#roland kris

[agent-gladhand]

SHOP UPDATE 10/26 - 11/10

Thank you for the wait while I'm chugging away at crafting goodies, here's what's coming for the next shop update and progress on other items!

I've made some mock ups of some of these guys for a closer look! -

Oh man, looks like someone dropped their items in the tall grass (I wouldn't eat the ice cream, even if it's miraculously intact...)

All preorders for the Pokewalker during this period will receive this free 4x4in sticker sheet of items to decorate your pokewalker, or stick them whereever you'd like!

Also- a treat for those who'd like to get more than one Trainer + Partner sets and a bit of a discount, I'll be offering a few early bird bundles for preorders! -

Full Team Bundle (Includes: All Trainer + Partner sets): $40 (2 available)

Challengers Bundle (Includes: Gold + Cyndaquil, Silver + Totodile, Kris + Chikorita, Red + Pikachu): $20 (3 available)

Big Bosses Bundle (Includes: Emmet + Archen, Ingo + Axew, N + Zorua, Elesa + Emolga): $20 (3 available)

That should be all on the shop update for Saturday after next, now for production updates!

All standees and pudding charms are out of production! Coincidently lined up to finish this week, so I'll be receiving those to ship out soon! As always, extras will go in shop after preorders get delivered.

Other Works in Progress -

Very excited for this one- been wanting to do this idea for a bit and finally got the means to make it realll! >:)

A mix of some fan and OC works! Sticking my toes out into more variety, we'll see where it goes!

Lastly, final day to join sticker club!

Today's the final day to join the sticker club test run! If you want these sheets this will be your last chance to grab them! Join here!

That should be it for this for the update! Many things I am excite for! Thanks so much for all your support!

Join my shop mailing list for updates!

[bluestrawberrybunny]

🍓Introduction🍓

Hello! My name is B. Stroobery but I go by both Blue and Strawberry! I’m genderfluid and go by any pronouns, but prefer they/them most often. I am an artist and writer with quite a few projects for fandoms and some original ones! (Feel free to ask me about them if you’re interested :3)

I am also taken!! Married to the absolutely amazing @depressedwriter25 (they’re trying to get into posting on tumblr, but its a work in progress /lh)

Other places you can find me:

Main blog is @bstroobery (I’m 🍓 on that blog :) )

Instagram

Artfight

Current Ongoing Fandom Works:

SMG4 Apprenticeship AU: Wattpad | AO3

SMG4 Schmigadoon AU: WattPad | AO3

SMG4 Puzzlenauts AU (Collab w/ squid-ink-on-toast): WattPad | AO3

FE3H Reincarnation AU: COMING SOON

The SMG34 Arc: COMING SOON

Transformers Primed Spark AU (Collab w/ naffiewaffie): COMING SOON

Finished Fandom Works:

How to Fluster an SMG3 (Aster34): WattPad | AO3 | Tumblr

Original Works:

Abnormal Freedom Force + Paranormal Investigations: COMING SOON

The Crew of the Purple Death

The Knights of Maltrine

Adventures of Ash Hunter

🍓More Fandom info below the cut🍓

Fandoms:

SMG4

TMNT (all iterations)

Borderlands

Cry of Fear

Cuphead

FNaF

FE3H

TADC

Transformers

Ships (OTPs/Favorites got emojis):

SMG4:

💜SMG34💙

❤️Marware🩶

🧡Megari🩵

🤎Trashcube/Bomg1🩵

💛Bowuigi💚

Megariko

🩶Puzzle3/Puzzl3💜

Mar34

Lui3

Mar3

Mar4

🩵SMG56🧡 (Apprenticeship AU OCs ship -3-)

🧡Aster3💜 (Shygirl4991’s OC x canon)

🧡Aster34💜💙 (Shygirl4991’s OC x canon)

TMNT:

❤️Kris x Donnie💜 (OC x Canon, 2012 specific)

