#this is like the chicken and the egg thing

[brucespringsteendotcom]

I don't actually know very much about Taylor Swift so take all of this with a grain of salt and also keep in mind I'm not claiming to be correct this is just what I think based on what I do know. Anyway

I really do think taylor swift has a level of insecurity about her vocals which you can kind of hear in the progression of her music; how she tried incorporating more complex ad libs into her final choruses on like reputation or whatever and she isn't doing that anymore which of course is down to the styles she's playing with lately and it becomes kind of a chicken-egg thing (is she doing that less because she's using different styles or is she using different styles so she can do that less) but I also think this is reflected in her emphasis on herself as a writer/storyteller and her pivot into less vocally-demanding genres. (Inhale) I also think you can hear this in her commitment to style over technique, leaning into diphthongs, making no effort to alleviate the tension she holds in her throat; it's a genius business strategy because there isn't anything generic about her voice. Her sound is distinctive and that helped her build and maintain her recognizability. I also think she has spent her career being scrutinized and criticized by people who are looking for her weak points, which of course her raw vocal ability IS a weak point (LET ME BE CLEAR I'm not saying she's a BAD singer I just think she doesn't have enough raw vocal talent to have built a career on pure vocals and I think she knows that. She has a lot of vocal strengths but that isn't what this post is about), and the feedback loop this eventually created is that she thought she had to look to her writing and lyricism to stand out as an artist, which has also been important to her success but I think recently she's pivoted wayyyy too far and is trying to completely rely on what she and other people think is her greatest strength when really it's not her greatest strength at all. Her greatest strength is in the ability to make a tight pop song with accessible progressions, concise hard-hitting lyrics that make no attempt at being overly poetic, and a STRONG MELODIC HOOK. She has abandoned even trying to compose an earworm and I think that's one of her biggest problems. We need to ban her from streaming platforms and make her reliant on getting on the radio again

[studentinpursuitofclouds]

hello! I really liked that one ask where the farmer was a dragon, can we have that one with all the sdv bachelors? even some npcs and/or the bachelorettes if you want? thanks!

Heya! You mean the reaction to Dragon!Farmer? Sure, why not! ☺️ (Hope you don't mind if I'll do sdv bachelors only).

Only that past ask specified a male Farmer, but since there's no clarification here, I made Farmer neutral (they/them). Thanks for the ask!

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"Well, now I know exactly what I'm going to call the next chapter of my autobiography." Farmer had to give Elliott credit: their ginger haired husband held his own, not fainting or screaming in terror when they appeared before him in dragon form. Though they realized from the exhausted smile and pale face that it was better to stay close to catch the writer's body at any moment.

Shane kind of quit drinking.... And he never took any of other stuff thar can make so hallucinate. Then why the hell is there a giant reptile flying over his head right now calling him "darling?" That's what only the Farmer calls him.... And now this overgrown lizard landed in front of him and turned to his favorite spouse again, looking at him with a guilty smile. Just a regular Tuesday for Shane, for fuck's sake...

A tense moment for the Farmer themselves as they finally reveal true form to Sebastian, love of their life. They wait for his reaction, what he will respond, shock and horror on the emo's face. But in the end, Sebby's brain goes to autopilot and he spews out, "I've seen bigger." What... Now it was Farmer's turn to gasp in shock. "Have you seen other dragons?" Farmers don't know if they asked it out of surprise or even jealousy, while Sebastian was still stunned.

It seems that Sam's bewilderment and shock passed very quickly, because anyone else would have started showering him with questions: how long or why didn't you tell me before? But not the young guitarist, because the first thing that came to his mind was "Will you take me for a ride? This would be cool!" On the other hand, things got around without panic, so that's good.

Harvey, as a doctor with experience, was mentally prepared for anything. Apparently, not everything, because the poor man fainted at the sight of a huge dragon on the place where just a minute ago Farmer was standing. The local doctor wakes up with a headache, and the first thing he sees is Farmer's worried face, already in human form. Phew, so Harvey was imagining things and it was just a dream, right? Heh, poor Harvey...

