#idol Sweden

[white-eyed-girl]

In light of Måns throwing temper tantrums right and left after not winning Mello, let me just say something I've always thought. He desperately wants to be Loreen without having the talent nor the vision nor the grace for it.

[thenerdysimp]

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Pairing: Franco Colapinto x reader

Summary: Y/n is a 19 (going on 20) year old girl who finally got the courage to apply to Idol with the hype and love from her boyfriend Franco.

Authors note: This series is based and play out in Swedish Idol, so it’s mentioned that they actually speak Swedish and that Y/n is from a city in Sweden called Lund, but for the purposes of the writing it will all be written in English.

Also, when the real competition starts in the program it’s 14 competitors. Since I’m making up a completely new person I’m gonna pretend like the first person that left never competed. Which means I’m gonna be changing around a little in who’s leaving when. Everyone is gonna be leaving in the same order but one week earlier in this than in the real competition. (There might be changes to this information)

And with Franco, he will be mentioned more in some chapters and less in some. I also want Y/n to interact with the people around her which means there will be a lot of those interactions every chapter. Just so nobody thinks that I’m forgetting our love Franco, absolutely not. He’s a very supportive boyfriend in this!

And yes, all names mentioned are actual people in this years Swedish idol.

Last but not least, the song she sings in that chapter is going to be tagged if anyone wants to listen to it!

Hope you like it!

Idol series - official playlist

Character introductions

Chapter 1 (pilot) - The auditions

Chapter 2 - End auditions day 1: chorus line

[baesuzypics]

[190610] pt 1. Bae Suzy in Denmark🇩🇰 / Sweden🇸🇪

she's so girlfriend material💓

[thestellarsage]

A commission I ordered from practicepotato.

It’s Sumire Heanna wearing a dress based on the prinsesstårta, or Swedish princess cake. It’s a cute dessert, and the color matches her motif perfectly. Also, happy birthday to the galaxy girl!

[famouslovewasteland]

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[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Janet Jackson - If 1993

"If" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet (1993). Jackson co-wrote and co-produced "If" with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with Harvey Fuqua, John Bristol and Jackey Beavers receiving songwriting credits for the sampling of their composition "Someday We'll Be Together", performed by Diana Ross & the Supremes. "If" was released as the album's second single on July 13, 1993. It fuses various genres, including rock, trip hop and industrial music, with elements of new jack swing and hip hop.

It received a BMI Pop Award for Most Played Song and was also ranked among Slant Magazine's "Best Singles of the 1990s" list. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It reached number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked atop the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It peaked at number 3 in Canada and 14 in the UK. It reached the top ten of Sweden, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, also peaking within the top twenty in Australia.

The accompanying music video for "If", directed by Dominic Sena, portrays voyeurism, sensuality and intense choreography, while depicting technology that was unavailable at the time, such as touch screens and web cameras. The video received various accolades, including Best Female Video and Best Dance Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, and a Billboard Award for Dance Clip of the Year. It was also voted the second best female video of the decade by Idolator.

"If" received a total of 63,1% yes votes! Previous Janet Jackson polls: #146 "Got 'til It's Gone".

[woso-dreamzzz]

Platonic Masterlist

+ - Child!Reader

*- Teen!Reader

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Hair + -> You help your Mami when she gets a red

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Sleep * -> You fall asleep

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Carnival + -> Mary takes you to the carnival

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Ballers -> You're more similar than you think

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New Girlfriend * -> You adjust to your Mum's new girlfriend

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New Girlfriend IV* -> Pokémon card trade night

New Girlfriend V* -> You drop a mug

Dogs II + -> You don't like Ona

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Helper + -> You're the best helper

Helper II + -> You're sick

Helper III + -> You help your Mummy's girlfriend

Helper IV + -> You show Mariona around

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End of the World + -> You world ends

End of the World II + -> The World Cup tension

End of the World III + -> It's different at Mammy's house

End of the World IV + -> Christmas in Australia

End of the World V + -> The last day in Australia

End of the World VI + -> Your accidents

End of the World VII + -> You spend the day with Ma

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Appendix * -> You need your appendix out

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Foster * -> You're taken to a new home

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Foster III * -> You can't stop shaking

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Hide * -> You can't hide anything from your mothers

