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sanderssideswriting · 5 years ago

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First meetings

LAMP soulmate AU based on this and this post

Ships: LAMP (duh)

Word count: ???

Triggers: None, it’s fluff, but tell me if there are any

Virgil glared at his hair. Not cool Ro he thought as he looked at his rainbow hair. It did not fit his aesthetic at all. He was supposed to be emo god damn it. Rainbow hair is in no way emo.

Virgil took a selfie and texted Joan his best friend.

Virgil: Blame my fucking soulmate

Joan: lol like you’d ever willingly dye your hair rainbow

Virgil: exactly, just telling you so you don’t ask why my hair is a fucking rainbow

Joan: have fun at that museum trip with your parents

Virgil: Don’t fucking remind me, we also have to go see Six with some clients or whatever, it’ll be cool but still, I don’t wanna go with them. Plus my hair is RAINBOW that’s not going to go well. I gtg now, parents are calling me

Joan: Ok, later

Virgil went down stairs to see his parents, they where waiting for him.

“Virgil, honey what happened to you hair?” his mother asked.

“One of my soulmates dyed it yesterday,” Virgil said.

His dad grinned “you have a powerful soulbond Virg,” he said ruffling his sons rainbow hair.

Logan was at the museum of modern art. He did not like modern art. He could understand the beauty of a painting and the days it took to complete, but not a sculpture made out of what looked to be plastic shaped with wires. It wasn’t even a shape, it may as well be a plastic bag filled with plastic bags.

Logan took out a marker and wrote on the free space on his arm.

V, I’m at a museum and I saw an art piece you might like. it’s dark and there’s a sort of green mist and I think donkeys? it’s hard to describe

So am I, I think I saw that painting awhile ago, the only thing I could think of when I saw it was “Donkey cult”

V! Lo! You two are in the same place! You should find each other, it should be pretty easy since we all have rainbow hair thanks to Ro

You’re right Pat. I guess we’ll meet soon Lo

Virgil grinned at his arm “mom, dad, one of my soulmates are here, can you tell me if you see rainbow hair?” I ask them

“Sure thing Virgil, you can’t miss an oppertunity to talk to your soulmate” his mom said.

Logan saw the rainbow hair first. He was.. Nervous? He knew that he’d meet his soulmates eventfully, but he didn’t think it would be so hard.

“Slautations, V I presume” Logan said to his soulmate.

V turned around “And you’re Lo, I’m Virgil Storm,” Virgil said, he was clarly a nervous wreak.

“Logan Berry,” Logan said.

Should they shake hands, hug? He wasn’t sure, it was really awkward.

It didn’t last long, Virgil spoke “do you like modern art?” He asked.

“God no, I prefer classic art and paintings.”

“Same, there’s a room of clocks and I didn’t read the description but it was pretty weird just from the looks of it,” Virgil said.

“I read it, the clocks are set to different times, from one master clock like how most clocks are in work environment hooked up to on master clock. The point is eventfully the sandpaper will slow the hands and eventfully the clocks will sync. Of course that only works if the sand paper stays on the handles, sone of it has fallen off,” Logan said.

After that converation came easily between the two.

Of course all good things came to and end, with them exchanging numbers and going on their way.

Virgil met his parents clients and their son at dinner before the show.

“I’m Virgil,” Virgil said to Mr. and Mrs. Prince’s son.

“Remus, you know my brother Roman dyed his hair rainbow yesterday,” Remus said casully.

Virgil grabbed a marker from his pocket and write on his hand.

“Virgil, that’s very rude to write to your soulmates at the dinner table, it can wait,” his mother scolded taking his marker.

Remus ran home and called Roman. (Roman goes to private boarding school for arts or something just go with it)

“I know something you don’t!” He sang.

“Remus stop playing games!” Roman hissed.

“So you don’t want to hear about one of your soulmates?”

“Spill the tea right now, tell me everything. What does he look like? How did he act? Is he cute? TELL!” Roman practically shouted with excitement.

“He’s kinda shy I think? He didn’t talk much. I think he was going to write to you but him mom stopped him and took his marker for the night. He’s super pale, wore an old hoodie that’s to big for him and skinny jeans. I guess he’s cute, but he’s not my soulmate,” Remus said.

“I need to go now, I’m volunteering at an animal shelter, tell me more later,” Roman said hanging up.

Patton was feeding the orphaned kittens at the animal shelter When Roman walked in.

“Hey I’m meant to be helping feed the kittens and stuff,” He said.

Patton smiled “Well that’ s purr-fect timing, there are extra bottles over there and these little guys haven’t eaten yet,” Patton said motioning to a group of kittens to his left.

Roman laughed lightly “puns, I’m Roman, you?”

“Patton, nice to meet you Ro!” He said.

Roman saw the rainbow hair that second.

“Pat? Meeting one of my soulmates at an animal shelter, who would have thought,” Roman said.

They talked and laughed.

After a few hours when Roman had to leave he was utterly head over heels in love with Patton.

He called Remus “Tell me everything about V, also I met Pat! But V first,” he said.

“Ok, I write down everything I saw and heard about V, I know how crazy you are so listen” Remus said before he started to describe V.

I need to do Spanish homework so that’s all for today!

#LAMP #Soulmate au #sander sides #lamp soulmate au #prinxiety #analogical #logince #logically #moxiety #royality

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elsarah · 5 years ago

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Favorite clips of s5

Thank you so much @smblmn for tagging me, I love the idea! While the season as a whole was kinda underwhelming, it was full of amazing clips and I do have a lot of favorites. Here’s my top 10 and a few honorable mentions. I tend to have one favorite clip by episode, except for episode 8, which I REALLY didn't like. I didn't rank my picks, I'll just list them chronologically.

And since I didn't have the opportunity this season, I'm also making gifs to illustrate my picks :) I need the practice, as you can see.

Ep.1: Samedi 0:25 - Le choc

One of my favorite things this season has been the symbolism and the metaphors around sound and silence. In the first episode, there were 2 occurrences: Arthur seeing Noée for the first time underwater at the pool and him looking in the street as snow falls and slowly realizing he's gone deaf. I thought this was an amazing idea and that it gave disability more depth and beauty.

And that look at the camera in the last seconds… And the piano music… It was so chilling.

Ep. 2: Jeudi 20:59 - La nuit de

Globally, the scenes at the association were my favorites, even though I have a complicated relationship with them. Before shooting started in October, someone from the crew promised they would invite me on set during the filming of these scenes, but they ended up breaking their promise. I try to be as drama free as possible on the internet so I didn’t talk about it publicly but now that the season has ended I’m like “Why should I bottle this up, I’m not the the one who screwed up and I’m still hurt about it”.

The first time I watched that clip in January, I was heartbroken. Not just because of the missed opportunity but because I realised I never got to experience what Arthur did; there was no association for me, no one. But I still have a really soft spot for this scene because it's just gorgeous. The aesthetic is incredible and I totally understand what Arthur feels (minus the alcohol). Overall, as bittersweet as it is, it's probably one of my top 3 scenes this season (and it looks like it's one of David's too, this man has great taste). I can’t help but feel for the teenager I was and I wonder how I would have felt watching it then.

Ep.3: Vendredi 13:12 - Check de frérot

Arthur and Basile's friendship was one of the highlights of this season, heck Basile WAS the highlight of this season. Basile and Arthur never shy away from hugs and I'm living for it. I'm so looking forward to see more of Basile in season 6 (since I guess we'll see more of his relationship with Daphné). I loved seeing him be so well-intentioned, despite his usual clumsiness. Seeing Paul in a more serious register (for instance when Arthur lashed out at the boys in episode 6) was delightful.

Ep 4.: Lundi 19:02 - Les entendants

This one also belongs in my top 3. This is the representation I was looking for when I learned Skam France would tackle hearing loss and deafness. It doesn't come in the same package for everybody, and I love that they tried to show it through so many different characters. The situations described here are universal among deaf people.

On a more personal note, I loved that the extras were actual deaf people and sone of them well known. The lady interpreting is Jennifer Lesage-David, co-director at IVT, and she helped David and Niels a lot this season. And the girl speaking about her relationship with her dad is Lulu, she has a YouTube channel with her sister where they raise awareness about hearing loss. The instagram post that was published that day also featured a lot of people I more or less know.

Watching this clip was an experience in itself. I was attending a conference that night about deaf TV archives. The clip dropped 2 minutes before it started and I had to wait for it to end to finally watch. It was excruciating. Also, half the staff of IVT was there and I actually ended up watching the clip in front them. There were like "Wait? Jennifer was in Skam?".

Ep.4: Vendredi 20:43 - Ma vie a changé

While I'm still sceptical about Noée falling in love with Arthur so quickly (this sign song is unambiguous), I think this is one of the most beautiful scenes in the whole series. I don't care very much about this being romantically coded, I just choose to focus on the sign song, because I'm so happy they featured deaf visual arts.

My friend and I spent hours trying to decipher what the song could be about and our interpretation differed a lot from Winona's original text but we loved doing this. David was curious to see how my friend would understand it (especially the part where Noée signs a growing love which she cradles) and he was so happy when she understood it right.

For those interested, here’s what we interpreted (roughly translated into English):

Like two souls lost in the storm, Swayed by the tide, Never really seeing each other Until ours eyes meet. Something is growing inside me, something new, That sets my heart beating. You take off my mask and the truth in your eyes, Fills my heart. Look at me, I also see you.

Ep.6: Mercredi 18:31 - Un simple bout de métal

Also one of the scenes I was expecting the most this season, especially when it transpired that Noée was a bit radical. Her letter echoes my own fears and I thought it was really on point. Arthur admitting he needs her made my heart melt, he's so lucky to have met her. And Winona was amazing in that clip.

Ep.7: Vendredi 20:31 - Sourd dating

Just like for "Un simple bout de metal", I was also expecting that scene. I like that they made Noée and Camille voice their opinion like both faces of the same coin. It was a great way to address cochlear implants as they're a sensitive topic in the deaf community. I think this is one of the most shining example of the research work they did. They could have just stopped at Noée’s letter. But since they had deaf actors like Lucas, who is also implanted and has faced prejudices from radical Deaf people in the past, they had to show implants were not evil and that the situation was more complex than just “Doctors who want to act as gods”.

Learning Noée’s backstory was also interesting, although I didn’t expect her to be an "ex-implanted" deaf. She explains that she learned sign language at the association, which can't be more than 3-4 years ago (and if you look closely in ep 3, when Arthur checks the website, she says she joined the association at its beginning), but there's no way Noée would have that proficiency in sign language in just 4 years of practice. Winona's fluency in sign language is clearly that of someone who grew up with it. I loved being able to notice these subtleties.

