#i have once again written Too Much

[ystk-archive]

Can you explain the small challenging components of Perfume that made them so fresh and interesting 10-15 years ago. I assume it's him bringing more of a dance sound to the idol world. As well as all his crazy mangling of vocal tuning. Anything I'm missing? Aside from production, anything composition wise?

I’m responding to this a bit late but essentially yes. I can't really speak on comp because I'm not a music nerd, but to my ears as someone who started out listening to J-pop idol groups, I think Nakata managed to also introduce melodies that were unusual/nonstandard in popular music over there. But it was largely the heaviness of his production, how loud the music was that it sometimes drowned out their altered voices, etc. There’s an aspect of Perfume’s music that sometimes “minimizes” their presence.

The type of music he made for them was really only one part of it though; there had been some attempts at electronic music "genre-dols" prior and contemporaneously but they never caught on, and I think on the western side of things there isn't enough credit given to the overall kitsch presentation of Perfume. It wasn't just the music itself that made them sell; it was the distinct, imitable and easy-to-understand choreography style, the way they had identifiable "characters," their enthusiasm during concerts, and so on.

They also became more digestible as soon as Kinoko stopped writing their lyrics -- early-on that was easily the most challenging aspect of them as an idol unit and something that defined them at the same time, they were often singing these upbeat songs with ~depressing or downright strange lyrics lol. This made it difficult for them to find an audience (and they themselves struggled sometimes to relate to and convey their material as they’ve said in interviews) yet IMO it was a lot more interesting than e.g. "chocolate disco x10" and "we are challenger x5" etc. I think that Nakata sort of compensated for this after Kinoko's departure (I won't say firing...) with the aforementioned production for a while, stuff like GAME, Butterfly, edge and so on, but he's just a different lyricist and I’m sure Amuse or whomever doesn’t seek a return to that style.

(While I'm at it, it's not that I think they should be Debbie Downer: The Idol Group, they weren't even when Kinoko was part of their team, they've just lost that dimension to their material and it was something that helped make them unique. But their English-speaking fans don't care and their songs retained the often nebulously cool or mildly melancholic slant; it doesn't help much that their hits are Chocolate Disco, Dream Fighter, FLASH, etc as well, so there's no impetus to return to that sort of concept.)

#messages #i have once again written Too Much

[thymeofarrival]

Gem’s bloodlust is genuinely scary and unsettling and I adore it and her so much

… I hit tag limit on this and I’m not even close to done spilling my thoughts in the tags so I’m going to post so I can copy my tags into real text and keep writing them

#I can’t imagine facing her as one of the uninfected when she’s got my heart rate up just watching from her perspective #she’s a hunter #I’ve written something before about how she talks about murder in the same excited tone as cute decorations #and people sometimes underestimate her because of it despite her reputation as a good fighter #but she’s not a fighter she’s a predator #she’s a hunter and even watching from her perspective sometimes it feels like she’s hunting me #she’s hunting All #and it’s exciting and fun for her #and she needs her pack to some extent but when it gets too big she needs to split off again #idk what’s going on in these tags it’s just. hnnghhh. Red Gem #or even before she went red #just bloodthirsty predator gem reveling in the thrill of the hunt #it’s not nearly as much fun on your own but once you’ve killed a couple people to your side and have the numbers to terrify people #you can do that. you can circle around your prey and corner them and terrify them before you kill them #and it feels like power and it feels like a game and it feels like fun #because it’s not life or death it’s success or failure #but maybe everything is a game to a creature like gem who hops between worlds at will #what if she could leave secret life at any time #like she could hop between empires and hermitcraft at any time #if she can leave then she really is just there to have a chance to enjoy the hunt in a setting where it’s expected #encouraged even #death games as a way to satisfy her bloodlust so it doesn’t spill over someplace where it might Actually Hurt #death games to take the edge off #death games to get a chance to reveal the fangs behind her grin and the sharp points of her antlers #we call her a deer because that’s the closest thing our minds can connect to her appearance #but she’s always been a little too Other for that #oh and now the Void has taken root in her too #it’s claimed her eye and arm #maybe it helped guide her aim #or maybe she’s always been a creature of the space between worlds (what with the way she hops between them)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Pride month everyone B*) Allow me to reveal a little behind the scenes detail behind my Banner and Icon. Love was always winning <3

