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The idea of logging on a colonized alien planet brings my mind back to the planet Lalonde from Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn books - a world that had very hard wood as its only meaningful export, and was also stuck developing its economy from agriculturalism (due to investment shortages, though).

All this is to say - Hey! What are some foundational inspirations for your sci fi verse? You gotta have some like recommendations of classic or older sci-fi for us, right? What are some of your suggestions of books and authors to read?

OK SO - My sci-fi tastes have sort of ended up in some very specific niches. Growing up, I was a Larry Niven +Jerry Pournelle man, in part because my dad amassed a huge collection of their books - then gave 90% of them away before i was old enough to read them. So one of my teenage missions was rebuilding that library, trash and all!

Stuff like Footfall, Ringworld, Gil "The Arm" Hamilton, Protector (yes i attempted to name a comic series similarly, and paid for it) "The Mote in God's Eye"... you name it, I read fuckloads of these books. And while they tend to land on a sort of human chauvinist "mankind will win based on his inherent adaptive human-ness, and the aliens will fail because of their rigid alien-ness", this shit was very foundational to me.

Their more collaborative series, The Man-Kzin Wars and War World, also loom large in my teenage mind. The Man-Kzin wars are super fun - humans meet a race of tiger-men, and go from being NWO peaceniks to roughneck cat-skinners in a generation! PEACE AND LOVE WONT DEFEAT TIGER MEN!

Similarly, war world (like lots of that 70s/80s military sci fi) was a sort of catch-all for western military nerds to play with their favorite factions - it was a planet where all the un-ruleable ethnic groups and nationalities had been deported by the authoritarian earth government, and left to rot... until a race of genetically engineered fascist super men land on the world, and start trying to rule the place. Pretty fun shit.

As I got older, I turned hard into William Gibson, and read the absolute shit out of both the Neuromancer trilogy and the Bridge trilogy, as well as his short stories. Bruce Sterling was part of that wave for me, too, and I religiously sought his old paperbacks out too. In terms of novels, "Distraction" is my favorite coherent Sterling Novel - though the short stories in the "Schismatrix" novel/collection of his remain my absolute favorite space opera pieces.

At this age, too, I found my top-top fave Sterling Stories - "Taklaman" and "Bicycle Repairman", both gritty pseudo-cyberpunk stories of the highest degree, in this collection:

This thousand-plus page collection of short stories and novellas was basically my bible for a few years - i put sticky notes on each story i loved and meant to return to, until the book was so festooned with sticky note bookmarks i abandoned the practice altogether. If you have the chance, just buy this book and chew on it for a few years.

As i got into my 20s, Charles Stross became my lode star - his books like Accelerando and Glasshouse were total game changers for me. They come with their own peculiarities, but I loved his transhuman/posthuman musings (or at least i was obsessed with his stuff for a good few years - the venn diagram of his obvious interests and my own overlapped enough that his books were great fodder for a growing sci-fi loving brain).

But since then, my main literary squeeze has been the great man, JACK VANCE. Working on Prophet, my friend @cmkosemen made a remark about how much the early issues of the series reminded him of a book series called "Planet of Adventure" or "the Tschai Cycle", by Jack Vance. The book has a beautifully simple setup - a man from an entirely undescribed spacefaring human civilization crash-lands onto a weird planet. But on that planet, he finds four separate civilizations, each who possess a population of enslaved humans, culturally and physically molded to the needs of their masters. And each book of this series covers our generic hero's interactions with each bizarre expoitative culture. I was extremely intrigued.

Soon thereafter, I found my current absolute favorite book - "THE DRAGON MASTERS". A book about an isolated medieval world... which gets visited, once every few generations, by a black pyramid starship, flown by a reptilian race known as the Greph. The greph capture humans to (surprise surprise) breed them into hyper specific slaves... who in turn become Greph-like in their thinking and demeanours. But the last time the BLACK PYRAMID landed, a bunch of angry medieval dudes stormed the thing, blew it up, and captured a bunch of greph... who became the breeding stock for a whole new human world of slave labour. By the time we meet this planet, the two rival lords of the human-populated regions have been breeding greph slave warriors, or "dragons", for generations, for combat against one another. But soon, the black pyramid will return...

