#series: legend of the red comet

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I'm pleased to announce my debut, self-published novel - Legend of the Red Comet: The Gold Scrolls - is now available for purchase! Cover art was done by the talented @zandraz

[zuko-always-lies]

Legend of Korra and the incredibly long season finales

One flaw which really strikes me about TLoK is that the season finales were all far too long. This is a point which is easier to understand if we talk about ATLA first. ATLA had two 20 and one 21 episode season finales:

Book 1: Water. The season finale was two ("The Siege of the North Part 1 and 2") or at most three (if we count "The Waterbending Master") episodes long, for 10% or at most 15% of the season's runtime. I really don't think we should we should count "The Waterbending Master," though. It builds toward the series finale, but it's mostly it's own thing with its own main plot.

Book 2: Earth. The season finale was two episodes ("The Guru" and "The Crossroads of Destiny"), for a total of 10% of the season's runtime. You could argue that "Lake Laogai" and "The Earth King" are also parts of the finale, but they're really not. The main antagonist of the finale, Azula, doesn't even show up until the end of "The Earth King."

Book 3: Fire. The season (and series) finale was "Sozin's Comet," with a total of four episodes. That amounts to 19% of the season's runtime, but this is a series finale. That being said, I do personally feel like "Sozin's Comet" is already too long and not organically connected and that some of the stuff which happens there should have happened earlier in the season.

Now, let us turn to LoK.

Book 1: Air. This is 12 episodes long, and I would argue that the season finale amounted to three episodes: "Turning the Tides," "Skeletons in the Closet," and "Endgame." That would mean the season finale was 25% of the season. Every if we cutoff "Turning the Tides" because the protagonists are more reactive than proactive in it, the finale would still amount to 17% of the season.

Book 2: Spirits: This is 14 episodes long. It's actually very hard to figure out what constitutes the finale in this. Definitely "Harmonic Convergence," "Darkness Falls," and "Light in the Dark" are included. That would make for 21% of the season. However, you could also argue for "Night of a Thousand Stars" (29%), "A New Spiritual Age," (36%), or even "The Guide" (43%), although the last one is pretty dubious. What is clear is that in the second half of this season, events take on a pace which is at once both relentless and endless.

Book 3: Change. Things are a little clearer here in this 13 episode season. The season finale amounts to three episodes: "The Ultimatum," "Enter the Void," and "The Venom of the Red Lotus." That makes for 23% of the season.

Book 4: Balance. Another 13 episode season, with a three part finale: "Kuvira's Gambit," "Day of the Colossus," and "The Last Stand," for 23% again.

ATLA was 61 episodes long. LoK was 52 episodes long. If we go with the lowest possible number, ATLA had 8 season finale episodes, which made up 13% of the series. Similarly, with the lowest possible number, LoK had 11 season finale episodes, for 21% of the series.

If we instead go with the highest reasonable number, ATLA had 9 finale episodes for 15%, while TLoK had 14, for 27%.

And if we go with the highest possible number, reasonable or not, ATLA had 11 finale episodes, for 18%, while TLoK had 15, for 29%. It's possible to argue that nearly a third of TLoK was season finale episodes!

I think one thing is clear: TLoK spent far too much time on season finales. Did we really need three straight episodes of a mecha battle between Kuvira and our protagonists? Or three straight ones of Korra fighting Unalaq and Vaatu in the spirit world?

[jagsdoodloos]

Continued - A legends end.

Avatar Korra; Daughter of the southern water tribe and the Avatar. Born after the sudden passing of Aang, the last air bender, she became the new master of the four elements of earth, water, fire, and air. In her youth, Korra made her debut to the wider public, arriving in Republic City - Capital city of the United Republic. In short time, she proved her metal, confronting a series of great crisis and turmoil that befell Republic City's populous and the rest of the world. From the masked terror of Amon, to the treachery of Unalaq and the world ending Vaatu, Zaheer of the Red Lotus, and Kuvira's great coup - Korra rose to face threat after threat and triumphed.

Avatar Korra's courageous deeds, through her formative years, cemented her legacy in the annals of history. And in the years after, she would go on to face other trials, encounter many dangers and have high adventures. Yet even faced with impossible odds and the truly strange, she overcame these challenges, but never alone. Korra, with the help of dear friends, faithful companions, and the love of a good woman, would live a long rich life. A life that leaves a message of perseverance and hope in the face of doubt and darkness. And there would be no greater example of this lesson than perhaps Korra's most perilous ordeal of all! No other threat, not sense the battle with Vaatu, would push Korra's mind body and spirit to their limits. . . when Sozin's Comet returned.

The Legend of Korra is a tale that, to this day, enthralls generations of scholars and common folk alike, not the least of which is just how it came to an end. Avatar Korra lived to the ripe old age - of 110. Yes. Historians only knew of her passing until nearly 15 years later, when the next Avatar was found. You see in her final years, Korra vanished, seemingly without a trace. She told no one of her destination, not even her surviving friends and family, but not before tying up loose ends and finishing all her affairs thoroughly. Everyone has their own theory and suspicions as to her ultimate fate, but close friends and those within her inner circle suspected the real reason. Perhaps Korra, sensing her time drawing near, embarked on her final journey. A personal journey to make herself whole again. Her last journey and the final chapter to her legend. . . . A chapter yet to be told.

To be continued.

That was a long one! Sorry for the delay, but I had to have some Korra art to help flush out this pitch. I want to expand Korra's story like any fan and I want to see more official stuff. But until Nick or Paramount decide to do more with her and the franchise, like the fandom, we'll have to settle with some good old fanfiction. But it doesn't have to be this way. We're willing to give this studio money and time if it only just greenlights a new season or a tv movie or SOMETHING! I want more Korra.

As for what comes after LOK, well I like to think this concept idea could make for a new series for everyone. If at least one or two people. And I've got more on the way so stay tuned. Or if you can't wait, you can visit my Instagram - I got some vignettes up complete with art drops to go with them. So feel free to have a read.

And if you like my art style, again you can DM me here or there for art commissions work, so lets dish. And again, more to come.

[daenerysoftarth]

Off topic but I love the subtext of Viserys’ dreams in house of the dragon. The main asoiaf series is so strongly intertwined with themes of fate and prophecy and coincidence and how they become these fantastic stories. We see this with the azor ahai prophecy, the legend of the red comet, the stallion who mounts the world, Cersei’s vale quad prophecy, etc. George is also very careful to point out how following these prophecies according to your own interpretation can result in sociopolítical consequences beyond your wildest dreams. (Cough cough melisandre and stannis cough cough)

Therefore you can choose to believe either way. Either Viserys isn’t a dreamer and followed merely an actual /dream/ with no supernatural or spiritual significance to his death. Or, the more interesting version imo, is that Viserys is a dreamer. In House of the Dragon, he said he saw a man wearing the emperor’s crown. Some take that as divine meaning that Aegon II was the ‘right’ choice for king. Personally, I like the idea that the Dance was always predestined and always fated, and that the dragons had to die out. In order for Daenerys to reincarnate them and fulfill the azor ahai prophecy. Viserys saw Aegon II not because Aegon was ‘supposed’ to be king, but because putting Aegon on the throne inevitably would’ve resulted in civil war. If we do choose to believe that the Gods have some influence over the events in Westeros (which they seem to), then perhaps Viserys saw the dance, because the Valyrian Gods or Rh’llor or whoever decided that the Dance had to happen, for Dany to fulfill her legacy

[marcmarcmomarc]

Super Smash Bros. Fighter Presentation

Introduction

MASTER HAND: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the presentation of the fighters of the one and only “Super Smash Bros.”! I am Master Hand, here with my erratic counterpart, Crazy Hand!

