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So Long, Farewell in Ted Lasso 3x12
#not in order because i like symmetry over accuracy#starting with sam my man#i love this as wide as dani reaches his arms out#the pub boys being like da fk is going on we came for footy not musicals#will the mvp with the boom box#trent tapping his feet away like the julie stan he is#and then whipping his jacket off i do not think he cares about football that much lol#ROY KENT MOUTHING ALONG THE WORDS LIKE THE TRUE JULIE STAN HE IS#(you just know roy was drilling the boys to get this perfect because jools is a gay icon enough said)#ted lasso with those aviators is so hot tho#the only thing missing was becca#head canon she was watching from her office window#coach beard tearing up like same dude#like literally so long farewell i'm typing this from my grave#all the sound of music parallels are my cause of death#like you don't understand what this means to me as a joolswhore
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The Hex Nut Titan's Debut
Trainer was glad that Kafka's job was cleaning up Kaiju, because a little known fact about Monster Cleaners is that they also clear out a lot of debris and get it ready for transfer to other companies to make use of it. Thanks to that Kafka was able to bring home a good amount of metal for Meltan to eat, considering there diet consisted of irons. Though now the amount of Irons Kafka brought home may not be enough.
Why you may ask?
" MELTAN"
" MEL, MEL"
" MELTAN, TAN"
The rousing cry of a Meltan feeding frenzy echoed throughout Reno's home. Well it be more accurate to say a whole swarm of Meltans now.
Meltan in preperation for there evolution ( which Trainer learned from the pokedex) had taken to inhaling all the Iron they had for them, then splitting into multiple Meltans to inhale even more Iron. It was an absolute tidal wave of Meltans.
Trainer: Oh man, I hope Kafka and Reno get back soon fron that Kaiju clean up, cause the house is definitely next on the menu if they don't come soon with that metal.
* SLAAMMM*
Kafka: Trainer we're back!!! And we brought tons of food even that metal you asked for.
Reno: Sir can you please not slam my door, I need it to be in-
Both were cut of as a wave of Meltans carried them inside as they immediately began to eat the metal the duo brought home.
Reno: TRAINER WHY ARE THERE A WHOLE SWARM OF MELTANS AND BETTER QUESTION WHY ARE THEY IN MY HOUSE?!?!?!?!
Trainer: I'M SORRY THEY STARTED EATING THERE LUNCH AND SOON STARTED SPLITTING APART AND EATING EVEN MORE METAL!!!!
Kafka: I'M GONNA DIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Trainer: IT'S ALRIGHT WE JUST HAVE TO HOLD OUT A BIT LONGER UNTIL THERE READY!!!
Reno: READY FOR WHAT?!?!?!
Trainer didn't get to answer as they along with everyone else were thrown around like it was one of those celebritory tosses a team does for there MVP after a game.
After an eternity which was only about 5 more minutes of being thrown like a beach ball. All the Meltans stopped and began to huddle together.
Reno: Good God what are they doing now!!!
Kafka: That was like all the most insane rollercoaster rides packed into one!!!
Trainer who simply got out there phone to record told the duo to just watch. Now more curious than anything they did just that.
" MELTAN, MELTAN, MELTAN"
Cried out the original Meltan who on top of a box spoke to all of the other Meltans, who with a cry of their own name responded. There huddle soon was being covered in a bright white and blue glow, thay shined through out the room.
When it the light died down, Kafka and Reno were met with a shocking sight. No longer stood the little metal blob with a hex nut for a head. Now stood a Hex Nut Titan that stood at 8 ft tall. With stainless steel grey hex nuts acting as there hands, a hex nut around there middle arms, shoulders, a hex nut in the middle of there stomach, and there ones acting as there feet. Along with the shiny golden hex nut acting like there chest, along woth the same golden hex nut head and the little dot acting as an eye, also they kept there little wire like tail from before.
" MELMETALLLL"
Came the booming shout of the newly evolved pokemon.
Both Kafka's and Reno's jaws hit the floor at what they had just witnessed, all while trainer had the biggest and goofiest grin imaginable.
Trainer: Guys I like you to meet Melmetal!!!
First evolution in the Kaijuverse
Also this was basically everyone during the Meltan Tidal Wave
LMFAO I absolutely see the comparison there as I did watch that evolution scene from the Pokemon Sun and Moon anime. Bet Kafka shouted 'Holy Shit they're huge!' Like not even in Kaiju form is he that tall.
Yet, their new little buddy just turned into 8 ft giant. Best study up on that Pokedex Reno and Kafka.
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#sonicasura#sonicasura answers#asks#foolmariofest#kaiju no. 8#kaiju no 8#kaijuno.8#kaijuno8#kaiju number 8#kn8#monster no 8#monster no. 8#kafka hibino#hibino kafka#reno ichikawa#ichikawa reno#pokemon#pokemon trainer#pokemon series#pokemon pocket monsters#pkmn#meltan#melmetal#fan writing
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👾 ¡Despierten, artífices del pixel y maestros del código! Hoy nos sumergimos en el maravillosamente caótico mundo del 🎮 *Desarrollo y Gestión de Videojuegos*. 👾 Primero lo primero, no estamos jugando un nivel fácil aquí, estamos en modo hardcore. La creación de un videojuego es la epopeya moderna, una saga donde la creatividad choca contra los linderos de la tecnología. - **Imaginación Sin Frenos**: Todo empieza con una idea, quizá en la ducha o mientras te comes un taco de asada. ¡Boom! La inspiración te golpea como un crítico de Street Fighter y de repente, tienes una visión de lo que podría ser el próximo hit. - **El Equipo A**: Obvio, nadie salva la princesa solo (a menos que seas Mario o Link, esos sí pueden). Aquí convocas a tu party: diseñadores, programadores, artistas, marketers. Cada quien con su habilidad especial, todos listos para lanzar sus hechizos. La gestión de la troupe es como dirigir un concierto de rock... pero con más café y menos sueño: - **Bitácora de Abordo**: Organización es la palabra clave. Sin un scrum o cualquier metodología ágil, prepárate para ser un barco sin brújula en el océano de los bugs. - **MVP (Muy Valioso Producto)**: Que no te gane la ansiedad de los DLC y las loot boxes. Lanza algo jugable, amado por la comunidad y prepárate para iterar. Piensa en el primer Mario, simple pero definitivamente un 'power-up' en la historia del gaming. 🌟 Ah momento, hablemos de la magia de polvo de hadas en los videojuegos - *La Narrativa*. Un juego puede tener gráficos dignos de Ramsés II en 4K, pero si la historia es aburrida como tutorial de Excel, nadie lo recordará. La historia es REINA y mago supremo al mismo tiempo. Y aquí viene la bestia final, el boss: *La Monetización*. Hagas un free-to-play o un premium game, la economía en tus mundos tiene que ser más balanceada que la dieta de un nutriólogo. ¿Microtransacciones? Podrían ser el *leviathan* que buscas o la *kryptonita* de tu Superman. - **Análisis de Data**: Escucha a tu comunidad como tu abuela escucha las novelas. Si los números dicen más espadas , tú dices, ¿de una o dos manos? - **Marketing lvl 99**: Si no saben que tu juego existe, no importa si es el nuevo descubrimiento de Teotihuacán. ¡Sé visible como los tacones de Elton John! Y siempre, siempre, **Juega Tu Creación**. Si no disfrutas lo que haces, ¿cómo esperas que otros lo hagan? 🌈 *¿Y tú, o artista del joystick, cuál es tu combo ganador en este arcade de desarrollo y gestión? Comparte tus movimientos secretos o mejor aún, etiqueta a ese compañero de raids que siempre tiene una poción extra o el plan perfecto.* #DesarrolloDeVideojuegos #GestiónGamer #CreativosDigitales #GamersUnidos #GameDevLife #MundosVirtuales 🕹️¡Espero sus combos abajo en los comentarios! 🎲
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Entrepreneurial Journey
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GOSSIP GIRL, EP. 5 REACTION & REVIEW
alright
this episode was pretty good, i'm here for this vibe if they continue with it. lots of shit happened, i have feelings about it so lets go!
(this episode also helped me discover i really am a horrible person lol)
ADULTS:
NICK X KATE: Nope! Full stop, don't want it. Bitch you nasty for being friendly with him while posting about his daughter. Nick x Davis is the true otp.
JORDAN & CO: JAIL. Plain and simple, ya'll enjoying this too much. Jail. Please. I beg. Ya'll are sick. A gun in a school and you're Bruce Wayne? Bitch.
KATE: As stated above and addition, I started to be cool with you. You still have to go jail but after serving time, I might be cool with you afterwards. Then you flip flop again went back to doing the worst. Limiting the comments doesn't help. Raggedy.
RAFA: PRISON. And let me tell you, my boy, Aki, he got Fox News in the back of his pocket so, step the fuck back. That's why Max figured yo ass out. GO TO PRISON. PRISON. And he tried to play him for a fool at the end. Prison isn't enough, vanish.
KIKI: SIS! You gotta get it together for your daughter. She can't be the more but, I feel you. Do better, be better. It's not as easy as just saying it but if you have family you can rely on, start to rely. You're daughter her habits from you.
OUR KIDS:
JULIEN: BIG SISTER ENGERY THIS EPISODE. I'M LOVING IT AND LOVING IT. I think she can stop trying a bit now and but I'm here for the connection, I'm here for it all. Quick thinker, knew the circle wasn't tight. She wasn't really there for Audrey but she has been, I think she just got caught up. Since Zoya moved there, they haven't had the chance to just be sisters, to just love each other without any drama. They have not only the past month to make up for but years and she wants to do right by Zoya. I'm glad she realized at the end that, she needed to be there for Audrey but I'm not upset because I get it. I also LOVE that she finally, stood up to Monet and say and get wit it or get it out. Boom. I've been waiting.
OBIE: I wanna ride hard for you because people keep talking about your hair line. I think you need to learn that relationships will have ups and downs and it won't be perfect all of the time. I feel like Obie is chasing perfection, no fights, no problems, just coasting and it won't happen, it'll never happen. Do better. That being said, I'm glad we got something from Obie. I'm glad we got to see him being the Prince of New York. It's hella shady that you didn't just come out with the truth and you wanted to do a song and dance but Obie is doing more and using that name so yes, give me character stuff.
MONET: BYE. No, but really. Amazing one liners as always. I liked the little fight with Julien, I felt a bit of distress, I'm into it. While I did expect her to cross Julien, I didn't expect her to cross Luna and all her hard work, that was dirty but you moving the story and shit so what can I say? I don't think Monet will go for the crown but I could see her finding someone to prop up. I want more of her parents, maybe she has a very bad relationship with her mom? Also, sis, Julien is right, you can't keep jumping clients when they want to change and do up their image. No sis, no. (And you almost tanked Julien's career soooooooooooo)
AUDREY: SIS U WERE SINKING. Okay, so Audrey isn't a character I feel that connected too. She's bitchy, a little less than Lunet but still. So, I have a hard time caring but objectively, you should break up with Aki. You know him by now and maybe it's comfort or you really want to have something. It's okay, break up with him because he's a friend and not the boyfriend you need. You want someone who will let you vent, not solve. Not see. Go live with Julien. The fight with your mom is understandable (And realize that forcing people on her won't work.) because you shouldn't have to be the back bone of the family. The dad line was a low blow, the airport thing was a low blow but you're a teenage girl and what can I say? Nothing, just don't become the woman you hate even though parents are the models. That being said, if I had seen her interacting with her dad more, the line wouldn't have been as low. But I can't tell that he loves her, we don't even get a phone conversation. Do better writers. And I think at the party, she got a chance to see how her mom felt. I don't know what happened to move but I think it has something to do with her meds. Audrey, be a boss. Break up, tell him that ya'll are better as friends because it won't go has bad as you think it will. Move in with Julien (I just want to see it happen.)
