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Fluent Freshman - Part 43
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FF is a pretty good student. Solid Bs in his Gen-eds and As in regard to his major. With one C+ that he’s still working on with Captain Neil but it’s higher than the D+ that he had been pulling before Captain Neil had started to tutor him and he really just needs to pass the one gen-ed required math class.
There was many a deep breathing exercise before he made an appointment with his educational advisor for the next semester back in October but it hadn’t been that bad even though she was the one that had asked if he knew anyone good at math since it obviously was not a strong suit of his. So he dragged his grade up from a D+ to a C+ and he was pretty proud of that.
FF has a preferred spot in each and every one of his classrooms. In his Gen-Ed courses he sits in spots that the Professors don’t even notice and where there is almost always a gap between him and the next person. He arrives perfectly almost late every single day for every single class he can to achieve this feat.
For his Major classes he sits near the front with the few Foreign Language major friends that he has.
FF likes to be prepared. Studying was a nice way to prepare for the future. If he’s already read the entire textbook front to back and taken notes then a pop quiz can’t catch him off guard. He double, triple, and quadruple checks homework. He could probably recite the syllabus for any of his classes off the top of his head. He has read it so much to make sure he’s gotten everything and is on track.
FF kind of likes finals week.
For once, for one week, everyone is as anxious as him.
He sits next to Nicky patting his back as his friend sobs into a pillow. “I’m not going to graduate and it’s going to delay seeing Erik by an entire year!” Nicky yells as he brings his face out of the pillow.
“Nicky, you only got one flashcard wrong how about you shut the fuck up!” Aaron yells from his desk where he seems to have spontaneously developed ambidextrousness as he writes notes with both hands. “Fuck I am NEVER fitting all of this one one index card.” Aaron slams his face into the table.
“I don’t even need this degree.” Matt says looking down at a textbook that he has not turned a page on for the last hour. The fact that Matt had also not even opened that textbook before now was a bit of a cause for concern. “I’ve already got offers for professional teams. I can just play Exy. I do not need to pass a workplace psychology course.” Matt says.
“You think Dan wants an idiot?!” Nicky demands not wanting to go down alone.
“She thinks it’s cute that I’m stupid!” Matt exclaims.
“No she doesn’t!” Aaron points at him, “She said and I quote ‘I love it when you use that big ol sexy brain of yours.’ the last time you had her on speaker phone!” he uses a slightly more…effeminate voice when he impersonates Dan but FF had spoken with Dan and to his memory she did not sound like that.
“Fuck you’re right she deserves an all rounder!” Matt cries, head in his hands.
“Why do I even have to TAKE this Gen-Ed about history?” Nicky demands now holding onto FF as if he were a teddy bear.
“So that we’re well-rounded individuals with a wider perspective on-”
“Smithy, my sweet child, I was not looking for an answer.” he feels Nicky’s hand come up to his hair and maybe he’s being treated more like a favored pet?
“You’re having trouble with a Gen-Ed?!” Aaron asks turning around in his seat, “That’s embarrassing.” he turns his nose up.
“I’m having trouble with something that is going to be useless in my adult life.” Nicky says as if he were not currently an adult. “You are having issues with a class that will have huge ramifications on your future if you don’t manage to learn it!” Nicky points out.
“Eat my shorts Nicky.” Aaron hisses.
“Maybe I could study if you would wash your shorts Aaron. I can smell your laundry pile from over here!” Matt spits.
The fight devolved from there and FF slipped out of the dorm as Nicky was holding a chair over his head to seemingly throw at Matt for his ‘unreasonable number of sticky notes messing up the flow of Nicky’s studying’.
He heard a crash.
“It’s probably fine.” he says to himself and he has his index cards with the speech he has to give for and he really should go over to talk with Captain Neil.
He walks to Captain Neil, Andrew, and Kevin’s door and-
“There faster-!”
FF walks away from Captain Neil, Andrew, and Kevin’s door, remembering only in this moment that Kevin had declared that he would be “Living in the library until this paper is done or I am.” to the team at the last practice of the year.
