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nekojitachan · 6 years

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❛❛ I know how you look at him - even though you’re not his. ❜❜ (gimme angst gimme gimme gimme)

Aaah, you know I had to do this one for you since you’re so amazing! ❤️️❤️️❤️️ ❤️️ ❤️️ ❤️️ ❤️️ I hope it doesn’t disappoint?

So, Ravens!Neil, Ravens!Andrew, soulmates but with a huge dose of angst! Uhm… mention of Andrew’s past and of COURSE Riko, some slight abuse but I’d say… T rating? And swearing, of course swearing….

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Andrew was used to not getting what he wanted, to Fatealways fucking him over in various ways. There was the fact that he was the twin which Tilda had given upfor adoption and the long chain of nightmare foster ‘families’. There wasfinally finding what he’d thought was a home with Cass Spear and then Drake showing up to ruin it (to ruinhim). There had been the time in juvie, only for Pig Higgins to meddle andLuther to be an annoyance and off to Columbia Andrew had gone.

Things hadn’t gotten any better there, had they? Oh no,there it had been Tilda and Aaron and yet another new mess, had been Nickystepping in to try to make things better and the night out in Eden’s parkinglot with its ensuing consequences. Had been Andrew picking up Exy back in juvieas a means to escape some of the mandatory therapy sessions (everyone trying toget into his head and beneath his skin, everyone trying to control him), and then an attempt to keep an eye on Aaron, whichhad then led to a bunch of annoying birdies paying him a visit.

He didn’t give a shit about scholarships or Edgar Allan orthe best team in NCAA Class I division, about the promises of fame and fortunewhen the only thing that got him up each medicated day was the promise he’dmade to his brother. Yet an arrogant Riko Moriyama and demanding Kevin Day hadbrought with them a pretty shadow with red hair and a sardonic grin bearing a ‘3’tattoo on his left cheek, one Nathaniel Wesninski. Andrew had the impressionthat he was there as someone closer to Andrew’s age since the kid hadn’tgraduated yet and wasn’t ‘officially’ a Raven even though he bore the stupidPerfect Court tramp stamp and had lived at Edgar Allan the last few years.

All he knew was that he was in the middle of his fifthvariation of ‘fuck off and fuck you’ to Moriyama and Day when Wesninski shifteda little closer (he thought that Day had given him a push), and then it had happened; both of them stiffenedin reaction, Wesninski’s eyes widening a little but still the big grin onAndrew’s as Wesninski clutched at his left forearm and Andrew rubbed his, atthe throbbing area hidden beneath his armband.

At the dark patch of skin which could never be excised, nomatter how much he or anyone (Drake)had tried – it was his soul mark, after all, was waiting for his ‘other half’to find him so it could reveal its true form so he’d know that they’d finallycrossed paths (Drake at first had been bitter that it hadn’t changed for him,and then taunted Andrew that it never would change, that his soulmate wouldnever want him).

Wesninski was quick to drop his right hand, as was Andrew,but Riko Moriyama had noticed and snatched at the redhead’s left wrist with apleased grin. “Did it happen? Do you have something to show us, Nathaniel?” heasked in a too bright voice while Wesninski flinched, the motion slight. Hisfingers dug into the smaller boy’s forearm as he yanked back the sleeve of theblack shirt to reveal a bright black mark against skin marred by what looked tobe a few thin scars – an infinity symbol with a north star placed over thecenter of it. “That’s new,” Moriyama said as he turned toward Andrew whileWesninski – Nathaniel – shook his head.

“I… it’s nothing,” Nathaniel tried to argue, which surprisedAndrew since everyone (almost everyone) was so eager to find their soulmates;his words made Day stare at him in shock.

Moriyama clicked his tongue in disagreement. “No it’s not,you just found your soulmate!” He gave Andrew a sharp grin. “Your soulmate andour newest goalie, isn’t this such a happy occasion?” As he spoke, he dug hisfingers even more into Nathaniel’s forearm, into his wrist, until Nathanielgulped and closed his eyes as if to bear the pain… but he didn’t pull away andhe didn’t try to fight back.

Andrew never wanted a soulmate. He refused to believe thatsomeone was ‘his’, that he was tied to another person because of some stupidtwist of fate, that they were meant to be together because of some stupid markon their bodies when he could only stand to touch someone on his carefullydefined terms, when he knew thatsomeone wouldn’t willing choose anyone as broken and tainted as himself.

Yet he signed the contract with Edgar Allan to be theirgoalie for five years, signed it for room and board and a yearly allowance, andeven argued for an hardship scholarship for Aaron (there was no way they’dallow his brother on the team, not at his level of skill, but as long as Aaronkept his grades up he could get a Bachelor’s degree in Biology without havingto whore himself out for loans and then go elsewhere for medical school, whichwas all he wanted in the end). That saw through Andrew’s promise to his brotherand left Nicky free to finally return to Germany and Erik, so everyone (but Andrew)was happy (what else was new?).

He thought that Riko Moriyama only agreed to his terms as ameans to have that tighter of a leash on him, and as soon as they bothgraduated (Nicky was sticking around until Aaron left Columbia), Andrew was offto Edgar Allan for the start of training and any illusions of his lifeimproving were shattered.

