#nora productions

[howlingday]

Jaune: Thanks again for doing this with me, Nora.

Nora: Anything for you, Jauney~! But, uh, why did your mom want you to make bread with me again?

Jaune: I don't know. She just told me not to come back until we put a bun in your oven.

Nora: ...

Jaune: Which is weird that she'd want that since she's gluten-free, so it's not like she would eat it.

Nora: ...Jaune, allow me to introduce you to a little something called... "The sexy metaphor."

[avianconcept]

The Great Floozy Height Theory

So if there's one thing about me, it's that I love tiny nothing character trivia. Like hell yeah I wanna know their height, or star sign, or hometown. Something about it is just like catnip to me. If there's another thing about me, it's that I like puzzles.

So when Nora leaves this super neat set of details about the heights of the floozy line like she did in ch. 13, it's not really my fault that I get weird and scientific about figuring it out.

SO. brace yourselves. 

We’re gonna break this down into Known and Assumed info.

KNOWN

Jean is 6’1-6’2

Jeremy is four inches shorter, so 5’9-5’10

Cody is noticeably short 

Cat is taller than Laila (from that one line in tkm ch.16 where Laila says that Cat is too big for her to carry off the court) 

All of them, minus Jean, are under 6’0

ASSUMED 

We’re gonna use the high end of Jean and Jeremy’s heights for this, cause it gives us more range to work with (5’10 & 6’2) 

We’re gonna assume Cody is the shortest

With this in mind, gonna go person by person and break this down. 

PAT 

Pat’s probably the easiest guess on here. Based on this: 

We know he’s taller than Jeremy, and under 6’0, which puts him at 5’11ish?

CAT

Cat’s gonna be a straight up guess. There’s nothing that indicates how tall she is, unless we count Jean not commenting on her height as indication that she’s decently tall, for a woman. Hear me out, I think Jean “crusade against short people” Moreau might have said something if she was like. 5’1 or something. Based on this (flimsy) evidence and sheer vibes, we’re gonna say 5’8.

LAILA

Another straight up guess! If she’s shorter than Cat but also not noticeably tiny, maybe 5’5? Average height for a woman?? Idk my emotional support lesbians are a mystery to me. 

MIN

Finally, someone we have a clue about! 

Based on the incredibly scientific measurement of “half a head” (apparently the human head is nine inches tall?? wild) we’re going to take half of that off of Cat and say 5’4 or 5’5 for Min?

XAVIER 

The last of the Floozies we have evidence for.

If we're pretending Laila is 5’5, that also makes him 5’4/5’5? We’ll say 5’5 for argument’s sake. 

ANANYA 

No clues other than no Short Person Hate from Jean! Going with the vibes and saying shes also going to be kinda average for a woman. Maybe 5'5-5’7? 

CODY

The only thing we know about Cody is that like Neil, they’re another victim of Short Mom Syndrome. Jean describes them as short, and they call themself that, but are we talking twinyards short, or normal people short? Aaron being able to be a pretty solid backliner while being 5’0 tells us that its possible in exy to be that small and still play for a college team. But also, most would consider 5’4 short so???? Genuinely so curious what the answer is for Cody, I’m gonna laugh my ass off if they’re 5’0. We’ll go with…5’2? For now. 

SO. That comes out looking like this

Which. Actually so funny. There's about a foot between Jean and Cody. Absolute gold. If we get any other actual information in TSC 2&3, I think I'll come back and update this for funsies!!

[grandquest]

I did my first proper commission recently! Drawn for my ever-so-talented mutual @untamedeventuality, I was asked to design chibis of their characters Rosemary and Nora!

You can find these characters in Frey Nel, please give the demo a playthrough!! Updates are on the horizon :)

[rabbityfrogs]

theory time for knights of guinevere !!

if you haven't watched the teaser yet, go do that !! it is right here it is very good & funky !!!

ok now that you're back from watching it. hi ! i have been pondering & have come to possess inklings of a theory which i shall share with you now !! (i will warn afore you continue, 'tis rather long compared to normal post length from me) (Trigger Warning henceforth for mentions of medical experimentation, torture, & psychedelic substances)

so ! let's do a quick recap of the video first ! In the video, we see a princess sleeping in some pain, with various animals around her describing her as "dreaming." Until shown otherwise, I will work on the assumption that this princess is the Guinevere mentioned in the title Knights of Guinevere.

