#tdwp event

[mirandyevents]

Last Year's Fanwork Awards are officially over!

All works have been bookmarked to the Ao3 collection, and hopefully all available winners have been reblogged on tumblr as well - if your post of a winning work hasn't been reblogged yet, let us know!

We had over two hundred nominated fanfiction in 30 categories with 47 winning works in first place (some having the same amount of votes makes it more than the amount of categories), an additional thirty first-place winners in the art, gif and video categories, and over 70 different winning creatives in the first through third places of all the categories! Congrats, everybody!

All nominated and winning fanfiction can be found in the bookmark section of the Ao3 collection linked below:

You can filter it for winners and nominations, and for the different categories (if you can't find the category you are looking for in the suggested bookmarker's tags, go to 'exclude tag' and exclude the category tags with more works, click filter again and it should suggest you new bookmarker's tags now - be careful to only exclude the category tags like 'AU' and not 'winners' 'nominees' and the first-third places, as that would exclude all fics)

It looks like the fandom's favourite tags are:

The visual works can be found in the web archive of this tumblr under the 'award winner' tag, or on mobile by just searching this blog for 'award winner'.

We hope everyone had fun in this event meant to show appreciation for the fandom's creatives, find new favorites and rediscover old fics, and get some inspiration going! Most events are for creator participants only, we thought it would be great to get everyone involved in nominating and voting for their favourite works. Of course there are other great works as well - the winners just happen to be the favs of the people who voted!

If you want to stay active in the TDWP Femslash fandom, the next event is organized by @sapphicwritingprompts, a valentine's ficathon with different prompts you can sign up for. If you aren't a writer yourself but a reader, check out the new works published for the Mirandy Secret Ice Queen Exchange and maybe show your love by leaving some comments!

And of course, feel free to reblog the winning works on here to keep sharing them around :)

Original event post

[talesofunlikelysapphicpairings]

Saw Roslyn Sinclair's name as one of the attendees on the Sapphyre: A Sapphic Author Appreciation event thing, and was reminded of the biggest scare I've had last year at school. One of my classmates (she dropped out now) recognized my name on the member list of the FB Group of TDWP MirAndy Fandom. I've never spluttered so hard in my life. THANK FUCK THERE'S NO INDICATION ON ANY POST WITHIN THE GROUP THAT I WRITE, TOO. I would just die.

Nobody at school knew I wrote fanfiction, not even the closest ones I have. Or even that I wrote seriously! They think it's just a hobby. And now that a book of mine is going to be published locally (fuck, I submitted it because I was waiting for it to be rejected so I could get used to the rejection, you know), eVERYONE WILL KNOW AND I'M QUIVERING HERE BECAUSE NEJRHEUWHSUSUSJIWIEHEBEB sometimes I still fear being seen and perceived.

[catboycowboys]

the topic i could talk about for 45 minutes is that andy’s boyfriend isn’t the only antagonist of the devil wears prada, and that all the characters behave like antagonists Frequently throughout the movie. like i’m not here to fully defend the boyfriend, he sucks, but andy blowing off his birthday party for a work event she no longer needed to be at was cruel! her leading him to believe all night that she’d be there instead of telling him she probably wouldn’t make it is unkind! he reacts believably!

TDWP is unique in that it’s a ‘pop culture’ movie where all the characters behave villainously. they’re all technically villains because they’re all believable portrayals of the ways real people behave and react. real people can’t be neatly categorized as good or evil and neither can any character in this blessing of a movie!