Like all the clips at the association, it was a joy to watch because of the atmosphere and the sign language. The deaf extras were lovely. I actually got to meet a few of them last month and had an amazing time with them.

Ep.9: Vendredi 20:17 - Choisir pour toi

Coline. singing. Do I need to say more? I like that both Noée and Alexia had their shining moment and as clumsy as the story got, I appreciate that the writers didn't try to pin one girl against the other and make one superior. Noée had her sign song and Alexia her own composition. And both were breathtaking. What really gets me in this scene are the colors. I'm a sucker for aesthetics.

And of course, it was great to see Alexia stand her ground and break up with Arthur. I have nothing but respect for her and I'm team Alexia + happiness all the way.

Ep.10: Lundi 10:04 - La même vie que vous

When Melchior, Laura and the brochure subplot was introduced, I was a bit wary because their introduction scene was really, really awkward (it wasn't very well tied at first). By their second scene, at Arthur's place, I was sold. It was great to address accessibility and show that there's no point putting people with disabilities in the same bag, because there are hundreds of them and the needs are different. What doesn't change is our wish to live our life at the fullest, just like abled people. And this scene was precious. Seeing Arthur endorse this new part of him and support his peers was everything.

Ep.10: Vendredi 20:47 - Le meilleur des mondes

I'm still very emotional about this scene. Like… I don't know what to say, the music still sends shivers down my spine.

Honorable mentions :

Ep.1: Mardi 11:59 - 3, 2, 1,…

One of the only things Robin told me about the season when I met him at IVT was that the first clip would drop on New Year's Eve at 11:59 p.m.. That date became a beacon during fall and oh you wouldn't believe how much I waited for that clip to drop and how much I was looking forward to it. And it freaking delivered. The atmosphere, the tense music, that first shot on the loudspeaker, the confetti clogging it gradually… That teaser was a masterpiece.

Ep.2: Like… the whole episode actually. The alarm clock concept was genius.

Ep.4: Samedi 10:15 - Nouveau style

One of these gorgeous clips without dialogues that still say lots.

Ep.5: Samedi 10:03 - Maîtriser le langage

Oh my, this one was so relatable and a joy to watch. Camille explaining that sign language and mimes are different, Arthur being that dimwit asking about swear words and being told off for speaking… Kuddos to the deaf extras who had to pretend they didn't know any sign language, it was so funny (looking at you, Enzo).

Ep.6: Samedi 8:30 - Mythos

Seeing Arthur lashing out at his friends was cathartic. He roasted them so well, I wished I had his ability to speak so well when I'm angry. A+ work.

Ep.6: Dimanche 14:41 - Envie de rien

Alexia being the real MVP, as always.

Ep.7: Samedi 2:15 - Pool Party

It’s strange, because even though a lot of the story went down in this particular episode, it must be one of my favorites, like… tied with episode 2. It has probably a lot to do with the fact there were mostly deaf characters and that they had so much fun together. It’s something I can relate do, the sheer joy of signing the night away, which is something I didn’t get to experience until very recently.

As gorgeous as the underwater scene is, I'm not a fan of Noée and Arthur's almost kiss. I picked this scene because I love the moment of sheer joy that follows; everyone joining in the pool and having fun together. And of course the rise of Camika. I know it's a bit convoluted to have the two openly gay guys fall for each other first time they meet but… it just worked so well.

Ep.9: Mercredi 21:34 - Frère

This clip was about to make the top 10 cut when I remembered about another one and I had to remove it. Just Basile being lovely Basile.

Ep.9: Jeudi 17:30 - T'es pas tout seul

This clip was so important, bless the nurse and bless Jérôme. I wish Jérôme was my audiologist, to be honest.

Ep.10: Samedi 13:39 - Maman

Arthur's mom was so lovely and I'm so sorry she had to go through this shit with her trashcan of a husband. I liked her relationship with her son and her reassuring him he's not like his father was very soothing. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Arthur at the end of this season and I appreciate he’s well looked after after what he went through.

Ep.10: Jeudi 17:46 - Recommencer

Just like "Nouveau style" from ep 4, it's another one of these silent clips that has lots of meaning. Arthur putting back his glasses, slowly accepting his life won't be the same and that he has to move on. Except now things are clearer. Skam France love its symbolism and while sometimes it's very poorly done (like the love triangle emphasizing on Arthur's balancing between two worlds), more often than not it's very compelling.

Now I want to rewatch everything, so see you soon I guess :)

#skamfr5 #Manon rambles #I'm so sad my gifs look so ugly #I spent a lot of time on them but smart sharpen in a pain in my butt #I can't control it very well #oh well #I'll practice and I'll get the hang on it #my edits

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theroguequeenaniki · 5 years ago

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I have a LOT more pictures and videos, but for this post, here are ten. (A lot of the pictures that I haven’t posted are blurry, but still great for memories, lol.)

Here is my fan-account/post about this weekend when I saw Tiffany Young in Dallas!

Friday November 15th 2019 - Sunday November 17th 2019

Whoo! A lot has happened this weekend! It was a very fun weekend, lol.

I went to Dallas with my sister, and one of my best friends, Raven ( @snek-and-angle), for a concert.

Friday November 15th 2019

Day before the concert.

On Friday I didn’t do a lot, mostly spent the day in great anticipation, and I packed, and did my nails, and all that. My brother and his girlfriend informed us they weren’t able to come to Dallas with us, so that’s the main reason I’m writing it here. B/c I’m using it as an introduction. Initially, this trip was going to be me, my friend Raven, my sister, my brother, and his girlfriend. But, last minute it ended up just being me, Raven, and my sister. But we still took my brother’s car. (He and my sister traded for the weekend, lol) So, yeah. I went to bed late b/c I was up packing. Lol.

Saturday November 16th 2019

Day of the concert.

My sister and I got up early, I got up at like 8a, she’d been up for a little while, lol. Raven had messaged me she was up at like 7a. So, we got dressed, made sure we had everything we needed, I grabbed a beverage (my usual cherry coke lol), we said bye to our parents (who were still in bed lol), and the cats, and hit the road. First stop was picking up Raven. We picked her up and then we officially were on our way to Dallas!

We made one stop along the way, and that was at Buc-ees, b/c, well, we needed gas, plus, it’s Buc-ees. Lol. So, we got our gas, and also grabbed a snack. I got a chicken caesar salad and a pepsi icee. Then we drove the rest of the way to Dallas. We made really good time, and got there like 1 ½ hours before Check-in for our Hotel. So, we went to see if we could check in early, we couldn’t, b/c they didn’t have any King Suites available yet, but they allowed us to check our bags, and told us they’d call or text if our rooms were ready before 3p. So, we went to do a little exploring. There was a small park by our hotel, that had some Christmas decorations. We also popped into a Starbucks, but my sister & I didn’t get anything, only Raven did. We were going to chill there for a while, but..they closed. Lol. So, we went back to the park, and sat on a bench, and just did people and dog watching, chatting, and playing on our phones. Lol. Some kids came up selling bags of M&M’s for a $1, my sister and I declined, but Raven bought some (she loves M&M’s lol).

Our rooms weren’t ready before 3p, so at 3p we went back to the hotel, but only my sister’s room was ready. So, we got our bags, and went up to her room. We hung out in there, and I actually started to get ready for the concert, b/c our room was taking too long, lol. My outfit was a black lacy top, black leggings, and a maroon skirt, along w/ black boots. (Though at this point I was still wearing my tennis shoes lol)

My sister and I finally went down to see if our room was ready, and it was. So I got the room keys, and went back up, and Raven and I went to our room to finish getting ready.

Our hotel was Hotel Indigo, it was a pretty fancy hotel, located in Downtown Dallas, it stands where the Historic Dallas Opera house used to be. It was really nice and I loved it, but I think we felt a little out of place, lol. Anyway, we had two King Suites. One for my sister (which she was going to share w/ my brother & his girlfriend, but they didn’t come) and one for me and Raven. They were nice, they had a living room and a bedroom, a flat screen in both rooms, a really nice bathroom, a keurig, and a mini fridge. Mine and Raven’s suite was actually a little bigger lol.

So, once we were finally in our room, we finished getting ready. I did my hair(pig tails, w/ black and white bows, w/ metal buttons from Hot Topic, lol), makeup (literally just bb cream & lip gloss lol), put on jewelry(bangles, a cat ring on both ring fingers, my Buffy ring on my left ring finger and my ring from Sarah Rees Brennan on my right ring finger (yes, I wore two rings on each finger lol), I prepared my bag(tickets, id, money, lightstick, camera, portable phone chargers, etc), I put on my black boots, and then my sister met us at our room, and we went to dinner.

We went to a place called Zenna, which served Thai and Japanese food. And it just so happened to be Happy Hour, so I had a California roll and it was very good. We also had some edamame, and some spring rolls (which were some of the best spring rolls I’ve ever had). For my entree I had Teriyaki Chicken w/ fried rice, it was really good. I also had a coke for my drink. It was a really cool restaurant. Our waiter was also pretty cool, lol. We couldn’t finish our food, b/c there was so much, so we took the leftovers back to the hotel. (Leftovers I am currently eating while writing this post, lol) Raven and I then grabbed the things we’d forgotten, and then went back downstairs to get an uber and head to the venue. (My sister went back up to her room b/c she wasn’t going to the concert lol)

We took our uber to the venue, the guy literally got out of the car and opened the door for us, like a chauffer lol. (Raven followed along the route on her phone for as long as her phone would let her, and I followed it on google maps, I also texted my sister when we got in the uber, and when we got to the venue, for safety, always be cautious, you guys). And then stood in line for about an hour until doors opened at 7pm. We only had general admission tickets, so we didn’t get to meet Tiffany (this time, I’m hoping to get VIP the next time she tours, b/c I’m sure she’ll tour again, lol). The line wrapped around the side of the venue. It was cold, I brought my jacket, as I was wearing a lacy top, Raven had decided not to bring hers, b/c she was wearing a sweater, and we weren’t going to be outside very long. We ended up sharing my jacket back and forth, lol. A girl came around the line passing out glow sticks, we took them, but then after a while realized we didn’t want them, so we gave them to the people behind us, who were very happy to get them, b/c we’d gotten the last two. Some guys walked by offering “free hugs” and “free hugs from an Englishman” or something, Raven and I ignored them, lol. Once doors were open, the line moved pretty quickly, and we were inside by 7:04p. lol.

