#31 to 32 ratio

[s0ull3ss-p3rs0n]

The best trio to ever listen to Caramelldansen is:

-Hates speaking Swedish

-Does not know what Swedish is, mishears the lyrics, does not care

-Does not know what Swedish is, mishears the lyrics, does care

[delta-lethonomia]

There's a reddit thread on the BG3 sub where the user u/InklingRain posted a spreadsheet they made with all the companion approvals. Super useful in general both for playing the game and for fic, so I thought I'd post it on tumblr and play around a little!

There's a top row with the average approval by companion, but I didn't find that very useful, so I changed it to the count of approvals (i.e. count of approvals & disapproval total, how often a companion had a reaction to something). We all know Astarion gives a lot of disapprovals here and there, but they're only -1 at a time, so no big deal, right?

No. Minsc has the least at only 45 reactions, Halsin at 95, Minthara at 145, and of the main companions, Gale is pretty average at 198, Lae'zel at 224, and Shadowheart, rather opinionated at 258...

but that's nothing compared to Astarion's 406. That's almost 150 more than the next person!!! That's more than Minthara and Shadowheart combined! Babygirl really woke up one day and decided to get in a snit over everything that happens 😂

(Longer post about count of positive and negative opinions, sum of approvals and disapprovals, and some major outliers below. Picture with values at the very end.)

But that's a bit disingenuous. If we look at the ratio of positive to negative opinions (not taking value into account), Astarion's pretty average at 30% (negative count over sum count, so let's call that negativity). This is similar to Gale (31%), Karlach (30%), and Lae'zel (32%). In theory, getting Astarion's approval or disapproval is just as easy as any of theirs, with a 20% bias towards positive approvals. Later companions are weighted heavily towards the lower end of the spectrum, with Jaheira at 13% negativity and Minsc at 9%. As you only get them very late, it's pretty clear that the game gives you a lot of opportunities to get their approvals and thus open up more of their quests and dialogue.

However. We have an outlier. Wyll Ravenguard, clocking in at an indecent 38% negativity! Which really just goes to show, while Astarion is the most opinionated, Wyll has the most disapprovals, making him the judgiest companion of all 🤣

However, this really wouldn't be a good post if we didn't look at the value of approvals. Karlach, for instance, has the strongest disapproval value of -100 (given if you sleep with her and then call it a mistake). Ouch. This is clearly at outlier and doesn't say much about Karlach's changeability of opinion in general. If we look at the sum of positive and negative opinions, this is a very heavy swing, making up 100 points of her total 191 disapproval points possible to her 281 approvals total. Another outlier is Minsc, who currently possesses a 43% disapproval percentage (a heavy -50 disapproval given if you sacrifice him to Sarevok. Jaheira, by contrast, apparently doesn't give a damn, or her value might simply not be included in the dateset.)

Removing outliers is really a matter of opinion here, so I'll only remove the most extreme swings, such as the above mentioned disapprovals.

The otherwise strongest swings are Astarion (-15 for telling him it was a mistake preventing him from drinking Araj's blood, or saying you only wanted to sleep with him, not deal with his trauma) and Wyll (+20 for siding with Karlach during his confrontation with her, which really shows he didn't really want to kill her and is very grateful you stopped him). Halsin gives +40 for reuniting Oliver with Thaniel, which...lifting the shadow curse is sort of his life's mission, and a bit of a unique case, so while it makes sense, I think it's such a unique event that can't be topped by anything else and will remove it. Jaheira give +20 for extending the Emperor's protection to Minsc, and, for funsies, Minthara's heaviest disapproval is -5 for donating to Lolth at the Stormshore Tabernacle. (lol)

I only chose to remove the aforementioned Karlach, Minsc, and Halsin values, as they're all very large swings and rather character-defining or personal to the individuals mentioned, so I don't think it says much about them in a more general day-to-day sense.

Now, using the sums of our negative and positive values, Gale is our most Negative Nancy, clocking in at 37%, which goes to show that while he's pretty average for the amount of things he cares about, when he disapproves, it's a strong one. Next up is Astarion at 35%, and Wyll at 34%. Lowest are Jaheira and Minsc at 7% and 4% respectively, which makes an intuitive sort of sense: Jaheira is old and just over being upset by the players poor choices, and Minsc is an insanely positive person overall. The next most positive companion is Halsin at 13%, which also matches with his vibe pretty well, followed by Minthara at 17%, Karlach at 24%, Lae'zel at 26%, and Shadowheart at 28%.

Tl;dr: Astarion has many, many opinions, but Wyll is the most judgemental (most disapprovals compared to approvals possible). However, when it comes to the strength of those disapprovals, Gale reigns supreme, followed by Astarion.

If don't break Karlach's heart, help Halsin achieve his life's ambition, or sacrifice Minsc, then they're pretty positive overall. Later companions are heavily weighted to approve of your actions, and Minthara is comparatively judgemental, but overall far more easy to gain approval than disapproval from.

If you take the average of all these values and include the later companions to look at as a personality "baseline" of how judgy and how strong those disapprovals may be, then...the Act 1 companions are all dramatic af, which really should come to no ones' surprise, while Karlach is the most willing to give the benefit of the doubt imo.

[pandenewie]

Dress Coded Masterlist

SYNOPSIS:

Dress codes are dumb. And everyone in school agrees. So why is the dear student council president Yang Jungwon so insistent on upholding such a stupid rule? And why is Y/n so insistent on changing his mind?

OR

Y/n finds a new way to break the dress code each day, purely to spite the student council president and make him change the stupid rule. But what started as a simple act of rebellion soon takes a turn as more is found out about the goody-two-shoes president. 

PAIRING: jungwon x gn!reader

GENRE: nonidol!au, highschool!au, socialmedia!au, sorta fake dating (you'll see), mild enemies to lovers, fluff, suggestive, angst (light), cursing, attempted humour. Ft. Enhypen Ni-ki + Jay + Jake, P1Harmony Soul + Jongseob, Kep1er Bahiyyih + Hikaru (+ Youngeun mention), Le Sserafim Eunchae, IVE Wonyoung, ZB1 Ricky, Seventeen Wonwoo

**any pictures used of "yn" are for outfit descriptions only and do not represent yn's gender/race/physical appearance in any way :))**

STARTED: 08/04/23

FINISHED: 02/10/23

STATUS: completed

PROFILES:

Sk8ter Bois | H2hoes

CHAPTERS:

00 - The Dress Code | 0.3k words

01 - White Privilege

02 - Pu$$y Gang

03 - A Little Manipulation

04 - Manifesting

05 - when bae gets you in trouble | 1.9k words

06 - Shota's Minecraft Girlfriend

07 - It's my turn to use the braincell

08 - It's Giving Control Freak | 1.7k words

09 - Enemies 👹 to Enemies 😊

10 - Damage Control

11 - I have the mind of a mastermind

12 - Potato Chips | 1.8k words

13 - DRUGS?? 😱😱

14 - Real Men Clean Bathrooms | 2.4k words

15 - Dr Dilf

16 - L + Ratio + Y/n will never love you

17 - Stuco Rizz | 2.1k words

18 - From homies to nomies

19 - De-yassified

20 - Mama I'm in love with a criminal | 1.6k words

21 - Prison Wife Era

22 - Family Vacation | 2.9k words

23 - Please No Feelings | 2.5k words

24 - Trauma Bonded ❤ | 1.9k words

25 - BREAK HIS HEART ❗❗

26 - This wasn't part of the plan | 1.9k words

27 - Gold Star

28 - Good Boy Gone Bad ❌ Good Boy Gone Sad ✔

29 - If it isn't the consequences of my own actions

30 - No More Hobocore

31 - Somebody that you used to know | 1.2k words

32 - Jongseob Marriage Counsellor

33 - Cute, platonically

34 - Where we went wrong | 3.2k words

35 - Ronald McDonald if he slayed

36 - No More Mr Nice Guy

37 - It's Giving Grease | 3.0k words

38 - The Updated Dress Code | 0.5k words

39 - Do-over Date | 2.6k words

FINALE - #savejungwonfromyn

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[donnies-low-empathy]

Rise Bad Future Timeline AU Ask Game

(Made for people like me who have too many thoughts and no good way to articulate them)

As is ask game etiquette, please send an ask to the person you reblog from!

General Questions:

1. �� How big is the Resistance? Roughly how many people?

2. 🏠 What’s their base like? Do they have multiple?

3. ⛺️ Have they ever had to move bases?

4. 📡 Are there groups other than the Resistance? Are they on the same side?

5. 🍽️ How do they handle food and water?

6. 🐥 Are there any animals left?

7. 🩹 Who’s the medic? Are there multiple?

8. 🌟 Is there new art (music, painting, drawing, etc) being made in-universe? What’s it like?

9. 🪑 Is there a specific group of people making decisions? Who’s in it?

10. ⚔️ How does the Resistance decide who fights? Is it voluntary, involuntary?

11. 💣 How often do fights (physical or verbal) break out in the Resistance?

12. 🧪 Is there a way to un-krang-ify people? Will there be? If so, are there limits?

13. 🧫 How are illnesses and viruses dealt with? Are they more dangerous than before the apocalypse?

14. 🪽 What’s the rough yokai to human ratio in the Resistance?

Character Questions:

15. ❤️ Favourite future character?

16. 👤 Do you have any future OCs?

17. 🐇 Is there an Usagi in your AU?

18. 👑 Who’s the leader? How did they gain the role?

19. ☀️ How has [character] changed from their past self?

20. 👁️ What does [character] look like, now?

21.🧍 How tall is [character]?

