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vancilocs · 3 years ago

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Half and half with gilly and mallory aand lyssa and izkiel?

sorry i made pancakes

1. Who wakes up first?

If they don't wake up to the same alarm, I think Mallory by just a little bit

2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

Neither really? They can return for a bit of a cuddle after a morning jog and coffee or something though

3. Who takes longer getting ready?

Probably Mallory, redrawing her eyeliner for the 17th time

4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do?

Snuggle, read, chat a little

5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie?

If Gilly has had a long day at work

6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile?

Mallory is typically out cold within five minutes of putting her head into the pillow, free game for Gilly

7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines?

Probably Mallory

8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart?

While Gilly is more the mediator who's used to making sure younger siblings don't cause chaos, Mallory is that younger sibling causing chaos so she can get very into it

9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling?

Mallory wants to be chivalrous but in her haste doesn't check the label

10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back?

Neither, das rude

11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order?

Maybe Gilly

12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing?

Mallory, Gilly wouldn't risk doing it to someone who knows like 5 types of self-defense

13. Who points out a dog when they see one?

Both

14. Who’s prone to road rage?

Neither, though Mallory can cuss a bit

15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)?

Gilly gets colder much easier than Mallory does

16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)?

Gilly, woman you are half Irish you will die

17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling?

Both can

18. Who gets the window seat?

Whoever wants it this time

19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other?

Neither on purpose, but if the hands need to be warmed the other is ready

20. What do they argue about the most?

If they argue about anything, I guess it's work related. More than arguing with each other it's Mallory getting heated about smth and complaining to Gilly

21. Who’s clumsier?

Both are pretty stable on their feet

22. Who texts more often?

Mallory has lots of things to say

23. Who is better with kids?

Both are good, Mallory is more fun big sister kind while Gilly is the stricter big sister type

24. Who’s the better cook?

Mallory can make healthy and balanced meals, Gilly is good with spices, they're equally as good

25. Who mistakes salt for sugar?

If Mallory is in a big hurry, she might

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26. Who puts the fork in the microwave?

Izkiel if Lyssa doesn't notice in time

27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning?

Izkiel's schedules are all over the place, he will throw a pizza bagel in there at any hour

28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.?

Also Izkiel

29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies?

Both can, usually Lyssa lets Izkiel do it if he likes

30. Who likes doing the dishes?

Neither really.

31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they?

Lyssa sticks to her diet for her health, if Izkiel has a sweet tooth then him

32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?

Both know what the other likes and what's good for them

33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors?

Lyssa eats it sometimes, plain vanilla is best.

34. Do they go on dates? What are they like?

If they have time, sounds fun. Go out for dinner, go to a club for a moment, have some drinks but make sure to get home before Lyssa's energy runs out

35. What do they smell when they smell amortentia?

Deodorant/perfume, hand sanitizer mainly

36. Which one is the secret snuggler?

They're not secret about it, and nobody can blame Izkiel for liking snuggling Lyssa

37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold?

Lyssa, her evarian side endures cold much better so she can hand her jacket over if Izkiel complains

38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving?

If anyone then Izkiel because Lyssa keeps both her hands on the wheel at all times

39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch? (Bonus: What does it say?)

Lyssa might, just small little ones like "have fun at work!" or "I love you!" with little smiley faces and kittens and hearts doodled.

40. Who is the most affectionate?

They're both sweet for each other, Lyssa might be a bit less awkward about it but they're both affectionate

41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon?

They switch

42. What is their favorite feature of their partner?

Jawline, chest, hands, eyes for Lyssa, cheeks, hair and hands for Izkiel, also her general roundness

43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

Lyssa just got a bit more shy and sweeter around him, asking more about his day and wanting to know more about him whenever he happened to show up at her clinic

44. What are their nicknames for each other?

General pet names, usually

45. Who worries the most? Over what?

Lyssa worries about Izkiel's wellbeing at his job, he worries about her health and how she's holding up

46. Who initiates kisses?

Could be either really

47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen?

It just came out from Lyssa when Izkiel was being a goof

48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first?

Lyssa's uncle Odin basically watched it develop since he also works at the clinic (and snitched to her parent immediately). They're pretty protective over her but she's also a grownup and Izkiel seems like an okay dude so... it's fine. Probably. Izkiel had to tell his folks separately, Kenzo noticed the development but he also kept forgetting about it

49. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

Their own thing, Lyssa is always busy at the clinic, at home she cleans and organizes, looks after her few plants. Izkiel tries to nurture a singular cactus and keep his living space somewhat clean when he's not at work

50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness?

I think Izkiel might take some time to process Lyssa being sweet and cute at him

#the pancakes gave me a tummyache but i'm being brave abt it #long oc thing #don't let your boss see the cute little note your gf put in your lunch it would end badly

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ryqoshay · 3 years ago

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OTP Ask Meme (Impatient Edition) NicoMaki

Yeah, I know the point of these things is to wait for followers to Ask questions from the list, but reading though this one got me thinking too much. And, as the title implies, I got impatient and wanted to answer them all. Right away.

Anyway, credit to @lonelypond for this version coming across my dash. Reblog that version if you want to do this thing correctly.

Also, just because I’ve already answered these here, I’ve expanded on some for various reasons and left others short if I believe the reasons are obvious. So if you still want to do the whole interactive thing, you can still ask for clarification or whatever.

And finally, there will be spoilers ahead for How to Handle a Nico, both scenes I’ve written and posted, as well as some that remain in my Notes and WIP Warehouse. I’ll try to remember to link to the chapters mentioned.

1. Who wakes up first?

Nico, so she can make breakfast for her Maki.

2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

Maki. Usually because she studies or works later and/or longer hours. She is also not above pulling Nico back into bed when she comes to wake her.

3. Who takes longer getting ready?

Usually Nico.

4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do?

Maki’s libido can pretty much always be counted on to at least exhaust Nico, if not both of them.

5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie?

Depends on who had a rough day or week at work/school, though Maki may get bored and either watch Nico or fall asleep during overly sappy romance movies.

6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile?

Either, depending on the stresses of the prior day.

7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines?

Nico intentionally. Maki unintentionally.

8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart?

They both are, though in different ways. This is depicted in Consolation Prize.

9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling?

Maki, especially if she is in an unfamiliar place.

10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back?

Both, though Maki only in retaliation for whatever teasing Nico may have done.

11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order?

Nico likes a proper presentation of her idol merch. Maki is too busy with other stuff to care about special organization.

12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing?

Nico.

13. Who points out a dog when they see one?

Either.

14. Who’s prone to road rage?

Maki, especially when she is trying to get to the hospital when called in at some odd hour, or trying to get home after a stressful day.

15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)?

Nico gets cold easier. Warm socks help.

16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)?

Nico, partly out of habit from doing it with her siblings and partly as an excuse to offer to help Maki put it on. Depicted in Sunscreen.

17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling?

Nico.

18. Who gets the window seat?

Nico. Maki traveled enough with her parents and is happy to let her girlfriend see the sights instead.

19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other?

Nico intentionally. Maki unintentionally, usually.

20. What do they argue about the most?

I don’t believe anyone has been brave enough to track the data for this.

21. Who’s clumsier?

Maki, especially in the kitchen. Nico has her moments though.

22. Who texts more often?

Nico. With heavy emoji use. (I need to depict this more in HtHaN somehow)

23. Who is better with kids?

Nico. She was the primary caregiver for her siblings for many years after all.

24. Who’s the better cook?

Nico. See above.

25. Who mistakes salt for sugar?

Maki. Even after Nico labeled the containers.

26. Who puts the fork in the microwave?

Maki.

27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning?

Nico. Maki isn’t allowed to cook without Nico’s supervision. However, this would be a rare occasion as Nico typically will prepare something ahead of when Maki is arriving home this late and leave it for her to reheat.

28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.?

Maki, when she’s reheating whatever Nico made for her after arriving home late.

29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies?

Both.

30. Who likes doing the dishes?

Nico, though it would be more appropriate to say she doesn’t dislike it.

31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they?

Nico loves her sweets. Maki loves her Nico.

32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?

Nico is highly attentive to Maki’s preferences in food. Knowing what Maki likes in restaurants lets her know what she can make at home. And food is definitely one of the best ways to Maki’s heart.

33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors?

Nico likes sundaes with lots of sugary toppings. She also likes trying new flavors and will often get multiple scoops of different flavors. Maki is fine with a single scoop cone.

34. Do they go on dates? What are they like?

As often as their schedules allow. Maki likes quite dates like walks in a park or museum or sitting up on a hillside for stargazing. Nico likes shopping for outfits and idol merch, going to movies and bustling amusement parks. But both love watching the other enjoy their hobbies so they’re willing to go along with the other’s interests as well.

35. What do they smell when they smell Amortentia?

Nico smells her father’s aftershave, strawberries, and stewing tomatoes. Maki smells Nico’s special tomato curry, Nico’s shampoo, and the cinnamon sugar of the snickerdoodle cookies the Nishikino baker made for her to leave out for Santa.

Yes, two of Maki’s are directly related to Nico. What can I say? She’s addicted.

36. Which one is the secret snuggler?

Maki. The more tired or drunk she is, the clingier she gets.

37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold?

Maki. Nico gets cold easier, so Maki is usually the one to offer her jacket.

38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving?

Yes.

39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch?

Nico, because she is the only one who makes lunch for them both; Maki isn’t the type to do such a thing even if she were allowed to cook more. (Bonus: What does it say?) Usually the messages are simple affirmations of love, but she is not above getting snarky if the two had an argument recently.

40. Who is the most affectionate?

Nico in public. Maki in private.

41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon?

Usually, Maki is the big spoon as she is quite fond of hugging her Nico like a teddy bear, though Nico will sometimes jetpack.

42. What is their favorite feature of their partner?

Maki loves Nico’s smile, particularly her genuine, unforced, non-idol persona smile. Nico loves Maki’s voice, specifically her singing voice.

43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

Nico starts teasing Maki more, no longer to “put the spoiled rich girl in her place” but rather to see more of the adorable reactions. Maki actively tries to deny her feelings, even to, or perhaps especially to herself, falling back on established habits of insisting that she doesn’t have time to date, all the while quietly continuing to seek more time with Nico.

44. What are their nicknames for each other?

Both exclusively use -chan with the other.

45. Who worries the most? Over what?

Early on, both are worried about losing the other for different reasons. Nico is afraid that should a scandal occur that ruins her idol career, Maki may blame herself and leave. Maki fears that a busy schedule of studying in medical school followed by long hours at the hospital may turn away someone like Nico, whose attention seeking seems infinite. Later, as they settle into their relationship, their concerns turn to more stereotypical adult fears; traffic or transit accidents, sever illnesses, etc.

46. Who initiates kisses?

Nico in public. Maki in private.

47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen?

Nico, by accident, as depicted in Spoken.

48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first?

Technically Maki in both cases, though with their friends, Nico was active in the chatroom, and with their mothers, Maki only beat Nico by maybe half an hour or so. These instances are depicted in Reconstructed Reunion and Telling Mama.

49. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

Both have busy schedules, even as early as the years immediately following high school, so spending time away from each other is quite commonplace. This still did not stop Maki from going through a bout of depression during Nico’s first tour as a professional idol, as depicted in Homesick and Homecoming. From then on, Maki starts a tradition of visiting Nico during longer tours so as to break up their time away a bit.

50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness?

Nico, as the more romantic of the two. This isn’t to say Maki doesn’t value sentiment, she just has other ways of expressing it than being overwhelmed.

#NicoMaki #How to Handle a Nico

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nightfury-2001 · 3 years ago

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I posted 1,579 times in 2021

162 posts created (10%)

1417 posts reblogged (90%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 8.7 posts.

I added 6,067 tags in 2021

#reblog - 1408 posts

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Longest Tag: 140 characters

#and how my view of the franchise and its characters are definitely affected quite a bit by my hot take on how the dragons are sapient beings

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If the new Fury is really Toothless' descendant/meant to be a Night Light it would make much more sense and imo be more interesting in some ways if they were basically a Light Fury with a couple minor traits that hinted towards their ancestry.

Like,, while I'm not the biggest fan of the canon Light Fury design, it would have been fun to see a Light Fury/mostly LF Night Light form a bond with a human and would have helped make the new Fury and their rider feel more unique.

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ALRIGHT HERE IT IS THE POST YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR

So in one of the DVD bonus features for THW, there’s a brief clip where parts of an outline of a much earlier draft of the film are visible in the background. Someone on Twitter a year or so ago discovered this and pieced together what they were able to read, however the other day I and a couple of others were able to make out more of it (INCLUDING THE ENDING) thanks to higher quality pics!

