#this is genuinely embarrassing for me as someone who claims to love discovering new music 💀

[kimmkitsuragi]

i have a huge pile of music i wanna check out honestly i dont even know what exactly i missed in the time period between february and now . i listened to so few new songs released in this time period lmao

[mmxficlets]

Prompt #9: “Early Development”

This chapter was requested by Lunarii!! (If anyone knows their @, please tag them or let me know, I would love to tag them in this ;w;) This one focuses around Zero’s development into a person, and its more of a character study, still XZero though, no worries :3

Zero’s stay at Cain Labs was...eventful, to say the least. X hardly had time to think some days, let alone get his usual work done. Sigma had stopped by a few days after the former maverick had been reactivated.

It had nearly been a damn firefight to get the large reploid to not attack the warbot, said warbot sitting in X’s lab, enraptured in Dr. Cain’s ramblings about archeology. X and Sigma had argued fiercely about the subject, Sigma insisting that Zero should have remained deactivated, while X argued that everyone deserves a second chance.

Dr. Cain had stepped out of the room to see a furious Maverick Hunter Commander stalking towards the exit, his hands in fists, and X with his hands against the wall, panting as he fought to control his anger.

Sigma hadn’t returned after that, opting instead to send emails to X about Zero’s progress. 

X was honestly fine with that, it gave him more time to focus on his new friend, and the android desperately needed the attention. Not only was he not a reploid, but his inner workings dated back to around the same time X was made!

The Blue Bomber had never been more excited, knowing he had someone who was around the same age as him! 

He quickly realized though that while he had had a very solid grasp on social norms, emotional control and other human quirks, Zero did not. It felt like nothing about Zero was programmed for interacting with other people, only for combat.

His combat specs were as high as X’s, and it was obvious that whoever had programmed him had wanted him to become even stronger, with Zero’s ability to learn greater than most, if not all, reploid technology of the age. The warbot however, had no interest in learning war tactics, instead wanting to talk to and learn from X.

Zero had quickly become attached to the smaller bot, and once he was cleared to leave the small lab he had been living in, he had stuck to his android friend’s hip, one never being seen without the other. This was usually not a problem for either of them, X enjoyed having a companion to keep him company throughout his day, and Zero seemed to want to drink in everything X had to offer.

The first “incident” involving both of them was more the humans fault than Zero’s. 

X had been having a rather heated discussion with one of Dr. Cain’s colleagues, a man from another robotics lab. He had insisted that he spoke to X without Dr. Cain there, trying to convince the Light-bot to sign over some of the patents on reploid templates, and even allow other robotics companies to look at X’s own body.

This was a very big no-no to reploids, and especially X. So when he had refused, and attempted to leave, the man had jumped up and reached for the Light-bot. He had obviously not expected Zero to appear in front of him as quickly as he did. His shriek at the near snarling warbot threw both androids for quite the loop. 

The man left swiftly after that, and a rather pleased Dr. Cain had called X shortly after, explaining that the man was no longer one of his associates. 

X still had to have a stern talking to with his friend about openly threatening humans, and while Zero did look at least a little guilty, he hadn’t apologized for it. X had counted it as close to a win as he could and moved on.

After that, anyone who got too close to X was met with Zero stepping either in their line of sight, or placing his own body in front of X’s. It got a few chuckles at first, comments about how Zero was like a puppy, and X had swooned at the comparison.

It quickly grew to be a problem however, and X had had to put a stop to the behavior when Zero had bared his teeth to Dr. Cain. 

The teasing from his father figure alone had been reason enough to explain to the android why this behavior wasn’t acceptable.

As time went on, and Zero matured as a person, he became better about navigating the subtle nuances of interacting with people. His personality really began to blossom, and X was ecstatic to watch it happen.

Zero liked cats, a trait discovered after they had taken a trip around Cain Labs and found a stray cat. He had sat there calling and tittering for the tiny creature after X had shown him how. Soon the cat had worked up the courage to approach, and had subsequently spent over an hour with both androids. (X really enjoyed that memory, and the cat had become a resident in the labs, aptly named Aasimov.)

Zero wasn’t very big on wearing clothes, preferring to keep his armor on. The first time X had convinced him to remove the armor and just enjoy being without it, he had been met with embarrassed looks from the lab techs that had been present for the conversation. X turned around and panicked, throwing his own lab coat over Zero’s now naked body.

He hastily explained that while they were not technically showing anything improper, public nudity was frowned upon in human society. Zero hadn’t understood at first, but accepted when X convinced him to wear civilian clothes. The Blue Bomber used his personal allowance to buy Zero his own clothes. After a nice shopping trip, the warbot having chosen most of his wardrobe, they both had nice sets of clothes to wear, with Zero’s being mostly hoodies and t-shirts, and one very bright red jacket.

Zero’s taste in music was...strange. If you had asked any of the lab assistants what music a former maverick would enjoy, they would say something like rock and roll, or heavy metal. Ask X that question however, and he would answer with a sigh and shrug, saying simply, “He’s really into the blues.” The only theory that people could come up with was that the warbots best friend’s armor was blue, and somehow that had made a connection to the android.

X didn’t have an answer either.

Zero’s taste in food was also strange. Finding out that the warbot had functioning tastebuds was a wonderful surprise, and X had insisted on finding his favorite food. Trial and error was the best way to determine this, and The Blue Bomber was nothing if not determined.

The warbot had turned his nose up at any kind of fish, citing that the smell bothered him. Chicken and red meats were okay though. Onions were a big no, Zero claiming that it drowned the taste of everything around it. His favorite vegetable ended up being broccoli. The warbot particularly liked things that were sweet, and things that were spicy. How those two things correlated with one another, again, X didn’t have an answer.

In the end, Zero had promptly decided that spaghetti was his favorite meal. X enjoyed cooking that at least once a week, much to both Dr. Cain and Zero’s delight.

The most interesting thing to develop about Zero to X was his way of interacting with people. At first, he had seemed like a toddler in a body much too big for himself. Always curious, stepping over everyone’s boundaries and being brutally honest. As he spent more time around X and other humans though, that changed.

He grew a bit more withdrawn, refraining from speaking when he didn’t really have to. Once you got his attention however, he was more than happy to talk. This helped a lot when X himself didn’t feel like speaking. Zero also seemingly became more aloof, or “cool”, when the lab techs were asked. He had a natural suaveness about him, and once he had learned how to hold a conversation properly, his charm and confidence had truly blossomed. 

After a few months, Zero was a completely different person, his ability to learn helping him become a functioning member in X’s life. He had become a joy to be around, able to hold his own in conversation, adding his own input and spin on things. He sparred weekly with X in one of the labs testing halls, and had his own talks of morality and ethics with Dr. Cain.

It was wonderful, and X found he genuinely enjoyed spending his days with his friends.

It broke X’s heart when Sigma and the Maverick Hunters appeared to take Zero away. 

The warbot’s probation period was up, and Sigma would assess whether the former maverick was to be put down, or assigned to the hunters. Zero had met the Hunters without flinching, his time spent with X helping him immensely when asked to prove his sanity.

He passed with flying colors, and Zero was hired on the spot. When it came time to say goodbye, X hugged the warbot, trying not to cry as his best friend was taken away.

Zero had smiled and promised to visit before being escorted out by a reploid in purple armor, Sigma congratulating X on his ability to reform such a troublesome maverick. 

A few months later, X had joined the maverick hunters too, desperate to be around his friend and further his research. Both androids combat synergy shot them to the higher ranks, Zero being higher than X, but only just by seniority alone.

And as time went on, the two oldest androids on the planet grew even closer as friends, their dream-like time in Cain Labs a fond memory for X and Zero. 

It all shattered when Sigma declared war on humanity, and the first flames of war grew on the horizon.

[canadahowriting]

Like Real People Do

I can only spend so many hours rewriting this. This will have to do.

There isnt enough Louis x Clem fanfiction out there, writers get your shit together!!!

First song is Like Real People Do by Hozier while the second song is With a Little Help From my Friends by The Beatles.

In which Clementine fully experiences music.

The sun had long past set behind the school, darkening the courtyard and beckoning the kids inside. Clementine and AJ were the first to retreat indoors as they had spent the day increasing the size of the schools safe zone. It was no surprise that AJ insisted on going with Clementine and Aasim, claiming he was old enough to go on such a simple job. Clementine found no point in arguing with him.

AJ was clearly exhausted from the long trek but Clementine knew he’d never admit that. She now knew he probably regretted tagging along, too, but he’d never admit that one as well.