22. 👥 What is the relationship like between [character] and [character]?

23.⚡️ Do the turtles have their ninpo?

24. 💥 If so, how has their ninpo changed? Has it stayed the same, gotten stronger, does it take less/more energy?

25. ☠️ Who dies first? How?

26. ⚰️ Who dies last? How?

27. 🧰 What is [character]’s role in the Resistance?

28. 👶 How does [character] feel about kids?

29. 🏒 How does [character] treat Casey Junior?

30. 🎮 How does [character] spend their free time?

31. 😵‍💫 How does [character] deal with stress?

32. 🪦 How does [character] deal with grief?

33. ✉️ What do the Resistance members think of [character]? Are they liked? Disliked? Why?

34. 🤖 Does Raph get turned into a robot?

35. 🦾 Does Leo lose his arm? How?

36. 💪 Does anybody else lose limbs? Who? Do they get prosthetics?

37. 📋 Does Mikey still have his Dr. Feelings and Dr. Delicate Touch personas?

38. 🤕 What’s the worst injury [character] has gotten?

39. 😰 What’s [characters]’s worst fear?

40. 🧬 Has Donnie ever fused with the technodrome?

41. 💼 Which character is the busiest?

42.🥛 Is [character] more optimistic or pessimistic?

43. 😓 What does [character] regret the most?

44. 😊 What is [character] most proud of?

(Both emojis and numbers so you can choose which one’s easier)

[janmisali]

Number Tournament: Total Ranking?

here at the end of the Number Tournament, I think it's a good idea to reflect on all sixty-four competitors, and see how well they did.

the main metric I'll be using to rank these is "total relative support", which is the number of votes each number got, divided by how many people participated in the polls they were in. I'll also be considering the pre-tournament number submission form to be one of these polls, with 2277 votes.

the two free-for-all side polls also count for this, but this significantly skewed the results for those numbers, so I'll also be showing what their total relative support values would be without the free-for-alls.

in addition, I'll be showing their original seed value, as well as the upper and lower bounds for their "true rank". (eg. fifteen lost to zero in round one, so it theoretically could be the second-best number, or it could be the bottom-ranked number)

zero: 59.8%; seed 4; true rank 1

i: 50.7%; seed 11; true rank 2-33

NaN: 48.2% (50.1%); seed 26; true rank 3-49

one: 47.4% (52.0%); seed 10; true rank 4-61

two: 46.9% (50.8%); seed 3; true rank 3-57

e: 46.0% (49.4%); seed 6; true rank 3-61

413: 44.4%; seed 13; true rank 3-63

golden ratio: 44.4% (48.3%); seed 21; true rank 2-57

epsilon: 44.2%; seed 37; true rank 4-63

5F3759DF: 44.1% (48.1%); seed 47; true rank 4-57

forty-two: 44.0%; seed 14; true rank 5-63

Belphegor's prime: 43.7% (45.3%); seed 60; true rank 3-61

order of the Monster: 43.5%; seed 49; true rank 3-61

eight: 43.2%; seed 8; true rank 4-61

negative one: 42.8% (46.1%); seed 33; true rank 2-49

pi: 42.5%; seed 19; true rank 4-61

square root of two: 42.1% (47.0%); seed 34; true rank 5-61

420: 41.8%; seed 35; true rank 4-63

sixty-four: 41.2% (44.6%); seed 20; true rank 2-61

three: 40.6%; seed 2; true rank 6-63

twelve: 39.3%; seed 15; true rank 5-63

six: 39.0% (44.8%); seed 9; true rank 4-63

666: 38.7%; seed 52; true rank 4-64

star: 38.7% (42.5%); seed 41; true rank 3-57

Chaitin's constant: 38.3%; seed 40; true rank 5-63

beth-one: 38.2%; seed 53; true rank 3-63

omega: 37.6%; seed 64; true rank 3-63

final vote count: 36.0%; seed 48; true rank 4-63

Avogadro constant: 35.7%; seed 27; true rank 4-63

thirteen: 32.8%; seed 12; true rank 4-64

twenty-seven: 32.7%; seed 22; true rank 3-63

256: 32.7%; seed 45; true rank 3-64

thirty-six: 32.3%; seed 36; true rank 2-63

sixty-nine: 32.3%; seed 5; true rank 4-64

seventy-two: 31.3%; seed 43; true rank 4-64

tau: 30.8%; seed 23; true rank 5-63

infinity (concept): 30.8%; seed 50; true rank 6-64

mute: 30.3%; seed 58; true rank 4-63

seven: 30.0%; seed 1; true rank 4-64

aleph-null: 25.6%; seed 39; true rank 4-64

four: 24.8%; seed 7; true rank 5-64

TREE(3): 24.0%; seed 42; true rank 6-64

fifty-seven: 23.9%; seed 57; true rank 5-64

eleven: 23.2%; seed 25; true rank 6-64

five: 23.2%; seed 17; true rank 5-64

twenty-three: 23.1%; seed 32; true rank 3-64

twenty-four: 22.7%; seed 24; true rank 4-64

fine-structure constant: 21.9%; seed 46; true rank 5-64

seventeen: 21.1%; seed 16; true rank 4-64

googolplex: 20.5%; seed 51; true rank 6-64

nine: 20.4%; seed 18; true rank 5-64

fourteen: 18.4%; seed 38; true rank 5-64

2277: 18.3%; seed 29; true rank 3-64

thirty-nine: 17.9%; seed 56; true rank 5-64

twenty-one: 17.1%; seed 31; true rank 6-64

thirty-seven: 16.4%; seed 30; true rank 5-64

144: 16.2%; seed 59; true rank 4-64

sixteen: 15.9%; seed 28; true rank 5-64

Rayo's number: 15.7%; seed 63; true rank 7-64

twenty-two: 15.1%; seed 44; true rank 3-64

nineteen: 13.6%; seed 55; true rank 5-64

ten: 13.5%; seed 62; true rank 4-64

forty-seven: 10.6%; seed 54; true rank 3-64

fifteen: 8.7%; seed 61; true rank 2-64

[chadchadsonthesnail]

So I did an HSR sorter thing

My results:

1. Acheron

2. Feixiao

3. Firefly

4. Misha

5. March 7th • Swordmaster

6. Huohuo

7. Silver Wolf

8. March 7th

9. Himeko

10. Robin

11. Hanya

12. Xueyi

13. Jiaoqiu

14. Welt

15. Yukong

16. Argenti

17. Qingque

18. Moze

19. Fu Xuan

20. Pela

21. Sushang

22. Yanqing

23. Serval

24. Aventurine

25. Gallagher

26. Seele

27. Yunli

28. Boothill

29. Sparkle

30. Stelle • Harmony

31. Black Swan

32. Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae

33. Lynx

34. Guinaifen

35. Bronya

36. Topaz

37. Clara

38. Bailu

39. Stelle • Preservation

40. Stelle

41. Dan Heng

42. Asta

43. Arlan

44. Tingyun

45. Hook

46. Natasha

47. Jingliu

48. Dr. Ratio

49. Luka

50. Kafka

51. Blade

52. Caelus • Harmony

53. Ruan Mei

54. Gepard

55. Caelus • Preservation

56. Caelus

57. Herta

58. Jade

59. Lingsha

60. Luocha

61. Jing Yuan

62. Sampo

[jaxfromthatcircus]

Opens the Real Exit Door for one minute

L + Ratio Bozo you suck at escaping

1 minute.

He immediately runs to the door. It's all he wished for.

58 seconds.

But what if its fake again? What if it's just a game again?

55 seconds.

Caine did it already. He's been through this before.

54 seconds.

He saw the rooms, the office rooms and the headset. He saw the lifeless corridors and all those empty desks. They reminded him of something. Some life he had before.

51 seconds.

He remembers being so curious to explore that place.. But there was no time.

50 seconds.

And there's no time now.

49 seconds.

He's stopping. Why is he stopping?

48 seconds.

I can't gather everyone to come out too. Even if I tried.

47.

46.

45.

44.

43 seconds.

It's not worth it.

42.

40.

37.

33 seconds.

...I can't do it. I can't leave them al behind.

32.

31.

30 seconds.

I abandoned them all once. I... I can't do it again.

25 seconds.

Why do I care that much? I won't even remember them if I leave.

20 seconds.

Sigh.

18 seconds.

...It's okay. At least I'm somewhat alive here.

16 seconds.

Unlike whatever dead body I am behind that door.

14.

13.

12.

11.

10 seconds.

We'll get another shot...

9.

8.

7.

6.

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

I just can't leave them behind now.

0.

Time's up, boy.

[sarcasticsra]

PSA: if you wear a bra

You're probably wearing the wrong size. Most people are.

This is a screenshot of the bra company Pepper's size guide. Let's take a look at this, shall we?

Hmm, a 25-26" underbust and a 29-30" bust... sized as a 30A.

No. This is not how bra-sizing works. The band ought to match or be fairly close to the underbust measurement. It HAS to be, to provide any support and to be comfortable. Because, yes, bras can be quite comfortable! In the correct size. A band that is too big is going to ride up and shift and rub and move and be awful. A cup that is too small is going to squeeze your tissue into the band, making it feel tighter, and painful, because now your band is pressed into breast tissue.

Bra sizes are a ratio. The letter by itself is meaningless. There is no such thing as "an A cup" or "a D cup." Both A and D cups look vastly different on different bands. "Size DD+" as a bra size category is similar to a shoe store with a "size 6+" category, except worse, because shoe size really is generally only determined by one number. "DD+" being all the information you're going on to determine a bra size would be like answering the question, "How far away is that?" with, "Five." Minutes? Hours? Miles? Blocks? There's a whole range of things that could mean!

