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Twisted Playhouse Daycare Update!!!

Hey everyone Admin Superstar here! Or should I say….

Admin Starburst!

Now I may be wondering why I look different, that’s because I have turned into a boy due to a potion unfortunately there’s been an accident with a potion I’ve been making, so now me and the future in this Playhouse Daycare has become their opposite gender 😅

Since the kids are now genderswapped! You may refer to them as these names!

Rosado Rosehearts

Aaron Trappola

Darren Spade

Cole Diamond

Trevor Clover

Aaren Trappola-Spade

Leroy Kingscholar

Rory Bucchi

Jason Howl

Zuko Ashengrotto

Jacqui Leech

Jacquelyn Leech

Finn Leech

Florence Leech

Sunburst Al-Asim

Brooch Viper

Victor Schöenheit

Mania Felmier

Liliac Vanrouge

Sorren Zigvolt

Chesse Pinka

Noah Leblanche

Cosmo Viper

Marinette

(Riley, Ida and Ori, Malef and Silk's named will remain the same due to sounding androgynous, and Lyrain shall stay the same due to being gender fluid)

Currently Yuu and Iris are working on an antidote so please feel free to help them!

(Credit to @rotten-ap0ll0 and @saneriddlefan67 for help with some of these names!)

[yourdarlingness]

✦ Our Life: Beginning & Always ~ themed　NPT

╰　DAY 5 of @rumblepumm ' s event !

NAMES ︙　cove . seashell . shoal . shoaliette . sholiene . ocean . oceanide . lake . river . riverine . aqua . aqua(mu)rette . aquamarine . coralle . coralette . creek . everett . evelyn . eve . teary . tearie . tweary . tearfall(e) . teardrop . poppy . popp(i)ette . poppeine . lee . lily . leslie / lesley . lynn . francine . jackie . ari . aria . arielle . claire . elizabeth . liz / lizzy / lizzie . lizette . elyssa . elysia . reagan . noe . lain . macy . baxter . bax . baxley . barley . oakley . alexander . oliver . ollie . spade . mono . vince . victor . vincent . vinny . chester . derek . darren . dylan . daryl . darcy . darlene . devon . jaime . jamie . james . jay . taylor . harper . ash(e) . paula . pamela . pauline . miranda . randy . marissa . margot . sage . faith . melissa . terry . alex . robin . radley . marshall . max . chase . jeremy . archie . jayden . jonathan . misery . miserine . miser(i)ette . kyra . kyla . kylie . kyrelle . kier . sydney . chantel(le) . eleanor . shiloh . scout . asher . willow . adam . scott . jude . jade

PRNS ︙　sea . wa / wave . sea / shell / seashell . sea / foam / seafoam . sea / bun / seabun . wae / water / waterfall . pud / puddle . su / surf . ae / aqua . tea / tear(y) . shy . cry . fi / fish . swi / swim . co / cor / coral . pop / poppy . li / lily . da / dance . ste / steps . rhy / rhythm . mo(e) / mono . wa / waltz . fe / fetch . fri / friends . mie / mis / misery . si / silly . lo / love . ado / adore . he(a) / heart . 💧 . 🌊 . 🐚 . 🦈 . 🦑 . 🦞 . ⛴️ . 🚢 . ⛵ . 🎹 . ♠️ . ♣️ . 🖤 . 🎧 . 🎵 . 🎶 . 🎼 . ⚽ . 🏈

TITLES ︙　the alluring mermaid/merman/merperson . the heart of the sea . the [x] / prn who was washed ashore . prns graceful/tidal wave . prn whose soul is pure . the [x] with a peaceful life . prn who surfs . the lady / maiden / [x] of the deep sea . the one who sets sail . the [x] in the sea of stars . prns aquatic adventure . the [x] in coral reefs . prn who swims with fishes/sharks/etc (any aquatic animals) . the [x] of the blue waves . the seashell collector . the master of waltz . the born dancer / prn who is a born dancer . the ballroom dancer . the divine dancer . the charming dancer . the Victorian-era emo man . the one of all smiles . prn who is monochromatic . prn who moves flawlessly . the dancer of arts . the one with conflicting feelings . the [x] whose story begins . prns prologue . prns beginnings . prns start of dreams . prns opening acts/chapter . the [x]'s new beginnings . prns new chapter . prns divine plot twist

[x] — any nouns　;　examples below

the angel who was washed ashore

the ghost whose story begins

the boy of the blue waves

sorry that its long :3

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Darren Criss embraces technology and his mixed heritage in his Broadway premiere

Late last month, I spoke with Darren Criss for his upcoming Broadway premiere, Maybe Happy Ending, in which he plays a robot (a Helperbot to be specific) named Oliver who’s been deemed obsolete by technological standards. Another Helperbot, Claire, asks to borrow his charger, and thus begins a unique friendship between the two.

Maybe Happy Ending was written and produced in both Korean and English and has had performances all over the world. This production features Asian American creatives both on stage and behind the scenes. Criss himself identifies as half-Filipino on his mother’s side, and has said his feelings on his identity have evolved over the years. In 2018, he was quoted in Vulture saying that he did not identify as Asian American. In 2020, he would later shift his perspective after playing a half-Filipino character in Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood, telling People: 

“It’s a tricky cocktail in America ... Anyone who is biracial can attest to this: No matter how much or how little they look like their respective mix, it’s a constant work in progress … I’ve always been proud of my heritage, of being Filipino. Just because people don’t see it, doesn’t make it any less real to me.”

I got the chance to speak with Criss not just about identity, but about his career at large, how he relates to the character of Oliver, and what audiences will take from Maybe Happy Ending.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Bri Ng Schwartz: As a biracial person with Asian identity, how does it feel to be working on a show that’s been produced and written in both Korean and American? Darren Criss: This show isn’t categorically an Asian show. It is very much a universal human’s show, but it happens to celebrate and represent a large degree of Asian-ness. Anytime you can show up for your cultural identity, that’s always a very exciting thing. It’s very exciting that the vast majority of people working on the show, on stage and off, are of Asian American mix and descent. The Asian experience is not a singular experience. It’s a very large breadth of backgrounds, so it’s been fun for all of us to bring our own experiences and stories to the table. 

BNS: I saw you about 10 years ago at the Belasco when you were starring as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. DC: Oh boy. This will be a little different. 

BNS: Yeah, definitely different. As you return to the Belasco for Maybe Happy Ending, how do you think you’ve evolved as a performer in the last 10 years? DC: I hopefully have evolved as a person. If I’m the same person that was 10 years ago, then we have a serious problem. I’m just still trying to learn, still trying to connect as many dots as I can. Hopefully I never know the answer to that.

BNS: We are forever learning as humans. DC: Exactly. 

BNS: I spoke to your former on-screen father, Jon Jon Briones, a couple of months ago. DC: He’s the best, and he was part of this production! This show has been around in many iterations for a long time, and he actually was part of a reading several years ago. We find ourselves connected yet again, me and Jon Jon. He’s awesome. He’s the best.

BNS: Do you take any advice or inspiration from people like Jon Jon or other seasoned Broadway vets in your work? DC: There are these goalposts that artists may think are the be-all and end-all of what makes a successful career. Jon Jon’s consistency and longevity are the goalposts. He’s one of these guys, if I mention his name, half of the room knows him or has worked with him. There are a lot of guys like Jon Jon who just are constantly a part of things. And that’s the goal. Success in devoting yourself long form to the craft, which he has done in spades.

BNS: In Maybe Happy Ending you play Oliver, a Helperbot 3. Do you think there are any parallels between you and how Oliver perceives the world? DC: I am endlessly curious and endlessly trying to download and learn as much as I can from the world around me, whether consciously or unconsciously. I happen to be a human being, and Oliver is not. 

I’m still getting under the skin of this guy, of this robot. I’m finding a lot of parallels as far as the desire to please. I always say I’m in the service industry. I service ideas and emotions and people. That is my vocation. My programming.

BNS: Do you think that audiences are going to walk away from this show feeling differently about their technology? DC: Technology becomes more human in the way we treat it. When people put away their phones, they get sad. They’re like an appendage. We’ve already started to ascribe emotional connectivity to our non-human components. People will walk away with perhaps a more emotional experience with the human components they have in their life.

