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raysources · 6 months ago

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𝐈𝐍 & 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 — a collection of one - liners taken from the 1997 film , in & out. slightly edited for clarity. change pronouns as necessary. happy pride! 🏳️‍🌈

was he really cute?

he was an iguana.

nice try, you moron. you loser, get out of here.

you look exquisite.

isn't she a knockout?

it's going to be the happiest day of my life.

we spent the whole year reciting romeo and juliet to each other.

he looks like a troll doll.

basically, to me, awards are meaningless.

(i love you.) wait. do you love me as a friend, or in another way?

i mean, he killed people.

— and he's gay.

i'm not gay!

i am outraged! i may sue!

you're my son, and i'll always love you.

we're getting married!

do you have a boyfriend?

shall i compare thee to a summer's gay?

did you wanna stick a grenade in your mouth?

you're kinda prissy.

of course he thinks you're gay!

he likes dick, [ name ] !

no more interviews.

leave me alone, you smut peddler!

i'll kill you.

you are pure television.

lay some adult video on me.

i thought you were a stud. i guess i thought wrong.

it's all ancient history.

do i look like a homosexual?

friends don't threaten.

i have a friend who's catholic, and he's busy.

who's gay now, huh?

i'm under a lot of pressure.

i'm very fragile!

i'm not okay. i've never been so not okay in my entire life.

i want my life back!

i haven't changed! one little word, and everybody changes. i'm still the same person. why doesn't anyone believe me?

i am not a sound byte!

why am i talking to you?

[name], i'm gay.

i'm gay. i came out.

one day, i just snapped. i got tired of switching pronouns, and lowering my voice.

i couldn't take lying to the people that i love.

but you're so tall.

everyone surprised me, once i let them.

sometimes the worst thing you think can happen turns out to be the best thing.

you kissed me!

(you kissed me!) you noticed!

people don't kiss here?

this is my ... [ name ] . my friend, [ name ] .

i hope you come to the wedding!

excuse me, are we a little teapot?

you hate this, don't you?

"dance", the demon whispers.

everyone else is dancing.

you're everything i've ever dreamed of.

do you have an attorney?

my mom says it won't last.

i'm gay.

i'm horrible, and you have every right to hate me.

you should hate me. i want you to.

i'm scum, i'm garbage, i'm vermin.

thank god my parents are dead, this would've killed them!

are you really gay?

i loved you, and believed you ...

i thought you were the most wonderful man who ever lived.

i'm so proud of you. congratulations!

i just destroyed [ name ] 's life!

i'll give you your headline.

i hated the bridges of madison county.

are you still gay?

you're that guy. what are you doing here?

i had a bad day ... a very, very bad day.

i hate men.

i love you. you're nice.

will you sleep with me?

you married? seeing someone? i don't care!

is everybody gay?!

hi, will you marry me?

i need a heterosexual, code red!

i swore i'd become someone else!

you were so beautiful. you still are. you always were.

[ name ] is lucky to have you.

excuse me, i'm gay!

exactly my point, a young life corrupted.

oh my god, i'm gay!

i'm gay. i'm a homo. i like guys.

i still do it with chicks every chance i get, and i'm totally good at it ... but i hate it, and i'm gay.

uh oh, i must be gay!

i'm ... i'm a lesbian!

[ name ] has perfect taste. so do i, so ... i'm gay!

it's a wedding. i want everything to be perfect.

i'm not filming this.

there are some things more important than show biz.

#rp ask meme #rp prompts #sentence starters #rp meme #in & out rp #mine.#mine : prompts.#pride prompts #happy pride 🌈

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seramilla · 7 months ago

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So Carmilla as soon as Sera shows up pregnant at her door wants to get married. She had always hated how the secret rendezvous made thier relationship feel like an affair with Carmilla as the mistress Sera hid from her "real" family and the fact that Carmilla had two of Sera's kids without telling her added to that guilt. But once heaven kicks Sera out she feels like she's won they are now a real family and she isn't the shameful mistress but a wife. While Carmilla may want to have a big wedding in the future I feel she may want to make it official as soon as possible maybe when Lucifer visits to see baby Emily she asks him to marry them right there. They can do the big party and wedding later.

"Wait, what? You want me to marry you two...right now?" Lucifer has to hold in his surprise, taking a step backward and bracing himself on his foot to keep from dropping Emily. The child in his arms is tiny. Barely a few weeks old. She reminds him so much of Charlie, who is currently at home with her own mother, sleeping soundly.

"We want to make this official as soon as possible," Carmilla insists. "Heaven pushed her out, but there's no telling what kind of games they'll try to play during the next Extermination. If she's my wife, people are more likely to leave her and Emily alone. And it will be easier for my people to accept them, so I can protect them both."

Lucifer looks down at Emily again. The baby is smiling, reaching up to try and touch his ruby-red cheeks. He's a small man, so even a baby of this size is a handful for him. The little wings flapping here and there aren't helping. She's ridiculously cute. Lucifer sighs.

"All right, but give me some time to...prepare," Lucifer hints. This is going to take a while to explain to the other rulers of Hell. He doesn't think Bee, Ozzie, or Bel will mind having a more freshly fallen angel in their midst, but Mammon might be a different story. He'll take some convincing. "Just let me make sure everything is on the up-and-up, and I'll be back with Ozzie to perform the ceremony."

Carmilla shakes her head. "No. Not a ceremony right now, Lucifer. We just want to get it on paper. We can do the ceremony when Sera is well again. Once she's recovered. Can you do that for now?"

"Su-sure," Lucifer says, a little surprised. He figured an angel would want a gigantic, extravagant affair. If they just want to get this on the books, then he can perform the rights himself. He'll just need some supplies.

"Since when does Ozzie do weddings, anyway?" Carmilla asks, raising an eyebrow.

Lucifer chuckles. "He's had a change of heart recently, I guess. Found there's a lot of money to be made in the romance biz. He's making bank!"

Carmilla smiles. "Figures. Thank you for this, Lucifer. It means a lot to us."

Lucifer hands Emily back to Carmilla. The baby is cooing, trying to take his hat with her. He grins, tipping his hat at the baby, then turning toward the door.

"Not a problem, Carm. Be right back."

#hazbin hotel #carmilla carmine #sera hazbin hotel #emily hazbin hotel #lucifer morningstar #helluva boss #belphegor hazbin hotel #asmodeus helluva boss #queen bee helluva boss #ask #anon #fan theories #charlie morningstar #seramilla #biological kids au

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genmaichafan · 10 months ago

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Hey, could you write something in your RE Mafia au like how Miranda found and "hired" the Lords or how Alcina adopted her daughters ?

Story under the cut! Thank you for asking about my au :sob:

This kinda covers both but that was actuallly not the intention lol twin tier cakes.

Tw for guns, child death, violence, manipulation filicide

“How interesting. The lovers, major arcana. This is a big event, a major union is in the family’s future.”“How interesting. The lovers, major arcana. This is a big event, a major union is in the family’s future.”

Miranda flips the sixth card in the ten card spread, this card pertaining to the mostly inevitable close future. Miranda handling the card with delicate touch. Hands revealing it with the grace and slight of hand of a magician. Weaving a story of this poor fools' predatory desires.

“What type of union oracolo?”

Miranda draws another card from the top of her deck. The backs of which showed intricate imagery of crows and bones, the gold runes etched into the imagery here and there, the cards mostly donning black and white otherwise. They were Definitely custom, more than surely handmade by Miranda herself to increase the ‘connection’ between her and the cards.