I love this book I even spent a good few months during covid talking with the Vance Estate and several publishers about developing it into a graphic novel, but nobody could quite agree on how it could get made with old Simon getting a paycheque... so sadly it fell apart. There are concept drawings floating around my patreon and other corners of the internet. But one day I'll use 'em...

My other favorite books of his, to name a couple of the MANY books of his I love:

THE BLUE WORLD: A caste system of humans, descended from a crashed prison ship, live on floating settlements on an ocean planet, paying protection to a giant long-lived intelligent crustacean. But one man is tired of giving up all his crops to this tyrannical megafauna...

THE MIRACLE WORKERS: Rival lords on a planet descended to medieval tech (surprise surprise) fight using armies... and rival SORCERORS who employ the powers of suggestion to voodoo each others' warriors... but when facing non-human intelligences, these sorceror's skills fall short.

But there are heaps more, and I love most (thought not all) of the ones i've read. They're generally short, concise, and full of all sorts of bizarre bullshit.

THere are more books i've read and enjoyed in my life, of course, but these are the core ones that I think of when I think of my career as a sci-fi reader... let me know what your top recs are!

#sciencefiction #science fiction #book recommendations #jack vance #larry niven #jerry pournelle #simon roy #griz grobus #charles stross #dragon masters #william gibson #bruce sterling

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hockeydogwoof · 6 months

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Hamilton Tiger Cats football jersey and helmet, along with shiny yellow PVC pants and Osiris shoes.

#vinyl pants #skate shoes #football helmet #shiny pants #outdoor gear #gear outdoors #gear 365 #gear365 #football gear #pvc track pants #vinyl track pants

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emeraldskulblaka · 2 years

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Tumblr's Top 50 Musicals: Results

I've posted the Top 50 Musicals over the last couple of days, and now it's time to look at all shows that have been submitted - 275 in total! Thank you for participating and submitting your lists, this was great fun 🎭

The scores (given in brackets) were calculated as follows: #1 received 10 points, #2 received 9 points,..., and #10 received 1 point, resulting in 55 points per entry/list. Incomplete and anonymous entries were discounted.

I ranked the musicals up to #102 (16 points), all shows which scored 15 points or less are merely listed. The logos you can see here represent musicals that weren't mentioned even once.

OVERVIEW (incl. stats) - ORIGINAL POST

1) Les Misérables (622)

2) The Phantom of the Opera (ALW) (468)

3) Hadestown (454)

4) Hamilton (326)

5) Wicked (293)

6) Newsies (218)

7) Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (213)

8) Falsettos (207)

9) SIX (205)

10) Come From Away (189)

11) Elisabeth (166)

12) Heathers (163)

13) Into the Woods (160)

14) Jesus Christ Superstar (136)

15) Little Shop of Horrors (126)

16) Sweeney Todd (124)

17) West Side Story (120)

18) Beetlejuice (113)

19) Spring Awakening (112)

20) Next to Normal (110)

21) Cats (106)

22) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (105)

23) RENT (102)

24) In the Heights (98)

25) Rebecca (92)

26) Anastasia (83)

27) Tanz der Vampire (82)

28) Legally Blonde (81)

29) Chicago (79)

30) The Sound of Music (77)

31) Moulin Rouge (73)

32) Waitress (71)

33) Fiddler on the Roof (70)

34) Jekyll and Hyde (68)

35) Company (62)

36) The Lightning Thief (60)

37) Something Rotten (57)

38) The Lord of the Rings (56)

39) Disney's Beauty and the Beast (55)

40) SpongeBob SquarePants (52)

41) Chess (51)

42) The Lion King (49)

43) Fun Home (48)

44) My Fair Lady (47)

45) Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella & A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (46)

47) Ghost Quartet & Matilda (45)

49) Be More Chill (44)

50) Cabaret (43)

51) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat & Mamma Mia! & Pippin (42)

54) The Book of Mormon & The Scarlet Pimpernel (40)

56) Dear Evan Hansen & The Rocky Horror Show (39)

58) Hairspray (38)

59) Bat Out Of Hell & The Last Five Years (37)

61) Frozen & Roméo et Juliette & The Secret Garden & Tick, Tick... Boom! (36)

65) Finding Neverland & The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (35)

67) Amélie (34)

68) Shrek (33)

69) Sunday in the Park with George (32)

70) Carrie & Frankenstein & Godspell & Notre Dame de Paris (29)

