#ikuns

[iku-tihku]

Tarhos when you're nice to the other survivors and/or killers /j

[hypn0sssss]

I'm shoving my OCs Tollin and Ikun into Twisted Wonderland because I can :3

Picrew used!

[chrysanstarset]

Modeling

Doodles with @punkuuo . . . Vex and Ikun interaction...Vex very strange.

[beauty-marked-beauties]

Today's Beauty-Marked Beauty is: Kimura Yumiko from Tsuma ni Damatte Sokubaikai ni Ikun ja Nakatta

[changkis]

literally such an insane mv i cant even move

[percycantspell]

rccns, at your service

Imma do this because I’m fucking bored.

What’s your url?

Now take away any and all numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0), take away the letters F, Z, M, Q, L, H, B, T, P, E, A, Y, S, B, D, and X, take away all dashes (-),

What’s your new fucked up version of your url?

crustycreature

crucrur

[yumem]

Summer Festival

Taken on July 25, 2023.

[wanderers-tale]

A preview of the art for the upcoming rework of the Amsoni lore page. The plans for the page is to redo the text to be more in line with the Khonesh and Melnil and to bring out what makes them unique among the denizens of Ikune.

The artist is the talented @caninecrypt.

[yeonchi]

SPPDM 20th Commentary Part A: Two Worlds

(Art by Liamasterink)

Hello and welcome to this new commentary series to accompany the Sea Princesses 20th anniversary event fanfic. Over the next eight weeks, I'll be sharing some insights about each part of my story and give context to certain parts of them.

At the same time, I'm also highlighting some influential artists who have drawn Sea Princesses art over the years because this isn't just a celebration of the books or the animated series, it's also a celebration of the fanbase.

The nature of this series necessitates me covering spoilers in detail, so all commentaries will begin after the break.

Check out the story here:

Join the Discord servers as well to be notified for when each part has been fully published!

Server de Princesas del Mar

Salacia en Discord!

So Part A is titled Two Worlds, obviously representing Salacia and Dryland. This entire part serves as an introduction to the protagonists from both worlds, who also serve as the antagonists of this story. How can this be possible? Read on and you'll find out.

Chapter 1 puts focus on some lesser-seen characters like Caramelo and Angelica, bit characters like Veto and Caton, and even obscure and unknown characters like Dinho and Agostinha. In fact, with this story, Tubarina's previously unknown brother Veto has been pushed to the spotlight and Dinho finally makes an appearance in the series as a recurring character to make up for him not being included in the animated series.

Hugo won't be seen that much in this story (with Marcello or otherwise), but to make up for it, Hugo will be seen with Tata and Marcello will have significant focus and character development without Hugo. Hugo will be seen as a more established and responsible character instead of being "one of the boys" like he was portrayed in the series.

The concept of "mainies" comes from the Australian comedy series Angry Boys, where some of the characters are shown cruising up and down the street of their town, sometimes in a car, sometimes on their bikes or sometimes on foot.

Dustin's character and relationship with Agostinha contains references to Chinese artist Cai Xukun of SWIN-S, whose solo introduction over the song 只因你太美 led him to become meme material in China. Furthermore, Agostinha's characterisation is based on fans of Cai Xukun, also known as ikuns, who either defend their idol from the haters or show the normies and 12-year-old girls how great the memes are. The situation is kind of like that with Beliebers and Directioners a decade ago.

The prelude chapter contains references to the main series books, along with the animated series episodes The Great Escape, The Return, The Dancing Princess and The Mural just to name a few. Chapter 1 also adds references to The True Princess, The Crush and The Big Game.

Chapter 2 starts off with a bit of a criticism of Maurico and Caton's dudebro behaviour from the main girls. We then meet up with Marcello, who is with Elektra, Marli and Socita on the beach, with two out of three of those shippings being callbacks to The Return and The Piano Lesson.

After that, we meet Parker for the first time as he fights the princes and princesses. He recites the Fūrinkazan (風林火山) which is based on an except of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. The phrases were notably used on the banners of the Sengoku era general Shingen Takeda and more recently, were used by the villain Hideo Akaishi in Kamen Rider Revice, who inspired the first part of the fight scene. The English version doubles up on the phrasing with a similar complementary statement to make the sentences flow better, while the Japanese dub would just be the phrases straight up. Additionally, what I think normies don't know about Fūrinkazan is that aside from referencing wind, forest, fire and mountains, there are two more phrases that reference shadows and thunder, which is reflected here.

The second portion of the fight where Parker fights the main girls is essentially ripped off from the initiation fight in Ip Man 2 between Ip Man and the three masters, only it's on a beach and there's no table. Notice the order in which Ip Man fights the masters and Parker fights the girls as I feel that the fighting styles of their parallels would suit them.

