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2012 Pol Roger Brut Rosé

Feeling a little fancy with this rosé champagne from Pol Roger. A fun nose of raspberries, plums, red berries, linzer cookies, blood orange, and a hint of spice. Similar notes on the palate with a bit of a bite. Not my favorite coming out of Pol Roger but a nice tipple nonetheless.

3/5 bones

$$$$$

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

12.5% abv

Champagne, FRANCE

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Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues, traduzione testi

Tu me l’hai detto spesso come stavano le cose Ma io non ero pronto a sentirmelo dire così chiaro e tondo

(da: You Are Free)

1. Jimmy Eat World – You with Me, traduzione

Te insieme a me Non ho scampo contro il bagliore delle risposte che ti illumina il viso stagliato sul paesaggio del cuscino

La lista delle cose che provo è pazzesca

Mi giunge nuovo che avrei bisogno di una seconda sveglia Sta succedendo tutto quanto, come avevano ipotizzato

Sono debole se voglio lottare? Cos’è che rende il nostro amore tanto difficile da realizzare?

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me?

Anche solo per la possibilità io avrei dato qualsiasi cosa

Stiamo al gioco, diamo a intendere

Ma possiamo raccontarcele solo fino a un certo punto

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me, te insieme a me, te insieme a me? Attrazione tipo magneti

Nuvola di elettricità statica

L’aria che c’è in mezzo è pesante, ma non succede nulla Hai paura di dirlo, persino a te stessa

Sono debole se voglio aiutare? Cos’è che rende il nostro amore tanto difficile da realizzare?

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me?

Anche solo per la possibilità io avrei dato qualsiasi cosa

Stiamo al gioco, diamo a intendere

Ma possiamo raccontarcele solo fino a un certo punto

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me, te insieme a me, te insieme a me? Sbagliato, ne sono certo

Ed è triste pensarci

Aspettarsi esiti diversi con una domanda migliore Paura e conforto sono tutt’e due la stessa cosa

Sono debole se voglio aspettare? Cos’è che rende il nostro amore tanto difficile da realizzare?

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me?

Anche solo per la possibilità io avrei dato qualsiasi cosa

Stiamo al gioco, diamo a intendere

Ma possiamo raccontarcele solo fino a un certo punto

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me, te insieme a me, te insieme a me?

Stiamo al gioco, diamo a intendere

Ma possiamo raccontarcele solo fino a un certo punto

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me, te insieme a me, te insieme a me?

Sei tu? O si tratta di te insieme a me, te insieme a me, te insieme a me? 2. Jimmy Eat World – Sure and Certain, traduzione

Sicuri e certi I modi intelligenti in cui cerco di cambiare vanno e vengono lasciandomi uguale a prima

Figurati se non sarà qualcos’altro

Domande allusive che potrei farmi da solo Sicuri e certi

Passiamo fino a che non siamo vecchi

Smarriti e appostati

Pensiamo fino a che non restiamo secchi Quello che fai funziona per un certo periodo

Finché poi non crepi senza alcun preavviso

Se continui così, sarò un’altra cosa in più che ti mancherà Sicuri e certi

Passiamo fino a che non siamo vecchi

Smarriti e appostati

Pensiamo fino a che non restiamo secchi

Sicuri e certi

Passiamo fino a che non siamo vecchi

Smarriti e appostati

Pensiamo fino a che non restiamo secchi Sicuri e certi

Passiamo fino a che non siamo vecchi

Smarriti e appostati

Pensiamo fino a che non restiamo secchi 3. Jimmy Eat World – It Matters, traduzione

È importante Ascoltiamo qualche passo più avanti, è strano

Qualsiasi cosa tu faccia, qualsiasi direzione tu prenda

Poi con ogni sforzo ci si sente inermi

Una trappola che ci creiamo da soli e non riusciamo a star senza Quando ti ritrai, io dico che è importante

Con una faccia tranquilla mi spezzo, mi disintegro

Poi okay, faremo cambio, ma dopo

Niente di nuovo da vedere

Esprimi quello che pensi quando ti ritrai Mi immagino dialoghi che durano tutta notte

Non ne parlo mai, ma vorrei ogni giorno

Penso a noi che balliamo, ma non è una cosa che facciamo

Beh, ecco il mio sogno, a te non va bene? Quando ti ritrai, io dico che è importante

Con una faccia tranquilla mi spezzo, mi disintegro

Poi okay, faremo cambio, ma dopo

Niente di nuovo da vedere

Esprimi quello che pensi quando ti ritrai Quando ti ritrai, io dico che è importante

Con una faccia tranquilla mi spezzo, mi disintegro

Poi okay, faremo cambio, ma dopo

Niente di nuovo da vedere

Esprimi quello che pensi quando ti ritrai

Niente di nuovo da vedere

Esprimi quello che pensi quando ti ritrai 4. Jimmy Eat World – Pretty Grids, traduzione

Belle griglie Ecco il suono

Sì, è vero, però la voce è nuova

E un tentativo semidanzante di sapere come ti chiami

Il posto e il momento giusto per la foschia e le luci

C’è la possibilità di incrociare il tuo sguardo se mi muovo Un giorno magari non ci prenderemo la briga

Ci metteremo in fila come ci toccherà

Perché no? È troppo bello il sole

A volte la persona giusta ci trova

Che importa come mai avviene?

Perché no? Saltiamo perché possiamo Quando è finita la lite e arrivano i sentimenti

È più di quanto pensassi o volessi?

Nessun posto sembra quello giusto per una mente occupata

Comunque vada la notte, è quello che ti ritrovi Un giorno magari non ci prenderemo la briga

Ci metteremo in fila come ci toccherà

Perché no? È troppo bello il sole

A volte la persona giusta ci trova

Che importa come mai avviene?

Perché no? Saltiamo perché possiamo Quello che vedo è magia a distanza ravvicinata

Dolce solo perché finisce

Quello che vedo è magia a distanza ravvicinata

Dolce solo perché finisce Un giorno magari non ci prenderemo la briga

Ci metteremo in fila come ci toccherà

Perché no? È troppo bello il sole

A volte la persona giusta ci trova

Che importa come mai avviene?

