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baizhuo · 1 year

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#BAIZHUO . ❛ is it really selfish of me to defy the inevitable ? ❜

🐍🌺 . carrd . doc . home .

a private & highly selective HEADCANON based BAIZHU of genshin impact ; written by GHOST ( 27 , they / them ) . activity will always be selectively low . this blog is UNAFFILIATED to the genshin impact community & is crossover FRIENDLY to any mixed media .

IMPORTANT UPDATES BELOW .

🐍 Leaks & Spoilers

Tag your LEAKS or i will unfollow.

I don't care about content that is already found within the game. I am fine with stuff that is already available to play. I am talking about content that is yet to come. The new update information and patch notes are already on thin ice most of the time and i am not overly fond about it but what I really don't enjoy is rumours about the game. Stuff that isn't really 100 percent confirmed.

if you don't understand this, then to put it simply. do NOT talk about anything that ISN'T found within the game. if its something you can find in the game and it's available then I'm chill about it.

Of course this doesnt include like.... personal HCs and whatnot.

🐍 notifications & tags

tumblr does not notify me of any @ ’ s . you can @ me if you would like , it pops up on the activity page , i just do not get notified directly / immediately , so i will not see your notif right away . my dash is relatively slow , often , so i read that like the morning paper , but i also am not frequent enough on here to always know .

this also goes for anybody who tags me in things . the tumblr tagging system does not pick up most ( if not all ) posts with my url . i cannot use the tag tracking system . at all . i never have been able . i do not know why either i am sorry !

if you want to notify me of something or bring to my attention something / a reply, please dm me directly ! it is also better if you dm me in discord . if you do not have my discord , then you can use the tumblr dms ( but they are not always great either ) . if push comes to shove , you can then use my inbox as well , i will not mind if you get my attention like that either !

know that the only thing i do see / notice are likes & reblogs of posts that are on my blog . so that is fine . i don’t need notifications for threads as much .

i promise you it is okay i love getting messages . i just tend to hyperfocus A LOT at times while other times i cannot focus at all & i get really distracted with my squirrel brain . it is okay to gently remind me of something or try to get my attention ! i know many people don’t like that , which is why i don’t do it to others , but i 100 % promise you that it is okay .

🐍 about spoilers

i actually don’t pay attention to genshin spoilers or the videos that come out for them right way . i try to actively avoid them tbh . if it isnt in the game directly , then i don’t really perceive it . if I happen to come across it , then cool , but otherwise ... please refrain from directly telling me / showing spoilers that are NOT in the game . i dont mind if its spoilers that are already IN the game .

but for upcoming content that isn’t found in the game , please assume that i don’t know wtf is coming into the game , & assume that i don’t actively look for these patch notes , because i really dont . there is a reason why i dont look this stuff up . i am somebody that wants to enjoy the game for what it already has & not what it will have .

🐍 i do modify my formatting for people on request !

if my formatting for your replies / threads bothers you in any way , shape , or form , please tell me . i promise that i can accommodate you . i format AFTER i write the entire reply anyway . so it will not be a bother for me if you dont want to have that . i have friends who have asked in the past .

i use small font and edit html for the colour . if any of this bothers you ( be it cause you genuinely cannot read it or you dont like it ) , please let me know & i will modify it for you .

* you are always more than welcome to send asks if you have any questions *

#pinned.#est. 04/21/2021 #r. 08/06/2022 #feel free to like this if you have read the rules!

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haknom · 1 year

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bad news! 🎙️ — park sunghoon

— synopsis: mr. ling has been nagging sunghoon to join a club, something about meeting the needed credits to graduate—of course, he wasn’t close at all. since he didn’t have any club in mind, his teacher recommended that he’d join the broadcasting club, despite the low chance of being accepted. but sunghoon was accepted not long after he applied, surprisingly. the bad news is, he wasn’t expecting to see a certain someone. jeon y/n, decelis’ top grade student, and sunghoon’s next target.

— pairing: heartbreaker!sunghoon x gn!reader x second-lead!soobin (ft. enhypen, chaewon from le sserafim, jo yuri as yejun, vernon from svt, jaemin from nct, eric from tbz, chaehyun and bahiyyih from kep1er, and soobin from txt, mentions of minho from skz).

— warnings: swearing, random time stamps, a lot of friendly bullying, mentions of taking photos without consent, mentions of being psycho, soobin is very dense, yejun and minho are half siblings, more will be added!

— note: ending the year with my first smau! not sure how to feel abt it but i’m still excited!! stream bad news by tempest that’s what gave me this idea + live on kdrama!! it’s so good :( here’s a playlist too!

— current status: completed! started: jan 8th 2023 — mar 9th 2023.

TAGLIST IS CLOSED! 📻

profiles: profiles 1 / profiles 2 / profiles 3

01 — felt #excluded 💔

02 — bleach my eyes out

03 — ty princessparkle9 🤭💗

04 — u hate jimin? 🙁🙁 (written + smau)

05 — feelings r mutual 👍

06 — good stutter (written + smau)

bonus — sun-sunghoon

07 — had one job 🤗

08 — funny 😕

09 — give up the bet. (written + smau)

10 — 66% IS CRAZY

11 — welcome to ditto! (written + smau)

12 — That’s quite harsh

13 — so i’m famous? 🤭

14 — Um Lol What!

15 — okay toxicity 😟

16 — #SPEAKUP (written + smau)

17 — get well soon minjeong!

18 — i like you (written)

19 — y’all what’s happening to me 😂😂😂

20 — 🤡🤡🤡🤡

21 — the principals office <3

22 — pinterest boy era (written + smau)

23 — are you dense? (written)

24 — friends? 😅

25 — my fave ship (written + smau)

26 — not dating Yet

27 — bet = failed (written + smau)

28 — WRONG ACC

bonus — you’re gross 🤢

29 — in my lovesick arc 😓💔 (written + smau)

epilogue — the talent show

special chapters

31 — chaeric When?

