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illarian-rambling · 9 months ago

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Aw balls. I almost forgot an intro

Hi, I'm Katie! I'm a writer with two ongoing wips that I like yammering about, so ima do it here!

Pronouns: she/her

Age: 20

Other interests: art, dnd, the Magnus Archives, anything Cosmere related, martial arts, Critical Roll

My wips are set in the same universe, on the planet of Illaros, fifth from the last star left living in the universe. There's a continent, some islands, and other assorted junk down there. The gods have a dyson ring, but they don't like to talk about it. The stars are the eyes of an ancient primordial force of destruction.

Honor's Outcasts follows a rag-tag group of delinquents trying to survive psycho pirates with family ties, a siren theocracy, magic that rots in your blood, and the Horrors. Their number includes such mighty heros as: a kid who can explode people with her mind, a buff shark lady who survives regular eldritch encounters by not paying attention, a mute aroace siren man with a bitchy attitude, and the world's sweetest gang mamber. Of course, they're one big family, and what's family without a little religious terrorism?

The Mystery of the Mortal God asks what happens when magic and science collide in a world where ethics panels haven't been established yet. Set a few decades down the line from HO, this story follows a cowboy witch with a chip on her shoulder as she discovers a mysterious robot laying broken and confused on the side of the road. At the same time, in a city on the other side of the globe, a blue blooded detective investigates a cold case suddenly gone hot. In time, all players will meet, including the mage who set this whole conundrum in motion.

The Final Voyage of the R.S. Starbreaker is sci-fi with ghosts! More accurately, as the magical societies of Illaros take their first steps into space, they don't use unmanned probes, but instead call upon the gods to send ghosts to be bound to a mighty runic galleon: the R.S. Starbreaker. This first skeleton crew consists of an honorable former Flying City pilot with a seedy past, a brash elven astronomer infamous for her incomplete work, a meticulous selkie cartographer determined to map the solar wheel, a laid-back fae man with a dangerous set of ideals, and the key to this mission's success: a former part of an eldritch hive mind on a hunt for his extinct people's missing afterlife.

Anyways, if you're here, feel free to say hi! I'll mostly be posting whatever bullshit comes to mind, but maybe you'll get lucky and something entertaining will come out? I certainly hope so!

Have a bitchin' day <3

An addition! Here are my characters' playlists! (And intros for those who have them) (All instrumental because I can't write while listening to vocals)

Izjik Meautammera +intro

Sepo Kaiacynthus +intro

Twenari Devaris +intro

Djek Kagura +intro

Daedryn Whitenight

Astra DuClaire +intro

Mashal Darezsho +intro

Ivander Montane +intro

Elsind Cavernsight +intro

Avymere Spearsong +intro

Ghost Ship Radio + wip intro (for the Starbreaker crew)

(Curious as to which character you might relate to the most? Here are some quizzes that might help you out!) (First is for MG and HO, second is for Starbreaker)

A second addition! Please feel welcome to check out my new Illaros library! These are short stories written (mostly) in my setting that I've shared before on here, but I figured I'd put all the links in one place :)

Down in the Deep Dark - 2,500 words - The tale of how Izjik and Sepo met

Violating the 4th - 11,000 words - Coverage of the first Surgeon case from the POV of Ceyrel (Ivander’s detective partner)

Rel's Haunting - 16,000 words - A story of a fallen angel, the dead god who made them, and finding wonder in the supermarket

Full Saturation - 2,000 words - A short horror story set on modern Earth about saturation diving and places better left untouched

And for some one-shots:

Mashal and Ivander hanging out

Izjik making Sepo a flute in the Trench

The cast of Mortal God gets a beach episode

Mashal teaches Astra to ride a horse

Again, have a bitchin' day <3

#author #writeblr #writerscommunity #my ocs #writing #oc #writblr intro

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notationsworld · 1 year ago

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Let Her Go (Passenger) - Sargam, Harmonium And Flute Notes

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raphaelsplinter · 6 years ago

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|| Get to know RAPHAEL SPLINTER who’s TWENTY-TWO years old and a SENIOR in college majoring in LAW. He is from NEW YORK and is often times mistaken for ARON PIPER while others say he reminds them of RAPH from TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. ||

heyo all, my name is pepper, and after spending way too long getting distracted and watching jenna marble videos sdjksdjk Here I Am to introduce my grumpy problem child, raph ! a bit about me i guess, i’m a pinterest addict and a big fergie fan, i can only wink with both eyes (still counts tho right?) and i love b99, the good place, and umbrella academy. alright down bellow will be a bit about My Boi and some wcs i have for him ! please * youtuber vc * sMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON if you’d like to plot and i will come running okay? okay

tl;dr for those who don’t want to go through this whole thing, he’s the raph you loved and knew from tmnt except he’s bifurious, been to juvie, and had a period of his life where he was a vigilante.

to start before i forget here is his pinterest board ! blood tw though !

