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Hey guys! I'm so excited to share my love for Nova Hall with all of you on this fan page. If you haven't heard of her yet, trust me, you're in for a treat! Nova is a super talented musician with a voice that gives me chills every time I listen to her songs.

What I love most about Nova is how real and honest she is in her music. Her lyrics feel like she's speaking directly to me, like she understands all the ups and downs of life. And even though her music can be sad sometimes, it also makes me feel hopeful and inspired.

Not only is Nova an amazing musician and producer, but she's also someone I really look up to for her advocacy for mental health and climate change. As someone who's struggled with anxiety and depression myself, it means a lot to me that Nova uses her platform to talk openly about these issues and encourage others to get better.

So, on this fan page, we'll be sharing all the latest updates on Nova's music and performances, as well as resources for mental health support. Let's come together as fans and support Nova as she continues to create beautiful music and make a difference in the world.

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𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 [𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄] — 𝐒𝐊𝐘𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐘

one / two / masterlist / wattpad

summary: when someone asks you out, things get tense between you and Skye and you aren’t sure how to deal with it.

warning/s: the usual warnings that have come with this fic lol.

author's note: and here's the last part! this was a fun one to write, and it's always fun to write for naomi since there aren't many characters of hers i can write for!! (still salty terra nova was cancelled 😭). So yeah, hope you guys like it 🥰

Skye was recording some bits at a studio in the city and we were supposed to hang out after, but I didn't have much else to do and ended up arriving early. As she finished up, I hung around to let her finish, snooping around the building and chatting with some of the staff there.

As I was, I ended up getting caught in some conversation with one of the production assistants, Anna. It was always nice to get to know new people, but I didn't realise it was more than that until she started to flirt with me. Maybe she always was and I was too dumb to notice, but I was awkwardly flattered.

Still, she was interesting and we seemed to get on, getting lost in conversation for about ten minutes. Only when Skye finally finished in the studio and left to find me did the conversation end.

"There you are," she said with a smile when she saw me, before noticing Anna. "Oh, hello."

"You're Skye Riley," Anna noticed with an amazed smile, before glancing at me. "You know, I thought you were playing me when you said she was your friend."

I exhaled with amusement, shaking my head. "Not playing."

She gave me a surprised look before looking to Skye politely. "Sorry, how rude of me. I'm Anna. I work here. Big fan of your music."

"Nice to meet you, Anna," Skye greeted with an easygoing smile.

"You done?" I asked Skye, referring to her work.

"Done," she confirmed.

I nodded, before offering a friendly nod to Anna. "It was great meeting you, Anna. I should go. Skye and I have plans."

Anna nodded. "Of course, yeah, you mentioned..." She paused, hesitating as she glanced shyly at Skye before meeting my gaze. "Did you wanna, maybe, hang out some time?"

I raised an eyebrow, hoping my surprise wasn't too obvious. Skye swallowed awkwardly when she realised what was happening.

"Sorry, I'll give you guys a moment," she mumbled before leaving to wait down the hall.

I didn't know what to think as I looked back to Anna, seeing her waiting hopefully. "I– sure."

Anna breathed out, relieved, as she pulled out her phone. "Great. You wanna put your number in here and I'll text you so you have mine?"

I nodded, body working on autopilot as we exchanged numbers. It wasn't that she wasn't lovely – she really was – but I wasn't used to someone actually outright flirting with me like she had been. Plus, I was always awkward when it came to pretty girls.

"Got it," I said when my phone dinged with a text from her.

"Awesome," she said with a bright smile. "I'm expecting a message," she added jokingly.

"Sure," I said with a nervous smile.

She chuckled before straightening up. "Right, I'll let you go. See you soon, Y/N. Hopefully."

"See you," I said as I watched her leave, still surprised at how someone as pretty as her actually wanted a date with me. And so confidently too.

Shaking my head, I rejoined Skye who was lurking at the end of the hallway, watching the whole encounter as much as she tried to pretend she wasn't.

"Hey," she said when I stopped by her side. "Ready?"

I hummed as I fell onto step with her, the two of us going to the lift.

"So, who was that?" she asked whilst we waited inside. "You got a date?"

I shrugged, still replaying the encounter in my mind. "We just got to talking and I wasn't expecting her to be interested in me, but... yeah. She gave me her number."

Skye nodded, eyebrows raised slightly. "Cool... so are you interested?"

I glanced at her, unsure. "I don't know. I just wasn't expecting it. You know I get talking to people when I'm bored."

She smiled slightly. "Yeah, I do. It's so annoying how social you are sometimes."

I rolled my eyes playfully and continued, "I'm not sure if I'll text her."

She hummed, looking to the lift doors as they opened, and stepped out. Her lack of advice was disorienting me.

"Do you think I should?" I asked, falling back into step with her.

"What?" she asked, glancing over at me with an unreadable expression.

I quirked a brow, wondering if she was even listening. "Text her back?"

She nodded slowly. "Well, do you want to?"

I felt my cheeks grow warm as I looked away, smiling nervously. "I don't know."

"It can't hurt, can it? It might be nice."

I chewed on my lip, pondering her words. I wasn't even sure why I was overthinking it. It was just a date.

"Just take it easy though," she said nonchalantly as we walked out the building and down the street. "You don't wanna lead her on or anything."

"True," I agreed. "Might be worth a shot though. We did get on. The spark was there."

"Just don't get attached," she warned, glancing sideways at me. "You tend to do that."

It took a moment for her words to digest, and when they did, I grew offended. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"What? You do," she said lightheartedly, but it did nothing to put me at ease. Probably noticing my expression, she tried to amend her words. "Sorry, what I meant was– you go all in, y'know? I just don't want to see you get hurt."

I blinked, looking ahead. "Wow. Thanks."

"No, I didn't mean it as an insult," she said quickly, hand wrapping around my arm as if to get my attention. "I'm just looking out for you, Y/N."

I didn't know why her words stung, but they did. Was that seriously how she viewed me? As someone who got overly attached?

It made sense, in some way, especially after everything that happened with us. But it still hurt coming from her, probably because deep down I knew she was right. Except, the only person I'd ever gotten attached to was her. My mistake, I was well aware.

Suddenly, she stopped in front of me, facing me with a guilty frown on her lips. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. It wasn't nice of me to say."

I looked down. "Doesn't matter."

"It does," she said firmly, squeezing my arm. "Really. I'm so sorry."

A little embarrassed, the familiarity of the situation creeping in, I shook my head. "It's fine. Let's just go find somewhere to eat."

To my relief, she gave in and we both continued walking to find somewhere. Admittedly, the tension was still present on my side, my feelings stewing with each step. It was disheartening, knowing she thought of me like that, joke or not.

We ate in an awkward silence, and Skye made attempts at conversation but I couldn't force myself to entertain them.

"How's your burger?" she asked, nodding to my plate. "Food here's nice, isn't it?"

I hummed halfheartedly, picking at my fries.

She sighed softly, losing her smile. "Y/N, I didn't mean what I said before."

"It's fine," I told her once more.

Her eyes flickered between mine knowingly. "You're upset."

I merely shrugged, looking down to my plate, only making her sigh again.

"You should go out with her," she said, as if that was what I wanted to hear and would make up for what she'd said. It only made me feel worse.

I ignored her, instead responding, "Let's just talk about something else. How's your tour prep going?"

She frowned slightly, clearing her throat. "Erm, fine, I suppose... Not long left now. I'm just finalising outfits and..."

As she talked a little about it, my previous anger and hurt had long faded into disheartenment. It was frustrating to admit to myself, but Skye's reaction wasn't one I'd hoped for. I wanted her to tell me not to go out with Anna, that she didn't like the idea. And that's when I knew I was delusional.

And definitely not over my best friend.

After paying for our food, Skye and I left the restaurant, awkwardly lingering outside.

"I should go," I spoke before she could. "I've got some work to do."

She nodded, sensing my mood and not saying anything else. I hesitated, noticing the discomfort in her expression, before pulling her in for a hug. It wasnt her fault I was so conflicted – she couldn't have known anything about where my head was at and taking it out on her wasn't fair.

She returned my hug, relieved. "Talk later?"

I nodded as I pulled back, offering her a small smile, hopefully letting her know that I wasn't upset. At least, not at her.

She returned it, grateful, before squeezing my arm gently and letting me go. Meanwhile, I knew I needed to fix whatever was wrong with me before it got worse.

—

I did end up texting Anna back and we'd arranged a date a week later. Part of me thought it could be good to put myself back out there with someone lovely like Anna, but the other part of me also used it as a fast track to get over whatever feelings I had for Skye.

Despite our brief argument, Skye was supportive when I told her, being a typical best friend who wanted to know all the details when she could. I believed that if I played the part hard enough, it would feel real and I'd get over her. But no matter how much I tried, I just couldn't.

The date was great. Not a thing I could fault and yet I still returned home feeling deflated and hollow. Anna was the perfect date and we had a lovely time bowling, but all I could think about was Skye and how much I wanted it to be her. It was awful, from that perspective, and definitely made my scrambled head worse.

As I took a moment to collect myself on the couch as soon as I entered my apartment, my phone rang. Speaking of the devil...

"Hey, Skye," I answered tiredly.

"Is your date done? I wanna know everything!" she said excitedly.

I sighed, massaging my head. "Yes, but–"

"Awesome! I just finished some boring photo shoot and am on my way back, but I thought I may as well stop by yours, that cool?"

I scrunched my face up in disagreement, her face being the last I needed to see right now. "I'm actually kind of tired, Skye."

She laughed, sending shivers down my spine. "Oh, grow up, baby. See you soon!"

Before I could protest, she'd hung up, leaving me to drag out a long groan as I leaned back in irritation. So much for self-deprecating for the rest of the evening. 

By the time I'd gotten into my pyjamas and freshened up, there was a knock at my door. Reluctantly, I went to answer it, seeing Skye on the other side.

Her smile faded when she noticed my expression. "Oh, no, how did it go?"

I turned around, flopping down on the couch, face-first. "Average."

The door closed and she approached the couch. "No wow factor?"

I shook my head as she took a seat beside my head, resting her hand in my hair and stroking it gently which did nothing to help with my racing heart.

"It's okay," she said softly. "At least you tried."

I exhaled into the couch cushion before sitting up, facing her as I leaned against the back.

"What wasn't great?" she asked sympathetically, leaning her elbow on the back cushion and watching me carefully.

I shook my head, unable to hold her gaze and instead focusing on the loose thread from the cushion. "It was fine. Anna was lovely. But I just... yeah."

She hummed in understanding. "Sorry."

All I could do was shrug.

After a moment, she lifted her arm out, extending it. "Come here."

I hesitated, unsure if this was the best next move. But I felt like crap and Skye was my best friend first and foremost. So, I crawled over to her and let her pull me in for a hug against her chest. She stroked my hair again, kissing the top of my head and making me sigh with comfort.

"You wanna talk about it?" she asked, voice mumbled as her lips were still pressed to the top of my head.

I shook my head gently.

"Alright." She continued to stroke my hair soothingly. "Wanna get your mind off it? We could watch a movie."

I swallowed thickly, not in the mood for anything right now.

"Or I can leave and give you some space," she continued, seeming to notice my mood.

As much as I hadn't wanted her here, I now didn't want her to leave. Shaking my head, I sat upright. "No, you can stay. We'll watch something."

She searched my eyes with a hint of concern. "You sure?"

I nodded, rubbing my face with my hands. "Yeah. I just need to pee. Pick a film, I'll be back."

