#CAR vs. NE

[daminouspurity]

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[mapsontheweb]

Driving direction by country, 1923

by bezzleford 

This map shows the driving direction (or just general traffic direction) in 1923.

1923!

Some comments:

Mixed?! - Some countries had different driving directions depending on where in the country. For example, some Canadian provinces drove on the left until 1924 when the last province, Prince Edward Island, switched. As of 1923 only Nova Scotia and PIE drove on the left in Canada (as well as Newfoundland which wasn't part of Canada at the time).

Are any countries mixed today? - Most mixed countries standardised between the 1920s and 1940s. Today China is the only country where it can be argued that different parts drive on different sides of the road - as Hong Kong and Macau drive on the left vs. the Mainland which drives on the right. This obviously excludes countries with overseas territories (e.g. the UK's Gibraltar, or the US Virgin Islands)

What about the Unknowns? - I tried my best to find data on every country/territory. I couldn't find anything on direction of bidirectional traffic in Tibet. Unlike places like Oman, which never 'switched' to the left, as Tibet was absorbed by mixed China, I wasn't sure of their direction then. While there are sources detailing the driving direction of various Italian provinces, I couldn't find anything for Italy's overseas territories.

It's 1923! No one drove back then! - Keep left/right laws have been around way before cars. Althoug h by 1923 cars were mainstream (I believe?) in western cities. But even areas of low car use had keep left/right laws - see here (attached) Saint John in New Brunswick (Canada) where the keep left rule was in place in 1899.

And because this server can get very serious, here's some fun driving-direction trivia!

Myanmar (Burma) switched to driving on the right in 1970 under the orders of dictator Ne Win. There's various circulating stories about why he did this, including that he had a 'dream to go right' or that he met with an astrologer who told him to do it.

The last country to switch driving direction was Samoa, which switched to driving on the left in 2009.

Argentina switched to driving on the right on 10th June 1945. This day is still recognised today as Road Safety Day (Día de la Seguridad Vial)

Any questions about the various countries above (e.g. when they switched) please message below!

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

NASCAR Pantera ‐ First To 300

A reporter sat in a late-night cafe, sipping coffee and attempting to calm his nerves after a high-speed ride with Gary and his Pantera. The deafening roar of the V-8 engine still echoed in his mind, and his hands shook as he held his cup. It was as if he had just escaped from the clutches of the devil himself. Tragically, a few minutes later the devil caught up with Garry Mitsunaga and his red Pantera!

For students of Japanese car culture, the Mitsunaga Pantera that graced the cover of Option Magazine is a significant page of Asian tuning lore, as it was the first street-legal vehicle to achieve a recorded speed of 300 km/h in Japan.

Actual speed was 307.69 km/h on the infamous Yatabe Test Circuit in November 1981, making it the most legendary Pantera in all of Japan. Figuring Yatabe was too dangerous for civilian drivers, and wanting to take the human element of unpredictability out of things, driving duties at this event were performed by professional racer Kunimitsu Takahashi, who is considered the father of drifting.

Yatabe was the preeminent destination for high-speed testing in Japan from the 1960s to the 1990s. However, it was closed two decades ago due to a tragic accident involving Masa Saito, the editor of the tuning magazine Option. After the accident manufacturers started shifting towards more contemporary testing facilities.

Prior to the Porsche-vs-Skyline dreams of the 1990s, the streets of Japan were ruled by the infamous Midnight Club running Pantera's, Firebirds and American V-8s. For those unaware of the Pantera, it is an Italian-American sportscar with a Ford 351 Cleveland engine and were sold in the early 70's through Lincoln Mercury dealerships.

Leading up to November 1981, top speeds were achieved by vehicles such as the S30 Fairlady, tuned by SS Kubo, which reached a maximum speed of 257.60km/h. The fastest imported car, surprisingly, was the Trust Firebird Trans-Am, which recorded a top speed of 264.71km/h. So when the Pantera eclipsing the 300km/h mark it was a huge leap forward and a landmark achievement, becoming the benchmark for all the street racers and tuners to beat.

Mitsunaga was not entirely content. Only a speed above 320 km/h (200 mph) would suffice. It is said that Takahashi advised him against driving the Pantera outside of a racetrack. Mitsunaga disregarded the warning.

Just before the accident, he was transporting a journalist down a 38 kilometer (24 mile) stretch of the Tomei Expressway. With a recorded time of 6 minutes and 20 seconds he averaged 250 KM/H ( ~160 MPH).

Not long after dropping off that rattled journalist, he supposedly totaled his Pantera while avoiding a taxi. They meet their end at approximately 1:40 a.m. on November 28, 1981. Tragically, Mitsunaga died in the accident, instantly.

At the moment of his death, Garry Allan Mitsunaga was already a legend in the Japanese dragstrip and top-speed racing scene. He was an American, born in Hawaii and employed by the Harman Kardon audio group. The company sent him to Tokyo in 1975 to work for one of its Japanese divisions, in sales.

Upon his passing, he was revered as a patron saint of street racing, inspiring countless individuals to pursue ever-greater velocities. Despite his non-Japanese origin, he was a hero to the local community, and his legacy lived on through the Mitsunaga Pantera, a symbol of both the thrill and the peril of this high-octane pursuit. Although the whereabouts of the Pantera are unknown, its engine showed up for sale in 1995.

NASCAR

Mitsunaga's Pantera, was tuned by Masaru Hosoki from ABR, one of Japans most famous tuners. It also featuring a 600hp engine built by Mario Rossi, an American NASCAR mechanic and crew chief for the likes of Bobby Allison and Glenn “Fireball” Roberts. Rossi was also the guy that built the only Dodge Daytona to compete during the 1971 season. It's only race was finishing 7th at the Daytona 500 with a de-stroked Plymouth 340 TA engine to meet the new 305ci engine displacement mandate for the five Ford & Chrysler aero cars during the 1971 NASCAR season.

Rossi has been embroiled in controversy since his involvement in the $300 million drug smuggling scandal that shook NASCAR in 1982. Four days after the 1982 Daytona 500 in Florida, authorities arrested 66 people, including several associated with NASCAR teams, on what has been labeled “Black Thursday.” Among those implicated in the scheme that authorities believe grossed $300 million were owner Billie Harvey and driver Gary Balough from the team on which Rossi was working as a mechanic. Rossi’s role (if any) in the drug operation is unclear – though his own daughter implicates him.

Rossi's whereabouts have been a mystery since his disappearance, with some believing him to be in the witness protection program in the United States. Despite claims of his death in a plane crash off the Bahamas in 1983, the insurance company asserts that the plane in question has been sold multiple times without any recorded accidents.

What’s legend and what’s fact we are unlikely to ever know for certain. What we do know, however, is that Garry Mitsunaga and his Pantera dared to dance with the devil in the witching hour.

[thediktatortot]

I really implore fans of media (whatever media it is you enjoy) to understand why a story is told in the way it's told. Even bad stories have a structure and a meaning and if you know the basis of how stories are structured and how the characters fit into that structure, the more you're going to be able to understand the story and better enjoy the characters as a whole.