Raph has always used his fists to solve his problems. Violence was as natural to him as breathing, something he’d been turning to since before he can remember, and truly never really learnt how to stop. From punching kids who bugged him on the playground to picking fights with jerks who looked at him funny, Raphael was, and likely always will be, a bit aggressive. Quick to anger and even quicker to throw a punch because of it.

It was his adopted father who decided to help him channel this anger into something constructive. At first Raph thought it was stupid. After all, he already knew how to punch somebody, he didn’t need to know how to do it with gloves on. But at his father’s patient insistence, Raphael tried it, and unexpectedly (at least to Raphael) it helped. Yes, Raph was still eternally in a bad mood, but now when it all got too much and his anger felt like a noose around his neck, he had something to turn to rather than the first person who ticked him off.

But it wasn’t long until Raph didn’t just have boxing to turn to. Not just karate and taekwondo either, no, somehow Raph accidentally stumbled into an even more unexpected outlet. You see, Raph’s sense of justice was almost as strong as his anger, and that was maybe the one thing he and his family all shared, the one thing they all had in common, even his father. None of them could just sit back and allow someone else to get hurt, and it was that sense of justice that led Raph into some light pseudo vigilantism. It wasn’t anything big or, hell, organised. Honestly, the way it started was with Raph hearing something suspicious in an alley, going in guns-- or rather fists-- blazing and taking care of it himself rather than calling the police. But the thing was, it became a pattern. It became a choice. It got to the point where Raph would go out at night and roam the streets, waiting to see if anything was going down, waiting to step in. And it was New York, after all, it was the cesspool of the earth, something was always going down. Almost every night through most of his teenage years Raph would come home with bloodied knuckles and bruises, hurting like hell and having to hide it all from his family but… he felt good. He felt lighter. Doing what he was doing then, it felt better than just punching someone to punch somebody. It felt like he was actually helping people, like he was using his anger that only ever seemed to hurt people to actually do something good for once. For a while Raph thought that he was truly doing what he was supposed to be doing. That he had found his calling (although he would die before saying that out loud. Too damn cheesy).

Until of course, predictably, everything went downhill. Using his anger as a tool seemed like a great idea, and it would have been, if he knew how to control it. How to wield it like his dual daggers or his fists. But he didn’t. And because of that he slipped up, let his anger get the better of him, let it overflow one night and went too far. It didn’t matter than Raphael was stepping in between the guy and the girl he was harassing. It didn’t even matter that the girl defended him. The police didn’t care. He nearly put the guy in a coma, and he was pressing charges, and those charges landed Raph in the slammer for a whole year.

Luckily Raph was spared being charged an adult by the fact that he was seventeen at the time. While he did get a record, and lost a year of his life to the incident, it all really could have been much worse. He was able to see his family every once and a while when he had visitation. And he was able to continue school from in there. Juvie, as horrible as it was, was almost like the wake up call he needed. It was the push he needed to realize that he couldn’t let his anger control him. He needs to learn to control it.

So he’s learning. Slowly and grudgingly through mandated anger management. In all honesty, he hates it, and he slips up all the time, but he keeps going to his appointments. He keeps coming back, and he figures that must count for something.

Getting into university with a record wasn’t exactly easy, even with Raphael’s grades. Yeah, Raph was no Leo or Don but there’s not much else to do in juvie but workout and study, so that’s what Raph did. Found out he was actually pretty decent in school when he actually put the effort in and had no other options. Not that most universities or colleges even cared. Raphael had stubbornly convinced himself that he didn’t even want to go (after all, he wasn’t even sure what he wanted to do with his life, whether that be opening his own boxing ring or becoming a personal trainer, so he might not even need university in the first place) ( and because being angry was so much easier than being disappointed) until he got the offer from Corona. And yeah he thought it was stupid, and kind of shady, but... he didn’t really have any other options, and his brothers were going too. So he figured why not.

Raph decided to study law because again, why tf not. He minored in italian language and literature because-- well you get the drill. Honestly, if you were to ask Raphael about his major he would simply shrug, grumble, or give you the finger, but after being on the wrong side of the law for so long he wants to know it. In all honesty, Raph doesn’t trust cops or a lot of law enforcement, he thinks a lot of them are incompetent and stupid, and if he has his way, he’s going to be apart of changing that and maybe show these morons how it should be done.

HEADCANNONS

I have a headcannon that Raph took up italian when bored out of his mind in juvie, actually didn’t find it that hard, and he’s just been continuing to learn it and find it pretty damn easy here in Corona. I will say though, Raph isn’t the best student. He isn’t the best with authority figures who aren’t his father (the single and only authority figure he respects) so he tends to be rude in lecture, and ditch a lot, but he aces all his assignments so the professors can’t complain.

Raph is a smoker (both weed and cigarettes) and he doesn’t really care what anyone has to say about it. He figures they’re his lungs to ruin.

