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y'all, I made the mistake of revealing that I write fanfiction as a hobby, and when asked about the fandoms I write for, I broke it down as I know best: into cliques. I realize I might be shaking the table but it is what it is.

This is what I said for CoD (I've since add some more stuff):

You got the forever war between Gaz Nation and Gaz Deniers. May or may not be rooted in his attractiveness as a person of color, opinions vary (read: it most definitely is). Bonus points if the racism comes out in full force. DOUBLE/TRIPLE those points if it's expressed using butchered ass AAVE. 🥴

You got the Masked Men Lovers Brigade of which König, Ghost, and Keegan are the patron saints and arguably the holy trinity.

You got the Peepaw Price Lovers who absolutely adore his chonky cheeks, peepaw mannerisms, lumberjack body complete with the slutty waist, and relative long-suffering thanks to the shenanigans of the rest of the crew.

You got the Soap Suds who, I think, have found that relative balance between Johnny being a destructive-as-all-hell force to be reckoned with and the quintessential golden retriever boyfriend. His VA doesn't make it any better apparently lmao.

You got the Ghost lovers who've pretty much diversified him so he can run the gamut of Daddy Dom Extraordinaire™, Babygurl™, Sassy Simon™, and the list is endless. What IS consistent is that someone parked a dump truck on that ass and he has some big ole titties. There's also the subset of people who REALLY, REALLY love Ghost but also think his VA is ugly (which he isn't) while simultaneously thinking that he (Ghost) is supposed to be David Gandy levels of immaculate despite being in active combat. Make it make sense.

There's the Gravediggers who, for the most part, acknowledge their love-hate relationship with Graves and I think that is both hilarious and endearing.

You have the Kult of Köthulhu, König's devoted followers who have allowed him to transcend his gremlin nature to become the long-lost progeny of Cthulhu. Move the fuck over, Cthylla. I kid but he, like Ghost, has also been diversified in terms of his portrayal. And no, he's not a part of 141. Some followers of His Gremliness are also embroiled in a forever war with Gaz Nation so please be safe out there, y'all.

You got the Valeria girlies who want her to sit on their faces. I don't blame them. Please do.

You have the Los Vaqueros crew who need more love shown to them and Pony by Ginuwine is their official theme song thanks to Alejandro Thee Stallion. The less said about the butchered Spanish I've read in some fics, the better.

There's also the Farah Fanatics who rightfully adore her and deserve their flowers just like the rest of the cliques.

There's the Keller Kollective who, I think, tends to intersect with the Farah Fanatics. This lot also deserves their flowers because Keller is a sub absolutely underrated as a character. You'd also be forgiven for thinking he and Price are elated.

You also got the Horangi Horde who, just like Gaz Nation, will RISE TF UP. I think. Hopefully. lmao

And then there's the self-righteous crew who, for whatever reason, seem to think they're above it all and love to police writers on what they write and how they write the characters (we're talking in terms of rather innocuous subjects in the grand scheme of things; the sus shit absolutely needs to be and should be called out). Interestingly enough, this group also seems to forget that they're in the same damn boat by being in the fandom, consuming, and writing about the same characters. The ones who have all the energy but none of the courage even if they say or think they do. Bonus points if they also move like fans. Double/Triple those points if they, too, also use butchered-ass AAVE to make their points. 🥴

The girlies who can't separate fiction from reality and insist on harassing the VAs and their significant others and families because how DARE they have a regular degular life outside of *checks notes* their job. Baby, it was never gonna be you. It will never. be. you.

did I get them all? lmao

[auro-cyanide]

My reading list

✅ ⭐Not your typical reincarnation story

✅ The tyrant wants to be good

✅ The remarried empress

✅ From a knight to a lady

✅ Divorcing my tyrant husband

✅ ⭐ Men of the harem

✅ ⭐ My in-laws are obsessed with me

✅ ⭐ Philomel the fake

✅ ⭐ Forget my husband, I'll go make money

✅ Post possession damage control

✅ I adopted a villainous dad

⬜ Mother's contract marriage

⬜ Solitary lady

✅ Secret lady

✅ ⭐ Being raised by villains

✅ Kill the villainess

✅ ⭐ I shall master this family

✅ The archduke's adopted saint

✅ ⭐ Villains are destined to die

✅ ⭐ Not-sew-wicked stepmom

✅ Catherine's key to a happy life

✅ ⭐ How to win my husband over

⬜ Ennead

⬜ The golden forest

⬜ The fantasie of a step mother

⬜ My secretly hot husband

⬜ To be you, even just for a day

✅ Concubine walkthrough

✅ Trash of the count's family

✅ The villainess reverses the hourglass

⬜ The reason Raeliana went to the duke's mansion

✅ ⭐ Carrier Falcon Princess

✅ ⭐ Who made me a princess

✅ Just the male lead's friend

✅ ⭐ The villainess's stationary shop

✅ The villainess's blind date is too perfect

✅ Marriage of Convenience

✅ The villainess flips the script

✅ The perks of being a villainess

✅ I listened to my husband and brought in a lover

✅ I just want my happy ending

✅ ⭐ I think I've been possessed somewhere

✅ How to hide the emperor's child

✅ The grand duke's fox princess

✅ I am the real one

✅ You are obsessing over the wrong person, lord of the tower

✅ ⭐ An extra stole the male leads

✅ ⭐ How to survive as a maid in a horror game

✅ The monster male lead living under my bed

✅ My villainous family won't let me be

✅ ⭐ Adopted by a murderous duke family

✅ ⭐ Raising my fiance with money

✅ The Villainess is a marionette

✅ Seducing the monster duke

✅ ⭐ Baroness goes on strike

✅ The villainess captured the grand duke

✅ Baby prisoner of the winter castle

✅ Strange and wild

✅ The lady and the beast

✅ The divorcée’s dessert cafe

✅ Stuck with the protagonist

✅ The villainess tames the beast

✅ Why are you obsessed with your fake wife

✅⭐️ The Baengri Clan’s Unwanted Granddaughter

✅ The S-Class Lady

✅ I thought my husband was supposed to die?