”the Empress.” The man itching closer in his seat leaning forwards in attentive agony as Miranda voice trailed off, edging the moment for what it is worth.

”There will be a union in the family. I'm getting a message, yes, a pregnancy in the next six months will bind two people together.” Miranda looking at the utter sap, expression covering the weaving of threads she was orchestrating. Miranda could barely hold back a sharkish smile let alone stay grounded.

This reading was not accurate from the start, in fact the cards were planned months beforehand. Staged. Miranda had used swift sleight of hand to fudge the cards. The average person would call this taking advantage or manipulation, Miranda would call it telling her client what they wanted to hear.

Countless times Miranda has brought people closure. One of which was as young as her, ‘the poor thing’ she had thought at the time. How the girl's face had been burned and warped in her childhood, how she was not at fault and yet those nearest and dearest to her had to pay the price. The girl's father being one of them, nothing a little mediumship couldn’t salve.

Miranda gave her something she wanted and inreturn Donna was eating out of the palm of Miranda's cawthorne talons, Another silken string tangled to be collected.

Before Miranda could continue the reading something completely unexpectedly expected happened.

” Don- there’s some biz happening, we need you right now.”

the man, the don, cursed under his breath. leaving wordlessly.

Miranda felt pleased with how the pieces were played, becoming even more pleased as her admiried appeared from out the draped satin cloth.

”My beloved!” He said, taking his lips onto hers. feeling her slightly extended stomach which was obscured under the table.

”We are going to HAVE to tell my father sooner or later.” Giddiness adding a playful elongation to words.

“Soon frumos-“ pulling him close even though Miranda would actually prefer if he had never ever been touching her at all.

The Don never stood a chance. Never returning from trouble.

________

Marco becoming the new Don had little time to mourn the passing of his father. Giving the mare minimum respects when he was obligated to do so.

Although to Miranda this had been an unforeseen miracle. Hoisting her plans ahead months ahead of schedule.

Her partner seemily felt the same way. Marco impatiently rushed the wedding soon after, and if he had his way would be rushing their baby. When he wanted something he always got it ‘‘n quickly.’

Nature could not be stopped but humanity often tried. Miranda’s husband quickly sending her under the care of a midwife from France. A young virtuoso and black market “physician”.

Moreau was his name and though he was exceedingly smart; Miranda could feel him latch onto her like a neonatal kitten. Miranda could only attribute it to the fact she was the ONLY one that didn't treat him where he stood on the family's food chain. If she was asked to put that spot into words she would just say “grass.” Miranda just wished that her husband had not asked Moreau to do every old wives trick to speed up the process as much as he could.

anyhow the more twigs in her nest the better.

‘Speaking of twigs’ The woman whom she had helped, now to be revealed as Donna of the chemical and botanical branch of the ‘family’, was becoming closer and closer to her. Going on with the theme of cats Miranda would describe her as a neurotic tuxedo. Having to go through such an unfortunate path at a young age had caused her personality to fracture into two.

The white fur represents Donna: who was smart but introverted. Spending most of her time making new strains and variants of marijuana. Her garden was most precious to her.

The black fur on the other hand was a persona called Angie. Choosing the fewest words Miranda could Angie was “rabid, crass and unpredictable.”

Miranda otherwise easily wrapped Donna and Angie around her fingers.

_______

Cioara was born a few months later. Having been a week earlier than expected was small and frail.

Unexpectedly something in her plan changed in that moment she first held her newborn daughter. She could not help but care for Cioara being aptly named Miranda’s crown jewel in coming years.

What Miranda didn’t expect is that Cioara was not the only newcomer.

Three daughters in the business and of the Family. Three daughters adopted from the previous owner of an establishment they had “liberated”. luckily all too young to remember or have even an inkling of what could've been. The youngest of which being neonatal as well. In order their names were as told from youngest to oldest: Daniela, Cassandra, and Bela.

Their adopted mother, who took them in as her own, first found them hiding in the safe room of their original house. Cassandra attempting to beat on Alcina with tiny fists. Bela left to hold their baby sister.

Quick lies and some treats tricked their attitude to change.

Now they stood smiling at the edge of the crib watching their soon to be cousin be mystified by their very presence. Daniela going as far as reaching out in Cioara's direction, almost to say as if “hey she’s like me!” Looking back and forth confused wonder.

Miranda and Alcina having something in common: Shared time together with or without the kids. Often over glasses of wine with Moreau being appointed official babysitter. Moreau did not complain because he was often treated like the big brother and in tandem a the eldest son of Miranda. (Marco often hated this).

Miranda and alcina were like butter and bread these years. Alcina becoming a confidant to Miranda’s growing boldness in her machinations. Even backing her up when some of the ‘family’ came to her instead of her husband. (Mostly in the form of card readings where the meaning of cards were just often made up).

Marco being “the biggest little man” (-Miranda) sensed something wrong in his corner of his pond. The ripples of power Miranda was wading was finally stirring the attentiveness he lacked in the previous years.

confronting his own wife for treason they landed the first of many arguments that would lead to his fall. Using “YOUR daughter” (- Don Marco ) as a shield from the inevitable.

This had been an unexpected problem. Miranda had not expecting to care for her daughter more than a foot into the mafia's door.

Years passed and while Miranda did not grow in power she did gain loyalty in the ones that were already under her foot. Miranda having a finger in each of the other branches of the ‘family’ with one exception being the automotive.

_____

time passed and each fight escalated with the next.

Marco became more and more agitated with even his own loyalists. the biggest warning being the closest companion, the right hand of the don, daring to speak to him in a way that made Marco feel littler than he ever did before.

”where your fucking respect!”

”You don't got anymore little man!” The white haired man bellowed, in sneerful laughter.

”Heisenberg you WILL listen to me.”

”like i gotta! You need me more than I need you!”

This was the drop in Marco’s bucket. He grabbed Heisenberg by the collar, throwing him aside causing Heisenberg to continue hysterics louder.

Then Marco did something. Something vile and rancid. Deranged thoughts scattering him rationality. He only thought she needs to die.

He was going to commit a grand act of filicide.

“Surely that would break her spirit.”

“Put her in her place.”

”I can take away anything from anyone.”

” I am this ‘families’ ‘father’, I am the Don.”

_____

miranda remembers this part all too well. A day that still haunts her.

knowing something was wrong even before tragedy struck.

how she could hear Cioaras cries getting louder and louder.

The yelling, the screaming, the pleading.

They met each other halfway; Miranda meeting the setting sun, and Don Marco walking out of the evening darkness with their daughter in one hand and a gun in the other.

”abscond your power la Lupa Strega, you’ve played your fiddles and spells long enough.”

Miranda did not know what to do for the first time in her life. Nearly forgetting the knife she held on her at all times.

”Mamica!! Help i don't understand what I did wrong!” Cioara could only sob occasional begging ‘tati’.

”lets trade places ok fiica!- Please Marco!” Taking a thoughtless step forward. Marco only pointed the gun to the girls head.

”PLEASE MARCO” he considered her offer.

”come here Strega. Guess you do have a heart.” Not taking in the irony he spat.

Quickly swapping places Miranda loses herself to the adrenaline. making a quick maneuver: one Marco taught her when he still thought she was the love of his life. twisting his arm agonizingly in one hand and pulling out her knife with the other, she quickly spearing him through the heart.