She nodded and I got up to go to the bathroom, using it as a chance to splash some cold water on my face too. I sighed deeply, pushing away my conflicted thoughts for the time being and returning to the couch.

As I took a seat, I noticed some snacks on the table, but the weirdest assortment of them. There were cookies, some carrot sticks, hummus and a bowl of nuts.

"Er... what is this?" I asked Skye with confusion, glancing over at her as she returned from the kitchen with two glasses of juice.

"It's all I could find," she answered, before shooting me a disapproving look. "You really need to go shopping."

I cracked a small smile as she set the glasses on the table and took a seat beside me.

"Hey, there's that smile!" she exclaimed with a satisfactory gun.

I rolled my eyes lightheartedly, stifling my smile, and instead distracted myself with eating some carrot sticks. She grabbed a handful of nuts and got comfortable, pulling her legs up on the couch.

"Thanks," I said softly, gratefully.

"You don't need to thank me," she retorted, glancing at me, but I couldn't look at her without feeling strange.

I leaned back and got comfortable, and Skye started up a film on the TV. It was easy enough to settle in and the film was a well-needed distraction from everything. But naturally, I was falling asleep halfway through it. It didn't help that it was late, I was already pretty tired and Skye was extremely comfortable.

By the time the film ended, I was half out of it, in that weird in between state of awake but asleep. My eyes were closed and I was barely paying attention until Skye sighed from beside me.

"That wasn't that bad, y'know," she decided. "I thought it would be worse given the ratings."

I hummed quietly, acknowledging her words but not really listening.

"You didn't even watch it, did you?"

"I did," I mumbled as convincingly as I could.

She chuckled, her shoulders moving and waking me up in the process. "Liar."

A yawn escaped my lips as I forced myself to sit upright, off her shoulder. She was watching me with amusement.

"Comfy?" she teased.

Too sleepy to care, I answered, "I'd apologise, but it's kind of expected if you let me lay on you."

She laughed wholeheartedly, brightening up the whole night for a moment. "You're lucky I find you comfy too."

I sighed tiredly, sitting on my side and leaning on my elbow, propped up against the back of the couch.

"You feel any better?" she asked, and I looked up at her through my eyelashes.

"A bit," I mumbled. "Thanks."

"Stop thanking me," she said with a soft smile, making me scrunch my face slightly.

"Sorry."

She rolled her eyes playfully, stifling a laugh, and I yawned again as I watched her. It could have been my fatigue-induced state, or the fact that I was hopelessly in love with my best friend, but I couldn't stop admiring how beautiful she looked before me. No makeup, messy hair, sparkling brown eyes, cute smile.

It was wrong of me to stare, wrong of my eyes to trace the arch of her brows, the slope of her nose, the curve of her lips... I'd imagined kissing her many times before, but I'd never wanted to actually do it as much as I did now.

She smiled, oblivious to my daydreams, and mimicked my pose, leaning on her elbow on the back of the couch, way too close to my expression. "Whatcha thinking, huh?" she asked playfully.

My breath hitched as my eyes lowered to her lips, only inches from mine. Time stood still. All it would take is a second, but could I?

No, I couldn't. I couldn't ruin everything because of a silly desire.

Swallowing thickly, I moved back and looked away, acting as nonchalant as I could. "Just tired."

She fell quiet as she sat up straight, and I wondered if she knew what I'd wanted to do. Maybe I'd messed it up anyway. It certainly hadn't helped with my conflicted thoughts.

"I should go," she realised. "You should sleep."

I nodded, unsure what to say, and then I saw her making a move to clear up the snacks on the coffee table.

"it's fine, I'll sort it," I said awkwardly, standing up.

She glanced at me. "You sure?"

I couldn't meet her eyes, too hot with shame. "Yeah."

"Okay," she said softly, before going to the door to pull on her shoes.

I lingered awkwardly until she opened the door, glancing at me briefly.

"Goodnight," she said.

"Night," I muttered.

She left and I closed the door behind her, releasing a deep breath. How had I messed things up so easily? All I could hope was I hadn't made her uncomfortable, but it was impossible. Even staring had overstepped, and it was just like she'd said to me a year ago – it was written all over my face. How utterly embarrassing.

—

That evening haunted me long after, it replaying in my mind over and over like a bad dream. So much that I couldn't bring it in myself to face Skye, not whilst my thoughts were a jumbled mess.

Two weeks passed and I kept our contact to the bare minimum whilst I tried to figure my feelings out. I wasn't sure if I could be her friend anymore, as much as I wanted to be. But it wasn't fair on her if I still had feelings for her.

She messaged me, but I kept my responses vague. My only relief was that she was leaving for her tour in a week, so maybe it would be easier not seeing her as much. Maybe it would've been easier to stop being her friend if I distanced myself long enough.

But it was stupid to think that, not when we'd just reconciled and I thought she wouldn't notice my absence.

I was at my apartment one afternoon when I got an unexpected visit from her. As soon as I opened the door, I raised my brows with surprise.

"Skye? What are you doing here?"

Her eyes met mine sternly. "You're avoiding me."

"What?"

She pushed past me gently to let herself in, leaving me no choice but to close the door after her and spin around.

"At first, I thought you were still upset because of your date with Anna," she started, making me wince, "but then you kept being distance and I just– I don't know what I've done!"

I sighed, feeling stupid for thinking I could get away with it. "You haven't–"

"Don't bullshit me," she snapped, fixing me with a glare. "I'm not stupid."

Her hurt expression forced me to look away, the guilt sinking in.

She took a deep breath before asking in a gentler tone, "What is it? Talk to me."

I tensed my jaw uncomfortably. "Nothing."

"Stop lying," she ordered, before taking my chin and turning my face towards her. Worried eyes found mine. "What is it?"

I pulled back in a knee-jerk reaction, feeling a lump form in my throat. "Don't."

She frowned, confused. "What? Did I do something wrong?"

I sighed deeply, avoiding her gaze. "I can't do this... I'm sorry."

"Do what?"

I swallowed thickly, struggling to find the courage but knowing it needed to be done. "I can't be friends with you anymore."

She paused, taken aback, and her voice broke my heart when she finally spoke. "What? What are you talking about?"

I shook my head, looking down at the floor.

"What?" she repeated, growing impatient, and it only made the whole situation worse.

"I can't..."

"Look at me."

I forced myself to look up, the guilt pressing on my chest when I saw her wounded expression.

"What the hell are you saying?" she asked carefully, searching my gaze. "Is this because of what happened the night of your date? The last time I was here?"

I grimaced at her bluntness, making her tense her jaw. So she'd noticed then.

"It is," she realised.

"You were fucking right, okay?" I spoke abruptly. "A year ago, when we argued and you– you said what you did."

"I was fucking high all the time," she interrupted angrily. "I didn't mean any of it."

"But you did," I retorted, frowning, forcing myself to hold her stare otherwise this was all for nothing. "Deep down, a part of you did and, fuck, it hurt so much because you were right, okay? I– I was fucking in love with you. And I know it was foolish of me, but it was true."

Her eyes widened slightly, stunned, but I couldn't seem to stop now that I'd started.

"It was horrible and it ruined everything and that's why I can't be friends with you. Because I thought I was over it but I'm fucking not, okay? And– and the other night, I didn't mean to make things weird. But my head is a mess and I don't know what to do because all I wanted to do was fucking kiss you, and I know that's wrong, it is. And I'm sorry, but I can't keep being friends with you and put you in this position again. Especially not now."

I was shaking by the time I'd finished, heart racing too fast for me to keep track of. After almost a decade, I'd finally told her the truth. And it didn't feel any more liberating than it should have.

She swallowed hard, looking down with furrowed brows as if trying to digest my admission. I'd been so focused on getting it out of me that I hadn't even had time to anticipate how she could react.

"You were in love with me?" she finally spoke, looking to me with questioning eyes. "You're in love with me?"

I almost scoffed, eyes watering. "Like you didn't know? You said it yourself, Skye..."

She frowned regretfully. "What I said to you that day was awful. It wasn't fair of me. And yes, maybe I did know, but it– I wasn't uncomfortable... I..." She hesitated, before admitting, "I was in love with you too. I just– you deserved better than me. You still do."

I blinked back my tears as I studied her closely, with confusion. There was no way that was true. How could she have thought such a thing?

She stepped forward, slowly lifting her hand to touch my face, gauging my reaction. When I didn't push her away or step back, she cupped my cheek, thumb stroking my cheekbone, and my whole body felt like it was on fire.

"I wanted you to kiss me," she said softly, eyes flickering between mine. "Last time, I– I thought you were going to."

I blinked, taken aback. "What?"

She frowned, looking down momentarily as she said, "I didn't want you to go on that fucking date. But I wasn't going to be selfish and stop you. I just– I care about you a lot, Y/N. You mean the world to me. You always have."

Rendered speechless, I didn't know what to think or say. She'd reacted in a way that I'd never anticipated – never dreamed of – nor thought was possible.

Her dark eyes found mine once more, too close to be anything but a blur of golden flecks.

"I don't want to be friends either," she murmured, before pressing her lips to mine.

My eyes widened with surprise and then she tugged me closer and I instinctively relaxed into her, eyes fluttering close. Her lips were warm and tasted like berries, moving against mine in a perfect rhythm. My hands fell to her hips, goosebumps dancing all over my skin, and I couldn't seem to remember a single thing prior to this.

When we pulled apart for air, every part of my body felt aflame. My lips were tingling and she was still so close, too close for me to find words.

"Maybe things would've been different if I'd been honest in the first place," she spoke softly, breath tickling my lips, only reminding me of the feeling of hers against them.

I didn't know what to say, too stunned by the truth of her feelings.

"I missed you," she admitted, hand lowering from my cheek and to my chest. "It was only two weeks, but I thought I'd ruined everything."

"I'm sorry," I managed to get out, not intending to hurt her.

She shook her head. "Don't be," she assured me, before hugging me tightly.

I let out a quiet breath and wrapped my arms around her, sinking into her embrace. It was still a lot to accept – that she'd loved me too. That she did, even now.

"You haven't said much," she noticed, pulling back with a stifled concern.

"It's just a surprise," I shared, not wanting her to second guess anything. "I really thought... I thought you only ever saw me as a friend. Still trying to process it."

She smiled a little, understanding. "Yeah... I wanted to tell you sooner. Years ago. I almost did. Many times. But everything got bad and it just..." She sighed regretfully. "I didn't want to pull you down with me. That version of me wasn't good enough for you."

I frowned, looking between her eyes. "That's not true."

"It is," she said knowingly. "But it's okay. I want to be better than that girl."

"You are," I said sincerely, taking her hand in mine and squeezing it gently.

Her eyes twinkled as she smiled hopefully. "I hope so. For your sake."

I couldn't help but smile too, touched by how much she cared.

"My tour kicks off at the end of the week, but I'd really like to take you out on a proper date before then," she said, taking my other hand in hers.

"It can wait," I reassured her, "I know it's full on for the next few days–"

"No, no, just one," she cut me off eagerly, squeezing my hands. "Before I have to go and won't see you for ages."

I stifled the urge to laugh. "Okay, but if it's too much, Skye, I can wait until–"

Before I could finish, she leaned forward and kissed me, surprising me for the second time. I was too taken aback to react, and then she pulled away and I felt my cheeks heating up with embarrassment.

"That's got to be my new favourite way of shutting you up," she said with a satisfied grin.

I groaned quietly, flustered, and she laughed at my dismay. I suppose there could have been worse ways.

[disneytva]

Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur Serves Season 2 Premiere Date And Teaser Trailer.

