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A MASSIVE assortment of the various clown looks I did throughout 2014, starting after I auditioned for Barnum and Bailey. By this point I had been doing clown for a few years (and been interested for MUCH longer without pursuing it), but it wasn't until Barnum and Bailey put out that casting call that I really considered doing it professionally. When I auditioned I originally wanted to apply as a fire dancer, however they told me they were only auditioning clowns, so I took 3 seconds to think about it and was like "Fuck it, let's do this" I landed the gig, and they told me they'd call me in 2 months to let me know when and where I'd meet the train to join up and go to their clown school. I spent those two months learning everything I didn't already know about being a circus clown; I practiced acrobatics and pantomime, I learned balloon twisting, face painting, and the Barnum and Bailey style makeup methods, I picked up juggling on top of my other object manipulation, and I really spent just about 24/7 doing everything I could to be prepared when the time came around. But after two months I still hadn't heard anything back, and I started calling and trying to figure out what was up- Then I emailed my auditioner, and it bounced back as an invalid email. I was a bit devastated thinking that I had been passed up, however as it turned out they had been having financial issues and the auditions I went to as a whole amounted to nothing, for any of us, as Barnum had decided they couldn't afford to train and hire new clowns as they were on the decline. So, instead of taking this as some devastating news and issue, I decided to look at everything I'd learned and just go for it Solo, as a party clown and balloon artist- I was already doing parties as a firedancer, so this was really just an expansion, and now I was doing it all as a clown! It wasn't long after this decision that I landed on the name The Ubiquitous Dr Strangelove, and stepped away from the joke name Kato The Clown that I had previously been using, and things just went crazy from there. __________ Some notes regarding clowning as it pertains to the looks I did this year: First off, the Rainbow Afro (Images #10 and 11 in this post)- As I said in an earlier post I had to get this wig for a client who specifically requested it. I did not know yet that the wig was problematic or the history of racism and bigotry that the wig represents- I went into much more detail about this already, but you can never belabor the point when it comes to these things, and just like I wasn't aware then many new clowns today are also unaware; But these wigs tie themselves directly to the early 1900s Minstrel Shows, and were integrated into clowning and color changed from black to rainbow to be more appealing to younger audiences- They then blew up and became the Status Quo in clowning with people forgetting the history.

Never forget the history, be aware of it, and show respect to the marginalized peoples that early- and mid-century clown culture was mocking and dehumanizing by just not fucking doing it. The Black/White split face (Images #19-20 in this post)- This one isn't necessarily a problematic look, in my opinion- but I don't really think MY opinion is the important one. I originally did this look as a means to represent the idea of Dichotomy through my clown, and the longer this look is in my history the more gross I feel about it. No one has ever reprimanded me about it, however it is a bit too close to blackface for my liking and current sensibilities- and I would urge ANY clown who wishes to do a similar look to keep that in mind, as Blackface is a massively problematic stain on the history of clowning, that also comes from the Minstrel Show culture stated above. It was never my intention to represent this look as blackface, and anyone looking at it can probably see that- but that doesn't mean the parallels aren't there or that it isn't an issue that I treaded into.

Brown Clown #2 (image #24 in this set) - At first glance this image probably doesn't seem problematic and my intentions behind it were actually aimed at supporting marginalized groups- but just like the split-face look, the longer it's in my history the more problematic I feel like it is. This look was what I decided on for a Thanksgiving party I was hired for. Being someone who has NEVER celebrated thanksgiving, and who stands with the Native American tribes and sentiments, and opposes the ideas of colonialism and genocide, I wanted to do a look for this event that honored Native American cultures- and so I went into the vaults and referenced a spiritual figure from the Sioux and Great Plains tribes known as Heyoka. Heyoka is known to us White Folks as a Sacred Clown, and I have loved and respected the stories of Heyoka most of my life- however as a white dude who is not part of those cultures and who does not know enough about the implications of this figure within them, this look was an ill-advised attempt at honoring Heyoka and Native Americans. And not least of all because I had no way of actually speaking on these topics as I wore the look, to actually spread awareness and combat the mindsets of White America that makes them to this day still take MASSIVE issue with only bad-mouthing Thanksgiving or Columbus.

What I have learned since then is that in general, your clown should never represent a race or spiritual figure within a culture or closed practice, and that even while the intention behind it may have been admirable it is still problematic of me to have done. But, you learn and you grow, and the only thing you can do is try to pass on what you've learned through mistakes you've made.

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Lokabrenna - An Introduction

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Code of Conduct For Readers of This Blog:

Respect and consent are key, in all things. Trolls, right-wing/maga/etc, Christians, Racists, Sexists and Fascists will be blocked on-sight. This is your warning not to bring that shit here- You've invaded every other format of this religion, and you are not welcome in mine.

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Questions and Submissions - Anonymous or otherwise, regarding any topic I post about on this blog, your own UPG, or the like.

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Disclaimer: Before you get into this blog, be advised that everything here is me: My own ritual, my own structures, my own process, my own understanding, my own UPG, my own study, both independent and guided, that I have put together over the last (nearly) 20 years to be my own form of Norther European Paganism; I originally practiced this all independently, as my own personal path; And I am currently taking large steps in my journey that have made me comfortable with opening up and sharing it with others. All content presented here is content of my own creation, or taken directly from historic sources, and includes my own interpretations of Scandinavian/Norse History, Lore and Mythology. These views may stand counter to the teachings of any other Heathen organization, kindred, or format of the religion, because it is not them. While attempting to be as historically accurate as possible, and having studied as many sources, in depth, as I can, it is still just one interpretation, and it eschews the opinions of some historians who have been involved in this studied for much longer than I have- because quite frankly since this is my own format of the religion those peoples' opinions hold no sway over it, or how I practice, or what I teach. Lore and history are important, but so is taking into account the changes and advancements of the world in the last 800 years, and as such I cannot agree any more with revivalist traditions, any more than I can with the tradition of wanton cultural appropriation enacted by many New Age/Neopagan branches. Both myself and Lokabrenna are wholly independent. It is presented here by me with no outside support or affiliation. I am not an authority on, or representative of, any other Heathen organization. I am similarly not involved with or a representative of any kindred. This blog and the content herein is not mean to cause harm or admonish any individual, or organization, nor will it attempt to. Lokabrenna, the religion outlined in this blog, is my sole creation and presented here as a way for others to learn and possibly grow from it; that is it. Lokabrenna is a modernist, Lokean format of Northern European Paganism, as the name suggest. It contains themes of both Thurs Worship, and Rokkr worship, as well as themes of "black magic," blood magic, ritual, sacrifice, and political action, that stand counter to other forms of the religion, especially those which are active in the US. As the creator of Lokabrenna, I am the only person authorized to teach it or stand as a Priest/Guide/Authority on the subject. Lokabrenna is not Asatru. It is not Odinism. It is not Folkish Heathenry. It is not the traditional Scaninavion religion. It is not a format of Lokean Heathenry taught or upheld by any other organization. I am not here to make demands, give orders, or dictate how one lives their life. If you read and speak with me, and decide you wish to adhere to the teachings/religion I offer through Lokabrenna, you do so of your own volition and I am not responsible for any actions taken inspired by that adherence/worship, as I will never tell a person that they must do something they normally wouldn't.

If you do not like the content here for any reason, please block, and don’t report.

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Who am I?

My name is Ash Vindhler-Lokasson. Aside from this, I am an artist, and I work on a personal and freelance basis as Ash Something Art. I am also a Clown and Alt Lifestyle blogger, and you can find any info pertaining to that portion of my life at The Ubiquitous Dr Strangelove.

But this blog isn't for those things.

High Priest of Loki:

At the age of 18, I picked up Asatru. I came across the religion by chance, and as I studied it I found that it seemed to agree with many of my own thoughts/ideas regarding the creation of the universe (which is predominantly based in Science).

Continuing the study, I read all of the historic texts, studied many of the different viking hordes and archaeological discoveries, and wrote breakdown after breakdown (for my own pleasure) of my understanding of the lore as I learned.

I joined an organization and continued my study through their lore program, and spent nearly a decade embroiled in every level of the religion.

At the time, and for most of that time, I was not aware that other formats of Northern European Paganism existed aside from Asatru, as the major organizations I became aware of all represented it.

Eventually, however, I realized that there were dialectical differences between my moral beliefs and the teachings of Asatru, as well as many of the other Northern European Pagan communities and organizations that exist. Because of this, around ten years after I started, I separated from the Heathen community to pursue the religion on my own terms; following my own rule that "The religion of no two people are alike, even if they have the same holy book" I decided that I should build my own format of the religion to practice independently.

