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Good work on getting out even if it didn't work out in the end. The effort is still something to be proud of, as is keeping the kid safe.
It wasn't completely fruitless. Because I was away from the blast radius, I got to see some of the analysis of what people believed happened. Something along the lines of a major systems malfunction rather than - y'know - someone making it explode.
I'm glad that you don't find that silly. In all honesty, my brain's been leaning towards the whole "everything will reset anyway." I've been dealing with over 210 days of this now.
How have you been doing for the past couple weeks? months? now?
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Jonny’s Summer 2023 Guitar Pedalboard
Jonny about to stomp on a pedal during the Smile's show at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City in late-June, 2023 (elamplimx).
With Radiohead, Jonny is known for very slowly adding pedals to his setup. While Ed often has half a dozen new pedals for a new album tour, Jonny often adds only one (such as his Headrush in 2000 or his Freeze in 2012). And when Jonny swaps out a pedal for a similar one (like one tremolo for another tremolo), it’s usually only when his old pedals are too worn out for touring (such as his original Whammy WH1 and vintage RE-201 Space Echos). One might think Jonny keeps the old pedals around because, since Kid A, he’s often playing other instruments. However, at live shows Jonny is still happy to replicate some recorded sounds on guitar, whether it be the filtered samples on Feral (using volume pedal, Whammy, and phaser) or the col lengo strings on Burn The Witch (using Whammy, overdrive, and a cello bow). It’s clear he enjoys getting the most out of those pedals in that specific arrangement.
But with The Smile, Jonny has been swapping in new pedals pretty regularly. In 2022, Jonny was experimenting constantly, sometimes adding new pedals for only a couple of days before swapping in a replacement. He quickly eschewed some of the Radiohead-favorites heard during the earliest Smile streams, such as his Small Stone, Tremulator, and OD3. In their place came flangers, compressors, and expression pedals: types of pedals he’d never used with Radiohead.
However, it seems like Jonny found a setup he was fairly happy with by the end of the fall 2022 tour. His latest live board is quite similar to the one used during March 2023 recording sessions for the band's upcoming second album, but even so there are a couple surprises!
A photo of Jonny's guitar board at Philadelphia's Franklin Music Hall on July 8, 2023 (photo by Gio H.). He used this setup for the band's North American tour spanning 14 shows in June and July.
Guitar ->
Peterson StroboStomp HD tuner
MXR Dyna Comp compressor
EHX Freeze Sound Retainer
EHX Pitchfork pitch shifter
Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
EQD Hizumitas fuzz
Telenordia/Tortenmann TA-24 Treble Booster
Boss DD-200 delay
Akai Headrush E2 delay/looper
Boss RE-202 Space Echo delay/reverb
EQD Pyramids flanger
Toadworks True Bypass (laptop send/return loop)
Lehle P-Split III signal splitter (A/B) <
(A) Radial JDI Stereo direct box <
Radial Ch1 LOW-Z output -> FOH Mixer
Radial Ch1 THRU output -> Fender ’65 Reissue Super Reverb
(B) Strymon Iridium -> Radial JDI Stereo direct box (Ch2 LOW-Z output) -> FOH Mixer
The small lamp over the board is a Mighty Bright HammerHead music stand light.
Jonny previously used a Peterson StroboStomp HD with his Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 on the Smile's 2022 tour. But this is the first time he’s been seen with one on his guitar board. It replaces the Boss TU2 he’s used since the earliest Smile shows.
The Telenordia Treble Booster is borrowed from Thom. The Telenordia is still marked with Thom’s guitar settings, from when he used it on You Will Never Work In Television Again during December 2021 rehearsals.
Thom stomping on Jonny's current Telenordia Treble Booster during a rehearsal on December 2, 2021 (youtube).
On Radiohead tours since OK Computer, Jonny has always brought a Vox AC30 — an amplifier well-known for its low and mid gain sounds. With an AC30, Jonny can get different flavors of overdrive by balancing between clipping from the pedal (using the pedal’s gain control) and clipping from the amp (using the pedal’s volume/boost control). And of course, he’d use his separate Shredmaster+Eighty-Five chain for heavy distortion on older songs.
But on tour with the Smile, Jonny has been using a Fender ’65 Reissue Super Reverb, an amp with much more headroom than the Vox thanks to a combination of higher wattage and negative feedback. As a result, we hear the overdrive pedal’s sound more clearly — the Boss SD1’s mid-rangy sound is especially noticeable on live versions of Thin Thing. So it makes sense that even Jonny would want to experiment with multiple dirt pedals for different flavors.
Jonny was first seen using an MXR Dyna Comp in a rehearsal photo, most likely taken when preparing for the fall 2022 tour (despite being posted in 2023). Thom and Ed have both previously used the pedal as well. Thom toured with a Dyna Comp only briefly before switching to his current Telenordia Kompressor. So it's interesting that Jonny first toured with a Kompressor (last year), but has gone the other way and switched to a Dyna Comp.
For those curious about the rhythmic delay setting marked on Jonny’s Akai Headrush E2, check out behind-the-scenes photos from The Smile’s Tiny Desk show. However, so far we’ve still only heard the pedal used as a looper.
Placing his Boss RE-202 after his Headrush allows Jonny to add ambient effects to his loops, as he does during the live outro of Skirting On The Surface.
Jonny first used a Strymon Iridium at a performance of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint at the Hidden Notes festival on September 25, 2022. For that show, it replaced his amp. But with the Smile, he’s using it as a backup for his Super Reverb.
A photo of Jonny's pedalboard from a November 2022 show in Anthem, DC (Facebook).
UPDATE: we originally listed the Telenordia TA-24 Treble Booster as a Telenordia TA-100 Overdrive. Thank you to Kayky for noticing!
#The Smile#Jonny Greenwood#Radiohead#Burn The Witch#Feral#You Will Never Work In Television Again#OK Computer#Skirting On The Surface#A Light For Attracting Attention#Thom Yorke#Ed O'Brien
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200 of my favorite albums that I swear by, from any genre - limited to one per artist. I always wanted to do this since the start of the decade and finally got around to it. I’ve had a lot of different musical obsessions up to this point and periods where i was deep into specific genres so I tried to make sure all of that was represented here. Overall it’s a mix of personal classics that I go back to constantly, albums that helped form my taste, and some recently stuff I love. Didn’t want to stress too much over the order, but i’d say the first 50ish are pretty accurate. I’ll post the list below, and a version of the charts with the titles included. Let me know what you think - any favorites here? What would some of your picks be? Let me know. Peace.
Charts with album titles included
1. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
2. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
3. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
4. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
5. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
6. MF DOOM - MM..Food
7. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
9. Converge - Jane Doe
10. Billy Woods & Blockhead - Dour Candy
11. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
12. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
13. Portishead - Dummy
14. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
15. Björk - Vespertine
16. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
17. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
18. Isis - Wavering Radiant
19. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
20. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
21. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
22. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
23. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
24. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
25. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty
26. Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World
27. OutKast - ATLiens
28. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
29. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
30. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
31. Stereolab - Dots and Loops
32. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
33. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
34. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
35. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
36. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
37. Armand Hammer - Paraffin
38. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
39. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
40. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞
41. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
42. Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction
43. Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness
44. Orchid - Orchid
45. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
46. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
47. Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer
48. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
49. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
50. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
51. Milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!
52. Boris - Flood
53. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
54. Dr. Yen Lo - Days With Dr. Yen Lo
55. Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club
56. zeroh - awfulalterations
57. toe - For Long Tomorrow
58. Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty
59. Dark Time Sunshine - ANX
60. Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
61. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
62. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
63. Unwound - Repetition
64. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East
65. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
66. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
67. Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet
68. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
69. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
70. Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
71. Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages
72. J Dilla - Donuts
73. Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language
74. D'Angelo - Voodoo
75. Jam Baxter - ...So We Ate Them Whole
76. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
77. Danny Brown - XXX (Deluxe Edition)
78. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
79. Sonic Sum - The Sanity Annex
80. Death - Symbolic
81. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
82. Mach-Hommy - DUMPMEISTER
83. Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
84. Nas - Illmatic
85. Grant Green - Idle Moments
86. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
87. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
88. O.C. - Word...Life
89. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
90. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
91. Mr Key & Greenwood Sharps - Yesterday's Futures
92. Little Brother - The Listening
93. Max Roach - Members, Don't Git Weary
94. Cult Favorite - FOR MADMEN ONLY
95. Deftones - White Pony
96. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
97. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
98. Prince - Sign o' the Times
99. Pageninetynine - Document #8
100. Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols
101. NoMeansNo - Wrong
102. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
103. Baroness - Blue Record
104. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
105. Alcest - Écailles de lune
106. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
107. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
108. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute To Dilla
109. Aphex Twin - druqks
110. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
111. Siah & Yeshua dapoED - The Visualz Anthology
112. Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless
113. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
114. Juggaknots - Re:Release
115. The Cure - Pornography
116. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
117. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
118. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
119. Blu - Below the Heavens
120. Ohbliv - Retrospective
121. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - 渋星 (=Shibuboshi)
122. United Nations - The Next Four Years
123. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
124. The Chariot - Long Live
125. Serengeti - Ajai
126. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
127. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (Deluxe Version)
128. Autechre - LP5
129. Lil Ugly Mane - THIRD SIDE OF THE TAPE
130. Roc Marciano - Reloaded
131. Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
132. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
133. Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Hella Personal Film Festival
134. Melt-Banana - Fetch
135. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
136. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
137. Nujabes - Modal Soul
138. Nails - Unsilent Death
139. Cavalier - Private Stock
140. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
141. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
142. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
143. Envy - Insomniac Doze
144. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
145. The Doppelgangaz - Lone Sharks
146. System of a Down - Toxicity
147. letlive - Fake History
148. Goodie Mob - Soul Food
149. Death Grips - Ex Military
150. Jeromes Dream - Seeing Means More Than Safety
151. Standing On The Corner - Red Burns
152. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
153. maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map
154. Oddisee - The Good Fight
155. Krallice - Years Past Matter
156. tricot - T H E
157. Gorguts - Obscura
158. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
159. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
160. Sade - Love Deluxe
161. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
162. The Fall of Troy - Doppelgänger
163. Batsumi - Batsumi
164. Deafheaven - New Bermuda
165. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
166. The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
167. Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
168. Earl Sweatshirt - some rap songs
169. Burial - Untrue
170. Mgła - Exercises in futility
171. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
172. Fugazi - Red Medicine
173. Lord Finesse - The Awakening
174. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
175. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
176. The Ahmad Jamal Trio - The Awakening
177. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
178. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
179. Bear vs Shark – Right Now, You're In The Best Of Hands
180. Wormrot - Voices
181. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
182. Swans - Swans Are Dead: Live '95-'97
183. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
184. AFI - The Art of Drowning
185. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
186. Botch - We Are the Romans
187. NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM - Éons
188. Sigur Ros - Takk...
189. Rubberoom - Architechnology
190. Herbie Hancock - Sextant
191. Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
192. Oh No - Oh No Vs. Now-Again
193. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
194. Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
195. Loma Prieta - I.V.
196. Defcee - Lacuna
197. Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth
198. Brutus - Nest
199. Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles...