Once inside, we headed straight for the merch booth. I bought a tour t-shirt, the pen, and the photocard & stand set. Raven bought a lightstick. (I had my Girls’ Generation molar bong lol) Raven then bought a beer, and we went to find a place to stand, we were near the back. We took a pictures of our lightsticks together, and I was starting to accept that I would probably have a hard time seeing the stage, when the staff opened up the stairs to the balcony. Luckily, we were right by the stairs, so we booked it up there, and got a spot right on the railing, and I had a perfect view of the stage. (With a column blocking only a very small portion of the stage) I was right by the trash can, but it didn’t bother me (there wasn’t anything smelly in it) and it meant that there was no one but Raven beside me. Some girls asked Raven about her light stick, b/c it was the Tiffany Young one. Raven went down to buy another drink, and she bought me a coke. (B/c there was a $10 minimum & she needed to close out her tab lol) I took a few sips.

Then.

The show was starting. I had my lightstick in one hand, my camera in the other, and my coke at my feet (it was a bottled one lol). Everyone was chanting “TIFFANY! TIFFANY! TIFFANY!” the pink ocean below me was beautiful (I was part of a smaller pink ocean up top, but, of course, we were really all one pink ocean lol) Tiffany came out on stage dressed in sparkly blue shorts and a white top, white boots, blue lacy gloves, and a cowboy hat a fan had given her at the VIP Meet & Greet. I was floored. I was in awe. I was crying. I was screaming. I was singing. There in front of my eyes, in person, was the real life Tiffany Young of Girls’ Generation. I wasn’t looking at a screen, I was looking at the real Tiffany. She was singing Run For Your Life and I was so excited. I was filming, then I was taking pictures. She performed Over My Skin next. I’m not going to list the full set-list, b/c I can’t remember the order, and I can’t remember the names of some of the cover songs, lol. I didn’t film most of Run For Your Life and Over My Skin b/c I was taking pictures. Talk as well. I mastered, somewhat, the art of watching her on stage, and not looking at my camera, but keeping my camera on her. A few times it panned down to the audience, but, I mean, I was dancing and waving my lightstick and living in the moment! Because Tiffany Young was in front of me on stage putting on an amazing show and I was so so happy! Every song was more exciting, I didn’t touch my phone for 2 hours! I barely noticed how much my feet hurt (Raven and I both wore heeled boots, b/c they make our outfits look cool, and they make us taller, lol) I was living in the moment, I was seeing one of my idols, live and in person, for the very first time, after TEN YEARS of being a Sone. I was moved. It was..it was magnificent. I loved every second of it. I filmed most of the concert, though. Every song she performed, I just about died. Run Devil Run. Heartbreak Hotel. Teach You. All of them. I loved them all. She talked about how amazing we all are, and how much she loves us. She talked about mental health, and how important it is to take care of yourself, and to take care of those around you. She told us to let those we love and appreciate know we love and appreciate them. She interacted w/ us, and answered questions. She pointed out a fan w/ a rainbow flag. It was wonderful. It was magnificent. When the show ended, it felt like no time had passed, and I wanted it to go on forever! She came back out for the encore, and performed Magnetic Moon and Run For Your Life (again, I got it in full this time). And right as Run For Your Life ended, my camera died! Lol. I managed to get it back on to snap a few more picture, and then I put it away.

After the concert.

Once she had left the stage, and it was clear the show as over, Raven and I took some selfies, trying to get the stage behind us. And then staff told us they were closing off this section. So, I grabbed my coke from the floor, and we went back downstairs. We took a few more selfies, then tested Raven’s phone to see if we could order an uber, we could not b/c her phone wouldn’t come back on. So, we decided to use mine and order a lyft (b/c for some reason I had the lyft app already downloaded, even though I’d never used it before lol) We went outside, and it was freezing. We stood w/ the crowd by her tour bus for 20 minutes, while I tried to figure out the lyft app, and also hoping she would come out sooner rather than later..she didn’t come out before we left. But Raven was freezing, and our feet were killing us. So, we left to find one of the streets Lyft was telling us to go to. We found it, I ordered the lyft, and then we were on our way back to our hotel. (I texted my sister when we got in the lyft, and followed the route on both the lyft app, and google maps, for safety precautions) Once back at the hotel, I asked the front desk for some cutlery, so we could go up and eat our leftovers from dinner. Raven ate hers, but I only ate a few bites of mine, b/c it was cold and we didn’t have a microwave, lol. We went back down to the lobby in our pjs and bought powerades, lol. I made sure most of my stuff was packed, so the next morning wouldn’t be difficult, finished my powerade, brushed my teeth (and washed off my bb cream & lip gloss lol), had a bit of an issue when a very small cut started bleeding..but I dealt with it, it was fine. Lol. Then, we then watched some Holiday Baking competitions on the food network in bed, and then went to sleep. At least, she went to sleep, I was awake for longer than I wanted to be, b/c some of our neighbors were having a real good time, if you get what I mean. I also had a bit of a headache, which I assume was from the concert, b/c of the super loud music, and probably the crash from the adrenaline rush of the concert. I did eventually get some sleep though.

We did make one fatal mistake that night, part of the reason are feet were killing us at the concert is because..we wore the boots to dinner. We knew we were going to go back to the hotel after dinner, b/c we weren’t going to let my sister walk back alone, and we had things to get from the room, but we wore our boots anyway. So, our feet were already dead before we even left for the show.

Sunday November 17th 2019

Day after the concert.

I had set an alarm for 9:30a, so we woke up then. I actually set the alarm sound as Run For Your Life, b/c obviously. Lol. We got up, my feet were so sore, but so were my legs. I have a blister on one of my toes, lol. My sister texted saying to tell her when we were awake and ready to go. I told her we were awake, and we’d be ready soon. We got dressed and finished packing, I started drinking my coke from the night before (cause caffeine, also it surprisingly wasn’t flat! Lol). I took the shampoo & conditioner, and the lotion, b/c they were Rosemary Mint scented. Lol. I wore my Magnetic Moon Tour t-shirt, b/c of obvious reasons. I did not wear the boots, I probably won’t wear those boots for quite a while. Lol. We made sure we had everything all packed, and then we left the hotel at 10:30a.

We went back to the parking garage, and I was confused b/c I was looking for my sisters car, even though we came in my brothers. Lol.

Then, we went to a Japanese dollar store called Daiso, b/c we don’t have them here in Austin. It was so cool, and most things were $2. I ended up getting a cat fan, a purple erasable pen, a notebook, a pair of pink heart shaped glasses (like the ones from Taylor Swift’s You Need To Calm Down video, lol). I also bought some soda flavored hi-chews that are fizzy (Raven says they’re really good), some cookies & cream pejoys. A Meiji Black Chocolate bar. A Dars white chocolate bar, that Raven said was a brand she loved in Japan. White chocolate coated cookies that Raven also said she loved in Japan. And a Hokkaido cream pastry, b/c, again, Raven said she loved them in Japan, lol. She actually got a green tea one, and I tried it and it was good, lol.

After Daiso, we headed to McAlister’s Deli to have lunch with my aunt and her boyfriend. (B/c they live in Ft. Worth.) I had the Four Cheese grilled cheese (though I took off the swiss, so it was a 3 cheese, lol, I also axed the tomato lol) a bag of chips, and a coke. We hung out and talked for a little while. And then we had to head out, so we could get back to Austin before it was dark.

So, we left Dallas/Fort Worth, and headed home. We stopped for gas. We stopped at a rest stop. And our only other stop was at Starbucks, where I got a Toasted White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino. We got back to Austin as the sun was setting. We dropped off Raven, right before the sun fully set. Then my sister and I drove home. When we got home, our mom was on the front porch (to smoke..b/c both of my parents still smoke), and so she opened the door for us, cause our hands were full, lol. Sister and I greeted all the cats, aside from Luna, who was still hiding. And gave them treats, but they didn’t eat them, lol. Then when my mom came inside, we showed her what we got at Daiso, and I showed her my merch. Luna eventually came out of hiding, and came straight over to me to say hello. I gave the cats treats again, and this time they wanted them. Lol. Then I ate half of my left-overs from Zenna (b/c I brought them all the way home lol). My sister & mom both seperatly ordered Panda Express through Uber Eats. Lol. My dad got home (he spends every Sunday over at his brother’s house for football lol). And, things were pretty normal for a Sunday night, lol. I was at my computer watching videos for a few hours, and scrolling Twitter. Occasionally going to talk to my mom. The cats have been doing their thing. And then I typed all this up, while eating the other half of my left-overs. Lol.

Overall it was an amazing weekend and I’m so happy I got to experience it with one of my best friends and my sister. I’m so happy I got to see Tiffany Young live. I think I’m still in shocked disbelief. Like, it feels like a dream. If not for my feet still being sore, and my merch, pictures, and videos, I probably would think it was a dream. Lol. It was the best weekend!

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wings-arts · 5 years ago

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Hi! It's been awhile! I've been having sone issues for a bit with anything art-related, but I wanted to stop by and show off some stuff I've been doing.

First off: dragon egg dice bags! I think I've posted the two on the right before, seeing as I made them some time ago, but I wanted to do something with crocodile stitch again without committing to a huge project. So I did the variegated multicolored one first and then thre grey. I think I might be using a different pattern, but here they all are together.

I still really love this project and this stitch, but I do think that if you want to keep something small in them (like loose dice) you should line them in some. But chances are I'll be doing more of these-I want to experiment a little, too! Also I still need to weave in the ends on newer two.

Then, second, we have my first time working beads into crochet! Yes, it's also a bag. Bags are quick. Don't judge me.

So far, it's going pretty smoothly. I'm not used to using half-double crochet (US; half-treble in UK terms), but it's not too hard. Since this was meant to be my tester, I just grabbed a bag of assorted colors of pony beads, but I ended up doing a pattern anyways. The pattern calls for 10 rows of beads, and I just realized it's 10 and not 15, so I actually need to undo the row I'm on if I want to follow that.

So... yeah. A little bit of drawing, but not much right now because I've been very stressed and hard on myself. I'll see if I can try to get more done.

On the crochet side of things...I don't know what I'm doing next. I might make some roses, but I seem to have lost that pattern, too, which means trying a bunch of different patterns and seeing if I like them. Luckily they don't require a lot of time or yarn. I'm also eyeballing a pattern for an angler fish dice bag (yes, another bag), and also a crocodile stitch half-cape with a hood (but that might require ordering yarn, and the pattern isn't free).

