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phantomrose96 · 10 months ago

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"Jolene won't stop thinking about cheating on his wife." Anne takes a long swig of her latte, dramatic, as if there were something Irish about the syrup she'd dumped into the cup. "It's all I get. I'm going insane. The new girl at work is all 'bazonga' and 'waoooooga' and... like that. It's disgusting. Jolene has 2 or 5 kids, by the way. Literally. Disgusting."

I nod sympathetically. Jolene is not the name of Anne's soulmate. But those details are always fuzzy. You don't ever get important things, like names and addresses. You just get inklings, and notions, and emotions, and actions, and--absolute worst of all--song lyrics stuck in your soulmate's head.

Anne's soulmate, in a move Anne is positive was a matter of psychological warfare against her, had Dolly Parton's Jolene on an 8-hour loop for the better part of a month. And thus, Jolene.

"That's awful," I add, and I sip, and I pretend for the 47th time to not notice the man watching me from the far table. He's half-obscured by the parasol parked in the table center. It's kinda funny. Like when Lola my cat thinks she's hiding halfway behind the kitchen door. He's been following me since the morning.

"What about you, Cassidy? It's like I never hear about your soulmate. There's no way he's boring."

"He's... fine," I answer, which is an answer potently weird to give.

"Cassidy, come on. Any more threesomes?"

"Alleged threesomes," I correct, for no real reason. "It felt like there was... more than one woman, but I could--"

"'More than one.' So not necessarily two?"

"It could be any amoun--"

"How many, Cassidy?"

"I can't guess."

"Guess."

"Maybe 5."

"5?"

"Or 7. Look. I don't--" I wanna say 'I don't wanna talk about it. It's gross' but as always all my words go through the mental filter I have in place that makes me select my words in a way that won't piss Alejandro off. (Lady Gaga. He was on a Lady Gaga kick and 'Alejandro' off her EP 'The Fame Monster' was his--) anyway. This concern for Alejandro's feelings was all laughable, maybe, for a man who--.

"Cassidy, he's like uber-rich, yeah? Give me something." Anne raises her right hand to her temple and presses her fingers to her forehead, like she is tending to a headache. "Sorry--I'm being informed about the Dallas Cheerleader outfits. 'Skanks', is the assessment, but Jolene would fuck them all in a heartbeat. Anyway, tell me. Your guy. What does he do every day? What do you see? You get to tune in for a limousine ride lately? Penthouse hotel suite? I'm begging you for anything interesting. I'm drowning in Infidelity Accountant Man over here."

This. Me censoring myself. It is all laughable, for sure, for a man who wants me dead.

"I don't know. I try to drown it out." I take another sip of my coffee. I hardly taste it.

Alejandro has a hit out on my life.

I know this. And I don't know what to do about it.

So I'm drinking coffee with Anne.

And the man at the parasol table in the far corner of the parking-lot-turned-dining-area watches me longer.

...

Anne lingers for 10 minutes longer than she can afford to stay, rushing the details of daycare drama while her phone alarm blares at her--snoozed, rumble, snoozed, rumble, snoozed--

"Shit, okay. I really need to pick Lu up. She's texting me." Anne stashes her phone in her pocket, and grabs her purse, and leaves her empty latte cup on the table with the confidence of someone who is certain the cafe staff are meant to bus these tables. I'm never sure. I always bring my coffee cup inside.

Today, for the last time, maybe.

"Tell Lu I say hi," I say, kind of awkwardly, even though I've only met Anne's niece twice. In my defense, I'm not really sure what parting words I should deliver right before I get murdered.

Anne nods, so this is at least not overly weird, and she parks her sunglasses on her face and scoots her way out from the tables. She passes parasol man, who is still there and still watching me. And suddenly, I am alone.

Well, me and parasol guy.

(And everyone else in the outdoor seating area.) But, it's a metaphorical aloneness.

And I... linger. I sip my empty coffee. I watch the little birds who hop around and quirk their heads for croissant crumbs. I hope, maybe, hitmen operate on T-rex logic, and if I don't move, he simply won't do anything.

I wonder if I have any regrets. If there's anything I wish I'd done. But nothing is coming to me in the moment. Sky diving, I think. But that's stupid. I don't want to sky dive. That sounds kinda awful, actually.

Parasol man steals forward a table, and then to the right. He's un-parasoled and un-covered from his funny little cover. He's behind me, and I don't turn to watch him because it feels weird to stare. He's sitting with his back to me and flicks open with impressive power a newspaper he'd had stashed in his pocket.

"Cassidy Whitman. Your life is in danger. Do not look at me. Do not think about me. Stare forward and concentrate on how many different models of car you notice in the parking lot."

Oh. Diversion tactic. It's the sort of thing to try to mask what's getting relayed to your soulmate. Too bad I don't really know kinds of car. I was 21 when I learned the difference between an SUV and a sedan.

"Are you here to kill me?" I ask the hitman. There's a blue big car, like kind of a robin's egg blue. There's a red big truck.

"... No," the hitman says.

"Oh. Are you saying that to make me feel better?" There's a small sedan with a decal of a big boobie anime girl. I think about Jolene. I wonder if he likes big boobie anime decals.

"I'm not here to kill you, Cassidy." His voice drops, and I feel the way his head swings closer to me. "But there is a hit out on your life."

"Yeah, I know," I say. There's a black car. There's another black car which looks like the first but it's kinda boxier. There's a white car. "I think Alejandro put it on me last night. I felt this feeling like... I wanted me dead, and also that I was gonna die soon." And it was different from having that feeling in grad school, which was due to the grad school.

"...Alejandro?" my hitman asks.

"Oops. My soulmate. He likes Lady Gaga."

"He's... Okay." Yellow car with a funny bumper sticker. It says 'Honk if you love your soulmate'. "Do you know why your soulmate has a target on your back?"

"It's probably the 3am Ben and Jerry's," I say, but really, I'm a little bit offended. All things considered, I've been a very reasonable soulmate. I save most of my panic spirals for daylight hours, which is hard to do when it's 4am now and you're confident your entire life has been a waste.

I don't even think about important things during my insomnia episodes. I don't keep music on repeat. I keep my 'use stupid babytalk on Lola' between the hours of 7pm and 9pm, unless she's doing something really baby.

I'm not a cannibal. I don't have weird sex, or any sex. I haven't killed anyone. I'm really the WAY better soulmate than Alejandro, who's got his "blow up at people in big important meetings where he fires guys he hired to tell him he's important" and his "weird sex talk to strippers who are disenjoying it as much as I am" and the "cocaine parties" and--if I'm honest--Alejandro likes the Dallas Cheerleaders outfits just as much as Infidelity Jolene.

I'm the victim, here.

"He wants quiet, yes. And the only way he can achieve this... is to kill you," Mr. Parasol says with dramatic effect. I kinda wish the wind picked up for him in that moment. It sounded like he wanted it to.

Oops, I forgot about the cars. White sedan. It's a little dented.

"And you're a hitman, and you're here to kill me," I tell him. Oh, red moped. Mopeds always seemed so dangerous to me. I'm glad Alejandro doesn't ride one. Or maybe I wish Alejandro did. Maybe he'd have crashed and died by now, so I wouldn't have to.

"My story is... complicated," says Mr. Hitman who's here to kill me. "I have... a sordid past. I've done reprehensible things. Things I cannot ever take back. Cannot ever repent for. God alone can judge my--"

"Are you gonna kill me here? I just think it wouldn't be very nice to this cafe if I got murdered here." I'm not even joking. I like these lattes. I even recognize one of the baristas, when she's here. I really don't want to make them deal with the bad PR of my brains being all over their tables. And parasols.

Oh, green car.

"Cassidy Whitman I am not here to murder you. I'm here to save you," the sire of sordid pasts declares. I should be relieved but there's a 'but' here. There's obviously a 'but.'

