#i am also an epic appreciator(tm)

[magerywrites]

I should probably add some justification for proposing Fate doesn't really know who Ninshubur is, so let me elaborate. First and foremost, as far as I can determine, Fate interprets Ishtar almost exclusively from the Epic with the occasional flutter in the direction of the Descent.

It's aware that some of her other myths exist, but when I say almost exclusively from the Epic I mean things like how Archer Ishtar's material entry poorly paraphrases a quote from Enki in Enki and the World Order—who notes to Ishtar that "you destroy what should not be destroyed; you create what should not be created"—to report it instead as "Inanna? Is she not the most annoying goddess in the world!? She will destroy something that certainly does not need to be destroyed, and she will also create something that does not need to be created!" and attributes it to Gilgamesh.

Nasu, I'm very happy for you, and I'm going to let you finish, but I have read several different translations of the Epic, two of which are sitting on my desk as I write this, and our boy Gilly-P does not at any point say those words in that order.

Anyway. Speaking of an occasional flutter in the direction of the Descent, yes, Ninshubur has a major role in the Descent. However, of all the deities who feature in it outside of Inanna and Ereshkigal, Fate only ever acknowledges Dumuzi, who, likely not coincidentally, is also the only one of those deities the Epic mentions in relation to Ishtar.

Stepping outside those two myths, Narita references Enheduanna in Strange Fake, which is an unexpected flex, and part of Ishtar's improved characterisation may be drawn from how Enheduanna speaks of Ishtar in the Exaltation and the Hymn. However, I'm strongly inclined to put that down instead to the fact that Narita—based on this section of his author's note at the end of of Volume 4—actually just genuinely thinks Ishtar's neat and is willing to write her far more charitably because of it. He's very plainly still drawing from the Epic, not just because of the way he writes Ishtar's personality, feats, and general description but because, well, one of the lynchpins of the entire story revolves around the entangled relationships between Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Ishtar, and Humbaba. It's fairly obvious where the man's coming from; it's simply that he's also willing to grant Ishtar genuine grandeur and dignity in the process, which cannot be said for Grand Order.

Overall, I'm forced to draw the conclusion that Fate just doesn't really care about any Ishtar content outside of the Epic, which, as a corollary, means it just doesn't really care about Ninshubur either. We will never get a meaningful Ninshubur—at best we'll get a passing reference like Enheduanna does—so she might as well not exist for its purposes. She's outside of its very specific snapshot of a limited array of characters, so we can ride as eternal, shiny, and chrome as we like out here on the borderlands.

To be clear, there's an obvious appeal to Fate's approach: when you're bouncing around so many mythological systems to put together your own spin on all of it, you kind of have to not get lost in the sauce, especially when you can't guarantee how many sources are even available in your native language. This is doubly relevant in the case of Mesopotamia, given that Gilgamesh has played a starring role since Stay Night—the Epic was always going to be Nasu's first stop for anything Ishtar, and it's not like Fate treats mythology in general as much more than a series of stories to adapt and play with in service of the stories it wants to tell. In the end, it's a largely reasonable approach even though it regularly results in unreasonable things.

I just like to dream of a world where somebody at Type Moon shared my specific hyperfixation too.

Look at her! Isn't she great? I think she's great.

(Source is Fate/Strange Fake Volume 5; artist is Morii Shizuki.)

Can I pretend that Ishtar really likes Haruri because she looks like Ninshubur?

It depends on how attached you are to Fate canon!

As you likely already know if you're asking me this question, but which I shall explain for the more general audience, in Strange Fake Ishtar has two main reasons for liking Haruri and deciding to protect her.

One of them is that, despite using magecraft, Haruri's values, opinions, and beliefs mean she's still "human", rather than a "mage", concepts Ishtar draws an important distinction between.

(There's honestly a lot to talk about in Strange Fake about Ishtar's relationship with humanity. It's not just in her big declarations about watching over them and ruling them, or how she can "find something to enjoy even in the most awkward of dances, as long as you never abandon your humanity", but also in the little things like how Enkidu notes that all the gods "except Ishtar and Ereshkigal" thought Humbaba was a "complete human being". But that's beyond the scope of this ask.)

The other, which I was alluding to in my initial response, is that Haruri's name "was kinda similar" to Siduri's name—that's the "deep reason" Ishtar has for naming Haruri her high priestess. Ishtar's instincts "couldn't possibly choose the wrong person", so that similarity was enough.

But it means that Ishtar's first association with Haruri is Siduri, not Ninshubur. If she had thought of Ninshubur first, she probably would have said something to that effect.

However, if you're willing to step beyond Fate canon, you arrive at a space far more rife with possibility.

By that, I mean it's an even bet if Fate even genuinely knows Ninshubur exists, so go wild, comrade.

Spread the Haruri-Ninshubur word!

Hell, go above and beyond and make it a little fruity: see this speculative essay by someone whose Mespotamian expertise makes me look like a flailing child.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

a decade later sure i'll put it into Text Post "tumblr user claims: plausibly may feasibly" form, starting with these classic screenshots i still have saved

this being dialogue from 2015's always watching: a marble hornets story, which is like hey this is a pretty well produced indie venture & you can sure like sit through it even if you then never watch it again b/c it's still kind of overly on the beaten path & "i'm not sure this choice is justified in much of anything" (see: bizarrely omnipresent thread of a love triangle just to be There; typical Mental Patient(tm) Harbinger; several real marked More Is Less instances arguably) that is still a better time than other random horror material i've seen & hated vs. only mostly been underwhelmed by but in an Overall Shrug way alone. yeah imdb's 4.7 out of 10 seems fair enough if you consider like 5 stars truly middle of the road solid if forgettable vs that anything < 7 stars is for [Bad!] or whatever

anyways the main character is named milo & indeed the creator(s) / actors / writers troy joseph & tim were involved in the production at all: tim at least by being the first step in doug jones's casting by reaching out directly (online), but troy & joseph also via Some writing, like in that slender game sequel also: not the Primary creators / writers, but still officially involved in the creative process at all. & i knew of them & they knew of me by this time & in a [source: dude just trust me] style of way, i, a tumblr user, am like "i think milo alwayswatching Could be named after me, milo unproduciblesmackdown. lol." b/c also like yeah i can take it on the chin if it's a coincidence, which is also likely. great name & it's just not being used enough in fictional & nonfictional people's names. you might also be aware that some role in tribetweIve is named milo (maybe the main guy. i never watched it) so you might also speculate it's named after that guy, which seems plausible also, But: afaik there are no other similar plausible shoutouts at all, to that series or to emh which was just as majorly like One Of Those 3 Biggest Online Series. may or may not add a grain of salt to take it with. like my own "of course, there's a grain of salt in 'milo just like me milo, and Uncoincidentally?' b/c how wouldn't there be. a name people have"

the dude just trust me argument: distilling it down to "i went to their first convention & then the same one the next year, & in these experiences i Know they knew of me from that + also online, where people knew my name was milo as well" and "it seems feasible enough it's an easter egg Not Coincidence that i first knew this character's name happened to also be milo b/c someone who experienced a clip sent me an ask about it, so they assumed it was a possible actual connection too lol." and, of course, it might be a fun coincidence after all. but i'm still like "yeah no it Could be a funny little shoutout to me specifically for real" and mean it and, again, i can endure it if i'm completely wrong. b/c who could care, and also b/c it's so funny that the character is a guy who basically just is like "i am going to have a bad attitude. b/c of the insistent tiresome love triangle thing. well now I'm insistently tiresome" and fucking everything up but like, sure. exasperating epic fail protagonists

the only relevance i think it has besides "to me, b/c i can go haha yeah. that might be like: just like me!!" is that it's Also plausible b/c yeah marble hornets Is the kind of series that might go "this could be an easter egg about some queer autistic tumblr user we know about" lmao, its Inherent Queerness both re: the material and in the creators' knowledge like yep that's how our Appreciators skew! like it's low stakes to be like [lol, Me. perhaps] b/c it's obviously of zero importance like it adds no info, i'm just some rando queer fan from back in the day, but it's this potential Fun Fact that's funny to know & it's about "yeah like they knew i was trans back then too & that it was like, amidst the MH Fans, like nobody's cishet man (shaggy rogers voice)" Gay Rights!

