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lefandomimagines · 6 years

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promise | boh rhap!roger taylor x reader

Pairing: Bohemian Rhapsody!Roger Taylor x Reader

Word Count: 2037

Request: Could you please do an imagine about being in a relationship with Roger Taylor? You love each other so much but you always fight really intensely too? The whole band gets involved because of how intense you guys are?

Warnings: N/A

A/N: First imagine back after a huge break so pls be kind lmao i’m still getting back into the swing of things. Hope you enjoy, please feel free to spam me with Bohemian Rhapsody requests, I wanna write so many more imagines for all the members so hit me up with any ideas you have! ( and feel free to send any non-boh rhap requests too )

To say that you were ‘a little pissed off’ would be to say that Freddie’s fashion sense is ‘only a little unique’. It was no shock to anyone that once again, Roger Taylor was the cause of your anger. Your relationship had always been a strange one; there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that the two of you were in love as anyone could be, but your fights were notorious for being more explosive than a nuclear bomb. Having matching personalities made the two of you as close as anyone could be, but matching personalities also came along with matching tempers. Brian, John and Freddie were no strangers to your arguments either. Sometimes they were caused by something as simple as Roger not tidying up after himself, or Roger getting irritated by how long you took to get ready. But other times they could be fuelled by something much worse. On this particular occasion, it had been one of the more extreme reasons. It was pretty well known that Roger was awfully popular with the female fans, he had been getting mounds of female attention even since the days of Smile. You had learnt to ignore it and brush it off because at the end of the day, you were the one he would be coming home to. However, sometimes it did put a strain on your relationship particularly due to the fact that Roger seemed to really enjoy the attention and never really learned where to draw the line with them for your sakes.

This time, a group of girls had immediately flocked Roger the second he stepped off stage after the show; that was nothing new to you, but what really stung was how Roger just cast you away and completely ignored you when you tried to congratulate him on the show in favour of the girls surrounding him. Of course you understood that the band had to be thankful for their fans and communicate with them, but that made it hurt no less when he acted as if you didn’t even exist. You took in a sharp intake of breath, biting down on your bottom lip to stop the tears building up in your eyes from spilling over. Grabbing your handbag, you quickly rushed away backstage, flashing your pass to the security guard as you zoomed past, just wanting to get somewhere alone. The tears in your eyes threatening to spill over eventually did as you flopped down on the sofa in the band’s dressing room, bringing your knees up to your body as you sat. In your head, you knew that it was silly to get upset over it because you knew that Roger truly did love you, but all of the doubts and horrible thoughts that had been building up across the time of your relationship all came flooding back together. Being the girlfriend of the Roger Taylor had its perks and obvious downfalls, there were a lot of jealous fans and tabloids just wanting an easy story that often said a lot of horrible things about you which often came flooding back at times like these.Your thoughts were interrupted as the door burst open with Brian and John stumbling into the room. The grins on their faces soon faded away as they spotted the look on your face, and they instantly came rushing over. Brian sat down on the coffee table in front of you, and John beside you on the sofa. “Y/N what happened?” John stumbled out, his words laced with concern.

You eventually managed to compose yourself and explain what had happened to John and Brian and you were met with the usual look of annoyance and lack of shock on their faces.

“He never learns does he?” Brian spoke solemnly, placing a comforting hand on your knee.

John sighed loudly, pulling you into a hug “I’m sure he didn’t mean for you to be hurt, he just doesn’t think sometimes.”

“I know, it just sucks when I see him surrounded by all of these gorgeous women I can never compete with. What if he changes his mind about me one day and goes for someone prettier?” You spoke sadly, resting your head on John’s shoulder.

“Y/N, Roger would have to be absolutely idiotic to ever swap someone as utterly incredible as you for one of those idiot gold diggers only in it for a shag.” Brian said with an endearing tone.

You went to reply when the dressing room door burst open once again, revealing Freddie along with the man in question, Roger.

“What the hell is going on here?” Roger questioned with a slightly raised tone.

“Just attempting to cheer your girlfriend up after you acted like a total prat...once again.” Brian shot back immediately.

“I think I’m perfectly capable of doing that myself thank you very much.” Roger snapped “What the bloody hell have I even done now anyway? I was just talking to some fans”

You stood up as Roger spoke, crossing your arms over your chest as you did so. “See Roger, it’s never just talking though is it? You completely shoved me to the side and acted like I was something you had just scraped off of the bottom of your shoe out there. It was embarrassing!” You yelled back, your hands balling into fists in your fit of anger.

“You’re not the only bloody person in the world you know? I do have a life outside of our relationship. Why do you overreact about everything?” By this point, both of you were on the verge of screaming and Freddie, John and Brian had long since snuck out of the room to avoid getting caught up in the crossfire.

“I’m not asking for everything to revolve around me twenty four seven Roger! All I want is for you to actually give me a shred of attention sometimes out there in front of those bimbos who only care about you because you’re hot and famous. How would you feel if I completely ignored you in favour of a group of guys that you thought were a hundred times better looking than you. I just want to feel good enough for you for once!” You shouted, with hot tears now running down your cheeks.

“Y/N I-” Roger’s tone softened as he went to speak; but you simply raised your hand, cutting him off before storming out of the room, slamming the door behind you.

After the argument, you returned to the home that you and Roger shared, spending your evening on the sofa in a bit of a sulk. It was about ten o’clock the next morning when you woke up after falling asleep on the sofa that night. You were rather unceremoniously woken up by Freddie kicking your door down, shouting for you to get your ‘sulky arse’ off of the sofa and into something pretty. It was moments like this that made you question why you had given the three other members of the band a key to your home.

“If it’s anything to do with Roger, I’m not going Fred.” You spoke in a deadpan tone with zero emotion on your face.

“No no, I want to take you somewhere.” Freddie replied flippantly before rather ungracefully dragging you off of the sofa and upstairs to your bedroom.

“Where on Earth could you possibly need to take me in such a hurry at ten o’clock on a Sunday morning?” You questioned with a raised brow, rubbing the sleep from your eyes.

“Don’t spoil the fun with too many questions darling, just trust me and go along with it.” He replied with a mischievous grin, tossing an outfit at you.

“Trust you and go along with it? That’s usually the beginning of the end for my wellbeing when you say that Fred.” You called out from the bathroom as you changed into the jeans and shirt Freddie had picked out for you, grinning as you heard him chuckle at your remark.

Once you had gotten ready, Freddie had proceeded to toss you into his limousine, forcing a blindfold onto your face the second the driver took off. You eventually came to a stop after what honestly felt like an age, and Freddie attempted to gracefully guide you out of the car and into some building ( emphasis on attempted ).

“This scenario is the beginning of literally every serial killer movie ever made.” You chuckled, holding your arms out in front of you cautiously “If you murder me, I will come back and haunt you forever.”

You heard Freddie laugh quietly as he came to a sudden halt “Now stay exactly where you are.”

You could somewhat make out a few sounds as you heard Freddie’s footsteps move away from you, but you were still none the wiser as to where on Earth he had brought you.

“Freddie I-” You went to question your friends intentions when you were cut off by the sudden beginning of a piano sequence. You recognised the song in an instant, how could you not? An acoustic version of ‘I’m in love with my car’. You couldn’t help but let a soft giggle escape your lips, removing your blindfold as you heard Roger begin to sing. The view you were met with was simply breathtaking, Freddie had taken you to the bar where you had first met Roger but the room was covered in the most stunning little fairy lights and rose petals and a projection of all of your favourite photographs of you and Roger played behind the four of them. A few tears began to fill up in your eyes, threatening to spill over as Roger sang his utterly ridiculous yet brilliant song that he knew you loved so much. Roger’s eyes never once left yours as he sang every word, his notorious cheeky grin on his lips. As the song ended, Roger stepped down off the small stage, making his way over to you.

“Y/N, I acted like a total arse yesterday and there’s no excuse for it. Sometimes I’m an idiot and I lose sight of things, but there is never a single doubt in my mind that you are the most incredible, beautiful, talented and kind hearted woman I’ve ever met and that I want to spend every moment of my life with you. None of those girls that come to our shows and throw themselves at me will ever match up to you, not in a million years. I’m sorry if I hurt you, but don’t you dare ever doubt yourself again even for a second. I don’t give a shit what idiotic reporters or gold-digging fans say about you, nothing will ever change my mind about you. You make me a better man and I wouldn’t trade you for the world.” Roger spoke softly, a look of complete adoration in his eyes. He took a deep breath before taking hold of your left hand, fiddling around with something in his back pocket with his other hand. Your eyes widened, your jaw dropping slightly as he pulled out a velvety red box.

“Rog. Wha-” You sputtered out as he opened the box

“Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to commit to marrying me yet.” He chuckled “It’s a promise ring, Bri told me about them. Its a promise of my commitment to you and a promise to one day when you’re ready, swap it out for an proper ring.” He finished with a nervous sort of smile on his lips.

A genuinely nervous Roger was something you had never really seen in your years of dating, it knocked you utterly speechless.

