Hello! Was listening to a band I used to like a lot and ofc the ghosts brainrot took over as per usual.
The song is Cold Blooded by Foxing. My music taste is kinda ass so sorry if you don’t like it lmfao.
But anyways, it reminded me a lot of Keegan. I feel like the general consensus in the fandom is that he comes off as very cold and almost aloof. I imagine the Ghosts/other soldiers have commented on this, and I think it sticks with Keegan a lot. Whenever someone mentions it to Keegan he internalizes it, thinks something must be wrong with him because everyone says it like it’s not normal.
It started off as a coping mechanism after SV, and with their job literally being killing/inherently violent and such lol. What better way to cope than not think about it at all? /j
I also think the trait got exacerbated after Ajax’s death.
Anyways sorry for the nonsense! Ik you’ve done plenty of these but I’m also curious if you have more songs you associate with the Ghosts?
So many thoughts omg anon ily for this
First, just listened to the song and I love it, straight to the playlist. And it fits him so well
Second, I love the analysis of Keegan. I imagine, especially the younger he was, he definitely internalized some of that. And it’s so common to respond to stress by kinda shutting your emotions down like that, blunting them and such, definitely an actual coping mechanism. And his bestie dying in his arms would definitely not help :/
Third, I have way too many songs I associate with the ghosts lol, I def am gonna do many more hc’s with them :)
One that I’ve been thinking about though is Charlotte Sometimes by The Cure. The lyrics about being expressionless, in a dream like trance remind me of him on a similar ish note. I feel like the job/his trauma prob caused a sense of dissociation for him, and perhaps that contributes to his aloofness. He’s also just very The Cure coded methinks lol
Finally got my grubby little hands on a black Sabbath CD.. got me wonderin what you think the Ghost's favourite songs would be 👀
YIPPIE Black Sabbath! What album/CD did you get? And what do I think the Ghost Boys fav songs would be? ≧◡≦
Hesh- Children of the Grave (now stay with me gang…he and Logan like their music cause of Elias, they grew up on it a little. He also likes the message of this song)
Logan- N.I.B (he would like this. that’s it)
Elias- Iron Man or Heaven and Hell (ik he listens to BS cause he told me actually…he’s such a dad and would enjoy hearing these classics on the radio from his childhood)
Merrick- Paranoid (another classic, and he’s got that classic middle aged American male vibe LMAO…grew up on this typa stuff like the rest of the old men did)
Keegan- Into the Void (idk how to explain this one just vibes, I bet he likes the Master of Reality album in whole)
Kick- Children of the Sea (I think he would fw this if/when he listens to rock/metal. Also this is just a good song idk sue me)
Rorke- War Pigs (this just makes sense… like you know he listens to this…idk how to explain it but I feel like I’ll be understood lol)
The Ghost Boys as Lana Del Rey songs, because this post I made has gotten Lana stuck in my head again. This was unnecessarily hard to choose only one for them ఠ_ఠ
also shoutout to @pear1escence cause I know you fw Lana badddd ( ˘ ³˘) ♡
Hesh- National Anthem or Art Deco (see how my goofy ass just said it was hard to choose only one? Yea well I couldn’t😔)
Logan- Doin Time or If You Lie Down With Me (again sorry but he’s both to me, I can’t pick)
Elias- Million Dollar Man (do i even need to say it again LMAO, cause I will! daddy)
Merrick- Let The Light In (screaming crying throwing up tumbling off a cliff rn i love this song terribly)
Keegan- Ultraviolence (yes this man is very LDR coded, esp this album, which fun fact is encoded into the strands of my fuckin DNA. i also put him here with West Coast cause hellooo)
Kick- Religion (this just makes sense to me. i mean I’d worship him-okay bye)
The Ghost Boys as sexy songs 😏 (not sure if some of these are necessarily sexy lol but they are to moi)
Hesh- Addicted by Saving Abel (this that 00’s older brother music…you know the vibe)
Logan- You by Ari Abdul (idk just listen to this song cause…yum)
Elias- Off To The Races by Lana Del Rey (LISTEN you’ve gotta hear me out I have a vision here. THAT hot older man/daddy vibe. Idk maybe this one’s corny LMAO)
Merrick- Gotta Get Me Some by Nickelback (again, y’all might have to hear me out with the Nickelback lol but this song is hot)
Keegan- Closer by Nine Inch Nails (NIN is very Keegan coded in general but this shi is right up his fine ass alley)
Kick- Hush by The Marias (these sultry/sexy/sly type of songs remind me of him a lot, I think he’d be smoother than butter and this fits)
Rorke- Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions (80s stripper rock…need I say more?)
