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eurovision-facts · 5 months ago
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Eurovision Fact #711:
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The Point Theatre has been the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other venue. The Irish theater has served as the venue a total of three times, first in 1994, then in 1995, and finally in 1997.
The theater was rebranded and underwent heavy renovations and remodeling in 2007, and is now known as the O2.
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"A whizz through our wonderful Host City history," Eurovision.tv.
Point Theatre, Wikipedia.org.
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eurovision-revisited · 1 year ago
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Dublin 1997: Televoting
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It was only natural for Eurovision countries to try to select the meta if they wanted to do well. A stubborn, conservative and stagnant consensus had formed. The ballad-schlager axis.
Occasionally a new strand would emerge accidentally (traditional Celtic/Irish music), and there was a rush to exploit it. It did not last long, and once again Balladageddon re-established itself. In the real world, these songs were not selling.
There was a push to encourage national selections to be braver and some were, but nothing managed to challenge Eurovision orthodoxy. It was time for the EBU to take action.
The juries were the problem. Not only did they consistently fail to vote for the new or experimental, they also tended to favour neighbouring countries or countries with similar musical cultures to their own. Block voting had been an issue as far back as 1963 when there were accusations that the Norwegian jury changed their results to favour Denmark. It had never really gone away, and now it was discriminating against the newcomers.
The juries needs a shake-up.
Luckily there was a solution. Telecommunications technology had recently begun being able to handle televoting. Short phones calls to exchanges that could record numbers and could cope with a sudden burst of incoming calls. It had been used in several national finals for some years, even if there were some teething problems like those that afflicted the Finnish national selection final in 1996.
In 1997 the EBU took the plunge. Five countries with the most experience at running televotes were selected to replace their juries with 100% televoted results. These could be gathered and verified during the interval act. There was only a short time for voting, but it was enough. It had the additional benefit in that those televotes cost the callers money, so there was income to be generated, although at first that reward was taken by the telecommunications companies themselves.
Even in 1997, the results were there to be seen. Some counties that scored reasonably highly with juries, did not with the televote:
Slovenia got 60 points and finished 10th, but it didn't get a single point from the televoting countries.
Spain got 96 points and finished 6th, with 17 counties giving them points. Among those that gave them nothing were three of the televoting countries.
Malta, the perennial English-language boosted nation got 66 points, finishing 9th, but no points came from the televote.
Other countries were more favoured by the televote but not at all by the juries.
Iceland got all but 2 of its 18 points from the televote
Denmark got 10 of its 25 points from just three televoting countries
Bosnia & Herzegovina got 13 of its 22 points from four televoting countries in possibly the first case of televoting sympathy for a country recently at war (although I know it's hard not to vote for Alma)
There were still some oddities, and there was some neighbourly voting clearly remaining. The German televote gave Türkiye 12 points which could be the first instance diasporic voting, but Türkiye's song finished with 121 points and finished 3rd overall, so possibly not.
Was it a success? Well more data would be needed, but there were some shifts in the direction the EBU wanted to go. That data would start rushing in during the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest. The first one to be 100% televote. Well except for the three countries that still had juries. What would the brave new jury-less world look like?
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transsherlock · 2 years ago
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Okay guys apparently Páll Óskar is a lil bit of a uhmmmm guy (I did a wikipedia deep dive like a year ago) BUT I just want to bring this performance to you guys's attention.
This is the first Eurovision act done by an openly gay man at the time and it is mesmerizing and weirdly heterosexual.
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vintageurovision · 4 months ago
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Bianca Shomburg, Germany's representative in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, performs on stage during dress rehearsals at Dublin's Point Theatre on 3 May 1997 [photo: Peter Harding]
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babolat85 · 2 years ago
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Love Shine a Light - Katrina and The Waves
Hadn’t listened to this in a while, and now it’s come up on my Spotify playlist every day for a week.
