#less is moor

[ojaymorgan]

Zebra Kat - Blk Wiccan @ Le Guess Who? Festival (NL) 11.10.2022

[reckonslepoisson]

Less Is Moor, Zebra Katz (2020)

Zebra Katz was ahead of his time to such an extent that he required others – namely, producers – to catch up before his visions could be fully realised. Plenty of his 2013 debut mixtape DRKLNG contained elements of what he would achieve more completely on Less is Moor, seven-odd years later, but it was fuller, making use of production trends in post-industrial and deconstructed club. So far, this is Katz’s defining work.  

Pick: ‘Ish’

[outsidewolves]

[sourmiiiilk]

While there is no intention to offend, the previous front profile was more flattering. The past version seemed to exhibit more detail in the clothing, enhancing the overall appearance.

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

The Alan Moore comic my new blog name is taken from has an interesting background.

In 1988 Thatcher's government banned the "promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities and schools. This law would remain in place in England and Wales until 2003.

Moore already antipathic towards the tories organized a comics anthology to raise funds to oppose the law - AARGH or Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia.

Moore convinced (or to use his own words "morally blackmail most of them") a lot of famous comic creator to contribute pieces. Art Spiegelman, Frank Miller and Dave Sims all contributed stories. You may have seen the comic Neil Gaiman wrote for it floating around tumblr.

The quality of the comics varies widely but the best of them is the comic Moore himself wrote for it a poem/comic The Mirror of Love. I don't think the original comic is licitly available online but there's a reading of it by Moore on youtube.

The Mirror of Love depicts queer people throughout history. Moving from pre-history to the modern day and Moore's fury at the homophobia of Thatcher's government and then looking to the future.

It's been one of my favourite comics by Moore since I first read it but as an eight page piece that for decades was only available as part of AARGH it doesn't receive a lot of attention.

My blog name is from the final line of the poem:

While life endures we’ll love, and afterwards, if what they say is true, I’ll be refused a Heaven crammed with popes, policemen, fundamentalists, and burn instead, quite happily, with Sappho, Michelangelo and you, my love. I’d burn throughout eternity with you.

[lunarharp]

scribbled miserable qifrey comics all night...more later

[6-atlas-6]

Redacted tweets again again

Ik y'all are so tired of me 💀

🎀 Tag list: @capitalisticveins @vilf-lover @deviantaj @plutobutartsy @crescentgrim @morgansplace @epsi-l0n @kitheking @randomhoneybee @messenger-of-stupidity @shawslut @samlizdavis @betta-phish @darlin-collins @verbal-static 🎀

[hooked-on-elvis]

ELVIS' DEBUT ON TV — 📺 [CBS] The Dorsey Brothers 'Stage Show'

Elvis with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey at CBS Studio 50, New York, March 17, 1956 [that would be Elvis' 5th appearance on their TV show, out of 6 total.].

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By December 1955 Elvis had still not made an appearance on national television. His manager Colonel Tom Parker negotiated a deal through Steve Yates with CBS's "Stage Show" for four appearances on the show in January 1956 at $1,250 each and an option for two more at $1,500 each.

On the January 28, 1956, Elvis was broadcast for the nation for the very first time, performing "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "I Got a Woman".

[ABOVE: the January 28th 1956 FULL PERFORMANCE]

On Elvis' first appearance on American television, Bill Randle, one of the most influential disc jockeys of the time, was the man who actually presented Elvis Presley to the nation. He said:

"We'd like at this time to introduce to you a young fellow, who like many performers, Johnnie Ray among them, come up out of nowhere to be overnight very big stars. This young fellow we met for the first time while making a movie short*. We think tonight that he's going to make television history for you. We'd like you to meet him now - Elvis Presley. And here he is!" — Bill Randle, Disc Jockey, the man presenting Elvis Presley to America for the first time. January 28, 1956.

After this, things would never be the same, specially the society. Such a good beginning for a year, that special day in a January month! ♥

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🎞️THE SHORT-FILM THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY (for the general public... at least until now...)

