#k7 spoilers

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awakened boys

[misakiyata-karasu]

I’ve only seen a couple screenshots of LSW so have some that I took while watching it!

[hoshinoemiko]

A few screenshots from LSW movie for more info ---> ✿

Bonus

[heroofthreefaces]

Preview panel only. Click here for full cartoon. Or see the on-site navigation tutorial. Cartoons may contain unmarked spoilers. Cartoons linked at 10:00 Central US are new. Cartoons at 22:00 are from the archive. Thanks for reading.

[Image description: Preview panel for the comic strip at the link. The Klingon captain Kruge of Star Trek: The Search for Spock is sitting at a table in the pub in Deep Space Station K7 talking to the Doctor, fifth incarnation, of Doctor Who who is leaning on the bar. Kruge is saying, “...Almost all of them! This doesn’t happen to anyone else. Why can’t Terrans pronounce my name?” Unfortunately there are not image descriptions at the main Hero of Three Faces site. End description.] 

[fuckyeahgrasshopper]

suda51 pairing generator

For fun I made a set of Grasshopper Manufacture random ship generators!

killer7 only: includes most named k7 characters, plus shigeki birkin

nmh only: includes most notable nmh1/2 characters and all original tsa characters, plus badman and kamui uehara

tsc/fsr only: includes characters from tsc, fsr, 25w, and case 4.5: face, plus syndrome characters featured in tsc

all characters: includes all the characters from the nmh, k7, and tsc/fsr generators, with other notable tsa crossovers thrown in (spoilers, naturally)

Have fun playing with it, and feel free to let me know if there are any bugs or characters that may be missing. c:

[sayneverno]

mikototsu headcanon with spoiler about K7S MoR

So currently i’ve been working on a fanfic for mikototsu week. It started with one little headcanon that i like to tell you now, because my fanfic will be in german because my english isn’t that great (as you can see) and german is my native language. But i want to share my headcanon with all of you guys!

So let’s go: I was thinking a lot how much different totsuka was when he was with mikoto in this cage-room (you know what i mean) and after several times thinking about it and all the things what happend before i came up with this headcanon. So there was this situation with anna, you remenber? Then she and mikoto shared that one dream. So i have this headcanon that on some night anna would climbe in mikotos and totsukas bed (because of a nightmare or something like that) and then her strain powers activated in her sleep and she had totsuka accidentally share a dream with mikoto. And thats why totsuka sad „King didn’t dislike the cage“ he was in. He was the only one who knew about the cage and his inner struggle with wanting to be free like kagutsu but also wanting to live with his friends and family in peace and safety. All of the other guys from HOMRA asked him or said some daily things like „what do you want to eat?“ or „mikoto-san, listen…“. Totsuka was the only one who said something about the cage, not some daily thing or his catchphrases. No, he was the only one and that is special in my openion. I can see that totsuka had said this when he was with mikoto in that dream and mikoto was remembering that situation in the movie.

Ah and please don’t spoiler me about the second half oft he movie. I haven’t seen it yet but i had seen two pictures of anna and i don’t need anymore spoilers. I know it’s about totsukas death but i don‘t want to hear anything about it. Thank you

  Funfact: The fanfic that i write around this headcanon has like 5k words already and isn’t even finished yet. Originally is was planned with only 3k but… yeah… well… it escalated? So all the german mikototsu fans will have a lot to read about this little headcanon xD

[uldren-sov]

Let me hear abt your lt ❤️! K1, K2, K7, K8, H1, H9, G4, D2, A4 L1, L5, L7 for you!!

No art! Too poor to comm people for her but SOON.Also I’m doing this alphabetically and then numerically bc i had a moment

tytyyyyyy for the ask!

A4. Are they a pessimist or an optimist?

Pessimist, definitely and becoming more of one by the day. There’s really no getting “better” at the end, there’s just making the best out of an increasingly bad situation. This, in her case, results having to get into even worse scenarios to find some way through a problem rather than triumph over it.