Proud * -> Your mothers come to your Arsenal debut

Proud II * -> The London Derby against Chelsea

Proud III * -> The aftermath of the derby

Proud IV * -> The night after the derby

Proud V* -> Your first match for Sweden

Proud VI * -> You join Bayern Munich

Proud VII * -> Your biological parents want a meeting

Proud VIII * -> A friendly against Barcelona

Proud IX * -> After the preseason against Barcelona

Bully * -> Violence isn't always the answer

Help * -> You're struggling a bit

Olympique Lyonnais x Reader

Prodigy * -> A slow morning at baggage claim

England Lionesses x Reader

Blood Sugar * -> You have a hypo during a match

Blood Sugar II * -> You go on Bake Off

Idol II * -> Your first call up to the Lionesses

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[solaris-amethyst]

💫Classroom shenanigans💫

✨Pairing: Yunho x gn!reader ✨Prompt: The two of you are teachers who are bonding over their classes in the teachers room ✨Word Count: 0.9k ✨Genre: fluff, non idol au, slight humor (?), teachers au, secretly married au ☀️Authors Note: All I can say is that I remember the horse is a fruit debacle and had to bring it into this one shot! Question was that a thing all over the world or just in Sweden way back then??

"Do your kids decide that it would be a good idea to argue with you about the fact that horses does not exist and that they're fruits?" Yunho asks as he sit down with his coffee mug in the sofa looking absolutely exhausted.

"No they don't. Is this something I should be worried that my class will pick up and start arguing with me about?" You groan, not liking the idea of your class of thirty eleven year olds arguing passionately about this.

"Someone brought it up and when I told him that no, horses are in fact real and an animal he just said noooo they're not real and they're actually fruits. The whole class just agreed with him and when I showed them videos of horses they said they were animated?!" He vented before taking a big sip of his coffee.

"If it makes you feel better my students seriously thought that the moon was made out of cheese. One said she had seen it in a movie and the others nodded along. Guess which movie they were referencing." You said glancing at Yunho who shrugged, not knowing what movie they could have possibly thought of.

"Wallace and Gromit, A Grand Day Out!" You exclaimed causing your colleague to laugh almost getting coffee everywhere in the process.

"No way."

"Yes way!"

He laughs again shaking his head, he goes to take another sip of his coffee but can't due to the giggles escaping him as he clearly thinks about what you just told him.

"I love my kids but sometimes they exhaust me beyond reason." You admitted thinking back to all of the times they have done things to test your patience.

"Yeah I love my kids as well, they're kind and mean well and I have to say their passion truly is something else." Yunho said whilst patting the seat next to him, wanting you to sit next to him.

You gladly moved over to him. He wrapped one of his arms around your shoulder casually, his hand gently caressing your shoulder, tracing small patterns.

"Do you think they've figured it out yet?" You asked curiously glancing towards Yunho

"That we're actually married? No. Absolutely not. I got questioned today actually why I hadn't taken you on a date yet." He confessed, the tips of his ears turning slightly red.

"Wait, really??" You turned towards him in shock "They're really asking you that?"

"Yeah, your kids don't?" He looked at you with a smile causing you to melt a little bit.

"I mean they do tell me why we would be the perfect couple. Ever since I helped you when we went on that trip together with our classes they've been obsessed with telling me how we should get together and that there definitely is a spark between the two of us." You told him with a chuckle

"Well they're not wrong about the fact that there is a spark between us both." He said giving your cheek a light kiss causing your face to heat up, you quickly turn around and give his cheek a kiss as well smiling when Yunho get that bashful and shy smile on his face, his eyes avoiding eye contact as his cheeks grow rosy from the intimate display as if he hadn't been the one to initiate the first kiss.

"I cannot wait to see the stunned look on all of their faces once we tell them we're actually married." He says shyly causing you to take a hold of his hand which is still on your shoulder, squeezing it gently.

"I'm surprised none of them have noticed we wear similar wedding rings you know. Some of my kids have mentioned they think it's pretty and I think someone said it was similar to yours but none clocked that it was an actual wedding ring." The two of you sat in silent for a while, enjoying each other's presence. Today was a rather calm day and the two of you had been lucky enough to not have recess duty today meaning you could sit in the teachers room enjoying each other's company. Yunho had eventually put away his cup of coffee so he could bring both his arms around you capturing you in a relaxing hug.