ZOYA: I don't even have much to say. My sis was popping off this episode. I got sass, I got questioning her relationship with Obie. Yes, talk about how you feel about him with the girls and go girl stuff. I really felt her when she said she wanted her own friend, writers please give her, her own friends. PLEASE. I'M BEGGING. Simon, you dirty dog. I'm glad Obie got it out but he could've said something to her. I'm sick. I'm more upset that he wasn't a new friend or a love interest. Just ugh. But I liked Zoya this episode, she could worry about normal teenage stuff for the most part without having to worry about being attacked by Monet and Luna.
LUNA: MY GOOD SIS. Just like I didn't expect Monet to turn on her, I didn't expect her to not stand by Monet. I know she was enjoying the Zoya vibe and thought it was cute, she was becoming a bit more friendly sure but I wow, yas. Go off girl. I want to see more of fashion stylist Luna, a Luna sponsored fashion show where Aki models and drama happens? I'd be here for it, I am here for it.
MAX: I was ready to box. Listen. I was ready to fight this point as much as I felt for him. So, the feeling for him. He honestly, believes that Rafa is good for him. And he was catching feelings? He thought Rafa needed him in his life because he had no family, he also has no family in a sense to him at least. So, he's really caught up in this man. And I feel so bad that he said he's sober when he's with him or something along those lines. That's heartbreaking. I'm glad that talk in the end pulled him out of it, I'm glad he realized that he had a hand to play in his friends not wanting to be around him or deal with him. I'm glad he followed them and was in on the hug. Wonderful. Now my dude, you do not deserve Aki, not as a romantic partner or a friend. My boy was seriously worried, and you blew down on him WHILE using a nickname for his nickname....sick. I was ready to throw hands, like. My spirit was not right. That was so low. I keep seeing people say that because Max wasn't in a relationship, Audrey shouldn't feel some type of way and Aki is just letting his hurt roll off because he's worried but while you didn't have a duty in the relationship, you had a duty as a friend, to both of them. You ghost for a week and say nothing, no talking about the blow up or the outing and you running with this little stanky thing, you try to ease back into the group, no. And you still don't deserve Aki's time. Like. My dude did not hit you up after the kiss, he was not checking for you on that dating app, he was interested in other mens, you sat between the couple. Okay. He had been checking on you from jump. Just no. I'm sick of the shit. Never step to my boy like that again.
AKI: MY boy. Lemme get this out the way. You need to listen, not solve or give perspective. Like, she doesn't need it. I get your friends in danger but express how serious you think this is to her. I get that a long-distance relationship might not bother you and you think things will work out because there are bigger problems but talk to her. Re-assure her. Or break up with her her. As I said before, ya'll will not hate each other if you break up. And learn to just, even, pretend or something but you struggle in this aspect. Do better. That being said, Aki, episode MVP. He said, something is off, take him down. My perfect himbo man, said not my watch. And listen, you can't be as pushy because people don't respond but I'm glad you were on it. You knew. You said, I'mma run up on this man and you did. Yes. That being said, stand up for yourself, this boy does not deserve your energy. I get it. You might have a crush, this is bestie but bestie has not been treating you right for a while. And this was a new love. You're too loving, let some of that going at Rafa energy pop out around the friend group. But you a king and you care so much, just re-focus for now. Find you a cute lil thang and make the boy jelly. I need this resolved before I can accept anything canon, fanfics is where I'll be. But overall, Aki was making moves, you gotta learn something from the right wing media mogul.
GROUP: I finally feel like I talk about them as a whole. I wish they would've shown the others being upset by Max's ghosting because ya'll acting lowkey outta pocket and I didn't see anyone but Audrey and Aki check for this boy. Like, do you really care? But he fit into the group hug at the end. I know Monet saw a rising star in Zoya at the bar place, you make this a powerful DUO. YOU KNOW YOU WERE FEELING HER. Luna and Monet roll their eyes Audrey but ya'll bet not play like the three of ya'll don't enjoy gossip, fashion, talking about people and lowkey making fun of Zoya's newbie-ness together. Honestly, I'm happy we got more group interactions and little moments, I can start to kind of see how they were friends for a while even if all of them aren't close.
Random Thoughts:
how was your son missing for two weeks on and off and there isn't more panic, you different but oh no heartbreak
aki is so loving towards everyone's parents, i love it
i also love that he assumed max was with aki
audrey as the child as it worse but her kiki's acting makes me feel for her more lol
the two girls were a bit of fun, i'd like to see monet take them down or build them up for fun
"i'm chuck bass" + the lil pull was great
i feel like max was already thinking about them becoming more when he mentioned audrey pushing him out but i'll take crumbs so he was probs just thinking about sex or the group as a whole
kate get out of nick's life, nick keep her out
zoya stop talking to that woman
jordan eww no, you can have kate
i'll ship obie and aki to get aki with someone that likes him and loves him, they talk, they have do something, i'll take it, whatever
i want throuple and i want akimax but not like this, i can't take the threesome scene unless max say's sorry and aki ducks him for half the episode if it's not that, i don't want it
maybe it's the start of a dream and it ends
(i do really want the ship but i don't trust the writers or the characters)
SIMON, I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU
who or what was max suppose to be?
why am i getting teachers and not family, i've seen jordan just one too many times
rafa prison
obie had shit to do this episode, use the money, i wanna see it
when will a student or random party gain control of gossip girl, give me that
rafa prison
i also think i’m a horrible person because i care more about stopping rafa than audrey’s home life so i was rooting for aki
overall, solid episode, maybe the footing has been found? i'm here for it and ep 6 looks like it's about to pop off
#c;gg#gossip girl reboot#gossip girl hbo#akeno menzies#max wolfe#zoya lott#monet de haan#audrey hope#luna la#obie bergmann iv#julien calloway
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Radix Dance Convention Nationals, Las Vegas 2021 Results
Core Performer:
(Top 3/4 in Bold)
Mini Female
Top 20:
Emily Jungmann
Isabella Kouznetsova
Skylar Wong
Madelyn Murphy
Carrigan Paylor
Kate Baldwin
Madison Carmody
Karyna Majeroni
Elizabeth Bilecki
Sasha Milstein
Diana Kouznetsova
Ellary Day Szyndlar
Tiara Sherman
Fiona Wu
Savannah Manzel
Camila Giraldo
Victoria Martinez
Georgia Beth Peters
Addison Price
Regan Gerena
Winner: Carrigan Paylor
Mini Male
Top 7:
Elias Elkind
Karson Koller
Santiago Sosa
Julian Aranda
Michael Cash Savio
Nico Dahl
Josh Lundy
Winner: Michael Cash Savio
Junior Female
Top 20:
Kendyl Fay
Daniela SanGiacomo
Kinley Andrews
Laci Stoico
Haileigh Brennan
Crystal Huang
Giselle Gandarilla
Kira Chan
Rylee Young
Kaili Kester
Taytum Ruckle
Maddie Ortega
Angelina Elliott
Anya Inger
Gracyn French
Aaliyah Dixon
Brinkley Pittman
Breanna Bieler
Alexis Mayer
Madison Ronquillo
Winner: Crystal Huang
Junior Male
Top 6:
Johnny Gray
Zachary Gibson
Haiden Neuville
Wyatt Brisson
Ayden Nguyen
Coltrane Vodicka
Winner: Coltrane Vodicka
Teen Female
Top 25:
Destanye Diaz
Izzy Howard
Kaitlyn Ortega
Jada Specht
Emily Madden
Harlow Ganz
Sabine Nehls
Dyllan Blackburn
Antonia Gonzalez
Brooklyn Law
Isabella Lynch
Avery Cashen
Charlie Kautzer
Valadie Cammack
Kiarra Waidelich
Isabel Joves
Olivia Magni
Rachel Loiselle
Mia Ibach
Cydney Heard
Madison Marshall
Kaylinn Rees
Hayden Frazier
Addison Middleton
Carly Thinfen
Winner: Kiarra Waidelich
Teen Male
Top 21:
Trent Grappe
Jack Brokaw
Luke Barrett
Nathan Scott
Antony Curley
Sam Fine
Louis Sloot
Rosendo Archiga
Harrison Robinson
Christian De Jesus
Xander Perone
Noah Ayden Grady
Jonah Daquigan
Samuel Sharp Jr
Jackson Koressel
Gavin Warfield
AJ Storey
Nicholas Bustos
Tucker Gokey
Ronnie Lewis
Sam Suro
Winner: Antony Curley
Senior Female
Top 22:
Camille Fehr
Rina Kanamaki
Elisabeth Pabich
Kayla Pereira
Sara Eberhardt
Ava La France
Selena Hamilton
Anna Miller
Skye Notary
Priscilla Tom
Mackenzie Jarrett
Libby Wiley
Makayla D’Ambrosio
Camryn Bridges
Maddie Thanos
Lola Coghill
Zoe Lemelman
Makenna Okamoto
Vanessa Valenzuela
Peyton Martineau
Erin Wienke
Izzy Burton
Winner: Erin Wienke
Senior Male
Top 13:
Wysdem Caesar
Garren Garcia
John Mays
Seth Gibson
Raiden King
Alec Brown
Bronson Dahmer
Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl
Sam McWilliams
Levi Sherman
Konnor Kelly
Zach Buri
Thiago Pacheco
Winner: Sam McWilliams
Finals:
High Scores by Age:
Cash Prizes:
1st: $200
2nd: $100
3rd: $50
Rookie Solo
1st: Mila Renae-’Soldier’
2nd: Lucia Piedrahita-’Fields of Gold’
2nd: Aliya Yen-’Loyal, Brave and True’
3rd: Melina Biltz-’Welcome Home’
4th: Zoey Brooks-’My Boyfriend’s Back’
5th: Lexi Menjivar-’I Will Survive’
6th: Moriah Peralta-’Up, Up & Away’
7th: Kaiya Carrillo-’Love Shack’
8th: Kinsey Fitts-’Can You Imagine That’
8th: Shale Herrera-’Dream’
9th: Madison Skapyak-’Songbird’
10th: Eden Hernandez-’Chocolate Box’
Mini Solo
1st: Camila Giraldo-’Welcome to Miami’
2nd: Skylar Wong-’Lovefooll’
3rd: Carrigan Paylor-’Orange Colored Sky’
4th: Regan Gerena-’My Boyfriend’s Back’
4th: Michael Cash Savio-’Rhythm’
5th: Tiara Sherman-’Cielo’
6th: Isabella Kouznetsova-’Trouble’
6th: Emily Jungmann-’You Sleep On’
7th: Winter Eberts-’Hit The Road Jack’
7th: Esme Chou-’Unravel’
8th: Addison Price-’Je Te Laisserai Des Mots’
9th: Avery Maycunich-’Wild is the Wind’
10th: Abigail Pucylowski-’Menace’
Junior Solo
1st: Crystal Huang-’Moonlight Sonata’
2nd: Gracyn French-’A Character of Quiet’
3rd: Angelina Elliot-’Out’
4th: Aaliyah Dixon-’That’s Life’
4th: Alexis Mayer-’Vanished’
5th: Laci Stoico-’Mein Herr’
6th: Daniela SanGiacomo-’Restless’
7th: Lexi Godwin-’Debut’
7th: Brenna Bieler-’Moonlight Sonata’
8th: Naia Parker-’Lit’
9th: Vivienne Robillard-’Immigration’
9th: Zoe Zielinski-’Z’
10th: Maddie Ortega-’A Winged Victory’
10th: Zachary Gibson-’Unknown’
Teen Solo
1st: Sophia Cobo-’Do You Feel Real’
1st: Izzy Howard-’Mer de Velours’
1st: Cydney Heard-’Je T'aime’
1st: Kiarra Waidelich-’The Resemblance is Uncanny’
2nd: Angelika Edejer-’One Giant Leap’
3rd: Kaitlyn Ortega-’Ain’t No Sunshine’
3rd: Harlow Ganz-’Breaking the Surface’
3rd: Antonia Gonzalez-’Like The Wind’
4th: Xander Perone-’Elijah’
4th: Dyllan Blackburn-’Silver Screen’
5th: Charli Ortiz-Ringenbach-’Is This Love’
6th: Ava Greendwaldt-’Countdown’
6th: Sammi Chung-’Eight’
6th: Isabella Warfield-’Nicest Thing’
6th: Jadyn Saigusa-’Wonderlust’
7th: June Hurley-’Don’t Think Of Me Like That’
7th: Kenzie Jones-’Flightless Bird’
8th: Finley Williams-’We’ll See’
9th: Sarah Laskowski-’For You’
10th: Addison Middleton-’ERROR’
10th: Rosendo Arechiga-’Thanks for Asking’
Senior Solo
1st: Thiago Pacheco-’The Poet’
2nd: Selena Hamilton-’Black Car’
3rd: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl-’Darkness’
4th: Maddie Nemeth-’Sycamore Tree’
5th: Olivya Sessing-’House on the Hill’
6th: Sheridan Naugle-’Irreplaceable’
6th: Mia Tassani-’Mam’
6th: Seth Gibson-’Mind Bugs’
7th: Makayla D’Ambrosio-’Consider’
8th: Leigha Agins-’Prerogative’
9th: Milan Furtado-’As We Appear’
9th: Georgi Carmack-’Creature’
9th: Minda Li-’On Her Shoulders’
9th: Britton Moore-’Radiator’
9th: Libby Wiley-’Running Up That Hill’
9th: Sara Eberhardt-’Sticks and stone’
10th: Yasmine Quintana-’Hate’
Rookie Duo/Trio
1st: Danceplex-’Stand By Me’
2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’It Must Be Love’
3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Never Enough’
4th: Notion Dance Concepts-’MILK $’
5th: The Industry Dance Academy-’Don’t Go Without Me’
Mini Duo/Trio
1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Yesterday’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Something’s Gotta Change’
3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gracious’
4th: Studio X-’Vogue’
5th: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Gonna Get Ya’
Junior Duo/Trio
1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Go Girl’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Everything Is In Line’
3rd: Elements Dance Space-’Separate’
4th: Danceplex-’This Is Me Trying’
5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Wild Life’
Teen Duo/Trio
1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Make Me High’
2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Last Light’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Hey’
4th: Evolution Dance Complex-’Before You Go’
5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Crystalized’
Senior Duo/Trio
1st: Mather Dance Company-’Trust Me Again’
2nd: The Difference Dance Company-’3′
3rd: MVP Dance Elite-’Bitter
3rd: CanDance Studios-’Revolution’
4th: The Difference Dance Company-’June 7th’
5th: Studio 413-’Black Flies’
Rookie Group
1st: Danceplex-’Little Wonders’
2nd: Danceplex-’Lets Hear It For the Boy’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Lullaby’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Girls Night Out’
5th: Notion Dance Concepts-’Firework’
Mini Group
1st: Project 21-’Fan Tan Fannie’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Searching For...’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Don’t Give Up On Me’
4th: Evoke Dance Movement-’I Think I Love You’
5th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Queen Bees’
Junior Group
1st: Project 21-’No Fear But Anticipation’
2nd: Project 21-’Stuff Like That There’
2nd: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Wind It Up’
3rd: Prodigy Training Center-’School of Prodigy’
3rd: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Sing, Sing, Sing’