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diceriadelluntore · 3 months ago
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Storia Di Musica #342 - The Corrs, Home, 2005
Le Storie musicali di band di fratelli e sorelle ci portano in Irlanda, per una band che tra fine anni '90 e inizi 2000 fu molto popolare. The Corrs, come suggerisce il nome, sono una band di tre sorelle e un fratello, i Corr appunto. La loro storia è molto particolare e si lega a quella di un film del 1991, divenuto di culto, ambientato a Dublino, da dove provengono i nostri. The Commitments, diretto da Alan Parker, racconta la storia di Jimmy Rabbitte e del suo tentativo di mettere su una band di soul e rhythm'n'blues a Dublino, The Commitments, appunto. Il film, che è anche uno spaccato dell'isola prima della travolgente trasformazione avvenuta negli ultimi decenni, fu trampolino di lancio di una serie di attori\cantanti che dopo il film si lanciarono in carriere musicali. E tra loro c'erano i fratelli Corr. Jim Corr suonava in una band con John Hughes, che curava per Parker le selezioni dei musicisti. Hughes non sapeva che Jim avesse tre sorelle musiciste, Caroline, Sharon e Andrea, con cui si presenta i provini. Andrea ottiene una parte di recitazione con battute (è Sharon, la sorella minore di Jimmy), gli altri tre fanno da comparse, ma Hughes dopo le riprese chiede di poter diventare il loro manager. Diventano una band, dove suonano diversi strumenti, anche quelli tradizionali irlandesi. Il primo grande trampolino di lancio è l'esibizione, nel 1994, per i Mondiali di Calcio di USA 94, seguita due anni dopo per la cerimonia d'Apertuna dei Giochi Olimpici di Atlanta '96. Vanno in tour a supporto di Celine Dion, mentre il loro primo disco, Forgiven, Not Forgotten, che comprende sia brani strumentali di musica tradizionali che canzoni pop rock, svetta nelle classifiche di mezzo mondo, diventando uno dei dischi d'esordio di artisti irlandesi più di successo di ogni tempo. Nel 1997 successo per Talk On Corners, partecipano al Pavarotti And Friends a Modena e ricevono nel 1999 un Brit Award come Miglior Band Internazionale, registrando persino un MTV Unplugged, che vende milioni di copie. Il successivo disco, In Blue, prodotto da Robert John "Mutt" Lange, li consacra star internazionali: il singolo Breathless va in classifica in mezzo mondo, come Radio, l'album è il terzo disco con le maggiori vendita della Storia delle Classifiche musicali d'Irlanda dopo il The Best Of 1980-1990 degli U2 e Be Nere Now degli Oasis. Sono nominati ai Grammy Awards. Registrano un altro disco dal vivo, VH1 Presents: The Coors Live In Dublin, con ospiti Bono che duetta con loro in When The Stars Go Blue di Bryan Adams (un gioiellino) e Summer Wine di Nancy Sinatra e Ronnie Wood dei Rolling Stones che suona la chitarra in Little Wing, cover del classico di Jimi Hendrix e in Ruby Tuesday. Succede però una fatto doloroso: Jean, la madre dei fratelli Corr, muore in attesa di un trapianto di fegato all'ospedale di Newcastle, in Gran Bretagna.
