#dangerous and mercurial

[eldstunga]

Whate'er seeming they may wear, know full well the Fey, and fear - Their fickle nature, dark and queer - For mortal laws no ken nor care, and 'neath their glamour sweet and fair - fell, their hearts,

and wild, their stare.

[ryuki-draws]

More WfM EVA AU/crossover doodles, the whole gang is here! And by the whole gang I mean every single EVA unit from 0 to 13 has their pilot assigned. The chaos would be ludicrous.

[nias-keca]

miorine!!! miorine she was smiling so you wouldnt be frightened!!!!!!

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

Today, on September 2nd, 1985

Freddie Mercury released ‘Living On My Own’ bw ‘Love Is Dangerous’ (4th solo single), taken from 'Mr. Bad Guy', first solo album 1985

🔸Freddie Mercury: Well, that is ‘Living on my own’. Yes, that’s like… Basically if you listen to ‘Living on my own’ that is very me, it’s living on my own but having fun. There’s a bit in the middle where I do my scat singing and I’m just going… When you think about somebody like me, I mean my life-style, I mean I have to sort of go around the world and live in hotels and that can be very lonely but then… I look upon it and I don’t want people to say ‘Oh…’ you know, I just say that’s my life, it can be a very lonely life, but I mean I chose it and so, that song, it’s not dealing with people who are living on their own in sort of basement flats, or things like that. It’s my living on my own, and they are going to say ‘Oh my God, how can he live on his own ?’ But I mean, you can have a whole… a shoal of people you know looking after you, but you can be still living on your own because in the end they all go away and you live, you know, you live in a hotel on your own. And so basically what I’ve got to say is that I’m living on my own but I’m not complaining. I’m just saying I’m living on my own and I’m having a bogey time. Does that make sense, honey ?

Interviewer : It does, yes it does.

Freddie: It’s a different kind of living on my own, but I’m just saying that people in my.. with my success can be lonely and can live on their own as well.

Interviewer : So how do you hold on to real friends ?

Freddie: I don’t, I discard them. I don’t have any real friends. I don’t think I do. People tell me though they’re my friends.

Interviewer : Don’t you believe them ?

Freddie: No, no. Yes and no, I mean, I think what happens is when… I’m not afraid of them, but it is frightening, that’s the difference. Sometimes when they get too close I think they seem to destroy me, I don’t know, may be it’s my nature or whatever. When they get too close they seem to tread all over me, and when I lay myself bare on the floor it just seems to be my downfall. Maybe that’s my role in life and so I don’t… Yea, I’m very skeptical in terms of that. I seem to be at this point in time I think, I seem to be… make fewer and fewer friends, but life goes on…

Interviewer : So do you live for today rather than for the future or…

Freddie: No, I live for tomorrow. Quite different too, fuck today, it’s tomorrow. Oh, that’s nice…

Interviewer : That must have been a controversial remark.

Freddie: Somebody didn’t like what I’ve just said ? !

Interviewer : Shall we carry on ? In view of that, Freddie, surely there comes a time when you want to share your life with someone one day ?

Freddie: Yes, but nobody wants to share their life with me. Yes, I do, of course I do. But I think it’s… not easy living with me and I think at maybe I’m trying too hard you know, something… Of course, I think about that and in one way I think the more mishaps I have the better the songs are going to be, you know. Once I find somebody, I can find a long lasting relationship, bong goes all the research for wonderful songs. At the end I’m sort of you know, I’m sort of living on past mishaps. Well, anyway having said that, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know what’s in store for me.

Interviewer : So we can take it that your songs reflect the state of your life ?

Freddie: I think so, I think so, yes.

Interviewer : And that’s why on your songs there is always quite a diverse selection of moods, isn’t it ?

Freddie: Yes, it is because that’s my character too, you know. How boring to just be, you know, to have just one side of your character coming across in everything you do, you know, I just gather information… I’m a man of extremes, you know, I sort of change from day to day like a chameleon and each day is different to me and I look forward to that, you know. I don’t want to be the same person everyday and who knows ?, the way this Album has turned out it’s just a whole spectrum of what my life is, to be honest. But I was not ‘made in heaven’. A lightening bolt suddenly goes ‘crack.