The movie short Bill Randle referred to during his introduction to Elvis was "The Pied Piper Of Cleveland - A Day In The Life Of A Famous Disc Jockey" a short film made by Universal pictures about Bill Randle himself. Filmed on October 20th, 1955, at a concert in Brooklyn High School, Cleveland, it featured the stars Bill Haley & The Comets, The Four Lads, Pat Boone, plus the addition of a little-known Elvis Presley.

The original forty-eight-minute film was supposed to be cut down to a twenty-minute "short" for national distribution, but never made it that far. We're in 2024... 69 years went by since this shortcut was produced but the movie remains unreleased.

There is some dispute over whether or not this film actually exists, although it's said it was shown publicly, albeit only once in Cleveland, and excerpts were also aired on a Cleveland television station in 1956. Marshall Lytle, bass player for Bill Haley's Comets, corroborates the existence of the film in his memoir, "Still Rockin' Around the Clock", but he makes the unsubstantiated claim that Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, bought the film and destroyed the existing copies. According to historians, tho, DJ Bill Randle, before his death in 2004, sold the rights to the film to PolyGram (it has been reported that Universal Studios has the negatives of the film in its vaults).

Much uncertainty about this short film, but can you imagine this film being release in Elvis' birthday centenary celebration? We watched, and listened, on Elvis' 89th birthday a few days earlier this year, to them playing during his birthday celebration at Graceland the original "That's All Right" record as it was cut at Sun Records studio in 1954, so who knows? There's always rare things surfacing here and there, so... we better keep our hopes this Bill Randle's 1955 movie, with some new 'baby Elvis' footage, will be release any day now [such as we know there's 'Elvis On Tour' and 'Elvis: That's the Way It Is' never seen before footage coming our way, as confirmed by the "Elvis" 2022 biopic's film director, Baz Luhrmann — finally! We hope it will be released soon].

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But enough daydreaming... Back to Elvis' 1st television appearances.

After the premiere on America's television on January 28th, 1956, Elvis would do five more appearances on 'The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show" for the next eight weeks. Those would take place on February 4, February 11, February 18, March 17 and March 24th, 1956.

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February 4th, 1956 | "Baby Let's Play House" and "Tutti Frutti"

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February 11th, 1956 | "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" *

* This is a special arrangement for 'Heartbreak Hotel', so good! Jazzy, dramatic, really rarity. I loved this! ♥

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February 18th, 1956 | "Tutti Frutti" and "I Was The One"

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March 17th, 1956 | "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Heartbreak Hotel" *

* This is the usual arrangement for the "Heartbreak Hotel" song. On February 11th, 1956, Elvis performed this same song onstage of 'The Dorsey Brothers Show' but it sounded something more… dramatic (I guess it matched the lyrics after all, but I love the usual arrangement better yet).

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And the last one... the 6th appearance on 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show':

March 24th, 1956 | "Money Honey" and "Heartbreak Hotel" | [FULL PERFORMANCE]

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We can see how on those first TV shows Elvis still looks quite shy. Although he moves the usual lot, he doesn't flirt with his audience as much as he would on the upcoming TV appearances (and throughout his life, actually). It's funny how he grew comfortable with being in front of the cameras so fast tho. As his photographer Wiliam Speer said, "I guess you must really like being photographed."

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Elvis with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey at CBS Studio 50 in New York, on March 17, 1956. That would be Elvis' 5th appearance on their TV show. 'The Dorsey Brothers Stage Show' (CBS) was the place Elvis debut in his TV appearances, on January 28th 1956. He would appear on the show for 6 times total, from January to March 1956. ♥

Performing on the 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show' at the CBS Studio 50, New York City, on March 24th, 1956. His 6th and final appearance on the show.

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EDIT: THE BLUE MOON BOYS

I hate it when I forget to mention such important, trivial, facts — and this shouldn't be footnote info and I feel guilty it is now but I forgot mentioning — The Blue Moon Boys. I love them so much! I watch those footage looking at them as much as I look at Elvis.

