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bentfire — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:48:48 GMT

So... hi! Long time no post, huh? Tumblr has kinda sucked up my life lately, and I've been doing graphics on a bigger scale than 100x100. I actually haven't even attempted icon-sized things since my last post back in October. But the past few days I've been really wanting to get back into the eljay side of things, so:

Spam me with Young Justice caps, please?!

You can peruse through my screencap gallery over yonder. I don't care if you direct link, as long as you just do it in this post.

Icons: Young Justice

bentfire — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:32:04 GMT

+ Comment if you take anything.
+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords.
+ This post contains icons of the animated series Young Justice, including the most recent episode so some icons may be spoilery.

03. 07. 11.

01. 02. 03. 04.
05. 06. 07. 08.
09. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.

RUNDOWN:
01: 1x01 - "Independence Day"
02-05: 1x03 - "Welcome To Happy Harbor"
06-08: 1x06 - "Infiltrator"
09-10: 1x09 - "Bereft"
11-13: 1x10 - "Targets"
14: - 1x11 - "Terrors"
15-20: - 1x12 - "Homefront"

CREDITS/RESOURCES:
- Screencaps by myself and Young-Justice.net
- Textures by innocent_lexys, hgx & velvetb0x.

07 & 14 are manips, btw. Here's the original images. I really, reaaaally wanted to icon the first M'gann/Connor kiss but hated how Connor didn't even look like himself, so I tried to Connor-ify him, haha. I wanted to change his shirt to his regular black but it didn't look right, so I settled for just modifying the color a bit so it didn't look so prison-ish.

So next time I update I promise it'll be within a year! Haha. Can't believe it took me soo long to make another icon batch, and this is even a small one. I just kinda lost the mojo again, I guess. But hopefully YJ will continue to be awesome and inspire me. YOU GUYS. This show has me shipping canon. I didn't even know I could do that! All my major ships (Zuko/Katara, Batman/Wonder Woman) never ever come to fruition. But srsly, how awesome is this show?! I just, idk. EVERY character is fucking amazing. And there's so many ships! My main one is obvs M'gann/Connor, but I love Cheshire/Red Arrow (UST, UST & more UST!) and I think I like Artemis/Kid Flash.

Would anyone be interested in a YJ mood theme? No promises, but while I was making these icons I couldn't help but think of doing one. Some of Robin's facial expressions especially had me wanting to make one, haha.

Icons: The Last Airbender, Fullmetal Alchemist, Requests...

bentfire — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:28:30 GMT

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+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords.
+ This post contains icons of the following: Fulfilled requests, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (19), Avatar: The Last Airbender (12) & a couple misc. others.

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NOTES/FANDOMS:
01-05. Requests for dharmavati. Yours were the first icons I'd made in... idk, a year and a half? I really like the first two, but the others make me twitch. Sorry if you don't like them! I was more trying to figure out my old style than anything; if you want some others, comment with pictures? I'm sorry yours didn't turn out too well.
06-07. Requests for xlovelylightx. I managed to make something decent out of the Goliath pic! :D
08-13. Requests for serah. I still plan to make more from your images, since you gave me so many! Does anyone know the fanartist who made #08?
14-16. Wonder Woman movie/Justice League tv series. I have a (sorta) newfound love for the DC original movies/the JL series. Would anyone be interested in screencaps for these? I thought about doing it just for myself, but idk if I'd ever be motivated enough to do it.
17-21. Avatar: the Last Airbender. These were made for the 'season one' challenge at atlaland.
22-40. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

If anyone wants any textless versions, just comment & ask. I don't mind uploading 'em.

The Last Airbender screencaps from Iroh.org (I was feeling too lazy to look through mine, lol), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood caps from Fullmetal Alchemist Anime & the Wonder Woman movie/Justice League series screencaps were by The World's Finest.

bentfire — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:26:37 GMT

Hello and welcome to my new graphic journal. :D I decided I needed a fresh start. whoresque had been my graphic journal since Feb '04 and I was 15 when I made it, so the name 'whoresque' just doesn't... fit me anymore. Not that it ever did, really; I was just kind of obsessed with the word whore when I was younger. IDK, I ~~was~~ am weird.

If you'll glance through the tags or previous entries, you'll notice most of my graphics have been re-uploaded. I didn't upload all of my old stuff, some because it was complete crap and others because I didn't think anyone would care to see them again. (The latter being mostly my old Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse stuff. The movies came out; nobody seems to care for book icons anymore.) I also no longer have a Resource Post, 80% of the links in the old one are dead so it didn't seem like much use to anyone. If I have to credit people for screencaps/brushes/etc., I will do so at the bottom of the post from now on.

The Screencap Log has been trimmed majorly. Now it only includes Avatar: The Last Airbender, Eureka SeveN & W.I.T.C.H.. There's links to both .zip files and a gallery, please tell me if there's any broken links!

Also, I figured that since I'm trying to get back into my whole ~graphics mojo~ thing, I thought I'd open requests. Feel free to post as many images from the following fandoms as you want:

» Avatar: The Last Airbender
» Bleach
» Eureka SeveN
» Fruits Basket
» Fullmetal Alchemist
» Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (nothing past episode 26; or atleast nothing spoilery, please!)
» Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!
» Lovely Complex
» One Tree Hill (Joy, Sophia or Hilarie-centric images only, please! I do not care for the dudes in this show, at all.)
» Pretty Little Liars
» Taylor Swift
» The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
» The Vampire Diaries
» W.I.T.C.H.

Links to images only, please. If you link to a screencap gallery I'll just ignore the comment. If there's an anime not listed here that you want an icon of, link to the image as well. I really want to get into the hang of iconning anime/cartoons again, so I don't mind.

Icons: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:32:34 GMT

+ Comment if you take anything.
+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords.
+ This post contains three icons each from all episodes of Book Two of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
+ Original Post: 03-24-08.

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04. 05. 06.
07. 08. 09.
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37. 38. 39.
40. 41. 42.
43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48.
49. 50. 51.
52. 53. 54.
55. 56. 57.
58. 59. 60.

RUNDOWN:
01-03: 2x01 - The Avatar State
04-06: 2x02 - Cave of Two Lovers
07-09: 2x03 - Return to Omashu
10-12: 2x04 - The Swamp
13-15: 2x05 - Avatar Day
16-18: 2x06 - The Blind Bandit
19-21: 2x07 - Zuko Alone
22-24: 2x08 - The Chase
25-27: 2x09 - Bitter Work
28-30: 2x10 - The Library
31-33: 2x11 - The Desert
34-36: 2x12 - The Serpent's Pass
37-39: 2x13 - The Drill
40-42: 2x14 - City of Walls and Secrets
43-45: 2x15 - The Tales of Ba Sing Se
46-48: 2x16 - Appa's Lost Days
49-51: 2x17 - Lake Laogai
52-54: 2x18 - The Earth King
55-57: 2x19 - The Guru
58-60: 2x20 - The Crossroads of Destiny

NOTES/TEXT:
04. This is the only icon out of the bunch that I cheated on, and made prior to starting this 'challenge'. It was originally an entry for atla_battle aaages ago, but I eventually had to drop out of the contest and it hasn't been posted anywhere, so. :p
06. Quote from Avatar: The Abridged Series - Episode 5 vid by GanXingba.
11. From The Angst, starring Prince Zuko: An Avatar Spoof, another vid by GanXingba.
19+23. My OTPs get matching icons. :D
22. The entire time I made this icon I could not get "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day out of my head, wtf?
27. Another case of my OTPs getting matching icons.
29. I COULD NOT RESIST. Sifu Kisu, darling, I love you and your awesome kung-fu ways, but seriously, plz to be getting a sense of humor.
32. Sokka likes lolcats.
47. Good Zutara pron is so hard to find. >/ Plus, I love the word "egads." It's so hilarious. How can you say that with a straight face? It's impossible.
48. Rip-off of the old "Hungry Hungry Hippos" game. I kicked ass at that when I was younger.

Screencaps by myself.

Icons: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:17:14 GMT

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+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords.
+ This post contains icons from the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender.
+ Original Posts: 09-21-07, 09-24-07 10-25-07 & 12-11-07.

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TEXT/LYRICS/NOTES:
02. Manip. Duh. (A very, very bad one, by the way.)
12. "Load the Toph!" - quote from the scene.
18. Inspired by a couple Fire Nation soldier icons I saw that said "FN Soldier #234,023,002" or some other outrageous number.
27. "Heroes and thieves" - lyric from 'Heroes and Thieves' by Vanessa Carlton. (Her new CD is fabulous, by the way.)
28. "Charizard, I choose you!" - so, originally, I really wanted to use Pikachu instead of Charizard, but... Charizard fits so much more for Azula; I think he is the pokémon she'd really want to have, since it's all fire-y and everything. Is there a lightning pokémon? I thought that would be more fitting, but I only know, like, ten pokémon, so I have no clue if one like that even exists. [/random babbling.] If anyone wants it textless or with a different pokémon on there, let me know!
31. I haven't seen this movie before, but the entire time the episode was on I could not tolerate these two. So, they're dumb and dumber. Or really, they should be future rapist in training #1 and #2. Please tell me I'm not the only one who found them totally icky? They way they did this right after Ty Lee did her split just rubbed me the wrong way.
33+34. "'til the end" and in smaller text "you will always be my best friends" - lyrics from 'My Best Friend' from the pokémon USA soundtrack. Blame homestar for her constant ravings of Pokémon for these icons, srsly.
35. Avatar > Ouran.
42. I actually first made this icon saying "Zutara" instead of "firecest"... then I realized that would mean Sokka is reading porn involving his sister, so I had to change it. Oops.
44. What the hell is that animal called, anyway? I totally just made up "flying cowpo" (cowpo = cow + hippo) on the spot so I have no clue if that's the real terminology, or what.
57. Fanart by Fuienu-chan. The original can be found here.
58. Artwork by Mad-Sniper and colored by SpiritOasis. The colored version can be found here.
59-61. Artwork by kungpow333. Originals can be found here and here.
70-75. Artwork by sorceressmyr. Originals can be found here and here.
64. "And it's not my fault" - lyrics from 'Aftertaste' by Ben Lee. I really wanted to put lyrics from 'Set The Fire To The Third Bar' by Snow Patrol, but I couldn't get the text to look right, so I gave up.
69. That was honestly my first thought when I originally saw the panel, but I've noticed a few icons with the same text, so... sorry? I wasn't trying to copy anyone, but. :X
95. Manip by mistresskat.
96. Manip by youkai_slayer.

Screencaps by moi!

Icons: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:40:01 GMT

+ Comment if you take anything.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords.
+ Textless icons are not bases but if you want to add text, feel free.
+ This post contains icons of the cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
+ Original Posts: 02-04-07 & 02-21-07.

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TEXT/LYRICS:
02. "Mushi and Junior". ...and I just realized they didn't start using those names until 2x02, so whoops.
04. "Ozai who?"
05. "*gropes*". I know Aang's not really groping Katara in this scene, but as I was flipping through my caps that was the first thought that came to mind.
20. "You reek of bullshit".
21. "I feel pretty and witty and gaaaay!" - from that 'I Feel Pretty' song. Huh. I never knew it was in West Side Story.
22. "Nomads".
24. "And die!" - quote from the scene.
27. "What are Sokka and Zuko doing?!"
30. "Zuko/Katara?" - this is in no way a diss to K/Z, they're my absolute favorite pairing, so I'd never make an anti-K/Z icon, but it seemed to fit. Actually, my first thought was to make the text say "Foamzula?" but I didn't think people would get it, so...
31. "Yay! Porn!"
46. "Dance, burger boy!" - was this quote from a movie or something? 'cause I'm googling it now and... wait, was it from 'Gilmore Girls'?
52. "Hi, Katara!"
53. "Hi, Zuzu!"
66. The smaller text is the 'Lambchop Song' (you know, the one that goes "this is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends...") and the bigger text says "I don't love you like I did yesterday", which is a quote from 'I Don't Love You' by My Chemical Romance (which just came on my mp3 player as I was typing this - creepy!)
70. "Dear Diary, Today I pwned."
72. "You stupid bitches."
73. "Time for buttsecks!"
74. "Pipsqueak + Suki = Pipuki?" - his name IS Pipsqueak, right? I haven't watched 'Jet' in ages. :x
76. "Stay away from my man, biotch."
77. "I will fuck your shit up."
80. "*makes freakish goat noises*"
82. "What's cookin', good lookin'?"
83. "I find your pain highly amusing."
85. "My precious." - from the LOTR movies.
86. "Kama sutra" - this is actually a book cover I pasted on there, lol. Yeah, I'm going straight to the special hell. In a handbasket, probably.
88. "Bumitara FTW." - FTW means 'for the win', by the way.
89. "*is crazy*"
89. "I swear to drunk, I am not God."
98. "What the shit is this?"
99. "Have you been hitting the cactus juice again?"
100. "Ask me about my STD!" - this was a shirt Mac wore on an episode of 'Veronica Mars' earlier this season. I think it was Mac, but maybe it was Dick? I dunno.
101. "I'm a fandom bicycle. Ask me how!" - a lot of people call Katara a fandom bicycle and I found that unbelievably amusing, so I stuck it on here. The quote is actually a rip-off of a 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' quote that went something like "I'm a slayer. Ask me how!", I think it was between Buffy and Giles and they were arguing over her slaying duties, but I'm not certain.
102. "You make me weep for humanity."
103. "Blutara: Pissing off fandom since '05" - because it seems like most of the fandom dislikes K/Z shippers. I personally am a die-hard K/Z fan, so this wasn't mean to be a bashing of the pairing, so please don't get pissy at me. :P
103. "I think you have a problem with your brain being missing." - quote from 'Firefly'.

'School Time Shipping' screencaps were by AvatarSpirit.net, all other screencaps were by me. The fanart in 66 was by oddcookie so PLEASE credit him/her if you use the icon. I'd appreciate credit as well, but if you don't have enough room or something, definitely credit oddcookie first.

Icons: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:17:32 GMT

Icons: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:24:20 GMT

Icons: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:09:12 GMT

+ Comment if you take anything.
+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords. And if you use the fanart icons, please credit the artist as well.
+ This post contains icons from the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender.
+ Original Post: 10-17-06.

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117. 118.

EPISODES/CREDITS:
01-28. 1x03 - 'The Southern Air Temple'.
29-33. 1x04 - 'The Warriors of Kyoshi'.
34-43. 1x06 - 'Imprisoned'.
44-44. 1x09 - 'The Waterbending Scroll'.
45-46. 1x16 - 'The Deserter'.
47-59. 2x01 - 'The Avatar State'.
60-70. 2x03 - 'Return to Omashu'.
71-79. 2x06 - 'The Blind Bandit'.
80-83. 2x08 - 'The Chase'.
84-94. 2x09 - 'Bitter Work'.
95-97. 2x10 - 'The Library'.
98-101. 2x11 - 'The Desert'.
102-102. 2x12 - 'The Serpent's Pass'.
103-103. Fanart by aimo.
104-104. Fanart by burnbadart.
105-108. Fanart by asherluck.
109-109. Fanart by irrel.
110-110. Fanart by joodlez.
111-111. Fanart by kaimingdabimuyu.
112-112. Fanart by oddcookie.
113-114. Fanart by kungpow333.
115-115. Fanart by phoq.
116-116. Fanart by pootdamnyou.
117-117. Fanart by mad-sniper.
118-118. Fanart by yume-darling.