[ankhlesbian]

Kingohger ep 1 overal thoughts under da cut ^_^ feel free to reply w ur own

CGI-wise: i really liked the feel it brought to the throneroom / castle scenes, very epic and kingdom establishing. But it definitely felt underwhelming and lackluster in crowded scenes like the festival walk/big invasion at the end. I hope they stop going /as/ hard and do dressed up/just blatant japan ground locations for more scenes so it feels more real

The ranger ground fights as a whole felt kinda meh, though tbf they were clearly making the mechha debut the Big Thing TM. Karma for donbros just skipping it half the time/not giving a shit.

Speaking of mecha i thought i’d be into the cockpit rig but it just made the actor parts in there feel kinda sluggish and stiff. Tbh i usually skip/speed thru the mexha fights anyways sooooo doesnt affect me much tbh

Also ngbl the crystal transform thing was nderwhelming. All those armored pieces we gotta see those slap on proper yknow

I jnow it’s the inouepilled brain but i really thought we’d do just a little but if secret identity ploy. But ig thinking abt it more the kingdoms prob know enough abt wach other that cant really have their leader be a secret. Ig they were more isolated initially in my mind. Speaking of inouepill imagine how funny it wouldve been for just one episode for them to be like wow racles nice fight! And for him to go what the fuck are you talking about

Character-wise: Fair enough intros imo, nothing to write home about in particular though. seems like we might do a 1 charrie focus an ep gauntlet at first since yanma was real hyped up. I actually liked him a lot more than i thought i would. Cocky delinquent tch guy

I’m also really curious about Gira, he was much less of a straightforward yells red TM than i thiught he’d be. The whole shaking arm almost in tears to AHAHAHAA I AM EVIL KING scene gave very much theatre kid i am choosing my role vibes. I would love to dig into his psyche. Also while i am all for the whole same actions different reasons foil/well-intentioned extremist villain thing they really did not properly establish racles’ world conquership vs gira’s i will conquer the world thing. This beetle is just showing blatant favoritism their stated desired are like exactly the same. Also please no secret royal bloodline gira thing. Tho i highly suspect it is coming.

Appreciation for racles getting cucked. I love it when a toku guy gets cucked out of transformation

Overall it was a lil style over substance but there’s def some cool stuff happening. Will it be able to follow donbros act? I think there is potential for some goodass character arcs and fun vague politics shenanigans (rebel on the run gira! Allying w kingdoms who make enemy of his home kingdom now!). Realistically i fear it may end up conpletely style over substance but hey im havin fun

[harley-sunday]

Hello hi yes…. I’m so delayed. (Sorry.)

First of all… Happy Friendiversary (belated)! I’m so beyond grateful I came off anon and yelled at you in your inbox. I hope you know how much I appreciate you. You’ve been an amazing friend to me over these last few years and it’s been some of the best of the best moments and some of the worst of the worst moments— but I am so lucky to have you for it all. Thank you for encouraging me to believe in myself— not only my writing but in my real life too. Thank you for always reminding me to stand up for myself and telling me to rest— heaven knows I don’t do that enough. All this to say thank you, and I love you, and you’re the best, and I truly do not know what I’d do without you. OK it’s getting misty in here now.

Second of all… ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME WITH CHAPTER 10?! Babe. Honestly… perfection. This chapter was the culmination of what was probably hours of back and forth jokes and I couldn’t be happier with how you directed the chaos. Not only because of how it turned out, but because your vision for this chapter was made so clear to the reader. I always loved the soft moments you’ve written with Carlos but the chaos of the “bet” scene still makes me giggle. I also love seeing a softer side of Max. You captured all of the boys(TM) and Pip wonderfully, IMHO. Well done babe, well done. Never stop writing. Please. You’re incredible!

Okay that’s it for now— gotta go drop a podcast episode! xoxox - DF 💕

Ma'am, if anyone is grateful you came off anon it's me! You are an amazing friend, always there for me whether I need to vent, ramble about my latest obsession, or could use some advice both in life and in my writing. The amount of 'what if' scenarios we've discussed over the years is insane and I'm sure that without your constant feedback I wouldn't have written nearly as much and many story ideas would have stayed just that- ideas. Thank you for letting me drag you into the rabbit hole that is F1 back 2021, I couldn't imagine anyone else I'd rather be on this crazy ride with!

Most of all, thank you for all your support on August Rush and allowing me to send you texts that simply said 'Question' so I could launch a new plotline at you. You always let me work things out on my own and I can't begin to tell you how much that means.

And also. This year we will finally meet and it will be EPIC!

😘

[pokefan1241]

WAIT I DIDNT REALIZE YOU DID THE. ok 1 8 23 24 25 HI

HIII PERI HI. swallows all the numbers flawlessly mid air 1.favorite type ok can i be weird for a second. i LOVE using normal types in playthroughs and they usually have such Animal designs and fun diverse movepools (ESPECIALLY through tms. basically all of those dudes can learn thunderbolt or shadow ball it's so epic) i think a lot of normal types tend to be pretty overlooked (understandably) but i love just grabbing pokemon ive never used before and running with them just to see how they fare in casual gameplay and ive grown really attached to a lot of normal types through that. also return is like my favorite move ever and full power return + stab is so satisfying (why did they get rid of my boy fuck you sw/sh)

8. least favorite gym leader juan. literally THE most forgettable guy im sorry you will never be as cool as wallace. not even the devs cared about him like can we talk about the fact that his overworld sprite in emerald is just a slightly altered version of steven's bc that shit makes me lose it every time ITS SO FUNNY. honorable mention goes to all the forgettable kanto gym leaders (erika blaine etc)

23. favorite music track from a pokemon game OH YEA WOWHWOW YEYEA WOAH YEAH genuinely impossible for me to remember all of my favorites but i will compile some bangers slumbering weald. awoo woo woo etc eterna forest driftveil city. of course. a focking groove. i need to listen to the b/w ost again i know theres more bangers on there that im forgetting boutique theme from x/y i dont know whyu this one is such a bop but it really goes hard purification chamber from xd its literally such a vibe also cipher peon battle theme. wait how could i forget miror b's theme from xd also the classic iconic theme of all time. primal dialga fight theme my beloved (just imagine i put every song from pmd sky here)

24. your favorite team of pokemon you’ve ever had  I LOVE THESE GUYS. from a nuzlocke i never finished. this run made me appreciate watchhog for the first time (callback to my rant about normal types <3) and also swoobat

OH AND THESE DUDES!!! alsofrom a nuzlocke (variant where you pair each pokemon up with another and can only swap between the two) i actually finished this one.

