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Fanmix: Old Enemies | New Lovers

boomwizard — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:53:26 GMT

Medium: Television

Fandom: Multiple

Subject: My Top 5 Ships

Format: All mp3. 25 tracks. 195 MB rar.

A/N: Been working on this one since January because I'm a lunatic. I've also decided that (in all likelyhood) I won't be making mixes anymore and I wanted to go out with a bang. So I made another huge mix, but instead of limiting it to just one pairing I decided to do what I've always wanted and made a multiship mix- for my all time favourite OTPs. Genres vary, as usual, because I have eclectic taste.

This is my mixing swan song. Enjoy.

01. THE ANTIDOTE THE HINT You are the strength to believe the path I've taken is right When you can't sleep at night and it's driving you mad Hang on to the light, it'll bring you back When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars One of them is mine	02. WONDERS THE SOUND OF ARROWS I will never forget, the weight of the world When we were together, I long to return I will never forget, how you made me feel Come make me relive the wonders of that time Back when you were mine
03. ALL THE SAME SICK PUPPIES I don't mind where you come from As long as you come to me But I don't like illusions I can't see Them clearly I don't care, no I wouldn't dare To fix the twist in you	04. ONLY YOU CARTEL And I feel you crawling out my veins Leaving the walls inside with flames Burning the emptiness I've saved Until only you remain But then my lungs collapse and you pull me out Forever I've been changed
05. SURRENDER JESSE BONANO I surrender All the things that kept my heart from telling you And though I'm scared of how you'll answer Know that every part of me's in love with you	06. LAST TIME PAPER ROUTE Let me hold your hand my dear at least until the smoke has cleared Our love has turned to war tonight I don't know why I go in circles
07. FALLING INTO PLACE THE AFTERS Somehow Somewhere You found me there It was the moment that it all became clear I was on the edge Of a distant world A shattered life	08. EDGE OF HEAVEN BREATHE CAROLINA It's the touch of your skin Is it lust or envy I can't hold back My pride won't let me I'm seeing red This is all too deadly
09. ISLAND THE STARTING LINE Let's go to bed Let's stop debating Look at the time We're always waiting But we're in love and that should be just fine	10. SING TO ME BEFORE THEIR EYES When I can't sleep I need to hear your voice Would you sing to me Would you sing to me ‘Cause I can feel a part of me starting to break And when you are away from me it's harder to breathe
11. BREAKER BREAKER LÓRIEN So get used to all the noise As long as you love there will never be a choice Open your eyes You're losing your head Was it something that I said?	12. SHOW ME LOVE SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS You close the door on the raging and never put it out And you wonder why Your blood it boils and it won't calm down Because your heart is mine And it calls you out
13. 2'S COMPANY CHARLTON HILL Aching to siphon your senses I'm on the outside and peeking in Listen to the gut feeling It leaves me reeling and reels me in	14. ORIGINAL SIN HYBRID Late at night and lost in your love In the dark, I want you near I'm your whore and you're my white dove I can make us disappear
15. WHERE WE BELONG BRIGHTEN I like it when she sings to me Soft like singin' with the birds and bees You can put her right next to me 'Cause there's where we belong, my baby	16. SOMEONE LIKE YOU THE SUMMER SET My unpredictable girl, you're impossible girl You know that it's true, oh oh, no matter what you do I'd cross the world for someone like you Yeah, you're perfectly imperfect, my love
17. THE MEMORY WILL NEVER DIE DEFAULT The day you surrendered to me The memory will never die The love that you gave I'll never throw it away	18. CIRCLES THISISASHAKEDOWN! It's going down and it seems I can’t do anything To make you see that, I want to be with you girl But every time that I try, you just look away And all I want is you but we're going in circles
19. YOU BELONG HERE ANBERLIN You were meant to be with me You are the better part you'll see Always have and always will For the rest of my life	20. ORCHIDS THE LIVES OF FAMOUS MEN Now dear I'm nothing without you To wake up beside you It keeps me in one piece
21. LOST WITHOUT YOU VANBOT And I will hide away the things that hurt I close my eyes then maybe the wounds will heal 'Cause I never knew, I'm lost without you And who would I be if you weren't next to me	22. CARRY YOU WAVORLY I'll run away, I'll carry you Take the world off your shoulders When you can't carry on I'll carry you
23. LOVEPRINT CLARA Cause life, it runs out too soon And all that I want to do Give the world a love that is true Share the love that I have with you	24. BELIEVER VIVA VOCE I'm a believer now I'm a believer now And there's nothing that I can to do To keep me safe from you
25. CLOSE TO YOU NEON TREES Lonely eyes been watching me I can see what you want me to see I wanna be close to you All we need now is the dark Dancing shadows move on to white walls I wanna be close to you

Regarding Track No. 13...

Grievous oversights happen, okay?

2's Company has been my #1 Bram song since the dawn of time and it had no business being on my previous mix. First person to call me out on it gets a shovel to the face.

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Fanmix: Darling

boomwizard — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:56:44 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Warehouse 13
Subject: H.G./Myka
Format: All mp3. 25 tracks.
Spoilers: Vague ones for all of Season 3.
A/N: The finale depressed me so much I had to make this crazy ass mix to help ease the pain, although it didn't really help. If anything the sheer amount of fluff sent me hurtling straight back into angst territory and then my brain pretty much blue-screened itself from the emotional upheaval.

This has been a small labour of love so I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did making it.

It's worth noting that this mix follows a linear timeline, starting from the beginning of season three and then playing through right up until the end. At that point it basically just assumes that H.G. winds up being resurrected somehow. ~~And then they get married~~. So I strongly encourage you to listen to it as per track order, or else it's just random mass of noise. The track numbers are embedded right into the files, because I'm nothing if not anal retentive.

01. SHE CAME AROUND HOLIDAY PARADE She came around and cracked the code to my heart She broke me at the seams, hell she tore the whole damn thing apart When she came around with fireworks in her eyes She's got me going crazy, heaven help me sleep at night	02. BROADCAST MEESE And I will broadcast to you, wherever you are And if it finds you someday I hope that you are not too far away If I promise not to lie, would you lay your armor down?
03. FROM WHERE YOU ARE LIFEHOUSE I feel the beating of your heart I see the shadows of your face Just know that wherever you are Yeah I miss you And I wish you were here	04. IN DREAMS WINDSOR DRIVE My wandering mind will lead me Into a place where we only meet in dreams If we both surrender ourselves Then I'll wake up And I'll go back to sleep
05. SUNSHINE AND RAIN THE ICARUS ACCOUNT Sitting in silence trying to fight this Trying to make it last And I don't understand how love can be so hard Why does it hurt so bad	06. NOTBROKEN GOO GOO DOLLS Time won't ever steal my soul We're not broken, so please come home If the world has worn you down I'll be waiting, so please come home
07. MY BEAUTIFUL RESCUE THIS PROVIDENCE My bones are shattered My pride is shattered And in the midst of this self-inflicted pain I can see my beautiful rescue	08. WE'RE WILD ANIMALS (WE ALWAYS WERE) WEAVER AT THE LOOM You caught me so far out By some cosmic fortune found You said, “Come back down, There’s love here now
09. HOLD ON NEW HEIGHTS I walked this road as I made amends I felt much stronger You told me though your heart was leading your hands could never go But you stood up and reached out your hand to me And pulled me in, and pulled me into you	10. ALL WE ARE ONE REPUBLIC We won't say our goodbyes You know it's better that way We won't break, we won't die It's just a moment of change
11. 2'S COMPANY CHARLTON HILL And my mind wonders to destiny It's rivers long and mountains tall and meant to be I'm turning me in, you turn me out My original sin, I can't do without	12. THE CASCADE MOVING MOUNTAINS Well I hope that you know, that you died in my dream We were both in the grass, when the wind took you and put you in my past So just breathe, hold it in and think of me Just don't fall back so carelessly
13. I'LL ALWAYS BE AROUND BRIGHTEN You'll dream of me, love, walking on your roof Climb through the window, live up on the moon Where we walk among the stars, and we know what's here is ours 'Cause I made it all for you	14. THE REASON HOOBASTANK I'm sorry that I hurt you It's something I must live with everyday And all the pain I put your through I wish that I could take it all away
15. DYING TO LIVE AGAIN HEDLEY I will fight for a way To make up for the mess that I've been leaving A second chance is all I'm meaning And anything I can do just to make it up to you I would do anything I'm dying to live again	16. RUNNING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION TAKE COVER You were the only light I saw Showing me the way Leading me through darkness I know you can save me if I only let you in Be my guiding light to follow Save me, save me
17. LIFT ME UP THE AFTERS I know that I have let you down But you love me the same And when I'm surrounded When I lose my way When I'm crying out and falling down You are here	18. UP IN THE STARS SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS I'll watch you falling from me When you hit the ground, maybe you'll see The only way to fall is down I'll be up in the stars I'll be anywhere you are Just say you need me and I'll come down
19. ILLUMINATED HURTS Time waits for no one So do you want to waste some time tonight Don't be afraid of tomorrow Just take my hand, I'll make it feel so much better tonight	20. NOT ALONE RED And I'll be your hope when you feel like it's over And I will pick you up when your whole world shatters And when you're finally in my arms Look up and see love has a face
21. RIGHT OR WRONG RAINS Don't be scared now, I'll protect you Live your life, I'll be there for you Right or wrong I'll get it right this time All along you'll know that you are mine	22. TIME AFTER TIME QUIETDRIVE Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of you Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new You say go slow, I fall behind The second hand unwinds
23. BREATHE ANGELS & AIRWAVES I've got a lot to say, if you will let me It's always hard when you're around me Well here right now there's interest in your eyes So hear me out, and hear this the first time I love you, come lay with me	24. SHOW YOU LOVE NAMES We are the same like day and night, like day and night I'll love you till this heart is through You make me laugh like no one could do If it takes a year, decade or two I'll show you love, I'll show you
25. BELOVED TENTH AVENUE NORTH You're my beloved Lover I'm yours Death shall not part us It's you I died for For better or worse Forever we'll be

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Fanmix : Reckless And Crazy

boomwizard — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:37:26 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee
Subject: Rachel/Quinn
Format: All mp3. Eight tracks.
A/N: This was originally going to be longer but I lost all inspiration to finish it because I've reverted back into my "I HATE GLEE" phase. But it was just sitting there asking to be posted, so. It's about the 'Pinkberry' aspect of Faberry, in that it assumes that Quinn's punk phase was more permanent or at least lasted more than one god damned episode.

Also that Rachel is "ironically turned on by Quinn's bad girl image", but that's a given.

01. SPIRIT FINGERS GOODNIGHT SUNRISE Hold your hands up high, never let them down I know that you can find The good in me, the good in anything In all the words that you wanna sing Under these circumstances, she looks all alone She can't stop singing words she's never known	02. NORTHERN LIGHTS FAMOUS LIKE YOU It was like a scene from a movie I threw a look your way and you caught me staring Baby take my breath away So young, so reckless and crazy I feel like I can say anything right now I talk but I don't make a sound
03. WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE THE REAL YOU I thank God I found you I'm finally somewhere I belong But not for long I think time will find you in my arms before too long And singing along	04. TIDES THIS LOVE Time is on our side, you know we're sinking in Into this ocean of love, we're barely breathing As our love sets sail, you know you can't be afraid to steer. (Time is on our side, you know we're sinking in) With our hands raised high, we'll wave goodbye to this town my dear
05. LEGS TANGLED SHOW ME THE SKYLINE Girl, I can barely see your eyes, With your hair in your face. Darlin', I won't lie: I've been longing for your taste, To see the movements your body makes. And I swear we won't forget this. Oh, I know we won't regret this.	06. KISS FROM A ROSE THE ARRIVAL There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea You became the light on the dark side of me Love remained a drug that's the high not the pill But did you know that when it snows, my eyes become large And the light that you shine can be seen Baby, to me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny Won't you tell me is that healthy, babe
07. PERFECT MISTAKE CARTEL I see your face every time I close my eyes It's getting worse you say It comes as no surprise Why am I hell-bent on losing? When I can't get you out of my head	08. SHRINK THE WORLD YELLOWCARD If could then I'd Shrink the world tonight So that i would find You and me inside Of the last good scene

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Fanmix: So Very Obvious

boomwizard — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:38:18 GMT

Medium: ...Real life?
Fandom: Glee/RPF
Subject: Lea Michele/Dianna Agron
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: This mix covers my own personal interpretation of Achele, which is basically romantic friendship - but it's lovey dovey enough to satisfy any hardcore shipper needs. They love each other, platonically or otherwise. It's adorable.

01. MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT RELIENT K And I know that it's so cliche to talk about you this way But I'll push all my inhibitions aside It's so very obvious to everyone watching us That we have got something real good going on And I'm racking my brain for a new improved way To let you know your more to me than what I know how to say	02. WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO WHAM You take the grey skies out of my way You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day Turned a bright spark into a flame My beats per minute never been the same 'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
03. COLOURBLIND DARIUS Nobody told me it feels so good, Nobody said you would be so beautiful, Nobody warned me about your smile, You're the light, You're the light, When I close my eyes	04. LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER RONAN KEATING We found love, So don't hide it Life is a rollercoaster, Just gotta ride it I need you, So stop hiding
05. OBVIOUS HEY MONDAY So surreal as the story unfolds on the screen Stop stalling the credits are rolling Hold me now before we run out of time Let’s rough it up till the end of the night It’s o-o-o-obvious One kiss It’s easy to see you and me	06. LOVE ME HONESTLY BRIGHTEN Well, bless your soul I can tell by the pretty way you look at me I'm not leaving you I bet we'll never know You can tell your eyes anything you want to I'm not seeing through Love, love, love me
07. I KNEW I LOVED YOU SAVAGE GARDEN Maybe it's intuition But some things you just don't question Like in your eyes I see my future in an instant And there it goes I think I've found my best friend	08. IF MY HEART WAS A HOUSE OWL CITY Chills run down my spine as our fingers entwine And your sighs harmonize with mine Unmistakably, I can still feel your heart beat fast when you dance with me Circle me and the needle moves gracefully back and forth If my heart was a compass, you'd be North Risk it all 'cause I'll catch you if you fall
09. WE'VE GOT TONIGHT RONAN KEATING FEAT. LULU We've got tonight Who needs tomorrow? Let's make it last Let's find a way Turn out the light Come take my hand now	10. I LOVE YOU MARTINA MCBRIDE We've got tonight Who needs tomorrow? Let's make it last Let's find a way Turn out the light Come take my hand now

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Fanmix: Jaded

boomwizard — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:11:55 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee
Subject: Quinn/Angst. Also Faberry.
Format: All mp3. Eight tracks.
A/N: So this mix is kind of all over the damn place. It's a conflicting, emotional mess - just like Quinn. Half of the mix is just really depressing inner turmoil kind of stuff, where the other half is Quinn trying to deal with her feelings towards Rachel and the brief respite she finds with her and all that heavy stuff. Because Quinn is damaged as fuck and needs some damn therapy and like a dozen shoulders to lean on.

It's a little intense but that's ...well, my take on Quinn.

01. THE SUN THE NAKED AND FAMOUS Am I placating the notes? Should I fault Cut off my tongue So you say Apparently I'm digging it in I can't feel a thing	02. DIE FOR YOU MEGAN MCCAULEY You want me. You love me. And I hate myself. I need you, but I hate you. 'Cause I want nothing else. I know I shouldn't love you.
03. NOBODY'S HOME AVRIL LAVIGNE Too many, too many problems Don't know where she belongs Where she belongs She wants to go home But nobody's home	04. ANGELS ON THE MOON THRIVING IVORY I wanna feel all the chemicals inside, I wanna feel (I wanna feel), I wanna sunburn just to know that I'm alive, To know I'm alive (to know if I'm alive), Don't tell me if I'm dying
05. BEAUTIFUL THINGS DJ TIËSTO Got up early, found something's missing My only name. No one else sees but I got stuck, and soon forever came. Stopped pushing on for just a second, then nothing's changed. Who am I this time, where's my name? I guess it crept away	06. THE CURE OHIO AVENUE I am drowning in a sea of my mistakes Who can rescue me? Waves are crashing down Everywhere I turn No way of escape But you can take my blame
07. SAVE ME MY DARKEST DAYS You’re the only one who matters, and the only one for me, Now I’m lonelier than ever only your love can save me I’ve wanted this forever, but I want you all for me, You can put me back together, only your love can save me Each day I’m in hell, everyone can tell by the look on my face, Not one day goes by that I don’t wonder why don’t believe its fate	08. GONE BLACK LAB I don't think with my head But there's a couple things To say that should be said Number one Loving you was fun I'm sorry if I hurt you

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Fanmix: The Motionless

boomwizard — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:55:45 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee
Subject: Serial Killer!Quinn
Format: All mp3. Fifteen tracks.
A/N: I love Tumblr. Everyone is so crazy. I don't recall who first started this idea - I don't take credit for it - but anybody who knows me should know of my innapropriate fondness for fictional serial killers and my love of making mixes. Also Faberry. Because I like how the consensus seems to be that Quinn would kill everybody except for Rachel.

And she'd murder Finn especially hard.

Tracklist:

1. This Town Your Grave | Innerpartysystem
2. I'm So Sick (T-Virus Remix) | Flyleaf
3. Predator | Front Line Assembly
4. The Way You Are | 46bliss
5. Always In My Head | Psapp
6. Bound | Mindless Faith
7. Spawn | Brand X Music
8. ComeAndCutMyHeartOut | This Is A Shakedown
9. Truth Be Known | Atlas Plug
10. Don't Cry Out | Shiny Toy Guns
11. Spit It Out | IAMX
12. Keep It In The Family | Hybrid
13. Red Stars (Space Lab Mix) | The Birthday Massacre
14. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Scary Mansion
15. Ghost Symbol | Zero 7

Heavily electronic. If that's not your jam then sorry dudes, none for you this time.

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Fanmix: Scars Bloom Like Roses

boomwizard — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:16:22 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Warehouse 13
Subject: H.G./Myka
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: I did a Helena-centric mix before, and this time I wanted to focus more on Myka. The songs are mostly from her point of view and directed at H.G. - with the exception of #6 which is soley from H.G.'s viewpoint, and #5 and #7 which are shared between the two. As per the rules, I was originally working on a 'fluffier than bunnies made of cotton candy' mix, and my muse decided FUCK THAT SHIT, LET'S DO SOME ANGST. So I tried to compromise and made an angsty mix with a happy ending. In the event that canon is not ignored, there's a lot of hazards on the road to forgiveness. And I wanted to show the musical journey to that destination.

01. ANGELS WITHIN TEMPTATION You broke a promise and made me realize It was all just a lie This world may have failed you It doesn't give you reason why You could have chosen a different path	02. THE SOUND OHIO AVENUE The sound is missing from the air We live and die by just one breath And now I'm suffocating on neglect One moment moves into the next It's the sound of knowing nothing's left
03. FOLLOW SOUND DEAS VAIL And I fell asleep But no one said anything to me So I never knew That you were lost Wondering this world Without a chance of getting through	04. NOTHING AS IT SEEMS KATIE PRIOR There's only so long You can keep it up Before your whole world explodes Everybody knows you're a liar Can we pretend you never meant it?
05. LAY YOUR WEAPONS DOWN BRAND NEW SHADOWS FEAT. EDDIE KIRKLAND It’s been the coldest year I can remember And the leaves just started turning brown So when you see my white flag waving Would you please lay your weapons down	06. THIS NIGHT BLACK LAB There are things I have done There's a place I have gone There's a beast, and I let it run Now it's running my way
07. DANCING ELISA Time is gonna take my mind and carry it far away where I can fly The depth of life will dim the temptation to live for you If I were to be alone silence would rock my tears 'cause it's all about love and I know better How life is a waving feather	08. WE OWN THE SKY M83 Secrets from the winds Burnt stars crying Soft soft or cruel Can't we change our minds? We kill what we build Because we own the sky
09. INCOMPLETE BACKSTREET BOYS I tried to go on like I never knew you I’m awake but my world is half asleep I pray for this heart to be unbroken But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete I don’t mean to drag it on, but I can’t seem to let you go	10. LIFE LEFT TO GO SAFETYSUIT So a pain grows inside and a fear comes alive like you'll never be free But there's no pain you feel that I know love can't heal here at all Oh there's nothing but fear inside you Oh I just hope I can find you And tell you that I know you'll smile again

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Fanmix: Roads That Never Found You

boomwizard — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:26:54 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Warehouse 13
Subject: H.G./Myka
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: I told myself I'd make a much more positive mix for H.G./Myka to offset the horribly depressing one I made before, and I finally finished it. Slightly more Helena centric and heavily inspired by fewthistle's fic 'By The Pricking Of My Thumbs' and it's sequel 'A Kind Of Blindness'. I made the mix with this storyline in mind, so a few key themes might be noticeable if you look hard enough. If you were left in a depressed stupor after the finale and have never seen the 'it was all a dream' thing done well, you need to read these fics right now. Go. Do it now.

01. END OF ALL TIME STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD At light speed can we last for long See it backslide in the burning sun By the way I ought to let you know The equator peeled off when I let you go	02. ANYWHERE BUT HERE SAFETYSUIT Is this the end of the moment Or just a beautiful unfolding Of a love that will never be Or maybe be
03. BROKEN DREAMS AND SECRETS OHIO AVENUE When your strength is gone My love is holding on My love is holding on Even when you can't hold on to me I'll continue holding onto you	04. SYMPATHY GOO GOO DOLLS Stranger than your sympathy I take these things so I don't feel I'm killing myself from the inside out Now my head's been filled with doubt It's hard to lead the life you choose
05. YOU FOUND ME KELLY CLARKSON You found me When no one else was looking How did you know just where I would be Yeah, you broke through All of my confusion The ups and the downs And you still didn't leave	06. LOVE WILL MOVE YOU MICHAEL ROSSBACK Say you're not to fault When all you have just falls without a trace And you're not to blame When nothing's left of things you couldn't change But love illuminates The cracks and breaks In your heart
07. STARS SWITCHFOOT Stars looking at a planet Watching entropy and pain And maybe start to wonder how the chaos in our lives could pass as sane I've been thinking about the meaning of resistance Of a hope beyond my own And suddenly the infinite and penitent begin to look like home	08. SECRET CROWDS ANGELS & AIRWAVES If I had my own world I'd build you an empire From here to the farlands To spread love like violence Let me heal you, carry you higher Watch your words spread hope like fire
09. CELEBRATE EMBRACE Can't make time stand still But you can make it run You can make it bend at will Sparks will light your trail You were never lost You were only off the scale	10. HANGING BY A MOMENT LIFEHOUSE I'm desperate for changing Starving for truth I'm closer to where I started I'm chasing after you I'm falling even more in love with you Letting go of all I've held onto

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Fanmix: Quiet Heart

boomwizard — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:06:47 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Warehouse 13
Subject: H.G./Myka
Format: All mp3. Eight tracks.
A/N: Welp. I said I was going to make a H.G/Myka mix. It just so happens it's bittersweet. And by bittersweet I mean depressing as all get out. They broke my heart, I'm just giving back as good as I got.

01. DRIVING NAILS (STRING MIX) DEMON HUNTER I was the quiet heart I was the place we used to dwell And when the cold would tear your life apart, I was the warmth that you had felt	02. DON'T LET IT FOOL YOU EMPIRES Once you're here, Time begins to creep on us. Every night, every worry comes in. Don't let it fool you.
03. OUT OF THIS WORLD BUSH Are you drowning or waving I just need you to save me Should we try to get along Try to get along	04. I KNEW YOU'D NEVER FLY EYE ALASKA Wake up or fall in the face of them I tried you once but you won't Wake up or fall in the face of them I'm waking up, please help me
05. NUMBERS GREAT NORTHERN Be careful who you're thinking Will save you in the end Maybe we're all just waiting For one beautiful friend We see what we want to see Maybe breathe lighter now	06. THE DUMBING DOWN OF LOVE FROU FROU Well painted passion You rightly suspect Impersonation The dumbing down of love Jaded in anger Love underwhelms you
07. WEAPON MATTHEW GOOD BAND Here by my side, it's heaven Here by my side you are destruction Here by my side a new color to paint the world And you breathe in and you breathe out for it Ain't it so weird how it makes you a weapon	08. SING IT OUT SWITCHFOOT I'm holding on to you My world is wrong My world is a lie that's come true And I fall in love with the ones that run me through When all along all I need is you

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It's a rec post!

boomwizard — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:13:20 GMT

I shamelessly stole the idea for this post from multiple sources. Includes fanvid recs for extra bulk.

Writers I fangirl over:

redlance_ck
ever_obsessed
fembuck
random_flores
quatorz

Popular | Glee | Heroes | Women's Murder Club | Xena | Buffy
Fics with asterisks denote an all time favourite of mine.

The fics:

POPULAR
Brooke/Sam

A Thin Line by fembuck was the very first Brooke/Sam fic I ever read. I'd never heard of the fandom and had no idea who they were. Cut to several years later, I have no love for the show itself yet I'm still inordinately obsessed with the pairing and have zero intention of ever letting them go. If that doesn't tell you how good ~~I think~~ the fic is, nothing will. The sequel is just as amazing. I've long given up hope for a third installment, but a girl can dream, can't she?

* The Closet * is also by fembuck and it takes the cliche of getting locked in a closet together to a whole new, awesomer level. And then some.

quatorz

* True Confessions *
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
Also, his whole verse is pretty awesome.

redlance_ck

* Carried Away *
Like a Volcano, Baby
Fashion Crime
* The Warmth of Fire *
Balance
* Revelation *
* The Snowball Effect *
My Body, Your Temple
The Upside to Being Terrified
The Show

Really, I could go on and I'd just end up listing all of her fics. I can't think of a single one I've read that I didn't lo- OH GOD. Do not talk to me about You Found Me. Seriously, I'm tearing up just thinking about it. How is my favourite fluff author so capable of ripping my heart out and shoving in a meat grinder?

jumptag

* Piece of It *
Language of Love
Another California Night
Colour Theorists

+ Technically not 'fic' but I laughed my ass off.

