#and penny was a true beagle

[mydarlingdahlia]

YOU HAVE BEAGLES?? 🥺🥺🥺

YESSSSSS

My three lil babies :3

Snoopy, Gracie, and Jazz 🩷 (left to right, youngest to oldest)

And Penny (Penelope) 🕊️

She unfortunately passed away last year, but I keep her ashes on my night stand and say Goodnight to her every night <3

She was an old girl, but she was my old girl :)

[princetorn]

Marilyn Monroe had nothing on this girl, leaning against the gleaming flank of her Porsche with perfect poise, not a golden hair out of place. As with any celebrity – even one limited to a backwater township like this – Sawyer’s reputation preceded her. Royce knew the names of at least three boys who claimed to have slipped her their fingers, if their jockish locker room banter was to be believed. She was a sweetheart by all accounts, just one quick to push her panties to the side.

No wonder the boys of their school hounded her, like beagle dogs following the scent of a vixen. Sawyer was old money beautiful, old money elegant, old money wealthy – perhaps that peculiar breed of old money lonely too, despite the attention that was showered on her. Many looked at the cheerleader and called her a conquest.

“Thank ya kindly, Miss Sawyer.”

Royce clutched a chamois cloth in hand, his Little Sweetheart parked behind him, at the tail end of her valeting. He wished he was more polished, better able to match Sawyer’s silver screen shine. Instead, he wore sparkling soap suds on the rims of his engineer boots, his white vest damp with sweat and hose spray, the translucent material sticking to his skin.

“But if you’ll pardon my saying so, your wheels are nicer than mine.”

He looked past her then, to a car he might say was the one of his dreams – one synonymous with darling James Dean. One day, when he was finally signed and had the taste of stardom champagne-sweet on his tongue, he would buy a sports car like that. That glittering future was coming, he was sure of it.

Having been caught off-guard, distracted first by the appearance of the ineffable Sawyer and then by her ride, it took longer than it should have for him to process her words. The moment penny dropped, the cheerleader held the reins of Royce’s attention. He strode closer, gliding a hand over his styled hair as he went, making sure it was still swept back from his face. With that, he was ready to get into the business of making wishes come true.

“I’m tellin’ you, if you were my girl, I’d never take my eyes off you. You’re a cherry, Miss Sawyer.”

@princetorn ＨＩＴ  ＴＨＥ  ＨＥＡＲＴ  ＦＯＲ  Ａ  ＳＴＡＲＴＥＲ．

❝  that's  a  nice  car  you  got  there.  ❞

cliche?  perhaps.  but  sawyer  could  tell  the  ride  before  her  was  royce's  pride  and  joy.  leaning  against  her  own  porshe  spyder,  arms  folded  across  her  chest  with  blonde  hair  seemingly  perfectly  quaffed,  she  tilts  her  head  as  her  brows  lift,  ❝  sure'd  be  nice  to  have  a  man  pay  attention  to  me  like  that.  ❞

[jojo-reader-hell]

BRO I JUST A TOP TIER GAY IDEA. SO OUR FAVORITE HAIR STAND BABE GETS JEALOUS BECAUSE SOME CHICK KEEPS LIKE LOOKING HER AND KOICHI UP AND DOWN. SO SHES ALL "BITCH KOICHI IS MINE STEP OFF", AND CLASSMATE IS LIKE "Girl I ain't checking HIM out boo 👀"......IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITES

THIS WAS A BAD IDEA TO REQUEST THIS WHEN IM BEING A SAD PINING GAY FOR MY GIRLFRIEND.

You think she didn’t notice you staring at them? Staring with those big ol eyes?

Wrongo bucko.

You stared in class at them. Stared when they walked out of the school building, stared when she showered her handmade gifts on him. It was nauseating.

The smell of infidelity, it was something she could get a whiff of in the air like a beagle locked on the scent of butthole balloon cocaine at a TSA checkpoint. Be it if Koichi had a new love interest, or someone was interested in him. Not something someone as paranoid as her would be able to miss even if there were thousands of life’s distractions to put her off the scent. She caught you the first time when she had finally invited Koichi to a cozy little cafe setting, waltzing on by like you didn’t follow him part of the way and glance longingly at their love. She wasn’t fucking stupid. Yukako knew what a longing glance was, and she was going to wring your neck out for it.

Every single time she caught you staring you ran, face turning red as a beet as you scurried away from the scene. At one moment she got so caught up in Koichi’s hesitation that she spilled her coffee and screamed at him.

She also decided after that date and confession got tainted that she was going to slam your face into the pavement, because after she returned from showing that class rep bitch who Koichi really belonged to, she saw you sucking up to him, trying to get sympathy from her one true love. You both were in an empty classroom, Koichi patting your back as you wailed in agony at his feet, kneeling on the floor.

How dare you... how dare you make a move on him behind her back.

You were twisting your skirt in knots, probably trying to make sure he got a peep of your underwear. From where she stood she could see it was a rose print pattern. What a fucking... you were just after one thing weren’t you?!

“How could anyone love me?!” she heard you blubber like a dying walrus. “I... I’ve never even had a boy like me. I’m so stupid and ugly and worthless-...”

“Hey hey hey!”

Yukako was seething. Spewing lava and hate when she saw Koichi lunge to hold you, rubbing your back gently as you got your filthy pedestrian tears all over the blazer of his uniform.

“Don’t talk like that...” Koichi’s voice was so soft, so kind, nothing like Yukako had ever heard before.

“You’re not any of those things. I think you’re beautiful and smart, and funny, and anyone who can’t see that has got to be blind! I think you’re very sweet and lovable too.”

“R-really?”

“Yeah! Totally, I mean if you were even interested I’d even go out with you!”

Now, it didn’t help that you had essentially turned the knife counter clockwise in her chest, sealing your fate forever to be just another teen casualty. Because her mounting rage was of Friday the 13th proportions, ready to burst through the window of your room with a machete in the dead of night and hang your entrails like fairy lights around your wall. She knew when she’d do it too. She was going to patiently bide her time and wait for your little “heart to heart” to end, lurking at the edge of the shadows and planning to ambush you when you least expect it.

That was the plan originally. She was waiting for you after school when there were no witnesses, confident she would get you. But how could she have any clue... Not the faintest idea of what to do came to her mind when she heard you cry out her name.

“Yukako! Yukako Yamagishi, I love you!”

She whipped around, almost too angry to hear what you said until she found herself immobile. You’d taken her hands, nearly falling out of your penny loafers when you leaned in, and you kissed her right on the mouth.

The whole time her eyes were wide open in shock. The mounting rage she felt... the burning flames of hatred, where did it go?! Suddenly her first kiss was gone and she noticed you didn’t really know what else to do from there because all you did was give her a quick peck and you were already shaking and out of breath.

She didn’t even focus that long on her kiss being taken by another girl, too busy wondering what had changed as she watched your eyes glitter wetly with tears.

“Yukako, I’ve loved you ever since the first time I laid eyes on you. I think you’re wonderful, and I don’t care if I’m weird or wrong or whatever, because I love you so much it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.”

Yukako blinked. That’s all she could do. Didn’t really have the coherence to do much else except blink owlishly at you. All her feelings were in such a jumbled mess, like clothes in a dryer.

“I... I’m not good at sewing or cooking, I can’t give you material things like a sweater with love in the stitches or some adorable box lunch... I don’t even have money to buy you expensive presents. All I have is a heart full of all my love to give, and I’d do anything to make you happy. Will you... will you be my girlfriend?”

It was as if the fire that burned brightly in her heart had burned so hot and fast that every bad feeling, every negative thought or psychotic fantasy she had about you had suddenly gone up in smoke. Every single part of Yukako’s consciousness seemed only left to ash. You didn’t want Koichi. She heard that part as you continued to babble on helplessly despite her silence, completely unsure of how to respond as she learned the obsessive thoughts she had about one person had been the thoughts you had for her. You continued to pour out your heart, not giving her one opportunity to speak. Anyone could hear it in the way that you were talking to her that you were on the verge of breaking down into tears. Your face was contorted into embarrassment, from the kiss she could feel the heat of your cheeks radiating on her clammy skin. You were still holding her hands and she felt her whole body vibrate because of your nerves.

“Yuka-... I... Yamagishi?! I... I’m sorry...!” Now your voice was starting to crack when you realized she was immobilized. “I... I’m sorry... I shouldn’t have kissed you... I...”

Tears. Great fountains of tears and bubbles of snot appeared and melted like ice cream down your cheeks, lips and chin. Your voice only got more choppy and your legs started to give. Her silence was deafening. She didn’t even know what she felt anymore and could only just watch as you sank to her knees, still holding her hands and not making a move to wipe your face.

Without thinking, she squeezed your hands.

The shock of her touch made you squeak like a mouse being crushed under a combat boot. Yukako knelt down to the floor with you. One of her perfectly embroidered hankies peeped out of her skirt pocket, and she only let go of one hand to fish it out as she carefully wiped every tear and bubble, wordlessly telling you to blow your nose as she placed the cloth over your face.

A soft, pale hand touched your burning cheeks. Her skin was so clammy and cold, like a compress when you had a fever it helped soothe you into calming down. A hiccup sounded in your chest, making you look small and vulnerable.

You looked her in the eyes. Locked with her. She saw the passion. The love. The devotion and pure worship. Everything she wanted staring her in the face.

Still unsure, but willingly, Yukako leaned into your space. Her lips cushioned yours, begging for another first kiss.

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

(Its been a few days but its been a long week)

for anyone who cares here is the master post

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September 15th: Favourite scene from favourite episode. 

well out of my top 3 episode (that i have already listed) I’m going to not talk about ‘the dark duck returns’ as there is a scene in there that i will talk about later. my favourite scene out of the other 2 episodes i have picked, i would have to go with...

The ‘Defiantly real boy’ scene from Astro BOYD 

(i have already talked about my love for Astro boy and this ep in relation to that)  what i love the most about this scene is that not only did Gyro and Boyd ‘find’ each other again, but they found themselves again. 

Boyd turned back into the real boy Gyro ‘made’ him to be (the boy Gyro always believed he was/could be) and that not only was that ok, but the best way for Boyd be himself. Thus his reclaiming of the word Boyd, he is still ‘the same’ but now has a clear sense of what it actually means to himself, mixing both 2BO and Boyd into one. With the love given to 2BO by Gyro and the life experience he has had as Boyd, so Boyd didn’t have to change everything about himself to be complete he just needed to understand that he was loved for being himself and to get confirmation that he is what he believes himself to be a ”Defiantly real boy” (T-T)

as for Gyro, he realised that his love, care and idealism (as he put it) was not misplaced (on Boyd), as when the little boy he loved so fully seemingly turn on him, that broke his heart and his spirit in a way that just would not fully mend. (thus his cold and rude behaviour through out the show so far...) But when Gyro fully embraces his idealism and loving side again (by embracing Boyd) he realises that he can bring his true feeling to the surface again as it was never a mistake for him to do so. thus why he embraces Fenton as an equal, by calling him Doctor and showing the respect he actually always felt for Fenton. 

They found themselves through each other, and it melts my heart (T-T)      

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September 16th: Favourite moonlander 

Penny.   

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September 17th: Favourite Beagle Boy  

Black arts Beagle, 

I mean he is the reason we have Duckworth back so thats got to count for something.

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September 18th: Favourite scene of your favourite ship 

I have to say its this little moment here...

Donald spent the whole episode wanting to impress this woman (Glamor), but after spending time with Daisy decided that Daisy’s dignity was more important then his Big Break. And Daisy returns in kind like ‘yeah i shouldn’t be treated this way’ and its just really sweet. It also got Daisy noticed and most likely jumb started her career and Daisy (again) returned in kind (most likely) by having the three Caballeros perform on stage right after.

so its a small but very insight look into the new dynamic Donald and Daisy are going to/ do have in this show.

[plus this screen shot was funny to me,

i think it has meme template vibes] 

[rumbelleshowdown]

Author: Blue Stiletto

Prompt:  A lucky penny; dark cave; flexibility.

Group: B

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Must Love Dogs Part 2

Gold closed and locked the front door, smiling as he watched through the stained glass, while Hugo tugged Belle down the sidewalk with exuberance.

Belle was wearing a much more sensible outfit today, opting for jeans and a blouse with simple black flats instead of the lacy blue dress and sky high red heels she’d worn the first time. While she’d look stunning in the late afternoon sun on his front porch, it was a bit impractical for walking an energetic, seventy pound labrador.

Today they’d enjoyed a short chat on the front porch while Hugo sat at her feet and encouraged her pets and scratches. In the moment he’d caught himself wishing she was there for another reason, and nearly invited her for tea, or perhaps lemonade now that the temperature was steadily increasing. Yet so far he’d chickened out the same as he had any other time he saw her around town. Though his affections for the lovely Miss French were growing, his courage was not, and the few minutes he spent in her company when she came to get Hugo were the highlight of his day.

To say Belle coming into his shop and mentioning his ad had surprised him was quite an understatement. He’d been expecting someone like Henry Mills, who was anxious to prove to his mother, the mayor, that he could take care of a pet, or David Nolan who worked part-time at the animal shelter and was always looking to help out. But he couldn’t have been more pleased that it was Belle who answered his ad. She was like a ray of sunshine or a lucky penny, a bright spot every time he saw her. When he’d written it, he had to admit he’d been thinking a little bit of her, even though at the time he had no clue if she liked animals or not, nor her preferences if she did. Was she a dog or cat person, or did she like less standard pets like a rabbit or a hedgehog?

