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welkinsky · 3 years ago

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Team 7 Men | How Will They React To Shy Crush (Part 2)

Anon Request: The thing is I am way too shy but also have a strong temper. My fav characters are Naruto and Kakashi and I feel like they would be very protective. How would they react to the shy woman Who is scared to show what she feels and It's insecure with her body?

Author's Note: I added Sasuke too since you mentioned that you like him as well. Aaaand I feel you on this soooo bad because I'm the same I basically Raj from Big bang theory on this one so I feel how frustrating it is. And sorry for being late on this one :P

Parts: Kakashi, Naruto & Sasuke

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Okay, so this guy is the definition of an extrovert and you couldn't help but admire that about him. Plus the way he is nice to literally everyone he come across.

At first you were the girl who admired him from the back. But soon enough you were a skilled shinobi too who was fighting on higher missions and leading teams.

You were not really involved much with team 7 but sure were tight friends with others so you came accross him couple of times but never really had a solid conversation because you were too shy to talk and he had the attention span of a baby.

You were a sensei and had your own team pretty early as compared to others because of how good you were at teaching and you aimed to be a teacher too.

On this one mission, you were out with your team and were ambushed by some burgular.

They sure were weak but they had some advance weapons and it doesn't helped the fact that one of your member was injured so you were carrying him on your back.

You all had to retreat and call for help as you've lost your supplies too. You were waiting in a cave when you got the message back that team 7 is on it's way.

You were happy to know that Sakura was there to treat your student but then you realised that HE will be there too.

You started preparing all these ways it'll go and started thinking the worst. The first interaction that you'll have with him is in this situation where you've clearly failed your team. It wasn't that big of a deal but well, your overthinking said otherwise.

You were anxiously waiting for them to arrive and they finally did. You were ready for the comment or a look atleast from him about how bad you did.

"Are you guys aright? You made the best decision to fall bad! I've heard those guys are brutal ya know"

And there it was... No comment no looking down on you but praising you for whatever you've done. You wanted to cry and tell him how bad you felt all this time and this is exactly what you wanted to hear. Lol you kept your grounds.

Once everyone was healed and all healthy and ready to leave it was night time and raining. Both bad odds considering those guys could be out there still. So you all decided to stay till morning.

You were meditating in the rain sound when you heard footsteps and it was him. As you opened your eyes and looked to your left it was him, looking outside. His face was lit as the thunder roared.

"I wish I was as smart as you are Y!/N" he said still looking out. You were about to say something like "Not the best time to say this" but you kept quiet and then finally asked, "Why would you say that?"

He took a moment, still deap in thoughts and looking out, "Well, you see, if I was smarter I'd be able to solve way too many things without someone always being there to take care of me" he pointed towards his belly and then continue after a break, " And I'd have been able to avoid somethings happening too. "

"You mean being able to stop Sasuke?" You said without thinking. He looked back at you shocked. You realised what you said, " I'm so so sorry I didn't meant to step over the line or anything. I don't know it just came out I-"

He cut you off with, "Seee this is what I meant you are always able to understand what the other person is feeling or thinking and Handel it so well"

You were confused by "always" what does that mean? Was he always noticing me? Wha-

"What? Don't even think for a second that we don't notice how strong and smart you are. We even envy you sometimes." He said rubbing the nape of his neck with a sheepish grin.

"but I got everyone in this mess and-"

"And you were smart enough to pull back when it was needed. You're not hot headed idiot like me." He completes the sentence.

You were shocked but happy. Then it hit you.. you've been sitting waaay too close to him and TALKING aaand your normal self was back.

"Hope we get to hangout when we're back" he said smiling at you. But it was not a normal look, it was as if he's trying to find something in your expression or trying to read them.

"OKAY" you said very loudly to which Sakura shushed you. "Sorry"

"Okay, I'd love that" you said quietly to him and went back inside to sleep and get your heart rate down.

"Alright then, it's a date" he said while your back was faced to him. You turned and he had this grin on his face that was clearly teasing but happy.

You couldn't help but just blushed and nodded and went back to sleep.

He slept next to you that night and tried his best to not hug you. Buuuut you did that in your sleep anyways. Your reactions were so funny in the morning to Sakura and your students.

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Parts: Kakashi, Naruto & Sasuke (coming soon!)

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thejusticewarrior · 3 years ago

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The Book Club - Non-Fiction

The Non-Fiction Book Club TBR list:

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin

21 Lessons For The 21st Century by Yuval Noah Haran

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius L. Donnelly

Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Between The World And Me by Ta-Neisi Coates

Beyond The Pill by Jolene Brighten

Boundaries In Dating by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

Calm The F**k Down by Sarah Knight

Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Confessions Of A Political Hitman by Stephen Marks

Confessions Of A Sex Kitten by Eartha Kitt

Declutter Your Mind by S.J. Scott & Barrie Davenport

Decoded by Jay-Z

Devil In The Grove by Gilbert King

Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh

Feminists Don't Wear Pink And Other Lies by Scarlett Curtis

first, we make the beast beautiful by Sarah Wilson

Girl, was your face by Rachel Hollis

Heal Thyself For Health And Longevity by Queen Afua

Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Haran

Hormonal by Martie Haselton

Hormonal by Eleanor Morgan

How The Pill Changes Everything by Sarah E. Hill

How To Be Single And Happy by Jennifer L. Taitz

How To Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Maybe It's You by Lauren Handel Zander

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray

Milk And Honey by Rupi Kaur

Misjustice: How British Law Is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy

Moody: A 21st Century Hormone Guide by Amy Thomson

Natives: Race And Class In The Ruins Of Empire by Akala

Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization by Anthony T. Browder

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

Red Notice by Bill Browder

Sacred Woman by Queen Afua

Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind by Yuval Noah Haran

Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James

Sweetening The Pill by Holly Grigg-Spall

The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Art Of Happiness by The Dalai Llama

The Art Of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters

The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

The Gifts Of Imperfection by Brené Brown

The Little Book Of Hygge by Meik Wiking

The Many-Headed Hydra by Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker

The Miracle Of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

The Warmth Of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Thinking, Fast And Slow by Daniel Kahneman

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay

Vilnius: City Of Strangers by Laimonas Briedis

When We Ruled by Robin Walker

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Womancode by Alisa Vitti

Women Who Love Too Much by Robin Norwood

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women, Race And Class by Angela Y. Davis

A Massacre In Mexico by Anabel Hernandez

Putin's People by Catherine Belton

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla et al.

When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullon & Asha Bandele

It's Not About The Burqa by Mariam Khan

Afropean: Notes From Black Europe by Johny Pitts

Blueprint For Revolution by Srdja Popovic

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

The Health Gap by Michael Marmot

Fake Law: The Truth Abiut Justice In An Age Of Lies by The Secret Barrister

The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference by Greta Thunberg

Our Final Warning: Six Degrees Of Climate Emergency by Mark Lynas

Underground by Haruki Murakami

The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein

Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre

Pharma by Gerald Posner

The Truth About The Drug Companies by Marcia Angell, M.D.

Selling Sickness by Ray Moynihan & Alan Cassels

Blood Feud by Kathleen Sharp

The Future We Choose by Christiana Gigueres & Tom Rivett Carnac

There Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-Lee

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Society Must Be Defended by Michel Foucault

Discipline And Punish by Michel Foucault

Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank

If They Come In The Morning by Angela Y. Davis

Tiny, Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine

The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing The Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride

#tbrbooks #my tbr #reading #reading list #non fiction #feminist #social justice #blacklivesmatter #bookworm #bookshelves #books & libraries #autobiography #biography #learning #self healing #healing #growth #development

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daveslutstaine · 3 years ago

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ramble in coming so yeah

You know sometimes I wonder why I ever let anyone dictate what is and isn't acceptable for me to enjoy. I sometimes find myself wondering what life would've been like had I simply never let go of my first true love. For as much as I love heavy metal, classical music was the first type of music to actually pique my interest when I was child. There's just something about it that soothes my soul in a way that a lot of heavy metal can't. Don't get me wrong, heavy metal does something to me that classical can't either. It energizes me, it calms me, and helps to ease my sense of alienation, but classical triggers something in me I can't exactly explain. Maybe this is my inner child speaking. The child that fell in love with Beethoven's moonlight sonata the first time my music teacher played it. The same child that was captivated by the intensity of Edvard Griegs' "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" ,and the same child that dreamed of being an opera singer, and unfortunately it is that same child that was forced to abandon her love due to ridicule.

Nowadays I've become a much stronger person. I've learned to not care about anyone's opinions of me, or whether or not they accept me. The only validation that matters to me now is the validation of God Himself, and that's all I need now. I will admit though, despite my rediscovery of classical music, I can't help to feel some sadness that I allowed it to be torn away from me. "You shouldn't listen to that white people music", "that music is so depressing", "ew I hate classical it's so boring", "this music isn't even artistic", etc. I look back now at all these comments made by my family and peers and I just can't help to think how silly it all is that this is what it took to get me to abandon something, but when you're a small child with low self esteem and little friends, things get to you much easier than you think. But now I'm older, and as I've said, I don't care for the comments of others anymore. I like what I like, and I won't let anyone take that from me anymore.

I feel free now. I feel joys that I simply couldn't feel before in life. I listen to The Devils' Trill and can feel myself transcending through time and dancing with Tartini himself. I listen to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky and it's like seeing old friends for the first time in years, and experiencing the joy that comes with it. When I listen to any other composer that I discovered now as an adult, it feels like discovering hidden treasure. There are so many wonderful composers I never thought I would love; Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Liszt, Debussy. The only composers I need to relisten to are Handel and Grieg, since they had such a massive influence on my musical experience as a child but I never listen to them now as a adult.

I just love classical music man. I love her gracious melodies, her beautiful harmonies, the stories she tells, the beauty of her voice and way she captivated my heart so many years ago, and how she still manages to so to this very day. And this time, I won't be abandoning her. I won't lose my love ever again.

#andy.exe #this is me rambling about my love of classical music so feel free to ignore

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infinitelytheheartexpands · 4 years ago

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My laptop is currently updating, so while I have that working in the background, I wanted to share a series of six short, mostly-opera-inspired autobiographical narratives/prose poems I wrote last April and May:

I would kill to have some wine right now.

There is a bottle of red wine sitting on the kitchen counter. My father bought it when he went to the store the other day─ don’t ask me what day it was, I don’t remember, the days already blend together as is─ and I have considered pouring even just a little bit into a glass and downing it.

And then proceeding to throw the glass against the wall and shatter it.

I’ve been contemplating doing that a lot lately.

True, I would kill to have some wine, but if I did go ahead and pour even just a little bit into a glass, and down it, and possibly then proceed to throw the glass against the wall and shatter it, I would most likely be killed before I had the chance to kill.

Kill or be killed. We are all trying our very best to do neither these days, but it happens anyway.

I am sixteen years old. As I start writing this, I am nine days away from turning seventeen. For me, alcohol consumption is thus not only not approved by the Parents, but also illegal. But then again, so is voting blue in the 2020 US Presidential election. That is also something neither approved by the Parents nor legal for me. But I digress.

Thirty-one, twenty-nine, thirty-one again, sixteen now, that makes sixty, ninety-one, one hundred and seven days since I watched one of my classmates get drunk at a New Year’s Eve party. She downed a whole bottle of peach wine (I didn’t even know that was a thing) and looked at me with her red eyes and silver-sequined halter top and curly dark brown hair in a high ponytail. You’re more beautiful than Jesus she told me and you’ll go to the moon on a rocketship. I laughed.

