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johanna-swann · 8 months

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Sometimes I look at Buddie (911) and am utterly astounded at how quickly that friendship escalated. Like. They hated each other for three shifts or so, then they pulled a live grenade out of a man's leg and ended that first week of knowing each other with promising to have each other's back "any day".

Only a couple months later they're at a stage in their friendship where Eddie brings Buck along when he takes his kid to see Santa. Which (idk for sure because I'm German and we don't do that here, but) seems like such a family thing? Something you'd take close family or family friends to go do. Not a work buddy who you've known for 3 months.

Then another half year or so later Eddie has a key to Buck's flat and feels comfortable enough to drop in unannounced and leave Christopher there for the rest of the day (also unannounced). I can only assume Buck has a key to the Diaz home at this point, too. At least I can't think of a reason why Eddie would have a key to Buck's flat but not the other way around. [I also want to emphasise that they both have family and/or friends in LA who they've known for longer than they've known each other. It's not a "well, someone should have a key in case something happens and you're my only option" situation.]

A few episodes later we hear Buck say "this is Eddie's house, I'm not really a guest" - implying that hanging out at the other's home, dropping in without texting first, etc etc is their normal. This is where they're at.

Another few weeks and Buck breaks down screaming and crying in his work dad's arms when he thinks he lost Eddie. Also Eddie changes his will to make Buck Christopher's legal guardian for the eventuality of his untimely death. They haven't known each other for 2 years yet.

There's more after this of course (the movie nights and zoo visits, cooking for each other, saving each other), but really though. It's been only 2 years, less than that even. Insane.

#i'm just saying #i would trust my best friend with a key to my flat but we've known each other for 8 years now #they just dove into that friendship insanely fast #considering they have other options.#Bobby probably had a key already and yet buck made sure Eddie specifically would also have one.#Eddie has parent issues but he has an aunt who isn't that old yet and sisters who would probably take care of Chris but no he chooses Buck.#ship it or don't these two bros are intense #911 fox #911 abc #buddie #eddie diaz #evan buckley

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parkermunson · 1 year

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HOCKEY!EDDIE HAS ME SCREAMING just general universe wondering but what do you think steve’s hockey nickname is in this universe? did everything in canon happen or is this a completely different universe?

I LOVE HOCKEY!EDDIE WITH MY WHOLE HEART

so i really wanna write hockey!Steve headcanons! and this is the closest i'll get, so i'm putting it under the cut. sorry this is a bit long [1k words] but these 2 are so special to me.

so here's Hockey!Steve and Eddie

i think his nickname would be "The Hair" for obvious reasons. even a helmet can't contain that monster, and it's definitely made him a heartthrob in the league.

but he'd be a FANTASTIC captain. NO ONE messes with his teammates. on or off the ice. he'll go to the ends of the earth for his team, but that doesn't mean he won't tell them when they're wrong. if Eddie gets in a fight that ends really badly, Steve will wring him out for a full hour. Eddie could be getting a cast on his wrist, covered in stitches and scratches, and Steve will spend the first few minutes making sure Eddie's okay medically-speaking and mentally. but once that's out of the way, Steve's lecturing nonstop. even when Eddie's rolling his eyes, half-listening.

and i think in terms of canon, it would be pre-Chrissy's death in episode 1. so Eddie and Steve don't know each other outside of rumors and talk amongst their classmates.

i could see Steve needing something to put his anger and anxieties into, and he would spend a year trying different sports but not being able to find something that really works until he lands on hockey.

Eddie only got into it through maybe a neighbor. like maybe a neighbor kid is in little league and Eddie being the only somewhat trustworthy adult in the trailer park with a car and open schedule, is asked to give him rides to practice. Eddie being curious and supportive, actually sits and watches and gets really into it.

like maybe the building has 2 rinks– one for the younger players, and another for the older league. so while Eddie is waiting around for his neighbor, he looks at the other rink and spots Steve, and his eyes pop in disbelief. that can't be a coincidence that Eddie finally takes interest in a sport and Steve also plays that sport. so the next day he asks Steve about it, and at first, it's weird. Eddie's never talked to Steve before, and now he's asking about hockey?

