#armando cosmos

[virtualvoiddelusion]

*video*

[Cyrus is seen talking quietly with MewTwo while Void lays on a couch with Puddles and the supposed “Donor Mew” curled up together at her side. Kage and Sal are asleep on the bed they stole from Cyrus. Oblivion is in cocoon form in a corner of the room. Cosmos is presumably in his ball due to his rather large size. The Tatsugiri are all asleep on a chair while Crowbat, Apophis, Armando, and the rest of Cyrus’ Pokemon are resting nearby. The Hydreigon trio and Salamance are glaring at the door and window. Darkrai is next to Void.]

[dc-megatournament]

A Master List of fighters in the “Batman vs Everyone” tournament so far

If a character isn't listed here, they haven't been submitted.

List of the Fights Already Posted w/Results (in Alphabetical Order)

Red = Lost fight Against Batman

Green = Won fight Against Batman

Blue = a third option was taken

Adam West Batman =

Alphonse Elric =

Amazing Man/Will Everett = Lost

Ambush Bug/Irwin Schwab = Lost

Amy Rose = Won

Angus MacGyver = Lost

Animal Man/Buddy Baker = Lost

Annabeth Chase =

Ant-Man/Hank Pym = Lost

Aquaman/Arthur Curry = Lost

Arceus =

Arsenal/Roy Harper = Lost

Atom Smasher/Albert Rothstein = Lost

Avatar Aang = Third option; Bruce attempts to adopt Aang

Azrael/Jean Paul Valley = Lost

Aztek/Uno = Lost

Baked Beans = Won

Baldi =

Barbie = Won

Batgirl/Cassandra Cain = Won

Batman Beyond/Terry McGinnis = Lost

Batwing/David Zavimbe = Lost

Batwing/Luke Fox =

Batwoman/Kate Kane = Lost

Beast/Hank McCoy = Lost

Beetlejuice = Lost

Ben Tennyson = Lost

Big Barda/Barda Free = Won

Big Hero 6 = Lost

Bill Cipher =

Black Canary/Dinah Laurel Lance = Lost

Black Cat/Felicia Hardy = Lost

Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce = Lost

Black Orchid/Susan Linden = Lost

Black Panther/T’Challa = Won

Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff =

Bluebird/Harper Row =

Bluey Heeler =

Blade/Eric Brooks = Lost

Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes = Lost

Blue Beetle/Ted Kord = Lost

Blue Devil/Dan Cassidy = Lost

Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter = Lost

Brody Foxx =

Bucky Barnes = Lost

Buffy Summers = Won

Bugs Bunny = Won

Captain America/Sam Wilson = Lost

Captain America/Steve Rogers = Lost

Captain Atom/Nathaniel Adam = Lost

Captain Cold/Leonard Snart = Lost

Captain Jack Sparrow = Lost

Captain Marvel/Billy Batson = Won

Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers = Lost

Cassie Hack = Lost

Catwoman/Selina Kyle = Third Option; They make out instead

Citizen Steel/Nathan Heywood = Lost

Cosmo and Wanda = Won

Crazy Jane =

Cyblade/Dominique Thiebaut = Lost

Cyborg/Victor Stone = Lost

Cyclops =

Danny Phantom =

Darwin/Armando Muñoz = Lost

Dazai Osamu =

Deadman/Boston Brand = Lost

Deku/Izuku Midoriya = Lost, Gains a father through Batman

Detective Chimp/Bobo T. Chimpanzee = Lost

Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom = Won

Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson = Won

Doctor Fate/Khalid Nassour = Lost

Doctor Fate/Linda Strauss = Lost

Doctor Light/Kimiyo Hoshi = Lost

Dolly Parton =

Donald Duck = Won

Dr. Mid Nite/Charles McNider = Lost

Dracula (Castlevania) = Lost

Duolingo Owl =

Echo/Maya Lopez = Lost

Eda Clawthorne = Lost

Ed Dillinger =

Elektra Natchios = Lost

Element Woman/Emily Sung =

Eliot Spencer =

Ellie (TLoU) =

Elongated Man/Ralph Dibny = Lost

Elon Musk =

Elric of Melninbone =

Elsa = Lost

Elsa Bloodstone =

Emma Frost = Won

Enchantress/June Moone = Lost

Etrigan/Jason Blood = Lost

Eva-02 =

Ezio Auditore =

Finn & Jake = Won

Fire/Beatriz da Costa = Lost

Firestar =

Firestorm/Jason Rusch = Lost

Firestorm/Ronnie Raymond = Lost

Flamebird/Bette Kane =

Gabby Kinney =

Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze = Lost

Ghoulia Yelps =

Godiva/Dorcas Leigh = Lost

Godzilla = Won

Goku = Won

Green Arrow/Connor Hawke = Lost

Green Arrow/Oliver Queen = Lost

Green Goblin/Norman Osborn = Lost

Green Lantern/Guy Gardner = Lost

Green Lantern/Hal Jordan =

Green Lantern/Jessica Cruz = Lost

Green Lantern/John Stewart = Lost

Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner = Won

Green Lantern/Simon Baz = Lost

Grumpy Bear =

Gundam Aerial = Lost

Gwen Tennyson = Lost

Gypsy/Cynthia Reynolds = Lost

Hatsune Miku = Won

Hawkeye/Clint Barton =

Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders = Lost

Hawkman/Katar Hol/Carter Hall = Lost

Hawkwoman/Shayera Hol/Shiera Hall = Lost

Heather (TDI) = Won

Hellboy = Lost

Hello Kitty = Won

Hua Cheng = Lost

Hulk/Bruce Banner = Lost

Human Torch/Johnny Storm = Lost

Huntress/Helena Bertinelli = Lost

Ice/Tora Olafsdotter =

Iceman/Bobby Drake =

Invincible/Mark Grayson = Lost

Invisible Woman/Sue Storm = Lost

Iron Man/Tony Stark = Lost

Jade/Jennifer-Lynn Hayden = Lost

Jar Jar Binks = Lost

Jean Grey =

Jenny Sparks =

Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 = Lost

Jerry (Tom & Jerry) = Won

Jesse Quick/Jessie Chambers = Lost

Jessica Jones = Lost

Jim Gordon = Lost

Joel Miller (TLoU) =

John Constantine = Lost

John Egbert =

John Wick = Won

Joker (Persona 2) =

Joker - Persona 5 =

Jubilee/Jubilation Lee =

Katara (ATLA) =

Katana/Tatsu Yamashiro = Lost

Katsuki Bakugou = Lost

Kazuma Kiryu =

Kim Possible = Won

Kirby = Won

Kuchipatchi =

Ladybug/Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Cat Noir/Adrien Agreste = Lost

Lan Wangji =

Legion =

Lieutenant Columbo =

Light Yagami = Lost

Lin Manuel Miranda =

Link (LoZ) =

Lobo = Lost

Luke Cage = Lost

Luke Skywalker = Lost

Madame Mirage/Angela Temple = Lost

Madame Xanadu = Lost

Magik/Illyana Rasputin = Won

Man-Bat/Dr. Robert Kirkland Langstrom = Lost

Manhunter/Kate Spencer = Lost

Mariah Carey = Won

Mario & Luigi = Won

Martian Manhunter/J’onn J’onnz = Lost

Mary Poppins =

Maxima = Lost

Max Tennyson =

May Chang =

Megatron = Lost

Metamorpho/Rex Mason = Lost

Mickey Mouse =

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers = Lost

Mister Miracle/Scott Free = Lost

 Mizu = Lost

Mon-El/Lar Gand = Lost

Monkey D Luffy = Won

Moon Knight/Marc Spector = Lost

Mr Rogers = third option; convinced Bruce to go to therapy

Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards = Lost

Ms Marvel/Kamala Khan = Lost

Mystery Inc (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby) = Won

Naruto Uzamaki = Lost

Nightcrawler =

Nightshade/Eve Eden = Lost

Nightwing/Dick Grayson = Won

Nimona = Won

Noo Noo (Vacuum from Teletubbies)

Obsidian/Todd Rice =

Onyx Adams =

Optimus Prime =

Oracle/Barbara Gordon = Won

Orion = Lost

Ozymandias =

Percy Jackson = Won

Phantom Stranger = Lost

Phineas & Ferb = third option; Batman hires P & F

Photon/Monica Rambeau =

Pikachu = Won

Pink Panther = Won

Plastic Man/Patrick "Eel" O'Brian = Lost

Powergirl/Kara Zor L/Karen Starr = Lost

Powerhouse/Naomi McDuffie = Lost

Power Puff Girls = Third Option; Batman recruits the PPG

Puss in Boots =

Queen Hippolyta = Won

Raven = Won

Red Hood/Jason Todd = Won

Red Tornado/Ulthoon = Lost

Regina George = Won

Rick Grimes = Lost

Robin/Damian Wayne = Lost

Robin/Tim Drake = Lost

Rocket Red/Dmitri Pushkin = Lost

Rocket Red/Gavril Ivanovich = Lost

Rogue/Anna Marie LeBeau = Won

Roronoa Zoro =

Ryu (Street Fighter) =

Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino = Won

Saitama = Won

Sally Jackson = Won

Sanderson Sisters (Winifred, Mary, Sarah) = Lost

Sara Pezzini = Lost

Shade, the Changing Man/Rac Shade = Lost

Sharon Carter = Lost

She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters = Lost

Shen Qingqiu = Lost

She-Ra/Adora = Won

Shredder =

Slenderman =

Snoopy & Woodstock = Won

Sogeking/Usopp = Won

Sokka (ATLA) =

Solid Snake =

Sonic the Hedgehog = Won

Spawn/Al Simmons = Lost

Spider-Man/Miles Morales = Lost

Spider-Man/Peter Parker = Won

Spider Woman/Jessica Drew = Lost

Spoiler/Stephanie Brown = Won

Squirrel Girl/ Doreen Green = Won

Stan Pines =

Star Butterfly = Lost

Starfire/Koriand’r = Won

Starman/Mikaal Tomas = Lost

Star Sapphire/Carol Ferris = Lost

Steel/John Henry Irons =

Steven Universe = Third option; Batman attempted to adopt Steven

Steve (Blue Clues) =

Stitch/Experiment 626 = Won

Storm/Ororo Munroe = Won

Strawberry Shortcake = Won

Supergirl/Kara Danvers/Kara Zor-El = Won

Superman/Clark Kent/Kal El = Won

Swamp Thing/Alec Holland =

Taylor Swift =

Terezi Pyrope = Lost

The Atom/Ray Palmer = Lost

The Atom/Ryan Choi = Lost

The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo = Lost

The Crow/Eric Draven = Lost

The Cullens (Carlisle, Esme, Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, Alice, Emmett) = Lost

The Darkness/Jackie Estacado = Lost

The Doctor = Third Option; Bruce becomes The Doctor's companion

The Flash/Jay Garrick = Lost

The Flash/Wally West Lost

The Immortal Snail =

The Pope =

The Punisher/Frank Castle = Lost

The Question/Renee Montoya = Lost

The Signal/Duke Thomas = Won

The Thing/Ben Grimm =

The Warner Siblings = Won

Thor = Lost

Tigress/Artemis Crock = Lost

Tintin =

TMNT = Lost

Tom Cruise =

Toph Beifong = Won

Troia/Donna Troy = Won

Tyson (Percy Jackson) =

Ultraman =

Uncle Iroh = Won

Vampirella = Lost

Velvet Crowe =

Vibe/Cisco Ramon = Lost

Vixen/Mari McCabe = Lost

Voltron =

Walter White = Lost

Wasp/Janet Van Dyne = Lost

Winry Rockbell =

Wei Wuxian =

Wolverine/James “Logan” Howlett = Won

Wolverine/X-23/Laura Kinney = Won

Wonder Woman/Diana Prince = Won

Wonder Woman/Nubia = Won

Word Girl/Becky Botsford = Won

Xie Lian = Lost

Yami Yugi = Lost

Zatanna Zatara =

Zheng Shang-Chi = Lost

Fights That Have Yet to Be Posted (also in Alphabetical Order)

Alfred Pennyworth

All Might

Amadeus Cho

Andros (Power Rangers)

Anomalocaris canadensis

A Random Unicorn

Batman/Jace Fox

Bingo Heeler

Captain Kirk 

Carl (Llamas with Hats)

Cure Flora 

Cybermen

Cybersix

Daleks

Daredevil/Matt Murdock

Darth Vader

Deadpool

Dean Winchester

Drake & Josh

Duck from Princess Tutu

Dynamite Anton

Edward Elric

Ellie Camacho

Emojibots

Emu Otori

Eraserhead

Extra Fine Neon Pink Glitter

Ford Pines

Geo-Force/Brion Markov

Ghost Spider

Giovanni Zatara

Ichigo Kurosaki 

Inuyasha

Joe Hendry

Julio Richter

Kaz Brekker 

Kendrick Lamar

Kisuke Urahara

L (Death Note)

Lady Cassandra (DW)

LEGO BATMAN vs 80s Joker

Lionblaze

Luo Binghe

Maggie Simpson

Martha Wayne (Flashpoint)

Midnighter

Ms Frizzle

Omni-Man

Paw Patrol

Plastique/Bette Sans Souci

Prodigy/David Alleyne

Rob Ford (crack smoking former mayor of Toronto)

Roy Kent

RuPaul

Sabrina Carpenter

Scar (FMA)

Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Seshomaru

Splat Black Box Dye

Stargirl/Courtney Whitmore

Suki (ATLA)

The Belchers

The Family of Blood

The Flash/Barry Allen

The Question/Vic Sage

The Ray/Ray Terrill

The Silence

Totally Spies

Tumblr Anon

Twilight Sparkle (alicorn)

Vashta Nerada

Wattpad

Zuko (ATLA)

[petercapaldi-press]

Peter Capaldi: 'You don't just play the Doctor, you represent him' The Telegraph

INTERVIEW

12 September 2015 6:00am BST

Chloe Fox

'What do you say we have dinner in the Tardis?’ Peter Capaldi, aka the 12th Doctor, is looking at me from over the top of his Wayfarer sunglasses with a bird-like intensity; head cocked to the side, a mischievous light in his beady blue eyes.