Ever since ending on one intense cliffhanger this past May, fans of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur have been wondering when they'll get the chance to see more of Lunella Lafayette and Devil Lafayette.

Super Nova beacuse Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur will premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD on February 2, 2024 at 8:00PM EST, before hitting Disney+ the next day.

Season 2 guest stars will include David Tennant ("DuckTales" franchise), Cynthia Erivo ("RoboGobo", Universal Pictures Wicked), Andy Garcia (Elena Of Avalor), Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner 2049), Robin Thede (20th Television Animation "Central Park"), Jonathan Banks (Pixar Animation Studios "The Incredibles 2"), SungWon Cho (Iron Circus Animation "Lackadaisy"), Giancarlo Esposito (LucasFilm "Star Wars: The Mandalorian"), Arsenio Hall (Warner Bros "Black Dynamite"), Ann Harada ("In To The Woods"), Jackée Harry ("Sister, Sister"), Manny Jacinto ("Hailey's On It"), Carol Kane ("Dog Day Afternoon"), Xolo Maridueña (DC Studios "Blue Beetle", "Primos"), Alex Newell ("Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"), Parker Posey ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith"), Ephraim Sykes ("Hamilton"), and Peter Weller (DC Legacy "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns")

Aadditionaly a special Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur - Theme Song Takeover starring Devil Lafayette will drop on January, 2024.

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TWITTER SPREE 23.1.2024

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PRE-TOUR PRESS RUN, LATAM

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12 May - Ligga Arena Cap, CURITIBA (#fitfwt24: curitiba)

15 May - Antel Arena, MONTEVIDEO: (#fitfwt24: montevideo)

18 May - Velez Sarsfield, BUENOS AIRES: (#fitfwt24: buenos aires)

21 May - Jockey Club del Paraguay, ASUNCIÓN: (#fitfwt24: asuncion)

24 May - Bicentenario Stadium, SANTIAGO (#fitfwt24: santiago)

26 May - Arena 1, LIMA: (#fitfwt24: lima)

28 May - Coliseo Medplus, BOGOTÁ: (#fitfwt24: bogota)

30 May - Parque Viva, SAN JOSE: (#fitfwt24: san jose)

1 Jun - Autodrómo Hermanos Rodriguez - Curva 4, MEXICO CITY: (#fitfwt24: mexico city)

4 Jun - Auditorio Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, QUERETARO: (#fitfwt24: queretaro)

6 Jun - Arena VFG, GUADALAJARA: (#fitfwt24: guadalajara)

AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL

8 JUN - MERIDA, Mexico (cap. 10k+): (#afhf 2024)

EUROS 2024 (#louiseuros24)

PINKPOP FESTIVAL

22 Jun - LANDGRAAF, Netherlands (cap. 70k): 17:55 to 18:55 (#louispinkpop24)

GLASTONBURY 2024 (#louisglasto24)

MAIN SQUARE FEST

4 Jul - ARRAS, France (cap. 40k): 18:15 to 19:15 (#louismainsq24)

RUISROCK FESTIVAL

7 Jul - Ruissalo Island, TURKU, Finland (cap. 35k): 19:15 (#louisruisrock24)

MEO MARES VIVAS FESTIVAL

21 Jul - VILA NOVA DE GAIA, Portugal (cap. 30k): 21:45 (#louismaresvivas24)

MORRIÑA FESTIVAL

26 Jul- PORTO DE A CORUÑA, Spain (cap. 20k): 23:50 (#louismorrina24)

ARENAL SOUND FESTIVAL

2 Aug - BURRIANA, CASTELLO, Spain (cap. 50k): 23:20 - 00:40 (#louisarenalsound24)

SANTANDER FESTIVAL

3 Aug - SANTANDER, Spain (cap. 15k): 1:30 - 2:30 AM (#louissantander24)

UNTOLD FESTIVAL

8 Aug - CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (main stage cap. 30k, 2023 attendance 400k): 21:45 - 23:00 (#louisuntold24)

SZIGET FESTIVAL

10 Aug - BUDAPEST, Hungary (cap. 92k): 19:15 to 20:30 (#louissziget24)

FREQUENCY FESTIVAL

16 Aug - ST. PÖLTEN, Austria (cap. 140k) (#louisfrequency24)

CABARET VERT FESTIVAL

18 AUG - CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES, France (cap. 90k): 19:10 - 20:10 (#louiscabaretvert24)

VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL

23 Aug - PORTSMOUTH, UK (cap. 65k): 16:45 - 17:30 (#louisvictorious24)

ZURICH OPENAIR FESTIVAL

24 AUG - ZURICH, Switzerland (cap. 80k): 19:40 - 20:40 (#louiszurichopenair24)

FESTNINGEN FESTIVAL

30 Aug - TRONDHEIM, Norway: 17:30 - 18:30 (#louisfestningen24)

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

31 Aug - 1 Sep - MONZA, Italy (#louismonza24)

LIVE FROM FEST ISTANBUL

6 Sep - Festival Park Yenikapı, ISTANBUL, Turkey (cap. 10k): 21:30 - (#louisfestistanbul24)

LOLLAPALOOZA BERLIN

7 Sep - Olympiastadion & Olympiapark, BERLIN, Germany (cap. 100k): 18:15 - 19:10 (#louislolla24)

SUPERBLOOM FESTIVAL

8 Sep - Olympiapark and Olympiastadion, MUNICH, Germany (cap. 50k): 17:35 - 18:35 (#louissuperbloom24)

Louis’ FAREWELL REEL

UNDER THE TONGUE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF FOOTBALL’S MOST ICONIC BOOT

11 Dec - YouTube (#louisunderthetongue) (transcript)

[cosmica-candy]

Hi I absolutely adore electrolyte I would die for him. He should be friends with my xylitol nova kid mayhaps

Oh oh oh you like Electrolyte cookie? Here he is! And below the cut? Fan fic draft + more art 💙

Deep space, sugar star belt, 12:38 am, Xylitol time.

Xylitol Nova cookie was stepping down the hallways, a small note pad in his hand,

repare ward, check

Ship docks, check

Housing wing, check

Lounge wing, check

He sighed flipping through his notes

Check, check, check, check, double check

Then his eyes caught it, an in checked line

Children's and Infant hospital wing he smiled keenly to himself tucking it away in his breast pocket

"How have I missed that?" He sighed no matter, he quickly turned heel making a quick pace for the hospital again...

His heels clicked on the floor as the fellow cookies at bots stepped out of there leaders way, giving a buzz, salute or bow to him.

Walking to the reception window, he looked at his influx of happy and healthy new parents and families, a strange pull in heart loomed... He never had parents. Just a lab grown body designed to lead. It was him. Always him. History has his eyes on him.

"Xylitol Nova! Sir! What an pleasant surprise!" Cooed the charge nurse Orbit, her white hair pulled into a messy bun, once being prim and proper... "What brings you to our side of the hospital?"

"Ah...Yes I wanted to say hello to the new little ones...I"

"Wanted something to do sir?"

He chuckled putting up his hands "guilty has charged"

The two walked through the hallways the Florencent lights shining through the sanitary halls, Orbit and Nova stopped at a large window looking at the nursery... Many freshly baked and bundled babies laied in an organized comb, all of them with charts lovingly written on by adoring parents, all...

But one.

Xylitols brow cocked "Who's that little one? third row fourth on the left"

Nurse Orbit sighed "That would be little Electrolyte...No known father... Mother ....Just passed on..."

Xylitols flinched “so that's who that ping was earlier....“ He thought... "An orphan? What's to happen to him?"

"well, if no one is to claim him... He will be enrolled in the ranger program and become an asset to the planet..." Nurse orbit stated "its the best place for an orphan seeing how tight knit the rangers are... A found family would adore a little bundle of joy..."

"...And no ones been interested in him..?"

"Unfortunately...with his hair color and his eyes, No..."

Nova placed a hand on the glass staring in... "....May I hold him?" His voice dripped with sorrow, all the nurses froze there heads whipping to gaze at there dear leader...

Nurse Orbit nodded adjusting her glasses... "o-of course sir..right this way..."

Leading into the warm, sterile nursery, Novas heart pounded stepping closer and closer to the infant... His eyes were closed, his deep black hair was streaked with strands and baby blue, his deep olive skin were painted by two rosy blushed cheeks.

He squirmed a bit being scooped up by orbit, before being gently placed into novas arms... He held a child before...but this...was different.

He felt time slow down, the warmth of the little bundle in his arms, all he could tell was this little life in his strong arms, completely helpless...yet. alone.

Tears trickled down thed leaders face as he held the child, gently falling into the boys cheek, he stirred awake cooing softly... His eyes fluttered open revealing pools of baby blue, untouched by the pain and grief of the cosmos

He sniffled ”Hello little one..." Nova cooed gently bouncing the bundle in his arms, Electrolyte smiled up at him his tiny arm reaching up to him, his tiny hands grabbing up twords him, Nova A big intrigued brought his free hand to him... Electrolyte cooed

Wrapping around Xylitols finger.

Xylitol gasped softly his eyes welling with more tears than he had wept in the past century. He cuddled the boy lifting him up to his chest cooing down at him...

Nurse Orbit was equally as tearful, she held unto her badge smiling at her leader

"I'll take him" Nova whimpered holding his new son close to his chest.

[lgcmedia]

The Asia Artist Awards officially reveals that six of Legacy Entertainment’s groups will be doing a collaboration stage

The 9th Asia Artist Awards (referred to as AAA 2024) will be held on December 27 at IMPACT Challenger Hall 1-2 in Bangkok, Thailand. With a few more days until the event, AAA has revealed some exciting news about the collaboration and special stages that will be happening during the 4 hour show.

One of them is the highly anticipated Legacy collaboration stage, which was hinted by AAA a few weeks prior as thousands of people all over the world voted on who they would like to see as a leader. While there wasn’t much information disclosed back then, now it’s announced that for this collaboration stage there will be a total of 6 performances! All of the members of TYPE ZERO, V&A, CRYSTALLIS, FABULA, and NOVA will be participating in this special stage as groups were randomly arranged along with their assigned songs. According to AAA, here are the groups and the songs that they will be covering:

“#MENOW” BY CRYSTALLIS: KAI (TYPE ZERO), JEON HARU + MYUNGSOO (V&A – AGITO), JC + WON (V&A – VERSUS)

“CREAM SODA” BY VERSUS: JASMINE + YOUNGWON (CRYSTALLIS), ASTER + SEO NINA (FABULA), MILAN + NAYOUNG (NOVA)

“GENERATION” BY NOVA: CHA HYOSEOP + SU PARKER (TYPE ZERO), JUNO + LEE JIHO (V&A – AGITO), M.J (V&A – VERSUS)

“HARD” BY TYPE ZERO: SELENE + SEO YURA + YUJIN (CRYSTALLIS), LEE MINJI + OH EUNHYE (FABULA), MITZI + SEO MINSEO (NOVA)

 “HWEEK” BY V&A (AGITO): ASTRID + CLEO + YAMASHITA ICHIKA (CRYSTALLIS), APRIL + NOH AREUM (FABULA), SKYE + SON NABI (NOVA)

“OOTD” BY FABULA: BAEK (TYPE ZERO), LEE YUSHIN (V&A – AGITO), AKIO + SEN (V&A – VERSUS)

With all six of the groups dominating the music charts throughout 2024, fans are excited to see how this collaboration project will turn out!

