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sasukimimochi · 1 year

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Making a post cuz i'm bothered by this and i see this kind of cringe-control type behavior around a lot. i don't think people are doing it maliciously half the time but when you don't know something you don't know and i think people should understand how it's actually quite controlling/hurtful.

Putting it under read more cuz i'm going to talk about pg-13 and above topics.

(there isn't anything explicit, just words are mentioned, thus why the keep reading line.)

This hasn't happened to me like, i haven't been told these words are cringe to my face but i see many posts about it.

but... i do use "cringe" typical words.

people will say don't call +18/explicit content "lewd/spicy/lemon"

people will say don't use "length/member/shaft" etc and these are just two categories i'm referencing here cuz i can't think of more off the top of my head. the abundance of examples here though isn't important.

now as you probably know i already use at least two of the words mentioned. i'm not saying my reasons are the same for others, but i hate seeing the posts saying that it's because you're too ashamed of what you're talking/reading etc about and then ranting about how cringe it is.

i can talk in explicit detail about +18 topics, but i personally cringe at the words sex/cock/balls/hot/sexy/dick etc like...my reasoning isn't that i'm ashamed of what i'm talking about, its that the words make me uncomfortable and i think they're words that aren't for me due to the vulgar vibe i get from them. you can like those words all you want though, just like how i can like my words all i want!

judging people for using specific words is the dumbest thing i've seen lately in my opinion (other than obvious important things going on in the world, let's not get that specific). i can understand if it's like, genuinely offensive or something. But this is different, these words are just straight up harmless- when did spicy even get put in the cringe category? you allergic to someone saying a picture/piece of writing is spicy?

tbh i have two reasons for using the subtler words like spicy, which i tend to actually use most often along with the word "length/erection" instead of "cock/dick". one of the reasons is a very simple one: tumblr does some weird shit if you put the abbreviation for not safe for work in your post (i did once and it scared me cuz something popped up saying something about changing my content and i was like asdfs??? but anyway i'm not trying it again), and second, i have some type of aversion to certain words. it has nothing to do with the conversation i'm having and all to do with the word.

I use the word "explicit" most often to replace n*fw, because of tumblrs issues with the content, but i have and will still call such content all three: you won't catch me calling it sex/porn etc because i find it personally a lot to mentally handle. I imagine a lot of these other words being used aren't only because of someone wanting to come up with other ways to write the terms, but for reasons like mine, where the words are disconcerting.

i get a similar feeling whenever someone says a character/person is "hot/sexy", i hate it, idk how to feel about it, it feels uncomfortable, but i absolutely agree that the person/character looks good! but you won't catch me ever calling anyone/anything by those.

like, there's a long list of terms i hate but are completely normal for the average person. You will not see me using them, but i don't judge you for it. i know its normal and i'm not out here to control your lives.

however i see so many people getting annoyed at these "cringier" word choices and i gotta say, live a little. embrace some cringe. it's not gonna kill you to see them just as it doesn't kill me to see descriptions in writing going on about cock and balls like its some elegant poetry.

let people live. enjoy your own life. i'll stick to saying slit, you stick to saying vagina. i'll stick to saying length, you say cock.

but stop making fun of people for it.

stop telling people they're doing it for no good reason.

obviously, you will never know if someone else identifies with what i've said.

so you shouldn't judge strangers and say they're ashamed and/or what they're saying is cringe- i fucking love explicit content. i get happy/excited about it too. i just do it differently in the way that makes me comfortable.

If you're uncomfortable with me using words that make me comfortable, then that's a you problem, i'd say.

#sasu speaks #just my two cents #talking about words and cringe related to them #i think i reread this enough to spot all my errors but if i missed something well i give. i'll fix it later #i still don't have a good way to explain my reaction to those words #it could have something to do with my childhood not being great or even just the fact i'm demisexual so i hate the over-familiar feeling #Could be anything. but it shouldn't be anyone's business as long as no one gets hurt!

