#c: banzai

[ihatedangling]

".............."

"WHAT YEAR IS IT!?!"

[passimtemere]

Won't ANYONE feed this poor hyena he hungee

[iholli]

actually I do have one [1] complaint.

where were the Chain Chomps !!!

[ihatedangling]

OOCH! OUCH!! OWWIE!! Someone baked his paws during his sunbath and now they huuuuuuuurt.

[passimtemere]

"Pppfff. Good one Cadmus." They snort. "Almost made me snort blackberry soda out my nose though."

[ihatedangling]

Banzai's attention turns toward where the cub's attention was currently fixated.

Oh! Uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh.... Yeah Banzai may be bold but he's not about to take on a rhino by himself. Even Ed knows better than that.

"HAH! That's a good one!" Surely that had to be a joke. Impressive for such a little cub. But then when he looks down and sees that expression on the little cubs face.

"Yeeeeaaaah. No. I don't think so, kiddo. Keep that spirit though." Even with the whole clan they would have to be quite desperate to go after a full grown rhino.

@spottedmischief

His head points to the direction of a rhino. It’s still far away and luckily has not spotted them but the large creature is rubbing its horn against a tree. He has never seen anything like that before! Cheezi spotted it though - he spotted prey! At least he hopes that it's prey. Whatever it is, it's large enough to get full! His tail wags.

“Zai,“ Cheezi repeats, nudging his side gently with his little red nose and pointed back into the direction. Then, he looks back up at the older hyena, chomping the air.

He is trying to tell Banzai that he should take it down so they can feast!

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

missed opportunities

This isn’t meant to be a summary or a translation of the Sunset Savanna event!! I just wanted to share my thoughts surrounding the actual tournament and the characters involved in the overall story.

I felt like??? This event was originally meant to be much bigger and much more elaborate than what we got. Is that just me?? Don’t get me wrong, what we ended up with was… okay. It was serviceable. It worked. I just feel like it could have easily been more, but there had to be significant downsizing for some reason.

One thing that kind of confused me was the hyping up of the Catch the Tail tournament versus what we actually got?? (Loved the tourism part though, hearing about local foods, stories, and customs is fun!) I understand the cultural significance of the game, but a tournament arc doesn't work that well if we're only invested in one side; obviously, we'll be rooting for NRC to win because we know them the best and have spent the most time with them, but... They have no significant rival or opposition to go against (which is at least one thing episode 5 had going for it in the form of Vil vs Neige, and even in the Harveston event when the Seven Dwarves reappear). We don't even really have names or faces to think of as their foes. We aren't really given the chance to cheer for anyone else. Like???? NRC's first opponents get no artwork at all, and then we slip through ALL the other matches to the very end. Their last opponents are supposedly Cheka's usual trio of guards--except they're just beastmen mobs A, B, and C. What happened to the lore about "most of the important roles being fulfilled by female warriors"?? You really going to sit here and tell me that the people assigned to guard the person who is essentially the future of your country aren't roles traditionally fulfilled by strong lionesses? All three of the roles just happened be occupied by easily reused male assets? Even the replacement/temporary guards assigned to Cheka were women, and the way the originals were foreshadowed made it seem like they would later be a big deal or the "rivals" NRC had to overcome in their final matchup. They technically were, but they were just your typical run-of-the-mill mobs. (And what a waste, because they comment in the game that the leader of the guards is a HYENA. You could have easily made these three mobs twisted Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed.) They have some investment, being that Kifaji trained them and they are bitter about having won previous years but Leona stood them up for training. It’s basically one big ploy to circumvent Leona not wanting to give the warrior lessons to the winning team, a way to counteract his laziness. It makes sense for the story, but it isn’t very high-stakes.

The first team NRC fought against was even more unremarkable; they cheated just as much as NRC did and didn't even compensate for it with at least recognizable artwork or personalities. In fact, they got NO art at all. If anything, this team should have been the run-of-the-mill mobs from how generically mean they were.