"But?"

"But others will come to kill you. This is certain." I look at him, even though I probably shouldn't. He's peering over the newspaper with eyes of pure gray steel. He's handsome, in a tortured way. I should introduce him to Anne.

"That's not good," I say.

Blue Steel lets out an exasperated noise. He throws his newspaper down. Blue truck.

"Your soulmate. Your.... Alejandro. has sent a message to the entire underworld, and it is your head he wants on a plate. His reward is astronomical. Your death is certain. And once upon a time, I would be exactly the sort of ruthless hitman who'd take this up. In my day, I was the most feared, the most renowned, the most--"

Shit. This was gonna be a hassle, whatever it was. I deserve none of this.

"--but the orphanage... it was a final straw. I looked on my past and I realized how far I've strayed... How Susanne would never love the man I'd become, even if this was for her--"

Oh. Yellow convertible. It's got mirror dice.

"--the likes of the man, who I was now, if I could even deign to call myself a man--"

Brown truck.

"--whom you've dubbed Alejandro... you can say, we have a mutual enemy in him--"

Shit. I have an enemy. After I've lived my life trying my absolute hardest to never make anyone mad at me, ever.

"--and there is one way you can save yourself, Cassidy Whitman, but I need your agreement. I need your commitment. I need to know you'll do what it takes to survive. Even if it means--"

Red truck.

"--blood on your own hands. Alejandro has harmed more than just you, Cassidy. He has more blood on his hands than just yours. I need someone stronger than myself, someone who can vow the cycle of violence ends with her--"

Blue... Tacoma...? No, no that's not a Tacoma.

"--committed yet strong and resolute in her gentle nature, who the darkness cannot consume once the first taste of blood bled for her has touched her lips--"

What does a Tacoma even look like?

"--what do you say?"

There is a hand proffered in front of my face. It's in hand-shake form. It's got a little bit of sweaty newsprint on it.

"Huh?" I ask. Purple Beetle.

"Work with me, Cassidy Whitman. And together we will kill Alejandro."

Fuck, that was all the cars.

I'm fresh out of cars.

I don't actually wanna die. I really don't think I deserve that. Lola would be sad if I died. At least for a little while. And I still wanna try charcuterie sometime. And poledancing, maybe, I dunno. I saw it on Tiktok. But it would be fun to try.

I really kinda don't want to die.

And I guess Alejandro needs to die first, if I'm gonna be the one to not die.

I clasp my hand in Mr. Hitman's. I shake on what he has offered.

He proffers a smile for me, which is roughly how I imagine smiles look when authors use the word "smoldering."

"We'll see this through to the end, Cassidy. I offer you my loyalty, and my word. Alejandro's days are numbered."

A new car pulls into the lot. Black sedan.

YA Soulmate Romance novel where everyone, by the time they turn 16, becomes aware of their soulmate. A person tied to them by the soul, whose thoughts and actions are relayed vaguely over the binding and unbreakable connection they share.

Except, as best science can figure it, the connection is completely random and the other person is, with no greater significance, really just Some Guy.

Some people do marry their someguymate out of conviction that the connection must mean something, but those marriages statistically fare much worse than non someguymate marriages. As it turns out, marrying someone with no existing chemistry, who unfortunately is aware of all your emotions and actions, isn't a stable foundation for a marriage.

A highly profitable sector of technology blooming in the "someguymate-blocking" market, both for personal privacy and MORE than that, to silence all the annoying fucking updates you receive constantly from your someguymate. Endless pseudoscience and homeopathic remedies to dampen signals. White noise machines that advertise themselves as "sleep restorative" and "someguymate notification blocking"

Unfortunate person whose someguymate is in an opposite timezone, trying to sleep at 3am while being bombarded with "your someguymate is driving to work" "your someguymate is getting a coffee" "your someguymate is mad at this traffic" "your someguymate goes car horn honk honk honk honk". Statistically, you're actually lucky if your someguymate shares a timezone even close to yours

High profile terrorist with a tight and well-armed protective unit. Authorities don't try to go after him, and instead try to find his someguymate, who's a middle school teacher in Iowa who constantly hears car bombs.

Befuddled mother walking into a police department, unsure who to report this to, but her someguymate just killed someone. maybe. probably. It was unclear. There was gun fire and some driving into the woods. And maybe that was unrelated to the gun fire but the big heavy thing her someguymate pulled out of the truckbed was almost definitely related.

A lucrative, and highly expensive black market of private investigators and hitmen, paid in secret to set their mark to a rich and powerful man's someguymate, because their client just wants some peace and quiet. Just some peace and quiet. For once.

The someguymate of this rich and powerful man, receiving an inkling she doesn't fully understand, but knowing with icy certainty she is suddenly in danger.

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ohlookanothercartoontofallinto · 2 years ago

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Renegade Winds Part 1

Hi this is the first installment of my Vigilante Wind au, if you like to read it on Ao3 (Here). Also this must be stated! When imagining Linebeck please be imagining @smilesrobotlover literally kept looking back at her art while writing this.

Anyways! Enjoy!

The thunder cracked as the heavy winds caused the raindrops to pierce the skin like needles, as sirens busted his eardrums, yet he still ran. Breathing deep, gargled breaths while carrying the weight of three children. Two were attached to his neck for dear life, refusing to let go. The last cradled in his arms, gasping for air.

His precious boy, his north star. How could he ever let that happen to him for so long? The man was an adult. He should have protected them better. He promised he would protect them now.

A glimmer of hope shined in the distance. Headlights, they had made it.

"Linebeck!" Jolene called, rushing to his side, trying to fight the rain. Followed by a group of four.

"Makar!" A robust and sturdy man with green hair and a mustache rushed over with two shorter Kokiri by his side.

"Papa! Fado! Saria!" The little forest boy cried, reaching for them.

"Medli!" A Rito man took the young bird girl in his arms.

"Uncle Quill!" She hugged him tightly.

"Oh, may the goddesses bless you, Linebeck, for what you have done for us today!" Deku whispered, eyes filled with tears as he held his young son.

"Don't thank me yet, lad, not until you've gotten away safely." Linebeck declared, making his way to a van. The other adults nodded, following his example, heading to different vehicles.

"Wait!" Medli became distressed. "We're not staying together!" She frantically looked towards Makar and Wind.

"Oh, little one…. it's safer for all of us if we part–" Quill tried to calm his niece down.

"WILL I EVER GET TO SEE THEM AGAIN!" The rito girl attempted to escape from her loved one's grasp.

"Will we…." Tears began to stream down Makar's face. Joined by the rainwater.

"We'll figure out a way for you to see each other again, I promise!" Jolene spoke up. "It might be several years, but we'll work something out. However, it will never happen if we keep standing here like sitting ducks." Heading to the driver's side, forcing this show on the road.

The children looked at one another, faces heartbroken more than one could possibly imagine. The adults hated doing this to them, but it was the safest opinion at the moment.

Still, in a muggy state, Wind weakly lifted his arm out to his friends, his fellow prisoners, the ones sworn to protect. Linebeck obliged, bringing the boy closer to the other children. With the others joining.

"I–I'm," Wind gasped for air.

Medli grasped his hand gently. "Deep breaths, ocean boy…remember. Inhale, 1, 2, 3, Exhale, 4, 5, 6, Inhale, 1, 2, 3, Exhale, 4, 5, 6.”

Makar placed his hand on top of the older two. Compassion filled his eyes as he watched his protector. Even at a young age, Makar knew Wind was the most damaged out of all three.

"Exhale, 4, 5, 6," The rito girl smiled shyly, now worried about what her friend would do without her.

"I'm…okay." The Hylian boy said slowly. "I'm," tears began to fill his eyes. "I'm going to miss you…I–I love you both."

