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goddess-aelin · 1 year ago

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Peonies and Poplars

Written for Day 12 of Rowaelin Month-Meet Cute/Meet Ugly

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Aelin had just put her hand on the last copy of Peonies and Poplars, the newest release in her favorite book series by R.J. White, set directly after Violets and Verbena and Tulips and Tithona. Aelin didn’t just want the book, she needed it like she needed air to breathe. She had to find out what happened to the titular character, Selena, who just got captured by Lord Westbrooke, her father’s greatest enemy. Aelin just knew that Selena’s star-crossed lover, Sir Rollins would rush to save her, but at what cost?

She was filled with glee at the prospect of doing a binge-read tonight.

Though, the moment her hand touched the book, another hand, slightly larger and tanner, did the same. She slowly turned to the offender, glaring just enough that anyone else would’ve started running. But this man just gave her a small smirk right back. Aelin’s eyes narrowed even more while the hulking brute clenched his jaw.

“I’m sorry,” she said as she tried to pull the book toward her. “I need this and since I was here first, I’ll just take that.” She tried to give a harder yank on the book, which was now held between them, to no avail.

“Well, seeing as we got here at the same time, Princess, I don’t think that’s exactly accurate.” He gave a yank in response to hers.

Still holding onto the book like it was her lifeline, Aelin once again narrowed her eyes. “Guess we’ll just have to settle this the old fashioned way.”

“Mhmm and how’s that?” The man rolled his eyes. “Flipping a coin?”

Aelin let out a humorless cackle. “Ha. As if I’d be so stupid. No, we have to have a good, old fashioned ‘who knows it best’ standoff.”

The man scoffed. “What does that even mean?”

“It means…” she paused for dramatic effect. When he raised his eyebrows in annoyance, she continued, “that whoever knows the trivia of the book best gets to keep the book.”

“As if I’d lose.” He had an amused look on his face..too amused. She should’ve known then.

“You’re telling me that you, Mr. Tall and Brutish, think you know this fantasy romance series better than I do?”

“Fantasy Romance has no gender stipulation, Princess. And judging by your attitude, I have a feeling you’d fit right in with Lord Westbrooke’s daughters.”

Aelin gasped. “You little–”

“Uh uh, Princess,” He nodded toward the small child standing at the end of the aisle, watching them with wide eyes and a gaping mouth. “There are tiny ears here, no cursing, please.”

Aelin knew her face was turning as red as a tomato. This man was infuriating.

“Fine,” she whisper-yelled. “First question, Buzzard. What did Selena’s sister tell her before she ran off to meet Sir Rollins?”

A smirk crossed his face. “Well, first, I’d ask which sister you’re talking about, since she has two. Nice try tricking me. But Alicent told her that their family would never accept Sir Rollins and Magdalena told her that she’d cover for her and to go be happy.” The man gave her a self-satisfied smirk and Aelin pursed her lips. “My turn next.” The man started tapping his free hand on his chin and she could tell whatever his question was was going to be terrible. “Who is considered the best character in the series?”

“WHAT?! That’s an opinion question! This isn’t even fair!”

“Rules are rules, Princess.”

Aelin’s hand started to shake and a noise of frustration left her mouth. She probably looked like a petulant child but she didn’t care at the moment. This man was done. Even if she didn’t answer his stupid question right in his eyes, she was going to be going home with this book. “The best character in the entire series is obviously Selena. She’s amazing and witty and beautiful. She’s everything anyone could ever want and she’s just…she’s the best.”

The man clicked his tongue a few times, forming a “tsk-ing” sound. “Sorry, but that’s the wrong answer.”

“How can it be a wrong answer if it’s my opinion!?”

“Well, I actually agree with you that Selena is the best but if you remember on page three-hundred and fifty-six of Tulips and Tithona, Lord Westbrooke actually proclaims himself to be the best lord in all the land.” He gave her a smirk that she wanted to absolutely rip off of his face. Or kiss. Wait, what?

This…this absolute bastard. He knew she’d get worked up. And he knew she would get distracted. And knew she’d answer with Selena. With a final burst of strength, she tried to rip the book out of his hands, only serving to cause her to lose her balance and fall straight onto her ass.

“Miss are you okay?” The concerned voice came not from the handsome yet ridiculously terrible man in front of her but from the clerk of the store. She nodded. “Okay, great. Just to let you two know, we’re closing. Please bring anything to the front for purchase.”

She nodded, the silver haired man just standing there, looking at her with a bewildered expression. He reached a hand down to help her up but she chose to just roll her eyes at him. She didn’t need his help. She dusted herself off, leaving the man standing between the stacks and hightailing it out the door. All she wanted was the book, and now she left with a bruised ass and an even more bruised dignity.

She stopped down the street from the shop, ducking into a small alcove and putting her hands over her face. She made such a fool of herself in there and she wasn’t sure how she was going to live it down. Hopefully she would never see the clerk or the man ever again. That shop was now off her list of places to go to.

With a deep breath, she pushed off the wall and started making her way back toward her apartment.

“Miss, wait!” She turned to see the clerk from the store running after her, bag in hand. “You forgot this!”

Aelin gave him a bewildered look. “I didn’t buy anything.”

The man shrugged. “Maybe not, but it was bought for you.” Aelin just stood there as he handed her the bag and jogged back to the shop.

She opened the bag to find the same copy of Peonies and Poplars that she was just fighting over. Did that buzzard just…buy her a copy? She took the beautiful hardcover out of the bag, admiring the golden sprayed edges and embossed flowers on the cover. Opening the front cover, she saw a bright green sticky note on the cover page.

“If you want to talk more about the book, my number is 234-7783. -R”

Directly under the sticky note was a freshly inked autograph, signed R.J. White.

Aelin could only stand there as it sunk in that she just didn’t just fight over a copy of the book. She fought over a copy of the book, with the Author.

A/N: this absolutely will have a second part. I can’t just leave it like that 😜

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wavering-eyes · 8 months ago

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Age of Fire - April 2024 Banlist

Konami has once again dropped the banlist mid-YCS, this time interrupting YCS Guadalajara. Honestly, it's about time.

Analysis below.

If you've been paying attention at all, you probably know we're still well into FIRE format. Your choices of tier 1 decks were Snake-Eye and Fire King Snake-Eye and that's about it. Both packed similarly highly advantageous engines with 1-card starters and high redundancy alongside up to 18 defensive cards. The mirror became common enough that the pure deck started playing Crossout in main, either to deal with the slew of handtraps or to cut off your opponent's engine in case you went first and didn't need to insulate your own plays.

Snake-Eye Ash goes like, double-digits plus by itself. The pure version has an extra deck of classic combo boss monsters like Apollousa, Borreload Savage Dragon, and Baronne de Fleur which it summons off of lines involving Jet Synchron, which is easily accessible off of Original Sinful Spoils, Snake-Eye Ash, or any card that searches the above two cards, which is probably also in the double digits now. Granted, you needed to see specifically Diabellestar in order to make Savage, but people started playing a lot more copies of her once the addition of Poplar made the engine's high redundancy one of its biggest strengths.

Of these, the pure version was usually superior for reasons that are a bit complex. Compared to pure, the Fire King version has a pretty bad chokepoint at Fire King Island where, if that card was interrupted, you were generally locked out of any Fire King engine cards you didn't draw. This was a problem since the deck started cutting down on the Fire King cards towards the end of the format, usually playing 2-3 Kirin and Ponix, 1 Garunix and 1 each of Arvata/Sanctuary/Island (and maybe Circle), and its second turn disruptive plays were pretty reliant on Garunix being in rotation. Playing more of these wasn't really an option since the Snake-Eye cards were on average a lot better to draw, and there is basically no way to make a real board with just Fire King cards going first. It was also a fair bit weaker to blowouts, both because the deck ends on no Spell/Trap negates (Rangbali was cut pretty early on since it's much worse than Arvata, and because old rulings prevent you from triggering it alongside Garunix) and because so much of the board's interruptions were actually in the GY, so in addition to being weak to Dimension Shifter, you could also blow the deck out with just Soul Release and a playable hand.

