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Ethereal Tango of Death by unicorngraphics
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Heaven In Your Eyes || Masterlist
Pairing: Arthur Shelby x Reader!OC (Heaven Lavey Shelby)
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Fic Summary: He meets her at church one dreary night, guided by her singing. Her name? Heaven Lavey. White ivory hair, fair porcelain skin, and petite shape, this almost ethereal creature is Arthur's strict opposite. Yet, all it took was one dive into her heavenly eyes for him to be convinced God has sent His sweetest angel to save his bastard soul. The two lovebirds, obsessed with each other, are determined to live their love no matter people's judgments and no matter the dangers of a Peaky Blinder's life. They are together through the best and through the worst.
But behind her holy appearance and sweet facade, Heaven Lavey is dangerous. With rumors of witchcraft and murder, her shady past weighs on her shoulders. And if she is a blessing for Arthur Shelby, she will soon prove to be a curse for those who dare to stand in her and her husband's way. Even Thomas Shelby himself.
She is Arthur’s Angel,
but don't get fooled by her doe eyes: for the rest of us, she is the White Devil.
And by extend, you are too.
Why? Because Heaven Lavey… It’s you.
TW: Major character death, explicit sexual content, canonical violence, graphic description of violence, blasphemy, witch trials and burning of innocent women, dependent relationship (if Arthur and Heaven are happy in their relationship, they are obsessed and possessive, which leads to bursts of violence and deifying from Arthur. By no means I am claiming their relationship is healthy, but it is what works for them)
ACT I.
♢ Ch. 1 || Heaven in Your Eyes
♢ Ch. 2 || Never Did, Never Dared
♢ Ch. 3 || Something Wicked This Way Comes 🔞
♢ Ch. 4 || Dead Bird at Witchin Hour
♢ Ch. 5 || The Hell in His Eyes
♢ Ch. 6 || The One They Should Have Burned
♢ Ch. 7 || Of Matches and Gasoline 🔞
♢ Ch. 8 || Tango on Broken Dreams
ACT II.
♢ Ch. 9 || For Whom the Bells Toll
♢ Ch. 10 || Closer to Heaven or Closer to Hell? 🔞
♢ Ch. 11 || When The Bridges Burn
♢ Ch. 12 || As They Always Did
♢ Ch. 13 || Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
♢ Ch. 14 || Pure As a Lamb 🔞
♢ Ch. 15 || Women Like Me in a Men's World
♢ Ch. 16 || Après Moi le Déluge ( c o m i n g . . .)
♢ Ch. 17 || ( Il Diàvulu Biancu)
♢ Ch. 18 ||
ACT III.
♢ Ch. 18 ||
♢ Ch. 19 ||
♢ Ch. 20 ||
♢ Ch. 21 ||
♢ Ch. 22 ||
♢ Ch. 23 ||
♢ Ch. 24 ||
♢ Ch. 25 ||
♢ The series can be longer.
Some events from the show are taken and obviously reworked. Yet, except for a few quotes and scenes, everything else is imagined by the author.
Related works - in chronological order-
♢ From Blood We Will Grow
♢ To Bark and Bite
♢ Kaiser Meeting Cyril (requested)
♢ A Bone to Pick With It (requested)
♢ Perfect Lines
♢ Savage Daughter
♢ A Slice of Us (Modern!HYE)
♢ Love Ritual (@zablife's celebration)
♢ The Woods Whisper 1, 2 (Halloween Horror)
♢Little Lamb 1, 2, 3 (Yandere!AU)
Moodboards and other content
♢ Playlist
♢ Moodboard Aesthetic
♢ Moodboard Chapter 6
♢Heaven In your Eyes Act II trailer
♢ Moodboard Chapter 12
♢ Heaven in your Eyes chapter 16 trailer
Looking for more? Check out Heaven's masterlist I and II.
Taglist: @adaydreamaway08 @theshelbyclan @jomarch-wannabe @esposadomd @zablife @woofgocows @anathemasworld @anastasia000 @kate654 @kxnnxy @babayaga67 @meowtastick @shelbyssins @sarai-ibn-la-ahad @bluevenus19 @raincoffeeandfandoms @kishie8 @zablife @alexandra-001 @dearshelby @alexizodd @helen06dreamer @kmc1989 @emotionalcadaver @peakyswritings @peakyltd @chaosinkest1996 @vanhelsingsbigtoe @cherubswhispers @he6rtshaker @bemyqueenofdarkness @cljordan-imperium @cjarbo @red-riding-wood @rysko
#arthur shelby#arthur shelby x reader#Peaky blinders#peaky blinders imagine#Arthur shelby x oc#Thomas Shelby#Tommy shelby x reader#Tommy shelby x oc#Arthur shelby x you#arthur shelby jr#arthur shelby x y/n#Arthur shelby fanfic#peaky blinders fanfic#john shelby x reader#Arthur shelby x ofc#Heaven Shelby#Polly Gray#Michael Gray#tommy shelby#peaky blinders x reader#Paul anderson#Cillian Murphy
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"There's really just one thing that we have in common; neither of us will be missed..." (x)
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New Dog's Life chapter today!
Chapter 2 - “Embers (Impulse)”
Read on AO3
Start from Chapter 1
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Impulse is allowed to be POV character for both the pre-game and the rules chapters, not because I split the opening in several pieces but because he specifically can do whatever he wants <3
Dog's Life doesn't have a boogeyman, but it sure has hunting hounds! Grian's got rules to explain, everybody scrambles, folks start taking on mob traits, and Impulse gets his quarry roll. Check it out!
(First 1,000 words under the cut)
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[ImpulseSV - Player]
Quarry: TBA
Hunter: Unknown
💚 💛 ❤️
Seed 125. It's such an innocuous number, that. Just a sliver of a thing. You could almost personify it like a little fairy. What's that TV show where the letters of the alphabet form words and come alive? If there's a spin-off for numbers, this is exactly that. The number 125 is too ridiculously quaint and pretty to be "randomly selected," which makes it feel ethereal and fey. Does that make sense?
Listen to me. I really do sound like a guy whose friend group has been mostly other parents for the last dozen years.
Smajor gets it, though. Er… Scott. He's all-in on the freckly, pointy eared woodland fey aesthetic this time around- glittery and mystical with iridescent white fairy wings printed down the back of his bright green jacket. Someone call the Summer Court, because Tam Lin's in big trouble. That's him.
You know, just the name alone is hilarious. "Seed 125" sounds like a tourist trap or government lab, like Area 51 or something (at least in all the memes). The air here is warm and smells of salt and mucky sand. It's night, but no one's shivering… even those among the crowd of 17 (like Impulse) whose base code currently depicts them in shorts and a T-shirt. Skizz's suit vest doesn't even have sleeves. Cleo has her arms crossed, hands running up and down her skin, but she sort of always does that. You know: stands off to one side, watchful and aloof. Then she settles with a fwump on the edge of Ren's melon.
(Funny story about the staring. 16 of the 17 players gathered around the melon circle are tailed by "ghosts." They're not normally spoken of- invisible to each other's camera eyes, here only if you squint. HumanCleo betrays all the emotions of life and fear that ZombieCleo does not. The ghostly figure shivers, shifting from foot to foot. She presses her palms to her face. She's transparent, so it does very little to hide her. Impulse can see her beady camera eye staring blearily at the bedrock ground.)
Tango's red-blond hair flickers in the dark. His flames burn low. Since their center torch is pretty pathetic, he alone is lighting up the darkness of their inner circle. Well… Skizz has his halo and Scar decorated his cane with a glowing red orb, which rests in his lap, but there's no telling what that's about. Impulse squints.
Is Scar made of wood?
That'll be interesting. Scar always goes overboard with his skin swaps and roleplay in the death games, and clearly he's already built the bare bones of a plan. Doesn't wood rot near the seaside? This is the seaside, right? Slight waves slap against the shore down the hill from where they sit. Stalks of bamboo leer over them like skyscrapers and the bedrock Grian admin'd in around spawn is freckled with roaming pigs.
Seed 125 is too pretty of a place to be brutally murdered in a death loop. And this time, the realization of that cuts Impulse to the core. He jolts upright, gripping the edges of his melon chair.
Why are we doing all this? For the 'entertainment' of those whose faces we never see? Can't we just have a beach episode and enjoy building together in a tropical survival paradise?
Would that be good content? Maybe not, but it'd be a well-deserved vacation. Impulse rubs behind his neck, tracing out the ghosts of old scars and the ache of this morning's Skyblock stream with Skizz. Ooh. Is he really up for this?
I really shouldn't have spent an hour skimming through the void.
His cam twin moves instinctively to rub his shoulders. His misty hands pass straight through.
"So Grian," Scar calls, cupping his hands around his mouth. "Explain to us in your soothing British accent what the rules of this Life game are."
"Welcome to Dog's Life," Grian recites, spinning around like a king. He wobbles his arms, leaning his weight on just one leg. Gets his balance back. Exhales. They're all standing on random melons gathered around the bedrock spawn point, although there weren't enough for everyone, so some are on the ground. Actually, Smajor (Scott) and BigB have their arms wrapped around each other, tongues poking out uncertainly as they fight gravity and each other to keep themselves upright. Scott, a little squashed and frumpy, looks like he might step down in a second or two. While their melon is square, it's a little lumpy on one side. BigB grips Scott like a life preserver as though the grass is lava.
Beside them is Mumbo, fiddling with his tie. He stares at his shoes, but lifts his gaze as Impulse's eyes bear into him. This is only Mumbo's second round in the death game, so it's no wonder he's nervous. He looks out of his element - like a dolphin in Arizona - like he's debating if he ought to surrender his own melon to one of the senior players. Impulse tries to smile, but it comes out like a grimace. Mumbo fidgets with the hems of his coat. The skeletons on the fringes of their circle are noisy, bones clicking. Pigs snort. The zombies are the loudest of all… enough to make Impulse wonder whether they're standing just above a cave. How grateful he is for the bedrock that prevents death loops from trapping spawn.
One skeleton twists around, making Mumbo jump. But Ren shoots him a reassuring look, waving a dismissive hand. He's sitting on his melon, one leg crossed over the other. He looks relaxed. Cleo's doing the exact same thing, having apparently decided - quite stubbornly - that they won't stray far from spawn while the stars are out. They're in no rush to get moving.
Can't blame her, Impulse thinks, watching the skeleton keep its distance. He taps his fingers against the melon's side, starting up a beat (Skizz instinctively picks it up, drumming too). There's almost no point in foraging at night during Hardcore.
[Cnt'd on AO3 - Link at top]
#trafficblr#traffic life smp#ImpulseSV#Grian#mcyt#/Cracks fingers. I learned how to use the Basic Formatting work skin for this because WE COLOR CODING TODAY BOYS#I drew this preview image back in... April? Been dying to share... My Impulse and Joel came out so cute <3#I've got WIPs for BigB / Scar / Mumbo / Scott / Pearl & Skizz and I look forward to sharing them soon!#ridwriting#Dog's Life#traffic life fanfic#apparently art#Joel SmallishBeans#Impulse Saint Bernard animatic my beloved#Pixels Imperfect#fic announcement#Dog's Life art
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Limbo
© Melissa Magdalene 2014
We are our purest when we are closest to destruction.
Sensually, ecstatically, imminently erotic.
That decadent dance with danger where both life and death are suitors.
Each with their own unique, intriguing charisma.
Extending their grip in a timeless tango of escapist fantasy.
The one bearing gifts of suffering for ultimate blissful release.
The other bequeathing souvenirs of heightened fear for euphoric peace.