He drops to the floor. Knife still embedded in his chest. Wheezing.

Cioara desperately scuttling to her mother they spend their final moment together

As with Marco spending the last of his life to make one final shot did what he set out to do.

_______

Miranda hobbled to the only person who could save her; now that both the Don and the Heir is gone. Miranda needed his support. The one man that was smart enough to listen to her in a sea of old blood. Heisenberg.

If she could get him, She would finally had a finger in all the branches or the organization.

All the other blood who didn't agree could suck on her for all she cared. They’ll all come back groveling or in body bags either way it was all the same to her now.

she opened the door to the office.

”wow you look like shit!” He puffed on the cigar boisterously.

Miranda's soulless eyes bared into the reflection behind him. she saw herself, the reflection of a broken woman: darkness on the other side taking hold of the sky. Fluorescent lights making it hard to see what was out there and showing what was in instead. Miranda could not recognize the woman in front of her; she was covered in blood looking freyed, frail and powerless.

Heisenburg took another puff. Giving Miranda her sweet time.

”i need you- to join me.”

”why should i do that”

fury bringing back some of what got her here in the first place.

“because this place is coming down with me. The organization needs me. The family needs- a father- a mother, someone. Or the power vacuum will kill us all.”

”why should i care” tickled by her words and conviction.

“Because they wont just accept you- you’ll have to fight but.. theyll take me.“

she paused. she needed to sweeten the deal knowing him.

”and if i were to die ill justly hand the throne to you. Only then are you guaranteed a place as Don.”

”THAT WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR.” He howled.

Heidengurg handed Miranda his phone. It didnt have a lock, only containing a few contacts.

Donna

alcina.

moreau

And heisenberg himself.

Miranda knew what she had to do next.

_____

It has been years after the “purge”

old blood replaced with the young.

More powerful than when even Marcos' father owned the organization.

Miranda takes out her tarot deck and begins to shuffle. Her question comes to mind.

its been a while since she's done a real reading for anyone, let alone herself. Almost forgetting that the cards are for more than tricking others.

Miranda begins to shuffle fingers swiftly letting cards go between her hands and repeating till she feels it is ready.

“What will the future bring”

a card jumps out of the deck.

Imagery of people falling out of their long slender house, a long fall ahead of them, the ground beneath said house crumbling away. Fire and lightning. Disaster.

“all thing that aren’t built on solid ground are bound to fall”

XVI THE TOWER.

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wild-grinders · 1 year ago

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Masterlist of Dyrdek Interviews regarding Wild Grinders

Published April 27, 2012

Full List Below (in case the site is taken down)

ESPN, April 12, Rob Dyrdek creates Nickelodeon cartoon series http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=7801756

People Pets, April 27, Skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and his dog get animated for new show http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20591114,00.html

MTV Geek, April 26, Check Out Two Clips from ‘Rob Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders’ http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/04/26/rob-dyrdeks-wild-grinders-clips/

ToonZone, April 27, “Wild Grinders” Amateur Hour http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/42704/wild-grinders-amateur-hour/

Monsters and Critics, April 13, Rob Dyrdek Wild Grinders debut on Nicktoons on April 27 http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1696668.php/Rob-Dyrdek-Wild-Grinders-to-Nicktoons-on-April-27

Toon Zone, April 27, Wild Grinders: Amateur Hour http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/42704/wild-grinders-amateur-hour/

Alibi.com, April 26, Week in Sloth: Wild Grinders, Space Twisters, and a Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding http://alibi.com/film/41409/The-Week-in-Sloth.html

Active Dayton, April 26, Fairmont grad Rob Dyrdek’s animated TV show debuts tonight http://www.activedayton.com/tv/fairmont-grad-rob-dyrdeks-animated-tv-show-debuts-tonight-1366533.html

DVR Slave, April 26, What’s on tomorrow, April 27 http://www.dvrslave.com/2012/04/whats-on-tomorrow-april-27.html

Retail-Digital, April 24, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series, Wild Grinders From Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://www.retail-digital.com/press_releases/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-comedy-series-wild-grinders-from-skateboard-pro-rob-dyrdek-on-friday-a

KFVS 12, April 24, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series, Wild Grinders From Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://www.kfvs12.com/story/17698813/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-comedy-series-wild-grinders-from-skateboard-pro-rob-dyrdek-on-friday-april-27-at-700pm

The Street, April 24, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series, Wild Grinders From Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://www.thestreet.com/story/11507560/2/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-comedy-series-wild-grinders-from-skateboard-pro-rob-dyrdek-on-friday-april-27-at-700pm.html

Fox News 44, April 24, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series, Wild Grinders From Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://www.fox44now.com/story/17698813/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-comedy-series-wild-grinders-from-skateboard-pro-rob-dyrdek-on-friday-april-27-at-700pm

Yahoo! Finance, April 24, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series, Wild Grinders from Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nicktoons-debuts-animated-comedy-series-220800491.html

Raman Media Network, April 25, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series http://www.ramanmedianetwork.com/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-comedy-series/

Nicktutopia, April 26, Rob Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders Cartoon Will Premiere on Nicktoons on April 27, 2012 http://www.nickutopia.com/2012/04/26/rob-dyrdeks-wild-grinders-cartoon-will-premiere-on-nicktoons-on-april-27-2012/

Nickutopia, April 27, Wild Grinders Premieres on Nickelodeon Today http://www.nickutopia.com/2012/04/27/wild-grinders-premieres-on-nickelodeon-today/

Pop Tower, April 12, Wild Grinders: Rob Dyrdek Gets Animated http://www.poptower.com/news-43645/wild-grinders-tv-show-nicktoons-premiere.htm

Animation World Network, April 12, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Series Wild Grinders http://www.awn.com/news/television/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-series-wild-grinders

Cartoon Brew, April 12, Pro Skateboarder Rob Dyrdek’s Animated Series Wild Grinders To Premiere on Nicktoons April 27 http://www.cartoonbrew.com/biz/pro-skateboarder-rob-dyrdeks-animated-series-wild-grinders-to-premiere-on-nicktoons-april-27.html

TV by the Numbers, April 12, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Series Wild Grinders from Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/12/nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-series-wild-grinders-from-skateboard-pro-rob-dyrdek-on-friday-april-27/128897/

ToonZone, April 13, Nicktoons Debuts New Animated Comedy Series Wild Grinders from Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/42564/pr-nicktoons-debuts-new-animated-comedy-series-wild-grinders-from-skateboard-pro-rob-dyrdek-on-april-27-2012/

Animation Magazine, April 13, Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders to Roll on NickToons http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/dyrdeks-wild-grinders-to-roll-on-nicktoons/

#wild grinders #archives

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pifsreviews · 1 year ago

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Analysis of Love Stage!! (TW SA)

Love Stage!! A 10 episode (excluding OAD) BL anime published by Kadokawa Pictures Inc. and aired in 2014. Rated 4.6/5 on Crunchyroll and 7.3/10 on IMBd

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Art/Animation 2. Plot 3. Characters 4. Sexual Assault 5. Conclution/TLDR;

ART/ANIMATION

With most BL animes I've seen (though rarely finished) their art is spectacular! It's colorful, bright, and fun; perfectly appealing to the target audience of female adolescents. Love Stage!! is no exception to this. Though what makes LS stand out from the rest of them is the animation. Most BLs these days are otome adaptations.. Which, while not lacking in style, the animation is quite lackluster. This is where LS is unique to this genre*. The art style is still that sparkling colorfulness that burns your eyes if you look at it too long, but the animation is perfectly fitting and smooth. It's truly an anime, unlike otome remakes! (Dramatical Murder excluded..) If there's anything I can compliment this anime on; it's the art/animation that fits and appeals so well to young girls. * When I say genre, I don't mean just BL! I mostly am referring to BL targeted towards preteen/teen girls.

