#AIX COnnect

[networkthoughts]

Air India Express thinks different, goes live with Dohop to launch virtual interline with Scoot

Over the next one year, Vistara will merge with Air India, AIX Connect (erstwhile AirAsia India) will merge with Air India Express. This will then see investments from Singapore Airlines with a 25.1% stake in Air India. Even as the work towards this goes on in full swing, future cousins Air India Express and Scoot have started co-operation and in a unique fashion.  Air India Express has signed…

[lexiecon-mp4]

Goodbyes: What Makes The Hug So Special

Day 1: S1 EP5

Prompt: N/A

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This episode not only features one of my (and many others) favorite Lokius scene, but also one of my favorite pieces from the entire soundtrack; Goodbyes. Since I have spent many late nights listening to the score while studying away, I thought I might share how Natalie Holt (the composer) uses this track to mark the shift in Loki and Mobius's relationship throughout the show. Please keep in mind I am not a musician or music expert, so apologies for any technical errors. These are just some things I have noticed!

(Unfortunately I am too lazy to leave soundbites throughout this post but I will leave timestamps for your listening pleasure! Songs/themes that focus on Loki will be highlighted in green, and Mobius will be highlighted in orange.)

The initial recurring theme used for their developing trust appears a few times in songs like Aix-En Provence, 1549 (0:04, S1EP1) and Oshkosh, 1985 (0:04, S1EP2) but doesn't play out in full until Lokius (0:04, S1EP4). These are all present during scenes in which the pair are wary of one another. Aix-En Provence plays the first time we see Mobius, and the theme uses the instrument that corresponds to his leitmotif; an electric guitar (the leitmotif plays at 0:32, important to note for later). This makes sense, considering they haven't met yet but Mobius knows about his arrival. Oshkosh is during the visit to the ren faire, and their relationship is slowly but surely growing (yet Loki still attempts to trick Mobius here).

And then we get to the interrogation scene in which Lokius plays. I always thought that playing a song named after their ship name during this scene was an odd choice, but I think it's meant to emphasize the constant push and pull of their relationship thus far. This theme is constantly brought up during these tense moments to highlight the patterns they end up stuck in. (There are some strings that play an uneasy sound at 0:46 though, which won't be the last time we hear them.) A distorted version of the beginning part of the theme comes up again during Time Loop (0:07, S1EP4) when Loki is thrown into the time cell after the interrogation. As such, this is the last episode we hear the initial theme in direct relation to these two.

(There are some examples in S2 like in Those Were Lives (1:37, S2EP2) that could be in relation to Lokius when the timelines are wiped out, but I actually think they relate to Sylvie and Loki. When Sylvie leaves the TVA despite Loki insisting she should stay, its clear she has no intent to remain by his side. Now they are the ones with a troubled relationship.)

When Mobius is pruned by Renslayer, the strings that play during the piece Pruned (0:43, S1EP4) are the same ones that play during Lokius. But now, they have this tragic, urgent sound to them. This is the point in which I believe Loki realizes the weight of losing Mobius. It's the beginning of the turning point in their relationship going forward.

As such, when we finally get to Goodbyes, those same strings are heard in the background right from the beginning at a more frenetic pace. It is quickly followed by the beginning of Mobius's leitmotif. This scene is when Loki makes the decision to stay with Sylvie in finding HWR. The connection to his prior loss of Mobius in Pruned shows how he thinks he likely won't see this man again, for good this time. But now, he's ready to say goodbye.

At 2:31 seconds, we hear Mobius's leitmotif play out in full, and unlike the first time we hear it, it sounds clear and sweet. At this moment, the two say their final goodbyes and Loki decides to embrace him rather than stick with a cordial handshake. It's an acknowledgement that the relationship has progressed past being mutually beneficial. There's trust, friendship, and a feeling they're both letting go of something that matters to them.

Goodbyes then becomes the main theme for their relationship, like in Cleveland, Ohio 2022 (0:50, S2EP5) when Loki is searching for Mobius/trying to talk to Don on the branched timeline. Yet again, Loki is afraid that he may permanently lose someone he cares for deeply. And in Complex and Many (0:25, S2EP6) he says a goodbye that he would have preferred any other way. Mobius's leitmotif plays again with the same sweetness as before, but it ends unresolved as he slips away from Loki's grasp. This is the very last time we hear the initial Lokius theme at the beginning, Mobius's leitmotif, and the final time Goodbyes plays as far as I can track.

In the end, it is the farewells that end up being some of the most impactful moments in their friendship, and it is a really bittersweet but beautiful thing to hear in the soundtrack. It was that goodbye in the Void that left a permanent mark on their relationship forever.

(To add to the tragic nature of it all, the song History is Now which plays after Mobius states he'll "let time pass" starts off with the rapid strumming of an electric guitar that sounds unplugged, no longer carrying it's full sound. Ouch. The TVA track and Loki Green Theme are overlayed throughout the piece.)

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Natalie Holt is absolutely insane and I love her for it. Please listen to the full tracks (and also the entire score) if you can! There is so much of note in them that I haven't even began to cover in this post. Thanks for reading!