“This is the part where you say yes and get to the snogging.” Freddie called out causing laughter from both John and Brian.

“Roger Meddows Taylor. You are utterly insane.” You laughed, totally shell shocked “Of course I accept.”

A look of relief quickly washed over Roger’s face, a huge grin pulling on his lips as he slid the delicate gold ring onto your finger and Freddie, John and Brian burst into cheers.

“I love you to the ends of the Earth and back (Y/F/N)”

#roger taylor imagine #bohemian rhapsody imagine #roger taylor x reader #ben hardy imagine #boh rhap imagine #freddie mercury imagine #john deacon imagine #brian may imagine #bohemian rhapsody #queen #lefandomimagines

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alastheatlas · 6 years

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Why Klance/Laith Will Probably Go Down - Masterlist

I know how season 7 broke many of us. We had a lot of expectations and this season, while beautiful and otherwise good, certainly failed at some points.

However it isn’t the end yet. Hopefully season 8 will resolve at least some of our disappointments. But when it comes to klance/laith, I’m pretty sure we’re going to see something happen. Nothing has to happen however. But I’m just saying, based on all of the things listed, it just simply makes sense that it would.

This is just a show so whatever happens happens. But I'm just saying I'll have faith in laith until if the very last second of the show tells us any different. And here’s why.

Are you ready? [CONTAINS SEASON 7 SPOILERS!!]

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but first some lecturing lololol

WHATEVER HAPPENS AND WHICHEVER SHIP BLOWS OUT THE BIG CANON IN THE END IS FINE. IT'S JUST A SHOW. A SHOW THAT DOESN'T EVEN REVOLVE AROUND ROMANCE. If you can't handle that then you can go bite ass. Oh and also, Don’t spread around hate or threats or any shit like that. You should know better. Just enjoy the show as it is. And yes, this applies to if your ship becomes canon and if it doesn’t. Spreading hate and threats are never okay. Accept whatever the outcome of the show will be, and let people ship what they want. This isn’t your story and you shouldn’t become sour just because it doesn’t go the way you want it to go, and if it does go the way you want it to go, don’t rub it in the faces of those who wanted something different.

Just be mature and decent guys, it really ain’t that hard.

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ANYWAY here's my half-assed list of why I believe klance/laith will be endgame by the end of the series:

[I REPEAT THIS CONTAINS SOME S7 SPOILERS]

Let’s begin with some random stuff:

Lance’s one-sided rivalry with Keith seems to... have something a little extra about it.

The blue and the red star in the astral plane?? Do they hold a deeper meaning??

The bonding moment. It could be seen as platonic, but... The colours and the lightning y'all... Interesting choice. (Also... that a//urance parallel in season 6... Coincidence I think the heck not, purposeful I think the heck yes)

Keith being seemingly really impatient for Lance to come out of the healing pod after the bonding moment, and then appearing to actually sulk for having to wait just a small moment.

In one of the comic books Keith says that he’ll be training and suggests that maybe Lance should too, maybe or maybe not wanting to hang out with Lance and trying to create an opportunity, and then seems to become upset/disappointed when Lance rejects the idea.

Lance talking to the mice about his crush on Allura could honestly pass as him talking about Keith as well.

Honestly though was Lance flirting/trying to impress Keith as pointed out here x?

They really pulled the stuck in the elevator trope lmao.

This doesn’t actually have to do with anything but I still find it a funny parallel with Lance rejecting Keith by denying the bonding moment and Keith rejecting Lance and denying him a proper greeting and hug after returning. Are they even now? fuhidsdfu top 10 anime betrayals

The Feud episode (here are the s7 spoilers!!)

Lance chose Keith (read more here x). Look, listen. This was pretty gay. To put it briefly, Lance’s reasoning was kinda weak and he could’ve honestly as well have chosen Allura here. But... he didn’t. And then he seriously says that Keith is the future which is like honest foreshadowing (especially considering how unnecessary it was for him to say that part, at the very least in that way). And then to deliver the final blow he drops that soft smile (a la bonding moment) on us. I don’t care what happens in season 8, this moment was gay af. If I’m stretching a little bit this scene could be viewed a little bit like Lance choosing between Keith and Allura (looking to the side and then the other, pondering, choosing Keith).

Keith chose Lance (same read more link x). Again to put it briefly. We know Keith seems kinda grumpy here. You know what we also know? Keith doesn’t dislike Lance, and he cares about the fate of the universe, therefore invalidating his answer. His body language and expression alone said it all; he closed himself off. He wasn’t comfortable sharing the real reason why he chose Lance. Keith no doubt knows what Lance is capable of. He trusts Lance. Keith chose Lance for a reason (or several reasons), and him ‘not wanting to be stuck for eternity with him’ is definitely not the reason why Keith voted for Lance to escape. Worthy mention of Keith being the quickest here to choose and to finish.

Bii. Boh. Bi. Y’all. This shit. Call it a funny coincidence but the answer was “bi” and the Bii-Boh-Bi kept gesturing towards Lance basically during the entire thing. Call it a stretch if you want, but I have no regrets reaching for this cup. And call it a crack theory at this point but Bob tells the Bii-Boh-Bi “Maybe you could help this dum-dum out”, so this drink tastes like whatever-this-episode-even-was wanted to give Lance a shake. The name game wasn’t even valid. You can be bad at names and bad at remembering faces and still be incredibly smart. None of the games showed Lance actually being unintelligent. And Lance actually did very well in the last game, and I can tell you that game was confusing af so I’m impressed. With this in mind my arm has personally elongated so far that maybe Bob calling Lance ‘dumb’ here wasn’t a jab at his intelligence. Ok hi my ankle is broken but it was worth it.

Interesting scenery colours and rainbows:

There are several cases of these, but they’re mostly subtle. I’ll leave some examples.

That one episode in season one (is it 06? or 07? you know the one) that is literally the bi flag. We have a lot of Lance in this ep.

In this ep we are also accompanied by at least two rainbows, one when Lance and Nyma fly across the water and another at the end when Keith teases Lance. (Honorable mention of Keith arguably checking Rolo out in this episode lol, we see u Keith x)

That episode when Lotor plays around with the paladins on that planet with the explosive gas, and when the team has split and Keith nears Lance with his lion and no kidding that's the bi flag as a background right there (upside down).

The very obvious, big ass, very not subtle rainbow that's seriously plastered on Keith in the season 7 trailer.

Random rainbow over Keith here as well

The scene where the paladins are in some galra place or something and Lance is sharpshooting and looking down at the others. Background + Lance’s suit + his gun = bi flag colours.

Funnily enough in this scene when Keith shows up and starts fighting the galra robots (or whatever those things are) and Lance goes ‘I had that guy!’ he looks wayy too long at Keith. Like. Way too long.

Ogling/gloating and jealousy?:

“I’d recognize that mullet anywhere” I’m sorry but if that doesn’t sound like someone has been ogling then I don’t know what.

Again I’m sorry but Lance’s reaction to Keith when he returned wasn’t of the straightest caliber.

Still, when Lance keeps looking at Keith fighting for several solid seconds when he’s supposed to be shooting down galra robots. Parallels a//urance in a way a little bit too when Lance looks at Allura fighting and goes ‘that was awesome!’

But Keith isn’t all that better, apparently

Keith. Out of all people. Stops mid-battle to smile at Lance when Lance shoots away a knife heading towards Keith. Not noticing Axca coming up behind him and then almost getting his ass kicked by Ezor.

After the bonding moment Keith arguably seems like he's jealous when Lance starts flirting.

(Here’s some more hehe x)

How Lance being jealous when Keith is involved could actually be interpreted as ambiguous. It is never actually clarified who he’s jealous over. why not both

Really though the "Jealousy, thy name is Keith" from the comic could possibly be more true than it lets on (though not as you think, Lance).

Honestly I’ll never get over these danking looks:

Lance you’re excused but Keith?? What?? Is that face?? The boy flirted with a girl and ran off and got his lion stolen and you had to get it back for him and you make THIS face?? (Also I think this is the same face 80′s voltron Keith did at Allura at one point?)

Lance you’re no longer excused. He seriously looks like he's daydreaming of prince charming coming and sweeping him off his feet. (Also remember the face he made when talking about Mrs. Blue Lion x?)

KEITH. HONESTLY. WHAT.

Legit there are no excuses for any of these expressions.

Now for some parallels, some weaker some stronger:

[x] (Krolia/Texas and l0tura parallels, with a dash of Zarkon/Honerva)

[x] (a//urance and l0tura parallels)

[x] (s7 spoiler!), Might and might not be a reach but a//urance parallel (same energy lol))

[x] This entire scene (they make a great/good team). Let’s not forget the little hand glasp Lance does.

