#Javier Mena

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Mystique by Chris Bachalo, colors by Javier Mena

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Marvel Hall of Heroes - Cyclops Obligation Card / Artist: Roberto Di Salvo & Javier Mena Guerrero

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The Middle Geeks Episode 63: 'Dune: Part Two' Review

The Middle Geeks are joined once again by Roxana Hadadi to review the latest in the "Dune" franchise, "Dune: Part Two."

The second installment in Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Dune has arrived to theaters, but has it gotten any better in its display of SWANA cultures beyond appropriation? Roxana joins us once again to discuss. Continue reading The Middle Geeks Episode 63: ‘Dune: Part Two’ Review

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So I have a fun idea! Nacho stops by Aurelia's place and finds her cooking a delicious-smelling mole sauce, and when he asks who it's for, as it's way more than she could eat alone, she flippantly tells him, "Oh, it's for Javi." Nacho has never heard of this guy, and to his surprise, he's actually jealous! 🥺😂💖

LMAOO AWW oh absolutely are you kidding? Javier's a looker just like Nacho, he's also naturally flirtatious, AND he and Aurelia are a lot more aligned in energy, so I bet Nacho'd feel pretty threatened. Do you think he's easy to assuage in this situation or does that jealousy/possessiveness stick with him for a bit? How does he act around Javi the first time they meet given this? Does Aurelia like him a little jealous 😏 (Also in my mind I'm imagining Javi's at home making the same thing and they're swapping recipes to see whose is better, bc ofc they have to turn everything into a competition 😂)

Laughing to myself bc if Ximena did the same w Nacho, Javi would be so annoying abt it lol but in his Javi way. He'd feel actual jealousy at first, but once actually meeting and getting to know Nacho (and acknowledging the fact that Ximena's not that kind of girl), he doesn't feel threatened. He does, however, continue to act overly jealous for the bit. Sometimes it's funny, other times Ximena's ready to rip his head off. "Javi have you seen my phone" "Why do you need a phone, hm. So you can call your man on the side 🤨" "I'm going to beat you with a large stick."

Bonus bc it made me chuckle

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VOX exige al Gobierno impedir la distribución de menas por las diferentes regiones de España

Califica el reparto de menores extranjeros de “gravísimo peligro” para la seguridad de los españoles y una “vulneración del interés superior del menor”, que debe ser entregado a sus padres en su país de origen. • VOX también quiere poner en marcha todas las medidas necesarias para proceder al cierre de los centros de menas que crean inseguridad en nuestras calles, empezando por los más…

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(...) era stato un ministro spagnolo ad aprire e ostilità, pensando di fare lo spiritoso insinuando che (il presidente argentino Javier) Milei fa uso di sostanze stupefacenti. Conoscendo il personaggio, è esattamente come dare un cazzotto a Tyson, riceverne la prevedibile risposta e poi lamentarsi che il detto Tyson “mena”.

Più precisamente, il ministro dei Trasporti e della mobilità sostenibile (sic) Óscar Puente Santiago a una tavola rotonda ha raccomandato ai giovani "di essere se stessi" e, scherzando, ha aggiunto che «ci sono persone molto cattive che, essendo se stesse, sono arrivate in alto». E giù la citazione di Trump e del presidente argentino. (...) E poteva forse finire lì.

Ma poi ha insistito: «Ho visto Milei in TV -.. Quando è uscito, non so in che stato e prima di ingerire o dopo aver ingerito quali sostanze, ma è uscito per dire quello che aveva detto, qualche giorno prima... io ho detto: “È impossibile che vinca le elezioni”».

La risposta ufficiale della Casa Rosada è stata energica (...): «Il governo di Pedro Sánchez ha problemi più importanti da affrontare, come ad esempio le accuse di corruzione mosse contro sua moglie (...).», si legge nella nota ufficiale. La signora Sanchez è indagata con l'accusa di “spaccio di influenza e corruzione economica”. (...).

Ma la risposta del governo argentino ha riguardato anche il livello politico (...). «Pedro Sánchez ha messo in pericolo l’unità del Regno, accordandosi con i separatisti e portando alla dissoluzione della Spagna; ha messo a rischio le donne spagnole consentendo l'immigrazione clandestina di coloro che minacciano la loro integrità fisica; e ha messo in pericolo la classe media con le sue politiche socialiste che portano solo povertà e morte», continua la dichiarazione.

