The tribute to Peter you just posted is BEAUTIFUL. ♥♥♥
thank you so very much! ♥ his life was so bright and beautiful, so i tried my best to capture that even though i feel like i left sooo much out. i really appreciate you saying that; thank you again ♥
Gif original: @alternate-title. Jogo dos 7 erros: Tente identificar o Peter escondido no meio dos filhotinhos. De preferência, sem desmaiar com a overdose de fofura. Find the 7 differences: try to find Peter hiding in the middle of his fellow puppies. Without passing out from the cuteness overdose, please.
Como se não bastasse You Bring The Summer ser um amorzinho de música, eles ainda fizeram esse clipe recheado de referências, ao melhor gosto do Capitão América! ♡♡
(Caso a limitação de marcadores me impeça de citar os álbuns, são quase todos os que tem a banda com a formação original completa: The Monkees; More of The Monkees; Headquarters; Peixes, Aquário, Capricórnio & Jones Ltda.; e The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees.)
Thank you, @alternate-title, for the original gif.
Like if all the lovely cuteness and relaxing surf music feeling weren’t enough to make You Bring The Summer a lovely song, they made a music video full of funny, nostalgic references! ♡♡
(If this limitation of tags thingy keep me from tagging all the albums on the animation, here comes the reference: The Monkees; More Of The Monkees; Headquarters; Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.; and The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees.)
alternate-title replied to your post: Rubber Soul :)
It’s quite interesting, really, how the same person could write such a beautiful, introspective song as In My Life and such a misogynistic song as Run for Your Life on the same album…
I totally agree. I think it’s probably one of the best ways to sum up how complex an individual John could be. On one hand an artist and an open minded person. On the other, probably a product of the culture he grew up in who also struggled with his own personal demons.
A few years later, he did express a lot of regret over writing it, so I I think that’s also a good reminder that people’s personalities can evolve over time and can shift away from problematic viewpoints.
I see you posted a new fic prompt thing, so... Mike, Peter and 1. :)
Thank you. :) Sorry I took so long to respond to this. I hope to have your other request up soon.
1. Caveat Emptor: Let the buyer beware
Treasures
“Ok Peter, why is there a purple elephant sitting next toMr. Schneider?”
Peter blinked and looked up from his bass guitar. He hadmeant to take his new find to his room before now, but he had gotten distractedby an idea for a new bass line. Thus, he had just spent the last thirty minutestweaking it with Mike having come back from the grocery store in the mean time.
“His name is Aloysius and why do you ask?” he replied.“Don’t you like him?”
“It’s not a matter of liking him or not,” Mike said, leaningagainst a wall. “I’m just wonderin’ where it came from. I thought you were justgoin’ to the library today.”
“Well, I was,” Peter said. “I mean, I did. I took my bookback. Couldn’t find the one on mushrooms I was looking for. And then I left. Itwas when I passed by the hot dog stand that I ran into the nice man who said hecould do me a favor.”
“A favor?” Mike echoed. “What did he mean by ‘a favor’?”
“He said that he needed to find a home for Aloysius and thathe’d sell him to me for only two dollars,” Peter answered.
“Two dolla—how is him selling you that stuffed animalhelping you out?” Mike said.
“Because he’s not just a stuffed animal,” Peter said. “He agood luck charm. He’ll bring us luck for ten years.”
“Uh-huh,” Mike said, crossing his arms over his chest. “Anduh, what about the guy you bought him from? Why was he selling him?”
“Well, he said he needed to raise money for bus fare so hecan go back to his hometown after the fire burned his home down and so he canget a job to replace the one he lost two weeks ago.”
Peter watched the Texan briefly close his eyes and pinch thebridge of his nose. He knew Mike well enough to know that this meant that alecture was soon to follow.
“Good luck charm, man, Pete, that’s just…didn’t you learnanything from the last time? That guy who tried to get you to help him breakinto that store late at night?”
“Well he said that he had forgotten to pay for something andwanted to make sure the owner wasn’t shorted,” Peter said. “How was I to knowthat he planned on stealing the cash register?”
“Or the time that guy offered to sell you a dance club?”
“That wasn’t a bad idea,” Peter insisted. “We could have hada place to play all the time and make money with the drinks and stuff too.”
“Yeah, sure,” Mike scoffed. “If it weren’t for the fact thatthe place had more rats than existed during the Black Plague….”
Mike let out a sigh. Peter though that he was about tomention something else, but instead the Texan walked over and patted hisshoulder.
“Look, Pete, I ain’t sayin’ that your heart isn’t in theright place,” he said. “I’m just sayin’ you need to be more careful is all. Don’let people sucker you in. Like this whole business with this elephant.”
“Oh, I know it’s not a real good luck charm,” Peter said. “Notthe kind that’ll make us rich or anything like that.”
“You do?!” Mike said, flabbergasted. “Then why…why did you…?”
“Well…I thought he was cute,” Peter shrugged. “And he neededa home. That guy said he couldn’t keep him anymore, and it seemed mean to justhave him thrown out. And….”
“And?”
“And…I think he’s still like a good luck charm,” the bassistadded “Sort of. I mean, he makes me think of the good luck we’ve had before.Times when we got money when we really needed it or got a really cool gig. Somaybe he doesn’t bring good luck…but he reminds me of it.”
Mike stared at him quietly in response. Peter wasn’t sure ifany of that made sense. Or more precisely, if it made sense to Mike. It hadmade perfect sense to him, but Peter had also noticed that others didn’t seemto share his version of perfect sense.
Suddenly, Mike smiled slightly and shook his head.
“Ok Shotgun, I get it,” he said. “But I don’ know abouthaving him out here next to Mr. Schneider.”
“Oh that’s just temporary,” Peter replied. “I plan on movinghim to the bedroom later. I think he’d enjoy looking out the window from upthere.”
“Whatever you say, Pete,” Mike said with a chuckle. “I’ll gomake us some sandwiches.”
Peter smiled, pleased to be getting food and that he managedto get Mike to understand how he felt. In that sense, he was pretty sure thatthe elephant was starting to bring him luck after all.