✅ The grand duke of of the north

✅ The resourceful little consort

✅ I became the tyrant’s chambermaid

✅ The status window to the soul

✅ The rewards of marriage

✅ My numbered days of happiness

Stopped reading for now

🔳 Lady chef royale

🔳 The price of a broken engagement

🔳 The reason for the twin lady's disguise

🔳 The beloved fake saint

🔳 The beloved fake saint

🔳 I don't need a proposal

🔳 Siella's revenge affair

🔳 Crowing a spoiled prince

🔳 The first night with the duke

🔳 Tricked into becoming the heroine's stepmother

🔳 I thought my time was up

🔳 My three tyrant brothers

🔳 My husband changes every night

🔳 I created a harem by accident

🔳 I will divorce the female lead's older brother

🔳 Lady Adelyn the homebody

🔳 I'm the queen in this life

🔳 Babysitting the male lead

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Kung Fu Panda 4 Thoughts/Liveblog Thing

Just caught this at the theater for a grand total of five whole dollars, so I thought I'd do some quick opinions while it's fresh.

Non-spoiler opinion: It was Okay(TM), but the movies were considerably stronger as a trilogy. It's worth seeing one (1) time if you're a KFP fan (and really, who isn't), but I wouldn't bother paying full price for it or anything

SPOILERS FOR ALL 4 MOVIES UNDER THE CUT:

A list of things that slap:

The animation is stunning and fast-paced. Really loved the use of Chinese-style paint brush strokes to accentuate the action

Also I'll talk about the 5 later but I also really liked the animation change when describing where they are—all KFP movies have at least one animation shift and I'm glad this one kept up with it

Some of the fight scenes were super good, I liked the one that uses the tilting bar on a cliff in particular

(side note: the Missing Link did something similar, just on a ship. Go watch the Missing Link)

The Chameleon served straight cunt the entire time she was on screen and I kind of loved (almost) everything about her. Character design was incredible, voice was perfect, palace design was amazing, abilities were sick

Also the way she rides up chilling in a golden tree branch of all things? Fellas, we have no choice but to stan

Also I just appreciate the choice to both do a female villain for a change and to get a reptile in here after having only mammals and one (1) bird as villains previously

Speaking of character design there were a few really good ones in there, like a pangolin that moves Sonic the Hedgehog-style, a cool looking female boar, and a bunch of Komodo dragon henchmen. Good stuff

The jokes were a very mixed bag for me, some hit and some didn't. I will say that Zhen just going "that's great for you" in response to Shifu stating he's a red panda got me for some reason

If anyone hurts Po's gay dads I'm killing everyone in this room and then myself

Jack Black's cover of Baby One (1) More Time is unironically better than the original

A list of things that Do Not Slap:

Pacing/Plot:

This movie lacked a color scheme? KFP 1 was blue (also some gold), KFP 2 was red, KFP 3 was green. These colors weren't subtle either, there are entire scenes in each movie drenched in these colors and it was really obviously missing here

The whole first half the movie feels really breathless and too fast-paced. Apparently it was a studio mandate to have it not go over an hour and a half which is A) stupid and B) hurts the pacing

As much as I love Po's two gay dads we REALLY should not have been wasting time on their journey when the runtime is so tight

Also them tagging along felt off? Mr. Ping was worried sick about Po in KFP 2 but he doesn't tag alone because obviously he needs to let his son have his space. It's more in-character with Li Shan but it doesn't come across like he's talking Mr. Ping into it or something

In general there are so many plot points in this movie that feel under-developed. You could've made an entire movie out of the previous villains returning, Zhen and the Chameleon's relationship (see below), etc.

Po's Character:

People not knowing Po is the dragon warrior is weird, I'm pretty sure he would've been more well known than that

The entire thing with Po needing to give up his role as the Dragon Warrior doesn't really make sense? The Dragon Warrior is literally a made-up title. There's no need to have a Dragon Warrior because there is no such thing technically, it's why Oogway denied Tai Lung the title and then waited years and years to give it to Po. Like it's not a role that needs to be passed down, that's missing the entire point of the Everything

Also Po's only been like Dragon Warrior for a few years? I don't think we're ever given a time scale but it wasn't that long

The jokes about Shifu and Po having trouble with inner peace/mediating feels off given that was the entire plot of the second movie

It felt like Po regressed a bit character wise. He acts like he has no idea how to be a teacher in this movie but he already was a teacher by the end of the third, that was the entire point??

Also he seemed like he was more gullible in this movie but I could be wrong

Why is Po so impressed with Juniper city. He literally spent most of KFP 2 in Gongmen hello?? I think(?) Juniper is bigger but he shouldn't be acting like he has no idea what a city is

Zhen/Chameleon:

Zhen's character design doesn't match anything else, which is weird because most of the new characters in this film keep the distinct style in some form or another

Her wanted poster shows her with the bold markings KFP is known for and it looks SO much better

The plot twist with Zhen working for the villain was so obvious I did not realize it was supposed to be a twist at first

Also, the entire thing with Zhen was entirely unneeded? The Chameleon could've just just stood up and announced her plan to take over and Po would've shown up on her doorstep with the staff

I guess the idea is that Po needed to hand over the staff willingly for it to work? But if that's the case the Chameleon could've just impersonated Tigress or something and gotten it that way in like 1/3 of the time

Originally she was supposed to have kidnapped Shifu which would've been a much better plot point as it would've given Po extra motivation

The other problem with treating Zhen as a plot twist is that it hampers the relationship she has with the Chameleon effectively being her mom, which is FASCINATING. They had some really interesting chemistry together (the whole "stand up straight" thing as one example) and I could've seen it as a Mother Gospel from Tangled kind of deal, but we barely get any interaction between the two and it's like AAAAAAA

Fanfic writers fix this shit. I believe in you

I'll have to chew on it more but my pacing thought would actually be to start with Po finding out about the Chameleon's "take over everything" plan very early due to Shifu's kidnapping. He breaks into the lair like at the 1/3 mark or earlier and he meets Zhen inside which then leads into why she's doing what she's doing and the mother angle, etc etc blah blah

The Chameleon needed to just straight-up murder someone, comically shoving them down the stairs isn't good enough. I know stairs are Po's greatest enemy but I don't think that applies to everyone

Shen was allowed to stab someone on-screen so I think the Chameleon should be a allowed to strangle someone or something. as a treat

If violence was the concern just keep it off-screen like Master Rhino's death in KFP 2

The shapeshifter turning into a giant monster trope is overrated and I'm glad it was just used briefly here and not even for her defeat

Also the Chameleon's thing with her being rejected from Kung Fu because she's too small makes no sense b/c Mantis, which I'm pretty sure everyone's pointed out already. She does say "lowly" I think but was she ever poor? Could make a very interested parallel to Zhen if that was the case but it was never brought up again

I've heard some argue body image parallels w/ Po in KFP 1 but if that was the intent it's not explored, like, at all, which is a shame because it could've been an interesting angle

