#guess i am just weirdly biased haha

[ameliatheamazing]

I watched the a:tla live action and because I used to be the Posting My Thoughts On Avatar blog, I'm gonna share the lil reviews I wrote after watching each episode. spoilers ahead!

1- aang:

ok so far it’s actually really good! The actors are amazing, especially aang and zuko, but like everyone actually. They are kids. And that’s like the most important thing. (i just hope they’re still kids by the end of the series lol). The visuals are BEAUTIFUL, the lighting and color grading is really good, the effects are great, the costumes are amazing- it’s all really faithful to the show. And it’s so exciting too bc i know it so i’m like so hyped every time something new that i recognize comes along. So overall i’m enjoying it. The main thing is it’s pretty tonally different, like bc it’s a limited series they’re focusing more on the war aspect of it all and cut a lot of the filler. Which makes sense i guess but like.. I do hope they let these kids be kids! Like please let aang goof off and show katara and sokka that it’s ok to take a break and have fun as well. I feel like that’s a really important aspect of his character so we shouldn’t cut all the filler. Please. We’ll see. (i had this exact problem with the pjo series too.. feel like i’m getting deja vu)

2- warriors:

Episode 2! Was really good! They took out sokka’s sexism which ppl were mad about but i honestly really liked what they did instead, how he connected to suki through them both being leaders of their villages. He still underestimated her and she still taught him to fight (he just wasn’t wearing makeup. tragic) and i LOVED every scene they had together! I was like kicking my feet it was so cute. Kyoshi came in and was so OP. I think it’s weird that they started going to the north because of some omen and not because aang needs to learn waterbending?? Like what’s the reason for that. so many of the decisions made here just seem to be trying to move the story along as fast as possible. But there are still good character moments and it’s enjoyable.

I love zuko. I already did so i am biased but his actor is amazing he really has that anger but also like, a clear softness beneath that. (my only problem is his scar isn’t quite as nasty as the animated version. Like from far away you can’t even really see it, i feel like it should be bigger.) I’m still not sure about iroh’s actor he’s pretty different from the animated version and i just feel like no one can live up to the original, but his character is similar to the one we know and love. azula and ozai made an appearance which is wayy sooner than in the og lol. but both of their actors seem great i’m excited to see more of them.

3- omashu:

ok we knocked out a few major s1 episodes, with jet and the mechanist from the northern air temple being featured. neither of them were from omashu originally but combining them here actually worked out ok. i loved danny pudi as the mechanist obviously. they weren’t living in the air temple though which took out a pretty big struggle for aang, where he had to come to terms with other people living on the air nomads’ land. but they can’t include every detail and like i said, having them in omashu worked just fine. idk how i feel about the jet plot, it seemed pretty similar to the original episode it just had less focus so it was like weirdly paced i felt like. most important thing was we saw cabbage guy!! even in live action his cabbages aren’t safe

4- into the dark:

why did they have bumi like, literally try to kill aang? in the show they revealed he was bumi at the very end and he was like haha it’s me your friend! i was testing your strength or whatever. here, they had him be mad at aang for not being there during the war! like oh my god?? in the original series, not everything was about the war. you even forgot it was happening at times. here, they don’t let you forget.

so glad they included secret tunnel. also oma and shu were lesbians we love to see it. but it was so strange that the badger moles like… responded to love? what?? that’s not a thing. in the original cave of two lovers episode i remember katara thought love would be the answer at first, but then was proven wrong and the crystals actually just guided them because it was dark. but in this one, she was right and sokka looked like an idiot for not believing her?? ok. i am kinda glad they took out the kataang stuff, i don’t think we need it this early on.

i liked zuko and iroh’s plot, especially the addition that the guy who captured iroh had a personal trauma from iroh’s ba sing se attack. this show has so much depth and nuance rather than just having good guys and bad guys and this was a great way of showing that.

5- spirited away:

idk what to think of this one. it was kind of an all over the place infodump. they clearly used this one as a way to put in a lot of stuff they weren’t gonna cover otherwise, like sokka’s trial thing. it didn't flow together very well. but i still enjoyed it i guess. we met a bunch of spirits that normally don’t show up until later like koh, wan shi tong, and the fox that i’m pretty sure was yue. interesting choices. ok and why the fuck did they have june flirt with iroh?? bc in the og series he makes comments towards her that are a bit gross. and instead of taking that out altogether, they reversed it?? what the fuck? that’s not better. i think my favorite part of this episode was gyatso telling aang it wasn’t his fault. he needed to hear that.

i’m starting to get pretty annoyed that aang hasn’t learned waterbending AT ALL? by this point he had been practicing with katara quite a bit! like we are way behind on the mastering elements thing when that was literally their top priority in the main series.

6-masks:

that was actually amazing. pretty spot on 1 to 1 of the blue spirit episode, at least the second half. except at the end aang and zuko talked a lot more, they’re really pushing zuko towards that redemption more than in the original. zuko’s backstory also had a lot added to it which i really liked. ozai’s characterization is so interesting, he has a little more depth (we’re just seeing more of him rly) but he ofc is still the worst human being ever in the world. but the actor who plays him is so good and we're really seeing why he makes the decisions he does. the agni kai was more drawn out which made it even worse, and we saw the actual moment of zuko’s banishment which was also extremely painful to watch! :D when he was crying in his bed ugh i couldn’t take it. and i love the detail that the soldiers he wanted to save were assigned to be his crew, which led them to respect him more once they heard his story. i loved that.

they really dumbed down commander zhao in this, i watched the original episode again and he was so much more threatening. idk why they gave that asswipe more comedic relief than aang. let aang be silly!! i’m also craving more appa in this show.

7- the north:

this was pretty much just an expanded version of the waterbending master episode. (although aang is STILL not learning waterbending?) the katara vs pakku fight was amazing and really accurate to the original scene, which was one of my favorite fight scenes so i’m glad for that. although they took out the whole thing with pakku noticing katara’s necklace but that’s fine tbh. but yeah she had her girl power moment! slay. yue is amazing and her and sokka’s interactions are so great! although i wish sokka and suki hadn’t actually kissed in episode 2, bc i feel like it took away from the importance of his and yue’s relationship! like she was his first kiss in the series and now she’s not. she’s not even necessarily his “first girlfriend.” so yeah weird choices all around. i also found it interesting that she dumped hahn and was not even betrothed to him. and he was way less of an asshole so it's not even clear why she did that. i guess trying to give her more agency? but like it doesn't make sense.

8- legends:

this one was good, again pretty accurate to the season 1 finale. the fight scenes were really drawn out to the point where it felt like they were just padding time lol, but aang’s avatar state fish suit thing looked really cool. i don’t remember if aang’s conflict here was in the original but i don’t think it was? where he’s like “i have to bear the burden of being the avatar alone” i remember him struggling with that in season 3 but not s1. idk how i feel about that. I love that katara got her moment and got to not only fight but be a leader! also momo like, sacrificed himself to save someone but it fell pretty flat bc if you're just watching this new series, you would barely care about momo. he's like not in this at all. zuko was the highlight once again. i just love him. i think that's all i have to say? again, pretty much the same story as the original.

TLDR i didnt hate this series, most of my problems with it just came from the fact that it's a live action remake and i hate those as a concept. as a fan of og avatar it was really enjoyable! I didn't like the shift in tone very much but I knew it was coming. (i'm probably gonna rewatch the og series as a palette cleanser lol). The cast and overall visuals were great and the story, although condensed, was fairly accurate. I'm excited to see how they do s2 but i'm not like super invested and my hopes are still not that high.

[irenerei]

I know Xmas already over but i really like this holiday season themed boyfriend look of Jun so...

HAVE A JUN LOCKSCREEN EVERYONE!!

BIG BIG THANK YOU AND HUMBLE GIFT FOR @iiasha @s0ftbb @sleepy-star-boy @junhui-official @youngk-hun

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Photo from Junhui's weibo

*lowkey slaps myself cos u all deserves better gifts

[astrobei]

When you get this you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers <3333 self love. now.

omg HELLO i realize it has been like . a month since u sent this to me but i am so bad at chain posts bc i always forget who’s tagged who and i get weirdly worried abt not having enough mutuals to do it w 😭 but i will be holding everyone hostage until they list 5 things they like abt themselves!! Seriously I Mean It. no more astrobi fics until u do it

um . anyway .

1. i have a freaky accurate sense of smell! which maybe is a weird thing to like but i think it’s cool! my mom always gets so impressed by me smelling all the little ingredients of the meal she’s cooking + me texting my roommates that whatever they’re making smells rly good except i live on the third floor of our house and should Not be able to smell anything. anyways not to flex (i totally am)

2. i know so much about whales . seriously, i watch So Many nature documentaries (especially ocean ones) and whales r my favorite animal Ever and all my friends n fam give me so much shit abt it but I DONT CARE!! also as a pacific northwesterner maybe i’m biased ! idk i think it’s cool i could spout a couple whale facts (haha get it) at any given moment (iam Sorry).

3. i know my way around a kitchen sort of ! (or so i’ve been told?) anyways i Do love to bake and my love language is definitely giving my friends baked goods so . if anyone is interested i’ll mail u a cupcake of ur choice (may be slightly moldy upon arrival but whatever) n i make a lot of bread when i’m at home for the summer and also like . cinnamon rolls and scones and creme brûlée sometimes and stuff . anyways

4. i take Pride in my hugging skills ok i know for a Fact i am a top notch hugger . i think my secret talent is knowing from instinct whether someone will go above or below for a hug and then it’s never awkward when i go in !! and Squeezing just right!!