CRAZY HAND: All fighters will be presented in the order in which they joined the roster!

MASTER HAND: Without further delay, here we go!

MASTER HAND: The first game in the series is "Super Smash Bros." for Nintendo 64! The first fighter is the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. For over thirty years, he's been stomping many foes of all kinds into oblivion. Presenting “Mr. Video Game Himself”, number 01, Mario!

Theme: Victory! Mario - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Mario steps to center stage and gives a thumbs-up.)

MARIO: Let’s-a go!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Donkey Kong” for Arcade.

MASTER HAND: Also introduced in this game is “The King of the Jungle”, who fights all kinds of reptiles to retrieve his massive banana hoard. He is number 02, Donkey Kong!

Theme: Victory! Donkey Kong - (Unique Version) by LUCKYRICK

(DK steps to center stage and beats his chest.)

DK: Hoo-hoo!

MASTER HAND: Next is one of many incarnations of the spirit of the hero and the chosen champion of the Golden Goddesses. Grown from an ordinary boy to a legendary warrior, “The Hero of Hyrule”, number 03, Link!

Theme: Victory! Link by Comet Mystic

(Link steps to center stage, then holds the Master Sword in front of himself with both hands as its blade shines with a light blue gleam, indicating its Power to Repel Evil.)

LINK: Hyah!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “The Legend of Zelda” for the Nintendo Entertainment System. His Champion’s Tunic comes from “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” for the Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

MASTER HAND: The next fighter is the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter. She has torn through galactic threats, killed giant monsters, and destroyed planets, always ensuring the safety of the galaxy from any evils lurking within. Meet “The Bounty Hunter Extraordinaire”, number 04, Samus Aran!

Theme: Victory! Samus - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Samus steps to center stage and demonstrates her Arm Cannon’s Zero Laser configuration.)

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, "Metroid" for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

MASTER HAND: Next up, Mario’s dinosaur pal from Dinosaur Island, “The Omnivore of the Year”, number 05, Yoshi!

Theme: Victory! Yoshi (New Arrangement) by GB6

(Yoshi steps to center stage and dances around in a circle.)

YOSHI: Yoshi!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Super Mario World” for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

MASTER HAND: Next up is a young resident of the planet Pop Star. The pink puffball who sucks enemies into his mouth and copies their powers to use himself, “The Pink Demon”, number 06, Kirby!

Theme: Victory! Kirby - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Kirby steps to center stage, leans at the audience and waves his arms.)

KIRBY: Hi!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Kirby’s Dream Land” for the Nintendo Game Boy.

MASTER HAND: Next up is “The Leader of Star Fox”, a team of mercenaries, handed down from his late father, James McCloud. Number 07, Fox McCloud!

Theme: Victory! Fox - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Fox leaps out of his passing Arwing, lands at center stage, and lays a finger on his earpiece.)

FOX: (into earpiece) General Pepper, this is Fox McCloud. I have finished my mission and am returning to base, over.

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Star Fox” for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

MASTER HAND: The Electric Mouse Pokémon is up next, and the most famous Pokemon of them all. A key partner to several trainers across the various regions, most notably Red and Ash Ketchum. “The Overexcited Rodent”, number 08, Pikachu!

Theme: Victory! Pikachu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl Arrangement) by GB6

(Pikachu steps to center stage and waves at the audience with one paw.)

PIKACHU: Pika! Pika!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Pokémon Red and Blue” for the Nintendo Game Boy.

MASTER HAND: The next fighter has played second fiddle to his famous brother for a long time, but did get his own year in 2013. Welcome Mario’s cowardly ghost-busting younger brother, “The Eternal Understudy”, number 09, Luigi!

Theme: Victory! Luigi by DIMON • CAMI

(Luigi steps to center stage and points his fingers like guns.)

LUIGI: Bang, bang!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Mario Bros.” for Arcade.

MASTER HAND: The hero of EarthBound is next. A kind child with psychic powers, born and raised in Onett, Eagleland. Welcome “The PSI Powerhouse”, number 10, Ness!

Theme: Victory! Ness by GB6

(Ness steps to center stage and nods at the audience.)

NESS: Okay.

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “EarthBound” for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

MASTER HAND: Our next fighter is a championship racer and renowned bounty hunter, frequently standing up against rival bounty hunters and the nefarious Black Shadow. “The Supersonic Slugger”, number 11, Captain Falcon!

Theme: Victory! Captain Falcon - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Captain Falcon leaps out of his Blue Falcon, lands at center stage, and salutes.)

CAPTAIN FALCON: Show me your moves!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “F-Zero” for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

MASTER HAND: Next up, the Balloon Pokemon. It puts others to sleep with its singing, and its elastic properties allow it to float. “The Sleepy Singer”, number 12, Jigglypuff!

Theme: Victory! Jigglypuff by Groovy Monkey Music

(Jigglypuff steps to center stage and twirls around.)

JIGGLYPUFF: Jigglypuff!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Pokémon Red and Blue” for the Nintendo Game Boy.

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Call me Razz! He/they, Mid-20s, American, BPD.

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Fandom, personal tag, and OC related miscellany under the cut.

Fandoms/media I enjoy include but are not limited to:

Dragon Age

Baldur's Gate 3

Dishonored

Elder Scrolls (Specifically Skyrim and ESO)

Dungeons and Dragons and other TTRPGs

Legend of Zelda

Splatoon

ATLA and Legend of Korra

Soul Eater

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Black Butler (manga)

Gangsta (manga)

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Hades (1 & 2) by Supergiant Games

Persona series (specifically Persona 5)

Cyberpunk 2077

The Magnus Archives (podcast)

Wicked (musical)

Sweeney Todd (musical)

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Musical)

Hadestown (musical)

Arcane (TV series)

Hannibal (TV series)

Saw (movie franchise)

DC Comics (Specifically Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Wonder Woman)

My Ao3 (some of it is Explicit🔞)

My Bluesky (also may be Explicit🔞)

My tags

My art - #razz's art, #razzdazz art, #razz draws

My writing - #razz writes, #razz's writing

My rambles - #razz rambles #razz's unsolicited additions

Main OCs (Original Characters)

Tiffany - originally a D&D NPC in my first homebrew campaign (Heart of Atlantis my beloved), then I grew to love her too much to leave her alone.

Tiffany Mereign, ie Tiff, ie Theophania Athaliah Wilhelmina Fen’U-darah Mereign the Third, Queen of Atlantis, formerly Empress of the Atlantean Empire. Sea elf royalty, born on December 27th, took the throne with her father as Regent after the assassination of her mother Larethire II. She fully took the crown and throne in 1139-1140ce after killing her father Elias for his numerous crimes including the discovery that he was responsible for her mother's death.

The D&D campaign Tiff first appeared in took place in 1139-40ce where the player character party helped Tiff revive a dead goddess and use her power to kill the usurper king Elias and end a war that threatened their people. Said goddess cursed Tiff to die a thousand deaths (not by her own hand) before she can finally rest, all because Tiff rejected the offer of ascension to godhood.

Tiff handled her immortality curse... badly, to say the least. At least she met and married her loving supportive wives Cassie and Anya who help her with her chronic pain and substance addictions. Tiff is addicted to a substance known as heartstone, which is magically radioactive, which means Tiff has to wear protective clothing so that she doesn't irradiate everyone around her.

