#manhole festival

[thepastisalreadywritten]

In Japan’s glittering cities, all hustle and light, they can be easy to miss.

With all that sensory assault, who thinks to look down and take notice of something as mundane as a manhole cover? But these are no ordinary bits of civic infrastructure.

In Japan, many manhole covers are works of urban art—elaborate, curious, distinctive, even colorful.

They have become a tourist destination unto themselves and attract a legion of dedicated manhole enthusiasts who travel the country to visit some of the thousands of unique designs.

Japan’s decorated manhole covers—broadly encompassing storm drain, domestic water supply, electrical and other utility access covers—initially took shape as a public relations campaign for sewers.

Beginning in the 1950s, the cast plates featured simple geometric patterns, such as the “Tokyo” and “Nagoya” designs.

Japanese civil servant Yasutake Kameda conceived of the intricate, artistic versions in 1985 to help warm a skeptical rural population to the idea of the costly but necessary modernization of the country’s sewer system.

From these humble and practical beginnings, manhole covers have become a cultural phenomenon.

Typically, “local manholes” or “design manholes” feature elements special to a particular location: a town emblem, landmark, event, or official bird or flower.

For instance, Takasaki, 60 miles northwest of Tokyo in mountainous Gunma Prefecture, has manhole covers that commemorate the city’s popular summer fireworks festival.

Local mascots (known as yurukyara, such as Fukaya City’s adorable rabbit-deer Fukkachan) and cartoon characters also appear.

In Tokyo’s Tama ward, home of the Sanrio Puroland amusement park, one can find covers featuring the ever-popular Hello Kitty.

Local sports franchises are also represented near the teams’ home arenas and stadiums—such as the well-known colorful depiction of the logo of the Hiroshima Carp baseball team.

While there is some logic to the placement of the covers, particularly those graced with color—usually near a landmark, theme park, or stadium—others appear to have been placed without rhyme or reason.

Indeed, it is not unusual to walk down an otherwise unremarkable side street and spot a special one underfoot.

The ornate manhole covers are initially carved from aluminum, which is used to make sand molds for casting.

The majority of the designs are selected by local municipalities, in conjunction with manufacturers.

In most cases, the design is just imprinted in the cover, but in some cases, the covers get another touch—colored resins flooded into voids like enamel on jewelry.

Today, an estimated 95 percent of Japan’s 1,718 municipalities across all 47 prefectures now host their own unique covers.

In Osaka, approximately 10 percent of the city’s 180,000 manhole covers feature ornate designs, of which roughly 1,900 get the color treatment.

Typically, a designed manhole cover, which weighs more than 80 pounds, excluding the frame, costs approximately $585—a five percent premium over the cost of a plain cover.

The color, however, is applied carefully by hand and nearly doubles the price of a manhole to more than $900.

Such is the popularity of these little urban treasures that they have a devout, organized following.

There is the industry-led Japan Ground Manhole Association and the fan-based Japanese Society of Manhole Covers, whose website features thousands of photographs submitted by users across Japan, who have snapped everything from large sewer covers to tiny local utility access panels.

“Manholers,” as they’re known, may travel to distant areas of the country just to photograph covers or collect pencil rubbings known as takuhon.

Trading cards featuring manhole designs are also popular collectors’ items and can command steep prices in online auctions.

One prominent fan is Kei Takebuchi, a popular Tokyo-based singer-songwriter.

Takebuchi traces her fascination with them to the covers of Nagoya, which feature a charming cartoon water strider insect, while she was on tour in 2015.

Since then, she has regularly tweeted photos of manhole covers to her nearly 200,000 followers on social media.

“Every manhole cover design has [a meaning] … it tells me that we can create art with almost anything,” she says, in an interview for this story.

Like many places, Japan is full of people with unusual hobbies or obsessions, but love for the country’s manhole covers has gone mainstream:

a “manhole festival” was held near a major train station in Tokyo last month, featuring trading cards, baked goods, and replica covers from around the country.

Retailer Tokyu Hands ran an extended campaign at its central Shinjuku location, with a range of manhole cover–related goods for sale.

The affinity for manhole covers also seems to tap in to Japan’s fondness for hobbies that involve lots of domestic travel.

Stamp rallies—featuring rubber stamps at train stations and other landmarks—encourage hobbyists to travel to overlooked or lesser-visited locales to add one more stamp to their collections.

“Rail-fans” similarly scour the country to document or experience a rare train carriage, an unusual station melody, or other rail-related minutia.

It is the same for manholers, with the occasionally far-flung or seemingly random placement of coveted covers—and directions of varying accuracy—adding to the sense of a scavenger hunt.

Indeed, Takebuchi recounts once spending three hours on a bitterly cold day in Kawagoe City in Saitama Prefecture to snap a photo of a particular manhole cover, beautifully designed with an images of Toki no Kane, a historic bell tower.

Similar stories are common currency in manholing circles.

Easy to overlook, but curious and rewarding, Japan’s unique manhole covers are a charming reminder that the mundane can be exciting and that you should never forget to look down.

[rallentando1011]

Homey Holiday Happenings

(rise Donnie x gn reader oneshot)

Word Count: 1695

Content: pre-established relationship, can be read as platonic/qpr, affectionate intelligent dum-dums, fluffy fluff

The holidays: a wintery time of merriment and cheer, gatherings with family and friends, exchanges of presents and warm wishes, the streets of New York littered more thoroughly with charity organizations and high spirits than with actual litter.

Well… maybe you were being idealistic, but who could blame you? You were waltzing through the bustling town, an abundance of gifts in tow, in high spirits and a cozy sweat outfit, on route to the residence of some of your favorite people. Sure, that residence happened to be in the sewers, but you didn’t mind much. The company far outweighed any travel inconvenience. 

Speaking of traveling, you walked until you recognized the now familiar sign of 11th street. Upon seeing it, your legs carried you almost on instinct down an adjacent alleyway, and after a quick glance behind you to alleviate any worries of being followed, you slipped loose the askew cover of the manhole beneath you and slipped in.

You eased your way down the ladder carefully, seeing as one of your arms was weighed down by the bags of presents you possessed. You took it one step at a time, the metallic clang of your shoes on the steps ringing out until you reached the solid bottom.

No sooner than your shoes met the concrete did you hear the bright, bubbly sounds of laughter approaching. Mikey. He bounded up to you excitedly, offering a warm hug as a welcome.

Mikey then proceeded down the echoey chamber of the sewer from whence he came only moments ago. You followed along, noticing Mikey had a mischievous grin and gleam in his eye.

“What?”

“Oh, nothing,” he answered innocently before sprinting the rest of the way down the tunnel. Definitely not suspicious.

When the entrance to the well-lit lair came into view, your face dropped as you saw Donnie tapping on his gauntlet in the archway. That itself wasn’t an issue. No, the source of your dread was the traditional, semi-parasitic plant hanging above the distracted turtle.

You trudged along with a scowl, not liking the unavoidability and inconceivability of this exact scenario. You slowly came to a stop beside a disengaged Donatello.

“You traitor,” you seethed at Mikey, who was already on the other side of the room. Couldn’t even get in the door without some wacky shenanigan starting already.

Before you had any time to enact your revenge (or plan the schematics and mechanics of your revenge), your attention was drawn to your right by the clearing of one Leonardo’s throat.

“Aghast! Is that mistletoe, upon hither arch?” Leo was standing with his younger brother across the room, phone in hand, undoubtedly recording you and Donnie with the intention of preserving childhood memories. 

Alright, you’d be honest with yourself; you knew Leo intended to get a video as blackmail.

“Oh, dear me, mistletoe,” Donnie exclaimed without any of the excitement akin to an exclamation. “I’ll pass on this phoratoxin-based, pedantic display of romanticism, thanks.”

With that refusal, Mikey deflated and Leo rolled his eyes, though both of them gave up on that endeavor and began to move into the other room

Your hand acted as a puppet of a mouth, your fingers acting as a top jaw, your thumb the bottom, and gently bumping against his own phalange in a mock-kiss.

“For tradition’s sake,” you justified briefly. 

Before the baffled turtle could muster a rebuttal, you continued into the living room of the lair, following the pleasant sounds and smells of holiday festivities.

Still judging you, Donnie followed suit.

The living room was lit warmly, lightly decorated with string lights and a large stack of presents, which were starting to be exchanged between those in attendance. Your company consisted of April, Raph, Mikey, and Leo, along with Donnie, of course, all of whom you swapped a smile or wave with upon entering the room. You assumed Splinter had bundled himself up in his room or the projector room but weren’t too focused on it.

Your attention was on the presents.

You took a seat on the floor after plopping down the gift bags that had been on your one arm beside you. Swiftly, you gathered up all the gifts labeled with your name and roughly distributed the ones you brought, eager to dig into them. So you did.

Most of the presents consisted of knickknacks: throw blankets, small plushies, miniatures candies. You weren’t complaining, though; you loved and were appreciative and thanked people for every single one. You even draped the fuzzy blanket you’d received over your shoulders. Besides, your presents were mainly tchotchkes as well. Likewise, they were appreciated.

That led you to your last present, from the resident genius himself, Donatello.

Intrigued, you tore into the wrapping paper, unboxing a few things, the first items being your favorite candies. With a smile, you continued on, pulling out a quaint mug. On the side of the mug there was a decal of the fibonacci sequence, both a visual representation and the arithmetic sequence’s formula.

Looking beside you at the benefactor of the gift, you noticed he was opening your present at the same time. You watched a smile peek out from his lips as he read the script on the mug you bought for him, reading “NERD? I prefer the term INTELLECTUAL NINJA”. Like heck you were passing up that opportunity when you saw it in the store.

“Aw, we both got each other cheesy nerd mugs.” You smiled, only to be met with a monotone response.

“Mine was genuine.”

“Huh. I appreciate it nonetheless.”

“I would’ve made you something, if my family hadn’t banned me from making gifts since… the incident.”

You opened your mouth to question what the incident was, but Raph interjected. “Donnie, the last time you made us ‘gifts,’ we almost lost a fight and you were almost roasted on a spit, so you’re welcome for saving your and your loved ones’ hides.”

You scrunched up your face. “Is that an exaggeration?” You had directed the question toward Donnie, but April jumped in with an answer.

“Oh, you think that’s bad?” She smirked with a tilt in her head. “You should have seen when we-”

The stories continued on from there, each of those in attendance regaling tales of epic glories, fantastic battles, amusing and impressive, if not anxiety inducing.

