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steddieficrec · 9 months

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what are your top 10 favorite Steddie fics?!?!?

Oof. You have the hard questions.

(pleased to be) on the line with you by Kedreeva

(1/1 I 3,820 I Explicit)

Eddie pulls the phone away from his ear and looks at it as if it can tell him what the fuck is going on right now, why Steve Harrington is at the mechanic shop, sweet talking him like a stranger at 8:03 on a Friday morning.

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Or, the one where Eddie dials a wrong number and accidentally discovers Steve works as a phone sex operator.

don't do drunk (what you wouldn’t do sober) by starsdontsleep

(1/1 I 4,070 I Teen)

Getting drunk alone with Steve has always been a bit of a risk for Eddie. He sits closer, looks longer and flirts harder. He also makes a stupid mistake and wakes up in the morning to the harsh reality of what his drunken self had suggested to Steve.

Rebuild by rainbow_nerds

(1/1 I 7,864 I Explicit)

In 1976, when Steve Harrington was ten years old, he was cast as the lead character in Ruins of Relfonth. The film went on to become a classic of the intersection of sci-fi and fantasy genres, and Steve hated just about every second of it.

At twenty three, with no clue what he wanted from life, he decided to give acting one last shot – on a music video for a band he'd never even listened to.

get up and shake the glitter off your clothes by judasofsuburbia

(1/1 I 11,021 I Explicit)

He looks positively debauched in the mirror. There is glitter smeared all over his face. Hair standing at all angles and hickies littering his neck and chest. His hands instantly go to them, pressing into them to make sure he’s not making them up when he notices a ring on his left finger.

Eddie’s mood ring.

No fucking way.

or: the spicy six go to vegas. steve and eddie get married but they don't remember a thing. steve's convinced himself that eddie's feelings were all a drunken mistake. but were they?

the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic

(5/5 I 34,987 I Explicit)

Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?” Or, it’s 2002 and Steve Harrington attends a wedding, a funeral, and a birth.

Are You Flagging? by soidade

(17/17 I 40,991 I Explicit)

“Look, I’m just asking, okay? Not– I don't mean anything by it. But, uh.” His eyes darted back and forth, then he leaned in close to Steve. Steve had gotten used to that, kind of. The guy had no concept of personal space. “Are you flagging?” Eddie finally finished.

Steve shook his head slowly, eyes narrowed. He had no idea what that meant. He had no answer. “What?”

Eddie leaned away from Steve, facing forward again and nodding. “Okay, got it. That answers my question. Carry on.”

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A (mostly) innocent question leads Steve Harrington on a journey of self-discovery, friendship, sex, and romance.

Not So Bad by outofmygourd

(9/9 I 43,409 I Mature)

Vecna is dead. It's the summer after the party's freshman year. Steve Harrington spends it in the Family Video Store, and Eddie Munson is spending post-graduate life bothering him. And maybe Steve isn't as bothered as he used to be.

sub-culture by palmviolet

(13/13 I 60,702 I Teen)

“Is he whining about Eddie being mean to him again?” Robin is leaning in the doorway, eating a leftover slice that’s probably cold by now. “You talk about him more than you talk about girls, Steve, it’s getting concerning. Anyone would think you had a crush.”

or, steve is pretty convinced eddie now hates him. turns out eddie has the opposite problem.

flight risk by Ayes, itskleo

(16/16 I 81,326 I Explicit)

Eddie Munson is famous for giving his bodyguards the slip. Enter Steve Harrington. Has this bratty rock star finally met a babysitter that can keep up with him?

Suspended Bridges by foresthearts

(35/35 I 243,515 I Mature)

“Steve really needed to get his stupid thing he had with Munson under control. He struggled to find a word for it. It was like an anti-crush or something. The same awareness and panic that a crush brought, but not because he had feelings for the guy. Because of the opposite. Because any time he saw Munson, his heart kicked up in fear, his breathing got shallow, his whole body started to warm. Munson made him want to turn heel and run.”

