#betty is about the gays no i will not be taking criticism

[hedgehog-moss]

"rn I feel like reading about someone's quiet daily life, maybe a diary or letters, set in a place or context I don't know much about, without turmoil or tragedy" oh! do you have any recommendations for books like this?

This is one of my favourite types of books! Here are 30(ish) recs...

May Sarton's The House by the Sea or Plant Dreaming Deep

Gyrðir Elíasson's Suðurglugginn / La fenêtre au sud (not translated into English unfortunately!), also Bergsveinn Birgisson's Landslag er aldrei asnalegt / Du temps qu'il fait (exists in German too)

Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces, which iirc was originally written as journal entries and letters before being adapted into a book

Kenneth White's House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West

Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book

The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield

Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (do not read if you don't like flowers)

The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip (I've mentioned it before, it feels like this gif)

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, I keep recommending this one but it's so nice and I love snails

Epicurean Simplicity, Stephanie Mills

The Light in the Dark: A winter journal by Horatio Clare

The Letters of Rachel Henning

The letters of Tove Jansson, also The Summer Book and Fair Play

The diary of Sylvia Townsend Warner—here's an entry where she describes some big cats at the zoo. "Frank and forthcoming, flirtatious carnivores, [...] guttersnipishly loveable"

The Letters of Rachel Carson & Dorothy Freeman were very sweet and a little bit gay. I mostly remember from this long book I read years ago that Rachel Carson once described herself as "retiring into her shell like a periwinkle at low tide" and once apologised to Dorothy because she had run out of apple-themed stationery.

Jane Austen's letters (quoting the synopsis, "Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of "Little Matters," of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family")

Madame de Sévigné's letters because obviously, and from the same time period, the letters of the Princess Palatine, Louis XIV's sister-in-law. I read them a long time ago and mostly I remember that I enjoyed her priorities. There's a letter where she complains that she hasn't received the sausages she was promised, and then in the next paragraph, mentions the plot to assassinate the King of England and also, the Tartars are walking on Vienna currently.

Wait I found it:

R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September (quoting the author, "I wanted to write about simple, uncomplicated people doing normal things")

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett

Rules for Visiting, Jessica Francis Kane

The following aren't or aren't yet available in English, though some have already been translated in 5-6 languages:

ツバキ文具店 / La papeterie Tsubaki by ito Ogawa

半島へ / La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba

Giù la piazza non c'è nessuno, Dolores Prato (for a slightly more conceptual take on the "someone's everyday life" theme—I remember it as quite Proustian in its meticulousness, a bit like Nous les filles by Marie Rouanet which is much shorter and more lighthearted but shows the same extreme attention to childhood details)

Journal d'un homme heureux, Philippe Delerm, my favourite thing about this book is that the goodreads commenter who gave it the lowest rating complained that Delerm misidentified a wine as a grenache when actually it's a cabernet sauvignon. Important review!

Un automne à Kyôto, Corinne Atlan (I find her writing style so lovely)

oh and 西の魔女が死んだ / L’été de la sorcière by Kaho Nashiki —such a little Ghibli film of a book. There's a goodreads review that points out that Japanese slice-of-life films and books have "a certain way of describing small, everyday actions in a soothing, flawless manner that can either wear you out, or make you look at the world with a temporary glaze of calm contentment and introspective understanding [...]"

I'd be happy to get recommendations in this 'genre' as well :)

#book recs #i should have posted this ages ago but i was waiting to finish the book i was reading to see if it #should be added to the list #but in the end it wasn't worthy #sorry for the delay!

[forgottenspring]

Mild rant on Alastor bc I'm tired.

*takes deep breath*

I was going to stay out of this so rip to my inbox.

Does anybody remember the whole ace doxing list on here? The whole discussion of not shipping gay characters with the opposite gender? The rep for pan/bi representation and the steps to do it right? Does anybody remember when ppl on here discussed how aros and aces aren't a part of the queer community bc they're not 'gay enough' in a way? Bc I do. That was about a decade ago. And I remember when Alastor was first introduced in the pilot and ppl not accepting he was aroace back then.

It doesn't matter if Alastor is entirely aroace and if he's capable of dating or not.

What matters is we still have so little ace representation and acceptance, especially aroace rep, that a few years ago when a real person Jaiden Animations came out as aroace, ppl tried to destroy her, bc even with a perfect valid explanation of her just saying aroaces are their own thing and she just doesn't want to date, ppl treated it like she was lying or was trying to sneak into the queer community and was straight or all the other horrible things yall might remember "fans" did to her.

Alastor being aroace isn't about being the rep of "Aroaces can feel attraction!!!" bc be real honest.

How many aroace popular characters can ppl list that a regular person on the street is going to know? Bc I've heard all their arguments to invalidate their representation.

Jughead? Oh you mean Cole Sprouse who made out and got it on with Lili Reinhart playing Betty bc he found her sexy? Oh but in the old comics he's a gay character whose in denial. Yelena Boleva? Who? Oh that woman? She's hot she's just traumatized and needs to find the right person. Charlie Weasley? Oh he was only in the books? He was confirmed as aroace through a passive comment most ppl didn't know about from the author that never used the term? Luffy? You mean one of the most shipped characters in One Piece? No he's just an idiot/childish so he doesn't understand girls are pretty. Caduceus Clay? Sorry I didn't watch Critical Role whose that? Are you sure he's aroace? He feels gay to me.

I can list more ppl, but I'm sure most ppl couldn't.

I remember the whole discussion of the pan/bi representation argument of "Yes! We know pan/bi ppl can date the opposite gender. But straight ppl don't know about pan/bi nearly at all or don't accept it," so showing it as gay, who know the term more, until it's shown clearly the character is queer and not "confused straights" they then can have opposite gender attraction. Bc sooooo many pan/bi characters end up "straight" at the end of their show/book. Bc I remember when ppl refused to accept that Deadpool is pan bc of his wife and started freaking out when he dated a nonbinary person in the comics or helped that one genderqueer person he knew.

Representation is about showing to ppl what they're not understanding about the identity in the plainest sense of the words of the identity, then when there's enough rep to show they're not all the same, then you can have the ones that break the rules.

Alastor whether or not he wants to date doesn't matter. What matters is this whole situation blew out of proportion bc ppl refused to accept that some ppl don't feel comfy shipping him. Bc they see themselves in him and don't want that. BUT! Also ppl under the aro and ace umbrella also have no rep and wanted to see him breaking the stereotype they probs have yelled at them of "You can't have a partner you're aroace I forbid it" and wanted to see thru their own experiences how that would be done.

Here's the problem.... As someone who has read a lot of aroace headcanon fanfics as an aroace....... A lot of ppl who are allo don't realize aroace "crushes" are missing emotions... That's why they're aroace. And they'll write them like they're the same just "muted" or "needs to warm up" kinda thing. Or make the character's love "childish" to explain the lack of romance/sex. Which is messed up. And that's the problem here.

Alastor didn't need to be this blown out of proportion of a situation. The problem is ppl found him sexy and the classic "But aroace hot, they can't be aroace bc why hot?" discussion got brought back up without the gentle post format discussions and instead it was a lot of shippers on tiktok with tiny word counts arguing a complex issue.

Ppl should be allowed to ship whatever (except problematic I know yall too well), especially if they see themselves in the characters and especially if they have the same identity and want to explore that!!

The truth of the matter is this is such a huge issue that just keeps happening bc ppl are too used to fandom queer spheres where ppl already know aroace means "off the table" and so they want to play with qprs or grayromantics/sexuals not knowing what that entails bc there's sooooo lil aroace rep that actually explores being aroace and a lot of ppl don't know the basics, and even how very different aroace "off the table" is when you aren't the classic "uwu I'm just innocent and have no friends or importance to the plot so just ignore me and have me be adopted by one of the main couples as a 'kid' figure."

Not to mention that a lot of ppl still think ace means aroace. That aces can't date bc there's ppl who don't know that romantic and sexual attraction are different!

I'm just.... So tired. So very tired of having ppl shout at me what it means to be aroace and being unable to look up the lil aroace rep we have bc of this issue I've seen a million times is all.

#Welp rip my inbox tagging bc some of yall might be blocking tags or are actually interested in this. #Just a tired aroace who was here for the whole tumblr debacle back in the day of the aroace community talking about their feelings. #aroace #alastor #alastor the radio demon #hazbin hotel #queer community #ose

[bea-in-my-bonnet]

I find myself obsessed with the concept of a Riverdale Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet fusion (with a smattering of Hamlet)

Imagine Hiram Lodge as Macbeth and Hermione Lodge as Lady M taking over Riverdale by killing Fred Andrews in a convenient “accident”. Archie knows this bc the ghost of his father told him (but he also could have just been high on the jingle jangle in those cookies but try telling that to the sheriff) and he is determined to take revenge but falls in love with veronica while infiltrating hiram’s drug operation (ok i guess there’s quite a bit of Hamlet ).

Betty is Rosalind in this situation (Archie’s ex who he leaves for Veronica). Betty is also an FBI informant (duh) who goes to Hiram and offers to spy on Archie for him (citing revenge for him dumping her) but secretly she feeds him false information that makes him increasingly paranoid (acts as three witches) and with Veronica’s help convinces Hermione to get hiram to dispose of the blossoms- the only other powerful family in riverdale that poses a threat to Hiram’s control of Riverdale (to stop Penelope blossom’s poisonous involment in g&g). Cheryl survives the attack and flees Thornhill (Fleance).

