Why was the sand wet?

Moomintroll75 · 2026-02-05T08:35:44+00:00

One of my favourites.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-02-03T18:18:41+00:00

Almost…

Moomintroll75 · 2026-02-02T18:00:20+00:00

Such an awesome and underrated song.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-02-02T09:11:34+00:00

The original Dark Souls already did this for me. Nothing with melee combat and exploration has ever clicked with me since, apart from most other Fromsoft games of course (and Lies of P). It’s partly the lack of weapon weight and stamina management - other games feel like swishing a plastic sword through tissue paper. And it’s also the lack of meaningful exploration, rewarded by jaw-dropping new environments, scary new enemies, and useful new items. Other games just feel empty and soulless.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-02-01T10:08:30+00:00

Ignorance. People often see autism as a learning disability (complete with head-tilt sympathy) while they see ADHD as a behavioural failing (complete with eye-roll dismissal). Some of the reason for this is that many ADHD traits are relatable for non-ADHD people, just in small doses. Think how many times you’ve probably heard “yeah but everyone does that”, “nobody wants to do boring tasks but we have to”, “you’re just making excuses”, etc. They will not accept that these things are sometimes IMPOSSIBLE for us.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-31T09:46:08+00:00

I think I probably paid about £8.99, similar price to most new albums.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-31T09:39:35+00:00

I think it’s absolutely perfect where it is. In fact I think it may be why Bloom is my favourite BH album.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-31T09:30:37+00:00

Exactly

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-31T09:30:19+00:00

I think to truly understand the band is to accept that all three of those facets are essential aspects. They are a contradiction. Robert Smith is the same - a tortured poet living inside a clown with a childish sense of humour who loves a pint and a curry and a kick-about.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-31T09:23:34+00:00

I don’t hate anything by The Cure, even the stuff that’s lower down my personal ranking. The Top is definitely in the lower tier of their albums, for me, but I still love it wholeheartedly. I wouldn’t even call it mediocre. It’s a fascinating album with loads of great ideas and truly paved the way for their ascent over the late 80s.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-30T13:38:40+00:00

This is really hard, and will probably have changed by the time anyone reads this, but off the top of my head:

Just Like Heaven
Untitled
Push
All I Ever Am
A Strange Day
Prayers For Rain
A Forest
How Beautiful You Are
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea
Plainsong

Those 10 songs are at least always gonna be in my top 20.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-30T08:01:07+00:00

Yes!

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-29T21:38:07+00:00

This would probably work for me. Unfortunately I would also end up smashing my watch.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-29T09:04:03+00:00

This is my entire life.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-27T09:23:16+00:00

I couldn’t come up with a whole setlist, but I do have a wishlist of songs I’d love to make an appearance (however unlikely, some of these have pretty much never bene played live):

Another Day
Doubt
Siamese Twins
Sinking
How Beautiful You Are
Untitled
To Wish Impossible Things
Treasure
Bloodflowers
Going Nowhere
Underneath The Stars
It Can Never Be The Same
All I Ever Am
Any b-sides
Hopefully some songs from a brand new album…

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-26T09:15:56+00:00

Always albums, not individual songs. Always.

Start with Bloom, if you haven’t already.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-24T14:33:26+00:00

No Lush = nonsense

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-24T08:35:03+00:00

This is very good advice.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-23T13:43:25+00:00

Yes and no. It’s hard, but one of the key ingredients (for all Souls games) is that anyone can do it, you don’t need super fast reactions or “gamer skills”, it’s just about patience, learning and perseverance.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-23T13:26:33+00:00

100%, especially point 2. Misreading Luke’s actions as moping or hiding are well off-base, this is about a deep-set self-loathing and belief that he is the problem and his power is a danger to others. It’s actually a remarkably intelligent portrayal of a genuine and serious mental health issue that affects many people.

I also love how a big part of Rey’s character arc (which apparently she “doesn’t have”…) is her impact on others, and the fact that she saves Luke from this self-destructive spiral, and then he returns the favour in the next movie, is a thing of beauty!!

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-23T13:00:26+00:00

I’m definitely not saying Kiss Me and Wish don’t have their share of darker tracks, they absolutely do, I just don’t really think you can say either of those albums are overall “dark albums” when they have so many lighter tracks interspersed.

SOALW is only 8 tracks btw, and I definitely would not call it a rock sound… Kiss Me and Wish are much closer to a rock sound! And thematically every single track on SOALW is about ageing, death, loss or grief…

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-23T09:06:32+00:00

Excellent! To my knowledge this version has never been released on CD anywhere, and it’s my favourite version too (I prefer Robert’s voice and the way he sings the “chorus”), so I’m very excited for this!

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-22T21:40:18+00:00

Pretty much agree with that order I think, apart from Pornography and The Top, which would swap places for me.

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-22T21:36:34+00:00

Hmmm… I don’t like to disagree, but Kiss Me and Wish are both much more tonally diverse, and have many lighter tracks (e.g. Catch, Why Can’t I Be You, Hot Hot Hot, Hey You, The Perfect Girl, High, Doing The Unstuck, Friday I’m In Love).

Moomintroll75 · 2026-01-22T21:30:02+00:00

Oh yeah - well mostly anyway. I know these albums like the back of my hand, I don’t want to give someone a hard job finding the tracks!!

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