5. i’m good at math which i think is cool and neat of me sometimes! unfortunately this does come at the cost of me not being able to write an essay or discussion post to save my Life i don’t know HOW U GUYS ALL DO IT I AM SO SCARED OF U😭 coming out to u all Officially as a stem girlie btw,, first person to guess my major in college gets a patented Astrobi Hug

anyways it’s 2am for me so this was probably incoherent but . hopefully now i am less of an Enigma to u all and more of a Real person . have fun perceiving me or whatever :/ putting u all on a fic moratorium unless u also perceive urselves (real)

[blackberryneximide]

I would love to see all of the WHF asks answered 👀

oh wow okay!! (also shoutout to @cluster-quartz​ for asking 🌿 which I’ll obviously be answering here <3)

(This post gets long so read it below the cut <3)

🌱. Rank the endings

I spent both Arthur’s and Ollie’s angry crying at them, but that’s like. not a BAD thing.... so probably Arthur at #1 for how much built into that ending (I am still furious at him for wrecking the mines like that though), Sally at #2 because thank fuck she’s alright and Gwen’s alright and it was great to see everything being calm and okay, and Ollie at #3 because even though one of the revelations really threw me off (I’d guessed about Margaret and Jack’s relation since act 1 and I was so ready to not get surprised), I just like Ollie less (i’m sorry dude ;-;.. I was here for Margaret...) Though I gotta say, that bit where Margaret's accent slips?? Oof. Hit me hard.

🌵. Rank the stories/characters

My character ranking (including DLCs) goes (from fav to least fav) Sally, Vicky, Roger, Arthur, Nick, Ollie. TBF, I really do love everyone, I haven't seen a nuanced cast I was this engaged in in forever, so while I can rank them, there really isn’t that much difference between tiers.

Stories?? oooh man that’s so much harder ;-; Sally and Arthur both at equal #1? and everyone else?? IDK? they’re all so well done? I love them all?

🌿. Opinion on Sparky!! (Arthur’s pet)

I completely forgot Sparky existed!! ;-; But I love geckos, so, I love Sparky too.

🍀. Opinion on the Kickstarter video

Obviously good enough to get me to back it? No but, I do remember absolutely being enamoured with Uncle Jack at the time as a result? Having just seen it again for the first time since, I love it! I think it sells the vibes perfectly and I love how rapidly the director messes up the tone and the lil 4th wall break to show the team at the end. Maybe I’m just used to watching really awful Kickstarter trailers these days, but I do love that one.

🍃. Fuck, Marry, Kill with Arthur, Sally & Ollie. Fuck Arthur, marry Sally, kill Ollie :3 (also i stg at this point i have to mention i don’t hate Ollie, i just like him less, so it completely fucks him voer for this sorta ranking lol)

🍄. Anton Verloc, smash or pass

I’m uh.. gonna leave y’all with the filename for one of my pieces of fanart and you can work it out uwu

💐. Favorite theory about the game

(EDIT: Oops i forgot to answer this one! ;-;) oh goodness, yknow, I’m not sure? At this point, I still struggle to remember what’s a theory and what’s canon, what with the way the game leaves all those lovely little plot holes for you to fill. I’m not even familiar with that many of the fan theories, I think, apart from my own - so on that note - my inbox is so very, very open to fan theories uwu

🌹. OTP!!

oh I lvoe too many ships!! that’s tough! I’m a big Roger x James fan, but Victoria x Prudence and Arthur x Sally all rank really highly for me as well ;-; Plus I’ve ended up being into Nick x just about anybody and shipping bobbies with half the town too :/

🥀. NOTP!!

sally x robert byng and sally x verloc treated as genuine ‘aren’t they nice together?’ ships can stay the hell away from me at all times :) I just want sally away from her abusers is all

🌷. BROTP!!

Sally and the Weird Sisters??? I haven't really thought too much about brotps for this game but I really enjoy their dynamic and I just want Sally to have more freinds ;-; ACTUALLY! Sally & Nick??? They get high together a lot and Nick plays his old awful songs that nobody else but him loves and that’s not an excellent brotp foundation idk what is

🌺. How did you find out about the game?

Not..sure? I think my mum may’ve found it and gone “hey, aren't you into weird British 60s things and also video games?”

🌸. Did you played the pre release of the game? Which one? From 1 to 10 how much do you think the game has improved?

I definitely played a pre story alpha build, and one of the builds when they’d just started implementing Arthur’s story. I think it’s improved massively - the earlier builds leaned so heavily on survival, which, even now, not a massive fan of. I remember wanting a lot more substance, it was mostly ‘Arthur running through a field’ simulator, peppered with the occasional event (Apparently the thing with the ghost of Arthur’s mum is still in the final build but I haven't encountered it since. I remember it being such a weird encounter, out in the middle of nowhere, and it just stuck with me.) But to put it on a scale? 10 outta 10 on improvements - thank fuck they went ‘ah. story.’

🌼. Percy & Arthur, Sally & Gwen or Ollie & Margaret?

Sally & Gwen!! BuuuUUt! I have a really really soft spot for Percy and Margaret ;-; I love that they’re only seen through memories, compared to Gwen, that we get such a weird, biased recollection. That Percy is only remembered when Arthur gets the right stimuli, and that Mags is remembered constantly, but always wrong. There’s such a great contrast in the fallibility of people’s narratives between all three of them?? I love it???

🌻. Have you listened to the game’s OST? Which song is your favorite?

YeSSSSS!! For Make Believes tracks - You’ll Never Change My Mind, though I’ve been listening to a lot of Cheer Up lately. :3 For the soundtrack - House of Curious Behaviours is my definite fav, though Lovely Day For It, Dead Chuffed and Brassed Off are all close favs :D

🌙. Favorite side character!

Prudence Holmes!! I got stupidly invested into Prudence’s narrative when chasing up some weird urban legend about being able to save her life in Act 1 (spoilers, you can't) I always enjoyed that you were, to quote the name of the achievement, hot on her heels, like there was a real chance you could bump into her while escaping.

⭐️. Opinions on the bobbies!!

I started off weirdly indifferent about them, but, y’know? That musical number? good for them! I think they’ve got some of the funniest dialogue too tbh...

🌟. Do you have a oc in the universe? If yes, show us!!

So while I may’ve written so much for my own take on the white bobby, he’s still technically, not my oc, BUT! His wife most certainly is! 

Her name’s Paula Bacon (sidenote - she’s got that surname bcus the white bobby appears to me ingame as ‘constable bacon.’ is that set or his name randomly generated? Whatever the answer is, his sharing a surname with Roger does mean I get to pretend they’re related somehow ) and she’s a really sweet, caring person, who I think, is more patient than the people around her deserve. She’s fairly attentive to her surroundings, and a natural curiosity means she’s often the first to put things together. Whether it’s classic British reservations, or her particular temperament, she’s always very conscious to conform and keep her head down though.

⚡️. Do you check the official We Happy Few website or their sub reddit frequently?

I’m on the subreddit at least a few times a week as u/neverlia :) I mostly seem to answer lore and gameplay queries haha

☁️. Do you have a favorite mission?

Church! Of! Simon! Says! that one gets so splendidly batshit that i can’t help but love it

☀️. Do you follow Compulsion Games on social media?

Yup :)

[wickymicky]

weirdly though like i dont think many of my biases are 96 liners like i am. Ten is, and Yerin could be my GFriend bias (though idk it could really be any of the 6 of them.... im leaning towards Yerin or Umji though), but like... idk. i dont know who my WJSN bias is, i guess it could be Soobin, i like what little ive seen of her personality and i wanna watch more, but there’s so much content from so many groups lmao. Joy was my Red Velvet bias but tbh i think at this point it’s actually Seulgi. I like Vivi and Handong a LOT and theyre both high on my bias lists, but they aren’t my number 1s in those groups. idk. 

i have a lot of 97 and 99 line biases, and a couple 95 line biases, but not as many 96ers. tbh i cant even name that many more 96 line idols... Twice and CLC have a couple each, but like, idk i just think it’s interesting that a group with 13 members like WJSN, with a pretty wide age range, has three 95ers and two 97ers and more 98ers than like any other group i can think (i cant really think of many 98 line idols at all actually... a bunch of groups i like just skip over that year and go from 97 line to 99 line haha. loona, dreamcatcher, weki meki, nct only has one out of 23 total members, etc), and yet WJSN only has one 96 liner. 

maybe it’s that the big kpop booms were in the early 2010s when a bunch of groups debuted at a time when 96ers would have been too young, or in like 2017-2018 up until now, when 96ers are in their twenties and they would be potential leaders of groups and as such not as many of them got to debut? i’m just like hypothesizing here lmao, this is all just me guessing. 

some groups who debuted in 2014-2015 or so have some 96 line members, like Twice and CLC as i said, but it just feels to me like not as many groups debuted during that time compared to how many debut these days. it was like right on the edge between “generations” too, like the second gen groups were at the end of their careers (for the most part), and the third gen groups were rookies, so Red Velvet debuted with a 96 line maknae (who then got supplanted by a 99 line maknae lol), but it just seems to me like that wasnt super common. i mean i’ve only been into kpop for roughly almost 2 years, so i wasnt around then, but it just feels to me like that time period was between eras and the big kpop explosion hadnt quite happened yet. 

but maybe it wasnt like that at all and felt really different to the people who were around then, idk. anyway i just wonder if that has anything to do with the distribution of ages in kpop groups lol. i wonder if the reason there are sooooo many 97 and 99 line idols in kpop is because a huuuuuge number of groups debuted from 2017 onwards, when those idols would have been 20 and 18 respectively, and 96ers maybe juuuuuuuuuust missed the window ever so slightly haha. there are a lot of them in kpop, i know, but it doesnt *feel* like there’s as many lol. but idk, maybe that’s just because i’m always looking out for them, and so i’m just imagining the scarcity because i want there to be more than there are haha. 