Like, I love Bill Black's energy onstage! I love him hollering, vibing to their sound, as loud as Elvis (on occasion). I love how he seem to love chewing gum (Bill is chewing gum in some of those footage), because it makes me look at the Blue Moon Boys and Elvis as a unit, real close friend who look alike, just how it should be. We know although EP for obvious reasons can't chew gum while singing, he loooooved gum and kept this - should I say "habit?" - throughout his life. It's sounding silly what I'm saying, I know, but I think this Elvis habit in fact date from back when he was rocking onstage with Bill, Scotty and DJ Fontana and it makes my heart warm how close and similar they seem to be, as friends, real friends. Bill is actually said to be the one cheering the crowds onstage when they first begun performing, when Elvis was still learning how to be the great leading man he became. When EP was still learning how to act onstage, how to manipulate the audience, creating the mad passionate reactions he learned to create whenever he wanted, Bill was the one heating things up, joking with the audience, cheering, hollering. Bill is amazing! His energy is intoxicating, and we can see it clearly on those first TV appearances performances. ♥

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I also love how hot Scotty Moore looks! I kinda laughed thinking 'Oh my goodness' ... So this thing about rock and roll bands always having hot vocalists and hot guitar players as a rule, it looks like it all started from the 50s with EP and Scotty! (really, at least the singer and guitar player in most rock bands are hot AF, am I lying? *lol*). I have a thing for Scotty... When he smiles at times on those footage, I'm like: 🤤🥹🥴🫠 And I also love how he's elegant but at the same time menacing looking holding and playing his guitar like the guitar hero he was. Really, if you haven't yet, do yourself a favor and read Scotty's book "THAT'S ALL RIGHT, ELVIS: The Untold Story of Elvis' First Guitarist and Manager, Scotty Moore", by Scotty as told to James Dickerson (1997). Scotty's life story is fascinating and as interesting as Elvis'. ♥

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And last, but never least, I love how together, calm and concentrated DJ Fontana looks. Ok, unfortunately being the drummer has it's disadvantages. We can't see DJ Fontana as much as we see the other boys onstage, but I listen to the songs until the very last minute and it's amazing how the music always has the closing, the important and dramatic ending, done by DJ's talented hands. I love that guy. ♥

Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys were the best rock and rollers! I love their energy together. As much as I adore 70s Elvis onstage, the TCB Band, the Sweets Inspirations and all, if I only had one performance of Elvis' I could attend, just one to choose, I would go for - undoubtedly - the 50s ones, when those guys, The Blue Moon Boys and Elvis, were playing together.

That's Rock and Roll royalty. ✨👑 ♥

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There you go. All the videos together so you can watch of them easily. ♥

[elevatortherapy]

juri wandering the moors at night. send post.

[worldssillyestanimal]

fucked up creature in my brain telling me to draw more sparklecare

[ojaymorgan]

Major shout out to Savage x Fenty for featuring 🔊 LICK IT N SPLIT ❤️‍🔥🥵❤️‍🔥

[queenlucythevaliant]

Genuinely watching pro surfing is the perfect combo of incredibly tense (c'mon America! waiting for the perfect wave!) and incredibly relaxing (ambient ocean sounds).

[little-pomni]

Oh no no no no!! It's just a little Virus it's not like....Deadly or Anything!!! (I think) I was just...Mad and stuff!! Oh it was just from my own anger and frustration!! Just because it was linked to you doesn't mean that you know...It was...for...you.... I just felt totally and utterly useless!! Everyone consumes Viruses to.....Feel happy and help their friends I'm sure!! -ADHD!!