And I, unintentionally in the middle, madly in love with both.
Intimately grinding to the customary pulsing beat of eternity, as both passionately flow their infinite presence all over me.
And if I awaken I am with life – stop!
And if I sleep I am with death – stop!
Thus I sway in limbo so both can penetrate me repeatedly in unison.
Within that deep void where light and dark are one and one and the same in nothingness, for the calm lull of simply being.
Just being in complete and nothing more.
No judgement, no knowledge, no fear, no sensation, no friction, no vibration - nothing but relaxation and seductive surrender to both my lovers who are one and the same.
We are our purest when we make love to destruction.
It is effortlessly, increasingly climatic.
That intimate perilous dance with extreme absurdity because that depth doesn't exist in conscious observant attentiveness.
It's a secret place in an unconscious rapture within the height of submissive ecstasy where both life and death compete for a delirious tango with me.
Extolling their dominant omnipresence hypnotically through my willing soul because they both know they own it all as one and the same.
Between that somnolent zone of awareness and complete surrender, both are gentle yet firm and I fear them, their authority, but I love them all the more insistently.
I sleep – stop!
I awaken – stop!
At the same time in limbo with uncontrollable waves of dreamy lust, they take frequent turns as one commands attention, and then the other, in a stimulating duel of intense ecstasy and then....
Suddenly!
Unexpectedly!
Death let's go!
Winking lovingly, death releases, let's go of me.....
And I AWAKE!
NO – stop!
I'm here in this pointless place we call (mundane) reality.
'No' I say slowly to the bearded man standing with some tube over me.
'Not this again!' - oh some man whoever you are I barely even know you in this ward – stop!
He stares concerned and asks, surprised - 'What?'
Death waves lovingly, reminding me that we are still dancing, still embracing in amorous harmony.
One day, some day, death will be back for me while I continue to dance with the other.
Life, my parallel beautiful lover who smiles invitingly, welcoming me back to this predictable place we like to call reality – stop!
I love them both madly, gladly, badly, insanely, deeply, willingly, imminently because they are the one - One and the same.
And thus here I am again, right here in this predictable place.
With the same noise – stop!
And the same stories – stop!
And the same faces – stop!
And the same lies – stop!
And the same worry – stop!
And the same fear – stop!
And the same stupidity – NO!
Oh it's so BORING!
This stupid philosophical rhetoric we like to call (vain) reality.
Yet I am still persistently adoring my two ethereal lovers in limbo, in an endless tango of delirium.
We are our purest when we are closest to destruction because only destruction knows how to -
LOVE!
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hey! do y’all have any recs for fics where aziraphale or/and crowley dance? fics where they dance together would be especially cool, but i’m not picky. 😎
Well! There are some amazing dancing AUs if that's at all what you're after...?
Loosely Ballroom [M], WIP by marginalia_device, mortifyingideal
Dust off your dancing shoes, because it’s that time of year again! The new season of Strictly Come Dancing starts TONIGHT on BBC One! A brand new crop of celebs are getting ready to compete for the coveted Glitterball trophy, and they’re a mixed bunch— ranging from beloved telly presenter Eve Gardener to washed-up stage and screen actor Anthony J Crowley.
Whose tango will tantalise? Whose cha-cha will charm us? And who will be doomed by their dreadful, dreadful salsa? Join us every second Saturday at 7pm to find out!
Aziraphale is a professional, Crowley is a contestant, and the BBC needs viewers. Does what it says on the tin, if the tin has a whopping great “STRICTLY COME DANCING AU” label on it.
don't call me angel [M] by LeilaKalomi
When Ethereal Electronics sends its software developers on a retreat at St. Beryl’s Resort, Aziraphale Fell, constantly mocked by his coworkers, feels trapped. But at the retreat center, he finds himself drawn to Anthony Crowley, a dance instructor, and sees an opportunity to help someone in need as he rediscovers one of his youthful pastimes—ballroom dancing—and finds a new passion altogether in Anthony Crowley.
Loosely based on Dirty Dancing.
~Mod N
And here are a few canon-compliant fics in which Aziraphale and Crowley dance...
Taking Steps by JoyAndOtherStories (G)
Crowley was in a state of shock.
Admittedly, this shouldn’t have been surprising, given that his recent experiences included near-death, body-swapping, car explosions, bookshop conflagrations, and rebellious eleven-year-olds defeating the forces of Heaven, Hell, and independent contractors.
But that had been two weeks ago, and though saying he’d recovered would have been not so much stretching the truth as utterly shattering it, his current state of shock was…something different.
“Say—say that again, angel?” he managed. “You said…you wanted to try…new things?”
Basically: Aziraphale wants to try new things. The first one he comes up with: Salsa dancing! Meanwhile, Crowley really just wants to snuggle with his angel. Fluffy pining ensues while they figure out that they actually both want the same thing.
Shall we dance? by Samara Lilly (NR)
“Do you dance?”
Crowley snorts. “Who do you think invented the famous Studio 54 in New York? Of course I do.”
Aziraphale pulls a face. “That’s not dancing. That’s… moving around.”
“You think I can’t dance?” Crowley sits up straight now and eyes the angel over the rim of his dark glasses.
“Doesn’t matter what I think,” Aziraphale tries to make a neutral face. But he finds the idea of Crowley dancing very, very… interesting.
Dance with me, my old friend by amerande (T)
During the taxi ride back to the bookshop, Aziraphale considered the many ways in which he’d left the Ritz over the years. The first time: contented and excited to tell Crowley about it, to perhaps share it with him. Several subsequent times: alone, but with the delightful memory of an afternoon or evening basking in Crowley’s company and attention. After that: with Crowley, walking through London, to the bookshop or to a museum, talking and sharing time. Once, eleven years ago: in Crowley’s Bentley for a night of drinking and plotting to avert the apocalypse.
This was the first time they’d taken a cab together.
- Mod D
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if anyone wants to recommend musicals to me I would fucking adore that. Until then, here are some suggestions:
Love in Hate Nation-- LET’S GO LESBIANS! 1960s sapphic love story taking place in a girls’ reformatory. Also, trans girl played by trans actress!!! Some of the amazing songs are “I Hope” and “Oh Well”. Susannah Son wants to be a singer, her performative activist boyfriend is gross and also wants her to marry him so he’ll have better options politically. Sheila Nail is so fucking cool and I love everyone in this. My brain cuts out about this I’m so sorry babes. There is not a cast recording but there IS an original cast bootleg on youtube.
Holy Musical B@man!-- If you liked the goofiness of 1960s Batman and Robin, but think “man, these guys should’ve been able to swear! And also should have had a candy themed villain!” this is the musical for you. Also if you’ve heard of the very queer Harry Potter musical that JK herself tried to sue over, it’s made by the same group <3. As usual with Team Starkid, whole thing is up for free on youtube by the creators.
Firebringer-- Speaking of the same group... Cave people sapphics who I think are bi or pan. I love them and they’re all so dumb. Also, if you’ve seen the “I don’t really wanna do the work today” vine, that comes from this. I do not remember any of the second half other than one of them taking the ring the other is proposing with... to propose. And the “*blows kiss*” “fuck no, Zazz” “duly noted”. Kind of like a shitpost musical. Once again, free by creators. Actually, check out any of their musicals.
The Prom-- In Indiana, Emma just wants to take her girlfriend to the prom, and in response, the PTA cancels it. With some help from some broadway actors looking for good publicity, they manage to pull it off. So, to summarize, teen lesbian gets gay uncle who knows what she’s going through!! This musical makes me cry every goddamn time. There is a movie now, and I’m very happy about that because *high profile gay rep on netflix*, but I personally did not like the direction they took with it. They put a weird amount of emphasis on biological rather than found family in the movie, and were a little too forgiving when it came to trauma from family for being gay. Also, they took away Emma being butch. This was sadly (loosely) based on a recent true story from I think 2012. Also, was the first gay kiss in the Macy’s parade. You know those movie musicals the straight girls in theater like? The music is similar, but gayer, and for some reason that makes me so fuckng happy. I think it’s because non-queer people have had musicals for so long, and those normally have a 60s vibe, and the music in this does too and it feels more classic?? Sapphic promposal song (het at the beginning). “Unruly Heart” and the end of Act 1 will break you. Please ignore the bad wigs.
Spies Are Forever-- GAY SPIES GAY SPIES GAY SPIES!! Curt Mega (played by... Curt Mega) lost his partner Owen during a mission. Now, he’s just trying to get back into spying like Owen would want. I fucking weep every time. Also, a song about comphet (at 6:36)!! And here is a video essay on how it relates to the Lavender Scare. I want you all to know that everyone also headcanons the femme fatale spy in it as either a lesbian or aroace, which uh, makes sense. Also high quality videos put up by creators. They had Jewish people making fun of Nazis while writing this, but “Not so Bad” is... kinda bad. “Torture Tango” has so much goddamn sexual tension and becomes devastating.
Hadestown-- If you know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, it’s like that, except capitalism part 1. Orpheus is a poor musician, Eurydice dies, just like the myth. Except, the Great Depression post-apocalyptic setting that works better than it probably should. There are actually 3 soundtracks: the concept album, off-Broadway, and Broadway. I personally don’t like the concept album purely based on vibe. Off-Broadway has an absolutely gorgeous sounding Orpheus, and if you’ve heard of the disaster that was Spiderman: Turn Out the Dark, then you’ve heard of surprisingly amazing Broadway Orpheus Reeve Carney. The Fates are gorgeous and I’ve decided they’re queer. Tony’s performance link here. Explores relationships, with Hades and Persephone’s aging relationship mirrored by Orpheus and Eurydice’s relatively new one. Anyway, unionize.
Jasper in Deadland-- If you know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, it’s like that, except capitalism part 2. Jasper is a teen who’s best friend Agnes is pretty much the one good thing left in his life. His mom left, he got kicked off the swim team (he’s manic pixie dream boy in this, especially for swimming), and Agnes dies at the beginning trying to show Jasper that she’s brave and he should be too. So, he bravely ventures into Deadland to find her, meeting Gretchen the tour guide along the way. He also finds out that since he’s still living, he can bring memories back to the dead. Songs like “Stroke by Stroke” (he’s uh, definitely a teen, guys) and “Living Dead” (I shared a prinxiety animatic of that on here a while ago).They blend Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Christian, and whatever Dante’s Inferno counts as together to create Deadland. Story’s kinda hard to follow from the soundtrack, so if u wanna learn how it all ties together message me.
Death Note Musical-- Okay babes, here’s where it gets tough. It was written originally in English, and there is a spectacular English concept album, but the only productions have been in South Korea, Japan, and I think Taiwan. Listen to it anyways, find a bootleg of it with english subtitles. It has so much gay tension and also a truly ethereal character who seems to be a lesbian who is also either demisexual or demiromantic. If any of y’all saw the anime like me, it kind of cuts out the arc after episode 26. I personally thought it was actually a better story for it.
Alice by Heart-- Okay, this one makes me fucking cry every goddamn time. In WW2, these poor goddamn kids are all alone in the Tube System (is that what y’all call it? genuinely asking here) with none of their parents but still some grownups. Alice’s best friend Alfred is dying of tuberculosis, and to try to have one last thing together they start reading Alice in Wonderland, only for Nurse Hart to rip it apart to try to separate healthy Alice from dying-from-TB Alfred. It doesn’t work, and Alice proclaims she “knows it all by heart”, She tries to linger in the story with Alfred to have more time with him, he keeps trying to move it along because he’s dying and wants to finish it one last time. Themes are growing up and grief I guess.
