#tzu band

[brasideios]

'Language is a virus That breeds in the silence Feeds on the minds of people who devised it The books and the poems and the slang that designed it Reality defined by the words we assign it, We gave a name to the apple and the diamond...'

-- Tzu, from the song Axis Tilt, on the album Computer Love

[proton-wobbler]

Black-capped Chickadee - (Poecile atricapillus)

Chadron State Park - Fall 2023

A little sneak-peek at some of the abuse I go through as a bird bander (heavy sarcasm there).

Chickadee are birds that clearly remember their dinosaur ancestors and channel them in every interaction, including the entire process of extraction from mist nets to being banded to even just being held. While the majority of birds I work with will try to bite once or twice, then focus on trying to get away, chickadee will often focus on biting and fussing until they think they're 100% free. Thankfully that bill is too small to truly hurt, but I don't tell them that. I want them to have their pride, after all.

All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey's BBL. Permission to share images was granted by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (BCR).

[hearts401]

my cousin got me obsessed w band aus and i cant stop thinking abt the yttd guys in a band

[ghostykapi]

do you miss my name (said it between your breaths)

park jihyo & fem!reader

hi can i get an order of sapphics being sapphics and an extra shot of panic?

it’s a saturday today

while any other saturday is just as good to you, this is a very special saturday

all because today you are going to indulge yourself and go to a sapphic event

you were nervous, the bones were rattling, the teeth chattering, your breathing coming in short breaths, and your right leg bouncing up and down.

it was saturday, and you are going to faint at the bare thought of potentially seeing a goddess tonight.

just a week ago you were excited, remembering the happy gasp you had made when you saw the event promotion through instagram. you had barely gotten the last slot, which meant to you it was a sign to finally to venture out more

when the days before started to come by, it starts to hit you bit by bit, well until today. you sitting down on your bed, overthinking what to even wear

it doesn’t help that your style is typically like a college student, baggy sweatpants and a hoddie as your style from day to day when clocking off work. your friends barely threw any parties or celebrations too, so the most presentable outfit was a pair of slacks, a button up white long sleeve, paired with your leather shoes.

oh you are so doomed

but today is saturday, and sana is always looking for people to makeover on saturdays for fun

“hm” sana opens her closet, ruffling through the selection of dresses she wears “what do you feel about dresses?”

“not a fan but also not against it?” you are now sitting on sana’s bed, only now your leg won’t stay still out of habit “i mean it would be nice if it was long and flowy”

sana is still ruffling, and is now opening her drawers nearby to look at for more options

“was there a theme?”

“no not really, they just said like it was like a get together and you can talk and wine and paint?”

“paint? oooohh aren’t you a lover girl—oh what do you feel about dresses that show your back—ah no wait, it’s painting and wine, not really the right dress”

“yeah i mean it’s happening at that that thai restaurant downtown. the one that’s selling like those really good milkteas that i only knew now”

“psh you are such a loser, i love you but those milkteas have been there since like 5 months ago when i took tzuyu on a date”

“don’t you mean when my sister got stood up and you sped your way there?”

“shut up” sana shushes you, simply throwing you her floral dress, your eyes questioning the the fact that it’s a backless dress. a pretty floral dress that can kill

you look back up at her, already knowing she won’t take no for an answer despite what she said earlier

so yeah it’s saturday, sana is dressing you up. making sure you look the prettiest in that event. her gushing and tzu’s voice over the facetime reassuring a bit of your worries

jihyo on the other hand, totally isn’t stressing out. her outfit planned, ironed out on her bed. her new boots, which momo took courtesy of wearing it out with nothing but hands and stairs, already ready by the door.

“aren’t you excited for tonight” momo says over breakfast, observing jihyo across the table ��more excited you’ve ever been since your last gig”

“i know i’m kind of shaking” jihyo laughs, and if momo notices the shakiness of it, she doesn’t comment or acknowledge it “it’s been a while”

momo doesn’t really continue the topic, knowing how long since jihyo has indulged in this kind of stuff. 5 years of focusing on the band and work made jihyo uninterested in any kind of romantic relationship or even simple dates.

“mhm and sana says she wants to do a girls night, so i won’t be home, probably going to crash at nayeon’s place if she gets too drunk” momo tells her, already giving away the apartment for the night “if jeongyeon will even let them drink”

jihyo barely thinks that someone might come home with her tonight, she doesn’t want to bring someone home in the first place. so she only replies with a muffled ‘okay’ before munching down the rest of her breakfast

so simple saturday for jihyo, a little excited, a little worried, but honestly it’s wine and paint and yummy food. she isn’t too worried or anxious

so someone explain to her why when it hits five p.m., when she’s in front of the restaurant, the organizers are happily ushering her in, her breath gets stuck in her throat as she notices how much other sapphics are there already

she’s looking around, taking notes at every person she sees, even the ones who stare at her for too long that she’s sporting a blush on the tip of her ears

it’s early, jihyo knows that, but when you walk in before it hits six p.m., she feels like she’s being sucker punched over the table she’s sitting at

you’re barely any better, but god sana was having so much fun with your makeup that it leaves most of the attendees double taking on you. the backless floral dress is a bold choice, but having half of the venue gawking at how you look makes you feel shy

nervous, excited, anxious. those were what both of you were feeling and yet—

when you see her, your throat goes dry at how she looks. sporting in a simple fit tank top, a leather jacket, dark baggy jeans and killer boots, you contemplate if you want her or to be her

when she sees you, she thinks she’s been blessed by sappho herself. the dress is stunning yes, but the way you smile, the way your eyes keep her from looking away, your glow under the warm lights

this isn’t love at first sight

this is finally finding someone who you might be your soulmate

the organizers wisk you away though, towards the registration booth and jihyo has to blink the stars out of her eyes before nursing her wine again. her nerves finally showing her what it means to get curious, excited and anxious all at the same time

she keeps her eyes on you, the way you smile and chat with the registration team. the way your hair drapes over your shoulders, the way your laugh sounds like an angel’s call, the way your back flexes those subtle muscles that makes everyone know that you work out

she doesn’t look away even when you take your stub and claim your free wine, giggling at that tall organizer that’s too close to you. that pesky ugly (she isn’t jihyo is just jealous) one that is trying to charm you away

so jihyo does what future you thinks is adorable and future her thinks is so stupid

