#but it was living in my brain rent free for too long

[yestheantichrist]

There’s a puritan loose in the Boiling Isles.

I think eventually everything’s going to be okay, but I have no idea what’s going to happen next. And neither do any of you, and neither do your parents, because there’s a puritan loose in the Boiling Isles. It’s never happened before, no one knows what the puritan is going to do next, least of all the puritan. He’s never been in the Boiling Isles before, he’s as confused as you are!

There’s no experts. They try to find experts on the news. They’re like, “We’re joined now by Gus Porter, a fan of human stuff.” Get out of here with that shit! We’ve all seen human stuff in the Demon Realm. This is a puritan loose in the Boiling Isles!!

When a puritan is loose in the Boiling Isles, you got to stay updated. So all day long you walk around, “What’d the puritan do?” The updates, they’re not always bad. Sometimes they’re just odd. It’ll be like: “The puritan learned glyph magic.” … I didn’t know he knew how to do that?

The creepiest days are when you don’t hear from the puritan at all. You’re down in the palace like: “Hey, has anyone… Has anyone heard–”

*palisman draining noises*

Those are those quiet days when people are like: “It looks like the puritan has finally calmed down.” And then ten seconds later the puritan is like: “I’m gonna petrify the wild witches and smash ’em with my staff. I’ve got a nice staff and long hair, I’m a puritan!”

That’s what I thought you’d say, you dumb fucking puritan.

And then… Then… Then you go to brunch with people and they’re like, “There shouldn’t be a puritan in the Boiling Isles.” And it’s like, “WE’RE WELL PAST THAT.”

Then other people are like, “If there’s gonna be a puritan in the Boiling Isles, I’m going to try to kill his nephew!” AND THOSE DON’T MATCH UP AT ALL!!

And then, for a second, it seemed like maybe we could survive the puritan, and then, somewhere in the emperor’s palace, The Collector is like, “I have a titan and I’m going to play with the Boiling Isles!” And before we could say anything, the puritan was like, “If you even fucking look at the Boiling Isles, I will maul you to death with my curse. I dare you to do it. I want you to do it. I want you to do it so I can kill you with my curse, I’m so fucking crazy.”

“You think you’re freaking crazy? I’m a freaking god! I live in a freaking mirror. I’m freaking crazy!!!”

And all of us are like, “Okay.” Like poor Lilith Clawthorne at those goddamn coven meetings. “Okay.” And then, for a second, we were like, “Maybe the puritans brother will stop the puritan?” And then the puritan is like, “I have killed the brother 50+ times.” … He can do that? That shouldn’t be allowed no matter who the puritan is!

#I’m so sorry #but it was living in my brain rent free for too long #toh #toh meme #toh memes #the owl house #the owl house memes #the owl house meme #emperor belos #philip wittebane #caleb wittebane #hunter toh #hunter wittebane #gus porter #kikimora #lilith clawthorne #the collector #horse in a hospital

[koalchicine]

My fractured soul has become entangled in yours.

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #tw eyes #tw eye strain #koal's doodle dump #stared at this for too long i started to hate it a little #drawing malevolent quotes that live rent free in my brain [1/??]

[frenchfry99]

"new friend?"

Another day in neighborhood, another troublemaker in Howdy's bugdega

Explaining that he has a whole stack, stash and a box of things to do, "uncle Howdy" tells Lilly to go find someone else to play with, giving a couple of beloved by her tangerines, to sweeten the situation at least a bit.

Throwing out the peels Lilly finds something bizarre- more like someone??

They went to visit frogs later :]

That frog ribbited something too personal 😔😔

Tiger cubs tend to bite others while playing, so does Lilly! (Nobody can escape the lil ankle biter!! Muhaha!!)

Her clown nose honks if you press on it! :]

so silly!!!! Gahhhh!!!! He better watch out for the claws though-

Being silly whole day is a hard job to do so they're taking a nap😔😔

Goofy doodle of "the mandatory older sibling report in the end of the day" lmao (Sunny would think Robbie is just one of the countless itty bitty bugs Lilly befriends)

Robbie belongs to @clownsuu ! >:^]