Idk just wanted to post stuff here. Anything you want to see me do/try in particular? Please keep the quarantine in mind. I have time but my supply options are limited!

#yarn art #march 2020 #april 2020

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boxy-art · 6 years ago

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Decided to compile these asks to show my process with a drawing, hopefully it's helpful. Gonna number and explain these pics 1-8, going left to right, cause mobiles butt (warning long post) (1) I usually dont go into a drawing with a pose in mind already, but once i draw the head, i decide on how i want the body placed (2) After that i mess around on what i want the limbs to be doing, it's always good to make each one do something different, even slighty. If you want poses to pop more keep both sides of the drawing asymetrical (3) Once i figure out where i want the limbs put i make em thicc. Where you put the hands and feet are important too (hand could be clentched, opened, doing peace sign, ect. Feet angles can change a lot too) (4) Once i get an idea on how the drawing is shaping up i decide on a face. Expression can be divided by the eyes, brows, and mouth. Mix and match it to see what sticks with you (i also dont recommend coloring rn, like i what i did with the eyes and nose there. We're still gonna erase some stuff later) (5) Then i put the clothes on him, dudes naked. I press slightly harder on my pen here so the lines for the clothes take more priority, you can barely notice the sketch under it now. Make sure the clothes go around the pose you make so you get an idea on how everything is positioned (6) Now everythings in place, i press harder on my pencil again, letting all the lines i want take priority. So far nothing in this drawing has been erased, but you can barely see the sketch under it anymore. But we need to tidy up (7) The reason you wanna draw lightly at first is to erase the sketch lines later. So just start erasing gently. Dont worry about accidentally erasing parts you wanted to keep, you can just redraw it later. (8) Aaaaand it's finished. I cleaned up the lines and added some finishing touhes with coloring the outfit and such. Some extra tips: - If the pose is the main focus of your drawing, try and make sure it has a nice silhouette. A good pose is something you can identify just with it's figure. You dont always have to do this but it's something to keep in mind sometimes. I think back to almost all the recent smash bros and pokemon trainer model art as example. A lot of those characters really pop there. - Learn some basic anatomy. Whether for a human, animal, or whatever, knowing how your drawing is shaped gives you more room to mess with poses. You'll also be able to draw them faster in the long run too - Exaggerate more, especially if your drawings are on the more cartoony side. Always try and find ways to curve and bend your character around, if that makes sense. - Look at refs. If you see a piece of art you like, really try and pin point parts you like about it, and impliment it in your own art. Maybe you like how they draw a cloths wrinkles, or the hair, or arm angle, ect. Even look at the mirror if you need specific angles if you need to. Its amazing how much of the little details go a long way. - Constantly try out different poses. It's my secret to drawing filbert so much, just draw him doing something different everytime lol. But always try and learn something new. Draw em sitting down, leaning on a table, just anything that pushes you into draw them in different way. And again use refs if you need them. So anyway i hope this can help some of you, this may not work with every art style out there but hopefully it can give sone insight. And @ryodarocker give yourself some credit, you've come a long way with your art! You should be proud of all the progress you made, and good luck~

#boxyart #animal crossing #acnl #filbert #art tutorial #traditional art #sketch #ask #artists on tumblr #fanart

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salsa-history-project · 5 years ago

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How “their” music becomes “Cuban”

If class and race was ever actually eliminated from the human consciousness, History might have a lot less to write about. In this week’s readings, Robin Moore in “Controversy over the Danzon”, and “Echale Salsita: Sones and Musical Revolution" gave me some gripping pieces to consider. In both cases, Moore presented a narrative of middle class Cubans on a continuum. On one end was revulsion for Afro-Cuban culture. For the Danzon, this meant an aversion of the un-Christian dancing that incorporated couples in a loose embrace, that may imply cultural mixing (Danzon 24). For the Son, this meant even the instruments that one would use to play the Son (Maracas, Bongos, marimbula). In the 1910′s, police made arrests and assaulted people just for playing Son music (Salsita 96). Danzon was viewed as dangerous from an adaption of the “slippery slope” theory. This blending of Afro-Cuban and European dance was the gateway to more and more African culture violating and “deforming” the Cuban culture.

Both of these genres continued down the continuum to being popularized and then accepted as part of Cuban national culture. I will not attempt to throw all the history at you here, but certain aspects of this transformation of how people saw this music stood out to me as important themes to remember.

First, Cubans adopted Danzon and Son because they needed to. This culture that was truly rooted in the people of Cuba and born there was flipped around from being taboo, sinful and savage, culture-destroying stuff to an example of Cuban culture that could combat the assault of American Jazz. All the while some Cubans, like Eduardo Sanchez, denied that any African influence existed. This is the cultural appropriation that I suspected and mentioned in my last post.

One of the methods by which the Son pushed its way into society was encerronas, the wild “lock-in” parties that politicians would throw to prove their importance and imperviousness from the authorities. This reminds me of the theme of outsiders making African culture okay and cool in France by appropriating salsa in a trendy manner.

Just to clear things up, the Son and other Afro-Cuban music made their way into mainstream with heavy help from the radio. In the late 1920s, this technology had a leveling effect on how everyone had access to various genres of music, including those who were not in Cuba. One of my favorite lines from Moore describes how the popularity of the music itself forced them to view it differently. “Faced with the international popularity of Afrocuban genres they had once been ashamed of, middle-class Cubans were forced to reevaluate their biases against Son and related musics and to accept them as a legitimate national expression” (Moore, Sones 106).

Now, I have to be careful. I am merely a student of this culture and I do not want to come across as accusatory or moralistic. The value of History is to seek the truth, not to shame people. I enrolled in a Salsa history class out of curiosity and excitement for what I thought Salsa was. The value of recognizing that the music and dance that are incorporated into Salsa have a complicated and contested history with imbalances and abuses of power is to know the truth. As Moore states, “The syncopated bass pattern derived from Son and its fourth- beat first beat ambivalence are fundamental to the creation of salsa dance music” (Salsita 90). This way, we can give credit to the true roots of those who conceived this beautiful art.

#son #Salsa #Appropriation #culture #Danzon Son

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taffysannotatedsonichu · 6 years ago

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The Most Pointless Character in Sonichu

Taffy here. This was a post I made for the Kiwi Farms forum on the most pointless character in Sonichu in late October 2017, and I took up the challenge to prove every single character has no point. This was kind of my beta version of what would become Taffy’s Annotated Sonichu, so I thought it would be worth reprinting here (also I’m sorry it’s taking me so long to get more CWCDefense or GitM up, I’ve been really sick for the past two weeks and I’m just now trying to get back in the swing of things).

Chris's comic persona and fursona are pointless because he could have just lived vicariously through Sonichu and not have an in-comic presence.

Sonichu himself became pointless after Chris took over as main character but was already pretty pointless since really Chris could have just written a straight Sonic fanfic with Sonic as the lead in the first place. Besides the occasional electric attack and the complete lack of an original personality he's basically Sonic.

That said, all the characters ripped wholesale from Sonic or Pokémon (Sonic himself, Perfect Chaos, Robotnik, Giovanni) are pretty pointless as they were dropped not long in as Sonichu grew to have its own canon with its own crazy cast of characters.

In addition, any character ripped wholesale from any other franchise (Beavis & Butthead, Bugs Bunny, Meg Griffin) exist solely for "fan service", or rather fan disservice.

Rosechu is extremely pointless, all she does is A) be a token girl, B) prove Sonichu is STRAIGHT, and C) occasionally face rape someone. That said The Incredible Lioness is probably the closest we get to a real character with a point, rivaled only by the Voltorb that kills Simonla. They have simple purposes (to brutally maim and murder) and they do them to a T.

Kel is pointless since Rosechu could have just been Chris's Pokémon to begin with and she didn't need to exist as a middleman.

For that matter, any character best known for being a Moon Pal (Bill the Scientist, Metal Sonichu, Yawning Squirtle) or just as a meme in general (Inos), while being great for laughs, are all pretty irrelevant background characters.

Reldnahc Notsew Niatsirhc exists solely for Chris to physically obliterate his sexual insecurity.

Any Jerkop or Manajerk exists solely for Chris to vent his frustrations with real people who were just doing their jobs. Same goes for Hanna.

Blake is too inconsistent to have a point to existing. He was a pointless villain-of-the-week at first and then he was a pointless supporting character.

Sarah Hammer and Wes Iseli are particularly pointless because Chris' relationship with Sarah was already waning when he wrote Sonichu 2. Since the reincarnation plot point was dropped not long after, you can honestly skip Sonichu 2 entirely and not miss anything.

Mary Lee Walsh, while being awesome, is like the jerkops and manajerks just there essentially as a comic book voodoo doll. Maybe the point of her was to show that Chris can in fact write an interesting and badass female character? We'll never know.

Count Graduon is pretty redundant with Mary, power wise. Other than to vent frustrations with his graduation he's really pointless.

All of the Chaotic Combo are basically team filler filling out some elements that the rest of the team lacks. Specifically:

Wild Sonichu doesn't really have a personality. He's pretty redundant with Sonichu himself, other than, of course, we need a green Sonichu. The one thing that possibly could have made him interesting, the struggles of being a single father, are really rushed over so Chris can get back to the murder spree. His only notable father-daughter bonding experience was drilling a man to death.

Bubbles Rosechu, aside from being the token blue Sonichu/water type, finds one Sonichu ball and then returns to being a moron.

Angelica Rosechu, although I imagine her original purpose was to be a pacifist voice of reason and a token religious character, well, that got thrown out the window pretty quickly. The things that differentiate her from Bubbles besides their powers are few and far between.

Punchy Sonichu is just the token red character and the token Asian. Seriously I don't even know what "fighting type" means. In fact, why not make him fire type? It's the one element missing from the Chaotic Combo (Bubbles is water, Wild is earth, Angelica is air, Magi-Chan is ether/heart/mind, no one's fire!) (Note 26/11/18: I now know Fighting-Type is a type of Pokémon, but nevertheless “Fighting-Type is one of the weirder types. The Pokémon types are elements, supernatural creatures... and martial arts. And yes, the Fighting-Type icons in the series are red while Fire-Type is orange, but from a team balance perspective fire would have made sense).

Magi-Chan, especially after being paired off with Silvana taking away his sole unique trait of not being driven around by his penis, is just Chris's round the clock surveillance system.

Boulder Dropping Whale would have been useful if he actually killed Bubbles's mother but since he failed he's just a great meme.