Meanwhile Jughead who has been resisting Hiram’s attempts to buy out sunnyside trailer park seeks out Archie (Malcolm) believing he is the solution to Hiram lodge’s power grab - he is now the only red-head in Riverdale and thus by an ancient law (introduced by the Blossoms- no wonder they wanted to set him up with Cheryl) could stand as a mayoral candidate at the last minute and can trigger an election and as ppl think he is a golden retriever he could push Hermione lodge out of office. And who else has the abs to defeat hiram in a boxing match?

Unfortunately archie is like, “oh idk if i could do that jug. Hirams a pretty buff dude ;)” When jughead (Macduff) returns home disappointed he finds the serpents have been attacked by the ghoulies employed by Hiram. FP is in hospital in critical condition. This motivates him to inspire the serpents and northsiders to unite against hiram. The southsiders respond with community organisation and the northsiders are also…helpful? Gay kevin puts on a musical denouncing Hiram lodge, Alice Cooper writes damaging articles and Josie McCoy sings at every protest. Sweet pea, Tony and Fangs are quizzical at first but eventually just shrug and enjoy these…interesting tactics.

Meanwhile hermione lodge is encouraged to flee as betty claims that hiram has begun to turn on her as well bc he knows about her affair with Fred Andrews. Veronica fakes an attempt on her mother’s life from Hiram, believing it will encourage her to leave. However, Hermione, overcome by guilt and fear, fakes her own suicide.

Hiram is sad but believes he is untouchable due to misinformation from betty, “Archie would never move against you and also you’re too powerful to be taken down by the FBI. Really, I promise!”

Veronica believes she has caused her mother’s death and in a game of G and G drinks from one of the goblets and has a seizure.

Believing jughead to be responsible for Veronica’s death (j made a very vague threat about hiram’s loved ones bearing the consequences of his actions) Hiram challenges him to a boxing match. Jughead accepts seeing it as a chance for vengeance. Things aren’t going with well for jughead without his flip knife.

Suddenly Archie sees Veronica’s body and believing her to be dead drinks from both cups just to be sure he will die too. Before he dies he rips his shirt in grief that it’s come to this. This distracts Hiram so Jughead is able to gain the upper hand. Turns out Archie had the abs to defeat him afterall!

Then betty arrives with the FBI in tow (Burnham forest baby!) and arrests Hiram before jughead can kill him. All mourn the tragic death of Archie and Veronica. But then cheryl shows up and A&V wake up- turns out there was no poison in either challis (she decided not to carry on her mum’s poison stuff…she prefers shooting ppl with her bow) She seems poised to shoot everyone in the room in revenge and then in Cheryl fashion announces that she never liked her family anyway and now she gets to inherit the whole blossom fortune. And she’s in a polyamorous relationship with Tony and Hermione lodge and sashays away with a “toodles”.

And just as you think, hey this isn’t too unhinged for Riverdale. All the characters wake up in hospital (bc they have the set so they need to use it) and discover they have all been in comas induced by the runoff from Cheryl’s uncle’s fizzlerocks production. Nothing matters bc it’s Riverdale. Goodnight!

#riverdale #bc nothing matters and nothing will ever matter #also i say gay kevin bc the riverdale writers really want you to know he’s gay #yaay! representation! oh wait but it’s actually really bad representation #no more musical episodes in S7 pls!!! #writing prompts #writing inspiration #shakespeare #i’m so sorry #thanks to my friend for inspiring this over-paragraphed mess #macbeth #Hamlet #romeo and juliet #Rosalind deserved better #betty cooper #cheryl blossom #Veronica Lodge #archie andrews #archie and betty #archie and veronica #jughead is ace #jughead jones #Tony Topaz #hermione lodge #hiram lodge #josie mccoy #alice cooper #the black hood

[sixstepsaway]

Great post about purity culture in fandom! If you don't mind me adding on, I think another major contributor is Baby's First Literary Criticism. It as been common online to see people critiquing media through queer, feminist, etc. perspectives, and a push for diversity and positive representation of marginalized groups. Problem is, they use that purity culture framing instead of viewing these issues at the complicated, nuanced matters they are. It doesn't allow room for a particular piece of media to be good in one way or lacking in another. It doesn't take into account that one person from a marginalized group's real experience is another's tired trope. If you try hard enough you can make everything problematic. For example, is it reasonable to argue that Ed is a problematic stereotype of as moc because he is a violent pirate? Well, it's a pirate show about pirates. Lucius might be considered the 'gay best friend' for constantly giving advice, but does that really count when all his friends are also gay? And this stuff is so nuanced it's easy to pick and choose what argument is affective against your least favorite show/character/ship/etc. Voila, now everyone who likes, uh, Blackhands is a racist, homophobic, misogynistic abuse apologist. -dd anon

Oh you are absolutely right and you should say it.

I saw someone saying how nice it is to have OFMD because until OFMD the only queer shows we had were things like Queer as Folk and they said how Queer as Folk was bad rep and cringe and bad

and I wanted to scream because Queer as Folk is not bad rep! QaF was representative of a lot of gay communities. Queer people didn't have marriage equality and couldn't adopt, so they didn't ride the heterosexual relationship escalator instinctively, and so their lives ended up looking entirely different. Club culture and promiscuity was a big part of queer culture even as recently as 2005 (and I would argue it still is) and a lot of that is to do with the conversations that go on at those places about consent or just because going to a gay club you are surrounded by other queer people, instead of having to hope and pray someone is like you at a coffee shop.

Good rep vs bad rep is a reductive argument, in my eyes. The issue is quantity rather than quality, which I realize is backwards to how it usually is, but... in a show like OFMD, where you have [frantic finger counting] I'm willing to say fourteen main characters all of which are stated word of god to be queer in some way? One of them bodying the trope of 'gay best friend' doesn't actually matter

because he's just one among many. I'm-- Okay, my labels are many because my brain is a mess, but to boil it down to something simple I'm a bi ace agender/maybe genderfluid person (idk i havent dug enough into my gender stuff yet i've been putting it off like a knitting project), and I do not fucking care about the discourse around Toni Topaz or Jughead Jones

let me explain: in Riverdale there are two characters I just mentioned. Toni Topaz is bisexual and Jughead Jones in the original comics was asexual but has been in sexual and romantic relationships in the TV show.

Lots of people yell that Jughead isn't rep and he could've been, how upset they are he wasn't made ace like the comics, etc etc

I don't because I am an ace person who has had sex and relationships and plans to do so in the future

so Jughead boning Betty in s1 does not bad ace rep make. He's never looked at Betty or whoever and gone (as far as I know, I'm behind on the show), "Man, I am so cishet. I am so sexually attracted to you in an allosexual manner." though I wouldn't put it past the writers to have him say something like that lmao

so maybe he isn't sexually attracted to her but enjoys sex with her anyway. Maybe he isn't romantically attracted to her but loves her anyway (though asexual =/= aromantic but that's beside the point)

and Toni Topaz has been criticized for being a "slutty bisexual stereotype" or whatever, but... she's fine? She's just... a person living her life? She fucks Jughead, she fucks her girlfriend, she fucks... idk, I think she has a boyfriend now I'M BEHIND OKAY

to me that isn't bad rep it's just... a character. Potentially not a well-written character because Riverdale (again, I am behind, maybe it's not as bad as I imagine) but still just... a character

When the 100 killed off Lexa, the issue wasn't that they killed A Lesbian, the issue was they killed the only lesbian, thus taking away 100% of the lesbians from that show at the time (though I think Niylah became a main character later? I don't know. She was just a one or two-off at the time iirc). plus the writer was a toxic piece of shit about lexa and wielded her as a way of getting his follower count up on twitter and then killed her off but that too is beside the point

We don't need good rep or to delete all bad rep from the universe. We need more rep, period. We need more lesbians and more gays and more bis and more queers and more people of color and so on. We need shows with diverse casts to be so common we don't have a metric fucktonne of people looking at OFMD and hoping for Perfect Rep because it's all they're getting.

Queer as Folk's characters felt real. They felt like real people. Brian's fear of getting old (I had the realization the other day that he was, in fact, 29, and I nearly cried), Mikey's fear of being alone, Ben's fear of bringing Mikey down with him, Justin's fear of never being loved, etc etc. None of them were good or bad rep, they just were, much like the characters in OFMD.

Assuming the party line of 'Izzy is a homophobic homosexual', are (general) you telling me you've never met a homophobic homosexual in your life? Bet you have. Lots of us have. Izzy isn't good or bad rep, he's just a guy, and a guy who could easily exist in real life, flaws and warts and all. Violent men of color exist just as much as cute lute-playing men of color do.

Good rep is not a goal we will ever achieve because the goalposts will always change. The quantity of rep, the variety of characters of color, the variety of queer characters, the variety of queer characters of color are what matters the most.

We need more rep, not to be cherrypicking and pruning the rep that looks a little ugly on the outside to some people.

Real people look ugly on the outside to some people, too.

#fandom discourse #purity culture #izzy's dd anon #also anon do you ever sleep #i feel like you're always around #are you hydrated? #take care of yourself please nonnie #we care about you #ask

[studiob487]

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Directed by: Stanley Donen

Starring: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Julie Newmar, Matt Mattox, Ruta Lee, Marc Platt, Norma Doggett, Jacques d'Amboise, Virginia Gibson, Tommy Rall, Betty Carr, Russ Tamblyn, Nancy Kilgas

Genre: musical, comedy

Six brothers go to town to find wives after their eldest brother gets married.

Warning- so much misogyny!

