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kerubimcrepin · 2 months

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The Card Games Overview - Part 1

"I would have wanted to be Joriiiiiiis, to be able to do my shoooow!" - The Hypermage's Blues

Joris, as discreet as he is efficient, is the emissary of the king of Bonta.

Already we're starting strong with the first card here, because, and you will never believe this, — the implications for lore this has are huge.

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It is a parody of this song, "Le blues du Businessman", which implies that: (and I beg you to forgive me for taking this silly little song reference so seriously. I am neurodivergent about this. It gives me pleasure to overanalyse things)

Within the World of Twelve, this song is about being a huppermage, and the pain that comes with it. (They are called here "hypermages", because this was their name in 2009-2010, when their lore was still being developed).

Someone in the huppermage class community has formed a parasocial relationship with Joris?? Imagine namedropping princess Diana in your depression song.

It makes me wonder what other famous huppermages' names could be used in the World of Twelve version of this song. "I would have wanted to be Juliiiith, so I could shout who I am!!" or something??? Would Bakara be name-dropped (actually, she probably would... she does have a parasocial fan in Dofus MMO, despite probably having been dead of old age for centuries)? Does this song make Joris cringe so much he almost dies?

This seems very rebellious, considering huppermages have what seems to be a very... conservative, rigid in-culture, that is against outside influences, and somewhat in favour of in-group hazing, (Wakfu quests — professors' reactions to students being attacked within the huppermage temple amounting to "you'll get over it." + what I've heard about institutionalized huppermage on huppermage violence that happens in Julith et Jahash comic.)

The other thing that makes it seem rebellious is the fact that Joris probably isn't welcome among his own people, with his independent personality, relation to Julith (this one is a mixed reason: during his youth, she was hated, — but as of Dofus MMO times, she was seemingly a figure that was revered just as strongly as Jahash, among huppermages), and affinity for other classes' (ecaflips) cultures and beliefs.

Another lyric that includes the word "artist", "I would have wanted to be an artist, to have the world to remake, to be able to be an anarchist, and live like a millionaire" makes me insane in this context. This fits him so well because this fucker doesn't give a shit about huppermage rules (he hits people with a log to give them concussions instead of using magic), and lives like a millionaire (smokes expensive blunts while drinking Chateau Lafite Rothschild in his nasty room filled with plushies and cartoon figurines).

These are the only two crepinlore adjacent cards in the Wakfu TCG, so, we will move onto Krosmaster:

You can't just tell me that, by ecaflip standards, Atcham is considered disabled and expect me to be normal about it. This confirms a lot of what I already thought: Atcham feels scorned for a multitude of reasons:

People think he's bad looking, he can't have a romantic relationship (if he didn't have Kerubim to blame for everything, god knows he would have become an incel. And I don't mean that as a joke. I mean it in the "blaming people being awful to you bc of your looks/neurodivergency/social skills — on other, random people, because the pain of being unable to change your situation is too much" way. He already does that. In canon.)

His lack of fur actually causes issues with his health. (we didn't need a card to tell that, but feels good to have it acknowledged. Just google how vulnerable sphynx cats are to temperatures. I feel bad for him.)

He feels... "uncute". Catboy body dysmorphia is both real, and fucking depressing.

There isn't any lore here, but I want to acknowledge something: Isn't it weird that he never wears pants as an old man, except in his first 2 official arts in Krosmaster? Isn't it whacky that he speaks in one episode as if he does wear pants? I am haunted by this, folks.

His dice have a wrong design on the first art here. Sorry for noticing insane things like that.

I have so many thoughts, and none of them coherent.

The scales, the fangs, Atcham's sword, the fact that it's called "draconian crisis"... I am in loves. Also "strange little boy" is on par with other things Joris gets called in canon. Like "funny little man" and "weirdly endearing for a curtain twitcher".

An error I noticed: he isn't wearing the tights/stockings he wears in Aux Tresors de Kerubim. I can see that because they coloured his knees the same colour as his shoulders/hands.

(Yes, yet another insane "I had watched Dofus Aux Tresors for 83492734 times" detail only I would ever notice.)

He is so, so,,...

A discussion with a friend made me want to present to you the next scenario: imagine Joris, being offered to play boufbowl as an adult. He would say "No, I shan't, I really shan't", before defeating everyone in record time. Just because he's smug like that, and loves to show off how cool and awesome he is, but in a subtle, quiet way. Athletes unironically hate him.

He should listen to Speedfreaks FM while running around.

Big news for Joris Pain enjoyers: Grougalorasalar can inflict nightmares upon people. And personally, I want him to have done this to Joris. Repeatedly.

I have a lot of emotions about her...

I wish more people took her alcoholism as more than a joke. I think it's fucking depressing that she's around 20yo, already an alcoholic, doing the whole huppermage thing just because of her brother, and the pressure of other people, and the only other stress relief she has besides alcoholism, is Violence. Jesus fucking christ.

I will probably write many more words on this topic, when we get to the movie, or to a particular comic, — but that will have to wait.

#cardpost #dofus #wakfu #joris jurgen #atcham crepin #kerubim crepin #krosmoz #ro liveblogs dofus #Youtube

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i-am-the-me · 5 months

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My Will Wood album cover ranking and my thoughts about them :3

ATTENTION ATTENTION, RAMBLING AHEAD, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

10th place: The real Will Wood (2020)

I don't really like album covers where the focus is just on like. a dude

I like the lighting and the funeral motifs, and the cover kinda represents the plot of the movie, how Chris gets consumed by/obsessed with the personality of Will Wood

But still, I don't like the cover enough for it to be higher in my ranking

9th place: Everything is a lot (Remastered) (2020

I mean, I like it, but it's just a more bland (colorwise) version of the original, isn't it? Gonna talk more about it later on ;3

8th place: Camp Here & There: The soundtrack (2021)

Not a big fan of minimalism, but I do like the composition. The sky rieseling down like the sand in the clock is REALLY clever depicted (/genuine) (/impressed). I also like how the warm colors clash with the coldness around, reflecting the plot of the podcast (imo), but still, too much empty space for my liking.

7th place: "In case I make it, (2022)

It's ok, don't like the color composition tho. The moon (I think that's supposed to be the moon) (not sure), and the cheese. I like the nod to Tomcat Disposables (Is there cheese in the great beyond?/What's the moon made of?/Meet me there after I'm gone...), because it is my favorite lyric in the song, but I'm not sure if it really encapsulates the meaning of the album yknow? I like the style of the cover, symbolizing this big schizm in Wills music style with it's not so fucked up look, but couldn't the cover have been something that looks like it isn't just a cover for Tomcat Disposables?

6th place: in case i die:" (live) (2023)

It's silly (/sillious) (/in a good way) :3 The black and white really fit this album I think, idk why tbh. This cover was originally planned for In case I make it and I would have liked it if it would have stayed with In case I make it, but oh well.

5th place: Everything is a lot (2015)

The green-ish touch really adds to the cover. I love how the face breaks apart :3. Wills paisley art is just so pleasant to look at. And the brain trying to re-wire itself at the top is a nice detail :D im scared of the worm

4th place: The Normal Album (2020)

As I said, covers where the focus lies on a Dude™ aren't what I like, but. But as this is a parody of the 50s - 60s era of album covers I can close a second eye. Talking about eyes, why are Wills eyes so big here? A deer in the headlights of life (/so deep) (/sarcastic). The cover perfectly shows the motifs of the album, the crushing life in a society where you need to be exactly like the others (the coat and tie he wears), trying to rebel against it (personalizing of the tie), but still having to keep the social standards (greeting the neighbors even though they most likely hate you for your rebellion), and trying to cope with not being able to be like the others (I don't know how to explain this point I was trying to explain). This cover screams about a world of white picket fences and potlucks

3th place: SELF-iSH (2016)

It's so vibrant :3, I love Hypagognia 3 (the background art) (or is this Hypagognia 2) (idk). The guy being made out of a collage (the picture thing, not the school) of various parts of Wills painted body reflecting the motifs of the album, how there is no static "self" and that one can choose to not have one I mean. Kinda ironic how Will said "The world doesn't revolve around you, so don't revolve round someone else" in Missanthropologyst, while here the world literally revolves around him (yes I know the scissors will separate him from the world, but it has not yet succeeded 😼)

2econd place: SELF-iSH (Remastered) (2020)

Literally what I just said but now the background is in a UV-ish blue and looks kinda poisonous. I want to eat this cover, it looks so good :3

1th place: The real (2018)

The cover of the live album recorded in Roxy & Dukes, the recordings were then later used for The real Will Wood. The SELF-iSH guy returned! The collage-y paisley art, the colors, I need to get this cover into my bloodstream somehow. Hands down best cover there is, not that much explanation behind it for me. If this would have been in color it would have been at 9th place I think, but without colour it's perfect.

