#80s jagged stone

[artzychic27]

Oh boy I thought of a sad AU. So you know how there's some AUs where Marinette is Jagged's niece? There's even one where she's actually Jagged's kid?

Well what about an AU where Marinette is Jagged Stone's kid... but Juleka and Luka were still abandoned by him? I imagine that there would be some bottled in resentment that Marinette got to live with them, but they were still abandoned.

Kim: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Jagged Stone is your dad, too?!

Juleka: Yep.

Alix: Does he know?

Luka: *Hatefully strumming his guitar* Oh, he does. Yet, he chose to abandon us and take in Marinette as his only child. How lovely is that?

Nathaniel: Wanna blast them online and get them cancelled?

Juleka: We tried that. Our posts keep getting deleted or reported by those psycho fans of theirs’.

Alix: Okay, but this isn’t right, you know. Where does that guy get off abandoning you two and taking in Marinette to live like some rich girl? Does she even know you two are her brother and sister?

Juleka: Somehow, I think she does. She takes every opportunity to “humble brag” to us about what she and her dad did over the weekend while we stayed home and watched 80s movies.

Rose: She’s a bitch. Continue.

Juleka: What’s there left to say? He made his choice. He got the daughter he always wanted, and… That’s fine.

Marc: … No, it’s really not. Fuck this.

Juleka: What do you-

Marc: I mean we’re doing a fucking paternity test. Let’s call up Chloé, because she will help us if bashing asshole parents is involved. Also, she doesn’t like Marinette. I didn’t get it at first, but I do now. We’ll post the results everywhere and get Jagged to own up to his mistake while also letting it be know that Marinette knew she had a brother and sister.

Luka: … You’re kind of evil. I like that.

Marc: Thank you.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #jagged stone is a douche #answered ask #ask me stuff

[self-loving-vampire]

CRPG Progress 2023

I just thought I’d write myself a list of games from the highly-recommended and free CRPG book I sometimes mention.

There is still a lot of stuff from that book that I want to play, as well as other games not mentioned in it. 

Ideally I would play at least a little bit of everything on it for the best historical perspective, but in practice I find it difficult enough to finish just my existing backlog so I need to prioritize some things over others.

If a game is marked with a single exclamation mark, it means it sounds particularly interesting to me even beyond its historical significance and I want to try it for at least a couple of hours to see what it’s like.

If a game is marked with two exclamation marks, it means I have played some of it.

If a game is marked with three exclamation marks, it means I have played enough of it to have a reasonably solid idea of how it plays and all.

If a game is marked with four exclamation marks, it means I have reached the end credits or otherwise finished the game at least once.

70s RPGs

Beneath Apple Manor (!)

Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai (!)

Oubliette (!)

Futurewar (!)

Avatar (!)

80s RPGs

The Return of Heracles (!)

Wizard’s Crown (!)

Phantasie (!)

Starflight (!)

Alter Ego (!)

Deathlord (!)

Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds (!)

Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna (!)

Pool of Radiance (!)

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom (!)

The Magic Candle (!)

The Dark Heart pf Uurkrul (!)

Knights of Legend (!)

Dungeon Master (!!)

NetHack (!!)

Wasteland (!!)

Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn (!!!)

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (!!!!)

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (!!!!)

Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (!!!!)

90s RPGs

Ultima VI: The False Prophet (!)

Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (!)

Captive (!)

Champions of Krynn (!)

Fate: Gates of Dawn (!)

Disciples of Steel (!)

Worlds of Ultima: Martian Dreams (!)

Star Control 2 (!)

Betrayal at Krondor (!)

Dark Sun: Shattered Lands (!)

Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures (!)

Ravenloft: Stone Prophet (!)

Birthright: The Gorgon’s Alliance (!)

Diablo (!)

Final Fantasy VII (!)

Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (!)

Jagged Alliance 2 (!)

Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (!)

Darklands (!!)

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss (!!)

UnReal World (!!)

Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant (!!)

Ultima VIII: Pagan (!!)

System Shock 2 (!!)

Baldur’s Gate (!!!)

Ancient Domains of Mystery (!!!)

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (!!!)

Ultima VII: The Black Gate (!!!!)

Princess Maker 2 (!!!!)

Exile Avernum: Escape From the Pit (!!!!)

Fallout (!!!!)

Fallout 2 (!!!!)

Planescape: Torment (!!!!)

Ultima IX: Ascension (!!!! DO NOT DO THIS PLEASE LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE)

2000s RPGs

Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (!)

Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer (!)

Diablo 2 (!)

Wizards & Warriors (!)

ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal (!)

Neverwinter Nights (!)

Neverwinter Nights 2 (!)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (!)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (!)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl (!)

The Witcher (!)

Yumina the Ethereal (!)

Eschalon: Book I (!!)

Arx Fatalis (!!)

The Battle for Wesnoth (!!)

Space Station 13 (!!)

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (!!)

Mass Effect (!!)

Valkyria Chronicles (!!)

Dragon Age: Origins (!!)

Agarest: Generations of War (!!!)

Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale (!!!)

Dwarf Fortress (!!!)

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (!!!)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (!!!)

Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura (!!!)

Elona (!!!)

Risen (!!!)

Deus Ex (!!!!)

Wizardry 8 (!!!!)

Gothic (!!!!)

Geneforge (!!!!)

Gothic 2 (!!!!)

Temple of Elemental Evil (!!!!)

Sacred (!!!!)

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (!!!!)

Gothic 3 (!!!!)

Fallout 3 (!!!!)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (!!!!)

2010s RPGs

Caves of Qud (!)

Dungeons of Dredmor (!)

Divinity: Original Sin (!)

Transistor (!)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (!)

Tale of Wuxia (!)

Pyre (!)

Cultist Simulator (!)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance (!)

NEO Scavenger (!!)

The Age of Decadence (!!)

The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings (!!)

Legend of Grimrock 2 (!!)

Shadowrun Returns (!!)

Dragon’s Dogma (!!)

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (!!)

Pillars of Eternity (!!)

Darkest Dungeon (!!)

NieR: Automata (!!)

Kenshi (!!)

Vampyr (!!)

E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy (!!!)

Mount & Blade: Warband (!!!)

Torchlight 2 (!!!)

Din’s Curse (!!!)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (!!!)

Divinity: Original Sin 2 (!!!)

Wasteland 2 (!!!)

UnderRail (!!!)

Fallout 4 (!!!)

Fallout: New Vegas (!!!!)

Mass Effect 2 (!!!!)

Dark Souls (!!!!)

Magical Diary (!!!!)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (!!!!)

Tales of Maj’Eyal (!!!!)

Legend of Grimrock (!!!!)

Path of Exile (!!!!)

Tyranny (!!!!)

ELEX (!!!!)

Pathfinder: Kingmaker (!!!!)

Slay the Spire (!!!!)

Disco Elysium (!!!!)

#long post

[joecial-distancing]

Assorted 1k1 albums update

Too many since last time I was writing these to be worth listing every single one, plus I took a short hiatus during Spring, but I’m noticing my retention has been a lot worse since I stopped blurbing.

Broadly, I’m noticing it was very clearly a british person curating this list, the most forgettable entries on here tend to be 80s-era brit/synth pop.

Santana Abraxas (1970): Santana Extremely Good!

Sufjan Stevens Illinois (2005): I think I like the idea of his states project more than I really care for the music itself

Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson (1971): Miserable headphones listen, his voice is so loud in the mix I can’t enjoy the music. Admittedly I might feel different if I understood French and could tell what he was saying lol

Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age (1998): Most dad rock is cute/enjoyable every once in a while, this was boring as hell though

Megadeth Rust in Peace (1990): I have a soft spot for certain types/eras of metal, this is not one of my preferred ones though

Def Leppard Pyromania (1983): Now *this* is perfectly good dad rock!

David Bowie Station To Station (1976): Bowie’s one of the figures I’m most interested in getting my head around through this project. So far, this is my favorite thing from him I’ve heard, the title track is excellent!

REM Automatic for the People (1992): Another thing I’m trying to keep tabs on as I go through this is stringing together influence points toward things I knew before going in. For some reason as I listen to REM, I keep thinking of They Might Be Giants, which is weird because the music isn’t exactly similar. Something in the attitude? I dunno.