It feels like this event had a handful of red herrings and cheeky lines thrown in to tease at the reveal of significant new characters, only to never follow through on them. I like Kifaji, and it's reasonable that Leona says tourists like the NRC kids can't possibly meet the head of state (Farena/Falena). However, I don't like that a lot surrounding Cheka's guards amounted to nothing?? They even mention they have a member to substitute in that's a retired imperial guard, but that ends up being of no real importance either… (he throws the match because Kalim showed him great kindness earlier by buying him a bus when his original breaks down.) It’s more like a convenience that lets Leona swap in and cinch the win for NRC even though he’s not able to formally compete). It's in-character for Leona to play dirty but it’s still so... anticlimactic????? Especially since the competition is supposedly for the best warriors to prove their wits and might.

Another missed opportunity is that??? The competition is supposedly open to anyone, even those from outside the Sunset Savanna. That may very well be just a writing loophole for Leona to easily shoehorn Kalim/Jack, Vil, and Lilia in as competitors, but there's so much more you could do with that idea!

Maybe there are other outsiders come to fight for the title. Maybe Rook shows up as a competitor to spook them if the devs don't want to design that many actual "rivals" with unique designs or new faces. Maybe there are your "non-traditional" fighters as well, people that are very young (just for the lols, imagine a kid Cheka's size kicking butt, using their small size and speed to their advantage) or very old (Rafiki weaponizing his wisdom and experience in combat, idk) but are still skilled enough in their own right to participate. Maybe show us more types of beastmen and how they use their specific animal’s physical traits to their advantage! I don't know how likely it is for merfolk or fae to join (since those races seem like recluses compared to beastmen and humans and merpeople don't do well in arid climates), but it would have been cool to see others throw their hats into the ring!

There were probably just limitations in place due to this being a hometown event…? It wouldn't be fair for the others to only feature one new character while this one features a TON of them, nor would it be fair for this hometown even to be significantly longer or more detailed than the others. Basically only the Halloween events are super extensive. In which case, I get it. I still would have really liked to see this concept more fleshed out and fully realized though!

[rose-tea-and-strawberries]

One of my favourite twst fanfics has the premise of the dorm leaders competing for the affections of an oblivious Yuu. In Leona’s chapter, Leona kept bringing fresh meat (as in live animals lol) for food to Yuu as a part of his courting ritual. (He gave her a rabbit once and she made it a pet called Mr. Rabbit Rosetarts after Riddle)

Ruggie was the one who pointed out to him that Yuu wouldn’t understand what beastman rituals were. Now, Leona’s mad that Simba and Nala have been giving him the wrong advice. Also, could you imagine that Leona was also bringing meat to a vegetarian Mc (that wouldn’t fly with my mc).

YES! YES! YES!

Yuu has been through hell and back in this world so she deserves to have handsome boys simping over her and having every single Disney animated character adopt her as a daughter/sister/niece.

When I was first brainstorming this AU I had this scene in my head where Ruggie and Jack were visiting her at her job and she notes to them how strange Leona is acting recently. When asked to elaborate she basically lists every single way male lions court females (at least the ones that would make sense. Let me make it clear that in no way, shape or form does Leona ever urinate on anything that isn't a commode) and Ruggie, Jack and practically every single animal is incredibly amused at how oblivious she is. I mean, practically all big cats have similar mating rituals like head rubbing/nuzzling so I can imagine Bagheera and Shere Khan just shaking their heads and chuckling at how adorably confused Yuu is when Ruggie just starts hyena cackling.

(why can't other cats nuzzle heads to show affection. The only time my cat comes near my head it's to eat my hair and yes she does it often)

Yuu is getting concerned with how hard Ruggie's laughing that she doesn't even catch his "holy seven, he's scenting her - he's shishi trying shi to shi cour-court shishishi" in between laughs as Jack can't tell whether to smile or also be concerned because Ruggie has been laughing really hard for a really long time, doesn't he need oxygen?

Yuu's just confused like 'why are you laughing? do you understand what's happening? is it a lion thing?'

Jack is like 'well-' before Ruggie covers his mouth and says 'yeah it's a lion thing' before offering no other explanation even when Yuu begs him to tell her because what if he's like sick.

He is sick, Yuu. He's incredibly love sick. He's also got a case of basorexia if you catch my drift.

Ruggie's just like 'when you get it, you get it' and so she just continues on with her work.