The battery life that our devices have are a microcosm metaphor for our own battery life, our own shelf life, and our own energy. The finite amount of time that we have, and really coming to peace with the idea that we are a transient technology ourselves, considering that, and hopefully, making sure that your battery life is spent on the right things, I think is the thing I hope people walk away with this show.

On top of hopefully singing the songs, because they’re beautiful. 

BNS: They really are. Thank you so much for taking the time today. On behalf of mixed theater kids everywhere, thank you. I don’t think I would be who I am without having you to look up to. DC: Thank you for letting me be a part of it.

[ansbobcar]

EP 9. Run along

WORD COUNT. 1263

Link to overview

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“You want us to investigate into Innocent Zero’s whereabouts?” Rinka didn’t have much to add in particular but it felt outside of their expertise given the lack of information. “Didn’t you try that before and dropped it after losing two Divine Visionaries?” She didn’t want to cast away faith towards the director in particular but it felt more personal when she worded it as such, focusing on the long bearded man in blue who sat there silently, evaluating the situation.

“That was before Ryoh joined us.”

“Regardless of Ryoh’s involvement, we can’t rule out the use of a large scale teleportation spell inorder to transport the dwarves to that location. I’d rather not risk it for something that incurred a tremendous loss,” she argued. “We’ve already lost Alexa, you can’t be expecting to lose 2 more.”

“Then please continue to question Slagturn in the meantime. If there are any more leads, let us proceed cautiously with the investigation,” compromising the tense atmosphere. In light of a similar topic, the director pivoted their attention elsewhere.

“Anything worth noting regarding Darren Randel?”

“She’s an odd one,” he chuckled, “mastered every learnable offensive spell before she even knew a simple spell like Venetris. Although she’s a bit behind in her subjects, her magical power is on par with her fellow bright peers.” That’s to be expected as someone who learnt at such a school such as Walkis. “She seems to be collecting coins rather quickly to participate in this year’s candidate exam,” even if she didn’t show an interest in it before.

‘What was her stance on it again?’ She tried to remember, keeping a poker face from the information. ‘That girl stirred up a lot of paperwork, I don’t remember why specifically.’

“I trust that you’ll continue observing her, Wahlberg.”

“Of course.”

With that, their meeting concluded and the two Divine Visionaries left the room silently.

No words are spared in their interaction as they briskly walked back to their department. They had schedules to tend to after all, preparations would be needed, reaching back to his office but it seemed like the Blood Cane had other plans as she took out a deck of cards.

“Wanna bet on a game of bullshit?”

“Like what?” Intrigued by her choice of game. “If it’s ‘the winner gets a favour from the loser’ I’ll pass.” Although his expression didn’t show it, he seemed to pay attention to her. Claps erupted in her mind at the sight as they sat down at the couches and she dealt the cards quickly.

“What about a dare?”

Although by principal they were the same, he accepted it with little reluctance, watching her split the cards between them evenly. There’s a violent glint in her eye as they began to place cards consecutively with little loss. The quick succession of the game led to the point they held a respectable 3 and 5 cards.

“Queen of Hearts,” she placed down, face stilled with confidence.

“Bullshit,” he uttered as the card was revealed to be a 7 of spades and she piled the cards towards herself. “You’re not cautious,” he criticised. She had been caught for a dozen cards already to not learn her lesson readjusting her bandaged wrists.

“You’re not Rinka either.” 

Perhaps the Desert Cane was too obsessed with her. From the way she rolled up her grey sleeves, wrapped her bandages, the touch of her sickly pale skin, the warmth of her slender fingers, to the melodic tune of her whispers, and the way she could stay clung to such a regulatory busybody with little pushback. She manically laughed at her ridiculously vivid scenes in her mind.

His nose scrunched in disgust at her voice changed into a higher nasal voice. “Ortie, what took you so long to figure out?” Dispelling the transformatory illusion magic. Blonde became ginger, brown eyes lost their richness for a grey hue, yet the skirt and bandages remained.

“Molly?” He scoffed at the sight of the failed investigator who stood up at walked over. Of all people it was her? Did his parents buy her out? “I’ve told you: I don’t like you.”

She gripped onto his shoulders. “You don’t like her either. You can’t lie in my face… she knows it too.” While the paparazzi and gossip networks seemed to believe in such entertainment, in the eyes of a obsessed woman, fully capable of disarming a hoard of single-line magic users, their story lacked a convincing build up. 

“What proves to you that I don’t like her?”

“You don’t know anything about her, you’ve barely even made an effort to hang out with anyone since he died. And suddenly, you decide that you’re gonna date her?” Hysterical by the turn of events. If we were to discard the delusional aspect of Molly Armament, we would be left with the key information that she graduated from the same batch of the man who despised her existence. With an obsessive infatuation, while clearly not as obstructive as before, continued to run amok. A woman who clearly believed she knew the original, unaltered Orter Madl. A man much more laid back in comparison.

The past is the past though. He took a deep breath as he processed her words and violently ripped her hands off from him. 

“If you want a reason, it’s really simple: she doesn’t get on my nerves, she doesn’t even try to take advantage of me like every other woman tries to do, if she does that means I lost a bet we both agreed to. She’s detail orientated but not a perfectionist, and prefers to spend her time helping out other departments when she’s free due to the lack of personnel running around here. Can you leave now?”

“You’re mad,” her voice cracks. Wasn’t their love a sham? Why did his words hold a strong resentment towards her and appreciation towards that older woman? It didn’t make sense. “You’re mad, Orter Madl!” Leaving him with a deck of cards unorganised.

A chuckle of amusement travelled the room, revealing the real Rinka at his desk. “You lost the bet.”

Irritated by the previous situation he briefly asked, “What do you want this time?” He was actually busy today as he checked his wrist. “Kaldo’s trying out some salmon for dinner at his place, you gotta eat what he serves you.”

“You’re kidding.”

Now he regretted losing the bet. “Should’ve put up with that for another few hours regardless of my pride.”

“That’s the fun thing about pride! It’s--”

“--she completely got you wrong. Especially in regards to your mannerisms and preferences. You’re left-handed and she’s not. It’s the things that are second nature to you that make up your character as well.” To the average eye, Molly Armament had completely fooled them with her act as the Blood Cane. Maybe she was trying to prove her statement to little avail. Even if she were to become an informant with her disguising magic, she would be better off concealing her presence in a crowd to gather information instead. “I couldn’t continue playing along when she played bullshit. Even Tsurara is much better at the game when she does play.”

She ruffled his head much to his dismay. “Did you drink recently?” Her gaze held but a pinch of curious concern towards him. After all, his demeanour seemed to resemble a childish outburst--a nitpick for an otherwise inconsequential bet. How insulting, he sighed.

“I didn’t.”

She took out her phone, “I’ll contact Agito to keep her busy for a while.”

“Much appreciated.”

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This was originally one of the originally planned mini arcs but I got bored of Molly Armament so I found a good and extremely disgusting replacement for future episodes! Hope you guys enjoy this. I honestly wanted to write this very early idea but like... it was a pain?

Originally, there was supposed to be this whole mini arc where Molly got jealous and kept bugging Orter even though they're in different departments and would be so obsessed she would adopt the mannerisms of Rinka and become her to out the lack of love/chemistry between them (yes that random animation meme of that i knew you were in trouble cover where i'd eat 11 bees and sail the 7 seas one). But as I stated, I found a better replacement for all the torment and hate crimes I'm gonna commit to her and I wrote too much depth into Molly Armament than I intended. She was supposed to be one note. She sounds like she's trying to be one note and it's not working properly. You'll never hear of her again.

You'll realise at some point I have no idea what I'm writing. Oh but right now, I'm writing a beach episode, it'll probably get published in late April or something as a special episode or oneshot because it takes place in Act 2 of this story!

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Is It Really That Bad?

