#i can't even with those idiots

[violetren]

Things that cannot defeat the TARDIS...

Being jettisoned into the Z-Neutrino energy core of the Dalek Crucible.

Being turned into a self cannibalising paradox machine by The Master.

Being shunted into a human body while it's own body gets possessed by a sentient TARDIS devouring asteroid.

Things that can defeat the TARDIS...

One cup of coffee with a splash of cold milk.

#doctor who #doctor who spoilers #LET ME BE VERY CLEAR #I make this post with love and glee #i think its hilarious that donna and the doc couldn't even just teleport across town to see wilf together #because just as they jokingly predicted those idiots couldn't be alone in the tardis together without SOMETHING stupid happening #they just foolishly thought they had to go on a trip to make that happen instead of just poking around the new centre console #and the fact that they managed this chaos by Donna doing precisely the thing she had recently been fired for? #icing of the cake #can't wait for the next episode

[youchangedmedestiel]

I'm never bored anymore. You know why? Because Destiel exists, and it keeps my brain busy. All the time.

If I have to wait in line for something, I wonder: "When was the first time Cas healed Dean? What was the context? Why did he do it? How Dean reacted?"

If I'm getting bored at a party or a dinner, my brain goes "Maybe I could a fanfic where Dean pranks Cas to flirt."

If I'm in the train for hours, *type frantically on my phone's memo the rest of the fic I'm currently working on.*

If I'm at work and have to do a repetitive and boring task, *listen to a destiel podfic.*

I have never been this glad to wait in line, attending a lame party, travelling in the train for hours or working on a repetitive task before because it means I'll have time to think, write or read about them.

#destiel #deancas #dean winchester #castiel #those two idiots in love prevent me from getting bored #I'm never feeling that way anymore #because they keep my mind busy #my brain is always working on something #even in the background #you know like when you're uploading something on your computer #and doing something else at the same time #well destiel brainrots are uploading into my brain #constantly #while I'm working or waiting or travelling or whatever #don't mind me #I'm saying shit #but I'm sure some of you get the picture #and sometimes uploading prevents your computer to do anything else #well same thing with my brain #I'm not bored anymore but sometimes I just can't focus on something else #my personal experience with destiel

[tcfactory]

Okay smartass how would you fix Bingqiu if you had your way?

If you actually want to know you could do to be less of a rude little shit about it, anon, but all right.

This is not about 'fixing' anything. Bingqiu is a wildly popular ship and a lot of people enjoy the exact kind of delusional insanity these two have about each other and that's honestly great. Love it for them. Not my cup of tea though.

I think the easiest and fastest way to make them sort their shit out and maybe put them in a position where I might actually be interested in what's going on with them is to take the protagonist halo away. Maybe the System short circuits, maybe it just gets automatically turned off after the extras, don't know don't care.

A lot of Shen Qingqiu's self delusions are fueled by his unshakeable belief that Luo Binghe, being The Protagonist, is Perfectly Fine the way he is. Binghe is the Protagonist, so when there are no character development or obligatory angst events going on he is happy and healthy and a slightly charred good boy and Shen Qingqiu is The Happy Wife who dotes on his hubby and Everything Is Right In The World. Endless honeymoon with their responsibilities only coming to bother them every once in a while. And it makes it way too easy for Binghe to cover up that he's still hurt, still unstable and still insecure by what went down because Shen Qingqiu is willing to take him at face value when he presents his insecurities as just being shameless neediness for his husband. Of course he happily indulges Binghe! But that isn't really helping with the core of the problem now, does it?

Like, Binghe takes steps towards ensuring Shen Qingqiu's mental wellbeing even at the cost of his own as soon as Maigu Ridge is over when he takes him back to the sect. Shen Qingqiu tries too, in his own way (the entire segment in the tombs is all about him putting himself in very real danger for Binghe's sake) but at the same time, this is a guy who completely missed the writing on the wall that Bingge was deeply unhappy in PIDW. As long as he can hold onto his internal picture that The Protagonist Suffered A Lot But He Is Fine Now I don't think he can really offer the right kind of emotional support for Binghe to actually heal from what happened to him and move on to a healthier frame of mind.