Interviewer : You talk a lot about love on the Album.

Freddie: Yes, I know, I don’t know why.

Interviewer : It obviously means a lot to you.

Freddie: I’m possessed by love, isn’t everybody though ?

Interviewer : Yes, I suppose they are. Deep down there in spite of the tough fade you put on, are you a romantic at heart ?

Freddie: Well, I guess so, you know. Well i think, yes I just… I like writing songs about love, because I mean there’s so much scope and also they have so much to do with me and you can talk about your kind of lover. It’s something that maybe I’m striving for. I’m trying to say that I can be somebody’s lover, you know, a good lover, that’s another aspect of me too. I expect something different now, come on

- Freddie Mercury

Extract from interview 1985

👉 In 1993 Freddie Mercury received in memoriam Ivor Novello award for 'Living On My Own'

📸 Pic: September 1985, Henderson Nightclub, Munich, Germany - Peter Straker, Freddie Mercury and Jo Dare on the set of promotional video 'Living On My Own'

👉 Jo Dare (died in 2024) remembers meeting with Freddie Mercury

[codacheetah]

I'm not a sloopis-er by heart and I realize the reason why this is is because I've been thinking too small. My sights have been too shallow. This could be the worst polycule ever

[bloodraven55]

someone: *threatens or proposes to miorine*

suletta, ready to throw hands: 🙅‍♀️

[anthurak]

Personally, I feel like the most interesting twist this episode did was reveal that Shaddiq is NOT nearly as clever, devious or manipulative as we, or HE, thought.

Ever since the start of the show, Shaddiq has been this rather ominous figure hovering about the background. Never directly getting involved, but always giving off the vibe of ‘I’m WAY more in control than I may act’. And a lot of people, including myself, started suspecting and theorizing that underneath the friendly, amicable demeanor was a devious manipulator and definitely the most dangerous opponent for Suletta and Miorine.

And the previous episode to this one seemed to finally confirm all those suspicions, when Shaddiq seems to have concocted a plan to completely undermine and seize control of both Miorine’s and Suletta’s new company and Aerial with barely lifting a finger.

But when we get into this latest episode where Shaddiq has properly come out as an enemy of Suletta and Miorine, we see all of his schemes fall apart pretty much immediately.

Mostly due to the fact that it turns out Miorine is both just plain smarter than Shaddiq and can also read him like a book.

First during their meeting at the start of the episode, Miorine completely sees through Shaddiq’s plan and clearly knows exactly what he is doing by attempting to coerce her into signing over control of the company to him. Even when he plays dumb as to rewriting the rules, she still isn’t fooled for a moment.

And any and all of Shaddiq’s attempts at manipulation in this scene ultimately fail when Miorine simply leverages the fact that her future wife and future sister(s)-in-law are 2-for-3 on absolutely roflstomping the great houses in MS battles and challenges Saddiq to a duel. Making it clear that she knows this system just as well as Shaddiq, and it’s clear that Shaddiq has no way of actually stopping her.

And this trend only continues and even exacerbates later in the episode when Shaddiq approaches Miorine in her greenhouse.

Where once again, Miorine sees through ALL of Shaddiq’s word and mind games and absolutely refuses to play by his rules.

She even sees through his attempts at manipulation better than Shaddiq himself does, as it’s clear he seems to have THOUGHT he was genuinely trying to help in some way. But Miorine sees it all for what it really is and just tells Shaddiq to fuck off.

Heck, he can’t even get Suletta to bite at his attempts to get her to talk Miorine down.

Finally, Shaddiq ultimately looses the duel from a combination of once again underestimating a Gundam and her pilot, and Miorine once again reading him like a book.

She KNEW he wouldn’t trust anyone but himself to land the finishing blow on Aerial, and so Miorine coordinated her forces accordingly to lure him into a trap.