I laugh when something’s so unexpected I can’t do anything else. I laughed when I first heard Notre Dame Cathedral had caught fire because it seemed so ludicrous that I couldn’t do anything else. Notre Dame on fire? You can’t be serious, it can’t be serious.

It was serious.

I’m not sure if she was.

A little part of me wishes she were.

When I was in sixth grade, I told the same girl I thought her hair was luscious. Sixth-grade me didn’t know the word had a sexual connotation; the girl did and was offended.

Maybe a little part of me did know, somehow.

***

As I write this next part, I am working on a paper about state-sponsored censorship. I have picked this topic because it is a fascinating topic, it fits the requirements for the paper─ write about a major global problem─, and because I feel censored myself.

Expressing anything that conflicts with the Parents’ thoughts and opinions is strictly forbidden. If you are different, you are ostracized. I am different, so I am ostracized.

I am too proud, too strong to succumb. But it still hurts.

As I write this, I am listening to Act IV of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell, an opera about liberation, appropriate for both me and my paper. At this moment, Hedwige is calling on God, ‘the hope of the hopeless’, to save her husband and break the yoke of oppression that binds Switzerland.

It’s very nice, and the sentiment is good and true, and it works for her and Mathilde and Jemmy and the Swiss women, but it does not work for me. I lost my faith a long time ago. Ironically, it is French grand opéra, the genre to which Guillaume Tell belongs, that is partially responsible for my loss of faith.

It was impossible for me to watch Verdi’s Don Carlos for the first time in eighth grade and Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots in tenth and not be horrified by the things people do in the name of religion, to kill people senselessly just because they believe slightly differently than them─ even their own daughters (as is the finale of Les Huguenots).

How can a good God allow such things?

Do I realize these works are fictional? Yes. But do I know they are based on history, on real events? Yes.

“These things are meant to happen; they are all in God’s plan.” Well, can God just not find another way to make what’s meant to happen happen? I cannot believe in a God that allows these things to happen. To say that an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good God who can allow such things exists is a lie.

***

Now that Guillaume Tell is over, I am listening to another grand opéra, Les vepres siciliennes, albeit in its Italian version, I vespri siciliani. Another opera about occupation and liberation, but a liberation that comes at a horrible cost: the entire French ruling class is massacred by the Sicilians at the end of the opera.

If I didn’t care, I would stage my own personal ‘massacre’: I would turn my back, walk out the front door with the possessions I most needed to survive on my own, and never come back.

But I do care. They may not care, but I do.

One of my greatest curses is that I care about what I care about too much. My heart is too deep to not care.

There are some battles that are not worth being fought.

If a massacre is your only recourse to accomplish something, perhaps you should not do that thing. Or, at least try to find another way.

Right now, I am at the beginning of Act III, at Monforte’s aria “In braccio alle dovizie”. In the original French, it’s called “Au sein de la puissance”. At the breast of power.

Monforte is the hated French governor of Sicily, the revolutionaries’ primary target. When he sings this, he has just learned that one of the main revolutionaries, Arrigo, is his long-lost illegitimate son.

By rape.

‘The breast of power’ indeed.

Just like with a massacre, if rape is your only recourse to accomplish something, perhaps you should not do that thing either.

Just a thought.

I’m a woman. What do I know, in the eyes of many out there?

One of my friends said that Verdi gave Monforte his just deserts, but also overly beautiful music. “He couldn’t help it, though, not when his Dad Music Instincts were activated.”

I feel guilty listening to the aria, even though it is truly a beautiful piece and the recording I’m listening to─ a 1989 recording from the Teatro alla Scala, with Giorgio Zancanaro as Monforte─ is absolutely gorgeous.

Can we separate the music from the character, the art from the artist? I do not know. Everyone has something utterly heinous to someone else. Once we stop separating the art from the artist, where do we begin again? And yet, I do not want to support people who do horrible things to others.

Perhaps it is all relative.

Perhaps everything is.

Perhaps nothing is absolute at all.

That frightens me.

***

Today is Rome’s 2,773rd birthday. As a six-year Latin student and future classics and history double-major, this is cause for celebration.

If things were normal and I were at school, my Latin teacher would bring birthday cake for all the Latin students, and we’d eat it and sing “Felix dies natalis, Roma”. Happy Birthday, Rome.

But things are not normal, and I’m at home multitasking between this and a presentation script for that paper, and still listening to I vespri siciliani.

Now I’m at the end of Act IV. Everyone is celebrating the impending marriage of Arrigo to Duchess Elena, one of the Sicilian revolutionary leaders. Sicilian and French, united at last. Everything is set to work out.

But there’s still Giovanni da Procida, the other major revolutionary leader, who is hellbent on revenge. He sees this wedding as the perfect opportunity to strike down the French once and for all.

And thus, the massacre.

Everything can be set to work out, but there is always something that comes up. A massacre, a pandemic, a set of internal troubles that bring a proud empire to its ruin.

Now I’m in Act V, at Elena’s bolero ‘Merce, dilette amiche’. She has no idea about Procida’s plans; she’s just excited to marry Arrigo and bring peace to her beloved Sicily at last. I think I’m going to change operas again after this is over; the act is rather uneven (though I still very much like it) and I would prefer not to listen to everything falling apart today.

I debate listening to Berlioz’s Les Troyens, the closest thing to an opera about the founding of Rome and a masterpiece itself. But there is still too much about collateral damage for my tastes today: one kingdom falls and another loses its benevolent queen, all in the name of a supposedly greater destiny. And that’s just based on the first third of the Aeneid. I wrote an essay about that first third once for English class, using that thesis; my English teacher said it was one of the best essays he’d ever read. But I digress.

After a quick refresher on the synopsis, I decide to change styles and go with a story from the heyday of the Roman Empire: Handel’s Agrippina. Lots of plotting, but everyone gets what they want in the end and it ends happily for all. No collateral damage here. I am weary of that.

Sometimes I feel like collateral damage.

It’s tough to remember that you’re the master of your own story, not just a side character or a scapegoat in so many others’.

Everyone in this opera knows they’re the masters. That’s the problem. But it ultimately works out.

I want nothing more than for it to work out for me. It hasn’t yet.

But I have a feeling it will.

***

I got maybe halfway through the first act of Agrippina yesterday. I love Baroque opera, but I guess only in small doses.

No matter.

Today I’m listening to the beginning of Act II of Verdi’s Don Carlo. This is the fourth time in a row I’ve listened to it.

I read John Green’s Turtles All The Way Down recently. The main character frequently finds herself stuck in ‘thought spirals’, where she keeps thinking more and more about the same thing. I have those too, although I tend to picture my mind more as a bullet train: it always moves hundreds of miles an hour, faster than I can control, from one thought to the next. I constantly find myself retracing the figurative map of my mind to figure out what I was thinking about, what I need to remember but simply cannot. And it’s like my mind keeps returning to the same stations a lot; these are my equivalent to the spirals.

This opera, this moment, is one of my frequent stations.

Make that five times in a row now. This will be the last, I promise myself.

In this scene, a group of monks chant, praying for the rest of the dead Emperor Charles V, whom, I note with a smile, was himself a character in one of Verdi’s earliest operas, Ernani. In that opera, he sings an aria where he confronts his destiny as the next Holy Roman Emperor. My legacy will live throughout the ages, he sings.

Including in two different Verdi operas.

But there I go again on another bullet-train route.

The monks are singing now, their stark minor-major shifts making me feel as if I am there, in the cloister of San Yuste or in any of the great cathedrals of Spain, looking up into the vaults of the ceiling, of heaven itself, seemingly. The only lights come from candles in my mental picture, and I gaze up, my head uncovered, my mind only partially spellbound, more by the visual beauty and the history than by any religious feeling.

I am a heathen.

I have only been inside a Catholic church once, when I was fourteen; it was an impromptu side trip during a school-sponsored tour of colleges in St. Louis. One of the chaperones said the Cathedral Basilica had can’t-miss art, and thus managed to get a large section of the attendees to come with her.

She was right. It was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen. And that was all I thought.

Okay, that’s a lie. I did wonder what it would be like to be able to have faith again, to be able to kneel in one of the pews, and pray, and believe, as my ancestors have done before me; after all, if religion were something you inherited in your blood, then I would be half-Catholic.

But I cannot kneel and pray and believe.

In this scene, one of the monks claims that Charles V fell because he was too proud, because he believed that he was greater than God. If a god exists, I do not claim to be greater than them. I am not perfect, not by a long shot.

He did not die because he did not believe in God. He died because everyone dies, even those who are supposedly the greatest of us.

God alone is great, the monk proclaims. I do not, cannot believe that. We are all great to begin with, but some of us are led to believe we are not.

We are the masters. I must remember that.

And I realize that I have let it play a sixth time.

Sometimes I am not the master of my own mind.

***

The sixth time was the last.

Now I am at the end of the act, listening to the showdown between Filippo II, King of Spain, and Rodrigo, Marquis di Posa. Filippo is the guardian of the way things are; Verdi called Rodrigo an anachronism, and indeed, he was the only principal character who never existed.

Rodrigo, he said, was at least two centuries ahead of his time.

I don’t know what exactly Verdi’s feelings were about this, but personally, I do not think this is a bad thing. Progressivism is often progressivism in any age.

At any rate, Rodrigo, who has recently returned from Spanish-held Flanders, has taken his chance─ a rare private meeting with the King, who is confused as to why Rodrigo has never approached him for favors like all the other courtiers─ to confront him about the horrific conditions of Flanders and its people. Give them liberty, he pleads.

No. I have given them the same peace I have given Spain.

A horrible peace!, Rodrigo fires back. The peace of the tomb!

We should not have to suffer until death.

Let history not say of you, “He was a Nero.” A murderer of innocents, a torturer of the defenseless, an occupier, a denier of liberty─ perhaps the greatest torture of all.

I once watched a video in which a director said, “To live in an occupied country is to live only half a life.” I would say that to live in an occupied country, or even any place where you cannot be free, cannot live fully as yourself, is not even that. It is to barely live at all. It is to merely have a beating heart and breath.

To live in spite of this, to simply be as you wish, is the ultimate act of defiance.

#notyouraveragejulie writes #(or rather reads old writing)#writing #poetry #poems #prose poems #autobiographical narratives #life in the time of COVID #opera #opera tag #censorship #freedom #also the author would like to note that this was written *before* she saw Agrippina and loved it so those comments aren't 100% accurate now

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agentmarymargaretskitz · 5 years ago

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Dream Show

I heard about the Dream TV Show challenge from @incendiaglacies and entered in the event a little late. Thankfully @singledarkshade still let me in and gave me the following cast list: Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Legends of Tomorrow), Malcolm Barrett (Timeless), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Ming-Na Wen (Agents of SHIELD), Lou Diamond Phillips (Prodigal Son), Freema Agyeman (New Amsterdam), and Beth Riesgraf (Leverage). And from that, I created.....

Colby

Summary: The town of Colby is average by American standards, peaceful, and only noticeable during election season. Just like any other American town up until an earthquake and tornado strike the town on the same day within hours of each other. The resulting aftermath brings attention to the town and its residents as they work to rebuild. Every step forward brings out not only the best and the worst from its residents, but suspicious events that might indicate more to the disasters than meets the eye.

Cast:

Freema Agyeman as Valerie Spencer, principal of East Colby High School. She’s held the job for three years and puts her heart and soul into it. Valerie has become engaged to her girlfriend Nicole Gray recently, but sharing the engagement means coming out of the closet publicly and bringing a lot of attention to her. Following the disasters, she becomes a driving force in the town motivating people to rebuild and return to normal.