I watched this movie July '22 and my head was spinning. I can't describe what I was feeling - I was laughing so hard at what I was seeing though certainly not for the intended reasons. I can't say I was totally surprised, because of where the story started and seemed to be leading. Still, I hoped by the time the kidnapping happened things would turn around but I was still baffled. I was yelling at my screen, "Oh please, don't - you aren't seriously going to-! Oh my god, you are! no, NO, NOOOoooO!" I remember feeling like, "damn, I really wish someone was watching this with me", and they could feel as ridiculous as I was feeling. I was gonna put this movie out of my memory because even sharing about it to friends the vibe I generally got back was, "...and you watch this shit?"

DomoDraperr@tiktok watches Seven Brides for Seven Brothers pt. 3

Saw the reaction above (love his 'Watching [_] being uncomfortable but not knowing why' series) and I was crying laughing. So yes, memories came flooding back. And here we are.

Yep, a bunch of brothers kidnap several women. Milly condemns it, and the movie itself sort of says it was a bad thing but only so far as, "boys will be boys" you know what I mean? And all the girls forgive and marry them by the end. This wasn't a few awkward comments; they kidnapped several women and even clobbered one of their suitors. Even though the lead male character, Adam (played by Howard Keel), finally learns what he did was wrong, it was in that typical "if it were my daughter-~" reasoning. Not so much as you shouldn't be taking away the agency of another human being. ... progress, I guess? ...

This movie was a surprise success at the time - as MGM was putting their money on Brigadoon. Critic reviews were positive, it was the 5th most popular film at British box office in 1955, AFI in 2001 ranked it #21 on a list for best musicals, and so on. Yes, quick wiki summary for you and the point is: a movie about a bunch of brothers kidnapping women wasn't controversial. My point is audiences were walking out on Sylvia Scarlett (1935) for a bit of "crossdressing" and more recently Rope (1948) was banned in some cities for being too gay (without ever directly referencing to homosexuality). I think that pretty much sums up US' priorities right now too.

This movie was based on a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet, "The Sobbin' Women", which itself was based on "The Rape of the Sabine Women" myth.

Anyhow, I'm not saying you can't enjoy it or you should feel bad if you do (let's just not try to pretend it isn't what it is). The music about the sobbing women is pretty damn catchy, if I'm being begrudgingly honest. The dancing is fun - even one rare negative contemporary review would admit. And another in '85 describes it as "profoundly sexist and eminently hummable".

I was definitely entertained - eyes wide open the whole way through. Whether it's for the right reasons or not, whether the 'right' reasons matter... up to you if you wanna see for yourself.

McSweeney's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Explainer by Devorah Blachor (2020)

#seven brides for seven brothers (1954) #jane powell #howard keel #stanley donen

[nysocboy]

Glamorous: Be as femme as you wanna be, especially when you are surrounded by mega-hunks

Glamorous, on Netflix: Make-up obsessed Marco gets a dream job at a glamour firm, starts a journey of self-discovery, and falls in love with a man. The episode descriptions use "he/him" pronouns, but Marco is played by  -- and based on the experiences of -- trans actress Miss Benny.  So maybe he'll be coming out as trans at some point.

Scene 1: Marco awakens.  He's a boy with a femme girl hairstyle and a room decorated with pictures of high-heel shoes.  Asking himself if "the struggle to be a grown-up is realer than real," he puts on his frilly pink gown and heads for the makeup table -- well, more like a makeup warehouse, puts on his face, and starts talking to his internet followers: "I am a makeup artist and beauty industry professional who works with all the major brands, including Glamorous by Madolyn."  Looks like he's already pretty self-discovered.

But in real life, he has a part-time job behind the make-up counter at a department store, he has minimal followers, and his Mom, whom he claims "helps with my content," could not be less interested. But does that stop the dynamo make-up artist?  Nope. "We're going places!"

Scene 2: Mom has called in some favors and enrolled Marco in a paralegal training program.  Do you need to call in favors for that?  Can't anyone enroll? "But Mom, I already have a job!"  "It doesn't pay anything.  You're 22 years old: start taking your life seriously, and start paying me rent!"   Settle, dude.  You know how many famous make-up artists there are out there?  

Scene 3: At the mall, Marco sees his idol, Madolyn, looking at a display of her own products. She explains that she's doing important research in her customers' buying habits.  It's not just about the make-up, dude.  "I'm a customer!"  "Ok, let's see what you got.  Give me a makeover."  

Marco goes to work, while criticizing his idol's make-up! Smooth move, dude. It's not selling.  Customers consider it safe and banal.  They want fantasy.  "When I do my makeup in the morning, I want magic!  I want to feel like a star!"  

Madolyn is mesmerized.  No one has criticized her for 20 years. "You have some important things to say about makeup.  Want a job?" 

Scene 4:  Marco going to work in a glass-and-steel skyscraper.  At least he gets to wear his high heels and a totally femme hairstyle.  The first assistant, Venetia, introduces him to Madolyn's son Chad (Zayne Phillips, top photo), who is in a meeting while running on a treadmill....with his shirt off....um, his muscles gleaming....um...does he need a personal assistant?  

"Is this the superstar Mom hired from the mall?" Chad asks. Superstar?  I thought he was just opinionated.  Then he criticized Marco for wearing heels: "I'm gay, but I'm not...gay."  The word you're looking for is "femme," as in the Grindr ads: "No femmes, no fats."

Next on the tour: Product Design, and another gay guy, Ben (Michael Hsu Rosen, left), who trips all over his tongue while trying ineptly to flirt.  "He gets like this when he's excited," his coworker explains.  "I don't get like anything when I'm excited, which I'm not," he stammers.  "But I could be."  Dude, are you talking about your penis?

Next up: Social Media Influencer Alyssa, and her assistant Nowhere, a 1960s hippie.  "I'm an influencer, too!" Marco exclaims.  "Yes, but you just have 1,000 followers, and half of them are bots."

Finally Madolyn's office, with all of her awards, magazine covers, mirrors, and make-up.  I'm getting flashbacks to Wilhemina Slater on Ugly Betty. except Madolyn seems much nicer.  Marco the Dope criticizes her again: "You seem very...comfortable!"  "I beg your pardon?  I take chances!  I'm cutting-edge!"

Scene 5: Marco telling his followers about his first week, sugar-coating the slapstick mishaps that we see in a montage.  The First Assistant Venetia discusses with her friend: "He's flopping like a Katy Perry single."  "Good -- then our jobs are secure. If he were doing a good job, we'd have to sabotage him."

Left: Michael Rosen's rear

Scene 6:Madolyn criticizing Super Hunk Chad's ideas for the new line.  "This is exactly what we send to Sephora every year.  We need to be bold -- take chances." 

Chad: "Or we could just sell the company to World-Famous Make-Up Company and be rich(er).  You could even stay on as Creative Director, and I could do something besides sell...ugh...makeup."  Chad's going to be the Big Bad.

More mega-hunks after the break

Scene 7: Marco has the job of picking up the super-important product prototypes and bringing them to the office for the Big Presentation.  He gets into the wrong Uber, and complains to the real passenger, a very muscular Straight Guy (Graham Parkhurst), who takes an Uber to the gym every day, about his various job mishaps.  Straight Guy consoles him.  

Whoops, he left the very important prototypes in the Uber.  There's no way to track them down, since he got in the wrong Uber. Wait -- wouldn't the Uber driver have turned them in at the company office?   Madolyn wants to forgive him, but Super-muscular Chad insists on firing him. 

Scene 8:  Ben, the coworker with the huge crush on Marco, talks to his friend: "Now that he's fired, I could ask him out, but I won't because it would be weird and creepy.  But just in case, do you have his number?"  This is definitely like Ugly Betty, where every straight guy working in an office full of supermodels fell instantly in love with the "ugly" girl.  Well, not Daniel, but they had a "will they or won't they" thing going on for several years.

Meanwhile, Mom tells Marco to fight to get his job back.  The Straight Guy probably picked up the prototypes.  You know what gym he goes to, and the time of day: go find him!  

Left: Straight Guy butt

Scene 9:  Pretending to be a rich white guy, Marco buys a gym membership, with the proviso that he can back out if he's dissatisfied.   Girl, high heels to the gym?  He pretends to work out forever, but Straight Guy never shows up, so he hits the locker room (actually, a lot of semi-private dressing rooms).  And there he is, dawdling at the mirror, wearing only a towel! 

Straight Guy gazes at Marco like he's a pork chop.  "I...um...left something in the Uber yesterday." "I've got something for you right here."  He fumbles with his towel.  Psych!  He's actually heading to his locker to retrieve the prototypes.

"And, by the way, I'm not straight. And here's my number. Bye."  He takes off his towel, flashes his butt, and heads for the showers. 

Scene 9:  Everyone stares as super-fired Marco marches through the office and into Madolyn's meeting to present the prototypes.  Chad scoffs, but Madolyn wants to hear his speech: "I'm not perfect.  I'm bad at math, the oldest movie I've seen is Titanic, and I don't know who Cher is.  But I can learn.  I can grow.  The question is, can you?"  He then criticizes the prototypes as garbage.  Madolyn is impressed; he's re-hired If you want him to advise you on make-up, hire him as a consultant, not a gopher. 

Chad scoffs.  "Curses! Foiled again!" 

Left: Nick Fink, who appears in the cast list but is not in this episodeScene 10:  His first job: fetching coffee and a Vogue for Madolyn and First Assistant Venetia.  Uh-oh, he's sharing an elevator with Ben, the guy with the major crush on him!  He fumbles and stutters until Marco takes pity and asks him out.  Ben melts in ecstasy, then catches himself: "Um..yeah, I guess that'd be cool.  Hit me up." 

Cut to First Assistant Venetia running into Chad in the bathroom.  Venetia is worried that he'll take her job, and Chad, that he'll tank the company with his newfangled ideas. They come up with a plan to "ruin that twink." The end.