(there are many more. too many to screenshot. i also loved my original ultra sun team i think i drew them all one time. also my legends arceus team was kind of a banger. also shoutout to my first diamond team as a kid which consisted of an overleveled empoleon, a staraptor from the safari zone, and the toys r us event shaymin lol)

25. favorite design of a pokemon god. this one is so hard i dont wanna just rehash favs ive already listed so im just gonna point out some cool guys: -scolipede. looks like a bug that you could ride into battle what more could you want -appletun, i know some people dont like the food pokemon but appletun has some of the coziest vibes imaginable they are literally an apple pie how could you be mad -sawsbuck's design has really grown on me over time they kinda went off with the winter form -OBSTAGOON ALSO GREW ON ME i hated it when it was first revealed but theyre one of my favs now -shaymin my friend shaymin. land form in particular is literally so marketable (i am the target demographic) -archeops?? looks so fucking cool? ive never used one in game bc of the shitty ability which is a shame bc i adore the design

(pokemon ask game)

[dangoarts]

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ugh looks like i'm actually using this account ok cool

hello, am arya/mochi (she/they)

am Adult(tm) (not willingly)

i draw (lots) and write (sometimes)

am violently aroace (sex repulsed)

going to college for game design, gonna become the true epic gamer

socially awkward, may or may not respond if you message me sorri :') (depends on the thing sent and if i panic)

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only gonna have this one blog, no side accounts because i will forget about their existence, so Everything Will Be On Here

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if you're interested in my all my art stuff, check out #art stuff

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if you wanna see other people's cool stuff, #i will think about this later -> additionally: #art tutorial

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this is my one brain cell described in a video

go check out my fren @currently-simping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are rad and is the reason behind half of my ideas

fandom things

will switch between the mountain of fixations i have on a dime (ill)

things i posted a lot in are #deltarune, #batim/#batdr, #pokemon, and #mario tags

i posted a bit in the #cuphead, #a hat in time, #fnaf (security breach exclusive), #kirby, #pizza tower, #lethal company, #minecraft, and #ultrakill tags

#tron and #epic mickey live in my head rent free and have been since like 2010 (ill)

making #victory au for deltarune (on permanent hiatus because motivation!!!!!!!!!!! bad)

making #blotted au and #golden fins for batim (let's see how far my motivation lets me go) -> blotted au masterpost -> golden fins introductory post

made goofy ahh oc that i love dearly, check out #venposting -> his toyhouse page

since i KEEP LOSING IT, lethal company creature hcs

comfort things

i am ok with most things! am very chill and i do not care as long as it's not drama

fanart/fanworks of my characters/interpretations are one of the best things to ever happen honestly and you'll become my most favorite person if that happens, EXCEPT if it's 18+ (see sex repulsed above)

as with every other artist ever please don't repost my art and claim it as your own or use it for whatever ass backwards thing blockchains are fabricating nowadays, ik it's a cry on deaf ears for people who don't care about the ramifications of taking someone's work they put hours of their life into and yeah i'm aware of the risk i'm taking by sharing art on the internet, but this is something that i made with my own hands so i'd appreciate at least the bare bones amount of credit

i'm dogshit at replying unless it's about something specific, so a lot of messages that just say "hello" or smth one worded end up getting ignored. if it's a question like "omg did you see this thing" or prompts like "hey i also like this" end up getting responses. there's also a good chance i read the message and either forget about its existence or panic and never respond anyway

only two things that make me disintegrate into atoms is nsfw/18+ content and needles. eye contact is uncomfy but not really phobia-levels. i'm semi-ok with horror stuff, but it's a limit i'm still testing out. and ya i ship characters but i really only stick to platonic and romantic fluff stuff and i'm not gonna engage in any ship discourse if u don't like it just block it's not that hard

things i did

sketch requests, is closed atm

thas about it

[radramblog]

Kid Amnesiae

While I typically have the Tuesday space lined up for discussing a full album of music, I at present don’t really have the energy nor the inclination to drive through a full motherfucker at the moment. However, I do still want to talk about music- and I’ve had this disc sitting in my room sealed since I got it, so why the fuck not?

Part of me wants to just go through every Radiohead B-Side/non-album song. A lot of hidden gems out there. Unfortunately, there are like 50 plus of them, if you include things like In Rainbows Disk 2 and the subject of todays musings (and a monstrously larger number if you include TKOLRMX and the hacked minidiscs), so I could not possibly have the time to cover all of it.

But I couldn’t let this…album part? Mix CD? EP? Whatever you call it, pass without comment. So we’re going to go ahead and do that.

For clarity- Kid Amnesiae is the third disc (or record, or tape) included in 2021’s Kid A Mnesia, the repackaging and remastering (?) of the band’s dual early 00s albums, containing some alternate versions of songs rom them, some new original tracks, and some untitled tracks that I have somehow avoided having explained to me at this point. While I am somewhat disappointed that, unlike 2017’s OKNOTOK, the physical editions don’t include a B-Side collection from the era (excluding the tape version, for some reason), the third disc has much more New Music than the three songs on that one, so I suppose you could call it justifiable.

The first song on Kid Amnesia is Like Spinning Plates – ‘Why Us’ Version. From what I can tell it’s a hybridisation of the album version of the song and the live one included on the I Might Be Wrong E.P., albeit with a new vocal track (and some new lyrics). It’s pretty interesting, because I’m a huge fan of the original Like Spinning Plates, especially the effects done on the vocals- the way they were recorded is definitely one of the most creative vocal treatments I’ve ever heard of. And yet, I cannot deny the beauty of the live version’s piano, which dominates much of this particular recording. I do wish it was a tad quieter- it kind of drowns out the other instrumental elements, as well as the vocals at some points, but the relatively simple melody is hauntingly gorgeous, so I’ll give it a pass. I don’t think this is going to replace the original in my heart, but it’s a very solid alternative- particularly as a version of the live recording with more refined vocals.

Next is Untitled v1, which is a brief, ambient track that appears to be piecing together elements from what sounds like Kid A (the song) and Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors with just a general backwash of noises. It’s, erm. I’d argue it’s pleasant, though I would not be surprised if most people gave this one a pass? It’s not hitting much in the way of playlists anytime soon.

Also, fun fact, in order to figure out what the hell is going on with this, and what other people thought, I did some googling. And stumbled onto the fact that apparently I’d missed a mini Kid A MNESIA-themed…Fortnite crossover? With this song as the include? Which is certainly an interesting choice. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised at the crossover, given Epic’s involvement in the Kid A Mnesia Exhibition (which I still need to check out), but it’s a very odd choice for the One Radiohead Song to put in that game, of all things.

In order to fully appreciate Fog- Again Again version, I had to quickly go listen to Fog for the first time in a while. This newer version is definitely softer, a bit more ambient and eerie- I think the bass in the original does a lot to ground the track in reality, something the quiet percussion doesn’t quite manage in this one. Paradoxically, it’s also faster, making it feel relatively hurried- especially when the track ends, since it kind of feels like it just stops, letting the last note reverberate as weird noises TM meander through the outro. I dunno, Fog was never a favourite, though I really liked the bassline- which this version does not have, so.

Tracks 4 and 5 are the singles, If You Say the Word and Follow Me Around. Both of these I already discussed (here and here respectively), so I won’t spend too long on them, but they’re still a part of the album- especially as Fog A.A. Version’s outro leads into If You Say the Word’s introduction. I think I’ve warmed to that song a bit in the meantime- in my previous post, I mentioned it sounding kind of like a Moon Shaped Pool track (which to be clear is not a bad thing), but honestly this isn’t that different to the sounds the band would be working with on Hail to the Thief- sort of a beta version of that, I suppose. I still don’t think it sounds like a Kid A/Amnesiac track, which is probably why it didn’t make it to either album (assuming this is what it sounded like back in the day), but that doesn’t make it bad by default.

Follow Me Around is still good also. Don’t really have complex thoughts on it right now.

Moving on, it’s Pulk/Pull- True Love Waits Version. That’s an interesting title, because there are a lot of tracks that came of attempts to make True Love Waits (at least two others?) but I had forgotten that Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors was one of them. As it is, this is appears to be, as the title suggests, a melding of the two songs- possibly what TLW would have sounded like were it extrapolated from the parts of it that turned into P/PRD. The effect is this bizarre disconnect between the quiet, almost murmured but still emotional vocals and the oppressive, forward-moving instrumental that doesn’t quite land for me personally.

