#dark buma

[theamityelf]

Don't do a Descendants Blink Twice AU, don't do a Descendants Blink Twice AU...

Okay, so Blink Twice AU where Ben owns an island resort and he invites Uma and a few friends (This is a Buma AU, by the way.) to vacation there, but secretly it's all (Blink Twice spoilers, slightly altered to accommodate Ben's personality) a plot to undo their trauma by doing unethical memory experiments on them. Uma feels like she's just having a fun vacation, but she catches herself forgetting things and losing time, and the whole time Ben's just there like "Everything's fine 😊".

[xtruss]

The Last Flower At The Top of The World—and The Perilous Journey To Reach It

Scientists Journeyed to a Stretch of Gravel Off The Coast of Greenland—The Farthest North You Can Go and Still Walk on Land. These Photos Show What They Found There.

— By Sarah Gibbens | Photographs byJeff Kerby | May 08, 2024

An Arctic Poppy thrives on the Northern Coast of Greenland. Among the plant life in this region, these hardy Flowers are like Giants. Some, like this one, grow in clumps that protect themselves from harsh weather. Like a satellite dish, they will slowly turn to follow the sun. On an expedition to understand what lives at this latitude, an Arctic Poppy like this was found about 20 inches south of the World's Northernmost Plant.

At the top of the Earth, the northernmost stretch of land a person can stand on is Inuit Qeqertaat, also named Kaffeklubben Island by early 20th Century Danish Explorers. The region is a dark gray stretch of gravel on the northern coast of Greenland where land slowly gives way to frozen sea ice.

To find what lives amid these rocky soils, climate change researchers and National Geographic Explorers Brian Buma and Jeff Kerby and their team embarked on a journey to survey the region. There, they found a common species of moss (Tortula Mucronifolia), the world's northernmost plant, and a yellow and lime-green Arctic poppy (Papaver Radicatum), growing just a few inches south of the moss.

On the nearby mainland, Greenlandic archaeologist Aka Simonsen discovered a ring of roughly 700-Year-Old Inuit Stones, which may be the northernmost archaeological remains.

Growing in Extremes: The Northernmost Stretch of land in the World, Inuit Qeqertaat, sits off the coast of Johannes V. Jensen Land, a Peninsula in Far Northern Greenland. National Geographic Explorer Brian Buma traveled there to find the northernmost plant-a common moss—and the northernmost flower a few inches south-an Arctic poppy.

Rosemary Wardley, NGM Staff; Martin Gamache, National Geographic Society Sources: Jeff Kerby, Scott Polar Research Institute; Brian Buma, Environmental Defense Fund; SkySat imagery from July 13, 2023, Planet Labs PBC; ArcticDEM, Version 4.1

The research team left their own mark on the mainland coast, staking plots and recording the vegetation they contained to create a highly detailed digital map of the area they surveyed. Information collected from this trip will be the first data logs in what Buma and Kerby hope will be a long timeline of research in the far northern region.

Here, above the Arctic Circle, the planet is warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth. Changes here will have ripple effects across the globe, which is why the team braved harsh conditions to find what lives on the edge.

The expedition team was led by climate scientist and National Geographic Explorer Brian Buma. The north coast of Greenland was used as a staging point while shuttling gear across sea ice to Inuit Qeqertaat (Kaffeklubben Island).

Brian Buma collected samples from different layers of this snow glacier to understand the unique properties of water in this rarely visited region. This part of the world is a polar desert, and precipitation is scant, so the samples in this glacier represent many years of snow.

From above, the northern coast of Inuit Qeqertaat—and thus the northernmost stretch of land on Earth—is visible. It was near this shoreline that the team found the edge of terrestrial life, including a common species of moss, officially the farthest north, and the northernmost flower on earth—found about 20 inches south of the moss. The small, gravelly island is about a mile north of mainland Greenland.

This is the northernmost flower on earth, a lone and somewhat ragged Arctic Poppy, sitting near the shoreline of Inuit Qeqertaat. Poppies dotted the northern edge, with a few purple mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) only slightly farther up the slope. In the background, Brian Buma surveys various contenders for northernmost plant before a final survey determines this flower to be the official runner-up. Seen just behind the flower, a tuft of ‘Mucronate screw moss’ (Tortula mucronifolia) claims that title.

Identifying mosses and other tiny Arctic flora requires a hand lens and careful attention to detail. Up close, Brian Buma examines their adaptations to cold weather, such as small hairs coating a plant's exterior.