Captain Neil and Andrew were never the type to waste an empty dorm room.
He misses Pepto Bismol as he hears a particularly dirty line of Russian coming from his Captain’s dorm room.
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Eventually Finals week is done and dusted with only 4-5 more blow-ups in his dorm room that result in Nicky, Aaron, and Matt stopping their fight to see if they accidentally had knocked him out with all of the thrown debris (only happened once when Aaron threw a textbook that Nicky ducked but he didn’t.)
FF came out of his final…final feeling pretty good all around. He had managed to get some extra tutoring time with Captain Neil after Kevin managed to finish his history paper a little early. Despite all of their fears and complaints Aaron, Nicky, and Matt all did manage to pass all of their finals and their classes.
The Tower was closing tomorrow for the rest of the year and despite checking almost every day with Nicky he still was invited to go to New York City with most of the team to stay at Allison’s house.
“Smithy, did you pack a swimsuit?” Nicky asks.
“Nicky, we’re going to New York for Christmas break. Do you think we’re going to swim?” Aaron asks incredulously.
“Two words, my fetus of a cousin: Hot. Tub.” Nicky holds his hand up and putting one finger up and then another.
“Is hot tub two words?” Matt asks as he reaches for his own swim trunks.
“Yes Matt hot tub is two words.” FF says nodding.
“Thank you Smithster.” Matt says.
“I can’t believe you don’t know that hot tub is two words.” Aaron says with a huff.
“I can’t believe that you don’t know how to not be an asshole even after you started getting regular sex with Katelyn.” Matt returns, “Look at how not a thing that was when Smithster answered it.” he gestures to FF.
“You cannot compare Smithy to Aaron. Apples and Tomatoes.” Nicky dismisses.
“Whatever, so Allison got a hot tub at her place?” Aaron moves past the conversation.
“Aaron you just made fun of Matt for asking stupid questions.” Nicky says with a hand on his cheek.
“I fucking hate being part of your family.” Aaron says without any real heat.
“Yeah sure.” Nicky says, rolling his eyes and smiling as he saw Aaron packing swim trunks that FF knew he had bought for his cousin.
“Okay, I’ve got the packing list that Allison sent. Do we wanna run through it so that we’re all properly packed?” Matt says holding up his phone.
“Yeah, let’s run through it.” Nicky says with a sigh.
They went through Allison’s provided list twice and then zipped up their suitcases. Smith was going to be driving to the airport with Matt. Neil and Andrew were going to be driving the Maserati up alone while the rest of them were going to be flying up to New York City.
Now onto something that filled FF with far more dread than simply passing tests that determined whether or not he continued to get a free ride in college.
Meeting new people.
MASTERPOST FOR ALL PARTS OF FLUENT FRESHMAN AU
#Fluent Freshman AU#Just as a note I'm probably going to be taking November off#I should be getting the keys to the Condo on Halloween#and there's just so much to do with it#So I'll be doing a smaller WW#and taking the month off for FF#But I'll come back with some fun I've been planning for ages#Specifically Smith getting to meet Renee and Allison for the first time#And really getting to know Dan#There may be a few special guests but I haven't decided yet#Andrew and Neil absolutely take an extra day to get up to New York for 'absolutely no reason'#but the reason was that they pulled off to a quiet pit stop and made out for so long that it was just irresponsible for them#to not go to a motel#As for where we left off with the Winter Banquet#It was just Smith waiting around until the bus came back#He just ignored that old dude looking for him#and walked to the bus without breaking stride#Who knows who said that Smith was there#I do#FF - 42#AFTG AU#AFTG OC#Andreil#Nicky Hemmick#Kevin Day#Aaron Minyard#Matt Boyd
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breaking the news
(don't tag as ship pleaseeee thank you <3 /gen)
#imagine one of your oldest friends die and youre in jail#and you cant even go to the funeral#and nobody gaf because youre a side character now apparently ..#kevin smith im in your house#who said that !!#anyway .. karen oh karen .. poor karen ..#wanted to add text but i wouldn't even know what to have them say so ..#his face says it all hopefully#idk if matts the one who told him but i hope so#daredevil stuff#daredevil#matt murdock#foggy nelson#franklin nelson#daredevil comics#comic#daredevil fanart#my art