Then finally we get a TUBARINA HAIR REVEAL! Canon alludes to her hair being blonde, but my headcanon says it's black based on some fanart I once saw and others have drawn it blue to match the colour of her crown and clothes. So which colour is it really? I said "Yes" and made her blonde with black and blue streaks and tips, but you can be the judge if you like.

(Art by Boneless/Fire Conejo, Liamasterink and Reino Dourado)

The last part of Chapter 2 has Parker playing mind games with Veto's gun, something adopted from multiple series of dramas featuring the character of Yan Shuangying (燕雙鷹) played by Zhang Zijian (張子健). The main gimmick of this character is that he plays mind games with villains and one of those games is that if someone points a gun at him, he will bet that the other person's gun doesn't have bullets. Of course, being a main character with plot armour, if the other person shoots him then Yan Shuangying always wins these bets because it's revealed that he unloaded the gun in secret. If the other person doesn't shoot him, he would reveal that the gun was actually loaded and they would win the bet. Maybe more competent villains would always know if their gun was loaded, but even in guns with the magazines removed, there might still be a bullet in the chamber, so to all the dumb people Yan Shuangying encounters, the game works every time.

Chapter 3 introduces the characters on the Drylander side of the story, including Parker, his generals and the Combo Rangers. The chapter also includes a flashback to the Campinas Campaign where the Demon Slayers are introduced. I originally wanted this scene to be an anime-exclusive when I later write the adaptation, but while rearranging the chapters, I had to find something to replace a section that I moved to the next part.

The Demon Slayers in this story are the characters of Perfect Slime, a manga created by Fabio Yabu and his daughter Luna that was put to a Catarse campaign in late 2019 and failed to achieve its funding target. They were originally going to be no more than a passing mention in Chapter 4 but I recently decided to expand their role a little bit. There was only an 8-page preview of the manga available (on other sites because the original link from the Catarse page is down) so I did what I could based off of that and the character descriptions.

Originally, the kings and queens were never named in the books, the animated series or even in my works, but for this story, I've adopted Liamasterink's names for them mostly because Yabuverse PM10, which this story is set in, is a composite universe containing elements from the Liamverse among other things.

Mr Chain and Weasel make a return in an homage to The Windy Letters, but due to how old Weasel would be, he has no speaking role and is being cared for by Mr Chain due to his dementia. This plot point was inspired by some of my relatives as my eldest aunt has dementia and the rest of her family has to look after her in her final days. Dementia feels like God's way of regressing old people to their childhood so that death becomes an easier pill to swallow, but if you ask me, I think it's painful for both the person and their family.

Chapter 5 has the Shark Royal Family meet with Marcello's parents Macnus and Molly, who were only given mentions and a portrait in the animated series, as it is revealed that the two have been searching for their missing daughter Marcela for nearly two decades. If you've read the wiki, then you'll know that Marcela was apparently meant to be Tubarina's cousin in the books, but she never ended up being used before she was replaced with Marcello for the animated series. If you've read Kisekae Insights, then you'll know that I'm adapting the storyline of Marcela's reunion with her family, but it'll be done a different way here because she isn't a Kamen Rider. Marcela's disappearance in this story can be likened to that of Madeleine McCann.

This chapter also contains one of several bonding moments between Tubarina, Veto and Marcello in the story. In the series, Veto was a redundant character because he only appeared in the episode Big Brother when his role could easily have been filled by Marcello, who essentially served the "big brother" role already. But since Veto was introduced as a character in the series, I thought, why not put him to good use? In spite of their sibling rivalries, you can see that the three truly care for one another.

There's a brief recap of Veto's debut episode before we get into how Veto met his girlfriend Soraia (who just happens to be distantly related to the Shark Royal Family, by the way). This part of the chapter, which also serves as filler, adapts Liamasterink's comic The Muse of My Inspiration which covers the same thing and shows that even Veto can be as horny as Marcello.

And that has been the commentary for Part A, Two Worlds. I'll leave you with the synopsis for Part B, The End of the Combo Rangers before we return next week, so as Parker said to the Salacians, until then I say.

The Combo Rangers have stood in the way of the Salacians' plans in São Paulo. As the Salacians turn their focus to the fuel store in Cubatão, the Drylanders put their lives on the line to prevent them from refueling their tanks in Part B, The End of the Combo Rangers! Will this really be the end?

(Art by Liamasterink)

[aseriesofunfortunatejan]

Ikune Ren AI.

UTAUNE NAMI AI EXISTS AND NO ONE TOLD ME?

[jsacos]

MKDR

dakara mousou kanshou daishou renmei ai o idaite risou o sakenda ikiba no nai gusha no merodii saichousen tensei terepooteeshon nankai datte kasanete ikun da owari naki ai no manimani saa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pGRdRhjX3o

[iku-tihku]

Cw for monsterfuckery, I guess? Nothing explicit, Y/N just wants monsters

Danny trying to wingman his friend whose a monsterfucker, and just has... peculiar taste in general.