Also If they wanted a better excuse related to body image just say she was too frail instead of too small. I haven't owned chameleons but I've heard from people who have that they are very frail and very hard to keep alive, which would be a much better reason to turn her away

Cameos:

Yes I'm devoting an entire section to five second cameos don't judge me

I have mixed feelings on the Five not being present (save for the end cameos). On the one hand they are sorely missed but on the other hand they would've just made the plot bloat even worse

Lack of speaking was also bothersome. Part of me is glad they weren't recast with cheaper VAs because it's disrespectful to interchange them, but on the other hand that might've been better than just not having them speak and not paying anyone anyway

Tai Lung had all the best lines and was also the best used out of all the cameos, even if it would've been nice to have him on screen for longer. Also if they stuck with Shifu being kidnapped those two could've had some much-needed dialogue

Side note, while I don't think it contradicts anything from KFP 3 the spirit world having only kung fu masters in it feels off? It makes it seem so small and limited

Kai being there is weird. He's like. dead dead. Deader than dead. I guess you could argue that you can't kill something that's already dead but there's nothing even acknowledging this

Trying to take Shen's kung fu is really weird because the entire point of the fight with Master Rhino in KFP 2 is that he is not? a master?? like he's GOOD but he's not amazing, like if a master is like a 10/10 he's like an 8/10.

"The Chameleon has the powers of all my old nemesises!" WHAT'S SHEN'S POWER EXACTLY. HIS ONLY POWERS ARE GUN AND MOMMY/DADDY ISSUES

She does summon him way later than Tai Lung and Kai so maybe she was just camp spawning every single person she could think of regardless of skill level? she also uses his wings at one point so maybe she just wanted those, I don't think(?) there were other birds summoned

Though speaking of which she claimed she was using his wings but very clearly wasn't? not only were they black but they were raggedy and lacked the five longer feathers on the tips

Also Shen's model was super off, it looked way too fluffy and like an entire row of eyespots were missing from the edge of the train (which might have been a clipping error? unsure) it's been said the new models were made out of glue and popsical sticks and I believe it

Tai Lung has a habit of just like Grabbing anyone that's smaller than him and it amuses me

It's honestly really weird that everyone would just agree to go back into the spirit world willingly?

Like I think it works for Tai Lung because he's a noble person who just goes into a disassociative state and commits atrocities. Like I think he'd be willing to accept his death

Also it checks out for Shen because he killed himself and given his "dead belong in the past" mentality I can't imagine him wanting to stick around, he'd probably think it was unnatural

But Kai?? Kai was FURIOUS at being dragged back into the spirit world at the end of 3, like hell he'd just go quietly

Also I can see Tai Lung maybe respecting Po enough to bow to him but everyone else is pushing it unless they have therapists in the spirit world. Po offered Shen some nice advice at the end of KFP 2 and his response was to kill himself on the spot, I don't think him or Kai would be bowing

All of them were definitely in the middle of a mahjong match and were experiencing the equivalent of being woken up in the middle of a nap so they were just going along with things

Chameleon: I'm going to steal your kung fu

Everyone:

Misc:

I did like some of the more subtle callbacks. Stuff like Po seeing his reflection in the blade the way Shifu did or the "I can't even beat you to the stairs" scene were nice and not overly overt or in-your-face

If Po actively refers to himself as the "Kung Fu Panda" one more time I'm going to end it all

anyway that was not supposed to be a 12 page essay but it's too late now, goodbye

[gomzdrawfr]

the agony of imperfections and lost

a prodigy once soared, melody adored with perfection now suffers with pieces and symphony left unfinished a silent pain with wrist betrayed each notes falter, with the end replaced by sniffles and pain

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AU: pianist!Raven and piano technician!Price

between classes and lectures I've been doodling an AU for my cod oc Raven :] it's the first AU I've ever thought of for a very long time and I didn't start writing and drawing a few things until recently (my friends are huge enablers ah ha)

this AU is heavily inspired by the anime Your Lies in April so if this familiar that's why

Prodigy Raven who used to swoop every piano competition stopped participating one day due to various reasons.

She can no longer finish any pieces.

It starts off with pain, and then progresses into fits of spasms and shakes on her wrist.

That was however, not the main issue.

As she will herself to play more to overcome the issue, another problem raised where notes and tune muffles out as she approach the end of any song, rendering her unable to map out the tempo and the feel of the piece, which was the most crucial aspect in performance((and also hence why the art wrote "when will the sounds return"))

again and again, she attempted to play and only met with tears and pain at every end, and so she stopped playing.

It wasn't years later when her friend invited her to a concert hall that she would attempt playing again, and met a man with an unmistakable beard she thought she will never meet again.

here is a fic I wrote below, you can listen along with the spotify song linked below, and as always I hope you enjoy this lil blurb ⸜(˶´ ˘ `˶)⸝

tags: a lil angsty and mentioned of struggles with chronic pain

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Raven found herself at the concert hall, involuntarily dragged there by a close friend who was settling some business with the hall owner. Having no interest in the conversation, she idly wandered around.

Eventually her attention was drawn to the main hall, the area was dimly lit with only one light shining above a magnificent grand piano on the stage, when was the last time she had even seen a grand piano?

The golden words that etched on the front of the piano captivated her, "Steinway and Sons", and she ran her fingers delicately along its shiny polished surface, despite promising herself not to touch it.

how could she resist when such a beauty is in full display within her reach?

Perhaps there was a lingering wishful hope within her that pulls her through the haunting echoes of her past struggles.

Perhaps this time it would be different, after all, it's been so many years.

As she took a seat and opened the fallboard, she knew she had to play something.

Little did she know she was not alone in that hall.

John Price, a famous piano technician was scheduled to carry out his tuning services on the grand piano, has arrived earlier than the expected time in order to explore the place.

It gives opportunity for him to figure out the environment, and to assess the condition of the place.

To him, a piano was like the heart of the human body, requiring care and love with every factor taking into account, such as the air moisture content, exposure of sunlight, humidity, temperature...the list goes on.

As he walked onto the area from the backstage, he was surprised to see a figure seated at the piano. When he wanted to call out, the tune of a song stopped him.

A familiar melody, a classic.

He recognizes this song, however, with the way the sound and notes were played, it felt as if he was listening to it for the first time.

Liebesleid. Love's sorrow.

As he pause and listens, watching as the fingers of Raven danced around the black and white, he felt himself washed by the emotions of the piece.

remorse, pain, emptiness and cheery? was it hope? yet he can't help but felt bittersweet.