E proprio alla madre, e alla loro terra, è dedicato questo disco, Home, che esce nel 2005. L'album precedente, Borrowed Heaven, già aveva riaperto la strada del folk nella loro musica, che nei dischi di successo internazionale si era un po' persa, ma in questo disco si ritorna alle origini. In scaletta 12 pezzi, divisi tra strumentali tradizionali di musica celtica irlandese, come Haste To The Wedding, che è il brano principe del ballo Céilí, uno scritto da Sharon Corr, Old Hag e due cantati in lingua gaelica dalla bellissima voce di Andrea, Buachaill ón Éirne (che vuol dire Ragazzo di Erne) e Bríd Óg Ní Mháille, Bridget O'Malley, che probabilmente è una riedizione ottocentesca di un antico canto dedicato a santa Brigida d'Irlanda. Ancora più emozionate è la parte di canti tradizionali cantati in inglese: My Lagan Love è uno dei primi traditional scoperti da Joseph Campbell, che agli inizi del 1900 intraprese un percorso di ricerca e traduzione dei canti tradizionali, musicati e riportati sugli spartiti da Herbert Hughes; la meravigliosa Spancil Hill è invece un traditional, probabilmente scozzese, che venne riadattato dai migranti irlandesi in America, dove divenne molto famosa nella zona dei Monti Appalachi: lo spancil era un modo di legare le zampe dei capi di bestiame per non farli scappare durante le fiere. Dolcissime sono Peggy Gordon e la bellissima Black Is the Color, conosciuta anche come Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair, brani che raccontano il carattere forte e deciso delle donne di quei posti. The Moorlough Shore è una delle più famose ballate irlandesi: è la storia di un giovane, innamorato della sua terra e di una ragazza, che però rifiuta le sue avances perché ama già un marinaio. Aspetterà il suo vero amore per sette anni. Frustrato, il ragazzo lascia la casa della sua infanzia e salpa, continuando a elogiare la ragazza che ama e che vive a Moorlough Shore. Sulla sua melodia, durante gli anni della Rivoluzione dell'Indipendenza irlandese (negli anni Dieci del 1900) i rivoluzionari cantarono The Foggy Dew, il principe dei brani di libertà irlandese. Completano la scaletta tre cover di brani moderni: Heart Like A Wheel, successo di Kate & Anna McGarrigle, poi ripreso da tanti artisti (la versione più famosa di Linda Ronstand), Old Town del leader dei Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott e un brano, Dimming Of The Day, scritto da Richard e Linda Thompson per un loro disco del 1975, Pour Down Like Silver. La musica è arrangiata con delicatezza, agli strumenti moderni sono affiancati i tin whistle, il Bodhrán (che è il tamburello irlandese) e una sezioni archi, che è sempre stato un marchio di fabbrica della musica Corrs. Spicca la voce, brillante e squillante di Andrea Corr, emozionante in più di un passaggio. Il disco, che non è di successo come i precedenti, ha comunque successo in patria, In Australia e sorprendentemente in Francia, dove vende 100 mila copie.
Andrea Corr, che ha recitato anche in altri film, tra cui Evita con Madonna e da protagonista una semisconosciuta commedia canadese, The Boys From County Clare, tenterà, con scarso successo, anche la carriera solista, con Ten Feet High. I Corrs continuano a suonare e a pubblicare materiale (l'ultimo disco del 2017) ma non hanno più raggiunto il successo dei dischi pop, nè la delicatezza, e la bellezza, del disco di oggi, un bellissimo esempio di variazioni "moderne" ai classici tradizionali della cultura delle isole britanniche, un grande tesoro culturale.
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poisonousquinzel · 9 months ago
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hi ! love your account. first of all congrats on asshole being gone !! second of all im really new into fandom but love harley and know most of her live adaptation. any comic recommendations of her story or journey mostly?
Hey, tyyy, love!!! 💖💕💖
Im actually working on a recommended Get To Know Her type media guide atm, hoping to get it done within the next few weeks. 💖💖
But for rn, Harleen (2019) is always a good one. It's not connected to the main timeline, but it's an origin story that delves more into the manipulation process during Harleen's time at Arkham. And I put together all the various Harleen related works that Stjepan had made that weren't published in an official book.
Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red #1 "Harleen: Red" is also a continuation from that universe, set after her final break up with Joker and further into an emancipation esc arc.
Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red #3, #14
"Get Yer Story Straight", "Fixer Upper"
Batgirl Adventures (1997)
Detective Comics #831
Harley Quinn: Make Em Laugh #2
"Housewarming", "The Lady or The Tiger"
Most of those are readable as singular comics thatcha don't have to mess with multiple different comics to understand lol 💖
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ethantism · 7 months ago
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Queer ESC Day 9: Katrina Leskanich
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Frontwoman of world renowned one hit wonder Katrina and the Waves, Katrina Leskanich is less known for fronting the band at Eurovision 1997 with Love Shine a Light. The UK's most recent winner now lives everyone's lesbian aunt dreams with her partner, writing dog travel guides.
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betweenthetimeandsound · 2 years ago
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Probably the highlight in a very uninteresting year.