Said track leads directly into Untitled v2, which is…somewhere between the ambient elements of Pulk/Pull and the eerie outro from Pyramid Song? The track is 46 seconds long, and it again leads directly into…

Ah fuck its another morning bell version. The Morning Bell – In the Dark Version sounds like an early version of the Amnesiac iteration of the song, which I still find hard to listen to since I had it as my alarm for so long. I suppose the “In the Dark” version would be appropriate to ruin myself on now that I wake up so early. The particular tune here is, interestingly, absent of any vocals, and I’m not really sure why- the more deliberately offputting elements of the track are allowed to be more present without them, though, so that’s a plus.

Track 9, Pyramid Strings. It’s…the string section from Pyramid Song? On its own? Also some of the radio noise from The National Anthem is tailing off at the end there. This brief track is kind of interesting, because the strings are very much not the focus of Pyramid Song in the first place, and hearing them isolated sort of gives you an idea of exactly what they in particular are contributing to the original…but without the rest of the original, this is kind of a minute eighteen of ambient acoustics.

Alt. Fast Track is next up, and what the hell is this. Oh, Fast Track was another B-Side I forgot about, hang on. Well, uh, this version is faster. And a bit less eerie, with the main…I hesitate to call it a melody, but sure- drowning out the rest of most of it. Uh, sure.

Untitled v3 is another amalgamation- this time, we’ve got the gorgeous harp from Motion Picture Soundtrack and…erm, nothing? There’s some indecipherable backing vocals, but that’s kind of it. I get that these Untitled tracks were so early in development that, well, they didn’t even have names, but they do kinda feel like they’re here to pad things out.

I suppose you could say the same for the Strings tracks, as we close off with How to Disappear into Strings, but this one gets an easy pass. More than, in fact, because the strings from How to Disappear Completely are incredible- lonely and haunting, menacing and oppressive, and an absolute way to finish this collation of songs. How to Disappear into Strings is the credits song to an artsy horror movie where nobody truly wins, and I mean that in the best possible way- it’s a masterwork of soaring high notes that are twisted into mockeries of the emotions that that kind of sound usually invokes. I legitimately think this is the best song on the album- one could argue it’s kind of pointless, but it serves to highlight some of the best, most underrated work Kid A’s original listing has to offer, putting it on glorious display as a chilling end to this third chapter of the Kid A Mnesia story.

As a whole, though, I’m not sure how I feel about Kid Amnesiae in particular. A lot of the songs are kind of on the weaker side as far as Radiohead goes, and the quite literally unfinished nature of some of the songs means that it’s very, very unrefined as a whole. Still, it has legitimately great highlights and is probably worth the listen if you’re into this stuff- although, I’m sure you already knew that. If you’re reading this, then you probably have already given it a listen, and don’t need me telling you to do it again.

The thing is, Kid A/Amnesiac/Hail to the Thief is my favourite era of Radiohead, and between all the B-Sides and oddities that have already come from it, it’s not surprising that the well is a little exhausted when it comes time for this 20-year anniversary edition. I am perfectly satisfied with the additions this brings to the table- a look into what could have been, as well as an uncovering of some hidden gems from one hell of a recording period.

Now I guess I’ll just have to wait for Hail to the Thief remastered in 2 years, huh? Maybe we’ll have, you know, an actual new album by then.

[thecrimsonvalley]

001 | Send me a fandom: Fatal Frame 2, 002 | Send me a ship: Gascoigne/Henryk, 003 | Give me a character: Jennifer (Rule of Rose) ♥

001| Send me a fandom and I will tell you my: Fatal Frame 2

Favoritecharacter: Oh that’s really a hard one but I would have tosay Itsuki. I feel terribly sorry for the poor lad and I suppose Isomewhere can relate to his idealism. He tries his best even thoughit ends up making things a whole lot worse!

LeastFavorite character: Mayu. Just… Mayu. To explain mythoughts: she was made to be this driving force, for you to want torescue her and make it out but when this little shit gets “possessed”for the five millionth time and continues to whine about you leavingher behind, I’ll gladly go to the hellish abyss and shove her inthere myself.

5Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): That’s gonna be a nofrom me. Most of the cast is either dead or underage, so it is not mycup of tea to ship stuff.

CharacterI find most attractive: See the last point.

CharacterI would marry: Last point again.

CharacterI would be best friends with: That’s kind of a hard one but Ithink I wanna say Itsuki or Mio.

Arandom thought:Am I the only one who thinks that the designs in the remake were atad inappropriate? I know they aged them up from their original ageof 15 but I really did not fancy the cleavage, big boobs and cutebutton nose appearances ^^’

Anunpopular opinion: Don’t know if this is an unpopular opinionor not but I don’t think this is the best Project Zero/Fatal framegame. I know this is generally a fan favourite and I like it but Ithink that some of the others are way better/better story.

MyCanon OTP: There isn’t any what I know? So this one goesblank.

MyNon-canon OTP: See above.

MostBadass Character: Mio, hands down. She’s in a situation wheremost people would probably drop dead of fright yet here she is,yeeting ghosts left and right to save a sister that seems a tad toomanipulative for my taste.

MostEpic Villain: Sae. The writing really came off good here,through the notes you get that she has been feed an ideal from birthand that it motivates her to unthinkable places. This makes her bothsympathetic and really bad ass. Her boss fight is about as fun asdoing Pilates on top of acid though…

PairingI am not a fan of: Everyone can do what they wish butpersonally I’m no fan of underage ships, specially not in the sexualsense.

CharacterI feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Mayu.It makes it hard for me to fully enjoy the game when I see what theywere going for. For me, if they had just added some scene/plot of Mioloosing her shit with her and actually showing that there might besome friction from Mio’s side about Mayu’s complete dependence onher, it could have worked so much better. Heck, have Mio tell Mayuoff for being a burden and then have Mayu try to help and getcaptured. This could work to show that Mio were acting under stressand regrets it and drive the player to want to find Mayu more thanbefore and not just see her as an overbearing burden with a strangesister obsession.

FavouriteFriendship: The friendship between Itsuki, Mutsuki, Sae andYae seems to have been rather sweet when they were all younger. Also,the sibling relationship between Itsuki, Mutsuki and Chitose isreally sweet.

CharacterI most identify with: My own head canon has made Mio kind ofa 100 % done character and I guess I identify with that. But that isnot the canon appearance of her so take that with a pinch of salt.

CharacterI wish I could be: Can I say Sae? Can I just get to… floataround, laugh like a maniac and bring a bit of fuck up to the world?

002| Send me a ship and I will tell you: Gascoigne/Henryk

WhenI started shipping them: Honestly,almost from the start. I was really into a ship with Gascoigne and anOC but slowly this one grew on me as one of my ships between canoncharacters. When I ship this I also keep Viola in there, as a partnerthat joins at times and at times not, just like Henryk sometimes doesnot join Viola/Gascoigne.

Mythoughts: Justtwo old dudes being hunter pals am I right? I adore them because Iimagine such a lot of warmth and kindness between the two, not tomention the mutual understanding of how hard it is to go throughhunts and all what that means.

Whatmakes me happy about them: Thethought of them being dorks when hunting. Of a tricky situation inwhich the solution was Gascoigne taking Henryk on his shoulders andhe runs through the town while Henryk throws poison knives ateverything within a 10 mile radius.

Whatmakes me sad about them: *Grosssobbing as I look at canon fates*

Thingsdone in fanfic that annoys me:Any jealousy or implications that Viola is a bitch who destroys thegay ship, boho. I really hate love triangles, let them all be in themost wonderful of polyamorous relationships dang it!

