#joel nakamura

[lookcaitlin]

[murphydesign]

Artist Joel Nakamura Celebrates Godzilla

Joel shares a love for visual mythology in his work, celebrating folk art and iconographic expressions worldwide. His favorite story of all time is Godzilla. Initially making his silver screen debut in 1954, Godzilla is a prehistoric reptile mutated by radiation from a nuclear test. Joel explains, “Godzilla was my totem animal growing up. I related to this giant creature and just loved him. I even think of Godzilla as a close relative...”

Santa Fe painter Joel Nakamura celebrates folk art and deeply personalized iconographic forms inspired by Native peoples from around the world, their mythological belief systems, and their forms of creative expression. Often, Joel paints on panels made of tin that are embellished with patterns closely related to Mexican folk art.

As a distinguished Art Center College of Design alum, Joel is often selected for commissions that feature his extensive knowledge of tribal art and mythology. His vibrantly-colored paintings featuring other-worldly characters give homage to the mythological teachings of Joseph Campbell, Japanese Anime, Ultraman, Godzilla, and Astro-Boy.

[haro-draws]

RAAAAAH

[fumisdemonicrealm]

I did do the shirt cut meme before sooo here is the old one.... and now I did the booty cause its fun.

[smallidarityfan]

smallidarity highschool au

came up with this au like actually 2 years ago where it's mainly empires 2 smallidarity centric, with Jimmy as a student council member and Joel as an honours student who doesn't like the way Jimmy runs things around the school.

As payback for the regulations Jimmy put up that Joel thought was stupid, Joel does these elaborate 'The Office' style pranks on Jimmy (specifically) while Jimmy retaliates by trying his best to dig up dirt on Joel. This banter goes on for a while— however Joel ends up doing the pranks less as a statement, and instead more just to see how Jimmy would react... with his comical, cartoony villain yells, and... weirdly cute face....? (YAOI YAOI YAOI YAOI)

very very old au drawings below:

from July 2023

😭😭 joel does NOT look like a highschooler here 😭😭😭😭 (i also wanted to draw angst in the first two ig idk a year later it's pretty cringe [i am still cringe]) (also partially inspired by when I read "Go for it, Nakamura!" and the mc reminded me of joel for no actual reason. or maybe i was just thinking about that manga while drawing smallidarity. idk)

from November 2022:

I think these doodles were genuinely the first instance of me converting from being against mcyt shipping to for shipping LMAOO

[swftwalker]

FANDOMS MASTERLIST!! (this is long k im sorry)

• YELLOWJACKETS

natalie scatorccio, lottie matthews, shauna shipman, van palmer, taissa turner, misty quigley, jackie taylor, callie sadecki, laura lee

• ARCANE

caitlyn kiramman, vi, jinx/powder, ekko, mel medarda, jayce talis, viktor

• RIORDANVERSE

annaveth chase, percy jackson, grover underwood, leo valdez, jason grace, piper mclean, frank zhang, hazel levesque, nico di angelo, will solace, silena beauregard, charles beckendorf, thalia grace, clarisse la rue, rachel elizabeth dare, ethan nakamura, luke castellan, travis/connor stoll, lityerses, reyna ramirez-arellano, lester papadopoulos, katie gardner

• WIZARDING WORLD

remus lupin, evan rosier, regulus black, barty croush jr, james potter, sirius black, marlene mckinnon, lily evans, harry potter, hermione granger, ron weasley, fred/george, luna lovegood, neville longbottom, ginny weasley, theodore nott

• THE HUNGER GAMES

katniss everdeen, peeta mellark, finnick odair, johanna manson, haymitch abernathy, lucy gray

• THE MAZE RUNNER

thomas, newt, minho, theresa, frypan, aris, brenda

• CRIMINAL MINDS

emily prentiss, spencer reid, jennifer jareaux, derek morgan, aaron hotchner, penelope garcia, elle greenaway

• BRIDGERTON

anthony bridgerton, benedict bridgerton, colin bridgerton, daphne bridgerton, eloise bridgerton, francesca bridgerton, penelope featherington, kate sharma, edwina sharma, simon basset, theo sharpe, violet bridgerton, kind george, charlotte

• THE WALKING DEAD

rick grimes, carl grimes, daryl dixon, carol peletier, maggie greene, michonne, glenn rhee, rosita espinosa, aaron, tara chambler

• GRISHAVERSE

kaz brekker, alina starkov, malyen oretsev, inej gafha, jesper fahey, wylan van eck, nikolai lantsov, nina zenik, zoya nazyalensky, matthias helvar

• MARVEL

tony stark, steve rogers, natasha romanoff, yelena belova, thor odinson, loki odinson, bruce banner, clint barton, kate bishop, carol danvers, scott lang, wanda maximoff, vision, agatha harkness, bucky barnes, sam wilson, stephen strange, kamala khan, matt murdock, jessica jones, charles xavier, erik lensherr, logan howlett, raven darkholme, peter maximoff, jean grey, scott summers, alex summers, any spiderman ever made

• COBRA KAI/KARATE KID

miguel diaz, robby keene, eli moskowitz, sam larusso, tory nichols, daniel larusso, johnny lawrence, demetri alexopoulos, anthony larusso, devon lee, kenny payne

• SCREAM

sidney prescott, gale weathers, dewey riley, billy loomis, stu macher, tara carpenter, samantha carpenter, tatum riley, jill roberts, amber freeman, chad meeks-martin, mindy meeks-martin, wes hicks, randy meeks, charlie walker, roman bridger, ethan landry, quinn bailey

• STRANGER THINGS

steve harrington, robin buckley, nancy wheeler, jonathan byers, eddie munson, eleven hopper, jim hopper, joyce byers, will byers, mike wheeler, max mayfield, dustin henderson, lucas sinclair

• YOU

love quinn, joe goldberg, guinevere beck, ellie alves, delilah alves, lady phoebe, forty quinn

• THE LAST OF US

ellie williams, joel miller, abby anderson, dina, tommy miller

• THE BEAR

carmy berzatto, sydney adamu, marcus brooks, richie jerimovich, natalie berzatto, michael berzatto, tina marrero, claire dunlap