Last I checked, there is a bootleg for all of these on youtube. Have fun!
#love in hate nation#holy musical b@man#firebringer#the prom#spies are forever#hadestown#jasper in deadland#death note musical#alice by heart#i know more gay ones too if u want that
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When a nation feels threatened, it gets swole. Germans and Norwegians became obsessed with individual self-improvement through physical fitness around the end of the Napoleonic Era. British citizens took up this Physical Culture as the 19th century—and their empire—began to wane. And yoga, in its current practice as a form of meditative strength training, came out of the Indian Independence movement of the 1920s and 30s.
The impetus of these movements isn’t fitness for the sake of pleasure, for the pure joys of strength and physical beauty. It’s competitive. It’s about getting strong enough to fight The Enemy, whoever that may be.
The United States is, of course, not immune to this. The Presidential Fitness Test sprang up in the mid-20th century after studies found that American children lagged behind Europeans in certain tests of flexibility and calisthenic ability. Cold War paranoia only amped up this anxiety, particularly as we entered the 1980s. What if our kids were too fat to defeat communism? This obsession meshed beautifully with boomer yuppie narcissism and birthed the aerobics fad.
Then the Nineties hit, the Berlin Wall fell, and spandex and sweatbands became hilariously passe. While America still obsessed over thinness, it was not for the sake of strength. Two things happened at the dawn of the new millennium to bring back physical culture.
The first occurred in 1998, when BMI standards shifted a few points. Formerly, one needed a BMI of 27 (for women) or 28 (for men) to be classified as overweight, but the new standard lowered the cutoff to 25 points. Twenty-nine million Americans instantly became overweight without gaining an ounce. Under the new guidelines, doctors could prescribe them diet drugs or recommend weight loss surgery.
A nationwide panic rose; headlines screamed about a new plague of fat people whose bodies were ticking time bombs destined to deliver death and destruction at any moment. Stock footage of fat people ambling about in public, filmed from the neck down to protect their identities (and more effectively dehumanize them), became a common sight on television news as bony broadcasters droned about the horrors of the Obesity Epidemic. Curiously, hardly any of the reports on this sudden increase in overweight/obese Americans bothered to mention the BMI standard shift.
The second event was, of course, 9/11.
The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon sparked a new War on Terror, and America needed to get in shape so we could win that war. The USA’s hyper-militaristic troop-worshipping post-9/11 culture seeped into the panic over obesity and gave birth to a terrifying, swole baby. Public school gym classes featured special military fitness days in which students practiced throwing mock grenades. George W. Bush added an Adult Fitness Challenge to the Presidential Fitness program. On American and British television, a new wave of documentaries and reality shows sprang up to bellow at us for being too fat to defeat al Qaeda: Honey, We’re Killing the Kids; Supersize Me; You Are What You Eat, in which a bony harridan screeched at Britons whose feces did not meet her exacting standards; The Biggest Loser, where lean coaches bellowed at fat contestants in a manner strikingly similar to that of a stereotypical drill instructor.
And muscles—giant, pulsating, steroid-enhanced muscles—returned to screens. But the new muscle era lacks the eroticism of Eighties action cinema. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed his glutes in Terminator; Sylvester Stallone stripped for First Blood and Tango & Cash; Bloodsport shows more of Jean Claude Van Damme’s body than that of his love interest.
For the most part, though, today’s cinema hunks are nevernudes. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is strictly PG-13, as one expects from a Disney product. And even in the DC universe, there’s very little of human sexuality. Capefans’ demands for more “mature” superhero movies always mean more graphic violence, not more sex. They panicked over Dr. Manhattan’s glowing blue penis in Watchmen, and they still haven’t forgiven Joel Schumacher for putting nipples on the batsuit.
Today’s stars are action figures, not action heroes. Those perfect bodies exist only for the purpose of inflicting violence upon others. To have fun is to become weak, to let your team down, and to give the enemy a chance to win, like Thor did when he got fat in Endgame.
This cinematic trend reflects the culture around it. Even before the pandemic hit, Millennials and Zoomers were less sexually active than the generation before them. Maybe we’re too anxious about the Apocalypse; maybe we’re too broke to go out; maybe having to live with roommates or our parents makes it a little awkward to bring a partner home; maybe there are chemicals in the environment screwing up our hormones; maybe we don’t know how to navigate human sexuality outside of rape culture; maybe being raised on the message that our bodies are a nation-ending menace has dampened our enthusiasm for physical pleasure.
Eating disorders have steadily increased, though. We are still getting our bodies ready to fight The Enemy, and since we are at war with an abstract concept, the enemy is invisible and ethereal. To defeat it, our bodies must lose solidity as well.
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Lover boy
Harry James Potter x Reader
Y/n looks back at the times she spent at hogwarts with harry while a record plays
The dates/memories are out of order
Warnings; Fluff, Sad kinda, Cursing
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I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things
We can do the tango just for two
While horcrux hunting, after Ron left and the night Hermione went to find him Harry and you were alone
The two of you sitting on the small bed, your head on his shoulder, holding hands. Hoping that you wouldn’t die any time soon
A song came up in the radio, he stood up to turn the music higher and came back with his hand held out
You took his hand with a small smile as his arms wrapped around your waist. The two of you danced with no worries, the war was the last thing on your minds, only caring to not mess up the steps
“I love you harry” you whispered into his chest, “I love you more, y/n” he replied
I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings
Be your Valentino just for you
Valentines day 1997,
Even though Harry seemed to be obsessed with that weird potions book, he was also obsessed with you, and his Valentines day gift was going to prove it
You were sitting at the black lake, reading a book with hermione while eating some valentines day chocolates
“Did Ron get you anything?” You asked, “No” she flipped the page of her book
“Did harry get you anything?” She asked, “Not that I can think of-” Your voice cut out with voices of the two boys running towards you
“Hello Y/n” Harry smirked with his hands behind his back, hiding something “Hi harry” you giggle as the two sat down
Harry pulled out a guitar as he played some notes before asking “Will you go on a valentines day date with me”
You threw yourself into his arms “Oh harry” you giggled “Ofcourse I would”
Ooh, love, ooh, loverboy
What're you doin' tonight, hey, boy?
You walked down the common room stairs, a pretty red dress that ended mid thigh with doc martens and red lipstick
Harry’s jaw was on the floor, looking at you in awe. He always knew you were beautiful, but tonight you looked ethereal
“You look-” He tried to find the words “Beautiful” Hermione smiled
You gave him a hug, as hermione took out a muggle camera “Here you two smile”
“1..2..3..” click
“Be good” hermione waved goodbye
When you two came back harry’s face was filled with red kiss marks all over
Set my alarm, turn on my charm
“Fuck” you groaned trying to turn off the alarm that’d been going on for 5 minutes now
8:30
“Harry!” You tugged his shoulder “Wh- what” he stood up shocked
“We’re going to be late” You hurried up to get your tie and skirt on, “Shit” he stood up to find his pants that were discarded somewhere around your room
“Accio tie-” “Accio tie-” The two of you said at the same time, with a giggle the two of you put on your ties, “I never get how to do this” You shrugged trying to un-knot the fabric
“here” He chuckled, fixing your appearance and kissing your forehead after “Now let’s go”
The two of you ran down the hogwarts halls holding hands to find potions
“Come on” You pulled him into the class, “Ah miss Y/L/N oh- and Harry!” slughorn smiled “Don’t be late again come on in”
Ooh, let me feel your heartbeat (Grow faster, faster)
Ooh, ooh, can you feel my love heat?
4th year,
“willyougoonadatewithme” he muttered quickly, looking everywhere but at you
“What” you giggled, he took a deep sigh “Will you go on a date with me Y/N”
“Ofcourse I will harry” you stepped up and put a hand on his chest, kissing his cheek “Why is your heartbeat so fast?”
“I was nervous” He chuckled
That week you and harry made front page;
Tri-wizard champion Harry Potter out on a date with not-so-mystery girl: Y/N Y/L/N, how do the lovers feel knowing one of them could get ultimately hurt by the end of this contest
“Shes so annoying” you groaned “howd she even see us?”
I'd like for you and I to go romancing
Say the word, your wish is my command
7th year,
“Apparate” You whispered, your body swirling around until it stopped. Opening your eyes again you saw muggle london
It was a saturday afternoon and you decided to take harry to your favorite place since you finally passed the apparation test
“Come on” You smiled walking with him, “Where are we going?” He asked, holding your hand tightly
“Walking Harry, I like to walk” you stopped to look at him, he kissed your forehead “You’re weird”
The two of you walked in and out of big buildings, ate at a muggle cafe you always loved, and now were sitting at some bench in the subway
“Thank you for coming with me” You whispered,
“I’d go anywhere with you” he took your hand
“I love you” he held your waist and kissed you “I love you too Harry”
Write my letter
Feel much better
Dear Y/N,
This summer has been the worst, you’ve been the only one to write me (Which is okay ofcourse I love you haha dont get mad), but I am at the headquarters for Order of the Phoenix. I miss you dearly and I hope to see you soon, I know you’re coming tomorrow, but I am still very impatient. I love you.
Yours always,
Harry
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Dear Harry,
I miss you more, I know I was the only one to write. Hopefully you’ve found out why by now. I won’t write much since it’s better said in real face to face, and I’ll see you tomorrow. I love you
Yours,
Y/N <3
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And use my fancy patter on the telephone
Fourth year summer,
“HELLO” You heard a voice you recognized as rons yell through the phone “Hello ron”
“IS- IS THIS Y/N?” he yell-asked, “Yes Ron it’s y/n” you giggled “Don’t yell I hear you perfectly when you speak normal”
“Oh Oh okay that’s much better” He sighed “Here’s harry”
“Hello” You smiled to the phone “Hey y/n” he replied “How are you?”
“I’m well how are you?”
“Perfect I’ve never actually used a phone before it’s pretty cool” he chuckled
The two of you talked for hours on end, until you heard Molly yell that it was time for dinner
The rest of the summer, before the quidditch world cup, the two of you talked almost every day until you finally saw him again
When I'm not with you
Think of you always
(I miss those long hot summer nights) I miss you
It was the summer,
He kept rewatching a picture of the two of you in the room of requirments, before it was destroyed, on the floor. Your head on his shoulder as you two slept after a DADA class
Harry hadn’t seen you since the last day at school after the ministry attack and it was killing him. Were you safe? Did you eat today? Had you not forgotten to drink water?
It was killing him to know neither of you could send letters to eachother, even if it was for your safety
Sitting in some cafe you had taken him too in the subway his mind running thousand miles per hour with thoughts of you, he saw dumbledore outside
Hey, boy, where do you get it from?
Hey, boy, where did you go?
“Where’s the kid” You hugged tonks
“Here” Remus came from behind his son, Teddy Lupin, “Oh you are so cute!” You took him into your arms
“Harry look” you walked to him and sat on the couch, the little brown haired boy giggling
“We wanted to tell you guys something” Remus and Tonks walked up to you guys “We want you guys to be the godparents”
You and Harry’s eyes went wide at the news “really!?”