These are my thoughts about Will Wood[('s) and the tapeworms'] album covers. I only did Will Wood, but maybe I could make a ranking of the pre-tapeworms-era-bands album covers, idk yet.

If you want you can also tell me your thoughts about the album covers and which are your favorite/least favorite :3

I like talking about albums and their covers because music and art are really important to me :D

Making this ranking was fun, goodbye!

#will wood #ranking #album cover #in case i make it #will wood icimi #in case i die #Will wood icid #self ish #Everything is a lot #Eial #trww #camp here and there #Ramblings #wwattw #the normal album #will wood tna

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phoebe-delia · 5 months

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One Day More (Harry Potter Version)

Okay I have written a little HP-themed parody of "One Day More" from Les Miserables. Because it wouldn't leave my mind once I thought of it.

I'm sorry if this doesn't make much sense to read over text, especially the ending since it's technically a bunch of characters singing their parts until they all come together for the last few lines. If you're not familiar with Les Mis I suggest you listen to the song before you try to read the lyrics.

ALSO a few notes here. I have put commas and dashes in order to indicate the rhythm at which certain words are said to fit with the timing/rhythm of the original lyrics, if that makes any sense. Also this IGNORES some of canon. Dumbledore is alive, and I basically just sorta wrote what I wanted without regard for what had actually *happened* on the day before the war.

Also, yes, this takes place (in my AU) the day before the final battle.

Here's a link to the original song.

[Dumbledore:] One day more A day that divination long forebode

The seeds I planted then will now be sowed. The orphaned babe from decades past

Will fin'lly fill his fate at last One day more [Harry:]

My life-long war could be near end

Will—I-see-days, beyond tomorrow? [Dumbledore:] One day more [Ron & Hermione:]

How long we wasted in denial

But what, is left I’ll share entirely

[Draco:] How have months undone my life? [Ron & Hermione:] I regret the pain I’ve caused [Draco:] How’s my enemy my hero? [Ron & Hermione:] All the pride I let consume [Draco:]

Could it be I’ve been so wrong? [Ron & Hermione:] I will fight here by your side [Draco:] Could he ever take my hand? [Remus:]

I’ll avenge them one by one

[Harry:]

All I’ve done has led to now

[Remus:]

But their deaths won’t be in vain

[Harry:]

I will do what’s right and just

[Remus:]

Victory now won’t bring them back

[Harry:]

Riddle’s reign will end with me

[Remus:] But my marauders fight with me! [All:] The time is now The day is here [Dumbledore:] One day more! [Voldemort:] One more day till I’m triumphant

I’ll be on my well-earned throne

They are foolish child fighters

They will soon learn to obey [Dumbledore:] One day more! [Bellatrix & Greyback:] Little tyrant tykes

Screamin’ for their mums

Fun to teach ‘em lessons

About who’s in charge Spook ‘em with a sneer

Hit ‘em with a hex See ‘em runnin, squealin

Like a pen of pigs! [The D.A. Students:]

This is not a war we started

This is not a fight we chose

But if they won’t lend an ear

We will shout our battle cries

This ends with our generation

Evil won’t win on our watch

Stand your ground and raise your wands

[Harry:] My place is here I fight with you! [Dumbledore:] One day more!

[[ALL SUNG AT THE SAME TIME]]

[Ron & Hermione:]

How long we wasted in denial

I swear I’ll never leave your side

And all the time I’ve got I’ll give you [Draco:] Could he ever take my hand? [Voldemort:]

I will finally kill that Potter

Now his luck is all run out

They will see that he’s no hero

They will worship me instead [Dumbledore:] One day more! [Bellatrix & Greyback:] Little tyrant tykes

Screamin’ for their mums

Fun to teach ‘em lessons

About who’s in charge [Voldemort:] One more day till I’m triumphant

I’ll be on my well-earned throne

They are foolish child fighters Tomorrow fills the prophecy [Dumbledore:] Tomorrow is the fated day Tomorrow fills the prophecy [All:] Tomorrow nothing that we’ve known will ever be the same again One more fight One more war One day more!

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spaceorphan18 · 7 months

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Glee Musical Retrospective : Highway to Hell (Hell-O)

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Sung by: Jesse St. James w/Vocal Adrenaline Original Artist(s): AC/DC

Hey - we're focusing on the first syllable again. (Again - I can just picture the writers coming up with music ideas with this one and getting giggly when they could use the word 'hell'.)

I don't really love this one - mostly because it's over-the-top showy with the intention of looking intimidating but there's not much going on with what is literaly a snippet.

Story Analysis

The whole point of this song is to paint Jesse as a bad boy. (And sneak in a famous AC/DC song I suppose.) There's not really a point in breaking down any lyrics because it's not really about the lyrics -- or the meaning of the song. It's about what the song represents.

Highway to Hell is a much harsher sound than we're used to on the show (and honestly, the show rarely dips into heavier rock). But's all about the look -- about the black leather and intense looks and the fiery choreography. Vocal Adrenaline has already shown to be an intimidating group with their professional dancing and showy choreography - but now they have a front man -- Jesse -- who isn't fooling around.

This is villain coding -- it's like we're seeing Jesse in his lair (VA's auditorium) and the real Jesse is not a good guy. So we're on edge as Rachel gets closer to him. Compare Jesse's performance to Finn's earlier -- Finn's singing classic rock -- familiar, safe, charming.... But Jesse is singing hard rock -- he's on that highway to hell and loving every minute of it.

One can only take it so seriously, though. I mean, Glee is still trying to hold onto its satirical roots begun in the Front 13. Despite they angle their pushing for - Jesse (and really Jonathan Groff) doesn't really scream dangerous, misunderstood bad boy but I don't think he really is supposed to either. Sure, it's about an image Glee wants to sell -- but its under the lens of parody. At the end of the day - Jesse is still presented as wild card for Rachel and an antagonist for Finn, and that's really what Glee is going for.

Plus - taking the opportunity to show off Vocal Adrenaline as an intimidating foe.

Technical Thoughts

Okay. Time to peer behind the curtain. I think there's a lot going into this to make it look flashier and more hard core than it really is.

First of all - the lighting. There's not really fire but a projection of it, as well as the orange lighting on the steps making it look a blaze against the blue background. It's some great work here - and I feel like for a forty second clip, it's good at tricking the mind. And then there's the pyrotechnics. Which is hilariously over-the-top, but it works for what they're doing.

Then there's the costumes and choreography. The looks -- black leather with the hint of orange in them - are brilliant. And it's good to remind that one of the best selling points of Vocal Adrenaline is that they're using professional dancers as the 'students'. They're all jumping around the stage doing tricks and flips and visually it looks fantastic -- and nothing like our awkward protagonists who can't even hit a straight line together.

(I'd argue, as I always do, that good visuals do not equal great musicality; this isn't a dance competition but a singing one, but I digress...)

I don't love this song for Jesse. I don't think it necessarily fits his personality very well. And I don't think it really fits Jonathan Groff's strengths. But maybe that's coming from someone who has seen this show a thousand times and understands that the writers probably didn't know what kind of character they were fully making yet. I think there are other ways that you can create that discomforting -- possible villainous sound. But, as a reminder, this is Glee, where everything is big and bold and hitting a nail right squarely on the head. The writers wanted a bad boy for Rachel to fall in with, and they wanted to use a song that fit their theme, and this does exactly that.

The song is, if nothing else, dramatic -- and that does work for the introduction of Jesse as a lead. And it's a testament to Jonathan Groff's talent that he can physically portray the image they're trying to sell even if I'm not fully on board vocally.