"Now what am I going to tell my grandma?" Somewhat surprisingly, Alex uttered those words not because he was surprised by the Farmer's true form itself, but because they scared him so badly that the athlete dropped a dozen eggs. "Honey, we live on a farm, we have plenty of eggs. And anyway - there's a dragon in front of you." "Dragons later, chicken eggs for Grandma first." And he added that they were the weirdest and coolest person in the whole world, and that he loved them. But don't let the Farmer scare him like that again.

#stardew valley #sdv #sdv shane #sdv sebastian #sdv elliott #sdv harvey #sdv alex #sdv sam #sdv headcanons #thanks for the ask!

[bugsinthebayou]

chocolate covered strawberries are a dangerous food because theyre one of those foods that are so insanely good that itll have you black out and come back to consciousness looking like this except its chocolate and strawberry juice

#captains orders #same with things like chicken pot pies and runny egg sandwiches

[lecliss]

I'll never be able to take the theory that Vincent is Sephiroth's real father seriously cuz I cannot stress enough how important I think it is to the plot that Vincent wanted to fuck Lucrecia and did not get to.

#once again i jest but now i have to actually talk about it #like. okay we have no proof of any actual timeline for the dirge flashbacks other than. it was at least 30 years ago #so who knows how long they were at the manor. could have been weeks before The Incident. or months. or maybe a full year! who knows #but to me a timeline of like. they fucked and like a week later vincent found The Evidence and lucercia had her little breakdown #AND THEN EXTREMELY QUICKLY SHE AGREED TO THE EXPERIMENT AND IT COULD GO ONE OF TWO WAYS #1. she knew she was pregnant and thats why she agreed to the experiment cuz there was already a usable subject #and therefore she must have fucked hojo like a week after she fucked vincent AND THATS STUPID FAST FOR THESE EVENTS #or 2. she didnt know. agreed to the experiment. fucked hojo. and therefore thought seph was hojo's and NOT vincent's #AND BY THE WAY. i dont even actually believe hojo fucked either!!! cuz theyre both scientists so why wouldnt they think IVF was the best way #okay. well.... hojo is canonically a fucked up little freak. so. he might have taken the opportunity to... get in there. #also when did ivf even start being a thing? cuz that may play a factor into this if nomura even considered that #well either way lets just unfortunately assume hojo got in there #ITS STILL AN ODDLY FAST TIMELINE #also. fuck man doesnt lucrecia have a later line in dirge where she actually says shes in love with hojo? or something along those lines #IMPLYING ITS BEEN AWHILE SINCE SHE HAD THE FALLING OUT WITH VINCENT. YOU WOULDNT FUCK THE GUY AFTER ALL THAT SHIT #AND WHILE CLAIMING TO LOVE/CURRENTLY FALLING IN LOVE WITH HOJO!!!! LIKE CMON MAN!!!! SHE SUCKS BUT SHES NOT THAT KIND OF A MESS #i dont think vincent would fuck her until they sorted out their issues anyway and that CLEARLY didnt happen. #its VITAL that that did not happen!!!! #its just. if vincent and lucrecia fucked. everything would have had to happen EXTREMELY fast within like a 2 week timespan #and im just talking about up to when vincent learns shes partaking in the experiment. it was probably another week or two until vincent died #SO. logically it must have been like #fall in love->learn about the gimoire incident->refuse to speak to vincent->get obsessed with hojo->fall in love(?) #and then thats where i think its ambiguous on did the experiment become an idea before or after seph started to exist? #like chicken or the egg ya know. experiment idea or sephiroth zygote? #that feels fucked up to say. im so fucking sorry to seph to talk about this. yeah sorry i have to debate who fucked your mom bro #god imagine telling him that. like not even as a reveal thing cuz he knows who his father is. just like as a sick joke. your mom joke. #NO OH M Y GOD I HAVE A QUESTION NOW #in accordance to him having a photo of lucrecia in ever crisis. after he reads that jenova is an ancient (incorrect btw) #does he think that picture is still her? what about when he takes jenova's body from the lab???? #oh my god 30 tag limit. FUCK. i need like a rant blog for all this vincent talk now. my brain is going a mile a minute

[13eyond13]

doing this amazing new thing called eating well EVERY DAY and drinking enough water EVERY DAY and trying to get a bit of a healthy walk in EVERY DAY and sleeping at least 7 hours EVERY DAY... and then looking at my Fitbit stats like a nerd to see what happens EVERY DAY... will let you know if anything interesting does happen