After an animal describes her as "dreaming," it cuts to a scene showing a robot in the same frame placement as the Guinevere, with the same colour of hair & proportions, who I will also assume is likely Guinevere. Two people have her strapped down in a machine, one of her feet is missing, & one of her arms is also missing, with tentacles oozing out of it the same colour as the blood around her. The machine is somewhat similar to a CT scanner in its design, & there is surgical equipment on a nearby table, so we can assume it is medical or medical-adjacent in purpose.

The bloodstains leading up to the machine & on the table of the machine, alongside the bar constricting her to the table, & her anger, likely mean she was taken here against her will. She escapes, & screams are heard that i assume are from both her, & people nearby

What we have so far is that Guinevere is a robot of some kind, receiving unwanted medical attention or experimentation of some kind, & lives concurrently in both an idyllic fantasy world, & a more harsh & real world. funky !!

but, this is not the only thing glitch has provided us. Before the teaser was released, they shared with us this image!

It depicts a picture of a brick wall, with various posters! Most are posters with Guinevere on them advertising how you can "Meet the Princess of Park Planet," but there is also a poster talking about a disease called Blue Lung, a poster with an image of fungi growing out of a veiny skull labeled STARSNUFF, & a keep out sign that is mostly off-screen. Also mostly off-screen is some graffiti

So ! What does this tell us first? Well, we now know that Guinevere is at an amusement or theme park of some kind called Park Planet, as either the main attraction, or a new attraction being heavily promoted! We also know that there is a disease called Blue Lung, & something called STARSNUFF, although it is unclear what STARSNUFF is

My immediate thought upon seeing the teaser & looking back at this image is that Knights of Guinevere may be partially inspired by Westworld, similar to how TADC is partially inspired by I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream!

For those who do not know what Westworld is, allow me a brief explanation! Westworld is a 1973 movie created by Michael Crichton, the same guy that made the Jurassic Park books ! In Westworld, there is a themepark called Delos with 3 main areas, a reconstruction of Pompeii, a reconstruction of a medieval/arthurian castle, & a reconstruction of a stereotypical wild west frontier town! These 3 areas are called Roman World, Medieval World, & West World respectively. Guests can visit these areas, & live as though they were in those times!

The main draw to Delos is not these reconstructions, but what staffs them: realistic robots! Rather than hire actors to act as characters, the park is filled with realistic robots that look & act like people from each time period, & guests can interact with them however they would like: talking to them, befriending them, killing them, having sexual encounters with them, &c. !

The park slowly experiences more and more problems, until the sentient robots rise up against the park guests & operators, attempting to kill all the humans in the park as revenge for the torture & constant death & resurrection they are forced to go through every single day.

So, what does this have to do with Knights of Guinevere? Well, like i said previously, i believe that Knights of Guinevere will be partially inspired by Westworld, particularly with Park Planet likely being similar to Delos, perhaps being a theme park & resort where guests can spend a day in King Arthur's Britain, living a medieval fantasy life, & meeting people like Arthur, Lancelot, &, of course, the princess Guinevere

But! There are still 2 more parts of this image that are important to look at, that being the poster for Blue Lung, & the poster for STARSNUFF !

Blue Lung is, as far as i am aware, not a real disease, although similar names have been used for stuff like bronchitis in the past. STARSNUFF could be a variety of things: a music group, an art installation, a political organization or movement, &c. But, what first came to my mind upon seeing the name & the imagery of mushrooms rising out of the top of a skull, was that it may be a psychedelic substance of some kind. (note: i have no experience with psychedelic substances, or really too much knowledge about them. i am working off of an understanding of them based purely off of general cultural osmosis)

I will tentatively connect the two posters, & work on the assumption that STARSNUFF is a psychedelic substance of some kind, & that Blue Lung is a disease which is linked to STARSNUFF. I will also make the assumption that STARSNUFF has some use or property besides being psychedelic, & that Park Planet (or the company/people behind it) is experimenting with STARSNUFF for some reason, with it potentially being related to the blue blood-like liquid oozing out of both Guinevere & the CT Scanner-esque machine