Each note was played with perfection, the pauses, the tempo and the timing were accurate, and with the sway of the pianist, he could feel the emotional depth infused into the piece.

And yet as the song approach the second half of the song, something in the air shifted.

The tempo increased, the intervals between notes were shorten, and slowly wrong notes emerging as well, with some keys played with more force and vigor.

Eventually the song stopped, and only the sound of stifled sniffles filled the air as the figure slouched forward.

((if you're curious and still listening along on spotify, the errors starts around 2:42 she stopped around 2:57))

"It happened again"

Raven thought as she struggled to control the shaking of her hands, and the tears streaming down her cheeks.

"it hurts....it hurts so...so much"

She lets out a shaky breath; it wasn't the pain of her wrist that was eating at her.

It was the act of not being able to complete a piece.

She pressed her palm up her eyes, a weak attempt to stop the shaking of her arms and the tears that kept flowing.

A hand on her shoulder was what brought her back to reality.

Startled, she looked up into a pair of blue eyes, with gentle gaze that melted away her panics.

"You alright, luv?"

The man asked, and Raven composed herself, wiping over her tears as she gave a weak nod.

She apologizes for the state she was in, gingerly stepping up from the bench, only to be met with a chuckle and another reassuring pat on the shoulder.

"It was beautiful"

He complimented, nodding his head towards the piano as Raven pauses.

"no, it's not", she thought internally, but just gave another thankful nod.

"thanks"

John raised a brow at that, taking note for her answer.

"something tells me you disagree, hm?"

She wonders for a good moment if she should speak her mind, and after deciding that the chances of meeting this man again is slim, she gave her comments.

"I didn't finished it"

She spoke, glancing back at the piano as her eyes soften as the echoes of her instructor came to mind.

"you're not worthy to even be in the same room as the piano if you can't finish the piece. It's not just about the techniques and music theory only, you need to focus on the flow and the dynamic of the piece, honor the composer, bring the composer's vision to life." "alright, play it again Raven, how bout putting your body into it this time huh? I've seen others played better than that" "you know you need to win, make me proud dearie"

"well, a song doesn’t need to be complete in order for it to be good"

His voice brought her back as she frowns slightly, the older male simply smiles as he goes on.

"what matters is how much you put your heart into it"

He takes a step forward to her.

"and you, certainly poured your soul into that song, hell, felt like I was listening to Fritz Kreisler himself, ha!"

She could only blink as she chuckles, a warm feeling embrace her heart as she hummed.

"you flatter me...uh-"

"John. John Price."

He extended his hand out as he smiles.

"Raven."

She smiled, shaky hands now no longer tremble as she gave the firm handshake. Something tells her that this will be the first of many more meetings.

[dankusner]

OBITUARY

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON

Country music superstar, A-list Hollywood actor

LOS ANGELES — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma, died Saturday.

He was 88.

The country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor died at his home on Maui, Hawaii, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email.

McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, surrounded by his family.

No cause was given.

Starting in the late 1960s, the Brownsville native wrote such classics standards as “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” “Help Me Make it Through the Night,” “For the Good Times” and “Me and Bobby McGee.”

While Kristofferson was a singer, many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning “For the Good Times” or Janis Joplin belting out “Me and Bobby McGee.”

He also starred opposite Ellen Burstyn in director Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore , starred opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1976 A Star Is Born and acted alongside Wesley Snipes in Marvel’s Blade in 1998.

Kristofferson, who could recite William Blake from memory, wove intricate folk music lyrics about loneliness and tender romance into popular country music.

With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks and counterculture songs influenced by Bob Dylan, he represented a new breed of country songwriters along with such peers as Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall.

“There’s no better songwriter alive than Kris Kristofferson,” Nelson said during a November 2009 award ceremony for Kristofferson held by BMI.

“Everything he writes is a standard, and we’re all just going to have to live with that.”

He was a Golden Gloves boxer and football player in college, received a master’s degree in English from Merton College at the University of Oxford in England and turned down an appointment to teach at the Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., to pursue songwriting in Nashville. Hoping to break into the industry, he worked as a part-time janitor at Columbia Records’ Music Row studio.

At times, the legend of Kristofferson was larger than real life. Johnny Cash liked to tell a mostly exaggerated story of how Kristofferson, a former Army pilot, landed a helicopter on Cash’s lawn to give him a tape of “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” with a beer in one hand.

Over the years in interviews, Kristofferson said with all respect to Cash, while he did land a helicopter at Cash’s house, the Man in Black wasn’t even home at the time, the demo tape was a song that no one ever actually cut and he certainly couldn’t fly a helicopter holding a beer.

In a 2006 interview with The Associated Press, he said he might not have had a career without Cash.

“Shaking his hand when I was still in the Army backstage at the Grand Ole Opry was the moment I’d decided I’d come back,”

Kristofferson said. “It was electric. He kind of took me under his wing before he cut any of my songs. He cut my first record that was record of the year. He put me on stage the first time.”

In 1973, he married fellow songwriter Rita Coolidge and together they had a successful duet career that earned them two Grammy awards.

They divorced in 1980.

He retired from performing and recording in 2021.

Sinéad O’Connor slams old pal Kris Kristofferson for toxic masculinity

Sinéad O’Connor – aka Magda Davitt, or Shuhada’ Sadaqat – is back on Twitter with a vengeance these days and has since shut down her account.

Over the weekend, Sinéad sent out a number of pleas from County Wicklow regarding her missing 14-year-old son Shane, who thankfully was found safe and sound on Monday morning.

Even the police got involved, and when Shane was found “safe and well,” Sinéad tweeted “alhamdulillah,” Arabic for “praise be to God.” (You’ll remember that she converted to Islam last year.)

The 52-year-old Sinéad also let the world know about a long-ago fling with the singer/actor Kris Kristofferson, who’s now 82.

A fan of Sinéad’s on Twitter shared the true story of how Kristofferson came to Sinéad’s aid in the days after she shredded a photo of the Pope on "Saturday Night Live" in 1992, and faced the wrath of an angry nation afterward.

Not long after, Sinéad was one of the featured performers at a Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden, and the crowd booed lustily.

Kristofferson was sent to the stage by the organizers to take the visibly upset Sinéad off, but instead, he told her not to let the “bastards get you down.”

So with Kristofferson’s words of encouragement, she continued, singing a capella about injustice and war, and he was the first one onstage afterward to give her a hug.

