#theraft

[the-raft]

Je rends au hasard ce qu'il a fait.

Classés et prêts à oublier.

Merci de votre abandon.

[gamerdude7777]

Raft №5 With @nymphs1.3

[killmebutneverinsultme]

@forevermuses continued from here

James’ expression shifted, as if triggered by that last sentence. Once again, his mouth moved to shape words all on its own. This time, however, the words didn’t feel so alien. They felt like his own, returned to him after a very very long time.

“And you were so proud of it too, to see the Commodore humiliated as he scrubbed your vessel with what was left of his wig. You truly do have no shame, do you? After all I-”

With a startled blink, James slammed a hand over his mouth looking shocked over his own rudeness. He rose to his feet, ready to flee out of embarrassment. “I-I’m sorry, I…” he stammered behind his fingers. “I-I don’t know what came over me.”

--

This was new. It was one thing for this man to be descended of Norrington, but to be — what? What had that even been? Ancestral ghosts speaking through him?

As quickly as the turn had taken James, however, he was back to himself. Spooked as he was, Jack didn't want him to leave yet if he could help it. There was something comforting about getting to know a Norrington in this era. Where he wasn't on the run. Where men could be with men on at least some of these islands. The rest made him quietly glad he was under protection.

"You're all right, mate," he said, forcing a calm facade. "Sometimes these tales have a way of telling themselves out in these waters. You were in the moment. Maybe someone even told you the story, eh? Pirate making an ex commodore wash 'is boots with his own wig."

[wetpapert0wel]

theres this one streamer. who i desperately want to support. but they are so bland and so slow w/ their gameplay it's incredibly, unbearably frustrating 💀

[wistfulwonders]

Pt. 3

Places, physical and non physical, you get the themes

[codeopod]

Ep 96 Imodna explored (TW angst/SI)

“Well…I’ll miss our little cottage.” Imogen whispered. She could’ve screamed, could’ve begged, could’ve fought harder for their little dream; their little cabin in the woods, with horses and a babbling creek. It was the best dream she ever had, her most precious, but she couldn’t fight for it. Not like this. It was impossible. She always knew it, but she was born stubborn as a foul and twice as hopeful.

Looking at Laudna, though, seeing her resolve harden, seeing Delilah behind her eyes; Imogen felt her dream begin to slip away.

Laudna broke, she cried harder then she ever had before. It hurt worse then dying. Seeing her finally realize the weight of her words. She had been insisting she was a dead end, all the while Imogen dreamed of hiding away in each little village they passed through. Growing old together. She wanted it more then anything. Still. Even with the force of grief pressing down on her chest, she stayed resolute as Laudna crumpled at her feet and clung to her skirts. Imogen had made a promise, and she would stand by it.

Laudna had the right to decide her future for herself.

To make her own decisions in a world that had stripped her of so many. When she had been resurrected, Imogen had let her choose to come back, and she would stand by her with each choice therafter. Even if it felt like killing herself in the process. Laudna would choose, and, if she didn’t chose their little cabin, well, the world might just end either way.

She wanted to wield Delilah like a cursed blade, and it would kill them both.

Imogen felt a new hope growing. With tears streaming down her face, and love at her feet, she let herself hope that she might at least die before seeing Laudna lost entirely.

[fitsofgloom]

A Midnight Cowboy In The Dream Factory: Robert La Tourneaux from "The Boys In The Band" on the cover of Mandate, May, 1978. In key respects he was the real-life Joe Buck, the filmic role of the urban hustler in Western duds cloaking his entire life therafter.

[primus-why]

TFP OC Idea

A librarian/fellow archivist who once worked with Orion back in the day, having a friendly work relationship. Recalls how fondly Orion would speak of his friend, the gladiator, and how he eagerly sought recommendations from this OC coworker on various works said friend might enjoy...

Fast forward to present day. The librarian never formerly joined a faction-- Primus, they had barely held it together back then, there was no way they could throw themselves into a war. But, by some miracle, they stumble upon Earth and Team Prime. Seeing Optimus after all this time brings up old memories; the Prime is different in many ways-- obviously the conflict has reshaped them all-- but in many ways he's still the same.

