#the only correct Scott Summers tbh

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XMENTALITY: X-Men Evolution S01E12+13 - The Cauldron

(These two last episodes of season 1 are the same story in two parts, so I'm covering them together.)

SUMMARY: Toad attacks Jean out of the blue, then when Jean bests him, is kidnapped in a metal ball. Meanwhile in Hawaii, Alex Summers's powers manifests, alerting Cerebro. However, Magneto finds him first and invites him to his new base, Asteroid M. Left behind when Xavier and Wolverine take Scott to go fetch his bro, the rest of the X-kids decide to go to the beach, where they are attacked by the Brotherhood, while Mystique takes on Storm, Sabretooth takes on Wolverine, and Magneto kidnaps Xavier. The winners of the battles are taken to Asteroid M as well: Avalanche, Quicksilver, Blob, Rogue, and Storm. Alex convinces Scott to join Magneto on his own, shocking Xavier before Magneto puts him into a sleep pod thing. The losers of the battles (Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Spyke, Toad, Mystique, and Wolverine) all head to Asteroid M to save the others, or in Mystique's case, to get revenge because she doesn't like being rejected. On the asteroid, Magneto explains that he's built a machine to advance mutant abilities, but doesn't reveal it also brainwashes you until after Scott and Alex go through it. The losers show up to Asteroid M and a grand battle ensues. The X-Men and Brotherhood all flee. Jean is able to snap Scott out of his brainwashing just in time for them to escape too, and they use their powers to blow up the asteroid. With the destruction of the mutant enhancement machine, everyone reverses back to normal.

Toad honestly thought he had a chance fighting Jean, LMFAO.

Amazing that this show makes me not hate Alex. This version of him is actually alright. It's also pretty rare to see a character with explicit chronic pain like he has in the show. "My joints are on fire. I've been to a bunch of doctors, but nobody could tell me what it was." I think that's probably relatable to a lot of people.

Scott's first reaction to finding out Alex is alive is, of course, blaming himself for not knowing. I feel like this is really in character for him.

Somehow Kitty knows that they're going to find Alex, even though Scott was only just told before they left? So I'm wondering, does that mean Xavier literally told everyone before telling Scott? WTF, would not put it past him.

Imagine how different things may have gone with Scott, had Xavier told the kids anything about Magneto beforehand. Yet again, the secret-keeping endangers everyone.

Mystique doesn't even flinch to Kurt calling her mother. That's one cold-hearted bitch, I love her.

You know who else is a cold-hearted bitch? When Wolverine asks Xavier "what about the boys" in reference to them abandoning Scott and Alex, his response is just "they'll do what they must" and rolls on by. I hate him.

Speaking of, I find it hysterical that Havok and Cyclops are transformed into these grown men, but they still have voices like they're teenagers. And I love the part where Magneto says "let's see the colour of your eyes" to Scott, and then he takes off his glasses and it's just black dots.

Magneto is so fucking dramatic, and I feel the need to say that with every sway of his cape, every clenched fist, every smirk. I adore him.

The ending gets me so bad. Scott apologies for "making bad choices" and Xavier corrects him, saying "more like misinformed choices." BITCH, YOU ARE AT LEAST 50% TO BLAME FOR THAT! FUCKING TELL YOUR STUDENTS THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE AGAINST FOR A CHANGE! YOU SHOULD BE APOLOGIZING TO SCOTT!

Ugh, but this is one of my favourite Scott-centric plots in the entire show TBH, because it humanizes him so much. He's so intense about being the perfect model leader in Xavier's eyes, seeing him question Xavier for even a moment, seeing him switch sides for even a moment, is so good.

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What are your headcanons for British Columbia?

ok so disclaimer here is that i’m a fake british columbian even though i kind of sort of live there, i live on the island and the majority of my bc friends are from the coast and not the interior so most of what i can say about the interior is ‘i have driven through it a lot’ but i’ll do my best.

- on that subject bc is like… layers of depth that most people don’t see. lots of people just brush her off as a flaky ditz who is never paying attention to the rest of the country but i seriously feel she’s got a lot of Depth and a lot of spiky barbed inner monologues. She’s really geographically and emotionally impenetrable and doesn’t really let you in on what she is thinking or will do something unpredictable.