Fresh from the set (a nearby solar-panel factory in Cardiff that has been dressed up as the kitchen of a spaceship where a monster has been trying to eat everyone in his path), dressed in skinny black jeans and a T-shirt, with his trademark Dr Martens boots, Capaldi crackles with exactly the same combination of fierce intelligence and nervous energy as his Doctor – a darker, edgier, slightly more unpredictable version of what has come before.

This will be Capaldi’s second season at the helm of a sci-fi television show that, now in its 52nd year (with a 16-year hiatus from 1989 to 2005), is the longest-running in history. Distributed to more than 200 territories worldwide, viewed in the UK alone by an average of six million per episode, adored by its legions of obsessive ‘Whovian’ fans, Doctor Who is nothing short of a global phenomenon.

Capaldi, 56 at the time of casting (he’s 57 now), was the oldest Doctor to debut since the very first doctor, William Hartnell, did so aged 55 in 1963. To some, his was a slightly left-field casting. His immediate predecessors, David Tennant and Matt Smith – 34 and 26 respectively when they got the job – were younger, twinklier, more user-friendly versions of the Time Lord. And yet, Capaldi’s older, more volatile incarnation – who shows zero tolerance towards all things romantic – very quickly won his way into Whovian hearts across the spectrum. ��A class act’, declared The Daily Telegraph. ‘A fantastic, fascinating lead performance,’ said Digital Spy.

By the time series eight (his first) ended – with a thrilling denouement in which the Doctor was made President of the World and his arch-nemesis, the Master, was reincarnated as a woman (brilliantly played by Michelle Gomez as a sort of malevolent Mary Poppins) – Capaldi’s rightness for the role was established.

‘What I wanted to do, I suppose, was remind people of the alien-ness of the Doctor,’ Capaldi says. ‘Doctor Who isn’t a human being, you see. He’s a creature of the cosmos. His social skills aren’t great. He doesn’t care very much if people like or dislike him, because people aren’t his thing, you know?’

We are now sitting in the Tardis – surely the most thrilling interview location of all time – where Capaldi, who is nearing the end of nine months of filming series nine, looks touchingly at home. Often, between thoughts, he gazes reverentially up at the ceiling as if it were the vaults of a church. Long legs crossed, jacket off, vampirically pale, thin hands wrapped around the pot of Wagamama noodle soup that is his supper, you can see glimpses of the boy who penned endless fan letters to the show’s producers and who applied for presidency of the Doctor Who Fan Club aged 14.

In person, Capaldi is a much gentler, more rarefied presence than you might expect, especially if you were a fan of his brutally funny spin doctor, Malcolm Tucker, in Armando Iannucci’s Bafta-winning political satire The Thick of It. He speaks quietly, with an elegant Glaswegian drawl. Questions are answered thoughtfully and with a real interest, even though they are probably questions he has been asked dozens, if not hundreds, of times before. ‘Am I enjoying myself? Hmm, let me see… Am I enjoying myself?’ he says, looking around a set that has been specifically customised to suit the personality of his more retro, 1960s-style Doctor – a glass table here, a hexagonal window effect there. ‘Well, just look at this place,’ he says, with a sweep of a long arm. ‘How on earth can I not be enjoying myself?’

Capaldi concedes, however, that the first season was ‘terribly nerve-racking for me because not only was the job new, but I was also getting a level of attention that I simply wasn’t used to’. And in filming the second series, the challenges, he admits, have morphed – in true Doctor Who style – into something else.

‘I don’t feel I’ve nailed it yet – from an acting point of view, I mean,’ he says. ‘I don’t yet feel that I know how to do this. Quite who the Doctor is remains mysterious to me – which is of course as it should be – but one of the biggest challenges that I’ve found, and am finding, is that you have to sort of be able to spin on a penny. You have to be able to go from pantomime to tragedy, from domestic to epic, within a single scene. You have to keep the ball in the air, and you have to remember,’ – and here he grins wryly – ‘that The X Factor is on the other channel. You have to remember that there are people watching in America, you have to remember that, as much as you want to apply your mature acting instincts, there are actually lots of children watching. You’ve got to cover all these bases, and make it exciting and interesting too. It’s a great challenge – and, by the way, I really don’t say that lightly – and one which I care very much about getting right. Because it’s big, isn’t it? It’s really big.’

When Capaldi speaks of the weight of responsibility that comes with such an iconic role, he shifts imperceptibly into the second person, as if distancing himself from its magnitude. ‘It can be quite intimidating when you look down, do you know what I mean? Because Doctor Who exists on quite a big scale, in terms of its importance to the BBC and to its fans. You don’t just play Doctor Who; you represent him. You represent the 50 years in which he has meant an awful lot to an awful lot of people. And the weight of it – and I really would never want to seem ungrateful – is that it is continual. It is very, very nice because people always greet you with a certain affection, but it is basically every day, everywhere you go.’

When Capaldi got the job, one of his first actions was to pick the brains of his predecessors. ‘I knew David a little bit but I didn’t know Matt at all,’ he explains. ‘They were both very kind, very generous and refreshingly honest. They both made it quite clear to me that the role would bring, shall we say, a greater visibility, and they gave me very good advice as to how to handle it.’

First and foremost, retain a sense of humour at all times. ‘It’s all showbiz silliness really,’ he says, laughing. (On the day his casting was announced on a prime-time BBC special hosted by Zoë Ball, he was given a codename – Houdini – and bundled, gangster-style, into a chauffeur-driven car with a blanket over his head.)

‘Peter has a large anti-bullshit-ometer inside him,’ says his friend, the actor Richard E Grant (who starred in the short film Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life, which Capaldi wrote and directed and for which he won an Oscar). ‘And because his fame and recognition have come relatively late in his career, his hilarious cynicism about the yo-yo nature of showbusiness abides.’

Take Comic-Con, for instance. A couple of weeks before our meeting, Capaldi – along with his co-stars and the Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat – flew out to the convention in San Diego for a promotional event. For the two days before the convention started, Capaldi was doing press in his hotel. Wherever he went, he was accompanied by six security guards. ‘Six! Can you believe it?! And they all kept telling me that I couldn’t leave the hotel because, if I did, I’d be mobbed. And then I’d look out of the window and all I’d see would be this little Yoda walking down the street. So eventually I’d had enough and I said, “Come on, guys, you’ve got to let me go,” So they did – although the heavies came with me, of course. And, do you know what? Not a single person recognised me. Not one.’

Unsurprisingly, this wasn’t to last. The group sat down for dinner and, before long, queues were forming for selfies. Which was when Capaldi’s second code for coping came into play: ‘Just enjoy it.’

He understands the obsessed fans, because he himself was one of them. Teased at school for being a sci-fi geek – he was given the derogatory nickname Moon Man because of his obsession with the moon landings – the young Capaldi was far from cool. Not that he cared too much, because he was also very loved. ‘It was very safe, full of delights,’ he says of his early childhood in a tenement block in the Springburn region of Glasgow. His parents – Italian-born Gerry and Irish-born Nancy – ran a cafe in the bottom of the tenement, from which they operated an ice-cream-delivery business.

Family were everywhere: both grandmothers, plus uncles, aunts and cousins all lived in the same block. There was lots of noise, laughter, spaghetti, a Beatles soundtrack and, of course, Doctor Who. ‘To me, it was like a fairytale,’ he explains of his childhood obsession. ‘It had that quality of darkness that you find in a Grimm’s fairy tale: this strange creature of a man who takes you on all these adventures, but who always keeps you safe. That’s absolutely what I want the children who watch my version to feel.’

For Capaldi, Doctor Who is inextricably linked to his childhood. ‘It will always be a part of me,’ he says. Earlier this year, just before he was due to start filming the current series, Capaldi’s beloved mother – who had sent him the Doctor Who annual every year, well into his adulthood – died. It was a source of great pride to her that his visits to her hospital bedside were always accompanied by the happy squeals of just about every nurse in the hospital, coming to catch a glimpse.

Growing up, he didn’t really know what he wanted to be; he just knew he didn’t want to join the grey ranks of ‘depressed-looking souls standing at the bus stop in the rain every morning’. In those days there was only one place to go if you didn’t want to be like everybody else: the Glasgow School of Art.

Submerged in an ethos of creativity, Capaldi embraced the beginnings of punk. He was lead singer of a band called the Dreamboys – who mercifully changed their name from the Bastards From Hell (and whose members included Craig Ferguson, of The Late Late Show fame) – and he also began to harbour dreams of becoming an actor. One night, in 1983, he got home drunk to his Glasgow flat to find his costume-designer landlady chatting to the film director Bill Forsyth, who saw enough promise in Capaldi’s innocent charm to cast the 25-year-old opposite Burt Lancaster in his Scottish seaside fable Local Hero.

A decade, and a few bit parts later – most notably as John Malkovich’s manservant in Dangerous Liaisons – Capaldi wrote and directed the aforementioned short (in which his actress wife, Elaine Collins, co-starred with Richard E Grant) and, totally unexpectedly, won an Oscar.

For a brief, glittering moment, Hollywood beckoned (the couple bought a house in Crouch End, London, with the proceeds from a Miramax option on a feature-film idea) but then, as so often happens in Hollywood, the lights went off again.

When, after the best part of 15 years spent taking whatever hand-to-mouth acting jobs he could get – a Ruth Rendell Mysteries here, a Foyle’s War there – Capaldi got the call to audition for Armando Iannucci, he didn’t get his hopes up. In fact, the whole audition experience was so turgid and long-winded that, by the time he actually met Iannucci himself, Capaldi was simmering with rage; a rage that was to change his life by landing him the part of Malcolm Tucker.

Contrary to common belief, Malcolm Tucker was not based on Alastair Campbell. He came instead from Hollywood, from the American agents and producers – ‘malevolent forces in Armani suits’ – that Capaldi had witnessed, first-hand, barking foul obscenities down the phone at people. His ‘failure’, it turned out, had not been for nothing.

If the success of The Thick of It was a door opening for Capaldi, Doctor Who has been a floodgate from which there is no going back. ‘Would I have appreciated it as much if it had happened 20 years ago?’ he muses. ‘Almost definitely not.’

Happily, the timing of his success suits Capaldi’s life. With his wife now working as a television producer (she gave up acting for a more financially reliable line of work) and their daughter, Cecily, at university, Capaldi can be based in Cardiff from Monday to Friday and return to family life at weekends. ‘And it’s a shock when I do,’ he jokes. ‘Because I’m certainly not allowed to be number one on the cast list there. Here I spend all week with people taking me everywhere I need to go, checking I have everything I need, driving me the three minutes to and from my lovely waterside apartment to the studio, making me endless cups of coffee, loving me wherever I go; and there I am expected to have my feet on the ground. But I don’t want my feet on the ground, goddammit!’

He is too gracious to say it, but Capaldi is definitely tired and homesick. With 13 episodes a year, not to mention the promotional whirl, being the Doctor is more than a full-time job. He has even developed the same knee complaint that had Matt Smith – ‘who is about 12, for God’s sake!’ – on crutches at their first meeting. ‘It’s something to do with running down corridors and turning round very quickly to deliver lines,’ he says, laughing.

Nevertheless Capaldi is uncomplaining. ‘All this will come to an end, you see,’ he says, looking around him at the Tardis. ‘It might just be my Scottish melancholia, but the very first day I found out I’d got the job, I started to feel sad that one day I would not have it; that there would come a day, in the not too distant future, that I wouldn’t be Doctor Who any more. And that is why I try really hard to get as much out of it as possible. Because one day I’ll just be an overweight has-been, trying to get a meeting with Jenna Coleman [Clara, the Doctor’s companion] and being ejected from a Doctor Who Convention in Bolton for being drunk and disorderly. I mean, this is surely my high point, isn’t it?’

Doctor Who returns to BBC One on September 19

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Pitch for a reboot of “Ace Attorney” (essentially a new timeline but featuring the same characters):

1) For the leads:

The game is split by three campaigns, led by defense attorneys working for Fey & Co. Law Offices, which mainly handles criminal cases (and some civil cases).

* Phoenix Wright, who is one of the firm’s founders

* Apollo Justice, who is an experienced defense attorney who recently transferred to Fey & Co after witnessing blatant corruption in the previous firm he worked for

* Athena Cykes, who just passed the California bar exam.

