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azems-familiar · 3 years ago

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hello! are there any songs you associate with any of the kotor characters? (totally not asking bc my brain is hungry for animatic ideas haha,,)

OH BOY DO I HAVE SONGS

first things first, i will direct you to my twelve hour Revan playlist that i use for writing vibes, it's a mixture of vocal and instrumental and it has both a bunch of Revan songs for different eras of Revan, plus revalek songs, plus some revastila songs, plus some songs that just vibe.... it's good and most of the songs i'm about to highlight, if not all of them, are on there already.

NOW. HERE WE GO.

first things first, i need to introduce you to the title song for my mandalorian wars fic, oblivion by the aviators! god, this song doesn't fit all Revans perfectly, but it fits mine so well it was like it'd been written for her specifically, i swear. listening to the song was what inspired me to write the fic to begin with (and now i have a whole series oops). i mean, come on, look at the chorus:

Let the broken heroes rise Let the victors take their prize No one wins when justice dies War has let this age begin It's where we've gone and where they've been What a state that we're in Here in oblivion

can't look at that and tell me that isn't Jedi Knight Revan and the war that broke them.

next up!! liar by the arcadian wild, my beloved. this song is currently my top all time on spotify, closely followed by the song i'm going to rec after it and then achilles come down - and the fact that anything unseated achilles for the top spot should tell you something. (and if you don't know what achilles come down is look it up that one's on my playlist too.) this is a really good one for Revan's slow fall down, the corruption arc - again, all of the songs i'm mentioning really fit my own versions of the characters best, but they're just good in general. some of the lyrics i enjoy from this one:

hnext up, we have it all by pim stones. this particular one feels very revalek to me, early in the Sith years when they still maybe had good intentions, maybe after the war but before becoming Darth. there's this softer, almost desperate tone to the way the singer sings it that just hits me hard - this is the song i'm using as the title for my Sith years interlude fic! a lyric snippet:

All my life I've been heading for hell But never had I thought I'd drag you down as well I just couldn't resist what he was trying to sell

There's glory ahead but our love will be forgotten If my heart was still mine I would go to the bottom And apologise to you until the day it went rotten

next up we have the balancer's eye by lord huron, which is the song i named my series after (have you noticed a trend yet?). it's a very Revan vibe in general, and while i'm not as much of a fan of the style, the lyrics are really excellent!

Nothing's waiting for us in the great sky Life is equal to dust in the balancer's eye Now I know that I can't lift an old curse Tell me, how does a man change the universe?

Will I ever be forgiven for the crime of my life? Will it haunt me 'til I die?

mmm let's see what next. OH! go to war by nothing more. this is just straight up a Sith years song for revalek, whether you ship them or not - they were important to each other either way! ..... i am not going to tangent into yelling about revalek. that is not what this is for. anyway, the song itself is a) a banger and b) talking about love corrupting and falling apart and it just. it hits, man

Do we censor? Do we flow? Are we drunk on the chemicals? Every feeling in my bones Tells me to lash out and tell you to fuck off You've got my heart and I've got your soul But are we better off alone? With every battle we lose a little more Remember everything that we'd die for You are everything that I'd die for

oooh NEXT we have the song i was going to use for my Jaw Scene before i decided to write a full sith years fic. saints by echos is the song, and again, we've got Sith years Revan and Malak here (yes yes i have a type), the vibes of losing faith and anger and it blends really well with how Revan basically played off being a legendary figure to the Republic to fuel their war against it!

You were standing there like an angry god Counting out my sins just to cross them off Saying that my tongue was too loud to trust And that my blood couldn't keep you

My dear, you're not so innocent You're fooling Heaven's gates So you won't have to change You're no saint, you're no savior

mmmm okay the discord has informed me that ten (10) songs is the maximum i should do in one post so. i will only do four more. chrysalis - the last breath by delain is yet another Sith Revan and Malak song and honestly you can read it as a response to the song above, if you think of saints from Malak's pov and chrysalis from Revan's, they mesh really well together.

Hey, are you still mad? About the time We almost went too far I know your regrets In my defense; By now, it's just a scar That distracts you from Your broken heart Like you wanted it to do How do you feel? I don't... How do you know? You won't... To let go of you I will try Until my last breath How do you feel? I don't... How do you know? You won't... To let go I promise I will fight

next! for a complete change of pace, i have a revastila song for you - warrior by beth crowley. it somehow manages to capture exactly the dynamic i think of in my head when i think about Bastila, the uncertainty, the forbiddeness of it, but the way Revan ultimately strengthens her and she strengthens Revan

You fascinated me Cloaked in shadows and secrecy The beauty of a broken angel

I ventured carefully Afraid of what you thought I'd be But pretty soon, I was entangled

You take me by the hand I question who I am

uhhhhhh i am desperately trying to think of songs that aren't just about Revan but instead here i am with another Mandalorian Wars Revan song, what did we know by rachel rose mitchell! this song was introduced to me by the same friend who sent me oblivion, and it really captures the fall of the Mandalorian wars incredibly well imo - the way it started with righteousness but ended in pain (compassion leading to destruction and that's a ramble i'm not going on here either), and there's this line in there that i'm not including in my snippet that's what scares me more than anything / if we could choose the past / we'd probably choose the same and it's like. yes! that's it! i'm going to once again go insane over the scene in the Korriban tomb in kotor 2!!! knowing the price.... would you choose to do it all again........ aaaaaaaa

It's been so long since we began. It seems so long ago That in the name of loyalty We started on our own. Answering the call of a house we once called home, We knew that we were right. What did we know?

We swore that we understood this wasn't a game, But somehow we found ourselves fanning the flames. Those who cautioned and abandoned us, they were the same. I saw them turn away.

the final song i'm doing is the song i used when i wrote the Betrayal scene from Malak's pov, the little things give you away by linkin park. this one just. it vibes, it vibes hard, goes really into the actual grief of betrayal, and also has a super epic instrumental solo so there's that. as usual, lyric snippet:

Don't want to reach for me, do you? I mean nothing to you The little things give you away But now there will be no mistaking The levees are breaking

All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet under water, I do

All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underground now I Now I do

god okay now that you're completely overwhelmed and never want to talk to me again....... i should've probably put this under a readmore but eh. thanks for the ask!

#asked and answered #my revan playlist #there is literally so much music on here #i make up animatics in my head so #you sent this ask in and i sent it to the discord like #what's up i'm about to overwhelm this poor person who just started following me #please don't regret interacting with me #oh i should probably tag this as #long post

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theprotagonistdies · 4 years ago

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Mortal Kombat 2021 Movie Review (w spoilers)

Just wanted to get this off my chest now that the movie’s been released in America. I watched this on 8th April when it was first released in Singapore, and two more times the following week.

So, overall I give the movie about a 6.5-7/10 or C+. Acting: Decent Story: Average at best Action: Above average to Good Gore: Graphic but not as often or much Best highlights: Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion, Costuming

I’ll be referencing some comments by others about the movie, but this’ll all be my opinions. I reviewed the movie based on my understanding that it’s a low budget film before even watching the movie. I am also a fan of the game (though I do not play, I watched most of the lore)

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When I first watched the movie, I was excited. The intro showing Hanzo Hasashi’s backstory would be something familiar to fans of the game. As expected, his wife and child were killed, but as we know it, they have an extra baby girl who later survives and carries on the bloodline. At this point, I was already ‘eh’ because it was so predictable what happens next. I was already disappointed that they named the son ‘Jyubei’ in the subtitles, when the wife didn’t even utter his name in Japanese. In the game, Hanzo’s son is called Satoshi. But one can say that’s something petty.

Anyways, as it goes on, we meet Joe Taslim as Bi-Han. He’s menacing, he’s cocky and has the presence that fills the screen. Already, I was smitten. While some people were saying the movie is rushed, I’d say this part of the intro felt a little draggy. But, the fight scene after is great, and we see Hanzo and Bi-Han throw hands.

I’d have to say at this point: ALL fight scenes including Bi-Han/Sub-Zero were great. They’re the best. Every other fight scene with the other characters were decent but not great.

Then we get introduced to Cole Young. From the get go, I do not like new characters not in the lore. I’m that type of person who does not like original characters in fanfiction. And his story further made me feel that a lot of time was wasted on him. Mortal Kombat has story elements around family, yes, but it’s not central, and it made the movie too wholesome and not in a way that I feel implemented well. In my opinion, it made the movie a little cringey at times. I like Lewis Tan who plays Cole but unfortunately he’s been given a role that was completely unnecessary.

A Youtube reviewer said it best: Why make up an entirely new character when there’s a plethora of characters to choose from? Heck, if you want him related to Hanzo, you could have used Takeda or something (though yes i know he’s not related to Hanzo, but he could be like a distant cousin relative whatever, with Takehashi on one of this other parents side).

There’s Jax and Sonya - why not just use Sonya? She’s the one gathering all the information. They could have used her.

Anyway, moving on. We also meet Kano. He was good and I see a lot of people loved him. Personally I thought he was okay, but he was too comedic in my opinion and felt underwhelming. While funny quips and mockery are appreciated, he felt like what Liu Kang called him: A small, angry little bunny. Not at all what I’d expect of the leader of Black Dragon.

There was... it that supposed to be Reptile? I honestly do not know, but I don’t believe that’s the Reptile we know from the game, and more of a mindless monster that has Reptile’s abilities.

I loved Sonya in this movie. Jessica McNamee was amazing as her. One - she’s attractive as hell, and Two - she felt far more relatable than Cole Young. From her being a soldier living in her ‘shithole’, to her curiosity in trying to find out more about the Mortal Kombat tournament.

