#Tarzan and the Green Goddess

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MGM’s feature film Tarzan the Ape Man (1931), and its sequel, Tarzan and His Mate (1934), both starring former Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, turned out to be huge successes for the studio.  They also cemented in the public’s mind the image of the monosyllabic, grunting ape man.

That iteration of the ape man was so popular that it was used in the non-MGM film serial Tarzan the Fearless (1933), starring another Olympic swimmer, Buster Crabbe.

Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs praised the films in public (they were making him money, after all), but privately hated their portrayal of his most prized creation.  So he partnered with a family friend, Ashton Dearholt, and produced the 12 chapter-serial The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935).

The serial starred yet another Olympian, Henry Brix, in the title role.  Ironically, Brix had been MGM’s first choice to play Tarzan in their films.   Brix, unfortunately, broke his shoulder while filming another movie.  MGM went with their second choice, Weissmuller, and the rest is history.

Frankly, just by physique alone I think Brix is the superior Tarzan.  Even in his early films Weissmuller always looked a little doughy to me.

Brix’s Tarzan was also extremely faithful to the character from Burroughs’ novels: the cultured, educated, literate Lord Greystroke who spoke several languages, yet was unmistakably a man of action.  This was the last time Tarzan would be depicted so until 1959′s Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure.

Once the troubled production was completed (and that story is practically a book in itself), movie theatres were offered two different was to exhibit the serial: as a stand-alone feature 70 minutes in length, entitled Tarzan and the Lost Tribe; or a feature-length (65 minutes) first episode, followed by the remaining 11 chapters.

Reviews of the film were generally poor in the US, and The New Adventures of Tarzan was the last Tarzan serial ever produced.  However, like most Tarzan films of the time, it was a great success overseas.  So much so, in fact, that in 1938 the last ten chapters of the serial were edited together to become the feature Tarzan and the Green Goddess.

Brix felt he was typecast after the serial was released, so he soon changed his name to Bruce Bennett.  That’s how he’s billed in the numerous films and television episodes he appeared throughout the 1940s and 50s.

Some trivia regarding The New Adventures of Tarzan:

- The film was set, and largely filmed, in Guatemala.

- Producer Ashton Dearholt, who was married, met his leading lady, Ula Holt, on a previous trip to Guatemala.  Dearholt was so smitten that he took Holt home to live with him.  That promptly led Dearholt’s wife, Florence Gilbert, to leave with their two children and divorce him.

- Dearholt also played Raglan, the villain of the story.  He claimed he had to step in to play the role when the actor hired for the part, Don Costello, got sick. This earns him the “George Santos Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire Award,” as there was no Don Costello.  It was just a story Dearholt made up because he always planned to act in the film.

- Edgar Rice Burroughs fell in love with Dearholt’s ex, Florence Gilbert, when he first met her in 1929.  During filming of the serial in 1935 Burroughs divorced his wife and married Gilbert, despite (or perhaps because) her being 30 years younger than him.

- Tarzan’s chimpanzee companion in the film was named Nkima, not Cheeta as in the MGM films.  Jiggs the chimp played both roles, and he was paid $2,000 for his work in the serial.

- Herman Brix was hired at the salary of $75 a week but, other than his travel and accommodations in Guatemala, never got paid for his work.

- There are stories that Brix was personally chosen by Burroughs to play Tarzan.  Brix himself stated that he only met Burroughs briefly after filming had wrapped.  The only actor Burroughs actually picked for the role was Jim Pierce, for 1927′s Tarzan and the Golden Lion.

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Disney Princesses x Marvel

A diversion from the IAC universe...

This started as a Disney Princesses thing but expanded to include female characters from Disney films that would fit the bill.

Basically finding a Marvel equivalent for Disney characters.

Snow White:

Snow White - Struggling to think of a Marvel character that is good at sleeping, with a weakness for poison apples.

She does charm all the animals when she's singing, maybe Nature Girl? Or Nina Gurzky from the Apocalypse movie.

Cinderella:

Cinderella - Sersi (w blue colour scheme)

After her Fairy Godmother's transmutation magic (Pumpkin into coach etc).

Alice in Wonderland:

Alice - Stature

#eat me #drink me

Peter Pan:

Tinkerbell - Pixie (w green colour scheme)

Obviously.

Wendy - Wasp (w light blue colour sceme)

Mimicking Tinkerbell's size and flight with tech.

Sleeping Beauty:

Aurora - Dr Strange (w pink colour scheme)

After Maleficent's power set

The Sword in the Stone:

Mad Madam Mim - Morgan le Fay

Maybe giving Mim too much credit here.

Mary Poppins:

Mary Poppins - Scarlet Witch

Reality altering powers? Check. Scarier than she looks? Check.

Jungle Book:

Shanti - Beast Master

From Mowgli's affinity with animals.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks:

Miss Eglantine Price - Magik maybe?

A better magic user than she gives herself credit for.

Robin Hood:

Maid Marian - Hawkeye (Clint Barton w pink colour sceme)

After Robin's archery skills.

The Black Cauldron:

Princess Eilonwy - Sylvie (w Black body armour, white cloak and pink trousers)

Black cauldron is all a bit mystical isn't it? Maybe I should watch it again.

The Little Mermaid:

Ariel - Namor (w Purple top and green bottoms)

After King Triton's powers. There is a Marvel Triton (Inhumans), but his look and powers don't match up.

Beauty and the Beast:

Belle - Beast of the X-Men (w yellow costume and brown fur)

After the Beast's powers and Belle's smarts.

Aladdin:

Jasmine - Captain Agrabah

This is a reach. After the Genie's reality altering powers. Jamie Braddock was the first character to spring to mind, brother to Captain Britain, and the movie is set in the fictional city of Agrabah.

Pocahontas:

Pocahontas - Ghost Rider

No powers in Pocahontas but there is a Powhatan Ghost Rider in the comics.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame:

Esmerelda - Dazzler maybe?

Cos she sings and dances? idk

Hercules:

Megara - Marvel's Hercules or Mephisto?

From the power set of the protagonist/antagonist of her movie.

Mulan:

Mulan - Agent May

Obviously.

Tarzan:

Jane Porter - Kazar

Obviously.

The Emperor's New Groove

Yzma - Sersi again?

Because of her transmutation skills? idk

Atlantis: The Lost Empire:

Kida - Namora/Namorita

Who else?

Lilo and Stitch:

Lilo - Love (from Love and Thunder)

Nani - The Mighty Thor

In the scenario where OG Thor sacrifices himself so that Mighty Thor can look after her little sister.

The Incredibles:

Elastigirl - Mr(s) Fantastic

Violet Parr - The Invisible Woman

Perfect power sets.

Wall-E:

EVE - Jocasta

Had to be.

The Princess and the Frog:

Tiana - Sister Voodoo

Gender swapped, after Shadow Man and Mama Odie's powers.

Tangled:

Rapunzel - Medusa (Inhumans)

Really long hair with magical powers...

Brave:

Merida - Hawkeye (Kate Bishop - Green colour scheme)

Perfect.

Wreck-It-Ralph:

Vanelope von Schweetz - Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)

In a souped up racing cart/tiny hot rod.

Frozen:

Elsa - Ice Man

Anna - Ever since Frozen II I've thought that Anna should have plant based powers, so maybe Klara Plast? Groot?

Big Hero 6:

Go Go

Honey Lemon

These two already are Marvel characters.

Zootopia:

Judy Hopps - Umm...Rabbit Girl instead of Squirrel Girl? idk

Moana:

Moana - Can't think of an equivalent, even though she befriends a Polynesian demigod and calms a corrupted Goddess!

Onward:

Corey - There is actually a Marvel character called Manticore but he does not do this character justice.

Raya and the Last Dragon:

Raya - Blue Dragon from Marvel's Future Fight

She is called Blue DRAGON, she is a physical fighter like Raya, and she hails from Vietnam (Kelly Marie Tran is ethnically Vietnamese).

Encanto:

Abuela - Nick Fury

She knows how to put together a Team of supers.

Julieta - Heals with food. No equivalent in Marvel that I can think of.

Pepa - Storm or Crystal

Isabella - Plantwoman

Genderswapped Plantman.

Luisa - Captain Colombia

Super strength, agility and endurance like Captain America, but Luisa is Colombian.

Mirabel - Maria Hill

About to become Abuela's second in command/sucessor.

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Tarzan and the Green Goddess

Artwork by Boris Vallejo

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Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938)

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Honorable Mentions mid 30s

1933 (12): Bosco's Picture Show (the first of 101 Looney Tunes through 1964) -- Eagle and the Hawk -- Employee's Entrance -- Flying Down to Rio -- Hard to Handle -- Lady for a Day -- The Life of Jimmy Dolan -- Little Women -- Song of Songs -- State Fair -- The Vampire Bat -- Wild Boys of the Road

1934 (16): Anne of Green Gables -- As the Earth Turns -- The Barretts of Wimpole Street -- Easy to Love -- Fog Over Frisco -- Four Frightened People -- The Goddess -- Imitation of Life -- Judge Priest -- Little Miss Marker -- Manhattan Melodrama -- Murder in the Private Car -- The Old Fashioned Way -- The Scarlet Empress -- Sons of the Desert -- Thirty Day Princess

1935 (11): Alibi Ike -- Cardinal Richelieu -- Crime and Punishment -- The Devil is a Woman -- Folies Bergere -- Four Hours to Kill -- The Glass Key -- Hands Across the Table -- Mark of the Vampire -- Music is Magic -- The Scoundrel

1936 (20): Big Brown Eyes -- Born to Dance -- Broadway Melody of 1936 -- Bullets or Ballots -- Craig's Wife -- Girl's Dormitory -- Green Pastures -- Olympische Spiele -- Rembrandt -- The Road to Glory -- Sabotage -- Showboat -- The Story of a Cheat -- Tarzan Escapes -- Texas Rangers -- Theodora Goes Wild -- These Three -- Three Godfathers -- Trail of the Lonesome Pine -- Wife vs Secretary

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The Whole Marvelous Super Ultra Cosmic Magical Comic Book Universe

The produce of imagination and business that was Marvel Comics was a synchronic harmony sounded by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and every one of the creators and craftsmen and inkers and colorists who worked there. Everything began during the mid 1960's the point at which the Fantastic Four and Spider-man and the X-men (The Uncanny X-Men) were framed from the creative mind of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

X-men was a film industry crush the previous summer. I'm certain you additionally recall the profoundly effective Hulk TV show.