32 — jungwon and his ipad (OLD BAD NEWS)

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k-atsukibakugou · 7 months

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────────⌕ search: mercury/katsuki-bakugou

updated 20th april 2024

masterlist • archive of our own • wip updates • my kofi please bear in mind all my works will be female/femme reader & remember to check the warnings

worship me | nsfw 18+ | 2.9k — 26/04/2022 *originally posted to gwen0m

summary: an unforgettable autumn night at your private catholic college when Father Bakugo approaches you after late-night studying at the church’s library. warnings: noncon, unprotected vaginal sex, blasphemy, manipulation, dacryphilia, corrupt priest, breeding & threatening

before he cheats | implied nsfw 18+ | 1.8k — 11/08/2022

summary: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and god, does it turn a man on with that fire in your eyes and bat swinging in your hand, ready to key the car of the man who wronged you. warnings: feminine pronouns/nicknames/descriptions, fantasising, mentions of weapons (bat, knife), bakugou gets horny over crazy girls

what's your favourite scary movie? | nsfw 18+ | 4.9k — 03/11/2023

summary: finally convincing one of your best friends to come to the 30th anniversary re-release of scream, he figures out one of your best-kept secrets. warnings: femme reader (called girl, has a pussy, wears makeup n a skirt), death threat kinda lmao, public & unprotected sex, blood mention, knife mention, reader implied to be recon/stealth hero, not beta’d bc i got nervous and we die like men, this is like all lead up my b

do something, babe, say something | angst | 2.0k — 09/11/2023

summary: you tell katsuki bakugou you love him for the first time warnings: gn!reader, miscommunication, self sacrifice

wired | nsfw 18+ | 9.3k — 15/12/2023

summary: honing your kickboxing skills with pro hero dynamight can lead to a) insane improvements of your skills, becoming the best version of yourself with each critique you get, b) a crush like no other you’ve ever had in your life, or c) all of the above? warnings: fem!reader (“girl”, “cunt”, “pussy” used) slight age gap but not a main plot point, a lil bit of violence, making out, brattish reader, choking (ish), hair pulling, dry humping, slight edging, public sex, unprotected sex, implied use of birth control

bad enough for you | nsfw 18+ | 4.0k — 15/01/2024

summary: bathrooms at house parties are only made for one thing warnings: fem!reader (has a pussy, wearing makeup + skirt), established relationship, toxic relationship, cheating, alcohol mention (tipsy sex), blood/biting/marking/cutting mention, unprotected sex, degradation/name calling (not really but just in case), hair pulling, fingering (f!receiving), oral (m!receiving)

like a girl does | nsfw 18+ | 6.7k — 19/02/2024

summary: you're finally being introduced to your girlfriend's friends, invited to a last minute party, any confidence melting from you when you see another girl clinging to her arm. warnings: fauxcest (bakugou referred to as your step sister/sister), dubcon, bakugou is TOXIC, feminine/girly reader (she/her pronouns; wearing makeup; nails + a dress; long hair/out/on her face), reader referred to as a puppy (degradingly not petplay lmao), pet names (pretty + baby), emotional manipulation, cheating (on reader, implied to be with ochako but not overtly), alcohol + weed mention, reader a lillll bit of a crybaby, public/car sex, oral (r! receiving)

fantasise | nsfw 18+ | 1.5k — 20/04/2024

summary: katsuki sees your sex toys once and is haunted by what you look like using them. warning/s: m! & f!masturbation, sex toys, fantasising

bakugou helping you out when your piercing gets stuck — 11/12/2022

kiri n bakugou, under v overstimulation [nsfw] — 16/11/2022

katsuki watching a rabbit review [nsfw] — 27/10/2023

lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off — 14/11/2023

"make me" [nsfw] — 06/12/2023

if katsuki ever lost his memory — 12/12/2023

sleeping with bakugou — 24/12/2023

big brother bakugou [nsfw] — 11/01/2024

valentine’s day — 09/02/2024

childhood best friends — 23/03/2024

teasing him — 09/04/2024

© all works belong to @k-atsukibakugou, @gwen0m, and dlirious on archive of our own, do not plagiarise, translate, repost or recommend my work on other platforms or translate my works, i do not give permission for my works to be bound and sold. 18+ minors and ageless blogs do not interact.

#line dividers by me #bakugou x reader #bakugo x reader #bakugou katsuki x reader #bakugo katsuki x reader #katsuki bakugou x reader #katsuki bakugo x reader #k-atsukibakugou #「mercury writes」#「kat <3」

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sserajeans · 1 year

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listen closely... ## the pants !!

kim minji ('04) - was skeptical about the soulmate concept until she heard singing in her head a few months after her 10th bday, acquainted with y/n bc of haerin, hanni drags her along to a lot of things

hanni pham ('04) - social butterfly (2), introduced to y/n through haerin but they act like besties, y/n steals her voice notes for samples on her songs, 1D fan in 2022..?

danielle marsh ('05) - acquainted with y/n but isn't awkward with her (unlike someone..), ball of energy (2), EVERYONE's enabler

kang haerin ('06) - y/n's "favorite" bff to mess w eunchae, literally met BC of eunchae, the 3 of them r kinda clingy it's cute (she won't publicly admit it), introduced y/n to the others

lee hyein ('08) - met y/n bumping into her at the water fountain, feral..., y/n comes to her when she needs a... unique perspective, delusional, causes chaos for fun!

taglist: @yumtooki @gojosrug @limbforalimb

#newjeans imagines #newjeans x reader #kim minji imagines #kim minji x reader #minji imagines #minji x reader #le sserafim #newjeans #newjeans smau #kim minji smau

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shinigami-striker · 3 months

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Evolution of Knuckles | Friday, 02.02.24

Here's an evolution of Knuckles the Echidna throughout the Sonic video game franchise (since his debut in 1994 with the North American of Sonic the Hedgehog 3) down below.

1994

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (GENESIS, 02/02/1994)

Sonic & Knuckles/Sonic 3 & Knuckles (GENESIS, 10/18/1994)

Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (GAME GEAR, 11/15/1994)

1995

Sonic Drift 2 (GAME GEAR, 03/17/1995)

Knuckles' Chaotix (SEGA 32X, 04/20/1995)

1996

Sonic the Fighters (ARCADE, May 1996)

Sonic 3D Blast (GENESIS/SATURN, 11/09/1996)

Sonic Blast (GAME GEAR/MASTER SYSTEM, 12/12/1996)

1997

Sonic R (SATURN, 11/18/1997)

1998

Sonic Adventure (DREAMCAST, 12/23/1998)

1999

Sonic the Hedgehog: Pocket Adventure (NEO GEO POCKET COLOR, 12/20/1999)

2000

Sonic Shuffle (DREAMCAST, 11/13/2000)

2001

Sonic Adventure 2 (Battle) (DREAMCAST/GAMECUBE, 06/19/2001)

Sonic Advance (GBA, 12/20/2001)

2002

Sonic Advance 2 (GBA, 12/19/2002)

2003

Sonic Pinball Party (GBA, 06/01/2003)