PLOT

There's not much to say about the plot, honestly. It has it's loopholes, but I'll cover that in the "Issues" section. This is just my summary of the anime. Sena Izumi is a shut-in otaku who's hellbent on becoming a manga artist. His only two set backs? His family and lack of skill. Everyone in his family is in show-biz; his mother is an movie star, father is a singer, and his doting older brother is a rockstar vocalist. Izumi has always been shy, and this was only solidified by a wedding commercial he acted in by chance when he was young. During the commercial, and while dressed as a girl, he meets Ichijou Ryouma; a soon-to-be super star. Ryouma calms Izumi's nerves during the shoot and falls in love. Years later, the company who shot the commercial wants to do an anniversary shoot and invites all the previous cast to shoot it. Ryouma is insistent that Izumi is there to act, or he won't be there himself. Eventually, the two meet again. Ryouma is stil under the impression that Izumi is a female until Izumi's brother exposes him in jealously*. Ryouma, in disbelief and shock, snaps at Izumi and insults him before running off. Fast forward a bit and the two make amends and agree to become friends (after Izumi's SA**). The rest is casual character development with Izumi's endeavor of becoming a manga artist sprinkled in. * Izumi's older brother is basically in love with him.. icky. ** Yes, Izumi was SA-ed by Ryouma and is a second time after they become friends. Both will be addressed in detail in it's own section.

CHARACTERS

Man, have I got A LOT to say about the characters... I'll go through the important ones one at a time. Sena Izumi Sena is, in my opinion, a bit of an annoying character trope; whiny main character with unrealistic aspirations. There's not much to say about him except his horrible stereotyping of otakus. They way he's portrayed is very obsessive about a particular kid's show anime girl. Throughout the anime, Izumi's older brother convinces him to do things with merch. This gives the view that otakus are obsessive nerds who are constantly thinking about a specific character. This is no where near true and it's infuriating that something like that is being pushed onto younger girls. Ichijou Ryouma I hate him. I could write an entire thesis on this man being a terrible person, but I'll cover most of that in the "Issues" section. Ryouma is yet another whiny character. This seems to be a trend. It's mentioned early on by Ryouma's agent that he's a very honest person, though a little TOO honest. It was disappointing that this wasn't developed much throughout the anime, I think it would have been great for character development! Ryouma is rather bland, in all honesty. He doesn't have any discernable hobbies or interests besides Izumi. Another impossible standard for young girls. Sena Shougo Izumi's older brother. Doting older brother... VERY doting older brother. Shougo gives me the ick with how loveydovey he is with Izumi. Throughout the anime, he is consistently stalker-ish and jealous. There's not much to his character except doting over Izumi and being really annoying for Rei. Sagara Rei The ONLY sane main character in this anime. Not only is he the only sane one, but he's the most realistic. Rei is a tough-love sort of person, especially when it comes to Izumi and his dream. Rei often berates Izumi for being so stubborn towards a dream that will never happen. This is not the way to go about it, but his reaction to Izumi's persistence is refreshingly realistic. Even when Izumi ran away and ghosted him, he was genuinely worried and did everything to find him. (Thanks Ryouma for being distrustful even then) Another plus about Rei is his relationship with Shougo. It's mentioned and showed a few times that Rei and Shougo have something going on... The two are often seen together casually in the episodes and seem rather close. The two have known eachother a long time and it shows. Rei is openly bisexual. This plays a part when Izumi realized he likes Ryouma and asks Rei for advice. Rei offers magazines and tips for Izumi, which is SUCH a comforting gesture in this anime full of horrific stereotypes and normalizations.

SEXUAL ASSAULT

I saved this for last because I was excited to write this bit... There are countless issues with this anime, but I decided to keep it minimal and only address the one that stood out the most to me. This anime is guilty for normalizing/romanticizing SA. When Ryouma first learns Izumi is a boy but feels no different, he visits Izumi at his house to try and convince himself not to love Izumi. By feeling him up. It gets very intimate and Izumi is very obliviously NOT into it. Thankfully, it doesn't get far and Ryouma leaves even more confused. The second incident was when Izumi was staying over at Ryouma's house while he ran away from home. Not only did Ryouma not tell Rei he had found Izumi, but he forces himself onto Izumi. When Izumi dejected says he doesn't care what happens to himself anymore, Ryouma CONTINUES! Only when Izumi starts weeping does he stop. This is horrific in many different ways. Not only does this romanticize SA by having it be a leading factor for Izumi's decent into love (which in it of itself is not a far cry away from a type of stockholm syndrome..) but it also normalizes it. It gives the impression that this sort of thing happens often, especially with people we love. Putting this view into a young girl is terrible. Many animes are guilty of this, but Love Stage!! is especially.

CONCLUSION/TLDR;

I hate to say it, but I would recommend this anime to a seasoned anime enjoyer. I would NOT recommend it to someone new to anime; it would shock them away from anime in general. For those who know anime and it's cliches, it is unfortunately a good cringe watch. I've almost finished my 4th watch of it and the only thing it has going for it is the reactions it gets out of me. The SA scenes are hard to watch, but other than that it does what it set out to: getting an emotional reaction from viewers. In conclusion, Love Stage!! is a terrible anime that doesn't deserve the ratings it has. I would rate it 2 stars and 3/10. It only gets points for Rei and his relationship with Izumi's brother.

If you enjoyed reading my review, please consider reblogging, liking, or even requesting something for me to analyze next! Thanks for reading, this was fun to write!

#love stage #anime review #media analysis #anime #tw sa #review #love stage review

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MAUDE GOTHEL is a TEMPORARILY IMMORTAL HUMAN based on MOTHER GOTHEL from TANGLED. She is a PLASTIC SURGEON with NO POWERS. She uses SHE/HER pronouns, and most of her memories are intact.

Maude was born in the 1600s. She lived in China for the first part of her life, only traveling to find immortality. She was in her sixties when she did, and would take trips back to America every few years to rejuvenate, until the immigration bill was passed and she was finally able to move countries and become a citizen.

Some may think that Maude didn't have a loving family growing up. That is simply not true. While strict, from an entirely different time, her parents were very loving. Her mother was a kind, doting lady and she was the apple of her father’s eye. They were as understanding as they could be. She would probably miss them, but 400 years is a fairly long time to get through the mourning stage.

Opera was her first love. She fell in love with the stage, the applause, and eventually became involved with it herself. While she moved onto Broadway and the big screen, it was opera that lit that fire in her. That drive for success. That need to be seen and adored.

Maude doesn’t see herself as a villain. She is doing nothing but putting her needs first, and can’t fathom what is so wrong with that. Selfish, yes, but she’s not heartless! She loves herself plenty.

Maude was arranged to marry young. Strangely enough, her husband to be fell ill and died before their wedding night, and she was able to be an unmarried widow to his family.

Maude Gothel is not her birth name. Changing it made breaking into show-biz easier.

