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ricconails · 5 months ago
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roach-muncher-girl · 1 year ago
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As much as 196 was fun and the source of 98 percent of my karma, existing and posting on tumblr has always had my heart and soul
On reddit when i imagine what op looks like when posting im picturing a regular blue collar human, tapping away at a phone.
But on this hellsite?
Here i imagine the op adorned in a silk bathrobe from the waist up and cartoon loveheart boxer shorts from the waist down. They are sitting down at an oak and gold embossed desk, a wine glass topped up with diet dr pepper and a bowl of mac and cheese at their side, slowly whittling the night away at an antique typewriter. The clack and chime of the weathered machine are the only company op needs as they complete their masterwork, the sands of time sifting through from the golden hours of dusk till the cool calm of the early morning.
By morning the post is complete and is sent by way of pidgeon to the rabble in the town's square. Now nailed to the towns notice board is the following:
"Ricco from the penguins of madagascar was kind of a girlboss. I wonder what their body tastes like"
And then 5297 notes and two and a half months later its revealed that op was the one that stole someone's urn containing their grandma's ashes at dashcon or something.
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londranotizie24 · 2 months ago
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Nicki Minaj Named Best Dressed at Met Gala 2024
Nicki Minaj stole the spotlight at the Met Gala 2024 with her stunning ensemble, crafted by Marni's Francesco Ricco to embody the theme "Sleeping Beauty: The Garden of Time."
After a hiatus from last year's event, Onika Tanya Maraj made a triumphant return, transforming into a floral sculpture that captivated onlookers and earned her the title of best dressed at the prestigious gala. Eighteen publications, including Vogue, Elle, Rolling Stone, and Variety, bestowed this honor upon the music icon.
Minaj's garden-inspired outfit, complete with a matching summer yellow purse and shoes, exuded elegance and creativity, earning praise from fashion critics for its thematic cohesion. Her hairdo, featuring accents of her alter egos Chun-Li and Ninja Barbie, added an extra touch of flair to her ensemble. She fashioned her nails 🤩
As a music and fashion mogul, Minaj continues to make waves in both industries. Her fifth album tour showcased her fashion genius, while her music achievements speak for themselves. "Pink Friday 2" currently reigns as the most streamed album by a female rapper in 2024, boasting 1.8 billion streams and counting on Spotify alone.
Minaj's undeniable presence at the Met Gala and her ongoing success in the music industry solidify her status as a cultural icon, leaving a lasting impression on fans and critics alike.
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itslenabishhxo · 3 years ago
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lee-etc · 4 years ago
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I watched the Millionaire Detective English Dub so you don't have to
And oh boy was it the comic relief I needed after episode 8
Let's talk voice acting. Overall the dub is mediocre at best, so I guess it's good for dub standards
Some of the voice actors sound more professional than others but maybe that's just me???
The translation wasn't bad tho. The ending "How much?" scene was still iconic, being almost word to word
Obviously tho there were a few translations that got me like when Daisuke said "In Japan, I found purpose." instead of 「 It happened in Japan. 」 Idk man I feel like these lines are pretty different but go off
Alrighty let's talk characters cuz oh boy... Oh boy
Thoughts on the individual characters:
Haru Kato
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Haru's voice actor, Ricco Fajardo, did a pretty good job!
As much as I love Mamoru Miyano, I always felt that his voice was a lil bit deeper than what Haru 'should' sound like
But Ricco Fajardo voices Haru in a similar way to what he could sound like if he was... Well... if he was English
Still, Japanese Haru is my favourite,,, Miyano nails Haru's frustrations and puts so much emotion into his acting which makes Haru's strong will that much stronger
Daisuke Kambe
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oh boy here we go again
Okay so two things about Daisuke:
He may be short but he has a deep voice
That deep voice is a part of his appeal ask any daisuke simp and they'll tell you
... And yeah. Daisuke's voice actor doesn't suit him at all.
He starts to sound a bit like Daisuke whne his voice gets deeper but otherwise... nah fam this ain't it
This isn't to say that Adam Rowe is a bad voice actor tho, he's actually quite good. I think that he just wasn't the best choice for the rule
Also my Japanese is terrible but idk if you say Kanbe like that man... It needs more ✨flair✨
Shinnosuke Kamei
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Kamei was perfect and you can't convince me otherwise
I mean his voice doesn't really suit him but no one's voice really suits the sooo
Honestly I feel like his voice actor just had fun with it and I'm here for that
He sounds like the twink I'd always imagined him as it's prefect
Ryo Hoshino
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UHM SIR
When did Hoshino become a top like daMn his voice is so much deeper
"You haven't changed a bit." sir 😳 you've got a grin in your voice when you say that
... What are you implying
... That wasn't in the Japanese version 😳😳
Anyway his voice, as expected, doesn't really suit him but damn he sounds good
Excuse me while I listen to that part again cuz damn
Yukihiro Kiyomizu
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:(( he
Honestly Kiyomizu had a really unique voice in the sub because he has a very cute voice with a little bit of a lisp that was a lot deeper when he was younger but yeah I just think that his voice really suits him
But his voice in the dub is just... Okay... I guess
Final thoughts, or tl;dr:
It's an average dub that's probably not worth your time unless you think that hoshino is hot then go off I guess
Honestly maybe I'm just conflicted
Daisuke should have a deeper voice
HEUSC sounds basic af... like a GPS voice or Google Translate voice epically when he gave the directions to the bridge
I'll always love the soundtrack more than anything tbh, it's such a groove
And lastly
One-liners that I found funny:
- *GPS voice* Balance: unlimited
- *takes chocolate* nnnuHmM - hUh. They're not very sweet
- Hey you! Are you outta your damn mind? You're under arrest for obstruction of Justice- *coUGh cough phEh more coughing pheH INHALE*
- *blows cigar smoke* pardon
- *strained voice* WHAT THE HOLY HELL IS GOING ON
JuSt pull over, we're screwed!
*police cars flipping over and crashing in the distance*
- *telephone rings* It's me. What? You arrested him? what about the bomb
- HEY WATCH IT! hooligan
Important Note:
... yes I'm a sub purist (you can judge me I really don't care lmao) but I know when to watch a dub as well/instead of a sub. Usually it's okay for comedic shows such as Golden Boy or if you are not good at reading subs. But otherwise I'm not really a fan of dubs - sure, they help introduce anime to a wider audience but otherwise eh. They're alright. This dub was enjoyable, but yeah.