Even though the Ravens had a nice big house on campus, theylived beneath Castle Evermore, the famous Exy stadium – all the better forTetsuji Moriyama to control them, he supposed. They were also formed into pairsfor the sake of sharing rooms and training, were told to stick together almostall the time… or else. Andrew hatedit, hated having to share space with another person, having someone close tohim all the time, being told he had to rely on that person, to trust them (notgoing to happen).

He hated that it wasn’t Nathaniel (he shouldn’t care).

He hated that Nathaniel was paired with Jean Moreau, number ‘4’of the Perfect Court, another backliner (he shouldn’t care, dammit).

He hated the way that Nathaniel looked at Moreau with suchtrust and affection, the way they were always murmuring in French to eachother, Moreau’s dark head bowed since he towered over Nathaniel’s 5’2” by atleast a foot (he didn’t care, dammit,it was just the drugs).

Andrew’s ‘partner’ was Ben Anders, a second year goalkeeperon the team, though his rank was much lower than Andrew’s – was ‘21’ and notthe ‘10’ that Andrew had been given. Apparently Day and Riko had argued aboutthat, with Day wanting Andrew as Perfect Court and Riko stating that Andrew hadto ‘prove’ it, so a compromise had been reached.

Anders wasn’t awful, he seemed to realize to give Andrewsome space and not to touch him, but he still was there all the time and… and he wasn’t Nathaniel. Apparently all ofthe Ravens knew that Andrew was Nathaniel’s (Nate’s) soulmate (he suspectedthat he had a certain captain to thank for that) and gave them odd lookswhenever they were near each other as if expecting some sort ofacknowledgement, but Nathaniel would only pay attention to Andrew when he wasout on the court, was in the goal.

Any other time his attention was reserved for Moreau andRiko and Day, for whatever Tetsuji (the ‘Master’) was telling the team to do,instructions on training drills or exercises. Despite his short stature he was morethan capable of taking on players twice his size on the court, in stymieingthem from the goal and snatching the ball from them to pass it on to Day orRiko or whoever else was on offense at the moment; the few times that Andrewwas in the goal which he was helping to defend they worked well together, wouldmanage an odd ‘sync’ where he could pass the ball to Nathaniel without any effortshould someone manage to get pass the kid and Moreau.

And then Nathaniel would be back to chasing after Moreauonce the skirmish was over, to sitting next to him and chatting aboutsomething, so animated and excited while Moreau smiled at him. Andrew didn’tunderstand it, especially since from what he’d seen in the showers (seen toomuch in the showers, as open as they were, seen the scars on both of thebackliners’ bodies which no one talked about), Moreau had his own soul mark – awave-like line overlaid with a fleur-de-lis.

Moreau belonged to someone else, someone not a Raven (notyet, or not anymore), so Nathaniel was fixated on someone who’d never be his.Was fixated on a man who wasn’t his soulmate.

From what Andrew could tell, few of the Ravens yet boresoulmate marks – Nathaniel, Moreau, Day, Lau, and Hebig. He and Nathaniel werethe only ones bound to each other, and they barely spoke more than a handful ofwords to each other. Yet any time Andrew performed ‘poorly’ during a practice,Riko would smile at him and tap his left forearm, right where the soul mark washidden beneath Andrew’s armband.

He’d grinned back at the prick one ‘afternoon’ anddeliberately missed all of the shots during the morning practice the next day,worn down by little sleep, by the memory of Drake’s hands on him, by how hecouldn’t leave the damn Nest and go out to drive away the awful feelings insideof him, by the fact that he was desperate for a cigarette and a drink and ten fucking minutes alone. What did itmatter if the ‘Master’ (never Andrew’s, never)beat him like he’d did Lincoln the other day for messing up the drills? Andrewwas used to pain.

Riko’s grin was a cruel, bright slash across his face whenNathaniel showed up the next morning with two black-eyes and a split lip,barely able to walk from being hunched over in pain as he hobbled onto thecourt with his racquet wavering in his hands. Moreau gave Andrew a look of pureloathing as he took his place beside his partner, and Nathaniel ignored Andrewthe entire ‘day’.

Despite his many faults, Andrew was a fast learner and didn’tslack off after that. He knew it would only get worse when classes started andAaron showed up, and had to resist the urge to dig off the damn black mark fromhis arm, to pull out his knives and put them to use.

There were numerous scars on his left (and right) arm fromhim trying to make the pain end in one way or another, but none ever took on that patch of skin. Fate indeed was amocking bastard. At least suffering through ridiculous sixteen hour daysworking out and repeating stupid drills and wasting time on an Exy court meantthat he didn’t have much time to answer Nicky’s bothersome calls. No, he justpopped his pills and counted down the days until classes started when he couldsee Aaron again and reminded himself about why he couldn’t bring his racquetdown on Riko’s or Moreau’s head.

It was getting near the end of summer training when Riko,Day and Moreau were off for some media event that Andrew came across Nathanielin one of the break rooms while fetching some coffee for himself; somethingtwisted inside of him to see the backliner wearing a sweatshirt with Moreau’sname and number across the back.

Nathaniel eyed him for a moment and resumed staring into themug of tea he was making. “You could be Perfect Court, you know, if you tried alittle harder.”