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danganronpedits-archived · 4 years

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Yo! DR(any game+UDG)matchup pls?INFP-T, I enjoy creative work! I act+look big & scary but that's just cuz I'm trying to stay strong 4 the people I love. I always have good, nonjudgmental, supportive intentions but I find it hard 2 read the room so I come off as mean. I'm always protective/take care of others. 0 energy. Never talk about my emotions. Willin to risk a lot even for strangers. Not shy, not loud either. I'm cheap. Too much fightin spirit 4 my own good-like it gets me in trouble. Thx!

hey, anon! i was super willing to do this for you- you seem like a really chill person !! so i hope you like the matchup, haha... oh, and also! just a quick thing, i wasn’t sure if it was okay to add anime characters, so the one you reminded me of is at the end!

first off, you remind me of...

nekomaru nidai!

this was one that really jumped out at me! first off, nekomaru’s a chaotic “yo!” guy. being the tallest character, with gonta, and i believe the physically heaviest in muscle? he definitely looks scary, and his overconfident and loud act goes with him sort of acting scary too. he is, however, just doing this to try and be strong for the people around him! you have chaotic dad vibes, anon, and nekomaru is to me one of the best people in the danganronpa series- he’s genuinely not judging anyone around him, only wanting to support them and do the right thing! and that desire to do the right thing is both something he wants to hold in himself, as well as spread to other people. his jokes and other remarks, however, like his aggression in class trials, can come off as rude. in fact, i thought he was just Big Angry Buff Man until i tried to pay a bit more attention to him.

he’s definitely protective of others- i mean, his talent is team managing, he’s the world’s biggest dad. keeping sports groups under control has to be a well-trained skill, and again, with his size i wouldn’t doubt that it’s a little easier for him. he doesn’t really talk about his own emotions much, unless it’s meant to inspire others, and i wouldn’t be surprised if that’s also to try and be strong and support towards them!! he definitely has, like, 95843985 fighting spirit, and he’s definitely shy though he’s... very loud. that’s your biggest/only real difference, though! plus, his protectiveness definitely makes him able to sacrifice and take risks for the rest of the group. oh, one more little difference, he definitely supports creative work- like, endlessly, but i don’t think he exactly does it himself. sports can definitely be considered creative, but not... typically. still though! big nekomaru vibe!

second off, you remind me of...

gonta gokuhara!

okay, you’re also very big gonta vibe. first off, in the games, he’s only second smallest to nekomaru, but still equal to him in height! and, of course, he definitely looks intimidating until you talk to him. a lot of this appearance and him trying to be a gentleman for his original family, who he obviously loves dearly. plus, gonta is an extremely non malicious individual- he’s extremely kind and would likely never approach anyone with bad intentions. he can also come off as forceful, specifically when he’s passionate about a topic like bugs- leaving him as being seen as a little cruel depending on the situation(cough cough, insect meet and greet, who remembers that, haha..), or just a bit rougher in lesser examples, like his gruffness towards the manhole.

gonta is also very protective of others- i mean, he literally wouldn’t hurt a fly. like nekomaru, he’s probably one of the sweetest and least malicious characters in danganronpa. that’s not to say the characters of danganronpa are malicious, but he’s one of the only ones with just- complete lack of judgement and anger towards anyone. i’m sure that you, anon, aren’t exactly like that- but both of you seem like you’re trying your best to be good people. he doesn’t really talk about his own emotions much, i assume in part because he can’t put them into words, and he’s more than willing to risk a lot even for people he hasn’t really met. he’s not exactly shy, and while he can get a bit louder at times, i wouldn’t say that that’s his default at all. lastly, i’m not sure what you mean by cheap ajfsdj sorry, but gonta also has a lot of spirit to fight like you do!

and lastly, you remind me of...

kaito momota!

