IT DAWNS BEFORE 3:09
GOOD MORNING 4:20
JOY RIDE 4:11
STAR LOVE 3:40
15 KNOTS 0:55
GIANT 3:11
JET SET 2:48
THE SYSTEMS MADE OF GREED (Don't Bet Our Tax Ver.) 3:29
HIBERNATE 2:24
THE END OF SUMMER 5:54
NO THANK YOU 4:33
DREAMMAN 4:08
DEEPERS'RE SLEEPING 2:01
MEXICO(Ver.N) 2:31
HARU NO GYOUNINZAKA 4:42 (Spring's Slope)
[SECRET TRACK - SUE IS FINE] at 4:01 (My Bloody Valentine cover)
Recorded at Freedom Studio, Eggs & Shep Studio, M2R Studio, Sadesper Studio
engineered by KENJI SHIMODA, RYOTA HAYASHIDA
mastered by YAZMAN at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Poster Photographer MASAFUMI SANAI
NOTE: First release came with a limited edition poster and lyrics booklet.
The album included a fan survey. The first 50 fans who answered the survey questions about the MEXICO lyrics correctly, were awarded the MEXICO (Ver.N Original Version) demo. Winning fans aren’t allowed to share the correct answer.
Limited Edition content: https://cotdfan.tumblr.com/697670122178035712
scans credit: HAETAE
friend wanted to see my tumblr, and when i told him i can’t show it to him bc it’s basically my personal diary he went “oh so I can’t see it but a bunch of strangers on tumblr can??” he literally does not get me. no one will get me like the people in my phone get me
there is something so… human about grian checking on this pet magma cube while there’s this zombie apocalypse happening. people are dropping like flies. the numbers of those unaffected are rapidly dwindling. and yet grian keeps going home to check on this pet magma cube.
sure it’s for a task, sure he’s required to or else he fails. but he didn’t have to continuously check on the magma cube the entire session. when things started to get crazy, he could’ve left it. he could’ve prioritized his own safety the whole session and wait until the end to check on the magma cube.
but he doesn’t. he actively goes out of his way more than once to make sure his magma cube is alive still. even when he’s left with one tiny magma.
he could’ve given up.
he throws some steak, his own food, at the magma cube. he breathes a little sigh of relief at seeing it there still. he goes back out after and continues to try and survive.
he could’ve given up.
he takes a potion of invisibility and runs past the infected, one thing on his mind, and it isn’t his own survival. he reaches home, his two allies are there. he checks the cage. he cheers.
he didn’t give up.
there’s something so human about grian continuing to care about this little magma cube amongst the chaos of death and blood and violence. something about humanity prevailing amongst despair, y’know?
I've been saying this for years but I've finally found the funniest way to say it, in the MCU Tony Stark isn't so much Peter Parker's father figure as he is his deadbeat dad figure. Like Tony shows up once a year to take Peter to a baseball game kinda vibe. Tony in homecoming is like hey kid I know I haven't seen or spoken to you in months but I bought you something and that's basically the same as emotional support. Tony taking Peter to Germany in civil war is like when your deadbeat dad tells your mom you're having father-son time but he's really just taking you to his guys' poker night and trying to get you to cheat for him. When Tony says you're nothing without the suit then you shouldn't have it, it's like when your dad says if you're not going to follow my rules in my house you can leave, I put a roof over our heads what else could you possibly want from me. Tony mourning Peter after infinity war and calling him his kid is like when your dad only wants to hang out with you after he's lost custody. Like well and truly deadbeat behavior no wonder the fanon is like that
I was so incredibly thrilled to be assigned to you these have been a labour of (many many hours) of love! For the rest of you who didn't get to read my email I give you Lye Lychen and Es, swing dancing and sneaking off from a party you're supposed to be infiltrating you guys!!!
things from The Halloween Update that are concerning me more than i already am about Eddie:
his Frankenstein's Monster costume turning his face (and hands. ha, hands, like the hands on a-) half yellow half blue/purple like the clocks & Sally's door. that's fucking me up a little ngl
Eddie tacks "A bit of a moral conundrum-" onto his description of Frankenstein's Monster, who he's costumed as. which seems out of place with the rest of his description. he could've said "bolts" or "white streak in his hair" or another physical trait. nope. Moral Conundrum (one could also describe his costume as "two-faced"...). and the fact that he's dressed specifically as someone who was "brought back from the dead" makes me 👁️👁️. kinda reminds me of a certain set of artworks from Clown's tumblr a while back...
Eddie, despite his whole schtick being "bad memory", was the only one to accurately recognize Sally's costume as pedrolino from the Commedia dell'arte. could be a little 'inside joke', might be something else. i suspect it's something else due to his... ah... Everything.
