#samalia

[soppingwetrat]

also is it just me or am i getting a distinct Polyamory vibe from Alice, Celia and Sam???? like there was that weird scene where Alice awkwardly implied she was into Celia then very quickly left. also the scene where they comfort Alice after what she witnessed was CHARGED

[loveabledirtbag]

2.02 - pasta

there’s something about opening on a black screen with a catchy, familiar song that just makes me into what i’m watching. i don’t know what it is about that particular edit, i fully recognize it about myself, and i don’t even strongly like the song “she drives me crazy” by fine young cannibals. BUT black screen, song comes on, quick cut to an arial shot of chicago in winter and it’s just got me going, “hell ya. let’s go.”

i liked the quick cut of a printed sign on the bear’s wall as they’re making plans, crossing off things they’re accomplishing and working on renovating the space for their grand opening, but there’s just a little printed sign that says “bear part two”, which is funny. because this is the bear, season two. but it’s also the first iteration of the bear, which makes the “in world” meaning of “the bear part two” kinda odd.

i love the familiarity between carmy and syd. it’s only on this, my 90th rewatch that i realize this is really the first time we see them sort of acting like friends and partners, more than work colleagues, and especially boss and employee. all last season they had friendly moments, but there was always an edge of: carmy is the boss, and syd is the employee. and no matter how friendly they were, and they were pretty nice and friendly, the two did an excellent job of having an element of feeling like they worked together. like if one of them were to introduce the other to a friend or family they would say: “oh, we work together”. even in the first episode of season two, they’re still friendly, and the power dynamic has shifted nicely since season one because they’re partners now, but they still have this air of “work friends”. but right away in episode two carmy and syd are walking through the shop talking about how syd’s dad is sem-supportive but doesn’t understand syd, and i’m only just realizing that it’s the first time they’ve really talked about personal things with each other non-chalantly. this is the first time in the show we’ve ever seen them be “friend friends” not work-friends…and yet, it’s so natural and easy i didn’t even realize the shift had happened until just now.

in one second we received; the first mention of syd’s mom. that she and her dad are going to her mom’s birthday dinner. AND, the fridge guy is on the phone, but because marcus threw the phone without anyone ready, it shattered on the ground. carmy will call the fridge guy back….right….?

i hate that the moment nat comes into the scene casually eating food while walking, my brain (which is so accustomed to stereotypes in media) said “oh! she’s pregnant!” and not “oh! she’s working hard and doing most of the detail work for the restaurant, so she’s eating on the go!” but, media tropes being what they are, my mind went to: PREGNANT

“you feeling okay, nat? you look a little pale”, “yeah. it’s just that sometimes i look like february.”, “….sure…” 1) amazing line. truly fantastic. 2) come on. nat’s pregnant.

fak and natalie’s “mom & son” relationship is so weird and i love it. “yes, my honey?” who actually says thay to another adult in a non-actually being someone’s mom, or a “non-bdsm” capacity? apparently nat.

“you alright? you want a sprite? you look kinda green.” 1) this line that richie says to nat will come back to be important in a few episodes. 2) this is the second time in like a minute that someone’s commented on nat’s appearance and her not looking great. so, she’s definitely pregnant. like, they’re not even trying to hide it, as they hide it.

ebra’s hesitation about going to culinary school BREAKS MY HEART. ugh. i love ebra. sad ebra makes me sad. “i don’t want to wear a uniform” and tina’s immediate “it’s not that kind of uniform.” implying he was thinking of his time in the army in samalia….UGH, EBRA!

however, excited tina, giddy at the thought of culinary school, is such a vibe.

fridge guy debacle continues: carmy calling the fridge guy, but getting interrupted as richie, fak, and marcus are trying (and failing) to move the lockers out of the space right outside his door.