At some point in all the excitement, Donnie must’ve slipped away from the group, because when you turned beside you to joke about a comment Leo made, you noticed his absence. Thanking everyone one last time for everything you received, you told them that you were headed on your way to see what the poindexter was up to.

You made your way through the corridors of the lair, through the doorway of his lab to see him slumped over his workspace and typing away.

“Well, that mistletoe setup was wild,” you enunciated to announce your presence, moving over to his side.

“Tell me about it,” he grumbled.

“You were there, so I’ll spare the redundancy.” You grinned, mirthful.

“I didn’t mean to literally tell me- oh whatever.”

“What’re you up to anyway?” you mused, placing a hand on his desk and leaning on it.

“Not much. Just retconning some blueprints.” His response sounded tired, disinterested. You could work with that.

“I had something along the lines of movie, hot chocolate, cozy clothes in mind, but if you just want to keep sulking over busywork, okay then.”

“... Which movie did you have in mind?”

You smirked at him. “I am open to ideas, but for uncanny valley’s sake, Polar Express.” 

“But of course. Onto the matter of drinks, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N., fetch a hot chocolate and a warm flavorless juice.” At the command, the small, purple drone stirred from his resting place on Donnie’s desk before he whipped out of the room.

“Please,” you corrected with a smug grin before your expression soured. “Wait, wait, wait, flavorless juice?”

“You wanted to watch The Polar Express, right?” An obvious subject change. You saw right through him, and he knew it.

“No, no, we aren’t just skipping over this conversation. Warm flavorless juice is practically just hot water.” You threw your hands out to your sides, exasperated.

“It’s different.”

“HOW?”

As your debacle continued, you two eventually ambled out of the lab, making your way to settle in his room. Also eventually, you gave up on trying to convince him of the redundancy of a conundrum that is flavorless juice. Why not just let him enjoy it?

You readjusted your plush, new throw blanket on your shoulders and sat with legs crisscrossed on his mattress. He took a place beside you and sat in a similar manner. Both of your backs to the headboard, you cozied up beside him. Your shoulders rested on each other’s, and as he pulled up the projection of the movie on his tech gauntlet, you let yourself rove over his appearance and the situation.

No mask, no battle shell, no alerts for missions, nothing at all.

Surprisingly enough, having nothing to do made you feel very fulfilled. Unsurprisingly, you preferred cozy minimalism anyway.

Soon enough, the film started playing, and a little while after that, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. whirred into the room, a cup holder containing your beverages, in your new mugs, no less, in his mouth. After mumbling something about how “bogus” it was of you guys to request something and then switch rooms, the drone zipped right back out. That left you and Donnie in his room, lackadaisically watching a movie. As The Polar Express progressed, Donnie occasionally leaned over to mumble some behind-the-scenes fun facts to you, and each of you swapped a joke or two.

Once the movie reached its end, you noticed how relaxed you were, sleepily slumped against his side.

Before drifting off, as foreshadowed by a long yawn, you regarded him in your state of languid affection.

“Goodnight, and happy unspecified, nonsectarian holiday.” You tapped the side of your head to his, earning a snort for your pedantic vernacular.

“Yes, yes, have fond dreams and whatnot, you dork.”

“Love you too.”

sketch I based this off of

(I had a swell time with this, and I hope that YOU, whoever you are, are having a swell holiday season)

[lisutarid-a]

[Gakuen K] Totsuka Tatara Route Translation

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[Translation under the cut]

Saya: Hello-o.

Kusanagi: Welcome. New member is first in the club today?

Saya: I'm not a new member anymore. It's almost summer.

Kusanagi: Oh, come to think of it, summer will be here soon.

Saya: By the way, are there any other new members in the club?

Kusanagi: Yeah, a lot of people come here for our ability.

Saya: Ability...

Kusanagi: But most of the time, they just looked at Mikoto from a distance and go home scared. It's only you this year.

Saya: So it's just me. I'm getting kinda nervous...

Kusanagi: Hahaha. Relax. No one is going to eat you.

Totsuka: Thank you for your hard work! Ah, there's only you two?

Kusanagi: Uhm. You're too late.

Totsuka: Sorry-sorry. We were on day duty today.

Saya: We...That means, Suoh-senpai and Totsuka-senpai are in the same class?

Totsuka: That’s right. I guess it’s because we're in the same club. I'm often in charge of King's duties.

Totsuka: Actually I was paired with someone else before, but for some reason they decided to switch.

Kusanagi: Oh, by the way, I've heard that there is a teacher who is afraid of Mikoto.

Saya: Teacher too?

Mikoto: It’s not “too”. I didn’t do anything. They're just getting scared on their own.

Saya: Oh, Kusanagi-san said something like that when we were talking about new members before...

Kusanagi: It's a secret.

Saya: !!!!

Saya: (Kusanaga-san just wispered into my ear. He's so close....!)

Mikoto: Hey, if you're going to make out, do it somewhere else.

Kusanagi: Ahah. I wasn't going to. I just thought I'd help her relax, since she looked tense~

Saya: So that's what it was...

Saya: (It definitely helped relieve some of the tension, but it gave me a heart attack!!)

Totsuka: Are you all right? Your face is bright red.

Saya: Yeah. I was just surprised.

Totsuka: Hmmm. If so, it's fine then.

Yata: Oh, there he is! Totsuka-saaan!

Saya: Yata-kun, Kamamoto-kun.

Yata: Totsuka-san, you did a great job at the sport festival yesterday!

Totsuka: Huh? I don't remember me being active.

Kusanagi: Are you referring to someone else? I got the impression that Totsuka and sports are incompatible with each other.

Kamamoto: That's not true! I heard you set the record for the fastest scavenger hunt in the school's history.

Totsuka: I was just lucky. I found someone to lend item to me very quicky.

Yata: Seriously? I mean, wasn't the scavenger hunt difficult this year?

Yata: I had one that said "Anaconda." There's no way you're going to find it.

Totsuka: Phee, that must have been a disaster. Mine was a "good luck charm". But she had it with her.

Yata: Good luck charm...It seems possible, but it's not something you can suddenly have.

Totsuka: Right? It's her credit.

Choice: [I'm glad it was useful]

Saya: Since I was indebted to Totsuka-senpai I'm glad I could help!

Totsuka: No-no. I didn't do anything that big. It's you who really helped me.

Choice: [I didn't do anything] ♥

Saya: I didn't to anything like that.

Totsuka: No-no. If it weren't you I don't know what I would be doing right now. I can't even imagine.

Kusanagi: "Can't even imagine", you're just overreacting. But, the fact that Totsuka took first place without incident is all thanks to you.

Totsuka: Right. Kusanagi-san got what I mean.

Kusanagi: Why are you so proud of that...

Totsuka: ...Me, The fastest in school history.

Saya: Fufu, are you happy?

Totsuka: Heh. I don't feel bad.

Totsuka: Oh yeah. The good luck charm you gave me, it was effective immediatly.

Saya: Eh. Something happened?

Totsuka: Yesterday on my way home from shopping I noticed that the luck charm was dirty, so I stopped to wipe it off.

Totsuka: Suddenly, when I looked down, I saw an open manhole that was under construction.

Totsuka: If I'd walked around like I usually do, I probably would have fallen right into it without even noticing.

Saya: Totsuka-senpai...I think it's something you normally have to notice...

Totsuka: Ahaha. But thanks to the good luck charm, I was safe!

Saya: I'm glad the good luck charm helped, but, please, take care of youself, senpai.

Totsuka: Yeeeah. I know, I know.

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Nakajima Yuto in Berlin International Film Festival 2023 for Manhole presscon

[alterrune]

ALTERNARUNE: MISSION 3 & 4

(We escape from the manhole cover, and suddenly a voice is heard through the crackling of a speaker.)

"I will admit, valued employees, bringing in new hires was not something I anticipated. However, we are not hiring at the moment, so we ask of these new hires to vacate the premises at once or face immediate consequences."

Lemme guess, you're Mr. Grizz, right?

"Ah, it seems you've done your homework! I am indeed Mr. Grizz, CEO of Grizzco Industries. However, flattery will get you nowhere in the this business."

We're not trying to flatter you, asshat. And we're definitely not trying to be polite when you're the one responsible for all this fuzzy ooze everywhere.

"Hmph. Do not worry, I already know that negotiations broke down the moment I started talking with you. Regardless of such, Grizzco Industries will not cease production of Fuzzy Ooze. We thank you for listening to our message and hope you vacate the premises before action is taken. Have a nice day."

(With a "CLICK", Mr. Grizz deactiavtes the P.A. system.)

Yo. You're the...uh..what was it...Colorful Splatting Battlers?

Colorstreak Battalion, actually. Who might you three be?

I'm Pearl Houzuki, aka MC Princess! Loud, proud, and a BOOYAH so powerful it can break shit with one Killer Wail shot!

I'm Marina Ida. A former Octarian elite soldier, and Pearl's wife. Got married quite recently, actually. I specialize in fixing things. We consider ourselves to be Eight's foster parents.

And we're the duo of Inkopolis Square, "Off The Hook".

"Don't get cooked, stay Off The Hook!"

Who's the third one, though?

Oh, I'm Acht Mizuta, also known as "DJ Dedf1sh". I helped Eight when we had to go through the Spire of Order. Before you ask about the Spire of Order: it's a long story, too long to go into detail right now.

Oh, hey, you lesbian wonders! Haven't seen you since Grand Festival!

Likewise. It's only been three months, but that's still too long.

Can we focus, please? Alright, CSB, you're getting close to the first Boss Kettle. Very luckily, some of the Fuzzy Ooze didn't hit some spots, so once you get to the next area, the first boss kettle should be available. Your next mission is...

(Marie suddenly trails off as she notices I'm being uncharacteristically silent.)

Kyle? You okay?

Oh, right. He got his wisdom teeth removed earlier. We had to take a day off because of that.

I'm trying to not talk so much...

Oh shit...we had no idea. Sorry about that, Kyle. You'll still have to do some missions, unfortunately, but with Marina here, maybe we could help make some of them easier for you?

Could you do that for us, Mom?

Sure, Eight! I think I could make that Deadly Dance Hall mission easier for Kyle. I can make it so the Octarian tech the Stompers use will produce shockwaves that go at half-speed so Kyle doesn't have to jump so much. He won't have to carry any bulky gear with him and he'll just have to jump a couple times. That sound nice, Kyle?