Thanks for reading!!
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universodonna-official · 3 years ago
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leafyfiddle13 · 5 years ago
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RvB Season 17 Review
Red vs Blue: Singularity has ended, and with it, so has the arc that started with Season 15. So, what did I think? This is my first formal review, so forgive me if it's a little sloppy.
I'm going to look at this season from multiple angles:
How did it look and sound?
How did it treat its heroes?
How did it treat its villains?
How good was its story?
How well did it conclude the Shisno Paradox arc?
Sound and Visuals
First off, this season has a great soundtrack. Aside from the synth rhythms that have been a staple of this arc continuong to be really fun, the new songs by Trocadero are really amazing. Seriously, if you haven't heard Enemy and Blood Gulch Blue, go listen to them right now.
SFX are still good, not much to talk about there. The portally noises and Huggins zooming and such still sounds cool.
I want to take some time to talk about the visuals though. One thing that this arc has done particularly well (S16 and S17 especially), is aesthetic. The cosmic elements here are really unique to the series, and I love the look. From the majestic, mythological armor choices of the Cosmic Powers (Labyrinth this season in particular looks like a Spartan Cyclops and it's great), to the structures, like Chrovos' Prison, Starseeds, the Labyrinth, I just love their aesthetic. The black holes in the Labyrinth look truly terrifying, and the "big bang pre-bang" we see in episodes 6, 7, and 12 is also just breathtaking.
In terms of animation, I love this season. We didn't get a whole ton, but what we got was amazing. The highlights to me were Wash pulling a gun on Genkins, Genkins getting impaled (ANIMATION IN CE YEEEEET) Carolina v Carolina, and The very short Genkins v Labyrinth. I especially love the latter because of how Genkins' holographic body glithces and reverts to his true form a bit every time he gets hit. It just looks great. I also think the Carolina fight was the best fight scene in terms of choreography this entire arc! I think Donut vs O'Malley still wins in terms of sheer spectacle, but tjis fight was really well done. Kudos to the animation team!
Heroes
Singularity took a huge risk by making Donut, who up until this point was little more than a running gag, into its protagonist. And it worked amazingly! In just 12 short episodes, Jason took the development he and Joe started in S16 and brought Donut into the limelight as a fully fleshed out, three dimensional character. And it felt totally believeable! Dan Godwin did amd amazing job this year as Donut, and this season really gave him a chance to show off his talents.
The next most major character is Washington. Wash has been my favorite charavter since I first met him in Recovery One all those years ago. I loved his arc last season, and this arc really did well by him. Having this season to be like the fandom's goodbye to the badass, tough-as-nails Wash we know and allowing us to ease ourselves into the idea that he's going to need some help from now on was really great. And I love how he and Carolina had their reconciliation, it was all beautifully done. Hats off to Shannon and Jen, they did and incredible job this season.
As for the other Reds and Blues, they didn't get a whole lot to do, but most of them at least had a few good moments:
Caboose talking about grief and beating up Genkins/Church was an unexpectedly powerful scene.
Tucker's scene in episode 9 where he had his revelation about leadership was also awesome. I'm one of those people who wasn't the greatest fan of how his character was treated in season 16, and I think this scene not only "fixes" that, but it also turned it into a cool part of his arc.
Sarge's whole labyrinth experience was a really cool moment for his character and the arc he's sort of had in the backround the last few seasons (I wrote more about it in another post)
Grif had some great moments. After being the main man in S16, he's taking more of a backseat, but his development is still very much intact. He's fully onboard with the plan once he's woken up. His conversation with Huggins was great (although it does suck they never met again to have resolution), his talk with Kai in the finale was really emotional, and getting the Grif sibs backstory was a welcome touch. Geoff and Becca really nailed it in that episode.
Lopez and Simmons really had nothing to do this season, unfortunately, but oh well, and least Lopez is literally older than time now lol
Villains
So in Singularity, we start out with Chrovos as our main villain, with Genkins as their lackey. I must admit, while Lee Eddy gave a fun performance as Chrovos, I still prefer Ray Schilens' take on the character. Chrovos was not my favorite villain, but they were serviceable enough for the first half of the season, and they had some fun monologues.
Genkins, however, really surprised me. When he was revealed to be evil last season, I was kinda ambivalent. I didn't really care about him, and he seemed just a tad too ridiculous. This season, especially in the back half, really changed my mind. Jason leaned into the ridiculousness of Genkins and made him full on maniacally insane. And I loved it. His insane twitches and cackles were a delight to watch and hear. I loved it when he betrayed Chrovos, because he was the more present and charismatic threat anyway, and it was exactly the kind of thing the "god of tricks" would do. Ricco Fajardo did an amazing job, one of the best performances of the season.
Story
In terms of story, I think Singularity is a vast improvement of The Shisno Paradox. That season started strong, then felt like it treaded water for 10 episodes, then quickly rushed to a finish. Singularity, on the other hand, moves very quickly. A bit too quickly in some cases. The first half of the season is extremely tight. The very first episode sets up the plot, with the introduction of the Everwhen, and Chrovos explaining time travel. I loved this explanation, and wrote a whole post about it here. Suffice it to say, time travel really confused me in S16, but S17 made it make sense in my mind. Donut find Wash, Wash visiting the Freelancers, and the two of them waking the Reds and Blues, all felt natural and felt like no time was wasted without feeling rushed.
Episodes 7 and 8, 7 especially, however, start to get a bit dull. The majority of both episodes is just spent explaining time travel again to the reds and blues. Not much happens. Which is a real shame, because SO MUCH happens in the last three episodes that it feels like it could have benefitted from adding in another episode to more fully flesh out the Labyrinth and the ending.
However, I do love the ending. Everyone's Labyrinth scenarios (except Simmons', which was really lame) were really good and offered neat insight into their characters. And the final twist with Genkins becoming Chrovos after going back to the beginning of time was incredible. Over all, I really like the story this season.
As an arc ending
I think Singularity did a great job. The Shisno Paradox ended on quite a crazy cliffhanger, with so many loose story threads and gods and such high stakes that it felt impossible to wrap up in just one more season, let alone a 12-episode season. But Singularity took all of that and made it work by bringing it to a smaller, more personal level. Tons of gods? Singularity just focuses one two, Genkins and Chrovos. Time travel through all of time? Singularity just focuses on the timeline of the show. It all makes the sotry feel more personal amd grounded, even with all these cosmic events happening. Amd I think it wrapped up the story that started in S15 and ramped up in S16 extremely well!