Louis couldn't help but feel disappointed as he watched the pair retreat inside with a frown. Violet scoffed. “You’re hopeless.” She said as she stood up from the bench the pair sat at.

He couldn’t help it. He was looking forward to talking with her as he hadn’t seen much of her all day. They had headed out before sunrise and Louis wasn’t much of a morning person.

“C’mon, kicking me while im down? Now that's cold, Vi.” Louis placed a hand over his heart as he watched Violet leave with a teasing smile. He could practically see her rolling her eyes.

“Why not just go talk to her?” Violet asked with a raise of her eyebrow. She, however, didn’t stop to hear his response.

Louis paused, taken aback. “Like go to her room?” He thought aloud. He may not know as much as he would like to about her, but he knew enough to know that she wouldn’t love that idea. Yet, despite his better judgement, he found himself in the hallway by her room.

It had been surprisingly long since Louis had been to this side of the school. Since Minnie and Sophie died, he didn’t have any reason to. Furthermore, this just left him with fewer excuses to stop by Clementine and AJ’s room.

He was still a couple doors down from their room when he stopped dead in his tracks, a voice silencing all of his previous thoughts. He couldn’t quite make out the words, but he had no doubt the voice came from Clementine.

Louis took a few more light and short steps towards the room until he could make out her words. My god was she singing?

“I had a thought, dear, however scary. About that night, the bugs and the dirt” He couldn’t recognize the song, which was surprising as his collection of old records was always growing. He found himself focusing on her beautifully imperfect voice. “ I will not ask you where you came from, I will not ask you, neither should you.”

His cheeks felt red hot as he pictured her face to the voice. She sounded so relaxed, something he noticed, wasn’t very common for her.

With that thought he realized this was a moment he really shouldn’t be eavesdropping on.

He retreated back towards his room, but not without the new song humming from his lips and Clementines voice plaguing his thoughts.

Louis couldn’t stop smiling.

Marlon had insisted on Clementine and AJ taking the day off. Clementine, however, couldn’t agree to that.

She had little problem leaving AJ with Tenn as he was easily distracted by the countless amounts of colours to share. Watching AJ make his first friend brought a heavy weight off her shoulders but she couldn’t help but fear that it wouldn’t last long. Groups like this never really did.

Knowing Aasim, Brody, and Violet were already out hunting and fishing, Clementine decided to look for Louis. She knew he had been the one to upkeep the greenhouse when it was still functioning, so she decided he would be the first step to getting it back in working order.

Marlon told her you could always find him in the library with the piano, where she first met him.

The closer she got to the library, the louder the piano became. It wasn’t as confidently played as the first time she heard it. Instead, she heard the same few chords in different keys being played over and over. She could feel his frustration.

Clementine stopped as she entered the doorway, genuinely interested in hearing him play. She never expected there to be people who kept up with the arts and cultures of the old world.

Louis had his eyebrows furrowed in thought. He was obviously heavily focused on the song in his head. It was surprisingly comforting to see him play, to ignore the hell going on outside the walls like it never existed. A small smile graced her lips.

“I will not ask you where you came from....” Louis started to sing, pausing every once in a while to hum the lyrics instead. Clementines mouth opened wide in surprise. “I will not ask and nei- Oh, hey Clementine!”

All shock turned into anger as Clementine quickly made her way across the room. Louis’s eyes widened as she shoved him off of the pianos bench. “You were eavesdropping, weren’t you!” She accused, placing her hands on her hips for dramatic effect. She stared down at him with a fire in her eyes.

Louis took a second to process what exactly was happening, but when he did, he couldn’t stop the grimace rising to his face.

“I swear I didn’t mean to!” Louis started as he carefully stood to his feet. He kept his hands in front of him in an attempt to ease her. “I was stopping by your room to give you something, but that song you were singing was really good! I just really wanted to learn it, y’know?”

The tension in Clementines shoulders slowly left as she rolled her eyes. “So what was it then?” She asked with a tight frown. She was used to singing AJ to sleep, but the thought of someone else hearing her was super embarrassing.

“What?”

“What were you bringing me, doofus.”

“Oh...” Louis paused. He hadn’t thought that far ahead. “My attention of course.”

Clementine felt herself begin to blush at the silly one liner. He sat there with a confident grin and his head slightly tilted, waiting patiently for her reaction. She quickly looked away, not being able to maintain eye contact with him any longer. She wasn't sure why.

“Well,” Clementine started, moving her hands from her hips to cross her arms over her chest. “you were way off key.”

Louis felt his smile grow wider, if that was even possible. “What, and you could do better?” He challenged with a raise of his eyebrow. Of course he knew she could do better, as she actually knew the song. He just hoped she would take the bait.

Clementine couldn’t help the small tilt in her lips as she rolled her eyes once more. “You are the musician, aren’t you?” She teased.

Louis took a seat on the pianos bench once again and moved over to offer Clementine a seat. He was surprised when she took it. “Yet here I am, asking you for help.” She looked down at the keys with uncertainty. “That’s what im here for.” He assured, placing his hands on the familiar keys. “I just need help with some of the lyrics.”

It took strength to not let out a chuckle at the face Clementine was giving him. “You really expect me to sing along with you.” She deadpanned.

“I could only dream.” Louis murmured, a dreamy look on his face. “Just tell me where im wrong.”

Clementine felt her heart pounding in her chest, but swallowed a breath down hard. She gestured for him to start.

“ I had a thought, however scary...” The chords he played were shockingly familiar to the original, one that Clementine hadn’t listened to since she discovered it in the new frontier. She decided she liked his version better. “About that night, with the bugs and the dirt. Why were you digging? What did you bury?“

Clementine stopped him before he could continue. “Your pacing is off- the lyrics are a lot more lighter then what you are singing them as.”

“Oh?”

She rolled her eyes. She was falling right into his trap, but she found that she really didn’t mind.

Clementine absentmindedly placed her hands on the keys, lightly enough to not actually play them. She kept her eyes on her fingers as she felt Louis’s eyes burning into her face. “I had a thought, dear, however scary, about that night, the bugs and the dirt- See?”

Louis played along absentmindedly on the piano as his focus was mainly on what she was saying. She wasn’t really singing, more speaking the lyrics in the general tone of the song. That was a lot more then what he thought he’d get from her.

“So then the first verse- I will not ask you where you came from

I will not ask you, neither should you.” Louis paused to look at Clementine for her to continue the lyrics for him. That was about as much as he heard her sing the night before.

Clementine hesitated, turning to look at him to gauge his reaction as she sang the next lyrics. “Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips, we should just kiss like real people do.” She finished off with a nervous and shaky breath, something that caught Louis very off guard. He felt his face and neck turn all shades of red.

“Wow.” Was all he was able to come up with in response. “You have a really nice voice.” He later added after too long of a pause.

Clementine broke eye contact him and let out a cough to clear her throat. She moved over slightly, much to Louis’ dismay, as she realized just how close they had gotten. He suddenly felt the urge to change the subject, feeling as if she was quickly closing herself back off once again. “Who is that song even by, anyways?” He asked, trying to lighten the tension.

“I don’t know.” Clementine started with an uncommonly unsure voice. “I found a lot of records and discs at one of the larger groups I used to be with. It helped AJ sleep through the night when he was a baby. Now, its me singing instead.”

Louis watched as Clementine smiled fondly at the memory. It was nice to listen to her open up, even with something as small as that. He wanted her to smile more often.

“Well, that gives me the perfect idea.”

Clementine spun on her chair to face Louis as he stood from the bench. He made his way over to the record player placed on the table where she first found her backpack. There were records scattered messily around the table, some even stacked on the ground. “You’ve got quite the collection.” She noted.

“Ah, yes.” Louis said with a hum, stopping at a certain stack of records until he picked out a particular album he was looking for. He held the album up proudly for Clementine to see. “The Beatles! These guys were huge way before we were ever born.” Clementine, of course, recognized the name from her parents. It made her realize how long it’s been since she thought about anything before this all started.

“I personally think their hits are a little overrated.” Louis admitted as he fiddled with the stylus of the record player. The fuzzy static eventually blended into the song. “This song, however, is my personal favourite.” He added, sending her a smile from over his shoulder.

“What would you think if I sang out of tune?

Would you stand up and walk out on me?

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

And I'll try not to sing out of key.”

Clementine couldn’t help but laugh at the way Louis moved his hips as he walked towards her. He was horrifically off beat. “You’re horrible.” She said as she tried her best to hold back her laughter.