once again, character with chaotic dad vibes. kaito’s a bit less like you, but he still just has... a really similar vibe to you! sorry, i’ve been bringing up vibes a lot, but still! kaito does actually enjoy creative work, i think, mostly shown by how he likes milk puzzles and those are more of a thinking exercise? plus, his biggest thing is that he tried to put on this masculine, gruff persona and appearance, to protect himself and his friends. specifically, maki and shuichi as v3 goes on- he cares a lot about both of them along with others, and his stubbornness tends to be directed towards them and the family we hear about ingame! he doesn’t always have completely good and non malicious intentions, i don’t think, but he does seem to be working on becoming a better person, and a lot of his actions (mostly including his philosophy about belief versus doubt) are based around being good to others and having faith in them.

sometimes, kaito can have a bit of an airheaded disposition, like you, where he struggles to read the room- this is at certain times, of course, but this can make him come off as overly arrogant or rude. he doesn’t mean this at all, of course, but he can occasionally be manipulated into aggression by other people like kokichi. by default, though, kaito is a little lazy(like you say with 0 energy) but wants to help others how he can. this can also include wanting to protect them- as we saw in the first chapter, where he tried to get everyone to fight monokuma and the exisals. he really doesn’t talk about his emotions much at all, unless he’s specifically close with someone. he has... a lot of fighting spirit, i mean, the only characters i can think of that actually hit someone else in the games are him and mondo. he’s definitely not shy, and though he is outspoken, he’s not excessively loud the way nekomaru is, i don’t think! at least, not at first.

you also very strongly remind me of great gozu from the dr3 anime! i would’ve put him as a major one, you remind me of him even more than nekomaru, but i wasn’t sure if anime characters were alright. additionally, you remind me rather strongly of sakura ogami, somewhat of masaru daimon, and a bit of yasuhiro hagakure and mondo owada!

i hope this was okay, anon!! ajdfsjdfj they’re... almost all guys. if you’d like that or anything else changed, please let me know!! i’m more than happy to change this for you!!!

-mod tsu!

#kin matchup #danganronpa kin #dr kin #fellow cosplayer! / inbox answer #shsl cosplayer! / request fulfilled #and with that im going to bed #it's very late #you're too slow! / queued post

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nyxiesilverfire · 6 years

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I'm really torn about Shiro. Because I really don't think it's the same Shiro. He doesn't look the same. And there was a camera zooming noise with his eyes in season 3. But at the same time the whole #notmyshiro thing is 1. getting old and 2. getting entirely out of hand. Saying shit like "I'm gonna kill this bitch ass clone" is honestly completely fucked up. Because whether he's the same Shiro or not he hasn't really done anything Shiro wouldn't do. And I know the whole fandom is gonna wanna fight me on that. But my mom has ptsd and is so much like Shiro that it's crazy. It's almost scary how alike they are. And she's yelled at my siblings and me, and hurt our feelings when she's particularly stressed out. And I'm sorry but Shiro is pretty fuckin stressed. In the first two seasons he really gives off the vibe that he's hiding from his trauma. Cuz he's acting a lot like my mom from when I was growing up and she was burying herself in her job and taking care of us and all those other things so she didn't have to deal with it. That's exactly what Shiro is doing in the first two seasons. And then it all starts to fall apart with season 3. And then especially by the time season 5 rolls around. Killing Zarkon was supposed to make everything better. It was supposed to be the solution. And instead Shiro doesn't feel any better, cuz it's not like that fixed or took away any of his trauma. And they have to deal with the resulting power vacuum now. And him fighting with Allura makes sense too. In fact, it stressed me out because it's the exact kind of fighting my parents get into. When my mom tries to control everything and do everything by herself cuz her ptsd makes her feel she can't trust anybody else to get it done right so she she has to do it herself. And then she doesn't tell us anything. Just like how Shiro did in season 5. And my mom has said multiple times that ptsd changes people. And I've seen it. My mom is an entirely different person when you compare her to when she's stressed from her ptsd to when she's cool and everything is good. And that's exactly how Shiro is. When everything's cool he isn't any different than the first 2 seasons. In season 3 he spared two aliens that had been hostile towards him for no reason. He tried to comfort Keith and told him he made the right call. And tried to reassure him that he'll be able to get the hang of Black. In season four when Keith leaves he assures him the castle, and the Paladins will always be somewhere he's welcome. At the end of the Voltron show when Coran feels bad for trying drugs Shiro is the one that tells him the plan actually worked so it wasn't that bad. He was the one that pulled Matt into the hug. In season five he joked around a bit with Sam about Iverson. He checked in with Ryner and tried to help her as best he could even with the beast attacking. He apologized for yelling at Lance. He stepped up to support a decision Allura had made, against pretty much the entire rest of the team, just like at the end of season 1. He didn't get after Lance for bugging everyone when Lance was worried. And he brought up to Lance some thing that Lance had brought up with him before that had bothered both of them. And that's all off the top of my head I'm sure I could find more moments of Shiro being Shiro in the later seasons if I rewatched them. I'm still unsure it's the same Shiro because of the visual cues we've been given and that camera zooming noise. But at the same time there is no way in hell he's doing anything with malicious intent to fuck over the team. Or purposely trying to hurt any of them. And he sure as hell doesn't deserve the fandoms bullshit. Leave the poor man alone. He needs nothing but love and protection. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