74) Billy Elliot (28)

75) She Loves Me (27)

76) We Are the Tigers (26)

77) Assassins & Bandstand & Tuck Everlasting (25)

80) Mean Girls & Mozart das Musical & The Music Man & The Prince of Egypt (23)

84) & Juliet & Alice By Heart & Bare A Pop Opera & The Count of Monte Cristo (22)

88) Annie & Bonnie and Clyde & The Clockmaker's Daughter & Kinky Boots & Mozart L'Opéra Rock (21)

93) Big Fish & A Chorus Line & Titanic (20)

96) The Band's Visit & Starship (19)

98) Twisted (18)

99) The Addams Family & Evita & Suessical (17)

102) Anything Goes & Hello, Dolly! & Лэ о Лэйтиан (Lay of Leithian) & The Little Mermaid & Pacific Overtures (16)

15 points:

Avenue Q

Der Besuch der alten Dame

The Grinning Man

Gypsy

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The Phantom of the Opera (Y&K)

Rudolf

Starlight Express

A Very Potter Musical

14 points:

Carousel

Hair

A Little Night Music

Parade

The Prom

13 points:

The King and I

Once

Starry

The Trail to Oregon!

12 points:

Aida

American Idiot

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Head Over Heels

Lestat

Love Never Dies

Oklahoma!

School of Rock

11 points:

The Drowsy Chaperone

Mary Poppins

Rock of Ages

Ein wenig Farbe

10 points:

An American in Paris

Blood Brothers

If/Then

Linie 1

Lizzie

Oliver

Passion

Peter Pan

Phantom of the Paradise (is there a stage production?)

Последние Испытание (The Last Trial)

Ragtime

Så som i himmelen

9 points:

36 Questions

Aladdin

Artus Excalibur

Camelot

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort

Émilie Jolie

Evil Dead

Fangirls

In the Green

Me and My Girl

Miss Saigon

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

A New Brain

Once On This Island

Only Fools and Horses

Paint Your Wagon

Rocky

8 points:

Black Friday

The Color Purple

De drie biggetjes

Earnest Shackleton Loves Me

A Farce in Pigalle

Финрод-Зонг (Finrod Zong)

The Light in the Piazza

Merrily We Roll Along

Side Show

Spamalot

We Will Rock You

7 points:

Bright Star

Caroline, or Change

Children of Eden

City of Angels

Dracula

Das Dschungelbuch

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Grease

Groundhog Day

Lelies

Martin Guerre

Ride the Cyclone

Show Boat

South Pacific

Sunset Boulevard

Vivaldi

6 points:

9 to 5

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Candide

Catch Me If You Can

Chłopi

Don’t Stop Me

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

In Trousers

The Mad Ones

Мастер и Маргарита (Master and Margarita)

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Rumi

Sing Street

[title of show]

The View UpStairs

The Wild Party (LaChiusa)

The Wind in the Willows

5 points:

3 Musketeers

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Cry Baby

Daddy Long Legs

Death Note

The Fantasticks

Heidi

Preludes

The Spitfire Grill

The Wild Party (Lippa)

4 points:

Back to the Future

Firebringer

Follies

Jersey Boys

Once Upon a Mattress

Peter and the Starcatcher (play)

The Pirates of Penzance

Rose-Marie

Space Dogs

This Could Be On Broadway

3 points:

The Bridges of Madison County

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Show

La Cage aux Folles

Kiss Me Kate

Man of La Mancha

Octet

Songs For a New World

A Strange Loop

Varissuo

2 points:

Bad Girls

Crazy For You

Doctor Zhivago

Dolls of New Albion

Guys and Dolls

The Hello Girls

Hoy no me puedo levantar

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

A Man of No Importance

Nine

Nunsense

Orpheus in the Underworld

Pretty Woman

Road Show

Starmania

Thoroughly Modern Millie

1 point:

1789 Les Aimants de la Bastille

Bashville

Brigadoon

The Cat in the Hat

Goosebumps

Eugenius

Funny Girl

Holy Musical B@tman!