And that was the start of Lokabrenna.

But what are my qualifications?

Well, just because I left the heathen community as a whole, and I never completed the lore program I was a part of, doesn't mean I stopped everything outright. I was not forced out, and I'm sure most people in the community enjoyed the debate and insights that I had to offer. I stepped away, more or less unprompted, when I realized it wasn't a good fit: Religion should be a personal thing, and resonate with you- and while the texts and the lore, and mythology did, I found myself surrounded by many people I would never have surrounded myself with in any other circumstance.

When I left, I continued my study just as vigorously as before, finding every source I could, and researching any new sources I happened to come across. I eventually found my own niche, my own guidelines, and my own way of doing things that resonated with me; and my intent here is to share those things with others.

When I was 26, after leaving the major Heathen organization I was a part of, I went about the process of getting myself ordained independently as a Goði, or Priest. As an ordained priest, I have the freedom to teach my views as well as perform marriage ceremonies and the like. However, priesthood aside, what has always mattered most to me was the study, and learning, and being an active part of my religion, worship and rituals. Because of this, for the last 10 years while holding onto that priesthood, I have continued to keep my head down, study, and practice independently, I worked on breaking down everything I was learning, processing it, and implementing it into my journey.

It has now been 17 years (as of Feb 2025) since I started my journey and in that time, I have read, studied, written about, and processed every source I could; Multiple translations of the Eddas, the Codex Regius, The Gesta Danorum, The Heimskringla and the Sagas of the Icelanders, as well as all of the independent Sagas, many different source-books for the various Northern European Pagan organizations that already exist, and more or less any book, movie or show that I could find that pertained to these things from documentaries to pop culture works.

I thoroughly studied and am a practitioner of both Seiðr and Rune Magic.

I entered every aspect of this study with a critical eye, and intent to break down the beliefs, separated out christian influence (as much of what we know about the Norse comes from the conversion-age, just after the end of viking age, and much of the work writing either demonizes or re-contextualizes the beliefs to fit more Digestible-by-Christianity version of the history- as in any such case, the victors write the history books) and to balance my understanding of the lore and religion with my modern life.

But I digress: In short, I am an ordained priest of Loki who felt misaligned with the status quo in the modern formats of the religion, and set to work creating a version of it for myself, after spending nearly two decades studying everything I could regarding the religion. In the past, despite having the priesthood and study under my belt, I limited my teaching to only those who asked me after finding out that I am a Lokean or that I practice Northern European Paganism/Heathenry and actively asked me.

However, after lengthy consideration, and a few fairly large projects that I've taken on in my capacity as an artist, (and a weird dream I had: I may post about that for my readers' entertainment at a later date), I have finally decided to step into my shoes as a High Priest of Loki, and teach those who wish to learn, about Lokabrenna.

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Lokabrenna: A Brief Introduction

As I stated above, the path of Lokabrenna is an original, modernist take on Northern European Paganism, and as I will go into detail about below, is named after an Old Norse term for the North Star.

At this time, while Lokabrenna established as a religious path for myself, not yet official, publicly. I hope to grow and get participants, and really step into my role as an independent priest, but at the moment it is not registered as a religion, nor as a nonprofit (I also do not make money from it, or intend to aside from the creation of art and potentially selling books and card decks at a later date). I will also be releasing it in pieces as I work on my other projects and my job.

For the time being, it is a minor cult even among minor cults. It is safe to say that while I have taught others and spread my ideals to a degree, (only to those who have approached me about learning Lokean and Northern European Paganism), that I am currently the sole practitioner.

The Beginnings of Lokabrenna:

The term Lokabrenna, as most Lokean Heathens and other Northern European Pagans will recognize as a term used in most Lokean circles. It can be found in only one place in historical record: The Gesta Danorum, written by Saxo Grammaticus in the 12th century (around the same time period that Snorri was writing his Prose Edda). I will get into both of these figures, along with others, in later posts. In his writing, Saxo refers to Lokabrenna as a Norse name for the North Star; Translated it means Loki's Torch or Loki's Brand.

One theological difference between myself/Lokabrenna and the various organizations who practice/teach Northern European Paganism lies in this piece of information- often, I was taught that there there was no proof of a "cult of Loki" among the Old Norse, because they have found no archeological evidence or place names pertaining to him. However, Lokabrenna, the North Star, has been known as a primary guide point in almost every culture in the world since antiquity. There is no record of WHICH North Star the term referred to, Polaris or it's predecessor Kochab (which was the Pole Star up until around 500-1000 BCE), however with the various Scandinavian cultures first putting roots into the area in the latter stone age, around 12,000BCE, it is safe to say that it could be either star, or both. But that point matters less than the implication behind the term Lokabrenna existing-

Because it is not only a place name, but the name of one of the most important celestial guides to an originally nomadic, then agrarian, then seafaring group of people, from whom this religion and every other modern form of Northern European Paganism are derived; One which represents Loki, and has become a representation of how he has guided me on my journey.

And while what the existence of this term implies- a term found in only a single source, written by a Danish scholar traveling through Norway a century after the Viking Age- is a highly debated topic: my view is that even if the term Lokabrenna didn't imply a cult of Loki, or that he was worshiped, or whether he was viewed as a "god," or it doesn't count as a place name, etc (all of which are arguments I have heard, posed to discredit my own choice to worship Loki), the fact of the matter is that you worship and honor the gods you are drawn to, and Loki was that for me. And no one has a right to dictate or deny your ability to do so (aside from as it pertains to closed cultural religions, which is an important topic for a later time). And so, regardless of whether he was or as not worshiped, or did or did not have place names, or any of that- he is worshiped today. By myself and many others: and many of us have come to view the term Lokabrenna and it's relation to Loki as one of the more important bits of symbolism in our own practice.

And for these reasons, Lokabrenna is the term I have chosen as the name to represent the path I will be teaching here.

For followers of this path, they are free to use what terms they deem fit to refer to themselves, but to distinguish this path from others I will refer to its followers as Lokabrennar or Lokebrennir- a loose derivative of Lokabrenna with the -ar/-ir plural form used in Old Norse (similar to Asatruar, Jotnar, Aesir, Vanir etc).

[britpop-band-shite]

CURRENT EVENT

Best britpop person, matchups will be randomised, fairly self explanatory. Submit musicians not bands (ie submit Damon Albarn not Blur). Feel free to judge based off whatever you like. Other poll submissions still open

HOW POLL SUBMISSIONS WORK

literally just send an ask and I’ll make it! You can do a poll on artists, songs, or albums. I am widening the scope of genres, while this blog is focused on britpop I don’t mind if other 90s bands or adjacent artists crop up.

PREVIOUS TOURNEY WINNERS AND INFO BELOW

1st: Blur

2nd: Manic Street Preachers

3rd: Suede

❌ELIMINATED ARTISTS❌

the artist they lost too will be in brackets

Teenage Fanclub (Round 1: Echobelly)

Rialto (Round 1: S*M*A*S*H)

Space (Round 1: Stereophonics)

Gorkys Zygotic Mynci (Round 1: Shampoo)

Ocean Colour Scene (Round 1: Placebo)

Reef (Round 1: Elastica)

Cecil (Round 1: Gene)

Silver Sun (Round 1: Skunk Ananise)

Bis (Round 1: Blur)

Nilon Bombers (Round 1: Powder)

Pimlico (Round 1: Northern Uproar)

60ft Dolls (Round 1: Gay Dad)

The Verve (Round 1: The Stone Roses)

Thurman (Round 1: Ash)

Oasis (Round 1: Pulp)

These Animal Men (Round 1: Salad)

The Lightning Seeds (Round 1: Ride)

Me Me Me (Round 1: Jocasta)

Mansun (Round 1: Super Furry Animals)

Heavy Stereo (Round 1: The Divine Comedy)

Bennet (Round 1: Republica)

Cast (Round 1: McAlmont & Butler)

Hefner (Round 1: The Pointy Birds)

Kula Shaker (Round 1: Manic Street Preachers)

Geneva (Round 1: Marion)

David Devant & His Spirit Wife (Round 1: The Boo Radleys)

Kenickie (Round 1: Lush)

The Seahorses (Round 1: The Bluetones)

Longpigs (Round 1: James)

Denim (Round 1: Catatonia)

Feeder (Round 1: Suede)

Saint Etienne (Round 1: The Charlatans)

Speedy (Round 1: Whiteout)

The Supernaturals (Round 1: The La’s)

Dodgy (Round 1: Sleeper)

Cornershop (Round 1: Supergrass)

Kinky Machine (Round 1: Menswe@r)

Hurricane #1 (Round 1: Shed Seven)

