#we say nothing then out loud and thats what feels the most profound

[bardapologist]

nothing and i mean NOTHING makes me want to lay on the floor as acutely as the album rooms of the house by la dispute

#i think history is a system of roads and theres nowhere it doesnt go #i want to leave here for where nobody goes #i knew what you meant you want to go where it glows all those places where your watch doesnt work #did you ever think youd end up here #all the language you make out of looks and names #all the motions of ordinary love #let me in give me holy privileges #we say nothing then out loud and thats what feels the most profound #a sadness hanging over her like some pentecostal flame drifting on and off #but she never said it once out loud #on the way back home from where you thought they meant when they said where sister went #and i thought of ones on highways or set by gravestones #all the things you see there but dont understand but still bring a remembered thing back vividly #invoke someone elses reality when together in that way in that place out of context #and i knew i had to take it down before somebody else saw #picking things up and seeing where they took me #to what place in history what moment on our timeline where we were where i was where i thought we would end up #(these are just lyrics from like 4 songs on this album i could copy and paste the whole album but this has already gotten ridiculous) #anyway this album is one of my favorite pieces of contemporary poetry please listen to it

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. tbh i think the pointed ears on the nymphs is kinda cute, the issue is that rachel and her team cannot keep most of their designs consistent and most are so lazy (ie daphne is just persephone with blue splotches, leto is just hera with black eyes, echo is just female hades, etc) that the features arent really a sign of thought out character design, but rather laziness that even they cant keep straight, as well as showing how lazy it is when only single features can tell anyone apart.

2. if anyone wants to see good versions of taking a webtoon and reworking it for print, go look at hooky, punderworld, and even let's play to see how it's actually done. the LO version is so rushed and lazy it's honestly kind of insulting to how well the other examples did their print versions.

3. It’s a fairly profound realization when you can sit back and recognize that Persephone has almost zero personality traits that aren’t completely wrapped around Hades. When taking a moment to think about what other meaningful relationships Persephone has outside of her love interest, there’s maybe…two (Hecate and Eros…possibly Hera)? I just need to point out that this is highly unusual for any sort of character, especially within a serialized work of art, to possess nearly no identifiable attributes aside from “what will their crush think of them if they do [blank]?” Persephone retains the same lukewarm qualities that early-era Disney princesses hold: interchangeable, formulaic, and malleable enough that viewers can easily insert themselves within the character’s respective roles. Some other anon had mentioned this before, but you could just as easily change Persephone’s name to “Y/N” and practically nothing would change within the story context itself.

4. heres what i dont get. its pretty obvious the first lo book at least is riding off repurposing longer panels as page backgrounds, which i do think is neat, the problem is even by ep 26 (which is where the first book ends) rs stops doing panels like this, and if she ever uses them very rare and still lacking interest. by the time the print version line up with the actual comic, it'll be nothing but a bunch of squished in. static panels with nothing to try and punch it up in the background.

5. itss really weird hera pointed out persephone is young and impressionable and would never argue with hades because of her naive nature and how her youth makes her easy to be pushed around and yet ... hades does exactly that to her and its framed as romantic?? like rachel you know when you say hades shouldn't do that that you actually shouldn't have him do that, right?? like she always setts something up to be disproven (like the age gap or smth) only to play it straight, like???

6. what i dont get of the print LO books is that the logo implies it's a whimsical fantasy, which LO is not, and even the first volume's cover implies its a contrast between the ancient world and the modern when thats not what LO is either. It's aN obvious example of false advertising and promising a viewer something they wont be getting. The second volume cover is horribly designed and lazy, but it's a bit more accurate in telling the viewer LO is just a 50 shades rip off at least.

7. What bugs me the most about LO is the over the top naive personality that RS puts on Persephone; for a goddess who lives with her mother in the farms I guess she could have a more assertive personality giving the context of dealing with the constant feeling of getting married unbeknownst to her or her mother, @a-gnosis comic portraits a more competent and unyielding Persephone, even when it needs to confront Hades, she doesn't fall in love in the way like LO Persephone does, that's a good story.

8. I had to stop reading the most recent fastpass because I couldn’t stop laughing at how some of the hands were drawn. Like, there are panels of Apollo and Zeus where their hands are so out of proportion that they are comically huge in comparison to their tiny heads.

9. I looked at the lo fast pass tag and found an account blaming us antis for effing up the LO tag… Like can you guys take it up to ones who made this app??.. It’s not our fault that tag system is messed up.

10. Is it just me or the humour in lo got super tiring an completely out of place? We are getting same old jokes all the time with "people" being loud and disrespectful to social norms (like Hermes walking in the court as it's a tv show) and every time it's placed during serious events, like what for? Why destroying the mood? Also it got super predictable - who would have know P would ask H to represent her - such complicated plot much suspence. It got super tiring to read now

#anti lo #anti lore olympus #lore olympus critical #lo critical

[midnightdevotion]

Four Little Words

Prompts: 1. Can I kiss you? 26. Wait...don’t pull away yet. 28. your hair is so soft. 

James potter x reader

Warnings: super fluff 

Hope you enjoy it! 

You never thought that the loud obnoxious boy who was always playing pranks could ever be associated with the word soft. After you two started dating though he had been nothing but. He walks the halls swinging his hand with yours. He pulls you closer every time you lean to far away for his liking. The way he looks at you is soft, eyes glowing and soft smiles. 

Breaking out of your thoughts you look over to see him leaning by a window, reading some book that you're sure will lead him into some kind of trouble. Smiling as you make your way to him,

“Hey I know that look, what trouble are you planning now?” he grins as he breaks out of his thoughts, the focused look on his face quickly being replaced. 

“Me? Getting into trouble? darling I would never” laughing at him you shook your head “you would never not get into trouble potter” he smirks and wraps his arm around your waist bringing you closer to him. 

“Fair enough, but I certainly know you love it” bringing your hand to his cheek you had to agree with him. “Of course I do, thats how we met remember?” 

___ 

It was your sixth year at Hogwarts and to say things were interesting wouldn't even describe it. Before this year you hadn't ever really noticed the popular group of boys that go by the marauders. Though for some reason this year you crossed paths with them everywhere you looked. They sat to the right of you at lunch, they sat right behind you in almost all your classes and they weren't quiet about anything they did. How had you not noticed these loud boys? 

One day you overheard them planning a prank on some fifth year that was bullying some first years. Liking why they wanted to prank them you walked up to them in the library and listed some creative ideas. When you were done listing all of the ideas you hadn’t expected to see James staring at you like you just said the most profound things. 

“Can I kiss you?” those were the first words James had ever said to you. You actually felt like you couldn't breathe, here was this stranger albeit very cute stranger asking to kiss you and you had no idea if he was joking. So you said the first thing that came to mind. “Take me on a date first and then we will see potter” you didn't expect him to then actually plan a date and take you on it. Thats exactly what he did though, he made plans to pick you up that Saturday at two, and you'd go for a picnic. 

When Saturday came around, you half expected him to not show up. That it was just another prank, but he did and he had brought you flowers. So you ate food and talked for hours, about everything and anything. You didn't even notice how much time had passed until the sun was getting close to setting. Disappointment flooded through you as he stood up and gestured for you to as well. However when we started leading you to the bridge you knew the date wasn't quite over yet. 

So you laughed, and talked waiting for the sun to set. When if finally did you were in awe, walking up to the edge of the bridge to sit and watch it you jumped slightly when James’s arms wrapped around you from behind. When the sun had fully set he went to remove his arms but you quickly interjected. 

“Wait...don’t pull away yet... I want that kiss now.” You watched as his eyes widened. “Wait really? you don't have to” he rushed out. 

“I know I don't have to James, I want to” you breathed out wrapping your arms around his neck. His eyes slowly looked at your lips causing your breath to hitch in anticipation. Slowly moving forward he captured your lips and kissed you so softly you felt like you were floating. You started playing with his hair mid kiss not ever wanting this to end, though you did need air eventually. 

“your hair is so soft” you suppose it made sense, that everything about him was so soft. He made everything easier, he was the definition of a soft Sunday morning in bed snuggled together. He made you feel safe and happy all the time, you'd sensed that he would since your first date. 

__ 

Grinning at how nothing had really changed you gently kissed him once more. 

“of course I remember, I was so nervous that day i’d had a crush on you for ages” He spoke watching the happy smile on your face as you both reminisced about your first date. 

“I can't believe the first words you ever said were can I kiss you.. and it worked” you laughed playing with the edge of his collar and watching the way the light danced on his skin, making his eyes glow. 

“Hey y/n... one more thing” you nodded your acknowledgement “can I kiss you?” he asked giving you a cheeky smile. Laughing at his antics you pulled him in kissing him and relishing in everything he was. 

Tags: @ontogenetic-regression

#james potter x reader #James Potter #Harry Potter #harry potter imagine

[happinessinthedarkest-times]

avengers endgame reaction (spoilers!!!)