The letters correspond (roughly--people don't come in 2-inch increments) to inches of difference between the under and over bust measurement. So going back to our supposed "30A" up there... let's assume a 26" underbust and a 30" bust. 30 is 4 more inches than 26.

A: 1 inch, B: 2 inches, C: 3 inches, D: 4 inches.

Yes, that's correct. That person Pepper is trying to shove into a 30A should be wearing a 26D. A 30A bra would be for someone with a rough underbust measurement of 30 inches and a rough bust measurement of 31 inches. 1 inch difference. Whereas the 26D is for 26 under, 30 over. Notice how the 26D is actually a SMALLER total circumference than the 30A? Cup size scales with band size.

The reason this company pisses me off in particular is because if they wanted to be a niche "smaller boobs" bra company, there is a HUGE untapped market in people who need sub-32 bands. A few carry 30s and 28s but good luck if you need a 26 or 24. And they could help more people get into PROPERLY fitted bras, instead of tossing them into matrix sizes and pretending they're special.

I saw this on their website: "The industry designs for 36C. We design for AA, A, and B."

YOU CANNOT DESIGN FOR CUP SIZE INDEPENDENT OF BAND SIZE.

Also, the industry designs for fucking no one. The industry calls "A cups" small and "D cups" large, tosses out 32-40 in bands and A-DD in cup sizes and calls it good.

DD is five inches of difference between under bust and bust. 5 inches on a person with a 30-inch underbust is going to look MUCH different than 5 inches on a person with a 38-inch underbust. A circle with a total circumference of 43 inches is MUCH larger than a circle with a total circumference of 35 inches.

If you wear bras, and you want to make your life infinitely better, I beg, plead, urge you to go to abrathatfits.org and do the calculator. (Particularly if you've always been sized as an A or B cup, because those are actually very rare true sizes on any band.) The calculator actually takes into account 6 measurements, because for some people a leaning bust measurement is more important than a standing one. Believe the calculator. It will almost certainly give you a band size smaller than you expect and a cup size much larger than you expect. It's not perfect, so it's a good idea to try a cup larger and smaller, too, but it's generally very close. Try different sizes in the same bra--and NOT a t-shirt bra or any bra with molded/formed cups. almost no one properly fits those. Look for an unlined, seamed bra. Go by UK sizing, and stick to the UK brands. (Bare Necessities carries a bunch of them.) US bras are horribly inconsistent, especially in larger cup sizes. UK brands also generally have a far larger size range.

Any time you try on a bra, be sure to "scoop and swoop" to ensure ALL of the breast tissue fits into the cup. A big issue with ill-fitting bras is breast tissue that migrated to the armpit. You ever notice a little bulge on the side at the top of the band under your arm? There's a good chance that's actually displaced breast tissue.

Also check out The Irish Bra Lady on Instagram. She has tons of posts showing what properly fitted bras look like, in a wide range of sizes. If you're really in doubt about the size the calculator gives you, check her account first, she probably has a picture of someone in that size or close. It's helpful sometimes to see what it actually looks like.

Unfortunately, size is only one aspect of a well-fitting bra. Shape is equally important. Some bras have taller cups, some have shorter, which work better for different root sizes. There's fullness, is it mostly on the top or bottom? Even? Horizontally? Close set, wide set? Projected, shallow?

Go through all the resources at the abrathatfits subreddit. They have tons and tons of information to help determine your shape, what bras might work best for you, and the commenters are incredibly helpful if you need to make a post to ask a question.

I'm not going to lie, it took me probably 6-9 months to find a bra that fits? I have to buy mine from Poland. It was a bit of an ordeal.

But now? Now, I think about my bra exactly twice per day: once when I put it on in the morning and once when I take it off in the evening. I don't notice it. It doesn't shift. It doesn't poke. My straps aren't cutting into my shoulders or falling off them. I'm not constantly "reseating" my boobs. It turns out they stay put just fine if you give them a seat they actually fit into.

Finding a well-fitting bra is up there with medication and regular exercise in terms of its contribution to my quality of life. It's confusing, and there's a LOT, but it is SO fucking worth it.

You know that TIkTok trend question that's all, "if you HAD to start talking about one topic for 30+ minutes straight, what would you talk about?"

Yeah.

I will spend the rest of my life shouting all of this from the rooftops. Bras can be comfortable! It's actually true!

[covid-safer-hotties]

Effectiveness of Maternal mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations in Infants Aged <6 Months During SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Predominance — 20 States, March 9, 2022–May 31, 2023 - Published Sept 29, 2023

Summary What is already known about this topic?

Infants aged <6 months are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and are at risk for COVID-19–associated complications. Maternal vaccination received during pregnancy could protect infants from COVID-19–related hospitalization.

What is added by this report?

During the period of recent SARS-CoV-2 Omicron predominance, maternal receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy reduced the likelihood of COVID-19-related hospitalizations and serious complications among infants aged <6 months.

What are the implications for public health practice?

Expectant mothers should remain current with COVID-19 vaccination to protect themselves and their infants from hospitalization and severe outcomes associated with COVID-19.

Abstract Infants aged <6 months are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccination during pregnancy has been associated with protection against infant COVID-19–related hospitalization. The Overcoming COVID-19 Network conducted a case-control study during March 9, 2022–May 31, 2023, to evaluate the effectiveness of maternal receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine dose (vaccine effectiveness [VE]) during pregnancy against COVID-19–related hospitalization in infants aged <6 months and a subset of infants aged <3 months. VE was calculated as (1 – adjusted odds ratio) x 100% among all infants aged <6 months and <3 months. Case-patients (infants hospitalized for COVID-19 outside of birth hospitalization and who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result) and control patients (infants hospitalized for COVID-19–like illness with a negative SARS-CoV-2 test result) were compared. Odds ratios were determined using multivariable logistic regression, comparing the odds of receipt of a maternal COVID-19 vaccine dose (completion of a 2-dose vaccination series or a third or higher dose) during pregnancy with maternal nonvaccination between case- and control patients. VE of maternal vaccination during pregnancy against COVID-19–related hospitalization was 35% (95% CI = 15%–51%) among infants aged <6 months and 54% (95% CI = 32%–68%) among infants aged <3 months. Intensive care unit admissions occurred in 23% of all case-patients, and invasive mechanical ventilation was more common among infants of unvaccinated (9%) compared with vaccinated mothers (1%) (p = 0.02). Maternal vaccination during pregnancy provides some protection against COVID-19–related hospitalizations among infants, particularly those aged <3 months. Expectant mothers should remain current with COVID-19 vaccination to protect themselves and their infants from hospitalization and severe outcomes associated with COVID-19.

[mostbelovednjpwtournament]

Most Beloved WWE Wrestlers Tournament: Round 4 Statistics Dump

Followers: 266

Total Votes: 22,087 + 13,398 + 8,109 + 4,768 = 48,362

Number of times I had to force my dad to accept the fact that it's no longer the 80s and just because he enjoyed a wrestler's work during his childhood, it doesn't mean they're still the most beloved: 3, and he's still bitter

Beloved By Gender:

Our ratio is keeping pretty steady. There was a change of 2% between rounds 3 and 4 in favor of the female wrestlers.

Voting Trends:

Round 4 had a low vote count day of 534 and the highest count day of 747, making the average 636.9 votes per day (discounting final day), more than extra 80 votes per day beyond Round 3’s average of 550.8

(Keep in mind, number of brackets change on the final day)

Public Opinion:

There's fewer than 20 wrestlers left in this tournament who had successful WWE careers before the 2000s. This tournament would make Cornette's face melt off

Sports Illustrated’s 101 Best Wrestlers Of All Time (2016)

Ric Flair (18, lose)

Shawn Michaels (53 + 57 + 71 + 61, win)

Steve Austin (29 + 18, lose)

The Rock (23, lose)

The Undertaker (53 + 55 + 45 + 43, win)

Dusty Rhodes (46 + 42 + 43 + 49, win)

John Cena (47 + 51 + 50 + 47, win)

Hulk Hogan (10, lose)

Sting (51 + 53 + 61 + 56, win)

Andre The Giant (56 + 38 + 38 + 37, win)

Randy Savage (37 + 32 + 42 + 21, lose)

Roddy Piper (54 + 33 + 53 + 30, win)

Chris Jericho (27 + 31 + 32 + 23, lose)

Harley Race (17 + 18 + 10, lose)

Mick Foley (58 + 47 + 57 + 54, win)

Bret Hart (52 + 59 + 61 + 63, win)

Randy Orton (58 + 48 + 49 + 46, win)

Kurt Angle (45 + 36 + 37 + 42, win)

Antonio Inoki (28 + 38 + 23, lose)

Ricky Steamboat (28 + 47 + 16, lose)

Daniel Bryan (61 + 51 + 48 + 29, lose)

Triple H (31 + 12, lose)

Buddy Rogers (21 + 17 + 8, lose)

Edge (41 + 49 + 44 + 52, win)

Bob Backlund (26 + 22 + 11, lose)

Brock Lesnar (23, lose)

Stan Hansen (22, lose)

Bruno Sammartino (30 + 6, lose)

CM Punk (57 + 40, lose)

Ted DiBiase (27 + 26 + 27 + 24, win)

Bruiser Brody (33 + 31 + 22 + 11, lose)

Hideo Itami (34 + 35 + 7, lose)

Rey Mysterio (48 + 40 + 42 + 56, win)

Vader (32 + 17, lose)

Dory Funk Jr (17 + 17, lose)