(I nod my head "yes".)

Alright, Kyle. Anything to help make things easier on you.

The rest of you, head to "Door, Doors, And More! (Doors)". We'll see you all back here when you're done.

Hey, Kyle? Good luck on your mission, and I hope you recover soon enough.

You know we genuinely care about you, so stay safe out there, okay?

hey, csb. remember: some of us here have seen him in action.

EVEN WITH THIS HANDICAP, HE'LL BE FINE.

"Indeed. If he can handle a Mystery Dungeon..."

"...he sure as Arceus can handle this."

That's true, you guys, but even a guy like him still has his weaknesses. Still, this should be no problem for him. Good luck, Kyle. Show 'em what you've got for us.

(I give Vi and the others others a two-finger salute before jumping to "Deadly Dance Hall - Jump, Jump!" Good luck to you guys, too.)

KYLE GIBBONS: BEGINNING "DEADLY DANCE HALL - JUMP, JUMP!"

KYLE CROSS, VIOLET WOLFSBANE, HENRY STICKMIN, ELLIE ROSE, LAURENCE BURNWAY AND LILY BURNWAY: BEGINNING "DOORS, DOORS, AND MORE! (DOORS)"

[thebookofnehemiah]

"The Neiman." From the Book of Nehemiah, "the Exploration of the Mysteries of the Lions that Lay," 8: 16-18.

The Law of Ezra states the Nsh must cultivate and perfume the faith as an acolyte, "using his power." The burden of administration of the religion must still fall upon the Shule, but administration of the Assembly which includes other politicians belongs to the Nsh. The person who presides over the Assembly on behalf of the Nsh is called the Neiman.

The text mentions the Water Gate once again also the Gate of Ephraim once again. The Water Gate means the state must provide everything the population needs to be free and must not attempt to quench the romances people experience for each other. That is off limits. The Ephraim Gate is 362, "the manhole" like Job, the place where princes go to dream up the future.

That being said there is a reference to the Book of Joshua which says one can fool around within "temporary shelters" but these performances must adhere to the precepts of the Torah and not inhibit the anointing of society by the presence of the Nsh, the Neiman or the Assembly as not everyone within will arrive at the same stage of life at the same time called the Eighth Day:

16 So the people went out and brought back branches and built themselves temporary shelters on their own roofs, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God and in the square by the Water Gate and the one by the Gate of Ephraim. 

17 The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great.

18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, in accordance with the regulation, there was an assembly.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 16: The people went out. Some boys and men and women sleep around, some do not. Every person is expected to act on their own principals. This must be allowed. The Number is 11726, יאזב‎‎ו‎ "they will leave."

v. 17: The whole company returned. The Book of Joshua addresses young adult sexuality, from the first time, to the first time in a group, bondage sex, boring sex, all of it is in there. The story concludes, however, it is best to find one love apple, take that person home and celebrate Shabbat. This explains the relationship between the Nsh and the Neiman, which must consist of complete fidelity.

The Number is 10266, קבו‎ו kvuv, "the rock that receives the juice."

"The root יבק (yqb) occurs in Arabic with the meaning of to be sunk or depressed. A related noun means hollow or cavity. In Hebrew exists only the noun יקב (yeqeb), meaning wine-vat, which BDB Theological Dictionary defines as "a trough or hollow excavated (Isaiah 5:2) in the rock for receiving the juice trodden out in the גת (gat) [= winepress]".

v. 18: Day after day, they read from the Law. The Number is 11741, יאזדא‎‎, mazda, "the one we possess."

[carmenvicinanza]

Grace Slick

Grace Slick, icona rock della scena californiana degli anni Sessanta e Settanta, è conosciuta soprattutto per aver fatto parte del gruppo Jefferson Airplane, importante riferimento musicale del movimento della controcultura.

Il suo brano, White Rabbit, del 1967, è stato un vero e proprio manifesto del rock psichedelico.

Tra le prime protagoniste del movimento hippie si è distinta anche per aver compiuto gesti di resistenza pacifista anti-establishment. 

Ha avuto un passato turbolento, segnato da eccessi di droghe, alcol e conseguenti incidenti e processi. Una vita intensa e fuori dagli schemi, nella migliore tradizione degli anni della contestazione.

Nata col nome di Grace Barnett Wing a Evanston, Illinois, il 30 ottobre 1939, seguendo il lavoro di funzionario di banca del padre, ha abitato in diverse località degli Stati Uniti prima di approdare a Palo Alto dove ha frequentato il college e si è avvicinata alla scena culturale e musicale della Bay Area di San Francisco.

Nel 1961 ha sposato Jerry Slick, da cui ha preso il cognome. Era un periodo di fermento e ribellione, la coppia viaggiava con un gruppo di amici a bordo di un furgoncino sognando di fare arte e musica.

Nel 1965, ha fondato, assieme al marito e a suo fratello, la band The Great Society, richiamo sarcastico all’espressione che designava il programma politico dell’allora presidente in carica Lyndon B. Johnson.

L’anno successivo si è unita ai Jefferson Airplane sostituendo la cantante, portando in dote due brani che avrebbero assicurato alla formazione un duraturo successo, White Rabbit e Somebody to Love incluse nell’album Surrealistic Pillow, considerato un classico del folk-rock psichedelico, inserito nella lista dei 500 migliori album di tutti i tempi dalla rivista Rolling Stone.

La band ha partecipato a storici concerti tra cui quello di Woodstock nel 1968, al Festival di Wight e ad altre importanti manifestazioni in Europa, dove spesso, sul palco, si alternavano ai The Doors di Jim Morrison.

Hanno anche partecipato anche al documentario di Jean-Luc Godard One American Movie, che li immortalava mentre si esibivano sul tetto di un albergo di New York.

Nell’aprile del 1970, si è resa protagonista di un’azione passata alla storia. Era stata invitata a bere un thé alla Casa Bianca dalla sua ex compagna di college, Tricia Nixon, figlia del presidente allora in carica. Sebbene fosse conosciuta per le sue critiche alle politiche proibizioniste dell’amministrazione in materia di droga, aveva eluso la selezione perché l’invito le era stato fatto col suo cognome di nascita, Wing. Si era fatta accompagnare da Abbie Hoffman, notissimo attivista della sinistra radicale e aveva pianificato di entrare nell’appartamento presidenziale per versare acido lisergico nella teiera. Purtroppo, all’ingresso è stata riconosciuta da un addetto alla sicurezza e allontanata.

Quando il successo della band si stava affievolendo e il gruppo si stava sgretolando, ha registrato anche dei dischi con altri musicisti. Nel 1974 ha inciso Manhole il suo primo album da solista.

Insieme a Paul Kantner ha trasformato i Jefferson Airplane in Jefferson Starship, ma la sua forte dipendenza le ha fatto lasciare la band nel 1978, per poi ritornarci tre anni dopo.

Intanto, nel 1979 è uscito il suo disco Dreams, in cui per la prima volta fa breccia una vena intimistica.

Negli anni ottanta si è distinta per il suo impegno contro la vivisezione e i test chimici sugli animali.

Nel 1985 la band ha cambiato ancora nome dopo una causa intentata da Kantner che aveva mollato, ed è diventata Starship. Grace Slick era rimasta l’unico elemento degli originali Jefferson Airplane che, nel 1989, si sono riuniti per un disco e un tour che li ha visti insieme per l’ultima volta.

Nel 1990 si è ritirata dalla scena musicale e si è dedicata alla pittura  partecipando a numerose mostre nelle più prestigiose gallerie d’arte europee e americane.

Gestisce una sua galleria d’arte a Malibu.

Le sue opere più popolari sono una serie di dipinti basati sui libri di Alice nel paese delle meraviglie, favola lisergica che ha amato da sempre e che le ha ispirato la sua canzone più famosa, White Rabbit che viene sovente utilizzata nelle colonne sonore dei film di Hollywood.

[fotopadovaphotos]

Fotografia italiana di 5 decenni fa, élite negletta: Geri Della Rocca de Candal

di Carlo Maccà

– per il testo andare al link: https://www.fotopadova.org/post/742317587668647936

Tutte le immagini sono proprietà riservata / copyright di Geri Della Rocca deCandal, Milano.

1. Autoritratto, 1981.

2. Contrasto. Rivista FERRANIA, Luglio 1967.

3. Prima neve, 1970. Fondazione 3M-Ferrania, Fondo Lanfranco Colombo.

4. Mojave Desert, Nevada, 1972 printed 1977. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.

5. Manholes, New York City. 1970-1973. Creative Camera, Juli 1974 p.243

6. General Post Office, New York City, 1972. Photography Year Book 1976, fig150.

7. A statue as spectator, Edinburg Festival. Photography Year Book 1976, fig151.

8.Photography Year Book 1976, fig150. Bike and painted wall with weeping figures.

9. Self portrait at work. PHOTOGRAPHIE(Winterthur, CH)Juli 1977, cover image.

10. Museum. PHOTOGRAPHIE(CH) Juli 1977.

11. Rome. St. Peter. Photography Year Book 1977, fig 211

12. Venice,1977.Gradinata di S. Maria della Salute.

13. Las Vegas, Nevada. 1978.

14. Mendocino, California. PHOTOGRAPHIE  (CH) Juli 1978.

15. Dalla serie Bars (Sbarre). PHOTOGRAPHIE  (CH) Juli 1978.

16. Sky Scraper (WTC, Lower Manhattan). PHOTOGRAPHIE (CH) Juli 1978.

17. Wall, Lafayette Street - Astor Place, New York City. Photography Year Book 1979, fig179. 

18. Coney Island, NY 1981.

[mydadcation]

November 2023: Vegas, L.A., and Covid 3

November was rough…October’s travels meant lots of long days at the office in November, but I did get to see my first Formula One race (a few practice laps until a manhole cover took out a Ferrari) before my bride met me for a weekend in L.A. for the Darker Waves music festival, which we loved. We met my friend Jody and his daughters on our land in Alabama for a camping weekend, and I got Covid…

[faniacmag]

Sitges2023 - ¡Películas confirmadas!

Sitges alza el vuelo con el anuncio del programa completo

Los últimos trabajos de Hayao Miyazaki, Yorgos Lanthimos, Takeshi Kitano, Hideo Nakata y muchos más, anidarán en nuestras salas. Queda menos de un mes para el inicio del SITGES – Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya y sabemos que tenéis ganas de conocer todos los títulos para ir poniendo apunto vuestras listas. ¡Ya no tenéis que esperar más! Os traemos una larga batería de nombres y títulos, con la que cualquier fan del género va a estar salivando, ya que llegan algunas de las películas de terror, ciencia ficción y fantástico más esperadas y prometedoras del año.

