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deathdyinggrief2024 · 2 years ago

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Thanatology Bibliography

THANATOLOGY READINGS

Moll, Rob. (2010). The Art of Dying: Living Fully Into the Life to Come. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 9780830837366

Parkes, C., Laungani, P. and Young, W. (1997). Death and Bereavement Across Cultures. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9780415131377

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alford, John & Catlin, George. (1993). The role of culture in grief. The Journal of Social Psychology, 133(2), 173-84.

Aries, Philippe. (1976). The Hour of Our Death. New York: Bantom.

Burton, Laurel., & Tarlos-Benka, Judy. (1997). Grief-Driven Ethical Decision-Making. Journal of Religion and Health, 36(4), 333-343. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/27511175

Castle, Jason. & Phillips, William. (2003). Grief rituals: Aspects that facilitate adjustment to bereavement. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 8(1), 41-71.

Corr, Charles A., Donna M. Corr, and Kenneth J. Doka. (2019). Death & Dying, Life & Living. Boston, MA: Cengage.

Crunk, Elizabeth. Burke, Laurie., & Robinson, Mike. (2017). Complicated grief: An evolving theoretical landscape. Journal of Counseling & Development, 95(2), 226-233.

Doughty, Caitlin. (2015). Smoke gets in your eyes and other lessons from the crematory. New York: Northcott.

Dresser, Norine & Wasserman, Freda. (2010). Saying goodbye to someone you love: Your emotional journey through end-of-life and grief. New York: Demos Medical Publishing.

Frank, Arthur W. (2013). The wounded storyteller. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Guinther, Paul.,Segal, Daniel. (2003). Gender differences in emotional processing among bereaved older adults. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 8(1), 15-33.

Heath, Yvonne. (2015). Love your life to death: How to plan and prepare for end of life so you can live life fully now. Canada: Marquis Publishing.

Hemer, Susan. (2010). Grief as social experience: Death and bereavement in lihir, papua new guinea¹. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 21(3), 281-297.

Kalanithi, Paul. (2016). When Breath Becomes Air. New York: Random House.

Kellehear, Allan. (2002). Grief and loss: Past, present and future. Medical Journal of Australia, 177(4), 176-177.

Kwon, Soo-Young. (2006). Grief ministry as homecoming: Framing death from a korean-american perspective. Pastoral Psychology, 54(4), 313-324. doi:10.1007/s11089-005-0002-1

Lawrence, Elizabeth., Jeglic, Elizabeth., Matthews, Laura., & Pepper, Carolyn. (2006). Gender differences in grief reactions following the death of a parent. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying, 52(4), 323-337.

Leone Fowler, Shannon. (2017). Traveling with Ghosts. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Lewis, Clive Staples. (2009). The Problem of Pain. New York: Harper.

Lopez, Sandra. (2011). Culture as an influencing factor in adolescent grief and bereavement. Prevention Researcher, 18(3), 10-13.

McCreight, Bernadette. (2004). A grief ignored: Narratives of pregnancy loss from a male perspective.Sociology of Health & Illness, 26(3), 326-350.

Miller, Eric. (2015). Evaluations of hypothetical bereavement and grief: The influence of loss recency, loss type and gender. International Journal of Psychology: Journal International De Psychologie, 50(1), 60-3. doi:10.1002/ijop.12080

Northcott, Herbert.C., & Wilson, Donna.M. (2017). Dying and death in Canada (3rd ed.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Nuland, Sherwin B. (1995). How We Die. New York: Vintage.

Penman, Emma., Breen, Lauren., Hewitt, Lauren., & Prigerson, Holly. (2014). Public attitudes about normal and pathological grief. Death Studies, 38(8), 510-516.

Rosenstein, Donald L. & Yopp, Justin M. (2018). The Group: Seven widowed fathers reimagine life. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rubinstein, Gidi. (2004). Locus of control and helplessness: Gender differences among bereaved parents. Death Studies, 28(3), 211-223.

Sandburg, Sheryl, & Grant, Adam. (2017). Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Schonfeld, Davis., Quackenbush, Mike., & Demaria, Thomas. (2015). Grief across cultures: Awareness for schools. Nasn School Nurse (print), 30(6), 350-2.

Stelzer, Eva-Maria., Atkinson, Ciara., O'Connor, Mary F., & Croft, Alyssa. (2019). Gender differences in grief narrative construction: A myth or reality? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1),

Stroebe, Margaret., & Schut, Hank. (1998). Culture and grief. Bereavement Care, 17(1).

Swinton, John and Richard Payne. (2009). Living Well and Dying Faithfully. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Tarakeshwar, Nalini., Hansen, Nathan., Kochman, Arlene., & Sikkema, Kathleen. (2005). Gender, ethnicity and spiritual coping among bereaved hiv-positive individuals. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 8(2), 109-125.

Versalle, Alexis. & McDowell, Eugene. (2005). The attitudes of men and women concerning gender differences in grief. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying, 50(1), 53-67.

Walter, Tony. (2010). Grief and culture. Bereavement Care, 29(2), 5-9.

Walter, Tony. (2010). Grief and culture: A checklist. Bereavement Care, 29(2), 5-9.

Winkel, Heidemarie. (2001). A postmodern culture of grief? On individualization of mourning in Germany. Mortality, 6(1), 65-79.

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yayodancing · 4 years ago

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Just know, if WLR really does drop on Christmas, it will be the album of the year.

Edit: I told y’all

1. Playboi Carti - Stop Breathing

2. Headie One - Only You Freestyle (feat. Drake)

3. Roddy Rich - The Box

4. Drake - Pain 1993 (feat. Playboi Carti)

5. Lil Uzi Vert - Prices

6. The Weeknd - After Hours

7. 21 Savage - Glock In My Lap

8. Travis Scott - Franchise (remix) (feat. Future, Young Thug & MIA)

9. 645AR - Yoga

10. Young Thug - Out West (feat. Travis Scott)

11. Thundercat - Dragonball Durag

12. Zack Fox - Stick! (Feat. Fabo)

13. Lil Yachty - Flex Up (feat. Playboi Carti & Future)

14. King Krule - Stoned Again

15. Childish Gambino - 19.10

16. Baby Keem - Hooligan

17. Lil Baby - We Paid (feat. 42 Dugg)

18. Tame Impala - Is It True

19. Young Nudy - No Comprende

20. Don Tolliver - Cardigan

21. Slowthai - Enemy

22. Yves Tumor - Kerosene

23. Future & Lil Uzi Vert - That’s It

24. 03 Greedo - Bands In Da Basement (feat. Chief Keef)

25. Freddie Gibbs - God Is Perfect

26. Sleepy Hallow - Deep End Freestyle

27. StaySolidRocky - Party Girl Remix (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

28. Sahbabbi - Purple Umbrella

29. Gunna - Blindfold (feat. Lil Baby)

30. Tisakorean - Did You Know (WiFi Password)

31. Lil Tecca - Dolly (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

32. Partynextdoor - Loyal (feat. Drake)

33. Kid Cudi - Heaven on Earth

34. King Von - Gleesh Place

35. Chief Keef - Bang Bang

36. Frank Ocean - Cayendo

37. Future - Rockstar Chainz

38. Blood Orange - Call Me (feat. Park Hye Jin)

39. Nav - Yung Wheezy (feat. Gunna)

40. YN Jay - Coochie

41. Guapdad 4000 - Platinum Falcon

42. James Blake - Before

43. J Balvin - Rojo

44. Kenny Mason - PTSD

45. Meekz - Like Me

46. Pop Smoke - Yea Yea

47. Userdeleted_95 - Dark Mode

48. 42 Dugg - Palm Angels In the Sky

49. Juice WRLD - Blood On My Jesus

50. Internet Money - Lemonade (feat. Don Tolliver, Nav & Gunna)

51. Benny the Butcher - 3:30 in Houston

52. Rod Wave - Rags 2 Riches (remix) (feat. Lil Baby)

53. Bad Bunny - Safaera (feat. Jowel & Randy and Nengo Flow)

54. The 1975 - If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)

55. DaBaby - Practice

56. Lil Keed - Wavy (remix) (feat. Travis Scott)

57. Kanye West - Wash Us In The Blood (feat. Travis Scott)

58. Jackboy - Like a Million (feat. Kodak Black)

59. Ty $ Sign - Ego Death (feat. Kanye West & FKA Twigs)

60. Hoodrich Pablo Juan - Tu Can Sam

61. Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)

62. Sada Baby - Whole Lotta Choppas

63. Drakeo The Ruler - Ion Rap Beef (feat. Earl Sweatshirt & 03 Greedo)

64. BIGBABYGUCCI - Rest In Peace Miss Rose

65. Lil Gnarr - Perc 300 (feat. Germ)

66. Kodak Black - Dummy Green

67. City Girls - Pussy Talk (feat. Doja Cat)

68. Boldy James - Scrape the Bowl (feat. Benny the Butcher)

69. Mulatto - Muwop (feat. Gucci Mane)

70. Lil Eazyyy - Onna Comeup

71. DDG - Moonwalkin in Calabasas (feat. Blueface)

72. Monsta - Spazzin (feat. Young Dro)

73. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am

74. Marshmello - Baggin (feat. 42 Dugg)

75. Rahli - Clip Hangin (feat. Lil STL)

76. Jojo - Reanimator (feat. Yves Tumor)

77. Special Interest - Disco III

78. Grimes - 4AEM

79. Sech - La Luz (feat. J Balvin)

80. Gucci Mane - Nasty (feat. 21 Savage & Young Nudy)

81. M Huncho - Indulge (feat. D Block Europe)

82. Juicy J - Gah Damn High (feat. Lex Luger & Wiz Khalifa)

83. Masego - Mystery Lady (feat. Don Tolliver)

84. Father - Risotto

85. Money Man - 24 (feat. Lil Baby)

86. Duke Deuce - Crunk Ain’t Dead (Remix) (feat. Lil Jon, Juicy J & Project Pat)

87. Mac Miller - That’s On Me

88. Megan Thee Stallion - Savage

89. Westside Gunn - Allah Sent Me (feat. Benny & Conway)

90. Brent Faiyaz - Fuck The World (Summer in London)

91. 070 Shake - The Pines

92. Stunna 4 Vegas - Do Dat (feat. DaBaby & Lil Baby)

93. Z Money - Cold Cuts

94. Flatbush Zombies - Afterlife

95. Tokyo’s Revenge - GOODMORNINGTOKYO!

96. Sheff G - Tip Toe (feat. Sleepy Hallow)

97. Ovrkast. - Two Minute Bars (feat. Mavi)

98. SAINt Jhn - Smack DVD (feat. Kanye West)

99. JPEGMafia - Rough 7 (feat. Tommy Genesis)

100. Mario Judah - Die Very Rough

1. Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red

2. Lil Uzi Vert - Eternal Atake/LUV Vs The World 2

3. The Weeknd - After Hours

4. Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind

5. King Krule - Man Alive!

6. Drake - Dark Lane Demo Tapes

7. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode 2

8. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

9. Thundercat - It Is What It Is

10. Don Toliver - Heaven or Hell

11. Gunna - Wunna

12. Lil Baby - My Turn

13. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon III: The Chosen

14. Sahbabbi - Barnacles

15. Mario Judah - Whole Lotta Red

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multiverseforger · 4 years ago

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Fav game character

Tina and her parents were sold to Hyperion to become test subjects for Jack's slag mutation experiments, an event which led to the deaths of her parents. She escaped their fate using a grenade that she had hidden in her dress at her mother's insistence, and once she was free of Hyperion's reach she vowed revenge on the man that had sold her family: Flesh-Stick.