You’ll rarely catch Maude without gloves. While she does love the aesthetic, the reason she keeps them on is so she doesn’t have to see her own wrinkled skin.

She cared about Rapunzel as much as she could. More than her own biological daughter. But Maude is all about Maude and wouldn’t hesitate to push her out a window if she benefited from it.

She isn’t afraid of dying so much as she is aging.

Red is her favorite color.

She will never understand the elderly that are stuck in their ways. Look how long she’s been around, from before television was invented to the social media wave, and she’s had no trouble moving with the changes.

The Marilyn Monroe era was her favorite. The riches, the simplicity, the fans. She’d consider it her prime.

She has no experience with plastic surgery, she just flubbed some papers to get the green light. Luckily there isn’t a big market for nose jobs in Evermore. Even living the lavish lifestyle she has plenty of funds saved from her family’s money and her glory days. The job is only a cover, and if anyone ever makes an appointment, well, she’ll just have to do the best she can.

#evermorehqsintro

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9 People You Want to Know Better Game

I was tagged by the always lovely @ithinkheknowss 💕💕💕

3 ships: IDK if I properly ship anyone anymore, but some of my favorite couples from books are Mia x Michael (The Princess Diaries), Hermione x Ron (Harry Potter), and Arya x Eragon (Inheritance)

first ship: Chuck and Sarah, from the cult NBC show Chuck (middle school Morgan had their wedding pics up in my 8th grade locker lolol)

last song: The Very First Night (TS)

last movie: Top Gun Maverick

currently reading: True Biz by Sara Novic

currently watching: A livestream of the 2023 kickoff for our big work project

currently consuming: Blueberry-flavored coffee... it's gross

currently craving: Real coffee and the return to my own house-- I'm ready to sleep in my own bed!

Tagging my buddies @1989tv @pamm-beesly @leolynn and @coldwinecoldshoulder 🎈🎈🎈

#thanks for tagging me!#tag games

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Nevermind I was wrong! He’s in the Palacio Real de Madrid and that’s just how the table is set up

https://m.yelp.com/biz/palacio-real-de-madrid-madrid?start=60

Honestly, love that we are all sleuthing and conspiracy-ing it up about the Spain trip, it's just so funny since I know for myself, I'm pretty settled in my actual Stranger Things theorizing, like I know how I predict the show plot and character arcs to go and there's only so much theorizing anything new at this point other than fun extracurricular ideas... so analyzing mister jet set is next on the list. He's just so mysterious!! And since there's a big event in the near future re: the wedding, that so many fans of a certain nature are throwing a lot of cards into regarding seeing two certain men together in any way shape or form. It's kinda quaint, kinda fun. All done out of fondness. I know a lot worse ways people treat the celebrities they follow online and we're all here, just super interested hoping he's on a romantic trip and is happy above all else hahahah.

I really kinda think he's just there with some random friends and has a break in filming so he's taking some down time to relax. Which, relaxing for Noah means hopping on a plane to Europe. Maybe his mother is there too just for like, moral support? In the same country but she's got her own stuff going on so they parted but they flew in and will fly home together - I know he often bops all over but maybe it's nice to to have family around for international travel, he's still pretty young.

#asks #noah

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dankusner · 4 months ago

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Visions of Dallas

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Bridges Crockett can’t burn

Singer’s been everywhere but blends Texas country and blues in ‘Visions of Dallas’

Name a city — any city — and Charley Crockett has probably been there.

Born near the southern tip of Texas, the singer spent his early childhood in a trailer park with his single mom near Brownsville.

In his late teens and 20s, he “hoboed” around the world, playing in subways and on street corners and crashing wherever he could in Spain, New Orleans, Copenhagen, New York City, Paris and Morocco.

He lived in Northern California, where he worked on a marijuana farm and got busted for selling the harvest.

Since 2017, he’s settled in Austin, although his roots there are still loose, since he’s on the road half the time.

But of all the places he’s been, perhaps the key spot in the picaresque story of Charley Crockett is Dallas, which is why he named his latest album after Big D.

The singer, 40, released Visions of Dallas on Monday, a companion album to his 3-month-old $10 Cowboy and featuring songs from the same recording sessions.

Visions of Dallas is classic Crockett, an uncompromising blend of Texas country and blues marked by the singer’s unique phrasing and smooth-as-scotch baritone.

“I’d be lying to you if I said it hadn’t been suggested to me before,” he says with a laugh, when asked about the Dallas title.

He’s speaking by phone before a show in Cleveland, where he’s about to do a VIP meet-and-greet — a long way from his days playing for spare change on the grimy streets of Deep Ellum.

He admits putting Dallas in the title was a repeated suggestion of his fiancée, Taylor Grace, a Houston-born singer-songwriter whom Crockett calls “the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Grace co-wrote the title track to Visions of Dallas .

“She really loves the city,” Crockett says. “She was staying at the Fairmont Hotel downtown, looking for wedding dresses with her mama and looking out on the Dallas skyline from her hotel room, and she just wrote a song off the top of her head, thinking about my life. [The rest of the song] just jumped out of my guitar when I heard it, and we came up with a melody together.”

Well the first time I left Texas, I promised not to return

But in spite of all of my efforts, there are some bridges you can’t burn

No I can’t shake that city, and all the good she’s done for me

Having visions of Dallas, late at night in Tennessee.

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Visions of Dallas is an eclectic album, with six original songs mixed with covers by the late Fort Worth native Townes Van Zandt (“Loretta”), Bob Dylan (a retooled version of his 1973 outtake “Goodbye Holly”) and Hoyt Axton’s “Trouble and Misery,” a tune about escaping hard times in Laredo and moving to Dallas.

“I think all the songs on the record are tying back to Dallas,” Crockett says. “Dallas-Fort Worth is real important to me.”

And for good reason. Crockett lived in North Texas longer than in any other area.

Arriving in Irving with his mother when he was 9, he went to Irving public schools until he dropped out and hit the road with the pawnshop guitar his mom had bought for him.

After brushes with the law and an ill-fated contract with a New York music biz exec, he returned to Dallas in the early 2010s and re-launched his career out of Deep Ellum with a pair of self-released albums that earned rave reviews from Rolling Stone and NPR.

Seven years and an armload of albums later, he’s a star, though one who still flies under the radar of mainstream popularity.

His 2022 masterwork The Man From Waco finally earned him a spot on the Billboard 200 — but just barely, scratching the surface at 199. $10 Cowboy upped the ante by a few nickels, making it to 168.

Yet Crockett has emerged as a big deal among lovers of American roots music.

This summer, he’s headlining major venues such as the 9,000-seat Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver and the Ryman Auditorium, the “mother church of country music,” in Nashville.

His last Dallas show, at the Longhorn Ballroom in May, sold out well in advance.

He sings about his former home in “Avoiding Mirrors,” a song from Visions of Dallas about being haunted by lost love and sinking deep into depression.

In the lyrics, Crockett tips his Stetson to Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s “Dallas,” Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, the Trinity River, and Pegasus, the iconic flying red horse that’s been sitting atop the Magnolia Building since 1934.

You can find me on the levee, just praying for a flood

While running from a red horse, still flying up above.

The song is a follow-up of sorts to “Trinity River,” his 2015 tale of heartbreak where he dreams of his corpse floating downstream.

In this river city, nothin’ ever lasts

Beside the lonesome blues, steady starin’ back at you.