**if youre on mobile scroll fast bc idk if the keep reading works

holy shit holy shit fuck fuck fuck

i am an emotional wreak right now

ahhhhh it was so good im crying still

tony fucking stark my heart i guess ill start there 

tony stark i love you three thousand. he got his happy ending with morgan and pepper for 5 years they had 5 years together and he knew that the time heist (lol) would jeopardize that and he still went and helped

that scene where he had it out with steve at the beginning fuck my heart was breaking and i was crying .

i cried a lot in this movie. legit sobbing when nat died but ill get to that

that scene was everything i wanted it to be and perfectly executed. of course hes angry and lashing out because they were supposed to do it together and lose together and the emotion behind that ughh rdj killed it

he literally hands steve his heart the arch reactor

tony and howard ugh everything with them together. tony got closure with his dad 

everything tony was great. 

steve 

he got his happy ending. he got his dance with peggy (now im crying again) fuck. and he PICK UP MJOLNIR omg that scene was amazing and everything i never dreamed could happen when the hammer started moving ughhhh omg i was cheering so loud in the theatre and i dont normally do that. that whole scene ugh theres so much to react to

and he got to say assemble. 

ok now from the beginning. 

i started to cry literally before it even started. the screen was black and i was already tearing up but when clint and his daughter came up and then his family disappeared i was full on crying.

carol coming in clutch and saving tony and nebula yessss

steve and tony’s conversation right when he gets off the ship was everything i wanted it to be. (crying again) everything. 

when they go to thanos’s house thing and thor chops off his arm . its what ive been saying they shouldve done on titan 

and then he went for the head! 

five....... 

years later

fuck them. literally when the ‘five’ came up i was like no no no dont you dare do it dont you dare and then they did it. fuck them

five fucking years?!?! they made them live through 5 years of that trauma?!?!? 

nat was everything in this film. she became the leader and keeping track of everything and her moment of breaking down was just so human. she couldnt move on in those 5 years and it just shows how much the avengers had become her family. 

scott and cassie omg cassie all grown up made me so emotional 

tony and morgan i love you three thousand she is the cutest and sweetest thing 

tony fucking stark figured out time travel. he did that. 

when tony gives steve his shield back my heart could not take it

the scenes where they were trying to pinpoint the exact time to go back and it was like a sleepover sesh and all the domestic avenger fanfics 

going back a little bit

clint killing all the people that should have been killed and deserved to be killed and being a total badass showing up all those people who said he was just really good with an arrow and every scene he has with nat.

‘dont give me hope’

thor. oh where to start. he really did lose everything and he was blaming himself for all that happened so i get where hes coming from. every time you could see him remembering and tormenting himself about what happened broke me. his scene with his mother (crying again)

also hulk/bruce was an interesting choice (not a huge fan of it but ok) 

the time traveling

everything about the new york scenes were amazing. the aftermath of the end of the avengers, loki turning into cap for a second, seeing rumlow and sitwell come out, steve getting into the elevator and channeling that winter soldier energy (i was slapping my sister on the arm so hard at this part) hail hydra and outsmarting them all. cap fighting cap “i can do this all day” lmao i was dying ‘bucky is alive” again dying they really nailed it with this. i was worried beforehand because like it would change how we would see the og avengers but i still think it works

also can talk about how tony (and scott) was checking out steves ass????

“i forgot how that suit did nothing for you ass” (be still my heart) “i like to think of it at america’s ass” (or whatever the line was) 

loki getting away with the tesseract (is that in this timeline im confused about that hopefully someone will explain bc does that mean loki is alive in this timeline or not? lol)

them going back to the 1970s (do you trust me? i do) and tony meeting howard and introducing himself as howard potts. again i know i talked about howard and tony already but i loved their scenes. and JARVIS FROM AGENT CARTER MAKING AN APPEARANCE OMG

PEGGYYYYYYY (crying) when steve walked into her office (grabbed my sister again) and when he was watching her through the window and you could feel his pain. 

thor and rocket are the pairing that i never imagined but amazing none the less. i loved that we got the return of mjolnir here even though idk what that does to the timeline (again who knows at this point) 

rhodey and nebula again another pairing i didnt expect but are great together. everything about nebula in this film. she really has a great arch. i was stressing out so hard when the alternate timeline thanos found out that they came from the past. the scene where peter quill is dancing and singing to no music was great.

clint and natasha. this pairing thie duo the og. fuck my heart. when they started going off to vormir i knew. i knew it and i cannot handle it. the whole scene where they are fighting each other to sacrifice themself i was SOBBING. LEGIT SOBBING. ‘let me go’ i loved this so much and also hated it. she deserved her happy ending too. after everything she gave up everything to save those people. her arch is so good too. im excited for her origin. i kinda want to see her when shes a bad guy and killing everyone and her journey to shield. i hope thats what we’ll see in her movie. 

but also that scene emotionally fucked me up hard. 

the og avengers (minus nat) sitting on the edge of the lake 

thor trying to put on the glove and redeem himself (in his own eyes not my own bc he doesnt deserve the shit he gets for not going for the head)

hulk doing it and the calm before the storm where everything goes back before that missile comes firing down. 

steve tony and thor facing off with thanos. everything about this scene. tony getting a juice-up from thor and lightning to max out his powers. steve jump kicking on thanos’s ass. thanos beating up thor and steve coming in with FUCKING MJOLNIR AGAIN CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH I WAS CHEERING AT THIS POINT HE IS WORTHY MY BOY STEVE IS WORTHY

also on that note tony coming up to steve and saying “theres my man” or something and giving him back his shield again. 

steve standing there with his broken shield ready to face off with thanos’s army and sam coming in on the comm. and then EVERYONE COMING THRU AND KICKING NAMES AND TAKING ASS

legit cheering and crying so much 

valkyrie with her pegasus

shuri with her blasters 

peter parker and his reunion with tony was heartbreaking. tony looked so broken and complete at the same time. he got him back. 

PEPPER FREAKING POTTS 

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (YEESSSSSSSS)

peter quill’s semi-reunion with gamora and how she doesnt know him but he gets her back

also gamora, nebula and still-evil!nebula was a great scene. nebula killing her past self is some symbolic shit right there AND to protect her sister who she hated

CAROL FUCKING DANVERS COMING TO SAVE THE DAY AND KICK THANOS’S ASS 

im sad that she wasn’t in the film as much but i get why they did it and it also makes me really excited for her future films

but carol getting the gauntlet and peter saying “i dont know how youre gonna get through that” 

and ALL THE BADASS MCU WOMEN COMING UP BEHIND HER READY TO FIGHT AND REPRESENT FOR THE FEMALES (CRYING) 

this is something that couldn’t of been done a few years ago because there weren’t a lot of female superheroes in this universe and just the fact that this scene can make such an impression and become probably one of the most badass scenes of the mcu is one of the best things that came out of this movie.

side note: ‘activate instant kill’ great callback 

and then we get to the sacrifice.

i knew it. i expected it. i read it in fanfics.

i was still not prepared. 

‘I am inevitable’

‘I AM IRON MAN’

FUCKKKKKKKK they really know how to write these movies. 

he knew he would die. he knew he would never see morgan again. but he knew what he had to do. 

his character arch from a selfish man to a selfless man has been the most profound and powerful story. 

rdj and tony stark have really carried this franchise. they were the start. and it makes sense that his death closes out this era of the mcu. 

to rdj: i will never forgive my mom for telling me that she didn’t like you way back when. that really influenced how i thought about you and about tony stark for years. and i limited me from really appreciating and loving iron man and those movies and tony’s character. but as i continued to watch more of you in the mcu and in real life and have seen how you have grown and who you are today, i have so much love and respect for you and your character. im just so upset at the time i lost where i could have fallen even more in love with you. thank you so much for everything you have done over the last 11 years for this franchise. thank you for the time thank you for the memories and the laughs. the journey has been amazing. 

the funeral scene with ‘proof that tony stark has a heart’ 

(also was the the kid from iron man 3 in the back?)

VALKYRIE BECOMING KING (queen? i say king but who knows) of new asgard. look at my killing baby all grown up and being the leader they need.

thor becoming a guardian basically. 

also was quill looking for his gamora? where was the gamora from this timeline on the ship? she wasn’t there in the scene so idk

also fighting with knives to see whos in charge lol

im glad people mentioned/mourned for nat too 

steve rogers 

steve.

i knew he wasn’t coming back.

bucky knew it too.

im wreaked

but at least he got his happy ending. he got his peggy (again idk what that does to her timeline) 

captain sam wilson america in the house.

(old steve looks like joe biden or is it just me lol)

they ended it with a steggy dance and kiss

it really was a perfect end to his story and it wrapped up his character really well. he got that life he deserved 

to chris evans: as this is probably the last time we will see you as captain america let me thank you too for the years and joy that you have brought to my life. youre it for me. you are the reason i became so invested in this world. when you jumped on the fake grenade i was in it with you. chris you are and will always be the best chris in my heart. your passion for this character and understanding of steve rogers and his motivations have created such a memorable performance. steve rogers will always be the og. he will always have my heart. i am so thankful that you took this opportunity and used it and made this character your own. you live up to the standards that steve holds for himself and i am so excited for your future. i am also so glad that you didn’t die in this movie bc i definitely could not have handled it if i had to watch both my favs die. i love you three thousand.

i literally cried throughout the whole movie. there were laughs, cheers, groans, stress, tears, and love throughout this film. i am so grateful that i am alive during this time in cinematic history. there will never be something as great or momentous as this film. a true culmination of 22 films. its never been done and i doubt itll ever be done again

i am also so impressed and amazed by how well this film turned out. it is just amazing how everything fell into place 

im sure ill read other people’s reactions and they will bring up points or problematic things that will taint my view on this movie but i dont want that to ruin my own experience

and for me, this was truly emotionally draining and fulfilling. the feeling of being in that theatre with all those people who love the characters as much as i do and experiencing this film for the first time is something i will never forget. 

people talk about how they remember lining up for star wars.

well i remember sobbing my eyes out when nat died, cheering along with everyone when cap picked up mjolnir and whipped thanos’s ass with it and when carol and the rest of the badass women of the mcu ready to kick ass, crying with everyone as the light went out in tony’s chest and eyes, watching as history was made in front of our eyes.

and the end credits with the og avengers getting recognition with their photos and autographs. 

i love this franchise and these films and these characters i dont know who i would be without them. 

one last thing

thank you to the og avengers. steve tony thor nat clint bruce. chris robert chris scarlett jeremy mark. you will always have a special place in my heart. you were there at the start. you were the reason this all could happen you were the reason i became so invested in these movies. you brought these characters to life and embodied them. you are all so much like your characters the casting is perfect. thank you for your dedication to your work to you fans and to your characters. it means so much that you all stuck through this together and that you are such great friends in real life and i can only hope that one day i can be so lucky as to meet you all and thank you in person. 