Meanwhile -- the woman they have accompanying him is fantastic. Her voice fits this song wonderfully, and while I have no idea who she is -- I love her gritty sound.

So, a small detail I noticed because I had it paused -- when Will walks in the room, the word 'fire' can be seen three times -- as there's a fire alarm, fire hose, and fire extinguisher all in the same place. Was it intentional? I wonder.

vs. The Studio Version: So, it's the full song instead of just a small portion. It's a cleaner mix -- and you can definitely hear the back up singers better. Idk, I think I'm just not a fan overall that colors my judgment of this one a little.

vs. The Original Version: Oh wow - okay, the original version is way slower and lower in pitch -- which makes me wonder if they sped up the recording for show (instead of having them sing it at a faster/higher pace). No wonder the show one feels somewhat out of control and uncomfortable. I'm sure it's partly out of time constraints that they speed things up - but that might be why the track sounds a little weird. Huh.

Also - whenever Glee takes a song like this and turns into a showchoir song, it can't help but feel a little 'kidz bop' to me. There's a relaxed, grittiness to the song that is just lost in the frantic absurdity that is Vocal Adrenaline.

#the great glee rewatch #so's musical retrospective #glee #glee music #vocal adrenaline #not a fan of this one - but please don't hate me #i still love jonathan groff #Youtube

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weirdthingskid · 4 months

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So I went ahead and made the parody with Olive, so here's the lyrics changed to fit everyone's favorite veteran snarker!

I imagine this is Olive talking to Otto about everything that stresses her. (Hence "give it to your partner")

I'm calling this Under the Oddness, you'll see why

I'm your partner, I'm not nervous I'm as tough as the crust of the Earth is Got the gadgets, squishinated Trustworthy, you can see how my face is...*beat* I don't ask about the cases Precincts don't have additional aces "Whatever's the problem", won't rest 'til I solve 'em I take what I'm handed, I break what's demanded - but!

Under the surface, I feel stuck in a marathon runnin' forty-three full miles Under the surface, the Big O, was he ever like, "Yo, I don't want to take the files?" Under the surface, I know there's no freestyle if I don't pass the trials A flaw or a crack, the straw in the stack That breaks the camel's back, what breaks the camel's back? It's-

Oddness that'll drip, drip, drip and'll never stop, whoa Oddness that'll tip, tip, tip 'til you just go pop, whoa, oh, oh Give it to your partner, your partner's wiser Make her every single agent's advisor Who am I if we can't score the go-o-oal? Can't control, the-

Oddness like a grip, grip, grip, and it won't let go, whoa Oddness that'll a tick, tick, tick 'til it's ready to blow, whoa, oh, oh Give it to your partner, she's been here longer Always solving every oddity that crossed her Who am I if I can't carry it all? If I falter

Under the surface, I can't look back, but it jerks me, I worry the past is gonna hurt us Under the surface, the captain goes down, who's around to head without hassle? Under the surface, I think of the disasters, can we become forecasters? These things you've gotta face, the pieces out of place You try to stop the worsening, you're off in outer space

But wait, if I could shake the crushing weight of investigations Would that free some room up for fun, or relaxation, or taking time off? Just take your mind off of growing "oddstuff" Gets stranger, grows weirder 'Cause all we know is

Pressure like a drip, drip, drip that'll never stop, whoa Pressure that'll tip, tip, tip 'til you just go pop, whoa, oh, oh Give it to your partner, it doesn't hurt, and See if she can handle every spiraling burden Trapped, lost in a game of chess, yet doesn't guess *boom* no distress

Just oddness like a grip, grip, grip, and it won't let go, whoa Oddness like a tick, tick, tick 'til it's ready to blow, whoa, oh, oh Give it to your partner, but don't surrender Face all our problems by sticking together Who are we - the team to always progress Don't yield, no mess No distress, we fight oddness!

#odd squad #odd squad pbs kids #encanto #surface pressure #olive #agent olive #olive odd squad #okay first of all every single person who was involved in writing this song in any way deserves a medal #the rhyme scheme is so complicated and I don't even think I got it right 😅#you can tell where i gave up :p #anyway sort of proud of myself for finishing this #oh and happy new year!

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periodiccompletionist · 10 months

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Hey how well does Tom Lehrer's elements song hold up today?

Well, I mean. It was written in 1959 when there were only 102 discovered elements as opposed to today's 118, so it's obviously no longer accurate to the modern periodic table.

But if you're asking about my opinions of it musically, then it's... fine. It's a parody of the Major General's Song. The melody is a bit of an earworm, but after a bit the lyrics just kinda blend into each other. Not much to say about it tbh.

I would say that it probably took him a while to put them in an order that fit the tune, but I feel like a lot of that work would get done simply by the fact that the vast majority of elements end in -ium so you don't have to think too hard to make everything rhyme. I kind of wish that there was a pattern to what he was grouping together, but it doesn't seem like there is one besides the occasional attempt at alliteration? If there is one, feel free to let me know, but I am, ironically enough, not a big science guy, so I wouldn't know.

I feel like at this point it's just a thing that people like to memorize as a party trick (not throwing shade btw I was infamous for memorizing digits of pi when I was in school).

#not a tally #arsenic potassium sulfur #like he doesnt even put erbium terbium and ytterbium together :/

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just-absolutely-super · 1 year

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(Different anon): https://youtu.be/3HM9tyNkUAg this, but with Protoman & Megaman :3

BROOKLYN RAGE! LMAO

As much as I love these parody songs, it doesn't really fit. For starters, Megaman doesn't have a Brooklyn accent (instead he's Canadian LOL) so there's no reason for him to do this

And in terms of the characters and their antics, I feel like this would fit more for Lan and Chaud

But since I've established all day Lan hates singing, and if we were to just have it be a Poker Face parody in general with MMBN lyrics, then yeah sure let's give it to Megaman

*music starts playing*

Chaud: Oh for the love of God, he's not going to sing is he?

Lan, putting earplugs in: 'fraid so

#anon #responses #mmbn hc land #crack edition

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twistedroseytoesy · 1 year

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I've got it! How bout this:

Trey: Birthday by Katy Perry

Ruggie: Here comes trouble by Neoni or Bills by Lunchmoney Lewis

Jack: Live Forever by Hollywood Undead

Azul: Who's laughing now? by Ava Max or For your entertainment by Adam Lambert

Jade- Blackout by Aviva or The Show by Jake Daniels

Rook- Ghost by Confetti

Epel- Reckless Tongue by Airways or Bad Reputation by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Idia- Anxiety by blackbear

Sebek- High Hopes by Panic At The Disco

I hope these fit!

Hello again! glad to see you back with even more songs to pick from! If it's alright ima call you 🎵 anon! now onto the songs!

Trey- Fun song! could definitely see this as a birthday song that the Mc could sing to him, again not the biggest fan of the innuendos in the song but I can easily adjust them to be more wholesome! good choice! might try and write that closer to his birthday though, oh well.

Ruggie- Such an interesting song! As I listened to it I could envision this song as Ruggie is overblotting. when I first read the second book I thought h was going to overblot from how magic he used to cause the stampede, and he was pretty upset that Leona was just giving up after all his hard work. Maybe an alternate universe where he overblots rather than Leona. Amazing choice and great ruggie vibes!

Also, the second song is very fun and also fitting, but I loved the first one so much that I immediately set up a draft for that... Both are wonderful though!

Jack- Cool rock song! I can see it fitting a specific asset of him, but the Jack we see is fairly chill and cold, but soft to those he has respect for. Also a tsundere. A good song, but not quite how I envision him but its pretty close.

went searching myself for some songs that would fit jack and looked up a bunch of montage songs. found one I liked; John Cafferty - Hearts On Fire. Thought it was pretty fitting with his strong moral compass and burning passion.

Azul- YES! this is wonderful! good song! shows how he worked hard to overcome those that mocked and hurt him before. I'm loving the song. I can see some sort of dream sequence where Azul sings this cause he's proud of how far he has come. Despite still struggling at times, he's brought justice to his bullies. Might write an animatic as he watches his bullys suffer. Heck yes!