“Superhero movie fatigue” is the idea that, because of the recent oversaturation of the market with superhero movies combined with the increased interconnectivity of the stories and the push for elaborate narratives with movies serving as building blocks for franchises rather than standalone experiences, audiences are getting tired of superheroes and the genre is finally starting to show cracks and die off. This idea is incredibly flawed for a wide variety of reasons (Wakanda Forever’s success alone easily debunking it), but it’s kind of interesting seeing how opinions shifted towards these movies so quickly. Obviously the oversaturation thing is indisputable as the sheer volume of releases in the wake of Endgame can attest to, but when you’re releasing that much that quickly the weaker works are bound to stand out more. To really examine why people feel this way, one must single out the weakest link in the chain, and as far as critical and audience reactions go there is no weaker link than Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

The Ant-Man movies have always been a bit divisive among audiences, but I’ve always maintained that they are the most overlooked and underappreciated films in the MCU. They are low-stakes, lighthearted heist films with strong focus on friendship and family while making full creative use of the title character’s abilities. While by no means the greatest superhero movies ever, they were a breath of fresh air in between the bigger, “save the world/universe” films other superheroes got and were carried by a likable cast spearheaded by the charming and hilarious Paul Rudd. Maybe it was hard to want to call these films your favorite , but they’re even harder to call the worst or even really that bad.

That changed with Quantumania. Critics were pretty mixed on this one, but audiences were scathing, comparing the film unfavorably to Spy Kids 3: Game Over and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl due to the cartoonishness of the CGI and the uncanny similarities shared between Mr. Electric from the latter film and this movie’s take on M.O.D.O.K. While the movie wasn’t some massive bomb, it was fighting an uphill battle from the moment of announcement and was losing handily with fans. Between this and Shazam: Fury of the Gods, people were proclaiming “superhero fatigue” was here to stay and Marvel was going down the drain… at least until Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 played that Uno Reverse card and restored people’s hope.

So with the fickleness of audiences taken into account and the lack of water the “superhero fatigue” idea holds, I decided to take a look at Quantumania and see what the fuss was all about. I mean, come on, it’s just an Ant-Man movie, right? Is it really that bad, or is the fatigue real after all?

THE GOOD

I’m absolutely elated to report that my boy M.O.D.O.K. was done justice.

Yes, they did indeed yassify him to make his ultimate redemption easier to swallow (audiences aren’t nice enough to accept a really ugly person being heroic in the eyes of executives), but for me the core appeal of M.O.D.O.K. is how absolutely goofy he looks combined with being a legitimate threat, and this take on him mostly delivers on the latter while delivering the former in spades. As soon as he revealed his face for the first time, I completely lost my shit, and every time he appeared after I was pretty overjoyed.

It helps that this reimagined version is the completely serviceable but otherwise unremarkable villain Darren Cross from the first film rebuilt as a cyborg. While the writing and comedy aren’t doing him too many favors, giving him more diverse and unique powers as opposed to just being Ant-Man, but bad is a great and inspired move, and Corey Stoll is clearly having a lot of fun hamming it up as this goofy cyborg death machine. His ridiculous heroic sacrifice coupled with his delirious dying christening as an Avenger by a confused Scott really helps cement him as the best thing in this movie. Move over, Cap! We’ve got a new perfect ass in the Avengers!

As bad as the effects can be, which we’ll get to later, there are some really fun and unique designs for the alien beings inhabiting the Quantum Realm. And despite the film’s issues utilizing Scott’s powers (again, we’ll get to it later), there is a really cool sequence involving millions of Ant-Mans working together just like real ants.

And now I must unfortunately give props to Johnathan Majors, a real-life asshole who is regrettably a good actor. He takes the generic, cookie cutter doomsday villain dialogue this film affords him and injects so much menace and intensity into him that it honestly makes him seem better written then he is. His multiple variants even get a silly, comic booky mid credits scene with a whole stadium of whooping and cheering Kangs that manages to be cheesy in a good way (aside from how shitty the Scarlet Centurion looks).

THE BAD

Unfortunately, Kang runs into the same sort of problems that plagued Gorr in Love and Thunder, but it’s exacerbated by the fact he’s meant to be the next big bad of the MCU. The film wants to sell you that this Kang is an unstoppable badass who has wiped out innumerable timelines and slaughtered countless Avengers (including Thor, a god)… and yet he ends up getting killed by the combined efforts of a swarm of ants, a goofy floating head, and fucking Ant-Man of all heroes. It is genuinely baffling that they thought the best way to hype up their next Thanos was to have him lose to the goofy heist guy who talks to bugs. It’s like if Guardians of the Galaxy debuted Thanos by having him get his ass handed to him by Howard or Cosmo.

It doesn’t help that in spite of Majors elevating the writing with his performance, he suffers like Gorr did from inconsistent characterization. We are shown in flashback that despite being evil he does have honor and is willing to keep promises… and then a few scenes later he goes back on his word to return Scott’s daughter in exchange for help. It certainly does him no favors that when he’s not inconsistent, he’s a bit too mysterious for his own good, leading to it being hard to really grasp what his personality is beyond being a generic doomsday villain.

It’s not as if the writing does anyone else well, though. Scott is still charming as ever thanks to Paul Rudd, but he’s also shockingly unfunny here. Much of this can be chalked up to his entire supporting cast being written out of the movie save for his daughter and the Pym-Van Dyne family. You could see the foreshadowing to this in Endgame, with the ending featuring Scott, Hope, and Cassie together without a hint of the rest of the family, but it takes full force here with only Jimmy Woo popping in for a non-speaking cameo. The removal of at least 80% of what made Scott grounded and relatable being dropped does nothing but hamper him and lead to him feeling incredibly generic.

It doesn’t help the Pym-Van Dyne family all end up being a bunch of assholes, aside from Hank who is now a silly old dad obsessed with ants and leads an army of hyper-advanced socialist ants into battle against Kang, which might make him the most badass character in the movie. It’s understandable the others can’t measure up to anything that cool, but just how awful they are is still pretty egregious.

Hope is bland and mostly inoffensive, but I think that just makes her worse; Evangeline Lilly is an anti-vaxxer, and if you’re gonna be anti-vaxx you need to really bring your A-game for me to overlook your moral failings for the duration of a film (like Letitia Wright in Wakanda Forever). She didn’t even bring her J-game. Then there’s Janet. Janet is a fucking horrible person. All she does in this movie is offer vague foreshadowing, conceal the truth from her family whenever possible, and reveal she once fucked Bill Murray during his awful, pointless cameo. Michelle Pfeiffer’s talents are absolutely wasted in a role where she exists seemingly to dump exposition.

Finally, there’s Cassie. Emma Fuhrmann’s portrayal of the character was one of the most praised aspects of Endgame, with her giving a very believable and emotional take on the character as a teen. For reasons beyond my understanding, they recast her with Kathryn Newton, and I’ve gotta say she is not even remotely believable as Scott’s daughter. She’s easily the worst character in the movie, to the point you have to wonder what the point of the recast was. Did they want Cassie to suck?

Then there’s the Quantum Realm itself. Aside from some cool alien designs, the Quantum Realm is unbelievably boring and does nothing to allow our heroes to use their skills in fun ways. The fact it’s rendered in really unconvincing CGI like an early 2000s Robert Rodriguez kid’s movie does nothing to beat those Spy Kid allegations. At least with those movies the cheap CGI felt like part of the charm; coming from Disney, one of the most powerful studios on earth, it’s just unforgivable.

But what ultimately kills this movie is that it is a film designed for literally no one. The story feels like an AI was prompted to generate a Marvel script written by an MCU hater, as it has every cliche associated with a mediocre superhero movie on full display. You have abysmal special effects and costumes, terrible editing, awkward humor undermining drama, and an absurdly high-stakes plot, the hallmarks of any bad superhero movie, but even then it manages to fuck that up. As high as the stakes are in the plot considering it concerns the literal annihilation of multiple alternate timelines, there’s not really a sense of thrill or urgency at play here, for instance. And every single problem is compounded by the fact they chose Ant-Man as the lead.

What makes Ant-Man’s solo films work is the low stakes and fun supporting cast, and that’s all absent here. Everything there is to like about this character is excised so he can be inserted into a plot to prop up the next big villain, which as stated above the film also fails to do. No character really develops here, there’s no personal growth at all for Scott, and it just ends up feeling like someone mashing action figures together rather than any attempt at a coherent story.

