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Tobias Forge on Satanism, religion, etc.

Recently one of the most common questions I get here concerns the topic of Satanism – “Is Tobias actually a Satanist?”, “Are Ghost really devil worshippers or is this just a funny shtick?” and so on, and so forth. I have therefore compiled a few quotes from the man himself speaking about his personal views on Satanism and religion, as well as how the satanic themes translate into the world of Ghost. Perhaps it will help you form your own judgement on the matter.

On his personal relationship with Satanism

Sacramento News & Review, 2018

Are you a Satanist?

TF: From a strictly Christian point of view, if that means believing in a physical, half man, half-ram living in the underground, no, I don’t believe there is such a thing. I’m not the opposite either. And you know, I’m sure in the eyes of the beholder, if I was put in front of true god-fearing bible thumpers, I would probably be regarded as a Satanist just because I’m not a god-fearing bible thumper. But the concept of Satanism has many, many forms. In the last 50 years now, ever since [Anton] LaVey and pop-cultural Satanism, when that rose in the latter of the part of ’60s with the Church of Satan, and Black Sabbath and Black Widow and Coven and that sort of hippie Satanism, which at the end of the day, heavy metal, black metal, all that is based upon that cultural Satanism. I grew up with that. So from that point of view, I would definitely say that culturally, I am definitely, for lack of better way of putting it, I’m a devil-liking kind of guy. But I wouldn’t sacrifice a baby to a half-ram that I believe to be living in the underground. And I would never ever encourage anyone to do that.

Aftonbladet, 2016

I became interested in Satanism when I was 10-11, so I find it very difficult to have a clear intellectual approach to it. In the end, I became interested in it because I thought it was cool. Aesthetically, I think it's amazing. An incredibly fun and, for me, a very homey world. As I tell our children, the devil is our friend. The monsters are our friends. But I was much more convinced back then, than I am now. As a grown man, it's hard to buy the idea that if we take a shovel and dig into the ground, eventually we'll come across a half-buck in a burning inferno. Although it would have been an incredibly festive thought. What I know is that I haven't got a fucking clue. That's the only thing I'm absolutely convinced of.

Banger TV, 2019

Even though I am very, very, very fascinated with religion in many ways, I'm sort of staying in the pop cultural world when it comes to referencing the devil, and especially when I'm talking about my relationship to him. He appeared in my life through rock music, through films. I've been dressing myself with pentagrams and upside down crosses ever since I was 11 years old and was watching horror films and listening to music about Satan way before that. That's the difference I think between a musician born in the 40s that added the devil as a "hip" thing in 1969 to their musical movement, it was more an addition that they could do as grown-ups, whereas for me and a lot of my friends who grew up with black metal, death metal bands - it's part of our blood basically.

Psychology Today, 2018

I think in 99.9 percent of every so-called Satanist in the last 50 years, you would find that the vast majority of them have been introduced to the Devil via music. And it usually happens at a certain age as well. It was also the early '90s—so that was the rise of the death metal and black metal movement in Europe and in the world I guess. Especially in Sweden and Norway, it was a big thing. It was just right up my alley and it became such a powerful way of expressing myself, and how to not only deviate and differentiate myself from the norm and normal people but just like hand in glove with my way of seeing the world.

On the pop-cultural devil vs the biblical devil

Areena, 2019

What does Satan mean to you?

TF: For me personally, he or it, she... She has been such a faithful companion for the majority of my life - as a guide, as a mentor, as a symbol. The idea of the devil representing ‘evil’ as opposed to 'good’ does not… it clashes with my idea of the devil. Because the devil for me represents rock and roll, film, freedom, humor - essentially, my life and my background because it’s so coloured with so many “blasphemous” expressions. I think that’s one of the most common misconceptions that makes it so hard for people to fathom - that there’s obviously the biblical devil, and then you have the pop-cultural devil. The pop-cultural devil being very much a representative of freedom, intellectualism and liberation from the chains of handicapping worship of the three Abrahamic religions - because that’s what [these religions] are about, they’re about control. Satan represents, in the pop cultural sense, the opposite of that. In the Bible it represents evil, but I know very, very few things in the history of the world that have been perpetrated in the name of the devil that have been to the non-benefit of mankind, whereas… I mean, just look at the amount of abuse and human despair that has been caused in the name of 'good.’

Billboard, 2019

On the Satanic leanings: For me, it is very personal and important, but I struggle to define the differences between the pop-cultural Satan and the actual one – if you want to say it that way – because that’s even harder to define. [Since the 1960s, Satanism] has become a fun little thing for 20-somethings to play with. It has very much been embraced as a symbol of liberation, rather than a symbol of actual tyranny and evil. The pop-cultural Satan has an amazing importance for me, and that’s because I’m a born rebel and a natural ‘opposer,’ in that I oppose shit.

On whether there would be Satan without God: The Satan that we are most commonly referring to in the Western world is obviously a product of Christianity. Within the confines and context of Christianity, no. They cannot exist without the other. That’s the problem with the entire concept of Satanism because, depending on who you’re talking to – if you’re talking to a Bible thumper, Satan exists within the bras of women, and Satan exists within the confines of rock ‘n’ roll music and drugs and everything that would be considered quote ‘bad’ and ‘dangerous’ and ‘harmful.’ And I think that in rock ‘n’ roll and in pop culture, that is the thing that most people cling to. Satan as a symbol or symbolic role model represents liberation and free thought and fun. Intellectualism as opposed to regression and stupidity. But if you’re talking about Satan as the main peddler and the prime motor for evil – if I look at the world and I see evil, I think of ISIS and I think that’s pure evil, and that has nothing to do with a pop-cultural horned-goat half-man called Satan. So you really, really, really have to understand that the ‘Satan’ that has been embraced by artists in film, music, poetry, and art going back centuries was made to scare people.

On not being against religion but rather organized religion, and on not being an atheist

Rolling Stone Deutschland, 2019

I’m not against religion. I’m not against being religious. But I am against organized religion, the scriptures, because we know perfectly well that they are basically manifests put together by other people in order to control the rest. That’s not even a secret.

New York Post, 2018

The problem with religious doctrine, as with politics, because of its ability to give people authority, it has a tendency to attract people that want authority for all the wrong reasons, and that is what it has done across all time. But, then again, in all fairness, I am not saying that there shouldn’t be faith. It’s completely different things. The belief in something bigger and supernatural is not the same thing as linear religion.

Loudwire, 2015

I'm definitely not an atheist. Intellectually, obviously my intellect tells me one thing, but I want there to be something so I choose not to completely follow my intellect when it comes to the idea of there being a bigger being or beings that I cannot explain.

Psychology Today, 2018

I am not against the idea of believing. I am not an atheist. The whole institution of Christianity being based on that book, being based on the premise that he was conceived out of nowhere—it’s kind of hard to believe. But on the other hand, I do believe in the idea of a historic person named Jesus that was a kind of chill dude who was just telling people to chill and be nice to each other. And he got penalized for that. So I’m not dismissing the whole thing as bullsh*t. But I definitely believe that tormenting other people because of the Bible and for that to be—for lack of a better word, Gospel. I think that is not very nice.

Amusio, 2013

Are you afraid of death?

TF: I am not very afraid of death, only of the question of how I will die. I don't know what will happen to us when it's all over, but I'm not an atheist and I certainly believe in a higher, inexplicable existence out there with which we humans are more or less in contact. That's why I don't think that death is the end of our existence.

Rolling Stone Deutschland, 2019

How religious was your upbringing?

TF: Not very. I'd say that in my main home, which was with my mother and my brother, there was always spiritualism I would say. We were definitely not atheists, but it was more infused by the idea of there being greater things than what we know. But that takes the tools that we use to trigger these feelings and that comes from pop cultural powers, rather than scripture - if that makes sense. The power of rock’n’roll. The power of film. The power of a good book. And that combined sort of gives us hint that there might be something that we cannot explain.

US Time Today, 2022

I’ve always had an intense relationship with organized, linear religion, let’s put it that way. I’m very fascinated by the art and its history, but maybe not so much by the rules and the guilt.

On Satanism in Ghost

Pitchfork, 2013

The theme of Satanism, tongue-in-cheek or not, has a long tradition in heavy metal. How important is it to what you guys are doing?

TF: Well thematically, obviously, it’s alpha to omega, that’s what we’re doing. The sort of Satanism, or devil-worship, that we want to portray in the confines of Ghost, a very biblical version of goat worship, the sort of things that you see in a Satanic Panic movie. And obviously in the theatre that is Ghost, everything is supposed to feel like it’s orthodox devil-worshipping. As an audience member, you can choose to believe whatever you want to. And you can choose to partake, or you can choose not to.

Hard Force, 2015

We are not necessarily singing about God or Satan, we're singing about what we think and how we treat each other because of what we believe is God and Satan. All of a sudden, that's a way bigger scope than most other cult-oriented rock bands do, because normally it's just odes to this, that and the other.

Telegraph, 2022

When we’re talking about darkness, death, despair, it’s to express our discontent at the world. It’s our way to explain how shit things are.

Loudwire, 2018

We’re trying to make people happy about life. We’re actually quite humanistic. If you take all of these things that we’re saying and what we’re doing completely literally, and you believe that this is equal to damnation, then there’s no way that we can meet intellectually. As a human, I grieve for tendencies like that because I think it reflects on something somber, limited and regressive.

#tobias forge #the band ghost #trivia

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absolutesort · 1 year

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𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 ; ʙᴇᴀᴄʜ ʜᴜᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛ #6 !

how are you feeling in your decision to couple up or stay single ?

“ i made the right choice. i stood by it at the fire pit, and i still stand by it now. ” there’s a fired up energy about her, fresh off the back of some latest conspiracy that she’s the cause of. she’s pushed the chair against the back wall, and is alternating between pacing and sitting as she attempts to organise her thoughts. “ people keep telling me that i don’t know what i want, or that i’m leading miles on, ” people is clearly angel and callie coded, “ or that my head’s so far up callie’s ass that he’s gonna move on and kick me to the curb. but i know know what i want now, and it’s him. because i’ve had doubts with callie in the past, about whether we were moving too fast, about whether we want the same things, but i’ve never had those doubts with miles. and maybe that’s because we spend more time goofing off than we do talking about heavy shit, i don’t know, but i don’t have the same stress that i have with callie. it just feels easy with him, and i want something easy. i shouldn’t have to convince someone i’m worth fighting for, they should just know. ”

are you happy in your couple or do you think your head could be turned ?

“ i think i’m as happy as i could be, considering the messiness of the situation, but yesterday cleared up a lot of shit for me. i didn’t realise how much energy i was wasting thinking about something that was dead on arrival. it kinda feels like this new thing with miles has been hanging in limbo waiting for me and callie to wrap things up, and now that’s done it’s like this weight’s been lifted off my shoulders and i don’t have to tip-toe around it any more. i’m not looking to have my head turned. i dont see anyone walking in the door who i’d get on with better than i do with miles. i think the only person who could have made my head turn is callie, and she’s made it pretty clear she wants nothing to do with me, so no i don’t see my head turning, and i don’t want it to. i’m super happy. miles gets me, we have like, this shared secret language, almost. adela said it’s gross to be around, but whatever. she’s jealous. ”

what are your thoughts on seb & bash & rhys’ exit last night ? why did you vote the way you did ?

“ we picked dylan and adela because of the two couples stood there, they were the only one that was an actual couple. sure, rhys had someone else, but it wasn’t about rhys and seb vs. adela and dylan, it was rhys and bash. honestly, i didn’t think that seb would walk. i thought the whole boyfriend shtick was performative, but clearly it wasn’t. i didn’t think seb would walk, and i didn’t think he’d be a total dick about it, but i’m still sad to see him go. rhys, too, he was a nice guy. and i’m always gonna think about bash when i have a peanut butter & marshmallow sandwich. it sucks, obviously, but it is what it is. ”

out of everyone left, who would be the hardest person to see go ?

“ miles. ” she sighs, lips pursing at the thought of him, suitcase in his hand. “ like, i don’t know if i’d pull a seb if he left, but i know that i wouldn’t want to be here if he wasn’t. obviously his concubine josh, too. i think if josh went we’d both go into mourning, get the black arm band and everything, start listening to death metal and reciting bad poetry in the beach hut, which is crazy because when i was watching it at the hotel before i came in i was like, this guy’s a tool. i’d miss dylan, too. he’s one of my best friends in here, and just like, my rock, y’know ? my dwayne the rock johnson. and yeah, i’d miss callie, too, despite us having had a rough few days. it would feel weird being here without her. ”

who seems like the strongest couple right now and why ?

