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Short Reflection: Fall 2022 Anime
Was Fall 2022 the single most stacked season of anime ever? It’s certainly a contender, at least. Not only were there once again far too many good shows to keep up with, not only were a lot of those shows really fucking good, but there was such a wide variety that no matter your tastes- shonen, slice of life, mecha, political drama, whatever the fuck Akiba Maid War counts as- you were basically guaranteed at least one phenomenal show to stay hooked on. And if you’re someone like me who appreciates pretty much every genre as long as it’s done well? Then my god, I hope you skipped lunch, because this feast never fucking ended. I’ve already given my thoughts on Yama no Susume’s underwhelming fourth season (6.5/10), Mob Psycho 100′s safe but deeply satisfying finale (8/10), and the bonkers roller coaster of Chainsaw Man (8.5/10), and there’s still way too many anime left to talk about. So without any further ado, let’s dive right in to the disappointments, the hidden gems, and the runaway smash hits that closed out this fantastic year for anime.
My Hero Academia Season 6: Unfinished/10
There’s not much I have to say about this one yet, as I’m planning to give it a full review when it’s all over. But I at least wanted to say this: I fucking told y’all My Hero Academia was going to reclaim its crown. I told y’all this show was eventually gonna earn its place back as one of the greatest long-running shonen of all time. But nooooo, you were all busy pretending that a few lackluster fight scenes meant this show was the worst garbage ever and handing out accolades to gorgeously animated pieces of stale cardboard like Demon Slayer for plastering pretty wallpaper all over the vapid nonsense at their core. Well, how does it feel now, huh? How does it feel to remember what an actual great shonen action series looks like? This is the best that MHA has been since season 3, and while it’s gonna fall to the next cours to determine where season 6 ends up on the pantheon, it’s so fucking good to see this show operating at full capacity again.
To Your Eternity Season 2: Unfinished/10
Genuine question: what the absolute fuck happened to To Your Eternity? I still remember when that incredible first episode dropped back in 2021 and everyone was ready to crown it the new patron saint of cry-inducing philosophical fantasy. How did we get from that to this? To increasingly hacky production values that rarely rise above passable and never once manage to capture the awe and wonder this story is so clearly shooting tor? To writing so tonally inconsistent it decides to introduce a cast of wacky over-the-top camera-muggers in this serious and serene fantasy yarn? Didn’t this show used to be good? Didn’t it used to be a genuinely compelling exploration of human nature and immortality and moving on from loss? When did it fall apart so badly that it barely even resembles the show it used to be? And that’s not even getting into some of the most abysmal queerbaiting I’ve seen in a very long time. There were definitely worse anime this year, but nothing else left me feeling so utterly betrayed. I can only pray the slight upswing of quality it’s experiencing in its current arc continues, because otherwise this is going to end up the most crushing disappointment of anime in 2022.
Reincarnated as a Sword: 3/10
Let us all stop for a moment and consider the absolute state of the isekai genre. Here we have yet another story of some personality-deficient schlub transported to another world that runs on JRPG logic, where he instantly becomes the most OP person (or, well, sword) around and never has to struggle for anything. The characters and setting are all as painfully generic as every other entry in the genre. The plot wastes so much time rattling off video game stats to justify its boring OP worldbuilding that it forgets to write any sort of interesting or nuanced personalities for the people in its world. The production values are passably okay without ever showing a single shred of personality beyond the most by-the-basics staples of this watered-down Dragon Quest backwash. There is nothing worth recommending here, nothing you can get from this show that you can’t get in a million better ways elsewhere. And yet, Reincarnated as a Sword has one thing going for it: it doesn’t try and justify slavery. In fact, its real protagonist is an enslaved catgirl who breaks free from her chains and seeks to prove her worth, with the titular sword serving as her paternal guardian. And that alone puts this dull, uninspired, pointless slab of processed anime loaf above a decent chunk of its contemporaries in the isekai genre. Because that is how fucking far the bar has been lowered at this point. God help us all.
My Master Has No Tail: 4/10
The frustrating thing about My Master Has No Tail is that there’s not really anything wrong with it. It’s a cute little historical anime about a tanuki girl learning rakugo from a fox spirit in a time of huge technological upheaval for Japan, a time when all the old spirits are at risk of losing their place in the world and must find some way to adapt to the new era alongside humanity. That premise should result in something really interesting, or at least unique enough for a mellow slice-of-life hobby show with a supernatural twist. And yet despite the lack of things to complain about, I just could not get on this show’s wavelength. It just doesn’t push far enough in any direction to be memorable; the animation is competent but also as basic as it gets, the characters are inoffensive but simple, the comedy is decent but rarely rises above a chuckle. Every single aspect of this show is just a little too underwhelming to really make an impact, and with nothing but average everywhere you look, the whole thing ends up kinda boring. I do like the themes it’s playing with, how art is used as a vessel for spirits and humans to keep their connections strong in an increasingly secular, industrialized world, but it’s not enough to bring this show up anywhere above harmlessly mediocre. What a shame.
Arknights Prelude to Dawn: 4.5/10
I find myself fairly conflicted about the first season of Arknights. On the one hand, it’s a relief to get a gacha game adaptation with some actual gravitas behind it, and the story of a post-infection dystopian world struggling between compassion and justice has some genuinely complex things to say about the morality of living through hellish situations. And its cinematic production ambitions ensure it’s rarely boring to look at. On the other hand, though, I get the sense that whoever was behind the script didn’t take into account the differences between what works narratively in a video game and what works in a TV show. Divorced from their role as an audience surrogate/POV who needs to be explained everything so the player can understand how to play, the mostly silent Doctor comes off as a nothing character who could be cut from the show without changing anything. Ditto the under-explained, underutilized tactical cell phone that probably only existed in the first place to justify how the game’s combat looked and functioned, and the dialogue that’s mostly a series of plot points taking us from one Important Setpiece to the next. I want to like what Arknights is doing, but it’s not until the shockingly great final two episodes that it starts to feel like a proper show and not just a lavishly animated cutscene compilation. Hopefully the second season continues that upward trajectory, and maybe then we’ll be able to call this a truly excellent gacha anime.
Do It Yourself: 5/10
Between this show and Healer Girl from earlier this year, I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I really need more than vibes to keep me interested in a show. Don’t get me wrong, vibes are good! But there’s a whole subsection of cute-girls shows that are basically nothing but vibes, and absent anything else to sink my teeth into, I find myself feeling very little connection to them. You’d think Do It Yourself might have a little more going on, what with its near-future setting, stabs at commentary on the importance of not letting automation fully run everything, and extremely gay undertones. But no, it’s mostly just cute girls doing DIY carpentry for twelve episodes. It’s a show for you to turn your brain off to and just, well, like I said, vibe to the expressive FLCL-esque art style and richly detailed guide to DIY carpentry with a bunch of intermittenly interesting characters. And while I can appreciate those vibes well enough, there’s so little intrigue to anything that I can’t really bring myself to care about it all that much. I dunno, maybe they shouldn’t have kept the one character who actually generates interesting narrative friction at arm’s length for nearly the entire show. And maybe they should’ve let Serafu and Pudding kiss. Actually, no maybes there, they definitely should’ve done that.
Play It Cool, Guys (1st Half): 5.5/10
Here’s a pleasant little surprise I don’t think anyone saw coming. Sure, this slice-of-life about a bunch of clumsy dudes navigating their own awkwardness isn’t gonna set the world on fire, but it’s become one of the more unusually absorbing short anime I’ve encountered in a while. I think what draws me to Play It Cool, Guys is that it’s just very unpretentious; it promises a chill twelve minutes every week of low-key sweet-natured comedy, and that’s exactly what you get. The punchlines aren’t amazing, but they pretty much always hit. The characters aren’t very complex or interesting, but they all carry themselves well enough that you enjoy seeing them on screen. It’s even got a certain kind of confidence to just be so low-key and not try to overextend itself with cheap gimmicks or recycled plot beats to grab your attention, because it trusts that its word and characters are charming enough to earn your investment on their own. And you know what? That confidence is not misplaced. It might not be my favorite thing in the world, but I have a sneaking suspicion it’s just going to keep growing on me as it moves into its second cours. Check back at the end of winter, and I might just end up giving it a much more enthusiastic recommendation.
Urusei Yatsura (1st Half): 6/10
Is there still a point to Urusei Yatsura today? Yes, Rumiko Takahashi’s groundbreaking rom-com about an alien girl falling in love with a philandering douchenozzle invented the anime rom-com as we know it, not to mention possibly starting waifu culture itself with Lum. But fifty years later, with all its component parts iterated upon by basically every romance-adjacent anime that followed it, does the original property have anything left to offer on its own merits? Or is it a relic of a bygone time, no longer useful as anything but a historical artifact for tropes and archetypes that have all been used better by the works it ended up inspiring? Halfway through this modern reboot, I’m still not sure what the answer to that question is going to be. What I can say for sure is that this show makes me laugh more often than it doesn’t, and while not all of it has aged gracefully, it’s oddly refreshing to see just how much more egalitarian the anime rom-com used to be. This is no incel wank fantasy where a loser guy gets all the hot girls by doing basically nothing; this is a show where everyone’s just a little bit nuts, and you’re not so much rooting for anyone to get together as you are just enjoying the chaos that results when all these different flavors of asshole butt heads. That’s far more my speed than any of the wish fulfillment harem slop that learned all the wrong lessons from Urusei Yatsura’s success. Whether or not it’ll end up anything more than a series of mostly amusing episodic sketches remains to be seen, but for now, I’m content to just watch the madness unfold. Plus, it’s got Hiroshi Kamiya and Mamoru Miyano sniping at each other like every episode, you can’t not love that.