Sección Oficial Fantástico Competición (SOFC)

‘ACIDE’ - Just Philippot (Francia)

‘BEST WISHES TO ALL’ - Yûta Shimotsu (Japón)

‘CLUB ZERO’ - Jessica Hausner (Austria/Reino Unido)

‘CONANN’ - Bertrand Mandico (Francia/Luxemburgo/Bélgica)

‘CUANDO ACECHA LA MALDAD (WHEN EVIL LURKS)’ - Demian Rugna (Argentina)

‘DIVINITY’ - Eddie Alcazar (Estados Unidos)

‘EL REINO ANIMAL’ - Thomas Cailley (Francia)

‘IN FLAMES’ - Zarrar Khan (Canadá/Pakistán)

‘VIVE DENTRO’ - Bishal Dutta (Estados Unidos)

‘KUBI’ - Takeshi Kitano (Japón)

‘LA ESPERA’ - F. Javier Gutierrez (España)

‘LA MORSURE’ - Romain de Saint-Blanquat (Francia)

‘LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL’ - Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes (Australia)

‘LES CHAMBRES ROUGES’ - Pascal Plante (Canadá)

‘MOSCAS’ - Aritz Moreno (España/Argentina)

‘OMEN’ - Baloji Tshiani (Congo/Países Bajos/Francia/Bélgica/Alemania/Sudáfrica)

‘RIDDLE OF FIRE’ - Weston Razooli (Estados Unidos)

‘ROBOT DREAMS’ - Pablo Berger (España/Francia)

‘ROMANCE ASESINO’ - Lee Won-suk (Corea del Sur)

‘SALEM’ - Jean-Bernard Marlin (Francia)

‘SLEEP’ - Jason Yu (Corea del Sur)

‘SORCERY’ - Christopher Murray (Chile/México/Alemania)

‘STOPMOTION’ - Robert Morgan (Estados Unidos)

‘THE SEEDING’ - Barnaby Clay (Estados Unidos)

‘THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING’ - Timm Kröger (Alemania)

‘THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE BARN’ - Magnus Martens (Noruega)

‘TIGER STRIPES’ - Amanda Nell Eu (Malasia/Taiwan/Francia/Alemania/Países Bajos/Indonesia)

‘VERMIN: LA PLAGA’ - Sébastien Vanicek (Francia)

‘VINCENT DEBE MORIR’ - Stéphan Castang (Francia)

‘WAKE UP’ - François Simard, Annouk Whissel, Yoann-Karl Whissel (Francia)

‘WHITE PLASTIC SKY’ - Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó (Hungría/Eslovaquia)

Sección Oficial - Sesiones Especiales

‘ALIENS ABDUCTED MY PARENTS AND NOW I FEEL KINDA LEFT OUT’ - Jake Van Wagoner (Estados Unidos)

‘AMELIA’S CHILDREN’ - Gabriel Abrantes (Portugal)

‘AWARENESS’ - Daniel Benmayor (Estados Unidos/España)

‘BLOOD DE BRAD ANDERSON’ - Brad Anderson (Estados Unidos)

‘EL CHICO Y LA GARZA’ - Hayao Miyazaki (Japón)

‘LA ERMITA’ - Carlota Pereda (España)

‘LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE’ - J.A. Bayona (España)

‘POBRES CRIATURAS’ - Yorgos Lanthimos (Reino Unido)

‘THE TOXIC AVENGER’ - Macon Blair (Estados Unidos)

‘UFO SWEDEN’ - Crazy Pictures (Suecia)

Oficial Fantástico - Especial Mitjanit

‘LA BALA DE DIOS’ - Nick Cassavetes (Estados Unidos)

‘THE DEEP DARK’ - Mathieu Turi (Francia)

Òrbita

‘BLACK FLIES’ - Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Estados Unidos)

‘CONCRETE UTOPIA’ - Um Tae-Hwa (Corea del Sur)

‘DIABOLIK: GINKO ALL’ATTACCO’ - Marco Manetti, Antonio Manetti (Italia)

‘FUERZA BRUTA: SIN SALIDA’ - Lee Sang-yong (Corea del Sur)

‘JACKDAW’ - Jamie Childs (Reino Unido)

‘JERICHO RIDGE – Will Gilbey (Kosovo/Reino Unido/Irlanda del Norte)

‘LA EXTORSIÓN’ - Martino Zaidelis (Argentina)

‘LOS OJOS DE LA NOCHE’ - Ahn Tae-jin (Corea del Sur)

‘LUMBERJACK THE MONSTER’ - Takashi Miike (Japón)

‘MAD FATE’ - Soi Cheang (Hong Kong)

‘NIGHT OF THE HUNTED’ - Franck Khalfoun (Francia)

‘PRORIEDADE’ - Daniel Bandeira (Brasil)

‘SMUGGLERS’ - Ryoo Seung-wang (Corea del Sur)

‘THE CHILDE’ - Park Hoon-jung (Corea del Sur)

‘THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY’ - Francis Galluppi (Estados Unidos)

‘WHERE THE WIND BLOWS’ - Philip Yung (China/Hong Kong)

Panorama

‘#MANHOLE’ - Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japón)

‘APPENDAGE’ - Anna Zlokovic, Alex Familia (Estados Unidos)

‘BLACKOUT’ - Larry Fessenden (Estados Unidos)

‘BROOKLYN 45’ - Ted Geoghegan (Estados Unidos)

‘EL EXORCISMO DE EASTFIELD’ - Nick Kozakis (Australia)

‘HOOD WITCH’ - Saïd Belktibia (Francia)

‘LAST STRAW’ - Alan Scott Neal (Estados Unidos)

‘LET IT GHOST’ - Hoi Wong (Hong Kong)

‘NINA DEI LUPI’ - Antonio Pisu (Italia)

‘ONYX THE FORTUITOUS AND THE LALISMAN OF SOULS’ - Andrew Bowser (Estados Unidos)

‘PROJECT SILENCE’ - Kim Tae-gon (Corea del Sur)

‘RABIA’ - Jorge Michel Grau (México)

‘RESTORE POINT’ - Robert Hloz (República Checa)

‘SUPERPOSITION’ - Karoline Lyngbye (Dinamarca)

‘THE FORBIDDEN PLAY’ - Hideo Nakata (Japón)

‘THE SACRIFICE GAME’ - Jenn Wexler (Canadá/Estados Unidos)

‘YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME’ - Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen (Australia)

Panorama – Fuera de Competición

‘CUANDO LOS AMOS DUERMEN’ - Santiago Alvarado (España)

‘IMMERSION’ - Takashi Shimizu (Japón)

‘THE PRIMEVALS’ - David Allen (Estados Unidos)

‘TOKYO REVENGERS 2: PART I’ - Tsutomu Hanabusa (Japón)

‘TOKYO REVENGERS 2: PART II’ - Tsutomu Hanabusa (Japón)

Noves Visions

‘EL DESPRECIO’ (4K) - Jean-Luc Godard (Francia/Italia) (Sesión Especial)

‘EMBRYO LARVA BUTTERFLY’ - Kyros Papavassiliou (Grecia/Chipre)

‘EN ATTENDANT LA NUIT’ - Céline Rouzet (Francia)

‘HALFWAY HOME’ - Madarász Isti (Hungría)

‘HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKS CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON’ - Ariane Louis-Seize (Canadá)

‘HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS’ - Mike Cheslik (Estados Unidos)

‘IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN’ - Kenneth Dagatan (Filipinas/Singapur/Taiwán)

‘LA ÚLTIMA NOCHE DE SANDRA M.’ - Borja de la Vega (España)

‘LUKA’ - Jessica Woodworth (Bélgica/Italia/Países Bajos/Bulgaria/Armenia)

‘MIMÌ - PRINCE OF DARKNESS’ - Brando de Sica (Italia)

‘MONDAYS: SEE YOU “THIS” WEEK!’ - Ryo Takebayashi (Japón)

‘MONOLITH’ - Matt Vesely (Australia)

‘MOON GARDEN’ - Ryan Stevens Harris (Estados Unidos)

‘MOTEL MELATI’ - Mike Wiluan, Billy Christian (Indonesia, Singapur)

‘MY ANIMAL’ - Jacqueline Castel (Canadá)

‘PANDEMONIUM’ - Quarxx (Francia)

‘RAGING GRACE’ - Paris Zarcilla (Reino Unido/Irlanda del Norte)

‘RIVER’ - Junta Yamaguchi (Japón)

‘TELA DE ARAÑA (COBWEB)’ - Kim Jee-won (Corea del Sur)

‘THE FUNERAL’ - Orçun Behram (Turquía)

‘THE INVISIBLE FIGHT’ - Rainer Sarnet (Estonia/Lituania/Grecia/Finlandia)

‘THE LAST ASHES’ - Loïc Tanson (Bélgica/Luxemburgo)

‘THE UNCLE’ - David Kapac, Andrija Mardesic (Serbia/Croacia)

‘THE VOURDALAK’ - Adrien Beau (Francia)

‘WHERE THE DEVIL ROAMS’ - Zelda Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser (Estados Unidos)

Anima’t

‘DEEP SEA’ - Tianxiao Peng (China)

‘FOUR SOULS OF COYOTE’ - Áron Gauder (Hungría)

‘HEAVIES TENDRES’ - Joan Tomàs, Carlos Pérez-Reche, Juanjo Sáez (España)

‘KOMADA - A WHISKY FAMILY’ - Masayuki Yoshihara (Japón)

‘LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR’ - Keiichi Hara, Takakazu Nagamoto, Keiichi Hara (Japón)

‘MARS EXPRESS’ - Jéremie Perin (Francia)

‘ROBOT DREAMS’ - Pablo Berger (España/Francia)

‘SAND LAND’ - Toshihisha Yokoshima (Japón)

‘TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGIC LIGHT’ - Filip Posivac (República Checa/Hungría/Eslovaquia)

‘WHITE PLASTIC SKY’ - Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó (Hungría/Eslovaquia)

Anima’t - Sesiones Especiales

‘PHOENIX: REMINISCENCE OF FLOWER’ - Shojiro Nishimi (Japón)