The other two major characters are the other two founders, Mia Fey and Diego Armando, who are romantically connected.

2) For the assistants:

* Maya Fey, Mia’s younger sister who is working as one of the firm’s paralegals/secretaries, is Phoenix’s assistant.

* Trucy Wright, Phoenix’s daughter with the nun Sister Iris Hawthorne, is Apollo’s assistant. She is a law school student who also dreams of being a professional magician.

* Simon Blackquill, a former prosecutor who decided to switch to defense and join Fey & Co, is Athena’s co-counsel (which is pretty much the assistant role). He was assigned to supervise Athena since she’s a green attorney who just passed the bar.

3) For the lead prosecutors:

* Miles Edgeworth: Los Angeles’ leading prosecutor who frequently clashes with Phoenix.

* Klavier Gavin: A veteran, confident prosecutor who clashes with Apollo.

* Rayfa Khurain: A young, up-and-coming prosecutor who clashes with Athena.

4) For the final bosses:

* Manfred von Karma: A ruthless prosecutor known for their corrupt methods

* Kristoph Gavin: Apollo’s former employer who becomes the focus of a disciplinary hearing

* Franziska Rechtsanwältin: A corporate law attorney who is hired to sue Metis Cykes (in this reboot, Franziska is not Manfred’s daughter)

5) The main campaigns:

* Phoenix’s campaign is still about defending Miles after he’s accused of murder. However, the biggest change is that Manfred von Karma is no longer the murderer. Here, he’s just a really challenging prosecutor. The focus is solely on getting Edgeworth acquitted.

* Apollo’s campaign is centered on a corruption/ethics case against his former employer, Kristoph Gavin. Instead of a big murder trial, Apollo’s finale is a disciplinary hearing in which he’s trying to convince the bar association to disbar Kristoph.

* Athena’s campaign is centered on a massive civil suit against her mother, Métis Cykes. Despite the potential conflict of interest in representing her mother, she takes the lead in a case where Métis and her robotics company, Cosmos, are sued by a rival company, PhantomTech, for copyright infringement.

6) Miscellaneous plot points:

* In case it wasn’t obvious, this version is a more grounded, realistic take on the legal profession. So, no spirit channeling and less courtroom shenanigans. Think something closer to “Better Call Saul” or “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”.

* Part of Phoenix’s campaign is a subplot in which he tries to reconnect with his ex-girlfriend Iris. Part of the reason why their relationship fell apart was that Trucy was an accident, which was strained since Iris took an oath of celibacy when she became a nun. But the two at least try to be good parents to Trucy, despite their separation.

* Mia Fey is still murdered and Maya Fey is still the main suspect. However, Phoenix is told that he can’t represent Maya due to a conflict of interest (his near-familial connection to the Fey sisters). This leads to Apollo Justice taking over the case.

* The tutorial level is Mia Fey going through a mock trial in law school. Her professor, Winston Payne, stands in as the prosecutor.

* Part of Athena’s campaign is taking Aura Blackquill’s deposition, in which she reveals some unflattering information that implies that she may have been responsible for the infringement.

* Diego Armando does not go into a coma in this version. Instead, he decides to retire after losing his passion for the law upon Mia’s death. That being said, Diego pops up every now and then to act as a mentor for all three protagonists.

[gamboagarcia]

Gracias de antemano por sus comentarios Develan Monumento a Benito Juárez en El Chamizal Ciudad Juárez, Chih. - Benito Pablo Juárez García fue un hombre forjado en la sencillez y soberanía para entregar a los mexicanos un país libre, apreció y reconoció la nobleza de quienes viven en Ciudad Juárez y plasmó en esta comunidad el agradecimiento y lealtad que le caracterizaba, comentó el Alcalde Armando Cabada Alvídrez al enca... Sigue leyendo: https://www.adiario.mx/la-cantera/develan-monumento-a-benito-juarez-en-el-chamizal/?feed_id=172823&_unique_id=66e3197f701bc

[recordarparanoolvidar]

TP N°2 - LA PRODUCCIÓN/REALIZACIÓN Y SU RELACIÓN CON LAS IDEAS, EL GUIÓN Y LA PUESTA EN ESCENA.

Escena a analizar.

Para la primera instancia del trabajo, analizaré la secuencia inicial de Nostalgia de la luz (2010). El film aborda a los astrónomos que miran el cosmos en el desierto de Atacama en Chile, buscando respuestas sobre el origen de la vida. Patricio Guzman, entrelaza esta línea narrativa con la de un grupo de mujeres que tamizan la arena del desierto buscando partes del cuerpo de sus seres queridos desaparecidos en la última dictadura militar.

Dicha escena está compuesta por una secuencia de planos que presentan a un telescopio fragmentado a través de planos detalle, cerrados y algunos levemente abiertos. La escena está conformada inicialmente por varios detalles del telescopio en donde lo vemos desde distintos ángulos hasta que finalmente vemos su majestuosidad en un plano entero. Acto seguido, volvemos a verlo otra vez fragmentado pero en planos estáticos, a diferencia de los anteriores que eran planos que contenían un leve movimiento a través de un paneo. Una vez que se abre la compuerta del observatorio, vemos un plano cerrado de la luna, seguido de planos detalles de la misma la cual luego se funde con la sombra de lo que pareciera ser hojas moviéndose. A continuación, pasamos a un plano abierto de una cocina en donde vemos una mesada, una ventana y una cocina siendo bañadas por la luz solar y las sombras de las hojas de un árbol moviéndose sobre ellas. Luego, pasa a planos detalles de elementos pertenecientes a la cocina, tales como platos, radios, etc. La voz en off que acompaña habla brevemente sobre el telescopio pero rápidamente el tópico cambia sobre la vida en Chile y la vida personal del director, éste menciona su afición por la astronomía y rememora varias veces la tranquilidad de Chile. Seguido de esto, se nos muestra la entrada de la casa y la imagen se funde con lo que pareciera ser polvo volando. La voz en off del director menciona que la tranquilidad de Chile estando al margen del mundo, llegó a su fin el momento en el que científicos extranjeros descubrieron que en el desierto de Atacama se pueden ver mejor las estrellas y construyeron el observatorio más grande del mundo. El realizador entrelaza este dato con el golpe de estado que sufrió Chile en manos de Pinochet y cómo se llevó la democracia, los sueños y la ciencia. Al decir esto último, el plano se abre y vemos lo que pareciera ser un taller del observatorio compuesto por un piso cubierto de tierra, herramientas y las partículas de la tierra siendo visibles en el aire gracias a la luz solar que ingresa en el plano. La secuencia termina con un plano general del taller, podemos observar como la imagen previa se funde con estas partículas que vuelan y se pasa a la siguiente secuencia.

El director nos presenta, a través de planos cerrados, detalles y fragmentos, una realidad que explora a través del movimiento dentro del plano o el movimiento de la cámara, buscando de esta manera explorar la plasticidad y la forma que éste busca crear y crea en la mente del espectador. Así mismo, luego de explorar las plasticidades, el director decide abrir el plano y mostrarnos “la imagen completa” de lo que vimos previamente, dándonos así ese contexto más mundano que sostiene esas particularidades. Además, de que a través de la sutileza, los detalles y la delicadeza, va tejiendo una narrativa que inicialmente no parece tener tanta relación en torno a la temática de la dictadura pero es a través de esta secuencia de detalles, tanto en los planos como en la voz en off, que va armando toda la línea narrativa que te lleva, casi que sin que te des cuenta, al tema central.

Producción del proyecto.

Recordar para no olvidar, es un cortometraje documental que está planteado desde una perspectiva poética en dónde se busca retomar anécdotas y situaciones que acontecieron durante la época de la última dictadura militar.

En términos visuales, se plantea que a través de un conjunto de imágenes cotidianas, se pueda visualizar un día recorriendo la ciudad de La Plata. El proyecto todavía está encontrando su forma pero en este trabajo me interesaba ahondar en la plasticidad de la imagen y sus formas, cómo podemos desarticular un espacio conocido y volver a articularlo.

Relacionándolo con esto último, estructuralmente, el proyecto se articula usando como marco de recorte el concepto de un día recorriendo la ciudad. El objetivo es capturar lo cotidiano, el movimiento, edificios, autos, plazas, calles, la gente, etc. y poder crear una capa de sentido que plantee profundidad y poética.

Siguiendo la línea visual, se plantea el uso del contraluz como recurso para capturar a las personas en la calle, ya que no se encuentra dentro de la búsqueda plasmar sus caras. Así mismo, haré uso del recurso al momento de capturar algunos edificios. Por otra parte, en términos de la textura en la imágen, me interesa explorar el ruido en la misma. Me incomoda visualmente las imágenes que contienen una gran definición y considero que jugar con la textura de la misma le agrega una capa visual más amena y en relación con la narratividad del cortometraje.

Por otro lado, en términos del diseño sonoro, planteo el uso de la voz en off para capturar las anécdotas. Me interesa explorar cómo siente el espectador las voces en off sin tener la imagen de la persona que habla. Es decir, ¿qué cercanía se produce cuando el cuerpo que habla no se observa y nos relata hechos compuestos por detalles?.

Así mismo, el diseño sonoro estará compuesto también por el sonido ambiente, el cual no busca ser un fiel reflejo de la imagen sino que la búsqueda es ampliar las posibilidades y jugar con los sonidos e imágenes.

Por otra parte, en términos de producción, he creado una convocatoria a través de redes sociales con el objetivo de recolectar más hechos anecdóticos que hayan tomado lugar durante la dictadura. El objetivo es focalizar en los detalles, encontrar historias que a través de un hecho particular denotan el contexto de la dictadura. Cómo mencioné anteriormente, el objetivo es centrarnos en la voz de la persona que relata. Lo ideal es poder centrarnos en la forma en la que cuenta los hechos, si le tiembla la voz, si se filtran tintes de angustia, si no tiene interiorizado el peso de lo que cuenta, etc.

En términos de financiamiento, la idea es apuntar a festivales o becas que acepten proyectos que se encuentren en el estadio del work in progress. Igualmente, con mi productor, estamos gestionando y planteando diversas estrategias para poder solventar el proyecto.

Link: https://youtu.be/lBByKO2JkQI?si=sL0TsifMClvgX_UR

[pepecarlota]

Un eclipse solar como catalizador para la introspección y la acción: Un análisis desde una perspectiva holística

8 de abril año 2024

Por: Armando Melendez periodista bien dateado

El 8 de abril de 2024, se producirá un eclipse solar de magnitud considerable, el cual representa una oportunidad única para la reflexión individual y colectiva. Este evento astronómico, más allá de su fascinante espectáculo visual, invita a una profunda introspección y a la adopción de una perspectiva global sobre los acontecimientos venideros.

Conexión con la naturaleza divina y la consciencia universal:

Un eclipse solar no se limita a un mero evento astronómico. Constituye una ocasión propicia para conectar con la vastedad del universo, ponderando nuestro presente y vislumbrando el futuro. Es un momento para recordar nuestra interconexión con el cosmos, reconociéndonos como piezas fundamentales dentro de su intrincada dinámica. La oscuridad temporal que envuelve la Tierra durante un eclipse solar nos recuerda la fragilidad de la vida y la omnipotencia de la naturaleza. Se configura como un espacio para la conexión con nuestro lado espiritual, la meditación y la búsqueda de paz interior. Es una oportunidad para expresar gratitud hacia la Tierra por su generosidad y comprometerse con su cuidado y protección.

Interpretación de los próximos acontecimientos y análisis del futuro:

Los eclipses solares han sido interpretados por diversas culturas como presagios de cambios relevantes. Si bien no se puede predecir con exactitud el futuro, este evento celestial nos invita a reflexionar sobre los desafíos y oportunidades que se avecinan. Es un momento para abrir nuestra mente a nuevas posibilidades y prepararnos para afrontar los cambios con sabiduría y resiliencia.

El eclipse solar del 8 de abril nos recuerda nuestra interconexión como comunidad global, compartiendo un mismo destino. Es un momento para unirnos, trabajar en conjunto y construir un futuro más próspero para todos. Se configura como un llamado a la acción para proteger nuestro planeta, promover la paz y la armonía, y construir un mundo más justo y sostenible.

Aprovechemos este evento celestial para elevar nuestra consciencia, conectar con la naturaleza divina y contribuir a la construcción de un futuro más promisorio para la humanidad.

[reisons-critical-studies]

Our Silver City, 2094

This exhibition is set in Nottingham in 2094, well previously known as Nottingham as there was a fire in 2068 and Ice-age in 2071.

The exhibition is separated into 5 sections; artefacts (East), space (South), temples (West), messages for the future and weather (North).

Section 1: East

The East is full of Artefacts ranging from c.1800s (A confirmed date for another piece is 1904)- 2021. These would all be created when the Silver City was called Nottingham.

Ciel

Nicola L, c.1976. Courtesy of Alison Jacques, London and Nicola L collection and Archive.

Made from ink, cotton and wood.

I really like this piece of work, it's quite quirky and draws a lot of attention as soon as you walk into the gallery even though it is all the way in the back slightly hidden by other works. I'm not sure why it stands out so much, perhaps it's because it gives a similar vibe to Cassandra from Doctor Who, or the fact that it gives the visceral feelings of either terror or wanting to wear it.