[wongkarwives]

[villainever]

God, We're All Tired: Female Conflict in Killing Eve's Season One Finale

So I'm sure 1x08 has been analysed to death, but seeing as we're winding up to the end of Killing Eve's second season (sad face), I thought I'd jump in with a completely unsolicited reflection on the ultimate culmination of Villanelle and Eve's mutual obsession and pursuit. I'll kick off by saying that from the start, we knew this moment would be interesting, for a whole slew of reasons: Firstly, from the get-go, we were shown that Killing Eve was here to subvert and reconstruct; it's deeply oriented within its genre, but it's irreverent, and even what I would describe as a reclamation of spy-fi. Specifically, it's a female-led narrative taking ownership of a set of texts and tropes that have consistently objectified and excluded women by turns. From its inception, the psychological thriller genre has delighted in a) withholding women's agency, and killing/torturing/assaulting them, both to shock viewers and to lend pathos to the motivations of male characters, and b) revelling in their "expiration" from sexual desirability, and casting the "ailing crone" as the villain orchestrating events. Killing Eve has absolutely no interest in ever reducing its women to their component parts. There are no pedestals, and there are no pitchforks. As a show, it hits all the golden points of suspense television, and completely reimagines the rest; it's a masterpiece balacing act of keeping the classic cat-and-mouse recogniseable, while allowing Eve and Villanelle to each be both the predator and the prey.

Secondly, our two protagonists are women. Highly unusual and exceptional women -- that's inarguable -- but nevertheless, they've been socialised in particular ways. What's so fascinating here is that both have been injected with a comfort in and enjoyment of theatrical violence that's usually reserved for male villains. However, even at their most ruthless, there's an innate intimacy to both of them -- unlike, say, for example, the Joker, Villanelle's flamboyance and love affair with destruction never manifest as mass-killings or the eradication of infrastructure (like blowing up a hospital). Villanelle exacts each murder with the creativity of the truly engaged and passionate, but it's always personal and unique, usually one-on-one. She doesn't have a vendetta against the world, either; she finds beauty in it -- in ice-cream and movies and nice architecture or fun clothes. Similarly, Eve is enthralled by Villanelle's flair for the deadly and the dramatic, but it's not born out of a spite for humanity, but a sense of artistry and a consuming need for some adrenaline in her otherwise numb and mundane life. These complexities muddle their emotions and motivations, and make it difficult for even the most television-literate to semi-accurately predict their storylines.