The most punctual X-men comprised of Jean (Marvel Girl) Gray (who later turned into the amazingly well known Phoenix), Professor X (Xavier), Cyclops (Scott Summers), the insightful Beast (Hank McCoy), and Iceman (Bobbie). Freaks brought into the world with exceptional "super-freak" capacities.

Later came the New Mutants with more youthful characters having freak controls that occasionally appeared to have them (the main sort of comic book story I don't care for).

These characters from X-men including (Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Storm, Banshee, Kitty) advanced with the appearance of the imagination of John Byrne (beginning in issue #108 of X-men) and Chris Claremont (Giant Sized X-men #1 and Uncanny X-men #94 now esteemed at $500. up in "mint" condition. The most famous person was the principle star in the X-men film- - Wolverine. There makes certain to be a continuation for this film industry crush.

X-men Comics instructed kids that bias is shrewd. Individuals who live in dread and in this way eagerness attempt to annihilate what they don't comprehend.

Fascinating that both the latest Star Wars film and X-men film truly investigated lawmakers (Congress). In the event that force undermines totally is it conceivable our framework is totally bad? The Senator in the X-men film took in his example somewhat late.

Insect man- - the new Marvel film in progress - is about a typical young child anxiety (menaces thumping him, not getting any darlings, skin break out, etc is gentle stuff contrasted with the present school encounters -, for example, not having chance and killed while going to or going to the everyday schedule lured by a destructive medication or tainted by a stellar infection) is only nibbled by a radioactive bug (revolutionary stuff for the mid 1960's).

This gives Peter Parker super powers- - creepy crawly controls - whenever intensified a man could lift a truck and convey it 20 miles as insects do. (Try not to get me going discussing Henry Pym the Antman who became Giant Man in the Marvel's Avengers ((Capt. America, Thor the Thunder God etc.))). Add to that Peter Parker was likewise a splendid understudy who had the option to concoct a web shooter and other extraordinary innovations. What's more, Spider-man was brought into the world as a bi-result of the bi-item known as radioactive material (which Science actually doesn't have the foggiest idea how to dispose of). (Take a stab at telling that to the Bush organization). Everything is energy! Recall Tesla curls.

However, Marvel was not by any means the only spot strutting superpowered characters.

D.C. Funnies (Time Warner), as well, used folklore and accounts of Biblical extents to entrain, invigorate and energize ages of youngsters, children and grown-ups from the 1940's to introduce.

A few characters like Superman, Atom, Flash, Batman, Green Lantern, JLA and others and even D.C's. adaptation of Capt. Wonder might have been propelled by profound writing which recounted Hindu Gods and Goddesses and surprisingly Biblical personages who could remain in fire and so forth

Contents and Wit

Superheroes: starting through human creative mind and from writing, folklore, religion.

However most likely comic makers just made up their wondrous stories.

When I talked with Gerry Conway for the Comics Journal he conceded to me that he had investigated a portion of the funnies he composed. Conway's companion accomplice Roy Thomas no question investigated Conan and Thor and other material while author and supervisor at Marvel. They cooperated on the incredible enlivened Fire and Ice film. (Ralph Bakshi/Frank Frazetta).

Also, at first Thomas got the Conan property over to Marvel from Edgar Rice Burroughs in Tarzana, CA. (Tarzana- - Tarzan...get it? That's right, it also is a comic.)

More seasoned society know and love the endless Films and TV shows and serials highlighting these and other most loved brilliant characters: Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Commander Cody (which might have enlivened the Rocketeer comic and film).

COMIC BOOKS - Born by the sheer exhurberance of the actual Universe through the vehicle of the Human Being!

The Comic Industry is an analogy forever. An inestimable dramatization unfurling. In any case, not to place old wine into new containers: Many occasions in the past Marvel and D.C. have joined to do specials that helps the play of imagination. I initially met Stan Lee while I was the administrator of a Comic Book Store in Studio City, California in the 1970's.

Or then again, more precisely, I met him through his works at Marvel Comics - his exceptional contents and mind in 1961.

Exceptionally astute association with the fans through clubs and letter sections in bygone times caused one to feel like one was a piece of something. With Merry Marvel "we had a place."

Stan Lee's accounts contained genuine person's, finished with issues and the start of incredible groundbreaking thoughts and standards for carrying on with a decent life.

As when Spider-man didn't stop a Burglar - a similar Burglar who later killed his caring Uncle- - Peter Parker (Spider-man) got the message - serve humankind. With extraordinary force comes liability.

Furthermore, obligation is the capacity to react.

Energizing anecdotal stories loaded with experience and energy with ethics. Outlined lavishly.

Wonder Super characters were at first looked on by society as trouble makers. Even subsequent to saving human butt large number of times.

J. Jonah Jameson (modest Editor of the Daily Bugle paper) has abhorred Spider-person for more than 30 years. Jameson really attempted to annihilate Spider-man by turning into a super reprobate.

Adrenaline junkie (blind Attorney yet Batman-esque in capacities and actual strength and spryness - however with uplifted faculties) the Man unafraid was regularly marked a scalawag too from the start.

Similar to the always well known Incredible Hulk - first deified as a comic book during the 1960's. Who went from dull and idiotic to approach virtuoso relying upon the decade where this suffering person is perused.

What we dread we regularly view as shrewd.

Funnies have attempted to instruct us that the means are pretty much as significant as the finishes they produce.

What we do en route decides the outcome we will get. Funnies are distributed in light of the fact that a word sounds great to the distributer. However, a portion of these new youthful free distributers need to find out about the significance inside these words (thus do their clients). However, more capacity to these ambitious youths.

What is Yoga, Meditation, Tai Chi, Mantra? What is Zen? (One youthful upstart distributer of "Harmony - intergalactic Ninja" had never known about Alan Watts - incredible advertiser of Zen until I let him know Alan Watts was a renowned and famous scholar turned maverick Philosopher and Author (one of many) liable for acquainting Eastern Religions with the profoundly starved West- - frequently heard on KPFK radio. Alan Watts is potentially the chief advertiser of Zen. Watts' book " The Wisdom of Insecurity," specifies, for goodness' sake, Comic Books. What are Chakras? The Tao implies what? When children grow up and find out with regards to Meditation will they be spoiled by our ineptitude and insatiability?

Trendy expressions ordinarily lower cognizance and create turmoil. Obviously when I use to distribute stuff as a young person I made up names that sounded great however had almost no significance, for example, Beyond Infinity, مانجا لاند, Eon the Magazine of Graphic Illusions. I know less now than I did then, at that point. What is make, craftsmanship, Love, Truth?

I held a few signature parties with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1970's and 1980's. I tossed more than 50 effective signature parties with numerous awesome comic book specialists and authors. I'd have the occasion, give rewards, do all the publicizing, realistic workmanship, official statements, and so forth It was an invigorating encounter. It was enjoyable to cooperate with professionals and fans. I parted with a ton of free promotion stuff.

10th Nebula's first signature party was held with Stan Lee, distributer of Marvel Comics. For a considerable length of time my shop suffered in North Hollywood, CA nearby to the world's most seasoned Science Fiction Club (an inherent crowd of companions and fans and PC monsters).

The Stan Lee occasion evoked long queues of Comic Book devotees of any age slobbering for Stan's mark on the sprinkle page of their old and new funnies. These days experts sign funnies on the front of their title en mass which I don't support. (Yet, who pays attention to me).

Funnies structures are frequently manhandled by hopeful youthful distributers who utilize a few pointless full page sprinkles when the impact could be accomplished in a minuscule board - misuse of cash, ink and paper if you were to ask me. Not at all like bygone times when Steve Ditko gave us our best possible value as around 6 boards for each page - he in his manner resembled a Zen Master - the accuracy of his work matched the craft of Chinese Calligraphy (see his one of a kind style in old Atlas Comics from the 1950's). A portion of the new experimentation's by Frank Miller and different gifts have all accomplished outstandingly imaginative work as well.

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6 Most Amazing Places You Can Visit In Bali

Bali – Indonesia’s Paradise!

Bali is not just a place but definitely a state of mind – It is the most beautiful island of Indonesia that will conjure amazing thoughts of the tropical forests surrounded by blue waters, instilling a spiritual feeling in your soul and a perfect balance of the mind with the body. There are thousands of tourists who visit Bali every year to enjoy the serenity that is offered by the turquoise water and palm trees. For the native people of Bali, their religion is one of the most important things and an integral part of their lives. The religious aspect of the native people of Bali, the entire island would impart a spiritual feeling all around.