[x] (tlok parallel)

[x] (atla parallel)

[x] (atla and tlok parallel) Insert Lance in this context lol

[x] (tlok parallel)

[x] (a//urance parallel)

There are so many parallels tbh I can’t

Allura honestly parallels Keith so much and she LITERALLY plays Keith in the coalition shows

[x] Lance talking about Mrs. Blue Lion vs talking about Keith

[x] (l0tura parallel)

A//lurance and klance/laith paralleling with how both Keith and Allura lectures Lance about the coalition shows not being about the show but about the people

Some romantic mood parallels:

The previous blue paladin with a (blushing) male galra

Now lets move on to some interesting stuff from interviews and the cast and producers (no sources or direct quotes because I’M LAZY:

We all know about the art Lauren drew with Lance and Shiro holding up the lgbt sign and the theory that goes with it.

Bex pretty much confirming that there'll be lgbtq rep in voltron through a sinister laugh in that vid (we know now this to be true bc of Shiro, but there might be more to come?.. or unfold hehe if you catch my drift). Voltron having lgbtq rep has also been brought up before at interviews. I THINK there’s been hinted that there’ll be a little something something between two characters? Not sure tho

Bex also either confirming or shooting down klance/laith during another vid BUT most probably confirming. You know that vid. Reasons to believe: 1. It was dubious, since we don't know which of the questions she shaked her head to. 2. High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco was playing in the background. 3. I don't think she would actually openly deny a ship when she could have just ignored the question, much less making it so dubious.

Kimberly: "Friendship" (may or may not actually imply something within the future of the show, or if it just was @ the thorsty klancers)

We know that Lance will have an endgame (and Keith happens to check all the points of what’s been said about that endgame)

Lance will end up somewhere different than he thought at the start (he wanted Allura at the start, and Keith certainly would be someone different than he'd thought).

What he wants isn't necessarily what he needs(/gets?? I don't remember lol) (and we know he wanted Allura. plus the lion exchange becomes a pretty interesting topic here, as further talked about here x).

What he needs/wants is someone who’s self-assured and who knows who they are (I think it was) and hey look Keith is back! (who just happens to fit these criterias more than ever).

The plain fact of how Keith and Lance's arcs actually just seem to intertwine so well.

Also adding that klance/laith interview lol. With the "natural progression" thing and that. And also when Lauren said the only incompatible thing about Lance and Keith is the shipname 'klance'.

Lance’s milkshake bringing everybody to the yard.

It’s been said that Lance remembers the bonding moment but wasn’t ‘emotionally ready’ for it, whatever that could possibly mean 👀

And apparently there’s more story to unfold...

Which may or may not be related but sure makes this a hella lot more interesting (I find this cup worth reaching for ok)

(lmao if you seriously think the folding thing was an accident)

I’m not saying that the pic necessarily implies klance/laith but it certainly implies something with them. Which will be. Interesting.

Some interesting theories:

[x] Regarding the “Red lion” and the “Blue lion”

[x] Keith’s vlog and some interesting tagging

[x] Some possible, interesting foreshadowing?

Highkey Lowkey scared this is actually foreshadowing (from a comic, Keith is the one saying ‘isn’t that love’, and Lance is the other one)

Also some reaches because we love long arms:

[x] Rivals to friends to lovers foreshadowing lol

[x] Interesting... Funny coincidence?

[x] I know I know but honestly you can’t deny his face here

[x] I’ll also add this while I’m at it because I can

(s7 spoiler ahead) Look this is just an interesting concept ok, but in episode 2 in s7 when they’re splitting up in that tunnel, Allura goes one way and Keith goes the other. We see Lance going last, slowing up and almost seeming to take a little time to choose, before going the way Keith went.

So uhh yeah here’s my grand, half-assed take on it. Season 7 can come bite my ass if it doesn’t happen, I’ll be on the lookout until the very last episode of season 8. Klance/laith may or may not happen. But I strongly believe it will and honestly that’s just what makes the most sense to me.

But yeah reminder that ships doesn’t have to be canon for you to ship them, and if your ship becomes canon you should not harass others about it and you shouldn’t harass others if your ship doesn’t become canon either. All in all NO HARASSING. NO HATE. NO SHADE. JUST. BE DECENT. This includes to the creators and other people in the fandom both.

Always be prepared for voltron to sock you in the stomach. Season 7 might very well do so. Season 8 might very well do so. Be prepared for your expectations and hopes and wishes to go completely out the window. But no matter how it goes, let’s just sit back and relax and enjoy the show as much as we can beyond our internal screaming.

In the end this is an intriguing story with aliens about family and being a team and it’s beautiful. So let’s just enjoy it, no matter what.

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY

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youalien · 7 years

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i honestly cant believe my moms political beliefs havent shifted considering she has three children that probably will always be working class? ill be the only one to get a degree and i full-heartedly am not implying anyone needs to get a degree, my twin couldnt in her current situation and my other sister and my mom are incredible dog trainers, my mom w like 30 years experience and self-teaching and my sister with more than 10 so like its awesome a dope but my mom IS a small business owner and should be like worried about this tax bill, she should be worried about how it will affect the working class, just because your parents had money (they werent even insanely wealthy especially if you were to compare the times) doesnt mean it transfers over, your mentality has to change because time changes! and its disheartening that sometimes it takes being faced with something personally to realize how it affects other people, but it isnt even taking that. like trump is gunna try to pass that bill where companies can take servers tips (to give to dishwashers my ass, like thats cool i dont mind that at all but if it means they will then pay BOH less, which it literally does mean that than what the fuck and trump proposed it so companies can also just take them) it directly involves me and that extra $$ i have to fly home is gunna be gone ans imma be back to not sleeping over financial troubles (i mean im still not making a ton but it really helps) until i graduate and even then its a bachelors in english and imma never be balling like that unless i get a lucky break in television or film

to think the left just wants hand outs is insane, they just want it to not be so actively hard and to not acknowledge that our white experience is not innately different and it can be so much harder for marginalized groups of people is bafffling

i took all this anger out today on an old white republican man who tried to steal newspaper despite it being behind the line

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rookiek13 · 8 years

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The Fan’s Guide to the Altean Language

UPDATED FOR SEASON 8 - First Update for season 8 (Includes very very rough timeline!)

Thank you all for your overwhelming support. We have reached the end of Voltron. I plan on transferring this to AO3 at some point. Let me know if there is ore data you would like to see for that. For a more indepth guide to season 3, check out @butteredonions post here! (This post is not being updated. Please do not contact them about errors!)

New Updates? Perhaps for the comics. No promises.

Questions? Comments? Want to chat? Let me know! Due to the popularity of this post, I may not see commentary in the tags, so hit up my askbox, the messenger, or the comment feature on the post.

With the increase of alien characters in season 3, we are getting away from this being purely the Altean language. Unfortunately, there’s no real way of knowing what is and isn’t considered “altean”, so I’m just going to continue to use “Altean Language” as the tag.

Units of time (Confirmed with Official Guidebook!)

Quintant = 1 day

Deca-Phoeb = 1 year

Phoeb = 1 month

Dobosh = minute

Varga = hour

Tick = a tad longer than a second

movement = week

@saiikavon has pointed out that in S2E8, the Blades of Marmora base would be closed for 2 quintants. When they mention that 10 Vargas have passed, Lance correctly estimates another 30 Vargas until the base is open again. From this it can be assumed that 2 Quintants = 40 Vargas or 1 Quintant = 20 Vargas.

Planets

Olkarion, home of the Olkari (Voltron Coalition HQ) Destroyed in S8E4

Arus, home of the Arusians

Taujeer, home of the Taujeerians

Daibazaal, home of the Galra (destroyed)

Altea, home of the Alteans (destroyed)

Puig, home of the Puigian

Unnamed planet, home of the cubserions

Kythra, has desert tribes

Thayserix, inhabitants unknown

homeland unknown, Unilu

Reiphod - recently liberated by rebels

Unknown planet (destroyed) - Rebel memorial site

Naxzela - formerly a decommisioned Altean Terra-forming planet. Major Galra base. Part of the Rebulon Zone

Vantax-5 - Galra satellite relay orbiting it

Teq - Galra controlled. Had Zaiforge cannon nearby

Senfama - Jungle planet. Galra controlled. Had Zaiforge cannon

Entuk - Houses the ruins of an Altean outpost

Feyiv - one of the first planets conquered by the Galra. Considered tehir sacred land, has the Kral Zera

Unnamed planet - Lotor’s refuge for the surviving Alteans, hidden somewhere in the Quantum abyss

Homeland unknown, Yggiz - mentioned in an ad on the game show Garfle Warfle Snick

Sanook - attacked by Honerva’s robeasts

Vexilum - attacked by Honerva’s robeasts

Siiz - attacked by Honerva’s robeasts

K-V Exus - Kolivan talks about a blade mission there (s8e7)

Drazan - Remember the mole people? They live there. In the Zeta-three sector. Burr is their leader.