"When do you have your last class today?" He murmurs quietly

"At 15:00, but I am staying until 16:30 to plan my next few lessons for the class. What about you?" You look up at him from your position in the hug.

"Yeah me too. Can't wait for the day to be over so I can take you out on a dinner date." He says giving your head a light kiss.

"Mhmmm I can't wait to see the place you have picked out for us to eat at. You always do such a good job at picking out restaurants." You murmur quietly closing your eyes as you lean back against Yunho.

"Take a nap. I'll wake you up a little bit before our classes start again love." Yunho says giving you another kiss on your lips before picking up a blanket on the sofa to wrap the both of you up in.

"Thank you Yunho. I love you." You whisper as sleep takes over you and the last thing you hear is Yunhos fond voice whispering a soft I love you too.

[heartbreakprincewille]

Erik is a metaphor for the Monarchy

This season has given me so much to think about Erik and Wilhelm's idolization of Erik, and how it plays a dual role in Wilhelm's arc as a character.

I think Erik represents Wilhelm's motivation to carry forward the legacy of an institution which is slowly crumbling in its relevance (in the fictional Sweden atleast, I have no idea about the geopolitical scenario of the real-life monarchy in Sweden). Yes, Wilhelm does come from a lineage of a family relevant in history, but not only he is too young to understand that burden but he is also someone who does not feel a personal connection with that burden, unlike August(which ironically also stems from his love for his father). But he does feel that personal connection to Erik, not only because they are brothers but also Erik seems to be the only one Wilhelm can fully be vocal about his thoughts until he meets Simon. Erik is what separates Wilhelm from that burden of legacy and responsibilities.

But then Erik dies. Erik's death not necessarily represents the death of the monarchy, but it's still the death of the stability that the system thrives on. Royals want everything in control, and we can see that a lack of control runs everything berserk in that system. Erik's death is the beginning of the legacy weighing down on Wilhelm in full force, how the monarchy is just a system that thrives in perpetual succession and does not care if a spare fills the shoes of an heir unwillingly. He is expected to mould himself in the image of Erik, and the personal connection Wilhelm lacked with the Monarchy takes the shape of Erik in his mind- he believes that he is doing good to Erik's memories if he steps up as a suitable Crown Prince, but in the end, he's just catering to the system, not Erik. Even if the system is full of lies and secrets and he is forced to part ways from his authentic self.

But then he realizes that he does not want to part ways with himself, and how he stands apart as an individual when he is with Simon. Trying to get Simon back was also an attempt to reclaim his individuality, and the more he tried to gain everything back by the easiest way possible, the more he lost Simon and got pushed to the deep end. The Monarchy still loomed on the horizon, he still wanted to uphold Erik's memory by complying with the mould his mother and the Royal Court has been preparing for him. But when he gets Simon's love back, he also gets back his individuality, and how it leads to an epiphany only his free self could have made in his speech.

The illusion reigns supreme even in his relationship with Simon, because Wilhelm thought that he can be a Crown Prince and Simon's boyfriend at the same time, but the more they progressed with the burden together, it became clear that what Wilhelm wants to be is at clear odds with the system he is being prepared for.

Then the illusion shatters with August's confession. It's utterly heartbreaking that Erik and his homophobic actions put deep cracks in Wilhelm's illusion because in the end, he was still his brother. But he will forever remain scarred by the possibility that maybe Erik could have not accepted his individuality and his love for Simon. His first safe haven he found as a child, and which continued to be one when Wilhelm's grief became too painful, all shattered by a revelation he had no answers to. And suddenly all the comparisons with his older brother became a suffocating chain around his head, and he explodes in a rage of fury to his parents.

Erik was not only a literal figurehead of the institution, but he was also a phantom manifestation of the Monarchy for Wilhelm's character. The ever-present apparition of a system he does not thrive in.

[floorworm]

Trying to explain the phenomenon that is Björnzone to people outside of Sweden is such a task.

So. This is Björn Gustafsson

In 2008 he appeared on Idol, which is basically american idol without the american part, performing a humoristic serenade for one of the judges, Carina Berg

Now in 2024, the two were reunited as hosts for Melodifestivalen. This is the swedish prelude to eurovision where the people vote on which song gets to represent sweden.

The intermissions are filled with jokes about Björn being horrible at flirting and the like, but then something baffling happens.

