#Amari Rice

[pretty-idol-hell]

Idol Land PriPara Episode 12

The end... or is it?

The episode opens with My Dream back at school, at lunchtime. Yui is double-fisting rice balls. Shogo walks by and complains about how loudly she's enjoying herself, so Yui throws his baby pictures everywhere. In other words, everything is back to normal.

While Yui and Shogo are fighting, the remaining members of WITH and MyDre acknowledge they will be holding a surprise promise for Yui later that day.

Meanwhile, Amari is at her desk looking through her old notebook and acknowledging all of her idol dreams have been coming true one by one. She stops when she reaches the place where Mario's page was ripped out, and looks down sadly at the blank space.

Later, at PriPara, Mirei and Shion discuss how things are returning to normal. All of the idols are full of dreams again and it's all thanks to Yui. But, it's thanks to Amari that Yui was returned to normal, so everyone surrounds Amari and thanks her.

However, even after everything that happened in the last episode, there are still some bugs floating around Idol Land. (...Feels familiar.)

The others talk about Mario's disappearance and wonder where he is. Amari says, "He's gone," but the others don't quite get it. Nino says it was rude he disappeared without saying goodbye.

I guess they really did not notice he uhh... burned to death...........

Amari looks down sadly again but only Laala acknowledges it.

Meanwhile in DanPri, all the boys are hard at work cleaning up the mess Mario made. Including Ushimitsu, who is doing his best to remind Shinya of his past using uhh... puppets? (Ninja voodoo dolls? I don't know the actual name for these haha.)

But he is unsuccessful. Shinya is STILL brainwashed even though Mario is gone. Ushimitsu is out of options. HARAKIRI IT IS.

Asahi is able to stop him, however, as WITH arrives to help.

"Leave it to me," says Koyoi as Asahi's eyes light up with fear, reminded of Koyoi's dark past. It can't be that bad, Asahi.......

OH

I GUESS THIS IS JUST HOW WE SOLVE PROBLEMS IN PRIPARA NOW

EVERYONE FIGHTING EVERYONE IDOLS

hahahahaha

Meanwhile, Yui arrives in Idol Land, annoyed at being left behind. She's quickly whisked away by Nino and Michiru, as not to ruin the surprise.

Also meanwhile, SoLaMi Dressing, Hibiki, Amari, Meganii, Meganee, and the managers., are having a meeting to decide what to do about the bugs still appearing around Idol Land. Amari shakily raises her hand.

"D-D-Do we really have to exterminate them?" she says, launching into a stuttering, rambly rant disagreeing with Hibiki about how she doesn't exactly like the bugs either, but the line between love and hate isn't that simple. In fact, they are basically the same, because even after hard times you can still see a blue sky in the end so storms and sunny days are basically the same and and AND... (before collapsing on the table).

"I AGREE WITH AMARI-CHAN!!!" says Laala. Immediately.

Everyone else agrees as well, except for Hibiki of course, but they are far outnumbered.

Meganii says there is still a lot they don't yet know about Idol Land, and it's possible the bugs are connected to that, so perhaps it's best to leave them for now. As Meganii speaks we see Gaaruru walking through the woods as bugs follow behind her. Gaaruru tells the bugs she doesn't care, and they can do what they want.

After the meeting ends, Amari and Laala are walking together in a deserted hallway.

"If only we could have become friends with Mario," Laala says, causing Amari to stop walking. Amari asks if Laala knew what happened to Mario, and Laala says she guessed based on how Amari was acting.

Amari says that thanks to Laala she finally understood that Mario had meaning to her. But, she realized a little too late.

Laala takes Amari's hand and says, "But I think he was really happy! That he was able to save you! That you cared about him!"

"Thank you, Laala..." Amari says as she starts to cry. The two laugh together.

Meanwhile, MyDream is touring Idol Land while the battle between Shinya and Koyoi continues to escalate into by far the most violent thing we've ever seen in Pretty Series.

Goddamn.

And Amamiya is still trapped in the toilet....

Thinking this is some kind of fate that has been thrust upon him, he starts working to make the toilet so clean that uhh...

He hallucinates toilet goddess Mirei...???

The implication I think is that his love for her overflows and gets him out, but we never actually are shown that. His love overflows from the stall and um, next scene.

Nino and Michiru are about to head back with Yui, when.... uhhh...

So, these are Haniwa. I believe the implication is like.... MyDream disturbed Ajimi's ancestral family burial site??? in PriPara????????????

Back at the stage, everyone is ready but MyDream is nowhere to be found. The crowd is getting restless, especially the animals. But no worries, Fuwari knows just what to do...

Sing a new solo in a new recolored outfit!! Prominently featuring her occasional sentence enter, "-nachu"!

And so we get Fuwari singing this lovely, calming song, inter-spliced with like Hibiki dropping their tea and Shinya/Koyoi still fighting (oh lord).

New Making Drama too!

Back in DanPri, a badly bruised and battered Koyoi and Shinya have finally come to a standstill. Apparently Shinya "had fun", "let's do this again".... (the others stare blankly). Back to normal, I guess.

Finally, MyDream arrives and Yui finds out about her surprise. They hop from an air balloon, coord changing in mid-air (AiPri style? haha).