Don't think Simba and Nala are the only lions in the club giving bad advice. The OG LeonaYuu shipper, the icon himself, Scar is there plotting ways to get Leona together with Yuu. Only his strategic prowess usually leans more towards fratricide than it does romance.

In my head, I don't think Leona thinks Simba and Nala's advice was bad because he was raised to believe that lion courting rituals are the way to woo any female since it works for everyone in his family. He just thinks Yuu is too dense to understand what he's doing (I mean, she is)

I don't think Leona would give Yuu meat if she's a vegetarian whether he's romantically interested in her or not. It has nothing to do with respecting women - it's just a decent thing to do. He's very intelligent so he'd definitely know for sure that she doesn't eat meat even if she doesn't tell him. So we don't have to worry about that happening.

I also had this in mind from Yuu misunderstanding a blatant flirting attempt from Leona before she gets called away to another room:

"Of all the herbivores I had to fall for, it had to be her," Leona groaned, lifting his head from his crossed arms on the table to glare at the way Ruggie, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed were outright cackling at his frustration, "why can't she get it through her thick skull that I'm trying to court her?"

"Maybe because you're trying to attract her like she's a lioness," Ruggie stated, wiping a tear from his eye, "In case you didn't notice, boss, she isn't one."

"I know that," Leona griped, "she's nothing like the lionesses in my pride. She's ten times the lion I've ever met. I just don't get how she can be so-so-"

"Dumb?" Ruggie offered.

"Hey," Jack frowned at his upperclassman along with several other patrons who felt displeasure at the insult towards their beloved waitress, "she's a top student."

"You can get 100 percent in an exam and still be dumb."

"Well Yuu isn't," Jack crossed his arms, "she's one of the smartest people I know."

"I know, Wolfie," Ruggie smirked at his underclassmen's protectiveness, " I respect her as well but you gotta admit that even someone smart enough to defeat overblots without magic has got to be pretty blind to not see how everyone falls over their feet for her."

I forgot what would happen next which sucks because I actually really liked that one storyline I wrote in my head when I was tryingto fall asleep.

There was this other scene where Leona and Cheka are in the club and Cheka confused that Yuu doesn't get that she's being courted and Leona is the one explaining that humans and lionesses are different that I want to write out but I have a few WIPs that I feel really guilty not completing so I'll probably finish those first.

[passimtemere]

"Yeah well Mama can be wrong sometimes."

"Uh huh! Mama says yes."

[solarsonicsoda]

Wrestlemania Main Event Reviews - Wrestlemania X

Bret Hart def. Yokozuna (c) w/ Mr. Fuji & Jim Cornette for the WWF World Championship with special guest referee “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in 10:38

Round 2! Yokozuna is out first despite being champion and here comes Hart! Also, look at the trousers on Cornette! Yokozuna attacks as Bret gets in the ring! He fights back but Yokozuna is too strong. Big chop and strikes to Hart. Brutal powerslam and Yokozuna continues to work over Hart. Cornette is scared off the apron by Piper, and Hart dodges a splash. He mounts a comeback and hits a headbutt, Hart is down but Yokozuna also teeters and falls. They brawl on the mat and Bret looks hurt! He keeps up the fight but Yokozuna is strong. He keeps it up and is able to knock him down. Cornette pulls Piper out before a three count and gets knocked out for his troubles. Yokozuna is back on top but he’s tired. Leg drop to Hart and he sizes up the challenger. Throws Hart out and Piper counts but he gets in just in time. Yokozuna grabs him straight away and attacks him in the corner. A running attack but Hart dodges and a top rope bulldog, just like the previous year! 2-count. Elbow drop! 2-count. Wicked clothesline and they’re both down, Bret gets the cover but it’s still not enough. Yokozuna catches a diving Hart with a belly-to-belly and drags him over for the Banzai Drop. He falls and Hart dodges, cover, and Bret Hart wins! Yokozuna is immediately devastated by his loss. Weird finish. Yokozuna chases Piper to the back. I genuinely feel bad for Yokozuna, his mistake cost him. Poor guy. Luger comes out to celebrate. Followed by all the faces and also Burt Reynolds. I think there’s other celebrities but I don’t know them. Savage and Monsoon also come out. They all hold him aloft and Owen Hart shakes his head on the ramp as Savage invites him in.