Here’s what we managed to put together and some images for proof:

ACT II (?)

-ach(?). At ----------------- request, Valka drops him off -------------- and returns to Astrid and Toothless, hiding safely in the thick fog. All is quiet.

Flashback #5: Hiccup, (11), is ridiculed and ostracized by the village kids. He promises to make them regret it when he's chief. Stoick pulls him aside and tells him that a good chief makes the selfless choice, even when he knows it will hurt.

Hiccup breaks the silence, announcing that he's alone, and that he wants to negotiate peace(?). Eret tries to warn Hiccup that Drago is(?) after him, not Toothless. Drago appears, confirming that Toothless may be the alpha, but(?) he'll do anything for Hiccup. Drago lays -o(?) Hiccup's bad leg, forcing him to cry out in pain.

Back in the fog, Astrid struggles to stop Toothless from responding to Hiccup's cries. Despite her best efforts, Toothless crashes to the beach. Drago's men descend upon him and drag him to the caldera, where the Scrambler has the dragons subdued. In passing, Toothless communicates with the Bewilderbeast. It nods in understanding.

With Hiccup as Drago's hostage, Toothless commands the dragons to yield. Drago's plan has worked. The world's dragons are finally his, and with them, he will be unstoppable.

ACT III

But the surrender is only a distraction. Toothless calls upon the Bewilderbeast ------ over the exits, sealing the soldiers w(?)------ with the dragons. The trap is revers------ men can't escape. The Gang disable ------ Scrambler, allowing the dragons to ---- panicked army. Hiccup seizes the(?) ------ break free of Drago.

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Flashback #6: Hiccup (15). Stoick beams, surrounded by Vikings and dragons, now living in harmony (end of D1). "Turns out all we needed was a little more of this." Hiccup smiles. "You just gestured to all of me."

---- what must be done. With(?) tears in his eyes, ---------- tail from Toothless' saddle and ----------------- to(?) lead the dragons to the Hidden World(I'm assuming.) ---------------------------------

Over vignettes of Toothless leading the dragons to the Hidden World (where he's greeted by Stormfly & a flock of other Night Furies), New Berk is built up, surpassing Old Berk's former glory. A statue of Toothless with his wings spread over Stoick is erected in the main plaza. Hiccup, the selfless chief, stands upon a cliff flanked by Astrid, Valka, and the others. "There were dragons when I was a boy..." The dragons have become legend, but the promise that they may one day return lives on.

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#about what i expected lmaooo #nf01 talks #long post #tumblr 2021 year in review

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jalebi-weds-bluetooth · 4 years ago

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OTP Ask Memes Questions

Hello everyone,

Thank you SO much for your questions guys. It is SUCH fun! With the flurry of questions I’ve sorted out things below as to questions that have been asked so as to you can ask the ones that haven’t been asked yet :)

Also, I kinda answer 5ish questions a day (or perhaps more) so don’t worry if your ask hasn’t been answered yet - it’ll be answered the next day!

Again, thanks a bunch for the questions!

1. Who wakes up first?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

3. Who takes longer getting ready?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines?

Answered here for Akash & Payal.

8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling?

10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back?

11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing?

Answered here for Akash & Payal.

Answered here for NK & La.

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

13. Who points out a dog when they see one?

14. Who’s prone to road rage?

15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

18. Who gets the window seat?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

20. What do they argue about the most?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

Answered here for Mahinder/Manorama.

21. Who’s clumsier?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

22. Who texts more often?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

23. Who is better with kids?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

24. Who’s the better cook?

25. Who mistakes salt for sugar?

26. Who puts the fork in the microwave?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning?

28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.?

29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

30. Who likes doing the dishes?

31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

34. Do they go on dates? What are they like?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

Answered here for Anjali & Aman.

35. What do they smell when they smell amortentia?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

36. Which one is the secret snuggler?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch? (Bonus: What does it say?)

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

Answered here for Akash & Payal.

Answered here for Anjali & Aman.

40. Who is the most affectionate?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

42. What is their favorite feature of their partner?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

Answered here for Manorama/Mahinder.

Answered here for Anjali/Aman.

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

44. What are their nicknames for each other?

Answered here for Arnav and Khushi.

45. Who worries the most? Over what?

Answered here for Arnav and Khushi.

46. Who initiates kisses?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen?

Answered here for NK & La.

48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first?

Answered here for Mahinder/Manorama.

Answered here for Aman/Anjali.

Answered here for NK & La.

49. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

Answered here for NK & La.

50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness?

Answered here for Arnav & Khushi.

#otp ask meme #ask #thank you for all the questions #Queued post

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daleisgreat · 3 years ago

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Speed

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Today’s entry will mark the first official 4K home video release I am writing about. I already own a few other 4K UHDs, and a couple of months ago, I watched my first 4K video at home with 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. However, I already covered that movie’s BluRay release here several years ago, so I will not be dedicating another entry for it, other than to say that the 4K upgrade pops and makes it look like a new release. Today’s entry is for 1994’s Speed (trailer). Before diving into this movie, I noticed one of the tracks from this film’s score repeatedly used throughout sounds awfully like one of the main themes I primarily associated with the Metal Gear Solid franchise. I have no idea if this was pointed out before, and I just overlooked it all these years, or maybe I am grasping at straws. Click or press here to take a listen and decide for yourself. 1994 was a hell of a year for Hollywood movies primarily transpiring from a highway with The Chase, Speed, and the OJ Simpson Bronco chase….oh wait (although I highly recommend the ESPN 30 for 30 on it, simply titled: June 17th 1994). The majority of Speed has a straightforward premise: serial bomber and local madman Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) planted a bomb on a bus rigged to explode once the bus drops below 55 miles per hour. Police officer Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) is alerted to this by the bomber himself to exact revenge on Traven after successfully rescuing hostages from an elevator Payne armed at the beginning of the film.

From there, for the middle hour of this nearly two-hour film, the action almost entirely takes place on the bus. Traven makes a grand entrance onto the bus by commandeering a Jaguar and having its owner (Glenn Plummer) take the wheel so Traven could heroically leap onto the bus and save the day. It would not be that easy of a rescue mission as Payne has eyes on the bus, and Traven has to play by his rules and get him his $3 million ransom to disarm the bus. Without question, the middle hour on the bus is the best part of the film. The opening half-hour is an excellent appetizer with the elevator hostage crisis that Traven and his partner, Harry (Jeff Daniels), successfully foil. However, once the action shifts to the bus is when Speed takes off. Shortly after taking control of the bus, one of the passengers freaks and inadvertently shoots the bus driver, and a fellow passenger, Annie (Sandra Bullock), takes over the wheel. Throughout the film, Annie and Traven have wonderful chemistry, and I could not help but root for the duo throughout. Every couple of minutes, there is a new potential conflict to overcome to keep the bus going over 55mph. The film wisely peppers in brief dialog exchanges to let the movie breathe just enough before the next hurdle makes itself present.

The film's standout moment is the major obstacle for the bus to overcome when it encounters a stretch of unavoidable highway under construction and missing a hearty chunk of the road. Traven’s solution is that since that stretch of a road is on an incline, they may clear that gap if they build up enough speed! That epic stunt hits all the right notes, and I got goosebumps all over again re-watching it, and odds are, I bet you did too if you have seen this movie. If you have not, then watch this scene and see for yourself by click or pressing here. A lot of the critical discussion in the aftermath of this movie was if that jump was realistically possible. The best thing I can do is to compare it to another film, Road Trip, which is likely a better indicator of what could happen when attempting such a feat. Once the middle bus portion of the film is over, there are still about 20 minutes left where Traven tracks and chases down Payne in a subway station. The movie felt over once the bus portion had such a satisfying conclusion that it almost feels wrong to keep sticking with the film by this point, but I recommend you do since there is a satisfying payoff in the form of Payne’s demise. I have to share a story now when I first saw this film at around 13 or 14 on VHS. My dad’s VCR had what seemed to me at the time was a revolutionary feature where if I kept pressing the pause button repeatedly, it would slowly, frame-by-frame, play the film in super slow-motion. At that age, I thought this was a fantastic way to get the most out of the biggest stunts in action scenes. My favorite moment exploiting this feature was seeing Traven and Payne wrestle around on the top of a subway train until Payne was not watching his field of vision, and a warning light lead to his sudden beheading. I slow-motion replayed that sequence countless times in my awkward, early teenage years. Suffice it to say, Hopper plays the out-of-his-mind bomber perfectly, going so far as to make sure he receives his appropriate cinematic comeuppance.

The director ensures the many passengers on the bus maximized their minutes to the point I where it feels like you are right there with them!

Two audio commentaries are the only extra features of the 4K disc in this 4K/BluRay combo pack. One is with the director, Jan de Bont, and the other is with producer Mark Gordon and writer Graham Yost. Props are to whoever decided to subtitle the commentary tracks. I very much appreciate it! I first started to bounce back and forth between the two commentary tracks, but Bont was way too relaxed and had too many pauses to hold my attention, and I finished up with his track within five minutes. However, Yost and Gordon are very much engaged from beginning to end and have fun cracking jokes and sharing memories throughout. Some quick takeaways I got from them were how they wanted to film a major scene outside of a sports arena, dealing with critics poking holes at how unrealistic their stunts were, and how watching the movie felt very different at the time of the commentary recording just two months after 9/11. The BluRay disc contains the remainder of the bonus features. Inside Speed is a four-part feature lasting just under an hour breaking down the visual effects, stunts, and location sequences, but half of it also contains an HBO First Look special hosted by Dennis Hopper that hits all the right kinds of cheesy mid-90s EPK nostalgia that it is worth checking out. Aside from 12 minutes of extended scenes and a Billy Idol music video that seems totally off base with the tempo of the film, there are a couple of Action Sequences mini-features breaking down some of the stunts. I highly recommend watching the one dissecting how they did the bus jump, as it shows raw footage of what really happened when they shot it, and showed footage of some of the specific safety measures they instilled to make that stunt as safe as possible and had some eye-opening interviews with the stunt driver before and after.

After watching that old VHS copy nearly a dozen times, Speed wound up being one of my favorite action films I got burnt out early on and never bothered upgrading to a DVD or standalone BluRay. Watching it again in 4K all these years later breathed new life into it for me. I am not an expert at breaking down video quality by any means, but watching the 4K disc on my 4KTV gave the impression of this having far more current production values. The editors somehow managed to remove all the old film grain defects for a smooth 4K upgrade. If you have not seen Speed yet, then it has everything you could want out of a mid-90s action movie with explosions, gripping thrills and stunts, dramatic rescues, plenty of zinger one-liners…..and a Billy Idol theme song. Pardon me while I attempt my best Dennis Hopper impression here, “Pop quiz, hotshot, which 1994 blockbuster that takes place primarily on a bus is a perfect candidate for beer and popcorn movie night at home?” Other Random Backlog Movie Blogs 3 12 Angry Men (1957) 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown 21 Jump Street The Accountant Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie Atari: Game Over The Avengers: Age of Ultron The Avengers: Endgame The Avengers: Infinity War Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Batman: The Killing Joke Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Bounty Hunters Cabin in the Woods Captain America: Civil War Captain America: The First Avenger Captain America: The Winter Soldier Christmas Eve The Clapper Clash of the Titans (1981) Clint Eastwood 11-pack Special The Condemned 2 Countdown Creed I & II Deck the Halls Detroit Rock City Die Hard Dirty Work Dredd The Eliminators The Equalizer Faster Fast and Furious I-VIII Field of Dreams Fight Club The Fighter For Love of the Game Good Will Hunting Gravity Grunt: The Wrestling Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Hell Comes to Frogtown Hercules: Reborn Hitman I Like to Hurt People Indiana Jones 1-4 Inglourious Basterds Ink The Interrogation Interstellar Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Jobs Joy Ride 1-3 Justice League (2017 Whedon Cut) Last Action Hero Major League Mallrats Man of Steel Man on the Moon Man vs Snake Marine 3-6 Merry Friggin Christmas Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpions Revenge National Treasure National Treasure: Book of Secrets Nintendo Quest Not for Resale Old Joy Payback (Director’s Cut) Pulp Fiction The Punisher (1989) The Ref The Replacements Reservoir Dogs Rocky I-VIII Running Films Part 1 Running Films Part 2 San Andreas ScoobyDoo Wrestlemania Mystery Scott Pilgrim vs the World The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Shoot em Up Slacker Skyscraper Small Town Santa Steve Jobs Source Code Star Trek I-XIII Sully Take Me Home Tonight TMNT Trauma Center The Tooth Fairy 1 & 2 UHF Veronica Mars Vision Quest The War Wild The Wizard Wonder Woman The Wrestler (2008) X-Men: Apocalypse X-Men: Days of Future Past

#random movie #speed #keanu reeves #Sandra Bullock #jeff daniels #dennis hopper #glenn plummer #jan de bont

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papermoonloveslucy · 3 years ago

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HANS LOVES LUCY

July 10, 1987

By CAROL HOWARD News-Review staff writer

Hans Borger loves Lucy.

