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[easierbythree]

♪ Zavy?

OH MAN I HAD TO THINK ABOUT THIS I DON’T ACTUALLY HAVE A ZAVY PLAYLIST.  But here you go!

Zavyrian Firewing: You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, Meat Loaf. From the cheesy melodramatic spoken-word opening to the glorious exuberence inherent in every 7-12 minute Steinman-penned mini-rock opera, this song exudes the spirit of  super-romantic Zavy before we even get into the narrative: a young man in love with not only his partner but the very experience of being in love, with a bit of cute wordplay as the icing on the poetic cake.

Oh well, you hold me so close that my knees grow weakBut my soul is flying high above the groundI’m trying to speak but no matter what I doI just can’t seem to make any sound…

And then you took the words right out of my mouthIt must have been while you were kissing me

[rokkzalm]

Seraph Wings Kiravel

0DE1F5 / ABF2FC / F0EB67 / 3A4A56 / B95520

[marshmallow--shark]

I feel like these two would be a really great power couple.

[easierbythree]

♪ for Calamity~

SORRY I’M LATE ON THIS the last couple of days have been pretty shitty. But you know something that makes it better?  Music!

I’m actually stupidly proud of the so-far pretty stupid list I’ve put together for my super-punchy, nigh-invulnerable little girl, full of songs like “Bulletproof” and “Wrecking Ball.”  But one of my big challenges with Calamity is making her a super-obnoxious brat while keeping her fun to party with, and so one of my favorite songs for her is one Spotify coughed up for me, called “She’s a Lady,” by the incredibly stupidly-named band Forever The Sickest Kids. 

I’m in love with a girl I hate, she enjoys pointing out Every bad thing about meI'm in love with a critic and a skeptic, a traitorI’d trade her in a secondShe’s a backseat driver, a drama provider,An instant update of the worldShe’s a first class liar, a constant forgetterShe’s attractive, but bitter…She's a lady, and ladies shouldn't be messed with

[jeffgerstmann]

Thoughts on James Ellsworth?

I kinda stopped watching Smackdown. I just don’t have as much time on Tuesdays and I don’t have a proper TV subscription so it’s either “watch it when it airs” or “don’t watch it.” I still see Raw here and there, but I’m thinking about just deliberately stopping that any day now.

[easierbythree]

Songs for Madison? :o

OH MAN are you in luckbecause you get a sneak preview of the dorkass themed playlist I’ve been putting together for the Urban Shadows crew, The 90s Called And They Want Their Mixtape Back.  I’m not even joking about that.

There might be better songs out there, but I restrictedmyself to 1989-1994 – in other words, what Megan would have been listening to aroundthe time she died.

“Losing My Religion,” R.E.M.“Everything About You,” Ugly Kid Joe“Fell On Black Days,” Soundgarden“Disarm,” Smashing Pumpkins“When I Come Around,” Green Day

[bravefrontierpros]

Thinking of pulling during the 3 Gem Event?

Here’s what you can expect!

[impulsiveingenue]

20!

20: A character you like but you really, really shouldn't.

Ilia Volyova, from the Revelation Space universe. She is one of the officers of the lighthugger starship Nostalgia For Infinity, which is at best described as “a wretched hive of scum and villainy” -- and it goes downhill from there. Volyova is the only non-transhuman of the crew (which numbers about seven people, give or take the odd murder or assassination), but she is far from the least scary. 

She’s the only person on the crew with the stones to talk to the Captain, who is infected with an alien disease that is slowly infecting the ship (not the crew, the ship) and merging him with it in the process. She controls the arsenal, which is to say she has the command codes to the sometimes-sentient and occasionally causality-violating superweapons the Nostalgia For Infinity found hidden inside an asteroid, and she uses them with delight and aplomb - the least of these weapons is designed for killing entire continents. If she’s unsure of your motivations, she’ll hook you up to a neural trawl and give you brain damage to find out. 

Despite being responsible for a truly horrifying amount of death and destruction, she is still probably not the worst person in these books, and does enjoy something of a redemptive arc as the series progresses, but still, she’s a complete bastard, if admittedly a magnificent one.  

Basically what I’m saying is you should read Revelation Space.