They look for Raiden’s Temple in the desert. This was a little slow and again, I say Kano just felt like a chump here. A try-hard doing his best to appear intimidating but failing.

Liu Kang appears. Kano won’t shut up. Liu Kang’s introduction was interesting and I liked it, but later on his monologues and exaggerated actions were so odd and ‘extra’ to me that I was cringing. I don’t know why they don’t just make him a normal guy who’s a Shaolin monk lol.

Raiden is as cranky as we know him in the game. He’s kinda dull here, but to be honest, so is he in the game, so I don’t mind it. I saw someone compare him to the 1995 version which while I enjoyed and appreciated, did not think he suited the game and movie. So Tadanobu Asano’s Raiden is fine to me! Also, shut up to the people who get on others’ case on the way they pronounce Raiden. In Japanese it’s Rai-den, not Ray-den, like they say in the game. Both are correct, so shut up.

Sub-Zero makes an entrance again, menacingly running down the hall and making me sploosh, and Kung Lao also makes an entrance. Here you can see how poor the CG is. This is where you can tell the budget is low and realise that all the sets we’ve seen so far is pretty small and closed.

The ‘arcana’ thing that they made up to explain their powers was honestly pretty smart and I quite liked it. It then becomes a training arc, which while understandably can be seen as slow, it’s quite needed for the story.

The villains in this story were sadly underutilised. Admittedly I am unfamiliar with Nitara and Reiko, so them being throwaway characters did not affect me. Kabal, while very charismatic, died but I felt it was a decent end. I personally wish they could have included him more. However, for Mileena and Goro, I could see the moment I watched it that people were gonna be mad. I’m not fans of either of them but I understood that they are major characters in the game. So for them to be offed that easily was... tbh very disappointing and quite insulting. I sincerely hope they will bring back Mileena for the next movie, experimented on and brought to life using Kitana’s blood or something.

But best villain? Obviously goes to Bi-Han/Sub-Zero. Honestly I went into the movie expecting to root for Scorpion but I ended up being so in love with Joe Taslim’s menacing and chilling portrayal of Sub-Zero. He’s soooo good. People said he was like a slasher film villain and I think they made a great choice doing so!

As for Cole - I’m still not a fan of him or his powers. I like they used tonfas, but as some called it - he has literally plot armour which, tru. Hahahhaa.

So finally after all that, we finally get to the last fight.

Sub-Zero is about to kill Cole then Scorpion is summoned. They both fight and actually one can see Scorpion is winning? He got more hits in than Sub-Zero (two stabs, a side slash and a throw from Scorp, meanwhile Sub got one slash and a throw) so I don’t understand why people thought he actually needed help from Cole.

Also, this is another major complaint about the ‘wholesomeness’. Why was Hanzo’s family killed but Cole’s family spared by Sub-Zero? Why couldn’t they just killed them off for extra weight to the story instead of making it so safe? I felt that would have redeemed Cole’s character as more of Mortal Kombat character if they did so.

But I really enjoyed the fight here. As I mentioned all fights that involved Sub-Zero are amazing and people not giving the credit to this fight scene are blind. I also saw a comment that said they were expecting ‘John-Wick level’ of fight. Both fair and unfair comment because: It’s a low budget movie and they are two different styles of movies. John Wick is more realistic while this one is more fantastical. Though for them to call this a Marvel level choreography... I’m not sure bc Marvel put a lot of money, so that means for their budget the MK movie did well? So IDK but I believe the fight choreography was good in this most especially in the Sub-Zero/Scorpion fights.

Fatalities were great, costuming were great and for the sets while small and enclosed they did good.

Story could have been better and I cannot stress how much I find Cole’s role completely pointless. Pacing wise I actually do not find a problem with it. I only wished for more fighting and less about ‘family’.

From the movie overall I understood it as to be a set up, and even before watching it, from the trailers, I somehow knew it was not going to have a tournament so I don’t know why all these people in comments are lamenting about the lack of a tournament. It feels clear to me that this is a set up movie and more are to come.

So while I have a lot of issues with this movie, I do think it’s a fun watch which is why I give it a pretty generous score imo.

Hopefully we’ll have more to come, improving everything in all aspects with hopefully a bigger budget!

#movie review #mortal kombat 2021

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norgestan · 5 years ago

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You mentioned that you didn't know Skam had a Spanish remake until s2, so I got super curious. Did you watch Skam back in the day? Had you watched any remakes before eskam? What made you start watching eskam, and what were your thoughts on Nora and Alejandro (individually and as a couple) before s3?

oh i will put a read more on this because it got too long

i watched skam before, yes! i got to know about it in 2016 and the first clip that i ever watched on real time was the speech eskild gave isak about pride. i really loved s3, so i watched s1 and s2 and kept up with s4 for about half of the season - i can’t remember why i stopped watching but it probably had something to do with the little time that i had back then and the work that one had to do to search and watch every individual clip subtitled on dailymotion.

when i came to know about the remakes idea i was like, fuck no. lol, because i thought og was pretty good on its own and the idea of having the same show in so many other versions is just so weird to me? i still kept up with some remakes via seeing their tag whenever it trended on tumblr, like skamfr and skamit. those were the most popular ones, and also the ones with evak seasons, ha. that is why austin, wtfock and nl were the ones i knew about the last.

i tried watching skamfr to see what was all the fuss about, i remember i chose that because i like the language and i was trying to learn french. you can imagine how that went lol i gave up on like, episode 8? because i was honestly bored and watching the super unnatural, fast delivery of the actors made me miss og SO much (i still watch og s3 every once in a while, it’s for me what the kids call now a comfort show).

i only came to know about skam españa when the trailer for cris’ season dropped and everyone started to freak out because a) finally another evak season, and b) it’s about two girls! i was pumped bc the wlw rep and THEN i realized it was a remake in my first language. if i had known about it before i definitely would’ve watched that one first. i kept up with the remake because it was super easy with the clips dropping in youtube, and though i wasn’t the biggest fan of cris back then and it didn’t resonate w me the way og had done, it was well done and i didn’t need subtitles to understand it. after i finished it, i watched s1 and found it way more compelling than skamfr s1 had felt to me, but i really didn’t have any desires of watching every single remake, until i made this sideblog.

i never really cared that much about nora on s1 and s2. i think josefine’s portrayal of noora was so charming and iconic on s1 and nicole didn’t get to those standards, but she def was a really good friend to eva. my problem is that her actions seemed way too... performative? in previous seasons. a highlight of that would be nora telling eva about her “joan of arc” nickname in s1. having s3 to close off her development makes it all really nuanced, but at the time i just didn’t buy her feminist rhetoric - although that’s more of a noora problem. it also reminded me a bit of myself, the kind of things i’d say because i read them on tumblr and how there was always a challenge to stand my ground whenever i tried to pull that with my family or my classmates, that helped me to shape my morality. and i think skames got a bit of that, too: the whole pansexuality thing, nora telling cris that she didn’t have to put up with joana’s MI, etc. i think it was refreshing to see a character that thought so highly of herself and her morality, be put on her place by people who knew better, and she never took it hard or got angry because of that. because there wasn’t a lot of depth to her in s2 and just kept on being the cool, supportive friend, i was okay w her but didn’t like her as much as the others. with s3, of course that drastically changed for me.

i think i summed up my impression of alejandro really well on my s1 review, and because i watched s2 first i immediately assumed he’d be the typical william and i was an anti noorhelm when i watched og, so i was super wary of him (there’s also my tags here that sum up how i was feeling about him at the time). rewatching og s1 and s2 made me really appreciate some of the changes: small things like alejandro wearing a condom to have sex with viri, inviting the girls to his halloween party as an apology, being invited to cris’ house party where she came out to her friends, and big things like him not gifting girls he slept with hoodies to mark them, instead causing a (hilarious and skames’ best choice in s1) std outburst that only talked about his promiscuity and status as a fuckboy; apologizing to viri because he realized he was in the wrong and not because nora “promised” him a date if he did it; despite his william-esque “i won’t stop until you say yes” line in s1, effectively stopping to try to creepily hit on nora in s2 and instead becoming friends with her and the girl squad; and then everything that happened in s3.

about norandro, i was never a big fan of them. i had the same concerns about their relationship that i had with alejandro, and i thought they would be the annoyingly toxic token straight couple of the show. during s2′s airing i was pretty pissed that skames kept shifting the pov to develop their relationship, because i thought (and still think) that they could’ve squeezed more growth out of cris, although looking back it’s fine, really. before s3 i saw what they were doing to build them up and i was pleased and VERY curious about it - until i learnt about miquel’s existence and realized that skames would go for the toxic relationship route. absolutely nothing would’ve prepared me by how charmed i was by their dynamic and how they became my favorite couple in skames, lol.

#answered #THANK YOU so much for this ask really... you're too nice #skam españa

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louise27ann · 7 years ago

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Fake Love MV: A Theory

So this is in the perspective that the boys represent parts of Jin.

Let’s begin with this image and take note of it: The Smeraldo flower is in the lamp. And it is an established fact in the bangtan-army galaxy that Smeraldo flowers mean “The truth that can’t be told”. So let’s assume this means, Jin is still trying to hide from his past. Conceal his unhappiness. Therefore, refusing to acknowledge the truth.

*sidenote: Smeraldo was encoded as “Seokjin’s flower”. Meaning Seokjin’s truth that can’t be told.

And then we saw Jin in the room, closing the curtains. And on the other side, in the dark was JK. Let’s say JK is the ‘him’, the real him who is lost. So he locked him in the dark. A symbolism of him shutting down his real self.