Like a lot of songwriters, Crockett refuses to analyze or over-explain his lyrics.

“It just kind of wrote itself,” he says of “Avoiding Mirrors,” adding that he often writes on a tour bus, late at night after a gig, “when I get low-down enough.”

Still, he admits that singing the blues on Visions of Dallas is his way of coming to grips with various memories — painful and otherwise — of his days spent in North Texas, just as past songs were about his poverty-filled childhood in South Texas.

“I don’t care who you are. You could travel this whole world over and you will never outrun it,” he says. “You’ll never get away from it. You just keep ending up there.”

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The curious media consumer in the streaming age

In the public radio biz, we often characterize our audience with one word: “curious.”

And if you’re curious, you’re looking for what’s new, what’s good, what’s hip.

Enter the era of audio streaming, which makes finding that new Billie Eilish album or thrilling podcast easier than ever.

But what does that do to our collective musical and information diets? And how does that benefit listeners, artists, and creators?

We’ve got a couple of guests who have been considering those questions and more.

Guests Eric Drott professor, University of Texas Butler School of Music

Alex Sujong Loughlin supervising producer, Defector

LISTEN 46:14 Transcript https://the1a.org/segments/the-curious-media-consumer-in-the-streaming-age/

E.D. "Yeah. I mean, it's it's, you know, it's it's an interesting history. Right? I mean, the the music industry was riding high in the 19 nineties for a number of reasons. I mean, there's, the tendency of people when you buy a recording, say, like a vinyl LP, you know when a new medium is introduced like the CD there is a tendency for people who have disposable income to replace that older recording with a newer one. And so the music industry benefited from that because a lot of baby boomers reaching a sort of prime purchasing age, so they replace a lot of their their CD a lot of their LPs with CDs. And then, you know, the other major factor is that, in the past, you know, you'd been able to buy singles of, you know, hit songs, but, you know, with the CD that was no longer really the case. And so if you really like the song you heard on the radio, you had to buy the entire CD, and so you had the the the case of a lot of people who would buy, like, you know, I don't know, a Chumbawamba CD for that one song, that, you know, they then spent $16 effectively for one song. You know, the music industry, the the the the story that's often told that they were somewhat blindsided by the the advent of the Internet and distribution of music online. You know, partly used because they were so wedded to the CD model and they were making so much money off of it, they didn't really want to change. Anyhow, when the MP 3 debuted, when Napster came out and allowed for the file sharing of of MP 3 files online. You know, that really started to show the weaknesses and the the record industry's business model. And even though they were successful in shutting down Napster, you know, throughout the 2000, they really struggled to find a a satisfactory business model. And when Apple came along and debuted the iTunes store as a sort of legitimate way of buying MP 3 files online, you know, the problem from the music industry is that they they were kind of compelled to embrace this, but one of the things that the iTunes store did was unbundle albums. So if you want that one, the Chumbawamba song, you could buy it for 99¢, and so that obviously cut into the kind of revenue that the the music industry was able to, earn from music. So fast forward to 2008 when, you know, Spotify, comes online, you know, at first they were kind of like Napster in that they didn't have licenses for any of the music they upload. They were sort of operating illicitly, but instead of doing what they had normally done, which is, bring lawsuits against these platforms to shut them down, the music industry came in and said, no. What we're gonna do is use the threat of lawsuits to negotiate a licensing agreement with you. We will let you use our music so long as you pay us, you know, adequately for the use. And for the music industry, this is a really attractive model because it basically did an end run around piracy,pushed a lot of people into the platform, and now they have the stable steady income stream."

",,,and here in Burlington, Vermont, we've got great bands like Wild Leak River and the Tender Bellies."

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Well, that's Eric Draught. He's a professor at UT Austin and author of Streaming Music, Streaming Capital, and Alex Sujon Laughlin, supervising producer and co owner of Defector Media. That's an employee owned sports and culture site. You can read her recent piece.

Article: If You Love Podcasts, Dump Spotify, by Alex Sujong Laughlin (via Defector)

General Podcast Discussions

Loved to see this.

Defector I believe has a certain number of views free, before they prompt to subscribe, so including a bit of the beginning:

For years, I have been telling people that if they love podcasts and want to support podcast creators—especially independent ones—they shouldn’t listen to podcasts on Spotify

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I watched Spotify’s quick acquisition of the podcast production companies and tech with increasing unease, because I’d seen this film before, and it didn’t end well.

She references Spotify not just buying the exclusive rights to individual podcasts, but seeking to own the entire lifecycle of creating them, as well.

Also explains a bit about the early history of podcasts, and an ELI5 for RSS.

But Spotify—along with many other companies—wants to create a closed ecosystem for the creation, distribution, and consumption of podcasts, bypassing RSS technology altogether because that would allow them to harvest more listener data to leverage with advertisers.

Author Meets Critics Eric Drott, Streaming Music, Streaming Capital, Durham: Duke University Press, 2024

"Unsurprisingly, this has indeed come to pass: since submitting the final manuscript, Spotify and Deezer—under pressure from Universal Music Group—have indicated that they will undertake a major revision of their revenue sharing model, one that will likely result in a further redistribution of wealth to major labels and rights holders. Nor is this the only way the book is incomplete. It also pays less attention than I would like to one of the most important developments of recent years, namely the expansion of streaming within various parts of the Global South, either through the incursion of North American or European platforms into local markets or through the development of homegrown alternatives like Boomplay in Nigeria, Jiosaavn or Wynk in India, Anghami in the MENA region, and so forth. To some extent the decision to restrict the scope of my book to the major platforms operating in the Global North was a necessary evil, since I lack the requisite expertise to do justice to the different local and regional music industries in question. Thankfully there are a number of other scholars who have begun the important work of analyzing streaming as a global phenomenon."

READ MORE https://antipodeonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Book-review_Ritts-et-al-on-Drott_authors-response.pdf

#book review #author interview #Spotify

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MARCH 2024

THE RIB PAGE

It seems Disney has wedding dresses to celebrate your favorite evil Disney gal. Hey Pixie: It’s time to renew those vows!

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Every year about 7 people in this country get diagnosed with the plague. An Oregon resident has just been diagnosed.

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The Senate passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The house killed it. Proof positive that Trump and Mike Johnson etc do not want to fix this country at all. It is all about the power! * * Mitch McConnell has announced that he will step down in November.

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It looks like the 1% have moved on from space to the underground. Billionaires all over the globe are getting their underground bunkers ready! This is not new , but it seems to be in overdrive right now. The $ people are so important and I wonder what they’ll do when they find out that humans do not live forever.

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A very complete fossil of the Triassic’s Dinocephalosaurus Orientalis was discovered in South China. The beauty has 32 separate vertebrae to possibly look for food in crevices under water and was first discovered in 2003.

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Alabama says that embryos are children. Drop a test tube and it could be murder. So.. People don’t need IVF anymore??

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Barry Tubb has sued Paramount for their use of his image in Top Gun: Maverick

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There is trouble on the set of Sherri. Matt Uzzle, a top exec passed away amid a financial investigation into the show.

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The Odysseus landed on the moon and fell over.

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There was apparently a big cell phone outage and I didn’t even know it. Just one more plus to not having a cell phone.

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Molly Shannon is joining Only Murders in the Building.