Nov. 8, 1989

On Kawara, 1989 (owned by a private collection in Derbyshire)

Liquitex on canvas

I don't like this. I just thinks it's very simple and can be made very easily over and over again. I decided to research the artist On Kawara where it seems that his date paintings often has some kind of significant date of history on the date however I couldn't find anything that happened in November and all the art looks the same.

Section 2: South

This part of the gallery is called 'Time to Understand'. This is featuring ways people work with textiles. In with coloursmiths in the '2070s' start experimenting with light and pigments thus creating new techniques. This gallery also features objects from another planet/solar system.

Reflective Aural Study

Céline Condorelli, 2021, Courtesy of the artist, commissioned by Nottingham Contemporay

Vegetable dye on Cotton

This was an interesting piece of work as when you walk into the gallery it is right above you head so you immediately notice it, although I suppose it does help as it is quite big. The pattern on the fabric looks like it is the surface of another planet (like Mars).

Air Rights 7

Agnieszka Kurant, Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (NY/LA)

Powered stone, foam, wood, electromagnets, custom plinth

This work was quite cool as it looks like a floating rock which you can even put your hand both below and above the 'rock'. This art piece was featured because of the slight space theme of this part of the gallery.

Section 3: West

'Time for Inner knowledge' is a temple part of the gallery where you have to take off your shoes to walk around.

The room is built to look like it's a temple with all the work display in a circular way in the room with bean bags in the middle.

More Matter, Less Art

Charlotte Johannesson, 2018, courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens (London)

Acrylic on canvas with organic matter

I thought this was an interesting piece of work as it all one colour however organic objects are used and attached onto the canvas to create texture and shadows. I'm not really fond of the colour used however I think the colour makes this almost look like a clay slate sculpture.

Sheltering the Future

Armando D. Cosmos, 2019, courtesy of the artist

Woven tapestry

I like this artwork because it's showing a very futuristic looking design of architecture displayed on what is a generally old method of creating work, tapestry.

Section 4: North

This section is called 'Time to Transmit Wisdom' and is about predicting the weather. It has a lot of lines with symbols either end in which you put a stone and speakers covered in sticks which plays a pre-recorded voice of a children from Nottingham talking which is meant to be a radio playing.

Wet Spells

Femke Herregraven, 2021, courtesy of the artist, commissioned by Nottingham Contemporary with support of Mondriaan Fund

I like how this work is interactive in which you can kind of predict the future, however the idea behind this is quite confusing and hard to understand how it works.

Conclusion

I do quite like this exhibition. The concept behind it is really unique where you are basically seeing the future even though you are in the 'past'. My favourite section was the temple one as they built a whole set and made it so you had to take off your shoes thus creating a believable atmosphere and place where it really does come off as a temple. Another part I like which isn't included in the galleries is a massive wall in/next to the shop where you can add you own drawings, almost like creating a wall of messages towards the future (although most were memes and drawings) which shows what our culture is like at the moment.

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

August 22nd - Darwin

Armando Muñoz’s Mutant abilities and attributes were evident from birth.  As a child, he came to realize his powers enables him to survive in any element and under any condition.  His physique is in a constant state of evolving, always best adjusting to factors in his environment.  

Under the alias of ‘Darwin’ Armando was recruited by Moira MacTaggert as part of a secondary team of X-Men tasked with rescuing the original team after they had become lost on the living island of Krakoa.  This second team fared poorly in their mission and were all apparently killed.  Darwin, however, managed to survive by becoming a sentient energy.  He was rescued and revived years later by a new team of X-Men and soon thereafter joined the X-Men in a mission that took them to the cosmos where they became involved in the War of Kings/Realm of Kings events.  

Upon returning home, Darwin stepped away from the X-men and served instead as a member of Jaimie Maddrox’s X-Factor Investigations firm.  During this time, Darwin developed a crush on his teammate, Monet, but was too shy to tell her about his feelings.  

An adventure with X-Factor saw the team facing off against Hela the Asgardian deity of the underworld.  Darwin received from Hela her alleged ‘death touch’ and the process through which his powers adjusted to endure the assault caused him to absorb and take on Hela’s powers.  He had a hard time coping with the experience and he left the team and endured a prophetic hallucination where he came to believe that he must kill the werewolf lord, Tier, in order to prevent a war between hell and earth.

Compelled by forces beyond his understanding, Darwin continued to track Tier to New York, leading to altercations with The Werewolf by Night as well as Darwin’s former allies amongst X-Factor.  Darwin discovered that Tier is Wolfsbane’s son and he was unable to bring himself to kill him.  All this precipitated the Hell on Earth War event and Darwin fought side by side with X-Factor to fend off the Hell Lords.

Following these events, Darwin was separated from the others and traveled back to Las Vegas to find Hela so to try to force her to fix him. While searching for Hela, Darwin encountered a recently resurrected Monet. The pair had a one-night stand. Afterward, Hela found Darwin, but he refused her help.

To what extent Darwin has been able to free himself from the effects of having absorbed Hela’s powers remains to be seen.  Darwin has recently relocated to the Mutant nation of Krakoa from where he has embarked on a mission to learn the secrets of the Children of The Vault.

A version of Darwin featured in the Fox Films move, X-Men: First Class where his character was portrayed by actor Edi Gathegi.  The hero first appeared in the pages of X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2 (2005).  

[dc-megatournament]

BATMAN VS EVERYONE

How I think the fights should've went

Adam West Batman = WINS

Alfred Pennyworth = WINS

All Might = WINS

Alphonse Elric = WOULD GET RECRUITED BY BATMAN  

Amadeus Cho = WINS

Amazing Man/Will Everett = LOSES

Ambush Bug/Irwin Schwab = WINS OR GETS OUT OF THE FIGHT SOMEHOW

Amy Rose = WINS

Andros (Power Rangers) = LOSES

Angus MacGyver = LOSES

Animal Man/Buddy Baker = LOSES

Annabeth Chase = WINS

Anomalocaris canadensis = WINS

Ant-Man/Hank Pym = LOSES

Aquaman/Arthur Curry = LOSES

A Random Unicorn = LOSES

Arceus = LOSES

Arsenal/Roy Harper = LOSES

Atom Smasher/Albert Rothstein = WINS

Avatar Aang = AANG GETS ADOPTED

Azrael/Jean Paul Valley = LOSES BUT BRUCE IS GETTING FUCKED UP

Aztek/Uno = LOSES SOMEHOW

Baked Beans = WINS THE WORLD AND THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE

Baldi = LOSES

Barbie = WINS

Batgirl/Cassandra Cain = WINS 

Batman/Jace Fox = TIE

Batman Beyond/Terry McGinnis = WINS; CLOSE MATCH

Batwing/David Zavimbe = LOSES

Batwing/Luke Fox = LOSES

Batwoman/Kate Kane = TIE

Beast/Hank McCoy = WINS

Beetlejuice = LOSES

Ben Tennyson = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Big Barda/Barda Free = WINS

Big Hero 6 = LOSES

Bill Cipher = LOSES, BATMAN’S MIND IS A SCARY PLACE

Bingo Heeler = BATMAN TRIES TO ADOPT BINGO

Black Canary/Dinah Laurel Lance = WINS

Black Cat/Felicia Hardy = LOSES

Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce = WINS

Black Orchid/Susan Linden = LOSES

Black Panther/T’Challa = WINS

Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff = WINS

Blade/Eric Brooks = TIE

Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes = WINS

Blue Beetle/Ted Kord = WINS

Bluebird/Harper Row = LOSES

Blue Devil/Dan Cassidy = LOSES

Bluey Heeler = ATTEMPTED ADOPTION

Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter = WINS, BUT ONLY BY ACCIDENT 

Brody Foxx = LOSES

Bucky Barnes = WINS

Buffy Summers = WINS

Bugs Bunny = WINS

Captain America/Sam Wilson = WINS

Captain America/Steve Rogers = WINS

Captain Atom/Nathaniel Adam = WINS

Captain Cold/Leonard Snart = LOSES

Captain Jack Sparrow = WINS, BY ACCIDENT

Captain Kirk = WINS

Captain Marvel/Billy Batson = WINS

Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers = WINS

Carl (Llamas with Hats) = LOSES

Cassie Hack = LOSES

Catwoman/Selina Kyle = THEY MAKE OUT 

Citizen Steel/Nathan Heywood = WINS

Cosmo and Wanda = WINS

Crazy Jane = WINS

Cure Flora = WINS

Cybermen = LOSES

Cybersix = WINS

Cyblade/Dominique Thiebaut = LOSES

Cyborg/Victor Stone = WINS

Cyclops = WINS

Daleks = LOSES

Danny Phantom = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Daredevil/Matt Murdock = TIE

Darth Vader = WINS

Darwin/Armando Muñoz = WINS, THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION

Dazai Osamu = LOSES

Deadman/Boston Brand = LOSES

Deadpool = HE DOESN'T WIN, BUT DOESNT LOSE EITHER

Dean Winchester = LOSES

Deku/Izuku Midoriya = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Detective Chimp/Bobo T. Chimpanzee = LOSES

Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom = WINS

Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson = WINS

Doctor Fate/Khalid Nassour = WINS

Doctor Fate/Linda Strauss = WINS

Doctor Light/Kimiyo Hoshi = LOSES

Dolly Parton = WINS

Donald Duck = WINS

Dr. Mid Nite/Charles McNider = LOSES

Dracula (Castlevania) = WINS

Drake & Josh = LOSES

Duck from Princess Tutu = WINS

Duolingo Owl = LOSES

Dynamite Anton = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Echo/Maya Lopez = LOSES

Eda Clawthorne = WINS

Ed Dillinger = LOSES

Edward Elric = GETS ADOPTED BY BATMAN

Elektra Natchios = WINS

Element Woman/Emily Sung = LOSES

Eliot Spencer = TIE

Ellie (TLoU) = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Ellie Camacho = LOSES

Elongated Man/Ralph Dibny = LOSES

Elon Musk = LOSES HIS LIFE

Elric of Melninbone = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Elsa = WINS

Elsa Bloodstone = WINS

Emma Frost = WINS

Emojibots = LOSES

Emu Otori = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Enchantress/June Moone = WINS

Eraserhead = TIE

Etrigan/Jason Blood = LOSES

Eva-02 = WINS

Extra Fine Neon Pink Glitter = BATMAN LOSES FOREVER

Ezio Auditore = WINS

Finn & Jake = WINS; ALSO GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Fire/Beatriz da Costa = WINS

Firestar = LOSES

Firestorm/Jason Rusch = WINS

Firestorm/Ronnie Raymond = WINS

Flamebird/Bette Kane = LOSES

Ford Pines = WINS

Gabby Kinney = LOSES

Geo-Force/Brion Markov = LOSES

Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze = WINS

Ghost Spider = WINS

Ghoulia Yelps = LOSES

Giovanni Zatara = WINS

Godiva/Dorcas Leigh = WINS

Godzilla = WINS

Goku = WINS

Green Arrow/Connor Hawke = WINS

Green Arrow/Oliver Queen = LOSES

Green Goblin/Norman Osborn = LOSES

Green Lantern/Guy Gardner = WINS

Green Lantern/Hal Jordan = WINS

Green Lantern/Jessica Cruz = WINS

Green Lantern/John Stewart = WINS

Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner = WINS

Green Lantern/Simon Baz = WINS

Grumpy Bear = TIE (this happened with the poll and its funniest outcome)

Gundam Aerial =  WINS

Gwen Tennyson = WINS

Gypsy/Cynthia Reynolds = TIE

Hatsune Miku = WINS

Hawkeye/Clint Barton = TIE 

Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders = WINS

Hawkman/Katar Hol/Carter Hall = WINS

Hawkwoman/Shayera Hol/Shiera Hall = WINS

Heather (TDI) = WINS

Hellboy = LOSES

Hello Kitty = WINS

Hua Cheng =  (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Hulk/Bruce Banner = WINS

Human Torch/Johnny Storm = WINS

Huntress/Helena Bertinelli = TIE

Ice/Tora Olafsdotter = WINS

Iceman/Bobby Drake = WINS

Ichigo Kurosaki = WINS

Inuyasha = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Invincible/Mark Grayson = WINS

Invisible Woman/Sue Storm = WINS

Iron Man/Tony Stark = TIE

Jade/Jennifer-Lynn Hayden = WINS

Jar Jar Binks = LOSES

Jean Grey = WINS

Jenny Sparks = WINS

Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 = LOSES

Jerry (Tom & Jerry) = WINS

Jesse Quick/Jessie Chambers = WINS

Jessica Jones = WINS

Jim Gordon = LOSES

Joe Hendry = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Joel Miller (TLoU) = LOSES

John Constantine = WINS

John Egbert = LOSES

John Wick = WINS

Joker (Persona 2) = LOSES 

Joker - Persona 5 = LOSES

Jubilee/Jubilation Lee = WINS

Julio Richter = WINS

Katana/Tatsu Yamashiro = TIE

Katara (ATLA) = WINS

Katsuki Bakugou = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Kaz Brekker = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Kazuma Kiryu = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Kendrick Lamar = WINS