What is an Antagonist? An opponent, villain or Rival.

The Villain is a person whose intentions are morally corrupt or anti-human and most off deliberately harmful to those around them.

(ie. Thanos from Avengers, Billy and Stu from Scream, Henry from Stranger Things)

The Anti-Villain is a person who commits corrupt, unjust or morally wrong actions in the belief that they are doing the right thing.

(ie. Magneto from X-Men, Killmonger from Black Panther, Jason Carver from Stranger Things)

The False Antagonist is a person who's viewed by the audience or the characters as a antagonist, but through the story shows themselves to have been falsely labeled as an antagonist or a villain.

(ie. Severus Snape from Harry Potter, Alexei and Billy Hargrove from Stranger Things)

The Hidden Antagonist is a person who's intentions are not shown to be corrupt until later in the story, leading the audience and the characters into a false sense of security.

(ie. Senator Palpatine from Star Wars, Agatha Harkness from Wandavision, Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco)

The Inanimate Antagonist is a non-human force that can be anything from the weather to an illness or an object like a meteor or a car.

The Inner Antagonist is when the main character is their own Antagonist, fighting against themselves through the story.

(ie. Drug use, mental or physical illness, change in morals, desires vs needs)

The Hero Antagonist is a person who's intentions and morals are not corrupt, but they act against the Protagonist in the story.

(ie. The Roadrunner from Looney Tunes, Carl Hanratty from Catch Me If You Can, The Parents of Stranger Things)

No Antagonists is a type of story where there is no direct force working against the Protagonist. This can often be shown as someone living day to day life or there is an unclear singular force working against them.

Stories can often have and most often do, have multiple Antagonists. Some stories use these different types of forces to put even more pressure on a Protagonist and to give depth to the stories they are writing. Often times, nothing is cut and dry when it comes to a persons intentions in a piece of media, but knowing what sort of force they are within the story they are written in can help you understand the Protagonists journey on a even deeper level.

What is a Protagonist? A lead character, hero or heroine of a narrative.

The Hero Protagonist is a person who's goals are often viewed as courageous, admirable or charitable in nature and often requires a sacrifice or change in order to achieve their goals.

(ie. Captain America from Avengers, Superman from DC Comics, Frodo Baggens from Lord Of The Rings)

The Anti Hero is a person who's actions or morals may be honorable or good, but their actions go against those morals due to necessity or irresponsibility but in the end the audience is rooting for them to win.

(ie. Deadpool from Marvel Comics, Batman from DC Comics, Kali from Stranger Things)

The Tragic Hero is a Hero Protagonist that throughout their journey are corrupted by either surrounding forces or by a fatal flaw within their own character, leading them to fall from the Hero status they once held.

(ie. Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars, Jason Todd from DC Comics)

The Passive Protagonist is a person who's actions are not the leading force of the story, the driving actions of their journey are controlled and moved by other characters and forces in the story.

(ie. Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump, Karl Childers from Sling Blade, Will Byers from Stranger Things)

The Villain Protagonist is a character who is still the focus of the story, but they are not necessarily being cheered to win. These types of characters are often a window into the darker side of life whether we sympathize with them in the end or not.

(ie. Dexter from Dexter, Gru from Despicable Me, Loki from Loki, Walter White from Breaking Bad)

The Protagonist itself does not automatically mean the character is a good person and it's important to remember that when reading or writing. A protagonist is simply the Main Character, the person who the story's focus is about and people themselves are deep and involved people with lives that are different from every other person around them even in small ways.

Understanding a characters role in their story is important for understanding the character on a base level.

I highly recommend watching other videos from that channel and other media analysis channels as the more you know on how to understand a story, the more you will get out of the stories you entertain yourself with or create.

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The bracket is made.

The pop-up screens for each poll are made here

Match ups under the cut

Round 1

seemerot.com vs. I Feel Fantastic

Maze Game Jump Scare vs. Peaceful Car Ride Jump Scare

Lavendertown Syndrome vs. Blank Room Soup

Ted The Caver vs. EverymanHYBRID

Username 666 vs. Shay Saint John

Bongcheon-Dong Ghost vs. Lomando

Possibly In Michigan vs. Russian Sleep Experiment

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011) vs. No Through Road

Treats For Beasts vs. There Is Nothing (The Dining Room)

(Ever Dream Of) This Man vs. Mereana Mordegard Glesgorv

dollthing.jpg vs. The Dionaea House

SCP Foundation vs. Candle Cove

Godzilla NES vs. Normal Porn For Normal People

BARBIE.avi vs. Suicidemouse.avi

Goat Valley Campgrounds vs. Penpals (r/nosleep)

MLAndersenO vs. theholders.org

Round 2

I Feel Fantastic vs. Peaceful Car Ride Jump Scare

Lavendertown Syndrome vs. EverymanHYBRID

Username666 vs. Lomando

Possibly In Michigan vs. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Treatsforbeasts vs. Ever Dream This Man?

The Dionaea House vs. SCP Foundation

Godzilla NES vs. BARBIE.avi

Penpals (r/nosleep) vs. MLAndersonO

Round 3

I Feel Fantastic vs. EverymanHYBRID

Username666 vs. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Ever Dream This Man? vs. SCP Foundation

MLAnderson0 vs. Godzilla NES

Round 4 (semi finals!)

EverymanHYBRID vs. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

SCP Foundation vs. MLAndersonO

Finals

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared vs. SCP Foundation

[france-the-third]

French is wild in practice vs in theory bc i just had this interaction with my dad:

"Wait so how are we going there?" (we're going to a school's open house)

"By car, how else did you think?"

"Idk, bus maybe?"

And in formal french that would be

"Attends, comment allons-nous là-bas?"

"En voiture; tu pensais qu'on y irait comment autrement?"

"Je ne sais pas, en bus peut-être?"

But what i said was

"Attends on y va comment ducoup?"

"En voiture, tu croyais quoi?"

"J'sais pas (pronounced like "chez pas"), en bus?"

[kiss-my-freckle]

Full Episode Commentary

1x19: Miss Mystic Falls

Elena: Stefan. Damon: Better. Me.

Throughout this episode, Damon and Stefan are written alongside each other, but in the opposite. To see Damon's signature moment, you have to consider the physical heart vs the emotional heart as I've mentioned in my 1x18 re-watch post. For Stefan, it's blood. For Damon, it's emotion.

Stefan drives to school in his cherry red car. "Yeah, I mean the worst part is over so… now all I want to do is just spend as much time with you as possible." There isn't a time in their relationship when Stefan isn't lying to Elena. I've never seen anyone lie this much. He wants Elena to go on without him so she doesn't see the empty blood bags in his trunk. Relationships take two people, but Stefan has yet to embrace this concept. Liz tells Damon that the blood banks have been cleared out. He suspects tomb vampires rather than Stefan because he has no idea his brother is a blood addict. Being a ripper and being a blood addict are two different things. It's hilarious to watch Damon in his scenes with John because they're so very much alike. John offers to work with Damon to get to the bottom of their blood bank problem. "I think we could make a good team, don't you think, Damon?" If only John dealt with his hatred sooner. They make a great team saving Elena in season 2. Damon feeds Elena his blood, John does the witch spell to keep her human.