Then this scene. And lyrics. From one person, 6 personas came out. “I could pretend”, maybe those are the masks/characters/personalities he invented to pretend he’s happy and that’s he’s doing fine.

The next scenes, the lyrics were pretty important. It’s like he’s slowly realizing that even if he tries to hide and escape from the past. It’s still there. Because tbh, in reality, unsolved conflicts in the past, will bite back later if not sooner. As they say, before you need to learn to love yourself first before you can love others. So in that context just “love” in a romantic way(assuming this is connected to the Highlight Reel), is not enough to fix you, as a person.

And then there’s this scene, shattered windows. The ones Jin decided to shut. He tried to protect the Smeraldo (his truth that cant be told). But he was not able to. Because the time has come, he can no longer run from his past. From himself.

His consciousness is slowly asking, searching for his real identity. “Who are you?”

In this one, Hobi is surrounded by carnival/themepark stuff. And we all know from the Highlight Reel that it was about his bitter childhood memory where his mom left him. That memory was locked away but been wanting to break free! So it’s not that it’s gone, it’s not that Jin was able to escape. He just chose to lock away everything. Because it’s easier.

And there’s Tae with so much photoframes(memories) flashing before him. He kept walking back and forth. But can’t go out too.

Jimin’s scene defined the feeling of emptiness. Because he believed he’s insignificant? A nobody? Like he has nothing? I think even in the highlight reel. He’s idolizing Hobi, secretly liking the girl bc he thinks he has nothing to offer and that there are a lot more people who are much better than him.

T/N: Yoongi and Jimin are locked out in their respective rooms too. And they were doing nothing. JUST WAITING.

Then there these flashes of JK observing as if he just discovered them, Jimin and Yoongi. I defined JK earlier as the locked out Jin. So I think this one means he’s slowly acknowledging the truth he’s been hiding.

And then THIS SCENE. The Smeraldo (Seokjin’s truth) is no longer in the lamp after the glasses were shuttered. So basically, quite literally, the truth is out. And if you can see, Jin’s facing towards the door. He was about to run out.

Right after the scene of Jin running out of the door, JK was scene was right after. He was running away from the crumbling building/house. I’m making a guess that it’s not only the floor but basically the whole house. See Yoongi’s and Jimin’s explanation later. The house is just a representation of the cage where Jin locked out his real self.

He can finally see his reflection. And he was reaching out for it.

As I said earlier, it’s the whole house (cage) that is crumbling down. The photo frames started flashing on and off rapidly. The fire reached Yoongi, the water broke into Jimin’s empty room. Notice Yoongi’s expression tho, he smirked. As if he knew it would happen and was just waiting for it. Jimin wasn't fazed as well. I think it represents, that deep inside, Jin has always known, this day when he needs to face the truth will come. Sooner or later.

*Flashback to the Highlight Reel, in Jin’s narration, he said: “Looking back, I had known all along that underneath the glittering world before my eyes, lay my deception.”

Also a thought for you to ponder on: Do you think the girl Jin who’s suppose to meet was ‘purposely’ hit by a car? Was it to remind Jin of Jungkook’s existence?

okay back to the Fake Love MV.

Now the thing here is, when you try to suppress or lockout something for a very long time, it will crash down on you the moment it breaks free. Hence, the pool of snickers, the surge of fire and water.

So finally, it comes down to it, where he acknowledged that it was not “IM FINE” but rather it is “SAVE ME” because he is not okay. He is not happy. He is not fine. But that’s okay, because the first step to moving on, is accepting that there’s something wrong instead of denying it.

So JK, Jin’s locked out self, was led to this room, where Tae was in Singularity MV. Idw to theorize too early but let’s say that guy in hoodie is Tae or whoever. But it is a possibility, because Tae’s symbolism has always been giving in to evil? So maybe he’s prepared to face the worst version of himself? And accept him with all his flaws and everything.

T/N: Highlight Reel, Jin’s Narration: “Even if this were a DREAM, this is where I choose to be,”

dream = the world with the girls(?)

Finally, this pose. JK was initially holding on to Jin’s hand but let it go. It can mean other things but I’m interpreting it as Jin’s real self emerging from all his persona, and beginning to know who he really is. Yeah.

The remaining puzzle to me is, the 7 wooden stand hanger. Hmmmmm.

#BTS #bangtan #bangtan sonyeondan #theory #fake love #jimin #RM #suga #jhope #jungkook #jin #v #namjoon #yoongi #hobi #seokjin #hoseok

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sugasgrowl · 7 years ago

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A (probably incorrect and inaccurate) Euphoria Theory by Yours Truly

Let me say that this post is probably all incorrect and all garbage, but hey!! It’s making me use my brain, so I can’t complain. I’m so terribly sorry if this makes no sense.

To begin, I think it’s plain to see that Euphoria is a Jungkook centered video (mostly) and the majority of the plot is him thinking back to the good times when all the guys were friends as he stands on the roof and contemplates suicide. (In the HYYH notes, Jungkook talks about how he stood on the roof of a construction site and thought death was a better option. That’s not speculation.) The Notes make it known to us that once the guys stopped being friends, everything kind of went downhill for them all--Jungkook especially, I suppose.

It looks to me like there are the flashbacks to the good times, and then there are clips that seem a little off.

How do they seem that way? I don’t get it--

Time travel.

Hear me out. It sounds crazy, but don’t put anything past Bighit Entertainment.

The time travel theory is true, which can be proven in a lot of ways.

1! The HYYH notes. (The first note specifically.) Jin KNEW the flowers that the girl liked. Because he had been on the date with her before, and it didn’t go the way he wanted it to. He bought the smeraldo flowers because he wanted to make a better first impression.

2! We can also see hints here and there in the LY Highlight Reels that he could travel time. For example, the vase falling over, and then the next time Jin caught it before it fell--because he knew it was going to fall. Not to mention the pile of clothes on his chair from him going back in time to fix their friendships over and over again. We also see Jin wearing that suit in mainly two different locations. Once in the car while he is driving, and once when he walks to buy the flowers and waves to the girl before she crosses the street.

When he drives, he seems erratic and bothered, and eventually as the music picks up and the cuts get shorter and faster, he looks surprised and flinches as if to brace himself. As he waits for the girl to cross the street and watches her get hit by the car, he has a look of recognition on his face--almost as if he recognized the driver of the vehicle.

My theory is that it was Jin driving the vehicle that hit the girl, and the other version of himself that bought the flowers and was waiting for her saw that it was he was driving the car. (Easy, right?)

Why is the time travel theory of importance, you may ask?

Because Jin was going back in time to right the wrongs and tragedies that ripped the boys apart. We saw this in the LY Highlight Reels, as I just said. Bangtan was a family, and Jin didn’t want their bonds to be broken over something that he felt was just coincidental or based off of one split second mistake.

How can we be sure?

Mostly by looking back to the HYYH Notes and Euphoria, as well as Run, Prologue, and INU. Even the solo short films. (Yes. It’s a lot. Blame BigHit lol.)

In INU, Yoongi set his motel on fire. In the notes it’s clear that his mother passed away and he did it out of anger and mourning. Whether he wanted to die or not, it doesn’t say.

But how does Jin intervene, then?

In Euphoria, Jin looks out the window and sees the flames. He puts his hand up, and suddenly Jungkook is there pulling Yoongi from the fire. (Not to mention the strange glitches that appear on the screen as he saves him. In my opinion, that’s the fabric of time wavering from Jin returning from the past and the timeline being changed.) Jin saw the flames and didn’t react because he already went back in time and sent Jungkook to save Yoongi. He knew Yoongi would be okay.

In Prologue, Run, and INU, we see Hoseok’s drug problem. He even mentions his reliance on pills that he didn’t need in the HYYH notes. In the original HYYH series, Hoseok and Jimin were often seen in the hospital together—both as patients. Hoseok was in the hospital for rehab. (And arguably for Munchausen Syndrome, which we see he is diagnosed with on the clipboard in the Mama short film, which could also lowkey explain his addiction to begin with if he was trying to treat an illness he thought he had.) Later, in the LY Highlight Reels and the notes, we see Hoseok starts dancing. He is also no longer in the hospital or reliant on pills.

My theory is that Jin went back in time to help him through his addiction, or even just to suggest that he get some help, so that Hoseok could help Taehyung. (Which I will discuss next!)

In INU, Taehyung kills his abusive father, and we can see him unravel over time (just look at BST Japanese version where he pulls a knife on Jin after he punched him.) Taehyung also hears Namjoon bad mouthing him while talking on the phone (in the Notes), which stirs a rage inside him that he compares to his father. The instance from BST Japanese version especially seemed to put a strain on their friendships, because after that they stopped associating.

Seeing the way that Tae murdering his father affected the whole group, Jin went back in time and made sure to send Hoseok to stop Taehyung from going through with it. (Even in Euphoria there are two contrasting scenes in regards to Tae and his father. The one where there is his father’s body and lots of blood, and the one with Hoseok. Both have signs of there having been a fight, but in the scene with Hoseok, the only real injury was Taehyung’s cut hand.)

Because Hoseok prevented Taehyung from stabbing his dad, Jin thought that he could save the group from falling apart.

Now! What about Jimin? He was in the hospital too!

Correct. As told by the Notes, Jimin was diagnosed with epilepsy and was in and out of the hospital—coincidentally around the same time Hoseok started struggling with his drug problem.

