random stuff. My love language is intellect and acts of service. Touch is reserved for VERY few people and only in private. I don’t like PDA and I love witty banter. But underneath the sarcasm and teasing I’m very down to earth and caring.

Appearance: I’m 5 ft tall, nearly black short hair (I normally braid a small strand), olive tan skin, and dark brown eyes. My aesthetic/style is just whatever I’m in the mood for that looks good. I tend to wear more solid or darker colors, either converse or doc martins, and gold jewelry.

Thank you :)

alright so, this took me some time and i had to rewrite it twice because some annoying little shit sister wouldn't stop bothering and deleted my drafts, so here i am after researching the entire cast personality types and possibile matches.

there you go! here listed, your candidate lovers!

gojo satoru

“for a twink he's very sure of himself” — utahime at some point, probably.

even though it sounds pretty dubious, this society menace might actually be a good lover.

he's known for being an absolute clown around people and lacking understanding towards the importance of other people's lives, which can only mean two things:

1. you are going to have a hell of a fun with this guy, like, a shittons of fun.

he's gonna bring you in the most chaotic places and make you do the craziest thighs: are you in the mood for a minecraft creative mode? man's not hesitating one second to hold you by the shirt and making you fly around like an eagle holding a pretty prey. say what? you wanna ring people's doorbells and run away? like absolute buffoons? blink and you're already in the middle of it.

2. he's, evidently, not a moral type, so you two might have some arguing here and there because man just couldn't give less of two shits about... anything, apparently.

this clearly answers the questions “am i going to have fun?” but also “am i going to be risking my life every given moment?” probably, no, definitely yes, but he's there to save your ass everytime (he does take his time, though..)

nevertheless, appearances can be tricky: he's very, very caring for the people he's close with, like his students (especially some pink spiky haired kiddo) and he'd do the same with you.

however he doesn't show it at all, not even in private. he really has a problem with understanding and processing his own feelings, so he prefers avoiding them and just cracking a joke instead; the same way, he avoids problems and whenever they get addressed. he lives and enjoys the moment, careless about the consequences.

after all, what consequences would there be for the strongest? the bold, lonely guy who does nothing but having fun to distract himself from everything else?

expect him to cry his eyes out on your shoulder if you ever manage to touch his heart someway, he really has a lot on his shoulders and he accumulated it in years and never let it out like once.

please make sure to recommend him a therapist and kiss his forehead.

to make it short, you would have a funny asf menace to tease you every minute (suggestively or not) and a cute little puppy that would follow you everywhere (and annoy the shit out of you) if he starts simping for you. also he's pretty asf we all seem to forget that bc he a clown. 7/10.

kugisaki nobara

a strong independent boss woman? you got that.

nobara is the epitome of girlboss, leadership and mental strength. she doesn't give a fuck about gender roles, or just anything that doesn't pertain her mindset and she'd fight anybody that'd get in her way (which would be, her way to you in this case).

as seen from yuuji's point of view you might have to carry some shopping bags hence material girl doesn't, no, can't get tired because she has to shop more.. naturally, for you.

she would be going around every shop and jewelry to find something to make you wear, she'd be so careful about it, searching for the perfect gifts to spoil her favorite person, especially because money isn't a problem for her — it is in fact well known that jujutsu sorcerers get a pretty high salary due to the dangerous job they're required to do.

yes she does steal gojo's card regardless and yes she would involve you in every little crime she commits but that's a story for another time.

objectively a fierce motivator and motivated herself, this lovely gal couldn't bear just one second of seeing you sad and rest assured, she'll do whatever is in her power to make you smile again.

you can bet your hand on the fire that she'd be bringing you to pretty dates in pubs and then stargazing. what? you thought she wasn't romantic? she probably watched grease and wanted to find her own sandy, and then here you are.

albeit not exactly sandy, but even better! an absolute leader like you ruling with her? your kingdom will be feared by everybody <3.

girlboss will take care of you and love you lots like you're literally her type. 8/10

maki zenin

ah well, the badass-ery of this girl has no end: another leader, this gal right here.

ready to make fun of you while kissing your cheek, she would probably beat your ass for fun and would absolutely love if you'd fight back and even give her a hard time winning.

her mind is set on her goals, she's ready to fight whoever tries to stop her and would show no mercy to those that would try to touch you.

she'd be like “shut up” and “you're annoying” but her hands on your hips while holding you close would say so differently ^_^.

smart, perspicacious and ready to fight god, she wouldn't let anybody hurt you and would support you anytime, helping you in every situation of need, even if it's just caressing your head.

nevertheless it has to be said: being a very straightforward person, she would ask you to speak up if there's any kind of problem because she would do the same. she's not gonna sugar-coat anything — if you're being a bitch, she's telling you.

she's like you, she'd like you and wouldn't hesitate giving you all she has to give. 9/10 i really recommended her to you.

my dear silverblades, this took a lot of effort since i've never took care of my characterization of every other character that isn't nanami dhshskhdjd, i hope gojo/nobara/maki stans and YOU happen to find this decent enough and i apologise for any mischaracterization.

let me know if you have found your perfect partner between these!

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[krystalites]

wayv members reacting to you pecking their lips to shut them up

anon requested: kk! First ask on the way~ WayV reaction to their s/o pecking their lips while they talk to shut them up?

genre: crack (?), tiny bit angst, fluff, soft members

word count: 1,6k

a/n: I would like to apologize for probably making you wait for so long. I never actually got the notification and for some reason I never checked my inbox.. Also, my first reaction ever! Yay! I hope you guys like this since English is not my first-language, and I'm still learning. Enjoy!

⌜ kun ⌟

"and them not listening to me just annoyed me more-"

Kun had been ranting about his members for what felt like forever now. No offense to him, you loved hearing his angelic voice and could listen to it for hours but you had been very boyfriend starved lately. All you wanted to do was to cuddle your adorable boyfriend. Though, you just let him rant because you knew he needed it sometimes. He kept talking for a bit more and it went actually well. But all of sudden, you just felt like you couldn't wait anymore.

"So I snapped and-"

Kun's eyes widened as you cupped his face and pecked his lips. He smiled when you pulled away and wrapped his arms around your face, nuzzling his head in the crook of your neck. He placed a gentle, barely-there kiss on your neck. He inhaled your scent heavily, taking as much as he can. Kun lived for moments like this and they were his favorites out of all the moments he shared with you.

"You could've told me you were bored!" he scolded you jokingly.

⌜ ten ⌟

You really thought it would be a great idea to cook with your boyfriend but all he did was sitting on the counter as you did all the job. He was making these weird vegetable puns he found on the internet. Even though they were funny, you had been listening to this for almost an hour now.

"Hey, babe?" Oh, you heard this kind of babe before. The kind of babe he uses to tease you.

