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batjoy · 1 month

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okkk i have just finished thunder and you know what? i loved it! i loved the book. per usual im a fan of the travels away from the clan boundaries, towards a goal, destined to return with character bonding along the way. i thought (as most critiques go) the actual scenes with frostpaw and nightheart bonding could have been written better, or we could have just seen more trust being built between the two but overall, i loved it!

i really liked the park cats, just thought they were super fun and necessary, with all of the repetitive plot lines within warriors, they really felt like a refreshing touch of finding the value in mental processing and fun/play. it was a surprising twist to involve them and i think it really paid off.

i also love the development of nightheart’s character. exceptionally sopping wet whiny at the beginning with just a furnace of teen angst, who develops into a good and caring dude overall without some kind of external tragedy. good on him.

i loved sunbeam’s trials, at least the first two. and i loved her characterization throughout them as she starts to find her place within the clan. i’ve never read the series with cherryfall so this is my first introduction to the character and while i see a lot of folks find her sympathetic, she just gives off darkstripe vibes to me. yucky. but i did like the push and pull of her relationship with sunbeam.

it does feel weird to me that the authors still present thunderclan as the “protagonist” clan after all this time writing the series, but i guess it’s good at least for presenting simple narrative tropes in children’s literature? idk if that’s really it though, just because there’s been many complex plot lines throughout the series so not sure about that decision.

either way i’m having fun! really liking a starless clan so far and im excited for april 2nd when the audiobook of wind drops!

#asc spoilers #asc #thunder spoilers #thunder #warrior cats #nightheart #frostpaw #a starless clan #sunbeam #a great protag cast so far!#really fun plot lines #fun mystery #i’m just liking it #tafm

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the-forge · 2 months

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has anyone ever made a post about how fucked gene was to make two pivotal characters in the franchise khan noonien singh and noonian soong?

like i’ll defame him

#tng #tos #crimes #star trek #gene roddenberry #tafm #kahn noonien singh #noonian soong #this fucked me up for years because i thought they were related / the same character as a kid and never looked it up

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m0ve-towards-the-darkness · 2 years

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“Do me a favour. Take that dress and burn it.”

“I wore it so your parents would like me.”

“Haven’t you heard? Bright colours are for people with no inner life, and no imagination.”

(The Addams Family Musical Chicago previews)

#tafm #wxl #Wednesday Addams x Lucas Beineke #Lucday #my gif #the addams family musical

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batz · 2 years

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some doodles some vague screenshot of wip animatic JUST as an excuse to post Some semblance of art on here LOL

anyway bald

#frank.txt #lol gues wat my new animatic is LMAO #virtually NO fandom for the addms family musical so im happy ab making content it feels less scary LMAO #i dont rlly like the musical But i like the soundtrack and i like drawing the charactrs so thts smthn #also rlly into hitman rn #i stg weed is Rotting My Brain and now all my fav characters r just fucked up bald dudes #WELL and wednesday but she was always a fav ! this is my musical design ig. shes older so i gave her One Braid instead of the twin braids #idk bc Different enough i gues LOL also she l9oks likesquidward #a #no promises abt going bwck to normal art posting bc im prioritizing commissions and my health forst BUT i wanna post drawrings #som Doodles #frank art #the addams family musical #tafm

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misconceivedcapricorn · 11 months

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Chicago Preview Lucas is so good he's so unhinged and he fits right in with Wednesday they nerfed him in the broadway version so bad

#tafm #the addams family #the addams family musical #addams family #lucas beineke #addams family musical

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mztahoney · 2 years

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TAFM unveils second edition, opens entry for films across Africa

The festival debuted in March 2022 to spotlight filmmakers telling daring stories. The Film Rats club TAFM’23 Organizers of The Annual Film Mischief festival have confirmed its second edition slated for 2023. Themed #ShootTheCulture, the festival’s 2023 edition will continue in its quest to draw passionate short film fans and creators from Lagos and all over Africa to the city of Lagos,…

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 12 days

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THE WIND HAS CHANGED

TCINLA

APR 19, 2024

Think of America as an 18th Century sailing ship - think of it as “Old Ironsides”! - the ship has been becalmed in The Doldrums (that area of the planet where the winds shift from one hemisphere to the other without rhyme or reason) for a long time. The citizen crew are seeing the food supplies drop; the water in the barrels looks increasingly “fishy”. They have manned the longboats to try and tow the ship to “catch the wind” for many days, but to no result.

And then, on a day indistinguishable from any other, there comes a moment...

The Top Royal sail on the foremast flaps. Flaps again. And again...

The spar of the Mainsail on the mainmast creaks slightly as it turns...

The other high sails flap...

The crew watch the sails, intent. Can it be?

And suddenly the sails begin to fill with the wind!

