#Pes 2009

[lotusyiyen]

[solongavalon]

just remembered new world orphans by hed pe. yeah if i can tell you to NEVER listen to one album it would be that. or only in amerika

[batmanshole]

also if u could tell me if you CURRENTLY play java or bedrock + what version you like to play on that would be great ^__^

ill start i started around 2012 on PE and java in early 2013 right after 1.5 i think, and i currently play java 1.16.5 modded

[rivalsforlife]

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Announced

At the Nintendo Direct today, news I have been tirelessly waiting six years for arrived: The Ace Attorney Investigations games are coming to all modern consoles! This includes Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (now officially known as Ace Attorney Investigations: Prosecutor's Gambit), after THIRTEEN YEARS of being a Japan-exclusive game!

Now everyone gets to experience Debeste Ace Attorney games! ... The Winner Ace Attorney Games!

Key Information

The collection is coming out on September 6, 2024 to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, XBOX One, Windows, and Steam. It will be available in Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese, with new voice dubs. Most of the information in this post will be coming from the official website, which you can check out for more details.

The reveal trailer is as follows:

There's lots of information here, so let's break it down:

New Features

Since these were originally Nintendo DS games, there's a massive jump in graphic quality to HD! This includes a new interface for Logic, the court record, and redone full-body sprites. But if you prefer the classic look, the AAI collection will let you swap between the sprite styles:

Similarly to the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and 456 Collection, the AAI Collection includes story mode, dialogue history, a gallery containing concept and special art, and music including orchestral arrangements of the soundtrack.

You can also change the in-game soundtrack to rearranged tracks! This applies to Confrontation - Allegro, Confrontation - Presto, Objection 2009, and Pursuit - Chase Down The Truth (commonly known as Lying Coldly) with and without the intro.

Pre-Order Bonuses

Much like the AAI tracks, AAI2 arranged tracks can play in game, but these are currently restricted to pre-order bonuses (though this might change in the future). This includes Confrontation - Allegro 2011, Confrontation - Presto 2011, Objection 2011, and the intro and non-intro versions of Pursuit - Uncover The Truth (commonly known as Wanting To Find The Truth).

That's all on the English side, but much like the 456 collection, Japan has a physical collector's edition called the Mitsurugi (Edgeworth) Checkmate Set. This includes an arranged mini-album of songs by other composers, and new album art by Tatsuro Iwamoto.

The new songs include "Objections of Different Eras" (seemingly a remix of Objections 2009 and 2011), "Raven that Pursues The Truth" (remix of Kay's theme), "It's Time for Action!" (remix of Gumshoe's theme), "Howling Echoes" (remix of Lang's theme), and "Unveiling the Truth" (remix of the Pursuit songs).

This collection also includes a diorama set:

The set has two backgrounds (the rooftop of the Grand Tower and Edgeworth's office), and has standees of Edgeworth, Kay, Gumshoe, Franziska, Lang, Gregory, and... Verity and Eustace.

Which is a good segue into:

Localization Differences

Since most AA fans will be familiar with the fantastic AAI2 fan translation, the new names will likely be an adjustment for all of us. Characters in AAI (like Kay and Lang) will not have their names changed, just characters that were previously exclusive to AAI2.

Known name changes include:

Yumihiko Ichiyanagi / Sebastian Debeste -> Eustace Winner

Hakari Mikagami / Justine Courtney -> Verity Gavèlle

Tateyuki Shigaraki / Raymond Shields -> Eddie Fender

We also know that Manosuke Naito / Horace Knightley's new last name is Knight, and Gai Tojiro / Ethan Rooke's last name is Rook, which isn't much of a departure from fan translation names. We also know that Mikiko Hayami / Nicole Swift's new last name is Lloyd. I will provide updates on more names when they become available!

Regardless of your feelings on the new names - it's going to be an adjustment for everyone used to the fan translation that has been around ten years now - let's all keep in mind that despite the new names, the characters behind the names will be the same. And personally, as a massive fan of AAI2, I think the adjustment will be worth it if it means that more people get to experience my favorite ace attorney game for themselves.

With this announcement, all canonical ace attorney games have been ported to modern consoles and given an English translation. As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, this announcement is thirteen years in the making for AAI2! This is an unprecedented time for the popularity and accessibility of Ace Attorney.

(All we need now is the Layton crossover...)

Thank you all for joining me in this excitement and I look forward to collecting and sharing more updates as they arrive!

[bloodless-blair]

Why Dark Fiction, Kink, and Taboo Stories Matter for Mental Health

A trauma-informed, psychology-backed defense

1. Writing and Creativity as Healing Tools

Writing, drawing, roleplay, and other forms of creative expression help people externalize their internal chaos.

“Expressive writing helps individuals process difficult emotions and traumatic experiences, contributing to improved mental and physical health.”

