#give me a song i can learn on the ukulele

[ioniansunsets]

If you have time can you do headcanons for HEARTSTEEL Ezreal x K/DA fem!Reader? It's totally okay if you don't want to!!(≡^∇^≡)

✖ Heartsteel!Ezreal x K/DA!Reader ✖

✖ Word Count: 1.3k

✖ Tags: Established R/S

✖ A/N: Sorry for taking a while with this! I hope I did him justice. He is just a lovable idiot with your best interests in heart to me 💚💚💚

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xxxx Day to Day xxxx

- He was a brat, an absolute whiny brat when your schedules don't line up. Ezreal is Complaining, begging and whining, incessantly pestering your managers to adjust things so he can spend time with you. His thoughts are plagued by you 24/7 and he wants nothing more than to just Be with you. Reluctantly he would still go to interviews and fan meets, but whenever he's on break he's sending you voice messages, sending you photos, drooping you messages on how he misses you.

- Ezreal would totally skip out on practices to run off and be by your side. Being in the same production studio totally helped. Blinking past higher ups and security to knock furiously on your studio door. Ahri sighing as she opens the door for him. Ezreal happily walking in like it is as much his studio as it is yours. " Here to visit my love, don't mind me girls!" Happy giggles erupting from his lips as he runs up to your side. He would totally just sit cross legged nearby, cheering as you pull off a dance move. Or jokingly learning the same set and joining in when you dance.

- If you were to visit him during his practice instead, he is ecstatic, suddenly a one take wonder whenever you are near. Of course he'd have to be perfect, you were watching him of course. Ezreal would also throw cute heart hands, heart fingers, blow kisses, throw his top off at you. All the embarrassingly cute things that just make him, him. The other boys in the band tease him of course, little loverboy becomes such a chummy mess around you it is almost surprising.

- This lovable loser would totally thirst trap and give you targeted fanservice. When you were apart Ezreal is the kind of guy to lift his shirt up and take a photo of him and his abs in the mirror to send to you. " Looked super cute today! Sucks that you aren't here to check it out yourself. Teehee." If you save any of these photos, don't tell him, it'll actually make him embarrassed instead. The way he immediately freaked out and told you to change it when he saw you set his photoshoot photo as your phone wallpaper, he cannot handle such love coming from someone he loves back just so much. One sided adoration was normal for him, seeing you love him back? His heart is thumping out of his chest.

- The kind of guy to serenade you in a high school boy kind of way, sneaking into the garden area below your window, throwing rocks at your window until you wake up and check it out only to see him with a ukulele loudly singing love songs he knows you like. The only reason it wasn't embarrassing was just because he was actually good at it, he was a singer so his voice was just so beautiful you can't help but forgive him. Of course he'd wait patiently to be let into your house after, laughing as you tell him he didn't have to sneak around to get in. He did it for the romantic fun of it, not because he has to.

- Ezreal is also rarely insecure, but when he is, he goes to you. You being a professional in the industry too, and also being his lover meant you were specifically the only one he trusts to hear his fears and appropriately comfort him. Worried about his voice not being good enough, his dancing being too erratic, his looks not being just perfect. Only when you tell him, with all your own experiences as a professional, that he was doing fine, amazing even. Or that everyone in the industry feels this way, it was just part of the job stress, would he finally calm down. " Thank you...I really needed that..." Soft whispers as he hugs you, your hands in his hair calming him down as he tries to breathe.

- And if it came to you? Panic setting in before a big interview or performance? He is your personal hype man. If anyone can make you feel better about yourself it was Ezreal. He loves you oh so much and has just as many reasons to back it up. Telling you how your cute smile always leaves his mind a fuzzy mess, how he loves your voice so much he sleeps to your solo records, how he watches compilations of your performances because he really loves to see you dance, there was nothing about you he doesn't love, and he is sure your fans feel the same way. He is just as big of a fan of you as you are of him, its hard not to love him for that.

xxxx Touring xxxx

- Ezreal hates that he has to hide his love for you on stage. Sure the adoring cries of cute girls and guys from the crowd was nice but where is yours! Why were you so busy that you haven't seen his selfie! Holding back any negative feelings he would still perform as well as he could on stage. He understands that you had your own performances so you couldn't watch all of his but he is still sad and pouty over it!

- If you were hidden in the audience, the moment he spots you its a 180. Suddenly even more energetic than usual, he can't help but to hop and blink closer to the audience, trying to give you a high five before blinking back on stage. Ezreal having to explain to Alune later why he was breaking rules. But all he would do is sheepishly laugh and apologize, knowing full well he would do it again. He was just so drawn to you afterall.

- Ez is the kind of loving boyfriend that would totally buy you over the top gifts and get them delivered. Almost every location you perform at, a bouquet is personally sent to your dressing room. Always your favorite flowers, sometimes a cheesy love poem written in the card, but always sent to you before your performance. The kind of " Hey, I can't be there but I will be watching you from here <3" reminder that leaves your chest feeling warm.

- If Ezreal is in the audience? He doesn't hide it, rumors be damned, he's a fan he loves you! He hides it enough at his own stage lives, he is going all out with your fans. Lightsticks, fansigns, tees, ita-bags, he has it all. He loves you and wants Everyone to know he's a fan. VIP tickets, man is always right in front jumping and cheering, screaming fan chants, embarrassing you but also just making it so fun! He is in queue with his VIP pass for a Hi-touch too, embarrassing considering how he is already always snuggling you in your private time, yet here he was in public sneaking even more skinship from you.

- It's no longer any doubt to fans that Ezreal loves K/DA but whether you two were a thing? That was a mystery. He loves the fans shipping the two of you together though, he might not be allowed to openly declare his claim over you but, this was cute enough to satisfy him. He has a side fan account for you that is surprisingly popular with fans because for some reason, this account seems to always grab sneakily good photos of you in public.

- When you do hop by backstage to wait for him, he goes fucking crazy. The kind to happily yell your name as he runs and jumps into your arms. He loves you so much and so brightly, peppering your face in kisses, bragging about his perfect performance, excitedly telling you how some fans threw him gifts on stage. A warm smile as he places his sunglasses on your face, " Not bragging to make you jealous, I hope you know you're my one and only." A small kiss on your nose as he pulls away, flashing you a charming smile.