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🇹🇷 Klips ve Onlar - Halley
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ruttotohtori · 1 year ago
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Toni Bleää toimi Ison-Britannian pääministerinä vuosina 1997 - 2007. Hänet muistetaan parhaiten televisiosarja Itse valtiaiden erikoisjaksosta Operation ESC, jossa hän esitti dueton rauhan puolesta Venäjän diktaattorin Vladimir Puuttinin kanssa.
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eurovision-facts · 1 year ago
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Eurovision Fact #445:
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Only one American has ever won the Eurovision Song Contest. Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves took home the win for the United Kingdom in 1997.
Leskanich is originally from Topeka, Kansas.
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'Made in the USA - Americans who have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest,' Aussievision.net.
Participants of Dublin 1997: Katrina and the Waves, Eurovision.tv.
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eurovision-revisited · 2 years ago
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Dublin 1997 - The interval act and other performances
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The benefit of having a bona fide, 100% genuine pop star as a host is that the interval act is sorted. It's right there. In Oslo they had Morten Harket, and such was their extravagance, they had him as the opening song. They put on a huge separate interval act without him
Ireland and RTÉ weren't going to look a gift horse in the mouth and neither were Boyzone's management. The interval was Ronan and his fellow Boyzone band members performing their song Let the Message Run Free. Initially this just had Ronan on his own with a dance troupe, but he was soon joined by the boys dressed in full black leather trench coat ensemble, anticipating The Matrix by at least a year. They even got some choreography at the end to match the dancers.
This is Boyzone at the absolute pinnacle of their popularity. They were trying to make a push to break into the US market. To this day they're the second most popular boy band in the UK chart history after Take That. They're were also popular across Europe, so this is Eurovision getting a big name to start at the centre of the show - another attempt to get Eurovision to more credible and marketable across Europe.
If I'm honest, despite the contemporary big name, it's not particularly memorable. What you think of it will entirely depend on how well you think of Boyzone. There's no trip around Ireland on video. Nothing traditional, although Ireland have already ticked that off in 1994 and 1995. This is as straightforward a pop performance as you can get. And it only lasts about six minutes.
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arconinternet · 4 months ago
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BMF (DOS, Imagination, 1997)
You can play it in your browser here (emulation may stutter in Firefox), or download it for use in DOSBox (e.g. for multiplayer) here.
Tips: as soon as you select singleplayer on the menu using arrows and Enter, the game will use the controls set under Setup, which assume the numpad is used for arrows; use the Fire key (PgDn by default) to select a player file and campaign. Esc brings up the ingame menu; you'll need o press it twice if the mouse cursor has been captured by the game. Full instructions are included via the main menu.
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vintageurovision · 1 year ago
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Dentro Di Me, Barbara Berta - Switzerland, Eurovision 1997 (Preview video)
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mucillo · 6 months ago
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Robert Wyatt - Sea Song (Official Audio)
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La musica di Robert Wyatt gode da sempre di una stima illimitata, sin dai tempi in cui era batterista-cantante dei Soft Machine e poi alla fine di quell’esperienza (per lui una ferita mai sanata) e alla nascita dei Matching Mole (se lo si pronuncia alla francese diventa Machine Molle = Soft Machine). In entrambi i casi Wyatt contribuisce ad album destinati alla storia della popular music come Third dei Softs e Matching Mole. Poi però succede qualcosa di tragico: il 1° giugno 1973, durante la festa di compleanno di Gilli Smyth dei Gong e della poetessa/performer Lady June, un Wyatt strafatto e ubriaco si arrampica sul tetto per tentare di calarsi sul balcone del piano dove si sta svolgendo la festa e sorprendere tutti. Sono pochi passi ma sufficienti per cambiargli per sempre la vita. Appoggia male un piede, scivola e cade nel vuoto. Al suo risveglio in ospedale si ritrova paralizzato dall’addome in giù.
Quella è la fine del «batterista bipede», come Robert ha sempre definito la sua vita prima dell’incidente. La cosa sconvolge i suoi amici e la scena musicale tutta, e porta a bellissime iniziative come il concerto organizzato dai Pink Floyd (con i quali i Soft Machine avevano speso una buona parte dei ’60 in tour) il cui incasso è devoluto a Wyatt per le cure ospedaliere. Ma i link con i Floyd, lo si vedrà leggendo, non finiscono qui.