In which Steve has the opposite of the suspended bridge effect.

(Featuring omega!Steve pretending to be an alpha and alpha!Eddie silently losing his mind.)

#stranger things #steddie #stranger things fic #steddie fic #steve harrington #eddie munson #faves

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harrisonarchive · 11 months

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Photos by Beat Publications Ltd., Gai Terrell/Redferns, Vincent McEvoy/Redferns.

“Nina Simone’s [cover] version of Isn’t It A Pity influenced the mood of the middle part during the recording of this song [‘The Answer’s At The End,’ from 1975’s ‘Extra Texture’].” - George Harrison, I Me Mine (1980)

“[We would] listen to records. Hoagy Carmichael, Cab Calloway, Nina Simone, Big Bill Broonzy. Bix and Bing. Stuff you wouldn’t ordinarily play to kids. I loved it.” - Dhani Harrison, Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2002

“Dhani discovered ‪Chuck Berry‬ through a roundabout route. His mother, Olivia, a California girl, dug out ‪the Beach Boys‬’ ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.’ after Dhani heard the song in the movie ‘Teen Wolf.’ Then, Harrison says, ‘I said, “That’s really good, but you want to hear where that came from,” and I played him “Sweet Little Sixteen.”’ ... ‘I made him a ‪Chuck Berry‬ tape,’ Harrison says, ‘and he takes it to school with his Walkman.’” - Rolling Stone, October 22, 1987 (x)

Nina Simone also covered the Harrisongs “Here Comes The Sun” and “My Sweet Lord."

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filmografie · 24 days

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Favorite films watched in March 2024:

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2024), dir. Alex Gibney

The Enchanted Desna (1964), dir. Yuliya Solntseva

Shakespeare Wallah (1965), dir. James Ivory

High Hopes (1988), dir. Mike Leigh

Sweet Sixteen (2002), dir. Ken Loach

#w24*#2024 in films #films of 2024 #paul simon #the enchanted desna #yuliya solntseva #shakespeare wallah #james ivory #mike leigh #ken loach

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female-buckets · 1 year

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The Y2K Huskies

1999-2000

12/5/1999 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Penn State 12/29/1999 - UConn Women's Basketball at Oklahoma 1/8/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball at Tennessee 1/17/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers 1/26/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College 2/2/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee 2/12/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball at Rutgers 2/26/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame 3/6/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College (Big East Tournament - Semifinals) 3/7/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers (Big East Tournament - Championship) 3/25/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma (NCAA Tournament - Sweet Sixteen) 3/27/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. LSU (NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight) 3/31/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Penn State (NCAA Tournament - Final Four) 4/2/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee (NCAA Tournament - National Championship)

2000-2001

12/30/2000 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee 1/7/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball at Louisiana Tech 1/15/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball at Notre Dame 2/1/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball at Tennessee 2/4/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Villanova 2/11/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball at Boston College 2/14/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers 2/18/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball at Villanova 3/5/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers (Big East Tournament - Semifinals) 3/6/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame (Big East Tournament - Championship) 3/24/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. NC State (NCAA Tournament - Sweet Sixteen) 3/26/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Louisiana Tech (NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight) 3/30/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame (NCAA Tournament - Final Four)

2001-2002

12/22/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma 12/29/2001 - UConn Women's Basketball at Old Dominion 1/5/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball at Tennessee 1/19/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball at Villanova 1/21/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame 1/26/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College 2/23/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball at Rutgers 3/4/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Villanova 3/5/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College 3/23/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Penn State (NCAA Tournament - Sweet Sixteen) 3/25/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Old Dominion (NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight) 3/29/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee (NCAA Tournament - Final Four) 3/31/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma (NCAA Tournament - National Championship)

