#reality tours

[ohposhers]

they had to cut the entire crotch seam out of the shorts to make it work with his fins but JD always gets what he wants (trollex cant say no to him) idek man fishipping is such a goofy ship what am i doing

[laniidae-passerine]

positively obsessed with how Rockstar Lestat is the exact kind of guy one of my friends would show me a picture of and swear he’s really sexy and cool and brilliant. Whole time I’m thinking “oh dear GOD” staring at a trainwreck weirdo and wondering what’s happened to everybody else that is absolutely missing me. jesus christ he’s blond

[thatqueergarbagerat]

For April Fools day, I want Dan and Phil to give a phouse tour of a house that is very, very clearly NOT theirs

[beebfreeb]

There are Gregory Horror Show stories in my head so intricate.

[tritoch]

in general trying to write a fully canon-compliant wol, as i conceive it, is an interesting project because the wol's life involves such a staggering amount of direct interpersonal violence it is almost beyond comprehension. the only people in the real world who did anything comparable are like, certain executioners for totalitarian states, and that's obviously a very different form of violence.

and like obviously combat in FFXIV should not in any way be taken as a 1:1 with real world violence, not least because the game repeatedly points to the idea that combat can in some sense be a joyous and glorious form of personal expression (as with ravana, susano, zenos, etc.), which doesn't really square with the reality of doing violence. but to even begin to conceive of a character who's capable of doing what the WoL does from ARR on and trying to take it somewhat seriously means basically making an extremely detached killing machine, who's fine using those skills for any rando willing to call the hit they're hiring you for a "quest".

it ends up dovetailing really nicely with the games as written, though; you start ARR being like "i am an instrument of violence directed by others :)" and not talking much or ever registering your own thoughts on anything, because who cares? you're a violence-doing machine. and then one of your friends gets mind-controlled and you gotta fight a might-makes-right fascist and you meet multiple people who think you personally are a really cool person with inherent value in their own right just by being a person and it's like, hm. maybe there are other ways to live. and that parallels really nicely with DRK in HW, and then you and alphinaud deciding that you are tired of endless sacrifices in the name of progress and you are going to save estinien, and then the WoL getting to walk into stormblood having really consciously chosen this fight rather than letting someone else choose for them.

obviously there are a lot of stories you can tell with your WoL but to me this is a big part of why my approach to it necessarily revolves primarily around violence and regret. you spend the core game and two expansions becoming a terrible angel of death and then get teleported to another world where you learn that some people literally consider you a psychopomp who escorts the dead to their final rests. then in the next expansion you meet someone who was unfortunate enough to be on the other end of things during your implacable killing machine days. THEN you accidentally cause the flower that symbolizes grief to be invented. the wol's whole life is haunted by overwhelming grief (mostly that of other people) and terrible violence (mostly their own).

[phant0m-l0rd]

My pictures of Dir En Grey in Paris, Day 1 (22.03.24)~

Day 2 pics here.

(my quick thoughts on the shows below the line)

I went to both Paris shows (VIP on day 1) and it was hands down the best experience of my life so far. So amazing beyond words. To not only meet my favourite band of all-time in the flesh, but to also watch them perform from the front row on the 1st day (and still very close to the stage on day 2) felt so surreal. Seeing them perform some of my favourite songs of all-time (including dead tree, my number 1 favourite song) was so overwhelmingly amazing I cried multiple times. I got acknowledgments from Die, Toshiya, and Kyo for screaming so loudly every time they came to our side of the stage, and I can't describe how affirming it felt. Since yall follow me on here, you know how much this band means to me, and especially Kyo. This man is my biggest inspiration in regards to both his music and his artistic self-expression. I've never been so inspired by a musician before; I've never been this obsessed with a band before. This was a dream come true, one that I never thought could happen. Thank you so much to this most incredible band. No band will ever come close for me.

[high-in-the-tower]

What if next season Armand and Lestat are in a secret situationship and are having nasty hate sex because they both hate themselves + each other,,,,,,rock bottom together but at least you know the other guy next to you on the cave floor !

[kindahoping4forever]

🗣️👋🏻🇵🇹📍🏟️🐂🐂🤷🏼‍♂️🔛🥁⏳

[sekai-no-reita]

[haddieyu]

𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜?

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[chotachica]

Okay okay I agree with everyone talking about the possibility of Pluto finally getting to go to France and meeting Duke in one of his shows, but I now raise you: What if they met BEFORE and Duke was actually the one to tell him about France and the lights and everything. What if Duke were the reason he wanted to go there in the first place. What then.