Perché no? Saltiamo perché possiamo 5. Jimmy Eat World – Pass the Baby, traduzione

Passa il bambino La decisione migliore che si sia presa è stata quella di farmi salire sul palco

Fai quello che dico esattamente

Ricordati: mi hai chiamato tu

Ecco una cosa su cui possiamo contare

A questi ragazzi piace abbassarsi

Se le cose si mettono troppo male, beh, la nostra industria è così

Un pasto dopo l’altro Tu passa qua il bambino

No che non sparano

Tu passa qua il bambino C’è sempre qualcosa che succede

Ma non sta a noi dirlo

Quello che li lasciamo sentire sono caramelle che non possono mangiare

I dilettanti continuano a battere i tasti

I numeri continuano a cambiare

È quasi troppo facile

I quadri si incorniciano da soli Tu passa qua il bambino

No che non sparano

Tu passa qua il bambino

Passa qua il bambino

No che non sparano

Tu passa qua il bambino 6. Jimmy Eat World – Get Right, traduzione

Far bene Le mani prenderanno il loro posto

Lungi dalle intenzioni espresse

Mascherato da pazienza, il tempo viene sprecato

Il presente è per il presente, per cui alza la voce Ho, ho la dipendenza da destinazione

Devo andare da qualche altra parte

Mai il momento giusto, non sento mai lo spazio per fare tutto per bene, far bene Le mani sapranno farsi strada fino a occhi a pochi millimetri dalla mia faccia

Mi comincia a battere il cuore, bevo ampiamente

Come metterci un freno, metterci un freno? Ho, ho la dipendenza da destinazione

Devo andare da qualche altra parte

Mai il momento giusto, non sento mai lo spazio per fare tutto per bene, far bene Okay, okay, basta così

Fammi spiegare

Okay, okay, basta così

Mettiti all’opera

Magari se sto sù dritto, una cosetta la posso cambiare

Magari se io, magari se io, magari io Ho, ho la dipendenza da destinazione

Devo andare da qualche altra parte

Mai il momento giusto, non sento mai lo spazio per fare tutto per bene, far bene 7. Jimmy Eat World – You Are Free, traduzione

Sei libera Gli enigmi mi tengono sveglio la notte

Una sensazione troppo di solitudine per capirla

Tu me l’hai detto spesso come stavano le cose

Ma io non ero pronto a sentirmelo dire così chiaro e tondo

Incredibile l’impegno che ci mettiamo

Incredibili i ponti emotivi, le gallerie, strade e vie

Aggiriamo cose che abbiamo sotto il naso Adesso vedo tutto distintamente Tesoro, sei libera, almeno per quanto riesci a sopportarlo

Sei libera, cioè qualsiasi cosa secondo te significhi

Sei libera di essere chi vuoi e come hai bisogno

Già, chi vuoi e come hai bisogno

Amore, sei libera Ognuno ha le proprie opinioni

Ma io sono quello che deve passare ai fatti

Quanta paura da superare

E quanto dolore da lasciarsi alle spalle

Vorrei che ci fosse un modo più semplice

Vorrei che ci fosse il modo per imparare tutte queste cose

E avere a disposizione gli strumenti nuovi fiammanti senza il costo che richiedono Io dico che abbiamo pagato già abbastanza Tesoro, sei libera, almeno per quanto riesci a sopportarlo

Sei libera, cioè qualsiasi cosa secondo te significhi

Sei libera di essere chi vuoi e come hai bisogno

Già, chi vuoi e come hai bisogno

Amore, sei libera Io dico che abbiamo pagato già abbastanza Tesoro, sei libera, almeno per quanto riesci a sopportarlo

Sei libera, cioè qualsiasi cosa secondo te significhi

Sei libera di essere chi vuoi e come hai bisogno

Già, chi vuoi e come hai bisogno

Amore, sei libera 8. Jimmy Eat World – The End Is Beautiful, traduzione

La fine è bellissima Dev’esserci un piano che nessuno dei due ha visto

Per cui siamo andati avanti per quella strada

Una festa all’interno di un sogno

E io non ho mai provato una pace del genere

Era una sicurezza come non ne avevo mai vista

Ah, io non sapevo nulla, stavo male

E non me la prendo per nulla di quello che hai fatto Non deve più per forza fare male

No, non deve più per forza fare male, non deve più Ho una foto della faccia che ho fatto quando ho saputo di averti persa

E so che quando ti sentirai in trappola, farai quello che devi

Sai, il problema eravamo noi

Abbiamo tentato di piegare l’amore all’immagine che ne avevamo in mente

Ah, non è un nonnulla, ma eccolo lì

E respirarlo non ci ucciderà certo Non deve più per forza fare male

No, non deve più per forza fare male

Non deve più per forza fare male

No, non deve più per forza fare male, non deve più Ero già pronto per il combattimento

Avevo il discorso preparato

Poi, come sai fare solo tu, mi hai portato via il fiato

Hai detto “comunque andrai, io farò il tifo per te

Alla fine, che importa sapere in che modo è andato tutto storto?”

Beh, mica male

La verità è quello in cui si crede E non deve più per forza fare male

No, non deve più per forza fare male

Non deve più per forza fare male

No, non deve più per forza fare male, non deve più 9. Jimmy Eat World – Through, traduzione

Attraverso Davvero molto bello tutto quello che dici

Queste bugie sbandierate ai quattro venti cambiano qualcosa?