«Noi argentini abbiamo scelto di cambiare il modello che ci ha portato miseria e decadenza. Lo stesso modello che applica nel suo paese il Partito Socialista Operaio Spagnolo. Ci auguriamo che il popolo spagnolo scelga presto di nuovo di vivere in libertà», ha concluso. Il presidente di Vox Santiago Abascal, ha peraltro definito «molto moderata» la risposta di Milei agli «insulti molto gravi» di Puente (...).

via https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/esteri/39228038/pedro-sanchez-javier-milei-drogato-corrotto.html

Gioco, set, partita.

Trovo il tentativo di far lo spiritoso del ministro "della mobilità sostenibile" spagnolo una sorta di confessione di profonda inadeguatezza generica, applicabile a gran parte del mileu sinistro globale (i minus hanentes son piatti uguali ovunque). Noi sinistri schick, par dire, non capiamo un cazzo (le elezioni Milei le ha vinte), quindi insultiamo credendo di esser spiritosi.

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Why do you not like the new Dune movies?

Like if you want the short answer ultimately Denis Villeneuve is interested in much different things than I am when it comes to Dune. And that's fine, a lot of people are getting a lot of joy from his take but it's not my music so I'm not gonna dance.

Dune means multiple things for different people. And for me I enjoy most of what was cut/was changed. I like that House Atriedes is ultimately as amoral and ambitious as House Harkonnen. I like that Paul is in big ways a villain protagonist. Paul likes to paint himself as the victim of fate/destiny but I don't see him as one.

I love the tragedy of Stilgar being a noble and respected leader who lets himself lose some of his own humanity because he comes to believe in Paul as a messiah. I like that Jessica realizes far too late she's fucked up raising Paul and Alia and now they are what she's raised them to be- ambitious, violent and alienated from others around them.

I like that Feyd Rautha possesses flashes of true nobilty and intelligence but is ultimately dashed against the rocks of Paul's ascension.

The operatic quality isn't in the scale of the sets or crowds but in the humanity of the characters and their flaws.

Couple that with the fact Denis Villeneuve belongs to a school of film-making (ie how he paces, edits, scores his movies) that I just don't subscribe too. And they're just not movies I was ever going to like. (I am a film graduate who has made short films of my own so this is no small thing with me.) This qoute for example jus boggles my mind:

I'm also bummed to britches that he repeats a lot of things I didn't like in 84 film or the miniseries-like cutting Feyd's positive aspects, erasing how difficult Duke Leto can be. Seeing the Baron naked, him and Feyd kissing, etc.

I also feel really uncomfortable with the casting. Frank for all his flaws took as much care as he could making the Fremen not only true to the MENA cultures he pulled from but also the struggles of many First Nations peoples. His best friend was Quileute author, Howie Hansen and he had a lot of influence on Frank's writing both of Dune and other novels as well.

Javier Bardem is a white Spaniard and I don't feel comfortable with him being made a buffoon with this really broad Arabic accent.

There's also a dozen other nitpicky things I could bring up but would be unfair too.

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my mother is mauritian, so while i'm not mena, i am an african arab + indian from her side and this pisses me off so badly. it's a worse version of when shows try and cast half white actors as fully black characters and ignore that they were supposed to be dark-skinned originally. like why did got have a british-sudanese man and a chilean man playing brothers??? omg people of colour are not interchangeable. i'd almost be able to excuse it if they looked absolutely identical and it was a case of once in a lifetime casting but they barely even looked related 💀💀💀 the actors both did great jobs but it is TIRING. we will never be free

It's no insidious how they just get away with this racism. They'll use our cultures and history and cuisine and clothing and architecture our aesthetics overall to lay the foundation of these fictional set pieces, then the fandom will use racialized language when it comes to these characters because the writer himself makes use of racist tropes, and then HBO won't even cast the brown actors for the brown characters they're adapting! And they keep getting away with it! Don't even get me fucking started on the random assortments of different ethnicities who get to play the Dornish. Latino to Indian to Arab to biracial to fucking Kiwi ???? (What the fuck even were the Sandsnakes castings) just because these people all look "racially ambiguous" enough to be classified as "brown" which is not only a deeply racist stereotype to begin with in the first place, it's also just racist as shit because the characters are MENA. The setting is based on the MENA. There is not a single chance in hell a country like the UK is lacking in MENA actors. For fuck's sake, cast Middle Easterners for your fucking fantasy Middle Eastern characters @ HBO you bunch of racists. The way they keep on getting away with this crap too is just so evil because even Dune gets away with it. Why the fuck are half-white half-black Zendaya and full white Spaniard Javier Bardem playing Fremen, a peoples straight up based on North African nomads ??!

