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Versengold & MCU feels
I have been up to several things! One is that I went to a Versengold concert last Friday, and it was amazing. Versengold (literally "verse's gold") is a northern German folk rock band that's been around for over 20 years, whom I discovered in ~2018 or so, and whom I've loved ever since. They are so cool, you guys. They are also all huge dorks. Their name is a pun--the German idiom "Fersengold geben," literally "giving heel's gold," means to run very fast, but they changed exchanged the F for a V to keep with their theme of writing songs. I find this very clever and it makes me really happy.
Anyway, they came to Cologne (Köln) and I was there with bells on. With about 3k people in attendance, it might have been the biggest concert I've ever been to! MCR in 2022 might have been bigger, I'm honestly not sure since that was open-air and this one wasn't, so it was easier this time to get a feel of how big the crowd was than at the MCR concert. Anyway, it was awesome. I stood close-ish to the front and had a blast. They played so many of my favorite songs, and a few songs I wasn't that familiar with yet, and the audience was wonderful. We cheered and clapped and sang our hearts out. Such a wonderful experience!
The real MVPs were my concert earplugs, a special set of earplugs I purchased way back in 2019 to help me attend rock concerts despite my very sensitive ears. They filter out all harmful frequencies from what you're hearing, but still let you listen to the music. I have no idea what sorcery they've been infused with, but they work. I can still hear people talking to me when I wear them, and the music sounds fine, if perhaps a tiny bit muffled. I love these things so much and there is no way I would have survived this concert--or the MCR concert!--without them, haha. I pulled one earplug out of my ear a little, once, to check how loud the volume really was, and yep I shoved it right back in. :D
The other thing that's been going on is that I am deep within my MCU feels again. Which mostly means Winter Soldier feels. And Steve/Bucky feels. Yes. I rewatched Captain America: The Winter Soldier last week for its 10-year anniversary, and it is still so freaking good, ahhh. I love it to bits. I cannot believe that the Russos made TWS and then went on to fuck things up so thoroughly (imo) with all the other things they did. Just. How. Anyway--I have been picking at my old fic ideas again, and reading tons of older fic on AO3, and generally having a blast with this ship and the feels.
I have discovered that I have a mighty need for more Winter Soldier fic--not necessarily Bucky Barnes fic. I am craving post-movie fic where the Winter Soldier does not remember his past, but still aims to take down Hydra and--perhaps reluctantly, at first, since he doesn't remember his past life--reconnects with Steve. It's all Sebastian Stan's acting; I am so fascinated with the obvious, glaring differences between Bucky and the Winter Soldier persona that's been forced on him. The potential identity compartmentalization of their combined existence is *chef's kiss* to me. And I want the Winter Soldier part to get more attention and love, damn it. He's been through so much, he deserves love and comfort even if he doesn't remember. Fight me. (No, don't, I'm weak AF because I haven't kept up with my running schedule.)
I also have a big soft spot for Shrinkyclinks (non-serum Steve/Winter Soldier Bucky). Adkjshkdf. The utter dichotomy between their characters makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I've read several "the Winter Soldier is on a mission, Steve stumbles across him & for some reason does not die horribly, so Hydra kidnaps Steve for shits and giggles and he and the Soldier form a connection" fics and low-key want to write my own. The aaaangst!!!
I am normal about this ship.
Anyway, they came to Cologne (Köln) and I was there with bells on. With about 3k people in attendance, it might have been the biggest concert I've ever been to! MCR in 2022 might have been bigger, I'm honestly not sure since that was open-air and this one wasn't, so it was easier this time to get a feel of how big the crowd was than at the MCR concert. Anyway, it was awesome. I stood close-ish to the front and had a blast. They played so many of my favorite songs, and a few songs I wasn't that familiar with yet, and the audience was wonderful. We cheered and clapped and sang our hearts out. Such a wonderful experience!
The real MVPs were my concert earplugs, a special set of earplugs I purchased way back in 2019 to help me attend rock concerts despite my very sensitive ears. They filter out all harmful frequencies from what you're hearing, but still let you listen to the music. I have no idea what sorcery they've been infused with, but they work. I can still hear people talking to me when I wear them, and the music sounds fine, if perhaps a tiny bit muffled. I love these things so much and there is no way I would have survived this concert--or the MCR concert!--without them, haha. I pulled one earplug out of my ear a little, once, to check how loud the volume really was, and yep I shoved it right back in. :D
The other thing that's been going on is that I am deep within my MCU feels again. Which mostly means Winter Soldier feels. And Steve/Bucky feels. Yes. I rewatched Captain America: The Winter Soldier last week for its 10-year anniversary, and it is still so freaking good, ahhh. I love it to bits. I cannot believe that the Russos made TWS and then went on to fuck things up so thoroughly (imo) with all the other things they did. Just. How. Anyway--I have been picking at my old fic ideas again, and reading tons of older fic on AO3, and generally having a blast with this ship and the feels.
I have discovered that I have a mighty need for more Winter Soldier fic--not necessarily Bucky Barnes fic. I am craving post-movie fic where the Winter Soldier does not remember his past, but still aims to take down Hydra and--perhaps reluctantly, at first, since he doesn't remember his past life--reconnects with Steve. It's all Sebastian Stan's acting; I am so fascinated with the obvious, glaring differences between Bucky and the Winter Soldier persona that's been forced on him. The potential identity compartmentalization of their combined existence is *chef's kiss* to me. And I want the Winter Soldier part to get more attention and love, damn it. He's been through so much, he deserves love and comfort even if he doesn't remember. Fight me. (No, don't, I'm weak AF because I haven't kept up with my running schedule.)
I also have a big soft spot for Shrinkyclinks (non-serum Steve/Winter Soldier Bucky). Adkjshkdf. The utter dichotomy between their characters makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I've read several "the Winter Soldier is on a mission, Steve stumbles across him & for some reason does not die horribly, so Hydra kidnaps Steve for shits and giggles and he and the Soldier form a connection" fics and low-key want to write my own. The aaaangst!!!
I am normal about this ship.