Yesterday was Migraine Day. You know those days. It's when you hide in some dark corner of your home like some vampire and hiss at light and loud noises. Yes, that was me.
Because my migraine hit out of nowhere yesterday everything was out of whack and dinner was 1700 nobility style in timing. But today, I was as fresh as a daisy and got a dinner done early and knock a ton of stuff of my to-do list. I did have trouble pick a topic for today's post as I was not in the right headspace (pun intended) to do much planning until late.
Okay, not all their music is about breaking up but they do excel in this area. I found VOILÀ on a chilly night as I was browsing on YouTube. I was looking for new music to add to my Villain playlist when I heard a sample of their work in a recommendation video. Curious, I checked the song out. Didn't make it to the Villain Playlist but made it into my Non-existent Breakup playlist which will soon exist.
VOILÀ is an LA-based pop/rock duo. Gus Ross (originally from London) and Luke Eisner (originally from Wisconsin) met at the Thornton School of Music in California as freshmen and have been making music together since then.
I have included a few of my favorites below. Enjoy!
Hope you liked that. As always, feel free to leave a message below.
The title of this post pretty much explained everything you need to know. A few months ago, I made an off line playlist that is villain inspired. I have mentioned before that I am struggling to create a Villain who is 3 dimensional. I abhor flat, cookie cutter, one-size-fits-all characters. I want a Villain that you hate, but maybe love just a little because you get them.
Like, you understand why they became the way they are even though you would never have chosen their path. They're full of rage, pain, and determination. They take no prisoners and believe that ruthlessness is mercy. Torture is slow, painful, and more often than not, psychological. There are rare moments of vulnerability when you see a glimpse of who they were before they turned. It's those moments that are what make you empathize with them. They weren't born bad. Disappointment, mistreatment, neglect, and abandonment had a role in it. If no-one held a knife to their neck first, would they have retaliated by stabbing first? They just play the role everyone forced upon them. They never chose it. But, since everyone only sees them as a villain, they might as well be the absolute best (worst?) Villain anyone has ever seen.
That is what I am trying to pour into a character. It's hard. If all you know is the mindset of a hero, how do you fully click into the mindset of your villain? Enter my playlist! Below are a few songs that I chose.
I hope that you enjoyed this sample of my playlist. As always, feel free to leave me a message below.
I'm telling the truth when I say I have no idea how many books I have. I know it's in the thousands though. Some may think what I'm about to say is funny but I have no idea what to read.
There! I said it. I currently have so many options that I can't make up my mind what to start on. I know the flavor (aka genre) I want. I just can't settle on a author whose work I want to read. I have too many choices.
I know say this makes me sound weird because it's really not a big deal to most people. But if you are a book lover, the sheer agony of a book overload is not to be discounted. There is an ugly moment when you realize you will never be able to read them all in your lifetime. It hurts.
Then there's the fact that while a book overload lasts, my brain feels like fragmented mush (if that makes any sense). I am trying my best to make coherent sense but I am human and makes will occur. I still have other stuff I must struggle through.
As always, feel free to leave a message below. If you also suffer from occasional Book Overload, tell me about it.