Kim Possible = WINS

Kirby = WINS

Kisuke Urahara = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Kuchipatchi = LOSES

L (Death Note) = LOSES

Ladybug/Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Cat Noir/Adrien Agreste = LOSES

Lady Cassandra (DW)

Lan Wangji = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Legion = WINS

Lieutenant Columbo = WINS

Light Yagami = LOSES

Link (LoZ) = WINS

Lin Manuel Miranda = WINS

Lionblaze = LOSES

Lobo = WINS

Luke Cage = WINS

Luke Skywalker = GETS ADOPTED

Luo Binghe = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Madame Mirage/Angela Temple = LOSES

Madame Xanadu = WINS

Maggie Simpson = WINS

Magik/Illyana Rasputin = WINS

Man-Bat/Dr. Robert Kirkland Langstrom = LOSES

Manhunter/Kate Spencer = TIE

Mariah Carey = WINS

Mario & Luigi = WINS

The Joker/Martha Wayne (Flashpoint) = both Bruce and Martha just end up having a mental breakdown after meeting

Martian Manhunter/J’onn J’onnz = WINS

Mary Poppins = WINS

Maxima = WINS

Max Tennyson = LOSES

May Chang = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Megatron = LOSES

Metamorpho/Rex Mason = TIE

Mickey Mouse = LOSES

Midnighter = WINS

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers = WINS

Mister Miracle/Scott Free = TIE

 Mizu = WINS

Mon-El/Lar Gand = WINS

Monkey D Luffy = WINS

Moon Knight/Marc Spector = WINS

Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards = WINS

Mr Rogers = BATMAN IS MADE TO GO TO THERAPY

Ms Frizzle = WINS

Ms Marvel/Kamala Khan = WINS

Mystery Inc (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby) = WINS

Naruto Uzamaki = WINS

Nightcrawler = WINS

Nightshade/Eve Eden = LOSES

Nightwing/Dick Grayson = TIE

Nimona = WINS

Noo Noo (Vacuum from Teletubbies) = WINS

Obsidian/Todd Rice = LOSES

Omni-Man = WINS

Onyx Adams = LOSES

Optimus Prime = LOSES

Oracle/Barbara Gordon = WINS

Orion = WINS

Ozymandias = LOSES

Paw Patrol = BATMAN JUST RECRUITS THE ENTIRE PAW PATROL

Percy Jackson = WINS

Phantom Stranger = WINS

Phineas & Ferb = RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Photon/Monica Rambeau = WINS

Pikachu = WINS

Pink Panther = WINS

Plastic Man/Patrick "Eel" O'Brian = WINS

Plastique/Bette Sans Souci = LOSES

Powergirl/Kara Zor L/Karen Starr = WINS

Powerhouse/Naomi McDuffie = WINS

Power Puff Girls = RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Prodigy/David Alleyne = WINS

Puss in Boots = WINS

Queen Hippolyta = WINS

Raven = WINS

Red Hood/Jason Todd = TIE

Red Tornado/Ulthoon = TIE

Regina George = WINS

Rick Grimes = LOSES

Robin/Damian Wayne = LOSES

Robin/Tim Drake = TIE

Rocket Red/Dmitri Pushkin = LOSES

Rocket Red/Gavril Ivanovich = LOSES

Rogue/Anna Marie LeBeau = WINS

Roronoa Zoro = WINS

RuPaul Charles = WINS

Ryu (Street Fighter) = LOSES

Sabrina Carpenter = WINS

Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino = WINS 

Saitama = WINS

Sally Jackson = WINS

Sanderson Sisters (Winifred, Mary, Sarah) = LOSES

Sara Pezzini = WINS

Scar (FMA) = WINS

Scaramouche (Genshin Impact) = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Seshomaru = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Shade, the Changing Man/Rac Shade = TIE

Sharon Carter = LOSES

She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters = WINS

Shen Qingqiu = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

She-Ra/Adora = WINS

Shredder = LOSES

Slenderman = LOSES

Snoopy & Woodstock = WINS

Sogeking/Usopp = WINS

Sokka (ATLA) = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Solid Snake = LOSES

Sonic the Hedgehog = WINS

Spawn/Al Simmons = WINS

Spider-Man/Miles Morales = WINS

Spider-Man/Peter Parker = WINS

Spider Woman/Jessica Drew = WINS

Splat Black Box Dye = WINS 

Spoiler/Stephanie Brown = WINS, BUT JUST BARELY

Squirrel Girl/ Doreen Green = WINS

Stan Pines = WINS

Star Butterfly = LOSES

Starfire/Koriand’r = WINS

Stargirl/Courtney Whitmore = WINS

Starman/Mikaal Tomas = LOSES

Star Sapphire/Carol Ferris = WINS

Steel/John Henry Irons = WINS

Steve (Blue Clues) = WINS

Steven Universe = BATMAN ATTEMPTS TO ADOPT STEVEN

Stitch/Experiment 626 = LOSES

Storm/Ororo Munroe = WINS

Strawberry Shortcake = WINS

Suki (ATLA) = GETS RECRUITED BY BATMAN

Supergirl/Kara Danvers/Kara Zor-El = WINS

Superman/Clark Kent/Kal El = WINS

Swamp Thing/Alec Holland = LOSES

Taylor Swift = HER FANS WOULD RIP BATMAN A NEW ONE

Terezi Pyrope = LOSES

The Atom/Ray Palmer = LOSES

The Atom/Ryan Choi = LOSES

The Belchers = BATMAN DOESN'T WIN, THAT'S FOR SURE

The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo = LOSES

The Crow/Eric Draven = WINS

The Cullens = BATMAN GETS ADOPTED

The Darkness/Jackie Estacado = WINS

The Doctor = BATMAN BECOMES A COMPANION TO THE DOCTOR

The Flash/Barry Allen = WINS

The Flash/Jay Garrick = WINS

The Flash/Wally West = WINS 

The Immortal Snail = WINS

The Pope = (I cant believe shortly after posting this poll, the Pope fell ill)

The Punisher/Frank Castle = TIE

The Question/Renee Montoya = TIE

The Question/Vic Sage = TIE

The Ray/Ray Terrill = WINS

The Signal/Duke Thomas = TIE

The Silence = WINS

The Thing/Ben Grimm = LOSES

The Warner Siblings = WINS

Thor = WINS

Tigress/Artemis Crock = LOSES

Tintin = LOSES

TMNT = LOSES

Tom Cruise = LOSES

Toph Beifong = WINS

Totally Spies = LOSES

Troia/Donna Troy = WINS

Tumblr Anon = WINS

Twilight Sparkle (alicorn) = LOSES

Tyson (Percy Jackson) = LOSES

Ultraman = LOSES

Uncle Iroh = WINS

Vampirella = LOSES

Velvet Crowe = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Vibe/Cisco Ramon = WINS

Vixen/Mari McCabe = WINS

Voltron = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Walter White = LOSES

Wasp/Janet Van Dyne = WINS

Wattpad = WINS

Wei Wuxian = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Winry Rockbell = LOSES

Wolverine/James “Logan” Howlett = WINS

Wolverine/X-23/Laura Kinney = WINS

Wonder Woman/Diana Prince = WINS

Wonder Woman/Nubia = WINS

Word Girl/Becky Botsford = WINS

Xie Lian = (i dont know enough to judge this fairly)

Yami Yugi = LOSES

Zatanna Zatara = WINS

Zheng Shang-Chi = WINS

Zuko (ATLA) = BATMAN ADOPTS ZUKO

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Here are a couple guesses

Adamo

Amadeo

Armando

Benedetto

Beppe

Bernardo

Cesare

Constanzo

Corrado

Cosmo

Costanzo

Do i need to keep going because I can

Nnnnnnnnnope

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Storia Di Musica #185 - Santana, Lotus, 1975

Il viaggio nei dischi memorabili registrati in Giappone oggi fa tappa a Osaka, che durante gli anni ‘70 nel suo Festival Hall fu sede di importantissimi concerti rock e non solo, basta ricordare i due mitici che tenne Miles Davis il primo Febbraio del 1975, i quali divennero poi due dei suoi più fantasiosi dischi,  Agharta (lo show del pomeriggio) e Pangaea (quello della sera). Il concerto di oggi invece si tenne all’Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, un meraviglioso teatro di 2400 posti. A suonare quella sera era un’artista che stava promuovendo il suo ultimo disco, Caravanserai, scritto dopo un periodo di rinascita in India con gli insegnamenti del Maharishi Mahesh Yogi sulla meditazione trascendentale, che gli riaprirono la mente e il cuore. Questo artista è il superbo chitarrista Carlos Santana. Caravanserai (del 1972) e il successivo Welcome (1973) segnano la strada intrapresa dal musicista messicano verso una musica che fonda rock, jazz e i ritmi latini: per questo amplia la formazione a molti più elementi e firma i dischi a nome Santana, come se fosse una band. In quel tour lo accompagnano musicisti d’eccezione come Leon Thomas  (maracas), Tom Coster (organo Hammond, piano elettronico,) e Richard Kermode (agli stessi strumenti per un muro sonoro portentoso), Doug Rauch (basso), Armando Peraza (congas, e bongos), il leggendario José "Chepito" Areas (funanbolico percussionista) e Michael Shrieve (batteria). La sintonia tra i musicisti è eccezionale e Santana è in stato di grazia, dato che nei due album precedenti scrisse alcuni dei suoi brani migliori, destinati a diventare dei classici senza tempo. In più nel 1973 Santana collaborò in un album con un altro mitico chitarrista, l’inglese John McLaughlin, Love Devotion Surrender il titolo, dove potè esplorare fino in fondo la jazz fusion che l’inglese con la Mahavishnu Orchestra stava proponendo per il mondo. Il Disco racchiude solo una parte delle fluviali esibizioni del 3 e 4 Luglio del 1973: furono raccolte dalla Sony, consorziata con la Columbia, in un triplo disco che nel 1974 uscì solo in Giappone, ma vista la bellezza del materiale e il successo nel 1975 fu distribuito in Europa e importato negli Stati Uniti, dove ufficialmente fu pubblicato solo nel 1991 in un doppio cd. In tutto sono 121 minuti di musica eccezionale, dove Santana pesca dal suo repertorio, da una formidabile scelta di cover e soprattutto improvvisa in brani che per anche 10 minuti spaziano nel cosmo jazz rock come pochi potevano fare a quei tempi. Non mancano le sue canzoni mito: Black Magic Woman di Peter Green, Gypsy Queen, Oye Como Va di Tito Puente e la magica e inimitabile Samba Pa Ti dal favoloso album Abraxas, dai dischi più recenti le meravigliose Yours Is The Light e Mantra da Welcome e Every Step Of the Way e Stone Flower, omaggio a Antonio Carlos Jobim, da Caravanserai. A ciò si aggiungono una cover di Goin’ Home di McLaughlin, Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) di Airto Moreira mai registrata in precedenza,  Free Angela di Todd Cochran. E poi nuove tracce che più che altro sono momenti jam session di improvvisazione dove le creazioni sonore, guidate dalla fluida e magica chitarra di Santana, che diventerà una delle icone del rock, e la meravigliosa potenza percussiva: si pensi al funk di A-1 Funk, alla meravigliosa e breve Batukada, alle due sezioni di Castillos De Arena (tra cui autori spicca Chick Corea) che infiammano il pubblico giapponese, fino all’assolo infinito alla batteria di Shrieve in Kyoto. Del disco verranno poi ripubblicate varie versioni, tra cui una portentosa versione giapponese in triplo Super Cd che aggiunge altre tracce per un totale di 158 minuti di musica. Il disco non farà che consolidare la magia della sua musica e soprattutto della sua chitarra, amata sia dal pubblico sia dai suoi grandi ammiratori, tra cui lo stesso Eric Clapton che dirà:” se dobbiamo parlare di singole emozioni sprigionate da una chitarra, Carlos è senza dubbio il numero uno”.