F̵̦̼̿̇͊̍͝Ũ̸̘̻̣͊͂̃ ̸̲̈́̇U̴̟̜͈̬̍ ̴̦̙̖͛̇͘U̵̹̟̞̠͊̊̾͘̚̕͜C̴̫͍̹͖̥͌̐̽́K̵̢̿̂!̷̼̫̤͊̽̽͂̌͝!̷̹̯͕̜̳̩͊

̸͚͊̊W̴͍͔̿H̷͇͖͍̔̒͗Ỵ̴̍ ̵̢̀̂Y̷̭̩̞͗ ̴̈̃͜͝Y̵̠̮͑ ̸̭͌̽̓Ÿ̵̹́̎ ̷̮̻̓̓I̶͔̎S̵̥̏́̓ ̷̯́̒Ạ̴͌͠L̵͍͔̈́L̶̨̼͙͂͑ ̸͓̝̎͜M̶̪͐̀Ȳ̷̛̥ ̵̺͓͊Ḟ̵̲͛R̸͖̺͒̔̕I̵̱̥̣͋̌͝E̷̯͗̊̍N̸̡͔̂Ḏ̶̣̣͗̄S̷̩̥͗͝ ̶̯͂H̷̱̃̍U̷͙͔̓ ̸̱̳͂̎Ǔ̴̠̎ͅ ̵̼̱͓͒̀Ų̵̛͍͗̽ ̵̩̀̉́Ǘ̴̲ ̷͖̯̆̊U̶͙͠R̴̬̩͐͂̓T̷̨͎̞͆͛̍Ì̵̻͇̙N̸̨̈́͋Ǵ̷̡̬̦̏ ̷͎̮̝̑̈́͝T̷̤͙̎Ȟ̷͕͙̀̀͜ ̴̹̲͕͛͛H̸͈̥̿̈̈Ȅ̵͚M̸̖̐̈́S̸̤͗E̸̟͈͚̅́͝L̵̦͌̌V̸͖̜̞̌̊E̷̛̲̫͜S̸̨̼̼̆̎̕ ̷̭͚͠B̷̻̲̝̒̾̕Ệ̷̉Ç̸͚̪͝ ̵̡̳̐A̴̧̓ ̴͐̚��̭͜A̸̜͊͠ ̷̞̳̋Ȃ̸̞̤̲ ̸͎̽̉͝Ä̷̻͙͚́͐͝ ̴̼̀Ä̷͓́͝͝Ù̷̬̣͍̓S̶͕̦̮͂̂E̴͉̩͆͌ ̶̨͖͖̑Ǒ̷̡͠F̵̼͑̕͝ ̶̟̻̎M̸͚̬̃͘E̸̖͍̬̐!̸̦̎?̶̻̹̀͂

WHY IS ALL MY FRIENDS HURTING THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF ME!?

̶̨̺̏Ǐ̴̯̈̿ ̵̨̼̭̂́W̴̛̯̋Ą̷͍̀̓̒ ̶̤̱̋͋͗W̷͚͖̃͑Ă̶̯̮̫N̷̢͓̽̎̋T̵̔͜ ̴̗̔̈T̸̺̤̃̓O̴̧̱̩̿͝ ̵̬̲͒F̶͚̓ ̵̘́͊F̵̧͍̯̌ ̴̪̓F̸̩͙͊͒ ̷̦̫̙̇̓F̶̠̋̚ ̴̖̝̰̃F̶̡͗͠ͅ ̷̞̹̀͂F̷̡̼̕Ư̵͖͕̩̽C̵͙̳͙̽͝K̸̡͙͂̅͊͜I̸̜̒N̸͙͂͑Ǵ̴̙̚ ̶̝̮͇̈́R̴͈̞͗I̵̭̮͑ ̵̲̖̩̄͌̂Í̵͚̦̳̈P̶̮̦̭̈́̉͠ ̸̢͍̮͊Ŝ̸̢O̷̪͉̾M̷̢͈͑͜ ̶̡̘̓S̴͔͊͂O̵̳̭̒͂M̵̛̦ ̸̘̫͙̋M̴̧̿́͠T̵̫̭͝H̷̫̝̯͊Ị̸̹͐N̷͖͇̏̃Ḡ̵̡̬̭ ̷̤̠̊͜͝Á̴̢̭̲ ̷͈̭̏ ̶̈́̂͜A̶̱̺̺̍͛̀ ̶̬̭̘̀̓̓A̵̙̽̚͜P̷̳̆Ą̵̫̙̓̓̈Ř̸̢̿T̷̫̗̀̆̏!̴̝̿!̶̫̻̅̽͜

I WANT TO FUCKING RIP SOMTHING APART!!