So, if STARSNUFF is a psychedelic substance of some kind, why would they be experimenting on it? Well, This is definintly reaching into much more wild speculation & less grounded evidence based territory, but let's take a look at the logo

These rings look, to me, like an infinity symbol! Perhaps the person or company behind Park Planet believes STARSNUFF to have some kind of regenerative property, that, if experimented on, could cure death, hence the research into it

Allow me to forgo strict evidence & paint a narrative with what we have so far, if you will:

A person or company discovers or invents STARSNUFF, a psychedelic substance with some regenerative property. It proves very popular due to its strong psychedelic powers, but, due to it being linked with the dangerous disease Blue Lung, is made illegal.

The person or company does not want to give up their research into STARSNUFF, however, as they believe its regenerative properties could be harnessed into the creation of a Holy Grail like substance, with the ability to prevent death, or maybe even bring back those who have already died. Due to their belief in this goal, they continue their research in secret

As experimentation on actual humans would be illegal due to STARSNUFF's illegal status, & the fact that the experiments the researchers wished to do would themselves be illegal on their own, sentient robots, like Guinevere, were developed to test STARSNUFF on.

As a front to keep their research secret & justify the creation of the robots, Park Planet is created, a theme park that allows visiters to go back in time to the times of Arthur &, more prominently, Guinevere! They can live in a fantasy village, meet cute fantasy creatures, & go on fun adventures! Alongside actual sets & attractions, small doses of STARSNUFF or a similar substance are used to induce hallucinations of this idyllic arthurian world in both guests & in the robots, allowing them to make an income via the park, while also keeping the robots docile in a dream-like trance to allow them to continue research on STARSNUFF, &, eventually, to create a Holy Grail

But, just like in Westworld, the park operators cannot keep control forever, & the robots, such as Guinevere, remember the torture that the researchers put them through. The robots may at first believe Park Planet to be their real life, & the medical experimentation & torture they remember to be nightmares, but, eventually, they slowly piece together that their tranquil, Park Planet life is not real, & once they do, there is nothing the researchers can do to stop them from wanting their freedom

[overallsonfrogs]

Rereading all of aftg the night before tsc comes out challenge

[aestheticallypleasinganimeboys]

Nora Mukudu - HANDEAD ANTHEM

[the-horizon-lounge3041]

I can’t be the only one who thinks a Horizon series animated by Flying Bark would be pretty sick. Drew this cause I love their animation style

[sinceileftyoublog]

Andrew Bird & Mary Lattimore Live Show Review: 12/5, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago

Andrew Bird & Alan Hampton

BY JORDAN MAINZER

A few songs into this year's first Gezelligheid show--Andrew Bird's annual series of winter concerts at the Fourth Presbyterian Church--Bird mentioned that when he put on an Ella Fitzgerald recording when spending time with his family, his niece asked, "Why are you playing Christmas music?" To her, Bird posited, all old music sounded like Christmas music. It's a fairly easy misconception to understand. After all, the feelings you most associate with Christmas, holiday, or wintertime music in general--warmth, joy, familiarity--are often inherent qualities of songs that clearly are from a distant past. A great classic song can make you feel nostalgia for a time you didn't even experience. It's that phenomenon that Bird took advantage of most on Thursday night.

Bird & Hampton

Accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Alan Hampton, Bird played both original and cover favorites from his recorded catalog. Highlights of the former included Armchair Apocrypha's plucky "Plasticities", the minimal "Pulaski at Night", and the swaying "Alabaster" from holiday album Hark! He culled multiple times from his deep well of tunes by Vince Guaraldi and beloved Americana duo The Handsome Family. Midway through the main set, Bird took advantage of returning home and invited Evanston-based longtime collaborator Nora O'Connor on stage. Though O'Connor has long been a backing vocalist for the likes of Bird, The New Pornographers, and The Decemberists, she and Bird actually played a deep cut she recorded with him, a version of Bob Dylan's "Oh Sister" from Bird's 2007 Soldier On EP. The three musicians on stage broke the song down, a capella style, before Bird built it back up with his violin.