If you take the protagonist halo away, then first of all Binghe can, you know, suck a little. Or a lot, actually. The world not making excuses for him and him being a little defanged would be good for him. He gets really nothing he actually wants from being the protagonist - Shen Qingqiu will love him anyway. Mobei-jun will still stick around to back him up and help him out, because he's still Shang Qinghua's favorite fictional son and Qinghua is happy to see Binghe happy, just, you know, somewhere way over there where he can't get jealous tsundere over Cucumber bro and maybe murder him about it. Sha Hualing is still going to be his buddy because he's her best source of human trivia and the writing inspiration for her girlfriend. Not having to be demon emperor and getting more time to spend with his husband would be a relief.

But he would have to be more aware of other people because he's not above them anymore. Maybe even forced to make a few new friends to get by. And his mask will fail and Shen Qingqiu will have to see him for what he is: just Luo Binghe, still hurt and still confused half demon, who loves him very much, but can't make sense of him and is afraid that he will be left behind or pushed away without explanation again and that's kinda Shen Qingqiu's own damn fault.

And Shen Qingqiu can't hold onto his delusions about The Protagonist. He can't willfully ignore that things are not fine with Binghe because he's not the Protagonist anymore and the world only allows that special privilege for the Protagonist. Binghe is just a guy now and he has so many heart demons he needs help with. His trauma from the abyss or Xin Mo can't be brushed off with 'oh that's just part of his blackening he's fine now' anymore. And it might need a little bit of adjusting to internalize that these problems have always been here just below the surface, but Shen Qingqiu genuinely loves Binghe and would want to help him become happier and more stable in any way he can.

Binghe becoming part of the world in a way that's one person among many - building a support network! maybe befriending new demons or actually getting to know and making up with the QJ disciples or finding common ground with LQG and becoming sparring buddies - rather than a protagonist in a sea of NPCs is a lot more interesting to me than whatever he has going on at the end of canon. And Shen Qingqiu can be there with him on that journey, because he already started unlearning the sense of unreality the System conditioned into him, but he still has a long way to go.

#i feel like a lot of very real hurt and mental scarring Binghe suffered just get brushed aside as 'oh it's just part of his blackening' #like the aftereffects of Xin Mo alone would deserve a mention but Binghe Has The Love Of His Life Now So Everything Is Fine #also I think people really undersell how hard SQQ can delude himself when he tries #he already had practice in it convincing himself that he's absolutely het and not even a little gay at all #but then the System really fucked up how he sees the world #made him see things structured completely around the arc of a harem and then romance protagonist #and neither of those frameworks ALLOW him to see how mentally scarred LBH is by everything #like he would occasionally get a moment of 'oh LBH might actually need more friends he looks lonely hanging out with just me and NYY' #but then his idiot reader brain reasserts itself and he convinces himself that it's FINE because the protagonist can't be maladjusted #I joke a lot that Binghe is a red flag and that's Shen Yuan's favorite color #but it's more a case of “you say that it's a red flag but I won't see it because the narrative can't allow it to be red” #Shen Yuan's attachment to the source material and the roles he constructs based on it are actively harming both of them #and I don't feel like it really makes things better that by the end he moved himself from the role of the Villain to the role of the Wife #they are still roles that impact how he interacts with reality n still constrict how well he's able to understand or be understood by Bingh #tl;dr.: Shen Yuan needs to become less of a delulu millennial trashfire bc it's holding both of them back from healing #anyway these are my unfiltered Bingqiu thoughts take it or leave it

[mrsfitzgerald]

gothenburg 30.07. mein teil - video: @derwahnsinn

#rammstein #paulchard #paul landers #richard kruspe #thank you so much for this gem video #how long i will be dealing with this two lovely idiots #so soft #so cute #all these glances and smiles #the way paul standing... his leg? uwu #i can't even describe how they warm my heart #the way some guy started screaming when paul touches richard's guitar #i feel that hahaha i screamed as well #my ramm gifs #stadium tour 22 #well i was told that paul touched his finger #this is even more adorable #all those unexpectable soft touches #too much love

[forestgreenlesbian]