Why does Flame the Sunbird even exist? He's literally just Kazooie from Banjo-Kazooie and his role could have easily been filled by Wild or Bubbles or anyone because that stupid Sunstone doesn't even matter, except it does make everything grow like Norma, whoever she is. Norma is the most relevant character in that whole issue. (Note 26/11/18: Yes, I named Nadine’s mom after this typo.)

Again, Darkbind and Zelina are crimes against nature. (Note from an earlier repost): I am referring to a previous post complaining that Darkbind and Zelina were the combinations of not two but four franchises (Sonic, Pokémon, Zelda & Darkwing Duck) and came off as clunky because of it.)

Crystal the sister is especially irrelevant now that Chris is a girl (why not make her a trans man to mirror Chris' own transition? Oh wait JERKS.), but she was always redundant with Rosechu and Chris himself.

Sailor Megtune - why didn't he just draw Megan herself? We know he's okay drawing her.

Megagi - Already kinda redundant with Megtune and she really had no reason to exist after Chris & Megan had that falling out.

Jamsta and Lolisa speak for themselves at their uselessness. I mean, they are just bit characters anyway. But as someone else mentioned before their radio station is particularly shitty.

Patti-Chan, while her story is cute, just exists as a way for Chris to hold on to his beloved pet and not fully cope with her loss.

Allison Amber, although being one of the better characters, wouldn't need to exist if Chris would just do some work for once. That said if the point of her character was to be an audience surrogate (I mean, until she shoots a man in cold blood) then for once Chris succeeded.

Bionic the Hedgehog as previously mentioned is just there for the sake of having an orange Sonichu, even though he isn't one.

All of the specific characters of Chris's "real life" "sweethearts" (Pandahalo, Blanca, Ivy) as well as their OCs (Jiggliami, Blazebob & Chloe, Layla Flaafy) are pointless because they all just disappear almost immediately after they're introduced after Chris finds out they were a troll or they "died".

Likewise any rendition of one of Chris' real life trolls (Jason Kendrick Howell, Clyde, Jack Thaddeus, Alec, Evan, Sean & Mao) are again just there as pen-and-paper voodoo dolls for Chris to take out his frustrations on. The trolls in particular almost work against Chris' point in including them because no matter how much Chris paints himself as the hero his violent murder sprees always end with him looking like the villain. (Justice for the Asperpedia Four!)

Beel is just Satan and a secretary for the 4-cent-garbage building. Pretty pointless.

Zapina is just there as a token "cute" character.

Simonla is just Wild's token sweetheart and then later the lynchpin Chris needed to justify executing his enemies.

Silvana, while another fairly interesting character, is just a villain-of-the-week with an added dose of Chris's sexual insecurity.

Sarah & Rita Jackarass - These two are both stupid minor characters, but why on Earth did there need to be two of them?

GodJesus exists solely to heap praise onto our beloved autist.

Those stupid Samurai Pizza Transformers are stupid. I hate them so much. I hope they burn in the Earth's lava core.

Sonichu & Rosechu's children are initially just there to be cloyingly cute and then once they're grown to be Chris's LGBT mouthpieces, forgetting that we won't listen to anything they say because we already hate them. Of special pointlessness is Cerah, because while Robbie is the most punchable he's at least the focus character of a lot of the newer stuff (even though we hated him as a Sonee, we hated him as a Sonichu, and we'll hate him as a Rosechu), and Christine is vapid she gives credence to the idea that Magi-Chan is giving it to Rosechu behind Sonichu's back which is way more interesting than canon. Cerah does jack squat besides be a lesbian.

The Asperchu cameos are just there for Chris to try to force Alec to give him what he wants and the Basement Rosechus are just there to slander Alec's name.

Sandy is particularly irrelevant since Simonla's back, she was never anything more than a replacement goldfish for her.

Kevin the Jew - I knew it! I knew it all along! Peppermint Patty is a boy!

Bananasaurus - Don't listen to your Patreon backers Chris.

Lastly, Russel & Cynthia are just there to fill the Sonee/Rosee void left when Cera Christine & Robbie evolved, a void no one in particular wanted filled.

Edited (27/10/17) to include all the MLP characters and Chris's ponysona - We hate them and we want Sonichu back.

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imjustthemechanic · 6 years ago

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Natalie Jones and the Golden Ship

Part 1/? - A Meeting at the Palace Part 2/? - Curry Talk Part 3/? - Princess Sitamun Part 4/? - Not At Rest Part 5/? - Dead Men Tell no Tales Part 6/? - Sitamun Rises Again Part 7/? - The Curse of Madame Desrosiers Part 8/? - Sabotage at Guedelon Part 9/? - A Miracle Part 10/? - Desrosiers’ Elixir Part 11/? - Athens in October Part 12/? - The Man in Black Part 13/? - Mr. Neustadt Part 14/? - The Other Side of the Story Part 15/? - A Favour Part 16/? - A Knock on the Window Part 17/? - Sir Stephen and Buckeye Part 18/? - Books of Alchemy Part 19/? - The Answers

Desrosiers tells her story, and makes a promise.

Natasha had so many questions she wanted to ask, she wasn’t sure where to begin. Fortunately, Sharon was there – she’d brought her digital recorder, and she had a procedure for questioning, inherited from her police work.

“Let’s start at the beginning,” she said, turning the recorder on. “What’s your name?”

That shouldn’t have been a difficult question, but Desrosiers looked like she had no idea how to answer it.

“The one you were born with,” Natasha suggested. “Neustadt said you were Perenelle Flamel. Is that your real name?”

“No,” Desrosiers sighed. “No, my name is…” she paused, thinking about it. “The modern equivalent would be Phuong. I was an alchemist at the court of Chungsuk – the Yuan let women study alchemy, but by that time it was a bit of a dying art. The old masters who’d sought the secrets of nature were gone, and all that were left were a bunch of herb-grinders.” Her voice was wistful. Natasha didn’t know as much East Asian history as she did European and American, but she suspected anybody talking in that tone about Mongol-ruled Korea was looking through very rose-tinted glasses indeed.

“I went travelling to look for somebody who could teach me more,” Desrosiers went on, “but in China there was just more of the same. The old immortals were dead or in hiding, and the living alchemists were herbalists who knew what to do but not why they did it. I was told that further west there were nothing but demons and barbarians, but I went on with the silk traders to see for myself. Turned out there weren’t any demons, just people… as if those aren’t bad enough,” she snorted.

Sam had snorted, too, and quickly amused himself. “Sorry, I’m just amused by the idea of somebody from the East coming west to search for forgotten wisdom. Go on.”

“It took years, but I found my way to Europe, and there were finally people who still wanted to know the secrets of how the universe worked,” Desrosiers said. “I met Nicolas in Paris, and he was the first to agree to teach me, despite me being a foreigner and a woman. The two of us decoded the book and created the Philosopher’s Stone together.”

“Did you marry him for his money?” asked Nat.

Desrosiers glared at her. “I married him because he and I respected each other! We had two children,” she added. “I haven’t seen either of them in seventy years but they always turn up sooner or later. Then Nicolas, who could have lived forever, was murdered for the key, but he had enough warning to hide it in the mummy case. I have spent a hundred and fifty years trying to get that mummy back so I could destroy the key, and now it’s in the hands of Neustadt!” She looked at the six members of the CAAP as if this were their personal fault.

“And who is Neustadt?” asked Natasha. “That’s the only name anybody’s used for him. Who is he and how old is he?”

“You really haven’t figured that out? He left me a note signed with his initials. You were here, you must have seen it.”

Nat recalled the post-it, which had seemed to end in mid-sentence: missed me in. Missed me was a statement in itself, so the initials must be I. N. N obviously stood for Neustadt – she really should have recognized that at once – so I must be his given name, and Neue Stadt was German for…

“New Town,” said Natasha out loud. God damn. They’d talked about him, they’d used the name, and she’d never made the connection!

One by one, the others figured it out as well. “You have to be kidding,” said Sam. “Are you telling us that the man we talked to in the restaurant yesterday was the immortal Sir Isaac Newton?”

“Yes,” said Desrosiers. “That is exactly what I’m telling you.”

Natasha looked around at her companions, and found them all stunned and unsure of how to respond to this. She wasn’t sure, herself – was this good news or bad? It was nice to know who they were fighting, but it was a man who’d gone down in history as one of it’s greatest geniuses. That might not bode well.

“Okay.” She took a deep breath. “Assuming that Newton did steal the mummy and now has the key, he’s obviously going to decode the book and make the Philosopher’s Stone. What does he want it for?” She knew what answer she expected, but it was probably best to make sure.

“That’s the trouble,” said Desrosiers. “Most people would be happy to just make themselves fantastically wealthy and go home, but Neustadt thinks he can transmute his own body and become a god or something. I’ve never understood his ramblings – frankly, I don’t think he ever recovered from his bout of mercury poisoning. But it doesn’t matter,” she added, sitting up straighter. “Whatever he wants to use it for, the Philosopher’s Stone is incredibly dangerous. If you just follow the instructions in the book, you get a reactor of enormous power that cannot be controlled – it was only by good luck that Nicolas and I didn’t destroy ourselves in our first test! By the second we had figured out what precautions we had to take to contain it, but history is littered with people who have not been so lucky.”

“Like who?” asked Nat.

“Perhaps you’ve heard of Thira, the volcano that’s supposed to have inspired the legend of Atlantis?” asked Desrosiers.

“Santorini,” Nat said. Where this Maslanko fellow lived.

“That was no eruption, just a fool who made the Philosopher’s Sone and couldn’t keep it contained,” Desrosiers told them. “I’ve been there, and I recognize the signs. Or perhaps Tunguska, in the early 20th century?”

“That’s supposed to have been a meteor,” Sam objected.

“Yes, and they’ve had to come up with ever-more-contrived explanations for why they’ve never found a part of it,” said Desrosiers. “That was Rasputin, and it was lucky for him that he wasn’t in his laboratory when his apprentices got it started! Not lucky for the Russian royal family, of course,” she added. “If Neustadt tries to make the stone the same thing will happen, a blast equal to several nuclear bombs. In the political climate we’re in that could start a war, depending on who takes the credit or the blame, and it will doubtless cause devastation no matter where he sets it off, and if he’s dead because he jumped into the fool thing, he won’t be able to do anything about it!”

No wonder she didn’t like sharing this information, Nat thought.

“So why don’t you just tell him that?” asked Sam, who was generally the group’s voice of common sense.

