#kem too!

[bepractical]

Kin: Season 1, Episode 8, Part 2

Hello! Sorry for the very long wait! I went on vacation, then I was catching up with work, then the holidays happened, etc, etc. I highly recommend a trip to Madrid, by the way. Beautiful city, great food, good people. 

This is part two of the episode 8 recap for the first season of Kin. See the masterlist here. The end’s not near, it’s here (and full of spoilers).

In part 1: Amanda and Michael kicked off their plan to murder Eamon, Jimmy was thoroughly cuckolded and sad about it, Frank got sidelined and no one was sad about it, Eric got his first taste of prison life, and Michael met a cute pharmacist. I ended right after their meeting but forgot that immediately thereafter there’s a scene of Michael staring soulfully at his meds back home, so that’s where we’ll start. Here’s some thirsty pharmacist to take us into the cut! 

At the compound, Jimmy’s revving up his bike.

Amanda is grabbing something from the floor safe while Michael takes his pills.

That done, he stares for a minute at his screen saver of Anna, presumably to remind himself of his motivation for all the upcoming murder. He leaves his phone on the table and he’s out of there, breezing right past his bullet proof vest.

Michael meets Jimmy and Amanda in their drive, where he and Amanda have a super awkward goodbye. She obviously wants to say or do more but Jimmy is watching them both like a thoroughly cuckolded hawk.

The best part is Michael’s little smile when Amanda tells him to be careful. He's a confident assassin.

The men drive away to parts unknown while Amanda goes back inside to find Anthony playing video games. She offers to make him any meal he wants. He asks for Thai chicken curry, which we soon find out was Jamie’s favorite.

Seeing Anthony there playing by himself when the series started with him and Jamie playing together is sad. I wonder if he’s guessed what’s going on. I say yes, and we already know he’s down for murder.

Over at Birdy’s, Nikki’s worried about Eric going into the protection unit. Everyone knows Eric will lose his mind if he’s isolated for that long. She asks if there’s anything else Frank can do for him and Frank snaps at her like the enormous impotent manchild he is. 

At the jail, Eric works out shirtless. Thanks, buddy.

I don’t mention it often but damn, this cast is good looking. Once again I lament my inability to make gifs.

Turns out Eric’s psyching himself up for a painful plan, which involves slamming his head and fists against the cell door until he’s injured enough to get sent to the infirmary.

Why? You’ll see! It’s a good plan! Genuinely!

Back at the compound, Jimmy comes home to Amanda cooking dinner. He recognizes what she’s making, which is very sweet and sad. She asks after Michael, providing a perfect segue for Jimmy to enact his own plan, that is, winning his wife back by offering to do anything, literally ANYTHING to make her happy. He agrees to miss Jamie’s month’s mind mass in order to do it (it’s killing Con, that’s what he’s doing). See how excited he looks about that?

Can you believe it’s been a month since Jamie died? 

Sitting by his lap pool, which looks very warm and cozy, Eamon chats with his adorable son in Spain. Nice to see he appreciates one of his children. And it’s the boy, would you look at that!

Kem rolls up with Con Doyle and seriously, let’s take a minute to appreciate the balls on this dude.

Eamon wants Kem to set up one of the Kinsellas, Michael for preference. Kem gives a little song and dance about how hard it is to get any of them alone but promises to contact Con when he has a plan. The trap is set!

At the compound, Frank snorts some coke alone while looking destroyed and I don’t feel bad for him at all. 

Across the street, Amanda gets out of bed with Jimmy and makes her way to Jamie’s bed. She lays her head on his pillow and inhales, trying to catch some of his scent. It’s really sad. 

The next morning everyone’s up and ready to get down to business. Eamon’s heading to the airport, Amanda’s ruminating over the flyer for Jamie’s mass, Jimmy’s steeling himself to kill Con. Amanda assures him he doesn’t have to do it if he doesn’t want to, but he claims he wants to. “Good,” she says. Jimmy does not look reassured.

Amanda starts to leave for the airport and is stopped by a disheveled Frank.

Dude is grasping for authority with both hands. Unfortunately any respect Amanda had for him is long gone. His posturing just makes him look more pathetic. Damn it, Frank. She should have run him over.

At the airport Amanda meets Eamon in a lounge to talk, along with a special guest: Angela’s mystery gift. 

I love this scene. It’s such a stark contrast to the last time they met, when Eamon threatened Anthony and backed Amanda into her car door. I have some thoughts about how Amanda got to this point, but they are super lengthy so I’ll toss them in a separate post. Short story: The past month has shown Amanda how pell-mell and incompetent the criminal underworld is, giving her the confidence to face Eamon and make these huge decisions for the family. I love that she’s wearing all black, very formal and intimidating, and that the reason behind her wardrobe is that she’s headed to a service to mourn her son. It’s a nice and tidy circle.

Eamon gets right to threatening. Give him the drugs or he’ll make sure Anthony has a bounty double anyone else.

Amanda responds, cool as a cucumber: Right now it’s half a million for anyone who kills Jimmy, Michael, Frank or Viking. But that’s not the real cost of killing a Kinsella. That figure would be closer to 50 million. Cause if any of them are killed, I will burn your drugs, all of it at once. 

