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shit-taster-connoisseur · 2 years ago

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hi I saw you were taking asks about mark and rebecca so I thought I'd send one over because I absolutely adore your takes on them!! I'd love to know how you perceive their relationships with the other characters - friends, enemies, partners, crushes, etc :)

DHIXBDD HOWDY AND THANK YOU!! My takes on them are all over the place tbh

Before I actually start- I don't think too deep into their relationships so uhhhh please don't expect a 10 page analysis on them. Hopefully read more works on mobile if not uhhhhhhhh sorry in advance

Gonna start with the obvious Kyle:::

Personally I love the guy but Mark? Not so much. He's always had this personally bias against him for some reason, despite yknow beating his ass in 3rd grade(I think) Like Mark thinks he's suppose to keep this hate against him for what Kyle did to his sister, but in high school obviously that shit in him died but outta pride(or something similar) Mark countinues to subconsciously hate him and just dreads interacting with him.

Kyle and Rebecca's relationship or lack of- gotta be honest Rebecca just avoids cuz the whole dance biz, and she still cringes at the memory and thinks Kyle hates her. He doesn't, but won't stop her thinking so- but in an au, I love tbe thought of Platonic Kybecca, this is the part I cant go into too deep cause I unfortunately haven't thought abt the dynamic alot, but I have an au based around these two hopefully I can actually get rhe stage of making it

Nowwww onto friends

My main friend group for these two are David, Gary, and Cotswolds siblings//I'm not sure how i conjured that combination into existence but hey! I have been running with it for a long time.

How exactly they became friends? I'm not sure either. My brain also tricked me into thinking Gary was homeschooled before he comes to South Park- So he found that common ground with the Mark and Rebecca and ran with it, after he sitting himself at their lunch table in the corner.

Then David kinda wanted a break from the main 4's table so he just joined them at some point. The cotswolds found him and Gary alot more sane than most South Park residents and alot more nicer...Rebecca was won over by them but did take awhile to communicate that, sooo Gary&David were a little hesitant to hang out with her 1-on-1 cause they thought she was still nervous abt them

Mark hates South Park, he's leaving once he has a job and a scholarship outta the country. Yeahhhhh he wasn't too welcoming to David and Gary at first, but he gave pretty mixed signals, ei: inviting them them to places, going to their houses, showing up at David's parent restaurant unprompted, ect...Yknow normal friend things, but he saw it as "testing" them, cuz obviously if the kids are all well and good, it has to the parents that aint! Right?!?

Yeah, Mark was pretty confused when he found out the Rodriguez and Harrison's were all pretty non dysfunctional people and were good parents//good people. Watching their family dynamics made him think alot on how his and Rebecca's parent's relationship isn't all that great.

Lead to alot of rebellious stunt, not extreme but he started taking his parents views with less of a grain of salt, and with that realized slowly his parents are assholes- Rebecca also realized this, but is kinda use to shutting up and keeping her head down she never says anything against it.

Moving on!! David and Gary are pretty understanding of this, and there friendship and homes turned into solace for the siblings^^ Wish i could ramble more abt them but I'm very bad at writing down my thoughts💀

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Mark's enemies: Leslie, Terrance, Estella, and some more people but these three came off the top my head.

Leslie seems like the type to correct Mark's grammar while speaking, Every. Time.

Mark: "Look you failure of an ai, your-"

Leslie: "*You're."

Mark: "....What"

She gets on his nerves without even trying. And lemme tell you, Mark hates getting corrected so he'd end up going off on her for hours while she just sits there. Then she spends the next hour correcting Mark again. Its pretty one-sided now that I think of it. Mark just seeks her out to best her and she just plays along cause she's bored.

Now onto Terrance. There can only be one smart ass know-it-all, and its Mark! He's had a few school projects that Terrance did by himself so he didn't have to deal with a partner. Well Mark was pretty pissed abt that, when Mark confronted him the next time they had project together they competed to finish it the day of- Yeah they lost alot of beauty sleep that night. So there dynamic is like a academic rivalry.