[formlines]

Shamanic Transfer

Lyle Wilson

from the website: This carving also artistically explores the shamanic “world”. Shamanism was once widespread amongst the HAISLA, and all Pacific Northwest native peoples. The HAY-LEE-CLA (shaman) was considered to be able to do both AIX (good) and YAX (bad) deeds by using magic.

Very little is known about the actual practices of shamanism, but in those early years people believed in their powers — one of which was to ‘EM-YAUCH-ELA (talk to spirits).

This sculpture has a HAY-LEE-CLA wearing a crown of SAAX (grizzly bear) claws with faces carved on them — indicating the spirit-helpers of the HAY-LEE-CLA. Such a crown was a coveted item because a SAAX was such a fearsome and powerful animal that certain parts of them were used to harness the power they had.

One of the frequently portrayed animals that related to shamanism was the KWEE-KWA-NAUCH (frog) — it was able to live in the two worlds of land and water. To the people of that time, such a dual ability was thought of as magical.

In old carvings the ability to EM-YAUCH-ELA and transfer magic power, was displayed via connecting tongues. This HAY-LEE-CLA has his tongue connected to an upside down, KWEE-KWA-NAUCH that has a humanoid face. In the middle of the sculpture, the long tongue rests on the top of a double-headed KWEE-KWA-NAUCH — which adds its power to the exchange.

In the eyes of the top and bottom faces are even more faces, alluding to various spirit-helpers. On the sides of the sculpture are two ropes that visually “tie” all parties together — a metaphor of a HAY-LEE-CLA and his spirit-helpers in the “olden days” of shamanism.

Lyle Wilson 2024

[glouris]

wuwa characters receiving variants in the future is a real thing and it can hurt you (maybe)

the elemental system we have with havoc, spectro, aero and all the other attributes can be flexible. characters resonate with frequencies of a phenomenon/object that can be distinguished by an elemental attribute, but cannot always be bound by it completely. there might already have been a couple cases of someone exhibiting signs of a second attribute.

for example, when jiyan summons the spear in his trailer there is a lightning effect around his hand, followed by the sound of electricity cracking. 

this might be a visual representation of sound waves reverberating, or it might just be an artistic choice. but if the source of jiyan’s resonance is, say, the storm, then he can be assigned both the aero and electro attributes - hence the lightning around his hand.

but the biggest offenders for a possible double-attribute deal would be aalto and the mourning aix, walk with me.

during the ‘stygian lacrimosa’ world quest (spoilers for it right ahead btw) there is a moment when they let us control an echo of the second aix. while the two aixes fight, something weird is happening: the aix you control clearly has spectro attacks, but ui for it’s abilities is green, as if it’s attribute is supposed to be aero; while the other aix, the one we fight for ascension materials and know as a spectro-aligned creature has distinct aero attacks. 

I have two speculations for what’s happening here:

1. kuro might have mixed up the attacks of two aixes, the one we control was supposed to be aero, and the other one was supposed to be left as spectro. 

2. mourning aix was shown to be able to cover areas in fog earlier in the quest, so these aix TDs might be mimicking the frequencies of fog, which is a common phenomenon in the area they inhabit. 

fog is formed when cold air meets warm air, condensation happens, tiny water drops form and get suspended - aero connection. but then, the water droplets in the fog stop and scatter light in all directions, which limits visibility - spectro connection. so, creatures that mimic or resonate with frequencies of fog could have both aero and spectro attributes, which is why the aixes have both aero and spectro attacks. 

that sends us right to aalto, who resonates with fog. some parts of his kit already have things that might be spectro-looking: the avatar he conjures kind of looks like a prism, the mist bullets he gets from his skill and forte circuit form an attack similar to one of mournig aix's. those attacks of theirs are in turn similar in pattern to some light scattering diagrams.

fun fact, Rayleigh scattering is an optical phenomenon that is behind the sky being blue, and you can find a courier in the whining aix’s mire that will ask you that exact question, ‘why is the sky blue?’. then again, the court of savantae, where we spend most of our time with aalto, is also there. 

to finish the string of weird coincidences, resonance reports of both jiyan and aalto stand out too. aalto’s has statements that are loose, imprecise: 

“Further tests conducted to ascertain the properties of the mist he conjures yielded inconclusive results” accompanied by “As stated in the report, this resonator is cunning and a master of disguises, thus rendering the credibility of his recounts questionable”; his report has no overclock history cause bro just ?? left ??

it’s not established what jiyan resonates with (will probably be addressed later): “Jiyan's Resonance Spectrum Pattern shows no resemblance to known samples'';  then there’s this statement in his overclock diagnostic report: “there are two distinct waveforms identified, each with exceptionally high peak values”. there are characters that can create or summon creatures with their forte, and jiyan is still the only one to have a second waveform, so it’s not because of qingloong. 

my point is, kuro definitely has wiggle room if they wanted to make a character variant. until further notice, jiyan and aalto would be the most plausible candidates for that in my eyes.

