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dandelioncrownns · 3 years ago

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random grishaverse facts/trivia (mostly tgt/kos, tbh), because i love useless details. Also, attempted organisation, because i like order too. + ft. my unwanted commentary

the darkling

has a sweet tooth

loves animals and nature in general

for those of you who have read demon in the woods, he got to meet the white tigers :)

his bedchamber walls are carved into trees bc he loves the woods

his favourite trees in particular are pine trees (or just evergreen trees in general)

he used to be afraid of the dark (many possibly worrying? interesting? implications to this; i won’t get into it here tho)

he likes bright colours, but wears black all the time basically for the aesthetic

he met his younger half-sister, Ulla, when he was a seer’s apprentice in Fjerda

the darkling is a musician! He plays the fiddle, and growing up, he played the balalaika and oud (i wonder if he can read tablature,,)

His father was a very powerful heartrender (maybe this is why the corporalki are valued so highly by him?)

genya

she got an amplifier between the end of R+R and the start of KoS (kestrel bones)

Genya used Dekora Nevich, the Ornamental Blade, to poison the King

It smells like cinnamon and is a warm golden colour

the royal family / nikolai’s bio family

the King once cut himself on his own sword

genya named the queen’s dog

until she was like 11, Genya was like the daughter the queen never had (omg i really wonder how Nikolai and Vasily felt about that? ik it’s not really mentioned, and Nik kinda acts like he just met Genya is S+S, but they must have been a lot closer, right?? I mean genya was almost always at the grand palace with Queen Tatiana, and nikolai just really wanted his parents’ attention, there must have been some kind of maybe one-sided jealousy/sibling rivalry thing, right?? I digress- for now)

also the queen in a dog person

p. sure Nikolai is a mommy’s boy

(possible explanation:) he looks exactly like his real father (except for his eyes). Nikolai even has the same laugh as Magnus

the queen was also fed up with Vasily and his horses

Vasily rides a white gelding horse and Nikolai rides a speckled grey horse (called Punchline)

speaking of, vasily is definitely a horse girl, but like... just the worst (darkling 🤝vasily)

Queen Tatiana’s letters to Magnus Opjer were “very racy”

She doesn’t approve of women in trousers

Linnea is ~1 year younger than Nikolai

she is good at math + studies engineering at ketterdam (I wonder if maybe she and Nikolai crossed paths when he was at uni- they’re around the same age, so maybe?)

The King and Queen hired a clown for nikolai’s 10th birthday (the worst birthday party he’d been to, inclusive of the night Vasily died, according to Nikolai)

Nikolai is afraid of spiders (and also clowns???)

nikolai:

he can juggle

Nikolai sucks at learning languages

he once spoke Fjerdan so badly a man named Knut offered him a ruby to stop

his Kerch seems pretty good tho

Nikolai met The Darkling when he was 14

Nikolai is a baritone (as is Jesper!)

In his free time, Nikolai writes bad poetry (remember that time he got stabbed w/ a letter opener bc his poetry sucked?)

he went through an emo phase/ existential crisis before becoming sturmhond.

during said emo phase, he wrote rhyming poetry pretty much exclusively

He also took philosophy classes at uni (PPE?)

alina:

alina tried on the same rose dress that the Queen watched vasily die in

Nikolai gifted Alina a VERY low-cut cobalt lace gown (In the words of Nadia, “The bodice might as well be cut to the navel.” )

Alina hates herring, but Zoya and Nikolai love it

She is VERY sarcastic and snarky!! I feel like this gets glossed over so much in the fandom, and just why?? (she’s so gloomy and over everything 90% of the time, i love it so much)

So this isn’t technically a fact-fact, but there is no way Alina wasn’t at least a little bit into women. Did you read how she talked abt genya? Zoya? there’s no way she wasn’t into them

Alina doesn’t really like hard cheese

zoya + zoyalai:

Zoya’s horse is called Serebrine

Zoya can use her lightning as a defibrillator (I’m sure other squallers can do this too with the right training)

Zoya likes Nikolai’s hands (and Nikolai likes Zoya’s feet lmao)

she has ‘weird (long?) incisors’

she definitely had a crush on Nikolai since Ruin and Rising

kaz:

Kaz grew up on a farm in Southern Kerch, in Lij

Kaz is a both a cat and a dog person (he just likes strays)

Matthias is a dog person, obviously

All the other crows are cat people

He likes hot chocolate

both he and nikolai like brandy

hates cereal

Kaz is obsessed with magic + likes puzzles

actually very funny if he wasn’t terrifying (honestly?? at leat 70% of his dialogue is just witty quips/jokes)

Kaz’s right leg is the one he broke, and the dregs usually get their tattoo on their right forearm

the other crows:

Jesper has been known to go line-dancing (and would like country music)

Mal and Jesper were friends in S+S!! (Probably) Jesper has a not-really-secret crush on sturmhond.

He also had a VERY not secret crush on Kaz before wylan, ofc

Matthias’ middle name is Benedik

Nina would win in an arm wrestling contest against Jesper

Inej has a thing for Kaz’s eyes

Nina was at the orphanage with the other grisha kids in R+R

In the opening scene of CK, Jesper was wearing a navy waistcoat with little gold stars (his fashion is just top tier honestly)

grisha- powers, etc.:

A solar eclipse would have no effect on the Darkling’s powers, but it would make it harder for Alina to summon.

Fabrikators can make flowers bloom

The twins have shark teeth amplifiers

Adrik and Leoni are saints

general world stuff:

Gay marriage is legal in Kerch!

there was a landbridge connecting Shu Han and Kerch but the council of tides covered it

Antimony is used as mascara

kruge is pale purple paper currency

ravkan currency has Nikolai’s face on it (ig not anymore tho?)

Hringkälla is celebrated on March 20th

the distance between Ivets and Os Alta is only about 100 miles? (i’m just going to willfully ignore this, because thats,, so small?)

Mermaids and dragons exist(ed) in the grishaverse

misc:

the daughter of the duke of ivets has a daughter who can play the harp

there is not fourth tale of krigi

The baroness Natasha Beritrova is fifty (as of KoS) and has lands near caryeva

Elke Marie Smit is from one of the most powerful Kerch families and is just 16 in KoS

Oncat is an orange tabby

Anya liked Joost a lot :( (I got way too attached to them at the start of SoC and was so sad + confused when they died lol)

david eats hard boiled eggs for his working days in the shops

‘Malyen’ is the Ravkan version of ‘Malcolm’ (very fitting)

Nikolai brought the kids at Keramzin toy boats + frequently sends Alina and Mal gifts

The triumvirate would also visit them every feast of Sankt Nikolai too :)

star signs / birthdays (ik the gv constellations aren’t the same as ours, but idc):

Inej: Cancer (june 21st - july 22nd)

Kaz: Capricorn (december 22nd - january 19th)

Nina: Leo (july 23rd - august 22nd)

Jesper: Gemini (may 21st - june 20th)

Matthias: Taurus (april 20th - may 20th)

Wylan: virgo (august 23rd - september 22nd)

Kuwei: aries (march 21st - april 19th)

Darkling: aries

Nikolai is most likely either a gemini or cancer (but he could also be a Leo or Taurus). Whatever it is, he is a summer baby.

Alina and Mal have the same birthday (they were given the Duke’s birthday when they came to the orphanage)

heights:

Jesper is 6’2” - 6’3”

Kaz is 6′

Matthias is 6’4

Nina is 5’9”-5’10”

Inej is 5’3” - 5’4”

Alina is ’short’ (5’3”?)

Mal and the Darkling are ‘tall’ (tbf, like all the characters are tall >:( I want my short people rights)

Nikolai (well, stumhond, but i think they’re the same height) is described by Jesper as tall (so 6’2”+?? why is everyone so tall??? I-)

Zoya is several inches shorter than nina (zoyalai height difference lets go)

Kuwei is slightly shorter than Wylan (who is about 5’8”?)

there’s definitely more, so if you made it this far and have any more, pls add to the list!

#grishaverse #six of crows #the grisha trilogy #the darkling #nikolai lantsov #alina starkov #king of scars #rule of wolves #<< mild spoilers #zoyalai #kanej #etc. lol #brain dump

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jeffhane · 4 years ago

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dynasty live watching: an incoherent post so that i’m not spoiling people on the twitter tl (i doubt any of this will be chronological or coherent enough to actually contain spoilers but better safe than sorry!)

oh my god the “previously on” - i forgot abt fallon and evan....

Theyre at a FUNERAL??? this was actually predicted but oh my god. if its steven i am going to be so mad. what an unfitting end to the- WAIT WHAT SIX MONTHS? what was that font;;;;:; whes sueiwjwk

copper arch🥵🥵🥵

this is cute. this is cute i like faloon pretty women so true

BYE I FORGOT ABT THIS VASE

fallon is genuinely such a bad person this is so bizarre,,,, i think she needs to calm down about oiterally everything ever

“This wedding is our chance to break the cycle of craziness” babe ur literally the one making the cycle of craziness

w. was that an ikmenn of liam getting his head off

JEFF MY BELOVED HE LOOKS STUNNING IN THAT OUTFIT. WHYS ALEXIS HERW “POWER COUPLE” YOU WERID MANIPULATIVE PERSON GET AWAY FROM HIM LOL

alexis is up to no good. bad bad jpeg. why do they write her dialogue like this

adam is acted so well lmao he’s the most unhinged person to ever exist *screams*

ohhh dominique, i don’t remember much abt her 😭😭😭 this woman she’s with is beautiful

ITS LAGGING????? i cannot Believe tjis

~rebrand~ ok girlboss!!!!!!!!! can we ship this businesswoman i dont recall her name with fallon???? id like that i think

too many plotlines have happened in too many minutes, i’m already forgettint things that have happened... isn’t blake supposed to be in prisoj? no? Ok: sure

adam is constantly doing this expression that is like 👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁👁 HI SAM HI SAM HI SAM BEAUTIFUL MAN I LOVE HIM WHOS THIS MAN

raf is so stunning ughhhh i’m loving the costumes this season, everyone looks great! is this man a sam love interest? nervous? that is kinda cute. i miss stevej though. sadness. so many emotions

UHHHH hi alexis sure ig ur here

~OMENS~ babe that’s a tad dramatic don’t you think?????????? “Ignore the lore at your own peril” alright

WHOS THAT? WHOS THAT? OH HER OK

bye everything is going wrong for this......:..:::... *rubs hands together evilly* that will certainly be entertaining

credit scene!!! such a beautiful cast! where’s anders, oh how i miss him... i miss monica too wasn’t she supposed to be BACK🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🤨🤨

its a commercial break... havent had to watch the show with these for so long😑😑😑. getting american ads is so funny bc the vast majority of them are Not at all relevant... at all

BACK TO DYNASTY!!!!!! was that a slinky? huh? oh ok that’s why the marriage is happening at the manor. #whenyouonlyhaveoneset oh hi ok monica so shes not going to be here?????😑😔😳

WHY IS SHE GETTING A CAR I FEEL LIKE THATS FORESHAWDOIWIJG FOR UMMMMM.... NOT GOOD THINGS ..... ITS LAGGING AGAIN 🤨

blake having dinner... ok hi cristal,,,,; is the priest subplot back? that was a weird one

adam???? how on earth does adam work his way into everything? NEXT GUEST? HUH? are you cheating on your wife? HI CULHANE! HI!

“straight people are exhausting” i mean yes, objectively, absolutely, but culhane is #notstraight .... idk how i feel about sam and this man. also what? huh? staying here? ok cool ig

OHHHHH he got married i see i see

“Haven’t you milked the carrington cow already” but....... she is literally the person who deserves the stuff..... k......... i don’t like dominique but she was given the short end of the stick also blake stop manipulating people just bc they tell u the truth😶😶😶😶😶😶😶

frustrated that we haven’t seen fallon in any non-wedding related stuff yet i always liked her more ~dramatic~ plots . like she’s a sweetheart but i do want her to evolve beyond thsi. idk if that makes sense. ok bye

“A relative’s happy marriage” uh???? we live in a society😔📈

who is father lynch<3333 oh he is in the hospital that’s not great oh adam upset that’s new /s

y is kirby dressed like an elf. god bless.

ughhhh i just think adam is not good for kirby. he’s not good in general. so true . what is he up to. ads again hhhhhhhhhh💯

omg we are back!!!!! blake wear the suit!! hi liz!!! i’ve seen pictures of this outfit, it looks nice. “I really want things to work out with liam” now that would be great but you’re in a soap opera so the chances of that are .... I DONT EVEN ONOW IF U CAN WEATHER ANYTHING W CRISTAL...)))))!$$ NOT NECESSARILY THE BEET CHOICE????

~technically it wasn’t cancelled~ alright love i feel as though you’re not telling the full truth here. ok his name is ryan . we know that now . cool . this relationship is awkward but it could be sweet

what the Fuck is dominique talking about this is so creepy😭😭😭 please do not market lingerie to ur niece 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 why does no one in this show know how to be polite

“You want me to stake my personal assets” i’m sure this would be meaningful if i knew anything about finance????? WAIT WAIT WIAT WAIT WAIT DHE REHEARING THE SAM DONS G THE SONG ALEXIS DONT INTERRUPT HER SINGING THE SONG🧐😔😔😔🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🥰🥰🤬😤😤😤😤😤😤

~duplicitous sham~ that’s quite a juicy phrase ms fallon. alexis i dislike your marriage. and you in fact. yes x . “We were just like any other newlyweds” except the newlywed factor........:

anders. oh my god i adore him so much. he reminds me of my grandfather . YES adam is dangerous. anders i love you so much. be my grandfather figure. top 10 cool old dudes of all time.

liz is so beautiful how am i suppised to “Focus” on the “storyline” kirby just went 🥰🥰 also hi culhane ily babe

“My father’s convinced adam is pure evil” you see, that is......... trueeeee...........:.::: im sorry culhane ily love

this dialogue unfortunately does not flow all that well LOL . people dont think up things like this on the fly “my love is like that boutineer” sir i guarantee that metaphors r not going to save ur relationship... HI sam. so true. hi ily. samhane? culsam? 😳😳

DONT STEAL ANDERS SPOT OH HI JEFF YOU LOOK STUNNING.......... BEAUTIFUL BOY ....... HI!!!! ~you are the only family you’ve ever needed~ shit none of this wouldve happened if the Carringtons werent so greedy ij the first place

~true love has many faces~ how many anti liam omens can they sneak in into the episode 😭😭😭😭 hi laura whats up

the poor waiters at this establishment...... why does laura look like a rlly young version of my grandma........: huh.... wont think abt it /... alexis bad mom.jpeg

“I don’t want to miss my sons special day” ok bye i don’t #care she’s kind of rude

fallon trying to avoid future drama is confusing to me as that used to be her ENTIRE THING? HUH??? everyones talking to their moms today what the heck do that many people talk to their moms???

jeff hiiiii <333 that maroon suit!!!!! love!!!!!