Pros: Alright action, Hart’s story across the night is good Cons: Uneventful match, retreads the same ground, weird finish

Not quite on the level of other Wrestlemania X matches. Fine match, just nothing too interesting with an odd finish. An improvement on the last two years but not by much. Really nothing to say about this one. 

2 STARS OUT OF 5

[hitchell-mope]

Who is the best Disney villain? Part 4.

[ihatedangling]

Also thoughts on your nephew + son

Cheezi is the best! Son can do no wrong. Ed is so proud of how far he's come. Even if he's made mistakes.... Yes. Everyone makes mistakes! But Ed is proud proud proud.

"An ankle biter. Likes to get into trouble. Never a dull moment with that fuzzball that's for sure." Banzai chuckles. "Sure he was annoyin' at first but...Well he grows on you."

@spottedmischief

[ihatedangling]

"Ey! That's what I was gonna say!"

Someone say hyena?

[passimtemere]

"OOOOOOOOhhhhhhh. Who's fightin' who's fightin'"

[putschki1969]

Keiko’s Room #34 Live Broadcast Birthday Special with Hikaru!

Ohhh! This was a lot of fun. Keiko started by singing “Yoru no Uso to”. I think I preferred the version from her fan club event but it was a neat intro. She got a huge Sabon adventcalendar with bath and body products. Looks fancy and costs around €100. Also, I am noticing that Hikaru is wearing her Kalafina pinky ring (just like Keiko always does). Dammit, I think I will have no choice but to buy it when I am in Japan (even though it’s currently quite expensive T_T). LOL at Hikaru wanting to introduce herself b some people might not know her. Keiko is like, “there’s literally no need since everyone knows who you are XD” They gathered a ton of questions but they barely got through any of them. Seems like Hikaru is still a big fan of potatoes and chicken whereas Keiko is all about red meat (and zero carbs as we all know). They started talking about potatoes because fans keep posting potato emojis instead of clapping emojis (it’s a joke among those who regularly watch Keiko’s Insta Lives where she once mistook the clapping emoji for a potato). As expected there is some anime talk but Hikaru hasn’t had much time recently to watch anything new so she doesn’t really have any good recommendations for Hikaru. They talk about what sort of animal they see each other as. Hikaru describes Keiko as squirrel and Keiko chooses a seal for Hikaru. When asked about each other’s favourite song, Hikaru says “Hitori Janai Kara” and it seems like Keiko’s favourite song in Hikaru’s album is “Ambient Border”, quite unexpected. I am so excited to hear it live during the Dec 17 event! Hikaru also confirmed that she will be wearing her stage outfit which will 100% kill me :P

Keiko and Hikaru did a handful of Kalafina acappella covers. BANZAI!

Signal

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Fantasia

ARIA

Keiko Announces 12th Digital Single!

On Wednesday, Dec 7, her final digital single of the year will be released. The title is 天邪鬼/あまのじゃく (Perverse)! Please look forward to it!

Keiko Announces 3rd studio album!

Release date： 2023/02/08  Title：CUTLERY The album is set to feature a total of 10 songs, including Hitori Janai Kara, Alcohol, Yoru no Uso to, KIRAI. and Close to you.

Limited CD+Blu-ray Edition  AVCD-63417/B～C  14,300円 CD＋Blu-ray＋Analog Disc＋Photo Book Blu-ray bonus content: LIVE Session at Amazon Music Studio Tokyo Analog bonus content: Close to you, Alcohol

CD+DVD Edition  AVCD-63418/B  5,280円 CD + DVD DVD bonus content: LIVE Session at Amazon Music Studio Tokyo

CD only Edition  AVCD-63419  3,520円 CD

Store Specific Tokutens Other stores: Postcard [A] , Tower Records: Postcard [B] , HMV: Postcard [C] , NEOWING: Postcard [D], Rakuten Books: Postcard [E] , Seven Net Shopping: Postcard [F] , Animate: Postcard [G]

FC shop 　　 ① [AL+Blu-ray+Analog] *First Press LE:Bonus: "Making of video" viewing rights 　　 ②【AL+DVD】:Bonus: "Off-shot photo" [A] (L version) 　　 ③【AL】:Bonus: "Off-shot photo" [B] (L version)

Keiko to hold her first Solo Billboard Live!