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Disney's upcoming movie releases

Disney is releasing many movies in cinemas and on the Disney+ streaming service. Family-friendly prequels and live-action remakes of cherished cartoon masterpieces are also included. The business adjusted its release calendar for future movies from its different studios this week. To view every title coming out in 2019, scroll down!

The Little Mermaid will be remade in live-action by Disney and released in theaters the following year. The movie, which stars Halle Bailey (The Color Purple, Grown-ish), tells the tale of Ariel, a mermaid princess who strikes a bargain with a sea witch to transform into a human so she may experience life on land and fall in love.

Jonah Hauer-King plays Prince Eric in the movie, while Melissa McCarthy, who starred in Bridesmaids, plays Ursula. Oscar winner Javier Bardem plays King Triton, Daveed Diggs plays Sebastian in Hamilton, Jacob Tremblay plays Flounder in Room, and Awkwafina, the breakthrough star of Crazy Rich Asians, plays Scuttle.

Based on the adored animation classic, Aladdin will soon be a live-action film. Guy Ritchie is the director, Mena Massoud plays Aladdin, and Naomi Scott plays Jasmine. In this rough retelling of the Arabian Nights, Aladdin encounters Princess Jasmine and discovers a magic lamp (Naomi Scott). He only fully sees his value once she unintentionally releases a giant genie.

Both fresh recordings of the songs and a fantastic score by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken are featured in the movie. It also has many DVD extras, such as an entertaining interactive 3D tour inside the Genie's lamp and a virtual trip on a magic carpet.

Disney transports you deep into the African wilderness with The Lion King, their 32nd animated film. It relates to the tale of Simba, a brave little cub who will grow up to rule the jungle. One of the all-time top-grossing animated movies is this one. It has music by Elton John and Hans Zimmer and a cast of believable animal characters.

The Lion King, directed by Jon Favreau, stars Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, James Earl Jones, and Beyonce Knowles-Carter as the voice actors. The successful animated feature Finding Nemo was followed up with Finding Dory. In a quest to find her family, she reunites everyone's favorite forgetful blue tang, Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres).

Andrew Stanton, who co-wrote and directed the first, is in charge of this. Thomas Newman, a composer for movies including Skyfall, The Help, and WALL-E, also contributed music to the movie. This tale of a fish in and out of water is full of emotional weight and recognizable characters, even though the plot doesn't attempt to rival Finding Nemo in terms of brains. Disney Pixar is a resounding winner.

Captain Jack, a down-on-his-luck character, senses the winds of misfortune blowing his way in Disney's newest swashbuckling adventure forcefully. He must now travel a dangerous sea in search of the fabled Trident of Poseidon, assisted by a clever and attractive astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy. As the swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp makes a comeback. His new castmates include Captain Barbossa, played by Geoffrey Rush, and the villainous Captain Salazar, played by Javier Bardem.

The first trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX, the ninth and final movie in the Skywalker saga, has been made available by Disney. The movie recounts the Resistance's struggle against the Galactic Empire and the malevolent First Order under the command of Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Domhnall Gleeson, Billy Dee Williams, and Naomi Ackie, a debutant, appear in the movie. J.J. Abrams, who also authored the script, is directing it.

One of the most well-liked attractions in Disney history is The Haunted Mansion. It is a classic and has been around for over 50 years. In 2023, a movie adaptation of the attraction is scheduled to debut, starring LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Jared Leto, and Jamie Lee Curtis, among others.

The narrative centers on Gabbie (Dawson), a single mother who moves into a mansion in New Orleans and learns about the building's extensive history of hauntings. She asks a priest, a historian, and tour guides to help exorcise her house.

