Humanity is premiering, you jags!

i'm ravenous for you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (2026).

truthfully, "stranger" from guts (spilled) deserves a lot of credit for opening the door to olivia's actualized artistic voice. listening to it the first time, i felt so instantly and irrationally proud of her as young woman AND as an artist. the track reflects so interestingly on sour (2021), that listening to the album becomes a different experience altogether. and olivia deftly capturing the joyfulness and the sorrow of that self-actualization carries over to her third album so naturally.

the narrative is tight, all the parts complementing each other. the motifs of that which is good is sickening ("drop dead", "maggots for brains", "what's wrong with me") inverting into that which is painful is good for me ("the cure", "begged", "cigarette smoke") ultimately resolving in the singer reclaiming herself. the fucking bops ("drop dead", "maggots for brains", "u + me = <3", "expectations")!! it being the first album she's released that doesn't drag despite being about 15 minutes longer than either of her previous releases.

having deborah ready to meet death with grace and certainty throughout the finale serves this theme so well. we've watched her toil again and again to reach new heights of creative expression, watched her set goals and meet them despite those who stood in her way. she'd be leaving the mortal coil personally and artistically fulfilled. there are no more mountains of material circumstances to climb, no more puppets of villainous misogyny to circumvent. may she rest on her laurels in perpetuity.

and yet.

deborah having a moment where she realizes that, regardless of the bigness of the creation, she's not ready to step away from the creative process subverts our expectation of her ultimate need. being an artist, at its base, is not about control or grandiosity or how long or short of a cultural shadow you cast. art is about seeing other people. it's about seeing yourself.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Never Have I Ever (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Paxton Hall-Yoshida/Devi Vishwakumar Characters: Devi Vishwakumar, Paxton Hall-Yoshida, Trent Harrison Additional Tags: i've played pretty fast and loose with canon for this little ditty, goes divergent after season two though i imagine season three took a similar shape in this universe to canon, the one thing that's for sure is that season four is not canon to whatever this fic is Summary: The first time Devi sees Paxton Hall-Yoshida emerge from the water looking like freaking Poseidon—powerful, commanding, and dripping wet—it awakens something in her.

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Riverdale (TV 2017) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones Characters: Betty Cooper (Archie Comics), Jughead Jones Additional Tags: Season/Series 03, Season/Series 04, Canon Divergence - Season/Series 05, i'm using these tags but let's be serious, this fic engages very little with the fact of canon, because that would require the author remembering what the heck happens in this show, this show where everything happens too much, anyway. did you know there's a Darkness within Betty Cooper? Summary: Betty leans in. Jughead smoothly inserts the book into her path, bringing her nose-to-spine with it, but not before she catches the mischievous expression on his face.

He’s deliberately stalling.

7. a song to drive to

i find sick scenes (2017) a great driving album for the way it pumps me up, but especially the opening and closing tracks "renato dall'ara (2008)" and "hung empty".

19. a song that makes you think about life

gosh, so many tbf songs but especially "twin size mattress", "hello world", and "leaf pile".

22. a song that moves you forward

i wonder if this question intends to be taken physically or emotionally. i'll answer physically, though, with "cut to the feeling" by carly rae jepsen. impossible to sit still while listening!!

(hiiii, thank you. i love you!)

1. a song you like with a color in the title

"wild blue yonder" by the amazing devil, on my mind because supposedly their next album is forthcoming & i'm excited!

8. a song about drugs or alcohol

"l.g. fuad" by motion city soundtrack!!!!

17 can be found here.

28. a song by an artist whose voice you love

"tell me how" by paramore - miss hayley powerhouse williams

hiii, friend <3

15. a song that is covered by another artist

ooh, i mean, "wait so long" covered by motion city soundtrack and originally by trampled by turtles is one of my all-timers. i've loved that song for a long time.

a cover that's more recently come into my life and generates a similar amount of joy is "spin" covered by the front bottoms and originally by bad bad hats.

17. a song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

i assume this question wants me to pick a song i would sing as a duet for karaoke, but i'm taking it to mean i'd pick the song as my duet partner to sing a third song because that kind of personification appeals to me.

anyway, the answer is "more than it hurts you" by the front bottoms. all around pal, great karaoke partner i'd reckon.

for a legit duet, i feel a deep connection with "coney island" by taylor swift and that's, like, comfortably in my range. i've never done adult karaoke so i don't have any go-tos, but i think i could avoid embarrassing myself too hard with that one.

5. a song that needs to be played LOUD

forever a fall out boy nerd, but i can never resist turning "irresistible" up to full volume and shouting along