Final Thoughts
Over all, I think that Season 17 is my favorite season since Season 13 (my personal favorite). It was a really strong season, and I can't wait to see what happens next. I do hope Jason Weight stays on to write, as he has done an incredible job this season and the episodes he worled on last season.
I give Red vs Blue: Singularity an 8.75/10!
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calliecat93 · 5 years ago
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Red vs Blue Season 17 Review, Part One
On March 9th, 2019, Red vs Blue: Singularity premiered at last. After the monster cliffhanger of S16, to say that many of us had been anxious would be an understatement. Well, it’s several months later and the season has concluded it’s 12 episode run. So, was it good? Was it bad? Well… that’s a hard question to answer. But however we feel, we’re going to be going over it today in my Season 17 Review~!
This baby got a Hell of a lot longer than intended, so hopefully, it’s coherent. I tried to be firm, but honest. No matter what I think though, there is no arguing that these people put in a lot of work to make this season a reality. I never want that fact to be ignored. So thank you Jason, Miles, Josh, Austin, Greg, Joe, RT Animation, and everyone else for all the hard work. Couldn’t have been easy, but we appreciate it all the same~!
So with that said, for the final time, let us talk about Red vs Blue Season 17.
Visuals/Machinima
This season was unique in that not only was Halo 5 still being us, but they had to go back and use all the past renditions as well. It looked like they were going to use Halo 2 Anniversary for the paradox stuff, a familiar yet different design, but I guess someone decided it was better to just reuse the older games. Which I think was probably the right choice. Halo 2 Anniversary I think would have helped add this feeling of everything being off, but at the same time seeing the previous versions helps connect to the moments more. It adds more emotional investment since we’re seeing something that we recognize being fucked with. It meant more work for the Machinima team, and I hope that they’re all still alive and had a nice vacation after it was all over cause yikes. Their efforts are greatly appreciated~
The machinima was overall very good. Josh Ornelas has been with the show for six years as a machinimator and directed at least a few episodes of S14. So he was more than fit to be a co-director for this season. Austin Clark is newer and IDK when he started (my guess is around 14 or 15), but I think he’s shown that he’s perfectly capable both as a machinimator and as a director. I never noticed any issues with the machinima that threw me off… but as usual, it’s hard to critique what are essentially video game movements/defaults. Very least whenever the characters were emotional or something, I got the feeling from how the scene was framed. Even though you can’t see the faces, the machinimators know how to frame it to make you feel the intended emotion. Episode 9 with Carolina and Wash’s talk I think demonstrated that. Yeah, the VA-ing helped, but you can see the emotion, even though there’s no emotion to display. And while Austin handled the even-numbered episodes and Josh the odd ones, everything felt like they were on the same page, which is essential when co-directing. They both did an excellent job directing.
Animation was sadly sparse compared to the last season. Wasn’t bad though. There were some good bits, like the opening credits and Wash directing his gun at Genkins in Episode 3. Oh. and Genkins getting stabbed with his own golf club was pretty gruesome, especially with his writhing around, but seeing the original Halo animated was nice. We only got one fight scene, but it was Carolina vs Carolina and it was badass. Not as creative as the Donut vs O’Malley fight, but still really good and impactful. Loved it!. The sets and effects were all very good. Just look at the opening. The effects used for The Everwhen looked really cool and other-worldly. The Labyrinth looked pretty creepy, as it should be considering its true nature. And of course, all the previous Halo’s still looked good… maybe a little dated with Halo: CE but still as good as it did in the remaster.
Overall, visually speaking, the season was really good. The machinima looked great and was directed competently. I felt engaged, and that’s what’s important. Definitely one of the season high points.
Voice Acting/Music
We’re mainly going to be discussing Dan Godwin, Shannon McCormick, Jen Brown, Ricco Fajardo, and Lee Eddy. Everyone else in the main cast was pretty much at the expected level of quality. There’s sadly not much to talk about specifically, which we’ll go more into during the character section. But Joel, Matt, Gus, Geoff, Becca, and Jason Saldana all did well and gave the quality that I expect from them, just nothing that stands out really. I’ll say this, Geoff and Becca’s performance in the finale was very strong and emotional and I loved it. Matt he both got to do Wyoming again and had to do Doc and O’Malley at the same time, which he nailed perfectly. And hearing Burnie as Church again was really nice… but never let him do English Lopez again. Ever.
Let's talk about villains first. Ricco Fajardo as Genkins is freakin’ fantastic. While we got glimpses of it last season, Genkins fun but truly shitty self is on full display this season. And Ricco is clearly having the time of his life recording it. He’s just always so cheerful and having fun, but it feels so messed up and sadistic due to the circumstances. But he owns it. Sometimes having a villain who is just shitty can be fun, especially if you have a competent actor doing it. And Ricco absolutely nailed it. We also have Lee Eddy, who voiced 479er, make her return to RvB as Chrovos. She too is clearly having a fun time. She goes full-on Large Ham with Chrovos’ theatrics and basting but also portrays her getting fed up very well. It’s the Gwen in her showing, haha. But yeah, these are two fun villain characters, and the performances very much reflected that. Loved it~
Next, we have our Freelancers, Shannon and Jen. They both got the emotions hard this season. Which considering how their plot ended last season, is no surprise. It’s no shock that these two did very well, but… man… Jen had to express a lot of guilt, but also a lot of tears and pain. Which she did very well. Carolina feels terrible and has to accept that her efforts were in vain, and Jen conveyed that very well. The second that Carolina breaks down in Episode 9… God, I just wanted to hug her. Then there’s Episode 11 where Carolina is confronting her past self, and it truly does feel like two different characters, even though it’s the same actress. It was a very strong performance this season, arguably her best one yet.
Then we have Shannon. Oh golly, Shannon. How long has he been doing Wash now? Over a decade, right? He knows this character in and out… and he perfectly shows that this season. Wash has a lot to get through this season. His anger at Carolina, him having to accept what happened, accept what has to happen, it’s a lot. Shannon nails it. From going back and forth between normal and crazy in Episode 3 to any time his anger at Carolina showed, to his talk with Carolina in Episode 5, his acceptance of his fate and prepping for it in Episode 9, and his horror to seeing everyone die in 11. And he still got lighter moments, like his interactions with Donut, which were super enjoyable. Shannon just knocked it out of the park this season, and I loved it.