Well, it’s not surprising to know that the main religion of the native Balinese is Hindu dharma which also blends other beliefs such a Javanese, and Buddhism.

Having visited Bali several times, the mystic locations have inspired me to share some of the best places that you can explore and enjoy with not just your romantic partner but also with your friends and family.  Bali, according to the tourists, is considered the most evocative as well as most popular destination of the vast Indonesian archipelago. As soon as you will step into the mesmerizing land of Bali, you would feel a spark in your mind-body, and soul. It will make you feel intoxicated and away from the hustle-bustle of city life, routine work, and stressful life.

The capital of Bali – Denpasar, is the most fascinating place that includes white-sand beaches and amazing hinterlands. The people who are looking forward to surfing in Bali, contemplate the place as Macca and love to spend their entire trip exploring different beaches and surfing.

I have listed some of the best places that you can explore when you are in Bali!

#1 The Place That Is Topping The List – Pura Tanah Lot:

Pura Tanah Lot is a religious place that is approximately 20 to 22 km from Kuta and lies in the northwest direction. Pura Tanah Lot is considered the most iconic temple or spiritual location of Bali. The Pura Tahna Lot is surrounded by spectacular sea and stunning rocks where the waves hit the rock and create a captivating panorama.

The Pura Tanah Lot is considered one of the most sacred temples on the island. There are numerous solo travelers, families on tours, traveling friends, and other tourists who love to visit the Pura Tanah Lot temple mostly during the evening and view the beautiful sunset.

Tourists find their way to the temple from various places such as Legian or Sanur or even Kuta. Along the way, just like other tourists, you can find several souvenir sellers where you can buy some really amazing things for memories.

If you want to go deep into the history of the Pura Tanah Lot temple then it was built in the 16th century. The inspiration for the temple was embraced by the priest Nirartha. The temple was built by the local fishermen who lived near the shore of the sea.

Being a foreigner (tourists), you won’t be allowed to enter the temple because it is the belief of the native people that the temple will lose its sanctity if outsiders enter it. But don’t be disheartened, you would be able to enjoy the view of the temple and experience peace by taking a walk around the temple, taking photos, and completely soaking yourself in the beauty of the place.

Once you have viewed all the temples and various sacred shrines on the island, you can have a relaxing time at the cliff-top cafe – Kopi Luwak. It is quite popular among tourists because of the tasty meals, beverages, and friendly ambiance.

TOP TIP: The backdrop of the restaurant and cafe offers you Instagram-worthy photo ops which you can instantly click and upload on your Instagram account.

Traveler Tip: While visiting the temples and shrines in Bali, make sure you are dressed respectfully – respecting the decorum of the place, such as wearing a sarong and sash.

#2 Enjoy The Scenic Beauty Of Mount Batur: Mount Batur

Trekking in Bali sounds really amazing, isn’t it? But do you the exact location where trekking would not just be an adventurous activity but also fun? – Mount Batur!

You, along with your group can trek up to the highest peak of Mount Batur that is almost 1700 to 1800 meters above the ground. Trekking on Mount Batur will give you a thrill that you would never get to experience anywhere else in the world. Besides, the view of Bali from the top of Mount Batur will be just stunning. If not trekking, you can experience the beautiful sunrise as well as the sunset behind the tall, wide lush green mountains.

Mount Batur is actually an active volcano and is situated in the central highlands of Bali, in the Kintamani district.  It is considered a sacred place by the native Bali people and even you would feel the piousness of the place. Hiking or trekking on Mount Batur is always on the top ‘to-do’ list of tourists. The trekking path or the trail is well marked so that the people traveling through do go get lost or confused while coming back. To make the trek more interesting, these trekking guides will provide you breakfast of delicious eff, bread, and hot beverages that are cooked directly from the steam of the volcano.

Besides Mount Batur, you would get to witness the beauty of the lake Batur which is also considered as the one and only source of irrigation in the entire region. The view of lake Batur from the top is completely stunning and mesmerizing.

Travel Tip: If you have already planned for trekking on Mount Batur, you would have to ensure that you are using high-quality trekking shoes and have proper warm clothes as the temperature in the morning time would be extremely low.

You can get a perfect pair of trekking shoes from either Amazon or Flipkart. Just have a look.

Along the trail of Mount Batur, you can also visit the famous temple of Pura Ulun Danu Batur. This temple is situated in the northwest direction of lake Batur. Surrounding the temple, you would get to experience a therapeutic soak or a hot bath in the hot springs.

#3 Temple – Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

If you want to witness the beauty of the picturesque temple of Bali, then visit a small island that lies on the western shore of Lake Bratan. It is located in the cool breeze highlands of central Bali. The temple was built in the 17th-century and it is among the top places to visit when you are in Bali. The temple is having an amazing scenic beauty because of the backdrop offered by the Gunung Bratan. The temple is having a thatched appearance which is reflected in the waters of the lake and makes the entire location mesmerizing. During the air pressure and breeze, the water level of the lake rises and at that time, the temple seems to float on the surface of the lake.

The lake is very important to the native people living there because it is the best source of drinking water and even for irrigation the water from the lake is used. An entire temple is a sacred place of the Devi Danu. The people of Bali consider her the goddess of water and due to her, everyone is getting clean drinking water.

Beside the temple complex, you could see the statue of Budhha exactly on the left side of the temple – sitting in the meditation position over a lotus structure. The status of the Buddha explains that the people of Bali have completely adopted the beliefs of Lord Buddha and follow them religiously.  

To view the best beauty of this Bali temple, you must visit the place in the morning. The resign run spreads the soft sunlight and the cool mist in the air will mesmerize you. The tourists who are interested in visiting the temple from inside can hire a canoe and paddle out on the lake.

The Botanical Garden Of Bali!

The Bali Botanical Garden: If you have visited the temple Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, you can move ahead to visit the Botanical Garden of Bali. The Botanical Garden of Bali is also known as the Kebun Raya Bali. Here you can observe the bamboo forest, begonias, orchid collection, and medicinal or herbal plants. Alongside the Botanical Garden Of Bali, you will be able to go to Bali’s Treetop Adventure Park – it would be a great place not just for the kids but also for the adults. There are multiple ziplines or Tarzan swings for adventurous activities and also a perfectly designed suspension bridge.

To Get The Exact Address Of The Place – Jalan Bedugul – Singaraja, Candikuning, Baturiti, Kabupaten Tabanan.

#4 Experience The Serenity Of The Nusa Beach: If you want to escape from all the sightseeing trips and tours of Bali and spend some quality time with your family or friends, then you can visit the Nusa Dua Beach. Just imagine, you are having the glass of your cool drink in your hands, reading a book, relaxing on the recline sun lounger, and experiencing the soothing feeling of the white sand. Isn’t it all enthralling? Well, it is certainly! You can visit the private peninsula of Bali and choose anyone from the luxurious resorts to feel the pristine sand of Bali and the cool breeze.

The staff of the resort is extremely proactive and they make sure that the resorts are not polluting the place in any way. Even they are taking special care of the white care and keep it clean. There are many things that you can perform on Nusa Dua Beach –  swimming, surfing, parasailing, and sunbathing.

Traveler Tip: You might have to make some payment for hiring the sun lounger or eating or doing the activities at the beach.

The tourists can also enjoy the luxurious spa services available near Nusa Dua Beach – it will help you to relax and have a great experience.

#5 Having A Fun Bath With Your Family/Friends In Sekumpul Waterfall

The Sekumpul Waterfall is just another beautiful place offered by Bali and it is located in the Singaraja region. It is situated almost 66 to 70 kilometers from the Ubud. Many tourists have listed Sekumpul Waterfall as one of the most beautiful falls of Bali. This specific waterfall is a combination or blend of 7 different waterfalls which gives a perfect cascading effect. The entire area is surrounded by mist generated due to water and carried along to the jungle-clad cliff.

Travel Trip: Note that if you choose to drive yourself here, locals might try and stop you well before the entrance, demanding exorbitant entrance and parking fees. It’s a good idea to hire a local guide who knows how to negotiate these roadblocks and access the correct trailhead to the falls.

#6 Understanding The Culture And People Of Bali: Most often the tourists are visiting Bali to know the different cultures that are being religiously followed or to mark the difference between the traditions of the people of Bali and that of the other countries that are Buddha followers. For that, you would have to visit the villages and understand the terrace farming they have adopted for rice fields, attend their cultural programs, and know how the people are dressing in Bali. It would be completely refreshing to meet new people, and spend some quality time with them.

It would be better if you take a visit to Sideman Valley. This valley is situated in the northeast of the Ubud and will give you the feeling of the old Bali where the villagers reside and have a happy living. The village is full of rice fields that are perfectly shaped into terrace farming. While you are strolling through the village, you would get to know the routine of the villagers and how they are spending their day. Besides, you will be learning more about the scenic beauty of the village valley that has a big Mount Agung as the backdrop. Most often the tourists come to spend time with the villager or go on a hiking trip and sometimes follow the summit of Mount Agung and some for the Yoga retreats.

If You Are Planning Your Next Vacation To Bali – Then You Can Visit All The Places Aforementioned. Our Next Blogs Would Be On The Best Bali Beaches Where You Can Have A Relaxing Time And A Luxurious Stay In Famous Resorts.