Björn shows up with nine other famous swedish men in the strangest boy band the crowds have ever seen. All dressed in white are figures such as: hit singer Viktor Leksell, eurovision winner Måns Zelmerlöw, and..

Supermarket-chain frontman Ica Stig⁉️

Even more baffling, the song they perform is AMAZING. 10 men outshining the entire competition in the best act melodifestivalen has seen in years

And finally, 16 years after the fact, Björn reprises his serenade to Carina during the last intermission. The crowds are floored.

It turns into a duet, ending in Björn being friendzoned. But what does a friendzone matter, when you have Björnzone?

This befuddling boy band wasn't even a one time thing either. They've returned to bless our holiday season

This is not something that should be contained within one country. They are a phenomenon, a wonder, a treasure. Know Björnzone.

[mochatears]

Cat profiles from CATS at the China Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden, 1987

Grizabella: The outcast, disheveled former glamour cat.

Bombalurina: Street sisters with Demeter, tough night cat.

Bustopher Jones/Alonzo: An experienced, respected and stately cat.

Mistoffelees: Our sovereign troll cat. (Note: Trollkatt is probably intended to be a play on the word Trollkarl, meaning wizard.)

Rum Tum Tugger: The rock cat who sees life as a constant party, the girls' idol.

Demeter: A tough night cat, the street sister of Bombalurina.

Sillabub: A tired, slightly cranky cat.

Etcetera: A melancholic cat

Munkustrap: A stern and tough cat who keeps order in the gang.

Victoria: A white and clean cat who always washes herself.

Jemima: An intriguing cat.

Coricopat/Macavity/Rumpus Cat: A happy, alert cat./A cruel, cunning and dangerous cat that you never really know where he is. (Note: First description is for Coricopat and second is for Macavity)

Skimbleshanks: The railway cat who makes sure everything runs smoothly.

Rumpleteazer: Mischievous, acrobatic rascal cat who works well with Mungojerrie.

Tantomile: An electric, dangerous and brilliant cat.

Casandra: A mysterious Siamese cat of the East.

Tumblebrutus: A charming and unstressed cat.

Electra: A cheeky and curious kitten.

Gus/Growltiger: The cat who dreams of a time that no longer exists.

Jellylorum/Griddlebone: A kind and content cat.

Pouncival: A cat who is always on guard.

Jennyanydots: A contented cat.

Deuteronomy: The old cat, the cats' own Methuselah. (Note: Methuselah is a biblical figure claimed to be the longest lived human at over nine hundred years.)

Mungojerrie: Talented Burglar rascal cat who works well with Rumpenstumpen.

Plato: A curious kitten running around.

I got a programme in the mail today!! All the way from Sweden!! This is the Swedish production that followed the Oslo production in 85-86, involving the Norwegian creative team from that production. The costuming changes in later runs of this show, but in 87 it still resembles the Oslo costuming. The choreography was also probably the same, as Runar Borge was involved in both.

I tried my best with translating the little info sections but I don’t speak Swedish so theres probably some errors ^^;;

Electra and Plato are the only characters referred to as kittens in their descriptions, so it’s very possible they’re the only characters intended to be young!

I’ve scanned all the pages with photos, so I’ll get around to posting them soon. And seeing what I can gather about the production from the info pages! For now, here’s some interesting info from the setlist page.

Vickiprickigtass/The Old Gumbie Cat is performed by Skimbleshanks. The Gumbie trio in this version are Jemima, Tantomile, and Etcetera.

Jellylorum, Cassandra, and Sillabub sing Adlige Karl/Bustopher Jones.

Skimbleshanks sings Gamle Profetikus/Old Deuteronomy with Tugger.

Pekes and Pollicles is named Hundslaget, meaning Dogfight. The dogs referenced on this list are boxers — the leader played by Jennyanydots — and terriers — the leader played by Pouncival.

Being that this production follows Oslo 85, the regular main singing roles of Jemima/Sillabub are replaced by Young Grizabella.

The raffish crew are played by Pouncival, Alonzo, Skimbleshanks, Mistoffelees, Coricopat, and Munkustrap.

Victoria acts as Mistoffelees assistant during his song.

That’s all I have for now!! If anyone finds the programmes of Oslo 85/86 or Gothenburg 06/Cirkus Stockholm 09 I will pay moneyyy!!