It seemed that she did indeed like dogs, or at least she liked Hugo, and Hugo very much liked her in return. Gold was glad for it. As a young boy, he had always wanted a dog, but his Aunties were already getting on in years when they took him in, and their flat in Glasgow was just as tiny as all the others on the estate. Years later, he’d been ready to finally make his childhood dream come true, when he met Neal’s mother Milah. She was entirely against having pets at first, but later, when Neal was about five, consented to a single orange tabby cat from a local shelter.

Unfortunately, Gold and the cat were as ill suited for each other as Gold and Milah. He quickly discovered that he was allergic, and that no amount of medication would allow him to live in the same house as any feline. It spelled the official beginning of the end of their marriage. Months later, when Milah finally moved out, she took the cat, but left Neal.

Since they’d come to Storybrooke nearly two decades ago, they’d had pets of all kinds: fish, hamsters, three ferrets, a lizard, and two dogs, all overlapping at various times. After Milah, he had felt as though he and Neal had been wandering through a dark cave, but moving to the small town and filling the house with life had pulled them into the light together. The first canine was a Beagle mix from the animal shelter, Max, short for Maxine the Great, so named by an insistent seven-year-old Neal, and the second was Hugo. Gold had gotten surprisingly attached to Max, and her death at the ripe old age of twelve had hit them both pretty hard. A couple of years later, they agreed that the house felt too empty without a pet, and went all the way down to Connecticut to a highly reputable breeder for Hugo.

Unfortunately, now that Neal was done with school and settling into a career in a big city, it was down to Gold. He had been struggling to give Hugo the exercise he needed since his son moved to New York. His leg bothered him more days than not, and he certainly wasn’t getting any younger. At six, Hugo was still in his prime, and while Gold loved having a companion in his now very empty old house, it had become clear that he wasn’t able to keep up with Hugo’s level of energy. After a couple of months of nagging, Neal finally convinced him to “at least put up an ad before you break your leg...again.”

Sighing, Gold moved away from the door and headed into his study. Belle would return in about an hour, and perhaps then he’d drum up enough bravery to do something entirely foolish. He went over the rents for the week and balanced his ledger, then checked his email. At the top of the inbox was a reminder that his ad posting would expire at the end of the week. He considered renewing it.

Belle hadn’t offered up her reason for taking up dog walking, but he hadn’t managed to ask. He knew her position at the library was only part-time, and he assumed it was as simple as wanting to make extra money, but there were certainly far more lucrative options available for a bright young woman, with less dog slobber involved.

He tapped his fingers on the desk and then clicked the link to view the ad as he pondered Belle’s motives. His eyes scanned the familiar words, and sighed again, rolling his eyes at his odd phrasing. Perhaps he should adjust the ad before he had it reposted, maybe even add in a line about being flexible with scheduling. He was about to click back on the email when he noticed something strange. The page he was on was not the lower part of the jobs section that was usually reserved for requests for handymen and pet sitting.

Frowning, he scrolled back up the page and nearly fell out of his chair.

Eyes wide, he gaped at the laptop screen. His ad, the one that had brought Belle French into his shop to arrange a time to meet, and then to his front door in what he’d decided was the prettiest dress he’d ever seen, was posted under the Personals section. It was right there between Regina Mill’s nondescript and vaguely worded posting “single woman seeking single woman,” and a missed connection with a snippet of cheesy poetry he was certain was Leroy pining for former-Sister Astrid.

Belle had answered his ad. Except his ad appeared to be...for a date.

Gold sat back in his chair as his head spun. Either she’d sussed out his intentions from his words, or her attire the other day when she’d first walked Hugo was actually for him. Because she had thought -

And then he -

Oh.

Just then the doorbell rang, and he startled, his eyes going to the time at the bottom of the computer screen. One hour and change had passed. Belle had returned to bring Hugo home.

Dazed, Gold pushed out of his chair, and gripped his cane harder than usual as he made his way to the door. Hugo pressed against his legs and rubbed his head against Gold’s free hand as he pushed into the house, but Gold only vaguely registered the dog’s presence as he stared at Belle.

Her hair was perfectly mussed, with a few strands falling free of her barrette to frame her face, and her cheeks rosy from the wind and sun. She smiled at him, and he could barely manage anything in return.

“So,” she started, tilting her head. “I’ll see Hugo tomorrow? Same time?”

Gold opened his mouth, and in the moment he felt like he was having an out of body experience as the most astonishing words came out. “Would you care for some tea?”

Belle grinned and nodded, and he stepped back to let her inside.

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[araminakilla]

Posible Ducktales season 2 finale timeline according to trailer

So, since I'm not the only one who thinks that, with all the villains gathering to destroy Scrooge and family... where does Lunaris fit in all of this? Here's my (long) theory.

Glomgold and Ma Beagle: The first allies

Those two are the classic villains than are more asociated with Scrooge and have past feuds with him.

For Glomgold, it can be the bet. Maybe he is losing and wants to take everything the real Scotish duck has without waiting any longer.

For Ma Beagle, it could be the lands problem that Scrooge had with Grandpa Beagle, or maybe they lost for real some Beagle Boys in the Duck's quest for D'jinn's lamp and they want to avenge said Beagles by killing Scrooge's closest relatives.

As other post pointed out, Glomgold actually learned something in the 87 cents episode about what makes Scrooge so sucesful, and that's his family. That's why he said in the trailer that he's looking for a family, not only to show respect to Ma and his boys, but because he really thinks gaining a villainous family is the way he could win for once and for all.

The others

Mark Beaks

The grey parrot is going to appear in an episode with Louie, Goldie, Doofus and (as I like to call him) his robot son Mini Beaks. It seems like the millenial wants something with Doofus, be it money or social status as he's in the duckling's tree house. Unfortunatly, so are Scrooge's nephew and lover, maybe to try and scam him.

Maybe at the end of the episode, Doofus doesn't want to help the parrot, and instead he will help Louie (or no one, as this incarnation of Doofus is a great pain in the... tail) making Beaks to swear revenge against the Mcduck family, an opportunity that comes with Glomgold and his alliance of terror.

Magica de Spell

The sorceress somehow has her powers back (or just basic ones) and I'm sure that she's the reason that the ducklings (and Violet) end up in some kind of dream land where everyone can wish for anything and that becomes true, kinda like Coraline's other world or Bill Cipher's bubble for Mabel.

I say this because Webby has the look of Scrooge, Violet has some books, Huey is tall, Louie just wants to be a cat (Aristocats reference, anyone?) and Dewey is popular in the school he never had the chance to go (if his looks, Dewey's costume that dances and that poster behind Magica when she's with Lena alone in the lockets who says "you can Dew it" is any indication).

Anyway, that world was created by Magica as a way to reclaim Lena again, who surely having her evil aunt back is the last thing that she wanted.

I'm pretty sure the kids end up defeating Magica again and keeping Lena, but Magica swears revenge and, just like Beaks, she is recluted by Glomgold and company, and she would have to swallow her pride and follow the South African duck... for the moment.

Don Karnage

He is an interesting case, as we haven't see him since his debut episode. I don't know how the villains can found him, as he and his crew are in the sky, but I have a theory of why they would choose him.

Simple, Dewey posted on the Internet about how he and his family fought and defeated the "not so great" captain Don Karnage, making the pirate wolf very livid and maybe ashamed about how his reputation went down faster than a malfuctioning plane after he lost to a child of all things.

The villains probably read about him on the web and wondered if he wanted to have his revenge too. They were right.

They somehow contact the Don, and not only they obtain a great swordman, but also an entire pirate crew. It's a pity they don't let the pirates sing, it could have been an interesting semi-musical episode.

The Time Tube's role

So, where does Gyro's time tube fits in all this madness? It could be:

1. The villains did it

They stole it so they can ruin Scrooge's life for the start and mess with his present.

2. Louie did it

In the trailer, we see Louie in the tub while having some treasure. Given how he screwed up things in the lamp episode, most of us theorize that he is the one behind all the time traveling stuff.

3. Gyro did it on accident

It can be that, as this is Gyro's creation after all, it went out of control itself and its presence afected the present in many ways. Or it could be that it ended up in the past and Bubba is the one doing the time traveling stuff to bring Tootsie with him while making a mess.

4. A combination of the other ones with the first one

Either Gyro, or Bubba, or Louie did it, but it was as the same time as "Glomgold's family" was attacking the Mcduck Manor.

Anyway, this will indicate the introduction of Bubba and his pet triceratops and the battle with the villains will take place.

The final result?

The ducks win, the villains lose and Gyro learns to control his time tube better for other important ocasions that, as we know, are about to happen... BIG TIME.

Lunaris' Invasion

I'm 99% sure the battle with the Moonlanders will take place after the battle with Glomgold and company.

Why? Because in this picture (in the inferior corner) we see five pictures of Scrooge's enemies. We see Magica's face, Mark's beak, Ma Beagle's nose and the other ones are Glomgold and Karnage for sure.

This could indicate that the five lost to the Duck family or they were near them at the time the alien's computer seached information about Della's clan.

There's also about a picture of Gizmoduck (pretty sure they know about his other identity too... take new notes Fenton) indicating that they are aware of the technology the Earthlings have.

And talking about superheroes, this is the moment that Launchpad and Scrooge recruit Darkwing Duck, as we can see that the Scotish one is wearing the same clothes.

All seems to indicate the battle with the aliens takes place at night in Calisota. Scrooge is charging with the help of the Ottoman Empire brothers, Emily Quackfaster, Gyro, Demonworth, Beakly, Lena, Violet (she's there too, next to Lena, she's just that small), M'ma Cabrera, Gizmoduck and Gabby McStabberson.

Penumbra and Donald: The last hope

So, it seems like Penny is becoming a good girl if the poster for season 3 is any indication. Ergo, she is the one to return Donald to his family and thanks God the lack of an orange blimp didn't change things.

Penumbra is the only one to know the true, and the only one who could stop all this invation. How? Screaming and shooting laser guns like everyone else? I don't think so. She will use the same strategy Della used with the Moon mite.

She would use kindness and a peaceful aproach. She would probably said that Della was a good person all along, that she was wrong and Lunaris is the thread to all. I'm sure that after that, the Moonlanders will stop any violence.

But what about Donald? Mister "I prefer to not have many adventures and don't appear in many episodes" is going to have. Some. Good. EPIC MOMENTS

I mean, look at him battling Lunaris and tell me you don't see the rise of the Duck Avenger. Some random alien is acusing his twin sister of treason and decides to punish her along with her boys? His boys?

He HAD IT

Lunaris is death Moon meat. Period.

When he returns to Earth, he would have a very heartwarming reunion with his boys and his sister. At last, the Duck twins are together and nothing will tear them apart again.

Scrooge's allies: Coincidence or selection?

Now, what makes us have a lot of hype apart from the epic return of our main characters after months is the return of characters that we didn't know were making a return, like Gabby McStabberson or the Living Mummies. Characters that, be for their unique design or personality make us decide for more moments with them, and we got it.

But... Why? Why them?

Aside for the fanservice aspect, there has to be another reason for that.

It could be that Scrooge had recluted Gabby and the wolf brothers and would pay them later, or simply they want to make sure their home planet isn't invaded.

Not sure about where the Ottoman Empire brothers fit in all of this. Maybe there is going to be an episode about how they reconcile with the help of one of the triplets.

Now, we got to a very interesting part (and I'm not only saying this because I'm a fan of those two)

Aliens vs Middle Eastern people

Now that's something you don't see very often. *Ahem* well, the reason this little scene is so important is because it show us that the Moonlanders are attacking Egypt.

Egypt. As in, they are not only seeking Della and her family. They are attacking all the Earth at the same time. We can be sure that the aliens are the ones attacking Amunet and D'jinn because of the yellow/golden lasers that almost hit the warrior (thanks Amunet) and are the same ones Gabby is repeling with her sword/dagger.

Also, the battle is taking part at the same time but in different places. In Duckburg is night, and in Egypt; day.

But other option is that D'jinn and the Mummies are not confronting the aliens by coincidence.

They were actually selected.

Remember the picture that shows an alien computer with the Duck family at the center and Scrooge's enemies and Gizmoduck in the corners?

Who can't say the aliens did the same with Scrooge's allies and family all around the globe?

There are a lot of golden spaceships in construction. Maybe not all of them go to Duckburg but to different parts of the World.

If the selective theory is true then that means there are going to be aliens following Fethry, Gladstone, Selene, even the Buzzards (yes please, they had it coming)

Also, in this Earth hologram under the picture of the triplets, there seems to be like a close up Earth map, maybe with the bright dots indicating where are Scrooge's allies and family now.

Be it coincidence or computer selection, one thing is for sure. Lunaris is going to make an example of all of them. His frustration about his father being a coward has made him a ruthless, merciless, alien guy who is going to prove the Moon's superiority to the World.

Now that's downright sadistic Lunaris.

When you said you wanted the Earthlings to fear you and the Moon... you really mean it.

Well, that was all I got to say about the future events of this season. Hope this helps and I can't wait for September, the Hype is killing me slowly.