[ja-khajay]

What'd you dislike about Klaus? I heard so much positive stuff about it and was thinking about watching it

Before Klaus came out I had been following its development for a year or so from when the first paper tests where shown online to promote their funding, at the time I had no idea of the plot or anything, I had just seen black and white animation tests and a few backgrounds and thought damn that looks really cool! Glad to see they’re making something like that and didn’t think much of it, then the movie came out and I had forgotten about it mostly, and I saw everyone and their mom talk about it online and how it was the best movie ever and was a breath of fresh air for 2D animation etc etc etc so I watched it and lo and behold

The animation in Klaus is amazing, the fluidity and complexity of it is just off the charts, there’s a LOT of talent behind that film and they used all of it for emulating the 3D Disney animation style. People have pointed out as a selling point that the animation is so good you “can’t tell when it’s 3D or not” and that is. Not a good thing imo? I am a huge sucker for traditional animation and defend it above 3D as much as I can but the reason why 2D is good is because it allows things 3D just doesn’t. Klaus doesn’t even try to touch that. From how the characters move, to the visual direction, it’s the bland Disney gimmicky style. It doesn’t bring anything, it feels like a flex and nothing else which would be fine per se if I hadn’t seen people suck it’s toes for doing the same art style we see constantly but with different media. It brings nothing to the table

Then you have the plot. I’m a bit biased because I wasn’t raised in a Santa family and from a young age I lived in a “xmas magic is kinda cringe” mindset but the plot is.......it’s bad. It mostly relies on “look we’re so quirky for telling a story you’ve heard already but this time everything is An Accident haha” and you end up with a movie that’s so predictable...I don’t see the point of going Oops Lol Accident Look we’re Unique because it’s not subversive at all. It’s a cheesy Santa movie that tries very hard to not be one while still sticking to the formula. Weirdly enough Santa was the character I liked the most in the movie because the protagonist is SO annoying and the way he’s animated made me want to strangle him and shake him around!! It’s so over the top and trying to grab your attention constantly!!! Santa being given a tearjerk story was eh but I liked his characterization nonetheless

If I had just seen the film without the hype around it, it’d have been fine I guess, I’d have thought that it’s a pretty movie that doesn’t have more to it like most AAA animation films from Hollywood but sadly I was bombarded with positive feedback to the point of annoyance. People hailed it as a savior of 2D, which it isn’t, it’s just another family friendly riskless movie who’s making of was a bit insane despite everything else. It lacks everything subtle, it’s a retelling of stories we’ve heard thousands of times who tries so hard to make you think it’s unique and cool. And it worked! Look at how popular the movie was. People who’s concept of the animation industry ends at Pixar loved that shit!

The coolest most risky thing Klaus pulled off is having Saami characters be explicitly there

Also 2D animation isn’t dead, you’re just american

Watch Wolfwakers when it comes out

[luukeskywalker]

lan sizhui?

BABY!!!!!!

how i feel about this character: I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! perhaps i am biased but he is my favorite of the junior quartet 😅 i can't help it! i think about that time that he was punished because he's the ringleader and drags all his friends out to night hunt with wen ning and i get the biggest smile on my face. i'm so proud of you, baby boy, you go cause that chaos!!

who i ship romantically with this character: haha ummm weirdly enough, pretty much nobody? i'm not really super invested when it comes to shipping the juniors. does he really need romance to be happy? i don't think so!

my platonic OTP for this character: junior quartet!!! they're all so sweet and good to each other, and he's such a smart boy who can lead them all into mischief when wei wuxian isn't around to do the job.

my unpopular opinion for this character: uhh haha i guess that i super Don't ship him with jin ling or lan jingyi. he and jin ling are cousins, and lan jingyi is stated clearly to be a part of his clan - not just sect! - which means they're directly related, too. i don't think a lot of people pick up on that bc it's kind of mentioned in passing, but yeaaah.... both of those ships make me mad uncomfy lol

one thing i wish would happen/had happened in canon: hm!! i wish he had called lan wangji and wei wuxian "dad" or "father" at least once. let him love his papas! with words!!

[teaganpls]

sms: teagan taylor

@augustuswill.

Augustus: We might grew up on the different side of the world but we're still both just normal person like any other person. And yes, it was quite an experience having to be independent on a very young age. Haha I would definitely convince you to finish school! First time to hear that you want more polite people rather than rude. Augustus: That stung me a bit, I find myself normal and boring! So I guess you wouldn't want to hang around with me. :)) I hope I get to meet Tierney too! Augustus: Nice! Maybe you could make her drunk and let her dance weirdly on the middle of the street, video and post it online! A promo stunt before your new music release party! That was a joke, by the way! Don't make her drink! Augustus: Can you remind me of what's the asshole name is? I think I got to use calling him as a dick, asshole, that I forgot his real name. So you get my point why I'm furious of that guy huh? I'll tell her that. Alex had been so nice to everyone and doesn't deserve to be treated like that by your friend. Augustus: I can handle another more. Work and taking care of my sister is not so handful anymore. So, try me. Augustus: I am. I will sure will! Should I bring some coffee over?

Teag: That is definitely true. People are people, and we should all respect each other regardless of background. I get that. My siblings and I had to be independent at a young age, too. It was different circumstances. My mother was... kind of a trainwreck honestly, and didn't look after us (to say the least. It was a pretty abusive situation) so we had to learn really young to provide for ourselves. I would like to once I figure out what to go for. I'm a musician and I love making music with my whole heart and soul, but I just can't see myself going on a tour again and being away from my daughter for so long when most headlining tours could last anywhere from 6 months to a year. I respect people who are full-time musicians and have families because that balance is just crazy. Not to mention all the temptations on the road. It just isn't a good lifestyle for me. Which is basically my long ass way of saying I'm gonna need a new career which is why I opened the shop with my sister. I'd probably go back for Business that way if Tierney ever wants to tour (she has a business degree), she can knowing that I have everything under control.

Teag: Wait... people seriously want others to be rude to them? Wtf.

Teag: Aw I'm sorry!! Please don't take offense, my new buddy. If it makes ya feel any better, I need more normal and boring in my life. If you're close with Presley then I'd definitely say you're bound to meet Tierney soon. I'm biased bc she's my twin buuuuut she's pretty amazing

Teag: Hahaha don't worry, I won't. I actually just finished rehab myself 2 days ago... so drinking wouldn't be good for either one of us 🙊

Teag: Before I tell you, I just want to be clear right from the beginning that I don't want to be in the middle of any drama. I have enough going on in my life at the moment and as much as I understand why you're upset because cheating is a huge no-no, I don't want to be in the middle. I hope you can understand and respect that. No offense at all meant I just needed to say that sooner rather than later.

Teag: Wow, we're gonna be good friends already if you're offering to bring me coffee AND listen to my problems. it's a super long story. 

Teag: TL;DR i’m a “bitch” and outcasted too. so if alexis wants someone who can sort of understand, please send her my way. i need all the friends i can get lmao.

Teag: as i mentioned above, my mother (or as i like to call her, she who must not be named) was abusive. she had a lot of boyfriends throughout my childhood and they were all abusive as well. physically, sexually, verbally, mentally... you name it, it was there. she who must not be named was also heavily addicted to drugs and alcohol. So I grew up seeing that behavior... and started drinking when I was really young. I did drugs for the first time when I was 14. I loved it immediately and it was the perfect way to escape all of the torment that was going on at my house. at the same time, i had a childhood best friend dj who i met when i was five. he knew all about the abuse and his family opened their doors to me and my siblings. his parents were like the parents i always wanted but never had. i mention this because it comes up later dsjndjnfsdhbfdshsdj this is seriously such a long story I’m so sorry in advance

Teag: so i turn 18 and as i mentioned, i didn’t go to college. frankly i always thought i’d be dead in a ditch so i never like... planned a future for myself? the only thing i was good at was music so i followed that to los angeles. to make a long story as short as possible --- went to rehab, fell back into drugs, found out i was pregnant and went to rehab again to get sober for real. i was doing really really well up until about a month ago. everything in my life went to absolute hell all at once. i found out who my daughter’s father was and it was one of the friends from la, and at first things were perfect and i was really relieved (still am, don’t get me wrong) that her father was a close friend instead of a random hookup while high. but things with dj got really rocky out of jealousy it was a whole mess and as things were getting rocky with him, danny was really there for me buying me flowers and supporting me and it was just. a confusing mess. so dj breaks up with me after him and danny fight on the booze cruise (sure alex told ya all about that booze cruise) and then i found out from my best friend that she also had a confusing thing with baby daddy and there was another girl involved too.

Teag: god i swear i’m trying to make this as short as possible, i’m sorry, just so much fucking shit has happened and i haven’t talked about my side much bc i don’t want people in the middle. so i got into a huge fight with danny because i felt really blindsided and hurt by all of this, where i said shit i shouldn’t have said. i told him he needed to grow up and be the father our daughter deserved. i regret that, i do, i know he loves blake and would do anything for her but in the heat of the moment, i was just so hurt. he said some pretty nasty shit back that isn’t worth repeating bc i’m trying to not dwell on them. and then i found out that dj’s mom, lisa, who was like the mom i never had died and i just.... fucking lost it. i had a complete break down and relapsed. THIS LONG ASS STORY IS ALMOST OVER FUCK. so i did 2 weeks of inpatient rehab back home in dallas and then came back home and finished my rehab as outpatient to be back with blake, my daughter. the last thing danny said to me was never to contact him again so... naturally, i didn’t contact him when i came back because i was focusing on staying sober. god okay i feel so bad about how long this is getting, the short of it is danny and i have been fighting pretty much ever since i got home, even when i avoided him specifically to avoid fighting. i only see blake on weekends, everything is tense with my former friends bc of things that should’ve stayed between danny and i but didn’t, on top of all this i’m trying desperately to stay sober and still grieving. okay, that’s it.