3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Un Momento Finale’
4th: Cypress Dance Project-’What Is Love?’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Wolves’
5th: The Difference Dance Company-’1977′
5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Alright’
Teen Group
1st: Project 21-’Bring On the Men’
2nd: Project 21-’Girls, Girls, Girls’
3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Cellophane’
3rd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Heavenly Bodies’
3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Overdose’
3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Unchained’
4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’The Cuckoo’s Nest’
5th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Boom POW’
Senior Group
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Prague’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’I Love America’
2nd: Mather Dance Company-’We The Soldiers’
3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hard Voices’
4th: Impact Dance Studio-’Fame’
4th: The Industry Dance Academy-’When Dirt Meets Water’
4th: The Difference Dance Company-’Wolves’
5th: Mather Dance Company-’For All We Know’
Rookie Line
1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’
2nd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Ooh La La’
3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Wash & Set’
4th: Cypress Dance Project-’Bat Dance’
Mini Line
1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’
1st: Project 21-’Dive In the Pool’
2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Go Your Own Way’
2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’You Can’t Stop the Beat’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Always’
4th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Booty Swing’
5th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Distance’
Junior Line
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Derniere Danse’
2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Mein Herr’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whole Lotta Woman’
3rd: Project 21-’Proud Mary’
4th: Impact Dance Studio-’Hallelujah’
5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’It Wasn’t Always Like This’
5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Mahala’
Teen Line
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’
2nd: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’
3rd: Project 21-’Post That’
4th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Dream Girls’
5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’
Senior Line
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Here Comes the Rain’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’No Colors Anymore’
3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Voice of God’
4th: Project 21-’The Dictator’s Dream’
5th: The Difference Dance Company-’Cody Banks’
Rookie Extended Line
1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Brave’
2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Hard Knock Life’
Mini Extended Line
1st: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Trouble’
2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Settle Down’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Choo Choo’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Boy Meets Girl’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Dream In Color’
Junior Extended Line
1st: Evoke Dance Movement-’Purse First’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Hold Your Own’
3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Better Than Ever’
4th: Studio 413-’Girl Boss’
5th: Studio 413-’Goodbye’
5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Lose Control’
Teen Extended Line
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Euphoric’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hush Up’
3rd: Project 21-’Desoleil’
4th: CanDance Studios-’Throw It Back’
5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Adios’
5th: CanDance Studios-’The Colony’
Senior Extended Line
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’My House, My Rules’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’So What Now?’
2nd: The Difference Dance Company-’The Ravens’
3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Terrified’
Junior Production
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’One More Time’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Eminence’
3rd: Studio 413-’Electricity’
Teen Production
1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Fly Away’
1st: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gone Too Soon’
High Scores by Performance Division:
Rookie Jazz
1st: Danceplex-’Lets Hear It For the Boy’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Girls Night Out’
3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Ooh La La’
4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Wash & Set’
4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Spice Up Your Life’
5th: The Industry Dance Academy-’Material Girl’
Rookie Contemporary
1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’
Rookie Lyrical
1st: Danceplex-’Little Wonders’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Lullaby’
3rd: Notion Dance Concepts-’Firework’
4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Brave’
Rookie Musical Theatre
1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’Hard Knock Life’
Rookie Specialty
1st: Cypress Dance Project-’Bat Dance’
Mini Jazz
1st: Project 21-’Dive In the Pool’
2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’You Can’t Stop the Beat’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Trouble’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’What Have You Done For Me Lately’
5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Money Heist’
Mini Ballet
1st: Summit Dance Shoppe-’This Way’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whistle A Happy Tune’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Rosamunde’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Cats’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’A Lovely Night’
Mini Hip-Hop
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Queen Bees’
2nd: Prodigy Training Center-’JR Prodigy’
3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Get Up’
4th: Prodigy Training Center-’Money’
5th: Heat Dance Studio-’Work It Out’
Mini Tap
1st: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’L.O.V.E’
2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Booty Swing’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Choo Choo’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Swing in the Mood’
4th: Studio 413-’Critical Level’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Charleston Charlie’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Aye Carumba’
Mini Contemporary
1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Searching For...’
3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Distance’
4th: The Difference Dance Company-’Lying’
5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Glad It’s Raining’
Mini Lyrical
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Go Your Own Way’
2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Don’t Give Up On Me’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Always’
4th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Lego House’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Soon You’ll Get Better’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Dream In Color’
5th: Artistic Motion Dance-’What A Wonderful World’
Mini Musical Theatre
1st: Project 21-’Fan Tan Fannie’
2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Wedding Bells’
3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Revolting Children’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’I’ve Got Rhythm’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’All That Jazz’
Mini Specialty
1st: Evoke Dance Movement-’I Think I Love You’
2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Settle Down’
3rd: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Come Little Children’
4th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Youth Strong’
5th: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Child of Light’
Junior Jazz
1st: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whole Lotta Woman’
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’One More Time’
2nd: Project 21-’Proud Mary’
3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Purse First’
4th: Project 21-’Stuff Like That There’
4th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Wind It Up’
4th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Mahala’
5th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Can You Dig It?’
Junior Ballet
1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Combust’
2nd: The Industry Dance Academy-’Spring’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Bathers’
Junior Hip-Hop
1st: Prodigy Training Center-’School of Prodigy’
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Eminence’
2nd: Studio 413-’Girl Boss’
3rd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Lose Control’
4th: Cypress Dance Project-’Plain Jane’
5th: Heat Dance Studio-’Up’
Junior Tap
1st: Cypress Dance Project-’What Is Love?’
2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’I Love It’
3rd: Studio 413-’Into The Night’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Valerie’
5th: Cypress Dance Project-’Halftime’
Junior Contemporary
1st: Project 21-’No Fear But Anticipation’
2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Hold Your Own’
2nd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’It Wasn’t Always Like This’
3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Un Momento Finale’
4th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Wasted Air’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Wolves’
5th: Studio 413-’Goodbye’
5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Alright’
Junior Lyrical
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Hallelujah’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’You Are The Reason’
3rd: Stars Dance Studio-’Dawn of Love’
3rd: Impact Dance Studio-’Time After Time’
4th: To The Pointe Dance Centre-’It’s All Coming Back To Me’
5th: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’When I Look At You’
Junior Musical Theatre
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Mein Herr’
2nd: Cypress Dance Project-’Elle’s Big Day’
3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’West Side Story’
Junior Specialty
1st Impact Dance Studio-’Derniere Danse’
2nd: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Sing, Sing, Sing’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Better Than Ever’
3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’You’re Mine’
4th: The Difference Dance Company-’1977′
5th: Stars Dance Studio-’Spa’
Teen Jazz
1st: Project 21-’Bring On the Men’
2nd: Project 21-’Post That’
3rd: CanDance Studios-’Throw It Back’
4th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Boom POW’
5th: Studio 413-’Social Media Overload’
Teen Ballet
1st: The Industry Dance Academy-’To The Pointe’
2nd: Cypress Dance Project-’Hunted’
Teen Hip-Hop
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hush Up’
2nd: CanDance Studios-’Panaramic’
3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Runnin’
4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Clones’
5th: Studio 413-’Ready or Not’
5th: Studio 413-’Savage’
Teen Tap
1st: Studio 413-’No One’
2nd: Woodbury Dance Center-’I’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Go’
3rd: Summit Dance Shoppe-’25 Miles’
Teen Contemporary
1st: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Euphoric’
2nd: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’
3rd: Project 21-’Desoleil’
4th: Project 21-’Girls, Girls, Girls’
5th: CanDance Studios-’Can I’
5th: The Difference Dance Company-’Unchained’
5th: The Difference Dance Company-’Cellophane’
5th: Stars Dance Studio-’Through our Strength’
5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’Heavenly Bodies’
Teen Lyrical
1st: Mather Dance Company-’Overdose’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Take Me’
3rd: Studio 19 Dance Complex-’Particles’
4th: Danceplex-’If I Say’
5th: Heat Dance Studio-’He Loves Me’
Teen Musical Theatre
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Singular Sensation’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Almost Like Being In Love’
Teen Ballroom
1st: CanDance Studios-’I Got the Boom’
Teen Specialty
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Dream Girls’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’The Future Is Female’
3rd: AVANTI Dance Company-’Gone Too Soon’
4th: Heat Dance Studio-’Freedom’
4th: The Difference Dance Company-’Pale’
5th: The Industry Dance Academy-’Flashing Lights’
Senior Jazz
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’My House, My Rules’
2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Fame’
3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Prisoner’
4th: AVANTI Dance Company-’Need U Tonight’
5th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Cleopatrs in New York’
Senior Ballet
1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Illumination’
Senior Hip-Hop
1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’CrAzY’
Senior Tap
1st: Woodbury Dance Center-’Funkytown’
Senior Contemporary
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’No Colors Anymore’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’I Love America’
2nd: Mather Dance Company-’We The Soldiers’
3rd: Project 21-’The Dictator’s Dream’
3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Wolves’
3rd: The Industry Dance Academy-’When Dirt Meets Water’
4th: The Difference Dance Company-’The Ravens’
5th: The Difference Dance Company-’The First Time’
Senior Lyrical
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Prague’
2nd: Impact Dance Studio-’Here Comes the Rain’
3rd: Mather Dance Company-’Voice of God’
4th: Mather Dance Company-’For All We Know’
5th: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Wash’
Senior Specialty
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Hard Voices’
2nd: The Difference Dance Company-’Cody Banks’
3rd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’So What Now?’