Malcolm Barrett as Ulysses Spencer, an ER doctor at the hospital. He is Valerie’s younger brother and is aware of her engagement. Ulysses goes through a trial by fire the day of the accident when the ER is flooded with injured and is forced to make several tough calls. One such call puts a strain on his long-time friendship with Kenneth Brenner. Following the disasters, Ulysses is faced with the ire of the community and becomes a pariah.

Beth Riesgraf as Nicole Gray, a local police officer. She is used to being on her own as a woman in the police force and being openly bisexual doesn’t help much either. With Valerie, she has started to learn how to be more open towards others. The quake and tornado put her department into action to help her town and her actions to save senior citizens bring her into positive spotlight for the press. But with the spotlight come attacks on her “life choices”, straining the engagement.

Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Handel Morgan, a first year English teacher at East Colby High School. A newcomer to Colby, Handel has been thrilled with her new life and loves the place she’s settled into within the community. Then the disasters strike her school and she is forced to witness unimaginable tragedy in her classroom. The aftermath pulls her into a situation she never would have expected, throwing further trauma her way. Handel is faced with the healing process, but also a mystery about the events she went through.

Lou Diamond-Phillips as Xavier Engle, co-owner of the XO Coffee and Diner that he shares with high school sweetheart and wife Olivia. Xavier is looked up to by many in the community for his calm attitude and incredible coffee. He and his wife grow close to Handel in the wake of the disaster due to her lack of family and frequent visitation of XO. Xavier is a calm soul but refuses to let anyone push him over.

Ming-Na Wen as Olivia Engle, co-owner of the XO Coffee and Diner with her husband Xavier. With her husband, Olivia is viewed as a valuable member of the community. She’s known Xavier since they were children and has loved him for just as long. Olivia is the first to grow close to Handel after noticing she comes to grade her papers at the coffeeshop in the evening. With that connection, she becomes pulled into the peculiar events happening around town with her husband.

David Tennant as Kenneth Brenner, an accountant. Both him and his wife Paula become injured in the disasters that impact the town, but Paula’s injuries are far more severe. She dies on the operating table after Ulysses makes a call to take a different patient for treatment before her. The loss of his wife, becoming a single father, and finding his business destroyed plays havoc on his emotions and erodes his friendship with Ulysses. Kenneth lets the worst in him come out towards everyone but his son. He knows he needs something to pull him out, only he doesn’t know where to find it.

Episodes

Pilot- The end of spring break in Colby arrives and everyone prepares to go back to their normal lives. However, a massive earthquake strikes the town, following an hour later by a tornado that hits the town dead on. Choices are made with good and ill consequences.

Aftershock- Following the Dual Disasters, the town becomes a target for the media. Valerie does her best to calm her students and teachers while Nicole is thrust into the spotlight. Kenneth grieves his losses. A shaken Handel feels she’s being stalked.

Processing- The town comes together to bury their dead. Valerie and Handel deal with the losses to their school. Xavier and Olivia work to mobilize other small businesses to help less fortunate. Meanwhile, Ulysses has an unfortunate confrontation with Kenneth that sets a new dynamic.

Lend a Hand- Valerie helps her brother after Ulysses loses his apartment contract. Nicole’s television interview doesn’t go as expected. Handel tries to figure out what her captors want while Xavier and Olivia form a search party to find her.

Damage Control- Valerie’s announcement of her engagement to Nicole draws the attention she never wanted, including that of the school board. Nicole searches for the creator of the symbols that have been showing up around town. Kenneth is approached about a lawsuit against the hospital. Handel recovers with the Engles while trying to determine why she was kidnapped.

Setback- Olivia and Ulysses try to keep Valerie busy while she awaits the news of the board’s decision. Handel’s famed pianist father comes to town as she grows closer to Darrius (guest star Dylan O’Brien). Xavier becomes concerned when XO is hit by the tagger and reaches out to Nicole. Kenneth and his son discuss the lawsuit.

Blueprints- Temporary peace is struck between Ulysses and Kenneth to find out why the latter was attacked. Handel and Darrius (guest star Dylan O’Brien) make a break in tracing her kidnappers’ steps while Olivia voices her concerns about him. Valerie and Nicole evaluate their relationship.

Into the Unknown- Handel, Ulysses, Kenneth, and Darrius (guest star Dylan O’Brien) come together to discover something about the earthquake. Valerie takes a stand in town with unexpected help. Olivia makes a rash decision that reveals startling information.

The Third Disaster- The first major town event in Colby since the Dual Disasters is set to occur, but a deeper darkness is playing out beneath the festivities. Valerie, Ulysses, and Xavier try to stop the festival to prevent further casualties. Meanwhile, Handel discovers Darrius’s (guest star Dylan O’Brien) true colors while Kenneth, Nicole, and Olivia search for her. Everything collides in a finale that finds solving one mystery means opening another.

A few notes

· Valerie has several items in the background of her office and apartment that indicate she is a Wonder Woman/DC fan. Ulysses has a Deadpool lanyard and tends to wear Marvel shirts off duty. However, they also say ‘Live long and prosper’ to each other in place of goodbye.

The XO Coffee and Diner gets its name from the owners- Xavier and Olivia.

· In Setback, Xavier becomes alarmed when he sees the symbol graffitied on the back of XO Coffee and Diner. At the end of the episode, he is holding a wooden box, the contents not shown to the viewer. Carved on the lid of the box is the same symbol. Olivia is in the background, leaving it up the viewer to decided if Olivia knows of the box or not.

· During Lend a Hand, Handel hears her captors refer to a General. In The Third Disaster, Darrius kidnaps Handel to take her to mines under the town. He reveals the tornado was natural, but the earthquake was manmade as she suspected. For an unknown reason, he blames her for everything he became. She ends up killing him in self defense when he tries to take her away somewhere. As he dies, Darrius calls her the General and the device he had been holding activates after his death in a flash of light. Handel finds herself standing in the same place and makes her way out of the mines between shots of Kenneth, Nicole, Olivia, and law enforcement coming down. The latter group find an empty cavern as Handel walks out to discover a ravaged future Colby.

#dream show #freema agyeman #malcolm barrett #beth riesgraf #maisie richardson sellers #lou diamond phillips #ming na wen #david tennant #colby

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god-i-hate-shmakespear · 4 years ago

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take a step back after moving forward

fic!

Nick smiled, because what else could he do? it was his stringed smile yet, all edges and no wormth. who could blaim him to be honest? it was full of graudge, anger and uncomftrbleness. it always hit diffrent. it depended if he was in a good state of mind to react to this, yet it always pained him to see it. they all hated it. it was a horrible sight, but he had to smile. just to... he didn’t know.try and aluude to an atmosphire of normality? he wasn’t sure.

he watched, all smile and no personality, as Portia took the letter.

it was her tenth letter this week, and it was always sent on an old parchment paper. Nick hated it. he hated it so much.

“well!... it seemed this one is not as long!” she said while holding the letter. her hands already shaking. this sucked

before Nick could say anything Will already took a step up, and snatched the letter from Portia’s weak hands. not giving her a chance to even blink her tears away from sight.

if they could just stop her form getting the mail every morning that will be nice, or better, Will would have actually bothered to wake up to grab it like he promised.

but this wasn’t the time for dealing with Will’s forgetfulness, it wasn’t even 7 am when Nick ran outside, chasing after Portia’s edger steps to get the mail as she walked to the store. excited that the pride center will be open early to get some stuff before pride comes next week, when she stopped by to get the mail from their tiny mail box.

Will didn’t think, he just tore the letter into pecises, they will not be dealing with abusive toxic dads today! and hopefully, not ever again if he has something to say about it! he threw the pecies on the ground stomping on it with his comically large boots that he liked to wear everywhere now. now that he’s more “punk” as he said.

Nick siged at the semi comical sight, as Will, after jumping on the letter for good mesure, slipped and almost crushed to the floor, realising some tiny laugh from the still shoked Portia, while he walked fowood. making sure ti step in Portia’s clear eye sight before giving her a side hug, which she didn’t resipicate, but did lean into. good. some real wormth finally started to leap into him. defeting the last few chills of the still cold morning..

finishing his tirade, Will walked forword as a winner, looking high and mighty with his night goun and the heavy army boots the docks made their signiture sound as he walked towords them, slowing his trimfent walk to look at Portia’s face. which to be fair... Nick have sort of neglected to look, too scared of the emotions that that will bring.

which is where Will comes in. Will’s profession is handeling emotions right on! attackeing them with his cutting words and defensive wit, ready to splinter and et to the bottom of things that shouldn’t be things like political feelings (his own emotions? not as much, but he will run away from them at the same determanation).

without sparing too many looks to his rather anxoies boyfriend, Will looks at Portia’a line of sight as well,and turns his head to the side a little. approching carfully (which was a sudden change from the cutting triamfe walking)and opening his arms

without missing a bit, Portia suddenly left Nick’s side, all but running to Will’s inviting arms, burring her face in his chest.

at that, Nick took his time to leave, he knew that Will and Portia will need some hot coco after this debacle

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“why does it not get easier?”

Will was ready! well... sort of ready anyway, for nything. emotions were tricky, but he was ready for them! ready to emarse himself in everything they will bring!

that’s what he learnd, that was the way to live and remember and to hold and ignore life’s problems, it was to focus on the emotions of peope other then himself. people that are... very importent to him.

but sometimes those people... had a very similer time to him

“easier? im not sure Poa... we both know that life never gets easier”

“but isn’t it supposed to?” she looked up, and oh, suddenly he was transphormed to that time when she hugged him for the first time, all excited and happy after she first moved in, like all of life’s problems suddenly will go away now! the big bad guy is defited! oh wow... they were navie back then, but even then he knew, that things don’t just suddenly get easier... emotions... are hard,and mega scary to explore and to reachek, and she knew that! yet she still loved to belive that she can solve them as easaly as follwong her own heart is.

oh how she inspired him then, she still insipred everyone homestly, the girl was the sole reason that he managed to write him own first poam book! he loved to tacke emotions head on to escape them, but she, in her naive and ruthless optamizim, made him at least to try and see, if its possible even, to try and give the same passion to what lies in his own hear as well.

but with her naive optamisem she ofen forgets. that the first step, ever so easy to her fast legs, is the eaiest one indeed

“i get tierd, i get tierd of the suprises! why the aftermath of choosing to not seeing my father again will just be done already! ‘snif’ its been a whole year now... why am i not... happy?”

“but you are!”

“-why does it look like that with every step forword i take, everything takes two stepps back??”

“because you are fast! you, Portia-” he pused to lightly boop her nose which made her smile gratfully, “-are one of the fastest people i know! taking your stepps with such a vorasity that a whole army could not stop you. always changing, always chasing what is in your heart first, and forgeting that sometimes we gotta deal with things, even after we decided to leave them behiand”

“like your emotions?” she said, suddenly getting a little of her snarkyness back, looking at will without the foginess of tears in her eyes

“like your choices as well too” he shakes his head to the sides he is trying to teach her a life lesson! but as usual, Portia has managed to hit the point to fast, that she looked ahead and applied it to her teacher, the boldness of this girl will kill him one day.

he ignored her little scounching of the nose, not willing but managing to see his point yet again, as he stepped away from her, makig sure to hold her hand all the way, and started moving them back towords the house.