but he takes the bite. he teaches Eddie to skate, and he picks it up as quick as Eddie can learn a song on guitar. Eddie's spending so much time practicing with Steve, that he starts blurring how long he's actually known Steve. it feels like they've been friends for so long. it only makes sense Eddie joins the same team as Steve. and after a year, they become inseparable on the ice, but also they work better than any duo Hawkins has ever seen. it's really no surprise they're picked up by a state team. it's not the NHL but to them, it's a ticket out of that town. the first few months are really stressful but then eddie's boisterous personality grows on everyone. and steve becomes the guy everyone can rely on, with the heart of gold and never-ending need to be better. steve becomes assistant captain a year after joining, and then captain 7 months later, when the original player gets traded.

Steve watches Eddie's shift from honest player to non-existent anger management on skates. he doesn't blame him, doesn't even try to stop it. Steve's had to talk Eddie down from punching a wall in the locker room many times. even had to call the team out of the room when he saw the look in Eddie's eyes after a game. he reminds Eddie there's a person for the ice, and a different person off it. and Eddie lives by that. he still plays DnD and plays in his band, but his personality is so otherworldly different that no one connects "The Freak" to Eddie Munson, guitarist of Corroded Coffin.

and off the ice, Steve and Eddie are friends, best friends even. so when Eddie gets body checked so hard into the glass it dislocates his shoulder, Steve is at his house doing everything Eddie can't do while in a cast. he'll cook and clean, despite how much Eddie argues against the help. but honestly, Eddie's so happy to have someone look out for him that isn't Wayne. there's so much trust involved in their friendship, it's intangible.

when the team's travelling across the country for games, Steve and Eddie stay up late for different reasons. Steve's thinking about how different his life is now compared to the one he had in high school and the year after. he misses his friends during the hockey season, rarely having time to see them between games and practice. they always show up to home-games regardless and he'll hang out with them after but it's nothing like it used to be.

and Eddie, well, he's just thankful he's not living in a trailer anymore. it'll hit him late at night that he could be in jail like his dad or worse. but he's doing something he loves, and he gave a new meaning to that Munson name. he wears it proudly on his jersey, and despite how often it gets covered in blood (sometimes his, but mostly the opposing team's), he cherishes it. he still has the first jersey he ever got with his name on the back. it hangs in Wayne's living room, so Wayne can see it everyday. he's so proud and lets Eddie know constantly.

Steve is a little different with his family. they didn't support it for so long. not until they saw the money being made. when the team won the first championship, the money received was more than Steve's dad would've made in a year. at that point, his parents were fully supportive. but Steve never cared whether they liked his profession or not. they refuse to go near his hockey gear, wouldn't even buy new skates when his second pair started falling apart. never offered rides to practice, claiming they couldn't stand the smell of his gear. won't touch his jersey, the one he wears now or any of the old ones. they don't show up to games, and couldn't tell you the opposing team of the last game. barely even know Steve's teammates despite how often he talks about them on the phone. but his friends are there at every game, wearing either his or Eddie's name on their jerseys. and he wouldn't have it any other way.

#eddie munson #steve harrington #stranger things #eddie munson fanfic #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson headcanons #hockey player!eddie #steve harrington imagine #steve harrington fanfic #steve harrington headcanons #hockey player!steve #stranger things imagine #stranger things fanfiction #stranger things headcanons #hockey au #parkermunson #mandi writes #asks

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temporalbystander · 10 months

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Mirror Mirror that is my post.

Who shows their pettiness the most?

While others are salty, this is true, the only one I reflect is you.

Right... Don't know why I expected any different... Okay I want to clear the air on this. When I first watched MLB the episodes were way out of order. Now, as we've seen with this season, that should not be that big of a surprise. However I was not aware of this on my first run through and this resulted in a few initial biases that I have been working hard to overcome.

The easiest was a Chloe bias. I thought she was the worst person ever and that the school was insane for letting her get away with what she does. Then all of Queen Bee happened and I realised "holy shit, there's actually character under all this stereotype." Oh if only I knew...

The next character I was bias against was Luka but I've already been through that misunderstanding in a previous post. This leaves us with the final character I was, and unfortunately still am, biased against... Alya.