Arrabbiati pure, fai i capricci come i bambini

Almeno tutti sanno quanto torto ti hanno fatto Guardati intorno, quello non sono io

Nemmeno un briciolo di come sono fatto

Tu non lo sai cosa faccio

L’unico modo per uscirne è affrontarlo Accidenti, non porta alcun vantaggio pratico cercare quell’amore dalle persone che ti fanno del male

Ne vedo di tutti i tipi

Quelli che pensano di averne bisogno

Quelli che se lo prendono

E poi quelli che sanno la verità Guardati intorno, quello non sono io

Nemmeno un briciolo di come sono fatto

Tu non lo sai cosa faccio

L’unico modo per uscirne è affrontarlo Rallenta, tesoro, controlla che motivazioni hai

Dormi la notte e stai sù bene con la schiena

Tieni in mente: c’è una bella, bella differenza tra mollare e scappare Guardati intorno, quello non sono io

Nemmeno un briciolo di come sono fatto

Tu non lo sai cosa faccio

L’unico modo per uscirne è affrontarlo 10. Jimmy Eat World – Integrity Blues, traduzione

Blues dell’integrità Vorrei poter stringere

Vorrei poter toccare

Ma uno sciocco vuole e vuole e basta

Sta tutto in quello che fai quando non interessa a nessuno Nessuno ti corre dietro

Nessuno ti obbliga a passare le nottate da solo avvelenandoti l’anima

Sta tutto in quello che fai quando non c’è nessuno

Sta tutto in quello che fai quando non interessa a nessuno Mi perdo e penso

Mi perdo nei sogni

Il mondo gira lo stesso

Il mondo dirà la sua

Signore, mi chiedo se quello che mi stai dicendo è che ho un compito da svolgere

Sì, ho un compito da svolgere Vorrei poter stringere

Vorrei poter toccare

Ma uno sciocco vuole e vuole e vuole e vuole e basta

Sta tutto in quello che fai quando non c’è nessuno

Sta tutto in quello che fai quando non interessa a nessuno 11. Jimmy Eat World – Pol Roger, traduzione

Pol Roger Grazie per la proposta, ma non ho paura di passare il compleanno da solo

Miglia di acqua, sole e sabbia

Un regalo che mi faccio da solo

Nessuno in vista che possa venire in soccorso

Ho camminato a zonzo e alla fine ho perso tutti gli altri

In qualche angolino di Hyde Park

Mi sono inginocchiato e ho piantato le mani al suolo e ho lasciato che si oscurasse il mondo

Chiedendomi dove ti trovi

Da qualche parte che giri come me?

Ah, tesoro, me lo sogno Prima di tutto penseranno che ti sei perso, ma non è così

È la sensazione più facile

Già, con ogni probabilità ti vai a schiantare se non ci credi

Perché passare altro tempo a ingannarti se va avanti in quel modo?

L’amore non ti viene incontro, e chi lo sapeva?

È sempre stato lì La mia stanza stasera ha un nome proprio

La chiave dice Pol Roger

Io ti direi di chiudere le tendine del letto

Fai finta che per terra c’è il fuoco

So che questa cosa ti farebbe sorridere

Sei sola come me?

Sei sola ma non ti senti sola Prima di tutto penseranno che ti sei perso, ma non è così

È la sensazione più facile

Già, con ogni probabilità ti vai a schiantare se non ci credi

Perché passare altro tempo a ingannarti se va avanti in quel modo?

L’amore non ti viene incontro, e chi lo sapeva?

È sempre stato lì Prima di tutto penseranno che ti sei perso, ma non è così

È la sensazione più facile

Già, con ogni probabilità ti vai a schiantare se non ci credi

Perché passare altro tempo a ingannarti se va avanti in quel modo?

L’amore non ti viene incontro, e chi lo sapeva?

È sempre stato lì

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Luffy's Linage and the Connections to God's Valley

I think we all know that the history of God's Valley is going to be very important to the story and to our protagonist, Luffy. But I think I've realized why it will be the biggest reveal in the story and intertwined intimately with Luffy's creation and destiny. This might sound crazy but I believe wholeheartedly that:

Luffy is the grandchild of Rocks D. Xebec.

Luffy is the child of Crocodile.

Crocodile's mysterious history is interlinked with every important character in the Grandline. Now, let me explain.

Let's first lay out what we know about the God's Valley incident. We know the Celestial Dragons were on the island, which prompted a young Garp to trust a young Gol D. Roger with an alliance to fight against the Rocks Pirates. Together they won, the incident was covered up, the island disappeared, and Roger found a baby Shanks in a treasure chest as he sailed away.

There is so much about that incident that we don't know, but we do understand just how much it has impacted the world of One Piece. And that goes double for the relationships born from the incident.

Whitebeard and Roger's friendly rivalry, Big Mom's vitriol for Roger, but by far the most interesting thing to come out of the incident is Roger and Garp's mutual respect. Roger respected Garp so much that he trusted the marine with knowledge of his child who was about to be born.

This is the million-dollar question, why would Roger entrust his child's (and at this time, Rouge's) life to this marine who could have become a massively different person in the years since they last met. For all Roger knew Garp was now corrupted by the marines and agreed that Roger's bloodline needed to be eradicated. Well, I believe Roger trusted Garp because he witnessed Garp save a child before against the World Government's wishes; I believe Garp saved Rock's child.

We all understand by now that one of the overarching themes of the story is 'history repeating itself', which is why I think the hunt for Roger's child happened once before with the God's Valley incident. The WG would obviously want to completely erase Rocks from existence (they basically have to with how little we know about him), which would include any children he had fathered to carry on his bloodline. As the fight on God's Valley raged a group of marines, or possibly Cipher Pol, would arrive with the orders to kill anyone with even a passing relation to Rocks. The survivors of this being Rocks top members (Whitebeard, Big Mom, etc.) AND his child; who I am willing to bet real money on was Crocodile.

Crocodile is one of the most interesting characters in the story by far. And while that might be a lot of bias from me, I still think the evidence speaks for itself.

Crocodile is one of the only major villain's that we lack a backstory for, we know more about Warpol's backstory than we do the very first Warlord we ever fought and defeated in story. The man has a strange relationship with animals that is never once explained. Lizard mail runners that we never see utilized by anyone else? Yep, Crocodile's got them. A trained otter and condor being given more trust than the humans in his secret organization? Yes, Crocodile did allow that. Gigantic reptiles that are known to attack Sea Kings? Crocodile kept them as pets and had them so well trained Robin was able to casually pet one! (This doesn't really add to the theory beyond showcasing an odd character trait giving to Crocodile of all people and without any explanation. No one even thought we'd see him again before impel down!)