2002-2003

12/1/2002 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma 1/4/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee 1/8/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers 1/20/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball at Notre Dame 1/29/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Villanova 2/1/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball at Duke 2/8/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball at Boston College 2/23/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Notre Dame 3/11/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Villanova (Big East Tournament - Championship) 3/30/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College (NCAA Tournament - Sweet Sixteen) 4/1/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Purdue (NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight) 4/6/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Texas (NCAA Tournament - Final Four) 4/8/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee (NCAA Tournament - National Championship)

2003-2004

12/7/2003 - UConn Women's Basketball at USC 1/3/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Duke 1/13/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball at Notre Dame 1/17/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College 2/5/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball at Tennessee 2/14/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball at Rutgers 2/21/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball at Boston College 2/28/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball at Villanova 3/8/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Boston College (Big East Tournament - Semifinals) 3/27/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. UC Santa Barbara (NCAA Tournament - Sweet Sixteen) 3/29/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Penn State (NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight) 4/4/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs Minnesota (NCAA Tournament - Final Four) 4/6/2004 - UConn Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee (NCAA Tournament - National Championship)

#uconn wbb #svetlana abrosimova #sue bird #diana taurasi #swin cash #asjha jones #wnba

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demdifferentstories-29 · 6 months

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Get To Know Me

Thank you for the tag, @quite-right-too <3 No pressure tags - @bronzeagepizzeria, @naaer, @hgracieeees

What is your name? Lily.

For how long have you had this account? Technically around eight years (the original @demdifferentstories account), but this one is around nine months old I think?

Favourite food? I'm forever a slut for chocolate!

Favourite drink? Really depends, honestly! But you can never go wrong with Coke/Pepsi (can you tell I have a bad sweet tooth yet?).

Do you have any siblings? Three, and I'm the youngest of them.

Do you have pets? Yes - a very silly, chaotic bichon frise. He's the third dog I've had. My cat passed away earlier this year and I miss her deeply!

How old are you? Just turned twenty!

How many languages do you know? Just the one (English), however, I was pretty damn good at Japanese in high school and I'm keen to learn other languages.

What's your all-time favourite movie/tv show? Movie is easy - Spider-Man (2002). It's been my favourite film for sixteen years! In terms of TV, Friends has always been a big comfort show for me as I grew up watching it. Broadchurch and Jessica Jones Season 1 are some of the handful of shows I've rewatched multiple times, so I think it contends. Regarding Doctor Who, I really only genuinely care about RTD's era, so not overly sure if that would qualify!

What are you enjoying to do in your free time? At the moment, all I really do in my free time is write :,) But I also read, play guitar and sing, and I draw and embroider every so often.

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Ambiverted with a tendency towards extroverted - once I'm comfortable with you, it's hard to keep me away!

Your favourite music genres? Metal and rock! More specifically, I've always enjoyed metalcore and other emo subgenres, but I listen to an array of bands.

Your dream place to visit? I would really like to visit the UK/Europe - specifically (Northern) Ireland, England, Scotland and Italy. I'm not the biggest fan of travelling, so I'm content with staying where I am.

Something you wish you were better at? I've always had really bad practising habits, so I wish I was more proficient in my guitar playing - it's something I always add to my New Year resolutions lol. Would also like to pick up piano, and I wish I was still into art/drawing as much as I used to be. Also would like to be a bit better at acting - I think I've gone a bit stiff since transitioning from high school theatre to university theatre as the classes aren't as practical.

How long do you take to respond to texts? ASAP! I'm not afraid of being an immediate responder. However, I might take a while if I'm busy/unavailable or if I'm not in the mood to talk to people (not anything personal - constantly socialising at uni and work drains me a lot and can make me a bit overstimulated/whelmed, so I just need alone time to balance it all it as I can find messaging to have the same effect as physical interaction/communication).

Do you have any tattoos? If not, would like to? I have three - one is a peace lily (namesake), and the other two are text ones related to the band Muse. I have about a dozen more planned, but they are expensive.

What's your sexuality? Bisexual!

