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Thank goodness I didn’t have to go through this because I was born in America 😂😭
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Haitian Flag Day
#caribbean#caribbean culture#caribbean men#caribbean man#black#black men#black man#melanin#haiti#Haitian#haitian flag day#wine#dance#comedy#black comedy#west indian#west indies
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Family Guy | "Godzilla Attacks Haiti"
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In vague relation to the Blood Communion quote I shared the other day which also referred to slaves - Anne definitely was never errr... shy - here are some thoughts after reading
The Black Vampyre
First off - thanks to the nonny who shared this with me! :) It was a hugely interesting read, and it will definitely stay in my mind.
A few words to the short story itself.
I have read the version by Gothic World Literature Editions. The notes, and additional texts differ somewhat from the PDF version I shared in the other post, so whoever wishes to read up on it might want to read both. This post contains quotes and photos from both.
The story itself is short, and supposedly written in two afternoons. Its language is powerful, but also confusing and the text seems very much one of its time, even though it also breaks with various preconceptions. There's so many references that I was very glad to have an edition with the necessary explanations.
⚠️The short story might be triggering for some - it opens with a slave owner trying to kill a slave - the lone survivor of a slave ship - and failing to do so. It is, as short as it is, graphic and gory, and I personally did not see the comedy in it. The story deals with the plight of slaves, too, set against the backdrop of Haiti at the time of uprising - "the Haitian Revolution, the hemisphere’s first successful colonial revolution against slavery".
My edition opens with this quote:
"Our bodies shall burst from their fetters, glorious as a curculio from its shell;—our minds shall soar like the car of the æronaut, when its ligaments are cut; in a word, O my brethren, we shall be free!—Our fetters discandied, and our
chains dissolved, we shall stand liberated,—redeemed,— emancipated,—and disenthralled by the irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION!!!"
As I said - powerful.
This is part of the Prince's speech to his fellow vampyres and freed slaves. The story itself deals with revenge, and how it is exacted, and it likens the plight of the vampires to that of the slaves. A plight which is stopped by soldiers, the ruling institution.
There is also betrayal, and a vampire child, and a flight to Europe.
There are various references to the capitalist grip (as noted here in the introduction):
Now, I am no literary major. I majored in Computer Science, (and often go at things highly logical^^) and so I would invite those of you interested in the actual breakdown to read the PDF and/or book and the contained references and explanations, as mentioned.
However, as this was put to me in relation to Anne‘s works… let me dip into that aspect of it all - or, better, the aspects of this story within Anne‘s work - and the show, since reading it… did bring up some weird recognition, and parallels, imho.
These could be circumstantial!
Likely are.
Or maybe Anne (and/or the writers) read the story at some point and it lingered… because, as said, I found it quite powerful in language. We'll probably never know.
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Now, @lynnenne put it very well on the other post when she recalled Rolin saying that it would be hard to write a sympathetic slave owner.
And there is nothing sympathetic about Mr. Personne. Perceiving the lone survivor of a sunken slave ship he deems him non-work-worthy, and so decides to kill him on the spot. When drowning him fails, he tries to burn the boy, and gets burned instead, and the (vampire) boy goes and supposedly takes his baby.
The boy later returns as a "Prince", to marry the widow of the slave owner, having with him a mortal boy he has given education. There is evidence within the text that he spell-binds her a bit, in fact the powers seem somewhat familiar (already).
(from the "Themes" part of the book)
The Prince turns her, on a graveyard, making her drink blood from her later child's dead (and recently buried) body. And making her resurrected dead husbands (three in total) fight each other. He then leaves her and the resurrected first husband, the slave owner (who is also turned), with the boy - who turns out to be the baby she thought dead, and who is now called Zembo. He tells them he forgives Mr. Personne and to sail to Europe.
On their way to the ship they encounter a vampire ball - with the vampires and armed (freed) slaves present. They observe, and, other than the slaves, the vampires are eventually slain by soldiers - Zembo, raised by the Prince, has betrayed him.