If you made any of the fanart and don't want icons made out of them, please let me know and I'll take them down.

LYRICS/TEXT:
01. "Goodbye's are all through" - from 'Leaving's Not Leaving' by LeAnn Rimes.
05. "I'll find my way home" - from... I don't know. It has to be lyrics, but I don't know what song/singer.
34. "I used to feel your fire" - from 'What It Takes' by Aerosmith.
39. "It's time to say goodbye" - from 'Photograph' by Nickelback.
41. "So maybe tomorrow" - from 'Maybe Tomorrow' by the Stereophonics.
42. "Know that I'm free" - again, not sure where this is from. I wanna say Aeromith, but I'm not sure.
45. "Ahoy!" - quote from the scene.
62+63. "Obligatory psychotic jackass" - get the reference and you get a cookie. :D Also, the reason there's two versions of it is because the first one kinda makes it look like the text is a hat. o_O
67+112. "Azula".
73. "Victorious".
75. I didn't save the PSD, so I honestly have no clue.
79. Bunch of random lyrics from 'Road To Nowhere' by Ozzy Osbourne.
83. "We choose our destiny" - from 'Flirting With Disaster' by Molly Hatchet.
90. "For blue skies" - from 'For Blue Skies' by Stray's Don't Sleep.
96+100. "Against the wall".
102. "Did you know I missed you?" - from 'Konstantine' by Something Corporate.

Screencaps by myself!

Headers: The Last Airbender, One Tree Hill, Bleach

bentfire — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:42:57 GMT

+ Comment if you take anything.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords/userinfo.
+ This post contains headers from the Avatar: The Last Airbender, One Tree Hill & Bleach.

Katara/Zuko, lyrics from "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" by Brand New. Made in October of '06.

Toph, lyrics from "Ready Steady Go" by L'arc-En-Ciel (it's one of the opening themes from Fullmetal Alchemist). Made January '07.

Zuko/Katara/Toph/Aang, aka my OTPs. ♥♥♥ I think the words are just random. I made this one in July '07. Fanart by sorceressmyr.

Lucas/Haley, I swear I was the biggest fangirl for this pairing the first four seasons of the show. Now I can't even stand to watch the show anymore. It just became unbearable in season three, but egads, every. single. time. these two were in a scene together I was grinning. ANYWAYS. The lyrics are from "Life Is Beautiful" by Vega 4. Made in July '07.

Lucas/Haley. Lyrics are from "Wounded" by Third Eye Blind. July '06.

Hitsugaya/Karin. I never was a huge fan of them, but this episodes was so pretty. Obviously, this one is unfinished; I couldn't think of any lyrics to match it. If anyone wants to "finish" it, feel free. Made in October '07.

Icons: The Last Airbender (Text)

bentfire — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:30:32 GMT

+ Comment if you take anything.
+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ Credit incendire, NOT bentfire in the keywords.
+ This post contains text-only quote icons from the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender.
+ Original Posts: 01-03-07, 07-18-07 & 12-11-07.

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EPISODES:
01-06. 3x02 - "The Headband"
00-07. 3x03 - "The Painted Lady"
08-09. 3x04 - "Sokka's Master"
10-22. 3x05 - "The Beach"
23-27. 3x09 - "Nightmares and Daydreams"
28-44. 3x10 - "Day of Black Sun"
00-45. Mai; 2x16 - "Appa's Lost Days"
00-46. Mai; 2x16 - "Appa's Lost Days"
00-47. Sokka; 2x11 - "The Desert"
00-48. Sokka; 2x09 - "Bitter Work"
00-49. Sokka; 2x09 - "Bitter Work"
00-50. Sokka; 2x11 - "The Desert"
00-51. Sokka; 2x11 - "The Desert"
00-52. Katara; 1x01 - "The Boy in the Iceberg"
00-53. Sokka; 1x09 - "The Waterbending Scroll"
00-54. Aang; 1x13 - "The Blue Spirit"
00-55. Sokka; 1x01 - "The Boy in the Iceberg"
00-56. Zuko; 1x07 - "The Spirit World (Winter Solstice Part 1)"
00-57. Sokka; 1x07 - "The Spirit World (Winter Solstice Part 1)"
00-58. Zuko; 1x19 - "The Siege of the North (Part I)"
00-59. Iroh; 2x01 - "The Avatar State"
00-60. Ty Lee; 2x03 - "Return To Omashu"
00-61. Azula; 2x08 - "The Chase"
00-62. Mai; 2x03 - "Return To Omashu"
00-63. Sokka; 2x11 - "The Desert"
00-64. Sokka; 2x11 - "The Desert"
00-65. Iroh; 2x13 - "The Drill"
00-66. Sokka; 2x08 - "The Chase"
00-67. Toph; 2x06 - "The Blind Bandit"
00-68. Sokka; 1x06 - "Imprisoned"
00-69. Toph; 2x12 - "The Serpent's Pass"
00-70. Ty Lee; 2x13 - "The Drill"
00-71. Sokka; 2x12 - "The Serpent's Pass"
00-72. Iroh; 2x14 - "City of Walls and Secrets"
00-73. Toph; 2x18 - "The Earth King"
00-74. Sokka; 1x02 - "The Avatar Returns"
00-75. Sokka; 2x11 - "The Library"
00-76. Random Guards; 1x06 - "Imprisoned"
00-77. Sokka; 2x02 - "Cave of Two Lovers"
00-78. Chong; 2x02 - "Cave of Two Lovers"
00-79. Aang; 2x02 - "Cave of Two Lovers"
00-80. Katara; 2x02 - "Cave of Two Lovers"
00-81. Aang; 1x17 - "The Northern Air Temple"
00-82. Sokka; 1x02 - "The Avatar Returns"
00-83. Sokka; 1x13 - "The Blue Spirit" (I'm not certain, though)
00-84. 1x04 - "The Warriors of Kyoshi"
85-87. 1x05 - "The King of Omashu"
00-88. 1x02 - "The Avatar Returns"
00-89. 1x01 - "The Boy In The Iceburg"
00-90. Quote taken from a post at avatar_fans. If anyone remembers this, can you drop me a link? I can't find it. :/
00-91. 1x02 - "The Avatar Returns"
00-92. 1x01 - "The Boy In The Iceburg"
00-93. 1x06 - "Imprisoned"
00-94. 1x07 - "Winter Solstice (Part One), The Spirit World"
95-103. 3x01 - "The Awakening"

Icons: The Last Airbender (Theme)

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:29:05 GMT

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+ This post contains text-only themed icons from the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender.
+ Original Posts: 12-11-06, 12-18-06, 01-27-07, 02-21-07 & 10-25-07.

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LINER NOTES:
01-20. Inspired by the Chuck Norris facts that are pretty much way overdone now, but I still find them funny. I'm slow like that. :D
21+22. Lame, I know, but I couldn't really think up any for him. The "Hole In My Soul" one refers to Azula shooting him with her lightning, btw.
27. Guess I could've used that one for Aang, too, huh? Totally didn't realize that 'til now. But again, it refers to Azula hitting him with her lightning.
36. Does Toph even have green eyes? Crap.
37. I want to clarify that while I love this song, I do not at all identify it with Toph, but I've seen it in a few fanmixes and in fanvids, so I figured I'd do this one. (Personally, I think of Gaia from the Fearless books when I hear that song, but eh).
25. The song is really called "Big Ten Inch Record"... but my mind was in the gutter so I cut the record off.
45. I really wanted to use a Backstreet Boys song but all the ones I liked had song titles that were too long, and then I was looking through the songs on my computer and found a Hanson one, and voila! Can't you just picture Zuko singing "Mmbop" on Music Night?
46. Every Zutara fans' anthem. :)
169. Quote from 3x09 by Guru Pathik. I couldn't help but think of 'Everybody Loves Raymond' when he said that, even though I can't stand that show.

On the name tag and similar icons, I tried to use fonts/stock paper that I thought the characters themselves would pick out. Like Mai's VDay icon, it's mostly dismal except for one small patch of color (which in hindsight, I wish I'd colored red; oh well) and the fonts were how I pictured the characters' hand writing would be (aside from Toph, yes I know she's blind so she can't really write, but lets pretend for a milisecond she can... idk, pencilbend?).

Also, the songs I used on the iPod icons aren't exactly songs that I think fit the characters (though some are), they're just song titles that I thought were amusing when applied to the character.

For numbers 24, 41 and 22 I snagged song titles from this post by jordan_the_kid. And the iPod icons were made with a tutorial by takethewords that you can find here. Stock paper was found via Google Search.

Icons: W.I.T.C.H.

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+ Original Posts: 07-13-06 & 08-07-06.

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TEXT/LYRICS:
01. "Always you"; from 'Konstantine' by Something Corporate.
03. "I still feel you"; I don't remember where this came from.
04. "There is no giving up"; from a Tegan and Sara song.
20. "This was our story".
22. "How this got started"; from 'Everyday Is Exactly The Same' by Nine Inch Nails.
32. "Someday we'll know"; from 'Someday We'll Know' by Mandy Moore/Switchfoot.
34. "Hot hot heat"; from the band Hot Hot Heat.
73. "Gotta keep moving" - from 'Mr. Beautiful' by Cheyenne Kimball.
85. "Facades" - from the episode 'F is for Facades'.
86. "In the bitterness" - from 'How To Save A Life' by The Fray.

Screencaps were by myself and comic images were from links in this post at kandrakar.

Icons: Lovely Complex

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:21:16 GMT

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+ This post contains icons from the anime Lovely Complex.
+ Original Posts: 07-23-07 & 08-17-07.

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TEXT/LYRICS:
08. Actually a texture, but includes lyrics from 'Somewhere Out There' by Our Lady Peace.
20. "Risa approved!"
31. This a texture but it uses lyrics from 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' by Oasis.
34+35. "My broke is brain" / "My brain is broke". I thought the first one was funnier but I figured it wouldn't make sense to most people, so I included a variation.

Screencaps were taken by myself.

Icons: Fullmetal Alchemist

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:11:00 GMT

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+ Textless icons are not bases.
+ This post contains icons of the anime Fullmetal Alchemist.
+ Original Posts: 01-15-07 & 01-28-08.

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TEXT/LYRICS:
35. Izumi.
38. "Pretty like a whip" - from 'Forget Myself' by Third Eye Blind.

Screencaps were taken by myself.

Icons: Eureka seveN

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:01:16 GMT

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+ This post contains icons of the anime Eureka seveN.
+ Original Posts: 11-09-06, 01-01-07 & 01-28-08.

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LYRICS/TEXT:
46. "Leave the way you came" from - 'Want To' by Sugarland.
81. "Bzuh?"
91. "Butt secks?"
117. "Anemone"

If you want textless versions of those, just ask.

Screencaps by myself.

Icons: Bleach

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:42:44 GMT

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+ This post contains icons from the anime series Bleach.
+ Original Posts: 06-14-07 & 01-28-08.

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TEXT/LYRICS:
25. "Hey, love"
32. "What the shit?!"
45. "Mashiro"

Screencaps were taken by myself.

Icons: Ouran Host Club, Samurai Champloo,

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:28:17 GMT

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+ This post contains icons of the animes Ouran Host Club, Samurai Champloo & Romeo x Juliet.
+ Original Posts: 01-27-07 (Ouran & Champloo) and 08-17-07 (Romeo x Juliet).

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LYRICS/TEXT:
18. "I shall smite you!"
27. "Tamaki approved"
51. "Samurai Champloo"
62. "Well, shit"
82. "And I miss you"

... is it glaringly obvious yet that I suck at text? XD

Ouran Host Club screencaps came from For Richer or Poorer, and I took the Samurai Champloo & Romeo x Juliet caps myself.

Icons: Anastasia, Mulan, Fruits Basket

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:10:03 GMT

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+ This post contains icons from the animated movies Anastasia and Mulan, plus the anime Fruits Basket.
+ Original Posts: 12-04-06 (Anastasia/Mulan) & 04-16-07 (Fruits Basket).

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LYRICS/TEXT:
08. "Totally gay".
12. "And I love her".
37. "Shang? He's this big".
83. "Tohru".

Fruits Basket screencaps by holic, Mulan caps by Magical Screencaps & the link for the Anastasia caps is dead.

Fanmix: If You Can't Leave It Be...

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:35:58 GMT

Original Post: 08-06-07

Part III! This is a fanmix for the pairing Jacob/Bella from the books Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. However, since I feel you can't really have a Jacob/Bella mix without addressing Edward and the obvious Edward/Bella connection, there's quite a few songs that are either from Bella's POV on Edward, or songs about their relationship. The mix doesn't really contain anything from the first novel, Twilight, though. It picks up about 60 pages into New Moon.

01. Rachael Yamagata - Quiet { Bella's POV when she realizes Edward is leaving her behind }
Baby says I can't come with him
And I had read all of this in his eyes
Long before he even said so
Why go, I asked
You know and I know why

[Edward] took a deep breath and stared, unseeingly, at the ground for a long moment. His mouth twisted the tiniest bit. When he finally looked up, his eyes were different, harder--like the liquid gold had frozen solid.
"Bella, I don't want you to come with me." He spoke the words slowly and precisely, his cold eyes on my face, watching as I absorbed what he was really saying.
There was a pause as I repeated the words in my head a few times, sifting through them for their real intent.
"You . . . don't . . . want me?" I tried out the words, confused by the way they sounded, placed in that order.
"No."
I stared, uncomprehending, into his eyes. He stared back without apology. His eyes were like topaz--hard and clear and very deep. I felt like I could see into them for miles and miles, yet nowhere in their bottomless depths could I see a contradiction to the word he'd spoken.

02. The Weepies - The World Spins Madly On { Bella's POV on how empty she feels after Edward has left }
Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you'd gone
and let the world spin madly on

October.
November.
December.
January.

03. Ilse de lange - I Still Cry { Bella feeling lost and sad after Edward leaves }
I still cry sometimes when I remember you
I still cry sometimes when I hear your name
I said goodbye and I know you're alright now
But when the leaves start falling down I still cry
It's just that I recall September
It's just that I still hear your song
It's just I can't seem to remember
Forever more those days are gone

Someone had been in the house to leave a note for Charlie, a note that would lead him to find me. From the moment that I'd realized this, a horrible suspicion began to grow in my head. I rushed to my room, shutting and locking the door behind me before I ran to the CD player by my bed.
Everything looked exactly the same as I'd left it. I pressed down on top of the CD player. The latch un-hooked, and the lid slowly swung open.
It was empty.
The album Renee had given me sat on the floor beside the bed, just where I'd put it last. I lifted the cover with a shaking hand.
I didn't have to flip any farther than the first page. The little metal corners no longer held a picture in place. The page was blank except for my own handwriting scrawled across the bottom: Edward Cullen, Charlie's kitchen, Sept. 13th.
I stopped there. I was sure that he would have been very thorough.
It will be as if I never existed, he'd promised me.
I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palm of my hands, and then it was pressed against the skin of my cheek. I hoped that I was fainting, but, to my disappointment, I didn't lose consciousness. The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under.
I did not resurface.