“ me and these cushions i colour-coordinated with ! ” frankie laughs, considering the question for a second, tongue running over her teeth. “ nobody seems solid right now, honestly. but based on conversations i’ve had with callie, i feel like it’s her and angel. it sounds like he’s ready to like, be all-in and stuff which is great, because callie deserves someone who can give her that, and she’s ready to be fully focused on him, too. i just hope they’re happy together. i genuinely do mean that. ”

who seems like the weakest couple right now and why ?

“ naomi and charlene. ” that feels like pretty low-hanging fruit, but it’s the truth. “ i mean technically they’re coupled up, but she’s clearly patched things up with josh, so... yeah, i feel bad for charlene. like why bring someone back if you’re just gonna immediately jump ship ? she seems like a super cool girl. maybe marcus will get to know her. ”

#crackon:prompt #frankie: i know my own worth!! i shouldn't have to convince someone 2 fight for me!#also frankie: hit on her friend

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 3 years

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Psycho Analysis: Jason Voorhees

(WARNING! He’s back! THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK!)

...ki ki, ki, ma ma ma...

The slasher subgenre of horror has plenty of villains, but the key to any great slasher movie (aside from quality kills) is having a memorable slasher who sticks in the mind of those who watch the film. You can’t just have some generic evil guy and expect the killer to be cool and memorable; you need to give them a fun gimmick. And in the scores of slashers who populated the 80s, there are few out there who are quite as legendary and iconic as Jason Voorhees. Jason is one of those few villains who, even if you’ve never seen a single one of his movies, you’d know on sight.

Even now, with him being absent from cinema for over a decade at the time of this writing due to legal disputes (though not from other mediums such as video games), Jason is still a household name, still remembered as one of the coolest, creepiest horror villains to come out of the 80s. In fact, I’d even go so far as to say Jason might be the greatest slasher villain of all time. So let’s take a look at the man behind the mask and see what we’ve got here.

Motivation/Goals: Jason as a villain is motivated by two main factors: a desire to make his mother proud, and a desire to get vengeance for how he was treated. The first few movies are all Jason taking out his anger over his mother’s death on anyone near Camp Crystal Lake. In earlier movies, he’d really only kill anyone who invaded his territory, but later sequels had him expand his killing range by going to Manhattan, Springwood, and even outer space. Basically, Jason is motivated by revenge against a world that persecuted him, and a desire to impress his mother. The simplicity of his motivations is actually a great strength, because it means there doesn’t need to be constant time in each new film adding on to Jason’s lore like they do with Freddy, Michael Meyers, and so on. Jason kills kids who have sex, that’s it. Simple, clean, effective, and a vehicle for cool kills.

Performance: There are a LOT of people who have put on the hockey mask throughout the franchise, but perhaps the most well-known name is Kane Hodder, the hulking actor who portrayed Jason in the seventh through the tenth films. He’s certainly the Jason that will spring to mind when thinking of Jasons, but he’s the obvious one. His actor in Freddy vs. Jason, Ken Kirzinger, was chosen because he had kind eyes and could tower over Freddy, and amusingly he actually appeared in Jason Takes Manhattan as a huge chef Jason tosses aside. Then of course we have Ari Lehman, the man who cameoed as Jason at the end of the first film in the Carrie-esque jump scare, most notable because he is so proud of his role that he named his punk rock/heavy metal band First Jason.

And these are just the few I wanted to highlight here; the original continuity is ten movies worth of actors playing Jason, and he even has multiple actors in some films.

Final Fate: It depends on the movie. His mortal life is ended by a young Tommy Jarvis in The Final Chapter, but then he comes back in Jason Lives as a zombie, a zombie who is only incapacitated until Jason Takes Manhattan where he is seemingly killed off for good by the nightly flooding of the Manhattan sewers with radioactive sludge (likely a safety measure against C.H.U.D.s). But then he comes back in Jason Goes to Hell where his original body ends up obliterated for most of the movie until the ending, but soon after he’s dragged right down to, you guessed it, Hell. But then comes Jason X, and he’s brought to space where he finally ends up obliterated for real by falling through the atmosphere of a planet and burning up. And this isn’t getting into the numerous deaths from games, comics, and so on; Jason is a man who is very hard to kill.

Best Scene: What does one pick for the best scene? His sleeping bag kill from VII? The liquid nitrogen kill from Jason X? The numerous amusing scenes he has when he actually reaches Manhattan in Jason Takes Manhattan? It’s a tough choice, but honestly. I might just have to go with his corn field rave massacre in Freddy vs. Jason. It’s just so damn cool.

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Final Thoughts & Score: Jason Voorhees is one of the great early slasher villains and, most impressively of all, he managed a remarkable level of consistency until the very end, at least compared to some of is peers. Compare to Michael Meyers, who had to constantly be rebooted because filmmakers kept trying to find ways to humanize and explan his motivations to the point that franchise has a fractured timeline to rival the Zelda series, or Freddy Krueger, who deteriorated from a terrifying psychopath who treated killing like a game to a non-stop quip machine that spent more time slinging one-liners than kills. Jason, while certainly going through some odd phases – recall the time he was a weird demon worm that could surf between bodies, or the time he went to space and became a cyborg – never really lost sight of the things that truly made him effective as a character.

Yes, Jason is a silent antagonist, but he says a lot with his deeds and actions. He’s a killing machine, but he certainly isn’t mindless, and he usually seems to have some sort of ethics that perhaps we don’t understand, but Jason certainly does. For instance, in later films Jason does not hurt animals, and once he’s a zombie he doesn’t kill children either. A lot of this likely stems from Jason essentially being a child in a deformed man’s body, and this goes a long to making him an interesting, tragic figure. Jason almost certainly doesn’t understand what he’s doing is wrong, and if he does, he’s almost certainly too blinded by rage to care, especially after becoming a zombie.

I think the underlying tragedy of Jason simply being a monster who only wanted to please his beloved mother and violently lashes out at those he sees, through his warped perspective, as the ones to blame makes him an interesting and complex character… and here’s the great thing! Unlike other slasher villains, this is all established very early on, and rather than continue piling on more and more backstory, the series decides to throw Jason into interesting situations. This is a problem that befell his slasher sibling Freddy; as cool as Freddy managed to be, every new film added more and more convoluted backstory rather than trying to put Freddy into an interesting scenario he could have interesting kills in. And the less said about Michael Meyers, the better. But Jason? They gave him all he needed in the first two movies, made him a zombie in the sixth, and then spent the rest of the series getting weird and creative. Jason is a villain effective because his simple characterization and motivation means he can slip into any sort of situation, be it fighting a telekinetic girl, going to Manhattan, fighting Freddy Krueger, fighting Ash Williams, slaughtering camp counselors en masse, or going to space.

It should be incredibly obvious Jason is an 11/10. He’s a testament to what makes a slasher villain great and memorable: he has a simple yet flexible mindset that allows him to be thrust into a variety of situations, he has an iconic outfit, he has an awesome weapon of choice, and he is parodied, referenced, and known throughout the world to this day. He has killer video game appearances in the likes of Mortal Kombat X and his own Friday the 13th game, he has tons of comics including ones where he takes on Freddy, Ash Williams, Leatherface, and even Uber Jason, and despite the obnoxious legal battles currently keeping him from appearing in any media to any great extent, you’d be hard pressed to find a person without even passing knowledge of Jason.

Here’s a few interesting notes, though – a lot of shout outs to Jason have characters using a chainsaw, which as we all know is the tool of Leatherface. Jason uses a machete for the most part but is very versatile, but even so the closest he ever came to using anything remotely like a chainsaw was in VII, where he used a weed whacker. Jason also didn’t gain his iconic look until the third film; in the second movie, Jason wore a burlap sack over his head. And finally, there’s a bit of trivia I’m sure most are aware of by now: Jason was not the killer in the first or fifth films. In the first film, the killer was actually Jason’s mother, Pamela Voorhees, and the fifth film Jason was still kind of dead so a copycat killer named Roy Burns took his place. So hey, while we’re here, let’s talk about these Jason adjacent killers:

Pamela Voorhees is one of those rare female slasher villains, and the fact she is so absolutely amazing makes you wonder why there aren’t more. She’s basically to Friday the 13th what The Boss is to the Metal Gear Franchise – an all-important female figure whose actions completely and totally changed the course of history. Her quest to avenge her son’s death led to her slaughtering people at Camp Crystal Lake, which led to her death… but then it turns out her son had lived all along, and her death served only to make him into a violent, vengeful monster. Add on the fact that Pamela was using the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis on her son to empower him (supported by Jason Goes to Hell and Freddy vs, Jason vs. Ash), and Pamela is indirectly responsible for every murder in the series. Or perhaps even directly, if it really is her voice Jason hears in some of the movies and the Friday the 13th game. Betsy Palmer absolutely kills it in the role (pun intended), and it’s a shame she was annoyed by the role for years, though she apparently did eventually come around and embrace it. As one of the great ladies of horror, Pamela definitely earns a 10/10.

But now let’s take a look at the opposite end of the spectrum with Roy Burns. The idea of a Jason copycat killer is not entirely without merit, and for the most part, the movie is incredibly solid, with good kills on Roy’s part. The issue comes with the ultimate reveal of his identity, which turns the entire movie into an utterly convoluted mess that makes absolutely no sense. The lack of buildup of any kind, save for two brief scenes prior to his unmasking, makes the twist lack any sort of punch, and his reasoning for killing people is just absurd. Hell, he isn’t even targeting the one person responsible – that guy gets away with a jail sentence while Roy butchers innocent people!

Basically, Roy fails at being an engaging replacement for Jason due to the film’s finale, which goes out of its way to undermine him and everything you just watched. It should come as no shock that he’s a 1/10. Still, unlike most villains with this rating, he does have a little bit of redemption due to being playable in the Friday the 13th game. You’re just controlling him as he kills without any worry about stupid backstory, so hey, I’ll give Roy that at least, and I can’t deny his mask is pretty sick.

UPDATE: Ok, I was way too hard n Roy. Yes, his motivation is stupid and poorly explained, his killings are absolutely ridiculous and make no sense with his motivation, I still stand by all that... and yet, I’m watching this movie for creative kills, right? And boy does our boy Roy provide. He slaughters his way through these oneshot characters with gusto! I think I’m just still bitter he’s not Jason, but I like Season of the Witch even if Michael Meyers isn’t there, so maybe I’m just too harsh on Roy and his movie in general. I think his dumbass motivations hold him back, but I think the correct score for him is a 6/10. He is most certainly not abysmal enough for a one and I was really foolish to issue a score like that. Sometimes even I have trouble overcoming my biases.

It’s interesting, though, that both of these characters tend to be forgotten, overshadowed by Jason. In the intro of Scream, Drew Barrymore’s doomed character accidentally says Jason is the killer of the first film, rather than Pamela. And I think that while that is likely a common misconception, it’s less because Pamela is forgettable but more that Jason is so overwhelmingly cool that he overshadows anyone else in these films with few exceptions. Jason may very well be the greatest slasher villain of all time, and if you disagree, well, who won in Freddy Vs. Jason again, hmmm?

And more importantly, what slasher villain has an Alice Cooper song dedicated to him?

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I rest my case.

#Psycho Analysis #Jason Voorhees #Kane Hodder #Friday the 13th

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asgardian--angels · 4 years

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Recommend some good folk metal music please

:D i never thought i’d see the day when someone actually wants to know more about the music i listen to *cracks knuckles* my time has come

I apologize in advance for this novel. Feel free to skip to the recommended tracks lol.

Most folk metal comes out of northern Europe (Finland, heavily) though you can find it all over the world (Hu Band comes to mind but I mean, it’s on every continent). I am one of those people with like, a small handful of favorite bands that I listen to mercilessly so I am sure that I am only representing a miniscule percentage of what’s available out there. What’s great is that folk metal is much more versatile than many other genres in its sound; the essence of folk metal is simply to 1) utilize traditional (or rather, in the sense of a metal band, non-traditional) instruments such as violin, accordion, brass ensemble, bagpipes, what have you, and 2) have lyrical themes which revolve around regional folklore, mythology, cultural heritage, or place (what I particularly like is a frequent reverence and respect for nature). Other genres of metal (death, black) have the second element but not the first, and tend to incorporate darker overall tones and consistently harsher or lo-fi vocal styles and sounds. Folk metal can be a gateway genre into metal and can often be quite hopepunk (if you will). Because of these criteria, the actual sound of folk metal can range from sea shanties to ‘spooky walk in the midnight woods’ to scathing social commentary to SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SH

Basically you can find a range of styles within the genre that fit what you’re looking for, from those that have an orchestral, ballad feel, to things that border on death metal but have a hurdy-gurdy in there. There’s also a much higher percentage of female-led folk metal bands than other metal genres.