‘THE FEAST OF AMRITA’ - Saku Sakamoto (Japón)

Anima’t - Sitges Clàssics

‘LES MAÎTRES DU TEMPS’ (4K) - René Laloux (Francia/Hungría/Suiza)

‘THE SOLDIER’S TALE’ - R. O. Blechman (Estados Unidos)

‘100 AÑOS DE WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS: UN HOMENAJE A SUS CORTOS’ - Varios Autores (Estados Unidos)

Sitges Clàssics

‘ACCIÓN MUTANTE’ - Álex de la Iglesia (España)

‘ANGUSTIA DEL SILENCIO’ - Lucio Fulci (Italia)

‘CALÍGULA - THE ULTIMATE CUT’ (4K) - Tinto Brass (Estados Unidos/Italia)

‘LOS NUEVOS EXTRATERRESTRES’ (4K) - Juan Piquer Simón (España)

‘EL RESPLANDOR’ (4K) - Stanley Kubrick (Estados Unidos)

‘EL EXORCISTA’ (4K) - William Friedkin (Estados Unidos)

‘ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH’ - Tso Nam Lee (Hong Kong)

‘LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER’ - Ryland Brickson Cole Tews (Estados Unidos)

‘PSYCHIC VISION: JAGANREI’ - Teruyoshi Ishii (Japón)

‘KING KONG’ (1933) - Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack (Estados Unidos)

‘EL HOMBRE DE MIMBRE’ (THE WICKER MAN) (4K) - Robin Hardy (Reino Unido/Irlanda del Norte)

‘LA MÁSCARA DEL DEMONIO’ - Lamberto Bava (Italia)

‘DRAGON LIVES AGAIN’ - Chi Chih Lo (Hong Kong)

‘MUNDO CANÍBAL, MUNDO SALVAJE’ - Ruggero Deodato (Italia)

‘THE RAID’ - Gareth Evans (Indonesia)

‘STAR TREK – THE MOTION PICTURE – THE DIRECTOR’S CUT’ - Robert Wise (Estados Unidos)

‘SIESTA’ - Mary Lambert (Estados Unidos)

Sitges Documenta

‘A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE’ - Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak (Estados Unidos)

‘DARIO ARGENTO PANICO’ (4K) - Simone Scafidi (Reino Unido/Irlanda del Norte)

‘DREAM TIME’ - Claudio Lattanzi (Italia)

‘ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE’ - David Gregory (Estados Unidos)

‘KAIDAN. STRANGE STORIES OF JAPANESE GHOSTS’ - Yves Montmayeur (Francia)

‘KIM’S VIDEO’ (4K) - David Redmon, Ashley Sabin (Estados Unidos)

‘LIVING WITH CHUCKY’ - Kyra Elise Gardner (Estados Unidos)

‘LOCH NESS: THEY CREATED A MONSTER’ - John MacLaverty (Reino Unido)

‘MUJERES SIN CENSURA’ - Eva Vizcarra (España)

‘OTRA PELÍCULA MALDITA’ - Alberto Fasce (Argentina)

‘THE HISTORY OF METAL AND HORROR’ - Mike Schiff (Estados Unidos)

‘SATAN WANTS YOU’ - Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams, Sean Horlor (Canadá)

‘SHARKSPLOITATION’ - Stephen Scarlata (Estados Unidos)

‘SPOOKTACULAR!’ - Quinn Monahan (Estados Unidos)

‘THE DARK SIDE OF SOCIETY’ - Larry Wade Carrell (Estados Unidos)

‘THE J-HORROR VIRUS’ - Sarah Appleton, Jasper Sharp (Japón, Reino Unido)

‘UN MILLÓN DE ZOMBIES: LA HISTORIA DE PLAGA ZOMBIE’ - Nicanor Loreti, Camilo de Cabo (Argentina)

‘YOU CAN CALL ME BILL’ - Alexandre O. Philippe (Estados Unidos)

Retrospectiva - Ciudad Pánico

‘AMENAZA EN LA SOMBRA’ - Nicolas Roeg (Reino Unido)

‘HOLLYWOOD 90028’ (4K) - Christina Hornisher (Estados Unidos)

‘PÁJAROS DE CIUDAD’ - Jose María Sánchez Álvaro (España/Italia)

‘EL ALMUERZO DESNUDO’ (4K) - David Cronenberg (Canadá/Reino Unido)

‘LA CASA SIN FRONTERAS’ - Pedro Olea (España)

‘GOD TOLD ME TO’ - Larry Cohen (Estados Unidos)

‘LOS ÚLTIMOS DÍAS’ - Àlex Pastor, David Pastor (España) 

Midnight X-Treme

‘ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD’ - Cooper Roberts (Estados Unidos)

‘KILL’ - Nikhil Nagest Bhat (India)

‘MAD CATS’ - Reiki Tsuno (Japón)

‘OS REVIENTO’ - Kike Narcea (España)

‘THE WELL’ - Federico Zampaglione (Italia)

‘THE WRATH OF BECKY’ - Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote (Estados Unidos)

‘TRIGGERED’ - Richard V. Somes (Filipinas)

‘WE ARE ZOMBIES’- François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell (Canadá)

‘WINNIE THE POOH: MIEL Y SANGRE’ - Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Reino Unido)

Brigadoon

‘IL BOSS’ - Fernando Di Leo (Italia)

‘OTRA PELÍCULA MALDITA’ - Alberto Fasce & Mario Varela (Argentina)

‘ALGUIEN TE ESTÁ MIRANDO’ -Gustavo Cova & Horacio Maldonado (Argentina)

‘AUXILIO’ - Tamae Garateguy (Argentina)

‘UN MILLÓN DE ZOMBIES: LA HISTORIA DE PLAGA ZOMBIE’ - Nicanor Loretti & Camilo de Cabo (Argentina)

‘PLAGA ZOMBIE’ - Pablo Parés & Hernán Sáez (Argentina)

‘LA DAMA ROJA MATA SIETE VECES’ - Emilio P. Miraglia (Italia)

‘THORNS’ - Douglas Schulze (Estados Unidos)

‘SHARKSPLOITATION’ - Stephen Scarlata (Estados Unidos)

‘MONSTER HEAVEN: GHOST HERO’ - Makoto Tezuka (Japón)

‘CUT AND RUN’ - Ruggero Deodato (Italia)

‘MUJERES SIN CENSURA’- Eva Vizcarra (España)

‘TAKE A HARD RIDE (POR LA SENDA MÁS DURA)’- Antonio Margheriti (Italia)

‘MARIA’S STOMACH’- Hideyuki Hirayama (Japón)

‘LOS INVASORES DEL ABISMO’ - Ruggero Deodato (Italia)

‘TINTORERA’ - René Cardona Jr (México)

‘ALLA RICERCA DEL PIACERE’ - Silvio Amadio (Italia)

‘SAMURAI NINJA ONIMANJI’ - Yoshihiro Nishimura (Japón)

‘TIBURÓN 3 - L’ULTIMO SQUALO’ - Enzo G. Castellari (Italia)

‘DOOR’ - Benmei Takahashi (Japón)

‘MILÁN CALIBRE 9 (MILANO CALIBRO 9)’ -Fernando di Leo (Italia)

‘BLOOD SUCKING TREE’ - Shunji Iwai, Masaharu Ota & Akira Yoneta (Japón)

‘EL PANTANO DE LOS CUERVOS’ - Manuel Caño (España)

‘THE DARKSIDE OF SOCIETY’ - Larry Wade Carrell (Estados Unidos)

‘MARIA’ - Gabriel Grieco & Nicanor Loreti (Argentina)

‘LA VENGANZA DE LA MOMIA’ -Carlos Aured (España)

‘IL MUSEO DEGLI ORRORI DI DARIO ARGENTO’ - Luigi Cozzi (Italia)

‘THE BARN PART II’- Justin M. Seaman (Estados Unidos)

‘OLDBOY’ - Park Chan-Wook (Corea del Sur)

‘LA TARÁNTULA DEL VIENTRE NEGRO’ - Paolo Cavara (Italia)

‘SANTO CONTRA LOS ZOMBIES’ - Benito Alazraki (México)

‘HUMANOID PUPPET’ - Hidehiro Ito (Japón)

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[kyotokimono]

Japan’s Manhole Cover Celebration

Although the festival celebrating Japan’s amazing manhole covers ended on February 3rd, there is still an exhibition open until February 24, 2019.  The exhibition located on the 7th floor of Tokyu Hands Shinjuku features manhole cover goods and collectibles such as sweet treats and doormats. 

Click here to read more.

[captainofthedauntless]

Icicle Fingers

2012 Leonardo x Reader blurb

Info + Warnings: Set during Christmas. No gendered language, pronouns, or Y.N used for Reader.

Commentary: Wanted to explore a happy, playful, relaxed Leo. Set post S5 (not including the finale.)

Leo, in an attempt to be a gentleman, was waiting by the ladder when you slipped through the manhole above. Given the blinding daylight that announced your arrival, waiting there was the closest he could get to picking you up from your apartment and walking you to the Hamatos' home; it was his way of being polite.

It had nothing to do with the fact that he wanted a few moments alone before the festivities properly kicked off.

…Probably.

"Hey there," he called warmly, pushing off of the wall he'd been leaning on. He moved to the side of the ladder, subtly bracing himself to leap into action should you slip. "How was the walk?"

"Cold. Speaking of-" you reached the bottom, feet on solid ground, and Leo felt the tension drain from his shoulders- "why aren't you under a heater? I know the way to the lair by now, you know."

He chuckled, reaching out to take some of the gift bags you had hanging from your arm.

"Hey, hey-" you started nervously, shifting backward to dodge Leo's extended hands. "I know those are icicle fingers- don't you dare-"

Not his original plan, but since you brought it up… "Look out," he warned playfully, voice low, "gonna back yourself into a corner."

"You wish."

He darted forwards and grabbed for your waist; predictably, you leaped to his right, and he smoothly twisted on his heel and caught you before you could make a break for it.

You shrieked as he tugged you to his plastron, tucking his face into your neck and nuzzling in as you laughed over the rattling noise from the bags.

"Caught you."

"Yeah, yeah, very fancy- Leonardo!" His winter-chilled fingers slid up under your layers, pressing to your torso and making you squirm in his arms. "You frozen basta-"

"Language!" he reprimanded, grinning into your shoulder. "It's Christmas."

