#Moon Prism Hop
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do you have any good references for bigger body types?
Yes!
I use a fat model tag here on Tumblr.
You can sometimes search by model name in my DA Archive if you know a certain model has a body type you are looking for. Here's a guide to everyone though I'm never tagged by name:
My site gallery has a sort by body type though it's a WIP on how I will label and tag them.
I can also recommend fatphotoref.com which you will need to apply to to access. It's a community based resource run by Ruby so please be patient if you request access. 🥰
Here's a few just to have in this post, too!
#ask adorkastock#fat model#pose reference#model guide#lauren ashley#Rowena#Klaus#Prince Nova#Starlight#Moon Prism Hop#Queen Kat#Sailor Nova
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PAC READING: CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM YOUR FS
PILE 1
Your FS is going through a "10 Of Swords" moment. They have been blinded from the truth. Her light is stronger than any illusion's. You are part of this truth. You and this person share a very special soul bond. Your lives' are parallel to eachother, a thin thread connecting the dots until the moment you meet.
"Keep your map close to your chest darling.
Not many people will understand the journey you are embarking on. I do. I want you to know that I wish that all wishes come true the next year. I'm kinda hopping one of them involves me ; )
I wish you get to heal. I wish the sun is warming up your skin and your eyes are shining with hope. I wish I was there to hold your hand. We could embrace eachother under the sun.
You are my sun.
My Sun. Take the chance and that leap of faith. It will bring you closer to happiness and to me. There are times the most illogical choice and the most risky one leads us to success. The paradox of risk.
I wish you keep the flame in your heart alight and your optimism helps you rise above every single. I wish you find love and guidance within your soul.
Goodbye, for now, my Sun and Merry Christmas <3"
PILE 2
Your person is not happy. They are far away from you but energetically they can feel that you are struggling. Your person is very spiritual and they want you to hold on for a tiny bit longer. They might be older than you. When you meet they will take on the role of a mentor. They see you, the real you and they want to help this diamond form under pressure.
Your FS is very calm, cool and collected. They know what they want. Your message is more heav,y but I know, deep in my heart, that you are telepathetically connected and they constantly send you messages, especially through songs and quotes you stumble upon.
"I wish you could see yourself from my POV. The amazing, beautiful, strong soul that you are. I wish you could look at life through a different prism. I want you to take the reigns and show everyone who you are. I wish you find the strength to own your beauty.
Your energy is mesmerizing. Like a cold night under the full moon and a wolf howling in the background. Hecate.
Choose sovereignty. Choose yourself baby. You're not unlucky. Your time just hasn't come yet.
I want you to push one last time baby. Do it for me. I'm sorry I'm not there to wish you "Happy Christmas".
I wish you manifest your dreams,I wish you dare to invest in your future, in our future without thinking you don't deserve it.
You have more options than you think. Don't make any bad choice you will regret later.
I love you baby. I want you to be healthy and strong."
PILE 3
Your FS is very "hungry" for you. They want you to let them take control. They are more possessive and obsessive than you would expect. They show their emotions through touch and on the bed.
They are daring and won't mind to show that you are theirs to everyone. Your FS knows taht you have big goals and they want you to know that in the future you will achieve all your dreams.
They are pretty succesfull themselves and they want you to get that bag and level up. They love material things and they invest in their future. You would meet in an environment supporting your level up (gym, career day, course, seminar etc.).
"My lovey dovey Sweetheart,
I wish you indulge this season. I wish you let your hair down for a while. When you are mine I will help you calm down. I will take the burdens off of your shoulders and tie your hands. Merry Christmas my lovely baby. I wish this time next year we are together, driving around in our luxury vehicles.
Let me dominate you. Let me take control. I will wrap satin sheets around you and carry you to the bathroom. A bathtub full of rose petals. Champagne for you my love. Sit on my face.
I wish you achieve all your goals. I wish you get your dream car, you bossy little lady. I will hold your hand through everything. I'll be by your side on long nights and I will proudly parade you around and show you off to everyone. I want them to know that the most accomplished person is mine.
You are mine. Mine. Mine.
Always yours, your FS."
#astrology#tarot reading#level up journey#pac reading#tarot#pick a photo#pick a card#pick a pile#pick a picture#soulmate#intuitive readings#psychic#channeled message#future spouse#twinflame
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MASTERPOST: enstars! summary project
THE ENTIRE ENSTARS! EVENT LORE SUMMARISED:
for those who want to speedrun enstars! lore
here is a timeline of all the events in enstars!
this project will aim to summarise as many enstars! stories as possible so u can get the gist of the event stories without having to read through 100 eichi monologues
credits: timeline is copied from wiki
will be updated with links after every story summary!
[PRESENT DAY: year = !]
** events will be referred to by "<season> + <index>
春 SPRING: (C)
Shiny First Years
The Flag's Honor ✻ Crowned Flower Festival
Revival Festival☆Easter Night
Palace of the Ocean
Marching Band
Spring Storm! Dancing Petals, Sakura Festival!
Gang
Sweets Patisserie
Pyjamas
Mail Delivery
-> spring section 1 summary
Devil's Mansion
Spring Breeze＊Iconic Book Fair
Lift the Curtains! Yumenosaki Circus
Sacrifice◆Resurrection Sunday of the Undying
Falling Cherry Blossoms＊Wisteria Purple of May
Toy Box
Angel's Wings
Card Battler
Runway
Dream Coloured Prince
-> spring section 2 summary
In the Rose Garden
Fresh Green Martial Arts
Yell✳︎Sprawling Happy Spring
Evening Banquet ♪ Band Ensemble
Performance! The Tragicomedy of Romeo and Juliet
Secret Labyrinth
At Your Service! UNDEAD Cafe
Leap! Principal of the Lake's Surface
Play Your Part! Cinderella's Grand Stage
Terror! Tamayori's Haunted Dollhouse
School Festival★The Scramble of a Startup Hero
Billiards
-> spring section 3 summary
夏 SUMMER: (X)
Ukiyo Air Ride
Merc Storia
Hero Show
Biblio
The Rainy Season's Blossoms
Breakthrough! The Revolutionary Live Which Heralds the Dawn
Chinatown
Nuclear Ignition ☆ A Sparkling Quintuple-Color Supernova
-> summer section 1 summary
Victoria
Amusement☆The Live Party of Cats and Rabbits
Gondola
Judge! Black and White Duel
Round Game
Devotion! Brocade of Driving Away the Rainy Season
Gunmen of the Wilderness
Bridal
-> summer section 2 summary
Symphony＊Magnolia of Blessings
Seven-Colored＊Sunshower Festa
Saga＊Rushing Up Rainbow Stage
Pool Opening
Comic World
Shot☆Splash Pool!
Challenge! Tanabata Festival Wishes
Dance Performance! Thoughts That Bridge the Milky Way
Facing One Another! The Celestial Globe of the Night the Stars Meet
Dance Floor
-> summer section 3 summary
Dogfight
Ghost Stories
The Seven Faces of the Shapeshifting Youkai
Little Kings
Frozen Ice
Summer of Clear Skies! Summer Camp
Concerto
Set Sail! Pirates at Sea Festival
-> summer section 4 summary
Kiseki☆The Preliminary Match of the Summer Live
Radiant! Sunflower Live of Smiles
Scorching Hot! The Scenery of Southern Lands and Summer Vacation
Surfing Ocean
Stars★Glitter of the Prism
Summer Flowers
Late Summer Lesson
-> summer section 5 summary
Luminescence＊Summer Night Festival
Yumenosaki Restaurant
Remember! A Midsummer Night's Dream
Best Shot
Holiday
Scorching Heat ☆ A Seaside Beach Match
Buddy
-> summer section 6 summary
Farewell! Festival of Memories and Quarrels
Launch! The Night Sky of the Shooting Star Festival
Carmen of Passion
Lost Star＊Wavering Light, Pleiades Night
Deep Sea Mystery
Drop＊The Far Sea and the Aquarium
Summer Sky＊Galloping Cheval Live
-> summer section 7 summary
Onibi
Burning Up! Yumenosaki Academy Sports Festival
Fight! Yumenosaki Academy Sports Festival 2
Competition! Yumenosaki Academy Sports Festival 3
Cinema Theater
1001 Nights
-> summer section 8 summary
Blue Filament
Cooking
Brilliant Star Air Force
Police Man
-> summer section 9 summary
秋 AUTUMN (Q)
Kung Fu
Night of the Full Moon ＊ Hopping Moonlight Luna
The Coloured Flower Cards
Special Training! Mismatched Pair Lessons
Doctor
Rebellion! The King's Horseback Ride
Kiseki★Blitzkrieg Autumn Live
Robin Hood
-> autumn section 1 summary
Science
Fruits Parlour
Happening◆Music Festa of Reversals
Secret Acts! The Moonlight Scroll of the Elements
Festival＊Graceful Fleur De Lis
Toryumon
Rosicrucian Story
Showtime
Howl★The Rockin' Star of the Night Sky
-> autumn section 2 summary
Afternoon
Boutique
Raising Curtains! Dark Night Halloween
React★Magical Halloween
Lots of Monsters☆Sweet Halloween
Cacophony◆Whirling Horror Night Halloween
-> autumn section 3 summary
Enjoyment♪ Autumn School Trip
Invitation★Black Blood Banquet
The Golden Wind＊Wishing Live of Encouragement
Teddy Bear
Colourful Autumn
Meikyoushisui
Hot-Blooded Tough Guy
BADBOYS
-> autumn section 4 summary
Scramble ＊ Toyland in a Dream
The Songbird’s Song＊Soirée in the Canary Hall
Underdoctor
Autumn Forest
Discovery! Steampunk Museum
-> autumn section 5 summary
冬 winter (D)
The Wolf and Red Riding Hood
Greek Legends
Philosopher's Guidance
SnowboardDream of the Butterfly
Rail◆The Cat in the Snowy Winter and the Camellia Train
-> winter section 1 summary
Nocturne
Snow Globe
Agents
Snowflake❄Street Performance Of The Falling Stars
Shine! A Sparkling Starry Night Festival!
Winter Santa
-> winter section 2 summary
Brilliance★Knights' Starlight Festival
Noel＊The Angels' Starlight Festival
Carol＊White Snow and the Christmas Eve Starlight Festival
Radiant☆Hot Holiday Party
Throwing! A Snowy Silver-White Snowfight
Eccentric
-> winter section 3 summary
Kiseki☆Winter Live Showdown
Winter's New Year Shrine Visit
First Dream Tales (Part One)
First Dream Tales (Part Two)
-> winter section 4 summary
Zodiac (Part One)
Amusement Park Show
Zodiac (Part Two)
Daikagura! Celebratory New Years Live
Showdown! Magnificent Phantom Thief VS Detective Brigade
Transparency and Masks
-> winter section 5 summary
Clash of Arms! Opera of Moonlight Romance
Dance on Ice
Depart☆Blue Skies Dream Travel
Opening★The Fortune Banquet Live
Saga＊Clashing Rebirth Live
Revival☆Dream Diner Live
Shoufuku＊The Ogres and Brothers' Setsubun Festival
-> winter section 6 summary
Last Period
Jewel Candy
Poison À La Mode
Tea Party
The Four Beasts of Fistfighting
Salon de Thé
-> winter section 7 summary
Sincerely! Bitter Chocolat Festival
Melty❤Sweetly Unraveling Chocolat Festival
Decorate♥Crimson Chocolat Festival
Marble ♥ Heartfelt Chocolat Festival
Home Party
Onigashima
-> winter section 8 summary
Yumenosaki Youth Radio♪
Military
Cunning ◆ Wonder Game
Beauties of Nature
Flutter! Chick and Emperor's Triumphant Return
-> winter section 9 summary
[NEXT YEAR: year = !+1]
!+1 spring i think?
(context: third years in ! are graduating)
Beasts
Memorial◆Class Live We Make Together
Noble Game
Chuunibyou Trouble
Bouquet of Desire
Chorus★Operetta of Beginnings
-> !! spring section 1 summary
Every Pitch With All One’s Heart! Youthful Play Ball
Clash! Recollect--A Festival of Giving Back
Baton Pass! Repayment Festival of Tears and Bonds
Moment＊The Repayment Festival of Moving Forward Toward the Future
Requiem＊Sword of Oaths and the Repayment Festival
Link♪The Symphony that Starts from Here
-> !! spring section 2 summary
!+1 post-graduation stories
Photoshoot! Warm Athletics
Puppy Mischief Picnic
Bounce! Hearts and Flowers Bloom--Mall Live
Strawberry Picking
-> post-graduation summary
[BACKSTORIES: read with caution *** recommended reading is from year = enstars!]