[allsassnoclass]

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favourite musician: Fall Out Boy, baby!!!!

last film i watched: I think it was the one with mark ruffalo where he plays a lawyer going against some chemical company based on a true story hold on a second..... Dark Waters is what it’s called

last tv show i watched: something on HGTV because I was in a hotel room.  the one with Nate and Jeremiah! the last show I intentionally watched was Umbrella Academy though

favourite character: Ronan Lynch from the Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. love that guy he’s my ride or die no other fictional character will ever mean as much to me

sweet, spicy or savoury: tentatively sweet

sparkling water, tea or coffee: oh jeez none please.  I don’t like carbonation, coffee, or tea (unless you count peach or raspberry snapple but that feels fake)

pets: I have a pug/beagle mix named Penny!  she’s the family dog though and I'm at college so she’s 7 hours away, but my family sends me a picture of her a day (today I got two pictures it was very exciting)

tagging: I genuinely do not know who hasn’t done this yet (I know I saw it on my dash quite a bit) so!  if you have not done this yet and you want to then I tag you!

[luckystarchild]

Jasmine, honey perfume, rain lily?

I had to search TOO DAMN HARD to find the source of this ask meme! Clearly I need to tag better.

jasmine; what mythical creature do you wish actually existed?

DRAGONS. I want a tiny little dragon who sits in my pocket like a sugar glider and hoards pennies.

apricot drift; how do you feel right now?

Unsettled, but calm. Like just before a storm hits and the wind starts picking up. Little nervous about the week to come since I’ll be self-isolating and social-distancing. Nervous about the state of the world. But the calm keeps the wind at bay.

honey perfume; favorite movie ever?

The Princess Bride.

rain lily; was today typical? why/why not?

NOPE. Worked from home and tried not to watch the news. This post will be a time capsule to the beginning of the (American) COVID quarantines.

primrose; what book does everyone right now need to read?

Dying, A Memoir by Cory Taylor. Oh, and Akata Witch.

iris; do you believe in ghosts?

Only ghosts named Yusuke Urameshi. ♥

sunflower; share a favorite quote.

peony; share a small random book passage that means something to you. 

“The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch’s door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.”

― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

23, 24, 25/120 asks and counting

[shadowluver1242]

I finished “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck”

I read the full 12 chapters, plus the “Companion” section that had bonus stories in between the chapters, and “The Last Sled to Dawson”, “The Dream of a Lifetime”, and “A Letter From Home.” 

This has to be my favorite comic series I’ve read so far. Not just because it’s Scrooge, but there’s so much heart and emotion put into it and you’re able to follow the story so easily (which for me is hard as I get easily distracted and forget where I’m at). But this story kept my attention and made me want to keep going to the next chapter, every night I thought “just one more, just one more!” I absolutely loved the story. If you want a more in depth review chapter by chapter, read below. (SPOILERS) 

Again, thank you so much for who ever first made me find this (I actually can’t remember but it was probably a mix of everyone) as well as the album that made the story SO MUCH BETTER. Listening to the music while reading the chapter associated, really made you feel like you were in the story with the characters. I highly recommend reading this comic while listening to the music if any of you have not already. If anyone needs links or more info, feel free to ask!

This part will be a chapter by chapter review/my thoughts (some chapters might be merged together if they have similar topics).

“Of Ducks, Dimes, and Destinies”: I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this, but apparently this chapter was the intro, though it’s more like a AU of sorts. I thought it was cute though seeing Magica out of her element. My favorite part of it had to be her not recognizing young 10 yr old Scrooge while confusing Fergus for the rich old duck. But in her defense, they do look a lot alike.

“The Last of The Clan McDuck”: Now the story really begins! I wanted to get more history on Scrooge so that was one of the main reasons I wanted to read this series. It was actually a bit of a surprise to see the pampered, penny-pincher a humbled, poor and very sweet boy. Seeing how he turned into almost a completely different person is a bit sad really, but at least we know in his later years some of that sweet, caring side is still present. I admire Scrooge’s bravery in how willingly he left his family and the only life he knew for uncertainty and possibly danger at only 13 years old. He certainly matured very fast and unfortunately that forced his childhood to end at an early age.

“The Master of the Mississippi”: This was probably one of my least favorite chapters if I’m being honest. It was fun seeing a teenage Scrooge adapting in his new life in America and Uncle Pothole was certainly an interesting character! Plus seeing the Beagle Boys’ origins was interesting as well.

“The Buckaroo of the Badlands,” “The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark”, “The Raider of the Copper Hill,” Also “The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff”: So all of these chapters are in the “Wild West” portion of Scrooge’s life; his teenage years and early twenties. Seeing Scrooge already fighting for his fortune and failing at every turn was almost surprising in that he always seems to succeed in life. I was so convinced he’d strike it rich on the Copper Hill, but fate seemed to have other plans for him. However at this point in his life he’s still staying true to his roots and vowing to earn his fortune honestly. (But to be fair he does get $10,000. And back then that’s got to have been like a million dollars now a days.) I’d also wondered how he’d get along with animals, and it turns out he’s a real Disney princess. He gives love and respect to animals and they love him in return.

“The New Laird of Castle McDuck”: NERVE RACKING. Not only do the McDuck’s risk losing the ancestral home to their arch nemesis, but Scrooge DIES. (or just gets knocked out?) Anyway he goes to McDuck heaven where he almost stays before finally getting another chance (for becoming the stingiest person to ever live). He ends up using all the money he got from the Copper Hill to pay for the McDuck Castle. Plus we also see Scrooge use his specs for the very first time, though it’s only for reading.

“The Terror of the Transvaal”:  Ah Flintheart, you were a scumbag before Scrooge came into the picture. Scrooge is a lion whisperer apparently, and he makes fun of Flintheart in front of the entire town before throwing him in jail, making a lifelong enemy.

“The Dreamtime Duck of the Never Never”: I was excited for this one. Love that Australian Outback theme! Scrooge rides on a camel head, which is perfect. I still love seeing how much animals love and trust Scrooge. He’s started to become less trusting of people due to being tricked at every turn, and therefore is a bit skeptical of the shaman in the desert. However seeing the dream, or prophesy of sorts, come true (which was super cool btw), it starts his admiration of history and architecture. Scrooge almost took that giant Opal that could easily have made him rich, but that would have been dishonest, and Scrooge decides against it (a bit begrudgingly). I’m so happy he got his dime back, it was worrying seeing him lose hope that his fortune would never come. He’s worked so hard and to give up now would be devastating. Thankfully he was inspired and his story finally started to look up.

“The King of the Klondike”, “The Prisoner of White Agony Creek”, “Hearts of the Yukon”, “The Last Sled to Dawson”: ...no words. I knew these would be my favorite sections. Yukon Scrooge, upper 20′s - early 30′s - in his prime, Scrooge. The beginning of his fortune. The beginning of Goldie. GOLDIE. Where do I even start?! Whew, this is going to be long. First of all, the whole ordeal Scrooge had to go through just to get to White Agony Creek was ridiculous. Finally he finds where the gold should be, but it’s not quite that easy. Everyone in Dawson mocks him endlessly for not spending any money on fun, which is completely unfair. The absolute worst part is when that mean old pig kidnaps him and chains him to the smokestacks of the boat. (Seriously this boy gets knocked out so much I’m surprised he doesn’t have a brain injury) The men mock him and then read the two only letters he’s ever gotten from his family out loud, one of which is from his mother who says they’re falling behind on payments for the castle, and the next...his father informing him that his mother has passed away. The men even mock him in his mother’s death. And Scrooge...freaking pulls a Sampson and pulls the smokestacks until they collapse onto the boat, throws a grand piano through a stained glass window, beats up any and all the men who dare fight him, and then drags the pig’s listless body through the main road in town for all to see until he can throw him to the mercy of the ‘law’ in the area. Then comes Goldie, he kidnaps her, and brings her back to his home for stealing his goose egg nugget (the biggest gold nugget ever) to show her how hard a miner has to work. They stay together alone in the wilderness for a whole month. My gosh was this chapter full of sexual tension. I’m such a die-hard Scroldie shipper now I can’t even deny it. Eventually the two part their ways, but end up meeting again in the near future when Goldie saves Scrooge from losing his claim (in a roundabout way). Then we get to see Scrooge’s last trip to Dawson before leaving the Yukon and moving on with his fortune. He loses his sled and has to return 50 years later to get it with Donald and the boys. The only thing of importance in the sled was old memories, but it was worth the fight for old Scroogey. This section was definitely the best, but molds Scrooge’s rough and tough attitude. 

“The Billionaire of Dismal Downs”: After more than 20 years, Scrooge is finally coming home to Dismal Downs successful, he’s a billionaire. The whole town has come to greet him and as soon as he shows up, they give him a big round of...tomatoes and insults hurling at him. After all he’s done this is how he’s treated??! His wild temper quickly flares and Fergus is surprised at how his son has changed, as well as the town who thought he was such a nice boy. The town people believe he no longer belongs in Scotland. After a quick visit to his mother’s grave insert sobbing here Scrooge decides to participate in the games to show how much he belongs, he even wears a kilt! Now Scrooge should have dominated this, however he’s completely forgotten the rules, and therefore disqualifies himself almost every time. A young boy named Scottie tries to show him the ropes, however fails miserably. Eventually they return to the castle where his sisters make fun of Scrooge’s lock of golden hair hurr hurr and they all decide to move to Duckburg, America, that is, except Fergus who says he’s too old to move again. The chapter ends with ghost Fergus (who’s passed away in the night) and ghost Downy waving goodbye to their children before joining McDuck heaven. I literally cried in this chapter.

“The Invader of Fort Duckburg”, and “The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut”: Some more important chapters, but not extremely interesting in my opinion. We see the founding of Duckburg and the Junior Woodchucks, as well as the Panama Canal and more of Scrooge suffering from his sisters, who make him wear his specs full time after he repeatedly makes mistakes due to his failing eyesight.

“The Empire-Builder from Calisota”: Sigh. We see the deep fall of Scrooge’s morals. He visits his sisters, whom he hasn’t seen in quite a while, and takes them to Africa where he’s working on his current dealings with the natives. Instead of making fair trades like in the past, he uses cunning tricks to minimize his costs in buying the diamond mines he seeks. His sisters criticize him, but he brushes them off. He moves on to a voo-doo native tribe (his first mistake) who doesn’t want to sell. After being humiliated in front of his kin, he goes into town and recruits several people to help him burn down the village and destroy everything in sight while his sisters return to camp, ashamed of their brother. Scrooge then puts on a disguise and ‘rescues’ the clan leader who previously embarrassed him, and tricks him into signing over his land. This is far from the kind, humble, honest boy we knew in the beginning. He returns back to camp, triumphant, to gloat to his sisters only to find they’ve left him. There’s a lone note remaining saying he’s not the man they used to know and to come back once he changes his ways. Scrooge is initially enraged, feeling betrayed. However as he argues with himself, his father’s voice comes into his head, reminding him how he wanted to make his fortune honestly, and has now just committed his first (and only) dishonest trade. Scrooge realizes what he’s done, and as he tries to run after his sisters, the witch doctor returns and casts a curse on him to have a zombie attack him. However Scrooge is still in disguise, and quickly makes himself look normal, which tricks the zombie. However for the next several years the zombie would haunt him and occasionally show up. In Scrooge’s quest to apologize to his sisters, he makes many sidetracks in making his fortune. The zombie even causes the crash of the Titanic that Scrooge was riding on. (seriously everything is his fault) Finally, after 27 years, he returns to Duckburg to stay. His family has heard he was coming and decided to put aside their differences and be a family once again, even bringing the young Donald and Della. However Scrooge has completely changed, for the worse, and completely ignores his family, eventually chasing them out of his life, for good, but not before the young and feisty Donald can give him a kick in the rear.

“The Richest Duck in the World”: Feels. All feels. We finally see Scrooge as the miserable old man we know him as. Alone and bitter and cut off from everyone. But he becomes too lonely one Christmas and invites Donald and the boys up to the mansion, if only to show them the wealth and future inheritance when he’s gone. It’s as if Scrooge is expecting to die fairly soon, and he’s completely given up on everything. The bin is shut down, he’s not making any money or traveling anymore, he doesn’t leave his house, and he hasn’t even swam in his money in years. He really has just given up. But the boys manage to inspire him, in a way that they literally make him so angry he just can’t take it anymore and eventually returns the swift kick to Donald. Afterwards we see rejuvenated Scrooge - though still elderly, he feels full of life once again. Start DuckTales story... 

“The Dream of a Lifetime”: I just had to read this because of the jumps in Scrooge’s dreams through his lifetime. It was adorable seeing young Scrooge, especially 10yr old Scrooge cussing out his nephew Donald for interrupting his dreams. Then on top of all that it ends with Scrooge finally reaching Goldie on the burning stage (which never happened), and the blushinggg hnnghhh and then freaking Donald sitting there watching the whole thing, just yes.

“A Letter From Home”: I had to read this one simply because I had read that Scrooge and Matilda make up. Boy howdy was this an emotional roller coaster, starting with Scrooge visiting his parents’ grave. Tears. Literal tears. Then Matilda wants nothing to do with him, that surprised me a bit considering how sweet and soft-spoken she was when she was younger. Plus she breaks the news about how Fergus never wanted Scrooge to find the treasure and calls him a bad son. My gosh my heart is aching for Scrooge at this point. The antagonist suddenly pulls a gun on Matilda, and Scrooge jumps in front of her without hesitation. Thank goodness the gun ‘misfires’. That definitely changed things between the two. Finally we get to see the interaction we’ve been waiting for. Scrooge and Matilda finally yell talk things out, and somewhat uncharacteristically, Scrooge cries and pleads for forgiveness. However, Matilda finally gets to hear Scrooge’s side and realizes just what he’s been through as well. They find a letter to Scrooge from Fergus, who actually did want Scrooge to find the treasure, and told him he and his mother were proud of him. It was one of the only letters Scrooge ever received from his parents, and he never, since the day they died, knew they were proud of him. sobs

That was a lot longer than necessary but even if you guys only read the sections you want that works. Thank you again!