#voltron legendary defender #shiro #takashi shirogane #vld shiro #not my shiro #ptsd #please fight me fandom #leave the man alone #he's fine #Okay #even if he isn't the same damn Shiro #protect all shiros #he deserves better

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blueoatmeal · 7 years

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TFA Longarm Prime & Shockwave playlist analysis/breakdown

8/3/2017

TFA spoilers!

[Longarm Prime mix] [Shockwave mix]

Alrighty folks, my good buddy @incomingtransmissionfromearth has asked me if I might make a breakdown of my thought process when making these mixes (as I did for my tfa Blurr mix), and I am elated to fulfill that request!

These mixes are linked pretty thoroughly, so I’ll be covering both on this post. It’s,, ahahaha, going to get pretty long, so I’ll remember to use a readmore this time!

Both/The Basics

I wanted the playlists to not only accurately portray Shockwave’s two different characters, Longarm Prime and his true self Shockwave, through lyrics and individual songs that fit, but to tonally differentiate between the two, so that the playlists would actually evoke different feelings from the listener.

I wanted Longarm’s mix to be generally more upbeat or mellow and light, while also being a touch melancholy, with hints of the darkness lurking underneath. I wanted it to seem more sympathetic towards the character of Longarm Prime. “Isn’t it hard to be a spy, to work in intelligence? So many secrets, and trust is such an expensive commodity. But you can trust me; I’m on your (the Autobot’s) side, and friendly, and if the government’s a bit whack, don’t worry, conform and it’ll work out fine!”

Also, in the back of my head I had the notion that Longarm was a kind of victim in his situation with Shockwave--not literally though: There have been many AU ideas where Longarm was originally an Autobot, who was being basically possessed by Shockwave, or where Shockwave’s mind had fractured into two entirely separate personas, or where Soundwave killed the real Longarm and took his place. Some of those AUs hold appeal for me, and while I wanted my mixes to adhere to canon, I wanted to keep a little bit of that feeling from the AUs, where Longarm is really more of an unwitting (or only partially self-aware) pawn, and not only the chessmaster in disguise. I justified this with the idea that Shockwave would probably try to portray Longarm similarly if he was caught, if only so that he wouldn’t be killed outright for truly being a full Decepticon. Pull out the “pity me” card. It felt like the sort of lie he’d try to pull off if he was put into a situation that necessitated it. He did try, in one episode, to deter Bulkhead and Bumblebee from shooting him by transforming from Shockwave to Longarm and trying to say that he was their old friend. The weren’t having that, of course, and shot him anyway. I did have more AU-ish leaning songs in the mix, but I cut them.

With Shockwave’s mix, I wanted a vastly different feeling, so that the two mixes really contrasted. I wanted it to be much darker, much more sinister, finally revealing the truths that Longarm’s mix hinted at. I wanted it to be scary and serious; less lighthearted and more cold and ominous. The mask has been taken off and the thing underneath is a devious monster.