"No puns Chi, no puns." To give a threatening aura, you slowly raised the wooden spoon that you were using to stir the haricot beans in the pot. Ten chuckled and put his hands up as if he was surrendering.

"I swear it's not a pun." You could sense the mischievous tone in his voice, yet you decided to ignore it.

"I just wanted to say that you’re a wonderful human bean-" His joke was cut off by your lips on his. When you quickly pulled away and continued stirring, he smiled at himself. He was feeling something that he felt for the first time in his life. He sure kept making puns just so you could keep shutting him up with your lips.

⌜ winwin ⌟

Sicheng was very excited about WayV's comeback. He had been talking about the M/V, the outfits, the choreography, the song for days. Right now, you were in the living room, as he kept talking about the comeback while you were trying to get his attention. You kept cutting his words off but he never actually heard you, despite sitting right in front of you.

"-oh and the choreography is so cool! It matches the whole aesthetic perfectly."

"Sicheng I broke your favorite mug."

"The outfits are kind of revealing but I wanna step out of my comfort zone so I really like them!"

"I burned the stuff in our memory box."

"Everyone else looks very good too!"

"Sicheng I'm breaking up with you."

That's it, you thought.

"They wanna dye my hair but I don't know if I want my hair to be dyed-" He was cut off by your lips, which were gone barely a second later. Sicheng opened and closed his mouth a few times, obviously wanting to say something but not being able to say it.

"I think I got a bit too excited," he finally managed to say and mumbled, "Can I get another one though?"

⌜ lucas ⌟

You rubbed your eyes and leaned over to your phone resting on your nightstand. With a little click on the power button and the overly bright screen, you read 02.38 am. Yukhei was obviously still in-game with the dreamies, as you could hear him yelling in the room right next to you. With a groan, you got up and slipped your shirt on. You were sleeping topless since it was summer and very hot, but his camera could be on when you entered the room. You walked to his room, not even bothering to knock since his door was wide open. If you're going to yell at two in the morning, at least shut the door you thought. Entering the room, you saw Yukhei furiously clicking on his mouse and keyboard. You walked up to him as he kept yelling at the dreamies over his microphone.

"Donghyuck he's right on your le-" He suddenly stopped clicking, trying to process what the hell just happened. You had bent his head backward and pecked his lips, then left casually as if you didn't just cause him to blush. He quickly gathered his thoughts and mumbled a quick excuse and apology to the dreamies. Turning his computer off and running to your shared room, all he could do was thinking of you two cuddling and kissing, giggling like a high school girl at the thought of that.

⌜ xiaojun ⌟

You and Xiaojun started dating a few weeks ago, so your relationship was still very fresh. Being an idol and living with 6 other males sure gave him a lot to talk about. His talkative nature didn't really help with that. You guys were on another date, at your house. You were making popcorn for your movie night since you guys couldn't go out risking Xiaojun's career just like that. Xiaojun was helping you by preparing some drinks he saw on YouTube a few days ago.

"Then Ten threw his slipper to Yukhei for calling him a garden dwarf!" You laughed and glanced at him. He looked so happy telling you about the guys. As if he was telling you about his family, which you were sure it was at this point. You were having a great time, but Xiaojun had a curfew that he was supposed to not pass. Even though you knew it wasn't intentional, he kept talking and stopping what he was doing to show you what happened with his gestures. You thought maybe if you waited 10 minutes, he would just stop. But of course, he didn't. After thinking of a nice way to cut him off, you finally thought of something.

"Ten chased Yukhei around the dorm like tha-" You pecked his lips, pulled away, and smiled.

"I love hearing you talk Junnie, but I really want to watch this movie before your curfew ends."

He snapped out of the little shock state he was in and quickly began to stir the drinks, which he was supposed to do 10 minutes ago. While stirring, he giggled and shook his head. The fact that the first kiss you two shared being an 'i will kiss you to shut you up' kind of kiss made his heart do backflips and it definitely was something he could never forget.

⌜ hendery ⌟

Hendery was teasing you for losing a game of Mario Kart. Pretty normal, right? Yeah, if only that didn't happen two days ago. This was his third day of endlessly teasing you. At first, you laughed it off. He rarely ever beat you, so you didn't want to pop his happy bubble. It's the third day, and you were visibly annoyed. You sometimes beat him at the stuff he's very great too, but you never actually took it this far.

You guys were sitting in the living room, just chilling while you watched some weird tv show, where the contestants were married couples and competed for a car. A couple you had been supporting was a few points ahead, whereas Hendery's team was losing. He sighed and faked a pout.

"They're losing like you playing Mario Kart." after his comment, he smirked and turned to you. "Get it? Cause you lo-"

Eyes wide, blinking rapidly he was looking at you. You went back to watching the show like you didn't just smash your lips against his harshly. He gulped and quickly turned to tv, pulling his hood up to hide the furious blush making its way up to his ears from his neck and face.

⌜ yangyang ⌟

"Yang, please don't cry... It breaks my heart to see you like this." You put your hand on his cheek but he harshly tugged it away.

"No! They're right. I'm useless. I can't believe I actually called myself an idol on that interview just before my voice cracked when they asked me to sing. I couldn't even dance properly to the song they gave me! My manager had every right to call me names!"

You shook your head and cupped his face, making him look at your face with his glossy eyes and red nose. He was so innocent, so pure and those 'managers' were doing nothing but ruining his confidence. Weren't they supposed to help them improve and keep them motivated? Then what was all of this?

"Yang, don't say stuff like that about yourself ever again. You are the most talented person I've ever known. Every artist, scratch that, every human has a bad day where their body doesn't feel like dancing or singing or doing something in general. You can't blame yourself because of that. What actually matters is you holding your head up high and showing them what you've got in there. You always have other performances to prove yourself.

But, that didn't seem to work on your beautiful boyfriend. He just shook his head side to side, mumbling little "no's"

"No, I should just go back to where I came from the way they told me t-" Not letting him finish that sentence, you put your lips on his. You two stood like that until you ran out of breath, eyes closed with his hands over yours that were cupping his face. When you pulled away, he let a few tears spill. Wiping them off with the back of his hands, he just pushed you on your back on the bed you were sitting on. He rested his head on your stomach and tried to fall asleep with his eyes closed. Even though you guys didn't talk about it, you knew he was feeling better about himself. And he did. He had you on his side, after all.