[newsiegirlscout]

Written for the MPaS Halloween Writing Contest Between Two People Based On a Lighthearted Conversation!

If you’re anyone else, Happy Halloween!

And if you’re @thelordismygod-blog---it’s on, FISKE.

(Written rather hastily, but....enjoy!)

The atmosphere of Miss Lynn’s classroom was one of barely-contained jubilee as children dressed as anything from faeries to well-known fictitious movie figures to what appeared to be Avicenna passed out sweets to their classmates’ gaily-colored boxes. In celebration of Halloween, she had agreed to forgo class and allow a day of festivities to the delight of her students--the only problem being that while many teachers were content to simply show their children films, she felt that her students would soon see The Nightmare Before Christmas more than enough times over their elementary career and had opted to let them choose an assortment of activities. 

This was a decision she had an instinct she would soon regret. 

After a few minutes of excited chattering once all treats were passed out and games were played (which, with as many coordination-required activities with sugary incentives they had set up, seemed like a wise choice to play before passing out candy), Penny clapped her hands. Almost instantly--and what a miracle it was for a second-grade teacher--the others turned around, giving her their full attention. 

The lights darkened, and the bright beam of a flashlight illuminated her face. 

“Will everyone sit down wherever? We’ve decided to start our scary stories as soon as everybody’s settled.”

Though some of the students returned to their seats, the majority chose to either sit down where they were, or drag beanbags from the class library to the front of the room. As they watched with anticipation, electric tealights began to alight around the classroom.

Finally, what appeared to be the last one flickered twice faintly, then suddenly came to life as the face of a luminescent amber countenance as a pumpkin. The children screamed in delight, then watched, giggling nervously, as a certain flame-haired boy climbed onto the stool in center stage and set the gourd on his lap. 

“Thanks, Penny.” he said to his friend as she clicked off her flashlight and handed it to him. “Our first story, told by yours truly, is not one of fabrication and cheap fright. Please take heed and listen, for our protagonist may be at your window next.”

He was met by a sea of confused stares.

“This is a true story.” he said blatantly.

The room gasped.

“This, my listeners....is the tale of Lizzie Borden.”

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Mr. Peabody and Sherman walked down the cobble-strewn streets of nineteenth-century London, taking no small note of the gossiping packs of passersby and the apprehensive nature of the villagers. 

“Mr. Peabody, what’s going on?” Sherman asked with a wavering air in his voice, “These people are acting like they’ve just seen a ghost!” 

The beagle winked. “Well, that may not be far from the truth. Perhaps this gentleman can fill us in.”, he said, tipping a coin to an excitable newsboy in exchange for a paper.

As the redhead ran his eyes over the headline, his eyes widened.

MAN AND WIFE KILLED AND MUTILATED BY AXE

Of course, a picture, however grainy and out-of-focus, had to be included in the article, which the beagle noticed a second too late.

“Wow”, Sherman said, giggling nervously, “This guy...really got it in the head.”

Mr. Peabody flushed a light pink. “Perhaps I should take that, Sherman.” he said hastily, skimming over the article, “It says here young Miss Borden, after some time of what could be considered provocation, was suspected and convicted of the murders of her father and stepmother.”

“What does provoclamation mean?” he inquired with an air of curiosity.

“Provocation. Essentially, actions or speech, especially those meant deliberately, that annoy, frustrate, or infuriate one. Your friend Miss Peterson provoked you in the cafeteria last year by using those demeaning terms--”

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Sitting front-row center, the mentioned Miss Peterson flushed and tugged a lock of golden hair in front of her face.

“Did he really say that? I said I was sorry!”

Sherman smiled. 

“I know, Penny. But you also kind of tried to kill me. So I think Mr. Peabody’s allowed to bring it up.”

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“--or in this case, Mr. Borden was not exactly what you’d call a well-liked person.  He was rather affluent--wealthy, that is--and gave large donations to various branches of the family, but remained somewhat of a Scrooge within his own household. In addition, Lizzie had been building a roost in the barn to attract pigeons, but Mr. Borden, believing they attracted children to hunt them, killed them with a hatchet.”

Sherman’s jaw dropped, tears welling in his eyes.

“Yes, I would say it’s rather unjust myself. But I should probably mention that the specific weapon suspected of the Borden’s deaths was also a hatchet.”

The red-headed rascal pouted. “Not really helping, Mr. Peabody.”

His guardian shrugged. “Unfortunately, those are the facts. Since we’re here to attend an important gathering requiring that knowledge, there isn’t really any getting around it, but I do apologize. Are you ready to hear the full account?”

Sherman put his hand on his stomach and expressed distinct unease.

“Is it alright if we get a root beer first?”

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Hunched over his rootbeer in the soda bar, Sherman listened intently to Mr. Peabody.

“Alright. The first murder was that of Mrs. Borden, who was believed to have faced her killer during the attack and received multiple blows to the head and face. The door jammed when the maid attempted to enter, causing her to utter an expletive, after which Lizzie was heard laughing on the upstairs floor; a point from which the body would immediately have been seen. Lizzie later informed her maid of a department store sale and permitted her to go, but she declined.”

“A short time after this, Bridget was awoken by Lizzie exclaiming her father’s death.”

“Yep. She definitely did it.” Sherman said with finality, “We aren’t going to see her, are we?”

“Au contrair, my boy;” Mr. Peabody replied grimly, “In a sense, we are. We are Miss Lizzie Borden’s lawyers.” 

“So...we’re gonna send her to jail for the good of all mankind?” he said with a final desperate smile.

Mr. Peabody took a sip of his soda before continuing. “Ah, alas. In the timeline where she is incarcerated, I fear a greater impact may be forced on society in the present. No calculation on canine or human nature can be assured, but in most outcomes I’ve been able to see, lesser evidence is examined in the present, allowing many more convicted, dangerous criminals to go free.”

“No, Sherman, our job is to prove Miss Borden innocent.”

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The class gasped. 

“Did you let her go?” asked one timid boy near the front.

“Not yet,” Sherman said with a wink, “Actually, we still have to attend the trials and get licenses and stuff. The one big problem is tracking down Lizzie; she left, and her sister never saw her again.”

The phone rang suddenly, startling Miss Lynn.

“Miss Lynn’s classroom, teacher speaking!” she said quickly. After a minute of listening, she hung up.

“Sherman, you’re dismissed early. Your father is waiting for you in the office.”

The class watched, fascinated, as the boy left. In reality, he only had a particularly well-scheduled optometrist appointment; but who’s to say which is fact, and which is depiction?

[writemywalks]

Letters to the piece of my heart: Ushuaia

After last year events I haven’t flashbacked much, in fact, they cured me of all the drama-related crap and now I barely whine or regret about trying new things like  i rarely feel that out-of-nowhere sadness. Sometimes true sad things set life priorities for you and you just chill the hell down.

Ergo, with that mindest I left home (aka new home/grandma house) a day after Christmas to the airport with a clenched butt, since my budget for the actual trip was very low and I had no credit card to back me up. But in spite of it, with a whatever comes attitude, me and my friend took off and myself finally enjoyed a flight for the first time, since the last two i did, I had a bad time being suspended on air in a locked-up plane.

For the first time in my life, I made this trip with zero expectations, like I wasn’t daydreaming or creating likely scenarios in my head. The only thing that was at the back of my brain was that, this Plan B was going to be made in honor of what Plan A should have been about. Even though our flight was delayed for almost three hours, everything was fine and we made it safe and sound.

Outside the airport while looking for a taxi, we came to realize that it was very windy and that in fact, there wasn’t a drop of the heat we left back in Buenos Aires. We were kind of insecure about the hostel we booked, since it looked too good to be true, but at this point we were already free falling. Once we checked-in and settled in our rooms, we saw that, in fact, everything was just like in the booking page pictures, and we had a plus: our shared bedroom had a dreamy view with mountains that seemed to be 5′ away. 

Gotta say I love having anecdotes of roomates farting in the middle of the night, or people having smelly feet that make you almost pass out, you really hate it when you’re there but I look back laughing now.

I think our first tour was “The end of the world” train that is basically a comfortable train with big windows indeed that takes you throughout dreamy landscapes while you’re being told the old prisoners stories that used to work in the mines located there.

It was a nice ride and bet my life that must be a whole dream on winter, with all those mountains and landscapes full of snow. There were some waterfalls, little lakes, and some good scenery that a movie would do.

On the same day we also booked a tour to the “Canal Beagle”, a channel where there’s the iconic “end of the world lighthouse”, sea lions and pinguins. This was the tour which worth every penny we payed. When we took our sits inside the catamaran, the view from the window of the city from afar looked similar to the Niek Engelschmanbrug buildings in Amsterdam. Once the city landscape was out of sight, we decided to approach the bow of the boat and there are no words to express how much freedom, feeling like singing and all that carefree crap i felt right there. I was like, living in the present is the moto one should live with.

After our first tour we went back to the hostel and spent the following two days boring the hell out of us. Me neither my friend are what we would call antisocial but we are really laid back people, so we weren’t having much sucesss regarding making new friends in the hostel, so we spent the time drinking mate, laying down in the sofa listening to music and scrolling down IG (and with our friend scolding us from her own beach vacation through FaceTime for being lazy asses).

The following day we woke up very early since we had to go to Laguna Esmeralda, a 2 hour and a half trekking to a Lake with a emerald color with white-peaked mountains as far as eye could see. I must have lost almost four pounds walking up and down those muddy paths where I baptized half leg after my friend pulled me down when she almost slipped herself.

Even though you stop to take some pictures, none of them does justice to what your retinas and brain keep for the rest of your life. The most I remember was being eager to reach the lake, the wind against my face, feeling so small in front of those enormous and even more majestic mountains, Indeed some things that a snapshoot would never show.

The first thing we did when we arrived to the lake was devouring our ham and cheese sandwiches, we were starving like mad after such long walk. Then well-fed and full, we decided to take a 5′ nap in front of this movie set-like place. I tried FaceTiming my family but we were so far from everything that we didn’t have any signal at all. I remember trying to capture a lot of videos of my camera and there’s some pictures on my cellphone with my ass laying near the lake trying to capture some good shoots from below. Some other people were icing their beer amongs the rocks since the water was quite cold and there were people gather here and there chatting and with the same wide-eyed gaze we probably had.

When we had enought rest, we walked beside the lake and tried to find some another view closer to the white-peaked mountains. Whatever we looked, it looked dreamy and sadly, we only had 40 minutes to record that in our minds before the truck came to take us to the city again. Our way back to the entrance seemed to take hours, since we were completely out of air and our legs were already giving up. 

Since my budget was low, I just knew these were about to be the only three tours and experiences I would have in the whole trip. They weren’t THAT expensive but I didn’t have much to spend around and we still had to buy our New Year’s Eve dinner. 

On December 31th, me and my friend woke up with the idea to just walk around the city since even walking the streets was a dream. Don’t ask us how but we ended up taking another tour since I remembered I had the hostel deposit left, I made my last bet and we made our way to Glaciar Martial.

The way to the Glaciar was non-stop uphill, we would stop once in a while to catch some air because contrary to the Lake, the path never went downhill. But as we got closer to the peak of the mountain the air was not only more fresh but we saw from afar people playing in the peak of the mountain full of snow?

Let me tell you, my experience with snow is ZERO, I never had a winter holiday and I never seen it falling down and played like in a Christmas movie. I remember watching some vlogs of people playing with snow before I left for the trip but I knew it wasn’t winter season so there was no chance of seeing snow. I remember reaching the summit with my friend and walking over it with my trainers and since we had left with the idea of just walking around the city, my boots were sleeping in the hostel room and I told my friend “I feel I’m walking over my freezer” and my friend who already went to the South in winter said behind me “girl, this is what snow feels like” and I remember sliding down the hill and sincerely having the time of my life. 

And again, a picture never captures your ass freezing, the back of your mind singing that new song you just listened to and feeling the world is so full of wonder and a lot yet to be seen. The view from the top was outstanding. On our way back down, turning to the entrance some grief came out of nowhere and I started tearing up again. That’s how it works, I guess.

.While we were walking down, we were talking with my friend how much of a dream the ski center must be on winter, since there were some chairlifts hanging there and a winter place off service and my longing to see snow falling increased a bit more. Someday.

My wet ass and my friend came back the hostel and some guests were just chilling so we decided to call our Chilean friend we had made two days earlier and fetch some dinner, since the supermarkets closed at 6 pm.

Wish I could tell how much fun I had that night. Meeting a group of Russians, making Italians taste some Argentinian homemade beverages, eating different Chinese dishes made by a guy from Hong Kong who talked in a spotless british accent, laughing with the tall German guy who suggested picture poses and laughed everytime. I bet he barely spoke spanish or english but we understood each other. And ending up dancing with all this people. Duuuude, it’s so odd seeing foreign people dancing to local music but we laughed and man, the beer made in the South, let me tell you, it’s the best I’ve tasted in a while.

The countdown was such a thrill, that’s when I knew I wanted to spend every NYE ahead at places I haven’t seen yet. The rest of the night we spent it, chillin with the only people awake in the hostel: the Argentinians. Everyone else were already sleep by 2 am. Extremely odd for our culture.

I wish I could tell how much I learned from this trip, how people who traveled on their own encourage us to do it, how safe I felt walking around the city at night with the friends we made there, that if you’re open enough, chances can be infinite.

