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out-there-tmblr · 3 years

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Lokii

A current wip snippet. Loki, set somewhere post series in a vague handwavey time. Eventually, I'm guessing Loki/Mobius/Sylvie, but right now it's pretty gen.

Lokii

Mobius doesn't regret taking control of the TVA. It was the best thing to do -- reducing their interference to only prune timelines that directly intersected with other timelines and caused chaos -- but the actual work itself? It's mostly meeting with analysts, giving directives and reviewing endless variance files. It's a lot like being an analyst, except his desk is bigger and instead of a cubicle, he shares the large office with Loki and Sylvie. And all three of them have an endless stack of files on their desks that gets refilled every time they leave.

There's a certain level of bickering that Mobius has learned to tune out. Right now, Loki's saying something about a smokescreen and Sylvie scoffs, "An emotional diversion? That's your theory?" Mobius ignores them both and turns his page.

Lokis -- Lokii? -- bicker when they get bored, which is at least twice a day. At the same time, they're both blessed with a sharp intelligence and insatiable curiosity, and each of them will work through twice the files he does. They can pause, debate something pointless and still be an immeasurable help.

"It's not a theory," Loki says, glib and sharp, and Mobius looks up. He reckons he has about five minutes before one of them storms off in a huff; he's long suspected the real reason there was a triad of Time Keepers was to always have a mediator during arguments.

Sylvie laughs, her broken horn catching in the light. Apart from the horns, she's accepted parts of the TVA uniform. Minute men boots and a judge's wide brown pants, a blue shirt worn with the collar open and no tie. A long brown coat that's belted tightly at the waist or left open so it flows like a cape from her shoulders when she runs.

Loki dresses the same way, a uniform of two, although he still complains about the superiority of Asgardian leather. "It's not a theory. Clearly, he meant me."

Mobius wets his lips, taking a moment before he steps into the breach. "What are we talking about?"

They both swing to stare at him, sharp eyes and sharper smirks. "You said I was your favourite," they chorus. It's an accusation and a boast wrapped together.

"Oh, boy," Mobius sighs, wondering if he should have let them squabble this one out. "Is this worth fighting over?"

"Yes," Sylvie says.

"It's a point of pride," Loki adds. "And she's wrong. I'm your favourite."

"He was talking to me."

Loki throws an arm wide, his disdain too much to show in voice alone. "And I've said it before, that was a smokescreen!"

"Hey, hey, hey," Mobius says, before daggers suddenly appear from nowhere. Loki doesn't need magic to have a dagger hidden on him at all times and Mobius doesn't particularly want any new nicks in the wood paneling. Loki always throws them wide enough for Sylvie to avoid them, but it's the principle of the thing. Knives shouldn't be thrown in an office. Not at your co-workers, at least. "It was a goodbye. It was an emotional moment. Does it really matter now?"

"Yes," they say over each other, and, "Of course it does."

Mobius looks from one to the other. As strange as it sounds, honesty is usually the only way to deal with the pair of them. Between Sylvie's distrust and Loki's familiarity with lying, they're not easily fooled. "Yes, I was talking to her. We'd hugged, we'd said our goodbyes, and I wanted Sylvie to know she'd be missed too."

Loki huffs and slumps his shoulders, looking like he's about to sulk, but there's a flash of triumph in his eyes that sets Mobius' teeth on edge. When he glances at Sylvie, she's smugly mouthing, "Told you so," but that's to be expected.

Loki makes a big production out of rearranging the folders on his desk, shuffling them into new piles, and then finally opening a new one. He keeps his gaze on his desk, pointedly ignoring both of them. Mobius glances over at Sylvie but she just shakes her head, so Mobius decides to let it go.

There's a twist of unease in his gut. He's sure this will come back to bite him later.

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actress-in-ur-bad-dreams · 5 years

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The actual text conversation I had on the release of the LWYMMD lyric video

Disclaimer-- posting this for the memories. This conversation happened just after the lyric video dropped. Not even the music video. A lot was in the air about the themes of the album and the content that would follow. Still, i stand by around 95% of what i said about the lead single and how lead singles are, in general, an introduction to a larger body of work with broader themes.

Me: I have many opinions. [Friend] sent me a text this morning about how he felt it was a disappointment and I've seen a fair amount of criticism for it but also a lot of 'she's saving 2017'.

When I first heard it was in the zone of NEW TAYLOR AFTER 3 YEARS GIMME but then after a few goes I was like 'what kind of chorus are we going for here' we go from a femme fatale start to a pulsing beat in the verses which I am so here for omg and then a drop for the chorus???¿¿¿

I want a bad blood feat. Kendrick Lamar style chorus. The build to the chorus is so YESSS but I don't understand why you'd drop it all for 'look what you made me do'

The bridge brings me life like 'I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams' is so reminiscent of blank space and I think it speaks to character development with the edge of it all-- Like the 'dressed like a daydream' has gone, pure nightmare is here and 'don't say she didn't warn us'.