Dont hurt anders you strange little evil man!!!!!!!!!!! (Adam, for reference)

fallon likes to ~e n u n c i a t e~ her dialogue. Drama Teachers Love Her

FIRBY SCENE! WELL THEY R TALKINF! UWU ! UWU ! smiles:) smiiiiiles:) the height difference i cannot do this😑😊😊😊🕯🕯🕯 BYE

BueirHWIIDWJDIWIFJWIFJWJJFWJFJWJDJWJDJWIFJWJFJWJDKWJDJWDJJWHDWHDHWHEHWHDHWJDJWJRJWJEJWJDJQUEUWJEJWJEJW CRIES SOBS SCREAMS THIS OS SO FUCKING FUNNY

Kirby you dumbass😭😭😭😭😭 ALEXIS WUDIWNDJW JEFF CAN YOU NOT HEF FCANKREMTIWN WHY IS THIS DIALOGUE IM SCREAMIGNRJFJD

kirby babe you are the kist imorjri WHQT? HUH? when all the characters have the maturity of a 13 yr old <33333 DID THE SHOW JUST END?????? OK.... DAMN.... they were really 2 minutes away from the end and remembered that things are supposed to happen in tv show episodes.... i cannot tell whether it os over actually?????? huh??? going to keep watching because it would be so embarrassing if i missed a few minutes oh yeah theres more

IM SORRY WHYBARE THESE PEOPLE SO STUPID. every single one of them. ih my god l. ohhhh my god . “I never meant to hurt you” you cheated on him. both of them are bad people. 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 kirby darling what were you thinking . this dress on kirby is STUNNING ugh, she’s so charming . adam Shut the fuck up. He hasn’t said anything but shut the fuck up. OH MY GOD ADAM SHUT THE FUCK UP. OH MY GOD I HATE ADAM SO MUXH. OH MY GOD HOW IS HE THE WORST PERSON TO EVER LIVE 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶😶 HES SO EVIL

“I didn’t want to tell you because i didnt want you to think of me as a monster” why did you do that stuff then bro . Kirby you SHOULDNT trust someone after they say that? How naive? Huh ?

omg hello jeffs grandma!!!!! she deserves better than every shitshow in this family... god🤨 dominique being a good person? i like to see that. she seems so genuine. ok this is nice . wait... SAFE? 😳😳😳😳 💴 💵 #money i miss monica

why do they never have sufficient lifhting in WAIT..... HER?????? #dumbofass HI JEFF <33333333 HI you can scam and whatever ur allowed to i support u

ooohhhh GORGEOUS fallon outfit

“Such a fail” IS THIS 2012 . CRINE HEIDJWJFIWNDWJDNWKFJW ENJDJSDJWJNDJWJD they keep saying folklore and im thinking its some sort of reference to the album and i get confused. wheres scheming fallon. need scheming fallon. do a scheme. do it

“We are that lucky couple” press x to doubt .... wait who is this🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 this seems cincerning im cocnentwd why did it zoom in on this random man

#how many ads are there you ask?#too many #i never watch things live #this is .... a lot #american cell service is so cheap #cruella de vil ad😭#how does the cw app work #more ads ig #i dont have the attention span to remember what happened before the ads

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iamaquaria · 5 years ago

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Lando Stream

Time stamps are aproximated, can be a minute or two off

here are a list of some funny/memorable things from Lando 24hr Spa stream:

around 46 min: Max asks Lando how come he is a memelord

around 52 min: Lando is asked if he got any pubes yet and he says no

between 50/60 min: Lando dancing to ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’

around 1hr 32 min: Lando is asked what cars he have?

Lando very unamused: mclaren

around 1hr 36 min: Driver order: Max Benecke, Max Wenig, Max Verstappen, Max Norris

around 2hr 15min: Lando: GURLL

around 2hr 20min: Lunch time for MILKBOY

around 2hr 33min: he’s back eating an apple

around 2hr 34min: loud apple eating (ASMR vibes)

around 3hr: Max V. is back and asking very technical questions (he was training in a different lobby)

around 3hr 1 min: Lando rushes to rescue his food he’s forgotten about

around 3hr 4 min: Lando comes back with his food, he looks so happy — it looks like a burrito with mayo

around 3hr 9 min: lando says MILK

around 3hr 11 min: Lando plays as Carlos on F1 so he can always be behind Lando (that face)

around 3hr 17min: Lando drinks milk

around 3hr 18min: Lando is asked which drivers are best worst at sim. Apparently Seb is really bad and rarely trains on the sim while Carlos plays a lot on it and Max is the god in F1 sim

3hr 23 min: Lando “ I’m such a good chef ” — 1 min later - “ I’m pro chef Max, I got the starter pack from Testo but I have to prepare the chicken blah blah blah”

3hr 28min: Wagamama is apparently amazing

3hr 38min: Lando’s reaction to Kimi response to ‘tiny car comment’

3hr 51min: Lando texting the Milkman (he then ramble son that he is the milkman and loves milk)

3hr 53min: Lando joking pirelli tyres

4hr 7 min: Lando is asked when does his work week starts. He has no idea (has a very confused face on).

4hr 9 min: Lando’s team is blocked in the pitlane entry

4hr 10min: Max is behind the wheel now

4hr 13min: Lando to Max “Look at that! Commuting to those corners/offtrack”

4hr 15min: Max is driving like a Madman with those lines (just need to clip the banter between them in these timeframe - 20min)

4hr 19min: Lando’s laugh and angry Max (Max can’t drive without going off track)

4hr 22min: Shit Energy Car has beached on the gravel (player dc’ed mid stint)

*The off-track counter keeps going up bc of Max V being incapable of staying on the track*

4hr 26min: Max joking about his driving style on F1 being similar to in game (he loves driving on grass)

4hr 28min: Lando shows to the stream - Peppa Pig’s height ... (it’s 7”1’)

4hr 30min: Lando to Max “You should have gone for the outside” during Max overtake — Max “Next lap”. Lando referred to the awesome overtake of Max on Nasr back in 2015. Max actually practiced that move in iracing many times before. (thank you rosieu for pointing this out)

*Max has done over 40 off track movement in his first stint — the 4 stints before did a combined value of 50*

4hr 39min: Max has done 60 off track moves, totalling 100 in total so far (chat is really invested in this)

4hr 44min: He has a Renault car from Renault while the 570s is a “company car”

4hr 48min: Fan asks when will Lando be in a good F1 team. Lando is pissed and banned him. Lando “What do you mean a good team?” He’s very protective of McLaren bros

4hr 49min: Max V goes wide, Lando banters with Max

4hr 50min: Someone “Stop donating to a millionaire” Lando “Just bc I race in F1 doesn’t mean I’m a millionaire” (rolls eye)

5hr 1min: Someone asked “What Happened to Rich Energy?”

Lando “Dunno”

Max V “They ran out of energy”

5hr 5min: Max V did over 100 off tracks movements on his first stint 😬

*For Max V the track is the space between two barriers*

5hr 10min: Lando is asked the worst part of being an F1 driver. “The travelling, training and being away from home”

5hr 12min: Lando “IN IN IN IN” — Max V “IN IN IN IN”

*Max 2nd Stint*

5hr 14min: Lando “IN IN NO NO OUT OUT IN”

5hr 20min: Lando os AWOL, Max B told Max V “Keep on track”

5hr 22min: Maxes talking in Dutch, Lando comes in talking very rude words in dutch (tnx rosieu for pointing this out) and snacking

5hr 26min: Lando closes main race to train in another lobby (Max V created the lobby, password: redtube) b4 his stint (black screen until 32min)

5hr 38min: Lando crashes the car while training and rage quits “That’s why I practice b4 the race”

6hr 1 min: Max does 200 off track moves during his 2 stints

6hr 4min: Chat makes a joke, Lando laughts then does a self-depreciation joke. “What’s the difference between Max and a Flag”

6hr 6min: Joke from last post Version 2.0

6hr 10min: Chat “What are those racing lines?” Lando “Those are Verstappen lines”

6hr 11min: Donations Music time

6hr 12min: Lando and Max doing old grandma voice

*Lando is turning off all notifications to focus on the race*

6hr 14min: Lando “Box this lap, IN IN IN IN”

6hr 16min: Max V had 0.1 litter left of fuel, boy is on point

*Lando is driving now / Max V has taken a break “Can’t feel his feet” *

6hr 21min: Lando “I’m too focus to speak, I’m here for the team and not for twitch chat” (Someone clip this cutie plz)

6hr 28min: Lando “Lando the milkman, whassup”

6hr 32min: Lando “Now we are a bit quicker as we have less fuel but because of low temps we don’t have much degradation on the tyres”

7hr 9min: Lando makes a mistake after reading twitch chat instead of focusing on the race

7hr 11min: Lando wants a drink but “ha can’t have the drink”

*Lando is doing about as much off track moves as Max V. did during his stints*

7hr 15min: Max V. is back!! Lando is about to pit for his next stint

7hr 17min: Max V. “Good Pace” — Lando “A lot of runnoff” — Max V. “If there’s no penalty 🤷‍♂️”

7hr 19min: Lando 2nd stint

7hr 19min: Lando has his drink (water)

7hr 22min: Lando and Max banter (who has more runoffs)

*The 2 non-F1 drivers did around 15 runoffs each on a stint while Max V and Lando are doing over 100 a stint*

7hr 30min: Lando almost crashed, Max V is watching the race from the TV. Max V calls the other guy a retard

7hr 36min: Chat “Lando needs some milk” Lando “YAA man, I need some milk”

7hr 56min: Lando overtakes a lapped car and thanks him (as in, thumbs up to the camera and say “Cheers”)

7hr 58min: How is IRacing like? Lando “think of the worst car...” ... “Think of Williams guys, not McLaren” (should clip this later)

8hr 9min: Lando has made a great overtake and is amused the dude behind is flashing his lights at him

8hr 18min: Siren goes off. Lando “Is it loud?” *proceeds to make such loud sound*

8hr 20min: Lando “IN IN IN IN” “no no stay out” “are we in trouble guys”

*end of Lando 2nd stint, Lando will come back 6am UK time*

8hr 21 min: Benecke is driving, Lando is exhausted

8hr 25min: Lando is thanking all the subs he missed during racing, did a weird move with his jaw

8hr 27min: Lando “Oof, almost make 500 off track? Dissapointed”

8hr 36min: Lando panics when he sees Benecke did a runoff (he is one of the best in the server of safe driving)

8hr 37min: Lando has left to go to sleep (he said ciao ciao ☺️)

8hr 38min: Lando left a message in the middle of the stream screen

*Lando will go to sleep but leave the stream going*

around 12hr 27min: Max was finishing his stint, and the other max went IN IN IN IN

*Lando stream crashed, he started a new one, so time stamps are lower than should be*

5hr 16 min: Max will you be safe? Eyes closed safe

5hr 22min: Just had a SHOWUR

5hr 29min: Lando admits Max is amazing at FIFA and he sucks at it

5hr 31min: One Max asks who changed car settings, Verstappen says it was him laughing

5hr 38min: Verstappen almost crashes

*2 hours left of racing*

5hr 39min: Verstappen “McLaren ! McLaren!” “Lando go home”

5hr 48min: The broadcast says Verstappen did the fastest lap when it was Benecke (max v was very amused by this)

5hr 50min: The guys discussing why iracing is so nice to drive

5hr 51min: A max “you can run 2sec slower and still win” (they have a massive gap to p2) Verstappen laughs like a schoolgirl

5hr 63min: Lando “Max (V) won’t get to 1000x, he’s a pro”

6hr 5min: Lando comes back and plays with “MICROPHONE MUTED””MICROPHONE ACTIVATED” messages

6hr 6min: The Lord drinks MILK + snacking a sandwich

6hr 14min: Lando drinks milk and spills some

6hr 26min: Lando telling Max V he is the quickest. We stan a supportive friendship

6hr 27min:chat “ Is Max V drivin drivin?” Lando “Oh he’s drivin drivin”

6hr 30min: Stream down for a couple of min

6hr 38min: Lando put an audio of a meme, and then it’s just meme references between the two of them (cutie pies)

6hr 41min: Lando “Max (V) we need more offtrack to get to 1000” Verstappen “No way!”

6hr 42min: Lando “Max there’s a force india in front of you ... it’s OCON!!!”

6hr 43min: they talk about the emix of blue flag radio messages

6hr 44min: Lando plays blue flag remix song

6hr 47min: Max B “A couple of teams have around 2000 off tracks” Lando “we only have lower because you 2 (Max B and W) don’t go, it’s only me and Max” Max”Cool kids go off track”

6hr 48min: Lando singing “Blue Flag! Blue Flag! Blue Flag!” Max completing “Honestly, what are we doing?”

6hr 49min: Broadcast said that if Max does fastest lap he will win the race, no questions asked

6hr 54min: song played “SUPER MAX” Lando plays it to the Maxes in teamspeak

6hr 55min: Lando pitch’s the idea of a song called “Off-Track” by Max V feat. Lando

6hr 57min: Maxes teaching Lando how to pronounce words in Dutch correctly

7hr 8min: Lando “Would you prefer default or fail?” Max V “Fail definitely” Lando “i like more default”

7hr 10min: Chat “What was worse, driving in Paul Richard or that time you couldn’t turn your steering wheel?” Lando “Def the second, I couldn’t drive like at all”

7hr 11min: 0% Champagne is called Milk

7hr 14min: A donation “Imagine if last lap Vettel shows up and hits Verstappen” Teamspeak mic was open and Max V was like “If someone does that to me I will find his real address”

*Stream reaches 10K viewers*

7h 18min: Lando “I should be getting paid for doing as for puredriving”

7hr 20min: Maxes make a joke Lando don’t understand but most chat can as they are Dutch (max fans)

7hr 21min: Lando tells Max V to keep his head down to do a purple sector, Max V responds “My head is in my steering wheel”

7hr 22min: Max has enough fuel to make donuts at the end of the race

7hr 23min: Max V dissing Williams

7hr 25min: Max V almost crashes, Lando laughs. I mean, everyone is preoccupied

7hr 27min: Max V has a technical difficulty(his break pedal has fallen off) They panic for a couple of minutes, worth watching

7hr 30min: Lando MilkBoy is coming for the rescue, these last 30 min are golden

7hr 30min: Lando is drivin’ drivin’ now, they are very panicky

*Hectic end of the race*

7hr 32min: Lando can’t stop laughing, Max V break pedal snapped in half

*14k+ watching this burning train*

7hr 34min: Lando says they got karma for shit talking about their amazing lead and gap from P2

7hr 35min: They are just laughing at their shit luck

7hr 37min: Apparently Max V was going to change his pedals for new ones after this race (new ones already on his house), I guess he will have to swap now

*16k viewers*

I mean guys, they are just giggling the end of the stream, really recommend watching the last 30 min of the race

7hr 40min: End of the race. All of them so relieved and Lando does some donuts

7hr 43min: Lando is being a dick to the other cars, gets hit

7hr 45min: Lando and the Maxes mocks all the PEE WAN celebrations (e.g. Get in there Lewis!)

7hr 46min: Lando “I don’t want to be straight” Maxes laughs — Lando “I mean the car”

7hr 48min: Lando recaps the race

7hr 52min: Clip of the accident and then narrator is asking the drivers questions about the 20 min (man, this is golden)

Lando “It went all wrong”

7hr 56min: This interview is great, Max and Lando friendship exposed

Who was driving when:

A stint has a duration of 1 hour

1st and 2nd stint: Maximilian Benecke

3rd and 4th stint: Maximilian Wenig (he sounds eery similar to Kvyat)

5th and 6th stint: Max Emilian Verstappen

7th and 8th stint: Lando ‘Maximilian’ Norris

9th and 10th stint: Maximilian Benecke

11th and 12th stint: Max Emilian Verstappen

13th and 14th stint: Maximilian Wenig

ps: Lando will be on holidays during WTF1 event (he’s going to a different country - not saying which) (3h20m)

ps: Lando likes full fat milk, “if you’re going to drink it, go all the way”

ps: in the beginning of the stream (less than 30 min in) Max V. disses Williams: wow Williams is much better here than irl 😂

#lando norris #max verstappen #twitch stream #max #lando

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seven-oomen · 4 years ago

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First, I hope you’re enjoying your game. One of my friends posted about how she’d just gotten her copy of it, and her husband’s response was basically “so, I’ll just bring you food occasionally and see you in a few days?" Also, I hope you’re feeling better. And man you are KILLING ME with these previews. Oh god, Peter, what are you planning now? How bad is this gonna hurt and for how long? (Don’t answer that, I’m afraid to know. XD )

I think all those Hogwarts Houses are excellent choices. I always think it’s fun to see how people sort various characters, because I rarely have any that I feel are firmly one House (maybe it’s because I’m a proud HuffleClaw, myself, doomed to waffle between Houses every time I take a quiz or read an analysis on the subject.) Side not - can you imagine the furor that would have occurred about a Slytherin and a Gryffindor hooking up in Fourth Year (I think?), and then pulling an innocent little Hufflepuff transfer under their spell? Would any of them have played Quidditch? (Peter I feel definitely played, though I can’t decide what position. Undecided on the other two.)

Poor Peter, having to behave himself. Although debatably as long as he kept the fangs put away it wouldn’t necessarily be a risk, though I can see him being worried anyway. That’s why he needs to find someone to spin his fur into yarn he can then make them scarves/gloves/sweaters/etc with. And why he’s so into the clothes sharing. Anything to get his scent on them as thoroughly as possible.