Tonks nodded in excitement
“I would love to” You gave harry the kid and gave the two adults big hugs “Thank you”
Everything's all right
“Harry” you whispered into your hug, hugging him like you’d loose him at any second. Dumbledore had just died, you found harry limping back to the castle
“Harry” You whispered again, he hummed in response, his grip on your waist becoming harder “i love you” harry whispered lowly “I love you more harry”
Just hold on tight
“Harry Potter Is Dead!” you heard the man yell as all the death eaters behind him erupted in laughter
You almost fainted, he was dead. Your soulmate, the boy you’ve loved your whole life. Harry Potter was dead
The dark lords speech went in a blur, your mind couldn’t focus as all you thought was about Harry
Neville took out the sword as harry woke up again and soon everyone was throwing jinx after jinx
You needed to find harry, you left the great hall to see he and voldemort in a fight
Neville killed Nagini and Harry won
Light won
“Harry” You cried, He ran to you “Y/n”
“We won” a ghostly smile crept on your face, “We won.” he replied pulling away
“I almost lost you and I can’t bare the thought of you not knowing how much I love you” he pulled out a little box “You are my soulmate and I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you-” the box opened “I wanted to do this before the war” He chuckled, but got on one knee “Will you, Y/N Y/M/N Y/L/N Marry me please?”
“Harry ofcourse” You smiled, indulging him in a hug and kiss looking at the ring that looked beautiful on your finger
That's because I'm a good old-fashioned (fashioned) loverboy
The song ended and you were brough back to reality, everyone was dancing as Fred was fighting with someone for the mic
“What were you thinking about” Harry looked at you
“Our story” you held onto his neck and kissed him, kissed him to show that it was all worth it, you two finally got your happy ending and now you’d just finished getting married
“Now” Fred took the microphone “Time for fireworks”
Everyone looked up to see a picture of you and harry kissing, with the initals H.P+Y/I in a heart
You took teddy into your arms and laid him on your waist as he giggled looking up
“I love you Harry” you leaned your head on his shoulder “I love you too, Y/n”
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WU SUCKS but not the reason you think
I'd like to preface by saying Wu has made a lot of mistakes and should be held accountable. But like the main arguments against Wu be like.
1: Morro
2: Traumatizing kids
3: Keeping secrets
4: Mot treating his nephew like is damn nephew.
5: Flirting with his brothers wife.
And the thing about that needs talked about. 1:Morro. First off getting kids hopes is not cool. It can be detrimental to development depending on the age of the child. BUT. Not a single soul told Morro to train tirelessly for 60+ years after his death to take revenge and be the green ninja. Absolutly no one. Wu had compassion for his failings and wanted to show Morro he could still he great without being the green ninja. But the little brat ran tf off and got trapped and died. And he got cursed, how- we dont know. But its implied that it's either intentional entrapment or you have to be a terrible person, guess which category he probably falls into. Mind you Wu also told our OGs that they could also be the green ninja and none of them went off the rails to settle some invisible score. Morro made his choices and he made shit ones. Wu was an influence but not the problem. Morro is unstable, dramatic, and holds grudges Wu didnt cause that.
2: the traumatic experiences the nina go through are also not exactly his fault. He didnt just pick them off the streets. THERE WAS A PROPHECY. Ok? Yall with me. Fate isnt uncontrolled by anyone the ninja needed to be trained to help Lloyd fight the Overlord. That wasnt his decision. And yall act like the ninja couldn't leave whenever they wanted to. He didnt gaslight them or belittle them in anyway that wasnt for teaching. Please bring me receipts if you think otherwise. I do admit he could help a little more, be more clear, but when has a old magic teacher character ever been straightforward. With that logic fuck Dumbledore, and Gandalf, and any wise old teacher that goes to find chosen one who once again are chosen by fate not the master himself. Yall literally cant blame Wu for Child's Play and you cant blame Wu for their experience with Nadakhan either. The enemies that go out of there way to attack the ninja are not a direct cause if Wu himself. Usually. It be like blaming Garmadon for Chen. Yes they had history but it's still not his fault
3: Secrets. I will admit there is next to no reason for keeping secrets from the ninja. Considering history always has kind of score to settle. But considering his age and the apparent imprisonment or death of his past enemies there no way to predict every problem that comes back to screw him over. The Time Twins for example. Yes they came back for Wu. But he did remove their powers and separated them over 20+ years ago. They were not exactly threats to his new students now were they? Again with Aspheera, who was literally locked in a tomb why take the time to educate the ninja on a problem he had no idea was going to come back for him. Same with Morro to a more confusing degree. MORRO DIED. How was he to prepare the ninja for that? Yes please tell me how they were supposed to prepare for a dead guy. I'll wait.........k. he should be more forthcoming with the ninja, about things he knows could harm them, like the Serpentine after Lloyds released them, Chen, the Overlord, the effects of Travelers Tea, Tomorrow's Tea, Oni, Etc. But most of the time the ninja go and do it first then wonder why Wu didn't warn them.
4: His nephew. Wow his parenting sucks. Morro is not his damn child let's start there. Comparing their relationship is unfair. Wu cared for Morro the way he cares for Kai and Nya. He never accentuates a paternal relationship with then. Cause they are students, students he has to train with he intent to send them out onto dangerous battle fields and mind games. He was alone so yes it looks different but it's also a leap to just assume that Wu viewed Morro as his own despite treating him the exact same way as his 6 other students. Now back to Lloyd. Why didnt he get his nephew from Darkleys where it was known he ran away from multiple times? I DONT KNOW. No one does. That is a bad move I can only theorize about. Maybe Misako said something about staying away, maybe he wasnt kept in the loop about his nephews whereabouts due to idk KICKING HIS FATHER INTO HELL. C'mon yall. Now in the later seasons my best guess is that he doesnt know how to differentiate his nephew from the chosen one side and the goofy child side. Hes never had a child and his early relations with Lloyd were scarce and when Lloyd came to live with him. It's not due to some familial obligation, destiny literally called for it. Putting some definite strain on their relationship. I'm not excusing it he should try better, but he'd have to build a relationship from nothing and most people know their immediate family upon birth or during childhood which is not the case here. Wu treats his nephew more like a vessel of power than a person which isnt cool but knowing that the kid might not come back after every fight is a good damper on happy relationships is it not?
5: Misako. Good lord I don't have to explain this one. No excuse. It shouldn't be happening. BUT. After Garmadons death she was a free woman as gross as it is. It's more a flaw on her than it is him she chose to have a baby with one brother and still try to get with the other. And I know it takes two to tango but dont get mad at the idiot that the cheater is cheating with. Be mad at the cheater. The thing people really dont get about love triangles. The "other guy" brings on the questions/options but the person who cant choose or screws with both parties is the one in the wrong. Lloyd seems ok with it. Because Tommy said so. I dont particular give two shits about his take on the show half the time. If Lloyd were actively against it the Wu would probably stop. If the Fsm family acted like a normal ass family we probably wouldnt be here. But their priorities are a little screwy compared to typical nuclear families. Not an excuse just some perspective
NOW, why he is a bad character despite all of those arguments. he chooses to train soldiers rather than care for impressionable teens. Yes the situation called for it but the pressure could he alleviated if he decided to actually help before the world was on fire. He chooses to teach by experience than be upfront. Which works sometimes but not when actual lives are at stake. His trial by fire teaching works but the possiblity it could go wrong is to big to be brushed aside. His seemingly unreachable vault of empathy is hard to swallow. He rarely actually feels things for other people, his lack of enthusiasm when they pull through something hurts to watch. His lack of empathy about raising his nephew to attempt to kill his father is frightening. The pride he demonstrates by choosing not to disclose his past until it's too late is dangerous. He doesnt directly put down the ninja unless he has to and its more implied than anything and is on his students and this fandom for taking it so harshly. He trusts them a lot because he doesnt see them as kids anymore. They are warriors and it was necesary. He should have more compassion. He should be more straight forward, he should try to act like a person and not some ethereal being of elsewhere that doesn't have time to appease feelings or care about people until after hes wronged them. His values are off kilter sometimes which is whatever until it starts to hurt people
But yall need to stop blaming him for other people actions. Morro was a mess to begin with. His problems are in the past because he took care of them already. Misako came onto him. (He should have resisted but he didnt start shit she did). He needs to try to be an uncle alongside being a teacher. He needs to act like a fucking person more than the infinite cache of wisdom and unforeseen unused power that he acts like. And also it's a kids show. How many children think the way yall do?, we're teens/YAs we're reading into things. A LOT which makes everything more complicated. Comments rebuttals open. There's a collection of little mistakes hes made along the way that dont fit into these categories but these are the main reasons I know people hate him and the little things add fuel to the fire. I will legit talk about anything Except for the morro thing I am so tired of seeing it Morro made his choices hes a fucking Villain Wu didnt make him that way being a bitter asshole did that. Thanks for reading!! :3
#ninjago#coffee speaks#lloyd garmadon#fuckin misako#Wu ninjago#discourse#ranting#tw: negative#replies will be on my second account of there are any#trust me i hate him too#morro#tw: aldultery#not art
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Extremely Large Pile of Halloween Music Recs, 2020 Update!
(Reorganized a bit, and with a whole bunch more songs.)
Classical
Come Little Children - Erutan (ethereal classical)
Transylvanian Lullaby - Erutan (ethereal classical)
Transylvanian Lullaby - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestral classical)
A History of Horror (album) - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Double Trouble - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (classical)
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saens (eerie classical)
Danse Macabre - Camille Saint Saens (dark classical ballet)
Uranus, the Magician - Gustav Holst (orchestral classical)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice - Paul Dukas (orchestral classical)
Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky (orchestral classical about witches)
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg (classical)
Dies Irae - Mozart (threatening choral/orchestral classical)
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco - Mozart (growly baritone/bass opera - the bit where Don Giovanni gets dragged to hell, both in the supernatural religious sense and in the modern internet slang sense)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach (classical pipe organ)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (III) - Shostakovich (classical string quartet)
Dance of the Knights - Sergei Prokofiev (classical)
Flowering Vines - Unwoman (ominous cello waltz)
The Carny of Mr Dark - Deathwatch Beetle Repairman (goth pipe organ)
Castlevania organ medley - Ulla Olsson (pipe organ)
This Is Halloween - Vitamin String Quartet (classical string quartet)
Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Nightmare Before Christmas (album)
The Vampire Masquerade - Peter Gundry (classical)
Waltz of the Bone King - Peter Gundry (classical)
Masquerade Suite: Waltz - Aram Khatchaturian (dark classical waltz)
The Comedians, Op. 26: Waltz - Kabalevsky (uneasy classical waltz)
Grim Grinning Ghosts - Myuu (instrumental piano)
Rock, alternative, rockabilly
Haunted - Ashcan Orchid (folk rock)
The Last Steampunk Waltz - Ghostfire (rock waltz)
Bad Moon Rising - Rasputina (cello metal)
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Apocalyptica (metal cello)
Get Your Kicks on Route 666 - Exdevils (metal)
Shoot The Zombies - Andrew Huang / Songs To Wear Pants To (sing-along folk)
Something Wicked That Way Went - Vernian Process (circus rock)
Dark Carnivale - Frenchy and the Punk (indie rock)
Come Alive (War Of The Roses) - Janelle Monae (rock)
Gallows - Coco Rosie (goth indie/alternative)
My Favorite Things - Youn Sun Nah (creepy vocal)
Annabel Lee - Psyche Corporation (electronic alternative)
The Devil Wears a Suit - Kate Miller-Heidke (alternative)
Toxic - Yael Naim (neo-folk)
Crazy For You - Venus de Vilo (indie rock)
Witchy Woman - The Eagles (classic rock)
Goodnight Moon - Shivaree (alternative)
Bela Lugosi’s Dead - Nouvelle Vague (alternative)
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde (alternative)
Tombstone - Suzanne Vega (alternative)
Off With Your Head - Mz Ann Thropik (alternative)
Poison Apple - Charlene Kaye (rock)
This Is The Night - Harry Potter soundtrack (rock)
Look Out Young Son - Grand Ole Party (rock)
Painkiller - Birdeatsbaby (rock)
Haunted - Frantic Flintstones (rockabilly)
Freaked Out and Psyched Out - Frantic Flintstones (album)
Zombie Riot - Batmobile (rockabilly)
Alice in psycholand - Nekromantix (rockabilly)
She’s My Witch - The Radiacs (rockabilly)
Werewolf - Southern Culture on the Skids (rockabilly)
Human Fly - The Cramps (rockabilly)
Munster Beat! - Martinibomb and The Coconut Monkeyrocket (‘60s pop remix?)