• TEEN WOLF

scott mccall, stiles stilinski, theo raeken, liam dunbar, derek hale, allison argent, lydia martin, isaac lahey, peter hale, malia tate, kira yukimura, deucalion, chris argent, cora hale, nolan holloway, mason hewitt, brett talbot, corey bryant

• AGGGTM

pippa fitz-amobi, ravi singh, cara ward, andie bell, sal singh, nat da silva, connor reynolds, jamie reynolds, naomi ward, zach chen

• SHAMELESS

fiona gallagher, lip gallagher, ian gallagher, debby gallagher, carl gallagher, mickey milkovich, kevin ball, veronica fisher, mandy milkovich, svetlana yevgenivna, sandy milkovich

• OUTER BANKS

sarah cameron, kiara carrera, cleo anderson, john b routlege, jj maybank, rafe cameron, pope heyward, sofia

• THE WILDS

shelby goodkind, leah rilke, toni shalifoe, nora reid, martha backburn, rachel reid, fatin jadmani, dot campbell

more... heartless, the sex lives of college girls, hill house/bly manor, bottoms, challengers, normal people, fallout, sweetpea, tvd s1, one piece, derry girls, heartstopper, locke & key s1, mlwtwb, ATLA, manifest, heartbreak high, young royals

i'm probably missing things so this will be get updated || if someone you want to request is not in here, you're free to ask me since i probably forgot some people

[deadguydeathmatch]

The Dead Guy Death Match Bracket Is Here!

Round 1 will be split into 4 waves of 16 24 hour polls and each wave will be posted 24 hours after the previous. The first wave will start on Tuesday the 18th of April at 3pm BST

The matchups are listed under the readmore and will be hyperlinked to the polls when they go up.

The matchups were all randomised although I did make minor adjustments if I thought one was much too unfair.

Also tagging @tournamentdirectory as I haven't already

Wave 1:

Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane) Vs Gavroche Thenardier (Les Miserables)

Leif (Bug Fables) Vs Queen Serenity (Sailor Moon)

L (Death Note) Vs Jonny D'Ville (The Mechanisms)

Noah Czerny (The Raven Cycle) Vs Lee Everett (The Walking Dead)

Pat Butcher (BBC Ghosts) Vs Xerxes Break (Pandora Hearts)

Captain Orimar Vale (Skyjacks Campaign Podcast) Vs Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)

Diallos Hoslow (Elden Ring) Vs Rachel Amber (Life Is Strange)

Andrei Grandier (Rose Of Versailles) Vs Constance Blackwood (Ride The Cyclone)

Spock (Star Trek) Vs Maria Robotnik (Sonic The Hedgehog)

Kravitz (The Adventure Zone) Vs Sal Fisher (Sally Face)

Mari (Omori) Vs Ianto Jones (Torchwood)

Nate (Leverage) Vs Max (Sam and Max)

Owen Carvour (Spies Are Forever) Vs Vylad Ro'Meave (Minecraft Diaries)

Neil Perry (Dead Poet's Society) Vs Sayaka Miki (Madoka Magica)

Flapjack (The Owl House) Vs Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Loki (Marvel) Vs Adam Faulkner Stanheight (Saw)

Wave 2:

Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) Vs Diggory Graves (Hello From The Hallowoods)

Hugo Oak (Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts) Vs Leonardo Hamato (Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie)

Chara (Undertale) Vs Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase)

River Song (Doctor Who) Vs Micheal Afton (Five Nights At Freddy's)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wurthering Heights) Vs Tara Maclay (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Laudna (Critical Role) Vs Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy)

Mia Fey (Ace Attorney) Vs Jay Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)

Meiko 'Menma' Honma (The Flower We Saw That Day) Vs Claire Foley (Professor Layton)

Grelle Sutcliff (Black Butler) Vs Skelly (Hades)

Ethan Winters (Resident Evil) Vs Portgas D Ace (One Piece)

Polly Geist (Monster Prom) Vs Hua Cheng (Heaven's Official Blessing)

Avatar Kyoshi (Avatar The Last Airbender) Vs Galivar Kholin (Stormlight Archive)

Pink/Orchid (Animation Vs Animator/Minecraft) Vs Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls Animated)

Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb) Vs Stoick The Vast (How To Train Your Dragon)

Evelyn Hooper (Less is Morgue) Vs Manny Calavera (Grim Fandango)

Kokichi Oma (Danganronpa) Vs Silco (Arcane)

Wave 3:

Eurydice (Greek Mythology) Vs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead)

Jack Twist (Brokeback Mountain) Vs Charles Vane (Black Sails)

Howard Hamlin (Better Call Saul) Vs Jason Grace (Riordanverse)

Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries) Vs Gerard Keay (The Magnus Archives)

Manny (Swiss Army Man) Vs Matoro (Bionicle)

Wen Ning (Mo Dao Zu Shi) Vs Kikyo (Inuyasha)

Yuri Nakamura (Angel Beats) Vs Simon Kain (Pathologic)

Deep Throat (The X Files) Vs La Signora (Genshin Impact)

Esmeralda (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Novel) Vs Ursula Zandt/Silhouette (Watchmen Comics)

Nageki Fujishiro (Hatoful Boyfriend) Vs Tuba (Infinity Train)

Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice) Vs Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption)

Oda Sakunoske (Bungou Stray Dogs) Vs Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)

Duncan (Dragon Age) Vs Junpei Yoshino (Jujitsu Kaisen)

Quincey Morris (Dracula) Vs Connor Murphy (Dear Evan Hansen)

Deadman (DC Comics) Vs Breakdown (Transformers)

Draal The Deadly (Troll Hunters) Vs Castiel (Supernatural)

Wave 4:

Matsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer) Vs Midori (Your Turn To Die)

Kelsier (Mistborn) Vs Peter 'Parker' Yang (Malevolent Podcast)

Tadashi Hamada (Big Hero 6) Vs Noriaki Kakyoin (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Erik (The Phantom Of The Opera) Vs Matthias Helvar (Six Of Crows)