Babybird (Round 1: Paul Weller)

Delicatessen (Round 1: Daisy Chainsaw)

The Auteurs (Round 1: Strangelove)

Embrace (Round 1: Black Grape)

Theaudience (Round 1: Travis)

My Life Story (Round 1: The Beautiful South)

Babylon Zoo (Round 1: Edwyn Collins)

Young Offenders (Round 1: The Flamingoes)

Gene (Round 2: Ash)

The Bluetones (Round 2: The Divine Comedy)

Northern Uproar (Round 2: Strangelove)

Daisy Chainsaw (Round 2: Pulp)

Marion (Round 2: Echobelly)

Black Grape (Round 2: Blur)

Edwyn Collins (Round 2: Manic Street Preachers)

Skunk Ananise (Round 2: The Stone Roses)

The Boo Radleys (Round 2: Republica)

Salad (Round 2: The Beautiful South)

Gay Dad (Round 2: Sleeper)

The Pointy Birds (Round 2: The Flamingoes)

S*M*A*S*H (Round 2: James)

The Charlatans (Round 2: Super Furry Animals)

Menswe@r (Round 2: Elastica)

Jocasta (Round 2: Suede)

Shampoo (Round 2: Placebo)

Travis (Round 2: McAlmont & Butler)

Ride (Round 2: Catatonia)

Shed Seven (Round 2: Paul Weller)

Supergrass (Round 2: Lush)

Whiteout (Round 2: Stereophonics)

James (Round 3: Elastica)

Pulp (Round 3: Placebo)

Paul Weller (Round 3: Lush)

McAlmont & Butler (Round 3: Ash)

Echobelly (Round 3: Suede)

Republica (Round 3: Blur)

Catatonia (Round 3: Manic Street Preachers)

The Beautiful South (Round 3: Sleeper)

Strangelove (Round 3: Stereophonics)

The Divine Comedy (Round 3: Super Furry Animals)

The Flamingoes (Round 3: The Stone Roses)

Ash (Round 4: Placebo/Super Furry Animals)

The Stone Roses (Round 4: Manic Street Preachers)

Stereophonics (Round 4: Blur)

Sleeper (Round 4: Lush)

Elastica (Round 4: Suede)

Placebo (Round 5: Suede)

Lush (Round 5: Blur)

Super Furry Animals (Round 5: Manic Street Preachers)

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✨🤍 write out your tumblr url with the first letters in song titles, then pass it on to your favorite mutuals/followers/people you are slightly intimidated by 🤍✨

Necrofancy - Scary Bitches

Out of blood- Obituary

Strangelove - Depeche Mode

Father of lies - Whitechapel

Echolalia - Faetooth

Rats - Ghost

Ashes - Bridge City Sinners

This is how I disappear - MCR

Ultraviolence - New Order

Perfect Wife - Amigo the Devil

Nemesis - Arch Enemy

Gimme Shelter- Sisters of Mercy

[anthonysstupiddailyblog]

Anthony’s Stupid Daily Blog (843): Mon 8th Jul 2024

I saw a story on Twitter about an ice cream truck that had been left on the beach and got swept away by the tide. If that was me and I was left with a rusty, salty ice cream truck I’d be on the phone to MTV asking them if they’re planning to bring back Pimp My Ride…ideally in the next few days. Incidentally if you got hit by an ice cream truck and got given a concussion would that technically be an ice cream headache? 

I rewatched what many consider to be Stanley Kubrick’s magnum opus: no not Heads Or Tails the Justin Lee Collins gameshow, he didn’t direct that, that’s just an urban legend, I’m talking of course about Dr Strangelove. It still holds up really well as a satire on just how close we are at any time for a full scale disaster, all it takes is one idiot / madman to get the right amount of power and we could all end up as smouldering ashes. The film concerns a general who has gone insane and orders his B-52 pilots to attack Russia as he believes that the Russians are planning on poisoning the American water supply. You hear this a lot with conspiracy theorists and while we can argue back and forth about how likely it is for a government to implement this plan thankfully it will never affect me as I hardly ever drink water at all. If a foreign enemy was planning on poisoning the Dr Pepper Vanilla Float supply then I’d be in deep shit.  Some of the scenes set in the war room are absolutely stunning even by today’s standards. I could listen to the characters in this room talk all day as the dialogue is so carefully written and the echoes are absolutely hypnotic. While there are some great comedic moments (the “Gentlemen you can’t fight in here this is the war room” line, Kong riding the missile and Peter Sellers unintentionally doing a Sieg Heil) I don’t think there are enough funny moments in this film to label it a comedy and even if we give them the benefit of the doubt then it only just qualifies as a comedy and so probably shouldn’t be ranked among the “greatest comedies ever made” as it is according to Wikipedia. I think the main takeaway from Dr Strangelove should be that every one in the military should have to undertake cognitive and mental health tests at least once a day to make sure what happens in this film never happens in real life. 

[the-goth-catte]

•|• Goth Night @ Anti-Social Club •|• 09.22.2023

Emilie Autumn - Dead Is The New Alive Siouxsie and the Banshees - Ornaments of Gold Sister Machine Gun - Sins of the Flesh Ashbury Heights - SmAlLeR Minuit Machine - Sisters Switchblade Symphony - Bad Trash Drab Majesty - The Other Side Dismantled - Straight Up Haujobb - Speed of Pain Orgy - Opticon In Flames - It’s No Good Lacuna Coil - Our Truth Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave Biomekkanik - Fuck The Pain Away Mind.In.A.Box - 8 Bits KMFDM - Material Girl Ash Code & Ellen Allien - Dance And Kill Susperia - Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy Corlyx - Like A Dagger Aesthetic Perfection - Spit It Out Combichrist - Lying Sack of Shit Alien Vampires - She’s On More Drugs Than Me Flesh Field - The Collapse Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle Depeche Mode - Strangelove Ministry - Effigy (I’m Not An) Echoberyl - Aliens Cruxshadows - Helios (Solar Night Mix) Rotersand - Grey (Light Grey) Revolting Cocks - Me So Horny Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia, My Reflection Powerman 5000 - Black Lipstick L’ame Imortelle - Tiefster Winter Suicide Commando - Love Breeds Suicide (Endzeit 2020) Mind.In.A.Box - I Love 64 Solitary Experiments - Immortal (Icon of Coil Mix) Apoptygma Berzerk - Mourn (Mesh Remix) William Control - The Monster Abu Nein - Kissing the Glove Unto Ashes - Serve Me London After Midnight - The Bondage Song (Unchained Mix) Ministry - Stigmata Aerodrone - Sceneboy

[ubiquitousdoctorstrangelove]

Since I figured I'd start at the beginning with the last post, here are some clown/jester looks I did in the earliest days, back when I was…. ahem. We'll say barely legal.

Look 1: around 2007-2008, doing the first red and black look that would eventually lead to my trademark style as The Ubiquitous Dr Strangelove, as well as both the characters Clopin the Mad Harlequin and Laughing Loki. Look 2: Around 2006, doing what I now consider to be a failed attempt at a blue and violet clown/jester look, that I may at some point reprise to do a better job of.

Look 3: Also around 2007-2008, doing the first red, black and white look that would eventually become my character Pierrot L'Amoureux Look 4: This was in 2012, the very first "Pro" clown makeup look I ever did, before I really understood the makeup. This was my very first debut on the scene as an actual clown, and at the time I went by Kato the Clown. While the makeup was fairly bad, it wasn't long after this that I learned the right way to do it, and eventually auditioned for Barnum and Bailey (2014) after a couple years of being a clown as predominantly a fire performer.

[frenchbreads-writing]

In This Life And The Next|{Bakugou Katsuki}

I just read this over and I think its so bad lmao but your wish is my command here you go

I hope you enjoy!

Pairing: Bakugou Katsuki x Male Reader

Words: 875

Warning(s): Angst, injuries, blood, death (will there be a good ending tho? <3), little to no editing (basically the first draft)

Requests: Closed

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You and Katsuki had hidden your relationship. It was frowned upon to fall in love with someone from a warring clan especially when the one you had fallen in love with was the same gender as well as the next in line to become head of the clan.

The two of you were only able to show your affection in small moments in the dead of night when the people of your respective clans had fallen asleep.

The two of you would sneak away somewhere away from the prying eyes of your families and just exist in each other’s presence.

“K-katsuki.”

You pitifully whimpered as you dragged yourself closer to your lover.

Katsuki raised his head and watched as you slumped unable to continue.

You reached out to him.

He stared for a moment before shifting and with a grunt he reached out to place his hand on top of yours.