Sneak by random_flores is a crossover with Women's Murder Club, so Brooke/Sam and Lindsay/Cindy. Boy was that an awesome moment for me, finding this fic.

If you feel like having your heart ripped out and crying in bed for a week then read Deserted Challenges by Soricha. I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it yet, but let me tell you that it's an epic AU both in length and in style - and if you don't cry your eyes out at the ending then you're a heartless monster.

If any of you were wondering where my hatred for the Angst genre stems from, you just found it.

Best Trip Ever by Alex O'Neal. No really, best ever.

GLEE
Rachel/Quinn

* Cowboy Up * - harper_m
* Zone Blitz * - summerstorm
Find a Piece That Hasn't Broken - the_girl_20
Out of My Head - trancer21
* The Avengers * - random_flores
The Perks of Speed - anthimeriate
The Proximity in Dreaming - bizarro_bluth
The Sky Has Fallen - gilligankane
She Knows - trancer21
Third Time's the Charm - wecanfreakout
Wonderwall - anomalousalanna

HEROES

ever_obsessed

Elle/Claire - The Safeword is Pompom
Elle/Claire - No Sale
Elle/Claire - 10 Snippets in 10 Genres (with bonus Sam/Brooke!)

Elle/Claire/Adam - * Lifetime *

And two more by fembuck . Self-cest, anyone?

Niki/Jessica - Chained Melody
Niki/Jessica - Tides Changed

WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB
Lindsay/Cindy

These are all by Liz Estrada. Amazing series.
1. Charge of the Lite Brigade
2. Hang Fire
3. A Knuckle Down Christmas
4. Death and Syntaxes
5. Serendipity
6. In the Weeds

Also, Project Wingman by Misty Flores, which is awesome.

XENA
Xena/Gabrielle

Lila's Little Adventure - Charmer

Aaand that's the only link I have saved that isn't an Uber* fic. Sad, really. I lost all my favourite non-uber's because I used to kill my computers before I grew some common sense. These are compiled from way back when Xena fic was the only thing I ever read...so it's been a while - and as such I have no idea how I'd rate them now, just that I used to love them.

I never realised just how much I really liked Larisa's stories, which were all practically exactly the same formula with just names and scenarios changed, so it's a good thing I really dig her sense of humour and her potty mouth. Really, if you like one Larisa fic, you like them all.

Which is why I have only a handful of recs that aren't by her:

* Castaway * by Fanatic and Advocate. A Survivor Parody. Hi-larious.

Everlasting and it's sequel Eternally by Mavis Applewater. Do I love it when Princesses and Soldiers get together? Indeed I do. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go freak out for a while because it's been so long and now there's a third instalment that I haven't read yet.

The Official Guide to Rescuing and Maintaining Damsels in Distress by K. Alexander. It's been years since I read this (I'm 95% sure it's the right fic, I only re-discovered it just now.) but I remember thinking it was hilarious. With a title like that, what else would you expect?

Dark Elf by J. Falconer. Another one I just rediscovered, but I remember getting a real kick out of it.

The Academy's Finest by Sandra Barret. OH GOD. ALIENS, FIGHTER PILOTS, FUTURE-FIC = MY DREAM AU.

My favourite Ubers by Larisa

* Bumbled Burglary *
Daywalker
Chicken Little
Blind Date
Blue Calm
Street People
The Sanitation Engineer
Mender of Souls
Buried Prejudices
The Blues
Reason of Insanity

I was also going to recommend B.L Miller's 'Accidental Love' but she took it down after people plagiarised her stuff. Stupid thieves ruining it for the rest of us. I'm glad I saved it on my own hard drive when it was still up.

* If you don't know what an Uber fic is, it's basically Original Fiction with the main characters retaining the physical attributes (and often the same personality) of their canon counterparts (in this case 'Xena' and 'Gabrielle') while having different names, back-stories and taking place in completely different time periods. The term originated in Xena fandom and even has it's own genre.

BUFFY

Oz/Willow/Tara - No Tears - bradcpu

Buffy/Faith - Dance the Warrior - samescenes
Buffy/Faith - Chutes & Ladders - aliceinwondrbra

...kay, shut up. I haven't been in this fandom very long. I have no Willow/Tara recs yet. Very sad.

Vids:

Note: Those in italics are unavailable for streaming and must be downloaded.

Avatar | End of the Day | Gen
Avatar | This is Our Land | Gen
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | So Cold | Episodic: 'The Wish'
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Living Dead Girl | Faith study
Cold Case | Numbness for Sound | Rose/Billie
D.E.B.S | Don't Cry Out | Lucy/Amy
Dollhouse | Counting Bodies Like Sheep | Handlers/Actives
Dollhouse | Rush of Blood to the Head | Victor/Sierra
Firefly | Tear You Apart | Simon/Kaylee
Legend of the Seeker | All the Right Places | Gen
Lost | Breakdown | Charlie/Claire/Kate
Multifandom | I Enjoy Being a Girl | Strong women
Multifandom | I'm Your Man | Femslash
Multifandom | Safety Dance | Dancing
Multifandom | Ramalama | Merlin/True Blood/Supernatural
Multifandom | Rhythm of the War Drums | Horror
Multifandom | The Reckoning | Femslash
Multifandom | Unnatural Selection | Post-Apocalypse
Pitch Black | Gone | Riddick study
Popular | In the Sun | Brooke/Sam
Popular | Over My Head | Brooke/Sam
Popular | She Will Be Loved | Brooke/Sam
Xena: Warrior Princess | Anything You Can Do | Xena/Gabrielle
Xena: Warrior Princess | Prelude to a Crucifixion | Xena/Gabrielle
Xena: Warrior Princess | Let Me Entertain You | Gabrielle

I had more but...well, that's Youtube for you. They like deleting all the good videos, or muting them.

And that's the end. END.

Fanmix: Bluest Water

boomwizard — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:13:07 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee (AU)
Subject: Siren!Rachel
Format: All mp3. Eight tracks.
A/N: Directly inspired by this Rachel/Quinn fic series by inkweaver_amara . And when I say directly inspired I mean "OH LOOK, I MADE MORE FANGIRLY STUFF FOR ANOTHER FANFIC. AGAIN." This is a mix of songs that remind me of water, or just generally put me in that dreamy mood - as well as ones that have lyrics that make me think of Sirens and their hypnotic voices.

01. MOTHER OCEAN THE DAYSLEEPERS I am an aura All around you She is the warm glow When the currents flow I am at home now Here in your heart When the waves break	02. TEARDROP MASSIVE ATTACK Love, love is a verb Love is a doing word Fearless on my breath Gentle impulsion Shakes me makes me lighter Fearless on my breath Teardrop on the fire
03. THE RIVER SINGS ENYA ♫	04. VOODOOIZED EMPIRES Help me, I'm in trouble. My body feels just like a double. I don't know what's happened to me. Fire, oh fire. I'm pretty sure I've burned my desire. I think someone voodooized me.
05. THE SOFT GOODBYE CELTIC WOMAN Time to fly, time to touch the sky. One voice alone, a haunting cry. One song, one star burning bright, May it carry me through darkest night.	06. ALTANTIS TWO STEPS FROM HELL ♫
07. CITY OF SAFE HARBOURS PORT BLUE ♫	08. THE SIREN SONGS THOMAS FEINER & ANYWHEN I want to drown in her precious arms I want to listen to the siren songs She got me down into the water And she got me holding on And she's floating oh so peacefully As I'm watching from below In the bluest water I ever saw

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Three. Three mixes.

boomwizard — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:33:21 GMT

So at this point I'm really only making these kind of mixes for myself and redlance_ck . In order we have:
1. The most tragic and angsty mix I have ever made. (Warnings: Physical/sexual abuse)
2. A slightly depressing but overall romantic mix.
3. A happy-go-lucky, very cracktastic mix.

Tracklist:

1. I Am Terrified - IAMX
2. Fly - Hilary Duff
3. A Perfect Lie - The Engine Room
4. Obsessions (I Love You) - Amiel
5. Enough - Tyrone Wells
6. Precious - Depeche Mode
7. Honest Mistake - The Bravery
8. Running Away - Midnight Hour
9. Through the Trees - Low Shoulder
10. Running - IAMX

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Escape Another Night

Due to watching far too many re-runs of shows like Charmed/Buffy/Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Don't judge me) what started out as a simple thought; "WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF EVERYONE WAS EVIL?" turned into a total bizarroworld scenario that just spiraled out of control into it's own uber depressing little AU.

In a nutshell, Sam's a bitch. A fierce borderline crazy bitch. Saying she bullies others to distract herself from her own suffering is an understatement. Some of the things she'd do would earn her a criminal record in the real world. Her father died when she was much younger, causing her mother to become a raging alcoholic and to marry a complete monster of a man who is both physically and sexually abusive to Sam.

Sam is both deeply homophobic and so far in the closet she practically lives in a shoebox. She's also dating super jock George!The Wife Beater, who oozes testoterone from every orifice and asserts himself over her at every opportunity. She has an on-and-off friendship with Harrison!The Man-Slut of Kennedy High who will screw anything on two legs. Nicole, who in this universe is mousey and unpopular, ends up killing herself due to Sam's (and Harrison's) relentless taunting.

Sam routinely drives two hours out of town to a brothel to visit (read: RAVAGE) Brooke!The Prostitute who she's been desperately in love with (and the feeling is totally mutual, which makes the ending all the more depressing) for months. She ends up killing herself for this very reason, visiting Brooke one last time and giving the obligatory speech about how she's the only thing in her life worth something, before handing over all her money to Brooke with the plea that she find someone to take care of her ("Better than I ever could." *insert baww*) and to leave her profession.

Then she walks out the door and hurls herself into oncoming traffic. (Or alternatively, off a bridge. Or a building. Something dramatic.)

1. I AM TERRIFIED [IAMX] (Sam wants to be with Brooke but is in denial about her ‘feelings’) You look good in leather, in bars Breaking things, breaking hearts You look good in pleasure, in hotels Loneliness is the key to break that spell I am terrified, I think too much I get emotional when I drink too much I buy every cry, cause I don't trust I am terrified, I think too much In your blood, the fetish The prize of a million teasing moments blind Will release you from the circus, the railway But the gravity between us will keep us safe	2. FLY [HILARY DUFF] (Sam decides to make her move) Any moment everything can change Feel the wind on your shoulder For a minute all the world can wait Let go of your yesterday Can you hear it calling? Can you feel it in your soul? Can you trust this longing and take control? Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
3. A PERFECT LIE [THE ENGINE ROOM] (Sam > Brooke, “Make me forget.”) Make me beautiful Make me beautiful A perfect soul A perfect mind A perfect face A perfect lie	4. OBSESSION (I LOVE YOU) [AMIEL] (How they both 'escape' through each other.) You're never boring, you're always changing You feel amazing, take me, lead the way I'm serious. Delirious, so into this Just let time slip away See these hands they wanna touch you See these eyes they wanna watch you See this mouth it has to kiss you As our lips part I start to miss you And with my arms wrapped around you I breathe in and I devour you
5. ENOUGH [TYRONE WELLS] (That brief interlude when, just maybe, everything is going to be okay.) All the walls just fall away Feeling stronger every day I can see it in your eyes When you laugh, when you cry This is more than summer wind This is nowhere I have been You have made me unafraid Just to stay If all I heard was your promise And all you felt was my touch If all we had was each other We'd have enough Enough All the drifting, wounded hearts Wish for love on distant stars I was lost so many years Now I'm found cause you are here So just look at me again Cause now you're my everything I could never ask for more So it's enough, yeah, it's enough	6. PRECIOUS [DEPECHE MODE] (Realizations come too late, Jane > Sam) Precious and fragile things Need special handling My God what have we done to you? We always try to share The tenderest of care Now look what we have put you through Things get damaged Things get broken I thought we'd manage But words left unspoken Left us so brittle There was so little left to give Angels with silver wings Shouldn't know suffering I wish I could take the pain for you
7. HONEST MISTAKE [THE BRAVERY] (Sam > Harrison, feeling guilty about trying to kill him) People They don't mean a thing to you They move right through you Just like your breath But sometimes I still think of you And I just wanted to Just wanted you to know My old friend I swear I never meant for this I never meant Don't look at me that way It was an honest mistake	8. RUNNING AWAY [MIDNIGHT HOUR] (Sam > Jane/Harrison/Everyone, running away AND killing herself) Don't lie and say that it's OK It's alright if there's nothing more to say So I'm running away I'm leaving this place Yeah, I'm running away I'm running away Don't tell me I'm the one to blame It's too late for you to make me stay No, I won't stay … And faster than you can follow me from this lonely place And farther than you can find me, I'm leaving Yeah I'm leaving today And I, I'll never let you find me I'm leaving you behind with the past No, I won't look back And I don't want to hear your reasons Don't want to hear you tell me why I should stay And try, and try to understand me And try to understand what I say when I say I can't stay I, I'm moving on from this place I'm leaving and I won't quit running away
9. THROUGH THE TREES [LOW SHOULDER] (Harrison mourning Sam’s death) All alone in an empty room Nothing left but the memories of when I had my best friend I don't know how we ended up here I don't know but it's never been so clear We made a mistake, dear And I see the broken glass in front of me I see your shadow hanging over me And your face, I can see... Through the trees I will find you I will heal the ruins left inside you Cuz I'm still here breathing now I'm still here breathing now I'm still here breathing now Until I'm set free Go quiet through the trees … Cuz you're not coming back You're not coming back Take my breath as your own Take my eyes to guide you home	10. RUNNING [IAMX] (Sam’s funeral. insert really depressing montage here) You sing for me my friend Brave and confident And there is comfort between your breaths And I use sense to help But when the days beneath me Scream into my present I must always run the race on my own Your warmth is in my bed Your voice above the stairs And then the touching that comes regret Becomes my mercy chair Even when the sun is burning Saving graces I must always run the race on my own