[eledritch]

Do you not like ‘Dirty Laundry’ :o ? Or is it problematic in some way?

oh, you sweet summer child….you must be new here haha

to say I don’t like dl would be an understatement. while i don’t necessarily condone the hate the writer got, I’m white and not in the best position to criticize their portrayal of Mexican-Americans (…problem one: Lance is Cuban, not Mexican, and Latinx people aren’t interchangeable. There are HUGE differences between Mexican-American and Cuban-American cultures). 

That being said, I am literally from Arizona, born and raised there 18 years, and dl supposedly takes place in AZ, but uhhh…it was pretty obvious to me that the writer had a) never been there and b) didn’t bother asking anyone from AZ about what it’s like there. Nor had they talked to any Mexican-Americans from AZ, as far as I can tell. Like…Lance’s family lives in the middle of nowhere?? In, I guess, the desert??? That threw me for a loop. I was raised in Phoenix, so ofc this is biased, but all the Mexican-American families I knew lived well within the city. There’s work in the city, and more importantly, there are tightly-knit Mexican-American communities whether in the barrio or the more suburban areas. And that sense of community and shared culture is really important for Mexican-American folks, especially those who recently immigrated from Mexico to a completely new country…and that community felt really absent in dl. Like, sure, Lance has a big family but they’re weirdly isolated. It’s just not realistic, imo. The whole fic felt like that to me, and I couldn’t get through it. The writing isn’t bad, but…imo, it wasn’t good enough to merit all the attention it received. That’s just my two cents, but again, this is old news and I’d rather not keep beating this dead horse.

but seriously. nobody ate Takis even ONCE in dl???? c’mon. arizonans know

[comicteaparty]

March 15th, 2018 CTP Archive

The archive for the Comic Tea Party chat that occurred on March 15th, 2018, from 5PM - 7PM PDT.  The chat focused on Anarchy Dreamers by Emily Ree.

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✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

COMIC TEA PARTY START!

Good day everyone~! This week’s Comic Tea Party is now officially beginning~! Today we are discussing Anarchy Dreamers by Emily Ree~! (http://anarchydreamers.com/) For those new or in need of a reminder, discussions about the comic are freeform, so please feel free to bring up whatever you wish. However, every 30 minutes I will be dropping in a discussion question to help those who would like a prompt. These questions are totally OPTIONAL to answer, and you can pay them no mind if you wish. If you miss out on any though, they’ll be pinned for the duration of the chat once they’re posted~! Remember, constructive criticism is allowed, but the primary focus here is to have fun and appreciate the amazing comics that the community makes~! As a bonus, each chat a top comment will be picked and featured in the archives and on an ad for CTP! All that being said, let’s get started and have a great discussion!

QUESTION 1. What is your favorite scene in the comic so far and why?

✨Novasiri☄

Eff me, asking me to choose. Though I do have to say some of the more recent pages have been an utter feast for the eyes due to the nightmare itself out right causing everything to fly off the rails. both in an artistic standpoint, and general 'wtf-ery' for the characters. But, any scene with Koji is

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

yes, some of the more recent pages have been truly gorgeous. i might be biased because they kind of got a space/galaxy/nebula feeling going on

snuffysam

Yeah, it's extremely difficult to choose a scene. I liked the page where there was a poster in the background warning kids not to try and awaken on purpose to become beautiful, particularly combined with the scene were it was revealed that Luna did exactly that.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

My favorite scene! Hmmm. Admittedly, I came into Anarchy Dreamers pretty new - I'd heard of it, but not read it at all previously! Honestly? Issue 3 as a whole had to be. I love action scenes, don't get me wrong, but issue 3 really just... Works. It's fairly calm, the coloring's even more emotive than usual, and I feel like I really got a great idea of the characters and who they are while reading it. The pacing really worked for me, and I enjoyed getting a moment to learn about Koji and Tabbi's relationship. (As well as Crow and the others.) It was a great chance for me to get to know everyone as a new reader.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

@snuffy yeah i noticed that poster and really loved that detail. partly cause from the world was built up to that point i was like "do kids kill themselves to become dreamwalkers." that poster more or less answered my question in the most depressingly morbid way possible. @kabo Issue 3 was really nice because of how laid back it was. It's always good to balance action with stuff like this, and I think it was good to give all the charas some more development and let us, as readers, become friends with them.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Right! Issue 3 also made me a bit more curious about the Miho and Koji relationship -- what is going on there, and uh... Which of the girls is his actual girlfriend? :3

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Helloooo.... I didn't get all the way through, only into issue 4 thus far. ^_^;; So I don't know from recent pages.

snuffysam

I feel like Tabbi is the only one he considers himself having a relationship with, but other girls keep hitting on him regardless

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

clearly its both O_O Koji playing the field

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Favourite from what I read to that point was the kiss scene, where Tabbi's memories came back. It was sweet and there was good imagery with the shattering and all.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Miho FYI: http://www.anarchydreamers.com/comic/page-23

And yeah!! I really like how Tabbi is visualized each time she gets her memories. Though I'm unclear on if it's the blessing of the dream god or if it's just them recovering. (Also the imagery when Tabbi starts delving into her memories... HMMMMM)

snuffysam

he may also be an idiot

wishjacked

I've always loved that first Nightmare fight with the horse skeletons and the hospital!! It really stands out to me as the moment when we get hints of how weird this world is going to get, and I love the hints at backstory and all the questions about the Dreamgod.

Also, ya know, I'm just a sucker for skeletons. I say that every time we read a comic with skeletons in it hahaha

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

@sam -- I thought he was an idiot at first, too, but Page 205 might indicate that it's not quite that? http://www.anarchydreamers.com/comic/page-205

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

I wondered if there was some connection to the dream Koji had earlier about her, where Tabbi had both eyes.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

so im going to insert a theory here early on to more seriously answer about miho. i get the impression miho is his girlfriend but point out that the six have serious memory issues so its possible that tabbi and koji had a thing but when everyone came back miho swooped in and was like "koji lets date tabbi who no thats silly."

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

That's true! But they did connect in the hospital, too, so maybe Miho was the original girlfriend

I dunno, Koji's clearly doing something, and I'm reaaaaaaaaally wondering when Miho's going to make a nightmare.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Props for the cat ears. I hope there's lots of kitties.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

On that thought, I feel like this comic has a lot of influence both artistic and otherwise from things I like -- like Panty and Stocking and Madoka (A little bit, anyway) So there's a good meshing of elements into one which seems to work in its favor

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

ah but since i havent answered fave scene i second wishjacked a bit. i liked the first nightmare cause i think it painted a clearer picture about nightmare protocol and i liked the dream god. cause the dream god is a weirdo.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

The goose?

(Always awkward when you get goosed.)

✨Novasiri☄

I don't trust that damn goose XD

snuffysam

i trust the goose

i trust the goose with my life

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

The goose is like "yeah no, your problem now"

wishjacked

you can't make me trust the goose, I won't do it for 1 second

snuffysam

he gave them gifts!

maybe

perhaps

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Does the goose KNOW what'll happen? like, if they beat nightmares, is it automatic that these six in particular will get blessed? OR IS HE ACTUALLY BLESSING THEM

nobody knooooooows

maybe he's a hallucination

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe the goose was the original nightmare.

snuffysam

maybe the goose is a weirdly advanced nightmare that attacks really subtly. but one day, FOOM!

wishjacked

bad gods can give out gifts, I'm pretty sure.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

so the dream god is a hallucination within a hallucination? cause i would argue nightmares are hallucination like

Emily Ree

Hi guys!! -walks in 15 minuets late with starbucks-

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

COFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

snuffysam

hey! i'm guessing you're the author?

Emily Ree

I am!

snuffysam

given that you have the same name and a profile pic from the comic?

Emily Ree

haha

I'm EMily, nice to meet you guys!

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Nice to meet ya!

snuffysam

hello! we were just talking about your goose!

Emily Ree

:3

snuffysam

A Goose We Can All Trust

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Hihi! I'm a bit behind. ^^

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

thank you for coming emily~!

wishjacked

Hello, Emily!! Your comic is Really Good

snuffysam

it's an extremely good comic

wishjacked

And I JUST SAID I COULD NEVER TRUST THE GOOSE, snuffy!!!!!!!! not everyone is fooled by his kindly subway intercom demeanor

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Goose is too much into television, maybe.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

tbf id trust the goose over a lot of other ppl in this comic. its usually the friendly ones that are more dangerous. and the goose is suspicious so thus is clearly not the true suspicious one

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Yeah, I think I'd trust the goose over Sissy right now :'3

or well, in general.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Surely Miho is pure and good.

Emily Ree

Thank you guys! I was just reading back into the discussion. I'm loving the commentary, you guys picked up on so many things!!!

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

PFFF Miho is the next nightmare, I'm sure XD And it's gonna be worse for Tabby. Stabby. Stabitha.