Raph has a sleeve at tattoos down his right arm, and an earring in his left ear.

Tends to work out/spar while he’s stressed.

Is a kind of impulsive and aggressive drunk, but also very loose and warm too if that makes sense, he can go from happy to angry at the drop of a hat.

He’s very protective of his youngest brother Mike, and that protectiveness can sometimes extend to other people younger than him. He doesn’t care for the most part, but Raph will always stick up or look out for the little guy, even if he does so grumpily.

The biggest potty mouth in the world omg, like it was hard for me not to curse while writing this while in his head space. He needs a swear jar.

Has some abandonment issues and identity issues due to the whole adoption thing but yk it’s chill he’s trying to chill dkjdfjk

THICK new york accent love this for him

WANTED CONNECTIONS ; literally almost forgot to put these oof sorry y’all i’m a fool

friends ; raph is hella antisocial so i’d say there’s maybe two spots for these but i would love for him to have some people he actually like Semi likes to be around yk that would be cool (4/4) vanellope, merida, shego, dipper !

annoyance ; someone who bugs him. this is pretty self explanatory but this could be like a big brother/younger sibling kind of situation or it could just be someone who gets on his Last Nerve mabel !

someone he looks out for ; someone raph is protective of! this could be because he thinks of them as a younger sibling, or because he just feels the need to watch out for them and he doesn’t know why. we can plot this out ! rosetta & daphne ! (2/?)

an ex ; raph despite his moody ass, does tend to date even if it’s kind of rare. this could be someone who dated raph for whatever amount of time and maybe it well or maybe it went horribly.

a past hookup ; self explanatory i think but raph has more hookups than actual relationships so if anyone is interested this is open to f / m / or nb! (1/?) angelica !

a fwb ; again self explanatory and open to all genders ! shego !

a soft spot ; someone who raph has a soft spot for for reasons that can be plotted. this grump is just a little less grumpy around them for reasons idek yet i just figure this could be fun. (2/2) rapunzel & boo !

a sparring partner ; someone who raph turns to when he physically wants to fight. friends with benefits except the benefit is fighting lmao flynn & vanellope !

enemies ; someone who raph hates, and it’s mutual, or maybe it’s one sided ! slightly !

stoner buddy ; coraline !

i think that’s it for now but i’m always willing to brainstorm tbh hit your girl up !

#r.s. | intro.#finally finished this woop

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linguisticlamentations · 3 years ago

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Currently Reading

For my university courses:

The English Novel

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf, Fashion and Literary Modernity by R.S. Koppen

Intro to English Major

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Existentialism

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Personal Reading:

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Everything has really sped up in my courses these past few weeks, and they won’t be slowing down until the semester ends. I am DROWNING in readings along with my other assignments and two other classes beside the ones listed here, and every single book on this list needs to be finished by the end of the week, save Rooney’s. Doesn’t seem like a lot but I am also writing two different papers and trying to keep up with my Mandarin and Spanish studies....

But I still find time to read something for myself to keep me sane lol

#currently reading #mrs dalloway #hamlet #the stranger #normal people #virginia woolf #shakespeare #albert camus #sally rooney

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hjertetssunnegalskap1 · 5 years ago

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1. Introduction Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass in The Art of Storytelling

I figured I could “live blog” a little as I take this writing class. In the Intro, Gaiman talks about why he loves to teach and how he wants to encourage you to tell stories that matter. He mentions that humans are fundamentally storytelling creatures. Good point.

By the way, I love the music and the art in his videos, and in the PDF’s, too, it’s beautiful and feels so right for this author.

In the PDF download for the intro, there’s a list of recommended reading (not required, but can benefit me, as it says).

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes (1988)

The Sandman: Dream Country (1991)

Neverwhere (1996)

Stardust (1999)

American Gods (2001)

Coraline (2002)

The Graveyard Book (2008)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013)

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (2015)

Norse Mythology (2017)

Well, that’s the first time ever that I’ve read all the books on the recommended reading list before the class has started for real, lol. Yay to that! :)

There’s also a tip about additional reading, that I haven’t been able to get yet:

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee (1997)

The Art of the Short Story: 52 Great Authors, Their Best Short Fiction, and Their Insights on Writing by Dana Gioia and R.S. Gwynn (ed.) (2005)

The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing (2007) by Alice LaPlante

I gotta see if I can find those books, I’m sure they can be helpful.

Anyway. The intro of this class has me fully immersed, no doubt about it. I get this feeling that Neil Gaiman will hold my hand and lead me through it all. Very nice.

So. Here we go!