They're hanging out, chatting shit, and okay, it starts off mild with Pyramid Head walking by. The conversation quiets because Y/N is shamelessly staring at the hulking man before turning to Danny and asking "is he single?" Okay, they like the guy with the weird head. Odd but, y'know, it's not the worst thing.

He tells them that Pyramid Head is single, obviously.

Next is Phillip.

Danny: He can turn invisible

Y/N: 🥴

Danny: ...okay, okay I'll try to make it work.

But the last straw.

Y/N, staring at Talbot: Do you think he likes-

Danny: ... absolutely fucking not. You're not fucking The Blight

Talbot now turns his head towards them, stares a second and he... he just wiggled his eyebrows at Y/N.

Danny: God damn it I'm too good at my job

Look, Y/N may not have murdered anyone but Danny thinks they should be a killer anyway because they keep killing his will to live..

[hypn0sssss]

I lost motivation, but I'm back!! This is another request from an IRL friend!

Requests are still open :)

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Words: 446 (I'll write longer ones soon, I promise :))

Fandom: N/A

Characters: Ikun, Tollin (original characters)

@badthingshappenbingo prompt: Big Brother Instinct

TW: Verbal Abuse

You can also read this on AO3!

Poor Tollin (part 2). I tried alternating between he/him and they/them for Tollin, so I apologize if anything is confusing! I love taking comfort-y prompts and making them just hurt :3

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Ikun has never liked Tollin. Ever since their parents left and forced their older sister to take care of them, he's hated him. It was all his fault that their parents left.

As Tollin grew up, Ikun only started to hate them more. Their stupid hairstyle, the stupid hesitation that they do before saying anything. Anything they said felt grating on his ears. And what makes this even worse is that their sister adores them.

She's always babying him and making sure he's alright. What about Ikun? She pays attention to him, yes, but she always coddles Tollin. He's already 10, for crying out loud! He doesn't need to be babied anymore!

Tollin knows that Ikun hates them. But even then, they still try to talk to him in their dumbass voice. And everytime they try, he shoos them away. And every single time, they tear up like the pathetic person they are.

“...Um… did you want help…?”

“Fuck off, Tollin.”

“...I... I'm sorry.”

Then, their sister passed away. Tragically, unexpectedly. Her life was taken while she was so young. She was only 20 years old.

All Tollin wanted was comfort from his brother. All Ikun wanted was the opposite. Everything boiled up into one night. The night after her funeral.

It was raining that night. Of course it was, it was disgustingly fitting. Ikun was standing in front of his sister’s grave, looking down at it. His hands are shaking, and he grabs the umbrella in his hands tighter.

“...um… Ikun…?”

Of course it was Tollin. Their voice makes Ikun want to hurl, even more than normal.

“Go away. I don't want to deal with you right now.”

Unlike usual, Tollin doesn't flinch away. He walks up to Ikun, one of his hands hovering over one of Ikun's on the umbrella. He looks up at his older brother, tears stream down his face.

“...please… I… I don't want to be alone right now…”

Ikun looks down at Tollin, moving his hands away from Tollin's, drenching the younger with rain.

“Fuck off, Tollin! I don't give a shit! I never liked you! You don't deserve my fucking comfort! Leave! Go home!”

Tollin freezes, more tears streaming down their face. They cover their mouth, muffling sobs that start to escape. After a moment, they run off.

After that, the two didn't talk much, to Ikun's delight. Tollin stayed in their own sphere, and Ikun stayed in his. He soon started modeling, which was yet another excuse to be away from home.

He'd hear his coworkers talk about their “big brother instincts”, which he never understood. Why have the urge to protect his brother when they're so useless?

[lyriakisser]

Tou ni mou hinome nado ogamenai

Andaaguraundo

Hakidame no hankagai

Genron wa bougyaku no sue ni takaraka ni katarou

Sabitsuita tetsukuzu uwasa ni kachi wo motsu

Bouryaku irikunda fujouri na shoudan

Tayori ni shite aganatte ikun da

Aijou wo fukakkou na mama de

Watashi ni wakeataete kureta kara sa

Konna mihitotsu tenbin ni kakete tsuriawaseta nara

Anata no kokoro wo saa uketsugou

Yokubou datte kamen no ura kakuse

Chikatte sono shini wo sarasu na

Kono kudaranai sekai no soko

Akari wo tomose feresu

Kaburitsuite shouaku shiyou

Itatte rifujin na mirai wo ubaou

Ketsumatsu nado mienakutemo

Kamawanai na

Rumor go

The rumor has been going around.