– [Pennebaker & Smyth, 2016]

This is why some trauma survivors turn to:

Dark fiction

Kink writing

Taboo themes

Horror, violence, or morally grey characters

It’s not about glorifying harm. It’s about creating a safe and controlled space to confront emotional pain, explore agency, and begin healing

2. Creativity Works Like Therapy

Much like art therapy, engaging in creative tasks (even ones with heavy or “inappropriate” themes) reduces symptoms of:

PTSD

Depression

Anxiety

“Creative activities often lead to a state of 'flow'… associated with mindfulness and relaxation. This can empower individuals to navigate trauma more effectively.”

– [Stuckey & Nobel, 2010]

Creating (or consuming) taboo fiction allows the person to:

Control the narrative

Feel seen in experiences that are often stigmatized

Build emotional resilience through storytelling and catharsis

While writing alone won’t heal trauma, psychologists recognize it as a valid coping tool. Expressive writing lets people process pain, explore emotions, and regain a sense of control—especially for those living with PTSD or deep emotional wounds.

3. Horror, Kink, and Taboo as Exposure Therapy

Trauma often involves fear, powerlessness, or shame—kinks and horror fiction let people safely reenact, challenge, or reclaim those dynamics.

“Horror media… taps into deep-seated fears and anxieties… [and] aligns with exposure therapy by letting individuals confront fear in a controlled setting.”

– [Foa & Kozak, 1986]

“This controlled exposure can help trauma survivors regain a sense of agency and control.”

– [Pittman & Karle, 2015]

This is why kinks like BDSM, powerplay, or even fetish content about fear or degradation can feel therapeutic when engaged consensually and responsibly.

4. Bibliotherapy: How Fiction Helps Us Cope

Reading about dark topics also helps. That’s called Bibliotherapy—and it works.

Bibliotherapy—the use of fiction and reading for emotional healing—has been recommended by mental health professionals for decades. It’s not just self-soothing; it’s structured, reflective, and evidence-based.

“Bibliotherapy has a reported success rate ranging from 68% to 84%, with some studies showing even 100% improvement.”

– [Shechtman, 2009]

Reading fiction (especially dark, challenging, or symbolic stories) gives people safe access to difficult feelings. Much like EMDR therapy creates “safe space” scenarios to revisit trauma, bibliotherapy lets readers explore pain indirectly, without immediate real-life stakes. This allows for desensitization, insight, and the development of personal agency—all crucial for healing.

Fiction doesn’t just distract—it builds inner resilience.

5. In Conclusion

Not every dark or explicit piece of media is “problematic.” For many, it’s survival. It’s where we:

Rehearse safety

Reclaim control

And explore trauma-driven feelings in a safe, harmless way

Shaming trauma-informed art, kink, or dark fiction does not protect victims—it isolates them.

sources undercut

[xxenamorph]

─── ⋆⋅ Introduction! ⋅⋆ ───

⋆ Hello! My name is Xena (Said Zee-na), most know me as Velvette. I'm nonbinary, but I'm also okay with fem presentation.

⋆ I write for all genders, more so F!Reader and Gn!Reader. That doesn't mean you can't request M!Reader, but it won't be fully accurate because I myself am not Amab.

⋆ I haven't got a set age rating for this account, but be mindful that some things might be suggestive or gore-filled.

⋆ Porn accounts.. please don't follow me. That is where I draw a line. Smut accounts, sure. Whatever. But actual porn?

⋆ That being said, I don't think I'll write much NSFW.

⋆ and obviously, because my account has no age rating, there might be minors.

⋆ My DNI list is pretty self-explanitory! But I'll list some anyway.

─── ⋆⋅ Mis⋆gynistic.

─── ⋆⋅ Inc⋆st.

─── ⋆⋅ P⋆dophiles, jokes about r⋆pe, etc.

─── ⋆⋅ Invalidate a person's pronouns, gender, or identity. We're all queer here ;)

─── ⋆⋅ R⋆cists, N⋆zi, S⋆xist, Z⋆⋆philes, Abl⋆ist, Discrimination, etc.

⋆ I'm okay writing with comfort. If you want to vent, go ahead! My DMs are open. I'll write an anonymous drabble on the subject if you're happy with it, but I won't go too in-depth. Character comforting you because of past trauma? Sure. Tracing scars of any kind? Of course. Feel free to just ask :)

⋆ Enough of the bad stuff! My account is a story prompt / C.ai account. I will write headcanons, bots, and SFW alphabets.

⋆ Here are all of my fandoms! Of course, I'm also happy to research other fandoms :)

─── ⋆⋅ 31.

─── ⋆⋅ House of 1000 corpses.

─── ⋆⋅ The devils rejects.

─── ⋆⋅ 3 from hell.

─── ⋆⋅ 1996 Scream.

─── ⋆⋅ Rz + 1978 Halloween.

─── ⋆⋅ Friday the 13th.

─── ⋆⋅ The Black Phone.

─── ⋆⋅ Nightmare on Elm Street.

─── ⋆⋅ Child's play.

─── ⋆⋅ Hannibal series.

─── ⋆⋅ 1974 Black Christmas.

─── ⋆⋅ 2009 My bloody Valentine.

─── ⋆⋅ Spree.

─── ⋆⋅ Jennifer's Body.