“least i have people to remind meto take a break sometimes ha? all this... things catching up to me, im glad i have someone that helps me to get ahead once again”

ok is she trying to kill her with her adorablness again??? because she will one day, shit. “you want to go inside or not? im sure Nick already made your coco”

“Coco??? fuck yes!” she smiled as she give him once last big hug and run into the house, already giggling her heart out after leaving Will speachless back at the yard. Portia, as usal, cought him off gaurd.

#something rotten!#Something Rotten #portia brooks #Will shakes #friendship #was this written at 2 am? yes #i needed to get some emotions out #plus i love them #Christian Bole #sr #SR!

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jovandawkins · 4 years ago

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Handel: A Musical Life of Devotion

Handel: A life of Musical Devotion A great gift to music entered into the world on 23 January 1685 in Halle, Germany. A life of great musical interest; one filled with an unbelievable talent that is going to become a beacon to many throughout the European continent and span centuries past its lifetime. It is a life that could become centered around a great mystery of how the musical talent would blossom into a recognized and known gift; a life that would alter the musical landscape and the spiritual worship realm in a short 26 days, and a life that would become so influential that it would dictate musical compositions for many years afterwards. Some sort of musical life that in the beginning would find itself struggling to exist; a life that will be forever referred to in George Frideric Handel. It is through Handel that we credit many great musical accomplishments; accomplishments inside mixture of homophonic and polyphonic textures, through the creation of his own unique works through the process of combining Spanish, Italian, French, and English musical traditions into his highly successful English Oratorios. And most importantly in the lasting effects of Handel's single greatest gift to the world, and the world of music: The Messiah. But how does the work of this single musician leave such a strong impression on the music that we have now? What could possibly make the music of Handel something that would be hailed as electric, memorable, unique, and cutting edge? And most importantly how could one person alter the musical idiom through a single twenty-four day formation of a setting of Christ's life? Through these questions I will explore Handel's impact on music in a way that shed's light onto the significance of Handel as a musician, a teacher, and inventor and as a religious preserver. It is with Handel that we credit a great deal of musical advancement. Adversity in Handel's life was something that he or she encountered early on in life. At an early age Handel found himself faced with a father that did not support a profession in music, in fact his father was a person that greatly hated music; noting that it was a entertainment that served the sole purpose of casting a light on the weakness of character found within a person. It was eventually his father that wished he would strive to obtain a career as a lawyer, a position that would come with a great deal of safety measures in position and financial stability. This was something that Handel himself would have to come to terms with, because he himself was born by means of "signs of a fierce ambition, born of an awareness of his superiority as a musician, and with a determination not to lose his independence. " This determination to advance his musical skill became a task that took a substantial amount of hard work and convincing; though it was Handel's mother that provided access to a clavichord hidden in the family's attic. The hours spent hiding from his father in the attic, covering the strings of the clavichord along with cloth to dampen the sound, allowed young George the time to practice his musical development and eventually the data of how to play both the clavichord and the organ. This early study is most likely what saved the play career for Handel, because it was during the time stuck in the attic that a young Duke passing by seen young George playing in the attic and was so moved by what he heard, that he stopped to pay attention. After hearing young George play the organ, the Duke pleaded with George's father to allow your ex to travel to Berlin and begin to take music lessons. The young Handel began taking lessons at the age from eight, and was easily able to conquer learning the violin, composition and theory techniques, harpsichord, and also reinforce the organ playing skills. By the age of 11, there seemed little that any songs teacher could teach George; it was at this point that George's father began angry and again expressed his / her desire for George to cease playing in the music, and to return home and do as he anticipated. Handel at the request of his father did in fact return home, only to arrive at his father's deathbed. This was a dark period of struggle for the young Handel, compelled to honor his father's wishes, George decided that it was best to keep to his studies in law; though during this same time he continuing to also sharpen the musical skills that he knew he possessed. It was during this time that Handel started to write cantatas for the various churches that he was serving in as an organist. It was the service around music that called out to Handel, and by the time he reached the age of eighteen, Handel possessed realized that it was in fact his destiny to become a great musician noting that he was destined to improve his or her musical abilities and his knowledge of music. Leaving his birth city of Halle lead him for a series of travels that would shape the musical aspect of the outlook that Handel would eventually have concerning music. The various travels and cities that Handel was to visit would begin to influence every aspect of song that Handel would come to know and appreciate, and it was his first destination in Hamburg which could lead Handel on the path of musical greatness. It was during his time in Hamburg that Handel came down to introduced to opera, and it took no time before Handel was given a position in the orchestra on second violin. The time at the Opera house playing violin was a period that would bring the birth of what people might come to see as a man that was described as a "large and very portly man", one that was full of a quick temper and one that had a general appearance about him that was "somewhat heavy and sour. " That personality of Handel would be something that many really would see as a double edged sword, in one issue he was a intelligent man that had a good sense of humor, one that show a remarkable sense of condition, reliability, and absolute honesty in all aspects of his life; but at the same time Handel was a person that possessed a brief fuse, and hot temper. He was a man that was short tempered and vocal about is feedback of life in general, and especially music. This personality would be a defining part of Handel's musical career, precisely as it was shortly after he started working in Hamburg at the Opera house, that George was given the opportunity to display the tremendous talent at the harpsichord; though it was also this talent that caused young George (now around age 22) to vocally disagree with composer Johann Mattheson on a composition Mattheson had written. It was that short fuse of Handel's that nearly ended his career, and life; though this spunk Handel exhibited also gave him the opportunity to catch the eye of a young prince, Prince Ferdinando de' Medici, which would become impressed with the music Handel was performing. This lead to Handel being asked to give his home, now Hamburg, and make the journey to Italy where he would again be positioned in a situation of being surrounded by new composers and styles of music. The move to Italy was an exciting period for Handel, as Handel was at a point of where his primary motivation for traveling to innovative areas was that of gaining experience, and in the case of the opportunity to visit Italy, the objective was to learn even though he could from the composers of Italy, and their wonderful operas. It was in Italy that Handel made significant strides in his musical career and overall development. For when Handel made it to help you Italy he was exposed to the world's greatest forms of music consisting of compositions of the likes of Safari, Cantatas, oratorios, chamber cantatas, concertos, and sonatas. This was a period that Handel began the task of refining his knowledge and really defining the compositional talents he had been using to this point. Handel was given the luxury of being able to set no limit on the boundaries of which his music would take because of the comprehensive gift of being surrounded by people that were able to support Handel and his daily needs. As a member of Dictator Francesco Ruspoli court, Handel was given the freedom to explore compositional aspects and dig into the music that so highly intrigued him, though it wasn't until 1710 that Handel's musical world will come to full realization, and would establish Handel as one of the greatest musicians of all times. The year 1710 were included with Handel's move back to Germany where he would fall into the role once held by Steffani in Hanover as Kapellmeister to the Elector, George Louis, who eventually become King George I of England. When in Hanover Handel was quickly convinced to travel to England with Prince George to scout out any music scene in the country as Prince George's mother Sophia was married to the English Elector, meaning that Royal prince George would eventually assume the throne of England (which happened in 1714). During the early outings to London, the young Handel became highly intrigued in London's newest opera house, the Queen's Theater, and it was here that Handel decided that he would produce an opera that was Italian inside nature and composed specifically for London. The opera Rinaldo was thus first produced in 1711, and contains slightly over a dozen performances, all of which were considered a huge success; thus paving the way for Handel's proceed to England, and what was to become the foundation for the overall success of Handel. The move to England was a confident move for Handel overall, leading to his ultimate desire to become a British citizen. Once he was lastly settled into his life in England, Handel was offered and accepted the role of popular music director for the Royal Academy of Music when it opened in 1720. The academy was the guts for operatic studies for many years after opening; credited greatly to the presence of Handel himself and his ability to attract the best singers to perform the works he had written himself. Though as with any worthy job dealing with the biggest and brightest stars, the academy began to see a decline in stature and operation; gained via the high demands the singers were placing on the academy both performance wise and financially. It was only fueled by the internal conflicts among performers, patrons, and rival composers. This was a time when Handel's short fuse and hot temper did not help, as Handel himself was part of many of the quarrels which usually took place, though he was clever enough to lighten the situation and make the tensions eventually found yourself in an end through humor and quick wit. This did not help the academy in the long run as it eventually had been forced to close its doors, but at the same time it only freed Handel to focus on his career, and at last give him the time to prepare for the needed shift in musical direction as the opera itself had arrived at a point to where it was no longer a viable musical performance option in England. The shift because of opera was one that Handel himself was easily able to undertake, for the ambition and determination to succeed in the particular music realm allowed Handel to develop an internal motivator that he looked to for resolve to win popularity and fortune and to "make money; honestly if you can, but-make money. " This was something that would serve Handel himself well because it is Handel's personality and desire to serve the music and the people that gave her the title of "musician of the people. " This afforded Handel the ability to see a great deal of success together with his music and career while in England going through the period of shifting from the Operatic style to that of writing English Oratorios. This also only aided Handel in popularity because may people saw Handel's music since "property of the people, familiar, understood, and loved" and this was related to many English subjects as to the "work of not other great master the wide world over. " The overall history of Handel has the capacity to show that the experience and cultural exposure of his various travels, gave Handel himself a wide range plus palette to work from. It is through the exposure to these cultures and musical styles, compositions, composers, patron, as well as musician employers that Handel was given the tools needed to succeed in the music world, but the experiences themselves don't create a unique character that was what was admired in Handel. It was the personal traits that Handel possessed which will afforded him the opportunity to be loved by many and respected by all. The personality of Handel was a unique blend of every imaginable aspect one could possibly think of, he had a drive; a determination to have success, the ability to make people laugh, a sense of quick wittedness, a familiarity aspect, devotion to religion, trustworthiness, integrity, and an incredible love of music. But most importantly Handel never let anything stand in their way of doing what he loved: serving the people, the music, and his religion. An example comes in the proper execution of the inability of anything to stand in the way of Handel's success. In 1737 Handel suffered a cva that for the most part threatened to end everything. The stroke had left Handel's right arm paralyzed and thus avoided him from being able to perform and also had an affect on his mind. It was during this time that Handel fought to remain active, and did through the writing of Italian operas though the public no longer favored these. Handel pushed through all obstacles that he encountered including eventual blindness that took a toll upon his compositions and eventually left Handel performing his music for organ from memory. It was ironic the fact that Handel had a determination to succeed, because it was this determination that left him a person that was 100 % withdrawal from life and society, though loved by all. He did spend most of his moment and life locked away from society and the daily life in order to focus on his music and thus never married not had any children. He was a man that truly devoted his life to the people, his new music, and changing the world of music. The Influence Handel had on music was immense, the trend and techniques that he was able to incorporate into the daily musical vocabulary was a blending of the major Western european styles that Handel had experienced in his travels from Halle to Hanover, to Hamburg, Malta and England. Simply put, Handel took the best of all the styles and created one Handelian style that would turn into a standard for the musical world, allowing him to "mature as a composer in England, the country then the majority hospitable to foreign composers. " Handel had a solid foundation from the early Lutheran church music that they was around growing up, this attention to the harmonic structure and counterpoint of the music he could adapt a rich lush style in the compositions that he wrote from the sacred cantatas through the opera, and in the end into the English Oratorios. One defining feature of the style that Handel possessed is that he was truly aware of the changing trends of the time, though his style of writing stayed pretty much the same and didn't require much altering for he has such a gift for writing melodies that one would never realize that many times a tranquility was not present under the melodic line. The melodies were bold and self-sustaining and thus needed no help from a harmonic progression to carry it through. A strong feature of Handel's compositional style was the process about "borrowing" materials. It is clear and evident that Handel borrowed musical ideas from others during your partner's life as a way to create a new melting pot of musical ideas. But Handel also employed the manner of borrowing musical material, or re-use of musical material, from his own work; however he did wish to use material from other composers better. He did this in a way that varied, one method was only to take entire pieces, or movements, from one work and reuse them in another, or to borrow product from a composer and then rework it to create an essentially new compositions, as seen in the Choruses coming from Messiah and Belshazzar's feast; using the Italian duet "for unto us a child is born. " The use of typically the borrowing technique is one that is unique to Handel, because it was in the 1930's that it seems as if the practice ceases, though this could be because Handel found the need to shift composition styles, and thus opened himself for a wide range of materials to now pull from, thus making the reference of music harder so that you can pin point. But the fact remains that the "borrowing does not affect his status as a composer" because Handel himself never based his career on any single piece of work that utilized music that was credited to your creation of another person. Thus it is not known if any single composer influenced Handel himself, however it ended up being obvious that Handel left an obvious influence on composer that appeared during his time and surely after his death in 1759. But it was in the 1930's that Handel really would begin to have an impact on and alter the trajectory of music and musical composition through the creation of the new genre with the English Oratorio. The English Oratorio was much like the Italian form of the genre as it set dialogue for lyrical and recitative verses, but then was combined with foreign elements from the French drama, Greek tragedy, A language like german passion, and most importantly the English masque. These characteristics combined together was enough to solidify the reality that Handel was to be the greatest musical figure of all time, and one of the most respected people in all of London and England. One of the most important contributions the Oratorio made was to the vocal setting, and through the addition for the chorus. What made this such a huge success for Handel and for the popularity of his beats was the sheer fact that Handel was able to create unique effects with the orchestration of the vocal score to make a simple form that alternated in the written passages of verses from an open fugal style compared to that of a solid harmonic sound. This added with the orchestra, who normally was scored in a way to support that vocal parts created a work that was not only easy to sing, but also made it accessible to the general public, which makes established that "Handel is the musician of the people. " This form of music was never meant to end up suited for the church, the Oratorios were meant for concert hall performance settings and thus even though the Messiah, one of Handel's most well known piece was written as an Oratorio, it was actually seen more as a "sacred entertainment" piece. But Handel's contribution did not stop at the creation of the new style of music in the English Oratorio, but he actually found a great deal of success in writing instrumental works. The instrumental aspect of Handel's musical productivity was one that garnished him with a great deal of extra income and was a major factor in keeping the name connected with Handel fresh in everyone's mind and in their daily musical dealings. Though true to the nature for Handel, he was dedicated to being as successful as he could in all writing aspects that he started. Thus the two of his works in the instrumental category best know were written for the King, together with were meant to be for the public pleasure during the various outdoor performances and social gatherings. The first, Mineral water Music was written in 1717 and was comprised of three suites for winds and strings that's meant to be played from a boat on the river Thames for the king's pleasure while he was thrilling socially those that he wished to stay in good graces with. The later of the works written in 1749 is the Music for the Royal Fireworks, a staggering piece written for an enormous wind section with strings in the future added in, meant to be played in an outdoor London park during a firework celebration. The work was published for many military instruments and was a work that excluded the use of stringed instruments, something that Handel in the beginning had objections with. These two works directly play into the desire of Handel to continue to push this boundaries of what music was, and what it could do for the people, and how it could be really enjoyed for all, in all aspects of life. The most profound work that Handel ever wrote, one that would become the product work in the sacred realm of composition; one that would receive a great deal of homage by composers from every area of Europe and for many decades, is the now infamous, Messiah. The Messiah is a remarkable piece just from the process in which Handel took to write it. In a short twenty-four day span the work would arrive at existence from a mere thought. A large part of the ability for Handel to become so musically genius was just how he typically broke, or even stretched out traditional styles of composing music in order to make a dramatic impact on the work this individual was involved with. He was able to do this through the way in which he personally lived his life and through the rampacked skills he had developed throughout his extensive travels. He had acquired the ability to take a raw talent and to gloss it up into something of pure beauty and wonder. Since Handel himself typically chose several religious themes for many of his compositions, more and more of the British citizens began to approve using his audio as a method of worshiping their god. It was fitting that Handel made his home in England, since the device is the English that "have always been a Bible-reading... god-fearing nation, with strong religious instincts and a reverence for sacred things". Messiah is Handel's most well known work, and it is the best example of a work that can be used for a creative worship piece. The work is divided into three segments: The coming of the Messiah, The battling and death of Christ, and the Resurrection. This work was composed and contained various features who gave way to a wide range of emotions: joy, sadness, fear, excitement, love, compassion, dramatic, and hopefully; but whatever the the need or feeling that way to be expressed Handel found a way to do it, and the Messiah was the driver to showcase those talents. The Messiah composed in 1742 is seem by many as the best-written oratorio that has ever been written. The extensive piece contains some fifty sections of music and performance that takes nearly three hours to fully perform and celebrate. The most impressive aspect of the piece is the undeniable fact that it was composed in a mere twenty-four days; accomplished by Handel locking himself in his home declining to be interrupted by anyone. During this time it was reported that Handel barely ate anything and slept almost no. This was yet another nod to the dedication that Handel was known to have, and also played into the aspect that will Handel had simply became part of his work, and thus always made sure that his full attention and additionally thought were put into the music as it was composed. It might have been odd for Handel to write a really religiously profound piece considering that he himself was not a very religious person until the later part of his lifetime; though there are accounts that lay claim to a "divine source" as the inspirational and motivational factor for any composition of the work. So profound was the work that Handel himself self stated that "I made see Heaven before me, and the great God himself" when he had finished the widely recognized Hallelujah refrain. The work has had a lasting effect on not only the composer's reputation as one of the greatest advancers of the musical formula spectrum, but also on the works of composers who have been inspired by the works of Handel; Mozart being people that had become extremely influenced by Handel and in particular the Messiah. But there also have ended up effects of this wonderful composition on the tradition of the work, and the performance aspect of how it moves visitors to feel something nearly spiritual every time it is heard. It is reported that during the first performance of this make up in London, that the current King of England, King George II, felt so moved and religiously compelled to stand during the singing of the Hallelujah chorus that others fell in step with the queen (as was protocol of subjects to their king) and stood as well. This is a tradition that continues to this approach very day during the performances of Handel's Messiah. As you can see Handel had an enduring legacy about music and the compositional aspects of music. The dedication that Handel should to his life of tunes and the preservation of a lasting legacy has allowed Handel to really never leave us. His effects are generally felt to this very day through the standing of the audience during the Messiah, to the compositional nods that composers give to Handel in their works. Handel is someone that proved to many that as long as there exists the preference to achieve, the object of their desire can be reached. Handel's life there seemed to be filled with adversity from the beginning. From this father not wanting Handel to participate in a career filled with music, to his struggles with changing music styles, the sometimes-awkward positions that Handel found himself in as it relates to arguments; Handel persevered as a result of it all. It was not until the end of his life that Handel showed signs of a frail person not able to continue on. Blindness was a severe blow to Handel's career being that the production of, in addition to revision of large-scale works was something that could no longer be done. Handel continued to do what he had executed all of his life and find new ways to stay relevant and current with the musical needs, and would so through the use of trusted friends that did most of the dictation work for Handel, however eventual total blindness departed Handel in such poor health that even that had to come to an end. It was finally on April 14, 1759 that Handel left his body form and thus was not the death of Handel, but was your birth of an enduring legacy of Handel on the musical styling's of what was to come.