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#feel like such a freak idiot all the time & i never react in the right way and then i hate myself afterwards for reacting wrong and #i'm so scared of like making every situation about my autism that even when i bring it up as a possible explanation for something i've done #i feel like a burden and like i'm making excuses and expecting everyone around me to accommodate my stupid behaviour #but i can't stop doing the thing in the first place no matter how hrd i try because those behaviours are literally hardwired into my brain #don't know how to not do them & i feel like i'm killing myself trying to be normal so hard. i just wish i was like not such a weirdo freak #who could cope with literally anything god i'm so fucking tired and sad about everything it's too hard

[stuckinakillingjar]

ok i finally finished this shit and honestly, they wasted some good acting on this fuckass writing.

i'm also still mad bc of that boring ass kiss between juha and doyoon. they could've put all of juha's sexual repression into it but nooooo they had to blur it and make it lame

#is it bc doyoon's actor is an idol? #did the guys from a shoulder to cry on kiss? i don't even remember wait hold up #bruh i don't think they did #guys this is very disappointing ugh #we need more jiwoongs in the kbl industry #ok he wasn't an active idol back when kissable lips and poongduck came out #but WE NEED MORE KISSES LIKE THE ONES IN THOSE SHOWS FRRR #that deleted behind the scenes poongduck kiss is my roman empire i'm not even kidding #jazz for two #can't believe that jungwoo will probably waste his time watching this damn show to hype his sister up #like out of all the kbls she had to be in the shitty one #but i gotta say one thing which is that i really liked doyoon although he was an idiot with no self respect #roommates of poongduck 304 #kissable lips #do yall think jiwoong and seobin will ever have a reunion #my divorced parents fr

[uselessnbee]

will never stop thinking about the idea if Mike coming to Cali not wearing that airport nightmare but something like this

oh man and the leather jacket

or make it better he comes wearing his hellfire shirt and leather jacket??

Will would die right then and there

(yeahhh i know i'm making that loser look cool but it also ties to that idea of wait Mike Wheeler? being cool? doesn't seem right. imagine Will going like so,,,Hellfire Club huh? 🥰😊yeah it's a DnD club😊🥰*goes on an hour long rant about DnD and Eddie* ahh so he may have changed his clothes but he's still the same nerd i fell in love with. i just love the idea if Mike "looking cool" but then he opens his mouth and you're like nvm he's still the same loser)

#byler #mike wheeler #this boy can dress/look cooler in my mind as a treat #but that's all he gets cause he's still that awkward gangly nerd who literally cannot even throw a rock in the right direction #he may wear a leather jacket but he's still a dumb loser <3 #but i just can't get over the fact we've seen Mike wearing those great outfits #and Will never had the chance to see that cause that idiot came looking like a birb #10 biggest anime betrayals

[schnuffel-danny]

everyone thinks they are immune to the sins of their forefathers, that it is preposterous to think the things of before are superior to those of the current age, yet I truly believe, with my whole heart, that even fucking Happy Appy is better than whatever the fuck is going on with internet horror nowadays

#I'm like all those idiots screaming about 'calarts style' but I'm crying about whatever the fuck is happening w online horror #you all are so wrong you don't get it!!!!! #ESPECIALLY THE NOSTALGIA BASED STUFF #that parodies like old kid's sites or flash cartoons or whatever #and it all just sucks massive balls like I am so sorry #I'm never gonna namedrop or directly hate any of these projects #because they are very clearly made with love #but anytime I see them I just groan so loud like oh my goddddd #I can't even pretend to not be a hater sorry #this is the most toxic I will get about anything

[naivesilver]

ASK MEME HUH? 😏 prepare yourself here :^)

okay okay so. (for the kid fic ask) 2 or 8 (toddler) or 3 (teenager)? with any parent child combination you feel like

I know this is a prime chance to write some angst but I have entered silly mode at some point lately so you get AU silliness only SLIGHTLY tinged with angst, I hope that's alright ssadkajshdnkbfk

(It also got longer than I'd anticipated, F in the chat for us all)

Kid/Parent Fic Prompts

3. "Everyone makes mistakes, it's okay."