200. The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed
#favorite albums#music recommendations#top 200 albums#at the drive-in#bjork#aesop rock#cannibal ox#company flow#kate bush#mf doom#john coltrane#sun ra#miles davis#converge#the mars volta#every time i die#the dillinger escape plan#the roots#the pharcyde#a tribe called quest#billy woods#stereolab#organized konfusion#ghostface killah
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[Theory] Kaito's Desired Endgame
Actually, this is more of breakdown of why I don't think the common (?) theory of him aiming to switch Akiho and Sakura's lives is true.
It just bugged me a lot and I need to sort these thoughts out of system. Because if Kaito does want the girls to switch places, then that would count as malicious intent on his part (cuz doing so would harm Sakura which is like the biggest tabooboo in CCS land). And that doesn't align with what I see in the portrayal of his character so far.
Yea, he may be sneaky but there has been nothing to suggest that Kaito is a cruel or evil person. Far from it.
So I'm going to attempt to prove the "switch lives" theory wrong and come up with a possible new one at what his real goal might be.
(others may have thought some of this up already but I've been out of the loop on CC as a whole to mentally recover so...just please give me space, thanks)
Remaining chapters
Let's start with the technical stuff first.
CC will end with vol 14 and right now we are currently at 69 chapters with ch 70 to be released at the end of January (so within a few days).
Usually a volume has 5-6 chapters with each one being about an average of 30 pages long. If so, the story should end with ch 70 or 71, right? Since vol 13 ended with ch 65 so ch 66-69, which are already out, fills up 4 chapters of vol 14 already.
Well, final manga volumes can be thicker than the regular volume by having more pages in the final chapter(s).
This happened with Pandora Hearts (the only other manga I have on hand that I can use as reference for this matter). Its final Japanese volume (24) had 70 more pages than the previous vol 23 and the final chapter alone totaled around 100 pages. See below photo for comparison:
Yea, so at the very least I think we might get 1 or 2 more extended chapters after 70 to wrap everything in the story up properly. 3 chapters maximum if we're really pushing it.
It can't be 5 chapters because then the story would end end at vol 15, not 14.
Right? Right. Ok, next.
EDIT: I stand corrected because ANN announced in an article last year (?) it would end at vol 14 but apparently, there was a mistake and now it'll end at vol 15. So yea, there's 5 more chapters of story after ch 70!
2) The possibility of a "simulation" or a dream-like scenario where the two "Alice"s experience switched lives.
Kind of something similar to the final judgement in the first arc where Sakura faced off against Yue before becoming the master of the former Clow Cards. The part where she went unconscious and saw a world where everybody forgot who they loved most?
Yea, that's exclusive to the anime series. It didn't occur in the original manga where Sakura stayed conscious, fended Yue off and won a lot faster.
If such a thing were to be added to CC's finale, you're going to need at least 3 out of the 6 chapters left for the desired...emotional impact.
But even so, when we've spent a whole two volumes in the fantasy world of Clockland already, adding another layer to this "dream" the characters are already in...it's kinda superfluous and tiring, to be honest.
Not to mention, you need pages to wrap up other things as well. Like addressing Sakura's control over her growing powers? How are they gonna close that out?
What about the European magicians? Will we know what they'll do once they learned Akiho isn't the artifact anymore?
So many things to do before ch 75.
Creating and diving into another reality adds a whole other problem to the pile and frankly, even with the Exchange card, I don't believe there's even enough magic to be able to pull off such feat either.
But more on that later because there's something else that I must address before that.
3) Clues aren't direct and premonitions aren't exact.
There seems to be some collective perception that Momo's hint for Sakura back in ch 50-51 is suggesting Kaito intends to have Sakura replaced with Akiho and that's why nobody recognizes Sakura when she runs around frantically asking everyone what's going on.
Bzzt. Wrong.
The hint was not that she was going to be forced to switch lives (because if that were true, where was Akiho then?) but rather, Sakura was going to be thrown into the world of the story of Alice in Clockland. In other words, Momo's book.
Notice how all the houses and trees and stuff resemble props within a play? And how the school play eventually ended up connecting with the story in the book.
Yea, the hint was telling everyone that the finale will take place in a fictional setting.
As for why none of her family and friends recognized her in Momo's simulation, the opposite actually happened when Sakura became "Alice" after entering the book.
In the hint, Sakura remembers everyone but nobody knows who she is.
In the book, Alice!Sakura doesn't remember who she herself is but all the Clear Cards that took on the image of her loved ones (and therefore, are representing her loved ones) do.
In other words, the hint was meant to throw everyone off of what to expect while still giving us a clue of what will occur in later chapters.
(side note: this also sorta brings to mind a line that Alice in the AiW books said: "Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't.")
And the meaning behind the hint became clear quite recently to me too.
Sakura was able to break the spell on her and recall her true identity by remembering the bonds she has with the people important to her. This effectively indicates that the memories we have with others are a large part of what defines who we are.
That if we don't lose sight of our connections with those dear to us, we won't lose sight of ourselves either.
Just like how Akiho recalled much faster about who she herself is by remembering never forgetting her feelings for Kaito.
Next, the premonitions.
Keep in mind that while Sakura's dreams fortell the future, they are also a product of her mind trying to sort things out while she's sleeping.
The things we couldn't readily process while awake (like confusion, shock, etc) would often be set aside in our unconsciousness to be dealt with later. Notably during the time we're not awake.
And I believe that the brain would try process those things to the best of its ability...but it can only do so with the information it already has available on hand. So anything you're not aware of or don't know yet, something else will be used as placeholder instead.
For example, the cloaked figure that Sakura pulled the hood off to reveal (a soulless-eyed) Syaoran underneath. That actually foretold that she will confront the Dreaming Card and an imposter Syaoran (aka Kaito in disguise) in Momo's book.
When she was still dreaming of MCF (sp?), she wasn't aware of Kaito's true identity as a magician yet so she kept seeing Syaoran in the cloak who always wore an expressionless face that she couldn't decipher. Because she didn't know that person was going to be Kaito.
But after she learned Kaito could use magic in ch 54, she no longer saw MCF!Syaoran in her dreams anymore.
Additionally, the Akiho who Sakura saw in her dreams turned out to be different than what's happening now.
In her dreams, Akiho is not conscious and always wearing her ritual dress with a vacant expression on her face. Like an empty doll.
But in the book, Akiho is awake despite the fact that her memory was temporarily subdued and she is wearing a noticeably different outfit. The dress of the Red Queen.
Her expressions are solemn but her eyes are very much alive in contrast to the Akiho in the dreams.
As for the serpentine winged dragon, no one smart should've expected it could represent anyone else other than Kaito.
On the corner of Kaito's robes as well as the back, there is the symbol of the dragon.
But as Sakura didn't suspect Kaito of anything yet at the time when she started having these dreams, her mind used the image of a dragon to clue her in on who she will be confronting later on.
However, it should be noted that none of what Sakura saw in the dreams suggests that she will switch lives with Akiho.
It only foretold that she will meet and confront these figures (the imposter Syaoran/Kaito in disguise, Akiho, the Dreaming Card and the dragon/Kaito as his real self) within the book.
And that future she saw already came to be as of these past two volumes.
4) The creation of the Exchange card
It should be pretty obvious by now that the whole synchro plan was for the sake of creating the circumstances needed to establish the foundations of this card.
Through Akiho and Sakura sharing feelings and bits of memories across their joint dreams, the idea of a "trade" has been incepted into Sakura's mind early on so that she will eventually create a card that can function as a link, a channel, for an exchange to be possible on immediate demand.
Throwing her into the book and making her "Alice" was just the final push to materialize the card into existence. Because the cards are born from Sakura's inner emotions, the events that led up to this point were meant to foster a certain feeling within her for that purpose.
As "Alice", the heroine, she was faced with the dilemma of the Red Queen's loneliness and inability to leave Clockland. That is what developed a wish in her to save the Queen (Akiho).
A desire to help Akiho by saying "I should've taken your place".
With that desire, a new card is born.
My prediction was correct (partially). Kaito was betting on this with the combination of his two plans (the synchro + the story of Clockland). He wanted to utilize the heroine's tendency towards altruism to bring about the card he needed.
As long as Sakura wanted to save Akiho, she would be able to birth the card needed for such a task.
However, none of that necessarily means he intends to use it to switch their lives. The only definitive thing out of this was that he wanted a specific card from Sakura all along...which is also what he's been saying all along, too.
How he intends to use the card may not be what everyone is expecting.
5) Conditions that need to be met + conflicts that may arise in using Exchange.
There are several things we need to ask before we come to any conclusions, chiefly among them the following:
Who can use the Exchange card? (read: is likely to use it in the current scenario)
And do the conditions differ depending on the person using it? Along with what their respective wish is?
First off, let's remember that the four central characters are all within a rather ambiguous space at the moment.
While the Clear Cards are there in the book and were created by Sakura, she was told that not all of them would not outright obey her commands. Or at least, they are following her subconscious will rather than her conscious one.
For example, when Sakura was fighting off the Dreaming card, trying to escape the book with Akiho, only to realize she didn't truly leave the book and what she saw was only a dream. Her attempt to leave was an illusion...a dream that she wished for as clarified by Kaito after it broke.
In other words, it can be interpreted that what Sakura truly wanted deep down was to believe that everything happening around her was not real. That it was a dream.
We should also note that Kaito, as the author/creator of Clockland, has some significant control over this field as well. They are playing on his turf right now so he has a slight advantage over them.
At the very least, the ones that seem to hold the most sway over the turnout of the story are the two most powerful magicians present (Sakura and Kaito) as well as the one whose choice will influence them the most (Akiho).