Involvement

Borderlands 2

Tiny Tina's demolitions expertise is called into action when a Hyperion supply train believed to be carrying a Vault key needs to be stopped. With that objective in sight, she then sets the Vault Hunters to the task of finding two rockets (which she refers to as 'badonkadonks') to carry a 'suicide'-bomber toy each, and then to set them on target.

Her collaboration with the Vault Hunters continues when she has them gather items and guests for a very special tea party. During the final mission Tina will contact the Vault Hunters and wish them luck in stopping Hyperion and even reads them a poem repeatedly telling the Vault Hunters to 'kill Jack'.

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage

Tina appears in a supporting role in Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage. Initially she is hired by Mad Moxxi to help the Vault Hunters train prior to battling Motor Momma, but also asks their assistance in obtaining the autograph of her third favorite mass-murderer, Sully the Stabber, as well as walking her "puppy", a Badass Fire Skag named Enrique. She also provides commentary on many of the Vault Hunters' actions throughout the course of the DLC.

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

Tina takes on the role of the 'Bunker Master' for the game 'Bunkers & Badasses', where she is shown to be bad at this, by fumbling in such ways as creating impossible fights early on and not balancing the gameplay in certain areas. The real problems underlying Tina's mental state (at that time) start becoming more apparent as the player progresses, being obsessed with eating only crumpets and constantly trying to insert a manifestation of the now deceased Roland whenever she wants to, to the dismay of the other Vault Hunters. Tiny Tina's character develops over the course of the campaign and she learns to accept Roland's death.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Tina makes her first appearance during the game while Lilith was interrogating Athena, inviting the Vault Hunters to play another round of Bunkers and Badasses, but was turned down. Later, after Athena finishes telling her story, Tina introduces herself and requests Athena to tell a story about fighting a raid boss. As she had no idea what a raid boss was, she "came up" with a story about fighting one (in this case, the raid boss being an enhanced version of The Sentinel). After that, Tina requests Athena to tell the story of her working for Handsome Jack again.

Borderlands 3

At the time of Borderlands 3, Tina is presumed to be around 20 years old. She is still part of the Crimson Raiders B-Team along with Brick and Mordecai. The team is hired by Wainwright Jakobs to rescue his partner Sir Hammerlock, but after they fail to report back on their progress, Jakobs requests the Vault Hunter to go The Anvil to investigate setting up the story mission Hammerlocked. Tina's code name during the mission is 'Crunk Bunny'. Tina requests 'ingredients' for her 'Pizza' (bomb), composed of 'sauce' (nitroglycerin), 'onions' (wires) and 'ham' (a detonator). She then asks the Vault Hunter to deliver the pizza, which is to blow up the door to the structure where Hammerlock is being held. After successfully rescuing Hammerlock, she declares that the B-team's work is done and they leave Eden-6. Tina is found later on Devil's Razor back on Pandora, where she or Brick will give the mission Boom Boom Boomtown. She asks the Vault Hunter for help in winning back their new home and base of operations, recently named by Tina as "Boom Town", by fighting off COV that have been sneaking in thru a tunnel that Brick is keeping the COV locked inside.

Appearances

Borderlands 2

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Borderlands 3

Quotes

"Come on iiiin, you are missing the Fuun!"

"All around the Sta-actus plant, the stalker chased the bandit, the stalker thought 'twas all in fun - POP! Goes the bandit!"

"Oh haiiii!"

"Roland told me you were comin' - I still owe him for all that buttcrap with General Rancid. So, you gotta hijack a train, hunh? Chiiild's play! Lemme introduce you to my ladies."

"Runnin', runnin', runnin', I'm runnin' over here, run, run, run-run, run."

"This here's Mushy Snugglebites, and this is Felicia Sexopants. These fiiiine-ass womens could stop that train for yas, but I'ma need their badonkadonks first, and they got stoled by the bandits a few days ago. Go get 'em!"

"Naptime!"

"That's right, bitches - my big brudder's about to teach you some MANNERS. Nobody steals Mushy Snugglebites' badonkadonk and lives!"

"That's Mushy Snugglebites' badonkadonk. She's my main squeeze. Lady's got a gut fulla' dynamite and a booty like POOOW!"

"Got the badonkadonks? Best day evaaaa. Bring 'em back here and I'll use 'em to make some fine-ass damsels who can hijack that train for yas."

"Hey I told ya'z to get outta heeya, get out or do I gotta shank a bitch?"

"Get-outta-my-shop-or-I'll-punch-yo-butt. That's-how-Tiny-Tina-roll."

"(Singing) Put a little bomb in the hot ass damsel, blow stuff up and make people die."

"I'm a little teapot, bloody and cut. Here is my handle and here is my butt.*explosion noise* Oops."

"Squishy. Squishy squishy squishy."

"Oh daaaaaayum, you lookin' good, ladies. Let's get to work."

That's right. Twin sisters, man. Hhhahhhhhh. Take 'em. Take 'em take 'em take 'em take 'em."

"Just put my damsels near the choo-choo track and set 'em off! Good plan? Great plan!"

"You're cordially invited BITCH!!!"

"When you are ready to begin the Tea-Party, please smack Mister Flesh Stick in his bitch face."

"Gonna eat so many goddamn crumpets, it's going to be a Crumpocalypse."

"Ten... Nine..." *launches rockets* "I got bored."

"BURN ALL THE BABIES!!!!!"

(Cute yawning noise)

"Make it RAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!"

"Sup, sucka? It's Tina. I wrote you a poem and it goes a little somethin' like this BREAK IT DOWN. Ahem. Kill Jack. Kill Jack. Kill Jack kill Jack kill Jack KIIIILL JAAAAACK! Kill Jack. A poem by Tiny Tina."

"Climb the pipe to the train or you'll go insane wut wut. That's a rap song I wrote."

"Get some cookies, so you can eat 'em and grow up big and strong and kick Piston in the butt-butt."

"Real badasses eat chocolate chip cookies, I'ma gonna get that tattooed across my back in Old English font."

"Wait a minute. Those cookies weren't chocolate chip. Those...are...raisins. WHYYYYYY-HY-HYYYYY?! SHAWTY, DESTROY ALL THE FOOD DISPENSERS! WIPE THE RAISIN ABOMINATIONS OFF THE MAP! I JUST WANTED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?"

"Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Do you know who just arrived in Beatdown? SULLY THE STABBER! He's my THIRD favorite mass-murderer in the ENTIRE WORLD! You HAVE to go get his autograph for me."

"Get his signature on this. Please. PLEASEpleasepleasepleasepleaseplease! If you don't get his autograph I'm gonna DIEEEEE. He's my favoritest. He killed every living person on the Bathymas with nothing but a rusty butterknife. If you don't take it I'm gonna start crying. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. [making a song out of it] oh-baby please please PLEASE! That was 'Please' by Tiny Tina with Vault Hunter on bass."

"He said...no? Well. There's only one thing to do -- look him in the eye, nod politely, and KILL THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF HIM!"

Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary

While idle

Some of the idle chats are mission related and can't be heard again once the mission in question is completed.

"You come up in my face, and you DON'T GOT BOMB PARTS, you KNOW I'm throwing hands."

"Oh, hello! I didn't see you there. I was just on an important mission to save my friends and AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THE SAME THING?!"

"Gonna go blat-blat-blat on the vine-freaks. \n Rat-tat-tat till their brain leaks. \n Chill, girl, just droppin' some bars. Go do the thing."

"I wanna shoot the cannon again! AGAIN! But Lil said no. BLEEPING CURSE WORDS!"

"You kiddos killed that butt-bot so, so good! (cackle) Butt-bot."

"Come on, Mordy. You got this! You gonna be all right."

"MORDY'S ALL BETTER AND ELLIE FIXED THE CAMP'S COFFEE MACHINE AND I CAN'T STOP YELLING ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS!"

"Yo yo yo. You kill that vineyman up on vineyville yet?"

"I left some reeaaal sexy bombs back on Sanctuary. Oh, just thinkin' bout 'em... come on, think about 'em with me. Yeeeeeah. Together now. Hohhhhh."

"That. Was. The BIGGESTEST BOOM OF ALL TIME! Gotta give it to Lilly-of-the-valley, she knows how to kill a baddo in style."

"Seriously, though. Vaulty-Vault, you was there for me in the dark times. That's fo' life."

"So, just saying, it's probably my birthday, and you ain't got me nothing. Mini-moonshot cannon. Just wanna put that in your head."

Notes

The photo of Tina and Roland

She is introduced as an old friend of Roland's and she has a picture of them together in her room. Roland also mentions beforehand that, "I've saved her life a few times, and she has saved mine more times than I can count."

In Borderlands 2, there are a few unique weapons that are associated with Tiny Tina. These weapons include pink hearted camouflage and/or stuffed bunny image decals.

Teapot

Cobra

Boom Puppy

Tina's voice is performed by Ashly Burch, sister of Anthony Burch - lead writer of Borderlands 2. (The two are also a part of the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?.) She is also credited with the voice of the cursed gun, Bane.

Tina has unusual gender-specific dialogue, referring to both male and female Vault Hunters as "girl". She also makes a number of sexual comments in an appreciative manner in regards the female members of her tea party, whilst during the Assault on Dragon Keep storyline she confesses to liking Maya in The Siren's invitation, asking if Maya likes her in turn. Additionally, her original motivation for helping the Vault Hunters train for Mad Moxxi was going to be due to her having a crush on Mad Moxxi.

Tina switches verbal mannerisms frequently. Her speech styles include a stereotypical inner-city American speech pattern, little girl speech patterns, stereotypically pretentious British English speech, to randomly violent and murderous speech, and others.

Trivia

There is an Easter egg related to Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? in the Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage. On the back of Tiny Tina's bus is a pixel drawing of Papa Burch riding a unicorn from the HAWP episode 'Sleep Is Death'.

Roland recognizes her as one of the greatest demolitions experts on Pandora and a picture of the two can be seen inside of her home.

Tiny Tina is mentioned by Brick on a mission in Sawtooth Cauldron as he recalls carrying her on his shoulders as they fought together. In the end credits, it is shown that they worked together again in this manner cleaning out the remaining Hyperion forces.

ExotropiaTina has an intermittent exotropia (lazy eye) in her left eye. This was originally due to a glitch, but the developers enjoyed it, so they purposefully left it in. This has also passed on to Borderlands 3, as her left eye will occasionally twitch while talking.

In NowGamer, an interview revealed that there is part of a mission removed from the main game involving Tina. Originally, when telling of Roland's death, the players were to head out to Tiny Tina's home and tell her the sad news. It described her being deeply affected by it, thanking the players for telling her, asking them to leave, and locking herself in her workshop to mourn. Anthony Burch, lead writer and the source of this news, says they regret they could not include this scene into the game. It was supposed to be the only moment in the game she loses her peppy mania [1].

Her tea party place card is labeled "Lady Tina of Blowupyourfaceheim"

On May 24, 2013, Tina took over the @ECHOcasts Twitter (previously owned by Krieg).

Tiny Tina's parents have officially been confirmed dead as of the sixth episode of Inside the Box, entitled "Fart Jokes and Tragedy".