New coords, new song, new Making Drama...

NEW TEAM CYALUMES TOO!!!

After the performance, Non Sugar wheels out Janice in a baby carriage, who congratulates them. Janice thanks Amari for protecting PriPara as well, who has the reaction you would expect she would have being addressed by a goddess (even a baby one).

Janice turns to the audience and explains that she still hasn't returned to her full power, and therefore is unable to carry out her duties as goddess in this form. Thus, she will be giving temporary goddess powers to.... FALULU!

Falulu is (temporarily) a PriPara GODDESS!!

This kinda reminds me of... umm... *mumble mumble King of Prism something something*

Hibiki leads Falulu to the stage, who is calmly surprised by this announcement. The time twins give her a goddess staff.

Fuwari asks Falulu what she will do in her first act as goddess. Ignoring the selfish requests from Meganii and Dorothy, she says she does have something she's been wanting to do...

And so, getting everyone together habitat for humanity style, Falulu has everyone build Pololo a house... T_T After being a roof for others for so long, she finally has a roof of her own.....

Falulu says she will continue to use everyone's power to make everyone's dreams come true!

As the credits roll, we cut to Amari back in the lunchroom at school. She's holding her tray and looking at a group of girls sitting across the room.

Mario's hand appears behind her, giving her a push, as she passes through an invisible barrier, and begins to approach them...

In the voiceover, Amari says, "I have a dream. A dream to enjoy my high school life!"

The time twins curl up together in THE CUTEST PAJAMAS (want), talking about how today was a great day, and tomorrow will be a great day too. We pan to the Takara Tomy logo in the night sky, and the episode ends.

WOW, what a wonderful and also depressing episode to end on.

I really REALLY REALLY thought Mario was going to come back.

Well he did, but he didn't. His hand pushing Amari at the end could have easily been her imagination. But then again, that's basically the same thing, isn't it?

I also super related to that scene WOW. I often feel like, even though I know how to be social, I know I can approach people and make friends..... I just have this invisible barrier around me, and I have to be either right in the perfect mood, or I have to be making a very conscious effort to pass through it. If I'm taken by surprise by someone approaching me in public, I often keep the barrier up and try to leave the conversation as quickly as possible. The more I've adjusted to being back in America, the more I've improved at getting that barrier down and socializing with people when I'm at cons and events and stuff. So it was pretty cool to see something like that represented visually.

So, lots of new coords, songs, making dramas... we've always got lots of new stuff in episodes before, but this was the first time it actually made me sad. Because up until now I knew we would probably get the new coords at least, and there was a glimmer of hope in me that maybe, just maybe, we might get a new song or making drama SOMEday but.... with the lackluster updates this past month, who knows if we'll be getting anything at all anymore. So, I spent a lot of this episode sadly yearning for the arcade days of knowing for sure all the new content would be available to experience soon.........

*sigh*

When they made this episode they were planning on a season 2. SURELY. Or at least, they certainly left the possibility open.

SO MUCH is still unresolved. Like yeah, Yui's back, but all the other stuff from episode 0? The update that went wrong, and the bugs, and losing PriParis and all that stuff..... (I've got watch that again)

I'm scared now that they are gonna resolve that in the Hibiki comic instead.....................

BUT MARIO

Mario should come back. Mario DESERVES to come back.

IT'S. NOT. FAIR.

And Falulu has goddess powers!? Like, for the foreseeable future we're just leaving her like that.

So like. In my other post I denied that Laalulu, the 10th/1000th-anniversary character would have anything to do with Idol Land.

But like, seeing Falulu get goddess powers is making me somewhat rethink that. Like, I dunno, I feel like this could be connected somehow. Maybe.

LIKE.......... THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES TO GO FROM HERE.

Not to mention for all we know AMAMIYA IS STILL IN THE TOILET

COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

please

[justjarminsports]

Titans send DeAndre Hopkins to the Chiefs for a late draft pick.

Photo Credit: Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images

By: BenJarmin Munguia

Date: October 23rd, 2024

The Chiefs are finally getting some help after being plummeted with injuries. 

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Kansas City Chiefs are finalizing a trade with the Tennessee Titans to send the 12-year veteran wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins to the Kansas City Chefs. NFL insider Ian Rapport stated that the Titans will receive a fifth-round pick that may turn into a fourth-round pick. 

The reigning Super Bowl Champs are in much-needed help at wide receiver, Kansas City has been dealing with injuries all season, with wide receiver Hollywood Brown suffering a shoulder injury before the regular season start that landed him on IR, another wide receiver Rashee Rice sustained a severe knee injury in Week 4 matchup vs. the Los Angeles Chargers that need surgery and put him on IR, alongside, star running back Isiah Pacheco broke his fibula that also put him on IR. It's safe to say the Chiefs are thin at star players. 

The trade of Hopkins gives Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes another weapon, which he could use to push for their third straight Super Bowl trip.

Hopkins caught 15 catches for 173 yards and one touchdown this season with the Tennessee Titans. Hopkins also suffered a torn MCL before the season started. Hopkins hasn't missed a game this season. 