Moreover, we should also remember that he was able to use Clear Mirror to disguise himself as Syaoran.
As such, who can be called "master" over a Card may have been blurred within the book. It's possible the cards can respond to the will of anyone.
Depending on whose hand they're being held in and perhaps also, provided that the order they give doesn't conflict with Sakura's subconscious desire.
So now it becomes the question of who Exchange will fall into the hands of...
If it goes to Sakura, there are two ways this can play out:
Kaito reveals the truth about him and Akiho along with his wish to Sakura and asks her to use Exchange to fulfill it.
If his wish is for her to switch lives with Akiho (and therefore, harmful intent), of course Sakura would refuse and his plan will fail on the spot.
So naturally, it can't be that. Frankly, this approach makes no sense and further rules out the switch theory. Kaito cannot afford to fail in his quest to save Akiho so he needs a plan that is as airtight as possible with a higher percentage of succeeding.
Relying completely on Sakura's goodwill won't give him that because he knows Sakura isn't a pushover. He knows she wouldn't just say "yes" to anything drastic even if it's to save a friend.
A more likely possibility is that he would offer himself in exchange for Akiho's life.
His priority is to save Akiho and the most immediate danger is the book inside her. More than switching lives, he needs that book removed (and there's no guarantee that switching lives will remove the book anyway).
He is willing to sacrifice everything he has, including his magic and what's left of his dwindling life, to get it out of her.
In which case, Sakura would also refuse because not only would that hurt Akiho if she loses Kaito but it would also be assisted suicide. Which is something she would never consent to (and also extremely inappropriate for a story with a young age demographic).
Sakura would never consent to sacrificing someone else no matter what the cause, especially when she still knows nothing about Kaito. And when she does learn the truth about him and his and Akiho's past, it will just make her refuse to let Kaito die even harder.
This part of the theory hasn't taken into consideration of what other cards she might use later (like Rewind) but I think we can say with some certainty that Exchange in Sakura's hands would be a dead end for Kaito so he will probably do his best to not let it go to her.
Now, if Exchange falls to Kaito, then it's a question of what his true intentions are with this card.
Everyone wants to perceive that he wishes to switch the girls' lives.
But I...simply do not believe there's enough time to bring about something that cosmic-sized of a change (along with all the action it entails), prevent it, resolve the issues at hand, have Sakura's party learn everything about Akiho and Kaito's pasts, reconcile...and then dedicate the entire last chapter to SyaoSaku being loveydovey with each other for fanservice. If the last 5 chapters are all 30 pages each.
Also, it seems a little too obvious to be true and there are too many contradictions that can make this go wrong.
For one, if we follow by the rules of magic, magical transactions usually need to be equal in value on both sides to be done successfully. Otherwise it will either not go through...or there will be severe consequences to make the transaction even.
So the definition behind Exchange shouldn't be that different.
Frankly, in the case of Akiho and Sakura's respective lives, they are not in fact equal.
They may share some things in common (being chocomint fans, of the same height, etc) but those are all surface similarities and nothing deep.
Since they've led different lives and had different experiences, they would naturally have different feelings, different hearts and therefore, different values.
What is important to Sakura is not the same for what is important to Akiho. For instance, the people they love most are different and thus, inexchangable.
There are also things that Sakura has that Akiho doesn't (magic, family, happy childhood, etc) and that goes the same the other way around, too. Akiho possesses things that Sakura doesn't have either (passion for books, emotional scars, trauma, and a deeper understanding of darkness due to a sad past).
Adding that up, the exchange would be doomed to fail because Akiho and Sakura are too distinct from each other as individuals to be switched smoothly.
Kaito is a magician so on top of knowing how different Akiho is from Sakura, he must be aware of this rule as well.
Furthermore, if the Exchange card takes into account what the user sees as equal in value for a trade, then he would fail there too.
Because of course he would place more importance on Akiho's life than Sakura's or anyone else's.
The scales would be tipped and maybe the magic might not even start up because the conditions for a fair trade have not been met to initiate it.
There's also the possibility of Kaito exchanging positions with Akiho.
In fact, he and Akiho are on more even standing than Akiho and Sakura are.
They share similar backgrounds (lonely pasts, traumatic and abused childhoods) and both are in danger of "dying" with their time running out (Kaito from using too much rewind, Akiho from the progression of the artifact that will erase her soul).
Since Kaito possesses a lot of innate magic while Akiho has that book filled with magic inside her, he can have Exchange put the book inside him while Akiho receives his magic. Doing so, Akiho's soul is preserved at the cost of his own.
But does he really want that with how much his life has been shaved off already from the multiple rewinds?
Doubt it.
Because besides saving her soul, Kaito wants Akiho to live a long and happy life as well. He didn't do all this work just to extend her life for a few more days or weeks or months. He wants her to have a future.
Moreover, even if it can save her soul, any method that forces magic onto Akiho goes against the biggest principle he's been standing by this entire time: that Akiho doesn't need magic.
That she isn't less valuable because she doesn't have any powers.
Whether it be from Sakura or him, it doesn' t matter. He does not want Akiho to change since she's already fine as she is now. She's fine being a normal person.
Giving her magic goes against the moral of their story and most of all, would validate the cruel criticism Akiho's clan had always thrown at her which is something Kaito would want to avoid at all costs.
So any way that ends with Akiho gaining magic is a no no.
Because as long as she has magic, whether as an artifact or a magician, Akiho will always be in danger of being taken back by her clan to serve their own purposes.
They only have any interest in her if she contains power within her. If she doesn't, they will give up trying to reclaim her. That is the best outcome Kaito could hope for. Hence why he wants the book removed because then the magicians will stop chasing after Akiho for good and she can finally live in peace.
One more thing. A switch of lives means uprooting what has established the girls as the people they are now...which is gonna be incredibly hard to do.
Not only does it mess with personal history and relationships and therefore, effectively change who they are, it can screw up world through... some effect.
The girls have already lived 13 years, they made their mark in the records of time. The logic that constitutes them individually are already imprinted on the fabric of reality. This is not easily undone, rearranged and stitched perfectly back together.
And the price to attempt it sounds like it would be too much as well. It's not something Kaito alone can pay for. Not even with his and Sakura's magic combined.
Again, his major goals are 1) to remove the book from Akiho foremost and 2) to ensure that nothing that makes Akiho "Akiho" changes.
That includes the things that are the most precious to her. Her appreciation for books, her cherishment of Momo, the friendships she's made in Tomoeda.
And also, her love for her parents.
She may not have known them but she still treasures the fact that she had parents once, that she is the daughter to someone. The few things she does know about her mother and father, she keeps close to her heart. She wants to hold onto whatever she has of them because she has nothing else of them to keep.
Kaito understands this more than anyone because Akiho told this to him herself.
And the fact that Lilie, Akiho's mother, was also a significant person in his life is more than enough to deter him from ever wanting to sever the connection Akiho has with her parents. Because Lilie is an important part of Akiho, too. If Akiho loses that, she will no longer be the Akiho that she is now.
In short, switching Akiho's life with another's might turn her into a girl who has warm family and friends and a happy, sheltered childhood and all...but that girl wouldn't be the same Akiho in front of him at this moment.
Therefore, I must conclude that exchanging Akiho and Sakura's lives is probably not what he's aiming for. Because that ultimately means changing Akiho from who she is now into someone entirely different.
She would not be Akiho anymore if that happens.
6) Kaito's true wish + the endgame he wants
This is the part where I throw out a new theory.
Even if it's not an exchange of lives or magic, there will still be an exchange of something.
A wish and a price to pay for that wish.
Kaito wants the book that has been carved into Akiho's body to be removed.
The book has been implanted by the powers of many, many magicians from both the Association and Akiho's clan. And over the years, more magic has been added to its pages through all the books Akiho had read.
The amount of magic within her, though not specified, must be enormous. For it to be taken out without harming the vessel (Akiho) would require a very hefty price.
Kaito's life and his magic might not be enough. Hell, even adding Sakura's magic into the equation, overflowing as it is, might not be enough either because she is still only one person against the hundreds of magics and taboos stored in Akiho.
So what can Kaito offer, something that only belongs to him, to make it so the book no longer endangers Akiho? What does he alone possess that can match in equal value for the fulfillment of that wish?
Perhaps his own existence?
As in, erasing it from the world? That's a pretty big offer, isn't it?
Like it was discussed above, any tempering with the events of time is a very difficult thing to accomplish. In the magician society, it is also a widely known taboo. You don't mess with the workings of time and even the altering of one person's life in the flow of it can result in some significant change.
But see, if this is indeed possible...then the task is "easier" to carry out with Kaito precisely because there a very few people who are aware of him. In fact, the less others know about him, the better. It would not create such a big backlash if he were to disappear.
Because he thinks he didn't make enough of an impact on anything that would be hard to forget and also probably believes that everybody wants to forget about him.
He has no blood relatives looking for him so he believes he doesn't have a true home or family to go back or belong to.
The Association only ever saw him as a tool to be used and is out to kill him for taking Akiho (the artifact) away so they definitely won't miss him.
And nobody in Sakura's party really understands what he's after. They only suspect he's scheming something so they think the worst of him because they lack information to consider otherwise.
Moreover, Kaito had also went to great lengths to hide his personal information from being discovered. He doesn't want people to know about him because that will make disappearing much more difficult.
Knowing him and his self-loathing, his belief and depression that he'll always be alone, his guilt over that blank book comment that brought this fate upon Akiho (the person he loves most) and how little time he has left to live anyway, Kaito is definitely in the mindset that there would be no problem if he were gone.
For him, it might even be preferable. This way, Akiho can be saved and he (as the "villain" he thinks he is) can exit this story, this world, so that it could have the "happy ending" he envisioned.
Though I suspect he wouldn't request for an ending on such a massive scale either because again, he cannot risk anything that could change Akiho from who she is now.
He'd still want his efforts to remain, to keep everything that built up this story to stay (taking Akiho away from her clan, bringing her to Japan, letting her meet and befriend Sakura, enacting the magic of Momo's book to remove the artifact, etc) so that it preserves Akiho's foundations as her own person.
He would just want to blot himself out. So that only he is forgotten after this is all over.
Akiho can still have Momo, her friends, her memories of her parents, the life she's lived up till now. It's only Kaito who wouldn't be there like he originally was.
There may be blank spots left behind where he used to be but since not many people knew about him, he trusts the world can fill in those blanks on its own. Like history correcting itself by creating little "coincidences" or whatever to explain and make sure things make sense.