Eamon is not pleased but Amanda assures him she’s only negotiating. She points out that someone must be waiting for their cut of the drugs, a fact we’ll get into later. 

Eamon has finally cottoned on that he won’t be steamrolling Amanda anymore. She offers a deal- he can have his drugs in exchange for peace. Eamon balks at that and Amanda reasonably points out that Eamon’s had five of their people killed and her son is dead, so it’s not like he’s walking away with nothing. Eamon pulls out that old routine, that Jamie’s death was wrong, it was an accident, but that means less than nothing to Amanda. 

Eamon: Everything I am, everything I’ve built- all of it- is dependent on one thing, that people know I’m fucking ruthless. Without that it all comes tumbling down. Agreeing to your offer, even if it’s fair, makes me look weak. So I can’t accept. I just can’t. 

Amanda asks what Eamon can accept. He tells her he wants his drugs and one Kinsella. She asks which one he wants and he tells her to choose.

With that he gets up and starts to walk away until Amanda calls him back to ask permission to go to Jamie’s mass. Eamon agrees to spread the word through his criminal pipeline that it’s over. 

The final part is here!  

If you had to choose one of the Kinsella men to die, who would it be?

[kemendin]

Who are you?

[cookinary]

Reasons why you should vote for KEM-0N0

Propaganda for my blorbo for the @best-hifi-rush-character​ polls!

1 - They look like a mix between a cat and a dog with a dragon head LOOK HOW COOL THEY ARE

2 - They canonically make good pets AND THEY HAVE A CUDDLE MODE

3 - Their rythm parry attack is so goofy, it's literally just them screaming and it's called Plasma Roar how cool is that

4 - They are literally too fast for their own good, they go NYOOM so much that they get confused as to where they are, dumb dog cat dragon <3

5 - Look at dis face

Look at it

6 - Their snoot is perfectly boopable <3

7 - They're big enough to ride on dramatically into the sunset

8 - Imagine Chai getting one post-game and accidentally synchronising with it so that he has a little cat orb AND a BIG KEM-0RB following him, how fun would that be

9 - I was stumped on the design of Wolf Chai's hind legs until I took inspiration from a KEM-ONO's leg design and it worked like a charm (speaking of Wolf Chai, I haven't forgotten about it, don't worry! I'm just drowning under school work and it's burning me out)

We aren’t winning against CNMN, I know that, but please let my blorbo have this one?

[vaugarde]

ngl i don't get the desire for "fanfiction rewrites" for when the original author ends up being an awful person. like at that point i think you're better off just making your own fanfic entirely or ignoring it.

[plokoonsdisapprovingeyebrows]

Last Line Challenge

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many you like). 

I was tagged by @saengak ! This is not exactly the last line, I'm just gonna post the whole thing bc it's an epistolary excerpt kinda thing and I had as much fun with the formatting as the content lol.

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REVIEW: BANDOMEER MINERAL RESOURCE SURVEY

Report Summary 39757 received 30.12.7901 C.R.C, Coruscant Galactic City University Press

System ID: MR-348-2874z ‘Meer’ System Status: Sovereign Tectonic Typing: VII (senescent) Atmospheric Typing: Type-I (oxy-nitro) Biotic Typing: VIII-E (significant environmental degradation)

SUMMARY Bandomeer is a terrestrial planet orbiting third in a system of eight around the main-sequence F-type star MR-348-2874z, code ‘Meer’, within the Meerian Sector of the Outer Rim New Territories. The planet lies within Standard Habitable Zone Alpha of its star. Sovereignty is held by the indigenous Meerian species, though was subject to historical economic exploitation by the Mandalorian Empire between 4233—6560 CRC and remains partially controlled by offworld interests through the current day.

Crustal geochemistry is bimodal, with a ratio of nearly 1:1 mafic oceanic to felsic continental crust. Bandomeer has been assigned tectonic typing VII (senescent), representing terminal stages to complete cessation of mobile-lid tectonics.

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This report was commissioned by Offworld Mining Corporation as a review of the available literature and survey data concerning current mineral resources on Bandomeer. It is not intended and should not be taken as a recommendation for any specific exploratory action. The authors received standard industry funding for this work, and are otherwise unaffiliated with OMC.

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tagging @severeannoyance, @bitegore... anyone else who follows me that writes or draws or anything??? idk how many of you there are skjhdfjsh

[kim-poce]

@derinthescarletpescatarian's Tal

TECHNICOLOR SYNTHESIZER DREAMCOATS 

unreal ideations by ghost owl attic

[tarotbydelilah444]

💍✨Details About Your Future Proposal

Pile One | 🖤💍

Your person will be coming up with creative ideas on how to propose to you. They could possibly research proposals ideas on the internet or watch proposal videos to get ideas. They want this moment to be very special for the both of you. This person will be spending lots of money on making sure that this proposal goes as plan. They are definitely a planner and they pay close attention to details, so they plan to pull out all the stops for this engagement to be the best yet. They could be very wealthy and they will like to spoil you, so prepare to be spoiled with all types of gifts. Your person will try to keep this plan a secret from you and try not to make it too obvious, but I feel like some of you might already know what they are planning.