“That’s the point!” Louis grinned, moving his arms in time with his hips. “Who cares. Enjoy the moment.” He held out his hand to her, an offer.

Clementine looked down at his hand skeptically. “I don’t dance.” Despite her words, she put her hand in his. Louis softened.

“Just move with the music. Don’t think about it. Dancing isn’t about thinking.”

Louis took her other hand in an attempt to ease her. He moved their arms back and forth in a goofy fashion, his body swaying side to side. Clementine stared down at their feet, hesitantly following his movements. “You’re still thinking too much.” He started, bringing her eyes back up to him. “Just feel the music.”

Clementine found herself focusing on him instead. She went from studying the dreads that were beginning to cover his face to his carefree smile and then to his freckles. His face was covered in them and she couldn’t help but admire them. She hadn’t seen them up close before. AJ once questioned him about them.

“What’s with all those spots on your face?” AJ asked, not at all concerned with offending.

“AJ!” Clementine had scolded, giving him a stern look. Louis only laughed and squatted down to his level to give AJ a better look at his spots.

“They’re called freckles. I was born with them. Just like how you were born with such curly hair.” Louis explained, much to Clementines surprise. She found herself thinking fondly of that moment, and many other moments shes shared with him.

Louis soon brought her out of her thoughts “Now you’ve got it!” He praised, laughter bubbling in his throat. “You’re a natural.”

Clementine smiled up at him, but it quickly dissipated as her attention was brought to the floor. The track faded out and was replaced by a scratchy buzz. Louis looked down at her with a frown, their hands still locked together despite the fact they were no longer dancing. “What is it?”

“What are your intentions?” Clementine asked, very suddenly. She looked back up at him and quickly continued before he could answer. “Why are you so nice to me? To AJ?”

Louis’s eyes widened as he looked down at her, clearly caught off guard. Was it not obvious? “I mean, I thought it was pretty clear.” He spoke with a nervous laugh. Clementines face said otherwise. “Are you really gonna make me say it?”

Clementine let go of his hands so she could cross her arms over her chest. Louis awkwardly placed his hand on his neck. “Fine! Fine. I mean, I like you, Clem.” Her mouth widened in shock. She guesses it was pretty obvious, with the constant flirting, but she told herself it was just who he is. Or at least, everybody elses reactions told her that. “At first I thought it was just attraction, but there’s something here. I don’t know what to call it, but I know you feel it too. I want to help you, Clem. You and AJ. Bring some silliness into that kids life.”

Louis watched Clementines shocked expression shift into admiration. The same sort of expression she wore when he gave AJ his dinner. Louis felt his heart beating in his throat.

Clementine broke eye contact as she looked at the ground with a blush. “I... I didn’t think I was capable of feeling that way.” She spoke with an awkward laugh. Louis couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

Clementine quickly picked up on it as his expression spoke wonders. She grabbed his hand, a new force of determination overtaking her. “But I do.” She assured, confidently. “I do feel that way.”

Louis visibly relaxed, a relieved sigh leaving his lips. He couldn’t help but pull her into a hug, head tucking into her neck. “Thank god. That would’ve been pretty awkward.”

Clementine laughed before humming a thank you into his chest. “For what?” Louis asked, pulling back only enough to get a look at her face. He wasn’t ready to let go of this moment just yet.

“For reminding me and AJ what its like to be real. To be human.”

[thedarklordmegatron]

for the ship meme: Gladnis and Reglcar!

I’ve had a few requests for Regclar so if it’s okay with you I’ll pop that in with the ask that came in before this one! But I hope you like the Gladnis!

send me a ship and i’ll tell you

who hogs the duvet

Ignis is the King of duvet thieves! Gladio’s always run a little on the hot side ever since he was a child, his dad would often walk into his bedroom and find him sprawled on the bed, his blankets on the floor. So it doesn’t bother him too much when Ignis turns himself into a burrito in his sleep, if anything he finds it adorable.

who texts/rings to check how their day is going

Gladio is the one most likely to text Ignis. Considering his boyfriend often loses himself in his work, he usually sends a text around 1pm - asking how his day has gone, which usually reminds him to eat as well.

who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts

They’re both pretty creative when it comes to gifts! They try to think ‘out of the box’ when buying something for one another, it doesn’t always happen but they give it their best. Ignis’ most ‘creative’ gift was a dance belt, he’d had enough of seeing people eyeballing Gladio’s crotch when he wore his favourite trousers - a pair of far too tight leather trousers. Gladio had worn the pants for all of two hours before going commando for the rest of the day, needless to say they live in the bottom of the drawer, never to see the light of day again.

who gets up first in the morning

Ignis is always the first one up (unless he’s ill). He doesn’t have to be up quite as early as he chooses to be, but he loves the calm of the early morning. He’ll bundle himself up in Gladio’s favourite dressing gown, pour himself a cup of coffee and stand on the small balcony attached to their apartment to watch the sunrise.

who suggests new things in bed

Their bedroom activities are agreed upon in advance. They enjoy ‘making love’ to one another, taking it slow and genuinely enjoying one another’s bodies, but every now and then they do enjoy trying something a little different every now and then. When they do decide to try something different, they’ll both come up with ideas and ‘report’ back - it’s very businesslike.

who cries at movies

Gladio has a tendency to bawl at emotional films. The best friends finally get together? He’s crying. The dog’s reunited with it’s owner? So many tears. A kid forgives his parent’s murderer? He has to leave the room.

who gives unprompted massages

Ignis is weak for Gladio’s massages. If he comes home looking a little worse for wear or more exhausted than normal, Gladio will gently ‘encourage’ him into the shower. As soon as he comes out he’s guided to their bed and turned into a boneless pile of skin. Likewise, on quiet evenings where they’re just watching the television, Gladio will grab hold of Ignis’ feet and happily massage them until his boyfriend passes out.

who fusses over the other when they’re sick

They are both as bad as each other when their partner is sick! Both men will try to play off their illnesses as a minor inconvenience, even if it’s anything but. Eventually they’ll be dragged to bed and the healthy party will act as their ‘nurse’ - it’s as annoying as it is endearing.

who gets jealous easiest

Ignis gets incredibly jealous. He knows how good looking Gladio is and he still can’t quite believe that he’s managed to catch the eye of Insomnia’s most eligible bachelor, after Noctis at least. So when someone gets a little too close to him, Ignis will hover on the sidelines and glare at the offending party until Gladio waves them away, or until they meet his eyes. Noctis had called him out on it more than once but he was hardly prepared to just let them get away with hitting on his boyfriend.

who has the most embarrassing taste in music

According to Noctis, Gladio has the worst playlists imaginable. A combination of country, kids pop and death metal - it’s so terrifyingly awful that Ignis has banned his music from the apartment when he’s home. Gladio absolutely does not know the lyrics to every song from the kids musical ‘Moogles, Moogles, oh my!’ (He absolutely does and has been to see it live three times with Iris)

who collects something unusual

Ignis has a collection of limited edition Ebony cans. From the rare ‘Cactuar’ edition to the slightly more common ‘Star of Lucis’ edition - something that’s only on sale for Noctis’ birthday and was named after his car. Gladiolus helped him create a small display case for them that they keep in their bedroom. Despite keeping it semi-hidden, Iggy is damn proud of his collection.

who takes the longest to get ready

Neither takes particularly long, even when they’re dressing themselves for a formal event. The longest either has ever taken was about 40 minutes, and that was when Gladio first had to wear his Shield robes for his swearing in.

who is the most tidy and organised

Both are pretty tidy and organised but Ignis is significantly more organised than Gladio. If given the chance, he’ll plan out his entire week down to the minute, and had in the past even made a ‘sex schedule’ to make sure they had time to themselves during a busy week.

who gets most excited about the holidays

While Ignis loves his time off, Gladio’s the one to go completely overboard. Valentines day? Ignis will come home to an apartment filled with roses and balloons, along with a naked boyfriend. Shiva’s Day? They have the biggest tree that could fit in the apartment, tasteful decorations everywhere and the most beautifully wrapped presents.

who is the big spoon/little spoon

Gladio’s the big spoon and Iggy the little!

who gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports

They’re both absolutely bloody awful. They treat games as a life or death situation, giving no quarters, losing a game of Mario Kart is the end of the world.

who starts the most arguments

Gladio does. He’s quick to anger but just as quick to apologise or forgive. There’s nothing he hates more than arguing with a loved one, and his father had always raised him never to go to sleep without apologising for an argument - you never know if you’re going to wake up after all.