The night before the battle, you had gifted Katsuki a necklace with an intricately carved dragon hanging from it and proposed that the two of you run away during the battle and spend the rest of your lives together.

And he accepted, prepared to flee and start a life with you without the pressure of leading an entire clan and hiding who he was.

Now, the two of you were lying in the middle of a battlefield splintered shields and shattered swords littered the ground around you along with the bodies of allies and enemies alike.

Unable to move you watched as blood from your fatal wounds slowly seeped into the dirt beneath you.

You looked into his teary eyes, saddened by the fact that you were unable to wipe his tears away.

You squeezed his hand as much as you could.

Katsuki coughed up blood that splattered on the ground in front of him. Watching that broke your heart.

“K-katsuki listen to me.”

He opened his hazy eyes to meet yours.

“Whatever happens, know that I love you.”

“I love you too (Y/N).”

More tears fell from his eyes as he saw the tears start streaming down your face.

You gripped his hand with all of the strength that you could muster and he did the same.

“Please, Katsuki, promise me, that even though our time has come to an end here, we will find each other again in our next lives, no matter how long it takes.”

Katsuki sobbed as he felt his grip slowly begin to weaken and black dots start to fill the edges of his vision.

“I promise! My heart and soul belong to you, in this life and the next.”

You and Katsuki smiled and quietly giggled at each other.

Your giggles evolved into full blown laughter.

Now, under the scorching heat of the summer sun, your blood pooling around your bodies, the two of you laughing weakly, hanging on to the last few moments you had left with each other and thinking about your promise to each other the night before the battle.

And as the light faded from the both of your eyes there wasn’t an ounce of fear of dying.

The heads of the two clans stood across from each other. In front of them, they had found their sons smiling and holding hands even after they had perished.

Since then, time had passed and suddenly that battle had been lifetimes ago.

The world was now populated with heroes and villains with quirks.

You were called onto the scene of a large scale villain attack, aiding in the rescuing of civilians as the villain was taken away.

While clearing rubble, the sound of an explosion startled you.

Whipping around you saw a man with ash blonde hair with his back towards you.

He was using his quirk to destroy the rubble so it was easier to clear out.

You’ve never met him but you have heard of him, Dynamight, a hero with an explosion quirk.

The blonde wiped his brow and turned on his heel.

And the two of you made eye contact.

You stared into his ruby red eyes for what felt like hours.

You wondered why you were so captivated by this stranger.

Your eyes lowered until they rested on something on his chest.

A worn down wooden dragon.

It was like you were slapped in the face by memories.

Memories of moonlit kisses and unfulfilled promises.

He was no stranger.

“Katsuki?”

The explosive hero tensed before his gaze softened.

“(Y/N).”

A smile broke out on your face as you sprinted towards him and wrapped your arms around his slim waist and lifting him off the ground.

Katsuki wrapped his arms around your neck and let you spin him around in circles.

You planted him on the ground still holding him close.

“It’s really you.”

Katsuki smirked.

“Can’t get rid of me that easily asshole.”

You just laughed and pressed your lips against his in a tender kiss.

You’ve missed this—no— you missed him.

Katsuki sighed into the kiss expression softening as he held you closer as if afraid you would slip away once again.

Meanwhile, the news channels were broadcasting your reunion live and all of Katsuki’s classmates from UA and his parents were shocked at the raw emotion Katsuki had shown.

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[junkworldusa]

Raudive Voices

(process post for TV comic)

i’ve been really into william burroughs the past month & haven’t had a chance to make much art until now. i decided when i had free time my first project would be a cut-up comic: i would divide pre-written dialogue into small sections and pull random images to go with each section. then i would faithfully copy these down & translate them into the form of a comic.  in other words, the dialogue would be transcribed exactly as written, while the images that went along with it would be random (first sign of cowardice; if i  was going all-in i should have mixed up the dialogue too).

burroughs described reading poetry with the TV on in the background and making notes of what he was reading when certain images were on screen. that’s the vibe i wanted, hence the TV frame (also a coward’s move-- ANYTHING can be on TV, no narrative framing necessary!). i wish i had had the randomness of TV but the internet sufficed.

[ask me about my collection of portentous jeopardy answers]

first i wrote a draft of dialogue to get a sense of the pacing. i printed it out, chopped it up into 20 "panels" and glued these to index cards (i ended up adding 7 more panels throughout the process). these were flipped over, labeled 1 through 20, & set aside.

i spent a day compiling screencaps of movies, commercials, TV shows, cartoons, news segments, etc. i tried not to think too hard about what these were in-context, but i did choose a couple movies for their thematic relevance (zero dark thirty, dr. strangelove, the day the earth stood still.) i printed the ones i liked best, cut them up, & numbered the backs. there ended up being 65 of these.

[ambien ad i liked but didn’t end up using]

the next day i laid out the 20 index cards & the 65 images face-down & pulled up two random number generators: one set to 1-20 and one 1-65. i began generating pairs and matching the corresponding images to their cards. i kept everything face-down the whole time b/c it felt fun and dramatic to get to flip them all at the end.

finally i began flipping over the cards & their images in sequential order, one card at a time. if a card had multiple images, i flipped the one that was generated first & only looked at more if i felt unsatisfied. this meant there was some kiana selection involved, as most dialogue cards had at least 2 images to choose from, but over half of the images in the comic are the first ones flipped (including some of my favorites). i fiddled around w/ pacing for a while, adding 7 new panels & generating images for them with a similar method. then it was time 2 make the comic

[what my desk looked like. the pencils are in blue so they’re barely visible, but they were finished at this point.]

i was really satisfied with the results of this experiment. there are strange & interesting juxtapositions of word & image that i couldn’t reach just by sitting around and brainstorming.

“Thousands of people dreamed about 9/11″ generated Neo waking up from the Matrix (welcome to the Desert of the Real). “I’ve always been an obsessive guy” returned Ripley holding jones the cat close to her chest. “Lots of demonic influence out there” generated an alien spaceship: a significant number of christians think aliens are demons sent here to deceive us, including my mom. some pairs i was unsure or dismissive of at first but soon grew on me, like the simpsons at thanksgiving dinner praying as the atomic bomb hits.

even after the exciting part was over & the significantly harder work of “making” the comic began, i was still finding new meanings/patterns (for example the successive trio of Ash/Neo/Max Renn only dawned on me once i started inking-- all men, all covered in fluid [milk/amniotic/blood], all interfacing with machinery).  at one point photoshop crashed and made glitch art-- that’s cut-up too.

if this process seems anathema to stuff i’ve written about comics in the past, that’s because it is. its also (obviously) stylistically different from brush and ink cartoon dogs. reason:

that being said, the inking took forever (5 days) at which point my enthusiasm had considerably waned (“FUCK IT, WE’LL DO IT LIVE!”) so i dont think i’ll work like this again. but i’m happy with the end product-- cold, eerie. america seen through multiple screens. or should i say...through a scanner darkly????? *shot*

thanks for reading!

[princelymlm]

Gotta Be LGBT+

This is a list of just some of the LGBT+ content out there. Anything on this list was contains LGBT+ characters or was made by LGBT+ creators. All entries on this list were sent in by followers and have not been confirmed by the mod. (Entries with ‘rep not given’ next to them mean that the suggestion did not include what kind of representation is in the content)

Put everything under the cut since this list started getting really long

Books/Comics

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire-Saénz (mlm)

Symptoms of Being Human (genderfluid)

Lily and Dunkin - Donna Gephart (trans/trans woman)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw/bi)

The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee (mlm/gay/bi)

Been Here All Along - Sandy Hall (gay/bi)

History Is All You Left Me - Adam Silvera (mlm/gay)

Blue Is The Warmest Color - Julie Maroh (wlw/bi/lesbian)

Mask of Shadows - Linsey Miller (bi/genderfluid)

Once and Future - Cori McCarthy (wlw/mlm/gay/bi/nonbinary)

Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda - Beck Albertalli (mlm/gay)

Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli (wlw/bi)

Grasshopper Jungle - Andrew Smith (questioning/mlm)

The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness (mlm/gay)

Flying Tips For Flightless Birds - Kelly McCaughrain (mlm/gay)

I’ll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson (mlm)

Point Pleasant - Jen Archer Wood (mlm) 

True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys - Gerard Way (mlm/wlw)

The Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers (wlw/aro/trans man/nonbinary/genderfluid)

Vesuvius Club - Mark Gatiss (bi)

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (mlm)

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman (bi/mlm/demi/gay/pan/wlw/lesbian)

Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst (wlw/lesbian)

Magnus Chase Series - Rick Riordan (genderfluid)

Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan (gay)

This Is Kind of An Epic Love Story - Kheyrn Callender (mlm/wlw)