#they'd play roblox together 😔😔 #Lilly finds another green uncle real not clickbait #those two live rent free in my brain so I just HAD to make them interact HUEHSHGH #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home fanart #welcome home oc #the silly siblings wh #lilly silly wh #welcome home howdy #howdy pillar #robbie robs #actually there's a reason behind Lilly seeing all bugs as friends #and why she longs for constant company #like obviously cuz she's a child and all that #but the other reason she doesn't realize or can't remember #and probably won't ever will #gotta befriend who you can when you live in the woods for long right?? #anyways EXPLODES THEM W MY MIND /affectionately #wanted to do more doodles but I'm too burned out guhhhh

[valkair]

“Three shadows cast, three fates foretold. Yet at the end of the broken path lies death, and death alone.” Figured I could share my beloved MCs I say as I never really had a ILB MC <<; ehm So meet; Cennor Hunter - ILITW Harper Vance - ILB Aurora Wyrm - ILW

#this took far too long #yes thats a ffxiv quote #ilitw #ilitw mc #ilitw choices #it lives in the woods #it lives beneath #ilb #ilb mc #ILW #ILW art #ilw Mc #It Lives Within #it lives project #it lives choices #it lives #it lives anthology #it lives in my brain rent free #these are my babies

[not-she-which-burns-in-it]

OFMD and Breathwork Part 2 - The Kiss Scene

Much later than intended but I’m back, as promised, with the part 2 of my breath and voice work thread, this time looking at the kiss scene in Episode 9.

I really thought this was going to be more fun, but turns out it was mostly sad. Oh no. But before we get sad, let's do a part 2 of the basics. If you’re just joining, please read the other thread (https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/not-she-which-burns-in-it/686892030208638976?source=share) for info on where breath comes from in your body (in an acting sense) and how it affects the tension of the scene. This time we’re gonna focus on the pace of the scene, and when in your breathing cycle you begin speaking, and how that reflects the acting choices you make. 

LET’S DIVE IN!

BREATHING 202 - PACE

Ok, we’re working with my crude drawings this time, I’m so sorry. Here is a line of your breath. Line goes up for breathing in, line goes down for breathing out. Pretty self explanatory.

When you’re awake and talking, the breath cycle isn't really gonna look that smooth. The lower line for instance is more like your deep relaxed breath - breathe in deeply, quick at first and then slowing down as your lungs reach a comfortably full level. Then slowly breathing out in a long tail. As soon as you’re done, you breathe back in, no pause. This really makes more sense when you try it. Try breathing in following the lines, we’re all gonna learn today. 

Now here are some simplified spots where you might start speaking in your breath cycle, meaning how much air is in your lungs when you start making words happen. Let’s take a look at them:

So, we put all this together and we get a map of intentions. Especially when we combine this breathwork with the info from part 1, and all the other pieces of acting - micro expressions, body language, non-fluencies (uhms, ahhs, sighs) - we can glean SO MUCH about the acting choices and storytelling. If I ever get around to a Part 3, I’ll do the intro section on Spicy Breath and Vocal Work, I promise. That’s a whole thing. But for now let’s get to the kiss scene. I looked at the whole scene, not just the kiss itself, because the story demanded it.

THE SCENE BEFORE

Ok, in order to talk about this scene we have to go back to where we last saw Stede. Everything starts going wrong right here in this gif. The music that plays at the top of the kiss scene starts 5 minutes earlier in this moment. The second Stede learns that Mary reported him as dead, the smile falls off his face and this delicate piano music comes in (I quit music school to study theater but I can tell you it’s in a minor key). 

That leads us into the bunk bed scene - that music is still playing - where he’s wondering aloud whether Mary really thinks he’s dead or just reported him dead out of spite. He’s flashing back to his family, the worry for his children starts creeping in. Mary is still coded like an antagonist at this point, but the phrasing “do they really think I’m dead”, tells us he’s worried about his children mourning his death while he’s off being happy and falling in love. The music cuts out the second Ed appears. Ed clears away Stede’s troubled thoughts. Awww. But oh no, it’s doesn’t last. This conversation with Ed doesn’t make him feel any better, it makes him feel worse. Look at his face when Ed says “It’s time to accept our fate”

Stede is so upset he literally runs away. He darts out of the dormitory out toward the water leaving Ed sitting on his bed. And Ed is not oblivious to this, he’s worried. His mouth is tight, his brow is furrowed, and his eyes are casting down and around as if looking for an explanation. He’s upset, why?

Now, Ed isn’t stupid, he can think of a bunch of reasons why Stede might be upset, they’ve been captured and are losing their freedom. Of course, Ed has missed the key element here, which is Stede’s bottomless pit of worthless self-image. So what does Ed gather from this - Ed is ok with his adventurous life being over, but Stede is not. This is a good theory from Ed’s perspective, he is ready to stop being Blackbeard but Stede just got started as the Gentleman Pirate, it makes sense for him to be not find joy in moving on from that life. 

