#John Blackstar

[doctormerkury]

The Overlord, Neptul and the Palace Guard from Filmation’s Blackstar cartoon.

[apocalypse-polakiewicz]

Nick Derington

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John Ricci 14/01/1956

[blackjohnjay]

Black John Jay

“Mr. Minis”

The Album

@popularlosers

12th Dynasty

[rockposerdotcom]

The Dead Daisies Rock With Blackstar Amplification

Renowned rock band The Dead Daisies and Blackstar Amplification, leading manufacturer of guitar amplifiers, proudly announce their new partnership. Band members Doug Aldrich, Michael Devin and David Lowy look forward to being powered by Blackstar Amps for all their live shows. This exciting venture coincides with the recent announcement of their highly anticipated upcoming 2023 world tour…

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David Bowie died on this date, January 10th, in 2016, two days after his 69th birthday and two days after he released his final album, Blackstar (which Bowie recorded as a goodbye, knowing he was dying of cancer). His death hit me hard, as it did for legions of his fans. I bought Blackstar on vinyl on its release date, and I was stunned when Bowie passed away two days later.

I have a wonderful memory of seeing the Bowie movie Moonage Daydream in 2022 at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, with the audience singing along and people dancing in the aisles. It was very much like a blessing, a religious experience.

Guy the Cat with Bowie's Bookshelf: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life, by John O'Connell. Bowie was a voracious reader.

Rest In Peace, David Bowie.

[docgold13]

Profiles in Villainy

The Overlord

The tyrannical warlock known only as The Overlord is the supreme ruler over the alien planet of Sagar.  He comes from a long line of despots who have lorded over Sagar and its denizens with the combined might of the Powersword and the Starsword.  

These two swords became disconnected and while Overlord retained the Powersword, the Starsword fell into the hands of the marooned human astronaut named John Blackstar.  Using the powers of the Starsword, Blackstar helped to lead a rebellion to topple Overlord’s oppressive regime.  

The Overlord meanwhile continues to seek out the Starsword so to regain his full power and put down the rebellion once and for all.  He has sent his many minions after Blackstar and has battled the hero himself, but has thus far been unable to achieve his goals.  

Actor Alan Oppenheimer provided the voice of The Overlord, with the villain first appearing in the debut episode of Blackstar, airing on September 12th, 1981.

[drmarioman]

Okay, I'm gonna do something funny.

Giving bands I've listened to a number rating

Here's my music playlist for reference:

I'll only be ranking bands or musicians that I have listened to 3 different songs from. So MF Doom will not be on the list, sorry

Queen

Rating: 9/10

Favorite song: Don't Stop Me Now

Notes: I'm pretty sure it's impossible to not have listened to at least 1 Queen song. They're one of the most popular bands out there for a reason.

Daft Punk

Rating: 10/10

Favorite song: Instant Crush or Make Love

Notes: Actually my favorite musical duo of all time. They haven't fumbled the bag with their albums once, and they went out on a perfect high note with Random Access Memories.

Scatman John

Rating: 7.5/10

Favorite song: Scatman's World or Scatman (Game Over Jazz)

Notes: Probably one of the most inspirational guys in media. He took his verbal problems and turned it into his career. I hope he rests in peace.

Pink Floyd

Rating: 7/10

Favorite song: Wish You Were Here or Comfortably Numb

Notes: Weird band, since they can range from high highs to aggressively middling. The good outweighs the bad, though, and The Wall movie slaps hard.

Tenacious D

Rating: 9/10

Favorite song: Wonderboy

Notes: Petition to let Jack Black make a song for any upcoming movie.

David Bowie

Rating: 9.5/10

Favorite song: Blackstar or Starman

Notes: The fact that you can see David's bulge in Labyrinth either convinces me I should watch it or keeps me away from it. Depends on the day.

John Williams

Rating: 8.5/10

Favorite song: Superman theme

Notes: I'm surprised he's still alive at this point.

Ween

Rating: 8/10

Favorite song: Ocean Man

Notes: They made a song called "Waving My Dick in the Wind." Haven't listened to it yet

Toby Fox

Rating: 10/10

Favorite song: Undertale

Notes: If I remember correctly, didn't Toby make some tracks for YIIK? What's he doing in there?

Lemon Demon

Rating: 9/10

Favorite song: Touch-Tone Telephone, Cabinet Man, or Two Trucks

Notes: My mom hates Lemon Demon because of Two Trucks.

C418

Rating: 10/10

Favorite song: Aviva

Notes: N/A

Neil Ciciereaga

Rating: 7/10

Favorite song: Mouth Pressure or Bustin

Notes: The Mouth Albums go extraordinary hard for what are essentially glorified All-Star memes.