The Who Who’s Next (1971): There’s a couple albums like this on here where my brain lights up when it hears the recognizable stuff, and then doesn’t retain the rest of the music. Baba O’Riley is indeed really good, but I’m struggling to take an honest accounting of “ok is it genuinely so much better than the rest of the album or are you just really familiar with this”

like “do you think these songs are good or bad based on radio exposure, or did the ones you liked get radio exposure because they were the good shit?” I don’t trust the second one as an explanation even if it feels true.

Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973): Really good bathtub listening. Definitely dragged/went slow more than I like. I’ve heard this one describes as like an album constructed for audiophiles/people who care a lot about precise mixing, which feels true.

Kanye West The College Dropout (2004): I liked this a lot! Kanye really has a gravity about him, where I feel like I interpret a lot of the generator’s other rap/hip-hop selections in context of what they mean in context of things before/after KW

Earth Wind & Fire That’s The Way Of The World (1975)

Burning Spear Marcus Garvey (1975): One thing I’m learning through this project is I should probably be putting more reggae into my rotation. It tends to be slower than I usually go for, but otherwise checks a lot of my boxes

2pac Me Against The World (1995): 2pac’s another Huge name who’s a blind spot for me. I really need to revisit this one; I mentioned in the public enemy blurb that I basically can’t retain lyrics unless I’m literally reading them along to the music, and I wasn’t able to do that when I was playing this.

Sonic Youth Dirty (1992)

Notorious BIG Ready To Die (1994): Didn’t like this as much as 2pac & public enemy, in terms of 90s rap

Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992): This one really grew on me! Very pleasant first listen, and then I found myself coming back to it a lot afterward.

Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995): Haha god damn I like Alanis. So many choices she makes on here that should be obnoxious on paper, but just end up being extremely charming *“HOWWwOWWowwW apprOAHpriaTe”* absolutely delightful

Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies (1973): I have some experience with Alice Cooper here & there. This album was fine, but my favorite thing from him was his Muppet Show appearance

The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole (1997)

Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996) I think people I know like B&S? I don’t think I did.

Randy Newman Good Old Boys (1974): I don’t think he’s country, but he’s something adjacent. I liked this, found it pleasant

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed (1969): Hell yeah I love The Departed

Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977): What the fuck every single song on this is super well-known. Major touchpoint filled in that I had no idea I was even missing

Os Mutantes Os Mutantes (1968): Wish I liked this more, the thing they’re up to seems interesting

Deep Purple Deep Purple In Rock (1970): Oh my god I loved this. I knew by reputation that Deep Purple’s one of the bands that built the bridge from hard rock to heavy metal, and something about that boundary creates stuff I like way more than straight metal.

Yes The Yes Album (1971): Yes’s good songs are some of my favorite stuff out there, but the individual albums have a lot of songs that just don’t work for me.

Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy (1973): I find Steely Dan to be technically boring, but perfectly serviceable cooking & doing the dishes music

REM Document (1987): Moreso than Automatic For The People, this really cemented for me that I love REM. Lotta earworms

Nirvana Nevermind (1991): The first songs on this are tremendous, some of the strongest things to open an album. Didn’t really retain the rest (see: the who, earlier)

Lana Del Rey Chemtrails Over the Country Club (2021)

Black Sabbath Vol 4 (1971): Similar to Deep Purple, lots of fun! The arrangements are fast, energetic, interesting. Noticing I’m tending to like a lot of 70s metal, then something happens 80s-00s that loses me really hard.

ABBA The Visitors (1981): Influence Alert: Marina and the Diamonds totally bites a whole bunch of influence from ABBA, it’s so obvious after sitting with an ABBA album all the way through (having previously basically only known them from the mama mia soundtrack *killed by brick through the window*). I liked a few songs off this one, looking forward to hearing more from the generator

The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (1999): Lol I had people in the 00s recommend flaming lips to me. This was so boring!

Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus (1977): See previous re: reggae. often a lot for me when it’s an entire album, but I like it in general!

David Bowie Heroes (1977): With a couple Bowies under my belt by this point, he’s kind of a mixed bag for me; there’s usually a couple songs per album I’ll like a lot, and the rest leaves me really cold. That said, I still haven’t heard anything from ziggy stardust era, so there might be missing context or something still.

Paul Simon Paul Simon (1972): Bleh

Björk Medúlla (2004): Felt really bad that I did not like this. might revisit, could just be it wasn’t good music for taking a bath.

Throbbing Gristle D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (1978): Same complaint as Björk, this seemed like something I should like a lot, and instead it annoyed me.

Hole Celebrity Skin (1998): Damn I went in kind of expecting not to like it, and it turned out to be really good! *Trampled to death by approx. 1,000,000 foaming Gen X men*

Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000): Way more misses than hits, but still a fun time capsule of what the fuck everyone I knew in middle school was blithering about at the time

David Bowie Blackstar (2016): I feel like I need to read some production history to get the hang of this one

George Michael Faith (1987): haha oh my god he’s so fucking sleazy on this, I love it

Beatles White Album (1968): Overall pretty good! Hard to set aside the charles manson mystique around it

The White Stripes Elephant (2003): Big nostalgia album! Seven Nation Army owns bones, the rest of this is pretty good still

Scott Walker Scott 2 (1968): He has such a good voice! I don’t even like genre he’s doing and I was swept away!

Rush Moving Pictures (1981): I’ve given Rush an honest try before, they just never clicked for me. Decent, but...something’s missing

Steely Dan Aja (1977):

Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde (1966): Bob Dylan might be another case of I Gotta Sit Down With The Lyrics, bc on first listen I just found him kind of grating.

Duran Duran Rio (1982): Lmao I love this album. Title song’s whatever, but Hungry Like the Wolf makes me smile so fucking much

Fred Neil Fred Neil (1966): Rare example of pure country music I found pretty engaging the whole album

The Killers Hot Fuss (2004): Unlike with The Who and Nirvana, I am very sure the popular songs off this one are the actual good ones lol. Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me are A-OK, the rest may be safely left in the past

Can Tago Mago (1971): One of my all-time favorite albums. Halleluhwah alone could carry it really far

Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980): This one really knocked me on my ass, clearly a big influence point for a whole bunch of bands I like a ton.

Metallica Master of Puppets (1986): This is the fucking thing with 80s metal, man! If each of these songs were like 50% shorter, this would’ve been really solid, but as is they’re not interesting enough to justify how long they make you spend with them.

Aretha Franklin Lady Soul (1968): I like Never Loved A Man more than this one, but Aretha Franklin all-time excellent

Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle (1979): Really stripped-down, deliberately no-personality. Pretty interesting experience!

Flamin’ Groovies Teenage Head (1971): Ohhhhh shit these are the Louie Louie guys! Fun mix of rock, blues, etc. Seems kind of Of The Time in terms of baseline late-60s/early-70s bands.

Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information (1974): Nice soul/jazzy, which usually starts to bore me after a whole album, but was kind of nice to have on while I was writing the rest of these entries.

#1001 Albums

[thetrashywritingwitch]

WHY DO YOU HAVE JAGGED STONE FROM MIRACULOUS LADYBUG IN YOUR CAMERA ROLL 😭

🤡

I DONT KNOW I THINK SOMEONE IN A SERVER PUT HIS PIC UP TO MAKE FUN OF HIM FOR HAVING THE WORST FASHON AND FACIAL HAIR AND ALSO BEING A BAD DAD I THINK??? AND I AGREE!!!! i saved it bc i didn't think his design was real but it is good god lkajldkfjaf JAGGED STONE???? fucking go back to the 80's and do drugs you were born in the wrong time loser

[laguaridadelnagual]

