#BEYOND GRACE

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Single Slam: Red Method, Kælan Mikla, Beyond Grace, Wax Mekanix, Chapter Two, Dead Harts, Headwreck, Drew Thomas, Raging Speedhorn, Elysian, Our Nameless Boy, Majestica, Tayne, Comastatic, Blank Atlas, Praetorian, Coiled Around Thy Spine, and Malevolence!

Today’s single slam features Red Method, Kælan Mikla, Beyond Grace, Wax Mekanix, Chapter Two, Dead Harts, Headwreck, Drew Thomas, Raging Speedhorn, Elysian, Our Nameless Boy, Majestica, Tayne, Comastatic, Blank Atlas, Praetorian, Coiled Around Thy Spine, and Malevolence. You can read our thoughts about the latest singles from these bands below.

Today’s single slam features Red Method, Kælan Mikla, Beyond Grace, Wax Mekanix, Chapter Two, Dead Harts, Headwreck, Drew Thomas, Raging Speedhorn, Elysian, Our Nameless Boy, Majestica, Tayne, Comastatic, Blank Atlas, Praetorian, Coiled Around Thy Spine, and Malevolence. You can read our thoughts about the latest singles from these bands below. Red Method – All for One, None for All It’s been a…

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BEYOND GRACE Announce New EP Trilogy, Release First Single + Video 'The Burning Season'

Photo credit: Grace Elkin Photography Progressive death metallers BEYOND GRACE are banning books and setting pages aflame on their latest single, ‘The Burning Season’. It is taken from their forthcoming new EP Welcome To The New Dark Ages Part 1, which is released on 24th November.  Eschewing the standard album cycle, Welcome To The New Dark Ages will be released as a series of three digital…

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In my heart, the monthly reunions between the members of Argo II continue to happen, everyone remains friends and lived happily ever after!!!!!

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Sexism in TOS: Worst Offender, or Progressive in Retrospect in Comparison?

I see a lot of folks claim that TOS was the most sexist of the Star Trek shows by a landslide -- and while I agree that it definitely suffered from the sexism of the times, I also have other perspectives to share to give some food for thought.

I am of course not insinuating that TOS isn't sexist -- it is, but I have to ask folks to consider the breadth and depth of Berman's sexism in his run and ask yourself: Was Gene Roddenberry genuinely more sexist in his storytelling and delivery than Rick Berman?

I'm not telling you to feel one way or the other, but all I ask is that you hear me out and consider some perspectives and make your own balanced assessments. Nobody is obligated to share my opinion, but it means a lot just to have folks hear it and see their thoughts on the subject. So here is what I was originally responding to:

Someone's response to this photo:

"Devil's advocate. This was a part of the popular form of cardio during the production time of TNG. Yes, it was heavily sexualised by men, but so is literally every other way women work out. Men have been caught taking pictures of women while trying to do dead lifts, running on tracks and working on sled machines. They post them online to share too. The fact is, there is no way a woman can be shown working out without it going there. And yeah,t hat includes the combat forms of workout they do in Star Trek. Just look at how Dax dresses when she spars with Worf. Yes, they're dating, but still, same goes when 7 does and any other female.

Aerobics routines like this were made dirty and cringy. This was what women wore then by and large. This is how the workout was done. We make it cringy."

My response to them:

"I respect your take, but I disagree on a few fronts.

The miniskirt was chosen by the TOS female cast, not the male cast, specifically requested by Grace LW and affirmed by Nichelle and Majel who would go on to vehemently defend the miniskirt over the years as comfortable and embraced by them.

Grace said it was comfortable and seen as a symbol of female sexual empowerment during the 60s and thought it would be a progressive garment (and turns out that it was, as it was later adapted and worn by male crew as a skant on TNG) -- FYI those were designed by a gay man and Gene approved them.

This was also supposed to be Spock's TMP outfit:

Literally lingerie.

We saw both Uhura (who saves Kirk in from Marlena Mirror Mirror) and Yeoman Landon (the first to initiate combat with a classic Kirk-esque kick to help the Captain being attacked in The Apple) carry out their combat training in their Starfleet uniforms without ever being made to change into any ridiculous workout gear.

In fact, I'd argue Jim Kirk was sexualized even more than the ladies of the week on the show and I saw his naked body more than anyone else's on a fairly regular basis. He wore red yoga tights while topless in Charlie X while the women wore full length gymnastic suits that covered their entire body. If anything, it went out of its way to avoid sexualizing women practicing fitness in those scenes and instead focused on Kirk.