Mr Perfect (37 + 25 + 28 + 29, win)

Eddie Guerrero (53 + 43 + 47 + 48, win)

Jake Roberts (32 + 29 + 31 + 29, lose)

Arn Anderson (25 + 30 + 15, lose)

The Sheik (31 + 30 + 11, lose)

AJ Styles (40 + 46 + 46 + 46, win)

Goldust (70 + 34 + 49 + 37, win)

Samoa Joe (61 + 84 + 60 + 63, win)

Terry Funk (27 + 37 + 32 + 26, lose)

Verne Gagne (14, lose)

Mil Mascaras (10, lose)

Rob Van Dam (43 + 45 + 50 + 25, lose)

Tatsumi Fujinami (25, lose)

Rick Rude (35 + 29 + 10, lose)

Owen Hart (56 + 41 + 53 + 51, win)

Jeff Hardy (52 + 32, lose)

Goldberg (23 + 22, lose)

Ivan Koloff (15, lose)

Chris Benoit (17, lose)

Larry Zbyszko (4, lose)

Ultimo Dragon (9, lose)

Scott Hall (44 + 40 + 44 + 50, win)

Trish Stratus (38 + 42 + 22, lose)

Dean Malenko (37 + 29 + 19, lose)

Ultimate Warrior (28 + 20, lose)

Fabulous Moolah (18, lose)

William Regal (62 + 45 + 50 + 59, win)

Gene Kiniski (14, lose)

Scott Steiner (44, lose)

Rick Steiner (26 + 9, lose)

Chyna (68 + 49 + 52 + 43, win)

Seth Rollins (55 + 54 + 66 + 45, win)

Kane (40 + 29 + 33 + 23, lose)

Jimmy Snuka (9, lose)

Davey Boy Smith (22 + 24 + 33 + 12, lose)

The Iron Sheik (49 + 40 + 32 + 20, lose)

Pedro Morales (20 + 9, lose)

Michael Hayes (10, lose)

Johnny Valentine (14 + 4, lose)

Shinsuke Nakamura (58 + 60 + 58 + 43, win)

Diesel (39 + 35 + 34 + 35, win)

Batista (53 + 54 + 35 + 32, lose)

Lita (46 + 65 + 37 + 27, lose)

Christian (56 + 47 + 67 + 29, lose)

Ron Simmons (25 + 33 + 31 + 30, lose)

Big Show (41 + 60 + 38 + 33, win)

JBL (10, lose)

Christopher Daniels (26 + 10, lose)

The Miz (34 + 30 + 39 + 20, lose)

PWI Wrestler Of The Year

Pedro Morales (20 + 9, lose)

Jack Brisco (17 + 13, lose)

Bruno Sammartino (30 + 6, lose)

Terry Funk (27 + 37 + 32 + 26, lose)

Dusty Rhodes (46 + 42 + 43 + 49, win)

Harley Race (17 + 18 + 10, lose)

Bob Backlund (26 + 22 + 11, lose)

Ric Flair (18, lose)

Hulk Hogan (10, lose)

Randy Savage (37 + 32 + 42 + 21, lose)

Sting (51 + 53 + 61 + 56, win)

Vader (32 + 17, lose)

Diesel (39 + 35 + 34 + 35, win)

Big Show (41 + 39 + 38 + 33, win)

Lex Luger (25 + 4, lose)

Steve Austin (29 + 18, lose)

The Rock (23, lose)

Brock Lesnar (23, lose)

Kurt Angle (45 + 36 + 37 + 42, win)

Chris Benoit (17, lose)

Batista (52 + 54 + 35 + 32, lose)

John Cena (47 + 51 + 50 + 47, win)

Triple H (31 + 12, lose)

Randy Orton (58 + 48 + 49 + 46, win)

CM Punk (57 + 40, lose)

Daniel Bryan (61 + 51 + 48 + 29, lose)

Seth Rollins (55 + 54 + 66 + 45, win)

AJ Styles (40 + 46 + 46 + 46, win)

Adam Cole (47 + 40 + 53 + 32, lose)

Dean Ambrose (58 + 54 + 42 + 59, win)

Roman Reigns (51 + 64 + 59 + 32, lose)

PWI Woman Of The Year

Joyce Grable (30 + 24 + 0, lose)

Susan Green (21 + 27 + 11, lose)

Stephanie McMahon (26 + 4, lose)

Lita (46 + 65 + 37 + 27, lose)

Trish Stratus (38 + 42 + 22, lose)

Victoria (27 + 23 + 17, lose)

Candice Michelle (24 + 39 + 13, lose)

Mickie James (47 + 46 + 47 + 44, win)

Michelle McCool (29 + 10, lose)

AJ Lee (48 + 46 + 39 + 39, win)

Sasha Banks (44 + 47 + 42 + 36, win)

Charlotte Flair (45 + 42 + 27 + 40, win)

Asuka (58 + 60 + 65 + 66, win)

Becky Lynch (58 + 53 + 58 + 47, win)

Bianca Belair (34 + 66 + 54 + 41, win)

Top 10 Voted Wrestlers Who’ve Already Been Eliminated:

Jey Uso (248 - round 4)

Finn Balor (209 - round 4)

Bayley/Roman Reigns (206 - round 4)

Christian (199 - round 4)

Daniel Bryan (189 - round 4)

Tazz (183 - round 4)

Lita (175 - round 4)

Batista (174 - round 4)

Adam Cole (172 - round 4)

Alexa Bliss (170 - round 4)

Top 10 Voted In Round 4:

Drew McIntyre (76)

Cody Rhodes (74)

Asuka (66)

Rhea Ripley (65)

Bret Hart/Samoa Joe (63)

Shawn Michaels (61)

Damian Priest/Dean Ambrose/William Regal/Bray Wyatt (59)

Jey Uso/Liv Morgan (57)

Rey Mysterio/Sting/Kevin Owens (56)

Xavier Woods (55)

Top 10 Voted Overall:

Naomi (322)

Damian Priest (285)

Billy Gunn (272)

Samoa Joe (268)

Rhea Ripley (258)

Sami Zayn (254)

Asuka (249)

Jey Uso (248)

Shawn Michaels (242)

Cody Rhodes (241)

The AJ Styles Phenomenon:

I don't know if this is just an incredible coincidence, but for the final 3 rounds, AJ Styles has earned exactly 46 votes. In Round 2, it was 46/50 against Raymond Rougeau. In Round 3, 46/56 against D'Lo Brown. In Round 4, 46/69 against Kane. Based on the data I've seen, he is the only wrestler this has happened to. A few have had the same number of votes twice in a row, but never thrice.

Which begs the question: are there exactly 46 tumblr users who are fans of AJ Styles?

[goingferalapparently]

The Cursed Team: A Discussion

Cursed Team Mechanics:

One team is cursed. If the cursed team loses, say goodbye to all of your lives and eggs. What team is that? Can you figure that out? No. So make sure you do your best to win. But if any of the other teams win, they can pick some of the eggs to come back with you.

How I understand it:

If the cursed team (left unknown/unknowable) loses, all islanders lose their lives and all eggs except those chosen by the winning team.

Likely, the islanders losing their lives is in taken in a non-literal manner. Otherwise, there is a story in place for the world beyond permadeath.

(i.e. Lives as Livelihood versus Lives as Living)

Possibilities favour the first option, due to the line "But if any of the other teams win, they can pick some of the eggs to come back with you." They will likely return to Quesadilla Island.

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Summary of Tickets:

In Order: Fit, Etoiles, Quackity, Roier, Iron Mouse, Bagi, Forever, Maxo, Antoine, Kameto, Rubius, Mike

16, 8, 27, 11, 7, 1, 15, 17, 20, 33?, ?, 5?

In Order: Tubbo, Pierre, Tina, PacTW, BBH, Pol, Luzu, Lenay, Nihachu, Mariana, Missa, Rivers

25, 4, 14, 21, 3, 6, 30?, 28?, 29, ?, 19, 22

In Order: Ph1LzA, Foolish, Cellbit, Slime, Jaiden, Baghera, Felps, Carre, Wilbur, German, Vegetta, Willy

18, 9, 10, 12, 23, 13, 26, 2, 34?, 32?, 31?, 24?

Modified Tickets (*): Quackity, Philza, Slime(, Wilbur, Vegetta)

Loading screens (**): Mouse, Philza, Roier, Baghera, Cellbit, Etoiles, Foolish, Jaiden(?), Maxo

Observer's screen (+): ElQuackity, Cellbit, Etoiles, Jaiden, Maxo, Slimecicle

All *, **, and + are in Red and Green.

There are 4 +/** pairs. There are 2 +/* pairs. There is 1 */** pair. There are 4 lone **s. All + and * are paired.

For Red and Green, all "?" tickets are at the end of the list. For Blue, the "?" numbered tickets are scattered in the middle.

Green and Blue have 3 "?" numbered tickets each. Red has 4 "?" numbered tickets.

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Update:

There are 4 +/** pairs. There are 2 +/* pairs. There is 1 */** pair. There are 4 lone **s. There are 2 lone *s.

All members of Red have tickets via the modpack. Blue and Green lack one each - Rubius (makes sense) and Mariana (?? he even showed up before the event he just didn't get one).

In RGB, the * Tickets are split 4-1-0, the ** Islanders are split 5-3-0, and the + Islanders are split 3-3-0, averages are 19.5-14.545-18.273

Tickets in order by Team are (in groups of 5 for easier viewing): GRBBG BGGRR GRRBG GGRBG BBRRB RGBBG RRGR? ?