Pop Team Epic Season 2: 6/10
Sometimes, you just need a little chaos in your life. That sentence probably sums up the appeal of Pop Team Epic better than anything else I could ever write. Sometimes, you just want to let loose on a stream of consciousness through utterly batshit comedy skits that switch tone and animation style on a dime, packed with references to countless things you’re only vaguely aware of, never quite sure if all this insanity has any kind of point or if the pointlessness is itself the point. Pop Team Epic is just fucking weird, y’all. But it’s the kind of weird that clearly comes from a group of talented people having a blast throwing anything and everything at the wall just because they can, not caring about whether any of it sticks or not because the messy, nonsensical act of creating the damn thing in the first place is reason enough for it to exist. What other show will give you a dating sim spoof, yaoi lesbians, legitimately great mecha action, a final fantasy parody, gratuitous violence, a live action flipbook segment, and a full-on tokusatsu show starring Aoi Shota as a time-traveling sentai hero, all in the space of 12 episodes? If that kind of memetic insanity is your jam, then you need to get this show in your eyeballs yesterday. Pop Team Epic makes no goddamn sense, and god bless it for that.
Spy x Family Part 2: 7/10
Does a show need a plot? Is it enough for it to simply wander through a bunch of random side quests and coast on charm alone? That certainly seems to be what Spy x Family is banking on; after a relatively plot-solid first part where most episodes had at least a little in the way of new developments, part 2 seems content mostly to put the Forger family members in a variety of amusing scenarios and leave all the big picture stuff in the background until the final episode. And it’s a testament to just how damn charming these characters are- and how slick the production continues to be- that it mostly gets away with it. it’s fun watching Loid, Yor, and Anya bumble about as they slowly figure out what it means to live a “normal” life. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t impatient for the plot to pick back up. I dunno, after so many episodes of just faffing about, I felt myself getting kind of burnt out on the sitcom hijinks. And it doesn’t help that the biggest new character introduced is basically just a genderswapped Yuri, a.k.a. the worst character in the series. Spy x Family works best when it’s balancing its fluffy and kickass sides, and part 2 just leaned a little too far into fluff for my tastes. I still had a lot of fun, but I’m more than ready for the Ostania-Westalis conflict to be important again.
Blue Lock (1st Half): 7/10
The premise of Blue Lock is one of those immediately head-slapping moments of “Wow, why has no one tried this before?” brilliance: what if you took a shonen sports anime and made it an edgy death game? Sports anime are already full of larger-than-life personalities and conflicts, so taking that over-the-top competitive camp and applying it to a situation where the characters have to destroy each other to get ahead in a winner-takes-all battle royale is such a no-brainer, I’m shocked it’s taken this long for someone to come up with it. Sure, you don’t actually die if you lose Blue Lock, but losing the ability to play competitive soccer ever again might as well be death for a shonen sports boy, so it still counts. Point is, this premise is certifiably genius. Which makes it slightly disappointing that so far, the show isn’t taking as much advantage of it as it could. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some of the skullduggery and backstabbing you’d expect from your typical death game, but for the most part, Blue Lock just plays like a traditional soccer anime. A very good soccer anime, to be sure, but I find myself wishing it was willing to get nastier and edgier and really take advantage of its premise. Hell, it’s not even the best straightforward soccer anime this year; Ao Ashi has it beat in everything but animation. So count me a fan, but also count me hopeful that it leans more into what makes it unique going forward.
Raven of the Inner Palace: 7.5/10
In a fantasy-tinged version of Medieval China, there lives an imperial courtesan known as the Raven Consort. But unlike the other courtesans, her duties do not involve, well, nighttime visits. No, her mission is to put to rest the wandering spirits of the dead, the shades of those who died with regrets or unfinished business that still tie them to the world of the living. As long as anyone can remember, she’s lived alone, existing for nothing but her mission with no bonds to the world around her. But when a new emperor deposes the corrupt regime, he makes it his mission to set right everything his forebearers set wrong... including freeing the Raven Consort from her isolation. Thus begins one of the most absorbing anime I’ve watched all year, a story of the sins of the past as they claw at the fabric of the present, the struggle to untangle eons of societal oppression, and what it truly means to make amends for mistakes that left scars too big to ever heal. Raven of the Inner Palace is a bit of a slow burn, but when it takes off, it fucking takes off. And I know most of you barely even heard about it because it was overshadowed by all the louder, flashier shows this season, so consider this your wake-up call. Don’t sleep on this one, it’s really damn good.
Akiba Maid War: 8.5/10
Honestly, I don’t even want to say anything about this one. I just want to tell you all that you need to fucking watch Akiba Maid War and let you experience its many surprises as deliriously blind as I did. So if that alone is enough to convince you to go watch it, then stop what you’re doing and go watch it before you’re spoiled on anything. But if you need a little extra convincing, then consider the following: what if I told you that this seemingly innocuous maid cafe show is not, in fact, a quaint little otaku-centric slice of life, but a full-on pastiche of yakuza movies that takes all the genre’s bloodshed and mayhem and filters it through maid-colored glasses? A show where maids gun each other down and jockey for power and get in vicious turf battles and yet never once break maid keyfabe? Where the simple joke of “yakuza movie but they’re maids” is played so straight and pushed so far to its absolute limit that it somehow wraps back around to being both a completely ludicrous parody of itself and a completely genuine, 100% heart-on-its-sleeve love letter to both seemingly incompatible sides of its double identity? And walks that seemingly impossible tonal tightrope near flawlessly before bringing it all home in a final episode so pitch-perfect it forced me to pump my score up half a point just from how hard it stuck the goddamn landing? Are you convinced yet? Did I mention there’s a thirty-six year old murder maid who totally kicks fucking ass and doesn’t let anyone shame her for being a middle-aged woman working a cutesy job? What more do you want from me? JUST GO FUCKING WATCH THIS SHOW ALREADY I SWEAR TO GOD
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury: 8.5/10
I had no idea what to expect going into my first ever Gundam anime. Sure, I was excited to finally get a taste of what this storied franchise had to offer, and the excellent prologue and promise of an interesting female protagonist were certainly reasons to be hopeful, but as someone who’s rarely clicked with mecha as a genre, I wasn’t sure how this first foray into the definitive mecha anime would turn out. What I never expected- what I don’t think anyone could’ve expected- was that The Witch From Mercury wasn’t content to just be the first even female-led Gundam. No, this show decided to be REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA. IN SPACE. WITH MECHA BATTLES. And I don’t think I need to say a goddamn thing more to convince you to watch this show. It’s goddamn Gundam Utena! It’s the queerest, most socially conscious anime of all time re-imagined with a futuristic metal exoskeleton, only with Utena’s symbolism-drenched ruminations on gender and patriarchy replaced with a no-less-compelling grounded portrayal of the evils of space capitalism and the political consequences of corrupt systems. Well, presumably; this first cours has mostly focused on the ground-level school romance antics as it builds up all that big picture stuff in the background. But I say again: GUNDAM. FUCKING. UTENA. I couldn’t have picked a better introduction to the world of Gundam if I tried. And as long as the second cours doesn’t shit the bed, this is going to go down in history as one of the greatest things to over come out of the mecha genre.
Bocchi the Rock: 9.5/10
And yet. Despite all the big shonens and bold anime originals, despite Chainsaw Man and My Hero Academia and Gundam Utena, when all was said and done, one series rose above them all. One series that looked at all those big names with a smirk and sailed past them as naturally as breathing. Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between, Bocchi the Rock is a goddamn motherfucking masterpiece. It takes the band-girls coming-of-age majesty, the painfully relatable social anxiety of Watamote, and the sheer animation flexing of Nichijou, and blends them all together into a gut-busting, tear-jerking, jaw-dropping tour de force that raises the bar on what slice-of-life anime is capable of just as thoroughly as K-On did thirteen years ago. Hitori Gotou is a socially paralyzed weirdo who’s never had a real friend because her anxiety’s too overwhelming to make friends, but she knows how to play some mean guitar. So when a chance encounter leads to her joining a band, she resolves to stick with it and try to finally break out of her shell, one hilarious misstep at a time. It’s a wonderful story of overcoming what holds you back and finding a community that accepts you for who you are, brought to life with some of the most astonishingly Extra(tm) animation that regularly left me choking on my own laughter. And the music uniformly kicks ass, and the incredible supporting cast provides a wide array of perspectives of introversion and extroversion, and Ryou is such an asshole and I love her, and fucking hell, I love this show! Other anime may be deeper or more complex or have more to say, but almost nothing else is so consistently charming. Every second of this show is delightful. Every moment is lovable. It’s a new gold standard for animated comedy, for cute girls, for coming-of-age, and for music anime in general. Bocchi the Rock fucking rules, and every single one of you needs to give it a watch. Something tells me this is gonna be one of those shows we’re still going to be gushing over for many, many years to come.
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spreadsheet cleanup
DREADNOUGHT (robots)
ComicVine: 71 issues
Fandom: 56 appearances, 5 variants
±2 video games
Probably a bit too low-priority to make the cut
Medium priority for @MCOCwishlist
- Other Gabe
#Dreadnought#robot#mcoc class tech#Nick Fury Sr. rogue#Iron Man rogue#Hydra#A.I.M.#A.I. Army#tournament fodder#series Other Gabe's spreadsheet cleanup Fall 2022#villain#medium priority
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Astro rants #9
So, why does no one tell you that the placements on your SR chart are how you act like that year?💀 Becauseee, I had Libra moon/rising last year and developed a love for Fashion and models and self care and all kinds of things😭. The chart ruler was Venus in Aries and my emotions were on an all time high. Literally. I felt like I had to put on this nice facade and please others for them to like me and I was also very cordial and understanding yet when I'd go off when no one was around.😭😂. I also gained a love for working out so I know that was the Aries venus for sure.