“i think you don’t need to tell this pretty lady the same pick up line you use and fail for every person you met tonight”

you turn around and face jihyo, who’s eyes are glaring at the organizer, who’s stuttering a response. her hands barely ghosting over your waist, claiming you away from them.

not that you mind anyway her hands stayed there the entire night

she barely lets the organizer have a coherent reply, as she leads you towards her table, her heart racing as you laugh at the organizer’s defeated face. her brain itching to get more of that kick, more of your happiness out loud

“the pick up line isn’t that bad” you tell jihyo, your voice having the power to make jihyo fall on her knees

“no you don’t understand it’s been, what 30 minutes of her trying the same pickup line? on over 29 other women? i need her to stop and you don’t deserve that” jihyo lets you sit down, your breath hitching at how much you catch yourself enjoying much of jihyo’s undivided attention to you

“yeah? well” you try to look at her eyes properly, you really do. it’s just when she tilts her head and lets some strands of hair cover her eyes, you fond yourself looking away, knowing that she now resembles a look of a puppy “thank you for saving me then”

“anything for a pretty girl” what is jihyo even saying? momo would point and laugh at her right now if she were here, but she isn’t. it’s you who’s here and it’s you who blushes and ducks her head

so you both finally talk, despite the fact that you both are a mess, on this beautiful saturday evening. the organizers give out painting materials and the items you both want to paint. her’s being an ash tray despite being a non-smoker and yours being a a small woman’s bust, just to add decor in your home.

conversation flows, sharing hobbies, favorite food, travel spots, respective jobs, recommended music genres, best recipes for drinks, niche interests.

even then jihyo notices when the paint gets on your arm, her hands moving before she can think

“here let me” she basically focused on only you, barely on the ash tray she chose to paint. her hands already gently wiping the paint on your arm and her body inching closer towards yours

it’s only then you realize that she’s so close to your face when she looks up, your breaths tangling in the air, your lips only a few inches apart

“mhm” so close she is so close, but much to your disappointment, one of the organizers comes by to check on your progress, effectively making jihyo pull away a respectable arm’s reach before reassuring that everything is going well bb

damn were you expecting a kiss?

you don’t know how to even explain it

still you find that her company is nice, her jokes are good and makes you laugh, that she’s attentive and helps you remember to paint carefully, her smile now finally engraved in your head.

so when the paint dries, you get some food, you can’t deny that you’re into her. the way she smiles at every delighted sound as you eat, the way she becomes ‘angry’ with every bite, the way she wipes away any food or sauce near your lips with her thumb, her eyes lingering a bit too long for you to deny it.

so dinner is also good, amazing even, because wow you just learned that the world is small, and your roommate is apparently childhood friends with her roommate. so the only thing keeping you both from meeting each other any time sooner is because she’s so busy

jihyo also find this whole experience amazing, because she’s managed to keep you giggly this entire time, she’s now a person closer to seeing you again and again, she can take you out for coffee every weekend when she has to drag momo to sana for their weekly hangouts.

oh and yeah the food gets paid by jihyo. even if you protest it goes in vain, and she teases you to simply return the favor next time.

“next time?” you playfully scoff, walking towards the exit with jihyo, your arms linked together, eyes once more on you in either with happiness or in envy “what makes you think of a next time”

she opens the door for you, and leads you out of the prying eyes of others, but it doesn’t matter. not when you both only have it on each other

“i just know sweet girl” jihyo is cocky, but she’ll make you love this side of her more and more you see her “i just know”

KA-BOOM

the sound of thunder redirects both of you to look up at the sky, the rain pouring down on the city. both of you completely forgetting to check the weather app before leaving

“i forgot my umbrella” you look up at the sky, the lightning flashes dancing around, indicating that rain is all night. maybe even until the morning

jihyo also looks up, the first drops of rain splattering down at the side walk in front of them. it doesn’t get any of you wet, but she looks at you, and notices your eyes dimming at the thought of rain and no umbrella

“i can drive you home” jihyo says without a thought

“oh you’re so sweet but i really don’t want to bother you. it’s late and i don’t want to overstep anything”

“nonsense” she’s already wrapping her jacket around you, you’re breath hitching at how looking up at her is changing your brain “i have to make sure this gorgeous girl gets home safe”

she runs off to her car across the street before you can even reply, gawking at how bold she is and how much you are enjoying it. one hand holding both of your bags with your art works inside, and the other holding the leather jacket to keep you warm.

you barely have to wait a minute on the entrance of the restaurant, when jihyo returns, the large clear umbrella enough to keep you dry. she helps you stand up, zip up the jacket and pats down your dress.

she’s already grabbing your things before you can argue, shushing you up and leading both of you towards her car, which she drives you home with all the songs you tell her sounds nice, and her hand holding yours over the gear stick.