#please dont read if you havent seen the movie i dont want to spoiler anything for anyone #my post #my reaction #mcu reaction #endgame #avengers endgame #avengers endgame spoilers #endgame spoilers #marvel endgame #spoilers #ae tags #ae #the avengers #avengers tags #the og avengers #dont spoil the endgame

[yourbrotherzulu]

Beginningless

Time is such an odd thing. Everyone is in such a rush. Trying to get this, trying to become that. Missing what they have and what they already are.

Life could be beautiful. Full of appreciation and gratitude for the beauty all around. But instead: more of this pleasurable thing, less of that unpleasant thing. And what’s inside is decaying instead of thriving.

A few years ago, I said fuck this and fuck that, left my home and my job, put my last bucks together, gave my balls a last scratch and started to travel without a plan. Just a ticket to India, and that was it.

And then another ticket. And another one. And God knows where the money came frome (and I mean that literally). And now I am hanging out inna hamock in the peruvian jungle with my best friend, a black fluffy monkey and try to put something in words, that is actually beyond words. But since I deal in words, I should be able to throw a bunch of them together, spice them a little bit and hopefully they give a good flavour and make a little sense.

What is there to describe?

Something that is magical and yet the realest reality there is.

Something that is everywhere and yet no one finds it.

Something that is so close and yet no one sees it.

Something that is there in abundance and yet no one takes it.

Something that is everything and yet in its core is pure nothingness.

The one selfless Self.

Somethin’ like that.

God, someone said to me once, is just a word. And in a way I agree, I would even go so far to say its a cursed word. It’s not a word like Om, where everyone feels spiritual like a smoking stick of incense after three times chanting it. It’s a word that wakes up so much associations in peoples mind, so dependent on their upbringing. It’s a word that I almost don’t dare to speak out loud but yet it’s the only word that really matters. And most of it is beyond matter anyway.

Consciousness. Everybody has it. But just a few investigate it. And even fewer investigate it within themselves. I mean who the fuck has time for this anyway, right? Although the real question is: who the fuck takes time for it? You see, if you are fortunate enough to one day stumble upon the idea that you and everyone around you is as eternal as eternity can be, here since beginningless time and here for a long, long while longer, then you might think it’s a good idea to take a moment to find out who you really are. And then you take the luxury of another moment, and then another one and after a few more you’ll find that the moment has become eternal. A vibrant flow of stillness, running through the center of your own being: Life.

The Self. There is a Self, there is no Self, there is a Self, there is no Self. We gonna discuss this in more detail later, since this divine paradox is actually the very foundation of creation. There are a few more of these divine paradox (es? a? oxeses? who gives a shitses?) and the integation of those always brings revelation...

What is this, that you call yourself? The images that you hold dear? Aren’t they changing like the seasons? The thoughts that are running through your head? Aren’t they as transient as clouds in the sky? Your body, that is so close to you? Isn’t it changing, growing and decaying over time, constantly creating and devouring it’s own cells? So where is the Self, that you call “I”? Is it the one who asks these questions? Or is it the one that can observe the one who asks the questions?

Maybe the monkey knows. He looks like he knows. His face looks calm and wise and his hands are tiny and soft and its finger approaching the holes of my nose.

and prngejekjessing on the kefeyboard.

Thanks monkey. you just ruined the page! That’s it! No more bananas for you lil’ fucker!

God, Consciousness and the Self. That sounds like a humble thread.

Reality is a funny thing, isn’t it? Every night you create whole worlds, with it’s own physics and a plethora of characters in your imagination. What if I told you, that this whole thing you experience in a waking state is not much different? A little bit though, since were all dreaming it up together, co-creating our world. You see, the word “Buddha” means literally “someone who has woken up”.

And it’s not as if there are not already volumes over volumes about this stuff. Waking up. Liberating oneself. Reaching enlightenment. Scratching balls. Songs over song and scriptures over scriptures. Philosophers, Poets, Saints, Mystics, Scientists, they all wrote about it.

But I am not a saint, nor a philospher, neither a scientist, and a poet only when I take a dump on the first, bright morning of spring.

I was a criminal. And a total failure, a depressed, angry piece of shit, spreading misery. I was alone. I had nothing. Well I had a lot of misery...

And now... Happy, every day, free and fresh. And my relations are awesome. To my family, my friends, even to those who have once been my enemies. To myself, who sometimes has been an even bigger enemy to me then everyone else. And to my God, who probably has been my biggest enemy of them all, back then, when I was still full of fear. My God, who is now not only my best friend (bestest), but also my father, my mother, my master, my lover, my home, my goal, my road, who I learn to see in every situation and in every being I encounter.

Life has turned into the most magical thing.

And I have become a child. And I guess that’s why they finally opened the gates.

Know thyself, they say, and you’ll know all the wonders of the universe.

Unless you become like children, they say, the gates of heavens will remained closed.

It’s because you are it. The universe. The wonders. The Self. The only one being that is actually there. And you are the child of it. The father and the son, or daughter... you are it.

And I believe, since everyone is so fucked up these days and tryin‘ to find themselves, maybe I could help a little. Or entertain someone. Or at least kill some time and write somethin‘ that no one will ever read.

But I feel I have a few stories to share.

But I dont know yet in what way.

I want it to be honest and fantastical at the same time.

It should be both smooth and classy and raw and uncensored.

I wanted it to be fuckin' noble

like a Buddha statue

behind a line of cocain

I want it to be serious and dark and funny and light

every text should be a poem, an essay a report, an adventure, an inspiration, and yet remaining empty and somehow vague for each reader to make it their own.

I want it to be always about God and never mention that cursed word even once. (well I guess, that goal is already missed.)

I wanna say thank you. To everyone I ever met. To every hardship and every joyride. To God who has always been there, especially in the Dark Nights.

I want to write about them, those Dark Nights of the Soul and guide you until you see the morning light again.

I want it to be full with hard and red cocks and wet, dripping pussies, obscene and perverted and then again just write pages over pages about how I try not to masturbate (many pages about not masturbating).

I want it to be spiritual, ancient and yet fresh and fly, timeless and yet contemporary, profound and yet funny. Like consciousness itself. Like waking up on a spring day. Next to a beautiful, naked woman who is still sleeping and drooling, while you’re making fresh orange juice and getting some croissants for her. Yeah, like that.

I want it to be about Jesus and Buddha and Bob Marley, but in a cool way. Like really cool. Because these dudes were cool, thats for sure.

And they certainly didn’t want to be forcefed to people by them hippocrates. They just wanted to share the treasure they found. Because they knew this treasure waits in every human heart to be discovered. They never intended to be forced upon anyone. Quite the opposite.

I don’t want to have an introduction... wait a minute...

It should be a trip. Just a trip.

I always hated writing about myself but whenever I wrote about anything else, people asked to please keep on writing about myself and share my thoughts and feelings. So I guess, that’s what I am gonna write about.

Me. Because at the end. You are just another me. And I am just another you. But the God inside is always the same.

Maybe I just want to share something.

How to be happy, I guess.

And a little bit of poetry.

Maybe I do know what I want to write about.

Maybe tomorrow I start again from the beginning. Who knows?

But just when I stopped scratching my monkeys head and finally found some words

 ...

The Universe changed the damn script.

And time started and killed my sweet timelessness.

...

[yeoldontknow]

Surprise! Your bias asked you out on a date! The only thing is, he wants you to match 8 of your mutuals with the rest of exo for a group date. @ the mutuals you're choosing for each member (not your bias) and explain why you chose them.

so this came in ages ago and just...i love seeing this? idk why lmao they make me laugh and theyre so much fun. i also take shipping and biasing so seriously because im that hoe. im 200% soft tonight after my dys update and im about 2/3 bottle of red deep so i figure now, at 1 in the morning - slightly tipsy and soft af - is the perfect time to answer this. 

i also love these cause yeol is just arriving all the time to ask me out on dates. chanyeol, i love you but maybe ask me for my number? call me? text me? this is cute but like do all your friends REALLY need dates? its ok i love your cute knees and years and neck and butt and hands and everything so ill be matchmaker all night

@kpopandlock - jongin is DUMB excited for his date with kara. lowkey this my greatest otp for a lot of reasons. they both have this crazy intense energy where they connect deeply with those around them and have this strong desire to see justice fulfilled. like, this a couple who roots for the underdog and wants to fix and mend the world. spreading love and good will, not in a cheery santa way (tho they for sure are the type to wear reindeer headbands from december 1 to like...jan 27 just because, and maybe even on a random day in june), but in a charity work/political activism way. and then, after theyve saved 2/10 of the world, they nap. their date is a pajama party filled with wine (for kara), popcorn, and movies about dogs...like airbud. 

@yehet-me-up - junmyeon spends 10 hours fretting over his date with sarah because dating is weird and hard, and intimacy doesnt really come naturally to him. the minute yeol and i say were hooking him up, he instantly starts trying to run before he walks, but as soon as theyre together its literal fireworks. these two need each other so much. theyre both halfway to being nervous wrecks about something, but they balance each other out so well its crazy. this the mom and dad couple who know where everyone is at any given moment, but also are SO INTENSE and devoted to one another it causes most people in the room physical pain. also, this couple looks and acts like royalty. bow down, kids, pledge allegiance to the real otp. 

