Hello to the queers, otakus, and internet dwellers alike!
This is the grand premiere of the Bleue-Rain Check blog!
If you're interested in a vast variety of hyperfixations, we intend to bring you the RAW…UNCUT…UNCENSOR—nah, just kidding. They're here to look WAAAAY too deep into fandoms you probably forgot about by now.
What kinda fandoms? Click here to find out that and much more about the BRC initiative!
Ready to meet your news anchors?
Dead_Rain here! (Or Hazzard, it was my name before the rebranding and I still like the name). I’m excited to start up a blog with one of my friends (especially after the fumble of the blog that shall not be named), and put out more of my ideas into the world!
Pronouns: He/Him
Sexuality: AroAce (ARO-ACE GANG, RISE UP! 🗣️)
Favorite Animal: Flamingos
Interests Include: Anime, Art, Music, Gaming
˚₊‧♡Stay Alive - The Few, The Proud, The Emotional♡‧₊˚
What is thee Up, y’all! My name is Negative Bleue, and I can't wait to type my fingers down to the bone and talk several heads off with all the fandom shenanigans I’ve been bottling in! 😭
But first! We do the introduction ting. I like to think of myself as this silly little guy, but if said I didn't take myself seriously—I’d be lying. 😅 Spent way too much effort customizing my character to not go hard for it. So, check me out! I'm a BIPoC creative from the Dirty-Dirty, though I (ironically) hate the beach…
My pronouns are Ze/Zim/Zyr, I’m a September baby (the 8th!), and I’m also a member of the ARO-ACE GANG!! 🗣️ I'm basically an SJW (given my strong morals), so the only coon I want ‘round me is a Maine Coon! Seriously, I want that breed of cat in my lifetime. 😽 You can find me playing Fortnite or Just Dance, ranting theories aloud to myself at home, or giving up on a drawing I probably just started.
Having said that, my biggest goal with the BRC Blog is to put aside my perfectionist fears and habit of procrastination in order to finally share these thoughts that have haunted me for years! 😶🌫️ Will you tune in?
So now that you’ve learned a bit more about these two batty blokes broadcasting gurus, shall we commence with our scheduled programming at last??
Many don't know this about my co-host, but I actually saved them from the pound when he just a smol pupper 🥹 And I'd do it again in a million lifetimes 🫶🏾
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue via Krita
Add these to your server's emote inventory right quick, G 🙏🏾
LuCo's dynamic at any given moment if you were to ask me: ^^^
I wish their romance an eternity of success, but between you & me...the Divorce AU would go BRAZY.
I already know it would be the indifferent Lucian trying to move on with his life and the distraughtly obsessed Nico who keeps popping up begging for a second chance 😭
Unfortunately, I am self-aware so I know this is the thought when I'm sharing stuff in DM's 🤭 As long as it's censored and CW'd, I HAVE NO SHAME!!
Had to bless you with a new varient: ChadNico. This is the form that confirms his goonery has kicked in. I'd evacuate the area quick if you aren't Luci...
This may or may not make my PFP rotation 🤷🏾 With your blessing, of course!
Sh*tPost Sunday x HBD2DRH, hope you found it as amusing as I did! Wishing you many more years of happy life and many more years of tender friendship.
|-/ Tyler Joseph Count Your Days, Because They ARE Numbered........
This album makes me want to explode, so I'm writing this post to delay the inevitable.
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @deadrainhaven of BRC via Procreate, @e-resources (first set of blurryface blinkees), @irldenji (the rest of the blurryface blinkees), @twentyonepilots (Breach Album Cover and provided links)
Spoilers: End of story lore, the song in general, idk man Im just yapping
Warning: I might be wrong on some of my info, please correct me! I try my best to keep up with lore, but I still kinda don't know a lot
I am in love with the new album, Breach. Every song I loved upon first listen, and each of them has been stuck in my head since the album came out. So, what better way to express my love then to rank the songs (they are all 10/10s so no point in rating them lol) and yap about the details I love/notice!
Before that however.....
I was so in love that I just HAD to dedicate 3 hours of my life to redrawing one of the scenes from the City Walls music video. Genuinely a masterpiece, felt like I was watching a movie at some points.
[This the og post if you're curious]
First, here's the ranking so you don't have to sift through my yapping just to find out what it is lol.
Days Lie Dormant
Drum Show
City Walls
Downstairs
Tally
The Contract
RAWFEAR
Robot Voices
Intentions
One Way
Garbage
Cottonwood
Center Mass
DAYS LIE DORMANT
This song is so sweet. It's about Tyler being homesick and missing his wife and children. It's personally my favorite not only for its kinda whimsical melody (?), but I also relate to it in my own special way. It's the only other song I think I relate to other than Formidable from SAI. I think a banger alt ver. of this song would be if it was slower and more somber like the MTV Unplugged ver. of Shy Away.
DRUMSHOW
FINALLYYYYY!!!!!! A JOSH DUN SONG!!!!!!
I love this song so much. Not only is it a banger, its basically Josh's ver. of Car Radio??? HELLOOO???? That's genuinely so peak. I literally freaked out when it first released. Also, Josh has such a good voice, I wish there was more of it.
CITY WALLS
OOOOOH BOY. I couldn't have asked for more with this one.
▫️The fact the song opens with a FIGHT SCENE between Clancy and Nico was hype hell. Like the choreography was goated actually.
▫️I like to think the lines "I wonder where you are ; I wanted you to show me" reference Polarize's " I don’t know where you are ; You’ll have to come and find me, find me". I don't really have a reason. I just think it's neat :)
▫️Semi-Automatic and Truce reference?? "But now the night has fallen ;
Abandoned by the sun" I feels HAS to be referencing:
"Now the night is coming to an end
(Ooh)
The sun will rise and we will try again
(Ooh)"
AND
"The horrors of the night melt away
Under the warm glow of survival of the day"
I love Tyler's use of Night and Day to represent fear and hope.
▫️"I write a promise in pencil, but my loyalty's in pen" is SUCH a banger line like holy shit. Genius lyrics says that the "pen" could be Clancy's loyalty weaponized as in Ode To Sleep, Tyler says "some see a pen, I see a harpoon". And honestly that's an amazing way to look at it, so I'm adopting that for myself loll
▫️HOLY SHIT THEY MADE A MIGRAINE REFERENCE AHHHHHH
"From the mainland to the island of violence" WHEN I HEARD THIS, I WAS GOBSMACKED HOLY SHITSTICKS BATMAN. I love Migraine so much, so to hear this was like having a dream I didn't know I had come true <3
The referenced lyric btw:
"Behind my eyelids are islands of violence
My mind ship-wrecked, this is the only land my mind could find
I did not know it was such a violent island
Full of tidal waves, suicidal crazed lions"
▫️GONER REFERENCE!!!
"My smile wraps around my head, splitting it in
Two, two, two, two
I don't have a clue how I can keep the top half
Glued, glued, glued, glued"
Clancy's head splitting in 2 has to be talking about the Tyler's struggle with his other half, BlurryFace.
"I've got two faces, Blurry's the one I'm not
I need your help to take him out"
OMG THATS SO GOOD
▫️HOLDING ON TO YOU REFERENCE!!!
"Entertain my faith" is shared in both City Walls and Holding On To You :)
▫️THE END OF THE SONG IS THE BEGINNING OF HEAVYDIRTYSOUL???? HELLO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???
DOWNSTAIRS
This one genuinely has such a cool and sweet origin. This song was actually a demo from 14 years ago (known by the community as "Korea"). Tyler had deleted it from his computer, but Josh had saved it on his and would listen to from time to time. After all these years, he suggested to Tyler to finish the song and add it onto Breach. Makes sense, since the first time I heard this song, I immediately heard the similar music style Tyler had during Regional At Best. This track made me feel the exact same way to when I first listened to Be Concerned. You just get HIT by the strong emotional essence the song has.
TALLY
THIS SONG MAKES ME CRY SO MUCH
I listen to this song with the interpretation that it's addressed to his fans about the reception SAI had when it got first released. About how he was disappointed that he had disappointed the Clique.
I know its very much more likely addressed to Torchbearer and the banditos since he became the new bishop and replaced Nico (like most of the lyrics make 10 times more sense that way lol). I like both, but the idea of it being about SAI makes me cry and appreciate the song more.
THE CONTRACT
Not only does this song have one of the coolest music videos I've ever seen, it also has really cool sound to it. One of the most creative use of line delivery and instruments I've seen from Tyler. Also, I love the autotune he used. Brings me back to Regional At Best/Vessel. The song is such a cool concept of Tyler borderline having a panic attack about Nico and having the inability to sleep. Genius also describes the line "Ooh, my hallucinations I used to see" are in reference to Torchbearer's ability to project himself into people's minds. So that's cool
RAWFEAR
This song has a beautiful lesson.