They soon fall into an easy, friendly conversation. OC can't remember the last time they've felt this close to normal. They lightly joke that Orion still has overdue datapads in his name, and the Prime wordlessly fishes the very same pads out of his subspace. Any further conversation dies shortly therafter-- all they can do is stare at the lost literary works.

OC wonders, in awe, how these could have survived so long. What if they've become corrupted? Are they even charged? No, Orion-- the Prime-- would know how to maintain them. It's just a wonder that he even bothered. The Archives are gone, razed long ago, leaving only a pile of debris scattered with broken, unrecoverable works. No one had cared enough to protect the building or what was inside, it was too late for that, they simply ran for their lives. It was only after the dust had settled and OC found themself on a shuttle packed with NAILs did the profound loss sink in.

Never again would they walk those grand halls. They would no longer help visitors discover new works that might interest them, much like solving a personalized puzzle. Gone are the days when they could even hold a datapad other than the one they had brought in from home on the day they left.

It was a stark reminder that they could not go home-- there was no home to even return to, and one of the mechs responsible for their situation was right here in front of them. And yet, somehow, seeing the delinquent datapads, the tiniest bit of hope sparked for a fleeting moment.

'We are still here,' OC realized, 'cracked and scuffed and worn around the edges, but we are still here...'

OC didn't know when they had started to tear up, but swiftly they recomposed themself and apologized. "It's nothing, I was simply... startled." The Prime apologized too, though for what specifically was left up to interpretation.

After a beat, OC smirks and gathers the guts to ask, "... Did he at least like my suggestions?"

Optimus lets out a soft, sad laugh, "I didn't get a chance to show him."

"Mm... what a shame."

"Indeed."

[kingmabry]

Good morning. Wake up to happiness. Fill up with gratitude. What flows therafter for us is love, patience, faith, peace, trust, optimism, blessings, & many more. Happy Wednesday. Stay safe. God bless us.

[7grandmel]

Rip of the week: 15/07/2024

D-VA DISCO

Season 4 Episode 1 No Album Release (Read More)

Ripped by Okiwont

It's not all too often that I get the opportunity to talk about truly hated SiIvaGunner jokes on here. After all, there's a reason those memes become hated to begin with, starring in rips that are arguably not very worth celebrating, going against the whole point of this blog. Still, we've had some moments here and there to discuss instances of fanbase outrage: A large chunk of Season 5 was defined by the reactions to Astronaut in the Ocean and Yankin', which was presented as a quite literal battle in Epic Rap Battles of History: Funny vs. Funnier and something I explored further in Snow halocean and Aquarium in the Ocean. There's of course more beyond these - Snow Halation's hate brigade in early Season 1, The Bean, Amuno, Chicken and Chips...but whenever I think of truly despised SiIvaGunner memes, none come to mind more prominently than the D.VA fart. Yes, it's time to finally go there, to find out just what led to D-VA DISCO being made.

If you weren't following SiIvaGunner in the days of Season 4 Episode 1, you may well be confused to what the fuck "D.VA Fart" is even referring to - hell, barring her prominence in more degenerate circles, you may well be confused as to why an Overwatch character of all things would have such a prominent role on the SiIvaGunner channel. Well, as fate would have it, it's in those degenerate circles that we'll need to begin to find the origins of this bizarre meme....hoo boy, okay. While Overwatch was still the hottest game on the planet, a video of a certain cosplayer throwing it back whilst dressed as D.VA began to circulate around the internet, sometime around 2016 or so. It was the sort of video that managed to completely leave its intended adults-only demographic and began being shared around with comedic intent, in large part because of the way it opens - the cosplayer's booming "Nerf THIS!" followed by a resounding clap of the cheeks. One thing led to another, and eventually one user had the brilliant idea of inserting a giant farting sound partway through the video, only elevating its spread in online circles for trolling. It was all a truly bizarre week or three on the internet - a phase that, somehow, Season 1 of SiIvaGunner managed to completely circumvent.