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Green Team: Pomme (3), Richarlyson (2), Ramon (1*)

Blue Team: Dapper (1*), Pomme (1), Chayanne (1), Richarlyson (1)

Red Team: Leo (2*), Richarlyson (2), Pomme (1), Chayanne (1), Tallulah (1*)

(* - All parent(s) of this egg are in this team)

(Bold - Eggs that have clips posted pre-event)

(Note: Only counts parents as given initially. e.g. Richarlyson is the child of only the 5 Brazilians who came by cargo ship.)

All three Bold eggs are in Blue Team.

Each Team has at least one egg whose life hinges solely on that team. Red Team is the exception with two eggs.

Green Team has 3 eggs and 6 egg parents in a 1:2 ratio. Blue Team has 4 Eggs and 4 egg parents in a 1:1 ratio. Red Team has 5 Eggs and 7 egg parents in a 5:7 ratio (greater than 1:2 but less than 1:1).

Green Team's Pomme is the only egg with 3 parents on 1 Team.

Of the remaining parent pairs from the initial event, Leo's parents (Foolish and Vegetta) are in the same group while Chayanne's parents (Philza and Missa) are in different teams.

Of the parent pairs whose eggs are deceased, Bobby’s parents (Jaiden and Roier) are in different teams. JuanaFlippa’s parents (Slime and Mariana) are also in different teams. Tilín’s parent (? Quackity) and Trump’s remaining parent (Maxo) are both in Green.

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The Egg War:

Red Egg - Tallulah*, Dapper*, Ramon*

Blue Egg - Chayanne, Leonarda*

Green Egg - Pomme, Richarlyson

Red and Green's Eggs have connections to all teams. Blue's Egg lacks a connection to Green Team.

Blue Team's egg is set up to be killed by Green Team in terms of emotional connection.

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Update:

Blue Team's egg got? Removed before it could be killed? But Green Team was the one dealing damage there.

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Picking Winners:

Following the logic of the following,

If the cursed team (left unknown/unknowable) loses, all islanders lose their lives and all eggs except those chosen by the winning team.

Richarlyson and Pomme will never die. Due to the split of eggs by parents, at least two eggs will die if the cursed team does not win. The choice between eggs thus falls to the following:

Green Team: Ramon (1*)

Blue Team: Dapper (1*), Chayanne (1)

Red Team: Leo (2*), Chayanne (1), Tallulah (1*)

If Green Team wins, 4 eggs die (Dapper*, Leo*, Tallulah*, Chayanne). If Blue Team wins, 3 eggs die (Ramon*, Leo*, Tallulah*). If Red Team wins, 2 eggs die (Ramon*, Dapper*).

Note: This assumes that the eggs chosen to return belong solely to the team they come from. If there is a limitation to the choice of eggs that is under 5, the choice of non-self, non-cursed winner becomes Green, followed by Blue, as opposed to the current Red, followed by Blue.

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Anomalies:

Green Team:

Only team to have 3 parents of a single egg in a team

Has ElQuackity, who has contact with... something Purgatory sabotaging something, I'm not sure

Has literal fallen angel Rubius, cast down from the heavens by.... Angel Cucurucho???????

Egg War egg is made of the two community eggs (Pomme, French + Richarlyson, Brazilian) and has connections to all teams

Blue Team:

Only team without fancy tickets

Only team without a loading screen (that I could find)

Only team not featured on the observer's screen

Has Luzu

Has the least egg parents

Egg War egg has no link to Green

Has exactly one parent from each egg that sent a message

Was split up during the Egg War

Red Team:

All members have a ticket, or at least a ticket designed for them, whereas Green has Rubius and Blue has Mariana

Has the most eggs directly linked to their members

Has the most (2) eggs whose parents are solely on one team (excluding deceased eggs)

Egg War egg is made of the three surviving eggs with single parents (Tallulah, Dapper, Ramon) which each has a connection to a separate team

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Ideal Strategy:

The options for all teams are as such.

1. Win and guarantee that they can choose their eggs to be brought back. (Works regardless of who the Cursed Team is.)

2. Let one of the other teams win in hope that that team is the Cursed Team.

3. Figure out who the Cursed Team is.

When offered a choice between a chance to achieve community-wide goals and a guarantee to achieve a personal goal, the rational self-interested individual will work towards a guarantee.

This situation is reminiscent of a cartel game - of the Prisoner’s Dilemma - but with more stakes involved. Please search it if you want to know more, I am not looking at that. A fun one to look at is "The Evolution of Trust" - the Prisoner's Dilemma is the basis of the game.

The gist of it is that sabotaging each other is always the better option in terms of self-interest, though a socially optimal outcome can be achieved by working with each other. The achievement of the socially optimal outcome is reliant upon trusting each other not to sabotage the operations. Therein lies an issue already, as ElQuackity was sent to sow chaos or something.

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For Further Consideration:

The Cursed Team criteria is phrased weirdly. Usually, it would be expected that if a cursed party were to win, everyone else loses.

We only know what happens if the Cursed Team loses, not if they win. This is a loophole that may be exploited by the Observer.

“If the cursed team loses, say goodbye to all of your lives and eggs.” While the direct implication of saying goodbye means to lose in a permanent sense, taken literally, it could simply be an exchange of words.

“But if any of the other teams win, they can pick some of the eggs to come back with you.” The implication is that the eggs will be brought back alive and the eggs not brought back will be killed. There is no guarantee that this will be the case. The eggs brought back to the main island may be deceased and the eggs left behind may not necessarily be killed.

The Cursed Team could be a team not of the three existing RBG teams. In that sense, it could be non-existent and a ploy to encourage fighting, it could be a completely separate party acting as a benchmark, it could be a combination of members across the three existing teams.

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Straightforward Conclusion:

The order of preferred winners in terms of minimal egg death (taken at surface level) is as follows - Cursed Team, Red Team, Blue Team, Green Team.

The most likely Cursed Team is (if the Cursed Team is one of the three) Blue Team (has the most anomalies).

[arturouriza]

Mis discos favoritos del 2023

He aquí la tradicional lista del año. A excepción de los primeros 10, el resto de los álbumes contenidos en esta lista no tienen una jerarquía real, todos fueron materiales que disfruté y que considero vale la pena escuchar completos. En el caso de los 10 primeros, la única diferencia significativa es que me hicieron querer hablar un poco más de ellos y estuvieron constantemente en repetición.

60 - Velvet Negroni - Bulli

59 - Helvetia - You Shot Past the Moon Scapegoat

58 - Strategy - Graffiti in Space

57 - Gunslingers - Supreme Asphalt Doser

56 - Mivos Quartet - Steve Reich: The String Quartets

55 - Orbital - Optical Delusion

54 - U.S. Girls - Bless This Mess

53 - Algiers - Shook

52 - mui zyu - Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century

51 - Unloved - Polychrome

50 - Model/Actriz - Dogsbody

49 - Kate NV - WOW

48 - Contemporary Noise Ensemble - An Excellent Spiritual Serviceman

47 - Tanukichan - Gizmo

46 - Luke Vibert - Machine Funk

45 - Trees Speak - Mind Maze

44 - M83 - Fantasy

43 - DEBBY FRIDAY - GOOD LUCK

42 - Masahiro Takahashi - Humid Sun

41 - Marta and Tricky - When It's Going Wrong

40 - A Certain Ratio - 1982

39 - Deerhoof - Miracle-Level

38 - Tim Hecker - No Highs

37 - Shit and Shine - 2222 and AIRPORT

36 - uh - humanus

35 - Melati ESP - hipernatural

34 - Brown Spirits - Solitary Transmissions

33 - bar italia - Tracey Denim

32 - Mandy, Indiana - i've seen a way

31 - feeble little horse - Girl with Fish

30 - Decisive Pink - Ticket to Fame

29 - Laurent Garnier - 33 Tours Et Puis S’en Vont

28 - K-Lone - Swells

27 - Jah Wobble - A Brief History of Now 

26 - Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure

25 - Unperroandaluz - Peek!

24 - M(h)aol - Attachment Styles

23 - Acid Arab -  (Trois)

22 - Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward - Happy Hearts

21 - Avey Tare - 7s

20 - Alabaster DePlume - Come with Fierce Grace

19 - Eartheater - Powders

18 - Teeth of the Sea - Hive

17 - Barry Can't Swim - When Will We Land?

16 - Hyperdawn - Steady

15 - Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!

14 - Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions

13 - Art Feynman - Be Good the Crazy Boys

12 - a.s.o. - a.s.o.

11 - Lost Girls - Selvutsletter

10 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Again

el territorio de un tiempo sin medidas donde el pasado que no sucedió se encuentra con un futuro que nunca llega y que da como resultado la linea temporal en la que habitamos, llena de errores que se convierten en esquemas, en ejemplos y posteriormente en emblemas de un momento. Lopatin lo ha hecho desde sus días en Games, y lo ha continuado explorando y explotando para llegar a un décimo material que se siente igualmente abstracto y surrealista que aterrizado y molecular, una amalgama mutante punzocortante con icebergs que aterrizan en tierras calientes, momentáneamente creando océanos de nubes que se evaporan entre arena, melodías que llenan de belleza pequeños bunkers grisáceos de la posguerra, destruídos y oxidados por el tiempo, pero que ven nacer nuevos brotes de vegetación, la única perseverancia existe en el abandono y en la soledad absoluta.

