#dueling network

[mesugakl]

i got to design the new sleeves for duelingbook's 6th anniversary!! they're inspired by the old dueling network sleeves + the elements and nature!!

[sonicasura]

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Gagaga Academy Emergency Network

"If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters: Special Summon 1 'Gagaga' monster from your Deck. You cannot Special Summon any other monsters, except by Xyz Summon, during the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 'Gagaga Academy Emergency Network' per turn."

[elijones94]

💥 Next to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Kit Fisto is my favorite Jedi Master. The “Lair of Grievous” episode of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” is among my favorites episodes in the animated series. After witnessing the death of his former Padawan, Nabdar Vebb, Fisto duels General Grievous (my favorite “Star Wars” villain). It’s interesting that Kit Fisto can easily take on Grievous in a lightsaber duel. 🌊

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R-t9GlT9qmk&pp=ygUda2l0IGZpc3RvIHZzIGdlbmVyYWwgZ3JpZXZvdXM%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uRnrAOOE05A&pp=ygUda2l0IGZpc3RvIHZzIGdlbmVyYWwgZ3JpZXZvdXM%3D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f_4RWzwljl4&pp=ygUda2l0IGZpc3RvIHZzIGdlbmVyYWwgZ3JpZXZvdXM%3D

[aldrine-joseph-25]

Ballet or not, these two really seem determined to outdance each other.

[callmespikey]

Finally. I have now draw fish Ed ;-)

Ed Belongs to Danny Antonucci, A.K.A. Cartoon and Cartoon Network

Artwork by CallMeSpikey

Created with Krita (painting program)

[zombiegangster]

Zatanna As The Dark Magician Girl

[sentient-rift]

Does this mean that there won't be a swordfight now between solo and Luna. I was excited for that.

"As if I'd let all that training go to waste! Solo and I may have a mutual understanding now, but that doesn't mean we can't test to see if I could win against him in a sword fight."

"Good to hear, Luna! I wanna see if the training Slashman and I gave you can match the blade of the Lone Rogue of Mu as well!"

"Yes. You've made excellent progress, Luna. Maybe you might be able to humble Solo."

"I suggest you keep training. I got myself a sparing partner who's helped me learn some new tricks."

"I shall be rooting for you, Solo! Make the warriors of Mu and the Espada Clan proud!"

"You can count on it, Sombra."

[chase-omega]

Japan just be doing insanely cool shit for literally no reason at all.

It doesn't even have to make sense. If it's cool, they will do it.

[justinssportscorner]

Daniel Kaplan at Awful Announcing:

After 20 hard, contentious months in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Diamond Sports and its 16 regional sports channels will come out intact after a federal judge approved this morning the plan to re-emerge as a slimmed down and nearly debt-free company. The once high stakes hearing today to approve or reject the plan lost its tension when MLB dropped its objections, as three teams–the Braves, Angels and Tigers–inked deals with within the last 24 hours.  [...]

The new FanDuel Sports Network will have 16 RSNs with a total of 13 NBA teams, eight NHL squads and six MLB ones. That is down from the pre-Chapter 11 figures of 19 RSNs and more than 40 NBA, NHL and MLB teams. But a big change is Diamond will have digital rights for all the teams moving forward, which will be available to consumers through Amazon. Here is the current list of teams that will see its games air on FanDuel Sports Network after the company has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy:

NBA: Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs.

NHL: Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning.

MLB: Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays.

[...] A key component of the Chapter 11 plan was reducing the fees paid to sports teams, which had benefited for years from the subscriber rich pay-TV universe. Those fees were no longer sustainable in the world in which subscribers were fleeing cable and satellite. According to Diamond’s financial projections, payments to sports teams will decline from $1.5 billion this year to $953 million next year, and $982 million by 2027.

Diamond Sports Group, who own the recently renamed FanDuel Sports Networks, climbs out of bankruptcy after 20 long months of hearings. DSG was nearly dead, but has resurrected anew with an Amazon Prime deal added on.

[newsofthenight]

Food Network's Newest Show Leaves Viewers Hungry for Better Quality

In a groundbreaking culinary twist that has left viewers both intrigued and mildly nauseous, Food Network has unleashed its latest sensation, “Dumpster Duel.” The show pits chefs against time as they race to create gourmet dishes using only ingredients salvaged from restaurant dumpsters.With the tagline “From Trash to Table,” the show promises an unparalleled blend of suspense, creativity, and a…

[deelovesbooks]

so i only started watching d20 this year and i started with Neverafter man what a ride! I loved it so much and I'll be back to watch it again sometime I love little red and my frog man so much lmao

and then once that was finished, I decided hmm let's do A Crown of Candy that seems fun! And this was of course while I'm in the middle of 3rd year so I don't have A Lot of time and honestly just added to my extremely high stress levels already. (I haven't actually finished the campaign yet 😬 classes ramped up and it much stress abounded lmao I think there's like 4 eps left? After the betrayal and jet dying and meeting Frostwhip and rescuing Jawbreaker I believe I've seen the episode after jawbreaker is rescued and that's the last. I will come back eventually when I'm less stressed and farther from metal breakdown lol)

And then I watched the first and I think second? episode of dungeons and drag queens. And I truly enjoyed it! I will return to watching it and finish it for sure I just got very deep into school and had no time and then breakdown era lmao

Then I watched Mentopolis! My friend and I both watched and talked theories and honestly I loved it. Just so good, I believe made me cry. Will likely rewatch.

And now I am Obsessed with Burrow's End. Like, I don't even know how to put it in words. (Is it probably because Im mentally unwell right now and under vast stress and strain and have been since September? Lmao probably a small contributing factor) but like I have rewatched episodes already in this season it's that fucking good.

