#{atom bomb : aes}

[neuroticbookworm]

Step by Step Episode 8 Ramblings

Episode 7 Ramblings, here

Put is not even gonna let Pat say his piece? 2 minutes in and I'm already burning mad

"I haven't taken you for granted like before"

"I know, you've been really good to me" Oh Pat, you pathalogical people pleaser

I continue being impressed by this show showcasing how adults do and should handle relationships and everything that comes with it. This must be one of the most realistic breakup scenes in BLs. And it is done without compromising the emotions of the characters. Hats off, really

Jane is wearing two layers of pink. Our resident Tumblr color demon @respectthepetty has taught us that pink = love, so good to know that his feelings has remained unchanged or even intensified from last when we saw him

My god, Khun Jeng looks so fineeeeeeeee

And he's wearing a dark blue shirt underneath his neutral brown jacket. While Pat is in a dark blue cardigan. Interesting

Ohhhhhhh wow Jane is pissed and Jaab is too. The cat fight between these two is gonna be hilarious

Put, you insufferable snake, ya dumped. Stop misrepresenting facts

Jeng, how the fuck did you know? Are you really THAT perceptive?

Oh man, that is the worst takeaway you can ever have from a failed relationship

*jaw dropped* Oh Jeng is going for the jugular. Oh he's done playing games, he wants to fight

Oooooooooof. Put, you manipulative bastard

Oh it's still not over. Oh they're still going, holy shit, this is intense

Is that a threat, about coming out? Seriously, what the fuck

I CAN'T WAIT to read all the body language analyses y'all are gonna write on that scene. Woah, that really was something

Ae and Beam are here!

Well, Ae looks like a goddess, as usual. What else is new?

I love this scene and the commentary that comes with it. Keep your noses out of pregnant people's business, for fuck's sake! How hard is it to have some basic decency?

I love that Tae is calling out how quickly Jeng's mood changes from brooding to giddy and vice versa in this conversation.

We have a new stuffie. The shark is out and the tiger is in. YES I SEE IT AND I LOVE IT

Oh I'm sooo ready for this non-date date. I want the sweet, sweet fluff to drown me. Gimme all the blushing, all the eye contact, all the accidental brushing of fingers, GIVE IT TO ME

OH MY GOD, he planned the whole thing. He had people move chairs out of the way for aesthetics. This complete bitch (affectionate)

GUYS, THE FLIRTING, I know I said I can handle it, but this is too adorable ^^

Jeng just hung up on his brother in a flash, not even waiting for him to respond? Oh that's cold

Oh shit, Pat is drunk, again, Here come the truth bombs

Damn, Man Trisanu is nailing this. He is acting his ass off to show how restless Jeng feels before every almost-confession

This slowburn is gonna kill us all, honestly

Oh we are dancing, oh it's so gloriously awkward, oh make it stop

Jaab, my beloved, I've missed your melodrama. You look like a divorced sugar baby who won half the riches in the settlement, I love it

Jeng tells Pat he can be just a safe space for him, while Pat is sobbing on his shoulder about his ex. All while Jeng has been trying the whole day to confess his own feelings for Pat. Every atom of this man is a green flag, I swear

These drunk disaster gays, I love them so much

Pat, sweetie, no. Please, you must be joking. Don't tell me you didn't know, DON'T TELL ME YOU ARE THAT OBLIVIOUS!

Okay, now Pat has to rethink each and every one of their interactions to see if he has ever misled Jeng, or if Jeng has ever crossed his boundaries. And then recalibrate his feelings with this new information. Yeah, this could take a while.

I'm leaning more and more towards the possibility of a second season, or even a special episode, after the show ends. Because there is no way they can fit all the domesticity these characters deserve within the next couple of episodes.

Ahhhh I can't believe the slowburn is still not over. I love it and I hate it and I'm pretty sure this show has turned me into a sadomasochist.

[irradiatedheart]

Introduction!

Hello! This is a roleplay blog for a Fallout OC specifically set in Fallout 4 (slightly modded), but can be adjusted for most Fallout games. Character is named Aries, a Child of Atom exploring the wastelands and spreading Atom's love. Her actual age is unknown, but definitely 25+. The blog is open for multiship and interacting with characters from other fandoms, though her RPs will always be in the Fallout universe.

The roleplayer is 24 and has 12+ years of roleplaying behind them. :)

TAGS:

{atom bomb : aes}

{radio static : musings}

{the wastelands : fallout stuff}

[cupuasu]

seeing my friends in twitter prepare themselves to the aespa show hahahaha what if i throw an atomic bomb on this country. what if i make the airplane aespa is on actually go back to korea and make their aes do the show instead.

[anosci]

(271-285 albums etc that I’ve listened to this year, copied from twitter) (now with art. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20])

names and thoughts below cut

271/ Autechre - AE_LIVE 2022- (2023) condensing thoughts, using fan titles: "corcine" one of my favs overall!!! london_b!!! the transition here is amazing "osin PM" im very happy to see the ceramic percussion return! s/o2 "T2" for turning a so-so intro into a fav track of mine. "Drane 3"!!!

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272/ VA - Bomb Rush Cyberfunk OST (2023) this truly catches the feel of JSR but with a fresh glisten. it keeps surprising me. some trax are perfect for the game but not smth id listen to later. some keepers: "Scraped On The Way Out", "JACK DA FUNK", "Spectres", "Precious Thing",,

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273/ Datsik - Sensei (2016) some nice wob sludge "Nasty" is the standout to me, with the title track being a close second. overall just ok tho imo

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274/ Alon Mor - Associative Delusions (2016) absolutely wild. what is going on here. "Low Sugar" did mazedude write this? wacky vibe mixing "Vacom" the snare + bass thing here is something ive long craved. its not super crazy but im super into it. fascinatingly cool

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275/ SDEM - ZNS (2020) a world tour of sound design ive only heard from autechre before. "Flargunnsto" hell yes!!!! the texture! the perc! fav? "skittern" holy shit what a texture "PSKWDIM" showing a hip hop skam styling "SwiriswiriswiriS" gets a mention too. vibes.

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276/ Machinedrum - Human Energy (2016) lush bangers assorted thoughts: "Spectrum Sequence" oh holy shit!!! man "Isometrix" hits me right "Dos Puertas" rly good example of what i love about machinedrum "Do It 4 U" chords as "perc" so many good vibes here

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277/ EPROM, ZEKE BEATS - Humanoid.rmx (2023) a few thoughts: "Chee.rmx" is nothing like i imagined. basically a new song??? good tho. "sumthin sumthin.rmx" banger. second fav? then the regular track: that C64 snare in the non-remix thing really feels good. fav i think.

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278/ Noxin - Dream Sequence (2022) it's "like ae" but entirely its own thing. rly good two specific favs: "All the Italics, in the Air" delicately handling intricate machinery. meditative in a way. "Expansively, Dreaming Big" god this vibe is impeccable. lush chords.