I got whiplash making this cause these are all very different flavors of sexy lol
The Ghost Boys as random songs that me love long time
Hesh- Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi (this is so him. Poor baby has been through it all. Also he’d def listen to Cudi I can feel it)
Logan- Hysteria by Muse (he’d listen to Muse convince me otherwise. No explanation this just has his badassery vibe)
Elias- Lover, You Should’ve Come Over by Jeff Buckley (sorry to jumpscare with one of the most emotional fucking songs ever written but, in a weird way this is giving Him)
Merrick- Superbeast by Rob Zombie (he’s owned Rob Zombie cd’s at some point in his life. This is exactly his energy)
Keegan- Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon (this feels a tad far out from his vibe but it’s also not to me, like I know that man yearns lmao)
Kick- You Are the Right One by Sports (I fuckin love this song BAD, it’s so him. Like that kinda sultry vibe reminds me of his voice RAHHH I need help)
Rorke- Halls Of Illusions by Insane Clown Posse (I have no reasoning just hear me out LMAOOO. He’s insane that’s it)
Mayhaps Ghosts as Mitski songs if you’re up to that..?
Absolutely anon! Basing these mainly off lyrics tbh because I really fw Mitski’s beautifully heart shattering, emotionally compromising lyrics ≧◡≦
Hesh- I Bet on Losing Dogs (“my baby, my baby. You’re my baby, say it to me. Baby, my baby. Tell your baby that I’m your baby”, “I’ll be there on their side, I’m losing by their side” YEOWCHHH! Talk about the family dynamic there😁 IM CRYING!)
Logan- First Love/Late Spring (“and I was so young when I behaved 25, yet now I find I’ve grown into a tall child” stop actually. they grew up too fast)
Elias- Brand New City (hear me out I’m just getting the vibe. “I think my fate is losing its patience, I think the ground is pulling me down, I think my life is losing momentum, I think my ways are wearing me down”. This old man omg😭)
Merrick- Abbey (“I am something, I have been something, I was born something, what could I be?”, “there is a dream that I sometimes see, that only appears in the dark of sleep” this very much just feels like him to me)
Keegan- Francis Forever (It’s giving him and Ajax tbh (and also Hesh and Logan, it was hard to decide) “I end up on a tree lined street, I look up at the gaps of sunlight, I miss you more than anything. I don’t need the world to see that I’ve been the best I can be but, I don’t think I can stand to be where you don’t see me” EMOTIONAL ALERT!)
Kick- My Love Mine All Mine (this definitely feels like him, at least how I imagine him hehe. “Moon, tell me if I could, send up my heart to you? So when I die, which I must do, could it shine down here with you?”, “Nothing in the world belongs to me. But my love mine, all mine, all mine”)
Rorke- I’m Your Man (yes this is entirely about him and Elias to me. “You’re an angel, im a dog. Or you’re a dog and I’m your man. You believe me like a god, I’ll destroy you like i am. I’m sorry I’m the one you love, no one will ever love me like you again”. “you believe me like a god, I’ll betray you like a man” HELLOOOO?!,&?,!)
The Rorke Ghostbusters song got me thinking, what meme songs would the ghosties be?