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UPDATE: AAA dropped a short video on YouTube where the group leaders were revealed for each of the songs and a sneak preview of the group names! From what the sharp-eyed fans have gathered, CHA HYOSEOP, JC, LEE YUSHIN, SELENE, SEO NINA, and SON NABI are the chosen leaders for this special stage. As for group names, some of them have spotted the following: F4 (team fabula), Hweekly Girls (team agito), NOW4U (team crystallis), spark (team type zero), supernova (team nova). There’s no news yet as to whether AAA or Legacy Entertainment will release any more details about the collaboration stage, but so far it is one of the most talked about collaborations for 2024’s year-end ceremonies.

[ + / - ] my biases all in one group…it’s a dream come true for me as a multi-lgc fan… ㅠㅠ i’m so happy that they did something like this!! i can see my faves interact with each other and i cannot wait to see them perform songs that are different from their main group’s concept! ♡ [ + / - ] this is so excessive… a legacy collaboration stage??? did EVERYONE forget that legacy kept releasing songs practically EVERY MONTH this year??? i was DESPERATELY hoping that they would have a break and let the other companies release songs too but it was too much… and they’re not even covering any new songs too?? so isn’t it easy to compare the original one to this new collab performance?? [ + / - ] omo… looking at some of the groups and their songs, i worried at first that they wouldn’t go well together but maybe i might be proven wrong?? with how legacy trains their idols, i think they’ll figure out a way to make all of their idols shine. i wonder if we’ll see some of their members take on parts that we normally don’t see them doing in their respective group…imagine some of the vocalists rapping or rappers singing? [ + / - ] this is going to be the most overhyped stage for AAA, trust me on this. ㅋㅋ everyone is going to have all of these expectations for the performances and then when you watch it, you’ll see it will be like a typical music show performance. i know some of you will come back to this article and say that i was right ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

#LGCENT #TYPEZERO #VNA #VERSUS #AGITO #CRYSTALLIS #FABULA #NOVA

a/n: this article is to confirm the official team names and that the special collab stage will be happening. all of the teams mentioned will receive +1 NOTORIETY while the teams that have submitted name suggestions will get an additional +2 NOTORIETY ! you can link this post to your points sheet for reference. if you are unsure how much notoriety you will be getting, here is the list:

AHN JAEHWA: +1 NOTORIETY

CHA HYOSEOP: +3 NOTORIETY

CHA SORI: +1 NOTORIETY

CHOI JUNKYU: +3 NOTORIETY

CHOI KAI: +3 NOTORIETY

GONG HYEJOO: +1 NOTORIETY

JEON HARU: +3 NOTORIETY

KANG MINJUN: +3 NOTORIETY

KANG YOOJOON: +3 NOTORIETY

KIM NAYOUNG: +1 NOTORIETY

KIM YUJIN: +3 NOTORIETY

KUROSAWA AKIO: +3 NOTORIETY

KWON BAEKHYUN: +3 NOTORIETY

KWON SENA: +3 NOTORIETY

LEE JIHO: +3 NOTORIETY

LEE MINJI: +3 NOTORIETY

LEE YUSHIN: +3 NOTORIETY

LIU YUXI: +3 NOTORIETY

MIN SOYOUN: +3 NOTORIETY

MOON HAYOUNG: +3 NOTORIETY

MOON SOMIN: +3 NOTORIETY

NOH AREUM: +3 NOTORIETY

OH EUNHYE: +3 NOTORIETY

PARK SEOJIN: +3 NOTORIETY

SEO MINSEO: +3 NOTORIETY

SEO NINA: +1 NOTORIETY

SEO YURA: +3 NOTORIETY

SON NABI: +3 NOTORIETY

SU PARKER: +3 NOTORIETY

WATANABE MIYU: +3 NOTORIETY

WON YEONWOO: +3 NOTORIETY

YAMASHITA ICHIKA: +3 NOTORIETY

YU MILAN: +1 NOTORIETY

[domquixotedospobresblog]

UCM/SONY/DC DATES!

What project are you most looking forward to seeing? Hall H? Is there a panel coming at the SDCC? Upcoming movies? Future of the UCM? I tell you everything.

Here I leave you the dates of the next UCM projects and also those confirmed with official dates from Sony and DC:

▪️Deadpol&Wolverine - July 25, 2024.

▪️Agatha All Along - September 18, 2024.

▪️Joker: Folie à Deux (Dc) - October 4, 2024.

▪️Venom: The Last Dance - October 25, 2024.

▪️Spider-Man FRM Year - November 2, 2024.

▪️Kraven The Hunter - December 13, 2024.

▪️Captain America BNW - February 14, 2025

▪️Iron Heart - Undated (2025)

▪️Daredevil Born Again - March 2025.

▪️Thunderbolts - May 5, 2025.

▪️Superman Legacy (Dc) - July 11, 2025.

▪️The Fantastic Four - July 25, 2025.

▪️Blade - November 7, 2025.

▪️Spider-Man Beyond The Spider-Verse - Undated.

▪️Spider-Man 4 - Undated.

▪️Eyes Of Wakanda - Undated.

▪️Nova - No Date.

▪️What If Season 3 - Undated.

▪️Wonder Man - Undated.

▪️Vision Quest - Undated.

▪️The Batman 2 - October 2, 2026.

▪️The Avengers 5 - May 1, 2026.

▪️Avengers Secret Wars - May 7, 2027.

PANEL IS COMING AT THE SAN DIEGO COMIC CON!:

This year Marvel Studios returns (in less than a month) to have a panel in Hall H of the San Diego Comic Con, between July 25 and 28.

You know what that means, right? We will have confirmation of these dates, presentation of the projects and casts with the actors, confirmation of new projects and series... in short, of the entire future of the UCM... and all this while we enjoy the premiere of Deadpool and Wolverine!

Watch out what's coming! 😍🔥🙌

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#marvel#marvelstudios#marvelcomics#marveluniverse#marvelespañol#marvellatinoamerica#marvelmexico#marvelargentina#marvelchile#ucm#mcu#avengers#avengersendgame#ironman#spiderman#avengers#universemarvel#geek#hero#fan

[luci-j]

Okay, since I had a ton of fun with the last ones, some more headcannons of characters from my fic series! <3 This time we're going to focus on Lir Tam-Lin, with some facts, headcannons, and background info.

* He started off as a little bit of a one-off joke I made with a friend who is a FREQUENT head cannon buddy of mine, and I love that for them. Literally just something along the lines of "wouldn't it be funny for Rocket to be walking down a hall at Nova Corps and seeing someone who looks like Meti??"

* His last name, "Tam-Lin," is from an old Scottish ballad that is strikingly close to "Beloved and the Bastard". His first name, "Lir," is that of an Irish sea god. It was kept because it is also the name of Elphaba's son in the "Wicked" series, and that was too much a coincidence to pass up since Meti has basis from this story (down to his mother's voice claim is Idina Menzel!). This is all a loving homage to my headcannoning friend too, since they've been so instrumental in how this series has turned out.

* Speaking of voice claims, his is Timothy Omundson, who played Lassiter on "Pysch". When I write a character, it helps me to have a voice to work with in real life, and Omundson hit a lot of the marks for me with how tense he could sound but also how warm he could be.

* Omundson is a stroke survivor, and while this initially wasn't part of Lir's character, it quickly became one. Anyone who's read at least a little bit of my stuff probably has a handle on the fact showing those with disabilities is a big thing to me. While I have some disability issues of my own (with learning, a few other things), I also have a disabled parent. Seeing things through her eyes made me want to write more characters who were disabled, yeah, but also bad ass.

* Lir is from the planet Hill Temar, is another Celtic reference, this for the Hill of Tara, which factors in a lot of Irish mythology.

* His ship is named the Bán Pangar, which is yet ANOTHER Celtic callout. This is a 9th century Irish poem about a cat.

* Lir is really into Gundam models and mecha anime. His favorite is Gundam Wing, since it was his introduction series, and he is also a fan of things like Big O and Neon Genesis Evangelion

* He also has a soft spot for magical girl anime but would die of embarrassment if anyone found this out

* He was a fan of mecha things from childhood. He grew up in a very pastoral home world, and moving to Xandar was a shock to him. He didn't have many friends, but he always loved going out to watch machines or see ships fly

* Some of his favorite activities when he was a child was bow hunting, fishing, and collecting pebbles by the stream

* He has crow brain, much like Meti does, and loves collecting things

* He may be a little terse with Richard Rider and Sam Alexander, but would also take a bullet for either of them

* His mother is an Eternal. Being part Celestial as well, he has the potential for a lot of power

* While it hasn't been stated in text yet, his mother's name is Morga

* He loves music from anime and JPop. He's stolen away to more than one concert on Earth and watched from a distance

* He credits his dexterity to building models. While he does have exosuits that allow him movement with both hands, he still prefers using one hand to work. It's mostly out of habit now.

* Loves his weapons. Being a sharpshooter is what initially got him noticed by Nova Corps. Being a natural tacticle genius is what got him thrown into the position of Nova Prime. He actually has a lot of respect for Rocket, even if they butt heads a lot.

* A bit lonely and has trouble expressing it! His wife is also the only woman he ever dated, and he was about 27. He has a hard time opening up to people, but really wants to make a connection

* Loves kids and babies and is a natural with them. This is something he gets from his mother

* Owns about ten different outfits. Wants to branch out in his style currently, but doesn't know where to begin. With being half Meti, there is hope for him.

* A hopeless romantic at heart and a bit shy about it. Poor guy. <3

[turtlemagnum]

my interests/who i am:

i'm turtle, and i'm in various ways some form of amateur artist. i think i'm best at my writing, but i'm (slowly) trying to learn how to draw and make music! i'd also consider myself to be a decent singer, albeit an untrained one. my current biggest artistic project is the game i'm working on, it's essentially a digital novel set in my fantasy setting. i have Worldbuilder's Disease so feel free to ask me about my setting! please.

i use he/they/it pronouns, and my gender is essentially a man when it's convenient and genderless otherwise. man+, if you will. i like certain aspects of masculinity but have no problems not adhering to norms. in regards to sexuality the simplest way i can put it is that i'm bisexual, but my biggest preference is towards women and feminine presenting people of other genders. i'm also extremely horny on main, and am unashamed of it. as such, if you don't wanna see that, block my horny tag

some of my interests include but are not limited to: video games, anime, TTRPGs, of course the things i mentioned that i'm trying to become good at e.g. writing and music, guns and other varieties of weapon, linguistics, tech, mythology, history, politics, vulgarity and misanthropy. in no particular order, here's me going in depth on the ones i have something to say about!

in terms of music taste, i like a pretty wide variety of music. not gonna list Literally Every Artist i like, but in terms of genre i tend towards prog rock and adjacent areas. some of my favorite artists include but are not limited to: king crimson, yes, death grips, ars nova (the japanese band), bi kyo ran, dio, lemon demon, tally hall, NWA, tyler the creator, and aphex twin (and of course, the splitoffs and side projects of all these guys).

i have Gun Autism. if you don't wanna see that, blacklist my gun tag! and don't worry, i'm not one of Those gun people, y'know

i like anime but i sometimes have a hard time actually sitting down and paying attention to a show so i haven't watched a whole lot. at time of writing this i'm most of the way through original dragon ball and fist of the north star, and i like both a lot so far! i believe the last anime i actually finished was fullmetal alchemist brotherhood (which is very good, would recommend), and i've spent significant parts of my life being into jjba now. also? i need to pick up cowboy bebop again, i've loved what i've watched but it's not the kind of show i can just sit down and binge y'know. also, the yugioh manga is good, go read it

i like a pretty wide variety of video games, but tend towards PC games and nintendo stuff. lifelong zelda fan, have a soft spot for pre-gen 5 pokemon, love f-zero even though i'm bad at it, above average at tetris DS, love punch out enough that i'm the world record holder for NES glass joe, love advance wars, DKC is my shit, and of course what nintendo pervert doesn't like mario. in terms of PC games, i love the vast majority of what valve puts out, have a love/hate relationship with bethesda RPGs, just genuinely love classic shit like thief, deus ex, VTMB, and the KOTOR games (especially 2), grew up with the pre-reboot tomb raider games, love the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, and i've been abnormal about undertale since middle school. some honorable mentions for games i've started but haven't played enough of but still really like include secret of mana, metroid, pathologic, and disco elysium.