The three remaining vampires - the wife, the slave owner and their child - manage to procure a cure and turn back into mortals. However she is pregnant, and gives birth to a "mulatto" vampire child, which then passes on some traits down the generations to the narrator of the story.
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There's several aspects of this which seem... familiar, as mentioned.
We have a "prince", taking a child, and returning a child. Fathering a vampire child. The Prince is likened to Helen of Troy and Medusa (the Medusa ring in the later books springs to mind, and we all know Lestat's title then). And of course: Viktor.
The Prince raises a child and is betrayed by that child - and killed at a ball. Claudia comes to mind, of course.
The "wife" tries to flee to Europe with said child. (Note: I don't necessarily buy into the Louis is the wife labeling, since I believe that both Lestat and Louis fluctuate in their gender roles, but to call the parallel / echo here...) In the books Louis is a slave owner.
There is a mixed race marriage, and a mixed race child, making a very interesting commentary for the time, in contrast to the historical social concerns.
The show gives us Dubai as a backdrop for the modern setting, which is most assuredly no coincidence.
Dubai, with laws that forbid Louis' very state of being, totally apart from his vampiric status. Dubai, built on oil and slave labor, a capitalist playground, so very fitting for the vampires to reside there.
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The Black Vampyre is a remarkable story, but it... I'm not sure how to put it. I find the punishment of the other husbands and then forgiving Mr. Personne (the one who did try to kill the Prince), and the later baptizing of the child - and as the text noted as a "reward" for the betrayal of the Prince - do not sit all that well with me.
Maybe that is due to our time and day. And of course the fact that this story was written anonymously within the literary high class circles of New York puts it into its own context.
There seems to be no good reason to kill the vampyres... apart from their supernatural status, and their challenge of the status quo.
The PDF text explains this better than I could:
"The pleasurable play with life, death, and the living dead encourages readers to see financial crimes among white people as forms of vampirism, while cautiously side-stepping the most obvious form of financial and life-predation present in the story: the enslavement of Africans. In this, the story turns to superstition not necessarily to dupe its readers, but rather to redirect their attention toward some crimes and away from others."
Look at my right hand, not at my left. (That is something the characters in Anne's book as well as the show do a lot, too.)
There is a poem which was published with the second edition of the story, and in this several professions, and actions are likened to that of being a vampyre, too. And there is a "Moral" chapter preceding it, which lays the meaning all out, at least in the author's opinion.
Again, it is a remarkable book/story. Its relations to The Vampyre by Lord Byron, and therefore the relations to Frankenstein and other works from that group are hugely interesting, as is the criticism inhabiting the text.
"In the process, The Black Vampyre drafts obeah into the “MORAL” that appears at the story’s end: that the true vampires are the shysters, the leeches, and the myriad other grifters who profit from other’s hard work and responsible behavior."
I'll close with another snippet from the PDF, which is a review of the time, making a rather... interesting comment:
[...] the absurdity of supposing that any sane woman could fall desperately in love with the character of a Vampyre.[..]
...yeah, how on Earth could a sane woman fall for a charming, rich, beautiful immortal... Couldn't be me^^.
Maybe that was the comedic part I missed^^.
Sources:
Original ask
The PDF of The Black Vampyre
A Blood Communion quote dealing with slaves and their... possibly later role for the vampires that Anne put into the last book.
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In regards to the last link: Anne Rice was never shy with words or themes, Louis' backstory was adapted for the show, granted, but the themes permeate the Chronicles, and some characters have rather difficult backstories - Armand's "rent boy" reaction comes to mind, everyone who knows his backstory knows why. But also the show's change to him will need to come into play within it - there have been discussions about this already, and though there is no way to tell yet how it will be addressed - and if it might in turn change other things or which things - I doubt it will be ignored.