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WE-TRIPANTU Ancestral y ContemporáneoLa ceremonia de acompañamiento de renovación de los ciclos naturales o We-Tripantu data de miles de años, pues responde a la lógica y normativa de la naturaleza y del cosmos, a través del cual los primeros Mapuche asumieron y adaptaron su vida individual y colectiva. No obstante, en la actualidad encontramos dos tipos o formas de conmemorar el We-Tripantu en el mundo ancestral Mapuche.Por Armando Marileo Lefio-Ngenpin1.- #WE_TRIPANTUANCESTRAL:En primer lugar será necesario saber cómo se determinaba o definía el día del we-tripantu en tiempos ancestrales:El método más efectivo que tuvieron nuestros abuelos en la definición del día del we-tripantu es el diseño, estructuración, ubicación y construcción de su Ruka; con un fogón en el centro y la puerta principal orientada hacia la salida del sol, determinaban y controlaba el tiempo y el movimiento de éste durante el transcurso del año.Es decir, el fogón, la puerta principal y un tronco o palo situado frente a la puerta, definirá o marcará el movimiento del día, las constelaciones, el sol, la luna y el tiempo, es decir, éstos símbolos marcarán los días e indicarán el  recorrido o movimiento del sol y los ciclos naturales pukemngen (tiempo de lluvias), pewüngen (tiempo o época de brotes), walüng (tiempo de abundancia) rimü (tiempo de descanso o zambullidas) y con ello se determinará el día exacto del we-tripantu.Desde el punto de referencia se apreciaba el inicio del recorrido que realizaba el sol a partir el día del we-tripantu, comenzando éste a moverse desde el Puel-pikumapu (noreste) hacia el Puel-willimapu, (sureste) vice/versa. En ése recorrido se dice que el sol debe compenetrarse o conectarse con el fogón ubicado en el centro de la ruka, además los rayos no deben tener ningún impedimento en su viaje o recorrido que realiza cada día y durante las trece lunas del año.Otros de los factores determinantes del we-tripantu son las trece lunas del año, todas las cuales tienen sus propios nombres y cada una representan la época en que le corresponde hacerse presentes. La luna que marca el inicio del nuevo año se les conoce como trufken-küyen, luna gris o luna de las cenizas, correspondiente al pukem. Por tanto ya asomado o nacido el trufken küyen comienzan los preparativos para la ceremonia de inicio de renovación de la vida o we-tripantu.Actualmente se habla también de un conjunto de estrellas llamadas  Ngaupoñi las que al acercarse el we-tripantu desaparecerán por el poniente, lafkenmapu o ngülumapu, asomándose en la madrugada hacia el oriente, unos días antes de producirse el nacimiento de la nueva vida en la naturaleza.Asimismo se sabe con certeza que el día del we-tripantu, existe una única madrugada del año en que las aguas de los ríos, vertientes, lagos, esteros y otros  entran en un proceso o cambios de temperaturas provocado por el movimiento de la tierra o re-acomodación de éste que inicia el regreso o el recorrido por el universo, completándose en el próximo año nuevo o we-tripantu. Ese día emergen desde las profundidades de la tierra, aguas calientes a través de las vertientes los cuales permiten que las personas puedan bañarse en la madrugada, (epewun o amanecer).¿En qué consiste la ceremonia del We Tripantu?El We-tripantu consiste en participar juntos con la naturaleza en la renovación y emergencias de nuevas vidas. Es decir, el che (humano) siendo uno de los componentes de ella hace suyo y participa junto a su familia e invitados en ésta ceremonia de renovación de la vida. Es así que con antelación reúne diversos tipos de alimentos para el misawün o convivencia que llevará a cabo con sus invitados,  familias y miembros de la naturaleza. También podrá realizar un konchotun (en el que con otras familias amigas se visitarán y compartirán dicho acontecimiento), O quizás una ceremonia llevada a cabo por los abuelos, en el que le colocarán su nombre a un nieto o un niño pequeño y eso es motivo de festejo, en fin motivos hay muchas.Las familias invitadas acuden a la Ruca anfitriona al atardecer del día anterior del inicio del nuevo ciclo, con su yewün (aportes en alimentos y sus presentes). Durante la noche se conversan temas relativos a historias, hechos relevantes del quehacer mapuche y otros relatan epeu, ayekan, ül, weupin, koneu, tambien se realizan danzas ceremoniales en torno al fogón, se juega al awarkuden entre otras entretenciones. Mientras las mamás, hermanas, abuelitas preparan mültrün, kako, rüngalkofke, müllokiñ, mudai, y comienza la celebración.En la madrugada o epewun se invita a todos a bañarse en las vertientes, ríos, lagunas o mar, para recibir las primeras aguas que les permitirá purificar su cuerpo y su espíritu, ya que todos los mapuche deben esperar el we tripantu, muy fortalecido para que el ciclo venidero favorezca en su vida personal, familiar y colectivo. Se retorna a la Ruka antes de que asome el sol, se inicia la ceremonia de purificación o limpieza danzando en torno a la ruka conforme a como se mueve el sol en éste hemisferio, se tocan instrumentos, se realiza llellipun, consistente en una ceremonia de conexión e interrelación con los  espíritus de la naturaleza, los antepasados, el universo para agradecerle por la finalización de un ciclo de vida y permitir recibir el siguiente. Este se realiza antes de que el sol se asome en el puelmapu.Luego se comparten los alimentos preparados para la ocasión, mas tarde se participa en eventos preparadas por la comunidad, palin, awarkuden, ñiwülün, lonkotun, aukankantun,, además ocasión propicia para hacer katan pilun (perforación de las orejitas a las niñitas), entre otras actividades.En el momento que aparece el sol, se ha dado paso a una nueva vida, en la tierra y naturaleza; se ha producido un renovado encuentro con todos los actores del mundo mapuche, se ha dado paso a una nueva relación y vínculo con los espíritus creadores y de los antepasados, así se inicia una vez mas una nueva vida en la familia mapuche y en la madre naturaleza.2.- #WE_TRIPANTUCONTEMPORÁNEO:Esta celebración probablemente (hasta los 50, 60, 70 años hacia atrás) se realizaba en forma más protocolar, privada y con profundo respeto en la que se convocaba e invitaba a las familias más cercanas y aquellas pertenecientes principalmente en la línea materna, cheche o chezki, chuchu, weku, abuelos, abuelas y tíos maternos, asimismo a los sobrinos, primos y otros; ocasionalmente familias y amistades del sector o territorio, con la finalidad de realizar misawün,  konchotun, lakutun, katan pilun, entre otros, preparados para la ocasión.Lo anterior todo cambió en las familias y comunidades de todo el territorio mapuche, cuando se inicia la imposición del mundo occidental, a través de la escuela, el cristianismo y la fiesta de San Juan Bautista en particular, (uno primero que otro). Cuando nos dimos cuenta estábamos celebrando la fiesta de San Juan y rezando el Padre Nuestro. Nuestro We-tripantu había sido reemplazado por costumbres populares de verse la suerte la noche del 24 de junio, colocar tintas en un papel, pelar papas, poner los pies en un recipiente con aguas y mirarse al espejo, engordar y matar chanchitos para celebrar algún hijo o hija que llevara el nombre de Juan o Juanita, entre otros.En éste y en otros aspectos de nuestro ser mapuche fuimos intervenidos todos por igual. Así comienza nuestra confusión, el sincretismo, la mezcla, el empobrecimiento espiritual, económico, de identidad entre otros.Afortunadamente esta fecha se ha ido recuperando paulatinamente, hemos pasado en celebrar el año nuevo del 1 de enero como única fecha con bombo y platillo y con el correr del tiempo con apoyo de las nuevas generaciones de jóvenes mapuche hemos podido rescatar en parte la celebración del we-tripantu. Justamente éste parte por ahí por los años ´86 desde el grupo de teatro de la organización Ad-Mapu de ese entonces.Sin embargo hoy ya estamos entrando a una época muy distinta y muy complicada y luego vendrán otras y otras más, mientras tanto no hemos sido capaces de recuperar nuestra propia forma de expresar nuestra espiritualidad y el we-tripantu más original, el mapudungun entre otros. La influencia que ha tenido y tienen las religiones y cultura winka sobre la nuestra ha sido más potente de lo que pudiéramos pensar.Es así que en la actualidad tanto en las esferas mapuche y winka, la celebración del we-tripantu continúa acomodándose y acercándose a la celebración popular occidental, aunque en la programación previa y en los discursos conmemorativos se reivindica el we-tripantu de los antepasados, sin embargo éste está lejos de ser ceremonial, ancestral y original, pues hoy las celebraciones son similares a la fiestas del año nuevo del 1 de enero (del calendario occidental) e incluso son más folklóricas aún, especialmente aquellas promovidas por los organismos de estado, también organizadas y celebradas por algunas comunidades. En éstas están incluidas también las que se organizan y realizan en las ciudades.Las instituciones antes mencionadas funcionan en forma paternalistas, ofreciendo recursos económicos e impulsando la realización de we-tripantu en  las comunidades rurales y urbanas mapuche, mediante pequeños incentivos o proyectos al que se debe presentar un programa detallado de actividades para ser acreedores de aquellos recursos.Lo anterior es tan contradictorio pues el we-tripantu se da en forma natural, es una celebración o ceremonia de regocijo  de los hijos de la tierra, plantas, animales, insectos, aves, personas con la naturaleza, es decir, el che (humano) es un invitado que se entremezcla con los demás y acompaña la madre naturaleza en su fiesta, en su alegría en el regreso de la vida de sus hijos, en esa medida y entendimiento es deber de cada ser humano de todos aquellos que cohabitan nuestros territorios ancestrales y principalmente mapuche a participar en ese festejo, de la forma más natural aportando con lo suyo, con lo propio y no esperar proyectos o beneficios provenientes de organismos estatales o privadas que lo único que hacen es hacer del mapuche un ser más dependiente aún.Así también en la actualidad muchos colegios e instituciones y hasta agrupaciones mapuche, quizás por desconocimiento o por la pérdida real del significado y sentido que tiene este acontecimiento han cometido graves errores, al realizar celebraciones o conmemoraciones del we-tripantu que se aleja del verdadero sentido de este, que es la de acompañar y ser participe en el regocijo del nuevo despertar de la vida en la naturaleza, asumido culturalmente por nuestros antepasados. Como consecuencia de lo anterior es que el we-tripantu se ha ido paulatinamente transformando en una fiesta meramente social y en algunos casos políticos. También ha habido folklorización de esta fiesta sagrada por decir lo menos.Otra de las falencias es que hoy se celebra el we-tripantu en tiempos reducidos, una mañana, un rato en el día, mientras tanto en estricto rigor este debería comenzar  al atardecer del día antes, terminando al atardecer del día del we-tripantu cumpliendo de esa forma la ley natural, completar el circulo y despedir la noche del año que se va y recibir el inicio de la noche o madrugada del año nuevo, wüñoi y we-tripantu respectivamente, concluyendo con actividades colectivas. Pues la ceremonia del we-tripantu es familiar, eso significa que paulatinamente debemos retornar a la familia para fortalecernos con ellos en el día más relevante de los amaneceres que es el día del we-tripantu. #MANGEL / INVITACION:Invitamos a todos los habitantes del hemisferio Sur a hacer suyo éste we-tripantu (año nuevo),  más real y en concordancia con las normas naturales. Hacer de ella un punto de referencia para el reencuentro con la vida en coexistencia con la tierra, naturaleza, los espíritus y el tiempo. Pues ésta fecha que marca la renovación de los ciclos naturales en éste hemisferio no es propiedad de una u otra cultura, sino nos pertenece a todos aquellos seres que nacimos y cohabitamos en esta parte del planeta, humanos, animales, árboles, ríos, aves, insectos, océanos, entre otros.Küme ayiukonpape tüfachi We-tripantu (Que comience con alegría este nuevo año)ARMANDO MARILEO LEFIO - Ngenpin (Autoridad Ancestral) - Director Mapuche UniversidadIMAGEN Libro "Wenu Mapu" astronomía y cosmología mapuche

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Ace Attorney Character Ages - 2020

*SPOILER WARNING (particularly for 3-5, 4-4, AAI case 5, 5-3, and some others)

0 (born this year): Clonco

1: Ahlbi Ur’gaid

4: Armie Buff

6/7: Rayfa Padma Khura’in

8: Machi Tobaye, Jinxie Tenma

9/10: Trucy Wright/Trucy Enigmar

10: Myriam Scuttlebutt

10/11: Cody Hackins, Pearl Fey

11: Athena Cykes, Betty de Famme, Bonny de Famme, Juniper Woods, Robin Newman

12: Bucky Whet

13: Ellen Wyatt, Rheel Neh’mu/Puhray Zeh’lot, Vera Misham, Wocky Kitaki

14: John Marsh, Marlon Rimes

15: Alita Tiala, Luke Triton, Olga Orly, Sasha Buckler

16: Azura Summers, Clay Terran, Sorin Sprocket, Wesley Stickler

16/17: Apollo Justice

17: Dumas Gloomsbury, Nahyuta Sahdmadhi

17/18: Paul Atishon

18: Cameron Show, Daryan Crescend, Hugh O’Conner, Pierce Nichody, Russi Clover, Selena Sprocket

18/19: Kay Faraday, Klavier Gavin, Regina Berry, Sebastian Debeste

19: Ema Skye

20: Candice Arme, Espella Cantabella, Gale Cyclone, Uendo Toneido

20/21: Franziska von Karma, Lauren Paups/Lauren Devorae, Maya Fey

21: Lira Wolfe, Simon Blackquill

21/22: Nicole Swift, Penny Nichols

22: Darklaw/Eve Belduke, Manov Mistree

22/23: Lance Amano

23: Beh’leeb Inmee, Luna Marsh

23/24: Ini Miney, Juan Corrida, Karin Jenson, Matt Engarde, Max Galactica/Billy Bob Johns

24: Julie Henson, Paht Rohl

24/25: Bat/Sean Dingling, Desirée DeLite, Maggey Byrde, Richard Wellington, Ron DeLite

25: Eddie Johnson, Emi St. Cloud

25/26: Adrian Andrews, Cammy Meele, Cindy Stone, Horace Knightley, Lotta Hart, Mike Meekins, Rhoda Teneiro, Simon Keyes

26: Bobby Fulbright, Florent L’Belle, Geiru Toneido, Solomon Starbuck

26/27: April May, Dahlia Hawthorne, Iris, Kristoph Gavin, Larry Butz, Viola Cadaverini, Will Powers