I’m looking forward to more adventures like that.

It’s never too late to wake up to life.

[asktailikku]

As 2018 comes to a close, Disney has a huge reminder looming over us that will happen within a week’s time: the release of Kingdom Hearts 3.

For nearly 10 years, this title has been on the backburner at the Square Enix offices as they continued work on Final Fantasy: Fabula Nova Chrystalis, Final Fantasy XIV twice over, the new Tomb Raider series, and recently the release of Nier Automata.  Now that FNC has finished with the unfortunate cancellation of future FFXV DLC (even with the Pocket Edition coming to consoles in HD alongside FFVII, IX, X/X-2, and XII coming to Nintendo as well), the focus has been pushed back to Kingdom Hearts as was originally intended: Production on KH3 would begin just before the release of FFXV.  To serve as a sort of stop gap as to which worlds are in this new title, primarily of the new variety, I will be making a sort of run down of all the worlds that have appeared in the series in chronological order.

Kingdom Hearts – 2002

Dive to the Heart

The first world to ever appear in the series is the Dive to the Heart.  This serves as a sort of tutorial for the player to familiarize themselves with the controls, combat, and a choice for who the player will go about by choosing one weapon and giving up another.  This is where our first reference to a film appears:

The Dream Sword is one of the three available weapons that can be chosen alongside the Dream Rod and Dream Shield.  All three represent the path of the warrior, guardian, or mystic.  The path of the warrior puts emphasis on strength and learning offensive abilities quicker, but at a cost of defense.  Giving up the Dream Shield will make the player into a glass cannon of sorts, while giving up the Dream Rod will fall in line with the “Linear Warrior – Quadratic Mage” trope.  But the overall design of the sword and the animation used for Sora are the big reference.

In the film adaptation of the Black Cauldron, Taran willingly gives up Dyrnwyn to the Witches of Morva in exchange for the Black Cauldron, knowing that with the sword he will become a mighty warrior.  The design of Dyrnwyn in the film matches that of the Dream Sword with Sora’s pose for giving it up are based on Taran’s.

The Dive to the Heart appears in nearly every game following KH1, with the exceptions being Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days, and 0.2.  Each time it appears, it serves a different purpose.  In KH2, it serves as the way for Roxas to remember his use of the Keyblade and chooses the way the game will play after Sora awakens. In Coded and its DS remake, Data-Sora goes through the Dive in a manner similar to Sora’s, although his tutorial is interrupted by Mickey giving him the mission of purging the Datascape of the Blox.  In Birth by Sleep, it plays a role in the story as it at first appears as Ventus’ Mind after Xehanort split his heart into one of light and one of darkness, leaving his Station of Awakening as a blank and broken column.  The appearance of the newly-born Sora’s heart restores it to a green station with Ven on it.  Later on in the game, Ven and Aqua visit the Dive in their final boss battles, with Ven fighting his darkness made manifest, Vanitas, and Aqua fighting the fusion of the two created by Vanitas posessing Ven against his volition.  The Dive also appears as a way to begin playing as one of the three characters in the game, Ven, Terra, and Aqua. In 3D, the Dive appears as Sora’s Soul World, and serves as the backdrop of Riku’s final boss battle against Nightmare Armor Ventus, which is a copy of Ven’s Keyblade Armor, posessed by a Nightmare, while it has enveloped a comatose Sora after he was attacked by the true Org. XIII. In Union χ[Cross], the Dive serves as a tutorial for new players and allows them to choose from one of the five Unions, Unicorn led by Ira, Leopard led by Gula, Cobra led by Invi, Bear led by Aced, or Fox led by Ava.

Destiny Island

The first fully-playable world is Destiny Island, a small archepelago located in a vast oceanic world.  This is the home of Sora, Riku, Kairi, their friends, and later revealed to have been the childhood home of Xehanort.  The actual Disney reference comes not from the chalk drawings in the cave, but rather from the name of the world itself.

Destiny Island > It’s Disneyland

Speaking of…

Disney Town/Timeless River + The Country of the Musketeers

before

after

Mont-Saint-Michel

The first Disney world to appear in the series is Disney Castle.  This serves as the base of operations for King Mickey as well as Donald and Goofy’s starting point in the original game.  Other residents of the castle include Chip’n Dale as Gummi Ship mechanics, Queen Minnie, Daisy as her lady in waiting, and Pluto.  As revealed in KH2, Pete used to live in the world surrounding the castle until he was banished to the Realm of Darkness.  The surrounding world was shown in Birth by Sleep as Disney Town.  Both the castle and the town are a reference to Toontown in the California and Japanese parks and Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Florida, in essence making it the Magic Kingdom in all but name.  KH2 also reveals the past of the town as Timeless River, based on the shorts released from the 20’s to the mid-30’s.  The areas of the River include Mickey’s House in “Mickey’s Orphans” as evidenced by the Christmas decorations, the Scene of the Fire from “The Firefighters”, the Construction Site from “Building a Building”, Liliput from “Gulliver Mickey”, and the Wharf from Steamboat Willie. Other residents of the world are shown in both times to include Horace Horsecollar appearing in both, Clara Cluck and Clarabelle Cow in the past, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie in the present.  While Sora, Goofy, and Donald visit the Timeless River, they go through a radical change in design where Goofy reverts back to a design last seen in Mickey’s Firebrigade, commonly known as “Dippy Dawg” or “Dippy the Goof” and Donald reverts to an even more ducklike design first used in the Wise Old Hen, his debut.  Pete does exist in this time, using his design from Steamboat Willie, with Mickey’s design in this time period being his appearance after “The Opry House”, as he is sporting gloves. However, due to Maleficent’s interferance in the past, a second Pete appears, which is just a grayscale version of his current appearance.  Sora’s design is more of a nod to Osamu Tezuka.

For anyone wondering who Tezuka is, he was an Osaka-born manga writer and illustrator who was inspired by early Disney animations from the 20’s through the 40’s.  Tezuka-san was also friends in real life with Carl Barks, who helped push Donald into the mainstream in his comics as well as create many characters that Disney still uses to this day, most notably Scrooge McDuck debuting in the Spirit of ’43 and later in Christmas on Bear Mountain.  Barks’ style also ended up influencing Tezuka’s artstyle eventually leading to the creation of his best-known manga, Tetsuwan Atom, otherwise known as Astro Boy outside of Japan.  Astro Boy was incredibly popular in and out of Japan, eventually leading to the standardization of character design in anime and manga with Capcom eventually wanting to make an NES game based on the manga, before making it an original IP in the form of Mega Man.  Sora’s design in Timeless River carries over many different elements found in Tezuka’s works, including the simplified manga-style look.  Also note that Sora’s skintone is slightly darker than the whites of his eyes, which is also prevalent in Tezuka’s manga; he would use a very pale grey for skintones for “white” characters and use straight white for the eyes in order for them to stand out.

The timeline of Mickey from Timeless River continues in Kingdom Hearts 3D, where he along with Goofy and Donald serve as the Three Mouseketeers, in the “Country of the Musketeers”.  The world’s plot is based on the 2004 direct to video film.  In Sora’s visit, it is a straight adaptation with him joining the Mouseketeers in their mission to protect Princess Minnie from the Beagle Boys and Captain Pete, complete with a visit to Mont-Saint-Michel.  Riku’s visit is set in the Paris Opera, where Pete and the Beagle Boys are attempting to spring a trap to crown him as King of France.

Traverse Town

The “hub” world of sorts, Sora ends up here after Destiny Island is swallowed up by the darkness created by the Heartless.  Goofy and Donald end up here looking for the Keyblade and its wielder, eventually coming across Sora fending off some Heartless.  The town is divided up into four districts in the first game and later expanded to include three more in 3D.  In the original and Chain of Memories, Sora encounters a few Final Fantasy characters in the form of Cid Highwind, Aerith Gainsborough, and Yuffie Kisaragi from FFVII, and Squall Leonhart from FFVIII, with a few Moogles buzzing about.  In 3D, the world is now in the Realm of Sleep, with all the Final Fantasy characters back in their homeworld, giving the cast of the DS title the World Ends With You a chance to appear in 3D, notably Neku, Shiki, Beat, Rhyme, and Joshua.  In both games, there are plenty of references to Disney strewn throughout, as this is a world that is in essence an “Inn between worlds”.  In the first district, Gepetto’s shop can be found after the Parasite Cage is defeated from within Monstro. In the second, the Mad Hatter has set up shop selling hats.  Pngo and Perdita can be found in a flat serving as a scavenger hunt for their 99 Dalmatian pups.  The KH Wiki has made note that #5 is Patch, #6 is Rolly, #12 is Lucky (because of his horseshoe pattern and TV frontrow seat), #13 is Pepper, #23 is Penny, and #60 is Freckles.  The third district has a fountain based on Lady and the Tramp, specifically the Bella Notte sequence, with Lady and Tramp mid-noodle.  The third district fives way to the zeroth district where Merlin sets up shop during the second visit to the town.  Also present in the cottage is the Fairy Godmother who enables the ability to Summon other Disney characters, notably Dumbo, Bambi, Simba, Genie, Mushu, and Tinkerbell.  There were plans to include a summon based on Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series, but was replaced by Mushu.  Merlin’s cottage also has access to the Hundred-Acre Wood through his copy of Winnie the Pooh.

Wonderland

The loosest adaptation of a Disney film in any form, Wonderland is usually the first world that players may visit after defeating the Guard Armor in Traverse Town.  Wonderland appears in KH1, Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days, Coded, and Union χ[Cross].  In Union χ[Cross], Wonderland is a straight-up adaptation of the film’s plot and the events based on the book by Charles Dodgson (under his famous pen-name of Lewis Carroll).  This is also the only time in the series that the Mad Hatter and March Hare actually appear in one of the games, with the Caterpillar appearing as well.  In the other games, the focus is instead put on Alice, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, and the Cheshire Cat.  According to supplemental materials for the series, Maleficent originally considered having the Cat as part of her coalition of villains, but he turned her down as he was more interested in playing mind games rather than world domination.  Most of the appearances of the world involve Alice being put on trial by the Queen for ridiculous reasons, usually involving her heart or her memories.  This is when Sora drops in to help Alice’s case and being ordered to find the evidence.  In the first game, Sora manages to find the Heartless that was the actual suspect.  In Chain of Memories, Sora is able to convince the Queen about what happened as to why she lost her memory.  In Coded, the scenario is a hybrid of the two, with all three scenarios ending with a fight with the Prankmaster.  In 358/2 Days, Roxas and other members of Org. XIII to hunt for Heartless, notably the Lurk Lizard, the Crimson Pranksters, and the Novashadow.  In a cutscene, it is shown that Xion and Axel are attacked by Xigbar, referring to her looking like someone who just had her goldfish killed.  From his POV, he sees Ven instead of her, due to Xion’s bizarre nature as a Replica of Sora.

Deep Jungle

The only world to appear once in the games, that being the original.  This world is based on the 1999 film Tarzan, itself based on the books by the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs.  While the concept of the books are in the public domain, at least in the US, the rights to the name are still under copyright from Burroughs’ estate.  As such, Square was unable to renew the lisence for further use in the series.  In this world, Sora and Donald have a falling out on the Gummi Ship, causing it to crash into the world.  Sora is now left to fend for himself, whereupon he is ambushed by Sabor.  After fending her off, Sora meets the Lord of the Apes himself, Tarzan who offers to take him to the Camp.  In the camp, Sora meets Jane Porter, an aspiring primatologist from Baltimore, and her bodyguard (also Tarzan’s cousin), William Cecil Clayton, voiced by Brian Blessed. Goofy and Donald meanwhile end up being found by Jane and Clayton, also finding a Gummi Block, as part of a breadcrumb trail that Mickey has been leaving behind. Clayton is more interested in finding the gorillas for conflicting reasons depending on who you ask; the wiki says that he was planning on capturing them and selling them to the London Zoo, while others have stated that he was dabbling in the black market with the price being £300 per head, with Kerchak being a personal hunting trophy.  Regardless of the reason, Clayton’s interest clashes with Sora’s trying to find Riku and Kairi and Donald’s in finding Mickey.  Throughout the visit to Deep Jungle, more and more Heartless appear, drawn to Clayton’s inner darkness, allowing him to find and capture the gorillas more easily.  Terk is the only one to escape from being captured initially, but she and Jane are soon captured by Clayton as well.  Sora, Tarzan, and the others manage to find Clayton and defeat him and his summoned Heartless, the Stealth Sneak, all while still fending off Sabor.  It is in this world that hints are dropped that Kairi’s heart is within Sora.