✨Novasiri☄

:D hai Emily~

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

I actually laughed real hard at that joke XD

✨Novasiri☄

Stabby Tabbi, yes

Emily Ree

She's good at it

sTabbing

snuffysam

tabbi is a good girl who would never stab anyone!

much

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Cutting edge humour.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

She's got a sharp wit.

wishjacked

Bouncing off sTabbi, I just want to say I absolutely adore how the dreamers' abilities are protrayed

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

to be fair when you have to fight nightmares thats gonna be the A+ skill. so its not the worst nickname. cause if there was a nightmare and someone was like "you could stand behind this person or stabbi" im gonna stand behind the person with stab in the name.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Incidentally, the whole Miho pulling a sword out of a crotch... is that explained in the bit I haven't read yet? Is she like the new King Arthur?

snuffysam

it's explained that tabbi can give other people her weapons a couple pages later

though im not sure if miho took it intentionally, koji made it show up accidentally, or what

Emily Ree

She surprised it out of him

wishjacked

Tabbi is probably my favorite, but the whole cast's abilities all SO unique in the way they're portrayed. Always very visually entertaining.

ha yeah that part was surprising for me, too

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

QUESTION 2. According to the Dream God, Tabbi and friends were chosen to fight the Nightmares for a specific reason and are the only ones who can do it. In matching fashion, only Tabbi and friends seem to have a total memory wipe that they are struggling to recover. Do you think the group was chosen before the incident, or was there something about the incident that caused it? What does fighting the Nightmares have to do with their special version of memory loss (or are the two unrelated)? Does this relate to whoever caused the incident and why they did it? What is the Dream God’s end goal for having the Nightmares be fought? What other theories do you have about why Tabbi and friends have such a destiny (especially in regards to what Sissy might be up to)?

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Right. I was just wondering why she'd give it to Miho I guess. Though I guess it could have been given to Koji.

I like Tabbi. It probably helps that I have a think for cheerleaders.

snuffysam

she stuck a sword in koji's crotch in case of emergencies

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Sounds hard.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Does Sissy have her memories? o_o And oh man. I honestly have no idea as to what really makes those kids different from the others, and I'm curious to find out more. Like, we know they all died -- but did all 170 kids die? From what I read it was a school shooting... Did... They all try to harm themselves?(edited)

we saw Tadgh's flashback...

snuffysam

in terms of the question, it might just be a coincidence? the gang hangs out together because they have shared experiences (i.e. no memories), and the goose is just messing with them

wishjacked

I've wondered a lot about this-- the reading comprehension loss and changing food names especially baffle me.

snuffysam

the incident was supposedly a school shooting, but they never found a gunman

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe they were all the last to die.

Maybe they were all the gunmen.

snuffysam

maybe the main characters all died in particularly brutal ways

something real repress-worthy

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Nah, Tabbi was killed for... reasons. Hmm.

The language and comprehension issues could just be braindamage. Maybe they were all hit in the head when they died?

or well, shot.

their deaths involved injuries to the brain.

snuffysam

could be, but that seems kind of mundane for the biggest mystery in the comic

wishjacked

The fact that they started regaining lost memories, etc, after their first successful mission is interesting... they hypothesize that it's a gift from the Dreamgod, which DOES imply that they could've had their memories back earlier, but the Dreamgod gets to decide when they get them back and he decided to wait until it was a reward...

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Oh, I just understood the language thing to be forgetting certain English lessons.

And you can't really remember them no matter how hard you try.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

yeah im skeptical its just brain damage cause i get the impression everyone is supposed to have some memory loss to an extent. its just tabbi and them are special in that its so lengthy and extreme.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

wishjacked: Interesting point. Maybe Dreamgod just knew that this is when the memories would start coming back anyway and is taking advantage of it.

snuffysam

to be fair, i imagine being dead for any amount of time, regardless of the cause, could cause some brain damage

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

"I'm not quite dead. I feel happy."

wishjacked

And the BEE GOOP THING, it KILLS ME. It's like the #1 think I spend time coming up with ideas about, hahaha. XD it's the little details that catch me every time, I swear.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

So, is it time for a conspiracy theory? I think it is. The Goose is really a nightmare that can traverse other nightmares. And it wants these kids to jack shit up so he can reign supreme. AND THE WORLD SHALL FEAR THE WRATH OF A SINGULAR CANADA GOOSE

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Made it to the end of Volume 1 now. I kinda like Devlin too.

wishjacked

well, canada geese are definitely the worst nightmare in my book, so that sounds legit

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

kabo plz dont joke about singular canada goose when i could spit out my soda on the computer to laugh. XD

snuffysam

nightmares can benefit some dreamers at the expense of others. the current nightmare is turning some kids into archangels and hierophants or whatever. though i'm not sure if that's particularly helpful, the goose could be doing something similar

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

You know it's true though!!! THE GOOSE MUST GO

but you can't make it. Because.... I mean. Have you ever tried to deal with those suckers? They will attack your car if they think it's a threat.

wishjacked

OH, I LOVE DEVLIN!! I have a really soft spot for the characters in this comic in general, they're all unique but I feel like they're all well developed enough that I can relate to each one.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

the bee goop thing really throws me for a loop. like of all the details thats in the forget zone thats the one that confuses me the most.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

http://www.anarchydreamers.com/comic/page-113 <- also this sequence. ...is that... Sissy? I just noticed.

(erm, on page 115.)

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Devlin has the literal hotness going for her. ^.^ Yeah, it's nice that they all get some character time.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

i was looking for that page and just wondered that too

cause the hair and outfit made me think sissy

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

I admit when I see "Sissy" I have a tendency to think of "Scientific Railgun".

wishjacked

I guess because it seems like, with that the Bee Goop, they actually remember it correctly (y'know, Tabbi calls it honey and is corrected). It brings up the question.... what if they can't remember correctly because everyone else is wrong about reality, and they're right??? But that brings up SO many REALLY WEIRD questions...

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

and i mean maybe the gunman was sissy but she killed herself and since the shooting was so massive there was no way to identify her separately from other victims

ya know part of me wondered that too

that the reality everyone came back to isnt reality

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

http://www.anarchydreamers.com/comic/page-116-2 Page 116 gives a hint as to how they all died though

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

You seem to be assuming there was only one gunman...

snuffysam

the goose also says "that was just one version of your story"

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe they're all in Purgatory? O.o

snuffysam

@kabo yeah, exactly

Emily Ree

:3

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

HMMM.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

maybe. maybe its why ppl have to semi be killed twice. kind of like those dreams where you dream you wake up but its not the actual wake up

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Possibly all the holidays from the old world just collided in April for the new one. No one remembers when they really were.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

The whole world is a dying dream? :3

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Actually, they all have to take those pills, right? If you don't take the pills, do you return to reality...?

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

maybe. i mean itd explain things like why those pills exist in the first place. cause apparently they stop the soul from leaking out from the hints i get? but if thats the case who first thought of that. like who sat there and had time to R&D magic pills that stop dreamwalkers form doing w/e when their souls leak? and what did they do before? just cover people in duck tape?

wishjacked

based on how Tabbi treats herself............. yes

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Yeah, that's what they do, I think. There were knockoff pills, maybe someone was just experimenting around some day, found a way to preserve reality around them.

Also, not duck tape, goose tape.

wishjacked

honestly I can see every member of the gang trying to patch their souls with duct tape and Tadhg just CRYING

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Well, Tabbi was using bandages or something at one point.

Maybe they're chosen because their souls can go longer without needing more pills...?

snuffysam

tabbi's also got it worse than a lot of other dreamers. like, excluding that short time when her eye was normal, her soul was constantly leaking.

Emily Ree

I can give you guys some dreamwalker history. It's not in the comic at this point, but I share this pretty freely--- a lot of dreeamwalkers didn't make it for long after they first came back, especially if they were visible changed. If they/their family could hide their abilities, they'd likely go on to live a normal life, but imagine a kid with horns in, like, 17th century Europe. They didn't make it very long.

So, soul pills became a thing after people stopped... hunting them down

this has come up in side comics not on the website XD;

But it will come up in upcoming issues, especially as Tadhg starts being able to read more

wishjacked

love the fact that the ice cream shell of Tadhg is STILL the mom friend btw, that was a really good update. XD

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Ahhhh. So this really has been going on for a while.

wishjacked

Oh, that makes sense!! I actually remember you saying that before. XD

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Some of the guest comics were a riot, incidentally.

snuffysam

i was working under the assumption that bringing people back was a more modern medical procedure, but that makes sense

wishjacked

And it definitely makes sense in like.... general human history.

Emily Ree

@snuffysam that is honestly a really interesting theory that I haven't heard before.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Don't go after Devlin for cute fire horns, that's rude.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

iiinteresting bit of history :3

Emily Ree

Medical intervention definitely helps

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

I wonder how long Dreamwalkers have been a thing, then...

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

I knew it was long enough for them to have stats on it (the 83% thing).

wishjacked

And medication!! Medicine does NOT happen overnight. And legal infrastructure! And books! And holidays with religious elements!!(edited)

Also, there's the historic cemetery that Sissy mentions was one of the first to allow dreamer burials...

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Ooooh, good catch.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Hey, I take some of that stuff with a grain of salt until confirmed. I mean, look at real life -- some stuff just... pops up and suddenly has a lot of power somehow. :'D Though I did miss the cemetary, admittedly

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

It was a grave matter.

snuffysam

that's the biggest thing, yeah. being the first to do something like that wouldn't be particularly relevant unless dreamers have been around for over a century

wishjacked

That implies a pretty good amount of history, I think! I don't know much about cemetery historical status, but I'd guess it would have to be at least a hundred years old.

Yeah!