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279/ patten - Ψ (2016) kinda dives into some messy soundscapes im not a fan of but has some cool tracks, like "Used 2 b" and its spooky vibe and the stuttery textures in "Yyang". rly wishing there was more of "Pixação" as the ending of that track = the best bars here imo

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280/ Jameszoo - Fool (2016) this is… playful. that's the word to use here. but also. f.ex, "Lose" is very spaced out. specifically the "can't quite focus on a bright day" spaced out. the reverb & arrangement on "Soup" has that effect too. pretty wild to capture that feeling

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281/ Fearful & Mtwn - Exordium (2021) heavy and industrial. like uk…. grime? im not sure actually. it's got grit. just LISTEN to "Obliteration" massive.

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282/ VA - Genome (2021) way more of a mixed bag than i was anticipating, at least in the degrees which it vibes with me. i think it works best when its got That Beat with wild textures. so, "Lysine Acetylation", "Mitochondria"… "liminal flux" prolly my fav.

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283/ Fiesta Soundsystem - Sinking (2023) i believe they call this jungle ist massive? loving the lush soundscape in "residuae.ls" "diaphphanousdiaphophresis" reaches more into breakcore. ends way too soon :( "3rd aspect" dives into that slower tempo im wont to enjoy

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284/ VA - Genome 2 (2022) mixed bag etc etc a few thoughts / highlights: "Multidimensional Dot" i do like my chrome cylinders :) "Atom Smasher" bringing that late 00s beat 🥰 "Znr" i adore that gantzy texture! one of my favs i think

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285/ Henry Greenleaf - Dog Eared (2023) a sort of lush nightclub selection. "Bubble Trouble" god that's cool. tipper ass. "Calpohol" and title track are basically just techno slappers

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[joedegabriele]

Another simple Korean lunch, with Eun Hee Lee's work friends from 40 years ago Sun Ae Jeong and Se Hee Oh. Sun Ae introduced me to Beer & Soju cocktail. The bomb of lunch was an atomic level chill, one bite and my face exploded. Not worry I drank a passing water truck. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpO2adXLnVO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hellsgate-roadhouse]

[m-db-d]

And for a second there,

we'd won.

Yeah, we were innocent,

and young.

Miss Atomic Bomb // The Killers

[ratwankerarchive]

--   THE RATS   (  ft.  honorary rat,  saya kuroki  )

[kclibri]

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*  ⦇  basic.  ◌  layout for reference.  ⦈  

[neopronounsmybelovaed]

Neopronouns- Full List

All of the neopronouns found on the survey. All of them.

Part one under the cut

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US plans to sell Gray Eagle armed drones to Ukraine

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/02/202022 - 14:00 in Military, War Zones

The Biden administration plans in the coming days to complete the sale to Ukraine of four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for use on the battlefield against Russia.

The sale of the drones manufactured by General Atomics can still be blocked by Congress, adding that there is also a risk of a last-minute policy reversal that could ruin the plan, which has been under review in the Pentagon for several weeks.

Ukraine has used several types of smaller short-range unmanned aerial systems against Russian forces that invaded the country at the end of February. They include the AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma AE and the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone.

But the Gray Eagle represents a leap in technology because it can fly up to 30 or more hours depending on your mission and can collect large amounts of data for intelligence purposes. The Gray Eagles, the Army version of the best-known Predator drone, can also carry up to eight powerful Hellfire missiles.

The sale is significant because it places an advanced reusable American system capable of several deep attacks on the battlefield against Russia for the first time.

President Joe Biden's government intends to notify Congress of the potential sale to Ukraine in the coming days with a public announcement expected after that, a U.S. official said.

A White House spokesman forwarded the questions to the Pentagon and a Pentagon spokesman said that "there was nothing to announce".

The money from the recently approved Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative of $40 billion was set aside to finance both the possible sale and the necessary training for the drones, said a U.S. official familiar with the subject.

"Usually, the MQ-1C is a much larger aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight about three times higher than the Bayraktar TB2, with proportional advantages in payload capacity, range and endurance," said drone expert Dan Geter of the Vertical Flight Society.

The MQ-1C is also compatible with a wider variety of ammunition than Bayraktar TB2. The Ukrainian Bayraktars are equipped with 22 kg MAM-L missiles, manufactured in Turkey, about half the weight of a Hellfire.

The training on the UAV system done by General Atomics usually takes months, Geter said, but a notional plan to train experienced Ukrainian maintainers and operators in a few weeks has been proposed in recent weeks, the sources said.

Arming the drones with Hellfire missiles will be done through a future Presidential Withdrawal Authority as soon as the training on the drones is completed, a U.S. official said.

Until the announcement on Wednesday that Ukraine would receive four HIMARS rocket systems, the Pentagon emphasized that smaller systems, such as Javelin anti-tank systems and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, which the allies are sending to Ukraine via truck almost daily, are more useful.

Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin Corp jointly produce Javelins, while Raytheon manufactures the Stingers.

Russian forces were trying to consolidate their control over the industrial city of Severodonetsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, getting closer to claiming a great achievement in their offensive in the eastern region of Donbas.

After days of intense fighting in Severodonetsk, many of which were destroyed by Russian bombings, Russian troops slowly advanced through the streets of the city. Ukraine says that about 70% of the city is under Russian control.

"The enemy has entered the center of Severodonetsk and is trying to take positions," Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a briefing.

If Russia captures the city and sister city Lysychansk, on the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, it would control Luhansk, one of the two provinces of the Donbas that Moscow claims on behalf of the separatists.

Capturing all of Luhansk would fulfill one of the main objectives of Russian President Vladimir Putin and solidify a change in the momentum of the battlefield after his forces were removed from the capital Kyiv and northern Ukraine.

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Incentives - a mat/rand drabble

Summary: 

"If I pass my exams, you have to go on a date with me.”

“What?”

Mat winked, and Rand felt his face grow hot. “How’s that for an incentive?”

Tags: College AU, Tutoring AU, Humor, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, gratuitous references to the picture of dorian gray

Words: 5k

[Read on AO3]

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His coffee was getting cold. Rand blew on it anyway, trying not to feel like he’d been stood up on a date. He should have known not to come early. Perrin had warned him. “Mat is never on time for anything,” he had said, grinning with fond exasperation. “He’ll be late for his own wedding, I bet.” 

Still, Rand was who he was, and he couldn’t just not arrive early to a meeting. He gave his coffee another half-hearted blow and sank a little lower in his seat, wondering why he had ever signed up to be a tutor. Although, in all honesty, he hadn’t so much signed up as he was metaphorically arm-twisted into the role by Moiraine, his peer advisor, just as he was quite literally arm-twisted into tutoring Mat Cauthon by Mat’s advisor, Nynaeve. But there was no use dwelling on that now. Instead, as he waited, Rand mulled over what he knew of his absent student. 

They were both in their third year. That would be a relief, except that they may as well have been in two completely different universities for all that they had in common. Rand was enrolled in the Black Tower College of Asha’man Studies, while Mat was in the Manetheren College of… whatever it was they did in Manetheren College. Perrin, who had roomed with Mat in first year before being switched to room with Rand, had spent a good hour and a half trying to explain Mat’s field of study to Rand, in preparation for this tutoring endeavor. He seemed to be doing something related to historical research and war studies, but he’d gone in for a self-designed major that Rand couldn’t make heads or tails of, and he couldn’t even begin to think of what Mat was planning to do with his life. 