SO. The beach. We start with the same melancholy piano music picking back up. More flashbacks to playing with his children. Look at his body language, he’s curled up staring out at the sea. His knees are pulled up like they were when Ed left him for Calico Jack. His hands are on his knees holding himself together, and his thumbs are gently sweeping back and forth across his kneecaps - trying to sooth himself. Honestly he looks like he’s about to cry, his lips press together and he breathes in deep. There’s no one for him to speak to, he’s alone, the breath is to either tamp down the wave of emotion or let it out. But whatever he’s about to do, Ed immediately derails that plan.

And this takes us into the kiss scene. Stede is wallowing in guilt over his family, and guilt over dragging Edward into all this with him. Ed is looking to convince him to look on the bright side. Now you can “look on the bright side” of loss especially if you’re gaining something else. “Hey you can’t be a fancy pirate, but maybe you can have me” Excellent proposition Ed, well done. Tragically, that’s not the problem. You can’t cheer someone up from guilt and feelings of worthlessness, it will in fact make them feel worse. “Hey you feel bad for being happy while your family is in trouble, what if, we had even more happiness together?”

THE SCENE

“There you are” implying he’s been looking all over for him. And look how close he sits. They don’t appear to be touching, but it’s a couple inches at best between them. Now it’s Ed’s turn to let out a breath. He settles himself with it. It’s not clear whether it’s relaxing, now that he knows Stede is ok, or if it’s a determined breath because he has an idea of how to fix Stede’s sadness and he’s come looking for him to do just that.

He starts with a joke, but this isn’t his boisterous joking voice, it’s not even his normal speaking voice, it’s soft, gentle, and from the throat (check part 1 for what that means) it’s very similar to the way Stede speaks to Ed in the moonlight, or in the bathtub scene. It’s soothing and intimate. Given the sudden breath in and out before he starts, I’m guessing the intention was to start with a “tell me what’s wrong” sort of approach and he chickened out and went for a joke. But his voice is still in the soft “tell me what’s wrong” tone and volume. Adorable. But Stede brushes it off, “Oh come on, stupid idea”. It’s even softer in vocal quality than Ed. But somehow it’s not increasing the intimacy, it’s creating distance. How? Because the lack of volume and vocal support isn’t to draw Ed closer, it’s because Stede isn’t really talking to him, he’s talking to himself. As soon as he says it, Ed looks down and stops smiling. It’s hard to catch because he’s blurry in the foreground, but you can see the concern immediately rush back in oh this isn’t something easily fixed. Here’s where I get sad already. Stede looks at Ed to gauge his reaction before doubling down on the negative self-talk. By the time Stede looks at Ed, Ed is no longer smiling gently at Stede. All Stede sees is a concerned frown. He’s concerned for Stede, but Stede’s never gonna see it that way. The “Oh shut up” response is so quick, it’s reflexive. I’d bet anything it’s a #1 (Speaking before you breathe in) but I can’t tell where he is in his natural breath cycle to say for sure. But instead of engaging with his own emotions, Stede pivots to Ed’s emotional state instead. This is a recurrence in their relationship where Ed is emotionally vulnerable and Stede provides comfort and support. Stede is much less willing to share his own feelings - so much for his “talk it through as a crew” motto. Ed unfortunately (fortunately?) takes the bait.

Stede’s at a normal breath placement (either a #2 or #4), but listen to his emphasis “how are you handling this so well” - compared to Stede handling it very poorly. But again, we’re not saying that outloud.

Listen to Edward’s speech here, this is a great example of using breath to pace a speech where your character is discovering each piece of what he’s saying as he’s saying it. He’s taking small breaths in between each new idea. I’ve added tally marks here to visualize it. “I don’t know [///] It’s kinda nice just to take a load off [//] Just to [/] Just to be [/] Edward [//] I don’t know if I wanna go back to the old days [/] just drinking all day and [/] biting the heads off turtles or [/] making some poor bloke eat his own toes as a laugh [//]” 

Notice how the word “Edward” is completely isolated by breath. It’s HUGE for him to acknowledge Edward’s desires are different from Blackbeard’s. It’s something Izzy seems to have been aware of from the beginning, but Edward really only realized once Stede came into his life. Stede, bless his refined little heart. Takes a full breath in to not respond to the “eat his own toes” comment. Because he’s polite, and loves Ed, and doesn’t want to derail the emotional sharing by over-reacting. But you can see it in the immediate and deep furrow of his brow.

