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EGOT winning american film, television, and broadway actor James Earl Jones has passed away on September 9, 2024 at the age of 93.
Jones made his film debut in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. He received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Claudine. Jones gained international fame for his voice role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, beginning with the original 1977 film. Jones' other notable roles include in Conan the Barbarian, Matewan, Coming to America, Field of Dreams, The Hunt for Red October, The Sandlot, and the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King. Jones reprised his roles in Star Wars media, The Lion King (2019) remake, and Coming 2 America.
Jones' television work includes playing Woodrow Paris in the series Paris between 1979 and 1980. He voiced various characters on the animated series The Simpsons in three separate seasons. He then was cast as Gabriel Bird, the lead role in the series Gabriel's Fire which aired from 1990 to 1991. For that role, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for his fourth Golden Globe Award, this time for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. He played Bird again in the series Pros and Cons, which ran from 1991 to 1992; that earned him his fifth and final Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama. He then had small appearances in the series Law & Order, Picket Fences , Mad About You, Touched by an Angel, Frasier. His role in Picket Fences earned him another Primetime Emmy Award nomination, one for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. His later television work includes small roles in Everwood, Two and a Half Men, House, and The Big Bang Theory.
Jones' theater work includes numerous Broadway plays, including Sunrise at Campobello (1958–1959), Danton's Death (1965), The Iceman Cometh (1973–1974), Of Mice and Men (1974–1975), Othello (1982), On Golden Pond (2005), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008) and You Can't Take It with You (2014–2015). He was also in various off Broadway productions and Shakespeare stage adaptations such as The Merchant of Venice (1962), The Winter's Tale (1963), Othello (1964–1965), Coriolanus (1965), Hamlet (1972), and King Lear (1973). His roles in The Great White Hope (1969) and Fences (1987) earned him two Tony Awards, both for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
#James Earl Jones#Star Wars#Darth Vader#The Lion King#Dr. Strangelove#Conan the Barbarian#Coming to America#Field of Dreams#Matewan#The Hunt for Red October#The Sandlot#film#television#broadway#obituary#R.I.P.
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☠️ Dastdeaths (spoilers) ⚰️
9. Intruders (2014) - Oz Turner (shotgun to the face)
Think of it, this one's pretty tragic too. The poor guy just wanted to do his broadcasting, his conspiracy theory. Or whatever. I only watched this once and will only do it again to make gifs at some point, don't want to see Eleven drown a cat again.
(John Simm looked as hot as I remembered)
10. CSI (2014) - Lee Crosby (killed offscreen)
Gonna be honest, watched this only once also. I think he was an ex-con in a chess tournament? Wait, when did this become a review post?
He's so skinny he looks like Jude with a beard. I guess it was filmed right after Animals.
11. A Killer of Men (2015) - Denham (shot in the neck)
Eh. Grimy bride.
12. The Balcony (2016) - David the Agent (uhhh curse?? karma?)
Lol he just falls and explodes. I really like this one too, it's pretty creative and fun in a Final Destination way.
13. 12 Monkeys (2016) - Kyle Slade (another shotgun to the face)
Guess I'll refrain from commenting, it was so confusing watching 2 random episodes of a show on its second season. But I don't think Kyle was all bad? I'll rewatch it sometime.
Wait, I'm reviewing again, what's wrong with me today? I don't even like doing reviews.
14. The Belko Experiment (2016) - Alonzo (impaled in the back of the neck)
Poor wet boy was just scared. Then feral. At least he got to die beside his buddy Bud. Who he killed.
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proper oc post except im just infodumping. why not.
quick lore summary this is from an oc world @tamagoatchie and i are building - they have their own set of ocs as well and we still have plenty more. i hope to be able to finish a small book with a more proper lore dump of them before comifuro (local con).
left to right:
giovanni (johnny, he/him) and carlotta (charlie, he/him, transmasc) - fraternal twins, sons of an assassinated leader of the fictional nation of karteria. they have a very strained relationship ever since the death of their father. johnny serves their mother who is still alive. charlie is on the run after the realisation of why their father was murdered in the first place, and from there meets the crew. they know he comes from a rich background (seems obvious), but they don't know he's the assassinated leader's son.
jinyu gao (goldie, she/her) - just a regular orphan. originally in 2014, i and another friend originally made her as a younger child oc inspired by ponyo. the fish influences are still here, but it blends in well with in-world lore of animal symbolism being tied strongly with resistance and power. she grew up together with ohm and his late sister (who is not pictured here).
brian ong (ohm, he/him) - modified child soldier who escaped with the help of his late sister. they were taken in by a local butcher (adoptive father trope, very sweet) who also took goldie in after them. his nickname comes from the added sound system he decided to add into his cyborg parts, taking advantage of what's been done to him.
saru / xn-1 - robot soldier gone rogue. he wears a scarf knit by an old lady with dementia who mistook him for her late husband and he took care of until her death. he has a human-like face under his mask and takes it off only to those he trusts. every robot soldier has the face of a fallen veteran. he joined goldie and ohm some time after the assassination.
theres a lot more lore that's missed out here but if i kept going i wouldn't be able to stop. so this is where I'll end it lol
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soooo….that juggalo church con? o3o
YES OK SO
One time in.. 2014? my friends were like "Hey! We heard about this new anime con happening nearby and tables are only (idk insert some small figure here. $15 or something)!! Wanna go?" And I was like, "Yeah ok!" So we went. Thankfully it was only 5-10min away from where we lived. We got to the address and it was clearly a church. I was like ??? Hmm idk about this. We go in. It's tiny. We set up. Highlight time: They had a break room set up for artists and staff with tons of free snacks!! Honestly they treated us so much better than most cons. So the con's day officially starts. Like 5 people show up and mill around the way too many artists that are there for 5 attendees. Hours go by with no sales. At some point in the afternoon a mom with 3 kids comes up to my table, hands me her credit card, and says, "Here. They like your plushies. Just give them whichever ones they want." The kids each pick a plushie. I think the total was $45. That $45 is how much I made at the whole con ($30 proft thoooo!! well.. not counting all my time, and labor, and the yarn, and..) because at the end of the day I was like, "WOW! This is the most boring thing I've ever done!! There's a drag queen I want to see perform (2008-2016 I was a hardcord RPDR fan) in Houston tomorrow so I'm gonna pack up and not come back!!!!" My friends were like, "We're gonna give it another chance tomorrow, but have fun!" I don't think they made any money that weekend, but I hope they got a lot of good free snacks. So I packed everything up and left that evening. I then drove from Dallas to Houston and I sure did see that performance that I wanted to. Well anyway, I think some time after that weekend I was really wondering what the deal was with that church con. From some Facebook digging I found the guy that had organized it, and quickly realized he was a Juggalo. Thus the con went on to always be known (by us) as Juggalo Church Con. A gentle lesson we received in never, ever going to first year cons.