Hopkins wasn't the first receiver to be traded this month. Las Vegas Raiders sent wide receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets for a 2025 third-round pick, and the Buffalo Bills received wide receiver Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns for a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 seventh-round pick. 

At this point, this works out for both teams. Tennessee is 1-5 and has no hope for this season; expect to 'rebuild' again. The Chiefs are trying to complete a historic run, becoming the first team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in a row.

[arachno-freak]

Maeve Jackson

Full Name: Maeve Jackson

Spider Name: Arachne

Birthday: May 12

Age: 16

Earth Number: 42

Nicknames: Mae(Amari,Maya,Gemma,Miles) Crazy Spider(Miles)

Family:

Markus Jackson(Father,Deceased)

Amari Jackson(Mother)

Maya Jackson(Older Sister,Deceased)

Love Interest: Miles Morales

Maeve Jackson is the youngest daughter of Markus and Amari(nee Willows) Jackson and the younger sister of Maya Jackson. Her father Markus Died in service while he was in the army leaving his wife Amari to take care of their daughters Maya and Maeve. When she was 9 her older sister Maya took her life due to the bullying she suffered from school. This led to her mother becoming depressed and becoming an alcoholic. Since then, Maeve carries a vindictive personality that will lead her to becoming very violent towards her enemies.

Powers and Abilities

Maeve got bitten by her pet radioactive Tarantula Betty. This lead her develop abilities similar to one.

Urticating Hair Needle- She can pull out bristle hair on her skin that can cause both shock and irritation on her enemies skin. her spider suit will electrify it making it more impactful on the enemy's skin.

Wall Crawling

Spidey Senses

Regeneration

Superhuman Strength

Can feel Vibrations through any Solid Matter

Venomous Fangs

Facts

Maeve is close with Gemma Stacy(Her Gwen Stacy)

Her inhumane strength made Miguel join her into the spider society. She hated his brooding personality. When she sees him assaulting 1610 Miles she gets aggressive and attacks him.

She has an enemies to lovers relationship with Miles-42 and even likes to tease him whenever they fight as Arachne and the Prowler.

She had taken Karate Lessons ever since she was 8.

Likes watching plays.

Her Favorite foods are banana splits and Burgers. Her least favorite are Chicken nuggets and Rice.

She and Hobie have a brother and sister relationship, with the Latter liking her strength and blunt personality while the former liking his rebellious attitude.

She Likes Spider-cat

She saw Miles a adorable and sweet version of her miles hence why she gets violent on Miguel for both Assaulting and Insulting him.

Is a huge fan of anime and manga. She likes to geek out her new fav with her best friend Gemma.

@writing-heiress @marrondrawsalot @nproduction626 @achy-boo

@the-weirdos-mind

[fictionkinfessions]

I wish I could remember the names of my comrades... My Sensei....

the Kunoichi in my team, I have an idea of a name. Amari? I'm not sure, but it feels kinda right. Close. I mostly remember the color of her hair, the fact that she'd bring us red bean rice cakes...

My teammate.. I remember he always ate my food as quickly as you'd breathe air lol. He loved tuna rice balls, so I'd make them frequently. I can't remember his name, but he helped me train until I got more confident in my abilities and in myself.

I remember I wanted to become stronger than my Sensei, and he was very light hearted and kind in nature. I... I can almost remember his smile. It's so close but too far to reach. He told me my team would become my new family, and we would always help each other be stronger. He said we would always be able to depend on each other....

I made friends some time after they had died, and I got really close to Asuma Sensei, Guy Sensei and their teams. They taught me a lot. But it's still so bittersweet to remember so little about my team... I miss them so much, and yet I can just barely remember them.. I hope they're doing okay in this life. I hope they're happy, and not alone. Part of me hopes that they remember, if only a little... That when they eat food that's similar to shG I used to make, they get a sense of nostalgia and comfort; that they get dreams of picnics under the sun.. I hope they don't remember that day. The day they died alone. I hope they only remember the good parts, if they manage to remember anything at all.

-Tadashi (Naruto) #🍙🍃

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[fragilelunar]

2023 Reading Wrap Up

General Stats:

Total Books Read: 105

Pages: 25, 224

Time: 194.17 Hours

Average Rating: 4.31 Stars

Library Books: 41

Books Owned: 14

5 Stars: 38

hello! for my first post on this new blog I figured I'd do a little wrap up of my reading from last year!! Tiny bit of back history to give y'all before I start doing monthly wrap ups and things. I always make my reading goal 50 books so that I can easily hit it and then just vibe the rest of the year btw!!

anyways!! here are all the books I read last year and my ratings of each:

Finale - Stephanie Garber ✭✭✭✭

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row - Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton ✭✭✭✭✭