Yet as I've mentioned on posts like Sex - Steve Harvey, a stated goal for Season 4 Episode 1's run was to bring the channel back to that unpredictable, chaotic, borderline incoherent vibe that Season 1 often had, due to the near complete lack of quality control and lack of expectations placed upon the team. And while the season would later become far more prominently defined by the King for Another Day tournament and its buildup with rips like September, we still had a fair share of moments that truly felt like 2016 never left - none better to exemplify this than the bizarre, out of nowhere use of the aforementioned twerking video and its audio. As mentioned prior, SiIvaGunner has a storied history of being in conflict with its audience, one that was turned into a whole story arc with SiIvaGunner: Rebooted specifically about the importance of spreading love instead of hate - yet on the VERY FIRST D.VA fart rip, the dislikes were already reaching astronomical heights, a near 50/50 like-to-dislike ratio. This, obviously, just signaled to the team that their attempt to strike a nerve had worked - and so, the "NERF THIS!" reverberated around the channel for weeks therafter, a ghost haunting the channel with users ready in the comments to warn fellow fans to be wary of the incoming farts.

And, like, there's not really a grander narrative to this in the same way that Astronaut in the Ocean or The Bean had - the team just kept using the D.VA fart video, its audio, D.VA voice clips from Overwatch and various other stock fart sounds in increasingly more bizzare ways throughout August of 2019 just to fuck with us. Their stated goal to deliver something truly unpredictable for the season had been met - yet, perhaps the MOST unpredictable thing that could've happened therafter, was making a D.VA rip into an actual banger. Sure enough, after more than a dozen rips of the gamer girl shitting herself, we were treated to an absolute brain-melting curveball in D-VA DISCO - at once a tribute to the meme's rise in attention over the past month, and to one of the most celebrated and well-renowned YTPMVs of the past decade.

SEN-TRY DISCO by wazgul is one of several thousand pieces of absolutely beloved Team Fortress 2 fan content released during the game's heyday, all the way back in 2013. I'm not a Team Fortress 2 fan myself, granted, but its fanbase's reach across online culture is absolutely undeniable - and I suppose, to one ripper's mind in 2019, this reach was comparable to that of the D.VA Fart's reign in 2016, a parallel made clear through how Overwatch and Team Fortress 2 were so often pitted against one another as team-based multiplayer shooters. And so, with SiIvaGunner's new villain being used, we received D-VA DISCO: Using voice and SFX clips of D.VA from Overwatch itself to recreate SEN-TRY DISCO beat for beat.

It's of course lovely just in concept as a tribute to an olden time of shitposting, sort of sentimental in the same way that I described Maskettaman - Dr. Pavel's Fly​-​So​-​Good as being, but the real strength of the rip comes from just how much YTPMVs have grown in the six years between SEN-TRY DISCO and the rip in question. For being in part made with the intent of poking fun of SiIvaGunner's own audience, the attention to detail throughout D-VA DISCO is fantastic - the soft clicking sounds of D.VA's mech added to the percussion in particular really tie together the various voicelines to the hi-tempo instrumental in the background. Those voiceclips meanwhile, like the initial G-GO-GO-GO's that introduce the melody, feel layered together in such a satisfying way, with a seamless-ness that just didn't appear to be feasible to achieve back when SEN-TRY DISCO was made. The clips just continue to shine from there in implementation, and it all culminates in a rip that's an outright earworm. That, of course, is the case with most YO-KAI DISCO rips, YO-Kai Direction from just last month included - yet no matter what form a rip of the track takes, I'm always subconsciously singing "Go-Go-Go-Go-Go Right-Up-Down!!!" to myself, the gamer girl officially having infiltrated my cranium to a terminal degree.

The rip, of course, all still culminates into the D.VA we all know and hate on the channel - a solid twenty seconds of rendering the song's ending with the Nerf This-fart pitch-shifted to the melody. And so, D.VA Fart runs three for three in unpredictability - appearing out of nowhere to make some of the most hated rips on the entire SiIvaGunner channel, suddenly appearing in a rip as genuinely excellent as D-VA DISCO, only for said rip to rebound back into the intentionally-awful territory in which the meme began at the very last second. It's brilliant, like an insane combination of factors that we'll likely never see done again to the same degree for a SiIvaGunner meme - and it has cemented the rip as an all-time hidden-gem favorite for me in retrospect.