“I have. He doesn’t believe me,” said Desrosiers. “He thinks I’m just trying to keep him from becoming a god.”

“You were pretty selfish about your healing bacteria back there,” Sam pointed out.

“I healed your friend,” Desrosiers protested.

“You could heal millions of other people, but you don’t,” said Sam.

“It would become something people fight over, and I don’t want that,” said Desrosiers. “I would rather nobody have it than it be the sole property of the rich, or parents refuse it to their children because it’s not natural.”

Both those possibilities actually seemed worryingly likely, but that was beside the point right now. “Newton told us to go to Montenegro to get something he left there,” she said. “What is it?” “I don’t know,” said Desrosiers. “He’s got things stashed all over Europe and northern Africa, but I’m really not so interested in him as he thinks I am. Unlike him, I have better things to do than feud.”

Nat didn’t think that was quite true, either – the two of them certainly took great pains not to be like one another, in philosophy, in dress, in claimed nationality, and anything else imaginable. “If he’s left Athens, where will he go? He mentioned Australia.”

“I doubt he’s ever been to Australia,” said Desrosiers, “but it wouldn’t surprise me if he has friends there. He’s always liked having criminals as followers, because if they don’t do what he likes he can simply turn them in. Some of them could easily have been transported.”

“Why should we believe you over him?” asked Sharon.

“Because unlike him, I am telling the truth,” Desrosiers insisted. “You saw me heal your friend! Why would I have done that if I had any but the best of intentions?”

“Maybe to keep us quiet,” said Nat. “Maybe to bribe us. Maybe your bacteria will take over his body and make him your zombie slave.”

“You’re impossible,” Desrosiers groaned.

Clint raised his hand. “I just want to say that I am not on board with the zombie slave plan,” he said.

“All I wanted was knowledge,” said Desrosiers. “I wanted, and I still want, to know the deepest secrets of how the universe and the body work. I’ve never wanted wealth. If I did, I would have it. If I wanted to kill you, I could have done so, but I saved his life instead. What more do you need from me?”

“You obviously wanted immortality, too,” said Nat. “I mean… you’re still alive.”

“Nobody wants to die,” said Desrosiers. “Even those who think they do. Attempted suicides who survive always talk about how they realized in their last moments that death was not the answer. I’m no different from anyone else that way.”

“Neither am I,” said Jim. He must have felt that he’d waited long enough through everybody’s questions and it was now his turn – he gently pushed his way to the front of the small group, and stood there a moment trying to figure out what to do with himself. He looked like he might bend down to look Desrosiers in the eye, but then he changed his mind and straightened up again, folding his arms over his chest for a moment before deciding against that, too, and letting them hang down at his sides. “Can you help me?” he asked.

Desrosiers looked him over. “You’re just like the rest?” she asked. “Quickly made and quickly discarded? He hasn’t done anything special with you?”

“Not that I know of,” said Jim. “I want to live, too.”

“I suppose you do,” Desrosiers said. “The organism duplicates everything in the original DNA, and that will include your survival instincts. Very well, I’ll try my best, but you have to let me go back to my own hotel and prepare some things, without following me or being watched. I don’t trust you. It’s not personal,” she added, “I don’t trust anybody.”

“If we don’t follow or watch you, how do we know you’ll come back?” asked Nat.

“You have my word,” said Desrosiers. “That’s all I can offer.”

“What if you were to leave something valuable of your own with us?” Sir Stephen suggested. “Something you must come back for?”

“Such as?” she asked.

“Your passport,” Nat suggested. A French citizen would be able to travel around the EU without it, but it was still a valuable document.

Desrosiers thought about it. “All right, I can do that. It��s in my purse – if you’ll free my hands, please.”

Somewhat reluctantly, Sharon unlocked the handcuffs, and Desrosiers found her passport and gave it to Nat. It was an ordinary French one, with a dark red cover and the words Union Européenne; République Française on it. When Nat opened it, the information inside described the holder as Helene Desrosiers, age thirty-seven, born in Seoul. It was a fake, of course – anybody who wanted to live forever would have to know how to get fake ID – but it was a very well-done one. Hopefully getting another copy would be enough of a headache that Desrosiers would prefer to come back for this one.

“All right,” said Nat. “Go.”

#fanfic #steve rogers #natasha romanov #sam wilson #sharon carter #clint barton #bucky barnes

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talesbytalz · 5 years ago

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Hi, Everyone …so first of all a big big thanks to each one of you for making my last blog post a huge success.

Jab bhi I wake up in the morning and see the notification that my blog stats are booming, I feel supercharged and motivated. All Thanks to my lovely audience!

I am sure you know from the statement above that when I wake up my bed tea is in the form of mobile notifications, this is something which can help you know me better!

Now see, when you are about to get into a relationship or even into a work set-up, your debut step should be to know your partner better. The sone-pe suhaga factor here would be if you know the partner inside out from their likes to passions and how they are to others?

These are some the things that would help your relation get better and eventually you would know how to behave and make decisions around them.

This is what gave me the idea of using my class#2 assignment from the DigitalDeepak internship into something, I yearn to see every time.

For me my customer or as I like to call them, my audience is my bhaagyewaan 🙂 No other way can there be to know them better.

Hence, I decided to seize this opportunity and find out more about my audience to understand them better and hence deliver content which they love and wish to see.

So, here I am chef Talz – yours truly, sharing the recipe of finding Your Customer Avatar, aur jee Haan, ye ekdum cooking-shooking style me hee hone wala hai 🙂

Are you ready? Chalo Chalte Hain ye dish prepare karne at our Kitchen aka our Laptops or the mobile, jis se Abhi you are reading this post.

BRAINSTORM

To make the best customer avatar you would first need to ask yourself the following questions?

What’s there in your ration stock?

Here you have to find out what all skills you have and what you need to buy. Here buy would refer to what all skills you need to learn more without which you cant make the recipe.

E.g. I am a content creator and say I have a mobile phone with a decent camera, but I would need to learn some SEO and marketing skills without which I cant target my audience, or maybe I have the skills but lack equipment say I would need a good mic.

which brings us to the next question

What all can I make with the ration stock?

and what all services and offerings you can provide.

E.g. If you are a singer, then singing is your skill and you can provide songs, lyrics, playback singings etc.

Who will be my consumer?

Once you know what you can offer, then the pitch is set right to know who are your target consumers. Just like you decide your recipe in the kitchen, by figuring out who will consume it based upon their likes and tastes.

So, now that all questions are answered, its time to write down the ingredient list for the Perfect Customer Avatar Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

Set of Questions – Min. 5 Max 20

Flowchart to depict the flow of questions – Optional but handy

Set of images in sync with questions – Optional

Open your website/social media

Any survey creating tool, I used Typeform

PROCESS

Chopping:

First, we need to chop out of the unnecessary questions from our survey questionnaire and add all the rest to our pan where the survey form is steeping.

Cooking :

Now that our ingredients i.e the questions are ready, we need to follow the flowchart to add all the questions sequentially making a sense and also adding curiosity in the customer’s mind to move to the next question and not quit in between.

Here, a tip would be to add a logic jump, which means any particular answer could make the rest of the questions or few of them irrelevant for the person and thus those can be skipped and save mutual time.

Here is an example of the same:

Adding Spices & Salt:

try to add some personal touch that resonates with your business or your’s and your customer’s persona, swad-anusaar. But hey don’t make it too salty or spicey! Else koi nahi samjh payega aapka agenda!

I would suggest adding your persona to the multiple-choice questions

Tadka Garnishing:

Now, its time to garnish our recipe with some tadka of Images, although this is optional, as you might be well aware with my Instagram, I love taking pictures, toh iska tadka toh banta hai!

Test & Taste:

Being a QA Engineer, I know the importance of testing before delivering, hence it’s important for you to trial test the form and also previews before making others taste your recipe. Dekho Kahin bhool chook na reh gayi ho! It’s always better to be safe than sorry!

Plating and Culinary Arts:

So, now that our dish is ready, it’s time to Publish and share the survey questionnaire to first your very close mates, as they would pilot test and tell you how did they find it.

Another tip I would add here , and i.e just like you would decorate with some culinary arts , before publishing do change the default form name and the metadata , for a good aesthetics.

I was lucky that my kind friends told me a few suggestions and bugs which I corrected. After their green flag, share it with the world on your social media or website and get your responses.

Wait For the Feedback:

Now that everything was done, I was waiting for the responses and so much in the excitement that I kept refreshing the page to see the number of responses pouring in.

Deciphering the results:

How to define your target audience?

Demographics

Now, although I should have added a multiple-choice in the cities but since my audience is from different parts of the world, I added a long text option and along with this the language they speak because we all know that a way to your audience is when you speak their lingo, they connect and relate well.

Also another interesting fact, all my audience uses mobiles to consume content 🙂

Psychographics

Questions like what do they do as soon as they wake up give me an idea on how active audience they are, and a way to add good news through a story in their morning notifications as most people said, which I got to know through the following

What time do they love to consume content and which platform are they most active, would help me a lot in scheduling my content at the right time when my audience is consuming it. Because as they say strike the iron when it’s hot!

Another thing that would help me is knowing the gender and marital status, which would help me add tips for active seekers 😉 I did not add the age column as that I can very well guess from the marital status 😉 See I am a bit smart that way 😀

And the most important aspect for me, is what platforms they are most active on and which kind of content do they enjoy the most? This was a revelation indeed!

The Ultimate Revelation

Unveiling the Ideal Customer Avatar

So Finally Ladies & Gentlemen, hold your breath cause now I know who my Ideal Customer Avatar is :

A married aspirational workaholic (because i visited each respondent’s profile)

who lives Delhi , Mumbai & Bangalore mainly in India ,

loves speaking Hindi.

Does not like to wake up to mobile notifications ,

and is mainly a content consumer than a creator

enjoys lifestyle and fitness content the most along with technology , motivation, travel and comedy as well

vlogs , blogs stories and memes are consumed the most having appealing content and videos

on watsapp, facebook, instagram and Youtube between 8pm to 10pm

loves to shop and travel which means they would acknowledge respective content ,

seeking happiness and motivation to achieve goals in life.

Phew!! can’t tell you how relieved I feel, aisa lag raha hai jaise koi khazana mil gaya ho, Kaise bayan Karu ye Khushi 🙂

Now a piece of good news was most respondents love to watch and read my content, which is such a bliss, and I don’t think I will be able to sleep tonight after this out of happiness.

But hey! , if you have not yet joined the bandwagon of Ohh-so-me-ness, then please do and let’s stay connected.