(year: !-12)
(1) Rainbow
(2) Revival - 20
(year: !-several)
(3) Gang: Midnight Gangster
(year: !-2)
(4) Zodiac
(5) Meteor Impact
(6) Jingle Bells
(year: !-1)
(7) Reminiscence＊The Crossroads of Each One
(8) Reminiscence＊Monochrome Checkmate
(9) Reminiscence＊Spring Cherry Blossoms and a Night's Encounter
(10) Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire
(11) Reminiscence ＊ End of the Marionette's Strings
(12) Reminiscence＊Gathering of the Three Magicians
-> all backstories summary
AND... THAT'S IT! THATS THE ENTIRE ENSTARS! SUMMARISED
a few things to note:
main story not included -- because it should be read before everything
CN/TW exclusive not included
timeline is definitely shaky but overall flow of stories should still be okay
-project start date: 17 Oct 2022-
-last updated: 22 Mar 2023-
#enstars#ensemble stars#enstars textpost#will add the summaries as we read through the stories#completion will probably be biased towards knights and fine#will this projected ever be completed? who knows#entire enstars! summary
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𝘄𝗵𝗼? - chapter vi !
chapter six - beomgyu!
cw: violence, not proofread
notes: i know he can't take off his mask in the manga/anime but for the sake of my smau let's pretend he can (tbh i'm barely even following the plot of the original manga anymore i've given up and gone my own way)
taglist [OPEN] - @https-skzology @hipsdofangirl @jayoonology @captivq @uno7 @vocaloshin @junebug032 @ihrtnyu @satsuri3su @flrtsbin @suzirumas @taekwondoes
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somewhere in the middle of the night...
as you patrolled around the night city, taking in the peace and serenity of the quietness, you took notice of a silhouette creeping up from behind. you picked up your speed, all while whispering to luna, "are we being followed or are they just going in the same direction as us?" she jumps into your arms, "they've been following us for the past ten minutes, i think we should run."
fiddling with your transformation brooch pinned to your cardigan, you discreetly turned to several alleyways, in hopes of losing the suspicious figure for a few minutes to buy you time to transform. "moon prism power, make up!" you allowed the nostalgic feeling to wash over you. opening your eyes to see luna beaming up at you, you returned the smile, "okay, let's go."
retracing your steps, you came face to face with a cloaked figure as you turned around the corner. stepping back to create distance, you waited for an indication of any sort from them. when there were none, you asked, still on guard, "who are you and why are you following me?"
the figure held up a bony hand, lifting their hood to reveal a shrivelled face, beady pupils centered in their eye sockets. "you're a youma," you swallowed. after years of being a sailor guardian, you were still not used to seeing the supernatural in real life. just as you were about to attack, a rose shot to the ground from a few feet to your right. it stood proudly, pinning the youma's cloak down.
you turned to meet an unfamiliar presence; a white-masked man donning a tuxedo with a cape that flowed in the spring breeze. "who the hell are you?" the youma's raspy voice demanded. "call me tuxedo mask. i'm here to help sailor moon," as he stepped closer, you couldn't help but keep your focus on him, it was almost as if there was an invisible pull forcing you to stare at his every move.
the youma snarled at him, simply ignoring at him and lunging at you, her cloak falling off her shoulders. you only just managed to jump away. landing smoothly next to 'tuxedo mask', he placed a hand on your arm, "i got this." the confidence in his voice spiked your curiousness, and you tilted your head hesitantly, gesturing for him to step in.
not even a minute later, he was being thrown around left and right by the youma's elongating arms. "are you sure you got this?" you yelled sarcastically, stifling your laughter. he didn't seem to be bothered by his unfortunate situation much, hopping around eagerly with a happy expression on his face, "yeah i got this-" one hit from the youma to his stomach and tuxedo mask flew a few meters backwards. "okay nevermind i'm tired," he groaned, pushing himself up from the ground.
swiftly removing the tiara off the crown of your head, you called, "moon tiara frisbee!" in the blink of an eye, the youma was gone, reduced to ashes. you cautiously approached tuxedo mask, who was leaning against a nearby lamp post, dazed and confused. "are you okay? do you have a concussion or something?" "i'm fine," he huffed, holding his head, "i just feel dizzy." "sit," you pushed him down gently, taking a seat next to him.
he squinted his eyes at you, seemingly examining your face, "you're car music girl!" you blinked, "huh?" he took his own mask off, grinning at you and pointing at himself, "beomgyu!" "small world," you laughed, finding his cute behaviour endearing. you had talked for a few more minutes before reluctantly telling him you had classes in the morning. "i'll see you around, yeah?" you gave him a smile one last time, before parting ways, not seeing his little happy dance behind you.
synopsis - working at a local bakery in the morning, fighting villains and monsters alike at night, that had been your daily life for years. all until a mysterious identity of the name tuxedo mask shows up out of nowhere and disrupts your routine.
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#who? 🌙#txt#txt smau#txt drabbles#txt x reader#txt fluff#tomorrow x together fluff#tomorrow x together x reader#tomorrow by together#tomorrow x together drabbles#tomorrow x together#beomgyu x reader smau#beomgyu smau#beomgyu x reader#beomgyu x you#beomgyu#choi beomgyu x reader#choi beomgyu#choi yeonjun#choi soobin#huening kai#kang taehyun
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WEEK FIVE LINEUP
I don't really have much to say here. When this posts(insert time here) I will be reopening submissions! So get ready for that (but please don't flood my form too much). Remember to take a quick look at the weekly lineups before you send in a character if you want to make sure they haven't been submitted yet!
Yuu Suzuno - King of Prism
Zhou Zishu - Word of Honor
Ai Hayasaka - Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Layla Hamilton - Kaleido Star
Hank - To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
Musa Kamara - Run with the Wind
Yin Fu - Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary
Rain Mikamura - Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Cure Passion - Fresh Precure
John Marston - Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2
Hop - Pokémon
Ai Haibara - Detective Conan
Sailor Saturn - Sailor Moon
Squilliam Fancyson - Spongebob Squarepants
Natarle Badgiruel - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Budwin - Papa Louie
Kaito - Ajin
Satou - Ajin
Minato Arisato - Persona 3
Shou - Akumetsu
Hijikata Mamoru - Until Death Do Us Part
Sarah Connor - Terminator
Sisirinah - Warbreaker
Beatriz Pinzón Solano - Yo Soy Betty, la Fea
Noah - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Alvis - Xenoblade Chronicles
Full Frontal - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096
Cypher (Amir el Amari) - Valorant
Daud - Dishonored
Emily Kaldwin - Dishonored
Jinx - Arcane
Nickel - Inanimate Insanity
Florida - Welcome to the Table
Fey Truscott-Sade - Doctor Who
Kroton the Cyberman - Doctor Who
Morbius - Doctor Who
Ralph Wiggum - The Simpsons
Ned Leeds - Spiderman (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Penny - Stardew Valley
Pam - Stardew Valley
Kanao Tsuyuri - Demon Slayer
Kazuki Nishina - King of Prism / Pretty Rhythm
eShop Bag - Nintendo 3DS eShop
Arcade Bunny - Nintendo Badge Arcade
Ace Ikebukuro - King of Prism
Mario - PriPara
Mr. AR - AR Games
Kururun - Tropical Rouge PreCure
StreetPass Bunny - StreetPass Mii Plaza
Ushimitsu - Idol Land PriPara
Final Boss (aka Disco) - Face Raiders
Shinji Aragaki - Persona 3
Kicks - Animal Crossing
Sabine - Star Stable Online
Langa Hasegawa - Sk8 the Infinity
Kouji Mihama - King of Prism / Pretty Rhythm
Hayami Hiro - King of Prism / Pretty Rhythm
Bluestar - Warrior Cats
Toma Ibuki - Waccha PriMagi
Nobuyuki Kai - Haikyuu
Sir Gilbert - Animal Jam
Minamoto Kou - Toilet Bound Hanako Kun (TBHK)
Yukina - Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Elle Woods - Legally Blonde
Chase McCain - LEGO City Undercover
Grimace - McDonald’s
Irresponsible Dad - Happy Wheels
V1 - ULTRAKILL
Topher Bus - Clone High
Moon Lord - Terraria
Therion - Octopath Traveler
Popcorn - Showvember
Eddy - Wii Sports Resort
Shaggy Rogers - Scooby-Doo
William Afton - Five Nights At Freddy’s
Mario - Super Mario
Oatchi - Pikmin 4
Moss - Pikmin 4
Miguel O’Hara - Across the Spiderverse
Tallahasse - Zombieland
Envelope - Animated Inanimate Battle
Nick Jr. Face - Nick Jr. bumpers
Muschio Malto - Divequest
Penny - Brawl Stars
PearlescentMoon - Double Life
The Narrator - Fight Club
Bora - Tally Hall Internet Show
Nanami Kiryuu - Revolutionary Girl Utena
Engine Room - Wii Sports Baseball Championship series
Lemmy Koopa - Super Mario
Anybodys - West Side Story
Garfield - Garfield
Maerad of Pellinor - The Books of Pellinor
Frankie Stein - Monster High Gen 3
Rapunzel - Neverafter, Dimension 20
Tabaqui the Jackal - The Gray House
Asa Mitaka - Chainsaw Man
Grell Sutcliff - Black Butler
Spamton G. Spamton - Deltarune
Neptune - Neptunia
#not a poll#the week ahead#I always get excited when I see characters I know here. Mainly because I don't know many
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Shh.. it's about to begin..
I'm a tralfamadorian
Hop up in my DeLorean
Your body is a wonderland
I wanna go explore'n
Outer space and time
Is great and fine
Don't confine me
But something differents on my mind see
Inner visions sometimes prisons
Conditions we exist in
Colors separate from the light through a prism
Witness..the darkest corner glistens
Dark side of the moon
From womb to tomb
Pursue something to consume
Stay woke
Ignore the plume of smoke
'Snot a sign of doom/gloom..choke
I presume you wanna go
Flinging ourselves stoned
Into the unknown
My, look how you've grown
Ego trip, pick up the phone
And call your inner child, hey
It's been a while since we talked last
They've got so much to say
How quick the hours on the clock pass
So try not to walk fast
Aging anyway the day to day gets n/evermore insane
Keep the illusions sacred
Because the truth is profane
Uncouth but profound
Catch me staring at the ground
Wondering how this flat earth
Could actually be round
Don't make a sound
Conspiracies are paramount
Why you buy those shoes
If not to wear em out
Walk in one direction til you hair gets long enough
To tie around your neck and lift you up
DMT dump right before your brain is done
Seeking Terra incognita
It's the spirit not the ether
That is the truest teacher
My cars actually a beater
I confess
No one to impress
This won't be on the test
But yet I digress
The only way out.. Is in
The end.
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Children | Chibonuunh
Elena...Regal...Twilight...Army...Military...Coronet...hmm...Acid...Valkyries (ty)...hmm...Thanatos...Leviathan...Adam...Eve...Sniper...Precision...Sparrow and Raven...Poseidon...Athena...Eclasty...Prism...and when there's more!~ Love, Distinguish (Kitsugeh), Recognition (Sansuhmnuhn), Latte (Shiguehnun), Xuanjuah, Celestial, Pivon, Pirate, Maroon, Xiu Xin, Xiang Leieh, Migumi Crisin, Scythe, Grimoire , Sex (Xiengshi), Pivotal, Kitenshi (Might)
Yejusen Yuno (YAY MY HIGHER NAME) | Please give my kids the requirements. Thanks!~ (5 of YOUR WISHES CAME TURE YEJUSEN), and also a Psychology Book Requirement: Blink
All Surname | Wei
Requirements
English | University Writing and Critical Thinking Using Literature
Foreign Languages | Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Khmer (Cambodian)
Mathematics: Calculus 2 (I made it to 5000 A+, Yes, Calculus Based Physics, Chain Rule...)
Psychology Requirement: AP Psychology or University Psychology
Social Sciences | Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, Philosophy, History (U.S. History, European History, World History)
Science Requirements | Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Triple Threat | Music (Voice Requirement) Instrument of Choice, Violin, Piano | Dance (Hip-Hop and Ballet) | Acting (Live, such as Production, and Film)
Game Requirements | Dance Dance Revolution | Arcade Games | Carnival Games (AT LEAST ONE WIN from Ring Toss into the Bottle and ONE WIN from the toss into the Giant Jug) | Final Fantasy: VII Completion | Guild Wars ( 5, 20s, with Ascension and Elite Armor, One Elite Armor from Kurzick and One Vabbian Armor, And One Elite Armor from Prophecies) | Beat Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall | Guild Wars 2: Rift Warden Title Requirement, 5 Max Levels (80) with at least ONE Birthday Cake (80) (Deer Rank: 10 Minimum in PvP Arena), World vs. World Requirement (5: Assaulter), Neopets: 1,000,000 Neopoints |Illusen and Jhudora Avatars | Secret Avatars: Get To Mission Level 20, League of Legends: Level 30 Account Requirement, Ragnarok Online: 3rd Class with Transcendence (10 Characters), Mario 64 (255 Stars WITHOUT Looking Up The Strategy Guide), Dynasty Warriors 9 (Unlock Diao Chan SET: Diao Chan, Lu Bu, Duong Zhuo
Swim Requirement: Level 7 Completion with the Certification (There is 10+, The City of Orange) | Competitive Swim
Martial Arts: Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Piguaquan
Leadership/ASB (Board Positions Included) | 4 Year Requirement
Volunteer Hours: 1000 Hours
Steps Requirement: 100,000 Steps
Classes: Honors, AP, IB (Full Diploma)
College Acceptances Requirement: Universities of California (UC) or California State Universities (CSU)
Sport: Volleyball
Bonus | Superlative Tier
Hobbies | 5 Minimum
Cooking Skill Requirement | Cambodian Level
Anime Requirements | Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Sailor Moon, Full Metal Panic, Naruto (First Season Minimum)
Yes, Daddy goes through all of your works, academics especially. Work hard in school!~ Make a lot of friends! Be your best. Finally, learn to grow. Learn from each other. You guys are siblings. Help each other out. Always be there for one another. I taught you guys well! #SiblingSkills Hehehe~
List of Books (Read 12, BLINK is Required of Sythe and Grimore)
Art of War
Eragon
The Romance of The Three Kingdoms
The Da Vinci Code
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Harry Potter
The Hunger Games
The Bad Beginning
Crazy Rich Asians
The Devil Wears Prada
Dracula
China Rich Girlfriend
Rich People Problems
Beyond Good and Evil
Drowned Wednesday
Strawberry Girl
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
The Diary of Anne Frank
Night
The Iliad
Brave New World
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Sons and Lovers
Crime and Punishment
Oedipus Rex
The Most Dangerous Game
The Lottery
Peter Pan
Alice In Wonderland
Two Good Friends (BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK)
The Road
Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of The Shrew
A Doll's House
The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
Holes
By The Great Horn Spoon
Little House On The Prairie
Animal Farm
Charlotte's Web
Brisingr
Eldest
Magic Requirement: Elements (Water Focus)
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Finding Family: Part Four: Chapter Eight
Summary: When America begins universe-hopping again to try and find her moms, she realizes that’s too much scope for her. She looks for smaller scope, and instead she finds Wanda.
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The moment passes. It is disturbed. It breaks. And for a while – a long while, as whiles can be counted – it doesn’t come back.