💙Leosagi🤍 (Rise and 2003)

🖤Capril💛 (Rise and 2003)

Jonatello (2012)

Ramona (2012)

💜Samantello💜 (OC x Canon/All Iterations)

Borderlands:

Mordebrick

Rhack

Psyren

Roland x Lilith

🩵Lor x Zer0🖤 (My OTP that I will die for in this fandom)

Amara x Moze

Paladin Mike x My Character (I will die on this hill /hj)

FE3H:

💙Dimiclaude💛

❤️F!Edeleth💙

Dimianne

Dimileth

🧡Ferdiburt🖤

🧡Sylvix💙

💜M!Yurileth💙

Ingrid x Dorothea

The Amazing Digital Circus:

💙Ragapom❤️

❤️Kingleader❤️

Transformers:

💙❤️Optimus Prime/Orion Pax x Megatron/D-16🩶💜

Bulkhead x Wheeljack

Arcee x Cliffjumper

Knockout x Breakdown

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Then there was Heart Of Glass, the album’s most audaciously radical statement, a homage to the disco trend that sweept the world in the wake of Saturday Night Fever. The song was given a Giorgio Moroder-style electronic groove twist, born from Chris and Debbie’s love of Donna Summer (initially shown when Blondie played their version of I Feel Love at a New York benefit show that May).

Written in 1975 by Debbie as she waited to park her car, Heart Of Glass was initially influenced by The Hues Corporation’s Rock The Boat but, when Chris and Jimmy returned from one of their 48th Street shopping trips clutching the newly-introduced Roland CR-78 drum machine, they had other plans.

As Chris explained, “When we recorded it for Parallel Lines, we were really into Kraftwerk, and we wanted to make it more electronic. We weren’t thinking disco as we were doing it; we thought it was more electro-European.”

Chris came up with the title, unaware that it was also the name of a 1976 Werner Herzog movie. “When we did it, it wasn’t cool in our social set to play disco, but we did it because we wanted to be uncool,’ declared Debbie, already aware that such a flagrant act had the potential to shock the factions of the punk/rock community championing the racist, homophobic Disco Sucks campaign.

Kris Needs

[ofcourtfables]

the following are at risk of being unfollowed and have 24 hours to make 2 interactions:

@sparkledcrowns ( ellie - 1 post )

@n1ghtsongs ( meera, tanvir, tyanna, imalda, roland, noriko, morgana, percival - 1 post, dabin - 2 posts )

@ethercvl ( adelaide, soobin, kris, josefina, persephone - all 2 posts each )

@crxssdhearts ( xavier, poppy, hiran - all 1 post )

@shvdwscng ( kalore - 1 post )

@eternalxstars

[who-is-muses]

Jonathan keeps careful documentation on all of his corvid companions, with a color coded banding system corresponding to their temperaments and records of their health (as many are rescues brought to him by Selina.)

Nightmare. Self explanatory name. Common raven. Female. Missing right eye. Black band. Very temperamental and aggressive. Has shown little to no concern of larger animals, at times fighting with cats, dogs, and other species. 

Craw. Given name. Carrion crow. Male. Molting around neck and left wing, malformed left leg. White band. Friendly, not at all cautious around strangers, more than happy to be pet and carried. A rescue from a drug den, which unfortunately left him in poor health. Cannot fly well on his own.

Mary. After Mary Shelley. American crow. Female. No notable markings. Yellow band. Timid, but not aggressive. Very fond of pens, pencils, paint brushes, and any other writing implements.

Francis. After the protagonist in The Call of Cthulhu. Fish crow. Male. No notable markings. Green band. Timid, but not aggressive. Very quiet, especially compared to his flock, and prefers to watch visitors from afar.

Bette. After Bette Midler. Pied crow. Female. White ring of neck feathers usually kept puffed up. Orange band. Haughty and not fond of being pet. Has a tendency to pull at and/or swipe earrings, necklaces, change, rings, brooches, nails, and anything else remotely shiny. 