The aforementioned fan, Audra Williams, shared the story on Twitter in the context of the new Gillette ad that’s whipped up so much debate.

Williams tweeted, “The recent Gillette ad has started/furthered a lot of conversations about what alternatives to toxic masculinity look like. This is it.” Underneath the tweet was a photo of Sinéad being comforted by Kristofferson onstage during the Dylan show.

Sinéad, using her @magdadavitt77 handle, offered her take on the fan’s opinion and it was pretty surprising, not to mention crass.

“I would not agree Kris wasn’t toxically masculine. He took full advantage when he got the chance and then immediately turned nasty once…” and we won’t go on given that we’re a family site.

She ended the quote with the hashtag #NoHeroOfMine.

Sinéad further elaborated on Monday morning.

“In case my use of the words ‘took advantage’ [in] an earlier tweet might be misconstrued I wish to make clear that in no way, shape or form was I in any way sexually assaulted by Kris Kristofferson. And that the one time we did have sex, it was consensual.”

Sinéad seems to have made quite an impression on Kristofferson.

He wrote a song 10 years ago called “Sister Sinéad” in which he called her a “bald-headed, brave little girl.” Guess the feeling isn’t mutual.

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WELCOME TO OUR THIRD ANNUAL COMIX OF THE YEAR SHOWCASE!

Boy, what a year it’s been for comics! I’ve read 126 completed series this year (with a grand total of 313 series over all, and that’s not counting single issues or currently ongoing series!) and I’ve come to actually own 558 physical single issues!

If last year I talked about falling deeper in love with the medium, then this year I’ve dedicated myself to learning its history by getting into books & magazines about comics -- the (presently available) entirety of Alter Ego, Back Issue!, Comic Book Creator/Artist, All-Star Companion Vol. 1-3, The Golden Age of Comic Fandom and Our Artists at War have been some of my favourite things to read this year and they haven’t made this list solely because I’m talking comics and only comics, but please know they’ve meant a great deal to me and have already influenced me deeply and contributed to the kind of reader/fan I’ve become and would like to continue being. Hell, I’ve even gotten to experience the once-unthinkable honour of writing for Back Issue! and interviewing some of my heroes!

And speaking of once-unthinkable things, the fact that we’ve gotten a total of three JSA books complete with an ongoing this year? I don’t even have words for what that means to me! Suffice to say, it’s been THE year of comics as far as I’m concerned. So, without further ado, here’s our winners:

The New Golden Age (2022) It’s a one-shot but my god, what a one-shot it is! This book is what every longtime fan of the original Justice Society of America has dreamed of for decades, eager to acknowledge the team’s entire history across the years and its significance along with adding something new and exciting to the old and revered. I cried reading this, which is admittedly true for most things I love, but it’s a book like this that illustrates perfectly what the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide had meant in 1995 when they’d called the creation of the team second only to the invention of the superhero. I can’t think of a more beautiful way to announce the coming of a new JSA era!

Doomsday Clock (2017) A very take-it-or-leave-it kinda book, I know, and the intensity with which I came to love Doomsday Clock was a surprise even to myself but I genuinely believe it’s the series of the past decade. End of. It takes a special kind of fan to love what it says and does and means but a story about grief and love and legacy, a story that’s in effect about comic book history, that puts the JSA -- Alan Scott, specifically -- at its centre? You know I’m gonna be there. The ending in particular made me sob like no comic ever has before and when Jon understood Superman’s true purpose, I finally did too. “The rocket arrives. A child is loved. Superman is made.” That changed it all for me. I think Doomsday is also one of those rare books where a happy ending is a legitimately daring narrative choice, and the risk is more than worth it. One last stray thought to finish up this section: I’ve legitimately never found a more frighteningly real, deliciously well-written gay story in comics like Carver Colman’s entire arc here.

Before Watchmen: Minutemen (2012) Minutemen’s a book that likes to linger in its hurt, like pressing on a bruise for the hell of it and sitting with the ache. We know the outcome from the very first page, and Darwyn Cooke’s art is as melancholy as his writing. I’ve come back to this one again and again, sometimes just to look at it. As a Golden Age of Comics lover and enjoyer, the tragedy (the shipwreck!) of the Minutemen is precisely what I’ve always understood as implicit to the JSA and to see it all spelled out made it an absolute favourite in an instant.

Watchmen (1986) Hey, this list’s already dominated by Watchmen-adjacent books so, why not the original? My first thought upon finishing it was that the hype had been real this whole time and I couldn’t believe I’d lived my life blissfully unaware of everything this book has to offer. It’s still timeless, it still hits hard and it’s still a testament to the kind of love for comics that Alan Moore will never again show (and that Geoff Johns followed up perfectly in Doomsday Clock despite what you might’ve heard, after all at the core of Watchmen lies a truly encyclopedic knowledge of comic books and that’s a thing born out of love alone). All that being said, it ranks where it does because what’s always interested me in Watchmen has been the shadow of the story underneath the story, that of the Minutemen.

Nathaniel Dusk (1984)/Nathaniel Dusk II (1985) The quintessential film noir, in comic book form. Gene Colan’s art makes the miniseries but Dusk is a truly unique outing no matter how you look at it, and its status as ostensibly set in the real world makes it all that more fascinating. Nathaniel Dusk is a hardboiled detective whose career is marred by too-personal tragedy, and the book’s custom-made for anybody’s who’s as big on character studies and character-driven pieces as I am.

Manhunter (1973) There’s a lot that’s special about Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson’s most enduring creation, there’s no doubt about that, but I loved Manhunter so much it gave way to something within me that I’ve genuinely never experienced before: the day after I finished reading it I went out and bought the hardcover, the week after that I got the action figure, and by now I’ve bought every single special or trade these Detective Comics (1937) #437-443 backups have ever been collected or appeared in. It’s a story that begs to be interacted with in some real tangible way, that’s all I can say! James Robinson spoke once about what a phenomenon this had been when it’d first came out -- with its then-novel use of ninjas, violence like something out of an exploitation film, the very serious matter of a man killing to regain his identity (his soul!) and ultimately dying having done so -- but there’s no denying the impact hasn’t lessened any. Among the comics of any era, Manhunter is a stark outlier and a necessary breath of fresh air.