It’s rough, buddy, especially when there’s no hope that there’s any happy ending left for you.

And maybe there never was.

D2. Do they believe in an afterlife?

No but if she did she’d imagine it wouldn’t be too different from this.

G4. What kind of childhood did your OC have?

She, surprise, didn’t actually grow up in England or anywhere near London itself, but rather in a small village outside of Belfast. Grew up around horses in a little farm with a big apple orchard. Idyllic, but she started growing bored and rebellious, wanting to be a part of the city rather than anything else; no matter the case. So when a wandering troupe wandered past their little village, she ran away with them.

Never looked back and when she desperately wanted to, she no longer could.

H1. What is your OC’s orientation, romantic and/or sexual? Has it ever been a source of stress for them? Have they always been pretty sure of their orientation?

Ideally I don’t want to look too much of the real life politics of gender identity strife and sexuality during the Victorian era of actual Ireland and England. So excluding all of that, and in my limited scope of romantic vs sexual orientation: she’s bi in both ways. She fell in bitter, crushing, young love that made it hard for her to fall in love again - and whether she ever will again will remain to be seen - but she’s always been into all manner of person and it’s never really been an issue for her.

H9What are some things that your OC finds to be an instant turn-off in potential partners?

Predictability.

K1. Does your OC have to keep their paranormal aspect (PA) a secret from general society? If so, how? I.e., they can’t discuss their abilities, they have to hide a tail, they have an alter-ego, et cetera. What would happen if society found out about it?

Everyone else is pretty fucked up too, so generally speaking all of the weird parts are known even if they’re not particularly talked about. But it’s more who she associates herself with, that’s strange and scandalous.

Outwardly, she’s a former military officer and a guest lecturer at the University who has enough money to run in some prestigious circles of society for some reason; which means the nice things she has and the people she knows, are not due to any respectable means but she’s good enough to not get caught by the constables - so best get on her good side. Especially when she’s gaining a reputation for her soirees which generally center around cards and quite a lot of money.

The part she hides is that she’s working intimately with the Devils - literally devils from hell - of the Neath and sticking her nose into mysteries that she probably shouldn’t be; more than that, she’s trying to think of ways to make a profit off of it. The soirees are a respectable, if a little notorious, front to a small string of gambling dens she started in the less well-off places in London. Beyond that she’s a prolific thief (its how she got her start and her real passion), a engages in knife-and-candle duels that are pretty strictly outlawed (also a version of fight club that includes fencers, monsters, colonels, and one (1) prince with a full on lance and horse, all whom try to actually kill each other). And, oh yeah, super duper thief - no bueno.

Ideally, if said mystery goes right, then society won’t remember finding out about it in the first place.

K2. Are there others in their universe with the same or a similar PA as your OC? I.e., others from different dimensions, others of their same species. Do they know about it?

Yeah pretty much everyone has some level of messed up to them, some strange aspect that has manifested due to their menace and appear far stranger than her. Her friend, for instance, has eyes - sclera and all - swimming with the dark black-blue color of monsters that live deep in the sea that he happens to hunt.

But better example *spoilers*: one of the most infamous noble NPCs, the Duchess, just so happen to not be a crusty old white woman as she presents himself to be and instead might be some immortal ancient egyptian whose lover is essentially a walking talking mass of venom which is one of the only types of poisons to permanently kill the denizens of the Neath who she, btw, milks the flesh of to get this venom in the first place.

So there are way more sinister and weird things going on beyond just a loveless master thief. But, then again, she’s just really getting started.

K7. Does your OC’s PA affect their dietary habits so that they are unusual or problematic by their society’s standards?

She had nearly been compelled into cannibalism so that was a THING. But she got over that pretty quick. Beyond that she’s partial to a Devilish brew of sherry which is definitely noticeable but beyond that she just tends to favor the men’s after dinner choices of cigars and whiskey in society rather than be with the women so it might be seen as “odd.”