Kick is giving me some Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders vibes
Anyways, remember to eat, sleep, and hydrate! Plexiglass person out ✌️
Plexiglass person, my beloved! Thanks for the reminder my dear ≧◡≦ you are totally right about Kick, these are what I think the other boys would be
Hesh- Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod (if someone took gameplay footage of him running around, put it on 2x speed, this is what would play in the background)
Logan- Nyan Cat Theme by Digidudes (he and Hesh def watched stupid YouTube compilation vids with this song as kids, and it spoke to Logan I fear)
Elias- Mission: Impossible Theme by Micheal Giacchino (don’t even need to say anything I think, speaks for itself for some reason💀)
Merrick- Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini (no explanation just vibes, type of mf to tip toe around and rub his hands together mysteriously LMAO)
Keegan- The X Files Theme by John Beal (sometimes in the game his eyes look empty, no thoughts, and this seems to embody that to me)
Kick- Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders (totally him lol)
Rorke- Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. (as referenced in this post lmao)
Ajax- Frolic by Luciano Michelini (the shi that played in his head when Rorke captured him and tried to make him sell out the rest of the ghosts)
The Ghost Boys as sad/terribly gut wrenching songs because I’ve never known a day of peace
Hesh- Exit Music (For A Film) by Radiohead (This man CONTINUOUSLY couldn’t catch a break. Whole game they had him suffering. Literally exit music for the game, hello)
Logan- Space Song by Beach House (WAHHH crying like a baby. “Somewhere in these eyes I’m on your side” post beach/Rorke brainwashing WAHHH)
Elias- How to Save a Life by The Fray (this songs makes me giggle just a lil bc of Greys Anatomy (ifykyk) but this is literally him and Rorke idc idc)
Merrick- Nothing Else Matters by Metallica (Nothing else matters than defeating Rorke/the feds, nothing else matters to him, nothing else-)
Keegan- Sextape by Deftones (not the saddest song ever but it wrenches MY gut. Reminds me of him in Ajax’s death scene for some reason)
Kick- As the World Caves In by Matt Maltese (his world was literally caving in, goodbye. Only had his team and they kept dropping like flies, goodbye)
Rorke- Nutshell by Alice In Chains (this is one of my all time favorite songs, I hate it lol. :,( It’s literally him, I’ll cry rn)
Kept forgetting to ask you this request, but could you try ranking the ghost boys as songs from the band Fish in a Birdcage? Include Strike too in the ranking pretty please, I wanna see what you think :33
Fish in a Birdcage is one of my favorite bands, they're not very popular but they got bangers<3 was gonna make music recoms but figured this is better lol
Of course, love a good band rec too lol. After listening to most of their discography, these are the vibes I get :)
Hesh- Rule #2-Moonlight (reminds me of him n Logan, in a familial/brotherly way ofc)
Logan- Rule #4- Fish in a Birdcage (makes me think of how he may try to cope being in the pit, imagining Hesh etc etc something brotherly like that, to add from above lol)
Elias- Rule #15- Four Aces (him and Rorke HELLO? Lol all I can think about here)
Merrick- Rule #31- Calamity (getting big operation sand viper energy here…)
Keegan- Rule #34 (purely based on vibes here lmao)
Kick- Rule #19- Amigo (also based on vibes heehee)
Rorke- Rule #8- Otherwise (‘Take me with you, take my life’…mhm yeah)
Strike- Rule #9- Child of the Stars (him n his momma…his mommy issues lore goes crazy tbh)
Hesh- Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears (the biggest lover boy on the planet lol, this is what it sounds like when he falls in love)
Logan- This Side of Paradise by Coyote Theory (idk I just know I’m right, also a lover boy like Hesh but in a more heartfelt emo boy way)
Elias- Angel by Aerosmith (no explanation just vibes, every time I think of him in a romantic aspect [which is frequently smh] I think of all those old 80s ballads)
Merrick- I Only Have Eyes For You by The Flamingos (this man is an old school romantic at heart I swear. Hard on the outside for sure, and a big ole softie on the inside)
Keegan- Lovesong by The Cure (WAHHHH I love him, goth Keegan truther. Also a bit emo like Logan when he loves someone)
Kick- Puppy Princess by Hot Freaks (lol he’s so funky and precious I need him. Puppy love energy idk)
Rorke- Poison by Alice Cooper (this is soooo him prove me wrong, that’s it)
Ghost boys as 80s songs that I like (very rock forward cus that’s my shit)
Hesh- Rock Of Ages by Def Leppard (idk he got that classic vibe to me. my man…)
Logan- Still of the Night by Whitesnake (cause he’s a badass. that’s it, that’s the hc. he looks like what this song sounds like to me…sexy)
Elias- Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi (was def wanted dead…! also he was canonically born the same year as my mom so I’m getting a certain vibe from him lol)
Merrick- For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica (the lyrics. also he just gives me that late 80s/early 90s dad rock energy)
Keegan- Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails (this is so him idk. like ‘I’d rather die than give you control’ yea exactly)
Kick- Blue Monday by New Order (he’s sooo 80s new wave-alt-synth-punk coded)
Rorke- Hells Bells by AC/DC (the vibe fits cus apparently the mf is immortal??)
Which songs of Rio Romeo do you think fits the Ghosts boys? B‘:]
Thank you for the music recs, anon! Love being introduced to new stuff. This def took a bit of thinking on, but I listened to their whole discography lol and this is what songs I think they’d be :)
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