[thenerdysimp]

Chapter 1 (Pilot)

The auditions

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Warnings: None, only potential spelling errors,

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It was quite early on a spring day when you arrived for your audition. It wasn’t due until in a few hours but you wanted to be there early so you could meet some of the others there but also so you could feel it all in.

Your boyfriend Franco was fortunate to be free from racing just in time for this, so he had come with you as support and of course as your personal hype man. He was one of the main reasons why you applied, he loved to hear you sing and he was always in awe. He was almost shocked when you first told him that you’d never been on stage before. With your voice he was convinced that you would’ve competed in something like this before.

More and more people were dropping in as time went on. After being there for about an hour a guy came up to you, he reached his hand out and introduced himself in Swedish. “Hi! I’m Lukas. I just saw that you had an audition number on and I wanted to invite you to maybe play some cards while we wait?” He said. You took his hand shaking it, “Hello Lukas, I’m Y/n! And I’d love to!” He smiled at you, “Great! Me and a group other people are sitting over there, feel free to come over!” He told you as he pointed to a table with a few other people also wearing audition numbers. As he turned to walk away Franco tapped your arm lightly, “What did he say?” He asked curiously. You smiled at him, “He asked if we wanted to play cards with that group over there.” You told him pointing to the group from where you sat. He turned his head to look in the direction you were pointing, then turned back to you, “But I don’t understand Swedish amor.” Your smile widened as you stood up from your seat, “That’s okay, I’ll translate. We can play together!” You told him before taking his hands in yours and pulling him up from his seat as well.

You dragged him with you through the crowded room over to the group at the table. When you reached them you stopped and gave a little wave to the group before introducing yourself to all of them, “Hi everyone, I’m Y/n and this is my boyfriend Franco” you said as you pointed to him standing beside you. Everyone said their hellos back before Lukas spoke up, “Oh I didn’t say hello to you before I’m sorry about that.” He said, still speaking Swedish, not knowing Franco couldn’t understand him, he looked at you silently asking for help, “He said that he’s sorry for not saying hello to you before” you explained calmly. “Aha, thank you mi amor” he said before turning to Lukas and reaching his hand out to him, “Sorry about that, I don’t understand Swedish. But it’s all good!” He said as Lukas took his hand. “Oh I didn’t know” Franco smiled at him, “It’s okay, you couldn’t have known.”

After that interaction you and Franco sat down at the table with them and everyone started playing cards together. A little while later Lukas got called away to film outside, when he then came back inside he walked past you quickly announcing that he was first to go sing in front of the jury. You turned around slightly to give him a fist bump on the way, “Good luck! Go get that ticket!” You said smiling at him, he gave a smile back as he saluted and walked away.

The group around the table continued playing cards until Lukas came back out jumping and waving around a golden ticket. Immediately everyone started applauding him, when you heard the commotion you turned around and saw the scene. You joined in to applaud him as he walked over to the table to high five everyone. “Congratulations! What did you sing?” You asked him. He walked around the table getting congratulated by everyone, “I did lose control by Teddy Swims.” He answered with a wide smile. “Oh that’s a tough one! You must have done that good! How does it feel? The first one to get a golden ticket this year.” You said looking at him, “Oh my god, it feels amazing! What song are you going to do?” He asked, stopping beside you. You looked up at him and answered, “I’m going to sing ruin my life by Zara Larsson.” He leaned forward against the table, “That is also a good one, I’m gonna have to stay for that. I need to know if you get a ticket or not.” He said, “also, I completely forgot to ask, how old are you?” He added. You turned to him to have a proper conversation, “I’m 19, turning 20 later this year!” You answered happily, “and you?” He sat down beside you, ”I’m 23” he took a little pause before switching to English and asked Franco, “and you? How old are you?” He asked. Franco lifted his gaze from his phone that he’d been on while you were talking. He put the phone down and turned to look at Lukas, “I’m 20, my birthday is in just a few weeks though.” He answered. Lukas continued, wanting to get to know you, “Ah, I’m gonna have to congratulate you then! And how did you guys meet?”