Rana - Ranarox La'Rouge, originally started as a Haunted One Bard/Rogue in a Curse of Strahd campaign, then got repurposed and fleshed out as my Dark Urge/Durge OC for Baldur's Gate 3. Raised in a circus and wooed by every pretty face they see, Rana does everything in their power to fend off the Red that swirls around their vision that brings the Urge to kill. If their eyes turn red and you are within melee range, it is already too late for you to run away.

Rana's 'canon' storyline has them falling in love with Shadowheart and Lae'Zel, finding a way to spare Minthara despite being tortured by her, rediscovering their past as the leader of the Bhaalist cult, and saving their daughter Mala from being sacrificed by Orin the Red. They found Mala (instead of Yenna) wandering around Rivington. Jaheira recognized her first as she had been acting as Mala's foster mother, since Rana had smuggled Mala away years prior to protect her from the cult (Rana was a victim of familial abuse and SA and Mala is a result of said abuse whom Rana vowed to protect from repeating the cycle of abuse). Rediscovering their progeny put them both in danger as Orin stalked the party and stole that which Rana only just got back.

Rana resorted to killing Orin to protect their child, and renounced Bhaal within the heart of his temple. Bhaal stole back their very blood and life force, disowning them. Rana only lives on because Jergal claimed them as his champion, and while the Red is never fully gone, they finally see clearly for the first time. Before disowning their murder god father, Rana's blood was black deathly ichor of the unholy god, but after Jergal claimed them, their blood became red full of life and vigor.

Ina - (Belongs to my friend Poe, I just happen to be obsessed with her and am the leader of Ina's fanclub) Ina the Kobold is a chaos entity, a zealous oath of glory paladin devoted to a deified Hatsune Miku. She came into existence after my friend rolled up a completely randomized character for a D&D game, and quickly speared her way into my heart with her wacky antics and hilarious zeal for murder.

A little known tidbit about Ina is that she's a sleeper agent, Ina is not her full name. Her true name is Ignition, which is the trigger word to temporarily switch her from chaotic stupid kobold to calculated smart dragonborn. Her Ignition alter ego is scarily competent compared to Ina. She was created in a secret magical experiment and hatched from a magically irradiated dragonborn egg. Ignition voluntarily switches back into Ina the minute whatever mission or danger she was dealing with is complete, as Ina takes far less mental energy to exist.

She is made as a contingency plan for Tiffany, so that in the case she as the queen ever goes off the rails and goes against her own morals, Ina will be there to kill her and bring her back to her senses.

Erinyes - My demonsona as it were, a self insert that morphed kind of into their own entity. They're a cheese-loving fury demon called Erin-yes. I often use them as a chaotic mini-me, and a personification of my silliness and rage. Sometimes I'll shove them into things with varied success. In D&D they'd be a tiefling or cambion as a player character, but as an NPC they've appeared as a literal erinyes devil that tried to sell cheese to the players and tormented them at various points.

Claire - My rage-filled mixed-drow religiously traumatized pyromaniac death cleric. She was raised in a cult to a goddess that stole the name of other gods - Adrestia Andraste, the Lady in White, a homebrew drow goddess of death and war and motherly retribution. Claire's drow mother was the high priestess of the Lady, and in order to become the next high priestess, Claire had to kill her mother in a ritual battle.

Claire walked over enchanted coals, was baptized in holy fire, and slayed a dragon to become the next high priestess of the cult; doing so made her fireproof to everything but her own goddess's flames. On her back they etched an intricate tattoo that brands her as her goddess's chosen, which also allows her goddess to cause her searing pain when she does something she doesn't like. A proverbial shock collar.

Claire is bitter and jaded and tries to escape the cult many times, and eventually discovers the truth of her goddess's identity theft and devotes herself to the goddess's sister Lotte (the victim of the identity theft) instead. Lotte is a drow goddess of fate, death, craftsmanship, and magic, and gives Claire the power to mend and tear the weave of magic itself. Claire is a chosen of both goddesses, one willingly, one unwillingly, and her mission is to break her ties to the Lady in White for good.

Frownless - Ah my favorite eldritch edgelord. Frownless, also called The Frownless or Freddie the Frownless or even Thotarella/Thot by my dnd group (an inside joke), is a shapeshifter known as a shadowless - he doesn't cast a shadow on the ground. Shadowless are akin to eldritch changelings that are descendants of fey celestials exiled to a demiplane. They appear as orange-tinged red haired elven people with four yellow eyes.

Frownless in particular is a notable specimen as he got exiled for killing his cousin in a fit of rage, then made a name for himself as an assassin and overall nuisance. He was hired by Tiff's father to kill her but failed miserably and ended up working for her in a weird toxic relationship instead. He tried dropping a chandelier on her and missed. He loves catfishing people since he's a shapeshifter. I love using him as a punching bag. He ends up Tiff's drug dealer at various points and brings out the worst in her.

OT - My old self insert that morphed into their own entity. This one in particular is tied to their dragon age dalish elf iteration as my main Inquisitor Lavellan. OT is a dalish mage Inquisitor and lover of Josephine Montilyet. Originally named Overtaker as a funny play on Undertaker, and then shortened it to OT for brevity, and even made it stand for different names involving the initials O and T. I even used them the first time I ever played D&D in a oneshot where they ended up dying via magic item enchanted to cast power word kill!

I have a lot of OCs but only a few I routinely use, which as of making this post consist of the above. Other OCs include Lyn, Vrei'Dara, Billie, Domi, Inanna, Dela, Johanna, Jorster, Francis, Lotte, Minaeve, Jamboree, Riff, Kestrel, Grimshaw, Veronica, Atlantea, Styx, Judith, and many others.

Others TBA

[edit 11/13/2024] - {I have streamlined this pinned post slightly, added some stuff, removed a few things}

Anyways enjoy my blog I guess? I'm so wordy at times, I know this is a whole ass wall of text to scroll through. You get an appreciative pat on the shoulder for reading through all this.

[i-am-extremely-mad]

Watched Book 1 and Book 2 all the way through again. Soon I will start again with Book 3. The Legend of Korra is practically a masterpiece, especially when you understand what genre the show is, with which themes the show actually deals with and perhaps most importantly the structure of the story.  

Here are again brief instructions and explanations: 

1. TLOK is DieselPunk fantasy (reason why there are cars, airships and RetroFuturistic technologies like Mechas) and main theme is conflict between tradition and progression and what place Korra as a person and Avatar have in this new modern world. 

2. TLOK have two story arcs, Book 1 is more or less self-contained mini series, while Books 2, 3 and 4 were simultaneously in production and make a 3-part story arc that is basically a reverse ATLA story arc. First arc I call "The Equalists arc" while second arc I call "A New Spiritual Age arc". 

Titles of Books aren't random: Book 2: Spirits is dealing with changes between Material and Spirit Worlds, Book 3: Change is dealing with unforeseen good and bad consequences that change caused, and Book 4: Balance, well, to finally find Balance in this new modern, drastically changed world. 

3. Aang fights a super villain, Ozai, who is a firebender, who is horrible to his children (brother and sister), and who uses a cosmic event (Sozin's Comet) to boost his powers to try destroying the world at the END of the story.

Korra fights a super villain, Unalaq, who is a waterbender, who is horrible to his children (brother and sister), and who uses a cosmic event (Harmonic Convergence) to boost his powers to try destroying the world at the BEGINNING of the story. 