Thirdly, Eve and Villanelle are never positioned as diametrically opposed. This in itself is not exactly out of the left field -- a lot of media with a dark focal point or mature subjects introduce heroes and villains who share key traits (e.g. Sherlock and Irene, in CBS's Elementary), or even comparable goals (e.g. Black Panther's Killmonger and Nadia both want to open Wakanda's borders). In most cases, though, the antagonist will represent some kind of seduction to the 'other side', that the protagonist inevitably resists the allure of (e.g. Andy realising Miranda isn't who she wants to grow up to be -- successful but alienated -- and goes back to her excuse of a boyfriend in TDWP). But while Eve and Villanelle are very much established as one another's temptations, we also see that they'll grant the other access to a part of the world that is, for now, barred from them: Villanelle and Eve will stop each other from being bored. They "resist the allure" not because they fear moral wrongdoing, but because they cling to their respective images of themselves -- Eve, as someone "nice and normal", who happens to have a grey area for a hobby, and Villanelle, as someone independent, in control, with no lines she wouldn't cross. Way back in the pilot, we're shown that they don't actually WANT to destroy each other. Villanelle is too interesting to Eve, Eve is too attractive to Villanelle. Yes, they pose a significant threat to their respective lifestyles, but as we've had proven, they're becoming willing to risk that if it means gaining something more. They don't reflect a sinister alternative timeline of "look what you could've been" (which is inherently hero-centric, and Killing Eve pays as much attention to Villanelle as Eve), they offer each other a "look what you could still be", that is at once dark and hopeful -- something that they've really elaborated on in this second season. But 1x08, even though it is very much the symbolic collision that is the centrepiece of all chase stories, is not their first meeting. Villanelle goes to Eve's house in the (iconic) 1x05. So why not save that for the finale? Why not build and build and have that tension released right at the end? Because, crucially, 1x05 generated more tension. The show's writing is so substantial that it doesn't worry about losing its audience after the moment they've been waiting for happens. It's one of the reasons you could have the entire plot of Killing Eve spoiled, and then still enjoy every episode when you watch it yourself: it's the How that we love as much as the What. Killing Eve takes the time and space to revel in its style, characters, and setting -- but that's another essay. In 1x05, their meeting is high-octane, and crucially, it's brief. We get a snapshot of how their infatuation and fixation translates into chemistry. And they both become real to one another. Eve's last reservations begin to fade as she realises that she can survive an encounter with Villanelle, and her sense of self -- most importantly, the subconscious idea that she's somehow special -- is vindicated (Eve's slight narcissism, and how the show makes it compelling and intoxicating, is yet another thing I could go on about). For Villanelle, Eve is allowed to be more than just great hair and a worthy threat. She's someone challenging and entertaining. What's so incredible about that first meeting is that it's proof that this dynamic isn't running on mystery and fumes. It's sustainable. They continue to appeal to one another once they're in the same room together. They appeal even more. Their sexual tension skyrockets, and the whole dance becomes extremely personal. They can't write one another off as playthings, although they largely continue to attempt that, at least for a short while. With this in mind, let's move on to that finale. Not only is Eve trashing Villanelle's apartment hilarious, and a perfect articulation of the humour/danger cantilever that makes Killing Eve awesome, but it provides a critical catharsis for the audience before the actual confrontation. By this point, the price for Eve's obsession is starting to rack up -- her job is circling the drain, Niko's dodging her calls, her self-image is blurring. Eve has a whole lot of feelings, but she's allowed to express them on her own, symbolically taking them out on Villanelle by ruining her things, which become a vehicle for venting her frustrations without actually affecting their relationship. When Villanelle does arrive, Eve's ready. This scene would've worked if it was some sexy wall-leaning, banter, and Eve surprise-stabbing Villanelle in the middle of a conversation. I think that's probably how a lot of screenwriters today would've done it, scrawling it off by rote and relying on Villaneve's chemistry and Comer and Oh's excellent acting to nail the bit. Instead, we get this civil conversation, and then they lie down together, first relaxing, and then gravitating towards one another. I don't believe that Eve knew until the millisecond she decided to do it that she would actually try and stab Villanelle. I actually gave this mini-essay a title, and it's "female conflict". That's because I think that this entire sequence wouldn't have happened in a show created by men, or featuring male characters. In violent shows, we get violent conflict. Killing Eve is unquestionably a violent show, but it's distinct from its contemporaries in that the characters aren't there to prop up the violence; the violence is there to reveal and develop the characters. But after a whole season of elaborate murder and tyre-squealing pursuit, we get this stillness. Yet, it doesn't feel for even a beat like bathos. It's absolutely a climax, and it's both suspenseful and arresting. It really illustrates that the show is about fascination: they're hungry to know everything, like Eve says. There's no performative combat. We can't guess what's going to happen because neither can they. Their obsession isn't a "this town ain’t big enough for the both of us" situation. It's a "this town is only the both of us". Their worlds are reduced to each other and they don't want to squander it with fighting, because