Bonnie finally returns after leaving in 1x14. She treats Stefan a certain way in these episodes because she knows he's the reason Sheila died. It was all to save Stefan for Elena. Bonnie is the #1 reason Sheila is dead, but she has a hard time accepting responsibility for her actions. Easier to blame others than carry guilt. She should've kept Damon and Stefan in the tomb and gave Sheila a few days rest. It's not like they were going anywhere.

Anna shows up at the boarding house. She's there to see Damon on Pearl's behalf. Damon blames her and the tomb vampires for the missing blood because he stil has no idea Stefan is an addict. "And if you're going continue playing house with these little vampires pets, you might wanna stop robbing the blood bank dry because they're onto it." It's because of Anna that he's able to shift his focus to Stefan. "It's just us and Harper now." This is the moment Damon realizes Stefan is a blood addict.

They repeat a lot of this stuff with Bonnie. She gets closer to Caroline because of Elena. First in Sheila's death, then in Abby's transition. Caroline is always the third wheel. It's like the only time Bonnie and Elena rely on her is when they have no choice. "I understand why. I just… shouldn't know." Elena doesn't know what Bonnie's saying because she's still excusing the way Stefan threatend her. "Because you knowing this is dangerous for so many reasons." Apparntly, Elena completely forgot about the pageant she signed up for with her mother, that's how deeply buried Stefan has her. The writers did a graat job with repetition. They want fans to know this pageant is all about honoring her mother. "Her mom is the one who wanted her to enter."

I love it when Damon confronts Stefan. He obviously isn't buying Stefan's lies, but is giving him enough opportunities to come clean and accept his help. "I'm clean. Believe what you want." Stefan can't stop lying. Elena contacts him to talk about the pageant. Again, this is about her mother. "My mom was really into this Founders' Day stuff. She was even Miss Mystic in her day. I kind of want to do it for her." He finished another blood bag while talking to her on the phone. He shoves it in his dresser drawer. Like the trunk of his car, it's full of empty blood bags. Elena's desire to honor her mother isn't enough for him to get clean. He's heading to the fridge. He looks around for Damon, but gets caught because he isn't as smart as Damon. This is a dialogue combination for 1x18 and 1x19...

"Well, what are those holier-than-thou reasons? You know, we never actually discussed this. You know, I'd - I'd love to hear this story."

"Well well, he's a liar and a thief. So, when were you gonna share? No, no, no. I'm talking about the fact that you're a closet blood junkie."

Damon now knows what Stefan's problem is with blood bags. "So, I'm drinking blood again. You're the one that shoved it on me." I love how Stefan blames Damon rather than accept responsibility, but blaming Damon is quite typical of him. "Have my actions negatively impacted you? I can't imagine what that must feel like." Stefan has mastered the art of deflection, which is also typical of him.

"Yeah, what's Elena thinks about the new…you?" I love this entire scene because Damon is already trying to use Elena to get through to him, but Stefan honestly believes he's gonna be able to keep it from her. "Elena doesn't need to know anything yet." This is a lie. Stefan has no intention of Elena finding out.

When offering his help doesn't work and using Elena doesn't work, there's only one thing Damon can do to stop Stefan, and it's certainly not to drop him. Stefan is far too strong when he's on human blood. Had Damon known about Bonnie's little head trick, he would've kept Elena out of it and had Bonnie drop Stefan for him. "Yeah, what's Elena thinks about the new…you?" Damon has no choice but to rely on Elena, to use her as he just tried to. I'm sure turning to Elena for help wasn't easy for Damon. Stefan's bloodlust is something Lexi would normally take care of, and Damon killed Lexi.

"I'm on the Mystic Falls beautification committee. I volunteer at the poor soup kitchen. I implemented this year's go green campaign at school. I worked for the recycling program and was in charge of this year's police raffle."

I don't like Caroline's character, but she had my vote. Seriously.

Again, this is for Elena's mother. "This was really important to my mother. She believed in community, family, honor and loyalty. It's the legacy she left for me." And every reason why Damon was meant to be her escort... the very essence of 1864 Damon.

John tells Damon he's looking for a Jonathan Gilbert invention that was stolen by a tomb vampire. John has no idea that Damon already found one of his inventions. The pocketwatch was a compass, which Damon used to track Logan. Damon prefers getting his hands on this device John is looking for because he knows it has something to do with the killing of vampires. That's the only reason they'd have a vampire tracking device. "I'm not playing anymore. Get out. Get out." Damon plans to strike a deal with Pearl for the sake of getting what John wants. The vampire-killing device is like Bonnie's head trick, but on a serious level. That's why they do fireworks while they use it. The fireworks show what John is doing to their heads. If only Damon didn't fall in love with Elena at the pageant… lol. John threatens to out Damon to the council, and is lucky to still be standing because Damon will kill whoever he has to for the sake of survival.

"If you ask me, the near touch is overrated." If you ask me, honoring Elena's dead mother should be taken more seriously. Something Stefan can't do because he's high on human blood. Non-physical intimacy is important, and something Damon is very good at. A reason Valerie uses vervain to make it so Stefan can't touch Caroline in the 7th season. The emotional connection will always win over the physical connection. That's why Stefan can't flip Elena's switch at prom. He thinks the near touch is overrated, and her heart is with Damon. When Elena has her emotions off, you'll see that all of her scenes with Stefan are sexual, while all of her scenes with Damon are emotional. Elena's signature moment is similar. Damon doesn't touch her when he puts her necklace on. It's a near touch scene. This scene with Stefan and Elena is important because Carol's near touch rule is leading into Damon's signature moment. He's about to make an emotional connection lol. The near touch is basically a heart-to-heart.

"So that leaves Elena which totally has the sympathy vote since her parents died. How can I compete with that?" And people wonder why I hate Caroline. Competes with her friend that lost both her parents... will end up losing both her parents. "I actually deserve this." Something I agree with, but Caroline lacks tact.

Stefan is really pushing it with Bonnie. Elena questions her when she should already know what's wrong. Any real friend would. Bonnie blames Stefan just as much as she blames Damon. Everyone got what they wanted, but she lost her Grams. Stefan is listening into their conversation. His urges come to the surface when he heads outside to see a kid bleeding from a basketball game. Stefan is so messed up. Alaric puts his hand on his shoulder to see if he's okay, and Stefan chokes him. Because Alaric is driving Elena to the pageant, it gives him the opportunity to speak to her about Stefan. She hasn't seen Stefan as Alaric and Damon have seen Stefan, so she blows it off.

Anna's necklace is everything for Elena. 3x19 in one piece of jewelry, and the reason Elena wears black in 4x7. The scene of Damon when he approaches Anna at the pageant is one of my favorites. He cleans up really nice. I like how Anna is acting as an intermediary for Damon and Pearl lol. Damon tells her about the Gilbert invention, and makes it clear that he'll make a deal for it… Pearl gives him the invention, she and Anna can stay in Mystic Falls. "He leaves, you can buy a welcome mat." If not for this pageant, Isobel would've never gotten her hands on the device. Damon would've schemed to get Jeremy back. That's why he gets the device in the same episode he falls for Elena. One outrules the other, and John basically removes Damon's welcome mat.