#Ezreal x Reader #Heartsteel!Ezreal #Ezreal #Ezreal League of Legends #Ezreal LoL #HEADCANONS #League of Legends Headcanons #i think of him as embarassing you but hes so cute he is forgiven #Ezreal League #Anon Answer #K/DA Reader

[clefairytea]

The older I get the more I think we should stop selling the idea of like. There being an “easy” version of something.

Like ok I’ve always wanted to be able to do something musical but I’ve also always been pretty tuneless. Like “kid in primary school who couldn’t clap along with the beat in music class and got told to stop when singing” tuneless.

So last year I finally drummed up the courage to at least TRY. After a bit of research on “easiest instrument for stupid idiot babies” I bought a ukulele. Amid that, I read plenty of promises of “wooo you can learn to play a great song in A SINGLE WEEK on ukulele!”.

And…it was still hard! I couldn’t strum nicely or figure out how to switch between chords, I couldn’t keep a beat, a lot of the music terminology I saw completely confused me. And it made me feel SO stupid and useless like. This instrument they give literal tiny children because it’s so simple and easy and barely an instrument at all and I couldn’t get it.

I’ve been at it pretty consistently for a year and a half or so, and honestly I’m still not good! Id be pretty mortified to play in front of anyone that isn’t literally being paid to teach me lmao.

But I’ve gotten much better! I can strum much more nicely and play a couple songs, I’ve learned to chuck and fingerpick. And now I can pick out the beat in music much better, I understand some basic music theory. I have learned this stuff, even though I found it super hard and unintuitive!

And like. Man looking around online I feel like I’ve seen a lot of people who picked up an uke for similar reasons who gave up fast because it was sold to them as easy, and they felt like “well if I can’t get THIS then I’m hopeless”. But then there is no easy way to learn a completely new skill and get actually good at it, it still takes work and frustration and a lot of vulnerability.

And I think I see this with stuff like. Oh learn to code the easy way, learn to draw the easy way, learn Japanese the easy way, etc etc. and it’s like man. Are we better off just admitting that like. Most things for most people are hard, but you can still do it anyway? Like you can still do it! You can still learn and get better at it! It’s fine if something is hard and takes a long time! It really is!

#clefairy squeaks #This is incoherent but I’ve been Stewing On It #Listen there are some people who WILL pick this up seemingly super fast and easy! #But they’re not the norm! They’re not the standard you’re failing! it’s fine! #People who say it can be easy…….are selling you something sorry to say #Because they know that sells better than lol it will be hard work and you might get frustrated

[thestellargoblin]

HEADCANONS TIME MFS

Aka my (older) Meg McCaffrey headcanons cuz I love her and you're not allowed to say anything bad about her 🤗

She LOVES spices and sauces, and by that I mean that she's gonna literally put them everywhere. Making toast? Yeah, she's gonna yeet there 7 diffrent spices and 5 sauces

She never uses main lamp in her room. NEVER

Reptiles girlie

She gives me vibes of a person who doesn't make diffrent playlists and just has one, 36h long, where she has all songs she likes + she has most unhinged n random music taste so you can find on her playlist death metal next to pop next to some indie rock

She also had Hamilton phase in 2016. Still has Guns and Ships as alarm clock

Actually enjoys playing music very much. After Lester teached her playing piano she learned ukulele and drums

Listen. Goblincore Meg. She IS goblincore and I will die on that take. Just gimme my grandpa sweater and baggy brown dungarees. I need it. It's HER style and you can't change my mind

Surprisingly very good at math

Adores literally every mythical creature

Was arrested at least 3 times for most random things (Lester had to get her out every single time)

Refuses to call Lester Apollo, calls him only Lester (as she should)

Likes to help young halbloods - she's gonna randomly spawn in the middle of the fight, defeat monster without even sweating and then give them a ride on her unicorn

She and Leo are the OG pranksters

When she got into her first fandom Lester made sure she never discovered wattpad and lead her straight to ao3 (my girl had enough trauma in her life)

Doesn't really like movies (especially superhero ones) cuz she gets bored too quickly. Loves Pirates of the Caribbean tho

Met Sadie Kane, they're actually besties

She has more plants than clothes in her bedroom

Aroace queen

Acknowleges the existence of only two types of shoes: crocs and doc martens

I stand by this one is canon, but still gonna put it here: She is as (or maybe even more) powerful as Percy, Thalia and Nico, cry about it

#meg mccaffrey #trials of apollo #lester papadopoulos #the trials of apollo #rrverse #apollo pjo #pjo hoo toa #toa #hoo #leo valdez #headcanon #riordanverse #rick riordan #meg toa #queer #she's awesome #i love her

[arctic-hands]

My best advice to sick and disabled kids, as someone whose been sick to the point of disabilty since I was four, is to pick up a creative hobby. Learn to draw, take up knitting, learn the guitar if you're strong enough to hold one and take up ukulele if you're not. Do something that will stimulate your brain and give you the satisfaction of creation, as well as distraction.

My parents' idea of occupying my time thru appointments and infusions and hospitalizations and sick days was just piling me with books and video games. Which is fine! Great escapism, fun to do, saves you from boredom. But sometimes you don't need to escape, sometimes you need to create, and not knowing how or where to start fills you with a feeling of frustration and helplessness. Reading gave me a fantastic imagination and I created worlds in my head that I had no way of getting out to share or saving for posterity.

My parents had hobbies of their own. Mom's a fiber artist and dad's a musician, and I asked them repeatedly over my childhood to teach me what they were doing but they always waffled on it and never did. Hell I didn't even learn how to cook until I was eighteen. So I was left with books and video games and no sense of satisfaction in my ability to do anything.

I took up art in my mid twenties, mostly by watching YouTube tutorials or checking out how to draw books from the library. They say the best time to start is yesterday, but the second best time is to start is today. I don't create art every day. I have more pain and exhaustion days than I do creative days. But when I can create it feels empowering, and power is something I don't have as a disabled person.

And I'm not saying take up a creative hobby so you have something to sell to fall back financially when you're too sick to work (obvs if you want to you can, but that's not the point of this advice). Paint pictures just to hang up in your bedroom. Crochet clothes for your dog. Write songs with lyrics that only make sense to you. And if no one is willing to teach you these skills, seek out resources and basically teach yourself.