Macbeth. After the infamously unlucky play and its titular character. American crow. Male. Small scar on the right side of the neck. Red band. Very aggressive and solitary. Doesn’t care for fire or knives. Very suspicious of strangers.

Manson (or Double M). After Marilyn Manson. American crow. Male. No notable  markings. Red band. Temperamental, but not as dangerous as Nightmare. Tries to pick fights and bother the other birds, especially Nightmare and Macbeth, other animals, and people.

Roland. After the Warren Zevon song. Rook. Male. No notable markings. Orange band. Cautious, but not innately aggressive. Not fond of loud noises or guns, more than likely to attack. 

Ligeia. After the Poe short story. American crow. Female. Eyes are darker than normal, cause unknown. Yellow band. Cautious, but not aggressive. Very inquisitive and curious, investigative of new people and objects.

Rowena. After the second wife of the narrator of the Poe story her sister is named after. American crow. Female. Eyes are somewhat cloudy, the effect of cataracts. Yellow band. Cautious, slightly less so than Ligeia. Often “bickers” with her sister, squawking and snapping amongst each other.

Imitateur. French for (unsurprisingly) Imitator. Fan-tailed raven. Female. No notable markings. Blue band. Very friendly. Gift from Edward, fond of repeating words and phrases.

Hitchcock. After the director. American crow. Male. No notable markings. Yellow band. Solitary and cautious. Observational and very intent on watching things around him. May bite.

Clarice. After the protagonist in Silence of the Lambs. American crow. Female. No notable markings. Green band. Cautious, but not aggressive. Often “talks” with people, making noise and imitating words back to them.

Renfield. After the Dracula character. Carrion crow. Male. Feathers are patchy around his head. Yellow band. A little testy at times, but not usually aggressive. Likes bringing dead rats and mice to “safe people”.

Cash. After Johnny Cash. American crow. Male. No notable markings. Green band. Relatively friendly, though standoffish at times. Has a tendency to repeat snippets of songs, especially from his namesake. 

Nelson. After Willie Nelson. American crow. Male. No notable markings. Blue band. Calm and friendly. Also mimics songs.

Kristofferson. After Kris Kristofferson. American crow. Male. No notable markings. Yellow band. Standoffish, but calm. Mimics songs.

Jennings. After Waylon Jennings. American crow. Male. No notable markings. Green band. Relatively friendly. Just like the other three named after the Highwaymen, mimics songs.

Amelia. After Amelia Earhart. American crow. Female. Albino, red eyes, has a few notches in her beak. Green band. Relatively friendly, if a bit cautious. Excellent at flying, especially given she was being attacked by alley cats when I found her.

Puck. After the infamous character from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Pied crow. Female. No notable markings. Yellow band. Mischievous as her namesake, but relatively friendly. A little too good at mischief and mayhem.

Jay. After the titular character in the Great Gatsby (Edwin picked the name). Carrion crow. Male. No notable markings. Yellow band. Fussy and prone to nagging for attention. Far too interested in my glasses. Does not like to be touched.

Jack O’ The Green (just Jack works as well). After the folkloric figure (another name from Edwin). American crow. Male. No notable markings. Blue band. Very friendly and accepting of people. Has a tendency to bring me and, mostly, Edwin leaves, flowers, pebbles, and other small gifts.

Byron. After Lord Byron. Common raven. Male. No notable markings. Green band. Generally friendly, but can be touchy now and again. Mischievous and prone to causing trouble, as well as watching me work. Will also steal pens.

Narcissus. After the Greek mythic figure. Thick billed raven. Male. No notable markings. Yellow band. Generally amicable, but easy to anger. Does not like to be touched. Has something of a fascination with his reflection.

Magdalene. After the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. Rook. Female. Green band. Friendly and calm, appreciates attention and affection. Very social with the other birds, though appears most drawn to myself.