Do you like reading? If yes what's your favourite book? Love reading, but I've found myself with not much time for it this year (including fics :(). My favourite book is Red Dragon by Thomas Harris - it's the first installation in the Hannibal Lecter series, and I think it's criminally underrated and overshadowed by The Silence of the Lambs. I also really loved The Handmaid's Tale when I read it - stuck with me for a long time.

Have you ever been in love? I don't think so. Maybe a little bit?

What's your relationship status? Single, but content.

Have you ever been heartbroken? Not romantically, but definitely by friends and family.

Best memory you could think of? I have a pretty horrible memory, but I can still recall the excitement I felt about my first concert.

Worst memory you can think of? Ah, my greatest strength! I won't delve into the more sordid/upsetting parts of my life, but things like having meltdowns/overstimulation prior to my diagnosis and not really understanding what was wrong with me were always quite upsetting for me.

Do you have any fears? I've always been a pretty bad arachnophobe, but I've gotten better. We won't get into others.

Are you a morning or a night person? It tends to shift depending on an array of things, but probably night - I have bad habits of staying up.

How many pictures you have on your phone? 12,314 (yes, I know - I'm insane).

Who was your favourite childhood crush? Oh, boy. Well, we can credit Kirsten Dunst and Kate Winslet to my (subconscious) bisexual awakening. In terms of men, I always thought Tobey Maguire had a cute quality to him.

Are you a romantic? I mean I don't really have the data to back it up, but I'd say probably - I have plenty of romantic fantasies and desires. Plus the shit I write can be so mushy and intimate.

What’s your dream date? No idea, really. Probably something that allows us to be relaxed, take our time and chat - a meal, a walk, etc. I imagine I would probably already be heaps stressed out about going out on a date, so avoiding overstimulation and such would help my case heaps.

What are your hobbies? Music, writing and reading are the primaries. Embrodiery is a smaller one that I hope to make more regular again. I also collect vinyl and CDs. Hope to get more involved in acting/theatre production during the rest of my degree too!

#tag game #get to know me

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captainsupernoodle · 2 years

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stranger things fic recs

i've been reading SO MUCH stranger things fic since vol2 dropped so lemme start with some top stranger things writers and go from there. mostly post-season 4 with lots of eddie lives and fixits lol:

palmviolet - gorgeous post-s4 fics including steve's grand sexuality adventure sub-culture and WIP timeloop fic the lathe, also a number of joyce/hopper fics. mostly completed works, multiple 60k+! but also many shorter works

nbfutureboy - some lovely steddie and chrissy lives fics, as well as some byler and some gen fics, including Icebreaker which is one of the only el & steve bonding fics i've seen and i love it so much

kissesforcas - some completed longfics! and The Shire is NOT on Fire which i love so much, featuring jester!eddie and robin and steve going ham with foam weapons

lesbianrobin - lots of lovely gen fic, an appropriate amount of robin-centric fic, and some jonathan/steve. special thanks for you were warm when everything was cold for making me think about lucas and how the kids look up to the teens

thegoodthebadandthenerdy - many soft short fics including an eddie and nancy get high together fic that i love

heartofwinterfell - another timeloop fic! and a number of Party-focused oneshots, including strange (but not a stranger) which i appreciate for some mike & eddie dynamic

fivecenturiesverse - has been banging out oneshots like crazy this month and keeps handing out an absolutely perfect eddie & robin & steve dynamic. just posted an outsider pov from gareth of hellfire that i love

i might come back and rec some individual fics but special mention on this post because it made me cry today and i'm still sniffling about it:

the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic

- absolutely chock full to the brim with feelings, grief and humor, a post-canon found family extravaganza, soft and sweet

#stranger things #fic recs #stranger things fic recs

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scotianostra · 1 year

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Happy Birthday Scottish actor Martin Compston.

Born in Greenock on May 8th 1984 the second of two boys he attended St Columba's High School in nearby Gourock. As a child he dreamed of becoming a footballer and at 17 left school to pursue that dream, he was soon signed by Morton Football Team.