In Euphoria, we see two conflicting scenes: One where the guys are all together at the hospital with Jimin (it looks like for his birthday), and Jimin is the only one in the hospital clothes. We also see a scene, not too much later, where Jimin is alone in the hospital.

Personally, I don’t think that the contrasting clips of the guys together and Jimin by himself are necessarily showing ways that Jin went back in time. I think that Jin couldn’t do anything to help Jimin because Jimin’s issue was one that was within his own body and didn’t have a way to be prevented.

What about Namjoon? He dropped off the planet.

Just like in real life, this pure bean was just along for the ride. He didn’t seem to have any real intention of hurting anyone, he just pissed Taehyung off. (He also lowkey stalked a girl bc he had a crush on her, but that’s besides the point.) The only thing I could say for him is that I think Jin went back in time to make amends with him so that there would for sure be one less person who had hard feelings. That can be seen at the end of BST Japanese version and in Euphoria.

Okay but it worked, right? Like they’re buds now?

Not necessarily. He tries really hard to pull them back together, but what Seokjin doesn't realize is that although he is fixing some things, every time he goes back into the past to fix something, something else falls apart. Him going back in time only temporarily fixes the inevitable of them not being friends anymore. For example: Jungkook’s attempted suicide, Jungkook still getting hit by the car in the end, Jimin was still alone, Yoongi still got expelled, Tae still got mad at Namjoon. Sadly, they all ended up drifting apart regardless.

The one thing that doesn’t really have a 100% resolution for me is why exactly Jin went back in time and jumped in the water instead of Taehyung. We can clearly see him jump, and then we see the clip of Taehyung underwear rewinding, so Jin reversed it. But the reason as to why Jin did it? I’m not sure.

Anyway! If you made it this far, thank you! You’re probably very confused! But honestly, that’s just being an Army at this point.

#bts comeback #bts theory #euphoria bts #ly wonder #bangtan sonyeondan #bts hyyh #hwa yang yeon hwa #hyyh #bts

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compscigirl-blog · 8 years ago

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muji notebooks

frankly speaking, I have a love-hate relationship with these notebooks, but I guess love does trump hate bc I ordered them and am pretty excited to test them out! okay, so I love these notebooks because of their simple design and freedom of which you can design it yourself, but these notebooks only have 30 sheets! so, probably not ideal for school, hence why I had to buy so many of them, and let’s say it did not come cheap lol (at least for me). I bought it for $9 (per a pack of 5 notebooks) off amazon, but had to purchase multiple packs, so the price was bit steep. I would recommend it to those who plan to use it for recreational purposes! for students who just love the aesthetic and build of the notebook, go ahead and buy it, but make sure the price is worth it. these notebooks come in multiple sizes/types. I bought the B5 muji notebooks, however, they also come in A5, A4, B6, B4, etc.

pilot juice pens

I just ordered a 36 pack, but I’m splitting it with my sister since I wanted to save money. I’ve used these pens before and love the free flow of the ink and how it works with various handwriting styles! they come in so many different colors and shades making it fun to experiment with! I bought them off of amazon for $30 I believe (but technically payed $15).

staedtler fineliners

I remember being obsessed with using these when my friend had bought a pack and honestly I still am. these fineliners are so beautiful and really thin in terms of the tip (.3mm). they come in various shades depending on what pack you get. there’s the pastel set, 10 pack, 20 pack, 36 pack, etc. all coming at various prices, however, they are not the cheapest, nor the most expensive. I may buy some eventually, and they sell on amazon for $7-$35 depending on which pack you purchase.

kokuyo campus notebooks

okay if i being honest here I used to abhor the design of these notebooks but after checking them out and doing my research I found myself falling in love with them. they are a bit more expensive than muji, nonetheless they’re still worth it. I plan on buying them when I have money (rip wallet) or maybe just solely sticking to muji notebooks. you can find them on amazon for about $10-$11 per pack of 10 notebooks.I know that @studyquill uses these notebooks, so go ahead and check out her posts and videos if you’d like a better insight on them!

kanken backpacks

*starts drooling* these backpacks are just so…so…aesthetic. for lack of a better word. however, aesthetic shouldn’t be the only role that plays into it, and it sure isn’t. these backpacks have amazing quality in terms of build and can last for years. they come in various colors giving you many options to fit your style. however, and you may want to prepare your wallet for this, its cost ranges from $80-$150 (or even more from what I’ve seen). amazon sells these for pretty good prices, most of the classic ones costing $80, so save up your money if you’re looking to buy one ;)

washi tape

washi tape has so many different uses! use it as you would any tape, or for decorating your bullet journal, notes, etc. they’re really pretty and come in various designs. in terms of pricing, the more “flashy” the design is, the more expensive they get, but they range from $2-$15 dollars (also depends on how many rolls per pack). I’m thinking about buying these, but I don’t have a real purpose for it yet, besides maybe decorating my binders with it.

lihit lab pencil case

i just purchased this online at amazon for about $10, but it takes such a long time to come!!! i won’t be getting it until school starts, so rip (lol). i love how efficient it is, in terms of space for so many items, and the design is really nice too. the price is really good for me and…yeah! haha. oh! they also come in multiple versions/colors, fitting various styles.

zebra mildliners

I actually just ordered these and plan to do a swatch/review on them, but what convinced me to buy these were the wide range of colors and the fact that they’re double sided (highlighters and markers), so I was like a 2 in 1? yes! (I need to save all the money I can get lol) I bought 3 packs (yellow, blue, and pink) for $14.88 on amazon. the prices are pretty good, but try not to buy all 4 at the same time because some sellers charge $40-$50 for it (helll naaaaw, too broke for that). make sure to scope out good deals!

hope you guys liked this post! s/o to anybody who saw me accidently post an unfinished version of it on my main blog lol. inbox/hit me up with an ask on what you’d like me to make next. also, some original content comin’ up with my notes, and study space, and other stuff (haha)

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vxsxnyx · 7 years ago

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elia is unbowed, unbent, unbroken true

y’all elia haters or r+l=j shippers gtfo this rant. i’m not accountable of your feelings.

Elia Martell is one of the best women, if not THE best, in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

i know how the show never gave her the highlight. i know how the show degraded the Sand Snakes, and Ellaria Sand, and practically every Dornishman they showed us. i know how little Aegon and Rhaenys were mentioned throughout the SEVEN seasons. i know. and you know.

therefore, i want you non-book readers to know these facts first:

(1) Elia Martell did not marry Rhaegar Targaryen merely out of duty. she loved him (in the show, Oberyn also confirmed this to Tyrion) and he was fond of her. fond is not the same as love, but tell you what, Rhaegar did not think of her as a nuisance. no.

(2) Elia Martell loved her children very much. again, in the show Oberyn also stated this. she never gave them to wet nurses and breastfed them herself.

(3) in the book version of House of the Undying, Daenerys Targaryen saw Rhaegar and Elia rather than Drogo and Rhaego. there, Rhaegar said to his wife that there was no better name for a king than Aegon. let me tell you that THEIR son was named Aegon and his older sister was Rhaenys.

(4) this moron Rhaegar humiliated Elia (what? do you deny that? would you want your men to do the same to you, giving flowers and such to other women, at parties? congrats) in front of the WHOLE court. why did he do that? you will find out later in my arguments below.

(5) “Prince Rhaegar loved his lady Lyanna and thousands died for it,” said Ser Barristan Selmy. this was the sole reason we all knew behind every action of his and every misery that doomed Westeros for generations. the reason which started this game of thrones of the Seven Kingdoms and beyond. the reason why the Targaryen Dinasty vanished, the kingdoms torn apart, the great houses went extinct, knights and soldiers and civilians perished, Dany and Viserys fled, and so on. and if Ser Barristan, as Rhaegar’s best friend, knew this, that means Elia as his wife knew it too.

(6) Elia died alone. with her children, yes, but without anybody else. she was taken ‘prisoner’ in King’s Landing under Aerys Targaryen’s command to ensure the Dorne did not take part in the rising rebellion. Elia was nursing her babe Aegon when Gregor Clegane and his friends stormed in. Aegon snatched off her breast, Elia raped and brutally murdered by a beastly man, her Rhaenys ran away and hid under Rhaegar’s bed only to be stabbed several times to death, and finally Aegon’s head was smashed against the wall until those who were presented his corpse by Tywin Lannister found it hard to examine him or even to stomach it.

(7) Elia did marry Rhaegar. now this must be surprising for you non-book readers? Oberyn himself stated this in the show. he said the last time he came to King’s Landing was for his sister’s wedding to Rhaegar. she wedded him. and in the books, not only they were married, but they also had presented their children to both King Aerys and Queen Rhaella. Rhaella welcomed her grandchildren and Aerys refused to touch Rhaenys because he said she smelled ‘Dornish’.

(8) Rhaegar ‘coupled’ with Lyanna in Dorne. i use the word ‘coupled’ because it is not stated in the books that they were married or not. the show only briefly said it. the highlight is, he was with her in Dorne. IN DORNE. D O R N E. while Elia was being raped and murdered in King’s Landing, he was in his legal wife’s birthland, coupling with the woman of his dream and leaving his family (to be slaughtered) altogether.

and now, my fave part, the arguments of why i don’t support the R+L ship. beware. i won’t back down defending my opinions.

(a) as I wrote above, Elia loved fair Rhaegar and he was fond of her, yet he was actually in love with Lyanna. we all knew how love outmatches fondness greatly. but really, a married crown prince with legal wife and two kids chasing after a teenager in her sixteen? oh, my sweet summer child. he was not much older, though, but it was ridiculous. his action shook the whole realm, you know? that means nobody had ever done it before.