4. At the end of ATLA Book 2 the Earth Kingdom has fallen and Aang almost die at the end and Katara take care for his recovery.

At the end of TLOK Book 3 the Earth Kingdom has fallen and Korra almost die at the end and Asami take care for her recovery. 

5. Unalaq misused spiritual and mystical powers for destruction and conquer, Kuvira misused scientific and technological powers for destruction and conquer, and replicate Unalaq/Vaatu powers by making basically Mecha-Unavaatu.

6. Every main villain represents some form of fascism/fascist like ideology: 

Amon and Equalists: non-benders supremacists, 

Unalaq: clero-fascism, 

Red Lotus: (more or less) anarcho-primitivists,

Kuvira: Nazism.

[uniquejellyfishqueen]

19/50 states have a Safe Haven Box

1950.. Birth control was introduced in 1957 with the 1st oral pill being Enovid it was then discontinued in 1988

Lavender Haze (10th album 1st track)

“The 1950’s shit they want from me”

On the set list

Suburban Legends (5th album(TV) 20th track)

“I am standing in a 1950’s gymnasium”

Played 2x on the Eras tour..

1. 11/17/23 N1 in Rio

2. 8/1/24 N1 Warsaw

-there were 8 months and 15 days between the two dates that song was played.

8/15/2024 was show #127 N1/5 London R2

She played a combination of

Reputation (6) End Game (2)

Red (4) Everything Has Changed (14). (2/14 this date makes sense below it is the same numbers as the distance from the 1st baby box to the last US tour stop)

Thinking Out Loud was also played

Take the 1st letter from the 1st word of each song played and you can get TEE, are you the problem at that tee time too?

11/25:

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

International Hat Day

*the 22 hat

11/25/1952 The murder-mystery play The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie opens in London and will become the longest continuously running play in history

11/25/1963 State funeral of JFK — laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

11/25/2021 Get Back, a three-part series of The Beatles debuts on Disney +, featuring outtakes from their Let It Be documentary

11/25/1979 one of the most well known partnerships in TV sportscasting history for 22 years begins with Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcasting a game together

1st box installed in Woodburn, Indiana 5/25/2016. Woodburn to Indianapolis is 2 hr and 14 minutes via I-69 (mirror ball track 6 and guilty as sin 9 played on n3/3 in Miami. First letters also make GM =713) (69 is also the cancer symbol which is 6/22-7/22 and 7+6=13..)

May 25:

National Missing Children’s Day

5/25/240 BC First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet

5/25/1953 The US conducts it first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site

5/25/1955 An F5 tornado strikes Udall, Kansas at night. Killing 80 and injuring 273, this becomes the deadliest tornado to occur in the state

5/25/1968 The Gateway Arch in St Louis is dedicated

*her use of arches

*McDonalds Arches

5/25/1977 Star Wars is released in theaters

5/25/1979 American Airlines flight 191 crashes in Chicago during take off at O’Hare International Airport killing all 271 on board and 2 on the ground.

5/25/1986 Hands Across America

*the eastern end of the chain was at Battery Park in NYC the first person in line was 6-year-old Amy Sherwood. Over 200,000 people joined the line in NYC.

*LA-NY

Texas 1999 was the first time the safe haven law was enforced, this happened after 13 incidents of child endangerment. By 2008 all 50 states had some form of “Baby Moses Law”//“Safe Haven Baby Law”…

*Moses and the Red Sea told in the book of exodus

*loving him was red. X marks the spot where we fell apart

Safe Haven book by Nicholas Sparks released 9/2/2010

Safe Haven movie released 2/14/2013 (2/14 again) starring Julianne Hough. *4/12/2008 Julianne Hough and Ts were on the lineup including Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram, Montgomery Gentry, Jewel, and Chuck Wicks at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio, Texas. those are TAS initials backwards.. :)

[vancouvertrueborns]

Les Vogt and the Prowlers, Vancouver’s first Elvis-style rock band, performs at a track meet pep rally held in John Oliver Secondary’s gym in 1956. Shortly after this photo was taken, the band opened for Bill Haley and the Comets at Kerrisdale Arena – Vancouver’s first rock concert. 

Unfortunately, the Prowlers did not ride the Comets’ plasma tail to success. The local heroes peaked in 1960, when Les Vogt’s song “The Blamers” knocked Elvis’ “It’s Now Or Never” from #1 on the C-FUN radio station’s Top 40 chart.

The Prowlers broke up and Les went on to become a nightclub owner (The Grooveyard, Purple Steer) and a concert promoter with Jaguar Enterprises, a company he co-founded with iconic Vancouver DJ, Red Robinson. Today, Les continues to stage concerts through his Legends of Rock and Roll series, that includes Elvis, Buddy Holly and Tina Turner tribute artists.

As for South Van and J.O. being the birthplace of Vancouver rock and roll, we shouldn’t be surprised. The entire southeast corner of the city was the epicenter for the region’s post-war baby boom. Large tracts of available land close to downtown quickly gave way to affordable housing and young families. For instance, Les grew up on the south slope, in the Fraserview neighbourhood – a sprawling government housing project comprised of 1,100 humble but functional bungalows. Each house had, in accordance with CMHC requirements, at least two kids in it, many had four to eight. Those youngsters had a lot of time to dream about rock stardom as they walked, biked or bussed to J.O. at 41st and Fraser. 

Killarney Secondary opened its doors in 1957 and David Thompson the following year, thus absorbing some of the talent from the school formerly known as South Van High.

[mrthoughtbubbles]

For the whole week, I've been allocating some time to watch an episode per day of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin to better understand the story and relationships of the characters in Mobile Suit Gundam. I'm elated and sad at the same time whilst watching the series. Elated because I have a deeper understanding of the background of the characters in Mobile Suit Gundam, and sad because I know that a lot of them will die in the future.

I only have 1 episode left to watch, and I hope that they'll showcase more of Char Aznable's skill, and how he, the Red Comet, became a legend among mobile suit pilots.

[i-am-extremely-mad]

“#tlok #korra korrasami #honestly I didn't like the ending of atla too it felt rushed”

I wouldn't really agree that TLOK is better, I think both shows are equally great in their own unique way. Although I watched TLOK a lot more times than ATLA.

I don't agree that the ending of ATLA was rushed, my only real issue is that Aang regained his connection to his past lives and Avatar state by pure coincidence when a sharp rock hit him in the exact specific part of his back. If that hadn't happened Ozai would have killed him on the spot. 

It would have been better if Ozai had some villainous speech about how he's going to kill everyone Aang loves after he's done with him and then Aang entered the Avatar state by force of his own will out of pure anger.

And as for The Legend of Korra, show is practically a masterpiece, especially when you understand what genre the show is, with which themes the show actually deals with and perhaps most importantly the structure of the story. Show is great and watching it again only confirmed it for me how terribly underrated and misunderstood it is and I absolutely disagree that the show is supposedly a “hot mess” that even some fans think.  

Here are brief instructions and explanations:

1. TLOK is DieselPunk fantasy (reason why there are cars, airships and RetroFuturistic technologies like Mechas) and main theme is conflict between tradition and progression and what place Korra as a person and Avatar have in this new early 20th century like modern world.

2. TLOK have two story arcs, Book 1 is more or less self-contained mini series (also has a similar plot to The Dark Knight Rises, and both came out the same year), while Books 2, 3 and 4 were simultaneously in production (confirmed by the creators themselves: https://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/50462033888/for-some-reason-this-tight-rough-for-the-second and also this: https://www.tumblr.com/i-am-extremely-mad/707276563400589312/bryankonietzko-awesome-storyboard-drawing-of) and make a 3-part story arc that is basically a REVERSE ATLA story arc.