04. Jem - Missing You { Bella's thoughts after Edward leaves her }
I wish this could be
A happy song
But my happiness disappeared
The moment you were gone
Don't think I ever believed that
This day would come
Now all I'm feeling
Is lost and numb
And ohhh I know I promised
Mmmm that I would try
But I, yes I, miss you
And it's killing inside

"I'm sending you to Renee, to Jacksonville," [Charlie] clarified.
Charlie watched with exasperation as I slowly grasped the meaning of his words.
"What did I do?" I felt my face crumple. It was so unfair. My behavior had been above reproach for the past four months. After that first week, which neither of us ever mentioned, I hadn't missed a day of school or work. My grades were perfect. I never broke curfew--I never went anywhere from which to break curfew in the first place. I only very rarely served leftovers.
Charlie was scowling.
"You didn't do anything. That's the problem. You never do anything."
"You want me to get into trouble?" I wondered, my eyebrows pulling together in mystification. I made an effort to pay attention. It wasn't easy. I was so used to tuning everything out, my ears felt stopped up.
"Trouble would be better than this . . . this moping around all the time!"
That stung a bit. I'd been careful to avoid all forms of moroseness, moping included.
"I am not moping around."
"Wrong word," he grudgingly conceded. "Moping would be better--that would be doing something. You're just . . . lifeless, Bella. I think that's the word I want."

05. Three Days Grace - Over And Over { Jacob falls for Bella, even though he knows she's in love with Edward }
So here I go again
Chasing you down again
Why do I do this?
Over and over, over and over
I fall for you
Over and over, over and over
I try not to

"Could I come back tomorrow?" Sundays were the bane of my existence. There was never enough homework to keep me busy.
Quil nudged Embry's arm and they exchanged grins.
Jacob smiled in delight. "That would be great!"
"If you make a list, we can go shop for parts," I suggested.
Jacob's face fell a little. "I'm still not sure I should let you pay for everything."
I shook my head. "No way. I'm bankrolling this party. You just have to supply the labor and expertise."
Embry rolled his eyes at Quil.
"That doesn't seem right," Jacob shook his head.
"Jake, if I took these to a mechanic, how much would he charge me?" I pointed out.
He smiled. "Okay, you're getting a deal."
"Not to mention the riding lessons," I added.
Quil grinned widely at Embry and whispered something I didn't catch. Jacob's hand flashed out to smack the back of Quil's head. "That's it, get out," he muttered.
"No, really, I have to go," I protested, heading for the door. "See you tomorrow, Jacob."
As soon as I was out of sight, I heard Quil and Embry chorus, "Woooo!"
The sound of a brief scuffle followed, interspersed with an "ouch" and a "hey!"
"If either of you set so much as a toe on my land tomorrow . . ." I heard Jacob threaten. His voice was lost as I walked through the trees.

06. The Killers - Read My Mind { Jacob's thoughts on his friendship with Bella and his thoughts about her in general }
It’s funny how you just break down
Waitin' on some sign
...
Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you jump
Tell me what you find when you read my mind

"Bella?"
Both our heads snapped up as Charlie's familiar voice wafted through the trees, sounding closer than the house.
"Shoot," I muttered. "Coming!" I yelled toward the house.
"Let's go." Jacob smiled, enjoying the cloak-and-dagger. He snapped the light off, and for a moment I was blind. Jacob grabbed my hand and towed me out of the garage and through the trees, his feet finding the familiar path easily. His hand was rough, and very warm.
Despite the path, we were both tripping over our feet in the darkness. So we were also both laughing as the house came into view. The laughter did not go deep; it was light and superficial, but still nice. I was sure he wouldn't notice the faint hint of hysteria. I wasn't used to laughing, and it felt right and also very wrong at the same time.
Charlie was standing under the little back porch, and Billy was sitting in the doorway behind them.
"Hey, Dad," we both said at the same time, and that started us laughing again.
Charlie stared at me with wide eyes that flashed down to note Jacob's hand around mine.

07. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars { Bella's POV on Jake and her easy friendship with him }
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old

"Wrong," I sighed. "There's really nothing. Your friends are a lot more interesting than mine. I like your friends. Quil's funny."
[Jake] frowned. "I think Quil likes you, too."
I laughed. "He's a little young for me."
Jacob's frown deepened. "He's not that much younger than you. It's just a year and a few months."
I had a feeling we weren't talking about Quil anymore. I kept my voice light, teasing. "Sure, but, considering the difference in maturity between guys and girls, don't you have to count that in dog years? What does that make me, about twelve years older?"
He laughed, rolling his eyes. "Okay, but if you're going to get picky like that, you have to average in size, too. You're so small, I'll have to knock ten years off your total."
"Five foot four is perfectly average." I sniffed. "It's not my fault you're a freak."
We bantered like that until Hoquiam, still arguing over the correct formula to determine age--until we were in Checker, and Jacob had to concentrate again. We found everything left on his list, and Jacob felt confident that he could make a lot of progress with our haul.
By the time we got back to La Push, I was twenty-three and he was thirty--he was definitely weighing skills in his favor.

08. Dashboard Confessional - Ghost Of A Good Thing { Jacob's POV on Bella and how she's falling apart since Edward left, also touches on her delusions of Edward when she gets in dangerous situations }
But, you’re chasin’ the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing
It’s getting away from you again
While you’re chasin’ ghosts
...
Just bend the pieces ‘till they fit
Like they were made for it
But, they weren’t meant for this
No, they weren’t meant for this

"What did he do to you?" I demanded, tears collecting in my eyes. I reached out to [Jake], as I had once before, stepping forward with my arms wide.
This time he cringed away, holding his hands up defensively. "Don't touch me," he whispered.
"Is Sam catching?" I mumbled. The stupid tears had escaped the corners of my eyes. I wiped them away with the back of my hand, and folded my arms across my chest.
"Stop blaming Sam." The words came out fast, like a reflex. His hands reached up to twist around the hair that was no longer there, and then fell limply at his sides.
"Then who should I blame?" I retorted.
He halfway smiled; it was a bleak, twisted thing.
"You don't want to hear that."
"The hell I don't!" I snapped. "I want to know, and I want to know now."
"You're wrong," he snapped back.
"Don't you dare tell me I'm wrong--I'm not the one who got brainwashed! Tell me now whose fault this all is, if it's not your precious Sam!"
"You asked for it," he growled at me, eyes glinting hard. "If you want to blame someone, why don't you point your finger at those filthy, reeking bloodsuckers that you love so much?"
My mouth fell open and my breath came out with a whooshing sound. I was frozen in place, stabbed through with his double-eyed words. The pain twisted in familiar patterns through my body, the jagged hole ripping me apart from the inside out, but it was second place, background music to the chaos of my thoughts. I couldn't believe that I'd heard him correctly. There was no trace of indecision in his face. Only fury.
My mouth still hung wide.
"I told you that you didn't want to hear it," he said.
"I don't understand who you mean," I whispered.
He raised one eyebrow in disbelief. "I think you understand exactly who I mean. You're not going to make me say it, are you? I don't like hurting you."
"I don't understand who you mean," I repeated mechanically.
"The Cullens," he said slowly, drawing out the word, scrutinizing my face as he spoke it. "I saw that--I can see in your eyes what it does to you when I say their name."

09. Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become { refers to Jacob's thoughts on himself partially, but also him pleading with Bella to accept who he is now }
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

“What’s it like — having a werewolf for a best friend?”
The question caught me off guard. I laughed out loud.
“Does it creep you out?” [Jacob] pressed before I could answer.
“No. When the werewolf is being nice,” I qualified, “it’s the best.”
He grinned widely, his teeth bright against his russet skin. “Thanks, Bella,” he said, and then he grabbed my hand and wrenched me into one of his bone-crushing hugs.

10. Bad Religion - Broken { the first half of the song is from Jacob's POV after Edward leaves Bella, then the second is Bella's POV on Jake and her coming to terms with the fact that Edward is gone and not coming back, and that she should move on }
She said
Thanks but I'm broken
I guess
You must have misspoken
What a laugh
I've never been chosen by anyone
...
No she couldn't defend
He only wanted a friend
Now he's made something else
...
Oh yeah
I know I'm not broken
A little cracked
But that amounts to nothing

My head started to spin--I couldn't seem to pull in enough oxygen from the air. No lungs.
Jacob was entirely in control now, very still beside me.
"Why do you do that?" he asked. He tugged lightly at one of my arms, which was bound around my chest, and then gave up when it wouldn't come loose easily. I hadn't even realized I'd moved them. "You do that when you're upset. Why?"
"It hurts to think about them," I whispered. "It's like I can't breathe . . . like I'm breaking into pieces . . . ." It was bizarre how much I could tell Jacob now. We had no more secrets.
He smoothed my hair. "It's okay, Bella, it's okay. I won't bring it up again. I'm sorry."
"I'm fine," I gasped. "Happens all the time. Not your fault."
"We're a pretty messed-up pair, aren't we?" Jacob said. "Neither one of us can hold our shape together right."
"Pathetic," I agreed, still breathless.
"At least we have each other," he added, clearly comforted by the thought.
I was comforted, too. "At least there's that," I agreed.

11. Verve Pipe - Never Let You Down { Bella's POV on her friendship with Jake and her moving on with her life after Edward ditches her }
I’m trying to keep my feet on the ground
I’m getting to like this feeling I’ve found
I’m getting to love the thought of
Having you around
...
Cause people don’t take chances with their hearts
Since I’ve met you I am past the hardest part
So remember one thing
I will never let you down

Jacob really did look older than sixteen—-not quite forty, but maybe older than me. Quil didn't have too much on him, for all that Jacob claimed to be a skeleton. The muscles were the long wiry kind, but they were definitely there under the smooth skin. His skin was such a pretty color, it made me jealous.
Jacob noticed my scrutiny.
"What?" he asked, suddenly self-conscious.
"Nothing. I just hadn't realized before. Did you know, you’re sort of beautiful?”
Once the words slipped out, I worried that he might take my impulsive observation the wrong way.
But Jacob rolled his eyes. “You hit your head pretty hard, didn’t you?”
“I’m serious.”
“Well, then, thanks. Sort of.”
I grinned. “You’re sort of welcome.”

12. Breaking Benjamin - Diary Of Jane { Jacob's thoughts when he realizes Edward is back and he's wondering if his friendship with Bella will continue }
If I had to
I would put myself right beside you
So let me ask
Would you like that?
...
Something's getting in the way
Something's just about to break

Something's not right. The scent is off. A vampire, obviously, but not the same one whose scent has been burning your nose for the last week.
Before you can make sense of it, Bella is telling you to stop. Her face is lit up brighter than you've seen it since the day she came looking for you, all broken. She thinks the Cullen's have returned, and the flash car near her house does support the theory. Her enthusiasm sickens you. All she wants is to go and find the vampire, as if she's not a dietary staple of their kind. You're furious. It's difficult to calm yourself.
It's clear that you'll have to take her away by force if you want to keep her from going inside. She seems certain that it's her vampires. She's already gone--mentally, she's a million miles away from you. And you have responsibilities. The pack has been ignoring the treaty lines completely since the Cullens left. You can't let your brothers get into trouble, not knowing the Cullen's are back.
You hate leaving her here, and you're so angry that this is what she wants. The future that seemed so hopeful a few seconds ago crumbles into nothing. Doesn't she even care that they left her? Doesn't that matter? Never once has she expressed any anger toward them for what they've done to her. You guess that she never even felt that anger. She accepts what they did without question.
You need to leave, because you're not going to be able to hold yourself together too much longer. You can feel the fury building. You leave her alone there in the street, wishing more than anything that she'll call after you, that she'll change her mind. She doesn't.

13. Pete Murray - So Beautiful { Jacob's POV after Edward comes back and forbids Bella to see him; he misses her }
Found myself just the other day
In the backyard of a friends place
Thinking about you
Thinking of the crowd you're in
...
God, my fingers burn,
Now when I think of touching your hair
You have changed so much that I don't know,
If I can call you, and tell you I care

Bella,
I don’t know why you’re making Charlie carry notes to Billy like we’re in second grade — if I wanted to talk to you I would answer the
You made the choice here, okay? You can’t have it both ways when
What part of ‘mortal enemies’ is too complicated for you to
Look, I know I’m being a jerk, but there’s just no way around
We can’t be friends when you’re spending all your time with a bunch of
It just makes it worse when I think about you too much, so don’t write anymore
Yeah, I miss you, too. A lot. Doesn’t change anything. Sorry.
Jacob

14. Sick Puppies - All The Same { Jacob's thoughts after Edward returns }
I dont care, no I wouldn't dare
To fix the twist in you
...
Go ahead and tell me you'll leave again
You'll just come back running
Holding your scarred heart in hand
...
Hours slide and days go by
Till you decide to come
But in-between it always seems too long
For certain
But I have the skill, yeah
I have the will, to breathe you in while I can
However long you stay is all that I am

“You’re back,” Jacob said.
His familiar husky voice sent a wave of wistfulness through me. A thousand memories spun in my head, tangling together — a rocky beach strewn with driftwood trees, a garage made of plastic sheds, warm sodas in a paper bag, a tiny room with one too-small shabby loveseat. The laughter in his deep-set black eyes, the feverish heat of his big hand around mine, the flash of his white teeth against his dark skin, his face stretching into the wide smile that had always been like a key to a secret door where only kindred spirits could enter.
It felt sort of like homesickness, this longing for the place and person who had sheltered me through my darkest night.
I cleared the lump from my throat. “Yes,” I answered.
“Why didn’t you call me?” Jacob demanded.
His angry tone instantly got my back up. “Because I’ve been in the house for exactly four seconds and your call interrupted Charlie telling me that you’d called.”
“Oh. Sorry.”
“Sure. Now, why are you harassing Charlie?”
“I need to talk to you.”
“Yeah, I figured out that part all by myself. Go ahead.”
There was a short pause.
“You going to school tomorrow?”
I frowned to myself, unable to make sense of this question. “Of course I am. Why wouldn’t I?”
“I dunno. Just curious.”
Another pause.
“So what did you want to talk about, Jake?”
He hesitated. “Nothing really, I guess. I . . . wanted to hear your voice.”
“Yeah, I know. I’m so glad you called me, Jake. I . . .” But I didn’t know what more to say. I wanted to tell him I was on my way to La Push right now. And I couldn’t tell him that.
“I have to go,” he said abruptly.
“What?”
“I’ll talk to you soon, okay?”

15. Slipknot - Vermillion Part II { Jacob's thoughts on his feelings for Bella }
I'd do anything to have her to myself,
Just to have her for myself
...
She is everything to me,
The unrequited dream,
The song that no one sings,
The unattainable

“Jake . . .”
[Jacob] leaned forward, his face earnest now, the bitter sarcasm fading. “I think I might have been wrong before, you know, about not being able to be friends. Maybe we could manage it, on my side of the line. Come see me.”
I was vividly conscious of Edward, his arms still wrapped protectively around me, motionless as a stone. I shot a look at his face — it was calm, patient.
“I, er, don’t know about that, Jake.”
Jacob dropped the antagonistic façade completely. It was like he’d forgotten Edward was there, or at least he was determined to act that way. “I miss you every day, Bella. It’s not the same without you.”