More concretely, though, he did know that Mat was broadly known on campus for three things: his pranks, his flirting, and his Band of the Red Hand, the martial arts group he’d founded in first year that was the best in the university and, some said, the country. He also knew that Mat was currently barely passing his classes, although Perrin insisted that he was a lot smarter than he acted. Rand closed his eyes. Just what sort of person was Mat Cauthon? 

The sound of books hitting the table had Rand leaping half out of his skin; his eyes flew open to see a boy with brown hair and eyes flopping into the opposite seat. Finally. 

Before Rand could open his mouth, Mat was already talking. “Listen, you don’t have to do this. Nynaeve is terrifying, but even she can’t actually force you. Just give up now and tell her I’m hopeless. I’ll back you up. It’ll be fine.” 

Rand took a moment to process this. Tentatively, he asked the first thing that came to mind. “Are you hopeless?” 

Mat scoffed. “Of course I am. My mother tried to get me a tutor in high school, and he quit after two weeks. Not that I wanted his help, anyway, and not that I want yours, either. This will be a nightmare for us both, so do yourself a favor and get out while you still can, before you give Nynaeve hope and she really gets her claws in you.” 

Rand broke in before Mat could keep chattering. “No—look, I promised Nynaeve I would do my best, and I’m not going to go back on that.”

Mat shrugged. “Suit yourself. Make yourself miserable, trying your best, but okay.” 

Frowning, Rand studied the boy across from him. “Well, Nynaeve and Perrin both seem to think highly of you, and I trust their judgement. I’m not going to give up on you.” 

Mat’s expression, impassive until now, suddenly transformed as a smirk spread across his lips. “We’ll see about that,” he said, and something about that smirk was so intriguing, so wicked, so strangely charming—

Rand cut that train of thought off right where it was and cleared his throat. “Right, so, we’re going to start with your time management.”

Mat let out a groan and dropped his head on the table. Rand felt a smile tug at his lips and he thought, for a moment, that this tutoring thing might not be so bad. 

.

After one week of meetings, Rand had had enough. They were on the Green, books and papers scattered between them. Rand was sitting cross-legged, a textbook in his lap and a pen in his hand, but Mat was sprawled on the grass, making what appeared to be a daisy chain—although the flowers on the Green had long ceased to be daisies, ever since that Incident over at the Black Tower College. No one was entirely sure what they were now, but they were surprisingly easy to use in flower crowns. In any case, Mat was definitely not paying attention, as usual, and Rand felt like he probably knew the material better than Mat did, at this point. He glared at his student. 

“Mat. Mat! Are you listening?”

“More or less,” came the lazy response. 

Rand’s eyes narrowed. “Oh, really? Then tell me how the princes of Andor defeated the Cairhienin ambush in 1673.” 

“Fuck if I know,” Mat said. “Tell you how they should’ve done it, though. What they should’ve done is wall up in that great city of theirs and chuck fireworks out at the ambush. They would have had huge amounts of them in the city, at that time of year. It was just a few days before the festival of lights, when the Cairhienins attacked. They would have had enough firepower in the city to equate to modern bombs. Well, maybe not quite that much, but if they used Aes Sedai and Asha’man to enhance the fireworks, they could have dropped them like atom bombs on the Cairhienins. Just a few would have been enough, too. Cairhienins were always better at political games than wars. They would have scattered like ants at the first bomb, let’s be real, especially in 1673, with that useless king leading them…”

Mat rambled on, but Rand had stopped listening. He was staring at his student, eyes widening, and then he dropped the pen and yelled, “I knew it!” 

Mat startled, dropping his not-daisy chain, and twisted around to scowl at Rand. “Light, Rand, are you trying to kill me? Knew what?”

“You are clever!” Rand lowered his voice. “You aren’t failing your classes because you don’t understand them, you just don’t care! If we can just figure out some incentives for you to make an effort…” 

“Incentives,” Mat repeated flatly. Propping himself on his elbow, he studied Rand for a long moment, and then a slow smile spread across his face. “Alright. If I do well in my exams this semester, you have to go on a date with me.” 

Rand’s brain, which had been buzzing with ideas to help Mat, sputtered and died. “What?” 

Mat winked, and Rand felt his face grow hot. “How’s that for an incentive?” 

“It’s…” Rand closed his eyes. Summoned the flame and void. “It’s… certainly… an incentive.” 

When he opened his eyes, Mat was watching him. “Well? What do you say?” 

I’m so going to regret this, Rand thought, and said, “Deal.” 

.

A switch had been flipped, it seemed. Suddenly Mat was a near-perfect student, absorbing the material at a pace even Rand struggled to keep up with, at times. He was still loathe to do work, and procrastinated to lengths Rand had never before seen, but he was getting better with each day. Which was why, a month into their meetings, when Mat had thrown down his books and invited Rand to do something fun, Rand had decided to humor him. 

Now, he was beginning to regret that decision. 

“Mat,” Rand said slowly, “don’t panic, but I think I’m dying.” 

Mat’s gaze flicked to him; his eyes, dancing with mirth just moments before, were suddenly dark and sincere. “In that case,” he said, “I will avenge you.” 

A deafening roar exploded from the TV and Rand dropped his controller, relaxing back into his beanbag. There was no point in fighting on; he would be far more useful as bait while Mat took the monster down alone. It was a… Rand squinted at the screen… 

“Zombie Dracula? Seems like overkill.” 

“Tell me about it,” Mat growled, and there was real hate in his voice. “I can’t stand this fucker!” 

His fingers worked quickly and furiously over the controller; Rand watched, fascinated, but he soon grew dizzy and averted his eyes. He glanced at the screen, where Mat’s pea plant was launching peas at zombie foot soldiers at a breakneck speed. Rand had never before been so impressed, or so frightened, by a vegetable. Plants Vs Zombies Garden Warfare truly was… something else. 

Rand watched the battle for only a moment, as he soon found his gaze pulled back to Mat. His student—friend, by now?—was leaning forward in his beanbag, eyes narrowed and alight with malice as he stabbed at the controller. There was the hint of one of those trademark smirks on the edge of his lips; Rand found himself looking forward to the moment when Mat would win the battle, and that smirk would bloom in its full glory. Unfortunately, that moment never came. 

Mat let out a howl and threw the controller down as the screen faded to black. Rand reached out a hand and patted him gently on the head. 

“There, there,” he soothed. “It’s because you turned in your essay late. If you get the next one done in time, you’ll beat him.” 

Mat stared at him, and Rand smiled sweetly. 

“Incentives.” 

.

The weeks drifted by. Rand found himself spending more and more time with Mat. Much of the time they shared outside of tutoring was spent playing games on Mat’s XBox—although that had stopped for a few weeks after Rand had, in a moment of pure beginner’s luck, managed to kill the zombie Dracula, leading Mat to sulk over the stolen victory for a solid 72 hours—or, more recently, playing petty pranks on Mat’s roommates. But there were other sides to Mat beginning to emerge, aspects to him beyond the playful trickster he presented to the world. Rand loved these new sides to him, most of the time. This... was not one of those times. 