K8. What are some routines, if any, of self-care that your OC must engage in that are not typical of their society? I.e., having to file their teeth,

A lot of laundering and baths to get out blood, a lot of laudanum bottles to get rid of for aches and pains and all the nightmares. Ice baths take the edge off all of the so much aches and pains of her violent extracurricular activities.

If she starts getting nubs for horns she’ll have to start filing those down or start wearing shades to hide her sometimes-glinting brass eyes, both courtesy of her affiliation with the Devils.

[irvinpressler]

Kia Reveals the First Official Images of Modern Innovative Sedan K8

Kia today revealed the first official images of the K8, the first model for the rebirth of Kia brand to exemplify its new purpose and ambitions for the future. The K8 represents a new model name for Kia and is the first model to show the brand’s new design identity as well as the contemporary new Kia logo. The bold new design embodies the premium qualities of the K8. The K8 features a modern innovative sedan that combines sportiness and performance with a progressive and sleek exterior design. Taking on an all-new name and the first model to be launched following Kia’s recent rebrand, the K8 has been designed with the future in mind.

The elongated K8 (5,015mm) features a sporty side profile with a dynamic character line that runs the length of the sedan and takes inspiration from yachts sailing across calm waters. A chrome finish runs along the DLO (Daylight Opening) line and the bottom of the doors, and finishes its journey at the rear lamp – adding confidence and gracefulness to the side of the sports sedan.

A new signature frameless tiger nose grille gives the K8 presence and authority. The front frameless grille, which is integrated within the front bumper gives a clean yet expansive look. The frameless tiger nose grille features an intricate diamond lattice designed to express the movement of light. The front lamps include a turn signal that resembles a star.

Running below the spoiler lip is a futuristic-looking horizontal taillight that carries across the jewel patterned arrangements from the front and side and connects the K8’s next-generation LED rear light clusters. The 3D vertical clusters hug the corners of the K8, emphasizing clean, angular lines at the rear and further adding depth and width to the rear of the car. The Kia’s new logo and first-ever K8 badge sit at the rear just below the horizontal light dash. The new Kia model signals an upward journey in design, technology and modernity from the outgoing K7, delivering a class-leading package that redefines the meaning of sports sedan. The K8 is due for market launch later this year.

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2021 Kia K5 first drive: Optima, optimized

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2021 Kia K5 first drive: Optima, optimized

It’s weird: Just as midsize sedans fall out of fashion, there’s never been a better time to buy one. Segment leaders like the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry are the best they’ve ever been, to say nothing of stylish alternatives like the Hyundai Sonata and Mazda6. Kia’s been a longtime player in this space with its Optima sedan, but it’s poised to make an even bigger splash with the launch of that car’s replacement. Say hello to the new K5.

Before I get into the nuts and bolts of Kia’s new four-door, let’s talk about that name. K5 is what the Optima was always called in its home market, South Korea, where Kia uses a Kx naming strategy for its sedans (our Forte is known as the K3, the Cadenza is the K7, the K900 is — you guessed it — the K9). “This new car is such a big departure from the outgoing model that we thought it deserved its own name,” a Kia spokesperson tells me. No, this doesn’t necessarily mean Kia will be switching to any sort of whole-line alphanumeric naming strategy in the US, though the same spokesperson says that’s not out of the question if future products “meet this same high standard.”

Never mind the name; just like the Optima, the K5 is a lot of car for the money and this model makes a strong statement right off the bat. Its design is more refined than the Hyundai Sonata, though the Kia lacks some of its kissin’ cousin’s clever details, including the Sonata’s daytime running lights that blend into the chrome trim running. Still, the K5 gets a lot of things right: Its clamshell hood means there’s no unsightly cut line across the nose, the bright roofline accent wraps down below the rear window and the full-width LED taillights are broken up into segments of different lengths for some rump-end visual interest. It’s not perfect, of course. All of the the creases come together at the corners of the K5’s face and, to my eyes, it looks like someone wearing poorly fitted pants that bunch up by the crotch, an impression emphasized by the running-light signature that doubles as the turn signals. Oh, and pretty much all of the vents are fake, which is a Hyundai/Kia styling trend that cannot die soon enough.