“i had fun tonight” you guys arrive at your apartment building, your fantasy coming to an end “especially with you”

jihyo doesn’t want this dream to stop

so she does what her heart tells her to.

in the future, she tends to flush red at the remembrance that she leaned too far and has to tilt her head up, just to kiss you. her hands resting gently on your waist and your arms on top of her shoulders, leaving you both star struck

“is that ok?” jihyo is nervous when she pulls away and looks at you, eyes closed and lips parted, tempting her to go for another kiss

“mhm” she melts when you open your eyes and give her a smile, the one that punches her in the gut “can i get another one? preferably right now and another one on my couch”

[shiro-00s]

heaven on earth

43. code red .. !

[ genshin impact smau / idol!xiao x fem!reader ]

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heaven on earth - 43. code red

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synopsis ; 🗝️ — in which you befriend your next door neighbour who, unbeknownst to you, was apart of a soon-to-be one of the most popular bands throughout liyue. you're unable to tell if cupid was helping you or not when things with xiao kept going up and down. will he continue to keep his secret from yours truly?

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[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

pt II australia but i've never been there

I didn't even have to wait for y'all's responses on part I to make this because Australia is WILDING. As per usual, salutations to Arthur's grandmother's boyfriend Brian.

Everything remaining that I know about Australia:

There was an emu war. There were many emu casualties, and no human ones, but the emus won anyway. Sun Tzu is making way for the emus.

That was the only research I did on the emu wars, but as someone who met a few emus once, they were very lovely to me and very soft to pet. They also were very jabby. One of them looked deeply concerned as they looked at me, I believe they thought I was a deformed emu. I am on the winning side of the war.

During Christmas, Santa does not have a sleigh. He has a surfboard, and he does slay.

There are a lot of animals. Many have no placenta, as I recall from biology. Due to the nature of the continental drift and geographical isolation, Australian marsupials evolved separately from placental mammals, and were not wiped out by invading species. Due to convergent evolution, there are also analogous species between the placental mammals and the marsupials.

What just happened I'm sorry deep science trauma was unearthed. The point is, a lot of animals. A kangaroo is probably in your backyard. A koala just stole your girlfriend. An alligator murdered your classmate. It just happens.

KOOKOOBURRA SITTING ON THE OLD GUM TREE MERRY MERRY SOMETHING SOMETHING idk I was 3 when my mum sang me that.

The internet is awful. Rumours are that the local snake ate it.

Australia is very very pretty, I know this because of an Australian Tourism Department ad that I saw when I was 12 and had cable TV.

You must not forget your Hat. It's like the three little kittens song, but with the Hat instead of mittens.

The Wibbles are a thing. I thought they were a band. Spotify said no. I no longer know what they are.

Crocodile Dundee is a thing. I saw him in Snoopy/Peanuts.

Steve Irvin met his wife in an animal area and his daughter met her husband in an animal area. I don't know anything more these lovely folks, or what the animal area was, I'm afraid.

There is a cake with white stripes that is the Best for Birthdays.

The accent is beautiful, but I admit for years I couldn't differentiate it from British and American accents as a child because to me it sounded like the lovechild of them both and it made me very confused.

Uh, Australia exists.

Yeah, no, that's all I've got. Love to the Australian maggots.

[drondskaath]

what is the best bands from your city?

Mournful Congregation- Funeral Doom Metal

Elysian Blaze - Ambient Black/Doom Metal

Freedom of Fear - Melodic/Technical Death Metal

Altars - Death Metal

Stargazer - Avant Garde Black/Death Metal

Sundowner - Stoner Sludge/Doom Metal

Tzun Tzu - Technical Death Metal

Charnal Altar - Death/Doom Metal

Cauldron Black Ram - Blackened Death Metal

Gwel - Ambient Black Metal

Foul Temple - Black Metal

Apocalyptic Annihilation - Black/Thrash Metal

[quitealotofsodapop]

Netflix The Monkey King (2023) Stick theory;

So I was rewatching the Netflix Monkey king film (cute film btw, lots of potiential), and I started to think; "What tf is Stick?"

Compared to the other Ruyi Jingu Bang, Stick seems to have an entire identity detached from Monkey himself, though seems to be dependant on him to stay "active" so to say.

The Golden Staff/Gold−Banded Cudgel is said to in the Journey to the West to be; "the miraculous treasure that holds the bed of the Milky Way/Heavenly River in place" by Ao Guang to his brothers after SWK wields it for the first time. Apparently the Dragon King of the East + his wife just thought it was an ugly iron pillar. Another translation said it was used to measure the depths of the Heavenly River by Yu the Great (a chineses mythos emperor/demigod) during the Great Flood. And despite some contradictory origins; one line says Lao Tzu forged it, while another says Yu the Great did in time immemorable, the Golden Staff only seems to "listen" to Monkey.

Stick in the Netflix film is also shown to have power over the ocean, and is even capable of causing a world-ending flood in the wrong hands.

This brings up a major possiblity;

Is the Ruyi Jingu Bang and by extention Stick; one of the Heavenly Pillars mentioned in chinese mythology? Or at least a mockery of one?

Is the Staff one of the four tortoise-leg Pillars created by Nüwa (creator of mankind) after the original Pillar was damaged by Gonggong?

And if so, when combined with the theory that Nüwa was (partly) responsible for the Monkey King's creation;

This makes Stick and Monkey brothers.

An odd family tree to be certain. It makes sense why Stick only listens to Monkey. Though it brings to question if Stick can turn himself to something other than a staff/pillar, like say a fellow monkey or a tortoise like the creature he was created from, or even a kappa-like mixture of both?

Thoughts?