When Ed starts speaking again, he’s a little more hurried to get the thought out. The biggest note is the separation of the word “Ed” again, it’s revelatory to not just recognize the parts of him have different desires but that he should prioritize Edward’s desires and needs over Blackbeard’s. And BOY OH BOY does he act on that realization immediately. Because what Ed wants is 1,000% clear to this man. 

BUT STEDE MISSES THIS DISTINCTION. 

Listen to his emphasis. He matches the structure but he puts the emphasis on happy not on Ed. 

“What makes Ed happy” vs “What makes Ed happy?” It’s a subtle difference but extremely important. Because Stede thinks he’s saying 

“Pirating has made me happy until now, but I guess, since there is no escape, no way back to that life, I want to be as happy as I can…” But in reality he’s saying “Pirating made Blackbeard happy, but for the first time, I want to focus on what makes Ed happy, because I enjoy being Edward…” But let’s finish that thought and really cry. More breath tally marks, because they’re important.

“[//] These past [/] few weeks [//] have been [//] the most fun I’ve had in ages [/] years [/] maybe ever. [///] so [//] so uh [/] I reckon [/] what makes Ed happy [//] is [///] you.” Again, we’re getting breath in between each new thought, or each moment where he needs to gather strength to get these words out. This time instead of “Ed” being isolated by breath, the word is “you”. Stab me in the heart. Confessing your love for someone is hard, oh wow it’s scary, and Ed needs all the breath support he can get. He’s also not speaking very loud. They’re so close to each other, these breaths are tiny little snatches of air. That last phrase though. “What makes Ed happy is you” Why does it sound so breathless if he’s taking so much time to breathe? Let’s Map It Out! (THIS IS THE GOOD SHIT)

Ed getting that last word out with the last bit of air in his body is EVERYTHING. It’s desperate. It’s vulnerable. It’s so unsure of what happens next or if he should be saying it at all. It’s taking a huge chance because this is the moment things between them go from subtext to text. This isn’t just saying “Hey, let’s bang” it’s saying “I have soft squishy feelings for you, and maybe that makes me weak but I don’t care because you make me happy”. And Stede is FLOORED. The Gnossienne No 5 comes in, and everything is good. His whole face lifts up like the simple act of making another person happy is the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to him. Especially since he started out this scene dwelling on how much he’d disappointed his family, his parents, how he’d made this difficult for his crew and Ed, and everyone in his life. For Ed - glorious, wonderful, legendary Ed - to say that Stede is what makes him happy. Holy Shit. That’s groundbreaking for Stede. This is the first and only real smile we get from him in the whole scene. You can see the worries lift off him for a second. And before he can say something stupid: the kiss. 

THE KISS

Ed reaches around to anchor Stede’s opposite shoulder as he presses in - both to angle him properly and to stop him from startling away. Not in a forced manner, his touch is gentle, moreso he’s aware that Stede’s not experienced at this and he’s guiding the moment. So thoughtful. Also, so soft, my god.

Stede responds to the kiss immediately, he’s not just passively being kissed. Eyes closed and lips pressed forward, he’s about it. And he moves his lips on Ed’s to find a better position. As Ed shifts forward more and brings his left hand up to Stede’s shoulder he’s turning his whole body into the kiss, gently stroking his right hand down Stede’s back. The rustle sound you hear is Ed pulling his leg up in the sand to get better leverage turning to Stede. Stede meanwhile sweeps his arm forward toward Ed. I can’t see where his hand lands, but it looks like it’s going for Ed’s knee. 

Ed breathes in before he kisses Stede, (part one call back) but it’s hard to catch because he doesn’t do it until he starts moving. I LOVE this because it implies he didn’t decide to kiss Stede until he was already doing it. It’s a small catch breath, not much air, and certainly not enough for a big romantic kiss. So we hear Ed breath in bigger through his nose as they kiss - breathing is not important enough to stop kissing Stede - right before he starts shifting his body. After he shifts you hear him breathe out, again through his nose because he’s not stopping this kiss for any single reason. But it comes out slow like he’s sighing into the kiss. 

They are both pressing forward, despite the shifting bodies and sweeping hands, their lips don’t part. After they reposition their bodies, Ed turns his head to deepen the kiss just a little and we get that tiny tiny whimper noise from Stede and all my braincells explode into gay glitter. 