also, (because of stereotypes in media) when carmy gives his number to the fridge guy, my first thought was “…so that’s gonna come up later.” because it’s easy to have written this scene without the phone number. sometimes a scene requires a number to be given and that’s that. but in this scene, it easily could have been different. so when carmy gives it, i knew we’d hear his number again. especially with how easy the number is to remember. (the classic 5-5-5 in the number. that happens in tv shows so often. someone has 5-5-5 in their phone number)

ok….so….again, i’ve watched this season like 100 times, and i think, I THINK, i understand why they have to open mikey’s locker to move it out? because it’s always confused me. the guys are struggling to open the locker, and they realize they have to open mikey’s locker which has been locked since his death. it’s a nice scene, and shows everyone’s acceptance and growth in the time since mikey has died. especially as richie puts a hand on carmy’s shoulder as carmy takes a moment right before he opens the locker. the tenderness and love between these two since season one is just incredible. but my thought was the stuff in the locker was too heavy making it harder to move? but the only thing in the locker is a hat from an event they worked in 2010. so, i’ve always been confused. the hat couldn’t weigh enough to make them not able to handle the lockers. i thought it was a clumsy way to get us to the emotional moment of finding the hat. BUT now i’m realizing that i think fak needed the locker open so he could get a better grip on his side of the locker and maneuver it easier? is that right? does anyone else actually know?

so syd and carmy go to carmy’s apartment. and in repeated viewings i’ve realized that it IS the same apartment from season one. we’re just getting better shots of it. and now i realize that his apartment is A DREAM! i mean, his kitchen is great, but the rest of his apartment is really nice. i’m legitimately jealous. they did a really nice job in season one (whether intentionally or not) making it look kinda like a shitty apartment. but there’s enough things i recognize in shots of his apartment in season two, that it’s definitely the same apartment.

the way carmy and syd avoid saying “michelin” in conversation, so that the show doesn’t have to pay for the copyright, is just fun. but i also love the two sides of the michelin chef spectrum. carmy who has experienced the shit you have to deal with of having them, and syd who is fresh and wants the recognition that comes with having one. in the light of how many restaurants and chefs are abandoning the michelin system, or are returning their stars, i think it’s a fascinating subtle storyline woven in this season. i’d love to see if it carries on into season three. knowing that it costs so much money to have a michelin star and that only one star has to do with the food.

“i will grant you [mold] has gained some traction in recent media cycles. it’s a buzzword, yeah, for sure.” what an iconic line from richie. as someone who has always been scared of mold….how is mold a recent buzzword? richie is unhinged and i love it.

once again, fak and richie getting their faces closer as richie dares fak to call mom (nat), and fak says he will, and they go back and forth just getting closer…..it has a weird sexual energy with it. i didn’t start this show shipping fak and richie, but i think they’d be cute together…

the scenes of ebra struggling at culinary school honestly break my heart. and tina encouraging ebra in his skills and him shakily saying “yes chef”….😭😭😭

i think it’s interesting that there’s a season long arch where just about everything syd cooks and makes tastes terrible. i think watching the show all at once makes the problem seem bigger than it was meant to be (at least to me), because we’ve been told how good of a chef she is, but we see her cook HER OWN creations and they all suck. it made me wonder how good she really was. which is maybe some of the point, but i think it’s showing that syd is still a chef that’s up and coming and learning. like carmy said last season, she’s very green. carmy is a chef with no end of awards and recognition, but we see him struggle with details and management. syd is inventive and quick on her feet, but we see that when she’s coming up with a recipe she fails a lot first. i think it’s meant to humanize her, or it’s a season arch to show her growth as the season continues.

the weird….dynamic of carmy thinking syd’s mom is alive (because she said “it’s my moms birthday dinner” and has never said “she died” or anything, so it’s an earnest and easy mistake). but when carmy asks her about her mom she just kinda….lies…?

i love the detail of signing “sorry” when something happens to just say “hey, let’s move on. this isn’t a big deal, and i’m sorry” is amazing. i’ve had little codes like that in service industry in the past.