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Last song: Call Me By Your Name by Lil Nas X

Last movie: Tarzan

Currently watching: Parks and Rec

Currently reading: multiple fantastic fanfics

Currently playing: nothing :/

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[bakusoftie]

Could you do a barbarian bakugou and his s/o with "strangers like me" the Tarzan song, like how the reader show him things from her village like her costumes and how different they are from his, idk like super cute overall interaction well as cute as one can be with explosion boy over here...

did i hear Fantasy Au? 🏃🏻‍♀️💨

y’all I’m a thirsty bitch for Tarzan

🥴 I guess feral is my type

this kinda ventured off from the request but i hope you liked it because I might make another part to this🤭

Strangers Like Me | Dragon!Bakugou x Reader | Fantasy AU

Your village was widely known as the most technologically advanced in the land.

Yet, you never felt like it was enough.

You had a dream of traveling to other places and experiencing other cultures unlike your own.

Everyone wanted to live in King Toshinori’s realm but you wanted to leave.

“Wanderlust. That’s what you have!” Your best friend, Izuku Midoriya told you as you confided in your feelings to him.

Great. You know the word but what exactly do you do with a word?

Well, you started with working your ass off to make some more money so you can afford to travel.

You had a business as a merchant selling antiques and homemade jewelry.

That’s how you met Izuku.

His mother was a baker for King Toshinori but his father was an traveling merchant. (Although you thought it was just an excuse to abandon them for 8 years)

It took a couple of months to gather enough funds but you finally did it.

Most people thought you were crazy for wanting to venture in the unknown but for some reason, your heart was telling you to go find something.

A purpose?

An adventure?

Maybe even a soulmate?

Whatever it might be, you were prepared to face it.

You made sure to pack some products you could sell on your way. You packed a couple of hand-carved figures, a necklace you made of dragon’s teeth, and some other random junk.

You rushed over to the castle to say your goodbyes to your dearest friend, who was getting unusually close to the king but you thought it could’ve been because his mother worked for Toshinori.

“D-do you ever know where you’re going though?” Izuku stammered as he tried to get you to stay.

“Nope.”

Izuku was baffled at your nonchalant response.

“U-uh...H-how about I come with you? I’ve been training so hard lately and I’m really good with a sword now!”

“Izuku, I have to do this alone. I appreciate everything you have done for me and the years of friendship we’ve had together” you pulled the small green-haired boy in for a warm hug.

You didn’t know when you’d see him again and the thought pierced through your heart.

“I promise when I find what I’m looking for that I’ll send you a letter about what exactly it is” you swore to every god in the sky and earth.

Izuku tried to get you to back out but he knew how stubborn and prideful you could be. It reminded him of another childhood friend of his. One that nobody dares talk about in this kingdom.

You took a last glance at the only place you’ve know all your life and walked right through the gates with no regrets and watched as the castle grew smaller and smaller from your view.

The dirt road you were traveling on was rough and gravelly and there were trees surrounding both sides of the road. You had to be cautious of dangerous animals and people.

You were walking for quite a while when the sun started going down and the night sky shoned with stars and constellations. You were so mesmerized and distracted that you didn’t even hear the rustling of trees or feel the burning stare of crimson eyes peaking out from the trees.

You snapped out of your headspace when you saw a blur of white from the corner of your eyes and reached down to your belt to grab the small knife that Izuku gifted you for protection.

“Who the fuck are you and why are you trespassing in my land,dumbass” said a loud gruff voice that echoed throughout the forest.

You turn around to meet the man the voice was attached to and you were starstruck once again.

He had spiky ash-blonde hair that looked so ironically soft and these sharp, glaring eyes that looked like rubies. He wore a fluffy white fur cape with nothing underneath, displaying his athletic build and ripped abdomen. He looked so feral and majestic. He reminded you of a lion or an angry hedgehog.

He spoke with an accent you were not very familiar of but came to realize it was a Dragonborn accent. You knew because Izuku once told you of when his father took him to the land of the dragons while they were there for business and him meeting some rambunctious boy named ‘Kacchan’.

The Dragonborns were rumored to be an entire land full of people who were cursed by a goddess and now have the blood of dragons flowing through their veins. They transform into scaled beasts and lay waste to villages.

You were hopeing that those were only rumors but with how those vermilion eyes are staring into you with malice and hatred, you weren’t very sure.

“U-uh I’m just a traveling merchant! I didn’t know these lands belonged to you so please don’t hurt me” you raised your hands in surrender thinking it would calm the man down but your words seem to pierce his heart.

“You people always think dragons are always so violent and evil. You’re so quick to assume so maybe I should just prove the rumors right,huh?!”

The savage man took a step towards you and before you could make a move to protect yourself, you tripped on a rock making you fall back onto the jagged path. In the process, you managed to cut yourself with the dagger in your hand.

The ash-blonde just stopped in his tracks and busted out laughing until his voice was raspy while let out a few ’fucking dumbass’s and ’clumsy bitch’

You deadpanned at his crude behavior and wondered if he was still going to hurt you. You could feel your mind getting dizzy and woozy as the blood flowed through your arm.

’Damn I must have hit an artery’ you thought to yourself as you began to see black spots fill your vision.

The dragonborn looked at the dumbass who passed out on the ground and decided he was about to make a big mistake but it wasn’t like he could just leave you there to die. He had morals even if he was the savage King of Dragons.

You felt yourself waking up on a bed that wasn't your own and realized that you were not, in fact, dreaming and the barbarian must have kidnapped you so he could kill you slowly or eat the flesh off of your bones or whatever the hell dragons do.

What you didn’t expect was to open your eyes to see the gremlin dragon boy who kidnapped you, looking through your shit with a confused and lowkey adorable face.

“Hey! That’s mine, you feral thot!”

“What the fuck even is this shit?” he yelled back as he stuck the utensil in his spiky hair; you tried so hard to stifle your laughter.

T-this boy didn’t know what a fork was?

‘Wow. He’s really sheltered,isn’t he?’ Your curiosity got the best of you. Dragons probably lived so different than humans but still...he put a fork in his fucking hair.

You got up from the creaky bed and over to where he was crouched on the ground with your stuff splayed around him. You reached over to his ash-blonde hair and took the fork out and for some reason, he let out a choked sound like a mewl from his throat.

“Let me teach you!,” you excitedly said as you grabbed a wooden statue of King Toshinori and placed it in his hands.

You were expected his confused expression to come back but the only look you could read off his ever-scowling face was sadness and regret.

“A-are you okay, dragon boy?” Your concern drew him out of his sorrow and a look of false strength and intimidation spread across his features.

“Bakugou Katsuki.” He stated.

“Huh? I don’t speak your reptilian language.”

“ITS MY NAME YOU DUMBFUCK!”

Oh. Bakugou Katsuki. That name certainly fit him well.

It was also so familiar to you.

“Well, my name is Y/N L/N.”

He muttered something under his breath but you couldn’t understand it.

You remembered that you were supposed to be showing him what everything you had was and grabbed on to the wooden figure you made of your best friend, you even colored in his green hair using fabric paint.

“This right here is one of my prize possessions; He’s my best friend and his name is-“.

“Deku?!” Bakugou growled and snarled at the sight of the person he hates the most in this world in your arms and he wonders if you were sent by that freckled idiot to kill him or worse; make him go back home.

“Who’s Deku? W-Wait....do you recognize him? But that means that you must be...Kacchan?!”

Oh shit.

If what Izuku said was true; you were going to die.

[jflashandclash]

Traitors of Olympus IV: Fall of the Sun

Forty-Two: Calex

A Boycott on Falling

             All of them acted at once. Euna wrapped a vine around the avatar’s shoulder like something out of Tarzan. She swung down, taking Phobetor off guard and kicking him in the face. Quite an alright sight, if you where to ask Calex.

           Calex jumped off the avatar’s shoulder, holding his breath to see if Thalia followed through on her side of the bargain. It would be right rubbish if he made it through Tartarus and all this madness only to flatten into a Shrove Tuesday pancake.[1]

           Sure enough, as he dove towards the ground, he could see the huntress of Artemis lunging off the other shoulder. She had both her hands outstretched and—

           And her eyes were tightly shut.

           “GRACE!” Calex shouted at her.

           As he said it, a blast of air exploded out of her hands. The gust hit the mashed strawberry field and flooded up toward him. His descent slowed so, by the time he blundered to the mud, he could do a break fall without shattering his body.

           Not exactly graceful, but not dead either.

           Without losing momentum, Calex rolled into a sprint. He fumbled to withdraw his pencil pouch so he could assemble Soul Pain.

           “Did you just do that with your bloody eyes closed?!” Calex couldn’t believe he was using that tone with the Lieutenant of Artemis, but recent events left him a bit more willingness to defend his right to survive long enough to snog Merry.

           “No! Shut up!” Thalia snarled. Her face was paler than he’d seen in their entire trip through two underworlds. “Giant snake. Destruction of camp. Focus!”

           This was almost as angry as he felt when Euna explained her plan to capture Kaos while they were ascending out of Tartarus—the trial their group called The Eternity of Tortuous Stairs: The Nightmare of a Couch Potato. Then, Euna explained that she had intentionally made shorter vines to snap when he and she were falling towards oblivion, to decrease the burden of deceleration towards Kaos’ pit, and conveniently forgot to tell Calex that they were supposed to snap, leading Calex to believe they were in an uncontrolled fumble towards death.

           Now, while Calex dug his trainers into the mud, he grumbled, “Being a demigod: taking life one unnecessary heart attack at a time.”

           Calex didn’t dare look back to see how cat-avatar-Axel and Reyna faired. [2]They had other worries.