Gracefully Grayson - Ami Polonsky (trans woman)

If I Was Your Girl - Meredith Russon (trans woman)

Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman (mlm)

Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuinston (mlm)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nonbinary)

Dreadnaught + Sovereign - April Daniels (wlw/trans woman)

The Art of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson (trans)

The Gone Series - Michael Grant (mlm/wlw)

One Of Us Is Lying - Karen McManus (mlm)

Six Of Crows - Leigh Bardugo (mlm)

Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo (rep not given)

The Last Sun - Author Not Provided (rep not given)

Romeo and/or Juliet - Ryan North (rep not given)

American Gods - Neil Gaiman (mlm/gay/bi) 

The Mage Wars Series - Mercedes Lackey (gay)

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Bryan Lee O’Malley (mlm/gay/wlw)

Boyfriends With Girlfriends - Alex Sánchez (mlm/wlw/bi/gay)

Will Grayson, Will Grayson - David Levithan & John Green (mlm)

This Is Where It Ends -Marieke Nijkamp (lesbian/wlw)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (mlm/trans man/gay)

The Reader Trilogy (The Reader, The Speaker, The Storyteller) - Traci Chee (mlm/wlw/nonbinary)

I Was Born For This - Alice Oseman (trans)

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman (mlm)

The Broken Earth Trilogy - MK Jemisin (trans woman/poly/pan/mlm

A Boy Worth Knowing - Jennifer Cosgrove (mlm/bi/gay)

The Rifter - Author Not Provided (mlm)

Snapdragon - Author Not Provided (wlw/ trans woman)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw/lesbian/mlm/gay)

Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters (wlw/lesbian)

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters (wlw/lesbian)

The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters (wlw/lesbian)

I Am J - Cris Beam (trans man)

Little And Lion - Brandy Colbert (bi)

Autoboyography - Christina Lauren (bi)

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender (trans)

Birthday - Meredith Russo (trans)

Stay Gold - Tobly McSmith (trans)

You Should See Me In A Crown - Leah Johnson (lesbian)

Girls of Paper and Fire - Natasha Ngan (lesbian)

The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar (lesbian)

Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann (ace)

The Lady's Guide To Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (ace/aro)

The Vanishers' Place - Aliette De Bodard (wlw)

Ash - Malinda Lo (wlw/bi)

The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist - S. L. Huang (wlw)

Everfair - Nisi Shawl (wlw)

Dread Nation: Risse Up - Justina Ireland (wlw/bi/ace)

The Gilda Stories - Jewelle Gomez (wlw/lesbian)

The True Queen - Zen Cho (wlw)

The Devourers - Indra Das (genderfluid/bi)

We Set The Dark On Fire - Tehlor Kay Mejia (wlw)

Smoketown - Tenea D. Johnson (wlw/lesbian)

Falling In Love With Hominids - Nalo Hopkinson (wlw)

The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales - Yoon Ha Lee (nonbinary)

Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado (wlw)

Beneath the Citadel - Destiny Soria (mlm/gay/bi/ace)

Witchmark - C.L Polk (mlm/gay)

The Prey of Gods - Nicky Drayden (trans/bi)

An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon (wlw/trans/nonbinary/intersex)

The Root - Na’amen Gobert Tilahun (mlm/gay)

Gods & Monsters: Snake Eyes - Hillary Monohan (wlw)

Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Cordova (wlw/bi)

The Winged Histories - Sofia Samatar (wlw)

The Weight of Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw)

Huntress - Malinda Lo (wlw)

Will Do Magic For Small Change - Andrea Hairston (bi/pan/nonbinary)

The Last Chronomancer - Reilyn J Hardy (aro/ace/genderfluid/lesbian)

A Taste of Honey - Kai Ashante Wilson (mlm/bi)

Deadline - Stephanie Ahn (wlw/lesbian)

The Read Threads of Fortune - JY Yang (wlw/bi)

Not Your Sidekick - C.B. Lee (wlw/bi)

Timekeeper - Tara Sim (mlm)

Ascension - Jacqueline Koyangi (wlw)

When The Moon Was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore (trans)

Amberlough - Lara Elena Donnelly (mlm/gay)

The Perfect Assassin - K.A Doore (gay/ace/mlm)

Afterparty - Daryl Gregory (wlw/lesbian)

Borderline - Mishell Baker (wlw/bi)

The Cloud Roads - Martha Wells (bi)

An Accident of Stars - Foz Meadows (wlw/bi/aro/trans)

The Last 8 - Laura Pohl (aro/bi)

Failure to Communicate - Kaia Sonderby (wlw/bi)

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling (wlw)

The Wrong Stars - Tim Pratt (wlw)

Full Fathom Five - Max Gladstone (trans)

A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine (wlw)

Silver In the Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm)

The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie (mlm/bi/trans)

Ariah - B.R. Sanders (mlm/bi/nonbinary)

The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher (wlw)

Planetfall - Emma Newman (bi)

Black Wings Beating - Alex London (ace/gay/mlm)

The Scorpion Rule - Erin Bow (bi)

Inkmistress - Audrey Coulthurst (bi)

Into the Drowning Deep - Mira Grant (wlw/bi/lesbian)

Vengeful - V.E Schwab (ace)

Blackfish City - Sam J Miller (nonbinary)

Daughter of Mystery - Heather Rose Jones (wlw/lesbian)

Stranger Grace - Tessa Gratton (bi/pan)

The Brilliant Death - Amy Rose Capetta (nonbinary)

Chameleon Moon - RoAnna Sylver (wlw/trans/ace)

19 Love Stories - David Levithan (trans/queer)

It’s Not Like It’s A Secret - Author Not Given (wlw)

Picture Us In The Light - Author Not Given (mlm)

Two Can Keep A Secret - Author Not Given (mlm/bi)

Death Sets Sail - Author Not Given (wlw)

Becoming Dinah - Author Not Given (rep not provided)

Witch Wolf series - Winter Pennington (wlw, lesbian, bisexual)

Underrealm series - Garrett Robinson (wlw, mlm, nonbinary, trans man trans woman, trans, pansexual, bisexual)

A Cloak of Red - Brenna Gawain (wlw, lesbian)

 Blood Canticles - Naomi Clark (wlw)

Podcasts

Welcome to Night Vale (mlm/gay/wlw/nonbinary)

Dreamboy (mlm/gay)

Alice Isn’t Dead (wlw/lesbian)

The Penumbra Podcast (mlm/bi/genderfluid/nonbinary)

My Favorite Podcast (trans men)

Within the Wires (wlw)

The Adventure Zone (mlm/wlw/trans/gnc/nonbinary)

Limetown (wlw/lesbian)

Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness (nblm/nonbinary)

Friends at the Table (mlm/wlw/nonbinary)

LezHangOut (wlw)

Bright Sessions (mlm/demi/ace)

Queer As Fact (historical lgbt)

History Is Gay (historical lgbt)

Always Here (historical lgbt)

And That’s Why We Drink (nonbinary)

Magnus Archives (mlm/ace)

The Two Princes (mlm/gay/bi)

Girl-ish (trans women)

The Bright Sessions (gay/ace)

TV Shows/Movies/ETC

One Day At A Time (Remake) (wlw/lesbian/nonbinary)

Love, Simon (mlm/gay)

A Single Man (mlm/gay)

Brokeback Mountain (mlm/gay)

In The Flesh (mlm/gay)

Weekend (mlm)

RWBY (wlw/trans)

Jessica Jones (wlw/lesbian)

Critical Role (mlm/gay/bi/wlw/lesbian/nonbinary/genderfluid)

Pose (trans women/gay)

Schitt’s Creek (pan/mlm)

White Collar (wlw)

Lucifer (bi)

Umbrella Academy (mlm/wlw)

Call Me By Your Name (mlm)

Brooklyn Nine Nine (mlm/gay/bi)

Steven Universe (nonbinary)

Sailor Moon (wlw)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (wlw)

Sense8 (mlm/gay/wlw/lesbian/trans woman)

Doom Patrol (?/rep not given)

Good Omens (nonbinary)

Gentleman Jack (wlw)

American Gods (mlm/gay/bi/two-spirit)

Orange Is The New Black (wlw/trans)

Blue Is The Warmest Color (wlw)

Shameless (mlm/trans)

Euphoria (wlw/trans woman)

Modern Family (mlm/gay)

Daisy Brown ARG (wlw/lesbian)

Deadpool (pan)

Deadpool 2 (pan/wlw)

Alex Strangelove (mlm/gay)

Wynonna Earp (lesbian/gay/wlw)