La leyenda viva del rock, Mick Jagger, festeja sus 80 años

El vocalista de los Rolling Stones organizó una multitudinaria fiesta donde familiares y celebridades se reunieron para desearle un feliz cumpleaños   La leyenda del rock Mick Jagger sigue sorprendiendo a propios y extraños por la gran vitalidad que desprende arriba y abajo del escenario a sus flamantes 80 años. Como era de esperarse, el músico celebró su natalicio como es debido: una fiesta en el club Embargo Republica, ubicado en el barrio de Chelsea en Londres, donde familiares y celebridades se reunieron para desearle un feliz cumpleaños al vocalista de The Rolling Stones. Jagger nació el 26 de julio de 1943 en Dartford, Kent. Su madre Eva Ensley Mary era peluquera, su padre Basil Fanshawe ‘Joe’ Jagger compitió en gimnasia y el hermano menor de Mick, Chris, también es músico. La cuenta oficial de los Rolling Stones compartió en sus redes un mensaje para el británico deseándole un muy feliz cumpleaños junto a un video que recorre la vida del cantante. Acudieron sus ocho hijos, cinco nietos y tres bisnietos al evento privado y también Melanie Hamrick, la exbailarina del American Ballet Theatre y actual novia, 44 años más joven con quien lleva nueve años en pareja. El gran ausente de la jornada fue el guitarrista de The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, quien de todas maneras le dejó un sentido mensaje en un comunicado: “Espero que podamos seguir diciéndonos esto el uno al otro por mucho tiempo ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Mick!”. A las 3 de la mañana, Mick salió del lugar; no se sabe si fue el alcohol o el cansancio, pero el músico fue visto sujetándose de un miembro de seguridad que se encargó de subirlo a un auto y llevarlo a casa sano y salvo. Jagger junto a su banda planean lanzar un nuevo álbum donde aparecerá el fallecido baterista Charlie Watts. Quien confirmó la noticia fue uno de los guitarristas de la banda, Ronnie Wood, de 75 años, asegurando que podremos escucharlo en algunas canciones del nuevo disco. Ronnie dio a conocer la noticia al portal de noticias The Sun. “Estamos grabando el nuevo álbum ahora y nos vamos a Los Ángeles en unas pocas semanas para continuarlo y terminarlo. Charlie está en algunas de las pistas, y el baterista Steve Jordan”, dijo. Por fortuna para los fanáticos de la banda, Charlie Watts que tendrá participación una vez más en las canciones de la banda que lo acompañó por más de 60 años. El baterista cumplió 80 años en junio de 2021 y llevaba tocando con los Stones desde 1963. Junto con el cantante Mick Jagger y el guitarrista Keith Richards, Charlie Watts era uno de los miembros más antiguos de la famosa banda de rock, en la que también han participado Mick Taylor, Ron Wood y Bill Wyman. Mick y su compañero de banda Keith Richards se hicieron amigos en la escuela primaria, cuando compartían el amor por el ritmo y el blues. Los Rolling Stones debutaron en 1962 y desde entonces han lanzado más de 20 álbumes de estudio, vendido más de 200 millones de discos y cientos de conciertos alrededor del mundo. Su música marcó generaciones e influyó a muchos otros artistas.   Un hombre polifacético Mick estudió administración de empresas en la London School of Economics antes de decidir formar la banda que lo haría famoso. Además de ser cantante, compositor y productor musical, Mick Jagger también incursionó en otras áreas como el cine, la literatura y la moda. Actuó en varias películas como Ned Kelly (1970), Performance (1970) y Freejack (1992), entre otras. Escribió canciones para bandas sonoras como Alfie (2004) y The Departed (2006). Colaboró con otros músicos como David Bowie, Peter Tosh y Lenny Kravitz. También fue un ícono de la moda por su forma de vestir y su actitud rebelde. Lanzó su propia línea de ropa llamada Jagged Edge y ha sido modelo para marcas como Burberry y Dior. Y apoyó causas sociales y ambientales como Live Aid, Live 8 y Global Cool. Read the full article

[safereturndoubtful]

Day 70 - to Innerdalen

I left a sleeping Rindal and drove twenty minutes or so to a trail access point for the Trollheimen mountains. Rindal had been a good overnight stay, despite its youths disturbing the peace one their incredibly noisy trail motorcycles until after midnight. The Thai food hut had been a pleasant surprise, and was really good.

The Trollheimen mountains are known for their dramatic scenery. Though not a National Park, it is a landscape conservation area. To the east are gentle foothills, to the west inaccessible jagged peaks well beyond most mountaineers. It’s a glacier shaped landscape, with farming in its valleys, and settlements dating back to the Stone Age.

I’m going to be around these mountains all week, though my introduction to them was on a drizzly overcast morning in wetlands, with the peaks barely visible. I took an off-piste return from the path I had headed out on.. not that there was much difference. It meant a kilometres walk back on the gravel road. The only car I saw pulled over for a chat. It was a hydroelectric worker and his 95 year old father. He told me he wasn’t working, ‘just looking’. His father had worked on the dam further up the road when it was constructed 65 years ago. They were the second people who told me what a rough summer it had been in central Norway, with record amounts of rain, and temperatures never reaching 20C.

I drove south on roads with wonderful scenic vistas as the cloud cleared. Though only 80 kilometres or so, the route involved taking a ferry at Kvanne. They run every half hour, but I arrived at lunch break, so took my own also.

My destination was Innerdalen, spoken of by Norwegian Tourism as the country’s most beautiful mountain valley. Their promotion, not that it needs it, clearly works, as the car park at the head of the road was busy. Further north, in the more wild valleys it’s possible to drive further up the valleys, but since 2010, it is not allowed to drive up the track to the huts in 5 kilometres. It’s the weekend of course, and the car park is busy with hikers from cities of the south. It’s even a possibility for a long weekend visit from Oslo, 5 hours drive away. The visitors in cars had generally arrived on Friday and stayed in the huts higher up the valley. By 6 pm almost all had gone. There were two other campervans, both solo travelling women, who it was good to chat to. A Dutch woman, with her three noisy Siberian huskies in a self converted, but not by her, Renault, which had a surprising lack of luxury to it; portable gas stove, and unable to store much power. The other woman was an Austrian in a hired pop top Opel Crosscamp, away for 4 weeks, and was today at the end, driving all the way back to Germany tomorrow. The van looked a bit cheap and nasty to me, as a lot of hire vans are, but I kept my thoughts to myself..

I arrived in good time for a hike up the Grasdalen valley. The route crosses two fast-flowing rivers, one a tributary of the other, before it climbs to the ruin of a shepherd’s cottage, last occupied in 1856. Its worth thinking how life must have been then, with the long dark winters when most likely they were completely isolated and needed to be self sufficient.

My timing was almost perfect to get back to the van for the deciding game from Lahore. I say almost, because it would have been impolite to break off my conversation with the Dutch lady to say the cricket was starting. I doubt she would have understood me anyway.

[cybermoonmoon]

“...Unity”

A Sense of Unity. Every now, and then throughout our collective American history we see how united we can be. In the last 80 years WW2, and the immediate days after 9/11 showed who we really were. I wasn't around for the WW2 unity. However, I was certainly about for 9/11. 

We'd learned from before not to target people. We would not intern Muslim Americans as we did to the Japanese Americans.

There was a sincere sense of national unity the likes I've never experienced before or since.  I recall sitting by the East River several days after the attack. The radio station I worked for was at the South Street river's edge. The air thick with the smell of burnt plastic, and a faint scent of death. That scent stayed around till the next spring. Strange no one mentions that hardly. It stayed for months.

I'm by the river, and a Wall Street guy sat next to me. We talked about where we were what we did what we saw. There were fears of more attacks. Perhaps some manner of dirty bomb. It's what we expected back then. My Wall Street friend said how he was arranging to send his wife, and kids to his parents in the mid-west. He hoped they'd be safe there, but he didn't know.

I said I was a stone-cold New Yorker and would stick around. I offered my hope that his children would be okay no matter what happened here. We then sat silently there for some time.

A lot of that went on all over the City. Indeed the country. We were all collectively in the unknown and were standing together facing it down. It was a good feeling. I hoped it would continue. I remember media folks commenting the same. "...Everything is different now it will never go back to the divisive way it was." This was often said on TV, and radio in those first days. Of course it changed back. Partly human nature. Partly manipulation of our raw feelings by the then administration. This to get us into a long-planned war with Iraq. A country that had nothing to do with the attacks. Afghanistan was almost an afterthought. It became an underfunded sideshow of the war. With the monstrous results we now live with.

Here in the City I remember saying "When the cops shoot down an unarmed Black guy you'll know we're back to normal." It took three days. ...Normal. Now on this morning that launched a 20 Year's War. A war we lost. Lost, and betrayed a whole population into a dark age. On this jagged anniversary we remember. We recall what happened what could have been, and what finally came. Our dream of unity, and peace between us faded then disappeared. How I wish that sense of common purpose, and mutual trust could return. How we as Americans long for it.

[airi-p4]

LBSC Art Sprint Challenge - Prompt: Neon Colors

For the LBSC sprint challenge @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers

Rules: 45 minutes sprint for sketching, the next 24 hours to finish the rest. (I totally broke them again - but nevermind)

So.... This is 100% @verfound​ ‘s fault and I have no explanation. DAMMIT VER Just check Ver’s Jagged art and amazing fic. That’s all you need to know 😂

15 minutes sketch under the cut:

#LBSC art sprint challenge #lbsc sprint challenge #jagged stone #marinette #luka #lukanette #Pro LukaMari #I had to give those 80s patterns a good use #and I did XD #Sorry this is both cursed and blessing #DAMMIT VER #I didn't want to spend time drawing hands so don't mind them #80s jagged stone #my art #airipyon #airip4

[artzychic27]

(Just based off something from a Discord discussion a while ago. Here’s the Couffaine kids plus Vivica!)

Luka/Juleka: Here he comes, the Reptile Man, he's always ready with a trick or a scam!

Vivica: *angrily plays the ukulele*

Luka/Juleka: With his purple hair, tackey goatee, and outfit from glam rock 80s! He's a liar and a rogue who will take your songs and leave! He'll take away your happiness and fill the hole with grief! Here he comes, the Reptile Man, he's always ready with a trick or a scam!

Vivica: *angrily plays the mouth harp*

Luka/Juleka: He's a no-good husband and a deadbeat dad! If he disappeared for good, then we'd all be glad! His makeup's shit and his manner is brash! If you split him down the middle, all you'll find is trash! Here he comes, the Reptile Man, he's always ready with a trick or a scam!

Jagged: Where's the candy?

Anarka: There isn't any, just garbage to symbolize how rotten the Reptile Man is on the inside.

Vivica: *Angrily plays the violin*

Luka/Juleka: Got a hole for a soul and a heart like a knife! He let down his kids and wife! Never, ever marry him, he'll ruin your life! The Reptile Man! He's always ready with a trick! Or a lie! Or a con! Or a hustle! Or a hoax! Or a fraud! *Vivica angrily plays the drums* Or a racket! Or a sham! Or a diddle! Or a fiddle! Or a scam!

Akuma Class/Science Kids/Jagged Stone: 😨

Ivan: ... Well, it wasn't about me.

Jagged: Yeah, I know. I got the hint.

Luka: Don’t worry dad, the Reptile Man isn’t about you. It’s a tradition as old as time. Mom said it started when the lousy mooching Pilgrims first came to the Natives homeland and they were all abandoned by their deadbeat father. You know, the British.

(Will this be a thing in SB&IB?... Don't know)

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #juleka couffaine #luka couffaine #the amazing world of gumball #scarlet beetle and ikati black #Vivica

[verfound]

DID ANYONE HONESTLY THINK THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ILLUSTRATION

80s Jagged hadn't discovered manscaping yet for Move Like Jagged/the @lovebugs-and-snakecharmers Sprint Challenge.

We got all these nice, classy AUs, like Violin/Ballet Lukanette, Celebrity Lukanette, etc., and here I am giving y'all Richard Simmons 80s Workout Jagged. You're welcome. 😂

(also huuuuuge thanks to @bloody-no-kissu, who wrote the title of the tape and has the prettiest handwriting ever 🖤🖤🖤)

#miraculous ladybug #jagged stone #lovebugs & snakecharmers #lbsc sprint challenge #neon colors #ml art #fanart #ver draws #I GOT THEM MOVES LIKE JAGGED #80s workout jagged #80s jagged #80s jagged doesn't manscape #80s jagged is a blessing and a curse #I've spent entirely too long staring at his crotch take it away

[thecreaturecodex]

Stone Mauler

“Earth Elemental - Pathfinder” © Paizo Publishing, by Sally Gottschalk. Accessed at her deviantArt here

[The elementals in Pathfinder 2e are less tied to the Small/Medium/Large/Huge/Greater/Elder formula established in D&D 3.0 and carried over to Pathfinder 1e. For example, the stone mauler is a CR 9, the same CR as a Greater elemental in the old schema, but is Large instead of Huge. They also tend to have more interesting and variable abilities, as opposed to the identical elementals previously.

This art piece is not used in any Bestiary for any elemental, stone mauler or otherwise, but is “official” Paizo content. This appeared as a cardboard pawn in the Summon Monster collection. I dig its underbite and kaiju-like head.]

Stone Mauler CR 9 N Outsider (elemental) This creature is vaguely ape-like, with large muscular arms and short legs. Its body is made of stone, jagged chunks of colorful crystals growing from it like spines.

Stone maulers are a variety of earth elemental infused with veins of precious stone. Crystals grow from their surfaces and from surfaces that they pass by, creating an eerie rippling as they move. Stone maulers often work in service of shaitans as messengers or mercenaries, trading their services for more gems, which they consume in order to incorporate into their own bodies. Xorns consider stone maulers to be delicious but dangerous prey, and sometimes form parties to hunt them.

A stone mauler’s body is their primary weapon. They can punch with devastating force and pluck crystals off of their skin to throw as missiles. The crystals that grow from any stone they touch are razor-sharp, and prevent fleshy creatures from getting too close. If badly injured or threatened, they crumble, breaking their bodies apart in order to burrow straight down in an instant. Most stone maulers flee from a fight after this point, but some have learned that they can use this ability early in a fight to allow themselves to reposition after having surveyed the battlefield.

The body of a stone mauler contains precious stones equal to a normal treasure of its CR. An hour worth of work and a DC 19 Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Profession (miner) check is necessary to recover all of the stones—otherwise, a treasure value worth half a normal treasure are recovered.

Stone Mauler       CR 9 XP 6,400 N Large outsider (earth, elemental, extraplanar) Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +16, tremorsense 60 ft. Aura jagged (5 ft) Defense AC 23, touch 8, flat-footed 23 (-1 size, -1 Dex, +15 natural) hp 125 (10d10+70) Fort +14, Ref +2, Will +10 DR 5/-; Immune elemental traits Defensive Abilities crumble; Weakness earthbound Offense Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft. (earth glide) Melee 2 slams +15 (2d8+6) Ranged rock +10 (2d8+9) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks rock throwing (80 ft.) Statistics Str 23, Dex 9, Con 24, Int 9, Wis 16, Cha 9 Base Atk +10; CMB +17 (+19 bull rush); CMD 26 (28 vs. bull rush) Feats Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (rock) Skills Climb +19, Knowledge (dungeoneering, planes) +12, Perception +16, Stealth +8 Languages Terran Ecology Environment any land or underground (Plane of Earth) Organization solitary, pair or gang (3-8) Treasure special (see above) Special Abilities Crumble (Ex) As an immediate action when it takes damage, a stone mauler can burrow 20 feet straight down without provoking attacks of opportunity. It must be touching earth or stone in order to use this ability. Once a stone mauler has used crumble, it cannot do so again for 1d4 rounds. Earthbound (Ex) If not touching earth or stone, a stone mauler is considered to be staggered. Jagged Aura (Su) Sharp protrusions of rock emerge from the ground within 5 feet of a stone mauler. This area counts as difficult terrain, and creatures moving into or through it take 2d6 points of piercing damage for every 5 feet they move. Creatures with the earth subtype ignore both the movement penalties and the damage. A stone mauler can suppress or resume this aura as a standard action.

#stone mauler #elemental #earth elemental #pathfinder 1e #pathfinder 2e

[darling-i-read-it]

Temple of the Forbidden Eye

Indiana Jones x reader

Word Count: 2.8k

Warnings: bugs, skeletons, lava, danger, running lol, insinuations to smut

Author’s Note: This is, in fact, the plot to the disneyland ride. I’ve been on it so many times, when I was trying to think of an Indiana plot to do I literally just wrote the ride. And i love this. 

Summary: You and Indiana are tasked with going to look into a Temple.  