Now of course Shockwave has his silly moments too, so both mixes together accurately portray both Longarm and Shockwave as a whole. But I wanted to distill the ideas OF those characters, in their separateness, and put them in these contrasting mixes.

It’s almost like the two mixes represent not only the characters themselves, but the perceptions of them from the viewpoint of other characters. Longarm is a kind but odd dork who’s competent at his job, which is Head of Intelligence, while Shockwave is the guiding force behind the curtain who manipulates events, secretly murders bots that are in his way, and looms like a shadow in the minds of those who may only know him by his impressive reputation as Megatron’s most trusted spy.

I spent a LOT of time on these mixes and developed both simultaneously. I had once considered making one long playlist, but with the disparity in tone, I thought two would be better. You want upbeat, listen to Longarm; you want dark, listen to Shockwave. Besides, it puts more of a separation between the two identities.

From the beginning, I wanted both mixes to tie into each other, and to a lesser extent, to tie into my previously published tfa Blurr mix. I mentioned this intent in a post a while back, actually. I wanted the small Blurr tie-in because of, naturally, the fact that they worked together (Longarm) in the CIA, and then Shockwave committed what was probably the darkest on-screen act in the entirety of tfa when he “killed” Blurr. It was a significant event for both characters in the course of the show, and it made such an impression on me that I just had to include a nod to it.

Recommended listening: Longarm mix first, then Shockwave’s.

Don’t Let It Show (Longarm Prime mix)

Alternate titles: “Watch What You Say,” or “Words You’re Gonna Regret”

Very 80s

Alludes to darker or malicious acts without dipping into a truly dark tone or feel.

As the playlist goes on, it transitions from comfortably undercover to under suspicion.

Suspicion: the first song I had for this mix. Lyrics fit so well~! “In the park, yesterday, I saw a face that spelled danger, A friendly smile, a worried look, I mistook for a stranger” Introduces the “face/faces” motif.

Don’t Let It Show provided the title of the mix. This track is meant to make Longarm more sympathetic by highlighting how hard it is to hide his true self and work among bots that he cannot trust and who may put their trust in him, when he knows he is going to break that trust someday. “Even if it's taking the easy way out, Keep it inside of you. Don't give in. Don't tell them anything. Don't let it, Don't let it show.”

Everybody Wants to Rule the World has the government surveillance feel. “Even while we sleep, We will find you, Acting on your best behaviour, Turn your back on mother nature, Everybody wants to rule the world” It also feels like some of the lyrics could be taken as the Decepticons wanting to take back Cybertron.

Every Breath You Take has a strong surveillance/spy/CIA vibe to it. Also the lyrics are super creepy but the song shrugs it off like nah dude it’s fine it’s not creepy to literally watch everything that somebody does. “Every breath you take and every move you make, Every bond you break, every step you take, I'll be watching you, Every single day and every word you say, Every game you play, every night you stay, I'll be watching you”

You Don't Believe: now this one is a remnant of that AU stuff I mentioned, where Longarm and Shockwave are more separate, and Shockwave controls Longarm. Aside from that though, it explores duality and has these lovely lines: “And the face I see before me, Is both sides of a mirror, You really know you've got a hold on me, And the face you're looking into, Is both sides of a window, And any way you look you see through me” “my eyes, with your vision” This track has both the “faces” and “eyes” motif. The “eyes” motif is used more thoroughly in the Shockwave mix.

The Logical Song has the theme of conformity. Shockwave has to pretend to be an upstanding Autobot citizen by day, just to be accepted (and to carry out his insidious mission), while at night he can realize his true self. Also the word “logical” is a nice nod to G1 Shockwave. “Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical, liberal, fanatical, criminal. Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!” Also a nod to the fact that the Autobot government is messed up.