And his powers are never used in creative ways either! It’s all shrink-grow-punch, with the alien world leaving no room for things like enlarging Thomas the Tank Engine or shrinking down buildings. Nothing about this film allows the hero to be utilized properly outside of one scene; you could replace Ant-Man with almost anyone, even Hawkeye, and it would make no difference at all because in reality this movie exists to debut Kang, nothing more and nothing less. The hero never mattered at all, and in the end it just shit all over a good character for nothing.

IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?

This is, hands down, the worst film in the MCU.

Every other bad or divisive movie in the MCU at least has some semblance of understanding for story structure, even if they go about it in stupid ways. Thor: The Dark World furthered the relationship between Thor and Loki while still being part of a larger story; Love and Thunder at least told a self-contained story that exists on its own merits without tying in to some grand storyline; Black Widow at least developed its characters and made them feel like a believable if dysfunctional family; and Eternals is trying really damn hard, and has tons of fascinating ideas and concepts. Whatever you feel about these films, they at least have some grasp on how to tell a story, however tenuous a grasp it may be.

But Quantumania just doesn’t. It’s supposed to be an Ant-Man movie, but it doesn’t understand why people like the character. It wants to hype up Kang, but it doesn’t understand what’s needed to make him feel threatening. It wants to be an epic sci-Fi comedy adventure, but it’s not utilizing the right characters in the right locations to excel in any of these genres. And most of all, it’s trying to be an important and major foot forward for the MCU, but it’s structured in a way that is generic and, most damningly, pointless. It does not feel like this movie matters at all aside from a mid-credits scene, which wouldn’t be an issue if this film wasn’t so desperately trying to feel important. It says a lot about how hard this film failed when the audiences responded more warmly to a Black Panther movie with no Chadwick Boseman than to the film introducing the overarching big bad of the next few years worth of films and shows.

It’s not even just that this is a bad movie, though; it’s also boring. I actually fell asleep for a minute while watching this because there was nothing engaging. These aren’t the characters I cared about in previous films, there’s no emotional grounding at all. If Corey Stoll’s giant goofy head isn’t onscreen, what is there to give a shit about? Why not close my eyes and dream of something better?

The fact this film is above a 5 boggles my mind. How is this rated higher than She-Hulk? How does this have the same rating as Ms. Marvel? In my eyes this movie deserves a 2, max, and that one extra star is entirely because of M.O.D.O.K. I couldn’t even recommend this in a “turn off your brain” kind of way because it’s not fun or exciting enough to hold your attention even if you don’t think about it. It frankly disturbs me there is a growing coalition of people on Twitter trying to gaslight people into thinking this movie was good, because I genuinely can’t think of a single thing this film does well enough to justify watching it over almost anything else.

With all that said, does this prove that “superhero fatigue” is real? No. If anything, this film’s failure and the success and acclaim of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 prove the exact opposite. What we have is Bad Movie Fatigue. Audiences are sick and tired of sloppily-written, lazy, overindulgent CGI spectacles meant to advance decade-long storylines and sell toys. We want films with strong emotional cores, well-crafted stories, and characters we can relate to and empathize with. We want stuff like the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Batman, The Suicide Squad, or Peacemaker, and we’re not gonna settle for procedurally-generated cookie cutter slop that feels like it was made by someone who hates the genre. We want good movies, and if we can’t have that at least make an entertaining and stylish mess like Multiverse of Madness.

Quantumania is Marvel hitting rock bottom, but you know what they say about hitting rock bottom: There’s nowhere to go but up. The final Guardians of the Galaxy proved there’s still hope for Marvel; let’s just pray they never make anything as pointless and forgettable as Quantumania ever again.

[shinkai14]

Pokémon AU family List

(will give more info if needed)

Red Miyagawa and Blue Oak (Married)

Akane, Willow, Ichiro, Kaede & Samuel "Sammy" Miyagawa-Oak

Ash Ketchum and Misty (Married)

 Kyla, Caspian & Marilla Ketchum

Brock Harrison and Lucy (Separated)

Thomas, Wade" and Terra" Harrison

Brock and Rebecca (Fling)

Amethyst "Amy" Harrison

Brock and Liliana (Married)

Maria'’’, Sophia’’’ & Macy’’’ Harrison

Leaf Greene and Kris (Married)

Jade", Ivy" & Lin Greene

Trace Herrings and Chase (Married)

Kyrie, Allen & Angelina Herring

Janine Hayashi and Elaine (Married)

Haru, Kenji, Makoto" & Haruna" Hayashi

Goh Yamashita and Horace (Married)

Fumiko, Azumi, Daichi", Jiro" and Hiro Yamashita

Chloe Cerise (Single)

Lucy Cerise

Gary Oak and Domino (Fling)

Juniper Oak

Gary Oak and Zinnia (Not together anymore)

Ivy Oak

Gary Oak and Edric Ross (Married)

Samantha, Darron and Kathrine Oak

Ritchie Berry and Damian (Not together anymore)

Lexie Berry

Ritchie Berry and Derick (Married)

Alex and Daniel

Lt. Adam Surge and Violet

Nixie, Gale and Bolt Surge

Erika Kayano and Darcy (Divorced)

Fiona Kayano

Sabrina And Will Tanaka (Married)

Emiko Tanaka

Lorelei Landa And Winona (Married)

Breena, Maya, Zephyr, Neil & Claire Landa

Bruno Grayson (Single)

Casey and Mason Grayson

James De Rossi and Jessie (Married)

Jamie, Julia, Jackie and Jasper De Rossi

Butch and Daisy Oak (Married)

Rosie and Paisley Oak

Tracey Sketchit and Daisy (Married)

Heather, Holly and Wyatt Sketchit

Ethan Asahi and Sliver (Married)

Scarlett, Riku, Sumire, Haruki, Ryuki, Sierra, Ember, Talia and Gale Asahi

Elio Sunna and Lyra (Married)

Lyre, Leilani, Oliver & Kai Sunna

Lance Blackthorn and Hanako (Married, Hanako is dead)

Luna Blackthorn

Morty Ellis and Falkner (Married)

Raven, Robin and Elliot Ellis

Bugsy Withers and Whitney (Married)

Beckett Withers

Jasmine Tachibana and Solidad (Married)

Rosianna and Ross Kernel

Clair Blackthorn (Single)

Ryu Blackthorn

Karen Lee (Single)

Connie Lee

Cyrus Caddel and Saturn (Not together anymore)

Portia Caddel

Archer Lawrence and Saturn (Married)

Aries, Polaris and Rhea Lawrence

Archer Lawrence and Proton Richter (Not together anymore)

Artemis Richter

Proton Richter and Domino (Not together anymore)

Juno Richter

Professor Elm and his wife (Married)

Cedar Elm

Eusine Smith (Single)

Serenity Smith

Khoury Matthews and Casey (Divorced)

Alice Matthews

Liza Rose and Zinnia (Separated)

Maeve Rose

Brad van darn and Fantina Albret (Married)

Elizabeth Albret

Pierce Elrod and Wendy (Affair)

Freya Elrod

Attila Sharp and Hun (Married)

Demeter, Calypso and Helios Sharp

Brendan Birch and May (Married)

Madison and Henry Birch

Max and Tory Lund (Married)

Alice and Aiden Lund

Wally Harrell and Lisia (Married)

Hayden and Maybelle Harrell

Drew Campbell and Brianna (Married)

Autumn and Summer Campbell

Harley Gray and Nando (Separated)

Marianna Gray

Harley Gray and Juan Richelieu (One night stand)

Francis and Mary Richelieu

Paris Mercia And Solidad (Divorced)

Dena and Jackson Mercia

Wallace and Steven Stone (Married)

Elaine and Petra Stone

Brawly Rush and Roxanne (Married)

Mia and Alexander Rush

Sidney Parker and Flannery (Married)

Flare Parker

Korrina Derand and Phoebe (Married)

Jenna, Gracie & Erwin Derand

Looker Spade and Anabel (Married)

Layla, Helena and Edward Spade

Nando and Tucker Conners (Affair)

Grace Conners

Maxie Embers and Archie (Together)

Kyna, Hector and Darren Embers

Glacia And Ervin Sawyer (Divorced)

Elsa Sawyer

Shelly Waller and Courtney (Married)

Mira Waller

Dana Desmond and Zinnia (One night stand)

Lydia Desmond

Barry Tsumura and Lucas (Married)