#honestly nothing against this juggalo man he treated us like humans and that's much much better than we'd usually get#it's just fun to say juggalo church con#few can say they've ever experience such a wonder#ask#witch vamp#the lore#reply#juggalo church con
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London, Part 1: June 17-22, 2024
It's been a long time since I traveled alone without having work or family or a con or something to guide my agenda. I landed in London with tickets to a couple of shows, but otherwise just open-ended days I could spend as I like. This is my favorite way to travel, whether alone, with my partner, or with a friend. I love being able to sleep as late as I like and do whatever the mood strikes each day.
The day I arrived, I took it easy. I took a shower and a nap, then found a place with fantastic steak & ale pie for dinner and wandered to a local park that had a beautiful Japanese garden. I was surprised to find the sun rose at 5 a.m. and set around 10 p.m. each day - earlier and later than I'm accustomed to, even in the height of summer in Maryland.
Another happy surprise were the intersex-inclusive pride flags prominently displayed when I entered my hotel, the Premier Inn (London Kensington - Olympia).
Side note on Premier Inn: I stayed at several of them during my travels. They're a budget hotel chain in the UK that's very queer-friendly, clean, secure, comfortable, quiet, and I had very good experiences at every location.
Once I had a good night's rest, I asked myself: "What do I want to do today?" And the answer to that question was "Go shopping." I was keen to check out Camden Market, a sprawling collection of small, quirky shops and restaurants in London. One of my favorite clothing stores, Psylo, is there, and I wanted to buy myself a cool outfit. Which I did!
I also got an artsy photo taken of my eyeball to gift to my partner.
I had lunch at The Cheese Bar. It was fantastic.
There were some truly wild shops in Camden Market that were visually impressive:
I had a ball exploring the shops and little eateries (I even got a Pasteis de Nata, a kind of custard tart I fell in love with in Portugal a few years back), and I could've spent an entire day there, but I was restless and eager to see more stuff, so I ended up wandering to the nearby London Zoo. It was a pretty sweet zoo with lots of different animals and habitats represented. There was a free-roaming tamarind inside the rainforest building, which was cool to see up close. (I have a video, but Tumblr limits you to uploading only one video per post, boo.)
I wandered through Queen Mary's Rose Garden after that, and stopped by the gorgeous Daunt Books, which specializes in travel books.
London definitely has an amazing bookshop scene. The next day, I visited 10 more of them, focusing on occult bookshops. I found my books in stock at a few of them (squee!) and chatted with the owners as I signed them.
I was also delighted to see Pamela Colman Smith's fireplace at Treadwell's:
And Gerald Gardner's original meeting place at the Atlantis Bookshop:
I loved visiting these bookshops, especially if they carried my friends' books. It warmed my heart to see their books in another country.
I also teared up a bit visiting Gay's The Word, the UK's oldest LGBTQ+ bookshop, which was featured in the movie Pride (2014). I was thrilled to see they carried my friend Tamsin's book.
I also checked out the Vagina Museum. I'd followed them on social media for years, so it was really nice to visit and support them in person. It's small, and in kind of a rough location, but it's worth a visit.
That day, I had the best fish and chips of my entire life at The Crown & Anchor, which I mistakenly thought was the pub in Ted Lasso when I found it on Google Maps (turns out they renamed a different pub with that name for the show). Holy crap, I want to eat that specific fish and chips the rest of my life. Every other time I had fish and chips on the trip, it failed to live up to this one. I got spoiled early. It was so buttery and crisp and utterly perfect.
The next big trip highlight was seeing a production of Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. It's a reconstruction of the Globe from the Elizabethan era. I sprung for a seat with a cushion(!) on the second level, and I had a great view of the fantastic production. I'm so glad I got to see this specific play, because it's my favorite. The cast was amazing, and seeing it in that theatre was a deeply moving experience, like stepping back in time.
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They also had one of the rare original folios of Shakespeare's plays on display:
As if that experience didn't give my brain enough happy chemicals, afterwards I went to Dopamine Land. Dopamine Land is a temporary exhibit/experience available all over the world, where you wander through about 10 different rooms that stimulate and soothe your senses in different ways, including a giant, adult-sized ball pit. I really liked the first room, which was all mirrors and color-changing dangling lights.
The next day, I visited Tate Britain with my friend Beckett, who has been an online friend for the past decade, and is both a fantastic musician in her own right and also a big supporter of my band, the Misbehavin' Maidens. She and her wife met me at the museum and we got to do one of the LGBTQIA+ tours. It was a super interesting tour focusing on a handful of pieces by queer artists, with queer themes expressed in the pieces. Apparently, each of the LGBTQIA+ tours is different, so I'd definitely go back and do it again.
Another highlight of Tate Britain was seeing The Lady of Shallott painting by John William Waterhouse, which I think was on the cover of one of my English Lit textbooks in college.
After the museum, we went to a pub and I had my first Sticky Toffee Pudding! It was delicious - served with salted caramel ice cream. (I developed a preference over the course of the trip, though, to have it served with custard.)
My first Tube ride made me giggle, incidentally:
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ABOUT US:
We started as a system of four, and called ourselves the ON.SEE System in 2014/2016, but as our system grew and alters split/fractured due to repeated prolonged trauma we decided to change our system name again to The Garden System in 2018. We like many other systems decided to name our system to help try to unite us, as individuals and a group. Although we started as a system of 4, we had quickly grew to 15+, and then have slowly come back down to 10-11 alters through fusions. Although our headspace is still quite crowded, we are comfortable.
