#babu edits

[cadybear420]

Summer Swimsuit Series Part 11: Jayden x Myra, edit by me

BaBu was such a cute story and I do not get why it's often ranked as one of the worsts. Anyways, here's my MC Jayden. He's bigender. She's married to Myra Dixon, AKA the woman who made me realize I'm not straight. I'm still deciding the names of the kids.

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[ohmybollywood]

Sonali Bendre in English Babu Desi Mem (1996)

[the-queen-who-should-have-been]

Alternate fancast:

Mahesh Babu as Clark Kent/Superman

"You will be different, sometimes you'll feel like an outcast, but you'll never be alone."

[cunked]

hacks are selling secondhand paperback copies of the book i want for forty pound (sterling) on vinted when i just looked on waterstones and the same edition is going for 11 quid. spread the word. stay safe

[mixbrasilcombr]

EX-BBB Felipe Prior cria perfil no OnlyFans: "Sou da zoeira"

O arquiteto Felipe Prior, conhecido por sua participação no Big Brother Brasil 20, anunciou em seu Instagram que criou uma conta na plataforma de conteúdo adulto OnlyFans. A informação veio a público neste dia 2 de fevereiro através do stories e, até o fechamento desta notícia, a inscrição custa US$ 10, cerca de R$ 50. As gargalhadas, Prior disse que “é da zoeira” e alfinetou o amigo Hadson Nery,…

[thebladeblaster]

Happy 11th anniversary to my favorite game!

Thank you for creating the funniest little gang of reverse isekai blorbos. Yes I edited sprites for his parents too😅.

So much can happen in 11 years.

Babu Flynn for the soul

[shiesan]

Shu Yamino HCs + more

I think it’s gender neutral? hehehehehehe i dont proof read pardun my ass.

Classmate edition!

- Class presiden’t. He has the vibes of a class president but isn’t the actual president. I fee like Shu would decline even if the whole class wanted him as president.

-Teachers’ fave. I can imagine Shu just minding his own business, reading away, and then suddenly the teacher calls him to answer the question a classmate failed to answer. He’s not arrogant about it though, sometimes he even gets them wrong but he apologizes immediately and states that he has much to learn. The exact reason why the profs love him lots.

-Shu is one of the best seatmates! Don’t have your book? Scoot a little closer and he’ll share with you. Need some trouble with a math problem? He’s there to help. Need a cough drop, pen, paper, paracetamol, and a whole house? he has it in his bag. Everyone at the start of the school year prays that they’ll be seated next to Shu. Did I mention he smells great?

-Lunches with him. He usually packs his lunch and eats with you. On most days you guys sit somewhere a bit more breezy and quite since you guys like to have silent time and a break from your rowdy classmates. 

“Y/N, why don’t we eat near that tree today! Its not too hot outside today so I think it’ll be pleasant.”

Sure enough it was. You guys always enjoy your lunch break with each other, sometimes even bringing the other person a little dessert or snack. So cute!

- Going Home. Shu is really the sweetest. When you guys are going home he ALWAYS follows the sidewalk rule! He tries not to be to obvious about it and hopes you don’t point out anything (babu is shy). Although he can’t go home with you all the time he makes sure you’re home safe, you are a good friend of his after all . He knows some of his friends take the same route as you so he asks them if they don’t mind looking after you as well (ofc without you knowing hehe). Tells you to immediately text him when you get home and reminds you to rest first before taking a bath.

-Summer Break. Messages you and asks if you want to hang out. Honestly he just misses you since he hasn’t seen you in two weeks.

Y/n, are you busy today?

Not really. Why?

Was wondering if you wanted to hang-out? I don’t really have anything in mind though hahaha.

You picked the arcade. It’s so much fun!! You remember that after every exam you guys would go to the arcade to celebrate and memories of Shu’s radiant smile immediately warms your heart. What is this. You’ve had a crush on Shu since forever! Ignoring it was so easy back then but not anymore. Especially when everyone around you thinks that there’s something between you guys. Honestly, you wish there was. You always thought “Oh, Shu’s future partner will be so lucky,” silently hoping that it was you. 