#I don't know what to tag this one to be honest #probably a #delete later #I have made a solemn promise that any icon and banner for this blog must be done in a pair. They Cannot Be Separated. #They have had too much of that already #But yes; they have always been together on the same canvas #they originally were just barley not holding hands so I fixed it <3 love wins #I'm hoping to change them out every new season I start so these guys are probably in their last month of life B'*) #can you believe wwx used to have different bangs? blasphemy #Once again throwing out meta content so I can make up for the fact I am running on fumes #starting out pride month by engaging in another sin (sloth (I slept for more than my usual 4-5 hours (this blog functions on insomnia))) #comic tomorrow cause the next batch is 90% done I literally just ran out of time. #I'm in a toxic relationship with The Grind but in a homoromantic/erotic way. #We (the grind and I) would have long metas written about how we are bad lgbtq rep and spark heated debate within the community.

[cluescorner]

I cannot imagine being a Damian stan right now. You've got both Zdarsky's bullshit (where he clearly doesn't give a shit about your boy) and The Boy Wonder (where Juni Ba clearly gives so many shits about your boy) coming out on the same day. The whiplash must be insane. I hope y'all get some nice warm soup for your efforts jfc

#damian wayne #damian al ghul #damian al ghul wayne #batman #batfamily #for all of the issues that come with having Steph as your fave having too much wild shit happening at once is never one of them #btw I quite like The Boy Wonder Issue 1. wow shocker an artist and writer who I have liked everything they've ever done #has once again written something that I am enjoying with art that makes me want to be part of its world. #it's almost like Juni Ba is really freaking talented or something #like I have some problems with it but it seems like many of those are part of the point. Damian is learning that his siblings are more #three-dimensional than he realized and that is part of this 'coming of age' story merged with fairytale #so I can't be mad at the oversimplistic defining of Dick and Jason and Tim until the conclusion of the series. that might be the point. #I hope that the series will address Steph as a Robin but if not then frankly it's not an issue unique to this series. #I'll be annoyed and disappointed but ultimately roll with it like I am with Babsgirl being here. There's too much good stuff here to get #hung up on shit that seems to be almost an editorial mandate at this point. at least that's where I'm at. #I am also very sorry that Chip Zdarsky is massacring your boy. he has 'X (Tim for him) is the best Robin so everyone else must suck' diseas #where a writer really likes one specific Robin and in trying to uplift them demeans all of the other Robins. instead of like...just writing #for that one character only or alternatively not demeaning the other characters in order to make his blorbo look good #it's wild because I actually think his writing for Tim is pretty solid. but he's not writing a Tim series. he's writing a Batman series. #and if you are going to write a Batman series and include other Batfamily members you need to actually write them well. #instead of assigning them like 2 personality traits while Tim gets to be a whole character #I accept that behavior in fanfic where I have lesser standards because it's fucking free. not a comic run that wants me to pay #tens of dollars in order to understand what the fuck is going on. he's been going for a while now it's gotta be a lot of money. #I can buy Steelworks with that money. I can see John Henry and Natasha Irons in a trade. Fuck you Chip. #it's why it takes such a special person to write a good ensemble story/a good Batfamily story. you have to be good at writing a LOT #of different characters. which I don't think most people are. I sure as hell am not. I can write maybe 3 at a time confidently well. #and you also have to give all of them at least SOME love or else people will be upset that you aren't focusing on their fave #and also the writing as a whole will suffer. Chip Zdarsky is a pretty good Tim writer. I'd maybe read a Tim solo written by him. #I would not read a story focusing on multiple characters that I like written by Chip Zdarsky. because every character who isn't Tim #is at least a bit weak/inconsistent/out of character INCLUDING FUCKING BATMAN. THE NO. 1 GUY MOST ARE HERE FOR

[atticcreationz]

[Ruth is talking to Brooke at her locker, then the bell rings, and Ruth runs over to join Richie and Pete on the way to class, blushing]

RICHIE: Ruth, is that a ~spark~ I detect between you and Brooke?

