#some really good music

[somereallygoodmusic]

Here With Me: d4vd

#here with me #d4vd #mood #music #song of the day #spotify #some really good music

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

forever obsessed with dynamics between vampires, specifically that of a maker and fledgling, as a way to explore abuse. the creation of a vampire itself can so easily be a literalization of the lasting impacts of trauma and also much more simply the ways a perpetrator might shape their victim’s very identity. the extremes of isolation in the way that the new vampire, in most narratives, must cut all ties to their mortal life, or else go through an elaborate charade to maintain the facade of humanity, while forever still being removed from it. and the sheer dependence and vulnerability of being in an entirely new state of being, wholly uncertain of what it entails, and relying on another person to define… everything.

#or just the moral dilemmas #rewatching amc interview is kind of making me insane #that moment in episode two when louis is looking for a sort of assurance in the fact that lestat may actually have some good in him #look at how he cares about music look at the simple wondrous things that can bring him joy #and then the immediate dread when the opera performance turns out to be imperfect because he knows how lestat will react to *that* #I think there’s also something really interesting in the highlighting of lestat upbraids the less skilled singer before killing him #(slowly) #but also I will wait to watch more before I articulate my thoughts #vampires #interview with the vampire #amc interview with the vampire #i ramble sometimes #I do still find the lestat and claudia film and novel dynamic by far the most compelling for how she tries to usurp him but almost to be him #but I’m enjoying this #I’m very curious if I will like show claudia more on rewatch #the movie always resonated most with me (sue me lol) because there seemed to be more simultaneous fondness and attachment even at the end

[kwillow]

As an eligible young noble of no small fame, Ambroys had a number of arranged courtships and suitresses in his youth, but any nascent marriages always fell through.

It's not that he didn't try; he certainly knew how to court a lady (perhaps too well, according to many fathers and husbands), and when he lacked knowledge on the affairs of womens' hearts, he sought counsel from a young woman who was a dear friend of his (perhaps too much counsel, according to his own father). Nonetheless, all he garnered for his efforts was separation after separation.

Ah, well. Maybe it was for the best.

#been working on this for a while... was just struck by the fact that I don't have much showing Ambroys' character in his “normal” “everyday” #so I wanted to do something “short” and “quick” to try to highlight some of his... quirks #and to contrast the loverman persona I think he's garnered #like yeah he's good at romance but also he's so fucking bad at it #just like he's good and bad at everything to do with interacting with people really #no matter how well you mimic dance steps it doesn't count for much when you don't know what the music is #or something like that... #also wanted to draw Lou (the goat) his girl best friend (with benefits) #who is actually quite important to him and his history but who I haven't drawn actually speaking or having a face yet #comics #my draws #amaranthine #ambroys #anthro #fantasy #unicorn #etc

[gutsfics]

so. i just watched most of the new quintonreviews Sam & Cat video and for Reasons i looked up both Goomer and Frankini on ao3 and theres only One Single Fic thats tagged with Goomer/Frankini. fucking criminal.

double criminal for it being tagged as "past Frankini/Goomer" bc the actual relationship focused in the fic is fuCKING GOOMER/DICE. BITING AND KILLING.

#i have seen neither sam & cat or henry danger i just really love Goomer my boy Goomer #although i probably am gonna watch the henry danger musical episode bc Quinton really seemed to enjoy it #and also i love a good musical episode #anyway if i do ever end up writing Victorious/HWU crossover i Will be mentioning Goomer and Frankini in it at some point #mmmmaaybe. depending on how old Frankini is supposed to be. and when i decide to set it. ill have Frankini and Hunt be bitter exes #(bc giving Hunt the most batshit crossover ships is really fun to me) #he & Frankini would have been some super toxic whirlwind romance that ended So horribly and they hate each other #anyway i should go to bed now its past midnight lol

[raiiny-bay]

alien emoji

#ts4 #simblr #ts4 edit #ts4 render #sims 4 #myedits #AUverse #bow #dhestyn #kelly #sue #gaston #good news i didn't forget how to make things #this still isn't the band edit i had planned to do but idk it's kind of fun i guess #i used the blender compositor for some of the effects :-) #looking at it now it kind of ended up being an unintentional remake of that one bandAU edit i did forever ago #i never did like that one #the lighting was. not good. #but anyway! look at me posting my other OCs for once! #stella & marky are not in the band but #stella sells merch for them at their shows & marcus very lovingly tells them how much their music sucks #btw they actually are a band in canon. they perform in their high school talent show & everything #they don't get big at all though & they kind of just... give up on it after a while #kel is the only one out of the 5 of em who actually knows anything about making music #so they were doomed from the start really #this AU is literally the exact same as canon but they get mildly famous #probably played at warped tour or something when that was still a thing lol

[magichats]

all the news going around with unity's really got me worried for games that are already several years into development like Hollow Knight Silksong and Billie Bust up.