           They raced toward the cabins, where the world darkened without the proximity of the Roman field lights. Now that they were beyond the horrified mass of ghosts, he could better see how massive a problem they had there. Despite the darkness, it would be hard to miss the destruction.

           When Calex had seen Python inside of Howe Caverns, he froze up. All he could do was drag his friends to safety when they got knocked out. Then he hadn’t even seen the entirety of Python. However, after saying a quick, “How do you do?” to Kaos, the sight of Python in her whole was much easier to swallow.  

           The drakon’s body was enormous, her diamond shaped head at least twenty feet off the ground. Her serpentine form balanced atop the totaled Apollo cabin, wrapped several times around the central hearth to consume the flames, then crossed the cabins to rest atop of a pile of silver rubble. With the flick of its tail, it smashed through the walls of the Athena and Demeter cabins.

           One of its eyes was swollen shut. The other—

           Calex averted his gaze, remembering something Joey and Pax had discussed right before Joey had stabbed the drakon’s eye like the crazy hero she had been. “Don’t look it in the eye. It’ll—”

           “—paralyze you. Duh,” Thalia said, giving Calex an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu.

           “We can’t let it destroy the rest of Hera’s cabin,” he said. Though he couldn’t see much of the half-wrecked structure, he hoped Joey’s statue was safely standing. If there was any hope of changing her back, he assumed the statue would have to look like a proper Greek statue instead of a post modern one.

           “Hera’s cabin isn’t really high on my to-do list right now,” Thalia snapped.

           “Right,” he said. “Let’s just crush the snake fast.”

           At Python’s tail, he could see several small forms darting around. Miranda Gardener and another one of Euna’s sisters were trying to unsuccessfully restrain the tail with a few vines.

           By the head, they could see a group of Greeks armed with scattered weapons and PJs, all ducked behind a gigantic metal shield where the Hephaestus Cabin once stood.

           The drakon snapped its jaws at the shield, hissing in frustration. Whatever the material was, it was strong enough to hold up against a direct bite, and it was large enough that Python couldn’t get his jaws around it. The drakon either was too thick to think of going around the side of the shield, or the shield was enchanted to confuse it.

           Dead ahead, the sickening greenish glow of the Cloven Terror’s eye sockets bobbed as Alabaster’s figure approached Python, far closer than Calex and Thalia.

           “Mad bloke is going to get himself killed,” Calex muttered after his quick glimpse of the helm. Although he knew how powerful the child of Hecate was after seeing the fight with Phobetor, this fight seemed a bit different in magnitude.

           As Calex finished assembling his bow, Thalia handed him one of her Artemis arrows. They closed in and Calex saw more movement that made his stomach drop.

           It was from the rickety, old cabin at the edge of the original twelve.

           If Calex counted right, there weren’t many of the original cabins left standing on this side. Poseidon’s was still fine, but Ares’ bunker and Apollo’s cabin were in shambles. Next was the shield left in Hephaestus’ place. Last was the Hermes cabin.

           And five figures were sprinting out of it towards the shelter of the Hephaestus shield.

           Calex almost choked.

           Camp Half-Blood’s three youngest campers, Harley, an energetic child of Hephaestus, the daughter of the sea storm goddess, and two tiny Hermes campers were scurrying behind a slightly taller figure. Drew Tanaka ushered them along in proper Auntie Drew fashion.

           “Oh my gods! I know you little thieves and brats can move faster than that!”

           Calex could barely hear her. But, Python definitely had.

           Calex understood the gamble. If Python was making her way down the cabins, the Hermes cabin was next in line for destruction, and they’d put their youngest in there during all the insanity earlier. But could they make the run to the safety of the Hephaestus before—

           Python’s tongue flicked out towards the children and a horrific laugh filled the air. She reared her head back to strike.

           Those children would be helpless.

           “You don’t want to smash us! We’d be icky to get off your scales or pick out of your teeth! We don’t taste good!” Drew shouted. “Harvey farts A LOT.”

           For a disorienting moment, Calex full-heartedly agreed that the running campers were quite nasty and would be difficult to pick out of scales if Calex had scales.

           Python also hesitated.

           Calex shook off the charmspeak enough to aim an arrow and fire.

           Thalia followed half a second later.

           Their arrows clinked against Python’s forehead scales and ricocheted off. Python barely seemed to notice.

           It dove at the four children and daughter of Aphrodite.

           Calex frantically snatched another arrow from Thalia’s quiver, unsure what good it would do. He’d forgotten those scales would be so thick.

           Regardless, he and Thalia took aim.

           The children screamed.

           Something hissed and gleamed through the air, intercepting Python before she could snap her jaws around the campers.

           It thunked into the drakon’s good eye.

           Python shrieked and recoiled.

           The ground rumbled as the drakon withered.

           The children and Drew raced into the shelter of the shield.

           “Nice throw, Kal—” Calex began to reflexively shout, until something glowed green by the drakon’s head and reversed spin towards the Cloven Terror. The monster—the Alabaster kind of monster, not the serpentine one—caught the discus as it went past, spinning with the weapon’s trajectory to decelerate it.

           Horror sank Calex’s stomach to think what could have happened to Kally for Alabaster to have her weapon.

           When Python made another horrific hiss, Calex could see its other eye was now tightly closed.

           “We should get to that shelter. We’re sitting ducks out here if its hide is too thick to pierce with these arrows. Let’s see how we can back them up there,” Thalia said.

           “Right!” Calex agreed.

           They continued to race towards the shelter.

           Calex’s mind raced alongside with ideas.

           When they fought Python last time, Kally had used some kind of solar explosion to ward Python off, and the drakon might have only let them go to fulfill the first part of Eris’ plan. From what he remembered of Annabeth’s monster fighting courses, it took Apollo’s full quiver of arrows to slay Python.

           Currently, the sun was down, Will—one of the most powerful children of Apollo—was probably still dead and nearby Nico’s semi-solid body, Phobetor had killed Kayla, Calex hated to know if there were any Apollo children inside the cabin when it got smashed, and he hadn’t seen Kally since they got here—what? 10-45 seconds ago?

           Had Python been methodically destroying the few campers that could put up a proper resistance?

           For the moment, Python appeared to have forgotten the Hephaestus shield. Its tongue flicked towards the Cloven Terror.  “I smell no demigod here! You have the scent of a monster and not that of the foolish Cyclops welp—”

           A burst of hope spread through Calex’s chest. Cyclops welp? Was Tyson still here somewhere?

           Whatever reason Alabaster had to keep throwing himself into the front of battles, Calex was cheered they could at least use his stupidity as a cover. He and Thalia were close enough to the shield to see several campers frantically motioning them closer.

           “—why do you help defend this camp?” Python demanded of the Cloven Terror.

           Before Calex dove behind the three-feet-thick metal shield, he caught a glimpse of Alabaster doing something he’d never seen Alabaster do: hesitate.

           Somehow, the Cloven Terror looked smaller than usual, though maybe that was due to his proximity to the drakon. Now that Calex had slowed his pace, he saw something else odd. The flare of the green torches along Hecate’s cabin gleamed off something spilling down the Cloven Terror’s back: rosy-gold hair.

           Calex’s stomach knotted to ice.

           That wasn’t Alabaster.

           He skidded behind the metal shield, having too much forward momentum to stop.

           Thalia rolled in half-a-second behind him. Already, the word, “Update,” was out of her mouth.

           Calex might have tripped and fallen over had a giant Hispanic not steadied him. He looked into the dark, scared eyes of Chris Rodriguez, a son of Hermes and friend of Pax’s. Clarisse La Rue lay at his feet, clutching her leg—one bent at an odd angle. For a moment, hope flooded Calex at seeing Austin, a child of Apollo, laying beside Clarisse, but the boy was out cold, the lower half of his body mangled like a building had dropped on it. Calex frowned; it probably had.

           Jake Mason, a child of Hephaestus, was putting aerospace-looking blankets around the shoulders of the four children and Drew. Nyssa and Matthias, two other children of Hephaestus, were stationed at either end of the shield wall. At the center, there was a giant wheel crank—to move the shield wall back and forth, Calex assumed, judging off the massive rollers on the bottom and the circular track on the ground. There was a ladder up the center to a small slit in the shield, where a gigantic stun-gun-thing was positioned.

            Tyson and a child of Ares, whose name Calex couldn’t remember, were positioned by the crank, ready to turn it.

           “Do we change positions now?” Tyson asked.

           “No! He’s talking to the Witchboy. Hold up!” Matthias called.

           Calex didn’t realize the shield itself had been pivoting. That would explain why Python struggled to turn the lot of them into afternoon biscuits—well—nighttime biscuits?  After being underground for what felt like days and exiting into a starless, moonless black sky, Calex could guess the time about as well as he could guess the Queen’s favorite pair of socks.[3]

           “We have to do something! That’s Kally!” Calex said, scrambling for a plan.

           “Were you going to just let him die if it was Alabaster?” Chris asked, looking pale.

           Calex was alarmed by his own, unhesitant response. “Yep.”

           Matthias nervously tapped his fingers together. “Imagine Pax’s whining though.”

           “Matt! Eyes outside!” Nyssa scolded.

           “Yea, shut up,” Thalia said, “Whoever is outside will need our help and we need to know what’s going on.”

           Clarisse growled in agreement. “We’re not sure. I think Clovis is keeping us awake. Phobetor can’t seem to keep all of the campers asleep and puppet people as sleep walkers at the same time.”