Missus Nerf-This sort of faded away after her reign in Season 4 Episode 1, yet she still makes surprise appearances from time to time - she was a key player in one of Season 5's audio dramas, and sometimes (like, funnily enough, on Big Sus Chocobo) the clip is just deployed at the end of rips as a very funny jumpscare. Never quite leaving as much of a legendary legacy as The Bean, nor attaining as much of a gradual following as The Nutshack or Astronaut in the Ocean...D.VA on SiIvaGunner, the little shithead that she is, seems content in staying as that one meme that everyone just loves to hate. I can't really recall just how, when or why we all became so content in just enjoying rips of a cosplayer ripping a fat one, but it's oddly sweet to see even jokes as loathed as this have some sort of relevancy, being used from time to time even today: Be that in surprising displays of raw quality, or as regular reminders to never try to predict the SiIvaGunner team's next move.

[spn-ish]

... And then she deleted the post shortly therafter.

[the-raft]

De l'eau trouble pour cacher des larmes. J'ai sali la table.

Ne perdez plus votre temps. Nous avons jeter la table.

Merci de votre abandon.

[cornerofhell]

Tiffany's doll in Bride of Chucky is the most perfect representation of her being our Goth Trailer Trash queen 🙌

Seed of Chucky and the dolls therafter made her far too elegant in my opinion!

[cutesharkstudios]

Cold Sweat Chapter 1

Blight Manor: 11:17 pm

Luz and Amity are snuggled in bed after enjoying a wonderful date. After her kingcenera, Luz made sure she had some ample time with her beloved girlfriend. On their way back from their usual date spot, they met someone who brought up a cheating incident in a witches duel that just got resolved. They left therafter, with Luz doing everything in her power to make sure Amity's mind left that comment.

They arived at their home, the Blight manor. They lived there with Amity's siblings and father, in order to be closer, save money, and use up all the space they could. They all respected eachother's privacy and were all getting along well now that O-stinky-a was out of their lives.

After going to bed, Luz thought nothing of the conversation, until she started to hear wimpering from her partner. She started to open her eyes to see if her sweet potato was cold.

Said eyes shot open when out of the freaking ether, Amity sat up with tears pouring from her eyes, screaming "I'M SORRY" at the top of her lungs. Luz immediatly started to console her.

Luz: Amity, Amity, it's ok, it's just a nightmare, I'm here.

Amity then embraced Luz with the consrictiveness of a snake, saying something the human never thought she would hear her say.

Amity: Please don't leave me. I'll never do it again. Luz…..

Luz: It's okay, I'm here.

At that moment, Alador kicked open the door, his eyes wide as spell circles and filled with fear for his daughter. Following him was his twins, Ed and Em, who heard the cry as well.

Alador: Amity, Luz, are you ok!?

Luz: I am, but Amity isn't. She just just had a nightmare, and we all need to make sure she is ok.

Edric and Emira: Amity, what's wrong?

Alador: Is it about the conversation you overheard? Luz told me to make sure I didn't waltz over an open wound.

Amity: It is. Here's how it went.

[robskaschedulearchive]

Here’s the Cartoon Network schedule for Monday, January 24 to Sunday, January 30, 2011.

First thing, 9PM was gone. This was when people thought that Adult Swim didn’t really need 9PM, as they were only using it to air episodes of King of the Hill. I remember when I first saw KOTH (around this time, or a little bit before or after), I thought it was weird, given the theme was instrumental and the intro just had stone-faced Hank Hill drinking in front of that fence with Bill, Dale and Boomhauer. Grew to like the show, though.

Anyways, SCHEDULE CHANGES! The mid-morning lineup (after 9am and before 12pm) has a mix of the Canadian toons (Johnny Test, Total Drama Island) and retro CN classics (Dexter’s Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls [the original 1998 series]). Definitely a great mix for any Teletoon/CN fan.