Now for Estella. Shes a bitch. So is Mark. He was alright with her when she was just a rich capitalist scrum from a distance. Instead she just had to start hanging around Rebecca, and being an overprotective brother he was he started antagonizing her whenever alone, vice versa. They constantly butt heads especially when it comes to Rebecca–Normally Mark wouldn't care who his sister befriends or hangs out with, but Estella is all around a prick and a spoiled brat, so who knows what she'd do to his sister if Estella doesn't get what she wants?

Rebecca's enemies: tbh idk if she has anything against anyone. Probably Terrance? Terrance because y'know his rivalry with her brother, but they barely interact for the most part.

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Finally getting to my fav part of this ask, crushes/partners, because it gives me any excuse to talk abt Rebstella!!

How they met was Mark's fault, he was an acquaintance of Gregory's(Who hc as Estellas twin!!) At some point their groups collided and Estella thought she was cute and was slightly intrigued by her, Rebecca was kinda awkward the first time they met so she had really no opinion on Estella that day. Estella had no plans to do anything with that thought, unfortunately she let that comment slip and got tired of the Foregien kid's teasing and decided to try befriend her.

They did take awhile to offically to do so given each of their reservations, and during that time Estella slowly realized she might have a crush on her favorite brunette. The feelings were mutual, but Rebecca was very against it, she already had so much going on in her head, having a crush on her one of her bestfriends didn't help. Neither wanted to ruin the friendship so they both attempted bury it down deep with their sub consciousness.

Attempted. Yeah that didn't last that long. They grew even more smitten with each other. and Rebecca got tired of tiptoeing around it and with some encouragement from Gary, David, and Mark–despite his strong bias against Estella. Anyways she asked Estella out over text, yeah Estella took a day to reply to recover, and pratically gave Rebecca heart attack.

Their first date was at fancy restaurant that Estella reserved, all goofy smiles and pre marital hand holding. Dbkdnsidbwis Rebecca was the first to say "I love you" later on, fun fact.

I wanna say more abt them but i don't wanna take too long so I'll be moving onto Mark.

Yeah I personally don't ship him with anyone, Maybe Gary and/or David? But he dies alone no matter what/j

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Anyways I have nothing to say but heres a doodle of the mentioned Rebecca&Kyle au

#six's thingies #six's art #south park #rebecca cotswolds #mark cotswolds #rebstella #kyle brovlofski #ill probably cringe the way described things here #in the future hopefully

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astro-onechampionship · 3 years ago

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By Finding A Relatable Partner, Louie Sangalang Made It To The Top Two

Being in the top four, Louie Sangalang knows that all bets are off if he truly wants to be "the one" in The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition.

But never in his wildest dreams that one of the most crucial business challenges he will have to partake in is something that hits close to home.

"This is a particular challenge that I was not expecting," he admitted. "I was telling my wife about it and when we watched the episode, my wife was bawling her eyes out. I wasn't expecting a challenge that really has such a human connection."

The final four global candidates were tasked in episode 11 to work on a concept using Twilio's technology in boosting the donations and volunteers for specific non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

And the one that was given to Sangalang and partner Jessica Ramella? LOVE, NILS, a three-and-a-half year old organization which is looking after cancer patients and their families in the battle against the big C.

"LOVE, NILS began because my son had cancer," shared LOVE, NILS founder Lesli Berggren. "The cancer journey wasn't easy and my son Nils was 12 when he was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma and he was treated in an amazing hospital here in Singapore for a year. There were a lot of complications and need for outside resources to support the emotional side that my son needed, but also for my family and his twin sister Claire. He developed some more complications and received a stem cell transplant that transplanted us to Seattle. Unfortunately, he passed away six months after that and I came back to Singapore to continue to take care of his sister."

Spurred by her thoughts of lending a helping hand to those currently treading the dreaded path her family took, Berggren took it upon herself to set up a charity in aiding the process.

"I knew that I had gained a lot of knowledge about the hospitals and the care they provide for these families and I felt I had the responsibility that I can help these families," she said.