[nottheangel-raphael]

"How did you and Stigr come about?" Raphael asked. He liked the elder councilman enough, the two of them seemed to agree most of the time especially when it came to matters involving Roland. Shared spite really could strengthen bonds and form new friendships. Manny he knew as his fledgling's former slave, Kris having tasked Raph with keeping an eye on the slave-turned-guard until he came back, whenever that might be if at all.

Switching his attention between his father and the lovely surroundings of the town as they walked, Enzo made sure to keep an eye out for somewhere that looked good enough for the both of them. While he was only a guard, he was incredibly aware of his dad's status as a councilman. "Ah, more often than me then," he chuckled before his eyebrows lifted slightly at the question. Enzo had found himself spending a lot of time with Stigr, and he wasn't sure if Raphael was even aware of their history. "A few people," Enzo said with a soft shrug of his shoulders. "Stigr is one of them, I see him often," he answered. "I work with Manny a lot, which has sometimes extended beyond work. I also rent slaves fairly often, that keeps me occupied in my down time. I do tend to work a lot though, probably more than I should, thinking about it, but I enjoy it. Maybe I'll take some time off soon, get away from the castle for a bit. Not decided yet."

[thenoirblogger]

A fun movie whose dialogue gets you gripped from the very beginning to the end.

👤 Kris Caballero 📅 Jun 30, 2018 🗨 0 comments 📂 Blu-ray Reviews

Front Blu-ray Cover

Back Blu-ray Cover

Spine

Blu-ray disc(s)

prevnext

Jennifer Montemar (Brittney Powell) and Roland Drake (Thomas Konkle)

What a lot of people don't realize is how much energy, creative effort, time and money are required to produce a movie/film. Being a video creator myself, it's a ton of work....but the final results are incredibly rewarding. Producing movies is a natural passion; It's an art; It's a visual form of storytelling, be it true or fictional. Ever wonder why these made-for-web projects are getting all the viewership and praise? Peek through the over-hyped movies marketed every 6 yoctoseconds, and you'll find that there are a chock full of independent, low-budget and under-recognized movies that the film industry *wishes* they made. Ladies and gentlemen of all ages, I present to you this: Trouble Is My Business.

The story is about a detective named Roland Drake, played by Thomas Konkle, whose sexy client Katherine Montemar asks for help in snatching a diamond—the Orlov Diamond—that belonged to her family. Along with detering the corrupt, mob-laden black market, Drake contacts those who may have connections as to where this may lead to while keeping innocent and anonymous. During his journey are a bunch of people intercepting his path trying to get him killed, like corrupt police officer Detective Tate, played by Vernon Wells. The movie overall gives off that classic film noir—the early days when the story and the dark life of gangsterism were the goings-on (still goes on today).

There's a bunch of things that go on in this movie that mentioning some parts are enough to ruin the entire thing. While, yes, movie/TV/video game reviews generally contain spoilers, it is a rare instance that a movie this good challenges us not to spill the beans too much. A mention of one or two things can ruin the next plot, but however, if you've watched enough gangster films, murder mysteries and/or the James Bond series, you'll find that this isn't just another movie in contrast to those titles. It's a story with sudden twists and hairpin turns, it'll drop your jaw. I was in awe at the transition from scene to scene.

Roland Drake played by Thomas Konkle

"Well, I can't say no to a lady."

— Roland Drake

This is likely one of the classic lines in this movie—a modest detective reluctantly accepting the meeting with a beautiful woman needing his help. This happened twice to Mr. Drake with two women who happen to be sisters. I won't say anymore beyond that.

"I don't like a man with a sense of humor. I find it almost as unattractive as a woman with one."

— Evelyn Montemar

This made me smirk, but should inform you the kind of people—family—who are incredibly serious protecting prized possessions in the underworld. Gangsters do not have a sense of humor, since their operations involve not saying anything to where CIA or FBI could spot suspicious activity going on.