(b) Elia loved her children, yes. but did Rhaegar? i imagined him so. if not, why would he play A Song of Ice and Fire to Aegon? why would he name him Aegon, a name only fits for a king, if he had not hoped him to be the heir to the crown? and why would little Rhaenys tried to hide under his bed before she was assassinated? that means, Rhaenys was close to her father. she was seeking for his protection. wanting her father’s protection.

(c) Rhaegar humiliated Elia at the tourney. ew. why did Elia stay calm? nobody ever stated that Elia was outraged or such. no. Elia stayed silent upon seeing her husband’s foolish action of crowning Lyanna Stark as his queen of love and beauty. she had gave him two children despite her delicate health and he crowned someone else his queen of love and beauty. in my opinion, Elia was strong. she was, albeit having gentle wits, a strong woman for putting up with shit like that. and definitely she was not a doormat. do you know why she stayed silent? because if she were outraged, Dorne would rise a rebellion against the crown for Rhaegar’s action of dishonoring their princess. you see? Elia avoided bloodshed, avoided a rebellion, all to keep the realm peaceful for her babies to live in. she endured it all herself.

(d) the reason that fueled Rhaegar’s future actions to couple/marry Lyanna was probably due to his obsession of the prophecy. he had his Aegon and Rhaenys already, but Elia was not strong enough to bear more children, therefore he went to Lyanna to not only have her as his woman, but also to have his Visenya. remember, the dragon has three heads. Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaenys. he did not expect another son; he did not expect another Aegon (Jon). if he were there after Jon was born, i’m sure he would welcome him proudly bc he loved Lyanna, but the prophecy could not be happening, still.

(e) the show said he annulled his marriage to Elia. i was laughing. annul? only a king could annul a marriage. did Aerys force him to take another wife because the Mad King dislike Elia as she was Dornish? and why would Rhaegar annul it, if he really was noble and gentle and all the good things people like to associate him with? Elia already had two children with him. his legal kids. annulling his marriage to Elia meant he neglected Aegon and Rhaenys and made them bastards. how could he put his living, innocent children aside for a child that had not been born? the showrunners messed this up. Aegon Targaryen I married both Visenya and Rhaenys--Visenya out of duty, Rhaenys out of desire--so the showrunners could just say that Rhaegar revive that custom. it was not a big deal because what matters is not only Elia’s feelings and status, but also her children’s. imagine the father you love so much neglect you for another child born from his other wife. Elia would always put her children paramount. she would never be okay with her moronic husband making them bastards (even though Dornishmen never despise bastards, as Oberyn said to Cersei and Tywin in the show, but Elia was a princess and legally married to Rhaegar at the first place).

(f) Elia died alone while Lyanna was protected by Kingsguards. lmfao. what is this? i know that probably Rhaegar thought Lyanna was more delicate as she was heavily pregnant, but Elia also had a small child and a baby who was still nursing. i also realise that the numbers of Kingsguard were few, and not all could protect everyone, but why did not he at least put two to guard Aegon and Rhaenys? and you know what? Rhaegar knew King’s Landing was dangerous because he was aware of his father’s unstable mental. he still left Elia and his kids there. did he think KL was safer bc the gates were closed and Aerys had his Kingsguard with him? then he was even more stupid. Aerys openly hated his wife and children, why would he leave them with his father? even RHAELLA AND VISERYS FLED THE CITY. even the Dornishmen MARCHED to KL in defense of Elia, because she was left open and vulnerable. why, Rhaegar? i hope GRRM gives clear explanation of this--or a prequel, yay. but anyways, you get my point.

(g) as i mentioned previously, when Rhaegar crowned Lyanna before everyone’s eyes, Elia stayed calm. no. i don’t think it was because she was weak. i don’t think she did that to secure her seat and image; she was born as a princess, she did not need to mantain anything for anyone. Elia stayed cool because she knew how much her Dornishmen and women loved her. they all would wage wars for her. and she would see no wars. Elia kept calm during the uproar at the tourney because she avoided the bloodshed. i’m very sorry, but what did Lyanna and Rhaegar do? obviously, though she would never want her father and brother to be killed, and thousands of men to die, she would have known the consequences of running away with a married prince, while she herself had already been promised to the heir of Stormland. Rhaegar too, was said to be more of a scholar than warrior, so surely he would have known wars would come if he abducted the daughter of a noble house, right? moreover, he could have caused the STARKS, BARATHEON, and DORNE to march against the crown. did he do that in hope of overthrowing his father? so he could be king and restore the realm’s peace, freeing it from Aerys’s madness? nobody knows. the deal is, both Rhaegar and Lyanna were reckless and foolish for running away without a word to anybody, and the whole realm bled to pay for their selfish action.

(h) i love Jon. don’t call me a hypocrite; that child had been born, had grown up, and be his own man. you don’t judge a child based on his parents. Jon had never known his parents and thought of Ned as his father. i’ll be glad that way. because of what? because Jon Snow would never agree to Rhaegar and Lyanna’s escape. Jon would never agree with Rhaegar abandoning Elia and his two children just to pay more attention to the love of his life. Jon would never agree with the brutal murder of a woman, a babe, and a girl. Jon would never agree with somebody who pulled the trigger to cause wars just because he could have his prophecy happen. Jon was all Ned and that made me glad. he grew without anyone’s influence on him, like Dany, and be his own person. he has qualities both Rhaegar and Lyanna lacked. again, i love Jon, but i never legitimise the actions of his parents. it was atrocity they committed.

(i) the showrunners CANNOT just neglect the existences of Elia, Aegon, and Rhaenys. no. not after you killed Oberyn defending their honors. not after you killed Oberyn who tried to make Gregor Clegane confess his animalistic actions towards Elia. not after you wrote dialogues that clearly stated that THERE WERE ELIA, AEGON, AND RHAENYS living in Westeros, as Oberyn Martell’s older sister and nephew and niece, as the wife of Rhaegar Targaryen.

in summary, i don’t hold any hard feelings towards you R+L shippers. i just want to state the facts and my opinions. you might want to think twice that this pair is not romantic at all--their song was the song of stupidity and selfishness.

have a good day!

also, i’d love to thank these lovely people for posting beautiful and/or logic posts regarding Elia Martell and her status in both show and books: @rhaenysbloodofoldvalyria @lavellenchanted @jeweljessicajones @asoiafhistory @visenva @windinyoursnail @namea123 @sana-bakkoush @itseleanormontgomery @eliamvrtell @frozenrevenant @naiariddle @femagorgon <3

honestly, there isn’t enough love for elia

ps: i will not argue in the comment section. DM me if you’d like to share opinions concerning this topic. make sure your argument is valid and not childish, though :D

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leegeumhyuks · 7 years ago

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Seventeen in Toronto Highlights (Long Post)

this is gonna be such a shit post im basically ranting bc i have a lot of seventeen feels rn (its gonna be long too)

the concert happened like 4 days ago and I’m still not over it

Okay so I live in new Brunswick so it was a 15 hour drive one way. We drove up the day before and drove home the day after.

It was tiring, but so worth it. One of the best experiences of my life(oh btw i went with a friend ^^)

(not relevant to the concert but we went to a cute Korean store called Sarah and Tom which had a MASSIVE collection of kpop albums so I bought Going Seventeen and a BTS album :) )

Alright so the concert was at a place called Massey Hall which is more like a theater than a concert stadium [lowkey looked like a place you would go to see a play or an opera or some shit]

it was a pretty small place so really no matter where you sat, you could see really well so any seat was a good seat

Me and my friend were center-balcony near the back so we had a very clear view of the stage (other than there was some tall dude in front of me so it was a bit difficult at times)

We arrived outside the venue at around 6:20 (concert started at 7) and the line to get in already went around a whole block. People were stopping to ask what was going on and apparently it made the Toronto news??

So we get in at around 6:40 and the venue is already more than half full and theyre just playing music videos and everyone was singing along

And when I say everyone was singing along i mean everyone

Honestly I only remember a few of the songs but I they played BoomBoom, Very Nice, Highlight, Healing, and Check In

I have never been happier in my entire life when every single damn person in the venue did Mingyu’s “WhhoAHHH YeaAAHHH’ part. Super. Fucking. Loud

Alright so let me tell you my dudes, It was the biggest adrenaline rush when all the lights went out and you could see the boys run out on stage in the dimness. My heart felt like it stopped.

The lights turn on and I hear Dokyum say “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Diamond Edge” but honestly I wasnt even paying attention bc I was just so blown away

Literally my very first thought upon seeing them was “They’re not real” bc the very first person I looked at was Jeonghan and I thought he was so damn gorgeous he must be fake

He’s literal ethereal. I could go off about how good looking he is. Honestly the true visual of Svt (i swear hes not my bias)

So the very first stage was Pretty U and honestly I dont remember much bc i was too busy freaking out over the fact that I was actually there and they were actually here. I just remember everyone dancing along to Dokyums “Neoneoneoneo” part and all of us doing the “Yeppeuda” part

(they performed Beautiful right after and i really dont remember much of it other than the dance in the chorus [i have such a shit memory its mainly why im making this post before ill forget it all])

So after that they went straight into Adore U (which is my fav svt song although it probably isnt anymore after habits but ill talk about that in a bit)

Oh man if you thought I went off about Jeonghans visuals let me tell you about this mans vocals. They’re so sweet. Sweeter than honey. Jeonghans part in the chorus is my absolute favorite part of the song and it sounds 10000x better live. He just sings it so flawlessly while doing the dance and overall I was just so impressed??