No. Scar won because he had one (1) friend, even if it was at the end. Because despite all of the tasks he was given making him out as the villain, theres one thing that makes the last session different from all the ones before. And maybe it's Scar's definition of the word Friend.
His definition throughout the life series of that word, has always been 'Ally'. He gives his friends access to all of his supplies, and he gets info and there proximity in return. Someone he can count on.
In the last session he had many allies. He played the game on all sides, and got everything he needed, while still killing off those that he was against and with.
And maybe he didn't intend to end of with the Mounders as his team, but whether he realized it or not, it gave him the one person he needed. Because Pearl was the one friend in the end. Because they stayed together
And Scott sacrifices himself for his allies because he wants them to win, and Pearl offered to do the same. AND that, was what made the difference between pearl as another ally or as a friend. Because She sacrificed herself not just because she wanted Scar to win, but because she didn't CARE to win.
And Scar said No.
Because he didn't care to win either.
And the funny thing is these two have teamed once before. Even if it wasn't for long, they stayed together in Double life, in refuge from those who hurt them, no matter what way they hurt them.
In this last session, Grian and Scott were against Pearl and Scar. Grian is teamed with Etho and Cleo, both of which Scar got the final kills for, and Scott teams with Gem and Impulse, BOTH OF WHICH SCAR GOT THE FINAL KILLS FOR. Scar killed the people that both of their soulmates were teamed with.
Pearl and Scar are parallels. because they didn't win because they were alone. They won because they used what others were willing to give, and they always had someone (or something (like dogs maybe hint hint)) that was there for them.
They won because they know how to play the game. It;s not pressing buttons, and playing along with allies. Its taking what they won't give you, and taking what they are willing to give you.
Come Over To the Deepend
March 8, 2000
(Music Mine / ZK Records)
MARS ATTACKS! 2:01
UNLIMBER 3:59
HARD REALITY 6:56
TASTE 9:11
C/O/T/D 4:06
THUNDERBOLT 6:54
THRASH LIVES IN SAVAGERY 6:18
AKI NO GYOUNINZAKA 5:09 (Autumn's Slope)
SYNTHETIC SLIDE 24:27
[SECRET TRACK - I LOVE N.Y.] at 22:09
RECORDED AT EGGS & SHEP STUDIO, SOUND ARTS, FREE STUDIO SHONAN, KAMPO, M2R
MIXED BY KENJI SHIMODA
MASTERED BY Yasman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Artwork by Tomoyoshi “Nana” Nakayama
Photographer: Naomi Hosokawa
NOTE: SYNTHETIC SLIDE was apparently performed as "GLOBAL LOVE" at a live concert in 1998
scans credit: HAETAE
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/56XVoU9DqfyCHcBwfkrr0V?si=yvtmJELPQ8-eAEFfbsN6ng
Apple: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/come-over-to-the-deepend/330920616
mirror: https://cotdfan.wordpress.com/2022/09/27/come-over-to-the-deepend-march-8-2000/
Actually. Looking at the chronology. The last time Gideon and Harrow talked alone before the pool scene, Gideon accused Harrow of being a jealous creep for telling her to stay away from Dulcinea.
A whole lot of stupifying things happened in between, but really, it wouldn't be surprising if her first panicked reaction to Harrow disrobing was to think Harrow was making a move on her. Relationship definitely hurtling toward something.
mentally preparing myself for next session when i have to watch Tango die all alone, away from his allies and in the most avoidable and insignificant way
Pfff Carmilla and Alastor both bout to be drunk at the overlords meetings and somehow they are just...complete bff's when drunk? Alastor hands over the liquor, next thing anyone knows Carmillas hair is down and she's letting Alastor braid it for whatever fucking reason while she tries to talk about whatever the meeting was about and more than once forgets to speak in a language the rest of the room knows reverting either to her native tongue or Spanish or into something she picked up as Overlord like Eldritch
And Rosie's now trying to juggle both of them and get them both sober while they play with her hat and paint her nails.
Alastor and Carmilla never knew how much they had in common! ♪~ ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ They both have a crush on like being around Zestial, they both hate the Vee's, they both love gossiping (Carmilla has a lot of tea to spill, much to Alastor's surprise and delight), and they're both an appreciator of exquisite cuisine. The meeting just started, and they're already leaving because Alastor told her about this recipe that she just had to try.
I love the idea of Alastor knowing how to braid ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ And Carmilla looks so pretty with her hair down, I'm pretty I'd short-circuit if it were me.
What makes it better is that when they're sober again? They don't remember any of it. And no one can even get picture or video proof because Alastor shorts out every camera and ruins every photo.