Recipe to find your ideal customer avatar Hi, Everyone ...so first of all a big big thanks to each one of you for making my last blog post a huge success.

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housesunshard · 5 years ago

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[OOC] We are finally opening!!... I suppose??

Alright, here's the thing:

I've been planning for a long, long, loooooooong time to create a place to share info about my OCs.

I don't really think I'll be able to keep up with five different pages -my main account and one for each bb- so I decided to post stuff here for all of them.

House Sunshard is a tumblr where I'll slowly upload information, short stories, related images, art, IC perspective and many other things about Kyndreya, Van'doriel, Daelenar and Auridal Sunshard with some extra posts related to their family, friends and loved ones (i.e. bitchy auntie Noveria and Dael's precious bf <3)

I'll do my best to post each story as soon as I get my AotC :^) Jk, that'll take sone months and, while I'd love to play with each elven creation I have, I'm far too lazy to farm essences for all of them and right now Daelenar is the one making the family proud by getting purple parses and dying to stupid mechanics in Ny'alotha 👌 Anyway, to stop flexing and to go back to the original plan: Each story is still in development and I fucking hate myself for not "finishing" them before. There are good chunks of info to post though so there'll be stories and posts about the family real soon. To be honest, sometimes it's a bit hard for me to fully develop stories because English isn't my native language BUT I keep tryharding. \o/

I said I'd be also posting art so you can have a picture of each bb in mind whenever it comes to imagine them in certain situations... But so far I only have artwork/commissions of Kyndreya and Daelenar! Auridal is next in line because I'm still trying to decide on which kind of haircut and jewelry Van'doriel should use regularly.

You can count on me saving money to pay beautiful people for beautiful art! I may reblog a lot of art and pretty OCs I find along the way so yeah... Sorry about the spam? uwu I'll have to work with the tags and such. This is the first time I dedicate so much to one tumblr that will not exist merely to look hella good and to reblog tiddies. ;w;

(Some nsfw posts may pop from time to time btw~)

I don't think I'll be able to RP through this place for now. Hell, I barely even RP in-game now thanks to the new patch.

Also, keep in mind I'm a Horde player. There's almost zero love for the Alliance here -Van is some sort of exception- so I don't think I'll be up for cross-faction rp. Hell, it was hard even in those in-game events where I went to.

For Horde players: If you ever wanna play and grind/farm/cap/whatever and you need a shitty tank or a dps, just hit me up! Daelenar is one big boy with big ilvl items and big burst with big cooldowns HAH! (?) Out of joke, I'm qualified to tank/dps a +10 or higher for you in case you need help! You only need to ask~

Anyway, this is a small (?) post mostly to clarify the existence of this silly place. If you feel curiosity -and I dearly encourage everyone!- you are free to ask for details in the "Ask" tab \o/ I don't bite unless you mess with my kids or Quel'thalas. :3c

Boop the nose of my kiddos if you see them around in Wyrmrest Accord if you read this btw 💖

I'd write a bit more but it's almost 4am and I'm literally ded atm, thanks for reading~

#House Sunshard #Kyndreya #Van'doriel #Daelenar #Auridal #oh boi #hype #i cant believe i ended up creating and updating the goddamn blog #welp #hope i can post regularly #fucking grinds tbh #and fucking mount farming #that and guild responsibilities #will be the death of me #wow

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wingslovesfiction · 7 years ago

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tagged by: @monkeysatemylastrolo (here is her post) who is writing the lovely Supernatural/Avengers crossover fanfic Trading places on AO3 under the username Vegetableswillhavetheirrevenge. I think I found your AO3 profile and therefore your fic through your tumblr, then promplty forgot about it cause you have a very different username :D rules: you must answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people tagging: This is so difficult... @tigerlilynoh @semirahrose @denugis @l-e-i-n-t-h @posingasme I’d tag @eruthiawenluin but she’s already answered here, @rirren @fioreitaliano @mixgoldenphoenix @forlorn-kumquat @waterbird13 but only if they want to. Any anyone else who wants to. :)

Sorry, but I’m incapable of giving short answers, apparently.

the last 1. drink: water. pretty much always. 2. phone call: my father, day before yesterday, about some potential tenants. 3. text message: ...also to my father, apparently. It was over a week ago, letting him and my mom know know when I was getting back. 4. song you listened to: not sure... it was in a fanvid, probably? I’ve rewatched sone SPN fanvids recently. Oh, no, it was that Anaconda/Phantom of the Opera mashup on here, wasn’t it? Yikes. 5. time you cried: I cry pretty rarely, and that’s usually because of a piece of fiction... it was either Atonement (movie with James McAvoy), or else a movie I don’t even know the title of, it just involved a grandmother almost dying, and I happened to be in the room at that part, and a relative of ours died recently - and I did not cry then, this stupid movie just triggered it somehow. 6. dated someone twice: how do you even count dates if you’re aroace but you slowly drift into a relatioship with your best (only) friend on a “I want to try this” basis? But I suppose the answer is: now, since I have a boyfriend at the moment. 7. kissed someone and regretted it: 2012 iirc, first time I tried kissing and hated it. But it was also good to know I don’t like it, so it’s not a big regret. Recenty it turned out I can like kissing, though. 8. been cheated on: never. 9. lost someone special: Mum’s cousin died a couple of months ago. 10. been depressed: it’s not to diagnosable levels, but I’m depressed and anxious a lot when I’m stressed, so this January-April had some difficult parts when I was writing my thesis. But 2013 autumn (I think?) was the only time I went to a therapist for it, cause wanting to die instead of dealing with stuff is not a nice thought to have that often. 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: never. I drink so rarely and so little when I do that I don’t think it will ever happen.

3 favorite colors 12. green 13. blue 14. yellow if mixed with the first two. Otherwise silver?

in the last year have you 15. made new friends: yes (but not close friends) 16. fallen out of love: so far I seem to be 100% aromantic... 17. laughed until you cried: Laughed a lot, yes, but I don’t remember if I ever cried from laughing. 18. found out someone was talking about you: what does this even mean? in secret? no. 19. met someone who changed you: do people who teach you stuff count? 20. found out who your friends are: ...no? 21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: what facebook list? I only kissed one person, and we are friends on fb, yes...

general 22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: All of them. I only have people on there who are to do with my real life, not my internet life. “knowing” them might be an exaggeration, though. 23. do you have any pets: my family has one cat atm. 24. do you want to change your name: Nope. 25. what did you do for your last birthday: parents, siblings & their SOs, cake. 26. what time did you wake up: Midday... 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: sat in my parents’s car, coming back from a day trip to the Cserhát mountains. 28. name something you can’t wait for: I’m good right now... I’d rather this summer dragged on forever, since I just got my degree and start work in September (as much as I love my future job). There’s movies I’m looking forward to, but I can wait. 29. when was the last time you saw your mum: a second ago. 31. what are you listening to right now: birdsong; my parents talking at times. 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: I don’t think so. Maybe. Does the Hungarian equivalent of the name count? 33. something that is getting on your nerves: politics and news. More personally (tmi?): the roots of my body hair getting inflamed all the time. 34. most visited website: gmail, technically, from where I go to FFNet or AO3 for fanfic updates. Recently, tumblr is creeping back up. 35. hair colour: brown. 36. long or short hair: short (pixie!). I got it cut almost exactly 2 years ago, I wore it long before then. 37. do you have a crush on someone: No, still aro. 38. what do you like about yourself: I have a high IQ. It has its drawbacks (mainly my conscience screaming “why are you not doing MORE if you have the ability”), but I don’t know what I’d do without it. 39. piercings: no. 40. blood type: I don’t know. 41. nickname: Wings on the internet, rather not say in person. My given name is from the Bible so it’s pretty common in a lot of countries, but the nickname for it that I use only exists in my country (Hungary). 42. relationship status: like I said: ‘dating’ my best friend who knows I’m aro and (mostly?) ace, on the basis “let’s give it a try since we enjoy each other’s company”. It’s going well, so far, but he’s been in Germany for the past few months on a scholarship. 43. zodiac: Taurus (ascendant: Libra) 44. pronouns: she/her 45. favourite tv show: I have a lot of stuff I love a lot, it changes over time which one I’m focused on. I don’t have the objectivity to choose from them. Supernatural and Stargate: SG-1 deserve mentioning because I haven’t only read a ton of fanfic for them, I have also written a bit. 46. tattoos: nope. 47. right or left handed: right. 48. surgery: None. My broken arm only needed a cast. 49. piercing: I’d like to leave monkeysatemylastrolo’s answer here: “Why is ‘piercing’ any different from the ‘piercings’ of question 39? Is there some special magical power people gain depending on the number of piercings they have?” 50. sport: Tai chi (Taijiquan). It’s great. It’s martial arts and meditation but it’s slow moving and graceful and I could start it when I was out of breath just going up the stairs. Never looked back. I would like swimming, if *something* wouldn’t always get in the way. 51. vacation: I’m spending my summer with my parents in my childhood home. It counts as vacation because there’s clean air and lakes and I won’t be living here from September, when I start working in Budapest. 52. pair of trainers: yes? What about them? I have two pairs of cheap flat-soled ones for tai chi, and a pair of not-really-trainers for street wear (white, black, and light green, respecitvely). 53. eating: I just had some ice cream cake left over from my dad’s birthday. 54. drinking: water. again. 55. i’m about to: dunno. Read fanfic, probably, or answer some emails if there are any potential tenants. 56. waiting for: my graduation ceremony in two weeks? 57. want: realistically? To enjoy and earn enough money with the job I’m starting in September. Unrealistically? Superpowers, preferably ones involving flight, preferably wings + the assorted powers I made up. 58. get married: Probably not. I might enter a long-term relationship in order to raise children, if I come to want any, and then it might be worth it for legal&economic reasons, but... 59. career: Translator (Hungarian, English, some German). Just starting out. 60. hugs or kisses: Hugs. Not from everyone, though. 61. lips or eyes: is this a “what do I notice on people as attractive” question? In person: nothing. I do notice the eyes of some actors I’m a fan of, and the lips of one cause they’re always improbably red. 62. shorter or taller: I’m of average height for a woman, I think. 63. older or younger: Than whom? I’m 27. 64. nice arms or nice stomach: again: is this a “what do I notice on people as attractive” question? Again, nothing. 65. hook up or relationship: Mostly neither, but I have to say relatinship since I have something like that at the moment, and I never had a hook up. 66. troublemaker or hesitant: I’m mostly hesitant, except about stuff like climbing a tree on a hike or stuff like that.