"Hey, August, your dad said I'd find you..." Emma trails off, stopping halfway through the door as she takes in the scene before her. "...here. What are you guys doing?"

To Marco's credit, his son is, in fact, sitting in the shed just like the man had said. The only issue is that he's not alone - in fact, a swooping three of the kids in his care are crowded around him, typewriter pushed to the side as they peer at something taking center place on the table.

August looks up from it momentarily to shoot her a slight grin, which does nothing to soothe her confusion. "Scientific research."

"On a lamp? Thought that had been patented a while ago."

"Yes, but this is a monad lamp. We're trying to figure out if there's actually a cricket in here."

Emma's gaze moves to the object in question, eyebrows raised. "And that other guy's letting you? Isn't this literally attached to his hip most of the time?"

"We traded for the day!" The smallest of the puppets chirps excitedly, all but bouncing on August's knee. "Gina's showing him around, and we get to hang out with Gemini!"

"I see."

The problem with these kids, in Emma's mind, is that while they might have fairly contrasting personalities, there's something in them that betrays their connection even at first glance. Cedar's a sweet girl and the strange one with the metal arm is prone to brooding, and the two younger boys (she needs to find better nicknames to differentiate them than Big One and Little One, honestly - they bring to mind Tweedledee and Tweedledum, sometimes, but they'd probably take offense to that) are just unruly children like any other, and still they all share faint traces of past events that make her understand August a little bit more.

Right now, for example, the man has got a boy perched on his lap and Cedar leaning onto his shoulder, the other boy sitting on the tabletop with his ruined legs dangling over the edge, and yet they're all looking at her like they're about to tell her to take a leap of faith...or blow something up and ask her for help, at least, given Big Pinocchio's tendencies and those of the guy they call P. Emma should be backing away before it's too late, honestly.

"Doesn't that thing talk, anyway?" She hears herself asking instead, as if that were the most pressing matter. "Can't you just ask?"

"He's recharging," Cedar replies, ever the most helpful of them all. "That's why P left him at home. Grandfather said Gemini's not allowed to be around us unsupervised anymore, since the last time he tried to teach some nasty words to-"

"Hey!" The Pinocchio sitting on the table glares at her, a thunderous look on his face. "That's none of your business! Don't be a snitch!"

"It's not snitching if it's true! You only want to know because you've got a point to prove, anyway."

The boy sniffs haughtily, turning away. "I don't need to prove anything. I'm right. We've all got a cricket, so P should have one too."

"You're wrong. I never got a cricket, and Dad doesn't have one either-"

Emma can clearly see August barely stifling a laugh, the bastard. "Don't let Jiminy hear you say that, Cedar- I can assure you, he helped me quite a lot before he got a degree."

"I don't have a cricket," the little one says, beaming, seemingly unbothered by the squabble. "I just have Gina."

"Gina counts."

"Gina does not count, she's a duck." Cedar sighs, shaking her head of dark curls. "Why are you so worried about this, anyway? Your cricket isn't here, either."

One would expect Big Pinocchio to have a snappish retort for that, as well, and yet, none comes. Instead he seems to curl even further into himself, his glower even deeper, like a turtle tucking head and tail into its shell. "Yeah, but he was there," he mutters, much lower than before. "No one else could see him, so they thought I was making him up, but I wasn't. He was real, and I wasn't crazy."

The two adults exchange a look, the mood grown a tad more somber all of a sudden. This, perhaps, is the other thing these children have in common, and it's much less amusing than the first one - they have had some awful experiences already, for being so young, and sometimes they mention it in such an offhanded way, it sounds like everyday stuff, like making the bed or running errands.

Maybe it was everyday stuff for them, before. That doesn't make it more reassuring, either.

"That's okay." August sounds softer, too, as he leans closer to the boy and tries to meet his eyes. "We know you're not crazy. Those boys in your old school- they didn't have the full picture. Everyone makes mistakes, when they don't have the full picture."

And that, a smidge more teasing, once he has finally gotten Pinocchio to look up: "And I mean everyone. You know, Emma here, she didn't believe I was made of wood, in the beginning. Guess who proved her wrong later."