Made in Dagenham

The Man Who Laughs

Ordinary Days

The Phantom of the Opera (Alonso)

The Producers

A Shoggoth on the Roof

Sunny Afternoon

The Wedding Singer

Venice

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Zombie Prom

Thanks all x

#tumblr's top 50 musicals #tagging all participants in the comments!#if you find a mistake please let me know - it's probably a typo because points and mentions add up to the correct number #les mis #phantom of the opera #hadestown #hamilton #wicked

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triplenuggetshowdown · 1 year

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My headcannons for the teens favourite musicals

Normal:

- dear evan hansen (im sorry but he would love it)

- grease

- mamma mia

- hairspray

- prom

- Spongebob the musical

- we are the tigers

- bring it on

Fav songs: good morning baltimore (hairspray) and you will be found (dear even hansen)

Hermie:

- little shop of horrors

- cats

- kinky boots

- beetlejuice (I think he would relate to beetlejuice lol)

- singing in the rain

- the guy who didn't like musicals (after the first time he watched it, he dressed up as the professor for a week)

- he would either LOVE holy musical batman or hate it. depends on if he likes how they portray the characters

Fav song: rogues are we (holy musical batman)

Scary:

- I fully believe scary secretly loves hamilton

- she would also love beetlejuice and heathers but hasn't given them a chance yet

-also dr. horrible's sing-along blog

Fav song: would be "dead mom" from beetlejuice

Lincoln:

I think if he liked any musicals it would be one he watched as a kid cause of nostalgia soo.. whatever Marco and grant would watch

idk why but my first thought is les mis. Or frozen

Taylor:

- death note the musical

- that's it

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #dungeons and daddies #dndads #dndads season 2 #hermie unworthy #normal oak #scary marlowe #taylor swift #lincoln li wilson #dndads 2

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cityoftomorrow · 11 months

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LOCATION : NEW TROY .

I . HISTORY the beating heart of metropolis . one of six boroughs of metropolis , serving as the central business district . established in 1775 , situated in the state of delaware . new troy is home to many established businesses and technology companies . new troy is now a huge competitor for one of most recognised cities on east coast including gotham city and new york city .

ii . NOTABLE BUSINESSES new troy is home to an up and coming technology centre of science and industry . businesses include : lexcorp , wayne financial , wayne technologies , kord industries , s.t.a.r. labs , magnus labs , goldstar inc. , hamilton technologies , stagg enterprises , project cadmus , ivo labs & metropolis financial .

iii . MEDIA OUTLETS metropolis is home to key media organisations and has the most respected publications in the world. media includes : black beacon , bridwell communications , daily planet , daily star , galaxy communications , metropolitan.com , metropolis daily news , metropolis eagle , metropolis 8 news , metropolis today , newstime magazine , the whisper , wgbs-tv , wjab-tv , wlex-tv , wmet-tv & ubc .

iv . DISTRICTS new troy is divided into eight districts , all promising something different that will attract tourists from all over : arts district , chinatown , lower east side , midtown , hob's bay dockyard , suicide slum , upper east side & upper west side .

v . LANDMARKS new troy is unlike any other city , interesting and modern architecture and home to superman . new troy boasts landmarks which tourists flock to every year such as : avenue of tomorrow , city hall , heroes park formerly known as centennial park , lena luthor science explorarium , lexcorp plaza including the lexcorp tower with an observation deck , metro palace theatre , metropolis museum of art , superman monument & the daily planet globe .

vi . WATERWAYS new troy is surrounded by different waters , home to some interesting and stunning marine life . with gotham city across the bay , new troy has a stunning view of the seas and is the beating heart of the east coast trade route which increases metropolis' economy each year . waterways include : hob's bay , metropolis bay & the west river .

vii . BRIDGES new troy sits on an island , but it's not alone . connected by a series of beautifully built bridges which connects the centre of metropolis to other boroughs of the city . these include : bakerline bridge , clinton bridge & queensland bridge .

viii . SPORTS metropolis is home to many sports teams who have a global fanbase . new troy is home to metropolis' baseball , football and basketball sports teams . baseball : metropolis blue stockings , metropolis meteors ( national league ) , metropolis metros , metropolis mets , metropolis monarchs & metropolis twins . basketball : metropolis comets , metropolis generals & metropolis spartans . football : metropolis spartans , metropolis meteors ( national conference ) , metropolis metros , metropolis sharks , metropolis tigers & metropolis university bulldogs .

ix . HOME OF HEROES the main attraction to the city of metropolis is the variety of heroes that live amongst us . new troy boasts a roster of exciting and brave heroes including : agent liberty , argent , atom , black lightning , booster gold , gangbuster , guardian , joto , prysm , risk , superboy , supergirl , superman & thorn .