Aka Simonsen, a Greenlandic archeologist, prepares to leave camp with Brian Buma, just as the weather begins to turn. After just a few hours the northernmost island, the team left, intending to return the next day. The window to return quickly closed after a few days when bad weather turned into a storm that brought strong winds and heavy precipitation. The July storm dumped nearly a foot of snow and drifts reached several feet. Harsh conditions trapped the team at their base camp for a week.

Aka Simonsen measures a ring of large stones that may have been used to anchor a tent. The stones are roughly 700 years old and likely left by the Thule people. These artifacts were found on the mainland, near the team's base camp and could be the northernmost documented archeological site on Earth.

When the plane returning to retrieve the team landed, it got stuck in snow, and a makeshift runway had to be constructed by scooping snow with snow shoes. Gravel was placed by hand so the plane's tires wouldn't slip on ice or stick in snow during takeoff. Scientists who return to this northernmost region will be able to use the team's detailed digital map to chart how the ecosystem is changing as the planet warms.

[iamzlaw]

INKTOBER 2024 - 21 - RHINOCEROS

Despite his naturally dark skin, Officer Yadunbé looked quite pale when he came back into the Police station. So much so one of his colleagues, Detective Buma, stopped him to enquire as to why:

"What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"Ugly crime scene," answered the man in uniform, nodding pensively.

His eyes were lost in thought, and he was shivering at whatever he was remembering.

"That bad?"

"Well… The techs are saying it feels like The Rhino is back."

"Damn…"

At the sound of his partner and mentor swearing – a rare occurrence – young Detective Ikali looked up from the paperwork he was filling out.

"Who's Zeraïno? Some kind of organised-crime hitman?"

Both older men turned to him and laughed, amused by his ignorance, as legitimate as it was for his age. At least, that put a little colour back in Yadunbé's cheeks.

"Nice guess, but The Rhino is not a surname, it's a nickname. It was given by the press to a serial mass murderer a couple of decades ago," offered Buma.

"Serial mass murderer?!" the rookie exclaimed in shock.

"Whoever they were, The Rhino killed more than three people, more than three different times, so yeah, that makes them a serial mass murderer."

"Why call them The Rhino, though?" asked Ikali.

"After the animal, of course," explained Yadunbé.

"But… rhinos are adorable."

Ikali could not connect the idea of a horrific crime with that of a rhino. They were such noble creatures. You would not want to be in their way, because they're so strong, but they're not usually aggressive unless provoked. He truly loved seeing them grazing on the side of the road on his way to work. And he had great memories of working around them on his uncle's farm as a child.

"That's true. But even nature's tank had a rough go of it at one time. You're just too young to remember."

"What happened?"

"They came very close to extinction, once. Conservation efforts were made, but nothing seemed to work."

"What changed?"

The two senior officers exchanged a looked, trying to figure out how best to put it.

"Someone decided to… take care of the poachers, so to speak."

"So that's why the killer was baptised The Rhino? Because they saved them?"

"The rhinos are not the only critically endangered species they helped save. But because of the way the victims were killed, the medical examiner on the very first crime scene said that the spirit of a rhinoceros must have come back to haunt these people."

"What would that even look like…?"

"The poachers were impaled then trampled to death, kid. Rhinos can do that. And they have, in the past, when threatened. You don't hear about things like that anymore because we have found a balance with them, but it wasn't always that way."

"You said all this happened decades ago. If there aren't any poachers anymore, why would someone emulate The Rhino now?"

"Unfortunately, whatever it is, I fear the answer to that question cannot be good."

[bumashana]

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[edwarddominicemilio]

I PLAYED LEGEND OF LEGAIA AGAIN AND I CRIED JUST THE SAME

"What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again." - Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

As I write this, Melody of Memories from the Legend of Legaia OST is playing in my headphones. When I was around seven years old, I played this cult classic and, for the first time, I was dead set on saving the world of Legaia.

Legend of Legaia was the first video game to which I have been endeared. Despite his silence, I learned to love Vahn. Despite her quirkiness and naivete, I found Noa charming. Despite his brooding attitude, I admired Gala.

It's true what they say: we all experience the same piece of art differently as we grow older. My first playthrough of Legend of Legaia was only about a young kid enjoying his Playstation. My second full playthrough of the game was during the COVID-19 pandemic. I can distinctly recall being stuck inside a quarantine facility in Iloilo City while my characters dream about saving the world in the ancient ruins of Uru Mais.

My second playthrough was nostalgic. Despite the horrors going on outside the quarantine facility, I felt happy because I was playing my childhood video game and I was sharing about it to J, my greatest love and my greatest pain.

