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[nowtoboldlygo]

korean media resources for beginners! 🇰🇷

comprehensible input, vaguely in order of easiest to most difficult. on the CI wiki and lingotrack. here's the list for only the easiest stuff (for day-one learners).

태웅쌤 - Comprehensible Input Korean 35+ hours; starting with his superbeginner playlist & leveling up to his many video game playthroughs, the most popular CI channel

KIWI-Korean Input With Images’s 4 hours; starting with his 101 playlist, incredibly clear & simple narration style

C.K.W.M. / Min - shorts/tiktoks

Jun tak Kim <1 hour, new channel!! high quality, hoping they continue to post!

Breeze Korean <1 hour, new channel!!! super high quality for complete beginners.

몰입한국어 Immersion in Korean 1-2 hours of pre-intermediate content; short stories repeated thrice.

Master Vocabulary Korean 5+ hours; varying quality, repetitively describes pictures in short videos

시나브로 한국어 - Learn Korean through Immersion <1 hour; just a couple of videos but decent quality.

Comprehensible Korean 3-4 hours; regular draw-and-narrate CI, decent quality.

Storytime in Korean 2+ hours; calm & pleasant channel

한글용사 아이야 70+ hours; kids show, i love my hangul power rangers ❤️💙💛

Comprehensible Korean Language’s 24+ hours; starting with his beginner playlist, mostly video game playthroughs. recommended if you find 태웅쌤 - Comprehensible Input Korean too difficult!

Muzzy in Gondoland 2-4 hours; i really only recommend the first six episodes. technically requires a subscription but offers a free trial, pretty famous for English learning & has a Korean version 🛸

short DIY videos [playlist example]

Blippi Korean Easy preschooler show, dubbed. 🚶‍♂️

Peppa Pig in Korean 32 hours; preschooler show, dubbed. 🐷

other preschooler-level TV shows 한글용사 아이야, Blippi & Peppa are the easiest, but you start to unlock shows for 2-6 year olds at this level. and there are a billion of them.

search term 룸 투어 for room tours [example one, two] 🏡

podcasts made for learners I'll review & list these separately as I listen to them, but at this point they're all too advanced vocab-wise

[dreamerlynx]

for @simplepotatofarmer's soul eater au: first rough idea - based a lot on @rainystressed247's design- is a lot darker overall with a bigger hoodie to convey a more closed off edgy vibe, my second and more final design builds on both and a little bit of kingdom hearts influence for a more anime protagonist vibe. soul eater dream: now with 300% more chains!

...you don't want to know how long I tried to figure out how to put a chain on his scarf

[tuta-hua-saaz]

Isn’t it funny that the things we used to hate when we were kids like napping in the afternoon or eating dal khichdi are things we love as an adult?

[inkblot-embalmer]

I've been going insane. Gravity Falls AU that's an offshoot of Reverse Falls.

Okay that's all.

[smilesrobotlover]

Playing with heroes mentioned but not actually shown.

The hero of men is the hero before Minish cap, and I’m playing with the idea of him being a Minish and turning into a Hylian to save the kingdom. He couldn’t sit there and do nothing, and he also fell in love with a Hylian. But idk. He’s not well known. But that’s an idea I have of him.

And then the ancient hero. He’s actually a prince and the brother of the ancient princess. I wanted to tone down the zonai traits cuz I think it looks horrendous and I also didn’t want to draw it lol. But they’re kinda there. He’s still a bit animalistic.but ye

[stlamb]

vintage betsey johnson punk label (80s) lace skirt

[tainebot01]

I would like to officially welcome Eustace Winner to the "My Name Is A Cruel Joke My Paternal Figure Played On Me" club

[Image Description: A digital drawing of Eustace Winner from Ace Attorney and Hunter from The Owl House in a handshake, against a purple background. Both are looking towards the camera as if they are taking a picture and both have a look of concern on their faces. Eustace’s expression is significantly more distressed than Hunter’s. End Description]

[rbtlvr]

AND ANOTHER THING. i know that on a meta level this is literally just How Video Game Bosses Work. but also with how well the game mechanics work into the story in many other cases i don't think it's unreasonable to look at it from an in universe perspective

SO

i think it really says something that loop only uses their stronger attacks in their second phase. i think it really says something that you have to bring them down to 0hp four (4) times, attacking them repeatedly + proving that you are willing to genuinely hurt/kill them, before they'll use their most powerful attacks on siffrin

[dinoserious]

arc goes on a silly little trip to a dying kingdom on a finding nemo style search for its kid

[certifiedcoffeeaddict]

is this anything

[sunshinechay]

15 Day BLChallenge! Part 3!

Day 31: Kabedon! Favourite pinned to the wall moment?

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Oh look a favourite trope! I love this trope so much, partly because it often forces one or both parties to actually talk about their feelings rather than just avoid like they likely have been doing and it can also sometimes be absolutely hilarious.

Speaking of hilarious!