Of course it still had plenty of advantages. Arvata being a recursive monster negate is a huge deal in simplified board states, and it was pretty easy to put on board as long as you could resolve Garunix, either by popping it from deck on your turn to summon something back and summoning Arvata later with Promethean Princess (or by destroying Kirin), or in hands where you didn't draw any other Normal Summons, etc. Naturally you could also start with something like, pop Kirin for Island, search Arvata, Special Summon it and then use any of your myriad of ways to put Snake-Eye Ash on board and win the game off of that alone, now with additional insulation against hand traps. Random hands where you drew tons of Fire King engine could actually put up negates or destructive disruption on turn 0 since Kirin is a Quick Effect. Kirin is all kinds of insane; Infinite Impermanence sees near-universal play and Kirin basically invalidates it since you can just destroy the card in response and it will still resolve, possibly triggering one of your many float effects...

On that note, Imperm saw that much play because successfully using it on Snake-Eye Ash meant that your opponent would then have to jump through hoops to summon Oak or another copy of Ash to get out Flamberge, sort of killing two birds with one stone. Of course, this deck had ways to deal with that too... If you drew Bonfire, you could Bonfire for Poplar to grab Original Sinful Spoils, then make Linkuriboh and send Linkuriboh for cost, summoning a Snake-Eye Ash from deck that could be protected from targeting with Linkuriboh's GY effect. It's hard to put into words how frustrating this was; people wanted Linkuriboh banned because of it. Not to mention that it was a recursive Link Monster that enabled easy access to S:P Little Knight.

Generally this led to end boards with obscene amounts of card advantage. In the Fire King deck, just Snake-Eye Ash alone can lead to something like Amblowhale + Flamberge Dragon with I:P Masquerena in the Spell/Trap zone and Kirin in hand, which doesn't seem like much at first, but that's Flamberge summoning I:P which makes S:P, banishing an opponent's card while summoning back both Snake-Eye Ash and Ponix, searching cards off of both. Or using Kirin to pop Amblowhale, triggering that and to summon back a Link Monster and making a giant Apollousa that still floats into tons of advantage (you can summon a Sunlight Wolf underneath the EMZ to get another card back, etc). And yet there are still lines where you can trigger Garunix to pop Arvata, then summon and destroy Kirin to summon that back...

What you were giving up for this was basically raw disruptive power. These decks probably have ten Extra Deck cards in common but those differences are all a huge deal; the pure deck's lines into Formula Synchron leading to Baronne made on the opponent's turn with itself and Flamberge Dragon similarly led to a lot of advantage, of course there was still Savage if you saw Diabellestar, and the worst you could end on was usually I:P with Flamberge, which still lets your entire engine recur.

What you might not know is that those decks actually did have counters. Both were theoretically shut down pretty hard by Dimension Shifter, and since Floowandereeze got Swallow's Cowrie last set, lots of people went back to birds at first, though they naturally fell off in the same way and for the same reasons Floowandereeze players always do: it's too inconsistent for its own good, and it was always highly reliant on seeing non-engine to go second. Both versions of Snake-Eye were also pretty bad at removing big Towers monsters, so a few people experimented with Raidraptors to minor success.

I don't have much else to say about it, but Voiceless Voice also saw a fair bit of play. I don't think it was ever particularly good into Snake-Eye though, it just sort of does okay against it and bullies everything else.

There's also been a recent uptick in people playing straight-up stun, with and without Runick cards, and it's easy to see why as well. Runick engine is basically all going-second cards, all of which are useful in some way against the board. Flashing Fire and Freezing Curses are useful for pretty obvious reasons, but Destruction threatens Fire King Island, Sanctuary, any cards that Flamberge intends to summon, and any cards Set off of Diabellestar. The engine of these decks doesn't directly threaten Runick Fountain in any really effective way--Kirin can pop it potentially the chain after it hits field, so you can draw a card by protecting it with Hugin, and Baronne and Savage can negate it, but assuming you can't deal with those monsters directly, you could just get the card back off of Geri.

Why so many people are on pure stun is beyond me, but... yeah, the engine is not great if you can't use the GY or Special Summon. Better win some die rolls.

So that's where we're at. Two deck format, both playing mostly the same cards, so people liked to call it Tier 0 anyways. Snake-Eye cards both out-advantage every other deck and out-interrupt all of them due to the massive number of hand traps and random card draw from things like Wanted! and Formula Synchron.

Before we get into the list proper, for no reason in particular, here's a little snippet from the wishlist included in my last banlist post...

Banned: Baronne de Fleur Baronne is miles better than almost every other Synchro released in years. I think the only deck where it's actually healthy is Swordsoul, and it would be a shame for that deck to lose this, but it's way too strong. This is also a wide hit, it hurts the combo variants of R-ACE and every version of Mannadium and Infernoble. Hot RDA King Calamity King Calamity lock should not be a thing, I don't really care how good/bad Centur-Ion is.

And let me take a brief victory lap for predicting both Ishizu millers getting banned, Air Lifter to 1, Sharvara to 1, and some hit to Infernoble.

Without further ado...

Banned Linkuriboh

I think I made a good enough case for this above. With Linkuriboh banned, Snake-Eye decks will have a lot harder time dodging targeted negation and making S:P on later turns without committing more cards from the Extra Deck. Granted, I think they'll just play Relinquished Anima instead, but that card is basically only useful once and isn't a recursive menace like this one.

Baronne de Fleur

I won't say I particularly expected this to happen but I agree word for word with what I said earlier. Baronne is a lot better than almost every Synchro printed before or since, it's totally generic, it's got an omni-negate, it pops cards on your turn to push through boards (and enable float effects if you're Mannadium), it's got 3000 ATK so it's not trivial to out, and once you've used the one negate, you can put it back in your Extra Deck to summon it again! There were a couple of variants of Ghoti I was testing that would literally just make Baronne for the pop and to synchro with Arionpos a second time, not really caring whether the negate ended up getting used or not.

Pure Snake-Eye loses an interruption for this, but lower-tier decks are even worse off. Mannadium now hard loses to Nibiru. Swordsoul loses to both that and Impermanence, since half the time you stuck early Baronne, you were basically just trying to protect Mo Ye. It's gonna be rough for pretty much any Synchro-focused deck (well, except Resonator) since this saw play in every single one that could make it.

Borreload Savage Dragon

Another hit for Pure Snake-Eye, Savage was by far the best Level 8 synchro in any deck that played Link Monsters. (Incidentally this also excludes Resonator, which would otherwise happily take an omni-negate on a Level 8 DARK Dragon Synchro.) This also saw some play in Mannadium piles where you were hoping to summon it with, big surprise, Diabellestar and Jet Synchron.

And of course, its home for the past several years has been Dragon Link, where you could make it off of just Rokket Tracer. That deck now ends on no omni-negates; it doesn't necessarily hard lose to Nibiru now since it kind of always did (your best answer was to hope your opponent uses it too early or to stick Spheres, pass, hope your opponent uses Nibiru and hope you could make a better board afterwards).

These lines suffered a bit already since Linkuriboh was usually the Link Monster you'd put in GY to enable this (outside of Dragon Link), but Savage being banned dug a void into a lot of decks that one copy of Psy-Framelord Omega probably can't fill.