Saa shouaku to ikou ze

Rumor go

The rumor going around.

Tokihanate furasutoreeshon

Rumor go

The rumor has been going around.

Saa hangyaku to ikou ze

Rumor go

The rumor going around that’s

She’ll be queen to save the world.

Mou asa mo yoru mo aryashinai

Hito no shi sura akitara

Aji no shinai gamu no you ni

Hakidashite suteru daro

Iru ko iranai ko tomo ni ikou

Sukui nante nakutemo

Hakidame ni ne wo hari ima

Koe wo ageyou

Saenai sono fukakkou na kao de

Watashi ni waraikakete kureta kara sa

Konna mihitotsu tenbin ni kakete tsuriawaseta nara

Anata no kokoro wo saa uketsugou

Hontou no watashi no kachi wa

Yokubou datte kamen no ura kakuse

Chikatte sono shini wo shirasu na

Kono kudaranai sekai no soko

Mawari mawase Upside down

Kaburitsuite shouaku shiyou

Itatte rifujin na mirai wo ubaou

Ketsumatsu nado mienakutemo

Kamawanai na

Rumor go

The rumor has been going around.

Saa shouaku to ikou ze

Rumor go

The rumor going around.

Tokihanate furasutoreeshon

Rumor go

The rumor has been going around.

Saa hangyaku to ikou ze

Rumor go

The rumor going around that’s

She’ll be queen to save the world.

[nellamente]

“Ma jidhirlix li l-Mulej ħa jieħu għalih”- Il-Kappillan ta’ Raħal Ġdid.

PJAN:

Rapport Informattiv

Vox Pop

Intervista man-nies ta’ Raħal Ġdid dwar l-opinjonijiet tagħhom fuq il-proġett kurrenti tal-Knisja ta Kristu Re ġewwa Raħal Ġdid stess.

PUNTI IMPORTANTI MIĠBURA:

Il-Knisja Parrokkjali ta Raħal Ġdid applikat għal permess għal- kafetterija ta’ Class 4C li jitħalla l-permess għal tisjir fuq il-post, b’hekk kien hemm min ħaseb li kien pjanat li jitwaqqaf ristorant fuq is-sit.

https://timesofmalta.com/article/paola-parish-priest-withdraw-eatery-plans-prime-minister-says.1091032 Il-PM jħeġġeġ sabiex ma jitħallux l-pjanijiet ta’ tisjir fuq il-post u l-applikazzjoni “non-starter” bħal din tiġi rtirata. Kompla jghid li jemmen li l-knejjes “m għandhomx jiġu rrovinati b dawn it tip ta applikazzjonijiet”, “Jekk wieħed irid jieħu kafe’ ġewwa Raħal Ġdid hemm postijiet oħrajn” jghid il-PM

F’ April 15 2024, Il-Knisja Parrokjali ta’ Raħal Ġdid ssostniet li m’għandha l-ebda intenzjoni li tiftaħ restaurant fuq il-bejt tal-bażilika, mentri hu pjanat sabiex tinfetaħ kafetterija zgħira. Jitbiddel l-permess għal Class 4D.

L-ebda ikel m’hu ser ikun qiegħed jiġi msajjar fuq il-post.

““Qatt ma kien hemm il‑ħsieb li jkun hemm ristorant fuq il‑bejt tal‑knisja parrokkjali iżda ġie maqbul li jkun prudenti li l‑parroċċa temenda l‑applikazzjoni tagħha biex telimina aktar spekulazzjoni u ideat żbaljati.” Jghid l-Arċidjoċesi

Se jkunu pprovduti postijiet fejn wiehed jista’ jpoġġi barra, iżda m’hi ħa tiżdied ebda struttura sabiex tinżamm l- valur tal-estetika tal-knisja mingħajr ebda impatti negattivi lejha.

“Il-kafetterija proposta, li tagħmel parti minn proġett akbar li jinkludi mużew u ċentru ta’ interpretazzjoni, se tkun qed topera f’binja eżistenti f’wieħed mill‑kampnari. Filwaqt li mhu se jsir ebda bini fuq barra, imwejjed u siġġijiet mhux fissi se jitqiegħdu barra wara l‑balavostri għoljin tal‑knisja skont l-applikazzjoni oriġinali.”- Arċidjoċesi ta’Malta

L-ħsieb oriġinali kien li jintuża spazzju eżiżtenti sabiex jitbiddel f’kafetterija aċċessibli ghal-parruċċani u viżitaturi. L-kafetterija nnifisha tagħmel parti minn proġett akbar li jinkludi mużew u interpretation centre. https://timesofmalta.com/article/paola-parish-priest-withdraw-eatery-plans-prime-minister-says.1091032

Proġett similari sar f’Bażilika ta San Pietru ġewwa Ruma.