[plushie-sentai]

Donbrothers doggy daycare AU

Hi I work at a doggy daycare and I got really bored the other day so. Here’s my very silly AU where all of them work at Donbura Doggy Daycare :)

The daycare is owned by Kaito but no one knows anything abt him (just like canon lmao)

He owns a black and white border collie named “Kaiser”

Haruka has been working at the daycare the longest (after Tarou who’s been there abt as long as Kaito has been running it)

Is always tired of Kaitos mysterious bullshit

Has a pitbull mix rescue dog named “Oni” who is like a little too insane but still comes to daycare because everyone loves him

Kijino is the oldest staff member (though they’re not sure how old Kaito is)

He’s always getting injured somehow

Will not shut up abt his wife who is a veterinarian

He has a very poorly trained and ill-behaved Shih Tzu named “Birdie” that he’s very protective over because his wife adopted her for him as a bday present

He also has his wife’s dog, a highly trained German shorthair hunting dog named “Crane”

Inuzaka always forgets to wash his scrubs and ends up wearing band tees most of the time instead of his uniform

Pretty much everyone knows he’s a criminal but they don’t care bc he’s rlly chill

He lives in a van with his gf (by choice bc he’s a van life weirdo)

He doesn’t talk all that much and tries to act edgy but he’s actually always listening to showtunes w his AirPods on

He has a Shiba Inu creatively named “inu” as well as his gfs dog, a white Pomeranian named “Lovely”

Saruhara is always wearing bucket hats :)

He gets yelled at a lot for talking instead of paying attention to do the dogs

He struggles to discipline the dogs and talks to them like they’re people lmao

He has a black Newfoundland named “gorilla” who is absolutely ginormous but thinks he’s a lapdog

No one is sure how bc they all get paid the same shitty wage but he’s consistently broke

He gives the rest of them life advice frequently :)

Jiro always wears colorful scrubs with a bunch of patterns on them and he cuts the sleeves off of them despite managements protests

Ripped as hell just like canon

He annoys his coworkers bc he’s a little TOO cheerful all the time at a job that is incredibly exhausting

He’s very passionate abt teamwork and team building

Has DID like in canon, host jiro likes to wear a hoodie and is usually postivelt triggered when he gets to interact with cats that may be boarding

He has two dogs named “tiger” and “dragon” who are both German shepherds

There will be more bc obviously I haven’t drawn mr wahaha himself, let alone the dogs or the nouto, but :) enjoy!

[panzershrike-pretz]

TAG GAME!

-> Get to know me

Thank you so much @xxluckystrike!! Love you a lot!!

- Name:

Pretzel or Pretz (preferably)! But I don't mind if any other parts of my URL are turned into nicknames as well (you can callme Pan, Panzer or Shrike if you'd like!)

- Pronouns:

I'll go with pretty much anything? She, They, He, It- use what you'd like! I don't mind a bit :]

- Star sign:

Gemini! I don't have a clue what this means tho 😀

- # of siblings and fun facts about them (if you have any):

I have a brother and a sister, both older than me. My brother is very into military stuff and my sister is an ecologist (I guess I got stuff from both). But i'm the cooler 👉😎👉

- # of pets & their names:

I have only a shih-tzu, her name is Kessy! She's the love of my life, a little guardian angel :]

- Fandoms:

I'm into Band of Brothers, Starkid Musicals, Warriors, Good Omens, Pirates and I don't know if you'd call Ornithology a fandom of birds but oh well xD and also Vulture Culture and Taxidermy! Get them dead stuff babessss

- Favorite color:

Blue! Tho green is a close second (especially military green, that's too pretty)

- Favorite song:

Too hard of a question 😭 uhhhhh i really love Elephant's Dance (from Ye Banished Privateers), which is fucking awesome by the way. Go listen to it if you like sea shanties- it's art

And Cortard's Solution from Will Wood BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING AMAZING

- Favorite author (of anything readable - books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!):

I mean... @xxluckystrike amirite 🤏😎 love your stuff so much KDJWKAK

I have a lot of stuff i see on webtoon bit i really don't remember the names of anyone- i'm also into clangen blogs :] the Warriors fan in me has no chill

- Favorite fic type:

Not being smut, i'll read anything my friends post tbh. I'm not picky xD and I also don't really venture far from my friends works. I do love oc stuff tho! :D

- Favorite Holiday:

My birthday should be a Holiday

- Do you have a partner (romantic, qpr, anything!)?:

Nop :D

- Hobbies:

First and foremost, oc creation and worldbuilding! I have what? Some 200 characters? Probably more? I love each and everyone of them :]

Then I'm also a collector so I love to care for my stuff, as well as making art (especially drawing my characters) and staying with my dog :]

- Fun facts about you:

I HAVE MORE THAN 500 FEATHERS!! SO MANY OF THEM!! LOVE THEM!!! MY BABIES!!!

Also in eleven days i found 226 feathers on the beach- it has to be a record, right?

TAGGING!! :D: @luckynumber4 @sweetxvanixlla @whollyjoly @1waveshortofashipwreck @coco-bean-1218 and whoever else wants to join!

[ivrousae]

Sis which famous school do you think each zb1 member would go to in JKT😍

Ricky & Gyuvin sih udah pasti JIS or at least BJS(British jakarta school) duitnya gak main-main Mak & bapaknya

Gunwook gives me penabur vibes ngl he's so smart

OHMYGODDDD I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS!also i’m so sorry for the late reply, life has been hectic🙏🏻 ok so this is which elite schools i think zb1 members would attend!!