#writing class #neil gaiman's writing class #introduction #introduction neil gaiman's writing class #recommended reading #additional reading #masterclass

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danelah · 3 years ago

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Green Fields (Top 10 Zombie Series #10)

Top 10 Zombie Apocalypse Book Series – Part 10 I wrote an Intro to why I love Zombies, you can find that here. Top 10 Zombie Book Series List: Arisen by Michael Stephen Fuchs and Glynn JamesSheriff Penny Miller by Steven W. Booth and Harry ShannonZombie Fallout by Mark TufoLiving With the Dead by Jesse PetersenThe Tide by Anthony J MelchiorriZombies! by R.S. MerritZombie Crusade by J.W.…

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#Book List #Review #Top 10 #Zombies

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elise-unmack · 4 years ago

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Week 5: Digital Citizenship

(Hashtag Publics, Political Engagement & Activism)

Digital citizenship is a key feature of modern society, the ability to appropriately utilise technology and social media, and engage with issues such as government, society, politics, and current affairs using appropriate digital and communication skills is required to be an active part of the world we live in today. Digital Citizenship is defined as “three aspects of participation in society online: economic opportunity, democratic participation, and inclusion in prevailing forms of communication” (Mossberger et al. 2008).

With over 3 and a half billion active social media users worldwide (Tankovska, 2021), digital literacy is essential. Hashtags are a key aspect of social media, and the internet in general, giving users the ability to tag things and section them into groups to be easily sorted through and found by others allows for connectedness between social media users, even if they don’t ‘follow’ each other.

Hashtags are often used for political engagement, and social media activism, as they allow all users to engage with them and post their own thoughts or images into the hashtag. #BLM and #MeToo have been some of the most noted hashtag campaigns on social media. Social media and digital citizenship also allows for public figures, such as notable celebrities and politicians to connect with their audience in a more personalised, individual way.

Hashtag campaigns and social media activism have allowed for large issues, such as police brutality, human rights, and sexual assault to come to the forefront of politics, and facilitate actual political change to occur. Vromen discusses how these “online campaigning organisations are challenging the line between traditional notions of ideology in activist politics” (Vromen, 2017). These digital campaigns are now the primary means of political activism for many, and with over half of the global population using social media, it is the most accessible way to create widespread change.

Mossberger, K., Tolbert, C.J. and McNeal, R.S., 2007. Digital citizenship: The Internet, society, and participation. MIt Press.

Tankovska, H. 2021. Number of global social network users 2017-2025 Statistica https://www.statista.com/statistics/278414/number-of-worldwide-social-network-users/

Vromen, A. 2017. Intro: Digital Citizenship and Political Engagement The Challenge from Online Campaigning and Advocacy Organisations London: Palgrave Macmillan

#mda20009 #digitalcitizen #digitalcitizenship #hashtags #digital communities

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differenthead · 4 years ago

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Volume 192

Listen to Different Head, Vol. 192: "Hot Massage" (Feb. 13, 2021) byDifferent Head on hearthis.at

Download

0:00:00 — "Intro" by Jean Carn (1979)

0:00:38 — "Mr. Gigolo" by Omarr's Girls feat. Wanda Williams (1986)

0:05:28 — DJ

0:07:51 — "Billy Who?" by Billy Frazier and Friends (1980)

0:14:14 — "Turn On to Love" by Jumbo '76 (1976)

0:31:22 — "Come Let Me Love You" (Vocal Version) by Jeanette "Lady" Day (1981)

0:36:59 — "C'mon Stop" (Short Version) by Black Gold (1983)

0:43:04 — DJ

0:47:50 — "Call Me" by Skyy (1981)

0:53:54 — "Feels Good (Carrots & Beets)" by Electra feat. Tara Butler (1982)

1:00:31 — "Again" by Nadya Kidd (1986)

1:06:43 — "Crack the Whip" (First Version) by Dina Gad (1989)

1:14:04 — DJ

1:18:58 — "Hot Massage" (7" Version) by Nightbirds (1984)

1:22:49 — "I'm Hot for Your Body" by John Greek and the Limiters (1979)

1:29:22 — "Slow Blow" (Instrumental Edit) by Hot R.S. (1977)

1:35:16 — "Slow Tongue" by Millie Jackson (1983)

1:40:03 — DJ

1:44:33 — "Violation" by Saint Tropez (1977)

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illarian-rambling · 1 month ago

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As requested...

Wip Intro:

The Final Voyage of the R.S. Starbreaker

✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️🛥✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

Illaros, a world of magic and monsters, stands upon the cusp of space travel. Unlike our world, this one, with its runic technology and arcane traditions, takes its rudimentary steps into space quite differently. The goal put forth by the Kesh-Abas Department of Exploration is to map the outer planets, as well as passing beyond the odd starry curtain they've observed at the edge of their solar wheel. However, space suits are a bit beyond their technology. Instead, they've asked a priest to call upon the gods in request of a crew of willing souls to complete this mission. After all, what's already dead cannot die to the vacuum of space.