There is a deep intimacy with which I experience art. The problem with this is once I share it with a girlfriend, I start to associate all memories I have of the video game with her. This happened with Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen which I played with J in Cebu City just before I went home to Iloilo City in mid-2020. Now, whenever I hear Eternal Return or Coils of Light from the Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen OST, I remember her.

But that was then and this is now. If there is a lesson I had to pick up from the narrative of Legend of Legaia, it's that nostalgia need not hold one back. Frankly speaking, part of why I wanted to play Legend of Legaia again was because I wanted to reclaim it. I cannot leave to a lost love that joyous chapter of the memoirs of my youth.

Back to the game, I was not mature enough to pick up on the motif of "reclaiming fate" when I was seven. I was not vigilant enough to empathize with guilty people before I hurt J. It was only on my third dedicated playthrough that I noticed Legend of Legaia is full of characters with a broken past seeking to renew their future.

Grantes was blinded by love for Cara when he got deceived by Zora; now, he drinks his guilt away and the woman whom he used to love begs for scraps of his attention.

Vahn was brave (or reckless?) when he went outside Rim Elm to fetch some Drake Water for his mother but when he got lost, his father Val had to rescue him, leading to the latter's injury.

Gala's parents were killed by the Seru and yet he now sees that he needs them to save the world.

Even Noa, young and innocent she may be, took it upon herself to raise her brother Cort.

There is so much love and sacrifice portrayed in their simple yet spellbinding narratives.

I remember that one scene from David Lean's film Lawrence of Arabia (1962):

Prince Feisal: Gasim's time has come, Lawrence. It is written.

T.E. Lawrence: Nothing is written.

Sherif Ali: You will not be at Aqaba, English! Go back, blasphemer but you will not be at Aqaba!

T.E. Lawrence: I shall be at Aqaba. That, IS written.

[pointing to forehead]

T.E. Lawrence: In here.

If Sol Tower had witnessed Grantes' love for Cara and Buma saw the loved ones together again, why can't I rewrite my life?

I saw a funny meme once about how JRPGs begin with fetch quests to rescue kittens and somehow end with you killing God. In a sense, Legend of Legaia is one such JRPG. It begins with you locating a tree inside your village and ends with you going to the Spirit World and killing a giant Bio-Weapon. In yet another sense, my realizations about Legend of Legaia are the same. Seven year old me was happy to kill Xain; 26-year-old me saw it as testament to man's immortal march to become superior to his former self.

I love this game. I fucking love this game.

[a-dog-like-that]

If you're worried she's actually gonna hurt someone, muzzle her.

Sure, a slow introduction to a muzzle is best and all that, but not at the risk of people being hurt. (Magali had to get used to a muzzle in just a few days, after she bit someone with very little warning and she's completely fine with wearing it now)

And I don't know about what's "fair" to her, but one of the reasons I like having Magali wear a muzzle is that people will give us a lot more space. Not a single person has tried to pet her and very few talk to her when she's wearing it, which makes life a lot easier for her.

And you being less worried and stressed on walks might improve her reactivity as well, a lot of the time our dogs react to our tension as well. And even if that's not the case, your quality of life matters as well, walks should not be super stressful

Magali wears her muzzle on every walk unless we drive out into the field where I can see all around us (and even then we had a close call recently because someone came around the one corner that's there).

Having a reactive dog can be really hard, but it'll get better 💚

I need some strength rn yall

Laika has lunged violently and barked at.. too many people and dogs in the past week or 2. The leash nearly slipped out of my hand when she went after a 7-8yo boy who, without warning, skipped up to pet her. I'm so worried my vigilance is going lapse and shes gonna nail someone

I'm doing work with her all the time but!! I cant see through walls and know where my neighbors and their dogs are! She is constantly being surprised

I can have her wear a muzzle every time she leaves the house, but we dont have a yard. So that would be all potty walks. We have only just worked up to wearing it for maybe 5-10 minutes at a time.. I know it wouldn't be the end of the world but is any of this like. fair to her

I wasnt going to start the traz until after TH was back from vacation, but should I?

[blissfulxivarchive]

Pierce The Arrow: The Huntress of the Wood.

The Basics ––– –

Full name: Buma Melamsa

Race: Viera (Rava)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual (No preference )

Marital Status: Single

Age: 35

Nameday: 30th Sun of the 1st Astral Moon

Physical Appearance ––– –

Hair: Black with white highlights.