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[mxtcha-tea]

domestic shiratorizawa

⊹summary; the life inside the dorms of shiratorizawa

⊹pilots; gn![y/n], ushijima, tendou, semi, yamagata, reon, kawanishi, shirabu, goshiki (pairings showed; yamagata x reader, goshiki x reader)

⊹genre; fluff, crack and some cursings (no proofread)

⊹flight details; i've once made a domestic imagines in my old blog so imma make a small reboot of it <3

random shopping

normal day, normal life. you could've seen yourself laying or even napping in your room while a compilation of minecraft songs plays in the background. but no. instead, you're inside an antique shop with Yamagata, Ushijima and Tendou.

you have no idea when, or how did the process happened but you surely is done with getting dragged inside the shop by Tendou and Yamagata.

while Ushijima's stuck on a section, you don't know where, but he's definitely stuck there, "[y/n]! look at what i found,"

Yamagata called you as you turned around to see him holding up a pretty heavy doll. you raise your brow, "what the hell is that?" walking towards him and taking a closer look at the object in hand,

"i think it's a, um, i think a matryoska doll? matroyska? is that how you say it?" "why're you asking me, i don't know jack shit about russian stuff,"

"ah you mean, matryoshka doll?" Tendou butted in, startling you two, "it's also called a 'nesting doll' and did you actually know that it was actually originated from china?"

Yamagata's eyes practically sparkled at that with a surprised look, "from china? really?"

you can only roll your eyes, "and how can you even know all that?" Tendou snickered and put on a smug face, "i'm actually very smart, y'know. ya'll just don't know about it," "says the person in class 2,"

"i blame the mathematic old hags for adding letters in math, and the apple that fucking hit my man Isaac," you tsk'ed and walk towards the next section. Yamagata passive aggressively put the matryoshka doll down and follow after you along with Tendou,

"also, we need to find ushijima, i think he's stuck in some section between here...ah there," you stopped walking and turn to your right where you find Ushijima reading a book.

Tendou skipped towards him and smack his shoulder, "you okay, wakatoshi-kun? you sure did took longer to look at the stuff here," while Tendou chats with Ushijima, Yamagata look up at the shelves as something caught his eyes.

he tried to reach it while tip toing but due to his height, he can't reach it. then, he jumped from his spot to grab the object but end up hitting his head onto the board, "AGH, FUCK!" which causes you all to look at him, watching him hold his head while shivering from the pain,

"are you okay, yamagata?" ushijima ask, putting back the book on the shelves, "yeah, yeah, i'm just tryna get that," he shakes his head before pointing up.

you followed his finger and caught a glimpse of an old polaroid. it's a little bit dusty but other than that, it looks new. Ushijima reached it from his spot and managed to grab it, "here,"

he hands it to Yamagata as he instantly recovered from his recent pain and snatch it from Ushijima's hand, subtly thanking him with a grin, "why do you even need a polaroid?" Tendou asked, leaning his arm over Ushijima's shoulder with one brow up,

"pfft, for journaling of course,"

a gust of wind went through you while staring at him with a poker face, the same with Tendou with a small cat like smile. Ushijima just looked the same,

"okay," "WHAT'S WITH THE TONE??" you blinked and just knit your eyebrows, "i mean, since when you started journaling? you're not even the type of person to do something aesthetic,"

he pouted and just crosses his arms, "so what? that doesn't mean i can't do it, right? have faith in me god darn it. and honestly, my journal looks good so far," "well, fine,"

you waved your hand at him and continue going through the other section. and just like that, "hey wait!" Yamagata tailed after you.

Tendou snickered at the two and focus back on Ushijima, who's still watching the display yet again, "have you thought of what to buy wakatoshi-kun?" "i'm not sure, there's a lot of interesting stuff here," "well, you've only been in this section but okay~"

studying

"agh, why did those idiots really have to call me at this time...?"

you groaned, slowly walking through the halls with a slouched figure. tracing your fingers along the wall with a dejected look. you're suppose to sleep today.

an hour or two long sleep. it's finally the weekend which means the time for you to sleep all of your problems away. drifting into slumber with fluffy pillows and warm blankets, enjoying your dream as long as you can.

until your ringtone annoyingly rings next to your ear. you answer the call, and again greeted by the most annoying human in the planet,

"[y/n], we need you at the gym right now!"

"huh? oh fuck off Tendou, i need to sleep right now,"

"nuh uh, you can sleep later after you go to the gym,"

"why? are you, i don't know, practicing or something?"

"you have to find out. if you don't move your ass from that bed, we'll send Hayato to wake you up~"

". . ."

and now, you find yourself standing in front of the door of shiratorizawa's volleyball gym. not only that Tendou wakes you up from your sleep, you also had to WALK all the way from your dorm to the gym,

"i'm gonna add more time to their practices after this..."

sliding the door open, you expect them to be doing serves or maybe spikes.

but instead, you're seeing them—as in the 3rd years—all sitting down at the middle of the court, with books around them.

and what's even more confusing is that they somehow managed to bring a table inside. no, not the flip-able table.

literally a whole ass table.

Reon looks up from his book and notices your figure standing on the door way. he waves his hand at you, you did the same but still with a confused look.

Yamagata was next to see you as he abruptly stand up from his spot, shaking the table in the process,

"Hayato! stop shaking the table," "oops, sorry. ah, wait, [y/n]!"

that caught all of the boys attention as they look at you, "what taking you so long to arrive?" Tendou asked, a pen rested in between his upper lip and nose.

Semi smacked him in the face—earning an 'ow'—before shaking his head,

"their dorm is literally far from the gym, and why do you even proposed your idea of studying at the gym anyway?"

you make your way towards them, Reon patting the empty spot next to him. you sat down on your spot as Yamagata did the same. seemed like he was waiting for you.

Tendou rubbed his nose and pouted at Semi, "this was the best place to study anyway! it have much more room,"

"we should've gone to the cafeteria OR the LIBRARY," Semi groaned, looking back at his book before writing on it,

"pfft, the cafeteria's no fun. and i got banned from the library," Reon looks at Tendou with confusion, "well, it's not surprising,"

Tendou shrugged, "i was also banned from the library," Ushijima said, not looking up from his notes as you knit your eyebrows at that,

"you're also banned from the library? Satori, what did you and Ushijima did—" "anyways, um,"

he cut you off, fidgeting with his pen before pointing it at you, "right, you need to tutor us on this subject~!"

you blinked, looking down at the book they're studying about, "haven't the teacher covered this already?"

"well, i'm sorry, class 6. but we have no idea how this thing works. maybe only Reon, but look at Semi,"

Tendou wrapped his arm around Semi's neck, practically head locking him, "he's from class 1 and i think you should teach him about this the most," "I'll rip your fucking head off, Tendou!"

while both of them tried to strangle each other, Yamagata caught your attention next,

"and also, it won't be fun without you, y'know," Reon nodded, "and don't forget that you can't leave me alone in this,"

"oh right," "hm? what was that?" Yamagata asked. you just shake your head with a defeated smile, "nothing..."

after clearing your throat, you snatched Semi's book away before flipping through the pages,

"okay you scumbags, it's time to learn,"

oblivious enough

the birds chirped from the tree, the hallway's as loud as ever. Semi and Tendou's leaning against the window, each of them drinking apple juice and eating yakisoba bread.

it was silence between them before Semi spoke, "hey, Tendou," "yes Semi-Semi?" "y'know,"

Semi turned his head to look at Tendou as the redhead did the same, "have you, noticed the relationship between [y/n] and Yamagata lately?"

the latter made a thinking face, before nodding, "hm, seems so,"

"do you think, either one of them ever noticed about it?" Tendou shakes his head at the question, "nope, i don't think they do. in fact, they might be completely oblivious to it,"

Semi snickered, "right, like that one time..."