America is still fascinated with Wendy’s stories, but when she catches Wendy looking toward her with a mischievous sparkle in her eyes, she looks away. In looking away, she sees Pan, usually turned to one side and messing with his hammock but now occasionally looking straight up at her, and she sees Pixie, who avoids looking at Wendy sometimes the exact same way that America now does but every now and again, face flushed a bright red, looks up at her just as entranced as America thinks she must have looked – must still look, when she isn’t trying to avoid Wendy’s piercing gaze.
The nightmares come, just as they have been coming, but America’s dreams are memories, twisted and turned like a prism catching the light, and a new one joins the two and their variations: this time of that passed moment and of things that might have been. She has learned how to deal with the other two nightmares, although she still hates them, but whenever she dreams of Wendy’s lips meeting her own, she wakes in the same instant, heart racing, stomach unsettled, breathing shallow, in that same sort of panicked feeling that isn’t quite a panic attack but isn’t quite not.
It is this dream which sends America out of the tree, through the tunnels, and back out into Neverland proper, walking and walking and walking. Sometimes she walks with hands shoved into her pockets; sometimes her hands feel like they need to be out and doing something, but there’s nothing to do; and sometimes her hands clench into fists, cutting those same half-moons into her palms, with that same strong desire to punch something with nothing to punch – but not from rage. She can’t place the emotion. She isn’t sure that she wants to know; she isn’t sure she’ll like what she finds out.
Some part of America hopes that in these walks Wendy will find her again, but another part, just as much as the first, wants the exact opposite. She wants and she does not know what she wants.
So she walks.
Pan’s words echo in her mind during these walks – My sister’s sick usually accompanied by We’re stuck here – and while America has tried to puzzle them out, she still hasn’t gone to ask Pixie about them directly. Somehow she thought that, maybe, Pan would have sent Pixie to her, would have communicated to the other girl that maybe there is a conversation she should be having with America, but she guesses that isn’t exactly the case. Or maybe Pixie is avoiding the conversation just as much as America is.
Just as with the situation with Wendy – America wants to know and she doesn’t want to know. It’s a fine line, an intricate sort of balance, and she feels like she’s walking it thousands of miles up in the air with no net beneath her if she falls. The terror is different than that which comes in her dreams. It doesn’t make her heart beat fast, it doesn’t make her breath shallow or quick, and it doesn’t make her clammy or cold. It only is, and it looms above her like the scarlet clouds that never left Wanda’s domain on Earth-616.
America doesn’t dwell on that. She doesn’t dwell on Wanda, and she certainly doesn’t dwell on the Scarlet Witch. It just makes her stomach churn.
The easiest way to deal with this situation would be to run. America knows this. She is very good at running away from threats or confusing situations, and when she hasn’t actively chosen to run, her power’s kick-in fight-or-flight flight response does it for her. She is built to run away from situations instead of confronting them (although she is also built to dominate in a confrontation, too, when she chooses it), and that is the choice she has often made (except with Wanda, except with the blood that covered her knuckles, staining her as scarlet as the witch she’d beaten bloody).
And running isn’t unappealing. America knows now that when she and her moms were separated they’d ended up in a world with Wanda and Pietro and that they’d saved them. She knows her moms. They wouldn’t have left them alone as orphans. She doesn’t know if they would have stayed with them or not, only that they were there once. If her powers keep doing what they’ve been doing and taking her to Wanda throughout every universe, then eventually, eventually, she will find her moms.
But there’s no way of telling how long that will take or how many universes she will have to go through to get to them. In an infinite number of universes across the multiverse, there’s an infinite realm of possibilities in which she hits every universe once but never returns to her moms at all.
If her powers thought she needed to return to her moms, she would be there already, if Strange’s theory is correct.
This is, perhaps, the worst thought of all.
It is too much and too many things to think about and America’s head feels like it’s swarming with all of the things and nothing connects or seems to make any sort of anything.
So America stays in Neverland. She walks when her dreams are too much, and she thinks about the other too muches, and when the days come, she keeps herself separate from the others and she…walks. She forages. She brings back what food she finds in the bag she’d gotten from Magda, and she runs her fingers along the threads, and she tries – she tries – not to think too much about anything but can’t quite keep herself from doing that.
Everything is thinking, and nothing is, and she has decisions to make but doesn’t know what to do. Doesn’t know what’s right to do.
Except that indecision is, in and of itself, also a decision.
And, eventually, every other choice can be taken away – or someone else can make the decision for her.
In this case, it’s a little bit of all of the above.
Pixie finds her first, on what feels like maybe the hottest day of the year. If Neverland were normal, there would be a haze of bugs swarming through the trees, mosquitoes being their usual nuisance selves, so much bug spray and sunscreen that the air would be thick with the scent of it, reminiscent of being at swimming pools in the middle of July – but Neverland is not normal. It may be hot and sticky and so humid it feels like they’re walking through water, but there are no bugs to take advantage of any of this, nothing to swat away from their faces.
America is dripping with sweat. She’s tied her jacket around her waist, unwilling to leave it in the tree (because anything left in the tree is considered communal – something no one ever told her outright until she caught one of the other Lost Ones trying to steal the socks she’d left behind (it’s too hot for socks, and it’s too hot for sneakers, but she doesn’t have any other shoes, and she’s not going to walk around Neverland barefoot; it’s a little too haphazard for that)), and taken a knife to her skinny jeans to rip them at the knee. They’re black. It’s hot, and that does not help. Neither does the grey shirt, which was not built for this kind of heat, but it’s not like she’s found any shopping malls around here.
But Pixie is still in that lavender sweater and button-up shirt get-up. Her curls are pulled back into a high ponytail to keep them off of her neck, but that just makes her look a little more off-kilt. She’s got jeans and boots and just looking at her makes America feel even hotter. And, like, not in a good way. How does she even live like that?
Pixie pulls her to one side – her hands are cold, how are her hands cold when it is so hot – and gives her a little look over before rolling her eyes. “C’mon, loser.” She holds up her other hand, and a copper sling ring swings around her forefinger like car keys. “We’re going shopping.” Then she pauses, ice blue eyes narrowing behind wide black frames. “You do know that reference right? I’m not just—”
“I know the reference.” America shoves her – not rough, half-playful, mostly uncertain. She feels like she shouldn’t even be touching Pixie. Even though they’re all Lost Ones, Pixie has an untouchable feel about her. It’s not arrogance, not really. Just…a separateness. An otherness. Sometimes, America feels like she must exude the same thing, although she doesn’t know why.
It’s because she’s Starlight and Pixie is Pixie, and she’s noticed that the same is true of Pan and Wendy, too, but they’re better at getting around it. They’re the leaders here, the leaders of the Lost Ones, but she’s not a leader of anything, she’s just there.
(She killed an Ultron puppet. If Wendy is the real leader and Pan is her protector, if Pixie makes the shield that keeps them all safe, then Starlight is the heavy. She’s the knight. She hasn’t figured that out yet. She hasn’t realized that Wendy is not the only one who saw her annihilate the robot and hasn’t overheard the stories that the other Lost Ones are whispering about her. She tries not to notice the whispering, but it’s impossible not to notice their looks.)
America hasn’t let anyone borrow her sling ring. She knows that Pixie allows her with communal nature – that some of the other Lost Ones have just enough knowledge to know how to use the ring to get to where they’re going and to get back – but she’s never seen it happen. Any time they want to use the sling ring, they go outside the shield first. No one’s explained that to her either. She holds hers aloft. “Tell me where we’re going. I need the practice.”
Pixie raises an eyebrow. Her lips twist into a smug sort of…something. It isn’t quite a smile, but it’s not quite not a smile either. “Try it.”
“I don’t know where we’re going.” America’s brows furrow.
Pixie nods towards the sling ring. “Try it anyway.”
“Um. Okay.” America starts to make the sparkling golden circle that she’s been making for the past several months. She does the exact same motions and waits for the sparks. There’s nothing. Her furrowed brow deepens. “Um. I’m sure I’m doing this right. Hold on.” She tries again, and again, there’s nothing. Strange. She presses her lips together and lets her hand fall. “I guess it’s been too long. You should probably—”
“It’s not you.” Now Pixie smiles, and it’s full of that same smug assurance that her previous expression held. “Well, it is you, but it’s not your fault.” She points upwards, towards the sky, and the shield vibrates thin and violet for a second. “Runes. In the shield. I’m the only one who can use magic here.”
America blinks. “Why?” That doesn’t make any sense. “Wouldn’t it be better if the other Lost Ones – if other people who can use magic here—” She’s making words that don’t make sense. “Why wouldn’t you want us to use magic?”
“Again, not about you.” Pixie starts to make her own sparkling golden circle, and it appears in the air easily enough. She walks through and gestures for America to follow her. “I’ll explain out here.”
Now. America implicitly trusts Wendy. She can’t say just why she does, but she does. It certainly isn’t her interactions with the other variations of her she’s seen across the multiverse, because if that were so, she would run far, far away from any other version of the Scarlet Witch. (She says this, but she was the one who kept going back to the actual Scarlet Witch, so that’s debatable.)
America isn’t so sure she trusts Pixie.
But when she glances over her shoulder, Wendy is there, sitting on a fallen tree trunk, kicking her feet and bouncing them off the trunk. Wendy notices and meets her eyes. Her head tilts ever so slightly to one side, eyes widening, and she gestures with a shooing motion. Go, go.
And now America feels a little bit ganged up on. But she supposes, if it’s Wendy causing it, then it’s okay. Theoretically. Maybe.
You know what, America’s not feeling all that certain about Wendy right now, considering, but she’ll take the support that she’s given. Wendy says to trust Pixie, and she trusts Wendy, so she supposes that she’ll trust Pixie. It’s not like she’s ever been around an evil Agatha Harkness. Just ones that have made her feel unnerved and uncomfortable.
Yeah, this is going to be great.
As soon as America steps through Pixie’s portal, a wave of intense nausea hits her. She doubles over, stomach clenching, as bile rises up her throat. No. No. America shoves that back down. She’s not going to get sick. Even when she was six years old, on her first trip through the multiverse and through the portals she creates, she didn’t get sick. Other people, yes, but America Chavez? Never.
But this hurts. It feels like something is spreading out under her skin, stretching and pulling on it, pushing it faster than it should be. She takes a sharp breath in and looks up at Pixie.
Pixie doesn’t move. She just stands there and stares at America with those cold blue eyes.
The pain slowly – slowly – begins to subside, and America just as slowly begins to straighten herself. She coughs and coughs and swallows. This time, when she clenches her hands into angry little fists, the nails that normally are shorn and cut sharp into the flesh of her palms bend.
They’re too long. They’ve never been too long. She doesn’t keep long nails. They always catch on something and get ripped off when they grow longer than her fingertips. She holds a hand up in front of her face. They’re long. Wicked long. She turns back to Pixie. “What. the. fuck?”
“You haven’t been out of Neverland in a while,” Pixie says, and her gaze moves out to the rest of the world. “It takes time to readjust.”
“How are you fine?”
Pixie reaches beneath her button-up shirt and pulls out a golden circlet dangling on a thick black cord around her neck. A green light similar to the one America’d seen near the bomb glows out from the circlet. “I have this,” she says, staring at the circlet before clenching it in her fist and shoving it back beneath her shirt. “There’s some things you need to know, Starlight, and apparently it is my job to teach you.” She rolls her eyes and steps forward.
America hadn’t even looked in front of them, too concerned with the sudden overwhelming nausea and pain she’d been feeling. She looks now and sees an abandoned shopping mall. It isn’t nearly as gone as everything within Neverland is; in fact, it looks like it would be a completely normal shopping mall, except that the parking lot is completely deserted. There’s no one here. Everything is empty.
This is oddly different than how the universe appeared when America first arrived, and it makes her feel unsettled. She turns to Pixie. “What is going on?”
“We’re going shopping, first off.” Pixie holds the door open and gives her a blank stare. “I’ll explain what I can while we do. Now get in. We don’t want to call the attention of any Ultron puppets.”
America’s eyes narrow. “I can kill the puppets.”
“Oh, honey. They wouldn’t be here for you.” Pixie gives her a smile, but there’s no mirth to it, no joy, only a strange sort of superior sadness. “Now get.” She wiggles her fingers, and a cloud of violet struck through with golden threads shoves America forward. “We don’t have time for standing around and staring.”
America’s teeth grit together as she enters the shopping mall and the door shuts soft behind them. She glares at Pixie. “Don’t do that again.”
“Then don’t make me do it again.” Pixie smiles at her. “You need more clothes, you need an explanation, and you….” Her nose scrunches up. “Honestly, you’re starting to smell. Wearing the same clothes for so long does that to a person. I’m doing you a favor.” She taps America’s nose with her forefinger and then turns away, striding off down the hall. “Get moving, please. I don’t want to make you join me again.”
Great. Exactly as fun as she thought it was going to be.
America glances back over her shoulder to the shopping mall doors. She should have stayed in Neverland. She shouldn’t have trusted Wendy’s gesture. She could leave right now. All she’d have to do is punch another hole in the universe and go somewhere else.
But something stops her.
She refuses to think about what that something is. Instead, she bites her lower lip and follows Pixie deeper into the abandoned mall.
#bandit fic#finding family with wanda and america#neverland arc#wanda maximoff#scarlet witch#america chavez#pietro maximoff#agatha harkness#stephen strange#mcu#queue
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Day 16 – Crane
“Ugh, come on!” A particularly annoyed voice cut through the relative quiet of the Rising Stones, accompanied by some particularly childish giggles. Putting her book down, Stalwart rose to see what the commotion was about this time.
Arashi was hopping up and down on her toes, arms stretched to their limit as they tried to reach a plate of coffee biscuits placed just a few inches further than they could crane. Sanda was watching with a great deal of amusement, looking years younger than usual with her face lit up so. The likely suspect behind the crime was nowhere to be seen, but Fareena would surely show herself eventually. The culprit was liable to return to the scene of the crime, if only to relish in the chaos.
Stalwart leaned against a nearby bookcase, watching on in quiet amusement. The fabled Warrior of Light was now trying to climb the wall, finding very little purchase against the solid stone. Spitting curses, the slayer of countless gods turned to her sister, who was almost doubled up with laughter now. “Fine, you go get them if you’re so bloody amused!” cried Arashi before she stormed off in a huff. Stalwart watched her go from her vantage point. She’d be back. The coffee biscuits were too tempting a prize to ignore.