Tracklist:

1. Your Ghost - Greg Laswell
2. Walking With a Ghost - Tegan & Sara
3. Meteor Shower - Owl City
4. Sleeping With Ghosts - Placebo
5. Happy Phantom - Tori Amos
6. Gone Away - Safetysuit
7. Saint - Jakob
8. Dawn - Poets of the Fall
9. Heaven - Angels & Airwaves
10. Fountain of Life - Two Steps From Hell

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Soulmates Never Die

Now, this one is a rare occurence in that it didn't really come about during a MSN conversation with Kirsty (so there's no convo in the download). Well, at least one not substantial enough to hold interest or have a conversation about, but it's a personal favourite.

In which Brooke is a medium (think Ghost Whisperer orMedium, only less...drama of the week) and moves with Mike into a huge old house where Jane lives. Like, an old hotel or something. It wasn't the main focus of the story, just that the house was rebuilt because it had previously burnt down.

And Sam died in that fire. Brooke didn't meet her until after she was already dead.

THAT'S WHERE THE ANGST COMES IN. Basically Brooke does the worst thing possible that could happen to someone who can communicate with the dead - she falls in love with a ghost. Of course the feeling is mutual and Jane thinks that Brooke is crazy talking to her dead daughter.

Eventually Brooke ends up killing herself so she can be undead with Sam.

No really, that's the basic premise of this one. So unlike in the first mix, this time it's Brooke who commits suicide. So now they're both dead - and together forever - but it still manages to be bittersweet and depressing at the same time as romantic.

1. YOUR GHOST [GREG LASWELL] (Brooke dreams about Sam's death - 2:11 for the win. I love this song SFM.) If I walk down this hallway Tonight, it's too quiet So I pad through the dark And call you on the phone Push your old numbers And let your house ring Till I wake your ghost It's the blaze across your nightgown It's the phone's ring	2. WALKING WITH A GHOST [TEGAN & SARA] (Jane thinks Brooke has lost her mind) No matter which way you go No matter which way you stay You're out of my mind Out of my mind I was walking with a ghost And I said please, please don't insist I was walking with a ghost
3. METEOR SHOWER [OWL CITY] (A medium's worst nightmare. Falling in love with a ghost.) I can finally see That you're right there beside me I am not my own For I have been made new Please don't let me go I desperately need you	4. SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS [PLACEBO] (Brooke worries about Sam crossing over and never seeing her again.) Hush It's okay Dry your eyes Dry your eyes Soulmate dry your eyes Dry your eyes Soulmate dry your eyes Cause soulmates never die
5. HAPPY PHANTOM [TORI AMOS] (Brooke decides she wants to die, but she's worried about the repercussions of her suicide) Oo who the time is getting close Oo who time to be a ghost Oo who every day we're getting closer The sun is getting dim Will I pay for who I been	6. GONE AWAY [SAFETY SUIT] (Brooke kills herself. Sam is with her the whole time.) I think about life And oh how it changes so fast And oh how it's so hard to last here Waiting for something to give I think about time A luxury so hard to find And I just can't figure out why I Wasted it all here without you But I'll be fine Oh don't you worry Cause I'll be fine See I'm in a hurry to be Gone away awhile Tell me all the things that I I'll be missing here in this old life Man cause I just don't know
7. SAINT [JAKOB] (Mike and Jane find Brooke's body.) instrumental	8. DAWN [POETS OF THE FALL] (Brooke is dead. Sam shows her the ropes and helps her deal with it.) It's time to let go It's time to carry on with the show Don't mourn what is gone Greet the dawn And I will be standing by your side Together we'll face the turning tide Remembrance can be a sentence But it comes to you with a second chance in tow Don't lose it Don't refuse it 'Cause you cannot learn a thing you think you know A new light is warm Shining down on you after the storm
9. HEAVEN [ANGELS AND AIRWAVES] (Sam and Brooke, crossing over.) The lights and sounds Oh God this is such a mess And it's like our world But we're the last ones left And the hair it stands On the back of our necks And I swear it shows Heaven must be just like this If you see the light break through the clouds And fire up the distant towns Now the world will be begin Exactly how it ends When you call for help when you are lost For evermore or what ever it costs And the world will begin Exactly how it ends Please stay Don't go I've got you now Are you curious? Please stay	10. FOUNTAIN OF LIFE [TWO STEPS FROM HELL] (The afterlife is pretty. Also epic.) instrumental

Tracklist:

1. 10,000 Nights - Alphabeat
2. The Perfect Heist - Blue Stahli
3. If We Get Out, Let's Make Out - Love is a Story
4. Crash - Matt Willis
5. Contagious - Boys Like Girls
6. Go Get Her - This Century
7. I Wanna - The All American Rejects
8. Call 'n' Return (Say That You're Into Me) - Hellogoodbye
9. Doublequick - Blue Stahli
10. Take My Hand - Simple Plan

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Locked Forever

This one is my favourite of the bunch. I'd wanted to make another single genre mix ever since Hard for Breathing and even if these aren't all technically the same genre, they all have a vaguely similar sound, which I love. It's all very fast and happy right up until the last song, which is less so. It's just a bittersweet ending to a really positive and upbeat mix.

Anyway, this mix is about Brooke and Sam: International Jewel Thieves.

Yep. That's right. Think Bonnie and Clyde if it were a lesbian Rom-Com written by Adam Sandler and Tina Fey. Just that amazing. And the costume department is done by the same people on That's So Raven, where it's so ridiculously paper thin you wonder how anybody falls for it-

Because when Sam gets caught and arrested Brooke busts her out of jail by dressing up as a male prison guard, complete with a fake beard and everything. It's that kind of crack universe. The kind where Brooke has a breakdown in the middle of a bank robbery because she's PMSing and just broke a nail, and her gun is so heavy and it makes her arms tired.

This one has a very Thelma and Louise ending. You know, where they drive the car off the cliff holding hands to escape the police? Exactly. Happy, cracktastic = epic death. Going out with a bang indeed.

And because I love fitting macros. No really, both of these things happen in verse.

1. 10,000 NIGHTS [ALPHABEAT] (Falling in love wasn't part of the plan. Stealing shit together was fun.) You came like a thief in the night and stole my heart Uh, like a solitude erasure Like an elevator And I know we'd do anything for love And it is you and me For all eternity The wuthering heights And the stormy nights Give me 10,000 nights of thunder But I will give them all back to you	2. THE PERFECT HEIST [BLUE STAHLI] Seriously. All I can picture when I listen to this is slow motion robbing banks with flowing leather jackets and sleek sunglasses. Then after hours breaking into museums THROUGH THE FUCKING ROOF WEARING SEXY CATSUITS. And Brooke doing the obligatory gymnastic dodging of lasers while Sam is in the background admiring her flexibility and having lustful daydreams. instrumental
3. IF WE GET OUT, LET'S MAKE OUT [LOVE IS A STORY] (Shit! It's the cops!) I'll try to think on my feet And come up with a better plan But I don't think I can stand So get out the message Any way you think you can If we get out let's make out And if we die I won't mind 'cause I know I loved you And if we live I won't let you go The fire's burning bright But we can burn brighter We're better than fire We're better And I don't wanna die But I wouldn't mind it I just have to find you If you get out alone Don't bother to leave a trail I'll follow your scent	4. CRASH [MATT WILLIS] ("Woah, ~~Summers~~ Sam you drive like a spaz!" Running from the cops and arguing while driving your get-away car is srs bsns.) Here you go way too fast Don't slow down, you're gonna crash You should watch, watch your step Don't lookout, you're gonna break your neck So shut, shut your mouth 'Cos I'm not listening anyhow I've had enough, enough of you Enough to last a lifetime through So what do you want of me Got no words of sympathy And if I go around with you You know that I'll get messed up too with you
5. CONTAGIOUS [BOYS LIKE GIRLS] (That one time where they part ways. And then change their minds and go running after each other. Brooke > Sam) I'm flying down the fast lane Doing ninety-five Ninety things on my brain Don't know where the hell I'm going But I'm going after you I'm jumping on the last train Got this crazy kind of feeling that I can't explain Don't know where the hell I'm going But I'm going after you And I know you think I'm crazy And I dress up like I'm poor I don't do dinner and movies But if I showed up at your door Would you give me one more minute The story's far from finished We could fill in all pages I'm feeling sick Girl, you're so contagious Just wanna say I miss you I caught it when I kissed you It was raining on Wednesday Doing ninety-five Ninety things left to say Told myself to keep on driving 'Cause I left my heart with you I never thought that I could walk away Every second, I'm regretting that I didn't stay How can I just keep on driving When I left my heart with you	6. GO GET HER [THIS CENTURY] (That one time where they part ways. And then change their minds and go running after each other. Sam > Brooke) I'm scared to fall for you, after what I've been through. You say it's getting old, and I should make a move. Should I ask everyone? Take a chance before it's done. Just see what could become of me, when I'm with you Go, go, go and get her, don't just let her turn you away. Oh, oh, Say, say, say you need her, and just be there. Get her to stay. Don't, don't, don't let love just slip away I shouldn't hesitate, cause now it's getting late. Like a ride that goes too fast, the fear can make you wait. She said that it's alright. Sometimes it just feels right, to run, and hold on tight. 'Cause I'll be there with you.
7. I WANNA [THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS] (Aww, Sam is lonely in jail without her boo. Hurray for conjugal visits.) I wanna, I wanna, I wanna touch you You wanna touch me, too Every day, but all I have is time Our love's the perfect crime I wanna, I wanna, I wanna touch you You wanna touch me, too Every way, and when they set me free Just put your hands on me	8. CALL N' RETURN [HELLOGOODBYE] (Brooke thinks about Sam, who's still incarcerated.) You promised me starry night skies They just remind me of your shining bright eyes I'm missing your voice at nighttime This sepa-separation seems-seems a sad crime B-b-b-but don't don't don't think think think I Forgot you you you Are are are oh so sweet I I I-I know If only you were here Things would be more magical If I were there Right now would be more radical You're so not near I'm wishing I could place a call And feel closer to you ohh-ohh
9. DOUBLEQUICK [BLUE STAHLI] (Brooke decides enough is enough and breaks Sam the fuck out of jail. Complete with ridiculous costumes.) instrumental	10. TAKE MY HAND [SIMPLE PLAN] (Sprung. Their faces are all over the news and everyone is looking for them.) Take my hand tonight Let's not think about tomorrow Take my hand tonight We can find some place to go 'Cause our hearts are locked forever And our love will never die Take my hand tonight One last time

And there you have it. Comments, downloads, and so on. You know the drill.