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John Cleese and Eric Idle are sparring a bit on X. Eric seems disgruntled at Holly Gilliam who manages the Python biz now. The rest of the crew are good with her. Eric’s daughter Lily posted that she’s proud of her Dad for speaking out against bullies. Cleese has reported that he and Idle always hated each other.

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Everything comes back around. Abe Lincoln talked of how Stephen Douglas was, “warping the public mind.” That is the perfect way to describe Scary Clown 45.** Come to think of it, it feels a bit like 1865 what with all the hate being pushed in this country. With elections in like 80 countries this year, there could be big changes.

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Support the Max Gruber Foundation that is all about hazing in college.

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Bullfighting is back. UGH!

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Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with aphasia and Frontotemporal dementia.

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Abbott Elementary, Celebrity Family Feud, Jeopardy Masters and Dancing with the Stars have been renewed.

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The 2024 noms for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are out. This year there is Mary J. Blige, Cher, Mariah Carey, Dave Matthews Band, Eric B and Rakim, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Jane’s Addiction, Lenny Kravitz, Kool and the Gang, Oasis, Sinead O’Connor, Ozzy Osbourne, Sade and A Tribe Called Quest. I mean, Geils? Zevon? C’mon stop it!

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Ozzy is threatening legal action against Ye for sampling ‘Iron Man’. Permission was refused since Ozzy said, “I want no association with this man. He was refused permission because he is an anti- semit and has caused untold heartache to many.” ** Ye also used a sample from Donna Summer’s I feel love. He didn’t have permission for this either. These men and their egos. Yikes!!

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A woman named Genesse Moreno opened fire on Lakewood church with an AR-15. She was killed.

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RFK Jr. Is pissing his own kin off again with his ad filled with old Kennedy pics.

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It’s the year of the Dragon!

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123.7 million people watched the Super Bowl. This beats the moon landing as the most watched program ever. ** Marshawn Lynch had fun after the game by walking up to 49er fans and giving them a “fuck you.”

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Watch for the new Doc, Kiss the Future.

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The RNC may be run by Michael Watley and Lara Trump. ** Political candidate Valentina Gomez took a flamethrower to books she didn’t like. ** Trump was booed at sneakercon as he was pushing his golden shoes. He wasn’t used to a crowd that does not adore him. He should get out of his comfort zone more often. ** We’re here to overthrow democracy.-Jack Posoblec, a speaker at CPAC.** Trump tried to negotiate one of his penalties in court.

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Days alert: Bring back Jen Lilley!!** Burnin’ down the Horton house?? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO**First , a permanent move to Peacock then Jen then Arianna then burning the Horton house?? They are just blowing the whole thing up, aren’t they?? I know the people in charge at NBC don’t give a flying fuck about elderly people but I still hear the elderly complain about not being able to see Days on NBC anymore.

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For the second time, a memorial to the Pulse nightclub victims was defaced. A 19 year old did burnouts on the LGBTQ Pride crosswalk. Of course, the truck had a big American flag on it. Why is it this particular type of person feels the need to prove they are Americans all the time? A 22 year old genius did the same thing at an earlier date.

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NY Dem Tom Suozzi won the house seat to replace George Santos.

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Donald Glover has said that the script for the Community movie is finished.

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The Chiefs won the Superbowl. Usher was the halftime show and that stage sure was bouncing. A 30 second ad went for $7mil. The Super Bowl went into overtime for only the second time in history. The parade to celebrate was interrupted with a shooting and a fan was killed. ** Are men really breaking a lot of tv’s because of sports?

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Chris Coons tells us that the EU has approved a support package for Ukraine and wonders what the Hell we are doing in the U.S. Europe has already spent more on Ukraine than us. They are very concerned about Trump and his calling out NATO and discarding the hard worked for bill for aid.

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The Oglala Sioux tribe has banned SD Gov. Christi Noem from their reservation. She told the South Dakota state legislature that she wants to send more state resources to Texas. ** Calling the U.S. southern border in Texas an invasion by illegal immigrants and criminal groups to justify sending South Dakota’s National Guard troops there is a red herring that the Oglala Sioux tribe doesn’t support . They don’t need to be put in cages, separated from their children like during the Trump administration or be cut up by razor wire furnished by, of all places, South Dakota.”- Frank Star

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King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer.

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Abortion providers filed a lawsuit in 2019 against the law that prohibits Medicaid from being used to pay for abortions. And now: To treat a woman differently based on a characteristic unique to her sex is to treat her differently because of her sex which triggers the enforcement of our ERA. - Judge Donohue

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I’m beginning to think that all the hatred evangelicals have towards Taylor Swift is because everyone can see that she’s for more like Jesus than they are. - Chris Kratzer ** Taylor donated $50 mil to truckers, $50 mil to food banks and $20 mil to animals, not to mention that she gave $ to the victims family after the Chiefs parade.

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Tesla has recalled 2.2 million vehicles to fix a warning light.** The investigation into Tesla is becoming more aggressive as they look deeper into safety problems of crashes with auto pilot. ** According to the NY Times, terrorists may be paying for the blue check mark on twitter. (I refuse to call it X.) -Stephen King.... Stop deadnaming X. respect our transition. - Elon Musk... Why? You never respected your daughter’s transition. -transgender atty. Alejandra Caraballo..(Musk’s child Vivian Wilson filed for a name change to reflect her gender identity).... twitter twitter twitter and so on. Fuck your need to put your personal brand on everything.- Stephen King.....The NY article went on that X may be violating U.S. sanctions because the company accepted payments from individuals or organization that are forbidden from engaging in business with U.S. companies like state-run media organizations and terrorists from Russia and Iran. ** Leaders of Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels have subscriptions with blue check marks.

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Tim Burton is to direct the remake of attack of the 50 ft. Woman. We need another one of those?

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The Grammys came and went. My best dressed were: Taylor Swift (winner! ) , Chrissy Tiegand, Janelle Monae, Coco Jones, Gina Alice Redlinger, Romy Madley Croft, Caroline Polachek, Vic Lentaigne and Dawn Richard was a tree! Miley looked like Cher and Madonna put together. ** Killer Mike was arrested at the show for misdemeanor battery, but soon released. He won 3 Grammys.** Someone else had to make a stink about Beyonce. Her husband called out the voters for not giving all the awards to his wife, I guess?? Jay-Z won the global impact award. Why do all these people feel the need to talk for her. She is a grown woman, I think she can speak for herself. Are we supposed to expect macho declarations at every award show now?? ** Miley yelled at the crowd to get more into her song. What?

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Look for Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story with Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Hugh Grant, Bill Burr, Daniel Levy, Jack McBrayer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan and Fred Thomas. Did Jerry just call all the funny people he knew?

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Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden will star in Rogue Trooper for Duncan Jones.

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The SAG awards were great with the fashion. My best were Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph,E lizabeth Debicki, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein, Laverne Cox, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Kathryn Hahn, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Louisa Jacobson and Ali Wong and the dudes from Abbott who were amazing. Tan France had a horizontal tie that I couldn’t stop staring at. ** Jen Aniston presented Barbra Streisand the life achievement award. ** My favorite part was when Tantoo Cardinal was on stage. I adore her!!! ** Pedro got back at Kieran by winning. Succession came back for ensemble drama. The Bear still cleaned up as well as Lily Gladstone.

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Hooray for Shawn Fain leading the UAW. We need more workers rights and less billionaires. EAT THE RICH!!!!!.. Order this shirt to support the UAW.