27: Flip Chambers, Kara Giamani, Roger Retinz, Shawn Southern

27/28: Justine Courtney, Miles Edgeworth, Phoenix Wright

28: Kevin Hattori, Pees’lubn Andistan’dhin

28/29: Acro/Ken Dingling, Doug Swallow, Shi-Long Lang

29: Brock Johnson, Norma DePlume, Romein LeTouse

29/30: Akbey Hicks, Bellboy, Glen Elg

30: Aura Blackquill, Ava Sylent, Iris Suffield, Milt Nelson, Risa Iko, Spark Brushel

30/31: Buddy Faith, Calisto Yew/Shih-na, Jacques Portsman, Ka-Shi Nou, Mia Fey, Valerie Hawthorne

31: All-purpose Tengu, Milo Kent, Samuel Stylent

32: Neil Marshall, Todd Havara

32/33: Dustin Prince, Jay Elbird, Lana Skye, Manny Coachen, Terry Fawles

33: Buck Montana, Herman Crab, Princess Tengu

33/34: Benjamin Woodman, Dick Gumshoe

34: Lamiroir/Thalassa Gramarye, Power Tengu, Tahrust Inmee

34/35: Angel Starr, Godot/Diego Armando, Jill Crane

35: Clive Fortuna, Ga’ran Sigatar Khura’in, Ted Tonate

35/36: Katherine Hall, Luke Atmey, Sal Manella

36: Amara Sigatar Khura’in, Arnold Balboa, Casper Sly, Plum Kitaki

36/37: Ethan Rooke, Jake Marshall

37: Bobby Wolfe, Cullen Underhill, Dhurke Sahdmadhi

37/38: Dee Vasquez, Turner Grey

38: Aristotle Means, Damian Tenma, Datz Are’bal, Inga Karkhuul Khura’in, Raymond Shields, Valant Gramarye

38/39: Colias Palaeno, Patricia Roland

39: Hershel Layton, Karl Powers, Rex Kyubi

39/40: Bruce Goodman, Raymond Spume

40: Charles Toynbee, Constance Courte, Guy Eldoon, Pal Meraktis

40/41: Jean Armstrong

41: Jack Hammer, Mack Rell, Theridia Wolfe, Zak Gramarye/Shadi Enigmar

42: Tucker Toynbee

43: Bright Bonds, Henry Biden, Phineas Filch, Redd White, Robin Wolfe

43/44: Furio Tigre

44: Brodie Toynbee, Tony Granier

44/45: Jack Cameron

46: Drew Misham

46/47: Joe Darke

47: Hope Aubergine

48/47: Frank Sahwit

48: Gaspen Payne

48/49: Moe/Lawrence Curls

49: Byrne Faraday, Carl Caesar

49/50: Bikini, Kane Bullard

50: Jack Shipley, Misty Fey, Winfred Kitaki

51/52: Colin Devorae/Oliver Deacon, Robert Hammond

52/53: Ernest Amano

53: Chase Clink

54: Gregory Edgeworth, Nate Jiffy, Thomas Spitzer

54/55: Russell Berry

55: Yuri Cosmos

55/56: Dane Gustavia, Winston Payne, Yanni Yogi

56: Archie Buff, Marco Swindell

58/59: Pierre Hoquet

59: Jeffrey Master

59/60: Di-Jun Huang

61/62: Bonnie Young

62: Deid Mann, Taifu Toneido, Tyrell Badd

63/64: Zinc Lablanc

66: Sergio Youngport

67/68: Marvin Grossberg

68: Buck Wheatley

68/69: Damon Gant, Magnifi Gramarye, Manfred von Karma

69/70: Blaise Debeste, Victor Kudo

73/74: Quercus Alba

77: Ives Shineto

78: George Braden

79/80: Bruto Cadaverini

129/130: Iris Watson

131: Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond Ormstein

135/136: Nikomina Borschevic

136: Haori Murasame

137: Susato Mikotoba

138: Gina Lestrade

139: Maria Goullolyne

140: Viridian Green

141: Adam Redifast, Rola O’Malley

142: Duncan Ross

143: Patrick O’Malley, Decargo Mieterman

144: Kazuma Asōgi, Ryūnosuke Naruhodō

145: Jezail Brett, Marco di Gicho

146: Connette Rozaic, Maurice de Quilco, Nemmy Tinpillar

147: Robert Crogley, Tully Tinpillar

150/151: Satoru Hosonaga

151: William Petenshy

152/153: Sōseki Natsume

153: Barok van Zieks, Benjamin Dobinbough

154: Oscar Fairplay, Sherlock Holmes

155: Enoch Drebber

156: Anna Mittlemont

157/158: Mitrov Stroganov

158: Heita Mamemomi, Joan Garrideb, Mrs. Altamont

159: Courtney Sithe

159/160: Taizou Uzukumaru

160: Everyday Mittlemont

162: Rumba Marmatch

163: Klimt van Zieks, Seishirou Jigoku, Yūjin Mikotoba

165: Tobias Gregson

166: John Garrideb

167: Elyder Meningen

168: Cosney Megundal, Hatch Windibank

168/169: John Watson

171: Harry Barricade

172: Taketsuchi Auchi

173: Hart Vortex

174: Morar Milverton

182: Beppo

188/189: Sonmon Sonohigurashi

200/201: Alexandrina Victoria

Older: Ihmsan/Lady Kee’ra, the “Holy Mother”, Lang Zi

[regardezmoica]

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival programme

As always, the BFI is throwing THE FESTIVAL with some of the most expected films in the line-up. NOT TO MISS :)

OPENING & CLOSING NIGHT GALAS

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD - OPENING

Directed by Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) 

Starring Dev Patel as David Copperfield, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Paul Whitehouse and Gwendoline Christie

European Premiere

THE IRISHMAN - CLOSING 

Directed by Martin Scorsese (Silence, The Departed)

Starring Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci

International Premiere

HEADLINE GALAS

KNIVES OUT - American Express Gala 

Directed by Rian Johnson

Starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Colette, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer

European Premiere

THE AERONAUTS - The Mayor of London’s Gala

Directed by Tom Harber (Wild Rose)

Starring Academy Award® winner Eddie Redmayne and Academy Award® nominee Felicity Jones

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - BFI Patrons’ Gala 

Directed by Marielle Heller ( Can You Ever Forgive Me? )

Starring Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys.

GREED - Headline Gala

Directed by Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, The Wedding Guest)

Starring Steve Coogan as Richard ‘Greedy’ McCreadie, Isla Fisher, Shirley Henderson and David Mitchell

European Premiere

HOPE GAP - Headline Gala 

Directed by William Nicholson (screenwriter of Les Miserables, Gladiator, Shadowlands) 

Starring Annette Bening and Bill Nighy

JOJO RABBIT - Headline Gala 

Directed by Taika Waititi (Boy, Hunt for the wilderpeople, Thor Ragnarok)

Starring Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Thomasin McKenzie (Leave no trace), Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson and Stephen Merchant.

European Premiere

THE KING - American Airlines Gala

Directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) 

Starring Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Lily-Rose Depp, Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson

UK Premiere

LE MANS’ 66 - Headline Gala 

Directed by James Mangold (Logan)

Starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale

UK Premiere 

MARRIAGE STORY - The May Fair Hotel Gala 

Directed by Noah Baumbach (While We’re Young, Frances Ha)

Starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson

FESTIVAL AND STRAND GALAS

EMA - Festival Gala 

Directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie) 

Starring Gael García Bernal, Mariana Di Girolamo

ABOMINABLE - Family Gala

Directed by Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman for Dreamworks

UK Premiere

BACURAU - Thrill Gala

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighbouring Sounds) and Juliano Dornelles

Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize 2019

THE DUDE IN ME - Laugh Gala

Directed by Hyo-jin Kang

JUDY & PUNCH - Dare Gala

Directed by Mirrah Foulkes

Starring Mia Wasikowska 

THE LIGHTHOUSE - Cult Gala

Directed by Robert Eggers (the Sutherland Award-winning director of The Witch)

Starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe

OFFICIAL SECRETS - Debate Gala

Directed by Gavin Hood’s (Eye in the Sky) 

Starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Rhys Ifans.

THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON -  Love Gala  

In association with Malta Tourism Authority

Directed by Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson

UK Premiere 

THE TWO POPES -  Journey Gala

Directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener)

Starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce 

WESTERN STARS -  Create Gala

Co-directed by Thom Zimny and Bruce Springsteen

European Premiere 

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Eleven Special Presentations shine the spotlight on new work from major directors.

BAD EDUCATION  in association with Empire - Directed by Cory Finley (Thoroughbreds) and starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney 

BLACKBIRD - Directed by Roger Michell (Enduring Love, Le Week-End, Notting Hill) 

BOMBAY ROSE Directed by debut director and screenwriter Gitanjali Rao

THE CAVE - Directed by Oscar-nominated Feras Fayyad’s (Last Men in Aleppo) 

FIRST LOVE - Directed by Takashi Mike 

GÖSTA - TV series directed by Swedish writer-director Lukas Moodysson

KRABI, 2562. -  Experimenta Special Presentation - Directed by two award-winning directors Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers

LOVE, LIFE AND LAUGHTER - Archive Special Presentation - starring Betty Balfour 

OUR LADIES - Directed by Michael Caton-Jones (The Jackal, Basic Instinct 2)

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE -  BFI Flare Special Presentation in association with Sight & Sound - Directed by Céline Sciamma and starring Adele Haenel

ROCKS - Directed by Sarah Gavro (Brick Lane, Suffragette) - Starring Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali and Shaneigha-Monik Greyson 

OFFICIAL COMPETITION

FANNY LYE DELIVER’D, Thomas Clay’s intoxicating 17th Century drama with Maxine Peake in the title role

HONEY BOY, Alma Har’el’s artful and soul-baring examination of the lingering effects of emotional abuse, written by Shia LaBeouf, who stars alongside Lucas Hedges

LINGUA FRANCA, a beautifully performed character study of a Filipino transwoman and undocumented immigrant in Brooklyn, from writer/director Isabel Sandoval, who also takes on the lead role

LA LLORONA, Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante’s taut genre-bending thriller about an elderly general haunted by a spectre of the past during his trial for genocide

MOFFIE, Oliver Hermanus’ haunting examination of the violent persecution of gay men under Apartheid

MONOS, a hallucinogenic, intoxicating thriller by Alejandro Landes about child soldiers high in the mountains of South America

THE OTHER LAMB, Małgorzata Szumowska’s beguiling, genre-tinged English-language debut examining life in an otherworldly cult

THE PERFECT CANDIDATE, Haifaa Al Mansour’s inspiring drama about a young doctor who becomes an electoral candidate to challenge Saudi Arabia’s strict social codes

ROSE PLAYS JULIE, an immersive and gripping drama from directing duo Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor about a young woman seeking her biological mother

SAINT MAUD, the debut feature from director Rose Glass, in which a mysterious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.

FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION – SUTHERLAND AWARD

ATLANTICS (Dir. Mati Diop). A hypnotic, genre-shifting portrait of a girl’s awakening. 

BABYTEETH (Dir. Shannon Murphy). A feverish Australian drama featuring a superb performance by breakout star Eliza Scanlen as Milla, a seriously ill teenage girl who falls madly in love with a young drug dealer. 

CALM WITH HORSES (Dir. Nick Rowland). Cosmo Jarvis gives a visceral performance in Rowland’s gripping feature debut as Douglas, the hired muscle for a crime family in rural Ireland. A

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD (Dir. Bora Kim). Announcing a bright new voice in South Korean cinema, Kim brings both humour and elegance to her autobiographical debut in this absorbing coming-of-age drama about teenager Eunhee and her dysfunctional Seoul family circa 1994.

INSTINCT (Dir. Halina Reijn). Carice van Houten plays respected clinical psychologist Nicoline, who after starting a new job at a penal institution finds herself flirting with danger in her sessions with inmate Idris. 

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (Dir. Joe Talbot). Jimmie dreams of reclaiming the beautiful late 19th-century home his grandfather built, before hard times and changing demographics forced his family out. 

MAKE UP (Dir. Claire Oakley). A riveting psycho-sexual drama in which teenager Ruth travels to a seaside holiday park to stay with her boyfriend Tom, and one day finds evidence he might be cheating on her. 

RELATIVITY (Dir. Mariko Minoguchi). It is love at first sight when Nora and Aaron first meet on a rainy day in an underground station, but Aaron’s fate takes a dramatic turn and changes Nora’s life in an instant. 

SCALES (Dir. Shahad Ameen). A visually resplendent tale set in a small Gulf fishing village, where the population live in thrall to the otherworldly creatures of the sea. 

The BFI London Film Festival will celebrate international cinema from the 2nd to the 13th of October.

An advice, don’t miss it ;)

[thephantomofthe-internet]

Rock You Like A Hurricane

Stripper!Billy Hargrove x Reader

Summary: On the whims of a drunk group of bridesmaids and the bride to be, you went to Studz and found your own Romeo...too bad you already knew him.