I’m not sure Stede is breathing at all here. He might breathe in a bit when they shift, but I’m not sure. I think it’s just internet start-up noises in there. Which might add to his dazed expression and whispered response post-kiss. When Stede opens his eyes he’s looking at Ed’s lips, briefly, before his glance goes back to Ed’s eyes. This moment is pure joy. Even if the guilt comes rushing back in, this moment is golden.

POST KISS 

Stede’s line “You make Stede happy” is in the softest whisper. And they stay at this intimate whispered level until Ed’s plan starts to form. We really hear Ed’s voice come back on “There’s always an escape” while Stede responds in a whisper, not yet bought into this plan.

It’s not until “China” that things start to go wrong. As soon as Stede says China, his glance skitters away and down. He hedges, “That’s quite far away.” Ed interprets this as “Can we get that far” when really Stede means “Maybe we shouldn’t go that far.” But alas, Ed doubles down on the thing Stede is most worried about “Our old lives will be gone, never were.”

Stede looks down again, to the same spot, and the cut away tells us he’s thinking of Mary. And the clip is significant here. It’s both a refutation of Ed’s point “We can start a new life” vs “We only have one life.” And the bits about “We never would have chosen each other.” relay strongly to themes of found family. Because Stede wouldn’t just be abandoning his family in Barbados by running away to China, he’d also be abandoning his Found Family on the Revenge. I genuinely wonder if we would have gotten this anxious guilt reaction if Ed had simply proposed going back to The Revenge. It would have felt less like an abandonment to Stede, and “now or never” in getting closure with Mary and the kids. But. We’ll never know. SO. We’d looked at Ed’s breath in his decision moment, now let’s look at Stede’s. Right before this cut away to Mary, Ed asks “What do you say?” Stede breathes deeply in and out. We come back from the cut away to see him finishing that exhale as he looks out to the ocean. He doesn’t breathe in. He presses his lips into a thin line. He doesn’t breathe in. He swallows nervously and looks back at Ed. He STILL doesn’t breathe in. “Yeah.”

https://youtu.be/cQC_7HAMza4

He’s 100% speaking with no air. He desperately needs to breathe in and feel steady, get support for his words, and think clearly, but no. The word just escapes him in this desperate whisper. It sounds like somebody punched it out of him. I think Ed misses it because he assumes Stede is nervous for the dangerous escape, or just flustered from the kiss. But folks, if you’re asking someone something really important and they say Yes in that tone, and then make THIS face.

Stop and clarify that they’re ok, and that they actually want whatever it is. Because wow, this is a cry for help. Also, listen to the music at this exact moment, it does this discordant little minor trip that just SOUNDS uneasy. Brilliant music design here folks. It trills up when Ed realizes Stede is saying yes, and then comes jarring back down when Stede makes this face. OUCH.

I love the mirroring of breath between Ed’s “...you” and Stede’s “...yeah” - one is so full of hope while the other is so full of despair and yet they are physically executed in the same way. Brilliant, so painful, thank you David Jenkins. It’s also further proof that Stede’s breakdown was not just from Chauncy, but a crash and burn that he was headed to from the moment they got to the island. Ed’s phrasing here also mirror’s the bathtub scene “I was suppose to kill…. you” as many people have pointed out. But here’s the thing, that scene brings them closer together because Ed is being vulnerable and Stede is providing support. Stede is comfortable with that role, because he doesn’t have to examine any of his own feelings and desires. This scene is the opposite. Despite Ed making the love confession, this scene is about providing Stede emotional support. Stede is ZERO percent ok with openly acknowledging what he wants or needs, which again leads to this face. 

I don’t think he was planning on ditching Edward the way he did though. Not based on this physicality. This SCREAMS “maybe if I just keep pushing these bad feelings down they’ll go away.” Thank you Mary Bonnet for shaking that out of him with a well-placed skewer to the ear hole. Therapy for everyone in Season 2!

Part 3??

Someday I’ll make a part 3, I’m not making any promises of when this time - I’ve learned! But I really want to look at Ed’s physicality around Calico Jack vs his physicality around Stede because it’s fucking fascinating. As I said at the top the intro lesson will be on intimacy work because SPICY.