"Learning all that really matters is a slow and painful lesson (Never slowing down, never slowing down)
It is not pass or fail, but a poisonous progression (Never slowing down, never slowing down)
Try to micro-dose to immunity but you'll never, ever get it (Never slowing down, never slowing down)"
Growing as a person is not about the before and after, the "pass or fail". It is about what life teaches you, a slow progression to becoming better and better, even with every set back it throws at you. Which, ultimately, what happens at the end of story. Clancy doesn't destroy the bishops, he becomes them. He's failed again in this cycle, but its the farthest he's gotten. Represented by the face paint he wears after the transformations (Nico had it up to his nose bridge, while Clancy only has it up to his mouth), he HAS made progress.
ROBOT VOICES
I find it so cool that this song is a collaboration between Twenty One Pilots and Blanket Approval. Tyler stumbled upon its demo online and loved the song. He, however, wished that the bridge was the chorus. So he asked to fiddle with the song, and that's how this song was made!
For anyone curious the original song was "My Soft Spots My Robots"
INTENTIONS
I almost cried hearing this. The parallels to Truce is insane. Not only does it have a similar sound to Truce, but it literally uses the reversed "oohs" from the song. I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT IT WAS THAT WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT AND IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF! Also the opening lyrics reference some lyrics within Truce.
Intentions:
"I am starting it all over once again
Did I learn a thing?"
Truce:
"Now the night is coming to an end
(Ooh)
The sun will rise and we will try again
(Ooh)"
Like this is so cool but also makes me want to jump off a bridge /pos
I believe Truce is the beginning of the lore, so and Intentions is the end. Like.....Tyler when I catch you.....
ONE WAY
I'll be honest I didn't understand this song the first few times I listened to it, but after going onto Genuis it makes 10x more sense to me. The battle between goals and ambitions against doubt. I think some of these doubts may be connected with his music, as he wanted to go for something really different with The Contract and had some trouble doing so (though he ultimately succeeded lol). It also makes the ending part even funnier, since Josh wasn't sure about the transition from One Way to Days Lie Dormant lol
GARBAGE
This ones pretty self explanatory if you've heard the song. Tyler is struggling with his depression, and fears how he might negatively impact others and they will give up on him. This song kinda reminds me of Doubt
"Don't forget abou-bou-bou-bou-bout me
Don't forget abou-bou-bou-bou-bout me
Even when I doubt you (Doubt you)
I'm no good without you, no, no"
He also expresses his fear of being given up on here, though I believe Doubt is about his relationship with God.
COTTONWOOD
I don't have much to say about this song. Not because there no weight to it, but because it's simply a bittersweet song about Tyler's grandfather passing, and how Tyler's been dealing with it. Nothing really needs to be said. Rest in peace
CENTER MASS
This ones pretty emotional, as it generally talks about Tylers insecurities about how he deals with his habit of making himself when he's confronted with pain and grief. It's quite fitting since a lot of the album takes a more focused theme of being resilient and the flaws one may have.
Easy to say I LOVE this album. These guys just don't miss I fear. I'm aware they are taking a break after this long journey, but I can't wait to see what else they plan to do now that the lore is wrapped up!
I've been listening to this band for the past 8 years, they were the first band/music I've EVER truly enjoyed. And proud to say I still love everything they do, every song they put out, with my whole heart. I haven't once gotten tired of you.
Thank you @twentyonepilots sincerely for bringing such joy throughout the majority of my life. You truly give me hope.
Kids, Wake Up! It's the Only Thing Worth Being Patriotic for—National CHEESEBURGER DAY!!
Extra mayo & onions, no mustard or ketchup, and well done on the outside but pink on the inside for me! Bonus points if you slap an over-easy egg on there, too!
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue of BRC via Papa Louie Pals, Picrew, Krita
Let's make this OC-ified! If you wanna do the same or make burger tickets for whatever, the Picrew is:
see the icon? it looks cool right? right? it's all thamks to my wonderful amazing handsome cute boyfren :3
USE! THE! PAINTBRUSH! BUTTON!
On the Brink of Breath Burger
Definitely don't want your chat with the cheeky bastard to take place after this sandwich! The bottom layer of white sauce isn't mayonnaise as one might think—it's horseradish. 🤢 And the top layer is just a pile of salt! Add that in with the fact xe eats xyr meat burnt to a freakin' crisp and I think we got a pretty solid case to take to the authorities...!
Caught Red-Handed Burger
It surely looks like the bloodied hands of a deranged killer once this burger is finished. But Mack would NEVER! He's an energy vampire, not the blood-sucker kind. 🙄 He'll need that energy, too, after this mouthful...
Squash the Beef Burger
Tsiishch' is a girl who gets her protein in powder form. And gets her meat in another... 😉 A simple veggie sandwich made with ultra fresh ingredients topped with avocado mayo is more than enough to satisy her lunchtime cravings!
Cheddar Acid Bath Burger
Apparently, witches don't eat meat! And some of 'em, don't eat anything unless it STINGS! We're talkin': a heart of lettuce doused in vinegarette, stacked with onions & tangy jalapeño pickle before being bordered by think cheddar cheese slices. Actually doesn't sounds half bad if you got the throat endurance for it—PAUSE! ✋🏾
The All-American CheeseBurger
Leave it to Mr. Simple to want it exactly how it comes. 🤭 Once you get past the basic-ness, you can still appreciate this ravishing classic just fine. It's forever the #1 on the menu for a reason, so Beck expects quality everytime!
Sauce: Final Boss Burger
Just empty the whole condiment cabinet directly onto Cal's burger, please. Doesn't really matter the order or the amount, she's always down to experiment with sauce combos! Even if they still indeed are a dog-person with a sensitive tummy that will backfire at just about anything. 😖
The BPD (Bi-Polar Dis Order) Burger
Not even sure if they allow you to order two patties cooked to separate degrees, but here we are! Third prefers to live life on the wild side...the "wild side" being a forty-minute battle on the toilet after gobbling down at least two pounds of under-/over-cooked meat and copious amounts of cheese.
Back at the Barnyard Burger
Tallahassee likes his burgers how he likes his men—hearty with a lil' soul. Two slabs of well done plant-based meat, American cheese, some classic sauces for taste, and sweet pickle on top to round it out. Can't get no better than that! Well...maybe if you gave him two more orders of it. 😅
Favorite Nostalgia Food Game x Favorite Food fan-content kinda goes hard! More people should totally do this!
And make sure to stuff your faces with whatever unholy variat ion you can dream up, just for me. 😊
Somehow, Jorge managed to help turn two perpetual musical haters into raging fans. Was unfamiliar with your game, however, we're overly familiar with your pen...
Written & Published by: @negativebleue and @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: The visual arts team (and respective artists) of the EPIC: The Musical production
It's a delicious privilege when a piece of media sends you into a spiral of madness...
THE TROY SAGA
The Horse and the Infant
★★★☆☆ “A strong opening, war crimes are hard to come back from though…” — Negative Bleue
★★★☆☆ “A good start…..I suppose…” — Dead_Rain
★★★☆☆ “I, too, ride the mighty wave of triumphancy when 600 men are singing my praises after murdering an infant…” — Negative Bleue
★★★☆☆ “Full speed ahead to deez nuts (said Odysseus to Polites)” — Dead_Rain
Open Arms
★☆☆☆☆ “No clue why we suddenly got tropical with it, would’ve rather have listened to Polites give the gawk (like he totally was going to before Odysseus spoke!!)” — Negative Bleue
☆☆☆☆☆ “THIS FUCK ASS SONG” — Dead_Rain
Warrior of the Mind
★★★☆☆ “One of the select ‘theatre kid’-esque songs that I can actually listen to with little to no cringe…still corny, tho.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “Athena my queen….” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: The Troy Saga is essentially the documentation of Odysseus’ original sin(s) and the founding of his inner demons. He, in one of—if not thee most iconic battle strategies of all time, demonstrates his propensity to deception and brutality in one fell swoop. This is masked by his charismatic leadership and “good guy” FACADE. Because it is indeed fake…just like the “will of the gods” he swears that he hears! You mean to tell me: that the most notorious villain of unprotected sex and subsequent child endangerment (on account on his spitefully jealous WIFE) otherwise known as Zeus SUDDENLY cares about post-term abortion rights?? There is no other being, no other entity that would benefit from killing a baby before it reaches maturation more than Zeus. And guess what? Even HE never thunder-clapped a child just to skirt future backlash (don’t quote me)! Odysseus came up with that bullsh*t-a*s idea all of his own volition and then had 600 dudes melodically jerk him off on the way back home. I feel as though even Athena knew this was a new level of cruelty, which is why she has to “remind” ole’ boy what the script was! He had severely lost the plot, but what more could you expect from a king? Matter of fact, the only person ready & willing to play their part was Polites—the royal c*cksucker.
DR: The Troy Saga goes too quickly in my opinion. The jump to each song is so drastic that I felt I missed like half the plot that wasn’t even in the songs in the first place. Overall the songs are okay, I really only enjoyed Warrior of the Mind, simply because Athena is there.