And I am so here for PTA Dad Peter. Helping out at school functions so he can keep an eye on the younger kids. Building new, supportive relationships with his older kids, helping them with college applications and essays, making up lists of stuff they’ll need for dorm rooms, finding apartments if any are going to the same or nearby schools and can share, making sure they all have pictures and mementos to help combat homesickness. And now I’m thinking about the memory quilt again. Goddammit I don’t want to make myself cry. Again. "Imagine Peter hearing their heartbeats for the first time." Oh nevermind, I see you’ll do it for me. Ugh, my feels. Peter shifting to his wolf form and curling protectively around them all the time, head pressed up to their abdomen so that he can listen and scent at maximum effectiveness. Them just gently stroking through his fur until one or both fall asleep. (Also, how quickly do the other wolves in the family pick up on the changes in scent? How do they react? How do the older kids react to the idea of more siblings in general?)

And you know that whichever one wasn’t the one pregnant at the time would be super protective at the time, then turn around and insist they were fine and that the others were worrying unnecessarily when they were the one pregnant. (Also, glad your brother was okay!) I also like that it apparently took them nearly 20 years to learn about planning for this sort of thing. I know you’ve mentioned Peter and Chris being the ones that do the stupid thing next chapter (or something to that effect), but really I feel the biggest moment of "what the hell, guys?” is Noah getting knocked up just two months after Chris. It’s like, you guys had a huge, in your face, live example of why protection is important, and yet… I’m also just going to assume that they have at least a king size bed to accommodate that many people, even if many of them are tiny people, and none of them mind piling. That’s still a lot of bodies cramming into one bed. (That much room would also come in very handy for…other reasons, which is why I feel certain Peter would insist upon it.)

Also, omg, I was not expecting to be attacked by those pictures like that. Tag your porn, dude XD . But really, can you imagine the poor, unsuspecting college friends their kids bring home for visits getting a triple barrel of that with no warning? Like they’ve just seen the goofy, weird pics that they have on their phone/on their walls. They were not prepared for the sheer DILF power of that household live and in person. But then, is anyone, really?

Loving all the names. I actually know a guy named John who has a son named Jackson, so that one was particularly amusing to me. I also noticed that none of the kids have been named after anyone in Noah’s family, at least so far. And don’t worry, I wasn’t expecting to have those spoiled yet, though I’m happy to know you liked some of my suggestions :D . Now if I could just remember which all ones I went with… Didn’t really think to put it in anywhere, but for some reason I’ve always liked Alexander as a middle name for Peter, though I remain undecided on the other two.

And yes, loving the idea of more family cosplay. Oh god, they would never get ANYWHERE at a con because they’d be getting stopped every 3 feet for pictures. For Star Trek, I feel like they’d do groupings from assorted series and versions. Chris, Peter, and Noah are totally OS Spock, Kirk, and Bones (Peter with strategically torn shirt, of course). I think Melissa would be their Uhura, and Natalie would be Yeoman Rand (she wants to see if she can fake the hairstyle), because I dare anyone to tell them they can’t pull off dresses that short. Since he has sword training from his hunter background, Melissa makes Julio be their Sulu. Boyd, Derek, and Jordan would be Picard, Riker, and Data (Derek would totally figure out how to do that weird way Riker sits down, too.) After much debate, I feel Stiles would be Kirk from the recent films (NuTrek, or whatever they call it), Jackson would be Spock, and Malia would be Bones. I think Lydia would make an excellent Uhura for them, as well. Scott would be Scotty because he can remember to answer to it, and it gives him an excuse to do a TERRIBLE fake accent. I’m leaning towards Isaac for their Chekov, but beyond that can’t think what to do with everybody else, I’m not familiar enough with the different tv shows.

Marvel we’ve talked about some. DC I have a few random ideas. I always thought it would be funny to see Peter, Derek, Jackson, and Liam do the assorted Robins. While I feel Peter is DEFINITELY more of a Jason personality wise, I think he’d be far more comfortable in Dick’s costume that Derek would be, and if Derek was Jason the heights would line up better. Jackson would be Tim, and Liam would be Damian (because who else would play DC’s tiny and angry than TW’s tiny and angry?) Also, don’t overlook the fun and variety of villains DC offers. The last group costume I did was a cross between Bill & Ted and assorted Bat-villains. We called it Bruce & Dick’s Excellent Adventure, and even photoshopped a sign to carry to help people get it. Among our line-up was Cleo-Catra, Ivybeth the First, The Poison Queen, Harley Antoinette, Joker Napoleon, Freud Nygma, and Bane-thoven. (I really need to do something with the various pieces of my costume someday.) I know there are several girls in the Bat-fam now, too, depending on who all wants to be a part of it, or if they want to skew more Justice League/Teen Titans/Young Justice.

Oh man, Disney. So many options. I feel like Lydia and Allison as Ariel and Prince Eric is a given. I also like the idea of Kira and Malia as Belle and the Beast, partially because of Malia’s issues about having to hide her nature, and also because I think she could absolutely rock that suit. Ben could join them as Chip. (Stiles would actually make an excellent Belle, but I feel that might just get weird.) I can see Danny helping Erica rig up a Sleeping Beauty dress with strands of LEDs that keep shifting from pink to blue to green so the dress keeps appearing to change color (it’s a massive hit.) I don’t know why, but I really want Stiles and Jackson as Elsa and Anna for some reason. Scott can join them as either Kristoff or Olaf, depending on the mood he’s in. Can’t quite decide for the other pack kids. Since the theme is nominally just fairy tales, I think the dads could just opt for a classier, fancier version of their Red Riding Hood looks. Maybe go for a steampunk edge or something (I would have included links here, but Google was not my friend today and I couldn’t find quite what I wanted.) Rich velvets and wools in vivid scarlet and forest-y greens, black and deep brown leather and suede, lots of polished buttons and buckles, loose cotton shirts unlaced at the throat. Mmm, yes. And Peter could have one of those super fancy Victorian type nightgowns with the long sleeves and high necks made out of super soft and fine materials. Instead of getting some kind of mask to wear, he’d just do his partial/beta/whatever you want to call it shift and let them add extra fur on with makeup to blend it in. Everyone just thinks it’s amazing effects work. He does opt for some cute wolf paw slippers since cons tend to get snotty about people going around barefoot. (Applying and removing the fur is also how they learn his ears are particularly…sensitive…to a delicate touch in that form.)

Lord of the Rings. Yes. Like, I can’t figure out who or any real details right now but. Just. Yes.

I feel like some years they enter the costume contest and some they don’t, just depending on their moods. (They totally take the Jurassic Park group to a con and people adore it. It makes for great skits.)

Random bonus thought for the day concerns dancing. I was thinking about the whole drag queen thing, and whether Jungle was around in the 90s, and it sort of segued into what types of dancers they are. I feel like Peter is a very good dancer. Not quite competition level, maybe, but very skilled, nonetheless. Like Malia, he’s just very comfortable in himself, in all forms, which helps with spatial and bodily awareness, in addition to his natural grace and balance. I also feel he’s the most likely to have taken, like, ballroom lessons or similar as a kid, maybe at a parent or grandparent’s insistence. With Noah I keep thinking about the various videos I’ve seen of Dylan dancing both outside of TW and as Stiles, and I feel his dad would have a very similar style of awkward disaster from the chest up, undulations worthy of a harem girl from the waist down (those Stilinski boys tend to leave a lot of confused boners in their wake.) In Noah’s case, settling into his frame after that last growth spurt and learning self-defense/martial arts helped smooth most of the awkward out, but it resurfaces every so often. Chris I think would be the least likely to dance, just because I feel his background would make him very self-conscious about it, whether he wants to feel that way or not. He’ll dance if it’s just the three of them or just family, or for a slow dance, but that’s normally it. However, if he’s drunk enough, or if Noah or Peter have dragged him into a dark corner to makeout for a while and gotten him all distracted and relaxed, he can be pursued out onto the floor to show off some actually pretty sweet moves once he lets go.

Anyway, gonna try and wrap this up, because I just realized it’s way later than I realized, and I should try and get some sleep at some point. Enjoy your game, I hope it’s epic!

When this little paragraph made me realize I had a gaping plot hole in this chapter and I got to go back to fix it. My god my friend, you are a lifesaver!

I also like that it apparently took them nearly 20 years to learn about planning for this sort of thing. I know you’ve mentioned Peter and Chris being the ones that do the stupid thing next chapter (or something to that effect), but really I feel the biggest moment of "what the hell, guys?” is Noah getting knocked up just two months after Chris. It’s like, you guys had a huge, in your face, live example of why protection is important, and yet…

Because oh yeah I wanted to make it canon that wolves can detect a heartbeat of the embryo at 4-5 weeks. Which is about a week after the heart starts beating. And oh yeah, Chris is two months along by the time Noah gets pregnant... shit. I wrote something else in that flashback.

And now I got to fix that, so cheers!

I also finished writing my chapter today! Yay! All glorious 13K of it. And I’ll be editing and posting tomorrow (or technically later today as it is past midnight.) Oh, I’m so excited, I’m so excited to see what you think!

As for the game, my god it is awesome!!! I played a few hours today but my heart raced so much I had to pause after two hours because I was getting dizzy because of my heart. But it’s a great game so far, very accessible and it just draws me in completely. It’s so good.

Definitely what I needed after my day at work.

hehehe I’m happy to see my previews and writing and getting emotions, it sounds so bad, but that makes me smile because it’s getting the desired response and that’s awesome.

“Cue Lego Movie music”

can you imagine the furor that would have occurred about a Slytherin and a Gryffindor hooking up in Fourth Year (I think?), and then pulling an innocent little Hufflepuff transfer under their spell? Would any of them have played Quidditch? (Peter I feel definitely played, though I can’t decide what position. Undecided on the other two.)

I think Peter would’ve been a chaser or beater, somehow those seem to fit him well. Noah played but he was a keeper. (which would be funny if Peter was a chaser since they would get to battle lover’s disputes on the quidditch pitch) Chris I feel wouldn’t play quidditch, he’s too busy trying to keep track of his studies and really just likes to watch the sport but not participate. I think he’d be more into care of magical creatures and defends against the dark arts than any kind of sport. Though he does join and excel at the dueling club.

And the scandal of Peter and Noah dating from fourth year on would be massive, people can barely wrap their heads around it. But they’re happy and they’re just doing their own thing. And they don’t pay attention to anyone else but what they think and what Chris thinks of them.

Peter shifting to his wolf form and curling protectively around them all the time, head pressed up to their abdomen so that he can listen and scent at maximum effectiveness. Them just gently stroking through his fur until one or both fall asleep. (Also, how quickly do the other wolves in the family pick up on the changes in scent? How do they react? How do the older kids react to the idea of more siblings in general?)

<3 <3 it’s honestly an adorable image. The twins are very active when dad’s curled up around them, knowing just where to kick so Peter’s wakes up by a foot to the face. Though he doesn’t mind and just nudges back gently, letting out a low grumbling noise or whine that he knows the babies can hear in utero. As for how quickly, it depends on whether or not they smelled it before. Jackson, Ben, or Scott wouldn’t pick up on it. They weren’t wolves around pregnancies before. Malia and Derek catch on quickly though. They start noticing the scent change at around 5-6 weeks and hear the little heartbeats of the new family members.

Malia is moderately excited, she’s a little worried about her dad and how he will handle pregnancy at his age. (Although he’s like 35 when he gets pregnant, that counts as a geriatric pregnancy, dad... I’m worried.)

Stiles just flips between the two of extreme worry where he read up on pre-eclampsia and other pregnancy complications and birth complications and omg what if that happens. But he’s also so so excited because omg he’s finally gonna be an older brother!!

(He knows he’s Ben’s older brother, and he adores the tyke, but it’s different when you have a pregnancy close instead of a five-year-old sibling from one day to another.)

Jackson is pouty and a bit grumpy. He feels like he’s losing baby status in the family more and more and he doesn’t know how to deal. (Ben was a bit difficult to get used to for him but Chris handled it well by setting time aside for his baby Jackson. It helped. But now he’s a teen and there’s going to be two more babies and he’s- he doesn’t know how to feel. When Chris breaks the news he wants to have another baby he’s even more torn but he does come around, deciding that he will always be the baby of the family, even when he’s not.

It’s a good compromise. And the three parents set some time for each of their kids so everyone gets attention.

Allison handles it the best out of the teens, she’s very excited for all of them and immediately to volunteers helping with decorating the new nursery. She paints a few awesome looking murals of Winnie the Pooh or Bambi or some other cutesy Disney animals (Or maybe even a space/star wars or a fairy tale ala Fables theme?) and just goes all out. She also convinces Malia to quilt a blanket for the new baby and helps her knit a few cute hats. She’s just extremely excited and happy.

Ben is very happy too, he’s finally not the youngest anymore and he’s happy to be an older brother. He also finds it fascinating to learn how pregnancy works and how those babies got in there in the first place. They let him tell them how it works and explain some basic details, sperm, egg, you need both to have a baby and the baby grows in pops and papa’s belly. But they leave out any details that Ben doesn’t figure out or doesn’t ask about to keep it more age-appropriate for him.

Though Ben’s smart and he figures out a lot on his own. Noah and Peter are honestly impressed by Ben’s deductive skills. They knew Jackson and Stiles had them, but they hadn’t expected Ben to show them too. He’s a quiet observer.

They were not prepared for the sheer DILF power of that household live and in person. But then, is anyone, really?

Honestly, I don’t think anyone is. Nobody can resist the sheer DILF power.

Since the theme is nominally just fairy tales, I think the dads could just opt for a classier, fancier version of their Red Riding Hood looks. Maybe go for a steampunk edge or something (I would have included links here, but Google was not my friend today and I couldn’t find quite what I wanted.) Rich velvets and wools in vivid scarlet and forest-y greens, black and deep brown leather and suede, lots of polished buttons and buckles, loose cotton shirts unlaced at the throat. Mmm, yes. And Peter could have one of those super fancy Victorian type nightgowns with the long sleeves and high necks made out of super soft and fine materials. Instead of getting some kind of mask to wear, he’d just do his partial/beta/whatever you want to call it shift and let them add extra fur on with makeup to blend it in. Everyone just thinks it’s amazing effects work. He does opt for some cute wolf paw slippers since cons tend to get snotty about people going around barefoot. (Applying and removing the fur is also how they learn his ears are particularly…sensitive…to a delicate touch in that form.)

I- this whole thing? yes. Headcanon accepted because it is that good. I can literally just see them going in steampunk hunter, red riding hood and the wolf. thank you for putting that image in my mind XD

I feel like Peter is a very good dancer. Not quite competition level, maybe, but very skilled, nonetheless. Like Malia, he’s just very comfortable in himself, in all forms, which helps with spatial and bodily awareness, in addition to his natural grace and balance. I also feel he’s the most likely to have taken, like, ballroom lessons or similar as a kid, maybe at a parent or grandparent’s insistence. With Noah I keep thinking about the various videos I’ve seen of Dylan dancing both outside of TW and as Stiles, and I feel his dad would have a very similar style of awkward disaster from the chest up, undulations worthy of a harem girl from the waist down (those Stilinski boys tend to leave a lot of confused boners in their wake.) In Noah’s case, settling into his frame after that last growth spurt and learning self-defense/martial arts helped smooth most of the awkward out, but it resurfaces every so often. Chris I think would be the least likely to dance, just because I feel his background would make him very self-conscious about it, whether he wants to feel that way or not. He’ll dance if it’s just the three of them or just family, or for a slow dance, but that’s normally it. However, if he’s drunk enough, or if Noah or Peter have dragged him into a dark corner to makeout for a while and gotten him all distracted and relaxed, he can be pursued out onto the floor to show off some actually pretty sweet moves once he lets go.

Malia definitely inherited Peter’s dancing skills, I like to think Jackson did as well. Those three are the best dancers in the family. They just move with natural ease.

Allison is a decent dancer, her gymnastics training really helps but she’s not as fluent as her brother, sister, or dad.

I feel like Noah and Stiles have awkward flailing down to a T but every once in awhile there’s a hip movement worthy of a fucking professional dancer and it’s very confusing. But yeah, totally agree with that assessment of them.

Chris isn’t much of a dancer and neither is Ben. Both of them are very self-conscious. Chris gets better when he’s drunk because he let’s go of insecurity but even then it’s not great. He just doesn’t dance, it’s not his thing. Although he was a very good grinding and hip rotation move. He’s also pretty good at jump style once he lets himself go and just turns his mind off. but the rhythmic jumping just feels natural to him. He also likes to slow dance since he can just bury his face in Noah’s shoulder or nuzzle Peter’s cheek and just forget about everything else.