Sonic Battle (GBA, 12/04/2003)

Sonic Heroes (MULTI-PLATFORM, 12/30/2003)

2004

Sonic Advance 3 (GBA, 06/07/2004)

2005

Shadow the Hedgehog (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/15/2005)

Sonic Rush (DS, 11/15/2005)

2006

Sonic Riders (MULTI-PLATFORM, 02/21/2006)

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (PS3 & XBOX 360, 11/14/2006)

Sonic Rivals (PSP, 11/16/2006)

2007

Sonic & The Secret Rings (WII, 02/20/2007)

Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP, 11/13/2007)

2008

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (PS2/WII, 01/08/2008)

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS, 09/25/2008)

2009

Sonic & The Black Knight (WII, 03/09/2009)

2010

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (MULTI-PLATFORM, 02/19/2010)

Sonic Free Riders (XBOX 360, 11/04/2010)

Sonic Colors (Nintendo DS version) (DS, 11/11/2010)

2011

Sonic Generations (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/01/2011)

2012

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (MULTI-PLATFORM, 2012)

2013

Sonic Dash (MOBILE, 03/07/2013)

Sonic Lost World (10/18/2013)

2014

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (WII U, 11/11/2014)

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (3DS, 11/11/2014)

2015

Sonic Runners (MOBILE, 02/25/2015)

Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom (MOBILE, 07/01/2015)

2016

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS, 09/27/2016)

2017

Sonic Mania (Plus) (MULTI-PLATFORM, 08/15/2017)

Sonic Forces: Speed Battle (MOBILE, 09/08/2017)

Sonic Forces (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/07/2017)

Sonic Runners Adventure (MOBILE, 12/20/2017)

2019

Team Sonic Racing (MULTI-PLATFORM, 05/21/2019)

Sonic Racing (APPLE ARCADE, 09/19/2019)

2022

Sonic Frontiers (MULTI-PLATFORM, 11/08/2022)

2023

The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC, 03/31/2023)

Sonic Superstars (MULTI-PLATFORM, 10/20/2023)

Sonic Dream Team (APPLE ARCADE, 12/05/2023)

2024

Sonic X Shadow Generations (MULTI-PLATFORM, Fall 2024)

and many more to come soon...

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2015mai24 · 5 months

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「MUCC ライヴクロニクル5 25TH ANNIVERSARY 上巻」特別特装盤ジャケット写真公開

＜収録公演＞ MUCC 結成記念日〜Beginning of the 25th Anniversary〜Special Acoustic in 味園ユニバース -Official Bootleg- 2022.05.04 味園ユニバース 01. 最終列車 02. 謡声 (ウタゴエ) feat. 団長 (NoGoD) 03. 未来 04. ヴァンパイア 05. 自己嫌惡 06. 夜 07. 雨のオーケストラ 08. 流星 09. 死んでほしい人 10. スピカ MUCC TOUR 2022「新世界」～Beginning of the 25th Anniversary～ 2022.08.22 京都KBSホール 01. 新世界 02. 星に願いを 03. 懺把乱 04. GONER 05. サイコ 06. パーフェクトサークル 07. Emergency Emotional Session 08. 絶望 09. NEED 10. HACK 11. 未来 12. COLOR 13. R&R darling 14. スイミン 15. Paralysis 16. 零 17. 前へ 18. いきとし 19. WORLD 20. 爆弾 21. 蘭鋳 22. ハイデ 23. アカ MUCC 25th Anniversary TOUR「Timeless」～是空・朽木の灯～ 2022.10.31 CLUB CITTA' 01. 心奏 02. 茫然自失 03. 誰も居ない家 04. 空 -ku- 05. 我、在ルベキ場所 06. 商業思想狂時代考偲曲 07. 悲観主義者が笑う 08. 遺書 09. ガロ 10. 死して塊 11. 暁闇 12. 2.07 13. 溺れる魚 14. この線と空 15. モノクロの景色 16. 夢死 17. 名も無き夢 18. 9月3日の刻印

MUCC 25th Anniversary TOUR 「Timeless」～是空・朽木の灯～ 2022.11.05 神戸Harbor Studio 01. 心奏 02. 茫然自失 03. 誰も居ない家 04. 空 -ku- 05. 路地裏僕と君へ 06. 商業思想狂時代考偲曲 07. 濁空 08. 幻燈讃歌 09. 遺書 10. ガロ 11. ぬけがら 12. 儚くとも 13. 溺れる魚 14. 2.07 15. モノクロの景色 16. 悲シミノ果テ 17. 名も無き夢 18. 9月3日の刻印 19. 大嫌い 20. 夢死 21. 青き春 22. 蘭鋳 MUCC 25th Anniversary TOUR「Timeless」～是空・朽木の灯～ 2022.12.14 KT Zepp Yokohama 01. 心奏 02. 茫然自失 03. 誰も居ない家 04. 空 -ku- 05. 路地裏僕と君へ 06. 商業思想狂時代考偲曲 07. 濁空 08. 幻燈讃歌 09. 遺書 10. ガロ 11. ぬけがら 12. 儚くとも 13. 溺れる魚 14. 2.07 15. モノクロの景色 16. 夢死 17. 名も無き夢 18. 9月3日の刻印 19. 青き春 20. 蘭鋳

MUCC 25th Anniversary Special Live ムック試験導入公演その5.暴れて、感じて、声出しOK。『咆哮』-Official Bootleg- 2023.02.14 GORILLA HALL OSAKA 01. ホムラウタ 02. 咆哮 03. ENDER ENDER 04. サイコ 05. 空 -ku- 06. 猿轡 07. ファズ 08. NEED 09. I wanna kiss 10. ディーオージー 11. COLOR 12. R&R darling 13. ニルヴァーナ 14. 前へ 15. My WORLD 16. WORLD 17. 耀 -yo- 18. 蘭鋳 19. 生と死と君 20. TONIGHT

Release 14. Februar 2023

die Live DVD limitierte Ausgabe ist nur für Mucc-Mitglieder verfügbar

#mucc

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ulvblod · 22 days

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ULVBLOD⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR LADY LYANNA STARK FROM A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE AND HBO'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON AND GAME OF THRONES. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

PSA: this account follows the R + L equals J, meaning she and Rhaegar are Jon Snow's biological parents. i won't be changing this for the comfort of others as it's vital on how I portray lyanna. people also note that this will follow the show's ages instead of the books.

promo.

temporary rules under the cut:

01ㅤ| ㅤㅤintroductionㅤ : ㅤmy name is CALI (SHE/HER, CST+3) born in 1994, 21+ .welcome to my LADY LYANNA STARK muse blog. this blog is private, selective and mutually exclusive. meaning i won't interact with blogs that are not mutuals with me. [this blog is open to plotting both on discord via tupperbox and tumblr].

