#left field

-Emmie

Hi! If I'm being honest, that was a one off thought that may have a little wip on the basement to basically just explore (my freak) "What the hell can a guy who has so much intensity and skill as Derek do?" But in a "less" noble way.

If you remember me mentioning how your musician au was the "A-side" and mine was the "B-side" of things (the terms are used incorrectly here, I just wanted to mention them.) (Tamon-kun wa kami!). In this au, Derek finds Avery when he's just starting out as well. But this time around, he finds Avery after Derek dropped out and had a huge fight with his mother and basically all things are falling apart for him.

"After a failed attempt at drinking, he finds Avery singing his songs in a busy park. Performing for strangers, laying his heart out for some modicum of attention or time for his craft.

And that earnestness hits Derek.

It was the moment that Derek got struck with lightning and the moment he became "drawn" to Avery's light. Like a ship to a lighthouse, he stops to listen, and finds comfort in the song.

It's okay for things to not be perfect,

It's okay to not have things figured out,

It's okay to drift and just exist today,

As long as you promise to keep moving forward to tomorrow.

As he dropped a tip on Avery's guitar case, a smile bloomed on the musician's face, "Thank you so much!"

A light so bright that it burned Derek, but he just nodded in exchange. A light that can pierce through even the darkest of storms.

As Derek savored Avery's voice and words in his heart, he put one foot in front of the other, walking away from Avery."

^^^ The above is technically their first meeting, but this is just a random blurb I pulled out of thin air so... It's very shaky for now. Anyways moving on more to some fun facts:

- As mentioned, Derek dropped out of college and lost his full ride. Not because he was struggling, no, not really. But because even if the program was something he liked, it wasn't something that sparked any joy in him.

- He was taking computer science with a focus on cyber security. But he was more endeared towards robotics and found that more fun and interesting so his program slowly just became dull for him.

- After dropping out of college and the initial meeting with Avery. He began to just focus on his likes. Basically losing interest on a fair amount of things. Like family, friends, social decorum, and self care among others.

- While he spiralled deeper, he found Avery again. This time on the internet as a much, much bigger star than the street musician he was previously (no timespan for now).

- And like a ship finding its harbor, Derek threw down his anchor and found that Avery still shone like he did back then. His words still bring comfort, his smile lightens Derek's chest and his words feel as warm as it did when they first "met".

- Derek's interest in Avery is once again reignited. But interest to Derek now is closer to obsession as it was the only way he found to keep moving forward.

- Derek's a very skilled hacker. This definitely won't be important in any way.

- Avery mentioned in one of his interviews that he thought Spartan helmets are cool, which is why Derek has one for this au.

- The reason Avery started singing in this au was because he just went, "Fuck it." And gambled all in for this path. He was barely making ends meet while being saddled with college debt and pressure from academics that he just broke.

- The songs he writes are more so to comfort himself than others in the beginning. But he found genuine joy in making others smile so that eventually became his motivation.

- He occasionally remembers the stranger in the red hoodie and his dead eyes and how that guy basically jumpstarted his career by dropping a few hundred dollars as a tip, which he only noticed after he was long gone.

- He calls his fans mayolings, much to their dismay but they forgive him for it, he was never the best at naming things.

- Avery also dances well in this au! He's got the killer smile, an enchanting voice and the dancing skills of a pro so he's always been star material.

- Avery lives alone. He does eventually make a friend that became his manager as she did see the potential in Avery early on and decided to support him. So he does have someone to care for him here.

- Avery also develops a severe instinct of trying to do "right" by his fans. Always doing stuff to please them, even at the cost of his own health.

I'm saving some stuff that I still wanna write, all of this is basically just the background on who they are for this au.

I do recognize how far removed this is from the source material so I haven't indulged on it too much because it's messy and panders to myself mostly so it's very, uh, out there.

Today's compilation:

Funky Alternatives: 18 Exclusive Techno Remixes 1991 Alternative Dance / Leftfield / Industrial / EBM / Electro / Hip Hop / Synthpop

A pretty cool cassette of 80s exclusive alternative dance rarities that were brought to the States for the first time; not really techno, though, as its subtitle claims…

But that first portion of the tape isn’t all hip hop or hip hop-adjacent, either. The duo of Chris & Cosey, who both came from the pioneeringly subversive and strange industrial band Throbbing Gristle, are on here too, delivering a sublimely gleaming and ultra-dreamy remix of one of their most popular tunes, “October-Love Song.” Tremendous track, as more and more happy synths get continually piled in, which help to thicken up the melody a good bit:

Listen to Side A of the cassette here. And listen to Side B of it here.

Key highlight:

Chris & Cosey - "October-Love Song"

I am so happy that Juan Soto left the Yankees, and we got Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt!! Here, Cody makes a phenomenal catch and then fires the ball to first, where Goldie gets the second out for a spectacular double play off of Juan Soto's bat!!! That is the universe making things right in the best way possible!! I love it!! 😁😍🤗🤗🤗

LET'S GO, YANKEES!!!!!

The Mets challenged the play. It stands!!! Both outs!! It's a game saving double play!! The play is the day!! You make the call...

That's every view that I could get, and they all look great to me!! Cody Bellinger is a fantastic outfielder who can play anywhere well. He even played first base yesterday. Why, I'm still not sure, but he did it well!! I'm glad that the umpires finally got one right and didn't go against us as they have been for way too long.

YOU GO, CODY!!! ❤️

What a great catch at first by Paul Goldschmidt!! He's a spectacular first baseman!! He's the best one that we've had in a long time!!

African Ghost Valley – Hondas Goblins (JS014)