It will be hugely interesting to see how the show tackles all this, because it is beyond doubt one of the most difficult aspects of the Chronicles.
I for one am very glad that they changed that part of Louis' story (and his race) - because of course this change now carries repercussions for the rest of the show, as it should.
And the change to Armand will bring its own repercussions, and I'm aaaalllllll for the show to deal with it.
So thank you to whoever put me to The Black Vampyre. It was, and is hugely interesting.
#the black vampyre#the vampire chronicles#anne rice#iwtv#amc iwtv#louis de pointe du lac#armand#tw racism#tw slavery#book quotes#quotes#long post
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A Rec For All The Hetalia History Nerds Out Here
Hello my fellow enthusiasts of the five minute comedy anime. I actually decided I should do even more unpaid PR for my favourite BBC4 Podcast.
Anyways, if you are a fan of Hetalia and already a history nerd/would like to get into history, do I have the thing for you:
You're Dead To Me is a Podcast for "people who don't like history, people who do like history and those who forgot to learn any at school". Each episode, the host Greg Jenner (Public Historian & "Chief Nerd to the TV show Horrible Histories") sits down with a comedian and a historical expert, to deliver nearly an hour of a funny history lesson. While you can't cite a podcast for a term paper (as my Dozent pointed out again today), it is still genuine, university lecture level knowledge! And to make sure your head won't explode from all the facts or that the academics won't get lost in ivory tower vocabulary, the class clown is there to ask clever questions and make silly jokes. So it is super factual and super accessible at the same time.
Often, you will get a glimpse at how historians work & how they access the past, too! I know the Anti-Intellectualism is rampant these days, but making academia more transparent and shed light on why certain stories haven't been in the spotlight until recently due to all kinds of bigotry is a much better start than people making shit up on tiktok.
Tomorrow (June 10th), the new series starts, but you can start to listen to the podcast right now with a backlog of over 80 Episodes!
Over 80 Episodes on what, you ask? Everything!
You want to learn about Black History? You will love the episodes on The Notting Hill Carnival, Paul Robeson, the Haitian Revolution, the Harlem Renaissance & many more!
You like your royal history, full of politicking, personal drama and intrigue? We've got The Borgias, King James IV. of Scotland, Saladin and The Mughal Empire for you!
Love the ladies, past and present? Let me introduce you to Eleanor of Aquitane, Joan of Arc, Harriet Tubman, Josephine Baker, Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft!
Sick of hearing about Western (European) history? Sure thing, find something more to your tastes with The Asante Empire, Mansa Musa, The Tang Dynasty, Genghis Khan, Ivan The Terrible or The Ancient Babylonians.
I could make so many more categories and I'd still not cover every single episode, I am sure. You're Dead To Me is avaible online, on the BBC Sounds App, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
If you could check out the podcast & share this post/the podcast itself, it would mean a lot to me. As a history student who is currently working on getting her BA, it's immensely important for me that people learn how to recognize the past in the present. That they look around the world and see how we got here a little more clearly; that they look at remnants or depictions of the past and see its context better. If you think that sounds marvellous, if you always wanted to get into history beyond the googleable hard facts, then I invite you to start your journey here with me.
Also, the jokes are often really funny, I swear to God, there are so many bangers that live in my head rentfree.
"So I'm a Dutch-Brit?"
"You're a Dutch-Brit."
"So I'm Brutch -"
"I have a few silk shirts, every single one of them a mistake. I bought one of them in Italy and I don't know what I was thinking, I look flat-out divorced."
"They found 400.000 [clay] tablets, mate? That's amazing, that's more than at Glastonbury!"