16. Third Eye Blind - Deep Inside Of You { Jacob's POV on how miserable he is without Bella }
You said boy make girl feel good
...
But then I want to call you cause I dont want to crush you
But I feel like crushing you and it's true
I took for granted you were with me
I breathe by your looks and you look right through me

My truck was positively wheezing by the time it grated to a stop in front of the familiar faded red house. The lump came back to my throat as I stared at the little place that had once been my refuge. It had been so long since I’d been here.
Before I could cut the engine, Jacob was standing in the door, his face blank with shock.
In the sudden silence when the truck-roar died, I heard him gasp.
“Bella?”
“Hey, Jake!”
“Bella!” he yelled back, and the smile I’d been waiting for stretched across his face like the sun breaking free of the clouds. His teeth gleamed bright against his russet skin. “I can’t believe it!”
He ran to the truck and half-yanked me through the open door, and then we were both jumping up and down like kids.
“How did you get here?”
“I snuck out!”
“Awesome!”
“Hey, Bella!” Billy had rolled himself into the doorway to see what all the commotion was about.
“Hey, Bil —!”
Just then my air choked off — Jacob grabbed me up in a bear hug too tight to breathe and swung me around in a circle.
“Wow, it’s good to see you here!”
“Can’t . . . breathe,” I gasped.
He laughed and put me down.
“Welcome back, Bella,” he said, grinning. And the way he said the words made it sound like welcome home.

17. Three Days Grace - Never Too Late { Jacob's thoughts both before and after Edward comes back, also when he hears of Bella's plans to become a vampire }
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

“Will you never forgive me, Jacob?” I whispered. As soon as I said the words, I wished I hadn’t. I didn’t want to hear his answer.
“You won’t be Bella anymore,” he told me. “My friend won’t exist. There’ll be no one to forgive.”
“That sounds like a no,” I whispered.
We faced each other for an endless moment.
“Is this goodbye then, Jake?”
He blinked rapidly, his fierce expression melting in surprise. “Why? We still have a few years. Can’t we be friends until we’re out of time?”
“Years? No, Jake, not years.” I shook my head, and laughed once without humor. “Weeks is more accurate.”
I was not expecting his reaction.
He was suddenly on his feet, and there was a loud pop as the soda can exploded in his hand. Soda flew everywhere, soaking me, like it was spraying from a hose.
“Jake!” I started to complain, but I fell silent when I realized that his whole body was quivering with anger. He glared at me wildly, a growling sound building in his chest.
I froze in place, too shocked to remember how to move.
The shaking rolled through him, getting faster, until it looked like he was vibrating. His shape blurred. . . .
And then Jacob gritted his teeth together, and the growling stopped. He squeezed his eyes tight in concentration; the quivering slowed until only his hands were shaking.
“Weeks,” Jacob said in a flat monotone.
I couldn’t respond; I was still frozen.
He opened his eyes. They were beyond fury now.
“He’s going to change you into a filthy bloodsucker in just a few weeks!” Jacob hissed through his teeth.

18. Tonic - If You Could Only See { Edward's POV on Jacob and how Jake feels about Bella }
You're stretching out your arms to something thats just not there
Saying you love where you stand
Give your heart when you can
...
If you could only see the way she loves me
Then maybe you would understand
Why I feel this way about our love
And what I must do

My mind wandered as I waited for sleep to find me. This warm little space made me think of the early days with Jacob, and I remembered how it used to be when he was my replacement sun, the warmth that made my empty life livable. It had been a while since I’d thought of Jake that way, but here he was, warming me again.
“Please!” Edward hissed. “Do you mind!”
“What?” Jacob whispered back, his tone surprised.
“Do you think you could attempt to control your thoughts?” Edward’s low whisper was furious.
“No one said you had to listen,” Jacob muttered, defiant, yet still embarrassed. “Get out of my head.”
“I wish I could. You have no idea how loud your little fantasies are. It’s like you’re shouting them at me.”
“I’ll try to keep it down,” Jacob whispered sarcastically.
There was a brief moment of silence.
“Yes,” Edward answered an unspoken thought in a murmur so low I barely made it out. “I’m jealous of that, too.”
“I figured it was like that,” Jacob whispered smugly. “Sort of evens the playing field up a little, doesn’t it?”
Edward chuckled. “In your dreams.”
“You know, she could still change her mind,” Jacob taunted him. “Considering all the things I could do with her that you can’t. At least, not without killing her, that is.”
“Go to sleep, Jacob,” Edward murmured. “You’re starting to get on my nerves.”

19. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Darkness { Bella's POV about how she feels about Edward and how she wants to become a vampire to be with him }
Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
...
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

I closed my eyes and leaned into him, hiding my face against his chest. “You don’t want me to be a vampire.”
“No, I don’t,” [Edward] said softly, and then he waited for more. “That’s not a question,” he prompted after a moment.
“Well . . . I was worrying about . . . why you feel that way.”
“Worrying?” He picked out the word with surprise.
“Would you tell me why? The whole truth, not sparing my feelings?”
He hesitated for a minute. “If I answer your question, will you then explain your question?”
I nodded, my face still hidden.
He took a deep breath before he answered. “You could do so much better, Bella. I know that you believe I have a soul, but I’m not entirely convinced on that point, and to risk yours . . .” He shook his head slowly. “For me to allow this — to let you become what I am just so that I’ll never have to lose you — is the most selfish act I can imagine. I want it more than anything, for myself. But for you, I want so much more. Giving in — it feels criminal. It’s the most selfish thing I’ll ever do, even if I live forever.
“If there were any way for me to become human for you — no matter what the price was, I would pay it.”
I sat very still, absorbing this.
Edward thought he was being selfish.
I felt the smile slowly spread across my face.
“So . . . it’s not that you’re afraid you won’t . . . like me as much when I’m different — when I’m not soft and warm and I don’t smell the same? You really do want to keep me, no matter how I turn out?”
He exhaled sharply. “You were worried I wouldn’t like you?” he demanded. Then, before I could answer, he was laughing. “Bella, for a fairly intuitive person, you can be so obtuse!”
I knew he would think it silly, but I was relieved. If he really wanted me, I could get through the rest . . . somehow. Selfish suddenly seemed like a beautiful word.

20. The Perishers - Sway { Bella's thoughts on her friendship with Jake and how she's selfish, how she still wants to be best friends with him even though she knows he's in love with her, but for some reason she just can't give him up }
It feels as though we've made amends
Like we found a way eventually
It was you who picked the pieces up
When I was a broken soul
And then glued me back together
Returned to me what others stole
I don't wanna hurt you
I don't wanna make you sway
Like I know I've done before

“Look,” Jacob said. “I was planning to do this a little bit differently.” He laughed, and it sounded like he was laughing at himself. “Smoother,” he added. “I was going to work up to it, but” — and he looked at the clouds, dimmer as the afternoon progressed — “I’m out of time to work.”
He laughed again, nervous. We were still pacing slowly.
“What are you talking about?” I demanded.
He took a deep breath. “I want to tell you something. And you already know it . . . but I think I should say it out loud anyway. Just so there’s never any confusion on the subject.”
I planted my feet, and he came to a stop. I took my hand away and folded my arms across my chest. I was suddenly sure that I didn’t want to know what he was building up to.
Jacob’s eyebrows pulled down, throwing his deep-set eyes into shadow. They were pitch black as they bored into mine.
“I’m in love with you, Bella,” Jacob said in a strong, sure voice. “Bella, I love you. And I want you to pick me instead of him. I know you don’t feel that way, but I need the truth out there so that you know your options. I wouldn’t want a miscommunication to stand in our way.”
I stared at him for a long minute, speechless. I could not think of one thing to say to him.
As he watched my dumbfounded expression, the seriousness left his face.
“Okay,” he said, grinning. “That’s all.”
“Jake —” It felt like there was something big sticking in my throat. I tried to clear the obstruction. “I can’t — I mean I don’t . . . I have to go.”
I turned, but he grabbed my shoulders and spun me around.
“No, wait. I know that, Bella. But, look, answer me this, all right? Do you want me to go away and never see you again? Be honest.”
It was hard to concentrate on his question, so it took a minute to answer. “No, I don’t want that,” I finally admitted.
Jacob grinned again. “See.”
“But I don’t want you around for the same reason that you want me around,” I objected.
“Tell me exactly why you want me around, then.”
I thought carefully. “I miss you when you’re not there. When you’re happy,” I qualified carefully, “it makes me happy. But I could say the same thing about Charlie, Jacob. You’re family. I love you, but I’m not in love with you.”
He nodded, unruffled. “But you do want me around.”

21. Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You) { Bella's thoughts when she's fighting with Jake and when she realizes she has feelings for him }
Lover's in love, and the other's run away
Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay
Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
dying since the day they were born
...
And I thought I'd live forever, but now I'm not so sure
...
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave"
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong, 'cause I missed you

“I love you, Bella,” [Jake] murmured.
“I love you, Jacob,” I whispered brokenly.
He smiled. “I know that better than you do.”
He turned to walk away.
“Anything,” I called after him in a strangled voice. “Anything you want, Jacob. Just don’t do this!”
He paused, turning slowly.
“I don’t really think you mean that.”
“Stay,” I begged.
He shook his head. “No, I’m going.” He paused, as if deciding something. “But I could leave it to fate.”
“What do you mean?” I choked out.
“I don’t have to do anything deliberate — I could just do my best for my pack and let what happens happen.” He shrugged. “If you could convince me you really did want me to come back — more than you wanted to do the selfless thing.”
“How?” I asked.
“You could ask me,” he suggested.
“Come back,” I whispered. How could he doubt that I meant it?
He shook his head, smiling again. “That’s not what I’m talking about.”
It took me a second to grasp what he was saying, and all the while he was looking at me with this superior expression — so sure of my reaction. As soon as the realization hit, though, I blurted out the words without stopping to count the cost.
“Will you kiss me, Jacob?”
His eyes widened in surprise, then narrowed suspiciously. “You’re bluffing.”
“Kiss me, Jacob. Kiss me, and then come back.”

22. Dashboard Confessional - If You Can't Leave It Be, Might As Well Make It Bleed { Jacob's POV on Bella's unwillingness to admit her feelings for him, and then, after they kiss, how shocked she is to realize how much she's in love with him }
What you've found sure upsets you
Never saw it coming did you?
Its easy to be surprised with both your eyes sewn closed
...
These cuts are leaving creases
Trace the scars, fit the pieces
Tell your story, you don't need to say a word.
Call off the cavalry, can't save a wretch like me.

With a wild gasp, [Jake] brought his mouth back to mine, his fingers clutching frantically against the skin at my waist.
The jolt of anger unbalanced my tenuous hold on self-control; his unexpected, ecstatic response overthrew it entirely. If there had been only triumph, I might have been able to resist him. But the utter defenselessness of his sudden joy cracked my determination, disabled it. My brain disconnected from my body, and I was kissing him back. Against all reason, my lips were moving with his in strange, confusing ways they’d never moved before — because I didn’t have to be careful with Jacob, and he certainly wasn’t being careful with me.
My fingers tightened in his hair, but I was pulling him closer now.
He was everywhere. The piercing sunlight turned my eyelids red, and the color fit, matched the heat. The heat was everywhere. I couldn’t see or hear or feel anything that wasn’t Jacob.
The tiny piece of my brain that retained sanity screamed questions at me.
Why wasn’t I stopping this? Worse than that, why couldn’t I find in myself even the desire to want to stop? What did it mean that I didn’t want him to stop? That my hands clung to his shoulders, and liked that they were wide and strong? That his hands pulled me too tight against his body, and yet it was not tight enough for me?
The questions were stupid, because I knew the answer: I’d been lying to myself.
Jacob was right. He’d been right all along. He was more than just my friend. That’s why it was so impossible to tell him goodbye — because I was in love with him. Too. I loved him, much more than I should, and yet, still nowhere near enough. I was in love with him, but it was not enough to change anything; it was only enough to hurt us both more. To hurt him worse than I ever had.

23. Third Eye Blind - Good For You { Jacob's POV on how he feels for Bella }
I've been alone
My faith turned to stone
Still there's something in you I believe in
Close to the pierce I go wild and fierce
Still I let you be, I feel you next to me
...
Cause I've been without I go wild with doubt
I grab at you, I can't stop grabbing at you
...
Cause all I want to do is be there
For the things that you're going through
Well, is it good for you? is it good for you?
Cause you haunt my nights when
I don't know where my life should go

For one brief, never-ending second, an entirely different path expanded behind the lids of my tear-wet eyes. As if I were looking through the filter of Jacob’s thoughts, I could see exactly what I was going to give up, exactly what this new self-knowledge would not save me from losing. I could see Charlie and Renée mixed into a strange collage with Billy and Sam and La Push. I could see years passing, and meaning something as they passed, changing me. I could see the enormous red-brown wolf that I loved, always standing as protector if I needed him. For the tiniest fragment of that second, I saw the bobbing heads of two small, black-haired children, running away from me into the familiar forest. When they disappeared, they took the rest of the vision with them.
And then, quite distinctly, I felt the splintering along the fissure line in my heart as the smaller part wrenched itself away from the whole.
Jacob’s lips were still before mine were. I opened my eyes and he was staring at me with wonder and elation.
“I have to leave,” he whispered.
“No.”
He smiled, pleased by my response. “I won’t be long,” he promised. “But one thing first . . .”
He bent to kiss me again, and there was no reason to resist. What would be the point?
This time was different. His hands were soft on my face and his warm lips were gentle, unexpectedly hesitant. It was brief, and very, very sweet.
His arms curled around me, and he hugged me securely while he whispered in my ear.
“That should have been our first kiss. Better late than never.”
Against his chest, where he couldn’t see, the tears welled up and spilled over.

24. Staind - Right Here { Jacob's POV after Bella leaves him for Edward }
I've made a commitment
I'm willing to bleed for you
I needed fulfillment
I found what I need in you
...
But you always find a way
To keep me right here waiting
You always find the words to say to keep me right here waiting
And if I chose to walk away would you be right here waiting
Searching for the things to say to keep me right here waiting

I stretched my neck up to whisper in [Jake's] ear, laying my cheek against his warm skin. “You know I love you.”
“I know,” he breathed, his arm tightening automatically around my waist. “You know how much I wish it was enough.”
“Yes.”
“I’ll always be waiting in the wings, Bella,” he promised, lightening his tone and loosening his arm. I pulled away with a dull, dragging sense of loss, feeling the tearing separation as I left a part of me behind, there on the bed next to him. “You’ll always have that spare option if you want it.”

25. Rachael Yamagata - Even So { Bella's POV as she explains to Edward how she feels about Jake }
You're gonna hate me when I tell you everything
You're gonna question whether you really know me at all
You will revisit every smile, and where it fit into the day
I know this is how it will play
And I try, oh I try to think of all the things
That I could do to let you know that I love
Even so
I was not looking to do you wrong
Was not looking for a change of scenery
Don't remember where, or when, or how I did
But I'm hoping you'll forgive me
And I try, oh I try to think of all the things
That I could do to let you know that I love you

Once inside, I fought with the clasp on my bracelet [that Jake had given me], trying to undo it with shaking fingers.
“No, Bella,” Edward whispered, capturing my hands. “It’s part of who you are.”
He pulled me into the cradle of his arms as the sobs broke free again.
This longest of days seemed to stretch on and on and on. I wondered if it would ever end.
But, though the night dragged relentlessly, it was not the worst night of my life. I took comfort from that. And I was not alone. There was a great deal of comfort in that, too.
Charlie’s fear of emotional outbursts kept him from checking on me, though I was not quiet — he probably got no more sleep than I did.
My hindsight seemed unbearably clear tonight. I could see every mistake I’d made, every bit of harm I’d done, the small things and the big things. Each pain I’d caused Jacob, each wound I’d given Edward, stacked up into neat piles that I could not ignore or deny.
And I realized that I’d been wrong all along about the magnets. It had not been Edward and Jacob that I’d been trying to force together, it was the two parts of myself, Edward’s Bella and Jacob’s Bella. But they could not exist together, and I never should have tried.
I’d done so much damage.
At some point in the night, I remembered the promise I’d made to myself early this morning — that I would never make Edward see me shed another tear for Jacob Black. The thought brought on a round of hysteria which frightened Edward more than the weeping. But it passed, too, when it had run its course.
Edward said little; he just held me on the bed and let me ruin his shirt, staining it with salt water.
It took longer than I thought it would for that smaller, broken part of me to cry herself out. It happened, though, and I was eventually exhausted enough to sleep. Unconsciousness did not bring full relief from the pain, just a numbing, dulling ease, like medicine. Made it more bearable. But it was still there; I was aware of it, even asleep, and that helped me to make the adjustments I needed to make.
The morning brought with it, if not a brighter outlook, as least a measure of control, some acceptance. Instinctively, I knew that the new tear in my heart would always ache. That was just going to be a part of me now. Time would make it easier — that’s what everyone always said. But I didn’t care if time healed me or not, so long as Jacob could get better. Could be happy again.