who suggests that they buy a pet

There’s not even a suggestion. Gladio just comes home one day with a three-legged kitten and announces that they now have a son. Sir Fluffernut, also known as the spawn of Ifrit, is quick to claim one of Ignis’ old jackets as his bed. He also has a habit of biting ankles, doesn’t matter whose ankles they are, if he sees them he will nom them.

what couple traditions they have

Every Monday night, so long as there are no emergencies, they sit down to watch ‘Insomnia’s best chef’. They criticise the dishes, and on a lucky night Ignis will whip up something quick to prove he’s better than any of them. Gladio still wishes he’d apply for the damn show, damn the security issues.

what tv shows they watch together

Insomnia’s Best Chef, it’s their number one favourite, followed by: ‘I Married A ….!” (The I married an Iron Giant episode was hilarious), Pimp My Pad and Doggos First Dance Class. They watch nothing but trash, so much trash.

what other couple they hang out with

They don’t really have any other couples to ‘hang out’ with in the beginning. However, shortly after Ignis’ 21st birthday, Gladio takes him out ‘on the town’ where they bump into a group of Glaives. Suddenly after one drunken night, they have multiple drinking buddies and fellow couples for double dates; chief among them Glaives Khara and Ulric.

how they spend time together as a couple

Neither are fond of doing something ‘big’, they’re much happier spending their time together doing something simple such as cooking or sharing a bath. On the odd occasion that they do have the time to do something else, they enjoy walking through Insomnia’s numerous parks and coming across coffee shops they’d yet to discover, or ones that had only recently opened.

who made the first move

Gladio made the first move. He’d been subtly flirting with Ignis for months to no avail. It was the morning after Gladio’s nineteenth birthday, when he practically flopped out of his bedroom with the mother of all hangovers, and found Ignis standing at the stove frying up some bacon. Perhaps it was the lingering effects of the alcohol or just the fact that his brain hadn’t woken up, but either way Gladio had stumbled over, wrapped his arms around Ignis’ waist and kissed his cheek.

who brings flowers home

Ignis knows of Gladio’s love of flowers, hardly surprising when it wa the Amicitia tradition to name their children after various varieties, and it just so happens that there is a quaint little florists on the same road as Noctis’ apartment. So once a week, usually a Friday night, after leaving Noctis, Ignis will swing by and collect a bouquet of Gladioli - each more colourful than the previous. Gladio has long since forgone the act of thanking him, but Ignis knows he appreciates the flowers simply by the way his eyes light up when he sees them.

who is the best cook

Ignis! Gladio once set a pot of water on fire, no one knows how and Ignis is not prepared to take the chance that he’ll burn their apartment down.

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On an album of bittersweet childrens music that she wrote much more than ten years in the past, the woman who arrived for being regarded only given that the piano teacher supplied what, in hindsight, seems like an eerie glimpse of her possess upcoming.

Im going absent now to a location so far-off, exactly where no person is familiar with my title, she wrote while in the lyrics of the track identified as Relocating.

When she wrote that tune, she was young and vivacious, a piano Instructor and freelance tunes author who loved Beethoven and jazz, sunsets and river sounds, prolonged walks and every little thing about New York.

On a kind of beloved walks, by Central Park in the brilliant Sunshine of the June working day in 1996, a homeless drifter defeat her and attempted to rape her, leaving her clinging to life. Following the assault, the text to her music arrived genuine. She moved absent, out of New York City, from her previous life, and all but her closest pals did not know her identify. To the rest of the earth, she was -- much like the far more well-known jogger attacked in Central Park seven yrs previously -- an anonymous image of the city nightmare. She was the piano teacher.

Now, around the tenth anniversary on the attack, she's celebrating what appears to be her complete Restoration from Mind trauma. She is forty two, married, with a small child. She is Kyle Kevorkian McCann, the piano teacher, and she wants to tell her Tale, her way.

Her health practitioner told her it might consider ten years to Get better, and Sunday was that talismanic anniversary. I really feel my daily life has become redefined by Central Park, she mentioned numerous days ago, her voice smooth and hopeful. In advance of park; immediately after park. Will there ever certainly be a time when I dont think, Oh, Here is the tenth anniversary, the 11th anniversary?

She spoke in her modest ranch household within a wooded subdivision inside of a The big apple suburb. She sat inside a dining place strewn with toys, surrounded by pictures of her cherubic, dark-haired two-yr-previous daughter. A Steinway grand filled 50 % the area, and at 1 point she sat down and performed. Her participating in was forceful, but she appeared embarrassed to play more than a few bars, and shrugged, as an alternative to answering, when asked the title from the piece. She questioned that her daughter and her town not be named.

She phone calls that day, June four, 1996, the working day After i was harm.

Hers was the main within a string of attacks by the same guy on 4 women over eight times. The final target, Evelyn Alvarez, sixty five, was overwhelmed to Demise as she opened her Park Avenue dry-cleaning shop, and ultimately, the assailant, John J. Royster, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in jail.

Still the attack within the piano Instructor is definitely the 1 people today seem to keep in mind one of the most. Component of the fascination needs to do with echoes from the 1989 attack to the Central Park jogger. But What's more, it frightened people today in a means the assault to the jogger did not because its instances ended up so mundane.

It didn't occur within a distant Section of the park late in the evening, but around a preferred playground at three in the afternoon. It might have took place to anyone. The strain was heightened from the mystery of your piano academics identification.

For 3 times, as police and Physicians tried out to find out who she was, she lay inside of a coma in her clinic mattress, nameless. Her mother and father ended up on getaway and her boyfriend, also a musician, was in Europe, on tour. Finally, one among her pupils regarded a law enforcement sketch and was able to discover her during the hospital by her fingers, simply because her experience was swollen beyond recognition. The police didn't launch her identify.

The last thing she remembers about June four, 1996, is supplying a lesson in her studio apartment on West 57th Road, then putting her very long hair in the ponytail and heading out for your wander. She isn't going to bear in mind the assault, Whilst she has listened to the accounts in the police and prosecutors.

To me its just like a truth I discovered and memorized, she stated. As if I were being a college student in class finding out heritage.

She isn't going to consider the man who did it. I might have been indignant to get a minute, although not for much longer than that, she mentioned. How could I be angry at John Royster? He was declared not crazy, but I assume by our standards he was.

Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, her medical doctor at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Heart, as it had been identified in 1996, informed reporters that she experienced a 10 % chance of survival. Health professionals had to get rid of her forehead bone, which was afterwards changed, for making place for her swelling brain. When her mother created a community attract pray for my daughter, thousands did.

After eight times, she arrived out of a coma, first in a very vegetative point out, then in a childlike point out. As she recovered, she slept little and talked regularly, at times in gibberish. I was getting mad at individuals once they didnt reply to these words, she claimed.

Like an Alzheimers patient, she experienced tiny limited-expression memory and would fail to remember site visitors the moment they still left the room.

Over many months, she had to relearn ways to stroll, gown, read through and publish. Her boyfriend, Tony Scherr, frequented every day to Enjoy guitar for her. He encouraged her to Enjoy the piano, towards the advice of her physical therapists, who imagined she might be discouraged by her incapacity to Participate in how she when had. Mr. Scherr played Beatles duets together with her, actively playing the left-hand part even though she performed the correct.

That was my most effective therapy, she claimed.

In August, she moved back again residence to New Jersey, together with her father, an engineer, and mom, a schoolteacher. She frequented outdated haunts and identified as friends, seeking to restore her shattered memory. I had been incredibly obsessed with remembering, she stated. Any memory decline was to me a sign of abnormality or deficit.

Her therapists considered her development was wonderful, but her two sisters protested that she was not the deep thinker she had been.

What bothered her most was that she had misplaced a chance to cry, as if a faucet inside of her brain had been turned off. A person evening, nine months right after she was damage, she stayed up late to observe the John Grisham Motion picture A Time and energy to Get rid of. Just after her father experienced gone to bed, she viewed a courtroom scene of Samuel Jacksons character on trial for killing two men who had raped his youthful daughter.

The faucet opened, along with the tears trickled down her cheeks. I thought of my mother and father, my father, and the things they went through, she claimed. Tiny by minor, my sensation returned, my depth of brain returned.

Urged by her sisters, she went back to highschool and acquired a masters degree in audio training.

Not everything went properly. She and Mr. Scherr break up up five years once the assault, however they remain friends. She dated other Gentlemen, but she always informed them concerning the assault instantly -- she could not support it, she stated -- and they by no means called for any second day.