[uncreative-cryptid]

time to absolutely word vomit (almost) everything i have learned about the wuwa characters, TDs, and the tacet marks. i will not shut up about this lmao

YUANWU

yuanwu had crystal like structures form on his hands after the awakening of his forte, along with scarring on the skin, but this has since stabalized.

based on yuanwu's overclocking diagnostic report, overclocking might also be tied to the emotional state of a resonator, as it seems his near overclocking event was actually tied to emotional distress.

SANHUA

sanhua is canonically blind in both eyes, but her forte allows her to properly see things through frequencies.

between sanhua and yuanwu, based on how they classify a resonator as a "mutant" or a "natural" resonator is based on the rabelle's curve. i have no idea what this means but it sounds important and im sure they explained it once before and i just forgot.

sanhua is always using her forte because she's blind, and depending on her forte to actually see (99% accurate vision apparently). she's always at risk of overclocking despite being stable. this woman is one bad day away from just losing her shit really. she's got court mandated therapy.

MORTEFI

the last illusive realm event showed that mortefi hates being on stage, actually. seems like he might dream often of the science fairs he participated in as a kid.

xiangli yao lives rent free in his head. sounds kinda suss mortefi, especially with the way he can "sweet talk" you.

i know what you are, mortefi.

his forte is also influenced by his emotional state. it's fascinating, unfortunately for him, how strong his annoyance is. jinzhou's #1 hater is mortefi, he'll hate things for you. good luck with that 100 step weapon btw.

TACET DISCORDS

the mourning aix is very intelligent, and seems to actively still mourn it's partner. the quest of the mourning aix still makes me sad thinking about it and i think of it often.

during the mourning aix quest, one of the logs mentioned that tacet discords look for frequencies, as they devour these frequencies. this also means that they'll get into fights with each other in an attempt to devour the frequencies - this is probably why we see so many fighting around the areas we explore.

based on some random interactions during some quests (such as when we first meet scar at the village ...) it seems that strong enough frequencies can remain in or on these tacet discords. if they're devouring them, they're probably just repeating them. doesn't make it any less haunting to think the voice of someone you once knew could die to a tacet discord and their voice and conviction remain.

annihilation (2018) bear anyone??? terrifying to think about, give me more.

TACET MARKS

it seems pretty randomized as to where these will show up, but i think they're fascinating to look at casually.

the tacet marks are constantly moving, likely to show a resonator's connection to the world around them and the frequencies they continue to channel this ability.

the awakening of a forte is not really known, though there are some parallels and common factors.

environment, emotional, and physical, seem to be the main 3 things that affect a resonator and how they come to be - or how they overclock.

sanhua, changli, and calcharo, are probably the best examples of a forte being overused/overclocked often enough that it does physical, irrepairable damage.

yuanwu, mortefi, and jiyan, are probably the most obvious resonators where their forte awakening has physically marked them in some way or another yet does not seem to be consistently growing/causing problems at this point in time.

CONCLUSION

i have an obsession.

[emjee]

Having now watched six Don Giovanni productions all the way to the end (and bailed on many more on account of the misogyny test you can do in the first five minutes after the overture) I have to say the Met’s traditionally staged production ranks really high, and I feel like an Old Grump saying so but sometimes there really is a pleasure in a superbly sung performance that isn’t trying to do anything other than tell the story really well—and I’m someone who thinks 2017 Aix is Production of All Time. To Me. That one works really well because the swings it takes with staging, costumes etc mostly connect and work really well. The character work is also sublime. The 2019 Paris van Hove, while also beautifully sung and acted, gains nothing in my opinion from the modern dress, and I wasn’t sold at all on the set until the last 10 minutes. Idk this is rambly and there’s room for productions of all sorts, I just read reviews sometimes that call traditional productions uninspired when the productions themselves are actually beautifully done and (I think) quite effective.

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The Solitude Of Monseigneur Welcome

Les Mis Letters reading club explores one chapter of Les Misérables every day. Join us on Discord, Substack - or share your thoughts right here on tumblr - today's tag is #lm 1.1.12

A bishop is almost always surrounded by a full squadron of little abbés, just as a general is by a covey of young officers. This is what that charming Saint François de Sales calls somewhere “les prêtres blancs-becs,” callow priests. Every career has its aspirants, who form a train for those who have attained eminence in it. There is no power which has not its dependents. There is no fortune which has not its court. The seekers of the future eddy around the splendid present. Every metropolis has its staff of officials. Every bishop who possesses the least influence has about him his patrol of cherubim from the seminary, which goes the round, and maintains good order in the episcopal palace, and mounts guard over monseigneur’s smile. To please a bishop is equivalent to getting one’s foot in the stirrup for a sub-diaconate. It is necessary to walk one’s path discreetly; the apostleship does not disdain the canonship.