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Daemon’s face in the brothel after Aemma and baby Baelon’s death😭 he looks devastated + Matt Smith saying he said the ‘Heir for a day’ speech in a celebratory way and not a mocking way…yeah he loves the shit out of his family idc
#we deserved to see him and Aemma’s relationship !#I know they were besties#I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Daemon feels things too deeply !#that’s why he’s an emotional wreck who acts out#house of the dragon#hotd#hotd season 1#daemon targaryen#team black#matt smith#aemma arryn#viserys x aemma
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my mama said that im not living right she said im crying on you she said i waited up for you all night i said im trying mama
#rick and morty#rick sanchez#morty smith#i loev that song i love that music video#rick in a suit is all the rage right now so in order to stay hip with the kids i had to bust out this bad boy#you know back in my day all we had was this music video#<--- said by a guy who joined this fandom one year ago#i love drawing r&m fanart like its 2012-2016 and its an unbelievably large pop culture sensation#i mean its still is but like.... the way people interacted with this show like. 5 years ago was so different to now#okay whatever i tried to make morty look all serious cause he's not rlly morty just some robot#SPOILERZ FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO XP !!!!#i also made morty have his suit buttoned cause hes polite but rick's suit is all flowy and stuff cause he doesn't care or whateva...........
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It's honestly pretty frustrating sometimes how I feel like so many people say they love Martha, but mostly what I actually see people saying about Martha is how much she probably does/should hate the Doctor for not returning her crush, or sometimes how much people hate Blink/Family of Blood/Last of the Time Lords because they were hard for her.
And like, the former of those is frustrating because a) Nobody is obligated to return someone's romantic feelings, b) Being oblivious to someone having a crush on you might suck for the other person but is not actually a moral failing and c) Martha was sad about it but like. She didn't leave because she was furious at the Doctor for not returning her crush? She left because she knew her crush wasn't reciprocated and wasn't going to be, but couldn't get over it on her end while travelling with the Doctor. And also because the past year had been pretty traumatizing for everyone, including her and also the Doctor and also everyone else who was on that ship thing.
Anyways
I just wanted to talk for a bit about the things I like about Martha, or that are interesting, that are unrelated to those points above.
I think she's the first companion in New Who to join Unit, and I think still the only one to be a medical doctor with a strong scientific backing. Which is cool!
I think it's interesting that in the first episode she appears in, her family is shown to be kind of messy and kind of frustrating, and it feels like that's something she's a little glad to be getting away from for a bit when she travels with the Doctor (though it's not the reason she travels with them). And then, at the end of the season when her family is in danger she prioritizes their wellbeing enough to snap at the Doctor about it. If I remember correctly their phones were tapped or something and it wound up making things a bit worse, but I appreciate the nuances of her relationship with them and how important they are to her despite the messiness.
Despite all the ado made about her crush on the Doctor, I really loved how she really seemed to get the point of travelling with the Doctor. I think that she nailed both the joy and excitement of the unknown, and the compassion and sense of care that motivates the Doctor's travels, and which I think is vital to all of my favourite companions.
It also contrasts in interesting ways with how her personality shifts after she stops travelling with the Doctor - she still cares about people's wellbeing and seems to value the things she learned while travelling, but working with Unit and Torchwood does make her more military, and then of course doing freelance alien fighting (? or something?) in the End of Time.
I think Martha and the Doctor are an interesting duo because they contrast each other in interesting ways. They're both compassionate, hopeful but practical, and good at what they do, but they reflect those qualities in ways that almost, but don't quite, fit together nicely. They don't conflict, really, but they're not quite sustainable either.