Now we have to locate you someone, her Pal David Phelps, a guitar player, stated 4 several years back, right before introducing her to Liam McCann, a pc technician and newbie drummer. For once, she didn't say nearly anything with regard to the attack till she acquired to find out Mr. McCann, then when she did, he admired her strength.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who had normally frequented her at her bedside though she was in the hospital, married them in his Situations Square Workplace. She wore a blue costume and pearls. Whilst she was pregnant, within a burst of creative imagination, she and her close friends recorded When Had been Youthful, an album of childrens music that she experienced prepared prior to the attack, such as the music Moving. Her ex-boyfriend, Mr. Scherr, generated the CD. On it, her spouse plays drums and she or he performs electric powered piano.

Is her lifetime as it absolutely was? Not accurately, while she is hesitant to attribute the variations to her injuries. Her final two piano pupils still left her, with no contacting to clarify why, she reported. She has resumed enjoying classical music, but straightforward pieces, since her daughter isn't going to give her time and energy to practice. As for jazz, I dont even consider, she said.

She would like to drive extra, sensation stranded from the suburbs, but she is well rattled. She tries to be content material with keeping property and caring for her daughter.

Dr. Ghajar, a medical professor of neurological medical procedures at what is now referred to as NewYork-Presbyterian Medical center/Weill Cornell Health care Heart, who operated on Ms. Kevorkian McCann following the assault, reported very last 7 days that her degree of recovery was uncommon. Shes generally usual, he explained.

Other professionals, who're not personally informed about Ms. Kevorkian McCanns situation, tend to be more careful.

Regaining the opportunity to Engage in the piano may well require an Just about mechanical procedure, a semiautomatic recall of what the fingers really need to do, explained Dr. Yehuda Ben-Yishay, a professor of scientific rehabilitation medicine at Big apple College Faculty of Drugs. Once brain-hurt, you might be usually Mind-hurt, for the rest of your life, Dr. Ben-Yishay said. There is not any overcome, There's only intense compensation.

The more telling Portion of a Restoration, in his view, is psychological, and on that score he counts Ms. Kevorkian McCanns relationship and boy or girl as a substantial victory.

For her aspect, the piano Instructor is aware she has altered, but she has designed her peace with it. I was kind of a hyper ---- I dont know if I had been a sort A, but I used to be formidable, she suggests. Why was I so bold? I had been a piano teacher. I dont determine what the ambition was about. I actually did return to the person Im designed to be.

Correction: June thirteen, 2006, Tuesday An post on Thursday about Kyle Kevorkian McCann, a piano Instructor who was beaten and sexually assaulted ten years ago in Central Park, misstated the title of her album of childrens tracks. It truly is Whilst Have been Youthful, not When Were being Young.

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The light has gone out – it’s time we stopped giving Morrissey attention

On a shelve at the back of my wardrobe rests an early, askew Shirts that hasn’& rsquo; t been worn in years. It births black-and-white photos of Oscar Wilde, Shelagh Delaney as well as James Dean, with The Smiths emblazoned all over the top. It’& rsquo; s not the best elegant of band Shirts, but thirty years ago it was all I might find in non-urban Devon to promote my loyalty to a band that implied every little thing to me. I have actually never been able to throw it out.

The tracks of The Smiths still pump by means of my veins, an effective pointer of the agonies of my formative years and also the capacity of popular music to unlock unfamiliar brand-new emotions and switch your world completely. Yet listening closely to them right now makes me believe sad with hoping at what they were actually, and distress at what their performer has actually ended up being. Morrissey’& rsquo; s succinct turns of phrase as well as his parochial obsessions have previously seen him matched up to Alan Bennett, at whose front door he the moment appeared in Greater london gripping publications of poems. However while the second is a national treasure, the previous has actually become a national embarrassment.

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modern Britain you are actually telling them

that you have actually operated out of words. You are closing the dispute down and managing off. The phrase is actually” pointless currently. Everybody inevitably prefers their very own race & hellip; does this make every person racist? & rdquo; NBCU/Getty 2/29 On Female Gaga In a meeting with Billboard, Morrissey refers to as Lady Gaga & ldquo; nothing at all

brand-new & rdquo; and also states her

style is actually & ldquo; deceitful, and the

"precise contrary of sexual. & rdquo; He additionally pertains to Madonna as & ldquo; McDonna & rdquo

; and also states Michael Bublé is & ldquo; well-known and also useless & rdquo;. Getty Images 3/29

"On dancing popular music:"It is actually the haven for the mentally deficient. It is actually made by dull people for — plain individuals."Getty Images 4/29 On London mayor Sadiq Khan "London is devalued. The Mayor of Greater london tells our team regarding' Area policin'

“-- what is' policin & rsquo;? He tells our company Greater london is an'amazin' metropolitan area. What is 'amazin '? This is the Mayor of Greater london! And he can not talk properly

!"& ldquo; Madonna enhances every little thing unreasonable and also

objectionable. Determined womanhood

". Madonna is actually nearer towards organised prostitution than anything else. & rdquo; Photograph through Michael Campanella/Getty Images 6/29 On Beyonce:"The rhinocerous is actually now basically extinct

, and also it's certainly not due to global warming orshrinking habitations. It's due to Beyoncé's bags"Buda Mendes/Getty Images 7/29 On animal rudeness in China & ldquo; You can & rsquo;

t aid but experience that

the Mandarin folks are a subspecies

". & rdquo; Getty Images 8/29 On royal loved ones:"The arrogance of the English royals"

is astonishing, definitely startling

"9/29 On creative thinking: “On being artistic: & ldquo; I would certainly rather create craft than end up being craft. & rdquo; Getty Images

10/29 On Prince Charles:

"" I wish that Prince Charles had been actually fired. I believe it will possess created the world a more intriguing place."

"11/29 On sexuality:

""However, I am certainly not homosexual ... In technological simple fact, I am actually humasexual. I am attracted to people. Of course, certainly not a lot of."

" 12/29 On Bob Geldof:

""Bob Geldof is actually an abominable character. Quick fix was one of the most sanctimonious system ever before in the past history of music."

"13/29 On increasing old:

“& ldquo; Era shouldn & rsquo; t affect you’. You & rsquo; re either wonderful or even you & rsquo

; re boring, irrespective

of your age. & rdquo; Getty Images 14/29 On being actually alcoholic: & ldquo; Life would be therefore brilliantly colored so I had a cocktail complication.”

& rdquo; GETTY

IMAGES 15/29 On being attractive:

“& ldquo; I assume I have to be, completely, a total sexual activity item. In every feeling of the”

word. & rdquo; 16/29 On music sector:

“& ldquo; I lost on my own to popular music at a really early age, as well as I stayed certainly there. & rdquo; 17/29

On Taylor Swift:

The max edgings [at the Brits] divert your attention coming from the reality that Taylor Swift possesses absolutely nothing to carry out with Coventry or even Wrexham. To manage rank fraudulence in tellyland is not a tough endeavor, especially if you possess the whole entire populace of Peru dancing around you as you ape your track."

"Offered by Coast Fire Media

18/29 On grooming:

"" I do keep that if your hair is actually wrong, your whole lifestyle is wrong.”

& rdquo; Rex Includes

19/29 On Elton John:

“& ldquo; He is actually pushing his face with all the amount of time and also informing us regarding his personal life. No person's fascinated."

He ought to just disappear."AFP/Getty Images 20/29 On charisma:

“& ldquo; I am actually certainly not excellent at being actually dull."21/29 On musicians: & ldquo; Performers aren't actually folks. I'm in fact 40 every

“cent papier mache. & rdquo; Getty Images 22/29 On affection: On romance: & ldquo; I

do believe it's achievable

to go by means of lifestyle as well as certainly never drop

in love, or discover an individual that likes you. & rdquo; 23/29 On neglected killing attempt on Head of state Margaret Thatcher:"The sorrow of the

IRA Brighton battle is that Thatcher left in one piece."Getty Images 24/29 On the popular music dependency

": & ldquo; Songs is like a drug, but there are no recovery facilities."

& rdquo; 25/29

On narcissism:

“On narcissism: & ldquo; Well, I am a remarkably attractive individual.”