In the Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary DLC, Tiny Tina, Mordecai and Brick form a team simply named "The B-Team".

Tiny Tina refers to Brick as "Brick-papa" and Mordecai as "Mordy-mom". This is further mentioned when Brick says "Don't talk like that to your mom." to Tina.

It is revealed in Sheega's All That that Sheega is an ex-girlfriend of Tiny Tina.

ECHO logs in Devil's Razor reveal that Tiny Tina has dated multiple individuals, broke up with all of them, and staged a wedding to make money from the wedding gifts sent by her exes.

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pokemagines · 6 years ago

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JAPAN TRIP 2k19 with Mod Elesa (1/?)

hey n’yall it’s mod elesa, lemme tell u bout my japan trip! u can find some of the photos of these events on my instagram @atel2er! i didn’t want to flood this post with pictures hehe ,,

GENERAL STUFF

went for school, study abroad trip to study visualization and simulation of “serious games” that businesses buy and use (but i dont feel like talking abt it since this is the FUN POST

may 10-26

the flight was 11 hours, p easy, i didn’t know anybody going into the trip because i didn’t go to any of the meetings HAHhaHEHA

whatever. everyone on the trip initially came off as if they had yellow fever and i was like ... i’m really not trying to interact with FETISHIZERS

turns out they were all really cool! only this one kid was a real weeaboo who was greasy and tall and a neckbeard who kept talking about being “culturally insensitive” and speaking japanese constantly to the teacher and the TA like ... ok patrick we get it you flex

i stayed in a hotel in shinjuku! everything is so small and i used the bidets for the first time and WOO chile that shit feels FUNKY on your asshole

i visited shinjuku major (kabukicho aka red light district, couple other places!), ikebukuro (THE MEGA POKEMON CENTER), mt fuji, fuji q highland, akihabara, hamamatsucho (area where tokyo tower is), HARAJUKU, and the emperor’s palace! i’m probably forgetting some places since we went to a lot of temples and shrines that were cool ...

the public transportation in japan is scarily on time.. like, by the second. they apologize if they’re one minute early and will wait until the scheduled time before they move omg

the subway stations have their own jingles! they kind of act as an alarm system because a lot of people sleep on the subway (which is why people generally don’t talk on it) and will recognize the jingle for their stop!

the crowded hours on the subway are noon and 6-8pm... like, its insane. it’s actually packed like sardines in there.

EVERYONE THERE IS SO SHORT.... i was taller than a lot of the grown men there (i’m 5′4″ or 162 cm for reference) and most people were around 5 feet tall... the only people taller than me were some kids around my age and this gaggle of japanese schoolgirls who were like 5′7+ and i was like. sis you’re 13, why are you that tall

pokemon is EXTREMELY prevalent in japan wherever you go. there’s pikachu stickers on taxis, pikachu is on ads on the subway and at the AIRPORT, pokemon go is widely played by a lot of people and so many of the people in my group played it so i got conned into playing again. i leveled up 5 times within 3 days and honestly? i’m god

anime is very normal there... i know that sounds all “weeby” but a lot of normal shops had animated mascots and there were ads for anime all over the place.

literally gacha machines everywhere i spent a lot of coins on gacha machines plz kill me

the homies in japan loooove crepes. they sold so many crepes. everywhere. just crepes. also spaghetti carbonara! and corndogs HAHAHA

the food there is so cheap but SOOO GOOD. sushi isn’t all that expensive at all?? like a set of 16 pieces is 1080Y... meanwhile that cost in america is like. $6000 HAHAHAHAH.

very humid? at all times? also the RAIN is debilitating if u make one wrong step you will slip and die (like i did! i stepped on a tile and fucking fell into a puddle! i have bruises still!)

SHINJUKU (detective pikachu day, may 10)

i went to go see detective pikachu on its release day in shinjuku! before that, i went to a couple sega buildings--

the sega buildings are 4 story buildings FILLED with claw machines holding stuffed animals, figurines, candy, all kinds of stuff. when i went, there was a lot of detective pikachu-related stuff. i saw this detective pikachu hat in one of the machines and spent 1000Y (about $10) or 10 attempts at the claw machine ... i still can’t believe i got it ... nobody was there to see it besides me and i YELLED when it dropped

i wore the hat that entire day around shinjuku because i honestly felt like god. people would point at me and go like “ah! meitantei pikachu!” and smile at me. i was a celebrity. i wore the hat into the movie theatre, i wore it through the entire movie, and when i was walking out, someone tapped on my shoulder and asked for my picture. she was all nervous about her english and was like “i love your hat. may i take a picture?” and i was like omG YES U CAN... sweet bab... so that’s the first photo of me that ended up on some random person’s phone

we waited around for the mass of people to exit the theatre and then left, and we ran into her again! she asked me more questions about the hat: “did you make it?” “no, i got it in a claw machine in the sega building.” she looked dumbfounded. “in shinjuku?” “yes.” “in the sega building? over there?” “yeees.” “in a claw machine?!” “yes!” “ah! i thought you made it! it’s so cute! i’m going to get one for myself.” “lol ok have fun”

i learned that its customary to stay until the very end of the credits before leaving a movie out of respect for the people who made it! meanwhile in america we walk out when the credits roll FHDSKFJS OOPIES

SHINJUKU (visit #2)

we went in the night time to go see the red light district aka kabuki-cho because thats where a lot of the bars are

i don’t drink so i didn’t join the people who went to the bars to get CRUNK, so i dragged two other guys with me and we walked around the red light district

I SAW SO MANY HOST CLUBS. so many maid cafes. so many bars. i saw a love hotel too... i was like... i wanna go inside... Blease... and my friends were like “you’re so weird KHEDJFSk” and im like “I WAS GOOGLING THESE IN CLASS TODAY, I DIDN’T THINK THEY WERE REAL”

my friend sean (he’s from taipei, cool guy, could read a lot of the kanji so we used him to navigate the subway HAHA) was walking with me that night and we saw this hole in the wall that had stairs going down to a peep show ... homegirl had her whole ass out on the sign... tiddies covered with caution tape ... i said MAAM?

one of the signs in kabuki-cho had a woman doing straight up ahegao with (what i’m pretty sure was) nut on her face. it was a small sign and i was the only one who saw it. i lost my shit. it was the funniest thing ever

kabuki-cho is really really dirty... like people straight up litter all the time bc there’s no trashcans around? so people throw their shit on the ground? and everyone steps on it... very seedy area, very gross, but i was absolutely enthralled with the nightlife and the blatant sexual vibes half the places had!

some dude stopped me and started speaking english saying “do you like karaoke? you should come drink with me for two hours, it’s a great price if you drink a lot” and i was like “no... i have to go home” and he’s like “come onnnn it’s a good price” and i was like. i’m not very assertive with men so i started panicking and my friend sean (A GOD AMONG MEN) started speaking chinese to him and he backed off ... i love you sean you’re so fucking COOL

IKEBUKURO (pokemon mega center)

so there’s this huge mall. i forgot the name, but it’s got like a lot of floors and they’re MASSIVE

on the 2rd floor is the MEGA POKEMON CENTER!!! i was so HYPED to go in there!!! it was teeming with people but there was just... so much stuff. all kinds of merch. they had plushies of the original 151, a shitton of really cool tshirts, a whole block for detective pikachu-themed merch (pins, socks, canvas bags, shirts, patches, hats, etc), and sooo much more. there’s a giant charizard statue when you walk in, as well as a statue of a pokestop HAHA. i was so excited and i wanted to buy so many things when i was in there bc they had stuff for all the legendaries (LATIOS AND LATIAS STUFF WERE THERE I WAS SO HAPPY)!!! literally anything you can think of, they had in some kind of pokemon print. including underwear. yeah i said it. here’s a really good article that showcases some of the stuff they sold there!

for reference, 100 yen is about 1 usd. a lot of things there were 480 yen ($4.80) or 3000Y ($30) and it was just... beautiful.

when i was there, yen didn’t feel like it had monetary value since it’s not the currency i’m used to, so i sPENT WAY TOO MUCH AHFJKDFD

they had themed cash registers with each of the starters... i cried :’)

i actually went there a second time but it was packed for a different reason. some idol group was performing on the ground floor and a shitton of girls were screaming fanchants while their jpop boys danced LOLLL. now i know how people see kpop stans ...

AKIHABARA (i went like 8 times)

this is what i like to call my birthplace

we went to the maid cafe. of course we fucking did. i got a dreamland passport and some cat ears. THE MAIDS ALL LOVED HATSUNE MIKU

SPEAKING OF HATSUNE MIKU AKA MY GODDESS, she was pretty popular in akihabara! she was also on some posters in the subway stations (across tokyo, not just in akihabara) and was apparently having some magical mirai concert???

there’s this giant tower called radio kaikan thats right outside the akihabara station that’s filled with all sorts of anime shit. i spent so much money in there. Good God. there was a furret plush for 5400Y and i was so STINGY that day i shouldve BOUGHT IT.... it was a longboi and i was like... sis!!!!

remember how i said my brain didn’t register that yen had monetary value? yeah i spent hundreds of dollars here no cap ...

i went to a kaguya-sama cafe as well on another day bc my friend joe (one of the figureine-collecting weebs) wanted to go and get a chika coaster

i went into a three floor sex shop and gave no fucks, the bottom floor was filled with bdsm shit and LEATHER SCHOOLGIRL OUTFITS and it was WILD. and these two old men were just casually browsing this shit like we weren’t both looking at whips and buttplugs in Public you know

i wasn’t fazed by a lot of the stuff there bc i read Funky fanfiction but the people i went in there with were major uncomfy ... i was like PRUDES HAJKFDAHDS i almost bought something don’t tell anybody

OKAY SO. there’s this place called super potato that has a floor dedicated to old games and consoles. they had so many gameboy advances and gamecubes and old consoles (famicom, dreamcast etc) for CHEAP. they had a gameboy color for 4900Y and a gamecube for 5600Y. a bitch almost cried. they had every old pokemon game under the sun (the original red, blue, yellow, gold and silver) and i ,,, they were 480Y. they were 480Y. that’s five fucking dollars. do you know how much collectors pay for that shit on ebay? HUNDREDS. i could’ve mass bought those and sold them and made so much cash but I DIDN’T.

that store had an original unopened copy of super smash bros melee and pokemon colosseum and i was like... wait if i cop a gamecube i could play pokemon collosseum like a true g... ((i didn’t cop))

but anyways there were a lot of games that didn’t make it to america (including mother 3! which my friend connor bought! as well as the console to play it!) and just... so many old things i grew up with ...

whenever i walked out of the super potato we’d end up in an alley where all the girls who work at cafes were advertising their stuff

i always took the flyers from the girls bc they spoke their cute english to me and i was like... i’d die for you, yknow that?

ALL KINDS OF CAFES. regular maid cafe, pirate cafe, ninja cafe (you could do that thing where you karate chop a wooden block in half), sailor cafe (as in actual ship captains), shrine maiden cafe, vampire cafe, prince cafe (for the ladies ;3), catgirl cafe, bunny girl cafe... i took all of the goddamn flYERS THEY WERE ALL SO CUTE :( i wanted to go so bad...