Lucille Ball, that is.

The 23-year-old Petoskey man, who wasn't even around for Lucy's golden era during the 1950s, collects books, record albums, videocassette tapes, photos, T-shirts and mugs, all dedicated to his beloved Lucy.

For any cave dwellers out there who may not know of whom we speak, Lucille Ball is one of the best known comediennes in America. Along with her husband, the late Desi Arnaz, the two reigned as queen and king of comedy on their outrageously successful television show, "I Love Lucy," during the 1950s. The show also made stars of Vivian Vance and William Frawley who played Lucy and Desi's landlords, Ethel and Fred Mertz.

After she divorced Arnaz in 1960, Lucy went on to star in her own sitcoms, "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" in the 1960s and 1970s.

Borger, who is news director at WMBM, a Petoskey radio station, said his love for the zany redhead goes back to his after-school days.

"When I was a kid, I'd come home from school and watch reruns," Borger said. "Shows like "Lucy" and the "Brady Bunch.'"

But he didn't start collecting Florence Henderson memorabilia, he chose Lucy. It must have been the storylines, he said.

"You can watch it (the show) over and over and still find it funny," he said. "Somehow you know everything's going to turn out all right in the end. And you go away with a smile when the show is over. You can't say that with very many other programs."

"The chemistry among the four (actors) was something that made the show the hit that it was," Borger said. "And, as Lucy says, they were lucky.”

Borger turns up his nose at current comedy programs.

"In the 1980s they try and make comedy shows about things like AIDS. That doesn't seem very comical."

Borger also admits, because of Lucy, he loves things from the 1940s and 1950s.

"It kind of influenced my whole way of thinking," he said. "I love the music of (that era). I kind of live in the past."

When Borger has time off, he says he'll kick back and watch an old Lucy episode or one of her game show appearances on his videocassette recorder. It's still a daily routine, he said.

If Borger gets tired of watching Lucy, he can read about her in the Lucy library he has accumulated.

He has a dozen or more books about her life. (She's 75 now). He gets newsletters from the "We Love Lucy" fan club, where he's maintained membership for the past 10 years. He keeps up scrapbooks with Lucy newspaper clippings and magazine articles.

He makes no bones about his devotion: "I could talk about this forever," he said.

He's never met Lucy in person, but he did meet Desi Arnaz near Detroit in 1976 during an autograph session.

"He was signing his autobiography. There he was with a glass of beer and a big, fat cigar," Borger said.

Borger said a controversial topic under discussion among Lucy fans and anyone interested in television history is whether or not the 179 "I Love Lucy" episodes will be colorized. (1)

"I feel it would be great," Borger said. "(I think) if Desi could have filmed them in color, he would have."

Hmmm, that means Lucy's red hair would be red.

There's also an all-points-bulletin out for the "lost" pilot episode of "I Love Lucy," Borger said. Borger's read about it and knows why it's a hot item. (2)

"For one thing, there were no Mertzes," he said. "And it wasn't Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, it was Larry and Lucy Lopez. But they found out there was already a bandleader named Lopez so they had to change the name."

Does Borger have some favorite episodes? "Oh, just like everybody else, I like the Vitameatavegamin show (where Lucy films a commercial for an alcohol-laced tonic until she gets drunk)," Borger said. "And the one called "Sentimental Anniversary" where wind up celebrating their anniversary in their closet. And the one where Lucy tells Ricky she's going to have a baby."

Borger said he plans to keep on collecting all he can about Lucy. "As long as I have the money."

And what if she shows up again on the tube? Will Borger give her another try?

"If she was just standing there, doing nothing, I'd watch it," he said. "If you are a diehard fan, that's just the way it goes."

Lucy and Ricky Lucy Quiz

So you claim to be an "I Love Lucy" fan? Here's a test to just see how much you really know (answers at end of test):

1. What is Lucy Ricardo's maiden name?

2. When Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel go to Hollywood, for whom does Lucy disguise herself with a long, putty nose?

3. Where was Ethel Mertz born? (Hint: it's in New Mexico.)

4. Name the movie Ricky supposedly contracted to film in Hollywood.

5. One day a group called "The Friends of the Friendless" consoled Lucy in a park. Why was Lucy upset?

6. What day of the week does Lucy and Ethel's women's club, the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League, meet?

7. In the famous candy-making episode, what unusual gifts do Ricky and Fred buy their wives after the two women are fired?

8. What musical instrument could Little Ricky play?

9. What is Lucy Ricardo's middle name?

10. What was the plot of the first episode aired?

ANSWERS: 1. MacGillicuddy; 2. William Holden; 3. Albuquerque; 4. Don Juan; 5. No one remembered her birthday; 6. Friday; 7. 5 pound boxes of candy; 8. Drums; 9. Esmeralda; 10. Lucy thinks Ricky is planning to murder her.

From "The ‘I Love Lucy' Quiz Book" by Bart Andrews.

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FOOTNOTES FROM THE FUTURE

(1) In the early 1980s, the Museum of Broadcasting (now the Paley Center for Media) began actively searching for the long-lost “I Love Lucy” pilot. During the 1970s all traces of the pilot had disappeared; not even Desi Arnaz or Lucille Ball owned or knew where to find a copy. In December 1989, a film print was found in the possessions of the late Pepito Perez, who had appeared in the pilot as a clown. Pepito’s widow, Joanne Perez, had read about the search for the pilot in TV Guide and recalled that her husband had been given a copy. CBS aired the pilot as an hour-long special hosted by Lucie Arnaz on Monday (the same day of the week “I Love Lucy” traditionally aired), April 30, 1990. Over 30 million viewers tuned in.

(2) “The ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Show” was the first episode CBS aired colorized on December 18, 1989. The ‘wraparound’ segments (the non-flashback parts) were broadcast in the original black and white, but were also colorized starting in 1990. Currently, in addition to the Christmas episode, there are 14 fully-colorized “I Love Lucy” episodes (out of 179):

“Lucy Does A TV Commercial”

“L.A. at Last!”

“Lucy and Superman”

“Job Switching”

“The Million Dollar Idea”

“The Fashion Show”

“Lucy and Harpo Marx”

“Pioneer Women”

“Lucy’s Italian Movie”

“Lucy Visits Grauman’s”

“Lucy Gets Into Pictures”

“Lucy Goes To Scotland”

“Bonus Bucks”

“The Dancing Star”

A DVD was released featuring 11 of the colorized episodes, five of which were screened in movie theatres nationwide prior to the DVD release.

In January 2008, Hans Borger self-published his autobiography “The Little Grownup: A Nostalgic Michigan Boyhood”.

#Lucille Ball #I Love Lucy #Collector #Colorized #I Love Lucy Pilot

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discovisiondreams · 4 years ago

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Top 15 First Watches of 2020

I’ve never been good at staying current on pop culture, and that became especially pronounced in 2020. A year where most of the anticipated theatrical releases were pushed to VOD (and the price nearly tripled) meant that a lot of flicks I was excited for got added to the end of the “Maybe Someday” watchlist.

But in this strange year, I did manage to watch 245 movies- and 195 of those were first-time watches. Some were new, only available on the (virtual) festival circuit. Some were Criterion mainstays, films I’m horrified to admit I hadn’t seen before. But this year, when movies cemented themself as my biggest joy, I began to really track what I watched- including a “top 5 first watches of the month” roundup for every month. These top 5s weren’t ranked, and weren’t even based on technical ability, strength of dialogue, or critical acclaim. They were just the 5 I loved the best.

So without further ado, here are my top 15 of the year- one selected from the top 5 of each month, with some bonus entries thrown in as well. As a general rule, I only included features on this list- I was fortunate enough to catch shorts that streamed at Chattanooga Film Fest, Celebration of Fantastic Fest, and more, but to add them to the running would have made writing this listicle absolutely impossible.

HONORABLE Honorable Mention: The Holiday. Inspired by the fine folks at Super Yaki, I finally watched this Nancy Meyers classic. Why is it two and a half hours long?! Why is that two and a half hours so significantly lacking in Jack Black?! The scenes that Black is in, though, really shine. This one is going to be a Christmas mainstay in the Disco household (and not just because I spent money on the DVD).

15: The Love Witch (Honorable Mention, April). This one came highly recommended to me by friends of all sorts, and like most of my 2020 first watches, I’m deeply embarrassed that it took me this long to get to it. Upon finally watching it, on a rainy Sunday, I described the movie in general (and the color palette, specifically) as “sumptuous,” which is one of the most complimentary visual descriptors I can bestow upon a movie. The plot felt a little convoluted at times, but I still found The Love Witch incredibly enjoyable and am hoping to explore more of writer-director Anna Biller’s filmography in 2021.

14: The Guest (Honorable Mention, October). The Guest is one of the few movies I watched multiple times this year- and the only one I watched twice in one week. From the sultry industrial soundtrack selections to the numerous visual nods to Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The guest was Extremely My Shit. The casting here is truly tremendous- especially Maika Monroe, who was similarly brilliant in It Follows. Also of note: Lance Reddick, one of my current favourite character actors.

13: The Fast and The Furious (Honorable Mention, May). 2 Fast 2 Furious (and its bespoke theme song, Act A Fool, by Ludacris) came out when I was in the 6th grade. Do you remember the music and movies that entered the world when you were in 6th grade? Do you have an inexplicable zealous love for them? 2F2F was the only film in the Fast Cinematic Universe I had seen for a long, long time. Then I saw Fate of the Furious. Then I bought the series box set, as a joke?? And then, slowly but then also all at once, I genuinely started to love this franchise. Some of them are truly ridiculous. Some of them are genuinely bad. But the first one? The Fast and The Furious (2001)? Timeless. Point Break updated and adapted for the early-aughts, The Fast and the Furious walked so The Italian Job (2003) could run. Without The Fast and The Furious, Paul Walker would just be “the guy from Tammy and The T-Rex” to millions of casual cinemagoers. The cultural impact of The Fast and The Furious simply cannot be denied!!

12: Come to Daddy (Top 5, July). Honestly, this is the exact flavor of bonkers bullshit I’ve grown to expect from Elijah Wood, and that is not an indictment. Wood’s genuine love for genre film is evident here, in what can only be described as an uncomfortable film of family, reunion, and redemption. The tense and abrasive first half gives way to a surprisingly relieving wave of violence and exposition in this critically-acclaimed flick.

11: The Stylist (Top 5, September). The feature-length debut of writer-director Jill Gevargizian, based off her short of the same name, is female-led horror that pays homage to genre mainstays like Maniac and Psycho while still being decidedly singular. Not only shot in Kansas City, but set in Kansas City, The Stylist made my midwestern heart happy. This is one that I really, really would have loved to see in a crowded theater auditorium, were this year a different one.

10: In The Mouth of Madness (Top 5, March). Despite being the beginning of pandemic awareness, March was a slow month for me, movie-wise (even though it’s not like I had anything else going on??). But I finally made time for this Carpenter classic, and I’m so happy I did. I’ve long been fascinated by stories about stories, and the people who find themselves trapped within those stories, and this one is truly, in the most basic sense of the word, horrifying. Sam Neill proves that he belongs in horror here, making his role in Event Horizon seem like a natural fit. Also a highlight: noted character actor David Warner, best known (to me) as “Billy Zane’s bodyguard guy in Titanic,” who never ever fails to be unsettling.

9: Profondo Rosso (Top 5, April). Before this year, my only Argento exposure was Suspiria (which is phenomenal), but Deep Red goes off the deep end in all the best ways. The score (by frequent Argento collaborators Goblin) is truly groovy. The number of twists and turns the plot takes is kind of mind-boggling, but also delightful. Daria Nicolodi (RIP) is at the top of her acting game here. This quickly became one of my beloved background movies- if I opened Shudder and Profondo Rosso was playing on one of their live-streaming channels, it stayed on while I was cleaning or cooking or paying bills. Profondo Rosso is a must-watch for those hoping to get into giallo.

8: Crimson Peak (Top 5, November). This one was definitely not what I was expecting, but it was GORGEOUS. I loved the world immediately (a Del Toro trademark, to be honest). As a longtime Pacific Rim stan, it made my heart happy to see Charlie Hunnam and Burn Gorman reunited under Guillermo Del Toro’s vision.