Bird

But it was Bird's most recent releases of covers that ended up perfectly encapsulating the allure of the past. In May, he shared Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista) with the trio of Hampton and drummer Ted Poor, a collection of jazz standards (plus one original) interpreted through Bird's unmistakable aesthetic. Bird knows that stringed instruments best emulate human voice, but on Sunday Morning Put-On, he explores the extent to which applying bow pressure on his violin strings can recall the rich sounds that result from blowing air into the mouthpiece of a horn instrument. Early in his set on Thursday, Bird and Hampton performed the Trio's rendition of Johnny Green and Edward Heyman's "I Cover the Waterfront", a song that's been recorded by the likes of Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. Starting with violin, Bird's fluttering followed the original's vocal line; by the time he started singing, his bowing undulated like a tenor saxophone. The performance was eerie, uncanny, and time-bending.

Bird & Hampton

In October, Bird and singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham released Cunningham Bird (Loma Vista), a track-by-track recreation of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks' pre-Fleetwood Mac record Buckingham Nicks. For many in the crowd, even among the pop music aficionados, it was their first time hearing the songs at all: Remarkably, Buckingham Nicks is long out-of-print and not on any streaming services, save for some unofficial uploads to YouTube. Bird and O'Connor duetted a strummed, stripped-down, faster-paced version of "Races are Run". On both Cunningham Bird and on Thursday, for "Crystal", Bird inverted the gender of the lead singer, Cunningham and O'Connor, respectively, singing Buckingham's words, Bird harmonizing Nicks' parts. And there's a fun connection between Sunday Morning Put-On and Cunningham Bird, which is John Lewis' "Django", a song that not only did Bird and his Trio cover on the former but that Buckingham and Nicks covered for their album--meaning Bird also reinterpreted Buckingham and Nicks reinterpreting jazz. The version that led into "Races are Run" Bird played on Thursday was firmly the Cunningham Bird version--after all, Poor's drums are key on Sunday Morning Put-On--but the song's inclusion as a standard that can be adapted in many different ways underscored the very concept of Gezelligheid: conviviality, coziness, fun.

Bird & Hampton

Mary Lattimore

Opening for Bird was harpist Mary Lattimore, a musician who has demonstrated over the past several years that combining classical training with clear experimentation and a sense of humor can, too, result in something fun and beautiful. Lattimore, gifted her harp by Chicago-based factory Lyon & Healy, performed tracks from her dense back catalog, many of which had a story associated with them. She wrote Hundreds of Days' "On the Day You Saw the Dead Whale" after, yes, seeing a dead whale in a coastal California town where she was at a residency. "Wawa By The Ocean", included on her 2017 Collected Pieces compilation, was inspired by her holy routine of buying a hoagie from the Philadelphia-born convenience store/gas station chain and eating it on the Jersey Shore. (Upon finding out about the song, Wawa headquarters sent Lattimore a care package.) "Til a Mermaid Drags You Under" aims to reflect the duality of dark and light in the surf town where it was recorded with Slowdive guitarist Neal Halstead, for 2020's Silver Ladders. On Thursday, hearing the songs' contexts gave crowd members a starting point, either as a lens through which to take in the song or as a challenge to see if they could empty their heads and get lost in the pure sounds emanating from the stage. Lattimore, meanwhile, used synths and looping not to trick and lull you into layers, but to show you how she was manipulating the sounds in real-time, as tangible as her plucks and scratches of the harp. At one point, during Hundreds of Days standout "It Feels Like Floating", ambulances were outside driving down the street, sirens on, but the crowd was subsumed by Lattimore's playing. The harp didn't drown anything out by volume, but like Bird's violin would do later, it enraptured a group of people who had walked through the doors of the church to nestle in the safety of memory and imagination.