I don't know how to end this post, but I am begging every sick kid (and sick adults too, for that matter) to not just wait for your life to end, distracting yourself solely with passive hobbies like books and games that have been scripted out to have pre-determined endings decided for you. Find an outlet you can do to create, for your own sense of satisfaction if nothing else.

#disabilty #chronic illness #to be fair i did write quite a bit as a kid but i had no formal teaching beyond English classes in school so it went unnurtured #and when writers block hit as an adult i had nothing else to fall back on and that block lasted like five years #but i did take up art in that time #i also briefly played clarinet but i was kicked out of band for missing so much because i was sick and my parents returned the rental #now my lungs are too crap to play woodwinds #but seriously find something to do. anything that involves creation #as far as my parents never teaching me anything i sometimes wonder if they didn't think I'd live long enough to be worth investing in

[bp-trio]

you’re watching….

Outfit | Makeup | Hair style | nails

( ALL IN ENGLISH ) ( questions searched on the web about Sol)

"Hey, I'm Sol and this is the Wired Autocomplete interview," Sol said smiling. Sol was given aboard. A medium-sized board where the questions were stuck with a paper and she has to peel it off to open the question. “Let’s see what you all are curious about”

[ UPBEAT MUSIC ]

"Have you ever googled yourself before?" Interviewer.

"No. I try not to."

"Alright, first question," Sol said before carefully peeling off the sticker that was covering the full question that was searched on the web about her.

[ WHAT ]

"What is Sol’s full name? My full name is Solaire Victoria Raeya Ivanov and I know it's a long name. But my parents liked it." Sol answered and smiled.

"What does Sol like in a guy?" Sol chuckled at the question. "Wow, did someone actually search this on the web?" Sol asked as she looked at her staff behind the camera and giggled. "What I like in a guy is honesty and just be good to me."

"What is Sol’s net worth?" Sol smiled at the question. "why do you guys care about this? but to be honest I don't even know what my net worth is."

"What is Sol's zodiac sign?" "Aquarius, I am. Fun fact, I actually share a birthday with Rosé. I was told recently about some of the characteristics of the Aquarius. Think I maybe have like, three of eight."

"What is Sol's phone number?" "That is a question I won't be answering. I don't give my number to anyone. So, it is maybe impossible to get my number. Sorry." Sol said and smiled blandly.

"What is Sol's accent?" Sol laughed at the question. "Honestly I have no idea. I would say British on most occasions. it also depends on where I go. When I got to America. my accent changes to American English and when I'm in Paris, I speak in a Parisian accent. Or these days it feels like I’m getting Aussie accent because of Rose. It is a bit confusing I don't know what my accents are." Sol chuckled.

"What is Sol doing right now?" Sol exhaled and chuckled " Talking to you. that's so funny people would google that. what is Sol doing now, like Google's gonna know"

"What was Sol's first song?" "The very first song I wrote was for my mom on her birthday when I was like six years old, and it was about when I grow up, can I be as pretty as you? when I grow up, can I wear your dress? and still, my parents and my siblings make fun of me sometimes."

Sol throws the medium-sized board on the floor and grabs the one handling to her.

[ DOES ]

"Does Sol have pets?" " Yes, I have 4 pets, three dogs and one cat. I have Shiba Inu named Cain, Samoyed named Chico, white Pomeranian Cece, and a Manx cat named Cleo. I adopted all of them from a rescue shelter. They are my angels."

"Does Sol speak Spanish?" Sol smiled. "Yes, I can speak Spanish because I taught myself and I'm proud of myself for doing that because I can now communicate with my fans who speak Spanish," Sol said and continued smiling as she peeled off the sticker that covers the next question and read it.

"Does Sol play guitar?" "Yes, I do play guitar. In fact, I play a lot of instruments. My grandpa taught me how to play the Violin and Piano. during my trainees days, I learned to play drums, electric guitar, ukulele, recorder, flute, and Saxophone recently. since I have much free time this year because of the pandemic, I spend my time mostly learning new instruments and learning online." Sol answered and nodded.

"Does Sol has tattoos?" "That’s a secret" she giggles, “but I do, I have four tattoos and each one of them has a meaning.”

"Does Sol watch anime?" "Do, and my top three animes are the seven deadly sins, my hero academia, and One Piece."

“Does Sol know how to play games?” “Yes, I love playing games. It’s my hobby.”

[ CAN ]

"Can Sol sing?" Sol laughed at the question. " I bloody hope so, otherwise I have no idea what I'm doing here."

"Can Sol rap?" "Yes, I can rap. I’m the lead rapper in the group."

"Can Sol drive?" "I can drive.  I actually passed my driving test the first time. I do really love the freedom of just getting in your car and going wherever you want."

"Can Sol come to my birthday party?" Sol laughed."I wish I could but I think you would have to speak to my agency and my manager about that."

"Can I date Sol?" Sol laughed and grinned. the staff also laughed "that's an interesting question. Maybe but I think you would have to speak to my agency and my manager about that too." Sol said and shrugged with a chuckle.

[ HOW ]

“Okay last board, How old is Sol?" Sol read off as she peeled the tap. "I'm 26 years old."

"How to get Sol's face?" Sol laughed. "Seriously? I don't know. surgery, I think?" Sol said and shrugged with a chuckle.

"How did Sol become famous?" Sol chuckled. " by releasing good music."

"How many languages can Sol speak?" Sol smiled. "I can speak 7 languages. Korean, English, Japanese, French, Mandarin, Spanish, and Russian I'm hoping to learn Thai and German by next year." Sol answered.

“How does Sol stays in shape? By working out.” She stated. “I don’t like dieting and I was extremely bad at it. When I was training to be a singer, I had this extremely diet and I just failed. I couldn’t resist my love for ice cream.”

“How does Sol keep her hair healthy?” She smiled, “I use a specially made shampoo and conditioner provided by my wonderful stylist aka Lina.”

“Well, that’s it?.” She asked, throwing the cardboard away when the staff members nodded. “It’s been fun! They weren’t as scary as I thought they would be.”

