#this post is brought to you by my gayness and a edit I was making

[vexahlia2008]

Katie looks like she’d give good hugs

[uten4]

Chaos UNICLR Bisexuality Masterpost

A couple people have expressed interest in me posting my thoughts on the subject of Chaos potentially being a character who is attracted to men. So I hope that this post will be food for thought, both for people who already believe wholeheartedly that he is gay, and for those who have never considered that idea before.

In short, I do believe that Chaos was written to be into men. I specifically read him as bisexual. So, I will get the brief but strong evidence that he's into women out of the way first.

Chaos' specific power, Umbral, is to make a manifestation out of a book, and the physical characteristics of the manifestation correspond to the topic or other feature of the book. A short time after gaining this power, he's internally monologuing about his experimentation with Umbral, and he says this.

This is a suspiciously specific denial, which he makes out of nowhere. It's easy to read this as an indication that he was imagining using his powers for this purpose, and therefore finds some female idols attractive.

[Edit: The line above was mistranslated. In the Japanese, Chaos straightforwardly admits that it crossed his mind. This doesn't effect the fact of him liking men, and I'm not editing the post beyond this clarification, but do with that fact what you will.]

It would have been creepy for Chaos to actually make a living manifestation of an idol's swimsuit pictures, but he didn't do that; that's not what he's poorly trying to conceal here. He's defensive about anyone-- the viewers? Himself?-- even thinking that such an action has crossed his mind. Upon some examination of other things he's said and done, it becomes evident that this defensiveness extends to the subject of men, too.

Let's take a look at the first line. It's suggesting something to us. Let's consider the situation of a standard female character saying something like, "I'm really interested in that girl. Uhhh, not like that though!" Our reaction as readers would likely be that unless she created the reason, there's no reason for anyone to think that she's interested in another girl like that, i.e. in a romantic or sexual way. So it is a clear indication that there is something up with the character's feelings on sexual orientation.

In the original Japanese for this first line, Chaos' "that Gordeau character intrigues me" is 「あのゴルドーって男が気になる。」 The phrase 気になる, similar to "interested in" in English, can be used to demonstrate romantic interest or even love confessions. (Here's one source for that, but several others are available on the internet.)

However, Chaos did not in fact actually say "it's not like that, though" or a similarly loaded line to correct himself. So on its own one could take this line as him being tsundere about Gordeau in a friend way.

But then we look at it in the context of his other line with Enkidu. This is an extremely similar format and joke-- Chaos says something that could be pretty innocuous, but then thinks he said it wrong/weirdly, and then rephrases it. We know that the Under Night writers are capable of having subtle running gags between different parts of the story (ex. the concept of rolling someone up in a blanket like sushi to capture them is brought up in Wagner, Merkava, and Seth's Arcade modes), so this is intentional. And what's the common denominator of these lines? It is only that Chaos says something which could be taken as an implied attraction between two men.

Therefore, if he keeps rephrasing such sentences, he thinks and worries about gayness... kind of a lot.

There are also instances of other characters associating Chaos with gayness. In the timeline, the earliest one is during Enkidu's Chronicles mode, wherein Hilda uses the word 恋女房 (koinyōbō, "one's dear wife") in reference to Chaos and Gordeau's relationship two times. Chaos is there for the first instance, and Hilda is responding to him explaining Gordeau's feelings. The second instance is after Chaos leaves the meeting to check up on Gordeau.

For the second one koinyōbō was not translated at all, so I put the Japanese for it. It is along the lines of "Yeah, yeah. Good grief, when it's about [his] beloved wife, [Chaos] sure is single-minded..."

In both cases, Hilda is pretty clearly making a joke out of the fact that Gordeau and Chaos are so close, and Chaos is so loyal to him.