However, in my world above, women love men with a sense of humor and vice versa. Laughter is the best medicine, and is part of the universal language around the world.

"Just because you read accusations in the newspaper doesn't make them true."

— Jennifer Montemar

I feel this should tie to the skepticism people ought to adopt in the real world. Ever wonder why some news reports are served as "distractions?" Think about that.

Jennifer (Brittney Powell) and her mother Evelyn Montemar (Jordana Capra).

Roland Drake (Thomas Konkle) and Jennifer Montemar (Brittney Powell) in bed.

Bert The Cabble (Paul Hungerford) and police officer Ostrowski (Steve Olson).

Lew MacDonald (David Beeler).

As for the movie, you can tell the budget put into making this. It uses a lot of green screen, but remember, that this isn't focused on special effects compared to, say, space movies or scenes featuring explosions and flying (hello, Transformers, Star Wars and Superman fans). This movie is heavily focused on the story giving homage to the old, black & white movies when technology was so limited, movie producers worried more about the story and the acting. It's not like that today—promoting A-list actors to give low-rated movies some financial leverage. Give me a break....

The story overall is like a roller coaster ride: Once you're in it, buckle up because there'll be some surprising twists and turns. Just don't fall off the ride.

Blu-ray Disc Features review:

There's only two options on the Blu-ray menu: Play Movie and Play Trailer. There's no option for Scene Selections which may bother some Blu-ray fans. Whether you want that option or not, it gives the viewer a requirement to completely watch the film from start to finish, and there should be nothing wrong with that.

Trouble Is My Business Blu-ray menu - Black and White and Color

You may wonder why there are two discs: One for color and one for B&W. Why not put the same on one disc? I figured that they wanted to preserve the video quality putting them in separate discs. Putting two of them in one disc sacrifices the quality of the film which, as you know, will turn off a lot of movie/Blu-ray fans (let's not forget that a Blu-ray holds 25GB of data and a DVD only holds 4GB). The Black & White version of the movie gives that authentic mid-1900s feel, catering to those who dig the classic film library. As for the audio, there is no option on the Blu-ray as it is strictly 5.1 Surround. Majority of movie fans, depending on your audio system, prefer 5.1 audio anyway, but if you have a simple stereo system, it works just as well.

A movie specializing in detecting lives of crime finding truth in-between the lines while extracting secrets from a bunch of sketchy people and a family is what makes this a unique story-telling experience. I really want to talk about the film but, again, it'll spoil too much. It was so good we screened the film twice (perhaps again, after this review).

I want you, the viewer/fan, to enjoy the roller coaster ride this film brings especially when you arrive at the ending. The best way to describe it—I can't believe I'm doing this—I'll quote the bridge and chorus from the hit song "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift:

And he's long gone

When he's next to me

And I realize the blame is on me

'Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

So you put me down

— Lyrics from "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift

Enjoy that scene as it will raise eyebrows.

While this movie just released on Blu-ray as recent as this month of June (2018), some of you may have obtained this packaging:

Scanavo Blu-ray case packaging

I've personally never seen this packaging. From all the Blu-rays we own in our SHOWSOTROS video library collection, this is a huge first. I thought it was an imitation but after doing research, this Blu-ray case is by a company brand Scanavo. I feel these cases are uncommon, but unveiling it on this review, expect studios and networks to invest and do business with them showing up more frequently at your local video and electronics stores. (Yeah, I was scared for a second fearing I got a pirated copy. You'd have to be a serious low life to still produce pirated copies in this modern age.)

It's been a long while, for me at least, to finally watch and enjoy something that grips you from start to finish. Now that we've brought this amazing piece into the spotlight, we'll likely see more of this story-telling style. Because of how much the story stacks up, it's good enough to turn into a TV series (you heard it from us first, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon and many of you TV writers/producers reading this). Actually, you know, turn this movie into a TV series because we'll definitely tune in.