FUJI Q HIGHLAND (also known as the time i flipped my shit and went on rollercoasters)

when i found out about fuji-q, i told my group that we HAD to go. i didn’t want to go to an onsen. i wanted to go to fuji-q. i had to. i love rollercoasters, it’s my passion, my driving fORCE IN LIFE

so fuji-q is home to 4 record-breaking rollercoasters! u got fast boi aka jojo reference do-dodonpa; EXTREME TALL BOI fujiyama; superior to x2 at six flags eejanaika; and the steepest rollercoaster in the world TAKABISHA ... i got to ride fujiyama, eejanaika, and takabisha! the scariest one was probably fujiyama despite it being very cut and dry up for... ever ... 79 meters ... oh god ... i lost my shit on the way down ladies let me TELL YOU

FUJIYAMA ALSO HAS A VIEW OF MT FUJI AND I WAS LIK E”YO GUYS ITS MT FUJI” and then we went down and i screamed

please watch the pov videos for these rides they’re very good but they don’t convey the absurd amount of excitement i had going on these rides

anyways the fuji-q park was having a sword art online collaboration when i visited, so they played SAO music and had cardboard cutouts for them across the park... kirito’s ride was fujiyama (aka the king of them all). i forgot the other ones but those alicization kiddos were there but ion care about ALICE OR EUGEO

the first ride i went on was eejanaika which is a 4d rollercoaster, pretty epic, total Baby Ride though

i went on as a single rider so i ended up getting put in this group with these college kids! the guy i was sitting next to spoke to me in english and asked basic questions: “where are you from?”, “is this [ride] easy for you?”, “how old are you?”, basic stuff. he asked why i was in japan and i told him i was studying at waseda university, and he immediately perked up and went “I GO TO WASEDA!!! WASEDA YEAH!!!” and fist bumped me ... his friends were giggling and kept asking him to ask me questions and it was just. so wholesome.

when we were abt to get on the ride he looks at me and says “my name is soichiro. call me so-chan ok??” and i was like... “so-chan” and his friENDS ALL STARTED GIGGLIGN AND I WAS LIKE U///W///U

while we were going up on the ride, he kept yelling “JESUS FUCK YOU JESUS CHRIST” and my favorite: “JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE FUCK YOU” because apparently fuck cannot be standalone! “what the fuck you” is my new fave insult (i miss you so-chan)

afterwards he kept coughing and was like. dead. his soul left his body. so i asked in him japanese like,,, “daijobu ka?” and he was like “nai.” and i just laughed at him bc BA B Y SO-CHAN CANT HANDLE SOME SPINS

i bought a corndog at fuji-q at this place called arirang hotdog which is a korean style hotdog place??? BRUH that shit is so good but i shat myself for a good minute afterwards ... damn i want those corndogs

sadly i did not get to go on do-dodonpa because nobody wanted to ride with me and i didn’t want to go by myself >:/// still mad abt that bc that was the FAST BOI ...

also. takabisha. the guiness world record with the 121 degree drop. not even scary. BUT they do hang you there for like 3 seconds before making you go down and i was like “YALL FUCKIN WITH ME” really loud when they hung us there ... PLS watch a pov video you’ll see what i mean ...

HARAJUKU (i totally forgot abt this place OH lord)

i bought ... clothes here ...

they have all those clothes with the random english words on them so OF COURSE i had to buy one AS WELL AS a hat to match!

i also bought one of those ear hats where u press the paws and the ears move ... bts inspired that one

so many people in harajuku absolutely DECKED OUT in fashion. what a bunch of legends.

apparently wearing shirts that say “babygirl” are popular here i have no clue why ,,,, also im pretty sure i remember seeing a shirt that said “call me daddy” and i’m like. Ok Japan

half the shit in english made ZERO SENSE or was SPELLED WRONG and that was common all across japan, not just on harajuku fashion pieces LMAOOOO

deadass i went to a couple businesses (fuji xerox, nissan factory, etc) and they had spelling errors all over the place... nissan really had a placard that said “Prease do not touch” AND I CACKLED hfDSKLJF ilove u nissan

#mod elesa goes to japan #mod elesa speaks #not an imagine #long post #elesa in japan 2k19

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atheostic · 6 years ago

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Religion Facts

Norse Paganism has three possible afterlives:

1. Valhalla

Odin’s home, where warriors who died in battle and were chosen by the Valkyries (or, in some versions, by Odin himself) get to hang out getting crunk, having friendly brawls, and waiting for Ragnarök (the end of our universe), at which point they will die for good.

While we are given specifics about how Valhalla looks and what its residents spend their time doing, no known text of the time says anything about a person needing to be a believer in the Norse gods or needing to be of a certain race or ethnicity, suggesting that anyone would be welcome so long as they were a warrior who fell in battle and was chosen by a Valkyrie or Odin.

2. Gimlí

The Norse Pagan afterlife we know the least about.

We know it is populated by warriors who died in battle and were chosen by the Valkyries (much like in the case of Valhalla, although the exact requirements for being chosen are unknown).

Unlike those sent to Valhalla, the dead sent to Gimlí get to survive Ragnarök, and are part of the few survivors who then populate the new universe that is born from the death of our own.

And yes, this was the inspiration for the name of the dwarf character in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.

3. Hel

Despite the similarity in name, Norse Hel is nothing like Christian Hell.

It is much closer to Hellenic (Greek) Hades (and, in some ways, to Judaic Sheol).

Like Hades, Hel is both the name of the place as well as its ruler. (Unlike Hades, however, Hel is a nickname, short for Helheim, meaning Hel Home).

Just as with the Greek Underworld, there are no moralistic requirements for admittance into Hel. Like with Valhalla, how you died is what determines your destination (rather than how you lived).

While entry into Valhalla was determined by being a good warrior and dying a good death in battle, Hel residents are those who died of illness, old age, in infancy or childhood, in childbirth, or through some other inglorious method of dying such as drowning or being poisoned.

Much like Hades and Sheol, Hel is not a place of punishment. It is cold, dreary, and drab, yes, but not a place where only the bad people go.

It’s really just kind of blah and not very exciting.

#Religion #religion facts #norse paganism #valhalla #gimli #hel #helheim #norse mythology #Did You Know

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beautifulhigh · 6 years ago

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Language of the Falls: Ep 36

I had one (1) vote for something to put at the top of this – a random fact. I shall resist the urge to Google something and instead I shall include the most random piece of information that I know – but at the end. Gotta get those views in.

Meanwhile, on with the show for my #TwitterFive and #DiscordThree who still read these.

And now for the standard disclaimer with the download link:

Everything in here that's recognisably @kingfallsam was, is now, and will forever belong to The Make Believe Picture Company. The artistic fair use ramblings are mine. Any words not mine are cited, linked, referenced, or from the good ol' dictionary by way of Google.

Look, y'all know the deal. What's not mine isn't mine. What's mine under the transformative work rule is mine. Be nice, like proper nice, and don't come yelling at me.

*presses play*

Episode 36 – "Polter-Heist"

Ah, word play.

Poltergeist (noun) a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as making loud noises and throwing objects about.

Also a pretty successful 1982 horror movie.

Fresh from the advert last episode about the new series of Mission Apparition we have the team on site at the library. Which confuses me a little with the timeline: they previewed an episode in their advert that they hadn't filmed? So was the voice clip an old one? Or is there some serious timey-wimey stuff going on here?

Sammy is flying solo in the studio because that always goes well and there's no response to the initial attempts to contact Ben. Whilst there's a "blue curtains" interpretation for the technology not working right the whole purpose of these posts is to go beyond the curtains. So we have Sammy, in studio, trying to reach out to his co-host and friend and getting nothing back. Not at all worrying for what might happen.

Chet is hanging "…and banging" with Sammy in the studio which again, always goes well. Chet seems true to form with a "that's what she said" joke but it's not applied correctly to the lead in statement. I'm willing to die on the hill of Chet not being misogynistic and he wasn't making a joke, just a reference to Miss Mini Macaroni from Sassy's.

Somehow I didn't think that this referred to a popular type of pasta and the internet provided some interesting equivocal interpretations:

1) a macaroni or maccaroni was a term for someone who in mid-18th-century England was a fashionable fellow who dressed and even spoke in an outlandishly affected and gender-neutral manner. The term pejoratively referred to a man who "exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion" in terms of clothes, fastidious eating, and gambling

So… Chet himself? Or Chet embraces all love – he likes the wine, not the label to steal a phrase from one of the best shows on TV at the moments.

2) Macaronic language is text that uses a mixture of languages

Usually referring to the combining of terms/words/phrases from two languages either within a single sentence (if you're not singing Despacito in your head you probably will be now) or into a new word (such as is found in Franglish or Spanglish or anything-lish because we're arrogant sods when it comes to our language). The equivocation of language is the reason these posts exist but even I have to "blue curtain" this one because any comment about combined language being synonymous with belief and disbelief is a stretch for me.

For now.

Chet's been gettin' in on "From the window to the wall" and this is a lyric from 'Get Low': yes, it's about… that. But there's also these lines which are very Chet:

She getting crunk in the club I mean she work Then I like to see the female twerking taking the clothes off BUCKEY naked ATL. Hoe don't disrespect it

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Chet is hugely respectful of boundaries and a woman's autonomy over her life and her body. He appreciates it and he will show that appreciation in a consensual manner. "Don't disrespect it" might just become my phrase for Chet.

After having a moment over Chet's behaviour in the office – Lysol is a sanitising product for those of us not in America – Ben launches straight into his address to the audience.

I will continue to love and appreciate the way that this show uses both the relationship between the characters to support and supplement the broadcast. On the weekend of Beyond The Falls Live it's never been more evident to me, sitting at home by myself and not halfway 'round the world, that both on the show and off it there's all kinds of relationships that factor in to making this show what it is. We are not just being talked at (like some podcasts with a direct address host), but we are also not just listening in and eavesdropping on the unfolding drama (like many others). We are just as much a part of this show as Sammy and Ben and Chet and Kyle and Noah and Trent (and Eric but he's not in this little scene so… sorry? Also we are a few minutes in to this episode and there's been no resolution for us on Troy's near-whatever experience at the end of the previous one. But more on that later).

There's a link to the notebook (Ben's, not the book/film) but it's quickly subsumed by moving on to the Mission Apparition show. Chet and the girls from the Red Rock are dismissive of the guys on the show and it opens up for the audience that Ben's derision towards Mission Apparition isn't personal or borne out of arrogance. These "experts" are not seen as being experts by people who live in a town where this is their daily. I've already talked about the curriculum at the school: the people of King Falls? They know it and they get it. They don't see it on Mission Apparition.

It's like when I watch shows set in schools.

But since we have a limited view of the town and the events and we are having everything presented to us though unreliable narrators it's just a nice way of confirming that this we can take at face value.

Chet calls the Mission Apparition guys "Nutterbutters": can I just say is him referring to them being nuts and not what the Urban Dictionary gives me? Please? Also I'm going to need a lot of Lysol myself.

It's 0255. Even in weird date format America that's not a(n obvious) one so let's go with the number view:

Angel number 255 consists out of number 2 and number 55. Number two symbolizes duality in life, which means you have two forces that are pushing you forward in life. Number 55 symbolizes new places, new ideas and new people.

Frederick Osbourne is today's advert, talking about your "fallen" loved ones. That's a very military way of looking at death and suggests a battle or a fight that they have not survived. On one level life is a battle that none of us are going to survive but given the arc of the Shadows which kicked off in a major way last episode and the upcoming appearance of Rich McGuff's apparition and the fight in the library? Might be something to this view.