“I hope you enjoyed the video, thank you. Mwah.” She says, staring directly into the lens and blowing a kiss at it.

#sol; bp trio #bp trio #trio kpop #trio oc #kpop oc #blackpink #blackpink 5th member #blackpink added member #blackpink x oc #kpop soloist oc #female idol #wired interview #blackpink oc member #blackpink member au #blackpink yg #blackpink oc #blackpink aesthetic #blackpink addition #blackpink additional member #blackpink in your area #kpop additional member #kpop added member #kpop female oc #fictional kpop community #oc kpop idol #kpop idol oc #oc kpop #kpop addition #added member kpop #baby monster kpop

[mysadblacksoul]

Hi, so Next Semester, ey?

God this song hits so close to my heart. Not just as a uni student, but also as a young adult who is trying to navigate her life in any logical way So thank you for that guys Then the theories (because why the hell would they make a MV without lore, am I right folks?) MV!

Overall red tones: drumsticks, logo, stage as well as the Blurryface paint brings us back to the Blurryface era for sure

Like it's a callback to the past, do you see my vision?

Could it be a fist show that they did after fully escaping Dema and doing it on their own terms? Maybe

But some scenes give me dream like sequence. Like Tyler is just imagining how the life would be if he succeded to escape

The going back and forth on the road is a callback to the times when he tried to escape, with little to no luck

People are not only there in person, but they also are moved by the music and know the words. So for sure it's different audience that they had in Dema

The ukulele makes me think that we travelled even more back in time. Honestly, it feels like a callback to the RAB era

It also gives me parallel to the Car Radio MV, just way calmer this time

Now this gives heavydirtysoul

But did you notice that the thing (car? person?) was going full speed on Tyler and he was the one who got out the way every time, yet it just circled around Josh (just like in HDS)

The middle of the road also gives me Truce vibes

So with the lyrics, the whole MV gives me the vibe of being closer and closer to the true freedom

Lyrics!

No-no-no, no-no-no - disapproval of the current situation, pretty easy

Stand up straight now / Can't break down - I would say this are pretty self explanatory feelings of Mr Clancy in Dema. He simply cannot break down, or he would let down not only himself but also the people who he leads

Graduate now - It doesn't need to be literal, it could mean to finish something quickly

It's a taste test / Of what I hate less - The feeling of having to choose the lesser evil. That no matter what you gonna choose it's still gonna be bad

Can you die of anxiousness?/ I don't wanna be here, I don't wanna be here / What's about to happen? What's about to happen? - Valid question tbh. All of it are the feelings of intense anxiety and a desire to escape from the current situation. There is a sense of fear and uncertainty about the future

I remember certain things / What I was wearing - Vivid memories about the certain time and place. Like every escape attempt is important

The yellow dashes in the street - Could be both the lines on the road, but also the yellow Bandito tape. And could the number of the dashes be 300? Like in Overcompensate?

I prayed those lights would take me home - That this one, this attempt will be the the last one. Plus the torches used by Banditos, like a symbol of hope

Then I heard, "Hey, kid, get out of the road!" - Solid reality check

Can't feel my legs / I might suffocate / There's a pressure in my chest - More feeling of nervousness and uncertainty. Everything Clancy feels while running

And then he slowed down / And rolled down his window - So now we know that the speeding thing was a car, but who the hell was driving it

Can't change what you've done - You can't redo the attempts of escaping, but you can always learn from them. It's a reminder not to look back and always look forward to the next, better things

Start fresh next semester - It doesn't have to be literal semester, could be year, day, month. Just gain back your strenght, calm down and try again. Yesterday may have been lost, but what matters is that you don't give up and keep going. You're still fighting

#band #emo bands #emo #emo quartet #twenty øne piløts #twenty one pilots #tyler joseph #josh dun #skeleton clique #tøp clique #twenty one pilots new album #twenty one pilots theories #twenty one pilots clancy #clikkies #new semester

[nyoomkitty]

Kloktober 2023, Day 10: Came back different

Toki’s Song

After the events of the Doomstar, Toki has been seeing a therapist who challenges him to write a song that tells his bandmates how he feels. (1,200 words, very short. Total fluff, nothing heavy at all.)

Read on AO3 or below the cut!

Toki fidgeted in the seat, pulling at a string on his pants that was coming unraveled.

“Toki, you were telling me how things have been different after the Doomstar?” A middle aged woman with a shock of frizzy brown hair and kind eyes smiled softly at Toki as his attention snapped back on her. He had been especially distractible today.

“Oh. Uh… Yeahs. They all beens real different.”

“Would you like to talk about it?” She sat down her notepad, a gesture that she had come to learn relaxed Toki; he didn’t like feeling as if he were a specimen that needed to have notes taken about it.

“Well… Sures. I guess they been different in ways like…” He bit his lip, struggling to find the words in English. “Nathan has been more ee-moe-shin-all-ee availgable.”

The therapist smiled; he parroted a phrase that she had used a few weeks ago.

“He tells us he cares about us more. Dat’s nice, I likes hearing that.”

She nodded. “What about Pickles and Murderface?”

Toki’s shoulders had relaxed slightly; he was more at ease now. “Pickle been taking care of himsselfs, he only do crystal meth ONCE a weeks now! He’s beens doing a lot of knitting cause he says it oxupies his hands.” Toki smiled widely. “He even knitted Toki a bananas hammocks; wants to see?” He asked gleefully, reaching for his pants.

With an awkward chuckle, the therapist waved her hands. “No no, that’s okay Toki! I’m sure it’s wonderful!”

Toki was a bit crestfallen; he had a photo on his phone of a hand knitted hammock where he stored his bananas on the kitchen counter and he wanted to show her. No worries; he could ask again.

“Moidaface been… It ams hard to say. He been palling around wif us mores. He don’t acts like an out sighters so much. He even calls Toki hims friend!”

Toki was leaned back into the couch now, smiling happily as he talked about his friends. The therapist allowed herself to finally exhale, glad he was opening up. “What about Skwisgaar?”

A fierce blush raced across Toki’s cheeks. She knew that Toki’s relationship with Skwisgaar was still new and might be something Toki wasn’t ready to talk about yet but she found herself proven wrong.