Also, I like to think they all love to sing. Chris’s voice is best suited for country I feel like. Noah’s more for singer-songwriter. And Peter just loves singing pop songs and he knows how to hit some high notes.

And now I am going to bed because It’s almost three am XD And I need some sleeps. Thankfully I have the day off this sunday.

#ben says stuff #once upon a time comments #submission

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9, 20, and 100

9. How tall are you?

UUUUUH. 5′4″ I think. I’m kinda the average hight for a woman. Hold on. Let me check.

Yeah. About average height in the US. I haven’t checked my height in years, but I’m an inch taller than my mother who’s around that height herself. Anyway. Hurray. I fit the norm in something.

*proceeds to scream internally at not being able to reach the higher shelf due to normal if not too short an average height for my sex*

20. Are you religious?

Not really. I used to be Christian but honestly, that’s only because my family is predominantly Christian in practice. I’ve... never really gotten the big deal about it personally. That was a pretty big sign I should think of different viewpoints when it comes to what I believe spiritually rather than blindly follow what I’ve been taught all these years. Don’t get me wrong, there are some good morals and values that come out of that ideology I’ve picked up and I’m glad to have them. It’s the whole contradictory nature how people and the written word of the religion and my past with a very intense zealot of a grandmother that really turned me away. Not really a stellar analogy, but you could compare it to seeing a fandom constantly infighting and being toxic while you’re just getting into what should be an enlightening and pretty good video game and having one person- who’s related to you- constantly try to get you to play that game without giving your own tastes and viewpoints a second thought. That’s kind of why I don’t participate in it... Or any other specific religion.

I do think there’s a higher power. I would be wrong to assign a name, face, or personality to something that grand. After all, how could we even know what they’re like? They aren’t human. I do have this idea that maybe all of the gods of separate religion are part of this grander thing and perhaps we’re just seeing its different faces- but that’s kind of breaking down others’ beliefs in the process so I don’t really employ it as a central ideal. I generally say “the universe isn’t happy with me today” in jest, but even I can’t be sure whether it’s even the universe either.

Which is funny, cause I use a digital tarot app as a horoscope in a way. I don’t even know if I’m truly tapping into anything larger than myself, but it kind of does make me wonder what in the day is going to be part of the prediction which influences my actions and helps me plan accordingly. Kind of a Jedi mind trick, really.

100. Color of your room?

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I DON’T KNOW ANYMORE!

I have so many things and posters on my wall! I got pokemon cards! Digimon cards! Black Butler posters! Durarara posters/bookmarks! Art poster cards from that museum in Winter Park, Florida! VINCENT VALENTINE PRINT! A still in the package Hotwheels model of KITT from Knight Rider- the 1980′s version. A framed picture of Decim that judges my sins! Some nice pictures! JAPANESE FANS! (I think... They could be Chinese), Dragon posters! Posters with a skeleton/skull on them! THAT ONE NARUTO SHIRT I THOUGHT WAS THE SH*T IN HIGHSCHOOL! DOCTOR WHO THINGS! MY GRADUATION CAP FROM COLLEGE! M I NE CR A FT P OS T E R! A N G E L POSTER! F A KE NINJA SWORDS! FEZ!

The walls have peeling red paint (lack of primer) revealing those slightly stripey drywall patterns found in doublewide mobile homes.

Yeah. When I finally moved out of my father’s house I slowly began to freely plaster my room with whatever I wanted because when I did live with him partly, I was so scared he’d just take it down or demand I take it down because he didn’t like it or something like that. For context, this is the same man who probably took my Mew Two plush and got rid of it and also attempted to get rid of a cool knock off transformer that became a sweet mecha dragon I was trying to repair and was very attached to. So all I ended up having on my walls was this one thing I made that said, “Auron FFX!!” (cause I was into Final Fantasy X- he didn’t like that game either- and Auron was my favorite character), a fabric banner of a local sports team that I increasingly grew tired of (I don’t care much for sports), a whale picture, and a picture of my mom as a teen... And I think there was a family photo, but considering that my father was in it, I refused to look at it that much.

So yeah. That’s why currently my room is an explosion of art and themes and has so many anime posters! I didn't even mention the 3 bulletin boards with some of my art and a bunch of small prints of characters/scenes bought at anime conventions tucked into them (they’re the kind with the ribbons pinned across them so they’re thumb-tackless)!

Why do I always go more in-depth with these than I need to? What the hell?

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aisuho · 6 years ago

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Steam Prison

So, recently I’ve started to play and finished Steam Prison. Steam Prison is an “otome” Visual Novel. A word of warning: the game has some heavy content (as in violence, not sex per se), so can be a little... well.

You start with the MC talking about scenting the smell of blood, which leads to the scene of her holding a knife, clothes all stained as she looks herself in the mirror, in shock. Then you go back 2 days before the events, learning more about the protagonist, the country (Heights) and their government (the Temple).

The first route I played was Eltcreed’s (part of the Bodyguard Route).

I’ve played most of my first route without a guide, but by the end of it I started following Rezareth’s, as I was afraid of missing something. The order of the routes she gives is Eltcred->Ulrik->Adage->Ines->Yune->Grand Ending, which seems the best order considering the info you learn in each of them. Also, be aware that you can’t play Yune’s without seeing one of Ulrik’s ending first, and can’t play the Grand Ending without catching ‘em all.

Bodyguard Route, Eltcreed and Ulrik.

In the Bodyguard Route you get to live as Eltcreed’s bodyguard, so you don’t get to see much of Sanctuary District nor its characters. However, you get a lot of info about the Heights and the world beyond the walls of the District Sanctuary, as well as Eltcreed and Ulrik’s characters.

Eltcreed Valentine

Starting with Eltcreed, he was the first route I played. He’s an eccentric character, the kind of double-edged sword -- he can be funny, light and a flirt, but also cold and strategist. Also, he loves the Heights and is really into fairytales. Honestly, he is my least favorite; mostly because throughout his route he is really pushy (he forcefully kisses her a relative amount of times); alas, him calling her Kishi-sama (Knight) all the time can be tiresome.

Here is where the MC is the dumbest... She really annoyed me because she was clueless about everything. I mean, I get it that love is forbidden in the Heights and all that, but she is just too dense...

He has kind of two “happy” endings, both are satisfying and different, which makes it hard for me to choose which one I prefer.

Eltcreed’s route is also where you’re first introduced to one of the other bachelor’s (if you don’t go to the Prisoner Route first): Adage; I will get more into it later. And where you get your first look on Fin as a bad guy...! Most of the bad endings throughout all the routes are related to him, and they can be heavy. Like, really heavy. Although you don’t get much of him in the Bodyguard’s route, which is why I’ll keep my intakes about him as a character for later.

[Spoilers about Eltcreed’s route]

Honestly, I was kind of disappointed because the assassination of MC’s parents are kind of swept under the rug; you learn nothing about the case itself and is left with lots os unanswered questions, which was very frustrating for me. Another thing that made uncomfortable was Merlot and Rielith’s being totally forgotten whatsoever. You only hear about them again if you get one of the bad endings (that ending gave me shivers), so...

About his two “happy” endings, I think his maxed affection ending (“My Queen”) makes me a little uncomfortable given that you side with the Hounds (specially Sachsen) in order to restore the peace. To be honest, that didn’t bothered me much at first, but after finishing the game and seeing so much of Sachsen’s actions my opinion towards him is the lowest possible, so it made me mad to side with him and totally overlook everything he has done. Saying that, I much prefer the “The Lasting Future” ending, which gives a better closure overall, specially when taking into account that it addresses the Depths-Heights topic.

Other than that, I really enjoyed learning more about the Depths and more about the two main characters in this route: Ulrik and Eltcreed. I really enjoying their interaction/bickering, it was really funny to watch.

Nonetheless, it was a fun route play, and I liked it, although the matter of Tisselas’ murder being totally pushed to the side really bothered me.

Anyway, I take Eltcreed’s Route as an introduction to the game’s lore, specially all the Depths-Heights trouble, it made great work of that part, as it’s the only route where you get so deep into their story and culture, so it should really be played first.

Ulrik Ferrie

Damn, what can I say about Ulrik’s Route...

I need to say first-hand that he was my favorite character until then, but his route was just... lacking. It felt weird because throughout Eltcreed’s he is snarky, but in a fun way. However, when you come to his own route he is totally rude towards the MC and barely makes any effort to improve his relationship. He was giving me so much cold-shoulder that I felt that I wasn’t even playing his route at all.

Ulrik’s route felt really disconnected from everything else in the game, like, forget (again) about MC’s parents, the Hounds, or Rielith and Merlot. Forget about Fin, also; as far as I remember he barely (if even) appears here.

Ulrik has his own issues to solve and his route is all about that. One of his endings is important, as you get some relevant info and it is necessary to unlock Yune’s route. On the bright side, you go deep into his character’s story, and his family.

[Spoilers about Ulrik’s]

Vice should have been more explored in other routes, I mean, he appears in Eltcreed’s if you don’t go to the Heights, but that’s all. When I first saw him there, I was like... “who the f* are you?” And they he went and killed Fin... -_-

Don’t get me wrong, I liked that Vice and Rafele group weren’t as dumb as Ulrik first thought, but the fact that they are barely mentioned otherwise felt like wasted potential.

MC also needs a lot of rescue here, to the point that was kind of “damn, how can you be a bodyguard if you’re the one needing saving all the time”.

Ulrik’s ending “The Final Page” was the first one I saw in his route, and made me profoundly sad. I just wanted to hug him, but stupid MC was dead already. (-_-) That CG, though...!

The “Words Unspoken” ending was just... stupid. This is where I became really annoyed over Ulrik’s route, because his character/personality was just so... not there. I mean, he was like a spoiled brat, and it became so frustrating for me. It made hard to believe he was a spy.

My biggest trouble with Ulrik’s, however, is not his badly developed personality or character, but Eltcreed... At this point I was so mad with Eltcreed having so much spotlight that I started disliking him. I mean, in the end, it was Eltcreed who saved the day, like... wtf? Dude, can’t you stop being so egocentric for a moment and let the others shine?

Ulrik’s happy ending was cute but still not quite there.

I felt that Ulrik showed more emotion in Eltcreed’s bad ending, “Goodbye, My Knight” (aka Ulrik’s ending), than anywhere else in his own route (which made me even bitter).

Prisoner Route, Adage and Ines

The Prisoner Route is where you refuse Ulrik proposal and choose to stay in the Sanctuary District. This is where your lingering questions are answered, too.

In my opinion, this is where the MC really shines!

Adage

At this point I wasn’t looking forward to play Adage route. Firstly because I was really sore over Ulrik’s, second was because I didn’t know anything about the character except that he was a doctor. But boy, wasn’t I in for a surprise...!

Adage’s route is the heaviest, for many reasons... It’s really dark and sad, even the happy endings are sad. Everything is sad. I mean it.

After this, he became my favorite character, and his route was also my favorite. I liked it so much that I’m thinking of replaying it, just because... feels!

Adage is a little quiet, but is sharp and straightforward, he is a very intriguing character, overall. His voice is very deep and soothing, which added greatly to his character, sounding very mature and fitting overall.

[Spoilers for Adage’s]

Ok! MC is her best here, she starts working and learns to do some things like tending the garden, cooking and even some basic medicine skills. She also has a strong personality, because Adage pushes her to her limits (boy, didn’t I love that outburst?). He also doesn’t let her go into that “I don’t know love” bs, because he is so straightforward with her...!

I also liked how she reacts to his father’s issues. It felt way more mature than how she handled Ulrik.

His route is full of golden scenes (totally spot-on, I loved it): the first kiss, the fight in his house and even that feeding scene...! My only complaint was the fact that the happy ending kind of dragged itself longer than it should have, which made it less powerful, but it still didn’t affect the route’s vibes in general.

The bad endings were sad and brutal... I felt really sorry for Adage and was creeped out by Glissade. It was so disturbing that at some point I started seeing demon eyes every time Glissade appeared.

Not to mention, Adage’s route is where you find out the person behind MC’s parents’ death (but not who executed them). Here you also discover what Fin was up to all the time. Damn you, Glissade!

It wasn’t easy to endure all the pain and brutality in Adage’s Route, but I think it was well written and the character was concise throughout it. You also receive a lot of answers here, which made it even more enjoyable.

Ines

Ines is the stiff vice commander of the Hounds, he’s calm and cool headed. You can get some light of his character in Adage’s route, as he appears there quite a few times.

His route is where MC gets by mostly by herself. She lives alone in Rielith and Merlot’s house, and has to overcome the grief to make a living.

[Spoilers about Ines]

His route was a light one, more romance and less drama. It was fun to get some info about not only his past, but also Sanchsen and the Hounds’.

It wasn’t clear to me if Ines liked MC until near the end of the route. As I got the bad ending “The Fangs of a Hound” first, I could see the extent of Ines feelings, which was very well delivered by his Voice Actor! This was where I started liking the character better too (he was kind of neutral for me before that).

Ines’ happy ending was one of the best. To me that was a true happy ending, given that it also seemed to shine a light and bring peace to Fin. It also removes Sachsen, although I don’t like how in the end his death made he be treated as some sort of good character. Don’t get me wrong, I know he had some traumas due to Theia’s death, BUT, I can’t feel sorry for him after everything I had seen him do, specially towards Fin.

Given all of the revelations how MC and Ines are connected, it felt to me that their love was the “Fate drives us together”/“Forgotten first meeting” trope-thing.

Oh, I really liked his interaction with Saint Yune! It was nice to see him fluster and break that stiff shell, it really added to his character.

As your lingering question about MC’s parents death are answered, this is a good Route to leave last (still before Yune’s). As I said, it was a light and slow paced story, I don’t like that the romance was very roundabout, but this doesn’t make it less enjoyable.

Servant Route and Yune

Forget everything about going to the Depths! Here, you escape from being exiled and instead has to serve Saint Yune as his attendant.

Yune’s route reminded me of Ulrik’s, not because of the frustration, but because it felt more disconnected from the game itself, like having its own plot to go. I honestly had mixed feelings about it. Yune looks like a teenage, and that made me really uncomfortable overall. It was hard to ignore that and keep reminding myself that he is in fact hundreds of years old.

You go deep into learning his story too, his relation with the Ferrie and how he became a saint. It was nice to see more abou the flood, and how the Heights came to be.

[Spoilers about Yune Route]

Ok! The stone of God thing was kind of weird... it added a supernatural element that doesn’t seem complacent with the vibe of the game, which was why I said it felt really disconnected from everything else.

I had some trouble also understanding if Yune really liked MC. I mean, he was so absorbed on his plan of dying that it made me confused -- did he really like her or was he just using her to reach his goal? Nonetheless, the bad ending didn’t contribute to dispelling my doubts... as he just kind of kills her without more or less.

I get it that he did indeed like MC, but for me their romance wasn’t quite there yet, so it was hard to get attached to the character.

Another thing that troubled me was when you have the option to speak or not to Fin, as I was going towards the bad ending first, I followed the guide and chose not to speak with him. However, the story kept going and even led to more choices afterwards, which left me wondering all the time if I had made the wrong choice. In the end, I did get the bad ending first (”A thread unbroken”), but it took quite long to achieve it.

His happy ending, though... what was that? As I played, I thought I had made a mistake again, because I was thinking it was going towards a bad ending. I gotta clarify here that I didn’t choose all his positive answers (I chose “He is important to me” when he asked me about Fin, hihi), so there was that... Anyway, his happy ending felt really sad and left me with many questions. Like, what happened to the Heights after his death?

However, I did enjoy both his “Lingering scent” and “Let’s meet again” endings. They did gave some closure and were well delivered.

It wasn’t all bad, I liked Yune as a character, but not as a love interest.

Grand Ending

After you achieve all the character’s endings, you have the choice to play the Grand Ending, in which MC’s parents are alive and well, you’re not exiled and whatnot.

[Spoilers]

Well, this was it. It was enjoyable to see the interaction between all the characters, and everyone played somewhat of a role here, even Fin. It left me wishing that we could have seen more interaction between them in other routes too.