nat’s lil’ monologue while sitting next to the messed up toilet while she’s on the phone with the plumber is great. and i love that she reveals that she’s pregnant (which again, easy to guess), but mostly i love that we’re not fulllllly sure if the plumber is a family friend, or a complete stranger. there’s SOME familiarity here obviously, but we’re not told if it’s enough familiarity for nat’s emotional word vomit or not. and that’s beautiful to me.

the pure comedic GOLD of “these ceilings are practically styrofoam, were we to have mold they would collapse when i go like this-“ hits ceiling. ceiling immediately collapses and proceeds to dump a pound of dirt, dust, and mold onto richie’s face. and then a kickball. and then richie looks up and goes “that’s it?” and a firefighter hat falls and hits his head. ugh. i can’t help but burst out laughing.

the reveal that syd’s mom is dead is so well done. the happy story, the smiles, and then lighting a candle on cake and them blowing it out while holding hands. the realization that what we, the audience, assumed was going to be a tense, awkward meal between two parents who had divorced but still got together to celebrate the moms birthday (for some reason), or maybe even the amicable celebration of a couple that divorced because they realized they weren’t good for each other and are “friendly” with each other. but instead it’s two people very much in love with a woman who has clearly died. ugh. it’s beautiful, it’s funny, and it’s heartbreaking, and it’s SUCH a simple and quick scene.

AND THEN, we move onto this scene at the grocery store. ok. here’s the thing. claire gets a LOT OF SHIT from people. a lot. and some of its fair and some of its not. SO. i’m gonna put my thoughts in their entirety HERE about her, and then when those instances come up in later episodes i might talk about them more in depth.

so, firstly, for the people who loved that the bear was a “sexless” show in season one, or that carmy seemed to be ace, or are carmy and syd shippers, or even those who claimed he was queer coded, there’s not much i can say to make you feel better. other than to say that the balance of work life and personal life is a super important one, especially in a show about a guy who has no personal life so that excel at his work life and has become burnt out by that process. so a romance or a deep relationship of some kind was a good choice for the show, because it brought about a storyline that i think is needed on carmy’s mental, and emotional health journey.

BUT the show trying to deepen that relationship with claire does so by simply “saying” it, and not showing it. which is the eternal issue with writers, especially when you have time, money, budget, and length of movie/tv series to deal with. but in a ten episode season, and this is already the end of the first episode when you introduce her, so you really only get to know her in episode three. that really only gives 8 episodes to know claire. and she’s not in like…3 or 4 of the episodes moving forward. meaning you have to: set up their history, set up how important she is, AND deepen their relationship to a place where we, the audience, are emotionally invested in them, AND when it hurts when they ultimately break up. but with only 4 or 5 episodes to do that, we can’t SEE it happen, we have to be TOLD it happens.

so we are told that carmy had a crush on her, to the point that he would draw her in his notebooks and his whole family knew he liked her, because mikey, richie and…john mulaney…tease him for it in the flashback episode. we are told how much claire likes carmy. we’re mostly told how good their relationship is, instead of seeing how good it is (carmy shows up to the restaurant a few times and says “i was talking with claire when….). we’re also told how close claire was to the fak’s and to richie (claire calls fak to get carmy’s number. she calls richie cousin (the only other person to do that other than mikey and carmy). there’s a lot of their relationship we don’t get to see, and it makes some sense because those scenes would be slower, deeper, and take time. and you only have 30 minutes and 4 or 5 episodes to accomplish this.