I’ll go through my top picks.

Turisas. These motherfuckers. My boys.

Turisas is based in Finland, but sing primarily in English (with occasional Finnish, a smidge of Greek and Swedish too). Four albums out to date, fifth in progress. Sound is absolutely fucking bonkers god tier shit, if I may say so myself. Every single song sounds like you’ve been transported into an Iliad metal musical. Heavy use of a full orchestra and choir, along with sick violin and accordion solos. Their lyrical themes focus heavily on ancient Greco-Roman and Viking military history - but before you raise any red flags, rest assured they’re liberal as fuck and trust me the tea is scalding when Mathias feels like making a Point about Then and Now. No seriously, I don’t know how to express the beauty and depth of his songwriting - Mathias Nygård is an incredibly talented composer, musician, and songwriter (nay, POET), and an extremely intelligent and down to earth guy. There are plenty of bands that are happy to write Viking songs about pillaging and glorious death in battle and all that (Alestorm comes to mind), those are a dime a dozen. Turisas makes history come to life in a way that transports you back in time and thrusts you into the living breathing world of the past. They deal with the horrors and tragedy of war from both sides, consequences and motivations, fears and pride and loss, home and family, despair and hope. They write songs about people, big and small, and their role in weaving the great tapestry of history. And the best part is that it’s informed - Mathias does his damn research and the tales he tells are rooted in fact. He brings them to life so we can experience what it must have been like for those real living people, with the goal of forcing us to confront our own selves in them. He’s a modern Homer, I shit you not.

Did I mention there’s a song about pirates that’s actually really complex and nuanced, about how the hypocrisy and vile colonialist deeds of emperors makes them no different than the criminals they persecute?

Or that they do a badass cover of Rasputin?? yeah?????

Anyway enough gushing. Their second and third albums (The Varangian Way, Stand Up And Fight) are consecutive concept albums that follow the story of the Varangian Guard (the legendary Viking battalion that defended Alexander the Great) so the songs are actually chronologically linked to tell this epic tale. It’s a fucking listen, lads. The Varangian Way is probably my favorite album. But all their albums are top notch.

My favorite songs: End of An Empire (this one comes for 2020 hard), Piece by Piece (AKA die fascists 2k20), Cursed Be Iron, Among Ancestors, Greek Fire, Miklagard Overture (you gotta earn this song tho, it’s the finale)

Good first listen picks/hits: Battle Metal, To Holmgard and Beyond, March of the Varangian Guard, Ten More Miles, One More

Finntroll. These other motherfuckers. My other boys.

Another big name in the Finnish folk metal scene. As you can see, their band revolves both aesthetically and musically around Scandinavian troll folklore. Yall weird elf-fuckers who like the really big ears? Here you go. Look at those ears. They’re good friends with Turisas. Both love their facepaint.

Musical style leans much more towards black and death metal influenced, with a heavier, fuller sound and growling vocals. But it’s an incredibly rich and creative aural tapestry, with layers of masterfully executed sound that’s a real delight to lose yourself in. Use of fiddle, brass, keyboard, accordion, and banjo, and strong folk melodies make their sound unmistakable and unique. They are known for their ‘black humppa’ beat, which basically gives the effect of feeling the primal need to stomp around loudly to their music. It’s great cardio. They also utilize orchestra in some great intro tracks. They know their stuff.

The majority of their songs are sung in Swedish (they do some English cover songs which are FANTASTIC holy SHIT), but don’t let that stop you. The mood and power and emotion of their music transcend language, and you can be sure the lyrics are about either trolls, witches, the dark woods, spirits, or something of that ilk. I think Swedish as a language works very well with this kind of music, and honestly having it in English would lose something.

They have been around a long time and so have many albums, but I personally have only listened to the last three which feature their current singer, Mathias Lillmåns, whom I adore. Those albums are Nifelvind, Blodsvept, and their recent release Vredesvävd (that i’ve had on repeat since I got it three weeks ago). I’m sure their other ones are great too, I just can’t make a personal recommendation since I haven’t heard them.

My favorite songs: Galgasång, Tiden Utan Tid, Ylaren, Skogsdotter, Två Ormar, Ett Norrskensdåd, Skövlarens Död

Good first listen picks/hits: Forsen, Under Bergets Rot, Häxbrygd, Trollhammaren (older song), Solsagan

I’ll go through these other ones a little faster, I haven’t heard quite as much from them but I do love them.

Korpiklaani.

Great, full folk sound, utilizes a lot of folk instruments including some less commonly seen ones like hurdy gurdy. Songs are mostly in Finnish but plenty in English too. Jonne Järvelä has a really unique voice that grows on you, but it’s not for everyone. The band started as Sami folk, and Jonne is trained in Sami yoik singing, which makes an appearance in a few songs. I prefer the Finnish tracks, as a lot of the English ones are drinking songs lmao. But again, really well-executed music with layers of sound that keeps you hooked. I haven’t heard enough of their discography to really recommend enough to cover everything.

Song picks: Minä Näin Vedessä Neidon, Metsälle, Ämmänhauta, Lempo

Moonsorrow.

Definitely a darker, black-folk band. Probably not a great pick if you aren’t accustomed to black metal - very long tracks (8-15 mins is standard), growling/shrieking vocals, a ‘thinner’ but encompassing wall of sound usual of black metal, but with the benefit of wonderfully entrancing dark folk elements and chants. It’s done really really well. Sung almost entirely in Finnish (apart from cover tracks). Lyrically, focuses on themes of Norse mythology, man vs nature and similar elements. Definitely one of those bands whose music gets you into a zone. I can lose serious time just putting a whole album on and letting my mind wander elsewhere. My favorite album is Jumalten Aika.

Song picks: Ruttolehto Sis. Päivättömän Päivän Kansa (my fucking FAVORITE), Suden Tunti (well known hit), and also uhh check out their cover of Non Serviam cause it’s a fucking banger

Other bands that I like what I’ve heard but really can’t say much about them, whoops - Tyr (from the Faroe Islands, great stuff, Faroese is a baller language), Ensiferum, Nightwish (female-led).... I’m open to suggestions. Like I said, there are folk metal bands all over the world, and each is intrinsically linked to a sense of place and cultural identity that makes them unique. I’d love to hear about more tbh.

#koschei-the-ginger #folk metal

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A Comprehensive List of Stan and Kyle Moments (I UPD8 AS I GO)

Hello. Yes, you heard me. Here are all the scenes that legit scream out “STYLE” in South Park, whether these scenes are too far of a reach or not. I mostly compiled this out of my very own convenience, and hopefully this’ll help you a whole lot too. This is extremely text heavy, so I’ll put this under “Read More”. I haven’t played any of the games, so I won’t be including it here at this time, so if you guys know any good moments from the games, please let me know and I’ll add it to the list.

Cherokee Hair Tampons:

- The entire goshdarn episode.

- Stan being concerned and distraught over a dying Kyle breaks my heart. He was even bawling next to Kenny.

- Stan willing to donate his kidney to Kyle, even if it’d hurt a lot.

- Stan knowing that Kyle ate a bean and bacon soup half an hour ago shows that he’s been by Kyle’s side for quite some time now.

- Stan holding onto Kyle while they were at Cartman’s house.

- “Dude, you’re my best friend. I don’t want you to die before I do...”

Super Best Friends:

- Yeah, um, this episode...is gay.

- Stan and Kyle entering the episode with ice cream cones while Butters and Cartman wondering where they got them from. It’s assumed Stan and Kyle were hanging out with each other off-screen.

- I think Kyle being convinced that he’s not “really happy” through brainwashing is parallel to Stan being convinced that he’s “depressed” by the Church of Scientology.

- Stan trying to help Kyle escape with him, not even mentioning this plan to Kenny, Cartman or even Butters.

- Stan and Kyle looking at each other with longing looks while dramatic music plays in the background. Ah yes. I am...not even joking...this legit happened.

- How to Find Your Boyfriend 101: “OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNY!!” “Y-you bastards...”

- Stan pleading Kyle not to kill himself and to hold his breath while being there for him.

- The ending where they call each other Super Best Friends and both proceed to beat up Cartman when he teased that they should make out.

Cartmanland:

- Stan comforting a distraught Kyle.

- @belovedhomosexuals mentioned that canonically, Stan helps Kyle with his hemorrhoid cream, and IM-

- Stan doing everything he can to get back at Cartman for Kyle’s sake.

- Stan demanding the doctor to wheel Kyle out to see Cartman in misery.

Asspen:

- “YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW HEATHER!!” >:(

- Kyle not wanting Stan to do the K-13. He doesn’t want him to die.

- Kyle holds a polaroid photo of the both of them. How cute. Does he bring it with him wherever he goes?

The Biggest Douche In The Universe:

- Stan not wanting to go back to Colorado without Kyle and does all he can to convince him that John Edward is a fraud.

Follow That Egg:

- They are dads.

- They take care of their egg really well.

- “As a matter of fact, it is the nicest hat I’ve ever known”

- They’re the reasons gays could get married.

- Stan getting jealous of Kyle being paired up with Wendy. It does seem like a reach I have to admit, but if you’re a Stylendy fan, then this one’s for you.

Return of Chef

- The iconic beginning “flashback” where they both look at the sunset together.

Smug Alert:

- Stan and Kyle meeting in the parking lot in the beginning when Kyle was helping his dad give fake tickets.

- Kyle being moved away from South Park has Stan write a song to get Kyle and his family to come back.

- The cute hug in the end.

Fantastic Easter Special

- Stan, out of breath, asks Kyle for help in protecting Snowball

- Kyle helping him out anyways even though he was busy with fingerprinting.

- Cinematic parallels of Kyle killing Jesus and Stan killing that alien in Pinewood Derby.

Imaginationland Trilogy

- Kyle calling Stan in the morning regarding the “dream.”

- Stan and Kyle, unsure of the notes, both trying to recall the Imagination song. It was cute.

- Stan being distraught when ManBearPig got a hold on Kyle. (I swear, I’ve used the word “distraught” for over 1948388 times now)

- Kyle communicating through Stan telepathically with his Imagination.

Guiltar Queer O

- The whole episode.

- “I know...I need you.”

- The whole episode was literally as if they went through a break up.

- They’re both in sync when playing, right up to their tongues up.

- “Oh, so the gallant knight now comes to rescue me from the bowels of mediocrity! Oh, thank you, your royal lordship!” (Foreshadowing for SOT?)

- Stan thinking of Kyle as he’s “driving”.

The List:

- Stan doing all he can to prove that Kyle is a handsome mf. Another episode that screams Stylendy rights.

You Got F’d in the A:

- Kyle being so happy to see Stan dancing back to the Orange County kids.

- It’s canon that Stan can dance well while Kyle doesn’t have rhythm whatsoever. Wouldn’t it be a cute idea for Stan to teach Kyle how to dance?

You Have 0 Friends

- Kyle pleading Stan to water his crops.

- A short detail but if you noticed when Kyle announced that they made an FB account for Stan, he only added himself as Stan’s friend. This means that Kyle legit “friended” himself in Stan’s profile and didn’t bother to add Kenny or Cartman to Stan’s friend list.

- “Yes. WE’RE REALLY GREAT FRIENDS STAN!!” :D

You’re Getting Old:

- Oof. Yeah....

- Stan obviously loves Kyle a whole lot, but him seeing Kyle slowly turn into a turd probably did break his heart little by little. And when I mean by probably, I mean massively.

- Kyle shouldn’t exactly be demonized for not being able to handle Stan’s cynicism. Because I think it’s ok to admit you can’t handle such emotional drainage even if coming from your SBF, but do mind that him leaving Stan was most likely NOT easy for him. It’s kinda sad that they’ve slowly drifted away since then. BUT NO I REFUSE TO LET THAT HAPPEN ;-;

Assburgers:

- “Fuck you Kyle! You’re a piece of shit...Kyle, I love you. You’re a piece if shit though, fuck you...! I love you...”

- Stan immediately going back to Kyle when he’s feeling “better”

- That McDonalds Exec. literally narrating Stan and Kyle’s current rocky relationship and not believing every second of if.

A Nightmare on Facetime:

- “WILL SOMEONE GET ME A CHARGER OVER HERE!!’

- Kyle bringing and guiding Stan through the iPad.