─── ⋆⋅ Terrifier.

─── ⋆⋅ American Psycho.

─── ⋆⋅ Texas Chainsaw.

─── ⋆⋅ Texas Chainsaw the beginning.

─── ⋆⋅ 2017 IT.

─── ⋆⋅ Hellraiser.

─── ⋆⋅ House of Wax.

─── ⋆⋅ 2016 The boy.

─── ⋆⋅ Dexter.

─── ⋆⋅ The last of us.

─── ⋆⋅ SAW.

─── ⋆⋅ Sally face.

─── ⋆⋅ Call of Duty.

─── ⋆⋅ Heathers.

─── ⋆⋅ Creepypasta.

─── ⋆⋅ Marble hornets.

─── ⋆⋅ Red dead redemption 2.

─── ⋆⋅ Fnaf.

─── ⋆⋅ Bendy and the ink machine.

─── ⋆⋅ Resident Evil.

─── ⋆⋅ Silent Hill.

─── ⋆⋅ Stardew Valley.

─── ⋆⋅ Scott Pilgrim.

─── ⋆⋅ House Md.

─── ⋆⋅ Helluva boss and Hazbin hotel.

─── ⋆⋅ My hero academia.

─── ⋆⋅ Jujutsu Kaisen.

─── ⋆⋅ Chainsaw Man.

─── ⋆⋅ Death note.

─── ⋆⋅ Demon slayer.

─── ⋆⋅ Bungou stray dogs.

─── ⋆⋅ EPIC the musical.

─── ⋆⋅ Stranger things.

─── ⋆⋅ Shameless.

─── ⋆⋅ Undertale.

─── ⋆⋅ Class of 09.

─── ⋆⋅ Yandere sim.

─── ⋆⋅ Doki Doki.

─── ⋆⋅ Lacie games.

─── ⋆⋅ Tattle tale.

─── ⋆⋅ Adventure time

─── ⋆⋅ Cookie run kingdom

⋆ Okay! Now, it's time to share my timezones. I'm a full-time student living in the dreaded British timezone, I like to make sure to answer my asks so my ask box isn't overflowing.

─── ⋆⋅ Mon-Fri: 3:30pm-9pm.

─── ⋆⋅ Sat-Sun: 10am-9:30pm.

─── ⋆⋅ Half term/holidays: same as Sat-Sun.

⋆ If a character is canonically queer, I will always respect that. I will not write Mlw for a lesbian or gay character, I will write M!Reader or F!Reader for a bisexual, pansexual or unlabelled character.

⋆ If I ever write a character wrong or mischaracterise them, please feel free to correct me! Don't be rude about it, because I am still human.

─── ⋆⋅ REQUESTS: Open! ⋅⋆ ───

[whencyclopedia]

The Frog Princess

The Frog Princess is a Slavic folktale focusing on the importance of recognizing someone’s inner beauty, regardless of their outward appearance, as well as the possibility of redemption after failure. The tale has many variants and appears in Czech, Hungarian, Italian, and Russian folk works as well as many others.

In the most popular version of the tale, from Russia, a prince who has married a frog discovers she is a beautiful and magical maiden but betrays her trust, forcing her to leave him. He must then embark on a quest to prove himself and win her back. The frog princess in this version is known as the fairy Vasilissa the Wise, but the heroine is not the same character as Vasilissa the Beautiful from the folktale of the same name featuring the witch Baba Yaga.

The Russian version is well-known for the dramatic twist it puts on the character of Baba Yaga who is seen here as a helpful entity, rather than as an evil, child-devouring hag, whose mystical powers are symbolized by the number three as there are three baba yagas, each of whom progress the plot. The tale is representative of the animal bride and offended supernatural wife motif, which appears in several legends from different cultures. The Slavic tale has nothing to do with the modern-day novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker which formed the basis for the 2009 Disney animated film of the same name.

Origin & Motif

The form of the story derives from one of the most ancient, the animal tale, made famous through Aesop’s Fables but first appearing in Mesopotamia. An animal tale uses animals as characters either to explain something (e.g. how the dog got its tail) or to impress some moral on an audience (as in the well-known Aesop tale, The Fox and the Grapes). Scholars Maria Leach and Jerome Fried comment:

The line between the literary and folk fable is not easy to determine, since tales from collections like that attributed to Aesop have had wide popular circulation and have been taken from and gone back into oral traditions of large groups of people. However, the area of contact between the didactic, moralizing fable and folklore is slight, for the animal tale proper is meant essentially to entertain. The hearer is required to suspend belief and see the animal speaking, thinking, and acting like a human being. (61-62)

In the tale of The Fox and the Grapes, for example, the fox behaves like a petulant child when he cannot reach the overhanging grapes and finally walks away saying they were probably sour anyway (inspiring the phrase "sour grapes" referring to someone who rationalizes a failure to get what they want). For the tale to be effective, an audience must accept the world of the tale in which foxes can speak, reason, and rationalize. In this same way, The Frog Princess relies on the suspension of disbelief at a talking frog who is able to perform transformational magic.

