Americaās Sweetheart and Grammy nominated pop star Evan Buckley finds himself in need of an emergency drummer less than a week before his World Tour. Luckily for him, several of his crew know just the guy: technical death drummer Tommy Kinard.
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Extras
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B-Sides
Alt POVs and other snippets requested on tumblr.
General popstar!au tag
If you go back far enough you will be able to see all 10 months of me blabbing about the fic on tumblr before I started posting.
CONTAINS SPOILERS
Phorid
Graphic for my beloved fake technical death metal band.
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BVCK METAL
Metal playlist by the lovely @setmeatopthepyre! Complete w/ many notes about why which song was chosen.
Phorid Logo
The logo for Tommy's metal band! Also made by @setmeatopthepyre.
Title Header
Title header used for Chapter 2! By the also lovely @trombonechurchill.
Tommy Fanart
Absolutely incredible art of Tommy in his Phorid merch by the wonderful @pluralityofaxes!
Dag Fanart
More phenomenal art from @pluralityofaxes, this time of my favorite dead son Dag Ahlstrƶm.
collapse Playlist
A wonderful playlist by @geddyqueer about some musical stuff re: Phorid, specifically for their song collapse.
Tommy Fanart
Amazing fanart of Tommy playing the drums by @chimneyz!
Birgit Fanart
Very cute Birgit fanart by @peppermintquartz!
borealis Album Cover
A fantastic Phorid album/cassette cover by @pluralityofaxes!
Tommy Fanart
Another spectacular Tommy by @pluralityofaxes!
Buck Fanart
Beautiful stickerbook Buck by @pluralityofaxes!
Speculative Stuff
Thrilled to announce that people are interested in playing in the Popstar!au sandbox. None of these are 'canon' to the universe. Some are fanworks about my OCs.
pickup sticks
A drabble by @corporatebanana about Dag/Tommy.
Dag/Tommy
Ficlet?Snippet? By @pluralityofaxes also about Dag/Tommy.
Polyphorid
A lovely Phorid gifset/edit by @tommykinard!
Meet Phorid
Another lovely gifset/edit by @tommykinard!
Side Fic
A snippet by @peppermintquartz of Chimney and Hen talking about Buck and Tommy.
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"shipping and blorbofication are not inherently at odds with understanding a story's deep themes" and "some people can't grasp the themes of a story because they never learned how to engage with stories outside of the lens of shipping and blorbofication" are two statements that can coexist
blorbofication to me is when you love a character in such a laser focus way that you somewhat detach them from the narrative from which they are inserted and treat them in a way roughly similar to how you'd treat an oc for which you still have no story and just like to put them in situations just for fun. which there's nothing wrong with btw, it's just that it can easily lead to people forgetting the character engine in a narrative and not just a barbie doll
what we say: fandoms, much like every other social part of our life, should have political awareness and be a safe space for fans who belong to marginalised groups, as well as be cautious about media literacy
what tumblrinas hear: fandom is activism, fanfics are activism, shipping is activism, here's my fanart of a fictional white dude punching ICE agents like it's an art trend, i'm not racist because my oc is biracial
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Sad Dag Hours under the cut.
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It starts snowing again on the drive to Janās studio. Dag sighs. That means heāll probably have to shovel again this afternoon or tomorrow. Tommy can shovel out the driveway, and will do it without complaint, but he always looks so fucking miserable the entire time, and Dag canāt stand it. No matter how long Tommyās been in Sweden, he still hasnāt quite acclimated to the weather. Tommy also fucking hates driving in the snow, and Dag watches his hands flex on the steering wheel.
āDo you want to swap?ā Dag asks.
āMaybe on the way back, if this keeps up,ā Tommy says with a frown, before sighing dramatically. āWe need to become snowbirds.ā
āHmmm, whatās that?ā Dag reaches out and tugs lightly on one of Tommyās curls.
āOld people that spend the winter in places with nice weather,ā Tommy explains.
āNot old yet. We could go back to LA and drop in on your friend thatās renting,ā Dag laughs. āLive in that little house in the back yard.ā
āCasita,ā Tommy corrects, just like he does every time.
Right now the casita is mostly filled with shit that Phorid likes to have on tour in North America, but that wasnāt worth trying to bring back: extra gear and Henrikās tiny charcoal grill and probably some merch. Itās cheaper and more convenient than a storage unit.
āOr what about Spain?ā Tommy continues, looking wistful.
āWhen I win the lottery I will take you wintering in Spain,ā Dag promises, twisting that lock of Tommyās hair around and around his finger. āAs long as you make sure my back has enough sunblock.ā
āIāll get your shoulders too,ā Tommy glances away from the road to grin at him. āAnd you gotta play to win, we should go back to Vegas.ā
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I get in theory why people complain about het ships or whatever, I get wanting to watch queer media I really do, but I guess where yāall lose me is like. I saw some asshole on a post about Sinners complaining it was āhetslopāāthis person was specifically doing so while also claiming Remmick was a queer character and thus they were justified in caring more about him than the Black protagonists. which is a whole other disgusting can of worms that has been well addressed by others at this point. but even in the absence of that part of the argument, like, no, i actually donāt think that a hunger for queer stories is an especially good excuse to deride and dismiss a piece of landmark Black filmmaking, especially as a non-Black person. I have a post thatās been going around encouraging folks to engage with more Native stories and characters, and I had someone come onto that post saying in the tags that theyād need these stories to be queer in order to care. and I just think that, you know, sucks! like obviously as a queer Native I also want to see more of those stories too. but idk how else to put it other than to say that Black people and people of color shouldnāt have to be like you in order for you to care about our narratives and experiences. and I think some of yāall are using this disdain for heterosexuality as a cover for your unexamined racial biases. itās not okay to be racist to people just because those people happen to be straight, and you continue to be white before you are queer.
on an even more basic level than that, also, I simply just think some of yāall NEED to learn how to interact with media and storytelling without ships and fandom in mind. like if not being able to write fic about two men kissing is genuinely going to be a dealbreaker for you I think thatās actually something you need to work on within yourself because at that point I think youāre no longer really interacting with art and themes and narrative so much as just kind of playing with toys. which is, like, fine I guess. have fun. but it wouldnāt kill you to disengage from that from time to time. especially if would allow you to actually appreciate rich and deeply moving cultural stories from communities of color that you desperately need to learn how to see as human
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Washington Post is paywalling the article but it looks like Taylor Farms ā a consumer bagged salad brand that also supplies produce to grocers and fast food chains like Taco Bell, Walmart, McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, KFC, and Meijer āmay be at least one of the sources of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak.
Taylor makes bagged greens, salad kits, chopped salads, the works. Keep avoiding supermarket greens, but keep an especially close eye out for this brand/supplier. The above list of grocers and fast food chains is NOT exhaustive, so please continue getting lettuce and other raw produce taken off your burgers, sandwiches, etc.
Hey Canadian pals, this company does have produce sold in Canada, notably ready-to-eat salads at Sobey (safeway, thrifty foods, IGA, etc.) and Loblaw (superstore, shoppers, etc.) stores. So while no outbreaks here have been linked to the massive issue in the US (yet), it might be a good time for a bit of caution.