4th: CanDance Studios-’I Won’t Complain’
5th: Cypress Dance Project-’To This Day’
Best of Radix:
Rookie
Winners:
The Rock Center for Dance-’Innana’
Danceplex-’Little Wonders’
Mini
1st: The Rock Center for Dance-’6 Out of Six’
2nd: Evoke Dance Movement-’Searching For...’
3rd: Project 21-’Dive In the Pool’
4th: Impact Dance Studio-’You Can’t Stop the Beat’
5th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Trouble’
6th: Woodbury Dance Center-’Don’t Give Up On Me’
Junior
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Derniere Danse’
2nd: Project 21-’Proud Mary’
3rd: Woodbury Dance Center-’Mahala’
4th: Summit Dance Shoppe-’Whole Lotta Woman’
5th: Evoke Dance Movement-’Purse First’
6th: The Rock Center for Dance-’All Good People’
7th: Orange County Performing Arts Academy-’Wind It Up’
Teen
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’
2nd: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Euphoric’
3rd: Project 21-’Bring On the Men’
4th: Studio 413-’Hold On Tight’
5th: The Rock Center for Dance-’Hey!’
Senior
1st: Impact Dance Studio-’Here Comes the Rain’
1st: Nor Cal Dance Arts-’Prague’
2nd: Mather Dance Company-’Voice of God’
3rd: Project 21-’The Dictator’s Dream’
3rd: The Difference Dance Company-’Wolves’
4th: The Industry Dance Academy-’When Dirt Meets Water’
Best in Show ($10 000):
Winner: Impact Dance Studio-’New York New York’
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SONIC THE REDESIGN: A QUICK OVERVIEW
I drew this to celebrate the release of the movie. However, this picture was taken seconds before disaster. I butchered this and I'm too ashamed to post it. I was supposed to post this on Valentine's Day, but...nerp. This is why I want to try digital art...😒 oh well. (If any of you guys wanna color this, be my guest!)
Anyways, let's just take a second to look back at the progress it took to get the film that went from the laughing stock, butt of the joke, ugly duckling, whipping boy disaster to the record breaking, expectation subverting, underestimated, successful box office hit, contributing to lifting the curse of bad video game movie adaptations.
It all started from the very first poster...
It was trending the same day for all the wrong reasons. You would think that Paramount would have listened the first time right? Haha. WRONG!
Paramount was reluctant and thought that we were going to like it when we see his reveal. I tried to keep my cool and not overeact. I didn't want to assume the worst. But then... the trailer arrived, debuting the Gangster's Paradise gremlin in May of 2019. *shudders*
I'm just going to post one picture because I don't want to ruin your TL. Your welcome.
To be honest, I wasn't too mad at the trailer. In fact, I stood by this Sonic. But at the same time I was truly embarassed to be a Sonic fan. My boy was getting flamed from left to right. He was SCARY. He was UGLY. He was TRENDING. He was trending all day and all night. But I didn't care. I still defended it. Not because I was just "blindly supporting it" to quote someone who tried that shit. But because the Sonic franchise has entertained me for years as both a video game and tv show and, good or bad, I felt like I had to stand by him. Hell, I still like Sonic Boom! (But that's another post for another day.) While I had to be strong, I couldn't help but feel extremely bad for every single person involved in the film. However, the anger from the Sonic fans was justified. It was coming from a place of passion. We just wanted to see Sonic succeed for once. We were fed up with excuses and settling for mediocrity. We didn't want Sonic to look like a real-ish anthropomorphic hedgehog. We wanted Sonic to look like Sonic. Period! His design was essential for this movie! It makes him one the most recongnizable characters in gaming. And Paramount dropped the ball on that. They knew better.
Even Sega themselves had to step in BOTH TIMES and let Paramount know what's up. I'm sure the artists and creative directors who worked on the movie tried to warn the corporate big heads at Paramount that people were going HATE that design but was either ignored or didn't speak up in fear of losing their jobs. And, yes, some studios are that petty.
And, thanks to the strong and passionate response from the fans, Paramount reacted and delayed the film to make the necessary changes required to redesign and render Sonic. In fact, props to all the artists involved for working hard and redesigning Sonic! They deserve everything good in life! Because it goes beyond the film. There's marketing, toys, merchandise, and tons of promotions that were probably scrapped with the old design on it. LOL can you imagine?!
After months of waiting and speculating and putting up with random Youtubers reanimating the Sonic trailer themselves and posting what they thought was better than the trailer, a miracle happened. Something beautiful graced the internet and our TV screens. On November of 2019, the original month the movie was supposed to air, we were introduced to the new and improved Sonic. The Sonic we deserved. The Sonic that should have been here since day one. It was official:
He
was
BABY!
I mean look at him! We got the company to listen to us! Yeah, it took worldwide humiliation, but they sure did capitalize on it! The fandom rejoiced! We were proud! I for one felt especially relieved and somewhat entitled since I never turned my back on the movie altogether due to the original design. (Shoutout to everyone else who held it down since day one. Y'all are the real MVP's!)
It was such a long and tedious journey for most of us Sonic fans, but to see the movie at it's full glory and getting the recongnition and praises it deserved was truly worth it.
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Title: Let’s Get Physical!
Pairing: Ot4!Empyrean, Ot3!DarkMoon, Empyrean/DarkMoon
Main Character(s): Changyun, Jaejin, Daehyeon, Deoksu, Eunjae, Chan, Yeonjin ( @thedarkmoons )
Summary: Empyrean Moon’s monthly sports night gets an addition, when brother group Dark Moon decides to tag along with the former group as they all drive up to a hectic game of volleyball at CEO Kim Taehui’s house.
The sharp noise of the whistle piercing through the large backyard of Kim Taehui’s residence, albeit without the presence of said Kim Taehui. It was around 7pm, and it was the much awaited night: Empyrean’s monthly sport night. The CEO had suggested that the boys could always go over to his house in Busan, and have their nights at his place, considering how he spent most of his time in his apartment at Seoul anyways. Thus, the tradition of traveling to Busan to do whatever their heart’s wished (that would not work in their dorms) was born.
Tonight’s challenge: winning the volleyball tournament, losers will be forced to do the winner’s bidding for a week, while the winner secures bragging rights until their next tournament.
However, it was a bit different from normal. Rather than the four boys of Empyrean battling it out like always, this time around the three boys of Dark Moon had tagged along.
The two groups were, in the simplest of terms, close friends. Having known each other since they were trainees, it only made it more heartwarming to see one another debut. Being considered literal brother groups with opposite concepts, the boys had always made attempts into solidifying their friendship, especially since brothers Yeonjin and Daehyeon were hellbent on making the two groups friends.
And what better way to build their friendship than through healthy competition.
The sun had just dipped below the horizon, allowing for the warm day to fade and the city of Busan to slowly become a bit darker.
“Listen up-”
“Hey, just because you’re the oldest doesn’t mean we have to listen to you.”
“What?” Changyun’s face quickly morphed into one of absolute confusion, to that of a playful smile as he shook his head at Deoksu’s response. “Thanks for reminding me of my crippling old age. But, since I am the oldest...listen up!”
“Hey!” Yeonjin’s voice cut through the backyard as he pushed the sliding door shut, his hand holding a few plastic bags, while Eunjae rushed towards him to help him carry the bags. “We called a break, don’t start the game without me!”
“Of course, how could we ever forget the MVP?” Jaejin retorted in a joking manner, eyeing the food that had been delivered, his stomach grumbling.
“Guys, pay attention I’m laying down the rules and-”
“Hey, did you get spicy wings?” Chan interrupted Changyun again, grabbing some of the boxes inside the bags and beginning to open them to inspect the food inside.
“This is so rude.”
“Maybe you just don’t have the needed leadership-skills.” Deoksu teased the elder as he bumped his shoulder with the latter’s, making Changyun groan jokingly and wrap an arm around Deoksu’s neck before ruffling his hair.
“Okay, listen up guys” Eunjae shouted from his spot at the table that was in the backyard, dressed in black and white to show off his status as a referee. “Let’s get this game finished so Empyrean can finally secure our position as the superior group!”
“Wait,” Daehyeon frowned towards the younger as he got up from tying his shoes. “How does this work when the referee is clearly biased?”
“I am not!” the younger rebutted, his hands flying to his hips. “Stating facts is not being biased.”
“We’re going to be the losers even if we pull of a win.”
“Gosh, Dae, how can you be a sore loser when the game hasn’t even finished?” Yeonjin teased his older brother as he eyed him through the volleyball net, his smile making Dae roll his eyes.
“Let’s just play!” Changyun announced, kicking up the ball that was by his feet before throwing it over the court, “You guys are supposed to serve.”
Deoksu smiled before grabbing the volleyball and throwing it back to Chan, before running to the back of the court getting ready to start the game.
The game had started earlier in the day, the teams consisting of the Dark Moon trio versus Deoksu, Chan, and Yeonjin. Eunjae had opted to sit out to make the teams more even, and he claimed his height was already a natural disadvantage.
Originally, the seven boys had juggled with the prospect of switching stuff up, and making the teams merged from both groups to make it more interesting, but when the idea of making the losing team be the winning team’s minions for the next week came up the teams were set: Empyrean v. Dark Moon, so they could establish which brother group was more superior.
The game was a dead-tie, both groups neck to neck in their points. They decided to remove all the normal rules for the games, and simply play until whichever group hit 30 points first, regardless of any fouls or anything.
“Serving 28-27, get ready to lose, losers.”
“Yeah, losers.” Yeonjin gigged while nodding and high fiving Chan.
The ball went into the air as Chan smacked it towards the opposing side, allowing for Jaejin to leap for the ball and bounce it against his wrist for Daehyeon to jump and spike at the other team.
Yeonjin went in to receive the ball, allowing for a clean pass to Chan, who once again decided to spike it right towards their sides, in hopes that Jaejin would flinch away like a previous time.
Truth be told...as intense as the boys visualized the game to be (and trust Eunjae, they were visualizing it as if they were in Haikyuu, slow-downs occurring in their minds, and dramatic shots happening every time a member breathed), Eunjae was bored out of his mind.
The boy genuinely felt like the best part of this tournament was finding a cute outfit to wear, in order to be dressed up as the referee. He had a black and white striped top on, and his black running shorts, with black paint smeared onto his cheeks as if he was ready for a fight.
Although his job was to monitor the game and the boys, Eunjae couldn’t really be bothered since there were no set rules. At all. No out-of bounds, not rule about how many times a team could keep juggling the ball on their side. Maybe Eunjae volunteered just to watch them sweat up a storm, but what they didn’t know didn’t hurt them.
The sudden high pitched laughter caught Eunjae’s attention only for him to look up and see Yeonjin laughing and pointing to Daehyeon who was flat on the ground, with Jaejin right on top of him.
“Jaejin!”
“It wasn’t my fault!”
“You were in a fucking trance!”
“Dude, when an ass like his,” Jaejin pointed at Dae’s face, who had a slight blush on his face but was still laughing to himself, “ends up in your face, you can’t help but freeze a little. Sue me!”
Changyun sighed to himself, his heads reaching up to rub at his temples, trying to ignore how his team-members were failing in comparison to Empyrean, who were playing rock-paper-scissors to see who was going to serve next.
“Let’s finish this game up, there’s only one more point left I’m starving!” Eunjae whined from the sidelines, as if he wasn’t already opening up several of the boxes of chicken to dig through his own order.
The game started once again when Chan served the ball. Eunjae felt like it was more intense this time around, each of the boys were (sadly) playing like their lives depended on it, throwing themselves around at full force in order to make sure they win.
The defining moment seemed to be when both Jaejin and Daehyeon had decided to go for the ball that was coming towards them without announcing that either of them would, allowing for them to collide into one another and completely miss the ball.