Some things to know:
Our body is a legal adult, we are well past our 20s. Having DID was not fun for us as children, it was actually very terrifying as we grew up incredibly religious. In fact we were led to believe that we were 'demon' possessed, and needed god and to let go of our 'sins'. Everything was frightening, from not knowing what happened during our days, to finding frightening notes from alters, and journal entries of events our host could not remember. To feeling the presence of another person, and hearing them, who was not physically there, it was all so frightening. It wasn't until our late teens when we were diagnosed with DID, and our therapist of many years confronted us and explained to us that we became aware. But even after that it took many more years and many more therapy sessions for us to become fully aware. And even with a proper diagnosis we felt like it wasn't true and wasn't real. Even now many many years later we still feel this way sometimes, or as if we are faking. "Welcome to having imposter syndrome on top of DID".
We also have struggled severely with our health from a small child, and had often been hospitalized due to a poor immune system, and still do struggle with our health to this day. No we wont go into detail. Not all of our headmates/alters are adults. Not all of our systems headmates are humans. We have headmates who are demons, fae/fairy, creatures, animals, children, teens, elderly, and other entities, amongst humans. No we will not tolerate any sexualization of child or teen headmates, or even our animal headmates. When we say "our main system, and sub system" we do not mean that we have two systems, we very much have one system, we just separate those alters who predominantly front, and those who do not into two categories to make it easier for us. Not every headmate/alter needs to front regularly, and the 'main' group of alters who front regularly will change based off of our circumstances. Like in a team, we will trade out alters to work together properly. Everyone will get their chance to regularly front based on the bodies or hosts needs etc.
Not every headmates gender, sex, or sexuality align with the hosts, we all very, as we are very different people, sharing a home/a body, who have different styles, tastes, preferences, thoughts/ideals, sexual preferences etc.
Terminology we use:
Headmates- this is a word we use for each-other/ other alters within our system when we do not refer to each other by name, because we are not a "family", but more like housemates/roommates to one another. Headspace/inner-world- inner-system space, in which we all reside. Main system- is made up of the main headmates that front often or are needed more often. Sub system- a secondary part of our system just as integral and important as those in the main system. Fronting/out/driving- when an alter has switched out and another is in the front and in "control". Co-con- Co conscious, when two or more alters/headmates are in control/sharing control and experiencing the outer world. Also called Co-fronting crowded/audience- when multiple headmates/alters are near the front viewing what is going on in the "control room" or the external world, headmates presence can influence the alter who is fronting. Switchy- when we are easily switching, and or when we are more susceptible to switching, feeling like we are going to switch out. Switch- when an alter has switched. Blendy/blurry/blended- when multiple alters or headmates are crowded in the "control room" to try to take hold/control or are in control and no one knows who all is in control. Control room/ driving seat- amongst some other terms we will use to explain the space we congregate to front/drive/control the body etc. Split/ fracturing- when an alter separates/ into two parts or alters due to repeated trauma. Fracture/fracturing when an alter quite literally fractures/breaks into multiple parts or alters due to new repeated trauma etc. Dormant- when an alter has been 'sleeping' or dormant for a prolonged period of time. Absent alter- an alter who rarely fronts etc. Ext TRA- Extreme repeated trauma. Ex traum- sometimes used to describe extended trauma.
This will be updated at a later date.
#did system#did alter#did community#actually did#dissociative identity disorder#actually dissociative#dissociative system#dissociation#complex dissociative disorder#trauma#childhood trauma#complex ptsd#mental health#trauma recovery#mental illness#actually mentally ill#therapy#understanding#positive mental attitude#mental ill health#mental heath awareness#digital art#mental heath support#counselling#dissociative identities#dissociative alters#dissociative amnesia
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GIANT REC LIST
LAST UPDATED 12/30/2024
Columbo
Bomberman Jetters
Id: Invaded
Useless Ponko
Yu-Gi-Oh (manga)
"My son is he man or beast" from action comics 400
Kagurabachi
Spy x Family
Chainsaw Man
Yotsuba
Frieren
N52 Superboy #26-34
Digimon (Especially Adventure, 02, Tamers, Savers, Appmon, & Ghost Game; for the movies, all of them aside from Tri)
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth
Marx Brothers
Get Smart (1965)
Superman vs Meshi
Detective Comics #500 "To Kill a Legend"
Christmas with the Super-Heroes #2 "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot"
Captain Atom (1987)
Bronze Age Firestorm
Legion of Superheroes
Amethyst Princess of Gemworld
Ookami Shounen wa Kyou mo Uso o Kasaneru/The boy who cried wolf tells another lie today
Hundreds of Beavers
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
The Maltese Falcon
Cast a deadly spell
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Musical
Beetlejuice 2
Paper Mario
Paper Mario the thousand year door
famicom detective club (both games)
Ace Attorney 1-4 & Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Ghost Trick
Marvelous: Another Treasure Island
Pikmin 1-4
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby Planet Robobot
Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe
Kirby's Adventure
Kirby Superstar
Dark Matter trilogy
Celeste
Batman: The Audio Adventures
Powerless (2016)
The Good Place
Arrested Development
Be Cool Scooby Doo
Sakamoto Days
El Chavo del Ocho
Chapulin Colorado
Arnold Drake's Doom Patrol
Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol
Rachel Pollack's Doom Patrol
Neil Gaiman's The Sandman
batman ego
Scooby Doo Team Up
The Batman & Scooby Doo Mysteries
Happy Halloween Scooby Doo
Tsukumojuku (2005)
Dragon Quest
Rocket Slime
Mario & Luigi (all titles)
JoJo's bizarre adventure
Witch Hat Atelier
Pluto
Monster
John Wick 1-4
UHF
Weird Al Biopic
Little Shop of Horrors (original film & musical)
Super Friends (1976)
A series of unfortunate events (books)
All the Wrong Questions
Power Bomberman
Custom Battler Bomberman/Bomberman 2
Tatami time machine blues
The Amazing World of Gumball
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Codename Kids Next Door
Assassination Classroom
Villainous
Regular Show
The looney tunes show
Nedroid
Sonic Boom (2014)
Hector con Carne
The Book of Life
films starring cantinflas (preferably in spanish, but if you don't know spanish well)
Hourman
tear along the dotted line
this world can't tear me down
Casa de papel
Airplane
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Wayside School
Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)
Meanwhile (Comic)
Way of the Househusband
Welcome to demon school iruma kun
Infinity Train
Hilda
"The Twilight Zone" Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton
The Twilight Zone (Original Series)
All of Alan Brennert's comics
Villainous
Class of 3000
Rankin Bass Christmas specials (shout-out to Santa Claus is coming to town)
Moral Orel
Dungeon Meshi
Dorohedoro
Don't Blush, Sekime-san!