She-Ra (wlw/mlm/gay/bi/lesbian/nonbinary/trans man)

SKAM (rep not provided)

Gotham (bi)

The Haunting of Hill House (wlw)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (wlw)

Kipo and the Wonderbeasts (mlm/gay/nonbinary)

Billie and Emma (wlw)

Carmen & Lola (wlw)

Carol (wlw)

Disobedience (wlw)

Elisa & Marcela (wlw)

Good Manners (wlw)

The Handmaiden (wlw)

Heart Beat Loud (wlw)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (wlw)

Rafiki (wlw)

Stranger Things (wlw)

Handsome Devil (mlm)

Pride (wlw/mlm)

Musicals

The Prom (wlw/lesbian)

Be More Chill (mlm/bi)

Fun Home (wlw)

Spring Awakening (mlm)

A New Brain (mlm)

Falsettos (mlm/wlw)

Rent (mlm/wlw)

Firebringer (wlw/bi)

A Very Potter Musical (mlm/gay)

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (wlw)

Bare: A Pop Opera (mlm)

Everybody’s Talking About Jaime (mlm/gay)

Yank! The Musical (mlm)

Octet (wlw)

Ghost Quartet (wlw)

Spies Are Forever (mlm/gay)

Willow: A New Musical (wlw)

Over And Out: A New Musical (nblw/nonbinary)

Video Games

Fallout: New Vegas (mlm/gay/wlw/lesbian)

When The Night Comes (mlm/nonbinary)

The Arcana (nonbinary)

Dream Daddy (mlm/gay/bi/pan/trans)

Dragon Age (mlm/wlw/gay/lesbian/trans/pan/bi)

Smile For Me (wlw)

Undertale (trans/nonbinary/wlw/mlm)

Monster Prom (nonbinary)

Cookie Run (nonbinary/mlm/wlw/bi/pan)

The Missing (wlw/trans woman)

Fable 2 & 3 (wlw/mlm)

Borderlands 2 (mlm/wlw/bi/gay/lesbian)

Gone Home (wlw)

Prey (wlw)

Dishonored 2 (nonbinary/wlw)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided System Rift (rep not given)

Assassins Creed Series (mlm/wlw/gay/lesbian/trans)

The Last of Us (wlw/lesbian) 

Mass Effect Series (mlm/wlw/gay/lesbian/bi)

Life Is Strange (wlw)

Overwatch (mlm/gay/wlw/lesbian)

Animal Crossing (pan)

Night In The Woods (pan/mlm/trans woman)

The Elder Scrolls (trans/wlw/lesbian)

Dreamfall Chapters (mlm/gay)

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (wlw)

In the Outer Worlds (wlw/ace)

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim (mlm/wlw)

Fallout 4 (wlw/mlm)

Hades (mlm/bi)

Obviously this list is far from complete so feel free to add to it or let me know of anything else and I’ll edit the post to add it as long as you include the category it belongs to! Be sure to include what representation it has though otherwise I can’t add it!

[thebestpartofwakingup]

Alternative from Hal’s perspective, maybe keep the age gap more in line with actual canon, Adam is essentially a distant uncle to him but he’s heard plenty of stories, grows up hearing that Uncle Adam should be his go to if he’s ever in serious trouble and doesn’t know what to do or on a time crunch, guy knows how to get things done — works for a domestic affairs law firm and specializes in like really obscure weird shit — pet visitation rights, IP inheritance, estranged twins disputing who gets to bury grandpa on whose farm — and he’s really REALLY good at end of life and funeral arrangements.

He seems his “uncle” last at his “Ma’s” funeral. He’s in college and has no idea how he pulled off something this elaborate almost in secret, of course he knows his mom was involved but he’s secretly thankful they kept him out of it so he could scrape by with his class work. Rumor is he somehow got some of her ashes scattered at an *active warzone* without federal approval through some shadey connections, pulling off ever preposterous end of life request, separate headstones in separate graveyards for separate lives and names as a soldier and a civilian, her BDU buried and her ceremonial dress given to Adam. Families she’d barely kept in contact with over the years in attendance out of respect, etc. big affair.

And then a few years later Hal’s mom dies and he’s completely overwhelmed.

So he calls Adam, tripping over apologies for bothering someone he isn’t close to at all. But he offers his services, Hal can be as involved or removed as he’s comfortable being. Hal finds out later that a promise to make sure Strangelove’s funeral arrangements were taken care of and Hal was looked over during them was a final promise Ma had asked of Adam. Another series of paperwork and information tracking and event planning but he does it, his final familial burden relieved. Of course Hal feels really guilty about all of this despite how relieved and how reassuring and nice the whole thing is. Doesn’t feel right to him that somebody who is nearly a stranger to him and wasn’t much closer at all with his mom would be the primary head of her death arrangement. And to Adam’s surprise, Hal makes an effort to stay in contact moving forward.

I do not want to read “normal” mgs AUs about everyone being happy and normal and going through like sitcom trials of life or getting Hal away from Huey or about veteran big boss/solid snake/whoever falling in love with X give me a “normal” or “modern” mgs au about Ocelot getting constant texts/calls/emails/whatever about his parents’ divorce and his weird relationship with his adult-but-much-younger “step brother” he sees like once a year

[strangelovealchemist]

★ Awaken ★

Death Is Life 

Death Is Rebirth 

Immortality Transcends Planet Earth 

Like A Phoenix From The Flame 

We Must Die To Live Again 

Ashes To Ashes 

And Dust to Dust 

Our Blood Born From Primordial Stardust 

Rapturous Magic Flows Through Our Veins 

Indomitable Strength...There It Remains 

I've Died A Thousand Deaths 

I've Cried Ten Thousand Tears 

And Here I Stand Before You 

I Am Nothing Without You 

For I Am One Of You 

And You Are One Of Me 

Eloquent Simplicity 

Mayan Philosophy 

Illusion Betrays Us...Secrecy 

Whispering Lies Under Light Of Sun 

Clouding The Truth We Are Entities 

Living And Sinking In Confusion 

The Misguided Try To Drag Us Down 

With Their Painted Smiles And Inner Frowns 

To No Avail 

They Will Always Fail 

The Power Of Love Always Prevails 

Freedom To Be 

Freedom To Breathe 

Light Within Me 

Light I Believe 

Yes Faith Is A Vision 

Just Reach Out And Touch It 

Move To The Center Of Your Dream 

Soul Is Eternal 

Listen To The Silence 

Learn To Go Inward 

Introspective Guidance 

In The Sunshine Of My Infinite Mind 

A Supernova Exploding In Time 

I Break Through The Deception And I Find 

Realization Profound And Sublime 

We Are Somniloquent Somnambulists 

Sleep Talkers And Sleep Walkers Unaware 

We Are Asleep Though Seemingly Awake 

Living Artifice As Reality 

Yet We Are So Much More 

We Are Divine Paragons 

Awaken To Awareness 

Words, Vocals, Synthesizers By Andreas Liotsakis a.k.a. Strangelove Alchemist

https://soundcloud.com/strangelove-alchemist/awaken-1

[bassyships]

Self Insert Masterpost Pt. 2!! (WIP)

DQXI

Sebastian - 19 - Luminary

Shipped with: Erik (Tag: Favorite Little Leaf)

Other relations: Sylvando (Platonic, Tag; Smiles All Around), Jade (Platonic, sisterly, Tag: Protective Big Sister), Rab (Platonic, grandfather, Tag: Little Laddie)

Short Bio: Plays the role of the Luminary without story changes. Soft spoken, but not mute. Mostly talks to Erik and likes holding his hand. Either glued to Erik or Jade for comfort.

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth/Hackers Memory

Ash (Screename: humm1ngb1rd) - 20 - Demon Hacker

Shipped with: Jimiken/Masao Tanaka (Tag: Rock n Rule)

Other relations: N/A

Short Bio: Novice hacker. His partner Digimon is his Dracmon (Highest form is GranDracmon.) and his Impmon (Highest form is Beelzemon.). Likes to hang around Demon's forum and listen to Jimiken's music. A total dork just like Jimiken.

Bleach

Sebastian - Unknown - Exiled Soul Reaper

Shipped with: Shinji Hirako (Tag: Soulbound)

Other relations: Ichigo Kurosaki (Platonic, parental to him, Tag; Strawberry Kid)

Short Bio: Not a Visored, but exiled along with them for knowing too much. Held the 3rd seat of Squad 5. Used to cut his hair short, but stopped long ago.