[instantartific]

Shit that might be said in NSR post canon (NOTE: I DO NOT BELIVE IN ANYTHING SAID HERE)

“A not so kind reminder to #CancelNSR and #CancelB2Jtoo! They both led to the near destruction of Vinyl City!”

“So, Vinyl City and NSR were run by… a black hole, four mentally unstable teenagers, a Karen monster from Hell, a robot boy band who EXPLODES, a psycho, and a women who threw a temper tantrum who also EXPLODED. #CancelNSR I guess.”

“I don’t wanna buy from #YINU considering she’s being controlled by a pig government and an ugly monster.”

“Fuck #DJSubatomic. He’s rude, selfish, and turns into a BLACK HOLE. He’s a danger to society.”

“#B2J don’t get enough hate. They literally threw a tantrum in a crowded audition hall, and took it out on the whole city! Come on, fucking volunteer!”

“#1010 should be scrapped. They blew up in the face of a bunch of fans. And why let a military bot run an entire district. #CancelNSR”

All of this is genuinely so funny. Some fairly crass but also fair enough. I've actually tossed around the whole "hey so. would people consider nova to be a danger to society after everything? cause he didn't hurt b2j but he easily could have and he destroyed everything else around him."

Also, Tatiana explodes??

Imagine in-game Twitter and Tiktok going WILD over everything for the next few years, with occasional resurgences in everything Every Single Time anybody tries to do anything.

[rawiswhore]

Jeff Hardy, Christian, Billy Gunn, Val Venis x Fem Reader- "Hooters"

This fanfiction might be triggering for some, but it's mild.

However, viewer discretion is advised.

______________________________________________________________

Some wrestling fans out there have said the World Wrestling Federation's Attitude era copied ECW, and there's some truth to that.

Some wrestling fans could say that Stone Cold Steve Austin--the face of the Attitude era--was a rip-off of Sandman from ECW, and the Game Triple H was a rip-off of Shane Douglas.

 Some Attitude era wrestlers even have backgrounds in ECW, such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mick Foley, Al Snow, and even Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit.

ECW alumni Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie and Raven were also a part of the Attitude era.

On a "Monday Night Raw" episode that aired in 1999, there was a moment where you were standing in the ring with several other wrestlers.

Some of those other wrestlers in the ring with you included Christian Cage, Val Venis, Billy Gunn and Jeff Hardy.

Christian was no longer really playing his Brood character and no longer dressed in those long sleeved white button down shirts during this moment.

Billy, Christian, Val and Jeff all had their long hair hanging down, although they usually have their long hair hanging down.

As you stood in the middle of the ring, some male fans in the audience were chanting "Show your tits!" at you.

Many of them even chanted "We want puppies!" at you, and as we all know, "puppies" was Attitude era lingo for women's breasts.

You even addressed into the microphone how male fans have chanted "show your tits" at you during your time in the WWF.

Despite that you've shown your tits to the audience before, you did it again.

Your hands grabbed the bottom of your top and pulled it up, but as you raised your top up more and more, a huge red "X" mark covered and blocked your body and your chest from being seen on television.

That red "X" mark was covering you on the screen on television.

Not to mention, that red "X" mark that covered you on screen had the word "censored" in white letters across in a horizontal line in the middle of the letter "X".

Male fans cheered and popped when you pulled your top up.

While you stated all of this into the microphone and raised your top up, Jeff Hardy, Christian Cage, Billy Gunn and Val Venis were staring at you.

Val and Billy looked at you with grins on their faces, they were both staying in character.

Val and Billy were both checking you out.

You wish other wrestlers were in the ring with you when you pulled your top up, such as late 1997/early 1998 Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Scott Hall, ECW's Nova, Chris Jericho, and more.

However, Triple H started losing his looks when he was transitioning into the Game and those other wrestlers were off in other companies.

Hell, you wish those aforementioned wrestlers as well as the wrestlers in the ring with you could've chanted "show your tits" at you in the audience.

This moment of you pulling your top up with a red "X" covering you was a recreation of an ECW commercial, where Francine mentions to the ECW male fans (that made up 95% of the audience) chant "show your tits!" at her, and she then states she'll show you how hardcore she can get, where she grabs her top and implies to pull it up, only for a red letter "X" covering her as well as the white letters "censored" across the middle of the letter "X".

Not to mention, your recreation was done a few weeks after that ECW commercial.

Like Francine, this moment of you pulling your top up while the letter "X" covered you was also played in a WWF commercial.

There were some moments you replicated from ECW women, such as when Francine stripped down to a bikini that read her name on the back of her bikini bottoms.

[hyunsoolgc]

◡ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄

NAME : Lee Hyunsoo (이현수) BIRTHDAY : February 2nd, 2002 BIRTHPLACE : Seongnam, South Korea HEIGHT : 182cm BLOOD TYPE : A ZODIAC SIGN : Aquarius CHINESE ZODIAC : Snake FAVORITE MOTTO : Simple is best. INSTAGRAM : hyunso_o

RANDOM FACTS

He graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School

He is from a family of prestigious classical musicians. His father is a pianist, his mother is a singer, and his older brother is a composer and violinist.

His favorite kpop group is Twice and has named Tzuyu as his bias. He is a fan of following kpop groups, in general.

If he wasn't an actor, he would like to work with computers.

From ages 5 to 10 years old, he lived in Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.

YEAR END GOALS

Achieve a main role in a drama or movie

Work with Nova again

Host for a music show or festival

PREVIOUS APPEARANCES/PROJECTS

Legacy Hall Battle ( season 2, episode 2 ) | YouTube Show

Ivy Club ( modeling ; Q2 2023 - Q2 2024 )

Nova Iuventa (Chapter 1: Amare) | Web Drama, 2023 — Hyunsoo

Martine Corporation | MBC, 2023 — Choi Jihoon

PASSION5 ( CF ; Q4 2023 - Q2 2024 )

MOST MEMORABLE OR FAVORITE EVENT : Receiving an award at AAA for Rookie of the Year and being nominated for Best New Actor at the MBC Drama Awards was very memorable, not something to be so easily forgotten; even some years later. Over all, every bit of the year end events were incredibly memorable.

[lgcmanager]

LGC GIRLS JAPAN 004

SCHEDULE TYPE: TRIMESTER ( PART 1 OUT OF 1 ) SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: cannot be paired with another trimester schedule, unless stated otherwise. for reference as to whether your muse is eligible for this event, please click over HERE.

early morning on OCTOBER 16, KIM HYUNCHEOL is already waiting for the girls in the meeting room as they come in. a file folder is waiting for each girl in front of their seats. when everybody has found a place, hyuncheol finally speaks: "good morning. the family concert is now behind us, so we can finally share the details of LGC GIRLS JAPAN's SECOND SINGLE and FIRST LIVE TOUR."

SINGLE

"in front of you, you'll find a file with various lyrics sheets. the first one is the TITLE TRACK of your single, called "FIRE TRUCK". the concept is inspired by the famous SAILOR SQUAD, and each of you have been assigned a member. your hairstyles will be changed or refeshed to relect your assign member:

CHA SORI: SAILOR MERCURY (short black hair)

NOH AREUM: SAILOR JUPITER (long brown hair)

PARK JAEKYUNG: SAILOR VENUS (long blonde hair)

PARK TAEHA: SAILOR MOON (long blonde hair)

YANG AERA: SAILOR MARS (long black hair)

since the release of the single is planned for NOVEMBER 21, you'll have the week to learn and practice the song and will record it next MONDAY. the following days will be dedicated to learn the choreography and the music video will be filmed on OCTOBER 30. then from OCTOBER 31 to NOVEMBER 20 focus will be on practicing for the tour. on NOVEMBER 20, you'll be flying to JAPAN and spend the following 3 days promoting the single at various TOWER RECORDS locations."

LIVE TOUR & HANDSHAKE EVENTS

"the following pages in the file are all dedicated to the tour. added to the lgc girls japan songs you've already practiced and the new singles songs, are 3 of your suggestions and 2 additional songs picked by the staff, for a total of 10 songs."

1. BREAKTHROUGH (lgc girls japan) - All [ MC 1: Intro ] 2. TOKYO DRIFT FREESTYLE (cover) - All 3. BZZ BZZ (new single bside) - All 4. GIRLS GOTTA LIVE (lgc girls japan) - All [ MC 2 ] 5. LOOK AT ME NOW (lgc girls japan) - Aeri, Areum, Sori 6. JANKENPYON (cover) - Jaekyung & Taeha 7. HEAVY ROTATION (cover) - All 8. CLAP CLAP (cover) - All 9. Idol (cover) - All [ MC 3: Ending ] 10. FIRE TRUCK (new single title track)

all relevant details of the new single & upcoming tour are available HERE

"the tour will have a total of 14 shows. every show will be preceeded by a one hour GROUP HANDSHAKE EVENT with about 100 lucky fans. furthermore, during the period of the tour, you'll be flying to japan on THURSDAY EVENINGS and come back to seoul on MONDAY MORNINGS. since this schedule will be quite demanding, we only ask you an 8 hour of practice during your time in seoul. you may do anything during the rest of your free time. however, i strongly advise that you spend time working on your stamina if you want to get through the tour without any injury or getting sick. your health needs to be a priority."

NOVEMBER 25: Kanagawa (Harmony Hall Zama Dai Hall)

NOVEMBER 26: Tokyo (Line Cube Shibuya)

DECEMBER 2: Miyagi (Sendai Sunplaza Hall)

DECEMBER 3: Iwate (Oshu-shi Bunka Kaikan Z Hall Dai Hall)

DECEMBER 9: Osaka (NHK Osaka Hall)

DECEMBER 10: Osaka (NHK Osaka Hall)

DECEMBER 16: Ehime (Matsuyama-shi Sogo Community Center Camellia Hall)

DECEMBER 17: Aichi (Nippon Tokushutogyo Shimin Kaikan Forest Hall)

DECEMBER 23: Shimane (Shimane Kenmin Kaikan Dai Hall)

DECEMBER 24: Hiroshima (Ueno Gakuen Hall)

DECEMBER 30: Kagoshima (Houzan Hall)

DECEMBER 31: Fukuoka (Fukuoka Sunpalace Hotel & Hall)

JANUARY 6: Hokkaido (Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater Hitaru)

JANUARY 7: Kanagawa (Harmony Hall Zama Dai Hall)

rooming at the hotel during the tour:

ROOM A: PARK TAEHA, YANG AERA

ROOM B: CHA SORI, NOH AREUM

ROOM C: PARK JAEKYUNG, ACCOMPANYING STAFF (changes almost every week)

SUPER✰NOVA & LGC RETREAT

"finally, most of the debuted artists will that part in a RETREAT in december. unfortunately, due to their schedule, NOVA will be unable to attend. instead, their participation will be done through preparing a meal for the company's artists and staff members. considering the group only has 6 members, they are far from enough to be able to prepare LUNCH BOXES for everybody in a timely manner. so it's been decided that the five of you and some LGC SPRING BOYS members will be assisting the girls in their task, on DECEMBER 6." hyuncheol announces. "the activity will be used as content for NOVA's upcoming YOUTUBE SHOW. i expect all of you to be on your best behavior and do your best on this day."

as explained above, the girls will be assisting the NOVA members in making LUNCH BOXES for their seniors. do not worry, staff of the partnered cafe will also be present to supervise and assist the idols and trainees.

the participants will be divided in three teams, each in charge of different parts of the boxes:

SANDWICH & KIMBAP TEAM: seo minseo, yu milan, baek byeongkwan, kwon hyuntae, noh areum, yang aera

GRILLING TEAM: kim nayoung, watanabe miyu, kurosawa akio, xue yichen, park jaekyung, park taeha

SALAD & PLATING/PACKING TEAM: kwon sena, son nabi, han noeul, park seojin, cha sori

REQUIREMENTS

TOUR: write a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with another lgc girls japan member about anything that happened during the tour for +5 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +6 NOTORIETY !

