#airam talks

[magnusedom]

[isagrimorie]

[initial reactions] Discovery 5x04

i will start with things i liked. very initial reactions take:

things i liked:

krenim mention!!!

the constant mention of relativity reminded me of the voyager episode, 'relativity'.

i do love a time travel/time loop episode.

this episode is a nod to shattered.

love the 'i can do this all day' moment between present michael and s1 Michael and the talk between rayner and s1 michael

it was great to see airam again

I wish we got to see ash and lorca.

i wish Michael got to see spock. i miss the spock and Michael shenanigans. the way he could cut her off the knees and then the way she would poke back.

i loved seeing future San Francisco again!

i liked how the episode felt like a standalone episode

calypso!

jett reno

LINUS

so now here is my reaction--

maybe I need to rewatch but i don't think this episode worked for me as a whole. i like the pieces but I don't think the whole episode hung together.

i preferred the first season version of this episode "magic that make the sanest man goes mad".

i do like the part where rayner talks to Michael, and the acknowledgment that michael's methods worked.

(but also i think i preferred in 'shattered' that the other characters were brought into the fold a lot earlier, or we saw the crew enjoy downtime).

overall: it was a fun idea episode, I always love time hijinks, it's just for some reason it didn't work for me as the previous episodes it was influenced from.

but again, i might like it more on a rewatch. sometimes it is like that, sometimes watching an episode on rewatch makes it work.

[whalleyrulz]

halloween 2023

21) LOOK AWAY

this was, i swear to god i'm not fucking with you, Dog, Shit. like, from a dog's ass. shit and poop, from a dog's ass, on movie. Doggggggg Shit

look away's about maria, a teenager whose father is a plastic surgeon, whose twin sister got post-partum aborted for being uggz, learning to hate herself so much that she swaps places with the mirror version of her, who has the name of airam, instead of the real human person's name what it should be, who turns out to be a tooootal

you guessed it

Actually Interesting Character, who doesn't fucking come out until you've been watching for 18 years. which, coincidentally, must be the age of the actress, because she looked maybe 12 but the director was TOTALLY allowed to film her Teen Titties multiple times

and in that way, there's the real horror of the film. no, folks, it's not creepy due to spooky ghouls or unstoppable moiderahs, but it's creepy in the "somebody involved in making this exictedly and unironically said the phrase tiny teen titties during production" way! oh, if you thought Implied Underage Nudity was fucked up, just wait! we got some Real Shit that paints a potential victim of sexual abuse as really just a fucked up girl who wanted it

because that's what airam does! everything that maria wanted! everything she did was what maria really deep down wanted, and we see evidence of this from maria dancing in the mirror with glee when airam breaks her bully's knee with a hockey stick. so for airam to, you guessed it, try and seduce her father multiple times, including getting out her whole vagina for This Movie, it must mean that that's what the protagonist, a girl who is implied to have been sexually abused, wanted it!

i did definitely despise this, but after the eighteen hours of waiting, there was genuinely about 15 minutes of a really fun movie of a teenage shithead manipulating her way through dickhead's lives and doing no wrong. unfortunately that stopped being fun and the movie became like

you know when you go outside, and there's like, a dog? and the dog needs to do a big shit, and then you watch, and you watch the shit slide out of the dog's ass, and if it's cold enough, you full on see that shit steam, from the super fresh dog shit ass?

it was like that. a+ experience wouldn't watch or inflict on anyone again

1. skinamarink | 2. smile | 3. the black phone | 4. talk to me | 5. m3gan | 6. significant other | 7. cobweb | 8. horror in the high desert | 9. the pope's exorcist | 10. knock at the cabin | 11. infinity pool | 12. becky | 13. no one will save you | 14. huesera: the bone woman | 15. scream vi | 16. idle hands | 17. a wounded fawn | 18. v/h/s 85 | 19. evil dead rise | 20. mama

[the-timeless-writes]

«Un libro repleto de cuentos que permanecían unidos por finos hilos y una bonita cubierta que ilustraba una de las historias. El hechicero del agua no era un experto en el idioma que gobernaba los mares y ríos. No intentaba practicarlo de la misma manera que Airam, hablando con todo aquel que poseía conocimientos sobre aquella lengua. Sin embargo, había tomado clases con Senelie y su nivel le permitía comprender las historias plasmadas sobre el papel.»

English translation:

«A book filled with tales that were held together by fine threads and a beautiful cover that illustrated one of the stories. The water sorcerer was not an expert in the language that ruled the seas and rivers. He did not try to practice it in the same way as Airam, talking to everyone who spoke it. However, he had taken lessons with Senelie and his level allowed him to understand the stories on paper.»