This Blu-ray release is still hot, fresh and new. Grab your copy as we strongly recommend this movie!

FEATURE PRESENTATION5/5

ARTWORK5/5

CONTENTS5/5

QUALITY5/5

[theunwrittenones]

Hey ho Schreiblrs,

Die Unwritten Ones melden sich zurück mit dieser coolen Infografik über den M.I.C.E. Quotienten. Wir hoffen, dass es dir dabei hilft dein Buch-Projekt zu meistern. Falls du Fragen zu dem Thema, oder generell zum Schreiben an uns hast, unsere ‘Asks’ sind geöffnet. Wir hören gern von dir. 

Sieh dir unseren Blog-Eintrag zu M.I.C.E. an, falls du noch mehr Infos zum Thema kreatives Schreiben brauchst, oder mehr über unsere eigenen Buch-Projekte erfahren möchtest. 

[honeybouquets]

That one video game with an mc and angel themed robotic character are both strung up strings like puppets

[tenpixelsusie]

the fun gang? (susie+kris+ralsei)

ok first of all why would you leave out lancer 💔 and SECOND OFF,

I ASSIGN THEM: MY FAVORITE FUCKING VERSION OF TWO PLAYER GAME

The 8-Bit band cover of Two Player Game from Be More Chill, featuring Will Roland and George Salazar, who played Jeremy Heere and Michael Mell in the original Broadway cast!

[thedevilscarnival]

If I had a nickel for every time that a video game has a mc and angel themed robotic character with imagery of strung up by puppet strings then I get two nickels which isn’t a whole lot but it’s weird that it happened twice (Deltarune with Kris and Spamton + Library of ruina Angela and Roland)

amen to that ✊😔 we love media that uses godhood and puppetry in unique and interesting ways

[agent-gladhand]

Hihi! It's been a bit since I've done one of these, running an interest check for merch in the shop for this year!

If you'd be interested in a restock for sold out items in the shop, would like to leave feedback about my works, or have any notes for me, feel free to fill this out, thank you!

Here's also some totally, absolutely not, no way, impossibly unrelated works in progress for potential shop items! (Also nothing new/previews for new merch ideas for Professor Layton or Dungeon Meshi here yet, but I would like to make something for those series so that's also a listed option for those interested).

[truboo42]

This has been something on my mind for a little while now. Noelle needs therapy; Library of Ruina possesses an entertaining form of therapy... Why not combine the two? I hope y’all enjoy this story as much as I enjoy writing it!

[thebeautyoffandoms]

ralsei isn’t colored properly cos i think, when i let my sister mess with my drawing tablet, she doodled on the same thingy i sketched on,,, it’s fine tho, cos i wasn’t originally planning on coloring- i jus ended up,,, doing so :>

[ofcourtfables]

the following are five+ days inactive, this is a reminder to become active by your 7th day or risk being unfollowed:

@sparkledcrowns

@eternalxstars

@stxrfclls ( cedrian, siara & taria )

@crxssdhearts ( xavier )

@n1ghtsongs ( meera, tanvir, tyanna, imalda, roland, morgana, noriko)

@ethercvl ( adelaide, soobin, kris, Josefina, taylan, noah, ahra, yijun, persephone)

@slivertm ( jia )

[thinkingimages]

ON DEATH: VARIOUS ARTISTS

Following Humble's 2018 online group show On Death, and their latest show, Loss, Kris Graves invited Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikaly to team up on a followup photobook: On Death, set to publish later this year.   For critics and philosophers including the late Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes, photography itself was a "kind of death," or as Sontag put it in On Photography, a "memento mori that enables participation in another's mortality, vulnerability, mutability."  Sure, Sontag and Barthes' waxed wisdom is decades old, but we continue to see it transcending time and shifting attitudes towards the medium. Building on the two previous online shows, the book will look at contemporary photographic takes on the end of life, not only as it passes, but conceptually and in the metaphors entangled in the practice – how time and life arrest within a frame.