In profile, the K5 almost looks like it should be a liftback — not unlike Kia’s larger Stinger — but it’s got a conventional trunk with 16 cubic feet of space. Base LX models ride on puny 16-inch wheels, but the uplevel LXS, GT-Line and EX trims get the attractive 18-inchers seen here. Speaking of which, you’ll notice two different K5s pictured in the gallery; the gray car is an EX, while the red one is a GT-Line. The latter gets a couple of unique design elements including LED foglights, larger (fake) vents on the rear flanks, a small decklid spoiler and a black roof. But don’t let these sporty-ish cues fool you. Underneath the skin, the GT-Line and EX are identical.

The K5 LX, LXS, GT-Line and EX models share the same powertrain: a 1.6-liter turbocharged I4, with 180 horsepower, 195 pound-feet of torque and an eight-speed automatic transmission. Front-wheel drive is standard, but the LXS and GT-Line can be had with all-wheel drive — a smart move, considering the Nissan Altima, Subaru Legacy and Toyota Camry are now also offered with this foul-weather capability.

These taillights are super cool.

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In both the EX and GT-Line, the 1.6T is tuned appropriately. It’s neither particularly peppy nor sluggish, with all of its torque delivered from just 1,500 rpm. That means there’s ample power for around-town driving and the transmission doesn’t have to kick down multiple gears in order to provide adequate oomph for passing. This also helps the engine run as efficiently as possible and, to that end, the K5 posts excellent EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings. A base LX should return 29 miles per gallon in the city, 38 mpg highway and 32 mpg combined, while larger-tired LXS, GT-Line and EX versions are slightly less efficient, at 27 city, 37 highway and 31 combined. Add the aforementioned all-wheel drive and you’re looking at 26 city, 34 highway and 29 combined.

A more powerful K5 GT will hit the road later this year with unique chassis tuning, 19-inch wheels and — most importantly — a 2.5-liter turbo I4 engine with 290 hp, 311 lb-ft and an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission. Consider this Kia’s version of the Hyundai Sonata N-Line, a car my Roadshow pal Antuan Goodwin drove in prototype form late last year.

Buyers looking for an entertaining midsize sedan will likely want to wait for the GT. The standard K5 models offer solid on-road manners, but they aren’t what I’d call sporty — not that they need to be. The K5 will spend the majority of its life on commuter duty and it’s nicely tuned for that purpose. The steering is light (if a tad overboosted) in the car’s default drive setting, but if you dial up Sport, a noticeable — and appreciated — bit of weight is added to the wheel’s action. Body motions are smooth and controlled and the K5 handles corners with more poise than an Altima, Camry or Legacy. I’m also happy to report that the US-spec K5’s brakes are easy to modulate, with progressive initial bite — much better than what my other pal Andrew Krok experienced in an early Korean-spec model in Seoul last year.

The K5 EX gets comfortable leather upholstery and open-pore wood on the dash.

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Overall, the K5 falls somewhere in the middle of the class as far as driving dynamics and engagement are concerned. The Honda Accord and Mazda6 are more fun, but I’d rather drive the Kia than a Nissan Altima or the aged and irrelevant Chevrolet Malibu, a car I thankfully won’t have to talk about for much longer.

Where the K5 really sets itself apart from the class is inside. Like its Sonata corporate sibling, the Kia K5 has a stylish cabin that’s downright luxurious in higher trims. In my EX tester, soft leather seats are met with open-pore wood on the dash and all of the switchgear looks and feels great. Yeah, there are a few questionably cheap bits of plastic trim on the transmission tunnel and door cards, but it’s nothing too egregious. Weirdly, though, the electronic gear selector dial seen in the Korean-spec K5 isn’t available here — you get a standard PRNDL shifter, but given the inherent ease-of-use factor, that’s not a complaint.