Andrew huffed as he set the pot of coffee back on the burnerand searched through the cupboards in vain for any sugar, yet another reason tohate the Nest. “Oh, he speaks, what an honor.” And of course it was about Exy.

That earned him a sour look as Nathaniel threw out theteabag. “Ever think there’s a reason why I don’t? Why don’t you try harder outon the-“

Andrew held out his left hand to stop the nonsense. “I don’tcare.”

Now Nathaniel appeared frustrated. “But you signed thecontract and came here. You’re playing Exy and everything, how can’t you care?”

How could someone be so stupid? “It’s a means to an end,”Andrew said as he pulled out some almond milk and grimaced before he added itto the coffee. “Not all of us give a damn about this stupid sport.”

“It’s not stupid,” Nathaniel argued. “So what, you’re doingit because of your brother? That’s a waste of talent.” Andrew gave him apointed look as he slurped his awful coffee, suffering through the taste for thesake of caffeine, the one vice he sort of was allowed. “You could have so muchif you just tried,” Nathaniel continued, his tea neglected on the counter andleft hand rubbing at his tattooed cheek, the sleeve of the overlarge sweatshirtsliding down enough to reveal the mark. “Go on to the pros and Court and… andgo anywhere. Could have anything youwant.”

He sounded jealous and a bit wistful.

“Not anything,”Andrew remarked as he lowered his mug, his gaze intent on Nathaniel. No, henever seemed to get what he wanted, now did he? Not the home with Cass, thebrother with Aaron, the soulmate with the gorgeous face and big blue eyes andbright red hair. It was all right, though, he was used to it by then.

It seemed to take a moment for that to sink in withNathaniel, who backed up against the counter near his mug. “I… no.” He shookhis head as he rubbed at his left forearm, right above the wrist where thedetested black mark was sunk into his skin. “It doesn’t matter, does it? It doesn’t mean anything, doesn’t mean we’rereally made for each other.” It sounded as if he was trying to convince himselfmore than anything. “Doesn’t mean we’ll be happy or fall in love.” He spat outthe words as if they were vile to him. “It’s just a meaningless symbol meant tohurt us, to betray us, so I’m not falling for it, I know better.”

It almost sounded like he was reciting those words frommemory.

Part of Andrew wanted to laugh – imagine that, someone whohated the mark just as much as he did, who thought it was bullshit, too. Whatwere the odds that it would be hissoulmate? That it wasn’t just another sign that Nathaniel was ‘meant’ for him?

Oh yes, Fate really did hate him, didn’t it?

“So what, you think you can just ignore it?” he asked with awide grin, even though that was exactly what he planned to do (even though he’dcome here in part because of that damn mark). “You think you can find someoneelse, someone who’ll ignore it?” As that acrid emotion filled him once more, asit burned hot and violent inside of his chest (it wasn’t real, that emotion, hetold himself) when Nathaniel flinched as he leaned a little closer. “You think Moreau will ignore it?”

“You don’t know anything,”Nathaniel told him, his tone sullen and expression guarded.

“I know how you look at him - even though you’re not his,” Andrewtaunted as that acrid emotion flared even hotter inside of him, strong enoughto burn through the high of the meds. “How you follow him around like apathetic puppy. Tell me, does he buy into that mark meaning nothing, too?” His gringrew wider when Nathaniel was quiet. “Oh ho, poor little birdy, yearning forsomeone who will never be his. I bethe puts up with you because you’re his widdle roommate, his partner, thispathetic child Tetsuji told him to watch over and now it’s even better, youbranded as someone else’s pro-“

He ducked as Nathaniel threw the mug of tea at him. “Fuckyou!” Nathaniel screamed, his face a mask of rage and fear, of all things. “You’rejust like him! I hate you! I’d burn this off if I could!” he yelled as he ran fromthe break room.

No, Andrew never got what he wanted. Though that time… thattime it looked as if he might be part of the reason why.

He left his half-finished mug of coffee behind as hestrolled out of the break room, past the various Ravens in the hallway who gavehim a wide berth. Just a few more days and Aaron would be there, would owe himenough to get his hands on some alcohol at the least to make Andrew’s time atthe Nest bearable.

As bearable as it could be, stuck with a soulmate who hatedhim, who he’d never have. Just one more thing on a long list of what he wantedand could never have.

He didn’t know who he hated more just then, himself orMoreau.

Or Nathaniel. He really, really hated Nathaniel just then.

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#prompts #andreil #a little sad?#tfc #raven!neil #edgar allan ravens #raven!andrew #pining #OMFG so much pining #soulmates #now i feel bad and need to write something fluffy?#and of course I'm writing raven's partner #i'll figure it out

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dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram · 3 years

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lnx said he tried to squash nasmaraj because he didn’t want everyone to know he was gay (that everyone would think he was gay knowing he ran a stan account for nicki), but we all know they also tried to squash it because of the problematic tweets. taking those aside, i get why he would try to stay closeted first hand, but then they noticed that the “proof of his sexuality” was already impossible to hide with the internet. nasmaraj was a big account, +100K followers on twitter so people already sc everything even before he got real famous.

Oh anon - this is the second anon in a few days that have made me feel super old. (We don't all know anything! But also please don't tell me about Lil Nas X's 'problematic' tweets).