           “Clovis is napping now. I heard he’s more powerful when he’s sleeping,” Harvey, the eight-year-old, said quickly, “So he can better take on that nightmare meanie.”

           “Pipsqueak might be right,” Clarisse said, “Last we heard, the Stoll brothers, Will, Nico, Chiron, Sherman, and Pollux were in the Big House’s infirmary by Clovis. We’re not sure where everyone else is. No one was prepared for the sun to go down early.” Her voice quivered with fury. “Stupid, overgrown snake—”

           “The sun only went down a few minutes before you showed up on… um—” Chris hesitated.

           “A glowing, giant Axel,” Thalia said.

           Chris looked even paler. “That’s terrifying.”

           After helping to shove Harvey tighter into his blanket, Drew stumbled over to Calex. He prepared—unwittingly—for her to hit on him despite the circumstances, so was surprised when she clutched his shoulder. Tears rimmed her eyes. “It ate Mitchell.”

           Calex’s mouth went dry. Mitchell was one of his cabin mates, a surprisingly shy son of Aphrodite with a good heart.

           No words surfaced to comfort his crying aunt. His mind threatened to wander to the bodies lined up under tarps in Kakata. He squeezed Drew’s hand, swallowed, then walked alongside Matthias again to peak out and see if Kally was already eaten or if they could grant her any tactical advantage.

           The Cloven Terror was still at a standoff maybe ten meters from Python. The snake’s size seemed impossible next to Kally. Somehow, Python seemed even larger since Calex knew it was her and not Alabaster out there. In the distance by the Roman barracks, a glowing avatar slashed through the ranks of ghosts. Calex didn’t see Phobetor or Euna and only noticed a blur when he tried to focus on the two giants battling outside the boarder.

           “Have you no words?” Python demanded.

           Kally took a step back, one Calex recognized as a first step to winding up her discus. “I am a child of light,” her voice rang two-toned with a deeper one. It started uncertain, but continued with a scary determination. “Here to reap the scythe of the lion’s labors. And I welcome YOU with this embrace!”

           “What trickery is this?!” the drakon demanded. “A child of Apollo—”

           Calex balked as Kally wound up and lobbed her discus at the drakon. That girl had more bollux than an unneutered bulldog.

           “Holy spirit of Ares,” Matthias muttered. “That’s not Ajax’s meep-squeak, not-girlfriend, right?”

           Kally’s discus slammed into Python’s busted eyelid. It hissed in fury, though didn’t look further injured.

           They needed to act now.

           Calex put two fingers to his mouth to make a piercing whistle. The chances were low but he should have been around—

           The drakon snapped downward towards his mate.

           A rainbow blur blasted between the drakon’s open jaws as they crushed into the ground.

           Calex whooped in excitement.  

           “What is that?” Nyssa asked from the other side of the shield.

           “The best damn unicorn you’ll ever set eyes on!” Calex cheered.

           A crimson and black blur galloped to a sudden stop about five meters from their hiding spot. Atop a magnificent stallion with a gold and silver horn sputtering rainbow sparks, Kally sat upright, her helm focused on the incoming green glow that hissed behind Python’s head.

           Her discus spun back towards them and Kally snapped her hand out to catch it.

           Calex thought he heard something crack, but couldn’t be certain when Vinyl took off back towards Python. The drakon had dislodged its jaws from the dirt and flicked its tongue towards Kally.

           Python lunged again.

           The unicorn and rider darted under the giant snake. From its blur, a golden discus spun out again.

           Once again, the hit seemed to only annoy the drakon as it withered in anger.

           “We need to help her find an opening,” Calex said. His eyes flashed around their shield and what they had. “Clarisse, you defeated a drakon before, right?”

           “I electrocuted it from the inside of its eye socket,” she growled. “If you didn’t notice, I don’t have an electric spear.”

           Calex pointed at the giant stun-gun thing mounted at the top of the shield. “It’s broken, innit?”

           Jake frowned. “Python knocked out our backup power and our backup, backup power. We’re working on getting it back online, but we would need a lot of electricity to…”

           Thalia grabbed his shoulder, giving him a grin. “How much electricity is a lot?”

           Jake’s mouth hung open then crooked into a grin.

           “You still need to find a way to pierce the hide,” Clarisse reminded, scowling.

           The hope in Jake’s eyes crushed. “The first time we tried, when Python knocked over Ares’ cabin, the prongs just bounced off.”

           Calex thought it over. After the stunt he pulled with Kaos and climbing all those stairs, his body felt weak and shaky. An image flashed in his mind: the black, metal arrow he’d almost shot Axel and Thalia with. He’d been scared to shoot them. The two dumb blokes were so naturally compatible, the strength it took to force disinterest or dislike had been horrible. But, to enhance some of Python’s utter disgust with Apollo children? An arrow like that would be easy, right? He thought about Thanatos and Kaos and his confidence grew.

            “I can make arrows,” Calex said, “that can piece into anyone’s heart. Even a primordial god’s.”

           Thalia’s face went red with rage, but she nodded to affirm this. Her hand reflexively clutched at her chest, where his golden arrow had struck her.

           Their shield wall rocked when Python smashed into it.

           Vinyl shrieked in pain.

           “That’s cool and all,” Matthias said. He’d abandoned his post by the outside of the shield, hands already fumbling with some wires on the ground. No one needed to direct his siblings. Harvey had already thrown off his shock blanket to help him and Jake and Nyssa scrambled over half a second later. “But, can we attach cables to said arrows?” Matthias asked.

           Calex already had a hand on the ladder to the turret. He gave Thalia a grin as the sparks erupted at her fingertips. “Let’s find out.”

 Hey guys! I’m getting this out before midnight this time XD Still haven’t had a chance to do proper edits on these (I’ll hope to get back to more edits later!) but, I hope you enjoyed regardless!

I’m enjoying Vinyl as a battle unicorn. What do you guys think?

Stay tuned next week for Kally’s chapter: I Get to be Python’s Piñata, where I feel like the writing gets a bit smoother for the ending XD

 Footnotes:

[1] A celebration preceding Ash Wednesday where you consume pancakes.

[2] Mel betanote: “Is she going to ride him into battle? That sounds so wrong but I meant it entirely in the form of battle!!!!”

Jack, “( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)”

[3] Apparently I didn’t think Calex was British enough in this chapter.

[peaches-of-1]

~MASTERLIST~

This is the BTS Masterlist. Other lists include:

Blackpink  🐨

EXO

Stray Kids

Red Velvet

KARD   🐨

TWICE  🐨

Multifandom (Also acts as a Catch All for Fandoms I don’t stan)  🐨

Pristin

Monsta X  🐨

Seventeen  

SHINee  🐨

Pentagon   🐨

🍑 = My favorites | 🐨 = Updated Last Week

Aesthetix: Aesthetics/moodboards that I have made

BTS-

Disney

Suga as Adam from Beauty and the Beast

V (Taehyung) as Aladdin from Aladdin

RM as Li Shang from Mulan

Jimin as Naveen from Princess and the Frog

Jungkook as Flynn Rider from Tangled

J-Hope as Peter Pan from Peter Pan🍑

Jin as Tarzan from Tarzan

Winnie the Pooh

Jungkook as Roo

Hobi as Piglet 🍑

Jimin as Pooh

Jin as Rabbit 🍑

Yoongi as Kanga

Tae as Tigger

Namjoon as Owl

Birthday

V (Taehyung) 2017

Hoseok 2018

Yoongi 2018

Holidays

New Years 2018 (Black Tie)

Christmas 2017

Valentine’s Day 2018

White Day 2018

Friday the 13th (April 2018) 🍑

Friday the 13th (July 2018)

Mythical Creatures

Unicorn J-Hope 🍑

Vampire Jin

Centaur Jungkook

Merman Jimin 🍑

Incubus RM

Dragon Suga

Werewolf V

Yoongi Mermaid

Jimin + Fairy Prince

Elements (1)

Suga & Ice

J-Hope & Air

RM & Earth

Jin & Earth

Jimin & Water

V & Lightning

Jungkook & Metal

Elements (2-Requested)

Jungkook & Fire

Others  🐨

Nature Photographer RM 🍑

Nyctophilia Suga

Bias Tag RM

Sugar Daddy Tae

Yoongi’s indoor day ft. coffee

Date with photographer Tae

Travelling with Jin

Amusement park date with Jungkook 🍑

Namjoon Amusement park date

High School Sweethearts with Jungkook

Dinner Date with Hoseok

Rainy day Study Date with Jimin

Jimin at a Masquerade Ball 🍑

Jin and a Sheep/Soft Jin (Request)

Namjoon as Rhysand from A Court of Thorns and Roses

Jimin + Space

Yoongi + Trans BF

Beach Day with BTS

Fall Jungkook

Star Alien Hobi

Alien Invasion Taehyung

Hoseok Camping Trip  🍑

Jin Proposal

Jin Wedding, peony version

Hobi and goth gf

Taehyung Plus Size Barbie gf

Hoseok at his Studio Apt

BTS Barista!AU  🍑

Namjoon’s Crabs  🍑

Arctic Tundra Adventure with Taehyung  🍑

Aftercare with Jin

Hobi and femme Alien s/o  🍑

Back to School with Jungkook

Song Lyrics

Jimin + “I Like Me Better” by Lauv

RM + “Ride” by SoMo

RM + “Get On Your Knees” by Nicki Minaj ft. Ariana Grande

Color

Jin + Hot pink

Taehyung + Lilac

Jin + Pink Variety

Jin + Silver 🍑

Jimin + Pastel pink

Suga + Orange

Jimin + Black

Namjoon + Purple

Tae + Aqua blue

Hyung line + grayscale

Tae + Aqua blue (2.0)