Discarding your romantic feelings toward the man was hard, you kept asking the universe to stop giving their least experienced player the hardest quests but alas! Here you are. Infront of the arcade you and Shu frequent. Silently hoping he doesn’t show up so your heart doesn’t go crazy and you live another day. But it’s Shu we’re talking about, the oh-so lovable Shu. 

The Shu that takes your breath away.

The Shu that always makes sure that you’re okay.

The Shu that will always help you with your homework.

The Shu that will always reach out to you first when it comes to group projects.

The Shu whose whole family loves you so much so that sometimes they tell Shu to bring another bento for you.

The Shu you spend all night playing online games with.

The Shu you want to be yours.

Maybe he’ll be your Shu one day.

Your thoughts get interrupted by the sorcerer himself, Shu Yamino.

“Y/N! I bought you a _____ shake on the way here. It’s a bit melted because of the heat, hope you don’t mind.” You shake your head, smile, and take the shake he was offering you. You hugged him as a sign of gratitude and just because you missed him, even if he drove you crazy.

Shu froze for a bit. It was quite strange, the feeling that Shu felt. It was like any normal hug though, you guys hugged plenty of times! Why now does he feel like he doesn’t want to let you go.

The hug that felt like minutes came to an end as you pulled away from him and dragged him into the arcade. With a bag of tokens in each of your hands you guys spend hours and hours inside the arcade. Hours spent having so much fun with the person you love, hours creating memories to cherish forever.

You wanted to switch thing up. Although anywhere with him feels like the best place on earth, you wanted to create a new core memory with him. 

“Shu, wanna go watch the sunset?”

Boing boing boing. A basketball falls to the floor, a ball that Shu was supposed to shoot but due to shock he just froze. Realizing what the did, he picks up the ball and returns in to the machine, dusting off his hands afterwards.

“Sure!” He smiles. That sounds sweet, said his inner thoughts. Shu returned the favor, this time he was the one who took you by the hand and dragged you outside to watch the sunset. 

The mall you guys frequent is actually close to the sea. The back of the mall overlooks the vast ocean and the sun happened to be setting in that direction. Hurried steps came from the both of you as you rush outside to make sure that you would see the sunset. It confused you though. The fact that Shu, instead of letting your hand go once you got out of the arcade had intertwined them instead. You weren’t complaining. Not at all. But this gave you the idea that maybe the feelings you thought were once one sided weren’t as one sided as you thought. 

“Ey, we’re here!” Shu says as you guys get close to a railing which gave you the perfect view of the sunset.

“Yeah,” you slowly say as you catch your breath. “We made it just in time.”

The sun slowly began to leave your sight, it looked like it was lowering itself into the ocean, leaving shades of red and orange behind. 

How pretty. Both of you thought. Your eyes remain on the setting sun and Shu’s sight remains on you.

He readjusts his grip on your hand, reminding you that he was still holding it. 

You took your eyes off of the sunset and looked him in the eyes. He looked so happy. So at peace with himself.

“Shu, your hand.” he maintains eye contact with you and just says “hmm?” 

“Your hand.” You say again, this time lifting your intertwined hands. 

He just smiles and holds your hand tighter. Suddenly it felt warmer. And suddenly you found yourself in Shu’s embrace.

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OKAY I LIED IT WASNT ONLY HCS

Anyways, hope you guys enjoy my ass writing. Till next time

-shie-san

[vivalgi]

I may have gone a little overboard when testing potential wedding outfits on Trystan 😅

To begin with, some usual modern dresses from Choices vault I liked the most. The first one's a premium wedding dress from BaBu, which didn't even need any editing since it was already made for 'student' body type. I suspect not many of you have seen the 2nd dress though as it was made for a TRR story expansion that PB tested but never fully released. The 3rd one, which is from ROE, also has a nice design and the 4th dress is from OH. That one was actually red originally but I managed to turn it white with some effort. The long sleeves make it look quite regal, I'd say.