Tsutsuji and Hiroko Tsumura

Dawn Berlitz and Zoey

Aurora, Weiss, Gwendolyn and Ronan Berlitz

Paul Norwood and Ursula Lovett (Divorced)

Meaghan and Sasha Norwood

Paul Norwood and Miette (Married)

Anthony and Briar Norwood

Cynthia Reiss and Diantha (Married)

Genevieve and Mariane Reiss

Roark Blair and Riley (Married)

Thea, Rhea, Noah and Lapis Blair

Gardenia Fujimura and Cheryl (Married)

Ayaka Fujimura

Maylene Olsen and Candice (Married)

Noelle & Hayley Olsen

Flint Russel and Volkner (Married)

Dustin and Sophia Russel

Lucian Garnier and Aaron (Married)

Rachael Garnier

Thorton Rhodes and Marley (Married)

Lelia and Luis Rhodes

Hunter J and Mars Seymour (Together, Hunter J is dead)

Pluto Seymour

Buck Russel and Mira (Married)

Blake Russel

Reggie Norwood and Zero (Not together anymore)

Dina Norwood

Reggie Norwood and Lena (Married)

Ezra and Stella Norwood

Kenny Hudson and Leona (Married)

Carmen Hudson

Sho Jonas and Autumn (Married)

Weiss, Lily and Mint Jonas

Tonio Hvam and Alice

Anisa and Dale Hvam

Baron Alberto and Queen Ilene (Fling)

Amaris De Rota

Baron Alberto and Lilith (Married)

Mercia. Jewel and Josephine De Alamos

Grimsley Millard and Zero (Not together anymore)

Crispian and Demi Millard

Lysandre Allard and Zero (TBD)

Vesper & Zeke Allard

Zero and Baraz Laurier (One night stand)

Arleth Laurier

Kevin Mythos and Sheena (Married)

Kyra and Roland Mythos

Sorrel Hart and Verity (Married)

Luna Hart

Verity and Cross West (Separated)

Austin West

Hilbert and Natural Harmonia Gropius (Married)

Aria, Mercy and Euphemia Harmonia (Euphemia is adopted)

Chili Gardener and Hilda (Married)

Cassandra Gardener

Chili Gardener and Burgundy (Divorced)

Millicent “Millie” Gardener

Cilan Gardener and Clemont Alarie (Married)

Adrien and Audrey Gardener

Cilan Gardener and Alain Sycamore (Married)

Cecilia Gardener

Clemont Alarie and Alain Sycamore (Married)

Ciel Alarie

Cress Gardener and Calem Xavier (Married)

Lyne and Nathan Xavier-Gardener

Lenora Abrams and Hawes (Married)

Verdona and Vincent Abrams

Serena Castillon and Shauna (Married)

Elodie Castillon

Lysandre Allard and Malva Aubert (Not together anymore)

Alexis and Bastion Aubert

Wikstrom and Siebold Blanchet (Separated)

Lucienne Blanchet

Lysandre Allard and Bellatrix (Divorced)

Cédric Allard

Lysandre Allard and Alain Sycamore (Not together)

Irene Sycamore

Lysandre Allard and Baraz Laurier (Not together)

Ausra Laurier

Lysandre Allard and Professor Augustine Sycamore (Not together anymore)

Sylvie Sycamore

Ghetsis Harmonia Gropius x Colress Keene (Not together anymore)

Euphemia Harmonia (Adopted by Hilbert and N)

Butch Cathcart x Cassidy

Mitch and Mera Cathcart

Todd Snap x Julie (Married)

James, Jamie & Madison Snap

Lysandre Allard x Concordia Harmonia

Moira Harmonia

Hugh Maes x Nate 

Violet & Blake Maes

Rosa Weiss x Roxie 

Patricia “ Patty “, Eliza’’ & Edric’’ Weiss

Iris x Benga Eales

Iona & Rex Eales 

Cheren Griffith x Bianca

April, Cornelia, Corwin, Darrell & Luna Griffith

Rudy Gate x Trip

 Davena & Bruno Gate 

Stephan Tayler x Heidi

Max, Sophie & Kelly Tayler

Georgia Morgan

Gregory Morgan 

Elesa Melbourne x Skyla

Skyler, Taran, Audra & Vetra

Brycen x Burgh Kersey

Lorraine, Colleen, Terrence, Travis Kersey

Marlon Raine x Kelly

Ariel and Clyde Raine 

Caitlin Everett x Shauntal

Emaline’’, Emilio’’, Farrell & Atlas Everett

Newton Graceland 

Lawton and Martha Graceland

Lysandre Allard x Celosia ( TBD)

Sarah Allard

Rei Eto x Yui (Married)

Akiko Eto

Akari Berlitz x Junko (Married)

Yuri and Yumi Berlitz

Volo Reiss

Verna Reiss

Adaman Hishikawa x Hayami (Married)

Akemi, Haru and Honoka Hishikawa

Mai Okumura x Jiro (Married)

Fujitsu and Kenzo Okumura

Arezu Akamine x Kimiko (Married)

Ezume Akamine

Iscan x Palina Magnolia (Married)

Rosianna Magnolia

Irida x Fredrick Castillon (Married)

Akane Castillon

Professor Laventon x his wife (Married)

Maria Laventon

Cyllene Caddel x Daichi (Married, Daichi is dead)

Cora Caddel

Melli x Ingo Collett

Tokiko’’, Tomiko’’, Kenji’’, Kentaro’’ & Etsuko Collett

Tucker x Avery Hackney

Arthur Hackney

Shielbert x Avery Hackney

Cordelia Hackney

Giovanni Forte x Rena 

Giana Forte

Lily Lynde x Hannah 

Tulip & Roland Lynde

Lara Laramie

Michael Laramie

Regina Mills x Jeremy

Garrett, Kaylie & James Mills

Valerie Bristol x Evelyn Desmond

Daphnis, Alette, Elros & Aine Bristol

Florian Villatoro x Kieran

Valeria Villatoro

Luna Blackthorn x Yellow

Tea Blackthorn

Aria Daviau

Daphné Daviau

Professor Samuel Oak x Elisa

Willow Oak

Celio x Lanette Bailey Lindsey, Booker & Ashton Bailey

Forrest Harrison x Maizie Oscar & Carl Harrison

Quillon Mittelman x Petrel Amber Mittelman

Quillon Mittelman x Danika Allegra & Marcus Mittelman

Morgan Desmond x Bridgette Bailey Marsha Desmond

Sordward x Sonia Emily, Mary, Lawrence, Annabelle and Garrett Magnolia

Lizabeth Blair x Christie

Marina & Danny Blair

(Will update more later)

[leanstooneside]

Failing to see the divine reflected in those around you

◊ Cam Gigandet's supple head

◊ Jon Lester's supple head

◊ Ashley Judd's supple arm

◊ Florence Henderson's supple knee

◊ Katrina Bowden's supple shoulder

◊ Chris Brown's supple lower leg

◊ Kelly Clarkson's supple lower leg

◊ Jamie Foxx's supple hand

◊ Ryan Dunn's supple belly

◊ David Boreanaz's supple leg

◊ Dakota Fanning's supple lip

◊ Daniel Radcliffe's supple hair

◊ Rachel McAdams's supple nostril

◊ Natalie Portman's supple upper arm

◊ Frankie Muniz's supple thumb

◊ Frank Ocean's supple hip

◊ Ian Somerhalder's supple knee

◊ Desiree Hartsock's supple waist

◊ Jennifer Aniston's supple ankle

◊ Penelope Cruz's supple shoulder

◊ David Spade's supple ear

◊ Lucy Liu's supple tongue

◊ Jason Aldean's supple ankle

◊ Scotty McCreery's supple eye

◊ The Situation's supple bottom

◊ Terrence Howard's supple hair

◊ Kobe Bryant's supple hair

◊ Malin Akerman's supple back

◊ Kendra Wilkinson's supple ankle

◊ Jason Bateman's supple forehead

◊ NeNe Leakes's supple ear

◊ Louis Tomlinson's supple belly

◊ Ashley Tisdale's supple calf

◊ David Schwimmer's supple wrist

◊ Jessica Stroup's supple thumb

◊ Prince Harry's supple hair

◊ Shenae Grimes's supple finger

◊ Kelly Bensimon's supple elbow

◊ Janelle Monae's supple hand

◊ Liam Hemsworth's supple tooth

◊ Dennis Rodman's supple head

◊ Robert Pattinson's supple waist

◊ Prince Charles's supple eye

◊ Nikki Reed's supple nostril

◊ Lily Collins's supple forehead

◊ Henry Cavill's supple tongue

◊ Janet Jackson's supple back

◊ Darren Criss's supple hair

◊ Katie Couric's supple eye

◊ Alicia Silverstone's supple waist

[helmetkeeper]