The second song doesn't fit azul that well, too many innuendos and such demanding lyrics... nice try.

Jade- Somewhat unsettling song, definitely fits his mysterious and scary side, but it just doesn't hit quite right. I don't know how I could change it either to fit better. It's so close just missing something.

Now the second song is perfect, I would need to change quite a few of the lyrics to fit him better, but the mysterious but knowing lyrics and deep beat in the background are perfect for him! Don't know if I could write this as a story, might just end up as a simple parody. Great choice!

Rook- Wonderful song choice! love the hints to how hes hard to find and how he can seemingly appear out of nowhere. Could write an animatic-style song with him appearing and watching from afar. nice job!

Epel- Some of the lyrics fit him and his intense hatred for certain topics. Somewhat fitting but I don't really feel the vibes from the sing itself, I could make it work but I'll look at the other song first.

Oh MY GOSH, that second song is so perfect for Epel! how he hates the way Vil tries to reform him, how likes his country accent and lifestyle. Can definitely write a thing where he's screaming this, might get in trouble with Vil and Rook later but he doesn't care at that moment. HECK YA!

Idia- Hate to say that this song is perfect for his insecure and introverted personality but that's exactly what I'm saying. Could write this when he and the prefect are friends, or could just make it so he's just anxious about all kinds of stuff. OR a better idea is that he's singing to ortho, he can't live without ortho. perfect fit.

Sebek- Amazing song, no idea that it was by panic at the disco! but not really fitting for the Sebek I know, then again I don't really know him other than he's loud and obsesses loves malleus. Too upbeat of a song but loving the idea.

#twst #twst parody #parody #heck ya!#🎵 anon #asks #thank you!#had fun listening to these and thinking what I could do with them #sorry this took a bit to get done #I have like 18 drafts thatnsk to these suggestions #will they get done in a timely mannor?#probably not #but hey they will get done eventually #thank you again!#twst x reader #twisted wonderland #my stuff #my writing

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maocin · 9 months

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My Aim Is True, 1977, Elvis Costello

If you subscribe to the notion that there is such a thing as power pop, you would likely consider Elvis Costello among its practitioners. He's never been a household name in music in the same way that other, more established power pop bands are (Cheap Trick, maybe), nor has he influenced generations of musicians like Alex Chilton did with Big Star. He certainly wasn't the face of punk in Britain. There are some hits -- maybe you've heard "Pump It Up", or "Oliver's Army"? But we're not interested in hits around here. My Aim Is True, his debut album, offers easy listening, digestible power pop, while still maintaining the snark and consciousness that makes punk meaningful. It's a front to back delight, and the radio hits don't give you even half of the full experience. I want to talk about why this is one of my favorite albums of all time.

Opening Quartet

"Welcome To The Working Week" absolutely fucks. Who among us hasn't felt like a "juggler running out of hands?" This song is less than two minutes long, and in that time span -- less time than I've spent writing about it, by half -- we get a complete, mournful picture of a dead-end job with all the infectious speed of the rat race. This song walked so "Life in the Fast Lane" could run, except this one also ran, and did so five years earlier, and accomplished just as much in a fifth of the runtime.

It also blends perfectly into the next track, "Miracle Man," which is less incisive but equally enjoyable. Melodic bass and simple drums complement clean lead and distorted rhythm guitars. Focusing too closely reveals how simple everything is at its core, but overall, the song comes together perfectly and achieves much more than the sum of its parts. "Miracle Man" slows down slightly from the hectic opener, leading perfectly into the even slower "No Dancing," which even has a breakdown in the middle. These first four tracks aren't much to sneeze at, but they're maintainers of the vibe, and that's an accomplishment in and of itself. The vibe is immaculate.

Finally, we get to "Blame It On Cain". This is the clearest example of Elvis Costello's favorite lyrical trick -- writing a song that sounds complex, and just about is, but doesn't actually carry any meaning on its own. Just the shell of an interesting thought for you to fill in. It's much like (and here I brace for the gunshots) T.S. Eliot's poetry, "famously" parodied in Henry Reed's "Chard Whitlow," which you should go read right away. Pay attention, because he's gonna use this trick over and over again. Now that you see it you can't unsee it. Miracle Man and No Dancing change their tones. What does "everybody has to feel his pain" mean? You tell me. Frankly, I don't care. Four songs have gone by, and not a single syllable has been out of melodic place.

2. Wait, Not A Single Syllable Has Been Out Of Melodic Place

Have you ever tried to write music with english words? To get them aligned in the right time and key and rhythm and melody? It's next to impossible. Now take a look at the beginning of Blame It On Cain:

Once upon a time I had a little money/Government burglars took it long/Before I could mail it to you still/You are the only one Now I can't let it slip away.

How the fuck did he do that. Government is a pickup, which you think can't possible be rhythmically valid, but then the pattern is legitimized by its repetition with "before I could" and "you are the". He shifted his line endings! What the fuck! And by the way, the three syllable pickup persists through the WHOLE SONG. Blame it on Cain, then don't is on a square beat, then blame it on me. Oh oh it's no-body's fault? What? How!?

This is what I find special about Elvis Costello. He writes arguably the best lyrics in the history of the practice. Not because they're deep or interesting or good or anything like that, although we'll see some serious contenders later in the album. Simply because they always fit the music to a degree that most other artists can't begin to approach. Furthermore, he does it in one of the most rigid and difficult genres there is. You don't get room for time signature tomfoolery, messy line endings, raw vocal delivery, etc. Not in power pop. Everything has to work together tightly. If you're into theory (and I am, but I won't bore you here) you'll find Elvis Costello also has a penchant for interesting chord progressions and nontrivial song structure. Half the time you're listening to his music, though, you don't even realize. Each song is a verifiable monument to pop perfection, but still rough around the edges enough to retain the 70's Britain punk crowd. I'm sorry, but I love this album. Anyway, carrying on through the tracklist.

3. Alison And The Love Songs

Let's talk about the hit. I like it, I really do. It's slower, it's ballad-y, his voice is less than impressive (unless you're into that sort of thing, which, hey, you're in good company because I happen to have a soft spot for this guy's goofy vocals), it's a simple song, sure. But besides matters of taste, find something wrong with it. Maybe you think "can't stand to see you this way" should be delivered on the square instead of the upbeat? You've gotta reach pretty far. These kinds of songs are what should have by all rights made Elvis Costello famous: perfectly engineered, neither condescending nor overly vague, a depth of feeling matched with wonderful musical backing from the tightest band in Europe.

But it's also this kind of song that belies the real serious good meat on the album. I promise, we will get to the stuff that gave him the punk creds that validate my treatment of Welcome To The Working Week. While we're here, though, take a moment to appreciate the mixing of the vocal harmonies on the chorus. Sing the album title along with him. Bang the steering wheel in time with "stop you from talking." It's just a really, really good song. I won't say it rocks, because it doesn't, but I maintain that it's an absolute delight to listen to.

Now going on to "Sneaky Feelings," we get another gem of a guitar riff with a beautiful vocal melody, tight rhythms, and simple structural language. It's clean. It's radio presentable. Unfortunately it ends in a vamp (that piano!) and is about homewrecking. Surely relatable to many, this is nonetheless a slight putoff -- to understatate -- which prevents its being a radio hit.

But hang on, all of that was true of Alison! These two tracks are situated next to each other on the album and I don't think that's unintentional. Why is Alison an obviously acceptable radio hit, and Sneaky Feelings an obviously (at least a little bit) offputting deep track? Well, one ends with "My aim is true," and one ends with "I've still got a long way to go." Maybe the average person really does appreciate good intentions, even when the situations can only ever be identical. We get two takes on the same song, a little meta-snark from the king of being musically semiprofound.

And speaking of semiprofundity. With "(The Angles Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" Costello delivers again a metaphor that you cannot by any means put a serious definition to. I choose to read it as a third take on the same song as Alison and Sneaky Feelings. We can learn something about writing, here. People prefer characters to concepts, and although they prefer metaphors to direct statements, invoking pathos trumps both. Sneaky Feelings is pretty upfront (theme in the title) while Red Shoes never neatly delivers its point. Indeed I'm not quite convinced it has a point at all, but I'm going an assumption in order to make a point about the precision involved in power pop. When you have all this rigidity, you need every possible choice to convey meaning. No track placement is thoughtless.