This engagement may take place out of the country. Your person may have planned a surprise trip for the both of you, or you already had a trip planned and this will be their perfect opportunity to pop the question. The proposal will likely be in a very private and intimate space where you and this person cannot be interrupted, or they may rent out a venue for the two of you for privacy. There may be candlelights, signs/decorations, band, and decorations involved. The vibe will be very calm and peaceful. This person may be a little nervous to propose because they want everything to go as planned and be perfect. They may ask the universe for a sign, if they should and I see them receiving confirmation. The proposal will be very traditional because this person is very traditional and conservative, so they will be well-groomed and dressed in a classic suit and they will expect you to be put together as well. You guys may have reservations for dinner and afterwards, they will get on their knees and present you with a beautiful, big, and expensive ring. This proposal will definitely shock & surprise you.You will most definitely cry and become overwhelmed with emotions, but you will be happy for the most part. You are very much in love with your person and you cannot imagine spending one minute of your life without them. You will be ready to start your new life with your fiancé. Your person will definitely be happy that they locked you down and they can call you theirs forever.This person is very possessive and determined to keep you forever because you belong to them in their eyes.

channeled messages | Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn, Aries, stop looking, angel numbers, family issues, celestite, new beginning, planning behind your back, trying not to spoil the plan/surprise,“this a forever thing”, surprises, gifts, five senses, rented out, lavish proposal, Paris, France, Eiffel Tower, private dinner, and blindfolded

Song | Share My Life - Kem

Pile Two | 🤎💍

Your person will likely be working with your friends or relatives to plan this engagement. They could be asking for advice for how they will propose to you. This person will try their best to keep these plans hidden from you, but something might get revealed. You may think that something suspicious could be going on behind the scenes, maybe you may think your person is being unfaithful or hiding something from you, so you may spoil the surprise.

This engagement could likely take place on your birthday or your person’s birthday. It could take place near a large body of water, so they could propose to you on a boat. The proposal will happen near sunset or at night, under the full moon & stars. It will be in the summertime. Your person will be collaborating with your friends to plan this birthday celebration/proposal, so you friends and family will be in attendance. I don’t think you have an idea of what is happening behind the scenes, but you could be very suspicious of your person and could be wondering what they really been up to and you intend to find out the truth. Your person will confess some honest and raw truths to you about their feelings and emotions for you that they never expressed nor shown to you before when the propose. They will express their truth to help clear up any fears or suspicions you may have by revealing their true intentions. They will give a long speech in front your family and friends about how much you make them happy, how you bring so much joy and light into their life, and how they can be their authentic self with you. It will be an emotional & heartfelt moment for you & everyone.

You will feel very dumbfounded and relieved when you hear this truth from your person because you could’ve thought your person was being unfaithful or hiding things from you. You will accept their proposal and apologize to your person for overreacting and you will move on from the negative thoughts and feelings that plagued you before. You will look forward to the future with your person. Your person will be happy for the most part. They are looking forward to showing and proving to you that they love you and they are willing to work towards building trust and stability for this relationship to work out for the long term. They are extremely dedicated and devoted to you and the connection. They are all in!

channeled messages | Italy, gondola rides, surprise trip, friendships, new love, Sagittarius, Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, lighthouse, birthday celebration, sunstone, green eyes (someone jealous of your connection), confidence, “i want to commit to you”, I am not your exes. Stop comparing me to your exes!”, “you are so fine,” putting in the effort, and let go of your past

Song | Cupid - 112

Pile Three | 🤍💍

Your person may be at a crosswords when it comes how they will pop the question to you. They may not be good with communicating their feelings, but they want it to be fun and interesting in a way that you will understand how much they love you and want to spend the rest of their life with you.

The proposal will likely take place in a public setting in a country setting. There will likely be a singer & candlelights. It will likely take place at sunset or at night. your person will likely sing to you, if they sing or they could do a public announcement in the place that they will pop the question at. Your person will be very vocal and honest about how they feel about you. They will say whatever comes to mind because they aren’t really good at expressing their feelings, so that’s why they may dedicate a song/poem to you that helps them express their deep love and feelings for you. You two will likely kiss after they pop the question.

You will be overjoyed and elated about being engaged. You will find the engagement to be humorous and extremely creative. This will definitely be a dream come true for you. You will feel like your person was meant for you and only you. You will definitely be showing off your ring a lot and randomly announcing your engagement to anyone that will listen. You and your person may get married right away and then have passionate and satisfying sex afterwards. Your person will feel like you two are meant for each other. You are their one and only true love, and they cannot imagine life without you in it. They want to grow and expand with you for the rest of their life. They feel like they made the right decision in choosing you to be their forever partner. They feel completely lucky when they are by your side and they want to experience life with you through the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. 

channeled messages | liquid courage, new beginnings, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius, Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, or Cancer, blockages, braids/locs, hater alert, true love, “I want to kiss so bad”, quickie, hope, and freedom, Las Vegas, casinos, sapphire, and spur of the moment

Song | Marry You - Bruno Mars

Pile Four | 🧡💍

Your person is very much in love with you and they cannot imagine a present nor a future without you. They don’t want to wait another moment to pass by before deciding to marry you. They plan to spend the rest of their life by your side and being the best partner and father/mother to your children. This person could have conflict with your or their family about being in a relationship with you, so maybe both families disapprove of the relationship.