"[y/n], do you think my lips are dry right now?"

you look up from your clipboard, seeing Yamagata pointing his lips, "hm, nah. they're fine, but if you want, i can but on some lip balm,"

his eyes sparkled at that as he nodded his head with excitement, "sure!" you walk towards your bag with Yamagata following you. opening the zipper and search inside it, you pull out your lip balm,

"here, hold still," you put a hand on his cheek while the other applies lip balm onto his lips. it was a slow process but he managed to not move at all while making eye contact with you.

once you finished applying, he pop his lips before humming, "mn, cherry," "let me know if you need anything else,"

he nodded with now flushed cheeks as he smile at you. you did the same, gently patting his arm.

from a distance, Shirabu looks at them with a disgusted look, "ugh, can't they be more subtle about it,"

Kawanishi shrugged, "just let them be,"

"how can i redo my memory? i don't need to see that this early," "well, what if it was us?" "i would be twice as grossed, i can put my own lip balm," "hm yeah, you're right, i honestly would be like that too," "good,"

"haha yeah, now that i think about it, they do it all the time right?" Tendou nodded at Semi's statement before hearing the all too familiar voice just a few meters away from them,

"[y/n]!"

you turned your head around while still sipping your drink. Yamagata stood in front of you, holding out his visibly crumpled necktie with a small smile,

"my necktie!" "ah again? whatever," you give your drink to him as he hold it for you.

grabbing the necktie from his hand, looping it around his collar shirt and started tying it with a concentrated look,

"i can't say that it'll be clean when i finished tying it," "it's okay! that's why i'm asking you to do it, messy or not, at least i have it on," "hm, yeah,"

after you finished tying it and patting it a little, Yamagata hugged you, "thank you!" "yeah, you're welcome,"

the aura literally radiates on the slightly crowded hallway as some of the students who passed you talked among themselves.

Semi and Tendou stared at you two, expressionless eyes but with a small smile,

'ah, right,'

Tendou sighed, intertwining his fingers together and lifting it up to his cheeks, "ah, young love~"

"we're all the same age,"

"young love~"

bonus; reliable kouhai

lifeless.

is what goshiki would say when he took a few glances at you from his book. you promised to tutor him about this subject he's struggling on. but didn't really expect to see your slouched form walking inside the library.

he's not even sure if you even hear anything you're saying right now, "get a shovel and two-" your head hit the table, creating a loud sound and catching the attention of almost everyone inside the library,

"[y/n]-senpai, um, are you okay??" you groaned and rapidly blink your eyes, covering your forehead, "yeah, 'm just..."

a yawn escaped from your mouth before you can even finish your sentence, "...tired. those stupid senpais of yours need help tutoring too even tho being grown ass men,"

goshiki closes his book and creating a small 'thump', snapping you out from your mind,

"well, if that so then you didn't have to come, you could've just tell me and i would be fine with it!" your hoarse laugh caught him off guard as a shade of red ran across his cheeks, "i can't break a promise, tsutomu. why do you even think i agree on tutoring you?"

"uh, cause you want to help me with my studies?" "one of it, and cause i enjoy tutoring you," he can feel his cheeks heating up more when you made eye contact with him, a small smile laced upon your face,

"and honestly, you're smarter than i thought. class 4 right? that's cool," he looked away, trying to calm his nerves down, "t-thanks! a lot of people thought i was in a lower class, so i, i appreciate it,"

goshiki took a peek at you, now burying your face onto your face, "also, senpai," "hm?"

"you should take a nap for now, i think i can start understanding this formula," you slightly look up at him, "you sure? i was prolly talking craps just now," "yeah! your health is more important anyway,"

you hum, offering him a warm smile, "thanks, i know i can count on you," you rested onto your side and close your eyes. lips slightly parted and just like that, you're deep in your dreams.

he pursed his lips, slowly leaning against the table to look at your face. it's calm, peaceful and beautiful, kissable lips. he wonder if he could lean in a little closer until you two-

goshiki instantly jolted up and hit himself on the head, face's covered in the color red, 'no! don't think about that, curse you Tendou-San for introducing me to those mangas...'

Tendou's faces ran across his mind as he grunted,

'why're they so pretty??'

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[spencersimp]

12 Days of Christmas with Spencer: Day 3

Day 3: Santa's Lap

Pairing: Spencer Reid x AFAB!Reader

Word Count: ~2k (oops)

Warnings: SMUT-MINORS DNI. kissing, vaginal penetration, use of the term "good girl," cursing.

A/N: I knew as soon as I chose this prompt that I was gonna turn it into a oneshot and I was right. I just couldn't help myself. anyways enjoyyyyy

12 Days of Christmas with Spencer Masterlist

feedback gives me life!

"Y/N, you made it!" Penelope came running over to you, trying not to slosh around the glass of wine in her hand. "You look amazing."

You blushed and looked down at the slimming red dress you were wearing. "Thank you, so do you." You gave her a tight hug before looking around the bullpen, and it was...strange. It was your first holiday party at the BAU, and you'd heard that Penelope loved to decorate, but this was more than you'd imagined. It was honestly a lot better. It felt warm and inviting, a stark contrast from the normal black/white/grey and blah aesthetic. It was a serious place meant for serious work, and it was almost kind of funny to see the bright holiday colors and textures that now hung from, well, everywhere. Oh, and the ginormous Christmas tree in the corner. Holiday music was playing low in the background, and you saw all of your coworkers had already arrived and had a drink in their hand with a smile on their face--except Spencer.

"Where's Spencer?"

Penelope's grin deepened. "Oh, he's over there."

Your eyes followed to where she was pointing, and that's when you saw him. "Oh. My. God."

There, standing in the back of the bullpen with his head thrown back in laughter at something Morgan was saying, was Spencer.

In a Santa suit. Fake beard and all.

"I know, isn't it hysterical?" Penelope chuckled. "He insisted on 'being festive'."

"He's festive all right. Anybody sit on his lap yet?" You smirked, taking the drink Pen handed you and enjoying a sip.

She smacked your arm playfully. "You're so bad! Y'know, maybe this could be your chance. Take it as an opportunity to...you know." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.

Yes, you certainly did know.

You'd had a crush on Spencer since you first joined the BAU about a year ago, and you'd tried everything you could think of to let him know your feelings. He was a genius, but when it came to women, he was a lot less knowledgeable.