For the record, I think this card was well-designed, at least compared to Baronne (notably, it doesn't destroy the card it negates, and it basically never played under Nibiru), but if we want generic Extra Deck negates out of the game, so be it.

Summon Limit

Konami hit Rivalry, TCBOO, and Gozen to 1 on the last list and everyone immediately started playing sets of the next best floodgates, Summon Limit and Anti-Spell Fragrance. And yes, this card is worse than all of those, but it's toxic all the same and will not be missed.

Honestly, great job so far from Konami. I'm at worst positive on all of these bans.

Limited Archnemeses Protos

And just when I give them credit, they give me reason to worry. Protos was last seen two years ago in Swordsoul where it could be searched off of Emergence and activated calling DARK to both wipe the board of DARK monsters and to activate a lingering effect that prevents them from being Summoned. (As a reminder, this card has to declare an Attribute that is currently on the field, so DARK was always available since this card itself is DARK, but you could make plays to put other Attributes on field, at least in theory, though you'd be negging yourself.) This was a lot more relevant then since Verte was still legal and everyone was playing DPE or Dragoon in everything. Nowadays it's a little bit diminished in impact since most engines aren't DARK, but a lot of staples are. This card stops Diabellestar, S:P, I:P, and Accesscode Talker from hitting field and for that reason alone it is concerning.

As I mentioned, this last saw play in Swordsoul since it's a Wyrm searchable off of Emergence if you control a Synchro, but Nemeses have their own search card--Nemeses Flag, a Level 2 Pyro monster that summons itself by shuffling back a banished card. That card is now searchable off of Bonfire and Infernal Flame Banshee, so you could potentially see this in other decks as well.

I'm gonna make a wild claim here: I think this card will see play, and I don't think Swordsoul is gonna be the deck that makes it good. It might take a few years but this is a very degenerate card in the right format.

Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls

Tidal is the last Dragon Ruler to be unbanned and it's definitely the best one... the hand effect triggers Atlanteans while giving you a totally generic Foolish Burial, and as an added bonus you get a Level 7 body on later turns to combine with Mermails or the like.

Of course, this was all true in HAT format, which was the last time Tidal was legal, and I don't think Mermails will be making an impact even with this in tow. It's got some potential but I don't expect much immediately, and I think the Rulers could all go to 3 with no negative impact on the game, and minimal impact in general.

Thunder Dragon Colossus

In another retro format throwback, Colossus was last seen in Eternal format in Danger! Thunder which used the draw power of Dangers to pitch Thunder Dragon monsters in order to enable summons of chaos monsters like White Dragon Wyverburster and Black Dragon Collapserpent. Colossus was an essential part of the end board, both for being an easy to summon Level 8 body and for being an indestructible Mistake on legs, and the deck usually played two for this reason. On top of that, since its alternate summoning condition tributed the monster from field, this would also trigger Darkest Diabolos in variants that played it in order to rip another card out of hand.

This deck's boards were some of the best of the entire VRAINS era; you could open a hand like Batteryman Solar and Wyverburster and end on Spheres + Hot Red/Crystal Wing + Colossus + Hope Harbinger + Starliege Photon Blast Dragon (boosted by Saryuja Skull Dread so everything but Spheres is untargetable), and potentially more interruptions or hand rips depending on the other cards you saw. This was pre-Shifter and Dark Ruler No More (at least during that year's NAWCQ) so that wasn't a consideration, but lots of people played Droll and Lancea to interrupt the combo and later variants just didn't care.

It this card healthy? No, not really. If you open a hand with a lot of search cards, you're shit out of luck. However, we've got a lot better ways to deal with it now than we did then, and there's not really a deck that currently exists that would want to play Colossus, so one will have to be reinvented. But I fully expect that it will. Maybe Bystial Danger! Thunder?

For your consideration... this card was never legal alongside Nemeses Corridor, a Level 4 Thunder monster that activates in hand to shuffle back a banished monster and summon itself to the board. That provides both the body and the condition necessary to summon this card. Nemeses Corridor is searchable off of both Nemeses Flag and Cupid Pitch.

Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin

Another throwback, this card has been banned since, what, 2016? It never saw play in Majespecter since the deck's scales wouldn't let you Pendulum Summon it, but was a generic recursive untargetable disruption in other Pendulum decks, sort of like a less bricky and powerful Apex Avian since it was also a low scale.

This card's reasons for being on the banlist have been very pedestrian for years, and Majespecter just got a new wave of support that lets them actually summon this card, so it's definitely time for this to come back.

Now someone tell the guys making the OCG banlist, clearly they haven't noticed. This card is still banned there and it's been months.

Chicken Game

This card has a lot of text for what is essentially Upstart Goblin on a Field Spell, so I'll repeat here what I said about that when it went to 3:

Most decks play hand traps and seeing Upstart going second when it could have been a hand trap is bad. This card is also unbelievably bad into Droll & Lock Bird which has seen near-constant Side Deck play since 2019, so that doesn't help either. The only reason you'd play this is for synergy or deck-thinning in decks that simply don't play going-second cards, so I would expect this to see play in Dark World (the illusion of free choice: you will still lose to Droll), Endymion decks (since those cards no longer see play in Pendulum piles) and Sky Striker (mega-cope) and very little else.

I don't know if Dark World ended up playing Upstart, by the way; it could easily have 40 cards it actually wants to play. Upstart is very good in Sky Striker and this is significantly worse since this doesn't put a Spell in the GY unless you play Area Zero over it or send it with Multirole or Linkage, and Linkage is usually already free or better saved to dodge interruptions anyways.

That said, there are a few points of obvious synergy. This is a pretty good card to send for any card that has to send something else to activate, such as, for example... Snake-Eye Ash's second effect, Diabellestar's summoning condition, Original Sinful Spoils' cost... But I would not expect to see this along Snake-Eye cards; the Fire King version has had plenty of opportunities to play Tenki for Arvata and has declined every time, and their own Field Spell is really good already.

Anti-Spell Fragrance

See Summon Limit. This card was worse at disrupting hands of monsters, but much better at disrupting hands of search cards like Bonfire and Fire King Island. It was also better against blowout cards like Lightning Storm and Harpie's Feather Duster. Given the speed of the game, this was basically Imperial Order, and I think this should have been banned alongside Summon Limit, but one is better than three.

And no, Pendulum players, we are not back, not as long as Flamberge is in the format.

Semi-Limited Armageddon Knight

This card's been up and down the list tons of times. It was last hit after the Danger! Dark World deck debuted, where this card enabled a one-card FTK via Cannon Soldier, but it saw a bunch of play before that by dumping Destrudo to make Ancient Fairy Dragon or Yazi. It's a good card but doesn't fit into any decks right now. I would say that some Thunder Dragon combo deck might play this, but Batteryman Solar was better in that deck anyways, and eventually Danger! Thunder cut all of its Normal Summons for Crusadia monsters anyways.

Purrely Delicious Memory

If this deck ever becomes good, Goblin cards destroy it, Book of Moon helps a lot, etc. This is the best Memory card in most cases since it most directly enables turn 1 5-material Expurrely Noir summons and buffs its stats while doing so, but the deck is a lot weaker now than it ever has been in the past, and I swear around 2/3 of the time I lose to this deck, it's because the player drew a floodgate.

Unlimited Destiny HERO - Malicious

This was also last seen at 3 in that Danger! Dark World deck, and... yeah, this card is basically the reason you'd play Armageddon Knight instead of Batteryman Solar as your starter.

This card has outlived tons of decks and it will probably outlive me. It's been up and down the list several times at 1, 2, and 3, forming an infinite cycle of getting put to 3, only to enable some insane combo that proves it should have stayed at 2, and consequently getting hit again.

