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prettyinpunk · 1 year

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a ridiculously detailed catalogue of matt's guitars for my show*! aka a collection for people who have maybe an unhealthy obsession with Manson guitars

*4/14/23; in order of how excited i was to see them! this isn't necessarily a ranking of how cool i think these guitars are! this ranking is based purely on the amount of deadly chemicals released by my brain upon seeing them.

#10 Matt Black FR(Matt Black Whammy)/Chrome FR(Chrome Whammy)

i'm pairing them first since they're almost identical in build(though the MBFR is in drop D) and i was expecting to see both of them/have seen them used in past shows :)

Chrome Whammy also gets used the most in this era and both of them have given me so much grief when trying to identify these guitars. the dark chrome finish looks SO much like the Matt Black FR under certain stage lighting and it's nearly impossible to tell them apart by hardware, there've been so many times when i confidently think oh hey he's using the Matt Black Whammy but no its Chrome FR. and vice versa. even at certain points during the actual concert i was second guessing myself, they make me feel delusional.

used for: MBFR: Psycho; Chrome Whammy: WOTP, (Interlude)Hysteria, Compliance, Thought Contagion, KOC

#9 Matt Black 3.0

i was excited to see her with visible wear and tear from the obvious, so much so that i specifically took a picture of the broken headstock foregoing any attempt at pretending matt was supposed to be the subject of the picture.

used for: WAFF

#8 M1D1 Stealth

even knowing i would see her, i just got so excited about the kaoss pad. as one does. its a special little joy to see hardware thats so uniquely Muse. like in what other performance are you going to get to see a kaoss pad in a guitar(or bass)!

this picture is a screenshot from my video because ngl most of my image capture for SBH was spent filming dom. for a friend.

used for: SBH

#7 MB-1 Blue(Blue Steel/Blue Beast)

i just think she's sooooo pretty, the blue is such a beautifully rich shade and i love the gloss finish, as much as i love the play on "matt" with the matte guitars, i'm weak to pretty shiny things. it was also so exciting to see her because i really wanted them to play Resistance and when i saw matt with the MB-1 Blue i knew they were going to! (barring the fact that they were alternating every night and i knew that night it was Resistance's turn, for some reason i was still worried we wouldn't get it lmao) i did accidentally call her Bluebell at the time though. which i don't think has been used at all this tour(🥲).

TIRO, Resistance, Madness

#6 Oryx

somehow i neglected to take a picture of her specifically??? i'm really kicking myself because i didn't get any closeups during WSD or KOBK but the whole time i was holding my tongue from talking about her during the show 😭 because who in their right mind wants to hear some random screaming fan yelling about how the Oryx is matt's first Manson with 24 frets during the show 💀 i did get to see him use it earlier this year at my last Muse show which is why i've put it before my #5. but she is so unique and interesting, there are so many cool fun facts about her! i don't know how i didn't get a good shot, i was probably too busy headbanging.

i did get this pretty cool picture from KOBK though 🥲

used for: WSD, KOBK

#5 MB-S Prototype(Verona Sky)

to finish off the trifecta of newbies(2022/2023 additions, barring remodels)! suuuuch a beauty and makes watching Verona just that much more magical! a brand new Manson special for the WOTP era for the most tender moments of the show <3. both Verona and TDS instrumental have a dreamlike energy live, which to me is elevated by the MB-S in her beautiful sunburst orange and strat-style shape. matt was pretty far from us while perched on will's shoulder so i didn't get a great pic of it but i tried! its just such a gentle, almost pensive little moment in the set between two heavy bangers(WAFF/SBH) which i love, it feels oddly intimate in spite of being in a full arena as matt coaxes each note out of the MB-S and it echoes into the open space.

here she is pre and post-confetti shower(she did not come through unscathed)!

used for: Verona, TDS(AR)

#4 Red Alert

since there are three red guitars in use for Uprising this tour, i really didn't know which one we were going to get! the last time i saw them in january, matt used the MA EVO Sustainiac Satin Fire Red, which is fun, but like the other Fire Red, has a matt(e) finish. i was really hoping we would get to see Red Alert and we did!!! she looks like cherry candy i need to take a bite. uh, that is to say. she's very pretty and my eyes sparkle in her presence. and she has a special name which is always important to me. i wouldn't say Red Alert ranks higher than some of the other beauties on this list in terms of how cool i think they are, but since there wasn't a guarantee we'd get to see it, it ranks highly here!