ThingsI look for in fanfic:Hurt/comfort without it going into “crawling in my skin”territory. Fluff and goofy situations, I love to see charactersactually have flaws and be able to be dorks and mess up without itbeing a big deal aka I hate when characters are portrayed as flawlesshunks who’s only flaws is that they are so brooding TM .

Mywishlist:Hm, hard one. There is very seldom fan art of this so, more of that.Also, more Henryk of colour (fun fact: personal head canon were thatHenryk were black which was later confirmed in his model, which mademe very happy :D )

WhoI’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:Gascoigneis obviously always gonna be paired off with Viola and I love that tobits! For Henryk, I had a headcanon that him and Eileen were verysweet on one another so that is a pairing I could go off with.Perhaps some Henryk/Valtr as well.

Myhappily ever after for them: Theyall live! Big house! Raise kids! Goes to pub on Saturday and spendSunday hungover during church sermon as Viola makes hushedinappropriate comments and enjoys watching Gascoigne and Henrykshivering with held back laughter.

003| Give me a character & I will tell you: Jennifer (Rule of Rose)

HowI feel about this character: Iwant to protect her so bad. As someone who has been the meek weakbutt of all jokes for bigger part of their childhood, I just want toprotect Jennifer so gosh darn much!

Any/allthe people I ship romantically with this character:My answer is Jennifer/Wendy but I want it known that I see this as apuppy love. There is a difference between the romance that you haveat that age (and I mean this is canon) and how adults view romance.

Myfavorite non-romantic relationship for this character:I always liked to imagine that Jennifer had some sort of silentfriendship with Eleanor. The sort of thing where she would beconvinced Eleanor didn’t even know she were there but then besurprised that she were included in her drawings or were given somelittle trinket. (It all ties in with my own headcanon that Eleanor ison the autism spectrum and have a hard time expressingemotions/connections over all.)

Myunpopular opinion about this character: Don’tthink I have any but the closest I can get is probably, I wish thestory had actually been child!Jennifer instead of the morepsychological but nonsensical retelling. I understand why they didNOT go for that though: imagine trying to pass a game through thatages censorship on “yeah a young girl gets constantly bullied andchased by monsters!”. Would probably never have gone over well.

Onething I wish would happen / had happened with this character incanon: Can’treally think of anything on this one.

Favoritefriendship for this character: Ilike to imagine that there were actually friendship between thecharacters and not just cruelty. The entire game is highlightingevents such as Jennifer interpreted them as a child but with anobviously over exaggerated tone to it. I like to imagine that inbetween the cruelty of children there were actually some genuinefriendships. That and I totally wanna headcanon that Jennifer andClara got along very good as Jennifer were a quiet child that didn’tpester with too many questions which Clara probably appreciated. Alsolike to imagine that since Clara had her own issues and feeling leftout as a young teenage girl she would take pity on Jennifer for beingthe runt of the litter around the orphanage.  

Mycrossover ship: Acrossover friendship between her and Mio from Project Zero 2. Thanksto thesaeseries.

[fortress-of-iserlohn]

logh, 001 :)

KRISTA :D

sorry it took so long i didn’t realise i had an ask until today lmao. thanks tumblr. appreciate it.

LOGH!!!!!!!

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character: YANG WENLI (then Reuenthal. then Schonkopf :D)

Least Favorite character: JOB FUCKING TRUNICHT

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): REUENTHAL/YANG (screams into the abyss). Schonkopf/Yang (PRECIOUS KNIGHT AND PRINCE PAIR). Bittenfeld/Oberstein (FIGHT ME). Mittermeyer/Evangeline (THEY ARE TOO PURE TM FOR THIS WORLD). julian/katerose (OH HEY ANOTHER CANON SHIP)

Character I find most attractive: UGH. WRY YOU DO THIS? dnt - schonkopf. every other incarnation - reuenthal

Character I would marry: see above. also. i would 1000000% marry bittenfeld if given the chance because i think he’d be HYSTERICAL to deal with

Character I would be best friends with: i would 100% party it up with any of the 13th fleet but i feel like i would get along super well with cazerne (i really appreciate his completely fed up older brother attitude combined with a coating of utter do not give a fuck) or mittermeyer (cos he’s a sweet dude and he would get along with EVERYONE including me XD)

a random thought: why is this show not more popular ??? why do i enjoy rarepairs ????? what is life ?????????

An unpopular opinion: i really can’t find it in myself to ship yang/frederica orz

My Canon OTP: Mittermeyer/Evangeline are precious babies and i will FIGHT ANYONE ON THIS

My Non-canon OTP: no one needs to ask this anymore right?????? REUYANG

Most Badass Character: Walter von Schonkopf - from the start til the end, no one is as cool or badass as schonkopf. (also no one is as desperate for yang’s attention as him either. be cool schonkopf, he’ll notice you one day :3)

Most Epic Villain: does the empire count as a villainous side? cos i’m not feeling villains in this show :3 (just the slow disintegration of society and the lure of absolute power for different reasons and corruption of human souls)

Pairing I am not a fan of: all the canon and popular ones?????????? I APOLOGISE. i tried twin pillars & kircheis/reinhardt but. i. just. can’t. do. it.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): i’m not deep enough to say??? but one of the plot points that didn’t really make sense were the earth cult and their ?????????? wtf-ery.

Favourite Friendship: YANG AND 13TH FLEET. they’d move heaven and earth to protect him and he would 100000% do the same and THEY ARE JUST PRECIOUS OK.

Character I most identify with: YANGGGGG - i also just want to drink tea, take naps and retire into obscurity with a cat named admiral LMAO

Character I wish I could be: UM. like literally anyone from the 13th fleet? i would be blessed with yang’s company and that is ALL I COULD ASK FOR????

[imaginetonyandbucky]

Imagine Tony building robots from the latest movies Avengers watched just because he can (Wall-E, R2D2, BB8, you name it). His latest creation is Baymax, which he equipped with mental health assistance protocol and he gift to Bucky. Bucky loves it ofc, he wants to show his appreciation but unsure how to ask Tony out. Baymax helped.

I am satisfied with my care

It started with Steve.

Steve kept a little notebook to fill up with all the pop culture high notes he had missed in the past seventy years. Tony knew that. Everyone knew that. But Tony also knew that Steve was getting increasingly frustrated with how he was writing in way more than he was crossing off, especially because everyone kept saying, “oh, how could you not know that?” or “well, you have to see that!” about every little thing.

So, Tony took pity. Never let it be said that Tony didn’t have a heart. He sat Steve down on a Thursday and told JARVIS to start rolling the original Star Wars trilogy. Pretty soon, the other Avengers started trickling in as the movies played.Watching Steve and Thor react to the “Luke, I am your father” reveal was priceless. Tony was only sad that Clint had beat him to posting the reaction video to YouTube first. Steve fell in love with R2D2 and asked why robots like that didn’t exist in the future already. So then, Tony paused the movie showing to introduce the team to DUM-E, U, and Butterfingers. Tony beamed like a proud parent in the face of his tough ass teammates cooing at his bots.

After the Avengers trooped back up to the rec room and finished the movies, when it was just Tony and his insomnia, Tony realized that R2D2 wasn’t that much different from DUM-E and if he had been able to make DUM-E when he’d been a kid, then making an R2D2 bot for Steve should be no trouble now.

So, for Steve’s next birthday—which, July 4th, how cliché—Tony presented him with an exact replica of R2D2 with a fully functioning AI and everything. Steve actually cried. It was kind of embarrassing. But Tony was going to cherish that sunshine smile beamed right into his face for the rest of his life. And the only reason Tony had tears in his eyes was because R2D2 had rammed into his shin (the ungrateful bot).