H̶̨͙̼̜̤̻̭͈͑́͛̈́̏̚À̷̢̛̛̘̩̲͈̮̝͚̠̘̺̻̲̬̳̞̤̬̻̖͌̑̍͊̆̀̏̓̿̽̂̉̑͋̈́̊̇͘͝͝͝ͅH̷̨̛̛̭̓̾͒͗͊̀̽̏̀͌̈́ͅĄ̶̢̩͔̝̼̈̑̓̋̄̂͛̅͊̏͊̅̊͑̽̐̈́̑͘͘͘ ��̢̛̩͉͕̼͖̯͎̙̦͔͉͕͛̏͋̾̽̈́̋̎̀̋̅̑͘H̶̨͙̼̜̤̻̭͈͑́͛̈́̏̚À̷̢̛̛̘̩̲͈̮̝͚̠̘̺̻̲̬̳̞̤̬̻̖͌̑̍͊̆̀̏̓̿̽̂̉̑͋̈́̊̇͘͝͝͝ͅH̷̨̛̛̭̓̾͒͗͊̀̽̏̀͌̈́ͅĄ̶̢̩͔̝̼̈̑̓̋̄̂͛̅͊̏͊̅̊͑̽̐̈́̑͘͘͘ ̴̢̛̩͉͕̼͖̯͎̙̦͔͉͕͛̏͋̾̽̈́̋̎̀̋̅̑͘Ḩ̵̡̞̲̙̭̳̮̞̲͔͉͔̹̱̳̘͆̈́̐̍̊̒̑̇́̋́̀͂͆͊̓͗̒͝Ȁ̷̧̛̟̪͚̱͚͓̏̀̌̒̓͋̾̕͝͠Ḩ̵̡̛͍͇͙̲̳͉̞̟͍͖̯̱̯̠͉̥̜͔̩̪̉͌͋͊͛́͛͌̈̌̒͛̚͜͝Å̸̛͍̎͑͐̿́̓͌̇̏͂͆̾̏̃̕͜͝͠ ̸̧̛̱̯͇͓̫͙̹͚͚̫͙̹̄͂́̈̏̓̏͋̅́̇́̉̕͜͜Ḣ̴͙̲͔̯̺̹̭̙͚̈́͊͒̿͗́̏̓̒̑̑͗À̵̧̺̭̞̳͔͙̪͇͍̩̰͓̟̩̻͕̳̃̄̋̾̀̀̾͆̅̓́̇̓̀̓̓̕̚̕ ̷̭͈̗̪̹͕̠͉̘̿̄͛̄͂͌̀͋͊̓̍̓͒͐̅̆̏͜͝Ḩ̸̗̺̰̼͈̤͇̼̏̌̀̀͌͛̽̈̀͐͋̎́̀͝A̴̧͌̈̊͑̇̐͛̏̽̚͝͝ ̴̺̖̫͎̲̘͓̩̑͋́̽̓͌̆̀̊̔̚͝H̸̨̛̛̯̭̖͉͈̺̦̮̘̹̰͖̗̝̿͆͆̈́͊̔̌͒̂͌͗̄̓̂̕͘̚͜͝ͅA̴̢̧̛͉͕̮̻̭͕͕̝̠̣̼̱͎̹͙̟̠̓͆̑͑̉̑͌̾͌̄̀̽̊̅́͒̒͗̚̚͝͝͝ͅ ̶̪͚̻̩͎͕̙̳͓̓̿̾̂͆̀͂͒͛̀̾́̋̀̓̊̆̓͋̃̚H̴̨̛̱͉̥̲͖͆́̉̈́͊̍̎̅̔̈́͂̾͂̓̍͒̀́̆́͠͝A̴̤̦͉̓̒̏̄́̓̓͐͋̀̈́͛̆̇̆͌̀̚̕͠͠͝ ̵͖̻̤̼̻͙͚͉̩̗̰̲̆̉̾̏͂̓͂͌̾̓̈́́̿͆̄͊̊͐͐̕͜͝͝͝ͅH̵̪͇̼͊̑̇̃̅̒̔̄̀̃̏̌̃̽̀̚͠͝ͅH̷͓̬͖̄́̃̔̚ͅ ̸̧̧̛̱̲̝̈́̑̂͆̉̋̏̀͒̐̌̋͊̽̒̽̿͘̕͠͠͠Ḩ̴̧͕͍̣̲̩͎̺̪͕̰̦͎́͂̏͛̿̆̉͒̅͒̀̽̈͑̀̈̈́̊̐̅͘͝͝ ̵̡̣̮̼͚͛̀̈̀̀̍̃̌̿́̎̆̑͝͝H̸̱̪̱̟̟̯̹̻̾̔̂̆̔́̎͗̏͐̎̂̉͒̌̽̀̉̈́͘͘͝ ̷̨̧̻̙̤̦̮̱̦̺͉͖̺̹͍͓͓̝̟͔̟̺͕̌̑̈́̊H̶̢̡̛̼͈̲͚̐͂̃̍̄́̍͌̊̀̂͌̅͑͒̈́͋̆͝͝͝ ̶̡̧̫̟̣̬̹̭̬̍̒̀̽͐̿̔͂̃͠A̷̡̧̡̫̬̩̱̤̘̲̳̖̱̱͚̬̪̺̐̎̈́̂̒͛̈́̒̓̃̚ ̶̢̢̛̲͔͓̝̱͓̦͕̩̮͈̩̜̤͉̦̫̻̞͍̆̌̀̓͑̐͗̐͒̅̃̊̏̋͐̃̾̀̍̚͜͠͝ͅA̶̧̢͙̰̣̖̖̪̫̝̬͔̝̮̤̫̲̮̲͖͔̪͓͐͆ͅ ̵̢̨̧̘͙̬̭̹͓̖͚̹̯͋̀̿̉͛͆̏͐̏̑̿̑̏́͆͘H̸̢̡̩͖̘̮̫̜̘͖͍̖̞̮͓̬̻̐͑̈́͒̏̊̔A̸̛̮͔̺̯̘̼͓̥̦͓̱̘̎̇́͐̈́͌͗̉̊̀̓̂͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅ ̷̛͙̩͎̺̥̺̩̰̜̣̳̳͇̪͓͎̝̫͎̂̑̊̄̈́́̊͜͠ͅH̸̡̛͎̮̯̗̳͈̫̖͕̪͕̅̓͂̉͝A̷̘̤̰̩̻̘̥̝͖̦̲͔͉̍͊̋̌͐͒̄̑̊̎̾̔̋̒̀̂̀̕͝ͅ ̷̧̹̀̓͒̓͒̃̈͗͂̓͂̎͛͆̈́̇̈́͛̆͊̐̚͝��̨̭̘͓̙͓̯H̸̖̞̠͔̓͊̽͊̓̈́̒̆͒̈́͂͗̂̕͘̚͘̚͝͝A̷̧̢̧̡̮͍̪̬͕̰͕͔̙͈̬̻͍̽̋̀̓̈̆͌̋̅̒̍͑́̀̐́̎̎̂̇̈́͑͘̕͜ ̷͉͕̳̤̼̖̮̗͚̯̜̫̭̜̹̖͎̬̓̎̃͊̿̊̿͑͆̅̊̿͜H̵̡̱̮̠̜̻͓̻̬̯̣̯͚̖̬͍̖̫̺̀̂͊̏̑͌́̉̈́̽͛̋̏̂̐͊͘͜ͅͅḀ̶̥̎̀̀̂̑͆͜͝͠ͅA̷̧̢̧̡̮͍̪̬͕̰͕͔̙͈̬̻͍̽̋̀̓̈̆͌̋̅̒̍͑́̀̐́̎̎̂̇̈́͑͘̕͜ ̷͉͕̳̤̼̖̮̗͚̯̜̫̭̜̹̖͎̬̓̎̃͊̿̊̿͑͆̅̊̿͜H̵̡̱̮̠̜̻͓̻̬̯̣̯͚̖̬͍̖̫̺̀̂͊̏̑͌́̉̈́̽͛̋̏̂̐͊͘͜ͅͅḀ̶̥̎̀̀̂̑͆͜͝͠ͅ

[h-worksrambles]

I can fix Flynn.

[p0pp3t]

THEYRE SELLING HIM!!!

[mariocki]

Parasite (1982)

"That thing on your stomach..."

"A new strain of parasite. I deserve it, in a way. I created it."

"For the Merchants? Why?"

"I thought for the government. They're so mixed up with the Merchants now, they work for one another. This 'thing', as you call it, is growing. It's dormant now but it will soon grow larger... and kill me."