Front passengers have plenty of headroom and the K5 feels open and airy, even with the panoramic sunroof shade closed. The rear seats are just OK, the sloping roofline means taller folks will need to duck to get in or out and the back isn’t as spacious as some of the K5’s competitors. The upward slope of the beltline and fastback-style rear window hurts visibility, too, though most people just rely on the standard backup cameras these days.

You definitely want the 10.2-inch multimedia screen, even if it means sacrificing wireless smartphone connectivity.

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The K5 offers lots of multimedia tech, but there’s one big head-scratcher: The standard 8-inch UVO touchscreen infotainment setup features wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. But if you want the larger 10.2-inch screen with its better graphics and additional features, you’re stuck with a wired connection for the smartphone-mirroring tech. Kia recognizes that this is odd, though the company isn’t offering any sort of explanation. Furthermore, Kia says there are no plans to update the 10.2-inch experience to include wireless connectivity. So it goes. Thankfully, no matter the screen size, UVO is super responsive and easy to navigate, plus there’s an optional wireless charging pad that’s housed in a convenient little slot just ahead of the center console.

Driver-assistance tech is in similarly high supply, though most of the good stuff is only available through option packages on higher trims. Forward-collision warning, lane-keeping assist and automatic high beams are standard, but you’ll have to step up to the LXS to get blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert. On the GT-Line, a Premium Package gets you adaptive cruise control, but it doesn’t include lane-keep assist. For that, you have to get the EX with its Premium Package, which unlocks Kia’s Highway Driving Assistant, bundling full-speed adaptive cruise control with lane-centering tech to make highway commuting a lot easier.

The K5 is one of the better midsize sedans on sale today.

Steven Ewing/Roadshow

A base 2021 Kia K5 LX comes in at $24,445 including $965 for destination, while a fully loaded, front-wheel-drive EX like my tester rings up for $32,355. The GT-Line I also sampled, meanwhile, comes in around $28,000. Across the board, the K5 is competitively priced within its class — even the forthcoming GT will top out just under $36,000 with all the option boxes checked.

The 2021 Kia K5 isn’t the best at any one thing, but it does everything a midsize sedan should. The Mazda6 is more fun to drive, the Accord is more refined and the Hyundai Sonata offers a little bit more in the way of trick tech. But as a fully baked package, the K5 is a big step forward for Kia — an optimized Optima, if you will — and that makes it yet another compelling option in this increasingly overlooked class.

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Listening 2017: July 16–28

There’s a tad longer blurb than usual for a selection this time around. Based on the banner, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say it’s on Cornelius and his classic Fantasma. So for the sake of it not running past the 1000-word mark, this entry stuck to only three albums. I also had an idea of pairing it with the musician’s latest, Mellow Waves, because I’ve been enjoying that album lately. Maybe I’ll write a separate piece for it? Who knows!

Here are three albums that got me jotting down words.

Fantasma

Cornelius Trattoria/Matador, 1997

For all the nostalgia Keigo Oyamada collages for his Shibuya-kei classic as Cornelius, his daydreams about the future on the record is what intrigues two decades later since the album’s release. Was he predicting the pace of the world in the frenetic, drum ’n’ bass-inspired detour “2010”? And was he, too, anxious of how fast we will consume our resources — in this case, music, past and present — in the fuzz-rock jam “New Music Machine”?

Oyamada himself might have been overwhelmed at the abundance of music available at the record shops he would frequent. I know I need to get up and take a walk sometimes just thinking about how much music is out there for me to discover. Can you imagine the seasickness he’d be stricken by had he known about the streaming age, let alone the P2P era coming just a few years after he put out this record?