"Seriously?" Emma exhales heavily, relieved that her friend has been able to handle the situation so well and yet resigned to the fact that August continues to be, well, himself. "You only butt into this argument to throw me to the wolves?"

"You wouldn't want me to get in the way of a scientific debate, do you?"

If this were a normal conversation between the two of them, she would tell him to stop being so cheeky; but as it is, there are three more people in the room with them right now, people who have barely stopped looking wary and guarded before returning to their analysis of an otherworldly piece of machinery. There is little Emma can do beside playing along, distracting them from whatever effects the past still has on them all. She owes them that, at least.

"Alright," she says, dragging a spare stool closer and finding a spot near the table, mindless to how Cedar moves to lean on her instead, as is the nature of things.

"Let's crack this, then. I came over to ask something else, but you guys got to me. Show me what you've got, Gemini."

#okay I know I wasn't very good at looking out for henry but I DID try so #please keep an eye on these little idiots if I can't #lizardthelizard #ask meme #fanfic #ouat #au: stray saplings #LOOK I SETTLED ON A TAG #also I'm going to go on a tangent now sorry not sorry #because I'm an “emma and august are besties” truther first and foremost #but I am CERTAIN that eventually he'd be like #she's like. their fairy godmother but better cause she isn't a fairy #she's got...mixed feelings about her godchildren tho #cedar? wonderful. genuinely looks up to emma. as normal as a kid in her situation can be #the baby? traumatized but sweet. you can't have beef with a 5yo #but p and mokku? they would TEST her patience even though the former isn't even a child technically #regina would find it extremely amusing #pinocchio #kashi no ki mokku #anyway august as a passable father figure who at least is TRYING and emma as the tired aunt who loves those kids a lot but needs a fk drink

[fazcinatingblog]

Sophia said the budget for the week is $38k (most ridiculous target she's ever come up with) and I did that and she didn't mention if she was pleased with it or will she just continue giving me ridiculous targets every week like $40k then $50k then $103k and then if ever I don't meet her dumbass target, I get fired that's it, it's that easy

#i don't know how we got to $38k this week like each job is like between $100 and $2000 #but we did #we got there #she'll make up more stupid expenses next week #she'll be like 'I've got land tax and wages and oh i bought another house and we need $400k of invoices to cover it' #be like 'can't afford the wages this week we need a billion dollars worth of invoices to go out' #goddddd i hate her #also as far as i know I'm the only idiot on earth who's worked the longest under Sophia #nearly five years!!!!!! #Jesus #it's too long #but also i don't know like she ran her own accounting practice out of her own home before taking over from mort #like I'm pretty sure she had people working for her and I'm pretty sure I've seen a list of them #i have a list of her clients from that time and underneath it says employees/homestay #i think #i think there's phone numbers too #i mean #i clearly need to do some research #find out if any of those worked for sophia for over 5 years #what are their stories #they would've worked at her house and maybe even lived there if the homestay thing is true #i need to know what it was like #at what point did she turn evil #was she always evil #was she ever normal? #what do her kids think of her #do they know she runs an accounting firm #were they ever inspired to do accounting #what was she like as an employee #did she eat 6 cheese biscuits for lunch every day

[lord-squiggletits]

Sorry for being negative, I’m just a bit disappointed that after looking through the Earthspark Optimus tags on and off on different occasions weeks apart, it seems like the only thing the fandom has to say about ES Optimus is finger snaps and dad jokes. :/ (And also a handful of people already trying to frame him as a bad person lmao)

Watch for it, when more episodes of Earthspark come out and a conflict with GHOST inevitably arises, people are going to be raging at Optimus for being “stupid” or “self-righteous” or “blind” for working with GHOST and start calling Megatron and/or the Decepticons right about everything because they spent so long focusing on “haha funny dad Optimus” that they forgot about the other parts of Optimus’ character like... idk, not wanting to colonize planets? Not wanting to start wars with entire species that didn’t want to be involved in the war in the first place? Being willing to make compromises even at risk to himself and his own because he wants to treat everyone fairly?