However, since the dialogue may mention her suit parts at some point, I also tried to find some potential wedding suits. There's not a lot out there but TNA wedding suit for Sam was the first one that came to my mind. I found the 2nd suit from LOA MC's closet. It doesn't look too business-y and as an added bonus it comes with a snake shaped necklace, which is very on brand for the Thorne family. The last one from AVSP seems to be rather a single piece jumpsuit not jacket and pants so it may not align well with dialogue.

I also contemplated what concepts could have been used to design an original outfit that's more in line with Trystan's cultural origins and other recognizable symbols. First, Drakovia is an Eastern European country and also seems to have been heavily based on many Slavic cultures in that region. Trystan's outfit could have had intricate embroidery, taking inspiration from traditional ethnic/folk fashion elements, similar to this dress from TPS which I'm a huge fan of.

As I said earlier, then snakes seem to be an important symbol for the royal family as it's found in many places, including fashion. The outfit could have had some snake motifs like scale plating or patterns. The COP MC's dress from book 2 is just a quick mockup though, not really a fan how it looks in silver.

So, yeah... choices, choices... 🙈

[taylorannnx]

She's only gone and done it!

What? Launched a Kickstarter! One of the most terrifying things an indie game dev can do!

For what? For this:

Need a game for Date Night? Do you enjoy romancing your friends? Perhaps you want to test the waters with a potential future partner...? If the answer to any of these is yes, Not Yet is the game for you! Inspired by the "just missed them" and "right person, wrong time" tropes from How I Met Your Mother [TV] and the tense romantic plot generation of Star Crossed [TTRPG], as well as a real life love story; tell a tale of two people battling destiny to meet and fall in love over the span of months, years, or even an entire lifetime by trying to match each other's numbers on your dice rolls. 

Led by Taylor Navarro with additional game design by Poorna M, cover art from Raya Sarkar, and editing by Armaan Babu, Not Yet is live on Kickstarter now!  Find out more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/taylornavarro/not-yet-a-romantic-ttrpg-duet

[cadybear420]

Cadybear's Reviews- The Billionaire's Baby

As of the day I’m posting this, this is the last series on the list of Choices stories that I’ve actually fully completed. So what does this mean for Cadybear’s Choices Reviews?

First of all, I can now upload a review (or re-review, for already-reviewed series) of a series sooner after actually completing it. While taking some time to complete a review does let me think about it more, I would prefer my reviews to be more fresh. And like I said, all reviews are subject to more updated re-reviews if necessary.

Second, there are still quite a handful of series on my tierlist where they consist of multiple books, but I haven’t played all of them– TRR, BOLAS, COP, ID, etc. Some of which are still waiting for more books. While I’d generally prefer to review by series rather than by book, I do still have these books ranked on my tierlist with all the rest, and sharing a review for them will at least provide insight to my thoughts on the books and why I gave them the ranking that I did.

So I may or may not plan to write up reviews for those kinds of books. But if I do, I’ll probably title them differently from the usual “Cadybear’s Reviews” or “Cadybear’s Brief Thoughts”. I’ll probably make them as less formally set up reviews, like a more casual text posts. We’ll see. 

Third of all, as much as I love to share my thoughts on certain books, I also love to hear what other people think. So I may plan a little something bonus for the books where I’ve provided very extensive thoughts on them… stay tuned. 

Welcome to the forty-first official Cadybear's Reviews! Today I'll be talking about The Billionaire's Baby, which I have ranked on the "PooPoo Tier" at 1 star out of a possible 10.

Bruhhhh. This is literally just a TNA clone but with a surrogate instead of a nanny. This is literally the pregnancy plot that PB clearly wanted to have with TNA. Yeah, I stand by my statement that if TNA wasn’t GOC LI, they’d have had Sam accidentally knock up MC at the company gala in Book 1 (hence the Jenny and Aditya subplot in Book 3, to make up for being unable to do that with MC and her LI). And I’m gonna hazard a guess that if TBB wasn’t GOC LI, they’d have had Cole accidentally knock up MC in a one-night stand in the first chapter. Granted they already did the whole “MC gets accidentally knocked up by billionaire LI” thing with BaBu Book 1 Chapter 1, but clearly that wasn’t good enough for PB since there wasn’t an affair involved, just Cassandra acting like she was supposed to be Clint’s future wife. 

