Out of pure curiosity and hypothetically speaking, who from The Rampage have a chance of joining Exile if they are adding new members?
My picks are Shogo and Riku. Shogo just has an ernest and sincere way of dancing and Riku can sing and dance which makes him versitile as a dancer or singer.
This one is difficult 😂 I can't give you much more than Vibes:tm: as justification for most of them, sorry, anon!
Quick overview: Likiya, no; Zin, no; Riku, yes; Kenta, maybe; Rui, maybe; YamaSho, maybe; Kazuma, no; Hokuto, no; Shogo, yes; Shohei, maybe; Itsuki, no; Kaisei, yes; Makoto, no; Ryu, no; Takahide, no; Takuma, no.
(bolded names means I have thoughts placed below)
Riku - I am hardcore biased for my boy. It's a lot of debate on my end, but I'm landing on yes. He could either slip into the same position Shokichi and Nesmith currently hold, as a Vocalist/Performer, or I think he could maybe be a full Vocalist like Takahiro or Atsushi. At this point, I'd think any vocalist they pick up would need to be able to sing the songs at the current arrangements and I think Riku's voice is close enough to what they currently have he might be able to do it. He also has a year of backup dancer experience - I don't think they'd pick him up as exclusively a performer, but performer/vocalist maybe.
Kenta has the stage presence, I'd argue, to go to Exile. He's very eye catching on stage, super fun to watch. For him, my thoughts are Kenta very much dances to beat of his own drum, he often does his own little - additions or flourishes to the choreography, I am wondering if that wouldn't make him stand out too much? So he's a maybe.
Shogo, I do agree, has a good chance. He's fun to watch on stage and he always catches my eye, I love how intense he is when he performs. He's also got the technical skill. And I'm not gonna say backstage politics would play a huge part in it, but I don't think it's gonna hurt. He was a backup dancer for years before RMPG and he's close enough with Bobby (one of the original founders of the original J Soul Brothers with Hiro) that the man gave him the 1992 hat he wears all the time. The hat is embroidered with JSB on the side, there are exactly two of those hats in Japan - one is now in Shogo's possession and the other belongs to Exile's founder and LDH's current CEO, Hiro. Again, not saying backstage politics would matter a lot, but his position there probably wouldn't hurt.
Back in 2014, Kaisei, Rui and Shohei almost made it into Exile - they were chosen as finalists, even though they weren't chosen ultimately. That's why Shohei and Rui are both listed as maybes, they've already almost done it.
But of those three, I feel like Kaisei has the best chance. He got that far at sixteen, he's the youngest of the Exile audition finalists. He's often put at the center of formations in RMPG and he had the opening at the filmed Go on the Rampage concert and he had the jazz dance solo at the same concert - they have a lot of faith in him and they've had a lot of faith in him for a long time. So I will argue for Kaisei as an option.
I don't have a justification for YamaSho's maybe beyond - I feel like he has a chance. Not as solid of a chance as, like, Kaisei and Shogo, but I feel like he has a chance. He's a maybe with Rui, Shohei and Kenta.
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“Can’t you give the Holy Islands to someone else? I don’t deserve to get them,” he said.
Old Ammet shook his blowing hair and smiled regretfully. “I’m not anyone’s judge.”
“But you could be,” said Mitt.
“What good would that do?” said Old Ammet."
Diana Wynne Jones, "Drowned Ammet"
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i am trying so hard to lose this weight. i was 137.2 (kms) yesterday and today im 132.0. if im good today and the rest of the weekend my weight will be normal again. idk why it's spiked so high it's so frustrating. but i can't cut my calories or fast too much bc i have finals coming up and i need my brain power, so i just need light options and not to eat a lot.
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a collection of highlights and viewing notes from 'The Wizard of Paddington Station' because I don't have the time to liveblog while watching but I do have thoughts
(also: holy heck this got long XD)
I'm sorry to start this way but: the protagonist having a dead mother? yeah, that's a D1sney movie alright
in a more positive reflection of this movie: mate this was WHOLESOME AF OMG
so many good Hen quotes!!!!!! the man's a genius!!!!!
"Power! End of song." - Hen
"I do love an exaggerated scroll" - Hen
"And yet! A doubt circles me. Represented by this hoop. *holds up the headband/circlet from props* I reach through the hoop and pull out the doubt. Do you see what the doubt is?" - Hen, lowkey turning everything into a magic show XD
so many hat bits pfffff lololol
Bry's little "Oh! My hat!" when her hat gets taken away!!! D:
Hen: You are demoted to a hatless position.
Bry: I will walk a hatless existence 😔
give her character back her hat she's so sadddd DX
Bry: Could I have a hat with a pom pom on it, sire?
Hen *trying to pause dramatically but really checking the props hat rack*: ... Yes, we have one of those.
I don't think I've heard of a spell that terrifies me more than the tax-based spells from this movie /jk
any time Hen just declares "End of song" is gold lmaooo
Nancy and Josh as bins XD
"Hello, love! How are ya, darling?" - Nancy, as a bin lolol
Petunia (Ellie): What would I do without you two [bins]?
Bin #2 (Josh): Probably litter.
^ award for best unnoticed line goes to (which wasn't even the award of the night lmao)
I did not realise how much this highlights reel was just quotes but boy howdy there are just so many good ones XD
"You've only gone and put the hat in a portal, you mug" - Nancy, rather affectionately lol
the tickets!!!! don't put them in the bin!!!!! D:
Bry: I could delay people's taxes with this hat!
Hen: Certainly. You can cause massive inconvenience in a whole new other branch of public service.
Josh miming all the instruments in that one musical number lololol
Nancy: I missed the birth of my child child child
Nancy: I missed my child's 7th birthday birthday birthday
Josh: I missed my birth birth birth
hello can someone please tell me why 'Half Wizard' is one of the most audibly pleasing songs I've ever listened to?????????
Josh Elliot strikes again with his lovely baritone (?) good lord-
also, who does that "wi-i-i-zard!" line?! because it's either Bry or Niall and I know who I want it to be I like to think Niall's got the range lol
not Bry and Niall giving their ticket characters the most heartwrenching/heartwarming character backstories and arcs!!!!! 😭
everyone: THERE'S NOT ONLY ONEEEEEE / WIZARD OF PADDINGTONNNNN / THE WIZARD OF PADDINGTONNNN / IS IN FACT / IS IN FACT / IS IN FACT / EVERY-
Nancy: O- *no one else is singing*
Hen: *deliberately making everyone pause*
everyone: *trying not to break too badly*
everyone: ... ONEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Bryony: to the moon!
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