Supportato dalla fedele moglie/collaboratrice (è autrice dei tutte le sue copertine e di diversi testi) Alfreda Benge, detta Alfie, Wyatt mette da parte le inquietudini e le esagerazioni che hanno caratterizzato gli anni giovanili e si concentra su una musica che altro non può essere definita se non la musica di Robert Wyatt. Dentro ci sono echi della scuola di Canterbury (non potrebbe essere diversamente), prog, sperimentali, world. E c’è quel jazz che in definitiva rappresenta il più grande amore dell’artista. Ma soprattutto c’è la sua voce. Una voce che ha influenzato cantanti moderni (qualcuno ha detto Thom Yorke?) e che o la si apprezza in tutte le sue sfumature o la si rifiuta: sottile, sempre al limite dello spezzarsi, addirittura dell’andare fuori tono. Però dolce, sicura, riconoscibilissima, in grado solo con poche note di scaldare l’anima come un caminetto acceso in una notte di neve. Infine ci sono le sue canzoni e le molte cover con le quali spesso si è misurato: rarefatte, impalpabili, struggenti, solo sue. Ma anche agguerrite in altri momenti. Col tempo infatti Wyatt ha saputo mettere in atto un fiero impegno politico, schierandosi con il Partito Comunista Britannico e trovandosi coinvolto in iniziative umanitarie.
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Nel 1997 nel quale in Italia (caso unico al mondo) viene pubblicato un tributo a Wyatt (The Different You – Robert Wyatt e noi, organizzato da Francesco Magnelli e Gianni Maroccolo e pubblicato dal Consorzio Produttori Indipendenti) esce Shleep, suo più grande successo dai tempi di Rock Bottom. È un album sereno, variegato, in grado di mettere sul piatto i diversi mondi wyattiani in maniera perfetta. Con diverse perle sonore tra cui una che spicca per intensità: Maryan, scritta col chitarrista jazz Philip Catherine e ripresa con eleganza e trasporto da Ginevra di Marco e Cristina Donà nel tributo.
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Uno degli album più importanti degli ultimi 50 anni. Concepito nei giorni di convalescenza a seguito dell’incidente e prodotto da Nick Mason, il disco presenta un Wyatt fresco e nuovo, che compone canzoni che entrano nell’anima del mondo. Sospeso tra umori jazz, melodie struggenti ed esperimenti, Rock Bottom farà scuola per il suo carattere al tempo stesso tortuoso e godibile. Al suo interno molta malinconia, ma anche uno spirito ironico e vitale che permette a Wyatt di pubblicare alcune tra le sue canzoni più belle, una su tutte Sea Song che è pura poesia per il suo amore con Alfie. Ma è tutto l’album a essere una lunga lettera d’amore alla consorte, alcuni brani portano addirittura il suo nome. Rock Bottom è l’equilibrio perfetto tra canzone e sperimentazione, tra jazz e tutto ciò che musicalmente c’è di bello sul pianeta Te
( da Rolling Stone)
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fl-project · 7 months ago
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[ 💛 || two [[prize]] of one - sccn't alt ]
[ A Demon who is a royal duke of hell, Mark. Caketon, An angel, But also used to be a famed broken fairy. Mark had recently met an unfamiliar person but in a similar form named Caketon since after k_k started going missing. A cd player. With multi colored wings and two different eye colors and red cheeks. Voice was a little off-key and broken. At first. Mark is getting so much suspicions on him. Caketon kept lying he was someone else. But Mark was never dumb enough to be fooled with. Mark threatened caketon to bring his real angel partner back or else ]