Tigerstar (Warrior Cats) Vs Boromir (The Lord Of The Rings)

Joel Miller (The Last Of Us) Vs Pedro Madrigal (Encanto)

Rufus Emeterio (They Both Die At The End) Vs King Arthur (King Arthur)

Bunny Corcoran (The Secret History) Vs Lenore (Nevermore Webtoon)

Sliver Of Straw (Rain World) Vs Bow (Inanimate Insanity)

Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place) Vs Nicholas D Wolfwood (Trigun)

Tiso (Hollow Knight) Vs Okudera (Yakuza 5)

Koki Kariya (The World Ends With You) Vs Horst Cabal (Johannes Cabal)

Mr Boddy (Clue) Vs Garret Jacob Hobbs (Hannibal)

Eddie Kaspbrak (IT) Vs Emily (Corpse Bride)

Ash Lynx (Banana Fish) Vs Ophelia (Hamlet)

Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) Vs Kili (The Hobbit)

[mikelogan]

Spotify wrapped: 15, 19, 26!

eee thank you!!

15) Most danceable track

Already answered but pookie by aya nakamura is definitely up there

19) Is the most streamed song by your favourite artist your favourite of them?

it's not actually! i was super surprised that first place i go by avi kaplan was my number one song. obviously i love it lol but i was expecting aberdeen or born in california by him or even a billy joel song

26) Favourite bassline

after midnight - chappell roan!

SPOTIFY WRAPPED ASKS

[luxnebula]

My cyberpunk dystopia murder mystery story Lightmore is one year old today! A lot of plot has happened during this year. Let's take a look where we are, story-wise, shall we?

The Badawi family, known for their private detective services and whistleblowing, have gathered together for a family conference. However, in the middle of the meeting, a stranger wanders into the family home an spontaneously mutated, slaughtering most of the family. Beatrice Badawi (pictured, left), the second oldest child of the head of the family suddenly finds herself facing the place of the head now that her father Francesco and older brother Gabriele are dead. In the hospital, Beatrice offers to adopt Angelo and Camila, two distant cousins who lost their parents.

With Qianfan Chen, her nephew-in-law, Yuuji Kieu and Whisper Thompson from the Lightmore City Police Department, Beatrice hits the ground running and starts immediately investigating the incident, even when a lot of her family is in the hospital and even more are deceased.

Right after the incident, Yuuji goes to the morgue to investigate the items the mutated person had on them while he mutated. Yuuji finds out that his name was Keith Dallas and that he had swallowed a small vial right before mutating. The vial is sent to texting and Yuuji takes Keith's phone with him as he goes to find Keith's family.

Meanwhile, doctor Mala Carillo-'Aukai (pictured, right) is approaching the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of her husband, Jaimal Suri-Gul, in a traffic accident. Aditi Suri-Gul, Jaimal's mother, Nursimo Meroving, Jaimal's twin brother and Makoto Nakamura, Nursimo, Jaimal and Mala's childhood friend (and a beloved vlogger and influencer) are also coping with the upcoming anniversary in their own ways.

In reality, Jaimal is alive. Mala has a secret lab hidden in the basement of her home, where she is keeping Jaimal in a medically-induced coma in a capsule.

Michael Bafford, the CEO of Bafford Energy Corp. decides that Joel, his son, is old enough to start being trained to take his place as the CEO of the company when Michael is retiring. However, Joel has lived his life a little too comfortably and seems unwilling to work.

Grayson Atieno, Uaid Connell, Nova Thompson, Finley Pelham and Wick Omarov, workers for Lightmore City Saniation Inc., find a weird, silver capsule hidden in the cisterns under the city while they're looking for the corpse of a certain man. They report it to Whisper, but they're busy with the Badawi incident.

Yuuji finds Keith's wife, and Beatrice goes to talk to her with Whisper. Before they do that, they pick up Qianfan and check the family home's security camera tapes. In the security camera footage, they see Keith swallowing something before he enters the house. This causes a suspicion about Keith's drug usage.

While talking to Keith's wife, Beatrice, Whisper and Qianfan find out that Keith had just gotten a promotion at his job at the Power Plant. He and his wife were planning to have a baby, until Keith suddenly changed. He became withdrawn, nervous and secretive. As such, the couple had been growing apart for years, so Keith's wife can't give a definite answer about Keith having a drug habit. She also found out that Keith had been seeing a sex worker behind her back for a while. The sex worker might know more about if Keith had a habit of taking drugs. She also tells the group that one day Keith came home drunk and told her that if he disappears, he's been murdered. A rumor about workers at the Power Plant dying when they get a certain promotion comes up. The next step is to find out if Keith's colleagues know anything about him acting weird, investigate the rumor and go talk to the sex worker that Keith has been seeing.

Makoto has auditioned for a part in Adventure Dog, a hugely popular TV show. While waiting to hear back from the AdvenCrew, she's also preparing for her annual memorial stream for Jaimal's death.

Whisper and Angelo head to the Power Plant to talk to Kahale, a Power Plant worker. Kahale agrees to talk to them, but only outside of the Power Plant. Kahale confirms that Keith's personality had a sudden shift soon after his promotion. He also confirms that the rumor is real, a lot of Power Plant workers after being promoted to senior engineer, but people who are either loyal to the company or mind their business live.

Beatrice and Qianfan go to the red lights district to find the sex worker Keith has been seeing. The sex worker turns out to be Delano, a tall, muscular man, who doesn't know anything about Keith or his habits. He is able to tell that Keith has been nervous or stressed every time he's met him. Valeria, a helpful bystander, is able to tell them about a party drug named Zeus that allegedly makes people go berserk. Jaqueline, a casino owner and a known drug trafficer, would probably know something about Zeus.

Grayson and his group bring Yuuji down to the cisterns to show him the capsule that they found. However, by the time they get to where the capsule had been, it's gone. Grayson seems to know that it's not there before they even get to the spot. He also seems to know that it has been removed. But since there's nothing they can do, the group leaves the cisterns.

Joel's first day at the Power Plant is off to a rough start. First he's late (because he overslept and took his time eating breakfast), then he's late even more when he gets lost in the Power Plant. Michael is extremely unhappy about this.