“Again” encuentra así múltiples personalidades de su creador, como un dios benevolente que decide juntar a sus vástagos para narrar de una manera superior y múltiple las escenografías más angulares de la música electrónica que deconstruye el pop pulsante, pero que igual deja que surjan entre las grietas las influencias de la música experimental batallando contra lo que significa la aceptación. Es de alguna forma el plano para mucha música del futuro, que al ser redescubierto brindará toda una generación de creadores, -o tal vez no-, y que de manera circular también ofrece una narrativa biográfica al trabajo de alguien que navega entre la producción de las altas esferas y su apasionante acercamiento a lo disímil, un pequeño universo donde colapsan soles y absorben planetas que contienen enormes pensamientos, habitantes, sonidos eternos que permanecen como un eco en el vacío. 

9 - Baxter Dury - I Thought I Was Better Than You

Baxter posee la elegancia de una navaja automática heredada por su padre pero perfeccionada por una generación maldita de crooners. Él mismo lo deja claro haciendo una fina analogía en el primer track de este material, hilando Citizen Kane y la genealogía de Kubla Khan, -que se menciona en la película-, como si fueran una maldición, y posteriormente aclarando que por más que digan que es una versión absurda y fuera de tono de Serge Gainsbourg, él quisiera ser Frank Ocean.

La lírica de los Dury sin embargo, persiste gracias a una inteligencia casi molesta que demuestra que pudieron ser poetas, pero son demasiado elegantes para eso (y al mismo tiempo callejeros como las ratas) y si no fuera porque Baxter es profundamente melancólico, no tendría el encanto natural que se refleja en sus emocionales baladas de post funk spoken word. Cosa que lo aparta de su padre.

La cualidad, probablemente más fuerte sin embargo, es el sentido del humor que nuestro protagonista ha perfeccionado con el tiempo, desde aquellos años en los que parecía ir en contra de todo lo que significaba ser hijo de Ian Dury y evocaba, -o trataba más bien de-, ser una estrella del indie de principios del nuevo milenio. Ahora, es más bien una especie de viejo apostador, que se mantiene de anfetaminas y martinis, y así se siente correcto.

“Pensé que era mejor que tú” en la superficie parece un reclamo hacia el padre, una reflexión del pasado, pero también un intento escapista de la carga autoimpuesta de los errores que cada uno se ha ganado a pulso. Eso sí, con un ritmo exquisito y lineas de bajo que Rick James en opiáceos habría soñado.

8 - Squid - O Monolith

A pesar de las probables ridículas implicaciones de una etiqueta como post Brexit, algo de verdad radica en las posiciones temporales específicas y geográficas de un movimiento artístico en particular. El tiempo como máximo ecualizador de las siempre mal llamadas escenas, -quiero decir más bien movidas-, se encarga de aclarar por qué algo tan absurdo como llamarle punk a un estilo de rock mas bien tradicional en la estructura, pero cambiante en la ejecución, tendría relevancia e importancia.

Entonces, en el mundo del post, donde todo es y está después de algo, y nada es puramente nuevo, lo más referencial en cantidad puede sentirse de alguna forma fresco ¿es acaso la homogeneidad el enemigo natural de la música de guitarras en los tiempos de los sobados y sobrevalorados Arctic Monkeys? Yo diría que sí.

Squid, de todos los proyectos que entran en esa misma bolsa revoloteada del llamado post Brexit, es la banda más auténtica y menos complaciente. Son hijos espirituales sí, de un Robert Wyatt, pero también conocen las ventajas de la síntesis electrónica vía Edgar Froese, y cuando quieren pueden robar de los Talking Heads más frenéticos, esos a los que Eno dio forma en Remain In Light. También saben usurpar los colores de un Oingo Boingo cuando se lo proponen, pero cuando no, pueden desechar absolutamente todas esas referencias y crear agujeros temporales que coquetean con el progresivo (menos las partes aburridas), o evocar la psicodelia de los krautrockers más de avanzada, y tal vez sean de hecho los únicos en el mundo que lo logran de manera natural.

7 - James Holden - Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities

A veces cierro los ojos y pienso en cielos que he visto, y a esos cielos le agrego colores, formas y posteriormente sonidos. A esos sonidos les agrego palabras o emociones que no necesariamente son reales, son abstractas y muchas veces llenas de más emociones que se mezclan como el aceite en un charco después de la lluvia, hermosas y contaminadas, brillantes y metálicas en un pavimento sucio y negro que parece casi juguetón, como un arcoíris venido a menos y que sueña con volver a cruzar el cielo en un día de verano. También a veces todo eso se convierte en un recuerdo de la infancia, que después de repetirlo por unos cuantos años, se confunde con lo que viví y lo que imaginé y me da una especie de tranquilidad equiparable al olor inidentificable de una presencia del pasado, como de un amor efímero o una mirada traslúcida. 

Hace algunos años conocí a James Holden, platicamos durante unos minutos. No recuerdo las cosas que me dijo. 

6 - Water from Your Eyes - Everyone's Crushed

Las particularidades de lo disímil, atonal y en pocas palabras raro, siempre han funcionado como un impulso para la evolución. Hoy en día sin embargo, es raro encontrar algo que entre en el reino de lo raro de forma natural o de manera auténtica, sin trata de impresionar, sino simplemente como una muestra real de liberación, como esa necesidad de querer decir algo, no de echarlo al ruedo esperando que gane un premio, sino como un espíritu que puede merodear diferentes locaciones y traspasar las paredes sin querer ser notado, pero que no puede pasar desapercibido.

WFYE ha sido ese espíritu en un mundo de muestreo, pose, pre-saves y demás prácticas que odio con toda mi alma en el mercadeo musical de estos días, que trata de hacer de las cosas algo tendencioso y que busca validación a través de las maquinarias y bla bla bla… esa historia también ya nos la sabemos. Esta es música que va contra las probabilidades, contra las fórmulas, y que poco le importa ser consumida. Resume una historia donde caben bandas de electrónica experimental, y también Deerhoof o Battles, y al mismo tiempo se ayuda de sampleos dignos de los primeros sintetizadores digitales de los noventa. El trabajo de guitarras es ejemplar, y puede recordar a los mejores momentos del más cuadriculado no wave, pero también hay momentos de extraña e inclasificable belleza, cosa que incluso la misma banda no puede describir o etiquetar, y eso siempre será una buena señal.

5 - Paris Texas - MID AIR

Pasé unos cuantos años alejado del rap por hastío. Vi un género que en un momento de hartazgo con la música de guitarras me pareció lo más fresco, convertirse en lo más genérico, en el tipo de música que escuchaba la gente que consideraba más común, todos aquellos que representaban lo que yo quería pelear. Vi a las peores mentes de mi generación cantar a Biggie y Tupac, hablar de Kanye y Kendrick, poner en sus fiestas a Big L, Outkast y NWA, vi asimilación, el enemigo se había apropiado de algo que en el pasado me había salvado, y no me gustó para nada. 

Luego el rap se empezó a ramificar una vez más y volvió esa parte dura, oscura, melancólica y un poco más compleja con la que sí conectaba, y de todos esos que no están en el lado ganador con los Tylers y los Drakes (dios nos libre) salieron Paris, Texas, que poco importa si son fans de Wim Wenders, pero que definitivamente se nota que sí y eso ya es un punto a su favor. La consecuencia por supuesto puede remitirse a algunos alt rappers de las ultimas dos décadas e incluso si nos apuramos, a colectivos más contemporáneos donde al igual que aquí, juegan muchos factores que nada tiene que ver musicalmente con el rap, como el rock, el pop (la rola que lleva por título “Lana Del Rey”) o la música electrónica e industrial (“BULLET MAN” que también se siente como un homenaje lateral a Shinya Tsukamoto), no voy a nombrar nombres eso sí. Este es uno de los álbumes de rap que más me emocionó en 2023 y me parece un excelente termómetro de lo que viene para el futuro, quiero creerlo, y si no, mientras tanto tenemos uno de los mejores trabajos en el hip hop de los nuevos años veinte. 

4 - Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World

Yo tuve un sueño, y en ese sueño Yo La Tengo eran más influyentes que Sonic Youth. Es un sueño sin sentido porque a quién le importa eso, no hay necesidad de comparar ambas (y grandiosas) bandas, pero como muchos sueños reside en un deseo primario que tiene que ver con la fantasía de ver a una de los proyectos más interesantes de la historia ser tratados con justicia. En mi mundo ideal Yo La está lidereando festivales alrededor del mundo y todas las bandas mediocres que no me gustan, se rinden ante su grandeza, aceptando por fin que un track hipnótico de doce minutos vale más que sus baladillas edulcoradas de rocksito desgastado. 

En dicha fantasía también, este disco, el número diecisiete en su discografía, es tan importante para el mundo como lo es para mí y aprecian con emoción la autenticidad de este trío y su inalcanzable energía. Viva Yo La Tengo, y muerte a todas las bandas que no me gustan.

3 - John Cale - MERCY

En el mundo no existe la justicia, porque si existiera todos estarían hablando de este disco. Valoraríamos como un fenómeno de la naturaleza que a su edad y después de tantas vicisitudes, John Cale haga un trabajo como este, un ejercicio de belleza absoluta que no pide prestado del pasado y que más bien pinta un panorama del presente como casi ningún artista o músico joven lo hace. Por supuesto que ocho décadas en este planeta le han enseñado varias cosas a uno de los originales, a una de las mentes más influyentes del rock y la música experimental, al responsable de enseñarle el ruido a Lou Reed y de traducir el minimalismo de La Monte Young y Riley a los rockers, pero como decía esto no se trata sobre el pasado.