And also, in the early-evening, at 6pm, a Great combo came to exist. 6teen and Total Drama World Tour. I’m pretty sure a lot of people know why it’s a great mix (Fresh TV produced both shows, a lot of the voices worked on both shows, both feel like the early-mid 2000s, etc.). Too bad CN replaced the 6pm half-hour slot with more KND the next month, this week was also one of the last times 6teen aired on United States cable television. (it still airs on Teletoon [now Cartoon Network Canada]).

Also, this was around the time when Pokemon Black and White was about to come out in the states, so the Diamond and Pearl anime was about to end, this week was when the second-to-last episode of the DP anime aired. The next episode was the one where Piplup was crying that he is leaving his best friend, Pikachu (he cried as well). No, really, here’s the clip.

Speaking of sad news, Robotomy was ending this week. That sucks, given the show was really great, I could have seen that show as CN’s third wheel, if MAD never was really successful and CN trusted Thrasher and Blastus for a second season. Good thing they got Gumball shortly therafter.

Friday Action block was just new Young Justice (a show that lasted through a cancellation and ended up on streaming) and Star Wars: the Clone Wars (another show that lasted through a cancellation and ended up on streaming). the Ben 10: Alien Force hour-long episodes were airing as time-filler between the two shows. Ultimate Alien and Generator Rex would return the next week.

Flicks movie was a rerun of Underdog. Aired Saturday at 7pm and again 23 hours later.

Anyways, the schedules after this one were more notable, only because Johnny Test was shrunk from its 52 reruns on the channel. Remember back when the most aired show was only on for 12% of the channel’s runtime? Nowadays, CN’s most aired show is about 31% of the airtime. Still better than Nick’s airtime of SpongeBob and Paw Patrol nowadays.

Here’s what was new that week:

Adventure Time - Monday at 8p

Regular Show - Monday at 8:15p

Robotomy - SERIES FINALE - Monday at 8:45p

Young Justice - Friday at 7p

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Friday at 8:30p

The Super Hero Squad Show - Saturday at 6:30a

Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Saturday at 7:30a

Pokemon DP: Sinnoh League Victors - Saturday at 8a

Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused - Saturday at 10:30a

Run it Back (NBA Recap show) - Sunday at 8a

[metalsiren-a]

𝙵𝙵𝙰:  wage  war,  dayseeker,  sleep  token,  periphery

𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋  𝐄𝐍𝐃  is  a  progressive  metalcore  band  hailing  from  new  york.  founded  by  vocalist  sawyer  bardot  and  guitarist  atticus quinn in  2019,  they  were  joined  by  bassist  connor  opilio  and  drummer  rowan  arrington  soon  therafter.  with  powerful  yet  atmospheric  guitars,  able  to  create  dynamics  that  lure  you  into  a  false  sense  of  whimsy  before  they  drop  into  the  abyss  of  breakdowns,  as  well  as  a  clean,  powerful  rhythm  section  that  never  strays  from  the  pocket,  ethereal  end's  sound  can  only  be  described  as  it's  namesake  —  ethereal.  that  comes  even  more  into  play  the  moment  sawyer's  vocals  come  seem  to  float  over  the  instrumental,  allowing  her  breathy  cleans  sing  you  to  sleep  before  the  banshee's  unleashed  with  vicious  screams  placed  tastefully  throughout  the  arrangement.   with  their  debut  album  'a  broken,  violent  end'  released  early  2021,  they've  taken  the  metal  (and  mainstream  music)  scene  by  storm,  their first single 'heliophobia' hitting  #46  on  the  billboard  hot  one  hundred  for  three  weeks  in  a  row  and  steadily  climbing.  

[  𝙻𝙴𝙵𝚃  𝚃𝙾  𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃.  ]

𝐒𝐀𝐖𝐘𝐄𝐑  𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐓 :  vocals,  keys,  synths  |  DOVE CAMERON 𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐍  𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 :  drums  |  ALEX TERRIBLE 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐍𝐍 :  guitar,  backing vocals,  production  |  NOAH SEBASTIAN 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑  𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐎 :  bass,  backing vocals  |  WILL RAMOS