Before leaving school his acting career began when Ken Loach discovered him at an audition at his old high school and gave him the lead role in Sweet Sixteen, which also starred a very good friend of mine, Gary McCormack as Martin's step dad, Stan.

The movie was filmed in Martin's home area, including Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip, Kilmalcolm, and Wemyss Bay and was a huge success, which shot Martin into full view of the public and even gave some fame to Inverclyde. However, many counsellors thought that this was bad publicity because the film has to do with drugs and underage drinking. However, Ken Loach then made a statement that the movie was not based on Greenock and Inverclyde - but was only filmed there, as that was where Martin was located.

Martin's subsequent film career was comparatively low-key, as he wanted to "serve his apprenticeship" with a regular role in the popular series Monarch of the Glen as Ewan Brodie. Since then we have seen Martin in some of the most popular shows on TV including, Silent Witness,, Victoria and In Plain Sight. His film roles have included playing the gangster Paul Ferris in the movie, The Wee Man, and as Lord Bothwell in the latest Mary Queen of Scots film on which he commented “Riding about on a horse, with a sword. It’s fantastic “

Sometimes the sign of a good actor is how well you can adapt your accent for the roles, and Martin does this with ease in perhaps his most famous role as anti corruption officer Sergeant Steve Arnott in the police drama Line of Duty, he has been in the series since it's start in 2012 and has confirmed he will be returning to play Steve in a new series, the read throughs' started just before lock down started and we shall not see the new shows now until well into 2021. Many people did not realise that Martin is Scottish and does speak with a guid Scots accent.

As for his football career Martin says " I don't regret giving up football for acting. I love football and am very proud I played for Morton. But the truth is, I wasn't going to get much higher in football." He made two first team starts for the team in the 2001/2002 season.

In the past year or so Martin has starred in The Rig, which was well received, although I wasn't impressed with it. He also starred in a brilliant two parter. Mayflies, which I thoroughly enjoyed, in the BBC drama he teamed up with his friend Tony Curran.

Next up for him he sets off an epic northern adventure with his best friend Phil MacHugh in the second series of Martin Compston’s Scottish Fling

Martin like myself, is a fan of Glasgow Celtic FC.

#scotland #scottish #actor #glasgow #happy birhtday

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longliverockback · 2 years

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Billy Idol VH1 Storytellers 2002 Capitol ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Cradle of Love 02. Don’t Need a Gun 03. Flesh for Fantasy 04. White Wedding 05. Sweet Sixteen 06. To Be a Lover 07. Rebel Yell 08. Kiss Me Deadly 09. Eyes without a Face 10. Dancing with Myself 11. Ready Steady Go 12. Blue Highway 13. Mony Mony 14. L.A. Woman —————————————————

Greg Ellis

Billy Idol

Steven McGrath

Mark Shulman

Joseph Simon

Steve Stevens

* Long Live Rock Archive

#BillyIdol #Greg Ellis #Billy Idol #Steven McGrath #Mark Shulman #Joseph Simon #Steve Stevens #Billy Idol VH1 Storytellers #VH1 Storytellers #Live #New Wave #2002

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coldbruise · 2 months

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Landau, Persimmon

Cold to the touch.

Name: Persimmon Park Landau

Nickname/s: Persi, Simmon, Sisi, Lan, Kaki

Birthday: October 13, 2002

Birthplace: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Siblings: Crispin Landau (twin brother portrayed by Park Sunghoon, NPC), Fig Landau (younger adopted sister portrayed by Kamimoto Kotone, NPC)

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Height: 168cm

Weight: ?

Nationality: Korean-British

Ethnicity: Eurasian (Korean-German)

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual (fem+)

Gender Identity: Bigender (she/her, he/him)

Gender Expression: Androgynous

Occupation: President of Evolutionaries, medical researcher

Power/Evol: Ice

Alternate Universe: Evolutions/Evols (as inspired with modern Chinese media like Love&Deepspace) x Modern!AU (may be flexible)

Personality: Persimmon is always serious. Though she always joke around, she is known for her stoicism and she upholds her values highly and righteously. She knows when and where she will have fun, when and where she will place her seriousness (most of the time, in her case). If someone found her soft spot, she can be as sweet as the fruit she was named after.