Just as there are bigwigs elsewhere, there are big mitres in the Church. These are the bishops who stand well at Court, who are rich, well endowed, skilful, accepted by the world, who know how to pray, no doubt, but who know also how to beg, who feel little scruple at making a whole diocese dance attendance in their person, who are connecting links between the sacristy and diplomacy, who are abbés rather than priests, prelates rather than bishops. Happy those who approach them! Being persons of influence, they create a shower about them, upon the assiduous and the favored, and upon all the young men who understand the art of pleasing, of large parishes, prebends, archidiaconates, chaplaincies, and cathedral posts, while awaiting episcopal honors. As they advance themselves, they cause their satellites to progress also; it is a whole solar system on the march. Their radiance casts a gleam of purple over their suite. Their prosperity is crumbled up behind the scenes, into nice little promotions. The larger the diocese of the patron, the fatter the curacy for the favorite. And then, there is Rome. A bishop who understands how to become an archbishop, an archbishop who knows how to become a cardinal, carries you with him as conclavist; you enter a court of papal jurisdiction, you receive the pallium, and behold! you are an auditor, then a papal chamberlain, then monsignor, and from a Grace to an Eminence is only a step, and between the Eminence and the Holiness there is but the smoke of a ballot. Every skull-cap may dream of the tiara. The priest is nowadays the only man who can become a king in a regular manner; and what a king! the supreme king. Then what a nursery of aspirations is a seminary! How many blushing choristers, how many youthful abbés bear on their heads Perrette’s pot of milk! Who knows how easy it is for ambition to call itself vocation? in good faith, perchance, and deceiving itself, devotee that it is.

Monseigneur Bienvenu, poor, humble, retiring, was not accounted among the big mitres. This was plain from the complete absence of young priests about him. We have seen that he “did not take” in Paris. Not a single future dreamed of engrafting itself on this solitary old man. Not a single sprouting ambition committed the folly of putting forth its foliage in his shadow. His canons and grand-vicars were good old men, rather vulgar like himself, walled up like him in this diocese, without exit to a cardinalship, and who resembled their bishop, with this difference, that they were finished and he was completed. The impossibility of growing great under Monseigneur Bienvenu was so well understood, that no sooner had the young men whom he ordained left the seminary than they got themselves recommended to the archbishops of Aix or of Auch, and went off in a great hurry. For, in short, we repeat it, men wish to be pushed. A saint who dwells in a paroxysm of abnegation is a dangerous neighbor; he might communicate to you, by contagion, an incurable poverty, an anchylosis of the joints, which are useful in advancement, and in short, more renunciation than you desire; and this infectious virtue is avoided. Hence the isolation of Monseigneur Bienvenu. We live in the midst of a gloomy society. Success; that is the lesson which falls drop by drop from the slope of corruption.

Be it said in passing, that success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. For the masses, success has almost the same profile as supremacy. Success, that Menæchmus of talent, has one dupe,—history. Juvenal and Tacitus alone grumble at it. In our day, a philosophy which is almost official has entered into its service, wears the livery of success, and performs the service of its antechamber. Succeed: theory. Prosperity argues capacity. Win in the lottery, and behold! you are a clever man. He who triumphs is venerated. Be born with a silver spoon in your mouth! everything lies in that. Be lucky, and you will have all the rest; be happy, and people will think you great. Outside of five or six immense exceptions, which compose the splendor of a century, contemporary admiration is nothing but short-sightedness. Gilding is gold. It does no harm to be the first arrival by pure chance, so long as you do arrive. The common herd is an old Narcissus who adores himself, and who applauds the vulgar herd. That enormous ability by virtue of which one is Moses, Æschylus, Dante, Michael Angelo, or Napoleon, the multitude awards on the spot, and by acclamation, to whomsoever attains his object, in whatsoever it may consist. Let a notary transfigure himself into a deputy: let a false Corneille compose <i>Tiridate;</i> let a eunuch come to possess a harem; let a military Prudhomme accidentally win the decisive battle of an epoch; let an apothecary invent cardboard shoe-soles for the army of the Sambre-and-Meuse, and construct for himself, out of this cardboard, sold as leather, four hundred thousand francs of income; let a pork-packer espouse usury, and cause it to bring forth seven or eight millions, of which he is the father and of which it is the mother; let a preacher become a bishop by force of his nasal drawl; let the steward of a fine family be so rich on retiring from service that he is made minister of finances,—and men call that Genius, just as they call the face of Mousqueton <i>Beauty</i>, and the mien of Claude <i>Majesty</i>. With the constellations of space they confound the stars of the abyss which are made in the soft mire of the puddle by the feet of ducks.

[galleryofart]

Farmhouse and Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan

Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906)

Date: 1884-1885

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA, United States

About this artwork

Painted as a gift to a household servant, this view of the Cézanne family estate outside Aix-en-Provence suggests its author’s deep connection to his birthplace and exhibits the increasingly abstract, analytical approach of his mature style. Note the short, parallel strokes that stand for leaves near the center of the composition and the spare, geometric rendering of the farmhouse itself. Rather than the family’s elegant residence, known as the Jas-de-Bouffan (“House of the Winds” in Provençal), Cézanne generally depicted the estate’s leafy grounds and modest outbuildings, including this one, which he may also have used as a studio.

[squawkoverflow]

A new variant has been added!

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) © Francis C. Franklin

It hatches from big, exotic, male, nearby, ornate, and small eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

[tiredguyswag]

weakass posting game

In 1815, M. Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D—— He was an old man of about seventy-five years of age; he had occupied the see of D—— since 1806.