7: Palm Springs (Top 5, August). I am not typically a time-travel movie enthusiast- but I am a sucker for witty repartee and Andy Samberg. This one made me ugly-cry, which I should probably be a bit more ashamed to admit. August had a lot of really great first watches, but the Hulu exclusive takes the cake due to its novel premise, some truly heart-wrenching reveals, and the amazing casting (is there anything JK Simmons cant do?).

6: Scare Package (Top 5, May). Is there any format I love more than the horror anthology? While there have been so many over the years (Creepshow, All the Creatures Were Stirring), Scare Package might be my favourite of them all. A variety of fun and inventive stories combined with a genre-lovers dream of an overarching narrative make this one a must-see- in fact, it was the whole reason I bought a pass to this year’s online version of Chattanooga Film Fest. There’s a cameo here that absolutely knocked my socks off (and continued to do so even on repeat viewings). While the scares here are honestly minimal, Scare Package is a great love letter to the genre at large.

5: Do The Right Thing (Top 5, June). Yes, it took me until 2020 to watch Do The Right Thing for the first time. The palpable tension, the interwoven stories of Bed-Stuy’s residents, all seem timeless. Giancarlo Esposito is, as always, a joy to watch.

4: Knives Out (Top 5, February). “It’s a Rian Johnson whodunnit, duh,” states the SuperYaki! T-shirt famously worn by Jamie Lee Curtis, star of Knives Out (2019). This one has received worlds of critical acclaim, I truly do not know what I could even hope to add to the conversation. I want more old-school murder mystery cinema.

3: The VelociPastor (Top 5, January). It should be testimonial enough that The VelociPastor beat out Miss Americana, Netflix’s Taylor Swift documentary, as the top pick for January- but in case it isn’t, let me end 2020 the way I began it; by evangelizing the HECK out of this movie. Written and directed by up-and-coming triple-threat (Director/songwriter/prolific cat-photo-poster) Brendan Steere, The VelociPastor is a true love letter to genre cinema, complete with a big wink to the criminally underloved Miami Connection. Alyssa Kempinski shines as Carol, a doctor/lawyer/hooker with a heart of gold. The VelociPastor premiered in 2019 but gained tons of attention in 2020 (thanks in part to YouTube sensation Cody Ko)- attention that it truly deserves. A sequel is rumored to be in the works, but mark my words, anything to come from the imagination of Brendan Steere will be worth a watch.

2: Dinner in America (Top 5, October). I genuinely feel sorry for the other movies I watched in October (there were a lot) (they were all SO GOOD). Dinner in America, which I caught during the Nightstream hybrid festival, was not at all what I was expecting. While the other features were all very solidly genre flicks, this was…. A comedy? A modern love story?? I’mn honestly still not exactly sure, but I do know I loved every second of it. I laughed. I cried. I threw my hands up in the air exuberantly (in front of my laptop, looking like a true fool). I did not shut up about this movie online for weeks. I told anyone and everyone that Kyle Gallner is the most underrated actor of my generation and I still believe it! Dinner in America, the story of a punk band frontman who unwittingly takes refuge from the police in the home of his biggest fan, was an unexpectedly heartwarming tale of family, young love, and arson. Watch it as soon as you can.

1: Promising Young Woman (Top 5, December). This last-minute debut from Emerald Fennell, originally scheduled to hit theaters in April of this year, finally made its way to the big screen on Christmas Day, and became the 2020 entry on my annual “Christmas Day Trip to the Theater” list.* Carey Mulligan is an icon and deserves all of the awards for this. The soundtrack is sublime. The casting choices are truly incredible. While I have no doubt that the general themes of the movie will be polarizing, I absolutely loved this one- I sat in my car in the theater parking lot for a WHILE, considering just buying a ticket for the next showtime- that’s how badly I felt like I needed to see it again immediately. I look forward to writing its inevitable Criterion essay.

*Nobody else in rural iowa was interested in seeing this movie at noon on Christmas Day. I’m shocked.

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marshmallowgoop · 5 years ago

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Sushio’s latest Kill la Kill fanart got me thinking.

[Image description: A sketch. Ryuko walks briskly, her hands in the pockets of her jacket. She smiles at Senketsu beside her, who appears to be very happy.]

See, Senketsu... doesn’t exactly get a ton of stuff like this. Kill la Kill animator doujin and Twitter accounts won’t include much content featuring him.

And that’s totally fine, of course! These are drawings the staff do for fun, and I completely understand if drawing Senketsu ain’t as fun as drawing human characters.

But I actually got the Kill la Kill Starter Book recently, which was originally sold at Comiket 84 and then included as a purchase bonus on Aniplex+:

[Image description: The cover of the Kill la Kill Starter Book. It's an illustration of Ryuko Matoi and Senketsu by Hiroyuki Imaishi. Ryuko stands, smiling, wearing an untransformed Senketsu and holding her Scissor Blade.]

And flipping through the book, I was reminded that while Senketsu may not get a lot of animator fanart, he does get some good official art.

Now, I dunno how "official" the Starter Book really is. (I mean, it was sold at Comiket originally, so maybe it’s more in the “animator fanart” category, but at the same time, it is also a product kind of featured on the official Kill la Kill site, and, like, the SSSS. Gridman Starter Book was sold on Trigger’s online shop....)

But if you do consider the starter book to be official merchandise, then Sachiko Yajima's piece is not only my favorite in the collection but one of my favorite pieces of official Kill la Kill art, period.

The image is very simple; it's an illustration of Ryuko holding her bag behind her, smiling down at Senketsu. It’s nothing elaborate, but its sweetness means the world to me. With Kill la Kill’s fast pace, we rarely get those quiet moments where these two are just happy together.

And there’s more good stuff where that came from! Here are some more of my favorite pieces of official/semi-official Kill la Kill artwork that feature Senketsu!

1. Hug

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[Image description: Ryuko hugs Senketsu, naked, smiling. He looks up at her, his mouth around her arms. Sparkles surround them, implying that they're Synchronizing through the hug.]

First, the final Blu-ray/DVD cover, by Sushio (sushio_)! So sweet. This is what Kill la Kill ultimately wants you to take away from it.

The recently released Promare Blu-ray/DVD cover gave me flashbacks:

Two characters and a representation of their synchronized way of fighting together. My heart.

2. Waving Goodbye

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[Image description: Three characters are pictured. On the top, Senketsu waves goodbye. Below them, Ryuko smiles in Senketsu-Kisaragi and waves goodbye, winking. At the bottom, Guts sleeps with a big snot bubble coming out of his nose.]

Then, also from the final Kill la Kill volume, the adorable side art by Mago (magodesu)! Ryuko and Senketsu happy in Senketsu-Kisaragi, and Senketsu waving goodbye? My heart. Again.

I love Ryuko's winking. Her hand covers Senketsu's right eye, she's closing her left... the symmetry....

3. Date

[Image sources: 1, 2, 3, 4]

[Image descriptions: The first image depicts Ryuko in a yellow bikini, smiling as she holds Senketsu’s sleeves. The second image is of a figure designed after this image. The third and fourth images are cards made from this image, called “Swimsuit Ryuko” and “Senketsu’s Date with Ryuko.”]

And of course, I can't talk about favorite official Senketsu art without mentioning Akira Amemiya's "Senketsu's Date with Ryuko"! An illustration, two cards, a figure... this is one image they really want you to see. Kill la Kill is actually adorable.

4. Don’t Look...

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[Image description: A double-sided dakimakura, with one side featuring Ryuko in Synchronized Senketsu and the other side featuring Satsuki in Overridden Junketsu. Ryuko looks bashful and tries to cover Senketsu's eye. Satsuki looks angry and ready to attack with her sword, Bakuzan.]

Next up, I don't think I'd call this a "fave" exactly; it breaks my heart. But I appreciate (?) that Senketsu is acknowledged in the semi-official dakimakura.

Ryuko and Senketsu were drawn by Shota Iwasaki (tarou2), and Satsuki and Junketsu were drawn by Mai Yoneyama (yonema).

5. Shocked

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[Image description: Official Kill la Kill breast mousepads. There is one for Ryuko in Synchronized Senketsu and one for Satsuki in Overridden Junketsu. Both girls have their arms up. Ryuko looks bashful. Satsuki looks angry. Senketsu is shocked.]

On the same note, I could say similar things about these official mousepads found on Trigger's Kill la Kill site. Why is it that fanservice products pay more attention to Senketsu's character than a lot of discussion on the show? I cry.

6. Bath Time

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[Image description: A figure. The description on the site reads, “This figure captures the Kill La Kill protagonist at an awkward time, as she's just getting out of a hot spring. Water drips down her body, and the only thing keeping her from being totally exposed is a tiny, soaked towel. While she looks shamed and demure, she still has a chance to take it out on you with severe prejudice. Her trusty Scissor Blade is just mere feet behind her, and Senketsu, her sentient uniform, is grasping onto her thigh, ready to help her suit up and unleash all her power towards any peeping toms foolish enough to sneak a peek.”]

And I’ve already talked up a storm about the bath figures, but to keep it short, let’s just say that I’m glad Senketsu is included because he wants to cover Ryuko and prevent any creeps from peeping on her. And also Synchronize with her so they can take out the creeps together. He is drinking all the Respect Women Juice.

7. Stickers!

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[Image description: Ryuko and Senketsu stickers sold in Trigger's online shop. There's a sticker of Ryuko in her tracksuit wearing scarf!Senketsu. There's a sticker of Ryuko in untransformed Senketsu. There's a sticker of Senketsu posing and a sticker of Ryuko posing. There's also a plain sticker of Senketsu looking forward.]

But on the more adorable side, these stickers by Sushio! The artwork is from SUSHIO CLUB LOVE LOVE KLKL, which has tons of cute Kill la Kill content. Of all the stickers from the book sold in Trigger's shop, these are the only ones sold out....

8. Dressing Up

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[Image description: Senketsu has become a red dress, and his eye and eyepatch are integrated into a ruffled design. Ryuko wears two red bracelets on her left wrist, red lipstick, and brown boots. She has her jacket slung over her shoulder, and her hair is styled with a clip.]

Another Sushio piece, Ryuko and Senketsu being fancy together! The art was done for an Aniplex display at AnimeJapan in 2014 and is also included in SUSHIO THE IDOL.

See that extra bit of red in Ryuko's hair? It implies they Synced to make that dress!

9. Bikini!Senketsu

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[Image description: A sketch. Ryuko wears bikini!Senketsu and sandals.]

I also totally headcanon that Senketsu can transform into other outfits, and the official manga adaptation with art by Ryo Akizuki (akizuki072) includes a snippet of Ryuko in bikini!Senketsu in the third volume! The full image (above) was posted on Twitter.

10. Nendoroid Love

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[Image description: Chaos. Aikuro sits at a table and has a huge glass of wine. Next to him, Tsumugu cleans... something? Shiro scowls at Houka, who has perhaps taken Mako's laptop, as its adorned with a bunny image. Mako opens a fridge; a chicken comes out. Satsuki has her arms around a horde of Nendos of her, Ryuko, and Mako. Nonon and Uzu are scowling in the back. Ryuko smiles at her Nendo.]

This next one is more minor, but Sushio's art for this Kill la Kill Radio CD just gets to me. Ryuko's admiring her Nendoroid... which features her and Senketsu. She's like, "We look so good together, don't we, Sen?"

Idk, I think it's cute....

11. Into the Stars

[Image description: My photo of the “ambiguous” and “Sirius” album art. Both are star themed. For the “ambiguous” art, Ryuko smiles in Synchronized Senketsu, up in the stars. Below her, Satsuki, Soroi, and the Elite Four (with Mako on Ira's shoulders, looking up in awe) watch. For “Sirius,” Ryuko and Senketsu shoot up towards the stars. The Mankanshoku family try to run after them, their arms outstretched, but can't keep up.]

And on the topic of CD art, the "ambiguous" and "Sirius" album art by Sushio are adorable! My photo isn't great, but I get so emotional at Ryuko and Senketsu flying up into the stars together. Nobody can keep up with them. They are on a whole 'nother level. So precious.

12. OT3

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[Image description: Ryuko, Senketsu, and Mako hold each other, posing for the camera.]

For this next one, a WonderGOO purchase bonus for the Kill la Kill game drawn by Kengo Saito (kengo1212), I know Senketsu is often ignored. But I was so happy to see him acknowledged and posing for a photo with his loved ones. So cute. I bought this bonus!

13. I Don’t Think He’s Her Dad...

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[Image description: A poster of Ryuko transforming with Senketsu. She is naked, her eyes shut as strands of Senketsu's fabric wrap around her.]