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mvsas · 6 years ago

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Bloom's Chat, April 7, 2005. (4Kidz).

Host says: Bloom is just taking off her coat and getting settled in.

Host says: She'll be ready to answer questions in just a few mins.

Host says: Hey Bloom. Welcome to our first celeb Winx chat. We're so happy to have you here.

Bloom says: *Bloom* smiles and waves

Bloom says: Hi! It's great to be here

Host says: As you can see there's a bunch of people already here to ask you some questions.

Bloom says: That's awesome! I can't wait!

Host says: peggm11 has a question.

peggm11 says: How do you control your powers?

Bloom says: Well, I'm just learning right now!

Bloom says: Alfea classes are really helping though.

Bloom says: I have to concentrate a LOT!

Bloom says: It does get easier with practice though

Bloom says: It's really cool to hang out with the Winx at school too

fairycoolgirl says: Bloom do you think everyone has Winx?

Bloom says: Yes, it may not look like what they expect though

Bloom says: everyone has something magical deep inside them, and they have the power to make their dreams come true

Host says: chibimoonemem has a question for you Bloom

chibimoonemem says to WinxGirl99: Do you have a BEST friend out of your friends?

Bloom says: Well, I think all of the Winx girls are my best friends, but Stella has been my friend the longest, so I might be a little closer to her

WinxGirl99 says to Bloom: do you think i have winx?

Bloom says: I think everyone has magic inside them

nicole2005 says: What do you like the best about Alfea, Bloom?

Bloom says: Hmmm.. Well, I like hanging out with the rest of the Winx Club, and learning how to control my powers

WinxGirl99 says to Bloom: Why are there no boys at Alfea School Bloom?

Host says: Good question WinxGirl99!

Bloom says: Well, since it’s a boarding school, it can’t be co-ed. They just don’t seem to have co-ed boarding schools here

mewichigotomboy says: whos your favorite teacher bloom

Bloom says: Professor WizGiz is really funny, so I guess he might be my favorite.

WinxGirl99 says to Bloom: does that mean that there are no boy faries?

Hot chick says: SO HOWS PRINCE SKY

Bloom says: Well, there could be boys who are fairies -- there's a lot of realms

Bloom says: I just don't know where the boy fairies go to school!

Bloom says: Sky is great!

Bloom says: He's doing homework right now though!

Bloom says: I sent him a text message before I came -- so he says Hi!

lovetoshop78 says to Bloom: Bloom how did you feel when you found out you had Winx?

Bloom says: It was awesome and a little freaky at the same time. I'm glad Stella was there to let me know what was happening

Glam Gal says to Bloom: What's your fave spell, why, and how do you do it? Sorry if I ask too much, Bloom!!! I just would really like to know the anwser, 'specally cause yur my fave Winx Girl.

Bloom says: That's great -- thanks!

Bloom says: Well, I've got so many and I love them all --

Bloom says: I'm still learning them, so I guess I I don't have a favorite yet1

Glam Gal says to Bloom: Do you still like Sky, even though you found out he's not Brandon? Did you forgive him yet?

Bloom says: Yeah, I do.... and really, I like him for who he is. I was mad at first, but I like him for who he is

StarFairy999 says: will you take up the throne of sparx?

Bloom says: I'm still in school, and that's a little far away to think about right now -- I mean, I just found out that there was a kingdom called Sparx.

Bloom says: I'm trying to not rush things y'know

veisha says to Bloom: whats ur fave class bloom

Host says: These are really good questions everyone.

Bloom says: Hmmm…. Well let’s see, it kinda changes from term to term. I used to dread Metamorphosis, but that was because I had such a hard time, but now I really like it!

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: Cool. I was wodering if you would save the witches if they were ever in trouble?

Bloom says: Well, I probably would.....

Bloom says: it would be the right thing to do

Bloom says: plus, you never know, they could have a teeny tiny speck of goodness somewhere in there!

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: Did finding out you were roalty effect your daily life?