Ginger Cow:

- Jokes aside, when Stan was asking Kyle about Cartman’s farts, he was really sweet and understanding to him. He genuinely wants to understand why Kyle likes Cartman’s farts so much and knew something was up by the way Kyle was hiding things.

- I also like how he was not afraid to call Kyle a dick. I think a good level of transparency is needed in a healthy relationship. That’s just how they roll.

- Stan helping Kyle cover up in the end....though it did backfire.

Black Friday Trilogy:

- “DID KYLE KNOW ABOUT THIS?!” “Kyle thought of it.” ;-;

- Stan being grounded and Kyle apologizing at the other side of the door was peak gay angst level.

- “That’s just how Xbox people are...” D:

- Ok now for something sweet. In the deleted scene, Stan was showing Kyle how the playstation controller works and...wow.......what cute babies.

Prehistoric Ice Man:

- “Oh my god! They killed Kenny!!” *looks at Kyle* “What? I’m not talking to you anymore.”

- Them fighting and arguing was so adorable. Their voices were so squeaky and cute in this episode.

- “First one to die loses.” SOGKEKGKRI WHAT MORONS

- Stan and Kyle kind of awkwardly trying to start the fight reminds me of Tweek vs Craig.

Mexican Joker:

- Stan angrily sending Cartman to the detention center after hearing about him sending Kyle there.

Band in China:

- “kyyyyyyYYYYYLEEEE :D DUDE YOU’RE BACK!!”

- Stan making a death metal band because a.) He hates living in the farm and b.) He misses Kyle so hard.

Britney’s New Look:

- Another Stan and Kyle episode where they both realized how so far in the wrong they’re in, and they desperately want to fix it.

- Stan and Kyle giving up in the end and joining in the chant.

The Death of Eric Cartman:

- Stan offering Kyle money so he could buy milk for lunch.

Two Guys Naked In A Hot Tub:

- “You can't just hang out with your buddy Kyle all the time. People will think you guys are, you know, funny.”

- When Kyle walks over in the end, Stan proceeds to complain to him how he had the worst night and they both go to Kyle’s house to hang.

The China Probrem

- In the beginning, Stan telling Kyle to refute Cartman’s racist sayings and got overly concerned when Kyle said he couldn’t do this anymore.

- Stan going in Kyle’s room to talk about moving on from what they’ve witnessed.

- Stan holding Kyle’s hand to run away in Kyle’s dream. Kyle waking up and crying when Stan wasn’t around to comfort him.

- Stan and Kyle crying in each other’s arms and telling each other “I love you”.

- Small detail but when they were leaving the attorney’s office and the attorney and the kids were crying altogether, Stan put a hand on Kyle to comfort him as they were crying.

The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce:

- Stan appearing in Kyle’s living room suddenly.

- “Well dude, maybe we're just super badass. Have you thought of that?” Yeah I know Stan was trying to cover up what he just did by saying that but still.

Cartman Gets An Anal Probe:

- Stan helping Kyle save Ike.

- “Hahaha you farted.” WHAT GROSS DORKS

- Kyle telling a speech to the aliens and Stan remarking how beautiful it was.

A Very Crappy Christmas:

- Kyle calling Stan in the middle of the night to get the guys, and Stan answering all sleepily is so adorable.

- Stan and Kyle voice acting together.

- Stan and Kyle doing the stopmotion animation together.

- Stan and Kyle laughing when they had Stan voice act Cartman to say the “ham” line.

Fun With Veal:

- Kyle taking care of a sickly Stan despite being a bit of a germaphobe.

The Snuke:

- Stan coming over to a sick Kyle’s house immediately after school has been suspended.

Crack Baby Athletic Association:

- Stan not being afraid to call out on Kyle.

- Kyle snuck into Stan’s room and Stan was listening to him unfazed.

Quintuplets 2000:

- Them trying to do gymnastics.

Pee:

- Kyle getting disgusted after hearing Stan talk about how it’s normal for people to pee in pools and in the shower.

Butterballs:

- Kyle calling Stan out in the bathroom, and they have this long ass stare. Kyle knowing that Stan will be jackin it in San Diego.

Bike Parade:

- Stan making Kyle laugh.

Proper Condom Use

- Stan and Kyle playing with a Jennifer Lopez doll and roleplaying.

- “SCREAM FOR ME BITCH!” “AHHHHHHHHH”

- Stan and Kyle in the same car with their cute big heads protruding.

World War Zimmerman:

- Stan and Kyle playing football.

The Scoots:

- Once again, Stan and Kyle playing football.

City on the Edge of Forever:

- Stan saving Kyle in his dream.

- Stan and Kyle sitting a bit closer to each other than usual in Stan’s dream.

Grounded Vindaloop:

- The tetherball date.

- Stan and Kyle saying “fuck you” to Kenny.

Clubhouses:

- Stan reading Bebe’s note, and Kyle being unfazed about it later in the episode. It was never defined whether he was informed the note came from Bebe.

#REHASH:

- Stan and Kyle being called grandpas by the little kids.

Tegridy Farms:

- When one of Ike’s classmates blew smoke in front of Kyle, Stan got extremely defensive about it.

Raising the Bar:

- Stan informing Kyle that it isn’t cool to continue on with “Fatty Doo Doo”.

- Stan checking up on Kyle as he’s sitting alone and listening to him lament about how the bar has sunk so low because of people.

Go Fund Yourself:

- *looking at Kyle’s ass* Boy this is the life huh.

Truth and Advertising:

- Stan and Kyle fist fighting for real, and Tweek and Craig looking at them concerned since they rarely ever fight like this.

Conjoined Fetus Lady:

- Stan preparing to catch Kyle if ever he fails to catch the dodgeball.

Stanley’s Cup:

- THEIR YOUNGER SELVES PLAYING HOCKEY!

ManBearPig:

- Stan’s head on Kyle’s lap. It’s so beautifully rendered.

Board Girls:

- “Wow, you are really into board games.”

A Scause for Applause:

- Kyle confronts Stan about cutting the bracelet by saying Heidi Turner saw him with super glue.

The Death Camp of Tolerance:

- “KYLE! KYLE! YOU HAVE TO KEEP MAKING YOUR MACARONI PICTURES!!”

South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut:

- Stan getting jealous that even Kyle is amazed at Gregory.

Cartman Join NAMBLA:

- Stan and Kyle putting their face against the glass.

Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics:

- Stan and Kyle making fun of Shelly behind her back.

Raisins:

- Kyle coming to visit Stan with the gang after the whole breakup.

- Kyle wanting Stan to be happy again by bringing him to Raisins.

- Kyle being annoyed over Stan being distraught over Wendy. Jealous?

Mr. Jefferson:

- When Stan hears a knock on his window, he assumes it’s Kyle.

- Stan and Kyle being good caretakers of Blanket.

- Stan and Kyle sleeping with Blanket.

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Topaz Tears

Stonework Headcanons!

Topaz Tears: Do they have any sort of outlet they use as a means to cope (e.g. writing, drawing, playing music, etc.)? How’d they get into it if they do?

Thanks for the ask, @atomicdeke!

Etienne: Writes poetry. I have a lot of OOC reasons why I felt this was a good path for Etienne. Much like a lot of performance poetry, I was reacting to what I felt was hegemony in the FFXIV performing arts scene of the time. To reflect more own myself rather than my reaction to others - I liked it because I knew it was an area, based on my talent and interests, that I could add unique entertainment value. Sadly, I don’t really have a venue I feel comfortable for them to do poetry readings in, and anything I would do at this point would be work I’ve performed already because in transitioning poetry from hobby to my education path and potential publishing path, I’ve decided I will not post new work on the internet publicly, at least not until it is way more finished, or unless it is work specifically written to be from Etienne’s perspective. In-character, they still very much write a lot of poetry.

ICly, Etienne has kept meticulous records in the form of dossiers on everyone they meet since they worked as an adventurer. However, as they changed jobs, they found their own personal observations and narratives creeping into their journals a lot, or they’d have funny entries like “list of men I want to fuck” vs. “list of men I want to marry” and listing their pros and cons (this list is real, and I really did write a poem off those notes). I mention frequently that Etienne considers themself a romantic, so I think they took a liking to sonnets and books of poetry, and, based on their interest in retelling their experiences, started recreating these forms and found they had a knack to it. Even with free-verse poetry, there is a really meditative, strict aspect to writing poetry - I’m not against people who simply write for self-expression and to get their feelings out, that’s how I started writing poetry years ago, but it isn’t just “sitting scribbling madly in their journal because they’re mad” poetry for Etienne. It’s a way to sort things out, process them, and put them in order. It’s a very Etienne thing to do, basically organizing their chaotic feelings into something they can control and understand.

They also go shopping for unneeded items, smoke cigars and cigarettes, and if things are really going badly, they binge drink.

Adi: Most of his passion is still guided toward his research, and he’s resistant toward expressing much identity outside of that. However, he really loves heavy metal music and after being exposed to rock music via orchestrions and performances, he listens to it all the time and sometimes he goes out into the woods and death metal screams. He actually won an All Saint’s Wake costume contest by dressing up like Ifrit and just. Fucking screaming. He also likes singing. Any metal bands need a frontman?

Kadin: Considers fighting to be his artistic expression. He was a hunter/bandit, but due to a lot of circumstances wound up learning some Ala Mhigan fighting techniques from the refugees in Quarymill. When he’s feeling pent up, he’ll go find a place to spar.

Houmei: Goes swimming. Thinks about more weird lies to tell people.

#asks #ooc #atomicdeke

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starting-today-you-are-a-writer · 6 years

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How to: Unique vs Meaningful Details

I feel like in published books even, people get too hung up on being specific to their character they forget to ask if the details they’ve added actually mean anything.

This isn’t just “he had a baggle with cream cheese for breakfast and she had toast with eggs” but authors will give really specific details about characters that might even be interesting but actually don’t communicate anything meaningful.

1. Details Should Have Feeling Behind them

When you add specific detail, they shouldn’t just be cool, they should actually evoke something from the reader. Yes, what someone had for breakfast is boring, but lots of interesting facts, like what kind of music someone listens to, or that they paints something can still be delivered flatly and specifically.

ex. “John smiled at Mary, he was wearing his Kings of the Blue Death T-shirt that he had ordered online from his favourite heavy metal band for his birthday.”

-This tells us that John likes Heavy Metal, but tells us nothing else. He orders it online, so what? it’s just a regular T-shirt?

vs ex. “John smiled at Mary, he was wearing a faded band shirt, Kings of the Blue Death, a heavy metal group that had saved his life ten years ago when he’d the lead singer had saved him from drowning in a river.”

-Not to be heavy handed, but this has a lot more meaning and history. It implies that the shirt has sentimental value, that he has a personal connection with it. He almost drowned, which was pretty traumatic, but then was saved! And even though it happened a long time ago and he could have bought a new shirt he wears the old one. That tells the reader a lot more about John the him just ordering it online would.

2. Specific vs Unique

Be unique! That doesn’t mean make up random ~quirky ~ about your characters it means only mention the characteristics that are already unique. In the above example, anyone could have ordered a T-shirt online for their birthday (which was specific) but having been saved from drowning by the lead singer in a heavy metal band is probably not a universal experience.

I see this a lot with physical description.

ex. “He was a tall man, with black hair, glasses, and he was wearing a brown pinstripe suit that matched his brown eyes, even though that hadn’t been intentional. His hands were large and his hair was gelled back.”

Now, all in all, you can picture him clearly, and you get a little of his personality, but there’s no sense of him. Nothing here is emotionally highlighted and the details given while on their own are fine, form a boring picture overall, because they are all things that anyone one person could have.

This can be solved either, by drawing attention to and interpreting physical characteristics to make them more unique or picking better ones.

Making standard details unique through interpretation

vs ex. “He was a tall man, easily noticeable. Still, he might have been able to blend in somewhat if he wasn’t wearing brown pinstripes, and even then people might not have thought about him too long expect for the fact that his brown pinstripe suit was, eerily, the exact same colour as his eyes, not that he actually noticed any of this.”

-this paints the picture of a man who stands out in the crowd awkwardly, but isn’t aware of his own awkwardness, which has a lot more character behind it.

Picking a better detail

vs. “John was 6 feet tall and his watch cost more than his house. A vintage Rolex, with a long scratch down the middle of the class, and enough weight to save in a baby’s skull.”

I have no idea what John really looks like, but this detail is more grabby than what colour his hair is.

3. Evocation over Accuracy: So what?

The biggest problem I see is that writers sometimes try so hard to describe things accurately. But no one cares about accuracy. Accuracy doesn’t matter.