Gene confessed that he asked to have Shatner filmed in suggestive/provocative ways to "give something to the ladies", so he -- as he said -- liked to "film him walking away" or have him conveniently busting out of his shirts in just about every episode as it were, because Shatner apparently had great assets. LOL

Gene made an effort to at least sexualize both if he was going to sexualize one, and he carried that attitude forward in wanting the m/m and f/f scenes in the background on Risa for TNG. He also insisted that the men and women wear skimpy outfits on THAT TNG planet. You know the one. LOL I mean the dudes even had on less than the women:

Gene also gave permission to K/S shippers to have their conventions back in the 70s when he was asked for permission. Gene and Nimoy felt with all the skimpy outfits they had the ladies wear, why not let the ladies and gay men have their fun, too? It's how we ended up with moments like this:

Yes, those are two people dressed up as Kirk and Spock's penises doing interpretive dance. Gene didn't give two damns. LOL

In my eyes, that was a very progressive take on Gene's part for the 60s. It was actually PARAMOUNT STUDIOS who had the big problem with K/S stories and vehemently tried to shut them down. Gene literally hired slash authors on his payroll and even had several slash stories/writers published in his official Star Trek books (The New Voyages & The New Voyages II).

I feel I saw Uhura and women in TOS engaged in more physical combat/altercations defending themselves that Troi or Bev were shown holding their own.

In fact, Kirk used to get furious when someone would "dress up" his female crew members without their consent (Trelane episode, Shore Leave episode) because like his male crew members, he wanted them to be treated professionally and to also have his male crew act professionally.

Berman brought some of his own personal biases into Star Trek that in some ways regressed it. While TOS had blatant sexism and was called on it time and again, that show was made in the 60s -- a solid 21 years before TNG. We as a modern audience understood why some of it was cringe/sexist due to the time period -- look at any other media coming out in the 60s and Star Trek was miles ahead of what other shows were doing.

Compare that to Berman who was churning sexist stuff out when women like Starbuck and Scully were simultaneously on screen on other programs airing, and we had already had Sigourney Weaver and other strong women in Holywood playing respectful roles.

In my eyes, there was no need of the sexism seen in TNG but especially VOY and ENT. There was no excuse for it when other shows were writing women far better and a number of those weren't even set in the future like Trek was, making it age even faster due to having those dated perspectives frequently highlighted.

In the Center Seat documentary as well as "The Fifty Year Mission" book you will find cast members, writers and other studio alumni who attest to this. Some discussions from "The Fifty Year Mission":

"First, Berman was supposed to have been a real sleaze ball . . . According to Terry Farrel, he would go on constantly about how her breasts weren't big enough, how she should do something about it, and how his secretary was a good example to follow as she had huge breasts. She even had to have fittings to get larger bras, and that was all done at his behest.

Later Berman and Braga developed a name for Jeri Ryan's character prior Seven of Nine. They originally called the character "perineum" which if you look it up it is the area between the anus and the scrotum. Later they floated the name "6 of 9". I mean, what does it tell you about where these two were coming from in the development of this character if they had names like that put forward in all seriousness for her?"

Gene Roddenberry also had some of his own more progressive ideas for TNG cut or watered down by Berman. Roddenberry agreed TNG should have homosexual relationships and representation at a con in the 80s and insisted on it in a meeting with his writers -- something Berman later would not honor. Gene wanted the AIDS episode, showing m/m and f/f in the Riza scenes -- these were some of Roddenberry's requests to include in TNG that Berman later stonewalled.

Berman's era was sadly dated by his own misogynist bias, IMO, to the point that it can somewhat hurt the shows he worked on through his cringe egoism and blatant disrespect toward his female cast.

There is a reason why Gene could keep female actresses working with him and Berman had a revolving door of women that he couldn't seem to keep working for him -- he was abhorrent to women, on and off set. Gene wasn't perfect at all, he had a lot of issues himself -- but Berman was a whole other level. Just look at what he did to poor Jolene Blalock, Marina Sirtis and his toxic commenting on her body weight which exacerbated her struggles with eating disorders, or how he treated and talked to Terry Farrell.

Anyway, just some food for thought. I'm not saying anyone is wrong regarding a take like that, but there are a variety of ways to look at this. Gene Roddenberry isn't a saint by any means, but it definitely bothers me how folks will tote the Berman era as if it were the lesser of two evils or the more progressive depiction of women when I felt there were far more concerning portrayals of women in his era with far less justification.

(P.S: I don't event want to go near the sheer amount of "creepy old dude/villain preys on innocent/naïve/scared young woman or little girl" stories there were in Berman's era, either. But that's a whole other can of worms I can write about in a part 2.)