You twisted to catch his eye with an incredulous look. "Says the guy freezing me!"

"No vulgarity required for that, thank you."

"What happened to peace on Earth? Good will towards men?"

"My hands were cold," he murmured, pressing a kiss to your jaw. "And really, since you have the luxury of being warm-blooded, you're the one that should be considering goodwill."

"I'll show you goodwill," you grumbled. "You're getting two mittens- stuffed with coal."

"Now that's the spirit."

You wriggled again. This time he loosened his grip, standing up straight as you turned in his arms to face him.

Your playful glare didn't last long, replaced by a soft smile that made his heart swell as you reached up and twirled the tails of his mask between your fingers. "Hey."

"Hey," he leaned forwards again, dropping his eyes from yours to the fingers tangled in his mask resting on his shoulder. He brushed his lips against your fingertips. "You look amazing, by the way."

"So do you," you mumbled. "Are those new wrist wraps?"

"Yeah, actually. April gave us our gift early."

"They make you look even more handsome than usual."

He smiled bashfully, looking back up to meet your gaze. "Thank you."

You pressed your lips to his briefly before stepping back, sliding out of his arms. "C'mon, fearless," you wrapped an arm around one of his, "let's get going before someone thinks you got yourself kidnapped. Again."

[raainy-daze]

The Problem With Pumpkins and Sewers

halloween special !

rottmnt mikey x gn!reader

summary: you and mikey are doing some early pumpkin carving.

word count: 1120

a/n: i don’t know why this one was so hard to write??? i had the entire first quarter of a different thing written out, but then i had to scrap it, and this is what appeared from me trying to put something together. happy halloween, hope this is still decent!

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Ah, October, the month of spooks and scares. There was a chill in the air, and festivities had begun.

Fun fact, dragging pumpkins down into the sewers is actually kind of a nightmare. Who would’ve guessed? Not you, with your insanely poor planning. You had spent a good five minutes glaring down the manhole, trying to figure out how to get down without breaking a pumpkin or a limb. You thought about calling the guys, but you had too much self-worth to consider it for more than a few minutes.

After several minutes of trial and error, however, you’d finally made it! You were a bit scraped up, but hey, mission accomplished! You absolutely were not volunteering yourself for pumpkin transportation next year, though. You got lucky this time, but you didn’t want to count on that luck twice.

“HEY! SOMEONE TAKE THESE DAMN PUMPKINS OFF MY HANDS, OR I’M GOING TO SCREAM!”

“WHAT ARE YOU YELLING ABOUT?”

“Oh, sorry, Splinter!” You smiled sheepishly at the rat, who you took it was napping prior to your arrival.

“You’ve got the pumpkins?” Mikey caught you off guard, popping up behind you from seemingly nowhere. You dropped a pumpkin, and nearly panicked for a second, but Mikey caught it.

Mikey set his pumpkin down on the table, and you followed suit. Mikey turned to smile at you, but said smile almost immediately dropped. “What happened?” He grabbed your hand, which was scraped up as a result of what could only be described as your scramble down the manhole.

“What do you think?” You raised an eyebrow. “I am never trying that again, for the record. It’s a hard enough trip to make with just a backpack.”

“Hang on, we have some bandaids somewhere!”

“Oh, no, I’m fine-“ Mikey had already vanished. You sighed and accepted it, walking over to the sink to wash the scrape.

“Well, well, well, what’s going on here?” You looked up to see Leo had wandered in. “I heard yelling earlier.”

“Mikey and I are carving pumpkins.”

“You’re carving pumpkins? I thought we were all going to do that together!”

“We are. It’s still too early in the month to have pumpkins last until Halloween, we’re going to do it all together later. Mikey and I are doing early decorative pumpkins.”

“(Y/N),” Leonardo narrowed his eyes, “all jack o’ lanterns are decorative.”

“That’s beside the point.” You stuck out your tongue. “Also, I already got injured taking two down here.” You held up your limp hand to emphasize (even if the limpness was an over exaggeration on your part).

“I found the bandaids!” Mikey reappeared, waving the box of aforementioned bandaids.

“Thanks, Mikey.”

Mikey sat down next to you, pretty much ignoring his brother.

“You two are a couple of bastards, you know that?”

“I’m gonna take that as a compliment.”

Leo rolled his eyes and started walking away, waving his hand dismissively. “Well, I guess I’ll be getting out of your hair.”

“Good riddance!”

“Wow, I was just going to say goodbye, you jerks!”

And Leo was gone. Mikey had already fished and bandage out of the box, holding your hand close so that he could apply it.

“Aaand- there!”

Mikey pressed a kiss over top of the bandaid, making you giggle. “Are we carving pumpkins or not?”

“Right!” Mikey reached for a set of knives he’d left out - seeing him grin as he held a knife out to you wasn’t disturbing at all! - and you set off to cutting open the top of your pumpkin.

Fifteen minutes later, you were scooping out the seeds to hollow out the pumpkin. Most went straight into the trashcan you’d dragged over, but occasionally one of you would set a couple aside on a set of paper towels you’d laid out for Raph and Splinter, who according to Mikey, were the type to eat pumpkin seeds.

“So, what are you going to do with yours?” You asked.

“I’m gonna make it a cat.” Mikey grinned. That certainly sounded on brand. “What about you?”

You shrugged. “Nothing fancy. Just found a reference on Google.”

Mikey nodded. “Classic?”

“Yeah, you could say that.”

You heard footsteps coming in from the lab. You didn’t bother looking up, only one person hung around in the lab. “Hey, Donnie.”

“Hey, (Y/N)- OH MY GOD THEY HAVE A KNIFE!”

“Yes, we have knives. We’re gonna use them on your robots.” You looked up at Donnie, who was only just noticing the pumpkins.

“Okay, that’s a great way to get electrocuted.” Donnie shuffled past the two of you, still watching the knives (overdramatic, much?). “I need more coffee.”

“It’s the middle of the afternoon.”

“Oh, believe me, he doesn’t care,” Mikey said.

You sighed before grabbing your phone. You had saved a photo of what you were going to carve, and you thought you had made it to that stage. There were a couple seeds left inside, but they were stuck, and you didn’t want to bother with it anymore.

“Ooo, that looks cool!” Mikey looked at your reference as he shoveled the last of his pumpkins seeds in the trash.

“Let’s just hope I don't mess it up.” You carefully aligned your knife where you wanted the eye to be.

“I believe in you! But don’t cut yourself again please.”

“I will not cut myself.” It was more an affirmation than anything else.

Over the next hour, you and Mikey worked hard on your jack o’ lanterns. You made a few mistakes here and there, but overall it went well by your standards. Mikey’s, of course, was unreasonably well done for just a cat, but that’s the way things go. Every so often, one of his brothers would interrupt the process, but that was to be expected.

When you were both finished, you lit a couple candles and gently placed them inside, and set the top back on. You stepped back to admire your handiwork.

“Early pumpkin carving success!” Mikey cheered.

“Success, indeed. But I feel like mine’s missing something.” You narrowed your eyes, thinking.

“… A nose, maybe?”

“Crap.” You picked your knife back up, and hastily carved a triangle out of the middle. “Okay, now it’s done.” You turned to Mikey, who was hiding his laughter rather badly.

“Well, what do we do with these now? Where are we putting them?”

“I think they should go in your apartment.”

“What?”

“That way, you can have some Halloween cheer at your place! We’re going to have a bunch in the lair in a few weeks, anyway.” He smiled at you.

You took in a deep breath.

“Michelangelo Hamato. If you think I am dragging those back up the manhole. You are SORELY MISTAKEN-“

[thesuitelife547]

B1A4, OMG, ONF Google Drive Folders Masterlist (Updated December 6, 2022)

So if any of you have been on my Twitter, you may know that I have (a lot of) Google Drive folders holding different performances that I’ve subbed for B1A4, OMG, and ONF and this here is the Masterlist for them having the links to the folders and describing what they all contain. 

If anyone has any questions, feel free to reach out because I know this is a lot of stuff and it may be hard to find things. The only folder that doesn’t specifically have what’s in it is the Special Folder. But the first section is all of the live performances and then the second consists of the subbed videos that I have and that are uploaded.

I’ll be updating this from time to time, too, so this isn’t the final list and I don’t think it ever will be.

But let me know if you have any questions. Thanks to everyone and enjoy!

- Marisa

MUSIC

B1A4 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cBfcm1GTR8RJAkG-CrxvMviAJLowLIbS Japanese albums (3, 4), Do You Remember, Follow Me, Listen to the B1A4, Japanese MV (Happy Days & You and I), Road Trip, Traffic Safety Song, Chu Chu Chu (Japanese), Immortal Songs 2 (It Will Pass, Like A Dandelion Spore, The Flight), The First Day She Cried, Smart Campaign Song, SBS Hope TV Logo Song, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15bTrPL772g-VfFpS8G1jo7nYpWg4DVTp The Class, BABA B1A4, Amazing Store, JYP Party People, Japan Showcase Live 2011 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q5_AtPhJAOZM2nRvG3HZvi5JH35wDzRR Baby I’m Sorry, Beautiful Target, Duet Festival, OK, Rollin’, Sugar Man, Sweet Girl, What’s Going On https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VIUtCPfey2EEr2nhnkn4h89jKy3758vh A Lie, Baby Goodnight, Mask King, Solo Day, Tried to Walk, 10 Years Later (Guerilla Concert), A Glass of water [Inkigayo & Music Bank], DMZ Special Stage, Lonely & Solo Day [MBC Gayo, Seoul Music Awards], FM Date, Solo Day & If Snow Comes [SBS Gayo], Together [Comeback Showcase], You Are A Girl I Am A Boy [Inkigayo, Music Core] https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bcZq2cD8mHdU_eazLp4Yc9iFzvLpflL0?usp=sharing Japanese Albums (1, 2, 5), 1000 Song Challenge (Bounce, By Chance, Confession, I Hate, I Must’ve Loved You, Love’s Battery, Lying on the Ocean, Night of the Moon, Only, Yellow Handkerchief, Young You), Immortal Songs 2 (Dance with DOC, Do You Know Rosie, Forgotten Season, In Case You Don’t Come, In Your Arms, Older Sister, One Love, One Ticket, Rain Falling in Myeongdong, Unconditionally, White Love), Japanese Singles B-Sides (BANA Day, Colorful, Drive, Fly Away, Glass of Water, If…, Ready To Go, Who Am I), Lonely, MV (Sunshine, White Miracle, With You, The Way To Find Love [Cinderella and the Four Knights], No Problem [Smart Prison Playbook], One More Step [Introverted Boss], Other World [Bad Guys], Tell Me [Manhole], The Day We Fall In Love), Only Learned Bad Things, Sandeul Solo Albums, ABC Song [Line Song], KBS Gayo Special Stages, Good Timing [Comeback Showcase, The Show], Here I Am [Lovely Horribly], In A Dream [Comeback Showcase, Kiss the Radio, Show Champion], Intuition [MCountdown], It’s Christmas [Haeyo TV], Lingering Inside of Me [The Tale of Noku], Love Then [Haeyo TV, Show Champion], Nothing Better [Sketchbook], Perhaps [Simsimtapa], Prince of the Sea [MBC Gayo], Road [Golden Disk Awards], Star [I Need Love], Stay As You Are [Haeyo TV], The Place Where You Should Be [Music Core], This Time is Over [Haeyo TV], Winter Story & White Christmas [Music Core], With You [Open Concert, Reply 1994 Music Special] https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18ezSSQ96Mq9cgcJVE9U9Bg9OXFTQj48m?usp=sharing Origine, Origine Comeback Showcase, Adult Diary [Start Up], B1A4 2017 Japan Tour ‘Be The One’ (17.06.16), Timing [Music Bank], Timing MV, Pick Up, Blue Whale [Kiss Episode 3] (19.03.19), The Love of Fingertips MV, Oppa MV