Jenna looks gorgeous in this episode. Caroline listens in as she and Elena talk about her mother. The writers are nailing it with their repetition, and they'll do it again before Elena joins Damon on the dance floor. John lies to Jeremy about the Gilbert journals. Had he been honest, Jeremy probably would've confided in him. Damon joins Elena in the changing room. "We need to talk."

His eyes in this scene are insanely gorgeous. While talking to Elena, he has a way of drawing attention to certain areas of his body, and it's all about his hands. When people talk with their hands, their listeners follow their hands. "The fact that you're telling me this proves you care." Damon is talking to Elena because he cares, that's why they repeat it with Caroline in 8x9. He hasn't fallen for Elena yet, but this is her issue in 1x20. He's pretending he doesn't care, when him telling her about Stefan in this episode proves that he does. If he didn't, he'd leave Stefan to his addiction. "He has no idea what normal is. His entire existence isn't normal. Normal to a vampire is drinking human blood, but he spent all this time fighting it when he should have been learning to control it, and now it's controlling him instead." This is Damon's humanity issue. He is ruled by his emotions. "Stefan on human blood, Elena… he'll do anything, he'll say anything because he's not gonna want to stop. Trust me." This is the same thing Lexi tells her in Ghost World, and the same goes for Damon. Most of their dialogues fit to both brothers.

Stefan is written alongside Pearl, that's why I love how they cut scene here. I'll skip the parallels and get to the point. 1x19 is the dance Damon didn't get with Elena in 1x12. That's basically what Stefan's betrayal against Damon in 1x13 got him. He enters the room to find Damon talking to Elena. "What are you talking about?" Stefan is insanely juiced up on human blood, and he's trying to lie again. He'd rather be upset that Damon ratted him out than own up to his crap. "I was going to tell you." This is another lie. "Because I kept it a secret from you? Come on, Elena. Look, given the way that you're reacting right now, can you really blame me for doing that?" Insane to me that Stefan is trying to use Elena's reaction to his lies as an excuse for his lies. I also love how Stefan always makes it about Damon. This happens most often when he's confronted by Elena... he makes it about Damon. "So what - so you and Damon all of a sudden have everything figured out then?" If he'd just own his shit, they wouldn't have a problem. I can't stop laughing at this argument. He spends days lying to her, then expects her to believe in him. It just... cracks me up. Carol forces Stefan downstairs. He's so angry, he shatters the mirror with his fist. He didn't want Elena to see him the way she sees Damon. That's why he's so angry.

"This isn't me, I'm not this person anymore." I love Caroline in this scene. Cheerleading is an ongoing thing, so it made sense for Elena to quit that. This event is a one time thing, so even though it's not who she is anymore, Elena should honor her mother. Yeah, the writers are making this stick… it's for her mom. I don't like Caroline's dress, but she implemented this year's go green campaign at school, so green it is. 3x14 is my favorite dress for Caroline. Jeremy and Anna talk about Elena. Jeremy plans to keep things from Elena because Elena kept things from him. I love how Jeremy responds to Anna. He doesn't view them as monsters. "No, as someone who wanted to hurt me." John is watching them interact. "She knows now. God! She wasn't supposed to find out, I didn't want her to find out, now everything's ruined." Stefan with Amber is when the truth comes out. He never wanted Elena to know, he never planned to tell her.

All I Need - Within Temptation

Hunger - Ross Copperman

I'm gonna cover Damon's fall, and do it the best way I can. Then I'll circle back to where I left off. This scene cut is where Stefan and Damon hit their parallel. "I'm not sad. I'm freaking hungry." For Stefan, it's blood. For Damon, it's love.

"One look and I can’t catch my breath"

"Two souls into one flesh"

"When you’re not next to me, I’m incomplete"

As I said earlier, non-physical intimacy is about connecting on an emotional level. This is where their hearts come in. imo, the tomb is a representation of Damon's heart.

"You've opened the door now"

"Don't let it close"

Their 6x22 soundtrack is for Elena's heart.

"Oh, love, let me see inside your heart All the cracks and broken parts The shadows in the light" Their 1x19 soundtrack is for Damon's heart.

"Can you still see the heart of me? All my agony fades away When you hold me in your embrace"

This is why you get a "near touch" moment during their dance in 6x22. Damon is doing the same for Elena that Stefan is doing for Caroline, only he's showing her in dance rather than telling her. He starts the dance at his signature moment in the place they first met.

Circling back now. I'm sure some fans believe Damon should've went to find Stefan instead of dancing with Elena, but no. A pageant girl and an escort took off without notice. That's two people that were meant to take part in the event, and they went missing after John already told the founders council their problems with vampires are just gettting started. Had Damon left to find Stefan, he could've put them both at risk of a search party. But if Damon wasn't worried for Stefan, the founders council had no reason to be. Damon did the right thing and waited until after the dance.

I love Damon. Elena can't say no to dancing with him now lol

I don't know why I like this so much. Perhaps it's because they're entering as a couple… kinda like when the Mr. and Mrs. are introduced at their wedding reception.

There's something about the way Damon pulls himself into Elena that's so sexy. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the moment she felt how sexy he was. The camera pans on Caroline dancing with her escort, then the camera's like… nope, back to Delena lol. I could put this dance on an all day loop, seriously. This is not my favorite Delena dance, but I love watching Damon fall for Elena naturally. Like… the last thing he'd wanna do is fall for her. Not only because she's his brother's girl, but because she's human. Delena is the most realistic vampire-human ship I've ever seen. Because it shouldn't be easy for a vampire to love a human or easy for a human to love a vampire. "I don't hurt people. I don't do that. I'm the good brother." Stefan has a wall in Chicago that says otherwise, and he's slamming Damon even to strangers. I do like how they're written opposite, though. Damon says he doesn't do good, he's the bad brother. "If I do this, if I give in, there's no going back." Stefan's comment becomes Damon's issue having fallen in love with Elena. He's gonna give into her over and over again BECAUSE he's in love with her. That's what love does. "I just want one taste. That's all I need, I just want one taste." This is what Damon got from Elena on the dance floor. Stefan knows about Damon's signature moment because they're the same, they're simply written opposite each other. As you watch Damon fall for Elena naturally, know that Stefan entered her life for the sake of it. He knew how she'd make him feel, so their relationship was pre-arranged on his part, and for that reason. Damon's joke in the pilot episode became his reality in this episode. "Is it working, Stefan? Being around her, being in her world? Does it make you feel alive?" He finally tasted what Stefan has been feeling.