RUTH: maybe 😏 I get all warm and fuzzy when I talk to her...!

PETE: uh, that might just be the fires

[all three turn around to see Brooke setting her own locker ablaze]

#nerdy prudes must die #once again: i think ruth should get to have a very short flirtatious relationship with brooke as a treat #she deserves it #(and then call the fire brigade) #every time i have fanart i want to draw and get sad that i dont have time and/or am im in too much pain to sit down and draw it i say hey #write it down instead baby you dont have to draw it #write down the silly things so theyre not bouncing around in your head #on a related note some rambling thoughts #im trying to get comfy writing more than drawing - i always felt nervous writing since college and always thought i was bad at it #but a) fuck it and b) its been a nice compromise between my urge to draw and my sadness at how im too in pain to draw on my own time anymore #and some friends have been incredibly nice and encouraging about small things ive written recently and i cant even theyre so kind 😭✨ #anyways back to the regularly scheduled tags sorry #starkid #team starkid #ruth fleming #brooke npmd #npmd #starkid npmd #richie lipschitz #peter spankoffski

[sophiethewitch1]

20 years old and shocking enough I finally feel like I'm old enough to write smut without it being a moral failing

#sophie speaks #of course i dont feel that way about other people #it do once again just be me #also i still suck at it and have written like one full smut scene in my entire life #its... im too much of a virgin dude #'how are you going to write smut in www then?' look we'll burn that bridge when we get to it #also how do 13 year olds be writing smut like genuinely how do they do that #i personally agree with the hobbits world view which is youre only an adult once youre 25 #what dkes any of this mean #im so tired

[nimbus-tatze]

the picture of passionate journalists in search of the truth sure looks fckg ugly right now.

24 journalists (and many of their family members) have been bombed to shreds in palestine and western media outlets discuss wether or not the numbers from the hospital bombing or the church bombing or anything really coming out of gaza is reliable.

Dunno man, if y'all would move your ass away from Tel Aviv and go to gaza maybe you could report on it. And unless you are willing to do that truthfully, maybe fight to protect your colleagues in gaza so they can do it. Report on their deaths. On how, before they were killed, they had to report on the death of their colleagues. How their accounts went silent too. Or like the many doctors in gaza only knew their family had been targeted bc they landed as patients in front of them, partially burned and torn apart. Report on it you cowards.

Or you know, quit your job since you are just a mouthpiece for a publically happening genocide and not investigating shit. Go work in another field, forget you ever called yourself a journalist and spare us this giant waste of time.

May the brave palestinian journalists rest in peace. And may their reporting forever haunt those that are responsible and those that are quiet.

#like many that grew up seeing the suffering in iraq i knew since i was a kid that i cant count on western outlets or establishments #so i'm not let down or anything #it's how its always been #the moment the numbers and pictures become too much their integrity is questioned. then written off. then not even mentioned #hope is not a thing that i have ever felt in regards to western response lmao #(except ireland and scotland like i kiss you) #i just want to document it once more #never again has become yup. again.

[ditch-lily]

newest idolistic chapter is just under 7k and i keep getting myself knee deep in unintended plots and occurrences and i'm like. hope future me can write myself out of this one lol

#idolistic #what have i done... #there's a line i end with and i'm like NO DONT SAY IT NOW #IT DERAILS ALL OF THE NEXT CHAPTER AND CHANGES THINGS ONCE AGAIN-- #yet i couldn't resist #lol written myself into too much plot

[no1ryomafan]

Every time I’m with my irls the subject comes up a lot more cause they’re into more female oriented series but man while it’s given better female rep is just okay-not astounding but not feeding into the more worse tropes of women in anime-I feel really bad for Michiru.

It’s like she’s the more prominent female in getter as she’s probably had the most appearances out of any of the others but I feel she’s never been used to her fullest potential. The manga really felt like Ken didn’t know what to do with her as she just kinda existed and then was killed off, arma just uses her as a plot device, toei I can’t speak fully but I know she’s a support character however given it’s that role and the 70s it only goes so far and in other canons she’s flat out hardly acknowledged. (SVN literally just has her as a cameo)

New is probably her best version but I feel there was some missed opportunities with her as the Hein arc could’ve shown more what was going on in the present and with her but it didn’t have enough time for that, and even if she does have dynamics with the boys hers and Ryomas are very undeveloped as they hardly interacted which is both a shock and a shame as they seemed to be fun in the one ep-ep 2-where they really talked.