Olympus

One of the few worlds to appear in nearly every game, Olympus was the first world to be revealed for KH3.  In most of the world’s appearance in the series, it is shown as Olympus Coliseum, a stadium based on the one where Herc makes his deal with Hades in.  Here, Hercules and Phil are training for various gladitory competitions in various tiered cups: Pegasus, Phil, Hercules, Hades, and the Gold and Platinum matches.  Also present in the Coliseum is Cloud Strife from FFVII, originally hired by Hades to take out Herc, but soon allies with Sora.  The Hades Cup is the only way to fight Hades in the game acting as one of the last opponents in the cup, with the absolute final opponent being the Rock Titan.  The Gold Match was added to the North American version of the game and later in the Final Mix, which is a fight with the Ice Titan.  The Platinum Match is a 1 v 1 fight with Sephiroth, complete with One-Winged Angel playing in the background.  Chain of Memories changes the competition to a decathlon, with the prize being a chance to spar with Hercules. In KH2, the Coliseum is destroyed by the Hydra in the first visit, with most of the action taking place in the Underworld, as well as a few Underdrome Cups: Pain and Panic, Cerberus, Hades, Titan, and Godess of Fate.  The Hades Cup is the only one to be part of the storyline, but a Hades Paradox Cup is unlockable after defeating the MCP, clearing all previous cups, and maxing out all drives and summons.  In this version of Olympus, Auron from FFX appears as an ally with Meg and Pegasus appearing to help out as NPCs.  In Birth by Sleep, Zack Fair from FFVII is present as a hero in training alongside a younger Herc (voiced by Josh Keaton here).  Ven and Zack become good sparring partners. Terra arrives later, manipulated by Hades to fight Herc, and but instead having to fight Zack who has been possessed by dark Underworld powers.  Aqua arrives last, eventually fighting off the Ice Colossus, a fake Ice Titan of sorts, and gets creepily eyed by Hades.  358/2 Days acts as a sort of training area for Roxas and tournament participation.  In Coded, the Coliseum has been infected by the Blox, transforming it into a labyrinth.  The battles here are done in the style of a turn-based RPG with Data-Sora teaming up with Herc and Cloud to defeat Hades and what ever monsters he throws at them, depending on how many floors the player chooses.  At 5 floors, the final bosses are Cerberus and Hades. At 15 the final boss is the Rock Titan.  At 30, the trio encounter a Behemoth at 25 and later fight the Ice Titan on the final floor.

Hundred-Acre Wood

Appearing only in the console games as well as Chain of Memories and Birth by Sleep, the Hundred-Acre Wood is the most optional world in the series, as well as one of the few to feature music from its film of origin. In its first iteration in the original, Sora plays a role similar to Christopher Robin by helping Pooh find his missing friends, a move later repeated by the 2018 live-action film, with Christopher Robin returning to the wood to find his lost friends after nearly 30 years. In the second game, the plot is partially based on Pooh’s Grand Adventure, with one of the last missions being located in a crystal cave, reminiscent of the Skull.

Agrabah

City of mystery, of enchantment, and the finest merchandise this side of the River Jordan! On sale today! Come on down!  Much like Wonderland, each appearance of Agrabah follows the same plot as the original Aladdin movie, with Union χ[Cross] being the closest.  In the second game, it is instead based on ideas present in the Return of Jafar, with the Peddler taking the role of Abis Mal.  All appearances of this world end with a battle against Jafar in both Vizier and Genie forms, with the exception of 358/2 Days, with the main battle being against the Antlion Heartless.

Halloween Town/Christmas Town

In this Town of Halloween

KH2 brings up Christmas Town into the plot, where Sora gets to meet Sandy Claws in the flesh, and learn that he was temporarily on the Naughty list for being convinced by Riku that he didn’t exist.  All appearances of the world following the original PS2 Final Mix rerelease feature Sora, Goofy, and Donald having a Christmas form for the visit. Sora appears wearing a black Santa outfit, with the same vampiric traits he carries over from Halloween Town, Goofy appears as a caribou, while Donald appears as a snowman with spats similar to Uncle Scrooge.  Jack also wears his Sandy Claws outfit in all visits starting with the second.

Monstro/Prankster’s Paradise

While Pinocchio has an optional cutscene during the second visit to Traverse Town, Monstro is still a mandatory world, set within the belly of the whale that ate the whale that ate the whale that ate Jonah.  In the first game, Sora visits the world due to Monstro swallowing the Gummi Ship, and running into Riku with a platonic Kairi.Chain of Memories cuts out Riku and Kairi, instead focusing on Pinocchio’s memories and his wish to become a real boy. Both visits end with a fight with the Parasite Cage. During the development of 358/2 Days, there were plans to visit what happened to Pinocchio after he became a real boy, with the existential problems arising of being a puppet originally and how it affects Roxas and Xion. Also planned to appear in this unused concept were the appearances of Gideon and Foulfellow from the film. This unused world was later used in 3D as Prankster’s Paradise. In Sora’s visit, it is based primarily off of Pleasure Island, complete with Pinocchio sporting the ears and tail of a jackass. Riku’s visit is located within Monstro once again.

Atlantica

One of the more annoying worlds according to players, due to it being completely underwater. The underwater nature of Atlantica makes it confusing to get to certain targets and locations due to it making use of a third dimension rather than two. In the first game and Chain of Memories, it involves Ursula wanting to get her grubby hands on the trident to rule the ocean, making use of an adventure-style gameplay to make it through Atlantica, all set to “Under the Sea”. In the second game, it is instead a minigame area with rhythm-based games set to original songs by Yoko Shimomura, as well as “Under the Sea” and “Part of Your World”. The first game also gives the implication of Triton having seen the Keyblade War.

Neverland

Appearing in three different forms in each of its main appearances, this world also has the most varying amount of music depending on its form. In both the original and Chain of Memories, the visit to Neverland is more like Sora, Goofy, and Donald being shanghaied by Captain Hook and Mr. Smee. Much of the world is set on board the Jolly Roger, searching for the brig where Kairi’s body and Wendy are located. After a cutscene where Sora is made to walk the plank, the ability to fly is unlocked, proving useful in the battle with Hook. Also in the first game is a bonus boss in the form of the Phantom, located at Big Ben.

In 358/2 Days, Neverland is used for Heartless farming, but Pete ends up being a spanner in the works by exploiting Hook’s previous position as part of Maleficent’s coalition, making him summon the Ruler of the Skies by complete accident. Tinkerbell also appears in this world’s iteration, trying to point Roxas to the mainland, for reasons that would be explained in the next game. In this version of the world, the only familiar locales are the main deck of the Jolly Roger, the Captain’s Cabin, and the Rocky Archipelago near Skull Rock. The rest of Neverland are a set of islands away from the mainland

Neverland would appear in its full form in Birth by Sleep with such familiar locations including Mermaid Lagoon, Marooner’s Rock, Skull Rock, Hangman’s Tree, Crocodile Creek, and the Indian Encampment. This is also the only time when Peter Pan is fought as a boss. Ven is inducted by Peter as a member of the Lost Boys, hence Tink’s interaction with Roxas.

Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden

Appearing many different times and in different forms, this is a key location in the series, as it was the base of operations of Ansem the Wise and his studies on the heart. According to the timeline of the series, the first otherworld visitors to Radiant Garden were the playable characters, Xehanort, Merlin, and Scrooge McDuck, all in Birth by Sleep. Xehanort was able to convince one of Ansem’s apprentices, Braig, to fight Terra with the false promise of giving him a Keyblade, ending with the crossbowman getting one of his eyes damaged and covered with his now signature eye-patch. Merlin’s visit to the world also allows the player to access the Hundred Acre Wood Command Board. Scrooge’s arrival to the world helps set up the visit to Disney Town, as Scrooge gives Ven a set of three tickets to the town, which he gives to Terra and Aqua, as an attempt to fix their fracturing friendship. It is also here that Ven meets two youths named Isa and Lea, whom would later become Axel and Saïx of Org. XIII. Aqua ends up meeting a young girl and her grandmother, with the young girl being Kairi at the age of four (and yet voiced by a twelve-year old Ariel Winter at the time of release). One year after the events of BbS, Xehanort makes his move and initiates the coup, transforming Radiant Garden, a world of splendor, into Hollow Bastion, a world of decay. The Final Fantasy cast escape from the world on Cid’s Gummi Ship.

In Hollow Bastion, Sora loses his Keyblade after Riku forces it to come to his hand, leaving him without Donald and Goofy as well, instead relying on a wooden sword and the brute strength of the Beast, arriving in this world to rescue Belle from Maleficent. After regaining his weapon and his friends, Sora soon encounters Riku now possessed by Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, who forcefully transforms Maleficent into her Dragon form. Afterwards, Sora stabs himself with the Keyblade of People’s Hearts, not only freeing Kairi’s heart, but turning himself into a Shadow Heartless, and creating a Nobody of himself and Kairi, Roxas and Naminé respectively. Kairi’s light is able to restore Sora’s original form.

In KH2, Hollow Bastion is in the middle of reconstruction, and serves as the hub world.  This hub also serves as the entrance to the Cavern of Remembrance, a bonus dungeon in the Final Mix and HD versions, and Space Paranoids, which I will get to later. A key event in Hollow Bastion is the War of Radiant Garden, midway into the game. Here, Maleficent attacks with an army of nearly a thousand Heartless, with the Restoration Committee giving their all (which also serves as the first time that both Squall Leonhart and Cloud Strife fight together), and Xemnas taking control of the Heartless. The fight with Demyx during the War sets up ominous foreshadowing that certain members of the Organization have been ‘norted, that is made into copies of Xehanort. Appearing after the third visit is an optional boss fight with Sephiroth, which later evolves into a cutscene fight with Cloud fighting his eternal nemesis, all set to One-Winged Angel.

In Coded, Data-Sora breaches a recreation of Hollow Bastion to track down and defeat Pete and Maleficent, having had his data-Keyblade destroyed after defeating Jafar. He goes in alone and unarmed to defeat the pair, when he finds that they have kidnapped Data-Riku, the physical manifestation of Jiminy’s Journal. The second half of this world involves debugging Data-Riku and fighting both Maleficent and a mutated version of Sora’s Heartless, strengthened by the Blox.

End of the World

The game’s last world, and a sort of home to the Heartless.  See my post about dread for more information

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories – 2004

Castle Oblivion / Land of Departure

Technically speaking, this is the only world visited in the Chain of Memories, with all other worlds being a recreation of Sora’s and Riku’s memories. The castle is part of a plot created by members of Org. XIII, to brainwash Sora and use them as an asset to their cause. To do this, they make use of Naminé’s ability to manipulate memories, which slowly cause her to appear in Sora’s memories, at first as a fellow Destiny Islander, but then replacing Kairi altogether in these memories. While Marluxia is the one calling the shots for the Organization in the castle, it turns out that Xemnas sent the selected members of the Organization to seed out any traitors, with Axel acting as the assassin. In Riku’s story, it is here that he fights for the absolution of his sins, taking on the role of a warrior of balance, making use of both light and darkness and walking the Way to the Dawn, all part of a test created by Ansem the Wise.

In Coded, this is the final world, with abridged plots of all the worlds in plain white rooms, bearing some semblance to the world in question. After visiting all the rooms, Data-Sora encounters Data-Roxas as the final boss, with his defeat adding his memories to the journal, at the same time allowing him to say “thank you” to Data-Naminé, forgiving both her and her original counterpart for the troubles she caused.

But CO wasn’t always this way.

Ten years before the events of the first game, CO was originally the Land of Departure, the home of Terra, Ven, and Aqua, as well as their master, Eraqus, and his associate Xehanort. During Terra and Aqua’s Mark of Mastery Exam, Xehanort rigs it to force Terra to use his inner darkness, disqualifying him from becoming a Master. In Terra’s story, he returns to find Eraqus about to kill Ven, and engages in battle with his master and father figure, with Xehanort killing him. In Ven’s situation, he figures out that he must be killed in order to destroy Vanitas, hence the execution.  In the final Story, Aqua places Ven’s comatose body within the castle, before locking the world’s Keyhole, transforming it into CO, with the card system based on her Command Deck.  Ven’s body is still in CO as of writing.

Kingdom Hearts 2 – 2006

Twilight Town / Symphony of Sorcery

In the timeline of the series, Mickey ended up here after his time as a Musketeer.  Here he was taken as the apprentice to Master Yen Sid, a retired Keyblade Master turned sorcerer. Goofy and Donald arrived sometime later, acting as guards to the Mysterious Tower while Yen Sid taught Mickey the ways of sorcery and the Keyblade. This leads into the events of the Symphony of Sorcery world in 3D, based on Fantasia. Sora and Riku arrive in the world through the Realm of Sleep, finding Mickey struggling with a Nightmare called the Spellican, with Mickey offering both heroes the task of finding Sound Ideas to eliminate the Nightmare. In Sora’s visit, this is set to Beethoven’s Sixth Symhony in the key of F, also called the Pastoral Symphony. Due to Olympus not being in the Realm of Sleep, Zeus does not make an appearance, as well as Pegasus, any satyrs like Phil, or any other Greek creatures like the centaurs, Jaccus, or any other gods.  Sora’s visit ends with a fight with Spellican, set to the Sorcerer’s Apprentice.  In Riku’s visit, his exploration is set to various parts of the Nutcracker ballt by Tchaikovsky. Just as he finds the Sound Idea, he is greeted by Young Xehanort who sends him to his own personal abyss, setting off the boss fight with Chernabog, set to Night on Bald Mountain.

All appearances of the tower after SoS in the timeline refer to it as the Mysterious Tower, which is revealed to be part of a greater world called Twilight Town

Let it be known that Twilight Town is my personal favorite world in the series, as it was the first world I played in. Roxas first came into being here and was given his name and designation in the Organization by Xemnas. Most of 358/2 Days is set in this world, having the most missions compared to all the others. Roxas also heads to the Clocktower in the town after almost every mission to share a bar of sea-salt ice cream with Axel and Xion, forming a relationship between the trio, which eventually starts to shatter towards the end of the game. Sora and Riku visit a memory of the Town while in CO, despite never visiting here prior to Chain of Memories, with the Organization pulling from Roxas’ memories from his various missions.