Now I want to be clear I don't dislike Alya, not really, she works as a foil to Marinette's nervous breakdown's and she's the straight man... Err... Woman... To all her friends overly complicated plans and end of the world catastrophising. The problem, for me at least, comes when she's interacting with other characters in regards to Marinette.

Now I've gone over the whole "hiding what she's told Nino from Marinette" and until we get a breakdown of what was said in that enclosure, and even then with how disappointing the shows gotten, it will never stop pissing me off.

Then you've got the whole reckless and flippant nature about how she runs into danger and completely ignored the "don't try and figure out the super heroes identity" thing Marinette was begging her to do with a simple "oh but if I know I can help!" Bullshit. I get that they are kids but if there is one thing in media that always pisses me off its the "person getting involved in something they should not be involved in" and instead of getting punished it turns out they were right the whole time.

This trope is prevalent in cop shows with journalists interfering in cases, normally by weaseling into undercover operations and the cop just has to deal with it because it would blow the whole case. Despite how interfering in police matters is supposed to be worthy of a charge and an arrest. When it comes to superheroes? My ire goes through the roof. They have powers, you do not, why are you suddenly suicidal? So already the fact that Alya is that type of character drove me mad.

On top of that the friendship never felt equal to me. While it's understandable that Alya has the more dominant role due to her personality any attempt of Marinette trying to assert herself is met with dismissal, the whole "what are you busy with? Sleeping in and being late?" During the class president debacle is infuriating when you consider one person is designing and making clothes while the other runs a fan blog. Like hell Alya's hobby takes up more time than Marinette's, especially with what we've seen of both up to that point.

And if it's not straight up dismissal it's followed by a bad joke, like the valentine thing in dark Cupid which I can kind of forgive because, despite how often she proudly boasts "I'm Marinette's best friend" (which still sounds off to me but that's a me issue), they've only known each other about a month or two timeline wise.

Then there's the biggest issue of the friendship not feeling equal to me. Every episode we are beat over the head with how guilty Marinette feels about lying to Alya, then we get the sapotis episode and it gets worse. Alya has a whole spiel about how if she were ladybug she'd never lie to her best friend, which clearly makes Marinette uncomfortable before she smoothly turns it around, and then Rena Rouge comes out. Not only does Alya refuse to give the miraculous back until Trixx (unknowingly) guilts her into it, something not even Chloe did even when told she'd never be given it again, but when Marinette comes back after everything is all over? She spins a tale with only a moments hesitation.

Lying to Marinette? Easy. Lying to Nino? Impossible. Lying to Marinette about not lying to Nino even when Marinette specifically forbade it? Also easy.

You know... Now that I've said all this, I don't think it's helped with my Alya bias. Instead of pulling back some of the salt Ive just reaffirmed my dislike of her. These are things she has done wrong and have never been addressed. If you can forgive her like Marinette? Good for you. I can't.

#alya salt #tagging it even though i think it's legitamite #mlb rant #mun rants

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fromzerotoeuphoria · 3 years

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So you wanna say that RinHaru is a "tOxiC" ship...

*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*

It's 2021, humanity has survived a freakin pandemic and people are still out here calling RinHaru 'tOxiC!!1!'?? Like with their full chests??

Imagine HOW TIRED—

Random blog post:

Also random blog post:

In at number one we have RinHaru, also known as Sharkbait. Everything Free! began and ended with these two. The entire first season is about their relationship, and the final fight in the Eternal Summer Special is between them. RinHaru may not have the years of friendship that MakoHaru and SouRin have behind them - but that’s what makes them such an amazing pairing. Within just a short few months in the last term of their last year of elementary school, Rin and Haru became an unforgettable presence in each other’s lives.

(Come on, you know points were made 😉).

But then ofc, you got people crying in the comments that their ship isn't No.1. Which okay, I totally get that you'd feel your ship should be at the top even though the article is just someone's personal opinion...and they didn't even attack your ship; if anything, they put it at No.2 and only had lovely things to say about it, but seriously?? Calling RinHaru toxic?? In the year of our lord 2021???

Aren't y'all exhausted with your own selves by now? I know the rest of us are.

And so, I'm sharing my response to those comments here, for although I have much more organized and polished essays on my drafts on how RinHaru Is NOT Toxic, I really had to just get these points out for now:

Claiming something to be true doesn't make it true, especially when it's driven by an emotional attachment to an opposing ship.