Namjoon + Black

Tae + Gold  🍑

Jimin + Pastel Blue

Hobi + Gold and red

Taehyung + Pastel Blue  🍑

Jungkook + Blue

Yoongi + Teal/Turquoise

Yoongi + Pink

Hobi + Silver

Jin + Grey

Namjoon + Yellow

Hobi + Black Lace

Jungkook + White and Ivory  🍑

Jungkook + Lavender

Alice in Wonderland

Jimin as Alice and Dormouse

Taehyung as Mad Hatter and Absolem

Jungkook as White Rabbit

Jin as Queen of Hearts 🍑

Yoongi as Cheshire Cat

Hoseok as Mad Hatter

Namjoon as Alice and Absolem

Gods/Goddesses (April Theme)

Namjoon as Posidon 🍑

Yoongi as Zeus

Taehyung as Hera

Yoongi as Nyx

Hobi as Ra

Jin as Aphrodite

Jimin as Artemis

Jungkook as Eros

Taehyung as Hestia

Yoongi as Tibetan Snow Lion

7 Deadly Sings

Hobi as Pride  🍑

Jungkook as Envy

Namjoon as Greed

Jimin as Lust  🍑

Suga as Sloth

Jin as Gluttony

Taehyung as Wrath

Circus AU

Normal Route- (Y/N), Jimin, Taehyung, Jin

Mafia AU

Jungkook

Jimin

Taehyung

Jin

Suga

Supreme Boi

Hoseok

OC: Desta

Namjoon

Demon AU

Chapter 5 Outfits

Chapter 7 Outfits

Chapter 9 Outfits

#MayMood

#Flowers + Yoongi  🍑

#TeasingSex + Jin (NSFW)  🍑

#Protective + Namjoon

#Dom + Jimin (NSFW)

#Bondage + Namjoon (NSFW)  🍑

#AirplaneSex + Hobi (NSFW)

#WaxPlay + Yoongi (NSFW)

#TrainSex + Taehyung (NSFW)

#Puppers + Taehyung  🍑

#ShowerSex + Jungkook

#Wanderlust + Jin  🍑

#Koya + Namjoon

#Koala + Jimin (ft. Others)

#Soft + Jimin

Cartoon Characters (June+)  🐨

Taehyung as Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Jungkook as Deku (Boku no Hero Academia)

Namjoon as Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Jin as Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club)

Jimin as Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls)

Jin as L (Death Note)

Jungkook as Kaname Kuran (Vampire Knight)

Jungkook as Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)

Jin as Neji Hyuga (Naruto)

Taehyung as Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)

Jin as Makoto (Free!)

Hoseok as Woody Woodpecker

Jimin as Pikachu (Pokémon)

Jin as Johnny Bravo

Jin as Link (Legend of Zelda)

Namjoon as Mushu (Mulan)

Suga and Hoseok as Kiki and Lala (Little Twin Stars)

Taehyung and Jungkook as the Hitachiin Twins (Ouran High School Host Club)

Jimin as Hello Kitty

Taehyung as Kiki (Kiki’s Delivery Service)

Yoongi as Batman

Jin as Princess Bubblegum

Suga as Sesshomaru (Inuyasha)

Jungkook as Inuyasha

Jungkook as Chihiro (Spirited Away)

Jungkook as My Melody (Hello Kitty)

Taehyung as Keith Kogane (Voltron)

Hobi as Jaune Arc (RWBY)

Yoongi as Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug)

Namjoon as Kyoya (OHSHC)

Pride Colors  🐨

Jimin + bi colors 🍑

Yoongi + pan colors

Namjoon + Ace colors

Jin + Demisexual colors

Kookie + trans colors 

Hobi + Intersex colors

Hobi + Autosexual colors

Namjoon + Pan colors  🍑

Yoongi + Trans colors  🍑

POC bf (Trope)

Jungkook + Travel bf

Namjoon + Pink UwU bf

Yoongi + Minty shy bf  🍑

Jin + Techie bf

Taehyung + Flower bf

Hobi + Tennis bf

Jimin + Pastel bf  🍑

POC gf (Time period)

Yoongi + Rennaissance gf  🍑

Jungkook + 90s gf

Jin + Ancient Greek gf  🍑

Hobi + Roaring 20s gf

Taehyung + 70s gf

Namjoon + 50s gf

Jimin + 80s gf  🍑

Moodboard Challenges (Others in series x x x)

Jin + Nightcrawler (1/?)

Pastel Pink Jungkook (2/?)

Nature Witch Yoongi (3/?)  🍑

Hobi + Hummingbird (4/?)

Jin + Yeehonk Wedding (5/?)

Taehyung + London at Night (6/?)

Jimin + Beach (7/?)  🍑

Jungkook + Zoo Date (8/?) [Not the right number but eh]

Writinx: Things I Wrote

Reactions

You fall asleep while BTS records

Red Carpet Wardrobe Malfunction

Request- BTS finding out you smoke

You’re Scared of the Dark

Accidentally Confessing

Catch You Dancing Like No one is Watching 🍑

Request- BTS Giving Aftercare

Request- Abusive ex

Request- Using a Safword

Request- Shy Strip Teasing

Request- BTS Finds You Writing member x member Smut

BTS- Finding your Fandom Tumblr 🍑

Request- Interpreter GF to BTS

Request- Birthday Sex Slave 🍑

BTS- You Put Gifts into their Luggage

BTS- They See You in Their Clothes

Request- S/o Gets Cat-called 🍑

Request- You Have Small Boobs (body positivity)

Request- You Like being Called Names in bed

Dating a Theatre Nerd- Vocal Line, Rap Line 🍑

They Hear You Sing for the First Time

Request- You take Them to a BDSM club

Request- They visit you in the hospital

Request- You’re exhausted after play rehearsal 🍑

Request- They Don’t Know you’re a professional Dancer

Request- They Spoil You with gifts 🍑

Request- You Get in a fight and they pick you up from the police

Bias Line: You’re Quiet until You’re Horny 🍑

Request- Figure Skating S/O

Request- Spoiled GF

You Send a Panty Pic

Request- Angry Sex

Request- You are in a Kid’s car and offer bf BTS a juice box

Request- Airport Goodbye 🍑

Request- See You in Wedding Dress 🍑

Request- Food Sharing S/O

Request- Food Porn in public 🍑

Request- Stuck with S/O inside car during snowstorm

Request- Denying sexytimes

Request- Teach Blowjob 🍑

Request- Rain on wedding day 🍑

Request- You call them beautiful during a casual moment

Request- Boys comfort you from having a bad day at work

Request- They see themselves as your phone wallpaper

Request- Clingy gf 🍑

Request- Nervous Around guys

Request- S/O tells them to go fuck themselves

Request- Outside date

Request- Plastic Surgeries GF

Request- BTS finds out Kookie is a Little

Request- Long Distance Relationship

Request- Meeting up with fellow ARMY who doesn’t know you’re dating a member (Vocal line)

Request- S/O working too hard to produce an album

Request- GF has scary dog that’s a teddy bear (Hyung Line) 🍑

Request- You have a big scar on your leg

<<BTS Reactions- Part 2>> 

Most to Least (MtL)

Drop Food on the Floor and Eat it

To Eat Cold Pizza

Green Room Quickie

BTS as...

BTS as Musicals 🍑

BTS voices as Type of Fabric

Undertale Characters

Mystic Messenger Characters

NekoPara Characters

Cats

Full Stories

Training (NSFW) 🍑

Love at first sight (Fluff)

Namjoon

Seokjin

(V) Taehyung

Yoongi

Hoseok

Jungkook

Jimin

Unexpected pt1 (NSFW)

Unexpected pt2 (NSFW)

First Valentine’s Day Together:

Jin | Suga | V (Tae) | Jimin | Hoseok | Jungkook | Namjoon

Theatre Kid Series- Paused

She/Her: Prologue 1

He/Him: Prologue 1

They/Them: Prologue 1

🎪BigHit Bigtop (Circus AU)- Currently Ongoing

Prologue: Pt1, Pt2, Pt3

Choice #1.1

Choice #2.3

Choice #3.1

Choice #4.2

Choice #5.4

Choice #6.1

🌹666 So Fresh (Demon AU)- Active

Chapter 1: 

Chapter 2: 

Chapter 3: 

Chapter 4: 

Chapter 5: Part 1, Part 2

Chapter 6: 

Chapter 7: 

Chapter 8:

Chapter 9: 

Chapter 10:

Chapter 11:

Chapter 12:

Chapter 13:

Chapter 14:

Chapter 15:

🌇The Trusted (Mafia AU)- Finished

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

👔Bad Manager- Idol!AU while dating BTS member and having an abusive manager

Jin

Yoongi

Hoseok

Jungkook

Taehyung

Namjoon

Jimin

Adrift (Mermaid AU)

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

7 AUs

Jin + CEO!AU

Yoongi + Florist AU

Other+

Jin fluff for a friend

Raffle Winner 1 (Jin pov)

Raffle Winner 2 (Hoseok wedding)

Raffle Winner 3 (Monsta x Wonho)

Writing Challenges

Valentine’s

Day 1- Elementary Card Exchange (Reader x Jin) 🍑

Day 2- Flowers (Reader x Suga)