26. Lucie Silvas - Forget Me Not { Bella's thoughts as she leaves Jake behind and prepares to marry Edward }
Isn't it a shame, that when timing's all wrong
You're doing what you never meant to,
There's always something that prevents you.
Well I believe in fate, it had to happen this way
But it always leaves me wondering whether...
In another life we'd be together.
We should feel lucky we can say... we've always got yesterday

[Edward] stroked my hair. “The guest list veto?”
“I don’t care really, but I . . .” I hesitated, not wanting to explain this one. Best to get it over with. “I’m not sure if Alice would feel the need to invite . . . a few werewolves. I don’t know if . . . Jake would feel like . . . like he should come. Like that’s the right thing to do, or that I’d get my feelings hurt if he didn’t. He shouldn’t have to go through that.”
Edward was quiet for a minute. I stared at the tips of the treetops, almost black against the light gray of the sky.
Suddenly, Edward grabbed me around the waist and pulled me onto his chest.
“Tell me why you’re doing this, Bella. Why did you decide, now, to give Alice free reign?”
I repeated for him the conversation I had with Charlie last night before I’d gone to see Jacob.
“It wouldn’t be fair to keep Charlie out of this,” I concluded. “And that means Renée and Phil. I might as well let Alice have her fun, too. Maybe it will make the whole thing easier for Charlie if he gets his proper goodbye. Even if he thinks it’s much too early, I wouldn’t want to cheat him out of the chance to walk me down the aisle.” I grimaced at the words, then took another deep breath. “At least my mom and dad and my friends will know the best part of my choice, the most I’m allowed to tell them. They’ll know I chose you, and they’ll know we’re together. They’ll know I’m happy, wherever I am. I think that’s the best I can do for them.”

27. Bethany Joy Lenz - The Loneliness Is Better Near Now { Bella's POV on how she's torn between Jacob and Edward }
It's loneliest when you're here
It's quietly when you're right beside me
I don't say it to hurt you
I just miss the touch of his hand
...
And though I won't complain
I know I stay, I know I stray
An ocean away
A woman at bay
She shoots up a flare and beckons him near
And the closer you get
The safer I am
But the further I run to hide me in the dark

I made an effort to smile. “Until my heart stops beating.”
[Jake] grinned back. “You know, I think maybe I’d still take you — maybe. I guess that depends on how much you stink.”
“Should I come back to see you? Or would you rather I didn’t?”
“I’ll think it through and get back to you,” he said. “I might need the company to keep from going crazy. The vampire surgeon extraordinaire says I can’t phase until he gives the okay — it might mess up the way the bones are set.” Jacob made a face.
“Be good and do what Carlisle tells you to do. You’ll get well faster.”
“Sure, sure.”
“I wonder when it will happen,” I said. “When the right girl is going to catch your eye.”
“Don’t get your hopes up, Bella.” Jacob’s voice was abruptly sour. “Though I’m sure it would be a relief for you.”
“Maybe, maybe not. I probably won’t think she’s good enough for you. I wonder how jealous I’ll be.”
“That part might be kind of fun,” he admitted.
“Let me know if you want me to come back, and I’ll be here,” I promised.
With a sigh, he turned his cheek toward me.
I leaned in and kissed his face softly. “Love you, Jacob.”
He laughed lightly. “Love you more.”
He watched me walk out of his room with an unfathomable expression in his black eyes.

28. Sleepthief ft. Nicola Hitchcock - You Did A Good Thing { Jacob's POV after Bella leaves him for Edward }
She was your childhood friend
All of your heart you gave her
And though the time has changed her
She'll always be home
...
And i'll miss you for the longest time
Our lovely view was the best i've known
Tears on my face have fallen so
So long
There can be no harder way

I was running before I hit the trees, my clothes strewn out behind me like a trail of crumbs — as if I wanted to find my way back. It was almost too easy now to phase. I didn’t have to think. My body already knew where I was going and, before I asked it to, it gave me what I wanted.
I had four legs now, and I was flying.
The trees blurred into a sea of black flowing around me. My muscles bunched and released in an effortless rhythm. I could run like this for days and I would not be tired. Maybe, this time, I wouldn’t stop.
...
Now I could hear the faint rustle of the matted leaves beneath my toenails, the whisper of an owl’s wings above me, the ocean — far, far in the west — moaning against the beach. Hear this, and nothing more. Feel nothing but speed, nothing but the pull of muscle, sinew, and bone, working together in harmony as the miles disappeared behind me.
If the silence in my head lasted, I would never go back. I wouldn’t be the first one to choose this form over the other. Maybe, if I ran far enough away, I would never have to hear again. . . .
I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me.

.ZIP FILES:
+ Part 1/3 - includes songs 01-10; 60mb
+ Part 2/3 - includes songs 11-20; 41mb
+ Part 3/3 - includes songs 21-28; 44mb

CREDITS/RESOURCES:
+ With You for the japanese illustrations used on the coverart. (The manipulation and coloring were by myself, though.)
+ Megaflow Graphics for the sketch of the werewolf used on the coverart.
+ Actors used for the coverart: Steven Strait as Jacob Black and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Bella Swan (who doesn't really fit my image of Bella, but seeing as how her images are so tiny in the coverart, I suppose it doesn't really matter).
+ Huge thanks to snowfire for giving me the .mp3's of "You Did A Good Thing" and "Never Let You Down".
+ All of the quotes from New Moon and the short on Stephenie Meyer's website, Being Jacob Black were typed up by myself. If there's any typos, feel free to blame me/correct me. :P I downloaded Eclipse as a .html file, so I just copy+pasted those.

Fanmixes: Flirting With Disaster, Rectangle Plus One, and OTH S1/S2 Soundtrack

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:26:37 GMT

Part II of the mass fanmix post! :P Again, most of the song download links are probably dead, but if you want anything re-uploaded, just let me know!

Charmed - Cole Turner/Piper Halliwell - 'Flirting With Disaster'
Originally Posted: November 01, 2005

01. matthew ryan; return to me.mp3
I took a drink / I took the pills / you'll murder me, I know you will / some wish that I could change this / that you were hoping / I keep hoping for a cure, for some medicine, just one conversation / I can't return to you / you must return to me / that's the deal / I'm sorry, did I say I'm sorry?

02. lisa marie presley; the road between.mp3
I caught a glimpse of my reflection in you / but they can't believe I still want you around / hung on the line between addiction and this / I can't believe you said I hurt you again / but I can't afford to let you get away / and I cannot take the darkness when you stay / you're all I see / and it's definitely my fault / you're all I see / but don't come near me at all / this is definitely my fault

03. switchfoot; you.mp3
I hope to lose myself for good / I hope to find it in the end / not in me / in you

04. oasis; don't go away.mp3
me and you / what's going on? / all I seem to know is how to show / the feelings that are wrong

05. coldplay; shiver.mp3
I'll be there by your side / just you try and stop me / I'll be waiting in line / just to see if you care

06. vanessa carlton; rinse.mp3
she would do anything to sparkle in his eye / she would suffer / she would fight / and compromise

07. ghost of the robot; good night sweet girl.mp3
so much promise in your eyes / seems that I can only see / it always makes me wonder if you save it all for me

08. socialburn; down.wma
tell me, how should I feel when it comes to you and all the games you play on me? / you still make feel like nothing, like nothing / when you break me down I fall apart and wrestle with myself / inside, I'm nothing

09. staind+fred durst; outside.wma
and you can bring me to my knees / all this time that I could make you breathe / all the times that I felt insecure / and I leave a burning path of flame / I'm on the outside and I’m looking in / I can see through you / see your true colors / 'cause inside you're ugly / you're ugly like me / I can see through you / see to the real you

10. saliva; always.wma
am I your one and only desire? / am I the reason you breathe, or am I the reason you cry? / always, I just can't live without you / I love you, I hate you, I can't live without you / I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you

11. sarah mclachlan; building a mystery.wma
can you look out the window without your shadow getting in the way? / you're so beautiful, with an edge and charm but so careful when I'm in your arms / 'cause you're working, building a mystery / holding on and holding it in / yeah, you're working, building a mystery and choosing so carefully / you woke up screaming aloud / a prayer from your secret god / you feed off our fears and hold back your tears / give us a tantrum and a know-it-all grin / just when we need one when the evening's thin

12. molly hatchet; flirting with disaster.mp3
I'm out of hope, it looks like self-destruction / well how much more can we take, with all of this corruption? / been flirtin' with disaster / ya'll know what I mean / and the way we run our lives, it makes no sense to me

13. jem; come on closer.mp3
come on closer, I wanna show you what I'd like to do / you sit back now, just relax now, I'll take care of you / hot temptations, sweet sensations infiltrating through / sweet sensations, hot temptations coming over you / gonna take it slow babe, do it my way / keep your eyes on me / your reaction to my action is what I want to see

14. foghat; slow ride.mp3
I'm in the mood / the rhythm is right / move to the music / we can roll all night / oooh, slow ride / oooh, slow ride, take it easy / slowride, take it easy / slow down, go down / got to get your lovin' one more time / hold me, roll me / slow ridin' woman / you're so fine

15. tegan+sara; want to be bad.mp3
you're so tragedy / and you were hard on me / you might be dead but it's hard to know / ... / and then morning came / we're in this together / I don't care how far we go / what's the matter? / what's the matter? / I just want to be bad

16. something happens; momentary thing.mp3
shut me up / I guess, I guess, I guess / stirring me up / yes, yes, yes / it's at the point of breaking down 'cause there's nothing left to say / I think you waste your sweetness / I think the whole thing blew away / after all, well, isn't this just a momentary thing? / it's not like it's permanent, or any heavy thing / not like I hoped / not like I dreamed / not like I prayed, hoped for this

And now we're entering slightly corny territory, but the songs still fit, so eh :P

17. eagles; witchy woman.mp3
raven hair and ruby lips / sparks fly from her finger tips / echoed voices in the night / she’s a restless spirit on an endless flight / ... / she’s been sleeping in the devil’s bed / and there’s some rumors going 'round, someone’s underground / she can rock you in the night time ’til your skin turns red

18. steve miller band; abracadabra.mp3
I feel the magic in your caress / I feel magic when I touch your dress / silk and satin, leather and lace / black panties with an angel’s face / I see magic in your eyes / I hear the magic in your sighs / just when I think I’m gonna get away / I hear those words that you always say: abra-abra-cadabra

Here's the .ZIP, which includes all 18 tracks.

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One Tree Hill - Teens - 'Rectangle Plus One'
Originally Posted: February 16, 2006

BROOKE: So what's the story with that one anyway?
[They look over at HALEY]
PEYTON: She's tutoring Nathan. Supposedly.
BROOKE: And hanging out with Lucas. Right. We're supposed to believe she's just friends with both of them?
[BROOKE looks back over at HALEY as NATHAN nods at her]
BROOKE: Did you see that?
PEYTON: What?
BROOKE: Nathan just gave her the nod.
PEYTON: What nod?
BROOKE: The “lets hook up after the game” nod. [Pause] Wanna know what I think? I think Nathan likes tutor girl. But I think tutor girl likes Lucas. And I know I like Lucas. And I don’t know who the hell you like anymore. This is all turning into one big love rectangle plus one, whatever that is.

This is a fanmix for One Tree Hill, which is basically about the core five teenagers and their relationships with each other. Some are songs from actual scenes, and some are songs I just thought that fit. It's split pretty evenly between those two. I tried my hardest to make everything chronological (or atleast, the timeline I have in my head), so there's quotes for every song and a brief explanation. The only two songs that don't have quotes are the last two, because I couldn't find a transcript of the later season three episodes, so I included a few images from the scenes. :) I have individual downloads for each song, and two ZIPs at the end, which both have 13 songs (cover art not included). Everything is hosted on MegaUpload, so if anything runs out, just say so and I don't mind re-uploading.

01. the pretenders - i'll stand by you {haley/lucas, pre-season one and all throughout the series; it's just a perfect song about their friendship}
nothing you confess could make me love you less / I’ll stand by you
HALEY: The magazine pages are sticky again. Little pervs.
[Acts like she just noticed LUCAS standing there]
HALEY: Oh, hey, Luke. You been reading this?
LUCAS: Is that the "why do I hang out with these people?" Issue, because you're on the cover of that, right?
HALEY: No, actually, it's the "my best friend is an idiot" Issue, and there you are.
(That quote sounds harsh - but it's done realy well and they're just teasing each other.)

02. garbage - bad boyfriend {peyton/nathan, both before and during early season one; peyton and nathan both know they're wrong for each other but are still in the relationship - nathan partially in it for the sex but peyton just puts up with him for some reason}
we may not last but we'll have fun 'til it ends / c'mon baby be my bad boyfriend
NATHAN: This is the necklace I gave you.
PEYTON: You mean the leash? No thanks.
NATHAN: Peyton, come on.
[NATHAN walks over to her]
NATHAN: Look, my mom’s going to cool down and everything will be back to normal.
[PEYTON gets up]
PEYTON: Okay, trust me, the last thing I want with us is normal. In case you haven’t noticed, normal sucks with us, Nathan.
NATHAN: Peyton, is this about your car? Because I’m taking car of that.
PEYTON: It’s not about the car. It’s about you. I finally saw you clearly for the first time last night. The way you treated me, the way you treated Tim, the way you treated your brother.
NATHAN: Don’t call him that.
PEYTON: And the way you’re playing that girl.
NATHAN: What? [Pause] Are you talking about Haley? Is that what this is about?
Peyton, she means nothing.
PEYTON: [Angrily] Okay, if that’s the case, then you’re an ass. And even if she does mean something, you’re still an ass and what’s really sad, Nathan, is that you’re too stupid to get that. So thank you for being such an amazing son of a bitch last night. You really made this a no-brainer.
NATHAN: I’ll call you when you’re not so PMS.
PEYTON: Don’t bother. I mean it. We’re done. So get the hell out.