Bill Wurtz

Rating: 9/10

Favorite song: the ending or here comes the sun

Notes: hi, you're on a rock, floating in space. pretty cool, huh?

Duster

Rating: 10/10

Favorite song: Inside Out or Me and the Birds

Notes: Just discovered them. Those stupid Sisyphus memes were good for something.

Austin Farwell

Rating: 8.5/10

Favorite song: New Home (Slowed)

Notes: Prepare to rethink everything you've done.

Will Wood

Rating: 9.5/10

Favorite song: "Mr. Capgras," "Love, Me Normally," or "Against the Kitchen Floor"

Notes: The difference between his first three albums and "in case I make it" is the funniest thing I've seen. Bro pulled a 180 (or a 90). Good for him.

Conclusion

Music is cool. Bye

[enrichmyenclosurenow]

The Barovian Bitches are back in action! We took a couple week break because a few of our members were on vacation and transitioning to college, but we will resume our sessions and content creation soon after everyone has settled in!

We have a special project in the works that we are all every excited for still very much a work in project and in the early stages however we are all eager to be working on it

Stay tuned-😈

You guys have been quiet for a while... Do you all still play??

Yes we do!

Just the person who pays the most attention to this blog has been away in another country for 2 weeks. But they are back again!!

We will be playing again this Wednesday. We're actually thinking of putting together something fun. But I'll keep that a secret until that becomes more tangible. ;)

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Aikatsu: The Stars of Legend-Birthdays, gems, and ages

Author's Note: Season 1 takes place from August 2022-December 2023, while Season 2 takes place from January 2024-August 2024. Season 3 will take place from September 2024 onwards.

Season 1:

Raki-December 7, 2005 (Blue Chalcedony; S1: 16 years old; S2: 18 years old)

Wakaba-September 3, 2004 (Pink Sapphire; S1: 17 years old; S2: 19 years old)

Radiance-April 23, 2005 (Yellow Diamond; S1: 17 years old; S2: 18 years old)

Clara-March 18, 2005 (Morganite; S1: 17 years old; S2: 18 years old)

Susie Sokolova-January 23, 2006 (Rose Quartz; S1: 16 years old; S2: 17 years old)

Alexandra J.-March 18, 2006 (Morganite; S1: 16 years old; S2: 17 years old)

Noelle-December 25, 2004 (Topaz; S1: 17 years old; S2: 19 years old)

Yvoria-July 16, 2005 (Ruby; S1: 17 years old; S2: 18 years old)

Ruthie-May 3, 2005 (Chrysoprase; S1: 17 years old; S2: 18 years old)

Rachel-May 3, 2005 (Chrysoprase; S1: 17 years old; S2: 18 years old)

Season 2:

Queen Alexandra-December 1, 1844 (Tanzanite; 179 years old)

Empress Maria Feodorovna-November 26, 1847 (Citrine; 176 years old)

Crown Princess Thyra-September 29, 1853 (Blackstar Sapphire; 170 years old)

Queen Wilhelmina-August 31, 1880 (Gray Spinel; 143 years old)

King Charles XIII-October 7, 1748 (Rubellite; 275 years old)

King Charles XIV John-January 26, 1763 (Garnet; 260 years old)

King George IV-August 12, 1762 (Peridot; 261 years old)

Prince Edward-November 2, 1767 (Citrine; 256 years old)

Princess Victoria-August 17, 1786 (Gray Spinel; 237 years old)

Rosetta-March 27, 2007 (Morganite; 17 years old)

Theodora-September 18, 2005 (Iolite; 18 years old)

Season 3:

Marcella-February 19, 2005 (Amethyst; 19 years old)

Grand Duchess Charlotte-January 23, 1896 (Rose Quartz; 128 years old)

Grand Duchess Xenia-April 6, 1875 (Yellow Diamond; 149 years old)

Princess Alice-December 25, 1901 (Topaz; 123 years old)

Queen Desideria-November 8, 1777 (Gray Quartz; 247 years old)

[doctormerkury]

28mm John Blackstar and his dragon steed Warlock from the Filmation cartoon series. Predating He-Man and full of some great art. Bases are by Dragonforge.

[blueikeproductions]

Heathers AU 80’s Pop Culture Interests

Veronica: Loves classical literature, John Hughs movies, and Disney movies. Enjoys an occasional fantasy film like The Princess Bride, Willow and Legend (the Tom Cruise movie where Tim Curry plays the devil btw). can usually be found B Dalton Booksellers at the Sherwood Mall pouring through its collection on the weekend. Developed an interest in Transformers from her friendship with Dan.

Martha: Particularly enjoys cute things. A huge movie fan and a bit of film snob, she loves Princess Bride above all else. Likes Jim Henson projects, Disney, My Little Pony, She-Ra, Peanuts, ALF, Garfield, Heathcliff, and sitcoms like Punky Brewster, Saved By The Bell and Mama’s Family.