Fanmix: We Are The Shaken

boomwizard — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:24:16 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee (AU)
Subject: Were!Quinn/Vampire!Rachel
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: So I'm sitting on my computer, right and I think "Hey! That Rachel/Quinn werewolf fic was pretty fucking awesome. I feel like making a werewolf!Quinn icon for my LJ." so I open up Photoshop and BAM! 3 hours later, I still have no icon, so that was a failure. I made this mix instead.

monsters | matchbook romance

It came as no surprise
You bring me back to life
Believe me
You bleed for me
I'll bleed for you
I caught you walking through walls
Drowned with applause
From the world that makes me crazy

We are
We are the shaken
We are the monsters
Underneath your bed

houses | great northern

Up ahead I see it I can find it, but I feel alive
Followed me inside of a place
I felt like things would still be alright

And now...
All this time when we walk we won't feel
But sometime in a box it can steal you
All this time when I talk it's not real

kingdom of welcome addiction | iamx

If you chose life
You know what the fear is like
You welcome addiction
This is your kingdom

Your fight for power
For memories, answers and signs
Will bring you through the dark to light
Clear and redefined

club foot | kasabian

One, take control of me
You're messing with the enemy
Said it's two, it's another trick
Messin with my mind, I wake up
Chase down an empty street
Blindly snap the broken beats
Said it's gone with the dirty trick
It's taken all these days to find ya

I tell you I want you
I'll tell you I need you
The blood ain't on my face
Just wanted you near me

teeth | lady gaga

Take a bite of my bad girl meat
Take a bite of me
Show me your teeth
Let me see you're mean

Got no direction
I need direction
Just got my vamp

acts of courage | x-ray dog

*Instrumental*

save me | juke kartel

I let you under my skin
The buzz it stops me from breathing
Inject the soul til I spin dead
Your heart attacks without healing

Save me from the darkness swallowing your life
And I'm a slave to your needle
When you dominate my mind
Suffocate

You act like you're a star
But no one knows just who you are

bang | empires

I'm sick of banging with your skeleton
You were gorgeous til you gave out all your skin
Now I can never really take it to the heart again
I still got yours blowing up inside my head

Oh, you're dying a legend, darlin'
And I'm dying to touch you, baby
Oh, oh whoa oh, whoa

Oh wait, oh wait, before I let you go
There's a thread or two
still left between our souls
But you went messing with the gods
and never fell away
You're still burning off the angel on your face

animal | empires

How come the animal
In both our minds can be beautiful
Show me when you're afraid
And I'll come close to communicate

Mark me, love
You've been sweet,
But can you show me rough
I think we're lovely when we screw up

nature of inviting | iamx

The surrender to the power
makes me born again.
The fixation on every sign
I cannot explain.

I worship intoxicated
at your open play.
The appetite that you find,
that you throw away,

is a vice of gold and dreams
that you try to escape from.
But you surrender to the power,
to the only way.

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Unambiguously Gay Picspam

boomwizard — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:05:44 GMT

For picspammy 's Trope's Challenge.
So it's no secret that I'm addicted to TV Tropes. I was on this like a fat kid on cake.

Since I'm working with television series here, I've stuck with one or a few episodes for each pair rather than the whole series because otherwise I'd never get this picspam finished. I fail at applying myself. After each pair I've listed some more Tropes I personally think apply to them. Or would have had things been different. There's also a smattering of links amongst the rambling, which should be proof enough for anything that I seriously am addicted to this website. Fuck Wikipedia, here's where the fun and 'I-just-lost-ten-hours-of-my-life' is at.

Without further preamble, onto the pretty. Yeah, look who I'm starting with. Shut up. They're my favourite ship ever and so very, very gay for each other.

Sam: I figured I'd need every weapon at my disposal to keep you around.
Brooke: I thought for sure that it was Josh.
Sam: Because only someone who cared deeply for you would go to such lengths?

It's ridiculous how quickly these girls can go from being the best of friends to bitter enemies and back again- within the space of a single episode. I suppose that's what you get from a Ryan Murphy show, he doesn't fool around.

And who doesn't love a cat fight? Or a food fight? Or another food fight? I'm not even kidding. These two sure like pelting each other with food. Not to mention the whole "I'm going to beat the shit out of you with this squishy bat because you betraaaayed me!" thing.

I'm taking a direct quote from the tropes page here because it's a perfect example of their relationship and how they're 'inordinately obsessed with each other':

"They spend 95% of their time thinking about each other, what the other one is planning or doing, and whenever they converse their dialogue is incredibly emotionally charged. Fortunately, there's a nice family-friendly explanation: they're arch-enemies, right?"

Brooke: We've been waiting for this date since the beginning, huh sister?
Sam: You know what, Brooke? I bet you fight like a girl.
Brooke: Oh, you want a piece of this? Let's go then! I'm gonna get you.

I don't even know where to start. Word Of Gay says Sam would have come out as a lesbian in season three and you can bet your sweet ass there would have been one Very Special Episode (because holy crap does Ryan Murphy ever love these) where she realized she was in love with Brooke. Yay, fake incestuous love! (They're step-sisters. BONUS KINK POINTS.)

This is what happens when two actresses who are best friends are supposed to play enemies. You get this charged atmosphere. They have this inexplicable chemistry and closeness that just doesn't fit with the fact that they're supposed to hate each other and- oh. There's definitely going to be some déjà vu in this entry.

And did I mention they delivered their baby half sister together? They need to be hysterical midwives in every fandom that ever existed. Comedy. Gold.

Brooke: Listen to me, this is ridiculous! We cannot deliver a baby! We fight over everything!
[beat]
Brooke: Okay, we're gonna deliver a baby right now! Let's go!

FUCK YEAH. TEAMWORK.

See also:
Not So Different, Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other, Tomboy And Girly Girl, Odd Couple, Foe Yay, Volleying Insults, and Flirty Stepsiblings. Only...y'know, gay.

Rachel: You don’t think people whisper about me in the lunch rooms or draw pornographic pictures of me on the bathroom walls?
Quinn: That was me, actually.

These two started out like the first 13 episodes of Glee - amazing. But as the rest of the show went downhill, so did they. It felt as though it was slowly building up to something great, and then it got to the point they were barely in the same group scenes let alone one on one.

There were several important moments where one was absent- specifically when Rachel was egged Quinn was nowhere to be seen, while the rest of Glee club comforted her. In the same vein, Rachel is the only one to stay behind while everyone else goes running off the hospital with Quinn when she goes into labour. It's obvious that the latter was needed for plot development but It Just Bugs Me.

Rachel: I know everyone expects us to be enemies and be in competition but...I don't hate you.

Dianna and Lea have amazing natural chemistry (same as Carly and Leslie as Sam and Brooke from Popular - best friends in real life playing frenemies on screen) and while Di seems compatible with just about anything that moves, her sudden inexplicable friendship with Mercedes seems forced and out of the blue. Don't get me wrong, I love that Quinn has a friend but Rachel still has none. It felt like they were setting everything in motion for Rachel and Quinn to become friends and then just completely tore that idea down to focus on boosting ratings with guest stars, shitty autotune and lessons of the week.

And I refuse to believe that a girl draws love hearts on a picture of someone she "hates".

I can't go on about these two anymore or I'll give myself an ulcer. It's a tremendous sore spot for me right now and I'm only hoping the next season carries all the strength and charm of the first thirteen episodes as opposed to the suck it's been during the back nine. It feels like a completely different show and I hate it.

/rage

See also:
Terms Of Endangerment, Insult Backfire, Bathroom Stall Of Overheard Insults, I Take Offense To That Last One, Duet Bonding

Santana: Sex is not dating.
Brittany: If it were, Santana and I would be dating.

On a much lighter note, we have Brittany and Santana. They're technically canon, but that depends on who you ask. I certainly wasn't the only one who noticed the background!gay long before they were officially revealed to be bed buddies.

It bothers me that everyone is so obsessed with monogamy. Yes in many cases (and in most of my OTPs) I don't want them to be with anyone else. I fully believe as much as Ryan Murphy is pushing Rachel/Finn as endgame, that Brittany and Santana are each others endgame. Yes, they have sex. Yes, they obviously love each other a whole lot. Yes, they're absolutely adorable together.

They're also not exclusive. I know on the show it's played more as THEY'RE BOTH SLUTS but I prefer to view them as in a polyamorous relationship. While they might see other people, they always come home to each other at the end of the day. There's an integral bond between the two of them that they just can't/won't share with anyone else.

Santana: Let us give you an introduction into the way that we work. You buy us dinner, and we make out in front of you. It's like the best deal ever.

I think that Savage Garden said it best. 'Trust is more important than monogamy'. Yes, I just quoted Savage Garden. I LIKE THEIR MUSIC, I'M A CHILD OF THE NINETIES, IT'S TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE.

At the very least these two fit the mold of Friends With Benefits. Or BFF's with benefits. It's nice to see a relationship where two girls obviously care for each other very much and don't end up fighting over some boy - for once. Even if it is in the background, rumour has it they'll be getting more screen time in season three and that is definitely one thing I'll be looking forward to.

That and, you know, maybe we'll finally get to hear Heather sing. I want to see if gurl can sing as good as she can dance. HOT DAMN.

See also:
My Girl Is A Slut, Really Gets Around, Good Bad Girl, Dumb Is Good

Faith: "Isn't it crazy how slayin' just always makes you hungry and horny?"
Buffy: "Well... sometimes I crave a nonfat yogurt afterwards."

I got into this fandom years after it ended, and I'd heard a lot about the crazy gay chemistry between these two. I wasn't expecting it to be that gay. I frikkin love Joss Whedon for so many reasons, one of them because he sure likes lesbians and making the 'straight' girls rife with unresolved sexual tension.

Love hearts on windows, dirty dancing, handcuffs...be still my ~~throbbing loins~~ beating heart.
← "Cleavagey Slut Bomb" FOR THE WIN. It's no secret I'm a small boobs kinda girl, but hot damn, someone grab me a fire extinguisher while I sit here and combust.

Faith: "What are you getting so strung out for, B?"
Buffy: "Why are your lips still moving, F?"
Faith: "Did I just hear a threat?"
Buffy: "Would you like to?"

I love these two characters when they're together because they're so wild. The potential for kinky BDSM antics is of utterly ridiculous proportions.

Faith: Well, look at you. All dressed up in big sister's clothes.
Buffy: You told me I was just like you. That I was holding it in.
Faith: Ready to cut loose?
Buffy: Try me.
Faith: Okay then. Give us a kiss.

And as crazy as it sounds, while I love reading dirty, smutty fic about ships like these, I find it just as much fun imagining them in fluffy domestic type situations. Seriously. Just imagine them with a kid, or arguing about who put the empty milk carton back in the fridge, and who's turn it is to do the dishes.

Then going out and kicking vampire ass, only to return and stay up all night baking and vacuuming the curtains. No that's not a metaphor for anything. Like actually vacuuming the curtains because "THEY'RE DIRTY. I LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, 'ICK'. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE MY DIRTY CURTAINS."
...I swear it's not a metaphor.

Is my baby!fic kink showing?

See also:
Foe Yay, Draco In Leather Pants, Rival Turned Evil, Start Of Darkness, Destructo Nookie

Willow: Tara, I have to tell you...
Tara: No, I-I understand. You have to be with the person you l-love.
Willow: I am.

I swear, I wasn't going to do these two because they're canon, but they started out as innuendo before they were officially outed, and I looove them, so...I couldn't help myself, okay? They're my favourite! Well, after Brooke/Sam- but they're canon! And completely and utterly adorable and they don't throw food on each other because they're both in gay denial. Also, I promised Jenny I'd include them.

Why are they so amazing? ~~BECAUSE AMBER BENSON IS SO PRETTY WHEN SHE CRIES.~~ They have a cat for crying out loud. A cat. And they tell each other bed time stories. And they have magic sex. And why the fuck would you slow dance when you can just float off the ground because you're so content to be in each others arms? Did I mention Miss Kitty Fantastico?

Tara: What did I have for breakfast this morning? Do you remember? I wanna say 'bagel' but I think that was yesterday.
Willow: You had two eggs, sunny-side-up. I remember because they were wiggling at me like little boobs.

I LOVE THEM. I can't believe there was ever any sub in this text.

Tara: O-o-our relationship?
Willow: We're friends.
Tara: Good friends.
Willow: Girlfriends, actually.
Tara: Yes, we're girlfriends.
Willow: We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.

I will never get over how horrible season six was, and I flat out refuse to watch season seven. Depending on who you ask, that either makes me a horrible fan, or a sane fan. I would Die For This Ship and for me, this show was flat out Ruined FOREVER when Tara...I can't even finish that sentence, I'm so depressed right now. There can't possibly be anything more wrong than killing off Ta-

...oh. Really? That's who's next on the list? You're evil, self. Completely evil.

See also:
Headbutt Of Love, Beta Couple, Puppy Dog Eyes, and Tara is totally a Covert Pervert, I swear. It's always The Quiet One's.

Xena: Gabrielle, if I only had 30 seconds to live, this is how I'd want to live them; looking into your eyes.

Do not start with me. Do not even. It was impossible to make this list and not include these two, they're the femslash equivalent of Kirk/Spock. It was so hard deciding which moments/episodes to choose, so I just went with my favourites rather than those with the most subtext.

Aside from having an inappropriate crush on the original Pink Ranger and just wanting Duchess Raven Waves and Lady Lovely Locks to be friends, this was probably my first femslash ship before I even knew what that meant. I was five (holy shit) when this show started, so it was easier for me to hold the last few seasons in high regard, when I was old enough to remember them.

A few years ago, in a fit of nostalgia, I bought the entire series on DVD and had marathons with popcorn and gay. To this day I still haven't been able to watch the latter half of season six because I know how it ends and angst is my mortal enemy. That should be obvious enough from my favourite episodes considering most of them are the humorous ones.

Gabrielle: I almost got you that time.
Xena: No, you didn't.
Gabrielle: What are you talking about? I was this close.
Xena: You were this close because I let you get this close.