have you ever 67. kissed a stranger: No. I’m definitely not attracted to strangers. 68. drank hard liquor: yes, to try the tase, or to settle my stomach, but always just a minimal amount. 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: Nope. Never had contacts. I did sit on my glasses on a holiday once, and they warped pretty badly, so I was without them for a little over a week... 70. turned someone down: Yes. All three people that ever asked me out, all of them after one or two dates (I felt like I had to try), all before I heard or thought about aromanticism and asexuality. The second involved a lot of tears, but then I was friends with him for a long time after that. 71. sex on the first date: Nope. 72. broken someone’s heart: I don’t think so. It might be on the horizon, though, if the boy I’m dating comes to love me and comes to hate the fact that I don’t feel that strongly... 73. had your heart broken: Romantically: nope, still 100% aromantic. It breaks my heart what we’re doing to the planet (and ourselves), though. Seriously, I have cried about that more than once. 74. been arrested: No, not even close. 75. cried when someone died: I think I only cried at the funeral, not when I got the news. 76. fallen for a friend: Never been in love!

do you believe in 77. yourself: Repeat after me: “I believe in myself.” 78. miracles: I believe in some stuff that sceptics would say is unscientific nonsense, partly cause I’ve experienced some of it, partly cause I’m hoping it’s true, but I wouldn’t classify them as miracles. 79. love at first sight: for some people, I guess it’s possible, I mean, there are enough stories about it. 80. santa claus: we don’t even have him in Hungary in the same form as americans&co do :) A dude based on Saint Nicholas comes on his day, the 6th of December and brings chocolate, tangerines and peanuts, but I know it’s my parents :) Christmas gifts are brought by the baby Jesus’s angels (again, also known as my parents). 81. kiss on the first date: Is that something to believe in? If you want it, do it, it doesn’t have anything to do with me. 82. angels: Ehh... no? Souls or similar, yes, some kind of afterlife, yes, because I don't think the human mind is just flesh, but anything as specific as angels? I have no way of knowing, and I don’t want to dismiss other religions by saying I believe in something that’s specific to only a few of them, so...

other 83. current best friend’s name: I only have the one close friend, who I’m “dating”, and I’m not telling you his name. (I’m bad at relationships. Not just romantic ones, but friendly ones as well. I have people I’m friendly with, but maintaining a relationship outside fixed programs like school, work, tai chi training, choir practice, etc. - how does one even do that?! I’m too lazy and too selfishly satisfied with my own company to spend my energy on that, apparently.) 84. eye color: green, but brownish (is that hazel?) 85. favorite movie: see question 45 about favorite TV show, except I never actually managed to write fanfic for any of them. How do I choose?!?! Star Wars, I guess? Return of the Jedi, if I have to choose one from them. The Matrix, if you want something a bit less fandom-y.

#I'm not proofreading this #sorry if I accidentally left in an answer by monkeysatmylastrolo #or for spelling mistakes #I have my spellcheck off because you can't set two languages at the same time #so it would always underline either everything in hun or everything in eng and that got annoying #personal #tumblr stuff #tumblr games #reblog if...#my post #post by me #I need to revise my tagging system #this took absurdly long #but it's way less stressful than answering people lookinf for a flat #which is what I'm supposed to be doing

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prxncessophelia · 5 years ago

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Magdalena Bay /r/Popheads Discord AMA [16/08/2019] Transcript

Q : Did you get your name from this iconic bop? [Sandra : Maria Magdalena]

MB : hahah no, Matt stole it from a literal person named Magdalena Bay // (they called her maggy bay)

Q : whats your biggest influence that sounds nothing like your own music

MB : we love PC Music even though we don't really sound like it

Q : out of everything you’ve made, what song is your all-time fave/which one are you the most proud of?

MB : We think Set Me Off is super underrated, but usually our fave is whatever the newest thing we write is

Q : Did Matt take up that offer at the DMV?

MB : hahaha NO

Q : whats the song you guys most had trouble with?

MB : hmmm probably move slow, we re-did the melody and production a few times before we settled on the disco vibes

Q : What made you guys decide to go for shorter song lengths, or was it somethjng that just happened naturally?

MB : We got tired of waiting so long to release official singles, wanted to do low-pressure quick songs that we could get out to our fans sooner!

Q : So like, where’s Voc pop on Spotify?

MB : hahah does anyone actually like that song?! It was the first pop thing we ever made and it was more of a learning experience for us than an actual song to us

Q : are you planning to tour europe anytime soon?

MB : we'd love to tour just need the right opportunity

Q : what's both of your favourite songs right now? also have you heard any of Caroline Polachek's music

MB : Actually one of our favorite songs right now is Door! Another is Ever Again (Robyn)

Q : one more: do you have any plans for an album in the future? Or are you just going with the flow

MB : yes we have album plans! Maybe next year

Q : Did you have a specific inspiration for Neon's music video, or was it just the whole vaporwave aesthetic in general?

MB : that video we actually didn't do ourselves, we found that archival footage of the couple and had that intro sequence sone but we sent it to our talented friend Matt Lewis who added the whole vaporwave element, we really weren't too aware of that whole world at the time! But it really worked well with Neon

Q : do you like the band Superorganism?

MB : haven't really listened to Superorganism, we'll check them out!

Q : Only thing I don’t like is the redbone cover to be honest with you and I’ve gone through your YouTube and soundcloud

MB : lol we respect that

Q : I really like your Redbone cover! What other songs would you like to cover?

MB : we always struggle to think of covers, was thinking of sourcing suggestions on Instagram so maybe we'll do that soon

Q : What is thr most difficult song of the creative process for you guys, is it, say, the lyrics, the melody, the mixing?

MB : probably lyrics, it's not that it's HARD but I get very particular about it and sometimes a little slow haha - Mica

Q : i just have to say, i think i've streamed your one song Only If You Want It a million times. it's such a bop and i think it's a great song to introduce people to your work. what was your inspiration for that song and the retro style music video?

MB : yes we think OIYWI really encapsulates what we're aiming to do musically, really glad you like it! Spice Girls, specifically Say You'll Be There, was a huge inspo. We really love that video but didn't have a plan for it AT ALL when we filmed all that footage of me with our vhs cam hahah so it was a mess but then we figured out the word art aesthetic and the bugs and it all came together

Q : How does it feel to be the highlight of my terrible day? Because once I saw the tweet I felt quite a bit better, plus my magbae playlist keeps me calm

MB : Thank you!! We made that cover ourselves so means a lot, and there's a little nod to each mini song in it which is fun

Q : have you ever covered songs that you decided against releasing?

MB : yes lol how did you know?? we did really weird attempts at promiscuous girl and rod stewart's if you think i'm sexy that will never see the light of day

Q : https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/264810236500639745/609503125677670418/magdalenabay.gif

MB : love the gif!!

Q : if a blackpink stan is called a blink is a magdalena bay stan called a mabay

MB : we think magbae is a good stan name

Q : what is the best/worst thing you've guys have encountered so far in the music industry??

MB : best/worst thing we've encountered in the music industry: one of the best things is finding our stuff being posted on r/popheads, we used to have to do it ourselves hahah, worst thing is dealing with shady industry people

Q : Any plans for shows in the Los Angeles area by the end of the year?

MB : re LA shows: we're working on it! probably yes

Q : Oh shoot i just thought of a very very improtany question i must know - Simply : Cats or Dogs

MB : DOGS

much later // we like cats too just dogs more :/

Q : Did you start making music for the fun of it, or did you actually have asperations to be famous?

MB : we started making music back in high school in a rock band and it just evolved from there. I (mica) never thought I would really do this until i had to graduate college and was like wait!!! I don't want a real job!! // Matt always knew he wanted to work in music

Q : magdalena bay, how would you guys describe your songwriting process?

MB : it's pretty different for each song, only thing that stays the same is that we write lyrics after melody, not all writers do that! but a song can start with a beat or chords or sometimes melody, from either of us!

Q : ooh I actually have one more question! what song of yours has the most meaning to you? whether it’s bc of the inspiration behind it or something else

MB : probably some of the unreleased stuff, but you'll hear it soon! a song called airplane is prob the most personal to me (mica)

Q : what artist(s) would you collab with, if you could pick any?

MB : soo many but Rina Sawayama is near the top of our list

Q : If you could travel back in time and impart one piece of advise to your early teenage selves, what would it be?

MB : START MAKING POP SOONER

Q : So do you sit down for hours and work on thinking of melodies or do they come to you randomly and you're like "whelp, time to record"

MB : both definitely happen, iphone voice memos are key

Q : Actually I do have a question, if y'all had a bigger budget, what would you be doing differently?

MB : blackpink-level music videos

Q : Favorite video games?

MB : We've just started playing video games and love zelda twilight princess but we're dumb and bad at it and are always stuck lol

Q : there are several users here in popheads who are trying to get into the music industry, if you have one tip you can give them, what would it be?

MB : try to do everything you can yourself- from music production to videos to graphics you will learn a lot and be less reliant on other people!! and you'll save money haha

Q : If yall dont thats chill but if yoy do whats your fav song from blackpink

MB : we like the one that goes dudududu

Q : Were you ever worried about a song with hashtag as a title/lyric? Or were you just that damn confident?

MB : yes we were worried lol

Q : would you play Minecraft

MB : don't know anything about it but matt's little sister plays it so sure

Q : we spoke about artists you'd like to work with so...what producers do you get inspiration from / would like to work with?

MB : definitely ag cook, Sophie, grimes, toro, also get a lot of influence from the classics like max martin, quincy jones, pharell

Q : What's one thing people might be surprised to learn about the both of you, respectively?

MB : Maybe that we started music playing in a progressive rock band (the opposite of pop) also matt is an amazing chef and mica is argentinian??

Q : if there is one, favourite Britney Spears album/song?

MB : BLACKOUT we listen to it every day

Q : is there any of your progressive rock stuff on the internet 🧐

Also: (you may have answered this already, skip if you have lol) why did you guys make such a genre switch?

MB : Yes but we're not gonna link hahah, and we started making pop because we were at school in different cities and pop is easier to make long distance.... didn't know we'd fall in love with making it! Also mica discovered art angels around that time and that was that

Q : will you continue to be in the server and chat with us? we enjoy having you and hope you'll stick around

MB : thank you!! @hals#0013 yes we'll be around

Q : what do yall liste to outside of pop

MB : NOTHING and with that, goodbye! :heart: :heart: :heart: thanks again!!

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