The proposal will likely take place somewhere in public. It could happen at the beach, a country setting, or near your home, or a place where you first met. It will likely take place during the day time. You and your person may go for a random walk in nature, maybe it will be part of you and this person’s daily routine. You and this person may go somewhere and sit for a while and they could suddenly pop the question, but not before telling you how they feel about you in a loving and sweet way that will literally bring tears to you and this person’s eyes. If you and this person have kids, they could include the children in the engagement, or this person will propose to you because you guys recently find out you were pregnant. They will likely propose to you with a heirloom ring that’s been in their family for generations.

You will be overcome with emotions because of the engagement and pregnancy hormones. You have so much unconditional love for your person, and you feel so loved and nurtured by them. You feel like you can grow and create abundance with your person by you side. You will be glowing and beyond happy to have found your mate for life. You feel like you have found your home with this person, and you believe they are/will make an amazing father/mother to your children. Your person feels like a fool in love when it comes to you and the connection. They feel like they are walking on sunshine and the sun shines out your ass to this person. They feel carefree when they are around you. You awaken this person’s inner child or you make them feel like a child again. You and this person could have just entered into a relationship not too long after they decided to pop the question, but they feel why wait when they feel like they have found the one for them. This person will be bursting with joy and excitement as you agree to share your life with them.

channeled messages | pregnancy, mountains, nostalgia, flowers, garden, water, trust issues, herkimer diamond, Scorpio, Cancer, Pisces, Aries, Aquarius, and Taurus, soulmates, January, “I love you”, “I can feel this connection”, “I am completely in love with you”, family, 6-10 months of dating, “who cares what people think, I love you!” Song | Let’s Get Married - Jagged Edge

Hope you guys enjoy this pac reading. Don’t forget to comment, like, and follow if you enjoy this content & readings like these. Sending you love and light ✨🤍 - Delilah

[lauralot89]

"Now, sir, you can go on and arsk me what you want. You'll excoose me refoosin' to talk of perfeshunal subjects afore meals. I gives the wolves and the jackals and the hyenas in all our section their tea afore I begins to arsk them questions."

Did journalists actually used to write out accents phonetically or is Bram Stoker just doing this for fun

That 'ere wolf what we called Bersicker was one of three grey ones that came from Norway to Jamrach's, which we bought off him four years ago.

Charles Jamrach was a real wildlife dealer, most (in)famous for the time when a tiger escaped and grabbed a small child, who survived. This incident is now immortalized with a statue:

You could just do anything back in the day

He 'ad white kid gloves on 'is 'ands, and he pointed out the animiles to me and says: 'Keeper, these wolves seem upset at something.'

Thanks, Dracula, very helpful.

That there man kem over, and blessed but if he didn't put in his hand and stroke the old wolf's ears too!

Dracula is a Disney princess (countess) confirmed

anceterer

it took me like five tries to understand this

"Well then, sir, I accounts for it this way; it seems to me that 'ere wolf escaped—simply because he wanted to get out."

This one ain't been used to fightin' or even to providin' for hisself

Hence why Dracula had to lob him at the window like a basketball

well, then I shouldn't be surprised if the census is one babby the less

How is babby formed? how is babby formed how girl get pragnent

I shall take this cylinder with me, and then I can complete my entry on Lucy's phonograph.

Can't you only record like two minutes of audio on those?

Did you not get my telegram?

GREAT WORK, VAN HELSING

I flew downstairs and returned with it, taking care to smell and taste it, lest it, too, were drugged like the decanter of sherry which I found on the table.

For as much shit as I have deservedly given Jack "Medical Malpractice" Seward, I have to hand it to him, I would never have thought of that

I noticed that Van Helsing tied a soft silk handkerchief round her throat.

Professor, I hate to tell you this, but I think that vampires can bite through silk

I fear to trust those women, even if they would have courage to submit.

why though

"What's the matter with me, anyhow?"

QUINCEY MORRIS MY BELOVED

A brave man's blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble. You're a man and no mistake.

Everyone who meets Quincey is immediately in awe, as well they should be

I found Van Helsing with a sheet or two of note-paper in his hand

She wrote all that in two pages? How small is her writing

Do not trouble about it now. Forget it for the present. You shall know and understand it all in good time; but it will be later.

He can't keep getting away with this

What is it that's wrong with her? The Dutchman—and a fine old fellow he is; I can see that—said, that time you two came into the room, that you must have another transfusion of blood, and that both you and he were exhausted. Now I know well that you medical men speak in camera, and that a man must not expect to know what they consult about in private. But this is no common matter, and, whatever it is, I have done my part...I take it that both you and Van Helsing had done already what I did to-day. Is not that so?...if you may tell me without betraying confidence, Arthur was the first, is not that so?...

Quincey is the smartest character in this whole damn book

His very heart was bleeding, and it took all the manhood of him—and there was a royal lot of it, too—to keep him from breaking down.