THE CYCLOPS SAGA
Polyphemus
★★★★☆ “The demonic voice filter actually doesn’t sound stupid in a song?? Actually hypnotically smoothe? Give ‘em the Grammy for that alone!” — Negative Bleue
★★☆☆☆ “Originally thought Odysseus killed an entire flock of sheep and then tried to make it better with wine, I was about to be a D1 Hater” — Dead_Rain
Survive
★★★★☆ “One thing about it, Jorge knows how to drop a rhythmic juxtaposition in this musical; the hope you had for the poor blokes gets soon stomped out in such a gorgeously gritty fashion.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “This song really understood that “defeat is not allowed”, one of my favorites <3” — Dead_Rain
Remember Them
★★★★★ “It’s generally lost on me how Odysseus was able to command an army of anyone, 600 men especially, UNTIL I heard that raspy Daddy voice (as demonstrated here in defiance to Athena).” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “Odysseus ate with this one” — Dead_Rain
My Goodbye
★★☆☆☆ “This is why we stan Athena; Odysseus said ‘no’ to her one time, and she dumped his sorry a*s by the next song.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “intro part reminded me of the Main Theme of FE3H, an absolute banger.” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: In this saga, we get to witness the masterful manipulation methods of our king, Odysseus. Not only is he able to play off a very intentional murder as though it wasn’t intentional, but he even has already came prepared with laced wine JUST in case! He does a fantastic job at convincing all that he’s a leader that would go to any length to ensure the safe return of him & his, but then…he forsakes it all. Excusing any historical necessity of why they snuck Troy in the beginning, almost every killing thus far has been uncalled for. Innocent civilians of all ages going about their daily business, a HELPLESS INFANT! He even threatened the Lotus Eaters just for being some silly little guys! But in a surprise twist, this uppity n*gga decides that he don’t wanna be a playah no mo’. With a newfound change of heart, since your boy-toy got stepped on, we’re suddenly above killing. Even huge, scary monsters that wanted us all dead. If I was one of those soldiers, I would have finished the job and then suffered the ear-full later. I believe in karma, g*ddammit, so I don’t need to leave any of the bad kind alive to eventually catch up with me again…!
DR: Odysseus is pissing me off. Literally has been killing this whole time, but decides to spare a cyclops for some fuck ass reason because he decided NOW that maybe he should have some mercy. WHEN THEY ARE IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION. Dawg jump off a bridge…..
THE OCEAN SAGA
Storm
★★★☆☆ “Love to belt this one out when hurricane season swings by.” — Negative Bleue
★★★☆☆ “I’d look at Odysseus crazy too if he told me to harpoon a fucking island in the sky” — Dead_Rain
Luck Runs Out
★★☆☆☆ “Eurylochus, my beloved. Don’t fall for the gaslighting of O-piss-eus; you’re the only actual voice of reason here. You’re like the Lorax, you speak for the peeps who don’t have plot armor…” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “Bros acting like Eurylochus is acting up when he’s making a good a point” — Dead_Rain
Keep Your Friends Close
★☆☆☆☆ “Literally the worst picks for this god character. It missed the mark of immersion in pursuit of whimsy.” — Negative Bleue
★☆☆☆☆ “why does the wind god sound like a disney princess” — Dead_Rain
Ruthlessness
★★★★☆ “Poseidon read his aah like an ancient scroll, and Odysseus STILL couldn’t be bothered to simply say ‘sorry’. That’s why ya homies dead now…” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “CALL HIM OUT POSEIDON YEAHHHH” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: I’ve come to understand that Odysseus bases his decisions off of whatever makes him a contrarian in the moment. Like, he doesn’t want logic, reason, or even strategy—just blind acquiescence to whatever he thinks up next. He doesn’t even feel bad for whose life it costs as long as it isn’t his. May I remind you that he ain’t even gasp when Polites got squashed. And now! The news is broke to him after getting his sh*t rocked that he only has FOURTY-THREE (43) men left, and how does Odysseus respond??? “♪All I gotta do is open this bag!♪” right in the face of the GOD OF TIDES. Imagine the immeasurable amount of loss your society will suffer because you lost 557 out of 600 MEN? And he breaks out in gleeful tune, just to nanny-boo-boo Poseidon one last time! “We’re doomed, and [he’s] dancing!” /ref
DR: Odysseus is actually stupid i can’t believe my fucking ears. That’s all folks that’s all…….. My co-host already explained it.
THE CIRCE SAGA
Puppeteer
★★☆☆☆ “Can’t feel sorry for them…what idiots trust someone with such a thick British accent? Deserved.” — Negative Bleue
★☆☆☆☆ “at this point everyone deserves what they get besides Eurylochus” — Dead_Rain
Wouldn’t You Like
★★★★☆ “‘You can BE HURT or you can BEAT HER’...GENIUS.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “the wind god could never….” — Dead_Rain
Done For
★☆☆☆☆ “Ever since I learned that Hermes and Circe used to date (and also that Odysseus is, like, the grandson of Hermes), it made sense why & how he got help to win this battle he would have otherwise lost…” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “why odysseus acting like he’s all that for eating a damn flower” — Dead_Rain
There Are Other Ways
☆☆☆☆☆ “Odysseus love to play noble…like, we know whatchu had Polites doing for them ‘twelve long years’, n*gga. It STILL counts, even with other boys!” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “FUCK OFF BRO” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: You see how that favoritism sh*t work? The surviving 43 go sit down to eat, and they get turned to pigs…okay. Odysseus stumbles upon YET ANOTHER GOD, eats some fruit, and gets…blessed?? He can’t lose! Everyone else is getting belt-to-a*s, but never him! Now he whoops this demi-god lady with a backhand and a half, then she HELPS HIM?! There indeed are not “other ways”—you either get with the Odysseus Show or die. Oh, and WHERE WAS EURYLOCHUS during all of this??
DR: I WANT ODYSSEUS DEAD. Bro gets everything and everyone else get punished for his mistakes and negligence. IN WHAT WORLD IS THAT NOT PLOT ARMOR. Then he has the nerve to be like “my penelope :3” as if his love for his wife is redeeming quality for him after losing 557 men……
THE UNDERWORLD SAGA
The Underworld
★★★★★ “Gorgeously orchestrated symphony. The haunting melancholy of loved ones past are grim perfection. It almost makes me wish I lived through something as dramatically tragic just to relate to the lyrics better.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “no one cares that ur ‘traumatized’ Odysseus. Everyone's Dead. NOW UR THINKING OF POLITES???? However the songs are banger and everything is so grave and sad. Incredibly well done.” — Dead_Rain
No Longer You
★★☆☆☆ “Not him screaming in his big boy voice like he about to punk out THE PROPHET for coordinates and names…boy, bye.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “You are not that guy pal, you are not that guy” — Dead_Rain
Monster
★★☆☆☆ “I wasn’t inclined to its musicality, but the flow switch-ups are extremely pleasing to hear. Classic monologue theatre that fit seamlessly into the theme & narrative.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “ACTUAL BANGER. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS PERFECT. The fact every verse is basically him realising all the ways the foes were more righteous than him. ‘Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves’ is so good cause its finally fucking clicking to him what he should have been doing since the beginning. How every time the chorus plays, he’s slowly becoming more of what he should have been. It's all so dramatic in how it represents his fall from his dumbass self. Also I think it's the best display of Odysseus’ vocals yet. It’s almost haunting when he’s thinking back on it all, FINALLY, with what he has lost. My favorite in the whole musical, I’d give it more stars if I could.” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: This is the first and last time Odysseus will face some semblance of consequence in this story. He hardly gets what he truly deserves, but his screams of nightmare are just a bit of consolation after al this a*sery. He’s become the embodiment of “too little, too late”, unfortunately. So many have suffered from his self-righteous ego. “[He is] the WORST kind of good, ‘cause [he’s] not even great”! If he’d kill that cyclops like he killed that baby, he’d be a legend the rest of his days…now he’s just a cautionary tale you learn about in 7th grade..
DR: This saga comes far too late considering Odysseus should have been punished in literally the first saga cause he’s a crazy asshole. However, if I separate this from the rest, this has to be my favorite saga. All the songs match each other so well with feeling like Odysseus has gone to hell in his mind as well as physically. 10/10
THE THUNDER SAGA
Suffering
★★☆☆☆ “The chorus is a finely tuned back & forth.” — Negative Bleue
★★☆☆☆ “Odysseus is a pussy” — Dead_Rain
Different Beast
★☆☆☆☆ “I don’t condone anti-Siren violence in the slightest. One-star only because he uses his Daddy voice for most of the song.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “gruesome :D” — Dead_Rain
Scylla
★★★★☆ “A voice so striking & petrifying that I’m almost brought to tears.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “Scylla’s voice is so haunting I love it. Also Eurylochus is did no wrong :3” — Dead_Rain
Mutiny
★★☆☆☆ “Fun Fact: Eurylochus is literally married to Odysseus’ SISTER, so he should want for his own blood to have her husband back safely too, no? Like, that’s Eurylochus’ Penelope, to put it in perspective.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “ODYSSEUS I HOPE YOU FUCKING BURN. EURYLOCHUS IS THE GOAT” — Dead_Rain
Thunder Bringer
★★★★☆ “Zeus’ and Poseidon’s voices are in a musical SLAP BOX FIGHT, I swear! I can’t tell who hits harder!” — Negative Bleue
★☆☆☆☆ “...........” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: Eurylochus is blameless in my book; it’s only so much suspiciousness one can overlook before they get to the bottom of things them damn selves. Also, Jorge I’m on to you?? I see how you Nerf’d my boy, Eury. Don’t believe for a second that he couldn’t contain his tummy rumbles anymore and just gave it all up. He doesn’t even protest that these cows are that of a godly status, his hunger simply consumes him for some reason. My theory is that there was actually no other way you were gonna get this haymaker of a player off the roster unless you wrote him outside of his pre-established character to justify this god-awful choice he goes on to make. Maturing is realizing they should have pushed Odysseus off the boat back in the Underworld. To sacrifice your OWN loyal, Ithaca-bred men because apparently your wife’s life is worth more than 600+ other lives!? I mean, I’d absolutely do the same, if not worse, if it was my wife—but still! They would have done alright finding some random island and starting anew there—WITHOUT Odys-s-sh*t singing about that woman all the time.