Flashpoint Beyond (2022) This little series somehow manages to outshine the event of the summer and just about all that’s followed it. Ostensibly a tie-in to Dark Crisis and theoretically bridging the gap between Doomsday Clock and The New Golden Age (year of Geoff Johns anyone?), what Flashpoint Beyond really is beyond all the pretexts is a deep-dive into a deeply traumatized man’s psyche. The book’s primary conflict is man vs. narrative as Flashpoint Thomas fights and fights against the very story he’s in until he can’t anymore. He refuses to play the hero the inhabitants of the Flashpoint world expect him to be but his rallying cry of ‘nothing matters’ because he’s seen his life destroyed twice over is ignored even by the story insisting him on placing him in the ill-fitting role of Batman, and the construction of this book is certainly something to see.

Cinder & Ashe (1988) I’m a great big fan of character-driven pieces, as we already know, and an even bigger fan of standalone miniseries that you simply can’t put down, throw in Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez’s art in the mix and I’m unlikely to ever stop thinking about it. At its heart, Cinder & Ashe is a story about the Vietnam war but it’s also a harrowing mystery thriller set in New Orleans and an exploration of racism, the military complex, and two lives consumed by grief. There’s very little I can say that won’t spoil the story but it’s here for a reason and I’d be willing to call it a legitimate all-time favourite by now.

The Night Force (1982) This is a real gem of DC’s horror/supernatural line and most certainly Marv Wolfman’s best work despite his decades in the business. A thoroughly entertaining and wildly compelling book, Night Force accomplishes the incredible feat of successfully balancing a main character that’s a complete enigma with a supporting cast of fallible all-too-human, all-too-real characters. If Baron Winters’ entry into the DC Universe at large is its most lasting impact, then Jack Gold is its true protagonist. As far as I’m concerned, there’s few sequences as sincerely terrifying and viscerally uncomfortable as the climax in issue #7 as Jack lies to save his life -- to save the world -- and the narration goes something like “He must spend a lifetime with this woman he does not care about. He does not love her, yet… yet there is that thing deep within Vanessa, that darkness that may again rise forth if she ever learned the truth. And Jack Gold cries. The horror is all his, the horror is all his.” I think about this so much and so often! For the obvious reasons, it’s quite possibly my favourite -- and one of the earliest -- gaycoded character arcs I’ve ever read.

Scribbly (1948) I’m a humor book aficionado, I’m practically Keith Giffen’s #1 fan, I read Ambush Bug (& Son) every time I’m feeling down, I like to think I know my stuff from Sugar & Spike to Bizarro Comics and whatever else you’ve got but-- Shelly Mayer’s Scribbly is a revelation. The grandfather of all humor comics and first published in 1936 by Dell Comics ‘till his move to All-American and then the above solo at National Comics (a man of the world!), the eponymous boy cartoonist is Mayer’s autobiographical creation and makes for one of the most startlingly clever, laugh-out-loud funny books I’ve read in my entire life. Scribbly isn’t just a fascinating case study in where the majority of gags we now take of granted originated or likely the world’s first autobiographical comic strip, it’s also sincerely creative, shockingly modern and firmly in a class of its own!

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JSA: The Liberty File (2000)/JSA: The Unholy Three (2003)

Catwoman: Lonely City (2021)

Enemy Ace/Balloon Buster (assorted)

Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice (1995)

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2021)

Human Target (2003)

Justice Society of America (2022)

Green Arrow (1983)

Adam Strange (1990)

Martian Manhunter: American Secrets (1992)

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Kroot Maxing

Or, can you build a 2000pt list in 10th edition with nothing but Kroot?

Right off the bat, maxing out Kroot Shapers with 3 units, and their our only leaders for 50 x 3

Kroot carnivores sadly do not have the battleline keyword, so we max out there at 3 units. To max model count and points, we’re taking 20 model units, so 150 x 3

Next, Krootox. They come in squads of three, and are ridiculously cheap pts wise, so we’re taking three units for 105 x 3

Kroot Hounds, at 12 models a unit and 90 x 3 for the max we can take

And lastly, because it’s the only Kroot unit left, three units of Kroot Farstalkers, for 105 x 3

Precision of the Patient Hunter, as it’s the only enhancement that doesn’t exclude Kroot (racist), for 20

For a grand total of 1520pts. Excluding the enhancement, exactly 3/4ths of a full army. Fuck

Now, you can do this for 500, 1000, and 1500 point games, but sadly Kroot arn’t going to be winning a  tournament anytime soon. Or are they? Let’s say we get sneaky, and count proxies as Kroot. Dinosaur ta’unar is out cause it’s 600 pts, but a storm surge is very affordable at 405. Strap that big gun to a dinosaur and your golden

We’ll also include stealth suit proxied Kroot (paint them green with scales and tails or something) to get us to 2000 pts exactly. Stealth suits give a bonus to FtGG, which Kroot can’t use (racist) but our Kroot proxied stormsurge can. Use that to wipe the big units while you focus on krootmaxing the smaller ones, and you’ve got a decent chance in a non-competitive game

And just for fun, let’s find out how much 1500pts of Kroot would cost in real world points, also known as dollars. I’m using MSRP for sake of this post, but you should never ever buy at store cost. Amazon has a flat 15% discount on all GW models, and you might find them cheaper on r/miniswap, eBay, or your local game store. You can get them even cheaper if your willing to proxy, have a 3d printer, or just use cardboard tokens. Anyways enough soapboxing, here’s the list

Assuming no cost reduction shenanigans, just buying straight from GW, Shapers are $21, so $63 for 3

Carnivores come in boxes of 16 for $64, so to get to 60 (units of 20 x 3 units) you would have to buy 4 boxes for $255, and you would have 4 Kroot extra. If you’re smart you could proxy those as Shapers to cut down on cost, but we’re just looking for one big GW approved number, so I won’t include that

Krootox are easier to count, and it’s one Kroot for one box. At $44 a box and 9 boxes, tht comes out to an eye watering $396. That’s enough to buy a Ta’unar and two arms, or 20% of a Manta

Kroot Hounds are $33 a box, but that’s a bit of a cheat, cause there’s only 4 in a box. For a full 12 dog unit it’s 3 boxes, at $90, which makes a full unit of Hounds only a dollar cheaper than a Hammerhead. For the sake of the list it’s $270, but never on gods green earth should you be paying 30 bucks for a third of a unit of shitty hounds. Just build your extra Kroot as Hounds, or don’t even bother cause they’re not that good

And lastly, Kroot Farstalkers. Easy peezy. $105 a box with 3 boxes is $315, which’s t this point just doesn’t even faze me despite that being a ludicrous amount of money

And now, the total cost of every Kroot unit you can legally play in a game of 40K, using only GW’s prices. You ready? Cause I promise you’re not. It’s $1,237 dollars. That isn’t including shipping, taxes, import cost, the cost of glue and paint, the trip to the hospital from inhaling the glue fumes from 150 models all drying

And for my last trick, that means the Kroot line as a whole, has a dollars to points ratio of 1:.82

For context, to buy a full 2000 pt army for $500s, you’d need a dollar to points ratio of 1:4

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Masterpost

Updated: 11/20/2024

Archive of Our Own

Need to find something in a hurry? Here you go!

