#oracle pender

[jetbougan]

just neoscum shitposting

[darktharkthelark]

Distinctive Style is a non-profit zine. It will be put up on Gumroad for pay what you want- any and all money raised will be going to the Brave Space Alliance. 

Signing Up: All you need to do to sign up is fill out this google form asking for some basic contact information and to get a gauge on how many illustrations we’ll have. The deadline for sign-ups is August 31st. If you miss the deadline or see this later, don’t be afraid to DM me @LK_Darkthare, but unfortunately there would be no guaranteed spot in the zine past the 31st.

Link to the Google Forms! 

Theme: The  theme is Neoscum fashion- this can be a blast from our past, a look at the funky-fresh fashion of the future, or even historical costumes!  In the form, you’ll find a selection of characters you can choose from, including the main Neoscum cast and any NPCS. There are no off-limits characters.

Deadline: As this is a non-profit zine and not paid work, I understand it is low on the priority list for a lot of people! It is a no-judgement space if you end up needing to withdraw, or ask for an extension. That being said, the deadline is January 17th, 2022. 

Format: 5.5 x 8.5 submission (6x9 page size), 300DPI, CYMK. Portrait orientation only. I have a PSD template that will be sent out via e-mail to all contributors. Traditional work is accepted, but it has to be scanned in at 300DPI. Illustrations can be either black and white, or colored. The zine will be in PDF format, but I’m planning to print off copies for contributors (When I have the funds, so it might take a while after completion haha).

Content: The zine is centered around fashion illustrations, and as such, all pieces entered should focus on the entire outfit and character. You do not have to include any background elements or props- you could just leave it white if you wanted to! If you would like to draw a group photo or want to include a background, that’s awesome and more than welcome.

Have a question? Awesome! Send us an e-mail at distinctivestyezine@gmail.com, or a DM @LK_Darkthare on twitter.

[mctrashkingart]

Pox “oracle” Pender

[bactgirl]

não acredito, aquela é mesmo BARBARA GORDON??   em sua dimensão natal, ela era conhecida como BATGIRL/ORACLE e é incrível como se parece com DEBORAH ANN WOLL. atualmente ouvi dizer que tem TRINTA ANOS e que está apoiando o time da TERRA-UM. lembre-se de que ela é RESILIENTE + CONTROLADORA, ou pelo menos é o que dizem os tablóides.

☇  ❛  𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑫𝑨𝑫𝑬 & 𝑫𝑬𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑽𝑶𝑳𝑽𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑶

de que realidade seu personagem veio ?? essa Barbara é 100% baseada nos quadrinhos, com um foco no Birds of Prey (de 1999) e na Batgirl do New 52, com alguns elementos do Rebirth e do Batgirl: Year One.

ela perdeu as memórias de seu passado ?? Parcialmente, Babs tem a grande maioria das memórias intactas, mas seu período como Oráculo foi o mais afetado, tendo grandes lacunas em alguns anos da sua vida.

quais os motivos que levaram ela a optar pelo time que agora integra ?? Barbara está numa encruzilhada, se por um lado acredita que eles devem se adaptar a realidade na qual estão e tentar tirar o melhor dela, por outro ela crê que se há uma oportunidade de retornar ao normal, eles deveriam ao menos tentar, por isso pende para a Terra Um. Mas não é uma extremista, e tenta compreender o lado das pessoas que tem receio ou medo do experimento.

headcanons:

adaptou-se bem a nova realidade, mas as lacunas em sua memória são particularmente perturbantes para Barbada, e daí vem uma de suas motivações para estar no grupo Terra-Um

junto das lacunas de memória, Babs esqueceu-se de pessoas importantes da sua vida, algumas lembram-se dela e ela tenta retomar contato, outras não faz ideia de que existem

trabalha como hacker e bibliotecária

era líder das Aves de Rapina

sofreu de paralisia pelo tiro que levou do Coringa, mas depois de uma cirurgia experimental readquiriu o movimento perdido, ainda tem alguns limites e continua fazendo fisioterapia.