“The creature looked like a deer, only smaller, and with more spots on the hind legs and a set of antlers the size of a small two-door sedan.”

vs.

“The thing that was definitely not a deer had antlers the size of a car, and looked so top heavy it was a wonder it stood upright at all.”

The first is more accurate, but the second is funnier, and draws more attention to what the details mean. It giant antlers aren’t just there to be there, they serve a purpose in the narrative. Get to that purpose.

With the earlier John example, the first one description was certainly thorough and accurate, but none of the details were grabbing. So what that John has black hair? So what that the deer has white spots? Why do these details matter? Being the most accurate and thorough doesn’t make people feel things. Readers don’t take a five minute break to put all the pieces of description over and then form an opinion the opinion of the description needs to go ON THE PAGE. The reader needs to know so what when they first read it.

#writing tip #writing tips #writeblr #writblr #writing advice

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My Top 5 Favorite EP’s of 2018

I’m actually making this post in the year that this list is for! This is so shocking for me. I’ll be posting my top 10 albums next week, so keep an eye out for it. But if you’re reading this after that post has gone up in the future, you can check it out here.

This has been quite an interesting year for music in my opinion. I discovered quite a few amazing bands and heard some amazing releases, and today we are going to focus on the EP’s. Before we get into my top 5, let’s see some other great EP’s I listened to this year. But before we do, I need to explain my ranking system. It’s pretty simple: if a release is followed with **, that means it was a great release, but not a favorite; but if a release is followed with ***, that means it was and had a potential to be in the top 5. Another thing I need to mention is that I’m a metalhead, so majority of these releases are from metal bands. Lastly, I will link you guys to each of the top 5 so you can check them out if you’re interested. So without further ado, here are the honorable mentions (and their genres).

Dear Apollo - Volume One** (djent/progressive metal) Deadspace - Mouth of Scorpions** (blackened doom metal) Lusus - The Fool** (punk metal/monster metal) Candlemass - House of Doom** (doom metal) Memoremains - Louder** (symphonic alternative metal) Soul Desire - Ignite** (hard rock) A Metaphor for Betrayal - A Metaphor for Betrayal** (djent/metalcore) New Years Day - Diary of a Creep** (hard rock) The Order of Chaos - Night Terror** (heavy metal) Bring Me Eternity - Sequelae** (symphonic metalcore/trap)

Orbit Culture - Redfrog*** (melodic death metal) Meka Nism - The War Inside*** (progressive metal) The White Swan - Touch Taste Destroy*** (psychedelic sludge/doom metal) Victorius - Dinosaur Warfare Legend of the Power Saurus*** (power metal) Qveen Herby - EP 4*** (r&b/trap) Blackbriar - We'd Rather Burn*** (gothic metal) Progenie Terrestre Pura - starCross*** (psybient black metal) Conception - My Dark Symphony*** (progressive metal)

Now it’s time to see my top 5. Some might shock you, others might not.

5. Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs (symphonic metal)

I know it probably comes as a shock that this is my number 5 pick for my top 5 favorite EP's, but this EP didn't blow me away like their other releases have done. It doesn't matter if they're my favorite band of all time, they still get judged just as equally as others. ANYWAYS, this is a pretty epic EP. They stay really close to the source material while still adding their own flare to these songs from the Attack on Titan soundtrack, but I think it's because it's not original material why it's not higher on my list. It's definitely a great EP and I especially love all the keyboard solos.

Favorite songs: 1. Crimson Bow and Arrow 2. Dedicate Your Heart

4. Qveen Herby - EP3 (r&b/trap)

Just like last year they released two EP's, and just like last year I loved the first one they dropped in the year the most. EP 4 is wonderful, but I always caught myself bopping to EP 3 more (but I will say I prefer the cover art for EP 4 over EP 3). I feel like this EP is really versatile and really shows off what they're capable of. Not one song is like the other. It's a stunning release and I can't wait to see just how far they're gonna go.

Favorite songs: 1. Sade in the 90's 2. That Bih

3. Levinia - Liberation (progressive symphonic metal)

I wasn't expecting to become as obsessed with these guys as I am. The Alluring Fear demo was an amazing introduction, and this EP is just as good. I'm so glad I decided to check them out after one of their guitarists liked a post or followed me on IG (I can't remember which he did, but he did one of those two). The power, the energy, the beauty; it's all there. I am so excited to see where these guys go and to hear what's next for them.

Favorite songs: 1. The Fall 2. Push and Pull

2. The Autist - Anima (progressive symphonic metal)

This EP seemingly came out of nowhere for me. The Coldest Sun made it onto my top 10 favorite albums last year, so you already know that these guys are amazing, but this EP is on another level. Each song has a guest singer on it and each one packs a wild punch. The mixing and the production are outstanding. And don't get me started on the choirs. Perfection. Cristobal being on the baritones adds such a gorgeous dynamic to the sound. I can't wait for when I finally get a chance to read the lyrics to these songs, because I need to do a vocal cover of the title track. It's everything.

Favorite songs: 1. Anima feat. Polina Psycheya (All I Could Bleed) and Alina Lesnik (Once) 2. Bloodlust feat. Dragica Maletic (Demist)

1. Ex Libris - Ann ~ Chapter 1: Anne Boleyn (progressive symphonic metal)

Perfection. This EP is perfection. Dianne really captured the essece of Anne Boleyn in the first chapter of their third album, Ann. She's such a talented singer and performer and tryly conveys the emotions of the music so well. You can hear everything that Anne was feeling. The power, the emotion, the drama, THE SHADE. Anne Boleyn had every right to throw shade at Henry and Dianne captured that perfectly. Truly my favorite EP of the year. It's absolutely everything. And I can't wait to hear Chapter 2: Anastasia Romanova, which they're almost done recording.

Favorite songs: 1. The Beheading 2. The Courtship

And those are my favorite EP’s for 2018! There were some amazing releases this year, and these EP’s were just a fraction of them. I can’t wait to show you guys my favorite albums next week. I’ll again link that post here if you’re reading this at some other point in the future where that post is already up. Anyways, go listen to these releases if you’re interested or haven’t done so yet. They’re absolutely worth it.

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blazartstudios · 6 years

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Introducing: Yahiko Tsuki

• Name: Yahiko Tsuki

• Kana: ヤヒコ=ツキ

• Alias: Bow of Tsukuyomi, The Moon's Domination, Dragon of NECROFANTASIA

• Gender: Male

• Race: Astral Dragon

• Date of Birth: 9/21

• Place of Birth: The 7th Heirarchical City of Kazamotsu

• Age: 21 yrs. old (as of post CF)

• Height: 5'7"(171 cm)

• Weight: 197 lbs. (89 kg)

• Blood Type: O

• Eyes: Pink

• Hair: Silver/White (Previously blue)

• Hobbies: Listening/writing music

• Weapon(s): Blade No. 1 - Hoshizukiten, Blade No. 2 - Ōka Ranjin, Blade No. 3 - Kaguya-hime, Blade No. 4 - Tokoyo no Yami, Blade No. 5 - Tsuki no Shihai, Yumi of Millennium: Eirin (yumi)

• Drive: None (CT/CS), Thousand Swords

Material Collection Info

• Likes: The night sky, butterflies, sesame chicken, shio ramen, ecchi, heavy metal

• Dislikes: People who can't take a joke, scalpers, cheapskates

• Values: Eirin, Kajun Faycott

• Relatives: Reika Tsuki Matsuri (deceased mother), Haru Tsuki Matsuri (deceased father)

Professional Status

• Affiliation(s): Novus Orbis Librarium (Major, resigned)

• Partner(s): Nine the Phantom

Personal Status

• Education: Military Academy (graduated)

• Status: Alive

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Yahiko Tsuki

Dragon of NECROFANTASIA

A cheerful, naive astral dragon with an ear for death metal, a hand for swords and sorcery, and an eye for older women. Raised in a village of yokai, he's a rather rare type of boy with little sense of gender outside of his own actions and his cute, feminine face and figure often leads to new people mistaking him for a woman. Between his arsenal, sorcery, and illusion abilities, it's tough to think such a fun, loving young man can pose quite a threat. But beware, behind this cheerful child lies a sinister young man with a disgust for gods who can't keep themselves in line, and is willing to do whatever it takes to see that they pay, with a no killing moral code that he only breaks when all other options are useless, and while he is normally calm and collected, on the off chance he is pushed far enough, a primal beast awakens to exact the rage within in the most bloody way possible. ... Or at least that's how Yuyuko and Yukari describe this unknown side that even he is unaware of. His silver hair glows a pure white in the glistening moonlight and the dead seem to be at ease when he's around.

Themes

A Quirk of Fate - Non Battle Theme

Emiya 2017 by CROW'S CLAW - VS Yahiko

Imperial Code II - VS Members of the NOL

The Other Promise - VS Nine/Celica

Necrofantasia by CROW'S CLAW - VS Yukari Yakumo

Trivia

- Yahiko's birthday falls on what is recognized as International Peace Day, as well as shares his birthday with XBlaze's Kuon Glamred Stroheim.

- Yahiko's favorite genre is heavy metal and his favorite band is UNDEAD CORPORATION

- Yahiko has a wardrobe of 30 cosplays. On some days, he'll just step out in one for no reason and wear it all day.

- Due to his body not being comprised of sethir, Yahiko actually can survive Es' Astral Heat, and at most is just knocked out.

- Yahiko has a hidden taunt you can activate by pressing the taunt and drive button at the same time. (I will disclose this in a future drawing)

I guess we'll stop here. Now thinking about it, it's gonna be funny writing up scenarios of him in other worlds, especially since he has a witch in tow everywhere he goes. If only he knew how to perform exorcism, he could get rid of her... OH WELL, THE STORY OF THAT RELATIONSHIP IS FOR ANOTHER TIME! Hope you like him.

#blaz art studios #oc #yahiko tsuki #blazblue #touhou

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howaminotinthestrokesyet · 3 years

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Never Shined Through in What I’ve Shown: A Selected Videography of Metallica

One… This iconic genre changing video was released in 1988 from And Justice For All. The band had released three very popular albums previously, but they had never made a music video for any of them. The video intersplices footage from the film Johnny Got His Gun, the group performing in a warehouse emphasizing the heavy theme of war being hell. The video represented trends that had never been done before on MTV like a debut music video going straight to number one the first day it was released. Another example would be a longform video rising to number one as the song length comes out at 7 1/2 minutes. The biggest take away when you look at the legacy of this music video came in the fact that Metallica boldly put out there something nobody else had ever done before.

Enter Sandman...Metallica’s next music video became probably the most popular metal clip of the 1990’s. This horror filled video came complete with a child’s nightmares, snakes, drowning, a runaway semi truck vs. a bed, and the band in strobe light. The amazing thing about the popularity of this video comes in the fact that it was released at the height of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the rest of grunge. If fans complained about Metallica’s less thrash metal sound, then this video emerged as a nice compromise. Nonmetal fans and die hard metal fans both loved this video.

Wherever They May Roam… This music video represented a tour diary for the Black Album up to that point. Such a visual fit in perfectly with the lyrics to the song as they both explore life on the road traveling around the world. The clip contains lot lot of behind the scenes footage from the 1991-1992 tour that one can see in full on the documentary, A Year and a Half in the Life.

Until It Sleeps… This clip emerged as the first taste of the band since the Black Album. They did not disappoint in shocking their multitude of fans by sporting brand new haircuts and eyeliner no less. They did not hold any instruments in the video, which involved a whole heck of a lot of religious imagery. Let me just say that subtlety was never one of Metallica strong suits. We will just gloss over the other strange aspects in the video's visuals like Kirk Hammett on a cross and Jason Newsted playing with a lot of dirt and mud.

The Memory Remains… This video saw the band defying the laws of gravity as they spun themselves around a room in a wide variety of camera angles. Some fans complained about the old woman singing on the organ in the video. They probably did not realize that the old woman was none other than Marianne Faithfull, an iconic singer from the 60s, formally the girlfriend of one Mick Jagger.

No Leaf Clover… This live clip became the first video released for the band’s S and M concert in 1999 as they played with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. The video represented a straightforward concert footage video of the group from that concert. The one take away that most diehard Metallica fans had over this came in the fact that missing this concert represented a grave mistake. If you take a look at all the tracks from that night, this song served as one of the best to complement an orchestra.

I Disappear… This video made for the Mission Impossible II soundtrack can best be described as Metallica...the action movie. Each band member received his own sequence to show off their best Tom Cruise moves in what would be Jason Newsted’s final appearance with the band. They also performed together on top of a rather large mesa in the desert making for a very striking image.