Makar was the first to fall forward and wrap his arms around Wind's neck, followed by Medli. Forcing the parents to adjust their hold on them.

"We love you, Ocean Boy," Medli whispered. Not wanting to let go. While Makar furiously rubbed his cheek against Winds. With one final squeeze, Medli and Makar slowly let go.

"Take care of them," Linebeck demanded, taking a step back.

Both families nodded before rushing to their cars. They all were going in different directions. Hopefully, that will be enough to shake the Yigus off.

Linebeck quickly made his way to the van's side door. Slamming it open, and as gently as possible, placed Wind down on a stretcher mattress. He and Jolene had planned to have it for Wind.

The man, not wanting to waste another second, looked over Wind.

The boy looked awful. He was drenched from head to toe in rainwater and began shivering. This wouldn't do. He did not just bust his boy out of an experimental prison just for him to get sick. Linebeck carefully pulled the simple hospital gown off of Wind. It was the only thing the children were allowed to wear in that forsaken place. Launching the evil piece of cloth into the corner of the van. They burn it later.

Then he wrapped his child in the warmest blankets before buckling him in. "You remember the plan, right?" He flashed his eyes over to Jolene.

"Get the kid to safety, get him checked out by a medic, take him to the safe house, leave him with Gonzo, and come and pick you up at the spot." The women nodded, fully understanding.

"Wait–pick you up?" Wind's head buzzed at the question. In a wrong way. "Y–you're not coming with us?" The young boy reached for Linebeck's arm, gripping it tight. "No–no, please come with us p–please." He couldn't do this without his dad. The air around him started to pick up. He was going to lose control.

When hands cupped Wind's face, slowly massaging his temple, "shhhhhhh, it's going to be okay. They don't know it was me. If I go back now, I can get lost in the chaos, and they will never find out."

The boy's body wanted to protest, but he was so exhausted, and Linebeck had figured out how to basically incapacitate his body. All he could do was cry and whimper, "nooooo." He sounded so far away.

Linebeck smiled at the boy, carefully adjusting him one last time. When a bit of blue caught his eye. "Here," the man whispered, pulling a long navy blue trench coat over the boy. "It's my favorite coat. Take care of it for me until I get back, okay?"

Wind could only twitch in response.

"Once we're together again, I'll take you sailing, okay, lad? Just like we talked about, I'll be the captain, and you'll be my first mate. We'll be Sailors together." Linebeck stated, barely holding it together. He leaned forward and kissed the boy on the top of his head. "We'll be together again soon…I promise." With that, he closed the van door.

Missing the one word that would have changed his mind.

Wind lifted his fingers up, wanting to reach out for Linebeck. "D–dad…."

Everything went dark.

"WIND!"

"AH!" The sailor jolted awake, sweating. Surrounded by pillows and blankets.

"Good morning, ocean light! It's 3 p.m., time to fight the day!" The woman leaned against the doorframe.

It took a second to register what was happening when he realized he flopped back down on his bed. "Joooooolllllleeennnneeee, PLEASE don't startle me awake like that!"

"Ha, sorry about that sailor, but you know it brings me a bit of joy!" She laughed, waiting for the sailor to throw a pillow or insult back at her. He didn't, "oh…" she walked over to his bed and sat on the edge. The boy's eyes were watery. "Have that dream again…."

Wind clutched a pillow and nodded. "It's been two years, Joe….what if he's really gone…."

"Hey," Jolene fell back on top of his legs. "Don't talk like that, kiddo. Linebeck is still alive out there…somewhere. Trust me, he wouldn't die knowing you're out here waiting on him. We just have to keep looking." She smiled confidently.

Wind stayed sad.

"Listen, Wind, I promise you if Linebeck is really dead, I'll dive down to the underworld myself and drag him back. Man's not leaving me alone in this world without paying any child support. Come on now!" Jolene winked at the boy, watching as he tried to hold back a laugh, but he failed. "There we go." She lifted herself up. Throwing a shirt at the kid's face. "Now come on then, Gallow's is waiting for you to pick her up from her awful tower, and you need to actually put on clothes. Honestly, I do not understand you. You wear shorts in the winter and a hoodie in the summer with a scarf, but when you're sleeping, you like, 'hmmm yes, shirtless' what is that all about!" Jolene placed her hands on her hips.

Wind, not even bothering to remove the shirt, answered. "Not everyone can understand my genius! Also, who's on duty tonight anyways?"

Jolene chuckled, "Crimson Rider, Wild Card, and for once, actually Deity."

"Oh! Heroes that actually like me! Wonderful!" Wind laughed, pulling the shirt off his face.

"Yes, but be careful with Rider, you two share the skies, and he's extra protective of the princesses." Jolene smiled, making her way out.

"Will do."

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mmepastel · 3 years ago

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Roman jeunesse génial.

J’avais déjà lu de Sara Pennypacker le joli Pax (histoire d’une amitié entre un jeune garçon et un renard), qui a remporté un ou deux prix je crois.

J’ai lu celui-ci avec Chaton (10 ans désormais mais qui aime bien qu’on lui fasse la lecture quand même). On a traîné, et on a pris au moins trois mois pour le lire. Malgré ces conditions décousues, on a tenu bon, car Ware, le héros (qui se sent très peu héroïque), est si attachant, et son histoire est si originale, qu’on avait envie d’aller jusqu’au bout. Et le style aussi, qui nous a souvent fait rire ou émus.

C’est rare un roman qui traite les jeunes lecteurs comme des êtres sensibles, en épousant parfaitement leur mode de pensée ; ici, chaque image est à hauteur d’enfant, chaque comparaison fait mouche. Et c’est ce qui a accroché le plus jeune d’entre nous.

Quant à moi, j’avoue avoir trouvé géniale cette histoire de jeune garçon de onze ans, mal adapté à la vie sociale, peut-être un peu haut potentiel sur les bords, incompris par ses parents, qui s’apprête à passer un été épouvantable dans un centre aéré où il va sans cesse vérifier qu’il n’est pas comme les autres, mais qui finalement fait un pas de côté au propre comme au figuré, et se retrouver dans un terrain vague attenant, et rencontrer une jeune fille aussi renfrognée que déterminée. Elle a une passion pour le jardinage et fait pousser des papayers, Ware est fou de chevalerie ; en toute logique, ils vont s’escrimer à créer le château des papayes, en ramenant à la vie le terrain vague et son église à l’abandon.

Ils font des efforts incroyables, physiques et stratégiques, pour mener à bien leur projet saugrenu et utopique. C’est très émouvant, et on se prend au jeu ; on veut qu’ils déjouent les projets des promoteurs immobiliers... mais comme le rappelle Jolene qui sait de quoi elle parle, leur monde, comme le nôtre, n’est pas celui des bisounours. Donc pas de happy end improbable, mais mieux encore. Un apprentissage, un vrai, des amitiés solides et neuves, l’éclosion d’un talent, une acceptation de soi, par soi-même et par les autres, de la solidarité.

Le livre apprend à ses lecteurs les bienfaits de l’adaptation, de la pugnacité, des rêves, du bricolage (le vrai et celui que l’on fait avec ce qu’on a), et de l’envie de faire des choses bonnes, sans la moindre once de mièvrerie. Un véritable tour de force. Sara Pennypacker veut du bien aux jeunes âmes.