02.ㅤ| ㅤㅤactivityㅤ : activity on this blog will be medium to low through the week days. i'm mostly active at nights and from fridays to sundays activity will be higher through the weekends and through tupperbox on discord .best way to reach me will be through discord that can be asked upon request to create a 1x1 server or just to talk. [please don't pressure me for replies or asks. as well, communication is key, i'm not a mind reader so if something is bothering you, asking me is okay.].

03.ㅤ| ㅤthreadsㅤ : ㅤthreads will be dropped and asks will be cleared. we are always welcome to do multi threads at the same time. if i get overwhelmed i will usually drop things to start over. i have a generalized anxiety disorder so that affects my productivity too asks are always welcome to be turned into threads . do not reblog memes from me unless we are mutuals. [and if you want to unfollow me, please softblock. as well, if we are friends, always reach out if you are uncomfortable, i will do my best to improve]

04.ㅤ| ㅤㅤformattingㅤ : ㅤfrom january, 2023 , this blog is forced to have only the BETA EDITOR + TRIM. please keep this in mind while roleplaying with me if you are still using the legacy editor. I no longer use small text as my go-to formatting but i might use it at times. i am still available to use legacy when required but do keep this in mind ㅤ[BETA EDITOR + REGULAR TEXT + DOUBLE SPACE. WILL USE ICONS IRREGULARY.]

05.ㅤ| BANNED FACECLAIMS. elizabeth olsen, scarlett johansson, jeremy renner, amber heard, allison mack, gal gadot, johnny depp.

06.ㅤ| ㅤㅤcreditsㅤ : psd, graphics, promo are all done made by me through my resource blog. some days i will be iconless and others i will use them, mostly when i'm at home. [i write novella, multi-para and single line as well text roleplay via discord/tupperbox and tumblr as well].

07.ㅤ| ㅤㅤshippingㅤ : ㅤ shipping is wonderful and it's one of my favorite things in the world. both robert and lyanna and rhaegar and lyanna will be explored as they are central as her two more romantic relationships but I am open to other relationships, I am also interested in arthur and lyanna. and in any survival au, we can talk about other ships. please note that lyanna was aware rhaegar was married but under the impression that a valyrian marriage and a northern marriage count as separate from the faith. jon legitimacy is disputed but they were wed by their own customs.

08.ㅤ| ㅤㅤDNIㅤ : ㅤ due to personal reasons, i won't be roleplaying with characters from the following fandoms. DC'S STARGIRL, PEACEMAKER, MUSES FROM THE BATMAN (2022) AND HORROR MUSES BASED (SELECTIVE), WRESTLING FACECLAIMS. unless we are friends. on my other non ck related muses i don't mind but i have had some bad experiences in the past [personal DNI can be given in privacy, however no name drops will be given here as none of the people are bad and DNI worthy, just uncomfortable].

09.ㅤ| ㅤㅤetiquetteㅤ : ㅤ don't godmod my muse. small things are welcomed. if your muse wants to hurt her psychically, you need to let me know i just want to be given a heads up if you will ever do a thing to hurt them. i assure you, i will not mind if plotted. [as well, don't assume ships with me unless we are friends].

10.ㅤ| a song of ice and fire : ㅤ the world of a song of ice and fire involves death, gore, betrayal, medieval like talks, fantasy talk as well mentions of incest, all will be present so keep this in mind.

11.ㅤ| changes: ㅤhere are a few of the changes regarding my lyanna from show and even book. if you don't like, don't follow. and if you do, please respect the choices.

lyanna was the knight of the laughing tree. rhaegar finds this out.

she does try to avoid rhaegar after she is given the crown of love and beauty but there are magical and otherworldly stakes.

lyanna becomes aware of the prophecy of ice and fire and that there has to be three dragons, and despite her respect for elia, she does fall for rhaegar. despite this the pregnancy surprise her.

he takes her out of winterfell before going to dorne where she spends a whole year and something.

she falls quickly pregnant after that considering a pregnancy period is of nine months.

while she tells need that the child's name is aegon, in honor of the prophecy, she wants him to have a northern name. she never learns what ned names him.

this is more a headcanon of mine, but her tomb is constructed over where vermax, jacaerys velaryon's dragon lay a hatch of eggs. only one of them remains. ned founds it when building her crypt and puts the crown of winter roses, one of rhaegar's rubies and the egg for jon, eventually to find.

#✧ ( out ) / ･ﾟ no more winter .#✧ ( pinned post ) / ･ﾟ dni .

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mitchipedia · 11 months

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Cory Doctorow: The long lineage of private equity’s looting

Fans of the Sopranos will remember the “bust out” as a mob tactic in which a business is taken over, loaded up with debt, and driven into the ground, wrecking the lives of the business’s workers, customers and suppliers. When the mafia does this, we call it a bust out; when Wall Street does it, we call it “private equity.”

…

For years, the crooks who ran these ops did a brisk trade in blaming the internet. Why did Sears tank? Everyone knows that the 19th century business was an antique, incapable of mounting a challenge in the age of e-commerce. That was a great smokescreen for an old-fashioned bust out that saw corporate looters make off with hundreds of millions, leaving behind empty storefronts and emptier pension accounts for the workers who built the wealth the looters stole:

https://prospect.org/economy/vulture-capitalism-killed-sears/

Same goes for Toys R Us: it wasn’t Amazon that killed the iconic toy retailer – it was the PE bosses who extracted $200m from the chain, then walked away, hands in pockets and whistling, while the businesses collapsed and the workers got zero severance:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/06/01/how-can-they-walk-away-with-millions-and-leave-workers-with-zero-toys-r-us-workers-say-they-deserve-severance/

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It’s a good racket – for the racketeers. Private equity has grown from a finance sideshow to Wall Street’s apex predator, and it’s devouring the real economy through a string of audactious bust outs, each more consequential and depraved than the last.

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PE shows that it can turn profitable businesses gigantic windfalls, sticking the rest of us with the job of sorting out the smoking craters they leave behind,

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Today, the PE sector loves a rollup, which is when they buy several related businesses and merge them into one firm. The nominal business-case for a rollup is that the new, bigger firm is more “efficient.” In reality, a rollup’s strength is in eliminating competition. When all the pet groomers, or funeral homes, or urgent care clinics for ten miles share the same owner, they can raise prices, lower wages, and fuck over suppliers.