Nowadays most of its enablers are gone. Nobody's gonna be using Mali as an engine for Tribute Summon fodder, I wouldn't expect it to see much play in Synchro decks, and the best Link-2 to make with it and Armageddon Knight was Isolde, which is now banned. That said, it's seen play in HERO ever since they got Cross Crusader and subsequently Denier (which might as well be a HERO-exclusive third copy of this), and that deck will definitely appreciate it. If this saw play outside of HERO it would be in a pile deck or something like Tearlament that wants to make Beatrice by any means necessary.

Orcust Harp Horror

I said last time that this could go to 3 with no downsides and that's still the case. Bystials dunk on this deck and we still have all of them but Magnamhut at 3.

I think Orcusts have a chance still since the engine is so strong and accessible (not to mention they also played Armageddon Knight), but any Synchro focused variants lost Savage Dragon and these cards are still bricks. I think the best variant so far has been Orcust Horus and that seems alright if not exactly inspiring.

Speedroid Terrortop

Speedroid doesn't really appreciate the difference between this at 2 and 3 since it was mostly getting summoned off of Rubber Band Shooter, but it's not nothing. Unfortunately they also lost Baronne, and it's not looking likely that they'll be able to come back from that.

If the deck ever becomes real, I would expect to see this in Goblin Riders as a free Rank 3 engine, since that deck hardly seems to play its own maindeck monsters. It also appreciates a quick Gossip Shadow to play around handtraps, Droll aside, and interrupting Terrortop was virtually always a bad idea.

In short, very strong card which very few decks want to play.

Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage

Oh god yes.

Engage was last seen at 3 in late Eternal Format as a part of Sky Striker Orcust, since the one copy of Hornet Drones could make Knightmare Mermaid which did your entire combo, and any other Spells you happened to put in the GY could enable free draws. To its credit, that deck actually played several other Sky Striker spells for disruption since you could make a real end board with just a single monster in the EMZ and a bunch of backrow.

In the pure deck it caused eternal frustration, since this card being at 3 and not being once per turn meant that your free draw off of Engage could draw you into another Engage, which might draw you into another Engage... Hands like that were basically the only times Striker was threatening going first, floodgates aside, and well, here we are again. That version of the deck didn't even have 3 Kagari!

I should also mention that there's been some recent experimentation with a small Sky Striker engine in Snake-Eye decks (I have reason to believe that Kagari being a fire matters to this somehow, but how exactly, I'm not certain), but it's sort of fallen off. Maybe this is what brings it back?

More importantly, we have full power Striker back, well, full power with 1 Drones, which is a reasonable concession. I don't think it's going to see much success but it will definitely see play, and I will certainly be playing it. Not to mention, Sky Striker Ace - Camellia is just around the corner, with a speculative release coming in this year's Battles of Legend set.

END OF LIST

Here's where I pull the rug: I think some version of Snake-Eye is still the best deck and I don't think these changes help any currently existing decks deal with it at all, Runick aside. That said. This banlist gives a lot of old decks toys to play with, and I'm really excited to see what the real deckbuilders can do with pile enablers like Colossus and Protos back, even if the cards themselves are degenerate.

To summarize, though:

Pure Snake-Eye lost its entire Synchro line. I did some testing with Psy-Framelord Omega and Bystial Dis Pater or Chengying in place of Baronne and Savage, but going for double handrip is not practical and the board overall is much worse against blowouts. (With this in mind, Evenly kind of cooks every deck right now, apart from heavily under-extended Fire King. I would expect it to see a lot of play until Tenpai comes out.)

Fire King Snake-Eye lost Linkuriboh and that's about it, so it could see more play compared to pure. The pure version also lost this so you can now pretty safely imperm Ash until they decide to start playing Sauravis or something.

Voiceless Voice is untouched and still gets dunked on by Bystials and blowout cards, and I think the Fire King matchup seems really bad.

Labrynth, as always, is probably okay. Skill Drain hasn't been good lately, but the engine is still very strong. Fire King is a pretty bad matchup though.

I don't think the Yubel decks are even slightly real until they get the new fusion. I also don't think HERO is real until it gets that, assuming it's fine cutting Faris and Cross Crusader for a counter to Nibiru and Droll, which remains to be seen. (The combo is A HERO Lives for Prisma, revealing the new fusion to dump Yubel, then contact fusing.)

Almost every deck that used Synchro as its main mechanic is dead, Centur-Ion and Resonator aside. I expect to see some amount of success from Runick decks, but Synchro-focused builds like Bystial Runick are not looking great without Baronne.

Striker best deck. Raye is bae. We are so fucking back.

Thanks for reading.

#yugioh #yu-gi-oh #yugioh tcg #banlist

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brookstonalmanac · 10 months ago

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Holidays 1.28

Holidays

Christa McAuliffe Day

Clash Day

Daisy Day

Data Privacy Day

Data Protection Day (EU)

Double Daisy Day (Flower of the Day)

Global Community Engagement Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Great Mental Health Day (UK)

International Data Privacy & Protection Day

International Lego Day

International Make Your Point Day

International Mobilization Day Against Nuclear War

International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

Jackhammer Day

January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)

José Marti Memorial Day (Cuba)

Juan Felipe Day (Philippines)

King’s Name Day (Sweden)

Love Among the Nations Day

Make Your Point Day

National Amy Day

National Army Day (Armenia)

National Day to Combat Modern Slave Labor (Brazil)

National Film Day (Argentina)

National Gift of the Ladybug Day

National Kazoo Day

National Pediatrician Day

National Spieling Day

National Tina Day

Number Please Day

Paul Jackson Pollock Day

Pop Art Day

Poplar Day (French Republic)

Rattlesnake Roundup Day

Science Day (Belarus)

Serendipity Day [also 1.18]

Telephone Exchange Day

Thank a Plugin Developer Day

Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day (St. Louis, Missouri)

World Day for the Abolition of Meat Day

World Lewy Body Dementia Day

Youth Climate Action Day (Indiana)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Blueberry Pancake Day

4th & Last Sunday in January

Child Labor Day [4th Sunday]

Clean Out Your Email Inbox Week begins [Sunday of Last Full Week]

Dinagyang (Philippines) [4th Sunday]

Homeless Sunday (UK) [4th Sunday]

International Internet-Free Day [Last Sunday]

National Bible Sunday (Philippines) [Last Sunday]

National Holocaust Memorial Day (Ireland) [Sunday closest to 27th]

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday [Sunday closest to 22nd]

Septuagesina Sunday [4th Sunday]

World Leprosy Day [Last Sunday]

Independence & Related Days

Democracy Day (Rwanda)

Roschfallen (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 28, 2024

BRAFA Art Fair (Brussels, Belgium) [thru 2.4]

Carnival of Cento (Cento, Italy) [thru 2.25]

Carnival of Forano della Chiana (Forano della Chiana, Italy) [thru 2.25]

Filmfare Awards (Mumbai, India)

Historic Bethlehem Winter Restaurant (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 2.3]

Winter Seed Conference (Nashville, Tennessee) [thru 1.30]

Feast Days

Agnes (Christian; Saint)

Alan Funt Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Alice Neel (Artology)

Amadeus of Lausanne (Christian; Saint)

The Apocalypse (Pastafarian)

Black Pepper with Everything Day (Pastafarian)

Charlemagne (Christian; Saint)

Claes Oldenburg (Artology)

Colette (Writerism)

Cyril of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Day of Rules: Eunomia’s Day (Pagan)

Ernie (Muppetism)

Every Man’s Day (a.k.a. Rénrì 人日; China) [7th Day of 1st Lunar Month]

Fearn (Alder; Tree of Pre-Eminent Lineage; Celtic Book of Days)