nasceu em Burniside, e atua como Batgirl por lá, vez ou outra

tem um intelecto de gênio, além de memória eidética, experiência em diversos tipos de luta e com computadores, sendo uma hacker exímia

é bissexual (não é canon, mas minha interpretação)

muito protetora, Babs sempre pensa na repercussão de suas decisões, especialmente quanto ao vigilantismo.

poderia-se dizer que ela é um tipo de mom friend, gosto da proteger as pessoas, e já treinou alguns personagens

desde que recuperou sua mobilidade está atuando como Batgirl, protegendo civis e lutando contra o crime, mas ocasionalmente ocupa o manto de Oráculo por conta de suas atividades como hacker, fornecendo informações a outros vigilantes, dentre outras atividades.

nunca irá de deixar definir pelo que o Coringa fez com ela, e não quer ser vista como uma vítima ou pobre coitada

filha do Comissário Gordon, gosta de se intrometer nos assuntos da polícia

ainda que habilidosa a Babs é uma dork, às vezes fala coisas bobas, ou passa por desastrada

trabalhou no departamento de TI da universidade local

apesar do jeito doce e gentil, a Barbara tem um humor muito inteligente que pode pender para o sarcasmo, ou as tiradas que parecem cortes

uniforme clássico com botas e luvas amarelas

ALGUÉM TRÁS A DINAH PRA FAZER DUPLINHA COM ELA!!!

[chiaomi]

TikTok, o fenômeno do aplicativo em um 2020 de tantos cliques

FENÔMENO - Charli, 16 anos, 102,7 milhões de seguidores: na onda do TikTok –Reprodução/Tik Tok/.

A garota da foto ao lado tem 16 anos e um dado extraordinário na biografia: nestes tempos em que a popularidade é aferida por likes e views, ela contabiliza 102,7 milhões de seguidores no TikTok, o aplicativo mais baixado (tirando a categoria games) neste 2020 de tantos cliques. A americana Charli D’Amelio estreou em 2019 na plataforma chinesa de vídeos curtos, rede social que se transformou em um canhão global de alta potência para lançar manias e modismos. Em março deste ano, ela já aparecia no topo da audiência mundial, sucesso quase instantâneo que conquistou com coreografias rápidas e cheias de molejo, vastamente copiadas. No TikTok a linguagem é assim: as pessoas cantam, dançam, pulam em filmetes de segundos — um minuto nesse universo é uma eternidade. No começo, o TikTok despertava interesse de uma turma muito jovem, mas foi se expandindo e, na mesma batida, se profissionalizou. Influencers de todas as áreas encontraram ali uma caixa de ressonância incomparável e naturalmente as empresas passaram a incluí-lo em sua estratégia de marketing — no Brasil, um dos perfis corporativos de maior sucesso é o do Magazine Luiza, no qual um único post rendeu em agosto 17 milhões de visualizações.

Lançado em 2016 pela chinesa ByteDance, o TikTok havia alcançado até seu último balanço do ano 800 milhões de downloads (35 milhões em solo brasileiro). Concorrente de Instagram, Snapchat e Twitter, a brincadeira não foi freada nem mesmo depois de ter virado objeto de tensões geopolíticas. Em junho, a Índia decidiu bani-lo, junto com outros 58 aplicativos chineses, numa clara afronta a Pequim. O governo de Modi alegava que eles seriam “prejudiciais à soberania, à integridade e à defesa da Índia”. A rede também acabou entrando na guerra travada entre a China e os Estados Unidos, onde o presidente em fim de mandato Donald Trump determinou o encerramento da operação do app em território americano. Segundo ele, o TikTok estaria monitorando os cidadãos a serviço do Partido Comunista da China. Trump abriu uma única brecha: para permanecer em seu país, a ByteDance teria de passá-lo adiante a uma empresa local. Prazos finais foram estabelecidos, desrespeitados e adiados. Um acordo chegou a ser costurado com os gigantes Oracle e Walmart, mas o caso perdeu urgência depois da derrota de Trump nas eleições. Não se sabe para que lado o próximo ocupante da Casa Branca, Joe Biden, vai pender. O certo é que as dancinhas e pulinhos seguirão embalando o planeta.