Although this detail has no connection whatever with the real substance of what we are about to relate, it will not be superfluous, if merely for the sake of exactness in all points, to mention here the various rumors and remarks which had been in circulation about him from the very moment when he arrived in the diocese. True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do. M. Myriel was the son of a councillor of the Parliament of Aix; hence he belonged to the nobility of the bar. It was said that his father, destining him to be the heir of his own post, had married him at a very early age, eighteen or twenty, in accordance with a custom which is rather widely prevalent in parliamentary families. In spite of this marriage, however, it was said that Charles Myriel created a great deal of talk. He was well formed, though rather short in stature, elegant, graceful, intelligent; the whole of the first portion of his life had been devoted to the world and to gallantry.

The Revolution came; events succeeded each other with precipitation; the parliamentary families, decimated, pursued, hunted down, were dispersed. M. Charles Myriel emigrated to Italy at the very beginning of the Revolution. There his wife died of a malady of the chest, from which she had long suffered. He had no children. What took place next in the fate of M. Myriel? The ruin of the French society of the olden days, the fall of his own family, the tragic spectacles of ’93, which were, perhaps, even more alarming to the emigrants who viewed them from a distance, with the magnifying powers of terror,—did these cause the ideas of renunciation and solitude to germinate in him? Was he, in the midst of these distractions, these affections which absorbed his life, suddenly smitten with one of those mysterious and terrible blows which sometimes overwhelm, by striking to his heart, a man whom public catastrophes would not shake, by striking at his existence and his fortune? No one could have told: all that was known was, that when he returned from Italy he was a priest.

In 1804, M. Myriel was the Curé of B—— [Brignolles]. He was already advanced in years, and lived in a very retired manner.

About the epoch of the coronation, some petty affair connected with his curacy—just what, is not precisely known—took him to Paris. Among other powerful persons to whom he went to solicit aid for his parishioners was M. le Cardinal Fesch. One day, when the Emperor had come to visit his uncle, the worthy Curé, who was waiting in the anteroom, found himself present when His Majesty passed. Napoleon, on finding himself observed with a certain curiosity by this old man, turned round and said abruptly:—

“Who is this good man who is staring at me?”

“Sire,” said M. Myriel, “you are looking at a good man, and I at a great man. Each of us can profit by it.”

That very evening, the Emperor asked the Cardinal the name of the Curé, and some time afterwards M. Myriel was utterly astonished to learn that he had been appointed Bishop of D——

What truth was there, after all, in the stories which were invented as to the early portion of M. Myriel’s life? No one knew. Very few families had been acquainted with the Myriel family before the Revolution.

M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think. He was obliged to undergo it although he was a bishop, and because he was a bishop. But after all, the rumors with which his name was connected were rumors only,—noise, sayings, words; less than words—palabres, as the energetic language of the South expresses it.

However that may be, after nine years of episcopal power and of residence in D——, all the stories and subjects of conversation which engross petty towns and petty people at the outset had fallen into profound oblivion. No one would have dared to mention them; no one would have dared to recall them.

M. Myriel had arrived at D—— accompanied by an elderly spinster, Mademoiselle Baptistine, who was his sister, and ten years his junior.

Their only domestic was a female servant of the same age as Mademoiselle Baptistine, and named Madame Magloire, who, after having been the servant of M. le Curé, now assumed the double title of maid to Mademoiselle and housekeeper to Monseigneur.

Mademoiselle Baptistine was a long, pale, thin, gentle creature; she realized the ideal expressed by the word “respectable”; for it seems that a woman must needs be a mother in order to be venerable. She had never been pretty; her whole life, which had been nothing but a succession of holy deeds, had finally conferred upon her a sort of pallor and transparency; and as she advanced in years she had acquired what may be called the beauty of goodness. What had been leanness in her youth had become transparency in her maturity; and this diaphaneity allowed the angel to be seen. She was a soul rather than a virgin. Her person seemed made of a shadow; there was hardly sufficient body to provide for sex; a little matter enclosing a light; large eyes forever drooping;—a mere pretext for a soul’s remaining on the earth.

Madame Magloire was a little, fat, white old woman, corpulent and bustling; always out of breath,—in the first place, because of her activity, and in the next, because of her asthma.

On his arrival, M. Myriel was installed in the episcopal palace with the honors required by the Imperial decrees, which class a bishop immediately after a major-general. The mayor and the president paid the first call on him, and he, in turn, paid the first call on the general and the prefect.

The installation over, the town waited to see its bishop at work.

[voyages-de-reforme]

Aix-la-Chapelle Cathedral (Aachen Cathedral)

The Aix-la-Chapelle Cathedral is located in Aachen, Germany. I chose this site because it was beautiful and our first trip this semester.

This specific Cathedral is connected to the European Reformation because Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, ordered it to be built. Charlemagne was buried in this Cathedral, and then 31 kings and 12 queens were coronated in this Cathedral, where it remains the Mother Church of the Diocese of Aachen.

One thing that surprised me about Aix-la-Chappelle Cathedral was the Ancient Roman ruins that remain under the city, and how you can see some of them when you walk in the Cathedral.