Now this year, I have rising in Sag and a stellium in Aqua (moon/venus/mars) and I don't really care for others' opinions or approvals and I've had somewhat of an ego boost and just feel more optimistic too. I wanna go out more to "explore" yet sometimes I just wanna stay home and not socialize?🥲 Pls tell me somebody else relates to their SR placements too. 😭
I've also moved this year and can't stop itching to go travel again. Watching travel vlogs and wanting to do more radical stuff.😭.
Alsooo. Has anyone noticed that you tend to "discover" or listen to artists with the same sign as your SR's asc? Last year I had Libra rising in my SR chart and discovered Brenda K Starr (Libra sun), I also listed to Mya (Libra sun) a lot last year. This year I have Sag rising in my SR chart and have been listening to Billy Idol (Sag sun), Stacy Lattisaw (Sag sun).
I also happened to notice that you make friends with people who's placements are in the same sign as your SR chart's 6H. E.g. In 2017 when I met my best friend I had Libra & Scorpio fall in my SR chart's 6H and She's a Scorpio sun with a Libra rising, venus and mercury.
In 2022 I met another one of my close friends who's a Cap sun & mercury and guess which signs fell over SR chart's 6H? Cap & Sag!!!
Anywho, that's all for now.🙃
#astro community#astroblr#astro posts#astrology#astro blog#rendezvous-fling#solar return#solar return chart
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I Never Want To Fall Asleep - Masterpost
It's December 2022. You're the tour wardrobe coordinator for rock'n'roll band Greta Van Fleet. You find yourself inexplicably pulled toward a certain guitarist, and he you, as much as you try not to be.
Pairings: Jake x Female OC, f!reader x Female OC (mentioned), Jake x f!reader, Sam x Female OC, Josh x Male OC, Danny x Female OC
Warnings: +18 content, angst x1000 (crying, arguing, swearing, depictions of depression/panic attacks, mentions of cheating and open relationships, miscommunication), marijuana and alcohol use, cigarettes, mentions of alcoholism, mentions of religion/anti-religion, mention of divorce, eventual smut (kissing, masturbation, sex, very vanilla and fluffy), Christmas
Real people used as fictional characters: Jake Kiszka, Josh Kiszka, Sam Kiszka, Danny Wagner, Karen Kiszka, Kelly Kiszka, Ronnie Kiszka, (Josie, Daniel Sr and Lori Wagner are all mentioned)
Disclaimer: it took me a while to come to terms with writing real people as characters in this story. As an avid fic enjoyer, sometimes I struggle not to get the ick when real people are written about because I don’t want to be invasive into their personal lives, especially when it comes to the family and friends of celebrities because they didn’t choose this. Please take everything written on this wild and wonderful internet with a grain of salt and know that the characters in this story ARE NOT REAL. They are fictionalized versions of rlly hot celebs and are completely original characters other than their names and looks. I have chosen to use the real names of their siblings and parents to keep the world feeling authentic, but I have literally nothing to base these characters on so I am fully making them up. I do not know any of these people personally (and I’m gonna assume you don’t either) so let's just stay weird over here babes and respect their privacy and leave them alone xx
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 8 - Part 1 | Chapter 8 - Part 2
#jake kiszka#greta van fleet#jake gvf#jake kiszka x reader#sam kiszka#josh kiszka#danny wagner#this is fiction#greta van fleet fic#greta van fleet smut#gvf fic
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Hab vor Kurzem erst das SR3 Interview von 2022 mit Vladimir und Daniel entdeckt...das ist ja mal sowas von heartwarming!!!
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Vladimir (über die Zusammenarbeit mit Daniel):
„Also, ich würde schon sagen, wir sind zusammen gewachsen. Und das Irre ist [...] ich vertraue Daniel total! Also das ist total wunderschön, weil man weiß, egal was man anbietet, das wird irgendwo hin laufen. Das wird nicht gegen ne Wand prallen. Und ich muss sogar sagen, als ich das erste Mal den dritten Teil jetzt gesehen hab...da gibt es eine relativ emotionale Szene zwischen Daniel und mir und ich hab wirklich gemerkt, mir ist das so nah gegangen – das ist so irre, ich dachte ich war eigentlich gar nicht son Schauspieler der so nen Satz sagen würde – aber: Man wird dann doch son bisschen eins mit der Rolle und [...] weil ich mit Daniel eben privat auch relativ viel Zeit verbringe […],
da hat mich das so berührt, weil ich kurz nicht unterscheiden konnte, wem passiert das jetzt? Daniel und mir, oder Leo und Adam? Und das ist eine unfassbare Qualität! Und da ich vorher noch nie eine Rolle über drei Jahre spielen durfte, merkt man einfach, was für ne andere Qualität an Spiel das ist und dass die Rolle immer tiefer und tiefer irgendwie auch reinsickert in einen und das macht das so spannend und so toll wenn man sich da einfach so kennt.“
Daniel:
„Hab ich nichts hinzuzufügen, außer: Ich bin tief berührt!“
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*ahhhrg ist das sweet, ich kann nicht mehr, aber es gab noch mehr von diesen momenten :o!*
z.B.:
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Daniel:
„[…] und dann lerne ich diesen wunderbaren Kollegen Vladimir Burlakov in dem Casting kennen und dann war das relativ schnell klar, dass das wir zwei sein sollen.“
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*seufz :):):)*
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Vladimir (über das Casting):
„[…] das war dann eben wirklich – und ich übertreibe nicht! Das ist mir noch nie passiert! – dass das wirklich von der ersten Minute an mit Daniel SO [macht ausladende Geste mit den Händen] toll war. Also das war eine Schwingung, das hat SO gut funktioniert [...]“
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*achja...SOOOO gut?! I love it!!! :)*
und das hier:
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Daniel (zu DHDS-Dreharbeiten):
„[…] und bei diesem Fall haben wir– und da hab ich auch sehr drunter gelitten ehrlich gesagt! Und ich glaube Vladimir auch – sehr sehr wenig gemeinsam vor der Kamera gestanden, sondern eher separiert. Aber dafür wurde es umso besonderer, WENN wir dann zusammen vor der Kamera standen und ich finde auch, ohne jetzt zu verraten, was da passiert, wenn man den Tatort sieht, sind diese Szenen - diese kostbaren Momente, wo es uns beide in einem Bild gibt - kleine Juwelen.“
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*Juwelen triffts ganz gut imo ;) <3<3<3<3<3<3*
also das Interview ist auch n kleines Juwel, leider gibts das irgendwie nicht mehr als video so einfach zu finden...nur noch als audio
#spatort#are they queerbaiting us as well?#ne glaub die sind einfach echt BFFs geworden :)#mega sweetes interview#vladimir burlakov#daniel sträßer#sr3 interview#hörk#tatort saarbrücken
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you wanna hear me talk about my favorite live action movie? of course you do here we go (0 notes)
just a quick nope infodump cuz i have nowhere else to dump my thought about this movie -- i put it under the cut cuz i know some people dont like horror or scary stuff, and some people are planning on watching it and dont want spoilers :]
first this is my thing of how i finally got to watching nope, it can be skipped, the actual infodump starts at the pink text
ok so first of all, nope had caught my attention when i first saw some trailers for it,, then i forgot about it until i saw some fanart for the gordy scene, and i thought it looked so good. so i looked in the comments and people kept talking about that scene. me, being curious, looked up the scene on youtube. and it scared me so bad.
later in the year (2022) i went to universal studios in a family trip. i really enjoyed it but the one part that was my favorite was the studio tour, i love animation and film and cinematography so it was right up my alley. but at the very end of the tour, we went to the new exhibition of it. Jupiter's Claim.
the very same jupiter's claim from the movie (not really just a recreation). they did a whole thing with the aliens and it freaked me out. very fun but i did not expect it so it was alarming to see a set piece from a movie i had little knowledge on and was scared of.
so i did what i usually do to keep my nerves down, started researching it. watching trailers, actor interviews, cinematography etc.
i wanted to see what the movie was about, so i looked it up and read the plot on wikipedia, it did get me less scared of it, but it also really peaked my interest.
when the synapsis described jean jacket's final form, i hadnt imagined it was so big. in my head i thought it was smaller than a person and that it looked like a jellyfish. i was only half right. then once again, i forgot about the movie entirely.
until almost a year later. when i saw a "everything great about" video on nope. i thought, well they usually cut up the movie, and talk through it, so itll basically be like watching the movie.
it was really interesting, so i decided to watch it. now onto my infodump thing im mostly going to be talking about the themes and stuff
HERES THE MOVIE PLOT WHICH I JUST PULLED FROM WIKIPEDIA CUZ I DONT WANT TO WRITE THE ENTIRE THING -- you can skip this if youve watched tho movie, or just skip it if you want idc
[In Agua Dulce, California, the Haywood family trains and handles horses for film productions. One day at the Haywood ranch, small metallic objects violently fall from the sky. One of these objects, a nickel, ends up killing Otis Haywood Sr.