#Sara Pennypacker #livres #roman #roman jeunesse #le château des papayes #litterature #littérature #littérature jeunesse

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wandmaking · 3 years ago

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HAYASHI KENJI ( kentaro sakaguchi ) is looking for their MAHOUTOKORO FRIENDS who resembles HENRY GOLDING, JUSTIN H. MIN, ALEX LANDI, PARK CHANYEOL, ROSS BUTLER, REMY HII, LEE JONG SUK, BEN LEVIN, GEMMA CHAN, CONSTANCE WU, PHILIPPA SOO, MING XI, ADRIANNE HO, SHAY MITCHELL, UTP and should be 28-35. applicants do not have to contact MAEVE to talk over the details before applying. ( i’m using the mahoutokoro fandom page as a source for all things mahoutokoro. i have several visions for how these connections could go - it’s open to multiple people. the first and most simple being they were friends during their time at school and they stayed friends or perhaps they drifted apart over the years and now they’ve had a chance to reconnect. or maybe, they weren’t that close at school but now that they’re both in the u.k. they’ve become friends. really i’m not picky !! i just like the idea of having some connections from his past !! and who knows, maybe there’s potential for some previous romantic connections ~ )

HAYASHI KENJI ( kentaro sakaguchi ) is looking for their OLLIVANDER RELATIVES who resembles HIRAI MOMO, ISHIHARA SATOMI, NAOMI WATANABE, NOMURA SHUHEI, SAYO YOSHIDA, SONOYA MIZUNO, CONAN GRAY, HAMABE MINAMI, JESSICA LU, JOLENE PURDY, KIMIKO GLENN, KUTSUNA SHIORI, LUKE ISHIKAWA, MACHIDA KEITA, MASAKI OKADA, MINATOZAKI SANA, MURASE SAE, MYOUI MINA, NAKAMOTO YUTA, NANA KOMATSU, RINA SAWAYAMA, SEN MITSUJI, SHOTA MATSUDA, UCHIDA RIO, WATANABE KEISUKE, RYAN POTTER, REINA HARDESTY, KAYLEE BRYANT, ASAMI ZDRENKA, UTP (SHOULD BE AT LEAST ¼ JAPANESE) and should be ANY AGE. applicants do not have to contact MAEVE to talk over the details before applying. ( we all know the ollivanders, so i’m not going to weigh you down with tons of detail. i just think it would be fun to see more of them around! you could even bring garrick himself! my character kenji is related through their mother who is a great niece of garrick, though he was raised in japan. )

HAYASHI KENJI ( kentaro sakaguchi ) is looking for their HAYASHI RELATIVES who resemble HIRAI MOMO, ISHIHARA SATOMI, NAOMI WATANABE, NOMURA SHUHEI, SAYO YOSHIDA, SONOYA MIZUNO, CONAN GRAY, HAMABE MINAMI, JESSICA LU, JOLENE PURDY, KIMIKO GLENN, KUTSUNA SHIORI, LUKE ISHIKAWA, MACHIDA KEITA, MASAKI OKADA, MINATOZAKI SANA, MURASE SAE, MYOUI MINA, NAKAMOTO YUTA, NANA KOMATSU, RINA SAWAYAMA, SEN MITSUJI, SHOTA MATSUDA, UCHIDA RIO, WATANABE KEISUKE, RYAN POTTER, REINA HARDESTY, KAYLEE BRYANT, ASAMI ZDRENKA, UTP (SHOULD BE AT LEAST ¼ JAPANESE) and should be ANY AGE. applicants do not have to contact MAEVE to talk over the details before applying. ( due to the lack of any really concrete information about the japanese wizarding community, i’ve taken some creative liberties. members of the hayashi family have been making wands for as long as anyone can remember, basically making them the japanese equivalent of the ollivander family. they mainly sell wands to mahotokoro students, but they’ve never turned away a wizard seeking one of their wands. over the years, they have opened multiple locations throughout japan, each run by a member of the hayashi family. it also goes without saying, that any child born into the family is expected to go into the family business though i’m sure more than a few have gone down different paths! as for relations to kenji, they can be as close as first cousins, aunts and uncles or distantly related! )

HAYASHI KENJI ( kentaro sakaguchi ) is looking for their SIBLING who resembles LYRICA OKANA, HIRAI MOMO, MAESKI OKADA, MINATOZAKI SANA, MYOURI MINA, NAKAMOTO YUTA, NANA KOMATSU, YAMAZAKI KENTO, TAKADA KENTA, TERADA TAKUYA, MATSUI JURINA, MURASE SAE, NANA KOMATSU, UTP (ANYONE FULLY JAPANESE) and should be UNDER 30. applicants do have to contact MAEVE to talk over the details before applying. ( the hayashi siblings are related to two of the world’s most well known wand making families the ollivanders of england and the hayashis of japan. their mother being the great-niece of garrick. at some point they met, fell in love and eventually opened up a store out of the family home in sendai, miyagi prefecture, japan. it went without saying that they were expected to become wand makers when they got older, something that kenji openly embraced. whether the sibling chose to follow on the path their parents laid out or took a different approach is up to you. i am somewhat attached to the idea of the siblings being close regardless of any differences that they may have, but i wouldn’t say no to a falling out, etc. after all kenji is not great with communication ! their parents will be NPCs for now as i don’t see any reason for them to have left japan. it wouldn’t hurt to check out my wcs for their hayashi and ollivander relatives )

#nox.task #wanted connections

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b-bachman · 4 years ago

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The Elite female characters as IT Girls (Tiktok trend)

Michelle: Rebeka

Ophelia: Marina

Hey There Delilah: Lu

Jolene: Nadia

Sweet Caroline: Cayetana

Heather: Carla

#élite #it girls #obviously carla is heather

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tga-rpg · 4 years ago

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task #1 / AVALIAÇÃO MENSAL: O TICKET DOURADO

Rotineira na vida dos estudantes da The Genesis Academy, a avaliação mensal é o momento mais importante para os estudantes que estão a um passo de avançar de nível. É durante a avaliação que eles possuem a oportunidade de demonstrar como todas as aulas e treinos tiveram impacto em suas habilidades, desenvolvendo-as para a “melhor versão de si mesmas” como diria Dr. Everett.

Disputada em dinâmicas inovadoras, as avaliações mensais ocorrem sempre no último domingo do mês com a supervisão de professores e instrutores que confeccionam relatórios para análise pessoal do Dr. Everett e assim, divulgar o resultado da pontuação dos estudantes na semana seguinte.

Geralmente as avaliações mensais são feitas individualmente dentro das instalações da academia, mas a avaliação do mês de junho será diferente. Com o início do verão, é o momento perfeito para colocar em prática novas táticas de avaliação. Com um número considerável de estudantes prestes a subir na classificação, a direção da academia achou plausível começar desde já a ensinar e trabalhar com as estratégias em equipe e contar com a ajuda dos estudantes de classificação Ômega para isso.

A avaliação, com proporções diferentes das anteriores, será realizada no Parque Natural de Jangsado no dia 28 de junho. O pedido de reserva e esvaziamento integral do perímetro do parque foi feito pelo próprio Everett. Os estudantes serão deslocados de ônibus e, posteriormente, balsas, à partir das 8h da manhã de sábado (27/06) e vão montar acampamento para passar a noite. Após aquecimentos pela manhã e o intervalo do almoço de domingo (28/06), a avaliação terá início às 15h com duração de duas horas. Os estudantes irão acampar no Parque até a manhã de segunda (29/06) quando retornarão à academia.

Como incentivo a demonstrar um bom trabalho em conjunto, a equipe vencedora da avaliação receberá o prêmio principal: o ticket dourado. O ticket corresponde a uma folga de três dias em grupo para o destino que os mesmos escolherem. Já a equipe perdedora ficará responsável pela limpeza da academia, ginásio e salas de treino durante uma semana.

DINÂMICA DA AVALIAÇÃO

Divididos em um time de defesa e outro de ataque, a equipe vencedora será aquela que ao fim das duras horas de prova tiver em posse do ticket.

Cada estudante será designado para uma posição distribuída na ilha e cada posição terá uma oposta a si mesma. Ou seja, para um estudante que estiver em posição “defesa y” terá que enfrentar sua oposta, a “ataque y”.