fundamentally, Eve and Villanelle are so much more similar than they are different. Again, I say this is so fitting for female characters because they see this co-existence as an option. It's so simple, but the idea of your protagonist and antagonist sighing, "Fuck, can't we just have a lie down after all this?" and making it satisfying is incredibly radical. Because it's so personal, and intimate, and human. At every interval, the writing asks, What would we actually do at this moment? Not, What precedent has popular culture set for this moment? Too often, I think we give characters responses that we've seen before in texts, because we watched/read it, accepted it, and just filed it into our own work, knowing it's what the audience expects. But this scene with Eve and Villanelle is so heart-wrenchingly in-character. It's two people charging at each other full speed, not to hit each other but to be close to one another. And like so many other tiny beats over the course of the season, Killing Eve luxuriates in this proximity. We get to breathe. It's gentle. It's a gentle pause between two people who could utterly eradicate one another, but choose not to. It's ladden as well with such a specific but familiar kind of exhaustion, and it's an act of defiance, too. Killing Eve rejects the hegemonic (and predominantly masculine) cultural assertion that conflict (or even sometimes, in the less typical texts, debate and negotiation) is the way to resolve difference, and indeed, that difference must be resolved. That one must overpower the other. That your enemy is an alien and cannot be connected with, related to. The fact is, a lot of even this first season isn't spent chasing, it's spent running. Eve and Villanelle take an interest in each other early on, and it quickly escalates from intellectual to sexual to emotional (insofar as either of them are capable of that). By 1x05, they've caught up to each other. The rest of the time, though, they're fleeing from how much they want each other, how alike they might be. And in Villanelle's Paris apartment, they concede: I love you more than I hate you. I need you more than I should. And it's with that concession that we as an audience can experience their relaxation, too. It's what we've -- consciously or not -- been waiting for. That acknowledgement. But Margot, you say, you've been talking about how this isn't about violence -- have your forgotten that Eve STABS Villanelle, literally three seconds after this? I have not, The Only Follower Who Read This Far. So why engineer all this, and then have Eve knife Villanelle straight in the gut? Because even though they have this liminal second together, their story isn't resolved. Killing Eve goes absolutely wild with power dynamics, and I could discuss that for hours, too -- Eve is older, but Villanelle is more experienced; Eve is more stable, but Villanelle is more adaptable, etc. But generally speaking -- partially because Eve is, at the beginning, something of an audience surrogate -- the scales are in Villanelle's favour. She's dangerous, clever, has no fear of legal consequences, and has more freedom and greater resources. Killing Eve is allergic to any pedestrian predictability, so it shakes up this arrangement. In stabbing Villanelle, Eve proves to both of them what she's capable of. Prior to this, they had an impression of their similarities, but this throws into sharp relief exactly how deep those run. Eve immediately regrets the stabbing, because it wasn't about getting rid of Villanelle. She doesn't want to hurt her so much as show her that Eve has power too, has recklessness too, can keep up. This interaction isn't the product of an inability to relate, but a desperation to connect. This joins them together, affirms their relationship. Eve isn't trying to dominate her, to win, not really. She's telling Villanelle what she's capable of, and equating them. We get this confirmed in how Villanelle perceives in the stab wound as a symbol of affection (2x02, 2x05), and how Eve says she continues to think about it constantly (2x05). I believe that while Villanelle always respected Eve, if Eve hadn't stabbed her, Villanelle would've remained confident that she, quietly, had the upper hand. That if ever need be, she could be more cunning and cruel and decisive than Eve. But Eve's put them in the same ring, and also removed one major wall between them -- Villanelle's murderous side is a key part of her character, and after this, she knows that Eve isn't intruiged by her despite this, but because of it, and because it’s at least partially common ground. Eve isn't Anna (another comparison I could go off on a tangent about, but I'll spare you). In sum, I think that the season one finale was beautifully rendered, and reflected Killing Eve's appreciation of itself. It let the characters interact genuinely, it refreshed their dynamic, and allowed them development separately (Eve's new understanding of her own capacity for harm; Villanelle's new experience with vulnerability, and not being able to predict others) and together (intertwining them irrevocably, further aligning them). It's one of those rare scenes where it's completely surprising at the time of viewing, but in hindsight, seems inevitable, and you can't imagine it any different. I can't make any predictions for the season two final episode other than I expect something equally unexpected, something just as loyal to the characters and their relationship, and their capacity to embrace and antagonise each other. This essay is probably borderline incoherent. It really got away from me. I set a timer for half an hour and told myself that whatever I got written in that time, I'd post. Thanks so much for your kind comments on my rant yesterday, and I hope this is at least vaguely what you were looking for, @ the people who said they'd read another. You're my favs. If you've got something else Killing Eve-related you'd like me to yell about, let me know! Or if you want to come chat, I promise I'm friendly! I’m using the tag “#villainever writes” for this rambly stuff atm, so if I ever write another of these I’ll have a digital drawer to put it in hahah