I don't think this is the best song the album has to offer. Taylor said before that she would only release more if she could make something as good, if not better, than 1989 but time will tell. But my faith is hinged on the fact that although shake it off was a BOP it was not the best song on the album IMO. It was an introduction to the era and the aesthetic and feel and I feel the same is true for reputation. LWYMMD is the introduction to the story by saying that the old taylor is dead.

[Friend] said that he was disappointed that Taylor was stooping to a level of diss tracks and anger but to that I argue I think we'd all drop a diss ALBUM if we were virally double crossed by KimYe after a very public make up. She was painted as a snake in front of the world because of misunderstanding of what she consented to Kanye saying about her. After years of repairing a relationship with the media it was torn down in a heartbeat and there was nothing she could do except write a statement. People she called her friends took sides against her for something she hadn't done so yeah, I think she's entitled to a track or two about how she's out for the kill.

Artists write about exes who double cross them so why can't they write about the people who betray them. God knows I would.

Think the single is good given its context, without an album context it seems out of place. So at the moment I'm highlighting it as an introduction and not the full she-bang

It's not the introduction we want but probably the introduction we need.

I think that's everything I have to offer atm

Tl;dr - it's an introduction to the album and I don't think it's the best the album has to offer but without this the era would jumpstart. Oh- I'm also thinking that if the video had come at the same time as the song it would have given more context to the song as a lead single

Her: Blood hell that was a lot but I agree. It’s by no means bad but I don’t feel like it’s the best she can do, but like you said it’s an introduction so they’ll be more

You should right reviews

Me: ahaha I doubt my opinion carried THAT much weight to it. I just like being thorough with my views.

I've also had a thought about reasoning for the chorus drop being a thematic move-- it may be a play on the stomach drop feeling you get when someone does something terrible to you. Like you feel the build up of emotions and you sense something big is coming but then it actually happens and you can't quite believe it. It's all an explosion of silence and all you can think about it what happened and maybe the last thing they said ie. 'look what you made me do' if that makes sense.

I'm always here for deep thinking about artists who do deep thinking with their work because I am annoyingly pretentious like that.

I'm still doing the thinking-- currently on the continuous metaphors of the dramas of the past being a stage performance curated by KimYe(?) or Perry(?)

I Am. So. Here. For. This.

Her: Jesus do you want to do my degree for me. That is some A* analysis right there. I am excited for the new Taylor stage

Me: If only I’d done English literature ahaha.

The only thing I'm sad about this far is that there have been no interviews, no livestream, no clues in instagrams, no cryptic tweets, no YouTube video announcement style things bar the snake vids and the promo posts.

It's a distancing from the media as I imagine she reached her final straw with them. I doubt she's willing to give her time to answer her critics who will eventually receive their answers in the album's discussion of the whirlwind of 2016.

She's IS scooting round it through the two 72 page magazines she's releasing with the album with Target which promise pretty much all the background material we'd otherwise get through media. She's cutting out the middleman and I respect that because I understand the need to avoid having her rebuilt narrative be hers and not an interviewers interpretation of her narrative.

The media has twisted her before but it's a shame it's come to an avoidance altogether.

Her: So much content. But I think you’re right and you can’t blame her. She’s been in the public eye in the wrong way because of the media and it is a massive F you to them to cut them out all together.

Me: It's so cute that even though she wiped everything on social network she stayed following her fans on tumblr and liked like 1000 posts last night. It's like a cute little club of happy

Her: I think she loves how she’s been gone for so many months yet everyone still supports her and her music is still massive

Me: i think its a love and a show of power. it was the ACM awards last night and artists there were asked if they were excited and one guy said he found it amazing how she could just post a snake tail and everybody KNOWS a new album is coming. Jack antonoff and Joseph Kahn have had their twitters spammed all year about ts6 questions. People were anticipating a response to Kanye. imagine there would be some worry in her about whether the fanbase would reject her reinventing herself AGAIN from going country to pop to edge-pop. but here we all are. my body is ready.

Her: My soul is ready

#lwymmd #taylor swift

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bluekushcloudz · 3 years

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I'm the sun in my universe

I woke up this morning with the best feeling.

I am the type of person that will wake up early asf in the morning (usually I wake up 6:30AM or earlier, which is 15 minutes before my set alarm), but I will not start getting ready until at least 2 hours have passed. I've gone days were I just sit in my bed for 4 hours before even planning on getting up. And by days I actually mean, EVERY fvcking Sunday.

So u might be wondering what happens in these 2 hours of nothing? (well, tbh, you're probably not wondering, but I'm gonna tell u anyways bcuz this my page, but continue reading).