4. The rabbit hole

See how we're getting sucked down? At the beginning of this album, you might think No Dancing just carries the vibe and theme from Miracle Man so we can get to Blame It On Cain. But now you might want to pause, go back, listen to them again, see what else you can tease out now that you're aware of the depth that goes into every tiny decision on this kind of record.

Unfortunately we lack the technology to do this, rendering such a review impossible. Let's get to the damn punk already.

5. Less Than Zero

This song flopped in America. But if you're aware of World War II era British right-wing politics, you will understand a little more of what's going on. Oswald is of course Oswald Mosley, a shit-stain fascist who manages to give even the average British person a favorable comparison. That man was a despicable blight on society in inter-war Britain, and when he came back to spread more shit in the 70s, Elvis Costello wrote "Less Than Zero" as a reaction. This song is nothing less than the worst slander he could possibly come up with, plus a chorus. There's nothing inherently punk about hating fascists (everyone should hate fascists, and yet not everyone is punk) but Less Than Zero certainly does its duty in a punk way. These are the aforementioned chops and creds. Less Than Zero was his first ever single! It didn't chart, but this was how Elvis Costello chose to introduce himself to the world: as a sneering nerd in glasses ready to snort cocaine and dunk on fascists. Phenomenal work. If we could all be so lucky.

6. Does He Get The Benefit Of The Doubt?

After Less Than Zero, do you believe he's a punk firebrand? Will you find social commentary in his possibly false profundity? Let's take the next track as an example. Obviously the "Mystery Dance" is not hard to identify, but what does the song actually mean? Is he chronicling young people who grew up repressed? Is he lambasting British censorship for disallowing education in that area? Poking fun at the suggested abstinence-only practices of most churches in England? How far are you willing to read into it, how much will you pull from what he might have been talking about to combine with the scant few things that he actually is? Is "Pay It Back" about healthcare? Predatory payday loan practices? Student debt? The general idea of living by relying on promise? Trauma? Is it even from the perspective of a single person, or is the evaporating social safety net of Britain itself singing? However much rope you give him, these songs have an interpretation available.

I wish Pay It Back was the hit off this album! I wish it was Less Than Zero, or even Red Shoes. There are so many phenomenal and possibly even meaningful songs on this album. But no matter what means what, one thing is constant: the music is good. It's easy listening, it's tight, it's well-written and well-executed. That's the only kind of thinking that lets you gloss over "I'm Not Angry" without feeling somewhat sad, like you lost a half decent USB cable or maybe dropped a potato chip somewhere you know you won't be able to eat it from once you pick it up. On a great run of maybe-profound songs, we have to come to an end with this one, which is definitely and totally just about a girlfriend.

There's nothing wrong about it -- indeed, it's got some redeeming compositional qualities. Meta-snark again, albeit basic: he says he's not angry, but the song sounds angry. Don't ever let anybody say he's not clever.

Look, it's not a perfect album. The songs are really good (many are arguably perfect, depending on what you believe they were intended to accomplish) and the pacing is great, and the tracklist is intentional, but this all depends on the dance of how much do I believe Elvis Costello. Do I think he's a literary genius, or just a musical one?

It's hard to end the album. If you're thinking this constantly, arguing with yourself constantly about what you will and won't allow to be an intentional piece of artistry, you'll be so tired by the end. "Waiting For The End Of The World" is one of those profound songs, too. Try to solve the roman a clef with no brains left. See how that works out for you. "Watching the Detectives" is surely easy to figure out, too. Oh wait.

7. Why Do All This To Yourself?

Stop it!! Stop overanalyzing an old British guy! If you want to go hear a profound and meaningful album, shudder and headbang your way through Disapora Problems. Who cares about what British political figures might be the "bride", "groom", "congregation", and "beast"? Does it matter? Listen to the way the bass is mixed with the floor tom. Listen to the lead guitar wailing in the background, sliding around and twirling. Dance to that, or just tap your feet with the drums. Sing the easy lines and skip over the careful four syllable deliveries. This album is not supposed to be hard.

That's our departure from punk. That's what makes this power pop, and indeed this album is the very one that made me, personally, one of those musicians who believes in that vague vague vague genre's existence. There's nothing challenging about My Aim Is True. Nothing that warrants this many words about it. Maybe you came to that conclusion already or maybe you're just reading to hear my thoughts. In either case this is a chronology, not a final piece. I went from A to B and back to A on this album. I started thinking he just had a nice vibe going, and I could have fun listening through the album during my morning commute with "Welcome To The Working Week" to start off my day with an appropriate bang. Then I learned about Oswald Mosley and thought whoops, gotta take him seriously now and proceeded to come up with some seriously overreaching analyses that (thank goodness) have been left on the cutting room floor here. Now I've listened to this album maybe two dozen times. I love it, I think it's one of the finest offerings of any power pop artist, I think the band is perfect and the writing is stellar. I think it draws you in and tests you like very few projects to. I think it's a little much half the time and not enough the other half. It's never perfect. But it's deep, deep, deep, and you can take the rabbit hole all the way down if you want. Been there done that -- not worth it. Nothing of value is buried here.

That said, this is a phenomenal fucking album with one of the best and most consistent sounds in the genre. You WILL enjoy listening to it if you have any love in your heart for music of its ilk.

8. Postscript

Reasons you might not like this album:

You think his voice sounds weird.

You know who Big Star is and you hate them.

On a more serious note, if you expect explicitness in your authenticity, you might find this to be the work of a poser. Nothing could be further from the truth, but it's a feeling that you might have, which is perfectly capable of turning you off from the album.

This is at its core a decent album with outstanding music and sound. In the event that you don't like the music itself, just turn it off and call it a day. It's consistent across the whole album, and you will NOT find this record's salvation in its lyrics or any sort of political commentary. I recommend it because it's got the depth to stay interesting while also being a power pop musical tour de force. If you're not sure what I'm talking about just listen to Pay It Back first, and if that doesn't do it for you, don't sweat it.

However, if it does, drop a note. I'll make fun of you for reading this far.

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thebreakfastgenie · 10 months

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I don’t know if you took my previous message as “hate” or what but I’m kind of baffled by the fact that you accused me of being “weirder” about the song?? You were posting about the song saying you haven’t listened to it but want to know a couple of clarifying points, and I assumed from that that you hadn’t heard the song so wouldn’t know that it was structured differently from the original song so I thought I would point that out as I think the fact that it’s structured differently addresses a lot of your criticisms about the song (while also introducing new ones).

The fact that you then accused me of trying to “start discourse” is really… look; I took your posting about the song and asking questions about it to be inviting discussion; but instead it kind of feels like you’re insulting me?

But to answer some more of your questions; in a way; yes, there is a FOB equivalent to that. The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t get a mention at all in their lyrics, but like Joel, they do have a whole song devoted to the rather culturally and historically important event that they missed.

And no, they do not use the line “England’s got a new King”. They do reference the death of the Queen but not with a direct callback to Joel’s lyrics. I think the only direct callback is “Shinzo Abe, blown away”.

Okay anon I apologize, the discourse comment was lighthearted because I just think this this whole thing is kinda funny. You didn't suicide bait me or call me a c*nt so no, I would not call your ask hate!!

I wasn't exactly inviting a discussion on purpose, but I'm definitely not opposed to having one!! I'm just used to being unhinged about this song by myself.

It also didn't occur to me that you would have seen my posts, but not the replies from my mutuals who already answered my lyrics questions and told me it was non-chronological. That was my bad, forgot replies aren't shown unless you look. I was pleased they didn't go for too many obvious lyrical callbacks, especially the King one, but I was really disappointed by the Shinzo Abe lyric (I get that it's tempting but if you want the song to stand on its own it's better not to do it) and "prince and the queen die" just sounds bad to me. It doesn't scan that well, it gives the vibe of the weakest line in a parody. You have to stretch out one of those monosyllabic words and it just sings badly. I get why this happened, though; it probably comes back to having to use the existing melody. But that's why I kinda think this was a bad idea in the first place!