Sure enough, Arashi was shortly returned, this time with a rather confused Urianger in tow. The poor elezen shot Stalwart a confused glance, to which she could only shrug with a smile. Arashi was heedless, dragging the nonplussed astrologian to the waiting plate. Or rather, where the plate was previously. “I fear I see no trace of thine precious biscuits, my lady,” said Urianger after theatrically searching high and (somewhat) low. “Perhaps they were merely a figment of thine overtaxed imagination.” Stalwart had to try hard to suppress a laugh herself. Fareena was well-prepared indeed if she could rope Urianger into this scheme.
Leaving Urianger to his theatrics, Arashi grabbed her breathlessly laughing sister by the shoulders and shook her into coherence. “What did she do with them?” the irate Au Ra demanded. All she got was laughter. With a frustrated groan, Arashi spun to fix the quietly amused residents of the Rising Stones a series of withering glares. “I don’t care how she roped you into this,” she growled, “But I will pay double whatever she paid you if you tell me where she is and what she’s done with my biscuits.”
A heavy, considering silence (and some rapidly quieting laughter from an out-of-breath Sanda) was her only reply. Stalwart, apparently the only one not bribed into keeping her mouth shut, stared quietly at the suspicious-looking house plant in the corner. The plant which was, at this moment, trying desperately not to laugh or spill the coffee biscuits perched precariously on its “branches”. If Arashi wasn’t quite so angry as she presently was, she would have noticed her prize minutes ago. But alas.
“You.” Arashi was pointing at Stalwart now, murder in her eyes. Stalwart sighed. Here we go… “You’ve got to know something, and I trust you more than the rest of these conspirators.” With slow, measured steps, Arashi came closer. Despite herself, Stalwart found herself paling. Arashi really could be quite terrifying when she was angry. “I’m willing to make you a deal,” she whispered, stepping inside Stalwart’s personal bubble with frightening intent. “If you tell me where she is and what she did with my biscuits, I won’t tell Y’shtola about the novels you pilfered from her private quarters two moons ago.” Arashi’s tone was too quiet to carry far, but Stalwart swore she saw Y’shtola’s ears prick at the mention of her name. Sorry, Fareena.
“In the corner, using a glamour prism to disguise herself.” Stalwart’s terrified voice came out as a whisper, but Arashi’s horns were sensitive enough to pick up the damning truth. With a predatory smile, Arashi turned slowly to the plant. The only sound now was the quivering of foliage that had all-too-suddenly been rumbled.
“There you are, you thief.” Arashi’s tone was suddenly sickly sweet. “Why don’t you pull up a chair and we can have ourselves a little talk?” The plant, showing more speed and dynamism than any plant in the history of botany, sprinted for the exit. Arashi was hot on her heels, crying such foul and terrible swears that Stalwart felt her ears burning. Then they were gone, and a relative peace returned to the Stones.
Stalwart breathed a sigh of relief, leaning heavily against the bookcase again. Alphinaud and Alisaie were tending to poor Sanda, who had collapsed on the floor from shortness of breath. From the look on her face, she didn’t regret a thing. Stalwart frowned, spying a stray coffee biscuit on the ground. Well, waste not, want not… Stooping down, Stalwart snatched up the biscuit, but a polite cough gave her pause before she could bite down on the still-warm pastry.
“So,” a familiar, casually peeved voice spoke, belonging to an eyebrow-raising miqote mage. Stalwart froze, all blood draining from her face. “What exactly was that about my missing copy of Tales from the Twilight?”
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Yashahime Episode 2
"The Three Princesses"
The episode starts with young Towa and Setsuna in the Forest of Ages.
I want to note that the music that is playing during this scene is Towa's theme song in a more calm emotion played slow.
Fun fact, that Towa's theme song does have Rin's theme song in it, for those who don't know. I have a video I made on that.
Towa says that they have lived in the forest for a long time.
Setsuna appears to not have her fur, either she gets it by puberty or hers was decorative from another animal. As we know the fur from Sesshoumaru is apart of his body, this was confirmed by Rumiko Takahashi in the InuYasha Profiles book under Sesshoumaru's profile.
Again, the comparison to Sesshoumaru's belt is made here like I noted in my trailer breakdown.
River (Kawa) or winding stream represents continuity and the future.
Based from their color palettes given to us in the first artwork we were given, Towa is blue and Setsuna is purple. While in this scene it appears that Setsuna is wearing blue and Towa is wearing purple. When Setsuna is older, she is wearing blue with a purple belt.
While Towa is wearing a yellow belt like Sesshoumaru and Setsuna seems to be wearing the faded red belt that Rin wore from the Final Act.
- Towa's memories have began to fade when she's an adult. The thing she remembers the most is Setsuna
- So anything else we see in this flashback may be missing details.
- The animals shown in her memories might be the other characters.
There were two deer coupled together, and a fawn that could be InuYasha, Kagome and Moroha. With another deer running after.
The boar had two twin babies Almost like K'inu and Gyokuto.
My friend https://twitter.com/Mokomoko_fluff made even more comparisons and she describes more into the past theory with the animals, as well as the Young Twins clothing comparison to the parents. So please follow her.
Towa begins to run too fast, and let's go of Setsuna's hand. When recalling this memory she even questions why she let go of her hand...
Setsuna pushes Towa out of the way. I know some people were confused, but as I played it slowly frame by frame. Especially when Setsuna says "Look out!" Setsuna pushes Towa out of danger.
Towa can't track Setsuna's sent because of the fire. In this moment, I want you to take account of the Japanese terms used. In English we have words like scent, odor, aroma, and so one. Sesshoumaru in the Japanese manga uses the term aroma (sweet smelling) for Rin, while for others he used regular smell. In this moment Towa is using the same scent term that Sesshoumaru uses for Rin - A Sweet smelling Aroma.
Towa's pearl activates when next to roothead. Probably because she's in danger, or many other reasons as to why it could activate.
We hear Ne no Kubi - or it's English name Roothead talking about Towa's pearl. Towa is holding onto a vine until it tears and sucks in Towa. Towa goes through what is officially called the "Tunnel of the Tree of Ages" also known as the "rainbow corridor" as to what Moroha calls it later on in the episode! So this could imply that the pearls have to do with this.
Towa wakes up from Buyou, and Souta finds her. Souta notices that she's from the Feudal Era - "It looks like you've come from place far, far away, huh?"
Towa wasn't sure why, but she knew she could trust Souta.
When they go looking for Setsuna, another version of Towa's theme plays.
They never found Setsuna, it had been ten years since Papa Souta adopted Towa.
In this moment it's further into Towa's song in this slow version, and we can clearly hear Rin's theme song in it. I got chills.
They're living into a condominuim, and she goes by Towa Higurashi now.
She says her memories have faded and lately she had been thinking it may have all just been a dream. It shows her weapons, including Kikujuumonji at the top.
She has a lot of workout equipment and a punching bag. She's got trophies.
Towa says Setsuna definitely was not a dream.
She says it's such nice weather, then she goes to brush her teeth to get her day started.
Her younger sister Mei is on her way to go to school, tells Towa Good-Morning and mentions that it's Towa's first day at a new school. She tells Towa to not get into any fights. Then she leaves to go to school.
Towa tells her to be safe.
Towa then says that Mei is "Papa Souta's true daughter". "She's a bit shy and naive, but she's also cute, smart, honest and quite talented." She's Towa's precious little sister.
But she feels that maybe she cherishes Mei so much because she's a substitute for Setsuna, whom she was never able to find.
The flower on her bag - Plum Blossom (Ume) is the first flower to bloom in the spring and is known as the ‘Flower of Peace’. A protective charm against evil, it also represents longevity, renewal and perseverance. Identified by rounded petals. We also see Towa wearing a robe that has yellow Plum Blossoms on it.
Towa says she dresses the way she does because it's easier for her to fight.
Souta is worried about Towa being dressed like a boy because it's an all-girls school this time. Because he doesn't want her to get into fights anymore.
She walks to school and says that no one seems to get it - That transferring to an all-girls school won't stop the fighting. The ones she takes down always come back for more.
The bullies show up thinking Towa is trying to run away from them. The bullies are actually a cameo appearance of Lum's Stormtroopers or also known as Lum's Guards from Urusei Yatsura.
She answers "Who said I was running?"
In the next scene is shows her beating them up. At one part one of them says "Stop it! Itll break! Help!" in this moment she pauses and stops.
She says that the fighting hasn't stopped ever since she stopped a bully in elementary school. And there'd be more each time she changed schools. As she picks up her bag, we see the flower upclose again.
She says that they are all weak and "Why can't they just keep their heads down?"
The bullies say "That ain't no woman." "Why doesn't she finish us off?" "She's too soft."
"But at this rate..."
"We'll have to ask Bro for help."
That part made me laugh. BRO
Towa reaches her school, Saint Gabriel Academy - It's her first day and she's late already.
"St. Gabriel Academy" is the name of the school where the main characters went to in the series NEW MOBILE REPORT GUNDAM WING. Which was made in 1995 by Sunrise!
She's making sure no one is looking, then she hops over the gate.
We see the Feudal Era -
Moroha is sitting by a waterfall, picking her ear. She can tell that there's Demon Slayers behind the trees.
She says that she wouldn't be slain, not even in a 1000 years. She says that she will turn them all into lunch for her Kurikaramaru. This could be a reference to the swords possible absorption ability like Tessaiga, or even Dragon Scaled Tessaiga.
I can't get enough of Moroha, I loved it when she laughed.
Hisui shows up and calls her "Moroha the Demon Killer" this also refers to her being a Bounty Hunter.
Hisui's theme song sounds like it uses notes from Miroku's theme, of course that being his father. I'll have to wait until the songs are released for me to make a proper comparison.
He says on behalf of the local villagers, that they've come to punish her.
"In the name of the Moon I will punish you!"
He throws Hiraikotsu and she jumps out of the way.
Moroha says that they've got the wrong target. She hasn't left the mountains, she was just waiting for her bounty to show up.
Hisui says "A demon /and/ a bounty hunter? All the more reason then!" He was charging at her while Kohaku tells him to stand down.
Kohaku calls Moroha, "Lady Moroha" - and asks if another demon is responsible for the attacking the village.
She says thats right but that it's too late - they've made her mad. Now she pulls out her rouge that contains the red pearl. You can use rouge as lipstick as well.
It looks like a nipple.
MOON PRISM POWER! - MAKE UP.
Okay, these Sailor Moon references are killing me.
She says "With this rouge, I become Beniyasha, Destroyer of Lands.
Tremble before the bloodthirsty dawn."
Setsuna interrupts Moroha with her Naginata.
Moroha says "Hey, you Demon Slayers work with an interesting companion."
"You're a half-demon, right? I'm also a..."
Setsuna immediately says "Silence! You're dead."
Moroha pulls out her sword and the fight starts.
It seems that Moroha knows about the weapon Setsuna is using the Kanemitsu no Tomoe.
Moroha asks if she wins the match if she could have it.
Hisui wants to back her up Setsuna but she says thats theres no need.
Moroha says "So your name's Setsuna, huh?"
Moroha licks her lips giving her a nickname "All right! Sorry "Setsu," but I'll be taking your weapon!"
The battle animation here was beautiful.
In this moment Setsuna's pearl starts to glow in her eye. By many reasons this could be happening, Setsuna's life being endangered, or because Moroha's red pearl is nearby, it could be telling her that Moroha is not an enemy.
Moroha says "You have a rainbow pearl too?"
It seems that Moroha knows about the Rainbow pearls, but that Setsuna doesn't know what they are.
As this happens Mistress Three Eyes senses the pearls powers and comes out.
The zoom in animation of her eye, that's really detailed.
Mistress Three Eyes was the demon that was attacking the village.
From the Yashahime Keyword, we also know that Mistress Three Eyes is the Granddaughter of Mistress Centipede from the first InuYasha Episode.
She lunges at Setsuna
Hisui picks up Setsuna quickly, avoiding Mistress Three Eyes. In this moment Setsuna could be having visions because of her pearl activating. Hisui asks if she's okay and she snaps out of it.
Moroha knew that Mistress Three Eyes would show up since she has the red pearl with her. Moroha has been after her from the start. She says "Time to claim my bounty!" as she jumps to attack Mistress Three Eyes, but she's tougher than Moroha though.
Instead she pulls out her bow, prepares an arrow for firing and says
"Hey Demon Slayers! Get lost, unless you want to get caught in the crossfire!"
"Take this! Heavenly Arrow Barrage!"
She shoots an arrow, and it cuts Mistress Three Eyes hair, passing her head.
Mistress Three Eyes thinks she missed but she was very wrong.
The first arrow vanished and then Loads of arrows appear, raining down onto Mistress Three Eyes.
Kohaku says "Are those Sacred Arrows? No, those are the Arrows of Sealing. How could Beniyasha have such spiritual power?"
Moroha says she did it! In this moment Mistress Three Eyes shouldn't be moving.
But here's where things get interesting, Mistress Three Eyes begins to move, however in this moment a purple aura appears. This is the same purple aura we see from Episode 1 when Roothead swallows bandits.
Could it be that some arrow shafts are made from the fallen branches of sacred trees? However this isn't true for all arrows as we know powerful priestess such as Kagome and Kikyou have been able to channel their spiritual powers from regular arrows.
Could it have been that these arrows were made from Rootheads fallen branches at some point?
She was able to take Moroha's shell that containted the Red Pearl out of thin air. Could it be that Roothead took it from Moroha to give to Mistress Three eyes on purpose to lure the pearls to him? Or Mistress three eyes has a different power than her grandmother. It's possible that even having a pearl nearby she could get stronger, similiar how Mistress Centipede got stronger with the Shikon Jewel nearby.
The thing is that Mistress Three eyes was only able to move her head up when this happens, so something tells me Roothead has something to do with it.
MIstress Three Eyes swallows Moroha's pearl and becomes stronger, slightly transforming. So she goes after Setsuna, who has the Gold Pearl while they try to divert her to Lady Kaede.