This isn't quite an advert more of a PSA about disturbing graves. Who are the "higher ups" in this situation? And why are they digging up bones? That's… more than just Hallowe'en kicks. Rosenblum's appearance with digging tools might provide an answer for that.

"We're watching you."

That's… something. Who exactly is the 'we'? Watching implies observation and not action. You don't just watch while someone "knocks boots" on a grave or knocks over headstones. Watching is passive. You sit, you observe, you note.

Sammy comments that it's an "unusually warm evening" – this episode aired 15 October 2016 so that's one hell of an Indian summer. Global warming maybe, but things are not always as they seem here. Obviously the weather is a big part of the plot point come December so at the very least it's a nice little hint in the "Chekov's Gun" style of drama.

(Chekov's Gun – if you want to fire a gun in Act Three the audience need to see it in Act One. You want heat in December? It's unseasonably warm in October.)

Sammy asks Chet if he's on Twitter. He's not and he doesn't get all the "pound signs". For the Brits, that's this à # I don't know why it's called a pound sign so to the internet!

In the US it’s often called the pound key, because it has long been used to mark numbers related to weight, or for similar reasons the number sign (source)

There you go. Analytical and educational.

Cynthia calls in on line 9:

Number 9 is the number of Universal love, eternity, faith, Universal Spiritual Laws, the concept of karma, spiritual enlightenment, spiritual awakening, service to humanity, humanitarianism and the humanitarian, lightworking and lightworkers, leading by positive example, philanthropy and the philanthropist, charity,…

Pause for laughter.

In the midst of all the horror talk of Chet's "full court" Cynthia makes a comment about Sammy not knowing what email is. This is a running line and to date one of the ongoing mysteries that we will probably never get a definitive answer to. That, or it's the most significant plot point ever.

"You are in a spin and harassment free zone, Cynthia."

The harassment bit, I get the reference. The spin bit? Well… that's a little different. Yes, Chet will spin everything into a comment, but we tend to think of spin as something else and that speaks more about Shotgun Sammy than anything that Chet may (or may not) have said.

Spin (verb) give (a news story) a particular emphasis or bias.

That's Channel 13's purview. That was possibly Shotgun Sammy. As much as we love Sammy and Ben they are unreliable narrators but Sammy is very clear about his attempts to be as neutral as possible and Ben wants to be as famed a journalist as Cronkite and Brokaw. While we may not be able to trust them being 100% neutral we can trust that they are trying to be as spin-free as possible where possible.

Grisham and Burt Gladstone aren't spin free. And that seems to be where Cynthia is getting a lot of her rhetoric from.

Cynthia's obsession with Ben is out in full force – and while it may be legal it's just as creepy as the comments made about Chet with the younger ladies. It speaks so clearly to the hypocrisy that we have in society that if a man hooks up with a younger woman it's creepy and weird and disgusting, but good on ya gal for landing the younger man. Misogyny is alive and well in this episode and it's not coming from Chet. Cynthia's attitude towards Ben is passed off as a joke, as weird, as something to laugh about. But when Chet hits on Emily (and respects her knock back) it's creepy?

Nah.

But let me be clear. No one is saying that Cynthia's behaviour towards Ben is OK. I've seen it called out a lot on the Discord. I just wish that there was a comment on air about this to the same level as what we hear about Chet.

I feel like I'm forming a one-woman Chet defense group. I want a t-shirt with #TeamChet on. Back to the episode.

Cynthia is head of "Moms for Mayor Grisham" as she says "who else is there to even vote for?". Is she ignorant of who else is running (unlikely since she clearly listens to the show and apparently the 0200-0600 slot is prime time for running announcements), or is she so indoctrinated by Grisham that she doesn't see them as true opposition? It's like when Lord Buckethead ran against Theresa May in her constituency: it was a safe seat for her but there needs to be opposition for a democratic election and so any other candidates know they are there almost for show.

Lord Buckethead for PM.

When asked outright Sammy confirms his political allegiance. Cynthia's reasons for not voting for either Hershel or Ron are surface and illogical from a political standpoint�� and her reasons for voting for Grisham are the same. She loves him, references the "Best Small Town" awards, he's smart (yes), ethical (hah), dreamy (wut).

"Are you saying [Grisham's] not a catch? How blind are you?" "I'm not blind at all!"

Sammy does see Grisham for who and what he is. He always has. As the outsider he's coming into this situation fully able to see the propaganda that has pervaded the town and slowly become the norm.

Cynthia invokes her version of Godwin's Law in her usual blunt manner – Sammy is off the fence and is defensive about the comments about Hershel. He turns it back onto her in a 'those in glass houses' manner – "Chad and/or Brad" is still hilarious – and she deflects the blame onto someone else. It's dangerous when someone won't, or can't, accept any responsibility for their (in)actions and the consequences of them. As their mother Cynthia holds a degree of legal responsibility for her sons' actions as well as the moral responsibility you could argue in terms of teaching them right and wrong and punishing accordingly. But she deflects to Fran Turtletaub and her similarly rhyming named twins.

Names do hold meaning:

In German (Austrian), the word turteltaub means literally turtledove. (source)

Turtle doves are a symbol of friendship and love. A turtle dove is a type of light-brown dove which makes a soft pleasant sound and which is said to behave in a very affectionate way towards its sexual partner and its young.

Fran sounds like the better parent/person here, just in case you were in any doubt about Cynthia by comparison. (Fran also means "free" which arguably Cynthia is not given her seemingly indoctrinated opinions on the election.)

"…worse [influence] than vaccines."

Sammy's little sigh and pained change of subject is all of us. You can't argue with that. Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon: no matter what you do they're just going to knock over all the pieces and probably sh*t on the board. When Sammy tries to get Cynthia onto (any) topic she blames him for "rushing her" and losing her train of thought. Apparently Merv can't afford a lawsuit – what proof do you have of that, Sammy? Appearances are far too often deceptive in this. In #31 Sammy comments about Merv having good insurance (which is needed in #75!). He's "a name on a pay check" and so basically Merv and money are becoming somewhat synonymous. He's resisted the Red Rum roses and I've talked about how the station seems immune to the influences of the triumvirate. Also this one but I ran out of line to link. You don't get that if you're not significantly financially and powerfully independent.

The hotline calls in and we finally get confirmation that Troy survived "the ghost house" thing. Which they are never, ever, ever going to talk about again. We are mid argument between Troy and Ben and the Mission Apparition boys. Ben does some expository dialogue for us – they are there to steal the apparition and it takes Sammy prompting Ben with the "Cronkite, Brokaw, Ben Arnold" triple to get him to refocus.

Ben makes a Winona Rider reference (she was arrested for shoplifting) and Dan's comeback is about the new N-SYNC CD. Larry confirms they are there to "dine and dash old Abe": these two feel like a low rent version of HFB3 and Pete Myers. Dan calls Ben Joey Fatone who feels like he's more of a Justin Timberlake and calls Dan JC. Sammy wants them to work out who is "Lance Bass and… you know, the other one" (Chris Kirkpatrick) before they call in.

Ben tries to get Sammy up to speed about the "plot against the President" and Sammy is worried about the NSA listening in. It's the new take on the government agent always watching you but some things never changed. When Dan comes over he mentions Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) and Ben namedrops 'the other one'. The lyric and title battle is the best thing for this gal who grew up in the '90s:

Bye Bye Bye This I Promise You It's Gonna Be Me

Sammy gets in with "Tearin' Up My Heart"… and really? That's his choice?

It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you But when we are apart, I feel it too And no matter what I do, I feel the pain With or without you

*cough*Jack*cough*

Also Emily for Ben. But Google tells me that the song was originally pitched to the BSB but then given to N-SYNC so bonus points for Sammy trying to unite the warring boy bands.

Ben breaks with tradition and says that the Mission Apparition guys are planning to steal "President Lincoln's ghost" which is their language, not his. Which they just want to borrow for a White House Special. (Side note – can you imagine what the great emancipator would think of the Cheeto in Chief?) Not only do we hear about the episode we heard recorded back in #14 but we learn that it aired and Sammy watched it. Despite having visual evidence to go with what he heard he's still a skeptic and when he starts with the assumption of there being ghosts he's corrected to apparitions. Because this is Ben talking now.

Sammy is trying to hold on to rational thought and reason but he's fighting all three: Ben and Dan who both believe in this, and Larry who's created a "doodah" that will box up any "class one to five apparition, spirit, or vapour".

Dan starts filming and mentions Emily which gets Ben involved leading him to be called a "paranormal apprentice". Our self-confessed expert doesn't challenge this because he knows he's still learning. That kind of humility is why we love Ben.

Our attention shifts to a hearse watching them from across the lot. Leaving aside the death metaphor we already know what's going on and so it's no surprise that Pete Myers, I mean, Zeke Mitchell is there. Zeke Mitchell is an action adventure author with a love of motorcycles, Ezekiel Mitchell is a professional bull rider.

Pete wishes.

Pete Zeke leaves the flowers on Ben's car and so continues the aim of trying to get the boys to come around and be part of whatever the King Falls Illuminati are doing. Little things like this reminding us that Sammy and Ben aren't just being left alone in the wake of their continued defiance. Their 'no' is definitely not being respected.

Ben goes to check on what's going with Pete Zeke, Troy can't stop them from going into the library and talks to Sammy while there's some kind of explosion. He doesn't want to be alone and asks Sammy to stay on the line. We might not be talking about what happened two weeks ago but it's clear that whatever didn't happen has had a significant effect on Troy.

John Wilkes Booth has Dan by the leg and all Dan wants to do is keep on filming. When he pleads with JWB directly we hear that voice and we discover that it's actually Rich McGuff. There is definitely a "wheee" as Rich throws Dan across the library and you have to wonder if Rich has regressed since his murder or if he was always this petty and ridiculous and childish.

And all Dan wants to know is that Larry got it on film.

"Who dares disturb my slumber?"

The Cave of Wonders, otherwise known as Lincoln, gets involved. He and Rich team up and take on the "intruders in our humble abode". The fact that these apparitions have taken a library, some place not connected with either of their lives, as their home is an interesting matter. There have been two references to learning in this episode when talking about the library. Despite everything that has happened over the previous 35 episodes (and in the ones that follow) there is still so much we don't know. The library becomes the hub for that learning, for that exploration. Either the apparitions are drawn to it or they choose it. Either way there is more to that place than we know and as the keeper of that place Emily holds a greater significance than I think anyone realises.

"A house divided cannot stand."

This is a slight misquote from Lincoln's speech:

A house divided against itself, cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free.

The absence of the word 'itself' is interesting as it changes the meaning of the statement. "A house divided" means that you're not pulling together against a common enemy. "A house divided against itself" means you're fighting amongst yourself.

For a speech about slavery in an episode where we hear Cynthia's indoctrinated ignorance about politics it holds some heavy weighted meaning. The town is divided in the election; the arguments between Sammy and Ben about Emily and the notebook have divided them (and will further do so); we don't have them pulling against the common/bigger enemy but right now they're all fighting and dealing with their own demons.