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PE’s most ghastly impact is felt in the health care sector. Whole towns' worth of emergency rooms, family practices, labs and other health firms have been scooped up by PE, which has spent more than $1t since 2012 on health acquisitions:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/17/the-doctor-will-fleece-you-now/#pe-in-full-effect

Once a health care company is owned by PE, it is significantly more likely to commit medicare fraud. It also cuts wages and staffing for doctors and nurses. PE-owned facilities do more unnecessary and often dangerous procedures. Appointments get shorter. The companies get embroiled in kickback scandals.

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As bad as PE is for healthcare, it’s worse for long-term care. PE-owned nursing homes are charnel houses, and there’s a particularly nasty PE scam where elderly patients are tricked into signing up for palliative care, which is never delivered (and isn’t needed, because the patients aren’t dying!). These fake “hospices” get huge payouts from medicare – and the patient is made permanently ineligible for future medicare, because they are recorded being in their final decline:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/death-panels/#what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-CMS

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Private equity is behind the mass rollup of single-family homes across America. Wall Street landlords are the worst landlords in America, who load up your rent with junk fees, leave your home in a state of dangerous disrepair, and evict you at the drop of a hat:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/16/die-miete-ist-zu-hoch/#assets-v-human-rights

As these houses decay through neglect, private equity makes a bundle from tenants and even more borrowing against the houses. In a few short years, much of America’s desperately undersupplied housing stock will be beyond repair. It’s a bust out.

You know all those exploding trains filled with dangerous chemicals that poison entire towns? Private equity bust outs:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/04/up-your-nose/#rail-barons

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PetSmart – looted for $30 billion by RaymondSvider and his PE fund BC Partners – is a slaughterhouse for animals. The company systematically neglects animals – failing to pay workers to come in and feed them, say, or refusing to provide backup power to run during power outages, letting animals freeze or roast to death. Though PetSmart has its own vet clinics, the company doesn’t want to pay its vets to nurse the animals it damages, so it denies them care. But the company is also too cheap to euthanize those animals, so it lets them starve to death. PetSmart is also too cheap to cremate the animals, so its traumatized staff are ordered to smuggle the dead, rotting animals into random dumpsters.

All this happened while PetSmart’s sales increased by 60%, matched by growth in the company’s gross margins. All that money went to the bust out.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2021/09/27/the-30-billion-kitty-meet-the-investor-who-made-a-fortune-on-pet-food/

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The cover art for THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 08 ラビューダ♡トライアングル album has been released and the album is set to be released on the 21st of September 2022. Alongside the title song, it will also feature respective solo versions and a new solo song for Hiromi Seki

Tracklist:

Tr.01　Love-U-da♡Triangle (M@STER VERSION) 　Lyrics: fumi　Music&Arrange: Takuma Sogi (SUPA LOVE) 　Singer(s): Uzuki Shimamura, Frederica Miyamoto, Hinako Kita Tr.02　Handmade Smile 　Lyrics,Music&Arrange: Ryo Deguchi 　Singer(s): Hiromi Seki (cv. Saya Aizawa) Tr.03　Love-U-da♡Triangle (M@STER VERSION) (off vocal) Tr.04　Handmade Smile (off vocal)

BONUS TRACK Tr.05　Love-U-da♡Triangle (M@STER VERSION) ～Uzuki Shimamura Solo Remix～ Tr.06　Love-U-da♡Triangle (M@STER VERSION) ～Frederica Miyamoto Solo Remix～ Tr.07　Love-U-da♡Triangle (M@STER VERSION) ～Hinako Kita Remix～ Tr.08　Love-U-da♡Triangle (GAME VERSION) 　Singer(s): Uzuki Shimamura, Frederica Miyamoto, Hinako Kita

#album

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Top 22 Of 2022 Tag Game

Thank you so much for the tag @otomiya-tickles and for creating this fun tag game! :D It looks like so much fun! Thx for tagging me as well @giggly-squiggily!

All info under cut!

Part 1: Fandom Faves

01. Favorite new fandoms of the year: Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate

02. Favorite new ships since this year: Jolyne x Anastasia (JJBA Part 6)

03. Favorite anime/TV show of the year: Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate

04. Favorite movie of the year: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Woman King, Sonic 2

05. Favorite character of the year: Pokémon Scarlet/Violet- Ryme and Geeta, Alucard- Hellsing/Hellsing Ultimate

06. Favorite soundtrack of the year: N/A

07. Favorite book/manga/comic of the year: N/A

08. Favorite game of the year: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

09. Highlight of this year to remember: meeting my soulmate.

Part 2: Community Review

10. Favorite Tumblr moments of 2022: TickleTober2022, SquealingSanta2022, the return of @made-by-jade-222 @tickly-oni @skribblz and @vqler

11. Favorite fan art of the year: mainly by @dokidoki-muffin @squiggilydrawsthings @vqler @ticklish-touch @ticklishfanart @skribblz @simplysmilingdrew @prinnay @pianta @mewtwoandme @xxtc-96xx @floweroflaurelin @sleepysheepytea @shyticklemonster @jukeboxoddity @fluffomatic

12. Favorite fic of the year: too many to count- mainly ones by @made-by-jade-222 @giggly-squiggily @burningablaze @sunstone-smiles @trashyswitch

13. Favorite ask game of the year: barely part of any🥲

14. My top achievements as a writer/artist/creator/blogger: creating new stories from dreams, being able to illustrate my stories, completing the second arc of my Pokémon fanfic

15. My own best fic/post of the year: mainly wrote fics and posted on my art blog

16. My most underappreciated fic/post of the year: can't think of any (honestly don't care that much about publicity)

17. A post of mine that got more popularity than expected: cannot think of one for the life of me (probably a reblog of another post)

18. Something I changed on my blog since this year: N/A😅

Part 3: Next Year

19. Something I didn’t post this year but would like to do next year: post more pictures of myself and my life

20. Goals for next year: write more on this blog

21. 2023 releases I look forward to the most: N/A (I'm tryna focus on making it thru the next few weeks of this month)

Part 4: Spreading Love

22. Shoutouts to people who made my 2022 a better year:

My sisters- @made-by-jade-222 @burningablaze @cutesmokes @blackcat2907 @nina-phaedra @giggly-squiggily (ik I'm forgetting like 2 or 3 but u know who u r)

Old-time friends: @eye-cri @nitia95 @dark-wizardess @hollyberry06 @wizardess-me @kittenwhiskers

Biggest supporters: @tea-twords @bunnygirl101lover @dragoncortex @littlebbyleesfw @adorkablenerd @nagitoshopejar

New Friends: @giggly-squiggily @giggly-argent @sunstone-smiles @otomiya-tickles @ticklishfanart @fifth-nails-blog

I know I'm forgetting a lot of ppl rn (and a lot of moments), but if we have interacted at least more than 5 times, u made my year so much better! Thank u so much!