Eyes:  Soft blue

Height: 6’3

Build: Statuesque

Distinguishing Marks: She has a small beauty mark right over her lips left side. Her make up is dark soot black. Her skin is a chocolate brown tone. She has tattoos on her face of tribal markings. 

Common Accessories: Her bow and arrow, of course, she carries a few bags with her. She has a small harp she plays when not hunting for game.

Personal ––– –

Profession: A hunter by trade, a musician by night.

Hobbies: Dancing, wine-making, leather-working, playing music, singing

Languages: Basic Common

Residence: Nomadic

Birthplace: The Wood, Galmore Jungle

Religion: Druid

Patron Deity:

Relationships ––– -

Spouse: None

Children: She has an adoptive daughter named Ren

Parents: They were murdered when she was a young Viera.

Siblings: Two sisters and one brother (rare indeed)

Other Relatives: none

Pets: None

Traits ––– -

Extroverted / In Between / Introverted

Disorganized / In Between / Organized

Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded

Calm / In Between / Anxious

Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable

Cautious / In Between / Reckless

Patient / In Between /  Impatient

Outspoken / In Between / Reserved

Leader / In Between / Follower

Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic

Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic

Traditional / In Between / Modern

Hard-working / In Between / Lazy

Cultured / In Between / Uncultured

Loyal / In Between / Disloyal

Faithful / In Between / Unfaithful

Additional information ––– –

Smoking Habit: Sometimes

Drugs: No

Alcohol: She gets drunk. A lot.

RP Hooks ––– –

The Hunt: Are you a hunter, like to hunt, like the forest, like dirt on your feet as you run through the trees, smell the fresh air?

Wine: Do you like to drink or have wine made for you?

Music: Do you like the soft sounds of music playing in the distance with cool breeze drifting through your locks?

Trade: Do you like to trade or barter for goods and services?

Other information

Mun is 21+ will not rp mature themes with minors. Looking for friends, rivals, ex-lovers and etc. I work full-time and have a family outside of the game and internet life.

[peppermintstranger]

can i get a fc for a white male around 18-25 with dark curly hair please?

Hello there!

You have: Lander Buma, Serge Rigvava, Andrei Dobrin, Milo Pilkingston Massey, Alvaro Silveira, Charles Bilgrien, Umberto Villahermosa.

Hope it helps c:

[legit-wizard]

A little cold & eerie here ❄️ 👻 👽 ⠀ ⠀ #Dark #Moody #Green #Gothic #Spooky #Scary #Evil #Enchanted #Dramatic #Photoshopped #Saturated #fantasyphotography #fairyart #witchygirl #outdoorportrait #forestfairy #gothicstyleandmusic #natureartist #artistofig #faries #watercolorpencils #elven #photography #nikonglobal #nikond500 #forestphotography #bestforestmood #natureaddicts #lake #water https://www.instagram.com/p/Buma--uFN42/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=99k1ysx4ctcs

[stonewall0513]

Before there was Skyrim, there was Bruma. And the rest of Cyrodiil. But for today, just Bruma. Mods: Beyond Skyrim: Buma, Dark Souls armor pack, Halo’s Poser SE

[new-hansen]

Interview with Hans Nieuwenhuijsen & Arend Bruijn for Buma Music in Motion:

Have you ever wondered what happens during a Buma Music in Motion matchmaking session and what possibilities it brings? Do you want to know how to prepare yourself, how to follow up and what happens next? We got just the thing for you. We asked two talented composers, Hans Nieuwenhuijsen and Arend Bruijn, to share their experiences.

Hi guys, can you tell us who you are and how you guys met? We’re Hans Nieuwenhuijsen and Arend Bruijn. We met at the Conservatory of Amsterdam during our master study Composing for Film, class of 2016. This is where we became friends and we have worked together ever since. We both have a background as performing musicians, Arend in the classical music scene and Hans in the pop scene. Due to our different backgrounds we complement each other very well. After our master study we founded ‘STILL’ with composer Jelle Verstraten, who was also in our class of 2016, and sound designer Selle Sellink. With our different disciplines and specializations we’re able to tackle large projects from our studio in the Volkshotel in Amsterdam.

And what happened next? Before we entered the matchmaking session, we received scripts to prepare ourselves. That’s also a tip that we would like to share; always make sure that you’re well prepared. See it as your moment. It’s an opportunity to present yourself and your music, so make sure that you have something to show and discuss.