Lattimore

Lattimore

[stupidity-incorperated]

Looking for a Nora Rp blog?

well I have one

stop on by into Beannie's Coffee & Bakeshop and order a Cup of roasted coffee or a special baked treat

or just stop by and chat with Nora, who knows maybe one of the other Beannies girls will join in

Or something more....SINISTER

stop on by, out doors are always open

@the-coolest-bennie-in-town

[greybackpack]

The scene with Aloy and Elisabet sharing a drink/stories was going to be longer. I was going to have them drink until they were sloshed before quickly realizing that Aloy and Lis wouldn’t, especially right before battle/something important. Also, it was kind of out of character, mostly because I have no idea what drunk Aloy acts like.

It was going to go something like this:

Aloy, whispering like she was about to impart the world’s greatest wisdom to the woman who kept it alive, asked Elisabet a question that the scientist herself had spent decades debating with her work.

“Do-do you think, the watchers feel it when I stab them?”

Elisabet hiccups, chugging down some more ale. Her face is flushed but her expression serious. Her thesis was on this. She knows the answer.

“Probably-? There’s error codes and- and lost, loss of visuals.”

She knows the answer but the ale makes sure it comes out like nonsense.

“I don’t wanna- I don’t want to hurt them!” Aloy insists, eyes earnest and frown creasing her brows. “But- but they’ll call the other machines and I need, I need the salva-salvage. And, and Heph- He- you know, wants to keep them alive! They’re so cute. ‘S better to hunt the bandits sometimes.”

Elisabet sniffles. “I’m sure it’s- it’s fine. Margo- Margo definitely would have wanted you to, to stay alive. She didn’t want to hurt anyone… ‘cept for Ted. Fuck Ted.”

Aloy nods emphatically, ale sloshing.

“Yeah, fuck Ted.”

“Bringing shame to the cool name of Theodore. That’s like- that’s like a posh name, you know? Back then…”

[howlingday]

Yang: C'mon, Ruby! We're gonna be late!

Nora: Yeah, Ruby! Let's go!

Blake: It's okay, Ruby. I'll be fine reading by myself.

Ruby: ...Actually, guys, I'm gonna be hanging out with Blake today. Have fun at the show!

Nora: Wait... Ruby doesn't want to go to a gun show?

Nora: ...They're totally doing it in there.

Yang: Whatever you say, Nora...

Nora: No, really! Like, why else would Ruby give up on a gun show-

Yang: Nora, don't bother explaining it to me because Ren already told me about your shipping board you have under your bed. You think everyone's doing it with everyone else.

Nora: Yeah, well... I'm not wrong!

[hearts4hughes]

haven’t posted her in forever so here’s a little rant!!

why tf do people go crazy over touchland hand sanitizer? it’s a fucking hand sanitizer. just because it’s in a preppy container doesn’t make it any different.

and don’t get me wrong, i am a makeup girlie through and through. like sephora and ulta are my second homes. BUT $10.00 FOR A HAND SANNY??

[mskwtz]

final tag drop for now

[teexmasstore]

Luther And Nora Kranks Christmas Party Unisex T-Shirt

The "Luther And Nora Kranks Christmas Party Unisex T-Shirt" is a humorous and satirical design that references the iconic 2004 Christmas comedy film, The Family Stone. This t-shirt features a reference to the infamous Kranks' decision to skip Christmas, often sparking debate and laughter. The design is printed on a standard t-shirt, suitable for casual wear. Whether you're a fan of the movie or simply enjoy a bit of holiday humor, this t-shirt is a great choice. It's a versatile piece that can be worn casually or dressed up for a festive event, making it a fun addition to any wardrobe.

[the-algebra-thing]

rebecca sugar trevor project livestream right as I have arrived waist deep back into steven universe what a wonderful day

[aleclighttwd]

The Sunshine Court being a trilogy just means Nora is treating this story with care and wants the final product to be as fleshed out as possible. It means Jeremy’s backstory is somehow more complex than we thought. It means Jean and Jeremy’s relationship is a slowburn but maybe they kiss in in the second book and figure stuff out in the third (i.e., Jeremy’s family, Jeremy’s captaincy, Jean’s past trauma and his healing.) It means we get another two books of Jean learning to live because he wants to. It means another two books of You’re place is here with me, with us. I’m you’re captain. You’re my partner. We’re supposed to be doing this together, aren’t we? Stop leaving me behind. Look at me.