Karan being forced into Achi by the other occupant in the elevator in Cherry Magic Thailand is amazing to me. Well it’s hilarious in any version of Cherry Magic but I like the Thai one better so here we are. It’s the first time Achi realizes that Karan likes him and he is understandable shocked by this revelation. And then everything truly spirals out of control for him while he navigates not only being able to read minds but figuring out that his companies best, most perfect employee has a crush on him.

[nowtoboldlygo]

korean media resources for complete beginners!! 🇰🇷

70+ hours of made-for-learners content. generally in order of easiest to most difficult. on the CI wiki, & now on lingotrack. here's the unabridged beginners list.

태웅쌤 - Comprehensible Input Korean's [Lv.A0] Complete Zero Beginner Korean Course 9 hours; modeled after Comprehensible Thai's playlist!

Learn Korean in Korean's first playlist 15 hours; grammar with examples, almost always mimes & uses pictures does still exist but did just go paid/private.

KIWI-Korean Input With Images's 101 playlist & basics 4 hours; love this one incredibly cute & useful

C.K.W.M. / Min - shorts/tiktoks

Jun tak Kim <1 hour, new channel!! high quality, hoping they continue to post!

Breeze Korean <1 hour, new channel!!! super high quality for complete beginners.

몰입한국어 Immersion in Korean's Super Beginner/A0-A1 short story playlist ~1 hour; short stories repeated thrice.

Master Vocabulary Korean's vocabulary & verbs playlists 5+ hours; repetitively describes pictures in short videos

시나브로 한국어 - Learn Korean through Immersion <1 hour; just a couple of videos but decent quality.

Comprehensible Korean 3-4 hours; more useful to me after the above, but overall good quality!

Storytime in Korean's A Little to the Left (Beginner Korean) 1-2 hours; calm & pleasant channel

태웅쌤 - Comprehensible Input Korean's TPRS series & and point-and-click video game playthroughs 26 hours; more difficult than his superbeginner playlist but still doable after the above!

한글용사 아이야 70+ hours; kids show, i love my hangul power rangers ❤️💙💛

Muzzy in Gondoland 2 hours; the first six episodes only. technically requires a subscription but offers a free trial, pretty famous for English learning & has a Korean version.

DIY videos

[andreweverding]

hand knit and needle felted recreation of full collapse by thursday. felt collapse, if you will

[waspsarebetterthanbeesanyways]

Only the Dead 3

part 1

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“What?” Damian asks. “Overshadowed? Who are you? What are those things?”

The entity raises his hands defensively, palms flat in surrender. “Uh? Those are ghosts.”

“Bullshit,” Damian says. “Ghosts aren’t capable of affecting the mortal world to this extent!” He jabs a finger at the entity. “Tell me the truth!”

“I am!” the entity squawks, hastily lowering his hands. “Look, normally we don’t have enough ectoplasm to interact with the human world, but it can happen under the right circumstances!”               “Such as?”

“I don’t know. Maybe if someone opened a portal to the afterlife? Or maybe if there was a big enough mass murder in the vicinity.” The entity grimaces. “Considering the general atmosphere of Gotham, maybe if someone dropped a nuke on Newark?”

Damian doesn’t like the sound of either of those options. “You didn’t answer all of my questions. Who are you?”

“I’m, uh...” The entity shuffles awkwardly in midair, avoiding Damian’s gaze. He wraps his arms around his chest protectively. “You can call me Phantom.”

“Phantom,” Damian repeats skeptically. “And you’re one of those things, Phantom?”

Phantom cringes and shoots Damian a green-eyed glare. “I’m not a thing,” he says. “And I’m not subsentient like those thralls. And I didn’t come from where they came from, either. I was already in Gotham when this started.”

“You’ve been here? Doing what?” Damian asks.

Phantom wilts. “I’ve been trying to help the civilians, but I don’t have anywhere safe to escort them and I don’t have any way to contain other ghosts right now.” He floats a few inches forwards, looking Damian in the eye. “I saw that skeleton try to overshadow you. Please, if you can resist it, you’ve got to work with me!”

Damian doesn’t miss that Phantom dodged the question, but he lets it go for the moment. “What do you mean, overshadowing?”

“It’s like possession? Only possession is specifically for dead bodies,” Phantom says, “and overshadowing is for living people.”

“They’re taking over bodies?” Damian asks, aghast. He takes a deep breath and deliberately relaxes. “Fine. If they’re capable of possessing people, why can’t they possess me? How do I fight them?”

Phantom shrugs. “You punch them? There’s anti-ghost weaponry, but I don’t think you can find any in Gotham. As for resisting overshadowing, uh... I don’t suppose you’ve died and been resurrected or something? Maybe with a big personality change afterwards?” Damian stiffens. “Or maybe if you’ve just been around enough ectoplasm for long enough. I don’t suppose you’ve seen any weird ass glowing green pools of goo? Or white? I think humans without enough exposure see it as white instead?”

Damian’s never heard of someone seeing the Lazarus pit as white, but they certainly fit the description of a glowing green pool of goo-- and as for resurrections...

“I see,” Damian says, nodding. Phantom tilts his head, but Damian doesn’t elaborate. “If that’s the case, I may know where we can find someone else who can resist possession. We need to go to Crime Alley.”