Six months later, his children, Emerald "Em" Haywood and a depressed Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr., are fired from a set after their horse, Lucky, reacts violently to its own reflection in a chrome ball utilized for visual effects. To raise money, OJ has been selling some of the Haywood horses to Ricky "Jupe" Park, who operates a Western theme park called Jupiter's Claim. Jupe exploits his past traumatic experience as a child actor on the set of a family sitcom that costarred a chimpanzee named Gordy. During filming of an episode, Gordy reacted violently to the sound of popping balloons and attacked at least two of his human co-stars, but ultimately left Jupe completely unharmed, before being fatally shot by police.
One night, the Haywoods notice their electricity fluctuating and their horses violently reacting to an unknown presence. They discover an unidentified flying object (UFO) that has been taking their horses and spitting out the inorganic matter, which OJ concludes to have caused their father's death. The siblings decide to document and sell evidence of the UFO's existence, and recruit electronics store employee Angel Torres to set up surveillance cameras. The UFO arrives and abducts a horse as well as a plastic horse Em stole from Jupiter's Claim for use as a decoy.
The next day, Em attempts to recruit famed cinematographer Antlers Holst to help them record the UFO. Holst declines, telling Em that chasing wealth and fame is a "dream you will never wake up from." Angel then arrives and reveals that a cloud in the valley never moves; OJ suspects this is the UFO's hiding place before theorizing, based on the UFO's flight patterns, that it isn't a ship at all.
Jupe introduces a live show in Jupiter's Claim where he plans to use Lucky as bait to lure out the UFO. For months Jupe has been offering the UFO the Haywood's horses for shows. The UFO arrives earlier than expected and devours Jupe and everyone in attendance for the show (including his family and staff), ultimately leaving only Lucky alive. OJ, attempting to retrieve Lucky, confirms his theory that the UFO is actually a territorial, predatory organism. After the creature showers the Haywood household with the detritus and regurgitated remains of the Jupiter’s Claim crowd, OJ realizes that it only attacks those who look directly at it. He devises a plan to record it. Em and Angel are hesitant until Em receives a call from Holst, who now agrees to help. OJ names the organism "Jean Jacket", after a horse that Em as a child was promised to train.
To circumvent Jean Jacket's effect of shutting down all electronics nearby, Holst brings a hand-cranked IMAX film camera. The group plans to bait Jean Jacket with a field of electrically-powered tube man props to deduce its location in the sky. However, a TMZ paparazzo trespasses onto the field and is thrown from his electric motorcycle when it shuts down near Jean Jacket, which devours him. Though Holst captures footage of Jean Jacket, his obsession with "the impossible shot" results in him being devoured alongside his camera, forcing the remaining three to flee. Angel survives an attack from Jean Jacket by being wrapped in a tarp and barbed wire, causing the creature to unfurl into a new, larger form.
OJ intentionally looks directly at Jean Jacket, allowing Em to use the motorcycle to rush to Jupiter's Claim. There, she untethers the park's large helium balloon mascot of Jupe, the large eyes of which attract Jean Jacket's ire. Jean Jacket attempts to feed on the balloon while Em uses an attraction's analog camera to photograph Jean Jacket as it feeds. Its attempt to eat the perceived threat results in the balloon exploding, destroying Jean Jacket. With the picture as proof of the creature's existence and reporters arriving nearby, Em sees an unharmed OJ and Lucky standing outside of Jupiter's Claim.]
WOOO NOW ONTO MY THOUGHTS ON THE MOVIE
we know that 6 months before the events of the movie, oj and em's dad was killed from a nickel that came from the sky and hit him in the eye and went into his brain. in the beginning of that scene we hear a radio news broadcast about some missing hikers. SINCE LATER WE FIND OUT THAT JEAN JACKET SHOOTS OUT THE METAL THINGS HE CANT EAT THAT COIN HAD COME FROM THE HIKERS
ohoho jupe, he's such a well written character. he is so complex. he was traumatized as a child with the gordy incident. he was the only cast member (as far as we know) to come out completely unscathed,,, physically. ----- when oj is trying to set up a path of buying the horses back, jupe says "yeah yeah we can do that" (HE IS A LIAR). and while oj is talking to jupe about that, em interrupts asking about the gordy incident. -- JUPE'S REACTION IS SO INTERESTING, HE TAKES THEM INTO A ROOM WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THIS INCIDENT BUT HE DOESNT ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT, INSTEAD HE TALKS ABOUT THE SNL SKETCH!!! HE HAS TURNED HIS TRAUMA INTO ENTERTAINMENT!!! the way i saw it is that he subconciously thinks that entertainment is a purpose, and if he can turn that incident into something that can be consumed by others then what happened wasnt for nothing. what he went through wasnt just a pitiful event in his life. it was something to be consumed. it was a spectacle.
JUPE BELIEVED HE WAS SOME KIND OF CHOSEN ONE, first gordy didnt harm him (which was because of the tablecloth not their so called connection) SO HE THOUGHT HE ALSO HAD A CONNECTION WITH JEAN JACKET
in the opening scene we see the first assembly of photographs to create a motion picture, the jockey riding the horse is oj and em's great great great grandfather, AND IN COMPOSITION OF THE CLOSING SCENE, OJ IS FRAMED LIKE IT
aaauughh i just love that jean jacket was named after the horse that em was supposed to train, cuz it ended up being her who conquered and killed the alien in the end
I LOVE THAT ANGEL WAS JUST SOME RANDOM STORE EMPLOYEE WHO JUST DECIDED TO BE PART OF THE GANG, LIKE HE DIDNT KNOW THEM BEFOREHAND AND JUST DECIDED TO JOIN THEM ON THEIR SILLY LITTLE ADVENTURE
i feel like holst was a counterpart to jupe, cuz while jupe wanted to exploit jean jacket for money and clout, holst wanted to exploit jean jacket for his art,, and clout,,,, so they were both selfish but it does show that even when you dont exploit or take advantage something for money and just do it for art ITS STILL EXPLOITING
THE THING WITH THE TMZ GUY OUGH I LOVED THAT SCENE. OJ JUST TRIED TO HELP BUT THAT GUY WAS JUST FOCUSED ON GETTING THE CAMERA, AND THEN OJ'S EYES REFLECTED WHICH CAUSED JEAN JACKET TO NOTICE THEM OUUGHHHH
i love how jean jackets forms differentiate for the circumstances, when she's just the disk its just chillin, just feeding and leaving, but once all the stuff happens against it it starts to get more aggressive. so like most animals he makes themself appear bigger, making for a really good shots in the movie
THE PARALLELS BETWEEN GORDY AND JEAN JACKET ARE ALSO INTERESTING, BECAUSE JEAN JACKET ISNT THE VILLAIN, JUST THE ANTAGONIST,, JEAN JACKET IS AN ANIMAL WHO IS JUST EATING, GOING THROUGH THE NATURAL MOTIONS THAT COME WITH BEING ALIVE. AND SO WAS GORDY, GORDY WAS JUST REACTING TO THE SCARE THAT THE BALLOONS POPPING GAVE HIM
I NEED SOME AFTERMATH CONTENT NOWWW, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE NEWS STATION? DID THEY CLEAN THE HOUSE? HOW DID EVERYONE COPE??? DID THEY GET THE FAME THEY WANTED!?? I NEED TO KNOW
ok ok so jupes made up aliens? the viewers? THEIR DESIGNS ARE ALSO ROOTED IN HIS TRAUMA,, THE HEADS LOOK LIKE THE CAMERAS USED IN THE FILMING OF THE SITCOM AND THE BODIES RESEMBLE THOSE OF A MONKEY
i would put a picture of gordy on here but it has blood and dont wanna have that here,,, so uhhh if you wanna see him just look up gordy nope
and now some shorter things i really liked
the day for night filming IS SO GOOD
the themes about spectacles and human nature
oj and em's relationship (the siblings ever)
JUPE'S WHOLE DEAL
LIKE HOLY CRAP HE LEAD ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO THEIR DEATH!???
the cinematography is just mmm chef's kiss
all the characters are just so genuine
,, yeah these are obviously not all my thoughts on this movie cuz i think about this movie a LOT,, but i didnt want to overload this thing
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4 the music ask - 41 , 51 n 56 ? ?
crying real tears rn ur the only real one its just us against the world 🔥🔥🔥 luv u
41. Have you ever been to a music festival? If not, would you like to go?
been to a few!! but the first known one was lollapalooza tbh. i enjoy festivals a lot dude they're so fkn fun but also my father always makes me walk around like a bitch so when the band i wanna see starts playing im tired asf, the walk back home or to the hotel is always terrible cuz my legs hurt like hell but damnnn its also the most freeing feeling in the world. last festival i went to was back in 2022 tho im so sad
51. Is there an artist you used to love as a child/teenager and still likes, even if you don’t listen to them as much?
there's this band (group??? i dont even know) called 'o rappa' that my father always listened to a lot, got tats n etc, so it kinda stuck to my core yk??? id listen to it to fall asleep because its so nice n could listen for hours tbhhhh i hardly listen to them anymore just cuz i dont but if any song starts playing i wont be skipping
56. A song/album/artist you wish you could forget so you could have the experience of hearing it for the first time again:
GRAHHHHH CAN'T CHOOSE ONE so i'll be saying youthanasia [megadeth] and heroes & villains [metro boomin]. sounds like a weird combo but youthanasia actually altered something inside my brain i can't tell you what but also it's the most perfect most underrated megadeth album dave sounds so ethereal n everything n everything !! heroes & villains is cuz i believe metro boomin is one of the most talented producers of this gen im so srs the tracks complete each other so well n then if you hear the red bull symphonic w him you might understand what im saying its so cool n shit damn i love that album
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I went back to look at my solar return for 2022 since my 2023 one hasn’t happened yet.. Anyway I noticed that my 2022 SR Venus is Sagittarius in the 7th house. Could this explain why I have been falling for every stranger that looks at me and have been craving love/a relationship? I’m acting delusional. It’s been emotional exhausting, whereas before I’ve spent years alone just fine.