@from-dae-do-dae - when jongdae hears hes going on a date with fei, he immediately becomes the noisest, happiest man in the room. fei and dae have the most amazing dynamic in which they are every couple at once. loud and noisy? sure bet. jazz hoes who sip bourbon and study art? friday night at the feidae household. the quiet serious couple who spend too much time focusing on work? always. the couple that will kick your ass at scattergories and not even feel badly? for sure. i love them. hes liberated and wild enough to make sure fei cuts loose when shes getting too withdrawn and fei is a rock on which dae feels supported and grounded. im getting so emo thinking about this. one date turns into 300 years of marriage. iconic. 

@nunchiwrites - kyungsoo is relatively quiet when he hears about a date with nunchi, but he does that cute, tiny soft smile because BOYYYYY is he excited. its not that nunchi is innocent, its just that she radiates goodness at every turn. shes funny and sassy enough to keep him laughing, incredibly well read and intelligent to fuel conversation, and warm enough to draw him out of his shell. their dynamic starts pretty shy, but by the end of the date neither of them want it to end. they go on a date for pizza because they both live on cheese and carbs, and neither of them want to go home because why go home when there are stars they could watch together AND MORE CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE? date ends with date numbers 2-8 already planned. 

@co-kai-ne - yixing blushes only slightly when he hears he gets to take sofi out on a date. few people on this earth are worthy of yixing and sofi is one of them, for sure. the purity and softness radiating out of this couple will heal the world, im already picturing the way their dynamic makes the sun rise. both of them need each other in various ways - the reassurance that will grow naturally between them is unreal. it will never be question because it just is. instinctively, theyd understand each others needs. sofi would feel like a home for yixing and therefore would be the only one who could convince to rest when he needs it. yixing is fixed and stable enough in his energy to ensure sofi feels safe, nurtured, and adored. date is at an arcade in which yixing wins her 3 stuffed animals and walks here home where he kisses her cheek. second date only happens after he gets permission from the family and promises to take good care of her. 

@queenoftheimpala - baek is already on date 17 with ali so this is run of the mill for him. hes obsessed with my bffs quirky and playful energy. on every level, they match each other. this the couple that never stops laughing or coming for others - either in jokes or pranks or in simple teasing phrases. alternatively, this the couple that never stops HYPING one another. ali the type to watch baek make an ass of himself and smile like ‘thats my guy.’ baek the type to see ali trip over nothing yell ‘GODDESS’ in the middle of a crowded street. also the nurturing mother hen vibe from them is just perpetual and constant. also hes the only man i would ever let take my best friend out because his heart radiates angelic goodness and she deserves NO LESS THAN PERFECTION OKAY.

@pebble-xo - sehun giggles with joy that he gets to take jade out on their, what, 100th date? theyre basically a canon, official couple at this point. this my fashion otp, my youth otp, my real otp. theyre SO INCREDIBLY soft for their friends, like more devoted than most, but still so mature. this the couple that are young af but like...22 going on 76. so mature in all of their actions and choices, and intensely dedicated to their passions. their encouragement of one another is silent yet totally profound. also, they the brunch couple we are all secretly jealous of. 

@yeol-stole-my-soul - minseok is utterly thrilled when he hears he and maria are going on a date. its their first one and even though this energy never really makes it to romance, these two become fast, rude af, hilarious friends. their dynamic is SUPER playful and they devote themselves to teasing the living shit out of their friends. also, soft kids who love their friends too much. also, fun kids who like...are so the type to go to an amusement park and ride everything 4 times. also, BOTH are wildly intelligent and achieving the literal most in school. and whenever minnie starts kicking off being a lil too beautiful, maria will be there to tell him to stop. KING AND QUEEN OF DORK SOFT I LIVE

omg i love doing these so much why am i like this

#mutual ships #why do i love these so much what #Anonymous

[rodger-that-studios]

The (Actual) Final Countdown Part 2

My Top 20 Albums - Part 2

The ten following albums are sheer musical perfection, and in no order, I’m going to recommend that you check them out.

Did I say recommend?

I meant damn near demand.

It’s live. Lets go.

10 – Reggatta De Blanc – The Police – 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8

Take a bow, Stewart Copeland

The Police were, simply, a revolutionary band.

We’re not going to talk about Sting on his own, though.

Why were they revolutionary? That’s easy. They combined so many elements when making music it was as if Dr Frankenstein signed a record deal. Reggae? Check. Rock? Check. You want falsetto? Opera? yeah, it’s in there. RDB was definitely their magnum opus, the Michelangelo’s David of their remarkable discography.

There are so many remarkable tunes here. Let’s have a crash course, shall we?

Message in a Bottle is an incredible song. It’s almost transformative, as if it starts as one genre, a rock and roll record, and then becomes something else. Once Mr Copeland starts to flex his muscles on the kit it changes and becomes a Reggae-licious affair. It’s unlike anything else I’ve ever heard, and it floors me every single time. Also offered here is some truly genius lyricism. Sting remarks that it “Seems I’m not alone in being alone”. How melancholy and unique is that? It’ll make your head spin, but god is it worth it.

The other knockout tune here is Walking on The Moon. Safe to say the lyrics are simple. Giant steps are indeed what you must take when you walk on the moon. Not all the lyrics are as profound as Message in a Bottle, but for me, with this song, it’s all about the drums. I fell in love with all things Stewart Copeland when I first heard this. Stewart is in his own little bubble here, and he knocks me for six every single time, especially the fill he cheekily adds before the final chorus. That is nothing short of magical. It’s a stunning performance, much like this is a stunning album.

9 – Greatest Hits of The Cure – The Cure – 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nPiBai66M

warm fuzzy feeling

The Cure are one of those mythical groups that have very few bad songs. I know the musical puritans among you will slate me for including a compilation album rather than the original works (it’s not the SAME, WILL), but this is just a silly list, after all, it’s really not worth you getting so worked up over.

As far as the album is concerned it features most of the usual suspects, but a few songs stand out to me, even at 20 years old. My mother first showed me our first standout, Just Like Heaven when I was no older than ten. It was captivating to me that someone could pour so much happiness into three and a half minutes. Originally the song came during that transformative phase of the band’s career when they went from their gothic ‘I hate everybody’ origins to ‘Friday I’m In Love’.

Wow

Yeah

Quite a change.

But Just Like Heaven is an ode to falling in love for the first time. It’s quite a beautiful thing to behold really. Also, my mum and I still sing it together and I’m almost 21. That still makes me smile.

Boys Don’t Cry is one of those songs that you’ll find yourself singing even if you have no idea what Robert Smith is talking about.

Boys Do Cry.

Honestly it’s gorgeous. It’s honest and emotional, which is where the best songs come from. That about sums up this album actually. It has a profound sense of emotion and a lust for life. Not one to miss.

8 – The Colour And The Shape – Foo Fighters – 1997

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y

This one will blow your socks off

If you’ve had the pleasure of reading my piece about my recent, ahem, experiences at the 2019 Reading Festival, then you’ll know how I feel about the Foo Fighters. They are one of the greatest, if not the pinnacle rock band of the last 20 years, and if you’re hoping to get into them, this album is the perfect diving board.

Following the death of Kurt Cobain in ’94, Dave Grohl, the guy in the Foos who looks an awful lot like the drummer from Nirvana, channeling his inner mad scientist, started a new project. The result was The Foo Fighters.

So logically a mere 3 years later they dropped this seminal, uncomfortably incredible record.

Every song on the tracklist is a home run, but there is something truly transcendent about a little ditty called Everlong. It’s a four-minute voyage into unrequited love and not wanting things to ever change, wanting things to stay the same. That’s the perfect description for the track because once you’ve listened to it, you never want to un-hear it. It’s remarkably simple, just Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and the rest of the band making love to your eardrums with hypersonic mastery.

Side note – maybe I’m babbling because of how much I freaking love this song, or maybe it’s just that good. I guess you’ll have to listen to find out.

I’m having to restrain myself from gushing about every single song on this thing. Its one of those records that will never leave your memory once you’ve listened to it a few times. The Foos are an amazing collective of awesome haircuts, amazing instrumental technicality, and genius lyrics.

If I had to choose one other song to personally recommend (and it can’t be all of them) then I’d have to go for Monkey Wrench. It’s one of the most energetic rock songs you’ll ever hear. It’s angry, but that anger is harnessed by Dave and the boys and transformed it into a ridiculously cool song and indeed album. Kick. Ass.

7 – Black Holes and Revelations – Muse – 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZIk5wIq2Qw

It’s about the song people, not the film

Oh Hell Yes.

Muse, but more specifically their jack of all trades irritatingly talented frontman Matt Bellamy have always had fans. They’re a fabulous band after all, but when this album came out in the summer of 2006 Muse went from strength to strength, and it’s not hard to see why this album is held in such high esteem by die-hard Muse fans the world over.

This is Muse at their most theatrical and most powerful. The lyrics are profound, the guitars are loud and the vocals are up in the stratosphere. Its a rock opera, an odyssey of epic proportions. Also the first standout, Supermassive Black Hole gained new notoriety when it was used for that scene in Twilight where the vampires play baseball (you know the one. don’t lie).

But there are other songs here that will leave you stunned. Let’s take Map of the Problematique for example. Its a brilliant bloody song, with Dominic Howard beating the shit out of the drums to create an almost trance-like listening experience, complete with soaring harmonies from Bellamy to boot. Its so cool. Bottom line.