I don't think you understood what I was wondering about an equivalent for, though. I mentioned Billy Joel leaving things out to address the oft-raised claim of "you couldn't even fit these years in a We Didn't Start the Fire, 2020 would need its own verse!" which is not something I've seen Fall Out Boy specifically say, but is relevant to why I like the forty years unit. I was looking for an equivalent of Billy Joel unintentionally documenting the Cold War, to the point where it's often referred to as a song about the Cold War by people who think he did it on purpose. Does 1989-2023 coincide so closely to a particular period like that? It doesn't have to be exact; the Cold War wasn't exactly 1949-1989, but it was a guy born toward the beginning of the Cold War writing a song toward the end of it. Depending on how things end up in Ukraine, I actually could see 2023 ultimately being close to the end of some kind of era, ironically again involving Russia, but it doesn't feel like an era that started in the late eighties. We may not have the answer to this right away!

Edit to add I thought you were being weirder because I took your first ask as thinking I was mad at Fall Out Boy and being upset about it but with the context of this ask I no longer think that!

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sokokoko · 2 years

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I'm parodying the Miraculous Ladybug French opening to fit one of my stories because:

1. I (kinda) know French

2. what else would I do with my time?

Half of this is from my head, a minuscule amount is from the opening the rest had a bit of dictionary help

L'hibou noir, il sait mon rêve

(The black owl, he knows my dream)

Comment il fait, plutôt étrange

(How he does, [it's] rather strange)

Ça magie noire, il fait me demander

(This black magic, it makes me wonder)

Si mon rêve est dangereux

(If my dream is dangerous)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Je suis fatiguée, oui,

(I am tired, yes,)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Mais c'est le seule façon

(But this is the only way)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Je peux vivre mon rêve

(I can live my dream)

De dormir

(Of sleeping)

Dormir en paix, c'est quoi je veux

(To sleep in peace, it's what I want)

D'avoir un rêve qui ne finit jamais

(To have a dream which never ends)

Je vais dormir, à jamais,

(I'm going to sleep, forever,)

Avec l'aide d'un petit vœu

(With the help of a little wish)

C'est moi, l'hibou,

(It's me, the owl,)

La vérité est ici

(The truth is here)

Ceux gardiens avaient tort

(Those guardians were wrong)

Je crois que

(I believe that)

C'est nécessaire

(This is necessary)

Après le mal qu'ils nous ont fait

(After the harm they did to us)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Un accord égal

(An equal agreement)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Je ne veux que être libre

(I only want to be free)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Je me demande si tu verras

(I wonder if you will see)

La vérité, dans ma vœu faux

(The truth, in my false promise)

S'il vous plaît, ouvre vos yeux

(Please, open your eyes)

Je sais c'est dur

(I know it's hard)

Croyez-le ou non

(Believe it or not)

Mon cœur n'est pas gelé

(My heart is not frozen)

Dormir en paix, c'est quoi je veux

(To sleep in peace, it's what I want)

Avoir un rêve qui ne finit jamais

(To have a dream which never ends)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Je suis fatiguée, oui,

(I am tired, yes,)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Mais c'est le seule façon

(But this is the only way)

Oh, Oh, Oh,

Je peux réaliser mon rêve

(I can achieve my dream)

De liberté

(Of freedom)

Un hibou noir, la vérité cachée

(A black owl, the hidden truth)

Un rêve de dormir, une fille fatiguée

(A dream to sleep, a tired girl)

Un hibou noir, et son rêve aussi

(A black owl, and his dream too)

Elle ne sait pas quoi à croire

(She doesn't know what to believe)

Un accord égal, un rêve dormir

(An equal agreement, a dream to sleep)

Elle ne sait pas quoi à faire

(She doesn't know what to do)

Un rêve de liberté, le seule façon

(A dream of freedom, the only way)

Dormir en paix, c'est quoi je veux

(To sleep in peace, it's what I want)

Vivre un rêve qui ne finit jamais

(To live a dream which never ends)

Je me bagarrerai éperdument

(I will fight desperately)

Corrections are welcome! That last line is said by both of them, hence the different style. I hope their narrative voices are distinguishable??

Can't believe I did this,,, I had other things I was supposed to be doing

But it felt good to write

Love how out of context it just seems like: damn this girl is tired & damn that bird feels kinda sketchy

He's not literally a bird but, yeah. He's sketch at first

And I did actually write a proper song for the series ("Dreamer") called "Lie Awake" with its own original tune and lyrics,, which im not publishing

Sorry if it sounds out of tune in some places but I'm literally forcing it to sit inside a Miraculous mould soo 👀

I wasn't sure if if should use "vous" or the more casual "tu" at some places because I had to think "well, are they that close?" I decided both because feeling n stuff change over time and fluctuate n stuff so, yes :} ugh that's a bad explanation. Should I change it??

Nightmare asks "I wonder if you will see" using tu and then "Please, open your eyes" using vos (vous) . Inconsistent 💯👍

FRENCH-KNOWING PPL PLEASE INTERACT,, is what I did weird?? Also wondering about when to use connaître instead of savoir, I usually always go with savoir cuz it's easier to remember how to conjugate,, I don't even need my brain for it :}

(I mean except in the futur simple but—)

#soko #writers on tumblr #writerscommunity #writing #Dreamer #original story #Michelle Roscoe #well Roscoe is her cousin's last name I'm not sure if I want to use it for her as all though #I might change Michelle's name to Mikaela because Mikaela Roscoe sounds better than Michelle Roscoe #but it's hard to think of her as Mikaela when she's been Michelle for so long #i'm attached #miraculous ladybug #owls #français #anglais #french #english #lyrics #translated literature #cuphead dont deal with the devil #*michelle/mikaela *the owl #I mean he's not THAT bad #Nightmare/ Nihilis Tumult #Yes I know what a name that is in favour of him being a good guy. yes Nihilis as in nihilistic/ nihilism #i feel bad for my inhuman characters.. sheesh.. the way I name them #But I have 64 named alien races and not all of them found bad so 🤷‍♀️#also I just realised something I did.. the black cat.. the black owl 🤦‍♀️#THIS SERIES IS NOT BASED OFF MIRACULOUS.. THE SIMILARITIES IF ANY ARE DEFINITELY SMALL #don't come for my ass #please help

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Hello! I just found your blog and I'm looking forward to your content.

I've been itching to ask the question: what genres of music (or what present day musicians) do you think the Stawhats or members of the Supernova trio would listen to? I feel like this might be a tricky question though. I don't mind if you pick and choose who to answer for. Thanks for considering.

I love this question because I love music! You do not understand how happy I am to get this question!

Music Genres/Artists the Strawhats Listen to (Headcanons)

Luffy

In my post → here I had two songs that fit Luffy

The music he listens to is upbeat or ones that give good vibes so it's quite the mixture of genres

He won't remember artists, he'll just hear a song come on and say "Oh I know this song"

When he listens to music he wants to have a fun time and be able to smile

So songs like Staying Alive or Can't Hold Us

Totally would listen to We Are The Champions

You are deeply mistaken if you think he won't listen to Macarena and Cha Cha Slide, he will play that every time someone is playing music

Caramelldancing

I think Luffy would go to rave concerts, just having a good time being himself

And yes, he does listen to Sandstorm, Crab Rave, and Popcorn

Zoro

Eminem, that's the first artist that came to mind when I thought of Zoro, mainly because of the song I'm Not Afraid

He mainly listens to workout remixes since the dude lifts weight a lot

When he's not working out, he prefers music he can just nod his head to

Like Never Going Back or Burn The House Down

Doesn't like anything heavy/hardcore, it's too much for him

He's fine listening to pop if one of his friends is playing it

Secretly has a guilty pleasure of listening to Lady Gaga but no one will ever find out

Oh, this is a new genre I found but Zoro would listen to Lofi Hip Hop

Nami

Pop & Hip Hop are this girl's main genres

"It's Britney, bitch"

She listens to Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Iggy Azalea-

Not a fan of Taylor Swift but she likes the song "Look What You Made Me Do"