“hemm pjanijiet biex din il-parti tal-bażilika tibda tkun aċċessibbli bħala attrazzjoni turistika bl-installazzjoni ta’ viewing platform” – Massimo Axisa

Barra l-qbil li tinħoloq l-idea ta kafetterija, kien hemm qbil ieħor sabiex “l-installazjoni ta viewing platform” tkun fil-ġenb tal-knisja, aċċessibli ghal-pubbliku.

“Il‑kampnar u l‑portiku tal‑Bażilika ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid se jibbenefikaw minn finanzjament ta’ €400,000 mill-Gvern”  “sabiex isiru t-tiswijiet u r-restawr neċessarju fil-parti ta’ fuq tal-bażilika permezz tal-entitajiet Komunità Malta u l-Kunsill Malti għall-Arti rispettivament.”

Fis-16 ta’ April Mark Laurence mar iżur il-bażilika mal-kappilan sabiex jispejga fid-dettal l-idea tiegħu. L-kappilan jsosstni illi “fuq is-saqaf tal-portiku lanqas qieghed fuq is-saqaf tal-knisja”

Ġewwa l-kampnar hemm 12-il kamra u huwa pjanat li jsir “vertical museum”, Kull kamra ddedikata għal tema differenti.

Fil-filmat Fr Marc Andre Camilleri jitkellem kif dan il-proġett m’huwiex jtellef mill-qdusija tal-knisja u huwa biss proġett li qiegħed juża’ t-tempju t’Alla sabiex jieħu ħsieb il-kommunita’ u huwa importanti li dan “t-tempju” nieħdu ħsiebu. “Qiegħed nisraq lil xi ħadd?” wieġeb Fr Marc meta ġie mistoqsi “Inti qiegħed tagħmel id-dar t’Alla dar tal-ħallelin, ma tħossx li vera din?”

Fil-filmat jwieġeb l-kritika tan-nies rigward il-veduta, juri viżwalment il-veduta, li ħa tkun aċċessibbli għall-pubbliku, tagħti għall-ħafna postijiet madwar Malta bħal Ħal-Luqa, L-Imdina u diversi iktar.

“Ma jidhirlix li l-Mulej ħa jieħu għalih”

“Kieku nista niftaħ l-knisja għal-tnax-il siegħa” “free of charge”

Fr Marc jitkellem fuq l-opinjoni tal-PM u jgħid li m’huwiex ħa jieqaf issa għaliex ilhom 10 snin għaddejjin biex jsebbħu l-knisja (mis-16 ta’ April 2024)

“Il-proġett jipproponi wkoll pjan terran u kmamar għall-użu pastorali, li se joffru spazju għad-diversi gruppi ta’ tfal, żgħażagħ, adulti u anzjani li jiffurmaw il-komunità parrokkjali” TVM News April 14 https://tvmnews.mt/news/il-knisja-trid-tiftah-kafetterija-fuq-il-bejt-tal-bazilika-ta-rahal-gdid/

Franco Debono ma jaqbilx mal-idea u tefa diversi posts fuq il-midja soċjali fosthom b’diska ta Faithless bl-isem ta “God Is a DJ” bil-kumment tiegħu jgħid li din għandha tkun id-diska

uffiċċjali tal-Knisja ta’ Raħal Ġdid”. https://lovinmalta.com/malta/unbelievable-but-true-franco-debono-reacts-to-plans-to-build-rooftop-cafeteria-in-paola-church/

Filmat Lovin Malta intervista ma Fr Marc isosstni li xejn m’hu ser jinbena fuq il-knisja. Semma wkoll li fost dawk it-tnax -il kamra jaf ikun hemm xi ftit minnhom użati għal lezzjonijiet tal-katekiżmu.

L-kafetterija hija biss parti żgħira minn proġett kbir.

Siġġijiet u mwejjed mhux fissi fuq is-saqaf tal-portiku.

https://newsbook.com.mt/en/paola-parish-clarifies-no-plans-for-roof-restaurant-only-small-cafeteria/

https://church.mt/amended-paola-parish-cafeteria-application-rules-out-cooking-on-premises/

https://timesofmalta.com/article/paola-parish-wants-eatery-top-church-roof.1090987

Dettalji tal-applikazzjoni: https://www.pa.org.mt/pacasedetails?CaseType=PA/02260/24

Lovin Malta ħadu l-interess li jistaqsu lil ChatGPT sabiex jikrea ismijiet li jistgħu jkunu ta’ użu għall-kafetterija.