Circus punk, dark cabaret
Charmed, I’m Sure - Circus Contraption (dark circus cabaret)
We’re All Mad - Circus Contraption (dark circus cabaret)
Pink Elephants on Parade - Circus Contraption (dark cabaret)
The Last Waltz - The Magnificent Seven (dark cabaret waltz)
Tango de la Muerte - The Magnificent Seven (rock tango)
Bloody Bones - Beats Antique (dark circus waltz)
Monster Tango - Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)
Rumanian Dance No. 1 - Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)
Mr. Spider Goes Home to Spiderland - Mucca Pazza (circus punk marching band)
The Trouble - Birdeatsbaby (dark cabaret)
Theatre Noir - Robyn Cage (dark cabaret) (music video)
Jekyll and Hyde - Theoretics (hip-hop)
Lament for a Toy Factory - Dr. Steel (circus rock)
Bogeyman Boogie - Dr. Steel (circus rock)
Circus Apocalypse - Vermillion Lies (dark cabaret)
When You’re Evil - Voltaire (dark cabaret)
BRAINS! - Voltaire (dark cabaret)
Careless Whisper (cover) - Unwoman (electronic cabaret)
Katrinah Josephina - Universal Hall Pass (a capella)
Buried in Water - Dead Man’s Bones (dark waltz)
Metropolitan Waltz - Orpheum Bell (folk waltz)
The Buccaneers’ Waltz - GurdyBird (electronic folk?)
Black Waltz - Amber Asylum (electronic circus thing)
Creepy Clown Symphony - Myuu (self-explanatory)
Americana, bluegrass, blues, soul, funk
In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company - The Dead South (Americana)
Stranger - The Devil Makes Three (Americana)
First and Last Waltz - Nickel Creek (Americana)
Ghosts of Mississippi - The Steeldrivers (bluegrass)
7 Devils - The Goddamn Gallows (bluegrass, rock)
Old devils - William Elliot Whitmore (bluegrass)
Death Come Creeping - Stefan Grossman (bluegrass)
The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie - Colter Wall (Americana)
Shankill Butchers - Sarah Jarosz (Americana)
Hellhound - Shawn James (acoustic blues)
Voodoo Woman - Koko Taylor (blues)
Your Hoodoo Man - Studebaker John & The Hawks (blues)
Voodoo - The Neville Brothers (New Orleans soul)
Voodoo - Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons (soul, funk)
The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone (funk)
I Put a Spell on You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (rock ‘n roll)
Jazz, swing
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Duke Ellington (jazz)
I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone (slow jazz)
I Put a Spell on You - Morgan James (slow jazz)
Old Devil Moon - Frank Sinatra (jazz)
Black Magic Woman - Janice Hagan and Kenny Vehkavaara (jazz)
I’d Rather Be Burned As A Witch - Eartha Kitt (jazz)
Thriller (1930s Jazz Cover) ft. Wayne Brady - Postmodern Jukebox (swing) (alternate link)
The Devil With The Devil - Larry Clinton Orchestra (swing)
Swingin’ at the Seance - Glenn Miller (big band swing)
Spooks - Louis Armstrong (swing)
The Headless Horseman - Bing Crosby (swing)
Skeleton Jangle - Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden Jass Band (swing)
Resurrection Waltz - Lee Presson and the Nails (big band waltz)
Spooky - Puppini Sisters (Andrews Sisters-style swing)
Headless Horseman - Kay Starr (swing)
Hell (Remastered 2016) - Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)
Ghost of Stephen Foster - Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)
Memphis Exorcism (Remastered 2016) - Squirrel Nut Zippers (swing)
Boogie Man - Lee Presson and the Nails (swing)
Rattlin’ Bones - Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans swing)
Save My Soul - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (New Orleans swing)
Skeletons in the Closet - Louis Armstrong (swing)
Skeletons in the Closet - The Moon-Rays (swing)
The Mack - Beat Circus (swing - doesn’t seem very Halloween at first, until the tuba player gets murdered in the middle of the song. I swear it makes sense.)
Balrog Boogie - Diablo Swing Orchestra (swing)
Voodoo Mon Amour - Diablo Swing Orchestra (swing)
The House Is Haunted - Casa Loma Orchestra (swing)
Skeleton Jangle - Viva La Rocca (swing)
Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer - Ella Fitzgerald (swing)
Grim Grinning Ghosts - The Dapper Dans (barbershop)
Grim Grinning Ghosts - The Dapper Dans (in person) (barbershop)
Halloween Medley - The Cadaver Dans (barbershop)
Pop
Full Moon Tonight - Silvastone feat. Bellsaint (pop)
Demons - Hayley Kiyoko (pop)
Season of the Witch - Lana del Rey (pop)
A Little Wicked - Valerie Broussard (pop)
Halloween - Aqua (pop)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - violin/cello/bass cover - Simply Three (electronic pop)
Shoot The Zombies (Pink Fluffy Unicorns Remix) - Andrew Huang (happy pop)
I Put a Spell on You (no movie dialogue) - Winifred Sanderson (pop musical)
Electro-swing
Fear & Delight - The Correspondents (electro-swing)
Midnight - Caravan Palace (electro-swing) (alternate link)
Midnight - Swingrowers (different electro-swing)
Old House - Dirty Honkers (electro-swing)
Devil’s Samba - Sim Gretina (Latin-flavored electro-swing)
Devil’s Got My Soul - Victor and the Bully (rock/electro-swing)
Cuphead: Railroad Wrath (Electro-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (electro-swing)
Cuphead: One Hell of a Time (Electro-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (electro-swing)
Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Devil’s Swing - Fandroid (electro-swing)
Bendy and the Ink Machine: The Devil’s Swing (Glitch-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (glitch-swing)
Undertale: Spider Dance (Glitch-Swing Remix) - The Musical Ghost (glitch-swing)
Undertale: Spider Dance (Sim Gretina Remix) - Sim Gretina (funk/glitch/chiptune)
Luigi’s Mansion (Remix) - Qumu Music (chiptune, electro-swing)
Undertale: Ghost Fight & Dummy (Peggy Suave Swing Remix) - Sim Gretina (electro-swing)
Electronica, EDM
Backstreet Bones: Everycorpse - Sim Gretina (uhhh…spoopy Halloween EDM remix of Backstreet Boys? If you click on nothing else, click on this one. It’s very worth it, I promise.)
Macabre Rotting Girl Feat. Kathy-chan - Sim Gretina (adorable electro)
Sim Gretina feat. Kathy chan: Let The Monsters Free (µThunder Remix) - µThunder (EDM)
Ghost in the Machine - PrototypeRaptor (complextro)
Spooky Tune - PrototypeRaptor (complextro)
Nullifcation [Underground] (Legend of Zelda remix) - PrototypeRaptor (grimy EDM)
Grim Grinning Ghost (Remix) - The Living Tombstone (EDM)
Undertale: Megalovania (Sim Gretina Remix) - Sim Gretina (EDM)
Undertale: Spooktune (Sim Gretina Remix) - Sim Gretina (EDM)
Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) - The Living Tombstone (EDM)
Warren Zevon: Werewolves of London (Daheen Rmx) - Daheen (psytrance)
Interlude: Limbo - Yoshimasu Kamiya (ambient horror)
Bloodstone - Amon Tobin (atmospheric glitch)
Volk - Thom Yorke (ambient horror)
The Horror - RJD2 (instrumental hip-hop)
Crybaby - Drum & Lace (indescribable brooding atmospheric)
The Kid Who Drowned At Summer Camp - Hot Sugar (instrumental hip-hop)
The Darkest Evening of the Year - Emancipator (downtempo)
Halloween Funtime REMIXMONSTRousMASHup - Pretty Lights (EDM)
HALLOWEEN Theme Song (DJ Deville Trap Remix) - DJ Deville (trap)
The Oogie Boogie (Man) - Duke Skellington (glitch-hop)
Stranger Things Theme Song (Michael Jobity & The Foreign Machine Remix) - Michael Jobity, The Foreign Machine (synthwave - my personal favorite remix of this theme)
Stranger Things Theme Song (C418 REMIX) - C418 (synthwave)
Stranger Things (Louis Futon Flip) - Louis Futon (chillstep)
Stranger Things Theme (Slicey Remix) - Slicey (trap)
Stranger Things - Theme Song (Oscar Wylde Trap Remix) - Oscar Wylde (trap)
Ghostbusters (Kill Paris Remix) - Kill Paris (EDM, future funk - by far my favorite remix of the Ghostbusters theme)
The Ghostbusters Theme (Remix) - The Living Tombstone (EDM)
Ghostbusters Remix - Matheo (EDM)
Ghostbusters Remix - Fat Noize (dubstep)
Lady Gaga: Monster (Starfuckers Remix) - Starfuckers (EDM)
Lady Gaga: Monster (Chew Fu Remix) - Chew Fu (electro-house)
Michael Jackson: Thriller (James Egbert Remix) - James Egbert (electro-house)
Michael Jackson - Thriller [The Reflex Halloween Disco Edit] - The Reflex (moody, indescribable IDM(?))
Beetlejuice (Dubstep Mix) - Figure (dubstep)
The Addams Family (Figure Remix) - Figure (dubstep)
Hedwig’s Theme (KE KRA’s Trap Remix) - KE KRA (trap)
Stress - Justice (French electronic…something)
Things I thought were funny
Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - 30 Rock (parody novelty record)
A Hard Days Night of the Living Dead - The Zombeatles (zombie rock)
Schüttel deinen Speck - Peter Fox (witches’ dance video) (the track by itself)
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Portsmouth Sinfonia (experimental orchestra from the ‘70s - google them, you absolutely will not regret it)
Gangnam Busters - FAROFF (Ghostbusters/Gangnam Style mashup - annoyingly, it works far better than you think it will)
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Ellie’s Idea Factory aka WIP
These are all of my pending works for this year, most of them are mostly collabs.
You can click on the collab links and message the following admins if you want to join as well.
Also note that all of these are still subject to changes and the final fic may be different as advertised here.
As always, take care and love y'all!
-Ellie
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Title: The ‘Entity’ Project
Inspiration: One Punch Man/My Hero Academia
Genre: Fantasy, Angst
AU: government agent!reader x model!jungwoo
Synopsis: You, Jungwoo, and your sidekick Mark Lee is ready to take over the world by creating the world’s greatest(-ish) superhero.
Collab: No Capes Collab by @/kabira
Date of Publication: March 2021
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Title: Meaning Of You - The Sequel to Call Me A Fool (Doyoung fic)
Inspiration: Ghost of You by 5SOS, Meaning Of You by IU, D (Half Moon) by Dean (songs)
Genre: angst, fluff, slow burn, friends to lovers? (who knows)
AU: bestfriends!reader x doyoung
Synopsis: After Doyoung missed an important phone call, you finally decided to stop being a doormat and cut him out of your life. Doyoung finally realizes how much you mean to him.