And also as much as I like News approach to her characterization it is a shame we hardly ever seen the more traditional version of Michiru be fleshed out, when even if “uwu nice girl” is more basic it can still work and be a good character. Like it made me more sad watching Android Kikaider and seeing Mitsuko who’s basically the same trope as Michiru-down to even LOOKING like her-being a older sister with a dead brother, absent mother and a sus scientist father and be so fleshed out, but Michiru never got that chance.

You can always say “oh maybe in another getter project” but fuck knows when that’ll happen ever man💀

#meg text #getter robo #michiru saotome #I will say in fics im working to develop Michiru more even if the fic im working on rn is gonna be MASSIVE #but I get not everyone cares for fics and this au so weird anyways so it be nice to see a official media do this #but we weirdly and hardly gotten spin off mangas- it’s the fucking 50th and still nothing #also idk how much of a hot or cold take this is but the more I think about it I think Michiru should’ve been ryomas wife #or Hayato’s #is it cliche for the female lead to get with one of the boys? Yes but it would’ve made her more significant #especially with how those two actual wives were written💀 #like Michiru going after ryoma and having a child makes more sense then ryoma getting with a random chick #or hayato getting to have one person in his life besides fucking shimishika #But I more so vote for the former idea bc even if RyomMichi is undeveloped it just makes more sense to me #I don’t hate ryo but she just exists to justify takuma😭 #give ryoma a actual girl he knows and is soft that it makes sense he leans on her as his emotional support #even if he still goes into his crazy karate arc #also the idea of Michiru willingly living in a dojo and possibly dragging genki along if he didn’t die is so funny #genki deserves better too but i understand why kid characters are harder to implement #but wow it’s also fucked how once again the only good version of him is when he’s merged with someone else

[coquelicoq]

Speaking of crosswords, I made a new friend that loves them (her personal record for the nyt mini is 13 seconds!!!) and we were doing paper plate awards and I made hers a super basic crossword and she was so excited she cried a little!

Anyways I told her she should start trying to write them, considering she says she literally sees crosswords when her eyes are closed. Just wanted to share since you are The Crossword Person in my brain lol

that's awesome! i hope she tries it out and has fun with it! i think writing crosswords enhances the crossword-solving experience because you better understand what goes into it and can really admire a clever theme or an elegant fill in a way that you might not have noticed otherwise. at least that's been the case for me! it also makes me way crankier now when i see a poorly done puzzle, but you win some you lose some. best of luck to her!! <3

#la times and usa today i am looking at you #usa today doesn't even have rotational symmetry in their themed puzzles 🙄 what is this amateur hour??? #i just feel like in a national paper that pays for crosswords there should be some standards #don't get me started on the la times. which is apparently syndicated all over the world?? but it sucks??? #again like it's relative. if the la times crossword was written by some rando for his ten friends it would be fine #but that's a paper with a huge circulation...ridiculous #whoops i'm being so negative in the tags lol thank you for coming to tell me this!!! i'm so glad to be The Crossword Person in ur brain #as you can see i have a lot of thoughts about crosswords at all times #i spent like an hour telling my family about my beef with will shortz on vacation #they were fascinated. they just wanted me to talk about something and once they got me on the topic there was a lot to say #(much of it was my grandmother repeatedly telling me to send will shortz THREATENING EMAILS giving him ultimatums that i would #go on FACEBOOK and TELL EVERYONE that he scammed me out of $60 (which is probably not exactly what happened #but the fact remains i paid him $60 and he did not give me the thing that i paid for) if he didn't rectify the situation within #TWENTY-FOUR HOURS #it was so funny i was like grammy you watch too many spy movies...) #cruciverbs #asks #not anon #it was so sweet of you to write her a crossword! i bet that made her feel really special and seen <3

[izzy-b-hands]

I'm going to do dishes, and when they're done, I'll have a final idea for my zine draft that will be better than the-

*checks gdocs page*

Current five drafts, two of which are over word count so can't be used (but might survive as just. fics I publish on my own at some point if I can get my brain to not instantly feel overwhelmed by the ao3 publishing page lmao)

This will work. Surely.