DR: they are trying so hard to make Eurylochus the bad guy, when everything is literally Odysseus’ fault. Nerfed him by making him “oh so hungry” that he does something stupid like try to kill the sun god’s cattle…… HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT HE’S THE ONE WHO WARNED ODYSSEUS ABOUT THE FUCKASS WIND GOD. WE CAN’T POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS.
THE WISDOM SAGA
Legendary
☆☆☆☆☆ “Pre-K aah beat. Felt like I just accidentally changed the channel and lost the remote…” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “:D” — Dead_Rain
Little Wolf
☆☆☆☆☆ “Athena deada*s had to jump in to save ole’ boy, the actual victor is clear. Antinous gave him the spankin’ Odysseus couldn’t be there to give, HAH!” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “PEAK. Love the way they belittle Telemachus by repeatedly calling him little wolf, but it keeps the pressure on by each line getting higher in tension. Then Athena turns it around to make him the underdog.” — Dead_Rain
We’ll Be Fine
☆☆☆☆☆ “Not a fan of the key this track is in. Also, Telemachus automatically subtracts anything positive from the score for me…” — Negative Bleue
★★☆☆☆ “too high pitched” — Dead_Rain
Love in Paradise
★★★☆☆ “Shiiiiiid, if he don’t want Calypso—LET ME AT HER! Just listen to that rich tone, mmngh~!” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ “I like Calypso’s voice, very pretty :) Wish Odysseus was successful in his attempt” — Dead_Rain
God Games
★★★☆☆ “Can’t resist a good musical roulette/song gauntlet moment. Aprodite’s voice was sculpted with silk.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★ “Hearing all the Gods/Goddesses pipe in was so fun” — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: Now, we’ve finally gotten to the final checkpoint necessary for me to stake this next claim: Odysseus is a misogynist. Yep. If you take a detailed gander through all of Odysseus’ interactions with the female cast, he only gets overtly abrasive and/or threatening in the presence of women. If he can avoid conflict or issue with a male, he will. Women, even GODDESSES, are subject to his flip-lip and inclination to violence on a much more consistent basis than any males. Call it a pointed critique, I call it TRUTH. Also, Athena got one more ‘gain to intervene on behalf of any of these royal buffoons before I see just how masterful at war she really is…
DR: Kinda checking out mentally with the plot at this point…. Swaggy songs though
THE VENGEANCE SAGA
Not Sorry For Loving You
★★★★★ “Brings me to tears, I want justice for Calypso NEOW…!” — Negative Bleue
★★★☆☆ “Calypso falling for the worst dude imaginable 😭🙏🏼” — Dead_Rain
Dangerous
★★★★★ “So good I made a choreography for the chorus!” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ "'I plan to end all the foolishness' BRODY YOU SHOULDVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SOONER" — Dead_Rain
Charybdis
★★★☆☆ “A well-placed transitional song with beautiful runs.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆ "why does he get to make it home its so unfair" — Dead_Rain
Get In The Water
★★★★☆ “Points redacted for Odysseus’ annoying aah pleas for his life…” — Negative Bleue
★★★★★"POSEIDON I WISHED YOU KILLED HIM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD"— Dead_Rain
Six Hundred Strike
★★★☆☆ “Torn between disappointed that Poseidon apparently didn’t have hands, but also impressed that Odysseus’ nuts dropped fr.” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆"BRO AINT NO WAY THIS GUY HAS THE POWER TO TORTURE POSEIDON IM GONNA FUCKING CRASH" — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: Giving bailouts to Odysseus is like repeatedly releasing a 17-time felon on “good behavior” each time. He has NOT learned his lesson. Even when faced with the god father of the cyclops son he impaired (for defending his territory, mind you), he still ONLY is moved to great emotion when his wife and son are threatened! This mofo Poseidon said, “All of Ithaca will die…” and Ody just sat there flat-faced. Like, Penelope and Telemachus are INCLUDED in Ithaca’s populous, idiot! I’m just gonna go on the record to blame Hermes chiefly, and then Athena. Those two should be tried for their crimes on Mt. Olympus; a monster such as this man, Odysseus, should have never escaped for as long as he did. Zeus was right, and that’s saying far too much.
DR: THIS MF HAS SO MUCH PLOT ARMOR WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN. GENUINELY HOW DOES THIS GUY DO IT. FUCK THIS SHIT I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED.
THE ITHACA SAGA
The Challenge
★☆☆☆☆ “I, too, am not a big fan of the government, Penelope…but you cheated the people out of a king for a decade longer than it had to be.” — Negative Bleue
★★☆☆☆"GIRL HE DOESNT DESERVE YOU HE FUCKING SUCKS" — Dead_Rain
Hold Them Down
★★★★☆ “If he wasn’t a would-be rapist, I’d be able to stan this golden-throated man unabashedly—why, Antinous, WHY???” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆"I knew the rape song was coming bro but goddamn....what the fuck 😭. Why is it lowkey a banger too....." — Dead_Rain
Odysseus
★☆☆☆☆ “Points retracted for the self-titled track name, points gained for the colorful cast of male vocals..” — Negative Bleue
★★★☆☆"'for 20 years I've suffered every punishment and pain' DESERVEDDDD. Also Telemachus is a goddamn moron bro really thought he would convince the people actively destroying the place to stop..." — Dead_Rain
I Can’t Help but Wonder
★☆☆☆☆ “In a live show, I’d be the only person in the audience struggling not to cuss that this n*gga actually got his way…” — Negative Bleue
☆☆☆☆☆"Its not a bad song I just hate Odysseus so much I can't stand to see him happy" — Dead_Rain
Would You Fall in Love with Me Again
★★☆☆☆ “An intimately conclusive ending for such a grand story—befitting, to say the least…” — Negative Bleue
★★★★☆" the only thing saving this song is Penelope, you don't deserve her Odysseus." — Dead_Rain
SAGAcious Summary:
NB: My grief is as immense as it is immeasurable. Truly. I do not like the outcome of this retelling. A tale of a selfish king with poor judgement skills is spun into this victorious underdog story. The bridge between his spectacular feats and dodged accountability is not one I can cross easily. I find myself trapped in the middle, contemplating jumping off just to rid myself of the hair-pulling stress. Overall, gonna have to give EPIC a resounding A+ score. A new classic in the musical world, and I hope it receives every award & accolade available.
DR: Odysseus did not deserve to feel joy, he didn't deserve to be badass, HE DOESNT DESERVE ANYTHING. However, the saga kinda ate, it was really dramatic lol
Jorge, where’s the crowdfund for the live show? Just put my card on file; I gotchu, baby.
I starve myself of hearing this masterpiece for months at a time in hopes of recapturing the wonder that surged through my body the very first time. I am prematurely overjoyed for the release of ‘Illium’. My hopes are high, and I trust Jorge not to drop them.
Battle is Done, War is Over: BRC Officially Closes Out the Art Fight 2025 Season!
All competitiveness aside, let's give one last bow to the amazing art this year—mine, in particular!
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue of BRC via Krita; various artists (accredited respectively)
I conquered my yearly PR and finished FIVE whole attacks, y'all! It'd be criminal if I didn't share this...
Starting off with a piece that hit my inbox all of two days into July! This one's called: "aernyn playmate" by lovelila! It's not often that I'm graced with a traditional artwork, so I cherish it everytime I'm able to. 😊
I made the grave mistake of thinking I had a FRIEND in this battle; my own Fossil buddy struck me down with this self-titled AU-esque portrait of my character "Mackynson St. Friday". Zen-Sunis, you shall pay for this!
Talk about AURA. My favorite attack I received this year! 🤭 And from a character I wasn't expecting art from, no less! A little critique on account of the body type being altered a bit, but otherwise, solid. This one is a bit more than "C00lio", Dream-Bubbles.