At first you tried being subtle. Bringing him coffee, giving lingering smiles, etc...And then you tried what you thought was being obvious; lingering touches, even a wink here or there. He would blush furiously every time and try to hide a shy little smile, but nothing ever came of it.

Penelope was right. Guess you were just going to have to be explicit.

You opened your mouth to respond when Derek interrupted.

"Y/N! There's my second favorite girl," he called, a playful smile on his face. He opened his arms to you, and you walked over to give him a hug.

"Ha, ha," you fake laughed, rolling your eyes playfully.

"You look great. I love the dress."

You did a little twirl, showing yourself off. "Why thank you."

Derek turned around to look at Spencer, who was staring at you slack-jawed. "Hey, Reid, what do you think? Doesn't Y/N look great?"

Spencer blinked a few times as if he was snapping back into reality. "Yeah--uh, yeah. You look beautiful, Y/N."

You couldn't hide your grin even if you tried, your cheeks burning at the sincerity of his compliment. "Thank you. And you certainly look dashing yourself."

Spencer smiled sheepishly. "Oh, uh, yeah. I wanted to get into the spirit but now I feel stupid to be honest."

You looked around and realized that suddenly Penelope and Derek were nowhere to be found. Wingmen. You took a step closer to Spencer. "Aw, don't. I think it's cute."

Though hidden underneath his fake white beard, you knew that Spencer's cheeks were a bright pink. "Thank you."

You turned around once more to make sure no one was paying attention to you, and they weren't--everyone was too wrapped up in a story that Emily was very animatedly telling. You smirked and turned back to face Spencer. "How about I sit on your lap and I can tell you exactly what I want for Christmas?"

You didn't know it, but suddenly the room felt entirely too hot to Spencer. Surely the suit was making him overheat, and he was simply hallucinating what you'd just said to him. He nervously wiped at his forehead, now feeling a bit clammy. "Uh. What?"

Chuckling, you took one step closer to him so that you were toe to toe. Your hand came up to playfully twirl his fake beard. "I said, I want to sit on your lap, Santa. Can I please tell you what I want for Christmas? I've been so good, you know."

You didn't miss the way his adam's apple bobbed in his throat and his pupils dilated slightly. You could see in his eyes that he was calculating your words and whether or not you were serious. Did he want this? Oh, hell yes. But did you? "Y/N, I--where would we go?"

"Follow me."

Grabbing Spencer's hand, you quickly rushed out of the bullpen unnoticed and down the hall into an empty conference room before shutting the door behind you. Spencer quickly walked over to a chair and took a seat, his eyes wide as he stared at you.

You bit your lip, stalking towards him before grabbing either side of the chair and straddling him. You placed your hands on his chest, your stomach flip-flopping when you felt how fast his heart was racing through his suit.

"So?" you asked, fingers absentmindedly running through the stringy white beard.

Spencer swallowed harshly. "What?"

"Aren't you going to ask me what I want for Christmas?"

"Oh." He cleared his throat, looking at you with wide pupils. "What do you want for Christmas?"

You leaned in, not missing the sharp intake of breath from Spencer before you gently nuzzled his nose. "You."

He exhaled shakily, eyes running all over your form before looking into your eyes. "Y/N are--are you sure? You really--?"

"Spencer, I've wanted you since I first joined the BAU," you admitted, wrapping your arms around his neck and placing a soft kiss underneath his ear. You savored the way he shivered pleasantly. "And I've been really so good, Spencer. I've been so patient."

You watched as Spencer licked his bottom lip, and god you wanted him bad. Your words must have caused something in him to switch, because finally, finally he was touching you. His hands came up to rest on your hips, squeezing wantonly. "Yeah? You think you've been a good girl?"

Fuck. His words hit you right between your legs, and you squirmed in his lap. "Yeah," you whispered. "I've been such a good girl."

Now when you looked into his eyes, gone was the nervous, trembling Spencer. Now, he just looked...hungry. "Why don't you show me, then?"

Shaky fingers pulled down his beard, and god, he looked almost feral. Both of you leaned in simultaneously, and the second his lips touched yours, a fire ignited in both of you. What started as a slow kiss turned into something desperate, starving and messy. You both fought for dominance, but the second he licked into your mouth you let out an embarrassingly needy moan, and you knew he'd won. His fingers carded through your hair, bringing you impossibly closer to him. The heat between your legs was damn near unbearable now, and you couldn't stop yourself from rubbing yourself against his clothed erection.

"God, Spencer," you whined against his lips, bucking desperately against him.

His hands guided your hips, moving your clothed pussy perfectly against him, creating the perfect friction. His bottom lip was tucked perfectly behind his teeth, his brow furrowed in concentration as he watched you grind into him. God, was it a beautiful sight to see.

"Spencer," you breathed, your hands steadying themselves on his shoulders. "I could come just like this but I don't want to. P-please, I want you inside me."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he chanted in agreement, nodding his head. The two of you quickly pulled apart to pull down your panties and his pants, and your jaw damn near dropped at the sight of his cock. He was big, painfully hard and dripping precum, and if the two of you had more time, you would love nothing more than to be on your knees right now. But you needed him inside you, and fast.

Tossing your thong to the side and hiking your dress up above your waist, you climbed back on top of him and attached your lips back to his. His hands gripped your ass, kneading and pulling you closer. His cock rubbed up perfectly against your soaked pussy, and both of you moaned in unison.

"Fuck, Y/N, are you sure?" he panted, eyes searching yours for any doubts.

"Never been more sure." You placed your hands on his shoulders and lifted up before slowly sinking down onto him, his cock stretching you deliciously. You let out an obscene moan the second you were completely full of him, subconsciously clenching at the strangled noise he made in return.

"So tight," he rushed out, his eyes shut and brow furrowed in bliss at the feeling of you completely wrapped around him.

Wordlessly, you lifted yourself up and impaled yourself onto him once more, starting out slow until your rhythm began to build. He felt unbelievably good, better than anyone you'd ever been with, and as soon as he started lifting his hips to meet your thrusts and drive him deeper inside you, you knew it wouldn't be long until you reached the edge.

"Mmm, Spencer, please," you groaned, now bouncing unceremoniously on his cock.

He was staring up at you now, his mouth hanging open in wonder. You were mesmerizing bouncing above him like this, and in times like these he was undoubtedly grateful for his eidetic memory. He'd remember having you like this for the rest of his life.

Lifting his hand, he placed his thumb directly over your clit and applied the exact pressure you needed to send you over the edge. The heat in your lower belly continued to build and build until it exploded, fireworks exploding behind your eyes as you chanted his name like a prayer.

He followed you mere seconds later, his lips forming a perfect 'o' and his eyes unwilling to leave yours as he choked out your name. You scrambled to memorize his face, never seeing him any more beautiful than that moment. He was fucking perfect.