Glastian of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Jackson Pollock (Artology)

John of Reomay (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Freinademetz (Christian; Saint)

Julian of Cuenca (Christian; Saint)

Margaret, Princess of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Muhammad (Positivist; Saint)

Paulinus of Aquileia (Christian; Saint)

Peter Nolasco (Christian; Saint)

Peter Thomas (Christian; Saint)

Thomas Aquinas (Christian; Saint)

Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinions (Christian; Martyrs)

Valerius (Christian; Saint)

Witch’s Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [5 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 5 of 60)

Premieres

Amphigorey, by Edward Gorey (Illustrated Book; 1972)

Blue Valentine (Film; 2011)

Boobs in the Woods (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

College (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

Cryptozoo (Animated Film; 2021)

Dope (Film; 2015)

The Duck Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

The Flat of the Land or A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 251; 1964)

Flee (Animated Film; 2021)

Hamateur Night (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

How to Be a Sailor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (Animated Film; 2020)

I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, by Jean Goldkette (Song; 1927)

The Invisible Monster (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #20; 1965)

It’s an Ill Will (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Last of Chéri, by Colette (Novel; 1926)

La Vie Commence Demain (Film; 1951) [1st X-Rated Film]

Mack the Knife or Operation: Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 252; 1964)

The Mechanic (Film; 2011)

The Moonflower Vine, by Jetta Carleton (Novel; 1962)

Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

My Cherie Amour, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1969)

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1813) [#2]

Red Rock West (Film; 1994)

Scratch a Tiger (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1970)

Seal Skinners, featuring The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

The Shining, by Stephen King (Novel; 1977)

A Silent Voice (Anime Film; 2019)

Sissy Sheriff (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1967)

Sullivan’s Travels (Film; 1942)

Tales of the South Pacific, by James A. Michener (Short Stories; 1947)

Too Hop To Handle (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

The Vacuum Gun, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 35 & 36; 1967)

We Are the World, recorded by Supergroup USA for Africa (Song; 1985)

Today’s Name Days

Caroline, Karoline, Manfred, Thomas (Austria)

Toma, Tomislav (Croatia)

Otýlie (Czech Republic)

Carolus, Karl, Magnus (Denmark)

Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle, Karel, Karl, Karli, Karro (Estonia)

Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Mies (Finland)

Manfred, Thomas (France)

Karl, Karolina, Manfred, Thomas (Germany)

Haris, Palladios (Greece)

Karola, Károly (Hungary)

Tommaso, Valerio (Italy)

Kārlis, Spodris (Latvia)

Gedautas, Leonidas, Nijolė (Lithuania)

Karl, Karoline (Norway)

Agnieszka, Augustyn, Flawian, Ildefons, Julian, Karol, Leonidas, Piotr, Radomir, Roger, Waleriusz (Poland)

Efrem, Iacob, Paladie (Romania)

Alfonz (Slovakia)

Tomás (Spain)

Karl, Karla (Sweden)

Edward (Ukraine)

Carlotta, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotta, Charlotte, Charmaine, Manfred (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 28 of 2024; 338 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 4 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 18 Xin-Mao()

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 18 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 17 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 28 White; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 15 January 2024

Moon: 92%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Moses (1st Month) [Muhammad)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 39 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 7 of 28)

#Holidays

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brookston · 10 months ago

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Holidays 1.29

Holidays

Christa McAuliffe Day

Clash Day

Daisy Day

Data Privacy Day

Data Protection Day (EU)

Double Daisy Day (Flower of the Day)

Global Community Engagement Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Great Mental Health Day (UK)

International Data Privacy & Protection Day

International Lego Day

International Make Your Point Day

International Mobilization Day Against Nuclear War

International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

Jackhammer Day

January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)

José Marti Memorial Day (Cuba)

Juan Felipe Day (Philippines)

King’s Name Day (Sweden)

Love Among the Nations Day

Make Your Point Day

National Amy Day

National Army Day (Armenia)

National Day to Combat Modern Slave Labor (Brazil)

National Film Day (Argentina)

National Gift of the Ladybug Day

National Kazoo Day

National Pediatrician Day

National Spieling Day

National Tina Day

Number Please Day

Paul Jackson Pollock Day

Pop Art Day

Poplar Day (French Republic)

Rattlesnake Roundup Day

Science Day (Belarus)

Serendipity Day [also 1.18]

Telephone Exchange Day

Thank a Plugin Developer Day

Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day (St. Louis, Missouri)

World Day for the Abolition of Meat Day

World Lewy Body Dementia Day

Youth Climate Action Day (Indiana)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Blueberry Pancake Day

4th & Last Sunday in January

Child Labor Day [4th Sunday]

Clean Out Your Email Inbox Week begins [Sunday of Last Full Week]

Dinagyang (Philippines) [4th Sunday]

Homeless Sunday (UK) [4th Sunday]

International Internet-Free Day [Last Sunday]

National Bible Sunday (Philippines) [Last Sunday]

National Holocaust Memorial Day (Ireland) [Sunday closest to 27th]

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday [Sunday closest to 22nd]

Septuagesina Sunday [4th Sunday]

World Leprosy Day [Last Sunday]

Independence & Related Days

Democracy Day (Rwanda)

Roschfallen (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 28, 2024

BRAFA Art Fair (Brussels, Belgium) [thru 2.4]

Carnival of Cento (Cento, Italy) [thru 2.25]

Carnival of Forano della Chiana (Forano della Chiana, Italy) [thru 2.25]

Filmfare Awards (Mumbai, India)

Historic Bethlehem Winter Restaurant (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 2.3]

Winter Seed Conference (Nashville, Tennessee) [thru 1.30]

Feast Days

Agnes (Christian; Saint)

Alan Funt Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Alice Neel (Artology)

Amadeus of Lausanne (Christian; Saint)

The Apocalypse (Pastafarian)

Black Pepper with Everything Day (Pastafarian)

Charlemagne (Christian; Saint)

Claes Oldenburg (Artology)

Colette (Writerism)

Cyril of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Day of Rules: Eunomia’s Day (Pagan)

Ernie (Muppetism)

Every Man’s Day (a.k.a. Rénrì 人日; China) [7th Day of 1st Lunar Month]

Fearn (Alder; Tree of Pre-Eminent Lineage; Celtic Book of Days)

Glastian of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Jackson Pollock (Artology)

John of Reomay (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Freinademetz (Christian; Saint)

Julian of Cuenca (Christian; Saint)

Margaret, Princess of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Muhammad (Positivist; Saint)

Paulinus of Aquileia (Christian; Saint)

Peter Nolasco (Christian; Saint)

Peter Thomas (Christian; Saint)

Thomas Aquinas (Christian; Saint)

Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinions (Christian; Martyrs)

Valerius (Christian; Saint)

Witch’s Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [5 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 5 of 60)

Premieres

Amphigorey, by Edward Gorey (Illustrated Book; 1972)

Blue Valentine (Film; 2011)

Boobs in the Woods (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

College (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

Cryptozoo (Animated Film; 2021)

Dope (Film; 2015)

The Duck Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

The Flat of the Land or A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 251; 1964)

Flee (Animated Film; 2021)

Hamateur Night (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

How to Be a Sailor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (Animated Film; 2020)

I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, by Jean Goldkette (Song; 1927)

The Invisible Monster (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #20; 1965)

It’s an Ill Will (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Last of Chéri, by Colette (Novel; 1926)

La Vie Commence Demain (Film; 1951) [1st X-Rated Film]

Mack the Knife or Operation: Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 252; 1964)

The Mechanic (Film; 2011)

The Moonflower Vine, by Jetta Carleton (Novel; 1962)

Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

My Cherie Amour, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1969)