Likes: Video games, books, music, sleeping, cooking, politics, studying, eating, cats, movies, women

Dislikes: Loud noise, high rates of inflation, self-righteous people, socialisation, cheaters

MBTI: INTJ

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Moral Alignment: Lawful Evil

Persimmon has been a sweet child though she barely exhibit her feelings, a trait she got from his father. She loves music and she also loves cooking. Coming from a multicultural family taught her how rich her lineage is--especially with its diversity and quirks.

The Parks have this trait inherited from how deep their generation goes that the lineage evolved to them having powers that can be dangerous if not managed properly. It is not only exclusive to their clan, as the other people all over the world has already caught up with this evolution--but it is not as common as it is throughout Asia. Though it seemed that her twin was a late bloomer as it appeared when he was seventeen, Persimmon's powers awakened when she was eleven.

People around her deemed her dangerous with the awakening of her evol that she was segregated from the rest, as to not hurt other students. With the lack of guidance and education about evols in the West, it was decided by her family for her to transfer to an exclusive international evol school back in South Korea--where she got in with a scholarship grant. Not only did she finally get to learn and study in ease, they were also taught how to control and manage their evols.

At sixteen, Persimmon managed to master her evol and she has graduated from high school early after succeeding the tasks laid upon her by her mentors. She pursued college right after, studying BS Applied Physics after coming back to United Kingdom. She graduated at twenty.

At the rise of evols came more threats that the national security cannot handle. People who have been trying to evolve right away by consuming a synthetic drug becomes the Enlightened, an energy-hungry monster that is the final evolution of humans. After giving it a lot of thought, Persimmon founded an evol-exclusive agency--Evolutionaries--with Crispin and Fig, with the help of the Prince of Wales, that aims to eradicate the supernatural threats locally before expanding it across Asia to help solve the decade-long conflict in the region.

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hifi-walkman · 3 months

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Do you want the most exhaustive analysis of The Black Parade anyone could ever write? well here it is.

I was sixteen. Despite having no reason to, I felt like shit sometimes… many times.

In my endless search to find something that was… me, that was real. That could last more than a three month obsession inevitably ending in emptiness, failure, and moving on to the next, I had found a band.

My Chemical Romance.

I can say today, my obsession has lasted well over three months. I drank from the cup of their music, as if it was filled not with sound, but sweet ambrosia. It drowned me, and gave me life. It made me feel alive, and energized, and like a person… even when I would have been otherwise empty, and miserable.

In the album, “The Black Parade.” the common interpretation is that it covers the ups and downs of a young man who is dying of some terminal disease. Probably cancer, but its specifics aren’t actually that important.

That is the wrong interpretation. Or at least an incomplete one. The Black Parade, is a story of three people, told across just as many releases.

Gerard way was a nerd as a kid, and then became a rockstar. He also was super unhealthy, from a period of 2002 to 2008, possibly longer. Frankly, it’s not my place to pry. The black parade is a story about gerard way feeling burnt out and crushed under the pressure of fame.

An important note is that Gerard way, unlike the other two people this album is about… is a real person, not a fictional character. So my analysis here is going to be the weakest, and shakiest of the three, and though I personally think it speaks true in the music, I make no claims to have accurate guesses to the psychology of someone I have never met. Take this criticism with at least two and a half tablespoons of salt.

He opens by mocking his fans and audience, he mocks their ridiculous adherence to an asthetic best described as… “half-assed goth” (dw, I half ass the emo look itself, I’m like a quarter of a gothic ass… which you think would make me more popular romantically, considering current trends… it doesn’t). He mocks the melodrama they seem to embody and at the end, the song splits into track II… which isn’t much about his internal struggles, we’ll get back to it. From there, in “The Sharpest Lives” he dives into his self destructive behavior, Welcome to the Black Parade… is something we’ll get back to. And the final four songs, Sleep, Teenagers, Disenchanted, and Famous Last words cover his troubles sleeping in the old house the band was in during the writing of the black parade, teenagers the sheer terror of at once commanding an army of fans with his music, while being just as much a subject to their whims. And Disenchanted and famous last words covering the personal struggles that came from being in My Chemical Romance… and Famous Last Words being… well there are one and a half (hopefully two and a half) MCR albums after this one, but at the time Black Parade was written, it was intended to be the end of My Chemical Romance. Take that as you will.

The Patient is talked to death.. Heh.

There’s a guy, he’s sick, it fucks with him. Existentialism, et cetera. Go consume any other criticism or analysis of this album if you care that much. His place in the album is pretty easy to understand if you just listen to the album, and watch the music videos, and I think it’s kinda boring to talk about… so I’m not going to!

The runaway is the smallest plot in The black parade. Basically just hinted at.

The basic story of the runaway is that she is a young woman (we’ll get to why I think this specifically later) who feels she cannot have a home, and deals with her own story of grief and self discovery.

Her story starts in “This is How I Dissapear”. Just as the patient feels he’s already dead in this track, the runaway feels hers is quickly ending. She feels outcast, and unforgivable. A monster who doesn’t belong… anywhere. As the patient seeks himself in a seance, the runaway escapes herself in a drowning torrent of dread.

The runaway engages in horrible extacy and extravagance in The Sharpest Lives, just like the patient…

I’ll talk about track five later

I don’t love you, and house of wolves, from the perspective of the runaway, are the story of being pushed away, and just exactly how she came to feel that she can never find a home. They’re tragic, and the core of her character, if you listen to them with her in mind, the songs gain a whole new layer of depth.

Cancer is almost entirely about the patient, I’m not going to cover it in this section.

Mama hits all three perspectives, but is strongest with the runaway, so I’m gonna cover all of them here.

Gerard way feels overwhelmed by his fame, and like it’s killing him, and worries about who it will effect (remember that helping of salt, damnit!)

The patient is losing everything, and everyone around them as the disease gets worse. His mother, who is not particularly pleasant, is just about the only one left in his life.

The Runaway left because of her mother. She is the horrible destructive force overwhelming in her life, and the letter-like format of Mama directly covers the distance in their relationship.

The dread of the song is the patient’s, the apology gerard’s, and the mother the runaway’s.

Next song!

Actually, the runaway doesn’t come up again in a significant way (at least I think so) until famous last words, where next to the conclusion of gerard and the patient’s stories, she too takes hold of her life, and accepts that she can make a new home.

Did you know the black parade has a lot of cut content? Like, shitloads. An entire album, and an EP’s worth, actually.

The B sides, and Living With Ghosts are the second half of the black parade (though… not chronologically), and matter just as much as the main album. Let’s start on the B-Sides, because it’s short.

My Way Home Is Through You is a song about the runaway, and gerard. The runaway’s horrible intense life, just after leaving home, making it a song which happens just after This is How I Dissapear for her story, and a lead-in to Teenagers for Gerard’s story, as it deals with his reaction to all the pressure of being the frontman of My Chemical Romance in 2006.

Kill all your friends is mostly about Gerard. It’s just got the whole damn vibe of gerard’s experience shown early in the album, and is basically just “The End 2”. The death mentioned is highly metaphorical, the tone is satirical.

Honestly… I’m not sure what to make of Heaven Help Us. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Now… the real shit.

Living With ghosts is a collection of songs cut from the black parade, and early versions of songs that made their way onto the album, it was released in 2016 as a tenth anniversary thing. It is (to my knowledge) always sold alongside the black parade. Most of its content is shared with The Black Parade and the B-Sides in some way. But some of it is either original, or detached enough from what the final song would become to be basically original, and is as a result, worth talking about.

The Five of Us Are dying is… Track five!?