DVD MENT: write a 300+ word solo of your muse being interviewed and asked about a memorable moment of the tour for +6 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +3 NOTORIETY ! these interviews will be included in the dvd release of the tour

FREESTYLE: write the 8 lines freestyle your muse performs during the tour (see the tour list for more details) for +6 LYRICS WRITING and +6 NOTORIETY !

OFF DAYS: write a 300+ word solo or a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with another lgc girls japan member about anything they've done during their off days +8 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +2 NOTORIETY !

LUNCH BOXES: write a 4 replies (minimum 8 lines) thread with another participant, ideally from your own team, about anything that could be caught by the camera for +6 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE ANYWHERE and +3 NOTORIETY !

**concerning the lunch box threads: since there are a limited number of participants, please be mindful of the number of threads you take for this event, as you might block others from having partners if you take on more than one or two. also, the show is foused on the nova members, so threads between other participants might not make the final cut. finally, there's currently no air date for this or the lgc retreat, so do not mention any of it in your sns.**

make sure to use the hashtag lgc:lgcgirlsjapan for all of the tasks. you have until JANUARY 6, 2024 at 11:59PM EDT to complete the requirements and validate your points. please submit the following form ONCE on the points blog.

MUSE NAME ∙ LGC GIRLS JAPAN 004  - TOUR: +5 ( skill points distribution ), +6 notoriety  [ LINK ]  - DVD MENT: +6 ( skill points distribution ), +3 notoriety  [ LINK ]  - FREESTYLE: +6 lyrics writing, +6 notoriety  [ LINK ]  - OFF DAYS: +8 ( skill points distribution ), +2 notoriety  [ LINK ]  - LUNCH BOXES: +6 ( skill points distribution ), +3 notoriety  [ LINK ]

[kariachi]

Some commissionwork! 4.5k words for @sxilor-1010, a Store 23 rewrite set within the Nova 10 AU!

~~

Nova hit the ground with a roll. Regained her bearings. Bolted. Grandpa was still getting back to his feet, but she was right on the target’s heels.

“Are we really doing this? Really,” she called, dialing the Omnitrix.

“I can’t help myself!”

“Can’t help-” A flash of pink light left Feedback running in her place. “It’s kidnapping, Liam!”

Darting to one side as he kept running, she let off a blast of electricity. Liam squawked, one handle of the cart he pulled shattering in his hand. The other he dropped without slowing. Catching a rolling egg with one hand, Feedback steadied the cart to a stop with the other. Another blast from her antennae sent the Sonnaratii flying into a nearby stand.

“What were you even going to do with them?” Shaking her head with a huff, she rolled her shoulders and stepped forward-

“Cool!” -only to stop midstep. Throwing a look over her shoulder, she couldn’t help a smile at seeing a Kineceleran teen stood there filming her. The kid was practically vibrating with excitement. Well, it wasn’t like Liam was a real threat, and the eggs had been saved already…

“Nova 10, shining again,” she called brightly, flashing a peace sign before pushing the eggs over by the kid with care. “Hey, stay a safe distance, okay?” They nodded, taking a long step back and pulling the eggs with them. “Thanks!”

For a moment the kid grinned widely, her heart warming and pride preening at the sight, before concern dropped onto their face. Feedback blinked, turning to look behind herself. Liam was up and armed- a weapons stand, of course they had those in Undertown- aiming a blaster her way. As if that was going to do him any good against Feedback of all aliens. Pivoting, she took a solid stance and pulled the electricity from her antennae and arms. The vacuum left behind drew in the blast like it was nothing. Just a moment she let it circulate, charge, before letting go in a strong counterattack, blasting him right back into the wreckage.

Turning back to her audience, she heaved a sigh and shook her head again with a ‘what can you do’ look.

“Nova, what are you doing,” Max asked as he caught up, keeping a leisurely pace. Immediately he headed to check over the eggs.

“Handling Liam, making a fan’s day,” she answered, waving one antenna as he tried to slip away. He froze.

“If you have him down,” Max said, frowning as he rounded the cart and walked past her, “then arrest him. Work first, fans later.” Changing back, Nova rolled her eyes.

“I know what I’m doing, Grandpa. Everything was under control.”

“I know-” Liam grunted as Max shoved him against the wreckage, put a pair of cuffs on him. “-but it should’ve been done with. You’re a grown woman, wearing the most powerful weapon-”

“Not a weapon.”

“You know what I mean. It’s passed time you started acting like a responsible working adult-”

“Really,” Nova groaned, “this again? How many times am I going to hear this from you?” Max turned a stern look on her. Behind her, she could hear the awkward shuffling away of the kid.

“As many as it takes for you to focus on the job.” Because she took the time out of her day to make someone happy, when she knew everything was under control. Yeah, sure. Huffing, she turned on her heel and started walking.

“If you’ve got this, I have other places to be.”

~~~

“Blukic, Driba, meet me in the garage. It’s time.”

Chuckling fondly at the echoes of excited blenching down the hall as she headed for her motorcycle, Nova forced the muscles in her shoulders to relax.

If anything was going to get rid of this new bad mood, it would be mystery ice cream.

~~~

“Hm, this could be a wild omnivoracious chase,” Driba said as the three of them came to a stop at a red light. “The Milk Pop website doesn’t list any stores besides the ones we’ve already visited.”

“And there’s no number for one either,” Blukic added. Nose crinkling, Nova’s head tilted to one side.

“We know there’s another one,” she said, “we’ve seen it on your GPS.”

“On and off, here and there” Driba pointed out. “It’s rarely in the same place twice and most of the time it doesn’t show up at all. Maybe it’s a roach coach?” That didn’t sound right. If nothing else if there was a Milk Pop roach coach one would think she’d have heard about it, but no mention had ever crossed her feed. Still, she couldn’t think of another option that made sense. As she pondered this, the Omnitrix went off. “Um, you have a call.” She stole a glance at it, just knowing who it was, and shook her head.

“Voicemial’ll get it.” The two Galvan’s shared a look, then turned back to the GPS.

“Wait!” Driba perked. “We’ve got it!”

“Where?!”

“It’s-! Gone again…”

“It’s alright,” Blukic said, “I saw the cross streets- corner of Puggsley and Klein!”

“Awesome!” Anticipation flowing through her, Nova’s leg bounced as she waited for the light to change and headed north. “Time for some ice cream, boys!”

~~~

They found the store. It vanished as soon as they pulled up, leaving behind a generic brick building, but they did find it.

“What,” Nova said, “the fuck.” Parking, they hopped off the bike, heading for where there had, not twenty seconds ago, been a door. She laid a hand on the bare wall.

“Clearly,” Driba said, “this is no ordinary Milk Pop.”

“Clearly.” As she said it, she gave the wall a shove, like maybe it was a secret door.

At that exact instant the store came back, sending her stumbling inside. Her ears popped as she crossed the threshold. The Galvan’s walked in after her, shaking and knocking their heads as theirs presumably did the same. A quick look around showed what appeared to be a perfectly ordinary Milk Pop, excepting the opalescent glowing void outside the windows and door. At the counter stood a bovine and an avian alien, repeatedly striking the sharp-toned service bell.

“Will nobody come out and serve us,” the bovine griped more than asked, turning to their companion.

“Sister, you said a mouthful of something,” the other huffed, following her to the door. “I’m out of here.”

Rather the understatement, given that as soon as it opened both were sucked out into the void in a flash of light and a scream. For a heartbeat Nova almost went after them, hero instincts kicking in, before the door slammed shut again.

“That was a cross-dimensional sunburst aurora,” Driba said with audible concern.

“No, it wasn’t,” Blukic countered, and received a glare in return.

“Yes, it was!”

“Not a sunburst,” Blukic shook his head as he said it, “more of a pinwheel shape.” Driba gasped.

“A pinwheel aurora?! That’s worse!”

“Can I ask why,” Nova cut in. The two shared a look again, then shook their heads.

“You don’t want to know.”

“Uh-huh...” Shaking her own head, Nova set about exploring the seemingly empty, perfectly normal, store, finding herself drawn to muted banging and grumbles in the back. A quick look showed-

“Professor Hokestar?” He started as she pushed open the door, the plaps of the Galvans running to catch up echoing behind her. “What have you got there?” The ‘what’ in question being some sort’ve large machine, nestled in the middle of the absolute wreck of a backroom. Hokestar had been waving a wrench at it menacingly.

“Nova! My dear girl!” But he perked right up to see her. “Welcome to my place of business!”

“You opened a Milk Pop,” she asked as she stepped inside, Blukic and Driba weaving around her feet and jumping up onto the machine.

“Not a Milk Pop, the Milk Pop,” he said with a flourish. “This is a warp-field generator, and with it I have opened a Milk Pop that exists in every dimension at once! Or will, if I can get the damn thing to work properly.” Nova and the Galvans nodded, them more excitedly than her.

“That’s why this place was always moving,” Driba cried, “dimensions have been moving around it, and normal shifting of space and time caused minor locational differences!”

“Exactly!” Hokestar turned back to fiddling with the machine. “Such things should be accounted for but, again, it’s not working properly.” Nova nodded again.

“Should you really be fixing that yourself,” she asked. “I mean, I can get Kevin out to do it, knowing him he’s probably built like three of these things already.”

“I assure you, my girl, I have things completely in hand.”

As if on cue there was a small bang, purple smoke billowing from inside the machine. There was a crackle outside.

“Well,” Hokestar said awkwardly as the four of them stared. “Let’s just leave this for a few minutes and find out where it dropped us, hm?”

“Yeaaah,” Nova said, waving the smoke from her face and feeling very disinclined to try to figure out what he fucked up. “Lets.”

~~~

Outside looked, normal. If it weren’t for the fact her bike was nowhere to be seen Nova would’ve thought they hadn’t even moved. It was the same buildings, same train line, almost the same street names. She didn’t know who ‘Pubert’ was, but, good on them for the honor.

“There’s even an alien causing trouble,” Driba said and sure enough when Nova turned her head back to the left there was an alien on the train tracks. And in a worryingly familiar looking outfit. They all watched, tense, as they leapt from the tracks- crushing two parked cars on the way down and tossing another into the path of an oncoming bus. The wreck was dodged, just barely, in a squeal of rubber and tires.

Nova was in motion before the second car left their hands, only faltering when the alien dropped their helmet.

“Nova Tennyson!” He was facing away, but she’d have known Tetrax any day or night and as a raging fire built in her gut something wrong crept up her spine.

“What the fuck are you doing,” she demanded as she stormed over, freezing when he turned around.