It never ceases to amaze me how up and down this show was with its genres. One second you'd be watching some ridiculous crack humour, the next episode you’d be balling your eyes out. I suppose that was part of its charm. Comedy has always been my favourite genre and for the most part this show does it very well. It's just a bonus that a lot of the humour is derived from gay subtext and inside jokes.

One of my most beloved clichés is people fighting Like An Old Married Couple. It's hilarious, adorable and shows a familiar bond between two people. It's hard to say if it's better when they're not a couple ~~yet~~ or if they're in an established relationship, but it's always a sight I love to see - and hear!

Need I mention the love duet? I will mention it, because if you looked in the dictionary under 'epic' this would be listed. This is show who knows how it's done.

^♫ We'll overcome our damaged past
And we'll grow stronger side by side
To stand together through the storms
We're safe ‘cause love will be our guide _♫

See also:
Heterosexual Life Partners, Reincarnation Romance, Battle Couple

Cindy: You're gonna miss me when I stop coming around.

There's a reason I decided to put these two right after Xena/Gabrielle - the very same reason I listed Rachel/Quinn after Brooke/Sam. Because they're both like, 2.0 versions of those before them. I'm totally serious. Fandom differences aside, they have a very similar dynamic. There's even an essay about them. That shit is entertaining, let me tell you. A mere mention of Bram, even!

Great. Now I'm Zoidberg.

Aubrey Dollar is one of the cutest things ever. I want to carry her around in my pocket and have her take notes of everything. I love characters with eidetic memories, I don't care if it's becoming overused. And Angie Harmon is so tall. This one sets my height difference kink Up To Eleven.

Why are they Xena/Gabrielle 2.0? Well, we have Cindy Thomas - the wide-eyed and enthusiastic ~~bard~~ reporter. She's also extremely stubborn with a possible case of hero worship for one Lindsay Boxer - the hardened cop with a tragic past. Lindsay is emotionally shut-off as well as being completely dark and brooding, but also sensitive and very protective of those she cares about. Cindy is determined to stalk Lindsay until she relents and lets her help her out with the whole solving-of-the-murders-thing. Cindy eventually wheedles her way into the club and Lindsay's heart. Sound familiar?

Cindy: Jill and Claire never have to know, right?
Lindsay: I like your style, Thomas.

And Lindsay is always threatening to arrest her. She never does. Cindy is also compassionately…fierce. AND THEY MAKE SO MANY FUNNY FACES AT ONE ANOTHER. STOP IT. THIS IS SERIOUS.

Cindy: Here's the thing. At some point you're gonna be hit with a wave of loss and sadness so massive you're not even going to be able to breathe, so will you just shut up and let me be here for you?
Lindsay: Let's go.

Yeah.

See also:
May December Romance, One Head Taller, Bodyguard Crush, Everyone Can See It

Libby: You know, I'd like you a lot more if you'd just make fun of people.

Yeah, I hear you. Right now you're going "What the everloving fuck?" or possibly "OH GOD, MY CHILDHOOD!" but they dated, okay? Granted Sabrina was a boy at the time and it was for like, five minutes - but did I ever have a field day with that. This ship fits literally every main kink I have:

- Blonde and brunette
- Popular vs. unpopular/Good vs. evil
- Cheerleadersss
- Noticable height differences (okay, maybe at a stretch, but still)
- Snark and childish name calling
- Power play

Bonus Genderbending!
You see the pattern? Out of the ten ships in this picspam, at least 5 of them fit this list to a tee. Buffy/Faith totally counts because of that one time ~~at band camp~~ where Buffy was a cheerleader.

Sabrina: Do you wanna try a piece of our cake?
Libby: Like I'd taste anything you gave me. What's in it, poison?
Sabrina: No, just chocolate. Lot's of chocolate.
Libby: Really?
Sabrina: And sprinkles!

Shut up. It's so cute when you hear the inflections.

This is more or less wishful thinking. I will live happily in my delusions. Everything after season three sucked anyway. (Okay, so I just wanted ten on this list and my fandoms are limited...well, those that I actually have anyway.) I still ship it, end of story.

See also:
Just the one. Not related to shipping but still worth a look. The Libby. The trope is named after her.

Phoebe: Not that I'm okay with you stealing my stuff, but those earrings really do look amazing on you. Then again, what wouldn't?
Kira: You know, sugar, much as I enjoy the flattery and the bonding - and even the touching - you're not getting anything out of me until you make me human.

These two had such potential. It makes me sad for so many reasons. You'd think out of four sisters, living in fucking San Francisco at least one of them would be batting for their own team. Also, who doesn't love Charisma Carpenter?

Her role as Kira (The Seer) was one of my favourite arcs in the series, even if it was only for a few episodes. Word has it her character would have gotten a bigger role but then she got all pregnant and that idea was thrown out the window- so they killed her character.

Kira: I came back didn't I?
Leo: Because you need us.
Phoebe: No, and because she likes us.
Leo: Okay...are you two buddy-buddies starting to read each other?

Leo: Don't make me come back and seperate you.

It wouldn't be the first time Phoebe totally fell for a demon, and they had the whole ~psychic link~ thing going on. Not to mention the touching. Oh god, the touching.

Kira: You really care about what happens to me, don't you?
Phoebe: Yeah, I do. I guess.
Kira: That's nice. I like that.

So much potential for amazing. Poof. Gone.

See also:
Birds Of A Feather, Mindlink Mates, What Is This Thing You Call Love?

Caroline: It's not bad, it's just...dull. We're gonna make you pop!
Bennett: I'm not sure I wish to pop.
Caroline: You're gonna pop. And like it.

Oh my god, Caroline totally took Bennett's virginity. I refuse to believe otherwise.

It amazes me that Joss Whedon is able to squeeze so much gay subtext into just a few short flashbacks. He knows what he's doing. Aside from the fact that Summer and Eliza have pretty awesome chemistry in the first place, you just don't play tinkly, romantic music in the background of a hair-washing scene when you're trying to imply something platonic. I mean, really.

Bennet: I've often thought I'd like to be less me. More like...well, you, actually.
Caroline: Me? I'm still undeclared.
Bennett: You know who you are. You're so fearless. I'd love to get a look at your amygdala.
Caroline: You'd have to buy me dinner first.

Don't even get me started on Bennett asking Caroline to 'use her'. Then they go and blow up the damn Rossum building and Bennett gets all smooshed. Then for what is like, the first time ever, Caroline does something selfless - she takes the fall for both of them. Of course she leaves her best friend lying under the rubble, but for a good reason! Bennett will get the medical help she needs and she won't get arrested.

But no matter why they did it you'd still hold a grudge against someone for leaving you under a giant slab of concrete, am I right? I'm still disappointed at the lack of fic there is for these two. This is the only relationship on this show besides Sierra/Victor that I actually cared about.

See also:
Please Don't Leave Me, I Did What I Had To Do, It's Not You, It's My Enemies, Love Makes You Evil

Ugh. It totally looks like I got lazy at the end but I swear I made these last few ones first.

Comments are love. Gif!comments are sex.

I hope you liked it.

I had a witty title. But I forgot it.

boomwizard — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:45:49 GMT

I've been putting this off for so long, I wanted to wait until I had more but I'm not one of those people who does batches of icons. I just make them on the fly whenever the inspiration hits me so I never have gigantic icon posts. And I still end up loving a handful and hating the rest. See if you can guess which 7 icons I actually like.

Teaser:

Credit, comments, whatever. Don't hotlink, I'm obligated to delete things once I start to hate them.

Fanmix: Hard For Breathing

boomwizard — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:15:40 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee/Popular
Subject: Beth/Mackenzie
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: My new favourite cracktastic crossover ship, which I have affectionately dubbed Mackizzle. Or Macbeth, because that's fucking hilarious. And nobody says a word about "Bethany". Not a word. I'm dutiful about canon when it comes to names and I'm a sucker for shortened versions. Samantha and Mackenzie, hello? I've had to bump Popular up about a decade to make the timeline coincide with Glee. So Mac and Drizzle are less than a year apart in age. And don't even get me started on the geographics. The McFamily don't live in Los Angeles anymore, deal with it.

This started out as a total brain fart - it doesn't deserve to be glamorized as some huge, amazing brain wave. It was a passing thought that just happened to make a loud entrance. In the space of about 80 seconds my brain decided they were going to be upgraded from regular BFFs to bestest friends with awkward, gay sexual tension. Because I love when there's something in towns water supply. Huge gay families make me happy.

This is the first time I've tried to make a mix that goes for genre rather than lyrics. It turns out I had a lot more acoustic (or at least what I consider to be 'acoustic' save for two songs) music in my library than I realised. On that note, you have no idea how hard I had to restrain myself from putting any Taylor Swift songs in this damn thing. The same goes for Colbie Caillat. I feel the rage coming in waves from you right now Kirsty. I know how much you loved that ukulele.

Most of these seem pretty self explanatory. Kirsty put the angst bug in my head and even though everything always works out in the end it's a little bumpier than I would originally have had it play out. Because I like fluffy puppies, not dead ones. So while Mac's all comfortable about her sexuality and totally lusting after her best friend the Drizz takes a while longer to realize she's completely capable of reciprocating those feelings with great enthusiasm. Still, the majority of these songs are from Mac's point of view, and squarely directed at Drizzle (I seriously can't call her Beth. Nobody can.) and take place at varying points in the timeline- some before, after and during a falling out, the great epiphany, and so on.

Whatever. Download link after the lyrics. The MSN conversation that spawned this mix is included in the rar. You don't have to read it, it's there for Jenny. ♥

we are birds | brighten

If you're a bird then I'm a bird
But if you can't fly then neither will I
Cause in love is not the right time to die

Her wings are spread
She's stuck here on the ground
She's not heavy, she's my world
I'll carry her around
I hear her breathing, that's my favorite sound

collide | howie day

I'm open, you're closed
Where I'll follow you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find you and I collide

I'm quiet you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind

she's so high | tal bachman

She's blood, flesh and bone
No tucks or silicone
She's touch, smell, sight, taste and sound

But somehow I can't believe
That anything should happen
I know where I belong
And nothing's gonna happen

that kind of love | alison krauss

Who would sell their soul for love
Or waste one tear on compromise
Should be easy enough
To know a heartache in disguise
But the heart rules the mind
And the going gets rough
Pride takes the fall
When you find that kind of love

I can't help feeling like a fool
Since I lost that place inside
Where my heart knew its way
And my soul was ever wise

what are you waiting for | my favourite highway

It's never that
It's never quite that innocent
So take it back
All the words you thought you said, but never had
You never had
To say a word, don't say a word

Just hold me close
Hold me close and let me go and then you'll know
You need to know exactly what you're letting go
You're letting go
So walk away and take it slow

somebody's me | enrique iglesias

I hate being on my own, and everyone can see that
I really fell, and I'm going through hell
Thinking about you with somebody else

Somebody wants you
Somebody needs you
Somebody dreams about you every single night
Somebody cant breathe
Without you it's lonely
Somebody hopes that one day you will see
That somebody's me

How, how did we go wrong
It was so good, and now it's gone
And I pray at night that our path's soon will cross
What we had isn't lost
Cause you are always right here in my thoughts

hazy | rosi golan

What if I fall and hurt myself
Would you know how to fix me
What if I went and lost myself
Would you know where to find me
If forgot who I am
Would you please remind me
Cause without you things go hazy

little house | amanda seyfreid

I love this place
But it's haunted without you
My tired heart is beating so slow
Our hearts sing less than we wanted
We wanted
Our hearts sing 'cause
We do not know
You can catch me
Don't you run
The fire's here to stay
To light the night
To help us grow
Please don't make a fuss
It won't go away
The wonder of it all
The wonder that I made
I am here to stay

two is better than one | boys like girls feat. taylor swift

I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll your eyes
The way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing

That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one

stolen | dashboard confessional feat. lulu

This one only gets one line, but this song is in here because of the melody, and the feelings it inspires (in me, at least) rather than fitting lyrics. Plus it's in my Top 10 All Time Favourite Songs and I'd given up hope of ever using it in a mix so it's damn well going in here.

Watch you spin around in your highest heels
You are the best one of the best ones

DOWNLOAD ( .rar @ mediafire )

Also. In case it's not already obvious, I'm crazy anal about this stuff. I love casting people, so very, very much. Drizzle and Mac both have that crazy blonde/brunette tween hair. It all depends on the lighting as to what colour it really appears to be. For clarity, Drizzle has dark blonde hair and Mac is ambiguously brunette. It's much more obvious/pronounced in the album art. So stick with that. And you get one guess which of them is the popular girl and which is the hopeless romantic who sits in the back of class drawing on her jeans.

I think long and hard about these things. Don't judge me.

God, what next?

boomwizard — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:33:38 GMT

I pin the blame entirely on marshmallowhobo. Super!Di and ~~Lois~~ Lea Lane.

So...icon batch?

boomwizard — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:33:46 GMT

I thought I'd try spending less time working on icons (shall we say, 10 minutes as opposed to several hours in some cases) to increase productivity. Really that just caused me to make a bigger batch of icons ranging from mediocre to downright horrible, as opposed to a tiny batch of marginally decent icons.