“How could you? How could you? Basil is—Basil is the sweetest, the kindest, the—”

“The boring-est! Face it, Rand, Basil is a bore. Lord Henry may be an asshat, but at least he’s interesting!” 

“Lord Henry is like the 19th-century equivalent of a first-year philosophy major! And, also, he’s evil.”

“Now you’re just exaggerating.”

“He corrupts Dorian to the point of actual murder!” 

“Basil would have bored him to murder years before, let’s not lie to ourselves.” 

Rand pressed his hands together and took a deep breath. Mat observed his struggle and laughed. 

“Look, all I’m saying is, would you rather be with Basil...” at this, he gestured to Perrin, who was lying on his bed with noise-canceling headphones on and a pillow over his face, “...or Lord Henry,” Mat concluded, pointing to himself. 

Rand twisted his nose. “What? Ew. Don’t make me answer that. Perrin is my friend.” 

Mat adopted a wounded expression. “And I’m not?”

“Not what?”

“Your friend!” 

“No. I mean, yes. I mean… you’re…” Rand stumbled. “It’s… it’s not the same thing.” 

Mat grinned smugly. “Right. Because you would rather be with Henry than Basil. Obviously.” 

Rand’s first thought was that they had progressed to something beyond 19th century literature, although he wasn’t quite sure what. His second thought was that, even though Mat was unforgivably wrong, it was fun to argue with him, and not in the least because the look in his eyes when he thought he was winning did funny things to Rand’s head. Both thoughts struck him like lightning, but, before he had a chance to puzzle either out, a pillow went flying through the room and hit Mat square in the face. 

From the bed, Perrin grumbled, “This is why I moved out.” 

.

Rand never should have let Mat drag him to this party. He was uncomfortable here, out of place in his black Asha’man hoodie amongst all these people with their glamorous clothes and music he’d never heard before. At least Mat looked normal. Well, no, that was a lie. Mat’s clothes had been normal, yes—simple black jeans and a deep green shirt—though Mat himself had looked anything but. Rand was used to seeing his friend in old trousers and hoodies that clearly hadn’t seen a washing machine in their lives. There was something strange, something almost frightening, about seeing him looking so… different. Not that Rand was seeing much of him; Mat had disappeared fifteen minutes ago, and Rand had been wandering awkwardly around ever since, trying to find him. 

“Hey!” 

Rand turned to see a girl perhaps his own age grinning up at him. Her red dress looked more like a ballgown and her strawberry blonde hair fell over her shoulders like waves. Her smile widened as he met her eyes. 

“I’m Elayne!” she called over the music. “I haven’t seen you before!” 

“I’m Rand. I haven’t been here before.” He lowered his head, trying to be heard without yelling. “Have you seen Mat Cauthon?”

A knowing look glinted in her eyes and she folded her arms. “Mat? Are you another one of his poor conquests?”

Rand’s eyes widened. “No! He’s—I mean—we’re just friends. But he dragged me here and now I can’t find him.” 

Elayne was still looking at him suspiciously, but she shrugged and her smile turned sympathetic. “You probably won’t. It’s hard to find anyone at these things, let alone someone like Mat.” She placed a hand on his arm. “Good luck, though!” 

“Thanks,” Rand muttered, eyes scanning the crowd. Surely it couldn’t be that hard to find him? Elayne lingered a moment longer, then laughed at something or other and swished away. Rand glanced at her as she left, and, as his eyes drifted away again, he noticed a woman walking. She was tall, maybe as tall as Rand, and handsome. Her eyes were like crystals and there were silver threads running through her long yellow braid. She looked like someone out of a legend. And she was leading Mat by the hand. 

Rand watched them disappear around the corner and, for a moment, there seemed to be no air in the room. His stomach dropped; his chest felt tight; he felt as though his lungs were filling with water. Rand didn’t know why, but suddenly he knew that he had to get out. Pushing through the crowd, he fumbled his way to the front door and, nearly kicking it open in haste, spilled onto the street. He took deep gulps of the cool night air, but his chest felt tight as ever, lungs as strained as before. The music rang in his ears. Covering them with his hands, Rand began to walk. His eyes were fixed on the ground, on the blurry image of his shoes on the pavement, and he soon found himself at the library. It was a comforting sight. Rand slipped inside, picked a book at random, and collapsed into a chair. The book was something vaguely Aes Sedai-related. Not that it mattered; the words swam and blurred when he tried to read. 

Letting his head fall on the table, Rand tried to summon the flame and void, but neither would come. He closed his eyes. 

.

When Rand woke up, head swimming and eyes hurting, for some reason, it was nearly four in the morning. Shaking himself awake, he closed the book and left the building. He was halfway back to his dorm when he saw someone sitting alone on the Green. No, not someone. Mat. 

Rand flinched and tried to walk faster, but he made the mistake of glancing back. Mat was watching him. Rand bit back a groan; it would be rude, he knew, to keep going, but he really didn’t want to see Mat right now, not when he had probably just gotten back from being with that girl. He wasn’t sure why that bothered him, but, Light, it did. Nonetheless, he found himself turning, his feet carrying him to his friend. Mat’s gaze never left him as he approached. As Rand neared, he could see that Mat had kicked off his shoes, loosened his collar. His sleeves were rolled up, and there was an empty bottle of wine lying on the grass beside him. Rand thought he was probably drunk, and felt a wash of guilt for almost leaving him here. He came to a stop, standing over Mat, and looked down at him. 

“You were going to walk away,” Mat said, slurring his words only slightly. 

“No.” 

“You were.” Rand moved to protest again, but Mat continued over him, “Do you think I’m a whore?” 

Rand blinked. Frowned. Sat down. Eloquently said, “What?” 

“Do you think I’m a whore?” Mat paused a moment, as though expecting an answer, but then waved his hand dismissively. “No, wait, don’t answer that. You do.” 

Rand’s frown deepened. “No, I don’t. Why would you say that?” 

Mat smiled. “When you saw me here, what did you think? Did you think I’d just come from someone’s room?” Rand didn’t answer, and Mat’s smile widened, but it wasn’t a happy sort of smile. “There you go.” 

This felt unfair. Rand defended himself, “But, before, you were… I mean, that girl at the party…” 

Confusion pulled Mat’s brows together, before his face suddenly cleared. “You mean Birgitte? The tall one?” He wrinkled his nose. “Birgitte is my best friend, Rand. I would never—ew. No. That would be like… like you and Perrin. Gross.” 

“Gross,” Rand agreed, not knowing why he felt like the world had just been lifted from his shoulders. “So, where was she taking you?” 

“To meet someone who liked me.” Mat shrugged. “Didn’t like him back. Which was a problem, apparently.” His face darkened and he pulled his knees to his chest. “People always assume that I’ll be down to do anything with anyone. I know that I flirt a lot, and I know I’m not exactly a beacon of chastity, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have standards, or that I don’t ever have better things to do with my time. Light, but I can’t go one day without everyone assuming the worst of me! Everyone! Even the way Professor Tylin looks at me, sometimes, like—” He cut himself off with a shudder. 