We also know that Crocodile's inspiration was Roger, from the cover on chapter 408 we learn that Crocodile dreams of being Roger. (very similar to Yamato's dream of being Odin, just more history repeating itself.)

I'm not understating this, Crocodile as a character is so weird. He's got connections to everyone, (Whitebeard, the Revolutionaries, Ivankov, Mihawk, etc.) and yet we've never got any explanation for any of this. We know from how intertwined Crocodile is with the Grandline that he's been a pirate a very long time yet no one in the story seems to know anything about him outside of his Warlord status. In fact, Crocodile seems to be comfortable with the secrets, even being alright with Buggy taking the credit for Cross Guild.

This mans strange relationships with powerful characters like Whitebeard is the reason for the prevalent theory that Crocodile is Whitebeard's only biological child instead of Rocks.... but what if it was both?

No matter how I think about it I've never been able to get over the strangeness of Crocodile and Whitebeard's dynamic in Marineford. Whitebeard definitely doesn't treat Crocodile like someone he cares about, less so like a child that would automatically count in the family that was HIS DREAM. But there is a familiarity in how they address each other, like their history goes back far further than the battle we know they had when Crocodile was a young pirate.

So I propose this:

Crocodile was Rocks child, witnessed Roger take his own father down after standing up to him. This is the reason for Crocodile's dream seemingly being to be Roger. And this would eventually be mirrored in the relationship between Kaido, Yamato, and Oden.

Garp impressed Roger by helping Crocodile to safety instead of following orders and killing him. This would stick with Roger over the years and be why while sitting in prison waiting for execution he decided to put his child's life in Garp's hands.

The safety Crocodile was brought to was Whitebeard. Crocodile was 8 when God's Valley happened, so Whitebeard raised the boy for a few years before Crocodile either ran away or was sent away. We don't know why Crocodile and Whitebeard's relationship turned sour but whatever it was caused Crocodile to see him as an opponent he dreamed of defeating.

This all spurs Crocodile to go to East Blue to witness Roger's end and motivates his desire to defeat Whitebeard as he is now the father figure he must overcome in order to be like Roger. (Kinda like Ace's original desire to defeat Whitebeard huh? Again more history repeating itself.)

Now onto what this means for Luffy, and the story as a whole.

I've already outlined all the evidence for the Trans! Crocodile and Crocodad/Dadodile in many, many, many posts. So I'm not doing that here, you can find my main posts on it here and here. In this post, I want to discuss the ramifications of Crocodile being Rock's child and Luffy's birth parent if this theory proved true.

First of all, this would mean the person that literally gave birth to the dawn and the future sun god Nika/Joyboy incarnate had their life undeniably changed at GOD'S VALLEY. I don't think I need to explain the almost heavy-handed symbolism with that entire naming scheme.

It would also mean that almost everyone who had an impact on Luffy's life was at God's Valley. The person who gave birth to him (Crocodile), the person who inspired his dream (Shanks and Roger), the person to raised him and trained him (Garp), and the person to validated his dream to the world (Whitebeard). All that is missing is Dragon, but for all we know he was there too!

Also I simply love the symbolize that revolves around this entire theory. Luffy would be born from the son of the man who was push into the spot light after God's Valley, praised as a hero. And came from the child of the man who was wiped from history, his family memory thrown to the darkness. Its a clash of opposites, light and dark, a total contradiction, also could be described as a dawn. Not even mentioning the beautiful irony of Joyboy being born from someone taking the name of a predator known for its menacing smile.

If this proved to be true, Crocodile would be centered and primed to possibly be the link between the crew and Gods Valley. Maybe the last Road Poneglyph is there!

But what do others think? I'd love to have a discussion about this if anyone finds counter evidence, or finds evidence that gives more credence to this theory!

Here's an additional link to a great post about this topic I found while looking for evidence.

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Another tragedy of Ace's death is that Rouge basically died for nothing because the Marines still got to Ace despite her extending the pregnancy.

She kept her pregnancy hidden for 11 months past a normal due date so that no one would suspect Roger - a man that died over a year before Rouge gave birth - of being the father. And yet... people did still suspect Ace of being his son. Cipher Pol still found the evidence. The Marines still knew. Ace was still killed.

For all her sacrifice, Rouge extending the pregnancy didn't really save Ace in the end, except from the infanticide of Baterilla (which is a whole other tragedy in and of itself). Her sacrifice ultimately didn't save Ace from being executed for the crime of being the son of the Pirate King.

She saved him from being killed as a baby but he still ultimately died regardless of Rouge's sacrifice and that just makes Ace's death hurt all the more.

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The Catalan authors who were kept out of the Nobel Literature Prize for being Catalan

Did you know that there have been a handful of Catalan writers who were candidates to win the Nobel Literature Prize, but because of Spanish interference they never did?

The Nobel Prize discloses its debate and reasoning process 50 years after each edition. This means that we already know the details of what happened in the earliest editions of this Prize, which was started in 1901.

The name of the Catalan play-writer Àngel Guimerà (author of Marta of the Lowlands, Mar i cel, La filla del mar...), whose works have been translated to many languages and played all around Europe and the Americas, with many film and opera adaptations, sounded often in the Nobel committee. He was presented as a candidate to win the Nobel Prize 17 times in a row, since 1907 until his death in 1924. In the editions of 1917 and 1919, many were convinced he would win. However, the declassified documents show why he didn't: as written by the man who was then president of the Nobel Committee, Haralg Härne, Guimerà wasn't given the prize "to avoid hurting the national pride of the Spanish". In 1919, Härne writes that the objective of the Nobel Prize is to promote peace and thus to award Guimerà and show support for a minority culture would be to encourage internal conflict (🤦). The Academy decided that they couldn't give a prize to Guimerà "before awarding another writer who expresses himself in the most ancient noble language of the country" (weird way to mean "the official language", aka Spanish, because they surely didn't mean Basque). In summary, if a Catalan is to be considered, he must always be second to a Spanish man. Even when the Catalan is, in the words of the Nobel Academy, "the most eminent writer of our times", he can never be considered an equal, always must be behind.