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

id assume the duration of recorded history because of how normalized it is. since nobody bats an eye to whats basically magical zombies.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Yeah, I'm guessing it means teenagers can be a bit blase about death.

Maybe the gunman shooting up the school was some kind of government experiement?

(Or goose experiment?)

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Or it could have been another nightmare ✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

QUESTION 3. The world of the comic has a unique setup where people’s stresses can manifest into monsters and dying often means being reborn as a Dreamwalker and having a second chance at life. However, Dreamwalkers also face a heavy amount of discrimination from the general populace. Why do you think Dreamwalkers are so discriminated against? Is it their powers, the fact they’re “dead,” or is something else going on we don’t know about (such as a past event)? Why do you think some Dreamwalkers stabilize faster than others? Do you think the powers are randomly given or do they have something to do with the person in question (especially in Tabbi and friends’ case)? What others questions, theories, or comments do you have about Dreamwalkers or Nightmares?

maybe theres a nightmare god that took over sissy and made her do everything. a duck to rival the goose.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Two ducks.

snuffysam

well first, there's kind of the x-men thing where non-powered people are scared of people with powers

also, people don't like differences. and it's even harder to band together when you're not all different in the same way(edited)

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Wouldn't that normalize over time though? (glances at modern society) Never mind.

Maybe it's because they call religion into question. Like, was Jesus a dreamwalker?

snuffysam

i guess some people see it as unnatural, but if it's a thing that happens without medical intervention... i dunno

not sure if religion is entirely opposed to dreamers. there's a dreamer saint.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Not entirely, but some might be. Or maybe religion kind of imploded in the face of it. Just spitballing.

Like, if you have people walking around with "Tainted Souls" or something.

snuffysam

issue is, they've been around for ages.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

So have many modern religions that people are persecuting. Hm, this is getting a bit too real for my tastes.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

gasp!

fiction mirroring reality!

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe dreamwalkers skew the medical profession.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

They sure do scare nurses...

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

They do hate hospitals, right?

snuffysam

the main characters specifically do

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Well, in Tabbi's case, erryone was getting stabbed

snuffysam

but other people's experiences may vary

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe that's the source of their strength then. (shrugs)

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

im leaning towards more basic thats its a powers thing. cause as much as i like reading superhero based things, i would not want an actual superhero who could destroy my city block living next door. not to mention depending on abilities that gives unfair advantages. like koji for instance. if he were to play football he could just do time shit to cheat and win.

like i feel thered be a huge list of rules specifically for dreamers to prevent unfair advantages

lest you get the cheeky ones who are like "you didnt say i couldnt do such and such in the rules "

snuffysam

maybe there are dreamer-specific leagues?

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

It's something they have to test for at the Olympics.

snuffysam

though cheer is a sport, and there are both dreamers and non-dreamers there.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

yeah and at the end it varies too, their powers and what advantages they might convey. for instance, stabbing will not help tabbi win cheer unless she physically takes out the competition.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

I dunno, cheerleaders with knives, kinda hot. 9/10.

snuffysam

i don't think the judges give bonus points for knives

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Awww.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

I'm back to the pulling them from crotches thing. I may have issues.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

to be fair that was a weird moment. i will remember sword from the crotch for a long while

snuffysam

especially since there's still a hole in his pants

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

How did Tabbi manage to get that there.

and when lol

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

partly cause it reminded me of utena

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Rebel: OMG, so true.

Now I ship Miho and Tabbi.

Seriously though, is it possible to have a good Nightmare, you think?

For that matter... Dreamwalkers actually dream. We've seen that. Do they have nightmares that aren't Nightmares?

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

that is a tricky question

if anybody can have a nightmare that isnt a nightmare

ie can dream the dream but not manifest the evil

id assume maybe to a minor degree?

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

In which case, maybe that's something Tabbi et al can do....?

Emily Ree

Dreamwalkers can have normal, not monster creating, dreams and nightmares. But the issue at hand is when the feelings from a normal sleeping dream seep into reality

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Just like their souls :3

Emily Ree

:3

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Kinda like Koji's dream about Tabbi's eye did. ^^

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

hmm

ill have to sit on that information and ponder

but powers. i want to assume the powers give some hint about something and theyre not just random. like devlin's make sense cause shes got a fiery personality.

Emily Ree

Oh yes!

powers are very personal

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Tabbi seems to have some connection to the knives and stuff when her brother was taunting her.

(I'm still gradually reading in the background here.)

Emily Ree

Yes!

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Possibly she used to stab televisions.

Emily Ree

ahahahahahahaha

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

And she's never stabbed since those days.

Emily Ree

I just wanted to say, I'm really enjoying this conversation. You guys are looking at all the details and it warms my heart!

A lot of the feedback I get on Dreamers is "it's weird!"

So, thank you all for really looking

✨Novasiri☄

Its a good weird~

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

yes good weird. cause weird isnt always bad

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Life is weird.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

i want to go metaphorical with tabbi. that the knives are a symbolism of her desire to keep other ppl away from her because she doesnt want to get hurt or something

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

(As is returning to life, apparently.)

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

like in the hospital

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Hmmm, like maybe everything's symbolic, the way it seems to be with Dev?

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

possible

crow's are the ability that throw me for a loop tbh cause everyone i can bs and debate a reason. crow i cant fathom why his powers are what they are.

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

So there must be some connection to why she can cause blades to appear for other people too. Maybe she doesn't stab, but she always feels like she gets cut down?

Who was Crow again? ^_^;;

snuffysam

electric

wishjacked

BRO!!! HOW COULD YOU FORGET CROW, BRO!!!!

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

http://www.anarchydreamers.com/cast

Emily Ree

sparky crutches boy

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

QUESTION 4. Nightmares, fears and problems brought to life, are a regular manifestation within the comic’s world. In order to combat this, only the Dreamwalker Guard is legally allowed to deal with the situations. However, insofar, the Dreamwalker Guard has proven ineffectual compared to Tabbi and friends. Why do you think the Dreamwalker Guard is so ineffectual? Is there too much red tape that prevents them from helping? Is it simply apathy preventing them from caring about the situation? Or is it something else entirely? Speaking of which, do you believe the Dreamwalker Guard is hiding something about what happened at Sacred Heart High School or are the suspicions others have just a red herring?

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Oh, right, right. I'm just bad with names, you know that. Ahh, so it could be that he was always tied to his electronic gizmos.

wishjacked

I feel like Crow's ability fits him really well but I can't articulate a good reason to feel that way

He just has an ~electric personality~

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Dreamwalker Guard's just kinda jaded.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

no no i made that joke in my head already an hour ago we cant speak it aloud XD

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Might spark something.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

they are jaded but that is some extreme jading. like the equivalent of a cop going "oh hey look over there those people are getting shot. lets just eat these donuts and watch." XD

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe Dreamwalker guard can't afford to pay for property damages, so they don't get involved.

wishjacked

I thought one of the recent scenes where Olga (I think it was Olga, I actually didn't reread this part recently haha) called the Dreamer Guard and they were completely uninterested until Sacred Heart was mentioned was........ an interesting scene

Emily Ree

:3 (it was Olga!)

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Is there one of those in every city maybe? Could be a competition or something.

snuffysam

a competition to be ineffective?

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

hey theres been weirder competition

but yes that scene was telling. that the minute sacred heart is mentioning suddenly its interesting

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

A competition to spend the least or save the most money or something. All they've had to shell out for is the donuts.

Or maybe it's all a front for some secret stuff they're doing downstairs in the basement.

wishjacked

With every job that deals closely with life-threatening situations, there is TONS of red tape and a TONS of people who don't feel like risking their lives, and I guess I've just been reading the guard as an ineffectual system up til now. Honestly I haven't paid close attention to them

I really like their presence in the story-- it's very nice to see systems in place to deal specifically with the dreamers!! I think that they're an important part of the worldbuilding.

And in future rereads I guess I'll have to pay closer attention to their scenes. XD

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Can't the two groups just get along? (resumes shipping Miho and Tabbi)

wishjacked

HEY, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DREAMER GUARD, MATEO IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love him So Much

snuffysam

woof boy

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

i would have just written off their ineffectualness as red tape if not for how they handled olga's call. like i understand emergency lines can get overwhelmed, but the fact that they answered with such disinterest concerned me. like as a dispatcher you do not handle people's problems that callously. that is how you get yelled at by managers.

snuffysam

to be fair, the dispatcher did give specific directions to call 911

also it's a dreamer holiday, so maybe a lot of the guard took the day off

wishjacked

I see any panel with Mateo in it and I think of that "I will protect it: strongly agree" meme

yes!! I found that bit pretty funny tbh

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

the dispatcher did but they also looked like someone who gave -100 cares. so i dont credit them that much.

mateo is precious

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

I don't think I'm at that point yet. ^^;;

Just got through the little backstory between Tabbi and Koji in the hospital where he stops time. So sweet.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

That whole scene was ADORABLE

and again, the pacing in that was excellent. I really enjoy those little breather moments in this comic.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

so changing gears a bit cause i actually found a page that supports a theory i had. http://www.anarchydreamers.com/comic/page-114-2 i didnt read that convo close enough. what if the 6 are special because they already died before? and this dreamwalker thing is their 2nd revival which is what makes them special. and why the shooter was in tabbi's memory was trying to fully erase her existence. except the shooter expected her to full on die and not come back AGAIN

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Holy cats, that's an awesome theory.

Also may explain why they forgot more.

snuffysam

wait, but wouldn't other people have known they were dreamers beforehand?

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe they weren't.