The other time Chaos seemingly gets accused of being gay is during his Arcade mode. He comes across Yuzuriha, who seems to be a stranger to him, and she complains about a "belly-flashing pervert" who she just encountered. Chaos realizes she's talking about Gordeau, and questions her intensely on his whereabouts. After that, Yuzuriha says this--

So, she thinks he's gay. And she finds it creepy likely because she already thinks Gordeau is creepy... simply because Gordeau wasn't wearing a shirt, so she's jumping to pretty big conclusions in both cases.

From these examples we can see that the writers made a point to have characters joke about/accuse Chaos of being into Gordeau, and for Chaos to think about gayness himself, multiple times. Why would they do that? We can narrow it down to one or more of three potential reasons.

1. They think it's funny.

2. They're trying to make a point about this innocent straight guy being accused of gayness just for caring about his friend.

3. He IS gay, and the writers are nudging us in that direction.

Let's pick up this other interaction from Enki's Chronicles mode which could provide support to any of these points.

First Chaos avoids leaving the party with Enkidu. In the Japanese he says 「男２人で一緒に帰ろう」, "two men leaving together," which makes it even more clear that he feels odd and conflicted about leaving with another man specifically. This is another example of Chaos worrying about being perceived as gay or thinking about gay men.

Then Enkidu makes a reasonable point about how Chaos' worry is strange and contradictory. The translators seem to skip an entire line before "I guess I won't say anything...", which is 「端から見た際の問題であろうしな。」 If I were to take a stab at translating it, I'd say it is "I suppose it's a problem of how the situation is viewed from the outside." If I'm being generous, that provides a bit of support to option #2 for why the writers would do this, because Enkidu seems to be reluctantly identifying that perhaps two men would be mistaken as lovers by outsiders.

But I do ultimately think the answer is a combo of #1 and #3-- the writers think this is funny, and Chaos is attracted to men.

If the writers really wanted to have a theme with Chaos about not assuming guys are gay just because they're close to another guy, then when Chaos is alone and not recently accused of being gay, or when Chaos and Gordeau are alone, then nothing gay should happen. If under those conditions, gay thoughts or actions or words still appear, then they would be delegitimizing their own theme.

But gay thoughts do still seem to happen when Chaos is alone and not recently accused of being gay. For example, the "that Gordeau character intrigues me" line. That was from his Chronicles mode, which is his earliest appearance at any point on the timeline. It was before the viewers were shown any gay accusations being flung at him. If we aren't shown it or told it, then we have no reason to believe that Chaos has exterior reasons to worry about being associated with gayness... but that line still seems like it's him worrying about being gay.

Let's take a look at this other part from his Chronicles mode.

There is admittedly nothing overtly and undeniably romantic about these lines, but they have a romantic feel to them. This is after Gordeau asks Chaos to join Amnesia, and they throw the pros and cons of the arrangement back and forth for a while. Chaos doesn't think there are enough pros to join, but this is the main thought that pushes him to eventually say yes. He's joining for Gordeau.

And Chaos' reaction to his own feelings also makes perfect sense in the framework of how defensive we know him to be regarding gayness. He dismisses his feelings here, as ridiculous, laugh-worthy.

It is notable that the word he uses for "drawn by" is 惹かれる, which is often used in romantic or sexual contexts. It is also notable that this scene is not a joke.

And that's the evidence that Chaos thinks about gayness even before he's been accused. There are also gay occurrences between Gordeau and Chaos when they're alone.

Before I present those things, I want to clarify that I don't think Chaos and Gordeau are the bi male rep of the century. I am just presenting things as they are, even though some of it may be cringe-y, poorly written, or stereotypical. If you plan to make content about them please use critical thinking before just going along with whatever the UNIB writers did; for example you might want to refrain from applying the label of "wife" to either of these characters.

Anyway, at the beginning of Gordeau's Arcade mode, he has this interaction with Chaos.

When Gordeau jokes that he’s Chaos’ master, he uses the word 亭主 teishu, which can mean “master”, “household head”, “owner” of an establishment, or “husband.” “Master” is a fine translation, but this gag is repeated later and for that it's good to remember that it also means husband.