Okay, maybe what I’m saying might be a bit far-fetched. But I really do mean what I said about this being “TNA: Pregnancy Edition”. 

Right from her very first appearance, they make LI’s current partner Daphne very irritable and callous and disagreeable, obviously so she can be a straw loser villain and make the MC seem like the “better woman” for the LI. Y’know, just like Sofia and Addison in TNA. 

And of course, said LI’s current partner turns out to have been cheating on the LI all this time. Y’know, just like what happened with Sofia in TNA. 

They even have Joss, a LI-gender-determinant character that MC can be flirty with a little to make the actual LI jealous. Y’know, just like Robin and Jordan in TNA. 

Demi is the MC’s best friend who solely exists to churn out “le girly girl talk” exclusively about how MC totally deserves to be with the LI and to give MC the premium outfits that will totally turn on the LI. Y’know, just like Jenny in TNA. 

Honestly, the only thing that’s surprised me about this book is that Joss wasn’t the one Daphne was cheating on our LI with. Which just makes it worse because now there’s just no point to Joss’s character other than to be Windows Vista Robin. Like, at least actual Robin had some actual character and point to existing in the story.

This book is just so unserious. A lot of Choices smut books try to force “true romantic feelings of love” onto couples that are clearly purely lust-based, TNA included. But this one is the motherfucking GOD of that. It puts TNA to shame in that regard. 

Though, I’m gonna be honest, I think TNA as a whole was leagues better than TBB. 

For one thing, TNA is at least honest about being an affair story. But I guess “The Surrogate Affair” doesn’t sound as marketable, huh? Sure, let��s instead just bait people into thinking the affair story is something actually compelling like FCL did. 

For second, TNA at least had memorable characters like the Twins and Carter, and most of the other supporting characters did at least feel like actual characters. Characters like Robin, Sofia, Addison, Carter, Aditya, Paolo, even smaller ones like Sam’s parents, do genuinely stick with me. Characters like Carmen, Harrison, Joss, Collie’s parents, that one guy that Demi was crushing on… yeah you’ll probably forget they even exist barely an hour after you finish the story. 

Thirdly, I can at least somewhat buy Sam admiring MC for how good she is with the twins. And their attraction to each other was more tolerable too because, as awful as MC was for pursuing Sam, I never got the feeling that she felt entitled to them. Whereas IDK what else Collie sees in MC other than “hee hoo sexy woman”, and it’s worsened by how much MC acts entitled to them, how much she goes on and on about how she should be with them instead of Daphne. 

And last, the first TNA book at least plays up the affair aspect by having Sam and MC anticipate the trouble they’ll be in at the end. Books 2 and 3 were unnecessary garbage for sure, but at least during the first book, they had some sense of humility and self-awareness. TBB not only has none of that, but it thinks it has the fucking balls to throw in this end message about “remember to follow your heart”. If that isn’t just outright stating you want people to take your affair story seriously as being about true love rather than the lust-based affair it actually is, then IDK what is. 

Like… overall, TNA may be pretty derivative and melodramatic too, but it’s at least fun and engaging to some degree? It has its own “so bad it’s good” charm to it. Like the writers actually cared about giving us a somewhat enjoyable affair story, even if it wasn’t very high-quality. 

TBB is just… empty. The only thing it does better than TNA is that it ended after one book.