O objetivo do time de defesa é resguardar o perímetro de segurança e manter o ticket no lugar em que será posicionado antes do início do cronômetro rodar, ao mesmo tempo que o objetivo do time de ataque é invadir o perímetro e resgatar o ticket.

O critério de eliminação dos membros do time adversário será a cor da tag que este possuir em seu uniforme: o time de defesa estará com uma tag colada nas costas da cor azul, enquanto o time de ataque estará com uma tag vermelha. Ao desarmar e neutralizar o adversário, para validar a desclassificação, o estudante terá que retirar a tag original e substituir pela tag extra que carrega consigo.

Caso o ticket mantenha-se em sua posição original, a equipe vencedora será a de defesa; se o ticket sair de sua posição e estiver em mãos de qualquer membro do grupo de ataque, estes serão os vencedores.

INTEGRANTES DO TIME DE DEFESA:

Amanda Williams Alzira Hwang Anne Sohn Ayeon Im Evie Heo Hazaki Yoon Hyekyo Kim Jaehwan Kim Jesse Chu Jolene Hwang Kane Williams Lory Nilsen Micha Yoon Pie Lu Samuel Choi Taeyeon Son Yena Moon Yulu Sun

INTEGRANTES DO TIME DE ATAQUE:

Andy Hwang Diana Kang Gunhee Min Gyuri Shin Hanrae Moon Haruka Tsuji Hojung Sohn Jihye Kwak Jinjoo Ma Kwangsu Lee Louise Boo Lucas Kim Saerom Jo Sinjae Kang Siwan Ryu Yohan Han Yoorim Shin Winnifred Allen

INSTRUÇÕES E INFORMAÇÕES OOC:

A avaliação, em OOC, terá início a partir de terça-feira até 23:59 de sexta-feira, dia 26/06. Em IC, a avaliação acontecerá apenas no domingo (28/06) o dia inteiro.

Os estudantes serão atribuídos em posições de ataque e defesa de A até R. Dessa maneira, quem estiver posicionado no “ataque A” enfrentará seu adversário na “defesa A”.

O que pedimos nessa task é: como grupo, vocês precisarão montar uma estratégia geral empregando os poderes dos seus personagens, demonstrando como estes seriam utilizados em conjunto para tanto resgatar ou proteger o ticket. Individualmente, vocês precisarão escrever um self-para para exemplificar como seu personagem utilizou suas habilidades e quais eram suas intenções e ideias para neutralizar o adversário.

“Mas como vou utilizar os poderes do meu personagem sem saber os do adversário?” Essa é a intenção da task. Expandir e deixar com que fique a critério de sua criatividade, como seu personagem lidaria em momentos de conflito sem saber como seu oponente se comportaria. O importante aqui é deixar claro como o seu personagem utiliza seus poderes em favor próprio.

Godmodding não será permitido, passível de desclassificação. Ou seja, não faça com que seu personagem dê como certo suas ações e as do oponente. Exemplo: ‘’conseguiu atacar o braço de fulano ao desferir o ataque’’ ou ‘’utilizando de uma finta, desviou do ataque desferido pelo outro estudante’’. Opte por utilizar frases como: ‘’avançou em direção ao oponente, mirando seu ataque no ombro direito na intenção de neutralizá-lo ali” ou “utilizando uma finta, Fulano esperava conseguir desviar seu corpo do ataque’’. É durante a avaliação da moderação que teremos como dizer se os movimentos serão válidos ou não. A melhor estratégia individual e emprego dos poderes sairá vencedora do embate.

Cada equipe deverá escolher um capitão e vice-capitão e designar cada um dos integrantes em uma das posições informadas. Por favor, não vazem essa informação, pois em IC, os estudantes só vão saber disso no domingo.

O capitão da equipe deverá enviar para a moderação até a meia-noite de sexta-feira, o link da estratégia geral da equipe no TWITTER PRIVADO. Os personagens também deverão enviar por link no TWITTER PRIVADO o self-para para o cumprimento da task dentro do prazo.

As pontuações serão distribuídas da seguinte maneira: Cinco (5) pontos para a melhor estratégia geral; Um (1) ponto para cada vitória individual dos embates nas posições.

A equipe vencedora será aquela que acumular mais pontos em OOC. Em IC, será essa equipe que terminará com a posse do ticket.

Para existir a possibilidade de vitória de uma equipe, no mínimo dez (10) integrantes desta devem cumprir a task. Se todos os 18 participarem e enviarem seus self-paras até o prazo, a equipe receberá mais dois (2) pontos extras. Com isso, a pontuação máxima para uma equipe será de 25 pontos.

Mesmo que uma equipe perca, as vitórias individuais desta ainda serão contabilizadas na tabela individual de cada estudante. Os pontos acumulados em tasks e plot drops serão utilizados para o avanço de nível e customização de poderes.

A avaliação será “transmitida” ao vivo no tópico que será criado para a task no servidor do Discord da comunidade, assim todos irão saber quem se enfrentou e quem saiu vitorioso.

Você pode ver aqui a espacialização das posições no Parque.

#tga: task #krp br #krpbr #rp br

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Who do the admins play?

you can find who we play at the ‘admins’ section of our theme or through our ooc list, but admin alyssa plays lu mendoza, dom gotti & jolene monroe, while i play leo martinez, hayley stevens & scarlett jiminez !

#appless rp #oc rp #mature rp #Anonymous

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Hello lovelies! I was wondering if you could share some of your favorite female fcs that are in their late 30's or early 40s? Thanks in advance

Adepero Oduye (1978) Nigerian.

Gwendoline Christie (1978)

Daniella Alonso (1978) Quechua, Japanese / Puerto Rican.

Jamie Clayton (1978) - is trans.

Lauren German (1978)

Danai Gurira (1978) Shona Zimbabwean.

Maggie Q (1979) Vietnamese / Irish, Polish, French.

Rosamund Pike (1979)

Jaime King (1979)

Natasha Lyonne (1979) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Angelica Ross (1980) African-American - is trans.

Amara Zaragoza (1980) Shawnee, Mexican of Purepecha descent, and German - has Multiple Sclerosis.

Chrissy Metz (1980)

Christina Ricci (1980)

Merritt Wever (1980)

Bethany Joy Lenz (1981)

Krysten Ritter (1981)

Melanie Scrofano (1981)

Yetide Badaki (1981) Nigerian - is bisexual.

Jana Schmieding (1981) Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, Sicangu Oyate Lakota Sioux.

Beth Ditto (1981) - is queer.

Dichen Lachman (1982) Nepalese Tibetan / German, English.

Gemma Chan (1982) Hongkonger / Chinese.

Ruth Wilson (1982)

Constance Wu (1982) Taiwanese.

Tiya Sircar (1982) Bengali Indian.

Kate Siegel (1982) Ashkenazi Jewish - is bisexual.

Gabourey Sidibe (1983) Senegalese / African-American.

Zackary Drucker (1983) - is trans.

Katie McGrath (1983)

Florence Faivre (1983) Thai / French.

Ashley Madekwe (1983) Nigerian, Swiss-German / English.

Lupita Nyong'o (1983) Luo Kenyan.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983) Zulu South African / English.

Heather White (1983) Mohawk / Nakoda Sioux.

Jolene Purdy (1983) Japanese / English, Scottish, Irish, German, at least 1/8 Ashkenazi Jewish.

Cara Gee (1983) Ojibwe.

Lauren London (1984) African-American / Ashkenazi Jewish.

Stacy Layne Matthews (1984) Lumbee - is trans.

Savannah Welch (1984) - is an amputee.

Tala Ashe (1984) Iranian.

Jessica Parker Kennedy (1984) Italian, Russian, African-Canadian.