“Who are you,” he asked in a perfect mirror of her own thoughts. If there’d been any doubt this was a different dimension, seeing him stand there with a beard he hadn’t had when they’d grabbed breakfast that morning, not recognizing her, would do it.

“Stand back, pleb!”

Shaking confusion away, Nova leaned to see around Not-Tetrax as he turned and dropped into a fighting stance. There was another person stood there, hands on hips, scowling at him.

“How many times do I have to tell you to get off my planet and stay off,” they demanded. Not-Tetrax said nothing, launching a silent attack. As a flash of teal enveloped the other human, Nova backed up to the Milk Pop, collapsing against a wall.

“This really is another dimension,” she muttered, watching as this other person- who looked so much like a younger her in pigtail buns, who seemed to have her name- began fighting the Petrosapien who looked and sounded like but wasn’t her Tetrax in the form of Articguana. Between all that and the crowd swarming over, chattering something about ‘Neptuna’, it was a lot to take in.

“Yeeep,” Blukic said, reaching out to pat her shoulder. Driba was muttering something about zoos beside him, but she wasn’t much listening. The whole situation was overwhelming, uncomfortable, and-

“Why ‘Neptuna’? It’s a lizard.” The others shared a look, then shrugged in unison.

They all stayed at the door and watched the fight go down. It was a good back and forth, fast, with each dodging and attacking in turn. Eventually though, it moved onto the rooftops, ending quickly from there. Turned out a watertower to the face was enough to ground this, Other-Tetrax?, which didn’t feel right to Nova. She couldn’t imagine her Tetrax going down that easily, and her heart kicked up when the crowd surged in to gather around the debris. And right there in the middle, turning back into themself with a cry of “And there’s one more buffa-loser down”, was this Other-Nova, crowd cheering their victory.

She bit back the urge to ask if she’d said shit like that when she was younger. Only the fear of somebody saying ‘yes’ stopped her tongue.

“Okay,” Nova said, pushing herself back to her feet. That couldn’t be safe over there. “You three stay here and fix that warp-field generator, I’m going to go investigate this.”

“No need to rush,” Hokestar asked. “We should at least do some business while we’re here.” Pausing, Nova turned and dropped a hand on his shoulder.

“Professor, we’re leaving as soon as possible. Get to work.” With that and a pat, she was off again, leaving them to hopefully manage themselves.

“Alright, alright,” the Other-Nova was saying as she approached, turning their back on the crowd and holding up their phone for a selfie, “say it with me, ‘Come through, 82’!” Nova cringed as the crowd chimed along, working her way to the front with practiced ease. Being a hero taught you these skills. “Don’t forget, my latest poster line is out next week, and you’ll be able to get a random one free with every five points on your Star Club card! The perfect décor for your bedroom, living room, or office! Collect them all befo-”

The water tank began to rip down the center. Automatically Nova shoved the people nearest her back, starting the crowd running to safety as the Other-Nova turned to watch Other-Tetrax chuck the wreckage. Maybe they were dialing up their Omnitrix, she couldn’t tell, but on instinct she did so herself. In a flash of pink she was XLR8, diving for the Petrosapien, only for him to vanish in a flare of light. Figured.

“Alien!” Turning, she faced the Other-Nova, their hand on their own Omnitrix. “Did the Intellectuary send you too?!” The who?

“Never heard of them, but,” she said and tapped the Omnitrix, changing back to herself and giving a little wave. “Hi, I’m Nova.” The Other-Nova’s jaw dropped. They blinked rapidly. Finally, their eyes lit up and a grin split their face. They waved back enthusiastically.

“Hi!”

~~~

“-I mean, I’ve got other endorsements I’m doing, like with Stitche, they made the jacket- Hey! How’s it going? -but this is the big one- Just one picture! -you’re going to love this-”

Nova nodded along as she followed her interdimensional counterpart up to the counter of this ‘Bucketo Wings’. It seemed like everyone the two of them passed was wild about them, waving, saying hello, going for pictures. She hadn’t been through that since she became a household name, eventually they’d moved on to the next big thing and left her a good eighty percent in peace. Apparently, that wasn’t something Other-Nova had, or seemingly wanted- lavishing in the positive attention.

“We’re going to need two large buckets, themed, with nova sauce,” Other-Nova said once they reached the counter, the people parting in front of them. The man at the register nodded happily and started punching in the order. “And get my friend here set up with a club card too.” Oh no no no.

“It’s okay, I don’t need-”

“No, listen,” they grinned at her as she waved off a form, “with five points on the card- one point per ten likes on any of my videos or per purchase at any Bucketo Wings- then you get a free random poster, fifteen gets you a free small bucket and soda, and with thirty you can even get the copyright Nova 82 Aquarium Kit!” Aquarium-? If it was ‘Neptuna’ themed-

“I’m not going to be here that long,” Nova pointed out as two buckets of chicken wings were placed on the counter, both plastered with her counterpart’s visage. One got shoved her way, the other Other-Nova snatched up themself, leading her to a table.

“Oh. That sucks…” they said, face falling for a moment before they pulled themself back together. “Anyway, what about you, what deals have you got going?” She processed the question as she sat down.

“I mean, I did a promotion with Milk Pop once,” she said. “Only the once though.”

“Never heard of it.” Of course not.

“It’s an ice cream shop back home.”

“Oh,” Other-Nova said with a scoff. Nova gave them a sharp look they didn’t seem to notice. “Ice cream is so 2012. May as well wear buckle shoes.”

“Because wings are the perfect food,” Nova countered, taking a bite and resisting the urge to cough. Damn, how did people survive eating here- her tongue was burning off already!

“Exactly,” came the response. “You really should do more endorsements though,” they said, “it’ll seriously help your brand.”

“My brand doesn’t need help. Besides, what happens if you’re busy with all these endorsements and someone like Vilgax shows up.” Other-Nova took a bite of chicken, seeming- annoyingly- to have no trouble with it.

“Never heard of him either,” they said.

Nova froze. Blinked. That answered a lot, actually. Of course somebody who never had to deal with Vilgax would be so blasé about letting civilians that close to a villain they hadn’t confirmed was done for the day. And would fill their time with business stuff. Didn’t explain the ‘buffa-loser’ pun earlier, but she was trying to pretend it didn’t happen.

“Oh, you sweet summer child.”

They just laughed.

~~~

The billboard was massive. But then it had to be to fit even a little of Waybig- or, as it was apparently called around here, ‘Whopper’- alongside the image of a pick-up truck and a proclamation of the ‘whopping great’ savings you could get at the dealership listed.

“See,” Other-Nova said, spreading their arms in a flourish, “you can use different aliens to promote different things! It’s a win-win- they get eyes on their products, I get people checking my videos, and the fans love it! Nova 82, Guardian of Earth, everywhere they look, always keeping them safe!”

“Mm-hm.” It had been half an hour and Nova was tired. This other her wasn’t a bad person but, everything had been about how awesome they were, or promoting a brand, and- And she’d been a hero for years- while the ego boost was nice, the fame a bonus, none of them were what it was about. To hear somebody almost sounding like it was was-

Tiring.

Idly, she fiddled with the Omnitrix, bringing up her voicemail more out of force of habit than anything. Hearing her grandpa’s voice was, well.

‘Nova, call me when you get this.’ Easier said than done. That scene from earlier, how close the crowd had come to being hurt, kept repeating in her head too. Along with a little voice saying maybe he’d had a bit of a point. Maybe.

“Was that Grandpa Max? Haven’t heard his voice in years.” She looked up to see Other-Nova staring at the Omnitrix, not quite like they’d seen a ghost but, not too far off either. Nova blinked, frowning.

“What happened?” Other-Nova bit their lip.

“He…” They shook their head and stepped back into the street, throwing on a smile. “It doesn’t matter.” Pulling out their phone, they turned away and started walking at a fair clip, Nova rushing to keep up. “Hey, how about we do a team-up? Wouldn’t do much on your end, but my fans would eat it up- two Novas, working together to chase off all those damn aliens, it’d be a serious hit!”

The phrasing did not shit well. It was too close to what she’d heard from Forever Knights, and alongside how many aliens she knew in her own family? Their own family, presumably? It set off an alarm bell. All the things she never would have learned had it not been for Grandpa running through her head, she stopped Other-Nova with a hand clapped on their shoulder.

“You do know not all aliens are bad, right?” Other-Nova stared at her, blinking and not saying anything. “Back home they’re just, around. A few are assholes, yes, but most of them are just hanging out. Living life. I’m dating one.” Not mentioning which alien she was dating, for obvious reasons. Still, Other-Nova stared, slack-jawed.

“Wow,” they said. “Seriously?” She nodded.

“Seriously.” Slowly, they turned and started walking again, eyes wide, chewing a cheek.

“Wow.” Was it a good response, bad, neutral? Nova couldn’t have told you, but clearly she’d made some sort’ve impression with the- to her- simple statement that, essentially, people are people. Whatever happened with Max, he obviously, if nothing else, hadn’t gotten to impart this wisdom on them.

Still, it was a better response than it could have been, and the two walked in silence for several minutes before the Tennyson luck struck again.

A whistling whoosh, a flash of metal-

Boom!!

And they were dealing with an issue.

As she climbed back to her feet, Nova looked from the scorch mark on the pavement towards the direction the fucking missile had come from and bit back a groan. She knew it wasn’t SevenSeven, or at least not her SevenSeven, but they likely weren’t any less trouble when they were working. At least there wasn’t a crowd to worry about this time.

Already Canno- “What do you call that one?” “Armordi.” “Okay, that’s a name I can get behind.”- Armordi, the Other-Nova heaved a sigh and charged into the fray as Other-SevenSeven flew down and opened fire. They didn’t really stand much of a chance. Other-SevenSeven dodged, shot, pivoted off of them like they’d been trained from birth. Probably had been, actually. It wasn’t long before Armordi was splayed out on the road, groaning, and Nova couldn’t just stand there. Quickly she dialed up XLR8 again, sending the mercenary flying in just a few quick blows. Easy-peasy. Which, thinking about it, was rarely a good sign.

“Fuckfuckfuckfuck-” Yep, there it was. She bolted to Other-Nova’s side as they panicked, eyes going wide less at the band around their left arm than at the countdown on its screen.

Fuckfuckfuck indeed.

“I’m gonna blow up I’m gonna blow up-” They were trying to shove it off, tears in their eyes, and XLR8 batted their hands aside.

“I’ve got this!” Thankfully her life and social circle meant she could figure out an access code, and Kineceleran speed made up for a lack of time. Other-Nova collapsed to the ground as she yanked the band off with a cheer, bolting back to Other-SevenSeven and dropping it beside them before returning.

There was something almost cathartic about that explosion, she had to admit.

“Thank you so much,” Other-Nova said as she turned back and helped them to their feet.

“Don’t worry about it,” she said. “That’s what heroes do, right?”

Other-Nova grinned at her, only for their face to fall, and she got a strong sense of déjà vu. Again, she turned, and again a downed opponent was up again. What was that day? As she groaned, another two shapes stepped out of the fading smoke in flashes of light- Other-Tetrax and a third party.

“The Intellectuary,” Other-Nova said beside her, reaching for their watch. She hovered her hand over theirs to stop them.

“Can I at least know what the fuck is going on here,” she called out to them. Nobody was attacking yet, and if basics held true across dimensions, Other-Nova’s ‘did the Intellectuary send you’ meant anything, then two out of three were being paid for this. The other was an unknown.

Was.

“I’m here to retrieve my Omnitrix.” Which could’ve been villain talk, but she recognized the voice and immediately relaxed.