But of course, the one I have to give the biggest kudos to is Dan Godwin. While he has performed Donut since the very beginning… well, he only got to do so much since Donut only got to do so much. He never did a bad job, or he was on par with everyone else, but he simply wasn’t really allowed to go beyond ‘optimistic, innuendo-spouting moron’. That is, until now. Dan got to do so much this season. He got a full range to do with Donut that he really never got, or only got so briefly. He got to be emotional, he got to be angry, he got to be frustrated, he got to be utterly done with absolutely everything. And he conveyed all of that very well. Heck, I think the pitch even lowered a little bit compared to before, or it felt less squeaky as the season went on. It feels more like an in-between of Blood Gulch Donut and pre-Paradox Donut, which I think works. Overall, Dan got to show how much experience with the character he really has after so many years of not getting to, and he was by far the best performer due to it.
Everyone in the cast did great. Even for brief returns like Miles and Gray with the Mercs, Arryn Zech with Dr. Grey, and the Freelancers all did a great job. Jason Weight as Grif’s coach was also simultaneously hilarious and scary. He clearly put his all into it, anyways. As for the music… what? Ae we surprised that it was good? David Levy and Trocadero again delivered a solid soundtrack. The fact that we have to wait for both this soundtrack and still for the S16 soundtrack continues to upset me. But at least it means a lot of quality tracks whenever they do come out. Solid job overall from the music team.
Characters
So one of the problems with these reviews is I have to remember to look at things two ways: as a fan and as a critic. We had a lot of really good character stuff with some characters… and not so much with others. And looking at it as a fan and then as a critic causes two widely different perspectives regarding this section. Normally I’d rather get the negative out of the way, but to explain the negative I have to talk about the positives first. Hopefully, I don’t come off as too harsh, but I want to be honest in this review as well. So.. here we go.
Okay, happy first. The two main focuses of this season are Donut and Wash. Let's do Wash, and in turn Carolina, first. Wash… well, got put to the side last season for the most part. His plot was mainly focused on his brain damage that he didn’t know about and ended with his blow up at Carolina. Which we all know what that leads to. Here, Wash has to deal with the fallout of it. He gets to stabilize and be back to pre-brain damage and is determined to save the others… but his anger at Carolina is lingering. His arc this season is about him forgiving Carolina, helping Donut, and accepting his own fate. I think, overall, Wash had a very good arc. And this is coming from someone who is not that big of a Wash fan.
Wash’s anger at Carolina is understandable, but he realizes that she did it out of concern for him and never meant to hurt him, and especially after talking to her in Episode 5 and how even when paradox’d she still trusts him, he forgives her. Carolina, in turn, has to deal with the immense guilt of her actions… again. Yeah, the fact that we got another ‘Carolina is guilty’ story after Freelancer, S13, and S15, it’s feeling a little repetitive. But her emotions regarding it were very well written. You do really feel the remorse and understand why she did what she did. It makes it even worse when in Episode 9, Wash accepts what has to happen and Carolina has to accept it. It was one of the toughest scenes in the season but was such a beautiful, poignant moment for both. They still have problems, like Wash fears of losing everyone and Carolina has past issues lingering still over Freelancer and her family. But it’s safe to say that they’ve both become closer and stronger.
The biggest character of this season is, of course, Donut. This was a long time coming. Up until the end of the last season, Donut was probably the most underutilized character in the show aside from maybe Lopez and Doc. He went from a dumb but semi-competent rookie to a flamboyant, one-note joke character. Like after Blood Gulch I can't think of anything significant that he contributed. Recollection more or less wrote him out/killed him off, Chorus did nothing with him, and S15 also did nothing with him and even forgot him in certain scenes. S16 began to fix that, having Donut get annoyed at being ignored, nearly betray everyone, and then get into one of the shows best fight scenes by far. So we were building up for something for this season, and sure enough, it came and it came hard… was that at innuendo? Dang it Donut, you’ve influenced me too much!
This was developed for Donut that was loooong overdue. He further got frustrated with being ignored and belittled by everyone around him. He recognized his innuendo problem and tried to actively improve it. He showed some of that competence he had in Blood Gulch, piecing things together and actively taking charge since he understood things the most. When he told everyone off in Episode 7, it felt so satisfying because of how long he’s been treated like a nuisance when he was at worst a little annoying and TMI. He was willing, tried his best, and it really felt like he was finally allowed to be more than just a joke. It really made me like and appreciate Donut a LOT more than I did before. Like he used to not just be my least favorite Red, but my least favorite of the BGC. Now? He’s right below Grif and Simmons on the Overall Favorites List. Yeah, that’s a LOT of places.
Donut was great and I wouldn't change him getting him this development… but this development did come at a cost. That being development for everyone else. The other Reds and the Blues were shafted and shafted pretty badly. The first half of the season, they are trapped with no memory and go about how they would in that time period. Which okay, it’s necessary for the plot so we can overlook that one. They get restored in Episode 6… and they are STILL badly shafted. They are all joke characters, which does NOT work when we’re this deep in the plot. I mean we get some moments, like Tucker reliving his failure on Crash Site  Bravo and recognizing his fault over the past few seasons, Sarge has his scenario in Episode 11 that I thought was very insightful, but those are small moments. Sadly, Donut got too much attention. Even with Wash, him realizing how he was the Donut of Freelancer was more or less contributing to making Donut look good, as did Tucker’s moment. I like those scenes and I love Donut… but not everything had to be about him. He’s the main character, not the only one.
Let's do the Blues first. As I said, there were more or less just there and had no real major character development or effect on the plot. But that being said, they were given some legit good stuff. Tucker got it the best as he re-lived Crash Site Bravo and finally realized true leadership was. It was about stepping up when no one else would and when things were at their bleakest, not being the cool, macho guy like he kept acting like it was. Which after these past two seasons, was nice to see. I was one of the people who were perfectly fine with how Tucker was written the past two seasons because I could see why he had regressed. But I do know that a lot of people didn’t like it, and this feels like a good way to bring it all around. Have Tucker relive his worst moment, this time having to let it go through, and therefore truly remember what caused him to step up on Chorus: because he had to. It’s short, but it does its job and this along with his Labyrinth vision I think has really helped Tucker’s character immensely.