For Akiho, he knows he can at least entrust her into Sakura's care after he's gone. That might be another reason why he allowed them to form a close friendship in spite of the dangers it could've posed to Akiho (i.e. the artifact reacting to Sakura's magic and reaching closer to completion, thereby shutting Akiho's consciousness down).
It wasn't just for the sake of the synchro and creating the Exchange card he was waiting for. It was also because he needed a good person to be there for Akiho, someone who is capable of protecting her when he no longer could.
And for sure, he has confidence in Sakura because everybody knows Sakura will never abandon a person in need.
As long as the book is removed, the European magicians won't come after Akiho anymore. Sakura and co can take good care of Akiho because they are kind people. They will give her a safe place to stay, away from all the troubles of magic.
Including him, who believes his value lies only in his magic and was the source of this whole mess to begin with because of his affiliation with magic.
To make up for his "sin", for what he accidentally did to Akiho, Kaito is more than willing to step aside and vanish so that he doesn't get in the way of Akiho being happy.
However, he could not be more wrong because he still has absolutely no idea just how much Akiho loves him and therefore, how it's inevitably going to change her, to destroy her, if he erases himself from her life.
She is who she is because of him. If it weren't for Kaito making the choice to take her away from her clan, to save her from the doom of losing her soul, she never would've gotten this far. She never would've survived to become the Akiho she is now. Never to know what love is, to make friends and to realize that she's always had the choice in the matter of her own happiness.
Kaito taught her all that. He gave her that chance when no one else did.
He is the lynchpin of her existence. The reason why he's the most important person in her life.
She was able to become who she was because he was there for her, to support her and encourage her and to protect her and love her as she should've been loved.
Take him away and everything that they both worked so hard for will become undone. It doesn't matter how well taken care of she is by people like Sakura afterwards, they can never fill the hole he'd leave behind.
That void will always hurt her because she knows something, someone, is missing from where they should be.
Only he can fill that spot in her heart. No one else can.
He is the only person for her. He is the only person who knows best how to let Akiho stay Akiho.
And Akiho's greatest task in this story is to make him see that.
To make him realize that there is someone who will be deeply affected if they were to lose him and that's her. The one he cares most about and wants to save the most.
If he doesn't want Akiho to change into something she isn't...
If he doesn't want to see her worst off than she is now, a hollow husk who will grieve the loss of him forever...
If he truly wants her to be happy, then he has to listen to her. He has to believe her when she says "I love you. I will never be the same without you so don't leave me. Stay with me."
With that, I think I can picture the order of what might happen for Akiho and Kaito.
Akiho will be saved first with the removal of the book.
Then Kaito will be saved next through some other miracle means with Sakura's assistance.
But for sure, it is Akiho who will contribute the most to stopping him from dropping off the edge of no return. That loss will be hers to bear if she fails to so the one who has to put in the most effort to save Kaito will also be the person who loves him the most.
And she'll do that all without the need for magic. Just like she's always done to get by.
She just needs to be herself, to just be Akiho.
After all, Akiho is the true main character of "Alice in Clockland" whereas Sakura is the stand-in heroine for the sake of manifesting the magic Kaito needs.
The world of Clockland can bend to her will because she is the Queen.
Likewise, the story of Clockland can end however she wishes it to because she is in fact, the real Alice.
Kaito weaved this tale for her sake, for the real Alice.
Therefore, only she has the power to stop him. Only Akiho, the real Alice, is capable of turning him away from death and giving him reason to want to live.
Kaito wants the best and happiest ending for Akiho? Then don't go. Don't disappear.
He needs to understand the importance of his connection with Akiho. He needs to understand what it is that his most beloved reader truly wants in order to properly give her the most satisfactory "happy ending".
#i'm sure it won't happen exactly like I'm imagining it would and there are def some things I forgot while thinking this theory up...#but w/e cuz I did this to clear my head so I can focus on the things I want to do now#anyway last hurrah to throw in the void before it finally ends#prayer circle for no more sequels cuz i hate this trend to death#cardaptor sakura#clear card hen#yuna d. kaito#shinomoto akiho#kinomoto sakura
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loose top 145 chart - list under the readmore
1. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
2. Car Seat Headrest - How To Leave Town
3. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
4. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
5. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
6. Earl Sweatshirt - some rap songs
7. The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music
8. Bladee - ICEDANCER
9. Prince - Purple Rain
10. The KLF - Chill Out
11. Cardiacs - A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window
12. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
13. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
14. Animal Collective - Feels
15. desert sand feels warm at night - 夢の砂漠 (Dream Desert)
16. Hiroshi Yoshimura - SURROUND
17. Duster - Stratosphere
18. bedbug - If I Got Smaller Grew Wings and Flew Away for Good
19. Prince - Prince and The Revolution: Live
20. Mike - WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
21. The Weeknd - After Hours
22. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
23. Radiohead - Kid A
24. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
25. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
26. Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
27. Car Seat Headrest - Teens Of Denial
28. The Microphones - Mount Eerie
29. Mew - Frengers
30. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
31. The Beatles - Abbey Road
32. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
33. Ride - Nowhere (Expanded)
34. Ween - The Pod
35. Radiohead - OK Computer
36. Fishmans - 宇宙 日本 世田谷
37. Fishmans - 98.12.28 男達の別れ (Live)
38. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
39. Stereolab - Dots and Loops
40. George Clanton - Slide
41. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
42. Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy
43. Car Seat Headrest - Nervous Young Man
44. Indian Summer - Giving Birth to Thunder
45. Moss Icon - Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly
46. Jane Remover - frailty
47. Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring
48. The Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist Castle
49. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
50. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
51. Bladee - Spiderr
52. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
53. Bomb the Music Industry! - Get Warmer
54. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
55. Alvvays - Alvvays
56. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
57. Brave Little Abacus - Masked Dancers: Concern in So Many Things You Forget Where You Are
58. Julia Brown - An abundance of strawberries
59. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
60. Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something
61. Tyler, the Creator - Igor
62. Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
63. David Bowie - Blackstar
64. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
65. The Beach Boys - SMiLE
66. Animal Collective - Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished
67. Nana Grizol - Dancing Dogs
68. Nana Grizol - Love It Love It
69. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
70. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
71. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective
72. Glass Beach - Plastic Death
73. Death Grips - the powers that b
74. Junior Delahaye - Showcase
75. Slowdive - Slowdive
76. Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
77. Global Communication - 76:14
78. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
79. Car Seat Headrest - 4
80. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
81. The Music Tapes - Mary's Voice
82. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
83. Ween - Quebec
84. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
85. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt
86. Virtual Self - Virtual Self
87. Lil Ugly Mane - Singles
88. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
89. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
90. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Live in Brisbane '21
91. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
92. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
93. Frank Ocean - Blonde
94. The Cure - Disintegration
95. Nirvana - In Utero
96. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit
97. Mike - renaissance man
98. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
99. The Microphones - It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water
100. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
101. Cardiacs - The Seaside
102. Gorillaz - Demon Days
103. Duster - Duster
104. My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
105. Thursday - Full Collapse
106. My Bloody Valentine - m b v
107. Black Dresses - Peaceful as Hell
108. Porter Robinson - nurture
109. of Montreal - Paralytic Stalks
110. bob hund - Bob Hund
111. Teen Suicide - i will be my own hell because there is a devil inside my body
112. Slowdive - Souvlaki
113. Cursive - The Ugly Organ
114. Ween - God Ween Satan: The Oneness (Anniversary Edition)
115. Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak
116. Sweet Trip - Velocity: design: comfort.
117. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
118. Guided by Voices - Under the Bushes Under the Stars
119. The Beatles - Revolver
120. Jane Remover - teen week
121. Glass Beach - the first glass beach album
122. blackwinterwells - Stone Ocean
123. The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Formlessness - EP
124. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
125. Jordaan Mason - earth to ursa major
126. Weatherday - Come In
127. The pAper chAse - Hide the Kitchen Knives
128. Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite
129. Yung Lean - Starz
130. pilotredsun - Achievement
131. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
132. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
133. Doss - Doss
134. Kitty - Frostbite
135. Bob Drake - Medallion Animal Carpet
136. Parannoul - After the Night (Live)
137. J Dilla - Donuts
138. Ashley Ninelives - Eagle Creek
139. Vangelis - Blade Runner - Esper Edition
140. Akira Yamaoka - SILENT HILL2 (Original Soundtrack)
141. C418 - Minecraft - Volume Alpha
142. C418 - Minecraft - Volume Beta
143. Disasterpeace - Fez
144. Toby Fox - UNDERTALE Soundtrack
145. Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place (background)
honorable mentions to round it off to 150:
146. Julius Eastman - Femenine
147. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
148. Dinosaur jr. - You're Living All Over Me
149. Flipper - Album Generic Flipper
150. DJ Rozwell - NONE OF THIS IS REAL
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2023 End of year keyboard review
Hi yalls!
So we're approaching the end of the year. Since then, more keyboards have entered the market and I've managed to build some of them. At the same time, group buy orders managed to arrive. I'm so happy that I've been able to expand my collection with these items.
Honourable mentions
Due to how expensive the keyboard hobby is, I couldn't grab everything that was released this year. At the same time, I had to sell some of the keebs that I used to own due to a variety of reasons.
For starters, the QK and Jris series have been super amazing for opening doors for high-quality budget options in the market. I own the QK75 and remade my first keyboard build and I swear to god the improvement is immaculate.
Next is Mode Designs. They have released a bunch of high-quality boards and boy howdy, I wish I could own them all. The Envoy was well-loved in the community and the release of the Loop is so cute. I wish I could grab my hands on it, but I'm satisfied with my Sonnet, which is still available to this day and now has new colour options.
Lastly, it's the established keyboard companies like Asus and Razer as they've released some hotswap keyboards. The one that caught my eye the most is the Azoth. I would trade in my old Corsaid K70 for that keyboard. If anyone is willing to do so, hit me up.
Now, here are my top 5 boards.
5. The Dreamscape build
We all know how I've felt about this build. It took 2 years and it's finally here. I love this build for the soft aesthetic and I'm so glad I can finally use this keyboard. It's such a shame it took so long because there were times I was losing hope and was considering giving it a different build.