Dan: Wears his interests proudly. Transformers, ALF and Disney Ducks, specifically DuckTales, are his top interests. Likes sci-fi and fantasy movies like The Last Starfighter, Wizards, Dragonslayer, The Dark Crystal, The Flight of Dragons, They Live, Enemy Mine, and The Transformers: The Movie. Famously he was the only one in his friend group back in Hawkins, NOT traumatized by the death of Optimus Prime. Can usually be found at Waldenbooks, KB Toys, Hills and Ames looking for books and Transformers. Likes sitcoms like Family Matters, Doogie Howser and Growing Pains.

JD: Likes chaos and dinosaurs, especially when the two go together. Dabbles in classic literature, and likes Dr. Jeckle & Mr. Hyde in particular. His favorite non Slushee thing is the trading card series Dinosaurs Attack!. Likes The Transformers, with his favorite teams being the Dinobots and Terrorcons. He also likes Soundwave’s two dinosaur cassettes Overkill and Slugfest. Enjoys westerns, schlocky monster/Kaiju movies, RoboCop, the Mad Max series, Escape From New York, The Terminator, Hellraiser, Critters, The Dark Crystal (mostly because of how gnarly the Skeksis look), The Secret of NIHM, Rock & Rule, and shooting games like Operation Wolf and Duck Hunt. Also enjoys crime shows like Wiseguy and Hunter.

Red Heather: Enjoys romance and mystery movies like Cocktail, Dirty Dancing, Body Double, The Bedroom Window and Vision Quest. Looks down on those who still watch cartoons at their age like Dan and Specs, despite she herself liking a good Bugs Bunny cartoon once and awhile. Enjoys teen gossip magazines like Teen Beat, ‘Teen, and Super Teen, but doesn’t read much otherwise.

Green Heather: A closet Muppets, Indiana Jones and Star Wars fan. Particularly likes the Ewok spin off movies, but desperately tries to hide this from the other Heathers. Absolutely hates romance movies like Can’t Buy Me Love, and chafes when Red Heather forces her to watch them for movie night. Has a thing for musicals like The Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express and Cats.

Gold Heather: Despite her sweet demeanor and appearance, she LOVES horror and slasher movies like Hellraiser, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Child’s Play, Army of Darkness, Creepers, and Fright Night. The bloodier and more chaotic, the better. Red and Green are too disturbed to really judge or comment and just let Gold enjoy herself. She also dabbles in anime because of Specs, owning a Doraemon keychain he gifted her clipped to her purse. When asked by others, she denies knowing what it is and just found it cute in a crude attempt to protect her reputation.

Specs: HUGE Star Wars fan. Had he survived, he would also be a fan of the Prequels and Sequels, mostly happy there’s more movies to enjoy and analyze, despite agreeing the sequels aren’t that great. Big anime fan, enjoying stuff like Space Adventure Cobra, Demon City Shinjuku, Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX, Doraemon, Saint Seiya, Space Warrior Baldos, Robot Carnival, Giant Gorg, Ronin Warriors and Sherlock Hound, but particularly loves Tatsunoko Productions like the various Time Bokan series and Tekkaman.

Kurt: Enjoys stuff like Conan the Barbarian, TMNT, He-Man, Thundercats, Thundarr the Barbarian, Blackstar and Bravestarr, but hides it initially. He-Man is his jam, and is both his “gay awakening” and the reason he started working out and getting into sports. Once admitted to Dan that Prince Adam/He-Man is his idol and who he strived to be, but failed and instead became an Evil Warrior like Two-Bad (in conjunction with Ram). Likes to collect He-Man toys but is often in a disguise when going to places like KB Toys to find them. Similarly likes collecting He-Man and TMNT comics but tries to hide them In between workout and swimsuit magazines. Also reads the gay model magazine Stud Puppy, but isn’t as good at hiding it… Actually got to model for Stud Puppy in his early twenties as part of a personal milestone.

Ram: A big TMNT fan, especially the movies and video games, but initially hides it. Is actually a pretty big gamer when he’s not playing football, and frequents the arcades to play the games albeit in disguise. An expert BurgerTime, Pole Position, Contra, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Donkey Kong player, and is very fond of Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Isn’t particularly great at sports games like ExciteBike and Track & Field ironically. A casual fan of Star Wars, and unsurprisingly his favorite part of Return of the Jedi is the slave Leia stuff. Enjoys testosterone charged movies like Top Gun, The Running Man, Commando, Bloodsport, Big Trouble in Little China and The Warriors.

Betty: Similar tastes to Veronica and Martha. Seems particularly into Care Bears, ironic given her cruelty later on. Likes sitcoms like Family Ties, The Golden Girls and Nightcourt.