The tale is similar in many ways to the better-known The Frog Prince (also known as The Frog King) in which the youngest of three princesses drops her gold ball into a well by accident and it is retrieved by a frog after she promises she will be his companion. Once the frog returns her ball to her, however, she breaks her word and runs away. The frog then follows to force her to keep her promise. The princess only accepts the frog once she finds out he is actually a handsome prince and, according to different versions, she is either rewarded for her kindness or punished for being shallow and selfish.

The Frog Princess also has the main character show kindness to the creature but later betray its trust and also uses the device of the youngest of three as this was a popular motif in folktales. The youngest son would usually receive no inheritance, and the youngest daughter was married last and so might have the poorest dowry. Folktales balanced this perceived injustice by frequently featuring the youngest of the family as the hero or heroine.

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[onyourstageleft]

a love letter to my favorite YA lit:

I'm relistening to the Beka Cooper audio books again (a yearly tradition at this point) and every time I hear the opening line of Mastiff, "We buried Holborn today," it takes me back to opening the e-book on my Nook the day it was released in my freshman year of high school and reading that line while sitting on the bleachers waiting for PE to start. I remember flipping back to the previous page to make sure this was the first chapter, thinking I'd never even heard of Holborn. I opened the Bloodhound e-book to compare the dates of her entries and realized the time skip was nearly two years, and got so excited to see what happened to Beka while we weren't with her. We walked the track that overcast day of PE in 2011 and I barely looked up from my Nook, so engrossed was I in Beka's story

that was the first Tamora Pierce book release I waited on; I found her books in probably 2009 and had read most of them by the summer of 2011. I pre-ordered Mastiff so it would be on my Nook as soon as it came out, but I was a freshman in high school and wasn't supposed to stay up till midnight, so I had to wait until the day to read it. it was nearly 13 years (and half my life ago) but here I am, still re-reading and re-listening to the Tamora Pierce books that got me through being a teenager. I remember sitting in my high school's library rereading their copy of Wild Magic over my lunch break to pass the time; drunk crying on the floor of my friend's dorm at a character's death in Terrier my freshman year of college (even though I'd read it 3 or 4 times at that point I always forgot); waiting in the lobby of the technology building of my college campus for my class to start with Spy's Guide on my lap after its release; sitting in my advisor's office in grad school flipping through Mastiff and Page and Lioness Rampant for quotes to include in my thesis; rereading Briar's book at the height of the pandemic. I have a tattoo of Lighting on my arm and a (very rough and needs to be redone) tattoo of Pounce/Faithful on my calf and I genuinely don't think a day has gone by in over a decade where I haven't thought about Tamora Pierce books

the world of Tortall (and Emelan, to a lesser extent) has shaped me, and although this is an attempt to pin it down, I will never be able to explain how much these books mean to me. I know that I may love other series and worlds (I'm currently reading some Terry Pratchett, for example), but they will never make an impact on me in the same way that Tortall and all its various characters has, and that's fine by me

and yet, through all of it, I will never, ever be ready for The Thing We Don't Talk About in Mastiff, not now at a dozen rereads and not in another 13 years

[bunshiftz]

˗ˏˋ 𝓫etter cr dr intro ˎˊ˗

basics ୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ

‹𝟹 name : madison jade (irl last name)

‹𝟹 nickname : medicine (only my sister is aloud to say this one)

‹𝟹 age : 16

‹𝟹 birthday : april 9 2009

‹𝟹 zodiac sign : aries

‹𝟹 mbti : enfp

‹𝟹 height : 5’5 ½

‹𝟹 nationally : canadian

‹𝟹 hobbies : baking, reading, sleeping, listening to music

‹𝟹 likes : baking, reading, hanging w/friends, kpop, cheesecake, doing my hair/nails/makeup, rainy days

‹𝟹 dislikes : loud noises, onions + mushrooms, PE, carbonation, being alone

appearance ୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ

random info୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ

⌞ my life ⌝

nothing really special, it’s basically still this reality but with tweaks to it. I go to school from 8:45 to 3:45, I live a minute from there but I’m still always late because a girl needs her beauty sleep. I have a group of friends that consist of my irl friends and characters I’ve scripted. We travel around together now that we have our licenses but there’s not much places to go in our little town.

⌞ home ⌝

I have two houses, the first is my childhood home that my dad built in 2010 (I lived in a separate garage with my fam for a year). I have my older sisters, old room. It’s in the basement, it has white walls with a bunch of pictures lining the walls with little polaroids of me and my friends. I have one of those metal bed frames that always squeaks but scripting out that it doesn’t is a lifesaver. my bedspread is almost always pink with thick blankets that keep me warm while I sleep. I have two pillows with a bunch of stuffies lining the top of the bed. I have a built in closet with all my clothes overflowing. I have my own bathroom down there too so I made it my own.

my second room is smaller than my other one but is still as cute. It’s basically the same but my mattress is on the floor instead of on a frame. I have a vanity where I do my makeup for school, or write my essays at. I have a smaller closet but it’s still overflowing with clothes (maybe even more so). I sadly don’t have my own bathroom but only me and my brother use it. this house is in the town where my parents work, it’s where my mom raised my older sister so she wanted me and my brother to have the more tight knitted school experience rather than a big high school experience.