#text post #im not worried abt not having anything bc ive written my best stuff for things that had deadlines #but i really wanted to have this like. as close to done as soon as possible instead of percolating on ideas for ages #i also haven't really had time to just. sit and focus on this alone. Or i've tried but then it hasn't worked out #and i think im pushing it too much and that's making it worse. going into it like NO THIS DRAFT IS IT #when what i really need to do is just. idk. probably get wizard high and put on music and maybe some vids for background noise #let myself ramble and rant abt the ideas as they hit then let myself dive into writing one if i get a hook in it #...sometimes writing is like fishing if writing involved hooks or fishing involved metaphors #sometimes fishing does do that tho so. what if i got a hook out fjdlkafjdslf #im putting off both the dishes and the brainstorming AWAY GO I TO THE SEA OF SOAP AND SPONGE #and when i return. i will try to be gentle w/myself on this. and get wizard high and see abt just. letting the ideas flow #...and I will stop worrying abt the bad faith readers in the fandom bc i think that also is once again making me over worry/think every ide

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

AHA

I am not going crazy. Having excess beta brainwaves IS correlated to ADHD symptoms (in children and adolescents), specifically metacognition issues, inattention, and irritability:

#This is one study; but it’s interesting that usually the stereotype is having high theta; but that hasn’t really been proven #because correlation ≠ causation #which doesn’t mean much for the beta thing either but STILL #They were looking mainly for high theta and found a lot of diagnosed ADHD kids with high beta and no ODD #I want my brain readings. I want my brain readings n o w #Two more days. I bet they’re gonna say I don’t have ADHD because of the high beta #I bet they’re gonna say I just have anxiety #Again EEG isn’t alone a proven method to diagnose ADHD but I took a written diagnostic too #so maybe this is just to determine what medications will work???? idk I definitely passed the personal history test lmfaoo #But I have a bad feeling I’m gonna get shrugged off #because when they were asking me questions I felt like they were cutting my answers short a little #but that could be because I was infodumping #But yeah my beta power with eyes open is 5.70 and the normal range (if I’m reading it correctly) is 3.65–0 #Beta is supposed to be related to focus so maybe it’s possible that some ADHD people are TOO focused on too many things at once #which leads to focus issues VS some have “sleepy brains” with high theta which can’t focus on anything??? #idk #ehehehehe feed me scientific studies and numbers #yummy #Yeah it’s not that my brain “runs slowly and is spaced-out” it’s that I can’t get it to stop accelerating and latching onto everything #and in order to do one thing I have to rip the suction-cupped tentacles of my brain off five different things before I can focus #which LEADS to anxiety because I can’t always peel myself away from everything else so I’m just stuck there #like a statue #trying in vain to break out from the inside #hence the anxiety

[xnervouscircus]

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i am legitimately tearing up oh wow

#yeah okay i'm pretty much full-on crying at this #i guess i just assume my writing is the kind of thing you read once and maybe go “that was all right/amusing/evil/stupid” #and proceed to forget about entirely #nothing fucks me up more than people saying they've reread something of mine #IN A GOOD WAY #but yeah it's weird and wild #god i miss writing fanfic #i haven't written much of anything since covid first hit the US #and there's been no fandoms i've been like. IN enough to write for. #and lmao i have literally never not once in my life felt like i could write a good crowley or aziraphale so nope not ruining them. probably #but man i wish i could maybe write some beauyasha or widomauk #and i would love to finish a wangxian or snowbaz fic HOW HAVE I NEVER FINISHED A WANGXIAN OR SNOWBAZ FIC #no taibanis?? no catradoras???? i am a failure #but getting a comment like this. mm. makes the not-writing anxiety ease off a bit. #it's always there and Judging me for not really writing anymore #and yeah i would love to write again. anything. #but at least i wrote something once upon a time and it made some people happy #that's still pretty fucking cool #hope i can share something new someday that might make other people happy too #michele.txt #idk where all this rambling in the tags came from i'm emotional and i miss writing!!!!!!!!!!