Tags

#reblog - reblogs

#ask - anything pertaining to asks

#thoughts - anything not writing-related

#lmk fic - any piece of writing relating to "Lego Monkie Kid"

#dream smp - any piece of writing relating to the "Dream SMP"

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Lego Monkie Kid Fics

To Wait for You Would Mean to Wait an Eternity (And By Then It'd Be Too Late) - Macaque escapes his own death by refusing to interfere with Wukong's JTTW. Besides, FFM needs a king that'll nurse it back to its golden age, a role he believes he'll fit quite well.

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

Tomorrow's Far Away (So Let Me Dream of the Paradise I Share With You Today) - The struggle and pain Wukong is destined to go through doesn't start for another three months. For now, he enjoys his kingdom and the smug shadow that rests, ever-loyal, beside him.

This Isn't a Goodbye (But I Wish It Had Been) - This won't be the first time Macaque and Wukong utter their farewells, nor will it be their last. But gods does Macaque wish it would be.

Part 1 || Part 2

They Don't Call Him the "Great Sage" for Nothing [G/t Prompt] - Mk isn't new to being frustrated when trying to learn new abilities. But of all things, he never thought shrinking would take four hours to finally understand. God knows how long it'll take to get him back to normal.

I've Worked So Hard For This (And You Expect Me to Let It All Go?) [Warm-Up] - Wukong thought that his journey would be an official separation from the life he used to live on Flower Fruit Mountain. That is until a ghost from his past finds him, hoping to finally bring him home.

The Broken Pleas of a Familiar Face (And an Exhausted Shadow) - After centuries of being away from Flower Fruit Mountain, Wukong is finally able to visit its calming shores and his adoring subjects. Only, it's not joyous cheers and festivities that greet him, but his own shadow's tired eyes and pleads for him to stay.

Is It Really a One-Sided Friendship If You Just Haven't Convinced Them Yet? [5+1 Prompt] - Wukong doesn't know much about the shadow that lives in his favorite peach tree. He only knows they claim that they're "just too different" to be friends. Little does the shadow know, Wukong would rather die than give up a challenge.

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6

The Price I'll Pay to Keep You Safe and Far From the Life I've Lived - The day the Heavens descends into chaos is not the day Nezha expects to be given charge of the Universe's newest celestial monkey. Now he must decide Xiaotian's fate: to follow the court's desire and mold him into "Heaven's Grand Weapon" or banish him to live a normal life in the mortal realm.

A Paradox [Warm-Up] - MK confronts Nüwa's hypocrisy over the world's destruction.

Violet Hues and Misconstrued Pretenses [Warm-Up] - Wukong purposefully triggers Macaque's monkey instincts to fight over personal space.

Oh, Woe Is the King (of Losing Board Games) [Warm-Up] - Macaque decides to join the MK gang for game night, only to find out that even after centuries of life, Wukong is still terrible at board games and even worse at losing.

Drunk Words Are Crafted From Sober Thoughts - Wukong's internal compass will always lead him to Macaque, especially in moments of intoxication.

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far, Does It? - Pigsy comes back home to find MK and Tang have gotten into some shockingly wholesome mischief.

Yeehawgust Inspired Prompts

On the Road Again - Wukong's come to enjoy his life as a small town sheriff. That doesn't mean he'd pass up an opportunity to deliver cattle to a familiar town a week's ride south. Especially not with how excited MK is over the trip.

Gossip & Groom

Is a Good Night's Rest Really Too Much to Ask For (Yes. Yes It Is.) - For all the drama and squabbles Macaque's forced to endure on a day-to-day basis, all he asks for is a good night's rest so he can do it all over again come morning. But of course the Sisterhood still manages to worm themselves into his sleep schedule.

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Dream SMP Fics

Life is Unfair (But I'd Do Anything to Make it Fair for You) - "It'll get better," Quackity had promised. "Schlatt can't pick fights with me forever."

Five years later and Tubbo's tired of hoping for a better tomorrow.

Part 1 || Part 2

TommyInnit's First-Hand Guide on How to Say Goodbye - It was a stupid idea- especially with how badly Purpled was already handling Punz's death. The last thing Tommy wants is to shove the same grief onto his own family.

But at least it's better than not getting the chance to say goodbye.

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

TommyInnit's Therapy Sessions (Gone Right???) - As much as Tommy hates to admit it, maybe Puffy's therapy sessions have begun to work.

If You Must Hear Something (Please Let It Be This) [Warm-Up] - There is a reason c!Tommy is not an astronaut.

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Challenges

Prompt by Title Bingo

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Heart-to-Heart (What Heart?) [DreamSMP] - Who needs a soulmate when you can just fight crime instead?

Bad Things Happen Bingo

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[Leonine Contract] - Death is all Liu'er Mihou's known. That is, until it isn't.