03. tegan and sara - you wouldn't like me {peyton, i'm not entirely sure why i relate this song to her, but i do. and it sort of reminds me of peyton/nathan, too}
I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me / I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me
[PEYTON’S in her car, waiting for the light to turn red. LUCAS runs over]
LUCAS: Why do you do this?
[LUCAS gets in]
PEYTON: If I were you, I’d get back out now.
LUCAS: Not until you tell me what’s going on.
[The light turns red and PEYTON drives through it]
LUCAS: Come on! Slow down, Peyton! Come on! Slow the car down! Peyton? Slow the car down.
PEYTON: She was driving to school to pick me up. She was late, so she ran a red light. It was one light at the wrong split second and it ended for her.
[PEYTON stops]
PEYTON: My mom ran one red light. I run them all the time and nothing happens. It’s not fair.
LUCAS: No it’s not.
PEYTON: You can get out now.
LUCAS: Or I can stay if you want.
PEYTON: No. You can’t.

04. serial product - our perfect chemistry {peyton/lucas, season one when it's obvious they care for each other}
you wonder why there's so many goodbyes in me / but both we can't deny our perfect chemistry
[LUCAS walks up to PEYTON, dribbling a basketball]
LUCAS: Hey. I’ve been thinking about you.
PEYTON: Try a cold shower. [Pause] Sorry. You set yourself up for that one.
LUCAS: Yeah, I guess so. How you doing?
PEYTON: Lets see. Um, I broke up with my boyfriend. My mom’s dead. And my dad’s away on a job.
LUCAS: What’s your dad do?
PEYTON: Captains a drudging boat. He’s only here for those forked anniversaries but this year, he sent his sympathies in an email. [Pause] I read your article. I think it seemed like you guys are just one great, big, happy family.
LUCAS: Yeah. It’s kind of ironic, huh? You know, I would gladly erase my dad if it would bring back your mom. [Pause] I wish I could change it for you.
PEYTON: Thank you. [Pause] I gotta go.
LUCAS: Hey, Peyton!
PEYTON: Don’t ruin it, okay?
[She walks off and LUCAS looks after her]

05. damien rice - cannonball {haley/nathan, early season one when he doesn't wanna fall for her and is trying to make the relationship more about sex than any real connection between them}
still a little bit of your song in my ear / still a little bit of your words I long to hear / you step a little closer to me / so close that I can't see what's going on
[HALEY joins NATHAN on the bed and they start kissing. Soon, HALEY’S on her back]
HALEY: My parents could come home.
NATHAN: Come on...
[He starts to unbutton her shirt]
HALEY: Nathan, come on, stop it.
[He doesn’t stop]
HALEY: Come on... don’t... Hey!
[She pushes him off]
NATHAN: What?
HALEY: God... I think you should go.
NATHAN: You’re kidding, right?
[HALEY walks over to the door and opens it]
NATHAN: Haley... alright. Haley, I’m sorry. We can study, it’s fine.
HALEY: I’d like you to go.
[NATHAN gets up and exits]
NATHAN: Unbelievable.

06. teddy geiger - for you i will (confidence) {haley/nathan, nathan realizes he really has feelings for haley}
like you and the way that you're twisting your hair 'round your finger / tonight I'm not afraid to tell you what I feel about you
NATHAN: No. No, it’s not okay. I’m not okay. [Pause] I lived for tonight. I was so scared. I’m still terrified. Then I saw you. I promised myself that if I could just get up, and walk over to you, and tell you how much I need you, and how much I want you, that nothing else matters.
[HALEY smiles and they kiss]

07. anberlin - a day late {peyton/lucas, peyton realizes and confesses her feelings for lucas but it's a tad too late}
so let me get this straight: say now you loved me all along? / what made you hesitate to tell me with words what you really feel?
PEYTON: Lucas, I made a mistake. When you said you wanted to be with me, I got, I got scared, but-
LUCAS: Peyton...
[PEYTON holds up a hand]
PEYTON: But, the truth is, I want all the same things that you want, I do. And I want them with you.

08. travis - re-offender {brooke/lucas/peyton, 1x08/1x09 - peyton goes to lucas to tell him she wants to be with him, only to find brooke already there}
but I'm fooling myself / yes, I'm fooling myself
[LUCAS looks at her. BROOKE walks out from another room, wearing LUCAS’ gray sweatshirt. She hasn’t noticed PEYTON]
BROOKE: Okay, superstar, are you ready to score?
[BROOKE suddenly notices PEYTON, who looks taken aback]
BROOKE: Hey... we missed you after the game tonight.
PEYOTN: Yeah. I just... I guess I just kind of got turned around.
[PEYTON starts to leave]
LUCAS: Peyton...
[She stops and looks at BROOKE, who looks at LUCAS, who looks back to PEYTON]
[LUCAS’S HOUSE. PEYTON, LUCAS, and BROOKE all look at each other, all upset]
LUCAS [voiceover]: What a frightening thing is the human, a mass of gages and dials and registers.
[LUCAS looks at BROOKE. She stares at him, heartbroken]
LUCAS [V.O.]: And we can read only a few. And those perhaps not accurately.

09. stereophonics - maybe tomorrow {peyton/lucas, 1x12 - peyton and lucas make out in the hotel, behind brooke's back}
I look around at a beautiful life / been the upperside of down, been the inside of out / but we breathe; we breathe
[PEYTON and LUCAS hug then look at each other. PEYTON kisses him and he quickly kisses back. LUCAS takes off her jacket, then his. PEYTON sits on the bed and LUCAS takes off her top shirt. He lays her down and kisses her stomach then takes off his shirt.]

10. tegan and sara - don't confess {peyton/brooke, 1x13 - peyton debates telling brooke about her and lucas}
and every second I spend waiting drags me closer to this grave / I’m not alone; no, I’m just on my own
BROOKE: Want to hear a secret? I know you do.
PEYTON: Brooke...
BROOKE: I’m falling for him. Big time. Speechless, right? I know, it’s crazy but this is like L-O-V-E mad crushed out, I’m in big trouble.
PEYTON: That’s...
BROOKE: What is this? On the stereo.
PEYTON: It’s Tegan and Sara.
BROOKE: I know that. But what song?
[PEYTON looks back at the radio and pauses for a moment]
PEYTON: Don’t confess.

11. emery - the ponytail parades {haley/nathan, haley pushes nathan away when nathan admits to only going after to haley to screw with lucas}
I thought that I could change you / but you changed me / ... / and I'm talking enough for both of us / when will you see it's not so easy for me?
NATHAN: I mean this whole thing started cause I was just trying to mess with Lucas. It’s just kind of weird, that’s all.
[HALEY looks shocked at what he says but he doesn’t notice]
HALEY: I’m sorry what did you just say?
NATHAN: About what?
HALEY: About the way that we started. [Her phone is ringing in the background]
NATHAN: Nothing. Just when I first came to you for tutoring, I figured the easiest way to mess with Lucas was to hook up with you, but...
HALEY: So everything between us has been a lie?
NATHAN: No, that’s not--
HALEY: I cannot believe this, Lucas was right about you all along.
...
NATHAN: Come on, I’ll take you to the hospital.
HALEY: I can’t talk to you right now, Nathan.
NATHAN: Haley, look I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that.
HALEY: Just go.

12. sugarcult - pretty girl (the way) {brooke/lucas, 1x15 - lucas breaks up with brooke to be with peyton}
pretty girl is suffering while he confesses everything
LUCAS: I’m just going to need some time to figure some stuff out.
BROOKE: Whatever you need, I’m here for you.
LUCAS: Yeah, see, that’s the thing...
BROOKE: Are you breaking up with me?
LUCAS: I just think it’s the best thing for right now.
BROOKE: Maybe for you.
LUCAS: Brooke, I’m sorry.
BROOKE: Apparently not enough.

13. tyler hilton and bethany joy lenz - when the stars go blue {2x08/2x09/2x19/3x02 - aside from the obvious chris/haley thing, it also personifies the distance that forms between haley and nathan because of her music}
CHRIS: [To the woman controlling the music.] Play it back. [She walks over to the controls.] Put me in this time. [The music plays.] Just follow along, OK? [HALEY nods.]
HALEY: [Whispers] OK. [Sighs]
[The music starts and the camera pans down before cutting back to them.]
CHRIS: # Laughing with your pretty mouth,#
[To HALEY.] Try this one now.
HALEY: # Laughing with your, broken eyes,
CHRIS: OK, yeah.
# Laughing with your, lovers song,
HALEY: (Lovers song)
TOGETHER: In a lullaby,
CHRIS: Alright, now sing with me on this one Hale.
TOGETHER: Where do you go when you’re lonely, [She looks at the sheet but he takes it from her.]
Where do you go when you’re blue.
HALEY: Where do you go when you’re lonely,
Where do you go when you’re blue, [CHRIS smiles.]
TOGETHER: Where do you go when you’re lonely,
I’ll follow you,
Haley: Follow you,
CHRIS: Follow you,
HALEY: Follow you...

14. doctor kosmos - holiday {nathan/lucas, 2x08/3x09 - while traveling in their car}
NATHAN: What? [LUCAS looks at him.] You telling me you didn’t check the stereo before we left?
LUCAS: [Affronted] I was busy working on the engine.
[NATHAN smiles and LUCAS presses play. A really strange tune plays.]
SINGER: #A holiday, [LUCAS raises an eyebrow and NATHAN looks at him.]
A holiday#
NATHAN: What is this?
SINGER: #Is the best day,#
LUCAS: I have no idea.
SINGER: #An ice-cream day, [NATHAN looks at the tape deck.]
I am only happy,#
[LUCAS scowls, slightly amused.]

15. starsailor - i don't know {haley/nathan, when he gives her the ultimatum before she goes on tour}
one more drink and I won't miss them / I don't know what love is, but I think I had it
HALEY: This is not the end for us. This is my shot to find out if I am good enough to have a life in music. Or if nights at TRIC are all I get.
NATHAN: And this has nothing to do with Chris?
HALEY: [Quietly] No. Absolutely not.
NATHAN: [Snorts softly.] Then why haven’t you asked me to come with you?
[HALEY can’t answer it because that’s the question, why didn’t she ask him?]
NATHAN: [Brokenly] Did you kiss him?
HALEY: [Pauses for a very long time.] Yes.
[NATHAN is beyond hurt.]
HALEY: [Wraps her hands around his neck.] I’m sorry. You have to believe me. That’s not what this is about. Nathan-
NATHAN: Haley, listen; if you wanna go, you should go. [Pause] If you do... [He steps back.] we’re done.

16. leann rimes - leaving's not leaving {haley/nathan, haley's POV when she leaves nathan for the tour}
where I'm going, you're going / even if it's just in my mind / leaving's not leaving, I'm not leaving you behind
HALEY: [Looks down.] I'm really sorry, Nathan.
NATHAN: About my dad or about us?
HALEY: About everything.
[Nathan looks away, indifferently.]
NATHAN: So, what're you doing here anyway? Tour playing Tree Hill?
HALEY: No. They wanted me to become a solo artist and record a record or something, but I didn’t matter without you. None of it mattered without you.
[Nathan raises his eyebrows uncaringly.]
HALEY: [Sighs] I made a lot of mistakes, Nathan.
NATHAN: That’s right. And if you left the tour for me, you made another one, 'cause I’m leaving in the morning. I’m going to High Flyers.
[Haley pauses as she thinks of something to say.]
HALEY: Oh! [Pause] Well, good. Good, you deserve it. You deserve to have whatever you want. [Smiles]
NATHAN: [Pause] Well, listen, there’s-there’s no more apartment and I put all your stuff in storage, so you can spend the night in the guest room if you want.
[Haley nods gratefully. She’s finding it hard but turns to leave his room. She stops before she gets there and turns back.]
HALEY: Nathan, there wasn’t a moment when I was away that my heart wasn’t with you in Tree Hill.
NATHAN: [Dispassionately] That’s great. But I’m still leaving tomorrow, and unlike you, I’m taking my heart with me.

17. trespassers william - lie in the sound {haley/nathan, 2x17 - nathan recalls when he carried haley over the threshold of their apartment after they got married}
I love you more than I should / so much more than is good for me
HALEY: Nathan, I’m slipping, you’re gonna drop me!
NATHAN: Drop you? If I wanted to, I could shoot you across this room like a three pointer.
[HALEY laughs.]
NATHAN: You want me to try?
HALEY: Don’t you dare!
NATHAN: Well, we’re gonna do this the right way. [NATHAN enters their apartment, carrying HALEY in.] Now, since I couldn’t get the fancy honeymoon suite...
HALEY: Um-hum. [She kicks the door closed.]
NATHAN: I figured I could, you know, at least carry you across our one bedroomed threshold.
[He sets her down and HALEY gasps loudly. She stares at the apartment, speechless. There are candles everywhere, including in a parallel line that leads to the bedroom. White rose petals are strewn across the floor. She puts a hand to her heart.]
HALEY: Oh my god!
NATHAN: I wanted everything to be perfect. I know you didn’t get your dream wedding, or your dream honeymoon-
HALEY: [Cuts him off] -I got my dream guy.
NATHAN: Well, yeah, you did get that. [Kisses her.]
[She looks around the room again, in awe. She looks at the open bedroom door with a sign reading ‘HONEYMOON SUITE: DO NOT DISTURB’.]
HALEY: [Looks at NATHAN and then walks forward.] Honeymoon suite, huh? [Prances forward.]
NATHAN: [Sighs] Listen, we don’t have to do anything, alright? It’s not why I married you.
HALEY: [Laughs] You gotta be kidding me. [She kisses him and drags him into the room by his tie.]
NATHAN: Oh, what’ve I gotten myself into?
[HALEY laughs and slams the door shut. The sign falls off.]

18. vanessa carlton - who's to say {peyton/jake, 2x18 - when they both say "i love you"}
you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember / and I try to pretend but I just feel it when we're together / and if you don't believe me, you never really knew us
[JAKE nods and so does PEYTON. She’s trying not to cry.]
PEYTON: [Just looks at him for a while] I love you.
JAKE: I love you, too.
[PEYTON smiles sadly and they touch the glass with their fingertips, unable to feel each other]

19. anberlin - stationary {haley/lucas, season two while haley is on tour and lucas misses her, plus it deals with lucas' resentment of nathan somewhat replacing him as her best friend}
do they not have pen or paper where you are? / because I haven't heard from you in ages
LUCAS: My best friend, Haley, left town recently. [Pauses as he thinks.] And it’s been hard. You know, until this year, it’s-it’s always been us against the world. [Smiles fondly.] We pretty much grew up together and now she’s just gone. [Pause] You know, I... I understand the leaving part. Trust me. [Laughs sardonically.] I just wish she woulda called me; before she left. [Nods] I wish... I coulda talked to her about it. [Pause] I mean, not to change her mind or to tell her what to do, but, just to say [Smiles and shakes his head.] I love you... and I miss you. [Pause as the emotion is wiped from his face.] Just to say goodbye.

20. the get-up kids - like a man possessed {nathan, 2x19 - nathan intentionally drives his car into a wall}
I'm just craving for a cure
LUCAS: Nate? [NATHAN faces him] I have to ask you something. [pause] When you hit the wall... [shakes his head] there was no brake marks on the track.
[NATHAN just looks at him dispassionately.]
NATHAN: You’re asking me if I did this on purpose?
[LUCAS nods but there’s no time for a reply as the door opens and DEB enters.]