used for: Uprising

#3 Mirror 2.0

notoriously a nightmare to get a good picture of live, what with the whole... mirror finish and all, here she is!! our beloved veteran of the lineup, Mirror Manson <3. what a joy to see her, even though she's not the original. i couldn't confirm which Mirror he was using at the time since they're almost identical, but the fuzz factory knobs are slightly further apart than the OG, and 2.0 is fit with a MBK-1 on the bridge rather than the original Mississippi Queen P90s. not sure if Chrome Fuzz is in the rig for this leg, but theoretically she also had potential to be used here in place of the Mirror, so another happy slight surprise there for Mirror enjoyers. it really is another special little joy to see and hear Plug in Baby with such an iconic guitar, and especially when we get to play call and response with the fuzz factory!

used for: PIB

#2 Chrome Whammy 2.0

now i know it seems like an odd choice to put her here especially considering i had Chrome FR as my #10, but let me explain.

YMMFLIH is one of my favorites on WOTP so as it is, i was already losing it from the moment matt sat down to play the intro(WHICH IM CRAZY ABOUT). about halfway through the second verse, i regained enough mental consciousness to realize matt was using the new Manson Origin Etch pickups on the bridge!!! this was a huge surprise since MuseWiki isn't updated and i had been totally drooling over the pickups on instagram for weeks(months??)(<- still has never touched an electric guitar) so getting to see them in person and being used on stage was SO EXCITING!!! unfortunately by the time i realized, i wasn't able to get a clear picture of the bridge since matt was playing the final chorus. thus began the search for my new white whale.

after the concert, i scoured my pictures and videos for a shot of it, confident that i saw it during Halloween and on the Chrome Whammy. i looked at every picture i had, but found that all my pictures of the Chrome Whammy just had the MBK-2 humbucker on the bridge, so i thought maybe i made my usual mistake and thought it was Chrome when it was actually Matt Black. i checked my pictures of her too and it was the same so at that point i felt like i was going completely mental. i checked every video and picture from the Muse instagram with manic obsession and could only find a tiny glimpse of it in one of the mini clips from a concert reel.

i went back to MuseWiki to see if i could find it there and thats when i realized. it wasn't Chrome Whammy. it was Chrome Whammy 2.0.

live reaction to this realization:

in hindsight i should've realized the guitar matt was using for Halloween had a humbucker on the neck instead of a single coil Sustainiac which is a dead giveaway, hence the above reaction. the problem still remained though, i had no photographic evidence. though MuseWiki reminded me it was 2.0, it still says the bridge is a MBK-2 and the pictures remain un-updated. i had confirmed for now that i was not delusional, but i still didn't have a picture and i wanted so desperately to talk about it. but then my savior appeared right under my nose. my dear friend @domwhoreward found this picture from one of her shows and i was FINALLY VINDICATED!!! HERE SHE IS IN ALL HER GLORY!!!

used for: YMMFLIH

anyway. that brings us to...

#1 HOLOFLAKE MY BELOVED

words cannot describe how absolutely insane i went when i saw her!!! Holoflake is my favorite guitar currently in use(though it's very close with the Black 7-String 2.0), i just love the glittery, glossy black finish so much, it's so pretty!! not only that, but the only song it's being used for this tour is MOTP, the one song i wanted to hear MOST out of all the songs on rotation and one of my favorite muse songs of all time!! it was such a personal moment for me because if they hadn't played MOTP, we wouldn't have gotten to see Holoflake at all. this was my most special moment from my show, i think the guy next to me probably wished i was dead though. this is once again a screenshot of my video since i spent most of it in a manic panic screaming crying and throwing up. its a miracle i was even still alive after that. or anyone within a 5ft radius.

used for: MOTP <3

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oliverfrawgy · 1 year

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Don't you just love when the 100 fandom faults clarke for mount weather (eventhough she wasn't the only one who had a hand in pulling the lever) but finds it sooo easy to forgive Bellamy for killing the 300 grounders? /s

#she didn't even have much of a choice #they wouldve literally killed abby #bellamy could've just.... idk not done it #i don't hate him tbh #its just the fandom and the double standards when it comes to the blakes #the 100 #bellamy blake #clarke griffin #mount weather #anti bellamy blake #???#Octavia blake #abby griffin

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peggysousfan · 2 years

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Kidnapped: Prisoners in Hell

The Blake siblings have never had an easy go at life, even less so when their mother passes of cancer. But the siblings push on with their chins held high as they march through life and fight one battle at a time. If only the small battles were their only battles.