Anyway I’ve written like 3,000 words at this point and I have to stop. Likes and comments really make my day - thank you all for the interaction from part one (which is here if you need it:

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/not-she-which-burns-in-it/686892030208638976?source=share

)  And come follow me on Twitter @/shewhich that’s where most of my brainrot content lives these days.

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd meta #blackbonnet #kiss scene #This lived in my brain for too long #useless skills from working in theater #watching actors is my day job #Taika waititi and rhys darby live in brain completely rent free #taika waititi #rhys darby #this is a cry for help #shewhich stuff

[nemmet]

happy mermay everyone — i’m so excited to finally share the fraphne mermaid au i’ve had on my mind since forever!!! 🩵💜

please see below the cut for an explanation of the basic premise! :D

daphne is the black sheep youngest daughter of a rich family. while staying at her parents’ lavish beach house for the summer, she spends her days exploring coastal caves, learning about local myths and searching for people to share her passions with. she has an unshakeable belief in the supernatural, and has been especially fond of mermaids ever since she was a child. as an aspiring mystery solver, she instantly goes to investigate when news spreads that fishing nets are going missing from boats, eventually leading her straight to the culprit — the real-life mermaid of her dreams.

fred is a lot like ariel from the little mermaid: he is fanatical about humanity and all the weird and wonderful objects they possess. he lives alone in an underwater cave, where he collects nets, scrap metal and all sorts of other items that have been dropped to the ocean floor. most commonly, he’ll find ways of combining the things he finds to create elaborate contraptions (to varying degrees of success). his relationship with daphne begins with him simply asking her to explain how certain objects work (like her flashlight and camera), but it eventually blooms into the true friendship that both have been needing all their life.

i plan to doodle and possibly write some more for this au in the future, but for now i really hope you like it! please feel free to ask questions or make suggestions if you like. :)

#god i’m so excited to have finally drawn/outlined this!!!! #it’s been living in my brain rent free for god knows how long #the rest of the gang will likely show up at some point in the story as well!! i’m still working out the details of that though #mermay #mermaid au #scooby doo #fred jones #daphne blake #fraphne #fraphne mermaid au #nem art :) #scooby doo and nemmet too!

[iobsesswaytoomuch]

@psychologicalwarclaire heheheheheh

So you said you liked animatics?

I'm still not over chapter 24

Welcome to the Circus by Skittish. Credit to @drsmer for putting this song in the swsa playlist because I never would've heard it otherwise.

#Rottmnt #swsa #spider's web with strings attached #Ideas have been living in my brain rent free for too long #once I get good at animating it's OVER for you guys #I have...... Plans..... #>>>:) #animation #flipaclip #I swear I didn't plan the timing #it just happened like that #the song fit perfectly #no I don't need sleep

[nirvanaida]

thumbs down: to indicate that one is ready to dive deeper

(click for better quality)

#genshin impact #HE HAS BEEN ON MY MIND IN MY HEART LIVING RENT FREE IN MY BRAIN #CHILDE MY BELOVED #AT NO POINT DOES HE SACRIFICE THE COOL FCTOR #tried some new stuff with this #im pretty happy with it #tartaglia #childe #genshin childe #childe tartaglia ajax #genshin #genshin 4.2 #genshin spoilers #my art #dont look at the bg too long it annoyed me

[themeeplord]

I might have listened to this soundtrack a little too much..

I constantly faintly hear the start of this track looping over and over when I'm just vibing in silence.

I'm dead serious.

#not complaining too much tho #it's a gorgeous soundtrack! #it can live rent-free in my brain for as long as it wants #godzilla minus one #music #Youtube

[good-beans]

ack for some reason your reblogs stopped appearing on my activity feed o.O just noticed you reblogged something from me hours ago and I was so confused

anyways i might as well give milgram thoughts (which is me just rambling) since i'm here!! keep thinking abojt the mahiru and orekoto snippet thign it's judt oh man . . . . i wonder how kazui or yuno would feel about orekoto, not because violence or something, but because he actually speaks up about his opinions and doesn't smile and pretend like everything is fine like mikoto

i mean kazui already has a weird first impression on orekoto if we imagine he did break up the fight between kotoko and orekoto! but orekoto is so much more open about his opinions on stuff that would kazui be like huh maybe I should try to do something like that

and i mean i think yuno already called mikoto out once so it'd be interesting to see her feelings on how orekoto is like so open about everything

AND i know you asked for fuuta thoughts and I'm just rambling about orekoto and his interactions because of that snippet, so I guess I should probably say something about fuuta and orekoto now! honestly i'm not too sure his reaction would be? i can't tell if fuuta would be afraid of orekoto because he's worried he'd get beaten up by him or just general annoyance from how blunt(?) he seems

anyways rambling over yippee!