& rdquo; Rex Includes 26/29

On fatality: “"I possess an unswayable fixation along with death. If there was

an enchanting supplement

that people can take that would resign you from the globe, I would take it."27/29 On Kate Middleton Morrissey connects the suicide of a Greater london nurse to the Duchess Kate Middleton. & ldquo; There & rsquo; s no blame put at Kate Middleton, who resided in the healthcare facility for, as much as I can easily view, definitely

no cause ... She feels no pity concerning the fatality of this woman. The arrogance of the English royals is actually incredible, absolutely paralyzing. & rdquo; 28/29 On his heritage: & ldquo; When they hide me in a church as well as chuck earth on my tomb, I & rsquo;d like the words & lsquo; Well, at the very least he attempted & rsquo; engraved on my tombstone. & rdquo; 29/29 & ldquo;

If you call someone racialist in

“modern-day Britain you are actually telling them that you have lacked expressions. You are shutting the controversy ‘down and bolting. Words is worthless now.”

Everyone inevitably

“prefers their very own nationality & hellip; performs this make everyone racialist? & rdquo; NBCU/Getty 2/29 On Lady Gaga In a job interview with Signboard, Morrissey names Girl Gaga & ldquo; nothing new & rdquo; and also mentions her type is & ldquo; deceptive, and the particular contrast of sensual. & rdquo; He also describes Madonna”

as & ldquo; McDonna

& rdquo; and also claims Michael Bublé is & ldquo; popular and also worthless & rdquo;. Getty Images 3/29 On dance music:"It is actually the sanctuary for the mentally deficient. It is actually created through ordinary individuals “for boring folks." Getty Images 4/29 On London mayor Sadiq Khan "Greater london is actually devalued. The Mayor of “Greater london informs us regarding 'Area policin'-- what is “'policin & rsquo;?

He informs our company London is an 'amazin'city. What is actually'amazin '? This is actually the Mayor of London! And he may not talk adequately!"& ldquo; Madonna bolsters every little thing absurd and outrageous. Determined femininity."

Madonna is deeper to set up hooking than just about anything else. & rdquo; Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images 6/29 On Beyonce:""The rhino is now essentially vanished, and it's certainly not due to international warming — or even diminishing habitats. It is actually due to the fact that of Beyoncé's bags "Buda Mendes/Getty Images 7/29 On animal cruelty in China & ldquo; You can & rsquo

“; t help yet really feel that the Chinese individuals are actually a subspecies. & rdquo; Getty Images 8/29 On royal family members:"The arrogance of the English royals is spectacular, positively

startling"9/29 On ingenuity: On being innovative: & ldquo; I'd somewhat produce craft than come to be

"fine art. & rdquo; Getty Images 10/29 On Prince Charles: "I want that Prince Charles had been fired. I assume it would possess created the realm an extra interesting location."

11/29 On sexuality: "Unfortunately

, I am actually certainly not gay ... In specialized fact

“, I am actually humasexual. I am drawn in to humans. However, of program, certainly not many.”

" 12/29 On Bob Geldof:

"Bob Geldof is actually an abominable

"personality. Band Help was the absolute most self-righteous platform ever in the past history of preferredsongs."13/29 On aging:

& ldquo; Age shouldn & rsquo; t impact you. You & rsquo; re either extraordinary

or you & rsquo

; re boring, no matter your grow older.

"& rdquo; Getty Images 14/29 On being actually alcoholic: & ldquo; Lifestyle would certainly be actually therefore brilliantly colored if simply I possessed an alcoholic beverage trouble."

& rdquo; GETTY IMAGES 15/29 On

"being seductive: & ldquo; I assume I need to be actually, positively, a total sex object. In every sense of words."

& rdquo; & ldquo; I lost on my own to music

"at a really early grow older, and I continued to be there certainly. & rdquo; 17/29 On Taylor Swift: The max edgings [

at the Brits]

“. divert your’attention coming from the fact that Taylor Swift’has nothing at all to perform with Coventry or even Wrexham. To carry out

overgrown fraudulence in tellyland

is certainly not a difficult

“venture, specifically if you possess the whole populace”

of Peru hemming and haw

you as you ape your track."Given through Shore Fire Media 18/29 On cleaning:"I carry out preserve that if your hair is inappropriate, your entire lifestyle is actually inappropriate.”

“& rdquo; Rex Includes 19/29 On Elton John: & ldquo; He is driving his skin in”

continuously as well as informing our team about his exclusive lifestyle. No person's intrigued. He ought to only disappear. "AFP/Getty Images 20/29 On charisma: & ldquo; I am actually not excellent at being actually plain."21/29 On musicians: & ldquo; Artists may not be truly people. I'm actually 40 per-cent papier mache. & rdquo; Getty Images 22/29 On love: On passion: & ldquo; I perform believe it is actually achievable to experience life and never drop in affection, or even locate someone that likes you. &

rdquo; 23/29 On fallen short assassination efforton Head Of State Margaret Thatcher

": "The distress of the IRA Brighton bombing is actually that Thatcher ran away untouched.”

"Getty Images

24/29 On the popular music dependency

“: & ldquo; Popular music resembles a drug, however there are no rehab centers. & rdquo; 25/29 On narcissism: On narcissism: & ldquo

; Well, I am actually an exceptionally

lovely person. & rdquo; Rex Includes 26/29 On death:"I have an unswayable obsession with fatality. If there

was a wonderful supplement that one might

“take that will resign you from the globe, I would certainly take it."27/29 On Kate Middleton Morrissey

links the suicide of

a London registered nurse

to the Lady Kate Middleton. & ldquo; There & rsquo; s no blame placed at Kate Middleton, who remained in the medical facility for, regarding I can observe, positivelyno main reason ... She experiences no shame about the death of this particular girl. The pompousness of the English royals

"is actually spectacular, completely surprising. & rdquo; 28/29 On his legacy: & ldquo

; When they hide me in

a religion as well as chuck earth on my grave

“, I & rsquo;d like the words & lsquo; Well, a minimum of he attempted”

& rsquo; inscribed on my marker

. & rdquo; 29/29 It has actually become a dispiriting routine on social media sites that, every few months, Morrissey & rsquo; s name starts to style, causing swathes of music supporters

"to sigh wearily and also ponder what the crazy jerk has stated or done now. Current triggers have actually included his functionality on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he"

showed off a For Britain badge in assistance

of a political group that leans up until now to the right that also Nigel Farage “has outdoed themself coming from all of them. through which, explaining accusations of sex-related abuse associated with Kevin Spacey as well as Harvey Weinstein, Morrissey said there were actually opportunities & ldquo; when the individual who is gotten in touch with the prey is actually merely let down & rdquo;.”

There was actually in 2014 & rsquo; s comically mad meeting on his personal site where he buffooned shade house assistant, Diane Abbott, as well as mayor of Greater london Sadiq Khan, and declared Hitler was leftist. Morrissey carries out song while

using For Britain

gathering symbol Complaints of racial discrimination have shadowed Morrissey for many years, of training course, from his toyings with fascist visuals in the Nineties(he once sang & ldquo; National Front Nightclub & rdquo; at a Finsbury Park festival while draped in a Union Port banner), to his severe pronouncements on music through black artists-- consisting of thereport in a Melody Producer interview that & ldquo; a black stand out conspiracy & rdquo; was protecting against The Smiths from meeting their possibility. As the years have actually passed, he has actually come to be ever before even more brazen in his anti-immigration position, telling NME in 2007 that England had been & ldquo; gotten rid of “& rdquo;, that & ldquo; the entrances were flooded & rdquo; as well as complaining that in Greater london & rsquo; s Knightsbridge & ldquo; you & rsquo; ll hear every accent under the sunshine in addition to the British accent & rdquo;.(Morrissey later on filed a claim against the journal and gained an apology after he professed the short article charged him of racial discrimination.)This, it should be actually taken note

, from a male that is actually the child of Irish migrants and a deportee that has actually variously taken up property in Italy and also the United States. Morrissey & rsquo; s support observing each craze usually hinges on his misrepresentation by an aggressive push, however one more symptom” of the oppression facility that has actually been actually a feature of his lifestyle and also occupation. A lot of Morrissey & rsquo; s reputation as an artist has rested on his outsider standing, which harmonized adolescent enthusiasts who felt likewise dislocated and alone. It & rsquo; s this, combined with the stylish appeal of The Smiths & rsquo; popular music( which could be credited to Morrissey & rsquo; s bandmate, the guitar player Johnny Marr), that led several-- myself included-- to give him the perk of “the doubt. Remembering, nonetheless, the evidence indicating” a pop star who was a terrible human being with objectionable perspectives on ethnicity as well as migration is actually undeniable. Yet still the faithful group. Morrissey keeps a big target market in The United States, a hardcore of supporters who are either uninformed or unfazed by his dreadful bigotry. The English press, at the same time, stays fascinated along with this once-revered number, consistently disclosing his every articulation no issue how barmy. Yes, I am adding more pillar ins through agonizing over my fallen idolizer, yet possibly it & rsquo; s time our team ceased providing him our opportunity and attention. The Smiths were actually wonderful however the Morrissey our team once draped along with passion and also blooms is actually no extra.