【Live Title】KEIKO Billboard Live 2023 “CUTLERY” K009～012  2023/3/17 Billboard Live Yokohama 1st Stage Open:17:00 Start:18:00 2nd Stage Open: 20:00 Start:21:00

2023/3/24 Billboard Live Osaka 1st Stage Open:17:00 Start:18:00  2nd Stage Open:20:00 Start:21:00

[swynlake-rp]

OTMS

MUN: K AND S! Both K and S stepped up in a major way for Capture the Flag during the AU, and their teammates noticed! Whether it was team strategy or causing some Agent of Eris chaos, members shouted these two out for bringing their A game to the AU. Honorable Mention: B! Of course, our members also had to give Ba shoutout for all her amazing assistance during the AU as well. 20-page-lore-doc? Yeah, all in a day’s work for B! CHARACTER: AURORA! Anavigated a difficult month for Aurora, and began exploring some of the after-effects of her cursebreaking. And she’s working on opening a business! We can’t wait to see what Aurora does next.  Honorable Mention: Stella & Banzai Props to C and G for jumping right into the AU fun with brand-new characters with an epic Greek tragedy! Euripedes is quaking!  THREAD: ONCE IN A SUPER BLUE MOON & IT’S TIME TO GO! Both of these threads got shoutouts for their thrilling plots, high emotions, and moments of tenderness, too. We’re on the edge of our seats to see what happens next! TASK: WHAT’S IN MARIE’S BAG! B went above and beyond for this one, even making gifs to go alongside it! And we loved learning more about this absolute icon. Luckily she has purse <3 Honorable Mention: Everyone’s AU bios! We always love to see the creativity when it’s AU time, and this month was no different. Nice work to everyone who participated!

BOARD UPDATES 

PASSED! LITTERING PETITION

PETITION: AURORA’S APOTHECARY

ELECTION SEASON!

Election Applications due Sept. 30!!!

Also! During election seasons, petitions are ON HOLD (Starting October 1st)

TASKS

DO YOU REMEMBER? PLAYLIST: Do you remember dancing in September? Make a playlist that brings your character back to a significant night or moment– the 21st night of September or another important date along with a graphic. Include a short (or long) blurb about each song. AUTUMN PAIRED THREAD: The seasons are changing, pick a fun fall activity and do a thread with a character played by your assigned partner. Some ideas to get you started: back to school! The carnival!

EVENTS

SEPT 4-11: FRESHERS WEEK: Kick off the start of the university fall semester with an epic rager hosted by none other than Ed and Phineas!!!!!! Canonically on Sept. 7

SEPT 8-15: FALL CARNIVAL: It’s the 69th Annual Swynlake Fall Carnival! Rides and games and treats, galore! Happening on Discord – but also we encourage dashboard shenanigans. Canonically runs through the same dates.

SEPT 11-18: HAUNTLEY INN REOPENING: The Hauntley Manor Inn is throwing a  cocktail party in honor of being reopen for business-- and for Friday the 13th! Canonically on Sept. 13. 

SEPT 18-25: MIGHTY WEDDING: Martin Ambrosius and Renard Dubhuir are getting married! There will be a private ceremony at dusk on September 22nd with a late reception lasting throughout the night open to the public at Town Hall.

BIRTHDAYS

Characters:

Gregory Eeyore – September 1

Dian Morey – September 3

Vishaka Chakraborty – September 8

Atta Flutterwing – September 9

Lucian "Lucky" Doyle – September 12

Li Shang – September 12

Remy Gusteau – September 12

Phoebe "Pepper" Doyle – September 12

Anastasia Tremaine – September 13

Kiig'nc 'King' La'ornh – September 14

Krish "Copper" Russell – September 18

Hugo “Chief” Slade – September 18

Babette Durand – September 20

Su Qin – September 20

Mazhar Morey – September 21

Alana Triton – September 23

Willis Tibbs – September 29