[networkthoughts]

Air India Express Completes Merger with AIX Connect

GURUGRAM, 01 October 2024: Air India Group has completed the operational integration and legal merger of Air India Express Ltd and AIX Connect Pvt Ltd (erstwhile AirAsia India) into a larger Low-Cost Carrier. The formation of the merged entity, which will operate under the ‘Air India Express’ name and a unified airline code IX, marks a significant milestone in the transformation journey of Air…

[jbaileyfansite]

Interview with Vanity Fair France (2023)

Jonathan Bailey: celebrity, LGBT rights and cycling, words from an actor ��in search of transformation”

New darling of cinema, Jonathan Bailey, the actor who played Anthony in Bridgerton, is taking a step aside in fashion. For Vanity Fair, he talks about his relationship with celebrity and the importance of LGBT representation on screen. Confidences.

What should a person dream of, after having experienced dazzling success all over the planet? Jonathan Bailey was only waiting for one thing: to get on his bike and cycle through the south of France. A memory comes back and his eyes sparkle: “A year ago, I visited Aix, Manosque and Marseille. I was dazzled by the energy of the latter and the beauty of the street art. » So, as soon as he could, this cycling enthusiast took a getaway far from the fog of his native England for a fashion shoot on the Côte d'Azur. At 35, the actor says he is exploring “new facets of his personality”, by posing in front of a camera lens or acting in front of the camera.

In perpetual “quest for transformation”, he is now ready to delve into the “darkest corners” of the human soul, he explains. Far, far from the role of enamored viscount which propelled him to stardom. In 2020, Jonathan Bailey made a notable appearance in the Bridgerton show, on Netflix.

The series tells the adventures of two aristocratic families during the English Regency, between tails, top hats and romantic intrigues. In the first season, he was content to be the protective brother of the heroine, the fiery Viscount Anthony Bridgerton.

The second season propels him to the center of a sentimental intrigue. And Netflix broke a record, with 193 million hours of viewing in the first three days of broadcast. A line of dialogue went viral, cited thousands of times on social networks: “You are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires. » The whole world fell under its spell. What followed were magazine covers, front rows of fashion shows, red carpets of posh evenings…

After that, the actor changed register and dared to tread the boards of the West End theater in London with a play with the evocative title, Cock. A return to his roots for someone who started, at the age of 6, with the Royal Shakespeare Company. “I feel feverish if I’m not on stage,” he explains. "Acting keeps me fit as an actor. » Another challenge: he will soon be starring in the highly anticipated Wicked, adaptation of the musical comedy dedicated to the witches of The Wizard of Oz, alongside Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh (Oscar winner for best actress in 2023). Could he be stalked by madness of grandeur? Never. “There is no guide to learning how to deal with fame,” he admits. "I just focused on my first passions, notably music, surrounded by my friends, my older sisters, my nephews. » A secret: he also got back into some gymnastic movements - which he admits are still "'slightly kooky'. By that I mean: eccentric and approximate."

Some habits deserted along the way. With fame, he lost his anonymity and a little of his tranquility. “I will never give up public transport,” he says. "On the other hand, I tend to “underdress” so as not to attract attention. » His relationship with clothing has thus changed. He is just beginning to master the subtle art of matching his jewelry (like here with Mazarin jewelry). “I’m exploring more of the jewelry world as I get older and more confident. » Until then, he only had one fear: accumulating coins to the point of “resembling the donkey Bourricot”, loaded with mismatched fake coins. No risk. On his wrist, he wears the Omega watch of which he is the ambassador. A big first for him: “I participated in the launch of the Summer Blue Seamaster range this year,” he explains with pride. "I felt the connection of the house with the people of the sea. The travelers, the adventurers. The surfing and paddle enthusiast in me was delighted.»

This digression into the fashion sphere allowed him to meet his favorite designers – Daniel Lee, Jonathan Anderson, Giorgio Armani. Because, in fashion as in cinema, he only aspires to work with “creative people”, he admits. A second of reflection, a burst of laughter. All things considered, he would see himself as a “sheep of a sherpa”. Literally, “sheep” of a creative master who would take him into his merciless universe.

His only condition? Uphold the values that are close to his heart. Starting with LGBTQIA+ representation on screen, which he missed so much during his childhood. He remembers, moved, his meeting with Matthew Rhys, who plays a leading character in the American soap opera Brothers and Sisters: Kevin Walker, a gay lawyer. “This actor was a game changer for me,” insists Jonathan Bailey. "I found a bit of my family in the characters of the series. In the middle, he played a guy who led a fulfilling life and had a wonderful partner.»

The British actor is delighted to see today the very popular “Elite, Heartstopper or even Gossip Girl” taking over, with diverse and varied narrative arcs aimed at young audiences. He himself made his contribution, since his career took off on Netflix as an openly homosexual actor playing an heterosexual character. “It’s as rare as seeing gay actors playing gay characters and being praised for that performance,” he emphasizes. We will soon find him in Fellow Travelers, a historical mini-series centered on a romance between two men in which he co-stars with Matt Bomer. Proof that an actor can absolutely play anything.

