#BESA

[theworldatwar]

A British A.A Light Tank Mk.1 armed with four 7.92mm Besa MG’s - Egypt 1942

[falling-mellow]

Thank you Besa 🙏🙏🇦🇱

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✨ Some Eurovision 2024 artists during PrePartyES 2024! 🇪🇸

• Source: Eurovision San Marino 🇸🇲 •

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Cringetober Day 12: Niche Intrest

I drew a Bella Sara horse! I still love these guys if I'm honest even if it's just for the nostalgia factor

[p5x-theories]

Portraits for who I assume to be Besa, the shadow running the new Chess Chase game mode in Version 1.3.2! (I'll update this post if it ends up not being them, but... who else would it be...?)

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[marifaunart]

The master pony post of random mythic horses Ive drawn thus far

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Eurovision 2024: #35

35. ALBANIA Besa - "Titan" 34th place

Decade ranking: 138/153 [Above Vasil, below Mia & Dion]

Besa, darling, this is some GARBAGE.

There you go. My instinctive pavlovian response every time I think about "TiTAN" (*sigh*) since its revamp. End of write-up, the rest is just filling in the dead space. Each time Albania announces a revamp that goes English, the NQ energy comes out.

Sometimes, it's a bit unfair to immediately dismiss a English FiK revamp. Not all of them were without merit, and most still offerend something of value because they were based off good songs.

"Zemrën n'dorë" for ex; was perfectly fine even if the fandom held it in contempt for being "generically Albanian". It was still fun? Besides, "generically Albanian" is like what - Karma or Duje? There are worse places to be, surely. Both still made the final, and were enjoyable in their own right.

If anything, I got a small chuckle out of both of Besa's FiK performances because they underlined Besa's penchant for extra outfits - In the first performance Besa strutted around in badly designed fantasy armour <3

"Every tear's gonna ricochet indeed."

which she then followed up with this Statue of Liberty waifu cosplay

Working her two best assets <3

Sadly, I don't think "Titan" can be ranked amongst the okay revamps of 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2022. It was a fall from the shajte. She took an average song with interesting elements and got rid of the interesting elements, which she then replaced with one of the WORST drop breaks I've ever heard in any song, ESC or not.

The second any of us heard "Titan" in full we knew it was dedge with near certainty, and that was precisely what happened. There were no miraculous turnarounds as with Bambie or surprise outsells as with Aiko and Megara. "Titan" remained uninspired and dull. Even when she was performing it in the semi all I could think about was how hopeless it was. None of the outfits Besa wore in Malmö were particularly inspired and the act was hopelessly stuck in 2017. It's been seven years since Artsvik. Time to move on from the "Hand Choreo into Wideshots" acts, mayhaps.

So, Besa was unremarkable fodder, what's the worry? Why this low a placement? Shouldn't she be ranked amongst the Vladanas and the Ukus?

Well, semi 2 happened to be quite good and even though "Titan" was without question the biggest dud within its line-up, but thanks to its drop and awful act it still managed to stand out as SHIT to me. Which might be worse than not standing out at all. It's one of the two for each one of us, so decide for yourself which one is worse. The fact that "Titan" can easily be forgotten about is its only saving grace, which is the true halllmark of its badness. Once you do pay it even a smidge of scrutiny (which requires considerably more concentration than I'm willing to throw at it), out come the exclamations of "THIS IS NOT IT, BESA."

So in the end, the results spoke for themselves. Besa should have been last place in Semi 2 and that would have been the verdict if she hadn't been the biggest name Albania had sent in years. Even with HER RECOGNITION AMONGST ALBANIANS, she still came second last, with 14 points, the same amount as Victor Vernikos last year, with only a smatting of points from the expat countries, a single point ahead of last place. it was as close a result to nilpoints that Albania could have realistically mustered under the current system, and I can't say it wasn't deserved.

BESA KOKËDHIMA, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO RETIRE!!!

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE OLD FiK SYSTEM HAD STILL BEEN IN PLACE AND THE FIK WINNER HAD GONE INSTEAD?!

This Donkey Kong/Gaston hybrid <3 All he had was arms, a song and a dream. 😭 and I do mean that literally because the one thing Mal didn't have was performance talent. Throwing partitures around ♥ flexing ALL the time ♥ the adlibs, the shrieking, the "fucking hell" ♥ All while sounding like someone throttling a turkey ♥ How did this win a JURY VOTE ♥ Mal would have NQ'd too but it would have been FUNNY and ICONIQUE and MEMORABLE, all traits "Titan" did not have. 😭

HOORAY, we've already made it out of the ~Dislikes~. Yep, only *three* reds/oranges this year. Told you this year's entries were good. Time to rank some bores, mediocrities and mixed bags for the next few days, I guess.

THE RANKING

[art-of-bygost]

Doodled Ichabod and his daughter during lecture today. Figured it would make for a cool digital piece.

Don't worry, he is not eating the fucked up baby, he is actually holding her gently. He skitters along like a caterpillar so that's the only way he can carry her around.

I am considering drawing a comic of them two :)

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[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #739:

BESA's (Albania 2024) parents are mathematicians.

[Source]

Participants of Malmö 2024: BESA, Eurovision.tv.

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**Reminder! This is purely a bracket for the FASHION of the contest, and has nothing to do with your personal opinion of the contestants or their music.**

[falling-mellow]

Ok so did I miss something or did Albania change their song? First it was Zemrën N'dorë now it's Titan?

[p5x-theories]

The new tasks from Marthym are actually way more fun that I thought they'd be? You essentially just send teammates out on missions that last anywhere from a couple minutes to over an hour, and then they bring back payment from Marthym, but the flavor text is really what has my attention, particularly for the tasks that require a specific teammate:

Business seems to be a bit miserable recently... I'm considering hiring a "mascot" to promote it. Are there any lovely people among your acquaintances? If you have any ideas, please introduce them to me. Required: Ruferu (minimum level 20), total of 2 Phantom Thieves

That shadow named "Besa" is so noisy... He keeps pestering me about looking for a guest for the opening ceremony of his show, and I can't even deliver the goods! Please introduce a candidate who is both sparkling and gorgeous. Required: Kayo Tomiyama (minimum level 20), total of 2 Phantom Thieves

Recently I've been planning to start a business in a new area. But because of the Jack Frosts, the road is all frozen! Even if I try to walk, I will slip and I can't go anywhere... I hope there is someone who is good at skating to go with me~ Required: Kotone Montagne (minimum level 20), total of 2 Phantom Thieves

I feel like just the mental image of these teammates getting to help her out with these problems already makes the whole game function more than worth it, haha.

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