No gyarus in this class
the Philadelphia story
Yuri is Taboo to a Yuri Otaku
True Detective S1
Superman & the Authority
All-star Superman
Morrison's Action Comics
Morrison's Animal Man
Moore's Swamp Thing
Multiversity
Filmore!
Muppets Most Wanted
Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (specifically season 1)
Baba is You
Henry Stickmin
The Giver quartet
Bomberman Generation
Bomberman Journey
A Bomberman Journey 2023 Followup
Bomberman Battle Pack: A way too in-depth analysis
The Weird
Sam & Max series (comics games AND show)
Goodbye Eri
Only Murders in the building
Criminal
Archie's Weird Mysteries
Please Go Home, Akutsu-San!
Mousou Telepathy
Tomo Chan is a girl
Lovely Complex
Lovely Complex TWO
Shinobi Undercover
Barda
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The usual suspects
Ip Man
kiss him not me
Carole & Tuesday
Catch 22 (book)
Space Dandy
Vigilante
Dandandan
Rush Hour
What's up Doc
The cheap detective
The awful truth
charade
his girl friday
bringing up baby
your name
the afterparty
mad monster party?
Pippin
little shop of horrors (original)
sound of music
music man
singing in the rain
The great race
Artemis Fowl (main series)
Don't hug me I'm scared
ultimate exorcist kiyoshi
squid games
Dokapon kingdom
lego city undercover
Summer Wars
Culdcept Revolt
Casablanca
hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
batman no man's land novelization
Ultraman Rising
“When I woke up I had become a girl” Disease
My New Wife Is Forcing Herself to Smile
She gets girls everyday
Detentionaire
Hero-san and Former General-san
the dangers in my heart
Heathers (film)
Scarface (1932)
you and i are polar opposites
the guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all
Kaguya Sama love is war
We want to talk about kaguya
Arakure Ojousama wa Monmon Shiteiru
A Story About a Man and a Woman and When They Sleep Together, Money Appears Out of Nowhere
Nanaco Robin
The girl I like forgot her glasses
Tokimeki Academy ❤ Class of Princes
Magokoro scramble
undead unluck
the night is short walk on girl
fire punch
akane bashi
kaiju no. 08
The Story Between a Dumb Prefect and a High School Girl with an Inappropriate Skirt Length
disastrous life of saiki k
jitsu wa watashi wa/my monster secret
Boarding School Juliet
Happy Kanako's Killer Life
Romantic Cider/Romantic Drop
Phineas and Ferb
bigtop burger
pseudo harem
gravity falls
Tatami Galaxy
Kindergarten Wars
My friend Irma
A story about smoking behind the back of a supermarket
Casino
shikimori is not just cute
A Story About Treating a Female Knight, Who Has Never Been Treated as a Woman, as a Woman
Asahina Wakaba to Marumaru na kareshi
Super Secret
mob psycho 100
reigen
sublo & tangy mustard
they might be giants
weird al yankovic
saint motel
cab Calloway
St. Arnaud
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Warning: Spoilers, flashing lights, sexual imagery
Title: tan(x)
Editor: lolligerjoj
Song: Touch (feat. Paul Williams)
Artist: Daft Punk
Anime: 5 Centimeters per Second (film), Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (film), Chuunibyou demo koi ga Shitai!, Colorful (2010) (film), The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (film), From Up on Poppy Hill (film), Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Garden of Words (film), Genius Party Beyond (film), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (film), Hotarubi no Mori e (film), Hyouka, Nekomonogatari Black, Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion, Nisemonogatari, The Sky Crawlers (film), Whisper of the Heart (film), Wolf Children (film)
Category: Drama
Awards: Akross 2013 - Best Psychedelic Nan Desu Kan 2014 - Winner of Category X Kita-Con 2014 - Best Drama/Romance Video Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014 - Best Artistic Endeavor Another Anime Con 2014 - Best "Other"
#anime#amv#daft punk#paul williams#drama#video#music#song#youtube#editing#anime mix#too many anime to list#tan(x)#lolligerjoj#touch (feat. paul williams)#award winning#akross 2013#best psychedelic#nan desu kan 2014 - winner of category x#kita-con 2014#best drama/romance video#anime weekend atlanta 2014#best artistic endeavor#another anime con 2014#best other#Youtube
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As some of you already know, Future is the semi-real version of Mirai - so they both get to celebrate their birthday today in Japan (March 3rd). "With Smart Doll, the future is in your hands" is a slogan in Smart Doll Land that is also printed on the default sports bra set. Mirai (pronounced mee-rai) means "Future" in Japanese. When I launched Smart Doll in 2014, there was only Mirai, so folks who picked up a Smart Doll were literally holding the future (Mirai) in their hands. But there is another meaning to this slogan. From the beginning, Smart Doll has been a platform for us to experiment with new ideas that would eventually benefit our product line in the future. The latest advancement is the new Smart Doll skeletal frame, which features an auditory and haptic sensory experience. That frame is known as Evolve and launches today. Future is also released today in all 3 human skin tones. Folks who decide to buy the new Smart Doll can experience the evolution and a glimpse into the future of articulated fashion doll design that we will continue to build upon. However! Smart Dolls are not designed to be everything to everybody. To avoid the risk of ending up with buyer's remorse and a pricey paperweight, I strongly recommend reading the "What is Evolve" article or perhaps wait to hear the yays and nays from early adopters ;-) If you plan to make a “Smart Doll Evolve vs another-brand” video or post (they usually get the most views if you do it early), even if you think Evolve is the bees knees (like I do), ensure to let folks know the cons of choosing Smart Doll. See you in the future ;-) #tokyo #smartdoll #anime #manga #3dprinting #japan And before I forget - this morning’s release will be delayed by a wee bit. Shipping may take longer than usual but still within the promised 15 days to ship out. (at Mirai Store Tokyo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpTgz4BSpY_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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⭐Kirby: Attack of La Rose - Fan Characters and Fan Concepts Cast⭐
These are the Fan Characters which appears in my first still incompleted Kirby fanfic (I'm still studying and now I'm planning a lot of things :'v).