I love the way Elena supports Caroline in her win, and walks away knowing that she honored her mother. John and Liz are in the bathroom, finding the broken mirror Stefan left in the sink. Liz tells them to get Damon Salvatore. He's pretty deep in the council now, but he also takes his role pretty seriously. Stefan stops to ask Amber why she's not afraid of him. He's so wasted on blood he has no idea he compelled her. He tells her to be afraid of him and to run like hell, so she does. Damon already spoke with Liz by the time he and Elena catch up. He tells her there was a struggle in the bathroom and that Amber went missing. "He wouldn't hurt her, he won't." It bothers me sometimes, how naive Elena is. Like… you know you're dating a vampire, right? Bonnie notices there's a problem, so she follows Damon and Elena out the door. Amber is running through the woods, but apparently Stefan changes his mind. He's ready to rip into her. Damon and the girls catch up just in time. Stefan throws Damon when he tries to help, that's when Bonnie uses her head trick. I love how Damon picks up on things. He knows Bonnie is doing something to Stefan, he just doesn't know what. Had he known about Bonnie's power, he would've had her drop Stefan after their fridge scene. Elena has this disgusted look on her face, like wow. Stefan looks at the three of them and runs home. He didn't want anyone to see him that way, but they needed to. They need to see him, know what to expect, and know how to help him through it. That's what the truth allows. Lies only put them at risk. I have no doubt in my mind that Amber would be dead had they not caught up to him. He would've ripped her apart. Liz shows up, and I'm quite sure Damon compelled her of everything. Damon, Bonnie, and Elena cover for Stefan by lying.

Elena's relationship with Stefan is already putting her friendship with Bonnie at risk. "I told you I wasn't gonna make you choose but I need to make the choice for myself. Please just leave me alone." John finally asks about Anna. When Jenna mentions her mother, she gave him everything he needed to know. He's looking to get his hands on the vampire device Pearl has. Pearl was trying to buy the old apothecary and John has been trying to stop her from buying it, so he was bound to find out who she was eventually. Elena is waiting for Alaric to drive her home. John didn't find out who Pearl was in time to get the device from her, she gives it to Damon as an apology for what happened to Stefan in her house. It's hilarious to me that Damon and Pearl needed young Anna to be their peacemaker. Anna basically dies because Damon fell in love with Elena. He'll give into her when she asks for the vampire device. I love this scene of Damon, Pearl, and Anna. The darkness of it, and the fact that Pearl stopped by the boarding house to see him, to make things right. They're now on good terms.

Stefan is in his room, stripping off his suit. Elena is extremely naive to their vampirism, but Stefan didn't need to call her an idiot. I have no doubt Damon was there through this entire Stelena scene. He wouldn't risk Elena's safety, certainly not after falling in love with her. You wanna feel a difference between the brothers, click for larger view and feel this...

I like how Damon gets Elena to vervain Stefan. Fitting since Stefan used Caroline to vervain Damon. Because it's one of Alaric's vervain injections, I have no doubt she told him enough on the car ride home.

"Deadly beast captured. All is well in Mystic Falls."

Damon and Stefan are selfish in different ways. Damon doesn't plan to starve Stefan for the sake of desiccating him for 50 years, but he could if he wanted to. What would Elena do, report her missing vampire boyfriend to Liz? lol. Damon is selfish with Elena's life, but not her love. Stefan is selfish with her love, but not her life. That's why Stefan will do anything to keep her and Damon apart, and I do mean anything.

Elena has no idea how much power she has over Damon now. He wants to be wherever she is. If she isn't coming with him, he's staying with her. She completes him, the good to his bad. Elena reminds Damon of all that he was in 1864. And yes, 1864 Damon is the better man.

[claudehenrion]

Enfin une bonne nouvelle ?

Vous n'allez pas me croire... Pourtant, parfois, à l'opposé complet de tout ce que racontent tous les perroquets officiels (et Dieu sait s'ils sont nombreux et ne reculent devant rien !), il arrive un moment où finit par surgir de la brouillasse ambiante une vraie bonne nouvelle. Celle dont je veux vous parler aujourd'hui ressemble un peu à une divine surprise : ''LA VRAIE BETISE EST AUTO-DESTRUCTRICE''... et cette révélation frappe nos pitoyables dirigeants comme une pandémie (mais une vraie, cette fois !).

Les exemples abondent, hélas, de la malveillance, intentionnelle à en être vicelarde et qui paraît parfois être ''par système''... avec laquelle nos incapables ''leaders'', irresponsables mais très coupables, mènent le pays à sa perte. Immigration, écologie, Europe, démographie, dette, fiscalité, paix civile et sécutité, école, etc... la bêtise de chacune de leurs décisions crève les yeux de qui veut bien ne pas garder les siens ''grands fermés''. La démonstration –si besoin était-- de leur inaptitude chronique à trouver de bonnes solutions aux problèmes qu'ils devraient résoudre vs. les mauvaises solutions qui semblent être les seules qu'ils soient capables d'imaginer, tient en un seul souvenir, lourd de honte et de bobards : le covid.

Quand un groupe d'êtres plus inhumains que humains, mais nuls, devient détenteur d'une autorité qu'aucun d'eux ne mérite... et a le culot –devant la face du monde, le jugement à venir de l'Histoire, et la totalité de ses contemporains (ravalés au rang de sujets traités en objets)-- d'oser formuler le tiers du quart des phrases qui nous ont été imposées ''H 24'' et ''7 s/7'' pendant des mois, sans aucune raison valable ni, d'ailleurs'' le moindre début d'excuse, de pardon ou de mea culpa... c'est qu'ils (ces nuls) s'imaginent tout permis et se croient protégés par une immunité ''de système'', elle aussi. Décidément, plus on creuse et plus la ''bonne nouvelle'' annoncée en titre de cet éditorial se révèle être une catastrophe, pour d'autres : ''LA VRAIE BETISE RAVAGE TOUT'' !

La volonté de destruction de ces nuisibles touche tous les secteur de l'activité et de la pensée : le but officieusement poursuivi officiellement (vous suivez ?) est que plus personne ne s'y retrouve : toutes les références doivent sauter pour soi-disant permettre à leur rêve cauchemardesque d'un hypothétique ''homme nouveau'', indéfini en tout, de pouvoir exister dans son inexistence. Les instigateurs-propagateurs de ces idées mortelles et sans le moindre sens vont donc ''détricoter'' l'un après l'autre tous et chacun des ''chapitres'' de l'activité humaine et de toute civilisation.

Nous avions mentionné plus haut le covid, mais les mêmes stratégies de recherche d'absurde à tout prix se retrouvent partout, de l'atome à l'immigration, de la dette nationale aux jeux olympiques (que Alain Bauer, pourtant pas un excité, qualifie de ''crime-tels-qu'ils-sont-envisagés''), du conflit russo-ukrainien aux fantasmes russophobes de l'Elysée, de l'Europe à... l'Europe (car là, avec la mère von den truc, on est dans la folie au carré !), de l'industrie à l'agriculture ou du soi-disant ''sociétal'' à la religion –ou, plus exactement, au seul christianisme, l'islam ayant toutes les faveurs de nos ravageurs : il est nettement plus proche de la volonté de destruction que, par exemple, le catholicisme qui bâtit sans cesse, transmet, s'améliore et veut le ''vrai bien'' des hommes !