Thank you!
Yes!! It's that Venus in the 7th house. Each time you spend some quality alone time, one on one time with others, you start picturing something with them or almost developing a crush on them. You might have quite a subconscious desire to team up with someone. This year you feel value only when others desire you or acknowledge you, validate you, it's that Venus in correlation to 7th house (other people). But yeah, since it's in Sagittarius you might also attract non-committal people or you don't want to fully commit to anyone yourself.
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HP Cest Fest 2022: Reveals Masterlist ☕️ 📖 🎨 🎙
We are pleased to REVEAL the 59 phenomenal works for the inaugural HP Cest Fest! Thank you to all the creators that made this fest possible!
Blackcest
📖 A Swan’s Son (Or, Caring for Bellatrix) | E | 7.6k
By @thistlecatfics / thistlecat
Cynus Black III / Bellatrix / Sirius / Andromeda
🎨 ART: Take Care of Draco | T | Digital Art
By @digthewriter / digthewriter
Draco / Sirius
📖 Aubade | E | 6.3k
By @tenrousei-kuroi / tenrousei_kuroi
Regulus / Sirius
📖 Brighter Stars | E | 10.6k
By Anonymous
Orion / Regulus / Sirius
📖 Crossing Family Lines | E | 1.5k
By @broomsticks / leftsidedown
Andromeda / Narcissa
📖 Just The Two Of Us | E | 2.2k
By @fiendishfyre / FiendishFyre
Regulus / Sirius
📖 Kiss You Soft, Hold You Down | E | 8.8k
By Anonymous
Regulus / Sirius
📖 Let’s Run Away | T | 1.4k
By @camelot-dragonlord / apocalypseWallflower
Regulus / Sirius
📖 loveliest lies of all | E | 5k
By dalula
Orion / Regulus
📖 My Brother's Keeper | E | 2.3k
By DeadDoveDoNotEncourageUs
Regulus / Sirius
📖 Obedience | E | 2.5k
By @emrldapplejuice / blckapplejuice
Andromeda / Walburga
📖 softly it falls | E | 2.2k
By dalula
Orion / Regulus
📖 Sweet Child 'O Mine | E | 3.4k
By @fiendishfyre / FiendishFyre
Orion / Regulus / Sirius
📖 🎨 The Forked Snake | E | 11k | Traditional Art
By The_Shift
Regulus / Sirius / Marlene
📖 The Impending Malfoy Wedding | E | 1k
By @cottagewhore / cottagewhore
Bellatrix / Narcissa
📖 The Lion Star | E | 6.6k
By The_Shift
Nymphadora / Sirius; Regulus / Sirius
📖 this is where my heart belongs (in you i've made my home) | E | 2.5k
By PsychiatristGirl
Regulus / Sirius
📖 To Carry on Turning the Wheel | E | 8.4k
By @tenrousei-kuroi / tenrousei_kuroi
Arcturus III / Regulus / Sirius
📖 With Pain, Comes Power | E | 15.5k
By LightTheShadows
Bellatrix / Narcissa / Regulus / Sirius
📖 wrong number | E | 2.4k
By @swoontodeath / swoons
Regulus / Sirius
Malfoycest
📖 Daddy Dom and the Pureblood Prince | E | 8.7k
By @fleetingdesires / FleetingDesires
Draco / Lucius
📖 Qualis Pater, Talis Filius | E | 5.6k
By @thesexythighsofthebatman / IvanaeSilvia
Draco / Lucius
📖 The Lover and the Boytoy | E | 10.5k
By @fleetingdesires / FleetingDesires
Draco / Lucius / Severus
Pottercest
🎙 [Podfic] Playing Games by Fleeting Desires | E | 1hr
By @phenomenalasterisk / PhenomenalAsterisk
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 All my care is you, and all my pleasure yours | E | 6k
By @yletylyf / yletylyf
Harry / Lily (Evans)
🎨 ART: Baby, you've got what it takes. | G | Digital Art
By @digthewriter / digthewriter
Albus Severus / James Sirius
🎨 ART: In the embrace where madness melts in bliss | G | Digital Art
By @digthewriter / digthewriter
Albus Severus / James Sirius / Scorpius
🎨 art: study buddy | T | Digital Art
By wrongaccount
Harry / James Sirius
📖 baby boy, you're killing me | E | 14.8k
By just tired (stillredhead_just_tired)
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 Cravings 1: Context | E | 1.2k
By @fleetingdesires / FleetingDesires
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 Cravings 2: Contact | E | 4.3k
By @fleetingdesires / FleetingDesires
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 Cravings 3: Control | E | 2.5k
By @fleetingdesires / FleetingDesires
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 Distance Makes the Cock Grow Longer | E | 4.8k
By @greenmegsnoham / greenmegsnoham
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 Forbidden Love, Take Flight | E | 9.7k
By @makeitp1nk / makeitp1nk
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 I'm just a guy whose intentions are good | E | 8.8k
By @phenomenalasterisk / PhenomenalAsterisk
Harry / James Sirius
📖 Jaime's hot breath & Al's soft touch | E | 2k
By wrongaccount
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 James's Guardian Angel | M | 4.2k
By @stopme / Stopme
Harry / James (Sr)
📖 Sometimes things happen | E | 38.7k
By Anonymous
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 Strays of the Night | E | 3.9k
By BelladonnaLee
Albus Severus / James Sirius
📖 the dark passenger | E | 5k
By eleven_eaves
Harry / Albus Severus
Weasleycest
📖 A Brother's Love | E | 8.2k
By MacariaHades
Ginny / Bill / Charlie
📖 Afternoon Delight | E | 2.3k
By @fleetingdesires / FleetingDesires
Ginny / Bill
📖 Death and Undeath | E | 3.1k
By @lumosatnight / noxatnight (lumosatnight)
Fred / George
📖 The Room is no longer Dark | E | 5k
By @iliveforthefall / I_Live_For_The_Fall
Arthur / Bill / Charlie / Percy / Fred / George / Ron
📖 The stages of you (I love, I grieve) | E | 28k
By @imanakletos / Anakletos
Percy / George
📖 Wolf's Hunger | E | 3.5k
By By @iliveforthefall / I_Live_For_The_Fall
Bill / Ron
Other-cest
📖 Eat Freely | E | 9.4k
By LapinsdeJanvier
Lovegood: Luna / Xenophilius
📖 She Put A Spell On You (Yet, now you’re mine) | E | 4.7k
By @camelot-dragonlord / apocalypseWallflower
Riddle: Tom / Tom Sr.
📖 Sweet, Glorious Madness | E | 2k
By The_Shift
Lestrange: Rabastan / Rodolphus / Bellatrix
📖 The World against Us | E | 1.9k
By @maraudersaffair / maraudersaffair
Carrow: Amycus / Alecto
📖 Theirs, through blood or bond | E | 4.2k
By @iliveforthefall / I_Live_For_The_Fall
Granger: Hermione / Mr Granger / Mrs Granger
Pseudo-cest
📖 A Suitable Reward | E | 9.7k
By Dark (Chelonie)
Draco / Severus
📖 a surprise in the post | M | 1.9k
By @swoontodeath / swoons
Harry / Sirius
📖 Desire in Six Senses | E | 11.8k
By sky_watcher_rose
Astoria / Narcissa / Lucius
📖 Dog bite | E | 3.4k
By @stopme / Stopme
Harry / Sirius
📖 fit me, next to your heartbeat, where I should be | E | 48.7k
By @coffeedrgn87 / CoffeeDragon87
Harry / Teddy
📖 Happy birthday sweet sixteen | M | 18.1k
By @mundrakan / Shadowmun
Harry / Sirius
📖 i can feel your blood pressure rise (fuck this tension) | M | 1.4k
By PsychiatristGirl
Harry / Sirius
📖 What gives us hope | E | 19.1k
By @stopme / Stopme
Harry / Sirius
#hp cest fest#hp cest fest 2022#hp cest fest 2022 masterpost#mod post#hp masterlist#cw incest#pottercest#weasleycest#blackcest#malfoycest#othercest#pseudocest#hp cest fest 2022 fic claim#hp cest fest 2022 art claim#hp cest fest 2022 podfic claim#masterlist#masterpost
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Short Reflection: Chainsaw Man
I have never seen anything quite like Chainsaw Man.
I’m not talking about the show itself, to be clear. I’ve seen plenty of anime, manga, shows, movies, and video games that share similar DNA with Tatsuki Fujimoto’s breakout smash hit. What I mean is, I have never seen anything take over the anime community in the way that Chainsaw Man has. This manga was so staggeringly popular that it shot straight to the top of Anilist’s most popular manga rankings and stays there to this day. Most of the time an anime adaptation brings new attention to its source material, but Chainsaw Man was already the biggest goddamn thing in the otaku community before we even got a single teaser trailer for the anime. Everyone was talking about it, everyone (well, mostly everyone) was praising it, everyone was discussing it to such an extent that for once, waiting for the anime to release before checking it out felt like the hipster choice. As long as I’ve been a part of this community, nothing, and I mean nothing, has reached the silver screen with as much pre-release hype and anticipation as Chainsaw Man. No other anime has made its way into a world where its presence already casts so long a shadow.
And that’s kind of a problem.