which makes the sort of hypocrisies in their relationship just not believable. carmy was obsessed with claire growing up, but when they meet he gives her a fake number so she can’t call him, because he knows she’s looking to date him after they run into each other. and he’s a little slow to open up to her, but finally does and she helps him a lot in his mental health and panic attacks. and on claire’s side, she gets labeled a manic pixie dream girl, which isn’t necessarily unfair, but her less than realized character (her main defining character trait is: i like carmy) is only because we don’t get to see much of her, and she was brought in to be a love interest to carmy. so she’s not fully realized, and her only real trait is liking carmy. plus, carmy is so aloof, and closed off that from a writing standpoint we needed claire to have this manic pixie love and attraction in pursuing carmy, because that was the only way they were going to get together. carmy would never have pursued claire, because he sacrifices his own enjoyment and personal life for cooking. but it doesn’t make sense then, that claire has kind of an obsessive love for carmy from the moment she sees him at the grocery store, and she admits that she liked him in high school, but she never made a move and he didn’t even really know she knew who he was.

these sort of conflicting narratives: carmy is in love with claire, but gives her a fake number when they run into each other as adults (he even forgets her name when we’re introduced); claire is in love with carmy from the beginning of them running into each other as adults (which would hint that she was in love with him when they were young) but never paid him any attention when they were young, BUT was so close to them that she remembered the name of their planned restaurant all these years later…they all could have been made possible and been written in a way that was believable. but not with the time constraints the show had and the other storylines the show focused on. so we are simply told a lot of this, not shown a lot of this. it maybe could have worked if they built claire and carmy’s relationship up this season; a sort of will-they-won’t-they, and then once carmy is sold on the relationship, build that up in season three, for the big collapse at the end of season three. but that would have ruined the season long arch and left carmy without a deep, traumatic emotional arch and more of a rom-com, fluffy arch this season and that’s not really the show’s style.

so, i don’t hate claire. i think she, as a character, wasn’t given the time to breathe and grow and show the audience why we should care about her. i would love if they brought her back for season three, to see her grow and get fleshed out as her own character, especially as a character outside of her love for carmy. but since she broke up with carmy, i don’t see much of a road into the show moving on and it would also make a lot of sense if we never really see her again. even despite her “close” relationship to the fak’s and to richie.

as someone who has had to have the conversation with my parents about my weird working situations, like being paid for a month, but then not being paid for six months even though i’m going to work and working 12 or more hours because i’m starting something…uff, i feel syd’s frustration as she tries to explain it to her dad. and the fact that the budget is paying everyone in the shop except carm, nat, and syd (the bosses) is so fucking good. because that’s how it fucking should be. you pay the people who need it, because you need them to be there when you get back. it’s how you keep workers, especially good ones. bosses and leaders of businesses need to actually sacrifice for the shop and for their workers if they want it to work. plain and simple.

but, we see some of that writing magic i was talking about earlier when carmy gives her a fake number. he told the fridge guy his number earlier, and then he gives claire a different number. we know that he wouldn’t give fridge guy a fake number. so we realize he’s giving claire the fake. that’s why we saw him give the fridge guy his number.

AND that’s the episode! episode two down! it’s a great episode. and it sets up a LOT for the rest of season two. looking forward to episode three!

SEASON ONE: Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four | Episode Five | Episode Six | Episode Seven | Episode Eight

SEASON TWO: Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four | Episode Five | Episode Six | Episode Seven | Episode Eight | Episode Nine | Episode Ten

[realjaysumlin]

Kenya Discovers Large Deposits of Rare And Precious Coltan Mineral Used ...

The Coltan mineral is said to be located in both Samalia and Kenya.

[kindar-life]

06-Once Broken

Book 6 in the Tristan Series It's the end of the line for Tristan, his sanity in tatters, the only hope for him is to go back to the one place he never wanted to return to, home. Samalia. Will the end mean his salvation or condemnation? Amazon: https://amzn.to/3FAaTSR Elsewhere: https://books2read.com/u/3LDK7J

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[spritezallmanaged2]

I'm going to start dumping about my OC'S

Starting with some background. Everything is made from matter. That matter is held together by the energy between it. The energy can be changed. But never completely lost. Energy is slowly lost just holding everything together. This is the basis of my OC'S powers.