Jihoon also sounded amazing but like let me just take a minute and say every single member sounded fucking perfect and flawless like if you aren’t stanning Seventeen then what are you doing

And the dances were so on point too. I didn’t notice any slip ups or anybody trippin or nothing. Like you’d think they’d show signs of fatigue or being tired bc they did two shows the few days before but they were all so hyped and gave their all in every stage and they genuinely looked like they were enjoying themselves

Anyways back to Adore U

Everyone in the crowd did the “Akkinda” part and I could see Soonyoung smiling so big bc of that like he was really happy bc of it

After Adore U finished they all lined up to do their intros and introduced themselves as a group and then did their individual intros

Most of them just did a casual “Hi I’m ___” but then you had the extra™️ members

Soonyoung got us all to chant something (im not sure what it was exactly I think it was ‘rock the beat’) and then he did his usual “What time is it??” “10 Hour 10 Minute” which honestly made my life i was hoping for him to do that (i love soonyoung sm honestly most of my favorite moments of the concert were bc of him)

Dokyum also did a thing where he got everyone to scream for him

All of their intros were great but none of them were as memorable as Jihoons for me

I know a lot of people were saying ‘He’s not that small in person’, but to me he was so small and cute and I just wanted to go and hug him bc hes so freaking adorable

So Jihoon’s kinda quiet and shy in general, we know that from variety shows and such but I saw it a lot in the concert. Like when other members were talking he just stood quietly with his hands folded and there was this one part where they all ran towards the edge of the stage and gave hearts and Jihoon like covered his face a bit and looked embarrassed

So anyways he does like this cute little “Hi guys” and I just fucking melted right there. I made an audible “awwwww” sound that my friend was like ???

I love Jihoon so much and I will forever see him as the cute and adorable little smol (boi got a voice tho holy shit)

So they talked a bit more after that about how they walked around Toronto a bit the day before and how they were impressed with the crowd dancing along to Pretty U and Mingyu taught us a little chant where they would say “Seventeen Carat” and we would go ‘clap clap Ehhhhh’ it was weird but cute

So they went straight into Still Lonely from there and I hate my brain for not remembering most of it bc its one of my favorite songs but I just remember Minghao doing Jun’s part in the last chorus and sounding amazing honestly i want an official 13 member version of that song

So after that was Very Nice which was indeed, very nice. Dancing on point. Dino and Vernons rap were amazing and the whole audience did the “Maja” part

Also dont remember much of that stage but I definitely remember the last part bc thats the part where my son, Chan, is in the front. 10/10

Okay so I have 2 favorite performances of the night. One of which was Swimming Fool. I am such a hoe for Performance unit (considering 2 of my biases are in it) so actually every performance of theirs was my fav but Swimming Fool tho.

That song is one of my favs and I had never seen the dance before so I was basically dying the whole time. Soonyoung’s little wiggle dance and the jumping up and down dance that Chan did. The whole dance was so cute tbh Ive been re-watching that video every day since. (if youve never seen the dance pls watch this. Not my video tho)

Alright imma talk about Soonyoung for a minute. This boi. Was so hyper the entire concert. He was doing his usual yelling during songs and was giggling a whole lot, I noticed. (He also dabbed like 20 times and i was like someone pls stop him)

(There was one part where he went and dabbed right in front of Jihoon and i laughed a little harder than i should have)

And I’m honestly so glad that Soonyoung was feeling great the whole time bc apparently at the Chicago(?) show he wasn’t able to perform bc he was sick so we were extremely blessed that all 13 members were well and healthy to perform for us so like thank u jesus for keeping them all safe

(I was lowkey worried about that a lot before the concert bc of when I heard Hyungwon was missing parts of the tour with MX so I was like “Lord pls let it be all 13″)

anywho so all the members went to change outfits and they played a vcr (dont remember what of tho i have such a shit memory)

So yall they did Mansae next and started out with the class chairs and Dokyum was the teacher at the blackboard it was rlly cute!! ^^ And towards the end they repeated the “MansaeMansae” part and got everyone to do the dance it was such a great time

So while the rest of the group was preparing for the next stage(i presume), Chan and Seungcheol came out, just the two of them, with a gopro and said it was the camera for “Going Seventeen” and were filming the crowd and interacting with us a bit. And then they had a dance battle (Which Dino clearly won Seungcheol didnt stand a chance against Michael Chanson)

So then everybody came out and did BoomBoom which was incredible (every stage was amazing i feel like i shouldnt have to say it) Most of the crowd even did the shirt thing which was really fun. Chan slayed his rap (i love my son)

So after that there was another vcr and the members changed outfits again

Vocal unit came out and sang We Gonna Make It Shine and boys let me say I have never fell in love with someone vocals so much before in my life. Like I’ve always loved Jihoon’s voice bc it was unique and its got a nasally tone to it and I love it, but hearing it in person made me love it 100x more

And for a while I actually thought Jihoon wasn’t singing?? Bc he just sounded so flawless, like exactly like the recording that I thought ‘maybe hes lip singing bc his throat is bad or something’ and I’m hitting myself now for even thinking that bc really Lee Jihoon is just the most amazing vocalist I’ve ever heard Boo Seungkwan who???

So yeah Vocal unit slayed even though I’ll always like the 2014 version of that song with Soonyoung better

As soon as that song ended they went straight into Don’t Listen and omg let me talk about visuals. The stage had this whole setup with a table with some fancy ass candles on it and there was a throne that Joshua was sitting in and the lighting was really eerie and I really don’t listen to that song much but im gonna listen to it every day from now on bc damn

HipHop unit had their turn next where they did some song which I had never heard of before called “On Haeng Il Chi” and it was dope then went into Check In and once again everyone did Mingyus “ohhhhhHHh yeahH” part (glorious I tell you)

Seungcheol was serving looks the whole time bc he was wearing this black suit set and he just looked so good the whole time. Honestly Seungcheol was such a tease the whole concert and i got a look at his thighs at one point and man he thicc

Vernon was also wearing this nice green shirt and I just really liked it for some reason and I wish I had taken more pictures and videos I hate myself for not doing that

AlrIGHT Performance Unit time!!! So leadin up to the concert I thought they were gonna perform “WHO” bc it was a bonus track and I just thought they would perform it for some reason so when they were all standing there ready for the song to start, the amount of confusion on my face when OMG came on… Wasn’t disappointed tho that performance was awesome

Still would like to see a performance of WHO tho I hope they’ll do that next time

And then they did Highlight and me and my friend even switched seats so I could get a better video of it bc I love that song so much. Also leading up to the concert I knew they were going to do this song but I wasn’t sure if they were going to do 13 member version or not but I’m glad it was just the 4 of them

Oh man okay I’m gonna talk about my bias, Chan, for a second. His stage presence in every song is seriously amazing. A main reason why hes my bias is bc im a huge fan of his dancing and his dance style(and he pretty cute) and seeing him perform live was incredible. it was almost overwhelming bc I couldnt believe someone this talented existed and I was watching them in their element

Like he put his all into the dance while still executing his raps and vocals perfectly. His voice actually does sound a bit different live, like its a bit higher than I expected but he was so on point the whole night why is he such an underrated member

Okay so the members had another outfit change after this and these outfits were straight up sinful. Not to mention the first song they performed in them was equally as sinful so I’m going to on about this performance bc this was the best performance imo. I will never forget it. It’s ingrained into my brain forever

So Crazy In Love starts. Okay so I don’t listen to this song much as far as just listening to it in my free time, but I’d seen the dance before so as soon as I heard the music, I knew we were royally fucked. I wasn’t expecting this song probably bc i forgot it existed but its my new fav song guys this performance ruined me.

So the lights come on at the very first part and these mofos are wearing tight black skinny pants (which looked like they were leather but they werent) and red silk sparkly shirts that were tucked in. Every single member looked flawless

(Also didn’t mention this before but all of their hair was styled so well bless the stylists. I normally prefer a more natural color for hair on idols so I was glad the colorful dye had faded and most of them just went with black or brown)

But lord have mercy when the song started. Okay Chan is my bias but I could not stop staring at Soonyoung almost the entire time - minus for Chan’s “talking about love” part (which I remember doing the dance for and screaming while doing so)

Like you get Swimming Fool Soonyoung whos all cute and playful and going “YEEEE HAWW” during the song and then you get Crazy In Love Soonyoung whos all bedroom eyes and sexy glares and just everything about the way he moves is mesmerizing (i swear. Hes NOT my bias)

So getting through the first chorus is hard enough when BOTH my bias and bias wrecker are up in front doing that provocative shit and I was so conflicted on which one to stare at but I ended up staring at Soonyoung the whole time.