► It was an attempt to write my own Kirby story. However, it seemed the final boss has some things in common with Sectonia in her flower form. I don't know if it was a coincidence because I created the villain in 2014-2015, I was new in the Kirby fandom and I didn't know about the game Kirby Triple Deluxe because it was a very new game for those years.
► Most of the characters were created in 2014-2015, except Lucia. The last one had a little redesign on these years.
► Here, Kirby has a new power-up. That power-up is a fusion of Priscilla's Diamond Sword and Meta Knight's Sword. It seems like Priscilla's sword is made of a rare diamond and a gold hilt. It has a strange propertie of fuse with anything, swords included. It enhances its power with the fused thing/sword.
► The sword generated between the Diamond Sword and Meta Knight's sword (AKA: Galaxia in the anime) is called "Combined Sword". As the Diamond Sword fused with a powerful sword, the result was another more powerful sword which Priscilla couldn't handle herself with its power. At the moment, Kirby is the only one who can handle its power.
► FANFIC (I translated only 2 chapters. The original is in Spanish :'v): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13658627/1/Kirby-Attack-of-La-Rose-ENG
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⭐Kirby: El Ataque de la Rosa - Elenco de Fan Characters y Fan Concepts⭐
Esos son los Fan Characters que aparecen e mi primer aún incompleto fanfic de Kirby (Sigo estudiando y ahora estoy planeando un montón de cosas :'v).
► Era un intento de escribir mi propia historia de Kirby. Sin embargo, parece que el jefe final tiene algunas cosas en común con Sectonia en su forma de flor. No sé si fue coincidencia porque creé a la villana en 2014-2015, era nueva en el fandom de Kirby y no sabía sobre el juego Kirby Triple Deluxe porque era un juego bastante nuevo para esos años.
► La mayoría de los personajes fueron creados en 2014-2015, excepto Lucía. Esta última tuvo un pequeño rediseño en esos años.
► Aquí Kirby tiene un nuevo power-up. Ese power-up es una fusión de la Espada de Diamante de Priscilla y la Espada de Meta Knight. Parece que la espada de Priscilla está hecho de un raro diamante y una empuñadura de oro. Tiene la extraña propiedad de fusionarse con cualquier cosa, incluidas espadas. Mejora su poder con la cosa/espada fusionada.
► La espada generada entre la Espada de Diamante y la Espada de Meta Knight (Conocido como Galaxia en el ánime) se llama "Espada Combinada". Como la Espada de Diamante se fusionó con una espada poderosa, el resultado fue otra espada aún más poderosa que Priscilla no pudo lidiar con su poder. Hasta el momento, Kirby es el único quien puede lidiar con su poder.
► FANFIC: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11436647/1/Kirby-El-Ataque-de-La-Rosa-ESP
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Chapbook: Run, Arlan
This chapbook was originally written for a con promotional event approx. 2014. I'll post a scene on this thread every day until it's done.
I primarily write urban fantasy/sci fi, with action and dystopian themes. My books are also queer friendly, though not the focus of the stories. But because the stories are quite violent, I should put a:
Content warning: violence and inferred gore
Run, Arlan * 1 *
Agent Arlan Edaan ran sideways and collected his Team Leader, pulling the older man to the ground as he fell. Arlan landed on his side as a car flew over them. It was so close, had he wanted to, he could have reached out and touched it. Mouth open wide, he stared at it as it rolled over them in slow motion.
The girl was a kinetic, obviously, he thought.
Time sped up again and the flying car hit concrete, shredding metal and glass over the road and plowing into the oncoming traffic with a terrible smash.
“They’re getting away,” his Team Leader yelled as he scrambled to his feet.
Arlan gathered his thoughts from their muddled shock and stood up as well.
“Quit blinking at me!” The Team Leader barked at the other two TFOs, who stood on the side-walk their eyes wide like animals caught in car headlights. “Get after them!”
He didn’t even say thank you, thought Arlan.
The man glanced sideways at him. “No need to thank a person for doing their job, son. Now come on!”
Their targets ran on up the narrow residential street. Two parents and the little girl. They wore layers of gray drab rags, and the adults had no shoes.
Arlan couldn’t understand why they refused to surrender. As he ran with his Team, he frowned at the family. If they surrendered to Agency custody the girl would live. She wouldn’t have much choice in her life but she’d be alive. Why would her parents not surrender to save her?
The family skittered up the side-walk and into a tall but crumbling apartment block. His Team went into the building after them and he followed.
“Weapons ready!” called the Team Leader.
Arlan shrugged the auto assault rifle off its clip and, bracing it against his shoulder, lifted the barrel to aim.
They burst through into an apartment and his three teammates started firing without warning. Arlan paused, unable yet to see his target and unwilling to shoot randomly into a room, but the gunfire stopped before he zeroed in.
The others shifted sideways out of his line of sight. There was a mess of bodies in front of him and he gasped, turning away from it. With his back to the horror, he stared at a rotting wall. Stuck to wallpaper at his eye level was a yellow sticky note. He blinked at it.
“Arlan, run,” it said.
A shot of fear blew through him and he ripped it off the wall, stuffing the sticky note into the front pocket of his bullet-proof vest. He hoped none of the others had seen it.
Turning around again, he tried not to see what they’d done. Bodies lay in front of him in a line of gore and horror. The walls were splattered with blood and, not a meter from his boots, were the remains of the little girl. A child, who in her attempt to escape the Agency pursuit had been able to throw a car at them with her mind. She would have been a very high-rated kinetic, if she’d lived.
Poor kid. Arlan swallowed.
His Team Leader, and the only telepath in the group, moved out of the room into another area of the apartment and Arlan’s thoughts flickered back to the note in his pocket.
Hawk left yellow stickies for people when he wanted them to escape the Agency. Maybe today was the day he should run. But then his new Task Force team would hunt him down just as they had the girl and her parents.
Everyone knew the laws. If you were Psi or Talent, you had to work for the Agency. If you refused, you were a Traitor and Aranan law stated Traitors were to be immediately executed.
But I don’t want to do this. He swallowed again, trying to suppress his grief and fear. I don’t want to kill people.
His stomach tightened and he turned around, striding out of the room and back down to the street entrance. The nausea rose up into his throat and he only just made it outside before the grief and disgust resurrected his breakfast.