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It's been said that beauty is an eye of the beholder. I found that phrase to be true for me for many reasons, even to the point that it can change the course in your life. I've been sitting on posting this recreation on explaining what's my purpose on recreating her, and why this model in particular is so important to me. Maybe this anecdotal back story might help explain a few things about me and why I created the type of artwork that I do or use to. I kind of hold off explaining myself when it come to talking about her because it is so personal to me, and posting something like this on the internet is not really recommended because there are people that will want to use stuff like this just to hurt someone else just for enjoyment. But I believe I'm mature enough to handle something like that when that time comes. Lady Keiko Matsui is the third model of my original three OC Models, but she is the first model I've created when I started doing 3d modeling. Like Tara Strong, Keiko is based off of a real person. She's a jazz musician that was not only one of the first artists that influence me on the type of music that I listen to when I was a child, she is also the one that greatly influence my perception of beauty which will eventually lead me to study more about the Japanese Culture, especially studying the traditional Ukiyoe-e artwork, the Bijin-ga (Beautiful Women.) So needless to say, Keiko is the Essential Beauty that I based my most of my style of artwork, and even inspired the Alias I use to this day. Back when I was young, Internet sites like Pandora and I heart radio didn't exist yet. Many of us would have to listen to new music from F.M. Radio, which means I have to grow up listening to mostly R&B, Hip-Hop, and Gospel music, all of them is basically annoys me to no end (Hip-hop and Gospel more so now.) At the time there were a smooth jazz station that was available in my city in which I started to listening to as an alternative. I love the soft claiming sounds that the music make, and it was the type of music that I genuinely love to listen to. During that time I began to recognize the artists in that genre and their unique style when it comes to that music, one of them was an Asian Pianist that splices a western Jazz music with her tradition eastern style music. That type of style interested me so much I wanted to listen to more of her music. The only group that I know of how did something similar to that Pianist did was a Asian American Jazz group called Hiroshima. But it wasn't just her music that fascinated me. Her elegance and beauty was just as interesting to me as her music. It was a new type of feeling for me, exotic and yet a little embarrassing and I didn't know how I to deal with it. From that day on I took more interest to Asian culture (Japan in particular,) while simultaneously started to lose interest towards the Culture I grew up in. I've never had such an influence that was able distinguish myself from the world that I didn't have choice but to lived in. Unfortunately that recognition made me made the odd one out of my community. Nonetheless, I always wanted to find a way to express how I feel deep with in. It doesn't matter how I was going to do it, I wanted to found a way to share that passion that lay dominated in my heart for so many years. That feeling that I had what eventually motivated me to take up 3D Modeling. When my professor introduce me to a Program called Poser, that was the opportunity I longed for to finally let my vision come to life. I study long and hard so I can create not only my version of Bijin-ga but, to create Keiko as a 3D idol. I was determined to create every music she made in to an artwork, after I listen to it. That went on for several years. But as time went on I find myself not really doing stuff like that and eventually move on to another Sub Culture that also influence and inspired me. While I haven't made any Keiko artwork exclusively for several years, her influence still affects my style of both Eastern and Western art to this day. I even kept one of her daughter as a mascot when I comes to this artwork. Thinking about all of this, it may not of been the healthiest way to channel this emotion, I had to make some decisions on my life that I end up regretting later. But I never regretted discovering Keiko, and learning something about myself that I may never come to terms otherwise. I don't really get to think about something about my life to often, but when it comes to remodeling my first figure, I can't help but to reflect on why I've done what I did. 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I feel the same way about my own artwork, I wanted to have that type of impact with my talent as she does with her, and this is a reminder of that. This time this is not just a test render on Lady Keiko, but a homage of the Bijin that change my life and my prospective on what's Beauty means to me. Here's a nice background music to listen to: I'm glad that you feel this way Lunar Eclipse Theme Song: Moonbathing The Lunar Eclipse in Tapastic The Lunar Eclipse Act II Hit me up on Twitter: @AxelDoi and Tumblr: Ask the Equestrians for updates or you want to chat. I'm trying to more active there you know. ACT I ACT II Software used: Daz Studio 4.9 Pro, Face Den Artist Pro, Adobe Photoshop CC 2017, Iray, Poser Pro 2014 Patreon