That quote has Biblical origins:

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto him, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand (Matthew, 12:25)

By saying that a house divided cannot stand, Jesus is illustrating the fact that success relies on congruency. This is something we see in daily life all the time. Whether it is a machine, a sports team, a government party, or one’s own mind, things have to work together if anything is to be accomplished. The Bible says that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8) (source)

At this stage of the arcs we don't quite have them working together. Ben is still being secretive over everything notebook related, we still don't know who Sammy Stevens is, and Sammy is still pushing back against all the weird supernatural lore of the town. Our radio station is divided.

But so is the town. With the election being a true contest for once the vote is split. The town of King Falls is not united at the moment but this is actually a good thing. When it was united behind Grisham then he could turn that will to his own. Now we have breaks in the ranks and people uniting away from that control. Whether unity or division is the better thing depends on the aim and the intention. Grisham's aim and intention is clearly not in everyone's best interest and so the division serves the social need. But the division within the radio station? Not so much right now.

It's OK. It'll come.

Rich still has his ghost cough. Another little character nod without explanation. But turns out that Rich isn't the only childish apparition as they want to go and put Wilkes Booth's hand in warm water to make him wet the children's section.

Today, 9 June, is Discord mod Jen's birthday. My random fact is that you just need 23 people in a room to have a greater than 50% chance of having two people share a birthday.

Riddle me this: I have two (English) coins which total 52p. One of the coins is not a 50 pence piece. What are the two coins?

If you've made it this far, thanks. Sorry about the wait.

Be well, fandom.

Jen

Twitter: @jennyreyn

Discord: come play!

#king falls #king falls am #language of the falls #overthinking jen is overthinking #ben arnold #sammy stevens #kyle brown #eric kimelton #long post #sorry if the read more fails on mobile

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caveatauditor · 6 years ago

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Best albums of 2018

A marvelous year! Just because Drake albums are long and boring doesn’t mean the album is dead, you know.

1. Bali Baby, Baylor Swift

This 8-song EP, a fusion of SoundCloud rap, emo confessional, and glitzy synthpop, rocks harder and weirder than anything I heard all year. The spiky synthesizers, bent guitars, drum crunches, scratchy screeches, Bali’s garbled wails, and plastic bubblegum surface combine several modes of abrasion, as the Atlanta rapper hides a harrowing breakup saga beneath bucketloads of noise and the crackling electricity sets her bleeding heart ablaze. “Candy” and “Electrical” are neon new wave ballads distorted into fragility through harshness. Whenever she gets a handle on something, the beat goes squelch and sends her reeling. Oh, to be loud, obnoxious, and heartbroken. She’s been putting out fire with gasoline.

2. Ariana Grande, Sweetener

“Snuggle jams,” tweeted Austin Brown. We all needed snuggles this year! Although “Thank U, Next” and Thank U, Next have somewhat eclipsed the confectionary sugarbomb Instagram’s newly crowned Most Followed Woman released six months earlier, said sugarbomb continues to sparkle. Tired of flaunting her multioctave voice, Ariana leans into her breathy lower register and discovers her capacity for play. Tired of secondhand funk pastiche, Pharrell invents a sunny electrobouncy sound that abounds with pattering percussion, thwocks, squiggles, splashes of electronic color. Contextualized by the devastating, mournful grace of “Breathin” and “No Tears Left to Cry”, her joy feels urgent, beautiful, earned. Behold an album of exquisitely honeyed lightness. I love Sweetener because it’s the musical equivalent of booping someone on the nose.

3. BTS, Love Yourself: Tear

Because they both flatter and subvert even the most boring aspects of contemporary American pop, they broke through in America where countless Korean stars couldn’t, although that didn’t stop BoA and Girls Generation from trying. (I hope we haven’t forgotten BoA’s excellent self-titled English-language album, which includes the funniest Britney impersonations ever recorded.) Slow, moody, blank--these adjectives don’t quite describe BTS, thankfully, but they have reclaimed a rather empty pop style as a site for cognitively dissonant structural innovations, and thus offer hope that said pop style needn’t be so empty. Dense and streamlined simultaneously, stuffing all sorts of wacky noises into what Anglophone hitmakers have defined as a spare, echoey sonic template, these tracks are hard to wrap your ear around at first, but what noises! I could listen to the plinky little drumclicks in “Anpanman” forever.

4. Jonghyun, Poet Artist

“Take the Dive” and “Only One You Need” should play like standard romantic invitations and instead break a cold sweat in sheer terror. On “Hashtag” he’s content to whisper as long as the electric piano matches the beat in his head. “I’m So Curious” coaxes him into a sublimely cozy erotic space. The lightest and most delicate of pop-R&B exercises, shivering beneath an immaculately chilly surface, Jonghyun’s second and final album is beautiful and makes me sad. Rest in peace.

5. J Balvin, Vibras

The year’s solidest and bounciest Latin trap album is more sweetly melodic than the genre’s norm, but also harsher, which is disorienting. These beats, assembling lumbering, mechanical tanks out of looped vocal samples, clinky xylophones, keyboard scramble, and Balvin’s dreamy drone, are impossible to play in the background; I’ve tried. Maybe those blessed souls who can multitask with music on would feel differently, but every time I play this album I get sucked in, paralyzed by the chopped-up airhorns in “Ambiente”, the guitar strummed through a wind tunnel in “Brillo” (a duet with Rosalia!), the drums beeping in “Ahora”, the angel of death moaning inarticulately throughout “Cuando Tu Quieras”. If I also don’t understand how the hell clubgoers can dance to this music, please understand my bewilderment as admiration.

6. Playboi Carti, Die Lit

The debut was sufficiently spare to retain a semblance of pop functionality; this one’s a shoegaze record, the sound of rap abstracted into a gorgeous blur. The average Carti song is a single giant, repeated, woozy keyboard hook, glitching and jittering around the edges, a transmission from the hazy corner of the subconscious where bliss keels over into numbness and the senses conflate. The rapping is minimal; he chooses his sounds phonetically, not semantically, and gladly disappears beneath the relentless aqueous whoosh. Lyrics, guest features, tempo changes, coherent thoughts--if these things exist, they get swept up too. After years of hearing people moan on the radio about washing pain away with stimulants and such, here’s what it means to be insensate. Although the album wanders a little toward the end, who cares when it’s all one hypnotic song?

7. US Girls, In a Poem Unlimited

The music on this remarkable art-pop document assembles a creepy rubberoid disco groove from shards of glass, sleek rhythm guitar, controlled blasts of distortion, sordid saxophone; Meghan Remy treats white funk as industrial noise. The lyrics compile situation after situation in which women are abused, including a song where St. Peter rapes the narrator before letting her into heaven. Is this what “dialectic” means?

8. Haru Nemuri, Harutosyura

So raucous in the way it arranges sugary keyboard splashes, so catchy in the way it explodes with carefully timed bursts of electric noise, Haru Nemuri’s debut confounds categories. The Japanese noise-pop eccentric crams all the sounds she loves--raw guitars, bubbly synthesizers, anguished screams, conspicuous digital edits--into a glitchy hall of mirrors. For fans of certain video game soundtracks and experimental classical compositions, this is the music you’ve been imagining your whole life; for ordinary pop fans it’s merely the wackiest of syntheses. Either way, Harutosyura is gloriously loud, burning with a fierce rock grandiosity that’s unexpected, hence awesome. When “Harutosyura” gets artificially sped up into a chipmunked vacuum, pauses a moment, and comes back rocking harder than ever, she spirals ever closer to infinite refraction.

9. Erin Lee, Love Song

This strange album comprises ten instrumental pieces for unaccompanied acoustic guitar, plucking out pastoral melodies with a vaguely Mediterranean flavor, like music that might appear in a historical romantic drama featuring sailors, grapes, wine, and such. One could reasonably dismiss this music, but I can’t stop playing it--as with film scores and Snail’s House albums, there are certain qualities that make an instrumental melody intrinsically sentimental, and I’d love to know what they are. In the calmly strummed “My Hometown Harbor”, the sun sets over the water, the boats dock, shouts ring out from the pub several blocks down, and there’s danger in the air.

10. Ashley Monroe, Sparrow

“I’m good at leaving,” Ashley Monroe once sang, and these restless songs about departure and existential longing translate the impulse behind Joni Mitchell’s Hejira into country music, where it belongs. Country is the ideal genre for confessions of solitude and rootlessness because it’s supposed to imply rootedness, tradition, community; the juxtaposition conveys a sense of profound rupture. Monroe’s velvet moan and Dave Cobb’s theatrical string arrangements are exemplary bedmates. Hidden beneath a soft, warm glow lies the year’s loneliest album.

11. Gazelle Twin, Pastoral

When I first heard this crunchy slab of avant-dance music, the shrieks and chalkboard scratches and keyboards used as percussive elements jarred; it took several listens to notice that some of the scratches are digitally altered harpsichords, that flutes and sleigh bells adorn the otherwise turbulent tracks, and that Elizabeth Bernholz’s artificially growled lyrics repurpose quotes from Blake and English folk songs into angry social commentary. The segue between “Dance of the Peddlers” and “Hobby Horse” still terrifies me. If the idea of an ironic, politically-minded fusion of electronic dissonance, English folk, and classical music sounds mannered and absurd, you’re not wrong, but that idea’s musical realization is a whirlwind of rage and menace.

12. Amnesia Scanner, Another Life

This Finnish, Berlin-based pair of electronica producers have scored gallery openings and reportedly have many thoughts about technology and modern life, so I don’t doubt they have their avant-credentials in order. What I’m certain of is that these are the funniest EDM squelches I’ve heard in ages--distorted drops, vocoded shrieks, percussive jackhammers, digitally mediated farts and belches, not to mention outrageously catchy hooks. If the hyperactive musical splatter is intended to convey the sensory overload of our modern dystopian age, it also satisfies my own longing for music that bristles with noises, kitsch, stimulus.

13. Ski Mask the Slump God, Stokeley

In 2009, the Albuquerque emo-rap group Brokencyde combined maximalist crunk with bloodcurdling screamo choruses, and were widely panned as a record low point in pop music history. “Even if I caught Prince Harry and Gary Glitter adorned in Nazi regalia defecating through my grandmother’s letterbox I would still consider making them listen to this album too severe a punishment,” claimed one NME review. A decade later, the same exact music is now considered the surreal, groundbreaking, SoundCloud-warped future. Be careful who you mock, lest their ghost come back to haunt you.

14. Rosalia, El Mal Querer

Rosalia’s flamenco-R&B uses cool, exact technological control, sparse electrobeats and syncopated handclaps, to modulate a ferocious natural force, i.e. her singing. A modern adaptation of the anonymous 13th-century novel Flamenca, El Mal Querer is a wild exercise in vocal melodrama, especially because she’s always messing with her voice electronically. Layering her sighs over each other in the endless echo chamber that is “Pienso En Tu Mira”, looping a single note into an isolated stutter in “De Aqui No Sales”, showing off her melisma in “Reniego”, she understands how expression must be filtered through media and is inevitably distorted.

15. Noname, Room 25

The Chicago rapper’s fluttery jazz beats, wispy strings, woodwinds, and hushed rhymes are so calm and thoughtful the music sounds more like slam poetry with accompaniment than any conventional style of rap. By describing love, sadness, police violence, and the banality of daily life in the same cautiously awestruck tone, she depicts an internal resilience that comes into being through the act of aspiration. I love how slight this album is--her modest quietude is a splash of cold water in the face.