Ryker - Lahn’s base

Pinto Sentos - attacked by the galra. Desto is their representative (comics)

Grekagan - recently freed fro galra. Their representative Do-tarn is more focused on his tv show and his wealth assist with the coalition, but others from his planet will help. (comics)

Quadrants

Paglium quadrant

Va’kar quadrant

Signa 3 Quadrant - overrun by rebels

Quadrant Omega-Raylar-6

Karthan-sigma quadrant

Si-vim Quadrant- Hostage exchange occurs here

Valurian Quadrant, home of the Tando people

Cradessa quadrant - glass-winged wabblers live here

elysium Quadrant - original paladins fought a Sarrowspawn here (comics)

Systems

Ulippa system, contains ice worms

Thaldycon system

Fimm System

Thizonian system

System X-9-Y, Kerberos is in this system

Klii-Nyn system - Blade of Marmora base “Zailox station” is on a moon there. Xanthorium crystals are in the area

Grei-aye system - remains of Honerva’s robeast

Xritoo system - has 3 planets

Misc heavenly bodies

Unknown asteroid - Matt’s communication outpost. It’s coordinates are 19.82.05.11

Sector Zar-Niomofor

Nah-veer-5 (unstable star)

Moon of Tragoch, has galra sentry manufacturing base

Kraydah’s moon - Rebel base

Quantum Abyss - a region of space where dense neutron stars orbit even larger dark stars. The forces at play leave the area constantly changing, and even gravitation waves and space time are affected, sometimes causing visions of the past/future

Burgamel (unknown designation) - Alfor picked up rock droppings here (comics)

Dalterion Belt - home of Yalmors, the element Faunatonium, and the former green paladin Trigel

Baltuf Nebula - Voltron/Atlas rendezvous point

Zeta-three sector - Planet Drazan is there

Chintellinous nebula - thunderbirds live here (comics)

Zones

Zone Everall 71

Zones Rebulon 4-69 (Naxzela is in one of these zones)

Patrulian Zone - the space equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle and Davy Jone’s Locker. Oriande is in this zone.

Phrases

Stick out like a choferiaks nose

blown straight to Wozblay

faster than an angry klanmüirl

Jump like a spritely clovenheifer

mad as a wet chüper

linked at the ears like a pack of yalmor

crack a squizzle on the balmera (I.E. break a leg)

puffed up like a Trufalian meringue

hold your gazurgas (I.E. hold your horses)

and I’m the phloban of Gargalaz (I.E. I’m the king of France)

what, in the name of King Groggery the infirm, is going on?

a day late and a fertonium short

from her to Vlexlar

hello bii-bohs and boh-biis

what the ruggle is that?

Wait a tick

I never thought I’d see the quiznacking quintant

I’m afraid someones been ruggling your wimble

a slizknots chance in groatsbade [of getting out of here] (comics)

Quite the sticky wicket [I find myself in]

I’m snarloft in the cranker (contextually, cranker = mind)

We’re out of our crankers

It’s right next to the wizblattle (used sarcastically)

count to Zingor

pop like a balvax

You Snarflaf! (Insult)

Bigger than a Hifflebuple’s plump (comics)

Creatures

Weblum - a giant space worm that eats dead planets, re-purposing the material into “the building blocks of new solar systems”. They produce the scaultrite mineral, used for Altean Teludav lenses. They have at least 3 stomachs (Acxa was in the 3rd). There is a way to stop them from eating a planet by doing something to the Trilo-mutarth under its dorsal, but the transmission was garbled

Duflax - an Altean creature with a beak and webbed feet

Xznly Squiwl - An Altean creature with a white body and 4 limbs

Swathian Meerakeet - giant lizard-armadillo that is attracted to lights

Zarbloovian intestinal eel - one lives in Coran’s stomach

Gruuvwart - a galaxy-sized poisonous toad. It’s inner ear contains a small island of earwax that can make 1 wish come true. Once there, the only way out is to use the wish to escape “Kind of a wasted trip” - Coran (comics)

Mangaadnii - A large green alien with wings reminiscent of a flying squirrel. They breathe electricity and destroy worlds. Voltron is smaller than a baby Mangaadnii’s finger (comics)

Kotka - winged beasts with no legs. The davdabhau ride them (comics)

Yalmor - extremely aggressive space anteaters with thin, antenna like ears. They can sense the element faunatonium, and link at the ears when on a faunatonium wizplute (meaning of wizplute currently unknown) They live in the Dalterion Belt

Unnamed alien - a cross between a turtle and a skunk. Whatever it sprayed the paladins with shrank them to “honey I shrunk the kids” sizes. Lives in the Dalterion Belt

Snick - A giant, aggressive shellbug creature with tentacles and claws. The “snick” part of the show Garfle Warfle Snick. The same creature that attacked Clone!Shiro back in S3

Blovar Raptors - laser shooting space stingrays. Krolia used them in a training simulation

Flan-bil-diplor - puffy bug thing with antenna, 6 eyes, and a beak-thing. Allura’s childhood drawing of her Nan-Nan looked like one

unnamed creature - a space kracken

Balmera - petrified planet sized creatures. Balmerans live on them. Balmerans differ in looks depending on the Balmera. A grouping of Balmera is called a Colvundrum

Ranvieg’s Weapon - chimera like being designed to attack Galra. Can absorb energy from the Galra crystals. Fires lasers. Intelligent enough to use the computers, as well as possess a sentry to allow it to speak.

The entity - evil space spore. Lives in the rifts. Grants enormous powers. Unclear what else it does, as this plot point was not explored further.

Sarrowspawn - a creature larger than Voltron. One of the deadliest creatures in the universe (comics)

Thunderbirds - live in Chintellinous Nebula. Collect ore from Neutron star to build nests. Robotic birds with chains for tails (comics)

Random

Quiznak - a swear word, similar in use to Fuck, crap, or hell (ie: “Oh quiznak” or “What the quiznak”)

Quintessence - a type of energy. Context from the world indicates that it is likely some form of Life/spirit energy [EDIT] It’s a real word! According to dictionary.com : noun1.the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.2.the most perfect embodiment of something.3.(in ancient and medieval philosophy) the fifth essence or element,ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies,the others being air, fire, earth, and water. Thanks @nickelpenn for the info!

Sloven-de-hoe - literally the altean word for “gone”

bogwaggle cape - a type of cape that Coran claims he trained to sing his theme song when he walked in a room

Skort pantaloons - a breathable trouser worn by the Tando people. Worn by the aliens who rescued Matt.

Guns of Gamara - a resistance group in the alternate reality.

Conscious-neezy mind enhancers - pills containing parasitic worms (never bargain with shady Unilu running illegal enhancement shops out of their wheelchairs)

The Fire of Purification - Sendak’s rebel group. Has claimed most of the empire’s deserters, though other factions still exist

Hinterbush - “I thought she had burnt too much hinter bush” Probably hallucinogenic (comics)

Nomo virus - Thought to have been eradicated thousands of years ago until Coran discovered a sample in Alfor’s lab. (comics)

Nuuskob - an unknown thing. Commentary includes that the stains won’t come out (comics)

Glorblonthian checkers - a game. Has the Melmakian rule set. Space pirate Blofar hates the game

Moof Glider - a transportation unit for whatever Moof is. Is capable of jackknifing. Whatever Moof is, it is agreed upon to smell terrible

Megregian Fitzers - a sports team of some sort. There points are called havers, and the units for their playing periods are called Sprats

flizblaznator - the tv bi-boh-bi sold one belonging to one of the others

Psyferite - Hoverva’s robeasts are made of this

Flogarian technique - used in Yalmor calling.

Blagmore - score in yalmor calling contest. 3 is an extremely high score

Durgises - scores in yalmor calling contest. 1 blagmore and 2 durgises is a respectably high score

convuldrum - a converging of Balmera’s

Food (Thank you Hunk)

Filet of Bandrillo, spiced with seasonings from the plains of Planet Mabo

Pilaf of long-grain forlongian brill from the fields of Antidoll

cider made from the petals of the Altean juniberry flower

blom fruit pie

Shoom fruit - used in pie (comics)

Fluuto beans - “...No more beans for Hunk” - Lance

Nunvill - a purple beverage that purportedly tastes like hotdog water and feet. Other commentary includes “the nectar of the gods”, “makes a wonderful hair tonic”, and “settles the stomach and brightens your smile”

Technology

Sincline ships - Lotor’s trans-reality ships. A nod to Lotor’s original GoLion name

Zaiforge Cannons - Very powerful Galra cannons. Commandeered by the rebels and the Blades of Marmora

Hoktril - a device from the alternate reality that is embedded in the back of the subjects head, eliminating their “will”. Basically turns them into mind controlled puppets.

Klygarg - a computer used to record logs. Used by Vakala and his partner

Gendocam - unknown technology. Pidge and Hunk were arguing over how to optimize it.

Vlexagane - unknown technology. Pidge and Hunk were arguing over how to optimize it.

Cryopod, cryo replenishers, and sleep pods have all been used to describe the same unit

Galra History and Culture

Kral Zera - both the torch like monument and the name of the coronation ceremony

The Archivist - in one in charge of the Kral Zera ceremony

Feyiv, one of the first planets they conquered, is considered their sacred land

Zaipirium Siege - an even in Galra history. The underwater Galra base from this period is implied to be very old.