Rand felt guilty all over again, not to mention deeply concerned about whatever Mat had stopped himself from saying, but there was so much to unpack in Mat’s rant and only one thing was pressing forward, blazing in his mind, that he needed to convey. “Mat, I don’t think you’re a- a whore. I never have, and I never will.” 

Mat studied him, and there was something guarded and vulnerable in his eyes. “Sure about that?” 

Rand nodded. He shifted so that he was sitting cross-legged, facing Mat, and met his friend’s eyes. “I… I had ideas about who you were before I met you, based on what other people said. Including about this. I tried not to. But I did. But,” he continued quickly, reaching out to grip Mat’s hands before he could turn away, “I was wrong about you. I figured that much out on the first day. And, every day since then, you’ve continued to surprise me. There’s so much more to you than what people say, and I—I really like it. You. I really, really like you.”  

“Could you tell Nynaeve that?” Mat murmured distractedly. He was looking at Rand like something he’d never seen before. “She thinks the rumors are an accurate reflection of my character.” 

“Rumors never get anything right,” Rand declared. “The only things you should be known for are your pitiful zombie-killing skills and your inability to do your own laundry.” 

Mat laughed, eyes crinkling at the corners, and toppled backwards onto the grass. Rand discovered that he had not actually let go of Mat’s hands, because he quickly found himself falling with him. They lay there together, side by side, and Rand thought he could just about make out Venus amongst the stars. Not that he was looking. Beside him, he heard Mat’s breaths slow and grow even; he had fallen asleep. Rand looked at him and felt a smile threatening to take over his face, although there was no real reason to smile. He gazed at Mat for a short while longer, but sleep was quick to claim him, too, and his last thought was that he still had yet to release Mat’s hands.

.

Something changed, after that. Something had shifted that night, or perhaps the following morning, when Rand had woken up to see Mat’s startled face gazing back at him. Mat had scrambled up, babbled an apology and a command to never take drunk-Mat seriously, and run off to his dorm. Rand, perplexed, had wandered back to his own dorm, and they had met again the following day for their usual tutoring session. They had played Plants vs Zombies afterwards, as usual, and Rand let Mat struggle with the Dracula zombie for thirteen minutes before smugly offering his assistance, and they carried on as they always had. But something had changed. Rand just wasn’t sure what. 

He didn’t have time to dwell on it, either. Exams were just around the corner, and soon Rand was seeing less and less of Mat as they were both swept away in piles of notes and highlighters. He found himself anxious for the exams to end, not just to bring an end to the stress, but, importantly, to bring an end to this period of being away from Mat. He mentioned this to Perrin, once, and received a long-suffering groan and a pillow to the face. 

Finally, though, Rand’s exams were over, and, not long after that, he was sitting in front of his laptop and waiting for that fateful email to pop up with his grades. Any minute now… any minute… 

Perrin leaned over his shoulder and laughed. “What are you worried about? You’re going to be top of your class, as always.” 

His words were punctuated by the ding of an incoming email. Rand yelped and clicked the link. Perrin scanned the screen over his shoulder, grinning, and ruffled Rand’s hair. “Told you so.” 

“Shut up,” Rand murmured half-heartedly. Then his eyes widened and he sprang to his feet. “Light, Mat! His’ll be out, too!” 

He felt Perrin’s eyes on him as he rushed to pull his shoes on. “Think he’ll have done well?” 

“I think he’ll have done great,” Rand puffed out, managing to get one shoe on. “He’s really improved a lot since—ouch—since we started.” He began to struggle with the second shoe. 

Perrin folded his arms. “Since the deal, you mean.” 

Rand, both shoes on, froze in place. Slowly, he straightened. “Yes. Since the deal.” 

“If he’s done well, which I don’t doubt he has… you ready for that date?”

Rand gave him a weak smile. “Why not? It’s just a date, right?” 

“Right,” Perrin echoed. “Just a date.” 

Rand looked at him for a moment, and then grabbed his phone and headed for the door. As it swung shut behind him, he could hear Perrin scoff and repeat, “Just a date.” 

Pushing Perrin and his cryptic looks from his mind, Rand raced down the stairs and onto the pavement. He turned the corner in full sprint, and caught only a glimpse of wide brown eyes before he slammed into Mat, sending them both tumbling to the ground. 

Rand scrambled to his feet. “Oh, Light, I’m sorry! You alright?” 

“Yep,” Mat groaned, scowling up at him. Rand helped him up. 

“So? What did you get?” 

At this, Mat’s scowl disappeared, overtaken by a broad grin. He flashed his phone in Rand’s face. “I’m fifth in my class! Would’ve been fourth, but that bastard Talmanes beat me out—well, I’m not really mad at him, Talmanes is too adorable to be mad at.” 

Rand beamed and pulled him into a hug. “Fifth! That’s incredible!” He pulled away and folded his arms. “I knew you just needed incentive.” 

Mat’s grin suddenly turned sly. “Yeah, well, speaking of incentives…” 

“Yes, the date, I remember. Is that still on?”

“A deal’s a deal, my friend.” 

Rand sighed theatrically. “Fine. Tonight?” 

“Meet me here at eight.” With that, he turned on his heel and left. 

Rand shook his head and checked his watch. It was five. More than enough time. Right?

.

“Rand, for fuck’s sake, it’s five minutes to eight!” 

“I know, I know! Just help me decide which shirt—”

“It literally does not matter!” Perrin dragged a hand down his face. “You know, for just a date, you’re really putting a lot of effort into this.” 

Rand glared at him. “I always put effort into things.” 

“Of course you do,” Perrin deadpanned. “Look, it doesn’t matter what you wear. He’s not going to like you any less.” 

“What? Who said anything about him liking me? I’m just trying to look decent for a night out.” 

Perrin groaned and shook his head. “You—he—I—” He gave a little, defeated sigh and flopped into a chair. “The red shirt. Just… wear the red shirt.” 

Rand smiled; he’d been leaning towards that option, too. “Alright. Thanks, Perrin.” 

Perrin muttered something under his breath, but Rand wasn’t listening. He pulled the shirt on, ran a hand through his hair, and rushed for the door, arriving outside his dorm at eight on the dot. Surprisingly, Mat was there already, wearing the green shirt from the party. Rand stumbled slightly; they must have put in an extra step when he wasn’t looking. 

“You dressed up,” Mat smirked. 

“So did you.” 

Rand thought Mat’s ears went a little pink, but that might have been the dusk light. They began to walk. Mat took him to a lively bar in the heart of the town. The people there seemed to know him well; as they approached, the bartender smiled broadly, eyes flitting between them. “I see you’ve done well in your exams, lad.” 

Mat rolled his eyes. “You say that like you doubted me, Thom.” 

“Every step of the way,” Thom said cheerily. His eyes fell on Rand. “Although, if you’d brought him in before, I might have reconsidered your chances.” He nodded to Rand. “Nice to finally meet you. Young Mat here never stops talking about—”

“Okay!” Mat broke in loudly. “Thanks for that, Thom! Drinks, now, please!” 