16. Sunmi, Warning

The former Wonder Girl refashions herself as a defiant siren-heroine, insisting “Get away out of my face” over electrobeats that crest and surge with military efficiency. Although the singles from this 7-song EP got the attention, her most exquisitely sheathed stiletto is “Curve”, whose bent jazz piano complements a chorus of staccato whispers that should sound inviting and instead exude menace.

17. Hailu Mergia, Lala Belu

After several reissues of his ‘80s music by Awesome Tapes From Africa, here’s the Ethiopian jazz keyboardist’s first album in forever, looking back on a genre of retro-futurist cocktail music whose benevolent visions of a utopian clubland didn’t come to pass, for how could they, but are ready to be reclaimed. Over relaxed drum shuffles, friendly plinky piano, billowing organ, Mergia coaxes weird noises from skewed, accordionesque synthesizers and dreams about parties where such music could play.

18. Haruru Inu Love Dog Tenshi, Lost Lost Dust Dream

The next time you hear someone complain about SoundCloud rap, please direct them to this eerie, plaintive, whispered exercise in polished incongruence. “I’m Dreaming” captures the moment when you’re still asleep but trying to wake up, straining to clear the clouds from your brain.

19. Camp Cope, How to Socialise and Make Friends

With hundreds of lo-fi Bandcamp mixtapes bouncing around out there, I can’t explain why one guitar band moves me rather than another, but there’s an emotional rawness to this album that rivets. Partially it’s the rhythm guitar sound, which skips along with syncopated flatness and resilience. Partially it’s the sharpness of Georgia Maq’s voice, and the way she uses drawn-out vowels to focus and redirect her sustained roars. Partially it’s the songwriting, which finds an antidote to the world’s grossness in friendship, community, quiet moments of kindness. If you’re exhausted and fed up after a lifetime of taking shit, venting your feelings to the simple clunk of loud guitar music is a pleasure precisely because it’s simple and clunky. “Get it all out/put it in a song,” she insists, endorsing and providing a cathartic fury.

20. Bhad Bhabie, 15

Danielle Bregoli’s ebullient chirps are joyfully defiant only insofar as defiance is a front for insecurity. Aggressive trap beats turned covertly melancholy long ago, but in this context the sadness is unmistakable. Everyone is a public figure in the age of social media, so her anxiety over existing in the public sphere is at once quotidian and heightened. This album is scarier than anyone expected.

#favorite albums #best of 2018 #bali baby #ariana grande #bts

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movedlololololol · 2 years ago

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I NEED SUM1 2 BUY ME CRUNK!!! ENERGY OR IM GONNA DIE

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saportuh · 6 years ago

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ok panic concert highlights

(plus some personal adventures)

this was the portland show on the 12th k

so it was a fuckin hour and a half drive bc where i fuckin live now is far away from everything i hate it anyway that sucked & i ran my phone down to 80 percent during said drive which proved problematic

we get there (me & my lil sis) & our dad drops us off & we run up & im bitching about how weird the fucking venue is (it’s normal, it’s just not what i’m used to - in vegas the venues were typically in the casino/resorts so you lined up inside the halls & sat against the walls & tourist-watched, in this venue u stood outside in a line???? ughhh)

so we approach the line & something happens, i’m gonna make a separate post about it because holy shit

befriended two excitable gay kids, maybe 8th or 9th grade?? & i was like woah i was u once. now im old & jaded. eugh. then they bailed on me so.

we got into the arena & were on the wrong fucking side so we had to JOG all the way AROUND THE WHOLE FUCKINGN PLACE UGH

THEN WE GOT IN & SAT IN THE WRONG SEATS so the guy next to me (dad w a thick accent, maybe ukranian?? it wasn’t russian but it was close) politely informed me & i was like fuck well until they get here we’ll stay, but i had anxiety so during an arizona song i pretended to go to the bathroom & came back to look for our actual seat, someone took it so i pussied out & went back, had hella anxiety about it, then before hayley the ppl showed up so we had to move & i had to kick some preps out of their seat & they called my lil sister a bitch ;-;

OK SO ONTO THE PERFORMERS

arizona was cute, gotta check them out... singer kept getting emotional & wiping his eyes, it was sweet, and he was hella feeling himself dancing & stuff lmaoo. idk em but im proud of them.

HAYLEYYYYYYYYYYY her dancing & drumming & outfit??? also all the lesbians/wlw getting crunk in the crowd was so damn good haha

ALSO shout out to hayley’s band, they were so cute??? the guitarist & her kept having moments & he seemed like a cool dude, & the girl on synths was so pretty omg??? & smiley i loved her. & the drummer, they were goin so hard i couldnt get a good look, but they had kewl hair

“if you don’t know anything about me, there’s one thing you should know: I LOVE GIRLS” there was so much gay energy at that show i was teary the whole damn time

k confession, i love everything about hayley but i find her voice a little grating on the ears, something about it, but it was super angelic live & didn’t bug me once, & wanna be missed fucked me up cuz it’s my fucking f a v

SHE DID THE DRUMMY IT WAS HOT

her oufit was so damn iconic rlly tho, the pants & shoes totes fit her but wouldn't look good on anyone else, but that shirt, the hot dad look w the open v & all the jewelry, holy fuck that’s how im tryna be

during girls like girls, everyone had their lights out & there was a bunch of pride flags out, and i got this gorgeous shot of a gay pride flag illuminated by lights (i posted it)

most of the songs they played between the breaks were gay themed too which was powerful dude i was so damn emotional

then during the countdown to panic, they played the next episode by dre (the “smoke weed every day” song) & then africa by toto jsfndjfndjskfnjdk

THEN PANIC CAME OUT

WHOLE ASS STRING & BRASS SECTION BDEN RLLY WENT THERE WOAH

KENNY & NICOLE WERE SO CUTE THE WHOLE TIME THEY KEPT GOOFING AROUND ESPECIALLY KENNY IT WAS ADORABLE

THEN BREB POPPED OUT THE DAMN FLOOR

ok several things about breb

one, i never was heavy into panic, but considering how obsessive i was into bandom a few years back, i still know a lot about early panic, livejournal shit, ryden bullshit, etc, so it was really weird being there with normies who were just like “he’s hot & sings good” when i was like “yall lucky fucks never heard of myrtle beach ” dsjfnjsdnfds

two, four years into panic & i never was attracted to brendon, but dude, EVERYONE fell in love with him at this show, myself included, & i was starin at this bitch ass motherfucker in a trance before i was like “wait ur a bastard STOP U ENDEARING DICKWAD” he was so fucking endearing it was ANNOYING cuz i’ve seen some of the shit he’s pulled damnit. srsly tho, so absolutely charming, wow.

three, and what stuck with me most; brendon loves what he does. a little bit of exhibitionism, i think; he likes ppl looking at & admiring him, he’s that type of person, a showman, but also, i think he just loves making music, people singing along to the music, etc. ive been to eight concerts now, and i don’t think i’ve seen someone who clearly loved being on stage so much. a lot of ppl act like it’s a chore to tour, but brendon clearly loves it, and it made me happy, especially as an aspiring musician.

four, the straighties drooling over him and the gays drooling over him was truly straight/gay solidarity

ok what else happened... brendon would throw in random ass high notes towards the ends of songs... my sister looked at me super alarmed when he first did it during dtmwagt lmfao... ppl would cheer & it was impressive, but kinda piercing & i was like “show off” lol

HE DID THE ‘I MAKE THESE HIGH HEELS WORK’ thing, i thought he retired tht?? so i was pleased lmfao

i dont rmr anything that stands out about ready to go or la devotee but the lights & backgrounds during them were very pretty & i got some good pics of brebbois face (i finally got semi decent quality pics im rlly happy abt tht, concerts r so hard to photograph)

hallelujah was cool cuz there were, like, those catholic(?) church windows projected on the top part of the stage, it was pretty af, they rlly outdid themselves with the visuals

and mona lisa had like pipes & industrial stuff?? idk it looked dope, and it contrasted rlly cool it was super pretty

nine in the afternoon,,,, the only pretty odd song... i dont even like pretty odd but it was like,,, damn. & he had the piano, total live in denver vibes ;-; but he wasnt dripping sweat this time lmao

golden days, brebweenie knows hes hot, kept winking & doing mic flips & shit & i was like u fucken weenie ive seen that pic of u w a bowl cut in a bra, die

k he’s a fuckin bastard but hhe’s pretty & talented fuckin big ego bitch ... can yall tell i hav a lovehate relationship w him bc i do

I GOT THIS ONE PART ON VIDEO DURING GOLDEN DAYS WHERE KENNY & NICOLE R FUCKING AROUND & MAKING FACES & GOOFING IT’S SO CUTE

during casual affair in the chorus, the mic would echo each word (just lay (lay) in the atmosphere (sphere) & the ‘lay’ was rlly good on my ears idk sometimes certain vocal notes sound GOOD & that was one i keep replaying it

SO VEGAS LIGHTS as yall kno i was born & raised in vegas & a vegasfucker69 it’s my fucking home i moved last november (not my choice) & miss it violently & i was CRYING during vegas lights hard & it was so beautiful im gonna watch the video i got over & over & over that song means so much to me IM SO FUCKING HOMESICK

speaking of which, im pretty bitter i didnt see panic in vegas, this was my first panic show & that kinda bothers me, like i should’ve seen them in vegas a few yrs ago but it never worked out.... still, im grateful i saw them at all & im glad i saw the song live. i had my fob snapback on too, it says ‘las vegas’ on it cuz i got it there haha, wore that on purpose

he did the fucking running man thing towards the end & everyone cheered & i was like dONT ENABLE HIM

sat down during dancing’s not a crime cuz im a bitch who doesn’t like half the new record & also my knees hurt cuz im old apparently, anyway this chick glared at me then sang every word wat a fuckin prep lmao

o yah i forgot, in golden days he got in the crowd & let a girl sing the last chorus it was amazing i bet that made her life

AND DURING DOAB HE WALKED THRU THE CROWD that was SO FUCKING ENDEARING i was like “wow what a guy” then i was like “HE’S A BITCH U KNOW HIM” & i was like “hmm??? what a guy” but omg he made so many people happy it was really beautiful & sweet & i was like... half in love & then i came to my senses jksjfhjsdhfkjsdn

RLLY THO HE WALKED THRU THE CROWD & HIGH FIVED PPL & SHIT & GAVE HUGS & TOOK ART/LETTERS IT WAS SO DAMN GOOD HE WAS SO SWEET & LEGIT EVERYONE WAS FALLING FOR HIM & I WAS LIKE SUFFERING

legit guys, like it’s weird i used to watch his parascopes in 2015 or w/e & he’d say some Bad shit on there sometimes, like ik he does some messy shit BUT HE ACTED SO FUCKING LOVELY BLEH

also he’s very short, like he’s 2 inches taller than me but he looked so little in the crowd i was like... aw

the piano thing ;-; it was rlly pretty but my paranoia & anxiety was off the charts i was like that things gonna fucking fall & crush the crowd it’s gonna fucking fALL but it didnt ofc but i was stressed bleghh

but ok on a positive note, that was soo fucken lovely, bden stopped to try to make eye contact with as many ppl in as many places of possible, like he made the effort to get to everyone & make them have a special moment & it was ... magical ok thts fucken cliche as shit but it rlly was

ok i did smth lowkey embarrassing, i doubt he saw, but when he faced towards us i was just overwhelmed w like.. gratitude?? ive had a bad 2 years in every way, so being somewhere filled with love & fun & kindness & joy & all around good vibes, i was so grateful? i just wanted to thank him for creating that kinda atmosphere. so i like,,, blew kisses but not in a weird way, like later i was like oh that was kinda weird whyd i do that, but at that moment i didnt use my head & it was jus my instinctual way of saying thank u idk it’s lame but it happened so there ya go idfk

fun fact, my vid of it is out of focus cuz i was so enamored watching him & watching the crowd react it was pretty fucking magical it rlly was

once he got down from that piano he went “wow i feel so fucking inspired now” & i was like “bitch me too tf”

legit it was absolutely indescribable, even watching my vid now.... wow. and u can hear me lightly crying in the back of my video too lmao, and i was shaking p hard, it was so fucking magical. like im getting emotional rn cuz it was exactly what i needed to remind myself that there is good stuff in the world thats worth staying for.

i never was super big on panic or breb like i said but if i ever meet him im gonna thank him bc that. wow. transformative.

also that transition from the piano cover he did to dying in la was smooth af. it was all around gorgeous.