Talking In Your Sleep is another track about hearing secrets that aren’t meant for the listener to hear. Upbeat and light. “And I know that I'm right, Cuz I hear it in the night, I hear the secrets that you keep, When you're talking in your sleep”

Private Eyes is absolutely perfect. Eyes motif. “You can’t escape my private eyes” “Why you try to put up a front for me/ I'm a spy but on your side you see/ Slip on, into any disguise/ I'll still know you/ Look into my private eyes” IT’S SO PERFECT.

Chateau is a tie-in to Blurr’s mix. Blurr has Classical Gas, a faster song, and this is from the same artist, on the same album. I read into the tone of this song really heavily. It’s light and carefree, then darker and more dissonant, then light again, and I really just picked this song on gut feeling rather than solid reasoning.

The Grand Illusion has the theme of illusion and falsehoods, indicating that the media can be used to make you feel or think things that aren’t true. “But don't be fooled by the radio, The TV or the magazines, They show you photographs of how your life should be, But they're just someone else's fantasy”

You’ve Got a Friend in Me is in this mix purely because of the “friendly neighborhood Longarm Prime” act that he puts on. He acts so friendly and nice and it's ALL LIES!

Party In The CIA is pretty straightforward; this covers Longarm’s duties as part of the Cybertron Intelligence Agency--the CIA. “So I get my handcuffs, my cyanide pills, my classified dossier/ tapping the phones like yeah/ shredding the files like yeah/ I memorized all the enemy spies I gotta neutralize today/ yeah it's a party in the CIA” “I've done a couple of crazy things that have almost gotten me dismissed/ like terminate some head of state who wasn't even on my list/ burn that microfilm, buddy, will you?/ I'd tell you why but then I'd have to kill you/ you need a quickie confession?/ We'll start a water boarding session”

Somethin’ to Hide: really just a reference to the fact that Longarm is hiding his true identity. Touches briefly on the “face” motif. “You've got somethin' to hide, That you're not telling me, You got somethin' to hide, And I know, Well there's something about you and I know, That you're not telling me”

Mirror Man: Change is a big theme in this one, which is fitting considering how Shockwave changes to Longarm and back with his size-changing ability. “And if it seems I'm not the one you used to know, Our little friendship left behind not long ago, Don't feel too hurt as distance heals the strongest pain, Things are much better now and just a nagging doubt remains”

I Know There's Something Going On: more on the theme of change. “I can see that it won't be long, You grow cold when you keep holding on, You know you've changed and your words they lie, That's something you can't deny, I know there's something going on”

Jekyll And Hyde One of the best examples one could use for dualities and hidden identities. Face motif. “Duplicated man, inside, double tied/ Prisoner, he's back to back, face to face/ Mirrored shadows always changing place/ Separated man himself he divides/ Opposite needs he can't see where to hide/ A single double side - Jekyll and Hyde/ This man was good, he was calm/ He'd never do any harm/ Gentle soul as you may see/ As caring as he could be/ Deep down inside he hides/ A twist that we maybe missed/ Confusion and nasty trick of fate/ Might be the break/ Don't find yourself too late/ Now who's outside, inside, Jekyll and Hyde” Jekyll being Longarm, of course, and Hyde, Shockwave.

Tangled up: this song does play briefly with identities, but mostly I added this song because of this post of Longarm getting his arms tangled up. Somebody replied to the post with this song, and that was the first time I’d heard it. Later I revisited the song and decided I liked it and that it fit well enough to use. “I can’t separate your sins, To me you’re acting like you’re twins. This is a mess, Is this a test? How many guesses do I get? Till only one of you is left, You're quite the same”

Ain't Nobody But Me mentions Jekyll and Hyde, and some dualities. “Well, you can run, you, know he'll find you, It don't matter now, just look behind you, You had your warn, and you knew the score, You got it wrong, and that means war” And in the main chorus” “ain’t nobody but me/ gonna lie for you/ gonna die for you” could be interpreted as Shockwave’s loyalty to Megatron.