The gods of Illaros are willing, as they have an alternate motive for seeing this mission succeed. For eons, they have battled their sworn enemy, End, the primordial incarnation of destruction. Yet, after so long spent fighting, the gods are tired and flagging. They hope that if this crew can pass beyond what the humans call the 'starry curtain,' aka End's body, they can perhaps find allies to aid this eternal fight. It's a dangerous gamble, but a small crew will be harder for the ancient terror to notice.

Five souls are chosen - not the greatest, but perhaps the most desperate for success. Their number includes a voidskiff captain who lost everything to vice, a long-dead astronomer from a famed warrior lineage, a selkie scholar dedicated to mapping the world and now the cosmos, a fae musician learning to understand empathy, and, perhaps the most important piece, an ancient and cursed soul who might be the only person in the world who understands the threat End poses.

But let's take a closer look at this pack of freaks!

Captain Faalgun Falani 🐉

Description: A Flying City native of mixed Hal'lan, Daramakti, and Illari blood, he stands at about 3'5" and generally appears as a bipedal, draconic-looking fellow. His scales are a light blue and a ruff of white fur cascades down his back and into a tuft at the end of his tail. His horns are crystalline. He wears a ragged, torn uniform, looking exactly as it did at his moment of death. As such, his neck is also clearly broken.

Personality: Faalgun is everything one would expect from a Flying City captain. He's professional, honorable, a bit strict, but ultimately looking out for his crew. Outside of work, he's more of an introvert and is slow to make close bonds. However, the closer you look, discrepancies start to pop up. Faalgun is always the last to leave a brawl, and only in the most dangerous of moments does a look of true joy find his face. He's cagey about his past and, despite his obvious experience, refuses to be officially named captain.

Fun facts:

Faalgun is aroace

He was raised in an orphanage, though he was well-loved there and saw it as a great place to grow up

He has a wonderful tenor singing voice and often sings when no one else is on-deck

Nyda Burningrock 🔭

Description: Nyda is an elf of Nabafyrian descent. She has coppery brown skin and green hair shaved into a (rather disheveled) mohawk. Her pointy face and ears are covered in piercings, with the most notable being a chain running from her nose to her ear. Some faded tattoos of thorny patterns cover her arms along with some old scars. She wears a cropped vest and baggy shorts. Under the vest can be seen the spear wound that killed her.

Personality: Your typical punk, Nyda hates authority and being told what to do. She's loud, brash, crude, and easily amused. This devil-may-care attitude somewhat hides her true brilliance as an astronomer. Though, it's not like she does really care about that. Nabafyrians are a renowned warrior culture and Nyda is... not that. She tends to invalidate her own efforts through lack of care - not taking notes or recording methods and the like. It almost seems like she wants to be anyone else than who she is.

Fun facts:

Nyda is a transwoman and a flaming butch lesbian

She can play the accordion

She is incapable of getting through a whole sentence without swearing

Kaulakri Ondohuroata 🗺

Description: Kaulakri is one of the halawemavish, or ocean selkies. In her land form, she is a plump woman with lightly furred, spotted gray skin, sleek dark gray hair, liquid dark eyes. Her ears are a triangular shape and she wears practical traveling gear. Her sclera are bloodshot and her face clammy even in death, hinting at the disease that took her life. She wears a sealskin cloak as well, which allows her to shift into the form of a leopard seal-like mermaid.

Personality: Highly meticulous and spatially minded, Kaulakri is a peerless cartographer. She has the determination and love of her (oft thought of as boring) job to leave no stone unturned and no island or planet unmapped. Mapping the Janazi Isles used to be her life's work - now mapping the planets is her death's work and she couldn't be happier. Indeed, she's far better with maps than people. Kaulakri can often come off as blunt or stuffy, or occasionally irrational when she lets her temper boil over (usually when Nyda is involved). Deep down, though, she has the greatest appreciation for the massive scientific leap this mission really is and will do anything to keep it going swimmingly.

Fun facts:

Kaulakri is a demiromantic lesbian

She's also autistic and likes to stim by nodding her head (historical maps are her special interest currently)

She grew up in a tiny selkie enclave and was the first of her people to attend a college, and attain a PhD. no less

Pashananath 🪕

Description: At first appearing to be a teenager, his smokey voice brings doubt as to how old the fae man actually is. Pash is from the Exumbra Hive. He was created with music as his Contribution, so he was quite literally built by the Gloaming Queen to be good at that. His fingers are dexterous and his voice is heavenly. Standing at about 6'2", Pash is a lanky fellow with a thick head of black hair that grows into fur on his elbows, pointy ears, and the tuft of his tail. His skin is pale, and both his pupilless eyes and pointed teeth are solid red. A gash can be seen across his throat.

Personality: Pash exudes laid-back energy. He's generally relaxed with whatever path the group takes and is a great listener when it comes to conversation. However, his fae upbringing has instilled him with some... odd values. Pash believes that pleasure is the ultimate pursuit, and that you should do anything to achieve it. He himself was murdered for singing an unpopular song, and he really does believe this was fully justified. His only regret was not being fast enough to kill the other guy first. Because of this, he can be exceedingly selfish, however, this only makes his moments of kindness shine all the brighter.