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Jiwoong: SPH - for some reason, if i think of student jiwoong, the first indonesian school uniform i’d see him is sph’s uniform😭😭 IT JUST FITS HIM SO WELL? one of my good friends goes to this school and I just think he’d blend in perfectly

Zhanghao: Tzu Chi - this is self explanatory. HAO IS SO KOKO KOKO PIK?!*]^{ he’s definitely that one super smart senior that every girls had a crush on at one point, pulang sekolah dia makan di area pik bareng circle elite dan ganteng dia itu🤭

Hanbin: UPH - Guys…..hanbin in uph uniform….😍 he’s definitely a sociable and a super nice guy that everyone wants to be friends with, so any schools would fit him ngl, but just like jiwoong, if i think of hanbin, the first uniform i see him using is uph’s uniform🥰

Matthew: JIS - from what i’ve seen in my friends who attends jis, he’d blend in just well😁 everyone wants to be friends with him!!! he looks like a guy who could be a little hard to approach but he’d genuinely be so kind. he’s definitely apart of the popular circles in jis lmao

Taerae: BINUS School - based of the Binus I attended, they really focus on building student’s hobbies and character aside from only focusing on the academic skills, so I could definitely see taerae doing band practice every 3 days a week for school assemblies/events😋

Ricky: JIS - this is also self explanatory. he’d be in the same circle with matthew💯 he’d also look super intimidating, probably the most intimidating in the circle, but is the most soft hearted person in the whole school🥹 he’s definitely in the basketball team and EVERY GIRLS WANT HIM.

Gyuvin: BSJ - gyuvin is just so bsj coded. unlike jis, bsj has uniforms, and for some reason gyuvin is just such a uniform guy to me..does that make sense?😃 he’s practically friends with everybody in the school, he’s loud, but like not annoying loud, YKWIM??? he’s the mood maker in class that is actually and genuinely funny🤓

Gunwook: ACS - acs is a smart kid school. basically the crazy smart friends i had in middle school all moved to acs for highschool, so it just makes the most sense that gunwook goes there😍 although i do agree that gunwook gives of penabur vibes..but i also heard from my friends that goes to acs that a lot of the students there are korean guys who loves playing soccer, so gunwook definitely has a friend group🔥

Yujin: Mentari School - the uniform would look so cute on yujin🥲 he’s probably that one new kid that spawned out of nowhere and then all the girls has a crush on him while all the boys wanna be friends with him because he’s funny, cute, and TALENTED. I also considered on putting yujin in Binus, but i think mentari just fits him slightly better😵

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[prettykikimora]

I'm so fascinated with eve online. I don't play and probably will never because God damn but the idea of an entirely player driven economy and world space I love so much it takes user generated content up to a level of absurdity I'm always watching mod videos of other games wishing I had the skill to make the more complicated ones. I guess player generated content appeals to me specifically as a communist it's like, just really neat.

A corporate super alliance called the imperium consists of old alliances that existed almost since game launch, they went from liberators breaking an enormous corporate stranglehold to the largest corpo in the galaxy exploiting every real world tax cheat and consolidating monopolies on goods leading to another super alliance banding together leading to a battle that cost trillions of in game currency equaling in real world value to over $300,000 in fake space ships shooting lasers at eachother. The Imperium formed from a mostly 4chan user base who did like a full on sun tzu style betrayal infiltration and assassination all of other player characters like their boss was the right hand man to what was basically the king of the galaxy and they recently stepped out of their central role the galactic economy where their in game revenue was so vast they could afford to rival npc trade hubs to give lower tax rates and become preferred among all marketplaces.

[busyfish]

15 questions for 15 mutuals - @bleedoutloud tagged me sorry it takes me so long to catch up with these

Are you named after anyone? not explictly but very very sort of.

Do you have any kids? no

Do you use sarcasm a lot? not really i don't think?

When was the last time you cried? this morning

What’s the first thing you notice about people? voices

Eye color? they're brown

What sports do you/have you played? i've done martial arts/football/volleyball

Any special talent? my brain is programmed backwards

Where were you born? Vancouver British Columbia Canada

Scary movies or happy endings? uhhhhhhhhhh

Do you have any pets? i have 3 conures and shih tzu dog

How tall are you? 5'4"

What are your hobbies? i do a lot of stuff i guess. you guys know!

the music and vidya and the arts and all that stuff.

Favorite subject in school? band

Dream job? tbh i don't even know anymore. someone's trophy wife

not tagging anyone bc i just tagged people but if you wanna, you can say i did

[shiro-00s]

heaven on earth

40. a dumbass .. !

[ genshin impact smau / idol!xiao x fem!reader ]

heaven on earth - 40. a dumbass

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synopsis ; 🗝️ — in which you befriend your next door neighbour who, unbeknownst to you, was apart of a soon-to-be one of the most popular bands throughout liyue. you're unable to tell if cupid was helping you or not when things with xiao kept going up and down. will he continue to keep his secret from yours truly?