None of the relationships in Free are toxic except for Ikuya x Hiyori, ugh, especially RinHaru, since this is the one haters love to ignorantly throw the "toxic" label on. The entire series wouldn't revolve around Haru and Rin's relationship if that were the case (and Utsumi, the director, comes out and says that Free! is Haru and Rin's story).

The staff, director, VAs all have POSITIVE and lovely things to say about Haru and Rin's friendship. Utsumi said in the RinHaru Mook interview that Rin was the only one who could do what he did in helping Haru realize his dream in S2. In Ep4 of Take Your Marks, Haru himself literally tells Rin that he is the reason Haru was even able to move towards the future. This is all CANON, not headcanon, not fanon, but actual canon material directly from the words of the Free! staffa and anime.

Explain to me how RinHaru is "tOxiC"?? Because they've argued? Because Rin unknowingly and unintentionally hurt Haru when he only once ever told him he'd never have to swim with him again?? Because Rin was suffering with depression (as Utsumi herself said) throughout Season 1 and sometimes showed symptoms of his depression? Because Rin kicked a trashcan out of frustration in S1E12????

Hahaha like seriously, it's okay if you strongly dislike RinHaru as a ship, but calling it "tOxiC" is such a pathetic stretch as a hater. Especially when doing so, you undermine actual toxic relationships and the victims who live through them.

The entire Free! franchise has multiple movies, 2.5 whole seasons and even a 4-episode film that shows Rin being one of the most supportive, sweet, caring and motivating characters on the show. He drives Haru to constantly improve at swimming, was the only one who was able to breakthrough to Haru in Season 2 about Haru's future dream the way he did (again, as Utsumi herself said), is the reason Haru attributes to being able to step towards the future, is a "dear friend" to Haru whom Haru cares a whole lot about and, as Season 1 shows us, strongly wants in his life.

But I guess none of this exists for antis—nope, in their own 2013-stuck worlds, RiNhArU iZ dA tOxiC sHiP.

(But hey, at least the commenter agreed in a follow-up comment that their claim is "dry, unoriginal ignorant and completely-undermining-to-ACTUAL-toxic-relationship"—acceptance is one of the first steps to recovery :))

#i'm so TIRED and FED UP with people undermining ACTUAL TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS by calling RinHaru tOxiC just because they have a different ship #i broke my haitus to post this #because i can't NOT say something #free! iwatobi swim club #rinharu #rinharu defense squad #rin matsuoka defense squad #don't even try to fight me on this #free!#haruka nanase #rin matsuoka #harurin #seriously get a life people #i've been in a toxic relationship and so have some of my loved ones and NO RinHaru IS NOT TOXIC #it actually disgusts me that people throw that label around for ship wars like grow tf up #oh and please take notes of how i never once hated on any other ship or character #except for hiyori and hiyoiku 🤢#i promise i really tried giving hiyori a chance the few times over and i just can't with him still #anti hiyoiku #would this be considered meta?#free! meta #meta #really it's just me venting but with solid FACTS #free!dom venting #venting #small rant

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incarnateirony · 3 years

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Wow. lol-jackles seriously thinks Jensen's less attractive, popular, well known, and talented than Jared. Jensen's never going to rise above being 3rd on the call sheet unless a producer like Jared designs a role playing to his (read: limited) acting skills. Everything Jensen (and Misha) do/have/say is crap. But it's the hellers and AAs who are jealous and MEEEAN to poor Jared. True MAGA hypocrite, ignoring facts and living in some alternate reality they've created in their minds

P much

I find literally none of them attractive personally because, you know, they’re men and all that.

But all it takes is one look at Jensen Ackles, even if you’re not personally attracted, to understand that he’s the more classically attractive of the lot. He meets every media standard of attractiveness, like some perfect shake and bake bag of classic attributes of male beauty. I don’t know what universe anybody lives in to pretend otherwise or like Jensen would have a harder time finding work from his looks.

Much less his acting. I’m sorry. Jensen Microexpressions Ackles vs Jared Macroexpressions Padalecki is not a contest. Not remotely. That’s not being “AA”. It’s literally observing the basic functions of their acting.