See, I’ve been an anime fan long enough to know that a lot of times, anime fans are the fucking worst. Either they’re overly critical of every little detail because they’re looking for excuses to hate a show, or they blind themselves so utterly to a show’s faults that they steamroll over everyone else’s attempts to criticize it with blind fanboyism. And the colossal pedigree of Chainsaw Man was going to make the anime a lightningrod for both of those extremes on a scale we’ve never seen before. On the one hand you’ll have the blind zealots who hype the show up to an absurd degree that nothing could possibly live up to. On the other hand you’ll have the people so turned off by the first people that they’ll look for any excuse to call the show terrible- or even worse: mid. And on yet another hand, you’ll have the fanboys who are so slavishly devoted to the manga and Fujimoto’s vision specifically that they’ll pick apart every last change the anime makes with the kind of noxious incel entitlement rarely seen outside the Snydercut weirdos. And finally, you’ll have the newcomers, the people who haven’t read the manga and are coming to the anime with fresh eyes, who will be so exhausted by the shit-flinging that their opinion on the show itself will be lost amid the toxic sludge of the discourse surrounding it. How can anyone manage to just watch the damn show and appreciate it on its own merits with all that going on around them?
But when all is said and done, none of that nonsense matters. The discourse doesn’t matter, the toxicity of certain fans and haters doesn’t matter, and most of all- and I don’t care how angry this makes you- the manga doesn’t matter. Chainsaw Man the anime is not an advertisement for its source material or a greatest hits compilation that only exists to pander to fanboys; it’s a wholly complete work in and of itself. It’s a show you should be able to pick up and watch without engaging in any of the madness surrounding it. And that’s why I’m here today: to cut through all the noise and take this anime entirely on its own terms. I haven’t read the manga, and I’m mostly unspoiled, so I think my perspective will be clearer than most people who’ve already spend upwards of two years marinating in Denji’s Bizarre Adventure and the culture surrounding it. All I care about is whether or not Chainsaw Man, the anime, is an engaging, entertaining, and worthwhile experience all on its own. Because at the end of the day, that will determine its success, not how well it copies its source material or jerks off the already converted.
Cool? Cool. Let’s dive in.
Our story is set in the modern day, mostly the same as our world except for the fact that devils are real and walk among us, threatening humanity. Times are tough, most people live in fear, and the Public Safety Bureau tasked with keeping the threat of devils at bay can only do so much. And then there’s Denji, one of no doubt countless young people lost and adrift in this confusing, terrifying world, doing dirty jobs and selling his organs just to get by. At age sixteen, Denji has never had any semblance of a normal, comfortable life, to the point that something as simple as jam on toast feels like a luxury to him. But all that changes when an unexpected betrayal ends up with him dead... only to come back to life with the power of the Chainsaw Devil fused into his heart. Yes, just like the show’s title says, Denji can transform into a man made of chainsaws, a cackling maniac capable of ripping through flesh and bone like a one-man industrial slaughterhouse. And that power puts him on the radar of Public Safety, who see great potential in his ability to take on a devil’s powers without becoming a devil himself. Thus, he’s drafted into the front lines of those who track down and slaughter the infernal beasts, tasked with using his power to fight back against devilkind without going so out of control that he needs to be put down himself. And if he behaves himself like a good little boy, he might just get that life of plenty that always seemed so far out of his reach.
Is it the most unique premise in the world? Not really. But in execution, there are so many specific details that make this world and these characters come alive. You can practically feel the existential ennui dripping off everyone, the knowledge that they’ve living in a fucked-up world and just gotta do their best to make it day to day with the simple pleasures they can afford. For as raucous and chaotic as the action gets, the most powerful moments in this show are often the quietest. A character goes about his morning in the silence of a sky barely lit with dawn. Two characters in the same car speak volumes in the space between their words. Some of the most heartbreaking sequences involve characters just... sinking into the quiet of night, trying to go about their business unruffled while the weight of their regrets and trauma weighs invisibly down on them. In a world where so many big action shows are allergic to just letting moments breathe, Chainsaw Man is a soothing balm that remembers even the biggest, loudest fireworks showers are nothing without the calm before the storm.
But it’s certainly not only doom and gloom. In fact, one of the biggest delights I had with Chainsaw Man is just how uproariously funny it can be. The off-kilter cast of characters all have such distinct personalities, and watching everyone’s unique flavor of fucked-up bounce off each other leads to some moments that left me cackling. And Fujimoto has a real knack for drawing laughs with an unexpected moment of ultraviolence or gross-out humor right when you least expect it. The world of Chainsaw Man is more than a little bit unhinged, and that’s just as capable of being piss-your-pants funny as it is bleak and uncompromising. Life, after all, is composed of multitudes, sometimes barely separated by a moment’s notice before peace breaks into war or war gets smacked on the cheek for being a bad boy and cowed back into peace. That unpredictability ensures that even in its slower moments, this show is never boring to watch. And it makes every victory, however small, hit that much harder, knowing just how much the slightest step up means in a world this uncompromising.
But if you asked me to define the core of Chainsaw Man? The thing that makes it so interesting to think about and separates it from all its similar peers? Well, I have one idea. An idea that so few of the people I’ve seen discussing this show seem to really notice, but lies at the heart of basically everything this show is trying to say:
Chainsaw Man has some thoughts about sex.
See, Denji’s lived such a deprived life that he’s only just now started considering what would leave him fulfilled on every level, not just physically. Now that he’s finally got a regular source of food and water and shelter, his brain’s finally free to start climbing up Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and start thinking about what else would make his life feel complete. And because he’s a repressed teenage boy, his first line of thinking is that he wants to touch some titty. Something that he achieves pretty speedily thanks to a bargain with the show’s best character (Bow before Power, mortals, you do not deserve her), only to find out that, well... it’s just boobs. That’s literally all it is. Which isn’t just hilarious because it sends him into a brief manic spiral, but also because it prods at one of anime’s longest and most infamous traditions of fanservice. Anime puts so much stock in boobs, spends so much effort getting its audience to drool over fictional bazongas, that it becomes easy to attach a near religious significance to them. But at the end of they day? They’re literally just boobs. Just sacks of yellow fat attached to a person’s chest. And while it might be fun or pleasurable to cop a feel or two, your life won’t suddenly turn itself around just because of it. Cheap sexual gratification the likes of which anime so often indulges in, Chainsaw Man seems to say, is nothing but an empty distraction from what’s actually making you unhappy. And if you want to actually find happiness, then you’re gonna have to put a lot more work in that a couple squeezes of some random mammary glands.
And that’s far from the only way Denji’s relationships with women and femininity are charged with deeper meaning. He actually has a very interesting relationship with sexuality, one that he doesn’t really seem aware of himself. He’s surrounded by women he considers attractive and lusts after them, but he’s got enough emotional intelligence to keep his hornier thoughts to himself and not be gross about it. Yet the promise of sexual favors from his female co-workers is often the biggest motivator in getting him off his ass and into the fray. And it’s... deeply uncomfortable, watching this sixteen-year-old throw himself into pursuing adult women who, even at the best of times, don’t have his best interests at heart. Like, let’s be clear here, Denji is a kid. A kid on the older side who was probably forced to grow up too fast, but a kid nonetheless. And it’s clear he doesn’t have anywhere near the maturity to be comfortably involved with anyone, let alone someone close to twice his age. But because most of the adults surrounding him aren’t exactly stable themselves, there’s no one around to tell him how badly he’s risking getting seriously hurt- or worse- by putting so much stock in sex. And because he’s too much of a dumb teenager to recognize the warning signs, he has no idea just how dangerous his relationship with his mommy dommy boss Makima is becoming.
The thing is, though... I don’t know how to feel about all this. Sure, the story knows Makima is bad news, at least, and it doesn’t shy away from how predatory her actions toward Denji are (side note, Makima is fucking terrifying and I can’t wait to find out what her deal is). But what about Himeno? You know, the adult woman who tries to have sex with Denji while he’s drunk? Because unlike Makina, Himeno’s resolutely in the good guys’ camp, and nothing really much comes of her- and I cannot stress enough- trying to fuck a child. They acknowledge it in a throwaway line the morning after (”You can get thrown in jail for doing something like that.”) and then everyone moves on. And I can’t help but feel like the show’s trying to have its cake and eat it too. Like it’s trying to tell a genuinely affecting story about a stunted teenager grappling with unhealthy sexuality but also indulge in the fantasy of hot dommy mommies being all hot and dommy at the same time. And when I think about how absurdly popular this series has already become, I worry that this kind of wink-wink pandering is part of the reason why. Like it’s selling a kink with juuuust enough plausible deniability to pretend it’s actually “subverting” it so its fanbase can pretend it’s totally smarter and more mature than other shonen when it’s really just selling the same shit with an air of superiority. Or maybe all the barking Makima simps just completely missed the point and everything will make sense down the line. We’ll have to wait and see.
What I don’t have to wait and see, thankfully, is just how goddamn motherfucking amazing this show looks.