Song: Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye by John Williams 

I don’t own these characters. They belong to author/director 

(not my gif)

Sallah stood in front of you, frantically opening up a tattered map. He ushered it over to you and you looked down at it, breathing in the hot 80 degree air. He pointed at the picture of the Temple, looking up at your face as he did so.

“That is where you need to go.” You pursed your lips.

“You’ve spoken to Indiana about this?” 

“He is already on his way. He is in a hotel, awaiting my call for your answer,” he explained. You looked up at the blue sky and took a deep breath. You told yourself you wouldn’t get caught up in anything like this again. Going to India, trying to find this Temple of the Forbidden Eye. Working with Indiana Jones again. “You should go. He will need help, it is dangerous.” 

You looked at Sallah hard and you saw him realize that you were going to go. A small smile creeped onto his face and he nodded quickly, slapping your shoulder happily.

“I will call him.” He started to walk away and you sighed loudly, shaking your head. You raised your hand to him. 

“Sallah wait.” He turned back around to see you. You shut your eyes tightly and opened them again, allowing yourself to realize what you were about to do. It was dangerous. “Tell him to book me a room.” 

====

You stepped into the hotel. It was even hotter in India than it had been back where you were. The hotel offered no solace. You were pretty sure it was more humid in it than outside where at least there was some wind. You held your suitcase tight and approached the desk.

“Hello I’m Y/N-”

“Indiana reservation?” the front desk manager asked. His accent was thick which was understandable. You were the tourist after all. 

“Yes,” you told him, nodding. He smiled sweetly and handed you a key. He gestured to the right of him where there were some stairs leading up to the rooms. 

“Room 341.” You nodded and gave him a smile in return before walking up to the room. 

It was nicer than you expected but you didn’t expect to be spending much time here. Once you spoke to Indiana the two of you would be out and going to see the Temple. But first, some rest. If you could get it in this heat.

You put your bags down and looked out the window at the small town outside. You were about to sit down on the bed and get changed when the door opened. You quickly turned around and saw Indiana there, a smile on his face. 

“You made it.” You rolled your eyes.

“Against my better wishes, yes.” 

“Sallah told me he could convince you. Although I heard you didn’t need much convincing,” he teased. You rolled your eyes and he sat down on the bed so you stayed standing. 

“So this Temple... anything I should know before getting into it?” you asked. He raised an eyebrow. His temple was sweating but he didn’t seem to be affected much by the heat.

“They say it’s a chamber of destiny. A fountain of youth, riches, all that regular stuff,” he explained. You nodded, crossing your arms and leaning against the wall. 

“It’s always the greedy stuff that gets people flocking.”

“You say that like you speak from experience.” You rolled your eyes.

“I am nearly as experienced as you.” He stood up and walked over to where you were standing, getting a little to close. You made no attempt to move. “Are you disagreeing with me?” 

“No. You’re right. It is the greed.” You rolled your eyes. 

“If we’re going to do this you need to forget about what happened last time. It was a one time thing and we’re better off moving forward as partners,” you told him evenly. Your face was hard and your eyes were giving nothing away. He admired that. 

“Whatever you want,” he said but it sounded like he didn’t mean it. 

“Indiana I’m serious.”

“So am I. Be ready by tomorrow morning at 8, I got us a car to take us as far as it can. If you need me, you know where I’ll be.” He walked away and you nodded slowly watching as the door closed behind him. 

You shook your head and smiled. 

======

You were ready to go before he was so you waited in the hallway for him to come out. The ride was short before you reached the spot where you had to walk. That was surprisingly short as well and you were at the Temple in no time. 

People were lining up out front. They praid, left presents, and some even cried to the Temple for help. You and Indiana had to step over these people and they paid you nearly no mind as you approached the doorway. 

“Here,” Indiana said gruffly. You looked over at him and he handed you a hat.

“Not my style but thank you.” 

“Put it over your eyes when we get to the eye of the idol. Unless you would like to die an untimely death,” he said. You looked down the menacing hallway of the Temple and tried not to show your fear. It was always easier when Indiana was around to pretend you were braver than you actually were. 

You took the hat and put it on your head.

“It’s going to fall off.” 

“I got one fitted to your head.” He started to walk inside. “It’s not going to fall off.” ====

Once you got past the first hallway, it did not get any better. The pathway got narrower and colder. You were lucky that Indiana lit a torch to illuminate the small path. 

He suddenly stopped in front of you, putting his arm against your chest. In other circumstances you probably would have made a quip about that but you didn’t. You were both in danger now and the only person who could save you if you messed up was Indiana. You weren’t about to question him now. 

“Look at the tiles.” 

Your eyes went down in front of him. There were regular tiles and then ones with diamonds on them. They were few and far between but that didn’t matter. They were still there. 

“I take it we shouldn’t walk on those.” 

“I think it wouldn’t be advisable.” 

“Then we probably should also not pull on that rope,” you muttered. He looked further in front of him where you were looking and noticed a pile of rocks in the distance, tied together with some rope. He nodded.

“Not a bad idea.” 

You pushed forward, stepping only where he stepped. You barely even touched the walls. 

“What you were saying yesterday-” he started.

“Right now is not the time,” you grumbled, eyes glued to your steps. His face was on the ground as well as he held up the torch. 

“We may die.”

“You cannot use that line more than once. We lived last time,” you muttered. He chuckled and bit and turned to you, causing you to hit his chest because you weren’t paying attention. “Indiana-”

“I liked last time. We worked well together.” You shook your head and grabbed the torch out of his hand.

“I will lead.” He shook his head and took a step back which caused you to stumble backwards a bit. That was when you realized that the door behind you was shutting. You turned quickly and then noticed the spikes above you. There were skulls attached to some, a couple heads that had barely decomposed. 

He grabbed your arm before you could say anything and dragged you out of the small room into a bigger clearing. You looked up and there it was. Surrounded by green neon light, the huge face of the idol. 

“Hat down!” he screamed and grabbed your arm before running. You followed his lead, hoping that he hadn’t looked in the eyes. You held your hat down with the other hand, unfortunately dropping the torch and leaving it behind. 

Slowly you came to a stop. You felt hot and you could hear bubbling. Indiana pulled your hat up and you rubbed your eyes to gain focus back. Before you was a bubbling chasm of lava. At the other side was a menacing face in stone. 

“You still going to lead?!” Indiana asked and you got your bearings together before grabbing his arm and running in to your left. Your lungs were burning but the adrenaline was pumping. 

“What is that?!” you asked and he put his arm in front of you as he looked up at the skeletons hanging from the wall. The room was lit with torches, a tall rock ceiling above your heads. You grabbed his arm tightly. “The people who looked into the eyes of the idol,” he said seriously. You hardened your face and started to run again, jogging this time as you searched for a way out. There was no coming back this way. 

“Damn the search for the truth. We have to get out of here,” you told him stiffly. He didn’t react even as you heard thousands of bugs crawling above your head. You held his hand tightly and ignored the urge to stop. 

“Y/N…” he said carefully and you shook your head. You looked at the bridge across the chasm of lava and shook your head more violently this time. You backed up. There was no way. It didn’t look like anyone had crossed it in centuries. It wouldn’t hold the two of you up, he couldn’t. “We have to cross it.” 

“Oh yeah?! And fall in?! Be my guest Indiana but I chose to live another day.” He turned to face you and it was the first time you had looked him straight in the face since before you started running. Your breath was heaving and so was his. There was a cut across his face, likely from bumping into a jagged rock when the two of you were all but blindfolded. Sweat poured down his forehead and his expression was hard. 

You looked almost the same. Sweating, cut up, breathing hard. 

“You gonna climb your way over sweetheart? Huh?” You didn’t answer him. You just breathed. “I didn’t think so.” 

Then before you could even think of an answer, he was running across the bridge. You waited for a moment, looked behind you and then cursed under your breath as you ran forward across the bridge. Indiana reached the other side and just as you started to reach it the bridge creaked and caved underneath you. The plank you were standing on broke under your foot and you fell, foot lodged in between planks. The bridge split. You erupted in screams. You grabbed onto the planks, wrapping your arms around them as Indiana looked down at you, hanging from the edge. He reached his hand down and you took it, using every ounce of strength you had to get your foot unstuck. 

He pulled and finally you climbed over the top. He wrapped his arms around you to hold you steady and finally was able to gauge what else was on the other side of the chasm. 