During the matchmaking we met the producer of Rinkel Film with whom we clicked instantly. In the end, we did not contribute to the movie that we discussed then and there, but we did keep in touch. She linked us to Daphne Lucker who was enthusiastic about our previous work. This resulted in a meeting with Daphne and screenwriter Rosita Wolkers. We started brainstorming about the music for their next films and this led to us being responsible for the music for three of their next film projects; ‘Roos’ by Rosita Wolkers and ‘My Body’ and ‘Echo’ by Daphne Luckers. Echo is out now and available on the NPO Gemist app. We learned from the matchmaking that the follow up is just as important as the matchmaking itself. For example, we also contributed to the teasers so that they could submit their application and for us it was beneficial as well, as we were involved from the start.

Did participating in matchmaking sessions create new opportunities for you? Yes, definiatelly. Last year we were also part of the Videoland Academy, where BMIM organized a matchmaking between composers and filmmakers. This time the theme was grounded sci-fi, a genre that excites Arend: “I’m a huge fan of old school sci-fi movies, like Bladerunner and Alien, with those amazing scores by Vangelis and Jerry Goldsmith. Shows like Black Mirror are also a great source of inspiration. It shows that sci-fi can be many other things besides bombastic space fantasy. Therefore, this edition of the Videoland Academy seemed like the perfect opportunity to work on a genre film in the Netherlands. It provided us with the opportunity to create music that normally wouldn’t be appropriate.”

Still from Echo

During the Videoland matchmakings we got to know the filmmakers and their plans and projects. To our delight this resulted in a great collaboration, the dark thriller ‘De Sterfshow’ by Edson da Conceiao and Timo Ottevanger. If the COVID-19 restrictions permit it, we will film from March to May and go into post production from May to July.

You have participated in several matchmaking sessions. If you had to explain what makes these sessions special, what would you say? BMIM has ensured that accessible and non-binding contact can be established between composers and filmmakers, but the next step is always up to the participants themselves. What’s so good about BMIM’s matchmaking compared to others is that BMIM checks in afterwards. They check in with all parties to see if they kept in touch and provide the directors with additional information about the composer(s). This puts more weight on the matchmaking and motivates filmmakers to think about music very early on in the production process. This gives us as composers more time to discuss opportunities and this really takes a production to a higher level. In our opinion that’s a win-win situation.

What are you up to now? Is there any new work that we can look forward to? Maybe a sneak peak that you would like to share? Currently we’re writing two new albums, made possible by the music investment fund. Arend produces a hybrid, electronic/orchestral album and Hans works on an EP with modular synths. Both are to be released in July 2021. Arend also works with director Ruwan Heggelman on a short fantasy/horror film called ‘Gnomes’, where the music really has to enhance the story. The current musical direction is a combination of playfull orchestration, dirty sound design and ritualistic, sacrificial music, sung by a gnome choir. He also creates the music for the documentary ‘Zeg Jij Het Maar’ by Marinka de Jongh, which will be aired on television in May. The intimate combination of melodic percussion, bass clarinet and cello have to reflect the love and devotion a sister feels for her mentally disabled brother. This year, Hans will start with the music for a new documentary by Tessa Pope and will also work for a television show. In 2017 we started teaching the course ‘Virtual Orchestration’ for the Composing for Film master students at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Jelle Verstraten and we’ll continue to do so. We developed this course ourselves and it teaches new film composers the required skills in music production in order to prepare them for the professional field and the international music industry. We would like to thank BMIM for the beautiful events they organize for us each year and look forward to the new season! You can listen to Arend’s and Hans’ work for Echo via the NPO Gemist app.

Full interview here

Interview with Hans Nieuwenhuijsen & Arend Bruijn for Buma Music in Motion: was originally published on New Hansen

[theamityelf]

Desperate for a Dark Ben scenario where his conversation with Uma on the ship has him realizing how everyone in his life is manipulating him and he returns to Auradon with Uma and her crew, now a whole new Ben who opposes his parents and Fairy Godmother, and of course they try to depose him, and Uma and the crew are his backup. The more his loved ones show him how conditional their support of him is, the bolder he becomes.

(Do I have a habit of constructing civil war scenarios for Auradon? If I write this, it will definitely be, like, a twin to “After the Night Fell”.)

[edream93]

Time Is Not A Toy

So I did a thing loosely based off of this post I replied to from @kindofchaoticgood a while ago. Essentially it started out as Ben and Uma bonding over times where Mal possibly used the “go back 15 minutes in time” spell she used in “Rise of the Isle of the Lost”. And then of course, I came along and just threw some angst at what could have been a Buma brotp experience by adding that not only does Mal’s spell make you question your memory, the more times she uses it the more it affects the magic users near her in increasingly detrimental ways until they’re not who they used to be. By the time Mal realizes what’s going on, it’s too late.