“He beens real nice to be wif. He even says I can have a solo!”

She almost leapt from her seat in joy. “Toki, that’s wonderf-“

“I turns him down.”

“But… Toki, why? Isn’t that what you’ve always wanted?”

Toki shrugged nonchalantly. “I thinks… I just wanteds him to lets me has it. I didn’ts really wants it. Skwisgaar ams amazing. I just likes playing wif him, not over him.”

She wasn’t sure quite what to make of that but moved past it for today. “What about you, Toki? How have you changed?”

Toki looked puzzled. “What’s you mean?”

She laced her hands together and leaned forward. “You’ve named the ways your friends have changed because of everything that happened. But Toki, what about you?”

His expression of confusion had not lightened and she realized he had never even considered it. This was too much of a question for today.

“Toki, could you do a homework assignment for me?”

Toki grumbled; he hated that word. “I guess. What’s ams it?”

“I want you to write a song and sing it to your bandmates. Tell them how you really feel.”

——

Several days later, the band was enjoying an evening of booze and laughs, palling around as they watched trash tv and ate trash food.

“Hey Nathan, look what I made you!” Pickles held up a knitted cap with a chibi Baphomet on it.

Nathan’s smile looked like a cringe but damn if he didn’t give it his best effort. “Oh wow Pickles. Thaaaaaank you…” He punctuated the thanks with a kiss on Pickles’s cheek.

Toki burst into the room unceremoniously with a ukulele in his hands. “Everyone’s, listens up! I gots to finish my homeworks now.”

Skwisgaar’s mouth hung open in surprise and a peppermint dropped out of his lips and into the ends of his long blond hair. “Oh, you means for dat therapist lady?”

Murderface, who was nose deep in the newspaper, reading the obituaries, popped his face out. “She’s a doctor and her name is Dr. Sparkleboob.”

“It’s pronounced Spark-Le-Beaux. It’s French. You know that.” Pickles said in an accusatory tone and Murderface rolled his eyes back into the obituaries.

“Wells anyway, listens up cause I gots a song I has to sing so she gives me a good grade at therapy tomorrows.”

Toki began strumming the ukulele with surprising skill; Skwisgaar’s blond eyebrow hitched up in something akin to approval. The gesture didn’t go unnoticed by Toki who smiled as he began to sing.

“Oh I has a box of kittens

I names them all myselfs

There’s Cukey in the corner

Lookin’ at treats up on da shelfs

The kittens I calls Nothin’

Is black as he can bes

But I don’t minds it when he hides

Cause I know that he likes mes

Killy is a pissy cat

He pissed into my shoes

But I knows he ain’t mean nothin’

Cause he’ll also piss on you

Swiss Cheesy is a pretty kitty

He’s my fav’rite, dat’s for true

Cause I loves him most of alls

An’ he loves me mostest too.”

Toki finishing strumming and looked up to four sets of eyes boggling at him.

“Toki, I can’t believe this. After all these years… You’ve finally completely unlearned how to play guitar, haven’t you?” Nathan said with a smile and a laugh.

Toki looked down with a blush, trying and failing to look sheepish. Nathan couldn’t even make fun of people seriously anymore.

“Dat was goods, Toki.” Skwisgaar said, trying to untangle the peppermint that was now hopelessly stuck in his hair. “I didn’ts know you coulds even shreds on a oo-keh-leelee.”

Murderface had dropped the newspaper he was reading. “Why did you write about kittens?”

Toki pouted. “I likes kittens. You knows dat.”

“Yeah, you know that Murderface!” Pickles shouted, pointing a knitting needle at him.

“You knows dat, Moidaface!” Skwisgaar yelled, closing one eye in pain as he tugged on the peppermint.

“Murderface. Hey. Murderface.” Nathan said.

“WHAT?”

“You know that.”

——

Dr. Sparkleboob looked as pleasant as ever at their next appointment but as she read the note Toki handed her, her eyes shimmered with tears.

“Toki… This is… This is beautiful. I’ve never read lyrics this profound. The metaphors, the imagery… This is… This is world changing, Toki.”

Toki looked deeply pleased. “Takk! I didn’ts sing that ones though, I sangs this.” With that, he handed her the lyrics about a box of kittens.

“But Toki… Why didn’t you sing the other song? The kitten song is… Nice, but the other is extraordinary. What made you decide not to share it?”

Toki looked pensive. “I t’inks that’s how I’s changed. Everyone always tells me what to do my wholes life and now I wants to do things my ways. In my times.

“I wants my bandmates to knows more about me but I’s not ready yets. In the pasts, I woudla rolled overs and dos what you and they’s tells me just cause you’s and they’s tells me, but I wants to do dis in my times. I wants to bes who I wants, when I wants. I wants to shows my loves in my times.”

Toki looked at Dr. Sparkleboob’s face and frowned. “Ams that okays?”

She dusted away a tear, her pride squeezing out of her eyes. “That’s more than okay, Toki. That’s wonderful.”

#Metalocalypse #toki wartooth #kloktober2023 #Kloktober

[dumbass-tumbler-cryptid]

Could you give Spider the ability to play guitar/ukulele in one of the endings? I'm terribly stuck in HC's (probably because of Naavispider's fics) that he can play instruments and Cabin suits me very well in terms of vibe - you know, the wooden cabin, the forest, playing guitar and singing by the bonfire is a perfect combination

I'll have to think about that. I can see what you mean, it does fit the vibe but I really don't want to copy Naavispider by having Spider play the ukulele. That was so iconic in her fic that I would just feel like I'm ripping her off. I also really don't know where I would fit that in to be honest. I've already got the "set up" chapters written. Everything else is very plot driven from there so I have no idea where I would fit in a scene of Spider being gifted a guitar, teaching himself how to play and singing songs around the campfire.

I still have a lot of writing left to do though, and I do like the idea of Spider learning to play some kind of instrument. if playing my a.u in the sims has taught me anything it's that life in the cabin would get incredibly boring really fast and that you'd constantly have to be finding ways to keep yourself entertained/occupied. So I could see Quaritch observing a very bord Spider, who's on edge because with out anything to focus on he's getting into his head over his situation and that's never good for Quaritch. His kid might try run if his thought spiral gets bad enough. So he asks Spider if he could play any instrument in the world what would he like to play. He picks the guitar. And the next time his aunt or one of his uncles comes up for a visit they bring with them a guitar and plenty of books and tapes to learn how to play it. And because he has nothing but time Spider learns how to play pretty fast, going from a novice to decent to actually pretty good in a few months.