Yes, you don’t need me to tell you that Chainsaw Man is one of the most astounding feats of animation ever put to television. But I’m saying it anyway, because it cannot be overstated enough. This. Show. Looks. Fucking. INSANE. Not just the sheer level of detail in the animation, but the cinematic sweep of the camera, the precision of every edit, the orgasmic fluidity of the bone-crunching action and subtle character moments alike. Bodies shred and rip apart with raucous glee, characters barrel through the city with enough velocity to tear the skin off your face, a subtle shift of a hand or change of expression conveys fathoms of meaning, and the camera draws you into these spaces until you feel like you can taste the blood on the walls and feel the muggy air rustle through your sweat-soaked undershirt. A single episode of Chainsaw Man has more animation and cinematic verve than most TV anime manage in their entire runs. It genuinely feels like you’re watching a movie, that’s how high quality it is. And no, not even the occasionally awkward CG modeling on the devils and the man of saws and chains himself takes away from that sense of awe. Hell, most of the time the CG is fantastically integrated with the 2D elements! What, you’re gonna complain that your divinely blessed shonen adaptation looks like a goddamn movie only 99% of the time? While most non-shonen and non-isekai are lucky to get even a tenth as much? Do you entitled fucking babies even realize how lucky you are? Or what, do you want Mappa’s animators to work themselves even more to death to fulfill your perfect vision? Some people don’t deserve good adaptations, I swear to god.
So, is Chainsaw Man the second coming of Jesus? Of course not. But it is a gloriously gruesome splatterhouse spectacle with some of the most jaw-dropping action ever put to screen and some of the most impeccable care put into making its smaller, simpler moments feel just as momentous as every severed limb and shower of blood. It’s a show that swept me away with sheer confidence the likes of which you almost never see, confidence only matched by the raw passion and talent of the artists bringing its incredible sights and sounds to life. Time will tell if the story truly is as incredible as manga readers have hyped it up to be, or if it’s merely a very good foundation upon which all this deliriously entertaining carnage can be built. But you know what? Even if it’s the latter, it can still hold its head up proudly as one of the finest pieces of sheer entertainment this year in anime had to offer- and considering the competition, that’s saying a lot. So when all is said and done, I give Chainsaw Man’s first season a score of:
8.5/10
Fingers crossed that season 2 doesn’t take too long! Unless it means letting Mappa animators fucking rest already, in which case, take as long as you fucking want. Give them five years of paid vacation, I don’t care, they’ve more than earned the break.
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DUNCAN, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said three family members have been charged in connection to the disturbing death of a special needs 13-year-old from Spartanburg County.
An investigation was launched into the death of Robert Blake Fish, who passed away on Oct. 8, 2022. He was diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome earlier in life, a severe medical condition that causes epilepsy and other developmental delays.
When first responders were called to his home in the fall of 2022, investigators said they found Fish left out on the porch. The teen was only 47 pounds when he died, officials said.
After an autopsy was completed, the coroner’s office listed Fish’s death as malnutrition and dehydration. Other significant conditions included withholding seizure medication, the coroner reported.
The teen was supposed to be on multiple different medications according to authorities, but he was not being given them by his mother, Hope Fish. Investigators said they found a bottle of seizure medicine for Fish at the home that had been filled five months earlier - and still had 85 pills inside.
After a lengthy investigation, Hope Fish, Freddie Fish II and Freddie Fish Senior were all charged and booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on April 24.
Hope Fish has been charged with murder, felony child abuse and unlawful neglect towards a child.
Freddie Fish II, the victim’s uncle, is facing accessory to murder and unlawful neglect towards a child charges.
Freddie Fish Sr., his grandfather, has been charged with unlawful neglect towards a child.
Hope Fish, Freddie Fish II and Freddie Fish Senior were all charged and booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center
When Hope Fish was working, Freddie Fish Sr. was the boy’s primary caretaker. Officials said Freddie Fish II was also a trained caretaker and did not help him.
During a bond hearing on Thursday afternoon, Hope Fish and Freddie Fish II were denied bond. Freddie Fish Sr. was given a $5,000 bond.
According to an obituary for the 13-year-old he “never met a stranger” and was “always smiling and making those around him laugh.” He loved Mickey Mouse, Christmas and milkshakes from Cookout.
“Robert was the definition of an angel on earth,” his obituary says.
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thoroughly fascinating to watch previous pro-marcos uniteam people fall out of love with marcos sr because they dont like marcos jr anymore. bbm 2022 ran on nostalgia and now theyre realizing marcos sr nostalgia is a lie. dont get me wrong though now theyre backtracking support for marcos jr and also parroting anti-marcos sr nostalgia but many are still dds lmfao. no actual structural critique or awareness. so fucking funny
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Paul Pelosi
Born: April 15, 1940, San Francisco, CA
Physique: Average Build
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Paul Francis Pelosi Sr. is an American businessman who owns and operates Financial Leasing Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm. He was the owner of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He is married to Nancy Pelosi, the current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
I first took notice of Pelosi after his arrest for DUI in 2022 and recently after being attacked by some crazed nudist. And with these two events and Nancy seemingly being a workaholic wine mom makes me think Paul is a desperate house husband ready too explode sexually. If it hasn't happen all ready. As Paul falls into my "loves to fuck" theory as he's nutted into Nancy 5 times to produce 5 children.
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2022 Japanese Wrap-up + 2023 goals
In 2022, I went from having a lot of disconnected vocabulary and grammar knowledge in japanese to having a real baseline of literacy! 2022 started out with me doing several months of wanikani, before really starting to burn out on doing flashcards around April.
In April and May, I took mostly a break from adding new cards on wanikani to do my first real sustained attempt at immersion: playing どうぶつの森 e+ on the gamecube. I really enjoyed it, but decided I still needed to do some more work before I'd be able to play it comfortably. I was spending about 30 minutes a day on average, just running around doing normal animal crossing things and also making sure to talk to villagers. A lot of them talk in non standard japanese (guliver only talking in katakana was the *worst*, lots of villagers use オイラ, etc), I will go back to this game eventually because it is my favorite animal crossing game.
After that, I decided to go back to doing wanikani more seriously until I hit level 20. By the time I hit 20 in mid september, I was really really burning out on doing flashcards. I felt that a lot of the new vocabulary I was learning was useless to me without context (not sure if I still entirely think this, but wk vocabulary is.... strange sometimes since it is for reinforcing kanji readings and not necessarily by how common words actually are). So, I decided to completely drop wanikani **and** anki sentence mining to focus entirely on doing extensive reading. I joined the wk community forums challenge for "Read Every Day Fall 2022" and really really really enjoyed it.
I read 30 volumes in japanese, 29 manga + one short story, totaling 5583 pages! Word/character count in manga is super high variance, so I wouldn't try to put a hard number on this, but going from literal 0 real reading in 2021 to this in 2022 was a huge huge huge jump.
I read:
よつばと！ volumes 1-15
耳をすませば
赤い手袋 (short story)
ホリミヤ volumes 1-6
ハピネス volumes 1-2
からかい上手の高木さん volumes 1-5
and change, I also read some chapters of komi, nagatoro, and call of the night in japanese here and there.
I also re-read the Tae Kim Grammar guide in October, to see if having more reading experience would make any of the stuff in the later chapter stick any better, and it absolutely did!
Definitely was a good year for my japanese. Now, as we're getting closer to 2 years (and god knows how many hours) of me learning, I am actually starting to finally feel like I can *use* the language! Still many areas to improve on, and a lot more time to invest, but the time I spend feels less like grinding now, and more like just doing things I enjoy that happen to be in japanese.
Towards the end of December, I decided to buy a year membership for wanikani again, since it was on sale. I would eventually like to get to level 60 here, because I have noticed the kanji I learned through wanikani I am **way** more comfortable reading than ones I've slowly picked up, but I really don't want that to be my primary goal. Eventually, it will happen, and I've spent the last few weeks cleaning up the lingering reviews that skipping 3.5 months of SRS gives you.
2023 Goals:
For 2023, my main goals are (surprise surprise) reading related!
Finish every volume of manga I currently physically own: This is the main one, I have built up a considerable backlog of reading material while the yen was weak, and I'd like to really work on thinning this out so things don't end up never getting read as I buy more stuff. I have 66 unread volumes of varying difficulty on my shelf, so this should give plenty of reading variety!
Read more things which are pure text: eventually, the goal is to be able to read things at the level I tend to enjoy reading things english (maybe slower, but still), and a lot of that happens to be really dense, academic non-fiction stuff. Manga is great, but it is not that. So this year, I'd like to get into reading children's books, light novels, short stories, and maaaaybe an actual novel, plus get more comfortable reading stuff like wikipedia. I'm starting with the magic tree house series and 夜カフェ, which I've already purchased digitally and done some test readings for. Harder to predict what I'll read like this, but as long as I make some noticeable progress here I'll be happy.
Be prepared to take the JLPT N2 test by December 2023. Maybe this is a bit ambitious, but I think it’s probably doable. Whether I actually decide to sit for the test or not, I’d like to be at a level where I would feel comfortable doing it. Taking N3 and below always felt kind of pointless to me, but N2 and N1 would actually be a cool achievement, even if it doesn't "mean" anything in terms of real proficiency. I have simple goblin brain that sees tangible reward for intangible progress and goes "ooooo shiney"
I probably won't be doing the daily updates here (they do actually take quite a bit of time to write out), but I will be posting my readings and vocabulary I pick up every day on the Wani-Kani Read every day challenge Winter 2023 forum topic!
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I posted 428 times in 2022
82 posts created (19%)
346 posts reblogged (81%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@-poeticallybitter
@-ancientsstudies
@-corvase
@-wedarkacademia
I tagged 182 of my posts in 2022
#writing - 47 posts
#rp meme - 45 posts
#writing prompts - 43 posts
#sentence starters - 42 posts
#dialogue - 40 posts
#prompts - 40 posts
#roleplay meme - 40 posts
#angst - 29 posts
#fluff - 27 posts
#angst rp meme - 25 posts
Longest Tag: 130 characters
#lmao look at this cutesy aesthetic with a cutesy gif with the deep & edgy quote ‘watercolor eyes’ (no hate to lana i promise /srs)
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
˗ˏˋprompts : meet cuteˎˊ˗
A fell asleep on public transport. B is sitting right next to them, and as they see the next stop coming up, they wake A up to ask if it’s their stop. (bonus points if B caught glimpses of them while they slept, adoring how peaceful they looked!)