St. Anger… This promo was filmed at San Quentin prison in California adding to the tough guy legend of the band as they performed a few feet away from convicted drug dealers and murderers. In the video, you can see one of the guards telling the band that the prison has a no hostage policy if anything should occur while filming. This would be the first appearance for Robert Trujillo, who had no problem fitting in with the group. He would later bring this up in interviews.

The Day That Never Comes… This video saw a group of stranded Marines trying to fight off a group of extreme locals in the Middle East. Fans were quite relieved with the release of this video to realize that Death Magnetic would not be St. Anger Part 2. Another sight to behold in this clip emerges with Kirk Hammett's ability to play an entire guitar solo in the midst of a sandstorm as deadly as seen in the film, The Mummy, 10 years prior.

Hardwired...This 2016 promo saw the band take a back to basics approach. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and company thrash all over in black-and-white as cameras move everywhere in the midst of strobe lights. The video at just over three minutes also represented the group’s shortest ever in their history. If you want to see clear visuals of their faces, I would suggest using one of the other 11 videos they released for the album.

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Elphelt Valentine: Bio & Trivia

==Elphelt Valentine==

"Family is... so wonderful!"

==Profile== Height: 5'6" Weight: Dreamy lbs (Unknown) Blood Type: Mysterious Birthplace: The Backyard Birthday: December 25 Eye Color: Sky Blue (formerly Emerald Green) Hobbies: Romantic Discussions, Pretending to be a Bush Dog Favorite Thing: Smiles, Sweets, Saving up for a Bush Dog Dislikes: Loneliness, Killing, Insects Weapon(s):

A Bouquet of flowers(?), Grenades, Magic Rifle, Magic Shotgun, Bazooka, Magnum Magic Rifle (Anti-Backyard Weaponry created from the Black Re-Tech Cyprus Project).

==Story (GGXrd Sign)==

Originally Elphelt appeared in the Human World some time before Ramlethal Valentine did, and was given the orders to infiltrate among Humans, locate Sol Badguy, observe him, and see to it he did not awaken, while ensuring Justice could successfully be revived.

She was forbidden to Love other people, and yet somehow this conflicted with the idea of being connected with Humans. This conflict in logic 'overloaded' her basic personality and caused it to split, creating a new 'kinder' personality on the surface.

Her first actions were to try and marry a Rock Star, but because her Valentine programming activated, she scared the man she was going to marry right off the altar, leaving her behind in her wedding dress!

It was then that she realized she was a Valentine, and decided to use her powers to find anyone who could stop the Conclave's plans.

Fortunately, her newly awakened powers somehow put her in the custody of Ky Kiske, KING of Illyria!

==Story (GGXrd Revelator)==

Despite her attempts to help save the world, Elphelt's original mind programming had activated upon Justice' partial-revival.

Though she managed to recover her memories of Sol Badguy and her other friends and her original personality, the process was very traumatic, and by the time she was able to become aware of what had fully happened, she was already captured by Ariels.

Bedman put her in a dream-world to prevent her from experiencing more emotional trauma, but this only confused her, and eventually she awoke to the truth of her situation:

...She was to become the Soul Core of Justice.

==Story (GGXrd Rev2 After Story A)==

Thanks to everyone's efforts, Elphelt finally got a good night's rest in a fluffy bed!

After everything that happened, would people be willing to accept El and her sister?

The day's Newspaper seemed to be a flicker of HOPE for the future...

==Personality Profile==

An adorable young woman who is obsessed with improving her feminine charm. She loves animals and nature, and can't bear to see anyone alone. Elphelt will charge into any problem head-first, shielded by impenetrable optimism. Her efforts at improving the aforementioned charm, however, often fall short. If you start a conversation about love, she'll start talking and won't stop--often taking off into flights of slightly strange fantasy.

==Outline==

Elphelt is one of the Valentines created by the Universal Will, who she calls "Mother". Her mission is to assist Ramlethal in activating the Cradle, but unlike the other Valentines she appears to have human emotions. When those emotions awaken, she discovers a boundless compassion for humankind and finds herself at odds with her original mission. She chooses to find Ky Kiske and help him with his instead. Originally destined to marry a Death Metal singer, Elphelt discovered her true identity during the ceremony and fled. She still wears her wedding dress.

During the Cradle Incident, she lends her strength to Sol, but in the final moments, she loses all semblance of emotion and begins to execute her destiny, and everything around her. While Sol manages to wake her up, she is taken away by the Universal Will, to complete Justice.

==Movelist== ———————————Specials (Handgun Shot: press/mash Heavy-slash repeatedly) Bridal Express (Also Aerial) Pineberry (Grenade): Pin Pull >High Toss (Also Aerial/Can be shot) >Low Toss (Can be shot) Ms. Confire (Rifle) >>Fire (can be fully Locked on) >>>Reload >Put Away Ms. Travailler (Shotgun) >>Poke >>Launch >>Roll >>CQC >>Fire (can be fully Locked on) >>>Reload >Put Away Roll Aim with Ms. Travailler ———————————Overdrive/Chaos Attack Judge Better Half Genoise (Bazooka) *Mistranslated as Genoverse* ———————————Instant Kill Magnum Wedding ———————————

==Trivia== ——————————— --When Elphelt first appeared, her outfit was a Bridal gown, but most notably she wore a Four Leaf Clover (in Pink and Green colors). It's implied that after Sign's events Ramlethal put the clover on her hat as a symbol of her determination to save her sister. --Elphelt's Japanese voice actress Aya Suzaki liked her role SO much, she also voices side characters in other Arcade Episodes, particularly Kum Haehyun's Episode that was released later on. --Elphelt's Respect "Power Up" animation is a joke reference to the original Valentine in GG2 who transformed when Sol confronted her. Elphelt says she wishes she could do cool stuff like that! --The black "boss" form Elphelt took at the end of Xrd Sign is a reference to the Darkside Color palette found in older game Survival Modes. As expected, she was no match for Sol though! Despite the fact we couldn't fight her in that form, she had a very strong "Boss Mode" in M.O.M. mode in Xrd Sign! --It isn't immediately apparent, but Elphelt's "Seal Device" (complete with Valentine Visor, ala Justice), has two black-winged Rose "bits" that Elphelt can summon IN her boss form, as if she were a Danmaku heroine! All Elphelt's guns surround these bits and fire upwards, creating her attack "Rain of Judgement". --It's also implied that Lucifero's "two halves" (Belpha and Venus) are references to Ramlethal and Elphelt respectively, suggesting Venus is Elphelt's Servant. --It can be argued that Elphelt is an ascended fangirl of Guilty Gear, particularly the type of fan who ships romantic relationships between two random characters! --Elphelt was especially happy when Sin called her a friend... he was literally the first friend she ever had! --The Universal Will asked Sol to look after Elphelt and Ramlethal, and while that complicates Ky's family tree a bit... it can be said that Elphelt is technically Sin's cousin once removed. --Elphelt's Arena Bio still describes her as a Merciless Apocalypse. --May's inability to pronounce Elphelt's name might be a stealth reference to how Ramlethal was mistakenly localized in English as "Ramletherl", or in Elphelt's case "Erfert". ———————————

==References== ——————————— --Elphelt's weapons are references to various sweets (just like the original Valentine): Pineberry is a White Strawberry cultivar based on a Pineapple. Confire (Confaire) is a French Confit Preservative. Travailler (Trav-aye-ae) "To Labor" is a name for a French Pink Martini. Genoise (Geno-wass) is a Sponge Cake. --Elphelt's move "Judge Better Half" is symbolically a reference to when couples Cut the Wedding Cake during the Wedding Reception after getting Married. Couples often tried to kiss over the cake without knocking the highest tier over. It's also considered bad luck to cut the top-most tier of the cake! --Wedding Cakes come from Roman tradition as a sign of fertility. --Elphelt's military fighting style references Cable and B.B.Hood from Marvel VS Capcom 2, as well as Chris Redfield from UMvC3. She often says war movie catchphrases like "Fire in the Hole" and "Incoming!" --The Heavy Metal band "Bride" out of Kentucky did an album titled "Shotgun Wedding". --Elphelt's a walking stealth reference to "Guns'N'Roses". ———————————

You may now Kiss the Bride?

#GG Bios #Elphelt #Elphelt Valentine #Marionette #No it's NOT the 'Pink Elphelt' in the room!

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superman86to99 · 6 years

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Superman: The Man of Steel #23 (July 1993)

REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN! In this issue: Steel vs. Superboy! I mean, "Superman” vs. “Superman”. The Man of Steel is battling some hoodlums armed with hi-tech killer weapons when the Metropolis Kid decides to butt in and "save him" in front of the cameras that follow him 24/7. (Side note: Was Superboy the first '90s reality TV star?) The Kid draws all the firepower to himself... accidentally causing the bad guys to shoot down a Daily Planet helicopter containing Lois Lane. The chopper blows up, signaling the death of a classic and beloved DC Comics character: Frank the helicopter pilot. RIP.

Lois, meanwhile, manages to jump out of the exploding chopper in time (probably out of pure muscle memory) and is rescued by Steel in a rather familiar-looking scene.

Lois tries to turn the tragic situation into an exclusive interview with Steel, but Steel has something more important to do: chewing Superboy's butt for scaring off those criminals he was trying to interrogate (and, you know, causing a man's death). The Kid is like "I'm da real Superman, yo!" and bails... but as he flies away, he actually starts questioning his half-assed approach to superheroics. I'm sure Frank's wife and 12 children would find great comfort in that.

Meanwhile, Steel is approached by Lex Luthor Jr., who wants to offer him a job as one of his armored security guards (because having one S-shielded superhero in his pocket isn't enough for him). To butter Steel up, Lex offers him the location of the White Rabbit -- aka, the lady distributing all those highly advanced weapons to street gangs. Steel thanks Lex for the tip and immediately ditches him, making it clear that his services aren’t for sale.

Steel drops by the White Rabbit’s penthouse, and she turns out to be an old flame from his time as a weapons designer for the military. Things almost get steamy for a second in there, until Steel remembers that this lady has made him indirectly responsible for countless deaths (all those weapons are his design). Once she takes the hint that Steel won’t work for her (either), White Rabbit just shoots him point blank with one of those big-ass guns, launching him off the building and into a convenient tanker parked outside.

Superboy (who was following Steel to apologize for being a dick) flies in just in time to pull Steel’s body from the resulting tanker explosion:

By the time Superboy and Steel return to White Rabbit’s penthouse, the place is already empty. The two Supermen then bond over that whole “we’ve both caused innocent people to die today” thing and part amicably. Awww!

Plotline-Watch:

Ponytailed scumbag Jeb Friedman, having given Lois Lane WEEKS to recover from her fiance’s supposed death, urges her to “forget Clark” and go to Cairo with him. Don Sparrow says: “I hesitate to even mention that the hated Jeb Friedman appears here, and even Jimmy doesn’t want Lois rebounding with him. Serious question, though: are we supposed to hate Jeb? Or is it just happenstance?” If we weren’t supposed to hate Jeb, would they have given him a ponytail, Don?

After meeting Steel, Lois reflects on the fact that the other Supermen may look like Clark, but Steel is the only one who acts like him. Obviously she doesn’t think Clark’s already been reincarnated as an adult black man, but she does seriously wonder if ghostly possession is a real thing.

I love how efficiently Steel’s backstory is presented in this issue. As he and White Rabbit are about to lock lips, we see a handful of black-and-white panels showing the two working together for the military, hooking up, finding out his weapons were being used against innocents in Qurac, and then a flashback-within-the-flashback of Steel’s grandparents having just become victims of gang violence. It’s only half a page but it tells you everything you need to know about this dude and his motivation.

Superboy burns his hands while rescuing Steel, even though a clone of Superman should be equally invulnerable. Hmm. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmm.

The issue ends with Supergirl telling Lex she’s going off to look for Superboy, which leads to the next issue of Adventures.

And this leads to the end of my section! For more commentary, Easter eggs, and gratuitous images of White Rabbit, check out Don Sparrow’s section after the jump:

Art-Watch (by @donsparrow):

Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like none of the other four Superman titles seems as swayed by the importance of the storyline as SMOS. What do I mean? I mean that when it’s a big storyline, like Panic in the Sky, or Doomsday, the art on the title really seems to rise to the occasion, and there’s some standout stuff being produced. But in the meantime, when a story doesn’t feel as important, the quality seems to dip a little. To me, this is one of those issues. We begin with the cover, and it’s not one of Bogdanove’s best. Sure, his artwork could be called cartoony at the best of times, but this one really took on a loose, loony tunes sketchiness, particularly in Superboy’s “ain’t I a stinker?” expression and giant wall of teeth. He looks less like a 16 year old than he resembles Rex Leech, a character we’ll come to know better in time.