Teaser:

Credit, whatever, shitty textless icons =/= bases, comments are love.

Fanmix: The Sky Went Violet

boomwizard — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:28:47 GMT

Medium: Television
Fandom: Glee
Subject: Rachel/Quinn
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: It feels so odd making a generic fanmix after doing AU's for so long. Oh well, change is as good as a holiday and all that crap.

fingers | great northern

Transform our hearts
Into melody
Remove the parts
Then the tragedy

We've left our hands
With no escape
And our hearts are tied
Tied to this weight
And if we let them go
Will we break

season of love | shiny toy guns

Crazy with it
Crazier without
Never certain
Never full of doubt
Now you feel it
Now you don't
Do you know what you're feeling?
Where did it come from, and where does it go?
If it were right in front of me, would I know?

complicated | avril lavigne

Chill out, what you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if, you could only let it be
You will see

I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
And you're, talkin' to me one on one
But you become

Somebody else
'Round everyone else

Laugh out, when you strike a pose
Take off, all your preppy clothes
You know, you're not foolin' anyone
When you become

You're watchin' your back
Like you can't relax

lifeline | angels & airwaves

With an urgent, careful stare,
I see panic in those eyes
If I see you lying there,
Hoping this was the last time
If you hear a distant sound,
And see footsteps by your side.
When the world comes crashing down.
I will find you if you hide.

And if you wish it, wish it now.
If you wish it, wish it loud.
If you want it, say it now.
If you want it, say it loud.

We all make mistakes.
here's your lifeline
If you want it, I want to.

dance inside | the all american rejects

You don't have to move, you don't have to speak
Lips for biting
You're staring me down, a glance makes me weak
Eyes for striking
Now I'm twisted up when I'm twisted with you
Brush so lightly
And time trickles down, and I'm breathing for two
Squeeze so tightly
I'll be fine, you'll be fine
This moment seems so long
Don't waste new, precious time
We'll dance inside the song

What makes the want to shake you down?
Each touch belongs to each new sound
Say now you want to shake me too
Move down to me, slip into you

She sinks in my mind as she sheds through her skin
Touch sight taste like fire
Hands do know what eyes no longer defend
Hands to fuel desire

angel | massive attack

You are my angel
Come from way above
To bring me love

Her eyes
She's on the dark side
Neutralize
Every man in sight

fall for you | secondhand serenade

The best thing about tonight's that we’re not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don’t think that I am trying
I know you’re wearing thin down to the core

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start

Oh, But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don’t make me change my mind
Or I won’t live to see another day
I swear it’s true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It’s impossible

into the morning | the weekend

Thinkin' of you, yeah, I think of you all day,
Think of your kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss on my lips.
I'll remember this always.

Got the goofiest grin, got a big smile on my face.
Hey, you, let's get out, out, out of this place.
Grab my hand, let's go!

See, it's young love at its best!
And I tell you I'll remember.

lovesparkles | the daysleepers

The moment you opened
your heart, I knew
These tears of love
Will carry you through

You're knee deep in my dreams
I'll keep you close
Your medicine touch
Is the right dose

All the sky went violet
It's the colour of my heart
I searched so long to find it
It was right here all along

With this tune
I bring all my love to you

You made me realize
You opened up my eyes

break me out | the rescues

I picture myself
Running like hell
Making my getaway

The walls are caving in with no warning
This ship is sinking, I gotta swim for it
I'm running out of air

Break me out tonight
I wanna see the sun rising anywhere but here
Come with me
Oh, this could be
The only chance we get
We gotta take it
We don't do it now we'll never make it
Lose this crowd
Oh break me out

They'll carry on
Won't notice we're gone
So easily replaced

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The cast of Glee has been recast!

boomwizard — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:18:32 GMT

...as washing machines.

So I'm just having a normal Glee dream, what with the singing and dancing and all that, then all of sudden everyone except Rachel turned into a washing machine. It was like being in a pristine white/metal laundromat. They even kept singing with their lids flapping. Everything was fine until Kurt started screaming, and all of a sudden the place was flooding with water.

The problem? Rachel rushed up to Kurt to find out, now wearing a repairman's outfit, complete with toolbelt (and for some reason a bright orange hard hat) demanding to know what was wrong.

Verbatim, Kurt's reply was that he "can't control his poop". Which apparently translates to him having a midget fairy (believe it or not, the same bitchy little 'woodland creature' the Glee kids tried to hire to coreograph for them in the show) trapped in his intestines/pipes, causing something to explode and flood the entire place. Rachel opens him up, pulls the fairy out - who proceeds to plant one on her.

Diva Rachel is now back to normal and no longer wearing her Mr Fix-it uniform, and as a result of this unexpected kiss from something she (figuratively) pulled out of Kurt's bowels, she starts screaming about unnacceptable behaviour. Everyone is magically back to normal - and no longer a washing machine, thank goodness - and watching her storm out. She calls out after her for no one to follow her unless they are 'hot', to which Quinn leers and quickly runs after her.

Oh, and did I mention Quinn was dressed as a fairy princess? I mean, pink sparkly wings and everything. Not that it matters anymore - because now she's dressed as Robin Hood, and Rachel is pink and sparkly - as she rightfully should be.

The whole group obviously misunderstood this storm out as a call for everyone to follow her, rather than everyone leaving the two girls alone so they can sex each other up.

This mindless wandering (Rachel storming, everyone following) through the halls goes on for a while, ending with Rachel running off screen, and Quinn breathlessly proclaiming, "I gotta-" and then the screen cuts out. But because it's my dream, and as such I have behind the scenes knowledge, the next two words out of her mouth would have been 'TAP THAT', but they cut the scene too short in haste to get to the 'party scene'.

Suddenly it's dark and everyone is dancing, there's lots of glowsticks and music. Rachel and Quinn are nowhere to be found. The rest of the group grinds it up for a while, and suddenly the camera pans outside and we see the girls running off in the distance. Rachel is dressed in her normal clothes, but Quinn is still dressed as Robin Hood (although at this point it could be Peter Pan, it's hard to tell. All that's important is she has a hat with a red feather in it and is wearing green tights. Unf.) and chasing her relentlessly.

There's lots of back and forth screaming about how much they hate each other, then there's something about a wall of fire - which conveniently pops up between them right that moment. Things explode, the wall of fire turns into a regular wall, with fire on both sides coming towards the girls, and then there are apologies and declarations of undying love.

Then Rachel starts crying because she can't climb over the wall. So Quinn (being a right gentlemen, still dressed as Robin Hood/Peter Pan) scales the wall with little effort and drops down on the other side, and the girls embrace lovingly.

No wait- I made that last part up. Because in my dream they both climbed to the top of the wall after saying how much they loved each other, and when they got there Rachel turned into the Wicked Witch of the West (green skin, pointed hat, evil cackle - the works) and killed Quinn by pushing her off the edge of said wall and into the firey pits below.

YES. I KNOW.

Anyway, I forgot most of it, because I actually DREAMT THAT I WOKE UP AND TYPED IT ALL OUT before I actually did wake up and realised that I dreamt that part. That was frustrating as hell. Almost as much as when your OTP commits homicide for no reason or gets cut short right in the middle of saying something sexu--

Time to pimp

boomwizard — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:49:04 GMT

Just made a new comm devoted to the wonder that is Rachel/Quinn.
If you're into Glee or this pairing feel free to join, tell your friends and all that jazz.

You know you want to join... rachel_quinn

Three, count em', three!

boomwizard — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:50:25 GMT

These are for you Lil' Red. Hope you enjoy pilphering highspeed internet!

Medium: Television
Fandom: Popular (AU)
Subject: Brooke/Sam
Format: All mp3. Ten tracks.
A/N: Alien apocalypse set way in the future. Sam = fighter pilot, Brooke = WEAPONS EXPERT LIKE WOAH.

granite | pendulum

You can hide your eyes, you can dim the lights, but they are watching.
This is a new time, with a different kind, they are the future.
The only one!

This is the final call for the setting song, as they get closer.
And with full blown grace, thy will be done, the show is over.
It's a new dawn!

We are standing by, no time to hide, no meeting half way.
You were sucking life through the needles eye, this is a new day.
They have won!

echelon | 30 seconds to mars

Look at the red red changes in the sky
Look at the separation in the border line
But don't look at everything here inside
And be afraid, afraid to speak your mind

It took a moment before I lost myself in here
It took a moment and I could not be found?
Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything
It took a moment the moment it could not be found

accelerant | blue stahli

*Instrumental*

erasus | subkulture

*Instrumental*

bad reputation | halfcocked

I don't give a damn about my reputation
You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and thats
What I'm gonna do

And I don't give a damn about my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
And I'm only doing good
When I'm having fun

I've never been afraid of any deviation
And I don't really care
If you think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change

The worlds in trouble
There's no communication
And everyone can say
What they want to say
It never gets better anyway

in the shadows | the rasmus

No sleep
No sleep until I am done with finding the answer
Won't stop
Won't stop before I find a cure for this cancer
Sometimes
I feel I going down and so disconnected
Somehow
I know that I am haunted to be wanted

They say
That I must learn to kill before i can feel safe
But I
I rather kill myself then turn into their slave
Sometimes
I feel that I should go and play with the thunder
Somehow
I just don't wanna stay and wait for a wonder

punch it | paul haslinger

*Instrumental*

gtp | technoboy

*Instrumental*

blow me away | breaking benjamin

They fall in line
One at a time
Ready to play
(I can't see them anyway)
No time to lose
We've got to move
Steady your helm
(I am losing sight again)

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven when we die
I am a shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

There's nothing left
So save your breath
Lying in wait
(Caught inside this tidal wave)
Your cover's blown
Nowhere to go
Holding your fate
(Loaded I will walk alone)

cosmic castaway | electrasy

But I'm not broken, in my dream I win
In here I'm nothing, a Cosmic Castaway

In my head I'm a chemical dreamer
Speed up to burn out mode
Comin' up in the 5th dimension
Beautify don't crucify me, yeah

And I take over, coz I'm no loser
And I'm in and you're not, bad dreams don't stop
But I'm all screwed up, a Cosmic Castaway

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Medium: Television
Fandom: Popular (AU)
Subject: Brooke/Sam
Format: All mp3. Twenty tracks.
A/N: SERIAL KILLER!SAM, special 2 Disc Edition, with the help of krumnut. Credit for the idea goes to her.

whispers in the dark | skillet

Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is just waiting
To turn your tears to roses

I will be the one that's gonna hold you
I will be the one that you run to
My love is a burning, consuming fire

No, you'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear my whispers in the dark

confessions | red

I feel fine
And I can smile
But I feel the anger coming
It's underneath
I don’t know why
It’s always overflowing
It’s a constant fight
Deep inside
And I wanna forget it

I confess I’m always afraid always ashamed
Of what’s inside me

And I can’t breath
And I still feel
But not the way I want to
I’m on the edge I don’t’ know how
I can escape this nightmare

surrender | evanescence

Is this real enough for you
You were so confused
Now that you've decided to stay
We'll remain together

You can't abandon me
You belong to me

Breathe in and take my life in you
No longer myself only you
There's no escaping me, my love
Surrender

talons | bloc party

And in the dark it comes for me
Malevolent and without thought
Uprooting trees, destroying cars
Cold and relentless, with arms outstretched

No boat nor brick
Nor crucifix can hold it back
I’ve been wicked
I’ve been arrogant

And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
(Silent about it)

I tried to stay still, so it will not see
It's talons rake the side of my face

you are the one | shiny toy guns

You are the one
You'll never be alone again
You're more then in my head
You're more

Spin faster shouting out loud
You can't steal whats paid for
Such something hurting again
Murder son - she's painful

When you try - don't try to say you won't
Try to crawl into my head
When you cry - cause it's all built up inside
Your tears already said - already said

shadows | red

There's a hate inside of me like some kind of master
I tried to save you, but I can't find the answer
I'm holding onto you, I'll never let go
I need you with me as I enter the shadows

Caught in the darkness, I go blind
But can you help me find my way out?
Nobody hears me, I suffer the silence
Can you tell me it's over now?

reclusion | anberlin

There's someone inside me that softly kills everyone around
They don't know they're dead to me because intent never makes a sound
All along they found I strangled lovers who've learned from slower hands
With these eleven minutes I could teach you what I am

There's an art in seclusion, production in depression
If a stranger turns up missing, this song is my confession
Tell the tales of the trail of dead, lovers learn from slower hands
Losing self in myself, inner demons make demands

Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide

never be the same | red

I know you, who are you now?
Look into my eyes if you can’t remember
Do you remember?