Et puisqu'on vient de mentionner cet ''ennemi public n°1'' des vrais ennemis des peuples que sont nos actuels ''maîtres-à-penser-de-traviole'', laissez-moi partager avec vous un de mes grands sujets de tristesse du moment : vous rendez-vous compte que le promeneur moyen, de nationalité française (NDLR - Même s'il n'est pas un de ces ''français de papiers'', ces fruits blets de lois injustifiables et d'une administration pyromane, qui n'ont de français que leurs ponctions moralement indues sur notre richesse nationale), qui se balade le nez au vent dans les rues de Paris (si ce modèle ancien existe encore !) est incapable de savoir à quoi ou à qui correspond le nom de 90% des rues, des places, des avenues qu'il emprunte ou croise, et que, lorsque le même promeneur va tomber (et dans les villes françaises, c'est à peu près tous les kilomètres) sur une superbe église ou sur une de nos sublimes Cathédrales, il ne saura pas trop à quoi peut bien servir ce grand bâtiment ou à quoi correspond le drôle de nom dont on l'a affublé...

Mais puisque je parlais ''d'une bonne nouvelle'' dans le titre de cet éditorial, permettez-moi, s'il vous plaît, le grand bonheur de vous confirmer l'effondrement dramatiquement spontané donc raisonné des ventes de véhicules électriques, hybrides ou pas, dans tous les pays. Je crois avoir été l'un des très rares –et un des tout premiers-- à prendre dès le début une position très risquée sur ce sujet écolo-politique, et à vous parler, souvent, de cette ''arnaque du siècle''. Tant que des gouvernements, myopes au point d'en être aveugles, ont subventionné dans des proportions insensées les achats de voitures électriques, on a pu croire à un succès de la folie sur l'intelligence. Ça ne pouvait pas durer longtemps ! La raison, normalement, reprend ses droits et l'intelligence, ses prérogatives !

Dès que l'actualité a rendu obligatoire l'arrêt de toute urgence des conneries absolues, la vérité a surgi du puits, belle, calme, incontournable, majestueuse : on ne fait pas boire un âne qui n'a pas soif. Je suis si content de cette manifestation (très attendue, en ce qui me concerne) de la Justice immanente (dont les lecteurs réguliers de ce Blog connaissent l'importance pour moi...) que je vous en reparlerai très bientôt, ne serait-ce que pour vous confirmer –si besoin était-- que ''La Vraie bêtise est auto-destructrice'', CQFD !

H-Cl.

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

i think i'd rather kill myself that willingly go on a trip to any european capital bc i will do anything to avoid being in a loud crowded place and even more to avoid traveling by pl*ne. i'd probably make this sacrifice to see a non european capital bc i'm curiouuuuuuuuuuus. but i honestly hate big cities so much. i think that my upper limit after which a town becomes unpleasant to be in is around 50 000 inhabitants. my favourite type of town is a small forgotten town with a long history that had its greatest period in middle ages and then gradually its importance faded away, with a castle and 2 or 3 churches thta aren't in the greatest condition (but ofc it's different to spend a day or two in such a town vs live there...)

i honesltly don't care for the biggest musuems, i don't care for louve, i don't want to see london or barcelona.

i'd rather kill myself at the gate of the airport,

also i don't want to be a "tourist" bc fuck tourists especially in places like venice.

my dream trip (semi-realistic and achievable compared to my other ideas) is a car trip through a balkan country side and sleeping in a tent and only visiting towns that have population of max 25 to50 000 :)

[oldtvandcomics]

Salut ! D'habitude, je blogue en anglais, mais je viens tout juste de terminer ce livre en français, et je dois ABSOLUMENT en parler.

Le voilà :

Nous Sommes la Poussière, de Plume D. Serves. Photo prise ici avec la recommandation de Les Mots A La Bouche, la librairie queer à Paris. C'est pas là où je l'ai acheté d'ailleurs, mais dans Le Nuage Vert, librairie fantastique à Paris, car Paris est grande et a des magasins spécialisés comme ça (je viens de la campagne, pour moi, c'est du nouveau). J'avais demandé des livres queer des écrivains français (Les Mots A La Bouche) et des livres des écrivains français qui parlent des minorités, surtout queer ou handicapés (Le Nuage Vert), car je lis presque exclusivement en anglais, et je ne sais pas comment trouver le genre de livre que je cherche en autres langues, bien que je sache qu'ils existent de super choses.

Et ce livre-là, il était TELLEMENT BIEN, je ne peux pas dire.

La madame de Le Nuage Vert me l'a vendu comme science-fiction très léger, mais je trouve que c'est mieux décrit comme du réalisme magique. L'idée est qu'il y a cette condition qui fait matérialiser autour des gens un nuage des particules de poussière électromagnétiques, ce qui évidemment va impacter la qualité de vie. Ce qu'est pire, c'est tous les stigmas sociétaux qui viennent avec. En fait, c'est un handicap et traité comme un. Le personnage principal est une jeune femme diagnostiquée assez tard, qui vécut toutes ces discriminations, et s'engage dans de l'activisme pour les combattre. Elle est aussi lesbienne.

Et ce livre, il parle DE TOUT. Je n'ai jamais vu la monde dans laquelle j'existe représentée comme ça avant.

Il parle des difficultés de recevoir une diagnose, le sentiment de voir ta vie se passer sans toi, les différentes difficultés des gens qui sont diagnostiqués comme adultes vs comme enfants, le privilège de "passer", la discrimination que font face les couples handicapés qui veulent des enfants, les difficultés d'organiser un mouvement activiste, activisme violent vs non-violent, la médecine alternative, les difficultés qu'ont les parents à se faire croire si leur enfant a un handicap invisible, l'intersectionnalité des identités marginalisées et comment la société les criminalise... Je ne balgue pas, je pourrais encore continuer avec les sujet auquel il touche.

C'est super clair que l'écrivaine a des expériences personnelles dans ce milieu (son bio dit qu'elle est militante autiste et queer, et c'est vrai qu'on reconnait la communauté autiste dans celle des magnophiles). Je ne suis pas de tout, mais pas de toute une personne à faire des notes dans un livre, mais ici, j'ai passé toute la lecture à vouloir souligner des passages que OUI, REGARDEZ, C'EST EXACTEMENT COMME CA ! (Évidemment, je ne l'ai pas fait. Je ne prends pas de notes dans des livres.)

Aussi, j'aime bien le style de l'écriture. C'est assez léger comme structure, comme ce sont des chapitres courts interrompues de textes encore plus courts dans la première et deuxième personne, qui donnent voix à l'inventeur des mailles qu'ils forcent les gens à porter et a au moins deux personnes anonymes qui sont aussi en train d'essayer de vivre avec leur handicap (ou bien une personne différente chaque chapitre, ce n'est pas vraiment clair). C'est super, parce que ça aide beaucoup avec l'immersion et donne le sentiment qu'on parle d'une vraie communauté de gens, et aussi, ça permet de temps à se passer entre les chapitres. Donc la narrative est plus une collection de petits moments de la vie d'Elias, au lieu d'une narrative stricte qui progresse de A à B à C et puis c'est fini. C'est un bon choix, que rend le tout beaucoup plus réaliste.