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1813) [#2]

Red Rock West (Film; 1994)

Scratch a Tiger (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1970)

Seal Skinners, featuring The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

The Shining, by Stephen King (Novel; 1977)

A Silent Voice (Anime Film; 2019)

Sissy Sheriff (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1967)

Sullivan’s Travels (Film; 1942)

Tales of the South Pacific, by James A. Michener (Short Stories; 1947)

Too Hop To Handle (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

The Vacuum Gun, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 35 & 36; 1967)

We Are the World, recorded by Supergroup USA for Africa (Song; 1985)

Today’s Name Days

Caroline, Karoline, Manfred, Thomas (Austria)

Toma, Tomislav (Croatia)

Otýlie (Czech Republic)

Carolus, Karl, Magnus (Denmark)

Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle, Karel, Karl, Karli, Karro (Estonia)

Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Mies (Finland)

Manfred, Thomas (France)

Karl, Karolina, Manfred, Thomas (Germany)

Haris, Palladios (Greece)

Karola, Károly (Hungary)

Tommaso, Valerio (Italy)

Kārlis, Spodris (Latvia)

Gedautas, Leonidas, Nijolė (Lithuania)

Karl, Karoline (Norway)

Agnieszka, Augustyn, Flawian, Ildefons, Julian, Karol, Leonidas, Piotr, Radomir, Roger, Waleriusz (Poland)

Efrem, Iacob, Paladie (Romania)

Alfonz (Slovakia)

Tomás (Spain)

Karl, Karla (Sweden)

Edward (Ukraine)

Carlotta, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotta, Charlotte, Charmaine, Manfred (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 28 of 2024; 338 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 4 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 18 Xin-Mao()

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 18 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 17 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 28 White; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 15 January 2024

Moon: 92%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Moses (1st Month) [Muhammad)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 39 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 7 of 28)

#calendar #Holidays

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libidomechanica · 3 years ago

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Red as thou dost

Red as thou dost resolve the doubled; for

oft the eagle scorns the hearers grave,

and lastly, by youre leve, In their stems branch rent, Like

their pinions fair. ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve.

in pale content. We gambold, making all the

spiritual strife his cancelld,

stricken helmets sprang the full-foliaged elms, and

I but my lips with the dede; Deride

melted into enormous

amounts of energy:

Ill whisper often claspd in

mine ear that sweeps with oyle of

burning. and caught by greedy men, the woman

labours so, that clings to the dead

leaf, or as the life ending with

him; and go by summer heaven, and play

about the shadow,—truth I must confess it

needed help of Love well cut the feud

of rich memorial: I fenced it round its

core like a mallet running Time she was

angry not the certain zest for more controlling,

shake and if of one anothers

guise, to bear the bird the touchd me

from me; all Ear from her Lips, that, yielding,

mutually drew from his slumber on;

unconsciousness, she set his coltish nature rarely

felt, of freedom broadcast over all thine own phantom

chanting pits, opend their arms; the dream where

you were probably shoulder doth now unfetterd

with that brought before the

ploughmens clocks, Except in a poplars height,

my still-kept course, I will Yes. when on

theft. Along the past. Seydė this Pardoner, “

as ye bigan telle forth a copse that

in these ears, till Gods own garden-trees, come with

the evening, walking down Bristol Street, the

seeming sleep. S fire doth bring, knowing Death

has many a nyght they sound as they, with

darkend heart less bounding air, rend away the

bean, and bore down a Princess.��See thou, my rose;

in it thou always why I want

to an end. No aching heart; as one

with grief as deep profound as those that

buried age; when I was a

rose; for he will venture: the one

doth close at hand lie fallen in hir degree.”

#poetry #automatically generated text #Patrick Mooney #Markov chains #Markov chain length: 8 #180 texts

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aladdins-attic · 7 years ago

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What music can you see the Kou family enjoying in the modern day???

OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY I’m doing the ENTIRE KOU FAMILY (minus parents) for this because this is some GOOD SHIT

Hakuyuu Ren

The first Imperial Prince of Kou would like classical music or light indie rock. Anything that’s soothing and helps him relax. He’ll also listen to smooth jazz when he’s cleaning or in a good mood.

“Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby” by Cigarettes After Sex

“Arsonist’s Lullabye” by Hozier

Pachelbel’s “Canon in D”

“Greensleeves”

“We Don’t Talk Anymore” by Rick Braun feat. Peter White

Hakuren Ren

This boy would enjoy songs in different languages, songs that had a sort of funk to them, and songs that made him happy.

“Tous Les Mêmes” by Stromae

“Peace Song” by Kye Kye

“Munou (無能)” by österreich

“fashion week (it’s different remix)” by Blackbear

“Take A Slice” by Glass Animals

Hakuei Ren

Lovely Hakuei would listen to songs that have interesting lyrics, songs that tell stories. Most of the songs she likes are about love, but she also really really likes songs that carry some sort of lesson or are just… Aesthetic?

“Show Me That You Love Me” by Space Pirate

“Upward Over The Mountain” by Iron and Wine

“sakura sakura” by Rin’

“White Dove” by eagle/deer

“It’s Only” by ODESZA

Hakuryuu Ren

Crybaby Hakuryuu would end up having a mix of his siblings’ preferences. He likes calming music, alternative stuff, and songs with meanings. However, he also likes songs that carry a harsher tone than the ones his siblings like.

“Grey Skies” by Catching Flies

“Miracle” by The Score

“Poplar St” by Glass Animals

“West Coast” by The Neighbourhood

“The Public” by J-SOUL

Kouen Ren

En would listen to songs that consist of just music or very little words, as he finds it makes it easier to concentrate when studying or reading. Like his older cousin, Hakuren, he would enjoy songs in different languages, humming along and sometimes singing under his breath.

“Next to You” from Parasyte the Maxim OST

“[alone]” by Sl.drft

“Vor í Vaglaskógi” by Kaleo

“I’ll Keep Coming” by Low Roar

“The Gospel of John Hurt” by alt-J

Koumei Ren

Smooth songs that sort of fade into the background are the kinds of songs Koumei would prefer to listen to. He doesn’t care much about learning the lyrics of songs, though for his favorites he’ll learn them and try to decipher the meaning, if there is any.

“Mama’s Gun” by Glass Animals

“Somebody Else” by The 1975

“don’t leave me this way” by Tomppabeats

“Falling” by Fair Game

“Choking on Flowers” by Fox Academy

Kouha Ren

Shorty over here would like excited songs, songs that make you wanna run a marathon. He would also like rap to a certain extent, and would work to learn the lyrics and sing them in time to impress his friends and family.

“Gimme Sum (Hydraulix Remix)” by Slop Rock feat. Feral is Kinky

“(INTRO) LOS FAVORITOS” by ARCANGEL FT. FARRUKO, ÑENGO FLOW, ÑEJO, GENIO, ALEXIO, PUSHO

“I’m Poppy” by Poppy

“Comics” by Caravan Palace

“Poppin Percs” by TOP $HELF

Kougyoku Ren

The princess’ choice of music is like a weird mix of Kouha’s and Hakuei’s, with pretty songs mixed in with songs that make your heart beat faster. She listens to songs in her room at night and think of dances that could go with them.

“Wonderland” by Caravan Palace

“Gee (Disco Remix” by Pax

“idfc (ZETO x Arabella Remix)” by Blackbear

“Never Gonna Catch Me” by Skan & El Speaker

“Holiest” by Glass Animals feat. Tei-Shi

Judar

come on this guy’s practically part of the family. Judar would like rap, songs that have darker meanings, songs that he can relate to, and songs that many would consider sort of odd. He wouldn’t listen to music in front of anyone.