- like i don’t think people really get how contradictory bc is? its a climate of extremes that has a reputation for being mellow, its a place that is “liberal” where the Liberals are in reality worse than the alberta pcs (LOL WHAT AN ELECTION I TELL YOU), it’s a place that’s one of the resource-richest provinces in the country that makes it impossible for its own citizens to afford… etc. I think a lot about things like this when I think about how her personality works- she’s not necessarily finicky, she’s layered.

- bc has a reputation for being different than the rest of canada and its absolutely true. like as the second most western province we still tend to think of ab/sk and maybe mb depending on our mood as ‘western canada’ and bc as ‘and bc’. She’s the sort of person who Always goes her own way and makes her decisions on her own, she’s more outward looking than the others for sure.

- worst driver. Hands down. Terrible. everyone blames AB for it but it’s her, the only thing ralphie is worse at is parking. 

- if she can’t see the mountains she feels naked and exposed and can’t stay too far out of sight of the mountains or she goes Nuts

- she probably lives in a relatively modern and expensive house- everything is immaculate, she has a lot of interesting artefacts and souvenirs around her house, her garden is manicured and perfect and everything smells like cedar but it also gives you the distinct impression that no one actually lives there. Looks more like a gallery because she’s trying to support local (esp indigenous) artists. no basement. cute car port and shed rather than a garage.

- she finds emotional attachments really Difficult. like it’s just genuinely hard to tell whether she likes you or not because she can be kind of backhanded or condescending even when she’s expressing genuine fondness. She makes a huge deal about being a romantic place but doesn’t really fall for anyone easily, either she gets bored or she doesn’t want to lose a friendship or w/e

- like for someone who makes a big deal about being compassionate for animals and nature she really doesn’t feel that much compassion for people- or rather, when she does it’s not easy for her to express to them

- There’s an ongoing joke that BC stands for “Bring Cash” and its absolutely true. If you want a chance with her/to impress her you have to spend like you mean it. Its not that she’s high mainten- yes she is definitely high maintenance

- Makes a big deal out of being interesting and fun but when she’s at home alone she just sits around in her underwear under a huge pile of blankets/a snuggie and watches the Beachcombers. possibly while high.

- ‘is this matcha’ ‘does it have matcha in it’ [pouring sugar in her tea] ‘matcha is like… sooo good for you… i don’t even [pouring milk and honey in her tea] like this is just so refreshing you know [more sugar]

- you know that scene in scott pilgrim where ramona reads out her entire tea cupboard to him and some of them sound made up, that���s bc. come to think of it she really is a manic pixie dream girl but one who is merciless and apathetic and could probably easily wreck you

- tea snob, the sort of person who is like ‘coffee is like so bad for you it stresses you out man’ but also a coffee snob who can’t wake up in the morning without it so its a lose-lose situation for you

- definitely volunteered with greenpeace in the 70s lol

- ‘ya i live in vancouver’ - actually lives in like PoCoMo or whatever

- once called the spoiled child of confederation and she hasn’t let that go, she probably has it embossed on a trophy somewhere in her giant collection of trophies that she has on display in the fame gua of her perfect feng shui living room

- she only makes a big deal out of ‘canadian’ things when it makes her money, she actually feels very cut off from the rest of the country but will Always appear immediately when there is a competition of any kind because she’s The Best.

- grew up extremely fast. in my mind she represents ‘ (lower) mainland bc’ while the island i represent with victoria as shorthand- they had to move in together to save money and both of them really dragged their feet about it. She’s still kind of wary about the island ditching for independence again but doesn’t REALLY take it seriously. Is the youngest of the provinces but does her best not to act like it.

- actually super confrontational like she will be doing yoga on a rock as the tide is coming in and be One With The Universe and you could be walking past her and say ‘actually vancouver’s kind of overrated’ and she will dive in the ocean and rise out of the water covered in sea onions and seaweed and barnacles like a horror movie and be like “wHaT dId YoU SaY AbOuT mE!”

- exactly the sort of person to get a tattoo in another language that vaguely is correct but actually grammatically Off like… you grow up with people like Amor de Cosmos and this is what you get

- not actually gluten or lactose intolerant, just likes being morally superior (’and like… almond milk just tastes better yknow more wholesome’)

- that person who always ends up with people mooching off her or crashing at her place- she doesn’t actually mind too much, she’s just frustrated that people only seem to come bother her when it’s convenient for them. But she doesn’t like to admit when she’s feeling lonely so i mean… xD

- also really into ghosts and spooky things. she goes along with bert/yk to hunt sasquatsch and externally rolls her eyes the whole time but tbh she has honestly seen sasquatsch like 10 times and has all the blurry photos to prove it. Same with ogopogo. 