This whole episode really paints Shaddiq as actually NOT knowing other or himself as well as he seems to think, and not nearly the threat we thought he was. His attempts at manipulation constantly fall flat and his schemes are outplayed at every turn.

The episode showed he seems to have a sincere affection for Miorine and a genuine desire to help her, yet seems unable to recognize those feelings or recognize how Miorine herself might feel.

For a character many of us were expecting to be a lot more dangerous, I think this is a really interesting subversion.

[the-eeveekins]

New Suletta & Miorine figures revealed at Mega Hobby Expo 2023

[amalgamasreal]

Exciting April Releases - by ryosuketarou

Source

[trainingdummyrabbit]

pours liquid mercury into the askbox stewTM

CHANGED MY MIND MANAGER HELP

[a-ikuoliver]

dabi pierce my tongue challenge

[mariocki]

Pathfinders to Mars (ABC, 1960 - 1961)

"You know, Henderson, the progress of true science depends not only on the cold, calculating types, but also on the adventurers and dreamers. There's a place for all of us under the sun."

"Yes... as long as we don't get too close to it."

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Mercury: Sweet Doll

Designer's Reflection: Sweet Doll

Obtained: Pinnacle Battles 3

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Pink/Sweet

Awakened Suit: Heart Stealer

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Telosma

Chapter 2 - Night Bloom

Chapter 3 - When a Flower Withers

Chapter 4 - Dance of Withering

Story - summarized

You meet a telosma flower, and it wants to tell you about its short life.

It grew on a tree in Mercury's Moonlight Garden, and it watched a lot of dinner parties that the CEO would hold. The flower didn't understand people's politics, but the events were still pretty to watch. One night, a girl showed up late to the dinner party. She was Lilith.

Mercury took an instant liking to her and spent the rest of the party with her. Not only that, but Lilith was a candidate for the queen of Ninir, and he wanted to help her get elected. The telosma flower had no clue why, but it liked Lilith and hoped she would be queen.

But one day, Lilith asked Mercury if he loved her. He said he was just helping her for his own reasons. Lilith declared that she would win the election without him. He found that amusing, since she needed him, and no one else had ever successfully bargained with him.

Still, Lilith walked out, and Mercury needed a new candidate to support. He chose a noble-born girl named Ciciti, who was beautiful but selfish, entitled, and nasty. She wanted to get rid of all the flowers in the garden and replace them with lilies. The telosma flower hated that, as all flowers were beautiful and lovely, not just the boring lilies.

Everything seemed to be going Ciciti's way: she was gaining popularity in the polls, and she was the star of Mercury's dinner parties every night.

About a week later, right at Ciciti's proudest moment, Mercury finally arrived to the dinner party... with Lilith! The two had made some sort of arrangement, and he was back to supporting her as queen. They danced together, all the while admitting to just using each other as political tools.

The telosma flower couldn't help but find the moment sweet and romantic. It threw itself off the tree and scattered its petals, making this moment extra special.

Connections

-There are other "object" narrators in Reflections: Yexiao's drawing comes to life and shares a memory in Spring Forest.

-On the first night of the dinner party, Lilith talks with a poet and is charmed by him. During the Puppet Encounter hell event, the doll Lilibet relives all of Lilith's journey through the other toys, and she talks with a poet toy - and subsequently steals his pen to steal his talent.

-Lilith has another Reflection, Telosma's Kiss, that relates her to the humbly beautiful flower. She begins her life as Lilith and tricks her way into the Glay family.

-In Pinnacle Battles 3, Nikki and friends find an illusion of Mercury dancing with a doll dressed exactly like Lilith. When he detects the "intruders," he sends thorny roses after them instead of telosmas.

-At the end of Voice of Desire, Lilith noticed Mercury and how he was the only one not charmed by her beauty. She made a point after winning the crown that she would do whatever it took to make him love her.