Idk I guess I’m just a bit salty because it genuinely seems like all this fandom wants is “funny dad Optimus” and nothing else. Like you will give them funny dad Optimus who’s ALSO complex and morally gray but people will only ever talk about the former part. And then when Optimus inevitably makes a mistake and bad things happen, people are probably going to treat him as if he’s stupid or an asshole when he ends up not being the Perfect Unproblematic Fave that people seemingly want him to be.

#negativity #the tf fandom has protagonist centered morality really badly #like yes we all joke/think that humans are the most boring part of transformers #but there's a difference between that as like a narrative preference in a story #versus literally acting like humans don't matter #and a lot of takes i see in earthspark and other continuities #seem to completely ignore the fact that cybertronians securing their future on earth and eliminating the people who want to do them wrong #would literally mean stealing resources from humans and killing them aka COLONIZING THEM #so i see people calling OP a bad leader or stupid or overly trusting for working with GHOST when he's literally no such thing #he explicitly says 'we are guests on this planet' and acknowledges that he sees GHOST merely as his best option and doesn't fully trust them #but ppl in this fandom have a really infantile perspective of optimus #where they want him to be Good All The Time or they just see him as an idiot for some reason #so they see OP making compromises to not hurt humans (people who didn't even want to get involved with cybertron's war) #and theyre like durr hurr he's stupid! he's ignorant! he's an asshole to the decepticons! #no he's not he's literally just trying to not hurt innocent people? and he has to balance both human lives and cybertronian lives #and that's fucking hard and there are no perfect options and there are no outcomes where no one will get hurt #and the existence of those bad choices doesn't make optimus stupid or malicious #it makes him a FUCKING PERSON #trying to navigate a HARD SITUATION and do the right thing #but we can't have optimus being an actual character who behaves like a human being #he has to be perfect daddy prime that does nothing wrong ever and if he does he's a STUPID ASSHOLE ugh

[iguessitsjustme]

Old Fashion Cupcake – Music in Episode 1

Apparently, some of y’all like reading me talk about music and @skamskada asked me for some thoughts on Old Fashion Cupcake. I actually already had roughly 3 pages of notes (now 4 oops) solely on the first episode of this show. So I guess I’ll be doing a musical analysis of the first episode if I can ever decipher what I wrote.

***But first a disclaimer! I am not a musician. I’m just someone with a tiny, minuscule background in music with a somewhat decent ear. I am also kind of an idiot and I will likely get some things wrong. So remember everyone to take everything I say with a grain of salt and that just because I said it and I maybe sound a little bit smart about it, doesn’t mean I am inherently right. I encourage everyone to always form their own opinions about music and shows and everything. Now that the disclaimer is done...time to write this post.

SO soundtracks. Before diving into the beauty that is the Old Fashion Cupcake soundtrack, we should really talk about what makes a good soundtrack. This show has, in my opinion, the best soundtrack of any BL. Not because it makes me want to run and search for the songs to listen to them on repeat for hours on end, but because by definition, the soundtrack just works for this show in a way that soundtracks typically don’t for most BL. (Here is little, tiny a post I made in April about some other shows with good soundtracks for those who are interested). Well Rae, what makes a good soundtrack? I can hear you all asking. A good soundtrack is one that sets and/or matches the tone of the show. A good soundtrack can elevate a good show and make it even better. A good soundtrack can, potentially, save a bad show (not always though). A bad soundtrack can ruin a good show. A bad soundtrack and a bad show? Well, that’s just sad. Throw the whole thing in the trash. So what makes Old Fashion Cupcake stand out to me when it comes to soundtracks? It’s not just that it matches the tone of the show perfectly, but the soundtrack is blended into the tone. The scenes, the sets, the characters, the music, the everything all becomes one cohesive unit. And that’s throughout the show. Each scene, each character, each episode, everything was so carefully done. So deliberately chosen. The soundtrack can even help us better understand Nozue and Togawa and their internal struggles.

Now I have to make an attempt to decipher my...holy shit...4 pages of chicken scratch. That’s how I know I had THOUGHTS about this. Normally my writing is neat and legible unless I’m too excited and writing too fast because I can’t get the thoughts out quick enough. For the sake of length because this post is already getting very long. I will attempt to give a general analysis of the music in the first episode and will probably make another post later this week going more into specifics and providing examples.