To the aspiring actors who follow him on the networks, he provides a lesson: “Representation is crucial, but being an artist also means being able to inhabit a character totally different from your own experience.» He is moved by having the luxury of choosing his projects, thinking back to the time when he went through auditions and accepted all the roles that came his way. When he talks about his job, Jonathan Bailey spins the love metaphor. “When I like a project, I feel a romantic spark. I let myself be carried away by something obvious. » Love at first sight guaranteed.

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File: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

SCP#: AIX

Code Name: Planet Drool, the World of Dreams

Object Class: Apollyon Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: The Anomalous Celestial Body Management Department has created a large holographic mirror made of hundreds of satellites to cover SCP-AIX’s presence from the rest of the solar system. Site-DREAM has been constructed on SCP-AIX in hopes of cooperating the world into Project Medusa. Mobile Task Force Zeus-9 “Dream Catchers” are responsible for establishing security for Site-DREAM and fighting off hostile entities that reside on SCP-AIX. Resources and staff transitioning is done on a monthly basis, Space Task Fleet Apollo-1 is responsible for protecting transportation ships. 

Description: SCP-AIX is a world that exists on the very edge of our solar system, even more beyond Pluto. SCP-AIX is not actually a real world but instead created from the dreams of a boy named [data expunged]. Though he was only discovered in 2005 and in the same year was revealed to be a Level 4 Reality Bender. He created SCP-AIX entirely by accident but after being exposed to its existence he unlocked his Reality Bending abilities on the planet. For whatever reason [data expunged] can only activate his powers when on SCP-AIX. This has earned him the title of SCP-AIX-King. 

SCP-AIX as a whole is created from the bits and pieces of SCP-AIX-King’s chaotic dreams and imagination, the main driving force that unites them all is his desires. Despite the seemingly lawless nature everything within SCP-AIX follows their own set of rules, the real problem is finding out what those rules are. For example, in the land of cookies and cream of SCP-AIX, there are giants that exist to eat the giant cookies that populate the area from time to time. The power that flows through SCP-AIX to power the machines and robots is operated by large serpent-like plugs as well as various other plug and wire-based creatures. There are also floating cuckoo clocks that actively shoot out robotic cuckoo birds to attack people to signify the annoyance of alarm clocks. There are many other areas and various other rules regarding SCP-AIX, but this is the basic rundown of what the Foundation has discovered as of late. 

However, SCP-AIX is much more complex as it is filled with all sorts of living beings that all have their own job and abilities. The most notable of these are Shark boy and Lava girl also known as SCP-AIX-Shark and SCP-AIX-Lava. SCP-AIX-Shark is the king of all aquatic life on SCP-AIX despite seemingly only being 10 years old. He was supposedly born on earth and raised by talking sharks at least according to SCP-AIX-King though whether this is true and not another dream he made up is unknown. Regardless he is very strong, has teeth that can bite through steel, swim at a speed of 30 mph, and can manifest water from his hands. 

SCP-AIX-Lava is a girl seemingly made out of lava, she possesses great power but also intense and dangerous heat being able to burn almost anything she gets too close to. Originally this was thought to be a curse on her but in actuality she is the living source of power for all machines and living beings in SCP-AIX. Without her SCP-AIX will be stuck in darkness forever and SCP-AIX-King might end up losing his powers forever. Though thankfully the three of them are powerful enough to ensure that such a scenario will never happen. Furthermore, the Foundation has agreed to assist them in protecting SCP-AIX.

SCP-AIX was discovered in 1995 the same day SCP-AIX-King was born, though at the time there was no known connection between the two. At the time SCP-AIX was seen as nothing more than a spatial anomaly as it was a floating bubble of random shapes and colors. SCP-ANO seemed to have great interest in SCP-AIX; as such, the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition took interest as well. This led to a long and detailed observation of SCP-AIX, please see Addendum X-67 for details.

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Addendum X-67

The following is a list of major events regarding SCP-AIX and possible SCP-ANO if involved, as well as the year they happened.

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1995 - SCP-ANO observes SCP-AIX upon its manifestation for an extremely long time and even creates a tendril to get closer. The O5 Council and 108 Council agree it is not worth the risk to engage SCP-ANO, so they leave it be. This proves to work out in their favor as SCP-AIX seems to react badly to SCP-ANO’s contact and releases a wave of energy greatly harming SCP-ANO and forcing it back. From here on out SCP-ANO merely watches from a distance. 

Side Note: Upon the discovery of SCP-AIX-King Foundation agents reviewed archives and camera recordings of him as a baby. They found that at the exact moment SCP-ANO made contact with SCP-AIX, SCP-AIX-King eyes turned black, and he cried in fear while shedding a single tear of blood. His family quickly took him to the hospital, but he was confirmed fine as soon as SCP-ANO backed off. This is deeply concerning but there's not enough information to confirm what this exactly means.

1996 - [data expunged] entered our solar system but was destroyed after [data expunged] survivors of Space Task Fleet Apollo-1 noticed that several pieces were falling towards SCP-AIX and were absorbed by it. They seemingly disappeared from reality though if that is true or if something else happened is entirely known. 