And now while waiting for the weekly episode to drop rather than doing any of my truly enormous list of Extremely important and Critical things to do, I decided I haven't had enough of d20 and I needed more Aabria DM in my life rn. So now I am honestly plowing my way through a court of fey and flowers and I'm in love. Ok Chirp and Squawk are truly marvelous and play off eachother so damn well I am in love with these birds and all the bird puns and references they make endlessly bring me joy. And fucking K P Hob omg 😭 truly going to make me cry this fucking goblin man. I don't really know much about this campaign or what happens but I stg if Hob and Rue don't end up together I will be heartbroken. I just finished the hedge maze EP and honestly up to this point just fucking heartbreaking. But like Holy shit honestly the whole cast is killing it and Aabria bringing the fucking thunder and not even like just A game the fucking A+ extra credit graduate early with honors game holy shit. Like I'm not big into regency, I've never read p&p or seen Downton Abbey or Bridgeton but I've read a few books set in that era and have knowledge of the media and like the cadence and tropes of the genre, so like when I say I'm invested so much I'm like sooo invested. I love all the mechanics with the tokens and the letters and the rumors especially it's amazing. Truly revolutionary and groundbreaking and in the least creepy way possible I would give Aabria a kidney her work is just so amazing.

Anyways! The point I started making this with was that I can't wait until I finish acofaf so that way I can actually go through the tags without getting spoiled!

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Overlay Network

"You can activate 1 of the following effects.

Target 1 face-up monster you control; Special Summon 1 monster with the same Level from your hand or GY in Defense Position, but negate its effects. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck the turn you activate this effect, except Xyz Monsters.

Target 1 Xyz Monster you control; add 1 card attached to it to the hand.

You can only use this effect of 'Overlay Network' once per turn."

[obsidiannebula]

Had a dream where my husband and I were going to play a game called Lovers in an Infinite Time Loop, which seemed to be Outer Wilds crossed with a dating game but cribbing off the name scheme of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime? And when I say it was pulling from Outer Wilds I do mean that I remember seeing the Outer Wilds Ventures logo at some point

[arscorpii]

these aerial shots of the streets in the scene where anthy was about to jump off a building in episode 37 remind me of a network of blood capillaries gradually flowing with some foreign substance (the way the red lines were drawn certainly resembles some liquid substance). the camera panned towards anthy from the 1st to 4th picture, and the streets gradually turned from pure white to white with some red.

before the suicide scene, utena and anthy were enjoying tea and cookies at akio's place, and they were wearing their school uniforms. anthy indirectly hinted at "poisoning" the cookies. in response, utena directly stated that she had "poisoned" anthy's tea. both accepted the poison into their systems (bodies) without any hesitation or qualms. noticeably, in this scene, utena didn't wear the rose crest ring that she took off at the beginning of the episode. i'd like to think of the streets gradually turning from white to flowing with red liquid as the visualisation of the poison they consumed in this scene gradually circulating in the system (via blood vessels and capillaries); thus, these points represented utena and anthy's bond/relationship with each other up until before the suicide attempt (white) and after (flowing with red).

up to at least the moment utena found out about anthy and akio at the end of episode 36, utena and anthy hadn't been honest with each other, despite utena saying to anthy that she could come to her if anthy had any problems, and that they can help each other through anything (episode 25). from the point akio began making bold moves in grooming utena (episode 30 onwards), which led to sexual assaults and rape, utena had started to keep things out of anthy's knowledge/unable to tell certain things to anthy.

a prominent example of this would be the scene in episode 36 where anthy asked about utena's whereabouts the night utena went to the dueling arena with touga. other examples are in episodes 30 and 35. anthy, on the other hand, hadn't been honest with utena from the very beginning. from my understanding, from both sides, the dishonesty with each other came from the dire need to preserve the sanctity/purity of their bond (and the despairing inability to open up about respective sufferings). both utena and anthy didn't wish to taint their bond with their ugly stories of truths. the situation was more adverse for anthy because letting utena know the truth could derail all of akio's plans.

(note the network of streets) with regard to the series, colour theories were ever-present in every visual aspect. white was equated to purity and innocence; red was synonymous with violence and danger. i think these meanings suited the visuals of the post-suicide attempt scene, the purity of their bond was incrementally coloured with violent truths from one another. moreover, i also think the post-suicide attempt scene further reified the cantarella scene. in other words, the post-suicide attempt scene was the more literal take/depiction/iteration of the cantarella scene (if that makes sense), with the visuals of the white streets flowing with red as the connecting factor between the two scenes.

the final visual of the "poisoned streets" before anthy urged utena to leave the school. the poison was freely and fully flowing through every street. throughout the suicide scene, utena and anthy were both in their sleepwear. this may connote a more vulnerable and honest disposition without any facade, as well as a better understanding and more equal footing with one another, compared to when they were in school uniforms during the cantarella scene. utena was also wearing her ring here, which may highlight her choice to play the role of a prince for anthy's sake to the end.

in addition, i think the streets flowing with poison could also be seen as a network of empty/dried blood capillaries finally flowing with blood; akin to a dead body coming back to life. after a person dies, the first visible change would be pallor mortis (within 15 to 20 minutes), wherein the body begins to pale because blood stops moving through the capillaries. with regard to this information, the visuals may indicate a sign of rejuvenation of the bond between utena and anthy after opening up to one another. the bond between them became more human, alive (flowing with blood), as opposed to being hollow (dried out blood capillaries; like death). to me, i believe both interpretations could work simultaneously for the visuals of the streets.