The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barners ✭✭✭✭✭

Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases - Paul Holes ✭✭✭✭✭

Aquicorn Cove - K. O'neill ✭✭✭✭✭

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute - Talia Hibbert ✭✭✭✭.5

Doughnuts and Doom - Balazs Lorinczi ✭✭✭✭

The Severed Thread - Leslia Vedder ✭✭✭✭

Anya's Ghost - Vera Brosgol ✭✭✭.5

The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ✭✭✭✭

The Final Gambit - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ✭✭✭✭

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell ✭✭✭✭

Babel - R.F. Kuang ✭✭✭✭✭

Save Yourself! - Bones Leopard ✭✭✭✭✭

Blink - Christopher Sebela ✭✭✭

The River Has Teeth - Erica Waters ✭✭✭✭.5

Hold Back the Tide - Melinda Salisbury ✭✭✭✭

Atari and Tika - Efa ✭✭✭✭

Goblin Slayer Vol 1 - Kumo Kagyu ✭✭✭.5

Goblin Slayer Vol 2 - Kumo Kagyu ✭✭✭✭

The Memory Eater - Rebecca Mahoney ✭✭✭✭✭

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree ✭✭✭✭

Amari and the Great Game - B.B. Alston ✭✭✭✭.5

Thanks a Lot, Universe - Chad Lucas ✭✭✭✭.5

Coming Back - Jessi Zabarsky ✭✭✭.5

I Wish You All the Best - Mason Deaver ✭✭✭✭✭

Heartstopper Vol 1 - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Heartstopper Vol 2 - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Heartstopper Vol 3 - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Heartstopper Vol 4 - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Chaos & Flame - Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland ✭✭✭✭

Heart, Haunt, Havoc - Freydis Moon

The Feeling of Falling in Love - Mason Deaver ✭✭✭✭✭

Ana on the Edge - A.J. Sass ✭✭✭✭

Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White ✭✭✭✭✭

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins ✭✭.5

Solitaire - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Belle of the Ball - Mari Costa ✭✭✭✭✭

Devil on Her Shoulder - Cédric Mayen ✭✭✭✭

City of Vicious Night - Claire Winn ✭✭✭✭

SpyxFamily Vol 1 - Tatsuya Endo ✭✭✭✭✭

Joe Hill's Rain - David M. Booher, Joe Hill ✭✭✭✭

Small Nozomi and Big Yume - Sou Hamayumiba ✭✭✭

Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko ✭✭✭✭

Cursed - Marissa Meyer ✭✭✭✭

I Was Born for This - Alice Oseman ✭✭✭✭✭

Threads That Bind - Kika Hatzopoulou ✭✭✭✭✭

Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker ✭✭✭✭

Ellen Outside the Lines - A.J. Sass ✭✭✭✭✭

Always Human - Ari North ✭✭✭✭

Out of the Blue - Jason June ✭✭✭✭

The Backstagers Vol 1 - James Tynion IV ✭✭✭✭.5

The Backstagers Vol 2 - James Tynion IV ✭✭✭✭✭

Dear Mothman - Robin Gow ✭✭✭✭✭

The Alchemy of Moonlight - David Ferraro ✭✭✭✭

Fake Dates and Mooncakes - Sher Lee ✭✭✭✭✭

The Backstagers Vol 3 - James Tynion IV ✭✭✭✭

So This Is Ever After - F.T. Lukens ✭✭✭✭

Bruised - Tanya Boteju ✭✭✭✭✭

Spell Bound - F.T. Lukens ✭✭✭✭.5

Sensory: Life on the Spectrum - Schnumm, Bex Ollerton ✭✭✭✭✭

Gender Is Really Strange - Teddy G. Goetz ✭✭✭✭✭

If You'll Have Me - Eunnie ✭✭✭✭✭

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros ✭✭.5

Ode to My First Car - Robin Gow ✭✭✭.5

Save Me! (From Myself): Crushes, Cats, and Existential Crises - So Lazo ✭✭✭✭✭

Soppy: A Love Story - Philippa Rice ✭✭✭✭

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn Bayron ✭✭✭

Rebent Sinner - Ivan Coyote ✭✭✭✭

The Bone Shard Daughter - Andrea Stewart ✭✭✭✭

Legendborn - Tracy Deonn ✭✭✭✭

The Bone Shard Emperor - Andrea Stewart ✭✭✭✭.5

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - Andrew Joseph White ✭✭✭✭✭

Open Throat - Henry Hoke ✭✭✭.5

Girl Juice - Benji Nate ✭✭✭✭

Flavor Girls - Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky, Eros De Santiago ✭✭✭✭

The Love Report - Béka ✭✭✭.5

Last Chance Books - Kelsey Rodkey ✭✭✭.5

Red Rising - Pierce Brown ✭✭✭✭

Where Darkness Blooms - Andrea Hannah ✭✭✭.5

Bittersweet in the Hollow - Kate Pearsall ✭✭✭✭.5

Dead Women Don't Tell Tales - Adrian J. Smith ✭✭✭.5

The Black Cat & the Vampire Vol 1 - Nikke Taino ✭✭✭✭

Mortal Follies - Alexis Hall ✭✭✭✭

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi ✭✭✭✭✭

The Black Cat & the Vampire Vol 2 - Nikke Taino ✭✭✭✭

These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong ✭✭✭✭✭

The Brothers Hawthorne - Jennifer Lynn Barnes ✭✭✭✭

Squire - Nadia Shammas ✭✭✭✭

The Companion - E.E. Ottoman ✭✭✭✭

Unfamiliar - Haley Newsome ✭✭✭✭

Something More - Jackie Khalilieh ✭✭✭.5

Turtle Bread - Kim-Joy ✭✭✭✭

Our Violent Ends - Chloe Gong ✭✭✭✭✭

Lore Olympus Vol 1 - Rachel Smythe ✭✭✭✭

Lore Olympus Vol 2 - Rachel Smythe ✭✭✭✭

Minor Detail - Adania Shibli ✭✭✭✭✭

Unfamiliar 2 - Haley Newsome ✭✭✭✭

Lore Olympus Vol 3 - Rachel Smythe ✭✭✭✭

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement - Angela Y. Davis ✭✭✭✭✭

Lore Olympus Vol 4 - Rachel Smythe ✭✭✭✭

Us - Sara Soler ✭✭✭✭.5

(titles in italics were ARCs!)