- goes into woowoo new age stores and spends hours looking at tarot decks and crystals and incense. judges you based on your astrological signs.

- has proposed moving in with kate like 3 times but gets rejected every time lmao

- firm believer that tea solves everything. emotionally compromised? hot leaf juice. emotionally compromised during summer? cold leaf juice. eat an entire fruit. eat ten fruits. decorate with kale. eat the decorative kale. got herbs? make rosemary tea. stain all your dishes yellow and make turmeric tea. literally down an entire jar of capers, idgaf. 

- she likes to make her backpack as heavy as she can, blast her own music so everyone can hear it, then schlep it all up a mountain. set everything down and turn it off, sit high up and alone with her little hibachi grill and eat salmon, watch the ravens. paint something on a giant leaf. smoke a joint. look at the ocean. whatever. 

- i think exercise is her replacement for emotionally connecting with people. she rides her bike white knuckled through the rain up a hill and loses feeling in her fingers and zooms back down. Pushes herself to adrenaline rush, always trying to get better, better. 

- i say a lot about her not really connecting with people but at the same time shes the sort of person that… when you’re in crisis mode and you’re under a literal or a figurative avalanche, she will spot you, grab you and pull you straight up out of it with one arm by the scruff of your neck. She’s actually really generous at heart but has just become kind of closed off after being taken advantage of too many times. Will take you home and dry you off and make a big meal for you and wait for you to tell her what’s wrong.

- I don’t know if she actually owns a boat-boat, but definitely kayaks a lot. long boards. surfs.  

- hates BC ferries with an unholy passion, like… that’s a way to trigger a rant right there

- slaps I

- her low tolerance for cold is exaggerated. her high tolerance for cold + wet should be Feared. 

- has her hidden rednecky side. makes a big deal out of being vegan and w/e but does go hunting and dirt biking once in a while, knows her way around a stick shift etc. Dunno if she really drives that much - probably has invested in electric cars before but kind of dissatisfied with how much she can actually do with them re: steep hills, roadtrips, etc. 

- has had to deal with a lot of paranoia, racism, etc in the past that she struggles to reconcile. really learning to take pride in herself again, i think she’s chinese/british, yeah but there’s also some first nations heritage too that factors into her mixed identity. 

- in official positions she might skip french and go straight to mandarin/canto if the job is bilingual, not that she doesnt like french she just Forgets xD. 

i feel like i’ve been talking all day so i’ll stop there but feel free to ask for elaboration or something i guess

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"Top prioritiy for Lawwell", "Disaster of an idea" - Lots of Celtic fans react to exit report

Celtic fans have been reacting on Twitter following a report by the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday that suggested that midfielder Tom Rogic is a target for English Premier League clubs Leicester City and Southampton, with a subsequent story in The Daily Record suggesting he has a £15m price tag on his head.

The 26-year-old attack-minded player has enjoyed another impressive season for the Scottish Premiership champions, scoring eight goals and providing a further nine assists in 41 appearances in all competitions.

Those stats have come despite the fact the Australia international missed a large chunk of the campaign with a knee injury, returning shortly before Brendan Rodgers left for the Foxes.

Now it appears he wants to be reunited with him at the King Power Stadium, with the Sydney Morning Herald indicating he could fetch up to $37 Australian dollars (£20m).

However, The Daily Record places his valuation at £5m less than that amount.

Controversial. Uncompromising. Leader. C’mon the Hoops’ Keith talks the future of Celtic’s evergreen captain Scott Brown in the video below…

Celtic supporters have been quick to have their say on the exit rumour ahead of the Old Firm derby against Rangers this weekend, and while one “selling Rogic for £15m is a disaster of an idea”, another said “keeping him at Celtic should be a top priority for Lawwell”.

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…

[TRANSFER RUMOUR]

Tom Rogic is rumoured to be gaining interest from both Southampton and Leicester City.

Celtic would only accept offers in the region of over 18m for the midfielder.