⌞ school ⌝

my school is quite small compared to what you would see in a big city but it’s perfect for 200 hundred students. It’s a one floor, colourful school. the classrooms can get hot in the summer but the newer sections (the older parts of the school are from the ‘50s!) have air conditioning throughout. all of the teachers are chill, especially when it come to most things like dress code (we barely even have one) and just normal teenage things. we have a 3 period school day, but 5 classes, the first and last class last for 2 hours, while 2nd period is an hour and a half. the school is located in front of a lake so you best believe the daydreaming sessions I have in front of the windows are mostly about my life here (or my bed)!

star dividers - cafekitsune

[satureja13]

It's exactly 2 years ago when Ji Ho was also standing in front of a new school! (It's the two year anniversary of this story!) But today he's not standing in the rain. He knows his friends are awaiting him - and he got his feelings back!

The disturbing/painful ones too, though, and all his memories of the Slums - but he tries hard to focus on the good ones. It's still too much to handle for him, so Noxee gave him a sip of her potion to dull it all down a bit.

He felt as if he was new born. Everything was so much more intense! Deeper, brighter - sometimes painfully bright. Despite the potion.

The others already gathered in the classroom of today's lessons. Saiwa was looking at Jack and sighed: "Ms Coombes was right. The way Jack looks at Kiyoshi. That's not how you look at your 'mate, like mate mate, just friends' mate... Oh gods, he's a lost cause." Jeb: "I wanted to talk with you guys about them anyway. Let's meet after classes."

While Ji Ho - again - went to the wrong classroom. (Just like two years ago ^^') Ji Ho murmured to himself: "Uh. The others are not here yet? And here I thought I was late..." Owl: "You are late! They are upstairs! Hurry up!"

The dragon skull in the staircase also scolded him for loafing around - but Ji Ho was too afraid to walk past him ö.Ö'

Luckily the professor was also late and he took him upstairs. It is no lesser than Greg! Poor Jack... Greg: “All say a happy ‘wb’ to your classmate Ji Ho!” (That's almost exactly what Ms Coombes said 2 years ago ^^)

Vlad: "Hey!" Ji Ho: ? Vlad: “Don’t you dare being late again! That’s not how we roll here!” Ji Ho laughed, these were (almost) exactly the words Vlad said to him two years ago. The first words Vlad ever said to Ji Ho. So Ji Ho answered, like two years ago: "Jerk" And Vlad: "Bitch" (Haha no one ever believes me that our gloomy Vlad actually can be funny, but he really is! Collected evidence posts -> here. TMI: Sam and Dean from Supernatural often call each other 'Jerk' and 'Bitch') And so Vlad made this whole situation less awkward and emotional. Jack was eyeing Greg. He's in his own personal hell. As if having had Greg as a PE teacher hadn't been worse enough!

It couldn't be helped, they are supposed to learn everything about the magical characteristics of gems, their fields of application, use in wandmaking and charms (and cursed objects ö.ö), where to find them... There's no one who has more knowledge on this topic than Greg.

After class, they met in the yard for a picknick. Nothing special, to not overwhelm Ji Ho. They sat on Jack's Blanket (Jack carries it around since he was a little pup and Greg rescued him from the Lab).

Just sitting here with his friends was almost too much for Ji Ho, though. Despite Jack and Sai's attempts to distract him with their fun review of the days Ji Ho missed while he was in his forced sleep. How they forgot Jack and Kiyoshi at Steam Station and they took the TukTuk to follow the train, Jack got struck by lightning and they crashed, how Jack and Kiyoshi desecrated the Sanctum because they thought it was the bathroom, their first Defense against the Dark Arts lesson...

Even though their Bond was still dulled to protect Ji Ho from overload, Ji Ho felt his love for Vlad. And Ji Ho would go through all of this madness all over again if it would lead him here again. Now they can finally be together - if Vlad still wants him. It's weird for Ji Ho to not have the reassurance from their Bond. It always let him know how Vlad felt. But they have all the time in the world, now that they've overcame all their obstacles! Let's just hope Ji Ho's grandfather didn't really put a Siren's Spell on them to gain access to Vlad's powers ö.Ö'

And while the Boys had their picknick, Greg went upstairs to the top of the tower - to the Hospital Wing. He'd been eager to see Noxee in her Nurse Outfit again. Now, that he stopped these pointless fights, he doesn't get hurt anymore - and, as a result, doesn't get to see Noxee in this outfit. That's what she wore when they first met and he fell in love with her. Noxee, breathless: "You're here." She didn't even have to turn around to feel his presence. Greg: "It was pure torture - waiting until that class was finally over."