What I'm interested in, if anyone knows, is the chat on both social media and various other media about Lil Nas X's sexuality between when Old Town Road came out and when he came out at the end of June 2019.

#I'm not up for random Lil Nas X discourse #there's a lot going on and a lot I don't know

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hanhae · 6 years

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hi! could you translate olltii's ig update? the one with the apology? from whatever i can roughly read it has something to do with nas? and um nicki minaj??? so i'm confused and i checked he was tagged in some screenshots of the team codean group chat 🤔🤔🤔 if you don't mind translating of course please and thankyou!

i think he translated it himself. as for the codean gc screenshots, it has something to do with how olltii mocked nicki and says something about how he thinks her butt has prosthetic material in it and stuff

#ask #anon

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winnysatang-updates · 3 months

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egrotti-blog · 2 years

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tabloidtoc · 4 years

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Us, December 2

Cover: Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s feud ruins Christmas

Page 2: Red Carpet -- Gucci’s LACMA Gala -- Kiki Layne, Sienna Miller, Regina King

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Rihanna vs. Dua Lipa, Nicole Kidman vs. Zazie Beetz, Olivia Wilde vs. Bella Hadid

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Noah Centineo on how he tore his ACL, Kiernan Shipka on Jon Hamm, Chrissy Teigen on football, Sterling K. Brown’s son likes Draco Malfoy, Henry Golding on Matthew McConaughey

Page 8: Contents

Page 10: Hot Pics -- Rita Ora meets Prince William

Page 12: Lili Reinhart, Devon Windsor married Johnny Dex Barbara, Elizabeth Banks and Kristen Stewart, Shay Mitchell walking her dog Angel

Page 13: Rihanna

Page 14: Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas on the set of Deep Water, Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello

Page 15: Fergie and son Axl at Disneyland

Page 16: CMA Awards -- Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood and Dolly Parton, pregnant Maren Morris, Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves and Gigi Hadid

Page 17: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett and pregnant wife Lauren Akins and daughters Willa and Ada

Page 18: Tome After Tome -- Jonathan Van Ness and Sophia Bush, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Demi Moore, Jaime King

Page 20: Kylie Jenner, Demi Burnett, Hilary Duff and son Luca, Karlie Kloss, Gabrielle Union, Alex Rodriguez

Page 23: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Donald Glover hits the fleamarket, Jessie J buys furniture, Ashley Tisdale rollerskates, Coco Gauff teaches tennis

Page 26: Puppy Love -- Selena Gomez and Winnie, Jennifer Aniston and Clyde, Naomi Watts and Bob, Bebe Rexha and Bear, Debby Ryan and Jim

Page 28: Hollywood Mom -- Jamie Otis on her growing family

Page 30: Love Lives -- Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds date night

Page 31: Nico Santos and Zeke Smith are total foodies, David and Jessica Oyelowo are attached at the hip

Page 32: Hot Hollywood -- Taylor Swift won’t be silenced

Page 33: Michelle Obama’s balancing act

Page 34: What’s In My Bag? Nicky Hilton Rothschild

Page 35: How Paris Jackson stays strong, VIP Scene -- Eva Marcille, Rashida Jones and Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone, Colton Underwood and Cassie Randolph, Claire Danes, Rihanna and Rorrey Fenty

Page 36: Cover Story -- Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton butt heads again as Meghan and Prince Harry reject Christmas with Queen Elizabeth

Page 40: Brad Paisley chats ahead of his star-studded variety show

Page 50: Beauty -- Mandy Moore’s low-maintenance moves

Page 54: Winter Movies

Page 58: Fashion Police -- Lala Kent, Erika Christensen, Sharon Stone

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alexballracing · 5 years

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MSVR Elise Trophy 2019 - Round 1: Donington Park

With the car ready, it was now time to race it. The first round of the Elise Trophy championship in 2019 was to be held at the fantastic Donington Park circuit, on the national loop. The track is super fast with a great flow, and whilst I've never been particularly fast around it, is one of my favourites.

The series has changed hands over winter, as you may have read elsewhere, and they've also changed various rules. There are now two classes in Elise Trophy, one for Normally Aspirated (NA) cars such as the K-Series, 111R or NA Exige, and another class for Forced Induction (FI) cars like the Cup R. For me, this is great as I've never been completely happy with them being one class as they're such different beasts.

We arrived at around 4pm on the Saturday, early enough to sign on and have the car scrutineered, before waiting for our pit garage to become free - it was currently in use by the EnduroKA guys taking part in their first race of the season, a 5-hour marathon. Great job by our Lotus drivers Craig Denman and Joe Taylor who piloted their Track-Club car to 6th overall after the 5 hours. Looked like great fun.

After getting the garage we gave the car a quick spanner check, wandered around the paddock to catch up with some friends we've not seen since we sold the green S1, and left for the hotel for some grub with Dan from BSCS.

After waking up at the crack of dawn, we set off back to the track for race day. I forgot how stupidly early the race meeting starts are. Really not my thing.

9:45am. Qualifying.