A few minutes later you registered his hands rubbing soft circles over your back, your forehead against his shoulder as you caught your breath.

"Y/N," he said softly, trepidation in his voice. Like he was afraid that speaking would break whatever spell the two of you had been under a few moments ago.

You lifted your head and looked at him to give him a lazy smile. "Spencer."

He looked nervous again and placed his hand gently on your cheek, his heart skipping a beat when you nuzzled into his palm. "You really wanted to do that since you joined the BAU?"

You placed a kiss to his palm. "Well, yeah. I really like you, Spencer. I tried to give you hints but nothing I was doing was working so...I figured I'd try this route."

His eyes searched yours, shock on his face. "You--you tried to tell me for a year that you like me?"

You giggled and nodded. "Yeah. Might wanna get that IQ checked again, doctor."

He grinned, shaking his head at your teasing. "I--I like you too. A lot, actually."

You were positively beaming. Leaning in, you pressed a tender kiss to his lips, savoring the way he sighed happily and wrapped his arms around your waist.

"Well, this is the best Christmas yet, I must say," you said softly, another smirk forming on your lips. "Santa gave me exactly what I wanted this year."

He laughed, nuzzling your nose. "Well, you were a good girl."

"Always, Dr. Reid. Always."

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[hearteyes-for-killmonger]

Chapter 11: The New Deal

Letitia was murdered in cold blood and little ol' me was bitter about stolen lotion. How cold.

I wondered why no one on campus that I know had told me about what happened. I called Natalie but she too was shocked by the terrible news.

"You and I have to look out for one another," was what she said as I completed my nightly routine.

"Sounds great and all, but that's what I thought we'd been doing."

We were supposed to be watching each other's backs since we're all women of the sun, golden godesses and highly sought after in the most sordid of ways. Unfortunately.

"Girl, if a wayward negro or redneck casper freak wants to shoot my ethereal ass, what exactly are you going to do about it," I ask wanting a genuine answer. What could she possibly do? Meaning well doesn't keep you alive when your enemies are determined.

I'm Gemini, angel of lust. I have an army of enemies.

Once off the phone with Natalie, I call my loyal steed, Keon, to make good on his offer of purchased security. I need that extra lock installed and whatever else he'll foot the bill for including pepper spray and a switchblade. The sooner the better.

I sigh tiredly as I fall across my bed, thinking at least I've got this beautiful clean new comforter set without the juices of myself and other people splashed all over it. It's bad for my skin to lay on filth.

"Not again," I sigh as the phone rings from my bed and after letting it ring twice, I check to see who's calling. It's the Professor, poor lil Tink. I think I'm proving to be a little too much for him.

"It's near midnight Stevens. My office hours are 9 to 9."

"You a slippery little thing, it's tough to get hold of you."

"I'm a busy woman," I shrug.

"I'm a busy man, yet somehow I still find time.. Come in to my office now, we have things to discuss."

I check the time on my phone. It's 11:47. Our deal ends tomorrow.

"There's nothing productive to discuss at midnight, Professor.. and I take your exam tomorrow."

"Academia never rests, Ms. Miller. I expect you to arrive within 20 minutes. I'm being gracious considering this call is for your sake."

"How? What did you want to discuss? We could do this over the phone. Professor? ...Hello?"

He hung up.

Oh he's such a bitch for this.

Rolling out of bed, I remove my rollers, fix my hair, and redress into pink sweatpants and a white halter top. Obviously I love pink.

This time, I'm ready. I pack a little purse with antiseptic throat spray, two condoms just in case, and a cloth.

I wear my white converse and a thick coat of gloss. It takes me the 20 minutes to get there to his office suite in the science building. Of course the offices are otherwise deserted because it's after midnight. His yellow artificial light is the only light streaming into the hall of offices.

I step into the doorway and there he is typing on the computer, gold-rimmed glasses sitting on the edge of his nose. He's sharp in his tailored grey plaid combo with his burgundy button down and silver watch. I can see the definition in his arms. As for his right hand where he wears his ring, I can picture it around my neck. I clear my throat and he looks up.

"Have a seat," he points me to the chair before his desk. I sit and sling my purse on the floor next to me like before.

"I recall I sat in this very chair when I gave you some of the most heavenly head you've likely ever had." His dick is beautiful. The flashbacks make my mouth water. "I wanna suck your dick again," I smile watching as his eyes remain on his computer screen as if he doesn't hear me. It only makes me want him more. "You know I can make you see stars."

He turns the computer screen to me so suddenly that I'm taken aback. "Your grades are in jeopardy. Look at your projected GPA."

"You aren't supposed to have access to my grades in other classes," I stir watching the screen. I wonder his relationship with the other professors. "Besides you said it was handled. You know.. when I gave you the super-glyuck 5000?"

Again he removes his glasses, folds them, lays them on the desk as is his habit, and reclines in his seat, hands folded.

"About that. There were certain criteria in place that you failed to meet, Ms. Miller. You knew the rules."

"Wow. Okay, I'm having difficulty taking you seriously after seeing you in such a drastically different light.. Suddenly I'm Ms. Miller again? I thought that was only for show. Professor.. and Criteria?"

"Yes, Ms. Miller," his eyes shine. It's on purpose. He goes inside of his drawer to produce a manilla folder which he hands to me as though he's serving a court document. When I open it I stare at it.

"List of infractions," I read aloud as I scan the numbered list of sins I've committed against this man along with a count of times I have committed them. Ignoring his call, failing to appear when summoned, hanging up on him, arriving to class tardy, arriving fully clothed, and a variety of other things he has never once mentioned. "Seriously?"

"The deal was.. you'd answer my calls, appear when requested, come to class on time and prepared, come to class the way I request."

"Half naked.."

"The way I request," he reiterates. I can't help but laugh. This looks like a contract of sorts which reminds me of my dream. "In return for obliging said requests until your exam date, you were set to receive a high A in each of your courses. You failed to meet that criteria and now.." he gestures to the screen, "The deal is off."

"What? You can't do that! Why didn't you say something? I thought you were--"

"I know what you thought.. I warned you there would be consequences. It could've been so simple for you," his head shakes as if it's a shame. I'm sitting bolt straight.

"No!" I lean forward with my hands on his desk. His brow raises. It really was the perfect deal. I've dreamed of scenarios like this. I really did want to play along, especially with him. "I was waiting on a punishment from you all this time but not like this, I wanted--"

"A funishment?" The humor in his voice is faint but I don't miss it, he's enjoying my misfortune. "What you wanted is irrelevant. I said you'd recieve a punishment if you failed to comply.. You failed to comply."

"Do over," I blink in an attempt to compel him. "I don't care what it takes, you're going to get me those grades."

He doesn't look convinced, but I'm serious. "Do over," I urge. "It was a misunderstanding."

"Was it now," he toys. Actually I thought he was a pushover.