💞

'Little darlin', it's been a long, cold, lonely winter Little darlin', it feels like years since it's been here

Little darlin', the smile's returning to their faces Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's alright

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darlin', I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darlin', it seems like years since it's been clear'

The Beatles - Here comes the Sun

Outtakes

Saiwa was jealous and tried to separate Jeb and Kiyoshi by jostling between them ^^'

Greg called his future son-in-law ö.Ö'

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[econsociology]

Is the the much-vaunted independence of central banks necessary in the preservation of financial stability and the management of financial crises? A Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland (2009-15) Patrick Honohan wrote for the ES/PE community about his new book in which he explores these issues and makes practical suggestions on how this should be done>>

[swindledin77]

Johnny Rotten and BDSM

Nora was meeting someone. She just drove to the Speakeasy and said, “I’m going now.” She wouldn’t even let me walk into the club with her. I had no money. She said in her thick German accent, “I’m not payings.” Nora was so cruel, and I love cruel women.

— John Lydon's Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994)

Before John and I were close I used to see him with Linda. She was a very nice girl, but I didn’t know who or what she was. I was a bit intimidated by that. I was so naive in that aspect. John wouldn’t tell me, but Ariana used to come around her place at the St. James Hotel. John used to tell her not to come around.

— Nora Forster, John Lydon's Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994)

I moved in for a short time with Linda Ashby later at the St. James.

— John Lydon's Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994)

A mutual friend, Linda, had a flat in Victoria at the St. James Hotel, a place where we’d all go to stay over because none of us had flats in London. Most of us were still living with our parents, so we’d stay at Linda’s, waiting for things to happen, making things happen. Linda was…kind of a dominatrix.…

— Steve Severin, John Lydon's Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994)

I did a series of photos in a straitjacket. I really liked being in that straitjacket, so I wanted gear on stage that wouldn’t be quite so restrictive but would look like it.

— John Lydon's Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994)

We broke into a room they had way up in the back. It was bare brick with a thick wooden chair, like a throne, in the center. It had hand bands and straps attached to it. They had all these weird implements of torture hanging on the walls—whips, spikes, objects of cruelty—things that were designed to go places that weren’t designed to receive them. Odd things must have gone on up there. I grabbed some whips and stuff. That was the major reason for the moaning from those Maltese geezers. “Where’s our whips, you bastards?”

— John Lydon's Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs (1994)

I never could feel comfortable in his presence because I felt this dreadful Catholic guilt, this masochism. Ultimately he got off a little by Paul Cook beating the living day- lights out of him. Jones pulled Cook off of him, otherwise John would have been a hospital case. He turned around to Paul and said, I admire you for that, I really do. We all looked at him, we couldn’t believe what the group had inherited here.

— Malcolm McLaren, Jon Savage's The England's Dreaming Tapes (2009)

He quite liked Paul, cos he gave him a good hiding.

— Malcolm McLaren, Jon Savage's The England's Dreaming Tapes (2009)

And then when he left his primary he went on to the next school and got on very well with one particular teacher who was there. He got on very well with him for about three years. And he was a very strict teacher as well. He wasn't a teacher that would go running to the headmaster with anything. If he caught you doing anything he'd punish you himself and that was it.

— Eileen Lydon, Fred and Judy Vermorel's Sex Pistols: The Inside Story (1978)

I liked some of the classes a lot, but I hated the physical education nonsense, because they made you feel really poor, because you had to wear certain uniforms for certain things, like a rugby kit or whatever – just unacceptable to me. If you turned up without your kit, it meant you couldn’t do physical education – great! – but you’d get, ‘Bend over!’ and get whacked on the backside with a slipper by the PE teacher. So I volunteered to be beaten every single time. It stung like mad.

— John Lydon's Anger Is An Energy (2014)

That was the night that John stubbed out cigarettes on the back of his hand while he was singing.

— Jonh Ingham, Jon Savage's The England's Dreaming Tapes (2009)

Johnny performing with the Sex Pistols at The Fforde Grene, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1976. Note the cigarette burns on his arm.

Johnny in Roberto Faenza's Copkiller (1983)

[weaselbeaselpants]

For those curious, I don't got dirt or shit on VivziePop. As I've made clear before I followed her back in 2009 and I talked to her like on devintart and tumblr 1 or 2 times. No, I don't remember what was said between us really or exactly. The tumblr blog I remember hearing back from her is long dead so I have no receipts.

I kinda lost interest in her because her fanbase was way too intense and mean in 2014 (no idea about any of the Dollcreep drama), and because I was also in a soft antisjw phase myself then and reading BadWebcomicsWiki - I saw her being talked about all throughout the forums on that hellsite up and until 2017. I also saw the completely different forum posts made there about Hazbin at the time- which os of course how I learned about the Dollcreep fiasco, frootrollup1, and Angel Dust r@pe art someone did of Viv.

If you interested and/or curious about any personal anecdotes I can remember from the best of memory -these are NOT facts, though I'm happy if anyone else can back them up if u also have memories of this- I can list those out:

-I found Viv through her fanart first and specifically her fanart of Shane Acker's 9. I loved Viv's fanart- it was always so distinct in her own style but still recognizable. Anyone else in the 9 fandom remember that "design a beast" contest deviantart had? Yeah she took place in that. She also did artwork of the stitchpunks inspired by Kinkei's chibi-pinup style. They were not as sexy as that would have you believe. She did fanart for Rango, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Rio, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Also remember her begrudgingly liking Tangled after the fact because it wasn't 2D like Princess and the Frog was.