Àngel Guimerà wrote in the Catalan language, which was discriminated against by Spanish and considered an enemy by the Spanish government and much of Spanish society. Guimerà was a firm defender of the right to use the Catalan language and that nobody should be forced to speak the imperial languages instead of their own, and was involved with the political movement for the rights of Catalan people. For this reason, every time the famous Swedish academy was considering Guimerà, the Spanish Royal Academy of Language (RAE) fought it with all its might. Nowadays, Guimerà's theatre plays continue to move thousands of spectators every year.

The same happened again with the poet Josep Carner. In the 1960s, Josep Carner was on exile, because he was a Catalan poet writing in Catalan and who stood against the fascist dictatorship of Spain, which persecuted the Catalan language and identity. Famous writers from around the world, including T. S. Eliot, François Mauriac, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Roger Caillois, supported Josep Carner's candidacy to win the Nobel, but the Spanish Government did everything possible to obstruct it. We don't know if Carner would have won or not, but he was deprived of even trying because of the Spanish government's hatred of Catalan.

Something similar seems to have happened between the 1970s and 1990s to three other Catalan poets: Salvador Espriu, J. V. Foix, and Miquel Martí i Pol, where they did not get any support from the Spanish authorities, so we don't know how it would have ended up.

Another example of what it means to have a state actively working against you because of bigotry against your cultural group.

Sources: book Det litterära Nobelpriset by the president of the Nobel Committee Kjell Espmarck, Pep Antoni Roig (El Nacional), Joan Lluís-Lluís (El Punt Avui), and Jordi Marrugat (Institut Ramon Llull).

[schumi-nadal]

Welcome to my silly little world! 💜

Time to introduce myself after almost 2 full years here haha 🙈

I’m Marina, 26 years old, French 🇫🇷 and this blog is my sanctuary where I share my obsessions (hints: most of them are sports), I'm a professional gif maker (I wish) and beautitanic on ao3 ✍🏻

Talking about sports, I mainly watch...

-> tennis : my GAOTs will always be Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal - my fav actual players are Casper Ruud, Matteo Berrettini, Ugo Humbert (I actually have a top 10 for ATP singles), Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina for singles and Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten for doubles 🎾

-> formula 1 : I’m a Ferrari fan since Schumi’s days - my favourite current drivers are Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and I’m now adding Franco Colapinto since I’m following him since his f3 days - I can also add the rookies of next year (Jack Doohan and Ollie Bearman), my f2 and f3 children but that would be a lot to add. But you should know that I also deeply miss Kimi Raikkönen and Mick Schumacher in this sport 🏎️

-> motogp : I'm a Honda and Yamaha fan (yeah, I'm not having the best time of my life those days) - my favourite riders are Fabio Quartararo and Marc Marquez but I also cheer on Joan Mir, Luca Marini and Alex Marquez - I also miss Pol Espargaro as a full-time rider way too much btw 🏍️

I also watch some football but not as much as before (i'm still happy when I see good results from my favourite teams aka Olympique Lyonnais, Manchester City and Bayern München), I will probably start watching formula e when the new season starts (I watched the last race of the season by accident and I actually liked it) and I also have a liking for swimming (thanks to the Olympics 2024 and to Léon Marchand)

For my other obsessions (yeah, I still have time for more, that's surprising), you may have seen posts about movies/shows and video games, about Louis Hofmann, about some famous ocean liner aka the Titanic or even Red Dead Redemption

I think I'm done, congrats if you have read everything 😂

[forestcat222]

I made a list of every single asioaf house I could find and put it in alphabetical order. There may be a few houses missing but as of right now there are 496 houses written down. There may be some doubles, if so I apologize but when I tried to recheck it my tablet (which I used to write this) froze. I wrote this on my notes app. This includes houses from all game of Thrones media, video games, the adaptations, the books hotd and anything else I could find. I hope that whoever stumbles across this uses it because this took way to long for just me to use. (BTW houses from essos and YI-TI are includes)