We headed out onto the track, after a mandatory noise test, for our first session of the day. I love qualifying. I love how you can just focus on the car and the lap, and ignore all of the other cars on track. The first few laps were spent trying to road my new tyres, removing the greasy sheen which they come with from the factory. I followed John LaMaster and Mackenzie Walker around during these laps, and then dropped back a little to start doing my actual qualifying laps. I managed to get a class pole with a 1.19:010, which was 2nd overall. I was 6 tenths slower than Jason Mcinulty's overall pole in his Cup R, and 4 tenths faster than Teddy Clark's time in his NA Exige. It was Teddy's first time out in an Exige, so it was a super impressive drive from him. I was a bit annoyed not to be in the '18s, as I'm sure the car could do it, but I am rusty from my time off and didn't get the best out of myself or the car.

Near the end of the qualifying session, with perhaps 2 minutes to go, I suddenly felt and heard a huge bang at the rear while going over a kerb. I thought my seat mount had broken or something like that, but it continued over all the crests and bumps around the lap. Luckily the chequered flag was out when I passed the line, so I trundled around and pitted at the end. After being weighed, I got the car back to the garage to investigate the knocking noise, as well as trying to work out why I couldn't always get 4th gear.

It turned out the knocking noise was a knackered shock absorber. It had broken and let all of the oil out - totally kaput. I asked everyone I could find if they had any spares, and while I had a very kind offer from John LaMaster to take his Nitrons from his road car, the lovely Paul Baker (of Cow-Car fame) happened to have a set of newly refurbished Gaz Gold Pro shocks in 24/7 Motorsport's van which he was happy to lend me for the day. What a star! Whilst they aren't the same as the Mono's I run normally, they would accept the springs from my rear shocks, and fit nicely.

We spent the lunch break fitting them, and grabbed a quick sandwich before checking the car and getting it ready for the first race.

13:40pm. Race 1.

The first race of the season. Exciting. I sat in the assembly area, with only a few marshalls in front and Jason to my right, who took overall pole earlier.

It was a rolling start, so as the green flag lap came to an end we got into grid formation behind the safety car, and as it rolled into the pitlane and the lights went out we were racing. I thought I had a great chance at taking the lead from the start as I appeared to get a split second advantage on Jason, but as he had the inside line there was nothing I could do but let him take the apex and slot in behind. I hadn't done the best job of warming my tyres on the green flag lap, so for the next few laps I had to really defend hard to Teddy who was very close behind - it didn't help that I had made the "clever" decision of not adjusting my gear linkages before the race just in case I had made it worse... missing 4th a whole bunch of times really caused me some issues, and it was how he overtook me after a few laps. I tried to keep up but he was just a smidge faster on every lap, but it was not helped by the fact my throttle kept sticking open - leaving me with all or no throttle meaning that after about 5 minutes I had to combat massive understeer everywhere and very little braking power. It was only cured by taking the car out of gear, and mashing the throttle hard and releasing quickly which seemed to let it drop back down - until the next time I used the pedal. Super annoying!

Other than a yellow flag due to a car off at Coppice, and overtaking some back markers, that was about all of the action in the race for me as I was just concentrating on getting the car home without mistake - my lap times were pretty good and consistent considering. Teddy got fastest lap with a 1:19.219 and I was only just off that with a best of 1:19.277. I finished 2nd in class which was 3rd overall. Teddy got a win on his first weekend which is just mega and I was really happy for him - he was in the garage next to us and seemed to be as excited as you should be on your first weekend in a Lotus race car!

Jason won the race overall with a near spotless and very fast drive, with John LaMaster finishing just behind me in (class) 3rd.

After the race I decided to have a crack at fixing the stupid gear shift, as well as the throttle. The shift was sorted by following Dan's advice, and the throttle was solved by removing the throttle body and replacing it with a borrowed one, also from Dan (from BSCS, who was running Teddy's Exige). The TB I removed would stick open even when you did it by hand with nothing attached to it.

16:00pm. Race 2.

With the gear linkage sorted and throttle working, I was hoping for a good 2nd race. This race was a standing start, and I was starting from 9th - the rules this year mean that the 2nd race is top ten qualifying times, reversed. Personally I'm not a fan of top ten reversals as they seem to cause a bit of a chaotic first few laps, but that's the way it is.

We set off after the lights dropped, and I got a good start. I passed LaMaster who started 7th, and then got along side John Atherton who started 5th as we started slowing for Redgate. Dave Carr (ES Motorsport) snuck his car on the apex, and I followed him around and down Craners, now in 4th position.

The first half of the race was frantic. I don't know why, but my car felt awful and slow - I felt like I had no grip at all, and really had to battle to keep the pace up. I got a good run on Dave out of the old hairpin, but he pushed onto the grass around Starkey's. I was immediately overtaken by Jason, and then soon after that by Mackenzie due to my lack of pace up the hill. Mackenzie and I had a minor bump coming out of Mcleans as I don't think he saw me coming around the outside, and Teddy used that to get through into Coppice. Annoying!

I followed Teddy and Mac as we caught back up with Dave. By this time Jason had brilliantly driven past everyone and was into the overall lead. Mac and Teddy both overtook Dave and carried on, but he put up a good fight with me and I was unable to make a pass for a few laps. After getting past Dave, I could still see Teddy and Mackenzie, but they were a good few seconds up the road. I tried to put in good laps, but never even got under 1:20 as the car didn't seem to want to rev to the limiter like it had in qualifying or the first race.