Inside, the story gets off to a slow start, as we’re abruptly thrown into a video of wannabe gangsters, moving in on where they think they’ll find John Henry Irons. The double page splash revealing his location is an exciting one, and Dennis Janke does some interesting things with his hatching to indicate the shine of the metal, leaving certain areas unhatched to show a glimmer.

Bog’s depictions of The White Rabbit continue to push the envelope for how much skin a comic code approved book can show, both on page 7, and then later in the book. [Max: This next sequence of panels burned itself into my young mind. Because of the cool panel layout, I mean.]

[December 2018 edit: White Rabbit’s body has been covered with Mike Carlin’s face so that Tumblr doesn’t delete this post. Sorry.]

Page 8 brings us a long sought after in-comics cameo. If you’ll recall, back on one of my first reviews on this site, I interviewed the great Tom Grummett and asked him if there were any Easter Eggs that we should look out for while we were reading. He answered that "My personal favorite moment was when Jon Bogdanove drew me in a scene with Jimmy Olsen in one issue of Man of Steel. I’m the one with the moose on his shirt. Happy hunting.” Well, we need hunt no more, as a certain fellow pops up, arguing with Jimmy Olsen, and what’s that on his shirt? A moose?! Found you! [Max: Are we the first on the internet to point out this cameo? I don’t have time to look it up, so let’s go with “Yes”.]

I also love the little gag in the lettering, where the first part of “Saskatchewan” (Tom’s home province) is shown as “Saskatch” and then below that Bog has written “W-1”, phonetically completing the phrase. It’s also a very Neal Adams-y couple of panels when Jimmy and Tom start to get heated debating who the real Superman is. [Max: I wonder if the Neal Adams-esque panels above are homaging a specific Adams comic, or just his “intense argument” poses in general...] Then a page later, there’s an unmistakable rendering of another Super-Teamster, none other than group editor Mike Carlin, scanning the police radio for scoops.

As the story progresses, there’s a great shot of the Metropolis Kid (who they refer to as Superboy on this page, without a rebuttal from the Kid) showboating and holding one hand behind his back. But, on the page that follows, a pretty heavy end for Daily Planet chopper pilot “Frank”, made all the more sickening by the lack of concern from the Kid leading up to this point.

Some great visual callback on page 12, as the mob scene when the Man of Steel rescues Lois Lane recalls the meet-cute at the shuttle disaster wayyyy back in MOS #1.

The scene were John Henry confronts the Kid about his carelessness is well-done, even if it gives way to another mention of the preposterous ‘spirit-walk-in’ idea, which even these characters seem to find tenuous.

The flashback with White Rabbit does a good job of filling in the gaps of John Henry’s history (interesting how similar Irons’ motivation is to that of Tony Stark’s, at least in the movies) but it’s an odd scene—not just because of the aforementioned vamping from White Rabbit, but also Irons’ inaction in the scene—he went there to capture her, but mostly just stands around and then lets her stroll back over to the bed, where a weapon is clearly visible from where he’s standing. [Max: Can’t imagine what else he could be looking at.]

As The Metropolis Kid rescues The Man of Steel, we get more looney tunes-style comedy, when the Kid comedically blows on his burning hands, trying to cool them. They seem to be working hard to establish how different his powers are from Kal-El’s, though they eventually go back on almost all of this stuff.

Moving on, we get a really nice look at Lois at a rainy window, once again musing on how the Man of Steel, while physically the most removed from Kal-El, seems to embody his “soul” more than the rest.

STRAY OBSERVATIONS:

Is the cameraman gangster supposed to be a riff on Spike Lee? The glasses seem pretty similar to ones Spike wore at the time.

How is it that we never noticed such a giant, futuristic tower on the Metropolis skyline before?

Jimmy Olsen wearing a Spin Doctors t-shirt is a little too meta for my head, since one of their biggest hits was “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues”. What does the DC Universe Jimmy think when he hears a song about himself, lusting after Lois Lane? They were also one of my favourite bands when this issue came out, so my mind was doubly blown.

What is it with Lex hanging onto VHS tapes? Thank God he never got his hands on that one of Big Barda! [Max: Dammit, I’d JUST managed to erase that from my mind, Don.]

#superman #louise simonson #jon bogdanove #dennis janke #steel #superboy #sydney happersen #white rabbit #ron troupe #tom grummett #mike carlin #jeb friedman #spin doctors #supergirl #possibly spike lee #rip frank chopperson #reign of the supermen

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rosewand-a-blog · 6 years

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♬ u wanna scream i'll enable dlskjdlkjf

♕ @amulatlas ･:*:･ﾟmusic.

lbr here, the last thing i think of when i think of my son, jim is heavy metal so naturally both the songs i have for him are by the same band and also pretty heavy. hello, my name is ivi and i rlly like dated metal bands, let’s jump right in, shall we ??

i’m gonna start off with the song that i think fits jim the least of the two but since i have no emotional control i’m including it anyway. children of the damned is a song that’s heavy more in lyrics than in melody because it starts off with this sort of classic rock vibe. it’s actual meaning doesn’t really matter but it’s about children with freaky as fuck powers.

the lyrics really pack a punch, especially that first stanza. he’s walking like a small child / but watch his eyes burn you away. / black holes in his golden stare / god knows he wants to go home. idk man it just. hits me really hard. the duality of normal teenager vs. very mature Chosen One hero is one of the most tragic aspects of his character.

the rest of the song devolves into some pretty dark imagery about corruption of youth but ultimately choosing the side of good. it ends with your back’s against the wall / you turn into the light / you’re burning in the night. which i thought was a cool play on jim’s ability to exist both in the night and the day.

okay, next song !! this is already getting too fucking long and that was the song that didn’t fit him perfectly. fuck. well. the clairvoyant is more melodically heavier and less jim imo with the balance of having mostly really sweet lyrics lbr. not only is this whole album based around the seventh son / chosen one concept but it includes such gems as i wonder why, i wonder how / that it seems that the power’s getting stronger every day. / i feel a strength an inner fire / but I’m scared I won’t be able to control it anymore.

it’s got a lot of references to a lot of really intense supernatural powers but ultimately not being able to stop his own fall which i think fits jim at the end of season one scary well. there’s again that motif of childhood and death with as soon as you’re born / you’re dying.

anyway this is long and incoherent so thx for coming 2 my ted talk i love ji.m la.ke jr !!!!!!

#amulatlas #♕ ･:*:･ﾟ oh honey. hoNEYYYYYYY. ∥ ooc.#SKDJFHG i wrote WAY too much

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FULL NAME: Elise Opal Burke

MEANING: Oath of God

NICKNAME: Doll, Lee, Lisey

MEANING: Bucky calls her Doll and the others are just shortened versions of her name

AGE APPEARANCE: Appears 30, is actually 111 (Don’t bring it up)

BIRTHDAY: May 5th, 1917

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Taurus

SPECIES: Enhanced Human

GENDER: Cis female

ALLERGIES: None

SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Polysexual

THEME SONG(S): I Did Something Bad by Taylor Swift, I’ll Follow You by Shinedown, Woman Like Me by Little Mix, Not with Haste by Mumford and Sons

APPEARANCE

HAIR COLOR: Blonde

HAIR STYLE AND LENGTH: A little longer than shoulder length, most of the time wavy. She pulls it back for missions but the rest of the time its down

EYES COLOR: One blue eye and one green eye

EYESIGHT: 20/200 One eye is worse because it’s closer related to a snake. Though she has yet to tell anyone she literally can’t see out of one eye

HEIGHT: 5″10′

WEIGHT: 165 lbs

OUTFIT/CLOTHING STYLE: For missions she wears Other!Cap’s uniform that was fitted. When she has time off it’s alway Steve or Bucky’s clothing

ABNORMALITIES: Two different colored eyes.

DISTINGUISHING MARKS(SCARS,MOLES): When on a mission she has a metal arm. She’s got stretch marks all over her hips and thighs and breasts, bullet hole wounds and knife wounds. She has Bucky and Steve’s initials and army numbers tattooed on her hips and later a ring tattooed on her left hand

SELF CARE(MAKE UP): Elise is very put together for missions and leaving the house but at home she’s usually cozied up without makeup

FIRST IMPRESSION ON PEOPLE: Before the war, Elise seemed gentle and soft but after Hydra she’s become a bit unapproachable and distant

SKIN COLOR: White

BODY TYPE/BUILD: Muscular band fairly lean

DEFAULT EXPRESSION: Constantly looks annoyed and like she knows better than you (she does)

POSTURE: Fairly straight posture, has changed since taking on the arm and the shield

PIERCINGS: one on each ear, nipple piercings .

DESCRIBE THEIR VOICE: Elise’s voice is gentle, a little on the deeper side for a woman but will make sure she’s heard despite how sweet her voice sounds

RELATIONS:

MOM: Rachel Burke

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: She doesn’t know her mother, she left right after Elise was born

DAD: Paul Burke

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: She doesn’t remember much of him before he went to prison. Her grandfather doesn’t like to speak about him

SIBLINGS: None

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: N/A

CHILDREN: N/A

HOW WELL DO THEY GET ALONG: N/A

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS: Grandfather (Oliver Burke)

PAST LOVER(S): Unknown

CURRENT LOVER: Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes

REACTION TO MEETING SOMEONE NEW: She’s polite but doesn’t do more than a shake of hand and small talk

ABILITY TO WORK WITH OTHERS: …….if they aren’t the avengers then she doesn’t work well with them. She’s used to being the boss and it’s hard to change that.

HOW SOCIABLE(LONER,ETC): Sociable to a degree, again all polite conversation if she doesn’t know them.. But if with friends then very social

FRIENDS: Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Other!Peter Parker, the rest of the avengers team

PETS: Basil, a giant anaconda

LEAST FAVORITE TYPE OF PERSON: Anyone who thinks they can boss her around, anyone who is unaccepting of her sexual orientation

PARENTAL TYPE(PROTECTIVE,ETC): Protective, unable to say no

FAVORITE PEOPLE: Steve, Bucky, Tony, Nat and Peter

LEAST FAVORITE PEOPLE: Anyone related to Hydra

PERSONALITY:

..WHEN YOU FIRST MEET THEM: ? Distant, Polite, Sarcastic

..AS YOU KNOW THEM BETTER(AND THEY LIKE YOU): Excitable, Loyal, Protective

..AS YOU KNOW THEM BETTER(AND THEY DISLIKE YOU): Cruel, Biting, Bossy

FAVORITE COLOR: Green.

FAVORITE FOOD: Waffles, Pop Crackers (Funyuns), M&Ms

FAVORITE ANIMAL: Snakes

FAVORITE INSTRUMENT: Piano

FAVORITE ELEMENT: Earth

LEAST FAVORITE COLOR: Brown

LEAST FAVORITE FOOD: Anything too strong on the sweet or spicy spectrum

LEAST FAVORITE ANIMAL: Mice

LEAST FAVORITE INSTRUMENT: That fucking electronic shit

LEAST FAVORITE ELEMENT: Air

HOBBIES: Reading, sun bathing, bothering Tony

USUAL MOOD: A good mood most of the time

DRINK/SMOKE/DRUGS: Drinks socially, smokes every now and again because she’s from the 40s OKAY

DARK VERSION OF SELF: Unforgiving, cutthroat, skull splitting

LIGHT VERSION OF SELF: Gentle, healing, loving

HOW SERIOUS ARE THEY: Elise is only really serious on missions, other than that she’s very joking

BELIEVE IN GHOSTS: Only two..

(IN)DEPENDANT: D E P E N D A N T WILDLY SO

SOFT SPOT/VULNERABILITY: Talking about Hydra, Talking about her old universe, anyone targeting Steve or Bucky

OPINION ON SWEARING: ……...she grew up in the 40s war time with Bucky and Steve -- it ain’t a pretty mouth

DAREDEVIL VS CAUTIOUS: cautious holy fuck

MUSIC TYPE: Anything with a little swing, the “oldies”

MOVIE TYPE: Documentaries just because she's trying to catch up on this universe

BOOK TYPE: ANYTHING SHE CAN GET HER HANDS ON, she loves reading!! Anything and everything

GAME TYPE: Card games! Basil helps her cheat

COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE: If the room isn’t warm she’s LEAVING

SLEEPING PATTERN: For a LONG time Elise barely slept but now that she’s back with Steve and Bucky she sleeps well again, curled up next to Steve until he leaves to work out then she’s snuggled up with Bucky

CLEANLINESS/NEATNESS: It’s the 40s in her, but she likes a pretty clean house.