I can see, I can still find
You’re the only voice my heart can recognize
But I can’t hear you now, yeah

I’ll never be the same
I’m caught inside the memories of promises of yesterdays
And I belong to you
I just can’t walk away ‘cuz after loving you
I can never be the same

And how can I pretend to never
know you like it was all a dream? No
I know I’ll never forget the way I always felt
with you beside me, and how you loved me then

You led me here, then I watched you disappear
You left this emptiness inside and I can’t turn back time

No! Stay! Nothing compares to you
nothing compares to you
I can’t let you go

glittering cloud | imogen heap

I'm not always like this
It's something I become
A terrible weakness
In my nature, in my blood
Save me, oh save me, save me from myself
Before I hurt somebody else again

Domino motion jump starts when we touch
The blackout approaching
Here it comes now, wish me luck
It's all over, it's all over, it's all over in a flash
I can't remember
What have I done now?

It's all over the papers
On the TV, wagging tongues
The artist's impression looks just like me
only... better
Don't blame me, don't maim me, I can't help what I am
Oh, Lord knows I've tried to

satellites | the doves

I want you to know this
My anger's all but done
Sweet Lord
I swear I've seen the darkness
Sweet Lord
I swear I've seen some pain

Here comes a strange cargo
Here comes a light that leaves out of here
Sweet Lord
All I've known is badness
Sweet Lord
All I've known is pain

I want you to notice
My anger's all but done
And all I've known is madness

Disc 2: krumnut

counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums | a perfect circle

Don't fret precious I'm here
Step away from the window
Go back to sleep

Safe from pain, and truth, and choice
and other poisoned devils
See, they don't give a fuck about you
Like I do

I’ll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices
they’re one in the same, I must isolate you
Isolate and save you from yourself

the horror of our love | ludo

I'm a killer
Cold and wrathful
Silent sleeper
I've been inside your bedroom
I've murdered half the town
Left you love notes on their headstones
I'll fill the graveyards
Until I have you

blood makes noise | suzanne vega

I'd like to help you doctor
Yes I really, really, would.

But blood makes noise
It's a ringing in my ear
Blood makes noise
And I can't really hear you
In the thickening of fear

the killing moon | nouvelle vague

Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine

Fate
Up against your will
Through the thick and thin

the prayer | bloc party

Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice,
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

i wish i had an evil twin | the magnetic fields

I wish I had an evil twin
running ’round doing people in
I wish I had a very bad
an evil twin to do my will
to cull and conquer, cut and kill

no man alive | hannah fury

All that matters is love...
There's no man alive that has what I need

I feel it come again
The feeling that I love
And that I know will end
(And when the ride comes to an end, just get up, dust off, and do it again)

razor valentine | thea gilmore

I love you like a whisper
I love you all alone
I love you like a murder babe
I'm burying the bones

the church channel | say anything

I wake up in a room and realize I’m insane again
this is the fifth time straight in a year I’ve ended up in here
eating PBJ’s and watching the church channel nightly
I didn’t mind what I did
I fell behind on my nightly four-course meal of rainbow pills
and now I’m wondering what is fake and what is real

one day out of nowhere, she sits down and looks over my shoulder
I’m shaking harder then I’ve ever shook before
she sings:
“Whoa, do you remember me? Is your mind that worn?
We both were born to be one with that which the public scorns.”
So lay your head on me

quiet and still | magneto

The blade in his hand might scare you to death

It all goes still,
It all goes quiet and oh so still

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Medium: Television
Fandom: Popular (AU)
Subject: Brooke/Sam
Format: All mp3. Eight tracks.
A/N: Princess!Sam. Sam runs away from her life at the palace, cuts her hair, joins the army and courts peasant!Brooke. Brooke thinks Sam is a man. There is also some time travelling involved. Ultimate win?

it's a life | phillip glass

*Instrumental*

kingdom skies | two steps from hell

*Instrumental*

there she goes | sixpence none the richer

There she goes
There she goes again
Racing through my brain
And I just can't contain
This feeling that remains

There she goes
There she goes again
Pulsing through my veins
And I just can't contain
This feeling that remains

somebody will miss you | stone parade

B:
No rose without a thorn
A bittersweet design
Hanging on an empty suitcase lie
And the war is in your eyes
Somebody will miss you
Know that I will say I need you to

S:
It’s not that we don’t have
Seven years upon our hands
And I bleed just to nurse you
You gotta lay it down
Oh lay it down
Just lay it out and see
The words won't kill you

Help me help you
So I can learn to face the truth

You’re turning your back on days we knew
I never once thought it’d be better off this way

everything | lifehouse

Find me here
Speak to me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
To the place where I find peace again

You are the strength, that keeps me walking
You are the hope, that keeps me trusting
You are the light to my soul
You are my purpose...you're everything

How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this?

homeland | hanz zimmer

*Instrumental*

empyrean mercenaries | immediate

*Instrumental*

age of discovery | immediate

*Instrumental*

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"If 'Popular' were a movie..."

boomwizard — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:00:23 GMT

Sam and Brooke would be doing it like bunnies right under their parents noses.
That is to say, I made a video. A fake movie trailer to be exact. Enjoy!

If you wish to download the original file to view it in better, higher quality, it is here.

Basic!Plot: Sam and Brooke are already together before their parents decide to get married and move them all in together, in the hopes of forming a sisterly bond between the two. Their relationship was kept a secret from their parents (love hidden under a facade of hate - how original), but due to being around each other constantly they find it harder and harder to hide how they feel.

Eventually Mike and Jane discover what has been going on after Mike catches them in the act. Jane is supportive, whereas Mike is not. He has trouble accepting the girls as lovers and homelife becomes increasingly strained. At one point Jane takes Sam and leaves, and Brooke considers breaking it off because her father is so unhappy - before coming to see that it is not Mike's happiness that is important.

After much prodding on Jane's part, Mike eventually comes to realise how much the girls really love each other, and Sam and Brooke are reunited. Happily ever after, etc.

What else could you expect from little old me?

Oh, look! It's a gif

boomwizard — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:40:17 GMT

Do you hear that sound, far in the distance? That would be me - cackling like a maniac. And yes, I'm aware the gif is choppy, it's supposed to be, I wanted it to look like they were on a webcam. Otherwise it would be weird. Duh.

10.5 Apocalypse. Or, rather: Worst. Movie. Ever.

boomwizard — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:51:22 GMT

I'm out at the video store, browsing DVDs. I look to see what's out in the new releases. Me being me, I like to start at the start and work my way down. This means, starting at A, or in this case, with numbers. The first title I see: 10.5 Apocalypse. Now, being a raving Carly Pope fan, I've browsed through her IMDb page, seen what other productions she's been in. One of those, I recall with that exact title. After selecting three other movies I wish to rent for plot rather than eye-candy, I make my way home.

Upon finding the movie I looked like Spongebob, after watching, like Squidward.

After I double-check on IMDb that this is in fact, the correct movie (which I had previously heard nothing but bad reviews about) I sit down to watch it. She was barely in the first part and only gets into danger when the Hotel collapses at the very end of part one, I was shocked and appalled (not to mention annoyed) that it was a two parter. I'd figured around an hour and a half was more than enough of my life to waste, but no. They had to draw the torture out. This movie felt stretched out enough as it is. You had really pointless characters who did nothing, like the presidents daughter, who for some inexplicable reason was doing volunteer work, apparently handing out towels to the survivors, all the while being followed by secret service goons. Yes, that seems helpful. Cluttering up rescue space with fancily dressed muscle.

So, blah, blah, blah, catastrophe, catastrophe, the expert guy who's name I've forgotten went ahead and died. Oh, I never saw that one coming. Completely blindsided me. He spent at least five whole minutes rattling off numbers, and crying that the water temperature was rising, then once the water starts pouring over the side of the dam like Niagra-bloody-Falls, he tells the pilot to go down for a closer look. No, I never expected that the dam would explode, just as they were being told to get the hell out of there. Never.

The first part is boring and over dramatic, and the second part is only improved by more regular Carly scenes. A little too regular actually, seeing as she seemed to appear on the screen roughly every 7 minutes which I found amusing. Also, the man who is an expert geologist, who also happens to be the father of the female expert, who shall hence forth be referred to as 'Daddy', is the kind of guy I'd prefer to be stuck with in a disaster. Keeps his cool, knows what he's doing, tells off the panicky and annoying skeptic of the group - oh, and he totally saved Carly's character from falling debris, which I felt was very nice of him to do.

Moving on, pointless scenes which I am uninterested in due to lack of Carly, we get back to the Hotel, and Daddy's group of survivors make a ladder out of a giant sign to get to the top floor because the earthquake demolished the staircase, of course. Everyone has to help lift the thing, which apparently weighs a ton, Laura Malloy (Carly's character) included, which strikes me as odd, considering she just found out she's pregnant, she is hardly reluctant to help with the extremely heavy lifting. Then again they need all the man-power they can get, even if she isn't a man.

Here we have more boring in-between scenes, which, if I'm honest, fast forwarded through. Practically the whole movie. Often in cases like this, I don't care enough about the majority of characters to pay attention to their names. Mr Malloy, who's name I don't consider important enough to remember (Tim something, maybe) shall be referred to as little brother. Older brother, older brother. I disgress.

We get back to the survivors, and Laura and Jenna (who's name I only remember because it came out of Carly's mouth so much) are like the last two to go up this impromptu ladder to a higher level, not including the guy in the red shirt holding it steady, and she's trying to coax the girl Jenna (who when she started crying I couldn't stop seeing her as Kristen Bell) up the ladder, I'm totally on the edge of my seat here. Laura get's up the ladder fine, and of course just as the Jenna girl is about to reach the safepoint, the rubble starts shaking again, and BAM! the ladder falls on Mr Red-Shirt taking Jenna with it, and they both die. All the survivors, Jenna's friend (who I shall call Featherhead since she was one of the fancy dancers with the fluffy headpieces) included are distraught, and Laura is clearly shocked/upset.

More boring scenes.

Of course Skeptic dies when running panicked through a doorway.
Of course big brother disobeys his orders to play hero, again.
Of course little brother finally stands up to big brother like his wife told him to.

And of course that's entirely appropriate to get into a scuffle inside a building that is falling down. So busy fighting, they don't notice a friggin earthquake? Smart boys, smart. Cool your jets and find the damn survivors already! I've had more than enough flashes of them searching the building, I get the point, they're search and rescue. Enough searching, more rescuing! I had to laugh when Laura stopped on the stairs, and when Featherhead asked if she was okay, she said she felt nauseous. Wonderful thing, morning sickness.

I knew it! I was waiting for her to fall down the stairs during the earthquake! Wasn't expecting Featherhead to go tumbling down with her. And holy crap! Enough with the damn flashbacks to center base! Yes we know they are trying to figure the path of the damn earthquake, and I don't care! Give me updates on Laura and her gal pal!

Amusing reaction on little brothers behalf when he found out from Daddy that his wife was pregnant. Even bigger scurry to get her out from under the debris. And then they cut to Featherhead trying to dig Laura out from under it while she's crying and screaming for help. That's my cue to start the tears rolling. When I invest in characters, what happens to them affects me more. Hell, she was the only character out of the entire film I payed attention to.

That's just wonderful Daddy and female expert who is your daughter. Plenty of time for reunions and introductions when PREGNANT CARLY'S ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF RESCUING! I don't care about your shit! Get the cameras back to where the pretty is! On that note, certain people should just not look good covered in dirt and blood. Seriously.

I kinda felt like they did something with the sound in this movie. Carly's voice sounded higher than usual. Maybe she just put her sexy husk on overdrive when she was on Dirt. This character did seem more younger and vulnerable. OH, CARLY I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

Apparently little brothers name is Will. Irrelevant. I do not care.

Yes, that's very helpful Laura, crying like that. Yes, I see your leg is hurt. You could at least maybe try to help Featherhead get the door open. I understand it helps to add suspense to have you both so distraught, but really. Make Carly stop crying right now please. Give her a bandaid or something. I don't like it! Victimised Sammy angst is bad enough, I don't need this shit from Laura too. Featherhead go and give her a hug right now!

What's this? When did Laura start bleeding from the mouth? Accute observation little brother, your wife is in fact hurt. Did you notice you were inside a collapsing building? I'd be more surprised if she wasn't hurt.

Skip to the end, yes America is saved, see me not care. Carly looks too adorable all pathetic and feeble and still caked with dirt and blood after having her stomach stitched back together, I find it hard to give a rats ass about anything else. All you other characters can go jump in the river of lava for all I care. Fast forward through the rest of the film, oh, what do you know, America wasn't saved. Too bad.

I now have a headache from all the constant zooming in and out the camera man was so very fond of.

Never again, shall I watch this movie, not even for dear Ms Pope. I shall only run back and screencap, that is all. Do not, I repeat, do not watch this movie. For the plot, or the acting. If you wish to watch it for Carly like I did, I suggest watching only the second part, and fast forwarding to her scenes. Now if you'll excuse me I have some furious screencapping to do. Why so pretty caked in grime Carly Pope? You should be arrested for looking so good in everything. I saw you in that tartan poncho getup. And don't even get me started on the orange turtleneck. One should not drool over orange items of clothing. Least of all ones that cover such a lovely neck.

One and only reason to watch this movie: