#but this had a HUGE impact on it and the final loop as a whole

[citadelofswords]

okay so i'm not going to publish a ton of deleted sections from my hinamizawa time loop au. but this one hurts me every time i reread it, and it's also relatively integral to the plot, so. have the end of the penultimate loop (which i did write before the final loop, and influenced mob and al's conversation at the bar) warnings for blood, discussions of murder, and. assisted suicide. i suppose. will not make sense without reading the main fic.

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They’re on the bridge between the cars, having made it through the hall of mirrors by the skin of their teeth. The door to the next car is open, but none of them have passed through it yet. Al has folded to his knees in the middle of the bridge, still dripping blood from multiple wounds in his body, head in his hands as he shakes with tears. Shigeo kneels in front of him.

“Mob,” Al says. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I thought we made it.”

“I’m sorry too,” Shigeo says softly. “I didn’t think about you leaving the train. I wish I had sooner.”

“I just want it to be over,” Al says. His eyes are clear when he looks at Shigeo, no longer filled with the black bloodlust they’d all been seeing for hours; he can see his own grief reflected in Shigeo’s eyes. “But I can’t bring this back with me. I can’t — if I hurt my brother, or Winry, or Mei—,” He gasps, and starts crying harder.

“Al, it’s okay,” Shigeo says. He reaches out to touch Al’s neck, over the wounds there, and brings their foreheads together. “I know what happens now. I’ll fix it. I’ll make it right. One more loop won’t kill me.”

“It’s not fair,” Al whispers.

“It’s not fair to you either,” Shigeo murmurs back. “I won’t let you hurt anyone else, Al. I promise.”

Trish steps forward grimly, but a hand reaches out to stop her. “I’ll do it,” Roxas says quietly. He looks shaky on his feet, pale from bloodloss; glass is still embedded in his sides, but his expression is determined. 

“Roxas…” Audrey says. 

“If Shigeo is right then it's just been a variation on the four of you for a long time," Roxas says. “Even if none of you will remember me doing it, even if I won't remember doing it, let me take this for you. If that's okay, Alphonse." 

Al rubs his face with one hand and smiles shakily. “I guess I deserve it for nearly killing you," he says. 

“This has nothing to do with that," Roxas says. They all hear the sound of a number decreasing. His Keyblades manifest. “I’ll make it quick, I promise.”

“Don't look,” Trish says to Shigeo, tugging him away and pulling her behind him. "You don't need to see it." 

Audrey glances at her, and then squares her shoulders and turns to watch Roxas. 

“I promise, Al,” Shigeo says, desperately. "This is the last time. No more." 

“It's okay," Al says. “I believe you." 

He doesn't say anything more after that. 

There is the sound of someone snapping their fingers, and time rewinds.

[thevillainsguild]

Hunter 3 - Yanmega - online

Every other night. Every other night Silas would have been more careful, cross his t's dot his i's but in one whole week Silas had been found by 3 different individuals and had been gradually weakened, a gash down his calf. A dislocated arm, and an injured back.

And possibly the worst wakeup call of his life.

Hands around his neck was how he woke up, oxygen getting low, grogginess setting in. Looking up and seeing the silhouette of some armored over him. Gripping tightly on Silas neck. he grabbed his assailants hands and attempted to pull them off, he was very fortunate that this wasn't another super powered human as he actually managed to claw their hands slightly open.

But he was still at the disadvantage, his vision was going dark, his mind was groggy, and he needed to get this guy off of him. Scrunching up his legs between the arms of his attacker and delivering a kick straight to their face.

Pain, shot up one of his legs, he still had the huge gash that hadn't fully healed. he tumbled and fell out of the bed on his side, before scrambling up to his feet, grabbing the lamp from the bedside table and pulling it from the wall and at his attacker. Watching it shatter against their green armor.

The one night he didn't send a single Pokemon out to warn him.

Silas rushed towards his attacker, gripping the blanket in one of his hands, ducking under one of the punches and tossing the blanket over his attacker. Watching them try and throw it off of themselves, Silas looped his arms under theirs and pulled, covering their helmet even more and somewhat protecting himself in the process as he pushes the armored man into the wall, knocking them into walls, into the door until finally his assailant gripped the sheets covering his face and managed to rip them up enough to grapple Silas again.

A left hook into his stomach and an uppercut in his face, Silas felt the cuts on himself from the edges of the plates scraping against his skin, and felt himself get pushed back against the bedside table, hitting his bruised back and yelling in pain. He felt the pokeballs rattle on the table and tried to press the button with his elbow or something as he wrangled with his attacker.

Eddie came out, his Viscious body maneuvering around the two of them and covering the assailants face with his gelatinous hands, letting Silas try and kick at their chest, plates rattling from the impact. As the attacker finally fell out of my grasp I turned to grab the rest of my pokemon.

"Eddie get him out of here!"

But when I turned around Eddie was looking outside the door, no attacker in his grasp.

I let out Velvet and Mega as well, before finally getting dressed, my Braces, shoes and Coat would be especially helpful.

Walking out of the bedroom, I quietly listened.

My attacker was hiding in the very place I was trying to stay safe.

[tokiro07]

Undead Unluck ch.232 thoughts

[You Gotta Keep 'Em Separated]

(Topics: thematic analysis - identity/self-worth/unity vs homogeneity, character analysis - Julia and Juiz/Rip/Victor/Soul)

When I saw the cover for this week's Jump, I was honestly a little underwhelmed by the fairly bland pose; it isn't nearly as dynamic as Tozuka's usual fare, and it barely even has the iconic splashes of paint

Upon seeing the color pages, though, I understood: this man put his whole ass into what might be the best god damn color page in the entire series

Tozuka's art style has really come a long way over the last five years: the coloring, the shading, the perspective, the composition, it's all so good! I want this thing hanging in my home

If I had one complaint about it, it's that the scene it's depicting isn't dietetic to the chapter - not only does the conversation in the chapter itself immediately pick up where last week's left off, but Andy/Fuuko and Victor/Juiz are flipped

They do end up in those positions by the end of the chapter, but we clearly see Nico telling Void to retrieve the rest of the cast in the cover page, so it's not like the cover page takes place after the events of the chapter, it's meant to help facilitate it. I think Tozuka got a little confuzzled on the continuity here. My guess is that Tozuka was told he'd get the color page this week after he'd already written the chapter and he just got a little mixed up. That's my Tozuka headcanon

Honestly though, this is really just a nitpick anway; it doesn't actually hurt the emotional impact of the chapter at all, and even if it did, the damage would be so negligible that this would still be one of the best chapters of the year for a bunch of reasons

While every chapter lately has been paying off longstanding setups and themes, I don't think any has been quite so densely packed or far-reaching as this one

New Loop New Me

It was a pretty small moment all things considered, but Julia asking Fuuko to refer to her as "Julia" was effectively the end of the Remember storyline and Fuuko's insecurities about utilizing it

Philosophically, the worry was always that Juiz and Julia were mutually exclusive, that either Julia would kill Juiz or Juiz would overwrite Julia, but this debate overlooks the obvious conclusion. It doesn't actually matter if she's Juiz or Julia: the only thing that matters is that she's happy

Like everything else in this series, the whole purpose of Julia's very existence is to overcome the tragedies of the past and find joy in life, and that is exactly what she does for Juiz. She is not simply Juiz with Julia's life tacked on, nor is she merely Julia with Juiz's memories: from her perspective, she's both. She's Julia with the weight of Juiz's past and Juiz with the hope of Julia's future, and this dichotomy provides her the context to appreciate both aspects of her identity

I think the narrative trick here was that our only precedent for Julia's scenario was Victor; both of them lost their memories and had to discover themselves from scratch, so in the same way that Andy became his own distinct persona, we assumed Julia would be distinct from Juiz. The difference, of course, is that Victor created Andy to retain his memories and circumvent Remember's memory erasure, whereas Juiz became Julia to start a new life without the burden of her memories until she was ready to accept them

In other words, where each of them tried to reset the other so they'd have a chance at happiness, only Juiz embraced the opportunity that the reset presented. This doesn't make Victor wrong for having rejected it, of course, as like everything else, it's all a matter of perspective. To Victor, losing his memories would have meant death, whereas to Juiz losing her memories meant rebirth

This chapter validates both of these perspectives by having Julia and Juiz unify into one persona and by having Victor and Andy finally separate permanently

Ripped Apart

It was a huge relief to have Andy and Victor's reunification addressed so quickly, I was honestly pretty upset when Andy said the split would only last ten minutes, and man was it resolved spectacularly!

Not only does it mean that we've truly reached the endgame without losing a single member of the Union, but it's also the perfect capstone for Rip. I was worried after we skipped the Sick fight that Rip wouldn't get to have a good sendoff, but as always, Tozuka delivers!

At the end of L100, Rip entrusted Andy with ensuring that Leila survived in L101; while Andy wasn't personally involved in the surgery, he was responsible for defeating Sick and for helping Fuuko even make it to L101 to perform the surgery herself in the first place. This moment, where Rip uses Unrepair to sever the connection between Andy and Victor's souls, is both repayment for Andy's efforts and a symbolic shift in Rip's character

In L100, Rip viewed himself as the villain, the singular person who needed to be burdened with the weight of the sins needed to see his goals realized. All alone, Rip would hurt anyone, sacrifice anyone's happiness, including his own, to see his selfish dream realized. In the end, he even sacrificed Latla in a vain attempt to defeat Andy. He gave up everything and gained absolutely nothing. His happiness was Unrepairable

By entrusting L101 to Andy, by allowing himself to share the burden and responsibility, Rip created the scenario that would prevent him from losing anything. No longer a lone villain, Rip was able to become one of many heroes, thanks in no small part to Victor bypassing Unrepair to heal Andy's wounds. Now, to repay the favor, Rip uses Unrepair not to destroy happiness, but to destroy unhappiness

Thinking about it, it's appropriate that Victor was able to contribute to this change in Rip: both of them tried to push away their support systems because they believed themselves to be the only ones capable of shouldering their respective burdens, and ultimately only found happiness by learning to trust others

The idea that any given person is the most important person in the world, that they're the only one capable of making an impact, is one that the entire series has been fighting against from the very beginning, and this chapter is the culmination of that stance

Main Character Syndrome

I've seen a lot of responses to this chapter ribbing it for saying that Andy and Fuuko aren't the main characters when they are, quite literally, the main characters of this manga, but I really hope that they aren't being said in earnest, cus that's really missing the point

Andy and Fuuko are the focus of the manga, yes, but that only makes them the most important characters to us, the audience. From a Doylist perspective, this speech is a little silly, in much the same way that a character in a movie saying "this isn't a movie, it's real life!" is, but you have to remember that the characters don't know that they're characters. To be able to apply its ideas to the real world, the story needs to present the ideas as real

This is not Tozuka saying that Kururu is just as important to the narrative as Fuuko, this is Tozuka saying that you, you specifically reading this right now, are no more or less important than anyone around you. That you, your family, your friends, your neighbors, strangers on the street, and even your most hated enemies, are all equally valuable. You all have your own lives that you all are in control of, and how you lead your life will have an impact on others. You have the power to make yourself and those around you happy, and so do they. That is what makes us all valuable, what makes us all special, what makes us the leads in our own lives

Rip forgot this and tried to sacrifice anyone who could have helped him repair his fractured life. Victor forgot this and tried to get Juiz to abandon him to his eternal suffering. Billy forgot this and tried to make everyone his enemy. Even Juiz forgot this and abandoned her vision of justice, refusing to trust her Union with vital information, sacrificing the happiness of the few for the many, and ultimately losing the one person she was fighting for in the first place

It was only by coming to acknowledge that other people were just as capable, just as important as them, that each of them was able to finally reach the happiness they always wanted. It's just that, narratively, it's more impactful for them all to trust in the same people: Andy and Fuuko. Even the fact that there are two main characters reinforces the theme that there is no one person who can shoulder everything alone, as each of them shares the burden with the other

Yes, it's silly for the titular character to say he's not the main character, but even with his immortality, he never would have made it this far without all of the people standing behind him here; the man he used to be, standing right beside him, can attest to that

It's perfect, then, that the entirety of the Union now stands in opposition to a single enemy: Rule Number One, Soul

One Is the Loneliest Number

Okay, technically they're facing Soul and Sun right now, but it honestly looks more like Soul is piloting Sun like a mech than teaming up with him at the moment. That's not teamwork, that's possession

Both in theory and praxis, Soul represents a sort of ideological dark side of everything that the Union stands for. As Andy says, when Soul was introduced as a Rule, there wasn't a way to differentiate people; everyone was the same. But where Andy says this to mean that no one is better than anyone else, Soul's perspective is that no one should be able to stand out from the crowd

Rather than unity, Soul represents homogeneity. In the original world, all souls were just floating masses of energy - no names, no faces, no voices, no abilities, no interests, no goals. Vacant lives, eternally stagnant, devoid of purpose or meaning, doing nothing to differentiate themselves from one another and with no means to do so even if they wanted to

No wonder God got bored

Variety is the spice of life, after all, and it seems that Soul doesn't have the stomach for it. As the original Rule, Soul doesn't simply represent the literal human soul, but also strict adherence to the Rules themselves, and that means no deviation can be tolerated. The connection between souls, the ability to divide one soul into two, these are aberrations that were never intended to be possible when his Rule was introduced

But as we established a few weeks ago, the mere introduction of a Rule inherently begs the question of its inverse: what happens if you tether two souls together? What if you cut a soul in half?

These are the kinds of questions that surely came about when each UMA was introduced, and are surely the reason why God embraced the discovery of the Negators as glitches in the system: the Rules are much more fun to watch when someone's trying to break them

Looking at it from that angle, one might even argue that God is actually the ultimate enemy to the Rules: Sun and Luna aren't actually on the side of the UMAs, the UMAs are just a mechanic in their game, and are perfectly expendable if it means that they'll get to have more fun

If that's the case, then Soul's possession of Sun's body is just as much an act of rebellion against God as it is an act of defiance against the Union - by stealing Sun's body, Soul homogenizes their identities and threatens to take control of the Rules themselves, potentially bringing the world back to its origin

By forcefully merging himself with his creator, supplanting one identity for the other, Soul takes the weight of the world upon himself, refusing to share it with anyone else, and all of the themes of the chapter come full circle

This may impact my theory about Soul's Phase 3 from last week, as it's seeming less and less likely that Soul will be able to take the lessons of changing his perspective to heart, but I think the idea of Soul taking everyone's powers for himself could still work to reinforce the themes presented here. As always, we'll just have to wait and see, and also as always, I'm only getting more and more excited to do so!

Until next time, let's enjoy life!

[major-comet]

I finally watched RvB: Zero, and I think I have more questions than answers

this tweet aged Quite Poorly

So while I was watching I took like, a whole page of notes. I'm going to try to break down / determine what exactly it was that wasn't working for me. This is long as shit, and I apologize for that, but this has been almost four years coming

Okay, starting off strong with possibly one of my more controversial takes:

it looked Bad (or at the very least, not like halo. which in part means it didn't look like red vs blue)

I was trying to figure out how to explain what it looked like to me, and the best I could come up with is that a lot of Zero looks like a Hunt Down the Freeman cutscene. linked here for context. It looks like someone made a show in Source Film Maker and then threw a bunch of weird lighting and filters over it (which tbh is probably how they made the HDTF cutscenes.) It's so weird because I don't remember it looking like that - the memory I had of the trailer in my head from 2020 looked a lot better. I think the jump to the Unreal Engine was not a graceful one - and I do recognize the effect that the beginning of the pandemic had on it, but I also just don't think it's the right direction for rvb. The machinima in Halo is like, a huge part of rvb's charm for me, and it's sorely missed. At some point it's stopped feeling like a Halo show. In trying to look cutting edge and New, it somehow has looped back around and feels very dated to me, and not in a charming way.

I think this really comes across in the cinematography and camera work. The camera in Halo works and looks a very particular way, and one of the things that gives rvb it's distinct look is the number of mostly static camera shots, focused mainly on dialogue. Church says it best in episode one - "That's all they EVER do, is stand there and talk." - and one of the things that continues to make Red vs Blue work so well after they started doing animation for it is the visual / narrative contrast between the slower / static / grounded machinima scenes, and the fast paced animated fights. Finishing a fight scene, and then going back to the machinima not only provides a narrative resting point, it also provides a visual rest. It makes all the cool shit you do in the fights stand out more, because it feels visually different from everything else.

Zero feels like everything is moving all the time, and all the time everything is moving very fast. It has this sort of frenetic energy throughout the whole thing: it never feels like the characters have any time to breathe - figuratively or literally. It felt like I was watching it on 1.5x speed. They never idle - they're always moving around, even when they're just standing in the background while other characters talk. It's overstimulating.

Narratively, it's easy to blame some of that on the poor pacing (which i know is not entirely the creative teams fault: I'm very familiar with how bad RT's animation department was about that sort of thing), but visually it was a Choice - a distinct departure from one of the iconic visuals of the 17 seasons that came before it. I think that's part of what makes it feel so much like Source Film Maker to me - I very much associate that kind of frantic camera work with TF2 and Half Life videos. I felt like I couldn't look at it for too long because I could feel myself getting a bit woozy (i'm Very prone to motion sickness, especially while watching animated shows)

I will say: the fights - whenever the camera would actually let me see what was going on - looked nice. They mostly fixed the weird floaty feeling that I seem to remember a lot of the fights in Shisno having, and hits felt like they had a decent weight to them (especially Carolina falling towards the end, that impact with the ground was Hard). Although [I think it was Phase?] kept doing this "kick the camera in a POV shot to make a transition" thing, and I don't think it ever felt like that kick actually connected with anything Once. However, and this is something my brother pointed out while we were watching last night, it felt less like I was watching people in a fight. That's part of the charm of using motion capture for your fight animations - you can tell that there's people and a real and tangible weight behind all of those movements. It was part of what made Monty's style so distinct, and it has basically become a part of the identity of Rooster Teeth Animation as a whole because of that. It's not perfect, it definitely has its roadblocks and issues, and when unsuccessful it can definitely look odd and floaty - but it's easy to overlook all that, because when they get it right? It's breathtaking. When the fight you're watching has that weight of reality to it, it's something really special.

In my opinion, Zero discarded the two most important things to RvB's visual identity: the Halo machinima, and the motion capture fight scenes. What we're kind of left with is something that wouldn't feel out of place during a Summer Games Fest or Game Awards - I think Zero really looks like the video RT did to announce that Master Chief was coming to Fortnite.

Important to note, because I think it plays into my thoughts about the show and everything surrounding it, is that Torrian thought that machinima was "a dying medium" and that going back to it would have been "going backwards".

I have, a lot of thoughts on an rvb director having those kinds of feelings about the medium that rvb is so famous for that there's chapters about it in books written on the medium, and acknowledgements and thanks to Burnie in others - but that's a whole other topic for a whole other time. At the end of the day: it doesn't matter that much, but I think it definitely plays into how visually different Zero is from everything that came before and after it.

Anyways, moving on:

the voice directing was wildly inconsistent, and often kinda Bad

This isn't something I want to pin on the VA's, especially since a lot of my issues were actually with Shannon and Jason. I think the first thing I said when Tucker started talking was quite genuinely "that doesn't sound like Jason" - and Wash sounded super weird in episode one as well. I had issues with how the new characters were directed too (Was it Phase who kept calling West "old man" but weirdly stressing the "old" and not the "man"? That's totally nitpicky, but it was weirdly noticeable to me), but it felt very strange to me for the ones who seemed to be given the worst directing to be the two who've been with the show the longest. Although I will say - Jen was acting like the fucking rent was due and sounded perfectly fine. Also I think the best line delivery Wash had was absolutely him telling Tucker that he missed him - he just sounded so goddamn fond.

I do also want to give a shout-out to the guy that replaced Ryan after the everything came out and they needed to recast him - that role drips like it was written for Ryan and his voice and general line delivery, and I know that redoing those lines must have been a Nightmare. Honestly he did really well with those circumstances.

the pacing was nightmarish

Again, very willing to blame a lot of this on the higher ups, but I also think it was trying to do way too many things in the limited time they had. Trying to put importance on our returning characters (well, Carolina at least), but also make the Axel & Zero thing feel important, but also give the Phase/East & West thing the weight it needed, and somehow fit in "caring about what happens to One, Raymond, and Tiny" - and somehow that means we're left in a situation where a character we've had since the first episode of season one almost dies and it's given almost no weight compared to the villain reveal of a character we've known for 5 episodes. Everything suffers from this pacing, the characters especially. You're introducing a whole cast of new characters into a show that had been running for almost two decades at this point - it takes time to endear the audience to 6 (?) new protagonists. And none of the characters are given that time to breathe that they desperately need.

also a visual thing, but: everything is too shiny and/or glowy

Part of what makes the energy sword so cool, both in Halo as a whole (or at least the Bungie games, which are all I've played so far) and in RvB is that it stands out from the environment. It looks cool and different and, well, alien. It's part of why I hate the remastered anniversary version of Halo: Combat Evolved so much - everything looks so glowy and bright all the time, and it means that the little things get lost. If everything glows, nothing glows - the show is just brighter. Everything glows in Zero.

Speaking of the energy sword:

why in gods name was Tucker even here, and what the hell happened to Locus

Tucker existed in this story just to do a fake-out death and provide the villain with his sword. I think I almost would have respected it more if they had committed to actually killing him - I wouldn't have Liked it, but I think I would have almost respected the balls it would take to do that. Tucker's sword was apparently the last one they needed, which means the two options we're left with are that A) they killed Locus, fan favorite Locus, unceremoniously off-screen without so much as Mentioning him, or B) they just. forgot about him. neither of those are great options.

Part of this is complicated by the fact that Gray left RT on not so great terms, but like fuck they could've at least mentioned him. let Zero do a long narration over a flashback of him killing Locus, or even just some dumb throwaway line about how they just needed one of the particular kind of keys that Tucker and Locus have (they're visually distinct from all of the other keys in Zero and I don't think I remember them mentioning that fact At All why do all of the other keys look like Cloud Strife's Buster Sword) - something would have been nice. Tucker was brought in for an episode and a quarter just to move the plot along - the plot that really didn't even need to involve him in the first place, even though he's had his key since season 3 and it has been an integral part of his character literally ever since. It really kind of feels like they needed to bring him in to fake-out his death because they wrote themselves into a corner with the keys.

Hey, here's an interesting question:

why did we need to tie this into the keys at all?

This kind of brings us into my main thought about Zero, which is that not only is Zero maybe not so great for rvb - rvb isn't great for Zero. Zero is not served in any way shape or form by being a season of Red vs Blue - in fact I think that a decent chunk of my major issues with the show would be almost completely solved if I was watching some new show called Shatter Squad or something, instead of season 18 of a show I've been watching for years.

So many of my issues with it are with how clunky all of the rvb stuff feels - which obviously isn't helped by the pacing, but think about how much nicer the pacing could have felt for all of the shatter squad stuff if we weren't also trying to fit Carolina, Wash, and Tucker in there. Why did this villain plot have to involve the keys at all - why couldn't Zero have had it's own macguffin? hey speaking of the weird rvb stuff;

stop calling him David & other such grievances

this next section is just a direct sampling of my notes from while i was watching.

stop calling him David. why did Wash willingly put more electronics in his head - that seems odd for him? and also; wasn't his whole arc through the time travel stuff about coming to terms with being disabled? it's kind of shitty to the disabled fans who saw something of themselves in Wash to then immediately turn around and say that basically nothing that happened in 16 and 17 mattered At All because the technology existed to just, erase his plot motivating disability, right? stop calling him David. has Carolina ever called him Lavernius before? stop calling him David. i wish Gray was still around so Locus could have been dragged into this. why didn’t Wash and Carolina just stay retired with the Reds and blues Caboose? why the fuck did Tucker not retire. why the fuck is he just off somewhere else, without his friends or even his goddamn KID where’s Junior - you're doing a whole plot about the alien keys without a single goddamn alien showing up?

okay now back to new / cleaned up thoughts. just a few more things.

I don't have anywhere else to really fit this in, but the cars looked Abysmal. Like a cybertruck but somehow worse.

Do you remember those 2020 tiktok cosplay videos where they were constantly switching from pose to pose? That's kind of how the characters move - I really noticed it the most in episode 5. They never stand there and idle, it feels like they're always posing. It's also kind of like RWBY in that regard - very "I'm queen of the castle", in a way.

Without the Reds and Blues around, and by virtue of not being fully limited by game assets anymore, you had all the colors of the rainbow to choose from. Why do we have two new orange characters (both protags, even) and two new blue characters? (the red ones are fine because that's a narrative thing that connects them, like North and South). It's kind of a bad character design choice, especially for the orange ones because it means that I can't easily tell who's in a lineup of characters at a quick glance - and with everything always moving so fast in Zero, the ability to do that would be really helpful.

I almost respect how stupid the whole "ultimate power" thing was. Zero was giving Shadow the Hedgehog at points, which I kinda liked. (maybe that was just because he had a red and black color scheme paired against One's primarily blue armor)

I honestly really liked Tiny, but I'm worried that that's just because she was hardly in it. Her armor was like, Lakers colors, and I thought it looked really nice in this style.

There were a few points where I looked at in and thought that it looked like a Skylanders cutscene

I feel like I came out of those 8 episodes knowing almost nothing about One. By playing her against Zero, it comes off like she's supposed to be the primary protagonist, but all of the character development time has to be devoted towards East & West for there to even be a Hope of that plot line having an impact. It made her big "why are we here" rally speech towards the end feel really undeserved because actually No, One, I have no idea why you're really here. (and they did Not earn a big "why are we here" rally speech in general, rvb didn't even earn one of those until they were like, 8 seasons in.)

If I say “the writing in rvb needs to feel at least a little bit dated.”, do you know what I mean? does that make sense? Where’s the Battlestar Galactica jokes? Where’s all of Sarge’s references that are way outdated even by early 2000s standards? Where's the Reds and Blues re-creating Reservoir Dogs just to cheer up Tucker?

I feel like one of the issues I have with Zero (which to be fair is also a problem with how the higher ups and creatives seem to have viewed RvB more generally - looking at you, Burnie and Restoration) is that it seems like it fundamentally misunderstands the kind of audience rvb actually had by that point in time - the people who were still watching rvb all the way through 2020 were people who liked all of its little quirks and its characters enough to stick with it - and Zero has like, none of that. It feels more like I'm watching a futuristic sci-fi version of RWBY than it does rvb. I understand that Zero was obviously trying to court a new audience, but they did so in a way that makes the show feel completely different than everything that came before it.

OH MY GOD there was this song that played I think during the fighting in episode 5 that sounded scarily like Not Gonna Die Tonight by Skillet, and it made us cry laughing after I pointed it out

I wish they had leaned more into Raymond being a frenetic inventor/tech guy, I thought he really shined in those moments

Carolina and I don't always get along, but goddamn watching her be reduced to revolving around Wash like this just sucked. made me feel bad for her. Like they bring Wash back and re-able (?) him just for him to be a damsel/plot device for Carolina in a way that feels weird and bad for both of them. Like fuck, when he was a plot device in Shisno it still at least mostly felt like he had his own agency as a character and didn't just exist to motivate Carolina and Tucker.

Full disclosure here, it's been so long I don't quite remember exactly what ended up keeping me from watching Zero just a few short days after I said I was looking forward to it. If I had to make a guess though, I'd say it was the Wash thing - I probably heard about it, and immediately decided I wasn't gonna fuck with Zero. I think I'm even more upset about that now than I was back then. I haven't rewatched seasons 15-17 since before I finally got sick enough that I started to actually consider myself disabled, but I know that arc is going to hit Very Different now compared to when I was in high school - before I had to change career paths because of my disability and feeling like i was losing a part of myself in the process. Idk, I still feel like I just don't understand why they would even do that.

Anyways: besides my fix of "just let it stand on it's own as a shatter squad show and not make it be rvb", I do have one thing that I think would have really helped it

Just focus the conflict in on Axel and Zero and how it all affects One, who I think was supposed to have been the main protagonist?

Part of the problem Zero faced is that it was trying to do too many things. I think if they had really focused in on Axel and Zero for this season, and then held onto that East/Phase reveal until a later season it would've been leagues better. So much of the Phase reveal hinged on the audience caring very deeply about East, and it totally just did not land for me. It's an eight episode season, and that reveal happens in Episode 5. If that reveal had been allowed more buildup by being saved for a later entry in the series (that yes, may or may not have ever even been made, but work with me here), it would have had way more impact, and would have made way more sense for it to affect Raymond so hard - Raymond, who has only known East about as long as we have. None of the plots really felt like they had room to breathe, even the East/Phase stuff which absolutely felt like it was given the most space and weight, even though the show is literally named after Zero.

OKAY I wrote way more about that than I had planned to, and tbh I still feel like I haven't covered it all but this is now over 3,300 words and I think I have to stop at some point. Zero has some strong bones to it, but I don't think the execution does them justice.

[flowersforjoy]

Rectifier Devlog #1 (March)

Guess who's back, back again- devlogs are back, tell a friend!

Hey hey, it's Joy! I've been taking a break finally-mostly just streaming while waiting for Otome Jam 2024. I've known I was going to participate in Otome Jam since this time last year LOL. (I've had to keep it's existence as mostly a secret for an entire year, which was difficult since it's probably my favorite project I've ever worked on, and has a cast of the best characters like ever.)

THIS PROJECT- "Rectifier" has been a WILD ADVENTURE. Fitting since it's an epic high fantasy adventure dating sim, where you play as an alien angel with 3 different personalities, traveling with your SEVEN super distinct love interests.

Each guy is based off of one of 7 deadly sins. Which means they alone, and in a group are a handful. 

I want to just talk about a handful of things about the project as a whole, and what you can expect if you are interested.

For those that have played my most recent game "Lord of Lies" you won't feel so out of the loop. Though playing Lord of Lies before Rectifier is by no means a requirement. They just take place in the same universe. So the magic, world, and art is the same. Yes, same sprite artist! GET HYPED!

Rectifier is a special project as it is the exact dating sim I want to play. You step into the role of an Angel or more specifically a Nephelim, a celestial race of aliens who can shapeshift at will, have a great deal of magic at their disposal, and work to save humanity for themselves. 

The project's mood is the most similar to "One Piece", "Avatar the Last Airbender", and many other action/adventures with a diverse cast of whacky characters- but if you could date them all.

The MC will have 2 appearances- masculine and feminine leaning, but you can be: she/her, he/him, or they/them. 

What affects the game and your MC mostly is one of their 3 distinct personalities- Red, Green, and Blue respectively.

Red- dominant, confident, aggressive, and decisive.

Green- neutral, alien, observant, and intelligent.

Blue- submissive, diplomatic, understanding, and altruistic .

This personality system is one of the most unique aspects about Rectifier- you have 7 love interests and can romance them 3 different ways. So in a way, you've got 21 unique story experiences. Regardless of your choices/personality you can't get a bad end, and you and your chosen guy will fall in love in their own specific way.

Neat huh?

Although your choices don't lead to a bad end, that doesn't mean they don't have any impact in the story. Your personality/choices will affect specific story events, how characters react to and speak about you. Especially your love interest.

What's important to me was that players could sit down with the story and feel stress free. Though this doesn't mean the story won't have twists and turns.

Something special as well, is that no matter which love interest you choose, you still spend a huge amount of time with the other guys as they are your party members no matter what. Meaning you can get to know them again as friends. All the guys have complex relationships with one another, and maybe chemistry..? Who knows...hehe.

This is also the first project of Meant to Bee where I am working with multiple writers. This has been a wonderful decision as with such a large project, I worried I wouldn't be able to make each guy feel unique and interesting by myself lol. I will be writing one route all by myself. (Greed's route).

Regardless, I am creative director, lead writer, and programmer for this project- among many other things. I have a hand in every part of production, so it will still have my scent all over it...could have phrased that better LOL.

It's important I note one thing. Our submission to otome jam will actually be a spin off game.

*record scratch*

WAIT WHAT?

Yeah, so... the project is quite large as you may have already guessed. I planned for a long time to release a huge demo showcasing the world and characters, covering the first couple chapters of each route, however...I didn't feel all that confident in that idea.

There's a lot of groundwork necessary for this project

So suffice it to say, I felt OVERWHELMED. And if I someone whose been sitting with this project since it was a spark of an idea felt that way. I knew for a fact my audience would also feel that way.

I needed more time, and otome jam was only getting closer everyday. I thought about compressing it, cutting corners here, simplifying concepts I loved, etc... but none of it sat right with me.

I was at a loss, and even went into a period of burn out/creator's block as a result. I've loved and I mean, adored, worshiped this project since the moment I decided I wanted to work on it. (that's a story for a whole other devlog) It's the kind of project where I HAD to show it to friends, months before it was ever meant to be announced.

I worried I would be doing the story, my team, and myself a disservice if I released it feeling the way I was. So much behind the scenes work has been made for this game. 

I didn't want to release it and it be info dump-y, take too long to get to the hot boys, or cut short before it gets into the meat of the story. You only get one chance to make a good first impression. I want my readers to be interested, invested, clawing for more.

The demo focuses on setting up a lot of LORE, which can be interesting if we have enough time to make it interesting. It has to be strategic, it needed more time.

But otome jam is the best chance for this project to gain the attention it deserves. I didn't want to miss the window. So I was caught between a rock and a hard place.

UNTIL- I had a eureka moment...a side game.

But Joy (I can hear you asking yourself) a side game for a game that doesn't exist???

Yes.

I know why people play dating sims- for the boyssss, sure an interesting story is great- but ultimately it is background dressing. The story will be deep and detailed, but that's for the main game to worry about balancing the rich story with dating sim mechanics and conventions.

The side game, just fun dating sim, with little hints to a bigger picture.

You'll meet our boys in media res. You'll be thrown into what the heart of the game is. If you like where you land, then I'm sure you'll love the demo when it's released at a later date.

The Rectifier main game is VERY MUCH still a priority for me. But for now, for my team and I's first ever otome jam we are going to have fun and show you what we've been working so hard on.

So let me reintroduce you to our newest project...

"Rectifier: In Bloom"

The game will center around you/the MC receiving a flower from all your love interests in their very specific way. (This is a very rough concept sketch, but by the time all the love interests are revealed we will have an itch page.)

"Rectifier: In Bloom" will be a complete game! Each route will be anywhere from 5k-10k words, so you can get a good sense of each guy, and pursue them fully in the main game, as well as get a taste of the world, personality system, and feeling of the Rectifier world.

It's the best choice for my team and I to test the waters for both us and our player base. So I hope you'll enjoy this side game when it releases. We will make it so you can go in blind and still enjoy your time.

There's so many wonderful things I want to show. And I am so glad I am finally getting the chance to bring this story to life.

Please stay tuned for more, either here on itch, Twitter, and Tumblr!

I'll be yapping about this project from now until July 1st.

This is also the first monthly devlog for all things Rectifier related.

[quietsamurai98]

Watching Supernatural for the first time ever in 2024 is an... interesting experience. Especially since I have very incomplete knowledge of the show, but I do know a few spoilers.

I know Dean survives, or at the very least isn't permanently killed, through the end of the show. So the whole "Dean will die due to his deal with the crossroads demon" plotline running through season 3 is less "oh my god, is he really going to die?" and more "how's he gonna get out of dying?"

I know Castiel is an angel, and there's a whole Thing™ between him and Dean. I did not realize he is entirely absent from the first few seasons. Seriously, I thought Castiel was a major character or something. I'm halfway through season 3, where is he??

I don't know if Sam survives through the end of the show. I mean, I assume he does, he is one of the two lead characters, but I was actually wondering if he'd stay dead due to the events of the season two finale.

Honestly, most of my specific knowledge about Supernatural comes from the confession meme, and a few clips I've seen. I know there's a time loop episode, and I think there's a time travel episode and an episode where they get shunted into a reality (our reality?) where they're actors or something like that, but that's basically all the knowledge I had about the show before I started watching. It's a fun show, and I see why it had such a huge impact.

[whoblewboobear]

TVGATE 📺💖

1.) Glee- Ryan Murphy is my enemy and glee is unhinged but it is hands down my FAVORITE show of all time. I started watching it when I was in 8th grade and the chokehold it has on me to this day is unreal. Season one was lighting in a bottle and to follow it up with an even better season after that? Lea Michelle is also my enemy BUT s1 Rachel berry is so fucking funny. Glee is the reason I joined chorus in high school- like the impact glee has on me? Incredible. Just 10/10. I could say more but we will be here all fucking day. And ofc Santana is my favorite character and I hope Naya is resting easy right now 💖

2.) Sucession- This show ate my ass for weeks and the brain rot after I finished it is still going strong. I avoided this show for a minute bc hearing about it through osmosis was enough and the fans put me off. I started about a month or two after the finale dropped. Like fuck rich people and fuck most of these characters but goddamn do I love it. I blew through this show so quick bc the acting??? The dialogue! THE EVERYTHING 🥵👏 you just know that if there’s a party or a dinner or some kind of rich people bullshit event that it will be the most compelling shit you’ve ever seen. Boar on the Floor was so sadistic and evil and FASCINATING. Like- I wanna open these people up and examine them. I was a Kendall girlie during my watch and a Shiv girlie post-show. I will say if you wanna enjoy this show just avoid.. most men’s opinions on it. I’ve heard the most shit takes on this show it’s ridiculous. It definitely lives up to the hype.

3.) Lovesick- Guys 🥺 if you’re gonna watch anything from this list watch this. I watched it when I was on a huge Netflix deep cut kick and WOW. Very lighthearted and funny romcom about a dude that finds out he has chlamydia and goes down the list of his old partners to tell them they need to get checked. All of these characters are so lovely and you just wanna root for them. It only loses points because it’s unfinished. I would’ve loved to see where things go for Dylan and Evie 🤧

4.) The Haunting of Bly Manor- INCREDIBLE. Mike Flannigan puts his whole pussy into into everything he makes. The write is incredible, the mystery is so well thought out. Every loose end is tied up just enough to let the viewer still have room to speculate. Definitely not scary in the way that Hill House is but everything else makes up for that. The cast??? I fucking love Rahul Kohli and I’ve loved that man since iZombie. Victoria Pedretti is the love of my life and the way she plays Dani? The range she has to go from Nell in Hill House to Dani is so sick. I just adore her. And of course T’Nia Miller as Hannah? She’s the clear standout. I need to see her in everything I’m BEGGING. The Hannah episode is truly the best episode of the entire season. This is a tragedy through and through and your heart will break for every single one of these characters. Just a gorgeous piece of television 💖

5.) Euphoria (Season One + Specials)- Again, Sam Levinson is my enemy but goddamn is season one SO GOOD. The aesthetics, the acting, the characters, the cinematography!? When Sam has a passion project and a story in mind he can truly make magic. Also putting Zendaya on your vision board and then actually landing her to be in it is so dope. The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Pee While Depressed aka S1Ep7 is my favorite episode by FAR. So real, so funny, so compelling. Everyone showed up to set that week to make MAGIC. I don’t make a ton of fanart but euphoria had my ass so hooked that all I wanted to do was draw Rue and I sure as hell did. I was looping All for us for MONTHS. It’s still the #1 song on my Spotify TO THIS DAY. The special episodes during Covid were also so well done. Season 2 is dog shit so it isn’t included in this but rip to Angus Cloud because he was so special and the clear highlight of season 2 as Fez. (I could watch him beat up Nate Jacobs all day 🥳)

A huge honorable mention for the shows A Young Doctor’s Notebook, Chewing Gum, & The Bear (s1) because holy shit 💖. The first 2 are both absurd comedies from my Netflix deep cut era.

AYDNC stars Daniel Radcliffe as this doctor that gets addicted to morphine in the backwoods of 20th century Russia. It’s a dark comedy and a wild ride. I only watched it once and I have no idea if it’s still on Netflix or not but if you have nothing to watch and you want something that’s pretty out there or you’re a fan of Daniel’s comedic acting you’re in for a TREAT.

Chewing Gum stars Michaela Coel as Tracey. So 👏 Fucking 👏 Funny. The writing is incredible and I can’t speak highly enough about the way Michaela drops you into the world for a wild ride. Tracey’s pretty much in the end of that awkward transition period between your teens and adulthood. Just a really hilarious coming of age story that DEFINITELY would’ve benefited from a true final season. If you like Michaela Coel you will like this. She also has a show called I May Destroy You and I can’t wait to sit down and watch it. I’ve heard all good things 💖

The Bear is way newer and s2 didn’t drop that long ago so I won’t go too in-depth about it like everything else but INCREDIBLE SHOW. If you like food and sad white men and just- EVERYTHING about Ayo Edebiri then you’ll love this. Season 2 isn’t my favorite but Season One?? This show makes me miss living in a city. I just 💖💖 I can’t recommend it enough. Jeremy Allen White’s arms are reason alone to watch. I’d let that man [redacted] my [redacted] for hours like he makes me UNWELL he’s so gorgeous.

[outeremissary]

Top 5 angel or angel-adjacent characters?

OKAY so this was delayed by my computer restarting against my will and destroying the draft. It's okay :') I feel like my list is probably going to be lamer than expected anyway, haha. I suspect this will be a very lame list as well... the shameful fact is for all the time I spend looking at illustrations with angelic motifs, I don't spend much time with angelic characters in stories.

Tristian (Pathfinder: Kingmaker)

This game has some kind of malign influence on my life.

2. Gabriel (Constantine)

I don't think Constantine is a good movie and I did not enjoy rewatching it as an adult. It turns out the reason I remembered it as being a bit befuddling when watched as a child (I think I caught the back half on tv once?) is because it's just not very good. But do you know what was even better than the pristine memory burned into my mind? Gabriel. Gabriel. Gabriel is so unspeakably perfect on screen. So soft and imposing. So lethal and forceful. Beautiful when in that prim and proper suit, and a vision as a white clad warrior! That twisted philosophy of making humanity "worthy" of love... this had some kind of profound impact on my developing brain, I fear. As a side note, I think there aren't a whole lot of feathery wings that look good in live action stuff, but Gabriel's are actually pretty solid! It probably helps that they're not onscreen much, and not generally static when they are.

3. Angel of Death (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

I'll be real with you, I remember borderline nothing about Hellboy II, which I last watched when I was 9. But do you know what I remember? The Angel of Death. I remember the Angel of Death so vividly that when my ex had proposed we watch Hellboy I got Really Excited about seeing the Angel of Death and finally getting some context on that vague memory. And do you know what happened? The Angel of Death isn't in the first movie! Betrayed! Bamboozled! And for the rest of the night my ex kept calling me an angelfucker because I was so vocally disappointed.

4. Satan (Devilman)

I'll be real with you, I absolutely saw Crybaby before any other Devilman related thing and this is ummm. Not insignificantly influenced by my feelings about long haired Satan. Anyway. I love a good Satan. Everyone loves a good Satan. I love the deep commitment Satan has to his/their chosen people (the demons) and how desperately he/they works to preserve them. I'm also a huge sucker for a good pyrrhic victory, so what I'm really hooked on is the sincere, pure affection that Satan then develops for one special human who refuses to be taken in and sheltered and protected and saved from the annihilation of humanity. The ultimate symbol of Satan's victory is the destruction of that precious connection, and that's all it takes to make it all feel like it was for nothing. What a pure heart! And then there's all the time loop stuff as well, which is Spicy

Anyway, all Satans are valid but I'm only including one pic, so enjoy long haired Satan.

5. The Wood Sprite (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)

This is mostly an aesthetic pick... the truth is that as a character I liked Death better. But like. What an aesthetic. Is it cheating to pick two del Toro designs? I resisted the temptation to add Death as well!

Still, it feels a more substantial choice is needed. Thus, I cheat:

5. 82 White Chain Born in Emptiness Returns to Subdue Evil (Kill Six Billion Demons)

White Chain is a fantastic character with a substantial character arc dripping with ye olde trans allegory (we love a good trans angel in this house). She struggles throughout the series with the conflict between what she understands to be her duty as an angel upholding cosmic law and her compassion for mortals and desire to protect them. Already an outcast among her peers, she fears further alienation. Her form has also been becoming steadily more human-like: messy, complicated proof of connection she's desperate to deny and her superiors wish to stamp out. Her struggle to grow into her own identity is one of my favorite side character arcs in the comic.

4. Satan (Devilman)

I'll be real with you, I absolutely saw Crybaby before any other Devilman related thing and this is ummm. Not insignificantly influenced by my feelings about long haired Satan. Anyway. I love a good Satan. Everyone loves a good Satan. I love the deep commitment Satan has to his/their chosen people (the demons) and how desperately he/they works to preserve them. I'm also a huge sucker for a good pyrrhic victory, so what I'm really hooked on is the sincere, pure affection that Satan then develops for one special human who refuses to be taken in and sheltered and protected and saved from the annihilation of humanity. The ultimate symbol of Satan's victory is the destruction of that precious connection, and that's all it takes to make it all feel like it was for nothing. What a pure heart! And then there's all the time loop stuff as well. Who doesn't love being eternally trapped in a purgatory of realizing one's mistakes just a little too late to avert them.

Anyway, all Satans are valid but I'm only including one pic, so enjoy long haired Satan.

Honorary mention purely so I can add pictures of her: Eniale

Comedy isn't really my favorite genre, so I didn't expect much of Eniale & Dewiela. But the characters certainly have a lot of charm, and Kamome Shirahama's breathtaking art does a lot to make every moment feel special in a very light hearted series. I have a very strong fondness for Eniale. She's just a little goofball. She's a terrible angel and doesn't work even half as hard as her demonic counterpart (and self-consciously notes that she's far less powerful). She means so well, but she's shallow, airheaded, and selfish, and just tends to cause as many problems as she solves. Despite that, she's incredibly sincere and passionate when it counts. I really love that. She's just a goofy lil scamp! She's a goofy lil scamp and she makes me smile. Also here are some pictures of her.

[moon-calvary]

okay, finally watched The little mermaid, and just as the animated vers, it wasn’t a favorite. Yeah. Ariel is cute, Halle has an amazsing voice and she’s so pretty, but overall, it felt like another movie I’d watch on a boring sunday. The sisters had a pretty aesthetic and I’d lie if I said I don’t plan on draw them because I loved the designs, but didn’t actually made a huge impact as characters. Same for Triton. 

Now, what actually had me completely IN LOVE, was, as I expected, Ursula. Now, Vanessa was cute, she totally ate every second she was in there, but Melissa totally stole the movie for me. She was beautiful, she was funny, she was evil! She was everything the og Ursula was (could have had a better makeup/hair/cgi, but that´s not on Melissa), and this comes from someone who naver looked at Ursula nor thought of her when asked who her favorite disney villain was. 

So yeah, I wouldn’t rewatch the whole thing, but you can bet Imma be listening Poor unfortunate souls on a loop til the next month.

[theghostpinesmusic]

Wahtum Lake Loop (2/3)

Laying in a warm sleeping bag in my single-person tent tucked into the vegetation alongside the creek with the roar of the water in my ears all night was an almost indescribably peaceful feeling. I am not and have never been the heaviest sleeper when I'm backpacking, and that first night I slept for ten straight hours without waking up once.

What finally woke me was the sun mounting the eastern wall of the valley and filtering into my tent through the trees. I got up, stretched out limbs that had apparently been laying still for nearly half of a day, and took in my gigantic, extremely indulgent camping space in the morning's light.

The plan for day two was to leave most of my gear in The Perfect Spot and return to sleep there again that night. I would just fill my pack with a few necessities, cinch it down, and hike seven miles and 3,500 feet up to Wahtum Lake. There, I'd presumably take in the view, eat lunch, and then return to my camp to sleep again.

I got going early and made good time, but didn't take many pictures over the first few miles. The Eagle Creek valley and its environs continued to be beautiful, but it tended to be less striking (and certainly contained less waterfalls) on this second day. Initially, at least, the evidence of the Eagle Creek Fire was also more obvious, which meant a) the early afternoon sun felt blazingly hot without any tree cover and b) there was a lot of blowdown across the trail.

Despite all of the warnings I'd read about the early trail's vertiginous nature ahead of time, for my money the absolute scariest and sketchiest parts were actually between my tent and the Upper Eagle Creek Camp. This wasn't because of the trail construction: along here, the trail is actually way wider and less exposed than some of the sections near Tunnel Falls. Instead, it was because a few of the blown-down trees were so huge and so inconveniently fallen across the trail that I had to make a few moves that put me in serious danger of falling off the trail to get over or under them.

To be clear, this isn't a trail maintenance complaint or anything: these things happen, and I assume that Forest Service (and/or volunteer) crews will clear them out as soon as they're able. But just a heads-up: this section of the trail was really tricky, slow, and frustrating. And I had to do it twice in one day because I also had to come back down to the tent later on.

Eventually, though, I survived the platforming section of the hike and moved out of the Eagle Creek Fire burn zone for the first time right before reaching Upper Eagle Creek Camp.

I've written a bunch of times before in other trip reports about trying to find beauty in burnt areas and attempting to come to grips with fire's impact on "my" wilderness areas, but in this case this was legitimately (retroactively) sad to see. Most of the trail between the Eagle Creek Trailhead and Wahtum Lake travels through the burn zone and is (as I hope my pictures have shown) beautiful in spite of it (and, occasionally, because of it). But leaving the burn zone and entering the dense, wet forest of the Eagle Creek valley as it "should" be made clear just how much destruction the fire had wrought, and how little of that can or will be replaced, at least in my lifetime.

It was like stepping into a completely different world than the one I'd been passing through for the previous day-and-a-half. Some of the streams ran so fast and deep through such thick brush that I had trouble crossing them without taking an accidental dip.

Upper Eagle Creek Camp was another spot that seemed to have been a nice spot to camp once upon a time, but had been disheveled by erosion and fallen trees to the point that there was maybe one usable spot in the whole area, and that was only accessible via some very creative creek-crossing or valley-wall-descending that I didn't engage in myself.

Once out of the burn zone, there was only a little bit more climbing and winding around within the valley before reaching the lake. It was easier going here even though the trail steepened a bit, just because the unburnt trees blocked the sun. I felt like the temperature had dropped by twenty degrees.

Along the way, I heard but didn't see a pika, and saw one of my favorite rare (at least to me) flowers, the avalanche lily.

Then, I finally reached Wahtum Lake.

It was a nice lake in a beautiful basin, surrounded by lots of comfy-looking camp spots. Personally, I would not have wanted to carry all my gear up that extra 3,500 feet (and over that gnarly blowdown) just to camp there, but there are shorter trails that can be accessed off the interstate that would get you there in much shorter order. I imagine that this also means that the lake becomes pretty crowded pretty quickly on busy days. On this particular day, though, I was the only person there: in fact, I'd only seen one party of three hikers all day, since I'd left my campsite. It was quite the contrast from the previous day (as well as from the next day).

I dug the lake, and considering that I'd have to hike the same seven miles back downhill to get back to my tent, I felt like I'd certainly end up putting in enough miles for a "full" day if I'd turned around right then.

However, I'd seen an alluring-looking mountain peak to the northwest on my hike up to the lake, and a glance at my map told me that it was Chinidere Mountain. It was "only" another mile to the top, but also another eight hundred feet of climbing. And I would have to come back down, of course.

But there was a binocular icon on the map! Which means it's good! It's a good place to go and see with eyes!

So, I went to see with eyes.

It was an absolute grind uphill, actually. Even with a light daypack. It might have had something to do with the fact that I'd basically already climbed a Mount McLoughlin that day, or that it was really hot (heat dome!) or that suddenly there were biting flies everywhere. Hell, maybe it was all of them. But I kept going and once I got above treeline, the flies retreated into the shade, the heat was mitigated by a stiff breeze, and my sore legs were forgotten as I saw with eyes.

If I'd have used my geography brain for a few seconds, I would have realized that this was obviously true, but all of my best, old Cascades friends were here! Mount Hood, of summiting and Timberline Trail-hiking fame was closest and most obvious...

...but Saint Helens of winter climbing of old was there, too...

...and Mount Adams, the one that got me started doing all this stuff to begin with, with Rainier lurking in the background.

There was a group of older ladies already on the summit when I arrived, so I chatted with them for a few minutes about the climb and played with their dog, and then they left me to it as they began their descent. Alone, I was overwhelmed for a minute or two by the sudden, unexpected reveal of so many mountains/places that have played such a significant role in my life over the last fifteen years. I don't spend that much (enough?) time in northern Oregon or southern Washington these days, and the view fairly crushed me with nostalgia for a bit.

Then I took some photos, ate some trail mix, promised to return to Mount Adams someday (sooner rather than later) and started the long descent down the mountain and then back to camp.

There isn't much, really, to report about this return trip. I suppose that titling this whole trip report "Wahtum Lake Loop" is a little optimistic. It's actually not a loop or a lollypop: you're basically hiking fifteen miles up to Wahtum Lake and then returning the exact same fifteen miles back to the car. That's not absolutely a bad thing, but there isn't much to say about the stretch from the lake back down to Seven And A Half Mile Camp that I haven't said already in writing about the way up to the lake. The same blowdown was still there. It was still hot. I guess the fact that it was downhill instead of uphill was...better?

Regardless, by the time I got back down to where I'd started that morning, it was, again, late in the afternoon in spite of the length of a June day.

By the last mile or so, I was definitely tired of walking alone through the Eagle Creek valley, but I consoled myself by reminding me that there were certainly worse things I could have spent a day doing. And before long, I could see the tent peeking out of some bushes downriver ("downcreek"?) from me.

As I settled back in to my massive, one-person campsite, the thing I'd feared the previous night happened: a group of four backpackers approached the cluster of sites I was taking up from above, along the main trail. Selfishly, I was happy to see that there were just a few too many of them (and too many tents between them) to all fit in the spots that weren't currently occupied by my tent. They seemed to recognize this too and immediately asked if I knew if there were any other spots nearby that they could take.

With night falling, I was happy to be able to tell them that a quarter-mile further down the trail they could find a series of sites down in the brush that would more than suit their group. They took off happily, never to be seen (by me) again.

Nothing like being able to do a good deed while also getting to keep your ridiculously good tent spot all to yourself.

[thedivinefish]

TGIWednesday: Why am I so tired?

TGIWednesday News

Imagine hearing this every day from someone... "I'm so tired!" 🥱 Even if your partner worked in a warehouse all day in the heat moving boxes and came home every day and told you how tired they were, you'd finally one day say ENOUGH!  Let's do something about it! Here are some things to look at, test/fish out, explore and look into that could help!  WATER💧would be #1 are you drinking enough?🥤, parasites, thyroid issues and any and all viruses can cause this.  Are you getting enough B vitamins, real sleep 😴, eating clean and exercising for blood circulation🏃‍♀️‍➡️?  These can be a few of the culprits. Circulation is key too, napping and sleeping looking out the window to be rescued is not enough! It is always up to you and your choices.  You'll also want to check, if you're overwhelmed, exhausted mentally or physically as each category requires a different approach.  Daily Yoga🧘, Tai Chi, Pilates, Qi Gong, hitting the gym can only help balance out your energy.  Raising the consciousness level of your being can also make a huge difference and a special process is now available in our latest release Restore Point audio mp3 . Still perplexed?  Get on my schedule asap and let's check in with Spirit to find a pathway to get you back on track, energized and fully engaged in life! 

View Calendar First, Then Pay and Schedule 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins | Appointments

New MP3 Available Now!

Returning to Your Ethereal Restore Point Audio Processes

This a supportive clearing that uniquely focuses on restoring your Body and Mind to their purest state by collapsing and scrambling energy waves and then harmonizing your energetic frequencies on all levels to the point of creation, the original blueprint. When you can raise your energy, frequency and vibration even higher than it is now, it's as if we release all of the negative matter and feel restored to our original divine blueprint and splendor. It is like the thermostat for the whole house of your being.

Includes multiple Audio Processes on a 23-minute MP3 w/PDF 

Returning to the Restore Point of The Body

Returning to the Restore Point of The Mind

Releasing Unseen Interference

The Daily Float / 3-6-9 to 9-6-3

Assessing Your Reference Point on the Scale

Restore Point Clearings and Affirmations (7-min. MP3 loop)

What listeners are saying: "reinforcement of positive feelings", "feels like a brain reboot", "like a "squeegee clearing gunk off your windshield", "reminds me of my creative potency",  "it untangles the fish net of trauma and negative self-talk", "relaxing and rejuvenating to listen to", "easy to listen to but the impact is immense!", "very soothing and calming",  "I definitely felt lighter each time I listened",  "If you had to choose one clearing track from Jimmy’s treasure chest...this would be it!"  "a powerful recording creating an instant positive shift in wellbeing, calmness, peacefulness, and lightness."

Buy Restore Point - $49 USD

Get it now at the intro price of just $49  Claim this FREE BONUS with your order- a $25 value Cosmic Currency Clearings MP3 

This special "taster" mp3 recording has a total of 40 MyBeliefWorks clearings. All you need to do is listen and Jimmy will do the fishing for you!  The recording is embedded with the My Liquid Fish technology and is a preview of the upcoming full MyBeliefWorks Being in the Cosmic Currency Flow slated for release in Fall 2024.

These clearing statements can reset you back a restore point where you were energetically - prior to financial losses, bankruptcy, a bad divorce, job loss and so on!  They are the perfect compliment to our newest Ethereal Restore Point MP3 release. *MUST ADD BOTH ITEMS TO CART TO RECEIVE FREE AT CHECKOUT

TGIWednesday Video Download

 ~ ENERGIZE ME! ~

I believe, think, know and feel that I can become more energized as I read or hear this now!  I am ready, willing and able to take all steps necessary to get out of feeling tired, lethargic and sad.  I know when, where, how and why to take a holistic route to improving my life, my mood and my energy - and so it is.  I am communicating in all languages and timelines.  I know that a little daily progress will be the cause of the rest of my life being the best of my life! 

▶️ Watch here on YouTube - Please Like 👍 and Subscribe 🔔

Next  LIVE  Zoom Event

For the remainder of 2024, each month we will focus on the theme of Clearing the 7 Well-Springs of Life during our monthly Zoom event.  Body, Mind, Spirit, Relationships, Health, Money, Work/Job/Career/Purpose

THURSDAY JUNE 27, 2024 4:00pm ET  |  1:00pm PT  | 10:00pm UK Pre-registration is $22 30 minutes live | Includes replay access 👉https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/7-wellsprings-mind-clearings

Call #2 Theme:  Mind Clearings: Past/Present/Future

1) Past

I am releasing ________from my past

[would of, could of, should of, regrets, judgments, sadness, sorrow, loss of a loved one or pet. obsessive thoughts about how I would have done this or said that. Any and all things from the past that still tend to haunt me!

current overshadowing that is still with me from my past education, religion, politics or societal norms]

2) Present

I am now releasing________from my current/present. 

[overthinking about how to make it through today. Sadness and sorrow about the world we live in, any issues with finances, debt, family, children/grandchildren, work job/career/ relatives and relationships any and all mental illness, OCD, ADD, ADHD, addictions Rx meds etc]

3) Future

Please release from my mind______

[overthinking about money and outliving what I have. Catastrophic health issues, things that keep me up at night, wars, the dark parade of the unimaginable, aging and hauntings/dark energies. And any other worry that comes into your awareness about the future]   

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: After registration, submit your top 3 words/statements in the format above by Wed. the 26th to support@jimmymackhealing.com 

Be kind to our editors: please KEEP IT BRIEF :)

Register Here - $22

Come See Me in Tampa Office

SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions in Tampa. The next opportunity to book a session there is:

FRIDAY JULY 19TH | 10-4pm 

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $45 or 30-minutes $75. If you’re new to working with him, we suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy

http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

FREE Live Appearances

Watch and listen to hundreds of Radio Show replays for FREE here in the archives from the Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show.

https://thejimmymackhealingshow.com/

Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack Own this e-book so that you can read inspiration every day!

JUNE 19TH  "Today I will consider the perspective of others I will not take on their drama, trauma, mystery, and intrigue. I will not buy into their rage or misplaced aggression. In the sea of calamity, I will remain calm."   

**Can't See The Full Email? Click Here to View Online**

From the Fish Box

MY DAILY PRAYER TESTIMONIAL

  Hi Jimmy, I really enjoyed the Zoom session on Thursday.  And guess what, when doing my walking exercise today, I was able to go farther and stand straighter.  I so appreciate you and your abilities and feel blessed that Spirit led me to you. Love and Light," - Cheryl

The Fish Market

Our online shop is getting a makeover! Get a preview now as you look over the 40+ audio titles in our MyBeliefWorks Audio Collections. Find a topic that addresses your issue(s)  We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better and we are ALWAYS working on the next one. Don’t forget… you can share these with your immediate friends and family. 🏆 Best Sellers

💸 The Prosperity Collection  🧘 The Body, Mind and Spirit Collection 🙂 The Improve Your Life Collection 💻 Access 50+ Videos in the Zoom Replay Collection 

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you. Looking for a new job?  Going through a court proceeding? Upcoming surgery scheduled for you or a loved one?  Need help selling or buying a property? Troubled times in your relationship? These are just some of the life at the crossroads events that are ideal for My Daily Prayer program.

30 Days of Daily Prayer (single month) - $99/month This $99 service is for ONE SINGLE MONTH of 30 DAYS ONLY.  👉Click here After the 30 days, you will receive an email from Jimmy and have the opportunity to renew for an additional month plus update your list, but you are under no obligation.

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers.

**NOTE: Most clients save money and choose the auto-renew option listed below so they do not miss a single day of prayers PLUS they take advantage of the cummulative effects of this service over time. Monthly subscription - $95/month on auto-renew 

👉 PayPal for subscription Click here 

👉 Use Stripe for subscription Click here. 

*Anytime prior to your next scheduled payment within the 30 days, you can cancel or pause this service via email request.

---------------------------------

Could you use a private session? Are you feeling extra-crispy?  If so, you can now Book Appointments... View Availability First, Then Pay 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins  

​Visit our ​O​nline ​Training Center "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" - Lao Tzu

All are welcome to CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT to access the NEW and IMPROVED My Liquid Fish Change Made Simple Basic Training Course. Anchors Away Masterclass:  Sustain and clear and sovereign energetic field of dark energies and anomalies. Life Force Energy Masterclass: Enhance your fishing practice by approaching from a deeper, numeric level. MLF Mastery & Advanced Practitioner Certification Courses

Visit now, Click Here!

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[divinefishingtips]

TGIWednesday: Why am I so tired?

TGIWednesday News

Imagine hearing this every day from someone... "I'm so tired!" 🥱 Even if your partner worked in a warehouse all day in the heat moving boxes and came home every day and told you how tired they were, you'd finally one day say ENOUGH!  Let's do something about it! Here are some things to look at, test/fish out, explore and look into that could help!  WATER💧would be #1 are you drinking enough?🥤, parasites, thyroid issues and any and all viruses can cause this.  Are you getting enough B vitamins, real sleep 😴, eating clean and exercising for blood circulation🏃‍♀️‍➡️?  These can be a few of the culprits. Circulation is key too, napping and sleeping looking out the window to be rescued is not enough! It is always up to you and your choices.  You'll also want to check, if you're overwhelmed, exhausted mentally or physically as each category requires a different approach.  Daily Yoga🧘, Tai Chi, Pilates, Qi Gong, hitting the gym can only help balance out your energy.  Raising the consciousness level of your being can also make a huge difference and a special process is now available in our latest release Restore Point audio mp3 . Still perplexed?  Get on my schedule asap and let's check in with Spirit to find a pathway to get you back on track, energized and fully engaged in life! 

View Calendar First, Then Pay and Schedule 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins | Appointments

New MP3 Available Now!

Returning to Your Ethereal Restore Point Audio Processes

This a supportive clearing that uniquely focuses on restoring your Body and Mind to their purest state by collapsing and scrambling energy waves and then harmonizing your energetic frequencies on all levels to the point of creation, the original blueprint. When you can raise your energy, frequency and vibration even higher than it is now, it's as if we release all of the negative matter and feel restored to our original divine blueprint and splendor. It is like the thermostat for the whole house of your being.

Includes multiple Audio Processes on a 23-minute MP3 w/PDF 

Returning to the Restore Point of The Body

Returning to the Restore Point of The Mind

Releasing Unseen Interference

The Daily Float / 3-6-9 to 9-6-3

Assessing Your Reference Point on the Scale

Restore Point Clearings and Affirmations (7-min. MP3 loop)

What listeners are saying: "reinforcement of positive feelings", "feels like a brain reboot", "like a "squeegee clearing gunk off your windshield", "reminds me of my creative potency",  "it untangles the fish net of trauma and negative self-talk", "relaxing and rejuvenating to listen to", "easy to listen to but the impact is immense!", "very soothing and calming",  "I definitely felt lighter each time I listened",  "If you had to choose one clearing track from Jimmy’s treasure chest...this would be it!"  "a powerful recording creating an instant positive shift in wellbeing, calmness, peacefulness, and lightness."

Buy Restore Point - $49 USD

Get it now at the intro price of just $49  Claim this FREE BONUS with your order- a $25 value Cosmic Currency Clearings MP3 

This special "taster" mp3 recording has a total of 40 MyBeliefWorks clearings. All you need to do is listen and Jimmy will do the fishing for you!  The recording is embedded with the My Liquid Fish technology and is a preview of the upcoming full MyBeliefWorks Being in the Cosmic Currency Flow slated for release in Fall 2024.

These clearing statements can reset you back a restore point where you were energetically - prior to financial losses, bankruptcy, a bad divorce, job loss and so on!  They are the perfect compliment to our newest Ethereal Restore Point MP3 release. *MUST ADD BOTH ITEMS TO CART TO RECEIVE FREE AT CHECKOUT

TGIWednesday Video Download

 ~ ENERGIZE ME! ~

I believe, think, know and feel that I can become more energized as I read or hear this now!  I am ready, willing and able to take all steps necessary to get out of feeling tired, lethargic and sad.  I know when, where, how and why to take a holistic route to improving my life, my mood and my energy - and so it is.  I am communicating in all languages and timelines.  I know that a little daily progress will be the cause of the rest of my life being the best of my life! 

▶️ Watch here on YouTube - Please Like 👍 and Subscribe 🔔

Next  LIVE  Zoom Event

For the remainder of 2024, each month we will focus on the theme of Clearing the 7 Well-Springs of Life during our monthly Zoom event.  Body, Mind, Spirit, Relationships, Health, Money, Work/Job/Career/Purpose

THURSDAY JUNE 27, 2024 4:00pm ET  |  1:00pm PT  | 10:00pm UK Pre-registration is $22 30 minutes live | Includes replay access 👉https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/7-wellsprings-mind-clearings

Call #2 Theme:  Mind Clearings: Past/Present/Future

1) Past

I am releasing ________from my past

[would of, could of, should of, regrets, judgments, sadness, sorrow, loss of a loved one or pet. obsessive thoughts about how I would have done this or said that. Any and all things from the past that still tend to haunt me!

current overshadowing that is still with me from my past education, religion, politics or societal norms]

2) Present

I am now releasing________from my current/present. 

[overthinking about how to make it through today. Sadness and sorrow about the world we live in, any issues with finances, debt, family, children/grandchildren, work job/career/ relatives and relationships any and all mental illness, OCD, ADD, ADHD, addictions Rx meds etc]

3) Future

Please release from my mind______

[overthinking about money and outliving what I have. Catastrophic health issues, things that keep me up at night, wars, the dark parade of the unimaginable, aging and hauntings/dark energies. And any other worry that comes into your awareness about the future]   

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: After registration, submit your top 3 words/statements in the format above by Wed. the 26th to support@jimmymackhealing.com 

Be kind to our editors: please KEEP IT BRIEF :)

Register Here - $22

Come See Me in Tampa Office

SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions in Tampa. The next opportunity to book a session there is:

FRIDAY JULY 19TH | 10-4pm 

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $45 or 30-minutes $75. If you’re new to working with him, we suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy

http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

FREE Live Appearances

Watch and listen to hundreds of Radio Show replays for FREE here in the archives from the Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show.

https://thejimmymackhealingshow.com/

Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack Own this e-book so that you can read inspiration every day!

JUNE 19TH  "Today I will consider the perspective of others I will not take on their drama, trauma, mystery, and intrigue. I will not buy into their rage or misplaced aggression. In the sea of calamity, I will remain calm."   

**Can't See The Full Email? Click Here to View Online**

From the Fish Box

MY DAILY PRAYER TESTIMONIAL

  Hi Jimmy, I really enjoyed the Zoom session on Thursday.  And guess what, when doing my walking exercise today, I was able to go farther and stand straighter.  I so appreciate you and your abilities and feel blessed that Spirit led me to you. Love and Light," - Cheryl

The Fish Market

Our online shop is getting a makeover! Get a preview now as you look over the 40+ audio titles in our MyBeliefWorks Audio Collections. Find a topic that addresses your issue(s)  We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better and we are ALWAYS working on the next one. Don’t forget… you can share these with your immediate friends and family. 🏆 Best Sellers

💸 The Prosperity Collection  🧘 The Body, Mind and Spirit Collection 🙂 The Improve Your Life Collection 💻 Access 50+ Videos in the Zoom Replay Collection 

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you. Looking for a new job?  Going through a court proceeding? Upcoming surgery scheduled for you or a loved one?  Need help selling or buying a property? Troubled times in your relationship? These are just some of the life at the crossroads events that are ideal for My Daily Prayer program.

30 Days of Daily Prayer (single month) - $99/month This $99 service is for ONE SINGLE MONTH of 30 DAYS ONLY.  👉Click here After the 30 days, you will receive an email from Jimmy and have the opportunity to renew for an additional month plus update your list, but you are under no obligation.

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers.

**NOTE: Most clients save money and choose the auto-renew option listed below so they do not miss a single day of prayers PLUS they take advantage of the cummulative effects of this service over time. Monthly subscription - $95/month on auto-renew 

👉 PayPal for subscription Click here 

👉 Use Stripe for subscription Click here. 

*Anytime prior to your next scheduled payment within the 30 days, you can cancel or pause this service via email request.

---------------------------------

Could you use a private session? Are you feeling extra-crispy?  If so, you can now Book Appointments... View Availability First, Then Pay 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins  

​Visit our ​O​nline ​Training Center "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" - Lao Tzu

All are welcome to CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT to access the NEW and IMPROVED My Liquid Fish Change Made Simple Basic Training Course. Anchors Away Masterclass:  Sustain and clear and sovereign energetic field of dark energies and anomalies. Life Force Energy Masterclass: Enhance your fishing practice by approaching from a deeper, numeric level. MLF Mastery & Advanced Practitioner Certification Courses

Visit now, Click Here!

TGIFunny

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-------------------------------------------------- TGIW newsletter managed by: Sandy Bidinger Digital Marketing Specialist at SMBeConnected Solutions www.sandybidinger.com

[365dailyaffirmations]

TGIWednesday: Why am I so tired?

TGIWednesday News

Imagine hearing this every day from someone... "I'm so tired!" 🥱 Even if your partner worked in a warehouse all day in the heat moving boxes and came home every day and told you how tired they were, you'd finally one day say ENOUGH!  Let's do something about it! Here are some things to look at, test/fish out, explore and look into that could help!  WATER💧would be #1 are you drinking enough?🥤, parasites, thyroid issues and any and all viruses can cause this.  Are you getting enough B vitamins, real sleep 😴, eating clean and exercising for blood circulation🏃‍♀️‍➡️?  These can be a few of the culprits. Circulation is key too, napping and sleeping looking out the window to be rescued is not enough! It is always up to you and your choices.  You'll also want to check, if you're overwhelmed, exhausted mentally or physically as each category requires a different approach.  Daily Yoga🧘, Tai Chi, Pilates, Qi Gong, hitting the gym can only help balance out your energy.  Raising the consciousness level of your being can also make a huge difference and a special process is now available in our latest release Restore Point audio mp3 . Still perplexed?  Get on my schedule asap and let's check in with Spirit to find a pathway to get you back on track, energized and fully engaged in life! 

View Calendar First, Then Pay and Schedule 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins | Appointments

New MP3 Available Now!

Returning to Your Ethereal Restore Point Audio Processes

This a supportive clearing that uniquely focuses on restoring your Body and Mind to their purest state by collapsing and scrambling energy waves and then harmonizing your energetic frequencies on all levels to the point of creation, the original blueprint. When you can raise your energy, frequency and vibration even higher than it is now, it's as if we release all of the negative matter and feel restored to our original divine blueprint and splendor. It is like the thermostat for the whole house of your being.

Includes multiple Audio Processes on a 23-minute MP3 w/PDF 

Returning to the Restore Point of The Body

Returning to the Restore Point of The Mind

Releasing Unseen Interference

The Daily Float / 3-6-9 to 9-6-3

Assessing Your Reference Point on the Scale

Restore Point Clearings and Affirmations (7-min. MP3 loop)

What listeners are saying: "reinforcement of positive feelings", "feels like a brain reboot", "like a "squeegee clearing gunk off your windshield", "reminds me of my creative potency",  "it untangles the fish net of trauma and negative self-talk", "relaxing and rejuvenating to listen to", "easy to listen to but the impact is immense!", "very soothing and calming",  "I definitely felt lighter each time I listened",  "If you had to choose one clearing track from Jimmy’s treasure chest...this would be it!"  "a powerful recording creating an instant positive shift in wellbeing, calmness, peacefulness, and lightness."

Buy Restore Point - $49 USD

Get it now at the intro price of just $49  Claim this FREE BONUS with your order- a $25 value Cosmic Currency Clearings MP3 

This special "taster" mp3 recording has a total of 40 MyBeliefWorks clearings. All you need to do is listen and Jimmy will do the fishing for you!  The recording is embedded with the My Liquid Fish technology and is a preview of the upcoming full MyBeliefWorks Being in the Cosmic Currency Flow slated for release in Fall 2024.

These clearing statements can reset you back a restore point where you were energetically - prior to financial losses, bankruptcy, a bad divorce, job loss and so on!  They are the perfect compliment to our newest Ethereal Restore Point MP3 release. *MUST ADD BOTH ITEMS TO CART TO RECEIVE FREE AT CHECKOUT

TGIWednesday Video Download

 ~ ENERGIZE ME! ~

I believe, think, know and feel that I can become more energized as I read or hear this now!  I am ready, willing and able to take all steps necessary to get out of feeling tired, lethargic and sad.  I know when, where, how and why to take a holistic route to improving my life, my mood and my energy - and so it is.  I am communicating in all languages and timelines.  I know that a little daily progress will be the cause of the rest of my life being the best of my life! 

▶️ Watch here on YouTube - Please Like 👍 and Subscribe 🔔

Next  LIVE  Zoom Event

For the remainder of 2024, each month we will focus on the theme of Clearing the 7 Well-Springs of Life during our monthly Zoom event.  Body, Mind, Spirit, Relationships, Health, Money, Work/Job/Career/Purpose

THURSDAY JUNE 27, 2024 4:00pm ET  |  1:00pm PT  | 10:00pm UK Pre-registration is $22 30 minutes live | Includes replay access 👉https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/7-wellsprings-mind-clearings

Call #2 Theme:  Mind Clearings: Past/Present/Future

1) Past

I am releasing ________from my past

[would of, could of, should of, regrets, judgments, sadness, sorrow, loss of a loved one or pet. obsessive thoughts about how I would have done this or said that. Any and all things from the past that still tend to haunt me!

current overshadowing that is still with me from my past education, religion, politics or societal norms]

2) Present

I am now releasing________from my current/present. 

[overthinking about how to make it through today. Sadness and sorrow about the world we live in, any issues with finances, debt, family, children/grandchildren, work job/career/ relatives and relationships any and all mental illness, OCD, ADD, ADHD, addictions Rx meds etc]

3) Future

Please release from my mind______

[overthinking about money and outliving what I have. Catastrophic health issues, things that keep me up at night, wars, the dark parade of the unimaginable, aging and hauntings/dark energies. And any other worry that comes into your awareness about the future]   

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: After registration, submit your top 3 words/statements in the format above by Wed. the 26th to support@jimmymackhealing.com 

Be kind to our editors: please KEEP IT BRIEF :)

Register Here - $22

Come See Me in Tampa Office

SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions in Tampa. The next opportunity to book a session there is:

FRIDAY JULY 19TH | 10-4pm 

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $45 or 30-minutes $75. If you’re new to working with him, we suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy

http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

FREE Live Appearances

Watch and listen to hundreds of Radio Show replays for FREE here in the archives from the Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show.

https://thejimmymackhealingshow.com/

Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack Own this e-book so that you can read inspiration every day!

JUNE 19TH  "Today I will consider the perspective of others I will not take on their drama, trauma, mystery, and intrigue. I will not buy into their rage or misplaced aggression. In the sea of calamity, I will remain calm."   

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From the Fish Box

MY DAILY PRAYER TESTIMONIAL

  Hi Jimmy, I really enjoyed the Zoom session on Thursday.  And guess what, when doing my walking exercise today, I was able to go farther and stand straighter.  I so appreciate you and your abilities and feel blessed that Spirit led me to you. Love and Light," - Cheryl

The Fish Market

Our online shop is getting a makeover! Get a preview now as you look over the 40+ audio titles in our MyBeliefWorks Audio Collections. Find a topic that addresses your issue(s)  We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better and we are ALWAYS working on the next one. Don’t forget… you can share these with your immediate friends and family. 🏆 Best Sellers

💸 The Prosperity Collection  🧘 The Body, Mind and Spirit Collection 🙂 The Improve Your Life Collection 💻 Access 50+ Videos in the Zoom Replay Collection 

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you. Looking for a new job?  Going through a court proceeding? Upcoming surgery scheduled for you or a loved one?  Need help selling or buying a property? Troubled times in your relationship? These are just some of the life at the crossroads events that are ideal for My Daily Prayer program.

30 Days of Daily Prayer (single month) - $99/month This $99 service is for ONE SINGLE MONTH of 30 DAYS ONLY.  👉Click here After the 30 days, you will receive an email from Jimmy and have the opportunity to renew for an additional month plus update your list, but you are under no obligation.

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers.

**NOTE: Most clients save money and choose the auto-renew option listed below so they do not miss a single day of prayers PLUS they take advantage of the cummulative effects of this service over time. Monthly subscription - $95/month on auto-renew 

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*Anytime prior to your next scheduled payment within the 30 days, you can cancel or pause this service via email request.

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TGIWednesday: Why am I so tired?

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Imagine hearing this every day from someone... "I'm so tired!" 🥱 Even if your partner worked in a warehouse all day in the heat moving boxes and came home every day and told you how tired they were, you'd finally one day say ENOUGH!  Let's do something about it! Here are some things to look at, test/fish out, explore and look into that could help!  WATER💧would be #1 are you drinking enough?🥤, parasites, thyroid issues and any and all viruses can cause this.  Are you getting enough B vitamins, real sleep 😴, eating clean and exercising for blood circulation🏃‍♀️‍➡️?  These can be a few of the culprits. Circulation is key too, napping and sleeping looking out the window to be rescued is not enough! It is always up to you and your choices.  You'll also want to check, if you're overwhelmed, exhausted mentally or physically as each category requires a different approach.  Daily Yoga🧘, Tai Chi, Pilates, Qi Gong, hitting the gym can only help balance out your energy.  Raising the consciousness level of your being can also make a huge difference and a special process is now available in our latest release Restore Point audio mp3 . Still perplexed?  Get on my schedule asap and let's check in with Spirit to find a pathway to get you back on track, energized and fully engaged in life! 

View Calendar First, Then Pay and Schedule 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins | Appointments

New MP3 Available Now!

Returning to Your Ethereal Restore Point Audio Processes

This a supportive clearing that uniquely focuses on restoring your Body and Mind to their purest state by collapsing and scrambling energy waves and then harmonizing your energetic frequencies on all levels to the point of creation, the original blueprint. When you can raise your energy, frequency and vibration even higher than it is now, it's as if we release all of the negative matter and feel restored to our original divine blueprint and splendor. It is like the thermostat for the whole house of your being.

Includes multiple Audio Processes on a 23-minute MP3 w/PDF 

Returning to the Restore Point of The Body

Returning to the Restore Point of The Mind

Releasing Unseen Interference

The Daily Float / 3-6-9 to 9-6-3

Assessing Your Reference Point on the Scale

Restore Point Clearings and Affirmations (7-min. MP3 loop)

What listeners are saying: "reinforcement of positive feelings", "feels like a brain reboot", "like a "squeegee clearing gunk off your windshield", "reminds me of my creative potency",  "it untangles the fish net of trauma and negative self-talk", "relaxing and rejuvenating to listen to", "easy to listen to but the impact is immense!", "very soothing and calming",  "I definitely felt lighter each time I listened",  "If you had to choose one clearing track from Jimmy’s treasure chest...this would be it!"  "a powerful recording creating an instant positive shift in wellbeing, calmness, peacefulness, and lightness."

Buy Restore Point - $49 USD

Get it now at the intro price of just $49  Claim this FREE BONUS with your order- a $25 value Cosmic Currency Clearings MP3 

This special "taster" mp3 recording has a total of 40 MyBeliefWorks clearings. All you need to do is listen and Jimmy will do the fishing for you!  The recording is embedded with the My Liquid Fish technology and is a preview of the upcoming full MyBeliefWorks Being in the Cosmic Currency Flow slated for release in Fall 2024.

These clearing statements can reset you back a restore point where you were energetically - prior to financial losses, bankruptcy, a bad divorce, job loss and so on!  They are the perfect compliment to our newest Ethereal Restore Point MP3 release. *MUST ADD BOTH ITEMS TO CART TO RECEIVE FREE AT CHECKOUT

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 ~ ENERGIZE ME! ~

I believe, think, know and feel that I can become more energized as I read or hear this now!  I am ready, willing and able to take all steps necessary to get out of feeling tired, lethargic and sad.  I know when, where, how and why to take a holistic route to improving my life, my mood and my energy - and so it is.  I am communicating in all languages and timelines.  I know that a little daily progress will be the cause of the rest of my life being the best of my life! 

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Next  LIVE  Zoom Event

For the remainder of 2024, each month we will focus on the theme of Clearing the 7 Well-Springs of Life during our monthly Zoom event.  Body, Mind, Spirit, Relationships, Health, Money, Work/Job/Career/Purpose

THURSDAY JUNE 27, 2024 4:00pm ET  |  1:00pm PT  | 10:00pm UK Pre-registration is $22 30 minutes live | Includes replay access 👉https://calendly.com/jmh-calls/7-wellsprings-mind-clearings

Call #2 Theme:  Mind Clearings: Past/Present/Future

1) Past

I am releasing ________from my past

[would of, could of, should of, regrets, judgments, sadness, sorrow, loss of a loved one or pet. obsessive thoughts about how I would have done this or said that. Any and all things from the past that still tend to haunt me!

current overshadowing that is still with me from my past education, religion, politics or societal norms]

2) Present

I am now releasing________from my current/present. 

[overthinking about how to make it through today. Sadness and sorrow about the world we live in, any issues with finances, debt, family, children/grandchildren, work job/career/ relatives and relationships any and all mental illness, OCD, ADD, ADHD, addictions Rx meds etc]

3) Future

Please release from my mind______

[overthinking about money and outliving what I have. Catastrophic health issues, things that keep me up at night, wars, the dark parade of the unimaginable, aging and hauntings/dark energies. And any other worry that comes into your awareness about the future]   

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: After registration, submit your top 3 words/statements in the format above by Wed. the 26th to support@jimmymackhealing.com 

Be kind to our editors: please KEEP IT BRIEF :)

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SWANN HOLISTIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS  

Jimmy Mack will be offering sessions at Dr. Charla Tempone’s office at Swann Holistic Health Solutions in Tampa. The next opportunity to book a session there is:

FRIDAY JULY 19TH | 10-4pm 

Please call their office directly at  ☎️ (813) 873-7773 in order to get on the schedule for 15-minutes $45 or 30-minutes $75. If you’re new to working with him, we suggest you schedule 30 minutes.

403 S. Habana Ave. Tampa, FL 33609 Just south of Azeele next to Skin Savvy

http://www.ctholisticsolutions.com

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Watch and listen to hundreds of Radio Show replays for FREE here in the archives from the Jimmy Mack Healing Radio show.

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Fish Food 

The Daily Bread To Feed The Fish

Tell the Fish - 365 Daily Inspirations and Affirmations - by Jimmy Mack Own this e-book so that you can read inspiration every day!

JUNE 19TH  "Today I will consider the perspective of others I will not take on their drama, trauma, mystery, and intrigue. I will not buy into their rage or misplaced aggression. In the sea of calamity, I will remain calm."   

**Can't See The Full Email? Click Here to View Online**

From the Fish Box

MY DAILY PRAYER TESTIMONIAL

  Hi Jimmy, I really enjoyed the Zoom session on Thursday.  And guess what, when doing my walking exercise today, I was able to go farther and stand straighter.  I so appreciate you and your abilities and feel blessed that Spirit led me to you. Love and Light," - Cheryl

The Fish Market

Our online shop is getting a makeover! Get a preview now as you look over the 40+ audio titles in our MyBeliefWorks Audio Collections. Find a topic that addresses your issue(s)  We had a lot of help downloading & channeling these over the years & they keep getting better and we are ALWAYS working on the next one. Don’t forget… you can share these with your immediate friends and family. 🏆 Best Sellers

💸 The Prosperity Collection  🧘 The Body, Mind and Spirit Collection 🙂 The Improve Your Life Collection 💻 Access 50+ Videos in the Zoom Replay Collection 

Receive 24/7 Prayers from Jimmy

Your name will be added to a special VIP Prayer list where Jimmy will use his intelligent computer software, src4you which runs 24/7, to delete the negative and increase the strength of the positive creating a higher probability of favorable outcomes for you. Looking for a new job?  Going through a court proceeding? Upcoming surgery scheduled for you or a loved one?  Need help selling or buying a property? Troubled times in your relationship? These are just some of the life at the crossroads events that are ideal for My Daily Prayer program.

30 Days of Daily Prayer (single month) - $99/month This $99 service is for ONE SINGLE MONTH of 30 DAYS ONLY.  👉Click here After the 30 days, you will receive an email from Jimmy and have the opportunity to renew for an additional month plus update your list, but you are under no obligation.

You can add yourself and those living in your immediate household and yes you can include pets! Merely include everyone’s names and Jimmy will add them to his daily prayers.

**NOTE: Most clients save money and choose the auto-renew option listed below so they do not miss a single day of prayers PLUS they take advantage of the cummulative effects of this service over time. Monthly subscription - $95/month on auto-renew 

👉 PayPal for subscription Click here 

👉 Use Stripe for subscription Click here. 

*Anytime prior to your next scheduled payment within the 30 days, you can cancel or pause this service via email request.

---------------------------------

Could you use a private session? Are you feeling extra-crispy?  If so, you can now Book Appointments... View Availability First, Then Pay 15 mins  | 30 mins  | 60 mins  

​Visit our ​O​nline ​Training Center "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" - Lao Tzu

All are welcome to CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT to access the NEW and IMPROVED My Liquid Fish Change Made Simple Basic Training Course. Anchors Away Masterclass:  Sustain and clear and sovereign energetic field of dark energies and anomalies. Life Force Energy Masterclass: Enhance your fishing practice by approaching from a deeper, numeric level. MLF Mastery & Advanced Practitioner Certification Courses

Visit now, Click Here!

TGIFunny

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[nickelsdrocs]

Muttering obscenities under his breath, the small figure hurries past crowds with the ferocity of someone ten times his size. Paying no mind to the aggravated— or on the rare occasion, concerned —looks, Ken'ichi goes through hypotethical argument after argument under his breath. Knowing his twin so well he's pretty sure he's perfectly mimicking their retorts, the conversation that HAD happened earlier still plays on loop in his mind. Yet again, they'd clashed over where Ken'ichi spends the majority of his time. Never mind the money he'd added to their stash. No, all Jun'ichi could focus on was some bruising on his arms— as if worse things hadn't happened.

An argument that, as usual, hadn't helped calm things down.

So engrossed by his sibling's lack of perspective, he abruptly rounds a corner and CRASHES into another student. Far too small to do any real damage, he stumbles back with a yelped curse from the impact, short heels clacking against the ground as he miraculously manages to regain his balance. Breathing heavily from the spike of adrenaline, he sucks in a few steadying ones as he brushes his messy bangs from his face. Fixing his jacket— unzipped in the front to showcase his body outfit while still covering his bruised arms —with a huff, he glares up at the other. Wasting no more time to snap, ❝ Watch where you're going! You could have made me twist an ankle or something! ❞

Which true, wouldn't have been an issue for HIM, considering his enhanced healing abilities... but it still would have been annoying to deal with. And this guy doesn't know that anyway. - (( *literally shoves a brat @ Hitoshi* ))

@not-bcring

Today was turning out to be a shit luck day. To start, his dorm room window had come open in the middle of the night, and some birds had come and made a complete mess of his homework. Then, his pen exploded while he was using it, ruining his very expensive shirt, and he didn't have time to change before a stock holder's meeting he was told was absolutely mandatory. It ended up being a huge fucking waste time as he never needed to speak once in the whole two hours he was there. He tried to calm down by processing some of the photos he'd taken recently and accidentally spilled the photo solution all over himself and the pictures, overexposing them. Finally, after changing again, Hitoshi decided to go to the kitchen to get a snack and wait for the universe to balance itself out.

Except he didn't even make it to the kitchen before a little bullet of a body collide with his chest. Looks like his luck was slowly starting to turn around seeing as whoever charged into him barely budged him while sending themselves backward. Though, they seemed to be in just as bad as a mood as Hitoshi by the way they snapped at him when they ran into him. Staring down at the other, he quickly decided this wasn't worth his time, and with only a raised eyebrow as a response, he simply moved around the tiny boy and continued on his way.

[no-psi-nan]

There's no need for that — Kusuke already has an on-screen revelation!

Kusuke had already resigned himself to not being able to challenge Kusuo any more after deleting his powers, because it would be "one-sided bullying".

It's extremely sad and disappointing for Kusuke because messing with Kusuo is pretty much the only fun he ever has, even though he knows that Kusuo hates these competitions. That's why he always has to force Kusuo to play, either through the fake limiter, or by setting up some other consequence, like taking his friends hostage or threatening to make his robotic double streak naked at school.

The cat tank was Kusuke's attempt to win against Kusuo once and for all before fulfilling Kusuo's wish for deleting his powers. Since studying Kusuo's powers is basically Kusuke's life work, it kinda seems like he planned on coasting on that victory for the rest of his life hsfjdlshfks

But since Kusuke lost again, he has to resign himself to never having won and never getting another chance to win. Not very fulfilling, and now he's going to have no hobbies any more.

Which is why Kusuo's offer, to keep playing a little longer, has such an impact on Kusuke! Kusuo NEVER volunteers to play, he's always either responding to Kusuke's challenge or has to be forced into it! And Kusuo making this offer shows that he understands that Kusuke actually made a huge sacrifice in giving Saiki the power deleter, because it essentially means giving up his life's purpose.

It's an incredibly kind gesture, inspired by Akechi's genuine expression of love and kindness in testing his abilities against Kusuo's — not to win and assert dominance, but to check whether he presents enough of a challenge to be fun to play against, because Akechi just wants to be best friends who have fun together again.

Kusuo hasn't gotten to have fun in games since childhood probably! Every single one has been pretty much life or death for the last decade (including time loops), and even when he's not battling Kusuke he has to carefully fake mediocrity at school sports or risk everything.

But when playing with Akechi, the only stakes at play are a slice of cake, and Akechi doesn't even gloat about his win or claim superiority. It shows Kusuo what playing CAN be like, and so he's able to turn around and share that idea with Kusuke instead.

And for Kusuke to be presented with the chance to just play without having to figure out how to coerce Kusuo into participating each time, this is huge! Of course, it's a limited time offer since Kusuo does plan to delete his powers soon, but the fact that Kusuo offered at all is an incredible reversal of a lifetime of animosity.

And that's why Kusuke is chill and cooperative for the rest of the series. He did his big final blow-out evil gambit (though he lost), got a little more playtime then he had resigned himself to, and his relationship with his brother is better than ever. In fact, Kusuo actually trusts him enough to ask for his help with the volcano (after spending 6 years in the loop).

In response, Kusuke moves back home to supervise Kusuo while he removes his powers and seems to be genuine in his advice to help Kusuo stay "powerless". Of course Kusuke can't help but be excited when Kusuo's powers return though, that's literally all of his enrichment ever. But STILL Kusuke tries to come up with an alternative solution for the meteor based on what he has on hand to give Kusuo a chance to live "powerless" a little longer.

Anyways, it's shown only subtly in canon but Kusuke and Kusuo really turn their whole 20+ year rivalry around as soon as Akechi shows Kusuo that kindness and new way to play, and it's really so powerful when you think about it!!

i love the idea that kusuke had some sort of life-altering revelation offscreen after the cattank incident. like he and kusuo never actually properly talk it out but the next time kusuke shows up he just treats kusuo like a normal brother (relatively of course) and its never addressed