RITRATTI TA' PERMESSI MAĦRUĠA

L-ewwel permess Class 4D

It-tieni permess Class 4C (TIBBDIL FIL-KLASSI) :

RIŻORSI WARA XULXIN (Skont id-dati)

14 ta’ April:

Times of Malta-

Paola parish seeks permit for eatery atop of church, Curia says it's a cafeteria

Newsbook-

Paola Parish clarifies: No plans for roof restaurant, only small cafeteria

Malta Independent-

No restaurant, just a cafeteria on roof of Paola parish church, Curia says

TVM NEWS-

Il-Knisja trid tiftaħ kafetterija fuq il-bejt tal-Bażilika ta’ Raħal Ġdid

15 ta’ April:

Times of Malta-

PM urges Paola parish to drop eatery plans, Curia says they are being amended

Arċidjoċesi ta'Malta-

L-applikazzjoni emendata għal kafetterija fil-parroċċa ta’ Raħal Ġdid teskludi tisjir fuq il-post

Lovin' Malta-

‘Unbelievable But True’: Franco Debono Reacts To Plans To Build Rooftop Cafeteria In Paola Church

Lovin Malta-

‘Is-Sky Lounge Ta’ Kristu Re’: We Asked ChatGPT To Suggest Names For Paola Church Rooftop Cafeteria

16 ta’ April:

Times of Malta-

Watch: ‘I don’t think God will be offended’ - Paola priest shows café plans

18 ta’ April:

Lovin Malta-

27 ta’ Lulju:

Times of Malta-

Paola church drops plans for rooftop café after securing funding for restoration

TVM NEWS-

Il‑Parroċċa ta’ Raħal Ġdid b’finanzjament mill-Gvern għar-restawr urġenti tal-Bażilika

RAPPORT

“Ma jidhirlix li l-Mulej ħa jieħu għalih”- Il-Kappillan ta’ Raħal Ġdid  

16/12/2024

Kif qed jiżvolġi il-proġett tal-Knisja ta’ Raħal Ġdid.

“Qatt ma kien hemm il-ħsieb li jkun hemm ristorant fuq il-bejt tal-knisja” jwieġeb Fr Marc Andre Camilleri wara l-kontroversji li nħalqu dwar il-proġett tal-Knisja ta’ Raħal Ġdid.

Fl-14 ta’ April 2024 jitħarġu pubblikament l-pjanijiet ta’ dan l-proġett li jinvolvi kmamar bħala mużew b’temi differenti, kafetterija (Klassi 4D), observation deck kif wkoll ħanut tas-souvenirs. Fost dawn l-pjanijiet, l-iktar li spikkat kienet il-kafetterija li ħolqot diversi opinjonijiet mil-pubbliku fuq il-midja soċjali. Times of Malta ddettaljat illi kafetterija ta’Klassi 4D turi li “Dan it-tip ta' permess jippermetti l-preparazzjoni u l-bejgħ ta' ikel u xorb sħun u kiesaħ, kif ukoll tisjir, u huwa t-tip ta' permess attribwit għar-ristoranti.”. Madankollu l-Kurja nsistiet xorta waħda illi “l-intenzjoni tal-Parroċċa hija li tuża kamra f’wieħed mill-kampnari eżistenti bħala kafetterija żgħira għall-parruċċani u l-viżitaturi.”

Id-diversi artikli li ntħarġu minn pjattaformi u organizzazzjonijiet differenti dwar dan n-nuqqas ta’ ftehim, irriżulta li Fr Marc Andre Camilleri u l‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta sabu kompromess sabiex titbiddel il liċenzja minn Klassi 4D għal dik 4C li “ma tippermettix li jsir tisjir fuq il‑post.”, jiktbu L-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta li ħadu din d-deċiżjoni “biex telimina aktar spekulazzjoni u ideat żbaljati” .

L-Prim Ministru Robert Abela nnifsu jitkellem f’intervista ma Times of Malta waqt li juri nuqqas ta’ qbil mal-permess tal applikazzjoni, fi kliemu jgħid li l-knejjes “m’għandhomx jiġu rrovinati b dawn it-tip ta applikazzjonijiet”.

L-Avukat Franco Debono lanqas ma qabel ma dan il-proġett, tant li tefa posts jirredikolha dan il-proġett b’mod speċifiku billi jsemmi d-diska “God is a DJ” ta’ Faithless u ikkummenta li din hi “Id-diska uffiċċjali tal-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Raħal Ġdid”. Fis-16 ta’ April 2024 l-ġurnalist Mark Laurence minn Times of Malta żar il-bażilika waqt intervista ma Fr Marc Andre Camilleri li kellu l-opportunita’ sabiex jispjega iktar fid-dettal l-proġett billi juri viżwalment l-postijiet speċifiċi li ħa jkunu qegħdin jiġu rrestawrati maż-żmien.