Specs:
Ikki Aurora x EPBT Dreamscape
EPBT Dreamscape
Gazzew Bobagums
Artisans from Namong and From Scratch
As for the use and feel, it's nice. A bit mushy cuz of the switches. But at least no one will get mad at me when I type during meetings because apparently, they can pick up my typing sounds. Its the ultimate dream silent keyboard.
I'm just happy this build is finally complete cuz omg, imagine if this went on to 2024. I would lose my sh*t.
4. Rama Thermal
Getting used to the HHKB layout has been a challenge. Fortunately, I ended up getting used to it after a few months. I do miss my arrow keys but using function + WASD was a good alternative. I will admit that my productivity at work did slow down during the first few weeks.
Specs:
Thermal by RamaWorks
Osume Winterglow Eve
Clackbits
Artisans from Tulipclay
While Rama might have some controversies, it's actually a really nice board. Has a really unique look it, something that I'm after when I buy keyboards. However, after comparing it to other builds, it's not really great. The sound quality feels hollow (despite tape modding it), and the keycaps and switches sound output doesn't help at all so I ended up rebuilding it.
Right now, as of writing, I'm using temporary parts for a later build and it's going to take a while for me to find the right combo. I will update you once I made something worth showcasing a sound test. I am interested in trying out the Akko Penguin Silent Switches so hopefully a muted build is what this build needs.
If there is something I learned from this keyboard - DON'T BUY FROM RAMAWORKS.
3. The Nordic Build
The boards may look good but their reputation sunk so bad. I had to file a bank complaint just so they could reply and get this board shipped (mind you, it was a in-stock item).
Originally, the keyboard that I wanted to use was the Loki65. But thanks to Mechs and Co, that was heavily delayed. I've always had eyes on the Fuji keyboard series since I started this hobby in 2021. So thanks to the Keebs For All Marketplace, someone was selling theirs for a good price and I got it.
Specs:
Fuji 65
EPBT Scandi
Hera Switches
Artisan from EzKeys
Aesthetics-wise, it looks pretty good. All the colours complement each other and I'm quite happy. The reason I wanted to make this build is that my favourite country is Iceland and I wanted to build a keyboard inspired by my trip there in 2019. The only flaw with this build is that the switches sound scratchy. But that's because I didn't lube them. Could be fixed if I do that.
I look forward to the day when the Loki65 gets shipped as I think my thoughts will change when it arrives.
2. The Tofu Build
Believe it or not, this was the first keyboard I built this year and I'm quite happy with how it turned out. The reason why built this keyboard is because I was inspired by Magic The Gathering - Kamigawa Neon Dynasty and this build resembles that trading card set.
Specs:
Tofu 60 (the original)
PBT Fans Kabuki-Cho
Tecsee Ruby Switches
This keyboard is THOCKY. It's not as thocky compared to modern builds but it has that low-profile sound that was highly sought after during the pandemic. I can see why this was a beloved build back in the early days of the keyboard hobby.
While the Tofu has increased in price over the years, I believe it's a testament to how the hobby has changed. I'm glad to have a piece of keyboard history in my collection.
1. The Sonnet Build
This has to be my newest go-to keyboard. From the looks, sound, and aesthetics, it was worth it. It took a while for me to figure out which keycaps to use since it originally had Osume Dusk. I think the greys from the Hooties are much better.
Specs:
Sonnet from Mode Designs
GMK Hooty
Popu Linears
Artisans from Hibi.MX and Geekkey
Using this board has that 5/5 experience. The sound is so satisfying, the feel is really nice. The artisans complement the board so well. And the fact that the Sonnet is a really good quality keyboard adds extra points. I highly recommend getting the Sonnet when you have the chance to do so.
#mechanical keyboard#custom keyboard#technology#keyboard#mechanical keyboards#cute keyboard#review#keyboard review#end of year#end of year review
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I've been waiting to watch The Outwaters since I heard about it a few months ago. I love found footage and I love cosmic horror. Mash them up and you've got yourself a stew.
I found a few days ago that it was available on VOD so I got it for $13. That's a pretty sick part of the COVID film release trend. Love when brand new horror comes out to own for the price of a movie ticket.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
I'm going to just say the very common disclaimer: "this film is not for everyone."
A bunch of friends go out to the desert to film a music video, apparently. There are constant mysterious booms and shrieks. Desert animals exist around them. A bloody axe man chases them around and kills them. The cameraman/main character (Robbie) wakes up in a pool of blood and looks for his friends and there appears to be a time loop and maybe he's the axe man. There's an, apparently, big, practical effect creature that makes noise at him. Then he finds his dead friends' heads and cuts off his penis and disembowels himself with an animal tooth.
End.
So, if you're reading this, you're probably frustrated at how lazy and lackluster that synopsis was. Right? Now you know how I felt watching almost 2 hours of it.
I promise I will discuss WHY I feel this movie is one of, if not the biggest piece of shit I have ever watched in my life, but first, I want to dissect this movie through other people's words.
"Banfitch has a clear talent for character development, which is thrown out the window as soon as the true horror begins. Yet, getting to know his cast of characters only makes watching their annihilation more gut-wrenching in the end." - Grace Detwiler, Rue Morgue
If you think this character development is outstanding, I'm excited for you to watch literally any other movie, ever. He attempts to create the candid, real characters or Benson and Moorhead films, but they end up one dimensional, typical found footage characters. Think Paranormal Activity characters, but not even douchey enough to be interesting.
"...will likely be most effective for viewers who are strongly affected by the power of suggestion." - Grace Detwiler, Rue Morgue
Lol. I mean...yes. Correct.
"...[transforming] the found footage format into something far more transgressive..." - Meagan Navarro, Bloody-Disgusting
If the boundaries that are being crossed are "good overall filmmaking" into "bad", you're still wrong. Many found footage movies have done that. This is uniquely bad, however, so maybe there's a point there.
"...the film is more interested in immersing us than it is in answering any questions. In this regard, it completely succeeds as it spends longer and longer getting lost in the landscape that has become distorted." -Chase Hutchinson, Collider
Ok, let's talk about this, specifically.
At no point, was I immersed in this movie. The first 20 mins are the, supposedly incredible, character-building, that can really just be boiled down to the phrase, "hurr durr, you reminds me of your parents." I promise, you may relate to the dialogue between these characters, but you're better than them. Seriously. This entire build up is filmed with the tightest camera work I've ever seen. This man forgot to zoom out and he moves the camera quickly and often. You will get sick.
Then they're in the desert. The camera is slightly better because you have a vast landscape behind people most of the time, so it isn't as disorienting. But God help you, he will manage to examine every nook and cranny of a bush and the inside of their tent and the one girl's face, over and over again.
The night time shots are so much worse. Half the time, he's filming with a normal light source that illuminates a large enough area to provide tension so that you only recognize so much of what is on screen. The other half is lit by a gas station pocket flashlight using batteries from the early 2000s. I, like many other people in this day and age, have a large television. So when I have a 65" TV (1809 Sq. In.) and about 1/6 of the movie is filmed through a 3" diameter pinhole, I'm gonna be upset. The power of suggestion does not trump the power of wanting to watch a fucking movie.
Apparently, there was a large, maybe practical effect monster. Couldn't tell you, because it was filmed through this dipshit pinhole. If I spent the money to build a monster for a movie, YOU WILL FUCKING SEE AT LEAST 20% OF THAT MONSTER FOR A FEW SECONDS.
The story was run of the mill. The themes and characters were as deep as a teacup. The cinematography was fucking trash, even for found footage.
This was like a visual representation of a Chainsmokers song, but they were trying to make a black metal song, but the only black metal they've heard was Deafheaven, but the only Deafheaven they've heard was Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, but they recorded it in mono.
Also, a lot of people are comparing this to Skinamarink. Stop. Both films are frustrating and work on the power of suggestion. However, Skinamarink actually leans into the suggestion. It gives you vague pieces to tell yourself a story. Outwaters gives you a story and then lazily slops out blurry garbage that has been done better many times before over the course of almost 2 hours and then just kind of ends. I was not a huge fan of Skinamarink, but in my opinion, it is far more worthwhile than Outwaters and it's insulting to Skinamarink to conflate the two.
I will not say that I could make a feature length film. I don't have the talent or creativity. It's easier to sit and judge than to actually do something. Maybe Banfitch should take a break to reassess his influences to see what makes them worth watching, because this movie is evidence that he has missed the mark.
I hope he gets better.
If you want to watch the movie, sure, go ahead. If you want to watch something that will actually entertain and/or challenge you, might I recommend the following:
Resolution, Spring and The Endless are all wonderful pieces of eclectic cosmic horror by Benson and Moorhead. Good characters and intriguing concepts without giving away every detail.
Banshee Chapter by Blair Erickson is an incredibly underseen cosmic/conspiracy horror film that predates Stranger Things by several years, and in my opinion, does it better (horror-wise).
Bellflower by Evan Glodell is not exactly horror, but is a film that I feel Banfitch to inspiration from. The character development is on point and organic and it has sort of the mumblecore feel that I felt Banfitch was trying (and failing) to develop in the first 20 mins of his movie.
These are just suggestions that I think all do a significantly better job in every respect than Outwaters.
Just my opinions.
Thank you for listening, though I'm not sure why you would.
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Delphine DORA 2 DAYS IN TOKYO 2024
MAY 10, 2024 (FRI) Okubo Hikarinouma
open 19:00 start19:30 door 2500yen+drink
Albedo Gravitas
Delphine Dora solo
Delphine Dora, 秋山徹次, TOMO
MAY 11, 2024 (SAT) ASAGAYA YELLOW VISION
open 19:00 start19:30 door 2500yen+drink
Delphine Dora solo
Delphine Dora, 福岡林嗣
浦邊雅祥、福岡林嗣、南部輝久
Delphine DORA
voice, keyboard instruments, etc(FR)
デルフィーヌ・ドラは、フランスの作曲、即興演奏を共に行うミュージシ���ンであり、主にピアノ、パイプオルガン他、アコースティック、エレクトロニクスの区別なくキーボードを使用し、近年はフィールドレコーディングも作曲に取り入れている。声もまた彼女の音楽を構成するのに欠かせない要素で、神秘的かつ古代的元型と触れ合うが如くフラジャイルでイマジナリーな言語の詩を「歌」として描く。その音楽性は、異なったフォーク、ミニマル、即興音楽と通底し、英語、フランス語、ドイツ語を駆使し、その言語的元型を交錯させる。15年以上に渡り、フランス他各国のレーベルにてソロ、コラボレーションを問わず30以上の作品にレコーディング参加し、彼女自身の”ワイルド・サイレンス”レーベルの創設者でもある。
Delphine Dora
Delphine Dora is a French musician, composer and improviser. Working mainly with keyboard instruments (piano, pipe organ, electronic keyboard…), her music has been enriched in recent years by the addition of field recordings to her compositions. The voice is also one of her favourite instruments, at times drawing on the language of poets, at other times on an imaginary language, a language freed of all signifiers, a voice that is fragile and embodied, archaic, mystical and free, but also plural and mutant voices that are embodied in her. On stage, she uses instruments such as the piano, organ or keyboards, and her voice, loops, various effects and mysterious sounds. Her performances are usually improvised, using voice and acoustic or electronic instrumentation, depending on the context and the place.