Beefcake:  Chad and Parker (Straight Guy), plus a few gym hunks.

LGBTQ Characters: Marco, Chad, Parker, Ben, and -- well, just about everyone.

Femme: No one is bothered in the least by Marco's femme gender presentation.  In fact, it appears to be something of a turn-on to the more masculine-presenting guys. 

Make-Up:  There are a lot of "make-up is the most important thing in the world" manifestos, but we don't actually learn much about make-up.  Why is Madolyn's brand outdated?  What the heck is a gondola?  At least in Ugly Betty, we were told the difference between bad and good fashion.

My Grade: It's rather fun watching a boy be as femme as he wants to be with no kickback, and the hunks competing for his attention are stunning.  I'm just worried that the office-politics plotlines will be a bit old-fashioned.  A-

#Glamorous #Miss Benny #Zayne Phillips

[crossdreamers]

Lesbians support transgender people

Lesbian trans-exclusionary “radical feminists” are claiming that transgender culture is erasing lesbian identities. Given all the noise they make, you may get the impression that most lesbians share their beliefs. This is not true.

In fact, my own experience from Norway tells me that most lesbians embrace the T in LGBTQA, and see that transgender people and lesbians face the same kind of oppression: Attacks from reactionary people who believe the cisgender/heterosexual gender norm should apply to everyone.

The lesbian erasure narrative

Over at Advocate the lesbian writer Sarah Fonseca (photo above) takes a look at Abigail Shrier’s transphobic book  Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, and touches upon the the “lesbians are going extinct” narrative.

She writes:

Naturally, the assertion of Shrier that lesbians, tomboys, and lesbian tomboys are going the way of the dodo bird seeks to create pandemonium among queer girls who identify as such. 

And Irreversible Damage dares to inflict this very damage at a critical moment when lesbian social spaces that weren’t already shuttered are suffering due to national lockdown, and our community’s women — sociable, tactful, and independent of others’ transitions — are left to their own devices...

As a lesbian reader of sound gender, I still find it enormously unpleasant to be repeatedly told that I do not exist or that my gender and sexuality will inevitably shift, all because of a societal trend and its societal pressures; it is all too reminiscent of the comments foisted upon many of us by heterosexuals upon coming out. 

Fortunately, Shrier lacks two pieces of vital information. First, the lesbian is the mistress of silently and confidently auditing her own gender. She continues to exist because she abides by no one’s stringent rules...

We are hardly obsolete. If anything, we are just getting started. Our first mission? Disavowing Irreversible Damage. Our second? Taking care of our trans siblings. Our third? Reversing the damage that Shrier has done to lesbian reputation. The fourth? I do not know, but I hope it involves dancing and queers of every stripe, imagined and yet to be.

Abigail Shrier, who is a privileged white, straight and cis woman, is using the lesbian extinction scare to create a split in the queer community, not because she care about lesbians.

Enriched by trans people

In an article in the British Independent, Carrie Lyell puts it this way:

I don’t recall a plethora of columns offering solidarity from heterosexual “feminists” before so many latched on to lesbians as a way to push their agenda on trans issues. There was no faux-concern from our “straight allies” on any of those occasions, no calls to celebrate my swashbuckling swagger. Straight women were often the first to tell me to grow my hair, shave my legs or be more “ladylike”.

Instead I found comfort in the LGBT+ community and learnt resilience from those around me. While the world tried to box me in and crush my queer spirit, I was lifted up by lesbians, gay men, bi people and, yes, trans people.

Lyell (photo from twitter above) is the  editor of DIVA, a queer magazine. She writes that she has never met a trans person who has tried to convert her.

“Not for one minute have I felt erased by trans people,” she writes:  “If anything, I feel enriched.”

The great majority of lesbians feel this kind of kinship with trans people, and support them.

They used the same tactics against lesbians

In another article Fonseca points out the similarities found in the way the cis/heterosexual majority used to invalidate and attack lesbian women:

Queers and trans people have historically witnessed our bodies be weaponized in pursuit of the same old Cis American Dream by those on both sides of the political divide. 

In the sensational Women’s Lib text The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan was quick to distance herself and her movement from lesbians, writing them off as “disruptors” and members of “extreme left groups.” ...

Unsympathetic to lesbian concerns about child custody and sexual liberation, she referred to the burgeoning group of dykes seeking representation in the larger women’s movement “the lavender menace.”

The same tactics were used against gay men and lesbian women as the TERFs are using now: the sexual predator tropé, the mental illness narrative and the “stupid people seduced by extremists” invalidation.

All the leading lesbian magazines support the trans community

Remember that back in 2018  the world’s leading publications for lesbians came  together to send a message of support and solidarity to the trans community. They wrote:

DIVA, Curve, Autostraddle, LOTL, Tagg, Lez Spread The Word, DapperQ, GO Magazine and LezWatch.TV believe that trans women are women and that trans people belong in our community. We do not think supporting trans women erases our lesbian identities; rather we are enriched by trans friends and lovers, parents, children, colleagues and siblings.

We strongly condemn writers and editors who seek to foster division and hate within the LGBTQI community with trans misogynistic content, and who believe “lesbian” is an identity for them alone to define. We condemn male-owned media companies who profit from the traffic generated by these controversies.

We also strongly condemn the current narrative peddled by some feminists, painting trans people as bullies and aggressors – one which reinforces transphobia and which must be challenged so that feminism can move forward.

We are really concerned about the message these so-called lesbian publications are sending to trans women and to young lesbians – including trans lesbians – and we want to make in clear this is not in our name.

Photo of Sarah Fonseca from Posture Mag.

See also: “Lesbians Turning On Elliot Page Is Not An Isolated Event, And We Need To Talk About It.”

#lesbian #lgbt #lgbtqa #trans #transgender #nonbinary #enby #lgbtqi #glbt #terf #terfs #gender critical #transphobia

[missmitchieg]

YouTubers I Like

harriyanna hook: I feel like I'm pretty vocal already about how much I like Harriyanna but anyway, she's a really cool Black woman who is really smart and not scared to call out and criticize even her favorite movies and shows when it comes to being misogynistic, anti-Black, anti-Asian, or anti-Indian. She's also really nice and cool and has a mega epic, mega awesome online store that I love looking at and very much recommend checking out if you like Disney, Nickelodeon and/or anime.

Pammie Plus Parks: Pamela is a very nice autistic and plus sized lady (she calls herself "Your Plus Size Fairy God Mother", how cute and catchy is that!) who posts detailed videos showing how to navigate Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and other Central Florida attractions as a plus size person or someone who has mobility, accessibility, cognitive or sensory concerns. She has been on a bit of a break, but has stated recently that she hopes to comes back to YouTube soon.

English Teacher KP: For all my Swifties and Livies out there, here's a YouTuber who reacts to and analyzes the song stylings of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, and more. She will also occasionally read poetry submitted by subscribers and discuss classic literature such as The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wuthering Heights, and more while doing her makeup. Please do keep in mind, though, that she is not taking specific requests at this time.

Cheyenne Lin: Cheyenne is an Asian American adoptee who makes very insightful video essays on pop culture stuff like movies, TV shows, and other phenomena.

Mina Le: Just a gal who likes fashion and movies.

ModernGurlz: Here you'll find videos analyzing the fashion of movies and television over the years along with discussions of iconic moments in fashion such as Jackie Kennedy's pink suit, Marilyn Monroe's pink dress, and Taylor Swift's ever changing style.

Jasmine Zade: In depth discussions of music artists, girl groups, boy bands, and the music industry.

Jessica Vill/JBunzie: Jessica does make up transformations into beloved characters like Betty Boop, The Powerpuff Girls, and Tiffany the killer doll along with Vintage and Princess fashion and fun facts about her favorite things like Halloween, scary movies and the Titanic.

Katherine Steele/party at kat's: Katherine shares Broadway and Musical Theater content like make up tutorials and deep dives into her favorite characters.

MacDoesIt: To be completely honest, this dude's just funny as hell. Very entertaining. Love this dude. Can't get enough of him.

Crescent Shay: She makes pretty dresses.

Jessie Paege: Pretty girls 👏 Good music 👏 Cute Kitties 👏 Gay Barbie Movies 👏

Klayton Fioriti: Jurassic Park/World Movie content.

#youtube #youtuber recs #cool people #look sometimes I wanna listen to someone talk about Lonnie Jay and Dizzy and their portrayal in the movies and sometimes I just want dinos #and sometimes I wanna talk about clothes and Taylor Swift #which is ok

[tibby]

Mighty Tibby what is your opinion on Friendly Space Ninja's review of Riverdale?

i haven't watched it because surprisingly i have better ways to spend my time than watching a two hour long video making fun of a show i love dearly but i've spoken to people who have watched it and it sounds like that his opinions range from being mind-numbingly stupid to just being things that the fandom has been discussing for ages. like it's not revolutionary to point out that betty is a bad person like we all know this and that's the POINT. and yeah gay kevin hasn't always been written well but it's not smart to be all "his hypersexuality and relationships aren't good for him omg how problematic" when for the most part, his casual behaviour towards sex and relationships has been shown to be incredibly unhealthy and it has made multiple people concerned for him because it's not MEANT to be a good coping mechanism.

also quite frankly i think it is a bad take and a borderline offensive one to be like "this gay man who has spoken openly about finding comfort in comics when growing up bullied and closeted going on to create a show based on those characters is a predator for making it because i don’t personally like said show." roberto doesn't handle things well a lot of the time but acting as if he's an evil gay man preying on younger men because of darkfuck archie is fucking bizarre and disturbing. and tibby honest his more petty/unfounded criticisms gives less weight behind the genuine ones (like toni being completely sidelined for the sake of cheryl/choni), because it feels less like acknowledging an actual issue and more like a Gotcha! to prove his moral superiority over not liking the show.

maybe i'm being too harsh towards a video i haven't watched but i have seen some of his other videos and he's made fun of riverdale/roberto in offhand comments in those so this clearly wasn't an unbiased thing and deliberately twisting archie's weird fantasy to make it out to be ~creepy~ to justify your hate makes YOU the freak. also i simply don't respect a man who can make a video about gossip girl where he openly acknowledges that chuck is an awful person before proceeding to talk about how he's such a complex character that you can't help rooting for. speak for yourself xx

#ask #anonymous

[imsorryjughead]

Chapter 2: If I had a Nickel for every show that had High Schoolers Twerking I'd have Two Nickels

You ready for 40 minutes of misunderstanding? Of course you are!