Everyone's gay for Quincey

Whilst still asleep she took the paper from her breast and tore it in two. Van Helsing stepped over and took the pieces from her. All the same, however, she went on with the action of tearing, as though the material were still in her hands; finally she lifted her hands and opened them as though scattering the fragments.

This is fine.

Van Helsing seemed surprised, and his brows gathered as if in thought, but he said nothing.

The Van Helsing Standard

Letter, Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra (Unopened by her.)

WHY MUST YOU HURT ME IN THIS WAY

Mr. Hawkins has died very suddenly.

Oh for fuck's sake, Dracula (yes I know it wasn't him)

Forgive me, dear, if I worry you with my troubles in the midst of your own happiness; but, Lucy dear, I must tell some one, for the strain of keeping up a brave and cheerful appearance to Jonathan tries me, and I have no one here that I can confide in.

I'm dying (Just like Lucy! Heyo!)

[kemendin]

I adore everything about this, thank you so much for bringing this scene idea to life!

Sometimes I wonder just how much paperwork Quinn has to file in relation to the sith warrior just doing what they do

The last but not least of my commissions, @kemendin's Khel Sutek hitting up Quinn with those rolled sleeves of his, thankyou so so much for commissioning me, I had a blast drawing these two (and the mountain of datapads)!

[ele-sme]

She messed up the timeline!

sum: Au where Spider doesn't become friends with the sully kids, however, he becomes friends with another kid’s family, who treats him right. 

Eywa did not like the future.

Being omnipotent meant that she could see and hear everything, and that meant the future too, she could see the future, she created the future, but it was the destiny to guide it. She could create it, not design it, she could only see the destiny do their work.

But she indeed doesn't like the future ahead of the child she was watching. He was a baby, a newborn, still in his mother’s arms crying because he just came into the world his mother offered him. 

His cheeks were white (thanks to the fluids, although there was a bit of blood, and anyway they were beginning to be red) and he had his eyes closed, when he would have open them, they will be blue or grey, kinda like Eywa’s other children in the est cost. 

His skin was still covered in the birth blood and fluids, and he was curled to his mother firmly, an assistant tried to remove him, for the washing routine, but as soon as her hands were on this baby, he cried even more lauder. The must-be father of this child, rolled his eyes and made a sharky comment, and then got out of the birthing room. 

As the mother of the child handed over her baby to the assistant, tears were scrolling down her face. Humans were different from na’vis, they could do the act of mating with every person they wanted, and although they united their souls for all eternity in a promise, many times they break it. That is why Eywa dropped humanity, leaving themselves to solve their own problems, as revenge they now came to her new children’s world.

The baby stopped his crying, and he now was returned to his mother, who gave him a horrible name, Eywa did not like the sound of it, the baby curling on his birthing mother reminded the great Mother of an earth insect, araneon. 

Poor child, both his parents would have died in the following months, and his future was full of horrible moments, all thanks to another set of kids that weren't even born yet, and a child who could not bring herself to watch behind the baby human skin. 

But what could Eywa ever do? it was his destiny...

But...she is the great mother, she is Eywa! She can change his destiny!

The years flow, as always, he was now three years old, the humans give him the nickname Araneo but in English, he is such a beautiful baby, he gots blonde and curly hairs, brown eyes, and a contagious laughter. He could now run, and dance, and talk, and do so many things! 

His adoptive parents weren't the ones that were destined to be, Eywa might or might have not killed the both of them during the great war. 

it wasn't that much of a problem anyway, as the humans would have said, those two were “scum bags” or something like that.

Anyway, the couple who adopted him, was two very much nice womans, united to each other, they could not have a biological heir, and that was on Eywa, when she created humans, she didn't do them intersex like na’vis. At the time she didn't though it was the great idea it really was. 

Oh well, anyway, the day that he was destined to meet Kiri, who would have then led him to her brothers, came.

Eywa had to get in the body of Abeni, one of the mothers of Spider. 

it wasn’t complicated to spot him, he was playing ‘jumping’ in the hallway, not too far from the door. 

As she picked him up, the door of the lab opened, Kiri was in Jake’s arms as he was coudicing her to Grace’s avatar body. 

Luckily, Jake didn't know Abeni, so he simply ignored her. Altrought Kiri did everything in her power to see her, she was Kiri, she knew who she was under Abeni’s body.

Eywa needed to be careful with Spider, only a glimpse of Kiri’s tail could sabotage her plan. 

“Manga Spider, kem si nga new-” she tried to say whispering, the fact that she could only speak na’vi wasn't a problem, all of her children could understand her, plus Spider knew a little of na’vi. 

hey Spider, do you want-

“Yes, i want!” he said, even before she could finish her words, it was nap time so he would have accepted everything she would have said. 

he was anyway trying to look behind Abeni’s shoulders, to look at Kiri, the destiny was doing this act, but Eywa was smarter, she could easily point him to the other way, there was no way he could turn his head all that way. 

“who entered?” he asked with his tiny voice, but the mother was quick enough to enter, Abeni and jiā huì room. 

The walls of the room were of a beige color, the only color on them were from Spider little drawings and scribbles.

The main bed was at the center of the room, a big comfortable bed designed for two adult humans. The covers were of a light yellow and the pillows were as white as clouds.

