im feeling shitty rn and for some reason decided to make myself feel worse by listening to roadtrip
the song just came out at a really dark time in my life and now I associate so many of those shitty memories with the song and just the song/lyrics alone give me this overwhelming sense of nostalgia but for something i never experienced. a very bittersweet memory. fomo if you will... well in a way
anyway now crying for no reason other than i wanted to feel even worse :)
Chapter 56 - A Guardian Reawakened of Heaven Has A Road But No One Walks It is up! :D
It was still dark when he woke up, but this dark had stars in it.
Song Lan stared at them for a long time, every last part of him feeling strange, wrong. Like waking up wearing clothes that didn't quite fit the way they were supposed to anymore, or that suspended moment of stubbing a toe or touching something scalding where you knew it would hurt but the pain hadn't really gotten there yet.
Someone was curled up beside him, head rested on one of his splayed-wide arms, holding him tight.
He closed his eyes again, letting himself drift a little.
They had fought horrifying monsters, he dimly recalled, but if Xingchen was here next to him, was all right, then everything was fine and he could rest a little longer.
His side hurt like nothing had hurt since his first death, in a way that wasn't really hurt at all, more an odd, numb soreness that managed to feel utterly wrong and uncomfortable while still not really being anything so familiar as pain. Considering that he was fairly certain he had in fact died, again, the discomfort wasn't all that bad.
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Look, another update! We're on track! I hope you'll enjoy it! 💚
As always - your comments, rambly tags, asks or joining my discord server to talk to me about this story is what provides the very literal fuel for my motivation, and what keeps me and the story going!
After this chapter, we're heading into the final arc - there are still many a disaster plot-twist in store for our intrepid trio before the end!
I need more selkie theon (and asha. I just think that would be a vibe. fuck the greyjoy sigil being a kraken for a moment and let them be seals) content.
like the opportunity to have theon's coat taken by ned when he's made his ward is right there and it is perfect and beautiful and tragic.
and you could build on that depending on the version of the selkie myth/story you're going off of (I personally love the song of the sea version of selkies for story writing). maybe he can't talk without it, maybe he gets sick, maybe his voice has magical properties of sorts.
I have this one concept in my head that I don't have the time to write, but it goes something along the lines of theon getting sick after years away from his coat and the stark kids have to find his coat and drag his slowly dying ass to the bay of seals (cause y'know bay of seals and theon's a selkie so he'll turn into a seal... I thought it was creative).
also, in a lot of versions of selkies, when they get sick, their hair turns white, which is on brand for theon. they're also pretty, their stories are typically soaked to the bone in tragedy, they're normally held captive/tortured, amongst other things, which are also very on brand for theon.
and maybe you get some selkie to selkie telepathy of sorts, so when theon finally enter the water a seal again, asha books it to come find him, cause its been years since she's been able to feel him (I'm soft for them, I will create the most improbable and ridiculous scenario's to bring them together and for them to have soft sibling moments).
all and all, theon being a selkie is something I need more content of, please and thank you.
thinking about how marie didn't have the same experiences as the other children and teenagers but now jordan will do everything so that she has the best experiences ever!!
like marie casually dropping that she has never been to the ocean then boom jordan has a trip to the beach scheduled for next weekend,,,,,,,,,, yeah they’re the type who would do this for their girl
((I want to write or read a limoreau fic on a roadtrip to the beach soooo bad))
Still have some more realistic/nonpixel-y looking organs to add. Figured I'd post a version without that bit of gore first for people who aren't a fan of that stuff (the finished piece won't have too much of it though).
Stick around long enough during the 10 hours, and this is what you'll see. The effects will repeat until the end of the video.
If you want to see the player characters making their appearances, go to the 2-hour mark.
JUMPSCARE WARNING & TIMESTAMPS
While there's sudden funny things, there are a few things that caught me by unpleasant surprise. Devs did NOT leave a description in the video for these two scares. Here's a warning of where they appear:
This appears around the 7-hour mark.
Damien shows up with the same morphed pancake face around the 6-hour mark. He slowly comes up from the screen, but I still found it disturbing. I didn't include a pic for that reason.
if you dont mind sharing, what are some of your favorite ska songs/bands?
I will admit I am not a huge band person I tend to be more of a "pick whatever random songs sound good" person, so I can't recommend any good bands. I also listen to Ska Punk, which is a subgenre of Ska... and Punk. So I am not a good authority on Ska songs to listen to I am just someone who is banned from being passed the aux cord...
But some of my favorite songs include:
No Children - Ska (cover)
Quinto Patio Ska
Everything Went Numb
S F D D
And songs by Reel Big Fish tbh. I know I just said I don't listen to specific bands but Reel Big Fish has some pretty good songs like...
Sell Out
And their Take on Me cover
Here's my disclaimer, though: I am not into music subcultures I just listen to whatever sounds good (and jazzy punk with horns sounds good), so I could be giving absolutely awful music recommendations that anyone who is especially into Ska (and more specifically Ska Punk) might find egregious. I personally just grab whatever song sounds good and add them to my forever long playlist.
Also the Jabberjaw (Running Underwater) song from Pain used for the Cartoon Network Boomerang Groovies is probably the reason I enjoy Ska punk so much, and it has been in my playlist for years now:
If nothing else in this list interests you, I require everyone by law to listen to Jabberjaw Running Under Water by pain and watch the Cartoon Network Boomerang Groovie video of it. I used to watch Boomerang a million times, and this was probably the only Groovie I really enjoyed watching and didn't go to the bathroom during.
Chapter 57 - Life, Death And A Bottle Of Wine of Heaven Has A Road But No One Walks It is up! :D
On the seventh morning, a bird sang in Dushou for the first time in decades, life returning to the dismal ruins along with a hope of healing, or at least of peace.
Xiao Xingchen had spent all his free time the past week wandering the ruins, tracking down any remaining pockets of… not ghosts, nothing so violent or tangible – just lingering memories, whispers of horror and grief. He’d performed endless liberation rites and pacifying ceremonies, allowing the last vestiges of broken spirits to disperse and move on.
It had gotten easier once the other two recovered enough for Xue Yang to accompany him at times – he had an uncanny knack for sniffing out the lingering dead, both spirits and half-buried remains. Zichen joined them after another few days, albeit still having to move slowly, leaning onto him at times.
Xue Yang seemed satisfied enough with the rate of Zichen’s recovery – though he still stayed draped half on top of him every night, pressing a fistful of talismans to the stitched gash even in his sleep. Xiao Xingchen suspected that might have less to do with healing, though, and more with Xue Yang taking every chance to sleep curled up with Zichen, but carefully refrained from saying so, or smiling too blatantly at the arrangement.
They seemed comfortable enough.
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The disaster trio has finally worked through a lot of their issues, and grown closer than ever. Sure would be a shame if something happened that put all that to the test... 🙂
This is the longest chapter so far in the fic at a massive 13k, and also marks the shift into the final arc of the story - still a long way to go, but now we're on the home stretch!
Going into this, I was quite nervous introducing certain, ah, new elements (those surprise guest stars in the chapter illustration) though I did end up having lots of fun with it in the end!
As always, please consider commenting, it really does mean the world to me! Your feedback and encouragement is the fuel that keeps me going, both in writing this story and in life in general.
so spotify wrapped came in and candyman is my most listened to song of the year and it's solely because of the spideycablepool fic (i listened to it en loope while writing it)