So like right away this ain’t a murder mystery is it? Like it acts like it. But a murder show doesn’t wait til the end to drop the first piece of evidence. Jason died so everyone could be a horny slut around him. 

Let’s talk about it.

First off during Jughead's narration there was a brief shot of the Blossoms sharing a milkshake with two straws. The two fucked.

Second I misremembered and when Betty asked if Archie loved her last episode he told her and I quote “I can’t give you the answer you want.” Which is worse than I thought.

Anyway Archie can’t sleep cause having critical evidence is keeping him up at night. Betty won’t talk to him cause he ripped her heart out and ate it. Like a true best friend. So he does the only sane option and runs across town without a shirt on to Grundy’s. Don’t worry he put on pants. Can’t have that riverdick flopping around on network television.

Archie is talking to his groomer without a shirt because you like this viewer. Saying that they need to say something. Grundy being shit is like, no I’ll lose my job and go to jail, and you’ll go to jail Archie.

Which sounds off. I don't know enough about statutory rape but cursory research shows Grundy is fucked, as she should be. But I’m not seeing immediate legal action against Archie. Sure it’ll ruin his reputation no doubt, but here an adult is clearly using their position of power over their student.

This ain’t a healthy relationship Archie, she’s using you for hot sex. 

With a minor.

Also she’s like playing the cello for no reason. Like from this intro scene til her scene at the end. She’s sitting in her music room alone playing the cello. It’s weird.

Betty’s parents are… reporters… maybe? Like they tell her they’re gonna have late nights. Then later Betty’s mom bribes the mortician to look at Jason's body. Which like the money Hermione got last time is in a box of stuff I hope goes somewhere. 

Point is Betty’s mom sits down with her daughter and tells her that her friends suck and that she shouldn't talk to any of them. Betty ignores her because she's Crazy and tries to go through her day ignoring the fact Archie and Veronica made out in a closet. So they simply decide to ignore the trauma. 

I give it 5 minutes.

Jughead spends most of the episode being a weirdo and looming over Archie in what I assume to be attempts at rekindling their friendship. Right now it’s not clear why. Like the best I can infer is Archie was too busy fucking his teacher and that caused a rift. When Fred talks about Jughead he’s still friendly, so I can only assume it’s a recent development. I have complete faith in the writers to fuck this up.

Betty asks Kevin how he felt finding the body and Kevin says it was more traumatic explaining why he was about to do gay stuff with Moose. Something about his dad being the sheriff fuck I guess remember that for later or something. The principle gives an announcement about anyone coming forward with info to help and Cheryl *insert Taken reference here*.

Also Veronica is trying to smooth things over with Betty, buying her all this expensive stuff and I thought these bitches were broke. That’s why they moved here right? So how the hell is she air lifting cupcakes from New York. I give these guys another scene before it blows up in their face.

Let’s talk about Kevin's Biphobia.

I take back liking Kevin. This all feels gross to me now. In the next scene they're all in science class and everyone is pairing up for peak dramatic flair and Kevin pairs up with Moose. And Kevin tells him that he’s got demons and he should stick to girls.

Ok Kevin. Let's talk about how you went out with a man in a relationship. With a girl named Midge. She sounds adorable. And here you are seducing him then gaslighting him for trying to understand himself. Fuck you Kevin. How bout you stick to girls you fucking cunt. Piece of shit. 

Fred is now my favorite character.

Cheryl stabs a frog. 

Lunch goes about as well as you expected. Archie plays a shitty song and causes Betty to cry because she's in love with a man who belongs on a college brochure. She cries and walks away and now everyone is sad. Anyway the principal talks to Archie cause they made brief eye contact and now Mr.Weatherbee knows something's up. 

Archie goes to Mrs.Grundy still playing the damn cello. Saying that Weatherbee told him it was ok to talk to him and nothing would hurt him. Grundy rejects this because she had sex with a minor. Then manipulates him into saying he loves her. Jughead sees the two looking romantic and these two aren't smart. Then again this is the guy who made out with a girl in a closet when both knew it was a bad idea. But eh teenagers.

The cheerleaders are twerking. It’s a choreographed twerk. Schools won't let girls wear revealing clothing for far less but they can do this shit? 

I hate it here.

Cheryl tells her team that she refuses to be stomped on or some shit. Cheryl is crazy.

Then Betty hangs out with her to spite Veronica. Which only blows up in her face then Cheryl accuses her sister of murdering Jason. 

Guys holy shit I don’t care about any of this.

Like fuck Betty’s mom burns some incense or some shit. Archie and Jughead almost throw hands because Jughead tells him to tell the truth and that she's using him. All fair points. Veronica talks to Archie about Betty. Veronica talks to Betty about Archie. 

I’m skipping to the Pep rally. Most of this is seventh heaven white people problems anyway.

I’m not even talking about the student longue. It’s like they needed a place for them to have scenes at the school but the outside lunch shots weren’t good enough. Its a weird rec room in a school. 

It haunts me.

The fucking cheer leaders are twerking at a school event. Imagine carrying a kid for nine months. Raising it. Teaching it. Bonding with it. And It shakes its ass on the football field. I’d late term abort it with a hammer.

 There's some more fucking bullshit. Archie tells Grundy to suck it he’s telling the principal. He makes up with Jughead. Cheryl has a breakdown seeing Archie on the field thinking he’s Jason. It’s all so fucking dull.

Oh Josie and The Pussycats are here. Woo.

Later on Betty and Veronica go to Pops and Archie and Jughead join them and it’s almost like they’re fucking friends.

Then the next day Cheryl is arrested for killing Jason. So why did she even try to blame Betty’s sister. Who knows the writers don’t.

This show isn’t good. 

Its fucking terrible. Like actually bad.

I have zero faith that anything worthwhile will happen. That much like the comics I will be stuck in a cycle of pain.  Like most of this stuff is typical High school misunderstanding then the dumbest shit you’ve seen happens.

God help me.

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I had to come back cause I tired myself out but I wanna mention a few more things.

First, Is Pop’s the only place people get food from. I have yet to see someone cook. This entire town subsists on Burgers and Milkshakes. Also Pop seems nice, I like him. He gave Hermione a job, what a bro. 

Fred is just a good dad. He is super supportive of his son and his advice is finally the one to get through to Archie. It is because of him the story even moves. He offer Jughead to come in for dinner. I love this man.

Also I gotta say when the main four are together not doing bullshit its, Dare I say enjoyable? Maybe it is cause the franchise is almost 100 but when they aren’t doing CW BS they do feel like friends. Like the writers, adding this shit makes everything worse.

Cheryl is a constant mood. She is Hitchcock levels of unhinged and so far she’s stolen the scene every time she shows up. She belongs in something better, more fitting of the mystery genre.

I Feel bad for Jason. I dunno if he needs to die but as it stands Laura Palmer he is not. Oh god it's Network Television Twin Peaks. Oh Shit the Student lounge is the Red room.  

Kevin's Biphobic tendencies are super gross and like I’m not sure the writers understood what they were doing. Then again this is the same network who blue balled Supernatural for 15 seasons leaving them to accept it cannon through Spanish dubs.

Seriously it was like two lines of teenage girls twerking. Like we all know teenagers have sex. We all had that one kid who we saw got pregnant in high school. But this is super weird. I blame Ms. Grundy.

I’m upset Betty’s mom and Cheryl didn’t interact when she was at Betty’s house. It would have been some Cell Saga shit. 

One last thing. The pussy cats are playing a version of sugar sugar. Now last episode they said they only perform their own music. Now if that's true then the song cannot be the same one made in 1969. Meaning that Homer Simpson could not have been listening to it in 1993 while stuck on a raft with Bart and Ned Flanders. So in the Riverdale cannon what was he listening to when stuck at sea?

Tune in next week where probably Grundy fucks shit up again and Cheryl eats a human heart or something. 

#season 1 #review #recap #riverdale #archie #jughead #veronica #betty

[sneakingtomybirdcage]

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝓷𝓮𝔀𝓵𝔂 𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓼

𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓋𝒾𝓃𝓎𝓁 𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈

wonderstruck & dancing all alone (left) every night with us is like a dream (right) + a collectable lithograph to match !

𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝑒𝓈

she breezed past the threshold of betty’s rose garden, turned left at the hedges, and went deep, deeper, deeply.... back into the folklorian woods, where a magnificent tree reached ancient branches up towards nearly perpetual lavender skies; some called it a wonder, some called it a miracle, others called it a warning. that didn’t stop her from reaching out two fingertips & opening up the tiny hidden door, painted in swirls of teals and bright pinks, beckoning her towards a pandora’s box named freedom... and with a tumble, she promptly fell right down the rabbit hole. 

she found wonderland & this time, she wasn’t getting lost in it.

welcome to fae land’s mistywood high, home of the bullfrogs! once dilapidated school buildings brought back to life by thickets and weeds, swathed in a new coat of pastel pollen paint; teeming with life through vines and ivy, wisteria and lavender and baby breath filling every crack along concrete hallways. plums of roots, shoots, and flowers blooming out of lockers as birds chitter and crickets sing, binders labeled in floral washitape: Large Wing Anatomy Vol.156, ALCHEMY OF RARE GEMSTONES, the encyclopedia of rules and ramifications of ingesting fae food. sneaking out into the mushroom fields and having your first kiss over bioluminescent fungi, all your love immersed in neon blue. a world of neverending youth, dizzy drunk with nectar juice and the splendor of puppy love, each one as intoxicating as the one before. the cafeteria is teeming with political warfare, lines drawn along cliques and conformity. the maddening spin of petals and popularity, crying tears of mascara in the bathrooms... oh honey, life is just a classroom.

how exciting it can be, to dream up new worlds & wonders as the taylor’s version remasters release, and sparse them across new chapter eps, to revel in the majesty and whimsy of our hopelessly romantic inner youth. i hand picked these songs because i think they embody the whirlwind rush of high school, exacerbated under the conditions of nearly endless youth for my fickle fairy friends. 

collaboration continues as my good friend, jack antonoff, returns to my side once again to help with production, this time with his iconic indie-pop sound from bleachers alongside him. every song is remastered under his touch, and you might hear the fluttering beat of fairy wings, the twinkle of their magic, the cry of the bullfrog, the chorus of the crickets, and the endless wistfulness i feel when i think back to this journey we started on. lover, state of grace, and daylight got special attention from the both of us, as i wanted to recreate vibes and aesthetics of mistywood to the deepest of my heart’s desires, and as always, jack thoroughly delivered. also joining me again is hozier, who took complete creative liberty with his remaster, which will bring you to your knees with wonderment and hope. maren morris also joins this chapter for a feature, lending her gentle vocals to create an echoing, beautiful rendition that’ll haunt as much as it hopes. when i started this project, i knew i needed troye sivan to join me on at least one track, and he helped spin a gossamer-light tale of sparkling first infatuation, and helped elevate the track with the original demo lyrics from my days at nineteen. brendon urie rejoined my side for a heart-stopping, strings & piano only rerecord of ME!, a titular pop track from the past two years that’s been passed over by many, so i decided to present it in an incandescent, softer light. lastly, the wonderful kacey musgraves lends her voice and songwriting talent to help combine two iconic songs to create a whole new story - you belong with // betty finally brings the james/august/betty love triangle to fruition, after inez accuses august of actually having feelings for betty, and the titular night of prom that changes everything.

this album is a love letter to love itself. // these songs are open letters. // no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. you have to believe in love stories & prince charmings & happily every after. that’s why i write these songs. because i think love is fearless. // fearless is walking into your freshman year of high school almost immortally at fifteen. // an endless seventeen-year-old standing on a porch, learning to apologize. lovestruck kids wandering up and down the evergreen High Line. // the purple-pink skies of the soccer field on the walk home; the dazzle of opal necklaces i couldn’t afford gleaming from a department store jewelry case. // crowds of loving, vibrant people in the bleachers, watching acorn lacrosse. // daydreaming on parchment and mused about who might ask who to the dance or how nervous i was singing the anthem at the local fairyball game. //  // they are the moments you saw sparks that weren’t really there, felt stars aligning without having any proof, saw your future before it happened, and then saw it slip away without any warning. // a single thread that, for better or for worse, ties you to your fate. // wonderment. intrigue. romance. i noticed things and decided they were romantic, and so they were. // creaks in the floorboards and ultraviolet morning light. // we crave romance. we long for those rare, enchanting moments when things just fall into place. above all else, we really, really want our lives to be filled with love. // love, wonder, and whimsy they deserve //  being young and needing someone so badly, you jump in head first without looking. // real love shines golden like starlight, and doesn’t fade or spontaneously combust. // opening the curtains to see the clearest, brightest daylight after the darkest night. // their secret admirer looks at them and sees an elaborate sunset of brilliant color and dimension and spirit and pricelessness. // all the angles of the kaleidoscope that is you. // i don’t think you should wait. i think you should speak now.

𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉

enchanted

ivy

i know places

wonderland

daylight - whimsical world version

out of the woods (hozier remaster)

invisible string

new romantics (bleachers remaster)

ours (remaster ft. maren morris)

state of grace - twinkling fireflies version

you need to calm down

we are never ever getting back together

shake it off

blank space

stay stay stay

the way i loved you

i wish you would

miss americana & the heartbreak prince

lover - midsommar night version

𝒷𝑜𝓃𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓈

you belong with // betty (kacey musgraves remix)

ME! piano remix by kitty committee studio (ft. brendon urie)

sparks fly (original demo lyrics ft. troye sivan)

op notes: hello & welcome to mistywood! thank you so much for everybody’s interest in this!!!! in my mind, all of these “chapter eps” occur after the release of all of taylor’s versions. this was a very self indulgent project, as you can see, and i can guarantee the rest will be as well!! as you can probably tell, the first two portions of liner notes were written by yours truly, while the last paragraph is a scouring off all of taylor’s to thoroughly ~capture~ the prologues she always provides. please enjoy! i take zero criticism lmao too busy being absolutely unhinged!!! 

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keep an eye out for next week’s creation, forever & always are the sweetest con (chapter two) - just as a sneak peek, they’re gay, they’re cowboys, they’re werewolves, and i’m thrumming with excitement over getting started!! i’m aiming at having them posted by next weekend :) 

tag list: @tscreators, @networkthirteen, just ask to be added to the next one! credit: coloring (@maxiresources #1, @suunflowerx foodie, @bbyhyuck summer’98), vinyl mockup purchased

#tsedit #ts edit #taylurking #taylornation #networkthirteen #tscreators #taylor swift #taylor swift edit #taylorswiftedit #myedit #taylors version

[irandomblogfulb]

I haven’t watch Riverdale nor do I plan to watch the series. The most I know is that it’s infamous for being cringy with awkward dialogue (‘the epic highs and lows of high school football’  and ‘I’m weird, I’m a weirdo’ has been quoted and clowned to death), pretty much everyone watches it for the train wreck that it is  and the actors openingly expressed how much they hate the story. That said, there’s this really interesting Riverdale review by Friendly Space Ninja on YouTube that goes really in depth on why the series is so bad. And I’m legit shocked at how much this bat-shit insane dumpster fire of a show that’s universally hated shares a lot of problems with Rvvby.

Just to name a few issues, Archie, the supposedly main character of the show and face of the franchise is always left out of the main plot, Veronica flip flops in characterisation depending on what the writer wants which means she never changes or develops and she keeps going through the same storyline over and over again each season. The mistreatment (and sexualisation) of Betty’s mental illness, the disrespect to Jughead’s character by putting him in sexual situations when the original character is asexual (much needed rep), a butchered nonsensical timeline, treating character like props, Cheryl going through so much insane shit and none of it having any profound impact on her at all, the overall terrible and sometimes harmful representation of lgbt+ and people of color in fact most off the poc in the show sans Toni are background tokens, Kevin is the token gay character and Toni (Cheryl’s black gf) is basically Cheryl’s dog that follows Cheryl around and barely talks. Oh and the series is riddled with performative activism. 

Replace Archie with Ruby, Veronica with any other character in the main cast and change a few wording and character names here and there and the above paragraph would describe Rvvby to a T. 

And what resonated with me the most out of the video is what the reviewer said about Roberto, the main showrunner. The guy doesn’t care about the story, the fans or the characters. He’s not out to write a good story. He’s not invested in these characters other writers would dream of the chance to write for.  He just wants to enact his weird sexual fantasies on them. Not saying mkek also have some weird fetishistic secret motive (this Roberto guy straight up sounds like a creep) but I do think, especially after watching volume 8, that they don’t care about the criticisms, about improving the show or about the main characters. They want to get a reaction out of the fandom, mess with their fans and make them cry with their #deep fake woke writing. 

Rvvby is a boring Riverdale without all the creepiness and (blatant) sexualisation of teenagers (still sexualised, all the girls need double ds and boob windows! But not as in your face or as gross as in Riverdale). And RT gets away with it because they pretend they’re still this good wholesome uwu small indie company and that Rvvby is still a passion project and not a huge IP they want you to take seriously and milk to hell and back with shitty, overpriced merch.

EDIT: added a link to the video. It’s long but it’s pretty good. 

#rwde #riverdale

[rubyxts]

Taylor Swift’s Lyrical Traffic Violations, Ranked

As Taylor Swift continues the slow but steady release of her re-recordings with Red (Taylor’s Version), we’re able to collectively revisit some of her early work through the lens of her discography as a whole. In doing so, there are certain recurring themes or tropes that become apparent, like forbidden romances, colors representing emotions, and the worst driving imaginable. Anyone who’s either a Swiftie or a crossing guard is sure to have noticed just how often Taylor sings about these illegal traffic maneuvers. And after nine albums of this, it’s reached a point where I finally begin to understand why the gay antagonist in “Picture to Burn” didn’t let her drive his “stupid old pickup truck.”

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That being said, when really examining these violations with a critical eye, it becomes apparent that most of them were actually committed by the men driving Taylor around. Amongst this “long list of ex-lovers,” there are some reckless drivers, some who make minor mistakes, and some whose licenses should be revoked. The trend has slowed down as of late, suggesting that Joe Alwyn is a very good, responsible driver, whose time behind the wheel is not interesting enough to sing about — thank God.