Towa is at school, with her homeroom teacher Osamu Kirin who seems to be a cameo of Mousse or Dr Tofu from Ranma 1/2. He tells her a British Proverb with an Engrish accent "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." So he overlooked her being late for the day. Which she seemed surprised that he didn't call her parents and let her off the hook so easily.
Three of the bullies seemed to be stalking Mei.
Then we see Towa jumping onto the roof to look at her sword. She says that this is the moment when she feels at peace.
She says "The celebrated sword Kikujuumonji, a national treasure."
Towa says that "she was told" that her sword once belonged to the shogun Yoshiteru Ashikaga - Although it might not be true though, you know what Gramps said about So'unga. If he was the one that gave her the sword, I wonder how she got it.
I also want to note that Kiku is also a Chrysanthemum flower. Yet another flower symbolism of Towa. It is the symbol of regal beauty, rejuvenation and longevity. Used as the Imperial Seal of Japan, it also represents autumn. The guard on her sword seems to be a flower shape as well.
Towa sniffs the air, and she can tell that Mei is crying at Grampa's shrine.
The bullies tied up Mei, Grammy and Grampa Higurashi.
Bro seems to be Kuno Tatewaki from Ranma 1/2
Towa says "This world is full of the weak. And because they're weak, they band together and pick on people weaker than them. I'm really sick of it."
I like it when Towa says "I can show you a crying face. But it won't be mine. It'll be yours!"
Towa fights them with her fists. One of the things I mentioned in my trailer breakdown was the symbol on Towa's sword bag. That appeared to be one of the Kagome symbols. But we'll see what it really is or actually means down the line, I'm sure.
One of the guys take out a knife and threatens them.
So Towa takes out her sword and drops the bag, we get to see the symbol once again and it appears to be ten pointed. A decagram, based on this frame.
A different version of Towa's theme plays. Towa takes hits because she remembers her promise to Papa Souta, to never use her powers in front of other people. Of course in this moment, she is sorry that she can't keep her promise.
She throws the other dude, saves the day. Mei doesn't want her to fight, and says "I know you want to be more girly and cute, don't you?"
Towa says "Um, I guess there's a part of me that can't answer immediately."
Mei was like "You're supposed to say 'yes' even if you don't mean it!"
Okay little girl.
All is well the bad guys leave as they think the police were coming, but Gramps says that they just so happened to be passing by.
Mei and Towa have a sweet moment. Towa says she's sorry.
Towa says
Living in this world is hard. If you don't follow set rules, you're treated as an outcast. Girls must be feminine, and boys must be masculine." And that she has been sick of that.
The whole gender roles, and having to follow those rules. I really love that she talks about stuff like that. This is what I've been really wanting to see more of especially coming from the Feudal Fairytale universe. The story of InuYasha was the internal struggles of having to follow what society wants, being an outcast.
She said that but she thinks it's time to stop being stubborn. There's nothing that could ever justify making Mei cry that much. Towa is so sweet and loving, she cares so much. Like the voice actors said in Animage, she represents her mom's personality.
Another cute part where Towa's smelling something that she's smelled before, something nostalgic as the breeze passes through the Sacred Tree. She questions why it was coming from the Tree.
Then we see Lady Kaede coming out of her hut. She's like "What the Hell?" seeing Mistress Three Eyes chasing Setsuna and Hisui on Kirara.
So Setsuna says she was going to use to her advantage that Mistress Three Eyes wants the pearl in her eye. Which is funny to me because that was Moroha's idea first. So, here are some things to note from Moroha with her baiting as a Bounty Hunter.
Setsuna drops down and uses her Senpujin, or Cyclone Burst. This sounds a lot different from the trailer. I preferred how it sounded in the trailer - But I'm sure that we'll be hearing it a lot more. As not all announcing of special attacks are going to sound the same each time.
"My name is Setsuna. Those are my only words for you. That is why you will die tonight."
Moroha interrupts with her Crimson Dragon Wave. Atta girl. That's my daughter. You tell her! That was your bounty first.
Setsuna said a famous Sesshoumaru line "Ridiculous".
Setsuna can't seem to move at all, and Mistress Three Eyes takes her Gold Pearl. Swallows it and does the same transformation we see that her grandmother Mistress Centipede - becomes in the first InuYasha episode.
Moroha seemed to be more excited that she was becoming stronger, like it would be more fun of a fight that way. I really like that about her.
"Hold on. I've got you, Setsu!" And Setsuna's like "Don't call me that!"
Roothead inside of the Sacred Tree/Or known as the Tree of Ages begins to glow blue, and talks. He says "I sense the Rainbow Pearl for the first time in over ten years! And two at that!
By the power of the Tree of Ages, I now return to this world!"
By hearing this, I know from the first movie the Tree of Ages are linked to all different times. So it could be that Roothead can also travel between ages as well.
"Could this smell be..."
All three of them get sucked in. Sent to the Modern era.
One thing to note is that Moroha is being thrown and landing the same way that Kagome did from the first episode of InuYasha.
Towa is amazed to see her sister Setsuna back, her silver pearl begins to glow in her eye. Calling out Setsuna's name.
Moroha says "Damn it. I feel so weak. It is because I crossed through the rainbow corridor?" I'm really curious as to what she means by that. So I'm sure we'll figure out more of what the Tunnel of the Tree of Ages does. She could be exhausted from time traveling. Which would be something that's new, but heck she was thrown as well.
Mistress Three eyes gettin' all excited about getting a pearl for each of her three eyes.
"Setsuna! I'll save you!" and her sword breaks. So this is what leads to Towa creating a blade from her demonic energy that we will see in the next episode -
The animation in this episode was beautiful especially down to the water effects when Towa and Setsuna were drinking water, even when Towa was walking to school you could see the water effects there as well.
Kaoru Wada's music does not dissappoint me, ever.
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Hey blog. I find myself back in bed, typing away on my laptop with that same backlit keyboard helping me keep my home row finger placement. Accept this time I’m listening to Marty Robbins, not lofi. If you think you would enjoy rootin’ tootin’ six shootin’ cowboy ballads, give him a try.
I’ve been trying to keep myself busy the last couple of days. But what else is new? I found some cool stuff under my bed from a monthly subscription box called Lootcrate. I would get t-shirts and knickknacks and little projects to work on. I found a model of the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars that I spent about 2 hours putting together. Folding metal and fitting pieces together with less than a millimeter thick insertion points was tedious work. I’m mostly happy with how it turned out. I also found a DIY spectroscope that separates visible light. White light contains every color in the visible spectrum and what a prism allows you to do is seperate them. Have you ever seen the cover to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon? It’s like that. I just used some cardboard and part of a dvd. The picture I was able to get doesn’t do it justice. You’ll have to take my word for it that it is crystal clear.
Today was another beautiful day. I’m happy I was able to take advantage of it with an hour bike ride and stopping to visit my friend Mike on the way back. He was telling me about the new engine he got for his 1985 Monte Carlo, aka the Jaded Dragon. He was also trying to show me the workings of a 350 Chevy that he pulled from a ‘91 Trailblazer. I understood most of it, but there are times when you just have to nod and let him go.
Dinner tonight was pretty good. I made pork chops with a new dry rub I’ve been perfecting for chicken and pork. It has a nice bite to it, but there is more work to be done. After dinner I decided to resurrect a very old childhood pastime of mine, Club Penguin. It's not even that I’m desperate to find things to occupy my time, but this quarantine is actually giving me time to enjoy my life and break from routine. Looking back now, I had actually been wishing for that all year because I hated the monotony of school. It felt like my life was on pause, and I was just waiting for it to be over. I guess I got my wish after all. Oops. My friend Matt and I hopped on Club Penguin and played this card game called Card Jitzu. It requires no skill at all and I used to be really good and now I suck. Matt, if you’re reading this, I will beat you.
#life2020
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My Favorite Albums/Projects From Each Year of the 10s
The 2010′s decade is about 6 months till its end, mind-boggling enough, this blog has existed for 9 years of it starting mid-2011. Thank you to everyone who’s ever taken any sort of time out of their life to read, think about, or even just glance at one of my reviews over the years it’s meant a lot. Special thanks to those who’ve sent music for me to review or just to listen too and those who’ve reached out and bonded with me over music and more the past few years. This is a compilation of most of all my favorite albums/mixtapes/eps over the years. I’ll probably condense it by years end to a top 50 albums of the 10′s list at the year's end. Hopefully, you find something you haven’t heard and enjoy.
2010 Favs:
Drake- Thank Me Later(Rap):
Katy Perry- Teenage Dreams(Pop)
Vampire Weekend- Contra(Indie Pop)
MGMT- Congratulations(Psych Rock)
Nicki Minaj- Pink Friday(Rap)
Morning Benders- Big Echo(Indie Pop)
Kid Cudi- Man On The Moon II: The Legend of The Rager(Rap)
Earl Sweatshirt-Earl(Rap)
Four Tet- There Is Love In You(Electronic)
Logic- Young Broke and Infamous(Rap)
Ceremony- Rohnert Park(Punk) Baths- Cerulean(Electronic)
Caribou- Swim(Electronic)
2011 Favs:
Drake- Take Care(Rap)
Kendrick Lamar- Section 80(Rap)
Elzhi- Elmatic(Rap)
Tyler The Creator- Goblin(Rap)
A$AP Rocky- LiveLoveA$AP(Rap)
Adele- 21(R&B/Pop)
Braids- Native Speaker(indie pop/experimental)
Common- The Dreamer The Believer(Rap) Death Grips-Exmilitary(Rap/Experimental) Thurz-LA Riot(Rap)
Logic- Young Sinatra(Rap)
Plaid- Scintilli(Electronic)
The Roots- Undune(Rap)
Battles-Gloss Drop(experimental rock)
Africa HiTech-93 Million Miles(Electronic)
Torae-For The Record(Rap)
Oneohtrix Point Never-Replica(Electronic)
Wale-Ambition(Rap)
Danny Brown- XXX(Rap)
2012 Favs:
Death Grips-The Money Store(Experimental Hip-Hop)
Death Grips- No Love Deep Web(Experimental Hip-Hop)
Kendrick Lamar-Good Kid MAAD City(Rap)
OFF!-Off!(Punk)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!(Post-Rock)
Cloud Nothings- Attack On Memory(Post-Hardcore)
The Act Of Estimating as Worthless-Amongst These Splintered Minds//Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly(Indie-Folk)
Big Krit-Live From The Underground(Rap)
Aesop Rock-Skelethon(Rap)
Crypts-Crpt(Electronic)
BBNG-BBNG2(instrumental Hip-Hop/jazz rap)
KRS-One- The BDP Album(Rap)
Killer Mike-Rap Music(Rap)
Nas-Life Is Good(Rap)
Animal Collective- Centipede Hz(Psych-pop/Experimental Music)
Torche- Harmonicraft(Punk)
Squarepusher- Ufabulum(Electronic)
Rapsody-The Idea Of Beautiful(Rap)
Grimes-Visions(Synth-Pop)
Joey Bada$$-1999(Rap)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnwUlyjmloI
Theesatisfaction -Awe Naturale(Neo-Soul)(R&B)
2013 Favs:
Honey Bones- Honey Bones EP(Synth-Pop)
A$AP Rocky-LongLiveASAP(Rap)
Joey Bada$$- Summer Knights(Rap)
Daft Punk- Random Access Memories(Disco,Electronic,Funk)
Janelle Monae-Electric Lady(R&B) Braids- Flourish//Perish(Electronic/Synth-pop) Daniel Avery-Drone Logic(Electronic)
Anamanaguchi- Endless Fantasy(Electronic/chiptune)
Am & Shawn Lee- La Musique Numerique(Electronica)
The Haxan Cloak-Excavation(Experimental Electronic)
My Bloody Valentine- MBV(Shoegaze)
Danny Brown- Old(Rap)
Charli XCX- True Romance(Synth-Pop)
J.Cole-Born Sinner(Rap)
Katy Perry- Prism(Pop)
Rapsody- She Got Game(Rap)
Tyler The Creator- Wolf(Rap)
Paramore- Paramore(Pop-Punk/Alternative)
Boards Of Canada-Tomorrow's Harvest(Electronic)
Mac Miller- Watching Movies With The Sound Off(Rap)
Run The Jewels- Run The Jewels(Rap)
2014 favs:
La Dispute- Rooms Of The House(Post-Punk)
Solids- Blame Confusion(Post-Hardcore)
Cloud Nothings- Here and Nowhere(Post-Hardcore)
Off!- Wasted Years(Punk)
Autistic Youth- Nonage(Punk)
Sleepstream- They Flew In Censored Skies(Post-Rock)
Indian- From All Purity(Black Metal)
Glassbooks- Deluge(Post-Punk)
Mono- Rays Of Darkness(Shoegaze)
Manchester Orchestra- Cope(Alternative Rock)
Kidaudra- Ache(Synth-Pop)
Mars and The Massacre-Blackout(Garage Rock)
Hivehead- Garbage(Punk)
No Axis- Labyrinth(Electronic)
American Wolf- My Main Sport(Post-Rock)
Charli XCX- Sucker(Pop)
Run The Jewels- Run The Jewels 2(Rap)
Aphex Twin- Syro(Electronic)
J. Cole-2014 Forest Hills Drive(Rap)
Clipping- CLPPNG(Experimental Rap)
Adult Jazz-Gist Is(Experimental Rock)
Freddie Gibb & Madlib- Pinata(Rap)
Kimbra- Golden Echo(Pop)
Logic- Under Pressure(Rap)
FKA Twigs-LP1(R&B)
Deadmau5-While(1<2)(Electronic)
Napolian- Incursio(Electronic)
Eprom- Halflife(Electronic)
Wolves In The Throne Room- Celestite(Electronic) Basement Jaxx- Junto(Electronic) Tokimonsta- Desiderium(Electronic)
Vessel-Punish, Honey(Electronic)
Plaid- Reachy Prints(Electronic)
Skyzoo & Torae- Barrel Brothers(Rap)
Big K.r.i.t- Cadillactica(Rap)