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The Ichimoku Cloud & GBP/JPY: How to Unlock Hidden Profit Potential Trading the Forex market is a lot like trying to navigate a maze while wearing a blindfold. Now, throw in some fog, and you've got the British Pound to Japanese Yen (“GBP/JPY”) pair. This beast is known for its wild swings and moodier tantrums than a toddler denied candy at the checkout aisle. But here’s the thing: when you know how to use the Ichimoku Cloud like a pro, that fog becomes your secret weapon. Think of it like trading with X-ray goggles on, instead of stumbling around in the dark. Today, we're diving deep into the unconventional world of the Ichimoku Cloud—and yes, we're using it on GBP/JPY, the wild ride that makes your usual rush-hour commute feel like a walk in the park. This guide is packed with underground tips, little-known secrets, and some well-worn but highly effective tactics to help you cut through the noise and ride the market like a ninja surfer. Buckle up; it’s about to get cloudy (in a good way). Ichimoku Cloud: Cracking Open the Mystery Box The Ichimoku Cloud isn’t just any trading indicator; it's the Swiss army knife of technical analysis. Picture the Ichimoku as your weather forecast for price action: it can help you determine momentum, direction, and even upcoming stormy reversals. But here's the kicker—most traders just scratch the surface, using it like someone playing Chopsticks on a grand piano. GBP/JPY deserves better, and so do you. Why Most Traders Get It Wrong (And How You Can Avoid It) Let’s bust some myths before we go ninja on the Ichimoku. A lot of traders think the cloud is overly complicated—and let’s be real, it’s not exactly a “plug-and-play” indicator. But treating it like rocket science is a mistake. The truth is, Ichimoku Cloud is more like an espresso machine—it’s intimidating at first glance, but once you learn the magic buttons, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. The GBP/JPY is notorious for whipping around and throwing surprise parties with absurd guest lists (think sudden moves of 200 pips when nobody’s looking). Most traders end up on the losing side because they jump in without understanding the "hidden rhythm" that GBP/JPY often dances to. The key? Understanding the intricacies of the Ichimoku Cloud beyond the textbook. Kumo Breakouts: Catching the Real Action If you’re looking to get the most out of GBP/JPY with the Ichimoku Cloud, you need to be laser-focused on Kumo Breakouts. A Kumo (or cloud) breakout is a big signal for potential trend reversals or major shifts in momentum. Picture the Kumo as that thick, ominous patch of fog that tells you a sharp bend is ahead—cross it confidently, and you’re golden. But there's a catch: not all Kumo breakouts are born equal. The secret sauce is to wait for confirmation of the breakout with other Ichimoku components—look at the Chikou Span (a.k.a the lagging line) to see if it's confirming the price breakout. Think of it like a second opinion from your most cynical friend: if Chikou is agreeing, then you’re probably onto something good. The Hidden Pattern That Drives GBP/JPY Want a pro tip that most traders overlook? Pay attention to how the Kumo twists. When a Kumo Twist forms—that’s when the lead lines switch places—it’s a subtle heads-up that momentum is about to switch gears. GBP/JPY loves to fake out traders who aren't paying attention to these twists. Treat the twist like a plot twist in your favorite heist movie—anticipate it before it catches everyone else off-guard, and you’ll be the one smiling when the trend swings in your favor. A twist followed by a strong Tenkan-Sen/Kijun-Sen crossover (these lines are the fast and slow "weather vanes" in Ichimoku) can lead to explosive moves in GBP/JPY. It’s almost like watching the pieces of a puzzle click together—that ‘aha!’ moment—before the market goes ballistic. Tenkan and Kijun: More Than Just Pretty Lines These two lines aren’t just for decoration. The Tenkan-Sen (conversion line) and Kijun-Sen (base line) are like your high-school crush—sometimes distant, but when they cross, fireworks are guaranteed. The Tenkan-Kijun cross is incredibly powerful on the GBP/JPY pair, given its tendency to whipsaw and reverse. But here’s where we go deeper: look for divergences between these lines and the price. For example, if the Tenkan and Kijun are flattening out while the GBP/JPY price is pushing upwards, it’s like the car’s about to run out of gas. Flattening lines indicate that the momentum behind the move is weakening—which means that reversal traders can get a jump on their next entry by anticipating a retracement. The Forgotten Strategy That Outsmarted the Pros Alright, time for one of those “insider” secrets that rarely makes it out of closed-door trading sessions. GBP/JPY is notorious for respecting certain weekly pivot levels when these are overlaid with the Ichimoku Cloud. Combining Ichimoku with Fibonacci retracements and weekly pivots is like using a cheat code to determine high-probability reversal zones. Picture it like this: you’re following GPS directions, but it’s guiding you through shortcuts only locals know about—that’s exactly how this Ichimoku + Pivot + Fibonacci strategy works. By watching when price gets close to a weekly pivot level, you can use the Ichimoku Cloud to determine whether the price is likely to reverse or continue. Chikou Span: The Nostalgic Line That Predicts the Future Let’s chat about the Chikou Span or the lagging line for a second. It’s like that character in a mystery novel who can look at what happened and somehow tell the future—except the Chikou doesn’t just rely on luck. When Chikou Span is positioned above price and everything else lines up—cue the entry, because the bulls are about to rampage. One ninja move that works well on GBP/JPY is to use the Chikou Span to confirm a breakout. Remember, GBP/JPY moves fast—if the Chikou breaks through a prior resistance level, it’s like giving a green light to your trade. But Here’s Where the Real Magic Happens... GBP/JPY’s Underground Trends GBP/JPY likes to dance to the beats of economic news, especially anything related to the Bank of Japan (BoJ) or the Bank of England (BoE). Here's a lesser-known trick—look for divergences between what Ichimoku is saying and what the headlines are screaming. For example, if Ichimoku is showing a clear bearish trend (like a Kumo twist plus falling Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen) but BoJ news comes out bullish and GBP/JPY spikes... chances are, that spike will be short-lived. This is where seasoned traders capitalize, entering against the spike with the cloud as their shield. And speaking of shields, remember that GBP/JPY is prone to false breakouts during low-liquidity sessions (I’m looking at you, post-London, pre-Tokyo overlap!). Using Ichimoku can help you sidestep these pitfalls by highlighting whether the overall trend remains intact or if it’s time to close shop and sit it out. The One Simple Trick to Change Your Trading Mindset Think of Ichimoku Cloud like a storybook. It’s telling you what the market feels, where it’s headed, and what players are doing. Most traders look at GBP/JPY and react—they see a spike and think “I have to be in on this!”. The simple trick that changes everything? Don’t chase GBP/JPY; let Ichimoku tell you a story first. The Tenkan/Kijun cross? The twist? The Chikou Span drifting down memory lane—all of these are clues. The Ichimoku Cloud isn’t just technical analysis; it's more like trading with market insights served on a silver platter. Treat it that way, and watch how you transform from being the one constantly on the back foot to leading the dance with GBP/JPY. Ride the Ichimoku Cloud and Dominate GBP/JPY The GBP/JPY pair is, without question, one of the most unpredictable beasts in the Forex market—but that’s also what makes it so full of opportunity. The Ichimoku Cloud gives you the tools to see through the fog, make calculated moves, and understand when the market's throwing a tantrum versus when it's actually reversing. Treat the cloud not just as an indicator, but as a trading partner with elite-level insights. And remember, trading is more than numbers on a screen—it’s about understanding emotion, predicting behavior, and making calculated decisions. Use the Ichimoku Cloud the way it’s meant to be used, and you’ll have the kind of success that most traders only dream of. —————– Image Credits: Cover image at the top is AI-generated   Read the full article