Here, we rank every traffic violation in Taylor Swift’s discography, considering factors like severity of the infraction, danger level, and importance to T. Swiftian canon. But much like the way traffic cops do their jobs, the reasoning is mostly arbitrary and made up.

15. “Our Song” (Taylor Swift)

“He’s got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel, The other on my heart”

The first thing they teach you in driver’s ed is to keep your hands at ten and two, and yet here Taylor is driving around town with a boy who only has one hand on the wheel. Their “song” is going to be the sound of sirens if he doesn’t get his act together.

14. “Red” (Red)

“Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street, Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly”

Whether it be a new Maserati, or a pre-owned Toyota RAV4, it is never a good idea to take off full speed down a dead-end street. Particularly if it’s not even a cul-de-sac and you’ll have to do a three-point turn to get out. Now, to be fair, there’s some room for debate on just how fast she’s going since it depends on wind speed. The average wind speed in Taylor’s home state of Pennsylvania is 17.1 mph, the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth is 253 mph, and the speed of “The Wind” by Cat Stevens is 115 BPM. So do with that what you will.

13. “State of Grace” (Red)

“I’m walking fast through the traffic lights”

Traffic lights, per their name, are famously designed for cars — not pedestrians. So Taylor has absolutely no business galavanting through traffic on foot like a regular Kelly Killoren Bensimon.

12. “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” (Reputation)

“Feeling so Gatsby for that whole year”

Much like Taylor Swift’s discography, The Great Gatsby is also about terrible driving, which I assume is why she relates to it. I know this because I not only read The Great Gatsby in high school, but I also saw the Fergie-scored film adaptation. A cornerstone of both versions is vehicular manslaughter.

11. “betty” (Folklore)

“Kissin’ in my car again, Stopped at a streetlight”

Folklore’s “betty,” “august,” and “cardigan” are a trilogy of songs about loitering told from three different perspectives. The bulk of this love triangle seems to boldly take place in parked cars. In “august” for example, Taylor sings, “Meet me behind the mall,” and I highly doubt that they were grabbing an Auntie Anne’s and hitting up a Macy’s One Day Sale. In “betty” and “cardigan,” they don’t even wait until they’re concealed behind the safety of a closed down DSW, instead opting for a spot under a streetlight of all places.

10. “Cornelia Street” (Lover)

“But then you called, showed your hand, I turned around before I hit the tunnel”

Given that this song is about a street in one of Taylor’s favorite lyrical neighborhoods, the West Village, it’s fair to assume that the tunnel in question is the Holland Tunnel. Those surrounding roads are a nightmare, so I’m nearly certain that this would have to be an illegal U-turn — which I think is a fair leap to make given her history of vehicular crime. That being said, this might just be the most understandable violation given the choice was between Joe Alwyn and Jersey City.

9. “Fearless” (Fearless)

“I wanna stay right here in this passenger seat, You put your eyes on me”

Taylor gets a lot of flack for writing songs about boys she dates, but doesn’t get nearly enough heat for distracting them while they’re trying to drive. This is just one of the many times that she prides herself on being more interesting for a driver to look at than the road.

8. “Style” (1989)

“Midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights, Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise”

Thematically, 1989 is an album about Harry Styles being bad at driving. The first of many examples of this is here in his namesake song, where he picks Taylor up with no headlights on. Clearly an attempt to sneak around undetected, it’s actually just a surefire way to hit a deer — ESPECIALLY at midnight of all times. At least Taylor seems to know from the jump the dangers of getting in a car with Harry behind the wheel, understanding that the long drive could potentially end in burning flames.

7. “Cruel Summer” (Lover)

“So cut the headlights, summer’s a knife”

Well it looks like someone didn’t learn her lesson about driving in the dark. Here it sounds like she’s trying to corrupt former frozen yoghurt shop employee Joe Alwyn, instructing him to turn off their headlights to keep a low profile. Still, it’s nothing compared to the far worse crime of this song, which is that it didn’t get a music video.

6. “Breathe” (Fearless)

“Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt, Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve”

Roads have a lot of little bumps, and if you’re swerving at every single one you’re a danger to society and your driving is sure to give poor Colbie Caillat whiplash.

5. “Getaway Car” (Reputation)

“You were driving the getaway car, We were flying but we’d never get far.”

I mean, what is there to say about this? Getaway cars very rarely are known for their safe, law-abiding driving. The song even references other crimes, like putting the money in the bag and stealing the keys (grand theft auto?), mentions of famed criminals Bonnie and Clyde (who tried to steal Moonlight’s Oscar), and worst of all saying “sorry” with a Canadian accent so it rhymes with “story.”

4. “Style” (1989)

“So it goes, He can’t keep his wild eyes on the road”

Speaking of wild eyes, somebody tell Olivia Wilde to never get in the car with Harry — we still need her Kerri Strug biopic.

3. “Out of the Woods” (1989)

“Remember when you hit the brakes too soon? Twenty stitches in a hospital room”

As any history buff knows, in December of 2014 Taylor Swift and Harry Styles went on a ski trip to Park City, Utah, with Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. It was on this fateful trip that the One Direction singer and future Cats star got into a snowmobile accident, resulting in Harry getting 20 stitches on his chin. Taylor later told Rolling Stone that she saw her life flash before her eyes, which I can understand because if I were in an accident I would also see Taylor Swift’s life flash before my eyes. The incident is shrouded in mystery, with Taylor urging the witnesses not to tell anyone about it, so we may never know what it was that caused Harry Styles to brake too soon. Perhaps a stray Chelsea boot in need of a home.

2. “All You Had to Do Was Stay” (1989)

“All I know is that you drove us off the road”

Why did this woman continue to let Harry Styles drive her around? What kind of adrenaline-junkie death wish did she possess?

1. “All Too Well” (Red)

“You almost ran the red ’cause you were looking over at me”

Jake Gyllenhaal might as well have been using the scarf that Taylor left at Maggie Gyllenhaal’s house as a blindfold, because this man was NOT looking at the road. When one drives down a little town street, especially with the precious cargo of America’s songstress in the car, it is key to watch where you’re going. Skidding to a halt because you didn’t realize that the light had turned red (the TITULAR color)? Unacceptable, Donnie Darko. The “crumpled-up piece of paper” that he made Taylor feel like was probably a traffic summons. Along with the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), we’re also finally getting the mythical ten-minute version of this song, and I truly shudder to think about what other traffic crimes Jake Gyllenhaal will commit in those extra four minutes and 33 seconds.

[riverdale-retread]

Riverdale S3 E6 (Caveat Lector)

-  The  Gargoyle King with all the branches somehow was in the Cooper house and I don’t care why or how.  Veronica exonerates Archie but he decides to ignore all that and do the two things she doesn’t want him to do - hunt down the Lodge Lodge invaders, and then goes on the run.   Oh and I finally have figured out what the COST side is of the Protagonist Girl rule is!!! There is one!

- The Archie Storyline

Does... Does Archie straight up NOT respect Veronica?  Veronica is beautiful and exciting, and of all the girls that Protagonist Archie compulsively pulls, she’s the one who’s the least critical of anything he does, but does he RESPECT her?  In the bunker, he says he missed being naked in bed with her, and she replies that she missed HIM.   And when Archie wants to do a thing, he calls on boys - Kevin and then Jughead - and leaves Veronica out of it. Or is all the suffering visited on him by Hiram tainting his feelings?  Veronica needs to let go, because Archie obviously has.   I mean, come on, Archie.  If anyone wants to run away from Riverdale it’s Veronica, not Jughead.

By the by, Kevin is looking extra buffed up in this episode, and takes him to the wonderfully creepy Dr Curdle Jr to get patched up and then terrectly to the caves where the dead bodies are.   Yet another example of Kevin being a super reliable backup for Archie.

- So Protagonist Boy of Riverdale Rule is that everyone is attracted to you, which is nice, but you also attract an equal amount of negative physical attention in the form of violence.  The Protagonist Girl Rule benefit has been that people keep apologizing to you even when you’re the one that hurt them, but the cost, which has so far been nonexistent, may be that any loose end you don’t tie up becomes the rope by which you are hanged.

To whit:  Betty has known that the Sisters of Quiet Mercy ran a concentration camp to torture young gays, that they incarcerated sane girls for being pregnant out of wedlock and also arranged very unreliable off-book adoptions for the resulting babies, but she never tried to do anything to bring this to justice. Nope. She just used this knowledge as blackmail to further her own personal little schemes and investigations.  And now it’s come around and she’s stuck there.  OOP!

- Bughead in silhouette, with the golden light in the Blue & Gold room, simpatico and compatible, touches on so many straight-girl first-love fantasies.  And with the hat and the curl on his forehead, his movements all loose and long limbed, Jughead is Peter Pan to Betty’s Wendy, except this is Peter Pan who Fucks, so even better. (And you know, Peter Pan in live theater is almost always played by an androgynous woman so there’s that too).

- Jughead, Fangs and Sweetpea - is there a name for this triumvirate? Sweetjang?  No, this sounds like a Korean condiment. And Jughead would never agree to a thing where he’s just a single letter.  Fugpea?? Ew. I suck at this. Serpent Trinity, then, I guess.  Sweet Pea is the father, Jughead the son (and also Aslan and Moses) and Fangs is the Fiery Bird.

- Is Archie a Serpent?  In the Serpent Castle, the Serpent Trinity talk about finding Joaquin to bring him to task for shivving the “other Serpent” Archie.   But he didn’t do either the Serpent dance OR the Serpent gauntlet.  Why did Jughead have to do the gauntlet if he was Serpent By Blood, unless we’re really in that Barbara Kruger artwork <You construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men> in which case this was Sweetpea (and also FANGS?) wanting to touch Jughead and not knowing what to do with that feeling.