First death didn't take but they didn't become dreamwalkers either.

snuffysam

ah, i see

still, i feel like it would have been a known thing if they already died once

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Or it didn't manifest itself, maybe they still had to take pills? Dunno.

Maybe they died in a Nightmare.

I dunno, I just like Rebel's theory.

Maybe the TVs fit in too.

If you die on TV, you die in real life. No, wait.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

yeah this page specifically mentions that if you die as a baby but are revived you dont get abilities because you have no personality

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Oh, huh, Rebel, good catch! That's an interesting theory

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

and i dont think itd be a known thing cause thats more a personal detail

like if i had died as a baby for a moment that would not be my conversation starter XD

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Didn't Tabbi say something about being the second twin and hence almost dying or something?

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

I imagine Tadhg also suffered from it too

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Or maybe when you become a cheerleader, you're just born again.

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Also: how is his name pronounced

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Tadhg.

snuffysam

theres a T sound somewhere

Kabocha, Marquess of ✨Sparkle✨

Taigh, according to youtube

Emily Ree

Yes!

Old Irish name

Their older sister has an old Irish name too

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Like the Colonel from Battlestar Galactica?

Emily Ree

https://youtu.be/E-F6PrKqlws

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Incidentally, just in the closing minutes here, want to mention I was impressed by successful Kickstarters. That's a non-trivial amount of extra work.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

hmmm interesting. also i feel bad for him. probably spends his life correcting ppl on how its pronounced

Emily Ree

;w;

snuffysam

and four of them, no less!

Emily Ree

The twins both have cat pun names. Tadhg sounds like the first part of "tiger" and Tabbi sounds like a tabby cat

And thank you!

I've had 5 now, with a 6th kickstarter launching on April 4th! ;w;

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Maybe it's the source of his sadness. Mispronunciations.

Emily Ree

XD

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

i hope your 6th kickstarter goes well~!

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Aye!

snuffysam

i'd stay in my room too if i knew people were going to mispronounce my name if i went out

MathTans the Pun 👑Prince👑

Also, if Tabbi's like a cat, I'm shipping her and Miho harder.

✨🐱 RebelVampire 🐱✨

COMIC TEA PARTY END!

Unfortunately, the scheduled Comic Tea Party time is now up~! Thank you everyone so much for reading and joining this week’s chat~! We want to give a special thank you to Emily Ree, as well, for making Anarchy Dreamers and volunteering it for our reading queue. If you liked the comic, please be sure to support Emily Ree’s efforts however you’re able to. All that being said, if you would like to continue discussing this week’s comic, we highly encourage you to do so~!

For next week, Comic Tea Party will focus on Neon Rabbit by Jordyn DeJong (wakaxo). As always, please use the next several days to read as much of the comic as you would like. We hope to see you next Thursday on March 22nd from 5PM to 7PM PDT for the chat~! Until then, happy reading~! Comic: https://tapas.io/series/Neon-Rabbit

[oddlyhale]

Haha, thank you, sometimes I still dive too deep with my long replies.

Though I agree. With so much of the fillers being injected into this volume, it feels easy to sit through, because there are moments where you don't have to listen or have to ingest because it's simply filler that doesn't tell us anything or just gets kneecapped in V8.

I'm surprised how the kids have little to do with the plot and yet it's still Jaune or his teammates that are getting that extended attention. Sure, Yang, Weiss, and Blake had their arcs, but those wrapped up quickly and don't need us to linger on it. Whereas Team JNR, they have developed that keeps extending through the volumes, and might I say, those don't feel like fillers. They feel like genuine character growth moments that carry into V8, which should make me glad, but it doesn't. It just makes me pissed that this isn't given to Team RWBY.

Even the new characters, the Ace Ops and the Happy Huntresses, feel like filler. Perhaps they were created to give us the world-building of different factions in different cities, but they felt pointless.

Ruby herself doesn't do anything fantastic. Actually, she is very quiet during this volume. She's assigned to Penny's side as a best friend, which I hate to say is bad but it is. Because without Penny, Ruby somehow has nothing to do.

This shot (plus the one earlier where she, Qrow, and Jaune are talking to James outside the mines) pains me because Ruby is just standing there. I know I say so many negative things about her, but it still makes me increasingly sad to just see her in the background like this. Even with her in V8, it still feels like the show struggles to have her do anything but be fluff. Ruby only existed to finish a conversation. (I guess I am much more invested in Ruby because I have started to care less for the rest of her team. I do want her to get better but damn.)

Does this prove that Team RWBY doesn't have anything going for them? I don't know honestly. It feels like you can flip the roles easily and make Team ORNJ the filler characters and make Team RWBY the important ones, and the show does vice versa.

I would've really loved to see what the show could've done with world-building in Atlas. James is a great character that can introduce us to the world smoothly, and I wouldn't mind seeing the kids explore Atlas and give us more of a feel once they're on their feet. People love fictional culture, and how cool would it have been to see what makes Atlas so great in comparison to the other kingdoms? That could even be a smooth transition for the kids to run into their next mission, and for once, it would have to be their call on what to do.

Even traveling through Mantle felt empty. We see how drab it is, but it felt weirdly rushed and too slow, all at the same time. I think this is because, while we're in a new city, we actually never see anything that the world builds, other than "Mantle is poor. Atlas bots are around. Guards over there and here." They felt isolated from everything, despite being outside on the street.

Do you notice how everybody is mostly indoors? xD Even inside a mine! In other words yes, I also really wanted to care about both cities, but they didn't do that for us. They didn't give us much to care about but still tell us that we should care.

I guess the fillers of V7 weren't as noticeable, because of James. This is his volume and he owned it. The fillers make it boring, so much so that you'd rather be stuck watching James because he's vastly more interesting. He isn't bullshitting fluff, he's giving us what we need as an audience. I don't mind if James has fluff, especially if it means he and Qrow have much to iron out, and how James and Penny could've given us more context of their work relationship and how she really feels about being employed by him. Even just James spending time down in the Vault and pondering his next moves would've been fine.

And idk, I'm biased and just wish Robyn wasn't there, because every time I think of her, I only think of the politics arc and how badly I wished they scrubbed that arc out entirely. But, I get where you're coming from!

Rewatching and combing through volume 7 to make Ironwood gifs, I notice how there's quite a lot of padding or slow pacing. There's some episodes where the episodes are only dedicated to one event, but it's padded out to hell that you begin to realize "we didn't actually need to be here the whole time."

Definitely the biggest example was the A Night Off episode, where Ruby and friends went to attend Robyn's speech. That was padded to hell, and it was so padded that they had to move Yang and Blake's confrontation of Robyn to the next episode.

Even the episode of Team Kids and the AceOps going into the mines feels like they were trying to extend that event as much as possible to fill in episode time. If they cut things out, the episodes could very well be a normal 12 minutes. I wouldn't call it a bad thing. Plenty of cartoons out there all have episodes running for 12 minutes, it's normal.

The only times that didn't feel padded was when we were focusing on James or if James was involved in the kids' next move. It's as if the writers didn't know what to do with the teams as soon as the adults or next side-quest giver were out of the picture.

It's strange because the pacing is slow, but with cutting out unnecessary parts and possibly stitching episodes together, volume 7 would've been possibly a great, cohesive season.

[futilism-blog]

music that is nice goin in and out my ear canals - it’s good kid

more shit i liked throughout 2017. mostly new stuff?

slowdive "star roving": i love slowdive but it's kinda funny how the drums n stuff sound so... similar to everything going on right now. kinda meh. in a production sense. the middle of the title track where it's just squiggly synths, voice, and guitar is amazing. agree with some guy on youtube saying this weirdly sounds like their early stuff. pygmalion is my favorite though and i hope there's some stuff akin to that coming up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

slowdive "so tired" i'm listening to this now because that track reminded me that slowdive is so good, thanks slowdive

slowdive "dagger" i love you slowdive

chavez - the cockfighters: was excited for this because i am a BIG FAN. "memorize this face" is one of my favorite songs. i gotta listen to this more maybe. "the bully boys" has cool guitar interplay but it also sounds like something on the clerks soundtrack. which is a good and bad thing? sounds like something "the boys put together for the heck of it".