Thom placed two bottles on the counter and went away, laughing to himself. 

“Wait, we didn’t get to order,” Rand frowned, but Mat shushed him, pushing one bottle towards him. 

“I’ve been planning this for months,” he explained, smiling around his own bottle. “Drink up.” 

So Rand drank, and they talked, and about an hour and a half later he stood, feeling slightly light-headed and extremely confused as to how they had reached this point in the night. ‘This point’ being that Mat was currently standing on top of the bar, on one leg, juggling five, no, six empty bottles. Only three or four were theirs, Rand thought; the others were donated by other patrons eager to see Mat juggle them. This sort of thing was normal here, apparently. Rand wondered if this was what Mat had been planning for months, or if he was just doing what he liked, now. Knowing Mat, either could very well be the case. 

Not that Rand minded any of this; he had become entranced in watching Mat. At first, it had been the sheer anxiety that had drawn him in—those were glass bottles, for the love of the Light!—but somewhere along the way he had forgotten about the bottles, and was now solely fixated on watching Mat. There wasn’t a shred of concentration on his face; he was smiling lazily, eyes drifting around the room like juggling six glass bottles was the easiest thing in the world. His leg was wobbling slightly, but Rand could see no sign of imbalance beyond that. He was framed and backlit by the bar, by dim lights of shifting colors and rows of old bottles stacked on their sides. Rand watched him as he tossed the bottles high into the air; watched as he brought them all back down and handed them to Thom; watched as he took three low, sweeping bows and leapt off the bar; watched as he approached Rand with a flushed face and gleaming eyes. 

“I bet that Basil Hallward would’ve disapproved of that,” Mat said, breathless, because he was still on about that, burn him, and Rand really, really wanted to kiss him. 

So he did. 

It was nice when Mat kissed back. It was nice to taste the wine on his lips, to feel his fingers in Rand’s hair. It was nice, but it wasn’t until they parted—when Mat stared at him with eyes so wide, when the smile he gave Rand was uncharacteristically shy and sweet, and when he moved in again, not for a kiss, but press their heads together and stay there—that Rand knew this was it for him. 

And then Mat snorted and whispered, “Lord Henry wins,” and Rand shoved him to the floor and left him there to laugh by himself. 

.

Five Years Later

Perrin was right. 

Well, Perrin is usually right, but, for the love of the Light, did he have to be right about this? 

Rand is standing at the altar. Perrin, his best man, is standing beside him. Birgitte, Mat’s best woman, is there, too. Everything is in order, except that there is a big Mat-sized gap where Mat should be. Perrin can already feel a headache coming on. It’s growing stronger by the minute. In the pews, people are beginning to whisper. Rand, for his part, is standing with his eyes closed, most likely having disappeared into the void, leaving Perrin to cope with this anxiety on his own. Typical. 

And then the doors burst open. People turn in their seats; Rand opens his eyes; Perrin’s headache reaches a crescendo. Mat stumbles in. 

He is yelling, as always. “Sorry, I’m sorry, there was a—I lost my shirt for a while, and then—I just—I couldn’t get my damn shoes on—” He continues in this fashion all the way up the aisle, and Perrin resists the urge to bang his head again the nearest pillar. The Light save them all. 

The Wheel turns twice before Mat finally, finally reaches the altar, and then he rocks on his heels and flashes the most shit-eating grin Perrin has ever seen. “Sorry, Rand,” he whispers. “I got bored waiting for this thing to begin, so I started watching Brooklyn 99… and I just lost track of time…” 

How this man is getting married is a mystery Perrin doesn’t even want to solve. 

Then Rand starts laughing quietly, and Mat smiles at him like he’s just pinned the stars to the sky, and Perrin thinks, oh, that’s how. 

He finds himself smiling with them. His friends are chaotic and dumb, but they are his friends, and he loves them, and he’s happy for them—

“I still can’t believe you agreed to marry me if I topped grad school,” Mat murmurs. 

“Incentives,” Rand teases back. 

Fuck it. Perrin wants to go home.

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Pitchfork 1998

Hét éve nyomjuk az éves visszatekintő listákat a Recnél, néha valamelyik magazin csinál random egy ilyent, most a fork találta fel.

https://pitchfork.com/news/announcing-pitchforks-50-best-albums-of-1998/?mbid=homepage-more-latest-and-video

Úgyhogy, nem jöhet más, mint megtippelni a kiszámítható magazin, kiszámítható top 10-ét, cél a 8/10 (továbbra is szokásosan nem helyezést, hanem top10-ben szereplést szeretnék eltalálni).

1. Neutral Milk 2. Outkast 3. Boards Of Canada 4. Massive Attack 5. Air  6. Beta Band 7. Mercury Rev 8. Silver Jews   9. Tortoise 10. Boredoms (és persze a Godspeed is, ha azt 98-asnak veszik, nem 97-esnek)

Itt meg az én listám (igen, minden évről van ilyen, tudom, tudom...). Alkalomadtán felül is vizsgálom ezeket, ez ennél majd nyilván valamikor ősszel lesz, amikor szoktuk csinálni a recorderes összeállítást, de az elejét nagyjából most is így szeretem (hülyén töri a szöveget, de mindegy).

1998

Mercury     Rev: Deserter’s Songs

R.E.M.:     Up

OutKast:     Aquemini

Manu     Chao: Clandestino

Beastie     Boys: Hello Nasty

Pulp:     This Is Hardcore

Tortoise:     TNT

Byron     Stingily: The Purist

Mark     Hollis: Mark Hollis

Lauryn     Hill: The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

Alain     Bashung: Fantasie Militarie

Sunhouse:     Crazy On The Weekend

UNKLE:     Psyence Fiction

Lo-Fidelity     Allstars: How To Operate With A Blown Mind

Hole:     Celebrity Skin

The     Boo Radleys: Kingsize

4Hero:     Two Pages

Mansun:     Six

PJ     Harvey: Is This Desire?

Black     Box Recorder: England Made Me

Underground     Resistance: Interstellar Fugitives

The     Beta Band: The Three EPs

Herbert:     Around The House

Eels:     Electro-Shock Blues

Beck:     Mutations

Air:     Moon Safari

Silver     Jews: American Water

The     Afghan Whigs: 1965

Boredoms:     Super Ae

Turbonegro:     Apocalypse Dudes

The     Coup: Steal This Album

Black     Star: Mos Def & Talib Queli Are The Black Star

Placebo:     Without You I’m Nothing

Sparklehorse:     Good Morning Spider

Elliott     Smith: XO

Arab     Strap: Philophobia

E-Dancer:     Heavenly

Jurrasic     5: LP

Billy     Brag & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue

Boards     Of Canada: Music Has Right To The

Neutral     Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Belle     And Sebastian: The Boy With The Arab Strap