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When Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham got a call from someone claiming to be David Bowie, he thought it was a friend pulling a prank. He didn’t know he was about to be launched into a yearlong collaboration on a musical involving space aliens, mariachi bands, and an imaginary trove of unreleased songs by Bob Dylan. Here, for the first time, is the story of their unfinished show—and what it’s like to work alongside a bona fide pop genius.About ten years ago, I was on a train leaving New York City when I got a call on my cell phone.“Hello,” the caller said. “Is this Michael Cunningham?”“This is David Bowie. I hope I’m not calling at an inconvenient time.”“Whoever you are,” I said, “this is a really cruel joke.”It was surely the work of a friend, I thought—someone close enough to know that I’d listened to Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs approximately 10,000 times each when I was in college and that still, with college far, far behind me, I listened to Bowie at least once a week. That person might even know about my youthful attempts to look like David Bowie, which I maintained even though a pale, skinny kid walking the streets of Pasadena, California, in a bad (very bad) red dye job and a Ziggy Stardust T-shirt did not seem to read “rock star” to anyone but me. The prankster who was calling me, pretending to be Bowie, might have known that I’d been, essentially, waiting for that call for almost 35 years.The caller said, “No, really, it’s David. 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That teenager with the inept dye job, the one prone to singing “Space Oddity” in the frozen-foods section of the supermarket, had not vanished, after all. He had only been hibernating over the past several decades.For our first meeting, David chose a perfectly good but unextraordinary Japanese restaurant in the West Village. When I arrived, he was already seated with the lovely woman who’d been his assistant for decades. He introduced her and told me he admired my books. I told him I admired his music.I did not fall prostrate. I did not weep. I did not tell him that a number of his songs seemed to have worked their way into my DNA. Which was more to David’s credit than it was to mine. He was remarkably adept at managing the fact that he was David Bowie and you were not.After we’d exchanged a smattering of small talk, I asked him if he had anything specific in mind about the musical he’d like us to work on. He admitted that he was intrigued by the idea of an alien marooned on Earth. 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And how would the actual Bob Dylan feel about that?I, however, said nothing about any of this. I expressed no surprise at all. No problem: an alien and some recently unearthed Dylan songs.David fell into a second fit of embarrassment and hesitantly said he’d been thinking about popular artists who are not considered great artists, particularly the poet Emma Lazarus, who wrote “The New Colossus.” That’s the poem inscribed inside the base of the Statue of Liberty, the one that includes the lines “Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”What, said David, are we to make of a poet taught in few universities, included in few anthologies, but whose work, nevertheless, is more familiar to more people than that of the most exalted and immortal writers?I agreed that it was an interesting notion, although one that had never occurred to me.As we left the restaurant, David’s assistant said, “I know I don’t have to tell you to keep this project a secret.” To which I replied, “Do you really think a musical about an alien, a dead Bob Dylan, and the work of Emma Lazarus is an idea someone is likely to steal?”I’m not averse to risk��a writer can’t be—but I do, ordinarily, tend toward that which seems, at the outset, at least potentially coherent.Speaking of coherence: A few days after our initial meeting, David called to tell me he’d forgotten something. He’d be pleased if mariachi music could be incorporated, mariachi music being under-appreciated outside Mexico.I told him I’d do my best.We spent the next few months working together. I managed, in rough form, the first third of the book of a musical that did, indeed, involve an alien, Emma Lazarus, and a mariachi band. I hadn’t yet figured out a way to work the undiscovered Dylan songs into the plot.David proved to be enormously intelligent, to be kind and generous and affectionate. It wasn’t long before I stopped obsessing about the fact that I was writing a musical with David Bowie.How starstruck, after all, can anybody feel after the object of one’s veneration says, early on, without a trace of irony, that he was excited to start a new project because: “Now I get to do one of my favorite things. Go to a stationery store and get Sharpies and Post-its!”Yes, the Space Oddity, the Thin White Duke, was excited about picking up a few things at Staples.When he first came to my apartment, he particularly admired (of all things) my collection of white rubber doll shoes, culled from flea markets over the years. I hadn’t set out to collect anything so arcane. I just kept finding, in bins full of discarded toys, these sweetly innocent miniature little-girl shoes, none of them bigger than my thumbnail. They were no big deal to me.David, however, loved them. That, as it turned out, was how David’s vision worked. He homed in on details and worked his way into the bigger picture by way of its specifics.He underwent, in my mind, a process I suppose I’ll call humanization. I increasingly understood that the actual David Bowie was a genius with a questionable haircut, a devotion to Post-it notes, and an instant enthusiasm for a dozen pairs of tiny white shoes lined up on one of my bookshelves.Still, as weeks turned into months, I couldn’t entirely shake my sense of him as a member of a species similar to, but slightly different from, mine. It remained difficult, sometimes, for me to concentrate on our work—for me to be a genuine collaborator—in the light of David’s sheer brilliance.My final evolution from worshipful fan to true partner was completed, unexpectedly, on a Saturday in May, when we, looking for someplace quiet, went to work in his studio, a suite of immaculately white rooms. Near the entry stood a number of archival boxes, neatly stacked, reaching from floor to ceiling. David nodded casually at the boxes and said, “They’re archiving my old costumes.”“They” would prove to be curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum, preparing for the 2013 exhibition David Bowie Is, which would draw enormous crowds in London and, subsequently, travel all over the world.I didn’t know that then. I imagined, vaguely, some underground vault where rock memorabilia was kept until history had rendered its verdict as to who mattered more and who less. And David would never have said, “My old costumes are being archived for a show at the Victoria and Albert.” He wouldn’t. He was modest. He was innocent of pretension. I still have no idea where the rock star came from, how this sweet slip of a man could summon him up.There was, however, a moment, that day in his studio, when I came upon the original painting that had served as the cover for his 1974 album, Diamond Dogs. It depicts a feral-looking Bowie, gazing straight out with an expression of louche intensity, naked to the waist, backed by two…big blue women? It’s hard to tell.I know how hard it is to tell, because I stared at that album cover, stoned, for at least a hundred hours, and possibly more.I was standing before the painting, which had been casually placed on the floor, propped against a wall, when David came and stood beside me.“Hello, this is David Bowie. I hope I’m not calling at an inconvenient time.” “Whoever you are,” I said,“this is a really cruel joke.”Here was that English embarrassment again. I’d more or less figured out by then that David was slightly disconcerted by his own success. Or—and this seemed more probable—perhaps he felt about the rock-star version of himself the way a man might feel about a reckless, magnetic brother. 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She would come to love what she’d once have called a monster, who appeared to her in the form of a man.She would, in fact, stay with him, though she’d say something along the lines of “Honey, if it’s okay with you, let’s stay mostly with the earthling version, okay?”That seemed organic and inevitable only when I heard the discordant love song David improvised for them.We were almost halfway through our first draft when David’s heart trouble recurred. This time he needed surgery, immediately.Our musical was put on hold. We never revived it.The death of a project is often difficult to diagnose. David was so weak for so long. Maybe our ardor cooled over all that time—maybe we lost faith in the lunatic disparities we were trying to render intelligible. Maybe David didn’t want further contact with a reminder of what had become a dark and frightening time. Maybe he just didn’t want to tell me that he’d been losing interest even before the illnesses struck, that my sensibility wasn’t quite edgy enough for him. He was the kind of person who’d have had trouble saying something like that.After his surgery, we saw each other once or twice, e-mailed occasionally, then e-mailed less and less. He released a new album in 2013, The Next Day, and began working on his final album, Blackstar. Neither of us ever mentioned the musical. A silent understanding had somehow been reached, and with it, a reluctance on both our parts to refer to that which was no longer in our future.I did put the white plastic doll shoes into an envelope and left them with his doorman while he was convalescing. He e-mailed me his appreciation.That may have been our last exchange. Our next-to-last exchange.Years later, I was passing New York Theatre Workshop, an Off-Broadway theater in the East Village, and saw a poster for an upcoming production: Lazarus, with music by David Bowie, directed by the Belgian director Ivo van Hove.Oddly enough, I wasn’t upset. Seeing the poster, realizing that David had gone ahead with another writer, was a little like running into a lover from the deep past, on the arm of his new lover, and finding that you ceased to miss him so long ago that you felt nothing but happiness for him. You had, after all, once been happy together, and your parting, while not painless (what parting is?), had left no permanent scars.I e-mailed David that night, told him I was glad to see that our project had not only survived but evolved, said I’d like to come to the opening. He told me he’d like that, too.The Lazarus at New York Theatre Workshop resembled David’s and my musical only in that it centered on an alien. Much of the score was songs from David’s previous albums, and the few new ones were nothing like the riffs he’d come up with for himself and me. It wasn’t quite clear, at least not from the production, where the title Lazarus had come from, or anyway, not clear to anyone but me.After the show ended, I waited for David in the theater. When he emerged from backstage, he was barely recognizable: almost fleshless, eyes huge in his head, breathing labored. It was as if he’d aged 30 years since I last saw him.We embraced briefly—I could tell that I had to treat him gently—and he said he was sorry but he had to sit down.We sat together in two theater seats. I told him I was glad our idea hadn’t just vanished. He nodded. I took his hand. He squeezed my hand in response. After a moment, a woman came to escort him out of the theater.Knowing David, however briefly, taught me about how certain works of art—not to mention certain principles of physics, certain laws of nature, certain methods of healing—start out sounding implausible.I admit to occasional fantasies back then, on the days when David and I were really cracking it open, when we nailed that line of dialogue or found the perfect chord, about the potential success of our endeavor. I confess that I imagined sitting anonymously among a transported audience, watching the show and also watching the audience’s responses, which was a show in itself—theater as reaction to theater.Given those extravagant hopes, David’s and my crackpot project is probably better as a fantasy, unrealized. Some endeavors are not meant to be finished. Some of them reach their zenith before the final results are in.I’m not deeply saddened, then, by the demise of David’s and my Lazarus. It’s not so bad to be left with my old dreams about what it might have been. All those unlikely elements—from mariachi music to Emma Lazarus, not to mention the unlikely elements that were David and me—might have ignited the sparks of greatness when they collided, but it’s far more likely that our musical would have been…interesting…a bold experiment… You know.I do wonder if David thought about it at all, during his final weeks. There’s something slightly…unsettling, to me, about David’s having been so keen, even for a short while, on something that not only vanished but never really fully appeared.And so, I’d like to try to finish the unfinishable.Please—if you’re willing—imagine a wildly ambitious work of musical theater in which all the elements have somehow fallen into place and meshed into a theatrical experience stranger and more beautiful, darker and funnier, more moving, more transcendent, than anyone, including its creators, had any reason to expect. Art is always a gamble; it’s just that some gamblers play for higher stakes than others.If you, if some of you, are willing to close your eyes and envision a musical that thrills you (even if you never go to musicals), would you do so now? If you’re able to add, in whatever form you choose, an alien or a rock star or Emma Lazarus writing give me your tired, your poor, or a strain of mariachi music, all the better.That’s not required, though. It’ll be enough, it’ll be more than enough, if you just sit quietly for a moment and conjure something that’s profound and humorous, sad and hopeful—something that might inspire a new generation of dreamy and peculiar boys and girls stuck in Pasadena, or any un-Bowie-like place.Because even shows that actually get completed, even shows that are genuinely significant, are blueprints for something ineffable, supernal, impossible to achieve; something we can imagine but cannot fully articulate; something that pierces us and transforms us and renders our lives larger and just a little more clearly illuminated than they’d been before.Ready? Are you hearing it, seeing it? Don’t worry if it doesn’t make sense. It should merely be what’s most beautiful to you, what’s most moving and true. It should be what you’re hoping for, every time a curtain rises.Michael Cunningham’s novels include ‘The Hours,’ ‘Specimen Days,’ and ‘By Nightfall.’ ‘A Wild Swan,’ a collection of stories, was published in paperback in October 2016.This story originally appeared in the February 2017 issue with the title “Stage Oddity: David Bowie’s Secret Final Project”.Watch Now: Speaking of waiting-to-be-finished musicals, listens to Lin-Manuel Miranda sing the beginnings of a Donald Trump musicalMORE STORIES LIKE THIS ONE

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