Her iconoclastic music can be read as a work of personal cartography, based on an intuitive approach to composition and nourished by numerous approaches. For more than 15 years, she has been developing an intimate and plural musical universe, in perpetual metamorphosis, situated at the crossroads of different musical genres (folk music, minimalist music, improvised music, electroacoustic music, etc.) and languages (english, french, german, imaginary languages, etc.). A prolific musician, she has taken part in more than thirty recordings (solo and collaborations) in a variety of aesthetics on numerous french and foreign labels (Recital, three:four, Feeding Tube Records, Okraïna, By The bluest of the seas, Morc, fort evil fruit…). She is also the founder of the Wild Silence label.
Albedo Gravitas
ヒグチケイコとSachikoで結成された即興ユニット「Albedo Fantastica」に内田静男(4strings)が加わったトリオ。Albedo Fantasticaのボーカルを基軸に展開するサウンドダイナミクスに、内田の変幻自在な低音の振動が加わり未明のサイケデリアが表出する。都内を中心に活動中。23年セカンドアルバム「luminescence」をリリース。
Tetuzi AKIYAMA 秋山徹次 guitar
ギターという楽器の持つ特質に、自身の欲求をミニマルかつストレートな形で加えていくことによる、原始的で即物的な意味合いを含んだ演奏を得意とする。ミクロからマクロに至る音量を、繊細に、ときには大胆にコントロールし、身体の電子化を試みる。
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TOMO hurdy gurdy / vielle à roue
ハーディーガーディー奏者。東京都出身。14歳の時にギターを始める。
17歳で単身渡米。8年間米国で学生時代を過ごす。帰国後、ルーツ・ミュージック/トラッド/古楽のエッセンスと、共鳴や倍音を意識したドローン・ミュージックを軸に、ギターをはじめ民族楽器など様々な楽器で創作を行う。創作活動の過程で、千年以上の歴史をもつメカニカルかつユニークな機構の古楽器「ハーディーガーディー」に出会い、関心を持つことになる。以後、ハーディーガーディーをメイン楽器として、その楽器の可能性と独自の奏法を探求しながら、作品の制作・演奏活動を行っている。
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Masayoshi URABE 浦邊雅祥 alto sax
65年東京生まれ。
85年アルトサックスを手にする。
ソロ演奏を主とし活動。
Rinji FUKUOKA 福岡林嗣 vocal, guitar, violin, etc
陰謀家。長年もうどうでも良いと思いつつも、生に執着し続ける男。「音楽」なんざもどうでも良いと思いつつ、各種楽器を操り、生に付随する塵芥、つまりは詩情と呼ばれるものに執着し続けている。
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Teruhisa NANBU 南部輝久 drmus
ドラム、パーカッション。
現在はAural fit、熊のジョン、バラナンブ、鵺、しんらこう で主に活動。
スピード、パワー、パーカッシブから歌もののバックまで、やりたいことをやっている。
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5月13日(月) 四谷三丁目CON TON TON VIVO
デルフィーヌ・ドラ来日公演
“Dive Deep with Delphine Dora”
19:00 open / 19:30 start
Charge 2500yen + 1 order
Delphine Dora (from France)
Archeus（ヒグチケイコ、内田静男、TOMO）
MOGRE MOGRU（黒い瞳、剛田武、Tanao）
フランス出身、キーボード／ヴォイス／エレクトロニクスなどを駆使して、即興～アンビエント～ミニマル～フォークを横断する斬新な表現活動で注目されるデルフィーヌ・ドラ、ヴォイス＋ベース＋ハーディーガーディーの異色トリオarcheus（アルケウス）、同じくトリオ編成の即興アンビエントユニットMOGRE MOGRU（モグレモグル）による音楽表現の深淵に潜るスリーマン・ライヴ。
MOGRE MOGRUは��ルフィーヌ・ドラのコラボレーションで出演。
archeus：
ヒグチケイコ(vocal)
内田静男(bass）
TOMO (hurdy gurdy)
ヒグチケイコ(vocals)、内田静男(bass)、TOMO(hurdy gurdy)によって結成されたグループ、archeus（アルケウス）。ボーカル/ボイス、ベース、ハーディーガーディーという異色なトリオ編成での演奏は、静寂と間（ま）を感じさせる繊細な音のゆらぎ、忘れられた名もなき言語の発声、不協和な音塊のインタープレイ、ミニマルな反復の魔術、ダークで濃密なドローンなど、様々な表情の化学反応を引き起こす。
2023年に仏An'archivesよりセカンドアルバム「九相図 Kusōzu : Nine Death Stages」をリリースしている。
bandcamp:
https://archeus-store.bandcamp.com/
MOGRE MOGRU（モグレモグル）
黒い瞳 Aura Noir : voice, musical saw, recorder, toy instruments, PC, etc.
剛田武 Takeshi Goda : flute, violin, percussion, electronics, etc.
Tanao : guitar
2021年7月結成。レトロなアコースティック楽器とディープなエレクトロニクス&ギターによるインプロ・アンビエントユニット。愛称：モグモグ。都内を中心に「DIVE DEEP！／深く潜れ！」を合言葉にライヴ活動を行っている。これまで沖縄電子少女彩、ポーランドのポストフォークデュオKeirszenbaum、園田游（舞踏家/元グンジョーガクレヨン）、内田静男（ベーシスト/Hasegawa-Shizuo、albedo gravitas etc.）、Orienatal Love（モジュラーシンセ奏者）などスタイルの異なるアーティストとのコラボレーションも多数あり。
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~ Music Game 🎶🎵 ~
[Rules: shuffle your “on repeat” playlist from spotify/the music service of your choice and post the first 10 tracks.]
@yikes-00 @redfurrycat Thanks JJ and Red for tagging me! 💘💘💘
There is gonna be lots of references to Hangster, sorry, forewarned is forearmed! 😅 I'm piling up songs that remind me of them, I just keep adding them to my playlists devoted to them. 🫠
1. Burning Love - Elvis Presley
I've been listening to some Elvis Presley's songs on repeat since I watched Elvis. While I still feel a little puzzled about some of Luhrmann’s choices, Austin Butler's performance really amazed me. And I've always loved this song! I think I discovered it thanks to Lilo & Stitch.
2. Celestial - Ed Sheeran
My brother is currently working away from home, I'm always looking forward to him spending some days at home, and this song reminds me of him and of the time we can spend together.
"You make me feel like my troubled heart is a million miles away [...]
Finding magic in all the smallest things" 💘
3. Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
This song screams Hangster.
"Can't look away, beg you to stay [...]
Don't know if you love me or you want me dead [...]
Call me in the morning to apologize, every little lie gives me butterflies
Something in the way you're looking through my eyes, don't know if I'm gonna make it out alive
Fight so dirty, but you love so sweet, talk so pretty, but your heart got teeth"
4. Time - Hans Zimmer
This is iconic. I adore Hans Zimmer.
5. Heaven - Eiffel 65 + Boomdabash
I love Eiffel 65, and it felt great when I listened to this on the radio for the first time, it was 90s again!
6. Life After You - Daughtry
I'm obsessed with this song. I listen to it and i can only think of Hangman and Rooster after their first breakup. 💔
"Last time we talked, the night that I walked, burns like an iron in the back of my mind
I must have been high to say you and I weren't meant to be and just wasting my time
Oh why did I ever doubt you? You know I would die here without you
All that I'm after is a life full of laughter as long as I'm laughing with you
And I think that all that still matters is love ever after, after the life we've been through
'Cause I know there's no life after you"
7. Heaven - Bryan Adams
When i'm in the mood for reading/writing soft fanfictions 💕
8. Broken - Lifehouse
I listened to Lifehouse a lot when I was in high school, listening to them always feels like a throwback!
9. I Ain't Worried - One Republic
Top Gun: Maverick brainrot. TGM Soundtrack Cd has been on loop in my car since my brother gave it to me for Christmas.
10. Not your Barbie Girl - Ava Max
I can totally see Hangman listening to this while being angry at Rooster. 😂
Thanks again for the tag, this was fun! 💖
Tagging (no pressure and no rush), if you feel like doing it and you haven't done it yet: @midnighterapollo @beccaanne814 @sereshawl @cristinuke @itshoneywhatever
#JJ! 💙#Red! ❤️#about me#tag game#10 songs#obsessed with hangster 😅#spotify#music#on repeat#yikes-00#redfurrycat#friendship
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Sunday, 10 December, 2023.
A cold front roared through the area last night bringing us heavy rain and deadly tornado's just North of Nashville. It was much colder for our workouts today, with a breezy 40 degrees that felt like 32.
Thankfully Armando wasn't too hungover and distraught from the Army/Navy game yesterday to lead us in a fun mobility session.
Warmup:
25 Synchronized Pushups with Larry as our leader. The females voices chatting away over on my left were a sure sign that some were faking this warmup.
Strength
Push Press: 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 70 to 80% For All
3 Second Pause At The TOP Of The 5th Rep Each Set.
Armando=175 Warren G=155 Ed=135 Larry=135 (all) Nathan=125 Dana=115 Coach/Dyer/Elisa/Tim=95 Warren A=65 Jordan/Taylor/Linda/Kayla=55 Emily/Shannon=45 Emma Kate=32 Big Lew=DB's Robert=didn't post because he wasn't the heaviest. Angel/Alicia=did it
WOD
Every 3 Minutes X 7 Rounds
Rest In Time Left-Over
( 155 / 135 / 85 )
1 Barbell............. 1 Weight
12 Deadlifts
9 Hang Power Cleans
6 Push Press
SCORE: Slowest Round
I'm not posting this. Many of you didn't keep track. Many others just guessed. Robert was a DNF so he didn't post anything. It's on What's APP of you care to look.