-Jughead v Handcuffs:  FP handcuffs Jughead when he rushes home after finding out that Jughead is playing G&G. Why does FP have handcuffs, just on hand? Why is that the first thing he thought of? And where the hell did he go after handcuffing his son to the fridge? He comes looking for Jughead later at the Cooper’s.  I did enjoy the Jughead ambidexterity - his right hand is cuffed to the fridge, and he wipes his mouth and neck where his dad grabbed him with his left.  Later on, of course, Tabitha (who also just had handcuffs because why?) ties him to a chair, while providing food, and it’s a weird callback.  

Jughead getting handcuffed is apparently the thing that makes Betty Cooper say the words: “That’s my fault, I’M SORRY,” to Jughead.  I feel like a piece of stale bread I had lodged in my throat just got washed down with sparkling cider.  Is this why S5 Jughead associates handcuffs with getting an apology from Betty?  

- Jughead v Joaquin.  There is a lot of unfair sniggering about Jughead as the leader of a gang, even though I don’t think it’s always the biggest grossest dude that gets leadership spots. It’s the opportunistic guy with the ideas and the entitlement.   Jughead is certainly all those things.  I find Jughead’s intimate acts of one-on-one violence in manic feral teenager mode, when he gets very worked up and slit-eyed with a knife, pretty unsettling.  He gets pretty hateful.

Fangs shushing Joaquin, telling him softly to ‘stop, just stop,’  has me absolutely convinced that  yeah, those two were an item that had a relaxed, amicable break up.   The homoerotic energy of this foursome of pretty boys, who are all variations on a theme (what a great idea to make all the Junior Serpent Division have dark hair!) is invigorating.  If I came across this on a hike, I’d think they were about to get down into a group funtime thing.   

Jughead’s distress when he is confronted with Joaquin’s death was sober and well done, though, poor Joaquin, his whole death only serves to strengthen Jughead’s devotion to Archie. 

- Jeronica v Hiram:   Why do Veronica and Jughead both feel this compulsion to tell everything they are thinking to Hiram as soon as they think it? Why must they share this same weakness, even if they are emotional twins?  When Jughead has worked out that Hiram is the Gargoyle King is when he finally stops calling him Mr. Lodge, which is an improvement, but I am getting annoyed at these kids for thinking that confrontation is some sort of power move.  By the same token, Penelope is a genuinely intimidating villain. The coldness in her huge eyes as she stares through Betty after being accused of Daryl Doiley’s murder was a welcome chilling moment in a very busy episode.

- Body count is pretty high: Warden Norton is dead! Joaquin is dead!  Dilton Doiley and his dad Daryl were done super dirty by this show.  Does Daryl even show up ever?? And he’s narrated simply as being dead by Penelope Blossom. Those  three idiots from the Lodge Lodge invasion who end up dead in the mines, with only Fred Andrews to mourn them.  

#riverdale #riverdale opinions #too many thoughts about riverdale #spoilers #riverdale recap #riverdale episode recap

[honey-makki]

The boys as their favorite folklore song

as i have previously stated i am a folklore gay and i only know angst. so to satisfy the two sides of my personality, this list came to be. thanks for help on some of the placements @sugardaddykenma​. i made myself cry multiple times doing this

the 1

TENDO, Kunimi, Tanaka (LOOK AT THEM AND TELL ME THEY HAVEN’T BEEN HURT BEFORE AND THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.)

cardigan

 SUGA, OIKAWA, Goshiki (they need others approval in different ways but would do anything for those they care about/seek approval from)

the last great american dynasty

Lev, Hinata, Hoshiumi (I feel like my small boys just have such big dreams it can be underwhelming to not be there yet.)

exile

Shirabu(sorry he screams divorced parents to me), Terushima

my tears ricochet

KAGEYAMA, Yaku, Yahaba(he just looks like hes been betrayed before)

mirrorball

AONE(anxious baby that just resorts to speaking less to avoid bad situations), Yamamoto, Makki(opposite of aone, hides anxiety behind humor and chillness)

seven

 Kyotani, Ukai, Kuroo (all of these scream troubled childhood and yes this is probably projection of my problems on them)

august

Iwaizumi, Semi, Daishou (please don’t make me describe any of these I might cry)

this is me trying

WATARI, KITA, Asahi, Kiyoomi (they all need a shoulder massage and a glass of wine)

illicit affairs

Mattsun, Futakuchi, ATSUMU (fuck around and get hurt)

invisible string

AKAASHI, Bokuto, Osamu (look at these best friends who have the same problem but exhibit it in vastly different ways.) 

mad woman

Noya, Kindaichi (i have no explanation other than i can feel it in my gay bones)

epiphany

Yamaguchi, Ushijima (The way the both portray emotions towards others seems like theyve both been hurt a lot in the past

betty

YACHI. SAEKO. nishinoya and oikawa

peace

TSUKKI, Kenma, Takeru  (I made myself cry every time I added someone to this list.)

hoax

ENNOSHITA, Kohona (both have them both betrayed their own mind I do not take criticism.)

#haikyuu #haikyuu!! #hq #hq!! #hq headcanons #haikyuu headcanons #hq!! headcanons #hq!! hcs #haikyuu hcs #everyone #headcanons

[alienjock]

MY MUSIC

before i start this off id like to say that i fully acknowledge my music taste is not the end all be all of music taste, that being said i like to think that ive got a pretty decent music taste! none of these playlists are Finished. Ever. as my special interest, im constantly in the search for more music. its my lifeblood. its how i express myself. its my love language. i hope you enjoy!

(bolded are favorites, italics are potentially “outdated” or “unfinished”, meaning i need to clean them up.)

MISC:

bratpop - my BRAND. bratpop as a genre term was coined by holychild, and its this really good like front of the bleachers cymbal crashing pep rally LOUD noise pop that i LIVE for 

bratrock - bratrock but make it cherry bomb by the runaways. gritty. little bit of riot girl.

SKATE OR DIE - songs i know by heart <3

a suitcase full of summertime - just a random grab bag of whatever!

songs i discovered through pokemon amvs - what it says on the tin. 

psychic: what the fuck - sometimes u just have songs stuck in ur head constantly

candyland - songs with sugary titles.

dont forget the pack - songs about wolves

songs with people names - songs with people names

love is fun! - 100% uplifting happy positive love songs to remind you you shouldnt be suffering in love.

record wet summer - 2019 summer was SEXY.

i dont wanna be alone with me - an anxiety playlist that is uplifting or detrimental depending on ur mood.

this is my home - some of my favorite instrumentals.

post traumatic ennui - my favorite songs from izombie

shut up and (slow)dance - slow love songs i like

press ! to continue - chiptune!

CONCEPTS:

songs that hit different as a trans guy - yes there are two versions of girls just wanna have fun. yes it is a deeply personal playlist. love u all.

watching the ceiling fan spin - when youre filled with the emotion of What Can You Do But Lay In Bed For Hours. low energy but not like Slow. 

the world’s gonna end. wanna hang out? - it's the end of the world and you go to spend the last few hours of your life with the person you love most.

where the sky meets the sea - oh you know. the ocean. 

bury me in the ocean floor - see above, but darker.

girl of the future - one of my ocs but make her even more hatsune miku than she already is.

the divorced energy of it all - what it says on the tin.

mixtapes and landlines - when youre a gay high schooler in the 1980s and in love with your best friend

nose rings and cigarettes 2012 redux - when youre in love with the punk girl in your english class and its 2012

i’m an expert just like you - obligatory mad scientist playlist

MICHAEL AND HEATHER TAKE ON THE WORLD - my best friend drove me to college once and i made us a playlist to listen to during the ride

dc trip playlist - i met up with a bunch of my best friends at dc and these are all the songs we had stuck in our head that weekend (shout out to @taakitz @release-the-sheep @rearviewrosary)

high seas and childish dreams - my VIBES

ode to singing trees - concept playlist for my dnd campaign

FANMIXES:

and you are mine - symbrock babey. sometimes being possessed by an alien gets you an alien spouse.

LIMA VICTOR-426 - ONE OF MY FINEST CREATIONS. KAIJU!NEWTON. sometimes being possessed by an alien turns you into a rock star.

write you letters (in multicolor!) - newmann. its about the pen pals to lovers to enemies to lovers.

sharkflick! - my animal crossing island vibes! <3

SHARK PUPPY - i dont know who stephen king is. stream betty ripsoms torso

stray kittens - very gooey fanmix for kyo sohma and tohru honda.

🌻 🕷 - miles morales/itsv

dahlias and roses - jupeter from the penumbra podcast

tale as old as time - botw zelink. theyre complex

hero - botw link. hes out there in the woods.

justice, scorned by gods - lawful evil!keyleth of critical role

MADE BY OTHERS: 

o.O - made by @realanimeboy​, lu if youre not okay with me sharing this playlist let me know but it might be one of my favorite playlists someone else has ever made. if youre going to check out any playlist check out this one!

hozier’s influences - made by @fluoresensitive​. VERY VERY good if you like hozier you HAVE to know his roots and inspirations

what if we kissed in the cold war - made by @viciousmaukery, a fanmix for curt mega and owen carvour

late night driving - made by @viciousmaukery. a secret fanmix. its about being in love with your best friend

monster mash (horny edition) - made by @crowlore. exactly what it sounds like.

ssc; chill cave - compiled by @crowlore. one time my server just like sat in vc for like five hours listening to the chillest music.

#music #save #about me #seashell collection #long post