#tag game

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🌒• M O O N D R O P •🌒[06/08/2022]

- i am proud of this 💅 i’ve never drawn a good mouth before. oh and i have some headcanons in my drafts for tmrw sorry i haven’t done any in a whileee 0-0 (also song on wall is called Orphan Tears)

#<3 #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #fnaf sb #fnaf blog #fnaf security breach #fnaf fanart #fnaf imagines #my art #fanart #digital art #moondrop #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf moondrop #sun drop #fnaf sundrop #fnaf sb fanart #tagged for exposure ->#moondrop x reader

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amazingmsme · 1 year

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Top 22 of 2022

End of the year tag game created by the lovely @otomiya-tickles This was so much fun, you always make the best tag games! Thanks for tagging me!

Part 1: Fandom Faves

01. Favorite new fandoms of the year:

Our Flag Means Death, The Boys, Moon Knight, Workaholics, The Stanley Parable, (I know I’m super late to the game but this game rocks) Godless, other seasons of critical role, inside job & uh… does Goncharov count?

02. Favorite new ships since this year:

Blackbonnet, not new but still my faves, Namdermo, & Shadowgast & probably some more that I’m forgetting

03. Favorite anime/TV show of the year:

Despite not seeing the new season, my fave anime this year is Demon Slayer. As for my favorite show of the year, I think the latest season of WWDITS wins

04. Favorite movie of the year:

Prey, Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro), but if I had seen NOPE it would undoubtedly be that, Where the Crawdads Sing, others I’m sure. But this year I have barely seen any new movies & I haven’t seen any new marvel film starting with Spider-Man NWH (I know I know, you’re gonna beat me with rocks & all that jazz)

05. Favorite character of the year:

Caleb Widogast has had me in a headlock ever since I first saw him & he hasn’t let me go since

06. Favorite soundtrack of the year:

I genuinely don’t have an answer xiavaowh I don’t tend to remember what movie soundtracks I like unless it really stands out, & I’ve barely seen any new movies this year. But my favorite soundtracks in general are Wild America, The Kings or Summer and O Brother Where Art Thou

07. Favorite book/manga/comic of the year:

I don’t keep up with what is published that year, but my favorite book I found this year is Night Film by Marisha Pessl

08. Favorite game of the year:

Favorite game actually released this year? God of War Ragnarok. Favorite one I’ve played this year? Either Doki Doki Literature Club or The Stanley Parable

09. Highlight of this year to remember:

Fuckin’ Goncharov babyyyyy!

Part 2: Community Review

10. Favorite Tumblr moments of 2022:

Goncharov obvi, the queen’s death crab rave, Nov. 5th anniversary, & all the memes that came out this year. I have no grip on time so I have no idea which ones came out this year & I’m so dead inside I can’t force myself to remember

11. Favorite fan art of the year:

I don’t keep things organized enough to be able to actually find my favorite fan art specifically, but @fluffomatic is one of my fave artists on here, along with @ssnicker-doodless & @shyticklemonster r, @fluffy-alien alien but of course tons of other blogs as well!

12. Favorite fic of the year:

Bold of you to assume I can pick favorites & actually remember them 12 months later skagdk fr tho, some of my favorites are You Got My Devotion & Temptation, Frustration, So Bad It Makes Him Cry- @nhasablogg A Gentleman's Torture- @august-anon & uh, basically every single critical role fic. But specifically Waiting For My Mind To Go To Sleep & Embarrassing and Undignified- @chockfullofsecrets lightning damage- @spritewrites & something good to celebrate- @sapphicquill

13. Favorite ask game of the year:

Even tho I never really get asks when I reblogged that kind of stuff, I really enjoyed the list of questions on the fic writer ask game

14. My top achievements as a writer/artist/creator/blogger:

I finally managed to participate in tickletober & finish it despite 2 major deaths in the family at that time, can someone say coping mechanism?

15. My own best fic/post of the year:

I gotta go through & actually look but Draw Me Something as Pretty as You did the numbers this year, like ever other steddie fic lol. MY personal favorite tho was Dare to be Bold & actually got over 100 notes.

16. My most underappreciated fic/post of the year:

Too many of my tickletober fics tbh but that’s what I get for writing for microscopic fandoms like new girl, tuck everlasting & wolf 359 which all clock in around 10 notes each. You’d think with only 4 notes my Night Film fic What A Prize would win this category. But my Imposters fic Junk in the Trunk & Workaholic fic Pizza Payback tie with a whopping 1 note!!!

17. A post of mine that got more popularity than expected:

My recent “porn bots want me carnally” shitpost. I guess because it’s so relevant? (Seriously don’t get me started on that, I had close to 10 try to follow me yesterday alone)

18. Something I changed on my blog since this year:

I made a kofi! So if you feel like supporting me or you really want a fic, feel free to commission me!

Part 3: Next Year

19. Something I didn’t post this year but would like to do next year:

Mark my words I WILL make a Goncharov tickle fic, just you wait & see. I also want to write more for new or smaller fandoms I enjoy & get back to writing my chaptered fics. I also have some long one shots I want to make

20. Goals for next year:

Keep writing as much as I can, get back into physical art like oil painting, post more of my chaptered fics that I accidentally. I also want to read more fics because I really fell behind this year due to mental health & school

21. 2023 releases I look forward to the most:

The new season of The Legend of Vox Machina & uuuuhhh yeah I’m brain dead, I have no fuckin’ clue what’s coming out next year

Part 4: Spreading Love

22. Shoutouts to people who made my 2022 a better year:

I can’t promise to remember everyone, but I can sure try. Thanks to everyone for making this year not suck as much as it could’ve, y’all don’t know how much it makes me smile

@happyandticklish @ticklishraspberries @ticklish-touch @raybidtickles @shunniebuns @sugarfics @hypahticklish @fluffomatic @fluffy-lee-boa @fluffy-alien @a-fluffer-nutter @a-simple-lee @lemonsandstrawberries @tickletastic @anasticklefics @tickle-bugs @tickle-fight-club @rosileeduckie @thebest-medicine @peachytickles @poesparakeet-fics @eldritchtickles @tickly-floof @spritewrites @august-anon @ticklygiggles @sapphicquill @nhasablogg @chockfullofsecrets @sunlitanon @shyticklemonster @ssnicker-doodless

& a ton of others! Love you all & I’m so glad I have y’all in my corner!