Caboose is overall pretty minor but had some good scenes like beating the shit out of Genkins in Episode 6 and figuring out how time travel worked before the others. It helps show that he’s an idiot, but he’s a smart idiot (if that makes any sense) and was a step up from his limited screentime last season. He also had my favorite line in the entire season (“These graphics look horrible!”). Sister was overall minor, but I’ll go into her later. You’ll see why when I get there. Doc was overall also minor and how the Hell he was in the Everwhen I’ll never know, but I do like him in the finale and finally getting a grip on O’Malley. He more or less is a combo of the two now and seems much more capable due to it, so that’s good. So yeah, while it may not have been a lot, the Blues and Doc were at least given something, which is better than nothing at all.
The Reds though… so you know how these past two seasons started giving them more development? You would think that since Donut is the main character, that would continue, right? Haha… nope! They went right back to ‘the comedy relief team who do absolutely nothing!’! Which after the past two seasons started to do more with them… yeah, this felt like a slap in the face. Sarge annoyed me this season. Mainly in Episode 7 where he was a hypocritical asshole about Donut’s betrayal, ignoring how he not that long ago betrayed everyone and was still feeling guilty about it. He was also the one primarily being a jerk to Donut, which did not do him any favors. I know it’s Sarge and he’s an asshole, so it’s not 100% unexpected… but I felt like it was pushed too much just to contribute to the ‘Donut is so unappreciated!’ arc. His speech in Episode 6 was hilarious though and I did like his Labyrinth vision showing that he can't handle both civilian or army life. It was surprisingly insightful in a way that I’m not used to with Sarge. So yeah, I feel his screentime was on par with Sister and Caboose at least.
Simmons… got nothing. Absolutely nothing. I mean the running gag where he kept seeing Donut shot was really funny, and it also meant he wasn't an asshole like Sarge. Heck, he seemed to be the only one willing to hear Donut out about saving them in Episode 7. And he did more or less point out how they could launch the gold club through the portal to stop Genkind from reigniting the paradox, which was minor but nice to see for him. Him not being a kissass anymore is also sticking, which seeing him back when he was pettier in Episode 2 did make me appreciate where he is now. The way that he was legit concerned for Donut during the ‘Wash shoots Donut’ gag also helps make it look like he at least cared about him in contrast to Sarge’s jackassery. But he was otherwise just there. Very least, it also means he was the only Red that I didn’t get frustrated about since his character remained consistent… until the finale with the utter bullshit that was his nightmare. Seriously guys, what the fuck?!
But at least with Sarge and Simmons, they weren’t exactly in the spotlight last season, so I don’t feel like I got cheated with them. I cannot say the same about Grif, however. Which we will cover that, as well as the Story section, in Part Two.
(Part Two)
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gabbiani-ipotetici · 2 years ago
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Giorgio Gaber was a man of many talents: an actor, composer, singer, playwright, with cutting, clever texts. He often satirized current events but was also capable of doing stuff like creating a song based on the experience of shampooing one's hair (and have it be relatable and make sense).
In this famous piece, Qualcuno era comunista (Someone was communist) he talks about widespread reasons why Italian people were communist in the past and current years (current being the early 90s). It's a spoken piece, the quality isn't great, my translation, as usual, is way less effective than the original, but I think it offers a very good perspective about why so many Italian people believed in this ideal, while also pointing out its many flaws. It's a bit long, but I think the ending absolutely hits the nail on the head. Look at his face while he's saying the last few lines, look at these emotions. That's the face of someone who truly believed in that dream.
(This song is also the origin of this Tumblr's name, for context)
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No, non è vero io, non ho niente da rimproverarmi, voglio dire, non mi sembra di aver fatto delle cose gravi. La mia vita? Una vita normale, non ho mai rubato, neanche in casa da piccolo. Non ho ammazzato nessuno figuriamoci. Lavoro, ho una famiglia, pago le tasse, non mi sembra di avere delle colpe. Non ho fatto neanche l’assessore, per dire.
Aaah voi parlavate di prima… prima, prima mi sono comportato come tutti. Come mi vestivo? Mi vestivo… mi vestivo come ora. Magari non proprio come ora... sì, jeans maglione… l’eskimo. Perché? Non va bene? Ma era comodo. Cosa cantavo? Questa poi, volete sapere cosa cantavo, ma sì certo, anche canzoni popolari sì, Ciao bella ciao, devo parlare più forte? Sì Ciao bella ciao l’ho cantata, e anche l’Internazionale, però in coro eh.
Sì quello sì lo ammetto, ci sono andato sì. Li ho visti anch’io gli Intillimani. Però non ho pianto. Come? Se in camera ho delle foto? Che discorsi, certo, le foto dei miei genitori, mia moglie, mia f… manifesti? Non ricordo… forse uno, piccolo... Che Guevara. Ma cos’è un processo questo qui? Noooo quello no, io il pugno non l’ho mai fatto, il pugno no, mai. Forse una volta,  ma un pugnettino piccolo, proprio. Come? Se ero comunista? Mi piacciono le domande dirette eh. No no finalmente, perché adesso non ne parla più nessuno, tutti fanno finta di niente, e invece è giusto chiarirle queste cose, una volta per tutte. Oooh, se ero comunista? Mah! In che senso? No voglio dire…
Qualcuno era comunista perché era nato in Emilia.
Qualcuno era comunista perché il nonno, lo zio, il papà. .. la mamma no.
Qualcuno era comunista perché vedeva la Russia come una promessa, la Cina come una poesia, il comunismo come il paradiso terrestre.
Qualcuno era comunista perché si sentiva solo.
Qualcuno era comunista perché aveva avuto un’educazione troppo cattolica.
Qualcuno era comunista, perché il cinema lo esigeva, il teatro lo esigeva, la pittura lo esigeva, la letteratura anche, lo esigevano tutti.
Qualcuno era comunista perché “la storia è dalla nostra parte”.
Qualcuno era comunista perché glielo avevano detto.
Qualcuno era comunista perché non gli avevano detto tutto.
Qualcuno era comunista perché prima, prima-prima, era fascista.
Qualcuno era comunista perché aveva capito che la Russia andava piano, ma lontano.