This girl listens to The Pussycat Dolls (yes that is an actual girl band if you didn't know)

Also listens to the girl band Little Mix

Songs that just make her feel like badass bitch

Hidden secret but she likes the band KISS

When sitting down to work on creating maps she'll have study music playing in the background

Usopp

Cats In The Cradle

I just- go listen to it, you'll understand why it's here

Usopp's taste is a lot like Luffy only he also can have songs that can make you cry or get you in the feels: Viva La Vida, Hey There Delilah

He listens to a lot of oldies

Guns & Roses, Queen, The Beetles, Nickelback, Elvis

You can't tell me he wouldn't sing Can't Help Falling In Love to Kaya

Absolutely would listen to the Black Eyed Peas & Maroon 5

Also would listens to Geometry Dash OST

Sanji

Is a complete sucker for love songs

Doesn't matter if it's by a male or female

You name it he has it

Payphone, Counting Stars, E.T., We Found Love, Cake By The Ocean, Mr. Saxobeat, Bad Romance, Made For Lovin' You

Also a big fan of Elvis Presley

Likes to vibe to the song Hound Dog

Sanji would be into smooth jazz

And dinner music

Anything classy Sanji will listen to

Don't forget he listens to songs from Equestria Girls thanks to Chimney

Chopper

Minecraft Parodies and MLP songs because it is kid-friendly for Chopper

He also will vibe with anything Luffy and Usopp listen to

Is not allowed to listen to anything Nami has in her playlist

Will listen to therapeutic music for animals

Robin

Another one who loves classic music

Really, any kind of classical music

From ones you hear in fancy restaurants to background ost you hear in horror shit to sad rainy day melodies

The violin and piano are truly amazing instruments

Robin prefers music without the lyrics because the rhythm of it has a story to tell and you can feel the emotion the musician is trying to express through their instrument

Franky

Franky loves funky music, and ones you can jam out to in the car

Memorized Life is a Highway and We Didn't Start The Fire

Disco, Rock, Electronic, and Metal are Franky's favourite genres

Definitely listens Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, KISS, Guns & Roses, Elvis, and AC/DC

He is the one that introduced Usopp to the great oldies

Certain alternative and grunge bands he can listen to like Foo Fighters, The Offspring, and Nirvana

Brook

The King of Music

He is the Soul King

This skeleton listens to anything and considers anything to be music

You know that video someone made of using mayonnaise as an instrument? That is on Brook's playlist (here's the link if you want to listen to it)

He loves all music and accepts all music

Is the friend you go to if you need the name of an artist or song, he's an encyclopedia for music

Will not judge you for your taste in music and will be the only friend you can count on to jam out to any song with you

Jinbei

I for some reason can visualize him listening to the band SIAMÉS (specifically their album Home)

Mainly because they make good vibe music

Which is what Jinbei would listen to

Vibe music

Aquatic or sea like music

Would join Zoro in listening to Lofi Hip-Hop music

When it comes to lyrics, he wants it clean, made with real emotion, and be able to understand what the words are

This took longer than I expected to finish but it was worth it! I am 1000% making a part 2 for the Supernovas so stay tuned, and thank you for sending in the request

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sidneypoindexter · 2 years

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Top Five Things I Hate (And Top Five Things I Love) About The First Live Action Smurfs Movie

Things I Hate

1. Clumsy Smurf's casting

I have nothing but respect for Anton Yelchin, but let's be real, he did not understand Clumsy Smurf and he pretty much fucked that whole role up. If it was a background character with a bad voice, I could handle it, but Clumsy is a main character in both live action movies.

2. Smurfberries being blue

SMURFBERRIES ARE FUCKING RED!!!

3. All the potty humor and dirty jokes

I get it, one or two potty jokes are fun for the kids, and adults like dirty jokes, but there's only so many I can put up with before wanting to turn the movie off. Especially Gutsy's "watch the smurfberries" joke. Bitch, you're a Smurf, you probably don't even have balls to make balls jokes about.

3. The "Walk This Way" Parody

The song "Walk This Way" is about sex. I can only assume the Smurfs' rap was supposed to make it more appropriate. It did the opposite- the Smurfs' rap feels more sexual than the original song.

It's like...

writer 1: this song is good, but it's about sex! we can't have them sing about sex in a kids' movie!

writer 2: let's change the lyrics, make them smurf themed! that should make it work.

writer 1: great idea! let's make it about smurfette!

*they proceed to write the lyrics "savor all her smurfberry flavor" and see literally no problem with it.*

Also, some more of me ranting about it from Discord:

4. Gutsy Smurf's design

I like Gutsy Smurf as a character, but his design is way too detailed for a Smurf. Not only does he have sideburns way too early, but the plaid on his kilt... imagine having to animate that frame-by-frame in the days of the original Smurfs cartoon. It just doesn't fit with the other, easy-to-draw Smurfs.

Also, the kilt basically turns him into "Scottish Stereotype Smurf." Painter has a French accent and traits associated with French stereotypes, but he doesn't dress stereotypically French, so he doesn't seem like a national stereotype. Meanwhile, Gutsy has a Scottish accent, traits associated with Scottish stereotypes, and dresses stereotypically Scottish. So he ends up just being a national stereotype.

5. Narrator Smurf

I don't like when characters break the fourth wall. I like it even less when characters have no other personality traits besides breaking the fourth wall. And I despise the fact Narrator Smurf does this all while wearing an adorable outfit.

Things I Love

1. Papa Smurf and Brainy Smurf's casting

Jonathan Winters voiced Grandpa Smurf, so you know he knows how to do a "wise old Smurf" voice. Yet, his voice for Papa sounds distinct from Grandpa, while still having the same energy.

Fred Armisen, meanwhile, managed to capture Brainy's energy from the 80s cartoon perfectly. More recent Brainy Smurf voice actors have kind of dropped the ball (Danny Pudi's voice lacks some quality I can't pin down, and Youssef El Kaoukabi didn't even try), and honestly, the quality of voice acting can make or break a Smurfs adaption for me.

2. Brainy's freckles

Just... Brainy's freckles. Brainy with freckles is the best design choice in the entire movie, and I adopted it into my character designs because I loved it so much.

3. Grouchy getting high off his ass and ranting about dating

People talk abt that moment like "lol its so funny hes fallen in love with a plush m&m" but here's the thing- he's just accidentally ingested a whole bunch of artificial chemicals he's never had in his system before. Neither he nor the audience has any clue what effect these chemicals have on the body of a Smurf. As far as anyone knows, the blue dye in the M&M he swallowed might be a hallucenogenic substance for Smurfs!

What I really love about that moment is the fact he talks about dating like there's multiple options. Because there are! There's a bunch of other Smurfs, and even if they're not girls, bisexuality is a thing that exists. To my knowledge, this moment with Grouchy is the only moment in any canon Smurfs media where a Smurf very clearly acknowledges the other male Smurfs as romantic options. Even though it's played as a joke, it's very important to me.

4. Patrick Winslow

I love how befuddled and confused about everything Patrick is. I also love how absolutely done with everything he is. It helps get me through annoying Smurfs moments to have a character there that's just like "what the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck is wrong with you."

5. The Smurfs v. Gargamel at Belvedere Castle

This scene... a masterpiece. Gargamel is so confident that he'll win, and then Brainy goes "Gargamel! Make that three little Smurfs." Strikes a match. "And, I went home and got a few friends." A firework goes off, we see a fuckton of Smurfs surrounding the place, and they start ominously chanting the La La song.

Then the battle starts, and meanwhile, Gutsy is launching an attack from the air. This scene is so cool and badass, and I love seeing the Smurfs kick ass. It's the best scene in the movie.

#txt #smurfs #the smurfs #tag characters later

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dross-the-fish · 2 years

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Totally Underwhelming Eclipse of the Half-Hearted

Because I am not done talking about Dance of the Vampires.

If you want to see what I had to say about act 1 here are the links to my other posts

Now, the good news is that this second act is probably the better half of the musical. It's less consistently bad and a little closer to the European version, there are even a scant hand full of things that work.

But the bad stuff is really bad.

After Crawford sings the midnight serenade to Sarah we cut right to Total Eclipse of the Heart.