They work well together and care about each other, but they're too similar in some ways and too different in others to ever quite see eye to eye, which is why they end up going in different directions. And I think that's not anyone's fault, or indicative of any deep flaws in either of them. Or even really a tragedy, because Martha seems to be doing new and interesting things every time we see her, with plenty of options available and a decent rapport with the Doctor whenever they show up.
Anyway this got way longer than I meant it to. Tldr: There are so many more interesting things to say about Martha than just "She must hate the Doctor". Here are some of them.
#Also I didn't have room here but. I understand hating the family of blood stuff but. John Smith is not the Doctor. That's the whole point#John Smith is absolutely rude to Martha and I dislike him as a person. But he is also not the Doctor#And I absolutely do not believe that the Doctor handpicked the persona and went “Yeah. Making him rude and racist and like guns”#I think they just got out the chameleon arch and said#“Here's the time and location that gives us the best shot at avoiding the family of blood. Give me and Martha random identities. Thanks”#That said it's actually not an episode I particularly like so I don't know why I'm rambling about it here#I get anxious about things where characters are Not Themselves and being rude and mean in ways they aren't#And also found the ending a little Too Much personally#Anyways I'm just monologuing now#Doctor Who#Doctor Who Meta#Martha Jones#I am talking#I am just some guy (gender neutral)#This post brought to you by another person joking about how Martha is so strong for putting up with the Doctor because of the crush stuff#And me as an aromantic not enjoying the implication that I am something to put up with and that the most interesting thing anyone can say#about a dynamic between two people is how much it sucks that one of them didn't know the other had a crush and 'led them on'#or whatever. But just ranting about that again didn't feel constructive so I tried to say more interesting things instead
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I know/feel like this kind of takes away from his character growth and Kai stans are free to correct or add on but Kai's "I should've been the green ninja" but in a "I should be the one to bear the responsibility instead of you because your just a little kid and thats not fair" kind of way.
#lego ninjago#ninjago#ninjago kai#kai smith#older brother figure kai#also I know I said that I think this takes away from his character development but on the other side of the coin#I think it fits more inline with his later character arcs like in season 4 where he starts saying#that it should've been him who sacrificed himself instead of zane#that kind of guilt
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Hc that John and Ella think exclusivity in concepts (rather than words or even images) because their telepathy has taught them to. I think everyone probably has a different signature when it comes to how they think and there’s a lot of variety in people’s thought processes so it’s easiest for them to communicate via concepts and that trains them to think that way all the time. Nine probably does this too to some extent because of his telepathy with animals, but I feel like he uses telepathy less frequently than John (John lives with BK it’s not hard) or Ella (love that girl but she’s got a tendency to…overstep)
This presents a problem when they have to translate those concepts into words. This leads to some pretty funny strings of words as they try to find the right ones. Sometimes they are straight up at a loss for words because they can’t find the right ones and there have even been miscommunications because they used odd wording.