It grows stronger - the lower sails fill.

And the ship begins to move again. Slowly, slowly gaining speed.

She turns in the new direction.

The sails fill in the wind, a magnificent sight.

Old Ironsides gets underway in Boston Harbor - May 21, 2021

I was talking with my counselor during our weekly call yesterday, and she asked me what I was thinking about the current political situation. (This was before the Ukraine aid votes in the House last night) I said that as I see it, the tide is turning, the wind is picking up. Nothing really big (like I said, this was before the Ukraine vote, which is Yuuuuuugge!), but all the little indicators are turning the same direction.

It’s like after the Battle of Midway - the enemy is still strong, still dangerous, but the gutting they received in the fight opened the space for America to take action at Guadalcanal that led to the Japanese never taking offensive action during the war again.

Yes, this November is our “Guadalcanal,” or as we call it here at TAFM after the series on that battle was posted last year, our “American Stalingrad.”

The MAGA movement got splintered last night, and I for one don’t think they have the skill to put Humpty-Dumpty together again. (How’s that for mixed metaphors? Good?)

For one thing, J.D. Vance, Moscow Marge, and the rest of the Space Laser Putin Caucus, got thrown under the bus by Fearless Leader last night - who may not be able to do much, but he can read polls. He knows the wind has shifted, that the wind is filling the sails and we are beginning to move out of The Doldrums. He knows he’s losing control.

After last night, Ukraine aid will pass. Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell braved the FART (Floor Action Response Team) of the Space Laser Putin Caucus and Did The Right Thing.

Trump gave Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell the green light, while at the same time casting J.D. Vance, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, and the rest of the Russia Traitors over the side.

The essential line of Trump’s “Truthing” post last night is this: “As everyone agrees, Ukraine Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us!” (Emphasis mine)

He’s not doing this because he cares about Ukraine; he’s doing this because the polls are shifting; he needs fewer hassles. The wind is changing.

He’s doing this because his team knows there are a lot of 1st and 2nd generation Eastern European voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania; because even with conservative Republicans, Putin’s approval rating is in single digits.

One of the greatest legacies of breaking the MAGA movement on this issue is that no one loses in this deal:

Ukraine gets weapons. Putin gets hammered. Americans get jobs.

Trumpism - particularly its J.D. Vance-led German-American Bund Putinism - is a pessimistic creed. As Trump says, “We’re the stupid ones.” MAGA is a movement of decline, weakness, of dark forces draining America’s power. Trump and the Space Laser Caucus tell their supporters “We need to retreat, withdraw, hide, and let regional warlords like Putin reign over as much territory as they can seize.”

But what last night showed is it’s okay to win. It’s okay to believe in a just and right cause.

Hee, now, Ukraine is that cause.

This is a contest between Russia, Iran, North Korea, and their banker China, who are desperate to beat the demographic and political clock as their kleptocratic and demagogic systems collapse.

The West, and the Pacific democracies are struggling just to make the world stable while they confront a sweeping array of challenges.

Europe didn’t want this fight, but they know what happens if Russia wins.

It’s taken awhile to fully understand the depth of Putin’s ambition to reassemble the Soviet Union without the stupid communism. Almost everyone gets it now.

This is the world’s fight. Putin must be defeated.

The flow of arms to Ukraine will move quickly. The F-16s are about to deploy. The anti-air and artillery supplies will be restocked.

Most importantly - to me at least - my Ukrainian friends are going to survive.

MAGA broke something in the House. Retirements are up. Swing seats are in danger. The endless infighting has soured many “normie” Republicans on the Space Laser Caucus and their strategy of screaming, throwing feces like a rabid monkey in a zoo, and all the performative lying. Even in the right-wing media bubble, the act has gotten old.

Fox has had enough of Marjorie Traitor Goon’s tantrums, her unearned sense of entitlement, and her political terrorism.

The perverse incentives of MAGA rewarded the Space Laser Caucus while leaving the rest - or at least those not representing the most ruby-red districts - fearing electoral survival this fall.

It turns out that shitting in the punchbowl is unwelcome over time. The tell is that Fox has slowly stopped booking the MAGA clowns while Rupert and Lachlan try to find and anoint the Next Star after their major fakakte with Desantis.

Gaetz has burned every conceivable bridge. He may think he can run in and win the Florida Governor’s race, but with a vengeful Kevin McCarthy and an even more vengeful Casey DeSantis in the wings, he’s about to “go through some things.” Last night, ABC News reported, “Matt Gaetz attended 2017 party where minor and drugs were present, woman’s sworn statement obtained by Congress claims.”

Lauren Bobert’s star has disappeared. She’s going to lose a race in the most Republican congressional district in Colorado. Jim Comer is now Jaime Raskin’s public punching bag, so stupid that he still actually believes his own BS.