Qualcuno era comunista perché Berlinguer era una brava persona.
Qualcuno era comunista perché Andreotti non era una brava persona.
Qualcuno era comunista perché era ricco, ma amava il popolo.
Qualcuno era comunista perché beveva il vino, e si commuoveva alle feste popolari.
Qualcuno era comunista perché era così ateo, che aveva bisogno di un altro Dio.
Qualcuno era comunista perché era talmente affascinato dagli operai, che voleva essere uno di loro.
Qualcuno era comunista perché non ne poteva più di fare l'operaio.
Qualcuno era comunista perché voleva l'aumento di stipendio.
Qualcuno era comunista perché la rivoluzione, oggi no, domani forse, ma dopodomani sicuramente.
Qualcuno era comunista perché la borghesia il proletariato la lotta di classe, cazzo.
Qualcuno era comunista per fare rabbia a suo padre.
Qualcuno era comunista perché guardava solo Rai Tre.
Qualcuno era comunista per moda, qualcuno per principio, qualcuno per frustrazione.
Qualcuno era comunista perché voleva statalizzare tutto.
Qualcuno era comunista perché non conosceva gli impiegati statali, parastatali e affini.
Qualcuno era comunista perché aveva scambiato il materialismo dialettico, per il vangelo secondo Lenin.
Qualcuno era comunista perché era convinto di avere dietro di sé la classe operaia.
Qualcuno era comunista perché era più comunista degli altri.
Qualcuno era comunista perché c'era il grande Partito Comunista.
Qualcuno era comunista malgrado ci fosse il grande Partito Comunista.
Qualcuno era comunista perché non c'era niente di meglio.
Qualcuno era comunista perché abbiamo il peggiore partito socialista d'Europa.
Qualcuno era comunista perché lo stato peggio che da noi, solo l’Uganda.
Qualcuno era comunista perché non ne poteva più di quarant'anni di governi democristiani, incapaci e mafiosi.
Qualcuno era comunista perché Piazza Fontana, Brescia, la stazione di Bologna, l'Italicus, Ustica eccetera eccetera eccetera
Qualcuno era comunista perché chi era contro era comunista.
Qualcuno era comunista perché non sopportava più quella cosa sporca che ci ostiniamo a chiamare democrazia.
Qualcuno credeva di essere comunista, e forse era qualcos'altro.
Qualcuno era comunista perché sognava una libertà diversa da quella americana.
Qualcuno era comunista perché credeva di poter essere vivo e felice solo se lo erano anche gli altri.
Qualcuno era comunista perché aveva bisogno di una spinta verso qualcosa di nuovo, perché era disposto a cambiare ogni giorno, perché sentiva la necessità di una morale diversa.
Perché forse era solo una forza, un volo, un sogno. Era solo uno slancio, un desiderio di cambiare le cose, di cambiare la vita.
Qualcuno era comunista perché, con accanto questo slancio, ognuno era... come più di sé stesso. Era come due persone in una. Da una parte, la personale fatica quotidiana, e dall'altra il senso di appartenenza a una razza, che voleva spiccare il volo, per cambiare veramente la vita.
No, niente rimpianti. Forse anche allora molti avevano aperto le ali, senza essere capaci di volare, come dei gabbiani ipotetici.
E ora? Anche ora, ci si sente come in due. Da una parte l'uomo inserito, che attraversa ossequiosamente lo squallore della propria sopravvivenza quotidiana, e dall'altra il gabbiano senza più neanche l'intenzione del volo, perché ormai il sogno si è rattrappito.
Due miserie in un corpo solo.
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[In the introduction, Gaber lists a series of stereotypes associated with Italian communists in the form of a fake dialogue: what they wore, listening to folk Resistance songs, raising the fist, etc.]
No, that’s not true, I have nothing to be ashamed of, I mean, I haven't done anything really bad. My life? A normal one, I never stole, not even at home as a kid. I never killed anyone, of course. I work, I have a family, I pay taxes, I don’t think I’m guilty of anything. Say, I’ve never been an assessor, even.
Aaah, you’re talking about the past... in the past, in the past I behaved like anyone else. What I wore? I wore… I wore what I wear now. Well, maybe not exactly the same… jeans, sweaters… an eskimo. [“eskimo” in Italian is synonym with parka, and in the 70s was strongly associated with young communists, especially students] Why? It’s not ok? Well, it was comfy! What songs I sang? Well, you want to know what I sang, of course I sang folk songs, Ciao bella ciao, I need to speak louder? Yes, I sang Ciao bella ciao, and The Internationale too, but in a group.
Yes, I admit it, I went. Yes, I saw the Inti-Illimani. But I didn’t cry! What? If I have pictures in my room? But of course I do, my parents’, my wife, my d… Posters? I don’t remember… maybe a small one.. Che Guevara. But, what’s this, a trial? Nooo, I didn’t do that, I never raised my fist, ever. Ok, maybe once, but it was a small one, really. What? Was I a communist? I like direct questions! No, no, finally, nowadays no one talks about it, but it’s right to make things clear, once and for all. Oh, if I was a communist? What do you mean?!, No, I mean…
Someone ["qualcuno" in this text could be translated as both someone/some people] was a communist because they were born in Emilia.
Someone was a communist because their grandpa, uncle, dad were… Not mom. [women were often underrepresented because of a strong societal pressure to conform to Christian values and roles, and also because many leftist groups were very quite misogynist]
Someone was a communist because they saw Russia as a promise, China as a poem, and Communism as Heaven on Earth.
Someone was a communist because they felt alone.
Someone was a communist because their upbringing was too much Catholic.
Someone was a communist because cinema required it, theatre required it, art required it, literature too, everyone required it. [a critique of how, especially during the 70s, art criticism/studies were almost a Communist monopoly so you had to “fit in” politically if you wanted to take part in them]
Someone was a communist because “history’s on our side!” He facepalms
Someone was a communist because they were told so.
Someone was a communist because they weren’t told everything. [aka, they wouldn’t have been, hat they known about communist regimes’ crimes]
Someone was a communist because earlier, waaay earlier, they were fascists.