And before we move on there’s the tiny little tiny matter of Starlight, which is one of the best songs the band has ever written, and my personal favourite of the album. It’s soaring. A song for the ages about wanting to be with that one person that means more to you than you could ever put into words. You need to experience it, but we’ve all felt those feelings. That’s why it works.

6 – Sweet Baby James – James Taylor – 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOIo4lEpsPY

‘Who’s cutting onions in here?

Way back at the start of our list I warned that Mr Taylor may be making a cheeky appearance, and look who’s rocked up. I’m a man of my word.

This album is a family favourite, and one of the first albums that Mum and I ever listened to together. She used to sing me, Sweet Baby James, before I went to sleep every night, and I still get that same warm fuzzy feeling every time I listen to it. I’d never heard such a beautiful song before but I knew what that meant after the first time I heard some of the songs on this album. Taylor was an incredible songwriter and truly one of the greatest talents of his generation.

That talent is reinforced with our next song, Fire and Rain (tears, already). The song is melancholy and painful to listen to. But its not pain in a bad way its as if its a necessary pain to go trough because you know things will get better soon. Thats what I think Taylor was going for. The song has a certain distance to it, almost. The lyrics are desperately sad, but the instrumentation and interpretation that Taylor places round them is sonorous and achingly beautiful to listen to. The song is like an old friend after you’ve listened to it a few times. It simply will never let you down. Thats the perfect description for Taylor’s 1970 magnum opus. It will always be with you.

And side note – who knows if the ever speculated relationship between James Taylor and Carole King was real, or if it ever materialised. Frankly that doesn’t matter. If it was true that they wrote this album together, then that will only make your love for the record increase. Two people came together and made a fabulous and timeless piece of artwork. Well done them I say.

5 – Escapology – Robbie Williams – 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHdvQmA2Ws8

Damn this is some funky shit

This was another album I couldn’t get enough of growing up.

Take That split up back in 1996, and Robbie Had been going it alone (and doing rather well for himself) for a good few years when this gem came out in 2002. The main reason Escapology is so resonant with me and still so relatable even in my 20 year old head is because of two things;

The honesty and realism of Williams’ lyrics

The unstoppable partnership between Williams and the albums super producer, Guy Chambers.

Escapology was a new direction for Williams. It was completely different from Life Thru A Lens (1997) I’ve Been Expecting You (1998) and Swing When You’re Winning (2000). Now don’t get me wrong. All three of those albums were great too, but this one would go down as being historically different.

The cream of the crop here, in my ever-humble opinion, is a tie between Something Beautiful and Feel. The former is a cheerful, life-affirming ode to happiness and prosperity, while the latter is a brutally honest and beautifully written song about wanting to find happiness. Maybe there’s a theme that connects the two, but they’re different in almost every other way, and both iconic because of it.

But that’s not where the magic ends with this album. Later on, in the stellar tracklist you’ll find Hot Fudge. This is one of the funkiest songs Robbie and Chambers ever wrote, and one listen to the thing will prove to you why. Its three minutes of killer keyboards, awesome vibes and that trademark Robbie Williams tongue-in-cheek.

Basically, this album is awesome. Get the message? Check it out.

4 – American Idiot – Green Day – 2004I don’t even have to explain this one. I wrote a piece about why this album was ahead of its time.

You can find that here. This one is special, but unbelievably it’s only in fourth. So lets press on.

https://wordpress.com/view/thefriendlycritic.org

Oh my god

OH MY GODDDDD

We’ve reached PODIUM POSITIONS PEOPLE

Look alive sunshine

I’m EXCITED!

Okay okay home stretch lets do this.

3 – Hotel California – Eagles – 1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tcXblWojdM

AIR GUITAR

I’ve always been in complete awe of The Eagles. They’re a bunch of freaking rockstars. Living legends. And boy do they know it.

This is the album that gave them that status.

Its a masterpiece. An absolute fucking masterpiece. I’ll try and explain why without squealing with glee.

The title track is the musical equivalent of willingly losing your mind. It’s a drug trip made of sound waves. It’s remarkable and will change the way you think about music. Probably forever. It almost goes beyond how the song actually sounds with this one, although HC does also happen to feature the single greatest guitar solo I’ve ever heard. Glen Fry, take a bow up there you beautiful man. We all miss you.

The lyrics warn you that you ‘can check out any time you like, but you can never leave’.

But let me ask you

If being held hostage by narcotics in blissful ignorance of your situation (somewhere in the desert) sounds this good, why the hell would you ever want to leave?

This song is that good. And its only track ONE.

This album is one of those mythical records that will surprise you more and more every time you listen to it. We continue with New Kid in Town and later Life In The Fast Lane. These are two equally beautiful, but vastly different songs. New Kid is quite melancholy when you first listen to it, but it grows on you. It makes sense really considering the song is about wanting to be accepted. Fry, Henley and the rest of the band really flex their instrumental muscles here, and the result is glorious.

Fast Lane is a different beast, though.

It’s my personal favourite on the album, and it features Glenn Fry at his most untouchable. A guitar hero if ever there was one. This song rocks, this song rolls and this song does basically everything in between. Its a song you can listen to in any mood and you’ll instantly feel better because of it. The harmonies here are phenomenal too.

Just like the rest of the album. Incredible.

2 – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles – 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoknj1ebqI

Uh, no clues for what they wrote this one about.

The silver medal goes to the fab four.

Everything these four incredible people achieved together, every album they released, every record they broke (that’s destroyed) simply added to their mythos.

The Beatles aren’t a band anymore, people, they’re practically a religion.

If you had the unenviable task of choosing a magnum opus album-wise, then Sgt Pepper makes a fabulous case for itself. It’s my personal favourite, but of course my opinion should play no part in how you choose to discover this band. They were the greatest pop group and the greatest songwriters of the modern age. You all know the stories, believe them. They’re most certainly true.

Sgt Pepper is, to be frank, the Bayeux Tapestry of 20th-century songwriting.

It touches on some incredible subject matter. Some of it is heartbreaking, some of it is exhilarating, all of it is perfection. Where do we even start with this thing? The title track and With a Little Help From My Friends sets the tone and begins to tell a story that spans the entire length of the album. Its a story of overcoming adversity and finding solace in each other, in people you care about. For that to be put so effortlessly into an album is why this one will live forever. It had never been done before, and odds are it will never be done again.

My personal favourite song here though is surprisingly easy for an album that cannot be categorised. That honour goes to A Day in The Life. Up until I discovered the album you’ll see momentarily at number one, this was the greatest song I’d ever heard. Even at 20, the song cracks my top three tunes ever. This is why.

I almost don’t consider this a song. It’s a narrative. A script, if you will. Lennon, McCartney, Starr, and Harrison guide each listener through exceptionally ordinary activities, catching the bus, oversleeping and waking up late for work, watching television.

Therein lies the genius of the piece, because what’s the best way to make a song memorable.

Easy. Make it relevant to everyone all at once.

I feel like the song gives off a profound sense of loneliness as if while you’re listening you’re just drifting, blissfully unaware. But it makes it so strikingly relevant to everything we do collectively in society today. Everyone has these feelings. Everyone knows where The Beatles are coming from.

Truly outstanding songs talk to you. You don’t listen to them as such, they speak to you, and you listen. I think A Day in The Life is the epitome of that. The song will affect each listener differently. But eventually, you’ll realise why it’s so resonant, so incredible. You’ll understand what it means to you, and you alone.

That is what Sgt Pepper as an album facilitates. Each listener will judge it how they see fit, but to me, it is truly almost perfect.

But it isn’t my greatest album of All Time.

This is.

1 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours – 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqjXn2NflqU

It’s a masterpiece, people.

What do you all know of heartbreak?

Simply, you don’t forget when your heartbreaks.

If you don’t immediately understand the significance of that then odds are you haven’t felt it yet.

Fleetwood Mac were the first band that truly changed my life. Once I understood Rumours it changed my outlook on where the future would take me.

Honestly the first time I listened to it I didn’t understand it. It took a few tries. But one fateful day I started it and everything clicked into place in my head. I was captivated, and sobbing uncontrollably by the end. I knew I wanted a career in music because of this thing.

The album was released in 1977, and it came at a turbulent time in the lives of the members of the band. The married Mick Fleetwood began a torrid and publicised affair with Stevie Nicks, who was married to Lindsey Buckingham. Meanwhile, the other members of the Band John and Christie McVeigh were also on the brink of divorce.

So basically everything was going wrong.

Rumours was the band’s response to the chaos, the eye of the hurricane and the light at the end of the tunnel.

Each song here is more like a thrilling story, and two of the most memorable are Dreams and Go Your Own Way. The incredible thing here is that these two songs are written from the perspectives of Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood respectively.

ABOUT THE SAME ARGUMENT

Dreams is brutal. Nicks’ lyrics tear into an unknown (but known) person who doesn’t want the same things as she does. It’s angry, bitter and painful stuff.

But even with the darkest subject matter, there’s an undeniable beauty to it. The lyric ‘women they will come and they will go’ will undoubtedly tear you to pieces. Its as if Nicks knows she isn’t good enough, but sings through the pain and uncertainty anyway.

The song, and album, almost reminds me of the music played by those brave musicians on the Titanic. They knew the inevitability of the ship going down but played on with courage. This song makes you feel desperately sorry for the circumstances under which it was written, but it will captivate you from start to finish.

But all stories have two sides

Go Your Own Way is the equally spiteful response to the story of Dreams. Fleetwood lays into an unknown (yet known) woman about how he’s feeling. Again the pain telegraphed here will leave you breathless, just as before.

The lyrics here are what makes the song so remarkable. Fleetwood almost begs for forgiveness but doesn’t back down. He tells the recipient that ‘packing up, shacking up’s all you want to do’. That line destroys me because again its a story of how both parties must have known what was coming.