[mrandapriestly]

Got me thinking about a TDWP AU in the The Handmaid’s Tale setting:

Post Paris, except Irv is scheming something bigger. Gilead. 

Overnight things change, and in a turn of events Miranda finds herself as a handmaid with Andy as a Martha of the same household (Irv & Jacqueline, surprise! surprise!)

There is only one thing on Miranda’s mind, saving Caroline. Cassidy and her dad have managed to flee, praised be. Caroline is in Gilead, at the brink of her teenage years, her fate as a handmaid looming over the future

With Andy’s help (and an army of Handmaids & Marthas) Miranda will leave no stone unturned to save Caroline and her unborn child from Gilead, while being a gender traitor (MIRANDY) along the way.

[hvarchivefinal]

Your (incomplete) guide to Unify 2018

So the 2018 iteration of Unify has finally been announced, and with punters scrambling to grab tickets, the Tarwin based event sold out in just 5 days (likely to the headlining power of Parkway + Amity). And though many will have bought tickets to see just one of the main headliners, the lineup is still stacked with talent, so here’s a list of some of the other brilliant bands set to grace the stage at Unify 2018.

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PARKWAY DRIVE

While it’s been a quiet year for Parkway on home soil, they’re back in 2018 to play Horizons. In full. Need we say more?

(Track pick - Horizons)

THE AMITY AFFLICTION

The boys are back in town. Following their incredibly successful ‘This Could Be Heartbreak’ run, Amity are back to play some classics you’ll likely never hear live again before they disappear into the studio to record their 6th album.

(Track pick - H.M.A.S Lookback)

ARCHITECTS

Following a massive 2 years of solid touring, Architects recently dropped the surprise track ‘Doomsday’, the band’s first new material since their massively successful 2016 full length ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’. Unify will be Architects only Aussie performance while they’re here, and it’s likely be huuuuugggeeee.

(Track pick - Doomsday)

HANDS LIKE HOUSES

The hardworking lads in Hands Like Houses have toured heavily in support of their latest album ‘Dissonants’. The band’s departure from Rise to Hopeless/UNFD coincided with the release of ‘Drift’. The band are well known for playing sneaky unreleased tracks live, and though we don’t want to count our chickens before they hatch, this may be your last chance to see the lads before their next album cycle.

(Track pick - Drift)

TONIGHT ALIVE

Though it’s been a fairly quiet year from the Tonight Alive camp, the band are back with a vengeance, signing to a new label (Hopeless/UNFD) and releasing the anthemic new single ‘World Away’. The group seem likely to have a few tricks up their sleeves though, as in recent interviews they’ve alluded to a return to a rockier sound with their newer material, so keep an eye out for new jams soon.

(Track pick - World Away)

BEING AS AN OCEAN

Being as an Ocean last graced our shores in 2015 supporting Architects, a cancelled support slot with TDWP and a label dispute later, and the boys have finally independently released their brand spankin’ new album ‘Waiting for the Morning to Come’, a collection of heartbreaking tracks including the previously released ‘Dissolve’ and ‘OK’. Incredibly dedicated to giving their fans some of the best crowd interaction in the scene, Being As An Ocean are not to be missed.

(Track pick - Thorns)

POLARIS

NEW TRACKS EVERYWHERE!?!?! The Sydney lads have had a massive 12 months following the success of their last EP, and now they’ve finally chalked in an November release date for their debut full length ‘The Mortal Coil’. The buzz around Polaris is getting louder with each passing show, so get out there and see one of Australia’s future big bands.

(Track pick - The Remedy)

KNOCKED LOOSE

You like dogs? You like face melting Hardcore? You’ll love Knocked Loose. Arf Arf.

(Track pick - Counting Worms)

HELLIONS

It’s only been a little over a year since ‘Opera Oblivia’ catapulted Hellions to local stardom. Arguably their catchiest disc to date, the band have come full circle to play Unify ’18 before they go back into the studio for their next album. No doubt their set will be chocka block with opportunities to mosh and sing along.