The Old Fashion Cupcake soundtrack very deliberately uses silence, repetitive notes/chords/whathaveyou (very good music term there Rae, way to go) to set or even amplify the tone of the show. At the beginning it has an almost apathetic feel to it. Nozue is just going about his routine and the music reflects that. The music plays as we hear Nozue’s inner monologue, but there is silence when he’s cooking. There is also silence when Nozue is actively working. We learn later on in the show that Nozue enjoys cooking and although he feels stuck in a rut in his job, he doesn’t hate it. Silence in this show is used to indicate Nozue’s contentment as opposed to his apathy. There is no music playing that means that his inner dialogue his silent as he simply allows himself to enjoy something like cooking. The silence indicates he’s able to shut off his brain for awhile and let himself simply exist in the moment. When the music comes back, its the same repetitive 3 beat rhythm with 2 notes. This constant repetition is telling us, whether we are aware of the music doing this or not, that Nozue is stuck in his routine. He repeats his days and they are ultimately, the same. He feels trapped by the rhythm, but he is also resigned to it. It’s comforting in a way. There is a comfort in routine and Nozue is telling himself that again and again despite his desire to try that cafe, to eat those sweets, or to take that promotion. He feels safe in the repetition. But occasionally, a note gets replaced by something different letting the audience know that Nozue is not entirely happy in his routine and that he does have those desires. He can convince himself that he is happy as he is, but with that slight change in the music, we now have more insight into Nozue’s character than he even has of himself.

When Togawa finally makes an appearance in the show, the music changes. It’s subtle, but it’s there if you listen for it. Multiple notes are changed from the repetitive trill. This suggests Togawa will be the change that Nozue needs. He will match Nozue’s pace and his music, but Togawa will bring his own flavor to it so to speak. Those two are operating on similar wavelengths, but with slightly different outlooks. Nozue is apathetic, while Togawa performs the same routine, but he’s willing to break out of it. And he will take Nozue with him. This contrasts to the upbeat and peppy music from the gossipy coworkers. They are not on the same wavelength as Nozue and Togawa. Their music simply doesn’t match. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just different. The peppy music doesn’t feel out of place in the show though because it’s matching the scene that is focusing on the coworkers. Nozue and Togawa might be set apart, but they aren’t out of place with everyone and everything else. They are simply different and can exist in harmony with others.

The reason I love the soundtrack so much is how it reflects the characters. As the characters adapt and change, so does the music. I don’t know who was in charge of the music for this show, but they did a phenomenal job and I truly hope that they work on more BL. This post has gotten outrageously long now but I do have more to say and this is only about episode 1! What a show. If y’all haven’t watched Old Fashion Cupcake and you enjoyed my analysis, please go watch it. It’s truly a gem of a show. And it’s not just the soundtrack that’s great. I just happen to be in love with the soundtrack.

#old fashion cupcake #old fashion cupcake the series #old fashion cupcake bl #japanese bl #i still have 3 pages of notes that i haven't even gotten to yet #and again that's just for episode one #i could write a dissertation about the music in this show #it's so good #i don't have a whole lot of time this week #but i will work on putting a post together with some specific examples for those of you who are interested #i do typically have thoughts about a show's soundtrack so if you ever want to hear someone's opinion or want an analysis of a specific show #or a scene in a show #from an idiot who used to play the violin #feel free to send me an ask or a dm or tag me in anything #i can't guarantee i'll do it but odds are i will gladly share my thoughts

[pocketramblr]

am I mistaking you for someone else or are you the one who made Giran Kotaro's dad once?