And then in the second chorus when it’s just Jeonghan doing it and both me and my friend screamed so loud ugh the outfits were so perfect for this dance i wanted to D I E

And then it gets to the Part in the song yknow the “Ooohhhhh” part where they spin around and when it was Soonyoungs part to do that by himself. I don’t even have words for how that made me feel. That image is in my mind forever. You know that meme thats like “you ever wonder whats going on in someones head?” well yeah its that for me

It’s just Soonyung doing that one dance move

okay moving on Ive talked about this enough

My I was right after and I’d never seen the dance to that either and it was really beautiful and cool like idk how to describe it. It was like a very romantic type of dance and Jun and Minghao had such great chemistry on stage together they really blew me away

OKay now imma freak out some more bc Vocal Unit performed Habits. I actually recorded this whole song so I wasn’t really paying attention to what was happening on stage bc they were all just standing there with mic stand anyways. I was enjoying the audio and their lovely vocals. (Again, Jihoon really exceeded my expectations in this song. Like for some members like Dokyum and Seungkwan I know theyre gonna sound great and its not like I didn’t for the rest but I’m just still not over how good EVERYONE sounded)

So I’m enjoying them vocals and the song ends and my friend taps on my arm and points to her face and there are actual tears. This bitch really cried. At the time I was like “during Habits of all songs??” but i was so naive now I understand(I cried 2 days later listening to that song)

Hiphop unit then did If I which I remember 0 of I think I was still too shook from Vocal Unit

I just remember their little hip thrust dance and then immediately after was a ment and Soonyoung was mimicking HH units dance and giggling like an idiot and got the whole crowd to sing and dance to If I

“Ohh Toronto. Dancing good”

Then they were all arguing over which unit’s performance suited Toronto the best but then decided that they all did

And then Soonyoung dabbed

Too many times

Everyone also dabbed with him this group is a M E S S

And then they got Jeonghan to do Aegyo so he spun around and made a heart and said “Toronto I love you!” in the cutest voice possible I swear I’m in love with Jeonghans voice

And then Wonwoo did a cute little dance to which we all chanted ‘Go Wonwoo’ for and then Soonyoung dabbed

again

(It made Jihoon cringe every time)

Then Jeonghan tried to get Seungkwan to sing something and Boo was like ‘moVING ON” but he gave in and sang a bit of Hello by adele which was really nice. Like damn the acoustics in that theater were no joke bc its a theater (i assume) made for plays and stuff and him singing without any track sounded really nice.

And then they asked my boi Chan to dance so he started singing Billie Jean by Michael Jackson and doing the hipthrust dance and Seungkwan ran over like ‘nOO”. But Chan just kept dancing and singing and having a good time and being w i l d to which Seungcheol cracked up at. He literally fell on the floor laughing

And they kept going on about how this was a totally special stage for Toronto, “only for Toronto”

So then they went on to say they were gonna perform a very “hot” song next and my clueless ass was like ‘Don’t wanna cry?’ but naw it was ROCK which I only recorded part of bc the lighting was bad and my phone sucks

But okay I can just say that Wonwoo’s voice sounds 10x deeper in person. If you thought his rap was really deep in that song, wait until you hear it live. For a long time Wonwoo was my favorite rapper in kpop and I think hes regaining that title he was very good the whole night and I really like his deep voice

and then they did Chuck which was SO AMAZING HOLY CRAP

I love that song sm in the first place but I love it even more now upon seeing and hearing it in person. I recorded a bit of that one too and love it i watch that video like 3 times a day

So then they had another short Ment where they taught us the dance to Chuck and Soonyoung doing the “brrrr” part was so adorable I wanted to die. (I feel like Im talking about Soonyoung a lot but im just so glad he was able to perform in Toronto ilysm)

So then Vernon was like “I actually have some bad new for yall” and all the members were like ‘whaaat??’ and pretending to be shocked

So Vernon goes on: “The next song is actually the last song for the night” and Soonyoung made this fake crying noise and then dabbED LIKE 5 TIMES

That was when he went over to Jihoon and dabbed right in front of him and then was like “Oh my god our last song?”

and then Vernon being the cheeky ass that he is was like “Yeah and I really dont wanna cry about it” and then him and Soonyoung went to the back of the stage to “cry” and all the other members were “crying”

Then Vernon came back and like “I wonder what our next song is tho? Hm????” and im like really bitch

So Soonyoung yelled ‘are you ready’ a few times and then they performed Don’t Wanna Cry which was INCREDIBLE

They were all in perfect sync like im seriously amazed. These boys probably have to practice day and night to get dances like that. It was amazing

So the boys left the stage for a bit and there was a another vcr which was of all the member explaining what carats were to them and it was really sweet and my friend cried again (she cried like 3 times that night) and I died at Jihoons bc there was this short clip of him and hes just so darn cute

so they came out again and performed Shining Diamond but were wearing casual jeans and half were wearing blue shirts and the other half were wearing pink shirts and Soonyoung looked so good in that outfit bc his shirt was tucked in in the front and his hair was just so great

anyways they all looked like they had fun performing that song and Soonyoung was yelling as usual and there was one part of the dance that was super satisfying bc all the colors of the shirts lined up and it was just really nice to look at.

And then they performed Healing which we had special banners to hold up during. There was one part I remember bc I couldnt see bc everyone was holding their banners above their heads, but Seungcheol jumped onto Mingyus back and koala hugged him for a good minute and a half and Mingyu kept trying to get him off and Seungcheol just smiled like an idiot and latched on. Eventually he got down and then grabbed his water bottle and dumped half of it onto the people in the front(splash zone)

So once that song ended, Toronto Carats had actually prepared something special for Seventeen. So certain seats had a red board on it that you would hold up after Healing ended but only so many seats had them so it made a message in the crowd and I think it was just 2 hearts and ‘1 7′ and the members looked really surprised like Vernon and Minghao were next to each other and were like :O

Seungcheol and Jeonghan looked really shocked too, overall none of them expected it

So then the goodbye ments came and I was ready to die as soon as they started. They all said the similar kind of thing like “we had a good time we’ll come again soon ect…”

But Minghao’s was all in english and it was the cutest damn thing i have ever heard in my life. He started out with “Today I am so happy because of our Toronto Carats energy.”

and then says the cutest shit ever: “We are like friends. We look after each other and love each other” He also kept looking over at Vernon to make sure he was saying it right

and then he said something like “we care for each other” and the fkcigingf df went “and everyone, don’t be sick. Always be happy okay?” IN LIKE THE CUTEST WAY POSSIBLE I WANTED TO SCREAM I MEAN I PROBABLY DID BUT STILL

and then I only remember Chan saying something like “We’ll be back soon, and when we are you have to promise that you’ll come to our show” and then Soonyoung and Seungcheol held out their pinkies for us to promise them and I held my pinky bc I damn promise if they come to Toronto again I will be seeing them for sure. Or I’ll try my best anyways

and they all gave us hearts and said they loved us and did a bow and then all had to leave the stage and I almost cried;;

I remember Soonyoung was the last to leave the stage bc he kept waving and saying goodbye

Also I remember a person sticking their hand out one last time and it was kind funny bc I just see this random hand pop out for like a split second. I didn’t know who it was at the time, but I later found out it was Dokyum :3

So yeah, he’s not my bias, but Soonyoung made my night

Anyways. I’m still having post-concert depression. Honestly I don’t think I’ll ever be able to listen to another seventeen song again without crying. All in all, it was one of the best nights of my life and if it wasn’t for my best friend who bought the tickets and surprised me with them and her mom who drove us up the whole long way. Highlight of my summer.

#i say honestly a lot #god this is long #took me like 3 hours to write and i had to watch fancams to remember stuff #i love seventeen so much you guys honestly u dont udneratand #i cried like 3 times the other day #bc of them #seventeen #diamond edge #toronto #2017 #svt #17 #my post #long post

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teeny-human · 8 years ago

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So I went to watch Singapore Nationals...

with @shadowsinwinter

also @kognitive-impairment this recap is dedicated to you since u couldn’t join us today lmao

it was the first time i watched figure skating right in front of my goddamn eyes and BOY was it An Experience and i decided that i needed to blog about it

the good thing about singapore is that it’s a small island so you can basically get anywhere within a reasonable time. Which is besides the point because The Rink (yes it is actually called The Rink bc there are only two public ice rinks in this country and the other one already has a proper name) is ~half an hour away from my hall in the university, so it was very reasonable for us to go there and spectate.

the bad thing about singapore is that it sits on the equator and there is no ice in this country AT ALL, save for the one time it dropped from the sky in the form of grapes. Unsurprisingly, singapore is not known for its winter sports (yay swimming but no, not winter sports). tbh we just went there to watch the senior ladies

SO shannon and I arrived at The Rink in the middle of the adv novice SP. We had to shift seats like twice... thrice?? to find the best view. Since we didn’t know of any of these skaters, we played a game called “LEt’s identify the jumps!”. idk whether it was just me but jumps seem easier to identify when you see them irl? Or maybe i still suck bc, to me, all toe jumps look like toe loops and all edge jumps look like salchows unless it’s an axel but whatevs. But here are some noteworthy... things... that happened in the adv novice (ladies and men) category:

someone skated to a techno version of habanera from bizet’s carmen (drink)

the first time i saw part of someone’s costume fall out while they were spinning (that’s gonna net a 1 point deduction? also, drink)

why do all these kids end their programmes by dabbing

after that was the junior ladies and men... and i can’t really remember anything particularly interesting happening here so imma skip

AND THEN!!! SENIOR LADIES SP which is what we came here for (we viewed all of this from a KFC bc it allegedly had a better view?? shannon i feel that we should have just stayed at the seats and hogged the glass panels but whatevs)

1. Chloe Ing

SP: Can’t Help Falling in Love

a programme i love

relatively clean skate, compared to 4CC, AWG, and JWC

she two-footed the 2S (?? idk jumps are hard to identify from a top-down angle) but the other jumps were p clean

the step sequence is HANDS DOWN my fav part

2. Ceciliane Hartmann

SP: Sixteen Tons

another programme i love

her movements were so sharp for a rhythmic song like sixteen tons

fell on the axel but the remaining jumps were p good

did she peak at coupe du printemps? who knows? who cares? she’s going on the podium here anyway