Someone was a communist because they understood that Russia was slow, but would go a long way. [this piece is from a few years after the URSS collapse, so it's deliberately sarcastic]
Someone was a communist because Berlinguer was a good person. [Enrico Berlinguer probably was the most popular leader ever of the Italian Communist Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Berlinguer ]
Someone was a communist because Andreotti wasn’t a good person. [Giulio Andreotti, politician, ex Prime Minister, famous for corruption and Cosa Nostra associations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Andreotti ]
Someone was a communist because they were rich, but they loooved the common folk.
Someone was a communist because they got drunk and got emotional at town festivals. [probably talking about Festa de l’Unità, where older folks tend to get drunk and reminisce]
Someone was a communist because they were so much of an atheist, they needed another God.
Someone was a communist because they were so fascinated by factory workers, they wanted to be one.
Someone was a communist because they were fed up with being a factory worker.
Someone was a communist because they wanted a raise.
Someone was a communist because we won’t have the revolution today, tomorrow… maybe, the day past tomorrow for sure!
Someone was a communist because “bourgeoises, proletariat, class struggle, fuuuck!” [here Gaber is parodying a kind of superficial intellectual approach to communist theory that’s way too common]
Someone was a communist because they wanted to anger their father
Someone was a communist because they watched exclusively Rai Tre. [one of the once more left leaning public TV channels]
Someone was a communist because it was trendy, someone because of ideals, someone because they were frustrated.
Someone was a communist because they wanted to nationalize everything.
Someone was a communist because hadn’t met any government employee [here Gaber criticizes the enormous Italian bureaucratic nightmare that is the world of government employment, rife with nepotism and people doing their best to work as little as possible]
Someone was a communist because they took dialectical materialism for the Lenin’s Gospel.
Someone was a communist because they were sure they had the working class behind them.
Someone was a communist because they were more communist than everyone else.
Someone was a communist because there was the great Communist Party.
Someone was a communist despite the great Communist Party.
Someone was a communist because there wasn’t anything better.
Someone was a communist because we had the worst socialist party in all of Europe.
Someone was a communist because the only state worse than ours is Uganda’s.
Someone was a communist because they were fed up after forty years of governments that were Christian Democratic, incompetent, and colluded with the mafia.
Someone was a communist because of Piazza Fontana, Brescia, Bologna railway station, Italicus, Ustica, etcetera etcetera etcetera [a list of domestic terrorist attacks and the Ustica massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itavia_Flight_870 I will have posts about them down the line]
Someone was a communist because to be against meant being communist.
Someone was a communist because they could no longer endure that dirty thing we call democracy.
Someone was a communist because they thought they were one, but maybe they were something else.
Someone was a communist because they dreamed of a freedom different from the American one.
Someone was a communist because they thought they could be free and happy only if everyone else was, too.
Someone was a communist because they needed a drive towards something new, because they were willing to change every day, because they felt a need for different morals.
Because maybe it was only energy, a flight, a dream. It was only a surge, a desire to change things, to change life for real.
Someone was a communist because, with this drive beside them, everyone was… more than themselves. Like two people in one. On one side, your personal daily struggle, on the other, the sense of belonging to a specie that wanted to take flight, to truly change life itself.
No, no regrets. Maybe even then many opened their wings without knowing how to fly, like some hypothetical seagulls.
And now? Even now, you feel like two people. On one side the fitting-in person that obsequiously walks across the bleakness of their everyday survival, and on the other that seagull, deprived even of the purpose of flight because the dream became numb.
Two miseries in one body.
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Script 2: Welcome To Night Vale: a Fan-Fiction
Sometimes we must all ask ourselves where the rain that falls is going, and whether up is the correct way, what does the rain want with us and is it really there?
Welcome to Night Vale.
Listeners, even though this is indeed your community radio, and I am trying to keep my personal life separate after several complaints from station Management, I received a voice message today... and it was from my.... my… my brother Ernest... I'm going to play it for you:
*New Message*
Dear Cecil,
Hi,
I know it has been a long time since you have heard from us, after we fled when you... howl... HOWWWWWLLLLLL..... became the intern at the community radio station... We are proud of you Cecil, proud of you, and we are sorry that we fled so quickly... but there is something you should know…
Mum started to say other words than "Beware, be warned, be wary!" She started to say "Angels are real, Angels are real..." Cecil I can confirm that angels are real; and that mother has indeed become one. It started as we were running out by the car-lot.
As soon as we saw old woman Josie's house, mother started to elongate and glow a pulsing black aura, then wings the size of elephant's ears. She picked me up and HOWWWWWWLLLLLLLL WHOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL HOWWWWLLLLLL... sorry Cecil, I tend to howl when I start explaining things that make my head hurt!
She, we, tried to come back for you after we settled in at Josie's, but she, we, couldn't attract your attention! Even by standing very close to you and waving like the black angel used to do when you were recording.
He was trying to warn you that you have indeed, been selected by the angels and that they can travel through time and space at will to change and manipulate events, how they do that I am not sure, but I am sure it has something to do with the Museum of Forbidden Technologies.
Cecil... I forgot to mention that I got signed up for the scouts now, and am shortly going to become scout master as... well... you know the story HOWWWWWWLLL Mum is trying to contact you through the rain Cecil... oh and we live at...
*End of message*
Y'no, that is so like family, so like every family that ever has been complained about for their short comings. Now normally I would say that people become perfect when we truly accept who they are, but this time, I am not. This time I say I cannot accept the fate of my own mother as an angel and my own brother as a scout master, they are not real to me, angels are not real, so my own existence is now in question. More on this, as it develops...
And now, a message from our community members - hey! That’s you! Don't you feel realllllyyyy special?  
Old woman Josie out by the car-lot wishes to advise the residents of Night Vale that a Angel alerted her to the likely chance of rain, this comes COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the section of my voicemail I aired a short time ago and we here at the Night Vale Community Radio which to advise listeners that the Angels are not real and we cannot know about them.
A council spokes person released a statement on this matter, the council members stomped their feet for five minutes angrily before taking in a huge breath in and bellowing “We do not listen to angels, angels do not exist, angels do not dictate to us when and how the rain will fall, that is for our local meteorology department on the corner of Jackson Street and Peppermint Place and they say SHHHHHHHHH."
Then they all put out their right hands, palms facing upwards as if checking for spots of rain shook their heads three times before going to lunch break at Big Ricco's Pizza.
If you are hungry and want shelter from the likely or be it unlikely event of rain, head to Big Ricco's Pizza who is offering five percent off today only.