[abbeypotter]

hi!

im abbey. I made a already made a post introducing my drs but figured i'd re-do it but better this time. (also include some stuff i didn't last time).

so i'm 18 years old in this reality and all of my drs unless otherwise specified. i'm from america and have been a member of the shifting community for 3+ years! for many years i was too busy to actively attempt but i am getting back into shifting again and can't wait to shift!

drs (these include drs i have scripted and ones i plan to script later on):

hogwarts (as a transfer student)

hogwarts university (as harry's twin)

marauder's era (as james' twin)

streamer/fame dr

shameless

dead poets society

my hero academia

pokemon

stardew valley

miraculous ladybug

teen titans

i also have a anime uni dr with a buch of different characters from anime that i wouldn't shift to by themselves so they're all combined as one university (haikyuu, blue period, death note, ouran high school host club, and some more that i cant remember rn). all of the characters are university aged.

now here are some fun facts about me and my shifting journey

how did you find out about shifting?

my younger sibling told me about it. they started telling me stories about how they had shifted to hogwarts and like most people i assumed they were talking about a dream but they corrected me on it. i'm noe way more into shifting than they are lmao.

2. what was your first dr?

so when i first got into shifting i actually had never watched harry potter, so my first dr ever was my hero academia. i dont have any of my old scripts but trust me they were kinda embarrassing. but if i remember correctly my first EVER dr was to be a part of the big three at UA and my love interest was tamaki amajiki. then in my later scripts i was in class 1-A and scripted literally half the class had a crush on me.

3. who's your love interest in your drs?

i haven't scripted specific love interests for each dr i kinda just wanna see what happens at the moment. the only love interest i'm set on is regulus in my marauder's dr.

edit: in my dead poets society dr my s/o is meeks!!

4. what is something you always script? & what is something other people script that you don't?

i always script clear skin, that i cant die, all the basic stuff. in my hogwarts drs i always script that Lupin is the DADA professor every year, yearly yule balls and other dances, scripting out cedric and fred's deaths and also script out the battle of hogwarts. i also script perfect vision bc i cant see shit without my glasses lmao

i personally dont script out my period or getting sick because i'd like to keep some of the realism and i honestly dont mind stuff like that.

if you guys have anymore questions you can ask! i can't think of any more at the moment lmao

[emergingghost]

jb and her band from "julien baker's fall tour diary" for nylon

[twopoppies]

Hiya, just read this about Lorde & cancelling tours. Seems like it’s more common than I thought?

https://www.nme.com/news/music/lorde-addresses-economic-realities-of-touring-things-are-at-an-almost-unprecedented-level-of-difficulty-3347062

Oh, that’s such an interesting article. Thank you so much for sending it. It does a really good job of laying out the myriad complication involved in staging a tour these days.

“Basically, for artists, promoters and crews, things are at an almost unprecedented level of difficulty,” Lorde wrote in her letter, citing factors like “three years’ worth of shows” occurring simultaneously, global economic downturn, and concertgoers’ “totally understandable wariness” around health risks.

She went on to acknowledge logistical factors such as widespread crew shortages, linking to an article from New Zealand news outlet Stuff about the issue. “Extremely overbooked trucks and tour buses and venues, inflated flight and accommodation costs, ongoing general COVID costs, and truly mindboggling freight costs” were also listed as factors.

“To freight a stage set across the world can cost up to three times the pre-pandemic price right now. I don’t know shit about money, but I know enough to understand that no industry has a profit margin that high,” Lorde continued.

“Ticket prices would have to increase to start accommodating even a little of this, but absolutely no one wants to charge their harried and extremely-compassionate-and-flexible audience any more fucking money.

“Nearly every tour has been besieged with cancellations and postponements and promises and letdowns, and audiences have shown such understanding and such faith, that between that and the post-COVID wariness about getting out there at all, scaring people away by charging the true cost ain’t an option. All we want to do is play for you.”

Lorde went on to say that she’s lucky because profits being down across the board doesn’t pose an issue for an artist of her stature, but touring has become a “demented struggle to break even or face debt” for artists selling less tickets than her – which in some cases, can make touring prohibitive altogether.

[…]

She continued: “I wanted to put all of this in your minds to illustrate that nothing’s simple when it comes to touring at the moment, and if your faves are confusing you with their erratic moves, some of this could be playing a part.”

Full article here

[yourdailyqueer]

Brendan Sheerin

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 23 February 1959  

Ethnicity: White - British

Occupation: Tour guide, reality star, actor, writer, presenter

[bitchypuppystarlight]

Yes he should have knowm, they already harrassed his previous girlfriend Jade amd aired her medical information. He should be fucking ashamed of the PR he did with Nicola

That is the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever read. It is not his fault that some of you all are batshit crazy and have developed a parasocial relationship bordering on stalking and harassment.

As far as the press tour goes, HE WAS DOING HIS JOB!!!!

All I got from that press tour was that Luke & Nicola have the greatest of affection for each other. That Nicola knows how to play the press tour game better than anyone and that Luke gets really nervous about stuff like that but because he trusts Nicola he was able to relax and have some fun.