Haha no yeah that was me, that's a fun au born of a typo but committing to the bit was worth it as it ends up meaning Giran raises his grandchildren and leads to the Todobeards plotline

#step one: mistype 'giran' when you meant 'gran' #step two: realize this is a more fun version of 'Nana realizes her husband is a villain and fakes his death and hides their son' than the #version of other aus I've seen using afo #step three: ok so then it's a battle as giran is trying to hunt down the kid because you know what‚ Nana faking his death was fair‚ but she #didn't have to get the kid involved as Nana then later Gran and other ocs borrowed from apprenticeverse try to keep him hidden #until at last kotaro (idiot) is an adult and rechanges his name to Shimura leading Giran realizing he needs to hide him now from AfO #step four: ??? #step five: Hana and Tenko raised as brokers #step six: Hana falls for Fuyumi but they can't risk openly dating so Tenko is volunteered as Fuyumi's beard #and of course Fuyumi's boyfriend can't stay in her room overnight but the boyfriend's sister can sure why not #the boyfriend can stay with touya or natsuo if he doesn't want a guest bedroom whatever Enji barely even looks at those sons #also as Hana learns more about the todo family drama she gets worried about Fuyumi realizing what she is because she doesn't want to betray #her and doesn't intend to sell any of that info #but then she keeps learning more and can't help but wonder if passing on that info to someone else would be the right thing to do?? but who #Tenko is no help because if Hana asks him what he'd do he just shrugs and says if he needs an alibi for murdering‚ say‚ a top ten hero #he'll let her know #and yes Giran IS smoking even more now from the stress of the grandkids shenanigans #'they're the reason i went so grey so early ' #anon #pocket talks to people

[headofthedemonn]

I had a rather peculiar dream I plan on writing about it later being able to recall my dreams in detail is good and bad because there are dreams I want to remember and the others I don't.

#I'm ashamed and angry at myself for being vulnerable with someone who didn't care about me who didn't even like me but lied about those #thing's lied about something so big that i hold in great importance and for what reason i still don't know probably never will. I'm feeling #the pain of loneliness the pain of misunderstanding the pain of longing for someone i can hold and take care of someone i can cherish #but i can't shake this feeling that God hates me and that he has from the beginning my own family has disregarded me time and time again so #i was a fucking idiot to think someone could love me why is it that the one thing i want i can't have i suppose that's God's curse to want #something so bad to have love in you but no one sees you for that they only want to hurt me lie to me fill my head with false promises #insults disrespect threats of violence and then abandonment i deserved what happened it's part of my curse no one could love something like #my family didn't care about me before still don't God left my prayers unanswered he didn't love me and still doesn't why did i expect him #to love me because i was too fucking stupid to realize no one could i was hurt and manipulated before he did the same thing why did i think #someone could love something like me? it was all i ever wanted after what I've been through but it's impossible for me

[hatake]

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#been watching the newest season of love is blind #bc ya girl loves a corny reality show u kno #and then listening reviews/reading the subreddit like an idiot #and the amount of grace ppl give shitlords like izzy and uche baffles the mind #izzy rejecting johnnie after he begged for vulnerability and she opened up about her difficult/complex love history is like #peak male behavior it's giving men are more likely to leave their wives with cancer than vice versa or w/e #and the way uche verbally berates aaliyah like he's so mean to her #and the internet is so mean to her bc tell me why #even when ppl agree uche is trash they still blame her for ~allowing it~ #u know if she was a white woman the internet would be in tears with her #she's just a lady with an open heart who doesn't seem able to advocate for herself in those conflicts the way she should #and she shouldn't be judged for that like how many of us have toxic relationships of sorts #bc ur so stuck in the situation you can't see the toxicity for what it is #girl came ready for love and was thrown a whole shitbag situation with the uche/lydia thing #anyone would be emotional and confused in those circumstances #this an aaliyah defense squad acc i feel so bad for her #all she's done is react to a confusing situation / get yelled at abt it by the guy she likes #then yelled at again by the internet for Not Leaving Immediately #i have a million other thoughts on it but that's my biggest gripe #justice for aaliyah!!!

[alltimefail-sims]

Kinda want to do another one of those infodump headcanon/fun-fact posts about my Strangerville sims (specifically Beckett).

But also like if anyone wanted to ask me any questions about my OCs, I would be very grateful ❤

#I'm not sure anyone even reads those posts 😭 so I always chastise myself for taking time to talk about my OCs when I could be - #doing something 'more productive' but I can't help it 😭 #anyway I'm an insomniac! Please talk to me about my OCs! I have so much info to give. Many useless fun facts!! #Beckett is such a loveable idiot! He is a smart ass and so silly! I have not gotten to talk about him enough! #simblr #ask me about my ocs #ts4 ocs