Titles of Books aren't random: Book 2: Spirits is dealing with changes between Material and Spirit Worlds, Book 3: Change is dealing with unforeseen good and bad consequences that change caused, and Book 4: Balance, well, to finally find Balance in this new modern, drastically changed world.

3. Aang fights a super villain, Ozai, who is a firebender, who is horrible to his children (brother and sister), and who uses a cosmic event (Sozin's Comet) to boost his powers to try destroying the world at the END of the story. Also, it happens after the summer solstice. 

Korra fights a super villain, Unalaq, who is a waterbender, who is horrible to his children (brother and sister), and who uses a cosmic event (Harmonic Convergence) to boost his powers to try destroying the world at the BEGINNING of the story . Also, it happens after the winter solstice. 

4. At the end of ATLA Book 2 the Earth Kingdom has fallen and Aang almost died at the end and Katara takes care for his recovery. 

At the end of TLOK Book 3 the Earth Kingdom has fallen and Korra almost died at the end and Asami takes care for her recovery. 

5. Unalaq misused spiritual and mystical powers for destruction and conquer, Kuvira misused scientific and technological powers for destruction and conquer, and replicate Unalaq/Vaatu powers by making basically Mecha-Unavaatu. 

6. Every main villain represents some form of fascism/fascist like ideology: 

Amon and Equalists: non-benders supremacists, 

Unalaq: (more or less) clero-fascism, 

Red Lotus: (more or less) anarcho-primitivists, 

Kuvira: Nazism. 

7. The creation of a new Spirit Portal in the middle of Republic City actually has a great symbolic meaning. Republic City represents modernity, science and technology, while Spirit Portal represents tradition, spiritual and mystical. Spirit portal right in the heart of Republic City symbolizes that Balance is possible. 

Korrasami also symbolizes that, Asami who represents and symbolizes progress, science and technology and Korra who represents and symbolizes tradition, spiritual and mystical.

I've got unpopular opinions for everything like for example I think tlok is better than atla, Korra's story is more interesting and the show is queer and has more mature and complex themes so I think in general it's a better show, I did love atla too but Korra will remain my favourite forever 🌈

[gildedink]

The Mini Trio

Late last year I have the privilege to commission bunny_tone to draw Meilin. Earlier this month she reopened her commissions so I had to have Azusa and Weifeng done too!

Art done by bunny_tone. Please check her out!

[the-last-cuddlebender]

I straight up check your profile daily for the southern raiders analysis you’re working on. 👀👀 where IS IT 😩

bRUH I am so excited to drop this analysis you have no idea (It’s creeping up to 22k+ I am gonna cryyyyyyyyyyyy). The only problem is that my TSR analysis and “Moon theory” are so incredibly hard to structure and articulate. I’m happy you’re so excited for it, though!!! Truly, it’s an honor. I’ll give you a taste of my madness and what’s to come, but be warned: it may be a bit hard to follow because TSR (from how I’ve come to understand it) is about the vagueness of beginnings, endings, and cycles, so there isn’t really a starting point for me to begin with. (So it may seem a tad bit like a ramble in some points that I haven’t fleshed out yet/am summarizing for this ask)

This analysis has me on trails like THIS brilliant nonsense, and I am 1000000000% here for it:

Roku: “The spirit's name is Koh, but he is very dangerous. They call him The Face Stealer.”

Katara: “We’re going to find the man who took my mother from me.”...“That’s him. That’s the monster.”

Lion Turtle: “To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable, or you will be corrupted and destroyed.”

Roku: “When you speak with him, you must be very careful to show no emotion at all. Not the slightest expression, or he will steal your face.”

Hama: “Congratulations, Katara. You’re a bloodbender.”

(If Katara had killed Yon Rha, she would be giving up her identity--her face. Not only would she have become a killer, but she would be killing what made her Katara)

Aang: “Let your anger out, and then let it go. Forgive him.”

Forgive him--approach him for what he is, not the faces your memories or your heart are having him wear. See him for the pathetic man he is in that moment right in front of you.

Aang’s forgiveness is seeing someone for the sum of their parts. It’s judging them and seeing through into their very soul, just like the Firebending Masters saw through Zuko being the Crown Prince and Aang being the Avatar. That meant nothing to the Masters. What did matter to them was who the boys were right there, right then, right in front of them.

“Why should I hold a grudge against you for something you did in a past life? After all, you’re a different person, now. You’ve come to me with a new face.”

But anyways...

If I can give no other take-away from my analysis and moon theory, it’s that Yin and Yang are not two entities; they are three. I think the fandom’s misunderstanding of it may be why the discourse on TSR (and Aang, Katara, and Zuko) is so black and white (pun intended lol). 

“But Yin and Yang are obviously two things. Don’t you know the symbol?” I hear some people already saying.

Wrong, sir.

It has never been just Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang have never existed as just two things.

They are Yin and Yang and Wu Wei.

(Aunt Wu has her name for a reason, and she has the mark of the wise in her hair for a reason, too...AND she is at odds with Sokka in The Fortuneteller for a reason, too!!!...but that’s for the analysis😉)

Balance isn’t good triumphing over evil. Balance is good and evil. Balance is standing on the flow between two opposites--it’s the compliment that connects them. (The koi fish live in an oasis for a reason.)

I’ll explain what Wu Wei is later in the full analysis (like many things in here), but here’s some of my evidences and proofs for the “Yin Yang trio”:

The Tibetan “Wheel of Dharma”

(I’ll also explain the Wheel and Dharma and etc. later because it has everything to do with Koh and the moon) Long story short, the wheel and its spokes are representative of the 8 steps to enlightenment and the cycle of rebirth. 

Look at the hub of the wheel. It’s a swirl made of 3 parts.

It is also a white lotus

Here’s the colored version of the wheel (as an alter):

Recognize the colors?

BLUE, WHITE (or gold, depending), & RED

These are the “THREE TREASURES” OR JEWELS.

They symbolize DHARMA, BUDDHA, & SANGHA respectively. 

KATARA, AANG, & ZUKO

water, air, & fire

T H R E E

Bato: “Ice dodging is a ceremonial test of wisdom, bravery, and trust.

Bato: “The spirits of water bear witness to these marks...”

Why does Bato say spirit(s) plural? The Ocean and the Moon are only two spirits. The Ocean can’t be two things. Right?

WRONG

Yue: “The legends say the Moon was the first waterbender. Our ancestors saw how it pushed and pulled the tides and learned how to do it themselves.”

The Moon--singular. The Tides--plural (push and pull)

Lion Turtle: “In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements, but the energy within our senses.”

The moon pushing and pulling the tide is the moon bending the energy of its world. 

Katara finding balance between “being too weak to do it” or “strong enough not to” is her bending the energy within herself.

It’s two solutions written as a question but said as a statement.

Yue: “Our ancestors saw how it pushed and pulled the tides and learned how to do it themselves”

THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS IS ABOUT AANG AND ZUKO LEARNING FROM KATARA. Katara had already learned from Aang and Zuko all leading up to TSR. That was her studying. TSR was her test.

TSR is Zuko’s and Aang’s studying. Sozin’s Comet is their test.

Bato: “For Sokka, the Mark of the Wise. The same mark your father earned. For Katara, the Mark of the Brave. Your courage inspires us. And for Aang, the Mark of the Trusted. You are now an honorary member of the Water Tribe.”