En bref, c'est un super livre que je recommande fort de lire à tout le monde. Surtout si tu es un peu dans ce milieu de l'activisme qui se bat pour les droits de minorités. Ou si tu veux lire un bon livre d'un écrivain français.

[catholic-character-tournament]

Round 3 - Catholic Character Tournament

Propaganda below ⬇️

Pope Pinion IV (Cars)

HELLO. IT IS I. THE GREAT AND ALMIGHTY ITALIAN TOURNEY. PLEASEPLEASE PUT HIM IN THERE WAS SO MUCH POPE DISCOURSE ON MY ACC AND HE WAS SOLOED IN THE FIRST ROUND BY LUIGI😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 PLEASE AVENGE HIMMMM

The existence of Catholicism in the Cars universe implies that there was (or at least there was believed to be) a car Jesus who died for the cars’ sins, and I for one would like to see how a car gets crucified or sins. I guess the blood/wine here would be gasoline, but what would the body/bread be? How did they sit at the last supper? What is the layout of car church? How does a car build a church? Do other human religions exist in the cars universe? How does a goddess with the body of a human and the head of a cat translate to a car? Do Buddhist cars rein-car-nate? Do cars have souls?

he lost the italian character tournament, he will win here

Eddie (tw mentions of suicide)

He meets Venom (the alien goo parasite that inhabits his body) in a church. Eddie is depressed and about to end his life and just before he does it goes to church and prays to God to forgive him because suicide is… y’know, a sin. Anyway Venom possesses him and saves his life and they have a crazy relationship/love story and the stained glass window in that church becomes important symbolism for them <3 He is the most catholic man ever

Admittedly, most of Eddie's insanity has little to do with Catholicism, he's just a deranged weirdo (affectionate) but he was suicidal once and went to a church to ask forgiveness before killing himself. That's where he met the symbiote and their relationship has parallels to both marriage and religion.

Listen listen he is the epitome of Catholic trauma. He’s got the angst. The repression. The je ne sais quoi. His whole story is basically very dependant on churches if that makes any sense. Like he tried to kill himself in a church and that’s when he bonded with the symbiote. They stopped a symbiote invasion by fu̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ crying out in agony in a church. EDDIE AND VENOM GOT MARRIED IN CANON IN THE CHURCH WHERE THEY MET. He also has so many breakdowns in churches and we love that for him.

He meets Venom in a church and has a lot of religious moments connected to Venom. They also sort of get married in the church they met at? It's gay. Eddie is catholic and in a committed relationship with an alien and it's gay.

(Cw suicide mention) He's canonically Catholic and has such a funky (read: kinda fucked up) relationship with it. When his life fell apart he went to a church to pray for forgiveness for the sin of committing suicide and to ask God to kill spiderman i think but then before he could actually do anything an alien came down and connected with him (in a gay way) and he was like "are you an angel". Also his sense of morality is totally fucked, its like "if you've done something bad once you deserve to die" and I like to think that's related to the specific brand of Catholicism

killed a cop in church (amazing spider-man 1963 comic, issue 300), had a homoerotic rebonding moment with his symbiote in church (venom: planet of the symbiotes comic), asked jesus to carry out a hit on former coworker peter parker (spider-man 3 movie)

Propaganda for Eddie Brock. The most Catholic guy ever.

[concretejungle-forum]

CONCRETE JUNGLE n'a pas pour vocation de devenir un forum city gang mais bel et bien city à l'ambiance sombre avec une bonne dose de criminalité, sans que cela ne tourne uniquement autour de cette thématique, laissant de la place à des personnages extérieurs aux activités illicites.

La distinction city gang vs. city sombre nous semble importante et nous pensons que beaucoup de rpgistes pourront s'y retrouver. Le but, pour nous, est de créer un forum où pourront être joués des personnages n'ayant pas forcément leur place sur un city 'classique' car touchant des sujets pouvant être triggering, too much, too angsty, mais également des personnages softies qui seront tout autant à leur place que ceux qui ont les mains clairement sales... Criminels, gens tourmentés, personnages 'lambda', venez comme vous êtes.

Nous avons également pris la décision de laisser libre la création d'organisations, activités, structures illégales. Pas de grandes toiles prédéterminées nécessitant des annexes interminables. Nous voulons un univers construit mais accessible. Alors, à la place d'un tableau dans lequel nos membres devront faire rentrer leurs idées dans des cases, une scène ouverte avec des options quasi-illimitées, montées par les membres, selon les besoins, les personnages, leurs backgrounds.

N'hésitez pas à nous rejoindre. La pré-ouverture est prévue pour le 17 Octobre 2023 à 18h (heure fr métropolitaine) et le serveur est vraiment bonne ambiance, plein de gens sympas avec des idées pépites.

DISCORD | MOODBOARD | PLAYLIST

[ladyniniane]

for the original character ask! (you get to chose which OC you'd like to talk about)

2 - 7 - 12 - 20 - 26 - 31 - 37 - 50 - 51 - 60 :)

Original characters asks

Salut, merci pour les questions :)

Je vais choisir Zoé, l'héroïne de mon projet de roman !

2: What is your character’s favorite memory?

Au début de l'histoire, ses souvenirs les plus chers sont ceux liés à son défunt fiancé. Notamment le jour où ils ont décidé de se marier et tout ce qui suit cette période. Les moments simples où ils avaient l'impression que le monde leur appartenait.

Tout cela est bien sûr à double tranchant car la source de sa joie est devenue celle de sa plus grande douleur. Ces souvenirs laissent la place à des cauchemars où tout est distordu.

7: How does your character feel about their name?

Elle aime son prénom. Court, simple, efficace, jolie signification...que demander de plus ?

12: How would/does your character feel about roller coasters?

Elle a participé à des batailles, je pense que ça ne l'effraierait pas trop. Bon, elle n'est pas le genre à rechercher les sensations fortes pour les sensations fortes, mais elle n'aurait pas peur d'essayer.

(Enfin, passé le choc de la découverte si on imagine qu'elle se retrouve transposée d'un coup dans notre monde moderne).

20: What is the most surprising thing about your character?

Ce qui surprend ceux qui la côtoient est le fait qu'elle a l'air posée, mature et conciliante, mais elle est absolument sans pitié et effrayante quand elle s'énerve. Il n'y a plus qu'à s'accrocher. Surtout qu'elle a une personnalité très droite et terre à terre.

Certains s'imaginent en voyant sa blondeur et ses yeux clairs qu'elle est une étrangère. Son apparence reflète en effet les métissages qui peuvent avoir lieu dans une zone frontalière.

Sinon, je veux maintenir un effet de surprise sur son passé pour les lecteurs en dévoilant petit à petit les raisons de son départ (on évite l'info dumping, yeah !).

26: What is your favorite headcanon for your character?

C'est difficile d'en choisir un. J'aime tout : sa famille, son évolution, son adaptabilité, les liens qu'elle noue avec les autres personnes au palais...

31: What social media would your character use?