(My notifs have been glitching too! It makes me so sad -_-)

Ahhh ty pal because YES -- Kazui would have gotten Such a wild first impression omg :0 Hmmm, he and Kotoko probably have a skewed perception of Orekoto because their first experience with him was such a violent one :( Though! If anyone were to see him at his worst and still think highly of him, it's the man that tried to hide his "shameful" true self only to have its presence kill someone...

I loooove the thought of Yuno appreciating his honesty and being like "finally, you stopped people pleasing like we talked about 😌 I'm so happy for you ✨️" I wonder if he'd inspire her to stand up for herself more vocally! Though she was very happy in her profession, it's clear she's made some unfair compromises/sacrifices at times, and I wonder if she'd change her mind on some things after hearing how fiercely he cares for himself. They'd be the take no crap duo of all time 👏

OUGH Fuuta being afraid because he doesn't quite understand his motivations ;--; And you're right, there'd definitely be a lot of jealousy that comes out in the form of annoyance -- Fuuta is so used to watchful eyes and perfect online performances that he can't stand someone who does whatever, whenever. Instead of getting inspired, he doubles down on what he's been conditioned with and Orekoto just pisses him off. (On a different note. I always pictured Fuuta idolizing Kotoko in T1 for her strength and sense of justice, but I wonder if that inner fanboy would transfer over to Orekoto after seeing him match strength with the person that just took his eye...)

#milgram #mikoto kayano #kazui mukuhara #yuno kashiki #fuuta kajiyama #thank you mug!!!! big brained as always im 👀👀👀 #i was thinking about a few interactions but i never considered his and yunos relationship omg #i figured shes too chill to stress out the host so just never sees him adfgghj but i mean theyd meet eventually #theres so much about identities and selves and hiding parts of oneself !!!!! #literally its confirmed that haruka yuno fuuta kazui amane and mikoto all center around performing and lying and hiding #im torn between the angst of fuuta being scared of everyone and pulling away from the others #even when he should be bonding with mikoto over their shared verdicts #and the sappy thought of him looking at kazui and mikoto like 🤩🤩🤩 'they protected me theyre so cool!!!' #i dont know what what im going to do during the trial hiatus and i still have characters living rent free in my mind like this asdfghhj #ask #long post

[characteroulette]

Actually a very old concept I came up with so long ago --

Trucy is see no evil,

Klavier is hear no evil,

and Apollo is speak no evil.

Musician is deaf to the lies around him, Magician turns a blind eye, and Loud child refuses to say the secrets in his chest.

#Ace Attorney #Apollo Justice #Trucy Wright #Klavier Gavin #Momo writes stuff #That thing I did for this is probs still in my DA #God these kids have lived in my brain rent-free for so long #Klavier in ignorant bliss (until it's too loud to ignore) #Trucy turning a blind eye to all the deceit around her (until it's time to speak up) #Apollo refusing to explain anything about himself (until it comes crashing into his life) #The kids are not alright sobs

[and-stir-the-stars]

(reverse dc au) Mike sees Evan as a teenage version of himself and is trying to get his 'past self' to realize how much of a dirtbag he(Michael) is lmao

oh my god, i literally gasped and my hand flew up to cover my mouth like some cringe hallmark movie actress

that's... oh my god. Michael mistaking Evan's kindness toward him for his past self "pretending" to be kind in order to trick him, or maybe Michael thinks his "teenage self" actually believes he's capable of anything other than cruelty and destruction and decides to teach his "teenage self" the hard way that NO, he isn't, and all he will ever be worthy of is punishment and pain.

Maybe Michael hears his "teenage self" claiming to be Evan and is so friggin mad that his "teenage self" would DARE corrupt sweet little Evan's memory with such a blatant lie.

I wonder if there's anything that would ever make Mike realize the truth. Maybe he realizes as Evan is dying; maybe Evan had some surgery or other, and Mike sees the remnants of the surgery while he's ripping Evan apart (similar to Mike's death scene in the og dire consequences au), and he tries comforting Evan in his final moments but Evan's too scared of him for the comfort to work.

Or maybe Mike never finds out the truth, and if Evan's ghost doesn't move on, Evan is stuck trying to hide from Mike for all eternity for fear of what Mike will do if he gets his hands on him.