The question lit up your eyes, you loved that question. With a wide smile you started telling the story of how you met, while you were talking Franco was quietly watching you in awe. He thought it was so adorable when you got so happy talking about it. He also loved to tell people about it but when you were together he always allowed you to do it because he knew you loved to talk about it. When telling the story you never directly brought up that Franco was a racing driver, but there was some hints included in the story since it’s a part of how you got together. Lukas seemed to pick up on those and got curious, “Okay, so I picked up some things in that story and I’m just curious. What do you do?” He asked, sounding genuinely interested. You turned your head to look at Franco silently letting him know that he could tell him himself if he wanted to. He gave a little nod before speaking, “I’m a racing driver. I drive in Formula 2.” The conversation between you three went on for about an hour before your name was finally called, your nerves kicking in almost immediately. As you and Franco stood up Lukas spoke, “I’ll be keeping an eye out for when you get back. Now, go get that ticket!” He said giving you a fist bump.

You walked hand in hand with Franco to the hallway where you met Pär, “Hello! What’s your name and who do you have with you?” He asked, shaking your hand. “My name is Y/n and this is my boyfriend Franco” you answered, fiddling with your fingers to calm your nerves a little. Pär spoke again, “Aha, and is he the reason why you are here? Are you nervous?” You chuckled a little before looking up from your hands, “Yeah, he’d be the main reason. And I’m so nervous.” Pär chuckled back as he put a hand on your shoulder, “Well you’re gonna have to deal with it because now it’s your turn.” He said before asking “Are you ready?” You took a deep breath and straightened your back, turning on your confident personality. “I’m ready” Pär opened the doors in front of you, “Good, you go in there and when the escalator starts moving you just go on to it, then the door is to your right at the top.” He explained. You turned to Franco before bringing him in for a comforting hug, you pulled away slightly and he planted a kiss on your lips before whispering, “You got this, good luck amor.” You gave him another quick kiss before letting go of him and walked through the doors to stand in front of the escalator. You turned your head to look at the two men on the other side of the door, “I’m closing the door now, good luck!” Pär said, and with that the doors do close behind you.

The cameras surrounded you to follow your every move and get the best shots. The escalator started moving and you took another breath before stepping on it and going up. As you reached the top you took a step of the escalator and walked towards the door, you pushed it open and your eyes immediately landed on the jury. When they say you walk in they perked up and were completely focused on you,

“Hi! Who do we have here? Tell us a little about yourself and why you’re here today!” The woman whose name is Katia said. “Hi, my name is Y/n, I’m 19, going on 20 later this year and I’m from Lund! I’m here today mainly because of my boyfriend. When we first got together and he heard me sing he thought that I would have already done something like this, he was completely shocked when I told him that I hadn’t. So he really just told me that I should apply because according to him I’m amazing. I sing a lot of different stuff, I’d like to say I’m quite good at adjusting to different genres. My boyfriend says I'm a “do it all” type of singer. I also grew up watching the program and dreamt about this, so maybe it was time.” You said with a little laugh at the end. They smiled and laughed with you before the other woman, named Peg, asked, “And what are you gonna sing for us today?” You looked at her and smiled, “I’m gonna sing Ruin my life by Zara Larsson!” The two women in front of you leaned back into their chairs with impressed expressions on their faces. The two men didn’t say anything but Anders, who's sitting next to Katia looked excited. Ash, who's at the other end of the table, just leaned forward and was ready to listen. “Well then we’ll let you get on with it!” Peg said, waving you on. You looked down to the floor and took a deep breath before looking up again, giving the guy who’s playing the cords a look to say that you’re ready. He started playing and when you started singing the jury was immediately stunned, while singing you were just trying to relax and not think too much or get too nervous.

Down in the hall Franco is standing with Pär and watching you sing on a screen in front of them, “She’s incredible!” Pär commented turned to look at Franco. He nodded, “Yes, she is.” he said under his breath. When you smoothly ended the part of the song all nervousness for that disappeared. You looked at the jury with a hopeful look in your eyes, the only nervousness left was if you were getting a ticket or not. Katia spoke first, “That was amazing. What are you doing here? Why are you not already on a stage?” She asked. Anders nodded agreeing with her, “I agree, that was basically perfect. It was like clockwork all the way through. I loved it!” He said. Peg pointed to you, “I’m floored, that was beautiful. You are beautiful! Like what? And you said you’d never done anything like this before?” She asked, you just shook your head as a no. “I barely believe you.” She added, then turned to Ash letting him speak. “You know, I may not say this to many but I’m saying it to you. I see a future world wide star. With this you could do anything, you sound like someone I would want to work with.” He said, smiling at you. Your mouth fell open, you were too shocked by their words to speak. Katia spoke up again, “Is your boyfriend here with you today?” You nodded, “Yes he is, luckily.”