However, I felt that lots of things were left unsolved. Yeah, MC had her true happy ending, her parents were alive, she became important, the Heights and Depths relationship was going well and all that, but... having played through all the routes and seeing everything about the other’s characters made it feel like they deserved more. Ulrik didn’t come to terms with his trusting issues, Adage didn’t really solve his own problems with his father, Ines never investigated his partner’s death, Yune never went after his mortality... so lots of loose ends.

Another thing I’d like to point out is how MC’s parents suddenly vanish. Like, without any explanation whatsoever. Although one of the characters (I don’t remember which one) suggests that they may have been arrested or even found shelter somewhere else, even after the confusion is solved, they are never mentioned again. Not even when Yune dissolves the Assembly.

I would’ve liked if you still had some choice of romance here, specially given that Heights laws about love were dissolved, and you were now free to choose whoever. Still, MC never matured, she still knew nothing about romance, so... it felt like there was no character development whatsoever.

Bonus: Fin Eclause

[Spoilers for all routes]

Fin! I have very mixed feelings about Fin. He was my favorite character, and I felt he deserved to be better treated. He is at the same time simple and complex, because he had very complicated feelings and didn’t know how to control them. He matured in a bad way, was badly mistreated and lost all he had except his feelings for MC. MC was what kept his little humanity alive.

Every time Fin appeared onscreen it left me with a profound sadness. I was so depressed to see he go through all he went over and over again... The Grand Ending didn’t really help too, he was temporally promoted to chief of the police then demoted again. He was only able to confess his feelings when he was dying, and not even in the Grand Ending his feelings were let known.

The way Sachsen kept abusing him was one of the reasons I never could forgive or get over his demeanor.

I know that in the Vita version he is a love interest but... I won’t be able to play it, so I’m kind of bitter over it all. Not to mention, from what I gathered, in his route he takes your place as an exiled. I would’ve liked to see both routes: one where he is in the Hounds and another where he is a prisoner. Honestly, I’m curious to see how his relationship with the MC would’ve developed in both scenarios.

Final thoughts

I really enjoyed the game, but now that I’ve finished it I have that sensation of “what now?”... I hope I can play the Vita version one day and get Fin’s route, as I don’t think it’ll come to PC version.

MC seemed to have a better personality in some routes than others. Ulrik’s route for me was a little disappointing, but I still like the character very much.

I felt like the plot was good, but felt little developed in some routes.

Maybe I’ll play Adage’s route again, because I enjoyed it very much.

My favorite characters are: Fin->Adage->Ulrik->Ines->Saint Yune->Eltcreed.

And my favorite routes are: Adage->Ines->Eltcreed->Saint Yune->Ulrik.

I’d like to state that everything I’ve said is only my opinion as a person and a player. In no way I was looking to offend anyone. You’re free to disagree as you may see fit.

#steam prison #spoilers #spoiler

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A Christmas Bound by Fate? [Jurina ver.] (JuriSaku OS)

Phew finally something new from me huh? Had time to write (AT LAST) thanks to the holiday season and also because I wanted to make a contribution for this unlikely ship I have been on for a while now, so please feel free to read especially if you like JuriSaku ;)

P.S. I actually do have a Sakura version for this fic planned since, not really a spoiler but, this fic is based on Jurina’s PoV. I’d love to know if you all, after reading the fic, would like to see a Sakura version of it which would cover everything that happens on her side of the world ;)

P.S.S. Huge shoutout to my best friend for assisting me with a certain part in this fanfiction x’D

Enjoy! Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you all!

“J-Jurina-san…!”

I turned around to look at the person who was an arm’s length away from me. Weird… her whole head was completely covered by a layer of darkness that I rubbed my eyes a number of times but still couldn’t make out who it was. She was about my height… in a elegant-looking beige-coloured winter coat.

Her voice sounded familiar though but…

“Yes?” I coolly said, though I honestly wanted to blurt out a question, asking who the heck this person was before me.

“I-I… I’ve got a present for you!”

She said as she leapt towards me, crashing into me and I lost my balance, slowly falling to the cold hard surface beneath me, unable to catch a glimpse of who she was, even though the mist of darkness faded away in a brief instance…….

-x-x-x-x-x-

“OUCH!!!!!!”

It seems that I had woken up with my face face flat on the carpeted floor of my hotel room. So that was all just a dream? Gosh… I don’t even know if I should label it as a good dream or a nightmare. As I was still dazed on the floor, my phone started ringing and I quickly picked it up, not even checking who the caller was.

“J-san!”

Slightly ticked off by such a loud voice in the morning, I tried to keep my cool and greeted back without much expression, “Ah… Makiko. Morning,” I shrugged, briefly yawning right after, “And seriously… don’t call me that.”

“Ehehe~. Sorry sorry. I’ve got a favour to ask of you, mind hearing me out?”

“Hmm? You don’t always ask me for favours, SKE’s magni~fi~cent leader-san. This must be some kind of dangerous task huh?”

“Wow Jurina-san, thanks for the sarcasm,” I could imagine her pouting right about now, “I need you to attend an emergency meeting at the HKT48 theatre. You’re in Fukuoka right now for some kind of CM shoot right?”

“Well yeah I am but… that’s really sudden,” I massaged the back of my neck gently before getting up from the floor to switch on the lights, “What, you’re unable to come over?”

“Uh huh. The manager made a mistake and double-booked me so I kinda need to handle some important stuff in Nagoya. So please, can you go on my behalf? I don’t think any other SKE member is there right now except for you.”

I looked at the time on the digital clock on my bedside table and smiled, “Yeah you’re in luck. I don’t have much going on today anyways other than the shoot. What time’s the meeting?”

And so, I went to the meeting that was taking place at the HKT48’s theatre in Makiko’s stead.

Unbeknownst to me, I was probably the only person who was acting as substitute for our group’s leader, or captain, as the other groups call theirs. Every group had at least their co-captain here, with Yuihan representing AKB48, Sayanee representing NMB48, Miyawaki Sakura-chan representing HKT48, KitaRie-san representing NGT48 and lastly, Nana-chan representing STU48. Every one of them greeted me as I stepped into the room, looking confused as it seemed like the meeting had gone on for a while now. I apologised on that assumption.

“No need to apologise, Jurina-san! Makki sent me a message telling me she probably briefed you wrongly so I’m still glad you could make it!” Yuihan commented with excitement, mitigating my building frustration towards Makiko, “Ah but before you take a seat,” Yuihan stopped me as I was about to sit down, “Please take this.”

I quickly went over to Yuihan’s side and received a small parcel, “Umm… uh… what’s this?”

“We’re apparently playing Secret Santa, Jurina-san,” Sayanee, who had her chin resting on the palm of her hand facing our direction, said with a nonchalant tone of voice.

“Secret… Santa…?”

“First of all, go take a seat, I’ll just redo the whole brief once again!” Yuihan said with much enthusiasm, causing some to groan and some “not again”s to resound throughout the room.

“Aww come on, is it really that much of a chore girls?” Our energetic Soukantoku pouted.

“No no… it’s just that, what if some girls aren’t cooperative and don’t join the fun as you think they will, Yokayama-san?” Nana-chan voiced her concern.

Yuihan pondered for a bit before grinning in response, “We’ll cross that bridge when we get there!”

“Seriously Yokoyama-san…?” Sakura-chan, who was sitting directly opposite of me, let out a deep sigh.

“That’s the Yui I’ve known for a while now,” KitaRie-san said with a pleasant smile forming on her lips.

“A-ny-ways. The rundown is this Jurina-san,” she looked straight at me as chipper as ever, “In that small parcel of yours are envelopes of every member in SKE48 and in them, are names of members from……… I think it was HKT48? In them,” I could see Sakura-chan’s eyes light up as I briefly glanced at her.

Yuihan, now looking at the whiteboard that was scribbled with words behind her as she, continued to explain as I curiously tried to pry open the box without anyone noticing, “I would just like you to give those letters out to every SKE member in there that has been labelled by Teams for your convenience and have them complete the task by Christmas Day. So, how this basically works is………….”

Yes! Got the box opened up. I quickly looked at everyone who was either paying attention to Yuihan or fiddling with their phones and found a few mini sacks that, as Yuihan said, contained envelopes compiled by Teams. Went straight to Team S’ sack and quickly tried to dig out mine as Yuihan continued her lengthy explanation and when I found it, I swiftly tore open the flap of the envelope which housed a piece of yellow-coloured origami paper to reveal a name I never expected to see.

Mi-ya-wa-ki Sa-ku-ra.

Written in Hiragana instead of the usual Kanji.

…

……

Isn’t… she…

I gazed at Sakura-chan who probably felt the intensity of my gaze as she looked back at me too, giving me an awkward smile as I felt my ears feeling hotter and blood rushing towards my cheeks…

……

…

Eh?

“J-JURINA-SAN!!!!!!!!” Yuihan’s loud exclamation broke me out of my brief reverie, “W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”

Ah crap. I got caught.

“U-Uh… N-Nothing!!!” I hurriedly dumped my envelope, along with the paper, back into the box and closed the flaps of the box, trying to act like nothing happened, “I-It… The box was sorta just opened up so–”

“As if it was!” Yuihan argued back before sighing, “You’re SUPPOSED to open it up when you get back home! Didn’t I JUST say that?!”

“U-Uh…” Nope I didn’t hear much of what she said to be honest, “Y-Yeah…… s-sorry… was just too curious since uh… since…” I just need to tug on Yuihan’s heartstrings to stop her from fuming, “… I’m… really hyped to play this! Secret Santa is really going to be fun and everyone is going to know each other from different groups in no time! Heck, new bonds will be formed so thank you for the amazing idea, Yui-sou-kan-to-ku~~!”

“Aww shucks~~~” Yuihan responded giddily, “You’re most welcome, Jurina-san~”

“So you’re gonna just give in huh, gullible idiot,” Sayanee deadpanned as everyone else giggled.

Yuihan cleared her throat shortly after, “So anyways! That’s that! Have fun y’all and Merry Christmas! Please ensure everyone cooperates so as to prevent the experience from being ruined yeah?”

“Understood!” We all said in unison and the meeting was dismissed.

-x-x-x-x-x-

I let out a deep sigh as I looked at the small parcel in my hands.

So I got Sakura-chan huh?

No actually, that isn’t really the point. Why the heck did I get all flustered like that in the meeting room? That was extremely uncool of me!

“Jurina-san?”

“Huh?” I looked over my shoulder to see Sakura-chan quietly stepping over to my side, with her eyebrows furrowed.

“Are you alright? I mean… just now–”

“Y-Yeah. I’m totally fine,” I sharply stopped Sakura-chan from continuing any talks about just now. I don’t really wanna remember how stupid I looked just now, nor do I want to remember being ‘scolded’ by Yuihan and getting out of it with sweet talk.

“Umm… okay,” Sakura-chan stepped back a little before looking towards the empty parking lot, where we were both waiting for our transports, “I actually just wanted to tell you that we got SKE48 members for our lots.”

My heart skipped a beat at that moment.

Odd.

“O-Oh? Really? That’s cool, looks like my group and yours will be exchanging presents huh.”

“Mm… That’s right.”

…

……

The awkward silence continued till a car appeared from the entrance of the parking lot, making two toots with Sakura-chan waving cheerfully.

“It’s nice to see you today, Jurina-san,” she turned back to me with a smile and bowed briefly, “Take care, and good luck with work the rest of the day!”

My heart skipped a beat once again.

I know Miyawaki Sakura-chan was a cute girl but… was she this cute?

“Juri–”

“U-Uh yeah! Likewise… Sakura-chan,” she went towards the car and as the driver opened the door for her, I had to go blurt out something embarrassing.

“I-It would…”

Sakura-chan halted her steps into the car, looking at me in confusion, “Hmm…?”

“I-It would be funny if we got each other by fate, right…?”

Sakura seemed like she was taken by surprise for a moment before breaking into a giggle, “Yes. I think so too, Jurina-san. Let’s see how fate plays out!”

She waved at me again before entering the car and I stood where I was, dumbfounded as I see Sakura-chan off.

My heart just won’t stop beating erratically. My cheeks feel hot.

What the heck is wrong with me? Am I sick or something?

I shook my head as my ride came a few minutes after sending Sakura-chan off.

—

Miyawaki Sakura.

A name I just cannot avoid for a while now.

I wonder when I started noticing her presence more and more? Around the time she WCentered Kibouteki Refrain with Mayu-san? When she was made Center for Kimi wa Melody and I heard on and off all the negative comments about her being made Center for such an important AKB single? Or was it when she was co-starring with me for various dramas, especially Tofu Pro Wrestling?

I just don’t know.

I remember feeling sympathy and understanding of what she went through when she was made Center for Kimi wa Melody especially when I was in the exact same position during the time I first started and got made center for Oogoe Diamond beside Maeda Atsuko-san…

I remember noticing how she was almost always at the position right beside me for various songs and even had to do parts with me for MVs too… Then the dramas made it so that we would have some kind of rivalry going on and that kind of escalated into us being the potential Acchan-san/Yuko-san, Sasshi-san/Mayu-san duo for the Sousenkyou.

It did make me go “why” at one point but it’s definitely not that she was unpleasant, it just made me think of Rena-chan from time to time, someone who I will forever think of the only person who can be by my side as both a rival and a precious comrade.

But now, that position, when I’m doing work in AKB48, is filled with Sakura-chan… and I just can’t avoid this reality. We barely talk in reality, nor do we do anything outside of work. She thinks of me as a rival and I honestly try not to do the same. So why?

Why does she make my heart pound with excitement?

Hmm…

Do I like her or something? As much as I like, no, love Rena-chan?

I mean… only Rena-chan, and at one point when I was younger, Mayu-san, were able to make me feel this way…

…

My heart probably wants its void caused by Rena-chan to be filled, that’s why it reacts to Sakura-chan, who has conveniently been by my side for various ocassions. Yes. That’s definitely why. Mmhmm~.

Problem solved! It’s definitely not because of true love or anything. Because I will always have feelings for Re–

*riiiiiing*

Huh? A phone call through the hotel phone?

“Hello…?”

“Hello Jurina-san! It’s me, Miyawaki Sakura.”

Yeah~ no. Problem NOT solved. Calm down, this stupid heart of mine!

“S-Sa-Sakura-chan?!”

“U-Uh… yes. I’m sorry, am I disturbing you?”

“No no you’re not! What’s up???”

“Umm… I kind of want to see you for a bit. Is it okay if you come down to the lobby?”

“O-Oh yeah sure! Or you can come up to my room if you’d like…”

WHAT THE HECK DID I JUST–

“Oh no no, it’s totally fine! I don’t want to intrude, plus our ride is kind of waiting for us right now so…”

“Our… ride?”

“Mm,” Sakura-chan affirmed, “Anyways, please get ready and come downstairs when you’re done, okay? See you in a bit!”

And with that, she hung up in a hurry.

What’s going on?

-x-x-x-x-x-

Upon arriving at the lobby, I see Sakura-chan pacing around the entrance of the hotel, looking rather fidgety. I called out to her and see her jump a bit as she turned to me, greeting me very formally.

“So uh… what’s up?”

She took out a folded piece of paper from her jacket’s pocket and handed it to me, “Sorry I had to fold it, but that’s the brief of the evening project we’re going to do now.”

“Huh?” I unfolded it and almost gasped at its contents, “… C-Christmas…. Date… Commercial……?!”

Sakura-chan scratched her cheek lightly, smiling shyly, “Mm. They have a costume in the van ready for both you and me and we’re doing a really short drama which leads into the advertisement you should have done today after the meeting.”

Are. You. Kidding. Me.

Again?!

What did I JUST think to myself a couple of minutes in my hotel room about us doing various things together in the group though we barely KNOW each other personally?

“I… see.”

“So let’s get going…?”

“Ahahaha…. Y-yeah… let’s.”

—

The short drama basically has both Sakura-chan and I playing as a couple, where I play as the guy and her as the girl. Apparently the whole drama is supposed to be funny and nonsensical while leading into the advert part of it. I’m not a fan of the awkward script however thank goodness the costume given to me seemed like something I’d wear since it was rather boyish, but had that cool flair to it that even girls could sport, along with a fedora. Sakura-chan had an elegant one piece under her long pinkish fur coat which seemed warm enough since we’d be on site for quite a while until the director gets the shots he wants.

Ain’t this a recipe for disaster for my poor confused heart?

Then again this is work. And as a professional, I shouldn’t allow anything personal deter my acting skills so let’s do this–!