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Perdoname por no ser suficiente,

Por no ofrecerle una vida,

Este corazón que siente,

Muere día a día,

Tan cansado, tan ausente,

Tan deseoso de compañía,

Tan lleno de pasión y amor,

Que crece en mi pecho, día a día,

Perdone por no llenar su tiempo, ni su día,

Por no llevarle flores.

Ni poderle dar alegría.

Perdone por ser distante y no cercano,

Por haber llegado tarde a su vida,

Por haber llegado hasta este día.

Sin más que mis manos para darle compañía.

Soy digital, más no real,

Soy solo teclas en un cristal,

Y usted merece estar en un pedestal,

Adorada y consentida, sin parar.

Diosa mía.

No hay mucho que ofrecer, hay mucho que callar,

Tanto que decir,

Lágrimas que ahogar.

Estas notas que suenan en mi alma,

Esta canción que canta,

Esta balada de amor.

No será escuchada, ni atendida,

Solo pasará incomprendida,

Pasajera mención,

En su vida.

Solo soy un número más de los tantos dichos,

de tantos nichos de pasión,

De tantas cartas vacías.

Comprendo,

estas asqueada,

De tanta nada, y de tanta ensoñación.

No soy uno más que no comprende,

Que no entiende,

Lo que tus ojos guardan en ese pecho.

Si supieras lo que veo,

Me abrazaría.

Pues los que miran tu carne,

Los que miras tus letras,

No saben cuanto pierden,

Al olvidarse de esa persona, de esa promesa,

de tanta luz y vida

Tan llena de dicha, maravilla,

De Dios la proeza.

De las ninfas poesía.

Perdone usted por no pararme a contemplar antes,

Tan bella obra maestra,

Por no estar aquí antes,

Del dolor, del maltrato, del tiempo y espacio.

No apreciar esa nobleza.

No estar para sostener su mano.

Me ganó el tiempo,

Se pasó la vida,

Y aunque no lo quiera

El azul del cielo.

Es lo que da significado.

vida a mi vida.

Sueño del sueño.

Amada mía.

Perdón por no ser lo que quieres,

Más aunque te alteres,

No dejaré de esta contigo.

Lo que me reste de vida,

Solo si así lo quieres.

vida mía.

Autor

Javier Mena

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Inmigración, ¡esperanza para el futuro de España! España será multirracial, multicultural y multiétnico, o no será... España tiene una necesidad estructural de gente joven. Los inmigrantes vienen por su propio interés, pero nuestro país también los necesita... Los menas de hoy son los mecánicos, electricistas, cocineros, policías, militares, ingenieros, médicos... si la llegada de inmigración ilegal incrementa la tasa de delincuencia en nuestro país, ¿cómo es posible que que la tasa de condenados (también estandarizada por la edad) de los ciudadanos residentes en España pertenecientes a países del resto de la UE (todos ellos inmigrantes legales) sea casi el doble de la de los españoles? Si queremos que España progrese socioeconómicamente, (...) hemos de fomentar el crecimiento demográfico (sólo una población grande y en crecimiento se puede permitir sufragar los altos costes de nuestros sistemas de defensa nacional y de infraestructuras) y la apertura a los flujos migratorios... los obstáculos a la inmigración que algunos propugnan desembocan irremediablemente en un retroceso socioeconómico (Jesús Javier Sánchez Barricarte, Un. Carlos III)

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Guía de lectura: La velocidad de la luz, de Javier Cercas

1. BREVES APUNTES BIOGRÁFICOS Javier Cercas Mena nació en Ibahernando (Cácares) en 1962. En 1966 se trasladó junto a su familia a Tarragona. En 1985 termina sus estudios de Filología Hispánica en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Más tarde se trabajará como profesor en la Universidad de Illinois, en Urbana. Cercas está casado y tiene un hijo. Actualmente es profesor de literatura en la…

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Marvel Hall of Heroes - Gambit Boost Icon / Artist: Ario Anindito & Javier Mena Guerrero

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The Middle Geeks Episode 64: LIVE at Awesome Con (Washington D.C.)!

The Middle Geeks are LIVE at Awesome Con discussing all things SWANA representation!