Word Count: 2,772

Warnings: swearing, drinking, sexy dancing (is that a warning? idk), minor sexual implications it’s not graphic and i’m a little baby at this so be gentle with me

Author’s note: so did I reach 1.2k? No, but Tumblr is trying to censor safe sexuality and I want to see how far I can go writing wise before I start making plans. If this gets flagged, I will make an AO3 and give y’all the user so we can keep getting weird, ya know? Anyway, hope you like this mess! I tried 😫😫😫

Permanent Tag: @hotstuffhargrove @hargrovesgoldilocks @denimjacketkisses @lilmissperfectlyimperfect @casaharrington @moonstruckhargrove (you ain’t usually on this tag but...I LOVE YOU AND WANT YOUR LOVE) @thechickvic @alex--awesome--22

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Your cousin Elizabeth was getting married. Twenty-three years old, barely out of college, and engaged to the richest guy you knew. Your mother was never going to let you hear the end of it. You and her were the same age and practically grew up together and your mother believed that she was the standard every girl should live to. She was pretty, decently smart, and popular. She was a high school cheerleader, an honour roll student; she volunteered at animal shelters and had just graduated from college with a degree social work. You were a mediocre student, a college dropout, and, thus far, a failed actress. You were a failure of a daughter and your mother had seemingly given up on you.

So when Elizabeth asked you to be one of her bridesmaids, your mother wouldn’t hear the end of it unless you said yes. You agreed, begrudgingly, dropping too much money on a magenta taffeta nightmare to wear once and answered every upset phone call from the anxious bride to be. You had been given the highly important role of planning the bachelorette party. Naturally, the large hoard of rich North-eastern girls were only coming to you for this because you lived in LA and they were ready to bask in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, refusing to believe that you didn’t actually live at its centre. And so Elizabeth dragged Vivian, Olivia, Kimmy, Maria, and Amber to your shit hole apartment and tried to not complain about it or your plans, although they were already over it and you before the clock struck eight.

You had decided on one thing and one thing only-you would not take them to a strip club. You’d go anywhere else-tourist traps, filthy clubs and bars- you’d even sneak them onto a movie set if it meant the whole thing would be over sooner. Just no strip clubs.

And you didn’t take them to one. Elizabeth’s maid of honour, Vivian, dragged you all out to the nearest club, advertising the hottest guys in town. You were forced into what was perceived as the hottest dress you owned, a short neon nightmare you bought in college, and pushed out the door despite your pleas. You didn’t want to be in a grimy strip club, certainly not with your cousin and her bridesmaids, all various degrees of drunk.

And Studz was not a nice club. If you had wanted to take them to a club, you would’ve taken them to a Chippendale’s, it would have at least been cleaner and a bit busier. Inside the dingy club, with its sticky tables and tiny stage, you were one of three occupied tables. Vivian had chosen a table at the front of the stage, a prime location for viewing the milk crates the club was calling a stage, but the other two parties seemed intriguing.

One was filled with what you could only assume were regulars, an intriguing mix of tough looking women with buzz cuts and sour expressions guarding a trio of grinning, excited boys each with their own sense of style, all of which your mother would’ve called feminine or, as politely as she could, queer, and your father would’ve called…well, you wouldn’t use that word.

The other table was a group of nervous looking women, all old enough to have children old enough to at least in middle school and surrounded by tall orange drinks, which you’d guess were ‘Sex on the Beach’es, knowing the fruity gradient well enough from the drunk barely-legals who came to your bar. They all seemed awkward and embarrassed, the same feeling you felt sitting in the dark room where drinks were twice as expensive and the music blared in your ears. You might’ve been able to handle it if you weren’t forcefully decked out in bachelorette party gear bought angrily by Olivia, peeved that you hadn’t bought any for the group. You had on a white sash which read in glittery pink text ‘I’m the single one’, advertising you like a prime piece of real-estate and not a broke loser. You felt silly and sad, you wished you had just put your foot down and said no. But still you stayed, nursing an insanely overpriced jack and coke through a penis shaped straw, listening as the girls chattered on.

“So anyway, Y/N, this is how you throw a bachelorette party! We want Lizzie to be surrounded by insanely hot dudes for one more night before she ties Stevie down forever. One last night of sexy adventures for our gorgeous bride to be!” Vivian declared cockily, pointing at the giggling Elizabeth, already drunk from the giant Cosmo in front of her and the five jello shots she’d taken at your apartment, the one thing you’d done right so it seemed.

“Whatever you say…” you muttered, rolling your eyes as you spun the melting ice around in your glass. Suddenly, the lights in the bar dimmed impossibly further and the stage lights flashed on, first in a spinning disco ball of bright rainbow coloured lights.

“Alright ladies, let’s give a big welcome to Armando!” the announcer slash bartender called from the microphone on the rail, barely looking up from his copy of Proust. You clapped politely as the bridesmaids cheered, though not as loud as the mismatched table, where the boys of the group lit up like Christmas trees and hollered loudly. The sultry, sticky sounds of Def Leopard’s Pour Some Sugar on Me blasted from the speakers. A larger man with a beautiful tan stepped on stage. He wasn’t exactly rippling in muscles, but he was fit and his fade was lined up nicely. He was dressed as a construction worker, complete with a hard hat. He looked confident, but you could see the Vaseline he’d used to define and brighten his abs caking in between the muscles; most men would’ve used baby oil, but he was trying to appear fitter than he actual was and the trick seemed to work, Kimmy, Elizabeth’s childhood best friend was already openly drooling over him.

His set was awkward and jerky, you were certain it was one of his first shows, and he tended to rely on pelvic thrusts instead of a variety of moves. When the bar cut the song, you were able to count the money he’d earned sitting sadly on the stage floor.

The rest of the numbers were about the same. Next came Carlos, who the back table seemed to be a big fan of. One of the boys, decked in a bedazzled muscle tank, screamed out “I love you Carlos!” in a feminine voice with a slight Puerto Rican accent, clapping above his head. Then Julian, Stefan, Emilio, and Cole all decked out in various ‘sexy’ outfits; poor Emilio was stuck in a weak Native American costume as though he was a member of The Village People.  The whole thing was embarrassing and awkward but as Elizabeth and her friends got drunker and drunker, they seemed to enjoy it more and more. Poor Maria had seemingly fallen in love with Stefan and, after running a shaky hand over his greasy, hairless chest, declared that she wanted to have his baby and spent all her cash on him. When he didn’t come around after his set, she pouted and drank more to fill the void.

Then, everything got improbably darker. At one point, Vivian had snuck off to talk to the emcee and returned with a smug, proud smile, which worried you. You were the only sober person left in the group and thus the babysitter of the girls, watching drinks and keeping hold of those drunk enough to pounce on a dancer.

“There’s a bachelorette party in the house!” the emcee called, earning polite claps from the other tables and hoots and hollers from the girls surrounding you. “Well, we have a treat for you! Welcome to the stage, Romeo!”

First, in the darkness, someone brought out a chair and when the lights came up again, The Divinyl’s I Touch Myself began to blast out of the speakers and out from the sparkling red curtains came a man dressed in leather chaps, the most attractive of the group. His back was to the audience, his muscular legs and butt on full display, his right hand reaching up to the microphone descending from the ceiling, taking it easily.

“I’d like to invite the lovely bride to be up for a dance.” He said huskily and your heart stopped. You knew that voice, it stuck in your brain like a thorn. Billy Hargrove. You should’ve recognized him from the still present mullet. But how could you? Why on earth would you believe him to be anywhere near you, in the Valley of all places? Elizabeth was being forced to her feet by Vivian; this was obviously her master plan from the start to give her dear friend one last thrill.

But this thrill was unwanted, as it seemed. Elizabeth was trying very hard to force her thin wrsit out of Vivian’s grasp and begging anyone nearby to help. Naturally, you jumped into action, pulling Vivian away from her.

“Y/N! Y/N I can’t do it! I don’t wanna cheat on Stevie! I don’t wanna do this!” she cried, tears welling in her bright green eyes. You nodded, taking her hand, and squeezing it in your own.

“Okay, okay sit down you don’t have to. We’ll go home, okay? We’ll go, just calm down.” You said sternly as she nodded, teary eyed.

“Don’t ruin the fun, Y/N.” Vivian said crossly, scoffing at Elizabeth’s tears. “Here, if you’re so hell bent on being the centre of attention, you go.” Before you could even try to retort her idea, you were being pushed to the stage the girls were screaming with delight. Billy was looking down at you with a smirk and a hand extended to you. When your nervous expression met his confident leer, his smirk dropped away.

He recognized you.

You and Billy weren’t exactly friends in high school. He’d come to Hawkins, Indiana in your second last year of high school and joined your graduating class with all the anger and hatred of a boy forced out of his home. He took that anger out on anyone who didn’t play his games and you weren’t one to play along. It was all because you wouldn’t do the entire English project you’d been assigned his partner for. You wanted to split the work even, he wanted to do nothing and get a great grade. In the end, he got a shit grade and tormented you for the rest of high school. It wasn’t as bad as what he did to nerdier kids, who’d get pushed around and the shit kicked out of them for the entire year while he was there. Your torment matched Steve Harrington’s; sure he mostly left you alone, but he definitely made his mark on your mind. He called you Blow Pop for a whole year, based on the baseless rumour that you’d sucked off your gym teacher, Mr. Carlson, who while being a young, hot man was a notoriously easy marker and not worth sleeping with to get a good grade. Although in retrospect, that was probably the kicker of the whole rumour.  Your reputation was ruined for the rest of school and even now the kids of Hawkins, now adults, still knew you as Blow Pop.

And you hated him for it, the whole thing left a sour taste in your mouth. He was so hot, you noted it the second he arrived, but his attitude was so awful that it ruined the rest of him. And once you were Blow Pop, you lost all interest in him, no matter how tight his jeans were.

You wanted to run, but you couldn’t abandon the drunken girls cheering you on, so you used his hand to pull yourself onstage and saunter over to the chair. “Well, come on Romeo, give me a show.” You said through a gritted smile, taking your seat in the chair. Billy nodded, matching your uncomfortable expression.

He started into his number, pulling off his ridiculous leather vest, throwing it offstage and revealing more of his well oiled chest. He rolled his body, running a hand up his chest and through his hair, running his tongue over his lips with a smirk. You watched the girls as they hollered, sticking dollar bills into the waistband of his chaps, lapping up his attention. This continued for most of the song, thrusting and grinding into the open air, ripping off the legs of this chaps, revealing his black jockstrap and earning whoops from the whole bar. You wanted to laugh at the whole scene, to find it awful and gross, and it kind of was; here was this guy who ruled your high school dancing in front of you for cash. But mostly, it was hot. Like, really, really hot. He was honestly too good at this, it made the back of your neck sweat and your nerves burst into flames. You mind ran wildly with dirty images and thoughts you couldn’t get away from if you tried; rationale wasn’t quelling the fire he’d lit in your stomach. He only turned back to you when the coda hit, lip-syncing along with the words. He rolled his lips over yours, straddling you gently and running his hands over your arms, bringing your hands to touch his chest and abs.

“This is really weird…” you muttered, more to yourself than him, letting your smile drop away into a look you hoped didn’t come off as completely lustful and desperate, hoping he’d either stop or finally touch you. Of course, he did neither.

“It’ll be over soon, just till the last chorus, then you’re free.” He replied softly, thrusting into you gently. “Just touch my abs, it’ll give your friends something to laugh about and earn me better tips.”

You obeyed, running a hand over him as he got up, coming behind you to give this look of longing in your reach. You let out a heated sigh, which was mostly fake, letting your head lull to the side as you sighed, earning a scream from Elizabeth, who’d long stopped crying.

“You’re really sticky.” You whispered and you swore for a brief moment, Billy broke, his smirk turning into a tiny smile he was working hard to hold back. He came back around, pulling your hands to rest on his hips as he went back to thrusting and wriggling. You chuckled “And you’re wearing glittery eyeliner, what a treat I’m getting today.” Just as he was about to stand, the song coming to an end, you ran your ring finger up his spine. He shivered involuntarily, his gaze coming back down to you, quirking his eyebrow.

Billy didn’t like that you were here. He didn’t like that he was dancing on you. And he certainly didn’t like how absolutely gorgeous you’d become. Sure, he remembered you well enough from high school, but if he hadn’t? He probably would’ve taken you home and screwed your brains out. It left this uneasy tension for the whole dance. Usually, he’d focus on the bride to be, but with you being so…different and obviously not being the bride herself, he found himself keeping a distance to keep him professional. But he couldn’t stop the shiver when you touched him on your own. And you noticed, you smirked at him liked you’d found some secret trick. He wanted so badly to wipe that smirk off your lips.

You shrugged easily as he looked at you curiously, standing as the song ended and pulling the wad of dollar bills Amber had given you from your bra, handing it to him easily as you walked off. You jumped off the stage, grinning as your fellow bridesmaids screamed, coming to hug you and grab your arm, declaring that he was so hot.

“Come on girls, my hands are all sticky now, let’s get out of here.” You said, pulling your purse off the back of the chair, walking off towards the exit. For a brief moment, you looked back, desperate for another look.

Billy was already gone, much to your disappointment, it was as though you’d dreamt him and you’d wake up at home drenched in sweat and soaked. He might as well have puffed into a cloud of smoke and glitter and vanished, the chair was gone too. But you knew it happened. And you felt so stupid-you’d just been played by a stripper.