Later on, Gordeau refers to Chaos as his faithful servant, for helping him. We can see that the word he uses is 女房役 nyōbōyaku, "manservant", and happens to contain some of the same kanji as koinyōbō, the word Hilda used in reference to them several months prior. On its own, the 女房 nyōbō part just means "wife"... and Chaos uses that word in the next line.

When he argues against being Gordeau's servant, for some reason he shortens the word nyōbōyaku to nyōbō (the red-underlined portion here). I’m not sure whether this is a normal abbreviation of nyōbōyaku or if it is indeed very loaded, but the Japanese fanbase often acts in a way that makes me think it could be the latter. In which case he’s saying, “Who’s the wife? No… whose wife am I supposed to be?!”

Then there is the green-underlined portion. Chaos is saying "If you're talking about the nyōbōyaku in baseball, maybe you're correct in that case?"

In baseball, nyōbōyaku, the term Gordeau used for "servant", is also a term for the catcher. Why would Chaos say this? How is he like Gordeau's catcher in baseball?

The localization makes this common innuendo more obvious--

"Granted, I'm always on the receiving end, but still."

I won't assume the writers are dumb; I'm sure they knew what they were implying, and it's clear that the localizers did too. These characters are gay, Chaos is bisexual.

Here's the image that comes right after, by the way. They could not have picked more romantic lighting if they tried.

I suppose people could argue that the Arcade modes aren't canon so Gordeau and Chaos being together isn't canon even if you take the line that way, but I believe the plots are what's not canon, not the characterization. If the characterization in the Arcades isn't correct then what's the point of having a story in them at all, when it's one of the few story elements in the game? Not to mention that it's characterization which is reflected many, many times in many parts of the game, as I have detailed above. This is just one massive drop of confirmation for something about Chaos which has been demonstrated many times. Good for him!

[spice-in-the-backstreet]

MY THOUGHTS WHILE WATCHING (& REWATCHING) THE RETURN OF THE SPICE GIRLS: REUNION TOUR 2007-2008 (updated 3-31-18 HAHAHA)

i’m just blabbering here lol but if you want, read this and see if our thoughts match or something XD

(3-29-18)

i finally found the time to watch the full concert (though it’s a fan edit, from different videos). it sucks that the DVD of this tour never materialized, but at least we got this than nothing! 

i’m currently at the part where Vic, Mel B and Emma do their solo thing. damn it, i want Vicky to sing too, why’d she just do catwalk??? ugh! meanwhile, my gayness for Mel B is developing lmao i wished she sang one of her solo songs, but i love her song choice. god, i’m imagining the Boys watching the Girls, and Mel B just picks AJ during the song and oh god, i can basically see AJ getting embarrassed at first then getting turned on by Mel as she’s dancing ugh. anyway, Emma sang Maybe, which makes me frustrated that only A Girl Like Me is on Spotify and Deezer. nevertheless, she sings the song perfectly, it’s one of my solo Spice faves.

(3-30-18)

when i first saw the video where the performances from Vic, Mel B and Emma transitioned to Viva Forever (there were five guys who did a full Latin dance routine), moments from the Boys' Vegas performance of Undone continuously flashed in my mind while i was watching. i'm like, holy cow, Viva Forever and Undone could be adjacent to the setlist if ever they get to tour together holy shit (i'll be making a separate post for that, my Backstreet Spice concert setlist hahaha). remember the first part of Undone where the Boys get to dance with female dancers? it's basically the same in Viva Forever!! i also noticed similarities in the remixing of both songs. i'm fangirling now to the point that i'll be making gifs of both performances ahhhhhhh! wow, Victoria's voice is being highlighted in the chorus! i think they did that on purpose, every Girl has her own voice being highlighted in certain songs. shit, the part where Geri was being brought down the stage to signify her departure from the group breaks my heart. every single time. what if the Boys did the same thing? like, what if they included songs from the Unbreakable and This is Us era, and Kevin will disappear momentarily for the others to perform songs while he was out of the group. or what if the Girls did remixes of Holler and Let Love so Geri can have solo parts in them? hahaha