Ħafna mil-pubbliku rreferew għas-silta tal-Evanġelju fejn Ġesù’ jaqleb l-imwejjed tal-bejjiegħa ħdejn it-tempju, sabiex juru l-idea tagħhom ta kif Alla għandu jirreaġixxi għall-proġett bħal dan, madankollu Fr Marc iwieġeb “Ma jidhirlix li l-Mulej ħa jieħu għalih għaliex dan it-tempju huwa mibni għall-unur tiegħu biex iservi l-kommunitá ” b’hekk mhux ħa jtellef il-qdusija tal-knisja .F’diversi rapportiil-kappillan jssostni illi s-siġġijiet u l-imwejjed m’humiex ser ikunu fuq is-saqaf tal-knisja ‘żda fuq is-saqaf tal-portiku b’siġġijiet u mwejjed mhux fissi kif wkoll l-ebda struttura m’hi pjanata li tiżdied sabiex tinżamm l-valur tal-estetika tal-knisja mingħajr ebda impatti negattivi lejha.

Il-Kurja tenfasizza illi l-kafetterija hija biss parti żgħira minn proġett ħafna akbar, storiku u turistiku sabiex l-knisja tiġi apprezzata iżjed. It-tnax-il kamra li hemm fil-kampnar imsejħin li jkollhom għanjiet differenti; ftit minnhom “veritcal museums”, hekk kif sejħilhom Fr Marc, b’temijiet differenti u l-bqija ser ikunu spazji ddedikati għan-nies tal-paroċċa b’etajiet differenti sabiex jkun hemm it-tgħalim tal-katekiżmu.

Fl-intervista ma Times of Malta, Fr Marc juri il-veduta li tidher mill-ispazju li hu pjanat li jkun l-observation deck sabiex jirrispondi l-kritiki tan-nies rigward l-veduta limitata għal “ħabs u ċimiterju”, hekk kif intqal minn-nies. L-filmat juri l-veduta filwaqt li Fr Marc jsemmi u juri d-diversi rħula u bliet li jidhru mil-post bħal “L-Imdina, Ħal-Luqa, San Ġiljan.....kollox jidher minn hawn” jghid Fr Marc Andre Camilleri.

Fis-27 ta’Lulju TVM news iħabbar illi “Il‑kampnar u l‑portiku tal‑Bażilika ta’ Kristu Re f’Raħal Ġdid se jibbenefikaw minn finanzjament ta’ €400,000 mill-Gvern.” Fil-kumplament tar-rapport niskopru illi dawn il-finanzi mħabbrin mil-ministru Owen Bonniċi Byron Camilleri kif ukoll mill-kappillan ta’ Raħal Ġdid, ser jgħinu “sabiex isiru t-tiswijiet u r-restawr neċessarju fil-parti ta’ fuq tal-bażilika permezz tal-entitajiet Komunità Malta u l-Kunsill Malti għall-Arti rispettivament.” Fl-istess jum Times Of Malta jiktbu li l-proġett huwa ttamat li jkun komplut fl-2025.

PJAN TAL-FILMAT

Mistoqsijiet possibli għal Vox pop:

Taħseb li din il-kafetterija ħa tiġbed lil ġenerazzjonijiet iżjed lejn il-knisja?

X’taħseb fuq lidea tal kafeterija?.. Għaliex?

Kieku tagħmel użu minn din il-kafetterija?

Għandek interess li eventwalment iżżur l-mużew malli jitlesta l-proġett?

Taħseb li wara dan il proġett għandhom jiftħu iżjed bħalhom madwar irħula oħra f’Malta?

Postijiet ta’ Interess:

Raħal Ġdid ħa jkun il post prinċipali fejn ħa nsaqsu il-mistoqsijiet tal-Vox pop minħabba li il-kafetterija ħa tinfetaħ hemm.

Apparti Raħal Ġdid ħa nmorru ukoll il-Belt Valletta biex naraw kieku dan il-proġett kellu isir ġo irħula oħra, b’hekk inkunu nafu perspettivi oħra ukoll.

Ħinijiet:

Valletta: Bħala ħinijiet tal-iffilmjar ħa nmorru bejn is-siegħa u l-erbgħa, ħabba li dawk il-ħinijiet ikun hemm min irid imur jixtri x’jiekol jew inkella ikun hemm min qiegħed jaqdi il qadi ta’ wara ix-xogħol. B’hekk insibu varjeta ta eta’.

Raħal Ġdid- Wara l-ħin tal-quddiesa tal- 8:30/10:00 AM

L-equipment li ħa nużaw:

Tripod

Kamera

SD cards

USB-C Microphone

Tascam recorder

Permessi:

Ħabba li hija diffiċli biex issaqsi lil kull persuna biex jiffirmaw il-karti tal-kunsens, qabel ma nibdew il-mistoqsijiet tal-Vox pop ħa nistaqsuhom għall-kunsens verbali li ħa jkun irrekordjat għal provi.

