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Title: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 03:20:22 AM
This is a thread for all the angst-lovers on the board.  If you love to physically and/or mentally torture, maim, and harm the Backstreet Boys in your, join the club!

In angst we trust!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 03:24:31 AM
Join our club. We've got cookies!  :D :D
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 03:32:21 AM
Cookies laced with razor blades that will rip through your throat on the way down, leaving a trail of torn esophageal tissue that will remind you of the pain we've put our Boys through by symbolically (or sometimes literally) ripping out their hearts and shredding their souls.  You can dunk them in a cocktail of Backstreet Boy blood and tears (and then, presumably, vomit up your own blood to replenish the stock).
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 03:35:07 AM
You need an angsty avatar that represents your writing, Cinzia.  I'm picturing a bleeding heart that has been split in two and some play on the word slash... a double meaning, since you write slash and also like to break Brian's heart LOL.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 03:39:08 AM
You need an angsty avatar that represents your writing, Cinzia.  I'm picturing a bleeding heart that has been split in two and some play on the word slash... a double meaning, since you write slash and also like to break Brian's heart LOL.

I know! I'm trying to find a perfect angsty avatar! The broken heart is an amazing idea!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 03:47:44 AM
I know! I'm trying to find a perfect angsty avatar! The broken heart is an amazing idea!

I'd love to make it for you if you can think of what it should say!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 03:52:26 AM
I'd love to make it for you if you can think of what it should say!

Really? Thank you!

Mh... As you suggested, the word slash, is perfect! :D
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 04:22:03 AM
How's this? 

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q289/joolligan/Avatars/slashlove_zpsefc794d0.png)


If you like it, here's the avy-sized version:

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q289/joolligan/slashlovesmall_zps523ac53e.png)
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 04:32:04 AM
How's this? 

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q289/joolligan/Avatars/slashlove_zpsefc794d0.png)


If you like it, here's the avy-sized version:

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q289/joolligan/slashlovesmall_zps523ac53e.png)


That is beatiful!!! Thank you so much! *_*
 I think I'm going to use it even for my twitter!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: mare on July 14, 2013, 04:34:49 AM
I enjoy me some angst. lol

Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 04:35:36 AM
You're welcome!  I'm glad you like it.  I found the graphic on Google and loved it!  The only thing I added to it was the text.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 04:36:13 AM
I enjoy me some angst. lol

Do you have a MINE avatar?  Cause if not, you need one.  Let me know if you want me to make you one!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 04:50:09 AM
You're welcome!  I'm glad you like it.  I found the graphic on Google and loved it!  The only thing I added to it was the text.

You know what? It might be starting to give me some angst inspiration! lol
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 04:50:41 AM
You know what? It might be starting to give me some angst inspiration! lol

Yay!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: mare on July 14, 2013, 05:05:39 AM
Do you have a MINE avatar?  Cause if not, you need one.  Let me know if you want me to make you one!

No I do not. Thanks for offering, but I like my take a stand avy lol

Speaking of torture, I have to confess something else in the other thread! 
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 05:29:23 AM
Well, just in case you ever want one...

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q289/joolligan/Avatars/mineavy_zps7dbdd236.png)

(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q289/joolligan/Avatars/mineavysmall_zps64753806.png)

(Seriously, no pressure to use it; I just wanted to make one LOL.  Btw, that is really 16-year-old Nick's arm, because that's just how anal I am about details.)
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: mare on July 14, 2013, 05:35:13 AM
Wow that's a whole lot of MINE lol

Thanks!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 05:46:14 AM
I have to confess that I prefer emotional hurt and torture over the physical one. lol
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 05:51:22 AM
You're welcome!

I like both kinds of torture... my favorite is to hurt them physically and then watch them deal with the emotional pain that goes with that.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 06:00:35 AM
Join the party, Rose!  Sad Panda Power!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: Rose on July 14, 2013, 06:01:17 AM
Does this mean I gotta upload my Nearly Mindless Nick avy? I'm still fond of Sad Panda LOL.

Unless we find a Sad Zombie Panda...

ANGST + TORTURE = Happy Rose
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: Rose on July 14, 2013, 06:01:36 AM
LOL! I was just posting :P
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 06:03:17 AM
Does this mean I gotta upload my Nearly Mindless Nick avy? I'm still fond of Sad Panda LOL.

Unless we find a Sad Zombie Panda...

ANGST + TORTURE = Happy Rose

I wouldn't mind seeing Nearly Mindless Nick back, but I do love your sad panda avy too - and hey, Sad Panda is the epitome of angst, so he totally fits!

I have a sad zombie pandaskunk as my avy on Twitter, remember? LOL  There's pretty much no creature more epic than that.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: Rose on July 14, 2013, 06:04:32 AM
LOL sadly, this is true. Unless we find a way to incorporate a platypus.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 06:05:03 AM
*sigh* this is really a happy place to be! lol
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 06:16:06 AM
LOL sadly, this is true. Unless we find a way to incorporate a platypus.