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And then they watched Wall-E. Clint joked that he had wooed Natasha much the way Wall-E had wooed EVE. Natasha rolled her eyes but didn’t say anything to contradict him. So, of course, Tony had to make a Wall-E bot and an EVE bot, which he gave to Clint and Natasha respectively.

Clint about crushed Tony to death while he squealed in happiness about the dinky little bot trundling around them in circles. Natasha watched EVE fly about with an undecipherable expression. When she closed in on Tony, he froze in fear, but then she gave him a chaste peck on the cheek and he blushed bright red. Steve made cracks about the great Tony Stark blushing while Tony cursed at him. Steve’s bot tried making friends with the two new ones.

Tony couldn’t help but smile at his new family loving the bots he made as much as he did.

Of course, Tony couldn’t forget about his Science Bro TM. They marathoned Doctor Who together, so naturally, Tony just had to make Brucie his very own K9. Bruce was shocked by the gift, which made Tony’s heart break, but then he gave Tony a shy little smile of pleasure, and Tony about melted.

Thor didn’t spend a lot of time with the rest of the team. He was either performing princely duties up in Asgard or hanging with his astrophysicist girlfriend out in the middle of nowhere. But when he was staying at Avengers Tower, he enjoyed the team movie night with even more enthusiasm than all the rest of them put together.

Not wanting Thor to feel left out, Tony made him a toaster with an AI named Toasty (okay, so Tony wasn’t the best with naming things) so that he could toast his pop tarts wherever he went. Thor almost broke Tony’s ribs with a giant bear hug. He actually even composed an epic poem about his new toaster companion.

That video got even more likes on YouTube. And this time Tony was the one who got to post it. Ha, take that, Barton.

When Steve brought his new bird friend around the Tower after the whole SHIELD/Hydra debacle, Tony tore Steve a new one for not asking for his help. Oh no, let’s not ask the guy who designed the Tricarriers for help in taking them down. And let’s just ignore the computer genius a phone call away and just release all the SHIELD/Hydra files online willy-nilly. Steve took the tongue lashing, all shame-faced but with a stubborn little pout on his lips.

To mollify Tony, Steve offered up information about the Winter Soldier, who apparently was actually Steve’s BFF from the dark ages, and asked Tony to help find him. Well mollified, Tony politely greeted the rather shell-shocked Sam and then went down to his workshop to start the search for the elusive Bucky Barnes.

In between running search algorithms and sending Sam and Steve out to likely locations, Tony found the time for some hobbyist tinkering. The next time Sam stopped by the Tower, Tony presented him with a BB8 bot.

Sam looked puzzled as he watched the cute little bot roll around. “What’s this for?”

Tony said, “Well, I figure you’re pretty much part of the team at this point and everyone else has got one.”

Sam smiled up at Tony from where he was crouched on the ground petting BB8. “Oh, well then, thank you very much for the gift. But I gotta ask, why BB8 specifically?”

“You’re basically like Cap 2.0, and everyone knows BB8 is like R2D2 2.0.”

Sam laughed. “Thanks, man. No, really, you’re the best.”

“Um, you’re welcome,” Tony awkwardly accepted the praise. He quickly hurried back to his workshop.

When they finally found Bucky, Tony couldn’t help but think that the man was a mess. Bucky was going to need a lot of headshrinkers and a bunch of other help that Tony wasn’t sure how to provide except offering money to help pay for it all. Steve wouldn’t take his money and after much arguing back and forth, Tony had conceded the battle to the red, white, and blue Stubborn Pillar of Stubbornness.

Well. That just meant Tony had to figure out another way to help. He was a helper. A fixer. He could totally do this.

He couldn’t do this. Or, at least he didn’t know how until the whole team (including Bucky) watched Big Hero 6 for one of their movie nights. Baymax was perfect. He could be a constant companion to Bucky without being as intrusive as another human being. He could hug Bucky. And wake him up from nightmares. And best of all, if Bucky went into one of his fugue states where he attacked everything in sight, Baymax could be easily fixed.

It took some doing to figure out how to make what basically amounted to a blowup snowman move. But of course Tony wasn’t a genius engineer for nothing. After a week of sleepless nights, he was finally done.

Tony went looking for Bucky on the floor he shared with Steve. When the elevator door opened, Steve was there to greet him. R2D2 beeped at him from nearby.

“Hey, Cap. Hello, R2.” Tony greeted absently while he looked for the guy he was actually here to visit.

Tony found Bucky lurking in the shadows of the living room doorway.“Ah-ha! Frosty, there you are!”

Bucky froze in alarm at the sight of Tony coming towards his carrying a small red case (it had been easy peasy to make Baymax’s case smaller than it had been in the movie; after all, he was the master of miniaturization, between his arc reactor and his suitcase suits).

Tony thrust the case out at him. “Here you go. Present for you.”

Bucky glanced helplessly at Steve before accepting the case. He asked, soft and bewildered. “What is this?”

Tony said, “Set it down on the ground, go on. You’ll have to plug it in later. The case is a charging station. It’s Baymax. Or well, my version. I figured you could use one. Here, you just press the button in the center and he pops out.”

Bucky looked overwhelmed. “Um, thanks.”

Tony shook his head. “No, no, you’re not supposed to say thanks until you’ve actually seen the gift. Come on, try it out.”

Bucky set the case down and pressed the large button in the center. The case started unfolding and the bot started inflating. Less than a minute later, Baymax stood round and tall in front of Bucky.

Baymax raised a hand for a wave. “Hello, my name is Baymax. I am a Healthcare Companion. Are you in distress? How may I help you?”

Bucky’s eyes looked wet as he stared at the bot. He coughed and said roughly, “Thanks, I’m fine. For now. Oh, um, my name’s Bucky.”

“Hello, Bucky, nice to meet you. You are crying. Would you like a hug?”

Bucky nodded mutely.

Baymax walked forward and wrapped Bucky up in a bear hug. Bucky let his arms encircle the bot and sank into the hug with a sigh. They stayed like that for a solid minute before Bucky pulled back and Baymax let go.

Bucky turned to Tony with red but dry eyes and a genuine smile. “Now can I say thank you?”

That smile about knocked Tony down. It was absolutely gorgeous. Thankfully, he had enough wits about him to reply, “Yeah. No problem.”

“Well, thanks. This is the best gift anyone has ever gotten me.”

Steve had the good grace to save Tony from his emotional constipation by saying teasingly, “What, Bucky, you’re telling me the plums I got you this morning wasn’t the best gift anyone’s ever gotten you?”

Bucky rolled his eyes. “Shaddup, punk, I’m having a moment here.”

“You’re having a moment alright.”

“Don’t make me come over there and kick your smart ass.”

“I’d like to see you try!”

Tony chuckled to himself to see the two of them bicker at each other. “Well, I’ll just let myself out.”

As Tony sidled towards the elevator, Steve paused in his squabbling and turned to give Tony a smile even more brilliant than the one he gave Tony for giving him R2D2.

Tony clutched at his chest in the elevator. Ugh. Super soldier smiles were aggravating his heart condition.

It warmed Tony’s old, scarred heart to see Baymax being put to good use. Bucky used to spend most of his time holed up in his and Steve’s floor. Now, it was common to see his roaming around the Tower with Baymax at his heels.

Tony wanted badly to ask JARVIS to tell him if Bucky was sleeping better, but even he, as socially inept as he could sometimes be, knew that was kind of creepy. At least the shadows under Bucky’s eyes seemed fainter and he smiled more and actually talked to people other than Steve. Tony thought he might be able to just live off of coffee and Bucky’s smiles.