(Track pick - Thresher)

STICK TO YOUR GUNS

With a new album on the horizon, and some fresh as fuck singles under their belt, prepare to mosh and hardcore dance your lil’ heart out when STYG absolutely obliterate Unify 2018.

(Track pick - The Sun, The Moon, The Truth: Penance of Self)

CURSED EARTH

Signing to UNFD and releasing the blistering ‘Cycles of Grief : Volume 1’ and ‘Volume 2′ all just in 2017, Cursed Earth are the band to check out if you’re into Code Orange, Knocked Loose, or just getting fucked up to some massively heavy jams.

(Track pick - The Rage (The Cost))

WITH CONFIDENCE

Sydney band With Con have already started making waves overseas, but now they’re headed back home to inject a punch of Pop Punk goodness to Unify.

(Track pick - Voldemort)

BELLE HAVEN

Having signed to Greyscale records in 2017 and releasing the infectiously catchy ‘You, Me and Everything in Between’ the Melbourne rockers are set to show off some fresh tracks in Tarwin.

(Track pick - Selfmade)

MAKE THEM SUFFER

Known for thematically rich albums, this year saw Make Them Suffer release one of their most diverse creations yet in the form of ‘Worlds Apart’, followed by a massive headlining romp across the country, 2018 is set to be MTS’ largest year yet.

(Track pick - Fireworks)

ROAM

Another British pop punk band set to take the world by storm, Roam are heading to Unify armed with their upcoming album ‘Great Heights & Nosedives’, prepare for pop punk goodness.

(Track pick - Alive)

VOID OF VISION

Melbourne boys in Void of Vision dropped ‘Children of Chrome’ last year, featuring collabs with the likes Stray from the Path’s Drew York, the album was a solid slab of hardcore(?) goodness. You might wanna limber up for when VOV hit the stage…

(Track pick - //)

[thewittyalpaca]

@tdwpband • @lasrageous #thedevilwearsprada #tdwp #lasrageous #lasvegas #dlvec #killthraxtour (at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center)

[musicjunkiefix]

Wörgl, Komma, June 20st, 2017

It’s summer and it’s festival season. Hundreds of bands are swarming the country and contrary to some years it’s also the perfect weather.

During all those big weekend filling events a tour announcement came a few months ago that was kinda surprising, because for one it was only a really small tour (three dates), they only hit smaller venues and it was an awesome combination – Of Mice And Men, Chelsea Grin, Motionless In White and The Devil Wears Prada. Since there was no German date for this line-up I decided to visit my friends in the neighborhood and drove to Wörgl, a small town in Austria, not too far away from the German/Austrian border.

First time I’ve been to this venue and I really liked it. It’s a two-story building with entrance, bar and merch on the first floor and the big room with the stage on the second floor. Perfect division. If you want to chill even in-between shows, you can grab a drink downstairs and have a decent conversation. I also checked their time table. They have some awesome shows coming up. If you’re close to that area, you might want to check in there.

Show start was announced for 7 pm, which is pretty early, given that many people have to work late hours and not everyone lives close by. So when we got to the venue at about 6.45 pm there weren’t to many people hanging around, a fact that clearly changed as the night progressed.

The night started out with an energetic performance of The Devil Wears Prada. Vocalist Mike Hranica’s screams mixed together with the clean vocals of guitarist Jeremy DePoyster is a perfect combination. Perfect example for that is their latest release ‘Worlwide’. They just recently put up a video for that song on youtube. Check it out here:

  The Devil Wears Prada are currently on a huge European/UK tour, which lasts until the beginning of July. Check out their facebook page for upcoming dates.