5% off of what, is still yet to be answered as Big Ricco's pizza has suffered somewhat since the ban on wheat and wheat by-products: they are still only serving steaming bowls of tomatoes and cheese so, take care listeners, you could end up like Megan Wallaby, a detached adult man's hand... could this be 5% off a whole attached adult man's body? Is Megan checking for rain, palm outwards, checking for droplets, or is she just limp, considering life as all adult male hands do, at one point or another.
I'm sorry listeners, I again find myself distracted by that phone message, I ponder the existence of my Mother and brother, and how they are still in Night Vale and haven't once said hi in the last.... many years, could this indeed be contact from my own family, via water? Hmmm, I might give Carols a quick call, and as this call will be of a private nature I give you the weather:
...
After speaking with Carlos, I would like to reiterate that we here in Night Vale don't like the rain,
Listeners it brings back painful memories of the 2005 great rain and great flood. The land where the Night Vale Rec-center was washed away with pink, frothy waves that smelled of nail polish remover and fairy floss. It is almost the eighth anniversary of that traitorous day and we want to remind you viewers, that this too, shall pass.
We people of Night Vale do not like rain, unless it is of course from the Glow Cloud: head of the school parents and friends board, littering animal bodies on the main street. That is the only pleasant rain there can be, in Night Vale, this is harmless, already dead animal body rain, and should not be questioned, and should continue be perceived as normal and safe.
I asked Carlos, beautiful Carols, whether we should take a municipally approved non-umbrella with us on our picnic in the sand dunes out by the back of the non-existent house that is there, but isn't there, just left of the Helicopter main search area. His response was whimsy "Cecil, Rain isn't real. Not here, not at all here in Night Vale Cecil, this is the desert..."  Pfft, of course Carlos, how could I be so stupid, we haven't had weather here for 8 years, if rain isn't real, perhaps this is indeed the work of nonexistent angels, it indeed makes sense for nonexistent things to be controlled by nonexistent angels, and if my Mother is indeed pretending to be such a thing in order to get out of neglecting her vulnerable intern son than she too... mustn't exist.
In a way this affirms to me who I am, who I am becoming, Cecil is, as Cecil does, brings you live community radio and is not, and never will be affiliated with any Angel, no matter how determined they be to reconnect with the young intern I don't remember being. We are all trying to connect with someone we don't remember being, and I choose not to question this any further. Stay tuned for the sounds of a piano as its strings inside are cut with someone's unsuspecting teeth. Goodnight Night Vale, Goodnight.  
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An elegant take on purple highlighter and the holographic makeup
Let’s be honest, we can no longer stand unicorns, even in the form of inflatables. Still, this millennial trend has left something significant behind, especially in aesthetic terms, making us appreciate those metallic and holographic finishes and textures that, before, were strictly teenager-related. 
The holographic makeup trend
It’s the trend of oleographic makeup, something daring and striking that, if elegantly interpreted, can add a playful and supernatural twist to our makeup look.
The three must-have for an elegant holographic makeup
From highlighters to lip products, to nail polishes and pigments of all kinds, the shades of the rainbow have took over our Instagram page but here are three products I highly recomend if you want to pull off this trend, elegantly (and subtly). 
The purple highlighter
MAC Cosmetics Irridiscent Pressed Powder Justine Skye
Like purple concelear, even the highlighter in this surreal nuance has a real brightening function, fighting tiredness and dull skin if applied with a light hand. Perfect for lighter complexions or for the "back to the city" yellow-tones, the lilac highlighter can also be exaggerated to create a supernatural glow buy building it up on cheekbones, temples, the bridge of the nose and the eyebrow bones.
The glossy millennial lips
Cremesheen Glass in Dua Lipa
Created by the English Pop Star Dua Lipa for Mac Cosmetics, the Cremesheen Glass in (precisely)  Dua Lipa is a shiny transparent lipgloss with holografic reflections. Perfect to be used alone, on top of lipstick or dabbed on cheekbones and under eyebrows for a glowing glow, this rich and luminous formula packs all the plus of a Creamsheen with the glossy finish of a Lipglass. 
The day-to-day metallic lipstick
Mac Frost Lipstick in Rose Dipped
A natural, lightweight and super wearable pink, embellished with a frost effect made of micro glitter holograms. Super flattering and perfect for every day.
Trend Alert: il makeup olografico
Ammattiamolo, non ne possiamo più di vedere unicorni, neanche sotto forma di gonfiabili in piscina. Eppure, qualche segno lo hanno lasciato, soprattutto a livello estetico, cominciando a farci apprezzare dei finish e delle texture che prima avremmo avvicinato solo da teenager. È il trend del makeup olografico, qualcosa di audace che, se fatto ad arte e interpretato elegantemente, può dare un valore aggiunto ludico al nostro look finale. 
I tre prodotti must-have per un look olografico ma elegante
Dagli illuminanti ai rossetti, fino agli smalti e a pigmenti di ogni genere, le sfumature dell’arcobaleno hanno invaso tutto il nostro instagram ma ecco tre prodotti di cui non potrete più fare a meno.
L’illuminate lilla
MAC Cosmetics Irridiscent Pressed Powder Justine Skye
Come il correttore lilla, anche l’highlighter in questa nuance surreale ha una funzione di vero e proprio illuminante andando a cancellare stanchezza e pelle spenta se applicato con mano leggera. Perfetto per le carnagioni più chiare o per quelle che virano al giallo (welcome back to the city), l’highlighter lilla può essere anche esasperato per dar vita a un glow supernatural glow, basta modularlo più audacemente nei punti luce.
Il lucida labbra millennial
Cremesheen Glass in Dua Lipa
Creato dalla Pop Star inglese Dua Lipa per Mac Cosmetics il Cremesheen Glass in Due Lipa (appunto) è un lucida labbra trasparente impreziosito da riflessi ologrammati. Perfetto per essere usato da solo, sopra il rossetto o picchiettato sugli zigomi e sotto le sopracciglia per un glow in piu. Ricco e luminoso come tutti i rossetti Cremesheen ma lucente con i Lipglass, non poteva che essere un’edizione limitata!
Il rossetto day-to-day
Mac Frost Lipstick in Rose Dipped
Un rosa naturale, leggero e portabile impreziosito da un effetto frost, ossia micro glitter ologramma. Super flattering e perfetto per ogni giorno.
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