Aang - Wise (”you’re pretty wise for a kid”)

Katara - Brave (the same mark her mother earned)

Zuko - Trusted (”I was the first person to trust you”)

Sokka - Bato ("I am to have no part in this--you pass or fail on your own.”)

Yin and Yang are nothing without their dance. The Avatar and the Firelord mean nothing if they don’t have a world to rebuild.

The valley means nothing if there isn’t anyone to live in it.

Fighting is useless if there isn’t someone to fight for, otherwise it is “selfish and stupid”

Katara had to have a reason to return from Yon Rha. She needed to have Aang waiting for her. If she didn’t have a reason to stay, then she wouldn’t have a reason to go.

To have a reason to sleep, a person has to have a reason to wake up.

Katara: “Aang. He just took his glider and disappeared. He has this ridiculous notion that he has to save the world alone; that it's all his responsibility.”

Hakoda: “Maybe that's his way of being brave.”

(Bato: “For Katara, the Mark of the Brave. Your courage inspires us.”)

Katara: “It's not brave! It's selfish and stupid! We could be helping him! And I know the world needs him, but doesn't he know how much we need him, too? How can he just leave us behind?!”

(It was, in fact, not easy for Aang to ‘do nothing’)

Katara: “I understand why you left. I really do, and I know that you had to go, so why do I still feel this way? I'm so sad and angry...and hurt.”

Hakoda: “I love you more than anything. You and your brother are my entire world. I thought about you every day when I was gone, and every night when I went to sleep, I would lie awake missing you so much it would ache.”

(AND YUE IS ONE OF THE ONES TO SAVE AANG IN THE OCEAN FOR A REASON)

Thinking and missing: a matter of mind (who) and heart (want). 

Iroh: “Who are you? And what do you want?”

Sokka: “We need to go back. I wanna see Dad, but helping Aang is where we're needed the most.”

Mai: “I love Zuko more than I fear you.”

BUT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE MOON FOR A HOT SECOND???

I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE MOON

I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT 2 MOONS

OH

OH REALLY???

OH REALLY, ZUKO

A FEW HOURS YOU SAY?

THEN TELL ME, ZUKO

WHY IS THE SUN GOING UP

WHEN IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT A FEW HOURS LATER

AND KATARA IS SLEEPING SO YOU CAN’T TELL ME IT’S BECAUSE YOU RISE WITH THE SUN OTHERWISE SHE’D BE WIDE AWAKE DURING THE FULL MOON THAT SHE USES TO BLOODBEND NOT EVEN TWO MINUTES LATER

THIS, MY FRIENDS, IS A HARVEST MOON

WHICH IS THE LAST FULL MOON OF THE SUMMER 

(and looks off color when it rises/falls because of the angle of the rise/fall in the atmosphere...it’s normal once overhead)

AND SYMOLIZES HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF

“We’re going to find the MAN who took my mother from me.”

“That’s him. That’s the MONSTER.”

8 spokes on the wheel

Katara was 8 when Kya was killed

8 steps to enlightenment (the “Eightfold Path”)

8 phases of the moon

8 faces of Koh

“One of your previous incarnations tried to slay me! Be it 8 or 9 hundred years ago” (but time is an illusion, so hundreds mean nothing)

THE OTHER TWO MOONS THAT ARE CONSUMING MY EVERY WAKING MOMENT???:

1.) The WOLF MOON--the first full moon of the new year (a love between the wolf and the moon in the harshest winters...connection is kindof obvious lmao)

2.) THE THUNDER MOON

The Thunder Moon is the full moon of July. It is also known as the Buck Moon--for when young buck regrow their antlers.

Yue: “My hair turned white.”

Zuko: *cuts and re-grows his hair*

Aang: “I have hair?”

The Thunder Moon--the full moon of July--is also the beginning of a certain Buddhist holiday.

DHARMA DAY

WHICH CELEBRATES THE BEGINING OF BUDDHISM AND THE FIRST OF THE 8 STEPS (the first spoke of the Dharma Wheel) TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT

AVATAR IS ALL ABOUT CYCLES

THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS IS ALL ABOUT BREAKING THEM

I haven’t even touched Jung, Koh, Hinduism, and Buddhism yet

or the fact that Katara and Kya are the only characters in the entire series to wear moons on their clothing and that, together, they form an actual lunar phenomenon

or why the spirit oasis isn’t a complete circle

or the fact that this thing that Aang is told to chase is just like Whaletail Island:

or how important the Great Divide and the Solstice are

AND I’M JUST GETTING STARTED

BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THE SOUTHERN RAIDERS--RIGHT DOWN TO THE SOUND DESIGN--IS ABSOLUTELY MONUMENTAL IN UNDERSTANDING THE SHOW, ITS MESSAGE, ENERGYBENDING, AND LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE

TLDR: Idk how the heck I’m going to arrange or articulate this analysis because it is WILD. Be warned: There is literally no exact beginning and ending to this analysis because the whole point of Yin and Yang is that is has no beginning or ending (...kindof...), so you’ll have to bear with me once I’m done editing it into something that’s somewhat coherent.

These are just SOME of the things I’ve been able to answer with my moon theory and analysis of The Southern Raiders as it currently stands:

Why “letting go” isn’t really letting go (as we understand it...see: Aang’s confrontation with Koh)

Why Lake Laogai and the Spirit World are symbolically the same thing.

Zuko’s advice to the bullfrog is actually a summary of the show, energybending, the origin of bending, and the definition of Aang’s “forgiveness” I stg

Why “Sokka’s instincts” are the reason Katara yells at Sokka

Believe it or not, every time Katara mentions her mother, it is at specific times for specific reasons.

^^^same thing for the moon, lack of moon, moon positioning, etc.

Katara’s mother’s necklace is more important than we realize.

Who the faces of Koh are and WHY they are there.

The true meaning of Jet’s sacrifice.

Why Jet’s episode about the dam explains the entirety of TSR as it pertains to Katara (all the way down to the little girl who runs to get her doll after the dam breaks)

Why Katara actually DID forgive Yon Rha, and the fact that she doesn’t even know it is proof that she did

^^^^^Aang’s definition of forgiveness is completely misunderstood by the fandom, and the way he “forgives” is sososo much deeper than “moving on”, and it is DEFINATELY by no means “doing  nothing” or “excusing” past actions.

The importance of lightning, Zuko, Aang, and Katara.

The absolutely monumental and not nearly talked about importance of Jeong-Jeong like holy crap.

How Katara and Azula are just as much of a Yin and Yang as Zuko and Aang but not in the way we think they are

Why Koh has the Blue Spirit’s face

Why Koh DOESN’T have the Painted Lady’s face.

Who Ni-Ni from Katara’s campfire story in The Puppetmaster is 

How and why Iroh was able to learn firebending from the Masters even though he didn’t have a partner. 

How/Why Azula had her breakdown and why she saw her mother in the mirror

Why “Leaves from the Vine” and “Four Seasons” are the same song, explain Azula’s downfall, and explain the Yin and Yang of TSR.

Why Katara and Sokka are so often mistaken for parental figures.

Why Aang’s flashbacks to the Air Nomads are so important in understanding TSR.

Why Toph and Suki disappear after the campfire in TSR.

How Hakoda, Gyatso, and Kya are all connected.

Why it is so dang important that Azula shows up in the beginning of TSR.

The importance of the Spirit Oasis.

Energybending, healing with waterbending, Aang’s trauma, and Zuko’s scar.