21. athlete - wires {brooke/lucas, 2x23 - lucas says goodbye to brooke for the summer, then he kisses her}
got to get to you, got to see this through,
BROOKE: So I guess this is goodbye?
[LUCAS doesn’t answer. He holds out his arm and BROOKE stands, hugging him. Her smile turns sad. He lets go and she steps back, smiling sadly. There’s a beat before LUCAS pulls her forward and kisses her.]
[They break apart and BROOKE stares at him; open mouthed and disbelieving.]
BROOKE: Tell me that was a goodbye kiss.
LUCAS: I wanna be with you, Brooke.
BROOKE: [Takes a step back.] What?
LUCAS: I’m sorry. I know we’re friends... it’s just how I feel.

22. john waite - missing you {haley/nathan, seasons two and three while haley is on tour and trying to win back nathan}
everytime I think of you, I always catch my breath / and I'm still standing here, and you're miles away / and I'm wonderin' why you left / and there's a storm that's raging through my frozen heart tonight
HALEY: OK. You know the moment that I left the tour? [pause] We were playing this club in Illinois... and Chris decides to do a cover of an eighties song called, um, ‘Missing You’ and everybody starts singing along, the crowds loving it and they turn the house lights up [pause] and I could see every face out there and I fell apart.
[She looks up at him.]
HALEY: On stage, in front of three thousand people; I lost it. I couldn’t sing, I couldn’t hear the music. Nothing. [pause] Because that was the moment that I knew that none of it could ever be enough without you.
[NATHAN looks down.]
HALEY: All of the celebrity and all of the applause and all the pretty melodies couldn’t fill your void in my heart.

23. the ataris - boys of summer {brooke/lucas, lucas' POV on their "non-exclusive" dating}
you got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby / and I can tell you my love for you will still be strong after the boys of summer have gone
LUCAS: I’m the guy for you. I know we’re just part-time, that’s cool. You know, do whatever, have your fun. But one of these nights, you’re gonna realise it: I’m the guy for you, Brooke Davis.
[BROOKE looks at him, surprised. LUCAS turns away but glances back.]
LUCAS: You’ll see.

24. panic! at the disco - lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off {brooke/lucas and brooke/lucas/chris, brooke 'cheats' on lucas and then lucas catches her in bed with chris}
is it still me that makes you sweat? / am I who you think about in bed? / when the lights are dim and your hands are shaking as you're sliding off your dress? / well think of what you did, and how I hope to God he was worth it
[LUCAS lets himself into BROOKE and HALEY'S apartment. He closes the door and looks around the dark apartment. A few lamps and wall lights are on. He opens her bedroom door and looks at her sleeping form.]
LUCAS: [smiling] Brooke?!
[She turns around, wide awake and panicked. LUCAS walks further into the room with a shy smile. Suddenly, CHRIS rises from beside her and looks at LUCAS cockily.]
[LUCAS’ smile falls and betrayal shines brightly from his eyes. CHRIS smirks and BROOKE'S face is beyond mortified.)
[Cut to LUCAS’ face as he inches back, hurt.]

25. bethany joy lenz - halo {haley and haley/nathan, 3x09/3x10 - it's haley's new song, but it also talks about their relationship a bit}
I never promised you a ray of light / I never promised there’d be sunshine everyday / I'll give you everything I have / the good the bad...
[HALEY kisses NATHAN on the cheek, gets off the bed and walks to his door.]
NATHAN: Haley!
(She stops and turns, smiling.)
HALEY: (leaning on the doorframe) Yeah?
NATHAN: Stay with me tonight.
HALEY: (smiles relived) Oh, I was hoping you would say that.
(They grin and HALEY closes the door.)

26. strays don't sleep - for blue skies {haley/nathan, brooke/lucas, 3x09 - the couples get reunited}
it’s been a long year since we last spoke / how’s your halo?
LUCAS: I’m the guy for you, Brooke Davis... and I know I hurt you last time we were together but-
BROOKE: I love you.
LUCAS: I love you too.
[BROOKE smiles and LUCAS touches her face.]
LUCAS: Pretty girl.

+ .ZIP #01 - Songs 01-13.
+ .ZIP #01 - Songs 14-26. re-uploaded!

Liner Notes:
TwizTv.com's One Tree Hill section for the transcripts. I wouldn't have any of the quotes without it.
Thanks to catoptrics for making a post about "A Day Late" by Anberlin and how it connected with Peyton/Lucas.

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One Tree Hill - General - 'The Music of Seasons One and Two'
Originally Posted: December 12, 2004

When plans for a 'One Tree Hill' soundtrack CD was announced, myself and lots of other 'OTH' fans were extremely happy. However, once the track list was leaked, most of the songs didn't seem quite right. So I made my own version of what an 'OTH' CD should be like. This isn't a character mix, or even a show mix, really. It's music that was aired on the show. I didn't use any of the songs on the official CD (even though some fit, ie: Travis, 22-20's, Gavin Degraw), so it's completely different from the 'real version'.

01. "Sideways" by Citizen Cope, 2x10 - Don't Take Me For Granted
these feelings won't go away / they've been knocking me sideways / whenever you come around me

02. "23" by Jimmy Eat World, 2x10 - Don't Take Me For Granted
it was my turn to decide / i knew this was our time / no one else will have me like you do / no one else will have me / only you

03. "When It Comes (Accoustic)" by Tyler Hilton, 2x10 - Don't Take Me For Granted
so I wait for fate to find me / a ball of string unwind me / uncomfortable as a centerfold / and I realize you're behind me

04. "Give It Up" by Midtown, 2x08 - Truth, Bitter Truth
it's not me you're waiting for / stop waiting / ... / and if you promise to forget / i'll try to find a way to make the same mistakes

05. "No Reason" by Sum 41, 2x08 - Truth, Bitter Truth
how can we fake this anymore? / turn our backs away / and chose to just ignore / some say it's ignorance / it makes me feel some innocence

06. "Proof" by I Am Kloot, 2x07 - Let The Reigns Go Loose
should i take another look? / who am i / without you?

07. "Mid November" by Johnathan Rice, 2x06 - We Might As Well Be Strangers
your love fell so far / ... / do you see me tonight?

08. "So Beautiful" by Pete Murray, 2x06 - We Might As Well Be Strangers
god my fingers burn / when i think of touching your hair / you have changed so much / that i don't know if i can call you / and tell you i care

09. "Empty Apartment" by Yellowcard, 2x01 - The Desperate Kingdom of Love
waking up from this nightmare / how's your life? / what's it like there? / is it all what you want it to be? / does it hurt when you think about me?

10. "NYC Weather Report" by Five For Fighting, 1x22 - The Games That Play Us
you're not cute / but you're oh-so-pretty / when the rain comes / you fall up again

11. "I Can't Steal You" by Matthew Ryan, 1x21 - The Leaving Song
i'm in love with the whiskey / i'm in love with the tragedy / ... / it's just so easy / it's hard

12. "Everybody Hurts (REM Cover)" by Dashboard Confessional, 1x19 - How Can You Be Sure?
everybody hurts / take comfort in your friends / everybody hurts / don't throw your hand

13. "Spitting Games" by Snow Patrol, 1x19 - How Can You Be Sure?
i find it easier to sit and stare / than push my limbs out towards you right there / my heart is bursting in your perfect eyes / as blue as oceans and as pure as skies

14. "Don't Confess" by Tegan & Sara, 1x13 - Hanging By A Moment
don't be so hard on yourself / you won't get better 'til you get worse / yeah you / send a little smile my way

15. "Maybe Tomorrow" by Stereophonics, 1x12 - Crash Course In Polite Conversation
i look around at a beautiful life / been the upper side of down / been the inside of out

16. "Return To Me" by Matthew Ryan, 1x04 - Crash Into You
i took the drink / i took the pill / ... / you'll murder me / i know you will

17. "Aftertaste" by Ben Lee, 1x01 - Pilot
feels like its over before it starts / the aftertaste is gonna break my heart / and I really didn’t need this / don’t wanna be this

I was going to post a zip file as well, but I tried uploading it three times and either YSI doesn't like zip files, or it hates me. Information on buying the CDs and everything can be found here, and I used a brush by inxsomniax for the cover art.

Fanmixes: Four Nations & The Sun And The Moon

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:19:44 GMT

This post (and the one following soon) is full of fanmixes I've made, though this post contains only the ones I've made for the TV Show Avatar: The Last Airbender. For both the mixes there's coverart, download links (though most, if not all, of the links are no longer working), and explanations as to why I chose the songs that are on the soundtracks. These are all old fanmixes I used to post over at kellerinstinct (and other comms such as fanmix), but since I've pretty much abandoned that community I figured I'd move them over here.

If you want any of the songs or a ZIP re-uploaded, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I made these awhile back, so some of the songs I might no longer have on my computer, but if I do still have 'em, I'll definitely re-upload them for you. :]

Avatar: The Last Airbender - General - 'Four Nations'
Originally Posted: December 12, 2006

This is a fanmix for the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. It's a pretty generic mix - I tried to find a couple songs for the main characters, and there's very little shipping in the tracks I picked out. I tried my hardest to make everything chronological (or atleast, the timeline I have in my head), and there's also quotes for every song and a brief explanation. You can choose from two downloading methods: individual songs or two ZIPs at the end, one of which has ten songs and the other eleven (cover art not included). Everything is hosted on MediaFire, so nothing should run out, but if for some reason it does, just comment and I'll re-upload them for you.

01. shinedown - simple man {ursa talking to zuko}
oh don't you worry, you'll find yourself / follow your heart and nothing else / and you can do this if you try / all that I want from you my son is to be satisfied
Ursa: Zuko, please, my love, listen to me. Everything I've done, I've done to protect you. Remember this Zuko. No matter how things may seem to change, never forget who you are.

02. my chemical romance - helena * {mai/zuko after his father scars him and he leaves with iroh}
and like a blade you stain / well, I've been holding on tonight / ... / what's the worst that I could say? / things are better if I stay / so long and goodnight
Azula: Here's the way it goes.
(Azula places an apple on Mai's head.)
Azula: Now what you do is try to knock the apple off the other person's head. Like this.
(Mai looks unhappy. Azula fires a blast at the apple, whose stem catches on fire. Mai looks surprised, then Zuko instantly springs to action to save the girl he thinks is in danger. Azula looks on smugly. Zuko jumps Mai, knocking the burning apple off her head, but also knocking them both into the pool.)
Azula: (to Ty Lee) See, I told you it would work.
Ty Lee: Aww, they're so cute together.
Mai: (getting up as Zuko walks off) You two are such - ugh!
Zuko: (with a gesture of frustration) Girls are crazy!

03. john rzeznik - i'm still here {zuko's POV, his thoughts on his father and their relationship}
and what do you think you'd understand? / I'm boy, no, I'm a man / you can't take me and throw me away
Fire Lord Ozai: You will fight for your honor.
Zuko: (stricken, abasing himself on the floor) I meant you no disrespect. I am your loyal son.
Fire Lord Ozai: Rise and fight, Prince Zuko!
Zuko: I won’t fight you.
Fire Lord Ozai: You will learn respect, and suffering will be your teacher.

04. dierks bentley - long trip alone {aang's POV on his friendship with katara and sokka (and eventually toph) and how he's grateful for their friendship}
and I don't know where I'd be without you here / 'cause I'm not really me without you there
Katara: Why didn’t you tell us you were the Avatar?
Aang: Because... I never wanted to be.
Katara: But Aang, the world’s been waiting for the Avatar to return and finally put an end to this war.
Aang: (looking down sadly) And how am I going to do that?
Katara: According to legend, you need to first master water, then earth, then fire, right?
Aang: That’s what the monks told me.
Katara: Well, if we go to the North Pole you can master waterbending.
Aang: (now smiling) We can learn it together!
Katara: And Sokka, I’m sure you’ll get to knock some firebender heads on the way.
Sokka: (somewhat dreamily) I’d like that. I’d really like that.

05. bryan greenberg - someday {sokka's thoughts as he's leaving suki}
I drive all night just to see your face / the way you touch, the way you taste / even if only for a day I'll come back to you someday
Suki: There's no time to say goodbye.
Sokka: What about, "I'm sorry"?
Suki: For what?
Sokka: I treated you like a girl when I should have treated you like a warrior.
Suki: (leaning towards Sokka) I am a warrior. (She kisses him on the cheek.) But I'm a girl, too. (Sokka touches his hand to his cheek, his eyes wide with surprise, and blushes.)

06. trey parker - freedom isn't free {jet and the other freedom fighters' outlook on life}
freedom isn't free / it costs folks like you and me / and if we don't all chip in we'll never pay that bill / freedom isn't free / no, there's a hefty fuckin' fee
Katara: Why does the Fire Nation want to find you?
Jet: I guess you could say I’ve been causing them a little trouble. See, they took over a nearby Earth Kingdom town a few years back.
Pipsqueak: We’ve been ambushin’ their troops, cutting off their supply lines, and doing anything we can to mess with ‘em.
Jet: One day, we’ll drive the Fire Nation out of here for good and free that town.
Katara: That’s so brave.
Sokka: (sarcastically) Yeah, nothing’s braver than a guy in a treehouse.

07. within temptation - angels ** {katara's POV when she finds out jet betrayed her}
you took my heart / deceived me right from the start / you showed me dreams, I wished they turn into real / you broke a promise and made me realize it was all just a lie
Katara: Jet wouldn’t do that.
Jet: Yes, I would.
Katara: Jet—why?
Jet: Katara, you would too if you just stopped to think. Think about what the Fire Nation did to your mother—we can’t let them do that to anyone else, ever again.
Katara: This isn’t the answer!
...
Katara: Why, Jet? I can’t believe I trusted you. You lied to me—you’re sick and I trusted you!

08. ryan cabrera - she's {sokka's feelings after yue becomes the moon spirit}
she's the only love I've known and now she's gone away / she's the light that brought me to the edge / will I ever love again?
Sokka: (reaches for Yue) No! You don’t have to do that!
Princess Yue: It’s my duty, Sokka.
Sokka: I won’t let you! Your father told me to protect you!
Princess Yue: I have to do this.
(She walks to Iroh, who holds the dead fish in his hands. She puts her palms over the Moon Spirit which begins to glow. She closes her eyes for the last time, exhales a final breath, and falls over into Sokka’s arms.)
Sokka: (in despair) NO!
(He places his hands on her cheek and looks away.)
Sokka: (softly) She’s gone. (He hugs her body tightly) She’s gone.

09. blue oyster cult - godzilla {the northern water tribes' and fire nations' thoughts on aang when he's the oceanspirit!zilla}
he picks up a bus and he throws it back down as he wades through the buildings toward the center of town / oh no, they say he's got to go / go go godzilla
(Aang is inside the body of the Ocean Spirit, flailing his arms about, directing the power of the Ocean Spirit against the violator’s of the Moon Spirit and the Water Tribe City. Fire Nation tanks fire blasts of fire at the Ocean Spirit, but they are absorbed with no effect. The soldiers and tanks are washed away as if they were toys. The Ocean Spirit passes by the Water Tribe citizens who make obeisance to their lord. Cut to the Fire Nation army in full retreat, trying desperately to escape the vengeance of a living Spirit.)

10. metallica - sad but true {azula's thoughts on who she is and how she's similar to her father}
I’m your dream, mind astray / I’m your eyes while you’re away / I’m your pain while you repay / you know it’s sad but true / ... / I’m inside, open your eyes / I’m you
Fire Lord Ozai: Iroh is a traitor and your brother Zuko is a failure. (Azula looks up at her father with a smile) I have a task for you...