-The first time I saw Viv's characters in comic form it was in a comic where it was Halloween and the ZP gang (Zill, Kayla, Jack, Spam, and Vanex) were trick or treating and got stuck in some dark twisted version of their home. Isn't this the plot to the Invader Zim Halloween episode?

-Ickle!Viv was pretty skilled at drawing animals. Personally I think she still is but this was specifically the thing which stood out about her to me. I really love when she drew/draws animals. I also actually think her creatures look genuinely good, especially the dragon looking ones.

-Viv was ALWAYS so clamoring and adoring of her fandoms, especially animated stuff. Even on deviantart, animation fans are cynical and snarky so it was nice to see someone with their own established style be into movies that other people would mock you for as a teenager or god forbid an adult. Didn't make you feel so alone.

-I saw Viv's ZP gang develop in style from 2009-2013 and I gotta say I liked her og cast so much more when they were teenytiny and children. Zill just looked better then.

-Speaking of Zill, before I saw one of her posts getting mad at people who called Zill a "neopet"...I said her style reminded me of neopets. I was 12! I didn't know and also I hadn't gotten to that one doodle in her gallery at the time where Zill and 2009!Viv were cursing out this blob for calling him that.

-I also personally saw Alastor develop from out of those days, or at least the character who would become Alastor. It was the red black, buck-looking deer from 2006-2008ish who's disc Viv said was "the evilest character in all of zoophobia!!" I know she liked the directtovideo disney sequels and really liked Bambi II. I'm not convinced Alastor and Autumn don't exist souley because of Bambi II.

-I have no proof of it happening on my end because I ended up deleting a shit ton of crap on my old deviantart out of embarrassment and I think Viv deleted her posts about it. But a distinctly remember an artist in around 2011/2012 w I was really into art trades did a trade with me where they drew my 9 oc, in spite of us really not connecting in any particular way or being 'close'. They worked in traditional medium and had he/him pronouns and their art was so obviously inspired from Viv's. It wasn't traced, though- just very Viv-inspired.

I remember watching Viv and also that guy when suddenly Viv and Faustisee made a huge callout graph showing the artstyle and characters that had been stolen from her and she showed that guy's work. I also distinctly remember saying in Viv's journal abt the callout something along the lines of "this is bad, but, this guy is a friend of mine [rlly barely mutuals], he didn't mean it". To which Viv replied with something like: "then tell ur friend that what he's doing is bad >:c". So I did and that's when he told me he'd been told enough by her base how to feel and that he was leaving dA. And he left. and nuked his entire gallery, including his part of art trade, which made finding the proof of this encounter even harder to track down. Because he was no longer there, I deleted the piece I did for him as part of my mass embarrassment deletion.

-There was one other encounter I had personally' with Viv that I do remember and it's only because she was actually friendly to me and I liked that coming from my what was, at the time, a fav artist: I like the 2012 Frankenweenie remake and was really incensed back in the day that people weren't liking it because it is a ymmv-case. One of those people happened to be Viv and I def remember messaging her about how "I disagree with you, hmf" and then having INSTANT REGRET and suddenly spamming her with this way too personal "I'm sorry please don't hate me"-ventrant thing and, for all I know the Viv stans can be overly apologetic, I really do think it was my indiagnosed OCD/ADHD talking there. Anyway, what was sweet of her to do even in a passing way was she was all "it's okay. you didn't upset me but lol yeah ur not changing my take on frankenweenie either".

Viv describes herself as "being everyone's friend" and really- where there are a lot of points now that I don't think she cares if she is, most of the time I think the problem is she doesn't know how mean or backhanded she is. She really does strike me as the kind of person who never grew out of 2000s-2010s highschool and that petty thing were you get angry and lash out at others behind their backs but then sweet up after that, and where you think lovebombing = being genuinely appreciative. And yeah, that's still abusive and volatile. Because, and this is all from a decade ago and an antidote I only recall because it was Viv, but I truly didn't get the feeling that Viv thought I was beneath her or that she was trying to own me buy telling me she didn't like the movie I did. The vibe I got from her was "I don't really care about this but also I don't want you freaking out, calm down".

I rb a bunch of critical stuff (still don't like antiHazbin shit) because, and I still mean this, I do still genuinely like her style and wish I could be in her fandom w/o her stans basically gatekeeping me from being my own fan. I really am disappointed as the fan I am that Viv doesn't take better care of herself, her shows or the people working for her.

[adultswim2021]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force #93: “A PE Christmas” | December 13, 2009 - 11:45PM | S08E01 regular series version aired March 15, 2010 @ 12:00AM

It’s the Aqua Teen Christmas episode, in which Shake and Meatwad steal Public Enemy’s identity and try to cut a rap record to sell on Christmas. It’s a pretty bad plan because they record it on Christmas eve and Shake sorta just believes the CD will appear in stores on Christmas day. The stores aren’t even open on Christmas day!! SHAKE COME ON! 