When his body finally gave up its spasms, he was leaning over his knees and breathing in pained gulps of acrid air.
Someone patted him on the back. “You alright, kid?” said his Team Leader.
Arlan shook his head but couldn’t otherwise reply.
“It’s always bad the first time. You stay here, we’ll clear the building. Clean yourself up.”
The man talked like it was ordinary. Like killing a child and her family was just fine.
Arlan waited until he could hear the sounds of his Leader trumping back upstairs, and pulled the yellow sticky out of his pocket.
“Arlan, run.”
Surely this was meant for him? How many people called Arlan would find themselves in that abandoned apartment before the paper glue lost its stickiness? Not many. They said that Hawk’s stickies were always put in the most impossible places with the best timing. If this really was a sticky from Hawk, it could mean Arlan might actually escape the Agency and not be killed.
The Team Leader’s voice barked orders from inside. If Arlan chose to run, now was the best time. He had two choices. Stay in the Agency and kill more innocent people because they chose not to be conscripted, or run and have a chance at freedom, even if it was short-lived.
He stuffed the sticky in his pocket, dropped the auto assault rifle from his vest-clip, and started running.
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DND Monsters: Death Tyrant (2014)
Large Undead, Lawful Evil
AC 19 (natural armor)
HP 187 (25d10 + 50)
Speed 0 ft., Fly 20 ft. (hover)
Str: 10 (+0) Dex 14 (+2) Con 14 (+2) Int 19 (+4) Wis 14 (+2) Cha 19 (+4)
Saving Throws: Str +5 Con +7 Int +9 Wis +7 Cha +9
Skills Perception +12
Immunities Poison cannot be Charmed, Exhausted Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon
CR 14
Traits
Negative Energy Cone: The death tyrant's central eye emits an invisible, magical 150-foot cone of negative energy. At the start of each of its turns, the tyrant decides which way the cone faces and whether the cone is active.
Any creature in that area can't regain hit points. Any humanoid that dies there becomes a zombie under the tyrant's command. The dead humanoid retains its place in the initiative order and animates at the start of its next turn, provided that its body hasn't been completely destroyed.
Actions
Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage.
Eye Rays: The death tyrant shoots three of the following magical eye rays at random (reroll duplicates), choosing one to three targets it can see within 120 feet of it:
1. Charm Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be Charmed by the death tyrant for 1 hour, or until the death tyrant harms the creature.
2. Paralyzing Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or be Paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
3. Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be Frightened for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
4. Slowing Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target's speed is halved for 1 minute. In addition, the creature can't take reactions, and it can take either an action or a bonus action on its turn, not both. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
5. Enervation Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 36 (8d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
6. Telekinetic Ray. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or the death tyrant moves it up to 30 feet in any direction. It is Restrained by the ray's telekinetic grip until the start of the death tyrant's next turn or until the death tyrant is incapacitated. If the target is an object weighing 300 pounds or less that isn't being worn or carried, it is moved up to 30 feet in any direction. The death tyrant can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.
7. Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or fall asleep and remain Unconscious for 1 minute. The target awakens if it takes damage or another creature takes an action to wake it. This ray has no effect on constructs and undead.
8. Petrification Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature begins to turn to stone and is Restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is Petrified until freed by Greater Restoration or other magic.
9. Disintegration Ray. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or take 45 (10d8) force damage. If this damage reduces the creature to 0 hit points, its body becomes a pile of fine gray dust. If the target is a Large or smaller nonmagical object or creation of magical force, it is disintegrated without a saving throw. If the target is a Huge or larger object or creation of magical force, this ray disintegrates a 10-foot cube of it.
10. Death Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or take 55 (10d10) necrotic damage. The target dies if the ray reduces it to 0 hit points.
Legendary Actions
The death tyrant can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The death tyrant regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Eye Ray. The death tyrant uses one random eye ray.
When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the death tyrant can take one lair action to cause one of the following effects:
An area that is a 50-foot cube within 120 feet of the tyrant is filled with spectral eyes and tentacles. To creatures other than the death tyrant, that area is lightly obscured and difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round.
Walls sprout spectral appendages until initiative count 20 on the round after next. Any creature, including one on the Ethereal Plane, that is hostile to the tyrant and starts its turn within 10 feet of a wall must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or be Grappled. Escaping requires a successful DC 17 Athletics or Acrobatics check.
A spectral eye opens in the air at a point within 50 feet of the tyrant. One random eye ray of the tyrant shoots from that eye, which is considered to be an ethereal source, at a target of the tyrant's choice. The eye then closes and disappears.
The death tyrant can't repeat an effect until all three have been used, and it can't use the same effect on consecutive rounds.
Regional Effects
A region containing a death tyrant's lair is warped by the creature's unnatural presence, which creates one or more of the following effects:
Creatures within 1 mile of the tyrant's lair sometimes feel as if they're being watched even when they aren't.
When a creature hostile to the tyrant and aware of its existence finishes a long rest within 1 mile of the tyrant's lair, roll a d20 for that creature. On a roll of 10 or lower, the creature is subjected to one random eye ray of the tyrant.
If the death tyrant dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days.
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I Never Thought I Would Be Writing a Tumblr Post for College Credit
Shout out to Professor Angell and WSU for giving me the privilege to pursue an education and learn about American media and culture in a way like no other.
“What's your major?"
"Oh, Communications!"
"Oh, and what does that do?”
Communications is such an umbrella term for an incredible area of subjects that I cannot explain to someone in a normal conversation. I could explain that it’s the study of how humans communicate with one another, which is very true, but it often gives people the wrong idea and feeds into assumptions about it (which we will get into later). Here’s the thing: Communication is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated fields of study, and it took me a hot minute to realize that.
After high school and having already been accepted to WSU, I was unsure if I wanted to go to university at all. I initially wanted to study criminal justice because teachers I was inspired by my CJ teacher my senior year (shoutout to Mr. Russell) who pushed me to do great things with a CJ degree, even if I didn’t know what I wanted to do with it.
Turns out, I hated it, had an identity crisis, and my parents said, “Just get a degree”.
I took an Intro to Mass Communications class my sophomore year of WSU (also with Prof. Angell) and thought, wow this is so easy and not boring I might just declare a communications major and call it a day!