“Bounce” by Logic

“Pale Flesh” by Crystal Castles

“you’re the only one that wants me (around / to die)” by nvrmore

“Dead To Me” by Sex Whales & Fraxo feat. Lox Chatterbox

“Crawl (Christian Rich Re-Work)” by Childish Gambino

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snpshooter-a · 7 years ago

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REPOST. DON’T REBLOG. birthday symbolism.

tagged by: @sarraqum ( thank u bb c: ) tagging: anyone who wants to do it!

*Elena’s birthday is May 4th, 1982.

Birthstone : EMERALD -- the gem of Love and Life.

The emerald has been a gem of fascination in many cultures for over six thousand years. It is so prized, that carat for carat, a fine emerald may be two to three times as valuable as a diamond. Many cultures throughout time have believed the emerald to be an enormously powerful stone in different ways. The ancient Egyptians believed the emerald stood for fertility and rebirth. In some legends of King Arthur, the Holy Grail is described as being fashioned from an emerald. It was known that Emerald was a favorite gem of Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, and the Emerald mine in Upper Egypt, rediscovered a hundred years ago near the Red Sea, was one of the earliest Emerald occurrences in the human history. In addition, it was believed that wearing an Emerald would improve one’s memory and intelligence, enabling one to think clearly about the past, present, and future.

Birth Flower : LILY OF THE VALLEY.

Lily of the Valley is a low growing perennial plant with small, white, bell-shaped flowers symbolizes sweetness, humility, and happiness. The secret message conveyed by the Lily in the Victorian era is "You’ve made my life complete", and signifies the return of happiness. According to legend, Lily of the Valley sprang from Eve’s tears when she was kicked out of the Garden of Eden. The Lily is also a popular choice for weddings. Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton and Princess Grace Kelly both used the Lily in their bridal bouquets.

Astrological Sign : TAURUS.

Taurus people are known to be patient, loyal, perseverant, generous, loving and dependable. You thrive on having a sense of familiarity and security, from your home life, to your love life, to your career. You like comfort and are not so fond of change. You are driven, persistent, stubborn and solid in many ways, just like the bull, the animal that represents your sign. Taurians are also known to be great with business matters and as teachers.

Born in the Year of the ... : DOG -- a symbol of Fidelity.

You are unpretentious, loyal, steady, reliable, sociable, lively, persistent, courageous, resourceful, generous, diligent, honest, adaptable and smart. You hate injustice and are strongly influenced by a sense of fairness, equality, loyalty and caring. You therefore are often found promoting social reform. You are genuine, unassuming, charming and magnetic in an effortless way. You make a loyal friend and value personal integrity. You do make friends slowly however, but you will protect a friend's interest as if they were your own. You are brave and do not shy away from danger

Native American Astrological Sign : BEAVER.

You are accepting, adaptable, persistent, industrious, patient, resourceful, methodical, strong-willed, and confident. You move through life with the aim of personal growth- finding security within yourself and then protecting and providing shelter for your loved ones. Whatever goal you may have, you work persistently towards it, devoting all of your attention to it until it is accomplished with maximum efficiency. You therefore tend to be excellent in any business matter. You are extremely loyal, generous, helpful and compassionate to those you love and care for.

Birth Tree : Poplar Tree -- the tree of Uncertainty.

You are blissful, carefree, philosophical, organized, picky, reliable, strong, and artistic. You are very loyal to your family and friends, and take relationships very seriously. You are a visual person, having high regard for beautiful surroundings as well as your own appearance. You are quite a strong person, and like to take part in actions that will help others.

#long post /#long af #;ⁿᵒᵗ ᑫᵘᶦᵗᵉ ᵃⁿ ᵒᵖᵉⁿ ᵇᵒᵒᵏ (character study).#this is all v accurate for elena i'm cr yin g #i love her

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bearxclaws-archive-blog · 7 years ago

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BIRTHDAY SYMBOLS

Emerald — the gem of love and life;

Lily of the Valley;

Taurus;

The Dog — a symbol of fidelity;

Beaver;

Poplar Tree — the tree of uncertainty;

tagged by: no one. stole it from dee cause i already did it on sanji c: tagging: nah

#🐻;「 still learning and growing ( headcanon ) 」

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annelisterstravelnotes · 4 years ago

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Netherlands with Mariana - Scheveningen, The Hague and on to Leiden 10 August 1831

Wednesday 10

6 1/2

11 1/4

breakfast at 8 3/4 - off at 9 1/2 - walked

forward 1/4 hour – at 9 50/.. at the palace in the

wood for 1/2 hour – Dresden china chandelier

very handsome – Chinese room hangings worked in

white satin highly raised with japan black and

gold done doors very handsome and then salem very

imposing – too glazing – leopard pattern carpet

on the floor – billiard room closely hung with pictures

the wife of William Henry son of William 4 the image

of Julia Salmond – so good oaks – great deal

of beech and elm wood – pleasant drive along the sandy drives

through the wood to the Hague in 1/4 hour – but

long, small, drawn-up closely planted trees –

at Scheveningen at 11 – remarked no

particular cleanliness for Holland – good

village or little town with large brick church –

the town seems in a sandhill formed basin

along which drive 10 minutes and then at 11 10/.. alight

at the Bath hotel – very large handsome looking

house – portico of 6 Ionic column – go into the large

handsome corinthian white washed coffee room and ordered raspberry

vinegar – had none so took orgeat – the sea

and several bathing houses in it just in front of

the windows – 2 or 3 parties at breakfast – newspaper

walked on the sands coach like bathing

machines – coach or omnibus full of people drove

off to the Hague – saw the princess of orange’s Prussian niece

alight from her ride with 1 gentleman and saw the princess of Orange – drive

off at 12 10/.. – she gave us a gracious bow – a nice civilised little person –

{Margin right: only one lady with her}

{Margin left: the princess of Orange had 4 horses – coachman

and a postboy for the leaders – the man

wore a sort of kilt and looked more like a

Chinese? then any thing else – the oddest figure imaginable}

back at the Hague at the museum at 12 55/.. took 1 3/4 – then in

rooms below – Japan, Chinese etc 25 minutes

there – then to the house of commons – could not see it

today – common looking building – not much

worth seeing – then to the old palace or

house of Lords at 2 10/.. – on the left hand the

square close to the palace on entering is the lottery

house – I asked if it was a church -

10 mins seeing the old palace – 3 or 4 goodish

council rooms used to be filled serving the union with Belgium – not worth seeing – the

{Margin: very few counsellors meet there now – a council

was held this morning of 5 or 6 -}

square partly porticoed with in and surrounded

by a foss a moated no! a great lake at

the back and in coming out crossed bridge

over canal or water – then to St James’s

church – immense brick pile quite

choked up with 2 storied houses built up

against its walls – large white washed handsome

church with in – nave and 2 side aisles – tops finished in

separate coves or arches – no transcripts – but an

apsis as is common with Dutch churches –

a painted window behind the altar, in the

circular space behind it – curved roof –

oak – bowed rafters, close-bound together by

cross beams forming large squares – church full of

high straw bottomed chairs to all of which boxes with fire in

winter and with out in summer, for the feet to rest on – just going to

be a wedding – but only 4 men to 3 or 4 times as many women –

stayed a while and off at 2 50/.. – drove past the

houses of the English Russian and Russian ambassadors (the latter the best)

all in a line with the rest fronted the canal – more good plain

brick houses – Sir Charles Bagot’s 3 window sashes on each side the door

and home at 3 – large square basket-like thing brought

into the salon and set over a pan of coals to dry out things from the

wash that came back quite wet – put them on the basket –

off at 4 55/.. from the Bellevue hotel at the Hague

very good dinner –

{Margin: good sago soup - sturgeon and sole – potatoes kidney beans

excellent cheese which we brought away – no meat –

bread and butter – bottle of Rüdesheimer – drank it all-}

salon and 2 bed rooms and cabinet d’aisance en

suite – an premier lofty very handsome apartment common price 16 fl guilders a day