Jaimal's loved ones prepare for the anniversary of his death. Aditi gets a day off, Nursimo is visited by Niran, a friend who he's been having Tension with, being promised that Niran would visit on the day of the anniversary too, and Makoto prepares for her memorial stream. Mala trims Jaimal's beard.

The anniversary comes and everyone's mood is solemn. Aditi sleeps in, Nursimo conflictedly prepares to see Niran, Makoto prepares for her stream, Mala leaves the stream on for Jaimal before going to work. One of the nurses working at Mala's clinic suggests Mala to take the day off, but she turns the offer down. She doesn't want to be alone with her thoughts today.

Meanwhile, the Badawis also prepare for the funerals of their family members. They visit the morgue and wash the bodies, as is custom. After washing the bodies, they go to the Mosque for mass.

Joel's second day at the Power Plant is off to a much better start. He is given to Kahale, a Power Plant worker who's due a promotion, as a ward to train. Kahale is a very professional and dry man and his personality clashes with Joel's almost immediately. While Kahale gives Joel a tour of the Power Plant, they meet Tsubaki, a beautiful Power Plant worker and Joel immediately starts flirting with xir. To Kahale's dismay, Joel keeps finding moments to run off from him to go talk to Tsubaki.

In Mala's secret lab, Makoto's stream plays for Jaimal as he sleeps. Aditi is also watching the stream, while browsing through old photos of Jaimal. Nursimo and Niran are keeping busy working on prosthetics together. On the stream, Makoto reminisces when Jaimal and Mala met. In the lab, Jaimal slowly stirs and opens his eyes.

Makoto closes the stream and gets a call from her manager, Kayden. He tells her that he has news from the AdvenCrew. Makoto got the part in Adventure Dog. Makoto is ecstatic.

In Nursimo's workshop, Niran asks Nursimo if Nursimo has been flirting with him. Nursimo, flustered, admits that he's been flirting with Niran for a few years. Niran is embarrassed that he had no idea. Nursimo tells him that he can ignore the whole exchange, but Niran asks if he can kiss him. The two kiss and stumble onto the floor.

Mala goes to her secret lab after work and sees Jaimal's eyes open. Mala hurries to open the capsule and the two have a short conversation before Jaimal falls back asleep.

Aditi calls Mala and Mala has a hard time holding herself together. Aditi is worried, but Mala reassures her she's fine. Mala invites Aditi for dinner so they can talk about it. Aditi gladly accepts.

The Badawis arrive at the Mosque and are immediately surrounded by people giving them their condolences. With the Mosque goers and Eins, the imani, the funeral is planned and prepared within one conversation before the mass. The funeral is settled to be held the next day.

After Kahale's work day, Michael asks him how orienting Joel went. Kahale admits that dealing with Joel has been like herding cats. Michael doesn't seem surprised to hear this.

After Mosque, the Badawis return to the investigation. Beatrice, Qianfan, Orlando and Angelo go to Lucky Jack's Casino to meet Jaqueline. One of the guards at the casino is Delano, who Orlando also seems to recognize, despite not having met him the previous day. Delano brings the group to Jaqueline's office, and Orlando slips away with him as Beatrice, Qianfan and Angelo step into the office. Beatrice asks Jaqueline if she knows anything about Zeus. Jaqueline knows something, but she wants something from the Badawis first. Jaqueline asks the Badawis to investigate Lieselotte Meyer, the famous philanthropist, to find any kind of dirt on her. Beatrice tells Jaqueline that the Badawis aren't blackmailers, but Jaqueline says that she has a legitimate reason for wanting to ruin Meyer's reputation. She believes that Meyer is doing something evil beyond gentrifying the lower levels of the city. Meyer says she wants to keep the city safe, but she backs up legislation that will only screw the lower levels over, along with people who don't fit her view of a safe Lightmore. Jaqueline wants to stop her plans. With this reasoning, Beatrice can't help but begrudgingly agree to her terms.

Orlando has known Delano for some time now. He met him three years ago, after Orlando had just gotten out of a job and so exhausted that he wasn't working with full mental capacity. He bumped into Delano by accident in the red lights district. Orlando blurted to him that he hadn't slept in three days and Delano told him that he can help. Delano took Orlando to a love hotel and gave him a massage. Orlando turned down the "happy end", though.

In present day, Orlando and Delano are standing in awkward silence. Orlando tries to initiate conversation, but Delano tells him that he tries to keep his clients at an arm's distance. Orlando offers to stop buying his services now that he's overstepped Delano's boundaries by accident. Delano doesn't mind either way. Beatrice interrupts them and tells Orlando that they're going to investigate Meyer now. Delano pales hearing the name.

The Badawis gather up at Beatrice's apartment to plan their next action. They start by looking into if Meyer has any offshore accounts. The name Zeus seems to remind Camila about an incident a few years ago. There was a pharmaceutical company that got caught disposing of dangerous substances carelessly. The company was called Hellenic Pharmaceutical. There was some buzz about it for a while, then the company just seemed to disappear before any arrests or trials were done about it. Beatrice deems it suspicious. The premises where Hellenic used to operate are still unused, which is also very suspicious. Orlando and Angelo volunteer to look into it.

Orlando and Angelo, dressed as cleaners, sneak into the building where Hellenic worked at and it still seems like it's still in operation, although very empty of people. Snooping around in some computers, Orlando finds reports about spontaneous mutations, especially inducing them on purpose in mice. Orlando also finds a mention about a "patron". Orlando saves the files on a flashdrive and tries to find out who this patron is. Unfortunately, he is interrupted by a man in labcoat before he can find anything. Orlando and Angelo greet the man cheerfully and leave the building.

While Orlando and Angelo were sneaking around, Qianfan's sister-in-law Isabella found out that Meyer's finances seem to be clean, but that just means that they have to dig deeper. The family agrees to find Meyer's ex-PA and talk to her to see if she knows anything. After the funeral, that is.