The first emperor of the Galra was named Brodar.

Vrepit sa - Literally “the killing thrust” Refers to a point in history when Daibazaal was home to many warring races and the “Galra” gathered their fiercest warriors and struck at their enemies with a phalanx formation.

Blood emperor - Dayak refers to Lotor with this. The term hasn’t been used since before the galra were a star-faring race

Dayak - Lotor’s governess. She taught him History, customs, battle philosophy, the art of war, etc. Breifly taught Hunk. Commentary from Zarkon implies that Dayak is a title, not a name.

Polen-Bol - “The enlightening pain”. Part of the galra philosophy that the body must be broken for enlightenment/learning.

Sendak’s Lt. Hepta was involved with Operation Kuron

Macidus - the druid who fought Keith in S1E10. After Lotor’s defeat, he was eliminating the Blades of Marmora agents. It is unclear if he is using an assumed name, and how much of the story he tells Voltron is true

Kaltor- A figure from Galra mythology who conquered worlds. Partly inspired Lotor’s name.

Agotian Trials - Part of Galra education. Lotor completed this before the age usually tested at

Yordam bering exus - part of an emergency protocol when the sentries are under distress. Is unclear if it is a universal call (like sos) or if each sentry has it’s own (Keith uses it as a name when he addresses the sentry)

Altean History and Culture

The color pink is used to honor fallen warriors

The land of Oriande is the origin of Altean alchemy, but widely believed to be a folktale. It is located in the Patrulian Zone

Compass stone - a tool used to get to the magical realm of Oriande

The Sages of Oriande - aslo known as the Life Givers. They were the 1st Altean’s to unlock the secrets of Oriande, leading to the creation of Altean Alchemy

The Mark of the Chosen - The glowing of the Altean facial markings. Some Alteans are more magical than others.

“The wise stand back from the fire, fools are burned on the pyre, the mystic becomes one with the flame, the embers and he are the same” - Poem by an Altean Alchemist describing the entry to Oriande

Altean’s can’t get brain freeze

The altean alphabet contains 22 letters. They are - Exus, Plexis, ceedus, flee, jaydus, nacto, pledum, ree, joodum, ruu, leeum, mai-ox, kay, jibely-way, afus, nofus, youkus-play, beefur, leefur, agus-play, flancko and blee.

The Altean colony doesn’t seem to use “Quiznack” as Romelle keeps mispronouncing it

Forlongian brill hat - an altean hat, presumably for courting. Allura thinks Lance would look ridiculous in one.

The Zyo-crystal springs and Cliffs by the Altean capital were said to be very beautiful

Lotarious - ancient Altean believed to have established the foundation of Altean engineering. Partly inspired Lotor’s name.

Sprawl - a galra installation for harvesting cruiser materials (comics)

Earth history and culture (and technology)

Underground tunnel systems connect to some of the supply outposts. These are leftover from World War 3. Commentary includes that it’s “Older”, though it is unclear how many generations that means

AW-Cruiser - the garrison off-road cars

Mecha-Flex-exo fighters (MFEs) - Griffins teams use these. One of the prototypes was the MFE-Ares

IGF-Atlas - Sam’s mammoth ship built to defend agains the Galra invasion. Large enough to hold the lions and another unit of fighters. Eventually shape shifts into a Voltron-like being

Plaht City - a large city 30 minutes away from the Garrison

Orbit Axiom X - garrisons most advanced (and portable) flight simulator

Calypso - 1st ship to carry astronauts to the moons of Jupiter. It took 3 years. Reading about it made Shiro want to be a pilot

Hangar Alpha-Bravo - MFE pilots report here on the Atlas

Mr. Pollard teaches biology at the garrison

Random techno-babble

gluon field fluxuations - expands atomic distance

Synthian nitrate - Axca and Keith use this to make an explosion and escape

Flaxum assembly - MFE part. Griffin instructed a mechanic to tighten down the manifold on the left side because it felt loose

Plasma Alternator - Atlas part

Ventral Thoron injector port - Sendak’s ship part. Disengaging this will overload the Deuterium array, causing an explosion that damages the beam generator (and making it go offline)

Energy inverter - Atlas part. Something on the cannons

Molecular reflection arrays - Atlas part. Destabilized by a blast from Hoverva’s robeast

Dynotherms - a connection of some type

dichormate resonance chamber (atlas part)

Thera-magnetic oscillator (Atlas part)

Thorium - part of the Atlas’ cannons discharge. Sam wants to harness it to make a thorium ray

Monsters and Mana (Space DnD)

Wiebian swamps - ghosts can be fought there. The swamp goo is very sticky

Dakin - Coran’s evil wizard and primary villian, secretly also the bar wench

Carthian’s Lair - a tomb of horros filled with monsters, traps, and terrors

Feldakor mountains - Carthian’s Lair resides in these

Klazgool - a many eyed purple tentacle blob carrying weapons. Either a race or a class

Lore master - the dungeon master

Coran’s group called themselves the Pirate Polychoral

Coranic Dragon - a dragon boss. A pun on Coran’s S1E1 joke about being a coranic ( coran + mechanic = coranic.)

The characters names were Block (Hunk), Meklavar (Pidge), Pike (Lance), Valayun (Allura), and Takashi Shirogane #1&2 and Gyro the twin brother (Shiro)

The master in Shiro’s tragic™ backstory is named D’Jahno

Aurita - the land they are playing in (I.E - the most powerful wizard in all of Aurita)

Items - Runestone of Lapham, Jewel of Jitan (pidge’s family heirloom), gloves of transmutation, Yalexian pearl (comic tie-in)

Paladin Trivia

The paladins left earth on a monday (S1E2)

The swords the blades of Mamora use are made of Luxite, which is rare. They are connected to the life force of their wielder

Coran accompanied his Grandfather while the castle of lions was being built, potentially putting his age in the 600s (not counting the 10k year cryo-sleep)

He/him pronouns are used for Pidge until S1E6, and She/her pronouns from S1E6 onwards

Coran’s full name is Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe

Haggar’s altean name is Honerva. Her official title is High Priestess

The mice are Platt (largest), Chulatt (blue fur/eyes), Plachu (Blue fur, red eyes), and Chuchule (pink fur)

The Holt family dog was originally named Gunther, later changed to Bae Bae (in honor of the studio’s late pet)

The dates on Matt’s tombstone are 0010-05-25 to 0014-04-28. This format may be the correct date format, as Pidge didn’t realize anything was off until she realized Matt’s b-day was wrong

Allura didn’t seem to know that Lotor was half Altean. Coupled with the memory scene with Haggar, it is implied that Lotor was born sometime after Haggar and Zarkon became corrupted.(confirmed S8) He is likely younger than Allura.

Krolia wanted to name Keith “Yorak”

Coran calls his grandfather “Pop-pop Wimbleton”

Hunk’s pappy is named Hershel. He also has a niece and a nephew. (comics) His Uncle is named Filo. It is unclear if “pappy” refers to his father or grandfather

Alfor took scrapings from the hall of consequences (according to Coran, nothing happened) (comics)

Shiro had an unnamed disease that effects the muscles. He used electro-stimulators to keep the muscles loose. It was getting worse, to the point that he would be unable to maintain peak condition for more than a few years. It is unclear if the disease was terminal, or merely debilitating, of if the clone body also shares the disease

Lance loves his Mee-maws cooking

The paladins named the space wolf Kosmo

Shiro’s prisoner number is 117-9875

Clone!Shiro’s subject ID is Y0XT39

Keith’s father was a fireman. He died when he ran back into a building against orders. “You couldn’t tell him anything” - Keith

Pidge’s prisoner number is 52249994880204 (comics)

Birthdays

Hunk - January 13th

Shiro - Febuary 29th (leap day)

Pidge - April 3rd

Lance - July 28th

Keith - October 23rd

Original Paladins

Black - Zarkon of Daibazaal

Yellow - Gyrga from Rygnirath

Green - Trigel of the Dalterion Belt

Blue - Blaytz from Nalquod

Red - Alfor of Altea

Lotor’s generals

Zethrid - big, with the fluffy ears

Narti - the blind lizard woman

Ezor - the bubbly, giggly one

Acxa - Weblum galra (spelling confirmed on official voltron page)

Kova - the space cat, assuming the one with Narti is the same as the one Haggar used to have

Rebels

Ozar - The blue guy who talks with Pidge (presumed dead S8E11)

Te-osh (deceased) - rescued Matt

Olia - star fox

N-7 - Matt’s robot girlfriend

Galra squadrons

Squadron Erto (hunting Lotor)

Fighter squadrons Djalg 14 & 15(hunting Lotor)

Jaxar fleet (Sendak’s invasion)

Battle command Rill (Sendak’s invasion)

Klytax V-3 - one of 15 ships sent by Lahn (and destroyed by Ranvieg’s weapon)

Commanders in the Galra Succession War

Davdabhau culture (comics)

are legendary hunters and shamans

practice cremation

size and strength are important attributes in mating

a husbands duty includes - preparing food, doing the dishes, and participating in warfare with their warrior wives

Polygamy does not appear to be frowned upon

“Let your soul fry free like the Kotka and carry you to the hunting brounds of your ancestors, kings of the Davdabhau. There, may you battle the iron tusks by day, and feast and fight all night” - eulogy for the late king

“You lived with honor as a king, you died in battle as a warrior. Now burn in glory like a star.” - Eulogy for the late king

Tegus day - an event in history where King Yeran was forced to eat his own foot as punishment for his lies. Also has a song - “Fight all day! Red with blood! Enemies lay in the mud! Feast all night! sing till dawn! Tegus day! Battle won!”