#miles spider socorro #miles quaritch #spider socorro #colonel miles quaritch #cabin in the woods #avatar fanfiction

[spacedustmantis]

a shitty song cover a day - day 11

didn't have any particular song i wanted to play today so have the first ever song i learned on the ukulele

can you tell i don't do warmups before hitting record?

rules:

one song every day. it doesn't have to be a long one (this rule is temporarily put on halt bc my brain's been a bit funky)

a different song every day (this rule might be more of a guideline. if i ever run out of songs i will recycle)

no backing tracks, no editing, no nothing. just me and my uke

no re-dos. i can practice for a bit beforehand, but the first recording i do i'll have to stick with. this is the most important rule. it keeps me from giving into the perfectionism

taglist:

@wings-of-flying

@chaos-caverns

@navysealt4t

#also yes i know #riptide #like the campaign #haha #buggy thoughts #buggy music #asscad

[desperadosofficial]

what music/games do you all listen to

Doc here. The rest of the crew is out on operations and Carl is in surgery for the fifth time this year, so I'll answer you. Sorry 'bout the delay.

Mistral likes Arch Enemy a lot. I didn't really take her for a death metal gal, but hey, what do I know. She listens to a lot of New Wave, too. She LOVES Blondie and got me and the guys (except Sundowner) into Joy Division. Mistral also listens to a lot of film scores to wind down, especially Gladiator and Blade Runner.

As for games, I know she's a big fan of older action games, the older Resident Evils, Quake and Doom and whatnot. Talks a lot of shit in fps forums.

Monsoon is...something. Handing him the aux when we go out is like a game of auditory Russian roulette. He could put on some Ros Sereysothea from when he was a kid. He could play nothing but Die Antwoord. He could play 70's Queen. He could play incoherent electronic sounds until you scream at him.

He's the biggest gamer out of all of us, his favorites are DMC and Bayonetta. He's competing in the Wii Taser Boxing tournament with Sundowner and I now, and if he wins, we'll be hearing about it for the next six months.

Sundowner is a simple man. He likes rock, country, and that's about it. We have a lot of the same taste in country artists, we grew up on Cash, Nelson, Jennings, and, as much as he'll deny it, he'd take a bullet for Dolly Parton. Sadly, with the exception of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Motörhead, his taste in rock is a bag of hot shit. Once I tried to tell him Five Finger Death Punch is for angry alcoholics with erectile dysfunction and he just yelled "HELL YEAH BROTHER" and cranked it louder.

He isn't really a video game guy. The only video game he plays is Wii Sports, and he only plays it because I challenged him.

Sam, interestingly enough, likes grunge and 80's rock. Some of his favorite bands are Van Halen, Foo Fighters, and Iron Maiden. He can sing almost every Black Sabbath song in Portuguese. He's been trying to learn Eruption on guitar. Once we were out drinking and he somehow managed to play it flawlessly on some kid's ukulele. I guess beer gives him guitarist powers. Oh, and he loves Shakira. No matter where he is, if you put her on, he will drop everything and get up to dance. Flawlessly.

Sam's our second biggest gamer. He's a fighting game guy. I still can't beat him at Mortal Kombat or Guilty Gear. He could probably thrash me with his eyes shut, too. Maybe I'm too old for this shit.

Intern Carl probably listens to Imagine Dragons or some dumb shit like that. Probably plays Tetris on his stupid little phone.

I listen to a lot of country, I also had a buddy back at ArmsTech who got me into industrial music. We used to swap cassettes while we worked, I'd listen to his mix while he'd listen to my Merle tape. I hope he's doing well.

I haven't gamed much. I remember liking Half Life a lot when I was younger. Had a coworker who's last name was Freeman, so I used to mess with him, talking to him in an awful G-Man impression...miss that guy.

That should answer your question. Sorry again about the wait; Desperados stay pretty busy.

- 🩹

#mgrr #mgr #winds of destruction #metal gear rising revengeance #rp blog #metal gear memes #metal gear rising #desperado enforcement #monsoon mgr #sundowner mgr #mistral mgr #jetstream sam #mgr oc

[durotoswrites]

When you see this, post 5 songs you actually listen to and tag 10 of your favourite followers/mutuals!

Thank you for the tag, @acediee ! I'm almost always listening to music, so I have a lot of favorite songs, but here are some that keep coming back to me in no particular order:

I can never give my heart - Rose Betts - Rose Betts's unique and lovely voice is one of my current obsessions. Heartbreaking lyrics and intense instrumentals, it's a relatable song of yearning.

If I'm being honest - dodie - dodie's soft vocals have been a longtime source of comfort for me. It's a soft song of cautious optimism that says "maybe you didn't choose me on purpose, but maybe I am worthy of love, from both you and myself".

You're not special, babe - Orla Gartland - (warning for clowns/mimes in the video, but honestly, the video is so fantastic and adds so much to the song). I love Orla Gartland's work, and this song really resonates with me and is a great pick-up. The title might sound harsh, but it's a song of acknowledging that we all go through our own heartbreaks, triumphs, and sorrows, and it's easy for other people to uncomfortably look the other way. That's why it's so important to find people in your life that you can depend on. Orla's character going from being horrified by this notion to acknowledging and embracing it is done so well in this video. It's also a legitimate bop.

Still into you - Paramore - I'm still into this song! It's a fun love song that celebrates the everyday blushes and smiles you can still share with your partner after years together. It's perpetually stuck in my head and it just gives me a burst of serotonin when I hear it. 🥰

If you know that I'm lonely - FUR - Besides FUR making hilarious music videos, their retro sound is so addictive. This song always has me coming back. The melodramatic angsty lyrics combined with the comedic timing of the video always hit me in the right way.

This barely touches the tip of the iceberg of the songs I love listening to. Techno, Celtic, electroswing, jazz, blues, big band just to name a few off the top of my head, and there are so many genres that I'm still learning about.