In fact, it wasn’t just Baymax and Bucky that Tony was happy to see. The other Avengers still seemed well pleased with their bots even long after the novelty had worn off. Clint had managed to talk Wall-E into rolling around the vents with him. Natasha and EVE bonded through target practice—EVE was programmed with a bunch of combat flying sequences and Natasha had a repurposed laser tag gun. Steve and Bruce both seemed less depressed with their bots around. BB8 was a big hit with Sam’s nieces. And Toasty had some managed to become temperamental and refused to toast anything except Thor’s pop tarts. Thor beamed proudly and called Toasty a most loyal friend.

Was it possible for a heart to grow ten times bigger and still fit in a man’s chest?

Tony really shouldn’t have fallen asleep in the common room. He’d known tonight wasn’t going to be a good night. He’d known nightmares were coming. He should have hidden in the privacy of his bedroom. But of course, for all that Tony was a genius, he could be really dumb sometimes.

And so, here he was, out where anyone could walk in and see him, shaking apart at the seams and trying to keep the screams behind his teeth. He loved his brain. But sometimes, sometimes he fucking hated it. You’d think one horror would wipe out another, but nope, his brain strung them all together like Christmas lights and played them back to him like the world’s shittiest highlight video. Afghanistan. New York. Malibu.

Tony let out a shriek of surprise when he felt himself being lifted into the air. He instinctively struggled but whoever he was struggling against was too soft to be human. The lights suddenly turned on and he blinked against the brightness to see that he was being cradled by Baymax.

“Tony, are you okay? Do you need a hug?”

“Now you ask?! After you scared the shit out of me swooping in out of nowhere?”

“I am sorry. Would you like me to put you down?”

Tony, feeling ridiculous, grumbled, “No. You’re fine. You can hug me. If you want.”

Baymax shifted Tony until he was vertical and therefore able to be hugged. For some reason, Tony’s feet were dangling in the air. Tony didn’t think Bucky ever had to deal with this. Bucky’s feet were always solidly planted on the ground whenever he was hugging Baymax.

“Baymax, what is—oh, Tony.” Speak of the devil.

Tony snuggled further into Baymax for show. “Sorry, Bucky, I’m Baymax’s new favorite. We’re running away together.”

Baymax’s head swiveled around. “You are both my favorites.”

Tony pretended exasperation. “You’re ruining the joke.”

Bucky walked further into the common room. He must have seen something in Tony’s face because he asked softly, “Hey, what’s wrong?”

Tony grinned so widely he could feel it stretching the corners of his mouth. “Nothing’s wrong. Why do you ask?”

Bucky shook his head and said gently, “Knock that off. I know your smile doesn’t really look like that. Besides, Baymax responds to distress. He’s with you. Hence, you’re distressed.”

“Hence? Really?” Tony joked.

Bucky just looked calmly back, not taking the bait.

Tony sighed. “Okay, you got me. Hey, Baymax, can you put me down?”

Once Tony was set back down, he patted one inflated arm and said, “Thanks, buddy, I am satisfied with my care.”

Baymax backed off and stood unobtrusively to one side like a puffy friendly ghost.

Tony slumped down into the couch. Bucky came around to sit next to him. “You want to talk about it? Steve tells me it might help.”

“And does it? Talking?”

Bucky shrugged. “Sometimes.”

And so Tony told him everything. Starting with that fateful trip into the desert. Getting blown up by a bomb with his name painted on the side. Waking up with a hole in his chest. Yinsen. God, Yinsen. Coming back and having everyone think he was crazy. Obie’s betrayal. Just…everything.

It felt like a flood was coming now that he’d opened his mouth. It hurt, but it was good. To be able to let it flow. To have Bucky there to hear him. And during one of the hard parts—honestly, they were all hard, but sometimes certain things hit him harder than others—Bucky had held out his hand for Tony to take.

And through it all, Tony realized that his heart wouldn’t get too big for his chest because maybe he’d finally found someone to share it with.

~CatZY

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specifically me. One of my mottos has always been “Failure is fertilizer. Throw your mistakes on the compost pile and grow a new garden.” I made a mistake and from that I learned so much. I am sorry.

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Here is a video that might help explain some of what I said better. https://www.ted.com/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave Sincerely, Anika "

"I admire all of the work you do in order to enrich the lives of young people. I received your email earlier this week regarding the Black Lives Matter movement and in it you stated that your organization is ‘Color Blind’, I know this statement is not meant to have malice or be hurtful. So I felt obligated to explain why this popular statement is damaging and can make people of color feel uncomfortable.

I am Latina and for me this statement, while well intentioned, can feel as if my unique experiences with being Mexican are overlooked. We can no longer be colorblind, we must recognize people’s experiences and understand that someone who is Black has had a different experience than someone who is Asian. To say that your organization is ‘Color Blind’ diminishes the experiences of POC. While we all bleed the same blood we are all experiencing a different reality, while some of us may never struggle because of the color of our skin others will have to live in fear because of theirs. And these differences need to be acknowledged. What you must strive for instead is to not be color blind, but to be actively Anti-Racist. Being anti-racist means that you are actively acknowledging other experiences while educating yourself on how to be a better ally. We must realize and digest how Black people in our country carry the weight of hundreds of years of systematic oppression and learn how to fight for a system that values Black lives. Color blind and anti-racist are not interchangeable and while one diminishes the existence of oppression and experience the other acknowledges oppression and actively tries to counteract it.

I wanted to contact you to explain this because I know that your email had the best intentions and did not mean to diminish any experiences. I am very happy to see your organization be so accepting and so against discrimination. I wanted to mention that I mean no disrespect in sending this email to you and solely wanted to let you know how this term has changed and evolved. I understand that the words I use today when it comes to fighting against discrimination will be replaced in the future with other terms better suited for the fight against racism. I am very happy that I worked with a group that has taken a firm stance on this issue and I wish you all the best.

If my definition was not very clear here are some resources that may explain it better than I could:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/05/white-parents-teach-their-children-be- colorblind-heres-why-thats-bad-everyone/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culturally-speaking/201112/colorblind-ideology- is-form-racism

Thank you for reading this and hearing my perspective in this issue. Best, Olivia"

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‘ello friends

can i ask you all to rec me your favourite lgbtq fantasy? am thinking in the style of six of crows, a crown for cold silver, when women were warriors, etc. not too many m/m romances written by straight women pls (that’s actually why i’m coming to tumblr for help; goodreads lists are 95% that). can be ya but not too ya, pls. for reference, i love six of crows and the raven boys but divergent was too predictable and cliché for me. i love big, sprawling epics with several characters with different genders/sexualities/disabilities/backgrounds/personalities becoming a Found Family TM the Very Most of all

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For some reason Why... I live for about 4 times yesterday until I finished the whole thing of my Sparta Remix though. I should stop on this live streams though. Another thing for this, I don't wanna live on making a sparta havana remix of Vanossgaming, Cause this vanossgaming's vids contains crude language and disturbing humor. Even to the request of Sparta Osmi Mini Remix of Marselo Collab with 2 parts either. So what I need to do is to work on 2 sparta remixes without live streaming 2 remixes in the every daily day's until the whole remixes finished. That kind of livestream will makes you bored that If the livestream is about too long like 10 or 13 hours. It will make everyone upset and leaves the server and my channel ALL because of me.

Don't worry guys, I still have enough time so finished with my sparta remixes though. and I also have to make a collab sparta remix with osmi mini remixing server where it has 2 parts only... Maybe It was requested by Gustavo aka Gustavo_N2 on Discord while I am working on Vanossgaming sparta havana remix, and then I'll upload a request sparta remix to youtube and credits to someone who requested me... But HERE'S a NOTE "This is going to be a short sparta remix that we've made."