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jason and percy enjoying each other's company at the beach! ☀️🌊⛱️

this gorgeous artwork was painted by jercyjesus (twitter, instagram) as commissioned by me! ♡

please do not repost/use without permission and credit.

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Ya’ll are sleeping on my boy Franks potential for angst.

- body dysmorphia (blessing of Ares, not being traditionally what people expected of a Roman, etc)

- lack of identity and self doubt (so much, so, so very much)

- parental trauma

- grandparent trauma

- emotional insecurity

- being asked to go on a life-altering highly dangerous quest he was almost prophesied to die on while being fully convinced he was gonna die less than a month or 2 after his mom died, only for his grandma to die(?) as well due to the quest

- alienated by all his peers and friends for being the only one who’s truly Roman

- etc

Like when you think about it he’s quite similar to Percy, but he gets overshadowed by everyone because uncle Rick didn’t flesh him out properly (imo)

I’m genuinely angry about that. Like everyone else gets good development and character growth (aside from Jason but he died and got development then) aside from Frank, really. He had so much potential with it too—

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these pictures altered my brain chemistry

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[massiveladycat]

someone needs to steal octavian from rick riordan and give him some nice old character development but they ALSO need to make him not look like a complete angel and an innocent sweet baby boy that can do no wrong

[sincerely-a-walking-corpse]

What's the deal with Grace Chastity? No, seriously, what's her deal? Because there are a handful of repeating characters in the hatchetfield trilogy and Nightmaretime. The main offenders of repetition are of course Paul and Emma, but that's a given since they're pretty much the main characters of the trilogy.

While there are several others who are also contributing to this, Grace is the main one with a mention in TGWDLM and BF, a major role in NPMD, a major role in one Nightmaretime(abstinence camp), a minor role in another(perky's buds), and another appearance in Workin Boys.

So, I raise the question: What the fuck is up with Grace Chastity? I know there's probably already bounties of lore vids on youtube dissecting her, but still. Are the Lords In Black just playing favorites? "Ah yes, this deranged maniac, let's make her especially deranged in every universe cause why not?"

I've actually lost sleep over this.

Is it because of her getting the black book at the end of NPMD? Does she do some crazy ritual with all the souls of the dirty dudes to become supreme destroyer of everything ever? Is she secretly a Lord in Black?

What Is Her Deal??

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Single Slam: Cradle of Filth, Bloom, Still, fakeyourdeath, Beyond Grace, Clay J Gladstone, Plague Father, The Animal Warfare Act, Resolve, Jinjer, paradise fell., Chub, RinRin, Star Circus, Harakiri for the Sky, HARPY, and Massive Wagons!

Today’s single slam features Cradle of Filth, Bloom, Still, fakeyourdeath, Beyond Grace, Clay J Gladstone, Plague Father, The Animal Warfare Act, Resolve, Jinjer, paradise fell., Chub, RinRin, Star Circus, Harakiri for the Sky, HARPY, and Massive Wagons.

Today’s single slam features Cradle of Filth, Bloom, Still, fakeyourdeath, Beyond Grace, Clay J Gladstone, Plague Father, The Animal Warfare Act, Resolve, Jinjer, paradise fell., Chub, RinRin, Star Circus, Harakiri for the Sky, HARPY, and Massive Wagons. You can read our thoughts about the latest singles from these bands below. Cradle of Filth – Malignant Perfection Closely following their…

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BEYOND GRACE Release Peter Gabriel Cover for 'Here Comes The Flood'

UK prog-death metal group BEYOND GRACE are excited to unveil their stunning cover of the Peter Gabriel classic ‘Here Comes The Flood’, a brilliantly original take on a prog classic. Watch the video below. The band comment: “2022 was, without a doubt, the darkest and most difficult time we’ve ever faced as a band. “Though we came into the year on a major high, having just released our second…

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I think it's really annoying that leo has completely falsified memories of jason too and this is barely acknowledged in the books

[artificial-absinthe]

I wanna be your dog

So messed up, I want you here

In my room, I want you near

Now we're gonna be face-to-face

And I'll lay right down in my favorite place.

Now I wanna be your dog

now I wanna be your dog

now I wanna be your dog.

Well, come on!

And now I'm ready to close my eyes

And now I'm ready to close my mind

And now I'm ready to feel your hand

And lose my heart on the burning sands.

And now I wanna be your dog.

Well, come on!

Cover by Exedra

(Original by The Stooges)

Video lapse with song:

From my Megasound playlist.

YouTube

Super resolution.

The song:

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She’s here to remind you why she’s the Sunhawk 😤💪🏻

[jollyhaunt]

jeffrey combs' waist appreciation because i have needs

bonus: (bc this panel drives me into the most feral state possible)