The promised links:

"Laputa" by Panchiko (version without disk rot):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQRk...

Whang's video about the band:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJzp...

- I don't think a movie has ever made me feel the way this one has. There's so much I love about this film.

- But anyway I was like "this song slaps I gotta show it to my friends" and I just so happened to show it to my friend Hatty, whose favorite movie is Castle In The Sky.

And they, logically, wanted to show the movie to me. So I said yes. +

- and it's a fucking incredible song. It's beautiful. It pairs so fucking well with the movie. And yes, the song is very clearly referencing the movie.

I highly recommend Panchiko and their story (I'll link some stuff at the end of this thread) +

- I eventually found out through context clues and descriptions of scenes from the movie, but I never got around to watching it for 20. FUCKING. YEARS.

Funnily enough, listening to a former lostwave song is what eventually lead me to watching Laputa.

The song is "Laputa" by Panchiko +

When I say "I haven't seen this movie in a while" I mean it's been 20 odd years by now. I watched it in afterschool at one point and was captivated, but I didn't know what movie it was for the longest time +

And like okay...the logic of "people will make fun of you" applies to literally ANY activity you partake in that requires you to do something from the heart. Because there's always a group of people who will go out of their way to just be assholes for fun. You can't let that shit stop you.