Just rough because I don't suppose a whole lot of games are going to be able to pivot game engines, let alone so late in development. Like it is easier said than done to pivot early in development but i've been following the development of several games that are years in at this point and the fact that they're grandfathering older titles into this is just... it's just bad.

The potential loss of games in terms of archival on such a massive scale....

#Like with the news that Cult of the Lamb's getting full stop deleted due to this is not great news #and I can't imagine they're going to be the only ones who decide to simply delete. #Unity #Unity Engine #Silksong #Hollow Knight #Should also specify that BBU is not a unity game but just a really good example of a game that likely couldn't pivot engines on a dime #knowing what Little I know about BBU's back engine and the work they put in to make all the musical aspects *work* #thank goodness it's on unreal because given the fact that they've got a lot of progress on a working game #i'd legit hate to see them have to redo everything from scratch #same cannot be said for some of the other long term game projects i've been following unfortunately

[just-your-average-tangerine]

Was forced to watch a truly incredible (derogatory) thing recently.

A young person on twitter, adamant that transandrophobia doesn't exist on the grounds that 'no one is killing/raping/assaulting trans men'.

Several people responded, including some linking articles about murders and assaults on trans men and a couple op-ed style pieces of trans men talking about their own experiences.

Said young person responded with "I'm not reading those its triggering and I'm a minor"

So let me see if I've got this correct, you are knowingly refuse to acknowledge reality because it's upsetting to you and then you're going to turn around and deny that very reality because you refuse to acknowledge it because it's upsetting?

#like I'm sorry but willful ignorance is not a winning argument? #transandrophobia #its things like this that really have me convinced that we're never actually going to fix this shit #i was talking to the woman who runs the lgbt center i was going to #shes been running it in some capacity for about 30 years now #and she was saying that ever since they reopened after covid they have a problem getting people to keep coming #and its mostly because young people will come a few times and then something makes them uncomfortable and they never come back #but the things that make them uncomfortable are things like 'a homeless kid came to get a shower and a meal' #or 'the donated instruments in the music room arent good enough quality and they dont want to use poor people instruments' #those are both real examples btw #i hate to be the one to say it #but you cannot form community if you refuse to be uncomfortable sometimes #op

[blueskittlesart]

deeply refreshing to see someone critical of Swift who also like, genuinely likes her. Like i'm neutral to positive on her, but the online discourse has been absolutely rancid. flipping between "Taylor Swift has never done anything wrong ever and she's a fucking genius" and "Taylor Swift is the worst lyricist of all time and also a bad person" is exhausting, so thank you for like. nuance or something lmao

not to make it serious for a sec but i genuinely think that being able to like things that are bad is really important. like I think that it's an important skill to be able to look at something and see what you personally enjoy about it and then take a step back and acknowledge that objectively it's flawed. and to also be able to acknowledge that liking something isn't necessarily an identity or a moral stance. and i think that fandom space in general could really benefit from more people taking the time to learn how to do that. it's okay to like things that are bad

#people ask me sometimes why ill occasionally talk about something i like and then go 'but it's bad' and the answer is usually because it is #i love teen wolf. i love genshin impact. i love detective conan. and i fucking LOVE taylor swift. that doesnt mean theyre good #it just means i like them. and recognizing their flaws actually helps me better identify what i like about them! #it's like. in my mind bad > good is the x axis and i like it > i dont like it is the y axis yk. they're not mutually exclusive #tldr it's not that serious. we can all relax a little #irt taylor swift i do also think she has done some real harm to her fans in enabling them to deflect all criticism of her as misogyny #and i don't think it's fully the fault of these people who are parroting that response bc so much of her marketing has deliberately #reinforced this idea that to be a swiftie is to be a part of a sisterhood and that any attack on taylor is an attack on all of those women #who are in that in-group. when that's obviously not the case. but she's marketed herself as. for lack of a better term. 'girl music' #to the point where it makes her fans feel as though any criticism of the music or the woman responsible for it is an attack on their #personal experience of womanhood/girlhood/sisterhood/etc. and that's how you get all of thess bad-faith accusations of misogyny #i don't necessarily think this was her deliberate goal with her marketing tho because like. on first glance such a strong sense of communit #among fans sounds like a great thing. the friendship bracelets i got at the eras tour movie are really genuinely special to me. #but it does present a problem when your fans are unable to separate how they feel about the community and experience your music has fostere #from how they feel about you as a person. especially when you are a billionaire who absolutely CANNOT be above criticism in this economy #anyway. tldr i love taylor's music and i don't think swiftie hivemind is as deliberately malicious as it may seem #but it's obviously necessary to be able to take a step back and look objectively at what you're participating in. #anyway stream ttpd or don't idc <3 #taylor swift