Next to it, at the first wall there was Spider crib, built with wood of the burden hometree of the Omatikaya clan. The covers were light yellow too and there was a pillow that was orange. All in the box, toys.

And a big yellow bear? With a red shirt. As soon as Spider saw it, he became fussy, wanting to be put into the crib.

Eywa placed him delicately on his tiny bed, and he immediately went to grab the toy, showing it to the mother.

"Winnie bo!" He said, handing it over to her, at the touch it was comfortable and his yellow fake fur was funny to look at, this was a funny bear.

Spider then pointed to the magic box that made imagines move, the name television.

"Winnie bo!" he repeats

You can't disobey a child’s request, so she had to search for a way to open the television.

For her sake, jiā huì entered the room.

"Everything okay?" She asked, looking at her wife body with worry.

And Eywa obligated the body to nod, she knew that possesing it for this long would have taken great energy. And she could feel the legs ready to give out, she only sitted in the bed and pointed at Spider.

jiā huì looked at her son, and a loving smile came on her face.

The love of a mother was something else, a too much dangerous power.

Only a glimpse of her son and jiā huì began to smile, and he wasn't even biologically hers.

It was too complicated to describe, and the body was too tired.

Eywa let the body lay down on the bed, meanwhile before letting it fall asleep, she watched attentively as jiā huì put the silly bear, and as the body’s eyes closed, she could hear Spider giggles when the silly bear appeared on the magic box.

[psychangels]

so recently i 100%ed hfr for the 4th time. and during the process, i thought, "hey, i know a lot of things about the combat, maybe i should make a list of tips that other people can use similar to the boss tips list i made back when i 100%ed the game the first time!"

so that's what this is! this also features tips for the bosses, because that old list has been Buried by now, plus i've learned a decent amount since then

this DOES contain some spoilers, by the way, but if you're reading this i'm assuming that you've probably beaten the game by now. figured i'd still give a heads up just in case, though

also! @bpmrush helped me put this list together! go say hi! she doesn't bite (most of the time) :]

and, of course, if you have any tips of your own you'd like to add, feel free to do so!

to start, here's some non-specific things:

parry health chip is your friend

pick me up is also your friend

stun is your bff (equip chips accordingly)

speaking of stun: korsica does stun enemies, yes, but she also doubles the damage you do to their stun meters. also she can physically attack enemies if she's close enough to them, and her typhoon does damage, too

korsica's ground jam combo pulls at least one enemy outside of the one you're using it on over to you, and can hit multiple enemies (it's basically just a less costly, more useful version of twin assault since it actually gives you a score bonus. even has some of the same animations)

macaron and peppermint's jam combos can also hit multiple enemies if you use them close enough, alongside korsica's air jam combo

if you have the shock jump chip equipped, peppermint's air jam combo can stun enemies you're not using it on

you can't parry during certain combos, but you CAN dash out of all of them if you're about to get hit

dont get intimidated or panic. remember, ur the coolest motherfucker around and u WILL destroy everything thats thrown at u

next, some enemy specific things:

magnet backstab sen-c0s when they go to place down their barrier generator, it'll cancel it

magnet backstab ses-103s, it lets you to attack them even while they have their shield up

when you magnet backstab the kem-n0, they'll attack you with their tail, so be prepared to parry immediately

if you run up to a barrier enemy before they get their barrier up, you can parry the barrier, leaving them unprotected + you can do a parry counter

make sure to use peppermint's cannon (her hold attack) against hg-0ms (the big blue fuckers) to break their barriers immediately, as theirs are stronger than other barrier enemies'

always be prepared to parry twice in quick succession when up against a kem-n0. same goes for the dm-et1l

when the dm-et1l summons the two random enemies, just ignore them and whale on the dm-et1l. the enemies will get despawned once you damage the dm-et1l enough

use korsica's air jam combo on vu-rev's, it'll put out their flames + it deals damage + stun + brings them down to the ground

you can use jam combos on an enemy while near z-shielded enemies to damage & break their shields

if you call in korsica or peppermint at the right time when an enemy's stun meter is broken, or perform a jam combo or special, you can attack enemies like the wa-es-2 when they're in their 'invulnerable' state and trying to pull you into a rhythm parry sequence

now, about those s ranks...

kind of obvious, but if you're struggling, equip the rhythm meter rush chip (though you won't really need it on the easier difficulties.)

jam combos > special attacks; they all give you a x2 score bonus AND cost less, meaning that bonus adds up more bc you can do them more often. plus you're less likely to miss. this isn't to say that you should never use your specials, though

you don't need to get the crown/violet s on every track for the "s rank all tracks on x difficulty" challenges, you just need a S

if you rlly need an S rank on a particular fight (or are just challenging yourself to get all S's), but you got an A instead, pause and back out to the hideout while the results for the fight are still up, then go back in. you'll get put back to the last checkpoint you hit before the fight (you can also use this strategy for no hit runs on the bosses, but instead of waiting to see your score you just do it immediately after getting hit)

use your partners often! just calling them in generally (esp multiple at once) gives you points!

remember to grapple and use air combos. the former gives a x1.2 bonus, and the latter gives a x1.5 bonus

try to use a variety of combos!

oh, and for rhythm master...

if you're not sure whether or not you can beat it, do what i did: go up against kale first. if you can beat the final boss on the hardest difficulty, you can do anything

remember how i said to have stun chips equipped? ignore that for this difficulty only. just use parry health and rhythm meter rush. trust me. you'll need them.

during segments where you need to wait (such as the beginning of the section where you have to break the brakes on the LIFT), do random combos. it keeps the meter up, regardless of whether or not you're actually attacking anything

as for the bosses...

korsica is only really useful against mimosa + kale, the others don't have stun meters

if you jump over qa-1mil's arm sweep, make sure it's a double. a regular jump won't be enough to dodge it

don't use specials or jam combos on QA-1MIL (unless you're using smth like power chord), bc it just resets him to his default pose with his fists back up, & jam combos take you to his chest plate which is a quick way to fall off or get smacked

don't go for QA-1MIL's face, just whale on his fists; it's easier and quicker

parry his fists when he slams them down for the parry counter + quick call in to follow up

if you use a special on rekka when she's going for the electric panel/pipes, you can cancel her out of it

when rekka goes to do her Big charge attack, position yourself directly in front of a wall; she'll run into it and get stunned for a bit

even if you think you're safe from rekka's grapple, you're not. dash.

the only thing you really need to worry about when it comes to korsica is catching her at the end, bc if you drop her your rank goes down by a metric fuck ton

do not only use korsica during mimosa's fight. this is a semi-common misconception i've seen, based off of a line in-game where korsica tells you to call her in. you need to call in the others and attack her yourself, too; all forms of damage are useful against her stun meter, just the same as with any regular enemy. korsica just doubles it

if you call in peppermint at the right time during the Lights Out bit in the second phase, she'll reveal mimosa's location to you immediately

you can parry the phase 2 (Vandelay Side Story) and 3 (Equalizer Wave) gimmicks when she sends out the wave to suck you into them, avoiding them entirely

don't be intimidated by roquefort. he hits hard, and his human phases are annoying, but he's not that bad. just do your best to parry everything

most ppl know this, but when he jumps out of the gold after diving into it, stand near the big metal fist. he'll ram into it and get stunned for a bit. (also you can parry him when he tries to swim into you)

you can parry kale's lightning attacks (including the electricity around him, though you have to spam for that to work)

if you stand near him during the second phase, it's easier to trigger the attack he does with the fists. just be ready to parry quickly, and note that it is still mostly up to rng. also don't constantly dash up to/around him, as it can cause him to get stuck dashing away from you

hey, what about the rhythm tower?

remember: pick me up and parry health chip are your bffs. so long as you have them, you will never need to buy any items during your run

specials that are mid-to-long range are best for this, since they can be used to clear an entire floor quickly

...aaand that's all we've got! hope you find this helpful! :]

and like i said earlier, if you have any tips you'd like to share that weren't included here, feel free to add them!

[kemendin]

I like his tiny brow scrunch here

[cb-writes-stuff]

Project Opal Masterpost

It finally exists! This will be updated frequently, whenever I post a new thing that should go on here. If something is red, then that means it’s coming soon.

What is Project Opal about?

Snippets

1: Opening scene

Loredumps and Worldbuilding

On Kem lon-Dalan; architecture in the Living District (it’s below the cut)

What do people eat in Kem lon-Dalan?

What landmarks are in Kem lon-Dalan?

How do I come up with words for Vandeth?

Keitalen, Geitalen; How Time is Measured in the Vandeth Desert

How are the Kemen governed? And what are the laws like?

What are the Gilded Palm and Enveil’s Company?

Map of Kem lon-Dalan

Religion in Project Opal, Part 1

Religion in Project Opal, Part 2

Religion in Project Opal, Part 3

Vandeth words for family members

Other Fun Things

Character sketches

Nauth character bio

Ven character bio

Lynn character bio

Mela character bio

Elvi character bio

Elial character bio

William character bio

Gloria character bio

Sils character bio

(Not related to Project Opal) Khione and Lila loredump

What are my inspirations for Project Opal?

What do the characters think of their bosses?

Progress Updates

Too many to list here. They have tiny bits of stuff I wrote, though, so maybe you wanted to go through them. You can find (hopefully) most of them here.

[xxxgeologyafterdarkxxx]

Spinosaurus tooth from the Kem Kem riverbeds in Morocco

-My best friend got me this for my birthday, she knows me too well <3-

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2006 - Number 16 - Silvia Night - "Congratulations"

It is time.

Possibly the most booed act at Eurovision until 2024. Almost certainly the most chutzpah ever seen on a Eurovision stage - only Polina Gagarina comes close. Silvia Night/Silvía Nótt is here to save us all. Where to even begin with this?

Starting with who she is - Silvia is actress, singer and comedian Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir. Silvia was a comedy character she played on the show Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt (The Silvia Night Show). She was a TV interviewer who outraged people by acting offensively when doing her job, insulting interviewees, using slang and acting in a way some have described as vulgar. Effectively she is the female, Icelandic, waspishly insulting Ali G.