NOTE — new chapter out woohoo (i lied to myself saying ill do it the next day and i procrastinated) mb y'all

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[sidicecheilibri]

I libri nominati da Rory Gilmore

1 – 1984, George Orwell

2 – Le Avventure di Huckelberry Finn, Mark Twain

3 – Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie, Lewis Carrol

4 – Le Fantastiche Avventure di Kavalier e Clay, Michael Chabon

5 – Una Tragedia Americana, Theodore Dreiser

6 – Le Ceneri di Angela, Frank McCourt

7 – Anna Karenina, Lev Tolstoj

8 – Il Diario di Anna Frank

9 – La Guerra Archidamica, Donald Kagan

10 – L’Arte del Romanzo, Henry James

11 – L’Arte della Guerra, Sun Tzu

12 – Mentre Morivo, William Faulkner

13 – Espiazione, Ian McEvan

14 – Autobiografia di un Volto, Lucy Grealy

15 – Il Risveglio, Kate Chopin

16 – Babe, Dick King-Smith

17 – Contrattacco. La Guerra non Dichiarata Contro le Donne, Susan Faludi

18 – Balzac e la Piccola Sarta Cinese, Dai Sijie

19 – Bel Canto, Anne Pachett

20 – La Campana di Vetro, Sylvia Plath

21 – Amatissima, Toni Morrison

22 – Beowulf: una Nuova Traduzione, Seamus Heaney

23 – La Bhagavad Gita

24 – Il Piccolo Villaggio dei Sopravvissuti, Peter Duffy

25 – Bitch Rules. Consigli di Comune Buonsenso per donne Fuori dal Comune, Elizabeth Wurtzel

26 – Un Fulmine a Ciel Sereno ed altri Saggi, Mary McCarthy

27 – Il Mondo Nuovo, Adolf Huxley

28 – Brick Lane, Monica Ali

29 – Brigadoon, Alan Jay Lerner

30 – Candido, Voltaire

31 – I Racconti di Canterbury, Geoffrey Chaucer

32 – Carrie, Stephen King

33 – Catch-22, Joseph Heller

34 – Il Giovane Holden, J.D.Salinger

35 – La Tela di Carlotta, E.B.White

36 – Quelle Due, Lillian Hellman

37 – Christine, Stephen King

38 – Il Canto di Natale, Charles Dickens

39 – Arancia Meccanica, Anthony Burgess

40 – Il Codice dei Wooster, P.G.Wodehouse

41 – The Collected Stories, Eudora Welty

42 – La Commedia degli Errori, William Shakespeare

43 – Novelle, Dawn Powell

44 – Tutte le Poesie, Anne Sexton

45 – Racconti, Dorothy Parker

46 – Una Banda di Idioti, John Kennedy Toole

47 – Il03 al 09/03 Conte di Montecristo, Alexandre Dumas

48 – La Cugina Bette, Honore de Balzac

49 – Delitto e Castigo, Fedor Dostoevskij

50 – Il Petalo Cremisi e il Bianco, Michel Faber

51 – Il Crogiuolo, Arthur Miller

52 – Cujo, Stephen King

53 – Il Curioso Caso del Cane Ucciso a Mezzanotte, Mark Haddon

54 – La Figlia della Fortuna, Isabel Allende

55 – David e Lisa, Dr.Theodore Issac Rubin M.D

56 – David Copperfield, Charles Dickens

57 – Il Codice Da Vinci, Dan Brown

58 – Le Anime Morte, Nikolaj Gogol

59 – I Demoni, Fedor Dostoevskij

60 – Morte di un Commesso Viaggiatore, Arthur Miller

61 – Deenie, Judy Blume

62 – La Città Bianca e il Diavolo, Erik Larson

63 – The Dirt. Confessioni della Band più Oltraggiosa del Rock, Tommy Lee – Vince Neil – Mick Mars – Nikki Sixx

64 – La Divina Commedia, Dante Alighieri

65 – I Sublimi Segreti delle Ya-Ya Sisters, Rebecca Wells

66 – Don Chischiotte, Miguel de Cervantes

67 – A Spasso con Daisy, Alfred Uhvr

68 – Dr. Jeckill e Mr.Hide, Robert Louis Stevenson

69 – Tutti i Racconti e le Poesie, Edgar Allan Poe

70 – Eleanor Roosevelt, Blanche Wiesen Cook

71 – Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe

72 – Lettere, Mark Dunn

73 – Eloise, Kay Thompson

74 – Emily The Strange, Roger Reger

75 – Emma, Jane Austen

76 – Il Declino dell’Impero Whiting, Richard Russo

77 – Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective, Donald J.Sobol

78 – Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton

79 – Etica, Spinoza

80 – Europe Through the back door, 2003, Rick Steves

81 – Eva Luna, Isabel Allende

82 – Ogni cosa è Illuminata, Jonathan Safran Foer

83 – Stravaganza, Gary Krist

84 – Farhenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

85 – Farhenheit 9/11, Michael Moore

86 – La Caduta dell’Impero di Atene, Donald Kagan

87 – Fat Land, il Paese dei Ciccioni, Greg Critser

88 – Paura e Delirio a Las Vegas, Hunter S.Thompson

89 – La Compagnia dell’Anello, J.R.R.Tolkien

90 – Il Violinista sul Tetto, Joseph Stein

91 – Le Cinque Persone che Incontri in Cielo, Mitch Albom

92 – Finnegan’s Wake, James Joyce

93 – Fletch, Gregory McDonald

94 – Fiori per Algernon, Daniel Keyes

95 – La Fortezza della Solitudine, Jonathan Lethem

96 – La Fonte Meravigliosa, Ayn Rand

97 – Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

98 – Franny e Zooeey, J.D.Salinger

99 – Quel Pazzo Venerdì, Mary Rodgers

100 – Galapagos, Kurt Vonnegut

101 – Questioni di Genere, Judith Butler

102 – George W.Bushism: The Slate Book of Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President, Jacob Weisberg