Vraiment très basique : Facebook et/ou Instagram pour suivre ses proches et communiquer avec eux. Elle aurait peut-être un Tumblr pour partager de belles images. Ce serait le genre à être assez discrète et à ne pas dévoiler sa vie privée. Elle ne serait pas fan de LinkedIn.

37: Do people have justified grudges against your character?

Pour commencer : ses ennemis (et ceux de la famille impériale) qui sont convaincus de leur cause et la voient comme quelqu'un qui se met en travers de leur chemin.

Ensuite, elle se heurte au début à une dame de compagnie plus âgée (Hélène ? Je n'ai pas encore décidé de son prénom). Il s'agit plus d'une incompatibilité de personnalités. Zoé se focalise plus sur leur rivalité mais ignore certains détails qui justifient le comportement d'Hélène.

50: What is your favorite thing about your character?

Le fait que ce soit un personnage adulte dans des situations d'adulte. Ce n'est pas une jeune ingénue en début de vingtaine qui rentre à l'école de magie (ou je ne sais quelle institution comme la romantasy en a le secret) et va avoir le coeur qui bat pour le beau ténébreux.

Elle découvre un nouvel environnement, mais elle le fait en tant que personne qui connaît le monde et a de la bouteille. C'est une femme qui a connu l'amour et la douleur de la perte.

Comme je disais aussi dans un autre questionnaire, j'aime la dualité des rôles qu'elle joue, à la fois guerrière et dame du palais. Beaucoup trop de discours sur Tumblr et internet vise à catégoriser les personnages féminins en : "femme douce et féminine traditionnelle" VS "Guerrière".

Ce qui est absolument réducteur vu que les vraies personnes rentrent rarement dans des cases. Ensuite, pour certains le fait qu'un personnage féminin sache se battre est une insulte envers les femmes qui ne le font pas...Ce qui est encore une fois très agaçant puisque cela sous-entend que seules les femmes qui se conforment aux normes arbitraires de la féminité sont dignes d'intérêt.

51: What is your character’s favorite animal?

Les chats et les chevaux ! J'en dis un peu plus sur son rapport aux animaux ici.

60: If you could title your character’s life, what would you title it?

C'est plus ou moins le titre du roman : "Zoé, dame du palais". Ou alors tout simplement "Impératrice Zoé" :D.

[personality-corner]

Joel Miller & Ellie Williams: The Exploration of a Relationship Between an ISTJ & ESFP

Joel and Ellie, as a found family father-daughter relationship have two different perspectives on the world. Joel, who watched the apocalypse unfold before his eyes has a different perspective than Ellie, who was born after the apocalypse even happened.

Because of this, they often play off of each other, allowing each other a different perspective.

Si-Ne vs. Se-Ni

Both Ellie and Joel are sensors, and their sensing traits are both their dominant traits. However, Joel as an introverted sensor (Si), relies on his past and internalized experiences to give perspective on the world around him, while Ellie relies on the world around her as she sees it to gain perspective.

Because of this, their perspectives on the outside world are completely different. Joel, who is fixated on the past, doesn’t believe in change the same way Ellie does. He believes if the world was changeable, they would have changed already. Ellie is focused on the present world and what could be done right now. Joel keeps going for the people in his life, but Ellie keeps going because she wants to change the world she lives in.

Te-Fi vs. Fi-Te

Both of them have the same middle traits, just in different order. Joel is the more logical of the two, but his emotions and loyalty towards Tess, Tommy and Ellie contribute to these decisions as well. Ellie is more emotional, but her thirst for knowledge about the outside world can also guide her emotions.

Ellie is extremely loyal to Joel, and becomes emotionally attached to him as a result of their journey together. Joel, while caring about Ellie, is more inclined to make more emotionally detached decisions for the benefit of her, not really taking into perspective her feelings. This can be seen in the scene where Joel decided to leave Ellie.

Logically, it makes sense for Joel, as he is older, and therefore not in the greatest shape to protect Ellie. Not only this, he feels as though he had almost gotten her killed on multiple occasions. Ellie, however, takes this as him not caring about her, and even brings up something emotional for him.

However, the most obvious example of Joel reacting off of his Fi rather than Te, is him shooting up the hospital for the sake of Ellie, with little to no regard for what would happen as a result of it.

What makes Ellie and Joel’s father-daughter relationship interesting.

Any found family relationship, especially one involving a parent and a child, is going to win over audiences, however, I think it’s the contrast of their personalities, especially in their situations they are presented with that make the case of Ellie and Joel particularly compelling.

Ellie being intrigued by the world around her, especially by things many of us wouldn’t think twice about (like being in a car) combined with Joel’s hardened personality, and his knowledge of the world around him, makes for a really great story.

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Moi vs Le Beauf eud' Cambrousse

Je sais, je pense trop à ça et je suis désolé, mais prenons par exemple cette photo qui a presque dix ans. Cela faisait déjà environ 1 an et demi que j'étais considéré comme un maître absolu en composition, ce qui n’était pas le cas avant, puisque la composition, ça se découvre. Au début, on "prend des choses". C'est ce que nous "expliquait" (entre guillemets car ni évidemment moi ni Anne n’avions besoin de ces explications) aussi un ancien ami en 2 015 sur la Plaça de la Villa de Gracia à Barcelone devant le campanile, avec un autre ami qui lui est un génie (JA Zamarripa aka Dabnotu) mais qui avait bien besoin de ces conseils, qu'il n'a pourtant jamais appliqués.

L'ancien ami est devenu un sérieux harceleur, y compris dans l'affaire du pédo US, juste par ultra-gauchisme, alors qu'il savait pertinemment que le harceleur délirait. Le type s'est excusé récemment, entre temps je l'avais chopé dans la rue en 2 019. Revenons à notre "mouton barbare" : pensez-vous que le cinglé croit que j'ai "raté le truc bleu" qui était "la chose que je voulais prendre"?

Comment peut-on être aussi fou et dénué de connaissance esthétique ? Je crois que je continuerai avec d'autres exemples. C'est édifiant. Sur cette photo, il y a à peu près 9 éléments. L'ombre en haut à droite et le rectangle gris clair en bas à droite sont eux aussi exactement calculés. Le "sujet' n'a aucun sens dans ce genre de photos. La plupart des gens prennent UNE chose ("le sujet"), avec souvent du matos très cher qui leur permet notamment d'avoir des bokehs.

N'importe quel beauf de cambrousse qui prend du piaf à tire-larigot me méprise parce qu'il croit que je "prends n'importe quoi", que je "rate mes cadrages" et/ou que je "prends au hasard".

Comme il ne comprend pas même si on lui explique, il pète les plombs et dit que je suis un "artiste content pour rien" qui "se prend pour un génie". Puis, il me classe dans la catégorie gauchiste s'il ne me connaît pas, et m'oppose aux "vrais artistes" qui "remettent cent fois leur oeuvre sur le métier". Il considère que je "fais le malin" parce que je "refuse les bases", alors que, tout simplement, prendre du piaf à tire-larigot ne m'intéresse absolument pas. BP.