Bloom says: No -- not really! I still go to school, and still have the same friends! I guess it's different 'cause so many of the girls here are royalty too!

StarFairy999 says: Whats it like being away from your mom for so long? Mine is on vacation for 4 days and i dont know what to do i miss her so much

Bloom says: I miss my Mom tons!!!!!! It's really hard, but I've got an inter realm phone card now, so it makes it easier!

Bloom says: But I soooooooo miss her!

teddybleedstears says to Bloom: Bloom what was your fav thing that you did with the Winx Club?

Bloom says: Oh ... I would have to say I love hanging out in Magix .... and just doing spells

veisha says to Bloom: do you like having winx?

Bloom says: I do! It's really cool! And I'm so glad that I'm learning how to control it!

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: What's your favorite animal? Why?

Bloom says: Bunnies! Because of Kiko of course!

cecyangel says to Bloom: Bloom would you like to meet your birth parents?

Bloom says: Well, I have to say I am curious

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: What do you think of the message boards?

Bloom says: They are AWESOME! I think its so neat to hear what everyone thinks!

YRAM says: Is it hard keeping your powers secret when you come to earth to visit?

Bloom says: TOTALLY! It's hard to keep things hidden, but I'm glad that I can help my family with my powers.

nicole2005 says to Bloom: Why the Senior witches r after your powers?

Bloom says: They're looking for power anywhere they can get it. I heard a rumour outside the Hex Cafe that they want to rule the realms!

balto says: is it hard batiling witchis

Bloom says: Yes it is -- it takes a whole lot of energy and concentration. I wouldn't want to go for a run after doing battle!

cecyangel says to Bloom: are the other winx girls coming to chat with us?

Host says: I'll answer that one. We're actually in talks right now with the rest of the Winx girls.

StarFairy999 says: Will Merta be able to stay at Alfea with you girls? She is so nice! I'm sure you will all be great friends!!!

Bloom says: Yeah, Mirta is really nice (even when she is a pumpkin!). I think that she's going to try to transfer to Alfea next trem. I hope she'll be allowed!

Bloom says: opps -- I meant to say term

sephiroth says: remember the barrier around magix that kept your parents out? Exactly how does it know what is magical enough and what isn't?

Bloom says: I'm not really sure how that works! I'm just learning, but we haven't covered that in class yet!

softball94 says to Bloom: hey bloom does stella all ways act mean

Bloom says: No -- when she was acting all crazy and mean- it was because she was under a spell. She's really pretty nice, and she's a loyal friend.

shiara says to Bloom: do you and Rivin get along ok?

Bloom says: Well, we have our moments, but really, I think he's probably nice. I mean, all the rest of the guys like him. He can just have a bit attitude sometimes. But I guess that's normal....

winxqueen16 says: What is ur fave color?

Bloom says: I love all the colors, but right now I think teal blue is the bomb!

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: Do you consider yourself the leader of the group?

Bloom says: Well.... I don't know if I'm exactly the leader. We're a team!

linet273 says to Bloom: is it cool having powers

Bloom says: Yeah -- I think it's awesome!

winxqueen16 says: What is ur fav thing to o with ur powers.

Bloom says: Right now I love practicing, and sometimes I like making little magical presents for my friends

WinxGirl99 says to Bloom: Bloom i have a boy problem. .... How do i break up with my boyfriend??

Bloom says: ummm.. that's a tough one. Be direct, but kind. You have to let people know how you feel, and if you think you two are just growing apart, then say so. You can let people know how you feel without crushing them though.

honeycat193 says: what is your favorite thing about being a fairy Bloom?

Bloom says: well, I love the outfits! LOL!!!

Bloom says: But mostly, I love helping keep Alfea and my friends safe.

Host says: Hey all, just a reminder that we can't answer everyones questions, but we'll do the best we can. Keep up with the good questions though.

linet273 says to Bloom: how do you handel the witchs even if they keep attaching people

Bloom says: Yeah, they're pretty mean sometimes! But we all just do the best we can.

shiara says: Hey Bloom where you good at Math?

Bloom says: I'm working on it! But Tecna rocks with math!

Bloom says: I wish I could be as good as she is!

shiara says: Bloom are you good at Math?

softball94 says to Bloom: are there chat rooms offten

Host says: We'll try to have them as often as we can. Any other questions for Bloom.

cecyangel says to Bloom: can you change outfits when you are a fairy?

Bloom says: I haven't eve tried yet! Usually I'm super busy when I'm in my fairy outfit -'cause I wear it when I'm using my magic .

will says: what is the dragonfire exactly?

Bloom says: It seems to be my power...

Dream12 says to peggm11: Do you know any easy fire spells Bloom? I know I have a fire power, I just need spells........

Host says: Let's let Bloom answer that question.

Bloom says: I had some in my book in my room... but I can't think of one off the top of my head! Sorry! Fire power just comes naturally to me.

lrb98 says to Bloom: What's you favorite book Bloom?

Bloom says: Right now I’m pretty focused on learning more magic, so I’d have to say “Magic Basics: Simple Spells.”

will says: have you ever riden a dragon?

Bloom says: No I haven't. But I know the H&B boys have dragons and do dragon wrangling. I've never asked if they can actually be ridden!

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: Have you visited the Starbucks thread? It's hilarious! *dodges brick*

Host says: oh, no, not the brick dodgers!

Bloom says: No -- I haven't seen that one -- sounds dangerous though. LOL!!

cecyangel says to Bloom: Do you like Princess Diaspro Bloom ?

Bloom says: well... we ummmm... sorta got off on the wrong foot.

Bloom says: Bloom* blushes

Bloom says: I thought that she was one of the witches.

WinxGirl99 says to Bloom: what is your fave movie?

Bloom says: One I saw in Magix with the rest of the Winx Club “Melanie Fluff Power Princess.” It’s about this really cool princess who learns how to rule her realm with style from an older, wiser fairy. It’s got a great soundtrack, and there’s a prince in it who is a total hottie!

StarFairy999 says: What was your favorite adventure with the girls and/or guys?

Bloom says: It's really hard to pick a favorite, and stuff just keeps happening too!

Club WinxGirl says to Bloom: what do you think about Prince Sky

Bloom says: umm.. he's really sweet1

mg_winxclub says: Do you think the classes will be harder next year at Alfea?

Bloom says: I've heard some of the older girls talking in the halls, and I think they will be, but I think we'll be able to handle it -- if we study hard that is!

Club WinxGirl says to Bloom: i love the winx so much im there #1 fan..your my favorite Bloom

Bloom says: Thanks!!!

lrb98 says to Bloom: What's your favorite food?Mines Pizza.

Bloom says: Mine too! I love pizza with extra cheese!!!

Txdancer says to Bloom: can you tell muse hi for me

Bloom says: Sure!! I know she'll think that's cool!

chibimoonemem says to Bloom: Whose hair is the best of all your friends?

peggm11 says to Bloom: duh stellas

Bloom says: Oh - everyone has awesome hair. I really love Flora's actually, but Stella's is so shiny, and Musa's is perky....

Bloom says: Techna has such a cool do too!

Dream12 says to peggm11: Would you rather learn new spells, or hang out with the Winx Club in Magix all day?

Bloom says: Oh, that is hard! I love hangin' with my friends, but I also love to learn new stuff!

Bloom says: So ideally,I'd do half and half!

winx777 says: What does Stella use on her hair to make it shiny???

Bloom says: She's got something that Flora has made. Flora makes all kinds of fab potions to keep us looking great!

Bloom says: I don't know what it is called though...

Baby Lashantia says: what's your fave song

Bloom says: right now I've been listening to Searchin'

will says: in the blog entrys musa said when you went to vist red fountain she thought she saw one of the dragons bow a little to you .Is that true?

Bloom says: Yeah. I mean, it wasn't a huge bow or anything, but it was there.

Bloom says: It was really cool!

Host says: Does anyone have any more questions?

winx777 says: Is it true that honey works on your hair too?

Bloom says: That would be a question I'd have to ask Stella or Flora. But they have done a hair mask that smells kinda like honey!

lovetoshop78 says to Bloom: do you ever plan on getting your ears pierced

Bloom says: I haven't ever thought about getting my ears pierced. So maybe, if I'm older I might, but I might be able to just make magic earrings!

lrb98 says to Bloom: What's your favorite drink?Mines just plain water.

Bloom says: I love water too, and I like the herbal teas that Flora makes too! She has an awesome Chai mix!

lrb98 says to Bloom: Do you like Lions?

Bloom says: Yeah - Lions are pretty cool! I don't think I'd want one near Kiko though!

winx_girl_006 says to Bloom: What did you really love to do when you have some free time?

Bloom says: I love to go for a walk, hang out in my room or, best of all, call my mom on my inter realm phone card.

dramaqueen1 says: would u rather have winx or be normal and be with ur parents more?

Bloom says: Oh, I miss my folks so much, that sometimes I think about being normal again

Bloom says: But I'd have to say I really like being here, learning how to do good things with my magic powers

lrb98 says to Bloom: What's your favorite spell?

Bloom says: I've got tons of them that I like, so I don't have a favorite one of my own yet! I do like Musa's subwoofer blast though!

lovetoshop78 says: what's your least fav food?

Bloom says: ummm... well, y'know if you have salad for lunch, and it's been in your locker all day, and you remeber it after school - but it's all soggy?! THAT's my least favorite!

Host says: Two more questions. Then I'm sorry, Bloom needs to get back to Magix.

cecyangel says to Bloom: I just love your room how did you decorate it?

Bloom says: Some of it was already decorated when I got there, and then Flora and I came up with some stuff of our own to make it more personal.

lrb98 says to Bloom: If you had to chose between your friends or powers what would you chose?

Bloom says: I'd have to say .... my friends! They would always have to come first!

Host says: It was great to have you as a guest here Bloom. I'm really glad to have finally met you. I hope you can come chat with us again sometime.

Bloom says: Thank so much for having me! And thanks everyone for such great questions!

Bloom says: Bye!

Host says: we love you Bloom!

Bloom says: Bloom* smiles and waves goodbye

Bloom says: thanks!

Host says: Well, that was fun.

Host says: Bloom is just leaving now. I guess she has to rush to another event.

Host says: Ah, the life of a celeb.

Host says: I've just found out we'll be having another guest from Magix.

Host says: Flora will be in the studio on April 21st.

Host says: Same time, same channel. :)

Host says: We're now going to have about 15 mins of open moderated chat so you all can chat with each other.

Host says: Thanx everyone for such great questions!

#winx club #winxclub #winx #winxbloom

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safitheartist · 7 years ago

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Things I would do if I was to write a Talia comic in no particular order really.

-Have a arc where Talia investigates weird contridictions in her memorries.

-Have said Arc reveal that Ra's had been on and off brainwashing Talia the past decade or so, making her do the terrible thing she had done.

-Have Talia beat Ras. He'll be back but damn will it be satisfying.

-Have Talia distance herself from the league and start a new live as a teacher at Gotham Academy.

- Have her become the Detective Club's mom TM.

- Let her meet up with other bad ass moms on a regular basis.

-Let her keep being a advanture seaking badass who searches for magical artifacts and brings them to a save location.

-Kinda like Lara Croft.

-Let her room with Harley and Ivy for a while until she gets too frustrated and moves into the mannor and "No Bruce, I am not doing this because I couldn't handel it, they just kept inviting me into- wip that 'I told you so' face away or may Allah help you!"

-goes and drops Damian off at school with the helicopter. Appologizes to Jon for the 400's time. Leaves Lois another voice mail saying she is sorry for trying to kill her.