Yet they bravely knew that the show had to go on.

Every song here is much like these two highlights. Just as heartbreaking, just as melancholy and just as stunning. The adjectives I could use to describe this seminal album just go on and on, so I’ll be blunt.

After almost 21 years Rumours is (thus far) the greatest album I’ve ever heard. I hope you find something to love within it too.

So

Deep Breath

Rest those eyes

We made it

It’s been a pleasure, and it’s been a wild ride. I sincerely hope that each person reading this was happy to dive into my head and pick my brain for a few albums.

I may be a professional musician, which means I’m probably biased, but that’s the amazing thing about music. It means different things to different people.

That means each person can react to this list however they want to.

Get listening. It’s been fun

#the police #the beatles #fleetwood mac #james taylor #the eagles #green day #muse #foo fighters #the cure

[gendrie]

sis tell me about your top 5 Arya moments and quotes pls. your wisdom is much needed in these trying times :D

alright lets do this: 

"The wolf blood." Arya remembered now. "I'll be as strong as Robb. I said I would." She took a deep breath, then lifted the broomstick in both hands and brought it down across her knee. It broke with a loud crack, and she threw the pieces aside. I am a direwolf, and done with wooden teeth.”

I feel like such a cliche with this one but its a classic for a reason lol. theres nothing about this scene i don’t love. all the nature imagery for starters: the sound of the wind and the water. the eyes of the gods peering into arya as she kneels before the heart tree, asking for their help. and then! “ from somewhere out in the world, came the long lonely howl of a wolf” and arya feels lightheaded. i don’t think she’s actually hearing nymeria either. she’s warging her wolf. the best part is the old gods actually communicating with arya, obviously. i will never stop stressing this because ?? it literally never happens in any other scene?? this is the most northern thing ever too and it happens in the middle of the riverlands. it has huge significance for arya’s identity arc as well. she starts to doubt herself here. after hearing the news that winterfell has been burned and her little brothers are dead but the gods intervene and with ned’s voice reminding arya of who she is and where she belongs she finds the strength to carry on. its just an intense and beautiful scene.

She looked at their filthy hair and scraggly beards and reddened eyes, at their dry, cracked, bleeding lips. Wolves, she thought again. Like me. Was this her pack? How could they be Robb's men? She wanted to hit them. She wanted to hurt them. She wanted to cry. They all seemed to be looking at her, the living and the dead alike.

this moment is so important to me. its so important to the story. arya has seen so much of the war. she’s fought in the battles. she’s seen the dead bodies and burned villages. she’s seen all this death and destruction. and its mostly from the lannisters. but then she starts too see a lot of the evil the northmen are doing too. and it breaks arya’s heart. she’s so ashamed. but its an inevitable truth of war, unfortunately. i like to harp on this a lot but the truth is very important in arya’s story so this is something she has to see. she hates these men for what they’ve done. they’re supposed to be her people but they have betrayed everything she stands for. but all the same, she shows them mercy. the villagers yell at her to stop but she fills her own cup until its brimming over with water. while standing on gendrys shoulders (yes this detail is important) she pours it over the first man. and she does it all again for the other two. these men are criminals. they’re in disgusting shape, naked and filthy. but arya is still able to do and watch as they’re given mercy via anguy’s arrows without flinching. she feels duty bound to give them one last drink of water but she doesn’t make excuses for these men. this shows the huge potential in arya to become a great leader. the experience is so valuable as well. all these lessons the war taught her will effect how she rules in the future.

Arya put her lips to his ear. "It's Jaqen H'ghar."Even in the burning barn, with walls of flame towering all around and him in chains, he had not seemed so distraught as he did now. "A girl . . . she makes a jest." "You swore. The gods heard you swear."

she 👏 did 👏 that 👏 arya played a faceless man like it was nothing. she is the damn champ. and this is only in the second book. now that she’s had faceless men training herself arya going to be a an even bigger force to be reckoned with. but yeah this is just one of the best tricks in asoiaf. jaqen really thought he had the power and arya just switched it up before he knew what was happening. i love how the three wishes trope is used with all the power of names business. its very old school. the entire “only death may pay for life” stuff is my favorite too. i even like all the weasel soup stuff that follows even though its horrifying. “a girl should be bloody too. this is her work” but like my last point, thats a lesson arya learns from. she’s cunning and clever and a very quick study. i love her.

"I'm sorry, my lady." Arya suddenly felt bad for her, and ashamed. "I'm sorry I tore the acorn dress too. It was pretty.""Yes, child. And so are you. Be brave."

when i started this i said i wasn’t going to include any arya/gendry moments but i lied to my damn self. kinda. this is only partially about the otp. i love this entire chapter because its pretty different from a lot of arya’s. the theme of love and romance is really strong (i wonder why?) her interactions with lady smallwood are beautiful. the dialogue between them is great and this woman treats her so kindly. arya’s so responsive to that. we see her open up to lady smallwood. unlike with the highborn women she grew up with. she even says the acorn dress is pretty in the end. the “be brave” just destroys me. and arya even remembers the lady who said she was pretty at acorn hall. theres the wrestling and the song :) i mean what can i say that i havent said a hundred times before? arya and gendry are gonna fall in love. another fave bit is when harwin says "arya was much the same at winterfell” after her and gendry play fight. which shows that she can be her true self with him. he even says just arya when asking if she wants to see the forge with him. she’s not in survival mode or hiding her identity. she’s just arya. and he’s gendry. and they’re beautiful.

. . . but it wasn't.Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell's grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan's stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow's smile. He used to mess my hair and call me "little sister," she remembered, and suddenly there were tears in her eyes.

ah, needle. i couldn’t not include this scene, ya know? i tear up every time i read it. i love the dark, watery atmosphere of braavos. its the perfect backdrop for this scene which is essentially a rebirth. arya is told by the kindly man she must rid herself of her possessions. thats the first step. the next will be her body and her feelings and, ultimately, her future. so she takes everything out into the night and stands at the waters edge and throws it all in; her little trinkets and even her clothes. everything except needle. she can’t part with it. that sword is a symbol of everything that makes arya stark. its such a profound moment for an identity arc. when we’re stripped bare, what makes us who we are? and this is what makes arya: her mother and her father. her brothers and her sister. old nan’s stories. her home and its people. jon snow’s smile. (and i am actually tearing up now as i type this lmao) thats who she is and arya cannot give that up. she thinks the old gods wanted her to have needle. the many faced god can’t have it. so arya hides needle. she conceals it from the faceless men and buries those memories deep in her heart. with a promise that one day she’ll be back for them all. and that day will be the day i die.

#this ask was a struggle tbh lol #top 5 arya moments??? #uh?? #ALL OF THEM #so i just went with my gut #blacksmithgendry #ask

[x-compendiums-of-castiel-x]

Just A Crush

Chapter 1: On The Lookout

CasxReader

Word Count: 1,792

Characters: Sam, Dean, Cas

Warnings: eventual fluff, smut maybe(but will be marked so you will know what parts) Summary: your sisters wedding is coming up and you’re looking for a “date”. The brothers think it would be good for Cas to go with you, the blue eyed beauty you’ve had a crush on for years.

“Dean!” you called out through the bunker; your voice carrying out into an echo. Due to no response, you continued examining the place and and calling for him. He had to be around her somewhere, Sam claimed he had just saw him. Passing through the kitchen, you stopped at the bar when you noticed Cas. He sat perched at the table with one of your books.

“Hey Cas,” you greeted calmly. The blue sapphire eyes peered into you, his deep, blue gaze capturing your full attention.

“Hello (y/n),” he replied, setting the book down. Just hearing the sound of his voice made your heart race.

“You were looking for Dean?” he questioned, completely oblivious to how much he had you wrapped around his finger. You’d had a silly crush on him since the moment you met him and like some crushes, your feelings continued to develop over time. Especially now that he was human and had been spending most of his time with you and the boys in the bunker.

“(y/n)?” he called, pulling you from your trance as he tilted his head. Everything in your mind went blank; you were at a loss for words and it only seemed to make his uncertainty grow. Somehow you managed to nod, answering his previous question mutely.

“Are you okay?” Cas stood, walking over to you. Sometimes being with him was beyond difficult; most times you were able to compose yourself and hide your crazed feelings, this wasn’t one of those times.

“Yeah,” you stepped away from him as he neared you, shaking your head and demanding yourself to pull it together.

“Im fine Cas, really,” you lied, giving a convincing fake smile. You were getting good at those. Cas glanced you over a second time before taking a slight step back.

“Did you see where Dean went?” you quizzed, resurfacing to the main question.

“He is in the garage fixing the car,” he informed, concern still etched into his features. You could tell you were worrying him. Sure, you had acted like a school girl when your crush first began, telling Sam all about it, but you hadn’t acted this bad around him ever. Perhaps it was because of your sisters wedding that was coming up and you were desperately trying to find a date.

“Thanks Cas,” you mumbled, turning towards the hallway that lead out to the garage. Once you were out of view, you began to shake your head at yourself, face palming at how unglued you just were. For years you’ve struggled with your feelings, but at least you were able to remain collected around him and act semi-normal. What the hell just happened to you back there?

You approached the entrance to the garage and called out to the eldest Winchester again. Once his name left your lips, a loud thud, followed by a grumbled ‘son-of-a-bitch’, signaled his whereabouts. Upon approaching him, he shot you a glare filled with annoyance.

“Dammit (y/n),” he hissed, rubbing his head thoroughly. His annoyance fueled a little laughter in you. Shaking his head in disapproval, he ducked back into baby’s hood.