A sad zombie platypandaskun k would indeed be like zombie triple rainbow intense!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 06:16:53 AM
*sigh* this is really a happy place to be! lol

I know, I love us!  Freaks unite!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: Sakabelle on July 14, 2013, 02:02:13 PM
Yay angst? lol

I'm not happy unless my characters are unhappy!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: Carter-Orange on July 14, 2013, 03:09:35 PM
I'll join the club! I do like a bit of torture for my characters :)
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 03:11:02 PM
Welcome!

The more, the better!!!  :D Not for the boys, though!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: FrickingKaos on July 14, 2013, 03:22:47 PM
I love a good angst filled with drama. Those stories are my favorite :)
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: carterkid on July 14, 2013, 04:11:20 PM
Hey, Can I join? LOL
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: mare on July 14, 2013, 04:17:58 PM
Yup, all can enter, just make sure you have your own box of tissues! lol
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 14, 2013, 04:29:25 PM
Anyone can join, as long as doesn't mind a little bit of blood. And tears. And pain. Lot of pain. LOL
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 14, 2013, 05:24:53 PM
Welcome, angst-lovers!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 15, 2013, 07:34:31 AM
Inspired by the question thread, I think that we should list our "angsty" songs and they don't have to be only BSB related.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 15, 2013, 08:35:21 AM
I'll play!

Favorite Angsty BSB Songs:
Incomplete
Siberia
Don't Wanna Lose You Now
Like a Child
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Shattered
Downpour
In Pieces
Falling Down (Nick solo)
Do I Have to Cry For You? (Nick solo)
Gone Without Goodbye (Brian solo)
Lie to Me (Howie solo)
London (AJ solo)
Sincerely Yours (AJ solo)

Favorite angsty songs by other artists:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
Broken (Seether featuring Amy Lee)
Don't Speak (No Doubt)
Gloomy Sunday (Sarah McLachlan)
Goodbye My Lover (James Blunt)
Grenade (Bruno Mars)
Hate Me (Blue October)
In the End (Linkin Park)
Last Resort (Papa Roach)
Lightning Crashes (Live)
Lonely Day (System of a Down)
Loser (3 Doors Down)
My Immortal (Evanescence)
Remember When It Rained (Josh Groban)
Running Up That Hill (Placebo)
Safe and Sound (Taylor Swift)
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
The Show Must Go On (Queen)
The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
What Hurts the Most (Rascal Flatts)
Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss)

Some of those same artists, like Linkin Park, Evanescence, and James Blunt, have lots of angsty songs I love, but I didn't want to make the list even longer by naming them all.

Usually when I'm actually writing angsty stuff, I listen to instrumental music, mostly movie scores.  My favorite angsty instrumental music is from Braveheart and Requiem for a Dream.  I listened to this particular track from the Braveheart soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv3Kxg56Dak) so many times as I was writing the choppage part of Broken that I can no longer watch that part of the without thinking of poor one-legged Nick LOL.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 15, 2013, 10:09:24 AM
I'll play!

Favorite Angsty BSB Songs:
Incomplete
Siberia
Don't Wanna Lose You Now
Like a Child
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Shattered
Downpour
In Pieces
Falling Down (Nick solo)
Do I Have to Cry For You? (Nick solo)
Gone Without Goodbye (Brian solo)
Lie to Me (Howie solo)
London (AJ solo)
Sincerely Yours (AJ solo)

Favorite angsty songs by other artists:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
Broken (Seether featuring Amy Lee)
Don't Speak (No Doubt)
Gloomy Sunday (Sarah McLachlan)
Goodbye My Lover (James Blunt)
Grenade (Bruno Mars)
Hate Me (Blue October)
In the End (Linkin Park)
Last Resort (Papa Roach)
Lightning Crashes (Live)
Lonely Day (System of a Down)
Loser (3 Doors Down)
My Immortal (Evanescence)
Remember When It Rained (Josh Groban)
Running Up That Hill (Placebo)
Safe and Sound (Taylor Swift)
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
The Show Must Go On (Queen)
The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
What Hurts the Most (Rascal Flatts)
Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss)

Some of those same artists, like Linkin Park, Evanescence, and James Blunt, have lots of angsty songs I love, but I didn't want to make the list even longer by naming them all.


I love your list!!!

Mine.

BSB:
London & Sincerely Yours (Aj solos)
Kevin's solo from A Night Out
Like A Child
10,000 Promises
I Need You Tonight
Don't Wanna Lose You Now
Incomplete
Song For The Unloved
Climbing The Walls
Siberia
Forces Of Nature
All In My Head
Undone
Shattered
On Without You
Fallen Angel
Unmistakable
Close My Eyes
Downpour
Mary Did You Know, Gone Without Goodbye (Brian's Solos)
Falling Down (Nick's solo)