Hope this one isn't true…. 😩🍀 pic.twitter.com/riZev5Nm2A

— Celtic News & Transfer Rumours (@RumoursCeltic) May 7, 2019

Noooooo ☹️?

— Rp1888 (@Rp18881) May 7, 2019

25m at least

— Stefan Slim (@Caligularised) May 8, 2019

Reports in Australia claim to suggest that Leicester City and Southampton are lining up a summer bid to take Tom Rogic to the Premier League.

I wouldn't worry too much though as the Sydney Herald are reporting a bid of up to £20M which tbh I just can't see happening. pic.twitter.com/R5GHfYJqig

— Celtic FC Fans & News 🍀 (@Celtic1888News) May 8, 2019

Reports that Leicester & Southampton eying a move for Rogic & we've slapped a price tag of £15m – £18m on the big man. Should NOT be sold. He's contracted until 2023 — keeping him at Celtic should be a top priority for Lawwell. HH 🍀 pic.twitter.com/Dd6hmhGEE2

— Rogic Lifetime Contract CSC (@sellik88) May 8, 2019

Not for sale

— Seán McCusker (@SeanOg_1) May 8, 2019

Absolutely love the bloke but would 100% take 15m+ for rogic. Bloke can't play more than 60 mins and is way too injury prone and inconsistent. No way he makes it in the prem though with his stamina

— Shane Kelly (@67ShaneKelly88) May 8, 2019

Aye ok let’s sell Rogic and bring in Gary Hooper 🤣

All joking aside we have a huge pivotal summer ahead. Lawwell has to strengthen the team and get in the correct man. Selling Rogic for £15m is a disaster of an idea

— Michael (@Michael_T89) May 8, 2019

Big Tam Rogic is not going to EPL. He’s not fit enough.

— LawrieBhoy ☘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Lorbobo1) May 8, 2019

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2017 Rap I Love so Far

Below is a list of tracks that have released in 2017 that I have enjoyed and a little understanding of why I enjoy these tracks and why you should check them for yourself.

1.5 XO Tour Lif3 – Lil Uzi Vert

I love this song. You really feel the bass hitting in this song, another thing about this beat that I think goes unacknowledged is the small “check” like sound layered right above the bass in the beat. Lil Uzi’s singing is actually decent in the song. It’s very easy to just lose yourself in the spacey vibes this beat produces.

If anything hurts this song, it’s more likely the content of this song. The chorus of this song talks about a woman who is hurt or himself and it deviates from that as it goes on and barely backs it up through the rest. In the first verse he speaks on it a little with lines like, “My Brittany got mad, I'm barely her man now.” Then directly follows with “Everybody got the same swag now.”

https://soundcloud.com/liluzivert/15-xo-tour-llif3

Kill Jay-Z – Jay Z

I think this is probably my favorite or second favorite track from this album. I have been debating whether I enjoy this, 4:44 or Marcy Me more. I enjoy all of them for almost the same reasons. What makes this track for me is Jay Z. What makes me love this track is Jay’s ability to make seem like he is not only talking to/about someone else but to himself as well. I also do not think this track is what many people believe it to be. Lastly, I love the subtle shot at Future, it’s as if it just snuck into a line of waiting people and no one noticed it at first. “In the Future, other niggas playin' football with your son”

Equalizer – Denzel Curry

I think recently I have just been infatuated with the Florida scene and that leads to Denzel Curry’s recent Ep drop 13. It’s almost as if they have their own metal rap or industrial rap, it’s not death grips though.

I like the way this track just starts it’s self almost as if it’s a riots starting especially with the first few lines Denzel says, “Equalizer, synthesizer, Ultimately, I will brutalize ya, I got the shit that could take out New York, I do not fuck with the population” I also really love the heavy bass it just puts that energy in your back. I would just check out this entire project tbh. I am indifferent about the Ronny J feature I’d probably just like a second verse from Curry.

https://soundcloud.com/denzelcurryph/denzel-curry-equalizer-demo-produced-by-ronny-j

Lil Purrp – Different Color Molly

This is another rapper from the Florida scene doing good things right now. The vibe of this song is what makes me like it so much. Lil Purrp isn’t really saying much in this song it’s clearly a flexing song with lines like, “Look at the diamond they dance (what)” but it’s way more on the mellow side of flexing it’s not really heavy and in your face. The chorus almost sounds like something Travis Scott would produce and let me tell you I am a La Flame Fiend (we will get to that soon.) It’s a nice listen check it out.