Jensen doesn’t need to do shit like this

or this

He just doesn’t. Sam was equally over the top in 15.20. Again, he just was.

I think part of it is in the universe they built to shit down on Destiel, they had to shit down on Jensen’s micro work. They would rather imply, subdermally, that Jensen somehow underplayed Dean’s death in 15.20 than gave a solid (if directorially overdrawn) performance while Jared Manly Wail Dot Jpeged through it. Why? Because they also can’t recognize the same features of acting he applied in 15.18.

I swear to god it felt like they were acting two entirely different scenes with the energy in the comedically long 15.20 death.

Why? Because in both scenes, there was an I Love You with nothing back.

Given, they bro’ed the bro scene. Destiel fandom out here always “No Fear; Cas/Dean calling Each Other Brother: One Fear” and it was literally the bro scene that they crapped on by throwing “my baby brother” in when Destiel didn’t get that, despite all the other “When I first raised you out of hell/got you from school” “knowing you changed me/you didn’t take any of dad’s crap (so I learned not to)” and then they slapped the goddamn “my baby brother” on it and Sam also didn’t say it back and respectively, never ever has.

By bronly logic: Sam doesn’t love Dean, even as a brother. Unless of course, you only respect Manly Wail Dot Jpeg. And not all the nuance Jensen brings to his acting. (”No response; flat; underacted” etc.) -- understanding that would understand 15.18 instantly so can’t have that.

And that’s enduring even before 15.18.

We won’t even talk about the fact that Jensen is currently out-trending Jared on every platform--be it imdb star rating for how often he’s searched, or google--while Jared’s constantly headlining articles on a new buzzy show and Jensen is.. shoveling snow? Posted a picture on instagram? Made a few statements several months ago? Has a production company with zero actual announcements or current products while Jared has one that’s actively attached to Walker? Has a show role for a show that’s going to air in 2022, that got announced half a year ago? IDK. Shrug emoji.

The same people currently don’t understand that 0.2 is a smaller number than 0.3 in the same year on the same timeslot on the same channel too. Nothing they say is grounded remotely in reality. The whole world is a conspiracy against Jarpad to them, and that’s why people talk about Chaos Machine and not Stick To Your Guns, I guess.

They’re in flat denial that this current show is--as someone on SR (the site they convinced themselves I somehow personally made in 2009 just to fuck with Walker in 2021 [which I don’t own]) put it-- in “Walker Try Not To Round Down To 0.1 In Your First Season Challenge” mode with its current ratings trajectory. Ebb and flow tells us it’s going to hover its current 0.21-0.23 for a bit but start draining on the back end and does genuinely risk dropping under 0.151 at this point. And I hate to break it to them again, but 0.1 is a smaller number than 0.3 still.

Flat-out: even beyond who’s more attractive, or who’s better as an actor, or who trends higher online: Jensen just chose his career path far more intelligently.

He courted multiple possible media suitors (WB, Disney, Amazon). He came out with a role on an Amazon show and an exclusive deal with the WB for a studio that can put his work anywhere from on the CW to HBO. He’s diversifying his recognition base and portfolio.

Jared chose a path that is plugging him back on the CW, and actually makes his popup studio in association with it wholly dependent on its parent companies, rather than being an independent operation contracted into exclusivity. If and when Jensen’s contract ends, if he doesn’t feel it’s fruitful, he can do whatever he wants with Chaos Machine, while having a strong bedrock of existing product and notoriety under it. Stick To Your Guns is a limited vessel and reliant on its current clout ladder. Jensen will be able to walk wherever he wants after this. Jared will not. Not as a producer. Not with a media company. He’ll be back to being an actor seeking casting that has some production experience. Which he should, by now, after being in acting for like 20 years. Maybe Stick To Your Guns will survive past and Pedowitz will order another series aimed for a similar demographic to also be on the CW. Because Stick To Your Guns isn’t going much of anywhere else. It even platforming Walker on HBOMax is a CBS-WB agreement for how they’re peddling product with the Netflix deal broken. It’s not gonna actively create content FOR HBO.