"I put together an organization called LOVE, NILS in honor of my son, and we didn't have any money to throw out in it. I asked a lot of my friends to help me and be volunteers and help fund some of the programs. Three and a half years later, I'm really thankful to say that we have a powerhouse of amazing volunteers that support these programs, nine programs in two hospitals that are the major hospitals that treat children with cancer from all over Southeast Asia. We have a lot of children that come from Indonesia, the Philippines, and in Malaysia, so it's quite an amazing mix of kids that I feel very honored and privileged that we get to support, that we provide care coordinators, art sessions, T-shirt masterpieces, and so many things that just try and bring smiles and some respite to these children."

The challenge didn't just tug on Sangalang's heart, but it also gave him flashbacks of the battles he had to endure when he was just 21 years of age.

"Cancer is a disease that is not very easy to cure, a disease that is not very cheap to cure. So there's only so many financial resources to be able to go through the appropriate medications," he said. "There's no parent who wants his child to go before him or her. And I could relate to that. how my parents felt when I had [cancer] when I was 21. When I got sick and I realized that my parents were spending so much, I was thinking, 'Is it even worth it?,' knowing that your parents are financially wrecked. So these thoughts came to me and I was thinking much more with kids who don't have that kind of level of maturity, who don't have a complete understanding of the world. So it is, for me, something that is real and something that needs to be addressed."

That's why it was imperative for Louie and Jessica to not just be able to deliver a concept that would impress the judges, led by ONE Championship chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong, but also find a concept that could be used by LOVE, NILS moving forward.

"We were approaching the challenge from a different perspective. We were approaching it from a perspective that most cancer patients are not necessarily treated as such," shared the usually stoic Sangalang, who really hammered on capturing the emotional side of the prospective donors and volunteers in helping LOVE, NILS. "There is a psychosocial aspect of it. When people are becoming so desperate, they really want to live, they're just so scared that they're gonna pass away, and this creates so much discord in your head."

Then came Nils' Pals, an AI chatbot which bridges the gap between the patients and the donors themselves. The chatbot Claire was named after Nils' twin and daughter of LOVE, NILS founder Lesli Berggren.

"When Jess I created the product, it allows a cancer patient to be able to reach out directly to a care counselor which LOVE, NILS provides. And that to me is such an immediate response in a situation. People will want to reach out to someone and it's amazing how technology just gets us connected," he said.

"Basically, I look at it this way, we have a suicide hotline. And the project that Jessica and I worked on is similar to that, but instead of suicide, you have someone who's ready, because this person may want to know more about the disease, or may want to have access to treatments or whatnot. And that's one of the components, I think, in cancer recovery or cancer rehabilitation that is not really addressed."

Safe to say, Sangalang and Ramella knocked the challenge out of the ballpark that LOVE, NILS is considering adapting that concept in the future.

In turn, Louie and Jessica find themselves the last two candidates standing, fighting tooth-and-nail for the honor to win the $250,000 job offer as Sityodtong's protégé and chief of staff at the ONE Championship Global Headquarters in Singapore

With two episodes left, Sangalang said that he's willing to lay it all on the line to be considered "the one."

"I know that I can be a person that can't be relatable to the universe because I'm a very reserved and quiet person, but what I assure you is that I will continue to deliver. I will do my best to win the top spot," he said.

Catch the exciting finale of The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition as it is showing across Asia on AXN, the show’s official Asian broadcast partner, with markets to include Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition is also available on other platforms and TV networks across Asia, including MediaCorp (Singapore), Abema (Japan), KompasTV (Indonesia), Amarin TV (Thailand), LINE TV (Thailand), TV5 Network (Philippines), and HTV (Vietnam).

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risingbricsam · 5 years ago

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Can the G20 Maintain Progress at Osaka in Global Governance – Part One

G20 Leaders getting ready. Tomorrow the Osaka G20 Summit

With this post RisingBRICSAM ‘returns to the air’. First up are the Vision 20 reflections on the impending G20 Osaka Summit. The Vision 20 principals include: Colin Bradford, Brookings, Yves Tiberghien, University of British Columbia and Alan Alexandroff, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto.