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“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” Martin Luther King Jr.

MESSAGE FROM CYNTHIA BRIAN, Founder/Executive Director

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, marks the end of slavery in the South on June 19, 1865. As PBS proclaims, “in this sixth month of the non-stop stunner that is 2020, the country finds itself in a period of education and reckoning of the racism embedded in its birth.”

I write this message to apologize for using the “color blind” analogy in our previous newsletter. After sending out the newsletter to share solidarity, a few of our dedicated BTSYA volunteers politely emailed to inform me that the use of the words “color blind” is offensive in todays vernacular. (You may read excerpts below) I thank these brave individuals for their courage to stand up, express themselves, and educate all of us,

specifically me. One of my mottos has always been “Failure is fertilizer. Throw your mistakes on the compost pile and grow a new garden.” I made a mistake and from that I learned so much. I am sorry.

We are living in unprecedented times and the world is in chaos with Covid-19 and the largest wave of civil unrest since the 1960s, spurred by outrage over police brutality and racism. Here at Be the Star You Are!® we are INCLUSIVE. We don’t tolerate bigotry, racism, or any other negative attitude towards any race, religion, gender, culture, or viewpoint. We stand together as a colorful united family of brothers and sisters from many different countries and backgrounds. Take a peek at our website, https://www.BetheStarYouAre.org or our teen radio show at http://www.expressyourselfteenradio.com and you’ll see that our volunteers represent the nations of the world. We are very proud to stand for freedom and equality for all.

My acting union, SAG-AFTRA released the following statement from President Gabrielle Carteris and National Executive Director David P. White on the murder of George Floyd. It states more eloquently what we at Be the Star You Are!® believe so I share this with you.

“The murder of George Floyd is deeply emblematic of a corrosive inequality and injustice at the heart of America. As protests spread across the country it is not enough to condemn injustice. It’s not enough to demand change. We must recognize that racism lives in our culture and only we can change that. We must speak up in the face of injustice and fight back against the indignities our fellow citizens face every day. We must be defenders and allies. We must be better than this.The ugly truth is that Mr. Floyd's killing was one among many murders of black people over many years. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Michael Brown, Jr., Marsha P. Johnson, Emmett Till, and the list goes painfully on and on stretching back for centuries. It must end. Black lives do matter.”

Again, I apologize if the newsletter offended, Please forgive me. It was never my intention to be offensive in any way.

There is no room for bigotry, brutality, or racism in our world. We are all on a learning curve and open to all feedback. Although we are all sailing together in this time of pandemic, I recognize that we are not in the same boat.

This is a time to be kind. To help one another. To be inclusive. We will not tolerate injustice. When we embrace diversity we increase peacefulness. Let’s remember that love always wins when kindness prevails. Smiles will keep us happy.

Juneteenth is not currently recognized as a Federal holiday but by celebrating it, we take one step forward towards reconciliation and the fight for freedom for all.

We want to hear from you. How do you demonstrate that Black Lives Matter? We’re interested in your thoughts and actions. Send your comments (less than 50 words) to our Kindness Coordinator, Karen Kitchel at karenkitchel@comcast.net by June 30. We will include a variety of responses (first name only) in our July newsletter.

I know I'm going to make many more mistakes. We all will. But let's learn and grow from them. We are COLOR BRAVE!

Be strong, be brave, be safe.

And don’t forget to also celebrate Father’s Day on June 21. A salute to all the great dads of every color and creed.

In solidarity,

Cynthia Brian Founder/Executive Director Be the Star You Are!® PO Box 376 Moraga, California 94556 Cynthia@BetheStarYouAre.org https://www.BetheStarYouAre.org http://www.BTSYA.org

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EXCERPTS FROM TWO POWERFUL EMAILS WITH RESOURCE LINKS

"I'm emailing you now about the newsletter I recently received that was titled Become Color Blind. I understand the need to be in unity in this fight against institutional racism and police brutality, so I do appreciate your response on this. But I feel that asking everyone to "become color blind" is counterproductive and incredibly tone deaf in light of recent events.

Saying you are color blind says that you ignore the fact that oppression/racism exists for people of color like me. As recent events have shown, we are all not treated equally, unfortunately. I in no way mean to attack you, but this was something I found to be offensive. Put short, I feel there are better ways voicing your support.

Here is a video that might help explain some of what I said better. https://www.ted.com/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave Sincerely, Anika "

"I admire all of the work you do in order to enrich the lives of young people. I received your email earlier this week regarding the Black Lives Matter movement and in it you stated that your organization is ‘Color Blind’, I know this statement is not meant to have malice or be hurtful. So I felt obligated to explain why this popular statement is damaging and can make people of color feel uncomfortable.

I am Latina and for me this statement, while well intentioned, can feel as if my unique experiences with being Mexican are overlooked. We can no longer be colorblind, we must recognize people’s experiences and understand that someone who is Black has had a different experience than someone who is Asian. To say that your organization is ‘Color Blind’ diminishes the experiences of POC. While we all bleed the same blood we are all experiencing a different reality, while some of us may never struggle because of the color of our skin others will have to live in fear because of theirs. And these differences need to be acknowledged. What you must strive for instead is to not be color blind, but to be actively Anti-Racist. Being anti-racist means that you are actively acknowledging other experiences while educating yourself on how to be a better ally. We must realize and digest how Black people in our country carry the weight of hundreds of years of systematic oppression and learn how to fight for a system that values Black lives. Color blind and anti-racist are not interchangeable and while one diminishes the existence of oppression and experience the other acknowledges oppression and actively tries to counteract it.

I wanted to contact you to explain this because I know that your email had the best intentions and did not mean to diminish any experiences. I am very happy to see your organization be so accepting and so against discrimination. I wanted to mention that I mean no disrespect in sending this email to you and solely wanted to let you know how this term has changed and evolved. I understand that the words I use today when it comes to fighting against discrimination will be replaced in the future with other terms better suited for the fight against racism. I am very happy that I worked with a group that has taken a firm stance on this issue and I wish you all the best.

If my definition was not very clear here are some resources that may explain it better than I could:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/05/white-parents-teach-their-children-be- colorblind-heres-why-thats-bad-everyone/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culturally-speaking/201112/colorblind-ideology- is-form-racism

Thank you for reading this and hearing my perspective in this issue. Best, Olivia"

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As part of our Be the Star You Are! Disaster Relief Outreach program (https://www.bethestaryouare.org/copy-of- operation-hurricane-disaste), Be the Star You Are!® has collaborated with the Authors Guild to showcase the new books launched by many authors from around the country in a variety of genres. We will also be showcasing artists, actors, and musicians, all of whom had had their gigs canceled and are out of work. We believe in supporting creativity and believe that books, art, music, and film provide escape and

joy, especially during tough times. For the next few months, make sure you are tuned in to both StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® on Wednesdays at 4pm PT for “Writers Wednesdays” LIVE http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2206/be-the-star-you-are as well as our teen program, Express Yourself!TM airing on Sundays at 3pm PT for “Super Smart Sundays”, https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2014/express-yourself

Both programs broadcast on the Voice America Network, Empowerment Channel and will be archived on that site as well as iTunes, Stitcher, etc. It’s a giant artistic festival!

CHECK OUT BOOK REVIEWS

Our Star Teen Book Review Team is busy reading and writing reviews for you to enjoy this summer. Reviews are honest and the personal experience of each writer. Check them out at our website, http://www.btsya.com/book_reviews.html, and at our partner, The Reading Tub, https://thereadingtub.org/books/be-the-star- you-are/. Many thanks to our Book Review Coordinator, Stephanie Cogeos, for keeping us on track. If you are interested in joining our team, you can find the info at http://www.btsya.com/book_reviews.html,.

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