3. Jessica Yu Shuran

SP: Blues Instrumental, Maria Maria

okay i only love the part where the tempo picks up at the step sequence

the slow part may be boring but at least it’s nice and chill for shuran to NAIL ALL HER JUMPS GODDAMN

i wish i saw this from the front

and that’s it for the three singaporean skaters who compete internationally

but wait there’s still ADULT FS so here are some highlights:

one guy skated to yuri on ice, which explained why he was wearing white shirt and suspenders

another guy appeared in what looked suspiciously similar to yuzuru hanyu’s chopin costume hahaha he did a layback ina bauer in his FS

with day 1 of the competition over, we went downstairs so i could ask what was the protocol for throwing flowers to the skaters (you can’t). i approached a very official-looking lady with the question and she told us to follow her backstage wow. And then we were standing literally three feet away from chloe ing hahaha i was sweating and didn’t even have the courage to ask for a selfie

(also because of both shannon’s and my embarrassing phone wallpaper situation lmao. Activate my phone to see a big picture of shoma uno, unlock to see yet another big picture of shoma uno. Activate shannon’s phone to be greeted with yuzuru in the purple pants of sin, unlock to see a big picture of maia shibutani)

that’s it. now i have to wake up tomorrow for the free skate

shannon pls add if i missed anything out or got anything wrong bc it’s late and my brain has stopped working lmao

#figure skating #chloe ing #ceciliane hartmann #shuran yu #singapore nationals #long post y'all

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spinneryesteryear · 5 years ago

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Spinner plays FFXIV Stormblood

Finished FFXIV 4.0 MSQ over the weekend (DRK to 70, WHM to 77), hoo boy. I know I've got the 4.x patches to go but I did wind up liking Stormblood more than I thought. Spoilers ahoy!

Highlights:

- started the SB questline right about the same time as everyone else started ShB *sobs* It did mean I landed in the midst of some good FATE-grinding parties, however, at little as that matters

- I liked the Baelsar’s Wall but those last twin bosses can go die in a fire

- couldn’t get really sad over Papalymo because he barely contributed anything to the story except to snark at Yda. I like him better in DFFOO, where he is an excellent black mage. So, like, the exact opposite of my feelings regarding Thancred.

- Shinryu, Omega, and Cid all disappeared for the majority of the Stormblood questline and tbh it suffered for their absences. At least Estinien, of all people, was tracking the first two down.

- thankfully the WHM quests were all in the first zone I got access to and I already had it at 70 so I just zipped through them

----- me: *fails repeatedly at WHM lvl 70 quest*

----- me: *returns w/gear 10 lvls higher* Time for my vengeance.

----- (Yes, I know I should always keep my gear up to date and to be fair I always keep it at the appropriate level or better when other people are involved. This, however, was single-player duty and my lack of better gear didn’t matter since I didn’t even have the lvl 61 dungeon unlocked yet.)

- never cared at all for Zenos. Nope. Not at all. He and his golf club bag of swords can go fall off Shinryu's platforms. (I also had 0% trouble w/his solo fights on DRK? Maybe it was the new flat damage reduction baked into all tanks, idk, or maybe it was having Aug Shire/at lvl gear for each instance. I kept my health up just fine and had to be wiped out via his insta-kill move for the duty to end. But honestly it felt like good DRK job fantasy, taking on this insurmountable foe and clawing my way past death to defend my fallen comrades.) Also my character literally viewed him as a troubled teen taking out his issues on everyone around him via murder and wasn't impressed w/him in the least. But anyway.

- I came to tolerate Lyse but that's it. Hot-blooded people who rush off and act w/o thinking irritate me greatly IRL and it's no different in virtual life. Plus, she's almost literally an anime version of me who traded book smarts for punching ability. Even her name is a mere one letter from mine. It's kinda weird. She’s my mirror universe self. Ugh.

- it’s really disappointing Square Enix gives me so few options in killing myself. Let me jump off cliffs to my messy death already, dang it. Skyrim let me do it within the first 2 minutes of ever playing, haha.

- the sharks fly. the bears fly. the goobues fly. why not.

- ah, yes, gyuki. Skyrim prepared me for unreasonably bloodthirsty walruses. And for the unreasonably powerful and murderous mammoths.

- I liked M'naago, wished she had been the lead instead

- genuinely loved Gosetsu (Conrad who?) and was upset at his 'death'. I'm at once glad he survived and annoyed at another death fake-out. *Drak voice* Kill more! Kill 'em all!

- Hien is an adorable badass and I wish to adopt him and take him home with me. Doma 4 lyfe

---- me: *interiorly grumbles every time I hear the words ‘Ala Mhigo’

---- also me: *cheers for Doma & the Steppes*

- I just... really don’t understand why Highlanders live in a desert nation and have geographic and cultural neighbors based off of India and yet they have Old English/OHG names. Why???

- also why is Lyse blindingly white (and Minfilia, for that matter) in stark contrast to other Highlanders???

---- me: So, Lyse, if you’re from Gyr Abania then why are you white?

---- Alphinaud: Oh my god, Spinner, you can’t just ask someone why they’re white.

- once again, I'm probably the only person who loved the WHM quests (all SB job quests seem to return to their 1 - 30 [or 30 - 50?] roots and I don't mind). Did lots of screaming over DRK 60 - 70. I saved them all up and did them right away when I hit 70; they flow much better w/no interruptions

- explored/quested/ground FATE's on DRK but ran new dungeons on WHM as that's my comfort job. Failed twice on the mechanics of Bardam's Mettle 2nd boss but no wipes so we're good. So many overconfident gunbreaker tanks, though. T__T *I* did a better job tanking/killing a pack of like 12 mobs as WHM in Sirensong Sea than one bunbreaker, smh.

- I found Magnai to be entirely too amusing. I also want his moves on WAR.

- somehow missed Shisui entirely? Still haven't got all aether currents in the Ruby Sea RIP me

------ (2 month later addendum: finally unlocked it and got my aether currents. Now, to never return to that area ever again.)

- no underwater mobs is so disappointing. Let me throw fireballs and Holys and swing a greatsword underwater already. Let me tell you, nothing is as exciting as going diving in Morrowind with only a 22% chance to successfully cast Waterbreathing and this Kojin blessing is such an OP cheat.

- enjoying my Grani mount tbh. I have no idea if it's lore-relevant for ShB; I just saw the name lifted straight from Norse myth and was like, "Want." It's more of a horse-shaped reptile, however, with 'paws' that become increasingly creepy the more you stare at them. I wonder if it eats meat like the thestrals in HP.

- shooting minigames? Okay. Platforming minigames? AW HECK NO I THOUGHT I WAS DONE W/THIS WHEN I LEFT LEGO GAMES TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME PLATFORMING IS MY GREATEST ENEMY

- I was derping around in Kugane and accidentally started doing the tower jumping puzzle. As soon as I figured out what I was doing I had to run away immediately to save my sanity.

- throwing on tank stance and rushing in to save someone from a mob or a FATE is still as heady a feeling as ever (except when they then run off and leave you to die, like, no why please). Or raising people out in the wild. I particularly love that cyclops boss FATE near Whitebrim bc I can go stand on the edges as a powerful WHM and raise people 10x as the bodies keep hitting the floor. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but it’s still so great.

- I do enjoy the Morrowind feel of walking through a new zone and taking in the scenery but I'd like it more if all the wildlife wasn't super powerful and aggro'ing on me every 10 ft. It feels less like an ecosystem and more like generic monster land when there are no longer any non-aggressive mobs like there were in ARR. The Gyr Abanian landscapes are slowly growing on me, however.

- me, flying through Porta Praetoria/Lochs: Those wooden bonfires must be awfully expensive, if wood is as scarce in Gyr Abania as I think....

- loved the Azim Steppe - atmosphere, music, lore, everything. Waiting for someone to call me out on this bc I just really love Xaela (and may make a male Xaela alt one day).

- had minor moral qualms over fighting in the Naadam for the Mol bc I wanted to claim victory for the Orl

- I do really like those moments in Heavensward and Stormblood when the game recreates the epic moments from the trailers (the WoL walking through the soldiers to fight the dragon; the WoL and Lyse sparring, etc.).

- I was singing, “I don’t care, I don’t care,” to the tune of Let It Go during the Ala Mhigo cutscenes but the resistance singing their anthem really got to me nevertheless. Many voices united and uplifted and song always hits me hard emotionally.

- my character still looking at Zenos with 0% thirst (negative amounts of thirst, tbh) like, “Who is this sassy lost child?”

- then again my character is like 31 yrs old here with a backstory summed up as ‘angry single mom goes to check on friend, ends up killing a god and getting recruited to save the world’

- Pipin is best Lalafell; I will defend him with my life but he has Tizona now and doesn't need me. The absolute shortest guy around is calling the shots in this military campaign and I love it. At least his dad gave him a box to stand on so he could see over the table during the important strategic military discussions.

- the siege of Ala Mhigo taught us that thaumaturges/black mages are the living equivalent of heavy artillery, nice nice nice

- got lucky and had a competent crew in DF to fight Shinryu

- tbh my character would probably kick Asahi’s dad while he was down and cave in his ribs, just finishing him off. It’s no wonder Asahi turned out as bad as he did, with parents as horrifically self-centered as THAT.

- I humbly submit ‘Higwit’ as a fan-name for that elezen following Asahi around - an acronym for ‘Hien Is Great - Who Is That?!’ based on an old LOTR fan meme. Who else here remembers Figwit before he became Lindir?

- I liked the Tsukuyomi fight but I can’t remember anything specific about it now, not even the mechs.

- I did spend a lot of time screenshotting Hien because he is an awesome bro and I would endure Ala Mhigo all over again for him

#spinner plays ffxiv

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