“Jurina-san, let’s do our best!” Sakura-chan flashed a smile at me, with a pumped-up gesture that made me think of how adorable she was once again and I responded the same, leaving whatever facial expression I had to whatever acting skills I had in me on auto-pilot.

-x-x-x-x-x-

Sakura-chan twirled around in front of me, happily giggling as I slowly walked towards her with downcast eyes.

She noticed my behaviour and twirled towards me and I smoothly caught her by the waist as she placed both hands on my chest, her eyes gazing straight into mine with a frown.

“What’s wrong?”

I looked away abruptly, “It’s nothing.”

She laid her head on my chest, presumably smiling from her tone of voice, “It’s Christmas time, you should not have a heavy heart,” after she ended her sentence she lightly pushed me and twirled away from me before suddenly a number of extras came from the side started dancing with Sakura-chan singing and dancing bubbly to a Christmas jingle that had rewritten lyrics for the product we were advertising while I stood there as scripted.

Though at the same time, I was in awe at how beautiful she was as the spotlight was on her. And though this whole commercial was pretty lame, it just brought out how charming Sakura-chan was. I probably didn’t even need me in the first place.

Once the jingle ended, Sakura-chan took a short breather before approaching me again, with the brightest smile I’ve seen on a person and asked, “Did that make you happy?”

I nodded as I reached into my pocket to grab said product we were advertising for, shyly.

“As thanks… there’s something I want… to give you.”

“Mmm…?”

I lowered my fedora so as to cover my eyes and looked away from her, reaching out to her with the product in my hand, “M-Merry… Christmas.”

I placed the product on her opened, warm palms and when I let it go, she yelped as scripted and swiftly let go of the product which fell onto the ground.

“Kyaa!” She looked at it, “A-A hedgehog…?!”

(A/N: For visual aid purposes - http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/christmas-dec-bristle-animal-7cm-6-asstd.html )

I grunted as scripted and picked the product, which was a hedgehog Christmas decoration, up, looking at Sakura-chan in frustration, “Why did you drop my gift for you like that?!”

Sakura-chan looked at me with (fake) teary eyes after I shouted at her, “I-I’m really sorry but you startled me with such… such a prickly but cute decoration…!”

That thing sure, it’s cute but… Sakura-chan… is probably ten times cuter than that thing!

In one swift motion, again, as scripted, I swept Sakura-chan off her feet and she circled her arms around my neck as I used my other hand that had the hedgehog to make it peck her lips, with a smirk.

“Sorry for shouting at you like that…” I said in a low voice, “I thought you dropped it on purpose. I’m giving it to you because it reminded me of your cuteness.”

“Darling……” She grabbed my fedora and slowly pulled it off to the side as we closed the distance between our faces and held our breath till the director thankfully said “CUT!” in time before we could literally kiss each other.

Both Sakura-chan and I were extremely flustered after that last scene as she suddenly just couldn’t look at me in the eyes and we had to take a minute off before shooting the last scene where we just went over the other cute Christmas decorations available other than the hedgehog decor.

Everything was settled in one take so it didn’t take long till we were thanked by all of the staff members and we went into our van which took us back to where we lived. The driver decided to drop Sakura-chan off first as her home was the closest en route to the hotel I lived in.

Funny thing is that though it was our usual nine-seater van, I had the ‘smartest’ idea to instinctively sit beside Sakura. From her smile, I doubt she minded but it’s still… pretty darn awkward… especially after that weird commercial shooting.

As the van started moving, Sakura suddenly stretched and momentarily startled me.

“A-Ah, sorry Jurina-san, I stretch like that almost every single time when the van starts moving. Gets me ready for a short nap,” she said sheepishly.

“A nap huh… that sounds like a cat,” I chuckled a bit, “Cute.”

Me and my big, flirty mouth. Now everything’s going to be awkward–

“T-Thanks for the compliment, Jurina-san… it *is* a compliment… right?” Sakura-chan looked at me with a wry smile.

I nodded vigorously which rendered her to giggle.

“I’ve been wanting to ask but… you seem really out of character today. Especially around me…” She said softly, with a concerned tone, “Umm… do you hate me or something?”

Crap. I dug my own grave with how I’ve been acting and I didn’t realise it!

“No no! That’s not it really!” I waved my hands around to gesture a “no”, “It’s just uh… it’s…”

“Yes…?” She leaned closer to me. Is Sakura-chan this ‘aggressive’ when she wants to?

“I-It’s just.. Really complicated right now. But no, I have no ill-feelings towards you Sakura-chan. Please don’t worry,” I shrugged and sigh, which prompted her to place both hands on my shoulders all of a sudden.

“S-Saku–”

“Please… rely on me…”

“H-Huh…?”

Sakura-chan looked into my eyes with much sincerity, as if she was pleading for me to take her seriously, “I know we’re both supposed to be rivals for the next Sousenkyou… I know we don’t know each other as well. But…” she tightened her grip on my shoulders, “… You’re still a senior member I look up to and am still chasing after as an idol. I want to be recognised by you… we’ve been side by side way too often recently and yet whenever I see you, it seems as if you’re still clinging to the past, Jurina-san.”

My eyes widened in shock.

This girl…

She’s dangerously perceptive…

“… I may not be Matsui Rena-san… but I want to be acknowledged by you… even if I can’t be your equal…”

“Miyawaki-san, we’re here!” The driver suddenly called out to Sakura-chan, who did not budge.

“… If there’s anything I can help with that can relax your mind… please don’t hesitate to ask me… Okay?” As she said that, I swear I noticed her eyes getting watery and all amidst the shadows in the dimly lit car. She let go of me and got her things, about to leap out of the car but turned to me briefly with a smile, “Guess I didn’t take a nap huh haha. Have a pleasant evening, Jurina-san!”

The door closed as I shot a confused dazed look at Sakura-chan.

I never knew how strongly Sakura-chan felt about me.

“… We have a sense of understanding to the point that we didn’t have to use words but just having each other side to side makes me feel reassured…” I said to myself softly as I looked at my palms. Those were the words I vaguely remember saying during my last interview with Rena-chan. Words aimed at her. Words that seem fitting to my situation with Sakura-chan.

Have I unconsciously fell in love with Sakura-chan?

The way she intently tried to convey her concerns about me just now… the sincerity and care I could feel from every word she said…

…

The kind of warmth I missed.

I don’t care if I misunderstand her intentions nor this feeling swelling up in my heart.

I want to know Miyawaki Sakura-chan more.

-x-x-x-x-x-

The 24th of December.

Everyone in the 48 Group must be busy with their Christmas shopping now due to the Secret Santa task. I’m no exception.

I would have prepared something homemade for her but unfortunately, having work in Fukuoka isn’t doing me any favours. So I had something ordered at a jewellery shop which I’m a loyal patreon for. It’s the first time we had this kind of event in the group, so it’s quite a thrilling experience, not knowing who you’d get the present from till tomorrow.

I only recall ever consistently giving presents to Rena-chan till she graduated.

I stepped into the jewellery shop and talked to the shopkeeper who quickly gave me my order in a red palm-sized box that had a pink ribbon attached onto it for aesthetics and thanked him. As I was on my way out, two familiar pair of faces appeared in the shop and these two, are the two I’d never in my whole life would think to be together anywhere outside of the 48 group.

“N-No way…” I said softly in shock.

One of them looked at me in shock, the other, briefly startled but decided to stay cool.

“J-J-Jurina-sa-san?!” Sakura-chan yelped.

“… Fancy meeting you here, Jurina.”

“Sakura-chan… Rena… chan…… “ I shook, quickly shoving the present I got for Sakura into my leather jacket’s pocket, “What on earth are you both doing here…? Together even…?”

“I-I uh… We–”

Rena-chan spoke with confidence, eyes closed, “We’re here to collect something we both ordered. I presume you did the same?”

I felt a sharp pang in my heart. Haha… Rena-chan. She’s so cold to me now I should’ve guessed she’d act like this when we meet in person.

“P-Perhaps I did.”

“Perhaps… huh,” Rena-chan opened her eyes and looked at me, unimpressed.

At the point, Sakura-chan probably felt the tension between us both and stepped in immediately to prevent some kind of war from happening, “U-Umm! If you’d excuse me for stepping in,” she turned to me, “Rena-san and I so happened to met each other on the way here, nothing more nothing less, Jurina-san!”

“And she ended up accompanying you? That’s actually rare,” I crossed my arms.

“I don’t know if you’ve forgotten by Miyawaki Sakura here was and is one of the members of my Melonpan Alliance. I don’t see why I wouldn’t take the oppurtunity of catching up with her especially when we so happened to bump into each other.” Another cold statement from Rena-chan.

I haven’t felt so irritated in a while…

“Oh yeah? So you’d make small talks with anyone BUT me huh, Rena-chan?”

She looked away with downcast eyes, “I won’t make any comments, Jurina.”

I felt eyes on us as our tone of voice got more agitated. I let out a sigh and conceded to not cause any trouble, and especially not in front of Sakura-chan who seemed like she could faint any second now due to freaking out on how to stop us.

“Sorry. I’m getting out of line,” I looked at Sakura-chan, “Have a nice day with Rena-chan, Sakura-chan. I’ll be on my way.”

“M-Mm…”

I walked out of the store with heavy steps and closed the door behind me. Looking over my shoulders, I see Sakura-chan trying to console Rena-chan of sorts and it didn’t take a moment till they moved to the counter. Huh. If Sakura-chan can console Rena-chan in a blink of an eye, I probably should take her offer.

What a bad taste meeting Rena-chan has left me. I was supposed to be happy… but…

…

It hurts.

-x-x-x-x-x-

Today’s the day.

I’m all ready so what was it we had to do today?

I checked my phone for the basic bulletpoint ‘instructions’ that Nana-chan had composed on behalf of Yuihan for us who attended the meeting and scrolled to the last part. Now we just have to call up the member to meet up huh. I see.

Guess I’ll make the call now–

*riiiing*

Oh. A call with the hotel phone again.

“Hello?”

“Is this Matsui Jurina-san?”

“Yes it is.”

“I have a message for you from your manager that says to meet at the Kego Park and head to the tree which has a golden ribbon tied around it.”

“I understand. Thank you.”

“It’s my pleasure.”

Kego Park and a tree with a golden ribbon. Yuihan said that only 48 group members were doing this Secret Santa thing right? Otherwise I’d be seriously annoyed if it was the manager who was gifting me some tree in Kego Park for laughs.

“Here we go,” I made sure I had the gift in my overcoat and tightened my scarf as I made way to the Park via a taxi provided by the hotel.

-x-x-x-x-x-

Kego Park.

This place is one of the hotspots for illuminations in the evening in Fukuoka. Would’ve been nice if I could see it tonight. However, now’s the time to look for Anonymous-san while avoiding contact with the crowd gathering in this place. I pulled up my scarf so it would cover my mouth and made my way through the Park, being cautious to not get spotted while keeping an eye out for a golden ribbon around a tree.

Eventually I found it after a few minutes of trekking around with the cold air blowing at my face and lo and behold, someone WAS there. Under the tree, as if she was waiting for someone, with her head hung low.

And I could actually make out who it was despite that. She was dressed in a beige-coloured winter coat. I’m amazed she isn’t afraid that someone would know her and fans would flock around her, seeing how she’s from these parts.

It also hit me that she probably was the figure I had dreamt of that day.

I walked towards the tree slowly, and she took notice of me with a relieved smile on her face.

“Sakura-chan.”

“Hello there, Jurina-san. Surprised?” She giggled and showed me the piece of paper she had from the envelope, which clearly had my name written in Hiragana.

“I won’t lie that I’m not surprised at all but…” I showed her the same and she seemed to have made a small gasp in response, eyes widening.

I lowered my scarf to show her a smile, “Ain’t this a coincidence?”

She shook her head, “It’s not coincidence, Jurina-san…”

“Huh?”

“Remember what you said that day? You said how it’d be funny if we got each other’s names in our envelopes by fate. Well…” She reached out to my cheek, gently caressing it, “Looks like we’re bound by fate after all.”

What a bold move. This girl… she never ceases to surprise huh?

“I never knew you’re quite an assertive girl, Miyawaki Sakura-chan,” I gently held her hand that caressed my cheek and squeezed it lightly.

“Maybe I’m driven by the will to make you recognise me, Jurina-san.”

I chuckled, “You sure you’re not in love with me like how the other members often are?”

“Hmm…” She pulled her hand out of my grasp and cupped her chin, “I don’t think so? No.”

“Oh wow, you could at LEAST humour me, Sakura-chan,” I laughed forcefully.

“Though that doesn’t mean you can’t make me fall for you right?”

Dang this girl is good with her words like Takamina-san said…!

I couldn’t help but blush at that response.

“Ahaha Rena-san was right about you being extremely cute when you blush like that,” she smiled.

“W-Wait, Rena-chan said what?”

“Ah!” She covered her mouth and shook her head before digging her hand bag for something, “N-Nothing! H-Here you go! Merry Christmas, Jurina-san!”

The first one was a gold-coloured palm-sized box with a green ribbon attached onto it and the second item right under it was a slightly larger, but also gold-coloured, box.

“Whoa, two presents?”

“Right after seeing your name in my envelope it just fired me up and I was indecisive for the most parts…” She let out a weak laughter as she looked at the gifts in my hands.

“Can I open them now?”

“Mm, sure! I really hope you like them though.”

I decided to open the larger one first and saw a pair of wool mittens in the box. They looked handmade and had a faint gold colour along with some green and red linings along the frills. I tried them on enthusiastically and they fit perfectly.

“These are really nice and comfy! Thank you so much Sakura-chan!” I grinned, “Did you make them yourself?”

She nodded shyly, “I had some help with the measurements but other than that yes. I’m really glad you like them, Jurina-san.”

‘Help’ huh. Why am I willing to bet ‘she’ is the person who helped Sakura-chan…

“Next one is… uh… umm…” I tried to open the box with the mittens on which prompted a laugh from Sakura-chan.

“Jurina-san you’re really silly! You can take them off for now!”

“Aww but they’re so comfortable…” I pouted but did as she said and opened the other box, already being able to guess what was in here, just afraid it was the exact same one I had for her.

“A bracelet…”

“It seemed to fit you, so I got it. Apparently it’s a paired bracelet and—“

“Yeah. I know it is ‘cuz…” I swiftly took my present for her and placed it into her hands, “I’ve got something for you too.”

“This… can’t be…” She opened her box and saw the same bracelet, with an alternative colour but it was definitely a matching pair to the one she had given me.

“Fate works in mysterious ways doesn’t it, Sakura-chan?” I chuckled shyly, putting on the bracelet from Sakura-chan.

She probably stared at me blankly for a couple seconds before breaking out of her daze and faced the realisation we got a matching pair.

“I-Imagine we could’ve gotten the exact same one for each other though…” Sakura-chan looked pretty shaken up.

“But fate prevented that mishap from happening didn’t it? Also…” I helped Sakura-chan with her bracelet and placed the stars on our bracelets together, and a magnet stuck them together, forming into two stars being attached to one another.

“This is pretty cheesy huh?” I raised an eyebrow, smiling awkwardly.

“I think it’s really sweet though, Jurina-san,” Sakura-chan focused on me and the intensity of her gaze made me realise how close to each other we were standing.

“Guess it’s time for impromptu Part 2 of my gift to you then, Miyawaki Sakura-chan.”

“Hmm–?”

Taking the opportunity of the closeness we had, I closed in the gap and landed a kiss on the girl’s cheek, and a very small distance away from her lips. At that moment, I could see her cheeks immediately flaring up and she jumped away in a panic.

“U-Uwaa~!” She yelped in shock.

I laughed at her reaction, “Sorry, couldn’t help it. That’s all I could think of at the spur of the moment. Plus… You’re really… adorable… after all,” I blushed as well despite grinning as hard as I could.

“G-Geez… and I was so sure I’d never become the victim of your kissing antics, Jurina-san…” She gently rubbed the area I landed a kiss on, still embarrassed.

“Also…” I looked upwards at the branches of the tree above us, “… I would like you to watch out for me. I’ve given it some thought,” I placed a hand on my chest, “I want to understand what this feeling is when I’m with you. I want to know more of you personally… and I want to rely on you,” I looked at her with a serious gaze, “I want you to be by my side… as we support this 48 Group towards the unknown future. I’m sure fate made it as such we’d get into situations that would lead up to today.”