And then throw being polyglots on top of that…
#only people who know them can follow their thought process#everyone else just settles for understanding what they said#it’s not like they can’t communicate but there are certainly times when there’s that gap#essentially what multilingual people experience but dialed up#lorien legacies#i am number four#john smith#ian4#ella/10#John smith/4
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they’re the same song
#i need someone who knows how to mix to edit these two together because my man johnny marr definitely ripped off blondie with what she said#would be the mashup of all time tbh#blondie#the smiths
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#joel mchale#ken jeong#animal control fox#animal control#community nbc#community#sarah chalke#krystal smith#sarah chalke is playing yazmin#frank's ex who ghosted him#i'm probably the only person who cares but i'm so excited that we get to meet yazmin#figured we would since frank said her name when he first mentioned her#i don't know anything about sarah chalke but she's actually age appropriate for a damn change#and i'm just gonna start the#frank x roman#tag now because i'm gonna ship them and you just have to deal with it ok
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Summer and Jacob shit because theyd team up a bunch in S1
#also this is Jay's S1 design.. idk if I ever said?#out of my “summer has bangs” phase and onto my “middle path and freckles summer” lifestyle#they'd bicker a bunch but would back up the other when they needed it#like if Summer was arguing with Beth about going to a party Jay would step in and sell how teens need fun experiences or something#and when Jay wants to do something way more irresponsible Summer would say how Beth/Jerry is crushing his dreams#Summer will always call Jay when she needs help before she calls her parents cause she knows he'd be more chill about it#she's also veery supportive of Jay no matter what he does#though Jay tries to help her onto a better road (if she's adoment on doing it her way he lets her but helps her out when she needs it)#he also takes her on adventures and stuff more often than Morty#when she's not around though he just takes anyone who's free#might drop a few designs for the family from S1 to wherever we are now#I love Summer 😔 can't believe I hated her at one point#anyway byebye#rick and morty#my art#rick and morty fanart#bi and pan solidarity#summer smith#jacob#jay#rick and morty fandom#void
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I will bet money that someone who does not have "coach" before their name took over that locker room at halftime
#uswnt#based on smith hugging pinoe like that#i think we all know who it was#and what she said was: alright screw him#screw passing#if you have the ball in front of the ball fucking keep it#and fucking shoot it
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gay pride angel,,, kind of based
#i know we don't like to talk about it bc literally who wants to give joss whedon props for anything in 2023.#that said. gosh the meaning the gay stuff in buffyverse held for a teenaged smith.
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Musical Touken Ranbu: Tokyo Kokoro Oboe english sub
I know this isn’t the TsuruKara Souki you were expecting, but on the plus side, neither was I expecting this! Since I’m watching this with a friend soon, I figured, why not? It is very high up in my faves list, after all 🥺
Following my predecessors, the start of the subtitles has a little intro blurb on each of the historical figures, and I’m also planning on making a little research file in which I’ll try to explain a few things about Masakado and horses, Masakado and Kikyou, Ota Dokan and the yamabuki (Japanese kerria) girl, and some details about Tenkai as person and his planning of Edo as city.
I’m also planning to include some translation notes (specifically on ほころび・る hokorobi/ru because that deserves to be mentioned) in the file, some interpretations on the girl with the Noh mask, and a few fun facts about how each of the historical figures relates to Inari or foxes. Because in the context of the roles Suishinshi and the Gous get given throughout TKO, as well as the themes present in it, it may be interesting to keep a certain little fox in the back of your mind while watching!
Keep in mind that this is only the subtitle file, timed and tled to the DMM archive distribution.
You can download the subs for the DMM archive distribution here,
and with lots of thanks to a friend, the subs for the BD/DVD version can be found here!
The research file will be able to be found here too, at a later date.
#touken ranbu#Tokyo Kokoro Oboe#toumyu#Water's translations#'where's Kogi in all this' is one of my favourite questions to ask in TKO tbh ngl#and not in a haha 'kon kon kon.../knock knock knock...' kind of way#though I do really appreciate Mikazuki's name melts into Kogi's in the names section#I'd love to think that tsuwamono had meaning-- that kotobuki had meaning!#that Kogitsunemaru hasn't disappeared from Mikazuki's side after tsuwamono established that even if he can't do time crimes with him#he will still gladly eat chagashi with him. And that he won't allow Mikazuki to use that sweetness as bribe to get away from his duties--#to get away from staying by Kogitsunemaru's side.#Also considering Kogitsunemaru in utaawase and by extension Inari light is super cool bc he's one of the most supernatural swords out there#through him being smithed by Inari he's half repairs and also Legit Foxy at the same time that Inari is a god the *people* made popular#on top of that!! Kogitsunemaru is!! *literally* a noh song-- he's given his shape because Kokaji exists- because the people sing of#the little fox that helped Sanjou Munechika out and the name 'Kogitsune' engraved on the back as gratitude towards that incarnation of Inari#so why is it Sui who gets to carry that weight?#why is it Sui who recognises Mika has gone too far and needs to be saved- who admits Mika's crimes to Master when Kogi's kept them secret-#when Kogi knows what Mika does and isn't gonna take bull from him?#why is it the Gous that Mikazuki entrusts to be the bridge between human and non-human when Kogi should be right by his side?#when utaawase happened? When Kogi said he wouldn't commit time crimes but never excluded helping him in ways that don't break their mission?#why is it that the existential message-- being existent so long someone calls your name- or whether flowers songs and feelings aren't a part#of history if they're not passed down like objects or writing or *swords* (they are)- what'll remain of a sword if you lose your name--#falls on Sui when Kogi is literally given a shape by his song engraving his name?#also the girl is wearing a *Noh* mask TT-TT#anyway sorry for the rambling I just feel Kogi is Painfully absent in TKO when he Should be in there given past myu and it hurts ;-;#I hope past myus had meaning and he'll return.