Snail's House, who focuses on kawaii future bass, is always fun to listen to, and my favorite song by them would have to be Ramune, which is such a fun mashup of satisfying sounds, blips, and melodies to keep you listening on repeat.

It would be a crime for me to leave mxmtoon off of this list. Her soft vocals and trusty ukulele always calm me down and I love the themes in her music. She's probably best known for Prom Dress, but among many of her other works, I really love Myrtle Avenue, particularly the slower version - it really hits differently.

I also love listening to video game osts, including the Mother Series, Animal Crossing, Octopath Traveler, Mana Khemia, and whatever gives me feels and is relaxing.

Tagging: @friendofbats, @cluing4looks, @joyfulsanctuary, @beck-a-leck, @hikamaus, @krosaceae, @lm-tomatito, @emeraldhazeart, @icefire149, @julikoloveszestiria, @quartzfox, and anyone else that I forgot! <3

#thanks for the tag! #music #tag game

[homemade-ghosts]

Once Rina is officially together, what do you think they'd get for each other as gifts? I could definitely see Gina getting Ricky a new dog tag for him to wear or a new skateboard. I honestly don't know what Ricky could get Gina. Perhaps, some new headphones? (Although, I absolutely love her pink headphones that she has right now that she's been using since the very first episode.) Can you think of anything? I'd like to hear what you think they should get each other once they start dating.

Both Ricky & Gina value quality time, so I like to think they'll give each other the kind of gifts that involve spending time together.

Ricky makes this little gift certificate that's redeemable for 10 free guitar lessons (it's a mess of glitter and puff paint, but it's clear he put a lot of effort into making it) because he remembers how Gina told him she would "kill to play guitar like that" after he sang wtwmay to her and he's going to teach her. I imagine Gina smiling and asking, "but what if it takes more than 10 lessons for me to learn?" Ricky gives her a soft laugh and goes, "Oh, please, you're Gina Porter. You'll be out playing me by your second lesson...but, if you aren't, we can discuss payment later. I'm thinking in the form of double chocolate cupcakes?"

Speaking of cupcakes, Gina makes/gives Ricky his favorite ones as gifts. When he eats them all in a couple days and pleads with her to make him more, she tells him she has a better idea: she'll teach him how to make them himself. They spend a Saturday at her house, baking. Ricky, of course, burns the first batch because he forgot to set the timer. Gina tries them anyway, Ricky waits anxiously for her verdict, "So? How are they?" "...a solid 9/10 for effort!" "That bad, huh?" Gina laughs and nods, "Awful." "Oh, yeah?" Ricky asks, picking up a freshly frosted cupcake and shoving it in Gina's face, leaving her with a dollop of frosting across her nose, "How 'bout the frosting? That any good?" Gina pretends to be upset, but she can't help it, there's a laugh breaking through, "I don't know," she smiles, "you tell me." & she smooshes a cupcake right back in Ricky's face. After they stop laughing, they both agree that the frosting is pretty good, actually.

Beyond cupcakes and guitar lessons, I could also see Gina knitting Ricky a pair of gloves to match the hat she made him because whenever they hold hands, his are always cold -- or Ricky writing Gina a song as a gift and serenading her with it (this is Ricky Bowen we're talking about, so this one's practically a given if you ask me). Or maybe even Ricky buying Gina painting supplies so they can paint her room together because, since she's moved around so much, she's never gotten a chance to (or bothered to) paint her room a color she actually liked. Until now.

I like your idea of a new skateboard and headphones, but I have to disagree completely about the dog tag, since that was always more of a totem of Ricky's relationship with Nini than anything else. Not only because she gave it to him and he wore it throughout their relationship in s2, but also because it served to prove how little Nini & Ricky actually knew each other. When Nini gives the dog tags to Ricky, he says something along the lines of "I guess I'm a guy who wears necklaces now." implying he has never been that kind of guy -- Nini, however, wears necklaces all the time. Same goes for Ricky's gift to Nini. He gives her a guitar pick and, although we do see Nini play guitar in later seasons, she only ever plays her ukulele in season 1, an instrument she doesn't need/use a pick for. Ricky, however, is practically attached at the hip to his guitar and is much more likely to use a pick. Basically, they gave each other the kind of gifts that they would personally want because they had no idea what the other person wanted or needed. & that's without addressing the fact that the engravings on both gifts were specific to Troy & Gabriella, but told us absolutely nothing about Ricky & Nini, other than that they were playing a part and confusing their characters for themselves. Whereas, the one gift we've seen Gina give Ricky (The Hat™) was something personal. It was something only Gina could have made (not literally, obviously a lot of people can knit lol, I just mean in the sense that, when something is handmade, it's unique to the person who made it. It's one of a kind). & it required a level of time, care and work that neither of Rinis gifts had.

This ask also got me thinking about what Gina could possibly give Ricky for his birthday in the finale and I keep coming back to the gloves/mittens. Even though it wouldn't get me that line about her making them because his hands are always cold when she holds them, it would still be so sweet as a birthday present. Gina would've spent so much time knitting them and it would be kind of a nod to her thinking about Ricky as part of her future (a future she could never build with EJ) because, even though it's summer now, the gloves are for fall and winter. Plus, the last time Ricky gave Gina something she knit him, he told her he'd grow into it. & He's finally grown. He's more mature, selfless, caring and ready to embrace whatever the future holds. So, maybe Gina could give Ricky those gloves and when he tries them on, this time, they're a perfect fit.