Why Zuko gives Katara the exact opposite advise in TSR that he gave her in the catacombs. 

How everything could be predicted and read by the moon.

WHY YIN AND YANG ARE THREE THINGS AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THREE THINGS.

HOW ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL OF THIS TIES BACK TO THE MOON AND BUDDHIST BELIEFS--AND YEAH THE MOON AND BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM ARE MORE CONNECTED IN ATLA THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

AND HOW IT LEADS INTO OUR MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SELF--BECAUSE JUNG TOOK GREAT INFLUENCE IN HIS DEVELOPING THEORY OF THE CONSCIOUS AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS FROM THE HINDU/BUDDHIST RELIGIONS 

^^^^AND ALSO THE THEORY OF THE SHADOW AND THE PERSONA 

The ocean is a deep, dark, unknown place with a lot of hidden monsters (like Yon Rah). Katara needed a light to find her monster, but she also needed somewhere she could breathe when she came back up for air.

If she didn’t have both Zuko and Aang, Katara would have drowned. 

I wasn’t kidding when I said this was a thesis, and what I’ve said and listed here isn’t even all that I have.

btw This all does line up on the traditional Yin Yang symbol we know and see in the show, but I don’t have enough space here for that lmao. That’ll be in the analysis

I hope you enjoyed this little taste, my friend, because I need to sit down for a hot second before my brain leaks out of my ears. Sorry for the ramble. I promise the analysis isn’t like this lol. This is just me trying to summarize as best as I can. 

***Disclaimer: My points are always subject to change since I am still researching. These are the facts as I’ve found and applied them to the evidences I’ve noted from in the show. I’m always open for friendly discussion or any directions to better sources on Buddhism/Tao/Jung!***

[moonlit-maiden]

Cast of The Legend Series, Part 1 - Main Females

(Part 2)

[leporellian]

how i would rewrite warrior cats: into the wild

rewriting the entire series is a big Thing in the warrior cats fandom, and i don’t have the time to do that. however i have been having Ideas about what i would do if i rewrote the books, and the changes are... drastic, to say the least, so i figured i would write them down in a bullet-point style List Thing to see what happens.

- we open on henry, an old wise sage-type kittypet, telling two kittypet kits- rusty and smudge- about the forest cats and their legends, primarily that of how the clans were born

- there were always little groups of cats in the forest, and they were originally very hostile- except for a lush spot full of prey, herbs, just about anything needed for survival. this spot has had many names and is referred to by a different name for each clan but universally, it’s called fourtrees, because there are four grand oaks that guard the area. this spot was something of a truce area where all the groups could get along

- however tension slowly boiled throughout the forest until there was a massive war at fourtrees. lots of cats dead and even more wounded. their spirits joined together to form starclan, who told the cats to unite or die- and as punishment for breaking the fourtrees truce, they set the whole thing ablaze. it’s no longer the survival spot it was

- however, the spirits say, the four oaks will grow from their charred remains again, as will the rest of the area. everything will be as it once was in time. starclan themselves cannot last, and must be reborn every 600 moons (or some other large number) from the midst of celestial battle. however, every time this happens, the spirits say, the coming of the ‘end of the stars’ will always and only be heralded by a heroic cat in a flame-orange coat, as a nod to the fire that started the clans to begin with. so it’s kind of like an avatar thing

- anyway 6 moons later there’s a battle at sunningrocks that kills redtail and oakheart. bluestar and spottedleaf, while discussing who will replace redtail, see a comet across the sky

- every falling star means a warrior has faded in starclan, and it means they are to be reborn- and something wonderful is on the cusp of beginning, says spottedleaf. spottedleaf also notes that according to the calendar system kept by the medicine cats the ‘fire alone’ cat should have arrived about 6 months ago, so everyone’s worried about what’s going on w/ that, Where Are They. she does note however that a lot of cats think the calendar had a miscalculation at some point and that the ‘fire alone’ cat is shadowclan’s new leader

- anyway rusty, the kittypet, decides to enter the forest. the twoleg nests here are Not A Good Place for cats to live, bc there’s constant fighting between the kittypets and everyone has their own boundaries and it’s very chaotic. there is a group that tries to monitor it called the blood brothers, but they’re usually in the city so their guidance isn’t often There. so both rusty and smudge want to Get Out and join the clans

- like in the original books he meets graypaw, who’s always interested in outsiders, and then bluestar, lionheart, and tigerclaw. lionheart is graypaw’s mentor, bluestar is thunderclan’s leader, and tigerclaw is bluestar’s nephew who is kindly yet determined, and has become deputy after redtail’s demise. again like in the originals he’s accepted into thunderclan fast

- smudge feels Betrayed. for some reason the writing takes special note of the glimmer in his striped collar- it’s all kind of colors, purple, red, blue, yellow. it’s very distinctive...

- next morning, lionheart and tigerclaw lead rusty to the thunderclan camp. all is well and good until longpaw and sandpaw roll up

- longpaw and sandpaw are twins and look exactly alike. they’re also the children of redtail and are both very competitive with everyone and each other (although they are very close) because they want to be Like Their Dad. both are taking redtail’s death hard

- longpaw is like ‘i wanna beat him up’ and given these are two 10 year olds basically everyone’s like ‘well rusty can fight too so Bet.’ it’s an even fight, longpaw gets his ear torn and rusty gets his collar ripped off

- this fight proves rusty is capable of being in thunderclan, and he’s renamed firepaw, which is a nod to the ‘fire alone’ thing as a ‘hey isn’t it funny he came right after the clock lined up for a fire-cloaked savior? strange lol’

- anyway firepaw is introduced to some Other Characters besides everyone i’ve mentioned thus far: - ravenpaw, medicine cat apprentice. he was a loner kit found abandoned on the territory and he’s constantly nervous and jittery. he’s also kind of clingy and a tad annoying because he’s constantly worried of being abandoned again, but he Is endearing - graypaw and darkpaw, twins similar to longpaw and sandpaw (although unlike them they have an ‘opposite twins’ kinda thing). both are the sons of willowpelt and a shadowclan tom, but both deal with it differently: graypaw is a dreamer who constantly is interested in cats from outside thunderclan ‘like him’, and darkpaw wants to try and overcompensate for it by being nothing but loyal- especially to his mentor, tigerclaw, who’s a father figure to him. dark isn’t mean but he is very sardonic and sarcastic, and it’s also made increasingly obvious that he Knows Something and is very nervous about it. weird - (yes, longpaw and sandpaw are annoyed that they’re the only ‘fully clan’ cats in this batch of apprentices.) - spottedleaf, thunderclan medicine cat. kind of a ditzy aunt type, it’s joked that she acts like a stoner bc she’s inhaling all the Herb Scents all day. fully enables all of the kids to do Dumb Things - the elders, who dislike all these new apprentices bc besides long and sand none of them are fully clan-blooded. the most vocal about this is thistleclaw, an elder always trying to start shit, and tigerclaw’s father (altho tiger is embarrassed by thistle’s outbursts). - and finally, cinderkit, who always tags along w/ the apprentices although she isn’t supposed to. she is however very smart and the apprentices don’t mind her tagging along. she’s made an apprentice like 1/2 way through here

- anyway at the gathering windclan is MISSING and NOBODY seems to know what is going on, but both riverclan and shadowclan are acting shady about it. 