“We won, losers!!!” the happy, and extremely loud voice that belonged to Yeonjin boomed across the backyard. He quickly rushed to embrace Chan and Deoksu into a small but tight hug.
Eunjae let out a laugh watching the three aforementioned boys celebrate their win, while Dae was still on the floor as if he was dead to avoid Changyun’s nagging that was to come, while Jaejin was blaming Dae with the look in his eyes.
Eunjae smiled at the boys, the overwhelming sense of happiness that was always around whenever they were together was one of Eunjae’s favorite things. He hopped out of the chair he was in to rush into the group hug, knowing damn well he was secretly hoping these moments wouldn’t just become a memory.
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Who was your Inspiration for shins character? Also Izuku's new look? (i.e long hair, trash Jacket, axe etc...)
Ah Shin, the real MVP of demise!au. To be fair I don’t think I had any specific inspiration for him. Mentally I just went ‘I need me an avarage looking middle aged man’ and boom there we go. I did try to make him look somewhat ‘kind’ if that makes sense by having more roundness to his characters (i.e round glasses, rounded nose etc) as opposed to more sharp looking design, because i felt like it would contrast the original impression i made of him in the story.
As for the demise!izuku, the original premise was that after the failed suicide he became a ‘mess’ and all the little aspects of his look were meant to indicate that. His hair grew out because he couldnt be bothered to keep it short, and on a non-meta level new haircut often represents a new stage of life i suppose. His signature coat has a bit of a ‘trashy’ look to it and the fanfic itself shows that he got it from a lost and found box, reinforcing the message of lack of care for self. The axe started off as something of a joke on my demise discord server, but i quickly adapted it into the story, because as a quirkless person he needs something to protect himself, and what’s more extra than a teenager carrying ana xe wherever he goes?
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Dust Volume 5, Number 9
Tropical Fuck Storm
Just like that, summer’s over and we face a growing pile of late 2019 records. But before that, before we drag ourselves like kids to school into the second half, a moment to appreciate what’s accumulated. This month’s Dust touches on groovy jazz tuba, punishing hardcore, a bracing industrial reissue, altered percussion and an OG Tuareg guitarist. Contributors this time around include Isaac Olson, Ian Mathers, Jennifer Kelly, Jonathan Shaw, Bill Meyer and Andrew Forell.
Joseph Allred — O Meadowlark (Feeding Tube)
O, Meadowlark by Joseph Allred
Plenty of people get the tag American Primitive Guitarist stuck on their rump these days. It’s not always appropriate and it’s not always welcome, but it adheres to Joseph Allred with the fastness of the truth. Allred, a Tennessean who currently pursues higher learning at Boston College, understands that whether you use mountain music or raga-derived form as your framework (and he uses a bit of both, alternating between skeletal banjo figures and rushing guitar fantasias), the music has to project something beyond the notes. O Meadowlark not only evokes a cascade of emotions, some explicit and others allowed and bent until they’re beyond name, but he exerts an opposite pull. Like Robbie Basho or Steffen Basho Junghans, he draws the listener through the sound hole and into the tones and overtones that carom about the insides of his guitar. Climb inside; like a Tardis, it has room for all.
Bill Meyer
Caterina Barbieri — Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego)
Ecstatic Computation by Caterina Barbieri
The title of Caterina Barbieri’s third LP suggests a congress of emotional states and cognitive processes; total neural action, you might say. The sound of the thing suggests another, maybe more personal integration. She favors massive, echo-haloed electronic sounds, the sort that would set off all manner of madness in the disco if only she’d subordinate them to a sufficiently clubby beat. But instead she juxtaposes them with wordless female vocals (not her own) and switched-on harpsichord sounds which lock together with a structural logic that probably comes natural to a person who grew up studying classical guitar. And while the sounds promise abandon, the way they lock together requires submission to a Bach-like allegiance to order. Promise delivered.
Bill Meyer
Theon Cross — Fyah (Gearbox Records)
Fyah by Theon Cross
Tuba player Theon Cross was the secret weapon of last year’s excellent Your Queen is a Reptile, by The Sons of Kemet. Fyah is Cross’s debut as a band leader, and if the melodies occasionally sag, Cross and company generate more than enough energy to keep you, if not intently listening, grooving. Like many in the London jazz scene, Cross has no qualms about pulling in sounds from everywhere, and while not every experiment works (the synths and trap beats on “Panda Village” don’t add much), it keeps Fyah feeling fleet and admirably populist. Cross’s commitment to bring the tuba back to our attention and good graces is admirable, and he’s certainly the right guy for the job, but for better or for worse, he suffers the fate of all lower register players: disappearing when played back at anything less than high volume. As such, the real MVP on Fyah is tenor saxophonist and fellow London hotshot, Nubya Garcia. Fyah is a good record. It gets better the louder you play it.
Isaac Olson
Drugs of Faith — Decay (Selfmadegod Records)
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Drugs of Faith have been making records like Decay, their new EP, for quite a while now. The record is full of crossover hardcore that pushes on the pressure points of crust and sludge. It’s grimy, gritty, sweaty stuff and it’s really good. The focused truculence of a song like “Anonymity” sharpens rather than overwhelms the tune’s tendencies toward melody, and what a frigging breakdown. The whole 7” — all ten minutes of it — is terrifically punishing. Or maybe it’s punishingly terrific. Whatever it is, it goes by quick. But that’s cool, you’ll just flip it and play it again. And like a live hardcore set, music this intense is best enjoyed in small, gut-thumping doses. Toward the end of the excellent track “Nihilists,” singer Richard Johnson (who also plays guitar) growls, “If I go down, I’m taking you all with me.” Sure sounds like he means it.
Jonathan Shaw
Help — Help (Self Released)
Help by Help
One advantage to keeping songs short and lyrics anthemic is that you can throw a whole lot of sludge into the works and still end up with tunes that folks will remember the next day. Portland noise-punk band does this six times on their quite good debut EP, Help. No surprises here, just grimy, coruscating punk that sounds amazing when you’re reading the latest update on our slide into oligarchy/kleptocracy/kakistocracy/planet death/what have you. Best of all is their theme song, which softens up a traditionally macho genre with some very welcome, very 2019 vulnerability (Complete lyrics: “Help!/I fucking need it!/You know I’ve battled but it’s all I can take!”) and the closer, “Class War Now” which is about… well, you know.
Isaac Olson
HTRK – Nostalgia (Fire Records)
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Nostalgia is the self-released 2004 debut EP by Australian experimental trio HTRK (Hate Rock Trio). Nigel Yang (guitar, programming, electronics), Jonnine Standish (voice, percussion, samples) and Sean Stewart (bass, programming, samples) produce seven tracks of heavy, noise intensive electronica with echoes of Throbbing Gristle, Pan Sonic and Suicide. Physically and psychically crushing, the tracks move at a funereal pace with waves of static and feedback crashing against bottom end bass, percussion and drum machines as Standish’s voice intones from a cave, a cross between Lydia Lunch and Alan Vega. Instrumental opener “Hate Rock Trio” begins quietly with the ticking of a clock, a time bomb with crashes of distorted percussion. Thereafter the song titles tell the story of the EP. Run together they form both a record of, and a demand to acknowledge, damage inflicted: “Look What’s Been Done/Look Down the Line/Look At That Girl/Look At Her/You Injured Me/I’m All Broke Up.” The intensity builds with each track as feedback and samples scratch atop thickening layers of black sludge. Re-released by Fire Records, Nostalgia is a bracing experience with a palpable sense of menace.
Andrew Forell
Max Jaffe — Giant Beat (Ramp Local)
Giant Beat by Max Jaffe
If a curious listener was told Max Jaffe only used one instrument to make Giant Beat, they’d be forgiven for guessing something like a modular synth. Instead, it’s drums, but in a way that makes the question maybe a little bit of a cheat; Jaffe, drummer for JOBS, Elder Ones and others, was also a beta tester for something called Sensory Percussion that allows percussionists to use their instruments to trigger sounds and samples in a way that feels analogous to the chromatic, sometimes abrasive playing Ian Crause and Disco Inferno did with sampling. Of course, with a drum kit and that kind of setup, Jaffe can generate a whole album just by himself in a different way than you might get with, say, a singer and an acoustic guitar. Giant Beat dips its toes into various experimental waters, jazz here, electronics there, noise and musique concrete there, but always with the steady pulse of Jaffe’s one-take percussive playing behind it. The result feels like anything but a product demo; if anything, it feels like a new type of voice articulating itself.
Ian Mathers
Ocean Fanfare — First Nature (Barefoot)
First Nature by Ocean Fanfare
Whether you take the words First Nature as a prescription of priorities or a stern reminder of who is best equipped to play the long game in the battle between humankind and its environment, this is a record with a message. But since that message is being relayed via horns, bass, and drums, which play melodies that wind and ascend, one must exercise one’s emotional antennae to decode the vibe. Both trumpeter Tomsz Dabrowski and alto saxophonist Sven Dam Meinild are equally facile with post-bop tunes and extended technique explorations, and the shuttles between these poles gives the music a questing quality. They’re methodically seeking, not giving up hope, and the inventive ways they maintain balance on the fly suggests that they’re conscious of what tools will come in handy if people are going to survive.
Bill Meyer
Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou — Anou Malane (Sahel Sounds)
Anou Malane by Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou
One of the original Tuareg guitar heroes, Abdallah Oumbadougou recorded these dreaming, droning, melancholic-with-a-swagger tunes in Benin in 1995 with the West African producer Nel Oliver. It was a step up for Oumbadougou, who had previously recorded mostly on boom boxes in encampments during breaks in the Tuareg rebellion, but the songs, even embellished with electronics and studio effects, have a raw, lonely power to them. “Thingalene” drifts towards funky pop in its syncopated drum machines and squealing synths, but Oumbadougou’s voice carries over time and distance with a bracing authenticity. Other tracks, like “Tenere” splice the echoing snap of gate-reverbed drums to a beat that sways like camel caravans; the guitar work here is particularly fine. On its original release, Anou Malane introduced the world to the Tuareg’s keening, ambling desert blues; now it reminds us that artists like Tinariwen and Terekaft and Mdou Moctar are interpreting and extending — not inventing — a vibrant art form.
Jennifer Kelly
Savage Republic —Gods & Guns (Mobilization)
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Savage Republic doesn’t pack the band schedule very tightly nowadays. The band, currently a quartet (Thom Fuhrmann, Ethan Port, Alan Waddington, Kerry Dowling), took the whole of the 1990s off and has made just two albums in this century. But when they do make a record, it hits hard. In days gone by they sounded like Rhys Chatham fronting the Ventures on an album of Aegean surfer themes, but now they sound just a bit like Michael Gira fronting Echo & the Bunnymen in some Bladerunner-like hell of a dark hole. “God & Guns,” sung in dire and reverb-swaddled tones by Fuhrmann, articulates understandable dismay at the twin lumps of stinky meat that are being held in front of the vast heard of fascism-embracing Americans. The instrumental on the flip is named “Tranquilo,” but you won’t rest while they’re charging you, driven by chain-gang shouts, oil drum lashes, and epically massive bass. Heavy shit for heavy times.
Bill Meyer
Sleeping Ancient — There Is No Truth But Death (Viridian Flame)
There Is No Truth But Death by Sleeping Ancient
In any number of ways, black metal and the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft are a good match. The overweening interest in darkness and unnamably horrific, indecipherably complex forms; the highly abstruse mysticism; the tinge of troubling racism and anti-Semitism — it’s sort of uncanny. Sleeping Ancient aren’t the first black metal band to express a deep appreciation for Lovecraft’s weird fictions. Heck, they probably aren’t even the tenth or the fiftieth. But if they’re not breaking any new ground, thematically or musically, at least they’re making good songs. Check out the grand dirge of “Akeru,” or the slow but assured drift, from frigidly delicate melody to batshit intensity, that forms “Taphephobic Hallucinations” (taphephobia, by the way, is crippling fear of the grave—not death so much as the gravesite itself). The songs are typical of Sleeping Ancient’s mannered but powerful playing, which the band sustains across the whole of There Is No Truth But Death. It’s a good record to play as we wait for Cthulu. Judging by current conditions, we won’t have long to wait.
Jonathan Shaw
Sore Points — Not Alright (Slovenly)
SORE POINTS "Not Alright" EP by Sore Points
If you miss the Marked Men, how ‘bout some hard, fast punk rock from Vancouver? This four-song 7 inch, following a 2018 self-titled on Deranged, snarls and stomps with feverish fury, making the most of its double drummed, guitar stabbed, bass whomped basics. You’d infer a few battered Ramones records in the rec room, but also punks both harder core and more melodic—Black Flag on one end and the Buzzcocks on the other. “Not Alright” rampages at blur speed. The drummer, whoever he is (Sore Points are not big on self-promotion), gets a monster workout here, but really everybody is pushing about as hard as it goes. “Not Coming Back,” is likewise accelerated, but in an anthemic, memorable way. As a non-professional, you’d kill yourself trying to keep up playing these songs, but you can sing along, no problem, after just one or two spins.
Jennifer Kelly
Tropical Fuck Storm — Braindrops (Joyful Noise)
Braindrops by Tropical Fuck Storm
“Braindrops,” the title track from this second Tropical Fuck Storm album, slinks and rattles and backpedals, its rhythm complicated and syncopated, its stream-of-consciousness lyrics about dreams and waking (“But you gotta get up because time is nagging like a dog humping your leg”) as tangled as the polyrhythmic beat. There’s a slant of ska in the bass, a dissolute hint of post-punk in the cracked vocals and a baroque inclination to stuff things to the gills in the overload of just about everything. Tropical Fuck Storm tilts recognizable forms so far over that they always seem to be careening into chaos. A hip friendly bump of bass and drums is just a landing pad for guitar noises that crash, still burning, to the ground. Even the ballads (“Paradise” both “Marias”) teem with noise and dissonance. Braindrops is never an easy listen. It verges, fairly often, on the unpleasant. But in a world where everything spins down to a grey Spotified entropy, it’s a prickly, fascinating, mess of bright colored wires; go ahead cut one and see if it explodes.
Jennifer Kelly
Various Artists — Greys (Anachronisme)
Greys by Field Guides
In this day and age, if one even wanted to put together a new “We Are the World,” where would one start? Leverage Models’ return to music last year with the phenomenal Whites was partly so that previously-shelved record could raise money for the Southern Poverty Law Center, and here the band and Anachronisme Records are at it again. Raising money for the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees this time, instead of trying to rope everyone they know into one big aesthetically-dubious singalong, they’ve put together with any number of friends a smorgasbord of 21 tracks all somehow ‘in conversation’ with the music on Whites. There are plenty of intriguing covers, remixes, and other deconstructions, from Field Guides’ glowing, pastoral version of “If I Let You Stay” to the menacing buzz of DOV’s remix of “Dark Pools,” to Concierge Records and The Working Elite’s “transatlantic meditation” on the feeling of the first song on Whites with “Day Two,” as well as two unreleased tracks from Leverage Models. Then there are the contributions that just engage with the emotions and stories of the original album, like Courtship Ritual’s haunting “Uncle Incision” and William Tyler’s gorgeous “She Swims in Hidden Water.” There’s a lot here to absorb, but even if you’re not familiar with the source material it all stands on its own, even as it’s still one of the most intriguing expansions of an album in recent memory. Not to mention hopefully a more effective way to help a good cause.
Ian Mathers
avery r. young—Tubman (FPE)
tubman. by avery r. young
avery r. young brings the sizzle in this paean to African-American musical traditions from skanky funk to body-moving R&B to soul-on-fire gospel, complete with a full choir. The multi-talented Chicagoan took inspiration from his own book—Neckbone: Visual Verses—from Nina Simone and from the singer Jamila Woods, whose superlative pipes provide the uplift of many of these cuts. “Maasai” slouches so far into a smouldery blacksploitation groove as to be nearly horizontal, all evil wah-wah’d twitch and rumbling bass and slashing lightning bolts of disco strings, while “go'head mary & weep” takes things to the church with a massive harmonized swell. young himself has a fine, fluttery, emotionally nimble tenor, shades of the Reverend Al Green in his supple phrasing, but his songs take flight when they’re sung by a crowd, as on the spiritually stirring “lead in da wattah” and especially, the monster highlight “get to know a nina simone song” which rolls on like a doo-wopping, gospel-quarteting freight train right on to Mississippi. God damn, indeed.
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Hey guys!! I hope you’re doing well. I decided months after the concert, and years after my first, that it was time for me to make this post. When I was 8, I fell in love with the idea of falling in love. I became infatuated with the song, You Belong With Me, and I would sit with my younger brother for hours at his computer rewatching the music video. (The only reason I found the song in the first place was thanks to a talent show at my school where two girls sang it so hey thanks haha). Quickly, I think my parents could tell @taylorswift’s music brought a lot of joy into my life. Around that time was when my parents were starting to go through their divorce process. It was hard for my 3 siblings and I, as well as my mom. I didnt see my dad for months and I wasn’t sure if I ever would or wanted to again. But slowly, things got a little better piece by piece. For Christmas that year, I got (the infamous but not infamous) hello kitty boom box along with a fearless cd. From there was where my love truly sprouted. My mom would yell at me to turn down the boom box because it was always playing so loud. The year that the Fearless tour came around it was all I could talk about. But I knew, even from that young age, that we probably wouldn’t be able to afford to go, but I was wrong. One morning my mom told my brother and I we would be driving down to MA to see my aunt for her birthday. We drove past cars decorated in paint, but I had no idea why. See being only 9 I didn’t really have a good conception of what the date was or when the concert even was. We continued our drive, and drove past a car of teenage girls screaming about Justin Bieber holding a photo of them out their window (on the high way). My brother and I thought it was the funniest thing in the world but still had no idea. Pulling up to Gillette Stadium that day, I genuinely thought that we’d gotten lost. My mom started to get my brother and his wheelchair out of the car and I asked what we were doing. I believe I said something along the lines of-wait we aren’t going are we? And when she said we were I still couldn’t believe it and I screamed and cried. I kept asking and the entire night felt completely surreal. My mom was smart enough to have brought binoculars so we could see from our seats. It was truly amazing. My memories between fearless and speak now blur together. I think I remember starting to use TaylorSwift.com more to interact with other fans around this time. I also remember watching the Speak Now announcement livestream and being so excited. I got the album for my birthday in November, and I got concert tickets for Christmas. I remember they were in a shoe box and I was like oh cool shoes, but I opened it and the letter was inside and I sobbed. There’s probably a video somewhere but I don’t know where. I also made a poster for this tour back before there was a dimension limit. It was literally like a science poster board and it said “I want to be like you, you rock!” And I drew a 13 and arm lyrics on my arm. After the speak now era of things I had began middle school (it was around 5/6 grade). It was an especially hard time for me, I didn’t have a lot of friends anymore and since my class only had 33 kids it was hard to make new friends. Despite the cliqueyness of things, and my depression, I continued on. I remember the day that the RED album was announced so well. I had been waiting for weeks and couldn’t contain myself. At the time I had a mentor(kinda like a big sibling program) and I was to hang out with her. I had to explain to her how to get into YouTube and we almost missed the beginning but I was entranced by it. She kept urging me to get off the computer and that I could watch it later but I was so excited. The first song you played brought tears to my eyes. I remember the next year at school I got all folders colored red which was my moms idea and in hindsight made it super difficult to tell which had which stuff but it’s okay I got through it lol. The RED tour I also got tickets for during Christmas and again I was extremely excited. Wow this is getting super long but for the RED tour I spent hours making my poster (which you can see in the photo above). The security guard almost didn’t let me in but we promised not to hold it up and so she let it slide. We wore lights around our necks and I did around my hat and danced all night. At one point I saw Andrea on the jumbotron (did I mention this was my first time having floor seats ahhh). And my mom and I instantly had a game plan. When you came around the other side everyone would rush to be over there so we started walking the empty side and we ran into her. I yelled Hi Andrea! And the security tightened around her. She pushed through them and gave me the biggest hug. I handed her a letter and apologized for it being wet and she laughed and said it’s okay sweetie (wow I was so nervous and cute and 13 wow). I also took a photo with her and she was overall such a sweet person. (Thank you Andrea). For 1989 it was sort of the same shabang again. I watched the live stream in Cape Cod with my best friend and I cried. I couldn’t watch all of it because we had to leave to go somewhere but I was so excited. My first time watching the shake it off video I loved it but was also afraid of the shift in your music. Regardless I loved it and listened to it on repeat. I got tickets to the 1989 tour Christmas of my 8th grade year. This is where things really changed. I started using tumblr, and eventually came across @hellagoodfellas. She was surprised I actually live in VT and we clicked instantly. She introduced me to a new group chat of people who’d be seeing the 1989 concert at Gillette (hey I also met Scott this night he was so nice as well). We started with like 25 people and slowly it got smaller and smaller. We all have grown so incredibly close and I’m thankful to have those girls in my life to this day. We were actually able to meet at Gillette and we were awkward preteens but it’s okay it was still an amazing experience. The reputation era has brought so much empowerment into my life and without it I would be lost. I’ve been struggling a lot this year with my anxiety, I’ve always had it but being a senior in high school there’s just a lot of stress. When Rep came out the summer between my sophomore and junior years it was a god send. I danced and laughed and cried. I was finally started to be alive. Some of my best memories are just from this album and this era so thank you. I was lucky enough to go see 2 shows this year which is mind boggling. Both at Gillette (of course 😉) and I got to see my best friends both nights. Without being able to spend hours creating costumes and posters, or months spent listening to the music I don’t know who I’d be. No, you and your music doesn’t define who I am, but it has shaped me into the person I am today. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me (and my mom she’s the real MVP for going to all of these concerts with me) a creative outlet and something to look forward to. For the beautiful works of art you’ve created, and to the future of many more memories to come. Much love, xo, @vermontswift
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Rewatching “Gotham” S4E21
*cue both of us with lots of yelling, reacting to frighting imagery, and just being done with everyone*
My sister watched it with me (as well as the other episodes left in my epic “Gotham” reaction series) so my comments will be in bold, and hers will be in regular font. Author’s notes courtesy of me will be bolded and italicized.
AN: I managed to record our reactions to this episode and hopefully I can transcribe what I said into this post.
Sooo... to break your heart, Ecco is not in the rest of the episodes.
Noooooo...
But they [ the writers] explain like why she wasn’t there. They kinda explain that they still wanted to go into the Jeremiah and Bruce story line and finish that.
Ohhhh OK.
They wanted to finish that before they got into the whole [Jeremiah and Ecco dynamic]. Plus, basically what they established is that Jeremiah just wanted her to get out of the way so that he could do his plan and he’s like “OK, then we’re gonna do some shit!”
Sounds fair.
And I’m like “OK! You gotta look out for your boo first!”
‘Look out for your boo,�� I love it.
“Sources tell us Captain James Gordon was at the scene and is missing and feared dead.” Nope!
“I [Lucius] just got off the phone with Search and Rescue. Whatever blew Jeremiah's bunker was catastrophic.” *eyes widen in shock*
“I [Harvey] want CSIs out there pronto, and I want everyone looking for Jeremiah Valeska and Bruce Wayne.” You don’t wanna go looking for him [Jeremiah].
*softly* Nooooo don’t.
“Jim trusts him [Harvey], okay? So everybody get back to work.” Thank you, Harper! MVP!
*Harvey finds Jeremiah waiting outside the precinct* Oh shit!
Whaaa... how?!? What was the time span between these two episodes?
I don’t know...
‘Cause you would think it’s immediate!
Oh I love his [Jeremiah’s] coat!
Uggh. Look at the hat! The glasses!
I love that entire look.
I like the natural lighting too for this scene
“JEREMIAH! JEREMIAH!” Jesus God, he turned them all into stormtroopers!
Ohhhh that’s a great shot [the wide shot of Jeremiah vs the GCPD]
What voice are you [Jeremiah] doing?
It sounds like he’s doing the Hannibal Lecter voice
It’s Hannibal Lecter and Andrew Scott’s Moriarty...
Except without the Irish accent
*mouths along with Jeremiah saying “boom, boom, boom”*
“Don't compare me [Jeremiah] to that short-sighted psychopath.” Dude, we’ve met you for two months!
“I'm [Jeremiah] gonna create a new Gotham in my image. But every artist needs a blank canvas, so all of this has to go.” *leans back in frustration* This is like Theo Galavan in S2!
“Then everyone who dies screaming, who watches their loved ones crushed before them, will have you to thank, Detective Bullock.” *groans*
“Nobody has to die.” SURE JAN!
*eyes widen in shock when Jeremiah blows up the clock tower*
Hoooly shit!
And that was just the opener! We are in for some shit ahead!
“Me [Oswald]? I’d rather live.” *both chuckle*
Ah, I love Robin Lord Taylor.
“They ripped out my [Jongleur’s] fingernails.” *both yell in horror for a second*
“Normally, I [Oswald] would keep both of them for myself. But I find myself a bit short of the necessary manpower- or womanpower, if you will.” I knew you were gonna say that and it’s lame...
“Hugo Strange can fix Butch.” What I wanna know is where exactly is Strange operating now.
That’s a good question.
Because his ass is still alive.
I love how like sassy these two [Oswald and Barbara] are. It’s like, I don’t like Barbara, but she’s got so much sass.
She and Oswald kinda deserve each other honestly.
I know.
They’re each other’s bitchy gay best friends.
Oh yeah.
“Holy Mother of God, Bruce Wayne.” *gasps*
How the hell did he [Bruce] get out of the grave?
God, he [Bruce] is heartbroken! Your boy is heartbroken!
“I’m [Harvey] so sick of that freaking family.” *cackles*
That is a mood! That is a huge mood!
“Wayne Enterprises built those bombs?!?” *groans in frustration*
He didn’t know!
He didn’t know!
“Look, I [Harvey] know you [Bruce] feel guilty. But Jim Gordon was- is important to all of us.” God, they’re both hurting! So much!
“So go home. Be with Alfred. Be safe.” *whines* ALFRED ISN’T THERE!
I hate this so much
[INCOMING: ALFRED] Oh my God!
“Alfred, where have you been?” “No, not Alfred.” *leans back in chair* SON OF A BITCH!
*groans in frustration*
“I [Jeremiah] hope you [Bruce] didn't catch a cold in my brother's grave. I know those things aren't exactly designed for the living.” *flips off screen with both hands*
Wait, did he [Jeremiah] just turn it off? Did he turn the detonator off ‘cause he clicked it. Or he just set off another bomb.
I thought it was just an intimidation tactic. No, we would have heard a boom.
Oh.
We would have heard a boom if there was another bomb.
“Bruce, let’s get something straight.” Where do you get your [Jeremiah’s] outfits? That’s what I wanna know!
He was already a well dressed son of a bitch before.
I will raid your closet!
“[Jeremiah] You are insane!” *holding head in hands* I thought I was a Pisces...
*laughs* That is the saddest way I’ve heard anyone deliver that line
“Tell the police and I'll know. Just like I [Jeremiah] know that's where you [Bruce] are right now.” How does he know? Is there a spy...
I’d say he’s bluffing.
...on the inside?
*in unison after a good two seconds* HERCULES MULLIGAN!
And he’s [Jim] aliiive!
Well duh!
Leeeeee!!!
God, Jim getting up is such a mood!
He [Jim] grabbed a syringe as a weapon. He’s still konked out.
You are never going to deserve her [Lee], Jim.
“I'll [Jim] have to thank him [Ed] when I arrest him.” You are really terrible at repaying people!
*Jim rips out the IV in his arm* Don’t do thaaat!
Why did you do that?!? Why do people always do that?
“In my jacket I [Jim] got those [plans] from Jeremiah's office. They may give us some clue as to what he's planning.” And you know what, those were hanging in the background in the previous episode.
Yep.
*Jim goes back to sleep* That is the most graceful fall I’ve ever seen.
Selina!
“Bruce, I’m [Selina] gonna be here whenever you need me.” Aaaawww!!
*laughs in pain knowing EXACTLY what happens at the end of this episode*
“He [Jeremiah] wants something out of me [Bruce].” “Like what, to be your best friend?” Yep.
Yeah, actually.
*both gasp and reel back in horror when the first image of Alfred’s torture pops up in the tunnel*
*both immediately hold hands*
“[Lee] You brought him [Jim] here because you thought it would give us leverage with the GCPD.” “Yes.” “By holding him hostage!” *does a WTF shrug*
“This drawing is the key to Valeska's plan. We solve it and we trade the information for clemency.” How good is that gonna do you guys?
*shrugs*
“Or perhaps there’s something more going on.” That’s a safe bet.
Oh my God...
“What happened between Jim and I is over.” *groans in frustration*
“Ed, if this maniac levels half the city, it's gonna disrupt food distribution, water supply, power. The people of the Narrows will suffer the most. We can prevent that, while, at the same time, helping us out of this mess we're in.” OK, yeah, I’m with Lee.
Yeah.
I’m with Lee.
Yeah, that’s a very good point.
“Do it for us.” Don’t kiss him again.
Noooooo!!!
*Lee and Ed kiss* I die a little bit inside every time that happens.
Lucius really is the best.
He is the best.
“But how do we find it? How do we find this brain [the core relay]?” Foregone conclusion: you guys don’t find it.
Ohh that’s a good shot [of Jeremiah walking into the building]! That’s straight out of “Mask of the Phantasm!”
I love it.
*forms an imaginary box around Jeremiah* A LOOK! That is a look!
It really is. With the red gloves!
“I envy you.” You do noooot! Shut up!
“Call our friend. Tell him to kill the butler. He’s no longer necessary.“ *shakes finger at screen* MMM-MMMM!!
You better not! I mean, I know they don’t, but you better not!
Oh my God, I’ve seen this scene!
“Oswald Cobblepot. Barbara Kean. In my stronghold.” It’s less likely than you think!
“And is that my dear Jongleur with my core relay in his hand and a grenade taped to his mouth?” Yes that is!
Holy crap, no, he’s [Oswald] like twirling the [bomb] wire!
Yeeeeppp.
A+ hat removal
“It seems you [Oswald] have the upper hand.” OK, whenever somebody says that, immediately believe that you’re toast!
Those contacts [of Jeremiah’s] are just so unsettling.
They are.
*imitates the way Jeremiah is sitting*
I would like to know who dyed his [Jeremiah’s] hair.
*laughs when Jeremiah rolls his eyes whenever Barbara speaks*
OK, how do they not realize they’re being had? If somebody’s playing it that calm, immediately think something is bad.
“ Well, that and being vastly more intelligent.“ Yeah, he’s basically just telling them right there “Dude, what are you guys doing?”
Oh my God, Penguin, are you that dense?
He’s [Jeremiah] probably calling Ecco. He’s like “Oh my God, can you believe this bullshit?!?”
*chuckles*
Ecco probably dyed his hair. Headcanon. There we go.
“We’re not just gonna hand this thing over and let him destroy Gotham, are we?” “Of course not. Once we get the money, we kill Jeremiah and his people, give the core relay to the police, split the $50 million, and are hailed as the heroes of Gotham!” WHY ARE YOU ADMITTING THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM [Jeremiah]?!?
I think that’s the boom mic. It was a little too close.
They’re saying this right in front of Jeremiah!
I know!
“Can you believe it? They put me on hold?” His phone wasn’t even on the entire time.
*jaw drops when Jeremiah pulls out the bazooka*
WHAT THE SHIT-
*jaws drop when Jongleur gets blown up*
*softly* WHAT THE F-
You realize you ruined your entire plan by destroying the core relay.
“ What’s insane about having a backup plan? Something Jongleur never knew about.” *imitates the way Jeremiah dramatically brushes himself off* Oh I’m sorry, gotta brush myself off!
“And whose fault is it that I changed my mind?” *grabs desk in shock*
I’m altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it any further.
“...kill these idiots.” And he just RUNS!
*chuckles*
Look at ‘im, look at ‘im! Nyoom!
Look at him go!
“Hello, Bruce.” Hi asshole!
“ I imagine you’re wondering, why is Jeremiah doing this?” *puts head on desk* I’M DONE!
“My brother once said, “All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.” OK no, you don’t get to ape that- oh my God, they are literally doing the “Killing Joke” thing ‘cause he’s got all these things on the walls!
Aaauugghh!
*both put our hands on our heads in horror*
AAAHHHHH I HATE THIS EPISODE. I HATE THIS EPISODE SO MUCH!
*Scarecrow starts breathing* Jesus God...
*whines in shock behind hands*
“I’ve [Jeremiah] instructed Scarecrow to mix up something exceptional.” Oh my God,another one?
*slaps hands on desk in horror*
“Your butler is going to show you the path ahead.” *in unison* Noooo!
Nooo, we’re not doing this!
Noooo!
He’s [Scarecrow] got the fear gauntlets on [from the Arkham games]!
*both instantly freak out when Alfred gets sprayed with the insanity gas*
“I [Ed] want to make one thing very clear. If Gotham becomes a rock pile, I mind zero percent.” Pfftt.
“I’m only helping you [Jim] because I’m with Lee now.” “Fine. Whatever.” *chuckles*
You’re full of shit, Nygma.
“ Ed, Jeremiah Valeska is threatening to destroy half the city. You really think I care if you’ve deluded yourself into thinking you and Lee are a couple? ” EEEEEEEYYYYYYYY!!!! YES!!
The man has a point.
“[Jim] You don't believe that Lee could actually love me [Ed], do you?” “Honestly? No.” OH MY GOD, JIM!
“[Ed] You're a psychopath and a murderer. And the fact that you need me [Jim] to validate your crazy fantasy means that you don't believe it either.” *claps excitedly* HOOOOOOOOO!!!
I don’t trust for a second that you [Ed] can carry on a relationship without hurting the woman involved!
“She’s with me in every way.” Freeze him! Put him in ice again!
Please, God. He did less harm that way.
Can we get back to the topic at hand thank you!
“So you're saying that she [Lee] wouldn't be with a killer? And yet she was with you [Jim].” *sits back in frustration* EEEEEDDDDD....
Noo, EEDDD... he’s saying Jim’s worse than him.
OK no...
*groans in frustration*
“Can we do this?” *raises hands in air* Thank you.
*Ed figures out the diagram* It’s a skyline.
Damn...
“Jeremiah lived his entire life in a maze. Now he's trying to remake the city into the place he feels most safe.” “It's actually rather elegant.” Jeremiah’s more of a Riddler than the actual Riddler.
*shrugs*
*shrugs* Yeah...
“Lee and I have some legal knots we need untangled. Before we spend the rest of our lives together.” I’m so done.
Screw you, Eddie!
I’m so done with you!
Now I’m reminded why I didn’t like you!
I liked him in the first half of S4, now it’s just like “Ugh.”
*cheers when Jim knocks out Ed*
THANK YOU! Thank you for that! I would have done it myself!
*gasps when the show cuts back to Barbara and Co. taking out the rest of Jeremiah’s goons*
Ugh, you [Oswald] are so boned...
*claps hands with each word* LET! US! MOVE!
“IS THIS OSWALD?!?” *chuckles*
*chuckles when Harvey abruptly hangs up on Oswald*
*Jim walks back in* Eeeyyy!
There he is!
*smiles when Harvey hugs the crap out of Jim*
“But what matters is, I have the locations of every bomb Jeremiah planted.” Oh he wrote them down!
Auugghh, Jim, when you’re awesome, you’re awesome, and when you suck, you suck.
*sighs* Yeah...
I’m gonna hate this very much...
Ohhhh fear gas!
Ohhhhhhhh, screw that noise.
*gasps when Scarecrow walks up behind Selina*
Aaand that’s him.
OH HE’S GOT A SCYTHE HOLY SHIT
He’s got a scythe...
LOOK AT HIM, HE’S SO COOL!
“I [Scarecrow] think our little experiment is about to get much more interesting.” Oh nononononono...
*Selina starts beating up goons* Oh, go, go, go, go!
“I [Harvey] need this, Jim.” Let him take it.
Ugghh, c’mon guys!
God, Scarecrow looks so cool...
*both freak out when Scarecrow starts swinging his scythe at Selina*
They’re pumping the hallway that Bruce is in with that [fear gas]!
*shakily* Yeah...
So he’s actually seeing a bunch of stuff that isn’t happening.
Yeee-eepp.
*covers hands in horror when we see more of Alfred’s torture*
This is like a Nine Inch Nails music video!
It kinda does...
Jesus Christ...
*both reel back in horror*
“Alfred?” Oh no, did they- noooo....
*puts hands on head in shock*
Noo they didn’t!
*both yell in horror when Fake Alfred gives himself a Glasgow smile*
It’s just fear gas!
It’s fear gas! It’s fake!
It’s fear gas...
It’s fake, it’s fake, it’s fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake!
*shakes hands in worry* Oh God...
I DON’T LIKE THIS EPISODE AT AAALLL!!
*sighs* I’m with you there...
*gasps when Fake Alfred slices Bruce’s sweater with the knife*
Oh my God, no...
Where the heck are they?!?
I don’t know...
*Selina finds someone locked behind a door* Is that where Alfred is?
“Brucey... give me a smile!” *jaw drops in horror*
Noo...
Nononononono...
Aaahhhh...
*both cover our mouths in horror when Fake Alfred gets shot and goes over the balcony*
“Scarecrow was just pumping his fear gas in here.” *keels over* I’m done, you guys!
*both keel over in exhaustion when Alfred appears*
That wasn’t him...
“Look, I’m fine. it’s me. It’s Alfred.” *sing songs* Huuuugggg him noooooww!
Please...
Aahhhhh....
“Alfred?” Give this boy a hug, pleeeasseee...
Aaahhhh....
I’ve seen this before, but I’m so worn out... I’m so worn out by this episode...
*sighs* That’s understandable...
We have 11 minutes to go... then we have the finale.
“I [Harvey] don't know what it's [the bomb] supposed to look like, but I think it is exactly what I'm staring at.” Disable it.
Could only wonder how stable that thing [the bomb] is.
*Jeremiah enters the room* Hooo... that is such a sharp suit...
*snorts in hilarity at Jeremiah’s little smirk of approval that he gives his followers*
“No, wait, Harvey, one of the breakers could be the supercharge fail-safe. Whatever you do, do not touch that one.” *raises hands in WTF manner*
Well, which one?!?
Vertigo shot....
Yeeeeeepppp....
“This is a message to the followers of Jeremiah Valeska. Jeremiah claims to have killed me [Jim]. Well, bad news, I’m alive.“ *leans back* Hooooooo...
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Whooooo....
“So, just know you’re worshipping a fraud. A pale imitation of Jerome.“ *jaw drops in shock*
“You did your worst, Jeremiah, and I’m still here.” Hooooooooooo!!!
Jim almost died and he’s so done with everything. Drag them!
Oh my God, this is gonna be so great.
*Harvey pulls out one of the breakers* He did it! Please tell me he did it!
*both laugh in relief when Harvey realizes he saved the day*
He did it! YA DID IT, HARVEY!
*Jeremiah realizes he done effed up* Oh schnap.
"SHUT UUUUUUPPPPPPP!” *gasps*
...Shit.
*jaw drops open and covers mouth in shock when Jeremiah starts to laugh to himself*
*under her breath* What the...
He [Jeremiah] just spit on that word [’fickleness’]
*shakily* This music is also very good...
*chuckles* [And he] Runs!
Oh, this is where he- yeeeeeeppp.
*jaw drops when Jeremiah purges his followers*
“Perhaps the outcome was not what we had hoped, - but it was worth the risk.” Everyone’s like “Oswald, shut up.”
Seriously though...
“Let’s go, Butch.” “Nope.” *raises hands in air* Thank you!
“.Ever since we [Oswald and Butch] teamed up, everything's gone to crap.” He’s not wrong...
“Except I [Oswald] do know where Strange is.” You’ve held out on this the entire time?!?
“And how exactly do we pay him [Strange]?!?” “I [Tabitha] can be very persuasive.” *sighs*
Stab him.
I think that’s a... desanctified church that he’s [Jeremiah] in
Could very well be, yeah...
Oh, he’s [Jeremiah] using an old map...
Yep.
“I [Ra’s] had a vision. Of Gotham in flames.” *sits back in seat* I’m done...
Who the hell...
“Together, we can make that happen.” Ohhhhh....
“Well, I [Jeremiah] appreciate the offer, but recent events have convinced me of the benefits of working alone.” You have a girlfriend.
Go to hell, Ra’s!
Just so you know, Jeremiah, you’re holding your gun way off. His arms are like super close to him; they should be fully extended when he holds the gun. Dude!
AN: His hair? WACK! His gear? WACK! His jewelry? WACK! His foot stance? WACK! The way that he talks? WACK! The way hat he doesn't even like to smile? WACK!
“Because, my boy, all this is not just about Gotham.” You are so full of shit, Ra’s.
‘Course it’s not...
“This is about Bruce Wayne.” Because everything in this GODDAMN SHOW IS ABOUT Bruce Wayne!
Gaaaahhhhhh...
“[Lee] Leave Gotham. Start a new life somewhere else.” A day late and a dollar short, Jim.
Wait, leave Gotham? The evacuation’s still going.
“But whatever happens after I [Jim] walk out that door, I care about you [Lee]. And I always will.” *puts hand to chest*
And the actors are married and you can teeeell!
God dang it, I hate this.
FRICKINNNNN’-
Go away, Ed!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO... go away...
Mr. Nygma, I formally invite you to eat from the bag of infinite dicks.
“Give it up for Harvey Bullock.” Yaaayyy! Yes, cheer for this man!
*both clap for Harvey*
After all the shit he’s had to put up with!
“Well, I'm [Alfred] gonna take a very long and a very hot shower.” Yes!
*leans all the way back in seat, thinking about the ending*
Are you OK?
No, I’m nooottt...
*Selina props her legs up on Bruce* Aaawww!
Oh oh oh oh...
Kiss. Kiss. Kiss.
*both start chanting “KISS” then cheer once Bruce kisses Selina*
Ohhhh man... they’re just ticking all the boxes for “How Do We Comfort the Audience After All the Shit They Just Saw?”
*laughs in pain knowing what happens next*
“Why do you [Bruce] think he's [Jeremiah] so obsessed with you?” Some shit!
*both laugh*
God, this was grueling!
*both yell when Jeremiah strolls in*
*both yell in horror when Jeremiah shoots Selina*
YOOOUUU- NO, NONONONO!
She’s fine though! She’s fine, because she has the um, the nine lives! [Selina] You’re good! You’re good, honey!
*Alfred beats the crap out of Jeremiah* Gooo Alfred, gooo!
BEAT. HIS. ASS!
Go Alfred go Alfred go Alfred-
Please, c’mon! C’mon!
*both sigh in frustration when the episode ends*
[Expletive]... this... episode...
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How the heck was music created?
Like, one day did some dude just go, “hmm, you know what would sound awesome? If I beat on these couple of boxes and make noise. And then we could also have another hollow box with strings and then someone saying words, but like, not speaking. They could speak, but speak like...better.” I mean, how? And who was that person, may I bless them?
I mean, I understand where different genres of music come from. Humans feel different emotions, so humans shaped music to fit with those emotions. Sometimes, you wanna feel like your about to overtake a city. Boom, rock. Sometimes, you wanna chill and dance to a good beat. Boom, rap/electro. Sometimes you wanna listen to a story about a girl and a guy. Boom, pop. Sometimes you wanna sit in a theater and feel the music deep in your soul, feel the beat vibrate through your bones. Boom, classical. Like, that parts pretty simple. Different music makes you feel different emotions, that’s how the artist intended it.
But how did it begin?
I guess we might never know, until we get time machines. Until then, bless the unknown person who created music, because they are the real MVP. I don’t know about y’all, but music is a huge part of my life. It’s a lifeline for me, something I can go to when I feel like I can’t go anywhere else. I know that probably doesn’t make sense, but it’s true.
I just realized it’s like 12:30. Welp, there goes a normal sleeping schedule. Whoops.
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Played a tri-deck tournament with my three decks. First Match: #GoonSquadDeck vs. #SplashPadDeck Splash Pad took the match 3 games to 1 Second Match: #GoonSquadDeck vs. #BoomBoxDeck Boom Box won the match 3 games to 1 Third Match: #BoomBoxDeck vs. #SplashPadDeck Splash Pad won 3 games to 1 Overall, Boom Box took down both of the other decks rather easily. This shows consistency problems with both decks. The MVPs of each deck.... * Boom Box: tie between #RillaboomV and #CelebiV * Splash Pad: #KeldeoV * Goon Squad: None ... Getting energy set up is hard... #PokemonTCG #SunandMoon #UnifiedMinds #Cosmic Eclipse #SwordandShield #RebelClash #Pokemon #PokemonCards #PokemonArtwork #PokemonCollectables #PokemonMasters #PokemonInternational #PokemonCompany #TPCi #PokemonTradingCardGame #PokemonTrainers #pokeenthusiasts https://www.instagram.com/p/CAJ0DzCAWmM/?igshid=1n8b2ln70vija
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Techno Thursday… on Sunday
Earlier this week I called my mom to ask her if she watched the video of Macklemore jumping into a box at Seahawks practice while other players danced around him preforming what my cousin lovingly referred to as, “The Flute Dance.” Apparently over at the VMAC Techno Thursday is a thing thanks to Luke Willson. I was pretty sure after watching that video of Techno Thursday, this was going to be a great game… and a great game it was.
I honestly only had 2 mini freak-outs while watching the game today. I’m pretty sure that is a record. But where I should I begin? Most weeks I feel like I just skip talking about the first half of the game completely… so let’s start at the beginning. While Houston scored within the first 4 minutes of the game I was convinced the Seahawks forgot they were playing today. Boy was I wrong.
If it wasn’t for Earl Thomas I don’t know if the Seahawks would have been fully in it. I think he is really what started them off for a pretty incredible win. I don’t know how but I want to start describing my emotions by using Earl Thomas as a scale.
Q: How happy are you?
Me: Earl Thomas getting an interception and then running back for a touchdown.
Q: How determined are you?
Me: Earl Thomas letting someone score and then almost immediately getting an interception and running back for a touchdown.
Richard Sherman getting not just 1, but 2 interceptions… probably the most beautiful thing that is gonna happen to me today. This season has been the year of Sherm tackling. His tackling has been amazing. In fact, while thinking about what I’m thankful for this year (yeah I need to start getting ready for Thanksgiving now) Sherm’s tackling was definitely the top of my list. To see him have 2 interceptions was really like a throwback to his first and second seasons in the league.
This morning I got a call asking me what I knew about the rumors about Jimmy Graham getting traded. While I wasn’t surprised to hear these rumors, it did make me a little sad. I love Jimmy Graham, but I’ve not been shy saying they need to figure out what to do with him… and he drops the ball. I’ve noticed not only this season but in the past, NOBODY IS ON JIMMY GRAHAM! There are so many plays where Jimmy Graham is wide open and yet it is like Russell Wilson is afraid to pass to him. It was however nice to see Jimmy Graham with 2 touchdowns in tonight’s game.
Paul Richardson, Tyler Lockett, and Doug Baldwin… these 3 have done some INCREDIBLE things for the Seahawks this season. INCREDIBLE. While Doug Baldwin has had some great plays this year I’m noticing this is the year for P-Rich, and Tyler Lockett. Those 2 have been very consistent in their receiving this season. I’m really excited to see what happens with these 3 for the remainder of the season.
Boom for Thought: The offense needs improvement. Again, this is no secret and I haven’t been shy about saying it. We had no run game. Correction, if it weren’t for Russell Wilson we would have had no rushing yards. I think it is time to look into options outside of Eddie Lacy and Thomas Rawls… specifically Thomas Rawls.
This week’s MVP (in my mind): It’s a tie… a 4-way tie… Earl Thomas, Russell Wilson, Paul Richardson, and Richard Sherman
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