OK GIRLS GIRLS BOYS, I WAS SO CONCERNED W FILMING I COULDNT PUT MY LIGHT ON (i had a red heart) BUT OMG

he got a bi flag first, then a rainbow one, then another rainbow one... one was those hayley ones lol, and one ended up on the stage out of his eyesight & he never saw it & i felt so bad fjdnfds

G-D ALL THE GAYS SINGING WAS SO EMOTIONAL & THE RAINBOW BEHIND THEM ON STAGE (AND PAN FLAG COLORS AT TIMES?!??!?!)) IT WAS FUCKING MAGICAL & BRENDON LET A FLAG DRIFT IN THE WIND FOR A SEC BEFORE HE PUT IT ON IT WAS GORGEOUS

AND ALL THE RAINBOW LIGHTS IN THE CROWD FUCK DUDE

breb might be a turd but he’s the only one of these emo dudes who parades around draped in flags & so aggressively empowers gay fans through it, and for that, i respect him. ik the song has more perverse origins but now it’s a bi anthem that rlly connects w lgbt fans & it’s rlly beautiful, AND i got another gorgeous shot of a pride flag surrounded by lights & im just. wow.

after, breb said “that is gorgeous btw” about the rainbow lights, and “thank u for participating in love” & giggled, i got this shot of the lights in the dark lookin incredible ;-;

also said “this a record number of flags tonight, very cool” so portland is rlly gay apparently, kewl

nicole doin the nicotine bass line slayed me dead wowie u can hear me go “WOO” on the vid lmfao (im a bassist so i lov her double)

ive seen miss jackson live twice now cuz at my monumentour show, new politics brought lolo out to cover it so that’s dope lmfao

anyway bden did the fuckin valley girl voice for “the scenery is so loud” which was delightful

he had us do the ‘ayyyy’ bit woo

NICOLES BASS,,, SPARKLY

drum thingy ;-; speaking of monumentour, andy & patrick famously did a drum off & i MISSED IT cuz the stage at my venue wasnt large enough to fit both sets ;-; so they didnt do it ;-; but bden doin his own drum solo kinda made up for it a little bit

fuckin show off tho he played like 3 instruments & i was like u bitch stop

there was some kinda audio sample that went “i got a fever & the only prescription is more caffeine(?)” & bden mouthed the words along, and some girl behind me went “SAME”

UPDATE: googled it, i knew i recognized chris walken’s voice, he says cowbell not caffeine & it’s a skit from snl that i’ve SEEN im a disgrace anyway that was fun also woo cowbell

the big screen kept cutting from bden drumming to a shot of the crowd & someone holding a pride flag & i was like yah drumming is gay now

lmao i only filmed like a minute of a song unless i rlly liked it so i could spend the rest of the song gettin funky right?? & i like king of the clouds but not a ton, but i filmed the whole thing cuz the visuals were so pretty lmfaooo i jus was staring at them like wowwww prettyyyyy

during the ‘i dont feel anything at all’ he looked rlly sad & i couldnt tell if it was genuine or if he was goin for like a pouty look djfdsjfndjks then right after he winked so ig pouty thx breb

at some point he introduced nicole&kenny plus the strings & brass ppl as “his friends” it was sweet & he was like “these lovely ladies” about the strings & “these handsome men” about the brass & i was like WOO GAY RIGHTS

FIRE DURIN CRAZY EQUALS GENIUS. BOZ FLASHBACKS. FIRE ON MY FACE HUNDREDS OF FEET AWAY. FEAR. DONT LIKE FIRE. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. KENNY WAS TOO CLOSE. FEAR.

a whole arena singing bohemian rhapsody 25+ years after freddie mercury’s death was Incredible, i dont believe in afterlives but if there is one i hope he was watching & enjoying & knowing his legacy was staying alive bc wow that was powerful

THE END WAS CRUNK AF HOLY SHIT BDEN GOT DOWN

i cant believe i remember the day emperors came out like,,,, jeez. so lit live tho

I HAVENT MENTIONED HIS SPARKLY SUIT YET. KING OF SPARKLY SUITS

BRENDON DOIN HIS HIGH NOTE BIT & THE STAGE LIGHTING UP FULLY ON FIRE FUCK DUDE

bitchden took his shirt off when he came out for the encore..... bitch

SINS,,, FUCK DUDE,,,, MY CHILDHOOD WAS CRYING HHYSTERICALLYYY,

in the background of my vid u can hear me do the ‘ily’ ‘ily’ from the mv emo ass

my lil sis got fucken turnt to sins lmfaooo??? danced her ass off???

us: W H O R E bden: ily

VIOLINISTS GETTIN WILD TOO

they played footage of the music vid & breb & his fuckin iconic outfit & i was a lil emo kid again omg i cant believe i saw it live

he did funny voice durin calls for a toast nerd ... least he’s not entirely bitter abt songs ryan wrote anymore tho lmao... or maybe he is considering theres only two on the 30 song setlist ;-;

i gotta listen to afycso again damn it’s so iconic

oh yah at some bit he said “ive been doing this for 14 years, im 31 now” & it reminded me like.. most of these emo bands, they started so young. & got successful at such a young age. it’s so crazy. idk. wow.

he got growly during the chorus, that’s pstump’s thing beeb dont steal it lmao

CONFETTI fitting ending, & i got him walking off which is cool, other bands it goes dark & they just kinda disappear & it’s unsatisfying ;-;

so yah i finally saw breadman live, i got 400 pics and 30 videos so that all got spam posted over the last few days lmao

#finally posting it lmao #81218 #long post -

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Short story directionary for all my Illuzi and boston content!

This is illuzi, a cool teen cleric who is secretly a noble forced to fake her own death due to her tiefling blood.

I like a lot of the stories I’ve done for her, and below you’ll find links to them, as well as short summaries.

Ω = side story/optional to the arc. These are generally good at filling in some things, but not vital to understanding the story.

Illuzi hih Saars

Illuzi hih saars (or rather, Thalia Saars Bearhaven) is a chronic liar, a noble who had to flee her family due to her demon ancestry.

Main story (in chronological order)

Arc 1-

A secret tiefling becomes less so, and a not-orphan finds a new family.

Unsent letters Ω

Entries from her diary, background information on 'the story thus far' and some characters. Not fully required but good base content, as it semi summarizes the party/illuzi/the rough plotline.

when illuzi met alexios (and got totes mad crunk)

Illuzi as a child met Alexios, sort of. Years later, she meets him again. Main story and suggested read.

Illuzi saars Bearhaven had a mother once

Illuzi, exposed as a tiefling to her friends, feels uncomfortable. It doesn't help she's in her hometown for the first time in years.

Day one

Life as a tiefling is a strange idea to Illuzi, and she feels at a loss of her identity: noble, cleric, urchin, tiefling, human... who is she?

An ill advised letter

Illuzi writes a letter to Alexios with a simple plea: consider marrying me. I want to go home.

The kids aren’t alright Ω

After reading Alexios' (premature) will, Illuzi realizes he's a good person, and deals with the return of her old crush.

Hey

With Alexios gone, Illuzi reflects on their short time together, and writes to Alexios, hoping to meet again.

Arc 2-

Being a teen is all about finding yourself, and also holy relics, semi-boyfriends, and your place in the cosmic balance of the universe.

More unsent letters Ω

Illuzi continues to reflect on her journey in her journal, coming more to terms with her situation and life, mostly about her family.

Illuzi at sea Ω

Illuzi travels to Alysium by boat. It's a lot of work and not a lot of fun.

What up I'm illuzi I'm 16 and I never fucking learned how to read Ω

A wild magic storm has a strange, frightening side effect.

My great-grandpa, the great duke of Hell

Illuzi meets her demon (grand)dad. He offers her a deal she shouldn't take.

Book in a beating for later

Alexios is at the palace in Alysium, goddamit. Illuzi has too much on her mind to be mad at him. Mostly she just wants some weed.

Backstory Ω

(in order of timeline)

Acceptable hobbies, thoughts, and ferns

Thalia and her cousin only sort of get along. At least they both like books.

Perfect Silence

Young Thalia meets a tiefling in the woods. She doesn't understand why the girl is so scared.

Thalia and the first death

Thalia has seen many creatures die before. Is that why she doesn't flinch when she kills, or is it something worse in her blood?

She, alone

Alone for the first time in her life, teenage Thalia does not know what to do next. She wanders a strange new world, afraid.

Do what you must

Illuzi works at a temple to the Traveller, but she's never been one for religion. All she's trying to do is survive.

The Heaven Heist

She practices prayer as courtesy for staying in the house of the Traveller- it is a surprise when she feels something back.

Bad with kids

Illuzi loves fairytales, but she is getting too old for them, isn't she?

Heavy-headed

Coming soon! She meets tieflings and tells them her story.

Illuzi bonus Ω

a very small note

A note Illuzi gives her friends shortly after they learn she's a tiefling.

Bearhaven Family Tree

Some brief images and information about Illuzi and her immediate family.

Kaarina ill Bearhaven is a mother now

A look at Illuzi's mother Kaarina, her life, and the choices she made.

Memes

It's a bunch of memes.

Illuzi discussion danger zone

A chat conversation on Illuzi and her general attitudes and life.

Songs for Illuzi

A playlist of Illuzi songs.

Boston Ransom C'ti

An aasimar, Boston is tired of people viewing him as one thing, and became a warlock in an attempt to be remembered for something else. His stuff is a lot less serious than Illuzi's.

Backstory (Chronological, suggested starting place)

Boston: unchained

Boston secretly studies how to commune with a fiend while balancing his complicated home life.

How to train your pseudodragon

Boston, perpetual failure, keeps screwing up his summon familiar spells. He heads into town to buy one himself.

Boston: unleashed

Coming soon! Boston at the height of his power.

Canon story

In a world that was

Boston flickers between dreams and memories and experiences in between as he is trapped in the beholder's pool. He isn't sure what is real and what isn't, but nothing is good, and everything burns.

Boston: undone Ω

Boston awakens, dead.

To awoo or not to awoo

Boston considers keeping the curse of a werewolf, even if it's not a clever idea.

Boston Bonus

Boston's family

Short bios on Boston, his sister, and his mothers.

Songs for Boston

A playlist for Boston.

#dnd #ocs #dungeons and dragons

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