"Yes. Do over." He can see in my eyes, I'm serious and he deliberates.

"Hm," he pouts, luscious lips in a pensive pucker. I recall he only let me kiss him for the briefest of moments. As I watch him assessing me, his eyes on mine, I strive to do it again but for much longer. "Okay Ms. Miller.  Have it your way.. But new deal.."

"Yes?" I'm on the edge of my seat ready to suck dick now. In fact, I'm going to.. either way. I'm still staring at his lips when he rests his tongue behind his perfect top teeth.

"I'll tell you in the car," he says. "I wanna show you something."

xoxo.

"Is this where you live? I don't know what I expected." Hell maybe?

"Follow me." He leaves the car and opens his gate to the backyard exposing a stone sidewalk leading up to a large shed. It's more like a smaller house behind his house being that it's well kept, attractive, and he has a key for it. My jaw drops when I look inside. He flips the lights and the room fires to life, glowing fluorescent red. I know exactly what this is..

There's a thin red rug in the middle of the floor, easy to wash. A black leather love seat. An adult swing. A twin bed with black satin sheets. A tall black dresser. A wall of tools from whips, crops, and floggers to paddles and canes. Even violet wands. I see the pulleys. The fixtures. Instantly I know he's a rigger which is perfect since I'm a  rope bunny.

He loosens his tie and I grip it by the knot, sliding it up the fabric and pulling it tight against his thick neck watching the surprised look in his eyes darken to the lust filled expression I've grown to crave. His hand tangles in my hair with light tension, pulling my head back. Perfect tension.

"New contract," he says as I bite my lip, nectar stirring within my core, excitement fluttering like hungry butterflies. I needed this more I previously thought.

"Yes?" My voice is small. My eyes are hopeful.. breathing shallow. I feel needy! I need his hands all over my body, bringing me to ecstacy. I crave it. When his free hand softly strokes my cheek, I lean into it.

"You'll be my sex slave. My pretty lil slut... For the next semester."

My face drops.

"Semester," he repeats tightening his grip on my hair. The butterflies float to my nipples.

When I think about it, I will have him next semester as well as my internship. I'm excited to work CSI. A sex slave, however, is a full time job that could be time consuming. I have subs to tend to, a stage at Mickey's to dominate, and content to make. Between that, I still need to study, keep up my attendance and find the time to enjoy my collegiate experience.

"Of course you can refuse." He releases me and stands back watching the internal debate play out on my face.

"Wait," I pause him. There's something undeniable about the practiced nature of his hands. Those thick, stubby fingers know how to please, I can tell by the way he touches me. I know the difference between a man who touches for his own pleasure versus a man who seeks out mine. I miss that touch. "My grades are guaranteed?"

He nods leaning with his back on the wall and it's obvious he's giving me the space to decide. I look around the well organized room briefly appreciating the variety and aesthetic nature. I thought I had a lot of toys to play with.

"For the upcoming semester as well," he verbally confirms. His arms fold over his chest as he sighs and I picture his strong forearm locked around my chest, holding me in place as he does whatever he wants. "Consider your service your payment, Ms. Gemini."

I'm so wet.

It hits different when he says my stage name. Taboo and I love it. "It's a deal."

"Is it really," he says dully.

I blink up at him and bite my lip, bending my knee inward like a shy schoolgirl. "Your wish is my command, Professor."

This wakes him up and he emerges from his wall placement, reclaiming his position to tower over me as I look up to meet his eye. His jaw tenses then he scoffs, looking away. "You ain't ready."

"I am!" Hands on my hips, I bat my little lashes to prove it.

"Set up my phone on that tripod and press record then," he nods to the skinny black stand. "You outta know how that works.."

I fucking knew he was a subscriber to my content! I needed to publish more videos anyway so this is perfect.

"It's on," I report turning back to him and it hits me when he shifts so that we're both centered on the video that he's probably got a number of videos on the internet himself. "Request to view your video library when we're done?"

"We'll see," he winks straightening his posture. "For now..," he holds my gaze and I nod slightly, giving him the green light. "Phoebe Miller," he smirks taking a step back.. "Are you aware that you are free to leave at any time?"

"Of course, you couldn't keep me here past my will if you tried."

"And you understand as part of the BDSM community we take the motto 'safe sane and consensual' to heart."

"Absolutely."

"Are you consenting to a sexual relationship with me?"

"Absolutely."

"Are you consenting to an S&M dynamic with me.. as an adult who is into fully aware of what this entails?"

"I am. I'm ready, let's go." I reach for his tie again, but this time I only tug it gently to show my building impatience. He's got me all wound up, ready to spring and lay him out on the satin sheets as if I'm the one in the dominant role. I'm beyond ready for his suit to come off, as edible as he looks with it on.

"Patience," he whispers holding my cheek. "I want you to show me a sign of your volunteered submission. Tell me you want me to own your body, to take control of your every orgasm and push the limits of your body. Are you ready to be my slave understanding that you maintain your natural role as an independent member of society? Speak clearly for my records."

I face the camera and he seems pleased when I repeat the lines he's given. "I love the videoed consent."

"Good. Now face me."

Easily done. I spin to do just that.

"Good girl..," his chin raises and I see in his sneaky eyes, he's escalating. "One more thing," he tests tilting my chin up further. I stare him down evenly. As a fetish content maker and a domme, I don't flinch easily. "Hm.."

"Please sir, I'm ready," I confirm as his thumb strokes my chin.

"I think you might be.. Ok. Show me that you recognize your new master." He points to a spot on the red rug. "Kneel for me and present your wrists."

"Something different," I whisper.

"Nah.. This is the one," he smiles. "Feel free to say no, I can take you back. A high B ain't bad considering most my students operate at a low B."

"Hell no!"

"No?" He grins.

"Move." Brushing his hand off of my face, I back up to the rug and kneel with raised wrists. He undoes his tie and loops my wrists, completing the handcuff knot in a second flat, the free end in his hand like a lead.

"Don't worry it'll feel good to you.. to relax and let someone else take control. We'll take it easy tonight."

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[locke-writes]

Hi! Can I request a playlist for my OC, Finley Morgan?

Finley is an inventor/alchemist trying to clear her family name due to her father's horrid actions years ago. She struggles with her own mental state while also having to deal with her father's dark shadow looming over her. Deep down Finley strives to be the greatest inventor who ever lived, she wants her legacy to completely erase her father's.  

Finley is detail-oriented, analytical, accommodating, and will cautiously plan her way through life. She is driven to answer the question, "why" before acting.

She prefers being alone most of the time and is not socially active. She prefers to be with family or the two close friends that she has. When forced into social events she tends to leave as soon as possible. She tends to slip away, unnoticed. In order to function well, she needs information and time alone to think.

Finley has ADHD and dyspraxia.