Just as you said that the screen down in the hall turned black. Franco was so nervous, the poor boy could barely stand still. Up in the audition room Katia told you to go get him, you walked out the room and down the escalator to get him. You opened the big doors to the hall before speaking, “Baby, they want you to come up.” You said calmly, he was anything but calm. “What? Really?” He asked nervously, ”Yep, come on.” You answered, taking his hand and pulling him with you up to the jury. You walked in holding his hand and stood in front of them, Peg started speaking, “Hi there! What’s your name?” She asked in Swedish. You translated for him to understand, at this point it was just a habit. But you also always forgot to inform people that he doesn’t understand Swedish. “Thanks cariño” he whispered before turning to the jury, “sorry about that, my name is Franco.” He said to them. Peg spoke up again, “Oh sorry, I didn’t know you didn’t speak Swedish. But we all just really wanted to thank you for getting her to apply. We love her and we are so happy that she’s here. Since you were the main reason for that we wanted to tell you thanks in person. And also have you see in person when we give her this” she ended off with picking up, not a normal golden ticket but one of the limited special ones. “Now this is a special ticket, which means that you will have an advantage in the end auditions.” You let out a gasp as you covered your mouth and Franco immediately brought you in for a tight hug, lifting you up and spinning you around. When he put you down again you excitedly walked over to the table and took the ticket from her, thanking them over and over again, giving all four of them a high five.

You and Franco walked out of the room and went down to the hall, practically jumping through the doors and met Pär on the other side. “Well would you look at that, congratulations!” He said happily. You who were still excitedly jumping around thanked him before he spoke again, “Now go out to the others!” He said, smiling at you. You nodded and thanked him again as you and Franco walked hand in hand out to the others. As you emerged everyone started applauding, Franco picked you up again spinning you around as you lifted your ticket into the air showing it off. He slowly lowered you down and brought you in for a sweet kiss while everyone was still applauding. When you broke apart Lukas came up to you to congratulate you, “Congratulations! I’m excited to hear you sing at the end auditions, see you there!” He said as he offered you a friendly hug.

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[190610] pt 2. Bae Suzy in Denmark🇩🇰 / Sweden🇸🇪

Click here & here to watch suzy's vlogs during her trip 💗

[the-view]

from M. A. Rothman on Facebook 3/9/25

𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞’ 𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐞—𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡

The left loves to parrot the tired line, "𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞!" as if our tax system isn’t already bending over backwards to squeeze every dime from top earners while letting millions off the hook.

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: the U.S. has one of the most progressive tax systems in the world, and the numbers prove it. The idea that the wealthy aren’t pulling their weight is a fantasy spun by people who either don’t understand the data or just want to push envy-driven politics.

Our current federal income tax system is steeply progressive—higher earners don’t just pay more in raw dollars, they pay a much higher percentage of their income.

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚: someone earning $60,000 might face an effective tax rate of around 8-10%, thanks to credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Child Tax Credit (CTC). Meanwhile, a single filer pulling in $600,000 is staring down a 30%+ effective rate, even after deductions. The brackets alone tell the story—10% on the first $11,925, 12% up to $48,475, 22% up to $103,350, and it keeps climbing to 37% for income over $609,350 (2025 figures). That’s not “fair” by any neutral definition—it’s deliberately skewed to hit the top harder.

Now, let’s talk about who’s actually footing the bill. According to the latest IRS stats from 2022, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟏%—𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟔𝟔𝟑,𝟏𝟔𝟒—paid 𝟒𝟎.𝟒% of all federal income taxes. That’s right, 40.4%! And how much of the nation’s adjusted gross income (AGI) did they represent? Just 22.2%. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟓% (𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟐𝟓𝟐,𝟖𝟒𝟎 𝐀𝐆𝐈) shelled out 𝟔𝟓.𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 while earning about 37% of AGI.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎% (𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟏𝟔𝟗,𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐆𝐈) covered 𝟕𝟔% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱 burden with roughly 48% of the income.

Compare that to 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝟓𝟎%—𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 $𝟒𝟔,𝟔𝟑𝟕—who earned 10.4% of AGI but paid only 𝟐.𝟑% of federal income taxes. In fact, millions in that group pay nothing or even get money back through refundable credits.

𝐖𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?