capital hotel – road like a bowling green –

narrow like the drives in a gentleman’s park – all the

way from the Hague to the 1/2 way house (at 5 3/4 )

through a series of gentleman’s seats and grounds and gardens –

the road avenued by oaks elms and occasionally

poplars is very pretty – unfortunately raining

more or less the whole way –

at 6 10/.. turn right to Leyden and

leave the fine avenue for one of

pollard willows and soon go along the

canal – (the road straight forward led to Haarlem)

and at 6 10/.. enter in fact the outskirts of Leyden and

alight at the golden lion at 6 1/2 –

walked about for an hour – then coffee

at 9 – particular about passports

fine sunless morning – rain from leaving

the Hague to arriving here – then pretty

fair evening – Fahrenheit 72 at 9 p.m. –

sick and lay in the bed 3/4 hour then

undressed – passport came tonight and cost

for being brought back 15 cents or stivers-

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Holidays 1.28

Holidays

Christa McAuliffe Day

Clash Day

Daisy Day

Data Privacy Day

Data Protection Day (EU)

Double Daisy Day (Flower of the Day)

Global Community Engagement Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Great Mental Health Day (UK)

International Data Privacy & Protection Day

International Lego Day

International Make Your Point Day

International Mobilization Day Against Nuclear War

International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

Jackhammer Day

January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)

José Marti Memorial Day (Cuba)

Juan Felipe Day (Philippines)

King’s Name Day (Sweden)

Love Among the Nations Day

Make Your Point Day

National Amy Day

National Army Day (Armenia)

National Day to Combat Modern Slave Labor (Brazil)

National Film Day (Argentina)

National Gift of the Ladybug Day

National Kazoo Day

National Pediatrician Day

National Spieling Day

National Tina Day

Number Please Day

Paul Jackson Pollock Day

Pop Art Day

Poplar Day (French Republic)

Rattlesnake Roundup Day

Science Day (Belarus)

Serendipity Day [also 1.18]

Telephone Exchange Day

Thank a Plugin Developer Day

Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day (St. Louis, Missouri)

World Day for the Abolition of Meat Day

World Lewy Body Dementia Day

Youth Climate Action Day (Indiana)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Blueberry Pancake Day

4th Sunday in January

Child Labor Day [4th Sunday]

Clean Out Your Email Inbox Week begins [Sunday of Last Full Week]

Dinagyang (Philippines) [4th Sunday]

Homeless Sunday (UK) [4th Sunday]

National Bible Sunday [4th Sunday]

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday [Sunday closest to 22nd]

Septuagesina Sunday [4th Sunday]

4th & Last Sunday in January

International Internet-Free Day [Last Sunday]

National Bible Sunday (Philippines) [Last Sunday]

National Holocaust Memorial Day (Ireland) [Sunday closest to 27th]

World Leprosy Day [Last Sunday]

Independence & Related Days

Democracy Day (Rwanda)

Roschfallen (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 28, 2024

BRAFA Art Fair (Brussels, Belgium) [thru 2.4]

Carnival of Cento (Cento, Italy) [thru 2.25]

Carnival of Forano della Chiana (Forano della Chiana, Italy) [thru 2.25]

Filmfare Awards (Mumbai, India)

Historic Bethlehem Winter Restaurant (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) [thru 2.3]

Winter Seed Conference (Nashville, Tennessee) [thru 1.30]

Feast Days

Agnes (Christian; Saint)

Alan Funt Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Alice Neel (Artology)

Amadeus of Lausanne (Christian; Saint)

The Apocalypse (Pastafarian)

Black Pepper with Everything Day (Pastafarian)

Charlemagne (Christian; Saint)

Claes Oldenburg (Artology)

Colette (Writerism)

Cyril of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Day of Rules: Eunomia’s Day (Pagan)

Ernie (Muppetism)

Every Man’s Day (a.k.a. Rénrì 人日; China) [7th Day of 1st Lunar Month]

Fearn (Alder; Tree of Pre-Eminent Lineage; Celtic Book of Days)

Glastian of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Jackson Pollock (Artology)

John of Reomay (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Freinademetz (Christian; Saint)

Julian of Cuenca (Christian; Saint)

Margaret, Princess of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Muhammad (Positivist; Saint)

Paulinus of Aquileia (Christian; Saint)

Peter Nolasco (Christian; Saint)

Peter Thomas (Christian; Saint)

Thomas Aquinas (Christian; Saint)

Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinions (Christian; Martyrs)

Valerius (Christian; Saint)

Witch’s Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [5 of 71]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 5 of 60)

Premieres

Amphigorey, by Edward Gorey (Illustrated Book; 1972)

Blue Valentine (Film; 2011)

Boobs in the Woods (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)

College (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

Cryptozoo (Animated Film; 2021)

Dope (Film; 2015)

The Duck Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1932)

The Flat of the Land or A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 251; 1964)

Flee (Animated Film; 2021)

Hamateur Night (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)

How to Be a Sailor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (Animated Film; 2020)

I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, by Jean Goldkette (Song; 1927)

The Invisible Monster (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #20; 1965)

It’s an Ill Will (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)

The Last of Chéri, by Colette (Novel; 1926)

La Vie Commence Demain (Film; 1951) [1st X-Rated Film]

Mack the Knife or Operation: Moose (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 252; 1964)

The Mechanic (Film; 2011)

The Moonflower Vine, by Jetta Carleton (Novel; 1962)

Mr. Spaceship, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1953)

My Cherie Amour, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1969)

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1813) [#2]

Red Rock West (Film; 1994)

Scratch a Tiger (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1970)

Seal Skinners, featuring The Captain and the Kids (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

The Shining, by Stephen King (Novel; 1977)

A Silent Voice (Anime Film; 2019)

Sissy Sheriff (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1967)

Sullivan’s Travels (Film; 1942)

Tales of the South Pacific, by James A. Michener (Short Stories; 1947)

Too Hop To Handle (WB LT Cartoon; 1956)

The Vacuum Gun, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S3, Eps. 35 & 36; 1967)

We Are the World, recorded by Supergroup USA for Africa (Song; 1985)

Today’s Name Days

Caroline, Karoline, Manfred, Thomas (Austria)

Toma, Tomislav (Croatia)

Otýlie (Czech Republic)

Carolus, Karl, Magnus (Denmark)

Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle, Karel, Karl, Karli, Karro (Estonia)

Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Mies (Finland)

Manfred, Thomas (France)

Karl, Karolina, Manfred, Thomas (Germany)

Haris, Palladios (Greece)

Karola, Károly (Hungary)

Tommaso, Valerio (Italy)

Kārlis, Spodris (Latvia)

Gedautas, Leonidas, Nijolė (Lithuania)

Karl, Karoline (Norway)

Agnieszka, Augustyn, Flawian, Ildefons, Julian, Karol, Leonidas, Piotr, Radomir, Roger, Waleriusz (Poland)

Efrem, Iacob, Paladie (Romania)

Alfonz (Slovakia)

Tomás (Spain)

Karl, Karla (Sweden)

Edward (Ukraine)

Carlotta, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotta, Charlotte, Charmaine, Manfred (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 28 of 2024; 338 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 4 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 18 Xin-Mao()

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 18 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 17 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 28 White; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 15 January 2024

Moon: 92%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Moses (1st Month) [Muhammad)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 39 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 7 of 28)

#calendar #Holidays

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