The funeral is held in solemn atmosphere. Thankfully, even Sofia (Beatrice's sister-in-law, Orlando and Lorenzo's mother), Lorenzo (Orlando's brother) and Leonardo (Beatrice's younger brother, Isabella's father, Qianfan's father-in-law), the Badawis that are still hospitalized, could make it to the funeral. Angelo and Camila think about Beatrice's offer again. They decide to agree, although Camila feels like they have no other choice. Sofia tells Orlando and Lorenzo how she met their father.

Grayson's group head out to the streets to continue looking for the body. Wick asks where they should start their search, and Grayson gives an oddly specific answer. Nova asks him about it, and Grayson gives a noncommital answer about having asked his mother (who is a late-night clairvoyant) for advice. The group eventually does find the body of the man they were looking for, wedged between two buildings in a narrow nook. They call Yuuji. With Yuuji's help they manage to wrench the body out of the crook and take him to the morgue. In the morgue, the dead person's daughters come by and confirm that it is their father. Grayson handles the situation so well that Yuuji compliments him on it.

Kahale continues trying to train Joel, but Joel still seems to be more interested in flirting with Tsubaki than learning his new job. Kahale gives him a lecture about his work ethics and sexual harassment, but Joel doesn't seem to take it seriously.

Lieselotte meets Prime, a shady tech implant engineer for lunch and asks him to find someone for her. The name Lieselotte gives Prime is Delano Yamada.

After the funeral, Valeria texts Beatrice and asks how she's doing. Bearice tells her that she wants something to distract herself from her thoughts. Valeria offers to help with that and suggests a girls' night out: shopping, tasty treats and makeovers. Beatrice agrees to it. At the same time, Angelo and Camila tell Beatrice that they agree to Beatrice's offer. Angelo and Camila get a "promotion" to the main Badawi family, which means that they need to be trained. Since they don't have their weapons yet, Beatrice decides to take Angelo and Camila along to her and Valeria's girls' night out. Valeria seems a little surprised about this, but rolls with it.

Beatrice takes the group to a warehouse/shooting range, which Valeria finds a little harder to deal with. Camila doesn't seem too keen about having to have a gun, either. She brings it up to Beatrice who tells her that not wanting to have a gun is the best mindset for having a gun. Beatrice tells Camila that she can use the gun as she sees fit, be it very little or none at all. Camila begrudgingly agrees to take the gun, lock it away and never touch it again. Angelo and Camila take a few practice shots with their new guns before Beatrice pays for them. Valeria asks Beatrice why she's here. Beatrice tells her that Valeria offered to take her shopping and this is shopping. Camila overhears this and tells Beatrice to go and actually have fun with Valeria.

So Angelo and Camila go back home and Valeria takes Beatrice to a bubble tea place. As they're waiting for their drinks, Valeria suggests to take Beatrice to get her nails done. Beatrice agrees. They do just that: Beatrice gets wasp themed nails and Valeria gets citrus themed nails. The conversation drifts to dating, and Beatrice admits that she hasn't been on a date in years. Valeria thinks this is a travesty and immediately offers to take Beatrice on a date. She has a special place that she wants to take Beatrice to, but when Beatrice suggests going there, Valeria says they should go somewhere else first. So Beatrice suggests the library.

The library is closed, but Beatrice gets them in with her library card. Beatrice gets herself a detective novel and Valeria remembers a fantasy novel from her youth that she loved reading. Beatrice helps her find it. They find the book and Valeria reads Beatrice some of it. This flusters Beatrice for some reason. After that, Valeria finds the room with instruments and she wants to try the drums. She mentions that she knows a few people who have a band, but are missing a drummer. Valeria wants to try if she could learn the drums and start being their drummer. Beatrice watches Valeria drum, growing more and more flustered. However, Beatrice also remembers that she buried a large part of her family just earlier today, and the mood of the date is ruined. Valeria offers to take Beatrice home. She promises to take Beatrice to her special date location some other time. Valeria kisses Beatrice's cheek before wishing her goodnight.

Michael is holding a meeting with Joel and Kahale. He asks Kahale how training Joel is going. Kahale admits that it's still not working out, but Joel needs more time, experience and training. Michael tells him that he'll have a talk with Joel. Kahale seems sceptical, but he thinks that he can get Joel into the right mindset with a month or two. After the meeting, Michael takes Joel into a highly restricted area of the Power Plant. Tsubaki and Kahale watch them via security cameras. When Michael and Joel emerge from the restricted area, Joel is clearly shaken and rattled, so much so that he has to sit on the floor. Michael doesn't seem concerned about his state and nudges him to get back to his feet. The two leave, leaving baffled Tsubaki and Kahale.

Oh wow, that was a lot! But now you're caught up on the first year of Lightmore. I think we're about three quarters done of the story that I have planned for this season. Thank you for reading this far and continuing to read. I started writing this for myself mostly, but I'm glad that other people are coming along as well.

[windynebula]

The Badawi Family is attacked in the middle of a family meeting, leaving the once-influential detective and whistleblower family in ruins. Michael Bafford, the owner of Bafford Energy Inc. wants his hedonistic son Joel to shape up and start preparing to take his place as the CEO of the powerplant. Doctor Mala 'Aukai-Carillo is desperately trying to hold her life together as the fifth anniversary of her husband's death is drawing closer. Lieselotte Meyer, a renowned philanthropist, teases finally bringing her son and famously reclusive husband to the public. Makoto Nakamura, a beloved vlogger and singer, is planning to make her acting debut in the wildly popular, long running TV show Adventure Dog.

Read Lightmore on Toyhouse.

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AIN'T THAT A BITE CHARACTER DROP: RUKA NAKAMURA

Voiceclaim: TBD

Description: Ruka is a young sorceress from Odo Island

She has to vacate the island after an event that caused all of the islands residents to be killed. Her mother was skilled with the sword, and her father was a warlock. Ruka is both skilled in the blade and with magic. She was originally a headhunter, and one of the more dangerous ones. Her life as a warden is a bit more difficult than her life as a headhunter, as it now has her facing things very similar to what she saw on Odo Island

Character inspirations

Koichi Shikishma

Joel Miller

Stolas Goetia

And Wanda Maximoff

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tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better!