103 – Gidget, Fredrick Kohner

104 – Ragazze Interrotte, Susanna Kaysen

105 – The Gnostic Gospels, Elaine Pagels

106 – Il Padrino, Parte I, Mario Puzo

107 – Il Dio delle Piccole Cose, Arundhati Roy

108 – La Storia dei Tre Orsi, Alvin Granowsky

109 – Via Col Vento, Margaret Mitchell

110 – Il Buon Soldato, Ford Maddox Ford

111 – Il Gospel secondo Judy Bloom

112 – Il Laureato, Charles Webb

113 – Furore, John Steinbeck

114 – Il Grande Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald

115 – Grandi Speranze, Charles Dickens

116 – Il Gruppo, Mary McCarthy

117 – Amleto, William Shakespeare

118 – Harry Potter e il Calice di Fuoco, J.K.Rowling

119 – Harry Potter e la Pietra Filosofale, J.K.Rowling

120 – L’Opera Struggente di un Formidabile Genio, Dave Eggers

121 – Cuore di Tenebra, Joseph Conrad

122 – Helter Skelter: La vera storia del Caso Charles Manson, Vincent Bugliosi e Curt Gentry

123 – Enrico IV, Parte Prima, William Shakespeare

124 – Enrico IV, Parte Seconda, William Shakespeare

125 – Enrico V, William Shakespeare

126 – Alta Fedeltà, Nick Hornby

127 – La Storia del Declino e della Caduta dell’Impero Romano, Edward Gibbon

128 – Holidays on Ice: Storie, David Sedaris

129 – The Holy Barbarians, Lawrence Lipton

130 – La Casa di Sabbia e Nebbia, Andre Dubus III

131 – La Casa degli Spiriti, Isabel Allende

132 – Come Respirare Sott’acqua, Julie Orringer

133 – Come il Grinch Rubò il Natale, Dr.Seuss

134 – How the Light Gets In, M.J.Hyland

135 – Urlo, Allen Ginsberg

136 – Il Gobbo di Notre Dame, Victor Hugo

137 – Iliade, Omero

138 – Sono con la Band, Pamela des Barres

139 – A Sangue Freddo, Truman Capote

140 – Inferno, Dante

141 – …e l’Uomo Creò Satana, Jerome Lawrence e Robert E.Lee

142 – Ironweed, William J.Kennedy

143 – It takes a Village, Hilary Clinton

144 – Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

145 – Il Circolo della Fortuna e della Felicità, Amy tan

146 – Giulio Cesare, William Shakespeare

147 – Il Celebre Ranocchio Saltatore della Contea di Calaveras, Mark Twain

148 – La Giungla, Upton Sinclair

149 – Just a Couple of Days, Tony Vigorito

150 – The Kitchen Boy, Robert Alexander

151 – Kitchen Confidential: Avventure Gastronomiche a New York, Anthony Bourdain

152 – Il Cacciatore di Aquiloni, Khaled Hosseini

153 – L’amante di Lady Chatterley, D.H.Lawrence

154 – L’Ultimo Impero: Saggi 1992-2000, Gore Vidal

155 – Foglie d’Erba, Walt Whitman

156 – La Leggenda di Bagger Vance, Steven Pressfield

157 – Meno di Zero, Bret Easton Ellis

158 – Lettere a un Giovane Poeta, Rainer Maria Rilke

159 – Balle! E tutti i Ballisti che Ce Le Stanno Raccontando, Al Franken

160 – Vita di Pi, Yann Martell

161 – La piccola Dorrit, Charles Dickens

162 – The little Locksmith, Katharine Butler Hathaway

163 – La piccola fiammiferaia, Hans Christian Andersen

164 – Piccole Donne, Louisa May Alcott

165 – Living History, Hilary Clinton

166 – Il signore delle Mosche, William Golding

167 – La Lotteria, ed altre storie, Shirley Jackson

168 – Amabili Resti, Alice Sebold

169 – Love Story, Eric Segal

170 – Macbeth, William Shakespeare

171 – Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert

172 – The Manticore, Robertson Davies

173 – Marathon Man, William Goldman

174 – Il Maestro e Margherita, Michail Bulgakov

175 – Memorie di una figlia per bene, Simone de Beauvoir

176 – Memorie del Generale W.T. Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman

177 – L’uomo più divertente del mondo, David Sedaris

178 – The meaning of Consuelo, Judith Ortiz Cofer

179 – Mencken’s Chrestomathy, H.R. Mencken

180 – Le Allegre Comari di Windsor, William Shakespeare

181 – La Metamorfosi, Franz Kafka

182 – Middlesex, Jeoffrey Eugenides

183 – Anna dei Miracoli, William Gibson

184 – Moby Dick, Hermann Melville

185 – The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion, Jim Irvin

186 – Moliere: la biografia, Hobart Chatfield Taylor

187 – A monetary history of the United States, Milton Friedman

188 – Monsieur Proust, Celeste Albaret

189 – A Month of Sundays: searching for the spirit and my sister, Julie Mars

190 – Festa Mobile, Ernest Hemingway

191 – Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

192 – Gli ammutinati del Bounty, Charles Nordhoff e James Norman Hall

193 – My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and Its Aftermath, Seymour M.Hersh

194 – My Life as Author and Editor, H.R.Mencken

195 – My life in orange: growing up with the guru, Tim Guest

196 – Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978, Myra Waldo

197 – La custode di mia sorella, Jodi Picoult

198 – Il Nudo e il Morto, Norman Mailer

199 – Il Nome della Rosa, Umberto Eco

200 – The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri

201 – Il Diario di una Tata, Emma McLaughlin

202 – Nervous System: Or, Losing my Mind in Literature, Jan Lars Jensen

203 – Nuove Poesie, Emily Dickinson

204 – The New Way Things Work, David Macaulay

205 – Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich

206 – Notte, Elie Wiesel

207 – Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

208 – The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, William E.Cain, Laurie A.Finke, Barbara E.Johnson, John P.McGowan