The House GOP is now staring down the barrel of a political gun; there is no joy in Mudville.

Happy warriors like Jamie Raskin, Jared Moskowitz, Eric Swalwell, Jasmine Crockett and others know who is in charge in the House now.

Chuck Schumer managed to keep his caucus together, pulling in some GOP support, as the Senate schooled the Space Laser Caucus about their impeachment clown show of the House. No high drama; just procedural murder

What has been going on at 100 Centre Street in New York City, where Trump is finally facing the prospect of justice for his crimes in a case that now is seen as far more important than it was originally, is also a good sign the tide and wind are changing.

Attorneys selected the final alternate juror in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case this morning, paving the way for opening arguments to begin next week. Everything moved much faster this week than anyone expected.

The Washington Post reported this morning: “A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House.”

As David Kurtz put it today at TPM, “We are seeing random citizens who are imbued with an innate understanding of what the rule of law means. That civic-minded understanding of the rule of law is the bedrock foundation for the legal structures we erect upon it. Without it, we have nothing. It’s a small sign of hope in a troubled time.” It is indeed!

This is a moment that reminds me of events aboard USS Enterprise on December 7, 1941.

Admiral Halsey had just poured himself a second cup of coffee when his aide dashed into the cabin. “Admiral, there’s an air raid on Pearl!” and informed him of Enterprise aviators being attacked by enemy aircraft over Oahu. Halsey’s first thought was that the Army’s readiness exercise was taking things too far. He leapt to his feet, telling his aide to radio Kimmel that the Army was “shooting down my own boys!” A second aide entered moments later with a message direct from Admiral Kimmel: “AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL.”

Officer of the Deck Lieutenant John Dorsett ordered General Quarters. Nineteen-year old Seaman Jim Barnill, one of Enterprise’s four buglers, sounded the staccato notes of “Boots and Saddles.” Twenty-eight year old First Class Bosun’s Mate Max Lee played his pipe over the 1MC then called “General Quarters! General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations!” Lee’s enlistment was almost up. After the war, he remembered that he then turned to OOD Dorsett and said “We’re at war and I’ll never get out of the Navy alive.”

Dick Best remembered coming onto the flight deck shortly after general quarters had been called and looking up at the island. “The first thing I saw was the biggest American flag I had ever seen, flying from the masthead and whipping in the wind. It was the most emotional sight of the war for me.”

The December 7, 1941 Enterprise Flag

#TCinLA #substack #articles #political

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cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien · 9 months

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Super Shlorpian Korvo (Sneak Peak #2 of SO MS: TAFM)

Hey everybody! I was looking at something lately and that got me inspired today for a new sneak peek, so enjoy this new sneak peak for my upcoming SO: Mighty Solars fic:

Korvo, Yumyulack, Jesse and Pupa has found out what happened to Terry, so they suit up into their Mighty Solar forms and race up to the galaxy to save him along with some human allies, like Principal Cookie and Miss Frankie (she’s reformed now), they’re the humans knows their secret identities secretly, but never tells anyone. Then a holographic video message shows up on top of the town screen board with Ophelia on it.

Ophelia: Hello, Mighty Solars! I am Ophelia, the dark empress of the galaxies! I’ve been hoping, waiting and looking for you Shlorpians all my life. But now, I finally did!

Korvo: Cut the shit out? Where’s Mighton?

Ophelia: I’m sorry Korvo, but I’m afraid you can’t see him just yet! Wouldn’t tell anyone about the new evil plan I was hoping for.

Yumyulack: What?

Ophelia: Now that I have some of the humans and Mighton, I can finally finished what I planned a long time ago. I will not only rule over this world but all of the galaxy! evil laughs

Jesse: What?! No! You’ll never get away with this!

Yumyulack: Fun-Girl is right! We’ll stop you!

Ophelia: Stop me? I can say a demonstration is in order! shows a machine Behold

Ophelia presses the button and it shows a giant machine that destroyed a nearby planet. Everyone are terrified by this outcome and realizes what must be done!

Yumyulack: Guys! We have to stop him! He’s crazy!

Korvo: whispering I-I don’t believe this! We were so focused on saving Terry, we couldn’t see what was right in front of us.

Jesse: Guys! What do we do now? Wait, where’s Mighton? What have you done to him?

Ophelia: Oh don’t worry about him, I’m about to take care of him, permanently.

Korvo: gasp

Yumyulack, Jesse and Pupa: No!

Ophelia: Hope you see him die soon……..