Shadow Play: ANOTHER reference to Jekyll and Hyde! “In the flinty light, it's midnight/ And stars collide/ Shadows run, in full flight/ To run, seek and hide/I'm still not sure what part I play/ In this shadow play, this shadow play.” The idea of a shadow play infers hidden intentions and hidden people controlling things from behind the scenes, like he is. Also convenient nod to IDW Shockwave, who was subject to a procedure called shadowplay.

Goodbye Mr A: to be honest, this is more a nod to other Shockwaves, who tend to be unemotional and obsessed with logic. “There's a hole in your logic, You who know all the answers, oh-oh-oh, You claim science ain't magic, And expect me to buy it” It could also be interpreted as to play with the idea that Longarm’s persona was imperfect, hollow. “You promised you would love us but you knew too much” “You had all the answers but no human touch/ If life is subtraction, your number is up/ Your love is a fraction, it's not adding up” “So busy showing me where I'm wrong/ You forgot to switch your feelings on”

This World of Fools (Shockwave mix)

Alternate title: “Dealing with Fools”

“This World of Fools” is a line from “Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive,” a song that’s more science-y and therefore didn’t fit here as well with the other songs. It’s in my tfa Perceptor mix though.

More alternative and dubstep

This playlist in particular went through a lot of changes, a lot of cuts, before I decided I liked it enough to publish

When researching for songs, I read the wiki page of Corey Burton, voice actor for Longarm Prime/Shockwave, and G1 Shockwave. I found that he had lent his voice to music producer ShockOne (ShockOne, eh?) for an album. I checked it out and took the first song, Singularity (The Monochord of Creation from it. Burton does talk in the second song, Chaos Theory (actually the two songs flow into each other as one larger song here), but he uses a swear that I’m not comfortable using in my mixes, so I just stuck to the first song. So like, that’s awesome. Got his VA in the mix! Dark song, ominous.

The Game Has Changed: IT SURE HAS. If the first song didn’t already indicate it, this TRON Legacy song should let the listener know that Things Are Different Now--alluding to the switch from Longarm to Shockwave, and his change in method once he’s outed. Less subtlety, more death and destruction coming up. This song is one that ties into the Blurr mix’s Outlands, another song from the same soundtrack. A vague and mostly insubstantial tie-in, sure, but that’s how I wanted it. The majority of the song is alternately softer and louder, orchestral and synthesized, until it crescendos in the last thirty seconds.

Sirius & Eye in the Sky: A nod back to Longarm, with the sort of mellow tone that is found more in his mix, but with lyrics that fit Shockwave pretty well: “I am the eye in the sky/ Looking at you/ I can read your mind/ I am the maker of rules/ Dealing with fools/ I can cheat you blind.” Besides, come on, Eye In the Sky is better for the guy with one eye. (Eye motif!) (Also 8tracks only lets me use two Alan Parsons Project songs per playlist, and I already had two in Longarm’s mix, so this had to go SOMEWHERE! It was too perfect to cut.)

Dangerous: @incomingtransmissionfromearth had introduced me to the Oliver remix of this song, which fits nicely, but I personally enjoyed the sound of the original more, so I used that. The lyrics fit SO WELL. It felt like Shockwave’s thoughts as he was still undercover, and then when he’d just been found out. “How could you know, how could you know'/ That those were my eyes/ Peepin through the floor, it's like they know/ It's like they know I'm looking from the outside/ And creeping to the door, it's like they know” “And I've gotta get out of here/ Sink down, into the dark” More eyes motif!

Escape From Midwich Valley has staticky samples that sound like bad comm connections or tapped comm lines. This glitch track adds to the apprehensive mood of the mix.

The Friendly Faithplate is from Portal 2, which stars another one-eyed, manipulative, facetious robot antagonist. Very glitch-heavy track.

@glitterhobo introduced me to Change the Formality a while ago, and I like it very much. It has an odd mix of sounds, and generally makes me feel very serious. It’s an intense song, in an odd way. “I try to change the formality and everything about it/ People killing people for a reason/ You make mistakes/ You don't regret/ So make a conclusion”

In Your Eyes is repetitive and kind of vaguely spooky, like something that’s subtly wrong. Also another example of the “eye/eyes” imagery/motif that persists in both mixes, especially Shockwave’s.