Cat     Power: Moon Pix

Unbelievable     Truth: Almost Here

Sonic     Youth: A Thousand Leaves

Moodymann:     Mahogany Brown

Guy     Chadwick: Lazy, Soft & Slow

Roddy     Frame: The North Star

Tom     Zé: Fabrication Defect

Leila:     Like Weather

Plastikman:     Consumed

Gas:     Zauberberg

Dalek:     Negro Necro Nekros

Garbage:     Version 2.0

Massive     Attack: Mezzanine

Death Cab For Cutie: Something About     Airplanes

Asian     Dub Foundation: RAFI’s Revenge

Terry     Callier: Timepeace

The     Divine Comedy: Fin de Siécle

Babybird:     There’s Something Going On

Hefner:     Breaking God’s Heart

Delakota:     One Love

Gorky’s     Zygotic Mynci: Gorky 5

Julie     Ruin: Julie Ruin

Stina     Nordenstam: People Are Strange

Björn     Torske: Nedi Myra

Global     Communication: Pentamerous

Squarepusher:     Music Is Rotted

Third     Eye Foundation: You Guys Kill Me

Maxwell:     Embrya

Add     N to (X): On The Wires Of Our Nerves

Muslimgauze:     Mullah Said

Pole:     cd1

Jon     Spencer Blues Explosion: ACME

Fugazi:     End Hits

Gang     Starr: Moment Of Truth

Big     Pun: Capital Punishment

Autechre:     LP5

Refused:     A Shape Of Punk To Come

At     The Drive-In: In/Casino/Out

Six     By Seven: The Things We Make

Quickspace:     Precious Falling

Motorpsycho:     Trust Us

Midnight     Choir: Amsterdam Stranded

Pascal     Comelade: L’argot du bruit

Nits:     Alankomaat

Hood:     Rustic Houses

Gastr     del Sol: Camoufleur

Mouse On Mars: Glam

Tricky:     Angels With Dirty Faces

Destroyer:     City Of Daughters

Quasi:     Featuring Birds

Royal     Trux: Accelerator

  Aloof:     Seeking Pleasure

Esthero:     Breath From Another

Soulvax:     Much Against Everyone Advice

MDK:     Open Transport

Barry     Adamson: As Above, So Below

Queens     Of The Stone Age: st

Sleep:     Jerusalem

Marion:     The Program

Embrace:     The Good Will Out

John     Martyn: Church With One Bell

Goldie:     Saturnz Return

Ed     Rush & Optical: Wormhole

Ash:     Nu-Clear Sounds

Jeff     Buckley: Sketches

Rufus     Wainwright: st

Manic     Street Preachers: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

Madonna:     Ray Of Light

Rachid     Taha: Diwan

Dirty     Three: Ocean Songs

Pram:     North Pole Radio Station

Gomez:     Bring It On

Saint     Etienne: Good Humor

High     Llamas: Cold And Bouncy

Idlewild:     Hope Is Important

Lampchop:     What Another Man Spills

Calexico:     The Black Light

Spoon:     A Series Of Snakes

Sophia:     The Infinite Circle

Bright     Eyes: Letting Off The Happiness

Tripping     Daisy: Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb

Notwist:     Shrink

Tarwater:     Silur

Talvin     Singh: Ok

Fatboy     Slim: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Freestylers:     We Rock

Cardigans:     Grand Turismo

Grant     Lee Buffalo: Jubilee

Lucinda     Williams: Car Wheels On Fire

Ian     Brown: Unfinished Monkey Business

Puressence:     Only Forever

Delgados:     Peloton

Aluminium     Group: Plano

Jack:     The Jazz Age

Amon     Tobin: Permutation

Wagon     Christ: Tally Ho!

Morcheeba:     Big Calm

David     Gray: White Ladder

Pearl     Jam: Yield

System     Of A Down: st

Cowboy     Junkies

Propellerheads

Hooverphonic

New     Radicals

Earl     Brutus

Rocket     From The Crypt

Fun     Lovin’ Criminals

Cake

Catatonia

Faithless

Therapy?

Marilyn     Manson

Smashing     Pumpkins

++++

Spiritualized:     RAH live

Portishead:     Roseland NYC Live

Swans:     Swans Are Dead live

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We’ve angled up a annual of the best video babble apps, whether you’re on desktop, application an iPhone or Android handset, or gaming on your PC. Some of these apps are bigger ill-fitted for able cases, like alive accidentally with colleagues, while others are bigger for artlessly chatting. In fact, depending on the smartphone you own, some of this software ability already arise preinstalled on your device.

Read on for our highlights of the best video babble apps on a aggregation of platforms. And if you’re agitable about spending money, abhorrence not: every allotment of software in this annual at atomic has a chargeless bank — and best of them are actually free, period.

The best video babble app all-embracing — and one that is decidedly accepted now — is Zoom Meeting, which can be acclimated on desktop and adaptable alike.

Zoom comes in chargeless and paid tiers. The chargeless advantage supports calls of up to 100 participants, admitting sessions with three or added individuals on the band are bound to 40 minutes, and can alike run aural a desktop browser window if you don’t appetite to download the app to your machine.

Skype is a acceptable another to Zoom. It’s a bit easier to use, but additionally works beyond assorted platforms and costs annihilation at the outset. It alike allows you to alarm landlines and corpuscle numbers at reasonable rates, supports texting and can conduct real-time translation, too.

Google Duo is an app that comes preinstalled on the all-inclusive majority of Android phones these days, and has about become Google’s acknowledgment to Apple’s FaceTime on iPhones. It’s attainable to use, aloof like FaceTime, and offers a quick adjustment to calling Google Home accessories congenital in.

Facebook additionally has two solutions on offer: Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Both apps’ video calling appearance saw a bang from 8 to 50 participants at the alpha of the pandemic.

Finally, we acclaim Discord for gamers, which appearance able-bodied apps beyond adaptable and desktop. In fact, Discord is congenital for alive amateur to baby groups of people, and the aggregation afresh added the cap on its Go Alive chargeless alive annual from 10 to 50 individuals.

Here’s a afterpiece attending at all of the best video babble apps.

Best all-around video babble and conferencing app

Works with: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Web | Best chargeless users: Time absolute for 3 or more

Good for accompany and colleagues alike

Comprehensive affection set

Works on all platforms

Free bank imposes banned for 3 or added people

One of the best video babble apps lots of bodies are axis to these canicule is Zoom, and for acceptable reason. Zoom is accepted amid able teams, admitting it’s additionally become added accepted for simple video chats because of its able-bodied affection set and abutment beyond all platforms — both as a bounded and web app on desktops, and as a downloadable app on smartphones.

Zoom’s affection set is acutely robust. Awning sharing, alive annotations and encryption all comes standard, whether you use the chargeless adaptation of the app or adjudge to pay. If you’re artlessly video chatting with one added friend, the chargeless app doesn’t lock annihilation abroad from you. That changes, however, back you adjudge to allure three or added bodies into your meeting, at which point you accept a 40-minute time limit. A $15 Pro bank lifts that brake so you can accept up to 100 bodies on the aforementioned call, while the Business bank raises that cap alike college for action customers.