And I did. And it was probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
Like any major, Communications is filled with assumptions; it's “easy” but doesn't have a lot of employment opportunities or a lot of income, and most people who study communications end up in a journalism career, but I didn't let any of that discourage me. I was taking a sociology class at the same time as my Communications class, and this professor encouraged us to go to school for something that interests us and something that we can find passion in regardless of how much money it makes because:
Most students who graduate do not pursue a career that requires their degree.
Life is too short to not learn about the things that you love or are interested in.
This is what inspired me to continue a communications degree, and I am so happy I did. This field applies to real life more than people know. As a member of Gen Z, a generation of people who have only known the internet, I would consider Communications to be the backbone of current American media and culture.
I blame my father for my love for my early love of mainstream media, the internet, video games, movies, music, and TV shows. He was (un)fortunately the gateway to my nerdy side which was a little bit of a struggle growing up. I wasn’t like other girls ˚୨୧⋆。˚ My hair was pink and purple, I would wear Legend of Zelda hoodies and anime t-shirts to middle school, begged my mom for cosplay wigs from Amazon and to take me to conventions like Comic Con. I still haven't been- BUT I HAVE ADULT MONEY NOW! I continue to love social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Musically (now TikTok), Pinterest, and Tumblr. And I would like to believe it was a universal experience when everyone wanted to be a YouTuber in 2014.
When I learned I could pursue a whole college degree in how people interacted with each other on these platforms. the bond that is created between strangers who share similar interests in subjects or people (celebrities, pop stars, content creators, etc.), and how money can be made by content creation via sponsorships or monetization- it shifted my world, and I realized I had found what I am passionate in learning about.
Billions of people consume so many forms of content for hours on end every day (social media, news, books, radio, etc.), but the beauty of media is that it can be consumed mindlessly or mindfully- when it is analyzed in behaviors, patterns, and numbers.
Communications is more than just journalism and reporting. It's something I'm passionate about and have gained so many new skills from; analysis of any piece of media, writing, critical thinking, video editing, working with digital cameras, adobe programs, graphic design and art, public speaking, managing social media and analytics, AND journalism.
Here's what I have learned:
Nothing is as easy as it seems -> So. Much. Writing. So. Many. Papers. BUT it's so worth seeing your progress as a writer.
Find something that you can be passionate about. Find something that fuels your fire despite its ups and downs -> I have written an 8-page paper on the One Piece anime (1999-) and how it has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on the LGBTQ+ community.
Put yourself first, don't let stereotypes or assumptions define who you are, what you do, and what you pursue as an education or a career. Life is too short to not experience everything.
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Reflections on Whinny City 2023
Every pony convention has its special moments. Even after going to a dozen or so of these, every con has some unique special moment that jumps out, some wonderful little thing that you didn't expect which made your day. Normally those moments are things like getting to be a panelist on a friend's Pipp panel, adding an octave effect to Silver Quill's voice as he sings during an impromptu light saber duel, running the lighting rig for half of the concert and adding some really cool effects, winning a button during the SFM animation panel, blasting Discord while driving around Chicago, eating snow cones at a room party, etc. All those moments happened during this year and are treasured in my heart. But Whinny City this year was a different kind of special: it was the first time I performed on mane stage as a musician, leading the ukulele bronies to perform at the grand galloping luau. It's kind of a shock to me that this even happened. That I actually performed on Mane stage. That I made it; that I am a real musician.
I started out as a brony and a producer with my first DAW and no clue how to use it in 2014. That era was when MLP was at its popularity peak and after the hit musicians of the 2011-2012 era were firmly established. That environment was suffocating for a beginner, and it was hard to get any kind of encouragement with a music scene so large. Frankly, I wasn't cut out for it. After getting rejected from compilation albums so many times, I resigned to being a background musician, occasionally releasing tracks, never really getting better, and never making friends with any other musicians. After 7 depressing years of that, I stumbled into the dustcar Discord community, where I met most of my musician friends and where I finally felt like I had a place in this fandom.
That backstory only takes up a paragraph on your screen, but it was 7 years of my life and 75% of my fandom experience. That's a lot time to have experienced constant rejection, but at least it's made it clear to me how I want to interact with the fandom. Over that time, I've learned I don't like advertising myself, chasing popularity or trying to make it big because one, I'm definitely not at the same level as most of the other musicians, and two, chasing bigger view + like counts just leads to being unsatisfied with the following you do have, so I try to avoid playing the self-promo game as much as possible. That said, I do like making music, I do want to get better at making it, and I want my music to be valued, so despite this Celestia damned business, I put my stuff out there time to time. But what I've found that really motivates me is being apart of a tight-knit creative community, where every one is valued and supported at whatever their current level is. Dustcar (before the schism) was just that kind of community, and that glorious half-year of its existence was definitely my favorite time in the fandom.
A lot of people I know from that Dustcar/Busty's community like SOUND BANDIT, Evershade, rawrity, and even Chuckles started performing at cons post pandemic. It's been incredible to see my friends perform on stage, but it also invites the weird "should you be up there? When are you going to perform?" thought. It never felt like it fit well with my goals: performing is not going to make my production skills better, it's not going to help foster a community, I don't really want the spotlight, and I sure as hell don't want to get told I'm not good enough another freaking time. And yet... the theme was tropical getaway, and I just happen to play the ukulele more than any other instrument these days. I felt like I could pull off a ukulele-based set in a way that would actually be palatable, so I sent Snowy Charm a DM, pitched the idea to him, and he was down. I then sent DM's to literally anyone I could think of who played ukulele and attended MLP cons. The only other person who jumped on board was 4EverfreeBrony of all people! The application was accepted, I freaked out and swore for 5 minutes straight, and ukulele bronies was born!
Performing was stressful. I don't know if I would say I enjoyed it, with the 3 weeks of practicing every day for 1-2 hours, having a frantically fast sound check, and not being able to hear our ukes in the monitors. But I'm glad we did it, and it will likely be the highlight of my whole year. I want to thank every one of the people who performed on stage with me. Snowy helped me out so much, not only by figuring out by bringing the majority of the non-ukulele instruments and playing them, but also by being a second brain to bounce ideas off of. You brought so much experience as a professional A/V guy with you, and the set was sooo much better because of it! It also helped calm my nerves significantly. 4EverfreeBrony is such a legend; it's one thing to know that he's S tier, but to give him a new instrument (the baritone ukulele) and watch him learn it on the fly is astounding. It's such an honor to get to play with you; thanks for taking a chance on us! Thrack, thank you for DM'ing me last minute and jumping right in to the chaos with your bongos. JamesAsJames, I've always loved your record playing. Thanks for jumping on the invite last minute and adding to the synergy of the gang!