“Azmuth?!” Thank fuck. This could help so much. She turned briefly to Other-Nova. “He’s one of the good ones! I’m Nova 10! My dimension’s Azmuth and I work together!” The mercenaries turned to Other-Azmuth. There was a brief silence.

“Your being from another dimension is logical,” he said, “there has been strange hyper-dimensional activity recently. But working with my alternate self will take proving.” Ah, there was a rub. Nova wracked her brain for a moment.

“If this dimension is like mine,” she eventually said, “then you built the Omnitrix so people could learn to relate more to each other. There’s also the Unitrix, who I really hope is safe and sound here. Your apprentices were Myaxx and Albedo, your ex’s name was Zennith, and-”

“Alright!” One hand came up. “I accept that you know my alternate self. But that does not change the fact that they-” He pointed at Other-Nova. “-have my Omnitrix. I will see it returned.” They clapped a hand around their watch with a glare.

“It’s mine!”

“It was meant for your grandfather,” he said sternly. “We came to retrieve it on word of his death, only for you to already be using it to menace travelers and earn riches.” Other-Nova froze, eyes going wide.

“You knew Grandpa,” they asked quietly. Other-Azmuth sighed.

“Only second-hand. By all reports he was a very good person. The galaxy is lesser for having lost him.” Almost frozen in place, Other-Nova shut their eyes, breathing heavily. Their shoulders trembled.

“If he’d got it,” they whispered to themself, “maybe he wouldn’t have-” They shook their head. Opening their eyes, they glared best they could through tears. “Well, he’s dead and the watch is mine so fuck off-!”

“Hey!” Nova reached out for their shoulder. “Deep breathes. It’s okay.” They stared at her a moment then slumped into her grip.

“I miss him,” they said quietly, voice breaking on the words.

“Of course you do,” Other-Azmuth said, walking over. “But that does not give you leave to be irresponsible, or to blame all others for the acts of one.” They hiccuped.

“I’m a hero,” they said, “I want to be a hero. To be better. The best.” Suddenly, the need to have everyone see and approve them, to keep any aliens they didn’t have full control over away, made a lot more sense. She dropped another hand on their other shoulder, squeezed, and smiled when they met her eyes, pink to blue.

“Trust me, you don’t need a fanbase for that.”

~~~

“-and chill out with the advertisements some,” Nova said, leaned against the counter in Milk Pop. The others were in the back, Other-Azmuth instructing Blukic and Driba in repairing the warp-field generator. He was good at it, better than her Azmuth, and she had high hopes. “I don’t want for Vilgax or whoever your dimension’s heavy hitter is to show up and you be caught off-guard because you were focusing on endorsements.”

“Okay, okay,” Other-Nova chuckled wetly, smiling around a mouthful of actual-grasshopper ice cream- take that ‘so 2012’. “I get it. Talk to aliens before I try to run them out of town, make sure an opponent actually isn’t a threat anymore before I have fun with my fanbase, and do less promoting and more heroing. Okay, mom?”

“Okay.” Laughing herself, Nova ruffled her alternate self’s hair affectionately. “And listen to Azmuth, alright? I know your grandpa is gone but, I think he’ll make a good substitute. And Tetrax really is a good guy, I promise.”

“Alright.” Other-Nova lapsed into quiet for a long moment, staring into their pint, before setting it aside and hopping down off the counter to wrap Nova in a hug. “Thank you. I don’t know how I could repay you for the help.” Nova squeezed them back.

“Well, you could never say ‘buffa-loser’ again, for one-”

~~~

Home dimension sweet home dimension. Blukic and Driba had wanted to just bask in the store for a little while- or more, safely outside the store with enough ice cream to sink a boat- but Nova couldn’t bring herself to. There was something that needed doing, needed saying.

“Grandpa,” she called out as they burst back into the base, gaze eagerly searching him out. He stepped out from behind a desk, cracking a fond smile, clearly despite himself.

“Nova, the parents of those eggs wanted- Oof!” He faltered back a step as she collided with him, clasping her arms around him in the tightest hug she’d given him in what felt then like years.

“Thank you, for everything.” He was quiet a few moments, then chuckled, bringing his arms up around her.

“You’re welcome, kiddo.”

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A lucky collector will be able to purchase one of Louis’ white label vinyls through auction to benefit the Brit Trust. [Article]

The White Label Auction in Aid of The BRIT Trust – the world’s only known auction of “white label” test pressings – takes place next week on Tuesday, 6th June 2023. This year it will have more than 200 lots of highly collectible ‘white-label’ test pressings – the most offered in the four editions of the auction to date since it began in 2019.

The online/on-site auction is once again being hosted by music memorabilia and vinyl records specialists Omega Auctions from their Newton-Le-Willows (Greater Manchester) base. The full catalogue can be accessed here.

Fans and collectors can bid from a huge selection of white label test pressings that rarely come to market, with some even signed by the artists such as The Cure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, New Order, and Wilko Johnson.

The UK’s record labels led by Universal Music UK, who founded the event with the BPI, along with BMG, Domino Recordings, Cherry Red, Sony Music Entertainment UK, Warner Records and others, each year join forces to curate a broad selection of white label auction lots to raise funds for the vital work of music industry charity The BRIT Trust – which promotes education and wellbeing through music and the creative arts to support causes that include the BRIT School and Nordoff and Robbins.

In January the BPI reported that vinyl albums had recorded a 15th year of consecutive growth in the UK, with over 5.5m LPs purchased in 2022. This rising demand for vinyl has in turn resulted in a growing archive of white label test pressings – so called because there is no sleeve artwork at this early stage – which record labels produce ahead of the full release of an album to ensure its audio quality. With only a handful produced, these first-off-the-press copies are snapped up by collectors on the rare occasions they become available, as evidenced by the huge interest in the three White Labels Auctions to date, which between them have raised around £100,000.

White label test pressings by the following artists:

Arcade Fire / Beth Gibbons, Portishead / Black Grape / Blind Faith / Blossoms / Brian Eno / Bryan Ferry / Budgie / Buzzcocks / Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa / Calvin Harris, Katy Perry & Pharrell Williams / Calvin Harris & Sam Smith / Camel / Caravan / Celeste / The Charlatans / Chemical Brothers / Christy Moore / Corinne Bailey-Rae / Cream / The Cure / Daryl Hall & John Oates / Deep Purple / Derek and The Dominoes / Dexy’s Midnight Runners / Diana Ross / Dio / Dirty Pretty Things / Donovan / Doves / Duffy / Dusty Springfield / Ed Sheeran / Emeli Sandé / Eric Carmen / Eric Clapton / The Ethiopians / Eurythmics / The Fall / Fairport Convention / Frankie Goes To Hollywood / ightened Rabbit / Gary Moore / Gaz Coombes / Genesis / George Ezra / Graham Parker / Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five / Gregory Isaacs / Helloween / Inspiral Carpets / Iggy Pop / J Hus / Jacob Collier / Jake Bugg / The Jam / Jamie T / Joe Cocker / John Martyn / John Martyn & Beverley Martyn / John Mayall / Joni Mitchell / Julian Cope / Justin Hayward and John Lodge / Karl Hyde / Kate Nash / Katie J Pearson / Kelis / Kid Creole / Kings of Convenience / Koffee / The LA’s / Laura Marling / Level 42 / Led Zeppelin / Lindisfarne / Linton Kwesi-Johnson / Louis Tomlinson / Ludovico Einaudi / The Lumineers / McAlmont & Butler / Madness / Manic Street Preachers / Marianne Faithfull / Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus / Mark Knopfler / Meat Loaf / Melt Yourself Down / The Members / The Mighty Diamonds / Mike and The Mechanics / Mike Oldfield / MJ Cole Moby / Monty Python / The Moody Blues / Motorhead / Mott The Hoople / Nathaniel Rateliff / Nazareth / Neneh Cherry / New Order / Nicholas Briteli / Noah and The Whale / Nothing But Thieves / Nova Twins / Orchestra Manouevres in the Dark / Pale Fountains / Paloma Faith / Paul Weller/ Penguin Café Orchestra / Pete Townshend / Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane/ PiL / Pulp / Quincy Jones / Rag ‘n’ Bone Man / Rainbow / Rhys Lewis / Richard & Linda Thompson / Rick Wakeman / Rizzle Kicks / Robbie Williams / Robyn / Roger Waters / Ronnie James / Rory Gallagher / The Ruts / Sam Cooke / Sandie Shaw / Sandie Shaw & The Smiths / Sandy Denny / Scissor Sisters / The Scorpions / Scott Walker / Selecta’s Choice Series / Sex Pistols / Shed Seven / The Silvertones / Simple Minds / The Skatalites / Sparks / The Slits / Soul II Soul / The Specials / The Spice Girls / Squeeze / Status Quo / Stereophonics / Steve Winwood / The Stone Roses / Supertramp / T-Rex / Tame Impala / Tangerine Dream / Teardrop Explodes / Tears For Fears / The Teskey Brothers / Therapy? / Thin Lizzy / Tom Speight / Travis / UB40 / The Undertones / Underworld / UNKLE / The Vaccines / The Vamps / Van Morrison / Various: Blue Note / Various Folk / Various Dance - John Morales and others / Various – Little Big Lies / Various – NOW Yearbooks 1980 - 1985 / Various – The Wanderer / Various – Soul / Various – Sound of the Suburbs / The Verve / The Wedding Present / The Who / Wilko Johnson / You Me At Six

See here for full Omega Auctions catalogue list of featured titles.

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O Príncipe Volta a Nova Iorque

EUA, 2021

Craig Brewer

6/10

Reunion

Trinta e três anos depois, Eddie Murphy e Arsenio Hall decidiram juntar-se, para uma sequela de "Coming to America", uma comédia de enorme sucesso no final dos anos 80.

Como o próprio argumento refere, se um filme sai bem, não o estragues com uma sequela desnecessária. E, no entanto, foi isso mesmo que este filme fez. Enfim, estragar não estragou, mas não acrescentou grande coisa.

Duas novidades se destacam, nesta sequela, com piada e interesse: Wesley Snipes, no papel de um ditador africano cheio de maneirismos e um novo personagem, encarnado por Eddie Murphy, baseado no babuíno Rafiki, do clássico da Disney, The Lion King, de 1994.

Tudo o resto é uma mera reunion do cast original de 1988, onde ainda se incluiu James Earl Jones e John Amos, ambos entretanto falecidos, mas já não Madge Sinclair, falecida em 1995 ou Allison Dean.

A abrilhantar a festa temos estrelas da música afro-americana como Salt'n Peppa, En Vogue, Gladys Knight e John Legend.

Para fãs do original, de Eddie Murphy e Arsenio Hall.

Reunion

Thirty-three years later, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall decided to team up for a sequel to "Coming to America", a hugely successful comedy from the late 1980s.

As the script itself points out, if a film does well, don't ruin it with an unnecessary sequel. And yet, that's exactly what this film did. Anyway, it didn't quite ruin it, but it didn't add much.

Two novelties stand out in this sequel, with fun and interest: Wesley Snipes, in the role of an African dictator, full of mannerisms, and a new character, played by Eddie Murphy, based on the baboon Rafiki, from the Disney classic, The Lion King, from 1994.

Everything else is a mere reunion of the original 1988 cast, which still included James Earl Jones and John Amos, both now deceased, but no longer Madge Sinclair, who passed away in 1995 ou Allison Dean.

To liven up the party we have African-American music stars such as Salt'n Peppa, En Vogue, Gladys Knight and John Legend.

For fans of the original, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall.