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 Pros and Cons of Attending an Online University as a Psychology Graduate from Capella University
This blog post will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of pursuing psychology degrees through online education.
Online education has become a convenient and flexible alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar universities in recent years. As someone who has earned both a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology from Capella University, an online institution known for its quality education, I have had firsthand experience with the pros and cons of attending an online…
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blueskittlesart · 9 months
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who needs to know how to play an instrument when you have vocaloid *uses rin like a piano*
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harrietvane · 9 months
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terrevertex · 2 years
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no. and i don’t love you. but we will love each other after another year. just someday… just… later.
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Los personajes que hice por mi fanatismo de undertale XD y me atreveré a contar un poco de lo que hice mas no lo termine aun XD en ese instante no es de poco saber que me encanta Papyrus y que quise crear mas cosas con el que con el sobreexplotado y pobre de Sans XD que cada que parpadeo veo mas cosas con el jejeje ( aunque también en todo los años vi crecer mas de papyrus igualmente).
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a Snow ya lo conocen, así que de el puedo pasar un poco, aunque agregando algo, el se hace muy especial para Error, tanto que ya no lo quiere destruir pero tampoco a ayudarlo a volver a casa, y eso afecta al código de Snow que poco a poco pierde la conciencia y su memorias. ¿Qué se hará entonces?, es la pregunta.
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El segundo es Doll, un muñeco convertido en monstruo ( de manera no literal si no de especie monstruo) era el muñeco de un pequeño papyrus a quien su padre experimentaba todo el tiempo, causándole dolor constante, llegando a matarlo, pero no antes de que el pequeño le entregara su alma al muñeco quien al morir el pequeño este cobraría vida y cobraría las vidas de su mundo, ahora roba papyrus, justificándose de que nadie les dará la vida buena que merecen mas que el, que esos papyrus que se vuelven malos, no nacen siendo malos, los convierten en uno, y el los salvara de eso.( Dato curioso: el no cambia de expresión nunca, siempre tiene esa cara con botones y no siente nada mas que aprecio a papyrus, y odia mucho a todos los demás)
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Altoestratos y Capella, de cuerpo de animales, estos dos viven en los sueños y vigilan y cuidan a los que duermen.
 Capella te salva de las pesadillas y se utiliza de guía para los que no pueden escapar, es tranquilo y sereno, pero tambien tímido por lo cual comúnmente lo veras como una pequeña estrella, tambien maneja la trasformación como un método para no asustar a los dormidos que creen que están viviendo algo realmente.
Y luego esta Altoestratos, si oyes un rugido de rayos antes de dormir te avisa que una pesadilla se acerca, el causante de las pesadillas a los que se sienten culpables, el te las causara para que vivas en el arrepentimiento y puedas cambiar de camino, amable y considerado, pero muy dedicado a su trabajo, casi nunca lo veras, pues el prefiere ser un secreto.
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 Este papyrus tiene un nombre extraño, P-01001000 01000101 01001100 01010000, pero puede ser llamado P-2210 o OZZLO. Alguien no deseado, un esqueleto maltratado por su hermano, y una historia sin terminar, que se repetía un millón de veces el mismo siclo que recordaba todo el tiempo, pero no era obra de ningún humano estas repeticiones, si no obra de su creador que lo abandono en la nada y siendo miserable.
Hasta que al final, un acontecimiento cambio, el lo cambio, los humanos que iban a matarlos, el termino matándolos y no solo a ellos, si no a todo el mundo, su mundo, y al ser ‘‘rescatado’’ por Nightmare, este jugaría con este nuevo mundo, y destruiría a todo este multiverso, por los celos, de que algunos pudieran vivir tranquilamente mientras el se podría en un mundo que se repetía constantemente, y no lo haría solo jugaría con los sentimientos de los ingenuos y los utilizaría para el mal. Pero mientras eso pasa, una corrupción en su cuerpo se hace cada vez mas presente, volviéndolo loco, y mas frio, ¿Abra un modo de salvarlo?
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Y por ultimo pero no menos importante, Vendetta, el hermano de Killer!sans que busca vengarse de el y de Chara.
Su historia comienza cuando el mundo no reinicio, y su hermano y Chara ya no jugaba con sus vidas, pero eso no alegraba a nadie, entonces como si de un milagro malvado apareciera otro papyrus apareció, y le dijo a todos que el podría revivir a uno con el polvo de todos y ayudarlos a su venganza, al principio Undyne era la candidata perfecta, y todos estaban de acuerdo, pero el esqueleto prefirió a otra victima.
Su otro el, lo convenció de ser el quien fuera revivido, porque el polvo esta esparcido y podría no traer de vuelta todo su cuerpo, por lo cual necesitaba a un jefe con menos ‘‘¿Carne?’’ Y así el fue revivido como lo prometió, pero al llegar a su mundo su débil cuerpo temblaba, su amiga estaba rara, y su rostro no existía.
No mintió cuando dijo que necesitaba un cuerpo menos grande, su rostro no existía, sintiendo un silencio a su alrededor, era terrorífico lo que se causo.
Y aunque sus intenciones eras malvadas, este nunca ataco a otro sans o Chara de un multiverso, sigue siendo amable, dulce y considerado, diciendo siempre que otros multiversos no son como mi hermano y la humana. Su único objetivo es su hermano y Chara, de allí en adelante los demás son amigos si lo tratas bien o enemigos si tratas de matarlo.
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Y así es lo que tengo o lo que tenia cuando inicio todo mi fanatismo en el 2015, lo guarde porque no lo definía tanto XD y ahora pues dije, porque no contarles lo que tenia.
Espero y les guste VwV
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rosicheeks · 9 months
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What books do you think everyone should read?
Have you ever considered that octopi may be the best huggers?
What's the best sound? (Personally I say windchimes)
What is the best thing to dip pizza in?
Is Bigfoot was real, he might be, would he be hot?
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Ngl I have not thought of that before 👀 I could see them being the best huggers……. Or just very slimy and slippery 😂
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Oooo windchimes are so so lovely 🥰🥰🥰
In my opinion the best sound is a cappella music. Or even just choir music. Where different voice types come together and create beautiful harmonies 😍💖
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I don’t typically dip my pizza in anything tbh
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I meeeaaaaannnn I could see it 👀👀
I’m into tall and hairy people 🫣🤭
#I’m pretty sure I’ve already expressed my love for the book dealing with dragons but it’s my all time favorite book#I’ve read it probably at least 10+ times#and I don’t read that much (anymore) so it’s saying something I’ve reread a few times lol#I love reading don’t get me wrong.. I just don’t have the attention span to read - every single time I try I always fall asleep#I’m going to get tested sometime soon to figure out why I’m so fucking tired all the time#but no matter what position I’m in if im reading or watching something or doing anything for a decent amount of time I always fall asleep#it’s impossible for me to watch movies unless im smoking or doing something with my hands like coloring or crafting of some king#anyway mini rant over#I just wanted to show you guys how important this book is to me#since ya know it’s so hard for me to read#when I was little and growing up my sister would read to me and she would read this book and then when I got older I borrowed it from her#and would read it all the time#ngl I’ve read the second book in the series but I’m not sure if I’ve read the 3rd and 4th#I really really want to sometime soon though#my sister has them somewhere fuck I should have borrowed them before they moved cause now who knows where the books went lol#ok sorry getting distracted#i LOVE dealing with dragons and the whole universe#I do love me some windchimes 🥰🥰🥰 I’ve always wanted to make my own one day 💖#but I’m kinda biased to a capella music and choir music - just growing up in choirs I can’t express how much joy that gives me#just hearing different voices being blended together to make one loud melody#and then different parts come in / the bass starts and then it leads into tenors and altos and finally sopranos UGH SO GOOD#not the best at explaining it right now I’m sorry haha#tbh I’m very basic and picky with my food lol I usually just have cheese pizza 😂#hey Bigfoot if you’re out there…………..#you single 👀👀👀👀#asking for a friend hehe#thanks for the questions lovely!#ask#ask me shit
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elsgooglyeyes · 9 months
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long distance situationships are hard. so here’s cute little drabbles about the random domestic things you and ellie would do for me to cope.
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first off, ellie will do anything with you, and i mean anything. you’ve gotta go drop off a box at the post office? ellie is right by your side. you’ve gotta run to cvs for a new charging cord? ellie is walking up and down the aisles with you because she insisted you get snacks while you’re there.
“i dunno babe…you never know when you’re gonna need snacks. you especially need some when someone wants to come over and like…watch a movie or some shit…” ellie mumbles and shrugs her shoulders. you smile softly and pause, “is that you saying you want to come over and watch a move?” ellie eyes you from the side and bites back a small smile, “i mean if you’re suggesting it, babe. i’d fuckin’ love to. thanks! let’s get these and these…oh! and these…” she starts piling different chips and candy into your basket on top of your charging cord, burying it in the bottom. later that night, you’re both cuddled up in bed, the laptop propped onto of your legs and whirring ever-so dramatically as if it’s a plane about to take off. ellie’s arm and hand is intertwined with your own, your head resting on her shoulder. her thumb draws slow circles on your hand and you hum at the feeling.
“i can’t believe you’re getting me to watch this fuckin’ movie…” she mumbles and you laugh. “it’s my favorite! you’re gonna have to learn to love it,” you state matter-of-factly as the universal intro begins, sung by a bunch of men a capella. you immediately start singing along to the first song, and ellie just chuckles and shakes her head. she sighs softly and gets more comfortable, knowing it’s gonna be something she’ll have to like just because you like it. by the end of the movie, however, she’s engrossed; watching you sing the final songs with enthusiasm and marking the choreography while still seated next to her. you laugh along and ellie pipes up, “i feel like they should’ve revealed benji is a good singer at the end during his solo. that would’ve been a crazy reveal! they should get me to write and direct these,” and then another with “beca and chloe aren’t endgame? what the fuck?” you both end the night in each others arms, a comfortable silence washed over you. your head is buried in her side, trying to engrave her scent into your mind. “can we watch the second one tomorrow…?” ellie whispers and you giggle, nodding your head. “i knew you’d like it” you whisper back. “shut up.”
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ellie would sit on the counter as you cook her breakfast, her boxers hung low and hair running rampant. you hum softly as you cook the eggs and begin the bacon. ellie watches you intently, mesmerized by every little thing you do. how can someone make peeling raw meat look so hot? okay, kind of gross. but you make it attractive. her eyes wander down your body, soaking it in like the first and last time she’s ever gonna see it. taking in your marks, scars, wrinkles, and anything else she can make note of like she would need to draw a map of your body. her eyes wander back up to your face, and she smiles softly. “jesus…” she mumbles and your eyes widen a bit as you look at her. “what’s wrong?”
“you’re just…too fucking perfect…everything about you…” she draws on as she continues looking at you. you feel heat rise to your cheeks and you return your attention to the food. “thank you babe…but i’m not all that.”
“ohhh but you are,” ellie mumbles as she slowly gets off the counter and comes up behind you, hands resting on your hips, goosebumps following in their wake. she places a soft, lazy kiss on the spot between your shoulder and neck. her hands roam to your stomach and you swat them away softly, giving her a pointed look with your eyebrows raised. ellie chuckles and places her hands back on your hips and places another kiss, and then another. in between each one she whispers praises to you, “you’re so beautiful,” kiss “and kind,” kiss “and you make me laugh like no one else can,” kiss “i think you’re even funnier than me,” kiss and smirk. your face continues to heat up as she does this. fortunately, the food is done before she can continue and you turn around abruptly in her arms. “food is ready, but we can continue this later, yeah?” you smirk and place a soft kiss on her lips to which she happily accepts. your lips slot together and ellie sighs softly, but you pull away too soon and ellie is left chasing you with her lips. she sighs and grabs a plate to begin eating. “this better be the fastest we’ve ever eaten, babe…” she states as she eats her food quickly, “i’ve gotta show you all the ways you’re perfect to me…” she smirks and puts her attention back to her food as you bite back a smile and begin eating as well.
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talonabraxas · 30 days
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Nuit XVII The Blue Star Talon Abraxas
Nuit is esoterically associated with Sirius or Sothis, her star of manifestation. To be clear, Sirius is here a symbol and analogy for the supreme principle, the ‘unmoved mover’, by which things appear to come into existence by Its presence—and not by any action on the part of the principle, which does not act. Nothing in nature is separate, having its own cause as though self-contained. Our planet system and Zodiac is part of a vastly greater star system. Sopdet, the Egyptian name for Sirius, the ‘sun-behind-the-sun’, is also the name of the goddess that gives birth to the star of Venus. It has the literal meaning, ‘triangle’. During the time of the solar conjunction or occultation of Sirius, the legend of Isis has it that she hides herself in the swamps of the northern Delta (‘triangle’) region to give birth to Horus. Originally, Set (as ‘seven’) was the only begotten son of Nuit. The pairing of Isis with Osiris was a relatively modern version of the legends of Isis that was better suited to the disposition of ancient Greek and Roman men than the original stellar myth—by ‘myth’ we refer to oral tradition, not something imagined.
Sirius forms a group of stars with Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) and Procyon, called the ‘winter triangle’. This embraces much of the constellation of Monoceros, ‘Unicorn’. Four other stars, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaron and Rigel (left foot of Orion) form the ‘winter hexagon’. This establishes a geometric relationship between Sirius and Orion, which symbolises the heavenly Sah or Holy Spirit. Thus the Nephilim, sons of the Ancient Ones, are sometimes called the Children of Orion, identifying them with the primordial. The geometry of the triangulation of Sirius with the hexagon, or hexagram by extension, automatically declares the Cube of Space, as can be seen by the diagram above. This configuration involves seven stars in all, thus proportionately mirroring the seven bright stars of Ursa Major, the ‘axle of the universe’, rotating while always pointing to the Pole. That is in fact the esoteric meaning of aleph, which corresponds to the eleventh path and Tarot trump The Seer Aleph is not, as has long been supposed, the ox that ploughs the field but is the ox that turns about the wheel or swastika of the stars. --Aquarius: Egyptian Tarot Nuit XVII
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HELLO!!! i have two questions, 1: could you tell me all the canon ships and characters who have crush on another character? i wanna draw them but i dont know if there are more canon ships/characters who have crush on others 2: where do i post my art for you to see it? i would really want you to see it but idk where i need to post it! thanks!!
Ooo!! A tricky one, especially considering some characters have slightly different relationships depending on the game/universe. I'll try to answer as clear as possible, for this I'll only be going through characters that have appeared together in games already! (and also forgive me if I miss anyone)
Mary and Reginald (generally a mutual crush, though sometimes Mary is not fully aware of her own feelings. In Here for Sweethearts, they are a canon couple)
Mary had a crush on Netina (Here for Sweethearts), but she quickly dropped it once she realized Netina was bullying her
Crowven and Vasilis (generally a mutual crush)
Stella and Lambchop (mutual crush. Similar to Mary, Stella has to accept her own feelings.)
Ruuuby has a crush on Lambchop. Lambchop doesn't return these feelings, but admits to feeling some level of attraction to her when he thinks she's acting like a "proper wolf"
Drekaride and Minspella (from Blackout Hospital. Canonically married couple)
Ollie has a crush on Mitzi (both Here for Sweethearts and Blackout Hospital) and a crush on Ioro (Blackout Hospital). Ollie is also shown to feel attracted to both Mary and Reginald(Blackout Hospital). Pogo Gogo, Savannah, and Clyde all have a crush on Capella (Semiaquatic Circus...currently). Capella doesn't fully grasp their feelings for her.
Nova has a crush on Twyla (Here for Sweethearts, but also generally)
I thiiiiiiink that's all the canon romantic feelings that have been expressed in some way through the games/content?
Also!! You can post and tag fanart here, on twitter, or my instagram! I try to get to it where I can but I do apologize if I don't see it. Please remember that if you make fanart I want it to be because YOU love the works and want to, not just so that I will see it! Thank you! ♡
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List of Silver The Hedgehog controversies
His quills have a Japanese maple leaf pattern but to westerners it just looked like a pot leaf, hence the derogatory nickname "Pothead The Porcupine"
Pete Capella gave him a high pitched whiny voice which further destroyed the ability to take the character seriously and just made him annoying to many
Debuting in Sonic 06 and at the height of the internet hate machine
Him being introduced by antagonizing the main cast while doing nothing to endear himself to the audience until later(Which was done in 06, Rivals and Archie) 
Him getting tricked by Mephiles(which isn’t supposed to be dumb in universe but seems REALLY dumb on a surface level)
Trying to repeat Shadow by having the new STH hedgehog be a mysterious assailant partnered with a previously established female character and out to get Sonic(It’s like if Trunks had the same introduction as Vegeta) having the opposite intended effect
Sega cannibalizing Blaze’s character to promote his. Reducing Blaze to a satellite character for him in 06, retconning her nemesis to actually be his nemesis and constantly shackling them together
Being a slow character in a Sonic game and staying at that snail speed because the devs could not get his speed upgrade to work
The Infamous “IT’S NO USE” boss fight (which can be beaten easily if you know the pattern and don’t throw yourself at him like an idiot but most don’t know that especially back in 06)
The infamous ball puzzle
Remaining undeveloped and unexplained as a character in game because Sega is still saving everything with him for his own game. Leaving people to question how and why he even still exists
The leaked script literally calling him Trunks causing his character to be dismissed as a pure Trunks clone
Being a time travel based character in a series with wonky and unclear time travel mechanics
Never accomplishing anything or even getting to do anything cool in game (which was a big part of how his inspirations Shadow and Trunks took off)
His character being very esoterically Japanese and hard to grasp for westerners (hence why many still say he has no personality)
Probably more reasons I'm forgetting
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Blows my little lore kazoo <33 Here’s my star hc family tree and silly star forms of everyone! Plus the original chart from 2019 when I first had this stupid idea for them all to be related which has since just. Dominated my personal star lore. It was supposed to be a fun au idea and then it got out of control the drama was just too much fun <33 More details under the cut about everyone!
- So first I gotta talk about dark stars real quick, in my lore they are a species of star and not just one guy
- Darkstars can not have parents, they are created from the shadow of millennium stars
- essentially what happens is when a millennium star is born, a Darkstar is created in its shadow to help maintain balance between light and dark forces of the universe. They are as pure light magic and as pure dark magic as any stars can possibly get.
- The Darkstar who begins the whole family tree IS the dark star from Bowsers inside story, his real name is Aludra. The Millennium star who he was created with is Prankstar, his real name is Capella
-THEY ARE NOT RELATED. I just wanna say that hear the deal with dark and millennium stars is less like a ‘these beings are twins’ thing and more like a ‘you are cosmically tied to this being by the strings of fate’ deal
-Without getting into Aludra and Capella’s complicated lore and more into the messed up lore of the history of dark and millennium stars, TLDR: Aludra was the star’s leader and Capella was his jester. They were in a secret relationship while Aludra was married to another star (the marriage had been arranged by the council)
- Aludra and his wife have 3 biological kids: Boomer (yes, the boss from mario rpg), Eldstar, and Smithy
- side note: star children are not made through. Yknow. They are made through a magic wishing ritual it is very easy and you don’t even have to see the other parent for it to happen. Also Eldstar and Smithy, those are not their birth names, they are titles earned later on, lots of higher stars have them
-Aludra also raises the next darkstar born, her name is Umbriel and Capella raises her corresponding millennium star, his name is Vesper. They are largely unimportant rn but just. That’s who they are
-Aludra is sealed away, his children fight for the throne, the Eldstar wins
-He then gets married to Mamar and has his four sons: Skolar, Kalmar, Muskular, and Klevar (again, I promise those are titles not their birth names)
-Lady Misstar wanted in on the high life and so started pretty much dating all of his sons at once, girl wanted the benefits of dating what are essentially star princes, good for her
-Fuck around and find out though, she has Twink pretty much on accident
-Star law says that stars are not allowed to have children with one another unless they’re married (a law made by Aludra to try and stop the overpopulation problem). but Klevar does not want to marry her
- so she does what any gaslight gatekeep girlboss would do, she lies to the stupidest of the children and says it’s his and she marries Muskular instead.
- he’s just happy to have a kid, he knows that ain’t his boy but he’s happy :]
-Twink is sent down to Starborn valley for his younger years just like any other star, no special treatment for him
-BACK TO THE SMITHY SIDE OF THINGS and oh this is where it gets complicated and ridiculous truly
- after his brother takes the throne, Smithy goes to him and has the idea of making vessels for stars, big metal bodies to keep everyone safe as stars are vulnerable little things. I mean just look at them
-Eldstar approves and they make the factory
- at first the factory is filled with volunteer stars who want to help but as progress is slow, they leave, Smithy is spiraling into madness
- well the factory needs workers, Eldstar starts letting his brother use children to work there
- Smithy has hundreds of kids with hundreds of other stars, he also takes orphaned stars to work the factory. Most die.
-They also serve as the star’s army, conquering more land and defending the haven
-He also forces his brother Boomer and his son to help him. Boomer’s son, Punchinello, would eventually flee the factory and hide on earth, settling in there
- Geno is one of his kids, he’s part of the latest and last group of kids. He’s towards the middle of the group
-Geno also flees the factory after realizing his father is out of his mind. He flees in one of his father’s wooden prototypes and dumps it on earth before hiding in space
-The Eldstar eventually finally realizes this has gone too far and tells Smithy to shut down the factory program, which Smithy retaliates by destroying the star road
-SMRPG happens. Smithy and his kids go to jail, they were bad
-at this point in personal lore/lore with my buddy, they are out of jail and the kids are all living together and patching things up
-there is also another darkstar, that’s Nebula, poor Yarid has been raising the damned thing
-also Yarid’s boyfriend. Yeah, we made him up sort of on accident. We had a list of canon characters. And we were gonna give him a boyfriend from those. Then we made Misha on accident and their interactions were nice so he got the role instead. Twas an fun surprise
-I think that’s mostly everything other than talking about Estelle, Castor, and Constella
-but essentially they were told by the higher stars. Oh hey, do you want a kid? We’ll let you have one without getting married, just for you because you are so special but don’t tell anyone they’ll get jealous :)) and then took their kids and put them in the factory
- also yes, all five of the axems were born at the same time, it was a terrible surprise. Their father had a meltdown. And they really did just name them each a color
-Also Trickstar is not on the star chart bc his title is a lie he is a comet not a star
-I THINK THATS EVERYTHING. HOPEFULLY
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terrevertex · 2 years
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first of all, they saw the future.
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sherbertilluminated · 5 months
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There are some issues and discourses that Stan Rogers returns to, or at least that's from multiple points of view. We have The Field Behind the Plow and Lies (the agricultural plight from the respective POVs of a husband and wife), The Idiot and Free in the Harbor (young men going west and the towns they leave behind) The Mary Ellen Carter and The Jeannie C (the woman boat I love is gone! What do I do?), and Bluenose and Man with Blue Dolphin (sister ships!). But the most interesting juxtaposition of songs in Stan Rogers' discography, I think, is Northwest Passage and its lesser-known counterpart Take it from Day to Day.
Northwest Passage is one of Stan's most famous songs, and deservedly so: with its rock-quaking harmonies, references to British-Canadian colonial history and meditation on the sublime purpose of Rogers' own career as a traveling musician, the work produces a sense of longing that would be epic if it weren't so futile. While Rogers is ambivalent-at-most about the colonialism inherent in his historical perspective (read: The House of Orange), his choice to focus on the psychological journeys of "the first men through this way" makes projects like the Franklin Expedition sound like exemplary iterations of a universal human journey—these explorers are Just Like You, and their longing for the Northwest Passage is the same, and so is their suffering, so the project itself doesn't sound like an act of colonial violence in Rogers' song. Even the choice to perform Northwest Passage a capella underscores (hehe) the sense of profound isolation that Rogers describes.
But Northwest Passage is a song about captains: men who recognized "the call" to leave their homes for the not-uninhabited Artic expanse and whose journeys make it into the history books. But Take it From Day to Day approaches the Northwest Passage from the opposite direction. Literally.
The song is from the perspective of a common sailor on the St. Roch, the first ship to travel the Northwest Passage west-to-east. And instead of of being overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the Artic or the symbolic resonance of the voyage, he's contemplates more prosaic themes: namely, how much he misses his lover.
It's a little silly to think, as Rogers belts out the chorus—"I'm as far North now as I want to come/but Larson's got us under his thumb/and I signed up for the whole damn run/I can't get off halfway!"—how disappointing this perspective on Artic voyages proves compared to the unfulfilled longing of Northwest Passage. Instead, the unfulfilled longing of the anonymous narrator makes Take if From Day to Day into one of Roger's most sexual songs. I beg you to listen to it, if only to count the sensual metaphors and double-entendres.
But whether you have heard Northwest Passage and love it, or you're interested in a more down-to-earth perspective on Ice, I think it's a song you might enjoy.
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