Welcome to the Black Parade is the face of a coin, The Five of Us are Dying is the building on its back.

Welcome to The Black Parade is a track almost entirely about the patient, with a brief touch on gerard’s relationship with fame, and its weight. The Five of Us are Dying is a song about feeling desperately lost in your own life, and brashly pursuing a confidence you aren’t quite sure you have. It openly spits in the face of analysis (“Here’s a clue, it’s all just in your head”), and is a brilliant expression of gerard’s thoughts at that moment… it’s also incomplete, as evidenced by the black parade existing. In regards to the Runaway’s story, The Five of Us are Dying is very clearly about the recklessness of just exactly what’s going on with her life, and her desperate grasps at self determination and control as her life becomes more and more chaotic and uncontrollable.

Not that Kind of Girl is the reason I think the runaway is female. It’s a song that happens… before(?) her story in the album. The runaway is desperately uninterested in the clique-ish bullshit around her, and being interrogated (flirted with?) by some guy… she fucking snaps at him. Her life is stressful, and its too much. The song basically acts as a soft intro to her character, and were I re-organizing The Black Parade around her, I’d put it at about the 2/3rds mark.

House of Wolves - Version 1; Live Demo is another song about the runaway! (also… an installment in the decade long story of the demolition lovers during its dry period. But that’s an essay for another time). It covers her loneliness, and the feelings of dread and emptiness that enveloped her before and after she left home. Go listen to it, it’s one of my favorite MCR songs.

House of Wolves - Version 2; Live Demo (yes, I’m using the full title! It’s my essay, I can be as pointlessly verbose as I want!). This song is… did I mention there’s another, hidden story in Living With Ghosts? We’ll get back to it, don’t worry. House of wolves V2 Demo is basically the same song as in the album, but references to the patient’s story are swapped with references to the Runaway’s story… and there’s something about angels?

Emily… is a weird one. But in the context of the runaway, it’s basically about the lack of direction in her life leading her down dark paths. And a possible hint at the sort of… addictive strain running through The Black Parade (and company) that I think applies equally to all of its stories. Oh also the weight on the Runaway from her old home, which further deepens her feeling that she can’t have any home, because the one she left was so horrible, and feels throughout her story like the only option she has.

She got the call, and then she threw her jacket on-

There is a hidden story, almost entirely limited to Living With Ghosts, that appears only as shadows in The Black Parade. This is the most insane, theorycrafting bullshit thing I’m going to say in this entire essay, so get your salt shakers ready.

They got the call, and picked him up at four AM-

Before the stories of the runaway, and the patient were split, and before the patient was made the core of the story, there was a single character, who left home, had a life full of misadventure, and pain, and died tragically, leaving behind his mourning mother. Before the clinicality, and plague of the patient was seperated from the outcast and fear of the runaway… there was The Punk.

And if she said she was sorry now… would you still complain?

The Punk is a (formerly?) religious young man, who represents a sort of, fictionalized version of Gerard Way in his life leading up to the release of The Black Parade. A sort of halfway point between gerard himself, or the more grounded character of the patient, and the Demoliton lovers, or the Killjoys. The Punk rides the line in his story between fantastical fiction, and realistic drama.

And if you’d maybe figure it out… would you still explain?

The Punk leaves home, after living as an outcast in his teenage years, and gets himself into trouble. Violence, crime, the shadowy vague idea of vampires, all of them plague him throughout his life, and as the world weighs more and more upon him, he becomes both more and more desperate for salvation, and more and more desperate for escape… He dies in a car crash, and is survived by his mother, who is forever scarred by the guilt of her failure in helping him through his life.

All the angels say… You are all the same.

All the angels say… You are all to blame.

Okay then… that’s it, literally everything I think about the black parade. However, that’s not all I have for you! Attached are a set of spotify playlists, with the story of each character in order, and songs from all three releases.

The Patient:

The Runaway:

Gerard Way:

The Punk:

(also, I didn’t forget party at the end of the world, I just don’t have anything interesting to say about it in this context)

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