She returned the same serious gaze with a nod, but a smile shortly followed, “If you’re happy with having me by your side… I’d love to, Jurina-san. I too, want to see what else has in store for us.”

I reached my hand out to her for a handshake but she giggled and called me “silly” again as she leapt towards me, enveloping me in a warm embrace.

“Nothing happens by chance, my friend… No such thing as luck. A meaning behind every little thing, and such a meaning behind this. Part for you, part for me, may not see it all real clear right now, but we will, before long.”

- Richard Bach

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optimisticcritique · 7 years ago

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Gotham 4x10 - Re-Watch Review

Almost done with the catch up!

Wow, arkham has really let itself go. Who is running it now anyway? It looks like a complete circus. No wonder Jerome must feel comfortable there.

"It was playing when I killed her" Well, maybe you should have turned the music off before you killed her....or maybe, I dunno, not killed her.

Stabbing someone and slicing their throat with a record....what a waste of a perfectly good record.

Aaaand this is all done as the guards just stand there and watch. High quality service.

Jim shutting Sofia down, what a huge burn.

But seriously, why get involved with Sofia Falcone if you were just going to dump her like this? You already angered Carmine and killed Mario. You really wanted to have a fling with Sofia and risk messing with the family more too?

So, are there no more skits now? Haven't seen one of Ed's shows in awhile. I guess Lee was like, “Okay, let’s tone down the shows and the glittery outfits...okay?” Then he just gets so disappointed that he can’t wear all the glitter and do his performances. He had a closet full of planned green glittery outfits to wear in public and now he constantly stares at them longingly. Sometimes he even wears them when he is all alone or when he sleeps because he just can.

"If she stabs him, it solves the issue" Well, he’s not wrong.

I know for a fact that was the only appearance of Grundy in this episode. So Drew put all his make up on, stood there for a second, and then left...Must have been such a hard day of filming.

I wonder how long Penguin was waiting there for Sofia. Did he sit and talk with Victor until she arrived? Did they get bored so they ate some of her food? Maybe her peanut butter?

Try not to notice that, while Oswald is confronting Sofia, he is yelling as he is looking up at her. The height difference is more apparent than you would expect in this particular scene.

"...and a good foot rub" Cue Victor looking down at Oswald's feet. He must have had so many questions.

When are villains going to learn that they should be present when giving torture?

"Jim. I'm a reflection of you" *Jim looks closely* "Don't see it" Haha

The face being easily fixed. I half expected Jim to pull off his face to find a robot underneath. I mean, it is Gotham. Anything is possible.

"Jerome, Fish, Penguin..." Jim considers them to be the worst psychopaths? Jerome would be the most touched by this.

"People will remember me for months" I know Penguin will. Hard to forget a guy in a pig mask who threatened a soon to be adopted son’s life and served you human meat pies.

Pyg going country? Why am I not surprised by this?

Okay, does Ed even shower at this point? Comb his hair? Wear more clothes? It sure doesn't look like it.

"Has been" "Excuse me!" Heey, be nice to Eddie.

He was more infamous than you, Sampson. Were you ever on the front page headlines of a newspaper or on television? I don’t think so. Granted, Ed hijacked some of that television spot but that’s beside the point.

I really like this actor playing Sampson. We have barely seen much of his character so far but he has a nice presence.

I'm sad to say that I believed Lee for a second about the Narrow's Lung...

Sampson kind of makes that food look good. He should be on food commercials.

Sofia - thinking ahead and preparing for almost anything.

...Yeah, except that. Sirens already messing up her plans.

“kitty cat” When are they going to start calling Selina ‘Catwoman’? Does she have to be age appropriate?

They were so ready to just go ahead and make the deal anyway. Oswald, why is it that you end up sabotaging your own self?

Penguin with his pure little bird son. Seeing little Martin in that chair. So cute

"One day all of this could be yours" I am getting Lion King vibes. Does Martin can’t wait to be king?

Hey Os, at least he confessed the truth! Not complete betrayal. He should get the “not as bad as of a betrayal as it could have been” award.

I just imagine Babs on hold, hearing "WHAT?!! HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?!" In the background as she shakes her head, grinning at Penguin’s rage.

Babs is staring right at the camera as she is talking. It's like she’s staring into my soul...

Victor just automatically knows that he is free to go murder. Was it a code word? Did Oswald and Victor invent code words for stuff? I really want to know what that conversation was like, as Victor suggests certain code words and Oswald is just like “no. just no”.

"We are not working for anyone but ourselves" Yeah, good luck with that. I hate seeing the sirens be lackeys.

Imagine if Victor actually succeeded...4 major characters just dead there. Imagine all the shock and riots that would ensue. Actually, scratch that. They would probably still find a way to bring back their bodies from the ashes.

I have to wonder how much of Sofia's plan was actually a plan or just pure chance from Penguin's self-sabotage and Jim underestimating her.

No! Don't yell at your child like that! He loves yoooooouuu!

Let's see...each season has a new weakness/loved one to Penguin. Season 1 had Penguin's mom, season 2 had Penguin's dad, Season 3 had Penguin's husband best friend, season 4 has Penguin's unofficially adopted son, Season 5....? Pet penguins?! Crazy uncle Zsasz?!?!

"If she sets foot in Gotham again, I'll put her behind bars." Yeah, I'm sure that'll happen.

“Once Sofia Falcone is gone...where does that leave us?" Translation: Once your girlfriend is out the way, are we finally going to be an item?

Yeah, this working together won't last long.

"I'm sorry. What was that?" That was Ed being sassy.

Wow, that was darker than expected coming from Lee.

Lee and Ed work well together. Nice dynamic.

So...Penguin was drinking....was he half drunk when he was blowing things up and screaming as guns were firing? That feels like the equivalent to doing crazy drunk stuff in Gotham, honestly.

Wait, did Martin draw that picture? Is that supposed to be Tabby in the picture? There was a pony tail... yet it looks like Selina was the one that got him in the car???

"Kid gives me the creeps." What are you talking about? That’s Penguin’s adorable adopted murder son you are referring to! Hardly creepy.

"Must be hard to live your whole life trying to get daddy's approval. I myself can't relate since my parents loved ME without condition!" Savage Penguin. You always know where to hit it where it hurts.

I have issues with this plan. Like, were they just supposed to take Penguin's word on submitting and expect him to follow through? What was to stop Penguin from lying? Is there some kind of criminal code of lying I know nothing about?

The way his body wiggles like he's ready to pounce.

"Not meant to be a sidekick, Lee" Funny...you seemed fine when you were doing things for Oswald when he was mayor.

"I like who you have become. The Ed you were before. My friend" Ed’s expression when she says that. Wow, he looks like he is about to cry. All he wants is to be accepted!!!

Penguin -- always coming with a plan.

How did Penguin know that it would be a place with a hole for Martin to go in? Did he pick the meeting place? Does he know every inch of Gotham? Was it more like “Hey, can we meet at this place instead? Why? No reason. My car is just low on gas, that’s all...” *drives over pot hole to fit it perfectly*

"I don't want to leave you" Ugh kill me.

I really will miss these Oswald/Martin scenes. I hope we get to see more of them and they do not involve putting Martin’s life in danger again.

"I have something better planned for Sofia Falcone" Penguin’s mind: I’m going to call your daddy on you! Muahaha

If it is that easy to escape arkham, how come there are so many prisoners still there?

Mirror ed has returned! Of course he shows up, right after Lee says that she doesn’t like his Riddler side.

Over all: For the most part, I enjoyed the episode. There was some questionable plot holes but I still enjoyed it. The sirens team up with Sofia. Oswald “blows up” Martin and tells Victor to take him somewhere else. Pyg escapes prison, Jim/Lucius find out he is not who he says he is. Ed and Lee take control of the Narrows, as Ed discovers his brain damage is psychological and the Riddler starts to make his return.

Previous Review: 4x09 Next: 4x11

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bartok-not-bartalk · 7 years ago

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Writing prompt #25

The robot was showing marvelous potential. So far it had saved about a dozen pets from burning houses, retrieved two skiers from an avalanche mishap, and had helped to bring in a rather pesky department store thief. Great potential indeed. The only troublesome thing about the machine was that it wouldn’t stop kidnapping its mechanic. The detective in charge of the mechine’s team sighed he disliked all forms of AI. Brauge looked up at the large oak tree in front of him, and the hulking robot perched near the top, or rather as close to the top as its processors told it the tree could support its weight. Sitting squished between the machine’s body and one of its jointed arms sat a boy, as the detective could tell by the skinny legs poking out from underneath the arm and the muttering that was audible even from this distance. Poor Isaac. The detective thought, He must be afraid of heights. Brauge cleared his throat: “Errr…” He paused, unsure how to best adress this situation, “Tin can?” he yelled up, “Could you give us young Mr. Isaac back please? It’s getting dark…”— The machine cut him off with a clearly irritated click and a series of beeps sounding not dissimilar to a fire alarm put in a blender. It fixed its lens on him and shifted the boy possessively behind it. The detective caught a glimpse of Isaac clinging desperately to the robot’s giant arm before it positioned itself so that Isaac was completely out of sight. Brauge internally cursed. He wasn’t payed enough to deal with the tin can on a regular basis, and the last time it had determined something was a threat to Isaac, it had taken several hours to get it out of the cave it had holed up in after completing a rescue mission. “It’s not like he’s going anywhere, you worthless rust bucket, he still has to run your daily diagnostic!” he yelled up, rather more in spite than in actual hope that the machine would see reason and come down. As expected, the machine only clicked at him, not budging until a different voice spoke up, trembling slightly and sounding a bit frazzled. “Siv, there’s no danger, really, I’m all right. You know the detective, he’s not a threat,” Isaac paused as the robot clicked, and if robots could sound unconvinced, this one did, “It’s okay,” he soothed, obviously trying to avoid looking down. “You can take me down now?” He finished, the end of his order curving up as if he were begging the robot rather than ordering it. The detective lit his cigarette. Damn it, Isaac, why did you have to name it? He rolled his eyes. The damn tin can already had an extremely strong attachment to the boy that even his own mother couldn't explain, which said a lot since she’d designed and programmed the damn thing in the first place. The detective watched in relative awe as Isaac slowly coaxed the machine down from the tree, though it refused to let go of him, instead, Isaac resigned himself to being carried. The detective noted with amusement that the fifteen-year old was dwarfed by the robot’s arms, looking rather like a toddler as he sat on one of the machine’s arms, two others snaking in front of him to make sure he didn’t fall. It clicked at him distrustfully all the way back to the transport van, where it was forced to release Isaac so he could ride shotgun back to the station. Isaac was quiet for a while on the ride back. “Why do you think Siv does that?” he asked finally, turning to the detective. “I dunno.” He answered truthfully, not even wanting to imagine what was going on in that metal beast’s brain… or processors… whatever it was. “I wonder if it’s a factor of the survival software that malfunctioned.” Isaac mused aloud, “It would make sense, since I’m the only one who can repair Siv, it’s protective of me.” The detective shrugged. Isaac and his mother were the only ones who even had an inkling of the potential of the machine. Isaac’s mother, the esteemed programmer Dr. Nylo, had designed and programmed the electronic brain that rested in the tin can’s bowels and her son Isaac had built its body from scratch, and knew the ins and outs of it better than anyone else. The detective had even heard rumors that the software was a prototype version of the ROVER intelligence that had been loosed in Europe, though he wasn’t one to believe rumors. But if that was the case… The detective shook his head, clearing his thoughts. “You and your mother are probably the only ones who could know for sure, kid.” He said finally, “Speaking of, has the good doctor Nylo any theories on that?” “Not that she’s told me,” Isaac said, eyebrows drawn together, “But I have a feeling she knows.” The detective laughed, startling Isaac. “What’s so funny, Agent Brauge?” “Nothing,” Brauge said, giving the kid a reassuring smile, “I’m sure she’s just stressed with the next OS she’s working on.” “If you say so,” Isaac sighed. “It’s still curious that Siv is so attuned to danger when I’m involved.” Detective Brauge said nothing. There was only one other machine that did what Siv had started to do, and if the tin can had anything in common with ROVER, then “kidnapping” Isaac was only the tip of the iceberg. Oh Dr. Nylo, I hope you know what you’ve gotten your son into, he thought darkly.

#creative writing #writing prompt #matchstickforyourmuse #sci-fi #dystopian #robots #ai

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phati-sari · 8 years ago

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kashmakash replied to your chat “Khushi: My boyfriend is too tall for me to kiss him on the lips. What…”

LMAO I LOVE THIS! Can you please write an OS based on this? :P

Hi @kashmakash :)

Ask and ye shall receive!!

OS: Steps and Ladders

Khushi closed the doors to the bedroom and leaned against them for a long moment before snatching her phone from the table.

Hai Devi Maiyya, give me strength.

She dialled a number, heart pounding, and jumped a little when her Bua-ji’s shout came through the bluetooth device at her ear.

“Hallo Nand Kishore, who is this?”

“Bua-ji, it’s me, Khushi.”

“Oh Sanka Devi, I was just thinking about you! It’s been so long since you and babua visited, you’ve forgotten all about me.”

Khushi paced the length of the bedroom, twisting her hands in front of her.

“Sorry, Bua-ji. Arnav-ji has that big fashion show this month. He’s been working so hard, he barely has time to sleep and eat, let alone visit Laxmi Nagar.”

Bua-ji huffed, “Well he might be busy but you can still visit!”

“How can I leave him? How would that look?”

“Oh yes? Where was this concern for your Sanka Dev when you were running away from him? Remember the first few months of your marriage, Nand Kishore? You would run to your Bua-ji’s house every chance you got. And he came chasing after you, oh what a good boy.”

Realising that the conversation was circling the ‘Arnav-babua is such a good husband’ speech that Bua-ji loved to give, Khushi hastily changed the topic.

“I’m calling,” she sighed, “because I need some advice.”

“Advice? About what?”

“I … you see … Arnav-ji is so much taller than me.”

“He’s not that much taller than you, bitiya, just the right amount. But what does that have to do with anything?”

She closed her eyes, trying to gather her courage, “I can’t do … things … because he’s so tall.”

“What things, Nand Kishore?”

“Kssg” she mumbled.

“What? Speak up! I can’t hear you!”

“Kissing! I can’t kiss him on the lips!”

She blushed as mortification swept through her. She heard Bua-ji cough a few times as if she’d choked. And then …

“Your Dadi, meaning my Amma, she taught me three things to keep men by your side. First—”

“—Yes Bua-ji, you told me before I got married. Jasmine in my hair, singing, and use my eyes. But I’m not asking about that.”

“No, you’re asking about something else, Nand Kishore.”

“So … can you help me?”

Bua-ji yelped with joy after a short silence.

“I have it! Hit him in the stomach! When he doubles over in pain, then you kiss him! He’ll forgive you soon enough.”

“Bua-ji…”Khushi groaned, “That’s not really what I had in mind!”

“Well why are you calling me if you aren’t going to listen to my advice?” her aunt huffed.

Just then, there was a loud rapping at the door. “Khushi-ji! Open the door, Khushi-ji!”

“Bua-ji, I have to go, Nanhe-ji is calling for me.”

“Go, go, Nand Kishore, but remember that if you and babua don’t visit me soon then I’ll just have to come myself.”

Ending the call after promising to talk to Arnav-ji about it, Khushi hurried to the door.

“Nanhe-ji,” she greeted, “what’s wrong?”

“Payal-bhabhi is calling for you,” he grinned, “and I thought I would fetch you instead of HP!”

She set the phone and bluetooth device on the table before following her friend into the corridor.

“Is something wrong, Khushi-ji?” Nanhe-ji had noticed her glum mood, “Did Nannav fight with you again?”

“N-no,” she smiled, “Not at all. I just …”

“You can tell me, Khushi-ji, I’m your friend.”

She debated with herself, weighing how much she loved Nanhe-ji’s friendship and advice against how much Arnav-ji would dislike her sharing their private matters with him. But in the end, her need for answers won out.

“I have a question … but it’s … well … It’s about Arnav-ji.”

“Go on …”

“He’s so tall …” Khushi looked up, hoping Nanhe-ji would read between the lines, “and I can’t …”

“… Give him a head massage?” Nanhe-ji offered.

