@jonmartinweek is over! I somehow managed to not only write something for every day but also by some miracle managed to get them all posted on time (the miracle is procrastination, it's been a really busy week in the real world and writing fanfiction is more fun than writing academic essays.)
Here's a master list of all nine!
Day One [first kiss]: My head is screaming words that I just don't wanna repeat
day two [outsider POV]: Hard to watch, hard to look away.
day three[nightmares]: I think I'm growing into someone you could trust
day four [tea as a love language]: I promise to take care of you if you promise to let me
day five [cryptids]: I was a wreck and you were the saviour type
day six [ace day]: I can’t read you but if you want the pleasures all mine
day seven [Eldridge powers]: don’t ask, cause I never could tell (all I need it four walls to make it my own hell)
day eight [Martin’s poetry]: all the lines you traced through my like like cursive poetry in sunlight
day nine[free day]: somethings bound to break
I had a lot of fun writing all of these! Thank you so much to everyone who read my work!
I feel like every ship with Ted is a crackship bc this man simply should not be in a relationship (until he’s had extensive therapy at least)
Oh- I mean yeah, for sure. However! I do think that one of the great parts of some of these ships with Ted is his opportunity for growth. Just me personally y’know?
I think that while yes, he is in fact in desperate need of therapy, it’s hard for him to actually get to the point of actually seeking it. I imagine he gets there after a lot of talking things out with his partner, and a lot of getting over his pride. He is very self-aware, he absolutely knows that he is messed up, but he sees his way of dealing with it as reasonable, it’s how he’s learned to pretend he’s content. In reality, he knows he’s not, but- is he going to do anything about it? Hell no. At least that’s his perspective until he enters a relationship that isn’t one-sided or strictly sexual.
I see him learning how to be loved in a way he’s only expressed outwardly. He hadn’t received these kind of feelings since the whole Jenny incident, and it’s scary. But through this he can get over that fear of being left again, of falling for someone who would just leave him at the drop of a hat before he can really get out how he feels. And then he can see that therapy can actually help him. (Now it has been a good two months since I’ve watched Time bastard so this is all entirely based off of my memory and HCs for him).
But yeah, I just like to think about him and that sometimes, ESPECIALLy within the context of Holy Bastard. I don’t see them as a long term thing, but I definitely see it as a relationship that they both grow from. I have a whole note on my phone about it that’s filled with what is essentially the plot of a fic I do not have the skill nor dedication to write.
All that being said, yeah, Ted definitely needs therapy, but I don’t neccessarily think it has to come before a relationship.
Idk, I don’t think I’m very well-spoken but I think I’m getting my meaning across. I adore Ted and think his character has so much terrific potential.
I've got another Piano Hands Guy Ves video below the cut for you lot. It's way too dark in this man's room for him to see the keys properly so rip Ves's eyes (all six of them).
I don't have a source link or photo for this one, but! The file name is
"COVER OF LAST WEEK - Bulb- Legatta (Piano)"
So that's something. I wonder why he missed a week for his cover-of-the-week thing? Anyway! I'm still majorly happy Ves is an Xbox nerd, and would also like to point out that you can see the LARGE MUG MORNING ESPRESSO mug better in this video, despite the lighting being absolute garbage.
March 2024 Update
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Ves, I swear to god, do not make me fight your father 😅😩👀
5 of your favorite songs, GO!!! Send this to some people after you answer :)
As you can see. This was really hard for me to answer. I tried to narrow it down to 5 favorite bands, and well, you can see how well that went.
So anyway! Favorite song is On Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz! Always has been.
The other 4 I'm just gonna put this week's favorites. Home - Resonance, You Wear It Well - DeBarge, Ulterior Motives - missing motives version, Melody - Plustwo, Egg - The Garden, We Are Happy Landfill - Gorillaz. (That was five, woops)
There have been so many songs I've had in the back of my head loosely linked to Ricky and Gina, and today's prompt finally gave me an excuse to compile a playlist for them. There's honestly probably more that can be added, but I'm actually quite proud of how many I was able to add to this list!
There are some songs that are from Gina's perspective ("Mastermind", "What if I Love You", "Nobody Love Me Like You"), including her S2 perspective, some from Ricky's ("would you love me now?", "Smoke Slow"), some about their angst that can be from both perspectives ("The Night We Met", "Where's My Love"), and some that are more joyous and celebratory ("Different", "I Just Love You", "Honeybee").
However, the one I really want to highlight is "Nebraska" by Oh Wonder. This was in my top 5 most played in 2021, so I can't believe I didn't think of it until now as a Rina (and especially Gina) coded song, but BOY does it fit them so well. Seriously, go listen to it now and tell me this doesn't perfectly represent and describe Gina Porter and how she feels about Ricky. It touches on the importance of "I love you" but that it shouldn't be a wasted phrase, and the narrator sings about traveling the world but the only place that feels like home is her beloved (who may have also broken her heart).
The other song that I want to talk about briefly is "I Just Love You" by Roo Panes. The feeling and atmosphere the music of this one creates always reminds me of domestic Rina, and the simplicity of the lyrics ("I just love you") reminds me of how Ricky feels for Gina. I also headcanon Gina's middle name is Marie, so the lyrics of the first verse fit, and the second verse sings about they've both had fears of vulnerability ("why are we oh so afraid / of saying something real?"). This contrasts the straightforward conclusion of the chorus, which definitely reminds me of Ricky's resolution, certainty, and directness in "Love You Forever".
“Mermaids were beautiful, and was I not also beautiful? Alluring? A creature of the water? Not of salt like the mermaids in the book, but of chlorine.”
chlorine by Jade song is such a unique book. I don't think I've read a book in recent memory that grabs you as violently as it does, and brings you on a journey of competition, friendship, love, gore and water. the descriptions and metaphores/similes in that thing genuinely made me rethink some of life's staples and my own opinion.
this book is incredible. I really love it. If you wanna hear more, my short positive review is now live:)
https://youtu.be/s9_JnXmvDeE
Since "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"is like McBanned for kazoos what SHOULD we play 🙄
Anything else.
I hear Mrs. Claus is a fan of Santa Baby (who saw that one coming?), and Tracey in the Musical Instrument department likes Run Run Rudolph. I'm personally partial to Carol of the Bells! There's any number of songs you could play!
🎵 - Which OC has the most similar music taste to you, and which OC has the least similar music taste to you?
i think Dew has the most similar music taste to me because he listens to a lot of alternative/indie which is stuff i like too. some artists i feel like Dew would listen to are glass beach, arcadia grey, alex g, lemon demon, idkhow, ricky montgomery, radiohead, maybe jhariah, probably mcr, he’d definitely listen to weezer, and he probably also had a cavetown phase, and stuff like that. he doesn’t have my exact music taste because that would include will wood and idk if i’m gonna make him canon to tllr mainly because his songs hugely inspired Anton’s character LOLL. Dew also listens to a lot of video game and cartoon music like he’d definitely listen to the undertale or adventure time soundtracks allll the time too.
Anton definitely has the least similar music taste to me because that man does not listen to music at all and that’s honestly his only negative trait in my eyes /j. but really, he just doesn’t listen to music. maybe an instrumental here and there in the background but otherwise it’s really distracting for him. he prefers to listen to natural sounds like the rain or birds chirping or screams of agony yk? or i can see him listening to podcasts, like in another life he’d probably be a tma fan hahhaha. if he did listen to music though, it’d be closer to will wood’s genre (because that’s the music i associate him with) but like specifically the really noisy chaotic sounding ones
anyway my favorite artists (that i will spend listening to on repeat for literal months on end) are will wood, harley poe, jhariah, and toby fox :)