Mostly this one just consists of two scenes: one where the Aqua Teens attend Christmas mass and Shake acts childish. There’s a nice crowd scene filled with people from previous episodes, and for some reason the monsters are all sitting on the opposite side of the room. You hate to see a segregated church on Christmas. Then there’s the scene in the recording studio, with Shake and Meatwad coming up with bad ideas and recording them. The gag at the end of this, where Shake takes a big shit and it winds up on Meatwad’s track for Silent Night, is pretty low-brow, but it’s maybe the funniest thing in the episode. I don’t want to like it, I’m not about that life. 

This episode featured a bit of a twist where it turns out that Shake was filled with eels, hence his violent butthole outbursts. The original broadcast of this ended with Shake in jail, because he broke into a Better Buy store to see how his record was selling. He gets exploded to death after a bunch of eels burst out of him. When this episode aired as part of season seven, they added an ending that sorta explains that the Eels belonged to Chuck D (flagrantly misidentified as Flava Flav on the ATHF wiki). 

This one’s pretty lame, TBH. There were things in it I liked, but the best thing being a poo poo joke really should sum it all up. It also mildly perturbed me that this one airs between the live-action episode and the official season premiere “Rabbot Redux” which includes some continuity, so I numbered it according to the in-season air order. It also airs in some fucked up order on DVD! I don’t know why! I don’t know why they do that! 

Oh yeah I also liked the part where Shake rudely bangs on the glass in the recording studio. Pretty funny.

EPHEMERA CORNER: 

15th Annual Holiday Content Marathon (December 18, 2009)

An evening of Christmas specials. Also scheduled was “Gary’s Posse”, a promo that aired for a show that didn’t actually exist; in fact, I forgot all about this. Gary’s Posse was put on the schedule for AM this evening, but it was just a repeat of King of the Hill. Swimpedia (where I got this and nearly all of my scheduling information from) uncovered the fact that this is actually just stock footage from Julien Tromeur called "Afraid of your sexual fantasies." The promo advertising Gary’s Posse was just a gag. 

10:00/2:00 King of the Hill: Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane (Schedule Promo Falsely Announced Gary's Posse at 2:00 AM)

10:30/2:30 King of the Hill: 'Twas the Nut Before Christmas

11:00/3:00 Robot Chicken: Dear Consumer

11:15/3:15 The Venture Bros.: A Very Venture Christmas

11:30/3:30 American Dad!: The Best Christmas Story Never

12:00/4:00 Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future

12:15/4:15 Aqua Teen Hunger Force: T-Shirt of the Dead

12:30/4:30 Moral Orel: The Best Christmas Ever!

12:45/4:45 Moral Orel: Honor

1:00/5:00 Baby Blues: A Baby Blues Christmas Special

1:30 Tom Goes to the Mayor: Rats Off to Ya!

1:45 Sealab 2021: Feast of Alvis

5:30 Home Movies: The Adventures of Cho & Amy Lee

MAIL BAG

KON writes:

Worth noting about THE VENTURE BROS S04E07 "THE BETTER MAN"... it features the use of the Dana Snyder character completely unironically going "sooo... that happened." Granted this was right before that became the exclusive domain of MCU-type dialogue, but it still hit my ear about as harshly as any Bush-era slur. Nasty!

OH YEAH! I think I made note of that but for some reason it didn't make my write-up. i couldn't tell if that was bad writing or if that was an intentional character thing, but usually characters call each other out for saying stuff like that. So, that happened.

[hookhausen]

turning 26 on moday, ive always shared my birthdays with inauguration days

ive lived through shitty ass administrations even shittier inauguration days but i very clearly remember turning 10 and our math teacher (a wonderful black woman who i still keep in touch with till this day) sitting my math class down in our schools library in 2009 and having us watch obamas first time into the white house

i now realize how important it was for us to witness that bc my school was a spanish language school so that meant it was mostly filled with my own people, all of my fellow latinos and i remember her eseentially saying that this was a testament to show that anything is possible and that there are barriers that can be broken

fast foward to 2016/2017, i remember sobbing to my journalism teacher post election day bc i already knew what was to come and on inauguration day, i remember just zoning out and not even caring about it bc it was during my senior year finals and decided to focus on that rather than having to day with people saying 'oof, your birthday this year sucks'

2020 was a time for everyone and while 2020 was my first time voting, it was very much a lukewarm situation where i voted bc i knew i couldnt deal with another 2017 but we all knew there were better candidates than biden & now here we are

inauguration day is tomorrow and while took my birthday off from teaching to rot in bed, this time its not even disappointment this time around its anger bc most of the population swing and red states decieed vote for a convicted felon who has r*pe allegations

i say all this to circle around to the fact that while these next four years are truly going to be hell on earth, try to find light in your friends, your family, hobbies and things that you love. i know itll be hard especially if youre a poc but do not let this moronic, good for nothing, useless piece of shit make your life miserable.

[4ntediluvian]

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