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the most belldom interview to ever belldom

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Headline - Bright Eyes+Muse interviews [ROCKIN'ON (March 2000)]

The year 2000 starts here! Is the impatience that can only be tolerated by a dazzling youth the birth of the Year Zero generation? Rockin'On fully supports Bright Eyes and Muse, the two passions that run around while showing off the physique of young boys, and offers tickets to support their visit to Japan!

Interview: Mariko SAKAMOTO Photography: JIM NEWBERRY (Bright Eyes) Interpretation: Erika YAMASHITA (Muse)

The noisy days of Y2K! and the bubble era have returned to normal, and the onslaught of millennium visits to Japan has come to an end, but is it time to breathe a sigh of relief? Has anything started to happen? Year 2000 = Year Zero. It's only a matter of time, but we'd like to introduce two newcomers who make you feel that the year 2000 is just around the corner. Bright Eyes is a band centred on Conor Oberst, a home recording poet from Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Their interactions with the Athens scene are also a hot topic, but technically they can't be called newcomers, having released a compilation even before their debut full-length album was released last year. However, the self-denial and (literally) exploding shouts heard on their latest EP 'Every Day and Every Night' show an awakening of the core of expression in a style that has tended to veer towards experimental pop. Already waiting for their second release, it is a unique singing voice that cradles bottomless sadness in their clear eyes. In contrast, Muse are a three-piece from Devon, UK. They first attracted the attention of an American record company and were signed to Maverick. Although there was a feeling that the band was ahead of its time, their single ‘Muscle Museum’ broke through on the UK indie charts last year. The drama is sharply played by a blue, straightforward guitar sound that has been compared to early Radiohead. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is reminded of Jeff Buckley, with vocalist Matt Bellamy's rich expressiveness underpinning the high level of perfection of their debut. Both have very different sounds, but their straightforward voices are tugging at your heartstrings. The voice that started it all was always so vivid. With that voice, the clock starts ticking again.

"Writing songs was like smashing a windowpane."

(BRIGHT EYES/Conor Oberst) ● You started writing songs when you were about 11 years old, what was it like when you ‘discovered’ guitars and four-track recording equipment? 「Yeah, it was like, “I'm glad I found something to do”. It's like keeping a diary. It's a way of expressing your feelings in a more proper way. …… Compared to when I was a smaller kid. It's like writing a song on a four-track or throwing something at a window and smashing it, they're both the same thing.」

● Were there other kids around your age when you started writing songs who were making songs with four-tracks and guitars? 「Not quite the same age, but I had older friends who were writing songs. They were about five or six years older than me. They all encouraged me to write songs too. I'm still hanging out with them and making music with them.」

● I see. So you prefer sitting alone in a dark basement and recording than going out and playing with friends or skateboarding or anything like that? 「Haha (laughs). No, there are two sides to me, I guess. I like having fun too. I like to have fun, I like to throw parties, but…… But I always end up going home and spending time alone (laughs).」

● Yes, yes (laughs)…… Well, I believe you're 19 (20 this year), you're attending university, aren't you? 「Yeah…… Um, I'm actually going to take a leave of absence from next semester. I'm thinking of doing a lot of touring and stuff.」

● So you're planning to concentrate on your music? 「Yeah, hopefully. I'm going to take this semester off, and if it goes well, then I can continue with music. So I'm putting off my studies for a while (bursts out laughing). No, it's not that I don't like university, but I don't know exactly what I want to do……」

● That's unreliable. I have the impression that you write and record songs almost every day, but when do you feel the strongest urge to write songs? 「Well…… It's a bit of a strange feeling. Sometimes songs come out of a depressed mood. In that case, I just run to the guitar and play it straight away. But if I try to force myself to sit down and say, "Come on, I've got to write", I feel like it's never going to work. So I guess you have to wait for the ‘moment’ to come. And those moments are when I don't feel very good, like when I'm sad. That's why my songs sound like that. But I'm thinking that I need to get out of that. I want to write happier songs. Because …… I don't want to just make the listener sad all the time.」

● I see. And your debut album as an original, "Letting Off the Happiness", seemed a bit scattered. It was more like a collection of songs rather than an album. 「No, it was meant to be a single album. But because of the way we recorded it, the result was kind of…… It's a bit of a jagged, cut-and-paste, patched-together kind of sound. Because the album was recorded partly in my parents' basement, partly at a friend's house, and partly at Ascend in a completely different environment, so it's got that kind of disjointed sound. It ended up being a kind of collage of different sound qualities. In terms of the songs, I think thematically it's like an album, but maybe in terms of the way it sounds, there's a lot of ebb and flow to it.」

● Are you satisfied with the results? I got the impression that you weren't really interested in the cohesion of an album. 「No, not at all. I've just finished a new album, and it's more…… smooth and unified. I'm trying to work in that direction now, but when I was making ‘Letting~’…… I wasn't so concerned about cohesion (laughs). What can I say, I just…… I wanted it to sound intuitive, like I was reacting to something. I didn't want it to be a nice, well-proportioned piece of work.」

● Is that so? So, when I listen to your EP ‘Everyday and Every Night’, I feel that your songwriting is becoming more straightforward. 「Yeah, I think that's right. I always hope I'm growing as a writer (laughs). But you can't tell if you're growing or not, can you? But I feel like I'm more in control of what I'm doing than I used to be. It's not like I'm just waiting for something to happen. I'm starting to understand what I'm doing. I used to be, how should I put it…… I was trying to feel something in the darkness, or rather, I was searching for what to do in the darkness. I think cool sounds and cool songs came out of that. But now…… Everything is much more direct and well intentioned.」

● I love the song ‘Perfect Sonnet’ on that EP. Especially the part where your voice shakes and turns inside out and explodes into a shout - I've never heard such an intense expression of emotion. 「Oh…… I try not to rely too much on that kind of singing…… No, I think that a tiny whisper, for example, can convey just as much emotion as a loud, broken shout can. There are definitely some shouting on this album, but I think emotions are a very broad thing, and I think that up until now I've only been able to capture very, very extreme emotions. I've been able to shake off a lot of extreme emotions, such as despair, burnout, joy, and so on. But there are a lot of emotions in between. You can be perfectly depressed or insanely happy, and there are days when you don't feel either. People's emotions are more subtle, and that's what we're aiming for with the new songs we're writing. Of course, I like the feeling of being able to scream and let all the emotions out. But I want to be able to do more than that. I don't want to be able to express only one emotion. …… I want to be able to convey all sorts of grey emotions, not simply black and white.」

● Yeah, yeah. I think your songs express a strong longing for perfect love, happiness and joy, but at the same time, I feel like there is a fear of losing such joy and happiness. 「Ah…… You know, you're exactly right! That's the problem I have with myself, or…… That's a great description of the problems that come from my depression. I see things. I notice that there's something beautiful, and already at that moment I'm like, that beauty is going away, it's gone, it's turned into something ugly! That's how I feel. When I see something wonderful, the moment I see it, I think about the end. Everything seems like that…… I can't help thinking that, all my favourite friends, they're all lovely, but one day they're going to get old. I know that's the fate of all things, but everything changes…… But that's a great insight to realise that!」

● No…… (chuckles). 「Even though I've never met them (laughs).」

● Certainly (laughs). The words ‘Bright Eyes’ appear several times in your songs. What do these words symbolise? 「Yeah. Well, I can't remember the name…… Um, I used to watch an old film channel at my parents' house. It was a very long time ago, way before the first CD came out. Yeah, I really don't even remember the title of the film, but it was an old film with, like, Humphrey Bogart in it or something. And the main character calls out to a pretty girl, ‘Bright Eyes’. "Don't worry, pretty girl. You'll be on time for the train" or something like that. And I thought that was a nice way of expressing my fondness for the girl. So I wrote a song about it. I think it was the second song on an early compilation…… I wrote a couple of other songs using the words ‘Bright Eyes’ before I decided on the band name. I think that word has everything I love in it, like beauty, youth and…… When you look into someone's eyes, they are full of life…… I think that's the image. I think it's the most wonderful thing in the world. I think that's where it comes from.」

"I think everyone is thinking, I want to leave my mark on something."

(MUSE/Matt Bellamy)

● What impact did your first encounter with music have on your life? 「I started playing piano when I was 8 or 9. I liked Ray Charles and that kind of boogie-woogie piano. I didn't learn at first, I just listened to records and imitated what I heard. Then, when I was 12 or 13, I started playing guitar. I was influenced by British indie bands like Sonic Youth and stuff like that. But until I was 16 or 17, I couldn't make up my mind whether I was going to be serious about being in a band or going to university. So I spent four or five months travelling around Europe with my acoustic guitar and I learnt a lot of different guitar playing techniques. Flamenco, traditional Italian, and Greek guitar. It was totally different from what I had been playing. So when I came back from the trip, I had a lot of new ideas. So I think that was probably my biggest musical encounter.」

● I see. This is reflected in the variety of songs on this album. You say that Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and Radiohead's 'The Bends' are your favourite albums, but you must have been 13 or 14 when you listened to those two albums. 「Yeah, that one. Well, I just wanted to say that those two albums are two classics of the 90s. And we're an extension of the succession of bands like that. They were the successors of bands like the [Sex] Pistols and the Smiths and Echo Bunny [aka Echo & the Bunnymen], and even further back, the Beatles and [Elvis] Presley. In R&R [rock n' roll], everything is inherited and evolves, and we are the new generation in that. We're just ten years younger than Nirvana and Radiohead.」

● You can feel the change in the generation. The album was produced by John Leckie. Did working with him bring new inspiration to Muse's music? 「He helped us a lot with setting up the environment and where to record. It's about creating the right atmosphere for each song. He didn't have any input into the songwriting. I think the biggest thing he's given me is the Radiohead comparisons (laughs).」

● (laughs) It's an unavoidable part of the process. What do you yourself think about that comparison? 「Um…… It's fine, isn't it? Hahaha. Because, as I said before, everything originates from somewhere and can be traced all the way back. In the end, I think it all starts from the moment a musician wants to communicate their feelings and their situation. In that sense, we have something in common with Radiohead and the other bands I mentioned earlier. We want to express what we feel as people born and raised in this era.」

● I see. So, the town you grew up in, Teignmouth, seems to be a beautiful seaside town that attracts people in the summer as a resort. Was it ‘dead’ so to speak? 「No, it's not that bad, but it's just a bit boring. There's not much to do. But I'm sure there are many, many, many other towns like that. I'm sure lots of people live a similar life. But when we moved to that town, we were 13 or 14, and of course we looked around for something interesting to do, but there was nothing, except watching TV. That's when we started playing music, and we formed a band and started rehearsing and so on. We're a bit fed up with the town because every time we go into town we get into fights. There were people who didn't like us. All I remember is violence, and I don't like it. At first glance, it looks like a peaceful town, but whenever I go out at night, I get the stink eye.」

● Is it because you're a young guy who thinks he's an artist playing in a band? 「Hahahaha! That's exactly right.」

● (laughs) Muse's music has an excessive amount of emotion and passion. What is it that drives you to create such intense music? 「I think everyone wants to express what they feel, to be understood or misunderstood by others, and in any case to leave some kind of mark. That we are here, and that we are feeling this way. I think it's part of human evolution. Whether it's art, science, or contributing to the maintenance of the system by raising children. So I think what we are doing is talking about the system and how it affects us, for better or for worse. There is a significant element of the absence of religion. Our generation is one that has grown up without a specific religion, and everyone implicitly accepts the media and television as a way of connecting with others. Part of the album is about whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, and whether technological advances are destroying us or liberating us. It's something I myself don't know the answer to.」

● I see. And you have a beautiful falsetto voice— 「Uhuhuhuhu……….」

● You don't have to be so shy (laughs). Despite this, the words you sing are harsh and sometimes even challenging. 「Yeah, yeah.」

● By releasing the darker, self-destructive side of yourself into your music— 「Eheheheheh.」

● (laughs) Do you feel like you're sort of redeemed by letting go? 「Yeah, I think the first album was definitely like that. You go deep into yourself and look at the dark side and the good side and express that. But if you succeed by expressing yourself openly like that, there's a danger. You think that if you don't do that all the time, you won't be able to go on. And then the next work goes deeper and darker. But I don't want to do that. I think it's important to know other people's emotions, not just your own, and sometimes you need to become someone else's character and express yourself from their point of view. It's dangerous to be too focused on yourself, I think it's important to look outside the cocoon that is you.」

● Yes, that's very perceptive. I'm really looking forward to the gig in March, as the live show is highly acclaimed. So, do you have a message for Japanese listeners? 「What message? Oh, hahaha… Well, the album alone is only half of us. The other half is our live shows. So if you see us live, you'll get the whole picture. I would also like to say that the message itself is all in the music.」

☆ The weeping acolytes Bright Eyes and the rising star Muse, who twist and turn on the opposite emotions. The magazine's acclaimed Hope are all coming to Japan! Bright Eyes is an in-store gig. It's a free event, so please feel free to attend. Muse's Japan show is a ticket-purchase event! We will be inviting 10 groups of 20 people, so please apply using the enclosed postcard (must arrive no later than Wednesday 16 February). This is your chance to experience first-hand their sound, which marks a moment in time that will never come again. Don't miss it!!!

Translator's Note: Was it necessary for me to translate the Bright Eyes interview? Not really. But since the article was covering both bands and I've already scanned and extracted the texts, I thought I might as well just do it anyways. It gives a nice compare and contrast about Conor and Matt.

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I’m rewatching the first seasons of the 100 right now and am again reminded. How. HOW. did/do people like bellamy. He’s so annoying I literally have to skip every scene with him cause he’s so stupid 😭

It was literally 90% just hetero thirst. Which on a basic lizard brain level I don't object to at all, because lord knows I have loved plenty of characters for their hotness alone, but whew Bellfuck is A Choice. I mean I personally don't understand the attraction. Dude always looks sweaty af in that thing. Like he is constantly running a low grade fever. And I've said it before, he just generally has this aura that makes me feel like he smells like old hot dog water 🤷‍♀️

But that aside, yeah idk dude he was a terrible character. Like just... bad. He was poorly written, they kept trying to make it seem like he was just a ~sad boy with a heart of gold who made bad choices for good reasons was always UwU dOiNg HiS bEsT~ underdog hero instead of reality, which was that he was a controlling, hypocritical asshat weirdo who slept with underage girls and tried to kill/imprison/manipulate Clarke along with anyone who didn't bow to his stupid bitch boy rules that inevitably fell apart anyway because was,,, an awful leader🙂 (my "I'm fine" smile only my eye is twitching)

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CHOOSING VIOLENCE uhhhhhhhhh there are so many I want to ask for you uhhhhhhhhh ALL OF THEM no uhhhhhh 13, 14, 19, 23

beloved I have been so miserable I am sorry this has taken so long, but here we go!!!

13. worst blorboficiation

okay so as always blanket statement this is just me talking, not yucking anyone's yum, but like. Vergo??? of all people??? is this hugely popular? no. but it's not uncommon, either, and I genuinely cannot get my head around that one. venn diagram of people who liked the blond marine who was mean to the little girl in fan letter is a perfect circle probably.

Also, and this is just a pet peeve bc he annoys me, but like. Bellamy lmfao. that dude JUST took the first step of not being the shittiest type of dude ever in Dressrosa, and we haven't seen him again since. It's not like big hunky tattooed dudes are thin on the ground in this universe, I simply don't see the appeal.

14. that one thing you see in fics all the time

oh oh easy, people who write Nami mean as fuck but like. Derogatory. In general people who write characters OOC and unlikable and shitty to "get them out of the way" of whatever the ship is they're writing. Like at that point why are you including them. This isn't specific to OP fandom this is just a widespread problem in communities that write fic for fandom.

tbc taking characters into uglier or darker characterizations than their canon counterparts isn't always bad, in fact it's frequently fun and really interesting, I'm specifically talking about shallow mischaracterization to get Pesky Wimmin away from m/m ships. A widespread epidemic which plagues us all.

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

nothing! i've spent a lot of time making active strides to not feel ashamed of things that bring me enjoyment, we're banishing catholic damage in this household lmfao.

that being said I have accidentally sort of backed myself into awareness of being into things that I wasn't previously AWARE I liked, and that has come with its little moments "oh no..." clarity.

but in terms of like tropes or types of fic or things of that nature I don't feel bad about any of it lmfao, abo, dc, kink stuff, slice of life, schmoopy romance (as all will have noticed by now lmfao), there's stuff I like in a lot of places.

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

I don't really have anything that I initially hated that I like now, tbh, but I do have this like, waffley love-hate relationship with doflacroc lmfao.

I go back and forth between like. thinking it's hot, thinking its awful, thinking they're well matched, thinking I don't want that awful bird anywhere near Crocodile, thinking it's really funny, like.

They're like THE situationship to me as the purest definition of that word, like there's clearly a link there, but I have never settled on whether I genuinely like it or not lmfao.

Thank you again for waiting for this bby and for sending me questions, ily!!!

[grntaire]

do you have a favorite michael sheen movie or just one or two that you'd recommend? i really want to delve more into his other stuff !!

my very real response is i have barely scratched the surface of his filmography bc my i have to microdose it as my body would cave in on itself from unadulterated lust. also i’m generally not a huge movie person and tend to go for shows over movies

i will say far from the madding crowd is a transcendent experience for michael sheen enjoyers everywhere. its his best look imo plus he sings and his whole bit is being a hot wealthy middle aged man like what’s not to love. and his performance is even objectively the stand out in the film tbh ! i did also see the midas box and that movie sucks so much but yet again he delivers. also unironically he is so fucking cunty in twilight and i could rant ad nauseum about how his choices as aro are what make the twilight films genuinely excellent if viewed through the lens of a satire

as for shows his and bellamy young’s performances save the otherwise mediocre copaganda vibes in prodigal son and martin whitley will make you feel feral.

i’m midway through the third season of masters of sex and front to back i think it’s excellent. the writing and the acting from the entire cast BODIES and i can’t recommend it enough but i would definitely recommend keeping a defibrillator nearby as your heart may give out.

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The 100 rewatch 2023 S1 E1

First i wanna say some things in general. I’ll probably do my rewatch not on a frequent basis due to my job and other things that may happen to me or within my family atm. But today i started with watching the first two episodes.

I will sum up my feelings while i was watching. After that i’ll narrow it down to “What i liked”, “What i disliked”, “Fave quote(s)” and “Song i associate with the episode in general” -> whereas it doesn’t inevitably has to be the song that was played in the actual episode. It’s maybe just a song or songtext i connect with the episode or one particular moment or person IN said episode. For some episodes i won’t even have a special song in mind anyway. I’ll do this rewatch for fun and for entertainment - just writing down what’s on my mind. Maybe there are also many mistakes, since english isn’t my mother tongue. But i wanna give it a try.

I really missed my baby-delinquents. And Bellarke. And Bellamy... So... Here i go!

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Episode “Pilot”

Baby-Clarke and the watch of her father. So he is dead, isn’t he? Aw man... Why? What happened to him? And why is that pretty girl imprisoned anyway? That is a harsh world we’re diving into here.

Everything happens so FAST! Boom, there are the 100 kids on their way down to earth already... I am NOT prepared.

Okay... Why does Clarke hate that Wells-guy so much? Mh...

Oh. Thelonious Jaha. I totally forgot that Mt. Weather was the delinquents’ destination in the first place.

Finn... I NEVER felt any sympathy for this big mouthed show-off. NEVEr. I see this hasn’t changed much.

BELLAMYYYY! His voice... I got goosebumps. Yes, i missed him dearly... And there’s little O! The Blake’s reunion happens. So much love... Sniff...

And then... Suddenly so much sunlight and so much GREEN! O as part of a shampoo-commercial. I don’t complain. But there... right there behind her...

THERE is the very reason i was hooked and almost FORCED to continue the watch after episode 1. THE very reason i fell in love with one particular character in just a hot second. I shit you not. There’s Bellamy and his brightest, most beautiful and honest smile!!! Omg! Who IS this guy anyway?! Why can’t i look away?! Oufff... i fell hard...

Radioactive. Of course. I am humming along. Very fitting song. Sung at so many The 100-conventions i lost count. A.k.a. OUR HYMN! <3<3<3

The ark and so many familiar faces already: Kane, Abby, SINCLAIR! JACKSON! Yes good. But who’s the “good guy” and who the “bad”?

On earth again: Clarke already taking over things with her Mt. Weather-speech. She’s right though. She really radiates some kind of authority already. Nice.

O in love with Finn... Where does THAT come from? Whatever. Ew...

The beautiful Blakes have another talk. I am intrigued by their utter beauty...

The dorky smartasses that is “Jonty” Jasper and Monty talking about poisoned flowers. I really liked these two from the start.

All these far too good looking kids seeing their first deer - and it’s deformed omG! Is the radiation still poisonous?

The ark again. Oh... Bellamy shot the chancellor? What? Why? What does this mean? Is he really the “evil guy”?

On earth we learn more about Murphy’s backstory. And he already has “the knife"! Oh- oh...

Bellamy talking to Murphy. It’s ominous but OH GOD... the beauty that is Bellamy Blake again... close-up and personal... I see SO MANY FRECKLES! (A word concerning his hair in this episode: Yes there’s far too much gel here and i understand most of the complaints about his lucious locks being restrained. BUT... I always saw the positive effect of this desastrous hairstyle too: You can see SO MUCH MORE of his beautiful face! Even his forehead! And all the more freckles! I wasn’t a fan of this hairstyle... but i didn’t condemn it either. Just my opinion.) They want to take off all the wristbands to seem “dead” to the people on the ark! OH, so Bellamy really just wants to save his own ass, doesn’t he? Bc he shot the chancellor, we know... So he IS an asshole... too sad...

Jasper in love with O. I remember he had been for quite some time in the first season. And the monster of the week in the water. I agree with Rowena @sometimesrosy here: There had been far too few monsters of the week down on earth the kids had to deal with.

While Fox gets her wristband off, Wells and Bellamy confront each other. Rebel Bellamy Blake but OH LOOK, I can understand where he’s coming from! His argumentation provides some things to think about. WHATEVER THE HELL WE WANT. Iconic. But ok. I take it back. He’s just a rebellious teen.

And there’s the first rain the kids ever experience! Aw...

On the ark again: Kane vs. Abby. I almost forgot. I really disliked Kane at first. But who didn’t.

Oh look, now there’s one of the scenes i’d usually skip while watching. Clarke and Finn in the glowing forest. Annoying Finn courting Clarke. I feel sick. How can she fall for such a slimey show-off?

Merciless Kane. Wait... Is Abby really about to DIE here? Ouff...

Bellamy threatening Wells with a gun to take off his wristband! OMG! But no, he doesn’t shoot, he leaves the dirty work to Murphy and the others... Wtf.

Abby shall be floated... BUT THERE’S CHANCELLOR JAHA TO THE RESCUE! Thank goodness... I like Jaha.

Back on earth Jasper swings over a river WE ARE APOGEE! yeah well... Lol

And in the end the teenager’s adventure-dream turns into an nightmare and we as audience realize, that we’re not watching just another Who’s-getting-who-show for teens.... Jasper gets impaled. I remember i shouted out loud while watching this for the first time ever. It was shocking! Nice cliffhanger. Omg is he still alive? He CAN’T possibly survive that?

Boom out.

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I admit it. It’s not a good episode. But there’s SO MANY THINGS happening that you don’t have time to think about this deeper. It’s entertaining. But yeah... what really hooked me to watch further was indeed Bellamy Blake and his beautiful smile. I wasn’t expecting much from the series back then. But i really thought okay, for this dude... i’ll stay tuned. Wanna know more about him. This is the plain truth. It wasn’t even the storyline itself. It was just for this one guy that i kept watching. And today, i am thankful that i did. Well... Most of the time that is... ;)

What i liked: Bellamy and his smile! The relationship of the Blakes!

What i disliked: Kane and Finns attitudes

Fave quote(s): “We’re back bitches!”  “Whatever the hell we want!” ICONIC

Song i associate with the episode: “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons (of course ;) )

[thewritingcoroner]

Happy Blorbo Blursday!

Your current most loved Blorbo (or OC) has hot coffee spilled all over them by an unnamed side character they’ve never met and will never see again. How do they react? Is their reaction different than it would be if this were an important character or someone they knew?

A blursday ask!!! In my inbox??? It's more likely than you think!!

Yes, so I'm completely in love with my blorbo from my brain: Bellamy. She's the MC of my wip At The Moon's Whim.

Bellamy generally likes to fight, but it depends on who spilled their drink on her and how. If it's some burly dude with an attitude, she'll probably pick a fight. No reason or anything, she's probably not really mad about it at all, but she's got a chip on her shoulder and something to prove.

But if it's a cute girl on the other hand, she'd probably turn on the charm. A lopsided grin and a wink, maybe some sort of flirty comment if she's flustered. Oh yeah, Bell would find a way to get her into bed.

Now, say Queen Alessandra spilled coffee on Bellamy, that's a whole different matter. See, again, Bell wouldn't care about the coffee on her shirt. But she would definitely pretend to be incredibly angry and pick an argument with Alessandra just to get under her skin. She's cute when she's pissed, you see, and Bellamy likes pissing her off.

If Xandros, the Arukthian general, were to spill coffee on Bellamy, however, there would be a fist fight. A legitimate one. Bellamy does not like Xandros, not because he's a bad guy, but because he's a great guy and an excellent match for Alessandra. And Bellamy does not like the idea of Alessandra marrying some random general from another kingdom just to secure her throne. So any excuse to punch Xandros in the face is fine with Bell.

Oh Bellamy, she's a lovable asshole

[kinetic-elaboration]

December 4: Miller/Bellamy, Fake Dating + Ugly Holiday Sweaters

2022 Ficmas #1

Miller/Bellamy, College AU, ~1500 words

For the prompt "fake dating and ugly holiday sweaters" from a prompt generator I made to help me be festive

Wrote this in a little over an hour and did minimal edits. Have this rare pair in these wintry times.

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Miller agrees to attend the annual Wallace House Ugly Sweater Holiday Party on one condition: that Bellamy go with him as his boyfriend.

The Ugly Sweater Party is a holiday tradition that Bellamy, as the dorm president, is required not only to organize but to attend, even though he's not usually one to make public his collection of holiday attire. He'll do almost anything to get Miller to go with him, as if a buddy to look stupidly festive with somehow lessens the embarrassment of the experience. They've been friends for over two years now and Miller knows he'll grumble and argue but ultimately concede. At any rate, he's not imposing this condition to be a dick but because Bryan, who broke up with him last Halloween but didn't have the decency to transfer schools or even move to a different dorm, is going to be there in his own stupid sweater, and so Miller simply can't show up alone.

"You know I'm not gay, right," Bellamy reminds him, as he digs beneath a pile of once-neatly-folded long sleeved shirts in his dresser. "More importantly, everyone knows I'm not gay."

"You're in college," Miller answers. He's leaning back on Bellamy's bed, kicking his heels against the metal frame. "Everyone experiments in college."

Bellamy shoots him a look, still skeptical, and instead of answering throws a navy-blue sweater in Miller's face. He can't tell what's on it yet, but it jingles, so it definitely fits the theme.

"I can't believe you own not one, but two, ugly holiday sweaters," he says, later, as they tramp down the stairs to the first floor. This is a lie. He fully believes Bellamy owns a half dozen. But it's weird that he took at least two to school. Miller's features a Rudolph with three-dimensional red nose and puffy antlers adorned with inexplicable little bells. Bellamy's is a red, white, and green striped monstrosity, which makes him look like a candy cane. A handsome candy cane, but a candy cane nevertheless.

Bellamy just grunts. "And you don't even own a regular sweater," he answers, turning around to push open the parlor door with his back.

"Because we don't have winter in California. Anyway, boyfriends share clothes. It's part of the thing."

The parlor looks pretty much as it always does, except for the strings of small, white lights that have been looped about the room, and which make it seem softer and cozier and warmer, and yet it stands in such sharp contrast to the dusky blues of early twilight outside, the hints of cold and asphalt and brick still waiting for snow, that even the familiar reds and browns of the bookcases, the furniture, the rugs and the wooden floor, seem a particular, special oasis in the frigid guttering of the year. A few small groups of freshmen have already arrived, unfashionably early, but so far the only people Miller knows are the dorm council themselves. Clarke is putting the finishing touches on the food table, carefully turning her plate of thumbprint cookies and rearranging the red and green napkins and the red plastic plates.

One of the freshmen is wearing a reindeer antler headband. Clarke's sweater has a snowman on it, surrounded by little puffs of falling snow.

"Here," Bellamy says, handing him a candy cane. "Be festive. Have fun."

Miller jumps up and down, letting the bells on his sweater ring. "I jingle. How much more fun could I have?"

He stays mostly by the food, and keeps Bellamy by his side, pretending to be some kind of host, while additional freshmen and then sophomores and juniors filter in. At some point after he's realized there's hot chocolate in the containers at the end of the table, but before he's able to fill a cup for himself, he notices that Bryan has somehow slipped in unobserved. He's sitting in the armchair in the corner, talking to a girl Miller doesn't recognize, and he's not sure what hurts worse: that he didn't see Bry come in or that they're both okay to just exist like this, leagues away from each other at opposite ends of the room.

"Hey—take it easy there—sweetheart," Bellamy mumbles, carefully taking Miller's hands away from the hot chocolate dispenser, before he overflows his fragile paper cup. Thank fuck he destroyed the moment with an awkward endearment, or Miller might have gotten too distracted by the surprisingly soft warmth of his calloused hands.

"Don't call me that again," he warns, shrugging back his shoulders to save face. Bryan's sweater, he's decided, is insufficiently ugly. It's a basic green cable knit pullover, and he looks too stupidly good in it.

Bellamy steps sideways in front of him, blocking his view—mercifully, annoyingly—and Miller scowls at him.

"You know you're being a terrible date," Bellamy says.

"You should kick him out for not following the dress code."

"Yeah, I'm sure Clarke will try." He tilts his head, trying to catch Miller's eye, not quite smiling but so close to it that his expression has become almost sweet. Almost fond. Maybe this is how he looks at his girlfriends. Maybe this is how he gets dates with girls—Miller can understand how it would work. "Seriously," he adds. "Are we boyfriends or not?"

Obviously not. But the point is taken. Before he can answer, a too-familiar voice from behind Bellamy says, "Excuse me," and Bellamy steps aside to clear the way to the hot chocolate and also to reveal, of course, Bryan, fiddling with the stack of paper cups. Up close, Miller can see that his hair is slightly ruffled, his cheeks pink from the stuffy, artificial heat of the room.

"Hey, Nate."

"Bry. Uh." He has to have something more to say than just his name. "Nice sweater."

"Yeah.” He grins, glancing over at Miller for just a moment as he pours hot chocolate into his cup. “You too. You look festive. I wish I had something actually on-theme like that."

He is not being complimented on his Rudolph sweater. His brain's not working fast enough, can't tell if the comment is sarcastic or sincere, or just a bald flirtation, or if he's only hoping it might be. "Thanks. It's—"

"It's mine, actually," Bellamy fills in. He slips his free hand around to Miller's back, keeps it settled there in a subtly proprietary way. Miller watches the way Bryan's eyes follow the movement, and he steps a little closer, so that his hip bumps up against Bellamy's hip. "Someone told me that sharing clothes is something that boyfriends do. But if Miller tries to borrow my boots, we might have to break up."

"Good thing I have kickass boots of my own," Miller answers. The grin on his face, which feels sappy and love-struck, is annoyingly genuine. He almost feels bad about it. Like he’s showing off a new-found happiness that’s actually real.

Bryan shifts his weight between his feet awkwardly. "They are pretty great boots," he agrees. "Hey, it was good running into you." And he reaches out and squeezes Miller's arm briefly, and for the first time, the touch feels like any ordinary touch, devoid of all particular, heartbreaking meaning.

"Yeah, you too," Miller echoes. You too.

Later, he and Bellamy split one of the last brownies, pulling it apart awkwardly while crumbs drop onto their laps and gooey bits of frosting threaten to drip off from the sides, sitting side by side on the loveseat by the window. The sun has set completely now, and the glass shows nothing of the outside, only reflects back the fairy lights and their own wavering outlines, as they toast with their desserts and then lick chocolate from their fingers. For a wild moment, Miller imagines grabbing Bellamy's hand, licking it clean. They're pressed up much closer than they need to be, and the room is mostly empty now, and Bellamy is watching him with that unreadable, affectionate expression on his face again. Somehow the laughter of a few moments ago, as they fumbled around with their dessert, has become a too-long silence. A silence on the edge of something he can almost name, a captured gaze he won’t let go.

"Thought you were only into girls," Miller says, as he feels them leaning in. Bellamy still has a brownie crumb stuck to the corner of his mouth, and when Miller brushes it away, he inhales sharply, and then grabs Miller’s hand in his.

Bellamy shrugs. "Everyone experiments in college," he answers, and closes the last distance between them, but the kiss is too sweet and tentative and true to be only that. Miller smiles as they part, briefly, almost laughing, and then immediately intertwine themselves again.

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Muse History Interview #02 [CROSSBEAT Special Edition - Muse (July 2010)]

"The limit of pushing your body to the limit using your emotions - some people may see it as "pain", but to me it's like "the ultimate sex"."

Interview in 2000, just after the completion of their second album "Origin of Symmetry", which showed "Muse's unique sound world" in many ways.

Interview by Akiko Mima

I wonder how deep this band is. Listening to the just-completed "Origin of Symmetry", I felt a sense of dread. They have stood out with their outstanding technique and sense since their debut album "Showbiz", but this album already has a "spirit" that can be called a style.

Hot, intense and dramatic. Just when you think they've hit you with a bold and aggressive guitar sound, the next moment a beautiful, heart-wrenching, sad melody is played. I'm confused as the two extreme emotions inside me rush in at the same time. But it's a pleasure to be at the mercy of this overwhelming sound! The band's sound has broadened even further, as they have cleverly incorporated the dynamism they have developed in their live shows, while also taking on more sedate blues numbers and progressive epics. This album is sure to be Muse's breakthrough, far surpassing the first album. Apparently all shows on this UK tour before the album's release were sold out (!), which shows how much people expect from Muse and want their sound, and I feel the same way. Undeterred, I flew to Manchester.

On April 6th, with a cold drizzling rain, the 2,000-seat venue was packed with a full audience, and the atmosphere was filled with heat. The front was so dense that it was disgusting. The large number of male fans is unique to Muse.

The band opens with "Micro Cuts", a song from their new album, which starts off with a roaring guitar performance. The dynamic sound pressure was so strong that it was hard to believe that it was just the three of them, and the venue was instantly filled with excitement. There was a chorus of familiar numbers, including "Unintended," stage dives at various points, and Matthew played the keyboard to huge applause, and the excitement rose to the sky.

The chorus of "Plug in Baby" was a chorus that the whole audience sang along to. It was the best. In the end, half of the entire set that day was from the new album, but the audience's enthusiasm was great on average. This was also a result of the band's solid musicianship and the gravitational pull of the performance. Good live, good album, a great band after all. Add to that the momentum of the "season" and Muse now seem almost invincible. How does frontman Matthew Bellamy view such a situation?

The show was great! I heard the whole tour is sold out. 「I'm just so happy. Especially in the early days, there were hardly any people coming. The audience was all students of our generation or older. But recently we've had a lot of younger people come, and the audience has expanded, so it's been fun.」

Your new album ‘Origin of Symmetry’ is also amazingly polished, isn't it? The quality and scale of the songs have improved dramatically. The songwriting process seems to have gone rather smoothly, but what was the most difficult part of the process? 「It was hard to decide on the equipment and how to record the songs. There were so many options. We ended up mostly with a simple three-piece band format, because we got confused with too many instruments and equipment. "Megalomania" and "Space Dementia" are big, heartfelt compositions, and we struggled to find a good way to recreate them with just three people. Especially as we did most of it on piano and the harmonies were quite complex.」

Yeah, yeah. This time around, you've tried something new in terms of sound-making, actively incorporating synths, piano, and strings. Is this because you don't want to stick to being a three-piece rock band, but want to broaden your sound? 「We want to break the limits of a three-piece band. Especially when I write songs, I'm half piano, half guitar, so I'm trying to incorporate that into the album somehow. Of course, I love bands like Ben Folds Five, but I want to show that a three-piece doesn't necessarily have to be guitar-oriented.」

The combination of the intense guitar sound on "Bliss," "Space Dementia," and "Plug in Baby" and your emotional vocals is impressive, but what is it that drives you to feel such intense emotions? 「Maybe it's that…… Uh, what's that? (laughs)…… Ah, yes. I think modern people have a stronger vague anxiety that "something is wrong with humanity" than people in the past. They have a premonition that fatal environmental destruction or disasters will occur in the next 100 or 200 years, right? In such a situation, young people are using various things as a medium to connect with others. I also have the feeling that I need to be more connected to the world, and I think I'm driven by that. I'm not very good at conveying messages, but one thing I can say is that using too many words can be intimidating. So I'd rather stimulate people with music than with words. I want to make people realise the connection between people through sound.」

But usually artists want to express themselves first. Is that a bit different from what you want to express? 「I don't think I can answer this clearly, but the name of the band "Muse" was also given with the intention of inspiring people in the world to do creative things…… Maybe (laughs). For me, music is a way of expressing what I can't communicate in my everyday life.」

What did you hope to achieve with this album? 「Well, it wasn't a very difficult idea. I just wanted to make life a bit better (laughs). Well, I just wanted to make a better album than the last one, that kind of thing. There's no big concept, it's just about constantly expanding our knowledge of what's going on around us. Especially making this album, I learnt a lot about music and myself. Touring and meeting new people has also been beneficial. Anyway, I just want to keep absorbing information.」

"I'm not very good at conveying messages, but one thing I can say is that too many words can be intimidating, so I'd rather stimulate people with music than with words, to remind them of the connections between people through music."

I think the vibrant and dynamic sound is the result of having performed live shows many times. Muse is a band that places great importance on live shows, but what is the stage like for you? 「It's a place where you can feel who I am. I'm also happy to be able to show that side of myself to so many people. Especially when you live in a city surrounded by a lot of people, you tend to become closed off, don't you? So it's fun to be able to expose myself freely on stage. Especially when you have friends close to the stage, you can be more honest with yourself. I think everyone does something similar in their own way.」

Yeah. And I think Muse's music is characterised by a ‘strangeness of contrast’. Movement and stillness, hope and despair, light and shadow, heat and cold all coexist in one song. When you write songs, are you always conscious of the duality or multifaceted nature of things? 「Maybe I am. I don't know if it's completely conscious or not. At least not intentionally. But I do think life is always about how to compromise between two extremes. In any case, for example, if I've been playing mellow songs for a while, I can't help but explode and do something heavy. Sometimes I mix mellow and heavy in the same song. If you keep doing the same thing, you get bored of it.」

I see. And one more thing. I think there is always pain behind the intensity of Muse's sound. 「It's not 'pain', it's me in an extreme state. It's the result of pushing my body to the limit with my emotions. Some people might see that as ‘pain’, but for me it's the greatest pleasure. Well, it's not so much pleasure as it is a great emotional experience. I can't say it well. No, I can say it, but I'm embarrassed. For example, let's say I'm having the ultimate sex (laughs). It's the greatest pleasure, but if a child who doesn't understand sex saw it, it would just appear as pain. For me, what is expressed in music is an extreme state that I can enjoy.」

Thinking back to when you first started playing music, how do you think you've changed as a songwriter? 「Hmmm. I think I've gradually become more open than before. I'm no longer ashamed of being honest. In the beginning, I was worried about whether what I was sending out was reaching listeners in a meaningful way, but now I'm more content with who I am.」

With the saturation of various technologies and methodologies, the concept of ‘rock’ is also changing, isn't it? Radiohead, for example, is a band that has found a new path for rock by dismantling the conventions of rock, what do you think of their kind of methodology? 「In the end, we're all human beings in the same way. Some of them use music as a tool to communicate their thoughts. But it doesn't matter what technology, equipment or style you use to communicate. What is important is the emotion in the music. People create different styles. Not only music, but also religions are very diverse. But the reality is that the world is now integrating so many different cultures that categorisation is becoming less and less meaningful. Whether you are a Christian or a Hindu, you are looking for the same thing. It's the same with music. Even if a band's style of music suddenly changes, you have to understand that it's still the same people who are making it.」

As for Muse, are you aiming to create a sound that will be ahead of its time? 「I'm still too afraid to talk about that. Hehehe. But if you say something as exaggerated as "I want to create a sound that will break new ground," any band will get ridiculed (laughs).」

But artists are obsessed with being ‘new’, aren't they? Rather than being bound by tradition, you want to keep evolving. 「I think that ‘newness’ is just a collection of old things, recreated in the modern age. Tomorrow, a new pianist might emerge and people might say that his style is innovative, but in fact it's a style that's been used for hundreds of years. Of course, it's important to keep learning new things and use them as fertiliser for yourself. But I don't think there can be anything genuinely new. I think we're always mixing things from the past, inheriting things from thousands of years ago somewhere. If you try to trace back to the source, though, that's when it gets chaotic.」

Translator’s Note: I struggled with this interview for some time, mainly because I’ve started to see that Crossbeat magazine has a strong tendency to edit the manuscript of their interview pieces. So I couldn’t use a previous version that I’ve already translated before, and given that this interview piece is put into a special issue covering Muse itself as part of the history section, then this meant that even this selected article was heavily edited too.

The extent of how much material was edited out of the manuscript is unknown. Even if I do find the original interview from the original issue release, there’s no doubt that the manuscript will look completely different to this. In short, it made for a frustrating effort to translate this.

In comparison, the interview articles that I translated from Rockin’On are more or less unchanged as a whole. So translating stuff from Rockin’On is relatively painless and smoother to handle with.

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[lboogie1906]

Karlous Bernard Miller (born April 2, 1983) is a comedian, actor, and rapper. He began his comedy career in Atlanta and is known for The 85 South Show, along with being a cast member on Wild ‘n Out and his notorious “Wildstyle” battles.

He was born in Oxford, Mississippi. He has five siblings. He was a firefighter before pursuing a career as a stand-up comedian. He started with the Phat Comedy group in 2008. He started his career in 2010.

His first television appearance was on Robert Townsends: Partners in Crime - The New Generation. He has appeared in TV shows such as Hell Date, Yo Momma, Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes, The Mo’nique Show, Off the Chain, Comic View, and Last Comic Standing.

He has been featured in written publications for MTV, EarHustle411, and Oxford Citizen along with V-103’s Frank and Wanda morning television/radio show and Atlanta’s Hot 107.9.

He has a passion for music, evident in his battle raps against Chico Bean on Wild ‘n Out. This would open doors for him to work with numerous musicians such as Gucci Mane, Case, Dem Franchize Boyz, Granddaddy Souf, Big Oomp, Big K.R.I.T., Jermaine Dupri, T.I., and many more. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[ao3feed-the100]

Mistletoe Chronicles

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by YourFellowGhost

Every year that passes up on the ring is time that brings the people living in it closer and closer. The Skaikru people try really hard to make the place feel less like a metal coffin, and that means doing what they can to decorate for the holidays and introduce traditions that the grounders may not be familiar with.

Mistletoe seems like a recipe for disaster though

Words: 2278, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: The 100 (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Bellamy Blake, Echo (The 100), Emori (The 100), John Murphy (The 100), Raven Reyes (The 100), Monty Green, Harper McIntyre

Relationships: Bellamy Blake/Echo, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Emori/John Murphy (The 100), Monty Green/Harper McIntyre

Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, stories on the ring, Christmas Time, Fluff and Humor, Family Dynamics, POV Bellamy Blake, Bellamy Blake is a History & Mythology Nerd, Bellamy is a simp, we all simp for hot grounder women, Old Earth traditions, Mistletoe, Platonic Kissing, Romantic Kissing, Echo is a little shit, Implied Sexual Content, like one line, One-Shot, Bellamy and Murphy’s bromance

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fate: The Winx Saga (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Terra Harvey/Riven, Bloom/Sky (Winx Club), Terra Harvey & Musa Characters: Terra Harvey, Riven (Winx Club), Sky (Winx Club), Bloom (Winx Club), Stella (Winx Club), Musa (Winx Club), Aisha | Layla (Winx Club) Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Trauma, Psychological Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Night Terrors, Nightmares, Insomnia, Fear, Panic Attacks, Panic, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Angst and Feels, Feels, Soft Riven (Winx Club), Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt, Emotional Hurt, Captivity, Isolation, Developing Friendships, Developing Relationship, Character Development, Friendship/Love, Enemies to Friends, Female Friendship, Emotional Manipulation, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Mind Control, supportive friends, Secret Crush, Team as Family, I Made Myself Cry, Tears, Men Crying, Confessions Summary:

Terra is a good person. She’s always valued that about herself. Knowing right from wrong and good from bad. She’s always known what choice is best to make. This time, however, she’s not so sure.

Or Riven is suffering worse than anyone knows and Terra is the one to help him learn to heal.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The 100 (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Wells Jaha, Clarke Griffin & Wells Jaha Characters: Bellamy Blake, Clarke Griffin, Wells Jaha Additional Tags: Bellarke January Joy 2022 (The 100), Established Relationship, Past Relationship(s), Misunderstandings, Letters, Idiots in Love, Love Letters, Running Away, Clarke Griffin & Wells Jaha Friendship, Modern Setting Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Era, Forbidden Love, Getting Back Together, bjj2022 Summary:

Somehow, they always seem to find their way back to each other.

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Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson wasn’t even on my bingo card. This kid did such a fantastic job in the Adam Project and I’m so excited to see what he does with Persassy.

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I trust Rick. I cannot wait.

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[ziskeyt]

I'm going to tell you. The calendar is based of the Jewish calendar and there are twelve months: Ethanim, Bul, Kisla, Tov, Ma’bool, Arah, Aviv, Llalpe, Simanu, Dumuzu, Ab, Ululu The are six days in the week, as it's based on a system of threes (triforce, golden goddess, reincarnation cycle). Days: Rishon, Sheni, Shlishi, Revi’I, Chamishi, Leshbot And now, the holidays:

Shah-nah Hadasha: The first of Ethanim is New Year. This is celebrated as honouring the three goddess spirits with a morning of prayer and thanks, and an evening meal made up of foods to represent each of the three: For Din (the material): carrots, peppers, cactus fruit, coconut, mushrooms. For Nayru (law and order): pomegranate, pumpkins/gourds, wheat, rice. For Farore (life forms to follow order): dates, honey, animal meat (bird meat is most common), cheese, milk.

Mah-Sol: The observance of respect for times of scarcity. Occurs in Ethanim, two weeks after new year. A day for attending to the temples of the Sand Goddess as both a remembrance of times of scarcity and thankfulness for times of abundance.

Ge’shim: Celebration for the rainy season beginning happens in the first week of Bul. Tarps are set up with drop offs to collect water, even in present times with full aqueducts, cisterns, and infrastructure for water retention and distribution they still will make these for fun. Water collected is used for washing, watering plants/crops, and cloth dyeing.

Hihpuh (Occurs in Kisla) The Night of Din’s Fire. As the sun goes down on the longest night of the year they light candles made especially for the evening, long tall ones that will take many hours to burn. They eat a feast of foods that grow during the season: hot peppers, gourds, carrots, potatoes that grow in the fertile lands in the shadows of the highlands and in the farmlands created by the aqueducts. They have sweet breads stuffed with preserved and candied fruits after dinner and throughout the night. They set up a bonfire once it is full dark and have stories and traditional dances that they perform as they fill the darkest night with the loudest joys.

Ze’hel: (18th of Kisla): a night to remember the dead. Either from past wars, from history, or death in the family. It is an evening for consuming foods that the dead being honoured enjoyed, attending to gravesites in the day, and telling stories by the light of the stars.

Blimud: (seventh of Tov) A day for Nayru, for study. For remembering that knowledge is learned, given, and passed on. It is celebrated with sweets as the Gerudo take out their books of history and folktales and read all night to sweet cheeses, fruits, and soft breads.

Ru’Ah: (third of Ma’bool): A festival for life in honour of Farore. A day of song and joyfulness. Occurs in one of the colder months of the year so the Gerudo all over the nation are able to celebrate by spending the day out in the lands they have been blessed with making reed baskets, working on looms, and other assorted crafts that are colourful, useful, and will generally portray some aspect of Farore and her gifts.

Perach: Three day festival beginning on the 12th of Arah commemorating when King Bellamy Merrit Hyrule attempted to overthrow Ne’ha, the King of the Gerudo at the time, and invade the nation. Ne’Ha survived the assassination attempt, but was presumed dead, and while his wife, Saphir, was pressured to take on a husband through the peace treaties with Hyrule, she did not, and held to the belief her husband was still around. Bellamy’s forces had started to attack the outer villages of the Gerudo and Saphir took her warriors to battle. After two weeks, Ne’Ha was recovered and found his nation at war with Hyrule, followed his wife to battle, and in two more weeks they had chased the Hyrulean forces out of the desert and deposed the war-king Bellamy. Perach is celebrated by dressing up as warriors for the children and acting out the battles, eating sweet candied dates to represent the sweetness of the freedom won, and reading the story of Saphir’s leadership.

Hefsed: (a week long holiday in Aviv starting on the 17th) A holiday to honour the Gerudo before them who fell to the Calamity, to the Bad Kings Ganondorf. It lasts from sundown on the fourth day of Aviv until sundown on the tenth of Aviv. Cloth is drawn over mirrors and windows, a darkness over the land to remember the times of great darkness that have befallen them in the past, and they must be watchful to stop from occurring again. Offerings are left at the temples for protection against a repeat of the past, and thankfulness that they are there today to make such offerings. The days are to read over the stories they have of their history and remember, the nights are to hold their loved ones close in gratitude.

Tvuha: Festival for the grain harvest. Occurs on the 21st of L’lape. As it is a time when much harvest is ripe, it is when there is a large festival for all harvest but with a special focus on grains. A day for many types of breads and other delights, and stories about how Din has blessed them with the ability to grow such harvest.

Etzim: (15th of Simanu) A celebration for trees. Celebrated by feasts that feature fruits from the trees: palm fruit, cactus fruit, apples, peaches, avocados, etc.

Ishkah: (third of Dumuzu) The Gerudo are aware they have lost much of their histories to time and to the cycle of war and peace. Ishkah is a day to update their history records as much as they can, a retell their stories to the younger generation. A day for fasting and study.

Betehlia: (19th of Ab) This is a feast day and celebration day to commemorate the years of peace between the Gerudo and Hyrule and other nations. It has been thousands of years since there has been a war between them, and the day of war ending has been lost to history, but this day was chosen as it is in memory of the Queen Tehlia, who died on the 19th of Ab and was greatly celebrated by the Gerudo of her time, the last queen before the most recent war in Gerudo memory.

Lishbot - Marks the end of the week for the Gerudo. Begins at sundown on Chamishi every week. It is a day for resting and gratitude for the creation of the universe.

Who wants to read about all the holidays I have made for the Gerudo in Reckon the Stars?

[sarbear94]

Hello my fellow tumblees! It’s been awhile!Started my rewatch of The 100! (Finally!)

I just finished episode 1 and I noticed that at the end, there was a shot of someone watching from the trees.

The grounders could have killed them at any time but didn’t till Jasper crossed the river. In later episodes it’s said that it was because they crossed some sort of boundary but Jasper was on the other side for a few minutes before he got speared.

It wasn’t until AFTER Jasper picked up the Mount Weather sign and started cheering, that he got speared. The grounders fear MW, so maybe they only speared Jasp because the new people from the sky that they don’t trust yet cheered for their enemy.

Maybe that’s what really started the grounders hating sky ppl. They came from the sky, landed in their territory, and cheered for their enemy(probably thought they were re enforcements). If I were them, I’d probably react the same way.

1 episode down. 83 more to go. Then it’s the final season!

P.s. I need me a trailer or a new poster at least right about now.

Until next time Tumblees! 💯 ❣️

[enobariasdistrict2]

i don't understand why t100 s5 is so unpopular in fandom because imo it was easily the best written season of the entire series??? i mean

everyone's six year glowup was fantastic. all the characters looked really attractive. clarke, kabby (their whole aging gray hair thing was hot even if they became totally unbearable hypocrites), octavia, diyoza and mccreary, spacekru... also BELLAMY'S BEARD???? hello that was awesome he truly leaned into his Cheer Dad personality

becho was one of the sweetest and healthiest relationships. lack of flashback/spacekru centric ep aside (my only complaint about s5 tbh), they got through their past differences together, in an environment where they weren't in any significant danger or participated in opposite sides of a war (which lbr was the only reason their dynamic was "unhealthy" in the first place), and they were able to prioritize their mental health and become real friends who shared things about themselves

bloodreina and diyoza were the best villains ever??? their ice cold bad bitches personalities were so fascinating to watch onscreen. i get that octavia is unpopular because of her treatment of bell in s5 but as a character she totally POPPED (also wonkru's whole blood cult thing and eligius being full of sociopathic war criminals was great entertainment material, and part of what made my s5 watching experience so enjoyable)

spacekru slowly becoming fond of each other and transitioning into a found family over their six years together offscreen was amazing. their affection and loyalty towards each other was so heartwarming, they never cared about the war, or eligius vs octavia, only being reunited and spending time in each other's company. plus the group's banter/chemistry, the memori breakup + resulting angst/raven & emori friendship, bellamy being murphy's Big Brother/bullying murphy into recognizing his self worth/respecting and valuing murphy's input to the discussion (just murphamy's developed friendship in general), marper being involved in the memori breakup because they care about their friends' happiness, the echo/monty hug and echo/murphy friendship, emori comforting echo, bellamy refusing to leave raven behind, were also total highlights of the season

k*bby betraying octavia immediately when given the chance and leaving her to deal with the consequences of the cannibalistic blood cult, abby torturing raven (a girl she dared to call "daughter) for the sake of an addiction she couldn't control....... they finally revealed their true colors and it was glorious (and kinda sad because i could not stand them as characters anymore, although at least they remained consistent in their hypocrisy)

cl*rke torturing her own friends to "protect" the daughter she placed a shock collar on (and being called out by the narrative for it/not being handed blanket forgiveness) was absolutely amazing

mccreary and abby/diyoza (even kane) had ridiculous amounts of sexual tension, it was absurdly hot

i love vincent, that cannibalist freak. he's like a feral rabid pet and it was adorable (also he put kane's life in danger which was hilarious, in the sense that it served as abby's punishment)

the aesthetic appeal of wonkru and their hunger games style feeding ritual, octavia's tyranny, it was positively fucked up :D i also loved echo's arc as a "spy," subverting her inital role in the series (something that brought her so much vitriol from fandom) and using it for a positive purpose

it was horrifying and gruesome and violent which automatically gives it five stars in my book 😌