Ahlaq

Algood

Allyrion

Amber

Ambrose

Andrik

Antaryon

Appleton

Arryn

Ashford

Ashwood

Baelish

Ball

Banefort

Bar Emmon

Baratheon

Bax

Beesbury

Belgrave

Belmore

Bettley

Bigglestone

Blackbar

Blackberry

Blackbrow

Blackfyre

Blackmont

Blackmyre

Blacktyde

Blackwood

Blanetree

Blount

Boggs

Bole

Bolling

Bolton

Borrel

Botley

Bourney

Bracken

Branch

Branfield

Breakstone

Briar

Bridges

Brightstone

Brook

Broom

Broome

Brownbarrow

Brownhill

Brune

Bu

Buckler

Buckwell

Bulwer

Burley

Bush

Bushy

Butterwell

Byrch

Bywater

Cafferen

Cargyll

Caron

Cassel

Casterly

Caswell

Caulfield

Cave

Celtigar

Cerwyn

Chai

Chambers

Charlton

Chelsted

Chester

Choq

Chyttering

Clegane

Clifton

Cobb

Cockshaw

Codd

Coldwater

Cole

Condon

Conklyn

Connington

Corbray

Corbray

Cordwayner

Coststayne

Cox

Crabb

Crakehall

Crane

Cray

Cressey

Crowl

Cupps

Cuy

Dargood

Darke

Darklyn

Darkwood

Darry

Dayne

Deddings

Dhazak

Doggett

Dondarrion

Donniger

Dormand of Dormand Hall

Drinkwater

Drox

Drumm

Dryland

Dults

Dunn

Durrandon

Durwell

Dustin

Edgerton

Egen

Elesham

Elliver

Eraz

Erenford

Errol

Estermont

Estren

Faez

Falwell

Farman

Farring

Farrow

Farwynd

Fell

Fenn

Ferren

Fisher

Flint

Florent

Follard

Foote

Footly

Forrester

Fossoway

Fowler

Foxglove

Fregar

Frey

Frost

Galare

Gardener

Gargalen

Garner

Gaunt

Ghazeen

Glenmore of Rillwater Crossing

Glover

Goodbrook

Goodbrother

Goode

Gower

Graceford

Grafton

Grandison

Graves

Grayson

Greenfield

Greengood

Greenhill

Greenleaf

Greenwood

Grell

Grey

Greyiron

Greyjoy

Greyjoy

Greystark

Grimm

Groves

Haen

Haigh

Hamell

Har

Harclay

Hardy

Hardyng

Harlaw

Harlton of Castlewood

Harroway

Harte

Hastwyck

Hasty

Hawick

Hawthorne

Hayford

Hazkar

Herston

Hersy

Hetherspoon

Hewett

Hightower

Hoare

Hogg

Hollard

Holt

Hook

Hornwood

Horpe

Hull

Humble

Hunt

Hunter

Hutcheson

Inchfield

Ironmaker

Ironsmith

Jar

Jast

Jordayne

Justman

Kandaq

Karstark

Kattleblack

Keath

Kenning

Kidwell

Knott

Kyndall

Ladybright

Lake

Langward

Lannet

Lannister

Lanny

Lansdale

Lantell

Leek

Lefford

Leygood

Liddle

Lightfoot

Lipps

Lo

Locke

Lolliston

Long

Longthorpe

Longwaters

Lonmouth

Loraq

Lorch

Lothston

Lowther

Lyberr

Lychester

Lydden

Lynderly

Magnar

Malcolm

Mallery

Mallister

Manderly

Mandrake

Manning

Manwoody

Marbrand

Marreq

Marsh

Martell

Massey

Mazin

Meadows

Mengo

Merlyn

Merryweather

Mertyns

Middlebury

Mollen

Moore

Mooton

Moreland

Morgryn

Mormont

Morrigen

Moss

Mudd

Mullendore

Musgood

Myatt

Myraq

Myre

Nakloz

Naqqan

Nayland

Netley

Norcross

Norrey

Norridge

Nute

Nutt

Oakheart

Oldflowers

Orkwood

Orme

Osgrey

Otherys

Overton

Paege

Parren

Payne

Peake

Peasebury

Peat

Peckledon

Pemford

Penny

Penrose

Perryn

Phal

Piper

Plumm

Pol

Polander

Pommingham

Poole

Potter

Prestayn

Prester

Pryor

Pyle

Pyne

Qaggaz

Qhoqua

Qo

Qoherys

Qorgyle

Quagg

Quazzar

Rambton

Rankenfell

Redbeard

Redding

Redfort

Redwyne

Reed

Reyann

Reyne

Reznak

Rhaezn

Rhazdar

Rhysling

Risley

Rogare

Rogers

Rollingford

Roote

Rosby

Rowan

Roxton

Royce

Ruskyn

Ruthermont

Ruttiger

Ryder

Ryger

Rykker

Ryswell

Saltcliffe

Santagar

Sarsfield

Sarwyck of Riverspring

Sawyer

Seaworth

Selmy

Serrett

Serry

Sharp

Shawney

Shell

Shepherd

Shermer

Shett

Slate

Sloane

Slynt

Smallwood

Sparr

Spicer

Stackhouse

Stackspear

Staedmon

Stane

Stark

Staunton

Stokeworth

Stonehouse

Stonetree

Stout

Straw

Strickland

Strong

Suggs

Sunderland

Sunderly

Sunglass

Swann

Sweet

Swyft

Swygert

Tallhart

Tarbeck

Targaryen

Tarly

Tarth

Tarwick

Tawney

Teague

Templeton

Terrick

Thenn

Thorne

Toland

Tollett

Torrent

Towers

Toyne

Trant

Tudbury

Tully

Turnberry

Tyrell

Uffering

Uhlez

Uller

Ullor

Umber

Upcliff

Vaith

Vance

Varner

Velaryon

Vikary

Volmark

Vypren

Vyrwel

Wade

Wagstaff

Warrick

Waterman

Waxley

Wayn

Waynwood

Weatherwax

Weaver

Webber

Wells

Wells

Wendwater

Wensington

Westbrook

Westerling

Westford

Whent

Whitehead

Whitehill

Whitfield

Wibberley

Willum

Wode

Woodfoot

Woodhull

Woods

Woodwright

Woolfield

Wormwood

Wull

Wydmen

Wyl

Wylde

Wynch

Wythers

Xaq

Xho

Yarwyck

Yelshire

Yew

Yherizan

Yronwood

Yunzak

Zhak

Zherzyn

[victorysp]

The Duchess of Edinburgh takes part in the Pol Roger Meet of The British Driving Society on Day 5 of Royal Windsor Horse Show today. May 5, 2024.

📷 getty

[amnhnyc]

In the Footsteps of Giants: Evolving Perspectives in Paleontology

Join us on Monday, October 23, for a fascinating discussion with paleontologists from around the world on the latest in dinosaur research. Discover what it means to be a paleontologist or paleobiologist working today, and how these scientists got into the field. Hear about their experiences on Museum expeditions and how their investigations continue to shed light on the interrelationships of major dinosaur lines, new molecular signatures in the evolution of dinosaurs, and more. Don't miss out on this dynamic gathering of experts in the field!

This panel will be moderated by the Museum’s Macaulay Curator of Paleontology Roger Benson; panelists will include Kimberely Chapelle, Diego Pol, and Jasmina Weimann.

For more details and to reserve tickets, visit: https://bit.ly/3Qf4rqX

[mjrtaurus]

Dark!Dragon takes the title of Emperor of the Sea in his forties with the broad daylight murder of Saint Jalmack, and the subsequent deposition of Goa’s royal family.