Day 3- First Kiss (Reader x Hoseok)

Day 4- Love Letters (Male!Reader x Taehyung) 🍑

Day 5- Bad First Date (Reader x Namjoon)

Day 6- Already Taken (Jimin) 🍑

Day 7- First Time to Meet (Reader x Taehyung)

Day 8- Long Distance (Jungkook x Reader)

Day 9- Meet the Pet (Namjoon x Reader)

Day 10- Candy ( Reader x Yoongi)

Day 11- Perfect Date (Jimin x Reader) 🍑

[brookston]

Holidays 8.27

Holidays

The Duchess Who Wasn't Day

Film and Movies Day (Russia)

First Kiss Day

Good Sex Day

Harvest’s End (Elder Scrolls)

Just Because Day

Kiss Me Day

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas)

Motorist Consideration Day

Nativity of Isis (Egyptian Goddess of Fertility)

Oil & Gas Industry Appreciation Day

Petroleum Day

Senior Race Day (Isle of Man

Tarzan Day

Three-Thousandth Thnork of the Year (Fairy)

World Rock Paper Scissors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Banana Lovers Day

National Pots de Creme Day

4th & Last Saturday in August

Bartletide (a.k.a. Burning Bartle; UK) [Saturday closest to 24th]

Giants of Ath Festival begins (a.k.a. De Ducasse; Belgium) [4th Saturday]

International Bat Night [Last Saturday]

Iroquois Indian Festival (Albany, NY) [Begins on Last Saturday]

Pony Express Day [Last Saturday]

Schemitzun begins (Green Corn Pow Wow; Mashantucket Pequot, Connecticut) [Last Saturday]

Speak Kind Words Saturday [Saturday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]

Independence Days

Moldova (a.k.a. Ziua Republicii); from USSR, 1991)

Feast Days

Baculus of Sorrento (Christian; Saint)

Caesarius of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Calasanetius (Christian; Saint)

Day Sacred to Consus (God of Graineries; Ancient Rome)

Decuman (Christian; Saint)

Euthalia (Christian; Saint)

Feast Day of Pan (Ancient Greece)

Feast of Incandescent Rebellion

Funella Furchester (Muppetism)

Gebhard of Constance (Christian; Saint)

Harris Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Hugh if Lincoln (Christian; Saint)

John of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Klebold Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycerius (a.k.a. Glycerius, Lizier; Christian; Saint)

Máel Ruba (a.k.a. Rufus, Malrubius) of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Margaret the Barefooted (Christian; Saint)

Monica of Hippo (mother of Augustine of Hippo; Christian; Saint) [Alcoholics]

Narnus (Christian; Saint)

Phanourios of Rhodes (Christian; Saint)

Poëmen (a.k.a. Pastor; Christian; Saint)

Rufus and Carpophorus (Christian; Saint)

Stevin (Positivist; Saint)

Syagrius of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

Udon Day (Pastafarian)

Usuki Stone Buddhas Fire Festival (Japan)

Volturnalia (Festival to the God of Waters & Fountains; Ancient Rome)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 239 [52 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Bill & Ted Face the Music (Film; 2020)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Film; 1958)

Cherish, by The Association (Song; 1966)

Hamlet 2 (Film; 2008)

Mary Poppins (Film; 1964)

No Code, by Pearl Jam (Album; 1996)

Roman Holiday (Film; 1953)

The Shepherds Crown, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2015) [Discworld #41]

Tarzan of the Apes (Novel; 1912)

Ten, by Pearl Jam (Album; 1991)

Vacation Friends (Film; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Margareta (Austria)

Anđelka, Bogoljub, Monika (Croatia)

Otakar (Czech Republic)

Gebhardus (Denmark)

Maime, Maimi, Maimo, Maimu (Estonia)

Rauli (Finland)

Monique (France)

Gebhard, Monika, Vivian (Germany)

Arcadia, Arcadios, Fanourios, Liberios, Osios (Greece)

Gáspár (Hungary)

Cesario, Monica, Rocco (Italy)

Jorens, Ragnars, Valdmiers, Žanis (Latvia)

Aušrinė, Cezarijus, Cezaris, Tolvydas (Lithuania)

Roald, Rolf (Norway)

Angel, Angelus, Cezary, Gebhard, Józef, Kalasanty, Małgorzata, Przybymir, Rufus, Teodor (Poland)

Silvia (Slovakia)

Mónica (Spain)

Raoul, Rolf (Sweden)

Caesar, Cesar, King, Kingsley, Lyndon, Sheri, Sherri, Sherry, Sheryl (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 239 of 2022; 126 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 34 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 1 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 30 Av 5782

Islamic: 29 Muharram 1444

J Cal: 29 Hasa; Sevenday [29 of 30]

Julian: 14 August 2022

Moon: 0% New Moon

Positivist: 15 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Stevin]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 67 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 4 of 31)

Calendar Changes

桂月 [Guìyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 8 of 13] (Osmanthus Month)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.27

Holidays

The Duchess Who Wasn't Day

Film and Movies Day (Russia)

First Kiss Day

Good Sex Day

Harvest’s End (Elder Scrolls)

Just Because Day

Kiss Me Day

Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (Texas)

Motorist Consideration Day

Nativity of Isis (Egyptian Goddess of Fertility)

Oil & Gas Industry Appreciation Day

Petroleum Day

Senior Race Day (Isle of Man

Tarzan Day

Three-Thousandth Thnork of the Year (Fairy)

World Rock Paper Scissors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Banana Lovers Day

National Pots de Creme Day

4th & Last Saturday in August

Bartletide (a.k.a. Burning Bartle; UK) [Saturday closest to 24th]

Giants of Ath Festival begins (a.k.a. De Ducasse; Belgium) [4th Saturday]

International Bat Night [Last Saturday]

Iroquois Indian Festival (Albany, NY) [Begins on Last Saturday]

Pony Express Day [Last Saturday]

Schemitzun begins (Green Corn Pow Wow; Mashantucket Pequot, Connecticut) [Last Saturday]

Speak Kind Words Saturday [Saturday of Be Kind to Humankind Week]

Independence Days

Moldova (a.k.a. Ziua Republicii); from USSR, 1991)

Feast Days

Baculus of Sorrento (Christian; Saint)

Caesarius of Arles (Christian; Saint)

Calasanetius (Christian; Saint)

Day Sacred to Consus (God of Graineries; Ancient Rome)

Decuman (Christian; Saint)

Euthalia (Christian; Saint)

Feast Day of Pan (Ancient Greece)

Feast of Incandescent Rebellion

Funella Furchester (Muppetism)

Gebhard of Constance (Christian; Saint)

Harris Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Hugh if Lincoln (Christian; Saint)

John of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Klebold Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycerius (a.k.a. Glycerius, Lizier; Christian; Saint)

Máel Ruba (a.k.a. Rufus, Malrubius) of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Margaret the Barefooted (Christian; Saint)

Monica of Hippo (mother of Augustine of Hippo; Christian; Saint) [Alcoholics]

Narnus (Christian; Saint)

Phanourios of Rhodes (Christian; Saint)

Poëmen (a.k.a. Pastor; Christian; Saint)

Rufus and Carpophorus (Christian; Saint)

Stevin (Positivist; Saint)

Syagrius of Autun (Christian; Saint)

Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle (Episcopal Church)

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

Udon Day (Pastafarian)

Usuki Stone Buddhas Fire Festival (Japan)

Volturnalia (Festival to the God of Waters & Fountains; Ancient Rome)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 239 [52 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Bill & Ted Face the Music (Film; 2020)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Film; 1958)

Cherish, by The Association (Song; 1966)

Hamlet 2 (Film; 2008)

Mary Poppins (Film; 1964)

No Code, by Pearl Jam (Album; 1996)

Roman Holiday (Film; 1953)

The Shepherds Crown, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2015) [Discworld #41]

Tarzan of the Apes (Novel; 1912)

Ten, by Pearl Jam (Album; 1991)

Vacation Friends (Film; 2021)

Today’s Name Days

Margareta (Austria)

Anđelka, Bogoljub, Monika (Croatia)

Otakar (Czech Republic)

Gebhardus (Denmark)

Maime, Maimi, Maimo, Maimu (Estonia)

Rauli (Finland)

Monique (France)

Gebhard, Monika, Vivian (Germany)

Arcadia, Arcadios, Fanourios, Liberios, Osios (Greece)

Gáspár (Hungary)

Cesario, Monica, Rocco (Italy)

Jorens, Ragnars, Valdmiers, Žanis (Latvia)

Aušrinė, Cezarijus, Cezaris, Tolvydas (Lithuania)

Roald, Rolf (Norway)

Angel, Angelus, Cezary, Gebhard, Józef, Kalasanty, Małgorzata, Przybymir, Rufus, Teodor (Poland)

Silvia (Slovakia)

Mónica (Spain)

Raoul, Rolf (Sweden)

Caesar, Cesar, King, Kingsley, Lyndon, Sheri, Sherri, Sherry, Sheryl (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 239 of 2022; 126 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 34 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guìyuè), Day 1 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 30 Av 5782

Islamic: 29 Muharram 1444

J Cal: 29 Hasa; Sevenday [29 of 30]

Julian: 14 August 2022

Moon: 0% New Moon

Positivist: 15 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Stevin]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 67 of 90)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 4 of 31)

Calendar Changes

桂月 [Guìyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 8 of 13] (Osmanthus Month)