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Why are Matt Smith's most known roles the ones where there's weird family stuff in his ch's romance. Prince Philip, Daemon Targaryen, and The 11th Doctor. What is the goal here
#prolly not the first time this has been said#I don't watch any of these but I know stuff#OKAY THAT'S ALL BYE CJKCKDODJFDIKD#hotd#doctor who#matt smith#the crown#daemon targaryen#11th doctor
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no one can make u feel crazier than ur mother<3
#sometimes they’ll just say smith happened in a conversation that. didn’t at all happen. none of those words were said#but if ur like actually that did not happen i did not do that it’s like u’ve personally disrespected their entire existence#and then u go ‘u didn’t have to go about the situation like that and make it smth it wasn’t’#and then they’ll say smth like ‘i should just never say a word to u ever about anything i should just keep my mouth shut is that it??’#like. no. who said that. what is going on here#and then they’re like ‘ur just mad about (thing that the conversation stopped being about 20 mins ago)’#no ma’am. i’m not even mad. i’m boggled that u are mad. we are not experiencing the same situation#and it always ends with them being so hurt for NO reason saying u don’t respect me u always invalidate me idk what to do#u just need to have a better schedule and sleep more and eat different and do more school and do more work u don’t care abt doing anything#like HELLO why are we talking about this now. how did we even get here#i love my mother but why do they all do that. u all know what i mean.#and then u have to flip it around and make them feel better. an impossible task. when ur the one who got freaked out on for no reason#if it goes too far she’ll come and apologise after but in the meantime….. real fun times. i love micromanaging.
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Can we just talk about Elisabeth sladen for a second??? Can we talk about how a normal girl from Merseyside became a feminist icon by staring I'm a B list sci-fi show and never took that position lightly. Can we talk about how she became that icon not just due to the script but because in every scene she was in she took the blandest material and made it art? Can we talk about how everyone that knew her said she was the kindest, most down to earth person that always had time to support the crew and people that were supposedly "below" her on set? Can we talk about how she basically introduced classic doctor who to a whole generation?? (In an episode that butchered Sarah Jane's character by implying she was in love with the doctor but I digress) Can we talk about how in every ep she was in one close up was the most emotionally impactful storytelling you'd ever seen? Can we talk about how she was one of the most talented actors of postwar British television and continued to hone her craft until she was cruelly taken from us far too soon? Can we talk about how her icon of a daughter continues her legacy because she recognises how much Sarah Jane changed not just doctor who but British attitudes towards explicitly feminist protagonists in general? Can we talk about this???
#cos it's interwebs this post comes with like a million caveats#including the fact that doctor who was invented by a woman#barbara was a feminist susan was a feminist#and liz explicitly said she was a feminist before sarah jane#this is just an appreciation post of an incredibly talented actor#who was taken from us far too soon#and deserves more recognition for her talent#yes doctor who is cheesy bullshit bla bla bla#but this woman is genuinely one of the best actors I've ever seen#she does so much with a shot#rest in peace lis. an icon for a reason.#doctor who#classic who#elisabeth sladen#sarah jane smith#also obviously sadie does some of it for nepo reasons#but i do think she knows the importance of her mum's legacy#and i won't begrudge a single mum for making money off a b list franchise
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