Publicado em VEJA de 30 de dezembro de 2020, edição nº 2719

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[robotnik-mun]

I always believed the reason Oracle never defeated Robotnik was because he's able to see multiple futures, and he saw a future where he defeated Robotnik instead of the Royal family. And maybe the outcome of that future didn't turn out so well??? At least that kinda explains why the Oracle never did anything against him. ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯

Something like that. The best I could figure is that the nature of the oracle prevents him from doing anything THAT direct with his powers- he can harrass Robotnik, scare him and tell him stuff, but he can’t actually see that, and with his power to see the future he saw that Sonic and co being separated from their mother was best in the long run, probably seeing something like that one mirror world happening if they grew up as royals. Having a good parent alone isn’t enough to guarantee that children grow up to be good as well after all. 

...which frankly is incredibly complex and convuluted and good lord that was a very poorly handled plot point. 

Ah well. Still better than Penders. 

[wordmakingpoets]

The Waste Land - Epigraph and Dedication

The Waste Land Introduction

Internet friends, I have returned. 

When I first read TWL, the epigraph was one of the scariest bits.

DON’T FREAK OUT BECAUSE IT’S IN TWO DIFFERENT DEAD LANGUAGES. Eliot was all into having a “classical education,” a lot of which was learning Greek and Latin. So here it is:

“Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse  oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις ; respondebat illa: ἀποθανεῖν θέλω.”

It translates as, “For on one occasion, I myself saw, with my own eyes, the Cumaen Sybil hanging in a cage, and when some boys said to her, ‘Sibyl, what you do want?’ she responded, ‘I wish to die.’”

This passage comes from a super old Latin book called The Satyricon, which is arguable one of the oldest novels, except that we only have chunks of it. It’s something of a buddy roadtrip story and these guys have some wacky adventures, including the World’s Craziest Dinner Party. This section is called Trimalchio’s Dinner, and this specific piece of dialogue comes from Trimalchio himself.

Trimalchio is that guy at the party, the one who likes to mention that he knows French like it’s no big deal except he obviously thinks it is a big deal. Except instead of French, Trimalchio uses Greek. Trimalchio is really insistent that this happened, because he says “I myself, with my own eyes.” He has to say three times that he saw this, even though he obviously didn’t actually go and meet the Cumean oracle hanging in a cage.

Eliot establishes from the get-go that to be his reader, you have to have all the classical education he did. You need Greek and Latin and to have read some of the big name works in those languages. Maybe it’s all in jest, though, since out of all of the passages he could have picked, he quotes the most puffed-up braggadocio he could find. Is he just being a know-it-all and showing off--reminding his readers that they are inferior--or is he making fun of himself, showcasing the ridiculousness of show-offs, both fake and genuine?

I haven’t really talked about the content of the epigraph yet, aside from Trimalchio’s need to assert himself as the narrator three times--ego, ipse, and meis. This is really interesting, because the narrator is going to be a conglomerate mass of identities from here on out. The first sentence we get in the poem has the subject I, ego, appropriate for a poem that details the dissolution of identity.

The Sibyl is an interesting choice, since she’s a prophetess. (Cumean just means she was the prophetess in Cumae.) She was super important to the Romans (thanks, Virgil) so Trimalchio claiming to meet her is a big deal. Except the Sibyl we see in the epigraph doesn’t look like Virgil’s Sibyl as much as Ovid’s Sibyl. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, she made a deal with Apollo to live as many years as grains she held in a handful of dust, which was a thousand. Except she didn’t ask for eternal youth, so she grew older and smaller until she could be put in an ampulla, which translates as a “basket,” “vessel,” or “jar.” Or, the way people often translate it in the Satyricon, a cage.

No wonder she wishes to die! She’s been alive for centuries, watching the world move on without her. Living forever, or even a thousand years, would suck. She’s a prophetess who is forced to see the future unfold. And even though the Sibyl vanishes from the poem after the epigraph, the idea of fortune telling and future-reading will come up later in the form of Madame Sosostris. Eliot is simultaneously calling us to look to the future (through the all-knowing Sibyl) and the past (through allusion).