- Encorages Olive to pick the club activities she droped up again. Teaches her and Maps arab nursery rhymes and lulabays. Also gives them self defence lessons.

-"No Maps, dear. I can not teach you how to use a sword. I don't even own swords." *sword falls out of her bag* "That one is decorative."

- Have a running gag about her bringing people food. Like it's not even explained when she had the time to cook. She just always has a pretty decorated plate secured in the back seat of her car.

- Have her steal the batmobile to save her idiot students. (Maps offically declared her her favorite person that night).

-Batman:.......you threw it into the habor? Talia:.... the breaks were blocked. Batman:............trully the mother of our child.

- She fretts over her students being scared of her and tries really hard to be non threatening. Damian being the darling son he is wants to help.....the Gotham fire department would have chewed them out if Talia hadn't thrown one of them out of a burning building.

-She calls Maya once a day to ask her how she is.

-Shows up at Selina's with a tigger she rescued from a circus.

-She has a instargram now.

-It gets very popular.

- "Habibi, what is a meme?"

-Tim shoving Damian to the side, "We have so much to discuss."

- Whenever there is a female super villain there is the slight implication that she either already did sleep with said or that there is a very pressing sexual tension.

-She has tea with miss Mizuguchi once a week. She is also her psychologist now.

- Her and Pomoline's mother went to school together.

- She kick starts a CPS investigation for the Rivera house hold. She then takes Colton into foster care until Ivy and Harley offically adopt him because that's a great idea and yall been sleeping on it!

- She offically joines the Sierens for a while.

-She has to chose a alterego because she kinda has a private live now.

-There is a costume choice sequence where they just have some fun.

-She is like the most competitive bake sale mom. Lois meanwhile brings store brought cake to the bake sale because honestly? She is behind three deadlines, has been living on coffee and Clarks attempts at cooking and the money is mostly used for something useless like another wall painting rather then new school suplies.

-Super Moms team ups.

-She moves in next to Carrie Kelly when she finds a appartment. Little does she know that's where Damian hid Surren.

-Big mess. Surren still doesn't trust her but at least the only casulty was her couch. Damian is grounded.

-She becomes a big sister figure to Carrie.

-Acting group with her, Carrie, Katherine and Cass.

-She gets a game consol for Damian. She uses it more then him. She is lowkey embarrased about her enjoyment for the KH series.

-A ocassion where some character regards how cute her appartment is only to accidentally move a vase and all the walls turn over to reveal all the deadly weapons she has.

- A arc where she and Damian go to Tunis where her mother came from (rip this headcanon out of my cold dead hands)

-More fun stuff!

#talia al ghul #batfamily #gotham academy

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thestars-seem-outofreach · 6 years ago

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Okay now we come to the more problematic episodes, episode seven

I like that they took an episode to explain what happened on earth in the meantime, it was very Sam Holt focused as it was about him telling earth what's going on

Note: this was their chance to introduce Adam. You cant tell me that Shiro had a fiancé and Sam didn't go tell him that Shiro is alive. And did the clone not make a video. People out there saying that the clone is one to one shiro, even though his essence is not in it, why wouldnt he make a video for Adam. There were many ways to introduce him. He is also a very skilled pilot, instead of letting literal teenagers fly the most advanced ships making them the only ones to know how yo fly them once it comes to an attack. Adam could've been one of the pilots, people of Shiros time at the garrison, the best pilots? That would've been a great way to connect Shiro with Earth and us, too, with the flashbacks at the beginning of the season. Instead you let teens, this time knowingly, fight the most dangerous fight.

The garrison not being friendly is what we all saw coming, them not letting Sam go is no big surprise, Colleen is an angel.

Them having the audio of Zarkon and Pidge not finding it after going through most information considering kerboros is weird but not impossible.

Sam introducing the highest ranking to alien information was also important to the plot.

Note: 3/12 people are female as far as I could tell, one, the highest ranking has been instantly villanized

He informs them of the surviving team members and cateds

Again, someone could've told Adam, a teacher, significant other of the best known pilot St the garrison? Someone could've told him and he could've gone to talk to Sam about it

They introduce this bunch of teens that aren't even of higher rank, these are students. You are sending children into war. I don't want to say child soldiers, as pidge is, since I'm not hundret percent sure on their age, but they are definitely too young to be the only ones training to fight in the biggest of all wars.

The Holt's revealing the truth to the world was great. We got to see Hunk and Lances family know they are alive

Yet another note: how easy it would've been to introduce Adam here

I don't know how many female teachers they have but the only woman in power handeling the situation all wrong is yet somehow familiar in popular ways of portraying woman in position of power.

Also why did Sendak decide to go after earth, I can imagine many planets send out distress signals for voltron. Does he know Sam, does he know the paladins home planet, if he did he would've attacked earlier. You cant tell me they took the whole coalition and all the free planets back under their control when such a mess

This is where we slowly go downhill it seems

#voltron #season 7 #vld s7 #vld season 7 #vld spoilers #vld #adam #adam voltron #vld adam #shiro #sam holt #it would've been so easy to not be assholes #adam didn't deserve your treatment #episode per episode #adahsi #shadam #vld shadam

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human-trash-fire · 4 years ago

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I wish I could lock my house down like UA

These kids interviews were def not sus “yeah All Might has muscles and stuff supes muscly.”

The SLEEPINGBAG FLOP 🤣🤣🤌🏻🤌🏻 same Teach, same

A whole family of metal calves duuuuude

I have a feeling breaches will be a thing especially since they aren’t handeling this well

Iida is just so extra ™️ but I get it, every group needs a dad

HOLY SHIT METAL LEGS CAN FLY

Ughhhhhh Izuku you’re so fucking pure 🥺

I FOUND THIS GIF THEN ACTUKLY WATCHED IT AND ITS FUCKING HIM HAKAJSKAJAKAHS 🤣🤣🤣🤣

This yellow suit is a loooooooot but dat aaassssss All Might

Oh shit I didn’t even think about the villains coming for him to like eat all his hair and get his power

I love the *fist grab look off screen* internal monologue

Iiiiiiiiiiiida. You need a Xanny

I. Hate. “Naval Lazer” power it’s gross as hell

Space Hero 13 is like Big Hero 6 but with rain boots

“That man is the height of irresponsibility” 🥱

WHO THE FUCK IS THE BLACKHOLE BLUE HAIR CREEPy with face hands?!?!

.......Villains

I keep forgetting these kids are 15ish

Hand-face is supes not nice

At least all the villains are walking hella slow so they have time to just talk for 43 mins

TODOROKIIIIIIIIIIII: *excuse me let me just jump in to explain why y’all don’t know shit*

Super scarfffffffffff

Bruuuuuuih Aizawa (Aizawa?) Is a boss ass bitch

Oh shit yellow eyes put them in a space dome and shit them out everywhere

At least Deku can swim that’s good- oh crap Shar face-FROG GIRLL YESSSS

Not a huge fan of that tongue only bc it’s like big long

Also who is this short thing that looks like lumpy space princess from Adventure Time but is also mad sexist and creepy

“We’re all going to die” -🐸

I feel like the hand reach out is going to be a BIG theme

Like it’s always

Todoroki “you’re embarrassing”

I didn’t know the Momo chick could pull metal out of her arms that’s dope as hell

The principal is a MARSUPIAL

Ex CUSE me

What is this? Arthur?

Seriously I don’t like not knowing what he is

But I like that he is wearing Timbs

1A: getting shit on from the very beginning.... I feel like this only gets worse for them

I like this camo chick with the cotton candy hair and the face horn things she is adorable

Somebody knock this diaper kid out he. Is. Trash. I said what I said

Deku, Sue (?) and diaper balls looking at those punk asses in the water

Seriously diaper balls power 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Their faces when he is like “I just grow balls”

I can’t breathe

That staring bit has me fucking rolling

Oh shit titanic

They’re afraid of the balls 🤣🤣

To be faiiiiiiiir: this kid is like “we are kids” and that’s a valid fucking argument

“Act like Kacchan” *screams*

You throw them sticky balls boo

Seriously she licked awful high on his leg there, that’s a thing that happened like I don’t even like hugs 🤣

MORE BONES ARE BROKEN BROOOOOOO FIGURE IT OUT

No string bean- stop self sacrificing

Okay let’s be honest I already know this will be your thing

And that’s on trauma

Todoroki is a fucking STUD. Excuse me but I like spicy ice. BDE + Elsa vibes + way to smort= why is he just in baby class he seems smarter than everyone else

Bro he is torturing people for answers? I’m here for it

Radiohead is hilarious as fuck

He just straight up is like “I’m no help sry”

Does her costume have a book on her butt?

Also hilarious that her power is a fucking speaker and she is all stuck with the Radiohead: they’re the ravers. 100% they party big hard

Alright: tits out for heroes I guess

Denki (now I know ya name) love that he literally loses all ability to function after he palpatines people

Hand face’s voice is big creepy

His hair is his tell?! How unfortunate

STOP HAND FACE WE LIKE THAG TEACHER

Do not TOUCH HIS WENIS

oh SHITTTT NOOOOOO

What happened

His goggles are bloody

Oh no

Monologing always fucking monologing

13 nooooooo

WAIT IIDA DIDNT LEAVE YET? What a bitch move sir you’ve been what? Diddling your calves for the last 2 episodes?

Oh god Aizawa is all not okay

This No-whatever looks like a juiced up Skexies and I’m not cool with that

Kirishima and Bakugou out here doin werrrrrek

Then of course spicy trauma has to yell for no reason

PUT HIS ARM BACK ON THE RIGHT WAY

Literally how is he still conscious

The fucking strength

I’m getting Sirius black flashbacks

Yo bad guy hand face has a mouthful of a name I can’t remember it but he is super fuckingn not cool. Someone light this dude on fire plz

He is all scratchy and it’s creeping me out

Oh wait are the hands the bad guy using the body liek a puppet? Or is blue face one with the hand outfit? Like is it double evil or someone being used like a meat suit with powers?

The eye look sad

HE SAVED HER OMG THANK FUCK

Of course Deku in here breaking bones and sacrificing himself

SUCK IT HAND FACE

wait his arm HIS ARM HIS ARM HIS ARM

Waiiiiiiiiit

They can stop All Might powers

Hsnalahkasbkaajshka

Oh god oh god

Dad is here

The music 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

Also wait, now that they’re doing the flashback (sorry I’m a little tipsy) his arm is all rainbow different sparkles when it didn’t break so that is like when it’s good right?

These poor kids are in for so much trauma

They’re already crying and like now they just started this is like FIRST WEEK

Someone call a therapist plz

He saved himmmmmmssssss

Can I ship this?

All Might and Aizawa

Am I allowed or nah

Wait he covers his face always? No who aarrreeeeee you

Who is this “Father” ???