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RmO0jkWzjf_83jiMr0tWn3BjDe8ahI4C?usp=share_link

Special Folder [Raw] https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qVF0f3A15Zdts5lEEIOqUv-x20Yf11Pc?usp=sharing Special Folder OH MY GIRL https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jQk4pYiSWp29PrSt4eb_mlgOk_pyh1Rq?usp=sharing Banana Allergy Monkey, Coloring Book, Oh My Girl, OST (Fluttering Footsteps, I Know, Sarr), Pink Ocean, Secret Garden, The Fifth Season, Echo [Remember Me Showcase], Eternally, Listen to My Word [MCountdown], Walking With (feat. Sandeul) [Girl Spirit] ONF https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z40a0KYH-WhJwGjRxf7lY1OPeigTzGxx?usp=sharing ON/OFF, ON/OFF First Showcase, Complete, Complete Second Showcase, OST (Not A Sad Song, Your Day), ON/OFF Japanese Single, Complete Japanese Single https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LH_OtNhAP84ErXL0TI2cLygTPX24BQM2?usp=sharing We Must Love, Go Live, Go Live Showcase, New World [Road to Kingdom], Spin Off, ONF: My Name, ONF: My Name Showcase, MK’s Soundcloud (You’re My Muse)

SHOWS

B1A4

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18RNNiAKZA_dzlXDD4Dz6_JvarndpSu4q?usp=share_link

BABA B1A4, Celebrity Bromance, Crime Scene, D+B1A4, I Need Romance, God of Music 2, Pikicast Episode 5 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-7Dztpvuz27rwrBzmjTpc6uEzikOelZH?usp=share_link

MTV Diary, PC Room Attack, 3 Minute Boyfriend [SNL], Dingo Test, 10th Anniversary - Road, Tei’s Dreaming Radio Clip (16.12.06), Bingo Talk [The Show] (16.12.06), Secretly, Greatly (16.12.11), Section TV (16.12.04), Snack MBTI, B1A4 x Javisi, Music Bank Stardust (16.10.05), Sandeul 1st Mini Album Music Documentary, Show Champion (16.12.27), The Kolor (20.10.22), Today, Too, You’ve Worked Hard Episode 12

ONF

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DehBbdwFwvXOgWqCujq1kDij4GkiUanU?usp=share_link

On The Run, Blind Date with ONF, The Kolor (20.12.03)

[kenziedrawz]

PRISM Summarized - SEASON 1 ARC 4 {SEASON FINALE}

HOO BOY, Season finale time! and it's also the arc in which one of my favourite villains are introduced! Also, it's very, VERY long. idk how much words exactly but probably over 1k

It's been almost a month since the Music festival, not much has happened since Headphones was almost sacrificed( or at least presumably was going to be sacrificed), well, not much the Squidbeak have heard of anyways. Headphones had recently been released from hospital, and with good news as well. The nurses reckon that all the people who were found in the metro should be all healed up in the next few weeks.

It's a joyous moment and yet still a fleeting one as Goggles realizes that a few people are missing from the square, he assumes that most of them could have slept in, but begins to dismiss his theory as he realizes who exactly is missing. Those people being Straw-hat, Octoglasses, Forge, Full-Moon Glasses, Stealth, N-Pacer, Half-rims and Omega.

Goggles get's called in to go to Octo Canyon so he quickly departs from his conversation with headphones saying he forgot to do something. So Goggles heads off to Octo canyon, meeting up with Prince at the manhole and going in together. However, they are unknowingly trailed.

At Octo canyon, most of the agents are freaking out, Hachi, Callie and Marie are trying their best to calm everyone down, whilst Agent 3.3 watches from the side-lines, alongside the familiar face of Ghost. After everyone is mostly calmed down the senior agents finally tell the group what they were called here for.

First and Foremost, new outfits! designed and made with help from Ghost!

((Currently not in colour, yet.))

After the outfits are given out Rider brings up the current dilemma of the People who have gone missing. At this point is where Agent 3.3 speaks up, speculating that they may have been taken to the Prism Isles, but that's only due to having received a low-quality emergency signal from there.

During the discussion Ghost cuts in and points out that she thought that there were only seven people that were supposed to arrive at Octo Canyon and not eleven. This immediately puts everyone on guard, weapons are drawn and intruders are demanded to reveal themselves.

The intruders then proceed to reveal themselves, turning out to be the rest of the S4 and Emperor. So, after a tense few moments Prince decides to break the tension and explain things in the best way that he can. After the explanation, Callie and Marie decide that it would be best if the four were made temporary agents, so they don't get a number.

Eventually, the gang heads off for Coloria ferry port to catch a boat to the Prism Isles, as that is the only way to get there. Once they get to Coloria, they find their way through the large crowds and get to the ferry port, buying their tickets and getting onto the boat.

The ride to the Prism isles is filled with banter of most kinds, cheerful banter, worrisome banter and some complaining banter. Although a problem arises when they almost get to the Prism Isles when the boat is suddenly attacked and everyone is sent flying in different directions. Luckily, all of them manage to land on one of the Prism isles' islands.

On the first island, Vintage awakes, seemingly alone. Not long after waking up he notices that, he is in fact, not alone and surrounded by weird ink creatures that look like ocean creatures, and they are very hostile. There are far too many to fight off so Vintage does what any smart person would do. Attempt to fight them before realising you can't defeat them.

So Vintage proceeds to get the hell out of wherever he is and pray that none of the creatures follow him, some do and attempt to corner him, but they get shot down. Vintage finally takes a moment to catch his breath before the communicators come back online.

As it turns out, everyone had been in a mostly similar situation. Once they all clarify what all their surroundings are, everyone decides that it would be best to simply just recon the islands for now.

So a tad bit more filler stuff later and we get back on track to finding out what the hell is going on.

Vintage makes it to what seems to be a boss arena, to where he encounters the first of many foes in this arc, a Prisma sea serpent. Vintage ends up making use of his X-zone ability a lot in this fight to keep up with the snakes own speed and agility. The over-use of the ability leaving him tired.

After the snake is defeated, a sort of orb-shaped ghost-like thing pops out of it, circles around Vintage for a few moments and then going into his chest, the moment it enters his chest all of the wounds Vintage may of had from the battle are healed.

This mysterious healing, however, does not cure his what was presumed to be tiredness, but actually exhaustion. So Vintage passes out on the spot. However, by chance a cloaked figure had been watching Vintage fight the snake.

When Vintage awakens again, he's still on the ground, but now being stared at by the cloaked figure. After some prolonged eye contact the silence is broken via Marie tuning in on the group radio. The cloaked figure and Vintage jump back away from each other, Vintage then proceeds to Inform Marie about this cloaked person.

The agents ( + Ghost) back at Octo canyon finally get their video link working so they can see what the hell is going on over at the Isles. They immediately tune into the stand-off between Vintage and the Cloaked person. Almost immediately after tuning in, 3.3 notices the Kanji for the number 3 engraved onto the hood of the cloak. Calling out for there to be a stop to the battle and for vintage to put her on loud speaker.

3.3 calls out to the cloaked figure, saying that they had to be the previous Agent 3. The cloaked figure, stunned for a brief moment, hesitates before responding that they are indeed Agent 3. Taking off their hood to reveal shimmering blue tentacles. Agent 3 asks what's happened in the long time she had been gone, because clearly, a lot happened.

Agent 3 is then caught up on the whole story thus far, once they get to the current situation Agent 3 remarks that she had come to the Prism Isles not too long ago to chase down an old nemesis, theorising that the two issues were related and that this old nemesis of hers could be behind the recent disappearances, In order to confirm it, Agent 3 asks if the people who disappeared were Prisma Inklings, this is where Prisma Inklings get explained.

Prisma inklings are inklings born with an abundance of color, so much so that it gives them an extra ink sac filled with ink that has a heavy color concentration mixed in with it. This causes the ink to become more powerful than regular ink, maybe even a bit magical. Prisma Inklings are usually slightly different in appearance to regular inklings.

The group figure out that it's most likely the case that they were all Prisma Inklings, and that they were taken by 3's old nemesis. After this conclusion, Ghost tunes in and states that there can't be two agent 3s, Agent 3 hears this and decides to simply have everyone call her by her name, Azure.

Whilst Vintage and Azure try to figure out what the hell is going on we switch POV's from those two to some of the other members of the Squidbeak Splatoon. Specifically Prince, who got stuck on an island alone, on this island, it seems to be under the control of a being calling it's self Queen, which appears as a large abstract humanoid Ink-monster.

Prince eventually has to fight against Queen, he ends up winning the fight just barely, the Inky body of Queen disappears and leaving in it's place is N-Pacer, and another one of the ghost orbs, the orb goes into Prince's just and he get's healed, just like what happened with Vintage. Speaking of Vintage, after Prince beats Queen he and Azure show up on the Island Prince is on.