He lays bare the riches of his findings: jazz LPs, folk singles, break beat compilations, film soundtracks, early electronic tapes — all swirled into acid-tinged Plunderphonics. But it’s far less nauseating of a trip than what the Internet era would birth with, say, Girl Talk as a tribute to the way we listen to music. A big part of that owes to Oyama studying the medium of the long-playing album as much as the sounds making up his beloved singles: not only is Fantasma designed for a one-sitting listen, it also pays homage to the side-flipping ritual.

The more streamlined expression here gives me a more utopian idea of this all-accessible New Music Machine. Nowhere does he give off an impression that this “everything, all the time”-type of consumption takes a toll on a person; the exuberance to which he interacts with all of this abundance is almost enviable in its purity.

So it’s kinda jarring to hear him follow up the excitement behind the New Music Machine with a prediction of it causing some irreversible damage. He says NASA invented it in 2001, but it “breaks the world” by 2010. Joy lasts terrifyingly short. Chilly is how prescient such a story sounds in relation to a rapidly evolving digital music culture.

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Hola Hola EP

K.A.R.D. DSP Media, 2017

Seven months since their first single, “Oh NaNa,” K.A.R.D’s co-ed dynamic still has a lot left to be explored. “Don’t Recall” showed promise of the exciting on-record drama they can bring between the men and women. While “RUMOR” matched the heated dialog, the title track dialed it back for a more casual flirt, both with the narrative and production. I prefer the songs full of tension because who doesn’t like drama? And besides, there’s a glut of smooth-talkers trying to get a cute girl’s attention over equally breezy beats on the pop charts. Some upset of these familiar sounds would be nice.

Speaking of the beats: though K.A.R.D. establishes a solid niche with its co-ed membership, the group’s music is so tied with the balmy chill of 2017 that it’s currently difficult to predict how they will do once that hot trend is past its time. Right at this time, they ride the wave just fine, but on the flip side, the expiration date with this sound is quickly approaching. As long as they stick to their concept, though, I think they can survive even if the well dries up.

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Flower Boy

Tyler the Creator Columbia, 2017

From early in his career, Tyler the Creator’s taste was clearly defined to the point he sounded almost stubborn in his ways. A constant in his music has been the presence of jazz with the color of its chords bleeding out the margins. Flower Boy’s arrangements are much more cohesive and sophisticated than his past four albums, though you can also hear the links in its core that connects it to his ambitions rooting all the way back to Bastard. “911/Lonely,” for one, recall “VCR/Wheels” from his debut through its two-song structure but also the love letter he pens with an honesty almost too explicit to read.

Quite a few outlets have pointed out maturity in how he sings about his themes, another constant in his music since his MySpace days. Though I’m more intrigued on how he streamlines those themes into a single listen. Tyler played with narrative devices, constructing albums like films. He lets the music unfold freely without much structure, and the cohesion despite a lack of a guide is impressive. I can only credit that to him dedicating his time obsessively to say the same thing he has been wanting to say out loud since he was a teen. There’s faith and an intense embrace from him for his work than any other. It’s only right he’s shouting out loud Twitter right now promoting the hell out of this to make this hit number on the charts.

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More albums that piqued my interest…

Daphni: Fabriclive 93 (Fabric, 2017)

DJ Tennis: DJ-Kicks (!K7, 2017)

Hitomi Toi: Ecstasy (Billboard, 2017)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: The Nashville Sound (Southeastern, 2017)

Kami-sama, I Have Noticed: Kami-sama, I Have Noticed (Warner Music Japan, 2017)

Katie Ellen: Cowgirl Blues (Lauren, 2017)

Maison Book Girl: Image (Tokuma Japan Communications, 2017)

Meek Mill: Wins & Losses (Maybach Music Group/Atlantic, 2017)

Momoiro Clover Z: 5th Dimension (Starchild, 2013)

Mura Masa: Mura Masa (Interscope/Polydor/Downtown/Anchor Point, 2017)

Nine Inch Nails: The Fragile (Interscope/Nothing, 1999)

Starlito & Don Trip: Step Brothers Three (Grind Hard/Empire, 2017)