Gurren Lagann

Ash - 20 - Human

Shipped with: Viral (Post time-skip, Tag: Shark Week)

Other relations: Leeron Littner (Platonic, adoptive uncle, Tag: Tech Geeks), Yoko Littner, (Platonic, adoptive sister, Tag: Rowdy Guns), Kamina (Platonic (Former crush), Tag: Fighting Spirit)

Short Bio: Littner kid with a side of attitude. Like Yoko, had a crush on Kamina, but didn't talk about it. Likes to mess with tech like Ron. Eventually falls for Viral post time-skip.

SSSS. Gridman

Sebastian - 20 - Human

Shipped with: Samurai Calibur (Tag: Kit Kats)

Other relations: Undecided (Possibly parental towards Anti)

Short Bio: Met Calibur by chance of fate one day and fell for him pretty quickly. Bonded with him over their love for cats. Both very introverted together.

Soul Eater

Ash - 20 - Weapon (Longsword)

Shipped with: N/A

Other relations: Giriko (Platonic, brotherly, Tag: Polar Opposites)

Short Bio: A young weapon and dropout of DWMA. Ended up affiliated with Arachnophobia and is apprentice to Giriko. Has bad anxiety and struggles to keep up.

Hunter x Hunter

Ash - 20 - Book Hunter

Shipped with: Leorio Paladiknight (Tag: Doctor Strangelove)

Other relations: Undecided

Short Bio: Passed the Hunters exam two years before Gon and friends. Hunts rare books and meets Leorio while looking for a supposedly lost medical book. Shy and awkward, but very friendly.

TWEWY

Ash - 20 - Reaper

Shipped with: Undecided (Possibly Koki Kariya)

Other relations: Uzuki Yashiro (Platonic, Tag: Reaper Creepers)

Short Bio: Former player and partner of Kariya. Currently works as a Wall Guardian. Hosts Reaper Reviews. Very empathetic towards players and likes giving out extra Psychs.

Promare

Ash - 17 - Mad Burnish

Shipped with: N/A

Other relations: Meis (Platonic, brotherly, Tag: Burning Bonds), Gueira, (Platonic, Tag: Hand Me Downs)

Short Bio: Taken in by Mad Burnish as a teen. Wears hand-me-down shirts from Gueira. Has basic pink flames. Has a hard time controlling his flames.

[isolaradiale]

Lost in Space 15

Hello, Isolans! We have conducted an activity check for the month of November!

If your character isn’t on this list, make sure to check this page to see how many stars that character has earned this month! Stars can be used for purchases at the marketplace.

The blogs that were removed from the Isola Radiale masterlist are under the cut. Note that both blogs with broken links and deactivated accounts will be included both at the top of this list and in their proper categories.

If you were removed in error, please simply send a re-application message. Several different people work on the activity checks, so it’s possible there are mistakes! If this happens to you, you will be able to keep everything you previously had, you just may be placed in a different residence.

Our general activity rules regarding checks are as follows:

Make at least three in-character posts during a calendar month (for instance, if the activity check is for January, have three in-character posts between the 1st and 31st of January).

Only one drabble and/or meme response of 300+ words counts as activity.

One-liners or minis not tagged #isola mini also do not count.

Please Note: If you are removed during two consecutive activity checks, you will not be allowed to re-apply as that character for two calendar months. 

Additionally, anyone removed during the activity check will have a 12-hour window from the time of posting to re-claim their character. Any character not reclaimed during that period will be open to the community at large.

Please send in your reapplications from the account of the character that was removed.

Broken URLs:

Madeleine Valois (CONFINES OF THE CROWN)

Vega (DOOM)

Gharet (ORIGINAL CHARACTERS) *DASH ONLY

Ranger (QUAKE)

Momiji Inubashiri (TOUHOU)

Rinnosuke Morichika (TOUHOU)

ACE ATTORNEY

Yumihiko Ichiyanagi (TOWNHOUSE 243)

 THE ADVENTURE ZONE

Indrid Cold (APARTMENT 325)

 AI THE SOMNIUM FILES

Kaname Date (CONDO 462)

 AKASHIC RECORD OF BASTARD MAGIC INSTRUCTOR

Glenn (APARTMENT 328)

 AKUMA NO RIDDLE

Haru Ichinose (TOWNHOUSE 211)

 AR TONELICO

Aurica Nestmile (TOWNHOUSE 251)

Misha (TOWNHOUSE 252)

 B THE BEGINNING

Koku (HOUSE 104)

 BANG DREAM

Aya Maruyama (APARTMENT 334)

 BEETLEJUICE

Betelgeuse (TOWNHOUSE 220)

 BIOSHOCK

Jack (APARTMENT 360)

 BLUE EXORCIST

Amaimon (TOWNHOUSE 244)

Rin Okumura (CONDO 405)

 BUNGOU STRAY DOGS

Sakunosuke Odasaku (TOWNHOUSE 215)

 CARCIPHONA

Veloce (TOWNHOUSE 212)

 A CERTAIN MAGICAL INDEX

Touma Kamijou (CONDO 410)

 CODE VEIN

Jack Rutherford (HOUSE 107)

 CONFINES OF THE CROWN

Madeleine Valois (APARTMENT 324) *BROKEN URL

 CRASH BANDICOOT

Nina Cortex (CONDO 401)

 D. GRAY MAN

Kanda Yuu (CONDO 434)

Lavi (CONDO 465)

Lenalee Lee (TOWNHOUSE 262)

Road Kamelot (TOWNHOUSE 240)

Tyki Mikk (TOWNHOUSE 236)

 DANGANRONPA

Junko Enoshima (HOUSE 110)

 DC COMICS

Jason Todd (Red Hood) (APARTMENT 366)

Selina Kyle (Catwoman) (CONDO 443)

The Joker (APARTMENT 329)

 DEAD BY DAYLIGHT

Kate Denson (CONDO 442)

 DISNEY

Adira (CONDO 427)

Hector (TOWNHOUSE 222)

 DOOM

Vega (CONDO 425) *BROKEN URL

 DRAGON AGE

Kaitlyn Hawke (APARTMENT 372)

Morrigan (HOUSE 120)

 THE DRAGON PRINCE

Callum (CONDO 471)

 FATE

Hakuno Kishinami (APARTMENT 312)

Lancer (Nagao Kagetora) (APARTMENT 326)

 FINAL FANTASY

Elidibus (HOUSE 124)

Estinien Wyrmblood (Aymeric's House [Archimedes])

Omega Weapon (APARTMENT 316)

Warrior of Light (Dark Knight - Lycelle Astarinn) (TOWNHOUSE 232)

Warrior of Light (Dragoon - Selenie Armour) (APARTMENT 354)

Y'shtola Rhul (TOWNHOUSE 206)

 FIRE EMBLEM

Ike (HOUSE 102)

Reyson (CONDO 427)

 FRANKENSTEIN (FRANK3N5T31N)

Monster (HOUSE 175)

 FRUITS BASKET

Mutsuki Sohma (TOWNHOUSE 242)

 GUILTY GEAR

Ky Kiske (CONDO 436)

 HELLSING ULTIMATE

Alucard (TOWNHOUSE 253)

 HOMESTUCK

Damara Megido (TOWNHOUSE 248)

Jade Harley (HOUSE 102)

Karkat Vantas (APARTMENT 344)

Marvus Xoloto (APARTMENT 363)

Xefros Tritoh (HOUSE 116)

 HUNTER X HUNTER

Feitan Portor (CONDO 464)

 INTO THE DARK

Maggie (TOWNHOUSE 219)

 JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE

Mariah (CONDO 441)

 KAMEN RIDER

Kaizo Jingu (TOWNHOUSE 256)

 KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN

Squalo Superbia (CONDO 437)

 KID ICARUS

Pit (HOUSE 127)

 KILL LA KILL

Mako Mankanshoku (APARTMENT 347)

 KIMETSU NO YAIBA (DEMON SLAYER)

Gyuutarou (HOUSE 105)

Kokushibou (TOWNHOUSE 236)

Sanemi Shinazugawa (HOUSE 172)

 LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

Evelynn (CONDO 434)

 LEGEND OF ZELDA

Zelda (Breath of the Wild) (TOWNHOUSE 203)

 MAGIC THE GATHERING

Liliana Vess (TOWNHOUSE 235)

 MARVEL

Laura Kinney (X-23) (CONDO 423)

Remy LeBeau (Gambit) (Miriam's House [Fibonacci])

 METAL GEAR

Dr. Strangelove (TOWNHOUSE 261)

 MOBILE LEGENDS BANG BANG

Guinevere Baroque (TOWNHOUSE 204)

 MORTAL KOMBAT

Liu Kang (HOUSE 173)

 MURDERBOT DIARIES

SecUnit (Murderbot) (TOWNHOUSE 213)

 MY HERO ACADEMIA (BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA)

Fatgum (HOUSE 125)

 MYSTIC MESSENGER

Rika (TOWNHOUSE 219)

 NARUTO

Kakashi Hatake (HOUSE 130)

Neji Hyuuga (CONDO 422)

 NINJAGO

Lloyd Garmadon (CONDO 428)

 OK K.O.!