Hello! I'm looking for some masculine name ideas for a Sniper-kin ; if you want to experiment with making it earth/forest/canine themed that'd be really swag

hello!! wasn’t too sure about how masc some of these names feel, but i hope you find something you like regardless!

there's not as much as i normally end up doing, but it's still quite the list so i put them under the cut 👍.

acacia

acacius

ace

ackley

acorn

affie

alaska

alfie

alpine

arbor

arc

archer

archie

arctic

aries

arthur

artus

ash

asher

ashford

ashton

aster

atlas

august

augustin(e)

augustus

avens

avery

bandit

baron

basil

bass

basset

bay

bear

beaumont

beck

beetle

ben

bengal

benji

benny

bentley

benton

berry

birch

birk

blackjack

blaze

blue

blume

bo, boe

bolt

bone

boomer

borage

border

boxer

bracker

bracket

bramble

briar

brick

brin

brock

bryce

bryn

buck

bud

bull

burr

bush

busher

bushie, bushy

butch

buzz

caelum, caylum

callum

cane, kane

canid

canine

canyon

cas

casey

caspian

cedar

cerberus

charcoal

charlie

cheddar

chen

chez

chow

cider

ciel

cinder

citrine

citron

citrus

clay

clement

cliff

cloud

coal

coast

cobalt

cobolt

cocoa

collie

colt

columbine

columbo

columbus

conan

cooper

copper

cove

coy

coyote

crane

crimson

crispin

crow

curry

cyan

cypress

dagwood

dak

dakota, dakoda

dale

dane

dante

darrah

darren

darrow

david

dawson

deacon

dean

declan

den

denis, denys

deniz

denver

derry

dhole

digger

dill

dingo

dipper

douglas

drake

duff(y)

duke

dulce

dune

dusk

dust

dustin

dusty

dutch

dutchen

east

eden

elvis

elwood

emerald

emerson

emery

everest

everett

evergreen

falcon

fallon

fang

farley

fennec

fennel

fergus

fews

fin, finn

finch

finley, finnley

fir

firth

fish

fisher

flax

flint

florence

florent

flynn

ford

forest

forester

frank

frankie

franklin

fraser, frazier, frasier, frazer

frost

gale(n)

gardner

gene

genesis

ginger

goldie

grain

grey, gray

grove(s)

hades

harvest

hawk(e)

hazel

heath

hercules

hive

holland

hound

hugo

hum

hummer

hunt

hunter

huntie, hunty

jack

jackal

jackie, jacky

jason

jasper

jay

jett

joey

jove

july

june

juniper

juno

jupiter

kai

kale

kestrel

kip

kippy, kippie

koa

koi

lake

lark

leo

loch

locust

lodge

lotis

lotus

lucky

lumen

lupin(e)

lupis

mace

magnus

mane(d)

mango

march

marley

marlow

marsh

marshal(l)

matchbox

maverick

max

meek

meer

merlin

mickey

mint(y)

mob(y)

moose

morgan

morris

moses

moss

mossy, mossie

nash

nasher

nicholas

noble

norman

north

nox

oak

oakie

odie

odin

oleander

olive(r)

olivier

ollie

oto

otter

otto

ottoman

packet(t)

pear

percival

percy

perry

perseus

picard

pickle

pine

pongo

prairie

prince

red, redd

reed, reid

ren

rhodes

rhody

ridge

rock(e)

rocky, rockie

roman

ronat

rook

root

rory

rover

rudy

rune

russel

salmon

samsun, samson

scruff

scruffy, scruffie

silver

silvester

skylark

smokey

sol

solei(l)

solomon

sorrel

south

spade

sparrow

spot

spruce

stag

sterling

stone

sun

sunray

talon

tawny

terran

terro

terry, terrie

theo

thistle

thor

thyme

titan

toms

trip

tunnel

turtle

velvet

vulp

vulpes

wade

wane

warbler

wax

waxer

weaver

wells

west

whistler

winston

wolf(e)

wood

woodrow

woodson

woody, woodie

york

zeus

[masonhaind]

«Bridge»

«under…»

A couple more days passed. It was the same cycle over and over again, but this time Vayt changed the way he was going home. He didn't want to go past that cafe just to avoid Anthony's eyes.

This time, Vayt just didn't want to stay outside too long, so right after work, Vayt sat in HIS apartment again. But surprisingly, it wasn't stoned. That surprised Vayt, but he was glad for it.

Sitting in his corner, he thought about it. So much so that he didn't notice him tugging on Vayt's sweatshirt at first.

- Vayt. - HE spoke in a quiet and soft voice.

Vayt looked up and asked:

- What? - in a disgruntled and even annoyed voice.

- The guys and I wanted to go for a walk today, do you want to come?

He rolled his eyes.

- What are you going to do there? Get high, drunk and fall asleep under a fence somewhere? - his voice, as always, sounded a little aggressive towards HIM.

- I, well... - HE couldn't lie, but he didn't have the strength to tell the truth.

Vayt took a deep breath. He was uncomfortable being alone in this house. He doesn't know what for or why, but he decided to answer.

- All right, I'll go.

A faint smile appeared on HIS face, and then he walked away silently.

Vayt pulled his knees to him and rested his head on them.

"Eight of spades, six of diamonds, ace of spades, jack of clubs." - He remembered the cards that stressed him the most. - "The jack of clubs. Who could it be?"

The thoughts didn't leave his head, only rarely interrupted by a headache. But this time his thoughts were short-lived, for Vayt was tugged again by the sweatshirt.

- Vayt, let's go. - HE said quietly.

Vayt, like an obedient dog, stood up and put his backpack on his shoulder.

It was already dark outside when all this group was walking in some direction. Vayt tried to get to the back of the group, but HE didn't let him, keeping Vayt closer to him.

It was already dark outside, the streetlights were burning, and there weren't many cars on the street, since most of the working population was already home.

They reached the edge of town and crossed a small bridge. Vayt stopped for a second and looked at the water flowing below. He hesitated, "hung back," but until he was called out:

- Vayt. - HE called out.

Vayt came to his senses without delay and caught up with them.

As they went under the bridge, Vayt felt cold. It was colder under the bridge than it was on the bridge. Or maybe he was just feeling sick again?

He sat as far away from them as possible.

"Why did I even agree to this?" - Vayt wondered.

At that time, they got everything they had: alcohol and marijuana. But the guy who put the vodka in Vayt's water had gotten some powder in a bag of drugs somewhere.

- Darren, we agreed we wouldn't use that. - HE said.

- Come on, it's no big deal. Just this once, - Darren replied.

- You do what you want, I'm not going to try it.

- Lavrin.

- NO!

"Fucking show." - Vayt thought to himself, barely keeping his tongue behind his teeth. He pulled his legs to him and dropped his head on them. - "You did something again without thinking."

[araisbored]

In this lovely post, I will be reviewing the new album of a filipino artist Juan Karlos. I am not new in digesting albums as I’m a self-proclaimed music connoisseur. But what’s refreshing for this post was that it was from a Filipino artist. For the record, I always loved OPM. I love classic OPMS. I grew up, WE all grew up listening to them. But I just have never really dug into the deep. Album per album. Music industry in the Philippines was very different. The last thing a Filipino does is to support a Filipino music artist unless they’re colonized by the west or the artist got famous in the west. Everything was all about the west. But then things changed in the past decade. Which is a good thing. People started appreciating OPM again. I only have vivid memories of how OPM started. I’m not saying that OPM was not loved before. It always has been. But the younglings started loving it again when IV Of Spades released mundo. Then Juan Karlos’ Buwan followed. That’s when they all started catching the youth's and even not so youthful people’s attention. 

