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damn I really don't know what I want to do with my life, that's crazy

#me #no i don’t know what i want to do with my life! i just know i want to live it!

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dreaming

#st #ohhhh #fanart #such a soft style..

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So we don't forget when we wake up, let's write our names on each other.

Kimi no Na wa 君の名は (2016) — dir. Makoto Shinkai

#your name #GRRRRRR GRR BARK

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@its-me-satine

Incredible, but true: @its-me-satine deserves to have a good day today.

#YEAH!!!! 💗💗

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You ever just... yell about #aaa??

#yea

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Sometimes I put my face up against my dog while he's sleeping to feel his little lungs expand and his little heart beat and I am struck by the beauty of of life and the miracle of nature to evolve for thousands of years just to create one little guy and put him in my house

#yeag #doggo tag #talia

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took myself on a little date to paint at the arboretum

#art

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favourite characters + tv tropes → robin buckley

#my girllll #robin #st

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Americans don’t wear cowboy hats all the time? What’s the point then?

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Please does anybody have the picture of the orange kitten sitting in front of old yellowed wood paneling and it’s smiling like this. The post where I saw it went something like “little kids before they learn how to smile in photos”

#🥺 #cats

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I present, the most atrocious thing I have ever made,

Bandstand but it’s just the vine boom sound effect

(Tw for loud noises)

#my mom rn is probably like WHY IS JESS LAUGHING SO DANG LOUD #the julia one at the beginning was BRUTAL #bandstand

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what are your thoughts on Johnny Simpson. Any thoughts. All of your thoughts.

I have. Many thoughts on him. He's probably one of the more complex members of the band, in my mind. There are obviously the more apparent parts of his character, the stuff we see and hear on the surface, but I personally think that he's got a lot more going on under the surface.

I'm still working on my character study for him, as medical issues and brain injuries tend to have a lot of variation. To me, his back symptoms largely reflect high-grade spondylolisthesis, something that can be caused by car accidents and of which the surgical procedures (spinal fusion in this case) had high post-operation complaints according to an article I read based on a survey done in 1944. (Granted, the article was about a different physical disability, not spondylolisthesis, but the procedure itself is still spinal fusion). This, of course, gives him back pain, as well as making him more cautious when sitting and squatting down. He also tends to stand with a straight back and, interestingly enough, opts for bending at the knees rather than leaning over (something you can see when he's fixing Donny up during A Band in New York City). The only times we see him slouch a significant amount are when he's sitting (during Breathe, after First Steps First, etc.) Additionally, even when Donny is slouched over when turning the piano during Breathe, Johnny remains upright. I think that's neat. Furthermore, even when Johnny gets to his feet after the first section of Breathe, he gets up with a straight back, has to support himself with his hands, and does it much slower than Davy, who gets up in the same way (he's holding a flask, so it makes sense for him to get up this way). The pattern is the same after First Steps First when Julia leaves- straight back, both hands helping him up, and slowly.

As for his brain, I personally think that a coup-contrecoup injury fits best. It's caused from one's brain hitting the inside of the skull at various places, and this causes symptoms that reflect Johnny's behavior if his frontal and temporal lobes were the ones impacted by the Jeep crash. Coup-contrecoup injuries to those two places have symptoms such as memory loss (anterograde amnesia), difficulty concentrating, and dysarthria, or slowness of speech. I think Johnny is a BRILLIANT man when it comes to numbers, though, which would make sense considering that the parietal lobe is where calculations take place; it's just that he may have difficulty remembering numbers just as a lot of other things due to damage to the frontal lobe. Additionally, although the frontal lobe does have jurisdiction on music-related processes, it is entirely possible that the trauma only impacted the dominant part of his frontal lobe, as the non-dominant part of the brain is the one responsible for musical and creative endeavors.

As for his personality, I really, really do think it's interesting. Johnny goes through chronic pain day after day, and despite all of that, he is still an incredibly kind person. And not only that, but he's pretty quiet, relatively speaking. He tends to watch things happen, but pipes up when he has something important to say or a joke to tell. This could just be due to the show's writing, but I really do think it's a semi-intended part of his character. It's a little difficult for me to articulate, but there are moments in the show when other things will be going on and as opposed to talking with the other guys, Johnny will just be watching something else happening. One moment I noticed this happening was during Donny's phone call to Ms. Adams just before Everything Happens- while we can see the other guys in the background, talking, Johnny is simply standing and watching Donny. Waiting for an update on Julia, presumably, and this would make sense considering how good of friends Johnny and Julia seem to be. Davy and Nick join him, but only after Wayne and Jimmy break off to go and talk to the Lakewood Supper Club lady. There's the moment in Breathe, too, where he's watching Julia and Donny whilst leaning on the piano, but I figured I would bring up another point in the show for the sake of supporting my theory that he demonstrates quietness throughout the show. Again, of course he talks, and of course he makes jokes, but he does tend to just... watch things sometimes. And I think that's neat, because usually when I think of drumset players, they are loud as HELL, and it's kind of a common trope I see throughout media where the percussionist in a band will be the loud, rowdy one- something I think I've only seen broken with Kim from SPVTW.

I probably have a lot more to say about him, but I can't think of what it might be right now. If you'd like to know a few things I think about him specifically, feel free to ask! :) I'm just bad at thinking of stuff to say on a broad topic, even if it's just about one person/character.

#<3333 #bandstand and specifically johnny have been like Hello again! :) in my mind the past few days #and this is a really cool analysis with the medical + personality components #bandstand #analysis

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“I trust you” // “I knew you were good”

#idk how people are finding this post now but it was a banger if i do say so #srb

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why small kittens are always either the most pathetic or the most evil creature you've ever seen

#that’s just the same image twice #omg #cats

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When I'm a pastor and I open my eyes and the rapture happened when I was giving my sermon

#NDJSGSJDF???

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hey hey hey

Assigning you a song that makes white people go nuts (from experience)

#carry on wayward son - kansas #assigned supernatural song by uquiz

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#OUUUUGHH #doggo tag