Thank you for tagging me @lizardbrainhours and @there-is-just-me-myself-and-i !! <3

1. Three Ships

Joel/Niko, Olli/Aleksi, Joel/Joonas

2. Last Song

Copines by Aya Nakamura

3. Last Movie

Love Actually - I watched it on Christmas Eve like I do every year, it's my Christmas tradition

4. Currently reading

"Sexual politics of meat" by Carol J Adams - I have... a fev issues with this book and I don't know if I like it yet, but sometimes it's good to read something that challanges your perspective

"Ciałaczki" by Karolina Sulej - it's a polish reportage book about women implementing feminism in Poland. I love it so much, I recommend it to every polish-speaking person who would like to read sth about an easy take on feminism

5. Currently Watching

Video on YT where Safiya Nyagaard is moving across the country

6. Currently consuming

rice cakes

7. Currently craving

Anything sweet that has chocolate in it

I'm tagging: @kochana-lulu @kaunisbaby @ss4nni @my-im-bored-page @autopsy-im-ill @lnights @pastlink @matelass @paleangels13

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Artist Joel Nakamura Celebrates Godzilla - 4k

Fans of animation, fantasy, illustration, and inspiration will love this film celebrating artist and beast. Santa Fe, New Mexico artist Joel Nakamura delivers.

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Crunchyroll Anime Award Winners

Anime of the Year – Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Action – Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Animation – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

Best Anime Song – Idol by Yoasobi for Oshi no Ko

Best Art Direction – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

Best Character Design – Sayaka Koiso, Tadashi Hiramatsu for Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Cinematography – Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Comedy – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2

Best Continuing Series – One Piece

Best Director – Shota Goshozono, Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Drama – Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1

Best Ending Sequence – Akari by Soshi Sakiyama from Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Fantasy – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

Best Film – Suzume

Best Main Character – Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece

Best New Series – Chainsaw Man

Best Opening Sequence – Where Our Blue Is by Tatsuya Kitani from Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Original Anime – Buddy Daddies

Best Romance – Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

Best Score – Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1

Best Slice of Life – Bocchi the Rock!

Best Supporting Character – Satoru Gojo from JJujutsu Kaisen

Best Voice Actor Performance (Arabic) – Taleb Alrefai, Senku Ishigami, Dr. Stone

Best Voice Actor Performance (Castilian) – Joel Gómez Jimenez, Denji, Chainsaw Man

Best Voice Actor Performance (English) – Ryan Colt Levy, Denji, Chainsaw Man

Best Voice Actor Performance (French) – Martial Le Minoux, Suguru Geto, Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Voice Actor Performance (German) – Franziska Trunte, Power, Chainsaw Man

Best Voice Actor Performance (Italian) – Mosè Singh, Denji, Chainsaw Man

Best Voice Actor Performance (Japanese) – Yuichi Nakamura, Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Voice Actor Performance (Brazilian Portuguese) – Léo Rabelo, Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Voice Actor Performance (Latin Spanish) – Emilio Treviño, Denji, Chainsaw Man

“Must Protect At All Cost” Character – Anya Forger – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2

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[✎ ITA] GQ Japan : Speciale Novembre 2023, Editoriale | 29.09.2023

🗞 GQ Japan Novembre 2023 | ART TALK

EDITORIALE : La Crescente Influenza di RM nel Mondo dell'Arte

L'influenza di RM scuote il mondo dell'arte.

In cui parleremo dell'enorme influenza di RM – collezionista a sua volta - nel mondo dell'arte

__ di SHIHO NAKAMURA

RM posta spesso riguardo le mostre che va a visitare o le opere d'arte che apprezza, su Instagram. La cosa straordinaria, in tutto ciò, è che ogni qual volta pubblica qualcosa di simile, le/i fan di tutto il mondo si recano nei musei consigliati dall'artista sui social media. Questo tipo di fenomeno è del tutto nuovo nel mondo dell'arte. Proprio così, RM ha aperto un “passaggio” rendendo l'arte più accessibile e vicina alle generazioni più giovani o a quelle persone cui l'arte dice poco. RM è diventato un punto di riferimento ed incontro tra il pubblico e l'arte, la quale non è sempre di facile comprensione.

Attualmente (settembre) RM ha 44,9 milioni di follower su Instagram (il profilo dei BTS ne conta 73,96 milioni). Credo si possa dire con sicurezza che non sia mai successo che materiale culturale relativo all'arte arrivasse ad un pubblico così vasto. RM è noto per essere un fervente collezionista, e si è già assicurato diverse opere, come i lavori di Joel Shapiro e Roni Horn, che sono tra i principali artisti d'arte contemporanea in America. Ciononostante, il fulcro della sua collezione personale sono gli artisti coreani che meglio rappresentano il suo paese.

Come precedentemente svelato via social media, RM possiede opere di Lee Bae e Yun Hyeong-keun – il suo artista preferito, come ci ha detto nell'intervista (pag. 46).

A marzo 2022, RM ha prestato una scultura in terracotta raffigurante un cavallo, opera del famoso scultore coreano Kwon Jin-kyu (1922-1973) in occasione di un'importante retrospettiva lui dedicata presso il Seoul Museum of Art. Nonostante sia comune che mostre speciali di questo genere ospitino opere di proprietà della galleria che le organizza, prestate da altri istituti d'arte o da privati, solitamente questo non attrae particolare attenzione. Tuttavia, il prestito di RM e la sua collezione personale sono stati menzionati da numerosi media, e questo ha gettato nuova luce sull'artista Kwon Jin-kyu. Grazie a RM, gli artisti coreani meno conosciuti – e la scena artistica sud-coreana in sé – stanno raccoglindo molta attenzione ed interesse in tutto il mondo.

Inoltre, l'artista è sempre impegnato nel supporto delle istituzioni d'arte coreane. Nel 2020, RM ha donato 100 milioni di won (cca €70.160) al Museo Nazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, facendo parlare ampiamente di sé. Il museo ha deciso di usare questi generosi fondi per ripubblicare volumi d'arte di difficile reperimento o fuori catalogo, tra i quali troviamo anche gli scritti di Yun Hyong-keun.