11. audioslave - revelations {zuko's thoughts on azula, after she betrays him by trying to trick him into going home as a prisoner}
you know what to do, you know what I did / since you know everything just clue me in / you hold all the keys, you know all the roads / why don't you guide me in if I'm such a lost soul?
Azula: Set our course for home, Captain.
Zuko: Home...
(Zuko and Iroh begin to climb the stairs onto the ship, the captain leading the way.)
Captain: (to the other men) You heard the princess! Raise the anchors! We’re taking the prisoners ho— (stops abruptly, realizing his mistake)
(Zuko and Iroh stop, looking surprised. Azula looks enraged.)
Captain: (mortified) Your Highness... I...
Zuko: You lied to me!
Azula: (smugly) Like I’ve never done that before.

12. stabbing westward - darkest days {aang's feelings on himself when he's in the avatar state}
there are times when I'm just a shell, when I do not feel anything for anyone / ... / my rage / my pain / my darkest days / I hate my darkest days
Katara: Do you remember when we were at the air temple and you found Monk Gyatso’s skeleton? It must have been so horrible and traumatic for you. I saw you get so upset that you weren’t even you anymore. I’m not saying the Avatar state doesn’t have incredible—and helpful—power. But you have to understand, for the people who love you, watching you be in that much rage and pain is really scary.

13. coldplay - green eyes {aang talking to toph, telling her how he's glad she's his earthbending teacher and now his friend}
green eyes, you’re the one that I wanted to find / anyone who tried to deny you must be out of their mind / 'cause I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter since I met you
Toph: (frustrated) My parents don’t understand. They’ve always treated me like I was helpless.
Aang: Is that why you became The Blind Bandit?
Toph: Yeah.
Aang: Then why stay here where you’re not happy?
Toph: They’re my parents. Where else am I supposed to go?
Aang: You could come with us.
Toph: Yeah. You guys get to go wherever you want. No one telling you what to do, that’s the life. It’s just not my life.

14. the who - i can see for miles {toph and her feelings on her parents and how they try to cage her in so much}
I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise / I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes
Toph: Dad, I know it’s hard for you to see me this way, but the obedient little helpless blind girl that you think I am just isn’t me. I love fighting. I love being an earthbender. And I’m really, really good at it. I know I’ve kept my life secret from you, but you were keeping me secret from the whole world. You were doing it to protect me. But I’m twelve years old and I’ve never had a real friend. So now that you see who I really am, I hope it doesn’t change the way you feel about me.
Lao: Of course it doesn’t change the way I feel about you, Toph. It’s made me realize something.
Toph: It has?
Lao: Yes. I’ve let you have far too much freedom. From now on, you will be cared for and guarded 24 hours a day.
Toph: But dad!
Mrs. Bei Fong: We are doing this for your own good, Toph.

15. third eye blind - good for you {aang's feelings for katara, and the song touches a little bit on how he feels when he's in the avatar state}
I've been alone with my faith turned to stone / still there's something in you I believe in
(Sokka grabs Toph by the shoulders and pulls her away from Aang. Toph, Sokka, Momo and the sandbenders all flee for their lives. Katara, however, stays and faces the danger. The sand tornado grows larger and spreads quickly as Aang slowly lifts from the ground. Katara makes her way through the fierce wind and grabs Aang’s wrist. He looks down at her with anger and hate, but is only met with Katara’s sad expression. Katara brings Aang back to the ground and hugs him by the shoulders. Sokka and Toph bring their hands down from shielding themselves as the wind becomes less violent. Tears are streaming from Aang’s glowing eyes, and Katara is doing her best not to let go of him. The wind finally dies down. Aang leaves the Avatar state and lets his head rest against Katara.)

16. nada surf - bad best friend {jet thinking back on the way he treated katara and how he wants to make things right}
'cause I still say your name when I don't feel right, just like I used to / and if most people fade to gray and black, you'll fade to light blue
Jet: Katara? I think I can help you.
(Katara's face flushes, then she creates a water blast and fires it at Jet.)
Jet: Katara! I've changed!
Katara: Tell it to some other girl, Jet.

17. the eels - i'm going to stop pretending that i didn't break your heart {jet realizes how much he hurt katara}
you see I never thought enough of myself to realize that losing me could mean something like the tears in your eyes / and I want to tell you I'm sorry, but it's too late to start
Jet: I'll come with you.
Katara: We don't need your help.
Jet: Why won't you trust me?
Katara: (sarcastically, to herself) Gee, I wonder.
Toph: Was this guy your boyfriend or something?
Katara: What?! No!
Toph: (holding back laughter, in a sing-song voice) I can tell you're lying!

18. three days grace - pain {azula talking to zuko, her point of view on her life and what zuko's could be}
you're sick of feeling numb and you're not the only one / I'll take you by the hand and I'll show you a world that you can understand
Azula: It's not too late for you, Zuko. You can still redeem yourself.
Iroh: The kind of redemption she offers is not for you.
Azula: Why don't you let him decide, Uncle? I need you, Zuko. I've plotted every move of this day, this glorious day in Fire Nation history, and the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. You will have father's love. You will have everything you want.
Iroh: Zuko, I am begging you. Look into your heart and see what it is that you truly want.
(Zuko looks back and forth from Azula to Iroh, conflicted.)
Azula: You're free to choose.

19. guster - either way *** {katara thinking back on zuko and her time with him in the cave ~~of two lovers~~}
you were almost kind / you were almost true / ... / you have learned in time that you must be cruel / I’ll have to wait to get the best of you
(Azula and Katara are fighting. Zuko blasts his fire at them, breaking the two of them up, and Azula runs off to fight Aang.)
Katara: I thought you had changed!
Zuko: I have changed.

20. the wallflowers - empire of my mind {zuko thinking on his decisions in the book two finale}
well, there is trouble in my mind / there’s dark, and there is light / ... / I cannot deny there’s a darkness that’s inside / I am guilty by design
Azula: We've done it, Zuko. It's taken a hundred years, but the Fire Nation has conquered Ba Sing Se.
Zuko: I betrayed Uncle.
Azula: No, he betrayed you. Zuko, when you return home, father will welcome you as a war hero.
Zuko: But I don't have the Avatar. What if father doesn't restore my honor?
Azula: He doesn't need to, Zuko. Today, you restored your own honor.

21. godsmack - serenity {aang/katara after the book two finale}
where do we go when we just don't know? / and how do we relight the flame when it's cold? / why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing? / and when will we learn to control?
Earth King: The Earth Kingdom has fallen.

.ZIP of the first 10 songs /// .ZIP of the last 11 songs

Liner Notes:
+ kaimingdabimuyu for the fanart used on the front cover.
+ Distant Horizon for the four element brushes used on the back cover.
+ AvatarSpirit for most of the transcripts, but the quotes from "The Crossroads of Destiny" and "Lake Laogai" were written up by myself.
* this quote doesn't exactly fit the song, but since we never saw Mai's reaction to Zuko getting scarred, and this was the only Mai/Zuko scene we've had, it's the only one I could use.
** this is a song that I've seen used a fanvids for Zuko and Toph, but the song is more about a relationship where one of the lovers was spurned, so I think it's more of a Jet/Katara track.
*** nintendocat deserves all the credit for this being on the CD, since s/he posted the lyrics at the katara_zuko comm a few days ago.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko/Katara - 'The Sun And The Moon'
Originally Posted: October 10, 2006

Zuko (voice over, his voice echoing slightly in the chamber): Well, aren't you a big girl now?
Katara (turning to the voice): No!
(Cut to Zuko walking over the footbridge towards them.)
Zuko: Yes! Hand him over, and I won't have to hurt you.
(Cut to Katara assuming a waterbending stance, while Yue runs off in the background. Aang, oblivious, still communes with the Spirit World in front of the pond. Zuko launches forward, firing several blasts of fire. Katara blocks all three with water from the pond. He fires several more as he advances, but on the last one she uses enough water to not only douse his fire, but hurl him backward and lay him flat on the ground.)
Zuko (getting up): I see you've learned a new trick. But I didn't come this far to lose to you.
(He fires another blast which she blocks. Katara then launches another stream of water at him, hurling him backwards again. He barely retains his balance, but Katara freezes the water beneath him. His feet are frozen in the ice. Then, with a massive output of effort, Katara raises a churning sphere of water from the main pool behind Zuko, encases him in it, and freezes him entirely. Katara's face has satisfaction written all over it.)
Zuko (voice muffled by the ice): You little peasant. You've found a master, haven't you?
(The ground begins to shake and the ice begins to glow yellow and orange. With an explosion of fire, the shell of ice shatters, releasing Zuko who promptly charges Katara. They trade shots which miss. Zuko gets behind Katara and almost grabs Aang's collar, but Katara blasts him out of the way with a jet of water. He gets blown over to the right ledge. While he tries to recover, Katara raises a huge wave of water that raises him to ten or more feet up the wall. She freezes him in place once again. Zuko's head droops in defeat. As the sunlight reaches him, though, his head snaps up with a look of determination. He breathes steam, melting the ice holding him in place. He slides down and charges Katara again. He fires a huge blast of fire. Katara, caught off guard while she was walking back to Aang, blocks it only partially. She is thrown back into the post of the paifang gate and is knocked out. When the smoke clears, Zuko looks over her, his hand on Aang's collar, the sun shining bright in the background.)
Zuko: You rise with the moon. I rise with the sun.

01. shinedown - i dare you [ Zuko's POV, it's just a general song that fits him very well ]
I dare you to tell me to walk through the fire / brand my soul and call me a liar

02. ashley parker angel - crazy beautiful [ 'cause you know Katara found Zuko totally sexy when he had her tied to that tree ]
knew you were trouble back then but that's what turned me on

03. over it - we are the ordinary.wma [ Katara and Zuko start to develop feelings for each other ]
it's unpredictable, those countless little things / like the familiar face you never did expect to see / some things are always meant to be

04. jet - put your money where your mouth is [ Zuko's POV; aside from the fitting lyrics it has a chorus that I can just imagine them bend-fighting to ]
you can be the sinner, I'll be the sin / I'll take what I want and it's easy to see I got everything, everything

05. snow patrol - make this go on forever [ Zuko's POV ]
first kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything / the weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned

06. anberlin - the feel good drag [ both Zuko and Katara doubt their little 'romance' will ever go anywhere ]
lips that need no introduction / ... / was this over before it ever began?

07. dashboard confessional - currents [ they decide to jump into a real relationship ]
if it is born in flames then we should let it burn, burn as brightly as we can / and if it's gotta end then let it end in flames, let it burn all the way down

08. mae - the sun and the moon [ Zuko's POV ]
I've seen so many that cannot compare to your ocean eyes / ... / and it was just like the sun, but more like the moon

09. vanessa carlton - who's to say [ Katara's POV ]
who's to say we aren't getting stronger? / who's to say I can't live without you? / ... / and you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember / and I try to pretend, but I just feel it when we're together

10. switchfoot - on fire [ Katara's POV at the beginning and Zuko's for the rest ]
when everything inside me looks like everything I hate / you are the hope I have for change / you are the only chance I'll take / and I'm on fire when you're near me / I'm on fire when you speak

11. ghost of the robot - good night sweet girl [ Katara's POV ]
so much promise in your eyes / seems that I can only see / it always makes me wonder if you save it all for me

12. sugarcult - counting stars.wma [ they fight one too many times and break up ]
hey, I wanna crawl out of my skin / apologize for all my sins / all the things I should have said to you

13. less than jake - the ghosts of you and me[ Zuko's POV ]
'cause I'm just a long-gone memory / and you're still alive / and I'm still getting by / on these dead end streets

14. hinder - better than me [ Zuko's POV; him thinking about Katara ]
and I can't pretend that I won't think about you when I'm older / 'cause we never really had our closure / this can't be the end / I really miss your hair in my face / and the way your innocence tastes

15. snow patrol - wow [ Zuko's POV; he decides to try and win back Katara ]
it's so clear my role in this mess is not something that I can be proud of / but it's all going to change

16. stray's don't sleep - for blue skies* [ our lovers are reunited, aw ]
I forgive you / I'll forgive you

Liner Notes:
+ AvatarSpirit for the transcript of 1x19, which is what the quote up top is from.
+ katara_zuko for inspiring me to do this. :P I think there was a CD challenge posted there something like a month ago, so that was when I decided to make this fanmix. It usually takes me months and months to make one of these things, but I did this one insanely quick (for me, atleast - hell, I'm still working on a mix to the book series Sweep that's been in progress for about 2 years now. I suck, I know).
+ I tried to use songs that weren't quite so obvious (with the exception of "The Sun and the Moon" by Mae, because how can you not use that song in a K/Z mix?), like "Far Away" or "Savin' Me", even though I absolutely adore those songs and I really wanted to use them.
* this song doesn't exactly seem very Katara/Zuko-like to me, but it's a song that just screams "make-up sex" which is what I picture K/Z doing at that point. :p

All songs are .mp3 unless otherwise noted, and click on the song title for a download link for that song or you can click HERE for a .zip that has all 16 tracks (does not include the artwork). Everything is uploaded to Sendspace so it'll eventually run out, but if you want anything re-uploaded just ask and I will. :)

Mood Theme: W.I.T.C.H. Guardians

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:15:05 GMT

Original Post: 07-13-06

Here's a few random samples:

Will - 27
Irma - 15
Taranee - 12
Cornelia - 25
Hay Lin - 15
Other/Group - 41
That's a rough estimate of how many moods there are per character, but it's a bit off. Also, there are some repeats, but very few (maybe four or five). There's only one mood in the whole thing that doesn't include the Guardians, and that's "hungry". I just had to use it for Blunk, but if you'd prefer one that's actually of the Guardians, here is one of Hay Lin.

If you use Internet Explorer, then I'm sorry but for some reason they have purple corners. I really have no clue how to fix it, otherwise I would. :/ Again, sorry.

If you download anything, please remember to right-click save.
+ Download the zip here
+ Download codes are here (courtesy of crackified)
+ Installation help can be found here (courtesy of crackified)
+ Credit for the screencaps goes to myself
+ Credit for the mood theme template goes to imegaphone

I'd appreciate a comment if you download, and you MUST credit me in your userinfo. =) Enjoy!

Mood Theme: The Last Airbender

bentfire — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:02:58 GMT

Original Post: 10-12-2006

I tried to include as much of the non-main characters as I could, but it was a bit hard. I used caps from episodes 1x01-2x13. There's two versions of this, one with a transparent border and one with no border at all. If you want to view the whole thing, click here. Here's a random preview:

Aang - 22
Group - 22
Sokka - 17
Katara - 16
Zuko - 14
Toph - 14
Azula - 7
Other - 7 (Mai, Jet, Yue, Zhao, Avatar Kyoshi)
Iroh - 6
Ty Lee - 4
That's a rough estimate of how many moods there are per character, but it's a bit off. Also, there are some repeats, but very few (maybe four or five).

If you use Internet Explorer, then I'm sorry but for some reason they have purple or green corners. I really have no clue how to fix it, otherwise I would. :/ Again, sorry. I suggest downloading Firefox, it's better than IE anyways. ;P

If you download anything, please remember to right-click save.
+ To download the version with the border, click here
+ To download the version without the border, click here
+ The codes can be found here (courtesy of crackified)
+ Information on how to install for can be found here (courtesy of crackified).
+ Credit for the caps goes to myself since I took them all, and credit for the mood theme template goes to imegaphone (with minor tweaking by myself).

I'd appreciate a comment if you download, and you MUST credit me in your userinfo. =) Enjoy!