After hearing what happened with Prince and filling the group in on it, Azure speculates that her old Nemesis could be using their kidnapped friends in order to lock away the Color Spirits, the guardians of the Prism Isles. But as for why they would choose to go into Prince and Vintage? She's stumped on that part.

Azure leads the small group (with N-pacer having to be carried due to being passed out.) Back to the Island on which Vintage was sent to at the beginning, having made it their temporary base of operations on the Prism Isles.

So now the group are focusing on getting to the other members of the Squidbeak Splatoon in order to help them fight and rescue their friends. Here's how they all go down, basically.

Skull vs Soldier ( Forge)

All Skull had to do in the fight was keep Soldier in his, and keep himself out of hers, but he also had to deal with the pre-set bombs around the battlefield. As the battle progresses, Soldier begins to use more weapons and specials. In phase 1 Soldier only uses one Rapid Blaster and Suction bombs, Phase 2 has her using two rapid blasters, a mix of burst bombs and suction bombs and the occasional sting ray. On phase 3 a splashdown attack is incorporated into the fight. After a little(read: a lot) struggle, Soldier finally goes down and Forge is saved.

Army and Gloves vs Spy ( Stealth Goggles)

This fight isn't really all that special, it's main gimmick is that fact that Spy is like a chameleon and can blend into the surroundings. This camouflage ability is used mostly for sneak attacks. For phase 1 Spy uses a knife to fight. for phase 2 the knife is discarded and switched out for two Jet squelchers, and for the final phase, Toxic mist and Tenta-missles are incorporated into the fight, eventually Spy goes down and Stealth Goggles is saved.

Aloha and Hachi vs Sorceress ( Full-Moon Glasses)

For the fight against Sorceress, it was a bit more complicated. In phase one Aloha and Hachi had to continuously dodge balls of exploding ink coming from Sorceress' wand. On the next phase ink pillars are added into the mix as the two hero's begin to focus on trying to break the wand. For the third phase Aloha and Hachi have to scale a tall tower filled with traps in order to get to the top to deal the final blow against Sorceress and save Full-Moon Glasses.

Goggles and Mask vs Sniper ( Half-rims)

The fight against Sniper is, well, difficult, due to the two people who are fighting Sniper being, well, Mask and Goggles. This fight works a lot like the Octo Shower fight, with the two having to make use of grind rails and platforms that are scattered around the battlefield. In order to progress the fight and damage Sniper, they have to take out the winged ink creatures holding up the platform Sniper is using to snipe out the two. The winged creatures increase in number for phase 2, and gain a speed boost in phase 3, and after the long battle, Half-rims is saved.

Emperor and Rider vs Siren ( Octoglasses and Straw-hat)

This fight mostly plays out like the SAYU fight from no-straight roads. For the first part, Siren is out of the two's range. In order to bring Siren down for the next phase, they use and ink cannon. For the second phase Siren is within their range now so they can use their weapons, once Sirens core is exposed the ink cannons are used once again, but this time it's fire Emperor through Siren in order to end the fight via taking what's powering the body. However this launches phase 3, in which Siren is furious and Rider and Emperor are somewhat confused, yet also fighting for their lives along with the weight of one passed out inkling. Eventually, Siren goes down for the count and both Octoglasses and Straw-hat are saved.

In each battle, after it's won a non-temporary member of the Squidbeak Splatoon gets a Color spirit yeeted into their body and their wounds healed. This only changes a bit after the fight again Siren, in which there are Two color spirits released and one goes into Emperor, the other obviously going into Rider.( Foreshadowing? maybe)

After all the Color Spirits are saved a Giant, purple crystal Castle rises from the sea, and since there are no more Islands, that has to be where Omega is being kept.

So the group begins to prepare to enter the castle, Aloha, Mask and Army stay behind via the suggestion of Azure in order to make sure that the rescued people aren't attacked or kidnapped again.

So, now they're all inside the castle, it's very big and has a lot of pathways. Ghost says that she's getting life signals further on in the palace, however one of the signals is very low almost reaching critical levels. This prompts the group to hurry. Azure rushes on ahead, saying that the others can catch up with her later.

Eventually, they get to the throne room of the large castle. Azure is kneeling on the ground, clutching her side whilst royal blue ink marbled with red leaks from where she's holding, surrounding her were shattered blue crystals. further on in the room, someone sits upon a throne, presumably the mastermind behind the kidnapping and monster-fication of their friends, Azure's Nemesis.

Upon noticing the group, Azure's nemesis laughed a bit, before introducing her self as Queen Amethyst. Azure calls out that she is no queen and promptly get knocked into a wall by a giant crystal shooting out of the ground. Amethyst remarks about how Azure was stupid and weak.

{{ " Honestly Azure, you need to learn your place. We are fundamentally the same but your own stupidity of siding with these... nuisances. You deserve to be thrown in at the bottom of the ladder of superiority alongside both Inklings and Octarians." }}

Amethyst is once again interrupted, this time by Vintage demanding to know where Omega was, Amethyst said nothing as more light spilled into the large room, and then, she spoke.

{{{ " Why not see for yourself?" }}

So yeah, not good. Vintage is first, in pure shock, as he should be, and as Amethyst begins to explain what exactly is happening to Omega right now his anger is only fuelled.

So basically, what's happening to Omega is that her ink is being directly drained from her Prisma ink sac, and yes, Omega is a Prisma Inkling, specifically a pure Prisma Inkling. And since in this au Omega and Vintage are siblings( tbh I headcanon them as siblings in general.) that means that Vintage is also a Prisma Inkling. So what's being drained from Omega is pure prisma ink. As for why the others weren't getting drained, it's because they were Prisma Inklings, but not Pure Prisma Inklings.

Shortly after Amethyst finishes her short explanation, Vintage zooms in to attack, starting the fight.

For the first phase of the fight, Amethyst has an advantage due to being able to create purple crystals out of seemingly thin air. These crystals are used to block attacks and to attack. Prince and Hachi move Azure to safety before joining in the fight alongside the others.

about halfway through phase 1, Hachi gets the idea of maybe, un-hooking Omega from the draining device, so he, Skull, and Emperor work on that whilst everyone else continues to fight and distract Amethyst to keep her eyes away from Omega. Eventually they manage to get Omega out of the draining device by disconnecting the tube from her prisma ink sac, but this gets Amethyst's attention, then she attempts to attack the trio. But then Vintage decides to throw his modified Ball-point Splattling at her. Which proceeds to get her attention again, but unfortunately the weapon breaks upon impact.

This starts the second phase of the battle, in which Amethyst decides that enough is enough and gets the pure prisma ink that she drained from Omega, and proceeds to drink it, but before she drinks it, she gives out another short speech-like statement about what she's going to do.

{{ " You see, I am a Gemopod, though I doubt you even know what that even is. tsk, typical. Well then, we Gemopods can create crystals out of our own ink. And when a Gemopod consumes pure Prisma Ink, they get unlimited power! Ahaha~ Think yourselves lucky that you will meet your end to such a powerful being!" }}

Her body then begins to contort and melt into a mass of inky purple crystals, Changing in both size and shape whilst still looking like Amethyst, and yet not Amethyst at the same time. It's eyes and mouth glowed a bright white light from within.

After her transformation, Amethyst goes all out in attacking the Squidbeak, mainly targeting Vintage because well, he has no weapon. During this portion of the fight, Vintage has to use X-zone in order to be able to damage Amethyst at all. However even that proves to not be enough as Amethyst manages to grab Vintage and throw him to the ground, hard.

Vintage blacks out for a mere moment, then, the darkness is replaced with that of a garden atop a hill, on the hill there is a singular tree, a fancy white table. Sitting at the fancy white table, was an inkling? Octoling? It was hard to tell. Vintage was also sitting at the table, and was offered some kind of... fruit?

{{ " It seems that you have fallen in battle." A voice echoed. " But it is not your fate to fall here, your opponent has cheated her destiny, taking what is not hers. But here, within this fruit, lies a power which you can use to bring her down, and save the Prism Isles and all who dwell beyond them." }}

And so, Vintage takes the fruit, because the only thing on his mind right now is the desire to kick Amethyst's ass into the next century, and if this strange ass fruit can help him do that then so be it.

The moment he bites into the fruit he feels a power surge through his veins and explode through his back, adrenaline fuels him as he awakes into the battle. Long hands made from ink restrain Amethyst and pin her into the ground. Thus giving everyone a chance to full on wail on her body, Vintage dealing the final blow by flinging her into her own throne.

After the finishing blow, Amethyst reverts back to her regular self, heavily damaged. The castle begins to shake and crumble. If the Squidbeak didn't get out now then they would surely die. They don't bother to get Amethyst of anything, she would most likely drown within the water once the castle sinks.

The group manage to get back to the main island just in time for the castle to sink into the sea. Everyone heaves a sign of relief, not really registering that they might of just left someone to die. But that doesn't matter now, it can sink in later on the boat ride home because now everyone is waking up! yay!

It's an hours wait for the boat to arrive to take them all home, the Squidbeak take this oppertunity to try and question Vintage about what the fuck happened back in the throne room with the Ink arms and stuff, because they like, came from him, specifically his back. Vintage then proceeds to vaguely tell them about the strange mind fruit lady, and is about to say more when the boat arrives.

And guess what happens on the way back, the realisation that they literally just left Amethyst back at the castle, and she most likely died, but there's the possibility that she might not have died because she was presumably in the castle underwater for most of the adventure. Oh well, that's something to be paranoid about another day.

Once they all get back to Coloria, it's straight to the cod dam hospital time. Because hoo boy some people have some bad injuries. So everyone takes about a few days in the hospital to get better before they go back to Inkopolis. Aloha promises that once they are all better again that he's gonna throw one of the biggest parties he's ever thrown because, like, they deserve a good party to be honest.

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During the epilogue, another meeting is held between the older members of the Squidbeak Splatoon, this time to properly welcome Azure back. During the meeting, Azure brings up the Amethyst is still out in the world, most likely plotting her next scheme. This prompts 3.3 to also remember the Tar Armada and Priestess, Saying that some members of the Tar Armada and Priestess herself could also be out there. They all agree to deal with them when the time comes, ending the call.

Meanwhile, with Headphones, she awakens in the dead of night. Something is wrong, she just doesn't know what. Nervously, she enters her own bathroom and looks into the mirror, turning the light on. She can feel something under her bangs, so she moves them to the side. Being greeted by her own reflection with an eye upon her forehead where the strange plant liquid was poured.

And then it speaks, and she screams.