#aph#hetalia#hws#historical hetalia#hetalia meta#meta is probably not the right word although I hope it will inspire some ideas :)#beablabbers#ydtm#you're dead to me podcast#the jokes are from. wouldn't you like to know hehehehe hohoho#jk they are from the mayflower episode with alex edelmann#the genghis khan episode with phil wang#and the the ancient babylonians episode with kae kurd#god I hope desperately we are getting stu goldsmith AND kae kurd back on this series#i know phil wang and desiree burch are returning which is !!!!! :)
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Snitches by @tllgrrl aka Nefertiri Jones & @shellyac75 aka Shellyac
Sam Wilson & Bucky Barnes | Rated: G
Summary: “I know what I’m doing, Sam. It’s not nearly as far as that time when I—what…what’s that? Waitaminute. Who are you calling?”
Sam looks Bucky dead in his blue-grey eyes and says the last two words Bucky wanted to hear right now:
“Hey, Sarah?”
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“Cap, Buck…I mean Sarge. COMM Check. We’re at altitude. Coming up on Jump Point in 60…”
Sam sets the volume on his COMM. “Thanks, Torres. Loud and clear.”
Bucky, following Sam to the door of the plane, grabs a COMM device, puts it in his own ear, and throws a thumbs-up at Torres.
“Look. I’m just saying. You better not jump outta this plane without—and I don’t care if it won’t kill you. I know you’ve done it before, but I’m telling you, Buck! I don’t want to have to hear about it from—”
“You don’t—“
“I mean it, man. Don’t make me do this…”
He pulls something out of a hidden upper mid-chest pocket of his suit.
“I know what I’m doing, Sam. It’s not nearly as far as that time when I—what…what’s that? Waitaminute. Who are you calling?”
Sam looks Bucky dead in his blue-grey eyes and says the last two words Bucky wanted to hear right now:
“Hey, Sarah?”
“Sarah?!? Are you kidding me? You’re telling Sarah on me? How old are you?!?”
“Yeah, Sis. No, no! Everything’s fine. But Bucky—“
“OKAY! Okay! I’ll get a ‘chute, DAD!”
Torres, watches the whole scene, trying to look like he’s keeping an eye on the digital display so Bucky won’t see him laughing. It’s always something between those two. They’re comedy gold. Even more now that Bucky’s dating Sam’s sister.
“Here. See? I’m gonna put it on. Now, hang up the pho—no wait, gimme that—“
[His voice changes, going softer and sweet.]
“Hey, baby? It’s me. Ou konnen mwen sonje w, wi?
Thanks, sweetness. I been practicing. Yeah, I miss you too—“
“Man, shut up.”
[Sam grabs the phone and pushes Bucky out of the plane, not even partially buckled into his parachute.]
“Au revoir, cyborg.
Sarah? Hey, guess what Bucky did…”
Later that evening…
“Yeah, Baby. I figured you saw it. Sam got Redwing to…yeah…in 4K.
I know I promised I wouldn't do that anymore, I just forgot at first…
But I did have my parachute! I was about to put it on, then Sam pushed me out of the plane.
I'm really sorry, nandi. It won’t happen again. Hug the boys for me—hey, they didn’t see—? Good. Don’t want them to…yeah, get ideas!
Ok I'll tell him. Ndiyakuthanda, sweetness. Bye.
Hey, Samuel? Sarah said to tell you a’ight bet.”
“I'm a dead man.”
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The next day…
“Hey, Sam, Torres says we’re stopping off in Wakanda before going back to Delacroix. Why?”
“Because I value my life enough to know that I gotta bring back something nice for Sarah so she'll actually be happy to see me. If you were smart you’d do the same.”
“I already got something that’ll make Sarah happy to see me when I get home.”
A few minutes later...
[Bucky opens his eyes and sees Redwing hovering above him, just out of reach.]
“Very funny, Sam. Oh! Hold on…”
“What…what’s that? Who’re you callin’?!”
“Hey, Sarah? Guess what Sam did…”
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Glossary
Ou konnen mwen sonje w, wi? (Haitian Creole) You know I miss you, yes?