https://soundcloud.com/smokepurpp/different-color-molly

 A Man and Green & Purple ft Playboi Carti – Travis scott

Now I am a Travis Scott fiend. I can definitely say he is my favorite artist out right now. I just love his energy and beats and sometimes he even has great stuff to say in these tracks. Unfortunately, this is one of those times where I do not feel like he is saying much: A man is about him just being a man with a double entendre of the phrase A man to be used as Amen. Green & Purple is similar in which the first verse he is speaking about a Girl and helping her out with several things or getting her to do several things, the second verse I am unable to decipher. The Playboi Carti feature is dam near perfect he doesn’t say much either. I love these songs very much because they are dark and it’s just what I need, they aren’t as dark as an Antidote or Goosebumps but I will take it and am awaiting Travis’ next project patiently.

https://soundcloud.com/travisscott-2/a-man

https://soundcloud.com/travisscott-2/green-purple

 Slide ft Frank Ocean and Migos – Calvin Harris

I was super skeptical when I heard that there was a Calvin Harris track with Frank Ocean and Migos on it. MIGOS? The Migos whom are known for making heavy and dark trap music but they fit on this track perfectly, I would even argue they just as good on the track as Frank Ocean. I will say that there are parts in Frank Ocean’s verse that I do not enjoy his singing.

I think Offset is the shining star of this song though, I love the way he enters the song “whoop whoop whoop, OFFSET!” I also wish Takeoff got a verse on this song (another song where he is left off, and yes you look left off Bad and Boujee.) It’s just a really nice funky/R&B groove layered with rapping. From this album also check out the Don’t Quit and Cash Out track especially Cash Out wew lad such fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ee4QjCEHHc

XXX – Kendrick Lamar

I am simply in love with this track. Just a magnificent track if you ask me, there are some issues with it though. First off I love how Kendrick just sets up the rest of this track with the first few bars in the first verse. Identifying the mindset of black men and then all of a sudden it ramps up with him telling the story of how his friend found out they killed his son because of “insufficient funds” then asks Kendrick for advice. Ooooo weeeee this track is just amazing in the first half the second half is where it kind of dies off I am indifferent of the U2 feature I can currently think of anyone better to fill that role it does seem a little forced. I also wish he would have just kept going harder for just as long as it dies down.  

http://stereoday.com/kendrick-lamar-xxx-feat-u2/

Submission ft Danny Brown and Kelela – Gorillaz

The Interlude right before this track and this track are set up perfectly. I also love the wacky sounds that come out of this beat it is very techno like. It’s a sound that I would love to hear more of with the correct rappers on it and for this track I think Danny Brown was great. I do think his voice though overtakes this track he is very boisterous when he comes on, Kelela vibes well in her part then almost makes me wonder if you had a voice that was just as boisterous’ as Danny Browns like a Beyoncé on the track would It be even better. I will say that the guitar strums in the middle of the chorus are annoying along with the fading beat as soon as Danny browns verse starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTVebUPyQqg

Met Gala ft Offset – Gucci Mane

OOOOOooooo WEEEEEeeeee this track is a flex song of the summer for me, Not going to lie my jaw dropped when I first heard this. First off salute to Offset for absolutely killing this track for about 2 minutes’ straight, the chorus and verse are amazing for the purpose the serve. Second, salute to you MetroBoomin sit this beat is crazy and beautiful, that bass wew lawd. Unlike Lil Purrp’s Different Color Molly Gucci mane and Offset want you to know they are flex kings and better than you from the beginning to end, top to bottom, left to right. With lines Offset give that compare Pac and Biggie to himself and Gucci, “Me and the Wop, Biggie and Pac (Wop), But we so different, we keepin' the Glock (bow).”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTh2A7GavZQ

 Honorable Mentions:

Magnolia – Playboi Carti

4 Am ft Travis Scott – 2 Chainz

745 – Vince Staples

Rain Come Down – Vince Staples

Love Galore ft Travis Scott – SZA

Doves in the Wind – SZA

Weekend – SZA

ELEMENT – Kendrick Lamar

DNA – Kendrick Lamar (The video for this is cray too)

OMG ft Pusha T – Vic Mensa