Collab: Heartbreak Hotel by @/nct-writers
Date of Publication: March 25, 2021
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Title: The Song of The Haunted Hills
Inspiration: Full Moon by Sunmi/Girls by Nature (song)
Genre: Angst, Horror, Thriller, Romance, Smut
AU: ghost!reader x heir!renjun
Synopsis: A spoiled city boy just got the news that he's inheriting his estranged father's mansion. His initial plans to sell it is tarnished when he's bothered by the secrets of the house and the hill beside it.
Collab: Rich Kids Collab by @/neowritingsnet
Date of Publication: June 30,2021
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Title: How I Met Your Father
Inspiration: How I Met Your Mother, Ang Huling El Bimbo (The Last El Bimbo)
Genre: Fluff, Romance, Smut
AU: highschool student!reader x indie rapper!taeyong
Synopsis:
Collab: 90s Love Collab by @/ethereal-eirene
Date of Publication: June 2021
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Title: This Is Not A Love Story
Inspiration: That one story arc on Lookism (webtoon)
Genre: Fluff, Smut, Angst, Slow burn, Mystery
AU: idol turned ceo!reader x ai idol!jaehyun
Synopsis: You bought the already dying SM Entertainment, along with its patent to create AI Idols. One AI model in particular is awfully familiar.
Collab: AI Collab by @/pastelsicheng
Date of Publication: June 2021
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Title: Why Women Kill
Inspiration: Chicago (The Musical) - Cell Block Tango (song), Why Women Kill (tv show)
Genre: Noir, Angst, Thriller, Smut
AU: wife!reader x husband!lucas
Synopsis: You are under trial for the unexplained death of your idol husband, Lucas. The whole world is just dying to hear what was actually happening behind closed doors
Collab: Noir Collab by @/suh-insane
Date of Publication: August 2021
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Title: Love Me Not
Inspiration: Percy Jackson Series (book)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Angst, Fluff
AU: daughter of ares!reader x son of aphrodite!ten (ft. Yangyang)
Synopsis: After a failed mission, you get stuck with a love spell inclined to make you fall for Ten and your impending doom.
Collab: Modern Magics Collab by @/rosyrenjun
Date of Publication: October 2021
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Title: The Tamashi Experiment
Inspiration: Danganronpa (game/anime)
Genre: Angst, Science Fiction, Murder Mystery
Synopsis: Ten people are caught up in a murderous video game, disguised as a collaboration, where you need to kill people in order to win. Things started to change when you realize that people in real life suffers that same fate as their game avatars, all while being watched by the whole game community on Twitch.
Collab: Gamer AU Collab by @/navyhyuck
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Title: How To Be A Heartbreaker
Inspiration: How To Be A Heartbreaker by Marina and the Diamonds
Genre: Angst, Romance, Lovers to Enemies
Synopsis: You learned that Haechan dated you for the reasons and he’s planning to break your heart at prom night. Well, not if you break his heart first.
Collab: Tainted Love Collab by @/meow-bebe
Date of Publication: =
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Others that I’m still brainstorming on:
Shotaro Renaissance Fic
part of the Neo-Renaissance Collab by @/neojaems
Date of Publication: May 2021
Winwin Smut Fic
part of the Love and Debauchery Collab by @/immabiteyou and @/ncteaxhoe
Jaemin Villain Fic
part of the The Devil’s Pawn Collab by @/nctream
Mark Crash Landing On Fic
part of the Painted By You Collab by @/urlocalnctstan
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
Crazy Rich Asians AU with WayV + Renjun, Chenle
Heroine
My birthday fic
Red Lips
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Fish In a Birdcage introducing a brand new studio release: Waterfall
December 2020 - Fish In a Birdcage is an artist with a focus on creating beautiful and personal indie-folk songs with a broader creative twist. Recently, the act released a brand new studio album named "Waterfall," which feels like a great calling card for the artist and his work.
The sound quality is pristine, and the record has a beautiful production: bright and crisp, highlighting the varied melodic textures of each song. This album has a really cool aesthetic concept, with each song billed as a “Rule,” not necessarily following the number order based on the playlist, but rather creating a continuity with the artist’s previous releases. Rule #1 is featured on the artist’s 2014 debut, beginning a serious that would go on to reach #22, the last song on this album.
The title track itself combines anthemic drums with melodic vocals and intricate guitar patterns, in the vein of artists like Ben Howard. There is even room for a more old-school feel: the song "Fiddler's Heart" has a cool folk vibe with a playful and witty sound. "Four Aces" is a song with a very theatrical feel to it: I could almost picture Tom Waits coming in and crashing the party with his howling vocals! On the other hand, this track remains melodic, with a beautiful approach to storytelling.
"Movies" is a playful song with a more alternative touch and a really fantastic arrangement. I enjoy the way the vocals lock in with the harmonies, and the guitars create a nice rhythm counterpoint with the drums and bass. Instead of everything being traditionally assembled, it seems like every instrument has its own space, and they overlap beautifully on "common ground."
"Two Sides" has a more old-fashioned feel, with a bluesy flavor and an amazingly relatable arrangement with stunning vocals by Kristina Helene taking the lead.
The track "Lion" is another fantastic example of the artist's incredible creativity and ability to swiftly combine genres and ideas. This song is catchy and immediate, combining elements of alt-pop with folk and a bluesy touch.
"Amigo" is another blues-influenced country, with a bit of a funk influence. The vocals really make me think of Anthony Kiedis during the golden age of Red Hot Chili Peppers (especially One Hot Minute / Mother Milk era). "Blessed by a Curse" is perhaps one of the most melancholic sounds on this release, and I really enjoy how the song starts small and understated, letting some of the ethereal background sounds creep in and become more prominent as the arrangement goes along.
"Momento Mori" is a beautiful song with a very creative feel and a really unexpected twist. The intro is mellow and slow-paced, but the track turns into a syncopated jam, with so much groove and rhythm. The vocal performance is incredibly distinctive, providing a completely different vibe and giving the album a kaleidoscopic twist since every track has something new to offer.
The final song is an intimate ballad titled "If Trees Could Talk." This is one of the most heart-wrenching songs on the album, and it really makes me think of artists like Damien Rice, as well as earlier stuff from Ed Sheeran and John Mayer. This song is a winning example of how "less is more" when you do it with your heart first. The song's arrangement is mostly built on guitar and vocals, although some additional colors, such as a nice string section, chime in, later on, adding more depth to this particular release.
Overall. This album is a very beautiful artistic achievement, and it is incredibly well-produced. The sound of the instruments is very natural and engaging, as Fish in a Birdcage managed to create a warmer sound that's far from the overproduced indie-folk releases that you see around these days. Instead of obvious pitch corrections and digital samples on everything, we're faced with a more organic sound, which makes it so much easier to experience a positive one-on-one connection with this music. As a listener, I always find myself gravitating towards the songs that are a bit more spontaneous and heartfelt in this genre, rather than the ones that hide the artist's humanity behind a thick veil of studio production trickery. While the mixing, recording, and mastering are extremely professional on this album, there is also a lot of room for those "beautiful accident," those natural sounds like the hands moving on the guitar strings or a singer breathing in before a line, that you can only capture if you stay true to the sound of the music being performed, instead of trying to bury it.
The album features ten songs. This fact in itself is quite an amazing achievement. If you stop for a moment and take a look at what most artists are doing, you'll find that singles and short EPs are everywhere. The industry is pushing a trend of releasing smaller bursts of music at a more frequent rate in order to continually provide content for the audience. While this might be a good way to keep your presence on platforms with fresh music more frequently, it might not be ideal if you want to give your audience something more. I personally love a more immersive listening experience, so I am always thankful to see artists like Fish In A Birdcage still working on full-length albums.
This release comes highly recommended, especially if you are a fan of artists such as Elliott Smith, as well as Damien Rice, Jack Johnson, Bright Eyes, Beirut, or Death Cab For Cutie, only to mention a few.
Find out more about Fish In a Birdcage and listen to "Waterfall," which is currently available on your favorite digital streaming platforms.
http://www.fishinabirdcage.com/
https://open.spotify.com/album/4RX7OLRicCMQ4ORUJTQVTm?si=-o44rIMZTyCtz0cC6RMPFg
We also featured one of the songs on our Indie Gems playlist, along other amazing international artists to discover!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vCtmkPDbpE9pj5DfJnycU?si=sBxnZjkgTuGpL90BUVUiZw
We also had the opportunity to ask the artist a few questions: keep reading for more!
I love how you manage to render your tracks so personal and organic. Does the melody come first, or do you focus on the beat the most?
Answer: It really depends on if I'm writing lyrics or if i'm creating an instrumental melody. If I'm making lyrics I will create the Cello/Mandocello riff/rhythm first, something that I find really captivating, and then try to find the emotion within that riff to draw the lyrics from. If its instrumental most of the time I'll sing melodies into the air without chords and then find the chords that accompany the melody later on 🙂. The beat comes later when I have a producer on my side. I try to just focus on the cello/mandocello mixed with vocals, then find musicians of the instruments I want to hear within that track, then give them complete freedom to create whatever they want. Most of the time it turns out better than I could have ever imagined.
Do you perform live? If so, do you feel more comfortable on a stage or within the walls of the recording studio?
Answer: Oh definitely more comfortable on a stage, or even more comfortable in a house concert type setting. It's definitely a lot more stripped down live because most of the time it's just me, my cello, my loop pedal and vocals. Getting used to playing to a click track without singing when I first got into a studio was the hardest part of recording, to get that solid chord structure with rhythms laid out so we could build the song around that.
If you could only pick one song to make a “first impression” on a new listener, which song would you pick and why?
Answer: This is a really tough question, because over the years I've loved asking people "what track is your favorite" and the range of answers is great. So many people have different favorites and that tells me I'm onto something. A lot of the older generation has told me they really like "Rule #7 - Angel Tango, and Rule #12 - Through the Tides" when the younger generation really digs the quirky vibes of some of the newer tracks like "Rule #15 - Four Aces"
My favorite changes over time. But I think the one that holds the most meaning for me is "Rule #3 - Paperwork", although it's an older song, it really goes back to my roots of when I really fell in love with songwriting and music.
What does it take to be “innovative” in music?
Answer: I think it comes down to pushing your own limits constantly. I'm constantly trying to improve my cello playing in as many different genres as I can possibly dive into. I think you are a combination of every person you've sat in a room with and had a conversation with, and that includes speaking through instruments. I wouldn't be creating the music that I do without playing with all of the bands that I've played with over the years. I've heard so many incredible musicians blow my mind and those influences have rubbed off on me.
Any upcoming release or tour your way?
Answer: I have album number 4 in the works, it will most likely be an instrumental album, just cello with multiple layers. That's what I'm working on these days. And the discography of fish in a birdcage is basically chapters of my life as I make my way through this musical journey. It won't be recorded for a while although. Because recording is not cheap.
And because of COVID-19, it's just hitting the practice shed and busking until things become somewhat normal again.
Anywhere online where curious fans can listen to your music and find out more about you?
Answer: fishinabirdcage.com is probably the best place to find that, and I'm pretty active on Instagram @fishinabirdcage so any updates will tend to pop up on there. 🙂 Thanks for the interview! This was a lot of fun!
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Character Profile (Music Edition): Skaði Askrtytär
For many of us, music is a source of inspiration for our characters, so I want to know what songs inspire and/or relate to your muse! Choose between 10-15 songs, compile them into an album and tag some friends to share the beat!
Growing Wings - "Exhausted" Mashup.