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@thegreawizards @gin2212 @theauthorandtheartist @rosecinnamonbun @yazz-frost @coruscateselene @caraafton @just-for-dpxdc

[foundationsofdecay]

Okay, I've finally made a list of most of my Sleep Token lore and analysis posts! Divided by categories under the cut, with improvised titles and brief descriptions for each.

Posts are listed in reverse-chronological order per category, except for crossovers.

The catch-all hashtag for these is #aqua's offerings, in case you prefer to look through them that way.

Longer Form Posts:

Duck Into Deep Blue Safety - Comparing the composition of Drag Me Under, Atlantic, and Fall For Me as to how solos are used to describe physical isolation, separation, and the spectrum bridging spiritual wholeness and estrangement.

Show Me What Wounds You've Got - On begging, emotional vulnerability, and our agency as audience and character.

If a Man Falls, and Nobody's There to Hear Him... - An addition-by-reblog to this post by @melit0n about Fall For Me, continuing the exploration of silence and vocals and the implications of Vessel's isolation and actions in the song.

So He Gets To Die A Saint - Martyrdom and the desire to save and be saved, but the uncertainty of who is saving who, and to what end.

Something Was Between You and I My Dear - Musings on the theory posited by @a-s-levynn that separates Vessel as his masked self and as his unmasked self into two separate characters, and what that means for a potential reading of the events of the trilogy, particularly its ending.

I Would Turn Into A Stranger In An Instant if I Could - A deep dive into DYWTYLM with themes of identity loss and the effects of a long-term yet one-sided relationship.

Flood Me Like Atlantic - An examination of the metaphor of being dragged into and under someone's love throughout the course of the discography, and how it reflects in the shifting characterization of both Vessel and the character being sung about.

Would You Invite Me In Again? - A look at cycles of union and disconnect, of love as a melding of body and soul in addition to a rending of body and soul, and the cyclical nature of this dichotomy, primarily through the lens of Drag Me Under and Blood Sport.

So Let's Play - A look into how the language of games and winners and losers is used and evolves throughout their discography.

With My Love as Your Garden - Exploring the lyrics regarding flowers and gardens, of upkeep and of fire, and how it relates to the relationship between Vessel and his lover, described here as Sleep.

Welcome Me In, Deep Into You - Side-by-side examination of Vore and Drag Me Under and their language as it pertains to consumption and consummation, and the respective tones those carry.

Drag Me Under AGAAAAAIN - An addendum to my second Sleep Token x TDH crossover post (linked further below) that brings Drag Me Under into the fold of Atlantic and Telomeres, as requested by @moonchild-in-blue. Elaborates further on the entwining of Vessel and Sleep, of their love and the idea of inevitability.

Duet - Proposing and elaborating on the concept of the song Give being a duet between Vessel and Sleep with alternating POVs.

Other Other Eye - A look at Ascensionism, particularly the lines regarding eyes and attention and conflicting desire. [note: written very early into my posting theory/analysis, somewhat outdated]

Catching a Falling Knife - Using the metaphor of "catching a falling knife" and the general stock market as lens to examine the power dynamics between Vessel and Sleep.

Mini Musings:

Rain Can't Wash Away the Tar on the Inside - Consideration of the lyrics implying Vessel has been trapped by tar and subsumed in it both from the outside and from within.

Keep an Eye on the Road - A quick talk about visuals of crashing cars and mentions of various roadways, and being trapped in untenable situations.

The Vicious Cycle - Cycles and the breaking thereof within the discography.

My Puppet Queen - The dehumanizing language used towards Vessel, specifically as a toy or object.

Glitches in the Code - Considers Vessel as a literal algorithm, and how that reflects in his vocals and degeneration throughout the narrative and what it would say about his relationship with Sleep.

Mirror Talk - Notes on mirrors and both outer and inner reflections.

Are You Watching Me? - Different ways eyes are described as it relates to prey and predation, and Vessel struggling with human nature and humanity.

A Different Harbor - Musing on the peculiar use and otherwise of language regarding boats, harbors, and anchors.

You Want Someone To Be - Concept post about a more literal take on lovers entwined, to both want to become the other, and the loss of understanding of what it means to be yourself without them.

Crossovers:

TDH x Sleep Token #1 - Love as a crashing wave, questions of fate, choosing love despite the clear doomed nature, using The Dear Hunter's Waves as a frame of reference.

TDH x Sleep Token #2 - Uses The Dear Hunter's Vital Vessels Vindicate as a lens to provide a different perspective through which to examine Vessel, death, and what it means to choke and suffocate underwater.

[doostyaudi]

Chat is this real. Rave-N Au redesigns real???

Anyways

Rnaudi (he/she/they) (club music)

Rniky (he/him/clown) (hyperpop music)

Rnford (he/him) (groove metal), Rnmos (he/him) (ska punk), Rndoc (she/he) (operetta rock(will probably change tbh))

Rnobos (He/They) (classical music), Rneriff (folk rock), Rnbus (he/him) (death metal)

Rnank couldn't make it cuz he doesn't need a redesign cuz hes God's most perfect creature and hasn't evolved in 2 and a half years