-In his Reflection for Daybreak Overture, Mercury (as a child) meets a nobleman in the countryside who gifted him a beautiful rose garden after his death. Now, Mercury owns two gardens: the Pigeon Rose Garden, and the Ninir Moonlight Garden

Fun Facts

-A telosma is native to the Indo-China region. It grows on trees, and it's a small flower that can range in color from a sunny yellow to a pure white.

-While this Reflection, and the whole game, is fantasy, Mercury is still 124 years old, and Lilith is 16 years old. The age gap is disturbingly huge... and it's worse when you remember the two were acting cutesy at the dinner party in the last chapter.

-Lilith worked alongside Nightbane to become queen, so she truly didn't need Mercury. And since he mentioned that no one had ever gotten him to negotiate before, and we see the two of them at the party, it's possible that Lilith found a way to get him to negotiate after Ciciti started taking over the garden.

[waffliesinyoface]

The Beguir-Beu!!

im like 99% sure that beguir is supposed to sound like "Big Ear" because it has a bat head. Both in and out of universe.

[anitrendz]

Best Anime Couples-Ships Spring Week 4

Vote for your best couple/ship at anitrendz.com/polls!

Shima and Mitsumi overtakes Yamada and Akane for the second week. Will these two be competing with each other for number 1 for the rest of the season? Many people think Ganta and Isaki can enter the competition for number 1. Raeliana and her dark duke spiked in rankings, raising up 4 spots to round off Top 4.

Sulemio enters the chart at 7th page. One of the nominees for Best Couple/Ship of the Year and winner of the Fall 2022 Best Couple/Ship, they'll probably fight hard to do what they know they're possible doing: winning. Meanwhile, Aqua and Kana and Nasa and Tsukasa both lose some steam, allowing for Ichikawa and Yamada from Dangers in Our Heart to place 5th.

[lillatorg]

little world made cunningly

So, the fun thing that they don't tell you when you get a new job is that it is hard to learn new things. I was Very Offended at the audacity of work to take up my valuable time. People should just pay me to exist.

But I learned things and began challenging myself to smash my workday into four hours in the morning. Then I can spend the rest of the day (minus meetings and emails and stuff) working on fanfic. I think this is going to work.

Whether it works or doesn't, here is a list of historical things I had to look up to write this chapter.

"Let go of me, Porsche, I'm trying to offend the gods." lol. There aren't a lot of points of humor in this story so I take what I can get. Actually, it appears that in the 1500s in this part of the world (on the border of modern-day Thailand and Myanmar), the Hindu-Khmer influence from the south seemed to be giving way to Buddhist practices from the north. Since both of these religions still exist today, I went ahead and made up a religion. It is possible that the ruler of a city-state in the borderlands between two larger kingdoms might have retained statues of deities from a previous religious movement or even a folk religion. I don't know enough about Buddhism or Hinduism to know what is offensive or what's not, which means making up a god to shoot arrows at is probably the least offensive thing I can do.

Lipstick. Everything I could find on the history of lipstick began with the Sumerians, skipped over to Cleopatra, and then flung itself headlong into the 1900s. I am going to assume that they are using beeswax because there might be religious objections to the use of tallow. Plus tallow would go rancid pretty quickly given the climate. I couldn't find a record of carmine (crushed insects, fun) being used in Southeast Asia, so that part is probably made up. Sorry.

Mirrors. Fun, the "character looks at themselves in a mirror and has thoughts" trope, but then I wondered what type of mirrors they had in Ayutthaya/Lan Na in the 1500s. While there are records of glass mirrors in Europe as early as the 1300s, my guess is that this is a silver-mercury mirror instead, so it wouldn't actually cast a clear reflection. This meant I had to go back and change the previous chapters because I definitely mentioned glass mirrors in those.

Archery. This was actually refreshingly normal. Archery was already on the wane during this time period due to the emergence of hand cannons.

I know I need to reply to the comments I received while I was figuring out how to game the system at my current job so I can do as little work as possible, but I am very tired. The best kind of tired.

Read it here.