[junotter]

I wasn't sure which version i liked so have bothhhhh woahh

#the adventure zone balance #taako #taako adventurezone #taz balance #taz #the adventure zone #taz fanart #my art #fanart #im on a balance relisten because listening to music while shelf reading got boring #also listening to steeple chase dont worry #anyway struggled figuring out anything for my taako design #ik its not especially unique but i do not care #have to say im really loving lining lately started using the pens from a set i bought ages ago actually and they're very good #might be posting some just lineart stuff soon #teehee

[toasttbutt]

Drew myself a magnifico, as a little treat <3

#digital art #fanart #disney wish #king magnifico #people have been SHITTING on this movie but like #i really liked it 🥺 #like yes some plot points were a little mid and some of the song lyrics literally didnt make sense #but i overlanliked the skund if the music and it was a good movie #but also im biased bc i do love me some silver foxes #however they absolutely should have kept the white hair #the conceot aet was so fuckint good #and i saw a pencil test with that little mustache curl and i refuse to ignore that

[clovenhoofedjester]

stars when you shine, you know how i feel

a close-up of his mug, unblasted by colors and lighting and stuff. it was surprisingly difficult to color his fur in a way i liked

#cats the musical #the rum tum tugger #my art #illustration #digital art #eyestrain #<- potentially #ok time to ramble #did you know that john partridge did a cover of feeling good #i died watching it i think #also the bare leg + garter belt wasnt my idea theres a production that just made him look like that and i was like #well i cant NOT draw him gayer . who do you take me for #gold lashes and lil heart are taken from il sistina iliterally love it awww so cayoot #also dont look too hard at this drawing #detailed for some parts of it and sloppy as hell for others #case in point the lineart for the face vs the lineart for the legs #a tragedy really ! but i wanted to post an art and my tablet was crying for me to stop working on the canvas #so messy lineart it is #OH ALSO HE HAS LIPSTICK #the toms deserve lipstick so much. its true

[somereallygoodmusic]

Evangeline: Stephen Sanchez

#evangeline #stephen sanchez #mood #music #song of the day #spotify #some really good music

[secondbeatsongs]

"World's Smallest Violin" with every second beat removed

#world's smallest violin #ajr #second beat song #music #every other beat #every second beat #song #the other half of this is fun too #but this has some really good lyrics #''friends are friends'' #''good amends''

[violetmusic]

The Percy Jackson Movies: the ideal adaptation for anyone who hasn’t read the books but likes the concept

The Percy Jackson Series: the ideal adaptation for new fans and younger fans

The Percy Jackson Musical: the ideal adaptation for older fans and fans who grew up with the books

#I was thinking about why the show was bothering me a bit #because it’s really good but #it’s so geared for younger audiences #and for some reason (as an older fan) I wasn’t expecting that? #but I went back to the pjo musical and it was just what I needed #but both the show and musical are very good #just very different in tone I think #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson musical #pjo #pjo series #pjo tv show

[1driedpersimmon]

The way it ends.

#death note #L #ngl this was pretty much an editing practice bdgdgdhsh I think I’ve gotten pretty good! #tho I think I’ve finally found the real limits of procreate #had to toss this several times in photoshop to really clean em up #oh well #enjoy this some what cinematic musical L #how many times have I drawn this moment? so many #AND ILL DO IT AGAIN #l lawliet

[brookbee]

David Bowie during the Isolar Tour. Paris, 1976 Photographer: Patrick Jarnoux

#y'all get to enjoy the fruits of my pointless labour wherein i sort through duke photos. so enjoy i guess lol #these are some of the better ones i've come across but tbh there are some really good ones out there that aren't posted as often #david bowie #thin white duke #bowieposting #isolar tour #station to station #70s music