As we have expressed in the past, “Our ‘Visioning the Future Project’ focuses on defining the future by building a new blueprint of values and organizing principles for the global system.” The V20 is committed to a well-defined goal: a new and better articulation of the relationships between global, national, and local levels. We also emphasize new avenues for dialogue across cultural, regional, and North-South divides to avoid a downward cycle of mutual misperceptions. The V20 has urged, principally through the Blue Reports, that G20 Leaders reach out with far greater efforts and with accessible messages that can better speak to their own publics and work to assist their publics to understand the collaborative efforts these Leaders and their officials strive to achieve through the G20.

And now to our examination of the Osaka G20 Summit.

The problems abound. And, not unreasonably there is much skepticism that the G20 meeting soon to convene in Osaka and led by Japan will be in any position to resolve the various problems that face the Global Order. As the post-war global trading and economic order fragments under the ‘America First’ actions of Donald Trump the need for the G20 Leaders to rally around common guiding principles, or at least guardrails, is highly desired. Yet, while the G20 plenary is likely to inch forward on a few key files under the Japanese, such as possibly ocean plastics, a road map in AI ethics, principles for quality infrastructure and encouraging for IMF reforms, the trade clash between the US and China is likely to ‘suck the oxygen out of the plenary setting’ in this year’s Summit. FT’s Alan Beattie, long a G20 skeptic, had this almost classic comment the other day: “Chances of success over the next few days: slender bordering on skeletal. Imperative at least to try: overwhelming.”

There is indeed a surfeit of problems and near crises that face G20 leaders. None of these problems, of course, is more damaging than the Trump initiated trade and technology war with China. This growing tariff tit-for-tat has led most analysts and journalists to focus on the announced bilateral meetings of leaders, none more so than the Trump and Xi Jinping sit down. Nevertheless, The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has identified a host of matters some of which he hopes will attract enough agreement to move forward in tackling the many challenges of global governance today. Besides his targeting digital data flows, as noted above, he has ‘prioritized’ a series of other matters: removing structural impediments to growth, reforming the global trading system, combating climate change and in particular marine plastics pollution, adjusting employment policy to reflect aging societies, empowering women in the workforce, advancing sustainable development and achieving universal health coverage. In fact, the Japanese determination to identify a wide number of problems has drawn criticism particularly for grouping climate change as just one of a number pressing issues. But clearly there is Japanese desire to move the yardsticks of global governance in era of ‘America First’ and the determination seemingly by President Trump to undermine the multilateral order at the time of growing great power rivalry.

Many see the opening to WTO reform, declared in Argentina in the Leaders’ Declaration, as the starting point for advancing not just reform but a way forward, or back, to a rules-based multilateral trade system:

27. International trade and investment are important engines of growth, productivity, innovation, job creation and development. We recognize the contribution that the multilateral trading system has made to that end. The system is currently falling short of its objectives and there is room for improvement. We therefore support the necessary reform of the WTO to improve its functioning. We will review progress at our next Summit.

But is WTO reform the way back to a rules-based multilateral order. The Editorial Board of the rather influential EastAsiaForum thinks so. As the Board prepares for the G20 in Japan it writes:

Few G20 countries do well in bilateral deals with the superpowers, including the superpowers themselves. This means all G20 countries have a strong national interest in multilateralism. These countries do best when the world comes together to agree collectively on the rules for trade, investment, finance, people-to-people links and dispute resolution and therefore have a paramount self-interest in a strong, effective G20.