[ while in the forest. Mark tied the imposter on the ground until he got his answers ] “ tell me the truth…what do you want from Cakes..? I’m not falling into any more scams… ” [ he throws his dagger in the air and catches the handle back in his hands. The smaller angel scoffed and turned its head away ] " I Do Not Speak [[Terrible Customer Services!]] Especially from a [[Virus Detected]]!! [LUCIFER!!] like you!!! " [ Mark threw a dagger nearly hit them as a threat ] “ OKAY OKAY YOU [[Slime!!]] STOP WITH THE [[Throw for a prize!!]] ALREADY!! I…I just…needed an..[[Angel]] to go up in [[Heaven]] ” “ you need..an angel.? To go up in heaven.? why.? ” [ Mark narrowed his eyes ] [ the smaller huffed ] “ to..[[Gain]] my [[FREEDOM!!]] and to [[Press Esc]] out this [[Poor horrible Soul]] misery.. ”
[ Mark blinked. He wasn’t sure if it was believable or truthful enough. Neither to trust them. He did know that many souls wanted to go to heaven to live in peace and a blissful life. He sighed ] “ alright. I believe you. But using my partner’s body is wrong. You could’ve just asked… ” “ Nope! I Feel [[100% Magnificent!!]] on this [[Avatar!!]] ” [ another dagger was thrown on the tree near his head ] “ eek!! ”
[ Mark pulled out a grimoire and flipped the pages ] “ if you’re not getting out of that damn body then i’ll do it myself… ”
[ he tried to find anything about possessions. Like exorcism. The smaller so-called angel tried to think of something. As Mark closed his book and reached his hand out chanting a spell. The smaller screamed and pleaded ] “ I JUST NEED TO KEEP THIS [[VESSEL]] FOR A LITTLE LONGER FOR [[LOW PROFILE]] PLEASE I JUST WANT [[FREEDOM!!]] ”
[ Mark stopped for a moment and looked at the smaller angel. He doesn’t know if he should feel pity and guilt or not. He sensed their aura was fear and misery.. Despair. Pleading.. his shoulders dropped as he groaned. He pinched the brim of his face with his finger ] “ okay fine fine! Let me ask you one more thing just to make sure… ”
“ what. ”
“ is..k_k still inside on that body.? ” [ he asked. Didn’t hesitate to sound genuine. The smaller angel nodded ] “ it’s like a nuisance [[Bug!!]] nagging in my brain- ” [ Mark bonked its head ] “ don’t you dare badmouth my cd player an annoying bug you piece of crap! ”
[ as the angel nodded. Mark then knelt down ] “ Who are you? Really. I need to know. ”
[ the cd player multi colored broken angel beamed ] “ A [[#1 Rated FairyTrader!!1!]] since [[1997]] SPAMTON G. SPAMTON!11! WHAT IS YOUR [[NAME AND ADDRESS]]?? [[BLOODY MARY?!]] ” [ Mark nearly understands his speaking. maybe he's just broken because his voice box had gone all errored and his own words. He was questioned about his name ] " my name's Mark. Royal Duke of Card Castle. " " [[THE]] CARD CASTLE OF HELL?!?!?! " [ he exaggerated. Mark shrugged ] " yes i'm a companion with King Spa- " " AAAH BOP BOP BOP BOP [[RING RING]] WHO'S THERE?!?! NOBODY?!?! PHONE CALL [[E NDE D!!!]] "
[ he was interrupted. Spamton sounded like he was pushing something away he's afraid of. Mark raised a hand ] " alright buddy. Whatever. " " JUST [[UNTANGLE]] ME ALREADY YOU [[TALL GENE SLIME!!]] THIS [[STRING]] IS AS BAD AS A [[HouseHold Odor!!! Not Recommended!!]] " " no. " " RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! " [ he screeched and it chomped on the rope. It was thick and unable to. Mark watching him like it's embarrassing ]
[ he huffed. Unsure what to do. Whether he'd set his angel partner free or just…let this little gremlin be… Mark didn't have time for this. So he just carried the body with his arm while tied up and walking away ] “ HOLD THE [[PHONE]] where are we Going?!?!? ” “ To the castle so I could sort this all out properly. ” “ NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!!! PUT ME DOWN YOU [CONDEMNED DEMON] I NEED TO GET TO [[Heaven]] RIGHT NOW OR [[Date will Expire]]!!! ” “ no. “ “ RaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaAAAaAAAA&@$#*÷;&#(@#&(@$$!!!! ”
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