Onto MY contribution to the mayhem that was AF 2025! I'm proud of, like, everything I drew here. And I feel like my skills kinda went up a bit, I'on know! 🤗
Alas, I was also a fossilized snake in the grass. 😔 Had to hit my talented co-host, @deadrainhaven with a "Closet Haul!!" of his BFF OC's! Aren't they just adorable!?
I will tell you right now: this image below has been a LONG TIME COMING. These two artists, zai & Lasagna_Prince, have been on my radar since last year! And I finally got my hands on them just in time to deliver a piping hot cup of "Sibling Afternoon Tea"! 😤
I'd steal this character if there were no witnesses. HUH?? Who said that?? It must have been the eternal wind that whisps by sugarkittycat04's character, Obsidian. He toils through the night, longing desperately for his wife before eventually falling victim to a dire case of "Cacoëthes Odyssei"...
My mutual, iChiChiChan, thought that I wouldn't put pen to paper simply because we cool...WRONG! Especially when you're hoarding this beautiful, raspberry chocolate man?! I chewed him right on up and spit out a "iChiChiBi DANTE!"!
Didn't I tell y'all that Zen-Sunis was gonna pay for that Mack attack? 😈 Contrary to popular belief, I think revenge is best served steaming HOT! And very few come hotter than this character here! Yet another OC I'd shoplift if the artist turned their head for too long. Sorry, I just can't help that "I Want Yu-RAW...!!".
Who's ready for next year? Not me, because I'll be licking these wounds until May...
See you back on Friday for this month's TOP POST! A little birdie told me it's gonna be: BANGER MADE.
I Guess Y'all Get Accountability AND Art Today, Since It's My Birthday or Whatever...I
It took about two weeks for me to dry my fossilized tears after Art Fight season, but I have a reputation to uphold afterall.
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue & @deadrainhaven of BRC via Krita, Procreate, TikTok
It's actually kinda poetic that my digital footprint would only slap me in the face when I joined a team called "Team Fossil".
So, welcome back, viewers! It's a beautiful Monday at the BRC broadcast station where we're doing a special feature today. No, not because we missed the Lazy Sunday Sh*tpost 🫣 but because it's my [Negative] birthday!
And to soften the still devastating blow of an AF loss, I'm here to a grand showcase of the awesome fun me and my co-host, DeadRainHaven, had during the event!
But first...a formal apology to the Crystal Methhea—I MEAN, Team Crystal...!
I still kinda want a re-count, but I can accept defeat...THIS TIME.
On a much more positive and community-minded note: who wants to see some dope art!?
Let's start with the amazingly talented, @deadrainhaven! Coming in with a whopping NINE (9!) attacks completed this year!
Chara Credit, In Order:
parfaitpuffin
TamaStars
Meowth-Lofthouse
Darling_maddie
Bispie_
parfaitpuffin
FantasyOrchestra
ciphybara
⬆️ (as well as slushpony, witchiinghour, SaphirMiraza, GhostNGhoulz, and chiopio)
arrow_exists
~~~~~~ ✨️Le GAP✨️ ~~~~~
It appears Tumblr has a media limit, and we have indeed reached said limit. 😅 So, I'll have to slide in the @negativebleue portion of AF art on a PART TWO for you guys!
Tell us if you have a favorite piece in the lineup! Personally, the CRK piece for parfaitpuffin was INCREDIBLE. You can not convince me that's not official art—so good!
It's a wonderful birthday for me and I hope y'all have a fantastic day, as well!
Just a post to show off my Draw and Donate Experience!
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @deadrainhaven of BRC via Roblox Draw and Donate, @graphicdesignevident (made a post with the dividers included, but no credits were given. If you see your work, let us know and we will credit you!)
Warning: Flashing Lights?
I know I'm not the only one enamored with the idea of drawing in a server full of other artists. Hell, there are many art games on Roblox itself! Some popular ones I can name are Spray Paint, Draw Me, and Speed Draw. Typically, they can go one of 2 ways: Chill or a Nightmare. From my experience, most times it's alright. However, for some godforsaken reason, sometimes the entire server will be filled with griefers, people hating on you, or people drawing incredibly inappropriate things for a game on a KID'S PLATFORM.
Despite that, for the few days I've been on Draw and Donate, I have only seen a single incident of people being dipwads, (granted, you can't grief people's artwork on there). People are actually pretty chill. The only thing that happened was someone telling everyone their art sucks and then begging them for robux (interesting strategy I have to say).
So overall, pretty good experience!
These are the 2 pieces of art I've done so far! This totally wasn't the only reason I made this post..
I must admit, the way they have it set up has its downsides. You only have 3 layers (THE 3RD LAYER IS THE TOP ONE BTW, IDK WHAT SICK TWISTED INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMED THAT BUT I HOPE ALL YOUR CHICKEN NUGGETS ARE ALWAYS STILL FROZEN IN THE MIDDLE AFTER YOU HEAT THEM UP), have a limited amount of undos, and there's no opacity feature </3. However, it's not too bad when you get used to it. As you can see, you can still get decent results if you just put the time and get some practice.
The main premise however, obviously, is the donations' part. I've been donated a total of 35 robux (more than I expected tbh) while on there. At first, I didn't understand how to activate donations because it was my first time ever playing a dono game. So, if you're interested and it's going to be your first time playing as well, I've linked a tutorial that I used!
Learn how to change the price in Pls Donate on Roblox, whether you're updating a gamepass or a shirt item. This tutorial explains how to edi
It's been pretty fun so far to draw in Draw and Donate, better than I was expecting.
I hope you all have a swaggy day, and I hope to catch you next Saturday at 12pm EST as well!
Our characters & IP's deserve their own super cool fandom, too—we gotta build it! WHO'S WITH ME!?
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue of BRC via Krita, TikTok
The way my motivation went off the charts once I heard of this challenge?? But then again, it is my birthday month too 🤭 But also because of motivation, I swear!
If you're having a hard time trying to find a method to your madness of ideas, projects, and work sessions...may I introduce you to the wonderful world of...
✨️Organizational Documents✨️
I'll go ahead and put y'all onto the super secret sauce of: my Content Calendar!
Pretty snazzy, right? I know! I made it myself and it works awesomely (if you actually stick to it 😌).
I'm BACK from the grave, with an art career to save! If I make even $3 off of my art, I'm quitting my job immediately.
Will I be able to complete out the rest of the year without any (major) failure? Can I strong-arm my very limited audience and artist friend group into joining me?? Find out next time on...
Toga is one of my favorite characters from MHA, and her whole story is so sad lol.
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check Graphics & Media by: @deadrainhaven + Horikoshi (colored in Toga sketch), @enchanthings-a (heart dividers)
Warning: Spoilers
Togas whole thing when we first meet her was her obsession with blood, and her twisted ideas of love and friendship. I mean, while she was trying to SLAUGHTER Ochaco and Tsuyu, she was asking to be their friend and calling them by their first names. She also later on says that her version of love is (quite literally) becoming the person she loves.
So overall....a bit much.
However!
Later on, we learn more about her and her life. When she was first developing her quirk, she started to have her natural attraction to blood. At some point, she found a dead bird and started to drink its blood. Her parents find her and flip out, and she gets quirk counseling or something to basically make her "normal".
Now to be honest this scene is utter nonsense. Like I get that seeing their child drink a bird's blood would be freaky, but the parents had an overreaction in my opinion. Like, they straight up called her a monster and sent her to get "counseling" (aka just getting told for an extended period of time that you're a freak and tells you to be normal). Like yeah, what toga did was not cool, but she's a kid. She ain't evil and a monster she was just a freaky 4/5 year old.
Due to that, she spends most of her life pretending to be someone she isn't, hiding who she really is because everyone would call her a monster. Eventually she can't bear it anymore and she ends up killing a boy she had a crush on and drinking his blood.
She goes into hiding, ends up killing more boys, until she eventually joins the League of Villains.
The League was her home, as she truly cared for her comrades there. There. she could be herself. Her, along with the others, found life difficult with the current society, and wanted to make it easier to live in. Toga wanted to make a world where she could love people how she wanted to. Where she could be her version of a "normal girl".
Despite how she acts, Toga is not evil. She has a very fucked up way of expressing herself, but it is not in malice. I mean, when she at one point was attacking Deku during the Final War, his danger sense or whatever didn't go off, despite her literally attacking him.
Her love was genuine; she just doesn't express it in a good way.
During the Overhaul arc, she helps twice not split by bandaging his head, and comforted him.
She was enraged when her friend Magne died.
I think she was devastated that she couldn't use the then deceased Twice's quirk properly despite their closeness.
and last of all, HER WHOLE THING WITH OCHACO????
Toga in the middle of trying to kill Ochaco, eventually opens up about her past and her feelings. About how it's unfair that she can't be herself, how society rejected her. Why can't she reject them in return? She wanted genuine friendship with Ochaco, but was distraught when Ochaco rejected her.