The Devil Within is like Shockwave’s message to the Autobots he’s infiltrated: You’ll never see me coming, I put up with hell to stay here, but I’ll destroy you from the inside out and disappear without a trace. “You'll never know what hit you/ Won't see me closing in/ I'm gonna make you suffer/ This hell you put me in/ I'm underneath your skin/ The devil within/ You'll never know what hit you”

THIS TRACK, WHOOO BOY, I LOVE IT Private Eyes, cover by Lenachka of course ties in with the same song, the original Private Eyes, in Longarm’s mix. It’s the same lyrics, but far more ominous and dark. The lyrics fit so well!!!! Also keeps up the eyes motif! “ You can't escape my/ Private Eyes/ They're watching you/ They see your every move“ Also the “you can’t escape” bit reminds me of that scene with Blurr.

Every Breath You Take, cover by Chase Holfelder, another cover, the original of which is in Longarm’s mix. More menacing inflection to the lyrics, which fit so nicely~! “Every move you make/ Every vow you break/ Every smile you fake/ Every claim you stake/ I'll be watching you”

Hal 9000 has that dubstep feel, with samples of Hal 9000′s dialogue from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Hal, another frightening one-red-eyed character with some VERY calm yet threatening lines, and a creepy death scene. ”I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me. And I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.”

C.L.U., another song from TRON Legacy (and therefore another tie-in to Blurr’s mix) comes at the scene where the main antagonist chases the protagonists and fights them to the (supposed) death, while another character does in fact lose his life. It’s intense, it’s very apprehensive, building up a feeling of action, and the imagery it brings, especially if you’ve seen the movie, is very dark and technologic.

"The Outer Limits" Theme Song is ominous, loud, and creepy. The voice tells you that they are in complete control. Just as Shockwave held control over Cybertron Intelligence.

Messing with the Program is a tie-in to Blurr’s mix, which has Sugar Rush Showdown, the track in which the antagonist’s true identity is revealed during a race. In this track, the antagonist illegally screws with the coding that dictates how their world works, altering it to his own advantage. Sounds like how Shockwave was pulling all the strings while undercover in the CIA.

The Truth is another Blurr mix tie-in! Blurr’s mix has Escape, the motorcycle chase scene from the beginning of the LEGO Movie, and The Truth is a track from the same soundtrack, in which the antagonist reveals his true plan to control the world, and sends the protag plummeting to certain death.

Another Way Out is honestly just good for anyone who’s ever tried to escape Shockwave, including Blurr. Upbeat and menacing. The lyrics are all soooo good. “I don't think no one's home/ And we're just here alone/ I better find you first/ before you find the phone/ You better run, better run, better run, yeah I’m coming after you/ When you’re sleeping at night, yeah there’s nothing you can do/ There’s no place you can hide 'cause I’m coming after you/ I wish there was another way ou-ou-ou-ou-out for you”

Ambiance 03 is just straight-up soundtrack from a horror game, so... yeah. Creepy distorted screaming. Extremely ominous ambiance. Repetitive. The last track I added to the mix.

The Part Where He Kills You: from Portal 2, of course. One-eyed antagonist betrays protag and tries very hard to kill them. Loud, exciting, alarms blaring, impending doom implied.

No.6 Suicide Room (６号室の自殺 ) AHAAHA OKAY SO I first encountered this song in a horror game and IT’S CREEPY AS HECK, creaky floors, ticking clock, phone ringing, and thEN AT THE END IT GETS QUIET AND YOU HEAR A DRAWN-OUT, PAINFUL-SOUNDING SCREAM and listen I’m not going to beat around the bush here; in this mix, THAT IS MEANT TO BE BLURR SCREAMING. You can interpret it as really anyone Shockwave’s killed, but I’m not gonna lie to you; I heard this song and thought YIKES DUDE,,, THAT’S BLURR. Also the perfect track to end the playlist on.

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