DESIRED PET: MORE SNAKES MORE SNAKES, but also likes cats and dogs

HOW DO THEY PASS TIME: Reading and annoying Steve and Bucky

BIGGEST SECRET: Her fucked up eyesight is her biggest secret at this point and her fear of waking up alone, everything else is really out in the open

HERO/WHO THEY LOOK UP TO: Tony Stark

WHAT ANIMAL WOULD THEY BE: Elise would say it's a snake but it’s a wolf -- faithful to her pack until her last breath

FEARS: Steve and Bucky dying again but also the rest of the avengers

COMFORTS: Anytime Bucky and Steve just hold her, sunbathing in one of the boy’s sweaters, the sound of her boys’ voices

HOW DO THEY ACT WHEN THEY ARE:

SAD: Elise is a private sad person, she bottles it up until it comes crashing through the flood gates, until she can’t stay anymore and she can no longer breath or hold herself together, it’s a violent sadness

HAPPY: Elise jokes a lot, she loves teasing and messing around with people, she can’t stop smiling or laughing.. She feels warm and content

ANGRY: VIOLENT, SHe tends to get violent, it can be with words or with fists (She’d NEVER HIT THE BOYS OR HER FRIENDS)

AFRAID: Elise gets angry when she’s afraid, she gets frantic, her mind goes right back to the moment she lost it all, her lungs feel like they’re full of smoke and the world feels slow and heavy

LOVE SOMEONE: She loves them wholeheartedly, she wants to hold him, kiss them, make them smile and laugh and show them how good they are and how important they are to this world .

HATE SOMEONE: Elise ignores or makes sure they know she doesn’t like them

WANT SOMETHING: …………...well…. She’s much more of a piner than anything

CONFUSED: She usually brushes it off, chalks it up to just not knowing

HOW DO THEY REACT TO:

DANGER: She looks to where Steve and Bucky are, if they’re the ones in danger she’s making sure they end up safe.. And if they aren’t she addresses the danger with CAUTION and A PLAN

SOMEONE THEY HATE WHO HAS A CRUSH ON THEM: Elise would turn them down straight up sorry

PROPOSAL TO MARRY: It would be a confusing thing.. I’m sure proposed in bed by one of the boys, laughing as they do because they can’t get married.. But it would turn into something she’d want even metaphorically

DEATH OF LOVED ONE: Considering it’s already happened once, Elise couldn’t handle much more. It’d ruin her.

DIFFICULT GAME/MATH/ETC: Elise gives it to Bucky or Tony to figure out

INJURY: If she’s hurt it isn’t really that big of a deal. Someone else? FUCKING MOTHER HEN MODE, She was a nurse she’ll fucking fix it

SOMETHING IRRESISTABLY CUTE: Elise would wanna squish or kiss

LOSS OF HOURS OF WORK: She’d find someone to annoy with all her time off

KNOWLEDGE:

LANGUAGES: English, German,, ASL.

SCHOOLING LEVEL: Nursing School

FAVORITE SUBJECT (S): Anatomy and English

INTERESTED CAREERS: Nurse.

EXPERTISE: Combat, Communication and Control of Snakes, Manipulation, Enhanced Senses, Seduction

PUZZLES: They aren’t they interesting to her

CHEMISTRY: In the science field a little bit because of her new body chemistry but for humans, she’s got an eye for it.

MATH: Elise didn’t care much for math

ENGLISH: SHE LOVED ENGLISH, she adored writing

GEOGRAPHY: After Hydra she’s an expect at geography

POLITICS/LAW: Being from the 40s and seeing things first hand, Elise has a VERY strong political view

ECONOMY/ACCOUNTING: Again the 40s a very strong view of the economy

COOKING: Elise knows a lot about cookies because woman in the 40s but is working on making things modern and able for her to eat

SEWING: Again VERY good at it because of her past, both clothing and medical

MECHANICS: yeah that’s a no

BOTANY (FLOWERS): nope .

MYTHOLOGY: none really

DRAMATICS(ACTING,SINGING): She’s a good manipulator but GOD SHE CAN’T CARRY A TUNE, only sings to make her boys laugh

READING LEVEL: Top tier

HOW GOOD ARE THEY AT PLANNING AHEAD: Elise is a planner, she can’t help it. She’s far too aware of time passing and the danger her boys get into not to be a planner

ROMANCE:

DO THEY TAKE INITIATIVE: YES Y E S. Elise is constantly working her boys up

HOW DO THEY ACT(SHY,ETC): Elise likes to play coy at times to be flirty but usually she likes to be pretty open about what she wants

GENTLEMAN/LADYLIKE VS KLUTZY: Lady in streets, a freak in the sheets oKAY

GO SLOW VS JUMP INTO: Elise and her idiot boys are the very definition of GO SLOW

PROTECTIVE: ALWAYS

ACT LIKE FRIENDS OR LOVERS: Both!

WHAT KIND OF PRESENTS DO THEY BUY: ELISE LOVES FLOWER PETALS AND BUBBLE BATHS so she gets romantic things

TYPE OF KISSER: Elise likes it slow and deep, she likes to take her time, build it up before it explodes

DO THEY WANT KIDS: ..at first no then yes

DO THEY WANT TO MARRY: She wishes they could

MAKE GOOD OR BAD DECISIONS: Elise likes to think MOST of the time she makes good choices

ARE THEY ROMANTIC: Y E S .

HOW ARE THEY IN BED: Well consindering she knew these boys before they knew her, she’s fucking MINDBLOWING

GET JEALOUS EASY: Yes but she can’t help it she’s just.. Scared

WIFE/HUBBY BEATER: U H N O.

MARRY FOR MONEY: Nah..

FAVORITE POSITION: Elise likes either being in the middle or on top. Her favorite is when she’s riding one of the boys and then they other is fucking whoever is on bottom… she also likes it from both ends :)

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THEIR DREAM DATE: a warm sunday afternoon, they’d take turns dancing to steve’s favorite record and there’s nothing looming over their shoulders.. It’s just them having a cute picnic in their living room

OPINION ON SEX: Elise really likes sex honestly, she likes the intamcy with her boys.. Something she thought she lost.

#elise ;; bio

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Police Navidad 2016

With 6 days til December and the new "season," lets recap last year's Police Navidad prompts.

1. Late night hours lead to an overnight murder. Now Navidad must track down a mall Santa killer before they strike again. Police Navidad in “Bullet Ho-ho-hole.”

2. A string of sudden medication related deaths lead Noel and Navidad to a disgruntled doctor and his desire for revenge. Police Navidad in “Prescriptions filled at the Harmacy.”

3. A serial killer begins leaving remains of their victims in canning supplies. Can Navidad and Vixen figure out the connections beyond the victims all having the same name? Police Navidad in “Crammed Berries.”

4. Fross-T and Vixen track down an informant ready to turn over the evidence to take down a corrupt congressman. When a blizzard strikes though, can Noel and Navidad get to them before a deadly hitman? Police Navidad in “Snowden for the Holidays.”

5. After a body is found keelhauled in the local lake, Navidad and Vixen try to connect the murder to a cold case where victims were forced to walk a plank. Police Navidad in “Kill Like a Pirate Day.”

6. A romantic relationship online turns into murder when a couple meets in person in early September. Noel and Navidad will have to retrace the lovebirds’ steps over the holiday weekend to solve the case. Police Navidad in “Labor Bae.”

7. A murder down at a nearby farm leads Navidad and crew to an investigation of the ongoing rivalry in the chicken raising community. Feathers fly as Police Navidad solves the case in, “A Few Rotten Eggs”

8. The dawn of a new year brings a new case. Agent Dasher and Navidad team up to take down a killer who believes his ritual sacrifices will bring about the second coming of a fictional demon. Guy of Scifi guest stars with Police Navidad in “New Year’s Evil.”

9. A mob boss seeking power puts out a hit on the Kringlesberg mayor. When his wife alerts the police to the plan, will Navidad and Vixen be able to keep the mayor safe? Police Navidad in “Our Reign, Dear.”

10. December snow brings back a cold case of MURDER. When body parts begin turning up on doorsteps of Kringlesberg police officers, Noel and Navidad turn to a case involving a similar M.O. Police Navidad in “The Month of Dismember.”

11. 20 cars, 6 nights, 2 charred bodies. Navidad goes undercover as a street racer to investigate the murder of 2 drivers. Police Navidad in “Holiday Road’s Dead End.”

12. There’s a charity battle of old tech vs new, and the battleground is set for Kringleberg! Modern drones are set to take on the technology of medieval times, but when one of the drone controllers is framed for the murder of another participant, and Navidad in the hospital after surgery, it’ll be up to Vixen and Noel to solve this caper. Police Navidad sits this one out in “Silent Knight, Deadly Flight.”

13. A holiday trip home ends in murder in the Kringlesberg bus station. Now Noel and Navidad have to figure out which of the passengers is responsible. Police Navidad in “I’ll be Dead For Christmas.”

14. When an amatuer video series begins depicting actual murders, Navidad, Noel, and Vixen will go on the hunt. Can they stop the serial killer filmmakers before their next release? Police Navidad in “Christmas Faces of Death.”

15. After faking her death during their last encounter, Navidad’s serial killer mother has returned. With his family held hostage, and time running out, can Navidad save the day? Police Navidad in “Mother's day.”

16. Evidence destroyed, witnesses missing, and a killer about to walk free. Navidad and crew face ongoing frustrations as a mafia boss’ goons stay one step ahead of them. With Agent Dasher and Fross-T being called in, it’ll be all hands on deck to make sure justice is served. Police Navidad in “A Perfect Christmas Crime.”

17. Christmas time is here, and the hot new item in the Kringlesberg are lifesize dolls with an uncanny human appearance. But when the toys turn out to be dead bodies covered in wax, Navidad and Vixen will have to track down the killer before the next shipment arrives. Police Navidad in “Bodies in Toyland.”

18. Spring is in the air, and so the is stench of dead bodies down by the old lake as they thaw out of the frozen waters. Someone was busy this past winter, and Navidad and Vixen are on the case to figure out who. Police Navidad in “The Season of Death.”

19. For almost 40 years, Doc Bullfrog’s riverside restaurant has been host to one of the premiere local folk bands. When the lead singer turns up dead, and his bandmates missing, Navidad, Dasher, and Noel find themselves following a path of treachery and and deception involving an occult themed heavy metal band. Police Navidad moves to the music in “Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Murders.”

20. 10 skulls, 10 separate years, 10 cold cases. One of Kringlesberg’s longest running investigations is reopened when an 11th skull turns up on the mayor’s doorsteps, with a note saying to expect more. Police Navidad in “12 Deaths of Christmas.”

21. Agent Dasher recruits Navidad and Noel to assist in a particularly unusual case of a murder in a small town of people who dress in frog costumes and worship the visage of Rowdy Roddy Piper. Will the trio be able to deal with the oddity of the town and catch the killer? Police Navidad in “Christmas Comes to Frogtown.”

22. With Navidad and Noel out on undercover work, Dasher, Fross-T, and Vixen are left to hold down the fort. But when a supply of toys for the local childrens’ hospital goes missing, it’ll be anything but sweet dreams in Kringlesberg. Can the crew find the toys in time, and bring the criminals to justice before Christmas Day? Police Navidad is unavailable in “How the B-Team Saved Christmas.”

23. The movies get a bit too real when a killer strikes during an early screening at the Kringlesburg Film Festival. When the footage of the murder shows up in an grad student’s art house film, Navidad will need to find out just who is performing the killer cuts. Police Navidad changes reels in “The Matinee Murders.”

24. Mistletoe is both lovely.. and deadly. When bodies begin turning up in the Kringlesburg morgue, mouths stuffed with the plant, Navidad and Noel come to the same conclusion, there’s a romantic killer loose in town. Police Navidad in “A Christmas Kiss of Death.”

25. A former informant turned musician comes under attack after his past is publically outed by a bitter politician he helped convict years ago. Now war has broken out in the streets of Kringlesburg as the local crime bosses team up to try and take him out. Low on ammo, Noel wounded, and holed up in the abandoned warehouse district, Navidad is the musician’s only hope of survival. Police Navidad takes on a cavalcade of chaos in “The Little Drummer Boy’s Last Stand.”

#police navidad #2016

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