“What do you need?” he quizzed without looking up, continuing to take apart the engine.

“You know I love you right?” you asked, smiling as he paused and peeked up at you through his lashes. His face stayed serious as he stared you down, knowing you were fixing to ask him to do something for you.

“Im working on baby,” he grumbled, turing his attention back to the car. Your shoulders slumped at his answer. You stood there for a few moments before you decided to speak up once more.

“But you do know… right,” you mumbled, knowing he could hear you even though he chose to ignore you, “…that I love-.”

“What is it?” he interrupted, straightening his back and towering over you. You forged a small, weak smile but it dropped all too quickly.

“Can I borrow you for a few days?” you decided to just pop the question, his answer was going to be a simple yes or no. Or thats what you thought anyway.

“For what?” he quizzed softly, loosing his previously annoyed attitude. His whole demeanor changed and you could tell he was now curious.

“I have to go to my sisters wedding… and I need someone to go with me,” as you spoke, he caught on to what you were asking for. Crossing his arms against his chest, he let out a small sigh.

“We’ve been through this (y/n).”

“Dean please, its only for a couple of days,” you begged, but you could tell he wasn’t going to budge.

“I can’t pretend to be your boyfriend. Besides, I need to see what’s wrong with baby and get her fixed up. She’s been making these weird noises. Why don’t you ask Sam?” he prodded and pursed his lips as you slumped in defeat.

“I have, he’s researching a case up in Washington,” you informed. Your family’s inquisition was coming after all.

“Well then, I really don’t know what to tell you,” he explained as he uncrossed his arms and began wiping his hands on an old rag.

“You could always ask Cas,” he shrugged his shoulders. Your eyes widened as you looked at him, sending him a quick glare.

“What? He could use some fresh air, sunlight will do him good,” he added.

“I can’t ask him to do that Dean,” you sighed.

“Why not? You asked me and Sam.” he stated matter of factly, crossing his arms again.

“Castiel isn’t apart of this, its either you, Sam, or I deal with the inevitable, gruesome questions from my family,” you explained. He raised his brow at you.

“I don’t think you’re making yourself a fair trade,” he pressed. Sighing again, you looked away from him.

“Why do you want me and Sam to be your fake boyfriends?”

“Because its easier,” your voice was noticeably raised and the words were out of your mouth before you could stop them. Dean gave you a questionable stare as the both you stood in silence.

“What do you mean, ‘its easier’?”

“We go down there, see my family, fake what we have to and then when we come back everything goes back to normal,” you express. He looked you over for what felt like forever.

“And you can’t do that with Cas?”

“No, not really,” your eyes fell from him as you hesitantly crossed your arms.

“Why not?” Dean still had no clue. You’d told Sam a long time ago, but with Dean and Castiel’s ‘profound bond’ you decided it was best not to share the information with everyone. Dean waited for you to answer but you just weren’t saying anything or even looking at him for that matter.

“Is it because… what does he say?… his people skills are rusty? Hell (y/n), you know he’s getting better.”

“No, its not that….” Now you were debating it; just telling Dean and getting it over with, though part of you still didn’t want to risk it.

“Then what is it?” His tone was becoming annoyed again.

“Its nothing, forget about it,” shaking your head, you had turned to leave.

“Fine,” he agreed, turning back to the engine before mumbling.

"I just don’t see why taking Cas would be any different than you taking one of us.”

"Do you really want to know?” Yep, it was time to tell Dean Winchester the news.

“If I took him with me, nothing would be the same when we were to come back.”

“(y/n) what does that mean?” his tone was exasperated. He was tired of dragging on a conversation if you weren’t willing to tell him some key parts.

"I like him, okay? I can’t pretend that everything is going great and put on a show for everyone, portraying a life I know I’ll never have. My heart breaks everyday when I see him, knowing I can’t have him. So I can’t exactly jump at the opportunity because Cas is not an option for me,” you announced. Dean immediately stopped what he was doing, all of his attention was focused on you; neither of you saying anything for a while. His stare started to become too much for you and you couldn’t help but look away. It didn’t help that you couldn’t even guess what he might be thinking.

“You like Cas?” his tone was just above a whisper, beginning to walk up to you as you nodded in agreement. A smile began to tug on his lips and once you noticed, all the worry in you diminished and you began to smile too.

“Since when?” he stifled a small laugh, his mood back to playful and friendly.

“For about nine years now,” you admitted, a deep blush rising to your cheeks as you saw him doing the math in his head.

“You mean to tell me, you’ve been pinning after this guy ever since he dragged me out of hell?” Dean raised his brow in question, smile still playing upon his features. Nodding again, he started to smile really big this time. Letting out a light chuckle, you tilted your head in question.

“What?”

“Now I really think you should take him,” he was still smiling but you knew he was being completely serious.

“Dean,” you whispered, sounding like what he had just said was completely frowned upon.

"Oh, come on. Just do it.”

“You obviously didn’t see how I acted around him before I found you just now. I couldn’t keep myself together and deep down I know its because I’ve already thought about asking him to go.”

"Then ask him,” he persuaded again. By now you knew there were no chances that you were going to get Dean Freaking Winchester to go with you.

"Yea, I’ll think about it,” flashing him a smile before you started your retreat back into the bunker. You needed to start packing, come morning you needed to start driving back to your home town.

"You better,” he called after you, chuckling as he though about what you said all over again.

"Oh, and Dean. You better not say anything,” you announce, sending him a wink before you would be completely out of view.

"Yeah, yeah…. Does Sammy know?” he shouted after you, the last part containing mounds of curiosity.

"Yep, welcome to the club of my love interests, Dean Winchester,” you shouted back with a smile. You laughed again as you thought about what could happen since Dean had this information. Were you crazy? Probably, but you didn’t have time to worry to much about it. You needed to be packed so you could get some rest before the drive tomorrow.

#cas #castiel #castiel fluff #castiel x reader #castielxreader #casxreader #cas x reader #sam winchester #dean winchester #spn fanfic #supernatural #fanfiction

[ipaction]

The Allure Of Alcohol To Women: Short-Term Solution Or Long-Term Problem

There is nothing more relaxing than drinking a cold glass of beer while hanging out with family or friends. Sharing stories and adventures over a round of alcohol can free your mind from your worries and let you fully enjoy the moment.

Alcohol is a staple at every party or get-together, especially once night has fallen and the party is almost over. It is normal to hear the loud laughter of drinkers and witness them doing things they do not normally do when they are sober like loud singing, dancing, and non-stop teasing.

We think of drinking in two ways: Either you’re a normal drinker. Or you’re an alcoholic. Either you have a serious problem. Or you don’t. But drinking is way more nuanced and much more layered than that.

Maybe you drink a glass of wine every night to alleviate stress or numb the pain. Maybe you drink to temporarily forget your anxiety. Maybe you have a single drink before attending social events because it helps you feel more confident. It helps you to loosen up. Maybe drinking helps to brighten the dark edges of your life. For a few moments. Maybe you’re worried that you look forward to drinking. Too much. Maybe you spend most Sunday mornings worrying about what you said or did the night before.

(Via: https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/10/28/are-you-using-alcohol-as-a-crutch/)

Men and alcohol are a given. However, women are also becoming heavy drinkers themselves today. It is not uncommon to see women drinking alongside men – and not just drinking ladies drinks or a glass of fine wine but strong alcoholic drinks with high alcohol content.

Heavy drinking has become a bigger, more socially accepted part of American women's lives. And health statistics show the results have been deadly.

"Alcohol is killing twice as many middle-age women as 18 years ago," said Kristie Gerrells, a licensed addiction counselor and clinical supervisor at the Red River Behavioral Health System in Grand Forks.

"We have more understanding of why that takes place. Women have an extra predisposition to health problems stemming from alcohol abuse, due to their physiology," she said.

And it is proving to be costly for women drinkers – even costing them their lives.

Other alcohol-related factors may be contributing to the climbing death rates, said Sharon Wilsnack, University of North Dakota Chester Fritz distinguished professor of psychiatry and an internationally recognized researcher of problem drinking in women.

"We know, for example, that alcohol is linked to suicide," she said. "The opioid epidemic may also be a factor—that's a really dangerous combination."

She also cited the possibility that traffic accidents may be boosting the alcohol-related death rate of women, more of whom are driving themselves, she said.

(Via: http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/4228802-women-lure-alcohol-becoming-more-deadly)

It all started with a different approach in advertising to make women believe that they need alcohol in their life to cope with life’s daily stresses.

The ads started popping up about a decade ago on social media. Instead of selling alcohol with sex and romance, these ads had an edgier theme: Harried mothers chugging wine to cope with everyday stress. Women embracing quart-sized bottles of whiskey, and bellying up to bars to knock back vodka shots with men.

In this new strain of advertising, women’s liberation equaled heavy drinking, and alcohol researchers say it both heralded and promoted a profound cultural shift: Women in America are drinking far more, and far more frequently, than their mothers or grandmothers did, and alcohol consumption is killing them in record numbers.

(Via: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-women-heavy-drinking-has-been-normalized-thats-dangerous/2016/12/23/0e701120-c381-11e6-9578-0054287507db_story.html?utm_term=.dd1ae12ccdcc)

Feminists will argue that women have equal rights as men, so it is but fair for them to indulge in alcohol drinking just as much as their male counterparts – if only to let loose and unwind after a long day’s work. However, women should also keep in mind the dangers of such a deadly addiction – and yes – it is an addiction.

The problem is people choose to see it differently than it really is. For them, this new lifestyle is a temporary solution that allows them to temporarily forget their myriad of problems, not a long-term problem that puts their health at risk and traps them in an addiction they can’t easily get out of.