Non solo, nel settembre 2021, RM ha devoluto altri 100 milioni alla Fondazione per i Beni Culturali Coreani Conservati Oltreoceano. Questa sua donazione è stata usata per il restauro e la conservazione di un hwalot [*antico abito nuziale femminile, usato a corte,n.d.t.] risalente alla dinastia Joseon, attualmente di proprietà del Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Tra il 2022 e il 2023, in occasione di una mostra dedicata ad artisti coreani moderni e contemporanei, RM ha registrato contenuti per le audio-guide ufficiali, relativamente a 10 opere da lui selezionate.

Subito dopo, ha donato ulteriori 100 milioni di won alla Fondazione per i Beni Culturali Coreani Conservati Oltreoceano, i quali saranno usati per la creazione di un catalogo di opere e dipinti di artisti coreani.

Come non menzionare, poi, il progetto che ha coinvolto arte, musica, persone ed il mondo, cui RM ha collaborato insieme ai BTS? Sono sicura le/i fan ne siano già al corrente, ma si tratta di “CONNECT, BTS”, che si è tenuto nel 2020. È un'iniziativa che ha interessato cinque città a livello globale: Londra, Berlino, Buenos Aires, Seoul e New York, e ha coinvolto 22 artisti internazionali - tra i quali troviamo Antony Gormley e Tomás Saraceno – e curatori d'arte che hanno allestito spazi ed opere magnifici in ognuna di queste location. Il progetto, i suoi contenuti e progressi era disponibile anche online, e voleva essere un messaggio d'amore da parte dei BTS nonché un invito a superare barriere ed ostacoli, entrando in contatto con persone di culture e valori diversi.

L'appartamento di RM, nonché il suo studio – chiamato “Rkive” - sono pieni delle sue opere d'arte preferite. RM, sempre fedele a se stesso, ha rivelato di intrattenere vere e proprie conversazioni con quei quadri, a volte, ma ciò che viene detto in questi scambi rimarrà un segreto che solo l'arte potrà svelare. Tale è la sua passione e fascinazione per l'arte. Il musicista ci ha detto che vorrebbe creare uno spazio espositivo per la sua collezione personale, nella speranza di arrivare ai cuori e alle menti delle generazioni più giovani grazie ad alcune delle sue opere ed artisti preferiti.

Insomma, la sua influenza non ha eguali e continuerà ad aprire sempre nuove porte sul mondo dell'arte.

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Davido, Tiwa Savage, Rema, Ayra Starr were Honoured at the 10th AFRIMMA Awards