For another poster, by Sushio (thank you for confirming, @dont-lose-your-edge!), I wouldn't say Senketsu is characterized exactly, but I think it's one of the most sensual pieces of official Kill la Kill art. It really makes the “Senketsu is/is like Ryuko’s dad” reading very implausible to me....

14. Best Box

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[Image description: An image of the All the Anime Collector's box. The right side has the Kill la Kill logo, the left side has art of Ryuko and Satsuki looking at each other, and the spine has Ryuko hugging Senketsu. The three volumes that All the Anime sold the series in can be placed inside the box.]

I don't have much else, but since I love that final volume cover art so much, I have to say that I so appreciate All the Anime for placing it on the spine of their collector's box.

That is what Kill la Kill is all about, y'all. Not fighting. Not fanservice. Shirt friendship.

#kill la kill #senketsu #ryuko matoi #sushio #mago #magodesu #kengo saito #akira amemiya #shota iwasaki #mai yoneyama #ryo akizuki #hiroyuki imaishi #this took so long...... i should have just posted a link to the twitter thread instead of trying to format it for tumblr 😫#i don't think it even looks that good here lol #but i did it so here it is!#oh also #promare spoilers #?#maybe a bit

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the-kipsabian · 5 years ago

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Sami/Lynn pls

1. Who wakes up first? - i wanna say sami. lynn likes to sleep in late tbh2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer? - i feel like both do this but probably lynn3. Who takes longer getting ready? - lynnnnnn4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do? - if they are together i feel like they just snuggle up and chat about random nonsense, if they are apart text each other and/or send dumb memes5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie? - lynn6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile? - sAMI7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines? - i really wanna say they’d both do this? but sami more so8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart? - lynn. she gets competitive about like everything i blame that on ty9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling? - most likely lynn i wanna say?10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back? - oh they would both do this11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order? - sami cause lynn isnt organized in the slightest12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing? - lynn13. Who points out a dog when they see one? - LYNN she loves dogs and will attempt to pet every single one of them14. Who’s prone to road rage? - i feel like lynn? which is why shes rarely allowed to drive lol15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)? - i wanna say sami?16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)? - lynn17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling? - considering their jobs im gonna say both18. Who gets the window seat? - aaah that depends but lynn is probably more fond of them so her more often?19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other? - oh they both do that20. What do they argue about the most? - i honestly dont. think they exactly argue about anything?? they can usually sort things out pretty well and come to a satisfying decision about stuff together like adults should sooo?21. Who’s clumsier? - uuuh not really either of them but maybe lynn?22. Who texts more often? - i think they are both guilty of this tbh but probably lynn23. Who is better with kids? - ..i just wanna say sami for literally no reason other than it would be extremely cute LOL24. Who’s the better cook? - neither of them really cook but lynn?25. Who mistakes salt for sugar? - this would probably fall for sami tbh26. Who puts the fork in the microwave? - again, sami27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning? - oh both of them tbh28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.? - again, both29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies? - sami. he absolutely would lbr30. Who likes doing the dishes? - (does anyone ever actually enjoy doing dishes just asking) but lynn probably31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they? - lynn. anything sweet and shes a coffee addict sssooo yeah32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant? - i wanna say both but also leaning more towards sami33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors? - they usually get a carton of something they both enjoy, two spoons and just eat as much as you can before youre done or its all gone tbh. depending on the mood there might be feeding bits to the other too. as for flavors i dont really know, but anything they both like is a go34. Do they go on dates? What are they like? - tbh i never. really saw them as the ‘go on dates’ type of a couple, you know? they work together, travel together, see each other basically all the time, hang in the same friend groups, so they are just constantly together and doing all kind of stuff and things together, so anything that would qualify as a “date” is usually either a group hangout or just like a casual movie night with takeout or something like that thats not exactly a date, ya know35. What do they smell when they smell amortentia? - asdfghjkl i dont know how to answer this even after looking up what that is ooooof36. Which one is the secret snuggler? - tbh they are both very open about pda so welp37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold? - sami38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving? - ssssami39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch? (Bonus: What does it say?) - lynn would do this more often but both tbh40. Who is the most affectionate? - they both are tbh. sami maaaybe more tho?41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon? - sami is the big spoon, lynn is the little42. What is their favorite feature of their partner? - i feel like that to lynn it would be his eyes, and he would like her hair cause its so nice to play with43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other? - im trying to think how i planned this.. with sami its that he definitely gets more protective over her, and lynn is just like. everything else is fine like before but shes dodging a lot more of his kisses tbh44. What are their nicknames for each other? - i dont really think they’d have nicknames tbh? other than basic pet names, but they both already have such short names and lynn’s name is technically already a nickname so ye45. Who worries the most? Over what? - both tbh considering their occupation and that both have suffered more serious injuries before46. Who initiates kisses? - they both do this a lot, sami maybe more tho?47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen? - I HAVENT FIGURED THIS ONE OUT YET i’ll get back to you on this but tbh i feel like it would probably be sami maybe at like a post-ppv victory48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first? - i feel like they’d tell them all together since they have so many mutual friends etc.49. What do they do when they’re away from each other? - its probably work related so be busy with that, when they catch time they try to arrange a call or facetime or just text each other to keep in touch50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness? - since they both do these a lot, i wanna say lynn at first probably? but she gets used to it and starts returning the favors real fast tbh

#also i saw that mario kart one and now im like ah yes #put these two battling it out in uudd #..i need that and i dont know how to write that oooooof #but anyways #cuties <33 #i answered all of these since you didnt specify numbers akjsndkjansdkja #honestly i havent thought a LOT of this relationship but i have thought about it enough lol #cause my brain needs to do things in chronological order when i day dream #i cant skip to just random events i need to have a full story cause my brain just functions that way #so i havent gotten to the 'i love you's or first kisses yet and im #hhhHHHHH #..anyways here ya go lol #oc: lynn #my children #coughedfeathers #thank you for asking!

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tigerkirby215 · 5 years ago

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5e Giorno Giovana build (JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind)

(Official DvD cover for JoJo Part 5 (Volume 1))

I’m first, Tulok!

I’m a big sucker for JoJo, having watched the full anime (so up to part 5 - Stone Ocean when?) and making a few stand users in D&D. (Pro tip: Shadow Sorcerer is the stand for The Wolf by SIAMÉS) It was when I was looking through some of the new UA subclasses I thought: “huhn. That would actually really work for Giorno!”

Tulok the Barbrarian’s JoJo builds are really great but he gets a lot more requests than I do on this humble little Tumblr. I’ve seen Giorno suggested in his comments several times so you can be damn-well sure I’m going to post this on Twitter when I’m done the build.

I’m going to try my best to avoid spoilers in this build, but of course some bits will have to be revealed so take it with a grain of salt. Also while tagging this “Giorno x Fugo” was a suggested tag and now you all have to live with that knowledge. Thanks Tumblr.

GOALS

Life, spring forth! - Gold Experience’s ability is to create new life. Excluding how overpowered that is we’ll be using that ability to our advantage when fighting dragons in a possible dungeon.

Gang Player - Giorno takes a sort of medic role in Bruno’s group, keeping everyone “alive” though they may not exactly be “well.”

MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA - Of course it wouldn’t be a bizarre adventure without the JoJo-branded punching ghost.

RACE

Giorno is technically human but he has the blood of a vampire. While there’s no half-vampire race in D&D Half Elves have a mix of a supernatural race in them. Your Charisma increases by 2 and you can increase another two skills by 1: choose Dexterity and Wisdom for your +1s. You get Darkvision up to 60 feet and your Vampire Fey Ancestry gives you advantage against Charms and makes it impossible to put you to sleep with magic. Would’ve probably been useful on the train.

Half Elves get Skill Proficiency in two skills of their choice: choose Animal Handling and Nature to properly take care of whatever you make with your stand. As for languages Common is probably Japanese and Elvish is Italian; pick whatever language you happen to be localized in since it really doesn’t matter.

ABILITY SCORES

15; WISDOM - Giorno is able to keep calm and level-headed in almost all situations, and the odd ability score from our race will balance this out nicely.

14; CHARISMA - Being the son of a vampire makes you naturally charming, on top of the +2 from our race.

13; DEXTERITY - Giorno runs around in a pink suit with lady bug pins, which in no way is heavy armor. And dodging attacks from La Squadra takes a lot of nimbleness.

12; CONSTITUTION - Damage is... interesting in the JoJo universe. Regardless a bit of extra Constitution will help us shrug off a bullet or twenty... Might want to help Mista with that.

10; INTELLIGENCE - Giorno was a good student before joining the gangs; he’s certainly no dummy.

8; STRENGTH - As the joke goes stand users got progressively less buff through the parts.

BACKGROUND

Giorno didn’t really have much of a background before becoming a Gang Star, but Celebrity Adventurer’s Scion from Acquisitions Inc is perfect for the son of DIO. You get proficiency in the Performance and Perception skills, as well as a Disguise Kit and two languages of your choice.

Your Name Dropping feature will let you use your gang influence to get a place to stay and food to eat, or help from some major figures in Passione’s pocket. At least until the boss knows what you’re doing.

(Artwork from tokkoro.com)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - BARD 1

Starting off as a Bard for the added proficiencies, notably the instrument proficiency to get a piano... or at least a Horn, Lute, and Dulcimer. Regardless Bards can choose three skill proficencies from All of Them: so take Medicine, Persuasion, and Athletics for JoJo chase sequences, speeches about dreams, and healing Mista.

Speaking of speeches Bards get Bardic Inspiration, letting them spend a Bonus Action to give an ally a d6 to add to an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. Giorno is really good at inspiring his teammates. You have a number of them equal to your Charisma modifier and they come back after a Long Rest.

Finally Bards get access to Spellcasting: you get two cantrips from the Bard list. Mage Hand will let you make a bird to ferry over light object to you, and Vicious Mockery lets you deliver a speech about resolve to your enemy, doing a d4 of psychic damage and giving them disadvantage on their next attack roll.

You also get four level 1 spells from the Bard list: Cure Wounds and Healing Word are both staples for the gang medic, Animal Friendship is great for taking care of frogs, and Distort Value from Acquisitions Inc is great for running scams at the airport. Yes I finally get to use AI spells!

LEVEL 2 - MONK 1

Quickly hopping over to Monk to sort out our AC and give us some non stand-based mudas. Monks have Unarmored Defense equal to 10 plus their Wisdom and Dexterity (which is much higher than Leather Armor for you, and I don’t think your jacket is leather.) You also have Martial Arts to do a d4 of damage with your unarmed strikes, and use your Dexterity instead of your Strength to make unarmed strikes. You can also use your Bonus Action to make an additional unarmed strike if you already made a punch, allowing you to MUDA MUDA.

LEVEL 3 - BARD 2

Second level Bards get Jack of All Trades, letting them add half their proficiency bonus to any skill they’re not proficient in. Giorno is the protagonist and while everyone in Bruno’s group has their time to shine Giorno definitely shines with golden resolve. Just remember to let your allies have their time to shine too!

Second level Bards also get Song of Rest, letting you spend some time during short rests to heal everyone for an extra d6 of health if they use hit die to heal.

You also get another spell at this level and Feather Fall will let you cushion the fall if the gang starts to fall. I’d argue that this is less you slowing their fall and more you making a tree to gently lower them to the ground or something, but its up to you to flavor it. Heck: maybe someone else in the gang can make you a parachute?

LEVEL 4 - BARD 3

3rd level Bards get Expertise in 2 skills and as a Half Elf you have a lot of skills to choose from. Regardless I’d choose Nature and Medicine to know exactly what plants to use to heal Mista with Gold Experience.

Speaking of Gold Experience: the College of Creation Unearthed Arcana subclass can create life! But for a start you can make a Note of Potential, letting you give an ally some transformed life when you give them Bardic Inspiration.

Note of Destruction will let life retaliate when your ally use the Bardic Inspiration for an attack roll, forcing enemies within 5 feet of the inspired target to make a Constitution save or take Thunder damage equal to the roll on the Inspiration die.

Note of Protection will let some branches spawn around your ally, giving them temporary hitpoints equal to the roll on the Bardic Inspiration die plus your Charisma modifier when they use the die on a saving throw.

Note of Ingenuity lets an ally roll the Bardic Inspiration die twice when making an Ability Check... I have no Gold Experience reason for this but it’s still a cool ability to have!

Second level Bards also get access to second level spells like Animal Messenger, letting you send a bird out to inform the gang of an incoming stand user.

LEVEL 5 - BARD 4

Level 4 Bards get an Ability Score Improvement, and naturally we want more Charisma for better speeches and more Bardic Inspiration.