JK’s music entries to Ara’s Music chart wasn't always consistent but it’s not always a miss. I also disregard his somewhat homophobic remarks to Darren Espato. (if you know what happened there please tell me.) because I have no idea of what happened to them. My whole opinion and fondness for him is based on his music.

I am not new to JK’s music. I LOVE BUWAN and all its parts. (Wow) I love the Kundiman version of it even more. After he released buwan, and when it went viral. People just kept asking for more bangers and karaoke hits. He kept on giving but we almost believed that there would be no other hit that was going to be made. Shot puno happened which did well but never really peaked in my top 5. A few months later, ERE came. And she cooked, ate and washed the dishes.

When the song came out it was the perfect song for my situation. One of the biggest factors of charting in my personal music chart was always based on my mood. If I’m too happy or if I’m too sad. You wouldn't be on my top 10 no matter how many people like it or how heart breaking your song was. Safe to say she checks all the boxes.

Spoiler alert! Ere wasn’t my favorite in the album. It was my bias wrecker (lol for fuck sake my vocabulary is so 12 years old) from time to time but it wasn’t my favorite. It was paru-paro. You know me and my metaphors and similes and hyperboles. If you have those you got me, and I think Paru-paro hits all of it. Let’s get on to it for a little while. Also, I know I told you I was reviewing the whole album. Another spoiler alert…… I won’t be reviewing all the songs. So technically it was a half-album review or… maybe just my favorites. But still…. It is what I call it.

Let’s start with the album opener.

Track 1: Sad songs and bullshits. Which was the title of the album. The song was also registered as Sad songs and b******t. On a side note, it was very funny when it appeared on my car. 

The apostrophes are taking me out. Hahaha.  

Right off the bat, I think it's very smart and funny. And very straight to the point. A simple title that describes the album as it is.That's what exactly his album was. Sad songs and some other bullshit drama he has. And I might say, a good song opener. I like the parts where he encourages everyone to join him in his journey and to cry with him. Engaging with your listeners in a song is such a good song. 

Track 2, would be the ever famous, ERE.

I think what caught people’s attention was how sharp and bold the song was. It was very unusual for a Filipino song to actually include curse words. It’s a lot of risk as well because we all know how conservative a Filipino household was. So for this song to go viral let alone to be played in a house with you lola or mom listening? was truly a history. ICONIC. I noticed on some or most of JK’s songs is that he’s not afraid to utilize the silence. When you ask people what caught their attention in a JK song, it’s that he’s screaming or he’s belting, which is true, if he’s performing or when we reach the chorus or the bridge or the melody, which obviously are all true and good points. But what I noticed is the eeriness or the calm before the storm. It’s always calm on the start like he really wanted to tell you a story in a manner where it’s like he’s telling it to YOU. And only after he finishes that, that’s when the loudness and craziness comes in. And I love that about his music. It’s very expressive in that way. 

This song might be very catchy because of the use of words, specifically the curse word. But what the palaman of this song was really the story and the whole heart poured to a girl who hurt him. 

Track 3, may halaga pa ba ako sayo?

This is what I’m talking about when I say he’s not afraid of the silence. Although this is not my favorite track. This supports what I said earlier about the eeriness. 

If you like Track 4, close your eyes because I’m skipping it.

Track 5, Paruparo.

My favorite out of all the songs in that album. I think I resonate the best with this song. It’s such a let go and be-happy song. So comforting. And I might add… the words. The rhyming… just *chef’s kiss* When I listened to that song, after hearing the lines: “Kasing haba ba ng buong buhay ng isang.. Paruparo, paruparo, paruparo, paruparo” I immediately searched how long does a butterfly live. Look at that! JK teaching us some biology… who would’ve thought? 

The metaphors and personification and such are the main reason why I was captivated by this song. I just think it was really smart of him to compare the butterfly’s life to the span of their relationship. Such a smart way of comparing something and how brief they are. I also like how he rhymes the word Paru-paro, the title of the song, to some lyrics of the song(wow, arrah thats basically what songwriting is)For instance: 

‘Paano na tayong dalawa? Pa-paano, pa-paano, pa-paano, pa-paano’ , ‘Masakit man ang katotohanan na ako'y 'di

Para sa'yo, para sa'yo, para sa'yo, para sa'yo’, ‘Ayokong maging hadlang sa pagkamit ng mga

Pangarap mo sa buhay, aking sinta’

It won’t make sense if you haven’t listened to the song.

I also think that this song resonates the most with me. Or how I’m trying to be. Or what I wanted to say to someone who is not in my life anymore.

Track 6: Gabi (ft. Zild)

I love this song. Such a comforting song. Also good when you play it while driving. Bad thing if you’re sleepy. 

A song where two friends are drinking, and just talking about their breakups and life in general. Reminds me of Filipino walwalan days. If you’re pinoy, you know that kahit anong mangyari, shot lang katapat. Break-up? Tara inom. Lose a job? Tara inom. Masanggi lang, tara inom agad yan for sure. And this song reminds me so much of those times with my friends. Not the inuman part because we really don’t drink much. Me and my friends are not the drinker type of group. But the friendship and the presence of having them. We’re all far away from each other now. And this kind of song makes me hope that I was with them or wish I can see them if I’m having a hard time. This song will hit you if you have a solid friendship. 

I like Zild’s verse and voice. So calming. I also like how he rhymes everything. I know it’s basic songwriting but I wanna give them their cookies. They deserve it. The harmonization at the end is AMAZING! You can clearly hear both of their trademark, although I think this is more of a Zild kind of production. But I won’t know, I’m not an expert. And I’m not with them when they record this.

Track 7: Time Machine

I thought it was a sweet song because of the harmony and how upbeat it was compared to the other songs. But when the chorus hits, it turns out to be a sad song. A guy who reminisces about his past relationship and how he wishes he could turn back the time. Hence, the title: Time machine. I like the part that goes: ‘At tayo'y la-la-la-la-lalamigin’ I think that’s very JK. Very on brand. Just a little harot on the side. A lovely song.

The rest of the songs are getting skipped. Sorry. It’s just not my vibe and I don’t think I will form an opinion on something I care about a little. (Not in a mean way. All of his songs are good. And I will listen to them while I’m driving. I just prefer these songs over the rest. And I hope that you understand my stand. If you’re a JK fan, and you love all of these, GOOD for you. And if you’re JK who miraculously ends up reading my post. JK, I love this album. I can’t wait for what you will offer us next.)

And that concludes my review. Overall if I will rate this album, I will give it a 4 out of 5. I can’t wait for more JK albums in the future. I am really happy about the success of OPM these days. It’s about time. I hope this album or JK won't be the last OPM artist I will write about. 

Xx, Ara

[stranotizie]

L'agenzia di Kent, Carey Dodd Associates, ha annunciato la scomparsa sui social L'attore britannico Darren Kent, che è apparso in episodi delle serie tv "Il trono di spade", "I miserabili" e "Green Fingers", è morto a Londra all'età 36 anni dopo una lunga battaglia contro l'osteoporosi, l'artrite e una rarissima malattia della pelle. L'agenzia di Kent, Carey Dodd Associates, ha annunciato la scomparsa sui social. "È con profonda tristezza che dobbiamo comunicarvi che il nostro caro amico e cliente Darren Kent si è spento pacificamente venerdì", ha dichiarato l'agenzia. "I suoi genitori e il suo migliore amico erano al suo fianco. I nostri pensieri e il nostro amore sono con la sua famiglia in questo momento difficile". Nato nell'Essex il 30 marzo 1987, Kent ha iniziato a recitare negli anni 2000. In "Game of Thrones - Il trono di spade", Kent ha interpretato un pastore in una breve ma memorabile scena del finale della quarta stagione nel 2014. Nell'episodio "I bambini", il personaggio di Kent si presenta al cospetto di Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) con il corpo carbonizzato della figlia di tre anni morta per mostrarle la distruzione causata dai suoi draghi. Dopo l'incontro, la regina incatena due dei suoi draghi in modo che non causino ulteriori danni. Darren Kent ha avuto anche ruoli televisivi nella soap "EastEnders", nella miniserie "I miserabili" della Bbc e nella recente fiction "Malpractice", oltre a una breve apparizione nel film "Dungeons And Dragons: Honour Among Thieves", uscito all'inizio di quest'anno. Kent è apparso in altri film come "Mirrors" (2008), "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012), "My Feral Heart" (2016), "The Little Stranger" (2018), "Jeepers Creepers: Reborn" (2022) e "Love Without Walls" (2023).Kent ha vinto il premio come miglior attore ai Van d'Or Independent Film Awards 2012 per il suo ruolo in "Sunny Boy" (2011). Nel film interpreta un ragazzo con una rara malattia della pelle che gli impedisce di stare al sole e blocca il suo desiderio di essere un normale adolescente. Ha anche scritto e diretto diversi film, tra cui il dramma criminale del 2015 "Abusing Protocol". Fonte

[sunsetredroses]

Brett loved the enthusiasm that Darren showed and he knew that the night to follow was going to be one to remember. He watched the man lustfully as the latter quickly moved to shutter the store. "Somebody’s eager, isn’t he?" The actor obviously took that maneuver from the other in spades with a grin.