exit someone - dry your eyes: haha they tagged it as soft pop. welcome to the singularity techfuture. it's now. it's real. basically this is real pleasant sounding steely dan chords and smooth jazz saxophone done pretty straightforward. i'm having an amazing fantasy imagining the target audience for this but hell. i like it. "rhythmically the TR-505 drum machine is featured exclusively as an exercise of reiterating patterns to highlight the storytelling" is an amazing way to say that programming drums is tedious. i'm a fan but i'm not sure if i played this at a party whether people would jive with it or if it'd be like a "what are you playing this for" kinda reaction. joan of arc - he's got the whole shitty annoying wordplay that's really long: i like repetition and songs that start with the line "oh fuck off" so i like this. and that's basically this entire album. bleep bloops and loops. they take a beat, a line, and some bleeps and repeat it with all these little things going on over it. scool. uniform - wake in fright: some snarling brit guy over noisy industrial stuff. neat. they're from new york? wha? but the man - he sounds like a brit. their bandcamp namedrops big black and slayer and that's funny because you guessed it, those were the two things i thought of. pretty fucking cool. i feel some confusion is sex sometimes too -- and not just in this album understand me. i feel like i'm gonna listen to this a lot this year and not just in this album understand? baxter stockman "male talent": cool n clangy. howling mad sounding man hollerin all over the place over this drum beat that basically gallops the whole damn time. reminds me of watching wheels spin. pretty cool but iono. i really want another twin stumps so bad. doon kanda - heart: saaaaaaaaaaaay! i haven't listened to something from hyperdub in so long. this guy's favorite song by the evens must be "warble factor!!" because there sure are a lot of "warbly" synths going on here!!!!!!! very ... 'classical' sounding chord progressions that makes this feel kind of symphonic and dramatic but nostalgic. LIKE ANIME. the last track is real spooky and glitchy and seems to indicate the next step this guy's gonna take. and i'm pretty stoked on it. the dude’s visual art is also so so good. the xx - on hold: it's kinda cool sometimes? it's really pretty, relaxed, and disjointed with the cut up samples popping up here and there. and other times it sounds like something that would play during the dramatic parts of an ep of CSI. haven't listened to the xx in so long but didn't they used to be WHISPER QUIET with guitar stuff..? iono. not my favorite but not awful. jesus & mary chain "amputation" single: i love the album darklands so much. heck, i even play stoned & dethroned all the time. that's a lazy day jam kinda thing. and now the JAMC is back baby!!!! they've got an album cover that looks like alphabet soup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whoa. so this song has a chill lil drum machine thing going on and a kind of fuzzy guitar that's nice. AND falsetto "ooohs". what's not to like? probably the fact that it's no great shakes and not terribly interesting. not bad though. something i can see playing at a record store that i could tune out. william basinski - a shadow in time: love it. i'm too big of an idiot to be able to eloquently describe how "real" and "authentic" music "sounds" that isn't stupid pop or noise. but aside from my BIG FANDOM of everything basinski does, this one is an engaging listen start to finish. would recommend to a newcomer. one of my favorite sounds is an orchestra warming up and this kind of has the same feeling to it - like it's standing on the edge of something bigger. continually shifts from really warm and sentimental to ominous and disquieting. kind of mirrors how i feel about death which is fitting considering that i think about death all the time. code orange - forever: i feel like people hated this album WAY MORE than they really did, but it's far from my favorite thing they've done. i'm always biased towards bands trying new approaches and making the sounds more of their own thing and this is definitely that kinda deal. it's so over the top and when i heard "THIS IS REAL NOW MOTHERFUCKER" i got a really big smile that was only like 9% irony so i guess ultimately i liked this album. something i can appreciate even if it's not something i'll be going back to much. obasquiat - #moebius: you guys like free jazz!?!?!?! I DO. the track "vanikoro" alone pushed me in to 'love' territory. super spacey and enveloping building up into complete chaos. some mind bending shit on here. reminds me of the pop group if you took a pop group song and stretched it out until all of its ligaments and musculature was ripped apart and spaced out (even more so?). gets weirdly metal in a way at times that i dig, but not as much as i dig the last track being some weird bossa thing out of nowhere. stabscotch - uncanny valley: jesus fucking christ. this is all over the fucking place. i guess i will call it post punk but there's dub, metal, surf, noise, and a bunch of other insane shit happening on this. plus i like that the vocalist has a real 'normal guy' voice so it's kind of funny when he's hollerin or shrieking shit. lots familiar about this but the sum is something i've never heard before. amazing. i like that the overall mood vocally is pissed off throughout too. something that i'll listen to a lot but maybe not all at once. really removed from a reference point like stretchheads or something, which makes a pretty disorienting first listen. will be hard to top this as the most original thing i’ve heard all year. pseudonym - pack of lies: laughed after the first track started playing because this immediately followed my listen of that stabscotch album. really lovely but samey pop music that is a joy to listen to ultimately. even if the album goes on a little too long. makes me feel the same way velocity girl makes me feel. that's a good ass feel. jim o'rourke - steamroom 31: same deal trying to describe this that i have with basinski. jim o'rourke is one of my favorite guitarists/musicians ever, and the sole (soul?) reason why sonic youth got even more amazing. SYR3 ftw. this is a drone album that carefully changes moods throughout in a way that's extremely affecting. builds to a pretty glorious noise barrage that makes its presence felt throughout the rest of the album.

ok thassall for now. peace.

[ispeakintripleentendres]

03:10 17/12/2017

Another muse inspired late night blog post. after binge watching Gossip Girl.... a show that i started watching almost 10 years ago... just the very thought of how long ago that was is scary- by comparing the person i am now and the person i used to be, the contrast, in terms of life experience.... GG used to be pre-O. now it's post-C.... Watching it brings back SO MANY memories of the person i was at 18-20... when i was so excited about everything, living life, learning new things, trying new experiences, pushing my limits, being different things.... And now, i've done my fair share of all of it, i've lived more than a little, i've learned more new things than i can remember anymore, i've had more new expetiences than i can count, i've pushed limits so many times that it has become my new norm, i've been all the things i've wanted to be that i almost inevitably find myself coming back full circle. That makes me wonder, is it something that happened naturally, following the path that i did, or was it something that i wanted to let/make happen subconciously? I'm going to see it as a self-introspective checkpoint, because i wouldn't have wanted to risk hindering my progression with a spell of regression, yet analysis of the past is undoubtedly beneficial to future development. what this is about is how GG has triggered all the emotions and memories of the person i was when i wa watching it, and how confused, almost lost i was at the time, but resilient in never giving up. It was a time of new experiences, university, independance, choices, friends, the expansion of my circles, my world.... and now i find myself entertaining thoughts of doing the exact opposite, probably becauase i finally find myself comfortable enough to consider actually establishing a comfort zone, a concept that i had givern up on at 16, after the fourth time we uprooted, moving back from Kuantan to KL, in my last year of secondary school, where i had no time to fit in before i had to end my lower education years. And then university hit, and i had to go in feeling unsupported, misplaced, even though ironically that was a chance for a fresh start. And I did get the university experience- new friends, new subjects, new rebellions, first love. And i was watching GG to help me get through the rougher bits. and i loved it back then so passionately... [just got side tracked looking for my old blog and ended up reading a few other blogs leading from CK's to SL, LY and LM's...] So that was a huge blast from the past letting me see how many people from back in the day are still pretty much stuck in their same patterens... that's rather disheartening, i had hoped that i would be more smug about it but i guess there's no value in that. That actually is a very good metaphbor for what i've been thinking about. how even though my choices in life have never been the triesd and tested ones, and even though i feel like i am going with some version of "the flow"... i'm still making some important directional changes of my own accord and setting unique standards for myself, that would challenge me, instead of using the same (small) scales people i would have once loved to be associated with, do. all my fears from when i was younger, about becoming insignificant, not just in society, but more importantly, to myslef, have not come true at all, even though i thought that it would happen no matter what i did. I may be more insignificant in society in more ways now, but i love that i can now say that i have lived in foreign countries, almost completely on by my own means, that i have reached the first peak in an industry, that i have changed peoples lives, that new people (whom i otherwise could not have helped) have benefitted in some way in knowing me, that i have been involved in more thatn one aspect of life, of work, of multiple teams. And to think that when i was younger i only imagined.... the worst. I hate to admit it but damn i think C might be right... is there some non-selfish reason to bear offspring? Even still, to me, nothing will ever outweigh the negatives in life. I'm trying to give some specific examples of preconceptions i held at the time i was watching GG to illustrate how much of a contrast i am now to who i used to be, but i'm not recalling a single specific thing... was i unsure? confused? scared? none of those things sound like me, and i wouldn't be here had i let those things get a foothold in my life... so am i trying to say that i am now braver than ever? maybe not recalling it at all says it the most of all. i feel like this is where i should end, and where i should end on a positive note. and i really want to insert a bit of reality here, usually a contrasting point to the tone of the post, just to provide a better perspective... but i do not want to fall into old habits that i think i am better off without. and this is good practice going forward (it might even be who i am now!)... so i'm going to say that C is right, and that's what proves that he is good for me and right for me and how he, of all people, is worth trusting to be my guiding light in life for when i fall short. (why am i justifying him, my choice, my life? or do i just want to remember what miught be a fleeting sense of validation? of success in one aspect of my life? a very essentially key aspect? because it is an aspect i place much value in? probably, that makes sense) That life does work out (well, for me at least, so far, also, i've been trying, it's not that things have fallen into my lap (not more than others, at any rate, dry chuckle), i've not given up even when i've felt like doing so... and maybe there's value in that... Also, do i have a pro-biased version of Europe, one which i should not be having? Maybe, but only because it's sound in so many ways. ah yes, a lack of friends, that's always been a major thing to me... but ever since C, i've been getting over that. Although i don't know if that's necessarily a good thing in the long run (complacency and crazy cat ladies and all that haha). SL has an old picture of us at one of my parties i took up on her wall, that's sweet, and weirdly reassuring that my time spent in building relationships in the past have not gone to wate, haha! And now that i've seen a bit morte of the human race, i'm starting to realise that i'm a good grade of friend types, and not many people have that, and it's something they want... and that almost ensures that i'll always be able to make new friends and keep the good ones.... and that also makes me appreciate more the good ones i have, because i also realise that they could also walk away, or change, or turn me away if they wanted to. and that i want to continue building quality relationships. and that although i fear being the arrogant person who turns down friends because i can, i have not done it, am not doing it (at least not without a good reason, these days), and might keep not doing it in the future (or at least not more than i might be doing now! haha) yes, that's it. friendships. relationships. the human connection. the societal bond. drifting into oblivion... these are very common existential issues people are dealing with in this day and age. so i guess i am too one of the masses, in a way... which, as someone who has spent the majority of her life feeling as if she was on the sidelines of, is something i am really grateful about. although ironically i might not be an innocent victim of being on the sidelines, i'm pretty sure that some choices i make put me there... is it really my fault that i process so much information so differently (read: logically)? 04:45 17/12/2017 crawling into bed now