Other Artist:
Skinny Love (Birdy)
Jar of Hearts, The Lonely (Christina Perri)
Fix You, The Scientist (Coldplay)
Black Out The Sun, Darkness (Darren Hayes)
Lost Without You, Nobody Listened (Delta Goodrem)
Hero, Heartbreaker, Why not me?, Coming Home, Addicted, Somebody's me, Don't you forget about me, Donde Estan Corazon (Enrique Iglesias)
Shake it out, No light, no light (Florence & The Machine)
Cough Syrup, Teenage Dream acustic, Against All Odds, Somewhere Only We Know,  (Darren Criss)
Dark Side, Because Of You (Kelly Clarkson)
Broken Strings, I won't let you go (James Morrison)
Need you now (Lady Antebellum)
Broken, Run, Iris, Trouble - acustic, (Leona Lewis)
Happy Ending (Mika)
Soldier with a broken heart (Sarah Connor)
I Am (Bon Jovi)
Back to december (Taylor Swift)
Here without you (3 Doors Down)
Here With Me, A Dustland Fairytail (The Killers)
Miracle (Westlife)
Smooth Criminal (Micheal Jackson)

And a lot more. As Julie said, James Blunt is like the master of angsty songs and I've just realized that most of my playlist have Glee covers.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: mare on July 15, 2013, 10:13:21 AM
I don't use songs to write angsty things but when I need to cry I always listen to Wild Horses by Natasha Bedingfield
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 15, 2013, 10:21:46 AM
I enjoy Glee covers too, Cinzia!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 15, 2013, 10:33:01 AM
Songs that make you cry... that'd be another good list.  Mine would overlap with the angsty list - Gone Without Goodbye is a prime example - but there are other songs that I didn't even put on the list that make me cry for strange reasons.

The song "There Goes My Life" by Kenny Chesney makes me cry because it makes me think of my dad, and when I was in college and it came out, it made me homesick.  I don't even like country music, but I love that song.

The song "Baby Mine" from Dumbo makes me bawl like a baby as I picture that scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CORf1liT9cE), and I'm not even sure why because, in the scheme of Disney movies, it shouldn't be THAT sad.  It's not like Dumbo's mom dies.  But it's so sad!  Like I literally just looked it up on YouTube so I could put the link here, and I'm sitting here with big fat tears rolling down my cheeks.  Every time!

A related one that I rediscovered as I was writing Curtain Call is the "Mother Earth and Father Time" song from Charlotte's Web (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHMaiQimSYU).  I like to make mix CDs, and I made one for Curtain Call as I was writing it to keep me inspired, and I was playing it in my car one time, and this song came on, and I was like, OMG, why did I put this on here?!  Totally made me cry.  I am kind of a masochist as well as a sadist, though, so I like stuff that makes me cry; it's cathartic.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 15, 2013, 11:09:09 AM
There is one song that makes me cry everytime and it's "Come What May".
Others... well, it depends on the mood I am.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: Carter-Orange on July 15, 2013, 02:49:54 PM
I don't think a song has ever made me cry...books and films however are a different matter!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: mare on July 15, 2013, 03:28:21 PM
There are quite a few that make me boohoo!

Mainly because they remind me of things and people. I included links to songs even though I'm sure you have heard them all, if you guys want to cry! LOL

"For Good" from Wicked because it's the song Maria, Mersey and I have adopted as our song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg

"Goodbye My Friend" Sang this at my friend Jackie's funeral after she died from cancer. Friggin' cancer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBHcUv_42zI

"If These Walls"  Amy Grant reminds me of when I moved away from Boston after college
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVf4ge1DX3s

"You'll be in My Heart" the song and video I made for Jean's last birthday before she died of cancer. Friggin' cancer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCk3QJ11HEw

"Wild Horses" just in case you have never heard it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f11ZV7I7n4

Now if this post wasn't loaded with angst I don't know what more I could do! LOL

Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 15, 2013, 03:51:01 PM
There are quite a few that make me boohoo!

Mainly because they remind me of things and people. I included links to songs even though I'm sure you have heard them all, if you guys want to cry! LOL

"For Good" from Wicked because it's the song Maria, Mersey and I have adopted as our song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg

"Goodbye My Friend" Sang this at my friend Jackie's funeral after she died from cancer. Friggin' cancer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBHcUv_42zI

"If These Walls"  Amy Grant reminds me of when I moved away from Boston after college
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVf4ge1DX3s

"You'll be in My Heart" the song and video I made for Jean's last birthday before she died of cancer. Friggin' cancer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCk3QJ11HEw

"Wild Horses" just in case you have never heard it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f11ZV7I7n4

Now if this post wasn't loaded with angst I don't know what more I could do! LOL



I love "For Good". It's an amazing song.
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 19, 2013, 01:35:00 AM
Insomnia is a great help for plotting angsty stories.

Which lead me to a question: Did you ever use a illness or a situation happened to you to torture the Boys?
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: RokofAges75 on July 19, 2013, 07:37:46 AM
Nope... thankfully, nothing that bad has ever happened to me.  I've never had a serious illness, never had surgery, never been in a car accident or anything like that... *knock on wood*  So I don't draw on a lot of real-life inspiration for that aspect of my stories, which is a good thing!
Title: Re: Angstoholics Anonymous!
Post by: usako on July 19, 2013, 09:40:27 AM
lol of course it's a good thing!

I admit that the only ispiration that I've used was more on the emotional side of suffering and pain. Which, in a way, is kinda therapeutic for me.lol