But even then, Ochaco reached her heart, and Toga didn't want to kill her anymore. Ochaco admitted that she found Toga's smile cute ("the cutest in the whole world"), and it overjoyed her. This ultimately leads to Toga sacrificing her own life to give all her blood to Ochaco so she wouldn't die. She was so grateful to Ochaco taking the time to understand her even after all the horrible things she did....
Toga did genuinely awful things, but she wasn't evil. If her life was different none of this would have happened. Society failed her, and it led her down the bloodstained path she chose.
All she wanted was to be herself and love people the way it came naturally to her. However, bottling up feelings caused them to spiral and fester inside of her in an unhealthy way, and cause her a mental break.
I'm not excusing anything she did, but she deserved better.
Idk, maybe it's because I relate to her somewhat, but her story is genuinely the saddest one there is in MHA (besides Eri's, that was GOD AWFUL).
Anyway folks, I will catch you next Saturday at 12pm for more fandom thoughts I have (hopefully), and I hope you have a wonderful day :)
Believe me, it's NOT for the weak.... (this is essentially a rant post because istg forsaken players want me DEAD)
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check Graphics & Media by: @deadrainhaven of BRC via Procreate (Elliot Fanart), @icyporcelain (Pizza gif divider, Elliot post stamp, Builder Brothers Pizza Divider)
Disclaimer: There is swearing lol
(Ignore the grammar mistake I am too lazy to fix it, honestly only added the pic cause why not im proud of it and its somewhat related lol)
Elliot is a support character from Forsaken. He throws pizzas to heal other players and has a speed ability, "Rush Hour", to evade the killer.
Being a support character leads to Elliot being targeted a lot by killers. Which sucks because I'm not even good at the game in the first place, and now I'm the first to be slaughtered? Give a guy a break.....
Now I understand why don't get me wrong, but what really gets me heated is when no one defends me.
WHY DO GUESTS DO THE GENS INSTEAD OF TURNING THEIR ASSES AROUND AND DOING THEIR J.O.B AS A SENTINEL???
WHY DO SHEDLETSKYS BRING MY SURVIVAL CHANCES TO 0 BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO HIT THE KILLER FROM A MILE AWAY FACING THE WRONG DIRECTION???
WHY DO TWO TIMES JUST STARE AT ME DYING INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING??? WHY ARE YOU AFRAID???
They don't want Elliots to be in the sequel I tell you :(
Obviously, I've met my fair share of good players who actually help me (specifically guests who follow me and give me a medkit, I will love you forever <3). And honestly, I've been on a lucky streak of joining servers of players who actually do their jobs.
Honestly the only players who haven't let me down are Dusekarrs. Love you guys, y'all never let me down.
Now this is getting its own section because this makes me a different type angry.....
I'd say I'm pretty good at throwing the pizzas (I'm a lvl 100 Elliot). Always make sure to throw them in front of where someone is running so they can see it and heal. Sometimes I'm good enough to throw it directly at them so they don't even need to try to go for it.
So, tell me why....... I see so many players...... not go for the pizza?
Do they not see it? Are they ignoring it?..... Do they have a death wish?
I'll throw one directly in front of them and they will run right by, like they aren't at 20 health right now and are about to get murdered.
At first, I thought maybe my placement was bad (even though there's no real way to miss it, its highlighted and very close to them.), but sometimes I throw it, and they DODGE IT.
IS THERE SOMETHING IM NOT AWARE OF? WHY DO YOU AVOID MY PIZZAS LIKE THE PLAGUE PEOPLE IM TRYING TO KEEP YOU ALIVE. I NEED YOU ALIVE
ARE YOU PANICKING SO BAD THAT ALL OF YOUR SENSES HAVE BEEN SEVERED AND THE ONLY THING YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IS RUN?
Like please I need genuine answers because this shit isn't adding up lol.
I know this was just a rant post, but I hope you at least had some amusement from it and maybe related a little bit. I love Forsaken but goddamn does it make me mad sometimes lol.
Well, I'm off to be tortured as an Elliot!
Take it easy folks, and remember to stay hydrated in this heat!
Happy FNAF Day!! It’s been 11 years since we’ve been blessed with THEE pinnacle of all mascot horror franchises! We don’t intend for this boat to lose steam any time soon (we’re pretty sure the cash cow executives don’t either), and BRC is back like Afton to add more fuel to the fire!
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of and @negativebleue Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @deadrainhaven of BRC via TierMaker
At last we've finalized our coverage for FNAF’s latest release, Secret of the Mimic, and we’ve released our official 'BRC Review' on the game!
Also, in good celebratory fashion, we’ve dropped some new tier lists! Packed with all your beloved (and despised) FNAF icons; maybe you’ll agree with our assessments? Maybe not! Maybe you’ll argue with us in the comment section—WE DUNNO! /lh
↓ You can check it all out below! ↓
GAME REVIEW: Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Secret of the Mimic…can’t say it didn’t live up to its name! I tuned into the King of FNAF for my review, and let’s just say, even Mark wasn’t feelin’ it fr.
So many elements of this game were fantastic and made for captivating playthrough; however, the style of the game seemed better fit for a different franchise maybeeee??? Like, this would have been an instant classic, all-time favorite on a platform like Roblox, but it left much to be desired when sporting the Five Nights at Freddy’s nametag. Not the first one to say so, but did they bite from a game that already bit from them?? Is this the Bite-ception of '25?!
But lemme focus on the positives first! Awesome protagonist/player character. He was relatable, funny for the few lines he had, and actually was somewhat a human? Finally a game where a normal person isn’t thrown into demonic horrors on a whim, then they just immediately acclimate and take it in stride—bro, I’m a CIVILIAN, not a soldier! Also, we gotta show love for the Data Diver tool mechanism. Making this maze-like building with several interconnecting areas & avenues being restricted by your tool's current permissions was a pretty unique aspect to add. I wish it wasn’t so spoon-fed to you, though. Imagine if you were able to forego the need for the permission, via some procedure? I could definitely see if the player was able to “hotwire” the door, so to speak in order to bypass that specific door. You’d have to do it everytime, and it’d be a little reaction test mini-game in order to get in; that would be crazy in chase scenes, too! And you’d only have your own impatience to blame!
My main critique of this game, if I had to choose, was that it was TOO easy. Maybe I just only seen clips from veteran gamers, but outside of purposeful or infrequent losses, nobody was struggling? Might as well been watching a lore recap video, where was the grit!? There was a shockingly low presence of object permanence being displayed by the Mimic. How did you just see me, but because I went into a locker—right in front of your face, mind you—you lost all interest and/or knowledge of where I could have possibly went…wrap it up.
★★★☆☆ — Negative Bleue
Well put together game, just wasn’t what I hoped for the next installment. Didn’t have the “FNAF vibe”, just felt more like another mascot horror game. The kind of game that gets popular for a while then dies down cause it wasn’t anything special. I’m not one of those “Original formula was better!!” kind of people, 'cause I do think it got quite repetitive. It just didn’t have any elements of FNAF in it, it was just a puzzle walking simulator, while also having ‘some’ sort of stealth mechanic.
From an entertainment perspective, I was not captivated. I’m being completely honest, I remember only about 20 minutes of the game because I could not be bothered. The only parts I remember are the recycling bot and the Music Man-esque bot that crashed through the ceiling chasing the player. I was watching CoryxKenshin play it (love ya Cory <3), and he wasn’t even enough to keep me locked in.
Also, I don’t know what the lore is so you don’t get an opinion on that...
★☆☆☆☆ — Dead_Rain_Haven
TIER LIST: FNaF Games
HEAVEN SENT
FNAF: 4
The PINNACLE of FNAF! Truly a gem within the series. Not only is it the scariest, its gameplay is quite good! The audio focus really amps up the fear factor, as you MUST put yourself in a vulnerable situation in order to deter the nightmares. Not to mention the designs! Though quite simplistic in terms of what’ll make them scary, it works well within the theme of a child hiding from monsters. The cutscenes work well in portraying the story, giving us more hints and build up until the big -CRUNCH- of ‘83. Overall, a lovely FNAF experience.
ACTUALLY PEAK
FNAF: 1
Only game TO THIS DAY that I actually own and still play. The classic that started all of this degeneracy that even takes place in this post. Will forever have my love & appreciation, I hope the FNAF team spins the block on this masterpiece one day.
ULTIMATE CUSTOM NIGHT
Absolute gem amongst a cave of rocks. Nothing like a game that hands you full control to test if your skill can cash the check that your ego wrote up. Y’all remember when Mark was stressing trying to beat this damn thing? And even he capped it at 20-5!! Chef’s kiss. No notes, except we got a few more animatronics to add now-a-days. UCN 2??
PIZZA SIMULATOR
Pizza Simulator is quite the fun game, combining different elements to make a different story each time (Because it has multiple endings and all). It combines the classic features of ‘checking cams’ (really you’re just keeping track of a motion detector), while also adding a new element of noise detection. It’s also neat that you can stall/prevent an animatronic from coming in by staring at the vents. It’s interesting that as the player, you can decide how many enemies you can actually deal with by purposefully losing the salvage, so they won’t enter the pizzeria. Speaking of the pizzeria, actually designing and managing the place is quite cute!. It serves as a bit of a break between the scary parts, so it’s not just back to back survival situations.