On the final lap of the race Mac and Teddy touched after a long battle for the class win, and crashed heavily into the barriers on the inside of Mcleans. I drove past and took the class win, but it felt like a real let down and not the way I want to win a race. I didn't have the pace to win, and I didn't want to see either of the guys crash out.

Dave Carr had held LaMaster behind, and took class 2nd, with John 3rd.

After the race I removed the bits I'd borrowed, and found that I must have forgotten to tighten the 17mm nuts which lock the throttle cable in place, as it was just flapping about, and probably explained my lazy engine - I don't think I'd been getting full throttle.

Overall, nice points but an odd feeling at the end of the weekend - I really hope both drivers are ok, it did cast a cloud over the weekend. I need to work on the car some more, and also need a lot more seat time to get myself up to scratch. The car's also very over weight, and needs to lose a little to be more competitive - I think I need to lose around 30kg!

I think it's worth making a quick note - Paul Golding and Martin Styles have been heavily involved with getting the series back on track with MSV, and it's great to see. They're also putting more effort into the technical checks and scrutineering aspects, which is a good thing. I don't agree with all of the rule changes, but the fact that they are being policed is never a bad thing when it comes to racing. Bravo!

I need to give a huge thank-you to Nicky who ran the car all weekend (seriously, I barely touched it other than replacing the broken parts), to Dan for helping when I needed to sort the TB and gears, to Paul for lending me his shocks, and to everyone else who came around for a chat. That's the bit I like most about racing!

Thanks also to my helpful mates at Kraftwerk Tools UK and Applecado who make it all possible.

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Brittnee Moore , conhecido profissionalmente pelo nome artístico de bbymutha , é um rapper americano. Ela nasceu em Chattanooga, Tennessee . Mãe solteira de dois pares de gêmeos, a personalidade de bbymutha é fortemente influenciada por suas experiências de mãe solteira negra . Em uma entrevista de 2017, Moore se descreveu como uma " dona de casa " que ganha sua renda através do rap. Ela começou sua carreira através do SoundCloud , onde lançou sua primeira faixa, "Slut". Em 2017, ela ganhou destaque no hip hop underground depois que o vídeo de sua música "Rules" se tornou viral. Em dezembro de 2018, seu primeiro álbum de estúdio, Christineainda não foi agendado para lançamento; o álbum é produzido por SXYLK e My Friend Meesha. Ela colaborou com Rico Nasty , DONCHRISTIAN e God Colony .

Início da vida e carreira

Moore nasceu e cresceu em Chattanooga, Tennessee . Seus pais estavam no ensino médio na época de seu nascimento. Moore foi criado principalmente por sua mãe, uma religiosa cristã . Seu pai, um barbeiro, era fisicamente abusivo. Ela tem um irmão mais novo.

Moore teve uma adolescência turbulenta. Na escola, Moore era um pária e foi intimidado. Aos 12 anos, ela se mudou para Pensacola com sua mãe. Depois de agredir fisicamente uma professora em sua escola, Moore foi internada em uma enfermaria psiquiátrica, onde foi diagnosticada com depressão e TDAH . Ela foi expulsa da escola e voltou para o Tennessee. Com a idade de 13 anos, Moore começou a vender drogas e a fazer sexo com garotos mais velhos. Aos 17 anos, ela ficou grávida de seu primeiro par de gêmeos, Mekel e Mekeila, que ela criou sozinha, descrevendo o pai das crianças como " pedófilo ".

Moore ouvia música rap na casa de seu pai durante as férias de verão da escola. Começando na infância, ela gostava de escrever. Ela começou a escrever poesia na quarta série, e se interessou por música e performance depois de participar e ganhar uma competição de dança com seus primos na escola primária. Ela começou a fazer rap na décima série. Durante esse ano, Moore e seus primos formaram um grupo chamado Money over Niggas.

A "primeira música oficial" de Moore como artista solo foi "Slut". Moore lançou a música no SoundCloud . Ela se apresentou sob o nome artístico de Cindyy Kushh da idade de "17 ou 18",antes de mudar seu nome artístico para bbymutha. O nome foi inspirado por sua experiência de ser chamada de "mamãe bebê" pela outra parceira do namorado infiel.

Depois de trabalhar no varejo e em call centers por vários anos, ela ficou grávida de seu segundo par de gêmeos, Khloe e Tyler, depois de se mudar para Nashville para estudar Design de Moda. O pai dos gêmeos era abusivo, e ele desaprovou os raps de Moore, levando Moore a interromper sua carreira de rap. Depois de dar à luz seu segundo par de gêmeos, Moore voltou para Chattanooga e retornou ao rap. Em dezembro de 2015, ela lançou um EP de três músicas chamado Weave .

Em dezembro de 2016, Moore lançou o EP Glow Kit . O EP foi incluído nos "20 melhores lançamentos do Bandcamp de 2017". Em 2017, a faixa "Rules", produzida por Luna God, foi lançada como single do EP. O videoclipe da música foi lançado em agosto no YouTube. O vídeo se tornou viral e levou Moore a receber a atenção de proeminentes músicos de R & B , SZA e Kehlani . A faixa também foi tocada por Björk como parte de um set de DJ, e foi destaque nas "101 melhores canções de 2017" do FADER .