Deborah Ann Woll (1985)

Natalie Morales (1985) Cuban - is queer and uses she/they.

Jessica Harmon (1985) Mi'kmaq, Italian, French, English.

Jessica Lu (1985) Japanese / Chinese.

Jessica Lucas (1985) Black Canadian / European.

Sonequa Martin-Green (1985) African-American.

Please let me know if you'd like more specific suggestions!

#fc help #rph #rpc

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21 things aboutMe /21 Tags

Shoutout to @an-elephant--never----forgets for tagging me! Thanks! It’s been too long since I’ve done a tag game.

Nickname/s: My mom calls me Lulu, some of my aunts and uncles call me Lu, a few people call me Lucie-lu and my dad calls me a lot of stuff, like “Lulabelle” and “Lulalinda”

Zodiac sign: Pisces, but I’m not very into astrology.

Height: 5′3″ (160 cm)

Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw

Last thing I googled: “Mata Hari date of birth”. We had watched the movie (with Greta Garbo) and I wanted to know how old she actually would have been during WWI.

Fave music: I like a lot of stuff! I like 30s and 40s jazz/swing music, 60s soul, 50s pop, and some classic country.

Song stuck in my head: The other day I was listening to “You’re the Reason” by Arthur Alexander and it got stuck in my head.

What I follow: A lot of old Hollywood blogs, either blogs that only post old Hollywood or people like me who post other stuff too, my friends from real life (well now it’s just one person cause the other left Tumblr), and some history blogs like @yesterdaysprint

Followers: 3748

Do I get asks: Sometimes, and I’d love to get more!

Amount of sleep: 7-9 hours

Lucky numbers: 8

What I’m wearing: Dark jeans and an embroidered blouse I bought in Mexico.

Dream job: Film historian, but my more realistic ambition is to be a therapist and work with kids.

Dream trip: Europe! I’ve never been and I really want to. A bit closer to home, I’d love to see new York! It’s a bit ridiculous because it’s actually pretty close to Montreal but I’ve never been.

Favorite food: I like Mexican and Italian food.

Instruments: My main instrument is the alto saxophone, which I started playing in sec. 2 (8th grade). I also play the piano a bit and I’ve been pestering my dad to teach me how to play the ukulele.

Languages: My mother tongue is English, but I’m also fluent in French.

Favorite songs: here are a few faves

“Lover Please” by Arthur Alexander

“I Can’t Get Started” by Billie Holiday

“The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid” by Bing Crosby

“Jolene” by Dolly Parton

“You’re Awful” by Frank Sinatra

“Nevertheless (I’m in Love With You)” by Fred Astaire

“Get Happy” by Judy Garland

“Troubled Waters” by Ivie Anderson

“The Lady is a Tramp” by Lena Horne

“That’s How I Got To Memphis” by Solomon Burke

Random fact: I don’t have any earlobes. It’s a weird quirk in my family. My mom doesn’t have any either.

Aesthetic: My main aesthetic is what I like to call “vintage teenager”. I wear lots of full skirts, sailor shorts, jeans cuffed at the bottom, cardigans, peter-pan collar blouses, small prints (like polka dots or tiny flowers), pastel colors, sweaters that are a bit too big for me, ballet flats, tennis shoes, etc.

tagging: @celiabedelia @thevintagious @sinatraswooners @avasgal @garygrant @thatweirdvintagegirl @classic-flicks-chick @genelizatierney @her-man-friday @classicfilmgirl

#tag game

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bongaboi · 6 years ago

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Grammy Awards 2019: The List, Part 3

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

Sincera – Claudia Brant

Prometo – Pablo Alborán

Musas, Vol. 2 – Natalia Lafourcade

2:00 AM – Raquel Sofía

Vives – Carlos Vives

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

Aztlán – Zoé

Claroscura – Aterciopelados

COASTCITY – COASTCITY

Encanto Tropical – Monsieur Periné

Gourmet – Orishas

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

¡México Por Siempre! – Luis Miguel

Primero Soy Mexicana – Ángela Aguilar

Mitad Y Mitad – Calibre 50

Totalmente Juan Gabriel Vol. II – Aida Cuevas

Cruzando Borders – Los Texmaniacs

Leyendas de Mi Pueblo – Mariachi Sol de Mexico

Best Tropical Latin Album

Anniversary – Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Pa' Mi Gente – Charlie Aponte

Legado – Formell y Los Van Van

Orquesta Akokán – Orquesta Akokán

Ponle Actitud – Felipe Peláez

American Roots Music

Best American Roots Performance

"The Joke" – Brandi Carlile

"Kick Rocks" – Sean Ardoin

"St. James Infirmary Blues" – Jon Batiste

"All on My Mind" – Anderson East

"Last Man Standing" – Willie Nelson

Best American Roots Song

"The Joke"

"All the Trouble"

"Build a Bridge"

"Knockin' on Your Screen Door"

"Summer's End"

Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)

Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack & Adam Wright, songwriters (Lee Ann Womack)

Jeff Tweedy, songwriter (Mavis Staples)

Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

Best Americana Album

By the Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile

Things Have Changed – Bettye LaVette

The Tree of Forgiveness – John Prine

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone – Lee Ann Womack

One Drop of Truth – The Wood Brothers

Best Bluegrass Album

The Travelin' McCourys – The Travelin' McCourys

Portraits in Fiddles – Mike Barnett

Sister Sadie II – Sister Sadie

Rivers and Roads – The Special Consensus

North of Despair – Wood & Wire

Best Traditional Blues Album

The Blues Is Alive and Well – Buddy Guy

Something Smells Funky 'Round Here – Elvis Bishop's Big Fun Trio

Benton County Relic – Cedric Burnside

No Mercy in This Land – Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite

Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) – Maria Muldaur

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Please Don't Be Dead – Fantastic Negrito

Here in Babylon – Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps

Cry No More – Danielle Nicole

Out of the Blues – Boz Scaggs

Victor Wainwright and the Train – Victor Wainwright and the Train

Best Folk Album

All Ashore – Punch Brothers

Whistle Down the Wind – Joan Baez

Black Cowboys – Dom Flemons

Rifles & Rosary Beads – Mary Gauthier

Weed Garden – Iron & Wine

Best Regional Roots Music Album

No 'Ane'i – Kalani Pe'a

Kreole Rock and Soul – Sean Ardoin

Spyboy – Cha Wa

Aloha from Na Hoa – Na Hoa

Mewasinsational: Cree Round Dance Songs – Young Spirit

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

44/876 – Sting & Shaggy

As the World Turns – Black Uhuru

Reggae Forever – Etana

Rebellion Rises – Ziggy Marley

A Matter of Time – Protoje

World Music

Best World Music Album

Freedom – Soweto Gospel Choir

Deran – Bombino

Fenfo – Fatoumata Diawara

Black Times – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, various artists

Children's

Best Children's Album

All the Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats

Building Blocks – Tim Kubart

Falu's Bazaar – Falu

Giants of Science – The Pop Ups

The Nation of Imagine – Frank & Deane

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Faith: A Journey for All – Jimmy Carter

Accessory to War – Courtney B. Vance

Calypso – David Sedaris

Creative Quest – Questlove

The Last Black Unicorn – Tiffany Haddish

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle

Annihilation – Patton Oswalt

Noble Ape – Jim Gaffigan

Standup for Drummers – Fred Armisen

Tamborine – Chris Rock

Musical Theater

Best Musical Theater Album

The Band's Visit – Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari'el Stachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Carousel – Renée Fleming, Alexander Gemignani, Joshua Henry, Lindsay Mendez & Jessie Mueller, principal soloists; Steven Epstein, producer (Richard Rodgers, composer; Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)

Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert – Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Grönwall, Jin Ha, John Legend, Norm Lewis & Jason Tam, principal soloists; Harvey Mason Jr., producer (Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer; Tim Rice, lyricist) (Original Television Cast)

My Fair Lady – Lauren Ambrose, Norbert Leo Butz & Harry Hadden-Paton, principal soloists; Andre Bishop, Van Dean, Hattie K. Jutagir, David Lai, Adam Siegel & Ted Sperling, producers (Frederick Loewe, composer; Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist) (2018 Broadway Cast)

Once on This Island – Phillip Boykin, Merle Dandridge, Quentin Earl Darrington, Hailey Kilgore, Kenita R. Miller, Alex Newell, Isaac Powell & Lea Salonga, principal soloists; Lynn Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, Ken Davenport, Stephen Flaherty & Elliot Scheiner, producers (Stephen Flaherty, composer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast)

Music for Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Greatest Showman – Hugh Jackman (& Various Artists)

Call Me by Your Name – (Various Artists)

Deadpool 2 – (Various Artists)

Lady Bird – (Various Artists)

Stranger Things – (Various Artists)

Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Greg Wells, compilation producers

Luca Guadagnino, compilation producer; Robin Urdang, music supervisor

David Leitch & Ryan Reynolds, compilation producers; John Houlihan, music supervisor

Timothy J. Smith, compilation producer; Michael Hill & Brian Ross, music supervisors

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Timothy J. Smith, compilation producer; Nora Felder, music supervisor

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson, composer

Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer, composers

Coco – Michael Giacchino, composer

The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat, composer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Shallow" (from A Star Is Born)

"All the Stars" (from Black Panther)

"Mystery of Love" (from Call Me by Your Name)

"Remember Me" (from Coco)

"This Is Me" (from The Greatest Showman)

Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)

Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

Sufjan Stevens, songwriter (Sufjan Stevens)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Miguel featuring Natalia Lafourcade)

Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble)

Composing

Best Instrumental Composition

"Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)"

"Chrysalis"

"Infinity War"

"Mine Mission"

"The Shape of Water"

Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard)

Jeremy Kittel, composer (Kittel & Co.)

Alan Silvestri, composer (Alan Silvestri)

John Powell & John Williams, composers (John Powell & John Williams)

Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)

Arranging

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

"Stars and Stripes Forever"

"Batman Theme (TV)"

"Change the World"

"Madrid Finale"

"The Shape of Water"

John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band featuring DACA Artists)

Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Wynton Marsalis)

Mark Kibble, arranger (Take 6)

John Powell, arranger (John Powell)

Alexandre Desplat, arranger (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

"Spiderman Theme"

"It Was a Very Good Year"

"Jolene"

"Mona Lisa"

"Niña"

Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman & Justin Wilson, arrangers (Randy Waldman featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter)

Matt Rollings & Kristin Wilkinson, arrangers (Willie Nelson)

Dan Pugach & Nicole Zuraitis, arrangers (Dan Pugach)

Vince Mendoza, arranger (Gregory Porter)

Gonzalo Grau, arranger (Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider)

Packaging

Best Recording Package

Masseduction

Be the Cowboy

Love Yourself: Tear

The Offering

Well Kept Thing

Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent)

Mary Banas, art director (Mitski)

HuskyFox, art director (BTS)

Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (The Chairman)

Adam Moore, art director (Foxhole)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic

Appetite For Destruction (Locked N' Loaded Box)

I'll Be Your Girl

Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings

Too Many Bad Habits

Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors ("Weird Al" Yankovic)

Arian Buhler, Charles Dooher, Jeff Fura, Scott Sandler & Matt Taylor, art directors (Guns N' Roses)

Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden & Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)

Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Roy Henry Vickers, art directors (Grateful Dead)

Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Johnny Nicholas)

Notes

Best Album Notes

Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris

Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924

4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument

The 1960 Time Sessions

The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra

Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)

David Evans, album notes writer (Various artists)

James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various artists)

Richard Martin & Ted Olson, album notes writer (Charles A. Asbury)

Ben Ratliff, album notes writer (Sonny Clark Trio)

David Gilbert, album notes writer (Various artists)

Amanda Petrusich, album notes writer (Bob Dylan)

Historical

Best Historical Album

Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris

Any Other Way

At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight...

Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War

A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant

William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Rob Bowman, Douglas McGowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer (Jackie Shane)

Martin Hawkins, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Various artists)

Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineers (Oscar Levant)

Production, Non-Classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Colors

All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do

Earthtones

Head Over Heels

Voicenotes

Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David "Elevator" Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne, Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck)

Ryan Freeland & Kenneth Pattengale, engineers; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (The Milk Carton Kids)

Robbie Lackritz, engineer; Philip Shaw Bova, mastering engineer (Bahamas)

Nathaniel Alford, Jason Evigan, Chris Galland, Tom Gardner, Patrick "P-Thugg" Gemayel, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Tony Hoffer, Derek Keota, Ian Kirkpatrick, David Macklovitch, Amber Mark, Manny Marroquin, Vaughn Oliver, Chris "TEK" O'Ryan, Morgan Taylor Reid & Gian Stone, engineers; Chris Gehringer & Michelle Mancini, mastering engineers (Chromeo)

Manny Marroquin & Charlie Puth, engineers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer (Charlie Puth)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Pharrell Williams

Boi-1da

Larry Klein

Linda Perry

Kanye West

"Apeshit" (The Carters)

Man of the Woods (Justin Timberlake)

No One Ever Really Dies (N.E.R.D)

"Stir Fry" (Migos)

Sweetener (Ariana Grande)

"Be Careful" (Cardi B)

"Diplomatic Immunity" (Drake)

"Friends" (The Carters)

"God's Plan" (Drake)

"Heard About Us" (The Carters)

"Lucky You" (Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas)

"Mob Ties" (Drake)

"No Limit" (G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky & Cardi B)

"All These Things" (Thomas Dybdahl)

Anthem (Madeleine Peyroux)

The Book of Longing (Luciana Souza)

"Can I Have It All" (Thomas Dybdahl)

Junk (Hailey Tuck)

"Look At What We've Done" (Thomas Dybdahl)

Meaning to Tell Ya (Molly Johnson)

"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Willa Amai)

Served Like a Girl (Various artists)

28 Days in the Valley (Dorothy)

Daytona (Pusha T)

Kids See Ghosts (Kids See Ghosts)

K.T.S.E. (Teyana Taylor)

Nasir (Nas)

Ye (Kanye West)

Best Remixed Recording

"Walking Away" (Mura Masa Remix)

"Audio" (CID Remix)

"How Long" (EDX's Dubai Skyline Remix)

"Only Road" (Cosmic Gate Remix)

"Stargazing" (Kaskade Remix)

Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim)

CID, remixer (LSD)

Maurizio Colella, remixer (Charlie Puth)

Stefan Bossems & Claus Terhoeven, remixers (Gabriel & Dresden featuring Sub Teal)

Kaskade, remixer (Kygo featuring Justin Jesso)

Production, Immersive Audio

Best Immersive Audio Album

Eye in the Sky: 35th Anniversary Edition

Folketoner

Seven Words from the Cross

Sommerro: Ujamaa & The Iceberg

Symbol

Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project)

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)

Daniel Shores, surround mix engineer; Daniel Shores, surround mastering engineer; Dan Merceruio, surround producer (Matthew Guard & Skylark)

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Ingar Heine Bergby, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)

Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround mix engineers; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Prashant Mistry & Ronald Prent, surround producers (Engine-Earz Experiment)

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

John Williams at the Movies

Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson

Visions and Variations

Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Mark Donahue & Dirk Sobotka, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

Mark Donahue, engineer; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Keith O. Johnson & Sean Royce Martin, engineers; Keith O. Johnson, mastering engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Winds)