You also get another cantrip and another spell: Mending will let you spawn life to repair a broken object, and Enhance Ability will give your allies a boost of life to aid them with specific skill checks along with another bonus based on which skill you choose to aid them with.

LEVEL 6 - BARD 5

5th level Bards see their Bardic Inspiration increase to a d8 for greater Notes of Potential. They also get Font of Inspiration to recover Bardic Inspiration on a short rest instead of a long rest.

You also get access to third level spells and... hey look at that: life to create! The Spells and Magical Tattoos UA gave us Summon Fey Spirit, and while it isn’t quite normal for animals to teleport around the Fey spirit is still great in its own right. The spirit is friendly to you and takes its turn right after you in initiative. When it dies or you lose concentration it disappears. It has armor equal to 11 plus the level you cast the spell at (so probably 14), hit points equal to its Constitution modifier (2) plus your spellcasting modifier (4) plus 10 times the level of the spell you used to cast it. (30) (Adding up to 36 health total.)

It has a short sword with a 3 + the spell’s level hit chance increase (so a +6), and it does a d6 + 3 + the spell’s level (so another 3) piercing damage and a d6 of force damage. The fey does have multiattack equal to half the spells level, but it’s rounded down so right now it can only attack once. (Though if you cast this spell with a 4th level slot it can attack twice!) It has a 40 foot movement speed and can teleport up to 30 feet as a bonus action. And depending on which fey you summon the teleport will have an additional effect:

Deceitful fey can fill a space nearby where they teleport with magical darkness which lasts until the end of their next turn. Consider this a squid... magic squid... land squid.

Joyful fey can force an enemy within 10 feet of where it teleported to make a Wisdom saving throw equal to your spell save DC or be charmed by it for 1 minute. Consider this a peacock or something.

Furious fey get advantage on their next attack roll after teleporting. Just your good old standard mauler: something like a bear.

I really recommend looking at this spell in your own time to understand the nitty-gritty of it, and I highly recommend talking to your DM to make sure that they’re okay with you making another unit for them to compensate for in combat. But they better be okay with you making summons because...

LEVEL 7 - BARD 6

At 6th level Creation Bards get Animating Performance, letting them use their magic to let life spring forth from inanimate objects! As an action you can target a nonmagical item that’s large or smaller which you can see within 30 feet of you. The item becomes a Dancing Item, as seen in the stat block for this ability, and is under your control for 1 hour or until it is reduced to 0 hit points.

In combat it shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take one of the actions in its stat block or the Dash, Disengage, Help, Hide, or Search action. You can also choose what the Dancing Item does if you use your Bonus Action to give Bardic Inspiration.

Yes I did just copy-paste that from the ability’s description, but it should be mentioned that this does help compensate for the fact that you’re not the greatest combatant yourself. Your animated item can do a lot of the fighting for you while you stay in the backline and support. If you have a Fey Spirit out as well that’s two summons fighting for you while you stand in the back!

You can only have one Dancing Item at a time though, and can only use this ability once per Long Rest or until you spend a third level spell slot or higher to reactivate this ability. If you try to make a second Dancing Item the first one becomes inanimate.

Speaking of third level you also get another known spell: Plant Growth will let you... grow plants. Duh. I suggest reading the spell over to see everything you can do with it. Oh and you get Countercharm I guess, letting you waste spend a turn to give allies within 30 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed.

(Artwork from Wallpaper Cave)

LEVEL 8 - MONK 2

Now that we got the ability to let life spring forth it’s time to get our stand beatdown. But firstly second level Monks get Ki which lets them do a number of things:

Flurry of Blows let you spend a Ki point to attack twice with your Bonus Action instead of once, so you can MUDA MUDA MUDA.

Patient Defense lets you take the dodge action as a Bonus Action, giving enemies disadvantage to attack you until your next turn.

Step of the Wind lets you Dash or Disengage as a Bonus Action for those JoJo chases, and also doubles your jump distance!

Your Ki points come back after a short rest much like your Bardic Inspiration. Yes these all use your Bonus Action, and you’ll probably be using your Bonus Action to command your Dancing Item. But consider these safety nets for now. If it makes you feel better you also move 10 feet faster thanks to Unarmored Movement.

LEVEL 9 - MONK 3

Third level Monks can choose their Monastic Tradition and Way of the Astral Self get to awaken their close-ranged stand. You can use 2 ki points to activate Arms of the Astral Self, allowing you to use your Wisdom instead of your Strength for Strength checks and saving throws, and allowing you to punch at 10 feet while using your Wisdom instead of your Strength or Dexterity for your unarmed strikes. You also get the ability to attack one extra time per turn with your Bonus Action without spending your Ki, but you’ll probably be spending your Bonus Action to direct your Dancing Item.

You can also Deflect Missiles, letting you reduce the damage of an incoming ranged weapon attack by 1d10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Monk level. If you reduce the damage to 0 you can catch it and then throw it back as a Monk weapon with 1 ki point.

LEVEL 10 - MONK 4

4th level Monks get an Ability Score Improvement and we’ll continue increasing our Charisma for stronger life-giving stand powers.

4th level Monks also get Slow Fall, letting them any falling damage they take by an amount equal to five times your Monk level. Yes you have Feather Fall but you can reserve that spell for your gang while you land safely on your own.

LEVEL 11 - MONK 5

5th level Monks get an Extra Attack, meaning that you can MUDA MUDA normally, MUDA MUDA MUDA with your Bonus Action, and MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA with Flurry of Blows. It’s not quite a 7-page MUDA but you don’t need that many punches unless you’re dealing with the lowest of scum.

That’s because your punches can overwhelm the senses with Stunning Strike, forcing an enemy to make a Constitution save or be stunned for a round, giving all allies advantage to hit them. Note that this counts for all melee weapon attacks so it will work with your Way of the Astral Self arms, but you can punch with Gold Experience’s strength when in a pinch.

LEVEL 12 - BARD 7

We got all the MUDAs we need so now we can finish giving ourselves Gold Experience. 7th level Bards can cast 4th level spells like Polymorph. You can transform a living creature into an animal of CR equal to their CR / level or lower. They can make a Wisdom save to resist but you can transform one of your party members into a powerful beast to take on the boss. T-Rex Narancia? T-Rex Narancia.

LEVEL 13 - BARD 8

At 8th level you get another Ability Score Improvement: since our Charisma is finally maxed out it’s time to grab the Inspiring Leader feat to give a speech to your allies and bolster their resolve, giving them temporary hitpoints equal to your total level plus your Charisma modifier. That’s 18 temporary hitpoints currently!

You also get another spell and Hallucinatory Terrain will let you mold the environment around you temporarily with Gold Experience. None of the changes you make with this spell will last but you can definitely use it to trick some foes into thinking that they’re in danger when they’re actually safe, or tricking them that they’re safe when they’re actually in danger.

LEVEL 14 - BARD 9

9th level Bards see their Song of Rest increase to a d8, because this ability scales very poorly if you multiclass. You do however get access to 5th level spells like Mass Cure Wounds, allowing you to quickly heal any injuries the gang might’ve taken.

LEVEL 15 - BARD 10

Your next level gives you Expertise in 2 more skills: I’d choose Animal Handling and Persuasion to persuade people not to hit the frog you’re handling with a shovel.

But the main appeal of Bard is of course their Magical Secrets: you can choose two spells from any class’ spell list and guess what? We’re going to Druid. Wrath of Nature lets you supercharge the plant growth in an area to do a bunch of useful things, and Entangle is a lower level spell that also slows down enemies. But of course feel free to take other Magical Secrets if you don’t want nothing but plant growth.

Finally your Bardic Inspiration die increase to a d10 and you get another cantrip: Dancing Lights will let you make some fireflies to light the way. Yeah you probably have better light sources but none of the other Bard cantrips really seem that good.

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LEVEL 16 - BARD 11

11th level Bards get 6th level spells like True Seeing, so you can make sure that you always reach the truth.

LEVEL 17 - BARD 12

12th level Bards get an Ability Score Improvement and we’ll increase our Wisdom for stronger stunning strikes and punching arms.

LEVEL 18 - BARD 13

13th level Bards see their Song of Rest increase to a d10, because this ability scales terribly. You also get access to 7th level spells and Regenerate is the best spell for Gold Experience. You allow an ally to regenerate health for the duration and they can also regrow limbs! Feel free to rule this as you giving them a newly forming body part.

LEVEL 19 - BARD 14

At 14th level Creation Bards get their final ability Performance of Creation, allowing them to create one nonmagical item in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of them. The maximum gold value is equal to 20 times your level in Bard (so up to 300 GP next level) and it’s obvious that the item was made with this ability due to magical music floating around it.

The item disappears at the end of your next turn unless you use your action to maintain it. You can extend it up to a maximum of 1 minute, after which it continues to exist for a number of hours equal to your bard level. Once you create an item with this feature you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest or spend a spell slot of 5th level or higher to use it again. You can have only one item created at a time and if you use this action and when you have an item out the first one immediately vanishes.

It’s perhaps not too Giorno-esque to make weapons and tools but you can make mounts with this! 280 gold is more than enough to make a riding horse or anything else you might need! Giorno’s craftiness and ability to create what he needs in a fight is one of his biggest strengths.

You also get more Magical Secrets because 14th level for Bard is very loaded. We’ll be hopping back to Druid again for Wall of Thorns, a 6th level spell that lets you make a wall... of... thorns... For your second choice we actually have to wait until next level because of interactions with the Magical Secrets feature.

LEVEL 20 - BARD 15

You final level is the 15th level of Bard for a d12 Bardic Inspiration die. You also get access to 8th level spells at this level but I don’t really want any of them from the Bard list so we’ll be hopping back to 7th level to get Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion inside of Coco Jumbo. The spell is really extravagant and is far bigger than the one room turtle is normally: I highly suggest reading the spell over on your own time so you can set up a proper mansion for a mob boss.

As for that Magical Secret of yours... D&D Beyond is very weird with this but according to my understanding this should be allowed. If you want to subject your enemies to a Requiem the best spell to take would be one from Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount: the 8th level Dunamancy spell Reality Break. Reality Break only has 4 different near-death experiences for your enemies but if they fail their Wisdom check you can make sure they never reach the truth.

FINAL BUILD

PROS

I will not order any of you - You are quite the team player, and can make a team for yourself! Your Animating Performance can fight for you while you stay back to heal or cast some heavy nukes.

Don't make me say the same thing twice - You’re incredibly skilled as a Bard with 3 proficencies, Expertise in another 4, and Jack of All Trades in the remaining skills. Regardless of situation you can find a way out of it.

I turned my tooth into a jellyfish - Along with your nukes and your heals you have a ton of utility spells which allow you to travel, rest, and share information safely.

CONS

2 paths - Let me just run down your Bonus Action list real fast: You have...

* Dancing Item commands * Activating your Astral Arms * Unarmed Strikes * Astral Arms attacks * Flurry of Blows / Step of the Wind / Patient Defense * Bardic Inspiration

Mixing two classes with Bonus Action economy results in your overall action economy being very bloated.

In this world, only the results matter! - Everything you have is limited: Ki points, Spell Slots, Bardic Inspiration, and summons. Yes your Ki and Bardic Inspiration comes back on a Short Rest but your spell slots and Bard class features only come back after a Long Rest, meaning that you’ll need a lot more time to recover than others.

Lept past it - This build has a few issues which are more “meta” problems than actual problems with the class. The first issue is that all the spells and features combined result in VERY long turns. In particular if you opt to summon a Fae Spirit and fight with your Dancing Object that results in THREE creatures that need to take their action on your turn.

The other big issue is that the levels in Monk really don’t do much to help you. You would’ve probably been better off investing in Fighter or something for Medium Armor instead of using Unarmored Defense, and while the high Wisdom is nice for skill checks and RP your Astral Self arms aren’t going to be your main weapon by a long stretch, especially since you have so many Concentration spells.

But as a JoJo Protagonist your job is to win your fights and then take a break while the rest of your gang gets their own archs. Inspire their shining resolve but occasionally lay the smackdown on those who truly deserve it. Play the piano so your foes know that they’ll never reach the truth, and spare some paper for the 7 pages you’ll need to do the smackdown.

(Artwork by u/yourfreakyneighbourh on Reddit.)

#DnD 5e #dnd #dnd build #dnd monk #dnd bard #il vento d'oro #golden wind #giorno giovanna #jojo's bizarre adventure #jojo's bizarre adventure golden wind

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ma-sulevin · 5 years ago

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What if I wanted.... all 50 for Mattie and Sharky.........

Macy is trying to aggravate my carpal tunnel; you heard it here first.