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After a short break, Motionless In White entered the stage. Clearly the appearance of the audience in the first rows changed during that set. I guess since on that run MIW didn’t play any festivals/shows in the southern part of Germany, many people drove to that show to catch the band live. Probably the most diverse band appearance-wise, they started their set with a classic, ‘Abigail’, followed by the very first release of their recent record, ‘570’, the song that marks the 10-year anniversary of the band. For the whole set, fans were screaming and singing along, a clear sign that they are more popular than they might have expected. Listening to people talking, not everyone did know them beforehand, but they sure had some new fans after they left the stage. A young guy even had the once in a lifetime experience of joining the band on stage and taking over the vocal parts of Chris Motionless for parts of a song. It was the guys birthday. He’d written a sign saying that and it got spotted by the singer, so they took him up on stage. Probably a birthday he’ll never forget. Unfortunately, the seven songs were over far too soon. Hopefully they’ll be back soon. First rumors about a headlining tour in January / February are already making rounds. So, fingers crossed!!

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Chelsea Grin, a more regular visitor in Europe, took the stage afterwards. They were probably the heaviest act that night, which changed the audience close to the stage once again. There were the classic mosh pits and circle pits. The band definitely kept the heat the other bands built up and  got the crowd going throughout the whole set. They will be back in November for the Impericon Never Say Die tour.

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Finally, the undeniable headliners of the night entered the stage, Of Mice And Men. They didn’t play a proper tour since their vocalist Austin Carlisle left the band by the end of 2016, because of health reasons. The band decided to move on as a four piece with Aaron Pauly, who formerly sang the clean vocal parts, taking fully over on vocals. Surely a challenge, since you can easily blow your voice, when you don’t train properly for that. Of Mice And Men released two new songs, written for their current line-up, called ‘Unbreakable’ and ‘Back To Me’, which got many positive responses. But can they perform their old songs as well? Well after that night, it’s safe to say, they CAN! Loosing a band member is always hard and you never know, if it’s still working with the remaining members, but it seems like the band grew into it. It’s still a tight unit and none of the fans turned their backs on them. The responses that night were great. Everyone sang along to their well known songs, but also to the new stuff. After the show the whole band came out to talk to the people, take pictures and sign stuff. Of Mice And Men will be back in Europe in November supporting Five Finger Death Punch and In Flames. Make sure to catch them at a place near you!!

For more information on all the bands, visit their social media:

The Devil Wears Prada

https://www.facebook.com/tdwp/

http://www.tdwpband.com/

http://www.twitter.com/TDWPband

http://instagram.com/tdwpband

Motionless In White

https://www.facebook.com/motionlessinwhite/

http://www.motionlessinwhite.net/

https://twitter.com/MIWband

https://www.instagram.com/miwband/

Chelsea Grin

https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaGrinMetal/

http://www.chelseagrinmusic.com/

http://www.twitter.com/chelseagrinut

http://instagram.com/chelseagrinofficial

Of Mice And Men

https://www.facebook.com/ofmice/

https://www.ofmiceandmenofficial.com/

https://twitter.com/OMandM

https://www.instagram.com/omandm/

Concert review: Of Mice And Men, Chelsea Grin, Motionless In White and The Devil Wears Prada. By Alex Bock Wörgl, Komma, June 20st, 2017 It’s summer and it’s festival season. Hundreds of bands are swarming the country and contrary to some years it’s also the perfect weather.

[themusicenthusiast]

Anthrax and Killswitch Engage Announce Co-Headline Tour, The Killthrax Tour; Visiting Dallas’ House of Blues on April 18th

One of the most interesting tours of spring 2017 will be The Killthrax Tour. With all due respect, Anthrax and Killswitch Engage are some of the last bands anyone would ever expect to tour together, the former being a pure representation of what heavy metal originated as, as they helped in pioneering thrash metal. On the other hand, Killswitch Engage captures what metal evolved in to, bordering on being more metalcore. The sounds of each act may differ, though there’s definitely some common ground, such as the fact each are known for their explosive live shows. And while they each have their own vision of what metal is, seeing them on the same tour will present a rare opportunity for fans to experience an old and new school approach to metal all in one epic night.