Cool-Down
Run / Jog / Walk The Arboretum 1.1 Mile Loop
On Each Of The 5 Grey Plastic Benches, Do
15 Supported Inclined Pushups
15 Supported Inclined Air Squats
Easy-Peezy
Note:
The girls always participate in the extra credit Arboretum antics that I put on the board. The guys seldom do, although 3 of us guys did after the 0730 session. I can't explain it, although I have heard that girls get hormonally synchronized for certain activities (Alicia told me), but I'll leave that right there.
Robert's Daughter Taylor came and brought 2 Samford friends with her. The Butler's were having some huge Hoo-rah at 6224 yesterday, and that's why we got to enjoy the presence of the girls. Taylor/Jordan/Emma Kate all were great sports in spite of the weather and Coach calling Jordan "Shorty" and Emma Kate "Bean Pole". They all got nice LHCF jersey's.
Today was Shannon's Birthday. Typically the girls always stage a birthday celebration but they didn't for Shannon. I suspect there is a large degree of envy and jealousy because Shannon looks so hot (new RED yoga-pants today!!) for her age (Armando said "38"), and she is married to the handsomest and strongest drug-free Mexican currently attending LHCF. So there !!
Only 11 more days until the Winter Solstice; after-which our daylight hours slowly get longer. My Daffodils are aware and are already poking their brave little Spring sprouts above ground. Unfortunately for outdoor CrossFitters, warm weather lags significantly behind the return of daylight hours, so we have 3 more months until Spring-Time officially arrives. If you are curious as to the astronomical reasons for the "Warm weather lag", ask Timmy. He will be authoritarian giving you his latest conspiratorial theory including exactly when the oceans will begin to boil.
Anybody who can drag Cherrita back to LHCF will get a renewal of their Lifetime LHCF Membership. Perhaps if I don't declare my undying love every time she comes she won't be scared off again.
Tuesday at 4 PM
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I'm a terrible person.
Recreating the sequence of events that gets my very loud, abusive neighbor arrested by the FBI passing by never ever gets old. Especially when he gets tazed. That's always funny.
As for what's on my to-do list, I wanted to see if I can get the murder in the city solved and also determine what happened in the great McDonalds fire.
Elliot's - the kid who gets run over - situation seems to be okay and stable. And now that I have the automatic phone call maker, I don't have to dedicate 30 minutes of that time anymore. No real in-depth convo, just making him cautious to pay attention to the road that day is enough.
Also, Officer LaMont and Trevor. I owe them for what they did to me in the past loop. They're also probably corrupt given what happened, so I don't have to get into the moral quandary of punishing people for something they could've done. They won't be police officers when I'm done.
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Also it's a bit strange. Why did the loop end at 9:00 pm when I was away from the explosion? But back in another loop, when I got caught in the explosion and forced down to the basement, I was able to survive to the next day.
I also bought a mechanical watch for the purpose of seeing how long the loop will last at that time. I suspect I died from suffocation. But if one were to think about it, maybe it's not suffocation that did me in, but maybe it lasted that long because I wanted to see how long the loop would go.
Does that mean I have some degree of control over the loop? I guess I can test it by taking the bus out of the city again on day 3. Just gotta remind myself to buy that lotto ticket.
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I’ve been on a recent literati binge, obsessed with them, and stumbled upon your literati fic, “‘this is tailored made (so what’s the sense in waiting?)”, and wanted to say thank you so much for it. I can honestly say it took over my life for a brief 3 day stint and now, I’m yearning for more of them! YOU DID AMAZING! You gave them justice where the revival lacked. The closure desired from these two. It gave me so much pain and happiness, you wouldn’t believe it. I left reviews, ofc. I can’t thank you enough for how amazing that journey was for me, a delight, through and through. You are a marvelous and gut wrenching writer! You actually know these characters. Thank you so much, again, and I hope to see more from you! Will be checking out your other literati fics, indubitably!
🥰❤️ Thank you so much! The love for this fic has absolutely blown me away. I’m truly humbled and feel blessed to have you and others as such lovely amazing readers. And thank you for leaving a review. They mean the world to me. I’m completely backed up, but eventually I will respond to the rest of them, even the ones who have been waiting for a reply for like a year or two. I’m sorry! You’re not forgotten, I promise. Just overwhelmed with life. 😘 (@milothirst I haven’t forgotten about the Jess + sex post. Posting it soon!)
As for more in the universe, I have a small-ish follow-up I’m working on. TITM’s coming up on the 1k kudos mark on AO3 😱🤯, so I thought to maybe do a wedding sequel as a 1k celebration. I’m about 20% done with it at this point. Given how slow I am at writing with my hectic life schedule right now, we’ll see when I can get that out. Hopefully before summer of next year.
As for my other fics, I am still working on those as well. Next update will be for TWWCIL. I’ve got about 65% of the full story written, but of course it’s mostly towards the end. Once I finish fleshing out the middle, I’ll be able to rewrite chapter 4 and start a more regular update process. After that will be Chapter 8 of OSAS, the full story which has about 7 more chapters left to write before it is finally complete and we can post it regularly as well. And then I’ll post the 2 part Chilton AU, the Lit + cats au, and then finally the time loop AU I’ve been writing in my head for like four years.
So a lot of things to come. I just really need the time to be able to sit down and write. Thought I would have it this year, but my car got taken from me at the beginning of this year due to theft and vandalism, which was a huge loss cause my car IS my livelihood. I make majority of my money from driving gigs, and now that I’m spending about $500 a week with the rental I have while also making less money than before due to constraints of the rental program, it’s been a lot of expenses that I’m juggling at the moment. Once I’m able to buy a new car, I can go back to my ideal three day/weekend work week and get back to writing semi regularly.
I hope you’ll stay tuned. Feel free to come by here to chat or for any updates. I also recently made a Twitter (I HATE myself), so I’m gonna try and start posting more on there as well. Anon from months ago, if you’re still here, you can now find me @natsugia1 on Twitter. I should warn you though that my twitter will probably be a LOT more eclectic in terms of what I tweet on there, given what I’ve already been sucked into on that dumpster fire of a platform.
Wishing you a beautiful and wonderful summer. Sending you the QUEEN for Fun and Love and Life
#literati#literati fic#gg fanfic#titm#this is tailor-made#life update#writing update#natsasks#natsreply#cannot believe we’re like 60 kudos away from 1k#life is not real right now#but so grateful and touched#so humbled that people seem to love it as much as I loved writing it#also yes#i have been listening nonstop to break my soul since yesterday#unashamed#beyonce still queen#she’s en vogue all by herself#90s supremacy#also sws dropped new music with lead singer of under oath#ptv announced new tour dates#still waiting on album 5 tho#but man music scene is eating good right now#nostalgia still winning
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2022 AO3 Year-End Fic Review
Decided to make an AO3 fic roundup questionaire for 2022! Answer all the questions for yourself, then tag some friends!
1. What is your AO3 account?
I'm at LittleQueenTrashMouth on AO3!
2. How many words did you write total in 2022?
I wrote 45,199 words in 2022, for 5 different fandoms! It's fewer words than I wrote the past two years, but WAY more fandoms! I think 2020 and 2021 I exclusively wrote for ATLA.
3. How many fics did you publish in 2022? How many multichapters vs oneshots?
I published 15 fics in 2022! 4 of those are multi-chapter fics, the remaining 11 are oneshots.
4. What was your longest fic? Your shortest fic?
My longest fic for 2022 is my ongoing ACOTAR Tamlin/Lucien fic, lovely and lonely. It's currently at 13,345 words, and STILL GROWING! My shortest fic is modern swinger, a maizukaang fic that I've only written one chapter of (and probably won't write a ton more of I'M SORRY). It's at 791 words. My shortest complete fic is a maizula oneshot I wrote for Mai Week! It's ladies first, baby, I insist, and it's 1,226 words.
5. What was your most popular fic? Your least popular fic?
Most popular fic is my Cassie/Maddie fic, cupcakes, that is at 2,798 hits. My least popular fic is the Tamlin/Rhysand fic I just posted, chimera, which is at 65 hits. WHICH IS FAIR bc it's for a rarepair and it's only been up for a few days!
6. What fic didn’t perform as well as you thought it would?
I would say my maiko Palm Springs AU born lost, which I also wrote for Mai Week. IDK like not to toot my own horn, but I am very proud of this fic and how I managed to incorporate the complexity of the movie Palm Springs into a oneshot that still feels real to Maiko. It was fun having all the different ships, all the cheating, and all the existentialist nihilism that an endless time loop scenario creates. And it's at 317 hits lmao.
7. What fic performed way better than you thought it would?
My first Sandman fic, in the gutter, which focuses on Calliope's recovery after she was imprisoned. esp after spending so long in ATLA fandom, where readership and comments are really low, it got so much love! Somebody even made a podfic for it (LISTEN HERE it's amazing I love this person's voice!) which was like. SO meaningful and sweet!! SANDMAN FANDOM YOU THE REAL ONE ILY!!!!
8. What was your favorite fic you wrote from 2022?
ACK this is hard, I honestly like all my fics! I'll say rebel, rebel, my Mai/Toph oneshot! I loved writing Toph as a butch masc lesbian, which is WHO SHE WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE!!! And the arranged marriage trope was SO fun to write for!
9. What was your favorite fic that somebody else wrote in 2022?
I mean. Everything that @lady-tortilla-chip writes is my favorite. But I'll say Do I Keep You Up At Night? is my fave fic of her's, just because the Maizula in it is SO FUCKING GOOD! IT IS EVERYTHING TO ME! PLEASE READ THIS FIC!
10. Tag your friends to have them do this year-end fic review as well!
OKIE I TAG PPL! Also if you see this and want to do it, you totally should!