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The Spirit awards were pretty much The Holdovers awards. There was a protestor outside the tent yelling, “Free Palestine” and “Ceasefire now “ all night.

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The monarch population is down 60%.

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It looks like the housewives are starting to sue Andy Cohen and Bravo. It was only a matter of time.

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Aaron Bushnell. A U.S. Air Force member set himself on fire at the Israeli embassy.

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Amy Poehler and Joe Biden helped Seth Meyers celebrate 10 years on the air.

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Richard Tornetta sued Elon Musk in 2018 and won when a judge voided the $56 billion pay package.** Bill Maher admitted he can’t help it, he likes Elon. It was too funny that he told jokes about multiple things but when he got to Elon, he said, “just kidding.” What?

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Larry David caused a stir when he when he grabbed Elmo on the Today show. He also insulted a drummer on Seth Meyers when he told him it was easy and he could do that. Just Larry being Larry.

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The enhanced games are games with steroids. Peter Thiel is shelling out big $. The things that rich boys find to do with their $ is fucking unbelievable. Their statement is: The athletes will be unencumbered by anachronistic legacy systems that are anti science and stigmatize enhanced athletes. Oh my. Sounds like some people don’t want to believe in themselves. Nothing but phonies. Wouldn’t it be nice if all that $ went to children and animals that really need the help?

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I was not raised with grown men who whine all the time. I will never understand these people who forever talk about the strength they get from God and then whine about everything in the world. Is God telling you this is the way to solve the problems? What about turn the other cheek? Forgiveness? These people are not like any conservatives or Christians that I knew. Gas prices and unemployment numbers keep dropping and wages are up. Quit bitching and let’s fix the other things that need fixing! ** I see a lot of the red hats that remind me of the brown shirts. Same gang??** A 3 judge panel said that there is no immunity for Trump. ** A judge ordered Trump to pay a $364 mil penalty. He is also barred from serving as an officer or director of any NY corporation for 3 years. ** A year long scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated Trump’s wealth. It borders on pathological. - Judge Engoron ** Don Jr. And Eric were fined $4 mil each and are out of the NY biz for 2 years and no bank loans for 3 years. ** The hush money trill will start on March 25.

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Jacob Elordi got into an altercation with a radio producer.

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Carson Hocevar is driving # 77 in the Cup Race this year!! And.. Go Bell!!!

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Tyne Daly was hospitalized and had to drop out of Doubt: A Parable on Broadway. Amy Ryan is taking over.

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The BAFTA’s were held and Oppenheimer won big as well as Poor Things and Da’vine Joy Randolph. My best dressed were Sophie Ellis Bextor, Daisy Edgar- Jones, Claire Foy and Emma Corrin.

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George Santos has sued Jimmy Kimmel. I wondered how he was getting away with airing his cameos but I assumed contracts had been signed. No. Kimmel and his staff used fake names to order cameos then put them o the show. And why would you want to give Santos the $? Didn’t he grift enough?

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New Hampshire’s Chris Sununu is so dismissive of others. He tells us that Trump has done this awful thing and that but I would vote for him. It seems this is a mantra for them. What dicks! ** Lindsey Graham called Zuckerberg and other big tech guys, “bastards.” Others said that after they grilled these guys, the Senators probably patted themselves on the back and went right out and used social media. ** Alex Smirnov, an FBI informant, has been charged with fabricating a multi million $ bribery scheme. Jamie Raskin has called for an end to the impeachment inquiry since Smirnov started all this. His story about the “Biden crime family” and the Ukranian energy company was all Russian BS. Jim Jordan does not care and keeps pushing. Putin must be so happy that he has these operatives in our Government. ** Russia has been hit with 500 new sanctions.

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Early spring??

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Lauren Boebert’s son, Tyler has been arrested. There are 22 counts including theft and trespassing with multiple victims.

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We are seeing the SNL 1975 cast come together. Cory Michael Smith is Chevy, Matt Wood is Belushi, Ella Hunt is Gilda, Dylan O’Brien is Akroyd, Lamorne Morris is Garrett (that is perfect), Kim Matula is Jane and Emily Fairn is Laraine. ** Is it me or does this cold foam ad seem like a fake SNL ad?

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Sam Waterston is leaving Law and Order at the end of February and Tony Goldwyn is taking over.

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For the first time in the republican campaign, Nikki Haley has outraised Trump. A big portion of Trump’s small donors have gone away.

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DeSantis and company spent over $168 mil on his campaign. ** Could he be Trump’s VP pick?? He is throwing that name around, along with Tim Scott and a few others. ** The difference between humans and animals is animals would never let the dumbest animal lead the pack. ** DHS Secretary Mayorkas was impeached for no reason.* * Trump is always talking about water. That seems like a dementia thing. ** An Illinois judge barred Trump from the Republican primary ballot. Just waiting on the Supreme Court.

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So.. The Michigan chair of the RNC refuses to accept the results of her RNC election and Trump wants her out. Will republicans ever again accept results when they lose?

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Word came down that Wendy’s was spending $20 mil to add fluctuating price boards. The goal seemed to be jacking up prices during peak hours. Burger King decided they would use that and give away free whoppers for 3 days. Of course, you have to make a purchase and have an app. So.. A lot of people are left out of that “free whopper.” Wendy’s has since said that they were not using the boards that way. They may use them to give discounts at slow times and they swear they did not use the phrase, “surge pricing.”

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Karl Jordan Jr. and Ron Washington were found guilty of killing Jam Master Jay after being cut out of a drug deal.

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El Chapos grandaughter is looking for the Loch Ness Monster.

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The Geico ad that skewers conspiracies is cute. Insurance company commercials usually suck.

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A new book about first ladies tells us Melania was much detached from first lady business. A lot of her time was spent with lawyers and finance people. All tvs were tuned to Fox in the White House.

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The Supreme Court is looking into Bump stocks and Presidential immunity. They will stay paused until April 22.

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Oprah is leaving Weight Watchers since she admits she is using drugs to lose weight.

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We now produce more oil that Saudi Arabia.

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We have sent air strikes to Syria and Iraq after 3 U.S. military deaths.

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Brian Wilson’s family is looking into conservatorship due to a neurocognitive disorder.

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Sexual assault news: Kolchiro Ito was arrested on child porn charges. ** Sean Combs has a fifth accuser, Rod Jones.

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Bob Odenkirk will star in Normal.

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Beyonce is the first black woman to have a #1 country hit with Texas hold ‘em.!!!

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A shipwreck showed up on the shore of Newfoundland. Work was proceeding quickly before the waves take it back.

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R.I.P. Isabelle Thomas, Adele Springsteen, Henry Fambrough, Carl Weathers, Elmore Nickleberry, Wayne Kramer, Don Murray, Chita Rivera, Aston Barrett, Hage Geingob, Hinton Battle, N. Scott Momaday, Pamela Salem, Flaco, Claude Montana, Randy Sparks, Joe Louis Dudley, Dan Wilcox, Chris Gauthier, Jackie Loughery, Lynda Gravatt, Mickey Gilbert, Cecilia Gentili, Kelvin Kiptum, Alexei Navalny, Bob Edwards, William Post, Steven Ostrow, Ben Lanzarone, Alice Mackler, Tony Ganios, Ewen Macintosh, Charles Dierkop, Eddie Driscoll. Anne Whitfield, Toby Keith, Richrd Lewis and Denise I. McCabe.

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