By the time Luffy sets sail, all of the East Blue, and well over half of Paradise is under his protection, and he has allied himself with the Revolutionary Army of the South Blue, commanded by Monkey D. Urpi and her Chief of Staff- and husband- Monkey D. Garp.

His name is still unknown to the broader public, but by now the upper rungs of the World Government ladder know who he is, and what his ties to the RA leaders are.

They also know that he is a devoted father of three boys. The first, the son of the late Pirate King Gol D. Roger. The second, the biological son of himself and the disgraced Warlord Sir Crocodile. And the third, a noble from the now defunct Goa Kingdom that has renounced his blood ties.

Despite what the smear campaigns say, the Vulture King’s reign is not a blood-soaked and stormy one. There are dark days, yes, but no one goes hungry or without aid. It is humble, but there is happiness, there is community, there is art, there is music.

But the peace does get disturbed at times. Some upstart pirates looking to pull off a quick and easy raid while he’s elsewhere. Marines and Cipher Pol coming around to try and stir up civil unrest. The Warlords being sent to cut out swaths of his territory…

Some always manage to fall through the cracks. Axe-Hand Morgan, Buggy, Don Krieg, Kuro, Arlong, Wapol… and those are only some of the ones Luffy’s run across in his journey. Dragon is proud of the boy’s tenacity, but the Loguetown incident was… frightening.

The first real taste of fear he’d had since he’d fled Mary Geoise… the damn clown deserved every one of those 300 million volts for putting his baby in a pillory…

It’s all a wakeup call for him. He’s been so busy at the top that he’d almost forgotten what the ground looked like. A valuable lesson that has been taught to him by his son.

[comicsart3]

Yoko Tsuno is an intriguing character, somewhat ahead of her time. She was a creation of the Belgian artist Roger Leloup and debuted in the Belgian magazine Spirou in 1970, eventually graduating to her own bande dessinee title. Arguably Yoko should be a progressive and feminist icon, being of Japanese descent, living in Belgium, skilled in aikido, archery and scuba diving, and also a qualified electrical engineer. Yoko’s stories had a strong “educational” element, being very concerned with technology and the potential and dangers of scientific advancement. In fact the stories can be classed as science fiction, as Yoko, in addition to dealing with the perils that technology puts her way, also indulges in time and space travel and has regular contact with a race of benign blue-skinned aliens named the Vineans, who are seeking to re-establish their own lost civilisation.

Despite superficially resembling the Natacha l’hotesse de l’air adventures, Yoko, unlike Natacha, rarely gets involved in combating and capturing criminals in the conventional sense, although in her 26 album run, she does encounter her fair share of villains, whether interplanetary, supernatural, or originating in the past. Yoko Tsuno is aided and abetted by two male sidekicks named Vic and Pol, who provide something of a comic aspect to the stories, but in truth, most of the adventures are densely, if realistically, plotted, with much explanation of the scientific basis of the adventures, meaning humour is in somewhat short supply.

The series ran until 2012. I am unaware if there are any more stories in the pipeline, but Yoko Tsuno remains a popular title, translated into many languages worldwide.

Source for both illustrations: Yoko Tsuno #19, L’Or Du Rhin (1993)

[cptn-m]

One Piece chapter 1119 Review and Analysis

Confronting Wano’s lingering prejudices in the cover story is a pleasant surprise. I wasn’t sure there’d be a way to do it in the near-wordless cover stories, but Oda’s taking it on anyway. This choice helps retroactively justify the slow start to the story because of the contrast it creates with all the people heaping praise and assistance on them in the early installments. I did have, looking at this, a thought about Wano’s culture. Some comments are quick to call out the country’s citizens for not learning from the monster they created in Orochi by blaming blood instead of individual, and I myself was pretty hard on Hiyori on that point back when the arc ended. But we have to remember, the purge of the Kurozumis happened when Orochi was a child, and the man died at 54. So have these kids learned from what happened to Orochi? Hell no, they weren’t around for that. Even Hiyori wouldn’t have seen the events Orochi lashed out over. And yes, there may be older people alive who witnessed the full cause and effect, they might be forgiven for not passing that down fully to their kids considering what’s been happening to them for the past 20 years. You have to solve issues of life and death before people are able to ease their focus toward social problems. Hopefully Wano is now at the point where they can start doing that.

Mars’s “defeat” on the sea below is something I think could have been choreographed more clearly. Like, the concept works, but it’s spread over so many pages that it looks more like Bonney, Sanji and Franky push Luffy into Mars for an extended struggle before he flies away. Given that the final push seems to be Luffy fully inflating, what was the point of what the others were doing? I think this should have been something more like the launch of a cannonball, where the three hit Luffy simultaneously back near the ship and he flies out and hits Mars full force, carrying the launching power of their attacks. You could still fit the back and forth around using Haki into that in roughly the same number of panels, and the motions of it would actually make sense. Turning things that seem like the should be quick hits int physics-defying pushing struggles is nonsense when the anime does it to draw out scenes, and it’s nonsense when Oda does it too.

But luckily, this one kinda awkward clash actually isn’t the finale of the arc just yet. The Sunny’s group is being held up, presumably by Nusjuro, and the other Elders aren’t giving up yet.

I’m worried by Atlas’s moment though. That thought to Lilith about York’s monitoring feels really ominous for her survival chances. Are all the good Vegapunks really going to die together on Egghead? I wonder if Atlas and Lilith will work together to take York out of the World Government’s hands as well, ending them all in a blaze of glory. That would be a sad; they’re fun characters, and I really like Atlas’s design. Normally with Oda you wouldn’t worry about this kind of thing, but with Shakka and Pythagoras gone and Edison implied to be down and out as well, it’s starting to feel more likely.

And don’t think I didn’t notice his lack of fear about hitting the water after. It doesn’t outright confirm anything – we’ve seen a lot of Devil Fruit users make big risky jumps over open sea in the past – but it’s definitely an interesting addition to the evidence.

(Also the concern about the spat-out Cipher Pol agents “dying on impact” is pretty funny considering they’re only here after surviving the even bigger fall from the Labophase basement, but I guess the Marines on the ships wouldn’t know that.)