That peace sign was oddly reassuring but I know it’s a trick

CAROLINAAAAAA

West virginiaaaaaaa

This fight is causing me stressaassss

Slowly gouge out his flesh? That’s metal

Where are the rest of the class???? Like they’ve forgotten them for this whole ass two episodes basically

Jesus Izuku has so much fucking stress on his shoulders and he has only eaten one of the hairs

Go save your dad green bean

NOOOOOOO

His ribs oh gooooofds

He BETTER NOT FUCKING DIE

Mon O Log ING STOPPPPO

SOMEONE SAVE DEKU

He needs BACKUP y’all

HELLP

BAKUGOUUUUUUUUUUUUU YESSSSSS

Woke up all my dogs

TODOROKIIIIIIIII

These three give me lifeeee

GINGER TEETH

I am SCREAM

I’m kinda hard for this ice power

Haven’t heard the word bastard so many times since GoT

I hope they become BroTP

Bakugou is so fucjing smortttttt

Brain bird is big mad

EEWWWWWWWWWW

DO NOT BURT THESE BOYZ YOU FUCKING MEAN CHICKEN

Shiiiiiit all might is like really not doing well

Deku shouldn’t be given secrets he is garbage at them

Like could he be more obv

DO NOT TOUCH THE CHILDS

Super punch to hella stress music

This

Epic

He yeeted him through the Ozone

300 mighty blows

THE END?!?! What

I don’t watch anime, like with the exception Yuri on Ice once/ being in the room when it’s on, I never have.

So anyways I started My Hero Academia solely because I saw some dope fanart for characters and was like “okay I’ma try it.”

I have no clue what it’s about but here are my reactions: (will add to this in reblog was I go)

This green haired kid makes me sad- stupid foot bone

Wow mom not cool

Eww the blonde kid is an asshole

How many names do they all have?!

Is that the captain America guy? He looks like such a tweaker

Oooooooooo secret time

Shit someone save the mean kid I like him for no reason whatsoever

Green goo monster is real wack

SECRET POWER MONTAGE

Pollution is shitty, pick up your trash fools

HE EATS A HAIR. ohhhhhh this feels very Ed Gein

Go little green haired twink gooooo

Oh sheiiiiiit he is like not doing great

I don’t like the magic belly button idk why but it freaks me out

Metal calves is a little much. Someone give that boy a sedative

Oh shit. On NOOOOOOO

Also metal calf’s with the look and run- what a duck move

Save the nice mouse girl!!!!

Oh crap sauce he broke his whole shit! Like floppy legs and everything

He has to get in tho bc like that’s the whole point of being a main character THEY BETTER LET HIM IN AJAKAJSKAJAKA

HE HAS BEEN SQUEEZING HIS GRIPPIES FOR LIKE A YEAR GIVE HIM HIS ACCEPTANCE MOTHER FUCKERS HE AMA ✨pure✨

Yo this teacher just rolling up looking high as shit in a sleeping bag is a whole ass mood™️ like same bro. If I could I’d live in a sleeping bag

that scarf is chill

Sirius Blck vibes for no reason

Wooooooooooab expelled?! He might be less cool than I thought

Oooof this is painful, like Izuku is so sweaty all the time but also like much smol bean. Feel deep need to protect

Still really like this Bakugou dude- idk why. Maybe it’s the damage 🤣

All Might out here flexing for 3hrs a day with the muscles but like what does he do for his other classes? Does he not have any

Diggin the costumes

Except why he look like the energized bunny tho. It’s supes cute his mom made it but also

Seriously Bakugou looks legit as fuck

What’s up with that half and half hair kid I’ve seen in all the art? He looks like someone glued cotton puffs to his body. I don’t like this outfit

How is anyone this optimistic?

Of COURSE they have to fight each other bc plot

Woah man, I’m like into grenade hands but this seems harsh

DO NOT SHOOT THE BOY YOU CLEARLY HAVE MIXED FEELINGS FOR ITS RUDE

holy FUCK

Toasty handz done lost his fucking shit

That attack tho was clutch with the timing

Half and half hair guy- like I literally watched this show bc someone made cool art of you and you’ve said one sentence

But you still have potential

When you ditch the marshmallow outfit also what’s your power quirk thingy

Also this bird faced dude and frog girl I’m kinda confused by

Woooooah metal calf’s taking this real serious™️ and that’s on type A personality shit

Running running running

I feel like team hero would be all like that but one of them is barfing rainbows and little Izuku is straight up *le dead*

Yo, the nurse lady with the kisses is gon get so tired of his ass

Me @my partner in the other room “DOES HE EVER STOP BREAKING SHIT OR IS HE A ONE HIT WONDER FOREVER?!”

Apparently it takes ✨patience✨ he got swole In like one episode and now? Like 8 broken bones

How am I on episode 8?

This theme music was annoying but now I’m dancing in my room because okay then

shoot spicy hands is in trouble- like idk why I like him? Is it because I like toxic problem children with deep seeded issues?

And also why does he feel like he is secretly not with the straight

Is everyone going to be straight? The art I saw promised the gay- it’s why I’m here

Okay- Momo whoever you are: nice boobs but that BRAIN THO

Up next: a guy with 9 arms and an invisible girl

Like the fur hood but on the shoulder it’s a ✨statement piece✨

Replicate any body part?

YO ICY TWO-HAIR IS HERE

seriously what is this tin foil

ELSA

he speaks

Yooooooo he froze the whole ass fucking building that’s on BDE

Oh shit the tail. Did NOT see that coming

oh nooo WHAT HE HAS HOT HNDS TOOOOOOO

Bakugou about to be big mad

Todoroki (had to look up spelling) this dude is awesome

Elbow tape?

This spiked haired ginger with the bane mask and sharp teeth seems real excited about life

“No major injuries except for my adopted son who is a walking disaster”

*Cough cough * tweaker dads back- this answered my teaching question tho

“Already a regular patient” 🤣🤣🤣 she is like Edna mode sized nana

I feel like this is foreshadowing that only 4 peeps know he ate a magic musketeers hair

I really need to sleep but homie still in the hospital so I can’t

“Choke me with his scarf” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

#Friendsssssss

Jesus metal calves needs a fucking drink idgaf if he 12 he looks 42 and gives me stress

Oh no, Bakugou is big pouty. Come back bro- y’all can kiss and make up it’s fine. Without you there is no plot

NO HE ISNT GOONG TO TWLL HOM NO NO NO

Jesus fucking shit fire he just barfed that info out on the floor

Pro Tip: don’t tell this kid shit

Friends to Enemies to super enemies to......?????

Yo number one hero or big villain energy? Regardless I stan your problematic ass

DAD’S BACK

#HeroSpeechTime

Yo no COME BACK FOOL

“Kee chasing after him” there is NO WAY this munchkin is straight

#my hero academia #mha #first time watching #live reaction #midoriya izuku #todoroki shōto #katsuki bakugou #all might

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Oh, SNATS!

Soprano Theodora Nestorova ’18 is certainly not new to campus. She is a fourth-year student in the conservatory, preparing to graduate next spring with a major in vocal performance and a minor in musicology. But even last year, as a junior, Nestorova was learning of on- and off-campus resources she’d been missing out on. When she stumbled upon Student NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), she was inspired to create a student chapter at Oberlin Conservatory. Fast forward to today, and OC SNATS (Oberlin Conservatory Student National Association of Teachers of Singing) has been providing singers on campus with performance opportunities, educational experiences, and exposure to compelling guest technicians and musicians for an entire year. Though Theodora is about to graduate and head off into the professional world of music, she sees a bright future for OC SNATS. (The organization is hosting a body mapping residency with Dr. Melissa Malde ’84 September 15 and 16 in Stull Recital Hall—keep scrolling to learn more!)

What first inspired you to make music? What has your Oberlin experience looked like? I have been singing ever since I can remember. At age 5, I started playing piano and I used to sing my piano pieces instead of playing them when I practiced; that's when I knew I wanted to be a singer. As a young soprano, I performed Oberto in Handel’s Alcina with Oberlin Opera Theater in spring 2016 and Amore in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with Oberlin in Italy in summer 2016. In January 2017, I participated in Emmanuel Music’s The Bach Institute in Boston, MA, which sparked my love for and current work within Baroque music. This past May 2017, I went on tour with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble under Maestro Tim Weiss at the NYC Bang on a Can 30th Anniversary Concert, which was also an incredible experience. What inspired you to start a Student NATS chapter at Oberlin? When I was working as a Student Laboratory Assistant one day in the Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center, I was looking through Professor Emeritus Richard Miller's materials, and came across a National Association of Teachers of Singing Journal. The NATS organization is well-known across America, but I wasn't aware of the opportunity for Student NATS Chapters until I spoke with my voice professor and advisor, Lorraine Manz. Brainstorming with her, I was surprised to find that Oberlin didn't have one and realized what great opportunities this could provide for the student body. In September 2016, I gathered a group of fellow voice majors who were interested in education, and we formed the first Oberlin Conservatory Student National Association of Teachers of Singing Chapter.

What are some of the activities you aim to offer our students? Other than exposing students to guests that aren't a regular part of our curriculum, last year, we began Peer Performance Practice Nights, monthly gatherings for voice majors from all studios to come together in a supportive environment with their colleagues and provide a performance simulation experience. This event arose with high demand to provide a safe place to practice the art of performing. We are continuing this series this year, with a special, fun themed one in December! Also, we organize activities to bring together the vocal department, including screenings of master classes, operas, and concerts, and non-musical related events to build community! In the high-achieving, high-pressure environment of being a singer at Oberlin, we hope to alleviate some stress and bring together students to rekindle passion for what we all love to do. Who is welcome? ALL are welcome! We don't just aim to serve the vocal studies division, we extend the invitation to our entire vocal community within Oberlin—anyone in the college is welcome.

How does the work you do with NATS play a role in your life as a voice major? I have a special interest in education and vocal pedagogy, and forming SNATS has really compelled me to be more in tune with the student body and given me a better perspective for what is out there in voice teaching today. Classical singing is a multifaceted art, so I believe that, for developing singers, exposure to different aspects of singing is crucial. I have learned a lot about arts administration through running the organization, helping me learn even more about the business of singing. I am looking forward to the lessons to take away this year from Dr. Melissa Malde's upcoming Body Mapping Residency, and hopefully many more such events! What exactly is "body mapping" and how can it be beneficial to singers/musicians? What are the goals of this weekend’s residency? I first found out about Dr. Malde from the "Teaching of Singing" class, taught by Professor Lorraine Manz, actually! Ms. Manz handed out some excerpts from Dr. Malde's book, What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body, and after taking Ms. Manz's suggestion, we contacted Dr. Malde. Body Mapping is the conscious correcting and refining of one's body map to produce efficient, graceful, and coordinated movement. The body map is one's self-representation in one's own brain, one's assumptions or conception of what one's body is like, in whole or part. Many musicians are aware of body techniques to eliminate tension and strain such as the Alexander Technique, but Body Mapping is a bit more individualized, which is great for singers, since we all have a unique construction. The goal of this weekend is to expose students to a different method which hopefully can be taken back to the practice room, lessons, and performances with positive effects on vocal technique and body awareness!

What are some of your goals for NATS? Are there any NATS chapters that you're inspired by? Have you been to any NATS events outside of Oberlin?As a student organization, we aim to extend the range of vocal knowledge and provide unique resources and opportunities to the wider community. We work to listen to suggestions and thoughts of our community and are committed to doing as much as we can to serve those members and ideas. This year, our goal is to make SNATS available as a resource to all interested students in Oberlin. The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music SNATS Chapter has offered some wonderful and engaging events in the past that serve as inspiration to us. Like most young singers, I have competed in the NATS Regional Competitions for many years, but I also had the pleasure of attending the Boston National NATS Conference in 2014, where I saw great lectures and participated in excellent workshops. How can interested vocalists join OC SNATS? Everyone and anyone is welcome to attend our open meetings (which we hold once a month on Sundays from 7:30-8:30 PM in Robertson 308). Just bring your love of singing and ideas! The public can find us on our Facebook Page, where we publish the dates of our open meetings and other information about events at facebook.com/OCSNATS

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