And finally: the dedication. “For Ezra Pound, il miglior fabbro.” Or, “the better craftsman.” Pound was one of Eliot’s contemporaries and had a large hand in editing and revising this poem. Pound is a cool dude, and you should definitely read some of his poetry.

So there you have it: the epigraph, the dedication, four languages, and already two allusions: Satyricon and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Thanks for joining me, and next time, we’ll actually start the poem!

[rideordiebarcelona]

Primavera Sound en bicicleta: una manera diferente de disfrutar del Festival

Primavera Sound en bicicleta: una manera diferente de disfrutar del Festival

Festivales de Música de Barcelona 2017: Primavera Sound en bicicleta

Primavera Sound en bicicleta: la mejor solución para los amantes de la música electrónica!

Del 29 al 4 de junio, Barcelona acogerá uno de los más importantes festivales de música electrónica. ¡Estamos hablando del Primavera Sound! ¿Qué te parece alquilar una bicicleta con nosotros? Es la mejor manera de disfrutar del festival. Escaparás colas con el metro o el autobús, y podrías volver a casa en el momento en que te va mejor! Aquí algunos consejos para disfrutar del Primavera Sound en bicicleta. ¡Elije Ride or Die, el mejor alquiler de bicicletas de Barcelona!

Cómo reservar un aparcamiento para bicicletas

Algunos consejos útiles sobre las bicis:

Porta-bicicletas

Situado en el acceso al Parque del Fòrum. Servicio gratuito con vigilancia y asistencia técnica para pequeñas reparaciones. Los usuarios deben traer sus propias cerraduras.

Calendario

Miércoles 31 de mayo de 17:00 a 00:00 h Jueves 1 de junio de 18:00 a 06:00 h Viernes 2 de junio de 18:00 a 06:00 h Sábado 3 de junio de 18:00 a 06:00 h

Todo el mundo en la ciudad sabe que disfrutar del Primavera Sound en bicicleta es la mejor solución! DejA en casa el estrés y la ansiedad, elige Ride or Die y déjanos trabajar para ti!

Line up

Lunes 29 Mayo: Jeremy Jay · The Wave Pictures

Martes 30 Mayo: Cigarettes After Sex · Les Sueques · Let´s Eat Grandma

Miercoles 31 Mayo: 7 Notas 7 Colores · Anímic · Elmini · Formation · Gordi · Kate Tempest · Local Natives · Marc Piñol · No Zu · Retirada! · Saint Etienne · The Wedding Present

Jueves 1 Junio: The Afghan Whigs · Alexandra Savior · Annette Peacock · Aphex Twin · Aries · Aurora Halal · BADBADNOTGOOD · Ben UFO · Bicep · The Black Angels · Bon Iver · Broken Social Scene · Converge · Cymbals Eat Guitars · The Damned · Death Grips · Discos Paradiso Crew · Elza Soares · Fatima Yamaha · Glass Animals · Gojira · Henrik Schwarz · Joy Orbison · Julia Jacklin · Kate Tempest · Kevin Morby · King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard · Kokoshca · Lord Of The Isles · Matrixxman · Miguel · Mishima · The Molochs · Moscoman live band · Nikki Lane · No Zu · Nots · Pearson Sound · Pender Street Steppers · Pinegrove · Romare · S U R V I V E · Skinny Puppy · Slayer · Solange · Soledad Vélez · Dj Tennis · This Is Not This Heat · Triángulo de Amor Bizarro · Tycho · Vox Low · Youandewan · The Zombies perform “Odessey & Oracle”. 50th Anniversary