TL;DR: Mal’s time spell has very evil side effects.

Anyway, this had been in my head for weeks and I just needed to get it out. I hope you all enjoy some more angst. 

TW: mentions of suicide

--

Mal had a list of names that she went through everyday.

(Freddie Facilier.)

She just sat there.

Well technically Freddie always just sat there, once mischievous eyes, now seemingly unseeing. Strands of black and grey hair hung limply around her face, framing it in haunting shadows that seemed more alive and responsive than the girl they covered.

Mal could never stay too long in Freddie’s room. The shadows always seemed hostile in her presence, too close, too suffocating, too ready to drag her down to wherever they came from as payment for her sins.

Leaving the tray of food that she knew would still be untouched the next day, Mal walked down the hall, feeling knife cutting accusing glares of every non-magical imbued student. Another reminder that the Freddie’s shadow friends weren’t the only ones who perhaps wished to exact punishment on her.

Mal cooly walked past them, head held high, golden circlet denoting her rank as the King’s Lady firmly in place. She was forced to hold herself above their scathing glares and insulting comments; above their cries for justice, above their poison and assassination attempts. And instead of retaliating, she listened. She listened and empathized

(Jordan.)

She restrained herself from hissing and cursing and unleashing the fire that burned beneath her skin on all of them, those who once called her friend but now who spat on her name. They didn’t know her. They never knew her. They at first only saw her as the daughter of their most feared nightmare, wicked and cruel; then as a lady of the court, delicate with too bright smiles that blinded all from how she was screaming inside; and now, now she was their greatest nightmare reborn. At most, they demanded her blood, one life never being enough to return the many that were lost, but it would be justice! The dragon would be slayed! The kingdom would be safe once again.

(Jane.)

Instead, they found a second rate sorcerer - who had been miles and miles away, out of the reach of her accidental curse - to bind her powers tight, prickly underneath her skin.

Not even on the Isle did Mal wish for death as much as she did then.

She went to Harry Hook, at her lowest of lows, knowing that in the past the pirate never hesitated to show his complete and utter disdain for her. Harry would do it, she thought hopefully. Harry would kill her. After all, Mal took what was most precious to him…

But when she found the pirate, he waved her off like a pesky fly, turning his back on her as he crouched next to a smaller figure, patiently showing how to tie the simplest of sailing knots, never raising his voice as the once fearsome and passionate pirate queen and sea witch fumbled with knots that she should have been able to tie in her sleep once upon a time.

She had looked at Mal, head titled face blank. “Who is that?” she had asked the pirate next to her and Mal felt sick to her stomach at the question.

“No one to concern yourself with, love,” Harry had murmured gently, tying his own knot. That answered seemed to satisfy her as she turned away from Mal and back towards him.

“And who are you?”

Mal wished she could gouge out her eyes and never have to see the look of agony on the first mate’s face ever again as he gently replied, “Harry. Your Harry.”

The girl who both was and wasn’t his beloved captain nodded again, satisfied, looking down at her messy knot of ropes. “And who am I?”

Mal had turned away, running like she always did. The scene too intimate. Too heartbroken. All her fault. All her damn fucking fault...

(Uma.)

She never meant...This wasn’t supposed to…

“You did this,” Carlos had once whispered weeks ago, face expressionless as he went back and forth between feeding Evie - too gray, too quiet, too lifeless - and tucking in the blankets over Jay - face pale and parchment thin, eyes seemingly forever closed. He had turned to her, a shadow of the once bright and friendly and encouraging boy she once knew. Something though broke, like a damn breaking under so much pain and anger. “You knew that your mother’s spell book was dangerous! That every spell in it was meant for evil! And you still used it!” he cried, the other two occupants of the room unaware of the two most important people in their lives breaking. “And for what? To go back in time whenever you tripped and made an idiot out of yourself? Or to go back a few minutes when you just needed that strawberry smoothie before class and didn’t want to be late? Or when you couldn’t fucking own up to your own shit and just how much of a fucking disaster you are! Are you happy? Are you happy at how you destroyed our family?”

(Jay.)

(Evie.)

“I’m sorry” Mal had whispered tears streaming down her face. “I am so, so sorry Carlos!”

