#i was crazy obsessed with him and i just deep dived his wiki to find out they got him a toxic problematic love interest WTF DUDE

[letoscrawls]

To honor Akira Toriyama i drew future Trunks aka my first ever crush

#my art #dragon ball #trunks #first time i draw him since i was 8 #i was crazy obsessed with him and i just deep dived his wiki to find out they got him a toxic problematic love interest WTF DUDE #free my man he did nothing wrong he was always the loml #i said it on twt too but if you had a crush on him and not on toxic man vegeta or man child goku you're actually EliteTM #anyways it was bittersweet to see sooo many artists i admire and look up to say that the reason they started drawing was toriyama's work #like we are all connected by the same experience and it's crazy to think he had such an influence on so many #been thinking about it all day

[yuuana]

Music Monday #178: Eminem - Stan  release: October 2000 genre: hiphop, horrorcore cw: drunk-driving, violence, murder-suicide, language

Oh you thought I was a salty bitch before? XD This week we're having a bit of a musical history lesson and digging out an iconic track from all the way back in 2000. And if that doesn't make you feel old yet, then just wait.... ;) Yes, yes, I am a constant surprise in the breadth of my listening habits.

It's a twenty year old song that went through various heavy edit versions because gods forbid MTV play a video that talks about drinking and driving or much of large swaths of the last two verses of this song. Hell, I was half surprised to even find the full length music video, since that was also regularly cut down for content. Even this, the most complete version available, is a cut from the original full version. And then there's this version with Elton John, in which Eminem toned down a couple of the lyrics for television (since this was at the 2001 Grammys). If you've ever wondered why I tend to react badly to the whole "stan culture" thing, this would be why: I'm old enough to remember that this is where the phrase started, referring to crazy stalker fans who were unhealthy in their obsessions with their targets. Twenty years later and too many people don't realize that "stan" is, or at least was when it entered the lexicon, the English version of "sasaeng" (Korean term for fans who go to dangerous and sometimes outright illegal lengths to get closer to their idols ... like breaking into apartments and tracking down non-idol relatives) and not meant to be aspirational. I know, I know, the meanings of words are allowed to change and drift over time, but the watering down of terms meant to be applied to extreme behaviors normalizes the less extreme versions of those behaviors and that's not always a good thing, you know? We need to be able to talk about things in degrees or people will collapse the thing to the most milquetoast, harmless meaning for the sake of comfort. When this came out, I was actually still listening to some terrestrial radio and already a fan of both Dido and Eminem separately, so hearing them both together was a whole thing all right. The plot of the song is obviously a bit extreme, but Eminem has long been known for his semi-autobiographical writing, so it wouldn't be surprising if something less extreme but similar had happened to him. Musically, "Stan" is pretty down tempo (so who knows why people feel the need to slow this down even more) with a pretty basic, repeating backing track based off Dido's "Thank You" (which was released like a week or two before "Stan" iirc) that makes this both mellow and melancholy, especially in combination with the rain effects. Given the subject matter, it's an appropriate mood. It's a guess, but I'm thinking the 'horrorcore' (which comes from the wiki page, not my brain) is probably more from the video than the song, though it could apply to both, considering. The whole run has that horror film vibe, between the run down apparently, the creepiness of the Stan character, the stalker basement, and of course the ending. I'm not even sure which is creepiest, the reveal of little Matthew at Stan's graveside or the last shot of the window next to Eminem. What do you think? Want to see Music Monday deep dives more often? Sponsor a song selection! For the low, low price of one (1) KoFi, I'll write up the song of your choice. ANY song of your choice. Yes, even that one that's been played to death. Yes, your obscure faves too. With sponsors, I can stop skipping weeks and falling further and further behind in the releases! Sponsor a current CB for the next open Music Monday slot (if I get enough, I'll open Song Sundays so waits aren't more than 4 weeks). Or sponsor a flashback for a Friday feature! DW | Twitter | Ko-fi | Patreon | Discord | Twitch

#music #music monday #hiphop #horrorcore #eminem #in which jagu features something IN ENGLISH gasp shock #yes people i am a constant surprise #also old. so very old