[theraiderramble]

The Five Greatest Wide Receivers In Raiders History

While training camp is still ahead of us this month, let's have some fun. Who are the greatest wide receivers in Las Vegas Raiders history?

The Las Vegas Raiders have a storied lineage at the wide receiver position. The list of wide receivers who have come and gone with the Silver and Black is endless, including Jerry Rice, Jerry Porter, Amari Cooper, Michael Crabtree, and Malcolm Barnwell. Mind you, those are just a handful; we’re talking about decades worth of players. However, let’s maybe narrow it down to five as we await…

[moraexhibition]

The Barbershop

Inspired by the 2002 film The Barbershop, the movie emphasizes the themes of family and the importance of community. In the film, gangs and gun violence circulate the neighborhood but the role of the barbershop is to condemn that. Being a local business in  town where everyone knows everyone or where people come to hang out and gossip, it starts to feel like a family. Direct choices such as putting a woman’s hair in cornrows and silhouette figures rocking afro’s are symbolic to African American culture. On this particular evening, a mother who works at The Barbershop receives a visit from her son, Amari, who is on his way to play basketball. At this time, Amari’s mom is cutting a woman’s dead ends from her cornrows. As they drop to the floor, the hair strands read out names of African Americans who have lost their lives to gun violence stemming behind their skin color. Names such as Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin are shown. To the left, the drainage of the shampoo bowl is enclosed with blood. Collectively, Amari’s mom is trying to wash and cut away the bad roots that tie back to gun violence. With Amari being her only child, she reminds him that as a Black man growing further into adulthood that he must not be caught in other affairs that can lead him down the wrong path. 

[happyhyenaminis]

thank you all for the suggestions!! i have a nice list of books to try now >:D i've collated n loosely ordered them + added notes for reference so i can come back to this whenever i need (and so other folks can use it if they want too!) 🙏 y'all are fantastic i appreciate u taking the time to give me cool books to read

my lil list is below the read-more :)

novels either covering important events in-universe or being foundational to the setting:

Gray Death Trilogy, by William H. Keith, Jr. (which expands into The Saga of the Gray Death Legion past the first 3 books with a few other authors. The original trilogy being the first, third and fourth book respectively ever to be published for the BattleTech Universe.) Set during the Succession Wars Era. "A series of books and stories about Grayson Carlyle and his famed mercenary unit, the Gray Death Legion." Warrior Trilogy, by Michael A. Stackpole. Set during the Succession Wars Era. "Follows the intertwined stories of Justin Xiang Allard, Daniel Allard and the Kell Hounds, and Yorinaga Kurita and the Genyosha in the build-up to the wedding of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner and the Fourth Succession War that was launched during the wedding." Blood of Kerensky Trilogy, by Michael A. Stackpole. Transitions the setting from the original Succession Wars Era into the Clan Invasion Era. Betrayal of Ideals, by Blaine Lee Pardoe. Set during the Succession Wars Era. "Narrates the "true" story behind the destruction of Clan Wolverine, making Clan founder Nicholas Kerensky appear in a more sinister light than in official Clan history and revealing many aspects of Clan history as revisionist falsifications." Twilight of the Clans Series, an 8-part series by a number of authors (Blaine Lee Pardoe, Michael A. Stackpole, Thomas S. Gressman, and Robert Thurston.) Covers the end of the Clan Invasion Era. "The Clans, for generations, bided their time waiting for the right opportunity to appear from the Periphery and conquer the Inner Sphere. They risked all at the Battle of Tukayyid – only to be soundly defeated. The results were deadlier than they could ever imagine." Forever Faithful, by Blaine Lee Pardoe. Set at the end of the Twilight of the Clans Series (and the Clan Invasion Era) bridging through the Jihad Era and into the Dark Age Era. Two Clan Smoke Jaguar warriors who survived the destruction of the Clan at the hands of the newly reborn Star League struggle to save the Smoke Jaguars against many different forces looking to exterminate or pilfer and absorb the remnants of the Clan.

side-stories:

Legend of the Jade Phoenix Trilogy, by Robert Thurston. Set throughout the Succession Wars and Clan Invasion Eras. "The story of the fall and redemption of Aidan Pryde, hero of Clan Jade Falcon Ideal War, by Christopher Kubasik. (Note: I'm looking forward to the Commentary™ in this one.) Set during the Clan Invasion Era. "Chronicles the military and ethical dilemmas faced by Sir Paul Masters of the Knights of the Inner Sphere as he fights in a vicious guerrilla war." Far Country, by Peter Rice. Set during the Clan Invasion Era. "The book's protagonists are marooned in an unknown star system with no chance whatsoever to return to or communicate with known space, effectively separating them from the rest of humanity. The story therefore has no impact on the fictional history of the BattleTech universe. As far as everyone else is concerned, the protagonists simply vanished in a jump accident and are presumed dead." (This is the fun controversial one where there are aliens >:) ) Ghost of Winter, by Stephen Kenson. Set during the Clan Invasion Era. "A stand-alone tale about the defense of a minor Periphery planet against invading bandits. It is the first novel in the loosely related MechWarrior series." Star Lord, by Donald G. Phillips (rewritten for publication by Blaine Lee Pardoe) Set during the Clan Invasion Era. "A descendant of Stefan Amaris tries to reestablish the (New) Rim Worlds Republic. Posing as the Knights, his forces launch terror attacks to sow chaos. An irregular unit including elements of the real Knights is tasked with identifying, infiltrating and terminating the unknown enemy." Fox Tales, by Bryan Young. Set during the Dark Age Era. "An anthology containing short stories about the mercenary unit Fox Patrol." The Proving Grounds Trilogy, by Martin Delrio. Set during the Dark Age Era. "The novels chronicle the Steel Wolves assault on The Republic of the Sphere, the resistance led by the Northwind Highlanders, and the legacy of Paladin Ezekiel Crow." The Rogue Academy Trilogy, by Jennifer Brozek. Set during the Dark Age Era. "About the invasion of Emporia by the rogue DCMS Seventh Ghost Regiment." A Question of Survival, by Bryan Young. Set during the IlClan Era. About the Khan for Clan Jade Falcon looking to rebuild his devastated Clan in the aftermath of their loss of the ilClan trial on Terra, and decide to attempt to do this by capturing sibkos from Clan Ghost Bear. Who wouldn't like that I bet. Redemption Rites, by Jason Schmetzer. Set during the IlClan Era. Centering Kincaid of the Wolf's Dragoons, in the aftermath of the ilClan trial on Terra where they suffered terrible losses. Follows his and his Dragoons' quest for revenge after being used and insulted by Alaric Ward of Clan Wolf.

Also been recommended anything written by Michael A. Stackpole so I may go sniff through his books later. He's tackled a lot of pivotal historical events in-universe.

any battletech enthusiasts have a favourite novel/s they'd recommend? 👀

[perry-tannenbaum]

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Review: She Kills Monsters at The Arts Factory By Perry Tannenbaum The curtain is finally going up in Charlotte on the works of playwright Qui Nyugen, the American son of Vietnamese parents who founded the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company back in 2000. Soon afterwards, Nyugen’s brainchild transplanted from Ohio to Off-Broadway – where it became the first theatre company sponsored by NY Comic Con…

[amarigposes]

Amari and a friend snacking in Ala Mhigo.

[pretty-idol-hell]

Idol Land PriPara 8

The episode opens with a very depressed and dramatic Mario strumming his guitar and asking himself why Amari has "changed".

He's approached by Gaaruru who was going for a walk to calm the bug in her stomach. She asks him if he's alone, and he says he's heard about her and insults her dancing/singing. To his surprise, Gaaruru has no reaction. "I'm used to it," she says.

So Mario runs off into the air, shooting at the yumeme thing in the sky thinking that all the kirakira inside is what's changed Amari.

I took this screenshot to complain about Amari looking at friend tickets, a feature that doesn't exist in the game, but I guess she's just looking at profiles. They released those new profile skins just in time, huh.

Amari arrives in Idol Land to find Gaaruru describing the previous night's events to Laala, Michiru, and Nino. Amari is also surprised Gaaruru isn't bothered by what Mario said to her, thinking about how depressed Amari herself gets whenever she fails.

The others worry that if Mario does destroy the thing in the sky, Yui may not be able to return to normal. So they resolve to bring her back before he does.

Laala asks Amari if she has any ideas. Thinking back to Non Sugar in the previous episode, Amari blurts out "Maybe we should butt heads." Nino runs with it, suggesting that they need a rivalry. Who is Yui's rival? Shuka! They need Shuka!

Right on cue, Galala and Mimiko appear and beg the others to help them make Shuka remember PriPara. Amari, Laala, Michiru, Nino, and Mimiko head to Avacado Academy.

Amari and Michiru are equally embarrassed to see each other's out of PriPara forms.

But despite Laala's rantings on the place where you can be an sparkling idol...

And Mimiko's impromptu concert on her bed...

Shuka has no interest.

As they chase after Shuka, they run into Yui as well, who barely recognizes her teammates and says she's not interested in chasing dreams like her brother and only wants to go to school and eat rice. Shuka agrees.

Reflecting on their failure and how much they miss their friends, everyone bursts into tears. Seeing this, Amari re-realizes that even though they are "super idols" to her, her friends are only elementary and middle schoolers after all. As the oldest, Amari steps up and promises she'll make Shuka remember... by tomorrow! "Leave it to me!"