The problems in this number aren't anything we haven't seen before, I mean Crawford has been an unwelcome presence for most of act one, the choreography is shit, and the set, if you can call it that, is pretty pathetic, (fucking bleachers!) but I want to talk about a few things I haven't really gone into detail about yet.

The music. For the most part the music is generally the same, although it does sound like someone took Tanz and shrunk it. The orchestra and choir really lack the epic quality of the European version, but whatever, it's close enough. I'll give credit to Mandy Gonzales, she sounds great. In fact she sounds so good here that it just serves to highlight how awful Michael Crawford is.

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Then you get to the lyrics.

The lyrics are a huge problem with this adaptation because in a lot of key songs, they weren't actually adapted. What we got in the final product isn't a translation of Michael Kunze's lyrics, rather it's a copy/paste of the existing lyrics (with some minor tweaks) from Jim Steinman's songs.

It's easy to say this was done out of laziness but given what I know and recently have learned of Jim Steinman I'd say it's very likely he didn't want his lyrics compromised. He has a reputation for being a massive ego and I'd be lying if I said I couldn't see the telltale Jim fingerprints all over the final product. I may expand on that later, but before I deviate too much from my initial point.

The lyrics.

Because they are cut and pasted from existing songs they no longer sound like the voices of the characters. They sound like the voice of Jim Steinman. In Total Eclipse Von Krolock sounds lovesick rather than predatory and Sarah sounds like a world weary old soul who's been burned before and is afraid to love again.... instead of... you know... and 18 year old girl who's never left her father's inn. This is even more egregious in Starker Als Wir Sind/Braver Than We Are because so much of the English version's lyrics are vague biblical metaphors that don't actually make much sense coming from a character like Sarah.

Example in Braver Than We Are Sarah sings "How can we fly like an angel in the sacred air?" At first that kind of sounds pretty, but in the context of the moment it doesn't really fit. It has almost nothing to do with what Sarah is doing or feeling and it's just empty imagery.

This is a fairly consistent shortcoming of Jim Steinman's songwriting. Style over substance plagues a lot of his songs. Even his best songs sometimes have weird lyrics that sound cool but don't actually mean anything.

Amazingly that doesn't hurt his music nearly as much as it should. All three Bat out of Hell albums are pretty strong, so much so that I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite between them.

In the context of a musical, however, it's a different story.

Let's take a look at the Tanz version to do a comparison.

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The lyrics here illustrate a Sarah that is giving into temptation but feels shades of regret. Even as much as she wants what's being offered she knows there's no going back. Superficially it doesn't seem that different in theme from the English version but the lyrics do a better job of revealing Sarah's thought process.

Speaking of temptation let's touch on that for a sec, temptation and resisting it vs giving in is a huge theme of this musical. Draußen ist Freiheit and especially Das Gebet are all about temptation. How it pulls us, how the thing that finally breaks our resolve must be stronger than we are. Sarah is tempted by a voice that calls to her and offers her something dark, sensual, and forbidden. A fall from grace that will damn her forever but grant her her wildest dreams. Really the overarching theme of temptation needs its own post because there are so many layers, so I'll save it for after I've finished my breakdown of the full play.

We spend all of Draußen, Starker, and Das Gebet watching Sarah teeter on the edge and Finsternis is where she finally falls. There is a LOT of emotion here. The lyrics beautifully illustrate what she's feeling and how Von Krolock continues to suck her in by offering her her dreams.

In other words less this

and more this...

hell even this would have been preferable...

... you know I'm starting to see a pattern with young girls name Sarah and mystical older men in uncomfortably tight pants.

So why doesn't Tanz suffer from the same problem's with lyrics?

Probably because Steinman doesn't speak German and so had little say over how his songs got adapted into the German language.

The lyricist for Tanz is Michael Kunze, known for his work on Elisabeth and Rebecca and Kunze is honestly a wonderful lyricist. He does an excellent job giving each character a consistent voice while giving the lyrics depth and nuance. Which might not have saved the Broadway version, but it would definitely have helped.

Speaking of lacking depth and nuance....the next scene is the one where Von Krolock greets Alfred and Abronsius at the gate of his...

.... completely empty stage.

Hang on to your butts folks. It's gonna get real ugly.

#Youtube #european musicals #tanz der vampire #michael crawford #dance of the vampires #phantom of the opera #tanzblr

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struggle-but-its-all-ocean-floor · 3 years

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The answer to that ask about BTS personally liking the kind of music Army doesn't want is,to me,the most nuanced take on this whole PTD discourse now. I also think they are selling out,but not because they sold their soul but because they have always been goal-oriented super-achievers. Also their definition of good music is different from mine. You are spot-on when you say that they have never mentioned Black Swan when talking about their favorite songs(that's a different discourse tho-

(same anon)(why are only 'dark' songs usually given as proof of someone's artistry?)but back to this ask,what do you think is 'BTS spin' on things? I personally like the darker songs. So,I disliked stuff like BWL,Best of me,or even 2!3!. Until I saw them performing these songs. But I don't see that happening with PTD. And I'm not sure why I just can't think of it as 'BTS song',even if it fits the type of music they like,and maybe want to do. Am I a BTS fan or BigHit producer fan then?

Hi!

It's interesting you ask why only darker songs are considered artistic. I think that's due to a number of reasons. Darker songs, like Black Swan and Fake Love, are about the way we see ourselves and the world; they pose existential questions we spend our lives trying to solve, they give a voice to our deepest fears and emotions and help us process them. We connect to those songs on a deep level. They're not just about one emotion (happiness, sadness, love). Also, negative emotions leave a much bigger impression on us. Happiness is a lighthearted feeling, but you feel sadness down to your bones. Art is really all about connecting to something, and the bigger and deeper the connection is the more likely we are to call it art.

Plus, art is supposed to be interesting. So when you have lyrics that make you think, followed (usually) by more elaborate melodies, arrangements, concepts, MVs, dances, etc. it all adds up to an interesting song. With lighter songs you have more simplistic melodies, dances, concepts, as well as lyrics. So it's not as artistic in that sense.

You could have interesting, bright songs if they were musically interesting and had deeper lyrics. There's nothing stopping an artist from putting out something extremely fun yet complex. But usually, fun things are supposed to be mindless...

I do consider Go Go and Spine Breaker to have artistic value, but not as much as Black Swan. I also think Idol is one of BTS's best songs, but no one usually agrees with me.

I like BWL because I genuinely feel like it has meaning to them and Army. The lyrics (esp. RM's part) are genuinely speaking to us. I think after their 2018 "near" disbandment, BWL is really an important song that says "We're okay now. We're sorry we forgot who we were and forgot about you for a moment". I think the song is very honest, but RM's part is never talked about as much because the rest of the song is much lighter.

Tbh, I don't really like 2! 3!, and Best of Me is definitely better live.

PTD is, scarily enough, already growing on me. But people get used to pretty much everything. It's catchy and BTS like it, so it's growing on me. But isn't that just settling? We've all lowered on standards for BTS a lot. Years ago PTD would've been too weak for BTS to even consider releasing (or rather, too opposed to their image - and I don't mean because of the language). Now, we got used to Dynamite and Butter, and soon PTD won't look as bad. There are a lot of songs that grow on you, but PTD is one of those songs that shouldn't.

I also struggle to think of PTD as a BTS song. It feels like a parody, like a nightmare, honestly. I've also questioned myself: am I a BTS fan or a Pdogg fan, for example? But RM wrote the lyrics to our favorite songs, they've written a lot of the songs we like, and their interpretation of the songs and choreos they're given is what makes them BTS. BTS is not just BTS but their team and Army. So, of course, liking BTS's music is more complex than liking what the members write. You're a BTS fan if you like what BTS put out - regardless of who is involved. BTS individually is a different matter, because they all have different tastes. You can like BTS's music but not RM's, to an extent.

As for BTS's spin on things, they seem to like what they're releasing... In today's Bangtan Bomb, when unboxing Butter, RM jokingly told Jin to get over Wings and The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, so it's clear what he thinks.

Thanks for the ask!

#ask #anonymous #bts #ptd #permission to dance #sort of

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