Entering Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2006 was a continuation of her act. It was also part of a broad trend towards countries not only parodying Eurovision itself (much to the annoyance of the fans), but also entering songs that appeal directly to their home country only, just like We Are the Winners. Acts you needed to be in on the joke for. The Icelandic version of the song is called Til hamingju Ísland - Congratulations Iceland and the lyrics are considerably different.

The chorus is

Til hamingju Ísland með að ég fæddist hér Ég er Silvía Nótt og þið haldið með mér Eurovision nation fær sko flog er ég kem Ég er fædd til að vinna þetta… tremma í hel

or

Congratulations Iceland for being born here I am Silvía Nótt and you are with me Eurovision nation will have a seizure when I come I was born to win this… damn it

She wasn't wrong.

Silvia was determined to be as offensive as possible at Eurovision. Not only did she insult other contestants, the event staff and fans, but the English translation originally had the line

The vote is in, I'll fucking win

which caused complaints and the EBU to insist that it was changed. Silvia's response was

I'll fucking say what I fucking like

She still changed it though. In 2024, her behaviour would have easily been enough to have got her disqualified.

The song was written by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson who had previously written both of Selma's Eurovision entries. It's a simple Europop singalong thing that is being deliberate sung in a thick accent and relatively poorly. It's high camp (despite being 'not too gay') and without the offensiveness of the character is a contender for most Eurovision-y Eurovision song ever written.

The staging is incredible and almost always overlooked amidst the controversy. There are props Silvia has to interact with including a slide, and two 'showers' from one of which she has to catch a falling phone receiver. There's the paper screens her dancers burst through. There's the costume change. There's the choreography. It's the most complex staging in Eurovision history to this point by far and once again it's Iceland pushing the boundaries of what's possible on stage.

And of course it's all in character - not only the stage performance, but the entire Eurovision week was Ágústa acting her socks off and all to achieve thirteenth place in the semi-final having landslided the televote at Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2006. At the time, most Eurovision fans were ecstatic that she hadn't made it and some of that still lingers today. Yet, Silvia Night and Congratulations were a massive dose of self-awareness that Eurovision needed to grow and to address the bad feelings that were lurking underneath the show in many of its constituent countries.

Earlier in 2006 Silvia Night had been voted Iceland's sexiest woman. Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir came fourth in the same poll. The character was semi-retired after Eurovision, but Ágústa continued with much success in TV and in music. Safe to say she's still a big name in Iceland. She's performed many times, and is also (of course) the voice of many Disney films in Iceland.

In fact she's Elsa from Frozen. Here is Ágústa singing Let it Go in Icelandic to a bunch of rat puppets which I think only Icelanders can possibly explain.

[blorbologist]

*raises hand* i have no idea what Hell Creak is. tell me more

Hell Creek is a fossil-heavy rock formation located in Montana and North Dakota! It's one of the most complete fossil sites we have of the Mezosoic (along with other standouts like the Morrison and Kem-Kem). Hell Creek gets a few extra cool points for a handful of reasons:

It has a whole host of big name dinosaurs: T.rex, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Edmontosaurus, and even a large raptor that's a real-life Jurassic Park 'Raptors' (the book and film used oversized Deinonychus, but Dakotaraptor is actually of comparable size. Potentially. I love the species and what it'd mean for the ecosystem, but I don't trust DePalma as far as I can throw him. He accidentally included turtle remains in the holotype, which... come on, man). Another cool big name potentially associated with the formation, but not a dinosaur, is a large Mosasaur species (think a giant marine monitor lizard) that was recently found to exist off the coast, as well as the (potentially) largest creature to ever fly, Quetzalcoatlus (I have no way to describe this, search it up, it's terrifying and weird).

Actually? No. You deserve to see what a Quetz would look like.

(Photo and model credit @bluerhinostudio. Seriously, they're so lifelike.)

Hell Creek's fossils were deposited at the very tail end of the reign of dinosaurs, so you get a look at their last glory days + a good handful of million years prior. Actually, the boundary layer - the actual moment the apocalypse became real and quartz was shocked by the Chixclub impact - is present! There's another site that seems to contain the actual aftermath, with molten glass raining into the mud and debris of animals caught in tsunamis thrown together (though some elements of the site are debated, because DePalma is sketchy as hell and reported different findings to the media vs his publications).

(Credit conveniently included in the image, nice.)

We have SO much information about it! Remains of everything from megafauna and their interactions - herbivores that have healed bitemarks from T.rex, facial bitemarks between T.rexes - to the minute. Pollen and seeds from a host of plants; insects trapped in amber; tiny amphibians, and sharks. The list of species on the Wikipedia articles are absolutely insane - it's so complex and detailed.

There's also a video game in slow, slow development depicting this formation, Saurian - last I heard it's grinded to almost a standstill, and IIRC there is ~tea~ in the paleo community about it, but it was fun following the development for a few years. The concept art is also gorgeous, and you really get a feel for just how much material they have to work with to make this as accurate as possible!

TLDR, Hell Creek is fascinating - though there are plenty of other cool formations worth poking at, too! The Kem Kem Group, Dinosaur Park, Candeleros, Morrison, Jiufotang and Nemegt Formations are all favorites <3