A dark laugh that sounded eerily too much like his mother’s left Carlos’s mouth as he slowly applauded her. “Oh lookit here,” he sneered. “She does know how to say sorry. Thought you were allergic apologies.”

“Carlos, please! You’re all I have left,” Mal begged. “I can fix this!”

“Like you did with Ben?”

(Ben.)

Mal looked at him, silently begging him to not turn her away. Trying to push away memories of a boy with a too kind smile and eyes that had so much hope for the future. She tried to push away thoughts of a boy who began to fear his memory when it went from 15 minutes that couldn’t be remembered to whole days forgotten. Who after months of this, fear and self-doubt invited him to fall several stories out the window of King Adam’s tallest tower.

At that point she had started sobbing, unintelligible sounds coming out as she attempted to beg with him to not leave her alone. To not turn his back on her.

The boy chuckled again, a dark hollow sound as he returned to his caretaker duty, ignoring how she crumbled inside. “Thought so.”

(Freddie Facilier.)

(Jordan.)

(Jane.)

(Uma.)

(Jay.)

(Evie.)

(Ben.)

Mal had a list of names that she went through everyday.

The list of names was always growing both with names that she was very familiar with and with those she had never heard of before, never set eyes on them, never would get to know them as they were before. Names that wailing mothers carved out into her brain until their voices went raw.

And despite all that, despite the many statements, apologies, donations, penance, and libraries filled with rare spell books she went through, there would be seven names she herself would mourn daily.

(Freddie Facilier.)

(Jordan.)

(Jane.)

(Uma.)

(Jay.)

(Evie.)

(Ben.)

[theamityelf]

I for one am very into a Dark Buma, Dark Huma, or Dark Bevie scenario.

I know is september, but Im already on the Halloween mood, anyone wants some Dark Descendants AU´s? 

I´m thinking Villain Ben, or a really apocalyptic D3, or a D2 version were heads roll and it all takes a very diffrent turn.  

[aquapen]

Gobul Fanfiction ♡

Psalms of Lovers by honeyblood:  [Bulma-centric; mirai-Trunks timeline] She will never love any other person quite the way she loves him and that kills her.

Window of Opportunity by Piccolo is green:  Bulma looks back to a time when she and her friends were younger, and wonders about the missed opportunities in her life.

My Own Being by Malevolent Reverie:  Bulma is thrown for a loop when she discovers an unintended pregnancy. There is only one person she can lean on; someone who has adventured with her for years and will do anything to ensure her happiness. Dark themes. 

This Time Imperfect by Gilded Blue:  You and I, caught up in this place where I must decide how much I love you, and then I must let you go all over again. 

Must Be Sound, Must Be True by Mel like Mellow:  “I want to make a promise, too.” Goku and Buma just hanging out by the riverside. Set during the beginning of the three years before the Androids.

I Ask and You Smile by Mel like Mellow:  Bulma visits Goku in the hospital just before the Namek trip, and the two share a little one-on-one time.

The Red String of Fate by Malevolent Reverie:  The thread keeps us inexplicably intertwined. Though it may tangle and fray, it will never break.

Makafushigi Adventure by RisanF:  After many years. Goku and Bulma take another trip to find the Dragon Balls, along with Oolong, Yamcha, and Puar. But this time, feelings long submerged reveal themselves, bringing an end to their old lives, and offering a new beginning.

If I Could Turn Back Time by Enula:  This takes place at the tournament where Chi-Chi and Goku meet up again, Chi-Chi planning their marriage. but what if Goku isn’t ready? A little what *could’ve happened before* Goku and Chi-Chi’s wedding.

Arctic Glow by Gilded Blue:  She loved him to the point of absolute obsession. In her jealousy and pain, she found a place where she was willing to kill her own daughter. GokouBura, One Sided: BurumaGokou

When You Were Mine by Ryoko Blue:  What lies beneath what we saw in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z up until Goku’s death after the Cell Games. What has always been in his heart and the real reasons for his determination?

Everything You Want by PaperThinWalls:  Goku’s second thinking his engagement. Bulma’s working overtime to forget it. So what happens when you add the two together?

The Amnesia Saga by Marie Nomad:  Goku and Bulma meet up with Pilaf again and end up losing their memories.

i’ve got a war in my mind by aquapen: During that twenty-third edition of the Tenkaichi Budokai, she discovers she likes watching him move. 

The Weight Of Your Smile by Piccolo_is_green: They could not pinpoint the day their love changed, but it did, and they had to live with the fallout. Or: when Bulma gets trapped on a dying Planet Namek with Goku, it sets off a chain of events that will alter the course of both of their lives.  Bulma/Goku. Divergent/Alternate Universe.