BANGER
FNAF: 2
This is personally my (Dead_Rain) favorite FNAF game. It’s great lore wise, has good animatronic design (LOVE YOU MANGLE!!), and looks good as well. The only problem is that the gameplay can be redundant because most of the animatronic can be dealt with the same way, by using the mask. Only exceptions to the rule would be Golden Freddy, Withered Foxy, and the Puppet.
HELP WANTED: 2
Help Wanted walked so Help Wanted 2 could run. The minigames are more fun and creative this time around (not that they weren’t before) and the entire look of the game is interesting to the eye. FNAF in VR will always be a banger, and they haven’t missed yet!
DREAD BEAR
As spooky season lovers, of course we enjoy the Halloween DLC for Help Wanted! All the minigames are fun and stylized. All the animatronics have great designs. A truly sweet treat for the Halloween season!
SECURITY BREACH
One of the only games to take their classic concept, put it through the “new & improved!” blender, and somehow come out the other side…incredible!? Such a great body of work that includes exactly how the FNAF franchise would elevate and adapt in the competitive, capitalistic world of children’s media & entertainment. I KNOW we have several games on why this is a bad idea, but can we please get the Pizza Plex IRL? They drop billions of dollars on everything else, but the important stuff it seems. Hmph!
INTO THE PIT
Don’t remember too much of it (it’s been awhile), but from what I remember it was pretty cool! Artstyle was cool, and the story was engaging. The fetch quests can be a little annoying but otherwise the gameplay is good.
CORNBALL!
FNAF: 3
FNAF 3 is kind of piss poor in the gameplay department, but it’s cool lore wise. The game is too easy, and despite it being a cool idea to have 1 real enemy, it was executed poorly. The phantoms are more annoying than anything (2 of them you don’t even need to deal with), and springtrap can be fooled rather easily. And while I personally don’t mind the phantom’s designs, it is indeed somewhat silly. The lore through the minigames is always cool, but that’s really all it has going for it.
SECURITY BREACH: RUIN
We’re here to bring you real, fandom insight here at BRC, so we have to come clean. We don’t know what the Helly even happens in Ruin. With very few visual recollection to gather from, it’s looking like it’ll get the automatic mid-tier “CORNBALL!” ranking simply for not peaking either one of our interests enough. I know, it’s a bit of sloppiness coming from your favorite fandom news broadcasters. It’s even wilder considering we were just giving its predecessor the Gawk Gawk 3000 in all categories. Sorry, but this sequel kinda Ruin’d it for us!
HELP WANTED
Help Wanted was a good surprise when it was announced! Help Wanted is a fun experience for even the most casual of gamers, as all the minigames are engaging and can offer some good difficulty. Seeing the animatronics size compared to yourself, having to manage the cameras as you can hear animatronics looming outside your door, the timing terror that is the plush trap minigame? Cool as hell! However the game can fall a little flat in some areas. The controls can be kind of iffy, and some of the minigames are just kind of repeats of each other at times. Otherwise, a good time even if it has its drawbacks!
DOWN-BAD DELIRIOUS
FNAF WORLD
FNAF World is well uh….interesting. It’s certainly a game for sure. It doesn’t really fit in with the other games, in more ways than one. First of all it’s an RPG, which I don’t think fits FNAF style. Also….despite it’s lore, the game itself just looks odd. It definitely looks like Scott made it, but it doesn’t feel like something he wanted to create, if that makes sense? Had a vision, didn’t execute it well.
EXIT STAGE LEFT
SECRET OF THE MIMIC
Great Concept! Even greater game mechanics! Poor gameplay, poor storyline, poor overall installation. This, opposite of Security Breach, is how you do the “bigger and better” motif absolutely dismally. Felt like an anti-climatic game of run-around just to kill some time. If we were die-hard collectors of anything FNAF, obviously this would be on our shelves. But if we were just in the market for a good game, this game would be rolled past like a stop sign at night.
GET THE F*CK OUTTA MY FACE
FNAF: SISTER LOCATION
Fnaf Sister Location was a miss for us. It played on a linear path, so every playthrough was essentially the same. The animatronics had stellar designs, but unfortunately got nerfed in a mediocre game. We feel as though the game only picks up near the end, but by the time you get there you are already done with it.
FNAF: AR
B*tch, what is this game???
TIER LIST: FNaF Characters
BEST CHARACTER OF ALL-TIME
Showtime Foxy, my GOAT. “Funtime Foxy” for the puritanical noobs. As a former theatre kid, you knew where this was going. The bravado, the grandeur, the voice box that obviously was more expensive than anyone else’s! If the objective is to put on a show, I am always thoroughly entertained. And finally! Someone who gives a damn about punctuality. The rest of these chumps are big fans of stalling for dramatic effect or whatever—not my Foxy. Be there or be dead!
BEST DESIGN
Glamrock Freddy. DUH. Hands down. Have you seen the color scheme? The shape language? The c*nt?? Okay, well maybe you haven’t seen the c*nt…but if you ever find it, call us at 1800-BRC-LINE.
WORST CHARACTER OF ALL-TIME
Withered Bonnie. If you wanted hot dog swamp water levels of ASSery, you came to the right place. As fellow Bonnie lovers, this n*gga AIN’T taking it! Hoes showing up to the function faceless and somehow supposed to eat?? Oh, the lies a fandom will tell you…
WORST DESIGN
Toy Chica is a travesty amongst character design. I remember first seeing her in the freshly released gameplays, I knew the porn-brained override got to the creators at last. No way you took the only fem-adjacent robot, stuck her in a diaper & bib (with a breast bump), snatched her waist in, “feminized” her face, and then called her TOY Chica. It’s giving: p*do diaper fetish or something. And her beak can conveniently “fall off” in this design…I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE!
How many more years you think the fandom has in its tank? Or have we officially reached all-time classic status like Star Wars or Pokémon or somethin'?
Check back in with us on Saturday for @deadrainhaven's star-studded solo broadcast! I hope it features some of his awesome art!
Oh look, you read the whole the thing. Way to go, SuperStar! Have a Bleue-Rainy day for your troubles...!
Let's talk about one of Kirby's forgotten enemies!
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @animatedglittergraphics-n-more (kirby warpstar divider), @enemylv1 (heart divider), Kirby Wiki (official Batafire Art and Sprite)
Batafire (バタファイア) is a mid boss introduced (and only appears) in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. It drops the burning ability upon defeat.
As you can see its a flaming bat with a cat like face.
It does not appear in any game besides the one it debut in. Has no official merchandise. Has relatively very few fanarts of it when you search it in Google. In fact you can get to the bottom of results rather quickly, and my old fanart was actually one of the top results upon search (it isn't anymore for some reason lol).
So....what makes this enemy so special me?
Well, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror was actually the first ever video game I had ever played. And ever since I was very little, Batafire had won over my heart with how absolutely adorable it is. Its a good mid boss as well, utilizing the environment it is in to challenge the player on its swooping attack style.
I don't understand why they have never appeared again, they are a good enemy! Was it because it possessed the copy ability Burning, which was falling out of the devs favor shortly after Amazing Mirror's release? Or because it was the 3rd least bought main line Kirby entry (Supar Star being second, and Mass Attack being first)?
Whatever the reason, I wish they would get some appreciation within the games and fandom as well! I never see anyone making any content for them. It saddens as they are my baby lol.
Fun Fact: before rebranding my main account, @deadrainhaven, my old user used to be livingfirehazzard. This name and my old theme were all based around Batafire!
I hope to see more love for my flaming bat buddy, but until then, Dead_Rain is signing off!
What Roblox game has gotten so many players HOOKED?!
DISCLAIMER: I know Forsaken has lore and is an ARG, but in this post, I will not be going into those details. That will probably be a separate post though!
Written & Published by: @deadrainhaven of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @lime-erance (chance themed dividers), @fymo-blogs (two-time themed dividers), Forsaken Dev Team
After recently playing Forsaken with my co-anchor @negativebleue, I've been inspired to write about what many players, including myself, have found so fun/charming about this game.
As many players would claim, Forsaken is basically a Dead by Daylight clone. Not surprising, as many Roblox games often take inspiration from popular games on other platforms. Though unlike Dead by Daylight, this game is themed around Roblox Hackers!
The game play loop is simple: You and your teammates must survive from the (player) killer while the clock ticks down! To aid the survivors, they have the ability to do generators to reduce the time!
Let's see who's within our cast of Survivors!