But the need for WTO reform and the determination not to accept Trump’s bilateral ‘America First’ strategy in trade and pretty much all else is not the same thing. In reality WTO reform confounds two related but yet distinct issues. There are the limitations of the dispute resolution system, though Trump’s criticism of the decisions seems historical and not relevant. The system has moved on. Further, even were we to resolve some of the issues – let’s say the dispute resolution issues, that resolution would not eliminate the US-China trade and technology war. The weaponizing of tariffs by Donald Trump is an issue that today goes beyond just WTO reform. In fact, the Trump tariffs against China and many other countries represent a serious and damaging breach of WTO consistent policy. The stakes for the global trading system are high indeed.

What then should we hope for from the Osaka G20? First, we have to hope that the Abe government is willing to tackle the bad behavior of not only China but also of the United States. Take for example the Chair’s Statement from G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy on June 8th and 9th, 2019, in Ibaraki Tsukuba, Japan. Is the glass half empty, or half full? Well, the statement tackles the failure of China to resolve the excess steel capacity issue. And, on the other hand it also addresses the need to strengthen multilateral trade. The Chair notes: “Many Ministers affirmed the need to improve collectively the trade and investment environment. The importance of ensuring that trade measures be WTO consistent was emphasized by many Ministers.” The reference to WTO consistent measures is a gentle criticism of the United States’ efforts to raise tariffs on the very questionable basis of “national security”. The statement seems to mete out criticism to both sides. Many G20 members actually pressed the Japanese Chair over many hours to reflect a much stronger position on current US trade actions. The Chair was unwilling to move, with the goal to avoid isolating the US. There is then a more general fear that Abe and his ministers and officials will be unwilling to press the case against Trump and American officials over particularly his trade inconsistent tariffs. And even if they did agree to have a stronger Chair Statement supported by the G19, would it succeed in stopping the US from damaging the global trading system this Fall?

There is reason to be concerned about Japan’s willingness to stand up to the Trump Administration. As pointed out by Leslie Hook in the FT “This year, the current draft by Japan caters to the US position and avoids calling for reducing emissions or “decarbonization”. This is seen as a dramatic contrast to the Germany’s determination to maintain support – at least for the G19 (minus the U.S.) – for the Paris Climate Agreement which in Hamburg at the G20 in 2017 was described as “irreversible”.

Are we therefore at a loss for the G20 leadership? Or as Jennifer Morgan the head of Greenpeace International declares (Hook, 2019): “This really demonstrates the irrelevance of the G20 in addressing the world’s largest crisis at this point in time”.

No, we think not. The most senior of us has followed this leader-led summit from the days before it was just that – a leaders’ summit. For the first time we saw in one organization both the more established and the rising economies of the Global South. This is a leader-led forum that meets at least annually. Think if there was no such organization today to at least ‘air’ the critical issues facing the leading states. It is not ad hoc. And we are. More than aware that decisions today can be committed to by something less than all the leaders. We and others have urged that states committed to a course of action take – action. In our most recent annual Blue Report – this year for officials from Japan – the V20 urged that leaders focus on what we described as ‘effective multilateralism’. “We assess that ‘effective multilateralism’ today resides in those fora and coalitions that are prepared to move forward on policy and act on a collective action basis whether they include all, or not. Formal or informal institutions are not the limiting concern.” Collective action does not require consensus. It requires commitment. Let’s see what leaders can do in Osaka.

Works Cited

ANU Editorial Board. 2019. “The world has a simple request for Japan: don’t drop the ball at the Osaka G20 summit”. EastAsiaForum. June 24, 2019. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/06/24/the-world-has-a-simple-request-for-japan-dont-drop-the-ball-at-the-osaka-g20-summit/

Beattie, Alan. 2019. “Japan plans to stop the global digital economy breaking apart”. FT. June 24, 2019. https://www.ft.com/content/578e72b6-9679-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229

Hook, Leslie. 2019. “G20 plays down commitment to climate change action”. FT. June 25, 2019. https://www.ft.com/content/65c7501e-9692-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229?shareType=nongift

Vision20. 2019. “Effective Multilateralism”: 2019 VISION20-Brookings Blue Report. April 2019. https://www.thevision20.org/

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Can the G20 Maintain Progress at Osaka in Global Governance – Part One was originally published on Rising BRICSAM

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