The left’s “fair share” rhetoric falls apart when you see how much the system already leans on the wealthy. Imagine a small town where 10 people split a $1,000 bill for community services. The richest guy pays $400, the next four pay $355 combined, and the bottom five chip in a measly $23 total—some even get cash back. That’s our tax code in a nutshell. And yet, the left insists the top guy isn’t doing enough, while ignoring the other nine who barely contribute.

If they really want to fund their endless wishlist—free healthcare, universal basic income, Green New Deal fantasies—they’d need to admit the truth: the top 10% can’t carry it all.

In 2021, the top 1% paid $723 billion in income taxes. 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥��𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 $𝟏.𝟒 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 on these programs.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝟗𝟎%, who collectively earned 52% of AGI but paid just 24% of income taxes. Want an example? The bottom 50%—over 75 million tax filers—paid $40 billion total in 2021. If they paid at a rate closer to their income share, say 10% instead of 2.3%, that’d be $175 billion—over four times what they contribute now. That’s where the “fair share” math leads, not to more soak-the-rich schemes.

Look at other countries for context. In Sweden, often idolized by the left, the top rate kicks in at 1.5 times the average income—around $75,000 USD equivalent—and everyone pays hefty VAT taxes on consumption. Here, our top 37% rate doesn’t hit until over $600,000, and sales taxes are lower and vary by state. Our system is more progressive, yet they scream it’s not enough. Why? Because “𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞” 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 and dodging the reality that broad benefits require broad contributions.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞? It’s not the top 1%, who are taxed to death already. It’s the bottom 90%, especially the bottom half, where millions skate by with little to no federal income tax liability. In 2021, 53 million low- and middle-income filers paid zilch thanks to credits and deductions. That’s not “fair”—it’s a free ride on the backs of the productive. If the left wants their goodies, they’d have to tax the middle class—like the $50,000-$100,000 earners paying 5-10% effective rates—way more than they do now. Good luck selling that.

𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 “𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞,” 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: the rich already pay far beyond their share, and the real freeloaders are the ones pointing fingers. Wake up, people—this isn’t about fairness, it’s about power and handouts.

[whencyclopedia]

Viking Prophecy: The Poem Völuspá of the Poetic Edda

The Völuspá (Old Norse: Vǫluspá) is a medieval poem of the Poetic Edda that describes how the world might have come into shape and would end according to Norse mythology. The story of about 60 stanzas is told by a seeress or völva (Old Norse: vǫlva, also called spákona, foretelling woman) summoned by the god Odin, master of magic and knowledge. According to this literary text, the beginning of the world was characterized by nothingness until the gods created the nine realms of Norse cosmology, somehow linked by the World Tree, Yggdrasil.

At the same time, the fate of everything was set in stone by a group of seeresses. In the very beginning, two families of gods were involved in a war, ending with a truce and a wall around their divine citadel of Asgard. However, they would not live in peace forever because the universe has been doomed since the very moment of its creation. Every god has a specific enemy with whom they will do battle and many will be slain, including the chief god Odin.

Context

The Northmen of the 8th or 9th century CE whom we usually call Vikings did not really have any written sources for their religion. They carved some images in stone, they made some wooden idols, and they rather recited poems about what they thought the world was like. A few centuries after the age of these daring seamen, traders, and explorers, some Icelanders wrote down such poems remembered from ancestors. This collection of poems is called the Edda, and it is our most precious source of information about what the myths of the Northmen might have looked like.

It is written in Old Norse, the language people used to speak in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark up until the 15th century CE. These poems are found in two manuscripts, the Codex Regius (King’s book) and another book called the Hauksbók, but the order of the stanzas, the groups of four lines making up the poems, seems more logical in the first book. The first poem of the collection is the Völuspá, meaning the prophecy of the völva. Snorri Sturluson, a 13th-century CE Icelandic scholar, also wrote a version of these tales, quoting much of the poems in his book. The version he knew, however, seems different, indicating that the poems of the Edda were very popular among the Vikings.

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[amandabe11man]

well shit. apparently there was a mass (school) shooting in örebro today, in which at least 10 people died. afaik, that makes this sweden's first school shooting, as well as the deadliest mass murder since 1994. I am once again asking what in the fuck happened to sweden's previously upheld gun laws??

but hell, we idolize america after all, so I guess it was just a matter of time before a moron over here took after all the mass shootings in the US