Fun facts:

No one really knows how old he is or how long ago he died

Despite his music being the literal reason he was created, Pash has a passion for travel

His favorite instrument is the erhu

Anarac Fifth-Blood 🌠

Description: Anarac is a man in his early thirties, with berry-red skin, shoulder-length blonde hair, and deep-set brown eyes with heavy dark circles. His ears are slightly pointed. He stands at about 6'0", though he usually keeps his head bowed. He wears a homespun tunic and light armor of an ancient make. His expression is usually quite vacant. A cut circles his entire throat, implying he died by decapitation.

Personality: Maybe once Anarac was outgoing or witty, but after spending seven thousand years as a part of End, much of that has been scraped away. He's a shell of a man, terrified of the stars, other people, and anything that might remind him of his past. All he seeks is a chance to make an apology, and to do so, he must find the lost afterlife of his extinct people. Despite how deeply traumatized he is, Anarac is highly observant and frequently curious about the world. He wants to keep his companions safe and happy. That's just a little difficult when he dissociates at the mere glimpse of starlight.

Fun facts:

He used to be a chef, and his secondary quest is to find out if he can still eat food as a ghost

In life, he was a divorced teen dad

He's fully aware that he comes across as a crazy guy hiding in the corner, but his dignity is too long gone to care

Here's a group portrait :)

Please let me know if you have any questions and I hope you enjoy!

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shuaimingxu-blog · 6 years ago

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Week 10 Computational Arts-Based Research Presentations (Group Project)

Nature vs. Urban

Intro

Our project is an audio & visual interpretation of natural and urban environments, supported by a video computational artefact presented to participants as a research experiment.

Inspired by the theory of phenomenology, we are exploring the relationship between perceptual experience and its impact on individual’s thoughts. For the experiment, we also wanted to recognise how the artefact would affect the way our participants perceived these environments.

Concept

The two theories we mainly focus on are from the article’ Natural Versus Urban Scenes’ by Roger s. Ulrich and ‘ Phenomenology of Perception’ by Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

From Ulrich’s article, we are particularly interested in the research about comparing nature and urban from the public. This research was done in 37 years ago which the majority agrees on the nature scenes are more pleasing than urban ones. From there we decided to adapt the methodology and project on our research.

On the other hand, we are also inspired by the studies of phenomenology, in the way of modifying people’s perception by giving them the materials that we want them to perceive. As in creating an environment we design and invite our audience to experience through senses and discuss their reactions if it influences on their thoughts of nature and urban.

Connect the outer influence to body to the thoughts.

Artefact

From the beginning of this project we had a clear plan to create an audio-visual artefact as a way of expressing our interpretation of the two environments. Our whole project revolved around experience, we wanted to express our experiences in the artefact and learn about others (our participants) in the experiment.

Early on in the process we decided to share with each other what feelings, experiences and memories natural and urban environments brought to mind. These ideas laid the ground works for the development of our artefact. The first video expressed nature in the form of a vibrantly colourful supershape inspired by the work of Paul Bourke and Reza Ali. This interpretation was based on our feelings of calm and discussions around the growth of natural organisms. We decided that our second video, representing urban environments, would be made up of monochrome digital noise. In this discussions words like grey, noise and industrial were brought up which developed into this design. The soundscapes have been included after the digital visual representation and they are recordings of nature and a rush-hour cityscape.

produced by: Penny (Pin Ju) Chen, Ben Sammon, Shuai Xu, Theo Vlagkas

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The Experiment

After the creation of our artefact we decided to explore other peoples experiences of the two environments. We were inspired by Roger S. Ulrich’s 1981 study of the physiological and psychological effects of urban and natural environments. His participants were shown slides of different environments and their physiology was measured using their brainwaves. This study shows that all of the participants found natural scenes such as water and vegetation more pleasant and beautiful compared to urban scenes. We decided to look into this further in our research.

We were also inspired by the research methods of phenomenology which can be defined as, ‘a qualitative research method that is used to describe how human beings experience a certain phenomenon.’ We were interested in exploring the subjective experiences of individuals on a ‘qualitative’ basis, learning about how they feel about natural and urban environments through an interview process.

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Results

We found that most of our participants had a positive experience of nature and had a preference for it but there was a mixed response about urban, most of our participants had a neutral to negative response about their experience of urban life. These findings are similar to the Ulrich study but participants seemed more positive about urban life than in the previous study. This was interesting, it may be because we are more used to living an urbanised life now compared to 1981 or that our participants were just generally happier in urban environments than those in the previous experiment.

It was interesting to find out what people thought of our interpretation of the two environments, one person thought the natural scene was disconnected from nature and the urban scene was soothing. These results were unexpected but are a testament to qualitative research methods.