"This sexy man is all yours, baby." It didn’t take long for them to get to Darren’s house and when they both did, he chuckled back at the male’s comment. "Well, if you insist…" Brett shot back with a grin before he completely stripped bare in front of the store owner. "…you were saying you needed help to enforce that rule?" A wink was quick to follow afterwards.

He sensually strolled over to the other before clutching the latter’s collar. In one quick move, Brett ripped off Darren’s shirt as well as pulled off the rest of the male’s clothes in short order. "Oh would you look at that? Your rule was indeed enforced…" It didn’t take another second for the pornstar to land a searing, firm kiss on the lips of the store owner.

"…got anymore rules I should know of, sir?"

sunsetredroses (Darren/Brett)

@sunsetredroses​ continued from (x)

sunsetredroses​:

Brett knew his career choice was an odd one but at the same time, it gave him a load of new experiences to try out. Of course here he was casually looking through an array of dildos, he was practically familiar with before his gaze shifted to Darren every once and awhile.

“…as much as I’d like to go out for a drink, me and you both know what we truly want to do…” Brett teased over to Darren as his hand went to casually cup the other’s clothed bulge. “…so take me home and show me all of those toys of yours.”

“What are you waiting for, big boy?”

Darren let out the tiniest little gasp as Brett’s strong hand cupped his bulge, looking right into the obscenely gorgeous man’s eyes with a wicked grin slowly coming over his face as he listened to the obscenely attractive man speaking “Nice to know  we’re on the same page” he said, his voice filled with a wicked lust that had barely been held back for ages. He admittedly had seen a fair bit of Brett’s work, it was impossible not to considering how popular his tapes were, so having the obscenely perfect stud actually returning that lustful behavior was everything he needed.

“I think the only thing I’m waiting for is to get you to my place… lucky me, it’s not far” he grinned, his hand slipping up the front of Brett’s shirt and just feeling that insanely perfect chest that he’d seen on countless covers, letting it sink in that every inch of this man was definitely real and as obscenely perfect as he’d imagined. He couldn’t help but gave the man a playfully wicked little smile “Come on, I can lock up quickly” he said, casually leading Brett out of his store and locking up, getting to the car he had parked out the back. 

He went to cop a feel of that perfect ass, unable to resist just touching this obscenely perfect man as much as he could. “I’m starting to think your movies don’t do you justice because you are much sexier in person” he said with an almost stunned tone before he was driving them both to his place which was just a little up the road. He parked in his little garage and got out “Toys are just upstairs in my room… though I do have a strict ‘no clothes on hunky men’ policy in my home that I might need to help enforce” he was so obviously joking that he was practically giggling between words but he couldn’t help himself.

[westeroswisdom]

Throughout the final season, the audience identification character is Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), who swore devotion to Daenerys and her pledge to break the wheel. Like the audience, he was so enamored that he never realized she didn’t want to demolish the system; she simply wanted to stop the wheel spinning away from her.   “The Bells” was a gut punch that wasn’t just aimed at Daenerys, but at the audience — and nobody likes to get punched. Nobody likes to admit that they made a mistake, that they chose wrong. This explains the lingering sense of betrayal a year later, as well as all the articles contemplating what happens to those children named Khaleesi.

Irish writer Darren Mooney at The Escapist in a 2020 look back at “The Bells” (S08E05).

Some outspoken fans got upset because they deliberately turned a blind eye to Daenerys’s increasingly autocratic mindset and then blamed D&D (and implicitly GRRM) for not providing enough “foreshadowing” of her war crimes in S08E05.

Her roasting of perceived enemies was arguably justifiable at first: Pyat Pree and Kraznys mo Nakloz certainly had it coming. And her use of dragons against attackers was defensive at Meereen.

But once she got to Westeros, Daenerys “I will take what is mine with fire and blood” Targaryen only intended to break the wheel so she could make a new wheel of her own. In the end, she was just another Targaryen driven by a hereditary claim to rule rather than by idealistic motivations. Bending the knee to her came first and above everything else.

The execution of Randyll and Dickon Tarly was clearly an act of terrorism. If that wasn’t a heads-up then there’s no such thing.

In GoT we’ve seen bad guys do good things and good guys do bad things. And there’s a lot of ambiguity and nuance thrown in. In other words, GoT was a lot more like real life than some predictable and cartoonish movie or TV series.

But the characters do ultimately remain true to themselves. While Dany may have started off as a victim, her true feelings gradually emerged once she became Khaleesi and got a taste of influence and power. She didn’t exactly object in Season 1 when Drogo gave her brother Viserys that molten golden crown.

George R.R. Martin in real life is anti-war and anti-authoritarian. He was even a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. He had frequently called out Donald Trump’s anti-democratic tendencies. There was probably never going to be a “winner” at the end of the series who achieved dominance strictly through brute force and bullying.

So a touchy-feely ending with a clean military victory featuring Jon and Dany flying off to their honeymoon on Drogon was never in the works.

While there are certainly defects in Season 8, it does not diverge from the overall narrative of the series.

[theweirdkidinside03]

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[greycappedjester]

Hey so i was rereading all in the cards, as one does, and I got curious about how the castles look like. I'm kinda bad visualizing things and idk if I've been imagining the wrong all along 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

Ooh, I love this ask! Thank you! It took me a bit to find pictures that helped match my head but here you go:

Clubs:

Built into the cliffs and high up since the waves can get big and the water is very turbulent (this side of the sea is not used for sailing hardly ever). However, as Clubs is both the financially richest and the most safely situated kingdom, this castle has seen the least amount of destruction and is richly (if practically) made.

Closest I could find was this photo of Aragonese Castle in Italy or Dunnottar Castle in Scottland

Source article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beautiful-castles-on-clif_n_5201651

Spades:

The most typical fantasy castle depiction. With it being th most centrally located castle for the Card Kingdom, it is a major trading hub that is very open to visitors. It's also located next to a very large lake.

Here is Conwy Castle in Wales (photo by Roy James Shakespeare) and Alnwick Castle in England (photo by Darren Turner)

Source article: https://www.rd.com/list/gorgeous-medieval-castles/

Diamonds:

Diamonds is all about matching the tall mountains and trees around them. It also is closest to their historically more volatile neighbors, Hyakuzawa, so is built to be intimidating and hard to get into. Of course, it is also known for its Spires to ward away thieves and spies.

....I genuinely could not find a real life castle that perfectly matched this one and the fantasy castles that matched I could not tell if they were safe to repost.

Generally, think gothic castle that's tall with a lot of thins spirals. I found looking up vampire castle typically got me closest. Then, positioned in the middle of mountains.

Hearts:

The sea-trading hub of the kingdom. Hearts is marked by their closesness to the sea and large number of sea-faring traders (espcially from Nohebi and Futakuchi before the Iron Wall went up). Currently, the capital including the castle itself still shows a lot of marks from the recent Hearts Civil War. There are still signs of crumbling stone that has not entirely been fixed and, most prominently, burn marks.

I really loved Tossa de Mar in Spain for this:

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tossa_de_Mar,Vila_Vella-_004.jpg

(Btw I tried to use only publicly avaliable photos and cite where I got them because art theft is a very, very bad thing. Please let me know if I messed up on any)