Darrell (TOWNHOUSE 237)

 ONE PIECE

Shanks (TOWNHOUSE 255)

  ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Asher Otero (TOWNHOUSE 251)

Gharet (CONDO 411) *BROKEN URL

Goldie (HOUSE 119)

Katsuo Sunohara (HOUSE 174)

 OSOMATSU-SAN

Ichimatsu Matsuno (HOUSE 139)

 OVERLORD

Narberal Gamma (CONDO 458)

 OVERWATCH

Angela Ziegler (Mercy) (APARTMENT 342)

 PARKS & RECREATION

Ron Swanson (CONDO 415)

 PERSONA

Yukari Takeba (TOWNHOUSE 250)

 PORTAL

Wheatley (Wheatley’s Lair [Golden])

 PROFESSOR LAYTON

Luke Triton (HOUSE 129)

 QUAKE

Ranger (HOUSE 122) *BROKEN URL

 RESIDENT EVIL

Ada Wong (HOUSE 153)

 RWBY

Ilia Amitola (TOWNHOUSE 253)

Winter Schnee (Winter's Mansion [Fibonacci])

 SAINTS ROW

Shaundi (APARTMENT 331)

 SENNEN MEIKYUU NO NANA OUJI

Lawrence Ackroyd (CONDO 420)

 SERVAMP

Hyde/Lawless (Greed) (CONDO 451)

Licht Todoroki (CONDO 452)

Sleepy Ash (Kuro) (TOWNHOUSE 259)

 SHE-RA AND THE PRINCESSES OF POWER

Adora (She-Ra) (TOWNHOUSE 259)

 SKULLGIRLS

Nadia Fortune (APARTMENT 368)

 STAR VS. THE FORCES OF EVIL

Star Butterfly (APARTMENT 330)

 STEVEN UNIVERSE

Garnet (TOWNHOUSE 248)

Greg Universe (CONDO 407)

Sapphire (HOUSE 119)

 TOUHOU

Momiji Inubashiri (APARTMENT 335) *BROKEN URL

Rinnosuke Morichika (HOUSE 108) *BROKEN URL

Sekibanki (HOUSE 111)

 TRANSFORMERS

IDW Megatron (TOWNHOUSE 242)

Skids (OUTSIDE)

 TRAUMA CENTER

Angela Thompson (APARTMENT 339)

Erhard Muller (HOUSE 127)

 TSURUNE

Masaki Takigawa (CONDO 435)

 UMINEKO NO NAKU KORO NI

Eva Ushiromiya (HOUSE 103)

 VOCALOID

Gumi (HOUSE 131)

 VOLTRON

Lance Mcclain (TOWNHOUSE 234)

 XENOBLADE CHRONICLES

Lord Zanza (HOUSE 171)

 YAKUZA

Majima (APARTMENT 307)

 YOUR TURN TO DIE (KIMI GA SHINE)

Kai Satou (TOWNHOUSE 258)

Sara Chidouin (HOUSE 158)

 YUGIOH

Seto Kaiba (APARTMENT 365)

[burlveneer-music]

DWART - Electricidade Estética - electronic & Balearic sounds from 1980s Portugal (Strangelove)

Strangelove’s latest release turns left somewhere near the edge of the Atlantic, with "Electricidade Estética” documenting a vibrant window into the musical landscape of 1980’s counter-culture Portugal. Compiling early un-issued works, DWART’s organic Ash-Ra Balearics meld with spikey Iberian electronics, coalescing around the floating beauty of ‘Mate’, reissued for the first time on vinyl. With emergent music technologies of the era enthusiastically adopted by Lisbon’s avante-garde, there was a collective desire by DWART and their contemporaries to push sonic boundaries. Post new wave sounds melded with distinctive local sensibilities. Vítor Rua & Jorge Lima Barreto of the legendary Telectu (whom Antoñio currently tours with) were regular collaborators while composer and guitarist Nuno Rebelo and guitarist/singer Bernardo Devlin feature on several songs. Antoñio & Manuela Duarte’s search for an artistic language melded a continuing curiosity with aural and physical dualities: experimental pop integrated with performance art, mathematics sound-tracked on canvas, organic found sounds at ease alongside synthetic drum machines. The 9 songs found here document the early emergence of their own ‘Electricidade Estética’

[ubiquitousdoctorstrangelove]

Hmmm. Let's see, my last post was ALL of 2014 whch didn't really give a good idea of specific performances of characters I was creating for myself. If you've read the pinned post you know that while I am The Ubiquitous Dr Strangelove, I do have characters other than that while I clown, each based on specific aspects of my personality. So let me start by introducing them, with my very first character- Clopin Trouillefou- also known as Clopin the Mad Harlequin. His name is taken, originally, from the Hunchback of Notre Dame, although I generally never refer to him more than Clopin or Harlequin because he isn't the character from that story- I only used the name. The images I'm attaching are the progression of this character, in order of how I created him- started with my very first Black/Red makeup look from around 2008, the DnD character that makeup inspired, leading all the way into today.

Prior to making Clopin The Mad Harlequin into one of my clown characters, or deciding what I wanted him to be, or ANYTHING about that, he was a makeup concept and then a DnD character. Before that, however, One of my favorite things was the Commedia Dell'Arte, out of Italy. i had spent years studying it and loving it- the Zanni characters where like, kind of an ideal for me. I always loved jesters but it was the Zanni I felt the most connection with. In the Commedia they had what were referred to as Stock Characters- the Zanni (which where the term "Zany" comes from) being one type of stock character; Clowns type characters that often took a role of someone from a lower caste of society- a worker, or a drudge of some kind. And the stories could be a variety of things, but MANY of them were focused on comedy where these Zanni characters would Punch-Up using slapstick comedy and pantomime. These performances were a massive inspiration for future clowns in the 18- and 1900s, as well as just heavily influencing me as a clown. The most popular stock characters among the Zanni may be known to anyone reading this: Harlequin/Arleccino, Paggliacci/Pierrot/Pedrolino, Pulcinella, Scapino and Brighella, as well as the character who gave his name to Clowning, Clown (a Zanni was expanded and given international fame by Joseph Grimaldi of the Briish Harlequinades, in the early 1800s).

But how does that relate to Clopin the Mad Harlequin, other than the name? Well, While I was working as a fire performer and in the early time working as a clown, I started to realize fairly quickly that parties have different moods and themes, and different energies and reasons- and while I COULD just show up as whatever general clown character I AM, I felt like maybe creating a group of stock characters I could use that would work for different TYPES of parties would be really helpful- And even though I am starting out with Clopin, I actually started creating him as my clown character alongside Pierrot L'Amoureux; Because just like in the Commedia, I wanted one who was more egocentric, hubristic and in your face, and one who was more reserved, demure, and romantic- Foils of each other just like Harlequin and Pierrot.

And that is where everything started. Eventually I would expand which clown characters I had, stepping away from JUST Zanni and including things like "Birthday Clown" as well as the three standard circus clown types: Auguste, Whiteface and Hobo (I lvery quickly stopped using Hobo though, as there are some pretty gross implications with that kind of character that I really fucking hate. To me clowning is about using humor to punch up and speak on issues in society with humor, among other things- and the Hobo and Minstrel types of clowns do the opposite- and the standard "Party Clowns" and "Clowns for Christ" leave the politics at the door for basic family-friendly entertainment- which to me, hollows out clowning to it's fucking core.

I always think of the Commedia as something akin to Punk before Punk, that birthed Clowning- in a similar way to how jesters had Jester's Privilege, but where the performances could incite people to actually think and make changes instead of it JUST being comedy and entertainment.

So, Clopin is my Ego and Hubris. Pierrot is my Love. My "Party Clown" is my childhood. Clown the Adversary is my struggle with Mental Health. Laughing Loki is my Pyromania, channeled into a safe and fun activity that I can do as a performance- and so on and so forth. These characters are the Zanni I have created that I perform as under the banner of The Ubiquitous Dr Strangelove, and this idea is integral to how I perform.

And so, as time went on, Clopin evolved further and further, until around 2018 when I realized that I just needed to shelve my ego and hubris, and heal a bunch of things about myself before I took the mantle of Clopin back on, even as just a performance.

Anyway, that's the history of my very first Zanni/Clown character, Clopin the Mad Harlequin.