There’s the mystery of what makes the time right for EMET now, presumably the same thing Roger was “too early” for, but putting toegether the dots, what was it that made it seem like the time could be right 200 years ago. Have there been multiple opportunities to do whatever the One Piece was intended to do, and all we’re seeing is the one that works?

As ready as I am to see Elbaf, I’m also not going to complain about Egghead taking the extra few chapters it needs to totally put a bow on things. A climax for the remaining Vegapunks. The big escape for the Sunny’s group. A final smackdown on Saturn for all he put Kuma and Bonney through and the definitive last word of the broadcast are going to be worth it in the long run. Will the Elders be allowed to achieve their objectives of capturing Punk Records and the Mother Flame, or will Atlas/Lilith/Stussy perform one final, sacrificial act of sabotage and make it so everyone loses?

With break week nigh again, I’m going to drop volume 2 of my rewrite project at some point in the next seven days, either when spoilers would normally hit or when the official release would be on a chapter week.

Reminder that you can read this review and more on my Wordpress.

[magnificentwolfface]

omg i thought a lot about kpxb99 too?? altho i always thought of kinn as amy bc amy is a huge dork and so is kinn. sure kinn has never been a syncopath like early amy is, but still. chan as holt maybe? maybe kinn's dad was a retired captain and chan worked under him then he became captain at kinn's precinct

and kinn wants to prove himself to be as good as his dad except my boy is a bit too soft for that and also chan knows what a dick korn was before retirement and he really doesn't want kinn to be like him so he subtly pushes kinn away from that route

plus kinn and porsche as amy and jake would be so cute. supportive horny dork4dorks. per s1, porsche took kinn out on the worst possible date possible as a result of their bet (kinn was gonna get porsche's bike if he won) and it took a shot-in-the-ass and high af pete's brutal honesty to realize his feelings

omg make tawan as teddy, amy's annoying boring obsessed ex???

also can i say? pete as boyle and vegas as gina? immaculate. vegas' velvet and animal prints would clash so much with pete's cheap boy vibes. and remember how boyle was filming himself working out when gina came into the room in a robe and they were talking about their relationship? that's just pete and vegas in a nutshell. like, make pete ass naked and that's it

i can't really see chay as terry but i understand and respect the angle and thought process behind?? i would have put pol as terry tbh but he doesn't have the same type of snark terry and chay sometimes display, so i'm actually fine with that

i also like gina and terry's antics when gina isn't being a perv to him, so translating that into my ghost friendship of chay and vegas is also fun. that one time when gina and terry tried to make rosa rest bc she was cold? gold material for chay, vegas and kim. kim mumbling about ripping his grandpa's head off in his sleep. absolutely blitzed on cold medicine. kinn and tankhun SHOULD step in but only after they are done filming all this

namphueng as karen, jake's hippie out of sorts art teacher mom? clashing with korn, maybe? omg. i cannot see pat being deadbeat like roger tho, so he dead again? lmao

Hi, anon! 💌

First off, I’m so sorry if it took me a while to respond—life sometimes gets in the way, and I never want to make anyone feel ignored. Thank you for sending this incredible brain dump because WOW, you’ve put so much thought into this, and I am LIVING for it! 🧠✨

I love the idea of Kinn being the dorky Amy of the precinct—he really is such a nerd behind all the suave exterior, isn’t he? ���� And the bit about Chan subtly steering him away from becoming like Korn? Genius. 🤯 That whole dynamic adds so much depth, and honestly, the parallels between Amy's perfectionist tendencies and Kinn's struggle to prove himself are so spot on.

I also feel like, in this AU, Chan would favor Kinn a little bit and take on a father-figure role—a better one, at least. 💛 Kinn did say he was more like his mother, which I imagine means he’s kind, gentle but firm, and a bit of a perfectionist. Chan would probably recognize those traits and want to nurture them, helping Kinn be his best self without falling into Korn’s shadow or toxicity. The dynamic between them would be so compelling! 🌟

And speaking of Korn—imagine how Kinn’s relationship with him plays out in this AU. Korn would still carry the heavy presence of an overbearing, impossible-to-please father figure, always reminding Kinn of the legacy he’s expected to uphold. That pressure would push Kinn to seek validation, not just from Korn but from himself, as he tries to balance his father’s expectations with his own identity. It adds so much complexity to Kinn’s journey of self-discovery and growth. 🌟

The supportive horny dork4dorks combo of Kinn and Porsche as Amy and Jake? 💕 PERFECT. And the shot-in-the-ass realization with Pete spilling the tea? ICONIC. 🫣 Pete as Boyle and Vegas as Gina made me laugh so much because, yes, Vegas’s animal prints clashing with Pete’s boy-next-door energy is chef’s kiss. 🍷✨

Tawan as Teddy? Oh my god, OBSESSED. 🫠 The “annoying, boring, obsessed ex” trope fits so well, and the potential chaos of it is limitless. Also, naked Boyle/Pete workout scenes while Vegas just judges in his robe? Comedy gold. 💀

I totally see your point about Pol not having the right level of snark to be Terry, but now that you’ve explained the ghost friendship of Chay and Vegas, I GET IT. 👻 Them teaming up to force Kim to rest while he’s mumbling about ripping off Korn’s head? Hilarious and wholesome at the same time. And Kim on cold meds being unintentionally funny is such a mood. 😂

Namphueng as Karen clashing with Korn? YES, PLEASE. 🌿🖤 That dynamic would be such a fun contrast, though I can’t imagine Pat being a deadbeat either. But a dead-again Pat? LOL, I’m howling. 🤣

Also, just to clarify because I know some of y’all are curious: bottom Kinn, top Porsche, top Porchay, and bottom Kim. You’re welcome. 😉

This entire idea is so chaotic, heartfelt, and clever—it’s everything a crossover like this should be. Thank you for sharing your thoughts; you’ve inspired me so much! 🥹💖 Feel free to drop by anytime, anon—I love hearing your takes!