Samalia is a complete embodiment of the energy and matter everything is made of. She is a battery. Not a perfect battery however. As the slow loss of energy to the ether is what drives time. With this factor, she has complete control over her surroundings within her current state in time. She cannot effect the future ,she cannot effect the past. Only the present.

Once all of the energy she carries is gone. Everything falls apart. As there is no energy to hold it together. She kinda enters a coma for an hour where she recovers some of the lost energy. But she can only gather so much before she wakes up and makes matter coalesce. The rebuild is different every time. Different worlds, different things. But the human kind is always made (her home species.) During as I don't know what I'd do story wise if they weren't.

The fact that she only has so much time before she has to live in the world she makes is a bit hard, she can only make an odd 20mil galaxy systems before she has to stop. This is where the other elements come in.

Dread- element of entropy. A collector of energy.

Doc. - element of reaction. Creates chemical reactions.

Binds- element of cohesion- gives objects physical form.

Warp - element of ??? - gives objects a frame of physical form. ( the shape of matter)

Fractal - element of math - gives objects physics and movement.

Azure - element of direction - funnel from dread to samalia to gather energy.

Their age is oldest (top) to youngest (bottom)

I'll go over their personalities and abilities later but for now I want to post this

If you have any questions or want to know anything about how they look I got the information.

[curious161]

Send her back to samalia

Ilhan Omar Caught on Taping Saying Who She Thinks Her ‘Real’ President Is

[letmebehappy-13]