The Middle Geeks are LIVE at Awesome Con, discussing all things SWANA/MENA Representation! Continue reading The Middle Geeks Episode 64: LIVE at Awesome Con (Washington D.C.)!

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i’m humbly requesting a little stardew-esque fact sheet abt ximena. what would she love to be gifted. what does she hate. if i got her to max heart level what would happen. i love her

HI HEATHER I'M AN ABSOLUTE FLOP WHO CAN'T ANSWER ASKS IN A TIMELY MANNER pls take a looney tunes hammer and bonk me w it i give u permission

on the upside i have located my tablet pen and had a lot of fun putting a chart together for her but for real ! let's get the rundown

loves, in order: strawberries, rainbow shells, coffee, wine, complete breakfast, sunflowers, and solar essence :) what a surprise, the summer baby loves the sun. more at 11

hates, in order: cabbage, beer (more accurately, she's picky abt her beers-- she has one or two she actually likes and the rest taste like trash to her), void mayonnaise, void essence, mushrooms, coleslaw, and artichoke >:3 don't be fooled this girl loves her veggies, she'll tear up some broccoli rabe, but these few ones greatly offend her

relationships, in order: Javier (main squeeze- unless you can win her over 😳), her cousin @el-michoacano's Aurelia, her mama Fatima, Tuco, and Lalo teehee...

"Big Three" zodiac chart: cancer sun, virgo moon, libra rising

I used a SV sprite creator for Mena, Javi, and Lia but wasn't satisfied w how the other three were coming out so I used some other SV characters as a template and drew them manually!!

Ximena's probably one of the first NPCs you would meet and she'd be friendly out the gate, but she can be a little reclusive and shy. With a bundle of strawberries, a bouquet of sunflowers and a pretty shell she'll be yours ! Once she reaches max heart level she would have a heart event where you two are bundled outside in her backyard at night. She has a lot of pretty fairy lights strung up around the porch and you let her ramble about how stars used to be the primary mode of navigation. "Sky maps," Ximena sighs. "After that I fell in love with maps of all kinds. I couldn't get enough of it. I carry this with me-" she pulls out a worn, well-loved compass. "A present from my dad for my 12th birthday. Ever since losing everyone, on the days I'm really missing them, my husband, my brother... I pull this out and come outside, find South and sit in that direction." You ask her why. "South is Chihuahua. South is home. If I look back, it's like... I don't know, like I'm looking back in time. Like they're still there. All I have to do is look South on this compass and everyone's waiting for me at the dinner table." Huddled under one blanket against a light nighttime breeze, she lets you hold the compass, and it feels like the highest honor.

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O Rei das sombras – Javier Cercas

O autor escreve a história de seu tio-avô que morreu muito jovem, aos 19 anos, na Guerra Civil Espanhola. Ele sempre se envergonhou da história da família, que apoiou Franco. Após muitos anos, sem grande vontade de escrever o livro, foi pesquisando a vida desse jovem, que morreu tão cedo e descobrindo coisas que o fizeram mudar sua visão estereotipada desse tio. Uma leitura um pouco difícil, pois fala-se muito das batalhas, dos pequenos povoados e vilas, sem que o livro tenha trazido um mapa que poderia auxiliar muito a leitura.

“De repente compreendi. E o que eu compreendi foi que Manuel Mena nem sempre havia sido um jovem idealista, um intelectual provinciano deslumbrado com o brilho romântico e totalitário da Falange, e que em algum momento da guerra tinha deixado de ter a mesma noção da guerra que os jovens idealistas sempre tiveram e deixara de considerar que a guerra era o lugar onde os homens se encontram consigo mesmos e exibem sua verdadeira grandeza. Por um momento eu disse a mim mesmo que Manuel Mena não só havia conhecido a nobre, bela e antiga ficção da guerra pintada por Velásquez, mas também a moderna e aterrorizante realidade pintada por Goya, e disse a mim mesmo que a condensação febril de sua vida fugaz de guerreiro lhe permitira passar em poucos meses do ímpeto exaltado, utópico e letal de sua juventude para o desencanto clarividente de uma maturidade precoce.”

Velásquez – A rendição de Breda

Os fuzilamentos de 3 de maio – Goya

Os desastres da guerra (gravura 39)  - Goya