I'm shamelessly stealing this from twitter, but writers !! Quick, reblog with the last line or two that you wrote, no cheating.

[thelifeofvan]

Becoming Filipino in the Making (Production)

In my role for this production, I've been responsible for assembling the audio elements, including background music and the AI-generated narration. When crafting the narrations, we have discussed utilizing different variations of the Talk-to-Speech generator that emulates the eerie, vintage quality often associated with analog horror films. Airam and I explored various voices, adjusting pitch and manipulating speech patterns to align with the energy envisioned by our screenwriters, documented in our two-column script.

In this process, it's crucial to emphasize the significance of maintaining the authentic analog horror aesthetic when collecting audio and background music. Using online tools to generate narrations should be deliberate and methodical to ensure they evoke this genre's eerie and unsettling atmosphere. When selecting background music, it's imperative to opt for tracks that enhance analog horror's chilling and nostalgic mood, drawing from a palette of sounds typically heard in such films. That's why we're instructed to utilize 50s until 90s commercial music to depict imperative elements of analog horror films.

In addition to audio, the choice of graphics and images plays a pivotal role in achieving the desired analog horror effect. These elements combine to create a complete, immersive experience that resonates with the audience, effectively conveying the message of the PSAs while invoking the uncanny and unsettling vibe synonymous with analog horror. We are currently in the production making, and we can have a positive input towards our process to deliver a substantial product that aligns with our intended goal for this output.

[inaaontheskyways]

You guys might’ve seen these names float around here and there occasionally, so I thought that it’d be nice to officially introduce y’all to some of the other central characters of my Spiralverse canon! (Also, I’ve simply too many pretty MBs to not share, lol!)

Sevastjan Earlydawn, Katitzi: the heroes of the 4th arc! They actually came about simply b/c I wasn’t sure how to make the Ravenwood ensemble go to Lemuria and beyond w/o it feeling like it’d be somewhat forced, so I had to conclude that it’d just be better to use a new set of characters! I’ve also never played the 4th arc since my I’m still several levels below the max cap, pfffft, so a lot of what I did for these 2 is made up from the top of my head! Specifically in that it deals with Sevastjan, a guardsman under the W.C. Forces, finding himself getting caught up in the drama of a strange woman named Kalpana, who implores for his help in looking for a lost program that holds all her powers and memories, and the only thing that she can remember is that she serves a group of mysterious beings called the Old Ones! they also got a pretty tragic romance going on though, but shhhh, we don’t talk about that-

Meresamun Timekeeper, Xatirə: the heroes of the 5 B.O.X.E.S event! Meresamun specifically was actually supposed to be a part of the Ravenwood ensemble, but I also couldn’t find a proper way to put her in a meaningful role for any of the first 3 arcs, so I thought that it’d be much better to give her a storyline all on her own! So I took the 5 B.O.X.E.S event and reimagined it to fit her characterization and development, in which a time-traveler by the name of Xatirə, enlists her help in fixing the rifts of the timeline or else the whole Spiral would collapse in on itself, especially with her coming from an ancient lineage of powerful chronomancers!

Luretta Bellamine, Daniel Rothman, & Trini Moonforge: the protagonists of what I like to call the Resistance arc! They’re specifically inspired by the Fort Elena dungeon you do in Port Regal, seeing as, just like with the last 2 quests, I couldn’t think of a good way to get the Shatterhands over there when I changed a lot of the 1st El Dorado arc to make it fit them! So these 3 are here to fill that gap, as well as cover the Resistance side of things in the storyline, since they play such an integral role in Valencia part 2, and I just think that aspect is plain fascinating! The basic gist involves Luretta, a ballet dancer who’s also a Resistance spy, enlisting the help of 2 pirates, the underground fighter David and the freelance handyman Tiena, with breaking into Fort Elena and freeing all the political prisoners there, so that they can assist the Resistance in their plans to bring down the Armada regime!

Vontae Emmed, Iina Parker, & Airam Zavalia: my idea of what I guess you can refer to as the Young Hero(s) would be like! I’ve always been intrigued by Hero101 and what it was preparing to be like before it ultimately got scrapped, so I wanted to come up with something that’ll make it fit nicely into my Spiralverse canon, hence these 3 and the world they come from called Heroica! Since it was never confirmed what sort of concrete plot was intended for Hero101, I decided to make one up myself and have these 3 investigate a nefarious drug trafficking scheme, in which the streets of Nexus City have been plagued with a drug that causes people to lose their powers!