Reflections

Our experiment could have been improved if we applied more feminist technoscience theory to it. Our study was of two binary options but in reality the distinction between nature and urban is very hazy. We therefore think if we continue this project in future, a way to improve it would be to remove the distinction of the two environments and use a more holistic nuanced approach.

We would also like to improve our prototype experiment with more participants from a variety of environmental backgrounds. We could enhance our findings of the interaction of the participants by inducing VR techniques which will be magnifying the computational experience.

References

Anon. Research Ready: Phenomenology Research. https://cirt.gcu.edu/research/developmentresources/research_ready/phenomenology (Last accessed: 15 Dec 2018)

Ali. R (2010). 3D SuperShapes. http://www.syedrezaali.com/3d-supershapes/ (Last accessed: 15 Dec 2018)

Bourke. P (2002). Supershapes (Superformula). http://paulbourke.net/geometry/supershape/ (Last accessed: 15 Dec 2018)

Merleau-Ponty, M. (1962). Phenomenology of Perception. London, Routledge.

Ulrich, R.S (1981). Natural vs Urban Scenes some Physiological Effects. Saga Publications.

Virostek, P (2013). Field Recording from Research to Wrap.

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konyvreflexiok · 7 years ago

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Kis Zoltán - Q.E.D.

(SPOILERMENTES!)

Könyvtárban jártam. Bármily meglepő, ez igen ritka esemény, mivel a megvásárolt könyvek halma is ijesztő méreteket ölt nálam otthon, nem is beszélve az elektronikus adathalmazról, ami szintén gyorsabban gyarapszik, mint ahogy fogyasztom a karaktereket (illetve most van nálam egy kiadó által küldött könyv is, ami a következő értékelésem tárgyát fogja képezni), szóval ezt általában nem akarom tetézni azzal, hogy még időlimittel is növelem a nehézségi szintet. Viszont csak elvetődtem könyvtárba, és ha már ott voltam, akkor hozzunk ki valamit, viszont akkor (belső monológ) “csak egyet, és rövidet, jó?”. Jó.

Kezembe akadt tehát ez a helyre kis vékonyka novelláskötet, amelynek a fülszövege filozófiai mélységeket ígért - még Borges neve is előkerült benne! - tehát nem volt kérdés, hogy velem jön. Nézzük is novellánként, ahogy szoktam.

Vöröseltolódás

A novella jó részéből nehéz kiszűrni a lényeget, a narratív integritást és a követhetőséget a szerző itt feláldozta a posztmodern szósaláta oltárán, és ráadásul csúnyán túl is tolja. A végén olyasmire futunk ki, hogy érdemes az absztrakttól a banális felé fordulni, merthogy… Ja, igen, az nem derül ki, merthogy ott van vége a novellának, amikor a főhősünk elvégzi ezt a mentális műveletet. Mindehhez kapunk egy budapesti utcai zavargásokról szóló kerettörténetet, amit szintén nem tudtam semmihez kötni, és magam is a főszereplővel értettem egyet: ebből az öncélú absztrakt-áradatból én is inkább valami banálisabb felé fordulnék.. Hohó, Q.E.D.!*

Aszkéta

Banalitásokat tárgyaló rövid intro után fordulunk rá egy Borges-homage-ba. Egyébiránt csinos, ahogy mindenféle előjel nélkül ezzel így ráugrik a gyanútlan olvasóra (még azzal együtt is, hogy a fülszöveg elspoilerezte, hogy lesz ilyen), szóval halk taps. A végkifejlet határozottan, ám nem zavaróan borgesi - kellő mennyiségű saját gondolat és stílusjegy jelenik meg ahhoz, hogy ne agyatlan majmolásról, hanem valódi tiszteletadásról beszélhessünk; amennyiben egy jellegzetesen borgesi elem egy teljesen újszerű hangulatú, beágyazott mininovellában tűnik fel. Ehhez képest az első Borges-riff csak ujjgyakorlatnak tűnik. Ez már tetszett.

Megbízhatatlan elbeszélő

Ebben aztán van Isten kilencmilliárd neve, egy egészen konkrét metafizikai rejtély, ami aztán a(z állítólagos) fizikai síkon is megjelenik… illetve eltűnik. Engem Massimo Bontempelli novelláira emlékeztetett (Kaland a panzióban), és mindez egy többszörösen önmagába csavarodó matrjoskababa-szerű szerkezetben teljesedik ki. Stílszerűen csak akkor mondanám, hogy Q.E.D., ha ez lenne a Tökéletes Mű - de persze nem az. Ettől függetlenül jó, és én amúgyis csípem a többszörösen önmagába csavarodó rekurzív metafikciót, sőt, csípem, hogy csípem a többszörösen önmagába csavarodó rekurzív metafikciót, sőt…