 Now, this story gets a lot of understandable and deserved hate, but despite that I myself am ranking this on PooPoo Tier, I’m not even sure I can hate it because it’s just… so derivative in every way. Cheating, pregnancy, and billionaire romance is a combination that has probably been done countless times by literally every other VN app like Chapters and Episode that tries to pander to the “Facebook Moms” stereotype. I don’t even play those apps, I never have, but I’m pretty sure they’ve done this whole “OhEhmGee you’re pregnant with the baby of a sexy powerful billionaire isn’t that sooo hotttt???” thing already like a million times now. If MTFL is the equivalent to a dog eating another dog’s shit and then shitting it back out again, TBB is the equivalent to a dog eating its OWN shit, probably mixed with some other dogs’ shit too, and then shitting it all out into a great big steaming mess much worse than its predecessors.  

And one of the worst things about it all is… how tragic this whole story’s existence is. The moment I heard this was about MC being a surrogate for a billionaire couple and you “uncover their scandals”, there was a small period of time when I was hopeful that this story wouldn’t be as cliched and formulaic as the title made it seem. (Of course, that short period of time ended when I learned that the LI was gonna be one of the members of the billionaire couple). Like, this could have been a story where MC doesn’t romance Collie (or even better, has both Daphne and Collie as LI options) and is a surrogate for them, but it turns into a sort of mystery story where you uncover a history of dirty scandalous secrets behind the couple, and your MC starts to feel conflicted about giving them this child and leaving said child in the hands of this couple while knowing all the shit they’ve done. 

But no, we had to go with an affair story and the only “scandal” is that the billionaire couple doesn’t love each other. Oh wow, so spicy amirite? (Haha no)

So, why do I have this one in the “PooPoo Tier”? Seeing as I reserve that tier for books that actively anger me. TBB was originally ranked in the Stone Tier because of how little substance it had and how little emotion it evoked from me. 

But as soulless and substanceless as it was, I eventually figured that it really did deserve to be in the worst list. Because it just does… everything wrong, from the very beginning. It baits us into thinking it’s a good story, only to give us a cheap affair story. It’s a rehash of previous, more mediocre Choices stories. It forces us to take it more seriously than it actually deserves. All of the characters are lackluster and empty. 

Seriously, name me one thing that this story does right. I originally had this book on Stone Tier with books like Ms. Match, Slow Burn, Roommates With Benefits, and the whole TNA trilogy, but at least those books had some redeeming qualities. Heck, even all of the other books on PooPoo tier have some redeeming qualities. Surrender at least explored BDSM acts a bit and tried to normalize kink. FCL at least had some good energy with the road trip setting and all the different places the group explored. Untameable at least didn’t have toxic behaviors glorified as acceptable, heroic, or passable. Granted I still consider those books worse for how badly they fucked things up when they easily couldn’t have– they anger me because there are multiple points where they could have taken their story in a better direction but didn’t, and instead chose to make their story worse. 

But TBB was pretty much doomed from the moment it confirmed we’d be romancing one of the members of the billionaire couple we’re a surrogate for. There’s no point of this story where it could have been even somewhat decent if they changed it, unless they just threw the whole thing out and started over from scratch. 

And that’s why I think I can safely say, it’s among the worst.

[klonoadreams]

In fact, I think the only non-poly relationships you have are Sawyer and Yuu(sheep), and I don't think I'm sure about that.

I have never done one of those questionnaires, mostly because I always go to something else and forget it.

I must ask, will Kaburamaru be together with Andou in the nest? Either because it's warm or because they're there for, idk, safety? I know that canonically Uzui's wives will have children, but will it be before or after Andou? I feel like it would be chaos if they were the first children after everything that happened.

Actually, only Sawyer in this mess is currenty monogamous (for now) cuz Floof has her flock (what we call her polycule).

Yuu (ewe) is a very busy beast tamer with so much love to give. while unintentionally stringing along so many others to her flock because she is a very charming individual. :V

Meanwhile Sawyer is a very traumatized kid who literally woke up with no memory of what happened and dealing with the fallout of her body's emotions while dealing with the fact that Pokemon all seem to hate her, and Team Plasma constantly trying to take her back.

N is so stunted, that he manages to approach Sawyer on even ground, allowing the two to start healing and becoming more aware of where they stand on the situation. While N also is the one who reveals to Sawyer that despite the hostility her Pokemon show towards her, they are still rather protective of her and will extend that hostility towards anyone that tries to take them away from her.

The big reveal being her starter, Sewaddle, evolving into Leavanny despite being the most hostile towards her. She never once truly hated Sawyer, the repulse was through a dissonance in Sawyer's soul effectively being so hurt and distressed that most Pokemon can't help but react negatively towards it in their confusion. The more hostile and violent, the more that Pokemon understands her pain.

And in turn, so too does N at some point when he starts to understand more about Sawyer. Because he starts off neutral, to amicable, to distant/semi hostile, to eventually, "I like you."

And i think it's funny and sweet two see these two fucking bozos just latch onto each other when their first ferris wheel date was like that lmao.

Such is life

EDIT: MY DUMBASS PRESSED SUBMIT EARLY, AND YES, ANDOU WILL HAVE SNAKE WITH HER.

Lmao Uzui and his wives tho. It'd be chaos. I like to think theirs are first,but anything can happen and when it does, it'll just lead to Zenitsu whining about it while holding a baby in his arms because he still loves that babu :V

Obviously, Suma is the first baby mama and she won't let anyone forget it lmao.

[auburnitzy]

Behold !! My...very not impressive creation-

I lost their edited version so I had to start from scratch ! DX I left out some details so you could do whatever you want with them. I just came with the ref: Juliet 'JuJu'/Qi Guiying/齐桂英 Age: Something younger than Haoran and Mingxia- Height: 4,9 to 5,3 feet Pangender She/He/They (Normally just goes by she-) Personality: Baby of the family :) But they are very capable of flipping the switch between being a closeted introvert…and dramatic extrovert. One minute they are playing pranks with Mingxia and the next, they are just rolling their eyes when following Haoran’s rules. Their emotions are a hit or miss depending on the mood and as long as she is having fun, it won’t be ending in a mess. They just want a fun time. She loves the drama…unless its the kind that gets in HER biz >:( Also independent and doesn't take crap from anybody lest they get beaten up.

Fun Facts:

- Loves ALL kinds of strawberry-flavoured foods ! They’ll go rabid trying to get one ! Strawberries by themselves are…meh to them.

- Their powers are similar to both Nawa and MK’s. Being a perfect mix of them, inheriting half of each of their powers makes a little sense.

-Has a big thing for music. They enjoy Jazz, Rock and a bit of traditional music. And a bit of a singer and dancer- -Mix of Monkey and Bakunawa ! Hence the ears and fins-

-In school, their appearance on the outside does tend to get the wrong kind of attention. Kids will be kids and make fun of others for strange features so…they get bullied. But their siblings always come to help in the end !

-Don’t bite….They’ll bite back.

Voice: Ivy Pepper from Lackadaisy (If you don't know it, go check it out because it is sick !)

Theme Song: The Moon Will Sing - The Crane Wives. (And that wraps it ! My Auburnitzy OC ! I left a lot of details somewhat out so that you could add anything you want ! Because my babu, is your babu UvU I hope you enjoy this if you can Nitzy !)

AAAAAAAA DID YOU READ MY OLD FANFICTION OR SOMETHING???

SHE'S SO ADORABLE!! >o< 🌸💟💗✨️✨️✨️

Thank you for sending her to me AAAAAA- her and mingxia would get along (only sometimes tho!!)

[mondoradiowmse]

04/03/24 Mondo Radio Playlist

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Ready to Rumble", featuring classic turntablism and more. If you dig it, don't forget to also follow the show on Facebook and Twitter!

Artist - Song - Album

DJ QBert - Destination: Quasar 16.33.45.78 - Wave Twisters - Episode 7 Million: Sonic Wars Within The Protons

DJ QBert - Invasion Of The Octopus People - Wave Twisters - Episode 7 Million: Sonic Wars Within The Protons

Mix Master Mike - Vyce Grypp - Anti-Theft Device

Mix Master Mike - Billie Klubb - Anti-Theft Device

The X-Ecutioners - The Countdown - X-Pressions

The X-Ecutioners - Mad Flava - X-Pressions

Rob Swift - This Is Our Day - The Ablist

Rob Swift - All That Scratching Is Making Me Rich! - The Ablist

DJ Babu - Intro - The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 1

DJ Rhettmatic Of The World Famous Beat Junkies - The Audition - The Funky Precedent

Randy Crawford - Don't Wanna Be Normal - Abstract Emotions

Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness - Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers Revisited - Dr. Octagonecologyst

DJ Shadow - Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt - Endtroducing…..

UNKLE - UNKLE Main Title Theme - Psyence Fiction

DJ Shadow - Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain - Endtroducing…..

DJ Krush - Duality - Meiso

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid - Sum Ill Shit (Clinton Street Dub) - Synthetic Fury EP

Deltron 3030 - Love Story (Instrumental) - The Instrumentals

Peanut Butter Wolf - Phonies - My Vinyl Weighs A Ton

Peanut Butter Wolf - Casio - My Vinyl Weighs A Ton

Kid Koala - Fender Bender - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Handsome Boy Modeling School Feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest - Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II) - So … How's Your Girl?

Jurassic 5 - Lesson 6: The Lecture - Jurassic 5

Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite - Ozomatli

Cut Chemist - (My 1st) Big Break - The Audience's Listening

The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist - Since I Left You

The Avalanches - Extra Kings - Since I Left You

RJD2 - Silver Fox - Deadringer

[dimlanterns]

—01.04: Aku tulis ini karena tujuh belas adalah hari kamu, dan kamu pantas dapatkan apa pun di hari yang kamu miliki.

Hidup kebanyakan bercandanya, ini yang aku mau tulis pertama karena pada saat aku utak-atik tumblr sekaligus edit cover, aku putar playlist kolaborasi, yang muncul secara acak setelah Ramai Sepi Bersama adalah DJ Terpikat Dirimu. Aku mau tuangi segala keemoanku buat kamu jadi ketahan, sedikit, entah aku harus ketawa kencang atau pura-pura sedih biar apa yang aku ketik sampai ke kamu tanpa cela satu jengkal terbukanya. Menit enam, Evaluasi yang keputar dan aku rasa aku enggak perlu resah Terpikat Dirimu bakal muncul lagi karena aku udah dengar sampai habis.

Ulang, aku repetisi, selamat ulang tahun buat Agi. Semoga apa yang kamu mau bisa tercapai dalam waktu dekat, maupun dalam waktu yang masih lama kamu tempuh. Semoga apa yang kamu harap bisa terpenuhi, dalam tempo waktu singkat maupun bukan. Semoga dunia semakin baik perlakukan kamu semakin kamu jalani hidup kamu. Semoga dunia jadi lebih lembut untuk kamu yang aku rasa, kamu nggak miliki salah apa-apa selain lakukan apa yang manusia lakukan, nggak ada yang sempurna dan berbuat salah itu hal yang kita nggak bisa terka; kapan kita akan sakiti hati orang lain karena waktunya abu-abu (meski ada preventif dari suatu konflik, kadang kita nggak sadar berbuat salah dan untuk itu, cukup kamu minta maaf, rubah diri, kemudian sudah jangan terus-menerus gali rasa bersalahnya. Nanti kamu habis dimakan perasaan negatif.) Semoga kamu semakin dewasa. Semoga segala perihal dalam hidup kamu dipermudah sedikit demi sedikit. Semoga kamu bisa dapat ketenangan tanpa berpikir apa yang telah kamu kerjakan di masa yang sudah kamu lewatkan. Semoga kamu sayang dirimu sendiri seperti manusia lain kasih kamu afeksi. Dan yang paling aku taruh harap besar, semoga kamu bisa bahagia tanpa berpikir senang itu hanya omong kosong yang dunia tawarkan pada manusianya.