Haydée Spellmender: my token Sorcerer! She’s a Ravenwood alumni who’s very sweet and spunky, and often records things in her journal to sate her curious nature! She also has dreams of becoming a successful archaeologist just like her parents, so she works as an intern for the Gravulum Order in order to both refine her skills and make connections with other explorers! Though, it’s also what leads her to be involved with all sorts of bizarre happenings across Wizard City, from reversing the effects on students who’ve been cursed by book pages, to exploring the underwater streets of Crab Alley!

Nona: my one and only Stellarmancer! He’s a bit of an edgy sad boi(tm) as he has a loooot of angst surrounding his miserable time of being a servant for the Umbra Legion, and it only gets worse when he realizes that Old Cob, whom he thought was his friend who understood his feelings, only used him as a pawn to revive both his form and his powers. So the only way for him to atone for his mistakes is to travel across the Spiral and hunt down all the other shadow magicks that were released alongside Old Cob, desperately wanting to show that he’s changed and will no longer remain naïve to other people’s intentions towards him.

Lereia: my clockwork hitch-hiker! But don’t worry y’all, they aren’t as evil as the rest of their kind, in fact, they’re actually a very courteous and lovely person even in their aloofness, and most of the trouble they get into is just due to their whimsy and curiosity! It’s just that they were handmade by Kane to resemble a Certain clockwork prince, but they actually never knew that about themself as they woke up right after the Armada’s fall! And since they aren’t sure as to why they exist or how they should live, aside from their main objective of “giving love,” they decided that their best course of action is to travel around the Spiral and gather as much information about it as they possibly can!

[mictlans-residents]

“Is dad talking to you?“

Airam doesnt respond.

A child blinks at Zee.

“Snake? Big snake?”

@mictlans-residents

*Zee is still asleep, digesting it's big meal.*

[jzixuans]

so i have no explanation for this other than the fact that we were talking about how deceit’s hat is the tardis

[magnusedom]

this is so funny i'm crying

[candyredmuses]

“Tha’ fuck is an ‘italian’? Bitch I’ll kill you-”

[glimmeringrxse]

things that make me happy on main: scrolling thru a friend’s tag for myself n being reminded of the memories and how lucky i am to have online met them bc they’re a blessing

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

I have been watching Doctor Who all day with my sister, how is all of y'all? -Skull anon

Oh nice

And pretty good!! Some anxiety this morning from a hanging spider and another thing or two, but I’m pretty good now. Feeling sexy looking. You know that’s always good.

[candyredterezii]

Rlly shoddy 5 minute doodles I love my tiefling so much 😭

[run-on-lightning]

me: my sib has a kid now. that makes me a...........

me: what’s genderneutral for aunt/uncle?

friend: i think it’s “nuncle”

me: that makes me think of a nun who is an uncle

friend: lol

me: imma research words

me: (finds this page: “https://nonbinary.miraheze.org/wiki/Glossary_of_German_gender_and_sex_terminology#T” )

me: oh hey, german language has Tankel

friend: that sounds badass

friend: like a tank

me: a twinkly tank

me: yep, i like this better. my niblet should call me that

[jzixuans]

MOMO I SEE YOUR TAGS

ever see an art style so gorgeous you start questioning whether its too late to unlearn everything u know about drawing n relearn so you can draw Like That

[bondsmagii]

so a while back I was talking about extensive blacklists and somebody messaged to see if I wanted screenshots of a very impressive blacklist from an old Discord server they were in. of course, I did. here are the aforementioned screenshots as promised -- naturally the person wishes to remain anonymous, but here’s what they said:

hello, t'was i who was your Long Blacklist anon. here's what i have, or at least what i have scraped from the sides of my massive screenshots folder

to note: in the first image, in the section "TSS specific", the Remus mentioned is one of the characters in the show that the server is about,  whether he's secondary or main is up for debate. like. a WHOLE CHARACTER

some of these are understandable honestly, i don't mind a lot of this, but i had forgotten "y'all" was on here and. i'm sure that was probably said about 500 times in there because. how do you. IT'S Y'ALL

I gotta admit that I was not expecting this to be so wild. I had no idea an entire regional accent would be on here; nor could I have anticipated the fact that the whole of Ohio State University would be a banned topic, but there you go.

full transcription under the cut, for which you owe me, because this is long.