[headroom-moods]

ok so I've seen quite a handful of nbc hannibal fans say that the og red dragon book is not that interesting just because there's not enough "dialogue" or content between hannibal and will and this shit fucking INFURIATES me like no other. As much as I am a HUGE hannigram enthusiast, I still think that these kinds of comments are fucking insane honestly, (especially coming from fannibals!) because it's originally written as a crime/procedural novel and NOT as an in-depth analysis novel about Hannibal and Will's dynamic (as goes for the rest of the Thomas Harris novels).

Though there are still underlying "hannigram" implications in the book just from their dialogues together, it really just only shows how much more depth can be gotten out from their relationship, which is clearly grown to its fullest potential in the nbc series. But it still doesn't guarantee that the source content would be exactly parallel to what was inspired by it, and if you didn't like the book just because of the “lack” of hannigram content then I suggest you to go read fanfics instead because the original Red Dragon book is of more worth than your fandom mindset or whatever LMFAO.

Obviously it is not gonna be like the series because just to be frank, the show is just basically fanfic made canon (in the absolute best way possible) LMAO and it is basically written out as a hybrid version of their original Red Dragon dynamic and Clarice and Hannibal's relationship in TSOTL and Hannibal (the book). But saying that the original source material is dull or bland just because you watched the series first just means that you didn't completely understand how the show came to be and the complexity with hannibal and will's relationship.

So to all the nbc hannibal fans out there who are planning to read the red dragon book and the Thomas Harris novels, don't expect their relationship in it to be exactly explicit just like how the show portrays and just because it isn't, doesn't mean that the book is "uninteresting" or "dull". It just means that you're a rigid reader and you didn't get the entire point of the novel and the basic foundation to the series you know and love. Thank you for listening.

#once again I am gonna protect the Thomas Harris novels with all my mind body and soul. #red dragon is way too under appreciated methinks #and to all the Dolarhyde girliepops #yall are gonna have an absolute field day reading the book LMAO #there's a whole ass chapter dedicated to his background which I absolutely fucking LOVE #Dolarhyde honestly is such a greatly written character and I just don't like how they kind of glazed him over in the show #Like they LITERALLY made him such an overpowered character/villain #with barely any of the pathetic traits that made him so much more interesting in the book. #anyways that's all for my rant #hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal brainrot ong #a hannibal rant that has been penting up inside of me like an untethered rage ever since PFFTT

[cassmouse]

Okay. Okay okay okay so I am very very close to the end of Bunny I probably should be finishing it but this is so obscenely horrifying, hallucinogenic and absolutely fucking devastating that I can't physically bring myself to

#I have never seen the written word induce such a feeling of physical dread in me before #I don't even want to know what chokingly horrified noises I was making during my last reading session #(followed by tears btw. ive already cried once from a mix of how upsetting the writer wrote it alongside pure 'this is too much for me') #like this book genuinely with no exaggeration has got me shaking and crying #and I love it?? #like I've said it before and I'll say it again #I can't get over how fucking genius this all is #however it is so intense of an experience that I genuinely can't read it for too long #what a fucking amazing book tho to induce all of that #people who don't read would never understand istg #anyway yeah #more bunny thoughts here guys lmao #fuuuuckin hell #this was written during my breather #will probably finish it later tonight #I will probably cry more #bunny #mona awad #bunny book #bunny novel #bookblr #cass thinks ab stuff

[grassbreads]

Thinking about doing something silly

(homestuck reread liveblog)

#kinnnda wanna reread it but bc I'm thinking about it a lot again for the first time in a while #and I think it might be interesting to look back on some parts in retrospect since it's been years and now I know the ending #but I *know* I wouldn't just be able to reread normally. it's too long #I wouldn't be able to finish all at once and I'd probably forget where I left off #but if I liveblogged it. I might have beloved friends and mutuals egging me on #and I'd have a written record of how far I got #much to consider #if I do this it'd be on morethanwonderful tho. not on main #invasion of the frogs