Ophelia laughs evilly but inside Korvo’s head, all he can do is shed tears of despair as he looks back at the happy memories of him and his beloved Terry. Suddenly, Korvo’s eyes glow green as something starts to happen to him. Everyone grows shock and surprised as they watched Korvo undergo a new upgrade. Ophelia, before she can go find Terry as Cheery struggles to break free, looks back at the mentor and gasp in shock

Ophelia: Now it can be.

A green aura surrounds Korvo as he began to have some kind of power up just like when Anne develops her calamity form from the Amphibia episode True Colors.

Ophelia: He’s still connected to his crystal! But that’s impossible!

Principal Cooke: What’s going on?

Jesse: I don’t know! Maybe it’s a Shlorpian thing!

Korvo’s body then turns all black with aquamarine eyes and aquamarine glowing inside of his mouth. He develops bat-like wings on his back, he develops horns and his teeth became monsterous fangs as he gets up with a revived sense of bravery inside of him.

Yumyulack: That is not a Shlorpian things!

Super Shlorpian Korvo: Give him back! Give…. him…… BBBBBBAAAAACCCCCCKKKKKKK!

Korvo powers up, grabbed the Replicants and Pupa and flies up to stop Ophelia and rescue Terry and the other captured humans.

I hope you enjoyed this second sneak peek. Sorry if I haven’t been active lately. Talk to y’all soon!

#korvo #solar opposites #solar opposites au #solar opposites: mighty solars #terry solar opposites #yumyulack #jesse solar opposites #solar opposites pupa #mighty solars #solar opposites mighty solars #just like super sonic #super form #taken away from me #solar opposites oc #reference to True Colors

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mostroverde · 2 years

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batjoy · 1 month

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where's any post that talks about how boring it is that leafpool and squirrelflight got put on trial for literally doing what starclan told them to do? like "follow your heart leafpool" said feathertail i think, "here are these 3 twinkling stars in the sky of your future leafpool, they will bring you great joy but also beware, chaos lurks" said spottedleaf, "squirrelflight you cannot have kits of your own you should take leafpool's and tell everyone they're yours" said yellowfang. like what's the point here?

i know this has been said over and over again but there's no genuine good reason medicine cat's can't have kits? it's not even in the warrior code, and Moth Flight being like "i made that rule to spare you from the pain" ... like the pain of what? like my brother in christ!!! the only reason she suffered is because YOU made the fuckass rule!

and then Moth Flight being like "yeah her kits saved the clan (sort of) but I could have chosen any cats to save the clans (not really chief, i thought the powers weren't even from starclan) we're talking about leafpool breaking MY rule (she literally says it's her own rule) and the warrior code."

it really just makes me furious. thank god yellowfang was a little bit sensible, but where the hell is firestar in all of this? anyway assassinate that cat (Moth Flight)

#squirrelflight's hope spoilers #to be clear i haven't read the book #i've literally only read this chapter on archive.org #because i knew it would infuriate me.. and i was RIGht #i just think about it a lot and how deranged some of these plots are #warrior cats #squirrelflight #leafpool #feathertail #spottedleaf #yellowfang #Moth Flight #tafm #assassinate that cat #moonpool #starclan

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the-forge · 3 months

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spock acknowledging his mother absolutely kills me!! and as much as i love the production efforts of snw, i think more episodes devoted to peripheral characters and their development without the insane devotion to cannon would serve the series in a good way! stop the spock romances but keep the hijinks. i want ortegas fleshed out and going on away missions creating new insane maneuvers every episode. i want m’benga going to research conferences that get completely derailed by ethical dilemmas (scrap the doctor / melee fighter split for him). i want a pelia and amanda episode of reminiscing about the past while trying to haggle some antiques and all of that turns into a heist of sorts. i want more of this!! the enterprise bingo was absolutely fabulous in this sort of revitalizing of old trek plot structure and it was fantastic!!

and obviously every episode isn’t going to work for everyone in this structure, because you have different writers coming on with different perspectives on each character and different themes you have to like to get episodes, and sometimes it just doesn’t click. but i think this is the beauty of the structure, the next episode has a new format and bam! maybe i just find the monster of the week format more compelling than serialization in shows, but i think it’s also the reason snw is more popular and compelling than disco has been. i mean there’s been a few episodes that don’t hit it for me (im really not a fan of musicals, i mean they grind the gears i have, and yet im not mad at all subspace rhapsody was a hit, it was an homage to a genre that a lot of folks really love) but overall the personal misses are just that. subjective takes that you can pick up or leave and the next week, the next episode you have that same choice.

and that's why im petitioning the production team to chill a little bit so each episode doesn't have to have this crazy production value. i actually think it would benefit the series a ton if they'd use some of that money in making a few more episodes a season (not 30 like 90s shows, i understand the industry has changed) but more of the motw format and less of the serialized romanticism would be great for the show! for me at least hey o

#star trek snw #snw #tafm

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