aaaand here we go, Holler!! but ugh the audio was cut off from the vid (copyright issues, i assume). anyway, oh god i can't, i can't even, this song turns me on (every once in a while haha but most of the time, the hoe in me can't help but dance to this song). and oh shit, the part where they get to walk some of the male dancers like dogs, oh no, i see Brian, Howie, Nick and AJ in a dog leash with Mel C, Victoria, Emma and Mel B holding them oh no. but damn i wish they did the original choreo for this, with the thigh slaps and all.

(3-31-18)

[whoops, guess who just downloaded two Spice Girls documentaries on her laptop HAHAHA]

personally, i don’t like the fact that Geri sang along with a backing vocal, unlike the other Girls. (but kudos to Ginger for improving her singing, i mean, watch her recent singing videos, her voice has changed a lot since then.) Mel C killed her solo though. i love the way she performs, the way she works the stage, running from one end to another. 

i got a bit mad at Let Love though, why’d they cut off Mel B’s part and didn’t let her sing her ad libs on the song????!!! but i love the part where Geri was brought up again on the stage and the five of them walked together, holding hands, i was really emotional. 

and i got more emotional when they sang Mama. too bad the video didn’t include the ones where they brought up their children onstage, but i had a lot of feelings. 

then they sang a medley of Celebrate Good Times, Shake Your Body, That´s The Way and We Are Family. loving the cute moments among the Girls, those little, wacky interactions. my personal faves are the Melanies’ moments and the Mel B & Geri ones! <3 <3

then they sang Goodbye, with Geri. i was laughing so hard at that one video where Geri attempted Mel C’s part (the “so glad we made it, time will never change it” line), where Geri turned to Victoria with a ‘what the fuck i was supposed to sing that’ face, which made me wonder, when they rehearsed the whole thing, was Geri supposed to sing that? i don’t know, maybe?

when If U Can’t Dance came on, i kept on waiting for Geri’s rap, which they never included ugh! 

then they talked for a bit, with all the thank yous and the dedications. i adored the one where Mel C did a backflip, it was their last show on Toronto, on my birthday! laughed so loud at the part where Mel B said, ‘can i kiss you all with tongues now?’ and Mel C replied, ‘not again?’ which means they’ve kissed each other on the lips (my gay ass is so happy for this). 

then finally they sang Wannabe and a reprise performance of Spice Up Your Life. they had different final outfits on a couple of shows, i’ve noticed. have y’all seen that one Wannabe performance where Mel B and Geri inserted curses on their verses? YOU SHOULD WATCH IT OMFG one fan commented that ‘oh, so i’ve been listening to the clean version all my life???’ IT’S SO HILARIOUS. like, they sang “yo i tell you what i want, what i motherfucking want, so tell me what you want, what you motherfucking want!” then ‘and as for me, fuck me, you’ll see!!’ LAUGHING MY ASS OFF, MAN, I LOVE MEL B AND GERI HAHAHA!

but i was torn when they finally said ‘hi see ya, good night!!!!!!’, like, man, can y’all do a world tour again and finally stop by the Philippines??? for the love of god, i’d spend all my money to buy a VIP ticket ahhhhhh

so there you go! might be rewatching this again at some point this semester LMAO 

oh, i haven’t typed out my thoughts on the first few songs of the show! i’ll save them for later haha!

ugh, i want new music and another world tour. :((((

[sandiegodjstaci]

Yamia's #40IsTheNewSexy Birthday Party

Yamia's #40IsTheNewSexy Birthday Party

(c) San Diego DJ Staci, the Track Star

  YAMIA TURNS 40!

On March 2nd, Yamia celebrated her 40th birthday (a month before me!) at her gorgeous home in Carmel Valley. It was a jam-packed night between the naked sushi, burlesque show, and dance party! I was honored to be the one & only San Diego DJ she trusted with the music for her big soiree. She even let me make a little remix of the “Hava Nagila” for her Hora!