A lost something in public and is freaking out. that is, until B found what A was looking for, and asks if it’s theirs.
it’s raining/snowing and B noticed A is without proper clothing/equipment, like an umbrella or a jacket. so what does B do? they ask if A wants their only jacket/asks A if they want to share an umbrella.
A and B get paired up for a boring project, but together they make it fun!
the classic “the parents dragged A and B to a boring party and they become friends.”
B gets something tasty looking from a restaurant/cafe/etc. and, despite A being shy or nervous, they ask what it is.
A wants the last of something (ex. a donut or bag) but they and B grab it simultaneously. now they stare at each other for a little too long before B frantically says, “you can have it!” and then they go back and forth insisting the other can have it. (bonus points if their hands touch!)
A and B are sitting next to each other on a long flight. despite them going to the same place, it’s for completely different reasons. A is going for a funeral, and B is going for a friend’s wedding. out of nowhere, A starts crying, and though it’s hardly audible, B notices and starts comforting A immediately. by the end of the flight, they both have each other’s numbers!
no one said these had to be realistic, right? perfect. A is out in public and sees a familiar figure. the thing is, A is mistaking B, a stranger A has never saw until now, for their best friend. A quickens their walking to catch up with their “best friend.” when they eventually do, they scare them from the back, but when B turns around, A’s smile falls. A expects B to get reasonably upset, but instead, B laughs. a strong friendship (maybe even a romantic relationship?) ensues.
again, might be unrealistic yet adorable! A finds a cat/dog on the street, but they don’t have a collar, so A starts treating them as their own. that is until B starts knocking on people’s doors, describing the pet and asking if anyone has seen them. when B gets to A’s door, A immediately knows they have that exact pet. depending on who you portray A to be, they may consider lying and saying they don’t have it, but in the end, they end up giving the pet back. the pet, however, is very attached to A, and tries to stay. B notices this and tells A that they can keep the pet, just as long as they stay in contact so B can visit it whenever! a strong relationship between A and B ensues :)
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#4
˗ˏˋdialogue : comforting wordsˎˊ˗
“hey, are you okay?”
“do you want to talk?”
“is there something you need to tell me?”
“it’s okay. don’t cry.”
“it’s okay to cry.”
“let it all out. take your time.”
“it’s alright. i’m here.”
“i’m not going anywhere, don’t worry.”
“what’s wrong?”
“everything will be fine. i promise.”
“i got you.”
“i care.”
“is there anything i can do for you? a snack? a hug?”
“i could never hate you.”
“you’re not a monster.”
“nothing is wrong with you.”
“i wouldn’t change a thing about you.”
“you’re safe.”
“we’ll get through this together.”
“just relax.”
“you deserve better than x.”
“get your anger/sadness out.”
“i love you.”
“do you wanna cuddle?”
“want to watch a movie or play a game to take your mind off of it?”
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#3
⊱┊dialogue : jealousy
jeal·ous·y (noun) • a sentiment which is born in love and which is produced by the fear that the loved person prefers someone else
change pronouns/tense as needed!
from the jealous…
“who was that?”
“just a friend, huh?”
“they don’t look at you like a friend.”
“i’m not jealous, i’m curious.
“so what if i’m jealous?”
“and just where do you think you’re going? let me guess… somewhere with x?”
“you spend more time with them than with me.”
“you two are so close, it’s adorable.” [sarcasm]
“you always seem happier with them than with me.”
“hope you two have a blast. go see a movie, grab a beer, maybe sneak a make-out session in between…” [sarcasm]
“what’re they doing texting you this late?”
“do they even know about me?”
“i’m not overbearing.”
“i thought you loved me.”
“i’m not the only one, am i?”
…to the victim
“it’s just a friend.“
“what? i’m not allowed to have friends?”
“do you trust me?”
“are you jealous?”
“you’re overthinking, love.”
“you don’t need to know where i am 24/7.”
“i’m just going shopping.”
“yeah, we are close. they’re my best friend.”
“was that sarcasm?”
“c’mon babe, you know it’s not like that—”
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#2
˗ˏˋdialogue : severe injury/illness ˎˊ˗
change pronouns/tense as needed!
“holy shit… that’s a lot of blood...”
“that looks infected.”
“you’re burning up!”
“do you need to throw up?”
“are you okay? does anything hurt? who did this to you?!”
“it’s not that much blood.”
“it’s not infected! it just needs to be cleaned.”
“burning up? i’m freezing.”
“god, i feel like i’m gonna throw up.”
“i feel awful.”
“name? are you awake…?”
“can you hear me?”
“fuck— you barely have a pulse…”
“try to stay awake. talk to me.”
“fuck it, i’m calling an ambulance.”
“yeah… i’m awake.”
“my ears are ringing.”
“is this hell?”
“i’m so tired…”
“i just— i just need some rest.”
“you have to stay awake.”
“keep your eyes open!”
“stay with me… please.”
“i need you…”
“i swear to fucking god— do not stop breathing!”
“i don’t know how long i can stay up…”
“i’m trying.”
“i’m sorry…”
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My #1 post of 2022
˗ˏˋdialogue : kissingˎˊ˗
change pronouns as needed!
“god– i wanna kiss you.”
“can i kiss you?”
“just one kiss and i’ll never ask again.”
“let me be your first.”
“it doesn’t have to mean anything.”
“then shut up and kiss me already.”
“hurry up. get it over with.”
“you can kiss my ass.”
“i never kissed before—”
“is this your way of asking me out or—”
“that was better than i thought it would be.”
“one more time?”
“huh. you don’t taste as toxic as i thought you would.”
“you sure that was your first time?”
“shit, i wasn’t supposed to enjoy that as much as i did.”
“that was worse than i thought it would be.”
“you– you want to do it again?”
“alright. never doing that again.”
“did i do it right?”
“you sure that it didn’t mean anything?”
“should we take this elsewhere?”
“let’s go somewhere private.”
“think i wanna do a little more than just kiss.”
“wish we weren’t in public…”
“think of this as a one time thing.”
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SR-71 RSO’s daughter tells the story of when her father became the first USAF officer to eject from a Blackbird Mach 3+ Spy Plane
By Linda Sheffield Miller
Apr 25 2022
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On Apr. 13, 1967, my father, Richard ‘Butch’ Sheffield became the first Air Force officer to eject from an SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane.
The SR-71 Blackbird ejection seat was the SR-1, a Lockheed Design that was not much different from the Stanley designed Lockheed C-2 (later modified into the S/R-2) seat which preceded it in other aircraft (the C-2 seatwas used in the very early A-12s and SR-71 Blackbirds). According to The Ejection Site, some of the differences between the C-2 and the SR-1 seat included the omission of the leg guards and arm restraint nets which were used on the C-2.
Due to a fatality that occurred early in the SR-71 program where a crewman was killed when his helmet impacted the headrest of the seat during a structural breakup, some of the C-2 seats were equipped with a headrest extender to more closely fit the seat to the crewman.
SR-71 RSO’s daughter tells the story of when his father became the first USAF officer to eject from a Blackbird Mach 3+ Spy Plane
SR-1 Ejection Seat
On Apr. 13, 1967, my father, Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO) Richard ‘Butch’ Sheffield became the first US Air Force (USAF) officer to eject from an SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane.
Earl Boone was the second.
It was a night training mission. Takeoff was at 7:30 PM, the SR-71 #966 had less than 50 hours on her, the total flight time from takeoff till impact was one hour and 23 minutes.
SR-71 RSO tells the story of when he and his pilot were able to land their crippled Blackbird after it experienced a catastrophic engine failure while flying at Mach 2.88 at 68,000 feet
Butch Sheffield Pre- flight
Shortly after refueling, the SR pitched up and then down and did two cartwheels. It was at this time that Earl Boone ordered my father to get out! He pulled the ejection ring when the airplane was inverted and on fire. Dad said as he was floating down from 20,000 feet, he saw the airplane breaking in half, exploding and falling to the ground. The crashsite was Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Captain Sheffield was found by a helicopter. He told me that the helicopter almost landed directly on him. He grabbed his radio and yelled “don’t land on me” . He was unable to move; his pressure suit was so full of gravel from being a drug by the parachute after he hit the ground. Maj. Earl Boone walked back to the crash site 9 to15 hours after the accident. He told my mother that he walked all night because he just couldn’t face her. He thought my father had died.
SR-71 print
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The next night I watched the national news and heard Walter Cronkite saying that my Dad had been found alive in New Mexico after his spy plane had crashed then showed a picture of him. It dawned on me that maybe, my family wasn’t living a normal life. This was a terrifying incident for my entire family. And for the Boone family too.
Earle Boone was an excellent pilot and did not cause the accident, he did choose to leave the Air Force.
My Dad, Richard ‘Butch’ Sheffield took six weeks off to recover and then resumed his job. He hated being grounded and couldn’t wait to fly again.
Be sure to check out Linda Sheffield Miller (Col Richard (Butch) Sheffield’s daughter, Col. Sheffield was an SR-71 Reconnaissance Systems Officer) Facebook Page Habubrats for awesome Blackbird’s photos and stories.
Photo credit: Linda Sheffield Miller, The Ejection Site and NASA
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