Em 2018, Moore lançou três EPs até agora. Em janeiro de 2018, o Dia 2 de Muthaz foi lançado. O EP apresentou produção do Rock Floyd e Crystal Caines . Isto foi seguido por BbyShoe, que foi lançado em fevereiro de 2018 para comentários positivos. O PE também recebeu elogios da Pitchfork . Em maio de 2018, Moore lançou um EP surpresa intitulado Free Brittanee. Moore se apresentou no Toronto Pride em junho de 2018.

"Indian Hair", uma faixa do EP 2015 de Moore, Weave , apresentada na trilha sonora da segunda temporada da série Netflix , Dear White People .

A música de Moore foi descrita como desafiadora de gênero. Suas letras abordam temas como sexismo , sexualidade e relacionamentos, e foram descritas como positivas em relação ao sexo . Ela está liderando a acusação de uma nova onda de mulheres no rap / hip-hop.

Influências :

Moore creditou Gucci Mane como sua maior influência musical. Ela também listou os artistas do sul do hip hop Trina , La Chat e Gangsta Boo como influências. Ela descreveu sua música como sendo influenciada por viver no gueto de Chattanooga. Sua música também é influenciada por sua educação religiosa no Tennessee, no Bible Belt .

Ela é conhecida por ter um senso de moda colorido e freqüentemente usando diferentes perucas. Moore nomeou Jimi Hendrix , Lil Kim e Kelis como influências de estilo.

Moore recebeu abusos no Twitter , particularmente após o sucesso viral das "Regras". Moore acusou detratores de colorismo ,por exemplo, por dizer que ela deveria ter vendido sua música para Nicki Minaj , uma rapper negra de pele mais clara.

Vida pessoal

Moore mora no Tennessee com seus quatro filhos. Seu pai mora ao lado dela e a ajuda com os filhos quando ela viaja para se apresentar. Em uma entrevista de 2015, Moore afirmou que ela não está em um ponto em sua vida em que ela está pronta para um relacionamento, tendo anteriormente tido relacionamentos insalubres. Moore identifica como bissexual.

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Critical Analysis: Is AKA Resolving an Identity Crisis in Touch My Blood?

A conversation with writer, Tseliso Monaheng, and hip-hop activist and photographer, Rushay Booysen, about AKA finally reaching out to the coloured community in his latest and last album, Touch My Blood.

If this is really Kiernan Forbes’s last album, the South African hip-hop industry has lost a gem. Forbes is a force to be reckoned with. Politics and Beyonce aside, Forbes is genuinely a hard working individual, and Touch My Blood (TMB) could easily be one of the best albums in South African Hip Hop today. The album is a medley of fresh tracks and tracks released since his last offering. The first time I listened to the album I had some political bias but a conversation with Tseliso Monaheng quickly changed that, and I had to go back for a second listen. At first, my review was very much based on womanism and my perceptions of what hip-hop culture is meant to represent. Of course, this is based on the Beyonce track.

Not to take anything away from his last two albums, TMB is easily Forbes’s best work thus far. Forbes is committed to his rhymes. Each song is well crafted, and when Forbes commits his soul to a beat he sees it through. I wonder if I’d be reaching if I dubbed him a young ODB – the wit, the raw charm and the skill. Jealous down, “AKA is one of the fewest artists who have made multiple hits across the continent, Fela in Versace is the next hit… He has collaborated with Africa’s finest artists… ” to paraphrase Monaheng. Fela in Versace has all the elements of hit we’ll probably be jamming to in December and features Kiddominant. Next year Forbes is likely to collect an award for that song, on an international stage. Speaking of awards Forbes takes a jab at the SAHHAs stating that he’s the one that put one of Osmic Menoe’s project on the map in Me and You. Forbes is the face of leading brands we grew up wearing, and booze we mostly drink on special occasions. To me, Me and You, is a toe-to-toe jam where rappers do what they do best, FLEX. Apart from flexin’, it’s no lie Forbes is a man with clout. In Star Signs, featuring Stogie T, Supamega GOES IN! Star Signs is a signature track, and it’s a bop for any hip-hop head. Right off the jump, Forbes points out not fucking with “backpack to the city and rap activities.” Supamega has come a long way since his breakthrough in the industry, “In this album, AKA actively reaches out to coloured community.” Monaheng mentioned when I was listing complaints about Forbes. “Why is no one talking about that?”

I know absolutely nothing about being coloured, therefore I cannot speak nor reference the culture with confidence. The song Mame is clearly paying homage to his roots and he interrogates current affairs; he is not shy about ambiguous space coloureds occupy in the ideal of the rainbow nation, the fact there was no real conversation around this new freedom and being granted access to resources. Of course, Forbes is about the money – “Even Madiba pulled up in a Benz…” and later concludes, “Fuck you, pay me.” Mame is easily one of the best songs on the album; the song is reminiscent of KO’s Pretty Young Thing. Monaheng pointed out that In Touch My Blood, Forbes fortifies his position as MVP in South African hip hip, never forsaking his coloured roots and occasionally sending shout-outs to Brasse vannie Kaap throughout the album.