Udjenza li qed nimmiraw għaliha:

Minħabba li r-rapport normalment tiġi imtella’ fuq il medja socjali bħala grupp ta’ udjenza qegħdin nimmiraw għal nies li joqgħodu fil-viċininanzi.

LISTA TA’ REFERENZI

Archdiocese of Malta. (2024). Amended Paola parish cafeteria application rules out cooking on premises. [online] Available at: https://church.mt/amended-paola-parish-cafeteria-application-rules-out-cooking-on-premises/.

Arena, J. (2024a). Paola church drops plans for rooftop café after securing funding for restoration. [online] Times of Malta. Available at: https://timesofmalta.com/article/paola-church-drops-plans-rooftop-cafe-securing-funding-restoration.1095954.

Arena, J. (2024b). Paola parish seeks permit for eatery atop of church, Curia says it’s a cafeteria. [online] Times of Malta. Available at: https://timesofmalta.com/article/paola-parish-wants-eatery-top-church-roof.1090987.

Galea, C. (2024). ‘Is-Sky Lounge Ta’ Kristu Re’: We Asked ChatGPT To Suggest Names For Paola Church Rooftop Cafeteria. [online] Lovin Malta. Available at: https://lovinmalta.com/humour/is-sky-lounge-ta-kristu-re-we-asked-chatgpt-to-suggest-names-fors-paola-church-rooftop-cafeteria/.

Independent.com.mt. (2024). No restaurant, just a cafeteria on roof of Paola parish church, Curia says - The Malta Independent. [online] Available at: https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2024-04-14/local-news/No-restaurant-just-a-cafeteria-on-roof-of-Paola-parish-church-Curia-says-6736260218.

Jurgen Balzan (2024). Paola Parish clarifies: No plans for roof restaurant, only small cafeteria. [online] Newsbook. Available at: https://newsbook.com.mt/en/paola-parish-clarifies-no-plans-for-roof-restaurant-only-small-cafeteria/.

L-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta . (2024). L-applikazzjoni emendata għal kafetterija fil-parroċċa ta’ Raħal Ġdid teskludi tisjir fuq il-post. [online] Available at: https://knisja.mt/l-applikazzjoni-emendata-ghal-kafetterija-fil-parrocca-ta-rahal-gdid-teskludi-tisjir-fuq-il-post/?_ga=2.20813816.1512547125.1734197854-1039669133.1734197854.

Lovin' Malta (2024). [online] Tiktok.com. Available at: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovinmaltaofficial/video/7359152052297026849.

Massimo Axisa (2024). IlParroċċa ta’ Raħal Ġdid b’finanzjament mill-Gvern għar-restawr urġenti tal-Bażilika. [online] TVMnews.mt. Available at: https://tvmnews.mt/news/il%E2%80%91parrocca-ta-rahal-gdid-bfinanzjament-mill-gvern-ghar-restawr-urgenti-tal-bazilika-2/.

Planning Authority. (2023). Planning Authority - PA Case Details. [online] Available at: https://www.pa.org.mt/pacasedetails?CaseType=PA/02260/24.

Tortell, A. (2024). ‘Unbelievable But True’: Franco Debono Reacts To Plans To Build Rooftop Cafeteria In Paola Church. [online] Lovin Malta. Available at: https://lovinmalta.com/malta/unbelievable-but-true-franco-debono-reacts-to-plans-to-build-rooftop-cafeteria-in-paola-church/.

TVM Newsroom (2024). Il-Knisja trid tiftaħ kafetterija fuq il-bejt tal-Bażilika ta’ Raħal Ġdid. [online] TVMnews.mt. Available at: https://tvmnews.mt/news/il-knisja-trid-tiftah-kafetterija-fuq-il-bejt-tal-bazilika-ta-rahal-gdid/.

Zammit, M.L. (2024a). PM urges Paola parish to drop eatery plans, Curia says they are being amended. [online] Times of Malta. Available at: https://timesofmalta.com/article/paola-parish-priest-withdraw-eatery-plans-prime-minister-says.1091032.

Zammit, M.L. (2024b). Watch: ‘I don’t think God will be offended’ - Paola priest shows café plans. [online] Times of Malta. Available at: https://timesofmalta.com/article/watch-i-don-t-think-god-offended-paola-priest-shows-cafe-plans.1091076 .

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image description: an infographic, “How to say happy Passover in Jewish languages” by @myjewishlearning

Hebrew: “Chag kasher v’sameach”

Judeo-Amharic: “Melkam yeqita be-al”

Ladino: “Pesach alegre”

Judeo-Persian: “Moedeuten mubarak bashe”

Judeo-Italian: “Buon mongedde”

Judeo-Arabic: “Ikun elik el-eid mbrak”

Yiddish: “A freylichen un koshern pesach”

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