Survivalists:
Survivalists specialize in evasion and self-preservation. They excel at avoiding the Killer and doing objectives until the end of the round. These survivors are ideal for players who prefer a stealthy playstyle. - Forsaken Wiki
Noob: Noobs are a free survivor who uses different food items to help them survive
007n7: Survivor ($500) who uses his clones and teleportation as a means to get away from the killer quickly
Sentinels:
Sentinel Survivors are frontline defenders who focus on stunning the Killer and protecting teammates. They often have higher health or regeneration abilities, making them more durable during confrontations, and they can either be long-ranged or close-ranged when it comes to defending. - Forsaken Wiki
Shedletsky: A free Sentinel that has the ability to slash the killer (stuns them) and to self-heal via his fried chicken
Guest 1337: A Sentinel ($500) who can charge into/punch the killer (stunning or nullifying their abilities) and block attacks
Two Time: A Sentinel ($600) with the unique ability to revive themselves.... as long as they get enough stabs in the killer.
Chance: A Sentinel ($777) who's entire gimmick is luck. He can shoot the killer, take away weakness, reroll his health, and can recharge his abilities. Of course, only if he is lucky....
Supporters:
Support Survivors focus on healing and protecting their teammates. While they have lower health, their abilities make them invaluable for team survival. - Forsaken Wiki
Elliot: A Support (Free) who gives pizzas to his teammates to heal them! He also has a rush ability, allowing him to speedily escape the killer.
Dusekkar: A Support ($600) who can shield/buff allies and slow down the killer.
Builderman: Asupport ($500) who can build turrets (slows down killer) and healing machines.
Taph: A Support ($600) who uses tripwires and bombs to slow and distract the killer.
Of course, its now time to introduce the killers hunting our poor survivors!
Jason: A Killer (free) with a few tools to his disposal to kill the survivors. Has an ability (raging pace) which gives him immunity to stuns and the ability to see the closest survivor.
John Doe: A Killer ($1,000) who can set up traps, send a wave of spikes, and reveal the auras of survivors to stop them in their tracks. He also leaves a trail of corrupted code that can hurt and slow survivors.
c00lkidd: A Killer ($900) who can lunge at survivors to deal damage and set them ablaze. He can also throw bricks (reveals aura) and spawn in clones to damage survivors.
1x1x1x1: A Killer ($1,250) who specializes in ranged abilities. They can perform a horizontal slash (ranged), a dagger throw (will make the target stunned and have to perform a minigame to free themselves), and can summon killed survivors as minions.
The gameplay itself is quite fun. The rounds are short, so no round overstays its welcome. During the round, you can do generators to reduce the time to increase the odds in survival (though upon a survivor's death, it will add time as well). The minigame for it is quite simple (you just need to connect different colored dots together without overlap, like one of those mobile games), so it's easy to master. The maps have different advantages and disadvantages, and all look nice. After each round you'll earn money, which you can use to buy fun skins and emotes! And don't worry, the grind is not bad. It doesn't take too long to stack up on cash. Personally, if you're trying to grind, I recommend playing as either Elliot or Taph, as they make easy money with their abilities.
There are only a few complaints I have:
The hitboxes in the game can be quite janky. Whenever I'm playing, I feel as though I'm being hit from a mile away sometimes. Or when I'm playing killer, I'll be right up against a player and for some reason unable to land a hit on them.
Another thing is that the stamina feels like it drains so quickly. I'm an Elliot main, so basically half of what I'm doing is running since I'm a support character. But if I'm being chased, it feels like a death sentence unless I can find a sentinel to help me. However, this could entirely be a skill issue (probably is lol), so take that criticism with a grain of salt.
With all that said, I quite honestly love Forsaken. I'm not one who cares too much for competitive games, but Forsaken has such charm to it that I can't stop playing!
That's gonna be it from the BRC, let us know what you think of Forsaken if you have any thoughts to share!
We've been doing this backwards for AT LEAST a couple hundred years!
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue of BRC
I know a lot of us, especially of the queer variety, feel left out of adulthood and/or the ability to reach full maturation as all the honor titles were created without regard for individuality, logic, or respect for all genders. That ends today!
Can you tell I'm a lil' autizzy yet?
Anyways! Starting with the relationship categories, this might be where our rigid traditional standards got it all wrong.
For one: m*n should absolutely adopt a plural honorific once they are partnered! Everyone should! I'm basing this off the marriage ideal—and very romantic sentiment—that "two people become one" after making a life commitment to each other. Of course, two is just the minimum here since we love & stand with the polyamorous babes, but the idea remains the same. So, despite the repulsive practice of making a married woman the essential DLC add-on package to her h*sband, everyone just adds an 'S' to their base title to indicate your "taken"/plural status in life. Plus, now the spellings actually correspond with their pronunciation because why was 'MRS.' being said like, "misses"...???
My approach with the neutral/non-binary/anonymous alignments were to still give a more wide spread of gender variations to select from. I think one of the main things us enby folks despise about gender is its black & white options. So there's some wriggle room to customize, not to mention the world of other titular possibilities still available!
Onto our more noble category of address. In a perfect world, I'd get to be referred to in terms of 'Dignity' or 'Regality', but I'll settle for 'Formality'...for now. 😒
As much as I rock with the idea of using "Ind." for instances where someone must remain anonymous due to identity redaction, unknown gender orientation, or transcendence of gender confines—how the H*LL do you go about saying it?? Like, are we going militant formality as in "Individual Mary-Sue" (which I actually love)? OR maybe toning it down to sound less like a ranking in government and more like a usable prefix, like "Indie John Doe"? Simply pronouncing out the abbreviation unfortunately sounds like you're saying "end [insert name]" and I don't wanna be accused for calling for anyone's literal END. Well...maybe some people.
We all understand the 'King & Queen/Ma'am & Sir" stuff, so let's get to the MEAT. I intentionally didn't go with a title such as "monarch" for the 'Regality' alignment 'cause I think that's more of the overarching job title and not specifically a personal addressing of one who holds the position. You feel me? Once again, it still works if someone's gender and/or identity is being withheld for whatever reason—confidential or characteristic, plus now we have an expansion to actually choose from.
Really quick, the abbreviations are, like, my favorite thing ever. I feel like seeing these terms shorthanded makes me think about how they would fit in so perfectly in our modernized, "civilized" world. The further implementing of diverse gender terminology in addition to retraction of misogynistic titling conventions is actually a HUGE sign that a "progressive" society is standing on its own word. I hope to see it one day! 🥲
Do any other non-binaries out there use honorifics? Which ones do you prefer in your day-to-day lives? Personally, I'm a MIXER (Mxr.)! Are there any people out there willing to start bullying m*n into using "Mrs."?? I'll help!
I sure hope you learned a thing or two, or at least, know your righ—I mean, choices of address moving forward. Tune back in next week at noon for yet another solo broadcast by me, Negative Bleue!
If PRIDE is a "Sin", then May I Never be Sanctified!
Breaking News! More like, 'HEARTbreaking News'!
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
We can't believe Pride Month is already coming to a close. But the love we share will forever be year-round!
It's been 30 days of contested celebration,
10 years since the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S.,
and a few millennia of unwarranted prejudice towards our LGBT+ community.
With the way things seem to be going, it feels like we're in for a millennia more...
We'd love to keep relentlessly optimistic attitudes during these trying times, however, I think we've gotten to a point where everyone can feel it now. With so many legal precedents being marched over in such a blatant "Because I said so!" fashion, it's hard to find the sunlight from behind the thundering clouds.
But ain't that exactly the conditions under which rainbows are made?
Aren't we supposed to supposed to be symbolic of hope & might, and an awe-inspiring display of resilience? Isn't the nature of Pride to be unabashedly yourself, even when others wish you into hiding and humbleness??
That means we have no choice, EXCEPT to live authentically. Coming from two super queers who are regularly clocked as such: just be free, g*ddamnit...
The 1%-Scum have sped up climate change so fast, we'll be dealing with storms sent from Poseidon himself. And that means stronger, more frequent rainbows to follow! We'll either survive this g*nocidal hunt to thrive another day, or it all goes down in some political stand-off to end the world as we know it. 🤷🏾 My money's on the nukes, but I'm still hopeful for the flood.
Regardless, I'm deadset on being me for ME until I D-I-E. Here's to hoping others affected can find the courage to do the same. 👉🏾🥂👈🏼
Happy Pride to everyone!
I can't speak for the rest of peoples, but I'm gay EVERY day out of the calendar year (maybe except when it's time to give blood—but that's it!), so nothing really could stop me at this point. Perhaps this is me being a lil' troll-like, but the anti-queerness makes me want to...be extra queeeeerrrrr???
Welp! Sounds about right, y'all have a fag-tastic Bleue-Rainy day—your rainbow will be waiting for you to do so! 😊🏳️🌈
Competitive Charity + Creatives' Characters = ART FIGHT!
Nothing wrong with a lil' competitive drive to keep everyone motivated during the month!
Written & Published by: @negativebleue of Bleue-Rain Check
Graphics & Media by: @negativebleue of BRC via TikTok
I'm so hyped, I hardly have finished my account & character updates! 😭 Didn't stop THIS news anchor from running zyr mouth on the World Wide Web yet again! See for yourself!
Aaahh! The energy is electric, ain't it?! I know it's Lazy Sunday, but I'm having a hard time chilling amidst all this excitement!
Sure hope to see y'all out on the battlefield this year! Go Fossils, bring home the gold! 🎉