After returning to her dorm to panic about making a promise she can't keep, Amari remembers Gaaruru and her strong will to not get depressed about her failures. She looks across the room to see the guitar she used to carry around in middle school to look cool (but never actually learned to play).

She fumbles over the strings, slowly but surely playing something that sounds vaguely like "Miss Prillionare".

"It's going to be a long night."

At one point she nearly gives up because she feels the others are her friends, and surely her friends will forgive her. But even so, after a swig of wasabi mayo, she decides she's going to keep trying anyway! (This is some interesting development for Amari!)

Back in PriPara, Galala desperately wants to leave to reach Shuka but Janice reminds her she can't. Paaku decides to take things into their own hands.

They enter Shuka's dream and leave her a mysterious box that will open when the time is right.

Meanwhile, Amari realizes it's morning and she's spent all night practicing. She questions if this is the first time she's stayed up all night, but then realizes she stayed up all night drawing Mario too. Back then, that was the only time she ever didn't feel "left out". She briefly questions if Mario "saved her" before denying it.

Everyone returns to Avocado Academy, where Amari tunes her guitar as Mimiko listens for Shuka. And so, they time it so that just as Shuka walks by, Amari is playing Miss Prillionaire on guitar. Shuka walks by, and... keeps walking.

And turns around, and walks back. And listens to the song.

Just as Amari breaks all her guitar strings.

And Shuka begins to sing.

The box in her dreams opens and all her memories come flooding back! IDOL TIME IS MONEY!

She embraces a crying Mimiko, and thanks Amari (who is still sporting bags under her eyes from her all-nighter) as they run to Idol Land. Amari reflects on how today she doesn't feel so left out.

And so, Evergold is reunited and Shuka's rivalry with Yui is reignited.

EVERGOLD!!!

New Rich Venus coords!?

And wait.... WAIT!!! What is THIS!! That's not the Rich Venus Yume Rare!? Is that a brand new team SCR or Yume Rare!!? Also, Shuka's is a different color!

And so, thanks to Evergold's performance Yui is now awakened... for six minutes at a time.

Progress.

Meanwhile in Danpri...

Mario catches Shinya off guard and steals his dreams, taking him to Yamipri where he's keeping all the other DanPri idols he's done the same to in hopes that eventually Amari will notice him... (What will Ushimitsu do now!?)

Okay so. Wow. WOW! ...What now haha.

Last month we got a lot of Non Sugar/Triangle themed stuff added to the game. So in theory we should get some new Evergold/Shuka stuff... but. Galala and Mimiko aren't currently in the game and the only song that even has Shuka singing on it at all that was on the Switch is Waku Waku O'Clock.

Not to say that I wouldn't love Waku Waku O'Clock in the game, but still...

Miss Prillionare.............

Or if they have to program a new song anyway, they might as well give us Evergold's new song? Who knows..... It will be interesting to see what happens next week.

I think the sad truth is that when they were at the planning stage for this episode of the anime, they didn't know the extent of inexperience their game developer had and probably were planning on being able to have more new content in the game by now... haha ha....

Well at least we'll get some Rich Venus coords. And it shouldn't be too much to ask for Galala to be added in, right?

[waterfallswords]

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"I am." Isla nods, laughing. "I think you liked the attention even if it was bad." she adds and mirrors Ryan's tease. The disappointment follows about Lia and Isla's shoulders slowly drop when she hears the reason. Which isn't much of a reason at all. But, she also appreciates wholeheartedly that finding Amaris and her daughter means so much to them all. She struggles to find the words to thank all of them, for keeping Elliot safe and giving him the strength to keep going. It doesn't mean anybody else should be left behind, though. "That's not fair." she replies quietly, meeting her eyes to Ryan's so she can arch her brow in a gentle but stern manner. "There's enough of us to do both. I think you and Wolf should talk about it." but she raises her hand lightly. "I'm not telling you what to do for the pack but I just think, okay?"

Isla gives a soft chuckle about him and Tammie, rolling her eyes and hitting his arm quickly. "Well, maybe it is simple and you both make it more difficult." she can remember overhearing arguments, but it was obvious what caused them. Sometimes passion and anger are one of the same. "Me and Elliot happened because I didn't let him hide away but both of you are letting the other one hide away so- one of you has to stop. I think it should be you." she nods as she tells him, delivering her words with a firm fairness. Laughing to Ryan's quick dodge of responsibility, Isla feigns a scoff but waves her hand to shoo him away. "I heard about the rice, it didn't even surprise me. So yes, go. You and your heart." she chuckles at him, giving Ryan a soft push to get him moving.

★・・・・・・★

"Damn." Ryan bites out quickly but this time in full amusement. "Say how you really feel." his tease carries no frustration and he's fast to agree that the death of the damned nickname was long overdue. "Duno how I coped with all y'all callin' me that every damn day of my life. Drove me crazy." he laughs and it subsides when he's reminded of how Isla can embody a directness that manages to feel non-confrontational. Over the previous three years, Ryan has learned that there are some conversations that require him to stow away his jester hat. As Beta, the quips all need to come to an end at a certain point and he supposes this conversation is one of them. "I don't wanna just say it's different, 'cause I used to hate when that was said to me about shit. But, it is different. She's only been with us for a few months, right? It might not sound fair but Amaris and Cece are gonna come first." he hates to say it out loud, but it's the truth or the closest to the truth he's willing to say.