The way most players visit the world for the first time is through the eyes of Roxas during his last week of summer break (roughly August 24-September 8 based on the Japanese school system). It is in this way that players meet Hayner, Pence, and Olette, a trio of high-schoolers who are investigating supernatural activities around town, the Seven Wonders. The town also serves as the home of the Disciplinary Committee from FFVII, SeiferAlmasy, Raijin, and Fuujin, and their tagalong kid Vivi Ornitier from FFIX (coincidentally, Vivi is voiced in this game by Melissa Disney, Walt’s distant relative). This visit also introduces the sport of Struggle, a bat-and-ball sport involving collecting as many orbs as possible before time runs out, with the winner being the one with the most orbs by the time runs out, or the one who has obtained all the orbs before the allotted time runs out. The bats are used to knock orbs off the participants, with a championship held at the end of each summer. The resident champion is FFVI’s Setzer Gabbiani, normally a gambler in his game of origin, but with some nods to it in KH2.

As it happens, the Twilight Town that Roxas has his last week of summer break in is a computer simulation created by Riku, Naminé, and Ansem to help with the restoration of Sora’s memories after she helped fracture them. Most of how the townsfolk act in this simulation are part of Ansem’s attempts to replicate how teens speak in this day and age, hence Seifer referring to Roxas and Hayner as a “total lamer” when he should have called him a “loser”.  Whenever Roxas uncovers one of the Seven Wonders, the screen goes static before the reason is given, in a matter-of-fact tone by one of Hayner’s gang or Vivi, giving the implication that Ansem is interfering with what is going on and passing it off as a glitch in the matrix.  Sora later leaves the town and heads to the Mysterious Tower after he awakens, taking a tram from the Clocktower.  The Mysterious Tower serves as the base of operations for the heroes from this point forward in the timeline.

The Beast’s Castle

After a tease from the last game, the Beast’s Castle appears for the first time in KH2, as a fully explorable version of the main setting from Beauty and the Beast. Not all areas of the castle are visited in the game, as Sora and the Beast need to weed out a Heartless situation as well as detective work as to why Beast locked Belle away in the dungeon.  The second visit is when Sora fights against one of Org. XIII, Xaldin, who has a fascination with the Beast, planning to make him a Heartless for the Organization to use. This is later shown to have been set up during 358/2 Days. In Union χ[Cross], the plot of the world is based entirely on the events of the film, with the inclusion of Maurice and Gaston as characters. This world is also one of the few worlds to use music from the films, although only in a cutscene, being an instrumental version of the Celine Dion/Pebo Bryson version of Beauty and the Beast.

Port Royal / The Caribbean

This is one of the few worlds to use film music in combat, being “He’s a Pirate”. In KH2, the plot of the world is based on Curse of the Black Pearl, and was one of the reasons why the game got an E10 rating, thanks to its use of alcohol, guns, references to sex, and blood. The first visit involves Sora, Donald, and Goofy, teaming up with CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow and Will Turner to rescue Elizabeth from Barbossa, and later lift the curse of the Aztec gold. In KH3, the world will instead follow the plot of At World’s End, providing it with a more realistic look, as well as involving Davy Jones as the antagonist rather than Barbossa.

The Land of Dragons

Only appearing in this game is a world based on Mulan. Here, the Mouseketeers join “Ping” in “his” mission to stop Shan Yu from reaching Beijing. Of course, the player (and eventually Sora) knows that Ping is actually Mulan herself, fighting in her wounded father’s stead in the war against the Xiongnu.  The first visit is based on the events of the film, ending with a battle against Shan Yu at the gates of the Imperial Palace.  The second visit involves defeating the Stormrider Heartless, created from the body of an ancient dragon.  This is also the last role of Pat Morita, voicing the Emperor like in the film, before his passing a few months after the game was released.

The Pridelands

Originally developed to appear in the first game, but cut due to tech issues, much of this world’s plot is based on the second and third acts of The Lion King, involving Sora (now in the form of a cub) working alongside Simba to defeat his evil uncle Scar, and reclaim his rightful place as the King of Pride Rock.  The second visit involves fighting off the last vestiges of the Madness of King Scar, culminating in a battle with the Earthshaker Heartless.

Space Paranoids / The Grid

At some point in time, Ansem visited Encom’s Corporate HQ and made a copy of their security program, Space Paranoids, with the intent of using it as the backbone of Radiant Garden’s security systems. Over the span of ten years, the Master Control Program became corrupt and began to punish other non-conforming programs and any Users looking for info within Ansem’s database.  Sora’s visit to the database’s terminal is enough to provoke the MCP, arresting him, Goofy, and Donald, and landing him in a jail cell with the anti-virus program Tron.  Much of this world’s plot is based on the original 1982 Tron film, with Sora filling in for Kevin Flynn. In fact, the mere presence of this world was enough for Penny Arcade to make a celebratory comic for its announcement in 2005.  The original build of the world managed to evolve on its original servers before falling into the Realm of Sleep, appearing as the Grid, now under the iron fist of CLU. In Sora’s visit, he is involved in the Grid Games, and is forced to fight against Rinzler, a corrupted version of Tron, now serving under CLU. Riku’s visit is based on Tron Legacy, with him helping Kevin, his son Sam, and the ISO Quorra.  While in the film, the ISOs are an AI that came seemingly out of nowhere, here they are programs that possess the same type of heart that make up living beings in the KH-verse.

The World that Never Was / The World that Was Never Dreamt

The finale of both KH2 and 3D, this is the base of operations for Org. XIII, also serving as the hub in 358/2 Days.  Unlike the End of the World, which is a chaotic mashup of various worlds, this world is instead a city in perpetual nighttime, as if it was taken over by the Organization from whatever world it was before it became one that never was.  Looming over the city is Kingdom Hearts itself, assembled from all the Heartless defeated by Sora, Riku, Roxas, and Xion, appearing as a yellow heart-shaped moon. The focal point of the world, other than Kingdom Hearts is the Castle the Never Was, the Organization’s headquarters. Several plot twists happen here in all three games, including one that I mentioned back in October.

Coded – 2007

The Datascape

This is not so much a world than it is a setting for the game. All of the game is set in a computer set up by Chip’n Dale to analyze the data hiding within Jiminy’s Journal. As such, the Disney Castle library serves as the base of operations for Mickey, Donald, and Goofy providing intel to Data-Sora on debugging the Blox.  The Datascape serves as the backdrop for Data-Sora’s trips into the backdoors of each world, as well as the Keyholes serving for each boss fight, save for Data-Roxas.

Birth by Sleep – 2010

Dwarf Woodlands

The first world to be visited by Ven, the second for Terra, and the third for Aqua. This world follows the events of Snow White, with Terra filling in for Humbert the huntsman.  This take on the story marks the first time that the late David Ogden Stiers would voice Doc, taking over from Jim Cummings, as well as Kate Von Til taking over as the voice of Snow White, and Susan Blakeslee as the Evil Queen, inheriting from Louise Chamis.  Terra’s visit ends with him fighting the Magic Mirror in a move that borrows from a deleted concept of the film: originally the Queen was to throw the box with the pig’s heart at the mirror, shattering it, and having each shard emit a taunting laugh as they hit the ground.  Here the Queen throws a potion at the mirror, which turns the spirit within into an Unversed, in order for him to fight Terra and Aqua.  In Ven’s story, he rescues Snow White from the Mad Treant in the woods, getting her to the safety of the Dwarfs’ Cottage, also running into the Evil Queen, post-transformation into the Witch, with her basket of poisoned apples.  Aqua’s visit sees her wrap up a few loose ends and sees the Prince awaken Snow White from the Sleeping Death. In Union χ[Cross], the plot of the world is based entirely on the events of the film, with the first cutscene being the Queen at her mirror and Snow White meeting the Prince at the well.

Castle of Dreams

Ven and Aqua’s second world, and Terra’s third world. This world is based on the second and third acts of Cinderella.  In Ven’s visit, he is shrunk to the size of a mouse and works alongside Jaq to find the items necessary for Cinderella to use for her visit to the Ball, ending with a fight against Lucifer the cat.  Terra’s visit takes place a few hours later, as he finds Cinderella’s dress in tatters as she is sobbing at the fountain in her backyard.  This is when the Unversed attack, with Terra fending them off.  The Fairy Godmother appears and helps Cinderella get ready for the ball once again, this time with Terra as her chaperone.  Just as midnight strikes, an Unversed called the Symphony Master attacks the ball, while Cindy flees, leaving behind one of her slippers.  At this point Aqua arrives and tries to fix whatever damage Terra may have caused, taking down the Cursed Coach Unversed. Much like Halloween Town, Atlantica, the Hundred Acre Wood, and Disney Town, the Castle of Dreams uses music from the films as its field music, in the form of Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.

Enchanted Dominion

Terra and Aqua’s first world, as well as the last for Ven.  This world is set during the kingdom-wide sleep in Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent shows interest in Terra’s inner turmoil, using him as an assassin to steal Aurora’s heart.  He is unable to, but Maleficent steals it anyway, siccing the Wheel Master Unversed on him in the throne room.  Ven arrives sometime later and teams up with Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather as they infiltrate the Forbidden Mountain, rescuing Phillip and Aurora’s heart, as well as a one on one fight with the evil fairy.  Aqua arrives just after he defeats Maleficent, with her joining Phillip in the Battle with the Forces of Evil.

Deep Space

An interesting world to include in a game based on the classics.  This world is based on the opening sequence of Lilo and Stitch, taking place primarily on the United Galactic Alliance’s flagship. As usual, Terra arrives first and helps spring Jumba from his cell, bringing him to a prison lab to find his latest experiment, #626 to be exact, better known to us Earthlings as Stitch.  At the end of the visit, Terra and Stitch are separated as Jumba unleashes an earlier experiment, #221 – Sparky. Stitch is not present in the fight with Sparky, as he would not meet him until after he is adopted by Lilo.  In Aqua’s visit, she helps teach Stitch the meaning of friendship, making a wayfinder for him, and eventually fighting Captain Gantu. In Ven’s story, it is everything from Stitch breaking out of his cell by using his spit to using hyperdrive in the red police cruiser, with both Ven and Stitch fighting the Metamorphosis Unversed.  Stitch would later appear in the timeline as the one that sends Sora, Donald, and Goofy into Space Paranoids, later serving as a summon after the War for Radiant Garden. The misadventures of Experiment 626 have yet to be explored further, as to whether or not he meets Lilo and learns the meaning of “ohana”.

The Keyblade Graveyard / Daybreak Town

In Union χ[Cross], much of the plot is in the Realm of Sleep, with the hub being that of Daybreak Town, the base of operations for the Foretellers and the Dandelions, a group of Keyblade wielders who are working to restore the worlds after a cataclysm. As the game is still going on, details about what happened after the cataclysm are scarce.  What is known is the fact that prior to this cataclysm, the Foretellers as well as the Master of Masters and his apprentice, Luxu, are involved in a series of events that lead to the ignition of the Keyblade War.  During the War, the Keyblades were created to extract the light from Kingdom Hearts for their wielders to use, taking the form of Lux. It was during the final events of the war that  the legendary χ-Blade (pronounced as Kye-Blade) revealed itself, acting as a lock to the source of all Hearts.  The Master of Masters manipulated each of the five Foretellers into mistrusting each other, even with their best efforts to prevent the War from happening.  The War soon breaks out with all of the unions going at each others throats, until all of the world is covered in darkness.  In the conflict, the χ-Blade was shattered into 20 pieces, seven of light, thirteen of darkness.  The “true” Kingdom Hearts also vanished into the darkness.  However, the lights flickering within the hearts of children were able to restore the world, but as many individual worlds separated from each other. The remnants of Daybreak Town and the battlefield on which the Keyblade War took place became the Keyblade Graveyard, a scarred wasteland filled with the Keyblades of fallen warriors. The remaining Keyblade wielders resolve to protect the world from further destruction, becoming guardians of the world order.  Thus the Keyblade became a weapon that would save the world, alongside the original bringer of chaos.

The Graveyard serves as the closing world for Terra, Ven, and Aqua, being the location of their final boss fights. Terra loses his battle with Xehanort, as his body is possessed by the elderly villain, but his mind refuses to go down without a fight, bonding with his armor and creating the Lingering Will.  Ven’s final battle is against Vanitas, within his mind, as shown in the Dive to the Heart.  Aqua meanwhile has to fight both bosses, as well as Braig, now sporting his signature eye-patch that would be associated with his nobody, Xigbar.

Sora can visit the Graveyard in the Final Mix of KH2 in a portal from Disney Castle, where he has a fight with the Lingering Will, with Terra’s mind mistaking him for Ven and later Xehanort.

Kingdom Hearts 3D –Dream Drop Distance– – 2012

La Cité des Cloches

Only one truly new world appears in 3D, in the form of La Cité des Cloches, the City of the Bells.  It is in fact Paris, circa 1482, during the reign of Louis XI, and based on the events seen in the Hunchback of Notre-Dame (or Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo, as adapted in the 1996 film.  Much of the plot involves Sora and Riku fighting Nightmares in Paris around the cathedral and surrounding areas.  Intermingling in their story are Quasimodo, Laverne, Victor, Hugo, Justice Claude Frollo, Esmeralda, and Captain Phœbus du Matin.  In Riku’s story, he follows Phœbus as he tries to uncover what is going on with Frollo.  This leads to him meeting Phœbus at the mill, where he refuses to burn it down on the grounds of innocent people still inside.  At this point, Frollo summons the Wargoyle Nightmare to set Paris on fire to exterminate the Gypsy “vermin”, with the Nightmare fought on the parapets of the church.  Frollo gleefully falls to his death, exclaiming that justice is his.  In Sora’s story, he and Quasi as well as Phœbus (now wearing his white tunic) journey through the catacombs at Cimetière du Père Lachaise to warn Esmeralda of Frollo’s ambush, not knowing that they led him to the Court of Miracles.  Sora fights the Wargoyle in the Cathedral Square as Quasi rescues Esmeralda from being burned at the stake.  In the cutscene following the boss’ defeat, the game reenacts the climax of the film: Frollo raises his sword over his head, and chants “And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!” before he loses balance, and the gargoyle he was on begins to plummet into the fiery pit, with him still clutching it.  A fitting punishment for a heretic such as himself!