Nigeria made a strong presence felt at the 10th-anniversary awards edition of the African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA). View this post on Instagram A post shared by AFRIMMA (@afrimma) During the event, which took place on Sunday, September 18, 2023, at the Meyerson Symphony Centre in Dallas, Texas, several Nigerian artists bagged noteworthy award wins. Among the winners in various categories were Davido, Rema, Ayra Starr, Blaqbonez, Flavour, KCee, Ms. DSF, Patoranking, Ebuka, Odumodublvck, Timaya, Spyro, and Tiwa Savage. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AFRIMMA (@afrimma) View this post on Instagram A post shared by AFRIMMA (@afrimma) See full list below: Best Male West Africa Adekunle Gold – Nigeria Black Sheriff – Ghana Bnxn– Nigeria Santrinos Raphael– Togo Asake– Nigeria Didi B – Ivory Coast King Promise– Ghana Tonton Pal – Mali Omah Lay – Nigeria Best Female West Africa Amaarae – Ghana Tems – Nigeria Josey – Ivory Coast Manamba Kante – Guinea Ayra Starr – Nigeria Gyakie – Ghana Tiwa Savage– Nigeria Fatoumata Diawara– Mali Best Male East Africa Lij Michael – Ethiopia Nyashinski – Kenya Eddy Kenzo – Uganda Diamond Platnumz – Tanzania Mbosso – Tanzania Bien – Kenya Harmonize – Tanzania Meddy – Rwanda Single Dee – South Sudan Best Female East Africa Maua Sama – Tanzania Nadia Mukami – Kenya Zuchu – Tanzania Azawi– Uganda Nikita Kering – Kenya Spice Diana – Uganda Fena Gitu – Kenya Nandy – Tanzania Hewan Gebrewold – Ethiopia Best Male Central Africa T-Rex – Angola Fabregas – Congo DR TayC – Cameroon Fally Ipupa – Congo DR Calema – Sao Tome Mic Monsta- Cameroon Gerilson Israel -Angola Djodje- Cape Verde Best Female Central Africa Perola– Angola Nenny- Cape Verde Liloca- Mozambique Libianca – Cameroon Soraia Ramos- Cape Verde Espoir La Tigresse – Gabon Asaba – Cameroon Emma’a – Gabon Best Male Southern Africa Costa Titch- South Africa Dj Tarico – Mozambique Macky2- Zambia Musa Keys -South Africa Dj Maphorisa- South Africa Winky D – Zimbabwe Aka– South Africa Han C – Botswana Sjava – South Africa Best Female Southern Africa Ami Faku– South Africa Tamy Moyo – Zimbabwe Mpho Sebina – Botswana Dj Zhinle- South Africa Sha Sha – Zimbabwe Nadia Nakai – South Africa Towela – Zambia Makhadzi – South Africa Tyla – South Africa Best Male North Africa Wegz– Egypt Draganov – Morocco A.L.A– Tunisia SoolKing – Algeria Marwan Moussa – Egypt El Grande Toto – Morocco Dj Snake – Algeria Snor – Morocco Best Female North Africa Marwa Loud – Morocco Emel – Tunisia Faouzia – Morocco Souhila Ben Lachab – Algeria Ruby – Egypt Latifa – Tunisia Kenza Morsli – Algeria Jaylann – Morocco Crossing Boundaries With Music Award Burna Boy–Nigeria Aya Nakamura -Mali Rema- Nigeria Libianca– Cameroon Davido–Nigeria Toby Nwigwe – Nigeria J Hus- Gambia Wizkid – Nigeria Best Newcomer Hewan Gebrewold Guchi – Nigeria Jzyno – Liberia Young Jonn – Nigeria Lavalava – Tanzania Odumodublvck– Nigeria Lisandro Cuxi – Cape Verde Lasmid – Ghana Shalipopi – Nigeria Artiste of The Year Asake – (Nigeria) Fally Ipupa- Congo Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) Burnaboy- Nigeria Rema – Nigeria SoolKing – Algeria Aya Nakamura – Mali Davido – Nigeria Best Gospel Mercy Chinwo – Nigeria Mike Kalambay — Congo DR Piesie Esther – Ghana Christina Shusho – Tanzania Miguel Buila – Angola Bidemi Olaoba – Nigeria KS Bloom – Ivory Coast Joel Lwaga – Tanzania Pulani Maphari – South Africa Sumisola Agbebi Okeleye – Nigeria Best Live Act Sauti Sol -Kenya Burnaboy – Nigeria Diamond Platnumz – Tanzania Flavour – Nigeria Barnaba – Tanzania Fally Ipupa – DR Congo Calema – São Tomé C4 Pedro – Angola Best Female Rap Act Nata – Sierra Leone Femi One – Kenya Eno Barony – Ghana Rosa Ree – Tanzania Feli Nuna – Ghana Askia – Cameroon Ami Yerewolo – Mali Best Male Rap Act Odumodublvck – Nigeria Yung Lunya – Tanzania Ninho – Congo Black Sheriff – Ghana A-Reece – South Africa Blaqbonez – Nigeria Blxckie – South Africa Marwan Moussa – Egypt Best Collaboration Mbosso ft Costa Titch & Alfa Kat – Shetani Spyro x Tiwa Savage – Who’s Your Guy? Davido x Musa Keys – Unavailable Musa Keys Rema ft Selena Gomez – Calm Down Remix Wegz x AshMusic – Amira Fally Ipupa ft Charlotte Dipanda – Garde du Coeur Joshua Baraka ft Joeboy, King Promise & Bien – Nana Remix Boutross ft Juiceer Mann – Angela Song of The Year Libianca – People Kcee – Ojapiano Davido ft Musa Keys – Unavailable Uncle Waffles x Tony Duardo x Justin99 ft Pcee, EeQue, Chley– Yahyuppiyah King Promise – Terminator Joshua Baraka ft Joeboy, King Promise & Bien – Nana Remix Rayvanny ft Diamond Platnumz – Nitogonze Tyler ICU & Tumelo.za ft Dj Maphorisa, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA & Tyron Dee – Mnike Best Video Director Hanscana – Tanzania Director Pink – Nigeria Elias Belkader – Algeria Mateo Da Silva – Cameroon TG Omori – Nigeria Babs Direction– Ghana Jake Zaral – Zimbabwe Dammy Twitch – Nigeria Best DJ Africa DJ Spinall – Nigeria DJ Dollar– Senegal Waffles – Swaziland Ms DSF – Nigeria DJ Danni Gato – Cape Verde DJ Faculty – Ghana Dj Nelasta- Angola Major League DJs – South Africa Dj Consequence – Nigeria Best African DJ USA Dj Nani – Nigeria Dj Akua – Ghana DJ Prince – Nigeria DJ Shinski – Kenya DJ Birame BB l’amour – Ivory Coast Dj Yas Meen Selectress – Egypt Lex and Answer – Zimbabwe Dj Freshy K– Nigeria AFRIMMA Video of The Year Black Sheriff – Konongo Zongo Davido ft Musa Keys – Unavailable Libianca – People Victony ft Rema & Don Toliver – Soweto Remix Joshua Baraka ft Joeboy, King Promise & Bien – Nana Remix Fally Ipupa ft Charlotte Dipanda – Garde du Coeur Mbosso ft Costa Titch & Alfa Kat – Shetani Jay Melody – Nitasema Music Producer of The Year C4 Pedro – Angola Andre Vibez– Nigeria 207 – Uganda Ayo Lizzer – Tanzania Magicstickz– Nigeria MOGBeats – Ghana Kabza De Small– South Africa London – Nigeria Maajabu Gospel – Congo DR  Best African Dancer Masaka Dance Kids – Uganda Poco Lee – Nigeria Ghetto Kids – Uganda Angel Nyigu – Tanzania Hope Ramafalo – South Africa Dancegod Lloyd – Ghana Hooliboy – Ghana Best Lusophone T-Rex – Angola Lisandro Cuxi – Cape Verde Edgar Domingos – Angola Djodje – Cape Verde Mr Bow – Mozambique Soraia Ramos – Cape Verde Gerislon Israel – Angola C4 Pedro – Angol Best Francophone Fally Ipupa – Congo DR Serge Beynaud – Ivory Coast Josey – Ivory Coast Wally B. Seck- Senegal TayC– Cameroon Innos B – Congo DR Tenor – Cameroon Dadju – Congo DR Best Reggae/Dancehall Masicka – Jamaica Mr Killa – Grenada Patoranking – Nigeria Jada Kingdom– Jamaica Shatta Wale – Ghana Popcaan – Jamaica Shenseea – Jamaica Skillibeng – Jamaica Radio/TV Personnel of The Year Ebuka – Nigeria Konnie Toure – Ivory Coast Tbo Touch – South Africa IK Osakioduwa – Nigeria Afonso Quintas – Angola James Onen – Uganda Idris Sultan – Tanzania Kwame Sefa Kayi – Ghana Best African Group Disco Misr – Egypt Sauti Sol – Kenya Calema – Sao Tome The Cavemen – Nigeria Show Dem Camp – Nigeria Toofan – Togo Jano Band – Ethiopia Mafikizolo – South Africa AFRIMMA Album of The Year Davido – Timeless Aka – Mass Country Ammarae – Fountain Baby Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko Stonebwoy – 5th Dimension Asake – Work of Art Nomfundo Moh – Ugcobo Omah Lay – Boy Alone Deluxe Credit: https://www.bellanaija.com/2023/09/10th-afrimma-awards-winners-list/ Read the full article