Setiap kali kamu menciumku

Everytime you kissed me

Aku gemetar seperti anak kecil

I trembled like a child

Mengumpulkan mawar

Gathering the roses

Kami bernyanyi untuk harapan

We sang for the hope

Suaramu ada di detak jantungku

Your very voice is in my heartbeat

Lebih manis dari mimpiku

Sweeter than my dream

Kami berada di sana dalam mekar abadi

We were there in everlasting bloom

Mawar mati

Roses die

Rahasianya ada di dalam rasa sakit

The secret is inside the pain

Angin kencang di atas bukit

Winds are high up on the hill

Saya tidak bisa mendengar Anda

I cannot hear you

Datang dan pegang aku erat-erat

Come and hold me close

Aku menggigil kedinginan di tengah hujan

I'm shivering cold in the heart of rain

Kegelapan turun, aku memanggil fajar

Darkness falls, I'm calling for the dawn

Piring perak untuk kenangan masa lalu

Silver dishes for the memories for the days gone by

Bernyanyi untuk janji

Singing for the promises

Besok bisa bawa

Tomorrow may bring

Saya menyimpan semua kasih sayang lama

I harbour all the old affection

Mawar masa lalu

Roses of the past

Kegelapan turun, dan musim panas akan hilang

Darkness falls, and summer will be gone

Kegembiraan siang hari

Joys of the daylight

Bayangan cahaya bintang

Shadows of the starlight

Semuanya manis di sisimu, cintaku

Everything was sweet by your side, my love

Air mata Ruby telah datang kepadaku untuk kata-kata terakhirmu

Ruby tears have come to me for your last words

Aku di sini hanya menyanyikan lagu dukaku

I'm here just singing my song of woe

Menunggumu, cintaku

Waiting for you, my love

Soltia mia saya samaltia

Soltia mia i samaltia

Imi samalia maltia

Imi samalia maltia

Distia mia i samaltia

Distia mia i samaltia

Dasti mia litta i malti atol

Dasti mia litta i malti atol

Alta estola

Alta estola

Amalita di vola

Amalita di vola

Alta dilia

Alta dilia

Imi ditta di vola

Imi ditta di vola

Sekarang biarkan kebahagiaanku bernyanyi di dalam mimpiku

Now let my happiness sing inside my dream

Setiap kali kamu menciumku

Everytime you kissed me

Hatiku sangat sakit

My heart was in such pain

Mengumpulkan mawar

Gathering the roses

Kami bernyanyi tentang kesedihan

We sang of the grief

Suaramu ada di detak jantungku

Your very voice is in my heartbeat

Lebih manis dari keputusasaan

Sweeter than despair

Kami ada di sana, mekar abadi

We were there, in everlasting bloom

Di bawah bintang-bintang

Underneath the stars

Dinaungi oleh bunga

Shaded by the flowers

Cium aku di kegelapan hari musim panas, cintaku

Kiss me in the summer day gloom, my love

Kalian semua kesenanganku, harapanku dan laguku

You are all my pleasure, my hope and my song

Saya akan berada di sini bermimpi di masa lalu

I will be here dreaming in the past

Sampai kamu datang

Until you come

Sampai kita menutup mata

Until we close our eyes

[jesusganja]

Michaelangelo's male modeling days circa 1989. He modeled with Nigel Barker and Tyson Beckford in major fashion spreads & high scale photoshoots, becoming the first male astronaut to successfully model as a Cover Girl...I mean Man! ��� 🤣 Michael was a cover man and he won the noble peace prize for humanity in '97 for the reconstruction of Samalia he Orchestrated like a Symphony of Synchronized Harmony. He's a major humanitarian for charitable efforts and astronomical donation projection. Over the years he's become Edward Turner's second in command for Edward Turner Designs: Stone (Incorporated) and now he's ready to reintroduce his own brand entitlement Just for Them with a brand new sublime label that of: Glucose Emporium. So the full title is Just for Them: Glucose Emporium, without his name (sacrifice, selflessness) and without the label Designs because his intuition strongly felt sensitive to Abigails entitlement. Love had its cries... https://www.instagram.com/p/CleBG_WLnx0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[reythemandalor]

Che'ri: *sneaking in through their window*

Thalias: *turning in their chair and flicking the light one* You want to tell me where you've been all night?

Che'ri: I was with Samakro?

Samakro: *turning in their chair* Wanna try again?

[ladykagewaki]

At their first interaction I thought "They're gonna smash". And I maintained that feeling through the trilogy. I love this. Are they Samalias? Or Thamakro?

Night art with Admiral Ma'kro and the First Syndic of the Mitth's Family - Thalias.

Later I will tell you more about their roles in the "Eleventh Fleet AU", but for now will just drop a little spicy art of this duet.

[jbeansdraws]

Edited this old meme I did and made a Thalias version because of Lesser Evil.

[fiveayegeethree]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Thrawn Series - Timothy Zahn (2017), Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Trilogy - Timothy Zahn Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Samakro | Ufsa'mak'ro/Thalias | Mitth'ali'astov Characters: Samakro | Ufsa'mak'ro, Thalias | Mitth'ali'astov, Che'ri (Star Wars) Additional Tags: i literally do not know what to tag this, post lesser evil, Light Angst, spoiler alert: they do kiss on the mouth, maybe I do, Post-Canon Summary:

As the days bleed into weeks aboard the Springhawk, and the bitter taste of Thrawn's exile still linger's in the mouths of those who once served under him, Samakro knows his job is to keep everyone in line—including himself. He had let his true feelings for Thalias slip during the battle over Sunrise, and neither of them had forgotten it. But there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed, and some lines are merely supposed to be danced upon.

[nimata-beroya]

One knows being in trouble when after consuming a new piece of media (and falling into the trash of a new ship), the first instinct is going to ao3 to check the tag pairing.

And unsurprisingly, there ARE fics for them 😏 just a few, but I take what I can 😁

[realjaysumlin]

Scientists have Identified Two New Minerals Found in a 15-ton Meteorite that Crashed in Africa. – Space in Africa

Only in Africa we will find two minerals that can't be found anywhere on earth but in Africa. Tanzanite and now a new mineral that landed in Samalia and said to be in Kenya as well, can only be found on the African continent.

[yesterdayandkarma]

Samalia by Ernie Alpuche

[liontafari]

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