When Octavia is kidnapped and Bellamy can't find the help he needs to bring his sister home he becomes a detective himself. The case of his missing sister growing colder and colder as the months move on.

Two years pass without a sign of finding the young Blake again, until she turns up on a deserted road. Alone. But what Octavia reveals is she was far from it. A blonde girl helped her survive and escape, and now it was Octavia's turn to return the favor.

Will they find her in time? Or will it be too late to save the girl who's been held captive for eight years?

#bellarke #modern au #ANGST!!#this will ahve a lot of trigger wanrings #be prepared when it is published next year #i cant put enough warning on this fic #it gets verrrry dark #im sorry #i need to release and i take it out on my stories :(#clarke griffin #bellamy blake #octavia blake #kidnapping #torture #its not an easy story #so i may not even publish it tbh

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waldenborn · 8 months

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just realized that we got to see the difference between alpha station and walden station, and their homes, on the show. looking at clarke's home growing up, multiple rooms and privacy and spacious. vs bellamy's home, which is a small square with hardly enough room for two people (let alone the third one that they are hiding).

#ooc.#me writing all of this down.#i imagined helo's home to be very similar to bellamy's too.#just him and his father in this small space.#he only really got to be in a more “spacious” home when he moved in with eric.#and they had their own rooms but even then? that was small too.#ITS JUST INTERESTING THAT WE SEE THIS ON THE SHOW TOO IM SCREAMINGINFJDSKFNDSJFNDSJFDSK.

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badolmen · 2 years

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The downside to watching Black Sails with 24+hours worth of podcast historical piracy facts in my brain is having historical piracy facts in my brain.

#ra speaks #personal #*rotating a spanish galleon in my mind* plorbos from my seas…#wait it’s 1715 Edward teach is still serving under hornagold he won’t have captainship and his Blackbeard reputation for another two years #lol calico jack didn’t meet Anne Bonny until after he won a vote for captainship against Charles vane #in 1718 mind you amid the royal pardon and reestablishment of British control of Nassau via Captain Rogers #vane should be marooned after a shipwreck or rotting on death row he never met Anne Bonny #the Scarborough??? coming for Nassau at the height of its power as a pirate republic in 1715?? complete bullshit #idk what this fantasy timeline is but it’s a fucking mess #no one has mentioned my boy Bellamy yet <\3 sadge.#to be fair tho he was one of the first famous pirates to die/his crew were some of the first executed on American soil #so with this bullshit timeline they’ve got going who knows how long ago that was/if it even happened yet

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snail-eggs · 17 days

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i needed to watch some shitty tv so i put on the 100 for the first time and bro... idk if its my fallout brain kicking in but they're on bellamy's ass for no reason sometimes. like my siblings in christ, he has to be cruel sometimes, do you not get it?

#snail thoughts #its most def my coop apologist brain going haywire but idk #bellamy isn't even that bad fr