Add in Walker being on the CW, and being all but uncancellable as a CBS product on the CW, he’s tied in for at least 88 episodes or until catastrophic failure, whichever comes first. That means 4-5 seasons with its current episode format. That means Jared will have spent his entire professional life on the WB/CW, known as a “stupid teen network”--while, at worst, Jensen may produce content for that network while also handling things for HBO and other WB platforms and performing on other media throughout.

Jensen and Jared both stayed true to SPN as a production--neither can be faulted for how much of their lives went into that and it’s generally an attribute. But one chose to step forward, out, and wider and the other just stepped laterally in the same space and that IS noticeable on a professional level. Again, that’s just reality. That’s going to be looked at by future media agencies. It just is. No amount of hollering on tumblr about the great AA conspiracy against Jarpad is gonna change that.

Jared has officially niched himself into a role where after this he’s pretty much gonna be forever cursed to play The Dad On That New Teen Show unless he does something DRASTIC after this. Period. Like end of story. That’s reality. Short of absolutely embarrassing collapse of Walker he’s not walking out of the show before he’s 43-44. Jensen was already shuffling contract work with his current clients at 41. And came out more independent for it.

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japanessie · 7 years

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Hey! I found your blog recently and I also just started listening to MFS and I really like their music. I'm a bit lost as to where to start to learn more about them and their motivation/thoughts behind their music since it's been a couple years since they've debuted. What would you suggest?

Hello (^^)v Welcome to the fandom.

I’m guessing you probably discovered them through their more popular songs like ALONE, 不可逆リプレイス or the more recent ones like Missing You. Firstly, too many people get caught up in singer Hiro’s family relations and ignore the other members. So, I would highly encourage a new fan to NOT follow that crowd XD

There are basically 4 aspects to MFS that all fans need to know OR you won’t understand the band and what diehard fans talk about:

1. Band members & the personnel changes.2. Their musical roots especially the main songwriter Sho Tsuchiya + their twin band named fromus.3. Hiro’s lyrics in relations to his life story.4. The important people in their team especially their boss GEN, A&R exec KTR (Kentaro Suzuki) from Japan Music System (JMS) & circle of friends. Also, their earliest mentor K ( Kei Goto) the late singer of Pay Money To My Pain (PTP).

BAND MEMBERS

1. Sho Tsuchiya ~ leader, guitarist, main composer (currently only functions behind the scene & as a non-touring member)2. Nob @ Nobuaki Katou ~ bassist3. Teru @ Teruki Nishizawa ~ guitarist (many like to categorize him as rhythm guitarist when Sho was in but I personally disagree because he played both lead & rhythm guitars even from the 1st album)4. Kid'z ~ drummer (officially joined on 3 Mar 2016)5. Hiro @ Hiroki Moriuchi ~ vocalist, lyricist6. Masack @ Masaki Kojima ~ drummer (officially left on 3 Mar 2016)

Note: MFS current members “deactivated" from public social media in early 2016. So, don’t bother looking XD

PERSONNEL CHANGES

Sho’s hiatus:Sho remains as a member. He announced his hiatus in October 2015. I won’t call it “inactive" like some people do because he’s still composing with them and most recently served as the Sound Producer for ANTITHESE. He’s just not a touring member for now. He didn’t give specific reason other than family matter.

Drummer change:Masaki didn’t state why he left but it looked like he didn’t want to be tied down to only one genre of music. He was active playing outside MFS before his departure. So, he probably wanted that musical freedom even though he loves MFS. But his decision was enough to badly crush the two youngest members at the time, Hiro and Teruki, from what I observed. Those two younger men were still emotionally dealing with Sho’s hiatus at that moment. Kid'z is their friend / labelmate who had always got along well with Teru & Hiro. He had worked together with Sho & Nob before too. Co-incidentally, his band officially split up in Nov 2015. So, he was the natural choice to replace Masaki. But Kid'z was drumming as a sessionist musician for singer ナノ(nano) at the time MFS took him. He stopped using his real name and took on a stage name Kid'z* after that.

* I personally don’t use his real name in public anymore out of respect for his decision. Understandably, he was initially worried about MFS fans’ reaction. Also, it was and probably still is an awkward situation for him regarding his former bandmates when their band split up and he went to their biggest rival band just a few months later. So, I chose to respect his wish to start anew.