  (c) San Diego DJ Staci, the Track Star

  YAMIA’S BIRTHDAY TIMELINE

8:45 PM ➔ Welcome speech ➔ Sushi dinner opens

9:10 PM ➔ Burlesque show

➔ Toasts ➔ Asaf, Deborah, Natalie, Talie, Shira, Anat

➔ Group photo on dance floor

➔ Cake brought out…sing “Happy birthday” ➔ “Birthday Bitch,” Trap Beckham (mime  dancer will do surprise performance)

➔ Hora (“Hava Nagila”)

➔ Open Dancing

11:55 PM ➔ Last Dance

  (c) San Diego DJ Staci, the Track Star

  (c) San Diego DJ Staci, the Track Star

  YAMIA’S PLAYLIST

Yamia wanted “sexy” music before we started dancing & here are some of the songs I came up with (using my Boudoir Sexy Photo Shoot Playlist for inspiration):

“All Because of You,” NeYo

“This Girl,” Kungs v. Cooking on 3 Burners

“Father Figure,” George Michael

“Sweetest Taboo,” Sade

“Freak Like Me,” Adina Howard

“Hey Sexy Lady,” Shaggy

“Sexual Seduction,” Snoop Dogg

“I Wanna Sex You Up,” Color Me Badd

“Let’s Talk About Sex,” Salt N Pepa

“Sexual Healing,” Marvin Gaye

“Love to Love You Baby,” Donna Summer

“Still Dirrty,” Christina Aguilera (*her post-motherhood follow-up to “Dirrty”)

“You Know I’m No Good,” Amy Winehouse

“I Want Your Sex,” George Michael

“Love Me Like You Do,” Ellie Goulding

“No Ordinary Love,” Sade

“Diva,” Beyonce

  (c) San Diego DJ Staci, the Track Star

  Some of the sexy songs I included for dancing were:

“SexyBack,” Justin Timberlake

“You Sexy Thing,” Hot Chocolate

“Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta

“Birthday Sex,” Jeremih

“How Many Licks,” Lil Kim

“I Love My Sex,” Benny Benassi

“Sexy & I Know It,” LMFAO

“I’m Too Sexy,” Right Said Fred

“My Neck, My Back,” Khia

“Work It,” Missy Elliott

Her “do not play” list: Country, Oldies. For dancing, she wanted a lot of Top 40 & House. The most important dance song she wanted included was: “King Of My Castle (Don Diablo Edit) (Clean Short Edit)” by Keanu Silva.

I also did hot pink uplighting around the dinner area. Thank you Yamia for having me be your San Diego DJ!

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Sarkodie named in Forbes top 10 richest musicians in Africa; Find out his position

Sarkodie

Forbes Africa has in the May 2017 Edition of its magazine ranked multi award winning Ghanaian rapper and CEO of SarkCess Music, Michael Owusu Addo also known as Sarkodie 9th on its list of top 10 artists on the African continent.

Sarkodie joins a list of other powerful African artists including Akon (Senegalese-American), Wizkid (Nigerian), Davido (Nigerian), Black Coffee from South Africa, Don Jazzy (Nigeria), Oliver Mtukudzi, (Zimbabwean), Jidenna (Nigerian-American), Hugh Masakela (South African) and Tinashe (Zimbabwe – American).

For publishing rights reasons, Ghana’s Hub for Pop Culture & Urban Entertainment News – www.nydjlive.com is able to share only a few information on the artists as shared by Forbes but for Sarkodie.

Read what was said of the top 10 musicians from Africa by Forbes Africa.

1. AKON

Akon

With over 35 million albums sold worldwide, numerous awards, five Grammy Award nominations, 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt and over 51 million likes on his Facebook page, Akon.