Ryan's chuckle only returns briefly about him and Tammie, nodding to Isla with a small movement of appreciation for her words. They're not untrue, but Ryan may as well be facing a mountain of shit to heave through before he could ever make a real mends. "That's a simple way of puttin' it." he laughs to her. "You and El was kinda different, everyone saw y'all a mile off. Even when y'all were arguin' about dumb shit, it was obvious how it was gonna end up." Ryan says before he pats the crates and gives Isla the famous innocent Cross smirk. "Honestly, Isla you don't want me countin' shit or havin' to focus. My foot would be tappin' like crazy and I'd be bouncin' off these walls about ten minutes in. Hunter nearly starved all us to death countin' the rice wrong. I don't want that kinda pressure. Don't make me feel bad, huh? My heart can't take that either."

[ladyknight33]

I decided to meal prep today and chose recipes from the Overwatch Cookbook. With a few alterations. Presenting Ana’s Lentil Soup and Doomfist’s Jollof Rice. I used a heavy cream substitute of silken tofu and soy milk blended together for the soup. The Lentil Soup is creamy and mild. Next time I would add a bit more Za’atar spice. It is a great dish for winter. The Jollof Rice has extra firm tofu in place of chicken breasts. And brown rice as that was in my pantry. Because I don’t have access to the Scotch bonnet pepper there are two red bell peppers and hot curry powder. It is fantastically spicy. Hints for next time: A food processor works for blending the soup, but messy. I’ll invest in an immersion blender. And I messed up and used tomato sauce rather than tomato paste, but I don’t think I could tell the difference. The brown rice needed the extra water.

[kaykayrice]

dancers: Kaycee Rice, Amari Smith

choreography: Tricia Miranda

song: Megatron - Nicki Minaj

[amariemelody]

And here was lunch for the day! I usually prefer my shrimp with rice (I am a True Black Person In That I Luuuuuuuhhhh Rice), but pasta from a box sounded like a good change of pace!

And it was, ya’ll! Yum, yum, yummy!!

[wideouts4life]

NFL Week 3

Week 3 is officially in the books and I’m ecstatic at the plays the wideouts made. None of the preseason top-10 cracked 100 yards receiving and that’s ok. But we did have Devonta Smith of the Philadelphia Eagles gain 169 yards on 8 catches and one hell of a Moss play that got it his team the ball at the one yard line. It was good watching the 3rd year pro and former Heisman Trophy Winner from the University of Alabama have a break out game. Especially after a week one performance that left Smith without a catch on four targets (two of which) I thought were catchable balls by wideouts standard. But reassurance from Eagles offensive coordinator (Shane Steichen) to involve Smith has paid off. Over the past two weeks Devonta has 15 catches on 19 targets for 249 yards and 1 touchdown. His big day catapulted him to number 11 in yards. If this was fantasy football he most certainly would have a green upward arrow…trending.

A.J. Brown and Stefon Diggs were the closest to have 100 yards and neither cracked top-20 in yards this week. And I don’t expect Brown to crack the list every week considering he plays with this weeks WOW (wideoutoftheweek). But he did manage 85 yards with a touchdown and caught an impressive streak over Kendall Fuller (Commanders) for a 38 yard gain. Diggs on the other hand settled for a decent day with 7 catches for 74 yards. The Miami Defense played him tough with cornerback Xavien Howard bringing an extra dose of physicality to the matchup. The two got involved in an altercation that drew a personal foul after Diggs confronted Howard for slamming him after the whistle. This lead the effervescent corner to pushing Diggs resulting in a 15-yard penalty. 

Life for Davante Adams continues to be difficult after reuniting with his college quarterback Derek Carr. Over the summer after Adams was traded to the Raiders, he made comments saying he and Carr could become the next Jerry Rice and Joe Montana. Some of the stupidest shit I have ever heard. Yes Davante has been considered a top-5 if not top wideout by journalists the past few seasons. But Derek Carr has not been considered a top anything. And his play is trash. Adams got paid what he wanted to take a hit in production. And I’m sure he understands that without stats comparable to the top 5 after next season the Raiders will ask him to take a pay cut or trade him. GreenBay who has not won Super Bowl since the 2010-2011 season but always has a chance to play in the NFC championship with Aaron Rodgers at the helm. The great thing going for Adams is he knows how to run routes and can get open wherever he’s at. The sad part is not many in the league can get him the ball like A-Rod once did. 

Next week I’m going to put it out my tentative top-10 list. Four games is not the sample size I need to help with my list, but it gives me enough plays to dissect each player’s game as I would when I coached my players. There are some bright spots to point out. The way Amari Cooper has resurrected in Cleveland has Dallas fans giving the side eye to Jerry Jones. Especially when you compare what Ceedee Lamb is failing to do. The rookie out of Ohio State Chris Olave and how he’s contributing to a Jekell and Hyde quarterback Jameis Winston. And how fifth year pro Courtland Sutton has made plays to have him currently 5th in yards with his new General Russell Wilson at the helm.