Gantomor - warden of the sacred hunting grounds. Said to be the first Davdabhau to discover the sacred grounds. Capable of transforming to better meet his foes (in single combat, one. Against multiple opponents, an army)

Bvada - a Kotka’s rider for life

Qarlaks - the equivalent of nerd in the davdabhau tongue

Garfle Warfle Snick (The game where anything you Garfle will be Warfled and vice versa)

Bob is the host and Norlox is the announcer

Warfler - a puzzle or game

It takes Quaz-cenbullion credits to win

Hoochas - the time unit. Blazzle is the quantity of time assigned. (Blazzle hoochas vs Final Hoochas)

The games were Pictation, Faces from the past (a goolian credits per name), Garflater (guess the word - worth vezcenbullion credits), and Bank channel (mini golf)

Failure in Garflater gets you cooked alive in the Warflator, a massive tank full of acid that will eventually eat through your skin (though not immediately. Lance was fine for a while)

Failure in Faces from the Past gets you launched into the lair of the Snick (the creature that attacked Clone!Shiro in S3)

Bi-boh-bi is on a “stick-com” called Bii-Boh me

Bob is supposedly a powerful, all knowing interdimensional being who judges the worthiness of great warriors. Legend says that if you meet Bob and live to tell the tale, you are destined for great things

Garrison Personel

James Griffin - leader of the MFE squadron. Was in Keith’s class before the garrison

Nadia Rizavi - the one with the ponytail

Lt. Ryan Kinkade - the quiet sniper.

Ina Leifsdottir - freckles. Talks like a human computer

Admiral Ellen Sonda - grandma prissypants

Timeline (Based off of Earth time. VERY ROUGH ESTIMATIONS)

Year 1 - Kerberos team is captured

Year 2 - Shiro returns. The Blue Lion leaves Earth

Year 3 - Sam returns to earth. The debriefing meeting is about a month from Sam’s arrival ( 1 week sedated and Iverson’s comment about “a month ago) By the end of the year, the prototype MFE’s are in production

Year 4 - Sam reaches the coalition. Approx. 6 months since the Lotor showdown. BOM and Coalition are under attack. The Holts reveal everything to Earth’s citizens

Year 4-5 - Sendak invades

Year 6 - Acxa saves the Paladins from Ezor and Zethrid (her comment about it being 3 years)

Misc people

Lt. Lahn - omega shield episode. Eventually promoted to warlord

Ven’tar - representative of the Planet Lotor ruled and Zarkon destroyed

Tavo - dreadlocked Altean

Luca - altean piloting the ship that attacked earth

Merla - Hoverva’s right hand woman

Fentress - Zethrid’s right hand pirate

#altean language #altean guide

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2011

After a fairly successful 2009 and 2010, the third year of my Boston Music Blog seemed to progress in similar fashion. I now had a DSLR camera, a new point & shoot for videos, and was slowly feeling more comfortable. I still had a lot to learn regarding concert photography, but I wasn’t afraid to experiment or ask questions. Success for photo passes was still less than I wanted, but it was definitely better than the year before. 2011 was about improving my photography, my site, building relationships, and gaining new followers.

Surprisingly, I was occasionally contacted by publicists to cover new bands. I will say this - even in the early days, I managed to stay true to myself. I’d have an open mind and give these new bands a listen, but if I didn’t like the music, I’d kindly pass on covering the show. This isn’t quite easy as it seems, as there are several large PR firms that manage numerous bands, and journalists can sometimes get guilted into covering a band who’s music they don’t necessarily like, in hopes of gaining approval to cover a popular band served by the same publicist.

I definitely discovered several awesome upcoming bands via publicists promoting their new clients. I had to sift though a lot of email of bands that weren’t my cup of tea, but when I managed to fine one I liked, I felt I was part of something special, and could see this unknown band in a very intimate venue.

I was also looking for ways to improve my site, and I now had the domain bostonthoughmyeyes.com instead of a .tumblr url. I noticed that people slowly began to find and follow my site (not many, but a few), and being Tumblr-based, it was easy to tag posts and obtain a small following. I also began promoting my website through my YouTube videos, and even Google searches were helping send a few people my way.

2011 was good to me, and I was able to see and photograph many of my favorite artists. Though it varies by venue, photo passes for most larger venues allow access directly in front of the stage for the first three songs, which is a unique experience in itself. During 2011, I was fortunate to cover Josh Ritter, Bright Eyes, Iron and Wine, Cage the Elephant, Fleet Foxes, Ray Lamontagne, The Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, The National, M83, and so many other talented artists. It also marked the first year I obtained media credentials for the Newport Folk Festival, which was an absolute dream come true. I felt like I was living out my own version of the movie Almost Famous.

In 2011, I attended many memorable shows. I invite you to click on the bold print below for links to each of the 9 shows, where you’ll find photos, videos, and maybe even a few words.

These are just a handful of some of my favorite shows from ‘2011, and to see the full list of every show I covered in ‘11 (with links) click the ‘09-’11 archive here.

Cracker at the Middle East Downstairs (1.16.2011) - This was a special show, as they were playing their 1993 album, Kerosene Hat, in full, which is an absolute favorite of mine. The whole album is solid, and “Take Me Down To The Infirmary” is one of my favs.

Young the Giant at Great Scott (1.18.11) - When I heard their debut self-titled album, I had a feeling these guys would do well. They didn’t disappoint, and played a fun little show at Great Scott.

Richard Ashcroft at the VVCA (3.24.11) - I loved the 1997 album Urban Hymns by the Verve, and when I saw that frontman Richard Ashcroft was playing an acoustic show in Boston, I had to go. The show took place at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, a non-traditional concert venue. When you go to as many shows as I, a new venue is always welcomed..

The show contained no shortage of songs from Urban Hymns, and he sounded great.

Fleet Foxes at the Orpheum Theatre 5.17.11 - I love this band. Their harmonies and sounds are gorgeous, and they can do no wrong in my eyes.

As I left the show (I was one of the first ones out), I was walking down Broomfield St, which contains an entrance to an alley that leads to the back of the Orpheum. Out from the dark alley, comes J. Tillman (touring drummer) and another guy. J. kindly asked me if I knew of any good bars in the area (clearly looking to get his drink on), and my first though was “Wow, he must have literally played the last note, put down his drum sticks, grabbed this other dude, and headed immediately out the door” - haha. Anyway, I directed them to a bar down the road, he said thanks, and that was it.

Seven months later J. Tillman left Fleet Foxes, and posted this on his Tumblr - “Farewell Fleet Fans and Friends. Back into the gaping maw of obscurity I go. Tokyo is my last show with the Foxes. Sorry if I was distant and obtuse if we ever met. Have fun.” He would soon become Father John Misty, and the rest is history.

Newport Folk Festival (7.30.11 & 7.31.11) - Attending the Newport Folk Festival as a an is magical on it’s own, but Newport with a media pass for the first time was a real life Almost Famous moment. It would be my third year for Newport, and my first time attending both days (it was only two days back then). I’m forever grateful for this festival, and they’re very kind to local media.

My Morning Jacket at the BOA Pavilion (8.14.11) - The band was touring behind their incredible album, Circuital, and this show rocked. On a side note, I first saw MMJ open for Doves back in ‘02 at the Tracadero in Philadelphia. I obviously had no idea who they were, and thought they were terrible. What a difference a decade makes. On another semi-related note, check out Doves 2002 album, The Last Broadcast, If you haven’t.

Jeff Mangum at Jordan Hall (9.10.11) - I loved this show. To hear acoustic versions of Neutral Milk Hotel’s album, In The Aeroplane Over the Sea, in a gorgeous theatre, made for an unforgettable night.

The Low Anthem at the Somerville Theatre (10.23.11) -This was a special show, as it was their tour closer and sort of a home show for the Rhode Island band. They were all celebrating, and when it was time for the venue curfew, they took to the street to sing more songs. A very unique ending.

Gary Clark Jr at TT the Bear’s (12.12.11) - I remember this show well. I already had a ticket for Band of Horses at the Paradise the same night, which was a special smaller venue show for the band. People thought I was crazy for selling my BOH ticket to attend a relatively unheard of Gary Clark Jr at TT the Bear’s, but I knew he was going to blow up, and I was right. I’m sure the BOH show was great, but I definitely feel like I made the right call that night. I took some great vids at this show as well.