#thank you for this ask!! sorry it took me a minute to get to it #ricky x gina #rina #hsmtmts #hsmtmts s3 #asks #anon

[corrodedseraphine]

tea or coffee: honestly I don't drink both of them too often. I drink tea when I am sick or I need something to warm me up because I hate cold. When it comes to coffee I drink it when I need to. My sleep schedule and insomnia are real bitches sometimes so I have to have something to help me not to fall asleep in the middle of the task or something. But I really like iced coffee, especially in the summer

dogs or cats: both. I love both so much it hurts because I can't have one. I have never had any pet and unfortunately it is not going to change soon and it breaks my heart 💔 But luckily a lot of my friends have pets, so guess where you can find me when we hang out? 😂

can you play an instrument? Yup, I used to play guitar but now my heart is fully devoted to the ukulele, but I would love to learn how to play the piano too

what’s your sign? Libra

favorite lyrics that pop into your head? the song originally is in Polish, but I translated it for better understanding, I hope that's okay

and to be water like this which gently wraps itself around you / warms your body, washes away the remnants of the lousy day / and calms down every nerve / amusingly will wrinkle your hands / and when you fall asleep lasts faithfully at your bed

do you have tattoos? I have four tattoos, the word unbreakable on my forearm and next to it there is a Vex's shadow (Vex is one of my favourite champs in league of legends and the shadow is her companion, so I one day I spontaneously decided I want my own shadow too lmao), above them there is a rose inspired by the one from beauty and the beast, and on the other forearm I have something like a map because I love travelling and only if I could afford it I would do it all the time

favorite place you’ve ever traveled? Malaga in Spain. I spent the best month in my life there, the place is beautiful and my memeories make it even more amazing

what’s the last movie you watched? Strange World on Disney+, I loved it, such an amazing animation 🥹

what languages do you speak? Polish is my native. I can speak English and I am learning Spanish hoping that someday it will be on the same lvl as English now. I was learning French for two years and as much as grammar wasn't hard for me pronunciation killed me and I am not able to say most things in French 😂 In primary school and hight school I was learning German but I forgot it all and best I can do is introducing myself in it lol

do you have any hobbies? music is the biggest one I guess. I love listening to music, playing it, singing, dancing. Music is a huge part of my life. Now I can say that writing too, I am so glad I came back to it after so many years, it helps me so much with some issues, like a some kind of a therapy. And due to covid lock down I was so bored I started crocheting, the beginnings were hard but now I have some projects I am really fucking proud of even if they took months to finish. And I almost forgot playing video and board games!

you can hang out with one fictional character for an hour, who do you choose? So many amazing choices but for now I have to say that Eddie Munson 😂

compliment yourself: shit this one is super hard- uh so maybe I would say that I am kinda proud of myself that I am handling two jobs and not giving up despite it is really hard sometimes. So yeah, congrats for me

@i-me-mine thank you for the tag 🥰🥰

no pressure tags: @bvcksmiller @becca-alexa @pollenallergie @phantypurple @superblysubpar

[or-ng-c-ss-dy]

thanks @sublightsleeper, who tagged me on my main but i’m doing it here lol. i also forgot until now 

tea, coffee, or soda?: coffee def

dogs or cats?: dogs, but i do love cats too. i just happen to own and love a dog rn.

can you play an instrument?: yea, a few. piano, guitar, bass, violin (poorly), and the ukulele lol.

what’s ur star sign?: cancer, never fun to say “i’m a cancer” out loud but it is what it is 

first song lyric that pops in ur head?: uh ig “i would leave if only i could find a reason. i’m mean because i grew up in new england” from homesick by noah kahan

do you have any tattoos?: nah. always wanted some tho.

what’s the last film you watched?: god, i don’t watch many movies. ‘catch me if you can’, i think?

do you have any hobbies?: writing, music, art, and ig cooking but that’s simultaneously something i have to do and something i like to do. baking is another. used to be crochet but my wrist sprains if i even look at a crochet hook these days

you can hang out with a fictional character for one hour, who do you choose?: er...wrestlers don’t count, right? i don’t have anyone else to pick lol, chuck taylor ig. but like...dirtbag chikara era chuck or learning-to-be-good 2016-2017 chuck. not that there’s anything wrong with current chuck but it’d be like hanging out with a happily married man ykwim? like any version of chuck is always gonna be talking about orange lol but at least i could give some advice instead of just hearing a man rave about his husband.

compliment yourself: i’m a pretty good writer, and i can be pretty funny.

not gonna tag anyone but thanks, this was fun!

[kataiki]

Things I've been up to

I think my favorite thing I've done in the last couple of years was learn to play the ukulele. My sister bought me one years ago, and while I tinkered with it, I never really had a chance to sit down and learn. Well, suddenly we all had a lot of time, and fender.com was giving out 6 months of free lessons, so I jumped on it.

It was a lot easier than I thought it'd be. At least, it was easy to get where I wanted to be so that I can do what I've been wanting to do my entire life: songwriting. I've played instruments in the past, but I never considered myself a musician. I played the Saxaphone when I was in middle school, but I didn't love it. I've kept a keyboard in my room for years and tinkered enough with it to play [Synthesia](https://www.synthesiagame.com/) well enough to do To Zanarkand, but that was bred from my love of rhythm games than of music itself. I think this is the first time I had an instrument in my hand and felt like I could play it. Like this is something I do now, and if someone asked if I knew how to play it, I could say yes.

I actually bought a really nice microphone setup. I tried recording something but... I guess audio mixing is a skill I need to learn.

I'm trying to be better at embracing the imperfect. I have a habit of not sharing anything I'm not 100% satisfied with, which leaves a lot of things 80% done. But I think there's value, even joy, in the unfinished, the unpolished, and incomplete. Sometimes its discouraging to start something knowing I won't finish it, but then I try to do it anyway because the "doing" part is the part I like.

I've been keeping my stuff under an album I titled "Half Baked" to let myself be comfortable with the fact that these songs may never be perfect. Maybe I can't make the perfect cookies, but cookie dough can still be enjoyed, right?

[kiroons-hyperfixtations]

🎵, 🍓, 🎷, 🎂 and 🌼 for Fate?

🎵- Song for her

Bro, I got a whole playlist. It’s never enough for me to just make an oc, I need to give them a playlist. Some songs on there include “Good Girl Winnie Foster” from the Tuck Everlasting musical, “I miss my mum” by Cavetown and “Homesick” by Radical Face.

🍓- Favorite Fruit

I feel like she’s a strawberry or cherry gal,,

🎷 - Favorite instrument to play (or listen to).

She can’t play shit but I’d say ukulele’s and piano probably! She probably really want to learn how to use them though!

🎂- Birthdate

I feel like she’s a fall or winter baby. I don’t really explicitly think about specific birthdate’s for my ocs. I am have friends that do, I am not one of those people though.

🌼- Favorite flower

Bellflowers and Hyacinths! She can have two favorites <3

#thanks for the ask! #oc; fate