Bill Maylone & Mary Mazurek, engineers; Bill Maylone, mastering engineer (John Bruce Yeh)

Tom Caulfield, engineer; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (A Far Cry)

Producer of the Year, Classical

Blanton Alspaugh

David Frost

Elizabeth Ostrow

Judith Sherman

Dirk Sobotka

Arnesen: Infinity - Choral Works (Joel Rinsema & Kantorei)

Aspects of America (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)

Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes (Vladimir Gorbik & PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)

Gordon, R.: The House Without a Christmas Tree (Bradley Moore, Elisabeth Leone, Maximillian Macias, Megan Mikailovna Samarin, Patricia Schuman, Lauren Snouffer, Heidi Stober, Daniel Belcher, Houston Gran Opera Juvenile Chorus & Houston Grand OperaOrchestra)

Haydn: The Creation (Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Betsy Cook Weber, Houston Symphony & Houston Symphony Chorus)

Heggie: Great Scott (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

Music of Fauré, Buide & Zemlinsky (Trio Séléné)

Paterson: Three Way - A Trio of One-Act Operas (Dean Williamson, Daniele Pastin, Courtney Ruckman, Eliza Bonet, Melisa Bonetti, Jordan Rutter, Samuel Levine, Wes Mason, Matthew Treviño & Nashville Opera Orchestra)

Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade to Music; Flos Campi (Peter Oundjian & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Volume 7 (Jonathan Biss)

Mirror in Mirror (Anne Akiko Meyers, Kristjan Järvi & Philharmonia Orchestra)

Mozart: Idomeneo (James Levine, Alan Opie, Matthew Polenzani, Alice Coote, Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Presentiment (Orion Weiss)

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier (Sebastian Weigle, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edwards Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

The Road Home (Joshua Habermann & Santa Fe Desert Chorale)

Beethoven Unbound (Llŷr Williams)

Black Manhattan Volume 3 (Rick Benjamin & Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)

Bolcom: Piano Music (Various Artists)

Del Tredici: March to Tonality (Mark Peskanov & Various Artists)

Love Comes in at the Eye (Timothy Jones, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, Jeffrey Sykes, Anthony Ross, Carol Cook, Beth Rapier & Stephanie Jutt)

Meltzer: Variations on a Summer Day & Piano Quartet (Abigail Fischer, Jayce Ogren & Sequitur)

Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Marcy Rosen & Lydia Artymiw)

New Music for Violin and Piano (Julie Rosenfeld & Peter Miyamoto)

Reich: Pulse/Quartet (Colin Currie Group & International Contemporary Ensemble)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Lippencott: Frontier Symphony (Jeff Lippencott & Ligonier Festival Orchestra)

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Thierry Fischer, Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Utah Symphony)

Music of the Americas (Andrés Orozco-Estrada & Houston Symphony)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 & Symphony No. 4

Ruggles, Stucky & Harbison: Orchestral Works

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Manfred Honeck, conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

David Alan Miller, conductor (National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic)

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Best Opera Recording

Bates: The (R)evolution Of Steve Jobs

Adams: Doctor Atomic

Lully: Alceste

Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier

Verdi: Rigoletto

Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edward Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

John Adams, conductor; Aubrey Allicock, Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley & Brindley Sherratt; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer (The BBC Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers)

Christophe Rousset, conductor; Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro & Judith Van Wanroij; Maximilien Ciup, producer (Les Talens Lyriques; Choeur De Chambre De Namur)

Sebastian Weigle, conductor; Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Günther Groissböck & Erin Morley; David Frost, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Constantine Orbelian, conductor; Francesco Demuro, Dmitri Hvorostovsky & Nadine Sierra; Vilius Keras & Aleksandra Keriene, producers (Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra; Men Of The Kaunas State Choir)

Best Choral Performance

McLoskey: Zealot Canticles

Chesnokov: Teach Me Thy Statutes

Kastalsky: Memory Eternal

Rachmaninov: The Bells

Seven Words From The Cross

Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing)

Vladimir Gorbik, conductor (Mikhail Davydov & Vladimir Krasov; PaTRAM Institute Male Choir)

Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)

Mariss Jansons, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Oleg Dolgov, Alexey Markov & Tatiana Pavlovskaya; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

Matthew Guard, conductor (Skylark)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Anderson, Laurie: Landfall – Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet

Beethoven, Shostakovich & Bach – The Danish String Quartet

Blueprinting – Aizuri Quartet

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Concerto for Two Pianos – Leif Ove Andsnes & Marc-André Hamelin

Visions And Variations – A Far Cry

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Kernis: Violin Concerto – James Ehnes

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

Biber: The Mystery Sonatas – Christina Day Martinson

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46; Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 26

Glass: Three Pieces In The Shape of A Square

Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony)

Simon Rattle, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)

Martin Pearlman, conductor (Boston Baroque)

Joshua Bell (The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields)

Craig Morris

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Songs of Orpheus: Monteverdi, Caccini, d'India & Landi – Karim Sulayman

ARC – Anthony Roth Costanzo

The Handel Album – Philippe Jaroussky

Mirages – Sabine Devieilhe

Schubert: Winterreise – Randall Scarlata

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo's Fire, ensembles

Jonathan Cohen, conductor (Les Violons Du Roy)

Artaserse, ensemble

François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Alexandre Tharaud; Marianne Crebassa & Jodie Devos; Les Siècles)

Gilbert Kalish, accompanist

Best Classical Compendium

Fuchs: Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist'; Poems Of Life; Glacier; Rush

Gold

The John Adams Edition

John Williams at the Movies

Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Serenade To Music; Flos Campi

JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

The King's Singers; Nigel Short, producer

Simon Rattle, conductor; Christoph Franke, producer

Jerry Junkin, conductor; Donald J. McKinney, producer

Peter Oundjian, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Kernis: Violin Concerto

Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Du Yun: Air Glow

Heggie: Great Scott

Mazzoli: Vespers for Violin

Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

Mason Bates, composer; Mark Campbell, librettist (Michael Christie, Garrett Sorenson, Wei Wu, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Jessica E. Jones & Santa Fe Opera Orchestra)

Du Yun, composer (International Contemporary Ensemble)

Jake Heggie, composer; Terrence McNally, librettist (Patrick Summers, Manuel Palazzo, Mark Hancock, Michael Mayes, Rodell Rosel, Kevin Burdette, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nathan Gunn, Frederica von Stade, Ailyn Pérez, Joyce DiDonato, Dallas Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

Missy Mazzoli, composer (Olivia De Prato)

Music Video/Film

Best Music Video

"This Is America" – Childish Gambino

"Apeshit" – The Carters

"I'm Not Racist" – Joyner Lucas

"Pynk" – Janelle Monáe

"Mumbo Jumbo" – Tierra Whack

Hiro Murai, video directors; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers

Ricky Saiz, video director; Mélodie Buchris, Natan Schottenfels & Erinn Williams, video producers

Joyner Lucas & Ben Proulx, video directors; Joyner Lucas, video producer

Emma Westenburg, video director; Justin Benoliel & Whitney Jackson, video producers

Marco Prestini, video director; Sara Nassim, video producer

Best Music Film

Quincy – Quincy Jones

Life in 12 Bars – Eric Clapton

Whitney – (Whitney Houston)

Itzhak – Itzhak Perlman

The King – (Elvis Presley)

Alan Hicks & Rashida Jones, video directors; Paula DuPré Pesmen, video producer

Lili Fini Zanuck, video director; John Battsek, Scooter Weintraub, Larry Yelen & Lili Fini Zanuck, video producers

Kevin Macdonald, video director; Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn & Lisa Erspamer, video producers

Alison Chernick, video director; Alison Chernick, video producer

Eugene Jarecki, video director; Christopher Frierson, Georgina Hill, David Kuhn & Christopher St. John, video producers

#2019 #grammy awards

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