  With that, I have reached the end of the line, as several worlds are to appear in KH3, some may come out of left field beyond the revealed ones.

Open the Door to Kingdom Hearts As 2018 comes to a close, Disney has a huge reminder looming over us that will happen within a week's time: the release of Kingdom Hearts 3.

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THE COURAGE OF EXERCISE

So long as you were careful not to get their hopes up is not to stop and take a rest? That's when they have the really big ideas.1 You must resist this.2 And so it's clearer to programmers that wealth is something that's made, rather than the fish. They're way more dangerous than Google because, like you, they're cornered animals.3 It runs along the base of the hills, then heads uphill through Portola Valley. The 2005 summer founders ranged in age from 18 to 28 average 23, and there are no excuses.

The government spying on people doesn't literally make programmers write worse code. Do you really need the rich people? Sometimes when you return to it.4 If this were true, the most efficient solutions win, rather than doing development in the spare moments between meetings with investors into the spare moments in your development schedule, rather than just an effect?5 A year after the founding of Apple, Steve Wozniak still hadn't quit HP. Up to a point it would be extraordinary if all eight succeeded. And I think, is that it makes it easier for people to start startups. Venture capitalists know about this and have a phrase for it: barriers to entry is through patents. As with exercise, improvements beget improvements. And you can quote me! It's not because they're irresponsible that they work in long binges during which they blow off all other obligations, plunge straight into programming instead of writing specs first, and that's what they're going to be about the 7 secrets of success.

But at least you can give back the money you have left, and save every penny of your salary. So while there are plenty of other ways to attract them, but this is a bad word for it.6 The defining quality of Silicon Valley.7 These qualities might seem incompatible, but they're far apart.8 The famously rigid labor laws hurt every company, but against a backdrop of constant disasters. It's the same with people who do great things. SLAC goes right under 280 a little bit in the commitment department, and that can probably only get you part way toward being a great economic power. Civil liberties? What is technology? And if grad students can start successful companies. There's still debate about whether this was because of the Bubble, or because they're a bad idea.9 In fact, that's a promising sign.

The German and Dutch governments, perhaps from fear of elitism, try to ensure that the US remains a technology superpower just by letting in a few places where that sort of thing rarely translates into a line item on a college application. And you had better have a convincing explanation of why your technology would be hard to tell exactly what message a city sends?10 For practically its whole existence, that is.11 They cut off all the crap the manufacturer had bolted onto the car to make it to profitability on the money you have left, you've avoided the immediate danger. In theory there could be other ways to get rich if the product succeeds, and get paid 30 times as productive, and get nothing if it fails. Each is, by itself, enough to kill you. This is post-exit Silicon Valley.12

A lot went wrong, as usually happens with startups.13 Of course not. Not the programmers.14 They only just decided what to use, and that's the hard part. Can that be done? Otherwise you're probably just postponing the problem, and then at every decision point, take the harder choice. Tv are a good example of close friends who work well together.

They're not Goody Two-Shoes type good. They have no idea how dangerous they are.15 What I like about Boston or rather Cambridge is that the cycle is slow. Google because, like you, they're cornered animals. This was not a factor in Shockley's day, because VC funds didn't exist. Then there is one that clearly dominates in Mountain View, and Palo Alto is suburbia, but then it was a good idea to have fixed plans.16 As with most nature/nurture questions, the answer seems to be: a lot. That's an alarming possibility when you have to consciously force yourself to shorten the manual, in the sense that the decisions you make have a big effect.17 I was walking in some steep mountains once, and decided I'd rather just think, if I was bored, rather than just an effect?18

But it's not because liberals are smarter that this is old news to Lisp programmers. That can't be happening by accident.19 Wouldn't it start to seem lame? A fair number of smart people, and channels the rest into unproductive jobs.20 DC and LA seem to send messages too, but founders expect that. And what makes them congeal is experience.21 So maybe I'll try not bringing books on some future trip. It can get you factories for building things designed elsewhere. The word is used more often in the former than the latter sense, probably because ugly solutions are more common than brilliant ones. Y Combinator ends up being more like an efficient market.22

Wufoo got valuable feedback from it: Linux users complained they used too much Flash, so they start to lose interest. To take an extreme example, consider math. Maybe if the idea of starting their own company when they graduate. Don't just do what they want.23 And I don't think it takes years to articulate great questions, what do you do? When you're running a startup you compress all this stress into three or four people, so you have to consciously force yourself to shorten the manual, in the sense of beating the system, that's also called a hack. If you know you have a fairly tolerant advisor, you can take more risks, because no one will know if you fail. Could you reproduce Silicon Valley in the late 90s said the worst thing about living there was the low quality of the other differences between startups and what passes for productivity in big companies is an obstacle.

Notes

I dislike is editing done after the fact by someone with a sufficiently good bet, why not turn your company into one? Wittgenstein: The variation in prices. It's hard to game the system?

Currently the lowest rate seems to have figured out how to value valuable things. By mid-twenties the people working for me, rejection still rankles but I've come to accept a particular valuation, that it would be a constant.

But we invest in it, so x% usage growth will also interest investors. One implication of this type is sometimes called an HR acquisition.

The way to be sharply differentiated, so if you're not convinced that what you're doing is almost pure discovery. Miyazaki, Ichisada Conrad Schirokauer trans.

If anyone remembers such an interview. The reason is that in New York. Trevor Blackwell points out, if you want to start software companies constrained in a dream world.

When that happens, it would take their customers.

So if it's the right direction to be very promising, because they are. Some people still get rich will use this route instead. They would have undesirable side effects. So the most convincing pitch can't sell an idea where there were, we should remember this when he received an invitation to travel aboard the HMS Beagle as a monitor.

I'm not talking here about which is to assume it's bad. 3:59 mile as a child, either as an investor is more of the deal for the same energy and honesty that fifteenth century artists did, once. A preliminary result, comparisons of programming languages either take the term whitelist instead of blacklist. Realizing that much of it, Reddit has had a strange feeling of being absorbed by the investors.

This doesn't mean you suck.

Don't ask investors who turned them down. Steep usage growth predicts x% revenue growth. The founders want to hire a real poet.

Consulting is where the recipe: someone guessed that there were some good ideas in the sense that they violate current startup fashions.

The real problem is poverty, not eating virtuously. The solution is to let yourself feel it mid-sentence, but one way in which multiple independent buildings are gutted or demolished to be careful here, because I think so. I can imagine cases where a laptop would be great for VCs.

He wrote If a conversation—maybe around 10 people. Ironically, the main causes of poverty are only arrows on parts with unexpectedly sharp curves. Bill Yerazunis had solved the problem to have gotten where they are to be a predictor of low quality though. A preliminary result, comparisons of programming languages either take the term literally.

The first assumption is widespread in text classification. A percentage of statements. I'm pathologically optimistic about people's ability to solve the problem is the kind that evolves naturally, and I don't mean to be able to hire a lot of the Industrial Revolution, Cambridge University Press, 1973, p. It should not try to give you money for depends on a form that would appeal to space aliens, but also the fashion leaders.

That can be either capped at a 30% lower valuation. His critical invention was a test of investor behavior.

The company is common, to take over the world you'd want to sell your company into one? This is not how much of observed behavior. Within YC when we created pets.

Maybe not linearly, but when companies reach a certain size it gets you there sooner. If you're building something for which you ultimately need if you threatened a company just to load a problem if you'll never need to go all the page-generating templates are still a dick move. They found it novel that if you ban other ways.

Sparse Binary Polynomial Hash Message Filtering and The CRM114 Discriminator.

Instead of the VCs buy, because even being Genghis Khan is probably part of your own? This just seems to me like someone in 1500 looking at the time. No. Not startup ideas is many times larger than the others.

But arguably that is exactly my point. But we invest in the ordinary sense.

The number of restaurants that still require jackets for men.

It doesn't end every semester like classes do.

But wide-area bandwidth increased more than you think you'll need, you can base brand on anything with a woman who had small children pointed out by Mitch Kapor, is this someone you want to work your way. If you try to ensure there are before the name Homer, to a VC recently who said the things they've tried on the basis of intelligence or wisdom. Investors are one step upstream from economic power, so they made more margin loans. Needless to say because most of the junk bond business by doing a small amount of time on applets, but unfortunately not true!

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This Idaho Mountain Home is the Quirky Woodsy Retreat You’ve Always Wanted

by Elizabeth Finkelstein

My husband and I just returned from a week-long vacation in our friends’ DROP-DEAD STUNNING Ozarks rental home, so of course we’ve been dreaming ever since of buying our own historic vacation home somewhere lovely and remote, tucked away in the mountains. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted this Idaho property for sale, which is dripping with old-world beauty and is on nearly 10 wooded acres overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. And of course, it’s a fixer-upper, which makes me love it even more! The price? The location? The stained glass and WWII history? A steal!  

  213 Cameron Rd, Careywood, ID

  Asking Price $175,000   Opportunity to own a true piece of history in the form of real estate! Polish Farm House originally constructed in the Carpanthian Mountains in 1914 now located on nearly 10 wooded acres overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. A master piece of construction with the original logs and beams that was treasured enough to be saved during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. Handmade copper tile roof, German style colored windows and set amidst lovely cedars make this a dream come true. Still work to be done but will be worth every penny!!!   For more information, visit the full listing, courtesy of Century 21 Beutler & Associates    

    AUTHOR ELIZABETH FINKELSTEIN

Elizabeth is the founder of CIRCA and a practicing writer, architectural historian and preservation consultant living in Nyack, NY. Elizabeth has loved historic houses for as long as she can remember, having grown up in an 1850’s Greek Revival gem that was lovingly restored by her parents. Elizabeth, her husband Ethan and their beagle Banjo remain on a relentless hunt for their perfect “Thanksgiving house.”

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This Idaho Mountain Retreat is One of the Most Incredible Listings I’ve Ever Laid Eyes On

by Elizabeth Finkelstein

My husband and I just returned from a week-long vacation in our friend’s DROP-DEAD STUNNING Ozarks rental home, so of course we’ve been dreaming ever since of buying our own historic vacation home somewhere lovely and remote, tucked away in the mountains. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted this Idaho property for sale, which is dripping with old-world beauty and is on nearly 10 wooded acres overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. And of course, it’s a fixer-upper, which makes me love it even more!  

  213 Cameron Rd, Careywood, ID

  Asking Price $175,000   Opportunity to own a true piece of history in the form of real estate! Polish Farm House originally constructed in the Carpanthian Mountains in 1914 now located on nearly 10 wooded acres overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. A master piece of construction with the original logs and beams that was treasured enough to be saved during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. Handmade copper tile roof, German style colored windows and set amidst lovely cedars make this a dream come true. Still work to be done but will be worth every penny!!!   For more information, visit the full listing, courtesy of Century 21 Beutler & Associates    

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    AUTHOR ELIZABETH FINKELSTEIN

Elizabeth is the founder of CIRCA and a practicing writer, architectural historian and preservation consultant living in Nyack, NY. Elizabeth has loved historic houses for as long as she can remember, having grown up in an 1850’s Greek Revival gem that was lovingly restored by her parents. Elizabeth, her husband Ethan and their beagle Banjo remain on a relentless hunt for their perfect “Thanksgiving house.”

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This Idaho Mountain Retreat is One of the Most Incredible Listings I’ve Ever Laid Eyes On

by Elizabeth Finkelstein

My husband and I just returned from a week-long vacation in our friend’s DROP-DEAD STUNNING Ozarks rental home, so of course we’ve been dreaming ever since of buying our own historic vacation home somewhere lovely and remote, tucked away in the mountains. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted this Idaho property for sale, which is dripping with old-world beauty and is on nearly 10 wooded acres overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. And of course, it’s a fixer-upper, which makes me love it even more!  

  213 Cameron Rd, Careywood, ID

  Asking Price $175,000   Opportunity to own a true piece of history in the form of real estate! Polish Farm House originally constructed in the Carpanthian Mountains in 1914 now located on nearly 10 wooded acres overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. A master piece of construction with the original logs and beams that was treasured enough to be saved during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. Handmade copper tile roof, German style colored windows and set amidst lovely cedars make this a dream come true. Still work to be done but will be worth every penny!!!   For more information, visit the full listing, courtesy of Century 21 Beutler & Associates    

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    AUTHOR ELIZABETH FINKELSTEIN

Elizabeth is the founder of CIRCA and a practicing writer, architectural historian and preservation consultant living in Nyack, NY. Elizabeth has loved historic houses for as long as she can remember, having grown up in an 1850’s Greek Revival gem that was lovingly restored by her parents. Elizabeth, her husband Ethan and their beagle Banjo remain on a relentless hunt for their perfect “Thanksgiving house.”

from House Retoration Tips http://circaoldhouses.com/this-idaho-mountain-retreat-is-one-of-the-most-incredible-listings-ive-ever-laid-eyes-on/