A Jaszenyevói Evangélium

Ez egy lábjegyzet-novella**, amiért már önmagában is hatalmas dicséret illeti K.Z.-t, viszont túl rövidnek érzékeltem, még bőven olvastam volna az alapötletről. Amely alapötlet egyébként Lemtől az Úr Hangjára rímel, csak persze sokkal kevesebbet tudunk meg az egészről. Van benne pár instant klasszikus mondat azért: a kedvenc lábjegyzetem egy részletét a determinizmus által gúzsba kötve muszáj ideidéznem:

“Mindazonáltal megfontolandó az a filozófiai kérdés: vajon ilyen nagy információmennyiség a dialektika szabályai szerint nem csap-e át valamifajta szándékolatlan információminőségbe; a tág átvételi keresztmetszetnek milyen autoregulatív intézményi-strukturális következményei lehetnek; az ilyen struktúra működése milyen diszfunkciókban manifesztálódik?”

Hát nem imádnivaló?

Nem múlik el hónap úgy

Ez a novella egy nemlétező ontológiai detektívregény ismertetője. Azt hiszem, sokat hozzáfűznöm ehhez a mondathoz nem is kell, aki szereti az ilyesmit, az jól fog szórakozni. Nekem mindazonáltal egy kicsit üres volt, többet is ki lehetett volna hozni belőle (de jaj, akkor még üresebb lenne!).

A ridegség mérsékelt alázata

Kicsit uncsi, és csak ismétli az eddig már megismert ötleteket. Ez nem jött be így a kötet hatodik novellájaként. Önmagában olvasva - amikor még újnak hat az alapgondolat és a stílus - akár még ajánlanám is, de az eddigi írások után azért már magasabban van az a léc.

Villanykávéház

A könyvet egy talán összefoglaló jellegűnek szánt, ám inkább zavarodott, önreflexív meta-novella*** zárja, amiben aztán előkerül a Blade Runner, az Úr Hangja****, Borges (sokadszor), de Cervantes és még Nietzsche is. Mint tudatfolyam-szöveg elég, de mint narratív végpont azért hagy némi kívánnivalót maga után.

Az értékelésnek viszont ezennel kreálok egy narratív végpontot: aki egy rövid (összesenn 150 oldal), tudatfacsaró, ám sodró lendületű, apró falatokban fogyasztható könnyed kikapcsolódásra vágyik, némi metafikcióval nyakonöntve, az bátran vegye a kezébe, mert van benne pár (még Borges műveinek ismeretében is) meglepő és érdekes metafizikai gondolat. Aki viszont fél a potenciálisan túl posztmodern, túl absztrakt és helyenként narratív szempontból követhetetlen textusoktól, annak a már említett Kaland a Panzióban-t javaslom, ott abszolúte világos és ütős szcenáriók segítségével sikerült a metafizikai ötleteket a fizikai világra leképezni.*****

A magam részéről azért vonok le négy pontot, mert ez messze volt a tökéletestől, a már említett ötleteket nem mindig sikerült épkézláb narratív keretbe helyezni (Borges akármennyire elvont és posztmodern, ezt az általam eddig olvasott művei szinte mindig megugrották), illetve az első és az utolsó három novella önmagában olvasva nem lenne a közepesnél jobb; itt, a könyv kontextusában a mikrokozmosz-építés miatt egyszer-kétszer felcsillant a szemem (pl.: “Á, a cápaszérummal impregnált kabát!”******), de ezek akár simán passzolhatók is. A maradék kiemelkedő, de ezekkel az influenciákkal (Lem, Borges, Clarke, Nietzsche, Ridley Scott, stb., ez tulajdonképpen egy igazi dream team, annál is inkább, mivel 1991-es könyv révén R.S. csak az első két filmjével szerepel, a Gladiátor című kliséhalmaz szerencsére az oldalvonalon túl kénytelen várakozni - sajnos 9 év múlva becserélik) én tényleg többet vártam. Ha csak egy novellát olvastok el a könyvből, a Jaszenyevói Evangélium legyen az (lásd második lábjegyzet)!

6/10

* De azért ez olcsó trükk volt, Zolikám, valljuk be! ** Kuszma imádná, és ezt az bizonyítja a legfényesebben, hogy engem is ez a novella vett rá, hogy lábjegyzeteket használjak ebben az értékelésemben. Pedig nem szokásom. *** Meta, amennyiben egy szöveg keletkez(tet)éséről szól. **** A-ha! Tudtam én, hogy nem véletlenül sejlett fel már az egyik korábbi novellában a hasonlóság! Persze a metafizika és a sci-fi elválaszthatatlan cimborák, ezt eddig is tudtuk. ***** Nem mellesleg sokkal jobb is lett az a könyv, 8/10-re értékelném most így hirtelen, fel is írtam magamnak, hogy írnom kell róla egy rendes értékelést. Egyszer. ****** It Makes Sense In Context. De tényleg.

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