#2011 #music blog #concert photography #artists on tumblr #music journalism

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thesylvalining · 7 years

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On July 21, the word of the day was late. I kicked it off, sprinting back to the castle for a phone charger; but it didn’t matter because my 1837 train to Bologna was late, too. Luckily, my friend/co-worker Giovanni happened to be catching the same tardy vessel, so we chit-chatted our way through countless unexplainable stops. From the crammed bike compartment, we joked the oddly crowded (even for rush hour) train happened to be escaping a zombie apocalypse… but we would never know for sure.

I caught a bus and eventually slid through airport security like a tiny espresso spoon into the merengue-like foam of a perfect espresso macchiato. At the gate, detective work uncovered my plane to Sofia, Bulgaria–originally scheduled to leave at 2230–was now delayed until 2320. What to do? As the Italians would say, boh. Succinct, expressive boh is one of my favorite it-doesn’t-translate-neatly kind of phrases. As far as I can glean, it literally means “I don’t know” but–as with most Italian expressions–it has ‘tude. It’s more like I don’t know and you know I don’t know so why are you asking me? I’m busy getting myself a perfect macchiato… Per esempio, Great, the train is finally here but the doors are locked, what do you think the deal is? Boh. Now I’m at the airport, obviously there’s no plane but there are no helpful, explanatory announcements either; what’s going on here? Boh. But you’re going to Bulgaria, right? Why focus on Italian phrases? Boh.

Not one to buck a trend, I arrived in Sofia… you guessed it… quite late. I rang the buzzer for the 24-7 front desk at quirky Art Hostel at approximately 2:30 a.m. Friendly Atilla (ah-tee-wah) got me settled in between sips of Bulgarian beer. I barely slipped my shoes off before falling face first in bed and sleeping like a zombie after gorging itself on the brains of Italian commuters.

Wandering a side street near Art Hostel.

I roused my groggy self seconds before communal breakfast finished at 11 a.m the next morning. Down a flight of narrow, creaky stairs to the bar, in one of the many bright, quirky catacomb-like rooms I found the grub. A wide table suspended by ropes in the middle of the room swung gently between sagging couches under the force of a ferocious fan. Three French girls nodded politely as I helped myself to the thick, creamy yogurt Bulgarians are so proud of, some crumbling mystery cheese, tomatoes, coffee and toast.

Before heading into the sweltering heat, I familiarized myself with a paper map in the inviting garden of Art Hostel. Locals frequent the spot because of this outdoor haven and aforementioned underground bar. I noted its hours for my included welcome shot of mastika, a strong anice-flavored Bulgarian specialty, topped with a minty green liquor called Menta. But the liquor came later — first, it was time to explore.

For the rest of the day and the next two, I acquired a taste for Sofia. Sure, it’s not the most elegant city in the world but it possesses beauty, nonetheless. I found plentiful color even in the bleak remnants of Communist era buildings…

…and a plethora of parks full of fashionable youths drinking beers next to old ladies sharing gossip and old men lounging on park benches watching the world turn.

I sought out endless streets teeming with gorgeous Eastern European women and stylish men, coffee shops, bars and carts to grab a two Leva (one Euro) slice of thick, fresh pizza.

I found a University Botanic garden full of butterflies, flowers and (near) silence…

A quiet path in the city.

Orchids, jungle plants and more in the greenhouse…

Cactus and stone gardens in the sunshine…

Cool vintage prints in the back room of the greenhouse.

…and neon-clad dance clubs where I made friends with some polite and hilarious Americans on military leave and more Scottish and Bulgarian friends on the dance floor, where I remained until nearly 4 a.m.

A ten minute walk from the hostel brought me to the remains of old Roman baths and a slightly more modern Bulgarian bathhouse (now a museum). The waters–warm and sulfuric-smelling–are good to drink and widely believed to have healing powers. As I stood around being a tourist, older folks came and went, filling up bottles or large, multi-liter containers with the mineral-rich water.

What’s the difference between washing and washing up? 🙂

Remains of 4th century Roman baths.

Sofia’s fully restored old bath house, now functioning as a museum, was once THE place to exchange gossip (naked, of course).

My wanderings took me under trees tied with red and white twine. I later learned it’s a Balkan tradition, possibly rooted in pagan times, called martenitsa. Friends and family exchange and then wear the red (signifying life–welcoming spring) and white (representing luck) bands until one of two things materializes: a stork (hard to spot in urban Sofia) or a flowering fruit tree. The bands are then tied to the latter.

I took a walking tour of Sofia on the last day with a friendly Ecuadorian guy named Mario I met in the breakfast room the third morning. The two-hour march around Sofia’s center was one of the most valuable parts of my mini-cation. Among other sites, we walked on part of an ancient Roman road, the Via Diagonalis, which passes beneath the hot streets of Sofia on its way from Belgrade, Serbia to Istanbul, Turkey.

We also observed a curious outdoor museum with a controversial method of preserving the visible Roman ruins; the red line running through the middle of each distinguishes the ancient remains from the new, protective layer built on top.

Additionally, we visited the oldest building in Sofia: the 4th century red brick��Rotonda Sveti Georgi (or St. George church). A Christian church, it was–of course–built on top of a pagan site. Back in the (Communist) day, the illustrious powers that were hid churches from the general public to make it harder to attend them (since they thought nothing could be higher than the Communist Party, even God). So, Sveti Georgi still remains tucked away in a box of stern, solid Communist buttresses–most of which now house one of Sofia’s fancier hotels.

Sveti Georgi church.

Our bright tour guide, Svetla, pointed out the large, striking, black and gold statue of Sofia, a pagan goddess of Wisdom. She’s a lovely accident as the city of Sofia actually takes its name from the antiquated Saint Sofia Church which rubs elbows with the illustrious gold-capped Alexander Nevsky Eastern Orthodox Cathedral.

The (very expensive) gold bricks imported from Bulgaria, with Alexander Nevsky Cathedral behind. Apparently the bricks are VERY slippery when wet and rumor has it, there’s a solid gold one out there, if you can find it!

After dreaming of lions on Sunday night I discovered on the walking tour the proud, strong lion is Sofia’s symbol. Very fitting for me, the Leo!

A watchful lion outside Saint Sofia Church.

Interestingly, Sofia managed to save its entire population of 50,000 Jews from being sent to concentration camps during WWII. And the tolerance extends into present day. Within pizza-slice throwing distance of each other–in aptly named Tolerance Square–sits the aforementioned Eastern Orthodox Cathedral, Banya Bashi mosque, Sveti Yosef (St. Joseph) Roman Catholic Cathedral and the Central Synagogue of Sofia (the largest in Bulgaria). To escape the heat (it was around 34 C, or 93 and amplified by the city’s wardrobe of asphalt and cement), Mario and I popped into Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

One of my favorite spots was the church of Sveti Nikolay Chudotvorets (St. Nicholas the Miracle-worker). Far beneath the golden, onion-shaped turrets is the crypt of another wonderworker: Archbishop (now Saint) Serafim Sobolev.

Saint Serafim, apparently, was incredibly well-known for loving his people dearly, helping them frequently and even possessing the ability to see into the future. It is said a day before his death, he told a saddened woman: “When I am gone, write letters. If I am blessed with the opportunity to meet God, I shall step up for you and ask his help.”

Svetla told our tour group people from all across Bulgaria leave heartfelt wishes in a wooden box next to the altar in the Archbishop’s crypt. I make a wish every night on the first star I see and–if I can spot him in the heavens–also hang one on Orion’s belt. So of course, I had to spend time in sweet silence writing my wish down. Then, in the cool damp silence, I slipped my note hopefully into the worn wooden box…

Writing my wishes…

…and visiting Archbishop Serafim Sobolev’s crypt; the box for wishes is to the right.

On Monday, July 24th–bolstered by a long night of good sleep–I marched around Sofia with aimless glee…

Get lost in a book — or in Sofia, you choose.

Just married!

Ruins of what once was an outdoor movie theater.

Art nouveau, outdoor exhibit near my hostel.

What’s left of a massive colosseum discovered while digging out the spot for this fancy hotel… kind of a pity, but where else can you drink a mojito next to a sort of colosseum?

Walking aimlessly…

Enjoying another awesome park.

Yeehaw!

A perfect snack for hot day!

… and then caught a flight back to Bologna at 2115.

Back on the Wizz Air plane, where you must pay to bring anything larger than my Camelbak-sized carry-on, food, drink, printing boarding passes, asking questions and breathing.

Back in the Motherland, I missed the last frequent airport bus back to Bologna’s train station. By the time I reached the station, I whittled away another hour until last train back to Faenza at 0014. In Castel Bolognese–one stop away from Faenza–the train paused at length. Why? Boh. All four of us on board at that enchanted hour looked at each other in dismay. The train arrived in Faenza 23 minutes late, at almost 0130. Lucky for me, I’m a (20s in my 30s) staying-up champion!