Cale, juntó a la gente más importante de la música experimental de esta generación y lanzó uno de los discos más crípticos y hermosos del año, al cual el estatus de rock le queda más que corto, y que si bien también puede hacernos pensar en su trabajo con Eno y con Nico, se siente también como una pieza independiente, nueva y ciertamente fresca a pesar de toda la carga histórica que involucra a su autor. John Cale le sobrevivió prácticamente a toda la Velvet Underground, a varios de sus discípulos y a cientos de otros músicos de su generación y las que le han seguido, es uno de los maestros y de los inventores de la música de guitarras, es prácticamente un gurú del ruido y a la vez un artesano de la melodía, y este disco es una proeza, un logro y un regalo para la humanidad y todos aquellos que amamos la música.

2 - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES

¿has visto a alguien hacer algo que te parece fácil y luego intentarlo y darte cuenta que no sólo no es fácil sino que todo lo contrario es sumamente difícil y probablemente no lo puedas hacer nunca como ver a un atleta de alto rendimiento cruzar en segundos kilométricos pedazos de violencia con una mirada fría y una mente enfocadísima que sólo tiene como objetivo el romper los límites de la realidad como si se tratara de una telaraña que por un momento contuvo contra las leyes de la física objetos animales o conceptos metafísicos abstractos o simples y que más allá de ser o no tangibles reúnen de forma concreta una enorme cantidad de información que por separado es imposible descifrar y que en conjunto es casi igual de difícil de entender pero como está encimada de una manera ordenada pero caótica la entiendes como si se tratara de un cuadro de Jackson Pollock traducido no al jazz sino al lenguaje del internet con todo y memes y música de comerciales y hip hop de los dosmil y sampleos de boy bands y música extrañísima casi como si fuera un concurso de quién puede hacer más rara la vida y más rara la música y más rara la realidad aunque la realidad siempre será más rara que cualquier canción de JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown?

1 - André 3000 - New Blue Sun

Aunque no catalogado como tal por André 3000, “New Blue Sun” es esencialmente un disco de ambient inherentemente ligado a la belleza de lo cotidiano y rastreando cierta energía que históricamente ha sido impulsada por la figura más grande del género: Brian Eno, nombre que no podemos olvidar ni obviar en este tipo de esfuerzos sonoros, musicales o exploratorios del universo del aire siendo movido por la fuerza de la acción.

Sin embargo, ya en lo práctico, la primera persona a la que se puede referir inmediatamente al escuchar este material no es per se Eno, sino uno de sus colaboradores y, por propio mérito, uno de los grandes emblemas de la música experimental, -si es que podemos hablar de emblemas en este circuito-, Jon Hassell. Y es justo en este punto en lo que hay que hacer hincapié. Como movida artística el ambient y sus variantes llevan más de cincuenta años siendo explorados de diferentes maneras y formas que nacen de una tradición que también por sus propios méritos han generado discusión y teorización durante mucho tiempo gracias a su discreta evolución desde la llamada ola de los minimalistas, término que cada uno de los involucrados desprecia y que debería se analizado por separado. 

Sin embargo en función del contexto, vale la pena hacer una linea temporal que tiene también que ver con la opinión pública y la figura del músico como un ente creador casi divino, mejor, especial y distinto al resto de los humanos. Esto por su puesto se ha de demostrado en numerosas ocasiones ser una falacia completa. Pero tal como sucede en un conjunto de sonidos que crean cierta armonía, no podemos separar algunos de los elementos que forma al artista y su contexto. No hace falta mencionar o ser específicos al hablar de André 3000 como uno de lo zeniths del rap y de la música afroamericana contemporánea, sin embargo, sí es necesario tener en cuenta la función de su papel como estrella de pop en la incursión que tienen para la música experimental y específicamente para los terrenos del ambient.

He aquí un dilema que en otra ocasiones ha derramado sangre dentro de los círculos musicales, la figura del otrora rockstar o emblema de la música pop que en el hartazgo de la agitada vida de los reflectores decide buscar paz en espacios que los extraños y olvidados han habitado por décadas, esos cómodos lugares de nicho semi desaparecidos que sólo aquellos obsesivos y meticulosos han querido habitar en relativa oscuridad, y que casi con una devoción religiosa han hecho crecer poco a poco, como si de una pequeña comunidad de monjes alejados del mundo metamoderno se tratara. Ahí los que incluso son famosos, no lo son, los Basinskis, los Tim Heckers, no son un tercio de lo significativos que una Taylor Swift o un Harry Styles son para la cultura popular, o en todo caso el tan cacheteado mainstream. Y ahí en medio de esos ganadores y perdedores de los números y el streaming reside justamente la calamidad por la que un personaje como André 3000 llama tanto la atención. 

Por una parte todos aquellos que deseaban verle regresar como un olvidado campeón que desde el Olimpo vuelve para darle vida a un género que se siente por momentos cansado después de la absorción a la normalidad, y por otro lado todos los que optimistamente abrazan lo que un artista en su madurez tiene que ofrecer sin relación a su pasado y sus glorias de antaño. Ambos puntos son válidos y al mismo tiempo cancelables ¿quién tiene el derecho de juzgar el trabajo de un artista? ¿los fanáticos que han seguido la carrera al pie de los beats? ¿aquellos que desconocen o no sienten ningún apego emocional al pasado? Incluso podríamos decir que ninguno de los dos.

Parte importante del ambient reside en que desde su concepción como movimiento ideológico, no musical, sino conceptual, Eno lo describió como una serie de piezas pensadas para acompañar y no para capturar la atención total, ahí por supuesto podemos encontrar diferentes ramificaciones del oficio y ver sus distintas intenciones dependiendo de lo que el respectivo creador busque, algunos por supuesto, lo ven desde esa particularidad casi funcionalista del Music For Airports, y otros lo ven desde la casi religiosidad mántrica del jazz espiritual, todo por su puesto depende de qué tanto nos tomemos en serio de qué va cada cual, y al final en cualquiera de las situaciones el escucha es el que decide cómo acercarse a estos diferentes materiales, en resumen todo depende.

En ese sentido podemos ver desde diferentes perspectivas el “New Blue Sun”, una lúdica y una más abstracta y seria. Habrá quienes en la decepción por supuesto, no encuentren valor en ninguna de la dos y su juicio más temprano y a medias válido, será calificar de aburrido e incluso molesto o autocomplaciente y snob este material, en ese caso no hay mucho que decir al respecto, más que invitar a aquellos a que revisen el material ya existente de Outkast.

La intromisión entonces de una figura tan disruptiva para el núcleo ideológico anti star system del ambient y similares, como lo es la de André, permite diferentes situaciones, una es la asimilación de esta música hacia un público que tal vez por primera vez pueda disfrutar la serenidad y lento desarrollo de este tipo de música experimental, y por otro lado, el cómo esto se va a infiltrar en una nueva generación de músicos que permearán estos sonidos y conceptos en la música pop, el rap, electrónica y demás que están en función de la popularidad.

La búsqueda aquí es clara, no se trata sobre la nostalgia del personaje, la remembranza o el ego de un monstruo del rap, no es sobre quien es The GOAT, ni si André tiene que demostrar nada, es simple, pura y hermosa liberta creativa y en ese terreno, ya es un material exitoso. Si los números no le favorecen, el tiempo lo hará, porque esta música esta hecha para perdurar las modas, para trascender el espacio y el tiempo, para ponerse a lado de los discos de Laraaji, de Hassell, de Eno e incluso de los Coltrane. 

[likeadragonfruit]

Ship Stats for Mai (Updated)

During October, I took a survey of Mai ship stats and promised I would do an update in the new year.  And after weeks of delays work, it’s finally happening. The finalized 2022 ship stats for Mai.

Methods

On January 1, 2023, I took a survey of 24 Mai ships from 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2022: the same 21 ships surveyed previously as well as two ships previously overlooked and one new ship posted after the previous survey.

Data 

This chart is for the totals of the sample surveyed. And the other is a table of the chart’s raw numbers.

This is the chart of the total Mai ship fics broken down by year. It included the top 10 ships (Maiko, MaiLee, Maizula, Maitara, MaiAang, Maikka, Maiyue, Maiki, Jet/Mai and Mai/Kei Lo), the same as in October.

And here’s the table for the both the 10 ships in the chart, as well as one showing all 24 ships in the sample

Then there’s this chart that shows the year to year output of works rather than the total. It features the same 10 ships as the previous chart.

And then the raw data tables for this chart

And finally the annual output by partner gender

Observations

Total sample of works by year

Before 2020, the growth of the sample never exceeded 150 works

2020 was the year where the most Mai ship works were added

As previously predicted, 2022 became the third most productive year, behind 2020 and 2021

Compared to October, over 100 Mai ship works were added. 

2022 saw the addition of two new Mai ships to AO3: Hakoda/Mai and Lu Ten/Mai

Cumulative count by year

in terms of total fic count, maiko has consistently remained the Mai ship with the most works.

MaiLee has been in second place for every year except 2016. That year, Maizula held second place.

In 2013 and 2014, Maitara held third place. In 2015, Maizula took third and in 2016 MaiLee took third place when Maizula was in second place that year. Since 2017, Maizula has held third place.

Annual output by year

Maiko has consistently not only held first place, but each year the majority of Mai ship works were Maiko.

Starting in 2020, Maiko’s majority dipped to 61%, and below 60% since then.

Maiko’s output by percentage for 2022 is the lowest it’s ever been (54%)

MaiLee’s highest output year was 2020, at 32%. This has slightly declined to 27%, but is far and above pre-2020 performance.

The Mai ships who currently have the second and third highest output of works for 2022 are MaiLee and Maizula

Despite appearances based on percentages, MaiAang and Maitara’s 2022 output are behind their 2021 output.