And it was crawling with snakes. 

Indiana stumbled back and you caught him before he fell into the lava. 

“Henry Jones I swear to God if you leave me-” His face was riddled with fear and he started to run to the left, away from the snakes. “Henry!” There was a door on the other side of the snakes and he was climbing up to try and find another way. You shook your head and carefully but quickly crossed the snake pit. You held your breath until you were back on regular ground.

You looked up and Indiana was gone. He must have found another way. You just hoped that he would be able to get out of here. You were not coming back in. Well if he didn’t make it out before you, you might think about it. 

The doorway opened up to a smaller room but it was still huge. The cave was littered with skulls, illuminated with lit red candles. You took a deep breath.

“I take it this is not a place I want to be,” you whispered to yourself. Bats flew above your head which ushered you along to the next room, through a large cave opening. You were just running from room to room, hoping to find something that would lead you out. 

That was when you saw the walking skeletons. You stopped in your tracks and looked at them, on the left and right of you. There was a narrow opening between the two groups and you made a split second decision. You put your hat down over your eyes and ran. 

You could feel the air of them shooting things at you. Their wordless attacks were terrifying. All you could hear was air and their bones moving against each other. You gasped and finally hit a spot where you didn’t feel any air anymore. You moved the hat up and turned around quickly. 

Nothing. 

You looked forward again at the darkness and your breath started to pick up. It was then that Indiana hung down on the rope. You looked up at him and he was yelling but you almost couldn’t hear him as the boulder started to come down.

He reached his hand down and you grabbed it just in time for him to pull you up onto the rope, the boulder moving beneath the two of you with a loud crash. You hoped it took out the skeletons. 

You held onto him, feet dangling and muscles screaming. He held onto you as best he could, although he was keeping himself up as well.

As the boulder crashed you saw daylight from the place it had been stuck. You grunted from the effort of keeping yourself up. 

“Look,” you whispered. He followed your gaze and you dropped yourself back down to the ground. He did so as well and followed you as you ran to the light.

You emerged in the jungle, the sun against your skin. You wanted to kiss the ground, bathe in the sun, never go in another Temple again. 

“I didn’t see any riches,” you said, coughing. He chuckled, lying on the ground of exhaustion. You got on your knees and breathed in the fresh air. 

“Can’t say I did either.” He looked over at you, hat on the ground above his head. “But we didn’t do too bad. For tourists.” You laughed dryly. You laid down next to him and looked up through the trees at the sky. You were sweating and the wind was welcome. 

“Yeah,” you breathed. He looked over at you and you felt his stare. You waited a second and then turned to kiss him. You leaned against your elbow as you did so, the hat falling off your head. “I thought you said it wouldn’t fall off,” you whispered. He took a breath in from his nose and laughed. 

======

Sallah was waiting for you at the hotel. He had flown all the way up to hear about your findings. He was sitting on your bed when the two of you walked in, still covered in dirt and sweat, in desperate need of a shower. 

“We’re kind of busy,” you muttered, barely recognizing his presence.

“What did you find?!” he asked, standing up. Indiana looked him in the eye.

“We’ll talk after a shower,” Indiana said tiredly. You opened the bathroom door and gave Sallah a dismissive wave. 

“I take it the two of you will want to work again soon?” he asked, ignoring your dismissive signals. 

“Stay out of trouble will ya?” Indiana said before following you into the bathroom. 

Sallah smiled but he also noted the lack of treasures in your hands. Disappointing. Perhaps you got the fountain of youth.

#indiana jones x reader #indiana jones imagines

[fate-motif]

what can desperada tell us about jagged stone and anarka couffaine’s past

[opens laptop, opens netflix]

i'm here to answer all of our questions regarding the couffaine family drama. when jagged and anarka split up, did jagged know she was carrying his kid(s)? who broke it off? was it an amicable or messy breakup? did jagged really have nothing to do with the couffaines' life up until he turned up at the boat when he fired vivica, up to and including not paying for child support? and was that because of his own volition or because anarka made an effort to cut him out of her life?

but just using desperada. like, that's so far the only source we have. please note that astruc can and will retcon this show on a whim, and so i will not be held liable if any of the conclusions drawn from this post then get thrown overboard by a new episode or even a new tweet.

let's begin.

PART I: THE FIRST TWO SCENES

the first scene (a room inside the houseboat, where kitty section is rehearsing and marinette, adrien and kagami are visiting) really doesn't offer us anything except the knowledge that luka has been playing "since he was in diapers". which tracks with anarka's history as a rock guitarist. we can infer: she definitely encouraged her children to pick up music.

first teaser to the second scene, we open with anarka yelling "I WILL NOT BE YOUR SECOND CHOICE!"

by the time they're out on the deck the gang meets up with anarka couffaine yelling at jagged stone on a grand piano set out on the back of a truck. this interaction's kinda fun, so i'm gonna break down the conversation beats and offering some images every now and then. d'accord?

anarka: i will not be your second choice! jagged: but you've always been my muse. please! anarka: never!

[scene change, deck of the ship]

jagged: you know you were my first choice! you are the only one, nanarky! luka and juleka: [confused] nanarky?

[cut to anarka, teeth bared]

anarka: you can't fool me, pirate! i bet you threw your guitarist overboard! again! jagged: no, i swear, i didn't! [removes sunglasses] she sailed away from me! she left me in a lurch! [holds his chest/heart, then sprawls his arm back in mock fainting. he opens an eye at the end, gauging her reaction]

[cut to anarka, who growls in response]

jagged: look how perfect we were together! [holds up a vinyl cover of the two of them in 80s techno rock style, both holding guitars and wearing masks. it's labelled CROCO DUO]

jagged: come back and play with me, nanarky! [blows her a kiss and continues to play at the piano]

luka and juleka: [in unison] jagged and our mom? [turn to look at anarka]

[cut to anarka, who has a dreamy smile on her face, before wiping it off when she notices her children looking at her]

anarka: we're not co-captains anymore, jagged! i sail alone now! [she storms away]

[the greek choir of the miracuclass and friends gasp]

[cut to jagged, who starts playing some sad piano for himself in dejection]

this is about what's relevant for this scene in particular. but from this we can at least infer:

jagged valued anarka as a co-creator and lover in the past. he is trying to flatter her at the moment but even outside of this particular employee crisis, he's using phrases like "you know" like he's referring to a past they're both aware existed where it's true that anarka was his muse, the only one, etc. etc. also he blows her a kiss. that made it romantic.

jagged has a history of treating his collaborators poorly. anarka may have been initially displeased more by the fact that he came back for her only after probably having fired someone else, hence her opening with "I WILL NOT BE YOUR SECOND CHOICE!" but even when jagged reassures her that he doesn't consider her just a backup choice as a guitarist, she throws back at him that the fact that he's here means that he probably ditched another guitarist. we don't know whether she means professionally or romantically. additionally, jagged's definitely hamming up the tragedy intentionally to try and tug at anarka's heartstrings and he knows it.

anarka may be pissed that she's dealing with jagged right now, but she definitely has fond memories of jagged. she just doesn't want to let that on to her kids.

luka and juleka look like this is the first time they've heard any of this, although whether it's just them realizing that their mom and jagged may have been involved romantically, or also the fact that they worked together in the past.

one last comment before we talk about desperada's entrance and all that entails. jagged goes straight for marinette asking for recommendations on guitarists. if he had any eyes for his kids, he's not showing it. he could either not know about his children, or be staying away from them for some reason or other, but we'll talk more about that in part III.

PART II: ENTER DESPERADA

this is when desperada arrives at the scene standing at on a sign wearing a suit decorated with bones and with makeup reminiscent of la santa muerte in imagery often associated with the día de muertos from mexico. back to the beat-by-beat dialogue.

desperada: jagged stone! you fire me and now you want to replace me with what? a schoolkid??? jagged: [removes his sunglasses] vivica? is that you? desperada: there is no more vivica! i am desperada now!

[cut to her magically glowing guitar case, from where she removes a trumpet]

desperada: if i can't be your guitarist anymore, i'm going to make sure no one else can!

[cut to jagged flinching in preparation for a shot]

[cut to anarka, who's stomping her way up the deck as she yells]

anarka: aha! you ship rat! i knew you were lying! [gestures to desperada] vivica didn't leave you, you dropped her, just like you dropped me!