Ndiyakuthanda (isiXhosa) I love you.
nandi sweet, tasty, delight
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NOTE: For now, Snitches is also posted HERE on AO3 for members. Hopefully they’ll get their whole AI thing worked out, but for now over there it’s locked unless you’re Registered.
#bucky barnes#sam wilson#sam wilson & bucky barnes#capt. america & the white wolf#snitches#buckysarah#bucky barnes x sarah wilson#fleur de louve#fleurdelouve#shameless self reblog
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Hi Nico! Do you have any recs for:
Queer fantasy with good POC rep
fantasy written by an author of color
anything with good autistic rep (sci-fi/fantasy are my faves, but I'll take anything!)
aro/ace rep (one or both) (particularly in fantasy, but I'll take anything)
heist stories
fantasy or sci-fi written by a disabled author
Thank you!! I'm always looking for more books to read.
~Morri🗡 (@memento-morri-writes)
alright i will go in order for this. bc i will be listing many things, i will not give plot summaries, but you can find all of these on goodreads
Queer fantasy with good POC rep: The Gilded Wolves (bi mlm, Haitian, Indian, Filipino, ethnically + religiously Jewish) by Roshani Chokshi, Cemetery Boys (transmasc, gay, Latine) by Aiden Thomas
Fantasy by an author of colour: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong, both books I rec'd in the first point, The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna, The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am cringe and have not read some of these yet but IM GETTING TO THEM and theyre supposed to be good
Autistic rep: The Gilded Wolves! Again! Chokshi is allistic and the autistic character is a bit stereotypical, but she is loved & supported for who she is. (It's not said on page but that's bc its historical fantasy that takes place like 60 years before the diagnosis existed--its confirmed in interviews.) Even If We Break, which I rec'd to Bat, also has autistic rep (ownvoices). C.G. Drews' contemporary novel The Boy Who Steals Houses is some of the best autistic rep I've ever read.
Aspec rep: Loveless (aroace + alloace) by Alice Oseman, Little Thieves (demisexual MC and demisexual love interest) by Margaret Owen, Raybearer (asexual biromantic) by Jordan Ifueko, The (Un)Popular Vote by Jasper Sanchez (aroallo + bi ace), Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez--I think? Apparently Sal is confirmed aromantic in book 2, but I haven't read it yet.
Heist stories: the gilded wolves. you want to read the gilded wolves. also: six of crows, the lies of locke lamora sort of, spellhacker, and aces wild (which also has an all ace cast! didnt rec it in the previous post bc i have not read it, but yeah)
disabled author fantasy or sci fi: the entire grishaverse by leigh bardugo (epic fantasy), one for all by lillie lainoff (historical fantasy), lycanthropy and other chronic illnesses by kristen o'niel (urban fantasy/comedy horror). i really really wish i had more recs for this point but to be honest this is something i'm trying to find more of too :')
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Hey Zal, Idk if you’ve seen the new season of obx but if so, what do you think of pope and cleo? If not, based on gifs and videos what do you think of chemistry. I definitely enjoy the ship but I think it’s kind of dry. Like they’re trying to put on intensity that isn’t there. Doesn’t change the fact that there dark skin black couple that’s built organically and not completely unhealthy.
So, I haven't watched obx since season 1. But these asks keep coming so because the new season is out, it seems like anons really want to talk about it. In that vein, I looked up some of their scenes and it took a minute because her accent (and I know the actress is Haitian American) is terrible and I disassociated for a second.
I'm obviously not getting the full context here but I would agree that I would probably like them if I watched the season but it would be more narrative over chemistry because they are pretty dry, like I see the stares and the smiles
and I get it but it's perfunctory, it's me objectively knowing what's happening rather than an actual vibing,
rather than
feeding off of each other's energy
even when they were doing the whole pretend to be together/pretending to get married scenario, they're awkward,
a situation like that is supposed to emphasize the tension that's already there, which it does narratively from what I can tell, when there's chemistry, though (taking away the dialogue) there's a playfulness and comedy in the awkwardness
that they don't have.