The Mai ships that outperformed their 2021 numbers in 2022 are: Maizula, Jet/Mai, Jin/Mai, Kei Lo/Mai, Mai/Piandao, Maikka and Mai/Toph

Other observations 

Every year, the annual output of M/F Mai works is greater than the output of  to F/F Mai works

Before 2020, the M/F Mai works to F/F Mai works output was usually 80% M/F to 20% F/F

Since 2020, the M/F Mai works to F/F Mai works ratio has hovered between 65% M/F to 35% F/F and 60% M/F to 40% F/F

[bronzecats]

Hitting shuffle on all my songs and seeing how many are Homestuck (official or fan) songs, the first 50 songs:

Green is Homestuck.

1. Courser

2. Mary by PhemieC

3. Carbon Nadsat-Cuestick

4. Devil on My Shoulder by Billy Talent

5. Coming Out by Julia Alfrida

6. Deer by The Pack a.d.

7. Potential Verdancy

8. Past and Present by Homestuck Fan Musicians (Beforus)

9. Aggrieve

10. Enfant spécial by Radio Radio

11. Crying (Live) by Björk

12. Scratch

13. The Crow by Dessa

14. Army of Me (Remix) by Björk

15. Crystalline (Current Value Remix) by Björk

16. Call for Me (Calliope) by totalspiffage

17. Heirloom by Björk

18. Hardtack Saloon #2 by The Pack a.d.

19. Virgin Orb by Toby Fox

20. Uptight Downtown by La Roux

21. Ohgodwhat

22. East Beforan Funk by Homestuck Fan Musicians (Beforus)

23. Doesn’t Really Matter by Platinum Blonde

24. Mouth Mantra by Björk

25. Undo by Björk

26. Breeze

27. Blackout by The Pack a.d.

28. The La2t Frontiier by Toby Fox

29. Old Turf Fire by Catherine McKinnon

30. Quinine by Dessa

31. Core of Darkness by Jeremy Iamurri

32. Jólarkötturinn by Björk

33. Regina by The Sugarcubes

34. The Blind Prophet

35. Stigdu Mig by Björk

36. Call the Doctor by Sleater-Kinney

37. I Am Sold by James Blake

38. Darling Kanaya

39. Body Parts by The Pack a.d.

40. Despised by Blood by Mortillery

41. Suspended in Gaffa by Kate Bush

42. Despot

43. Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At the Disco

44. The Golden Towers by Jeremy Iamurri

45. II - Sarabande by Clark Powell

46. Build by The Pack a.d.

47. Hope by Björk

48. The Unified Field by IAMX

49. Beatup

50. Showtime (Imp Strife Mix)

Homestuck to non-Homestuck song ratio: 21:29

[red-dead-disaster]

A deep dive into the numbers that compose the Mary Linton tag (because I clearly can be normal and mentally stable about her)

Prelude:

In this document I will investigate the consistency of the Mary Gillis  Linton tag on the website known as Archive of Our Own to see what ships the tag truly consists of and her representation in stories. The following percentages will be calculated:

Works of fiction tagged with  Mary Gillis Linton/Arthur Morgan and what percentage of those are actually works centering around other ships

Works that demonise her

I expect this tag to have an approximate ratio of 1:4 works with Mary as a central character and most of them to not center around Mary/Arthur or Mary in general. John ships are the most negative, Charles most positive, y/n or reader inserts are on or possibly below John level.

309 total works (one is not about this fandom, one is 900 000 words, one is 400 000)

ONES WHERE ARTHUR JUST IGNORES HER:1

ONES WHERE ARTHUR JUST LIES TO HER:3

ONES WHERE HE CHEATS ON HER:6

ONES WHERE SHE GETS IN JOHNS WAY ~10

ONES WHERE HE USES HER: 3

Positive Mary rep.: 

 Negative Mary rep.: 

Author neg. view Mary: 5 111

Author pos. view Mary:5 1

Ships:

John/Arthur: 32

Overlaps with Mary neg:21

Overlaps with Mary pos:1

Mary neu: 10

He defends arthur:1

Abigail/Arthur:1

neg:1

Mary/Arthur: 49 (includes breakups)

He’s alive:

Overlap with Mary neg: 6

Overlaps with Mary pos: 31

Neu:6

He’s dead:

Overlap with Mary neg: 1

Overlaps with Mary pos:5

Reader or oc/Arthur:53

Overlaps with Mary neg:40

Overlaps with Mary pos:1

Mary neu: 12

She ‘defends’ arthur: 4

Charles/Arthur:17

Overlaps with Mary neg:2

Overlaps with Mary pos: 7

Neu:8

Sadie/ arthur: 6

Mary neu:3

Mary neg: 3

She protects arthur:1 1

Mary/Sadie: 7 (1 platonic included)

Mary pos: 6

Mary neu: 1

Micah/Arthur: 3

Neu:1

Neg: 1

dutch/Arthur:3

Mary neg:2

Mary pos:1

Mary-Beth/arthur:

Mary neu: 1

Mary pos: 1

Charlotte/Arthur:3

Mary neg: 3

Albert/Arthur: 3

Mary neg: 1

Mary neu:2

Eliza/Arthur: 2

Mary pos: 1

Mary neu: 1

Trelawny/arthur: 1

Pos: 1

Joel (The Last of Us)/Arthur Morgan:1

neg:1

No ship or an unrelated ship:16

Pos:4

Neg: 5

Neu: 7

198 total pairings mentioning her

- no/barely mentions, not done, not enough for judgement:86

- in languages I don’t understand: 11

159 works in progress, 153 done

- Tally of stories where she is in at least a somewhat significant role: 58

(Finished 07.01.2023)

I found that 52/198 of representations of Mary are neutral (26,3%), 59/198 are positive (29,8%)  and 87/198  are negative (43,3%). The works counted in these percentages meet the criteria of mentioning her at least twice beyond a neutral statement of her breaking up with Arthur Morgan, are in English or Finnish, give enough characterization for her to be classifiable between these three categories. 58/198 (29,3%)  of these stories have her pinned as a character of at least some significance. 

Arthur Morgan and Mary Gillis-Linton are paired together in 49/198 or 24,7%, she is represented positively in 36/49 (73,5%), neutrally in 6/49 (12,2%) and 7/49 (14,3%).

When Arthur Morgan and a reader insert/original character are paired together, Mary is represented positively 1/53 (1,9%), neutrally 12/53 (22,6%)  and negatively 40/53 (75,5%)

A flaw was that this was just one person conducting this and my own biases could have influenced the results. Most of the point of this was to scream into the void, prove i'm not crazy and also to have data to throw at my friend @red-dead-bisexual.

[summercreolefanfictioner]

31. Do they drink? What are they like drunk? What are they like hungover? How do they act when other people are drunk or hungover? Kind or teasing?

32. What do they dress like? What sorta shops do they buy clothes from? Do they wear the fashion that they like? What do they wear to sleep? Do they wear makeup? What’s their hair like?

needed some gil content cuz i miss him so these are for him and maya as well <3

I decided to divide this ask into four parts bcos ya know I ramble on and on abt gil and maya

maya sakamaki drunk headcanons

as for maya... well, here's the thing. while I've mentioned maya doesn't drink alcohol, she actually got drunk once. and she doesn't even remember what happened. but she did not go wild tho.

it all started when one of the baking club members made chocolate liquor truffle testers and everyone must taste test them. so yeah, maya ate a few bcos it was so delicious and the chocolate was decadent (like perfect ratio of sweetness and dark choco)

HOWEVER!

it turns out the club member used some of maya's vampire juice and thought it was like red wine or something.

everything seemed fine at first like btch no one was harmed. so maya was walking in the hallway when a group of students were cornering this one poor girl for her number when one of them bumped into maya.

poor lad's about to complain when maya grabbed his necktie and pulled him down to her eye level, glaring menacingly as she said, "What the fuck are you doing flirting in the hallway? Can't you see someone walking? HA?"

I swear it was like this:

and everyone was so bewildered, especially when the guy was literally sent to the dream world and punished by maya's skeleton familiars. but after that, maya went on her merry way but the sbros knew something was weird cause she was more talkative. like waaaaaaay talkative.

would even defy reiji openly whenever he asks for something like she obviously murmurs and mimics his speech like a child💀💀💀

I swear the only thing that keeps reiji from killing her is her own husband

she also told kanato:

"Oi! You think you're so hot you can do whatever you want with me, huh?"

I swear Kanato has never been caught off guard like btch he was just minding his own business and his wife starts spouting nonsense.

"Er... Maya-san-"

"Well, you are. So hurry your ass up and do me until I can't walk!"

everyone at the manor be like: 😶🫢👀🫣🤯

but the next day, it was like nothing happened. no one talked abt it and they didn't even bother knowing the reason behind her actions tho.

in short: maya is a gangster type of drunk

but when it comes to taking care of drunk people, it kinda depends bcos most of the time, maya just gets the sht done while donning a deadpan expression as she carries them to bed and prepares a tray of food and anti-hangover pills on their side table.

but it's different with kanato bcos we all know kanato is a horny drunk, right? (based on vampire juice drama cd) so yeah maya would often stutter, fumble with her fingers, blush beet red until she looks like a tomato bcos kanato kept teasing her to touch him or undress him. would even lick her cheek and sniff her everywhere. LIKE HELLO POLICE THERE IS A HORNDOG RIGHT HERE!

but tbh their scenario goes like this:

ps. maya never got drunk afterward. and tbh she wasn't even aware she got drunk. nonetheless get that vampire juice away from her.