To Be Alone by SNevaeh: Some things the boy from the future had said were troubling Goku. Bulma would have a kid with Vegeta? Not if he could help it! Subtly, of course...

Dragon Ball - Heart of Adventurers by LastationLover5000:  On a fated day, Goku chose not to fulfill a promise he had no grasp of making or what it meant. Since then, a powerful bond begins to be made aware to himself and his childhood friend, Bulma. With an uncertain future opened before them, what will become of their friends, enemies and those surrounding them? Find out, in Heart of the Adventurers!

More Than Friends by Maiika:  [AU] They’ve been friends for years. So it comes as a surprise to both of them that now, when they’re both in established relationships, the enduring flame of their friendship grows into a blaze. 

[weownthenitenyc]

As leaves begin to turn and Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) nears, we’ll soon begin our annual journey from our respective nooks in the world and head to Amsterdam for a nothing short of magnificent 5-Day Marathon.

For night owls hoping to get the most out of their time in the Dam, here are some of the events on our radar:

Wednesday

John Digweed’s bedrock at Ponton  for a picturesque evening riverside

Ann Clue & Boris Brejcha at Warehouse Elementenstraat, inspired by these hand-picked sets 

Authentic Afro at JD Williams Whisky Bar for something a little different

Thursday 

Apparat, Matias Aguayo and more at Melkweg for ADE Live

Innervisions x Loveland at Warehouse Houthavens, after years of enjoying 2012’s genre-spanning Âme B2B Dixon ADE Boiler Room. Note that 8-11pm is an audio-visual show merging movement, music and video projections in an immersive live performance by RY X, as well as a dance performance by Nina Kurtela.

Audio Obscura x Motor City Drum Ensemble & Young Marco at Centraal Station. Enough said.

Friday

Into the Woods: Detroit Swindle, Maya Jane Coles, Project Pablo at NDSM. Festival within a festival, so meta.

Thuishaven with Life & Death, including 2manydjs, Axel Boman, DJ Tennis, and DJ Seinfeld

Awakenings, a proper Friday night with Tale of Us, Stephan Bodzin, Rodhad, and Recondite at Gashouder

909 + Loveland takes over Mediahaven with Chris Liebling, Jennifer Cardini, Sam Paganini, and Pan-Pot

DGTL Orbital skews toward IDM selectors and crate-diggers, including Floating Points, Âme, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Mr. Scruff, Antal, Job Jobse at Scheepsbouwloods

…and then there’s Pornceptual at Ruigoord not for the faint of heart

Photo by Fotograafniels.nl | Niels de Vries

Saturday

If you’re somehow still kicking around, there’s a few sunrise sets to scope out… or power through to the evening altogether!

The aptly named Breakfast Club has Peggy Gou, Ben UFO and Carista at RADION

(Reverend) Robert Hood will bless you with his presence bright and early, along Joy Orbison at Maceo Plex’ Awakenings x Lone Romantic at Warehouse Elementenstraat

Mystic Garden Festival’s not messing around! If we had to name-drop, we’d pick Nastia, Matador, Mind Against, Ben Sims, Monika Kruse, Len Faki, Nic Fanciulli, DVS1, Ellen Allien, Paco Osuña, Oscar Mulero, Surgeon and KIRILIK live (aka KiNK)

DGTL Outlier: Bonobo’s curation is unsurprisingly well worth the final night out, including HAAi and The Black Madonna to Jon Hopkins to compliment his eclectic, ethereal creations.

ADE After Dark (ADE 2018 Album)

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It’s safe to say we’re counting down the days for the long nights out in Amsterdam, truly an itinerary bursting with world-class dance acts.

Audio Obscura’s Breakfast Beats Parties will make you rethink the meaning of endurance. Remember, Solomun from ADE 2018 😀

Breakfast beats for night owls – Audio Obscura at the Loft (ADE 2018)

For more information about ADE: www.a-d-e.nl/about-ade

The Amsterdam Dance Event is organized by Stichting Amsterdam Dance Event, an initiative of Buma.

2019 Amsterdam Dance Event: Our Picks for ADE After Dark | For night owls hoping to get the most out of their time in the Dam, here are some of the events on our radar... #ADE2019 #AmsterdamDanceEvent #ADE #Amsterdam As leaves begin to turn and Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) nears, we'll soon begin our annual journey from our respective nooks in the world and head to Amsterdam for a nothing short of magnificent 5-Day Marathon.