#tag meme #tag game #otomiya tickles #best of 2022 #writer ask game #writer memes #fic meme

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CV

2023 01 Brand eXperience Design (Web / etc.), IMSOOBIN GALLERY

01 Brand eXperience Design (Web), Stellar gallery

03 DS [dead or alive] Creative Direction & Styling & Marketing, ron, Indigo Music

03 Brand eXperience Design, snct studio

03 EP [DELIGHT] CD Illustraion, CSR, POPMUSIC

07 DS [There, there] A&R & Marketing & Creative Direction & Styling, jeebanoff, goodtomeetu 2022 03 Commercial Graphic Design, duh Cosmetic

03 EP [Lost In Blue] ‘OHD’ Title Design / Live clip credit design, COE

04 ‘Get Ya!’ Live clip Logo / Teaser Design, JUNNY, MAUVE Company

04 [HUMAN, the album] Scrap Artwork, Untell

→ Vision Agency by Visla: Team Member

04 - 06 ‘Maker’s Mark Dok-ju Live’ Popup bar, Vision Agency by Visla

06 Identity Design, default

07 Brand Identity Design, TOO MUCH

07 CI Design, (NDA) Entertainment

07 Brand Identity Design, Kozel n Ants

→ Mine Field Entertainment: A&R (Jul. - Sep.)

07 EP [Basic Construction] Track List Design & SNS Managing, default

08 EP [blanc] ‘Not About You’ M/V Concept Pre-Planning, JUNNY

08 DS [Basic Construction Remixed] Track List Design & SNS Managing, default

09 “DOUBLE TROUBLE” Party Planning & Project Managing & Arrangement & Design & SNS Managing, TOO MUCH

09 Banner Design (IG/IGS), ZICO, KOZ Entertainment

→ Indigo Music & Just Music Entertainment: A&R (Oct. - Dec.)

10 “Swing by” Party Poster Design, Swings, TOO MUCH

10 EP [SILLY : Episode 1] Album Cover / Track List Design, Silly Silky

10 EP [SILKY : Episode 2] Album Cover / Track List Design, Silly Silky

11 SG [Perfect Stranger] Album Cover Design, INJAE, Mine Field

10 - 12 4th [Time Machine] Release / M/V / Concert (Seoul, Busan) / CD, A&R & Marketing & Design, Han Yo Han, Just Music

11 Eider K2 Commercial Video Graphics

12 Frankly Sleeping: Design & Marketing (- ing)

12 1st Global EP [X] Promotion Design, Vapo, Mine Field 2021 01 ‘Unboxing’, Exhibition design, Practice Collective

12 ‘Bird saver's Verse’, Exhibition Design & Marketing, Coconuthuge Collective 2020 05 - 12 ‘2020 Intermedia Art Degree Show’ Identity design, Kaywon Art & Design Univ., with Min Dong-in 2019 07 ‘CJ Group global web UX/UI Reorganization Report’ Internship, IXI 2018 01 ‘La Creature’, Cinema Poster design

09 ‘Regular’ M/V Art team, NCT 127, SM Entertainment

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Radiant, enchanting & uplifting!

Action: KATE NORD Base: Casperia • Italy Genre: Symphonic Fantasy Metal Title: Compass To Your Heart’s Desire FFO: Nightwish, Epica, Enya Format: Album Label: Independent Release: Dec. 16, 2022

🌐 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤 & 𝙋𝙍 Action: 𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘 ᴳᴸᴼᴮᴬᴸ • 𝐸𝓈𝓉. 2001 https://www.metalmessage.de/PR_KATE_NORD_en.php

Bulletpoints: • Deeply soulful, upliftingly visionary debut album • Sensational clear, operetta-like female vocals • Inspiring noble mix of Melodic, Power & Symphonic Metal

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9f1yYLIXZ78 [ Embrace The Cold • Lyric Video ]

Kate says about the song: „This is a dark and epic story about facing difficult times and the struggle to keep going nonetheless. ‚Embracing the cold‘ is not about giving up or bending to your circumstances, but is rather a metaphor for radical acceptance of your situation and trying to make the most out of what you have. Embrace the cold, to find your way back to the sunlight!“

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qeen4n2uWZ8 [ Compass To Your Heart’s Desire • Album Teaser ]

KATE NORD is a classically trained Finnish singer/songwriter who creates high quality SYMPHONIC FANTASY METAL in central Italy.

With her versatile, impressively clear as well as amazingly soprano strong exceptional voice, this fabulous golden throat can easily compete with the best and most famous of the entire guild.

LINE-UP: Kate Nord • Vocals, Keys, Orchestration Francesco Mattei • Guitars Andrea Arcangeli • Bass Omar Campitelli • Drums

„Compass To Your Heart’s Desire“ is KATE NORD’s debut album as a solo artist, with a special guest solo by Timo Tolkki, popular by Finnish Power Metallers Stratovarius.

TRACKS 01. Recitative To The Moon 01:47 02. All Alone 03:28 03. The North Wind And The Troll 03:50 04. Embrace The Cold 02:59 05. Wither And Rust (feat. Timo Tolkki) 05:04 06. Dream Of Daylight 05:37 0. Breathe In The Night 03:43 08. Dance Of The Fairies 02:58 09. Aeternam Vale 04:24

„Compass To Your Heart’s Desire“ is inspired by Scandinavian folk tales about trolls and fairies and the illustrations to these tales, such as the works of John Bauer, as well as fantasy novels as well as the works of the world famous fantasy grandmaster J. R. R. Tolkien.

„Compass To Your Heart’s Desire“ is embedded in wonderfully powerful Heavy/Power Metal sounds with slamming drums and furious distortion guitars, often bursting with fully melodic, catchy outbursts.

FLASHBACK: Her first release as a solo singer was a cover of Howard Blake’s „Walking In The Air“ in 2017.

Kate’s musical resume includes formal studies in classical singing in both Finland and Italy. She began her music studies in Porvoo, Finland with pianist Diana Bärlund, who also taught former Lordi keyboardist Awa (Leena Peisa).