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rosedesang · 3 months

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Bellamy Kang has a very characteristic way of walking. Like a monarch in his kingdom, his head high, every ground he steps on, he owns it. It is a little different here, indeed, the Atelier is not his property and it annoys him. What annoys him? It isn't exactly Not to own the place no, it's that Allegra ( @stillresolved ) specifically built it as a rival land, her very own principality as a declaration of war against the family. For many years he considered her little fashion things - as he calls it - a "phase", insulting her of being the "rebellious one" for pure attention seeking. No one ever bet on Allegra to succeed in this or make a difference that would long last enough. Yet she did. Fine. But his pride of the size of the Mount Olympus would never make him admit it to her face. Bellamy is sensitive to Hard Work - even though Allegra provokes him, almost labeling him as a lazy heir who did nothing but use the family name and money, he is a hard worker himself. A man as young as him, if not brilliant, would have never earned the seat he has at the family's business table. He admires the ones who put in the work yes, like him. Why can't he say that to his own little sister? There is possessiveness in wanting the Kang name to stay united, like his Father would want - there is fear for the Kangs to get divided in the future due to her actions, there is selfishness in not wanting her scandalous reputation to taint the value of his own. All of it : little by little, poisoned the love Bellamy has for his little sister. Back when they were kids, many times he did defend her, protect her when she was still too small to do so herself and him, old enough to understand one thing or two about being a good big brother. Is it jealousy then? Him constantly provoking her, looking down on her : perhaps not but it crystalized in time for too long to go back to the days he fought for her well being. Funnily enough, she does not remember, again, she was too small.

"Jesus how more Ungrateful can you be. Always speaking like the masses, of course you did become one of them." He listens to her, watching the dresses in the making still pacing, he stops right in front of a box of fabric scraps, his fingers traveling along the last scrap put in, a high quality satin : Bellamy is a man who can tell the difference. An annoyed expression gains his face. "The money Father shoved into your mouth for the first 18 years of your life kept your hair shiny and your nails manicured enough for you to become a super model, don't push that speech on me, Allegra." That's where the headache starts. "You know what. I didn't even come here to fight, it's bad for my skin." He drops the piece of Satin, rolling his eyes. It might be part of the Kang blood to be a little bit of a Diva, he sometimes can be. He gains his calm back, his serious back as well. "I have heard back from the investigations after the Shangri La accident. The detective says it may have been an act of terrorism." It was no less than two weeks ago, at the Shangri La Hotel. The entire Elite of Seoul was invited for one of the most prestigious event of the year, the Kang family of course was there as well : Their father, their uncle, Allegra was there too together with Seraphina. Actually only Gaya and Bellamy were running late on that day. The night did go perfectly at first until they all got evacuated. Minutes passed and boom, the building went up in flames. The investigation happened to be a gigantic mess, missing evidence, missing information, in the press it has been declared like an accident due to a gas leak but the terrorist option has never been disregarded and was more and more speculated. The event is still fresh in everyone's mind and well, due to Allegra's voluntary exile, nobody knew if she was alright, if she was scared, if she was safe. "You are Oh so proud to have created a whole new social class for yourself but People like Us. The Elite. The sovereigns of this world : we are targets for Them." Them, the terrorists, the small people, the extremists, whoever might have been behind it all. "Not only you should be proud of the Achivements behind the Kang's name, you should know that in times like these, we must regroup." A few steps are made then, as he stands in the middle of the Atelier, his eyes now on her, hands down his suit pockets. "We increased security at the mansion, you should come back and live with us. For a time. Mother happens to be worried."

#玫瑰 : 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲 / the sovereign.#玫瑰 : 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐲 / interactions.#SPOILED BRAT AND SPOILED BRAT #Also you know what #I chose this direction after writing that piece of Black Knight and Quinn hehhee #So I'm setting this talk A week after Uncle Kang was “targeted” and since we said the building was evacuated - it's like nobody knows #what truly happened or if it was a simple accident or not - the investigation is ongoing #And Bellamy is keeping a close eye on the investigation now after hearing it may have been targetted - he's worried for the family well bei #Allegra is a member of the family after all - i imagine he's always the one who comes to check up on her and talk to her #EVEN IF HE DOES IT IN A VERY DOUCHE BAG WAY LMAO HES SO ANNOYING AND THEY ALWAYS FIGHT WHEN HE DOES #But It's like... Sure they hate each other but when its life or death risk Bellamy takes his responsabilities and he's like #We need to regroup

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hauntingblue · 3 months

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Wtf is sabo flying with those birds