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[salosion]

Ranting with Meaning Takes you Places Often Feening With Truth Creativity & Feeling. #Crazy #Artistic #Confessional ? #Everything #I #Ever #Make #Is #Deep #Beautiful #Meaningful #And #Creativley #Intelectual #Take #The #Time #SomeTIme #to #Devour #My #Delectables #Just #Get #On #My #Level

I just wanna be myself and play my tounge and strings and songs and penetrating the feelings you get be down down there the tickles they are found to glory up the care that's found up in the air with God and all his hair he's never care to show cause it's just bare and beautiful and full of glow that we can't understand so our 🎁 we must compose back to the swifts of ribbon & twists that give God the gift that's His because ours is beyond benevolent Godly Kindly astoundingly irrelvient to all that is true cause technically all that is true must be. I think #We shouldn't technically really #exist at all but we wobblin' & #Jiggling round ducking fucking do don't that tell you something like #life too good to be true doesn't that sing thy words thy poets like yours truly sings in swing beyond the furthest lies that bound & uptain inside sling slung around vibrating all around the 🔊you sound&are swirled mixed all round' but if YOU & your sound & are then just bound & free you'll be able to fly, found, free to use that energy beyond the limits seemingly bound beyond the space YOUR'E living in extraordinary bomb of bursting Love and euphoria all above sprinkling all its #jizz jello #juzz #jelly #jello bust the juice n' freak our drank make it a plus, If i don't get buzzed I'll take it to heart and feel ashamed, I got this thing where I'm not insane I'm just really damn fuckin dope & gifted yes one may say so fuck the shifted haters and jealouses Like the 👑 I am Ill live by my heart ruling my hand, like the king I am you are aswell, and like the kind you are the queen you spell, We're ALL the same we are. We're all just diffrent beautiful #royalty from God just diffrent but thats the most beautiful part, the diffrences and chances to be fucking YOU and YOU can be ANYBODY. We the kings and stars we arleady ares, like YOURS truly your fucking king, me motherfucker, yes, me. The one you ignore are tad but don't think to think or feel or sinf, oh well you think it makes you thin, it does Love; you just ignore out of lazy or crazy brinks that connect the truth to the creativity that blooms the poofs of the blossoms that garden noon at eden every so ofte I know my shit can danceI know wmy heart is gold I know im a little to stand up in your face I know Im a little to gold and rad and eccletic and loud and dope but really im just expressing myself, Its Love and shades and writings of waves and energy of sound poetry or poetic chaotic creative grace out of Lifes vagina we ALL emerged to relate to the life we perceive togetehr.

Feelings incinerate the NOW on now I guess I Feel like im bubbling in tea, and I like tea but I just wish you liked me, because you do, you did before you knew, and when you did you fell in true casue im as genuine as they do, too damn crazy to give a fuck this is true but I ain't no fool, and I Ain't no tool, just an artist crafting poetic musical meaningful genius creative diffrent never before existed artistc art, musically, photographically, poetically, philosophically, I brew the delights of life till my heart it finds and overflows the light thats got our purpose in tight, my purpose in flight is my LOVING SOUND that means hella too soooo much to me to be honest too much to be around, theyre all gifts I worked like hounds, profound, profound, profound, Salo you're too deep and fucking profound, don t loose em now, too deep its down there swimming by the sea of that dreams tend to splash too deep to be found but then again its nothing cause nothing is what makes & fills the deepest spaces and nothing is what wieghs the unlimited weightfulness, Im sorry im a loon I love it though, to goon, you see Life is a cartoon don't unfriend your friend you knew know and Love to whole because I Love you too see my soul it splashes splurs of wisdom and music and meaning and Life thank you ALL for everything, God and all of My friends and finds and family delight, I Love you and me just wish youd put the fight that I had to conceive to birth the genius sights of sounds invisble rounds crowning all of our hearts, okay im crazy, no im not, your just lazy, im just hot, on fire, spliffing out my fishing thoughts, put the baight and then I caught YOU atealst I hope but I dont know where to stop its the improviser in me that can go on till it starts the next phase of life the one the poets try to talk, but ill just leave us as here like a fallen penny, on the crackled sidewalk street, on the road with choatic wisdom waste of time hell no, never, see you always grow even if it seems irrelivent this and everything that happens for a reason happens with its flow and magical treason that allows us to live inside a world we call our own, Come on you must admit it's quite intruiging to go through outs and then the ins like the coaster & the spins you be on soon,be a brother be a flower be a sister be a power be a lover be a friend be a homie give some shit a chance I know my shits dope and please God I'll go far and evolve furtehr whether it be in the non existent time frame of this seemingly non existent farm frames time, but regardless of the fact ofcourse I will cause you me we YOU are a star, sprinkling your concious heart to the world, like me in extreme cause im an artists and a feen so take the 🎁 I give to you to me to thee to whom ever by Love to perceive and take a chance on the sweeteness that rides with me and all of my musical making friends and brothers n' leauge of superhero musicians beautiful Godly GLORY Lovely SONIC HORNY power #SOUND I just want to be myself truthfully I am myself I just want to be myself and play my music out and sounds and have folks listen to it cause I grind it like my souls out see my songs are hard beauitful work that means alot, poetic an dhols alot of meaning and weight in its creativty, hatch an egg and raise a chicken, maybey one day your rooster will be unicorn, but aside from the tangents I know see I trust my feelings hella I know I'm dope as fuck, like fire rocket stellar works splashing color exploding rocks in thy sky, I know im fucking dope I know im fucking fly, I know your fucking dope I know your fucking livee, I know your fucking beauitful, I know your insides they have a heart just like mine and its beautiful to me how you and we can combine, and create and activate the higher gates by making Love and art and great praise of our Lord and One and ONly God, just Love the levitate, Im dope, we dope, we know you know I know don't need no conformation I laugh at the silent joke cause im the greatest along side the homies who are great greatness beyond understatments but no need to boast I'm just the spot that spots the pop on the G that busrtingly orgasmically explodes with conffetti between thy legs like a pinata because the music was exposed with crazy horny passionate deep Love, Im not crazy Im just talented, well maybey crazy but like the best type of crazy that comes from the talents and goes from the Love and the I REALLY DON'T GIVE A FUCKS. See im damn creative and I dont give a fuck who knows I just like to have fun get high and create the flows that flow our Lifes to deeper corners of profounded interconnected delight, sorry if im a fright im just Love and will ignite the power inside the Light swear to God you watch and slide, cause theres always a spot for you every single one of you crazy lights, like my crazy lights that light my sound to your delight deep down give it a try and the chance your chance will Love and thank you for what YOU & I came here for, for the everything happens for a reaosn and now your here, so clearly you came here for a purpose, Love you homie, like you dig me, and if your still here, I appreacite your intelligent core, and asbtract understadning of artistic glore sought when your soul feels empty and mine is not just full of this empty pack with profound space, sonic space, poetic space, higher dimensional inuitive intellectual space & more cause #Love really is the door that opened up above to let us live and get it right and live free under the suns weighted delight that God ignited out of Love and freewill won , I just wanna be myself and play my guitar and tounge and strings and makeout with myself and my songs and my rhythms while bassing teh penetrating feelings you get down down there the tickles they are found to glory up the care that's found up in the air with God and all his beautify and Glory that we can't understand so our gifts we must compose back to The Man our God, throuh art expression prayer kindness and Love swifts up the ribbons twists for the gifts you must preapre live by and give to YOUR God and Creator, the gift that's His because ours is beyond benevolent Godly Kindly astoundingly irrelvient to all that is true cause technically all that is true must be nothing, that is everything that is everything and nothing again so profound try to bound and uptain inside a sling vibrating all around the sound you sound and are mixed with all around but if you try to sing the sounds and are bound and free you'll be found to use that energy that is pure Love joy and expression, expression, expression beyond the limits seemingly defended bound beyond the space YOU'RE living in, extraordinary bombs of bursting Love and euphoria all above sprinkling all its juzz #jizz jello jelly jello & #fuzz the juice freak my drank make it a plus if I don't get buzzed Ima be sad, ima be hella sad cause that was mean anfd if you were kind and had a heart and you really knew me and were a friend you'd Love to make me happy and get me high up to my bench in teh clouds where I Love to praise God you should too don't be a pussy, it's cool as fuck, liek how stupid can one be to not acknolwdge a greater force life techiniclsly shoudlnt be our existence is a miracle and force unexplainable and techinically shouldnt be at all, but we are so pray and praise and acknolwdge YOUR God don't you see it's cool as shit to praise up the Lord, dont you want to manifest and get to the roads that will lead us to existences unimaginably concieved but yet teh possibilty is there and its all up to you to unimaginably concieve just be a brother, listen to my hearts creative sounds, stop being a pansy I knbow im annoying but I clearly dont give a fuck apologise for bombarding but I Love ya'll just as much, this is just too uch fun teh art, and teh discoveries of Life, this is just too much fun the poetry and the music that takes flight this is just too much fun thee deepness that my heart sinks the times I play guitar and write the songs I craft to birth, I'm not insane I'm just really gifted so take the gifts of my insane cause honestly no one else would ever insist it, I give to you, you give to me to thee to whom ever by Love to percieve and take a chance on the sweeteness that rides with me and all of my musical making friends and brother and leauge of musicianful beautiful artisticly Godly GLORY Lovely HORNY Sonic Power Sound.

Listen to thy music bretherin, hidden gems, of God & Wisdom and Love and Mind Expanding Feelings all over my creativness.

Love Ya'll Too,

Salo Sion Thy Dopest Loon

(P.S.I Don't Fucking Now;P)