I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on
as they dance in their merciless sky
Watching me, watching you
Silent black, the dawn, and time tells its tale;
Darkened blood, it flows, the forest receives
Look within the dark as deep as you dare,
there inside you find destruction you seek
El・Tango ・Egoista -【EDB-M1】
Have no mercy, ask no questions (Please hear out our plea)
Death is the only redemption (for sanctuary)
Rotting, decaying, we're fated to fall deep into the clutches of the earth
Dying since our birth, withering into dirt; to Her you have no worth
Do you still believe in Her lies?
If I Had a Heart - Olga Vocal Ensemble Cover
This will never end 'cause I want more;
More, give me more, give me more
If I had a heart I could love you, If I had a voice I would sing
After the night when I wake up, I'll see what tomorrow brings
More, give me more, give me more
Leviathan, the girl - PhemieC
What a vision of darkness, creeps in with desperate sharpness,
Lecherous grafting of knowledge to my young mortal subconscious,
Words writ by breath of the ancients, wiser than even the pagans,
I am the beast, I am the light, I am the blighted being cursed with sight,
I am the god who created a world
Gaia - Cepheid
Born, emerging from heat and flames; tempered by violent rays
Come, come see her withstand; dancing with astral grace
Waves of destruction unaltered in Heaven's wake
Still withstanding time and space
Ever, relentlessly, she ascends to Reign!
Jekyll & Hyde -【RafScrap】Cover
Can't forget the night we met, that girl saw me in ecstacy
But her stare, her eyes, her hair, looked just like me
"Silly girl, a precious pearl. Let me break your chains away, and set you free"
Then suddenly, I could see everything, lost in the air, flying and fluttering
I had to see a different me end the life of the people closest to me
Myosotis - M2U
Si nos amas, serva nos
We'll get used to this hoax that our love made
When the moon comes out to watch the bright daylight die
Hopefully you'll get used to my hugs and goodbyes
When my love falls out of the sky as mournful rain
Ethereal - horizon
I am atlas, I am air; watch me spin silk
I am your heart, left bare; watch me spill blood
I'm fine with words unsaid 'cause your soul sings to mine
They intertwine, you and I
No one will save you - Aviators
I burned your world away, devoured by my conviction
Don't cry when lanterns fade, soon we'll be awakened
I can't hold the beast that crawls through my veins, sacrificing my own eyes Don't you scream when all the wolves come find you,
underneath this bleeding moon
No confessions left to purify me, something's watching from the skies
Comrade’s Song - Emi Evans
When dizziness overcomes me, I transcend time.
Drenched in lies, I falsely perceive my memories.
You, blood, death, and madness, shall become my life.
Reason, pain, the world, and sight, shall someday know my significance.
I’ll Keep Coming - Low Roar
Faintly I'll go, to take this head on
Soon I'll come around, lost and never found
Waiting for my words, seen but never heard
Buried underground, but I'll keep coming
Save you - PhemieC
There was a darkness that knew me, and raised me wild and strong
So hated, and so feared was she, though fearful most of all
She whispered of a hunger deep and as old as the bones beneath her meat
All strange serenades and never sleeps yet never wakes, I'll save you all
Victim - Mili
Isn't it pretty? All my life, all my poetry leaving me;
And the angels sing, surrouding me - put me to sleep
I've done it all for you; I am a wolf, I am a crow, I am a bat;
A butterfly in disguise - I am in the air, in the sea, in the moment;
I'm in you, in me
The Black Song - Emi Evans
A harmless song of ruin which creates a monster that harms itself, and others Spreading my wings of death, on high, love blooms from the darkest white
I hear distant murmers, sweet whisperings from the wings of the past
No escape from the death, emerging from the scarlet woods
Pregnant with the spawn of an abomination, I let go these weak thoughts
I wanted to do one more for Skadi so I’m not taggin anyone in this, feel free to steal it from me though!!
#tag mems#yes this was an excuse for me to try my hand at more jeffs#i need a new thing to record it though cause editing those hurt my soul#:Of Forgotten Gods:
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Maron’s Walk Home
“Well, well. Isn’t this a mighty surprise.” Cooed an ethereal voice backed with whispers.
Maron stopped right in his tracks, withdraw both sword and shield. Tired dark forest green eyes began to search his immediate as he tried to find the source of the voice. The forest was too dark to properly see, though he knew that he heard no footsteps following him. “Reveal yourself.” He growled.
“Such a precious, precious little thing! I don’t know why Big Sis didn’t grab you instead of that starboy. A Light-ling whose Light is going out? Such a shame for him, but a tasty, rare find for me. It muuust be my lucky day.”
Behind him was the sound of wings batting and leaves shaking. He spun around with his shield close and sword out. His eyes turned wide as he saw a tall Kaldorei in armor as black as the night. His face was covered by clean, white porcelain mask with two red runes inscribed vertically which went over the eye holes. Upon further inspection, he realized there weren’t any eyes. Black and dark violet mist poured from the slits. The fact there was an infinite smile carved into it didn’t help- it stretched from one cheek to the other.
“What do you plan on doing? You are too weak after tonight.” Cooed the elf as he approached Maron, who obviously back-peddled.
“Get back, foul Alliance.” Snarled the Blood Knight as he was backed into a tree.
“Or what? You’ll. . . Poke me to death?” Slowly, the Kaldorei walked his index and middle finger from the tip of his sword to the hilt. The shadows which the tree had cast over them he manipulated to hold Maron still. “That’s a nice look on you. Nothingness. I bet you taste as divine as Versosa.” He purred, pushing his masked face nearly against his. He had only left about an inch of room between them. “Hopelessness, check. Loneliness, check. Lost? Check.” He leaned back, giggling. “What. . What do you plan on doing with your life? You seem unhappy. You seem unsatisfied. You seem like you want to die!”
Maron tried to talk but no words came out. What the hell did he do?!
“You are weak. You have no purpose. You try and you try and you try- but what do you get out of trying. Nothing! Absolutely n-o-t-h-i-n-g! You wonder why you try. You wonder why you keep fighting, why you wake up in the morning because it’s not that you want to do it.” He walked away, pausing and looking over his shoulder. “You do it as a distraction from the fact you are nothing but an insecurity pup that needs the approval of Mommy, Daddy, and half of Silvermoon to be happy. Am I right? I think I’m right. And now that you are weak. Not that you’ve stopped feeling, your magical prowess is leaving with it. Given, you always ‘Always have the Light!’ you said. ‘The Light will never go out in my heart!’ you said. But just like the Elements, just like the Loa, just like the Goddesses and Gods- their granted power can’t last forever. Especially when you start doubting them.”
The Kaldorei turned around, placing his hands on his hips. “And you are doubting the all Holy Light. You are wondering why it has put you here. Why it has you suffering so. Why that no matter how devoted you are, you receive just as much acknowledgment as the squire. That’s because your just Light is too fair my boy. But you know what isn’t fair? The Void- ehem. Lady Verdelle. She rewards those who give their undying devotion to her. The more you believe, the stronger you become. The same goes for me, my battle-worn sweetheart. I shall not push you to this, but soon enough that sparkle in your eye will go out. You’ll be nothing but a spellblade at best. If that. But I’ll let you pick, handsome. You don’t have long it seems. You placed your last little bit of faith in the Light tonight just to resume not caring and believing in it after what it did for you. You seem ungrateful, but I don’t blame you. I’d be too if the Light only helped me on occasion.”
Slowly, he approached Maron and tapped the elf’s nose lightly. The feeling of void touching his skin caused him to wince. “Just think about it. You have a little time. And once you say the y-e-s that means that you, me, and Versosa can do a little three-man tango. I just want to make you happy unlike everyone else. They want to use you, abuse you. You are nothing but a pawn to them- but you and me? Oh baby, once you get Her glorious blessing we are going to be the best of friends. Until then, dear. Be careful on your way home. You don’t know what kind of snakes are in these woods, and I don’t mean those people who you call friends.”
In a puff of smoke, the elf vanished and Maron’s movement was granted back to him. He looked around as his expressionless face finally formed panic. What was that? Who was that? What and who was he talking about? There were so many questions swimming around the Sin’dorei’s head. He looked down as his blade and shield, trembling a bit as the man’s words began to replay in his mind constantly. Vigorously he shook his head and sheathed his sword and shield, walking back to Silvermoon. He needed a drink- or twenty- to forget this.
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Fire Emblem Heroes Book III,Initial Trailer First Impression: Spooky Scary Skeletons are 4 edgy 8 me
the long and short of it is that im pensively optimistic about what’s in store, especially from a story angle, but that theme song can go suck a donkey’s tit.
anyways, book III and it seems were gonna be doing the tango with spooky scary Victorian skeleton warriors and a scary lady with a big ass scythe. Fuck Yeah!
so ignoring the theme song since it’s just... fuckin awful or at the very least unfitting, lets get into this by first talking about
THE TRAILER
So I gotta admit, i enjoyed this one a lot more then book II right off the bat.
opening on some flowers, we immediately know that shits gonna get fucked but my story telling instincts are telling me that this might possibly, probably, definitely, be a metaphor for this characters happy childhood in her kingdom when it was not fucked however
shit got fucked, unsurprisingly. instead of the villain looming ominously overhead like fucking doctor claw or no-heart however, we get a shot of our new hero twirling into the villains strangely comforting embrace by accident which does get me curios since it might imply, heaven forefend, that she willingly sold out her kingdom or home or whatever to the devil here and now has to fight to get it back and correct her own mistake in some sort of possible and interesting character arc here? just my take on it anyways.
moving on, we get these idiots in the woods as the fuglyness of them gives me whiplash from the actually pretty rad looking duo earlier. I kid but seriously if lokis a 0-2, alfonse a 3-5, then the hero and villain of book 3 are at an 8-10 each. my point being, there is quite the contrast in my opinion. anyways, alfonse is looking sad lost and afraid and loki’s pouting since she probably gonna be barely relevant yet fucking intrusive again.
also sharenas there in a similar state to her brother.
also veronicas just kind of there, and im getting a bit worried since we just got lokis douche smirk a few seconds ago and veronica just seems to kinda be there again.
the promotional shot, so shits about to get real again!
we get a nice shot of these two new lovely faces, doing the naruto run for a bit when the leading runner decides to pull out his fancy sword with an intense close up, definitely indicating that hes probably gonna be a blood knight of some sort. anyways he and alfonse begin to fight with blood knight pushing alfonse back and red energizer lady decides to fight
alfonse as well. man it is not alfonses day here is it? anyways, psychidelic drugs kickin at this point and the floor dissapears under alfonse as he starts to sink into sticky black goo well reaching out to sharena as-
oh?
oh! well, sharenas dead now and alfonse just can’t take the death of such a... memorable sister... and so he crys well the black goo decides to try and eat him if hes not gonna sink himself. this transitions us nicely to
our new hero looking into her dagger to see sad alfonse, and then she begins crying on a battlefield of weapons, with the heroes trios main weapons clearly in the fucking foreground implying they all died horrible deaths. quick, happy flashbacks to imply she, or you, or someone is thinking of all the good times!
there we go.
i did not kill her it’s not true, it’s bullshit, i did noooot
oh hi mark
we get this nice panning shot of a battlefield littered with weapons, implying corpses, as the hero and villain of book III stare each other down with the villain being a smug fuckin asshole and the hero clearly ready to cut a skeleton bitch.
our hero does a slight turn of the knife, and looks determinedly ahead as the trailer cuts out.
so, aside from the theme song being kinda out of place in my opinion (like, i guess it works for being unsettling but it really does feel like some marketing exec being 8 edgy 16 me cause he thought the kiddies would like it) i rather enjoyed the trailer. it set up a lot more and teases a lot more interesting story elements and ideas then book II did, its grim oppressive atmosphere is nicely out of place in comparison to feh’s other stories, it’s just better shot and paced as a trailer, and the characters look like they have an interesting history going on. speaking of looks...