Jamie: Shares Dan, Kurt, Ram and Spec’s interests. Big Dungeons & Dragons kid and loves the cartoon. Big movie guy like Martha. Enjoys stuff like V, Quantum Leap, TerraHawks, Poltergeist, Batteries Not Included and Flight of the Navigator.

Thrash: Shares Ram’s interest in testosterone based movies. Big Arnold Schwarzenegger and Slyvester Stallone fan.

Throttle: Like Veronica, he is a bit of a bibliophile, and enjoys classic literature. Likes Steven King and the Dune series in particular.

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about:

This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

Mia is a canon character from Arrow. All details vary based on verse, but in general I pull her from after the point where Felicity goes to meet Oliver in the afterlife, but before the universe resets to make Mia a socialite. She has all the memories of being raised by Felicity and training with Nyssa and Oliver. Given that her dad died being a hero, she has a lot of doubts about the hero lifestyle and refuses to pick up the bow in his place. Instead, she makes a living as the undefeated cage fighter, Blackstar, in Star City and also dabbles in cyber crime, where she picked up her ganddad's old codename the Calculator.

wanted connections:

This is by no means a comprehensive list, and I can roll with most muses as far as basic interactions. I’m happy to ship Mia with other comics characters and OCs/fandom crossovers based on chemistry, but unless they’re on my OTP list, they need plotting and interaction first. There is never any pressure to ship with me, even if they’re on my list.

OTPs: Zoe Ramirez, Connor Hawke Family: William Clayton, Felicity Smoak, Oliver Queen, Thea Queen, John Diggle, Laurel Lance Other: John Constantine (she feels she owes him a debt for helping to locate Oliver's soul), Bucky Barnes (he understands her misgivings about heroes), Clint Barton, Kate Bishop, Artemis Crock, Daryl Dixon (all the archer team-ups, please!)

default verses:

arrowverse: Ignores the multiverse reset and picks up following Oliver and Felicity's deaths. Mia lives in Star City, working as Blackstar the cage fighter and the Calculator in cyber crime.

multiverse!madness: Various comics universes collide, whether Marvel/DC/etc. have always existed on the same Earth, or other-dimension shenanigans are at work. Duplicate friendly!

college!verse: All the heroes of comics live happily ever after and raise their kids. Mia and William are raised together by Oliver and Felicity. Mia is typically attending college and training to be a hero simultaneously, per her parents' request that she experience some "normal" life.

[tinycurlyfry]

Tag game: 3 books, 3 movies, and 3 songs

that changed your life or you just love.

thanks for the tag @karinzany . Same as the other ones I've done, I'm very hesitant to put any sort of pressure on someone to do these but if you follow me and would like to join in, by all means consider yourself tagged!

Explanation/Context:

Books Avalon Web of Magic Series / The Enchanted Forest Series - I'm putting these two together because they were both like- the formative books that solidified my love for fantasy. I LOVED both these books as a kid

Soul Eater - I think this is the manga series that definitely got me into manga. There may have been a few individual volumes of a manga series that I read before Soul Eater but Soul Eater is the first one I remember my friends and I being INVESTED in. BlackStar was my favorite character and I both apologize and will not defend him. I just remember really liking his development throughout the series ;;;; (the manga not the anime)

Movies Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - I watched this movie on REPEAT when I was a kid. This was my sick movie, my feel-good movie, my "I'm bored and want to listen to these banger songs" movie. I could not begin to count the number of times I watched this movie.

A Knight's Tale - I mean, the real answer here is The Princess Bride but I want to give the spot to A Knight's Tale because I feel like it doesn't get talked about NEARLY as much. It's such a fun (and dare I say kind of gay? yes I will back up this opinion if asked) movie and it combines my love for the medieval/fantasy setting and my sense of humor. If you liked the most recent Dnd movie, I think you would really like this movie.

Treasure Planet - Its got action, its got humor, its got found family, its got a really wonderfully complex villain, its got sci fi flying ships!!! Like, come on. This movie is SO GOOD and yes it is largely because of Jim Hawkins' and John Silver's characters.

Songs

Misery Fell by Tally Hall - I love Tally Hall/Miracle Musical so much and Misery Fell was what introduced me to them. I found it through an Adventure Zone Animatic and I've LATCHED onto their music.

The Middle by Jimmy Eats World - This was my "This song is about me!" song as a kid. It was a song my older brother listened to and as I middle child I heard the lyrics and was like "I'm in the middle! That's me!". 12 year old (?) me has definitely cried to this song at least once.

Lollipop by Mika - I'm including this song as the representative song for those songs in high school that I would put on to sing at the top of my lungs. World is mine by Miku is a close second though. They're only meaningful to me in that they were my source serotonin riding the bus home.