2. BLACK COFFEE, SOUTH AFRICA

Black Coffee

Black Coffee, real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo, has not only raised the bar for South African house music, but has put it on the world map. The multi-award-winning artist was born in South Africa’s house music province, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), raised in the Eastern Cape province, where struggle stalwart Nelson Mandela hailed from, before moving back to KZN to study music. It was worth it.

3. HUGH MASEKELA, SOUTH AFRICA

Hugh Masekela

Born in Witbank, east of Johannesburg, Hugh Masekela is committed to restoring African heritage. This world-renowned flugelhornist, trumpeter, bandleader, composer and singer has released more than 43 albums and performed with Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba. “The music I make, I don’t call it my music. It is based on my township and indigenous rural roots in South Africa. That’s what brought me fame all over the world,” he says.

4. DON JAZZY, NIGERIA

Don Jazzy

Like many artists, Don Jazzy, real name Michael Collins Ajereh, started playing music as a child in church before moving to the UK to pursue his career.

5. TINASHE, ZIMBABWE-AMERICAN

Tinashe

Twenty-four-year-old Tinashe Kachingwe sang before she could talk. Her Zimbabwean father Michael, and mother Aimie, from Denmark, have always helped. Tinashe was a child model by the age of three, made her first appearance in 2000 in the film Cora Unashamed and her voice starred in the cartoon feature film The Polar Express alongside Oscar winning actor, Tom Hanks.

6. JIDENNA, NIGERIAN-AMERICAN

Jidenna

By the age of 10, Jidenna Theodore Mobisson knew he wanted to do music but was afraid to tell his father who wanted him to be an engineer. It was just as well that his name means embracing the father.

7. WIZKID, NIGERIA

Wizkid

Wizkid is arguably currently the uncrowned king of African music. Grammy Award-winning artist, Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz, danced to his songs Ojuelegba and Caro, with Keys posting a video on her Instagram account with the caption, “This song makes me happy” and Kylie Jenner posted a video of herself dancing to Wizkid’s music on snapchat.

8. DAVIDO, NIGERIA

Davido

Davido has claimed a high status in just five years. The single Back When planted him firmly in the music business in 2011. “It was people like [Nigerian music veterans] P-Square and D’Banj who made me believe that all this was possible,” he recalls. Dami Duro, an unexpected hit, leaked online almost a year prior to its official release, became the crown jewel for his widely acclaimed 2012 debut album, Omo Baba Olowo.

9. SARKODIE, GHANA

Sarkodie

Born Michael Owusu Addo, Sarkodie has racked up millions of views on YouTube for his music with his debut album and first single, Baby, among the favorites.

He started out as an underground rapper which helped him cross paths with his former manager, Duncan Williams, who helped launch his career. Staying true to his identity, he is a big advocate of Azonto, a Ghanaian genre that is said to have been born out of Kpanlogo, a traditional dance.

Mewu, the first single off his fourth album, Mary, sold almost 4,000 copies on the first day of its release in Ghana’s capital Accra. His hard work does not go unnoticed. Sarkodie was the first Ghanaian to win a BET award and has the most nominations.

In 2015, he was ranked the 19th “Most Influential Ghanaian” by e-TV Ghana and in 2013 and 2015, he was ranked 8th on FORBES and Channel O’s list, “Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists.”

His ambitions don’t end here. In 2013, he launched his clothing line Sark by Yas, launched Obidi Chief Headphones which endorses, among others, Samsung and telecommunications company, Tigo.

In 2014, he also launched the music label SarkCess to empower other African artists. 2017 promises to be an even more exciting year for Sarkodie.

10. OLIVER MTUKUDZI, ZIMBABWE Oliver (Tuku) Mtukudzi has 65 albums under his belt — more than Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. It’s a remarkable career stretching back 41 years with songs that have enlivened parties all over the world. “I never decided to be in the music industry. It was in me. My mother said ‘you are a good singer but you will never surpass your birth cry. Your birth cry was so beautiful’,” says Mtukudzi.