1. Who wakes up first?

Sharky. He tends to wake up a lot during the night anyway, so when morning finally comes he tends to get bored of trying to go back to sleep and just gets up to start his day. Mattie wakes up to her alarm clock a little later.

2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

Mattie does, always. She loves a good lazy morning.

3. Who takes longer getting ready?

Mattie does. Sharky just runs through the shower and towel dries his hair and he’s good to go.

4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do?

If they’re both awake? They have sex for sure and it knocks them right out. Sharky gets bored if he can’t sleep, so he’ll get up and watch a movie or something; Mattie will just watch him sleep.

5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie?

Mattie does. She always cuddles right up against Sharky’s side and his heat lulls her to sleep.

6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile?

Sharky for sure. He loves Mattie so, so much.

7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines?

Sharky does. They’re cheesy and often explicit and they crack Mattie up every time.

8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart?

They both do, but Sharky usually wins.

9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling?

Sharky, almost every time.

10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back?

Sharky’s immune to this sort of prank. Mattie doesn’t let him use her phone for just this reason.

11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order?

Mattie would, and Sharky would be annoyed because he has a SYSTEM, okay?

12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing?

Mattie does. She’s a little sneakier than him, so she’ll creep up when he’s sitting somewhere to surprise him.

13. Who points out a dog when they see one?

Mattie. Sharky doesn’t love dogs.

14. Who’s prone to road rage?

Mattie. She’s not bad about it, but she definitely gets more wrathful than Sharky. He just looks at her like that meme of the monkey puppet thing.

15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)?

Mattie will if she’s cold, but that’s it. It’s more of a winter situation.

16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)?

Mattie throws sunscreen at him if he doesn’t put it on. He thinks he’s fine; she says she doesn’t want him to get skin cancer and die.

17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling?

Mattie! Sharky will 100% forget and then feel awful about ruining the trip.

18. Who gets the window seat?

Mattie does. Sharky can see over her easily enough.

19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other?

MATTIE. She does this…… a lot.

20. What do they argue about the most?

During the game, they argue about Sharky being careful and staying safe. In the bunker, they argue about rationing and how much they should antagonize Hurk Sr. After the bunker, they argue about the best way to set up for the future. It’s rarely an all-out fight though, it’s just frustration that boils over a bit before they pull it together and talk about it.

21. Who’s clumsier?

Oh, Sharky.

22. Who texts more often?

Mattie would be way better at texting.

23. Who is better with kids?

They’re both good with kids, but Mattie’s more responsible and careful about it.

24. Who’s the better cook?

Mattie’s a much better cook, but she doesn’t love doing it.

25. Who mistakes salt for sugar?

They’ve both done this. Sharky’s more likely to grab without checking the label.

26. Who puts the fork in the microwave?

Sharky did this on accident ONCE and has never done it again.

27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning?

Sharky. If he wakes up and can’t go back to sleep? Snack time.

28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.?

Sharky because he forgot he was cooking something while looking for a movie.

29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies?

Mattie does unless Sharky gets there in time. Then they share.

30. Who likes doing the dishes?

Neither one of them, but since Mattie cooks more, Sharky does more of the dishes.

31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they?

They both have a lot of cravings of foods they can’t get during the Cult Situation and after the bombs, but Mattie’s are more intense since she has four babies. Has she sobbed for twenty minutes because she just wants mint chocolate chip ice cream even though her toothpaste makes her gag? Yes. Is she sorry about it? …..well this isn’t really her fault, is it?

32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?

Sharky’s surprisingly good at this kind of thing. He likes to do stuff for Mattie to make her feel appreciated, and if that means remembering her favorite meal, that’s what he’s gonna do.

33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors?

Well, Mattie’s is mint chocolate chip (as established). Sharky doesn’t prefer ice cream usually, but it’s vanilla when he does. They both like waffle cones.

34. Do they go on dates? What are they like?

They don’t really get a chance? During the Cult Situation, Sharky makes sure to have little moments where they can spend downtime together, usually involving beers and campfires. That happens a few times before everything goes to shit. After, they make Hurk watch the babies and do the same thing.

35. What do they smell when they smell amortentia?

Sharky smells gasoline, coffee, and thunderstorms. Mattie also smells gasoline, but she also smells apple pie and mint.

36. Which one is the secret snuggler?

They’re not secret about it. Mattie’s more obvious though.

37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold?

Mattie’s the complainer, Sharky’s the warm body.

38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving?

Mattie does more driving, and she does the most reaching.

39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch? (Bonus: What does it say?)

This isn’t really something they have the opportunity to do, but Sharky would absolutely leave little misspelled notes in her lunches. She’d keep all of them in her desk.

40. Who is the most affectionate?

They’re both very affectionate. Mattie’s more physical, and Sharky’s more verbal.

41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon?

They tend to curl into each other more than they spoon, but they’re both equally likely to be the big spoon. He’s taller than her by like five inches, but they make it work.

42. What is their favorite feature of their partner?

Mattie loves Sharky’s smile. She loves how big and genuine it is and how it wrinkles up his face when he laughs. He loves… everything about her. He loves her eyes and her legs and her butt and her boobs and her smile.

43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

Sharky realizes he likes her first, and he just kind of… flirts a little more, even though it’s awkward and she doesn’t know that’s what’s happening, and he goes out of his way to make her laugh. He’s more reckless in the field, too, but it’s more him trying to keep her safe than showing off.

When Mattie realizes it, she ignores it until she just can’t anymore, and then she climbs in his lap and starts kissing him without saying anything about it.

44. What are their nicknames for each other?

Sharky calls her the normal stuff from in-game (shorty, po-po, chica) and also sometimes “the fuzz” ifhe’s talking about her rather than directly to her. He’ll call her more traditional nicknames too, like babe and hot stuff sometimes.

She calls him Shark and Sharks, but she’ll throw in a lot of babes, honeys, and pumpkins too.

45. Who worries the most? Over what?

Sharky’s more carefree in general but sometimes he gets caught in an anxiety spiral that catches them both by surprise. Mattie has a fairly consistent level of worry about, just……… everything. There’s a lot to worry about in this story.

46. Who initiates kisses?

They both do! They love kissing.

47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen?

Mattie does. It’s after they have sex for the first time and she’s like “might as well get this all out in the open.”

48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first?

Mattie does, but some of that is because Sharky’s family is farther away and the rest of it is because he left a giant hickey on her neck.

49. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

Sharky mopes. Mattie just gets done what she needs to do so she can go back home.

50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness?

They both do, poor babies.

#oc: mattie covington #far cry 5 #sharky boshaw #statichvm #x: burn like a star fire

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ryqoshay · 3 years ago

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OTP Ask Meme (Impatient Edition) YohaRiko

Again, I know the point of these things is to wait for followers to Ask questions from the list, but reading though this one got me thinking too much. About all of my flagships. And I wanted to answer all of the questions. And not wait for a handful to maybe be asked.

Anyway, credit again goes to @lonelypond for this version coming across my dash. Reblog that version if you want to do this thing correctly.

And finally, there will be spoilers ahead for Happy Life, and to a lesser degree the AU, both for scenes I’ve written and posted, as well as some that remain in my Notes and WIP Warehouse. I’ll try to remember to link to the chapters mentioned.

1. Who wakes up first?

Riko. Yohane is very much not a morning person, especially after a late night of streaming.

2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

Yohane. See above. However, if she doesn’t have time commitments for the day, Riko may occasionally want to stay in bed for some activities other than sleeping.

3. Who takes longer getting ready?

Either, though they are fond of getting ready together and helping one another, so in these cases, they’re done at the same time.

4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do?

Yohane has many rituals for inducing sleep involving all manner of meditation, incense, herbal tea, topical rubs, nightmare wards and more. Whether or not they work is up to debate, but Riko is comforted by the sentiment, as portrayed in Dream Warden. Yohane herself takes comfort from being near those she loves, particularly Riko, while she sleeps.

5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie?

Yohane, though it depends on the type of movie.

6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile?

More often Riko, though Yohane does enjoy watching a sleeping Riko from time to time.

7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines?

Yohane. 100% Yohane. And she is well aware of how cheesy they are. And she knows how much Riko loves them.

8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart?

Yohane gets competitive over games in general.

9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling?

Yohane is more likely to do so, though Riko can be absentminded on occasion.

10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back?

Yohane.

11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order?

Both have their reasons for their particularness in displaying their shelving; Riko likes to be able to quickly locate her favorite doujin while Yohane is considerate of the background for her ritual streams.

12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing?

Yohane. With as many different attempts at different voices and accents as she can.

13. Who points out a dog when they see one?

Early on, both, though for different reasons; Yohane out of excitement and Riko out of fear. Later, Yohane retains her excitement while Riko becomes more lax in her reactions.

14. Who’s prone to road rage?

Yohane.

15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)?

Either

16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)?

Yohane knows she burns easily and is pretty good at remembering, though Riko is mindful that her girlfriend can be careless at times.

17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling?

Riko.

18. Who gets the window seat?

Probably Yohane. Likely accompanied by some statement about missing being able to fly under her own power.

19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other?

Yohane.

20. What do they argue about the most?

Early after moving in together, Yohane had a bad habit of bringing home stray pets, despite it being against the policy of the apartment complex, as depicted in Hibagon. These arguments subsided once the policy was changed, as depicted in Phobetor.

21. Who’s clumsier?

Yohane, though Riko certainly has her moments.

22. Who texts more often?

Yohane.

23. Who is better with kids?

Yohane is better at keeping kids entertained with her antics while Riko is better at tending to their care, be it feeding them, calming them down when they’re upset or applying first aid; Yohane is pretty good with first aid as well, having had far too much practice on herself.

24. Who’s the better cook?

Debatable. As I mentioned in the Notes for A Roost for Weary Wings, Yohane is capable of producing higher quality results, but also fails more spectacularly. Riko may lack the skills and confidence to produce highly extravagant meals, but she is far more consistent in producing edible food.

25. Who mistakes salt for sugar?

Riko. Despite what one may assume from my prior answer. Yohane will still eat it, not only because she has a strange sense of taste, but also because her beloved Riri made it for her and she will be damned before letting it go to waste.

26. Who puts the fork in the microwave?

Possibly Yohane.

27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning?

Yohane.

28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.?

Definitely Yohane.

29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies?

Yohane. She’ll even bring her own spoon, as depicted in Valentine’s Taste Test.

30. Who likes doing the dishes?

Riko doesn’t mind it. Yohane dislikes it but is willing to balance the workload after Riko cooked.

31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they?

For food, especially exotic or exceptionally spicy food? Yohane. Although she does have a bit of a sweet tooth, as her favorites would imply. For enacting scenes from her favorite doujinshi with her girlfriend? Riko.

32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?

Both, though for slightly different reasons. Riko believes it is romantic to know certain things about one’s partner. Yohane believes it is the duty of a fallen angel to know such things about their little demons… or fellow angels?

33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors?

Yohane will often eat too fast and give herself a headache. Her favorite flavors are those of her favorite foods, chocolate and strawberry. Riko eats slower, more often out of a sundae dish than a cone, in part because a dish is better for eating at her pace, but also because it’s easier for Yohane to “steal” a bite or two. She enjoys Yohane’s favorites, but is also fond of mint and vanilla.

34. Do they go on dates? What are they like?

Absolutely. Riko prefers going to museums or orchestra performances, though she has dragged Yohane to several doujin stores over the years. Yohane prefers higher energy environments like amusement parks, though she has dragged Riko to several gothic Lolita clothing stores and occult shops over the years. Both girls look forward to events like Comiket.

35. What do they smell when they smell Amortentia?

Riko smells the slightly sulfuric scent of boiling eggs her parents made often while she was growing up, the clean, salty air of Uchiura, and a spicy, sweet and earthy scent to which she cannot match a specific memory. Yohane smells sweet black lilies, the lingering smoke from a myriad of incense that always permeates occult shops, and a spicy, sweet and earthy scent to which she cannot match a specific memory.

The last scent for both is an idea I had while Googling random stuff for this question. It’s basically how one website describe the smell of Dragon’s Blood resin when burned as incense. I want to bring it up in a scene or two in both HL and HL(AU), though there will be a difference between the kinds found here on Earth and up in Heaven, which may end up as a minor connecting plot point.

I realize this leaves Riko without something that she knows is directly related to Yohane, but I was trying to avoid using incense too much, as it already had three entries between them. Also, it technically is related to Yohane, she just doesn’t realize it right away. I’m hoping whatever I write someday will make that connection for her. Not that she’ll ever smell Amortentia in HL, but…

36. Which one is the secret snuggler?

It’s no secret that Yohane loves her snuggles. Riko is quieter about her desires, but can be quite insistent, nonetheless.