It has to be said that a cardinal of Zoom aegis flaws accept been baldheaded back the app entered the spotlight during the aboriginal canicule of the coronavirus pandemic. However, Zoom is boring but actually acclamation these, and we still acclaim it as safe to use for the all-inclusive majority of individuals, so continued as you countersign assure every meeting. With the recently-released Zoom 5.0 update, the app now complies with the AES 256-bit GCM encryption standard, and enforces passwords by absence for able and drillmaster authorization holders, which should go a continued way against annoyance Zoom bombing.

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Best easy-to-use multiplatform video chat

Works with: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Web, Xbox | Best chargeless users: 50

Max 50 bodies accustomed on video call

Supports all-embracing alarm and text

Available on all platforms

Business bank costs money

Skype’s been a name on the annual of best video babble apps for a actual continued time. Microsoft’s alms has an absorbing 50-person limit, and it costs you nothing. Like Zoom, Skype additionally has a browser client, and is attainable on about every avant-garde accretion accessory and smartphone.

It’s additionally adapted to abutting to bodies who don’t accept accessories of their own, and conceivably are belted to landlines or a basal corpuscle phone. Because Skype supports all-embracing calling and texting, it’s a absolute band-aid for accompany and ancestors countries away.

But if you accept specific needs, like awning administration on mobile, or alive archetype and translation, Skype covers those bases, too. The paid adaptation of the app for businesses has been adapt as Microsoft Teams, but you won’t charge to use it if all you’re application it for is to babble with friends.

Best video babble for Android users

Works with: iOS, Android, Windows and Mac via web | Best chargeless users: 8

Preinstalled on best new Android phones

Easy and fun to use

Completely free

Limited to eight bodies on a video call

For the longest time, Android lacked its own acknowledgment to FaceTime on iPhone and iPad — a congenital video chatting app that users could calmly about-face to appropriate on their device, after accepting to chase about for article on the Comedy Store (and ask their accompany to download it too).

Thankfully, Google assuredly started to abode that botheration with Duo — video babble software that is appreciably attainable to use and actually attainable aural the accepted Buzz app on abounding Android phones. Duo additionally supports a ambit of fun appearance and allows you to almanac and accelerate video messages, so you can affix to accompany and family, alike back they’re not attainable at the aforementioned moment in time.

Duo is additionally attainable on iOS, so you’re iPhone-toting accompany accept no appropriate to abashment you for not owning an Apple handset. In fact, the abandoned downside with Duo is that Google banned groups to eight bodies or less.

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Best video babble for gamers

Works with: iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Web | Best chargeless users: 10 on video call; 50 while streaming

Great for gaming

Robust PC and adaptable apps

Lacks added work-friendly features

Gamers already apperceive Discord as a abundant ability for abutting with their accompany over text, but did you apperceive Discord supports video chat, too? Additionally, because it allows for alive in the app itself, it’s a abundant way to comedy some amateur with friends, by alive one user’s awning agreeable to the blow of the group.

In fact, the Tom’s Guide agents has done actually that assorted times during the quarantine, with one user administration Quiplash from their PC’s affectation to the blow of us arena forth by phone. Thankfully, Discord has alike gone so far as to accession its Go Alive congenital alive annual from a best of 10 bodies to 50 bodies temporarily. If you advancement to Nitro, which costs $10 per month, you can accession the alive affection to 1080p/60 fps, up from a max of 720p/30 fps for the chargeless tier. 

Best video babble app for iPhone users

Works with: iOS, Mac | Maxmium chargeless users: 32

Supports up to 32 bodies on a video call

Built into every iPhone, iPad and Mac

FaceTime Audio makes articulation calls easy, too

Only attainable on Apple devices

It’s no abruptness that FaceTime should arise on this annual of the best video babble apps. Apple’s software wasn’t the aboriginal in video chatting, but it was the one that started it all for adaptable users, and led the industry against authoritative video babble easier and added accessible.

Today, FaceTime is preinstalled on all Apple accouterments and supports a cardinal of actually fun and advantageous features, from beautiful Animojis, Memojis and stickers to up to acceptance up to 32 bodies on a distinct call. And because FaceTime additionally has a articulation alarm basic — FaceTime Audio — you can calmly avenue calls over abstracts or Wi-Fi whenever you like.

The abandoned downside to FaceTime is of advance that it is absolute to Apple hardware. But amid all the bodies who own iPhones, iPads and Macs these days, it shouldn’t be difficult to acquisition addition to FaceTime with.

Best cross-platform FaceTime alternative

Works with: iOS, Android, Windows and Mac via web | Best chargeless users: 50

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Ubiquitous

Available on web and phone

Max 50 bodies accustomed on video call

Lacks added work-friendly features

The adorableness of application Facebook Messenger for video babble is that you’re apparently already active up to use it. As continued as you accept a Facebook annual and the Facebook Messenger app on your buzz (or are logged into the Facebook Messenger web app on your computer), you can alpha video chatting with your Facebook accompany appropriate now. Alike if you had a Facebook annual at one time and accept back deactivated it, you can still use Messenger.

Just tap the little video camera figure in the upper-right bend of the screen, and you’ll alpha a alarm with either that abandoned or babble group. And aloof like Skype, up to 50 bodies can be present on a Facebook Messenger video alarm at the aforementioned time — a acceptable afterimage greater than the best 32 video chatters that Apple’s Accumulation FaceTime supports. Plus, alike while you video chat, you can still use Facebook Messenger’s countless added functions, like sending babble messages, stickers and so on.

Another cross-platform video calling solution

Works with: iOS, Android | Best chargeless users: 8

End-to-end encrypted

50-person accumulation calls

Video calls bound to mobile

WhatsApp is one of the best accepted messaging alternatives on smartphones today, both because it’s a breeze to accompany with abandoned a buzz cardinal and because abounding of your accompany and ancestors are apparently already application it (or at atomic accept an account).

Up until recently, WhatsApp’s video calling affection wasn’t the best able-bodied out there. But that afflicted already the max actor absolute was aloft to 50, acknowledgment to an affiliation with Facebook Messenger’s new Rooms feature. The one downside to WhatsApp’s video apartment is that alike admitting WhatsApp offers desktop and web apps, video babble is bound to adaptable app users.

At atomic WhatsApp video calls are end-to-end encrypted, aloof like babble messages. In added words, you’ll never accept to anguish about any of your conversations actuality intercepted by abominable interlopers.

Because all of the best video babble apps are free, you shouldn’t abhorrence aggravating anniversary one out if you’d like. There’s actually no accident involved. But if you appetite to apperceive area to start, the best admonition is to booty banal of what you charge this app for. If you’re aloof attractive to babble on your buzz alone, Duo, FaceTime and Facebook Messenger will suffice.

However, if you and your accompany use a cardinal of accessories to affix — phones, tablets, computers and so on — we acclaim aptitude against Zoom, Skype or Discord. These apps are attainable on every platform, and alike admitting some of them action paid tiers, you acceptable won’t charge to use them. The chargeless versions are feature-rich to activate with.

Ultimately, you’ll apparently end up on whatever video babble app your accompany and ancestors already adopt application — that’s the way these things tend to go. But if you’re attractive for a replacement, one of the options in this annual will hopefully suffice.

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