209 – Racconti 1930-1942, Dawn Powell

210 – Taccuino di un Vecchio Porco, Charles Bukowski

211 – Uomini e Topi, John Steinbeck

212 – Old School, Tobias Wolff

213 – Sulla Strada, Jack Kerouac

214 – Qualcuno Volò sul Nido del Cuculo, Ken Kesey

215 – Cent’Anni di Solitudine, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

216 – The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, Amy Tan

217 – La Notte dell’Oracolo, Paul Auster

218 – L’Ultimo degli Uomini, Margaret Atwood

219 – Otello, William Shakespeare

220 – Il Nostro Comune Amico, Charles Dickens

221 – The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan

222 – La Mia Africa, Karen Blixen

223 – The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton

224 – Passaggio in India, E.M.Forster

225 – The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition, Donald Kagan

226 – Noi Siamo Infinito, Stephen Chbosky

227 – Peyton Place, Grace Metalious

228 – Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

229 – Pigs at the Trough, Arianna Huffington

230 – Le Avventure di Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi

231 – Please Kill Me: Il Punk nelle Parole dei Suoi Protagonisti, Legs McNeil e Gillian McCain

232 – Una Vita da Lettore, Nick Hornby

233 – The Portable Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker

234 – The Portable Nietzche, Fredrich Nietzche

235 – The Price of Loyalty: George W.Bush, the White House, and the Education on Paul O’Neil, Ron Suskind

236 – Orgoglio e Pregiudizio, Jane Austen

237 – Property, Valerie Martin

238 – Pushkin, La Biografia, T.J.Binyon

239 – Pigmallione, G.B.Shaw

240 – Quattrocento, James Mckean

241 – A Quiet Storm, Rachel Howzell Hall

242 – Rapunzel, I Fratelli Grimm

243 – Il Corvo ed Altre Poesie, Edgar Allan Poe

244 – Il Filo del Rasoio, W.Somerset Maugham

245 – Leggere Lolita a Teheran, Azar Nafisi

246 – Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

247 – Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin

248 – The Red Tent, Anita Diamant

[quitealotofsodapop]

Finally watched the entirety of The Monkey King 2023 and I have opinions/thoughts/theories. Spoilers below.

Thoughts:

Voice acting amazing. Jimmy O Yang really gave this Monkey a heart and vunerability. Also loved Bowen Yang as the Dragon King. Did not expect the Buddha to be Dr Henry Wu (BD Wong) but it felt right.

Art amazing, esp the 2d sequence and the fight scenes. Loved Monkey and the Dragon King's designs. Not so much for the gods tho; They looked too much like Illumination characters at times - tho it did give them a little uncanniness you'd expect from a celestial.

This version of Wangmu is def the Jade Emperor's mom or something, and not his wife. The Queen Mother of the West deserves an absolutely show-stoppingly regal design, not a cartoony witch vibe.

From the poisoned peach scene I can confirm; this SWK is a flirty drunk and has the worst pickup lines. "You must be from the Dang Dynasty!" anyone? X3

No Master Subodhi, Stalwart Generals, Brotherhood, Erlang, or the Furnace in this version sadly, but I have my theories below. Monkey does mark/pee on the Buddha's hand tho so they kept that part in. XD

Theories + future character ideas below read more >;3

The four baby monkeys we see at the beginning listening to the Elder are the Stalwart Generals. It was their childhood group name and sometimes they even included Monkey/Shihou (Monkey would die for them for this brief act of kindness). The one that got taken by the Demon of Havoc either got away/was saved, or is tied to the idea that "Marshal Liu = Liu'er Mihou/Six Eared Macaque", potientially giving Netflix Macaque a personal grudge against his Monkey King (he indirectly ruined/ended his life).

Lin is 100% a Golden Cicada incarnation. Girl was personally chosen at the to act as the Buddha's voice to the Monkey King. Plus her being the last face Monkey sees before the mountain is sealed mirroring how Tripitaka is the first to greet him 500 years later?

Hc that Monkey did have a Brotherhood of demons during his 100 Demon slaying binge, but it fell apart badly like a rock band. Hence why he's seen defeating his DBK in the 2d sequence.

The reason why we don't see Master Subodhi, is because this Monkey needs to have his "awakening to nothingness" while on the Journey, and not before. Hence why he's never called Sun Wukong (atleast in the english version), since "Sun Wukong" literally means = "monkey awakened to nothingness". It's likely this Tripitaka will be the one to name Monkey, if Subodhi doesn't appear in any hypothetical sequel that is.

I fear that it might mean that the Furnace and Erlang may play a huge role in Monkey's future character arc if they ever makes an appearance. We do see a similar looking cauldron in Wangmu's lab (I guess they gave her Lao Tzu's job), so hopefully its not a red herring.

Someone pointed out that Netflix Monkey's hair looks like a Prince Rupert Drop (aka an extremely hard tadpole/tear shaped drop of molten glass that distintergrates if the tail is damaged) and thats such a cool character design thing. From this, his LEM counterpart def should have an obsidian (sharp, hard, but brittle quickly cooling lava) theme going on to both contrast and compare to Monkey's glass. I love me the rock imagery in the film.

Bajie's brief appearance looked pretty young/piglet-esque. I hear that there's an upcoming Xiyouji film about Bajie, so maybe this form is still currently a young recently-reincarnated piglet instead of a whole hog.

I would love for a reappearance of Red Girl in the future. Let this baby go Samadhi Fire on a monkey.

I hope for a hypothetical Netflix version of Ao Lie/Bai Longma that is an actual character, and not just a pretty prop. Maybe tie in his connection to the Dragon King (maybe he's Ao Lie's uncle or dad) in the film?

I am obsessing now.