[cut to jagged, who's cowering under all of her yelling]

desperada: what? you were thinking of replacing me with her? anarka: hey! i'm a much better guitarist than you! [points finger aggressively] and i was his first choice!

desperada: in that case, you'll be my first choice too!

[desperada fires a shot from her magical trumpet, and anarka disappears in a puff of golden smoke]

okay. so about those previous conclusions.

jagged definitely fired anarka. he was lying about vivica, that just about gives us no room to cut jagged some slack. later on we see that he fired vivica because she stole the crocodile's breakfast, so we know that he will dismiss people for. spurious reasons. we're not going to argue the ethics of stealing the meals of your collaborators' pets here. but from anarka's assertions that she was done dirty and jagged's flinching...yeah, anarka was done dirty, and he deserves to be yelled at. no word if the firable offense was as insane as trying to steal a crocodile's breakfast, but (and i'm speculating here) wanting to keep an unplanned pregnancy that jagged didn't want kind of seems like a pretty reason he would fire anarka for, even if she was "his muse" and all those other things.

anarka's definitely still emotionally attached to jagged if only by the thinnest of strings. she returned to the deck to continue bickering with him when she could have just let desperada eat him alive as he deserved, and she got up to desperada's face to rub it in her face that she came first for jagged, she was his first choice, just so we're clear about that!

entirely random sidenote: shoutout to alya recording literally everything like a pro even in the middle of an akuma attack

PART II AND A HALF: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO DECIMALS WITH ROMAN NUMERALS

the rest of the episode, aside from the final scene at the boat where everyone is deakumatized and not a guitar case sticker, doesn't really offer much to the discussion but we do have a couple of notes to go out on as the rest of the episode's plot develops.

slight revision on that earlier assertion "if jagged cares about his kids he's not showing it now". juleka gets zapped before jagged can do anything about it, but the next time we see jagged he's off the piano to plead to vivica (even if he didn't get off the truck) when he could have just tried to hide inside the truck. even if you argued that he would have just been delaying the inevitable by hiding, he sounds slightly more desperate than usual when he calls vivica. he puts himself in harm's way when desperada is about to fire on adrien and luka by calling attention to himself. he's no dad of the year, that's for sure, but either he's kind enough to care about schoolchildren getting caught in the crossfire of his disputes, or he's not heartless enough to just leave the children that he didn't raise to get zapped by an akuma of his own making, or both. it's definitely vague enough for you to read as compassionate in one way or another.

this has less to do with the couffaine family drama but either penny's still pining for her boss or they're together now because homegirl jumped into a warzone to call out his name and all it got her was becoming a sticker in desperada's guitar case.

there's an interesting parallel here between jagged's drama choosing guitarists and ladybug's dilemma of wanting adrien to be her serpent hero when unbeknownst to her, he's not the right choice because he's already chat noir, and luka is right there as the perfect spare candidate. while anarka and vivica engage in some petty insult-slinging at the beginning over who jagged deemed more worthy of working with him because this is miraculous and all women are catty bitches who want to tear each other down to have access to the premium men adrien and luka, while both valuing ladybug's judgment, don't really take it on themselves when the situation ends up revealing the right choice, which was one more of circumstance than of worth. that being said, by the end anarka and vivica seem to be on decent terms, but i suppose the stress of surviving a magical terrorist attack might get you to set aside any misgivings you have of just another person who ended up getting shafted by your previous shitty boss.

the magical ladybugs that do the magical reset button on paris seem to ship rollingstone, since jagged, penny and fang all reappear behind the truck and hug instantly like a family. speaking of, when did fang get zapped? poor thing. but i guess he was indirectly responsible for vivica getting fired.

PART III: ROCK PARTY ENDING

so we come back to the boat once the episode is solved and immediately jump to business with jagged apologizing to vivica. let's review the dialogue here, shall we?

jagged: i know i wasn't very rock'n'roll to you, vivica. and even if you did eat my cereal and drank fang's milk, i should have never fired you. you can come back. but get your own breakfast, ok?

vivica: [overjoyed] i promise, jagged! jagged: besides, i get why anarka no longer wants to play with me, and i respect her decision. what's past is past. isn't that right, nanarky?

[cut to anarka, who smiles and nods in agreement]

this one...complicates things.

we don't know if jagged was in any way gracious to any of his previous guitarists before vivica and asked them to come back once he apologized for flying off the handle, but he's certainly capable of it here, at this moment. he can, sometimes, be humble.

speaking of being humble, he's certainly looking humble facing anarka and speaking about their past and why "she no longer wants to play with me" as if she walked away instead of having been fire. however, i will defer to the previous conclusion earlier that jagged did fire anarka, because this could be talking about why she won't come back and replace vivica instead of generally not wanting to play with him, as if the matter came down to her in the past. either way, while he's not a stranger to trying to get his way with people, he seems to at the very least respect it when they want him out of their life.

this is more of a conclusion based on the past two conclusions, but it's not unreasonable to set up the events as jagged fires anarka, for whatever reason that may be -> jagged apologizes to anarka, asks her to come back and play with him again, and she shuts him down instead -> jagged and anarka don't cross paths again (that we know of) between then and this episode. so it would sort of place their separation on both of them; first on jagged initially doing anarka dirty, then anarka refusing to come back to jagged once he came to his senses and realized he missed her. it certainly explains how there’d be some conflict between them once jagged tried to get her back to the stage but being amicable once he recognizes her boundaries.

I KNOW I WASN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ETHICS OF STEALING YOUR COLLABORATOR'S PET'S MEALS, BUT I'D BE SERIOUSLY CREEPED OUT BY SOMEONE I WAS WORKING WITH STEALING MY FOOD AND MY PET'S. YO. WAS JAGGED RIGHT. WAS JAGGED RIGHT THIS TIME? TUNE IN FOR THE NEXT E -

SO IN CONCLUSION

i'm going to put forward the theory that the couffaine family started out like this.

jagged stone and anarka enjoy some time as rock stars and lovers. she was probably his first collaborator, and probably unique among them even after she left.

this was interrupted by anarka becoming pregnant with jagged's child(ren), to which the couple disagreed as to what the solution should be. from truth we know that jagged prefers the rock star life and probably would have preferred anarka get an abortion and have them continue the life they'd led so far. if anarka disagreed and decided she wanted to keep the pregnancy, jagged might have decided he had no choice but to fire her to continue his lifestyle. which is a pretty scummy move all in all, given he was directly responsible in creating the situation, but it would have been even worse if he had never looked back from anarka.

this episode. however, humanizes jagged a little more and round him out by giving him the ability to recognize his mistakes like an adult, so it's at least likely that he came to his senses and tried to get back to anarka at some point. if he offered to let her back into his life, she definitely rebuffed him, because she's living on her own raising her children who never knew their father's identity. that still doesn't take away from the possibility that he did offer to pay child support and is doing so right now. heck, he seems to know where she lives even if he's physically stayed away long enough that neither luka nor juleka would think of jagged stone visiting their houseboat as an ordinary thing. either way, he recognizes in his moments of humility that anarka had good reason not just to dump him but to never come back, and he respects that enough to admit it to vivica.

that's about it! this is just conclusions derived from a close reading of this episode, and also drawing from what we found out in truth, but overall i could be overselling jagged's character. i'm completely fine with jagged being out of their lives. it really seems like him being in his kids’ life would have just been destabilizing, especially if anarka did not want him around after he fired her. so long as the dude’s paying his child support and all. i just wanted to see what in this episode could give us clues as to what happened in the past that led to anarka couffaine raising jagged stone's children on her own, and never telling them who their father is. if anything, maybe we should be questioning her decision to stay steadfast to that decision and not even offer any real explanation that may have satisfied luka? but she had it rough, ngl, and she’s definitely the type to rectify and rethink on her mistakes. she and luka still have juleka and each other.

#miraculous ladybug #ml #miraculous ladybug: tales of ladybug and chat noir #juleka couffaine #luka couffaine #anarka couffaine #jagged stone #jagged stone ml #penny rolling #vivica ml #marinette dupain-cheng #adrien agreste #ml s3 spoilers #ml s4 spoilers #truth spoilers #meta #well fuck if i went overboard with this one

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The Truth will Out- ROA Update!!