“No!”

“Help him with his tie?”

“I wouldn’t know how to begin with his ties,” she sighed, “Have you seen the way he knots them? This way and that way and all around, hai Devi Maiyya, it gives me a headache just thinking about it.”

“Then what is it?” he friend eyed her quizzically.

Khushi took a deep breath before speaking all at once, “He’s so tall that Ican’tkisshimonthelips.”

Nanhe-ji blinked once, twice, before Khushi saw understanding flare in his eyes.

“Oh!! Ohhhh!!!” he bounced, “I see!”

She fought her blush, “Do you know what I can do?”

“Easy,” Nanhe-ji waved a hand in the air, “Just tackle him to the ground! There’s no height difference if you’re not standing!”

The hope that had flared in her chest died a quick death.

“Tackle who to the ground?”

Khushi gasped in horror as her sister joined them. “Jiji …”

“I was just telling Khushi-ji that she should tackle Nannav to the ground!”

“Why?” Jiji looked between the two of them, eyes wide with confusion.

“Nanhe-ji—”

“—So she can kiss him on the lips, of course!”

Khushi looked down, feeling her cheeks and neck heat with a blush.

“Oh that’s nonsense,” Jiji giggled, “if your Rajkumar is too tall, Khushi, then you should just leave him.”

“Jiji!” she pouted, hugging her sister, “That’s a horrible thing to say!”

Her sister patted her arm, still grinning, “But the look on your face was priceless. I wish I’d taken a photo for Arnav-ji!”

Nanhe-ji gave Jiji a high-five, both of them apparently enjoying her embarrassment. Khushi tried to ignore them as she started to set the table for lunch, but this only made the two of them giggle harder.

“You need a ladder!”

“Or at least a step stool!”

“What’s so funny?” Di arrived.

Khushi cut a warning look at her companions, knowing that she’d never have the courage to discuss kissing Arnav-ji with his sister.

“If Chhote is too tall,” Di spoke into the sudden hush, “then you can always kick him in the shins before kissing him.”

“What the—?”

Khushi twirled around, almost losing her balance, to find her husband in the entrance hall, his mouth open in surprise as he looked at all of them in turn.

“Arnav-ji … I … um … you see …”

He strode towards the dining table, “That’s nonsense, you’re all absolutely mad!”

“Chhote …”

“Nannav …”

Arnav-ji ignored them all as he gathered her into a hug. His lips brushed her ear as he whispered.

“Just ask me to lean down. It’s your right, you’re my wife.”

#ipkknd #iss pyaar ko kya naam doon #ipkknd ff #arshi ff #arshi #kashmakash #replied #mine #iwrotethis #prompt

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mrobrotzly · 8 years ago

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tagged by @rapunzelthecorgi thank you

rules: answer the questions and tag 20 blogs you want to get to know better

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last thing googled: how to convert cm to feet, i admit!

favorite musical artist: nirvana

song stuck in my head: caeu by liniker e os caramelows

last movie i watched: moana and i love it so much

last show i watched: rupaul’s drag race (i’m watching right now)

what i’m wearing: my summer pajamas

when i created this blog: in 2012 i think, but i was a different person and the blog reflected this, so i consider only last year as the year of creation

blog content: dirk gently, mr robot, and some funny or beautiful things idk

do i get asks regularly?: unfortunately not

why did i choose this url?: i like to combine words and dghda and mr robot are my favorites tv shows then ... perfect choice!

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pokemon team: the red one? sorry this world does not belong to me

favorite color: black!

average hours of sleep: 5

lucky number: 16

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jamesmcphee30 · 6 years ago

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Clear Skys for IBM and Red Hat

There was a lot of buzz this week when IBM announced they were acquiring Red Hat. A lot has been discussed about this in the past five days, including some coverage that I recorded with the Gestalt IT team on Monday. What I wanted to discuss quickly here is the aspirations that IBM now has for the cloud. Or, more appropriately, what they aren’t going to be doing.

Build You Own Cloud

It’s funny how many cloud providers started springing from the earth as soon as AWS started turning a profit. Microsoft and Google seem to be doing a good job of challenging for the crown. But the next tier down is littered with people trying to make a go of it. VMware with vCloud Air before they sold it. Oracle. Digital Ocean. IBM. And that doesn’t count the number of companies offering a specific function, like storage, and are calling themselves a cloud service provider.

IBM was well positioned to be a contender in the cloud service provider (CSP) market. Except they started the race with a huge disadvantage. IBM was a company that was focused on selling solutions to their customers. Just like Oracle, IBM’s primary customer was external. The people they cared most about wrote them checks and they shipped out eServers and OS/2 Warp boxes.

Compare and contrast that with Amazon. Who is Amazon’s customer? Well, anyone that wants to buy something. But who consumes the products that Amazon builds for IT? Amazon people. Their infrastructure is built to provide a better experience for the people using their site. Amazon is very good at building systems that can handle a high amount of users and load and not buckle.

Now, contrary to the myth, Amazon did not start AWS with spare capacity. While that makes for a good folk tale, Amazon probably didn’t have a lot of spare capacity lying around. Instead, they had a lot of great expertise in building large-scale reliable systems and they parlayed that into a solution that could be used to bring even more people into the Amazon ecosystem. They built AWS with an eye toward selling services, not hardware.

Likewise, Microsoft’s biggest customers are their developers. They are focused on making the best applications and operating systems they can. They don’t sell hardware, aside from the rare occasional foray into phones or laptops. But they wanted their customers to benefit from the years of work they had put in to developing robust systems. That’s where Azure came from.

IBM is focused on customers buying their hardware and their expertise for installing it. AWS and Microsoft want to rent their expertise and software for building platforms. That difference in perspective is why IBM’s cloud aspirations were never going to take off to new heights. They couldn’t challenge for the top three places unless Google suddenly decided to shut down Google Cloud Engine. And no matter how hard they tried, Larry Ellison was always going to be nipping at their heels by pouring money into his cloud offerings to be on top. He may never get there but he is determined to make the best showing he can.

Putting On The Red Hat

Where does that leave IBM after buying Red Hat. Well, Red Hat sells software and services for it. But those services are all focused on integration. Red Hat has never built their own cloud platform. Instead, they work on everyone else’s platform effectively. They can deploy an OS or a container system on Amazon or Azure with no hiccups.

IBM has to realize now that they will never unseat Amazon. The momentum behind this 850-lb gorilla is just too much to challenge. The remaining players are fighting for a small piece of third or fourth place at this point. And yes, while Google has a comfortable hold on third place right now, they do have a tendency to kill projects that aren’t AdWords or the search engine homepage. Anything else lives in a world of uncertainty.

So, how does IBM compete? They need to leverage their expertise. They’ve sold off anything that has blinking lights, save for the mainframe division. They need to embrace their Global Services heritage and shepherd the SMEs that are afraid of the cloud. They need to help enterprises in the mid-range build into AWS and Azure instead of trying to make a huge profit off them and leave them high and dry. The days of making a fortune from Fortune 100 companies with no cloud aspirations are over. Just like the fight for cloud dominance, the battle lines are drawn and the prize isn’t one or two big companies. It’s a bunch of smaller ones.

The irony isn’t lost on me that IBM’s future lies in smaller companies. The days of “No one ever got fired for buying IBM” are long past in the rearview mirror. Instead, companies need the help of smart people to move into the cloud. But they also need to do it natively. They don’t need to keep running their old hybrid infrastructure. They need a trusted advisor that can help them build something that will last. IBM could be that company with the help of Red Hat. They could reinvent themselves all over again and beat the coming collapse of providers of infrastructure. As more companies start to look toward the cloud, IBM can help them along the path. But it’s going to take some realistic looks at what IBM can provide. And the end of IBM’s hope of running their own CSP.

Tom’s Take

I’m an old IBMer. At least, I interned there in 2001. I was around for all the changes that Lou Gerstner was trying to implement. I worked in IBM Global Services where they made the AS/400. As I’m fond of saying over and over again, IBM today is not Tom Watson’s IBM. It’s a different animal that changed with the times at just the right time. IBM is still changing today, but they aren’t as nimble as they were before. Their expertise lies all over the landscape of hot new tech, but people don’t want blockchain-enabled AI for IoT edge computing. They want a trusted partner than can help them with the projects they can’t get done today. That’s how you keep your foot in the door. Red Hat gives IBM that advantage. They key is whether or not IBM can see that the way forward for them isn’t as cloudy as they had first imagined.

from martinos https://networkingnerd.net/2018/11/02/clear-skys-for-ibm-and-red-hat/

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illgaming · 8 years ago

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Introduction

Zion is an unlikely brand in the memory industry. Umbrella’d under the company Abacus, contrary to popular belief, the brand has been around since longer than what the average consumer can expect (1997). What makes Zion different from other known RAM brands is, that these RAM modules are produced right here, in India. Hard to believe ain’t it? Well, its true. India has its own RAM module manufacturer! And that is the reason why we at iLL have taken a special interest in this brand.

Zion has its manufacturing facility based in Daman, and has been primarily supplying memory modules on OEM machines from HCL, Wipdo, Zenith, HP, LG, Sony etc. Only because Zion has a major presence in OEM PCs rather than consumer RAM modules, it is not known as well as other brands like Corsair, Kingston, G.Skill etc. That is about to change, as Zion is shifting gears towards consumer grade memory modules.

Zion Blaze DDR4 Memory

“Blaze” is Zion’s latest DDR4 line of memory modules. Targeted towards gamers, overclockers and PC enthusiasts, Zion Blaze aims to take on the other well known consumer RAM brands. Vipul Modi, Vice President Marketing at Abacus Peripherals, adds:

We’re delighted to bring the all new Zion BLAZE DDR4. With the new product, we have made sure that all the wonderful innovation and technology that has gone into this RAM, comes out as ultra-efficient and powerful speeding solution. Our marketing plans are all set in places to launch the product, and with the early reviews of BLAZE DDR4 we are very confident that this will product would surely provide best gaming experience possible.

Zion Blaze DDR4 RAMs will be available in 8GB and 16GB modules. There will be no 8GBx2 or 16GBx2 kits, like the ones offered by Corsair and G.Skill. So far, only 2400Mhz modules have been announced, in Black and Red colours.

Specifications

Memory Type DDR4 Capacity 8GB / 16GB Tested Speed 2400 MHz Latency 17-17-17 Tested Voltage 1.35V Registed / Unbuffered Unbuffered Error Checking Non – ECC SPD Speed 2133 Mhz SPD Voltage 1.2V Heatsink Aluminium Alloy Warranty 3years + 2 Years Extension

Build Quality

We received the memory sticks well before their official launch, and in no retail packaging, so we cannot comment on the unboxing experience.

The Zion Blaze modules have a bare bones look. Their appearance is definitely not one to stand out, and it is kind of reminiscent to the Corsair LPX DDR4 Red RAMs. The RAM follows a dual-tone black and red colour scheme, and will go well with current motherboards which are majorly coming with black colour schemes. The aluminium alloy heat spreaders do not cover the entire RAM PCB, only a part of it. This is similar to most 2400Mhz memory modules. The ones from Crucial and G.Skill feature similarly sized heat spreaders. The top of the PCB is clearly exposed. They are glued well though, as we could not find any protrusions.

Overall, we are not sure how many PC builders will really dig this bare bones approach. Unless, if the Zion Blaze performs the part, the looks shouldn’t be an issue. Let’s find out.

Performance

Lets take the Zion Blaze DDDR4 2400Mhz Memory to our Test Bench. Here is the system we’re using:

Test System: CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K @ 3.90Ghz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming 3 Cooling: Antec Kuhler H100 Pro SSD: SanDisk ExtremePro 240GB PSU: Seasonic X850 Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q 2560×1400 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Cabinet: CoolerMaster MasterCase Pro

First things first, here is the CPU-Z screenshot:

As per the CPU-Z screenshot, Zion Blaze uses a Hynix Hyundai chip. There is no XMP profile, which basically means that we have to overclock the RAM manually.

Next, lets see the memory’s performance in synthetic benchmarks.

AIDA64 Engineer Edition is a great tool for synthetic benchmarks. It has generic RAM tests, and its numbers are trusted in the industry. In the above Memory Bandwidth chart, the Zion Blaze unfortunately is struggling against same frequency modules from Crucial. Compared to 3000Mhz modules, the Zion Blaze is behind by a good margin. How this translates to gaming performance is minimal though. You will see the real world difference when performing tasks like compressing and uncompressing files.

Above the latency of our test RAMs. Here, the Zion Blaze does marginally better than how it performed in the Bandwidth tests. While it is definitely out of competition against the faster G.Skills and Kingstons, it is faster than the Crucial Ballistix LT, which, like the Zion Blaze itself, has a frequency of 2400Mhz.

We did a number of tests in SiSoftware Sandra. Here are the results.

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bandwidth multithread

Memory Bandwidth – Multithread

bandwidth single thread

Memory Bandwidth – Single Thread

latency

Memory Latency

Conclusion

Before concluding our review, we would like to say that it surely feels good testing a computer component that is manufactured in India. Well, not exactly fabricated in India, but atleast, it is assembled in India, which is a feat in itself. We wish Abacus all the success in its endeavours and we hope to see Zion as a homestay name in memory modules.

Now, lets talk about the Zion Blaze DDR4 2400Mhz RAM. It is built in a minimalist fashion, it won’t raise eyebrows, and it has an understated quality about it. This should suffice for an entry level DDR4 build, but not for something more than that. Performance of the modules is not up there too. If you’re looking for speed, you have other, faster and more economical options.

What if 2400Mhz was your target RAM speed, would we recommend the Zion Blaze then? We would say yes, but we won’t do it wholeheartedly. The Zion Blaze 8GB module costs ₹4,300 and 16GB module costs ₹9,700. There are no 2x8GB or 2x16GB kits being offered, yet. When we look at the competition, Crucial Ballistix LT 8GB, which has the same frequency, costs ₹3970 and performs slightly faster than the Zion Blaze. Even the 16GB Cuicial LT costs a whopping ₹1,700 cheaper than the Zion Blaze. This is funny and is something out of our understanding. The Zion Blaze is manufactured in India, so it should be cheaper, but it isn’t. Very curious indeed.

Comparing to its G.Skill and Kingston cousins, the Zion Blaze is a tad cheaper, but the difference isn’t much. The performance boost you will be getting with the G.Skill and Kingston will more than make up for the price difference. On another note, we recommend DDR4 gaming PC builders to not consider anything below 3000Mhz when buying memory. The price difference against lower frequency RAM isn’t that significant, and RAM is always a long term, one time investment. One noteworthy prop we would like to give Zion Blaze is its initial two year warranty, and an additional three year “paperless” warranty. Not many RAM brands offer that.

Zion Blaze 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz Memory Review

Introduction Zion is an unlikely brand in the memory industry. Umbrella’d under the company Abacus, contrary to popular belief, the brand has been around since longer than what the average consumer can expect (1997).

Zion Blaze 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz Memory Review Introduction Zion is an unlikely brand in the memory industry. Umbrella'd under the company Abacus, contrary to popular belief, the brand has been around since longer than what the average consumer can expect (1997).

#Abacus Peripherals #DDR4 #made in india #Make in India #memory #RAM #Zion Blaze

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illgaming · 8 years ago

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Introduction

Zion Blaze DDR4 Memory

Specifications

Build Quality

We received the memory sticks well before their official launch, and in no retail packaging, so we cannot comment on the unboxing experience.

Overall, we are not sure how many PC builders will really dig this bare bones approach. Unless, if the Zion Blaze performs the part, the looks shouldn’t be an issue. Let’s find out.

Performance

Lets take the Zion Blaze DDDR4 2400Mhz Memory to our Test Bench. Here is the system we’re using:

First things first, here is the CPU-Z screenshot:

As per the CPU-Z screenshot, Zion Blaze uses a Hynix Hyundai chip. There is no XMP profile, which basically means that we have to overclock the RAM manually.

Next, lets see the memory’s performance in synthetic benchmarks.

We did a number of tests in SiSoftware Sandra. Here are the results.

bandwidth multithread

Memory Bandwidth – Multithread

bandwidth single thread

Memory Bandwidth – Single Thread

latency

Memory Latency

Conclusion

#Abacus Peripherals #DDR4 #made in india #Make in India #memory #RAM #Zion Blaze

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