I can easily imagine Evan being forced to see just how much Mike hates himself, and the lengths Mike is willing to go to torture himself (or his past self), as another form of torture, too. Evan still loves his big brother after everything, and seeing how much Mike hates himself hurts. both emotionally and physically, since Mike is taking that hatred out on Evan. Maybe, if Evan's ghost stays, he risks revealing himself to Michael because he wants to prove to Mike that he doesn't have to hate himself. Whether or not revealing himself is a mistake depends on how angsty I'm feeling, tbh

#this is literally so evil #it's like if dire consequences and paradoxical reaper combined #and we could throw lonely children in too and say mike uses the nightmare animatronics (or any ghostly vision of animatronics) to torture #his ''past self.'' mike used animatronic imagery to torture kid evan after all. it's only fair if he gives his past self #a taste of his own medicine #anon you're insane for this and i love it #kissing you on the lips rn iswear #oh this is so evil. i'm obsessed #evan afton support center #i am violently ripping out my brain and shoving this au in its place oh my god #forget ideas that live rent free in your brain this IS my brain now #this so needs its own name now #i'd throw out paradoxical consequences as a joke name but that feels a bit long lmao #this all begs the quesiton of how mike died in this au... hmmm... #and if the bite still happened but ev survived

[justashadetalkative]

send🎧(or “music”)+ Diamond to find out what songs/style of songs inspire receiver’s writing of that character!

Inspiration Asks

As with many of my characters, I do have a playlist for Diamond! (Favorite ones from there are Half-Decade Hangover and Good Grief :D)

But that playlist is short, chronological, and strongly narrative-focused. For more general vibes, some other songs that actively inspire me to write for him are:

This Year by the Mountain Goats

Bones in the Ocean by The Longest Johns

The Day It Fell Apart by Leslie Fish

Holding On To You by Twenty One Pilots

Devil On My Shoulder by Billy Talent

Better in the Morning by Birdtalker

Children's Work by Dessa

I've No More Fucks To Give by Thomas Benjamin Wilde Esq.

Take This Waltz (Paris Version) by Leonard Cohen

Small Hands by Keaton Henson

Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for Your Eyes by Kristin Andreassen

Amsterdam by Imagine Dragons

Otherwise, classic rock often makes me think of him -- it's the dad workshop vibes sdlfkdhsg. (...have another playlist. ^_^;)

Songs by the artist Muse often put me in mind of him as well! Though like with the classic rock it's more that I think it's music Diamond would like rather than the songs themselves actually feeling fitting to him, ahah.

#archerwhiterp #(sorry for the wall of text! if you had asked about pretty much ANY other character I would have far less music to share sldfkhdsg) #(but Diamond has lived rent free in my brain for way too long and there are a lot of songs in the world with Appropriate Vibes ahah) #(not least because there's a wide range of vibes that feel right...) #(including silly fun ones! 'I'm over my fuck budget and I'm now in fucking debt~') #Diamond #details #details: Diamond #music #music: Diamond #answers #ooc answers

[b0nelessdoodles]

you will take my rarepair doodles and you will like it

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#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #espresso cookie #dark choco cookie #chocospresso #i dont know their ship name but i dont think they have one so my city now #their in love dont look at me #this happened cause i had the two of them on my team for way too long #i was waiting for madeline to come home but he didnt so espresso smooched the sad prince #tbh see them as very casual about their relationship cause like #gestures at everything going on #the idea of them having met as kids in the dark cacao kingdom lives rent free in my brain #i just think theyre neat fuywgiauhifja #espresso complains about madelines bs to dark choco and he finds it entertaining af #hng im soft for them #might draw more of these dorks dont @ me

[vampire-mina]

my favorite trope that only exists in my mind is eponine being in complete denial of her sexuality whilst grantaire is just like “idk man...you seem like you might be a lesbian..” and eponine fervently denies this despite the fact that she talks abt cosette 24/7

#at one point he gets musichetta to host an intervention #theyre like "sorry ep youve been denying ur lesbianism too long #lesbian eponine with internalized homophobia lives rent free in my brain #les mis #Les Miserables #les amis de l'abc #victor hugo #grantaire #eponine thenardier #eponine

[novelmonger]

#the chosen #christianity #this has been living rent-free in my brain for too long and i had to get it out #(obviously the priest was Not Okay with this) #(for those who haven't seen this episode this is the point where they go to throw him off the cliff and he just goes 'nope' and walks away)