1998 - SCP-AIX starts taking up a form of a planet but is changing form all the time which is most likely due to SCP-AIX-King still too young to keep an idea for very long and often letting his imagination go crazy. 

2001 - SCP-AIX finally take a concrete shape and different lands and continents start forming. Eventually SCP-AIX starts to resemble a large world, with different lands based on SCP-AIX-Kings’s dreams and ideas. 

2005 - SCP-AIX-Shark and SCP-AIX-Lava are spotted manifesting on earth for some reason and take SCP-AIX-King to SCP-AIX to help quell a rebellion caused by the plug creatures and their leader Entity of Interest: Mr. Electric. They succeed and SCP-AIX-King unlocks his power to manipulate everything on SCP-AIX. Thankfully anomalous exposure is limited so Foundation agents are able to quickly give amnestics to anyone who witnessed the event. 

2006 - The ACPA agrees to allow the SCP-Foundation to have custody of SCP-AIX and thus diplomats are sent to meet with the three. They ask for a means to colonize SCP-AIX by establishing Site-DREAM. This unfortunately led to lots of back and forth and nearly led to an all-out war between Foundation forces and the inhabitants of SCP-AIX. Shockingly it was only after SCP-ANO tried once again, to attack SCP-AIX that led to the alliance.

Space Task Fleet Apollo-1 tried to attack SCP-ANO while SCP-AIX-King imagined his own space fleet to attack the Celestial Scale Anomaly. Because the ships were made from SCP-AIX-King’s imagination, he could make an infinite number of them and thus eventually wore down SCP-ANO, for the first since its discovery SCP-ANO actually was hurt and retreated as a result. Peace was finally made, and the construction of Site-DREAM began.

2006 - The SCP Foundation helps SCP-AIX-King establish a more stable way to travel from earth to SCP-AIX without having to rely on imagining ships that don’t always work every time. 

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Because SCP-AIX was able to harm SCP-ANO far better than any Foundation weapon or any weapon owned by any organization within the ACPA it is considered an extremely valuable asset. As such it must be protected at all costs, this includes SCP-AIX-Shark, SCP-AIX-Lava, and SCP-AIX-King obviously. Site-DREAM isn’t just a sanctuary designed to continue Foundation work should earth fall but also a place where new science based on SCP-AIX is made to assist in protecting the planet. It is with hope that SCP-AIX will be the spearhead in the eventual attack that will finally lead to the destruction of SCP-ANO.

Though it should be noted that SCP-AIX is not indestructible against SCP-ANO or other Celestial Scale Class Anomalies like it. We've already seen that SCP-AIX-King can get hurt if SCP-AIX is heavily damaged in any way. As such it is possible that to overuse SCP-AIX or for a possible God Like anomaly such as SCP-ANO can manipulate it. Still. as of late, SCP-AIX is the only viable candidate for Project Medusa.

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Axbane

Axbane (Borlish Ausbagn /ozˈbɛjn/) is a major city on the southwest coast of Borland. It is located at the narrowest part of the Rustigh Strait, less than twenty leagues from Willemy on mainland Europe.

Toponymy

Both the English and Borlish names descend from (the dative case of) the original Latin name for the city Aquīs Balneīs "to the bathing waters". Compare the city of Bath in Albion and of Axton (Grand-Aix /gʀãˈdɛis/, Aughen /ˈɔ.xn̩/) [Aachen] in Willemy.

History

As a Roman city, Axbane was home to an extensive bathhouse complex, for which the city is named.

With the German migrations of the early medieval period, Axbane was demoted to a minor port in the Anglian kingdom of Sothbar, which comprised the southwestern portion of Borland.

The Peninsular Monastery which overlooks the city was erected in the name of the Order of Saint James (the Jacobin Fraternity), which had fled to Axbane in 1067 after a popular uprising against Drengot Emperor Geoffrey II in Flanders. In the modern day, the Order remains a powerful presence, owning much land in the city and a successful series of breweries.

The Axbane of the late twelfth century is the de facto seat of the County of Sothbar; by 1190 the earl Steven (Steign) is known to have resided year-round in the coastal town, bequeathing the old house in Heitriç to his younger brother. At this time, the location of Axbane on one side of the Rustigh Strait was of immense strategic value. The Great Flie Flood of 1171 swept away much of Lower Frisland, and Axbane was for several decades afterward the obvious choice of harbour for any trader moving from the Danish lands through the Drengot domain and onward to Spain.

Axbane eventually became one of the star cities of the Corvine Concert, an association of mercantile cities in the region. The throughput of the Axbane port is thought to have accounted for over a third of European trade outside the Middlesea by 1400 N. The late fourteenth century also saw this Borlish city develop a particularly close relationship with Bremen.

The 1850s saw the Axbane-Texel undersea barric line, one of the world's first such steeplepost connections across the sea. At this time, Axbane was part of the New Urban Mesh along with independent cities like London.

References

The Secret Guide to Axbane (Y Gið Scos por Ausbagn), published first in 1962 on behalf of the Maglen Formeuç Caritativia, as part of a series of tourist guidebooks for cities along both coasts of the Rustigh Strait.

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