THEIR BEGINNING

On my blog so far, the interview that tells their formation year story the most is this one from GEKIROCK.

MFS GEKIROCK Interview March 2016 Translation

The band did describe how they got together in this video interview around minutes 01:42 to 02:58.

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My Japanese listening ability is not up to that point yet though, sorry. Hiro explained how he and Sho met at a PTP concert. Couldn’t catch what Sho said about Hiro & Masaki with the music playing in the background :-/ Hiro also said he and Teru knew each other when they were high school students. Well, the GEKIROCK interview is a pretty good picture of their history.

FOR OLD PHOTOS of MFS, check out these places:

My First Story Unofficial fanpage on FBMy First Story Thailand fanpage on FBex-drummer Masaki Kojima’s Twitter @kojimasa

THEIR TWIN BAND fromus

Ignore whatever musical comparison people made about them and OOR. The real band to compare MFS to is their real twin band fromus, a piano-rock unit. I made an entry about them here.

http://japanessie.tumblr.com/post/140215899677/meet-fromus-mfs-real-twin-band

I personally feel that musically, MFS first two albums are the direct guitar edition fromus. Just take MFS, change the singer & then the guitars to piano. You’ll get fromus.

OTHER MUSICAL INFLUENCES

They do have influences from old school hard rock & metal. Sho and Nob are already in their 30s. Both men said they started on guitar with British rock legend Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water. Guitarist Teruki grew up with a heavy-metal-music-loving father and would often cite Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica as his early influences.

DISCOGRAPHY

If you want to see their musical & lyrical evolution, try to listen to their songs chronologically from the 1st album to the current work.

Albums & Singles

1. MY FIRST STORY ~ MV Second Limit & Take It Back2. THE STORY IS MY LIFE ~ MVs The Story Is My Life & The Reason3. 最終回STORY (Saishukai STORY)4. BONEDS (a joint 4-band project in which they contributed 2 songs)5. BLACK RAIL ~ MVs Black Rail & FAKE6. 不可逆リプレイス ( Fukagyaku Replace) ~ their breakthrough song IMO7. 虚言NEUROSE ~ MVs 虚言NEUROSE, Child Error & Someday (lyrics MV available on Livehouse iOS App & STORYTELLER website)8. ALONE ~ MVs ALONE & 失踪FLAME * 9. ANTITHESE ~ MVs The Puzzle (exclusive for STORYTELLER members only), Missing You (there’s another STORYTELLER-only version too) & Last Call

Update: 12 Jan 2017. Sorry I forgot the MVs from the ALONE single XD

They also have a special 2-track single dedicated to band leader Sho Tsuchiya, released to the public at the Budokan called:

We’re Just Waiting 4 You (available at MAGIC ROOM while stock lasts)

DVD Collection so far:

1. THE STORY IS MY LIFE Final at Shibuya Club Quattro (bundled with 最終回STORY) ~ the only official DVD released when Hiro still sported his natural black hair colour.2. The Ending of the Beginning at Ebisu Liquidroom.3. BONEDS Tour Movie (with AIR SWELL, BLUE ENCOUNT, SWANKY DANK).4. ITSUWARI NEUROSE Tour Final at Shinkiba Studio Coast.5. MFS at A.V.E.S.T. Vol.9 (released as a free bonus for ANTITHESE Pre-order)

TIDBITS Info (^_-)

Hiro called 虚言NEUROSE creation process as “creating a human-like superhero" & the sound as “listening to the radio in the city“. Does that make any sense to you? LOL. Read what he said in this interview:

Hiro’s Interview with Rockin’ On Japan magazine Jan 2015

HIRO’s LYRICS

Sho let Hiro be in charge of lyrics writing from the start (from an interview for Yamaha Music).

Hiro comes from a famous family thanks to his parents and his successful brother. As a result, he was heavily thrashed on the internet by people who disliked his “easy entry” into the music industry. Hiro used to be very active on Twitter but the criticism against him soon turned into cyber-bullying. I personally had seen the cruel things people wrote about him on Japanese 2ch forum.