#bellamy is alright.... omg #okay dragon so your child no but this random one you found you take care of.... i see how oit is....#i think its so important they have queer people and women in the rev army..... like oda really thought long and hard bout that one #like a genderfluid drag queen that transitions people is dragons right hand.... are you kidding #if the la gets here we are gonna get so many one piece is woke shit you have no idea.... girl it was always woke #amnesia plot omg..... i am sure it is so he wont tell dragon he knows luffy until its too late and dragon already wants him with him....#bc if he knew right away he wohld just return him back or smth #the rev army karate school for kids ahdhskshj #they have revolutionary school too omg... this is a whole system.... thank god luffy i dumb bc i dont think the world could handle another #one of this things dragon is doing like damn bitch this is avant garde #nvm about the amnesia i am sure he got his memory back right when he found out ace died bc he hadnt seen him or luffy #nvm nvm it is coming ace mentioned #oh just by name..... so it is when luffy gets his wanted poster #oh NVM IT WAS WHEN ACE DIED OMG #so convenient.... so many points of faliure lmao.... like the rev army knows everything they are spies.... how has he not seen #in his big position too.... a wanted poster of ace or luffy??? like #episide 737 #and what did ace say to the blackbeard crew before he died... that he didnt want luffy to know????#oh hes gonna come back to base and find out ace died oof #omg dragon worried and not even reading the news to not read luffy died (in my head this is true)#the amry didnt know about luffy agdkahdkahd #not the ace flashback saying he wants to become a great pirate to leave his mark in the world to prove he is alive... thats the one that #gets me.....#passed out for three dags.... just like luffy¿???? or did he spend a week #omg FINALLY luffy crying when meeting sabo omg luffyyyhhhh being a crybaby again akdhaksjka i love youuuuuuuh #me as fraky rn i didnt think i would be crying today #luffy just hugging sabo's head.... being a crybaby again just like when he was a child... and omg....#and luffy saying he let ace die.... baby no............ nooooooooooo #zoro getting reminded of ace...... omg #episode 738

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opbackgrounds · 10 months

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Before driving deeper into Usopp’s side of thing, I want to focus a little bit on Luffy, because as I’ve mentioned previously, this fight between has a bit of a different flavor from other Luffy-centric battles, but what I haven’t mentioned yet is how public all this is. The final battles with big bads like Arlong, Crocodile, and Enel were all away from other people, but not here. The shift of Luffy becoming a more public figure started with his ass whooping of Bellamy way back in Jaya, but even that was only in front of a bunch of pirates. Showing up to rock Enies Lobby is what’s really going to launch him into the public spotlight, and so it stands to reason that this final stand against Lucci is seen by both the marines and the Straw Hat Pirates.

So far he and Lucci have been on pretty equal footing, but Lucci managed to save his last big trump card until this moment, and seems to have Luffy beat when Usopp shows himself for real. Oda puts a ton of emphasis on Luffy’s expression, this panel alone taking up 3/4 of the page.

And, like, imagine Luffy’s shock. The gag of him not recognizing who Sogeking is turns on its head and is instead played for the deepest, juiciest drama. Usopp isn’t a Straw Hat anymore. He had no obligation to come to Enies Lobby. But he did.

All throughout Enies Lobby there’s been this running thread of the Straw Hats helping each other out of situations they couldn’t handle alone. Nami saving Sanji, Sanji saving Usopp, Usopp saving Robin. Hell, Robin not trusting her friends to keep her safe from the World Government is what kicked off this mess in the first place. The whole reason Luffy was so adamant about going against Lucci was because he recognized him as the strongest threat to the crew, and it’s Luffy’s job as the captain to protect those under his leadership from that kind of danger.

But right now he can’t. He’s not strong enough. And it’s not until Usopp threatens to put himself in harm’s way against an enemy they both know he has no chance about that he stands up and finishes the fight. Because even the captain needs to be propped up by his crew once in a while, and Luffy would rather die than have one of his crew get killed.

Do you remember now the fight started between Usopp and Luffy in the first place? Usopp argued, using the Merry as a proxy for his feelings, that Luffy would leave behind and abandon the weakest members of his crew to further his own ambition, and here, now, Luffy is showing in a very real way that that’s not true. But even if Luffy is willing to put his life on the line to protect Usopp from people like Lucci, he still needs Usopp’s help. He still needed those words from his best friend in order to stand up one last time.

#opbackgrounds #one piece #ch427 #usopp #monkey d luffy #themes threads and throughlines #the power of friendship #Oda's expression game is on point

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