It was a really big honor to get to play on that stage. I don't think we blew anypony out of the water, and most people probably went to the luau because they wanted the food or already had a ticket, but the debut was incredibly well received by a lot of people whose opinion I cared about. Immediately after the set, I was floored when Koa congratulated us for the set and told me she liked some of my songs (huge Koa fan here in case you didn't know). Then we ran into the con chair Charlie en route to the elevator, who personally congratulated us. My friend Statoose (who also had his pony debut at this con) was gushing about the performance to me at a room party. Luck Rock congratulated me on a set well done and nailing the assignment of matching the set to the theme. And even some of the A/V team like Winchester gave their congratulations as well. All of those kind words mean the world to me; it's so validating after all these years of feeling terrible at music to have this kind of opportunity and feel like I made a valuable contribution to the fandom I've loved for so long.
There were so many wonderful moments too that came with the territory. My favorite was rehearsing on Thursday night before the con started; it was way more relaxed, everything was coming together perfectly, and the music was sounding fab. The mandatory musician meetups were a blast; spent the Saturday one hanging out w/ Statoose and talking about older fandom musicians, on Sunday's I brought the uke and was jamming w/ 4everfree, Canto, and Thrack. People came up to me to sign their con books, something I didn't even know people did, and I signed around 3-4 as well as Nexgen's shoes and someone's ukulele box. I gave away around 20 CDs of my music. Post con, all the musicians ran in to listen to the sonic rainboom together, and I organized a dinner with Pagan Pegasus, Ebunix, Snowy, Bolt, West, Blanket, + friends which was absolutely lovely. Later that night, I had a great time chatting for two hours about pony music with Luck Rock, BlueBrony, and TheOneGalen.
In all, I'm really glad I took a chance and applied as a musician. Not because it scratched some desire to perform, but because it made me feel apart of this community in a way I never felt before. And we did the thing: we showed the fandom that we can put on a successful set. I don't know if there will ever be a second ukulele bronies performance, but I am so grateful to this fandom for all the kind words, for the chance to shine, and the friends we made along the way. Thanks everypony!
–bramble <3
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Lmao!
So, to kind of explain this for people who've never been to an anime convention. It started at 1 Otakon years ago. I think about 24 or 25 years ago? Well before I started attending any.
There's this event known as the Masquerade, which happens at all nerdy cons. It's a cosplay competition. They're a lot of fun, but a lot of work for the competitors.
Anyway, at bigger cons like Otakon, there's usually some cameras and a projection screen so the audience further back can see the details of the cosplayers hard work. (I've only been to 1 bigger con where this wasn't the case, but the draw to this con was the guests. So they didn't put much into the cosplay.)
So, they're going thru the roster of everyone competing and a new cosplayer is announced, and the camera that was supposed to be focusing on the stage is focused on... an empty folding chair.
There's a quiet from the audience, the announcer is still talking about the cosplayer showing their hard work out across the stage and to the panel of judges. None of them notice until after the cosplayer is done. They're given another chance to show off bc of the little mishap, of course.
But it becomes a sort of joke with the cosplayers in attendance and is funny for the first few years. There's a lull in something? The chair. Panel not going smoothly? A joke about the chair. And so on and so forth. It's usually greeted with a chant of "Chair! Chair! Chair! Chair!:
It slowly spread around the USA, especially amongst anime fans, thru the 2000s and fizzled out when I first started going to cons. It picked back up sometime in 2014/2015 bc lol old meme.
Honestly? It's 1 of those things that's really dumb, but also funny for no other reason than it being so dumb. It hasn't been done in a long while, so I'm expecting it to make another comeback sometime soon.
...and this was nerdy history with Icy.
Anime con goers: Chair! Chair! Chair! Chair! Chair! Chair! CHAIR!
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Anne Celeste Heche (/heɪtʃ/ HAYTCH; May 25, 1969 – August 11, 2022) Film, stage and television actress who came to recognition portraying twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love on the soap opera Another World (1987–1991), winning her a Daytime Emmy Award and two Soap Opera Digest Awards.
In addition to her film roles, Heche starred in the comedy drama television series Men in Trees (2006–08), Hung (2009–11), Save Me (2013), Aftermath (2016), and the military drama television series The Brave (2017). She lent her voice to the animated television series The Legend of Korra (2014), where she voiced Suyin Beifong, and appeared as a contestant in the 29th season of Dancing with the Stars (2020).
For her work on Another World, Heche received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 1991. In November 1991, Heche made her primetime television debut in an episode of Murphy Brown. She made her TV-movie debut the following year with a brief appearance in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of O Pioneers! (1992).
In 2001, she obtained a recurring role in the fourth season of the television series Ally McBeal. She took on the recurring role on the WB drama Everwood during its 2004–05 season, and then a recurring role on Nip/Tuck in 2005 as an ex-mob wife and Witness Protection Program subject who requires plastic surgery. Heche continued her television work with her portrayal of a widow who does not celebrate Christmas in the made-for-CBS Silver Bells (2005), and a con woman who schemes a man she meets on a dating website in the made-for-Lifetime Fatal Desire (2006).
In 2006 Heche began work on her own series, Men in Trees. In 2009, she was cast in the HBO dramedy series Hung, as the ex-wife of a financially struggling high school basketball/baseball coach (portrayed by Thomas Jane). The series received favorable reviews and aired until 2011. She had a recurring guest-role on The Michael J. Fox Show before its cancellation.
On September 25, 2017, Heche debuted as (fictional) Deputy Director Patricia Campbell of the (real-life) Defense Intelligence Agency, or the "DIA", in the new military/espionage thriller The Brave. Heche was the series lead for the 2017–18 season of this NBC series. Campbell oversees an elite team of cross-military-service specialists who must undertake especially dangerous missions, led by male lead Mike Vogel. In 2018, she joined the television series Chicago P.D. in a supporting role. (Wikipedia)
#Anne Heche#TV#Obit#Obituary#O2022#Men In Trees#Another World#Ally McBeal#The Brave#Everwood#Chicago P.D.
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