The bands will take turns closing out each show; and as if that superb co-headlining bill wasn’t enough, The Devil Wears Prada will be joining the two heavyweights as the supporting act of the tour. Kicking off on March 29th at The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ, the tour will run through May 7th, taking them across much of the U.S. before concluding in Boston, MA at House of Blues. Each act (including TDWP) is capable of selling out venues of this size on their own, so there’s little doubt that all or at least most of these shows will sell out. With that in mind, make sure you get your tickets early to secure your spot at The Killthrax Tour! The Killthrax Tour Dates: March 29--The Wellmont Theatre--Montclair, NJ * 30--Express Live--Columbus, OH ** 31--Arcada Theatre--St. Charles, IL (Anthrax only) 31--The International--Knoxville, TN (KsE only) April 1--Little River Casino--Manistee, MI (Anthrax only) 1--Norva--Norfolk, VA (KsE only) 3--The Fillmore--Silver Springs, MD * 4--The Dome at Oakdale--Wallingford, CT * 5--Electric Factory--Philadelphia, PA ** 7--20 Monroe Live--Grand Rapids, MI * 8--The Fillmore--Detroit, MI ** 9--Stage AE--Pittsburgh, PA * 11--The Ritz--Raleigh, NC ** 12--Tabernacle--Atlanta, GA ** 13--House of Blues--Orlando, FL * 15--Texas Independence Festival @ Grizzly Hall--Austin, TX ** 16--Boggus Ford Events Center--Pharr, TX ** 17--House of Blues--Houston, TX * 18--House of Blues--Dallas, TX ** 20--The Marquee--Phoenix, AZ * 22--The Wiltern--Los Angeles, CA ** 23--The Fillmore--San Francisco, CA ** 25--Showbox SoDo--Seattle, WA * 26--Roseland Theatre--Portland, OR ** 28--The Fillmore Auditorium--Denver, CO * 29--Sokol Auditorium--Omaha, NE ** 30--Midland Theatre--Kansas City, MO * May 1--The Pageant--St. Louis, MO ** 3--Danforth Music Hall--Toronto, ON CANADA ** 5--Paramount Theatre--Huntington, NY ** 6--Upstate Concert Hall--Clifton Park, NY * 7--House of Blues--Boston, MA* * KsE closes ** Anthrax closes

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This year (2022), there will be fan-run TDWP fanwork awards to show our appreciation for all the fan creations, from fanfic over art to video and more!

What is a fanwork award?

There are different ways awards can be run, but basically everyone can nominate works in different categories for example for fic and art, and later vote for their favourites!

How will the award be organized?

Works will be nominated over google docs, with the option to send in messages here or on discord if that doesn't work for someone for whatever reason, and the voting will take place on the discord server to prevent tampering by people voting multiple times and to make it easier for mods to oversee.

The works in first, second and third places will be added to an Ao3 winner's collection (if the creators allow it), or reblogged here with a winner's banner depending on where they have been posted.

For more information, join the That's Mirandy 18+ discord server or follow this blog!

Update: nominations have started!

Update: voting has started on the server!

Update: the winners of the first categories have been announced and can be found on tumblr and the Ao3 collection!

Writers, video editors and other creators, if any tumblr posts about the winning works have not yet been reblogged by us, feel free to @ us on the post, or send the links on discord or Ao3!

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@tdwpband • @lasrageous #thedevilwearsprada #tdwp #lasrageous #lasvegas #dlvec #killthraxtour (at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center)

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@tdwpband • @lasrageous #thedevilwearsprada #tdwp #lasrageous #lasvegas #dlvec #killthraxtour (at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center)

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Always great seeing these guys live. @tdwpband • @lasrageous #thedevilwearsprada #tdwp #lasrageous #lasvegas #dlvec #killthraxtour (at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center)

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Some @tdwpband from day 1 of @lasrageous yesterday. Posting more after day 2 tonight 🤘🏻🌝 #thedevilwearsprada #tdwp #lasrageous #dlvec #lasvegas #downtownlasvegas (at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center)