Uncommon Nasa- New York Telephone(Rap)
French Montana-Coke Boys 4(Rap)
Death Grips-Government Plates(Experimental Hip-Hop)
Future-Monster(Rap)
Nitty Scott MC- The Art Of Chill(Rap)
Prhyme- Prhyme(Rap)
Common-Nobody's Smiling(Rap)
Shabazz Palaces- Lese Majesty(Rap)
Mastodon- Once More 'Round The Sun(Metal)
2015 favs:
Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly(Rap)
Tame Impala-Currents(Psych-Pop)
Shlohmo- Dark Red(Electronic)
Chelsea Wolfe- Abyss(Dark Wave)
Dr. Dre- Compton(Rap)
Joey Bada$$-B4.DA.$$(Rap)
Protomartyr- The Agent Intellect(Post-Punk)
Battles- La Di Da Di(experimental Rock)
Girlpool- Before The World Was Big(Punk)
Alabama Shakes- Sound & Color(Blues-Rock)
Theesatisfaction- Earthee(rap)
Square Pusher- Damogen Furies(Electronic)
The Chemical Brothers- Born In The Echoes(Electronic)
Earl Sweatshirt- I Don't Like Shit I don't go Outside(Rap)
Grimes- Art Angels(Synth-Pop)
Lupe Fiasco- Tetsu & Youth(Rap)
Braids- Deep In The Iris(Electronic/Synth-Pop)
Scarface- Deeply Rooted(Rap)
Drake- If Your Reading This It's Too Late(Rap)
Jay Rock- 90059(Rap)
A$AP Rocky- At Long Last A$AP(Rap)
Torche- Restarter(Sludge Metal)
Aldo Calrissian- Future Shower Thoughts(Electronic)
The Game- Documentary 2.5(Rap)
Future- Beast Mode(Rap)
Future- 56 Nights(Rap)
Lana Del Rey- Honeymoon(Baroque pop)
Adele- 25(Pop/R&B)
Constant Deviants- Avant Garde(Rap)
2016 Favs:
A Tribe Called Quest-We Got It From Here...Thank You For Your Service(Rap)
J. Cole-4 Your Eyez Only(Rap)
Tacocat-Lost Time(Punk)
Weezer-The White Album(Alternative)
Danny Brown- Atrocity Exhibition(Rap)
YG- Still Brazy(Rap)
Schoolboy Q- Blank Face(Rap)
Kendrick Lamar- Untitled Unmastered(Rap)
BBNG- IV(Hip-Hop)
Beyonce- Lemonade(R&B)
Kamaiyah- A Good Night In The Ghetto(Rap)
Solange- A Seat At The Table(R&B)
Faxada- Cohost(Electronic)
Celestial Sight- Through The Flat Fields(Electronic)
Torae- Entitled(Rap)
Kidaudra- Blue Human(Electronic)
Aesop Rock-The Impossible Kid(Rap)
Death Grips- Bottomless Pitt(Experimental Hip-Hop)
Constant Deviants- Omerta(Rap)
Man Bites Dog- Entertaining The World(experimental)- James Blake- The Colour In Anything(R&B)
Drake- Views(Rap)
Hivehead- Please Eat Ants(Punk)
Damocles- Grizzly Neutron(Electronic)
Kodachrome- Journey Into Imagination(Electronic)
Lil Yachty- Lil Boat(Rap)
Brooklyn White- One(Rap)
Flatbush Zombies- 3001: A Laced Odyssey(Rap)
Parquet Courts- Human Performance(Indie Rock)
Run The Jewels- RTJ3(Rap)
2017 Favs:
DJ-V-The Mad, Mad, Maniac(Rap)
Aldo Calrissian- Destroy All Bring New(Electronic)
Cloud Nothings- Life Without Sound(Post-Hardcore)
Honey Bones- Black(Electronic)
Tops- Sugar At The Gate(indie rock)
ZoThejerk & Frost Gamble- Black Beach(Rap)
Metz- Strange Peace(Noise Rock)
Lorde- Melodrama(Art Pop)
Tone Chop & Frost Gamble- Respect Is Earned Not Given(Rap)
Raekwon- The Wild(Rap)
Big K.R.I.T-4eva Is A Mighty Long Time(Rap)
Breakfast Muff- Eurgh!(Punk)
Epiglottis-She Unravelled the Heavens and The Light Shone Through(Electronic)
Jay-Z- 4:44(Rap)
Protomartyr- Relatives In Descent(Post-Punk)
Four Tet- New Energy(Electronic)
Joey Bada$$- All Amerikkkan Bada$$(Rap)
SZA- CTRL(R&B)
Rapsody- Laila's Wisdom(Rap)
Kendrick Lamar- DAMN(Rap
Converge-The Dusk In Us(Metal/punk)
Princess Nokia- 1992 Deluxe(Rap)
Bibio- Phantom Brickworks(Electronic)
2018 Favs:
Reason-There You Have It(Rap)
J.Cole- KOD(Rap)
Pusha T- Daytona(Rap)
Jay Rock- Redemption(Rap)
Royce Da 5'9- Book Of Ryan(Rap)
Meek Mill- Championships(Rap)
Noname- Room 25
Jean Grae & Quelle Chris- Everything's Fine(Rap)
Aphex Twin- Collapse EP(Electronic)
Kidaudra- Pluto IRD(Electronic)https://kidaudra.bandcamp.com/
Dirty Projectors- Lamp Lit Prose(Experimental Rock)
Black Panther: The Album(Rap)
MGMT- Little Dark Age(Electronic)
Hinds- I Don't Run(Indie Rock)
Dream Wife- Dream Wife(Punk)
Phryme- Phryme 2(Rap)
Tone Chop & Frost Gamble- One(Rap)
Cupcakke- Ephorize(Rap)
Freddie Gibbs- Freddie Gibbs(Rap)
Tierra Whack- Whack World(Rap)
Flatbush Zombies- Vacation In Hell(Rap)
Cardi-B- Invasion Of Privacy(Rap)
Lil Wayne- Tha Carter V(Rap)
21 Savage- I AM > I Was(Rap)
Kodak Black- Dying to Live(Rap) Logic- Young Sinatra IV(Rap)
Converge- Beautiful Ruin EP(Metal/punk)
Princess Nokia- A Girl Cried Red(Emo-Rap)
Naked Giants-Sluff(Punk)
Moaning- Moaning(Post-Punk)
Chrome Panther- A Screaming Comes Across The Sky(Electronic)
Shame- Songs Of Praise(Post Punk)
2019 Favs so far:
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib-Bandana(Rap)
Beast Coast-Escape From New York(Rap)
Styles P-S.P. the GOAT: Ghost of All Time(Rap)
Shlomo- The End(Electronic)
Avey Tare- Cows On Hourglass(Electronic)
Skinny Girl Diet- Ideal Woman(Punk)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jilotRrvtsQ
Dreamville- Revenge of the Dreamers III(Rap)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ZNBRzhTv8
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30 Artists to Watch on Tour This Summer 2019
Break out your sunblock! The spring rains have gone, school is out, baseball season is in full swing, and the beach is calling your name. That’s right, it’s finally summertime. However, with all the barbecues and camping trips come some important decisions to make. Hundreds of killer up and coming artists are hitting the road to show their performance chops on the festival circuit or at your local rock club, and you only have about 90 days to squeeze in as much live music as you can before it’s time to buy your next set of textbooks. Lucky for you, we’ve got you covered.
Your friends over at Ones to Watch have compiled a list of 30 must-see acts on the road this season, so just pour yourself a glass of lemonade and decide which of these shows is going to be the highlight to your summer.
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PUP
Genre: Anthemic alt-rock that’ll have you throwing your middle fingers up
These Toronto rockers embody defiance in every facet of their being – in fact, their name is an acronym for “Pathetic Use of Potential.” How punk rock is that? Your mom might not understand you, but the crowd at these shows in the wake of their 2019 release Morbid Stuff sure will.
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Jade Bird
Genre: Immaculately written folk-pop with entrancing vocals
The release of Jade Bird’s self-titled debut album in April 2019 had the indie music scene stunned by the unassuming Brit’s poignant lyrics and old soul vocals. The successful release saw the spunky 21-year-old landing a spot supporting Father John Misty and Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on their co-headlining tour along with a slew of festival dates.
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Moneybagg Yo
Genre: Hardcore rap over relentless trap beats
Memphis, Tennessee native Moneybagg Yo released his raucous sophomore 43VA HEARTLESS album in May 2019. Praised for his dedication to grinding out content (Moneybagg has released ten mixtapes with 12+ tracks each since 2016, in addition to his two LPs), the rapper landed a support slot on Wiz Khalifa’s 2019 ‘The Decent Exposure Tour’ alongside Playboi Carti and French Montana.
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Denzel Curry
Genre: Fervent rap characterized by political lyrics and booming hooks
Denzel Curry has been bubbling under the surface of the rap scene since his first mixtapes dropped in 2012. Known to be outspoken on political issues like police brutality, the Floridian gained further notoriety with a viral cover of anti-establishment rock group Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade.” Curry has a jam-packed summer planned, with dates supporting Billie Eilish, festival appearances, and a series of shows with $uicideboy$.
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Dead Horses
Genre: Down-home folk lush with vocal harmonies and springy mandolin
Dead Horses’ most recent album, My Mother the Moon, navigates a wealth of difficult topics like mental health, familial displacement, and opioid addiction via raw vocals and filigree strings. Having released two singles in 2019 to positive reviews, the folk duo is hitting the road for series of dates this summer, including one show supporting The Who on their ‘Moving On! Tour.’
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Cuco
Genre: Bilingual dream pop perfect to ease your hangover
Los Angeles-based heartthrob Cuco is rising quickly to the top. After the release of his genre-bending Chiquito EP last year, the 19-year-old secured a high profile record deal with Interscope. Cuco has a busy summer planned, with 17 US headlining dates and one festival date, so be sure to catch his unique blend of hip-hop and dream pop while the sun is still shining.
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Chase Atlantic
Genre: Titanic alt-pop imbued with hip-hop influence
Ones to Watch is beyond thrilled to present Australian powerhouse Chase Atlantic’s summer tour. The 3-piece band defies categorization, drawing influences from acts ranging from Tame Impala to The Weeknd. With three singles already released this year, you can be sure that Chase Atlantic is brewing up something exciting – see for yourself what they’ve got in the works when they stop by your city.
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Kim Petras
Genre: High-energy pop that’s the soundtrack to Pride Month
German songstress Kim Petras has been on an absolute tear this year, releasing a whopping nine singles in the lead up to the release of her hotly-anticipated project, Clarity, hitting shelves on June 28. The ethereal seductress will be finishing up the US leg of her ‘Broken Tour’ at the beginning of this summer before returning home to Europe for a series of festival dates.
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Sigrid
Genre: Inventive electro-pop drawing influence from disco and R&B
Sigrid KO’d the pop world this year with her banger-packed debut album Sucker Punch, which garnered critical acclaim from sources like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. The rising star will be hopping across the Atlantic all summer, playing stints in the UK, the US, and her native Norway.
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Slayyyter
Genre: Unapologetically promiscuous pop made to shake the club
St. Louis native Slayyyter built herself a devoted following via SoundCloud and Twitter before gaining widespread acclaim for her earth-shaking style of dance pop. The femme fatale has already had momentous 2019, highlighted by her provocative singles “Mine” and “Daddy AF,” and an upcoming collaboration with Azealia Banks, on top of a nearly sold-out debut headline tour.
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Snail Mail
Genre: Indie rock sporting dynamic vocals and shades of punk
Lindsey Jordan began her Snail Mail project while in high school, eventually leveraging her deft songwriting and entrancing voice to score a record deal at the tender age of 18. Having supported artists like Girlpool on tour, Snail Mail hits the road this summer as a headliner in order to steal hearts with her carefully curated brand of melodrama.
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Matt Maeson
Genre: Soul-baring indie-folk that revels in grey areas
Nobody can tell a story quite like Matt Maeson. The singer-songwriter has had a tumultuous life, struggling with drug addiction and spending time in prison, but has emerged on the other side with a unique perspective on life that he expertly elucidates through his work. Ones to Watch is delighted to present his ‘The Day You Departed Tour’ this summer.
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LANY
Genre: Hooky, synth-driven alternative pop
LANY has perfected the art of weaving together synths, vocals, and infectious beats to articulate emotions that words can’t describe. If their latest album, Malibu Nights, is anything to go by, experiencing their expansive wall of sound live should top your list of summer to-dos.
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Clairo
Genre: Minimalist indie-pop with enchanting vocals
Clairo’s misty vocals and raw anecdotal lyrics have seen her quickly rise through the ranks of up-and-coming indie prospects. The Boston native released her most recent single “Bags” in May, laying the groundwork for her long-awaited full-length debut IMMUNITY, set to release this August. If you’re lucky enough, you might just get a peek at what’s to come during one of her live sets this summer.
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Mansionair
Genre: Incorporeal indie-electronica that will have you floating
Mansionair gained notoriety for their live performances before the group was even officially formed, with frontman Jack Froggatt’s dreamy vocals drawing crowds to various Brooklyn and Paris clubs. With the addition Alex Nicholls and Lachlan Bostock, the group coalesced and built a resume that includes tours supporting Chvrches and London Grammar – so you can be certain that their live show is not something you want to miss.
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Scarypoolparty
Genre: Emotive singer-songwriter backed by virtuosic guitar
Alejandro Aranda writes music under the moniker Scarypoolparty, piecing together immaculate vocals with a mosaic of expertly fingerpicked guitar. Gaining notoriety after a stint on the TV series American Idol, the young talent is setting out this July to play rooms across the United States. PLUS, he just announced a massive tour in the fall.
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Chloe Moriondo
Genre: Subdued indie sounds with shimmery vocals
Chloe Moriondo garnered the attention of indie fans everywhere via her YouTube channel, where she began by performing covers from the comfort of her bedroom. Having amassed a following on that platform totaling nearly two million users, the teen singer-songwriter is embarking on a US tour this summer in addition to playing two dates in London.
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HOMESHAKE
Genre: Atmospheric indie with lo-fi synths and R&B flavors
Montreal-based singer-songwriter Peter Sagar began his solo project, HOMESHAKE, in 2014 after performing as a touring member of Mac DeMarco’s band. The artist has since released four full-length albums packed with turgid but meticulous arrangements and complex, R&B-inspired instrumentation. You can catch HOMESHAKE across the western United States this August, touting tracks from his 2019 release Helium.
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Jakob Ogawa
Genre: Smoldering bedroom pop that oozes blissful sensuality
Norwegian crooner Jakob Ogawa specializes in making slow-burning, soulful music that will keep you warm even during a Scandinavian blizzard. Hear him perform his most recent single, “All I Wanna Do,” and other smooth bedroom jams when he plays 11 cities across the US this August.
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PENTAGON
Genre: Earth-shaking K-Pop that’s bringing back the boy band
We all know bands like BTS and BLΛƆKPIИK have shattered international barriers and brought Korean pop music to America. Rocketing up through the ranks of this newly popular genre is PENTAGON, a 9-piece boy band that delivers powerhouse vocals over massive dance beats. K-pop is known for its extravagant live production, so catching the band’s ‘PRISM’ concert tour this summer is a must.
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ViVii
Genre: Glistening indie-pop that builds impenetrable walls of sound
Consisting of husband and wife Emil and Caroline Jonsson, ViVii’s clever approach to songwriting is notable due to its use of instruments not usually heard in pop, including a zither the pair inherited from a deceased babysitter. If you want to see something totally different, catch ViVii on tour in the US or Norway.
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slowthai
Genre: Spitfire rap with no fear of confrontation
English rapper slowthai released his Nothing Great About Britain album this May, a powerful debut that relentlessly critiques an era of British politics marked by the country’s departure from the European Union. If you want a little history lesson on Brexit along with your hip-hop fix, make sure to snag some tickets for one of slowthai’s headline dates or festival appearances while he’s all over the world this summer.
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Ivy Sole and PARISALEXA
Genre: Sultry R&B to set the mood
We’d be remiss to miss either of these R&B queens this summer, so we were thrilled when we found out we could hear both of their silky vocal riffs at the same show. If you’re anywhere near the West Coast during the last week of June, cancel all your plans and bow down.
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Aries
Genre: West Coast hip-hop’s chilled-out cousin
Aries is the epitome of DIY success, growing a cult-like fanbase via his self-directed music videos on YouTube. Boasting earworm hooks and mellow beats, catch Aries live to see why Spotify decided to make him the poster boy of their popular Anti-Pop playlist.
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Jamila Woods
Genre: A verifiable emblem of modern soul
Jamila Woods made a splash before even releasing her debut album when she showcased her irresistibly smoky vocals on the hit track “Blessings” from Chance the Rapper’s GRAMMY-winning Coloring Book. Three years and two albums later, Woods is gearing up to drop some jaws with her lyrical flow on her West Coast summer tour.
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Koffee
Genre: A potent cocktail of Caribbean dancehall and American hip-hop
Koffee is Jamaica’s hottest export, breaking out with her rapturous debut EP in March of this year. Though the five-foot-nothing teen is endearingly bashful offstage, when you experience her authoritative flow this summer you’re going to learn firsthand that nobody knows how to party like a Caribbean.
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Ambar Lucid
Genre: Psychedelic indie with Latin influence
Ambar Lucid is a one-woman bastion of musical prowess, self-taught on a handful of instruments and credited as the sole producer and writer on each of her projects to date. Of New Jersey birth and Mexican/Dominican descent, Lucid often draws on her heritage as inspiration for her work. Catch her buttery vocals in both English and Spanish this summer while she’s on tour with Mon Laferte.
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half·alive
Genre: Alt-funk? Groovecore? You decide
Legend has it that if you cut open each of the members of Long Beach-based trio half·alive, funky jams leak out instead of blood. half·alive makes music that might defy genre, but it will definitely get anyone dancing. They’re playing dates across the US and Australia this summer, and if you happen to be at Lollapalooza, make sure to check out their Ones to Watch-presented aftershow.
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Hippo Campus
Genre: Hooky indie rock perfect for a scenic road trip
Minnesota four-piece group Hippo Campus has developed a recipe consisting of shimmery guitars, eclectic drum beats, and deliciously catchy vocals that will give you the tastiest indie-rock treat every time you switch them on. Go to their show and try not to sing along – we’ll bet the farm that you can’t.
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Alt Nation’s Advanced Placement Tour
Genre: The best in up-and-coming alternative acts
Live Nation and SiriusXM have partnered together to present a 15-city tour featuring our picks for alt-rock bands that are shaking things up in 2019. Starring Bloxx, Warbly Jets, and Hembree, this show will have you clearing out the garage to make space for your band.
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The Curious Case of Dr. Sludgelove and His Awesome Cosmic Adventures
~By Billy Goate~
There's something to be said for the enduring power of a Stanley Kubrick film. There's no denying his potent storytelling, especially when it's inspiring a new generation of bands to write music about 2001: A Space Odyssey. I mean, wasn't that movie released in the late-60s? It's tech is dated, as are much of the effects, yet here we have young musicians writing minor epics about Dave's star-tripping Jupiter run, raging apes, and that gosh-darned monolith. Hmmm, well if you look at your typical Sunn Amp, it's no wonder. Thing is a picture of solitary grandeur, to say nothing of its omnipotent, knee-bending sonority.
In our last globe-hopping journey, we landed in Mexico City where we met a band called MOONWATCHER, known to project scenes from the film while playing open amphitheaters at the dead of night. Our travels next take us to Hungary, a scene I've sorely neglected over the years. More specifically, we're going right into the heart of the action: Budapest. It's the birthplace of the great pianist-composer Franz Liszt, who is arguably the first rock star for taking his solo piano performances on the road, which ignited the swooning throngs.
Some of you may have been exposed to the Hungarian doom-stoner sound already and not even realized it. Bands like Apey and the Pea, for example, have demonstrated that Hungarians like their music spicy, served up with verve and gusto. I decided it would be a good time to open up the window and take give you all a peek at this world through the eyes of a band I stumbled upon at random a few weeks back, who endeared themselves to me almost from the start with their name: Dr. Sludgelove. C'mon, how can you not love it?
Another thing I admire about the band is their dedication to concept. The presser they sent out was helpfully annotated with scene-by-scene narration of each track, which I've decided to share with you as I walk you through them. Finally, we're going to meet the band and find out what they can tell us about what it's like to be Doomed & Stoned on their side of the planet. Buckle up, boys. We're about to take a ride with a pair of wild men out into the final frontier.
Dr. Sludgelove is:
János Papp
Attila Temesvári
János Paronai
This is the story of their excursion into the universe of Stanley Kubrick, relayed in their own words.
My Space Odyssey
I. Dawn of Man
This is the first song off of Dr. Sludgelove's debut album, inspired by the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. In this song, humanity has just been born. Apes are living their everyday lives, which is just about struggling, fighting for food, and finding a place to sleep. They gather into groups -- the groups are fighting with each other, as well. The Earth during these times is very unfriendly place, with big and wrathful storms. Green can be found barely in this region and the vegetation is not very rich.
At some time, in the morning a big black prism is just appearing in front of our group at the ape cave. The shape, color, and smell is just something that has never ever been seen on this planet before. It is a monolith. An ape shows interest at once, as he caught sight of it. He moves closer, wants to touch it, but at the same time he is afraid of the unknown. He starts to dance around it. Others are appearing, as well, but they have bigger fears and choose to watch him from a decent distance. After a while, our hero just decides to tap on it. Then after some quick taps, he constantly touches the Monolith, but nothing visible seems to happen.
My Space Odyssey by Dr. Sludgelove
After some days, the ape finds some bones of a guinea pig, which are just lying in front of him. He starts to play with a piece, but he realizes after a while what he can do with it. He holds it high, then smites it with all his power. At this moment, he realizes how to use something to achieve bigger force than he is able to provide with his bare hands. He has just started to use a tool! This is also the start of the intellect, which drives humanity to reach bigger and bigger improvements. The Monolith gives the possibility of having a better, more developed life than the miserable life of apes. This moment starts everything, a pathway to the modern person's future.
II. Discovery One
In this second song, humanity is in space, travelling between planets in the Solar System. There is a base at the Moon, which can be visited by the average person, as well. Traveling in space is not such a big thing any more.
My Space Odyssey by Dr. Sludgelove
After discovering the Monolith in the surface of the Moon, a group of elite astronauts and scientists start their travel to the planet Jupiter to discover an anomaly, marked by the Monolith on the Moon. Most of the scientists are in hibernation, though two astronauts are awake during the long journey to supervise. An artificial intelligence, called HAL9000 is supporting them, dealing with all the low level controls of the spaceship.
III. HAL-9000
In this song, HAL-9000 reveals his true colors, as he tries to kill all astronauts on the spaceship. Dave Bowman, the last astronaut, decides to switch off HAL's intelligence to stop its influence controlling the whole ship's whole ecosystem. During the switching off operation, Dave needs to wear a spacesuit, as maybe HAL will try to kill him by providing no oxygen. Because of the spacesuit, we can hear Dave breathe during the entire track. This gives a sense of great tension to the whole song and originally for the movie scene, as well. We can hear as HAL tries to convince Dave that everything is alright and it will have no problems continuing the mission successfully.
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In the meantime, Dave pulls out computer cards from HAL's central unit, so HAL gets more and more simple-minded. At a certain point, HAL tries to convince Dave by appealing to his emotions as it states it is AFRAID! During Dave's actions, the music is heavy, a really metallic riff suggests that Dave is doing some harmful thing to HAL. When Dave finishes with the shutting down process, HAL goes into standby mode. Then he starts to "sing." This is the first thing that was taught to HAL back in the day, when it was created by its instructor, Mr. Langley.
IV. Alone Into The Void
After Dave Bowman successfully switches down HAL9000's high-level functionality, he continues the mission and heads towards the direction of Jupiter to investigate the enormously big copy of the Monolith found in the Moon. This is the focus of the fourth song. His colleague Frank Pool and all of the scientists held in deep hibernation were killed by HAL 9000 and the connection to Earth is also cut.
My Space Odyssey by Dr Sludgelove
During the long journey, therefore, he is really alone. The way to Jupiter lasts for long months. He tries to focus on the mission, but because he is lacking communication partner, Dave thinks a lot about his future, what he will find next to Jupiter, how the Monolith will behave, what will happen when he encounters it. A lot of questions and a lot of pressure on him and the prospect of the unknown drives him to depression, as he prepares to meet his doom.
V. My God, It Is Full of Stars!
For the fifth song, astronaut Dave Bowman encounters the Monolith. He says the following phrase just before losing contact with Mission Control: “The thing’s hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it’s full of stars!”
My Space Odyssey by Dr Sludgelove
During the journey, he sees these stars as flashes, as the known three dimensional world falls apart. Time, direction, and all the usual physics does not make sense here anymore. Bowman is transported via the Monolith to an unknown star system, through a large interstellar switching station, and sees other species' spaceships going on other routes. Bowman is given a wide variety of sights, from the wreckage of ancient civilizations to what appear to be life-forms living on the surfaces of a binary star system planet.
VI. Death of Man, Born of The Starchild
After a journey through the wormhole, Dave Bowman finally arrives during the last song. The Monolith creates an environment for Dave to exist in that would not harm him in any way, making it look like a hotel room filled with familiar items to assuage any fear and appear welcoming.
Dave can't believe what he sees, but leaves the pod and explores the room in his suit. He sees the telephone and telephone book, but the phone doesn't work and the telephone book is blank.
He explores more and finds the refrigerator, where there is a variety of packaged food, but it is all "blue substance, about the weight and texture of bread pudding. Apart from its odd color, it looked quite appetizing." There are clothes in the closet, which are a bit out of date for Dave's time.
My Space Odyssey by Dr Sludgelove
Dave decides to trust the environment. "But this is ridiculous," Bowman tells himself in the novelization by Arthur C. Clarke. "I am almost certainly being watched, and I must look an idiot wearing this suit. If this is some kind of intelligence test, I've probably failed already. Without further hesitation, he walked back into the bedroom and began to undo the clamp of his helmet. When it was loose, he lifted the helmet a fraction of an inch, cracked the seal and took a cautious sniff. As far as he could tell, he was breathing perfectly normal air." He eats the blue food and drinks the water, showers, dresses, and he turns on the television.
Refreshed and exhausted, Dave lies down on the bed, turns off the light and "...for the last time, David Bowman slept." The Power behind the Monolith then transforms Dave into the Starchild, the next evolution of man.
Encounter With Dr. Sludgelove
I'm afraid 'My Space Odyssey' has only whet our appetite for more from Dr. Sludgelove. Where does the band go from here?
We are just starting to dive into the Hungarian stoner/doom/sludge scene. Our first release is more than a year old, but the needed band members have just been recruited. We started to rehearse and were able to find rehearsal room, so a lot of technical problems were solved in the last few months. Now we are planning gigs more gigs, after performing for the first time in this configuration during the spring. We are mostly close to Baby Gorilla Records and bands like Third Planet and Lanterni. We are planning gigs together first in Budapest, after that probably in some bigger cities around the country. Our one year goal is to be a band in Hungary that's invited to support a bigger foreign name, when such an act comes to play here. Our second album also will come out around the summertime, with the help of the sound engineer of the well-known band Red Swamp. Also merchandise, CD, and cassette releases are planned.
You mentioned a couple bands from the Hungarian scene. What are some others that doomers and stoners might check out?
Maybe the biggest name nowadays is Apey and the Pea. They usually play to sold out parties in Budapest, tour the whole country, and perform in foreign countries and festivals more and more. Their first releases were more grunge and stoner, then they delved into doom and sludge. Their most recent release is sludgier and contains thrash elements, as well. They are the best in Hungary right now.
Some other names worth checking out are Red Swamp, Lemurian Folk Songs, Űrhajó, Grizzly, Lanterni, Entrópia Architektúra, Alone in the Moon, Mighty Manlifter, and Third Planet, just to name a few top of mind.
For outside bands looking to tour through Hungary, what are some good booking agencies?