THE LOOK
cause i was not expecting to be digging the look as much as I do. well the fiber glass looking stuff, that i feel was intended to be spoopy etheral light, on the villians looks a bit cheap and silly and hides the skeleton bones a bit much requiring a second closer viewing to catch that they are spoopy skeletons, the overall look im really liking.
the sword general especially has a get up that reminds me of a reanimated suit of armour and if they had leaned into that by giving him a helmet i think it would have been even better, but for what it is he looks pretty good and threatening. the other major complaint i have aside from them not leaning into him being a reanimated suit of armour by giving him a helmet is that his face looks to much like alfonse’s which annoys me. mind you, it could be leading into some sort of plot twist later on so if it is, all i can say is i hope it’s a good one.
the lady general looks the weakest of the three in terms of visual design, but thats not as bad as it could be since she still looks a hell of a lot better then anything book II produced. still, the red stuff hiding her skeleton bits looks the most like plexi glass. Although thats about the only thing i outright dislike on her, aside from not leaning into spoopy skeleton territory more, it really does hold her design back in my opinion. i mean, fucks sake make it look more like ethereal light, add some armour here and there if need be, and boom it would be another winner of a design.
hel here, the big bad, has no such problems however. I love every bit of this lady, and i dont even care that if the glowy bits of her were actual skin she would have a design that’d comfortably fit in with kill la kill. she’s a lady villain, which isnt a requirement but something im damn well happy with especially if she ends up being well written, and she has many things i love in villains and characters in general. grim reaper theme, Victorian goth aesthetic, a black, white, and purple colour scheme, tattered flowing cloths, long wavy hair, a threatening appearance and most importantly shes a spooky scarcy skeleton. a purple spooky, scary, skeleton. I will cherish you forever, and i am crossing my fingers and praying to you that your well written and entertaining. plz be good, plz be good, plz be good...
oh right, and the mandatory good guy/gal of the book. well that bit sounds dismissive, i honestly gotta say that im digging her a lot as well. shes not a spooky scary skeleton sadly, but the victorian gothic elements of her design work really well, and shes nicely distinct from the heroes trio this time unlike fjorm who was basically sharena 2.0. im gonna hope shes well written as well, so that i can seriously grow attached to the new hero this time cause from her design alone.
so yeah, looks wise im digging this a lot more and though the artist for this is clearly Yusuke Kozaki, an artist ive vocally disliked in relation to fire emblem for a while now, i feel ike his style works to much better effect here with the ridiculous bdsm Victorian gothic style and the darker colours.
GAMEPLAY STUFF
nothing particularly interesting to note, mythic heroes definitely sounds like a dumb cash grab and i dont feel the aether arena quite has the pull in terms of gameplay to justify hinging a new summoning type gimmick on.
on a much more important note though...
beast units, huzzah!! and tibarn and nailiah seem to be some of the first ones up which is even better! not sure what the gameplay video is implying on how their gonna play though, since it seems a bit gimmicky and raises the question of how that gimmick might effect manateke units, but they are here so thats cool. bird pirate king is ready to roll!!!
OVERALL
all in all, from the look and what the trailer hints at alone, i am optimistic, but the caution comes with what sounds like very lukewarm gameplay deals which might not keep people hooked for very long. idk, im looking foreward to it but im not gonna be heartbroken if its third verse same as the first.
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hullo it nora, back for more mess. this unhinged little nightmare is cecily who i first birthed around 3 years ago and i am so excited to finally be playing her again. feral wolf girl who loves silk babydoll dresses and bubblegum but would also cut your femoral artery if she was bored. is the eptome of that “somethin dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls” trope. amma crellin meets harley quinn meets addy hanlon. ( pinterest )
APP.
( nora. 22. gmt. she / her. ) it might be HER FRESHMAN year but I still think CECILY DE ROSA looks exactly like FREYA MAVOR and sometimes I think the FEMALE is actually them. Of course I’m wrong, as they’re 19 and studying THEATRE while living in FIDELIS here at Lockwood. The GEMINI can be rather PUCKISH and CANDID, but also kind of SELF-CENTRED and HYSTERICAL. Their most played song on Spotify was CELL BLOCK TANGO by CATHERINE ZETA JONES AND THE COMPANY OF CHICAGO, so I think that says a lot.
BACKGROUND.
tw death suicide murder proceed w caution
born as ‘lamia romana’ in italy to catholic parents. her father was a struggling alcoholic and incredibly depressed. when cece was 4, and her brother was 3 her father fed the gas pipe through the back of their car whilst they prepared to go on their family holiday because he knew suicide would leave his wife and children penniless so he decided the most selfless thing would be to take them with him
cecily (lamia) and her brother luc by some miracle survived the accident, but were left orphaned. they were sent to a convent where they were raised by nuns. cece was incredibly religious. it became her whole life. she was devoted to god completely, almost crazed, because in the absence of parents she transferred the need for a guider and protector onto this spiritual other evoked by her religious beliefs.
she always had a strained relationship w her brother because she believed he wasn’t as devoted to catholicism as she was. when she was 13 he claimed that god wasn’t real and that she was a freak, and in a violent rage cecily thrust a crucifix through his throat. it was completely out of character for her. she screamed until her throat went dry. eventually, when the nuns managed to tear her away from her brother’s body, she was taken to a psychiatric hospital in manhattan where she stayed for two years. driven to madness, she convinced herself that she had been possessed by the devil the moment she killed her brother, and soon she began to accept her fate, as not holy, like she had anticipated, but in fact it’s ungoldy antithesis
when she was released, she was adopted by an american distant aunt and uncle and sent to a manhattan boarding school under the new name ‘cecily de rosa’. see also: st. trinnians. lifted of any religious obligation, cecily grew wild. she delighted in acting up, cheeking her superiors, causing havoc and chaos, terrifying the other girls. sex became her weapon – she would seduce the boys from the local comprehensive and drop them like flies. to her, it was merely a game.
uses sex as a weapon, a way in which to manipulate men, having filmed sexual liasons with both a former acting coach and a TA to use for the purposes of blackmail.
her expulsion from school was threatened after she streaked the school naked and doused in pig blood, but her academic prowess was an asset to the school, so they learnt to put up with her antics. she applied for yale but didn’t get in.
she atended juliard for a year but was thrown out for indecency
theatre-wise, one of Cecily’s most commendable traits is her sheer tenacity and lack of inhibition – she is willing to do whatever it takes to climb to the top, and kick as many other people down as necessary on her way there. tthis unhinged hunger for success was evidenced when, in her breakout role, cecily played Tamora in Titus Andronicus. feeling the presentation of one of shakespeare’s most terrifying women was ‘pussy-footed’ and dulled down for a male audience, cecily took matters into her own hands, and during the famous banquet scene where Tamora is fed her own sons, she ate a pig’s heart live on stage – receiving both awestruck and horrified press reviews for her performance -- and getting expelled from her drama school. (thats why she is now at lockwood)
she is in a sorority house n the gymnastic squad. she speaks fluently in four languages. the kind f sociopathic lana del rey writes songs about.
was raised Roman Catholic, and although she is now estranged from religion, it’s still an integral part of her identity. She holds it partially responsible for the need to repress emotion she still experiences. The only time she allows herself to truly feel, without perceiving it as a weakness, is when she’s performing
cecily was raised with dual-nationality and is multi-lingual. Her parents frequently spoke both Italian and English around the house, leading cecily to do the same. She is also somewhat familiar with Latin, having studied it alongside Literature, Contemporary Dance and Theatre at a manhattan-based performing arts boarding school.
ethereal wood elf. plays flute and does ballet. her favourite tv shows are making a murderer and dance moms. she is big on Tchaikovsky and Bukowski. poetry to cecily is soup of the soul, despite the fact that the only things she really feels are apathy and mild disgust. her poems mostly centre around the beauty of violence -- writing about it often prevents her from committing violent acts -- and also her cat.
loves gettin fucked up. always high on sometin -- cocaine, ecstasy, love, her own ego.
had her first taste of alcohol at 15 and has stayed fond of spirits ever since. likes literature of the macabre, isn’t fond of social media, and loves knee high socks and glitter. she bites her nails, will only take cold showers, and doesn’t drink coffee. loves cats. is vegan.
she sleeps like a cat, regularly but short amounts of time, and is usually found awake at night stalking the streets in the pursuit of self-destruction. she views herself as pansexual because she is attracted to people rather than genders but she thinks men are trash. probably biromantic or homoromantic. she loves the chase. she likes meaningless sexual liasons, but if hearts are broken in the process, even better. hearts are breakable and she believes those who have them are foolish.
aesthetic: peroxide hair in a bathtub, bleach, glittery socks under spaghetti strap heels, silk slip dresses, glitter smeared beneath eyes, split knuckles, nose bleeds, a bubble of blue gum snapped against cherry flavoured lips, orange peel, knee-high socks, tartan two-piece skirt and blazers, kate moss posters ripped out of vogue, littering a bedroom wall, yearbook photos tacked together with red thread, clip in highlights, stick on earrings, french music humming from a crackly gramophone, a hip flask covered with hello kitty stickers
PLOTS.
i currently have NO PLOTS for her so everything is open. if you want a cousin / ex-lover / friend with benefits / bully, or are dying for a specific connection, let me know or like this post and i will msg you!! LOVE U ALL xoxo
more plots all of these are plagiarised:
“you were drunk and you climbed in through my apartment window and I’m not really sure how you managed it because not only is the fire escape broken but you are really fucking plastered wtf please, teach me your skills?”
“i set your kitchen on fire ‘by accident’ because i hate your guts, and you know it was me but you have no evidence”
“we’re in a breakfast club style all day detention”
“you came over for ‘help studying’ and my roommate came home five minutes after we were done hooking up and you got roped into a conversation about her dogs and everyone is uncomfortable”
“we’re friends but it’s a really toxic relationship made up of trying to one up each other all the time”
“I caught you writing gay porn in the library and now you’re terrified i’ll tell everyone, but really i’m just waiting for the next instalment”
“i asked you to help me sneak my cat into my dorm but we got caught by the janitor and now we’re both in the principal’s office”
“you saw me come back to my apartment covered in blood one night, but you’ve never asked about it because you’re scared that yours might be the next blood i’m covered in”
“you broke into my apartment while I was out for whatever reason and when I came home I knocked you out and now you’re unconscious on my floor and idk what to do?”
“i just decked you in the face because i’m drunk and you were pissing me off but ow my hand really fucking hurts i think i might have broke it and oh look your nose is bleeding and now we’re both sitting awkwardly in the hospital while i glare at you from across the room. but wait are you giving me sex eyes?? stop that i’m supposed to mad at you??”
“you keep dragging suspicious sacks up to and down from your apartment and I don’t know what your deal is or why I still wanna bone you”
“we’re in the same rocky horror troupe”
“i stayed over at your house and woke you up in the middle of the night to have sex while your roommate is asleep and every time, your room mate yells “STOP FUCKING, JESUS CHRIST” right when we’re about to finish”
“we used to have a thing but now we hate each others guts and can’t be in the same room without yelling at one another”
“i had a drunk one night stand with your brother last year and i threw up in your room, and now we’re in a class together and it’s really awkward.”
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