At the foundation of South African hip-hop is the coloured community; I chatted to Rushay Booysen about the role of the coloured community in hip-hop and on how Forbes has positioned himself, “A couple of months ago, I wrote a post on Facebook about how AKA doesn’t reference coloured culture and his music never referenced his community. This can be viewed as a class issue because of the coloured community historical elements influence the classism. I felt he intentionally disassociated from being coloured in order to resonate with all races. As opposed to YoungstaCPT, who directly references coloured culture. However, over the past few months, he has tried to reconcile his place within the coloured community. On his interview with Sway, that was the first time I heard him reference coloured culture.”

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In TMB, Forbes uses a lot more coloured slang and references communities such as Eldorado Park, Rushay points out. “There are certainly clear attempts at reconciling with his community. AKA is a product of the rainbow nation ideology, he does not really subscribe to the notion of race, coloured identity in particular. When you come from a Model C background, you tend to take on different personas and speak a certain way and adopt a culture different from your community so I think that’s what occurred with AKA. His biggest market is black and perhaps, he tries to resonate with them but he has confessed to feeling unaccepted by black people. AKA’s biggest struggle has probably been finding his place within a certain community. Reaching out to the coloured community is claiming his place.”

The opening track being the title track is brave. Most artists typically lower the title track to somewhere in the middle or at the end of the album, but Forbes is not here to fuck around with your little peanuts. In Fully In he asks: “What’s a Rand to a Dollar? …Is you gon’ dala what you halla?” and later states that “numbers don’t lie.” According to Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA), the album sold over 20 000 copies within a week. Elated, he shared this beautiful piece of news on Twitter, and his statement about being able to succeed without being signed touched Shane Eagle. Mbali Ndlela summed the beef up in one of her Twitter threads, and this has left us wondering whether Forbes will return to the studio to put Eagle in his place.

If we can learn anything from Cardi B and Nicki Minaj’s altercation over Minaj’s Motorsport verse it’s that there is a hierarchy in hip-hop. You don’t go around picking fights with emcees who have spent years building their brands, dealing with record labels, taking time to understand the business and observe the politics of it all. In the Tweets, Forbes’ reinforces his perception that Eagle is a kid, and as we all know, in the hierarchy kids don’t eat with the grown folks.

“It’s a shame that no women feature in the album,” I said to Monaheng.

“Probably because there are no female artists he resonates with? Can we separate the art from the politics?” Monaheng tells me.

Tough one. For me at, at least – does his daughter count as a female feature? Speaking of separating the art from the person, in Reset Forbes features JR and Okmalumkoolkat (not Smiso Zwane, okay?). This is one of those 21 Questions types of jams. I guess a man of Forbes’ stature stays questioning the women in his life, and women he dates. Almost every rapper has a love jam of this nature and I wonder what kind of response can be expected to the questions posed in the song. In the fragile economy of retweets finding talent to feature for an artwork like TMB must be an exhausting task. The list of rappers is endless. All the features are stellar. L-Tido is clearly a fantastic choice for Amen and he clearly commits to the flow, sampling a classic house track. Sampling in South African music has escalated to plagiarism, but the sampling in this track is smooth and simple, yet possesses a mysterious vibe that reminds us why we are so in love with Supamega. Kwesta really came through on Magriza. This is the jam you play when you roll up in the hood in your fresh ride to pick up your grandmother and take her to church. Gangsta.

His production team, boasts another stellar crew featuring himself, Master A Flat, Tweezy, Tazzy, Kiddominant, Anatii, Gemini Major, DJ Maphorisa, Makwa and Julian. The lack of women on his production team – features aside – is probably the reason why he released Beyonce. The track is a tantrum and Bonang is on the receiving end of it. The song is a farce, it’s emotional abuse forever imprinted in music and I wonder what this means for the child he is raising? Forbes is setting a precedent in Beyonce, that it’s okay to ill-treat women and emotionally abuse them – artistically. When he brags about kicking her out of a hotel room, this sends chills of domestic violence down my spine. I tend to become emotional around hip-hop because, in my life, it has served as a form of enlightenment so I tend to feel like rappers should actually analyse their role in patriarchy and domination of women.

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“What does all of that have to do with hip-hop?” Monaheng questions as we iron out how I can go about this essay. “Hip-hop is party music,” he says referring to the early days when people jammed to broken beats, that amazing boom bop era. Forbes is an artist, he’s holding a mirror up to society – I get that. However, no possible explanation can make me hate Beyonce any less. Women actually love Forbes, know his lyrics and go to his shows; that’s why I feel that South African hip-hop is yet to truly understand the importance of femininity in hip-hop. Of course, hip-hop is rooted in battle culture, I mean his tiff with Refilwe Phoolo is almost at the level of Jay-Z and Nas, and I really don’t want to talk about who’s who in the sitch. Battle songs, beef with other rappers and dissing forms part of the foundation of making a rap song cool. Ask Masta Ace all about it. However…

“Hip-hop is imperfect,” Rushay says, “the younger generation is doing things a lot more different than the old school. When we were coming up things were a lot different and that’s why there is a lot of conflicts.”

For the longest time, my younger brother urged me to listen to Forbes’ music – I have been exposed to his work by force and his growth with each album intensifies. It will be interesting to see him really conduct the business of hip-hop beyond the limelight. An early retirement at the age of 30 is significant and it indicates a level of success most coloured and black men only dream about.

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