Sesuai kataku, nasi bungkus bisa kita makan berdua. Kalau rasanya di mulutmu pahit, di mulutku juga pahit. Kalau rasanya di mulutmu manis, maka di aku juga harus manis. Kalau rasanya hambar, aku juga harus hambar. Dalam kata lain, perihal apa pun emosimu, biarkan manusia lain (dalam contoh kecilnya aku yang berbagi nasi bungkus itu) cicip juga. Sedih, senang, biasa saja, marah, takut, cemas, segala halnya boleh dibagi tanpa kamu harus pikir lebih jauh, "apa aku bakal nyusahin orang lain dengan keluhanku?" Karena aku, orang lain, enggak berpikir demikian.

Kamu baca berulang kali apa yang aku tulis di gambar paling awal tumblr ini, kadang kala kamu nggak tahu seberapa berharga kamu sampai manusia lain hampiri kamu dan bicara sungguh-sungguh kalau kamu berharga lebih dari batang emas dua puluh empat karat sekalipun. Dibanding uang satu triliun lebih, dibanding berlian yang kilatnya menggugah para pencari harta karun, kamu jauh lebih berharga karena nilai kamu adalah manusia. Pun, kalau kamu jadi barang bahkan cuma sekadar boneka kecil bentuk beruang, kamu pasti dianggap berharga oleh pemilik toko atau anak kecil yang beli kamu. Dan pada dasarnya yang aku percayai, tiap hal dalam dunia punya harga dalam hidup masing-masing manusia, sama halnya kamu, mungkin kamu berharga besar dalam hidup pacarmu dan kamu berharga begitu besar dalam hidup orang lain. Ditanya lagi, lingkupnya mungkin aku. Lagu Hindia jadi bukti dan aku benar maknai lagunya kalau selama kamu ada, aku tak apa.

Di akhir kata, tujuh belas ini kamu yang punya. Anggap kamu lagi jadi raja, jadi penguasa dunia untuk satu hari ini, lakuin apa saja yang kamu suka. Asal jangan kurang ajar sama manusia, misalnya suruh mereka jadi babu kamu satu hari penuh. Itu namanya akal sehatmu melebur tanpa sisa. Ya... ya mungkin itu aja karena aku bingung dan keburu ngantuk ngetiknya.

Selamat tambah usia sekali lagi, Nagi. Tujuh belas ini kamu yang punya. []

[starwarsnonsense]

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We begin this episode by announcing Rachael’s panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe! Rachael will be co-hosting a panel on the mythology of the sequel trilogy ('Powerful Light, Powerful Darkness: How the Sequels Expand the Mythology of Star Wars'), and the panel will be taking place on the Saturday of the convention. We hope Rachael sees some listeners there.

Next, we share our recommendations. Rachael recommends the following:

The Quiet Girl

Funny Woman (TV show)

Alien, dir. Ridley Scott

Extraordinary (TV show, Disney Plus/Hulu)

Kirsty recommends the following:

Poker Face

If Beale Street Could Talk

There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

The Big Clock (1948)

Decision to Leave

Pillow Talk

At around 35 minutes in, we discuss our thoughts on various pieces of Star Wars news, including:

Set photos of Andor being filmed at the Barbican in London

Disney expected to reveal new Star Wars film at Star Wars Celebration London

Favreau speaks out on the decision to undo the ending of The Mandalorian season 2 (Empire magazine interview)

At around 50 minutes in, we share our thoughts on the season premiere of The Mandalorian: Chapter 17, The Apostate. Join us for a chat about adorable Grogu moments, the return of Babu Frik’s species, and our continued reservations over the show’s depiction of Mandalorian customs.

We then end the episode with a brief discussion of Matthew Stover’s Mace Windu-centric novel Shatterpoint, which we had our reservations about.

Many thanks to Christy Carew for the Scavenger's Hoard theme, and Nemling for our artwork.

(Apologies for the echo in parts of this recording - I've done my best to reduce this in the edit, but parts were too difficult to remove! I will address the echo during the recording process next time.)