Ok guys so now that I’m done ranting, it’s time to get serious so first things first. This will contain spoilers for Rise of Anatis but given the huge hurt we have also just suffered, I feel it is necessary to give you guys an update about my plans for the Truth Episode within the ROA universe. Given when this chapter is going to be written, I can’t fix the mess that is ML straight away so this is the best I could do. Anyway, keeping reading below the cut if you wish to know more. Also I haven’t given away everything in the full chapter but just enough for you guys to know that I will be fixing it.

So firstly, the Jagged Stone reveal won’t be happening in this chapter as it already happened in the story so Luka is fully aware that Jagged is his father. However, he will still be targeting Jagged in this as he is going to be a raging mess. The truth he’ll want to know in this form is why Jagged left him in the first place and why he wasn’t good enough for him to be around. Now Luka does know that Bob Roth had a hand in Jagged and Anarka’s split and that he didn’t know Luka was his son until recently but that doesn’t mean Luka won’t feel these things.

The Lukanette dates will be happening in this and a few of them will be interrupted. At this point in the story, Hawkmoth is actively trying to akumatize Luka frequently and Luka has been either resisting them or transforming and capturing them before he can even be akumatized. However, unlike the end of the canon-verse episode, Marinette and Luka will not be breaking up. If anything this whole thing will make them stronger. There will be none of this calling Luka by Adrien’s name bullshit or forgetting about dates either.

Luka will be getting akumatized into Truth. There is no other akuma like in the silencer inspired chapter where Blackout turns up. As to why Luka gets akumatized in this. Well for one he’s constantly be targeted by HM so naturally he’s gonna be stressed about it. Two Lila is constantly spreading shit and three he is second guessing him because he wants to tell Marinette that he is Anatis but knows that he can’t because it will put her in danger.

Bunnyx will be returning and will be playing a huge role in this chapter.

There will be a reveal. Yes, Luka is going to be telling someone he is Anatis. Not saying who though.

There will be a lukanette kiss. So as my readers know, I’m playing the long game with the whole Lukanette thing in this story but I want Truth to mark the beginning of the two blueberries finally accepting love from each other so yes they will kiss at some point in this chapter.

Truth will be Chapter 80, making it my ‘season finale’ of my season four. For those who don’t know, my ‘season four’ doesn’t correspond to the miraculous season 4 due to the fact that only a few of the episodes will be out. I am going to be using some of the previous seasons villains to make up the episodes but also some OC villains as part of this. However, Season 4 will be adapted into my story but it will be season 5. I hope you guys are ready for a long ass story cause we’re gonna be looking at 100 + chapters.

Lila will be fully exposed and permanently in this chapter as a pathological liar and HM supporter. I will be editing the NY special tho so she hasn’t be exposed in it yet. My OG plan was to have her exposed in Miracle Queen but this is too good a chapter not to expose her in plus it builds up her crime and connection to HM.

And finally.... Luka will be using Magic outside of the miraculous! This links into the Lila exposed thing. Lila will be trying to claim that she was ‘forced’ to say things and didn’t mean it but having been done with her bs, Luka will be making a truth curse and placing it on her, effectively taking away her ability to lie permanently. 

#luka couffaine #Ladybug Luka Couffaine | Anatis #rise of anatis #spoilers for rise of Anatis #miraculous: tales of Anatis and Lady Noir #lukanette #lukanette endgame #lukanette is endgame #bad ass luka #miraculous #miraculous world #miraclous ladybug #miraculous fix it #lukanette will sail #fix it #Lila exposed #lila rossi #marinette dupain cheng #luka deserves better #Marinette deserves better #so I'm fixing it #anatis #anatis au #Truth #truth miraculous #Akumatized Luka #bunnyx #future alix #bunnyx returns #hawkmoth is evil

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you ever just living your fine and dandy life and spontaneously remember that miraculous actually made jagged stone luka's dad after making him enjoy jagged be approx. 80% of his personality

#let's go #miraculous shitpost #miraculous ladybug #mlb #luka couffaine #like i knew it was coming but ike #he's wearing his face on his shirt i Hate it #jagged stone #miraculous season 4 #mlb season 4

[neakco]

When I Found You Bonus (3)

Original 1st 2nd Ao3

The classes reaction to Marinette leaving school in a helicopter.

Again no beta. Apologies.

Class Chaos

Alya stared after the ascending helicopter “What the hell just happened?”

“I think Marinette was just picked up by some dude in pjs in a helicopter.” Nino helpfully responded, just as shocked and open-mouthed as everyone else.

Max stared, “That was a top of the line Wayne helicopter, there are only two of those in existence.”

“Seriously?” Alix whistled, “Dude must be loaded to have someone fly him around in one if those.”

Juleka mumbled something and Rose repeated it when she realized no one else heard. “So who owns the two helicopters?”

“Bruce Wayne and Batman.” Kim answered. When everyone looked at him he looked guilty, “I thought they were cool okay. They are the fastest helicopters in existence.”

The rest of the school had already left and it was just their class hanging around now. Nathanial pulled out his book and started to sketch the helicopter. If Batman had one then maybe he could use it for a cameo in the comic.

“There is no way that Marinette is friends with the Wayne’s.” Lila complained.

“There is a 89%chance that she is, while only a 10% chance that that was one of the vigilantes out of costume. 1% that the vehicle was stolen.” Max helpfully added.

Adrien laughed as he left with Plagg. He knew there was only one helicopter. He really hoped Marinette enjoyed her time with the bats. Maybe if he asked nicely she could portal him over for a night of training. If he could get away from his father. It was hard enough getting away for dates with Kagami.

Lila started talking about knock off versions of the helicopter but was shut down by Alix, “Who cares if that was a knock off? Whoever her friend is still showed up to grab her in a freaking helicopter.”

“Yeah dude, and can you imagine if that really was a Wayne? Like they are probably taking her all the way to America.” Nino squirmed with excitement. “Do you think she can grab me some music and films?”

Alya was busy sending message after message to Marinette.

‘Was that a Wayne?’ ‘Girl you have to get me an interview when you return?” ‘Are you dating a Wayne? Is that why none of us knew about him?’

Surprisingly she got a response,

‘that’s his business, no, he's my gay bestie, and it never came up. My phone won’t work in america, I will talk when I get back.’

Alya tuned back into the conversation around her and saw that only Alix, Max, Nathanial, Lila, Kim and Nino were left. The others had all left to start their vacation.

Lila was in tears and arguing with Max, Alix and Kim were observing with curiosity, Nathanial was still drawing and Nino was waiting patiently for her to finish so they could leave.

“You ready to go babe?”

Alya took one last look around. “Yeah, Mari said she will tell me all about it when she gets back.”

“Why are you so sure it wasn’t a Wayne?” Max finally asked after arguing with Lila over the chance of it being stolen.

“Because it is Marinette.” Lila sniffed, “”She is a baker’s daughter, how would she even meet them?”

Alix started cackling and had to hold on to Kim so she wouldn’t fall over. “Seriously? You are asking how Nette would meet a Wayne?”

Lila glared but Alix kept laughing.

Finally Markov answered, “Marinette is known to design for Jagged Stone and Clara Nightingale. She has an uncle that is a famous chef and her parents own the top rated bakery in Paris. The chances of her running into a Wayne casually is about 30% The chance of someone introducing her to a Wayne is also 30%. The chance of the Waynes being in town for business and going to the bakery is 20%.”

“So there was an 80% chance of Marinette meeting a Wayne?” Kim asked.

“Affirmative.” Max smiled.

Lila’s mouth was hanging open slightly.

“She has also won a few of Gabriel Agreste's design contests and had her designs featured.” Alix smirked, finally done cackling.

Before Lila could respond Alix's phone dinged.

“Okay guys my dad is here now, you ready to go?”

Max and Kim nodded and headed toward the entrance with her.

Lila was left alone since Nathanial had disappeared. She muttered angrily under her breath as she too left the school.

Taglist: @novemberandmay

Again, blame comments on AO3 for the addition. If enough people want to see a particular scene and I have an idea of what is happening then I will probably write it, or at least try.

#maribat #miraculous class #not really salty