#because i need to take care of myself as well as my virtual pets and plants AT LEAST #but for some reason thats not nearly as fun #anyways fitbits are almost like gamifying self care to me #and so is reporting on things to my blog like a shitty scientist hahaha #i will say in the first few days of this my resting heart rate / heart rate variability has improved already #and i just feel better like. more steady with my energy/hunger and less thirsty for sure #my current meals are overnight oats + fruit and then like veggies and brown rice and chicken stir fries #just drinkin coffee and water and the occasional fresca #also some avocado eggs n toast if i want #not gonna lie i straight up asked ChatGPT to make me a meal plan that was healthy and not too expensive or hard to make hahaha #also one of my inspirations is watching the youtuber who makes bento boxes for her husband every day #i watch them as comfort asmr and they always make me want to cook something and pack a lunch #'imamu room' on YouTube seriously good stuff #i love the little catchphrase on her channel 'lets survive another week' hahaha #motivates me to want to DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN EVERY WEEK #p

[redladydeath]

I wonder if names have a particular power in Hell and that's why most everyone goes by nicknames/aliases. Maybe it's not just a matter of personal preference and only the sinners who have nothing to fear continue to use their real names.

#what do alastor carmilla rosie and valentino all have in common? audacity i guess #redlady speaks #hazbin hotel #the use of nicknames is probably more of a dissociation thing #like you're starting a brand new life in a new body in a place that encourages you to be your worst self #might as well completely disconnect from your human life in order to avoid constant cognitive dissonance #but i would like it if there's also an element of supernatural power there #names are nowhere near as powerful as contracts #but they do lend those who know them a certain level of control #however it's kind of a chicken-and-egg situation #as keeping your name secret is what gives it power #hazbin posting

[vincent-frankenstein]

#'does the teriyaki chicken have meat in it' ask me that again and look into my eyes #haha i love working xmas! (gritting teeth visibly seething gripping counter) #shoutout to the one guy who stood there for TWENTY MINUTES asking what rolls have tuna in them. okay now what rolls have salmon in them. #okay now what rolls have shrimp in them #sir the menu is IN YOUR HANDS CURRENTLY AND THERES A LINE OF 20 PEOPLE!!!! #honorable mentions: man who read out ingredients of veggie friend rice OUT LOUD to his family - including egg - and then claimed he had no #idea the rice had egg and i NEED to give him a free one NOW #man who told me to expedite his sushi over everyone elses babe (flirtstious wink) #and the folks who asked questions about EVERY SINGLE THING . ON TBE MENU and then looked at me like i have 3 heads #when j asked one (1) clarifying question #customers......... #vin.exe

[nulfaga]

ok. ahem. been scratching my head over how to post this one but we'll do it like this. full version's under the cut (it's not all that scandalous but. you know)

#bg3 #tav #gale dekarios #the thing about tav is that due to his situation w/ ilmater he can't uh involve himself in the proceedings #unless somebody casts a hex of ouchie on him or something. #which takes some getting used to but hey gale's a quick study #it's kind of chicken and egg like did he gravitate towards ilmater due to his strong convictions abt suffering or #does he have strong convictions abt suffering because of his long history in the ilmatari clergy. (it's both) #my scribbles #uchtave iukleí

[lupismaris]

Either my meds or my body are trying to ruin me today so it seems a perfect opportunity to test the theory - can I make a full meal via the instapot rice cooker setting and nothing else

#ive made a gochujang garlic chicken broth and added rice and sausage in hopes of getting some kind of soup #i need heat comfort and protein that will be substantial enough for the night and possibly tomorrow. #like of it tastes good ill add an egg and have it for breakfast sort of thing

[rivalkieran]

I was going to post a funny joke about characters not being doomed by the narrative but the narrative being doomed by them but I thought about it a little bit too hard and now Im like... Well does a character having complete agency in their doomedness matter when that agency is in of itself a product of the narrative theyre in. what came first... the chicken or the egg... the narrative or the character...