USER SPECIFIC

Recording <@!412026064970186753>’s voice without permission

Pet names directed at @‘beat drop’ A Jumbo Jellyfish

Referring to @rrationality in the feminine, “kiddo” directed at by anyone but Patton

“Tinker bell” or the phrase “I just want you to succeed” directed at @Groundhog badger

Deleting messages from @JEYKSHK without informing first

“Kitten” directed at @jelly 

“Know-it-all” directed at @The Rat God Summons Thee, asking to roleplay, people fighting in earshot, interacting while under the influence of any substances

Patronising and/or directing “cute” nicknames (smol, baby, dear, etc.) at @arson, overly aggressive conpliments (heart spamming, etc.)

“Princess”/“Champ”/“Sweetheart”/“Buddy” directed at @Silverquill (She/Her)

“Sweetie”/“honey”/“babe” and other pet names directed at @let airam see fuck without permission

“Hun”/“love” directed at @Ren 

“you’re acting like ___” and “very nice” directed at @probably activism, venting privately without warning/asking

“Dumb”/“stupid”/“idiot”, etc. directed at @blurryeyesinbewilderment 

“Selfish”/“worthless” directed at @Safira 

Calling attention to/making fun of the typos of @one of the best ppl here tbh

Referring to @It ya boy idk in the feminine, mocking

Referring to @I’m gonna shine like the sun as a hypochondriac

Referring to @Currently Committing Tax Fraud as argumentative

TSS SPECIFIC [translator’s note: this is an abbreviation for The S*nders Sides-- the fandom the server is about. I censor this because I do not care for him and do not wish to type his accursed name.]

Any discussion (including mentions), images, gifs and links involving Remus, and ships where he is included

The phrase “have you ever thought about killing your brother?” [translator’s note: this entire phrase was blacked out behind censor bars.]

Unsympathetic portrayals of the Sides (being villainous, abusive, (passive) aggressive, restrictive, etc.)

Ships involving the Sides and Sleep

Romantic Prinxiety

Intruality

Romantic logicality 

Snitties (tumblr post)

CenThomas (tumblr post)

TOPICS

Tangerines

Depersonalisation and depersonification

Divorce

Being controlled/your actions not being your own (including mind control)

Bullying (in a non-joking context)

Burning buildings and house fires

Belittling serious issues

Zombies

Existential issues (such as questioning reality)

Claustrophobic (small) spaces

Being patronised

Puppets

Bad parental relationships

Narcissistic people

Ohio State University

Annesia/mind-wiping

Bernie Sanders (US Politician)

Hell (discussion of)

Anesthesia

Fasting (for religious reasons or otherwise)

Unhappy endings

Power outages

Directing “stupid” at another person

Southern or Texan accents

Cringe culture

Spiders

Heights

The concept of pure nothingness

POC being stereotypes as promiscuous

Conflating age regression with age play [translator’s note: ‘age play’ was blacked out behind censor bars.]

Condiments (ketchup, mustard, etc.)

Malevolent of morbid supernatural entities

Food dicourse

Roanoke (the historical colony)

Self-depreciation

Heated discussions

Major character death

Hanahaki disease

Ants (the insect)

Eye lip eye (sequence of emojis)

Realistic-looking teeth on non-human things

Teeth in any place but a mouth

Human trafficking

Worms

OTHER MEDIA

The son “Sing me to sleep” by Alan Walker

Creepypasta (all forms)

The song “Hide and seek” by SeeU

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared (webseries)

The song “Last christmas” by Wham!

Heathers (movie and musical)

The song “Empty” by boyinaband

The song “You should see me in a Crown” by Billie Eilish

The Momo challenge

Stephen King’s It (book and movies)

The song “Bury a friend” by Billie Eilish

Undertale and Delta Rune (video games)

The song “Wish you were gay” by Billie Eilish

The song “Ocean eyes” by Billie Eilish

Sora from Kingdom Hearts (video games)

Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (movie)

Onward (movie)

WORDS/NAMES/PHRASES

The word “senpai”

The name “Cryptid”

“I see the light”/“I’m going into the light”/“Light at the end of the tunnel”

“A beautiful mind”

“Babe” in a romantic context

“Baby” and “sweetiepie” as pet names

The name “Tristan”

The name “Ana”

The name “Jamie”

The name “William/Will”

“Make yourself useful”

“Y’all”

“Agere” (as a shortform of age regression)

SOUNDS AND VISUALS

Fife music (fife and drum corps)

Loud noises

Spiders and insects

Trypophobic images

“Distant shore” and “It’s all over isn’t it” from Steven Universe

Homestuck (all forms)

Crying while laughing

High saturation/bright images/eyes strain