On the next Sylva Lining, Lisa and Sylva dive right in to rivers, seas and (even more) vacation!

Syl-vacation: Sofia, Bulgaria On July 21, the word of the day was late. I kicked it off, sprinting back to the castle for a phone charger; but it didn't matter because my 1837 train to Bologna was late, too.

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take care | boh rhap! brian may x reader

Pairing: Boh Rhap!Brian May x Reader

Word Count: 1835

Request: Could I please please please request a BoRhap x reader fic that’s super angsty and fluffy at the end? Maybe the reader is dating one of the boys and they’re mad at her for seeming distant so she tries to be there 24/7 but ends up passing out in the studio and then they feel bad? Basically just all of the angst and the all of the fluff.

Warning: mentions of fainting/hospitals

A/N: Thank you so much for all of your love & kind feedback for my last Boh Rhap Fic & first post back after a long while, it means a lot 💖 Please keep the requests coming!

The past month or so had been a pretty intense time for both queen and yours and Brian’s relationship. The band was under a great deal of pressure from both the label and their fans to release new music and fast. This meant that most of the time you spent with Brian was also spent with Freddie, John and Roger along with dozens of other employees of the studio where you worked. Not only had the huge workload increase put a strain on your relationship, but it had put quite the strain on your own health. Your boss, who was known for being quite overbearing, was pretty much constantly down your neck to get things done in inhuman amounts of time; it didn’t help that half of your colleagues were constantly slacking off and leaving the bulk of the work to you. That was all on top of your ridiculous flatmates being absolute nightmares with not cleaning up literally ever or not covering their side of the bills. You hated to be a burden on anybody though, so allowed it all to just bottle up and be shoved to the back of your mind in the hopes that it would all just go away eventually.

“Y/N...Y/N!” Brian’s voice suddenly broke you out of your daze, you took in a sharp intake of breath, leaping into action.

“Sorry.” You apologised, rubbing your eyes with your hands in an attempt to make yourself a little more alert “Let’s go again from the second verse.”

You let out a heavy sigh as you pressed the record switch, jumping a little as the loud instruments suddenly kicked in.

Brian’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked up at you in the booth, sat in a total daze.

As you sorted the final touches to the track they had been working on that day, Brian made his way into the small booth you spent many hours of your life holed up in.

“Hey, Y/N. We’re going out for drinks tonight to celebrate Miami signing on as our manager. You in?” Brian spoke hopefully as you rushed around the booth gathering your things together.

“I’d love to Bri, but tonight isn’t really the best time.” You replied sadly with a sigh; you wanted more than anything to join them all, but your boss had decided it would be a great idea to put you on a double shift so you were stuck working through the whole night with some student band wanting to be the next Queen.

“You said that last time...and about seven times before that. I feel like I barely see you anymore” Brian sighed in defeat.

“I know Bri, i’m sorry, I just can’t right now.”

With that closing statement, you scooped up all of your possessions into your backpack, standing up on your tip-toes to give Brian a quick kiss on the cheek as you walked past to exit the booth.

That night had been absolutely torture for you, after being in the studio with Queen from 9am-7pm you ended up with the student band from 9pm till 3am meaning you didn’t make it home until gone four in the morning. Brian’s statement about the distance between the two of you had been playing around in your head all night; of course you felt awful that you had to do it to him, but your job was your lifeline and you couldn’t put that at risk, sometimes he did tend to forget that you were just a regular person, not a worldwide famous rockstar absolutely rolling in cash. You had another studio session with the lads at 9am the following morning, so you tried to make an effort to wake up a little earlier to run down to the coffee shop by the recording studio. Of course you had to grab yourself a triple espresso or you’d never make it even to the afternoon running on three hours of sleep (which wasn’t exactly a rarity these days); but you made sure to grab Brian’s favourite coffee and a slice of his favourite cake which he would constantly rave about to no end.

You made it to the studio for ten to nine, setting down your things in the booth only moments before John arrived with an unsurprisingly hungover Roger, that man really did not understand the meaning of ‘just a couple of drinks’. Brian arrived not long after looking pretty glum, a slightly shocked look on his face as he noticed the coffee and cake sitting on the drum stand by his guitar.

“Just a little token of my love.” You smiled, a weight lifting off of your shoulders as a smile broke out on Brian’s lips as he pulled you into a tight hug.

“I mentioned this cake like once in front of you, how did you remember?” He chuckled

“Bri, you talk about it literally everyday. You actually never shut up about it.” You laughed in response, both John and Roger shouting in agreement with you.

Your conversation was cut short by Freddie bursting through the door at quarter past nine.

“Punctual as ever Mr Mercury.” You called out on your way into your booth, earning you a round of chuckles from Brian, John and Roger.

“Looking awake and chirpy as ever.” Freddie shot back with a knowing look. He had certainly noticed the amount of makeup you caked over your dark circles every day, how your hands shook more violently than an earthquake because you were practically living off of espressos and how you constantly zoned out of what was going on.

Taking a sharp intake of breath, you pressed down on the microphone button “Okay guys, Another One Bites The Dust from the beginning for me.”

By the time lunch came around it felt as if there were a literal ten story building on your shoulders and weights on your eyelids. You weren’t sure how much longer you could keep up the perky, happy go lucky act, bouncing around with Freddie as he sang and generally having a laugh with everyone.

“You seem a lot different today.” Brian commented with a smile, wrapping his arms around your body from behind you.

“Only the best for my favourite guy.” You spoke softly with a sad sort of smile that Brian was completely clueless to. “So, drinks tonight? First round is on me.”

“Don’t have to tell me twice!” Roger called out, far too enthusiastically as he rushed to gather his things with Freddie hot on his heels and John just chuckling half in disappointment half in amusement. Honestly, you would need a miracle to make it through the night with the state you were currently in.

Everyone eventually finished gathering their things and after a quick change of clothes (barr Freddie because he was always runway ready) you were all ready to head off.

“One sec guys, I just need to grab my apartment ke-” You turned to reach out for your key on the table beside you as the world suddenly began to spin, your boyfriend and three friends soon becoming colourful blurs. The last thing you heard was Brian calling out your name as you stumbled for a moment before everything went entirely black, Brian only just managing to catch you in his arms before you could hit the ground.

Quite a few hours had passed before you eventually came to, you could feel a light pressure on your right hand before you fully awoke. As your eyes eventually fluttered open, you noticed that the pressure you felt was Brian holding onto your hand as if you were about to fly off, a deep look of concern his face. His face was honestly whiter than the walls of the hospital room you found yourself in.

“Y/N, thank heavens.” Brian sighed in relief, squeezing your hand lightly, rubbing the back of your hand with his thumb.

“How on Earth did I get here?” You questioned, your voice hoarse.

“We were in the studio about to go out when you just started stumbling everywhere and hit the ground. The doctor said it was from exhaustion, that you’re seriously dehydrated and malnourished. What’s been going on?” He spoke, concern lacing his tone.

You sighed heavily, playing with the blanket that lay over your body as you attempted to form an answer.

“Things have just been really tough lately. My boss is constantly down my neck to get things done in impossible timeframes, i’m stuck working with a team that but about 20% effort in so i’m having to run around after them too and my flatmate is being an absolute nightmare with her side of the bills so I’ve been working the night shift too every night for the last three weeks. I guess all thought of self care kind of drifted from my mind.” You replied, a look on your face similar to that of a young child getting a scolding from their mother.

As you looked up at Brain, your heart broke at the look of sadness and guilt on his face, tears pooling in his eyes.

“Y/N, i’m so sorry. It’s all my fault you’re here now, I pushed you too far, I was selfish and an idiot, not realising what you’re going through right now.” He spoke rushingly, running his free hand through his curly mop.

“Bri-no, please don’t feel guilty this isn’t in any way your fault. It’s only mine, I should’ve said something when things started to pile up on me, you shouldn’t have to be running around after me to make sure i’m okay twenty four seven.”

“But that’s what good boyfriends do, I’m meant to take care of you and help you when things aren’t going to plan.”

“And you do Bri, you do so many incredible things for me and I genuinely cannot think of anyone else I would rather be with in this entire world than you.”

A smile soon broke through the look of sadness on Brian’s face as you spoke.

“Just please promise me Y/N, remember to take care of yourself and come find me whenever anything starts to get too much. I don’t care whether its two in the morning or if I’m in the middle of a song on stage, if you’ve got a problem, please come find me.” He spoke softly, placing his other hand on top of your joined hands.

“And as for your ridiculous flatmate.” Brian began to speak as his hand fumbled around in his pocket, pulling out a shiny gold key, your brows furrowing in confusion as he placed it on your lap. “Come live with me, i’ve been meaning to ask you for ages but I could never work out the right time. But like they say, there’s no better time than the present. So?”

“I promise Bri.” You smiled

A huge smile flooded across your lips as you picked up the key “I would love nothing more.”

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