- also brokenstar, The New ShadowClan Leader, seems like a nice guy, a Poster Boy type. his fur is bright orange so everyone’s like, ‘yea he’s the fire that’ll herald feline gottdammerung’ but nobody wants to THINK about feline gottdammerung yet because like, That’s An Upsetting Thought! it’s also noted that he’s way young for a leader

- anyway the apprentices (and cinderkit) are like. ‘we gotta know what's happening and why windclan vanished’ and everyone is involved (although sand and long keep their distance). it’s a very ‘up at midnight at a slumber party’ kind of aesthetic. everyone in shadow and river also has a motive, and at points there’s even evidence that something caused windclan to die out. lots of red herrings

- eventually yellowfang comes into the picture like she does in canon and they figure out shadowclan drove windclan out and that windclan is Alive and Out There somewhere. the evidence is enough that spottedleaf and tigerclaw (who's like the Cool Resident Dad) agree about it and so a spy patrol is sent to sneak in on shadowclan

- anyway everyone discovers how fucked up shadowclan is behind the curtain (what with the elder abuse and child warfare) and is like ‘holy shit we gotta stop these guys’ so there’s a big fight like in the original book and brokenstar is dethroned like he is in canon and brought to thunderclan

- thunderclan saves the day, yellowfang joins spottedleaf in the med cat den, and the apprentices all get names (save ravenpaw who’s a med cat apprentice)- firepaw is fireheart, graypaw is graystripe, darkpaw is darkstripe, longpaw is longtail (in honor of redtail), and sandpaw is sandstorm. it’s noted darkstripe looks super uncomfortable when tigerclaw is mentioned to be deputy. long and sand have a humorous argument abt their names and who got the Cooler One 

- however everyone’s like ‘ok so brokenstar wasn’t the Fire Savior so who IS’ and fire is dismissed out of hand bc he’s a kittypet and all the past fire saviors was clanborn. ravenpaw however tells fireheart in private that he believes fireheart is the Fire Alone, and that Shit Is About To Go The Fuck Down

- meanwhile, darkstripe asks if he can see fireheart alone, and fireheart obliges. darkstripe sits down and, very quietly, says ‘i have to tell you about what happened to redtail.’

- and it ends there lol that’s book one.

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Super Smash Bros. Fighter Presentation

Introduction

MASTER HAND: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the presentation of the fighters of the one and only “Super Smash Bros.”! I am Master Hand, here with my erratic counterpart, Crazy Hand!

CRAZY HAND: All fighters will be presented in the order in which they joined the roster!

MASTER HAND: Without further delay, here we go!

Super Smash Bros. N64 Fighters

MASTER HAND: The first game in the series is “Super Smash Bros.” for Nintendo 64! The first fighter is the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. For over thirty years, he’s been stomping many foes of all kinds into oblivion. Presenting “Mr. Video Game Himself”, number 01, Mario!

Theme: Victory! Mario - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Mario steps to center stage and gives a thumbs-up.)

MARIO: Let’s-a go!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Donkey Kong” for Arcade.

MASTER HAND: Also introduced in this game is “The King of the Jungle”, who fights all kinds of reptiles to retrieve his massive banana hoard. He is number 02, Donkey Kong!

Theme: Victory! Donkey Kong - (Unique Version) by LUCKYRiCK

(DK steps to center stage and beats his chest.)

DK: Hoo-hoo!

MASTER HAND: Next is one of many incarnations of the spirit of the hero and the chosen champion of the Golden Goddesses. Grown from an ordinary boy to a legendary warrior, “The Hero of Hyrule”, number 03, Link!

Theme: Victory! Link by Comet Mystic

(Link steps to center stage, then holds the Master Sword in front of himself with both hands as its blade shines with a light blue gleam, indicating its Power to Repel Evil.)

LINK: Hyah!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “The Legend of Zelda” for Nintendo Entertainment System. His Champion’s Tunic comes from “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” for Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

MASTER HAND: The next fighter is the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter. She has torn through galactic threats, killed giant monsters, and destroyed planets, always ensuring the safety of the galaxy from any evils lurking within. Meet “The Bounty Hunter Extraordinaire”, number 04, Samus Aran!

Theme: Victory! Samus - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Samus steps to center stage and demonstrates her Arm Cannon’s Zero Laser configuration.)

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Metroid” for Nintendo Entertainment System!

MASTER HAND: Next up, Mario’s dinosaur pal from Dinosaur Island, “The Omnivore of the Year”, number 05, Yoshi!

Theme: Victory! Yoshi (New Arrangement) by GB6

(Yoshi steps to center stage and dances around in a circle.)

YOSHI: Yoshi!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Super Mario World” for Super Nintendo Entertainment System!

MASTER HAND: Next up is a young resident of the planet Pop Star. The pink puffball who sucks enemies into his mouth and copies their powers to use himself, “The Pink Demon”, number 06, Kirby!

Theme: Victory! Kirby - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Kirby steps to center stage, leans at the audience and waves his arms.)

KIRBY: Hi!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Kirby’s Dream Land” for Nintendo Game Boy!

MASTER HAND: Next up is “The Leader of Star Fox”, a team of mercenaries, handed down from his late father, James McCloud. Number 07, Fox McCloud!

Theme: Victory! Fox - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Fox leaps out of his passing Arwing, lands at center stage, and lays a finger on his earpiece.)

FOX: (into earpiece) General Pepper, this is Fox McCloud. I have finished my mission and am returning to base, over.

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Star Fox” for Super Nintendo Entertainment System!

MASTER HAND: The Electric Mouse Pokémon is up next, and the most famous Pokémon of them all. A key partner to several trainers across the various regions, most notably Red and Ash Ketchum. “The Overexcited Rodent”, number 08, Pikachu!

Theme: Victory! Pikachu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl Arrangement) by GB6

(Pikachu steps to center stage and waves at the audience with one paw.)

PIKACHU: Pika! Pika!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Pokémon Red and Blue” for Nintendo Game Boy!

MASTER HAND: The next fighter has played second fiddle to his famous brother for a long time, but did get his own year in 2013. Welcome Mario’s cowardly ghost-busting younger brother, “The Eternal Understudy”, number 09, Luigi!

Theme: Victory! Luigi by DIMON • CAMI

(Luigi steps to center stage and points his fingers like guns.)

LUIGI: Bang, bang!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Mario Bros.” for Arcade!

MASTER HAND: The hero of EarthBound is next. A kind child with psychic powers, born and raised in Onett, Eagleland. Welcome “The PSI Powerhouse”, number 10, Ness!

Theme: Victory! Ness by GB6

(Ness steps to center stage and nods at the audience.)

NESS: Okay.

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “EarthBound” for Super Nintendo Entertainment System!

MASTER HAND: Our next fighter is a championship racer and renowned bounty hunter, frequently standing up against rival bounty hunters and the nefarious Black Shadow. “The Supersonic Slugger”, number 11, Captain Falcon!

Theme: Victory! Captain Falcon - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

(Captain Falcon leaps out of his Blue Falcon, lands at center stage, and salutes.)

CAPTAIN FALCON: Show me your moves!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “F-Zero” for Super Nintendo Entertainment System!

MASTER HAND: Next up, the Balloon Pokémon. It puts others to sleep with its singing, and its elastic properties allow it to float. “The Sleepy Singer”, number 12, Jigglypuff!

Theme: Victory! Jigglypuff by Groovy Monkey Music

(Jigglypuff steps to center stage and twirls around.)

JIGGLYPUFF: Jigglypuff!

CRAZY HAND: First appearance, “Pokémon Red and Blue” for Nintendo Game Boy!