Viernes 2 Junio: Abdulla Rashim · About Leaving · Âme live · Autarkic · Avalon Emerson · Belako · Berri Txarrak · Conttra · Descendents · Dixon · Flying Lotus · Frank Ocean · Front 242 · Grandaddy · The Growlers · HVOB · InnerCut · Iosonouncane · It´s Not Not · Kepa Junkera & Los Hermanos Cubero · King Sunny Adé · KiNK · Kornél Kovács · Mac DeMarco · The Magnetic Fields · The Make-Up · Màquina Total · Marie Davidson · Melange · Michael Mayer · Mitski · Noga Erez · Operators · Phurpa · Polar Inertia · Priests · Rebuig · Run The Jewels · Sampha · Shelby Grey · Shellac · Sinkane · Sleaford Mods · Slim Cessna’s Auto Club · Swans · Talaboman · Tuff City Kids · Vaadat Charigim · Wand · William Tyler · Whitney · The xx

Sabado 3 Junio: !!! (Chk Chk Chk) · Against Me! · Agorazein · Alex Cameron · Angel Olsen · Arcade Fire · CLUBZ · Dj Coco · Dave P. · Don´t Dj · Dj Dustin · El Petit De Cal Eril · Ferenc · Gas · Grace Jones · Hamilton Leithauser · Her Little Donkey · Huerco S. · Japandroids · Jardín de la Croix · JMII · Joey Purp · John Talabot Disco Set · Julie Doiron · Junun featuring Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajasthan Express · Kelly Lee Owens · Khidja · King Krule · Lady Wray · Lauer · Lvl Up · Les Cruet · The Magnetic Fields · Mannequin Pussy · Metronomy · Museless · Pedro Vian · Playback Maracas · Pond · Preoccupations · Recondite · Rosalía & Raül Refree “Los Ángeles” · Royal Trux · Salfumán · Sau Poler · Seu Jorge plays The Life Aquatic. A Tribute to David Bowie · Skepta · Sleep · Sorry Kate · Swet Shop Boys · Teenage Fanclub · Van Morrison · Vladimir Ivkovic · Weval · Weyes Blood · The Wheels · Wild Beasts · Young Marco

Domingo 4 Junio: !!! (Chk Chk Chk) · Alien Tango · Barbott · Dave P. · Japandroids · Julie Doiron · Lvl Up · The Make-Up · Mannequin Pussy · Maresme · Marta Delmont · Medalla · Muñeco · Murdoc · The Mystery Lights · Ocellot · Odina · PAVVLA · Shellac · Sleaford Mods · The Waterparties

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[robotnik-mun]

In all honesty, I never really considered that the Oracle was truly evil because outside of the entire Beginnings saga, he doesn't really DO a whole lot to warrant that line of thinking. I actually feel like the writers of those three episodes just wanted to make seem like he was a bad guy that the other writers of the show didn't plan on.

Oh, I don’t think for an instant he was meant to be evil or anything like that, but how a character is envisioned and how they are perceived by the audience are two entirely different things. When someone is meant to be on the side of the heroes and is then seen doing something that makes their lives much harder- or in this case is the direct cause of all the bad things that happens to them- it makes people wonder. 

I mean just look at Locke. Penders envisioned him as a man put in a difficult position who did what he had to do for the greater good. Everybody with a brain wisely saw it much, much more differently than that given the repeated deception and the fact that his actions put Knuckles and everyone else’s lives in vast levels of danger, to the point where he was pretty much a hero only thanks to authorial fiat. 

[robotnik-mun]

If Sonic "needed" a mother (he didn't), I rather wish they would have at least waited long enough to possibly appropriate Aleena from Sonic Underground. The idea of a queen living in the shadows who had connections to oracles and who-knows-what-else estranged from a superpowered son seems like it could have opened the door to much more interesting possibilities than what they actually went with. Ken really blew the parent load so early and to such anticlimactic effect.

You’re giving Penders too much credit to think he’d be involved enough with either Sonic as a character or any aspect of the franchise outside of his own little corner to think he would have ever willingly tried to incorporate anything from Underground. In fact, he claims that he an the current writers actively resisted such when orders on from high came to try and tie the comic in. 

Whether it would have been a good thing or a bad thing is up in the air, but it does not change the core of the fact that he rushed into Sonic’s parents far too quickly and in a very clumsy, hamfisted way... and then proceeded to do nothing of value with either of them. It’s almost like he made them just so he could claim he gave Sonic parents...