Kate already appeared as a lyricist of the Italian Progressive Power Metal ensemble Noveria since the band’s formation in 2013. She was also featured as a guest vocalist on Noveria’s album „Forsaken“, released 2016 via Scarlet Records.

MEDIA FEEDBACK:

98 / 100 ➤ „… a stunning album … a must for any fan of (female fronted) Symphonic Metal … fantastically beautifully composed and arranged … goosebumps … beauty and purity … phenomenal voice … incomparable … if you think Tarja Turunen is the best female singer, then Kate Nord comes right after!“ (Musika)

95 / 100 ➤ „… very melodic, harmonic structures … a good album full of first-line classic elements … KATE NORD’s beautiful voice is unique with a clean, white and soft register! Excellent soprano!“ (Darkzen Dragon)

9 / 10 ➤ „With a good sound … style influenced by Nightwish, Xandria, Amberian Dawn, including her soprano skills … intense songs … very emotional and melancholic … brilliant vocal performance … very outstanding … an exquisite album … recommended from start to finish …“ (Locos Por El Power Metal)

9 / 10 ➤ „… an exhibition of classical vocals … outstanding … has a unique ability to transport emotions … very well produced … KATE NORD sets a very high bar in terms of individual performance … very promising … Symphonic Metal fans can be very excited about ‚Compass To Your Heart’s Desire‘ …“ (Metal Temple)

80 / 100 ➤ „… reminds me of a good Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation … so good for those who prefer something more melodic, clear and beautiful rather than something heavy and aggressive … Timo Tolkki is a guest musician … I can recommend it to those who like opera and classical music, and it is also suitable for those who listen to pop music, as a few songs are quite catchy …“ (MariMetal)

7,5 / 10 ➤ „… will not fail to appeal to fans of formations such as Epica and Nightwish, but also to those who are not generally accustomed to sounds of this kind, resulting in an effective product that is worth giving a chance.“ (Heavy Metal Webzine)

7,5 / 10 ➤ „… turned out quite pompous … immediately the intro shows their skills in all facets … the voice is clearly focused … very harmoniously kept … everything sounds like from one cast … who likes Nightwish, Within Temptation, Epica or the soundtrack to ‚The Lord Of The Rings‘ (keyword: Enya), should definitely listen in here!“ (Crossfire)

7 / 10 ➤ „… brings back memories of glorious Nightwish times with Tarja as the front woman … musical treat …“ (Metal DE)

7 / 10 ➤ „… varied vocals that give you goosebumps especially in the middle registers … fantastic melodies … KATE NORD’s songwriting talent is beyond question on this album … from brisk to gloomy, bombastic to dreamy and classical to Metal, the artist glides through the stylistic elements with her songs and skillfully combines them into a coherent, entertaining album … fans of female fronted Metal and Symphonic Metal may heartily enjoy!“ (Der Hörspiegel)

➤ „… practices her soprano voice with bravura … opera-inspired … stunning classical content … imagine Nightwish mixed with Rhapsody Of Fire with female vocals taking classical singing to the extreme … this is it.“ (Metal Addicts)

➤ „This album is awesome, Symphonic Metal with touches of Progressive and Power Metal, masterfully executed, with great arrangements and beautiful vocals … excellent work …“ (Metal Pedia)

➤ „Tremendous listening experience … even if I don’t like to draw comparisons, in the case of KATE NORD some with Tarja are obvious, after all they both have the same home … so if you like to be enveloped by symphonic sounds and enchanted by a beautiful voice, this is the right address!“ (Metalmamas Neuigkeiten)

➤ „… a promising debut and an artist to keep an eye on if female-fronted Symphonic Metal is your thing.“ (Sea Of Tranquility)

➤ „… this is tightly packed … good production … soul piercing through every line and riff … KATE NORD’s singing voice is clear in every word, in every syllable, and she is the clearest of all … her high voice is no different from a graceful fairy goddess … great … her throat is the best … as for the symphonic part, it is both elegant and beautiful, changing depending on the song … everything can make happy … truly heavenly …“ (Noisewriter) etc. Credits [ Logo: Nicolas Spreutels ] [ Pic: Marco Savi • SPF Produzioni ] [ Artwork: Nicolas Spreutels ]

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Russia adds more MiG-31BM interceptors to its arsenal, the jet that so far has had zero losses in Ukraine

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/12/2022 - 22:28 in Military

Two modernized MiG-31BM supersonic fighter interceptors entered service with a Russian fighter aviation regiment stationed in Krasnoyarsk Krai, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) of Russia reported.

The incoming combat aircraft will be involved in the combat service for air defense and airspace protection in the region. Due to the modernization of on-board radio electronics and new weapons systems, the efficiency of the MiG-31BM has increased twice and a half compared to the standard MiG-31.

The MiG-31 is a long-range and high-altitude supersonic fighter interceptor for all climates. It was developed in the 1970s in the Department of Separate Design of Plant No. 155 (now JSC "RSK "MiG"). According to Russian media reports, it is one of the few Russian aircraft that can intercept and destroy cruise missiles flying at extremely low altitudes.

The aircraft is armed with a 23 mm six-barrell cannon and several modifications of the MiG-31 can be equipped with air-to-air and air-surface missiles of different types. One of the modifications of the fighter, the MiG-31K, can fire the hypersonic missile as part of the Kinzhal complex.

According to an estimate, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have about 252 MiG-31 jets in their inventory. Moscow began updating these "Foxhounds" to the MiG-31BM and BSM variant in 2010, with plans to have 100 updated by 2020.

Currently, Russia has three MiG-31BM regiments, comprising about 90 operational specimens of the hunting type.

The effectiveness of the MiG-31 remains indisputable since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, especially the MiG-31BM armed with the long-range R-37M air-to-air missile, a combination that had a stellar history in the ongoing war, without any documented loss of a MiG-31BM during combat.

According to a recent study on the Russian Air War in Ukraine, conducted by the London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), VKS defensive patrols proved highly effective against Ukrainian combat aircraft, with the MiG-31BM and the R-37M long-range air missile being particularly problematic for Ukrainian fighter pilots.

The RUSI report states that the Su-27, the best interceptor of the Ukrainian Air Force, cannot match the altitude, speed or range of the MiG-31. The fighter can run Mach 2.5 for brief periods and fly at an altitude of about 18 kilometers over a distance of more than 700 kilometers.

Tags: Military AviationMiG-31BMRFSAF - Russian Federation Aerospace Force/Russian Aerospace Force

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. It has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.