#solis.txt #isnt the chicken egg paradox thing like related to the world turtles thing. Fuck (puts another red string onto terapagos)

[simplepotatofarmer]

i truly wanted to write today but i'm exhausted. i had to shovel a lot of snow from around the run and then i spent like. four solid hours just being sad about watson. <3 <3 but! i'm really excited for the prospect of hatching cluck and brittney m. crockpot eggs this spring! :D

#depending on how many eggs i collect i'll probably let my friends here name 'em again <3 <3 that was fun #i'm HOPING to introduce harlow and felony to kleenex as well #and i think maybe creature? she really wants babies so like. #anyway!! i might have second gen loyal flock babies!! #i won't be keeping them but it'll be nice #i know a couple people already that expressed interest since cluck is such a pretty hen #and my chickens have amazing temperaments #i'm rambling because i got excited about chickens!! i just love them so much!! oh it's gonna be so cool #to show y'all my chickens' babies !!! <3 <3 <3 i love you all!!! #anyway good night #loyal talks about stuff and things

[isa-ah]

tfw youre sooo hungry but you only really have 3 safe foods and 1 of them has been out of stock for weeks and youve already eaten the other 2 today so you just sit and be hungry

#im so tired of eating the same thing but like #the intersection of easy to make / cheap to buy / no gluten egg onion chicken etc is so small. its so small out here in the middle of nowhe

[vimbry]

the term penis music always makes me think of the period of time when I was absolutely enamoured by and rewatched over and over again this one video for a song that can, quite literally, be described as penis music

#sona #my art #you ever wonder also if like. you were always going to develop a specific kind of taste or interests. #and that's Why certain things caught your attention as a kid #or if what you're exposed to in your formative years is what defines and shapes that. I guess that's a difficult long-studied question #kind of a chicken and egg situation. which is appropriate when talking about this video #either way I grew up retaining a huge fondness for surreal avant-garde music videos lol

[clavissionary-position]

but going back to jude, all i know is that my obligatory avril lavigne song for him is Hot

#why do i use tumblr like it's xitter #does that song fit william better? ofc it fucking fits william better #god gave me pants so william could take them off #i'm not going to call him will #that's shakespeare's name #he came first #before the chicken and the egg #there was shakespeare #no one would believe me if i said i've never smoked a joint in my life #i'll call him billy tho #billy rex #that's his rockstar name #his david bowie name #his ziggy stardust name is tbd #if anyone sees this pls don't think i know a single thing about david bowie because i truly don't

[toytulini]

god my executive dysfunction is so fucking Bad lately

#toy txt post #so many tasks and dont want to Do anything and like on the one hand Theyre Not That Hard it wont take THAT long i have plenty of time #on the other hand #it will take like 5fucking hrs and if it doesnt i will find a way to make take 5fucking hours and all this and i still havent eaten #enough for breakfast but like??? what am i supposed to waste energy on actually cooking something? #man i love eggs but i think maybe id actually struggle if i had chickens not cos id get tired of eating eggs but cos #all the low effort ways to consume eggs gross me out and the ways i like are not THAT high effort but its too high effort to be #an everyday thing for me :( #okay i have gotta stop thinking about the State Of Things. and figure out a nutrient dense thing to eat for breakfast thats quick and easy #and that i actually like to eat. but also i maybe want coffee so i should not have a clif bar. augh #IT IS 3PM. FUCK. I FUCKING WOKE UP AT LIKE 9!!!!! AND TOOK MY MEDS EARLY AND I STILL END UP NOT DOING FUCKING ANYTHING AT ALL TIL 3PM #i hate this i need to like #fully reset. i need to go to bed at idk. 9pm and wake up at like 5am and get dressed and go out fucking early i hate this!!!!! #i hate !!!! not fucking functioning!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! #i need a therapist or smth but like one that will find a way to word shit so that it doesnt piss me off and make me want to pettily not do #things that would maybe help #agh #i have been trying to get better about #doing my physical therapy at least

[officialpenisenvy]

started keeping a simone weil food diary and wow i actually eat decently healthy that's crazy

#im very happy that not only have i slowly been expanding my menu but that what little foods i eat aren't terrible for me #i ate way worse when i lived with my mom than here. now it's all like carrots rice lentils avocado eggs the occasional ham or cream cheese #i think the last thing i need is to eat chicken more often and also try to make my breakfast healthier