I can only guess what happened that drove Hiro to leave social media. Other than abusive online comments, some people probably took advantage of his Twitter presence by sending inappropriate messages or even being intrusive about his brother Taka’s personal life. He tweeted an angry response about 2ch on 14 Feb 2013. Then he wrote on his blog on Ameblo (now deleted / deactivated(?)) that “people’s words can hurt". A few months later, he tweeted “I started blocking fucked up people" in English. Not long after, he tweeted his final tweet “Goodbye forever" and abandoned Twitter in Sept 2013.

He then channeled his anger through the song BLACK RAIL in 2014. He explained it in this interview.

Hiro MFS Rolling Stone Japan Aug 2014 Interview Translation

From then on, a lot of his lyrics reflected what he was going through while writing them.

It must be noted that the special project singles ALONE & 不可逆リプレイス (Fukagyaku Replace) were written for the themes of those projects. Hiro talked at length about ALONE around its release and there are a bunch of them that I posted on this blog.

For details on ALONE Project with HAL College, read these posts:

HAL Project Special Musician Interview with MFS Translation

MY FIRST STORY Flying Postman Interview Translation

Hiro’s ALONE Blog Translation

What is HAL Project & HAL College?

不可逆リプレイス / Fukagyaku Replace was made for the historical anime Nobunaga Concerto. Interesting to note that Hiro wrote the lyrics not from the main character Saburo’s point of view but the other guy Michi. The lines, “I don’t know why but you saved me ………… “ all the way to “I will follow you ….. keep you close to me,” were directly inspired by what Michi said to Saburo in the finale or Episode 10.

The lyrics of Someday are for the late K.Hiro said in Kaohsiung, Taiwan that “This is a very important song to me,“.

His blog entry translation on K’s death

ANTITHESE Lyrics & Hiro’s personal stories

The Puzzle & Tomorrowland are about his heartbreak over Masaki’s departure.Home is about his family who split up after his parents divorced.

IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MFS TEAM1. GEN ~ boss, owner of INTACT Records, owner of Zephyren, organizer of AVEST Project, formerly of Subciety clothing brand.Twitter : @Zephyren_genInstagram : Zephyren Gen2. KTR (Kentaro Suzuki) ~ A&R + marketing exec of JMS, marketing exec of Deviluse clothing, regularly seen at MFS video shoots and concerts.Twitter : @kkktttrrr, Instagram: Kentaro Suzuki3. The late K @ Kei Goto ~ vocalist of Pay Money To My Pain (PTP), mentor in MFS early days.4. Nori (producer), Makiko (merchandising) but she’s better known now as the lady who covered Rassungorerai with Hiro XD

* Update (Jan 2018): I believe Makiko is not in the staff team anymore but she remains a close friend. Here is the YouTube link to the video of her and Hiro.5. Japan Music System (JMS) ~ the music distribution company specializing in indie music and the one that markets/promotes MFS musicYouTube Channel: JMSTVOnline shop for bands’ merchandise: MAGIC ROOM ONLINE STORE

5. Circle of friends among many: Shirakawa-san (SAKAEYA clothing shop manager) ~ the members regularly visit his shop.Twitter: @sakaeyatenchonano, SWANKY DANK, AIR SWELL ~ artists they had musically collaborated with.

The funny interview with Hiro & KOJI about the Sink Like A Stone collaboration in which Hiro admitted the song’s high notes were difficult to sing is here.

STORYTELLER Fan Clubhttps://xxxstorytellerxxx.comAll MFS members let go of their individual public social media after the club was launched in 2016. If you’re interested to join, feel free to ask questions on how to do that.

In case you have an iOS mobile device ……..

JMS created a Japan-only iOS App called LIVEHOUSE where they feature videos from JMS artists. The videos vary from live performances, interviews, behind the scenes etc. However, if you create a different Apple ID specifically for Japan iTunes account, you can still download the App and watch those videos even if you don’t live in Japan.

*Update (12 Jan 2017): You will then get to watch videos like this one!

**Update (15 June 2017): JMS decided to stop the App by 31 May 2017.

Lastly yet very important, don’t believe any ridiculous claim about Hiro and his brother Taka hating each other because they don’t. You’ll find such comments at some point, I’m sure. These two brothers love and support each other away from the public eye and rightfully keep their family relationship private.

I hope that will give you a good start (^_-)

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