There is Baby Gorilla Records -- overall, really nice guys. They are managing and representing around 8-10 bands in the stoner, sludge, doom, noise, and prog rock subgenres. Also dealing with record releasing, of course, in addition to artwork, and organizing label nights, where their bands are usually supporting bigger names from foreign lands. While we're not on their label roster, we played one of their label nights in May, supporting the British band Famyne.
Thulsa Doom Booking is another one. They organize gigs for smaller foreign bands. Also they have their own group of bands, which they manage. They organize the underground festival called Thulsa Doom Fest, which you might have heard of.
Cudi Purci Booking is a bigger fish in this pond. They organize gigs with big foreign bands in the genre, like Elder, High on Fire, that kind of thing. They also organize the so-called Desszert Fest in Hungary.
What are some places that people like to hang there?
So, I'm listing some places where metalheads usually go out. Durerkert hosts a lot of live gigs in all rock and metal genres. This is a really cool place, we like it very much.
BARhole Music is the place where today's "rock stars" go to hang out in Budapest. If you want to meet with members from bands like Apey and the Pea, you will likely bump into them there.
Három Holló is a coffee house and restaurant at daytime, a cultural gathering at night -- including host to a lot of heavy music gigs and festivals.
Gólya is a cozy little place, which has lots of possibilities for smaller bands in our genre to perform live.
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So this was inspired by a prompt I saw somewhere and now cannot find no matter how hard I try, but this is basically it:
‘Humans have just found out God is real and he’s abandoned them all these years. Their plans get increasingly elaborate as they think of new and different ways to get his attention’.
They didn't know he was gone gone (like really gone) until they were invaded by the Golasteens species in the year 2666 BC. Of course, by then many philosophers, preachers and even scientists had long since convinced themselves he’d never existed in the first place, so one would think that this small adjustment wouldn’t have been much to get used to.
Problem was that in their heads, it had been they who had abandoned any belief in him, not the other way around.
In any case, the alien species had been kind enough to regale their new slaves with stories of their greatness and success, all derived from decades and centuries worth of tutelage under God’s careful guidance. Naturally, after being confronted with the existence of aliens--and highly sophisticated ones at that--in such a sudden manner and then becoming enslaved at this same species’ whim, humans were reluctant to give their words more power than they already held.
However, once the foreign representative envoys from different planets began arriving to either congratulate or berate the Golasteens for their new colony and they, too, carried similar tales of their own origins, humans were left to face a horrifying reality: God was real.
And he had left them.
Though they’d yet to realize it, the Golasteens had just made their biggest mistake. They believed that they had curbed, if not completely and utterly decimated, any last hope the humans had held of a future existence as a free species and while those certainly were some dark times which followed, the harrowing news ended up being the spark to light the world on fire. The rebellion was swift, brutal and successful--humans were in control of Earth again.
In the times that followed, the human species truly began to shoot for the stars. They built ships which could take them to planets closer than one thousandth of a light-year away and as they explored new cultures, met alien beings, and drifted further and further away from home. In no short amount of time, humans could be found in the very furthest reaches of the known universe.
They hopped from world to world, leapfrogged across galaxies and dropped women and men into the darkest of black holes in their search for God. Sometimes they came so very close behind him--less than a decade since his departure--and the small, but remarkable milestone would be enough to fuel the next five generations of searchers.
But even the most obstinate race in the universe must admit defeat at one point and so the Search for God was eventually put on hold in favour of a more localized approach. As was to be expected from such a people, the years that followed were not altogether pleasant, nor well thought out.
Believing God’s absence to be related to man’s obsession with the materialistic and technological, a good portion of Earth’s population (now extending across seventeen planets and fifty-four satellites) reverted back to the old ways. They re-adopted traditional ways of life, cleansing themselves of the polluting influence of modern technology and bathing in the healing nectars of old world living.
Humanity took a huge leap backwards and landed in 2004.
When enough time had passed and God still hadn’t shown his face, the greatest human thinkers and strategists turned back to the drawing board and hatched up a new plan.
They were being deliberately ignored, they said. Punished, publicly shamed in front of the rest of the universe as each and every single new creation had their existences mapped out and guided along by God himself. Everyone except the humans. Their creator’s cold shoulder when it came to Earth’s originaries certainly hadn’t gone unnoticed by the rest of the universe’s inhabitants and as centuries passed and the situation still hadn’t changed, the tales turned to rumours, and the rumours turned to facts, which then morphed to pity and mockery.
Earth, and by extension humans, were social pariahs. That was the century in which mankind went underwater. Like the myth of Atlantis, they rebranded themselves the World of the Lost and vowed to hide beneath the deepest and murkiest of shadows until the end of time--just as God wanted.
But humans grew tired of living in the dark. They trudged back to the surface eventually and shook the cobwebs from their trusty old drawing board.
By now, it had been more than three thousand years since their ancestors had last created films and texts which warned against following this new pursuit, so humans couldn’t truly be faulted for not knowing any better when they brought back dinosaurs.
After all, what better way to get God’s attention than by proving you could do his work just as well as he could?
Unfortunately for the goal of the plan (though fortunately due to its disastrous results) God didn’t show up and witness the Earth explode into chaos as the highly sophisticated technology of the time endowed these ancient animals with powers beyond anyone’s imagination. It took over eight decades to mop up that colossal spill-up and after that, the suggestions scribbled on the drawing board lost some of their apocalyptic aftertaste.
That’s when they decided to focus their efforts on their future, to becoming the best of the best in anything and everything they could think of. That was the true Golden Age of humanity and yet, even as they crawled out from the hole God had outlined and which the humans had really dug into, they were still frustratingly bereft of any divine intervention.
One year, humans even managed to coordinate the change of the entire world's wardrobe to micro-glass textiles which would reflect the rays of the sun and create prisms of arching rainbows. It had been some scientific breakthrough or another in their efforts to travel faster and further across the galaxy and had spiralled into a desperate fashion choice. Foe 365 days the earth sparkled like a freshly shined disco ball unashamedly begging for praise and attention.
But nothing worked.
Humans were reaching new and unexplored levels of desperation. In a last ditch attempt to catch God’s eye, they turned back to the very basics and constructed a machine capable of doing the one thing they’d been trying to do for the past 60 millennia.
Checked, tested, re-checked, re-tested and re-re-checked (just to be sure), the machine was fired up with a flick of a switch.
A bolt of sound shot out across all levels of the galaxy until even the emptiest and most forgotten of corners were echoing with the cries of the human race. Translated into thousands of different languages and carried dozens of light-years away, their shout of anger, their howl of betrayal, their sob of agony, their whimper of loneliness, their howl of mourning… It was all swept away in a current of light, sound and stars.
When the universe was silent once more, they waited. They held their breath and gazed up at the stars. They had long since resolved archaic issues like global warming and on a night as clear as this one, with the clouds keeping their distance and the moon stuck halfway between winking at them from her perch in the sky, they could see deep into space, far enough to distinguish the light of neighbouring planets and the winding belts of alien colonies.
Humans were surrounded by life. They were capable of snuffing it and nurturing it within a blink of an eye and yet, as they stood on the precipice between their salvation and their downfall, they were powerless.
So they waited.
Further than the mind can imagine, tucked away in a hidden alcove verging on the line between present, future and past, God slept.
Somewhere in his being, tangled in the same strands he'd used to fashion the world into existence, buried down so deep it was only too easy to forget it was even there, a piece of consciousness stirred, roused by a distant, powerful cry.
With a world altering jolt, God woke up.
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On Point With: DJ Nita Aviance
One of New York’s most beloved and experienced dance floor DJs, Nita Aviance (from, duh, the legendary House of Aviance) slays us the world over with beats as one half of The Carry Nation and as a solo entity. Today he tells Thotyssey about what’s in store for him, and us.
Thotyssey: Nita, hello! Thanks for chatting with us today! So last month, The Carry Nation (the DJ collective consisting of yourself and Will Automagic) finished their seasonal residence at the Good Room in Brooklyn. What was the best part of this year’s run?
DJ Nita Aviance: Aw man, this year at Good Room was such a blast--it’s hard to pick just one moment. But I’d have to say the closing night B3B with Michael Magnan was such a dream. After working with him all season on the flyers, it was an extra-special way to bring it all full circle. The vibes were absolutely on point from start to finish. Good Room has been such a brilliant club to work with cuz they really let us do our thing, and have been very supportive as we’ve grown over the past three years.
Generally speaking, what’s your favorite type of venue to spin in regarding size or type of crowd?
Each different venue really allows us to explore our sound and bend it to correspond to each. The big, the small--they all have their place in my heart. We played Elevator Club in Shanghai earlier this year, and it was probably the most diverse crowd in a very intimate club with a pumping sound system. They totally let us get weird, and were there raging hard till the lights came on.
Where are you from originally?
I grew up in the suburbs of Rochester, NY. It wasn’t a bad place to be a teenager; there was a thriving nightlife scene where I found other gays and weirdos to get in trouble with at an early age.
What was the first music that really inspired you?
There was always music in my house growing up--my dad made sure of that. His record collection is vast and varied, and he taught me to appreciate all genres. But early on I was very into 60′s pop and Motown. Also, Prince. The first time I remember being allowed to stay up past my bedtime was to watch the 1985 American Music Awards, which we recorded and I studied religiously. Prince was all over the awards that year, as Purple Rain had just come out.
What was the scene like in NYC when you started DJing... and how exactly did you get your start?
When I started DJ’ng in the East Village in the early 2000s, the bar scene was thriving but the bigger clubs were all closing down. The format was changing to more pop and hip hop, so we really had to work hard to keep the dance music alive. That said... it was a serious party, and Michael Formika Jones put me at the center of it playing AREA10009 at Opaline on Avenue A. It was the hottest ticket in town, and I got to cut my chops to a packed room every Friday night.
How did you become a member of the House of Aviance? Are you a voguer at all?
I fell in with the HOA almost immediately when I moved to the city. Spending every Sunday morning at Twilo, I met Mother Juan and Kevin very quickly, and we all just clicked. I soon started coming out in drag, and eventually began dancing backup for Kevin. I wouldn’t call myself a voguer, but I can certainly cut a shape. You’d be hard pressed not to when you’re an Aviance, and your friends have last names like Xtravaganza and Ninja. For me it was all about runway-- when that floor opens up and you really get to pump it.
You've been in the booth for many legendary parties and venues over the years, but many remember you from Tubway at the iconic Mr. Black, which you headed with another DJ legend Gant Johnson.
Mr. Black was a wild ride. It was completely debaucherous and out of control and we thrived. Tubway taught me how to throw a big party, and my musical taste and DJ style really evolved by being allowed to get buck wild every week. We were fully immersed in throwing that party. Creating a new theme and look every week is incredibly exhausting--thankfully, we had plenty of fuel.
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There is a lot of original music out there from you... including a mix called ”Morgan Freeman” which is such a bop. How much have you put out, exactly?
Between myself, The Carry Nation and multiple other collaborations, quite a bit...and there’s a lot more on the way.
Do you have a moment in your DJ career that you are the most proud of?
Honestly, I’m constantly gagged at the fact that I’ve managed to make a career out of something I love so much. We just played the garden at Berghain [in Berlin] last month, which is a total milestone. Also, being welcomed into the Bloc 9 family at Glastonbury for the past five years is an experience that I will be eternally grateful for.
What do you like to spin these days at your gigs?
Anything that’ll get that ass-shaking. I’m a slave to the rhythm, if I’m not dancing how can I expect you to?
Do you generally find at this point that you have a lot of freedom regarding what you can play, or are venue managers regularly trying to get you to stick to a formula?
I think I’ve always been a bit stubborn about playing the music I love, and it has definitely lost me jobs along the way. But here we are now, and I still play what I like... just more people are into it. It’s how you develop your own sound, ya’ know--years and years of trying everything out. It’s our job as DJs to expose people to new sounds... something they aren’t going to run into necessarily on their own.
What do you think about the state of gay nightlife today, still being so driven by Top 40 pop music?
Save it for your Spotify, kids. Get out there and experience something different. There’s a reason dance music started in gay clubs, it’s FOR US. People forget that the pop machine is driven by straight white men looking to make as much money as they can. Not that I don’t love me some pop, but 100% all the time all night every place you go out... that’s not the type of experience I’m trying to have.
So how was The Carry Nation formed, and why do you think you and Will work so well together?
I’ve always admired Will as a DJ, and after working together in the scene for years I called him up one day and told him it was time we made a record... thus, “This Bitch Is Alive.” It was only fair we started playing together to back it up. We were on our first tour before we were truly friends, even. But I think it’s our mutual love of the nightlife and music that drives us; we have a similar vision for how we want things to feel, and it just works. We argue like any relationship, and that helps keep things moving forward. We’re always trying to create something fresh--it’s our respect for the past, and eye on the future, that really ties it all together.
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Lets talk a little about some upcoming New York gigs this week, starting with Thursday, July 26th: Floorgasm, featuring yourself and DJ LSD XOXO at Bossa Nova Civics Club in Brooklyn.
Super excited to get down with LSD XOXO. He is absolutely brilliant, and I’ve been pulling some extra special gags for this one.
Friday, July 27th: Full Moon, featuring The Carry Nation alongside DJs Mike Swells, Mira Fahrenheit and David Kiss at the House of Yes in Brooklyn.
This will be Carry’s first one playing at the new HoY. And on a full moon, you can be sure this one will get wild.
Saturday, July 28th: Mild Fantasy, featuring yourself with DJs Rogelio and Elle Dee at Mood Ring in Brooklyn.
This venue has such a cool, intimate vibe, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how it pops off.
Anything else to mention?
Check out The Carry Nation’s new single “Prism” featuring Alissa Briana. So proud of this one--Alissa has such a beautiful voice, and she wrote us a banger!
Okay, last question: What's your best advice for a DJ who wants to make it in this city?
Stay true to you. No one else has done “you” before, I can guarantee it. If you don’t see what you want out there, create it. Study the past, dream of the future, and never stop dancing!
Check Thotyssey’s calendar for DJ Nita Aviance’s upcoming gigs, and follow him on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Soundcloud and iTunes.
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