Finley is slightly nearsighted and has glasses, though she tends to forget to wear them. Sometimes "losing" them on her own head.

If you wrong her, the only way to get back on her good side is by making restitution. It's also how she apologizes.

She shows love by giving well-thought-out gift baskets or spending quality time with you.

She's not the biggest fan of being touched. It takes her getting comfortable enough with you to be fine with anything more than a handshake.

Finley is prone to many interests and is a jack-of-all-trades. She also tends to hyper-fixate on her interests until she loses motivation and finds a new interest.

She has a very idiosyncratic point of view on everything. Because she's able to see information and patterns other people would miss, this causes her to be able to, to some extent, predict the future.

Finley is not the most trusting person in the world but she is fiercely loyal once you do earn her trust.

She has hidden dimensions that are as intense as they are fascinating. Sometimes she comes across as arrogant, cynical, and cryptic. Though this seems to only happen when she's afraid.

She can brood over injustices, is prone to entertaining conspiracy theories and connecting the dots that are unnoticed by others.

Finley is moderately paranoid at the best of times. She can be vindictive and petty. Enacting sneaky vengeance on those who wronged her or those she cares about.

She has very low self-esteem.

Finley is interested in learning and exploring new ideas. She's always working on something that she thinks will be the next big discovery or invention. Though she rarely finishes them.

Finley will blurt out facts but they come across as her being rude, which is not her intention.

She likes learning but schoolwork was always a low priority for her.

Due to her being raised by an entire family of narcissists, whenever she tried to speak they'd interrupt her or complain about her talking too much or too loudly. So she's usually pretty silent unless you can get her started on something she's passionate about.

Finley will break apart every solid food she eats and eat the pieces from smallest to biggest.

She lacks attention, which causes anything she writes down to have spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors.

She frequently gets lost in daydreams.

If she lacks genuine interest, she struggles with following instructions and completing assignments.

Organization and self-care are also difficult for her. Along with other daily activities.

If she gets hyperfocused on something, she'll go the entire day without remembering to eat.

But if she doesn't keep her hands busy she'll constantly be eating just to have something for her hands to do.

She's embarrassed by how poor her handwriting is, despite how much she's practiced at making it more legible.

She does not like a lot of noise, especially loud noise. She can only enjoy fireworks if she's far enough away that the sounds are minimal but she can still enjoy the view.

She cannot tolerate the feeling of water on her forearms/elbows. Or have wet clothing on.

She's very clumsy, frequently tripping over her own furniture no longer how long it's been in that particular spot. She will always have at least one bruise on her body and it's unlikely she can tell you how she got it.

Most of the time when Finley speaks, her words get muddled up. She especially struggles with words that have R in the middle of them.

She likes Scandinavian-style interior design. Her favorite colors are dark green and black.

Words that would fit her aesthetic are haunting, natural, quiet. 

Please and thank you xx

Because of the Shame - Against Me!

Downpour - Brandi Carlile

The Sky Is A Neighborhood - Foo Fighters

Lemon Eyes - Meg Myers

My Sun - Amorphis

Telescope - Cage the Elephant

Jinny Bingham’s Ghost - Frank Turner

Younger Years - The Milk Carton Kids

Soft Skeletons - Anberlin

The War Years - City & Colour

That’s All - Genesis

Live Learn And Forget - Nada Surf

Fire In My Mind - Andy Black

Here Is the House - Depeche Mode

Trip the Light Fantastic - Greta Van Fleet

Pool - Paramore

Darkside - Blink 182

New Ceremony - Dry the River

What Did I Ever Give You? - Kaiser Chiefs

Footsteps - Pearl Jam

#oc playlist

[possumcorpse]

Tagged in a thing that I will do instead of sleeping :)

tagged by @hillbillynoir who is souper amazing ♡

im fairly sure i did this like. many months ago. but whatever idc

Nicknames: Jedi, Jack o Lantern, Jacko, Dorky, Turbo Male. Technically "Jackie" is a nickname I guess? Does that qualify if it's a shortened version of my name?

Height: im small. 5'2" fairly sure.

Time: 11:49 PM. i said i'd sleep at 11 :')

Fave Bands/Artists: blink-182, Neck Deep, Real Friends, FIDLAR, SWMRS, PUP, biosphere, barnes blvd.

Song stuck in my head: Zero - Imagine Dragons

Last film I saw: Ralph Breaks the Internet

Last thing googled: "big bang theory im.waiting"

Why I chose my username: I write stories. When zi made this account, I was a major brony. I'm still a dork. I'm too lazy to change it and saved my ideal username for my art blog

Other blogs:

@queen-of-possum-springs : NITW fan blog that doesnt even show NITW shit anymore. its just more like 90% politics, news, and posts informing people about stuff in general and 10% NITW fanart

@curikal : Art blog. I reblog my art here, and I'm *considering* reblogging friends art and stuff here maybe as like. hey check it. then again, only my friends follow that lol

@firstpersondreams : My oldest secondary blog. I made it freshman year when I had weird dreams and I was too lazy to write it. i havent updated it in perhaps a year despite having dreams every day ripperoni

Do I get asks: Yea

Following? Too many people whose content I enjoy but idk if some people even post anymore or disappeared or anythin. Art blogs mostly, some memes, some cosplay, and following general tags on cyberpunk, art, anime, games, etc.

What I'm Wearing: Pajamas. An old hoodie, a t-shirt from my old catholic school, bunny socks and sweatpants. It's cold.

Dream Job: A mechanical engineer or industrial designer would be great dreaming realisitcally. Game design and stuff is a possible option too! If I'm not limited to the confines of reality or money, then a mercenary who delivers pizza, mail, and fights through dungeons and shit like that idk

Dream Trip: Road trip! Travel across the country and stat and sightsee cities and forests. Although traveling to asia (mostly the Philippines but other places seem interestjng) again would be awesome too! I just hate how humid it is whenever I visit though and I really dislike rain. And mosquitos. fuck them

Favorite Food: Grilled fish! Usually doesn't matter what kinda fish, but I've not tried all fish. If not fish, then either siomai or siopao

Play any instruments: I play bass guitar and I'm learning some chords n shit on my own time on my dad's acoustic

Languages spoken: English. I can speak very basic Tagalog. My language teacher isn't a good teacher imo. But you didn't hear that from me.

Random Fact: My high school had a League of Legends team who won championships back in like 2012 or 2014. I forget

Describe myself in aesthetic things: Beat-up sneakers and band tees. Milk tea and books. Rainy night in an apartment overlooking a bright, colorful city. A dandelion growing next to the sidewalk.

Most Iconic Song: odjfjekdkksks uh probably When I Was Young - blink-182

Tagging: Anyone who wants to do this. im too lazy to tsg people. its now 12:22 am. i spent too much time writing this and i shall sleep

#tagged #thankis i must sleeep tjeieiidejejdie