Well, as many of my fellow Mary Jane lovers know, waking up everyday from a weed comma takes some time in the morning. A lot more time if u wake n bake immediately after u wake up (which i do...EVERYDAY). But other than that, this time is very important to me. I am able to process yesterday, plan for the future, and enjoy that present moment. I always have to have music playing at all times so, the vibes are always immaculate in the morning. It's a REAL icing on the cake, if my cat chooses to lay on my lap. And this morning he did <3.

The reason behind the beginning of my mornings being so calming and beneficial are all because I am very fortunate that my current job allows me to come in, at the time that I please. As long as I arrive before 12PM and get my job done before closing time, my employers do not care. And if I ever needed to come in later than 12PM, it would just be a quick call away and I can show up at the time I want. My managers are all very chill characters in my life. I've met about 3 managers and the owner so far, but they throw the word manager around like a hot potato, so there's probably another manager I haven't even met yet. Since the location of my position is in Buckhead, all the employees are also potheads (yes even the owner!). So yeah... I come in BLAZED every morning unapologetically.

After another hour of getting ready and rollin up another one for the car ride to work, I finally step out of my apartment and head to the car. I was so pleased knowing I found a parking spot right in front of my apartment the night before. While making this small walk to the car, I realized it finally felt like fall. If you are not a GA resident then you might not know GA has about 12 seasons instead of 4, and today we finally transitioned from Second Summer to Fall. The slight breeze, cool weather , orange leaves in the wind and the big shining sun providing enough sunshine to keep you warm combo was HITTING this morning.

I got in my car, and the first song that plays is Came from Scratch (ft. Quavo) by Gucci Mane. As Quavo's small yet strong intro before the chorus begins, I spark my blunt and begin driving. Suddenly all the smoke hits me at once, and my mind starts expanding, and comes to the conclusion that I am the biggest star in my universe. A sun.

Being the spiritual being I have become, I know my soul has been through many lifes previous to the one I am living in now. As I get older and evolve spiritually, I begin to recognize my true form and purpose. I don't know much yet but so far what I know is: I am not from earth (although I'm not exactly sure where I am from,I know my soul originated from some other galaxy or universe, maybe even another dimension). I suddenly see a universe in front of me, and I quickly realize I am staring at it through a sun's POV. This hasn't been the first time my being just spiritually transcended into another reality, I usually let the vision play out since it only lasts about a minute or two, but I knew in my current reality I was driving out of my neighborhood, so I just closed my eyes and awaited that small yet powerful feeling of transcending back to earth. As I snap back to reality, my ears immediately pick up Gucci Mane's lyrics:

"I shine too hard, offend folks without even opening my mouth"

, and my mind connects the vision, this specific line in the song, and my first ever #wordvomit post, almost there. Previous to these events, I was a feeling a little lost. I've recently have gotten this huge motivation boost, and usually when I get these types of episodes, I burn out very quickly. I slowly have been feeling myself start falling into old habits and I knew a major come down was coming. And like all my come downs, my soul likes to fixate on my biggest question: What is my purpose here?. After feeling so gloomy, a couple days later, my mind comforts me by letting me see one of my other realities showcasing I actually am a sun. That was definitely an Aha! moment for me and my motivation started to come back.

It's amazing how my mind works and how vivid it has become. I am slowly opening a gate into my past lives, which allows me to reflect and move accordingly in this lifetime. Realizing the way my brain and this world are both heavily connected, was the biggest eye opener in my spiritual journey so far. I know my soul is ready to fulfill its next journey after earth, but while I'm here, I'm gonna roll up and make the most of it.

This was a reminder that I just have to calm these egoistic thoughts and just accept the present for what it is. The present is beautiful and after having to go through so much this summer, I need to take a step back from my ego and just wanting rush to the finish line. The turtle always wins the race. Just gotta stop and smell the flowers.

I belief earth is the hardest journey my soul has experienced yet. Being a human is not easy. Controlling emotions of greed, envy and anxiety is tough, and discouraging, but keeping your cool, and learning to enjoy even the worst of times seems almost near impossible when life hits you with all types of curve balls.

Life has its great falls but it also has it's mighty highs. I personally am finally in one of my mighty highs in life and coming to this phase after such a great fall, has made me appreciate all the peace I have finally achieved after working my a$$ off.

I hope after reading this, you can leave with this:

There is no such thing as permanence; nothing lasts forever because the tables always turn when you least expect it. Instead of waiting for the table to turn, enjoy the now. Taking in the present for all it has to offer you is the best way to continue growing. Reflect on your past, but don't fixate on it. You'll fall behind worrying about the past, when you should be present in the now, and now always turns into tomorrow.

#beleafs

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