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have finally gotten around to reading the black vampyre......what a weird, interesting little text! it's an 1819 comedy story where in the end the incipient black rebellion is handily quashed and the status quo of pre-revolution saint-domingue is restored and all the structures of white power and the european family unit are firmly in place and everything is Fine, except of course it isn't because this is published fifteen years after the success of the haitian revolution. a fun little comedy where the author takes great pains to remind you None Of This Means Anything It's Just For Fun and then appends an epilogue moral clearly defining real-life vampirism which excludes the story's title character and so leaves you looking elsewhere for who could possibly, in pre-revolution saint-domingue, be shysters and frauds claiming to special powers and draining the lifeblood & hard work of others......
#also includes a truly incredible instance of I Can't Believe It's Not Blood Libel; the title character claiming both vampires and certain#african peoples as direct descendants of prometheus; and some really fantastic phrasing both comedic and dramatic#abandoned by the quick and unrecognized by the dead!!!#books#the black vampyre
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Are Black Americans Cultureless? | The G.A.B.
Full Show On The YouTube (Kamal Johnson Network). Link Below
YT Link
https://youtu.be/ZP-zxX5dfmY?si=yxs7C9vz-86CuV7j via YouTube
Podcast Links
iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-the-gab-101916901/episode/are-black-americans-cultureless-the-168193489/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/44srwcw1I47xJHPEGbP5Jj?si=dfb1e85ecf13445d
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-g-a-b/id1547660066?i=1000652680439
Podpage: https://www.podpage.com/the-gab/
#kaicenat #blackamerican #culture #cultureless #DoWeHaveIt #blackgroups #haitian #jamaican #carribean #comedy #funny #fyp #foryourpage #blacktwitter #whitepeople #blackpeople #blackexcellence #blackshow #blackpodcast #blackowned #twitch #youtubechannel #comedyvideos #funnyvideos #viralvideo #BlackNewsChannel #news #NewsUpdate #newsshow
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my nice ask is very basic, but I'm curious if you listen to podcasts!! if so, do you have any faves? (this may or may not be inspired by me discovering today that Hanif Abdurraqib had a music themed podcast and now I want to go back and listen from the beginning).
Thank you Heather!!!! Ah, yes, Object Of Sound. I have not listened but I am obsessed with this man, I feel such a kinship with him in every way except his love for Cheesebarn. I simply cannot support this man’s cheese agenda.
I am actually terrible at listening to podcasts and audiobooks because I can’t just sit still and listen, and if I’m doing something I won’t pay attention lmao, I have only ever faithfully listened to one podcast and it’s the BBC4’s You’re Dead to Me, which is a comedy history podcast. It’s hosted by a historian who invites one historian and one comedian each episode to discuss a specific story in history. Some of my favorite episodes were Prohibition in the USA, Notting Hill Carnival, The Haitian Revolution, History of Football, LGBTQ History & Saladin. I’ve actually gone back and read a few books by some of the historians who were guests on the show!! I used to listen to it while I was cooking, I want to get back into the habit.
Otherwise, I listened to another mini podcast/radio show from BBC6 which was hosted by Loyle Carner, who is a British rapper, who would focus on a different period or prominent artist in hip hop and break down the songs and samples and who they influenced and were influenced by! That’s actually where I discovered Hanif Abdurraqib, he recommended Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest and I loved it and started following Hanif on twitter and then fell in love with him!
My friend keeps telling me to listen to You’re Wrong About, I might give it a go one of these days!
Cc’ing @carlos-in-glasses for BBC/British mentions
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Haitian Heritage Celebration & Comedy Show
Haitian Heritage Celebration & Comedy Show
Hosted By:
CHRIS RENOIS
Featuring:
HENNESSEY WILLIAMS
MS. B
HAITIAN V
MALIK S.
Tickets:
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