37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold?

Riko. Yohane is far more vocal about her discomfort, especially when it comes to temperature.

38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving?

Riko is more likely to do so, though Yohane might as well. That said, I don’t believe I have them owning a vehicle in HL, so this probably won’t come into play anytime soon in my works.

39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch?

Riko, as the more consistent cook of the pair, she is more likely to make their lunch bentos for the day. (Bonus: What does it say?) Casual reminders of her love for her Yocchan.

40. Who is the most affectionate?

Both are quite affectionate, though Yohane is far more likely to initiate, especially in public though even in private.

41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon?

Riko is most often the big spoon. Though Yohane might try to have one believe elsewise.

42. What is their favorite feature of their partner?

Riko loves Yohane’s smile when she is passionate about something, be it her streams or games or whatever. Yohane loves the way Riko’s fingers dance across the keyboard.

43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

Yohane becomes increasingly aware of Riko’s behavior and attitude toward Chika and has to make a conscious effort to avoid holding anything against the idol group’s leader; she likes Chika as a friend, after all, and is thankful that she brought her into the group in the first place. Riko starts to include Yohane in her fantasies.

44. What are their nicknames for each other?

Yocchan and Riri

45. Who worries the most? Over what?

Riko is constantly concerned that Yohane’s abysmal luck will eventually cause her actual harm, as in more than just catching a cold or getting a scrape or small cut. Yohane also fears that her abysmal luck will adversely affect Riko.

46. Who initiates kisses?

Yohane all the time, in public and in private. Riko, in private.

47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen?

Yohane said it first in Revelations.

48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first?

That’s actually a good question. I haven’t decided yet for this ship. I mean I have plans for revealing that the blonde Mari knows, but as for the couple actually telling people… hrm… Off the top of my head, I’d be more likely to say Yohane.

49. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

Both are quite capable of entertaining themselves without the other. Riko can play the piano and Yohane can play her games until their fingers cramp if they are not actively doing something together. And they have Phobetor and Prelude to pet and take on walks and play with. It’s not until bedtime that they become more aware of the other’s absence.

50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness?

Depends. Yohane is more the emotional rollercoaster and could easily be overwhelmed by kindness from the girl for whom she held a one-sided crush for far too long. Riko is also likely to moved, though more through something that fits into some trope she loves in her doujin; good thing Yohane can be quite genre-savvy when she wants.

#YohaRiko #YoshiRiko #Happy Life

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manjuhitorie · 5 years ago

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Hitorie’s unreleased concert recordings, are coming out on wowaka’s birthday

https://www.hitorie.jp/Loveless_IKI/

Hitorie’s full length DVDs of 2 concerts: The Loveless tour final and the IKI tour final in their full glory! It's region free and the release date is November, NOVEMBER, 4th. wowaka’s birthday.

The cover art has been unveiled, and the details of the bonus items have been divulged!

The standard edition cover feautures wowaka in ai/SOlate T-shirt twanging his guitar!

It comes with both concerts and an envelope with a lottery ticket for a chance to win a framed photo. It's cheaper and only comes with the 2 DVDs, the perfect piece! Regular edition DVD: via cdjapan

The limited edition cover features all members basked in laser lights!

The complete special package comes with both concerts, a new special photobook of unreleased photos by cameraman Nishimaki Taichi, sticker replicas of the staff passes used for both tours, and an envelope with a lottery ticket for a chance to win a framed photo. It’s also separated into Blu-ray and DVD, so make sure you buy the right one for your gear! DVD limited complete edition: via cdjapan Blu-ray limited complete edition: via cdjapan Bonus pre-order items!!!

If you preorder from select stores you’ll receive a A2 size poster of the wowaka photo (Tower Records and CDJapan are sure to have it)!

Amazon preorders will include a 5 piece set of concert photo post cards! (Amazon hasn’t prepared a page yet though, I'll link it ASAP).

And preorders from the concert venue booths will nab you a Hitorie-chan themed ticket case.

The track list is as follows

From Hitorie’s UNKNOWN-TOUR 2018 "Loveless" at EX THEATER ROPPONGI March 25th 2018 01. NAI. 02. Shinya 0-ji 03. Inperfection 04. One Me Two Hearts 05. Nichijou to Chikyuu no Gakubuchi 06. Bathtub and Sleepwalk 07. Eve Stepper 08. Loveless 09. Monocolor 10. Glare 11. Senseless Wonder 12. Unhappy Refrain 13. Social Clock 14. Namid[A]me 15. Talkie Dance 16. Unknown Mother Goose 17. Absolute Encore 1. Dancing Mannequin, Singing Fool Encore 2. Little Cry Baby

AND

From Hitorie’s National Solo Tour 2017 "IKI" at STUDIO COAST May 7th 2017 01. Heart Breath 02. One Me Two Hearts 03. Inperfection 04. Daydreamer(s) 05. Eve Stepper 06. Rularula 07. doppel 08. Lights in the Polar Night 09. Saihate 10. KOTONOHA 11. Hagure no Color 12. 5 Count Hello 13. Dancing Mannequin, Singing Fool 14. Shutter Doll 15. Little Cry Baby 16. Glare Encore 1. Kara no Waremono Encore 2. Senseless Wonder Encore 3. SisterJudy Encore 4. Montage Girl

"The full crowd bouncing around today was the best, I wish I could've shown everybody how crazy you guys looked. Please stick with us through future endeavors to come." After the IKI show in the DVD, ygarshy had said this.

And now.... that chance to see that day's craziness and follow their future is upon us, please do consider purchasing and dancing!!! And thank you for looking...

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⚠️~~~⚠️~~~⚠️The rest of this post is unnecessary bonus manju material⚠️~~~⚠️~~~⚠️

I had report on the Loveless final compiled together from way back on March 28th 2019, so I’ll post it here again to give a small taste....!

●The stage lighting for Namid[A]me was apparently breathtaking, they made it look like it was actually raining, ●Yumao used a real gong for Social Clock. ●During Senseless Wonder yg went all the way over to snd’s side of the stage, stuck his body against his, and they played it out together. Then came the encore MC break.

●Yu started cheering himself on, while making flamboyant poses: "Yumaooooo!! Oooh~! WOooooOOah *rough voice* !!💪( ＞ω ＜💪)” Crowd: “You’re so cool~!” Yu: “Thank goo~ *Goes to a cutesy voice*” “You’re so cute~!” “Thank goo. Thank you!” SND: “Hey dude, they’re all callin’ ya cute and cool y’know.” Yu: “…(short pause) Thank goooo~~~”

wowaka: (laughing) We’re done, that's all we need for MC ahahaa.

●Leaving members stuck on what to ramble about, they’ve already talked so much throughout the whole tour, what’s left? So wo suggested that they do a re-cap on all those fun boring discussions they’ve had. Omnibus time.

●Back when the Japan was collectively swept off their feet by the Olympic ice skater Yuzuru Hanyu-kun and his performance, wo had also praised him during MC. Yet just thinking about him puts pressure on Yumao, it inspired Yumao to do his best. And as the next song on Rie’s set list was the inspirational Memai, he concentrated so hard, poured himself in and played super neatly, “Oh shit oh no oh shit, Hanyu-kun makes me nervous.” Yumao explained.

●During the span of the tour SND fell off the stage way more then once... SND: “The skin on my back peeled off once too.” Yu “Eeeh?!” SND “Saying it peeeled all the way off is an overstatement but..” ”Well then the scab ripped off.” “Seriously?!” “But it healed nicely.” “Ahh” “After that, in Niigata, when I went to brandish my guitar up with a “pwooosh” towards the roof, it went bonking into my forehead.” ●SND’s middle finger had also stopped moving, (nerve palsy maybe??) During Talkie Dance there’s the “piropiropiro” where a “pero, pero” bit comes in between (Queue SND and Yuma singing the riff together), which is very straining. He has to press his fingers against the strings one by one to play it, he was scared but nonetheless. So Yuma watched him at the piropero part wondering “Oh no oh no is it gonna move? Is it moving today??””

When it came down to it his middle finger moved for him so thank goodness... (Manju comment: SND is this karma for all the times you gave the crowd the middle finger when they cheered your name,,, or flipped off girls who waved at you, or giving wo the middle finger a lot? God I love you)

●Yumao “Also ygarshy laughed ONCE!” “There was the one time I was talking nonstop (queue SND and Yumao making “blaghblergh” noises together to imitate him). When yga let out a chuckle, which made me super proud in front of everyone… I went Wahooo!!! but turns out it wasn’t because my story was funny or anything. It was because yga was off on his own! Testing how many candies he could eat before we would shut up!” SND: “Did you chuckle because you finished the third candy?” yg: “Uhhh” SND: “Well tell us about it.” wowaka: “Is this the first time he’s talking?” yga: “See, I always think our encore MCs are… long. So I feel like having some candy. I was originally worried I wouldn’t be able to finish eating one in time, the song would start and turn into a problem, but.... it turned out that day’s had become the longest MC yet. I lost my inner bet, damn it, I thought. You guys really can talk. Three whole candies worth of talk! So I laughed, and Yumao thought I was laughing at hims story”

Yu: “Yeah yeah!! Honestly the story I had been telling didn’t have a punchline, so I just used your laugh as an escape.”

SND “Foolish” Yu “Yep” wowaka “Well that day the most” Crowd “laughing” Yumao “...Thank goo~ (laughing)” (Yumao you never have a punchline I swear to God I love you too)

●wowaka talked about the story from back when he used to be so so scared of standing in front of people. In middle school his teacher chose him to represent his class in the English speaking competition, yet he was so afraid that he just, went out to the podium crying hysterically. “I can’t talk English in front of everyone waghhh....”

But now he’s able to do >this<. He’s become such an adult.

SND “I bet there wasn’t even as many people at the competition as there is people here today, haha and you’re able to even talk naturally here, eh, look at you.”

Yu: “Ahh even SND’s such a big boy now~.” SND: “Well we all have.” ●They announced the next nexUs tour at the Loveless tour final. “We just love doing shows”

●Also Pre- Little Cry Baby emotional speech from wowaka. “In living we find cool things and sparkling things, yet there’s moments when we betray those things, we worry if ahhh was I wrong with that, there’s so much of this, in actuality that’s all I do, yet still we’re made out of things we can’t throw away, that’s what I think, what is it! Like those sorta texture that have a paint dried over them, like things that are just superficial just… Those are things that I have NO FUCKING interest in! Like it’s that, c’mON, with music, people are just humans!! trying to be, they’re trying to do what they can do! I have interest in things that only humans can do, some things that can even surpass human, and that’s what fuels me to do music. As long as you follow me, I feel like ,, I could go anywhere!!!!! thank you always, thank you for making me!! Thank you for being here!!!”

This was also the showing they used during the Memorial Service on June 1st… STAFF WE ARE GOING TO CRY “Thank you we were Hitorie, let’s definitely! *through deep breaths* definitely! Meet again!”

Also some from IKI

●wowaka’s mother came to this show.... As divulged in this interview. THE ORAL CIGARETTES had sent Rie flowers in celebration of the event, which were on display at the venue.... Shiohigari SND’s good friend went, also the Synth player of the band “the telephones” who took the picture that’s featured on this blog) went also! ●Before Shutter Doll Yumao did his signature, Yumao! Yumao! Yumao! cheer on rhythm with the familiar intro, but with “Final! Final! instead. Along with We’re ●Hagure no Color had snazzy band introductions molded in between it. ●wowaka had actually cried during Little Cry Baby..... It really is a song that’s so important to him.... I’m anxious to see the video... ●MC: One was wowaka talking about how thankful he is for everyone and everything about this IKI tour. wowaka “I don’t want it to to enddd!” SND “We’re been on this tour for 4 months, it’s been a long time though, it’s amazing, it’s a new record for us.” wowaka “Now what am I going to do with myself tomorrow.“ SND “Go back to our dark dark life...” wo “Why”

SND “You guys had been waiting outside all this time, how was it, was it cold, are you okay? Further crowd: “We were okay-! Closer crowed “(less voices) We were okay.” SND “So you guys were okay and you were cold, okay (laughing). Well if you were cold, then see this sweatshirt Leader is wearing.. please wear one too That thing is perf. Crowd: “Woooah!!” SND: “Why the fuck ‘Woah.’ Even if you said you’re okay then still go buy one alright. Thanks..”

#ヒトリエ #wowaka #first photo is from the IKI show http://meetia.net/music/hitorie-iki-report/#Nishimakiiiii #Hitorie

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