@lady-tortilla-chip @thinkingisadangerouspastime @drowning-in-cacophony @thetpot @queercontrarian @isterofimias @mossytrashcan @northern-star-polaris
#ao3#archive of our own#fic#fanfiction#fanfic#year end fic review#atla#acotar#sandman#I JUST THREW THIS TOGETHER BC IT'S ALWAYS FUN!!!#also new acotar friends: idk if yall write fic lmao#if u don't then IGNORE ME
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All 200+ CHILDREN HAIR from my latest video! (I do not claim rights to any of these CC items!) Watch Here
1. Meda Hair (girls)- Not available anymore
2.Elise Hair (girls)
3.Simplicity Hair (girls)
4. French Braid Over Shoulder (girls)
5. Morgyn Hair (boys)
6. Floral Hair Conversion
7. Anna Hair (girls)
8. Longer Bob (girls)
9. Navana Hair (girls)
10. Marium Hair (girls)
11. Ember V2 (boys)
12. Bob (girls)
13. Short Curl Conversion (unisex)
14. 90′s Wavy Wolf (girls)
15. Crew Braids (girls)
16. Crew Braids V2 (girls)
17. Tammie Twists (girls)
18. Tammie Twists Buns V1 (girls)
19. Tammie Twists Buns V2 (girls)
20. Tati Twists (girls)
21. Tay Tay Twists Buns (girls)
22. Emory Hair (girls)
23. Sporty Twintails (girls)
24. Noemi Hair (girls)
25. Lovey Dovey Looped Braids (girls)
26. Tegan Twists V1 (girls)
27. Mischievous Pigtails (girls)
28. Low Double Buns (girls)
29. Playful Braids (girls)
30. Sporty Twintails (girls)
31. Low Double Buns w/Bangs (girls)
32. Amy Hair (girls)
33. Mischievous Pigtails w/bangs (girls)
34. Aimee Hair (girls)
35. Playful Braids w/bangs (girls)
36. Lovey Dovey Looped Braids w/bangs (girls)
37. Tegan Twist V2 (girls)
38. Lisa Hair (girls)
39. Tegan Twists V3 (girls)
40. Chevron Hair (girls)
41. Fiji Hair (girls)
42. Tegan Twists V4 (girls)
43. Tera Twists (girls)
44. Rowan Hair V2 (girls)
45. Twyla Twist V2 (girls)
46.Tymisha Twists (girls)
47.Faded Hair(boys)
48. Mica Hair (girls)
49. Bound Up Bows (girls)
50. Lana Hair (girls)
51. Juene Hair (girls) [EA colors]
52. Juene Hair [extra colors]
53. Oscar Hair(boys)
54. 1989 Hair (girls)
55. Cynthia Hair (girls)
56. Marcel Hair (boys)
57.Leon Hair (boys)
58. Sarah Hair (girls)
59. Maddie Hair (girls)
60. Get Famous Conversion (boys)
61. Lorelai Hair (girls)
62. Get Famous Conversion (boys)
63. Get Famous Conversion (boys)
64. Lucy Hair (girls)
65. Madison Hair (girls)
66. Alyssa Hair (girls)
67. Jenna Hair (girls)
68. Wendy Wavy Buns(girls)
69. Lara Hair (girls)
70. Magic Braids for girls
71. Paranormal Waves Fix (boys)
72. Lily Hair(girls)
73.lil thing hair(girls)
74. Hot Days Conversion (girls)
75. Makenna Hair (girls)
76. Aurora Hair (girls)
77. Mali Hair 1(girls)
78.Makenna Hair(girls)
79. Mali Hair 2(girls)
80. Mali Hair 3(girls)
81. Helena Hair (girls)
82. Stacey Hair (girls)
83. Aurora Hair(girls)
84. Britney Hair(girls)
85. Girl Half Bun
86. Bobbi Hair(girls)
87.Olivia Hair(girls)
88. Magic Curls(boys)
89.Isabelle Hair(girls)
90. Serena Hair(girls)
91.Topsy Tail(girls)
92. Molly Hair(girls)
93.Ashley Hair(girls)
94. Olivia Hair w/clips(girls)
95. Rachel Hair(girls)
96. Pia Hair(girls)
97. Dutch Braids(girls)
98.Pleasant Child-couldn’t find link /:
99.Jess Hair(girls)
100. Ness Hair(girls)
101. Hayley Hair(girls)
102.Adeline Hair(girls)
103.Chunli Hair(girls)
104. Lexi Hair(girls)
105. Trisha Tresses Hair(girls)
106.Betty Hair(girls)
107.Myriam Hair(girls)
108.Simple Ponytail(girls)
109. Simple Ponytail w/bangs(girls)
110. Perennial Hair(girls)
111. Pina Front Curls(girls)
112. Tafty-top(girls)
113. Lili Hair(girls)
114. Helen Hair(girls)
115. Summer Breese Hair(girls)
116. Child Almond Conversion(girls)
117.Meghan Hair(girls)
118.Milo Hair(boys)
119. Jonas Hair(boys)
120. Curly untamed Conversion(boys)
121.Jonas Hair V2(boys)
122.Half Shaved Ponytail(boys)
123. Long Waves Messy(girls)
124.Short Tossled Hair(boys)
125.Space Buns Half-up(girls)
126. Short Curls for boys
127.Slick Back Shaved for boys
128.Pixie Curly for boys
129. fae Hair(girls)
130. Sydnie Braids V3(girls)
131. Rachel Hair(girls)
132.Stacey Hair(girls)
133.Regina Hair(girls)
134.Cosmic Love Hair(girls)
135.Sasha Hair(girls)
136.Passionfruit Hair(girls)
137.Dorothy Hair(girls)
138.Olivia hair(girls)
139.Ophelia Hair(girls)
140.Candie Hair(girls)
141.Inselin Hair(girls)
142.Emma Hair(girls)
143.Azure Hair(girls)
144.Katie w/bangs(girls)
145.Mischa Hair(girls)
146.Diwara Hair(girls)
147.Soleil Hair(girls)
148.Naomi Hair(girls)
149. Angel Hair V1(girls)
150. Angel Hair V2(girls)
151.Yumi Hair(girls)
152.Jennie Hair(girls)
153.Arianna Hair(girls)
154.Double Dutch Braids(girls)
155.Ndidi Hair(girls)
156.Valerie Hair(girls)
157.Pearl hair(girls)
158.Brooke hair(girls)
159.Bangin’ Bangs hair(girls)
160.Larni hair(girls)
161.Side Bangs Braids(girls)
162.Homemade bubblegum hair(girls)
163.Milkway hair(girls)
164.Honeybun hair(girls)
165.Winter hair(girls)
166.Darcy Hair(girls)
167.Lizzie hair(girls)
168.Brianna hair(girls)
169.Cloe hair(girls)
170.Quartz hair(girls)
171.Ellie Hair(girls)
172.Cherry picked ponytail(girls)
173.Ellie Hair solids(girls)
174.Mars hair(girls)
175.Minnie hair(girls)
176.Gwen hair(girls)
177.Jess hair(girls)
178.Skydance hair(girls)
179.Lila Hair(girls)
180.Bob bow hair(girls)
181.Anne hair(girls)
182.Anna Hair(girls)
183.Annie Hair (girls)
184.Absolution hair (girls)
185. Creative Braids(girls)
186. Kelly Hair(girls)
187.Sean Hair(boys)
188. Pacific Hair(girls)
189.Rowan Hair(girls)
190.Sapphire Hair(girls)
191. Matthew Hair(boys)
192.Abby Hair(girls)
193.Olympia Hair(girls)
194.Barbare Hair(girls)
195.Florence Hair(girls)
196.amber hair(girls)
197.Angelina hair(girls)
198.Sidney hair (girls)
199. Lana hair(girls)
200. Maki hair (girls)
201.Gloria Hair V1(girls)
202.Opal hair(boys)
203. Corneila Hair(girls)
204.Adriana Hair(boys)
205.Sasha Hair(girls)
206.Madison Hair V2(girls)
207. Madison Hair V1(girls)
208.Rizal Hair(boys)
209.Fox Hair(girls)
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2, 4, 35, 65 and 85 for spotify wrapped!!
:D!!!
2: line without a hook - ricky montgomery
guess there is something, then there is nothing, there is nothing in between
and in my eyes there is a tiny dancer watching over me
he's singing, "she's a, she's a lady, and i am just a boy,"
he's singing "she's a, she's a lady
and i am just a line without a hook"
^^^FAV line to sing, there's a little like voice crack on "tiny dancer" that always gets me i can never imitate it quite right, i LOVE this song i don't really have any solid memories attached to it (<-has been dying for a full year) except for the very clear mental image of the light just off greenlake where you turn to go to aurora, just past the duke's chowder house, and i would always end up at the red light there and i would always be singing this part
4: 光るとき - hitsujibungaku
someday we'll come around and meet again
to this day i have not finished heike monogatari (<-has been dying for a full year) but this op is so bright and soft i cannot get enough of it i listened to it so much i feel like it really should be even higher on my wrapped
35: NEO-FUTURE - soutaiseiriron
put your hands up bots,
bots, bots
^^^obsessed w the harmonies with the vocals+instrumentals i cannot explain how much i love it. ANYWAY this is of course a moeoe song from round 2 of my read/liveblog when i got to nz and looped your mix on spotify!! this is only one of several songs i fell in love with. it was so weird to leave summer in seattle and come to winter in new zealand but i think it was really exactly what i needed. reading moeoe when we first got here kept me sort of grounded, i think
65: carry on phenomenon - kishi bashi
when in doubt you made me stay
connected in with the beyond and on
like when the radio plays on and on
and on and on and on
kishi bashi my FUCKING beloved!! i don't have anything really to say about the time period of this song (drives home, the hill down to greenlake, all that) but the lyrics of this are so hypnotic
85: A CYBER'S WORLD? - toby fox
[instrumental]
OH a last november song!! actually a last october-november-december song, it's sooooo good, when i was playing the new deltarune chapter and i got to the bit with this song i just stopped and let it play while i did other things cause i loved it so much. unfortunately now it gives me immense anxiety because of all the senior thesis hell i was going through at the time but its SUCH a delight of a song
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I posted 2,691 times in 2022
275 posts created (10%)
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I tagged 1,022 of my posts in 2022
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Longest Tag: 112 characters
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My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
EVERYONE!!!
Listen to this song. You will not regret it, I can guarantee!
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#4
Hulking gusts of wind shake the outer walls of my room tonight like an ominous presence begging to be heard.
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#3
Set out to write, got sad, drew frog
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#2
This is a PSA reminder for my fellow Texans!
Oct. 11 (and Oct 28 if you’re voting by mail) is the last day to register to vote for the midterm elections. Elections will be Nov. 8
This election is super important we are voting for Governors and two new House seats! Justices are also up for election.
Here is a voter guide where you can search your district and learn who your candidates are.
If are already registered to vote or think you are registered check on your registration status because creating registration loop holes cause voter suppression.
356 notes - Posted September 11, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
My sexuality is like theoretical physics, it’s all speculation and impractical to prove in casual settings.
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