x . NOTABLE RESIDENTS it's not just the heroes that have an impact on the city . new troy also boasts some popular residents that you may know from various news outlets or their award winning works : anthony gallo , bill henderson , bobby "the don" gazzo , cat grant , clark kent , dirk davis , dan turpin , emil hamilton , frank jackson , gretchen kelley , henry ballard , hope taya , jenny jurwich , jimmy olsen , joshua coyle , justin moore , lana lang , lex luthor , lola barnett , lois lane , loren jupiter , lucy lane , maggie sawyer , mercy graves , morgan edge , oscar asherman , perry white , ron troupe , steve lombard , sydney happersen , toby raynes , trixie collins & vincent edge .

#metropolis #dc comics #city of tomorrow #my edit

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goalhofer · 9 months

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2023 Toronto Blue Jays Famous Relations

#17 José Berríos: Brother-in-law of Detroit Tigers SS Ednel Báez. #34 Kevin Gausman: Son of former NCAA football ref Clair Gausman. #6 Alek Manoah: Brother of former Rochester Red Wings P Erik Manoah; Jr.. #99 Ryu Hyun-Jin: Husband of South Korean sports journalist Bae Ji-Hyun. #50 Erik Swanson: Grandson of former Moorhead, Minnesota mayor Dwaine Hoberg. #8 Cavan Biggio: Son of Houston Astros special assistant to GM Craig Biggio. #27 Vladimir Guerrero; Jr.: Son of former Tigres Del Licey RF Vladimir Guerrero and nephew of Los Angeles Dodgers international scout Wilton Guerrero. #15 Whit Merrifield: Son of former Oklahoma City 89ers 3B Bill Merrifield. #25 Daulton Varsho: Son of former Pittsburgh Pirates bench coach Gary Varsho. #11 Bo Bichette: Son of former blue jays assistant coach Alphonse Bichette and brother of former High Point Rockers 3B Alphonse Bichette; Jr.. Bench coach Don Mattingly: Brother of former Hamilton Tiger-Cats QB Randy Mattingly and father of former GCL Yankees 1B Taylor Mattingly & former Great Lakes Loons LF Preston Mattingly.

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andrewmoocow · 1 year

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Little Homeworld Life chapter 17: Little Homeworld Idol (originally published on April 17, 2023)

AN: I have to admit, I'm not that much of a songwriter in the sense that I don't write many original songs. I usually prefer to make themed parodies of existing songs, like a parody of You'll Be Back from Hamilton themed around The Terminator! That said, Steven Universe has some amazing songs and I really hope to capture the spirit of Aivi and Surasshu's compositions in the songs you shall hear, er, read today. I'll try my best here, please give me the benefit of the doubt.

Synopsis: The Gems hold a talent competition.

Cast:

Estelle as Garnet

Michaela Dietz as Amethyst, Tiger's Eye

Deedee Magno-Hall as Pearl, Volleyball

Shelby Rabara as Peridot

Jennifer Paz as Lapis

Uzo Aduba as Bismuth

Lauren Ash as White Topaz

Kimberly Brooks as Jasper

Noël Wells as Black Rutile

Della Saba as Aquamarine

Charlyne Yi as Eyeball

Christine Pedi as Holly Blue Agate

Casey Lee Williams as Cat's Eye

Jon Wurster as Marty

T-Pain as Sam Galley

Gal Gadot as Desert Glass

Willa Holland as Albite

Maddie Ziegler as Serpentine

Courtenay Taylor as Beryl

Billie Eilish as Turquoise

Featuring Tim Gunn as Tristan Wheeler

With RuPaul as Willie McCarthy

Christian Slater as Brock Ridley

And Emily King as Kunzite

"Welcome one and all to our very first Little Homeworld Idol!" Bismuth's voice declared as spotlights shined on the Beach-A-Palooza stage. "We got ourselves an impressive roster of singers here tonight, but first, let us get introduced to our judges!"

"First off, we have the Broadway sensation and star of classics like Death of a Salesman, Angels in America, and Cats, Brock Ridley!" A scruffy, long-nosed man in a red knit cap with a five o'clock shadow sat at the judges' stand with his legs kicked up on the table.

"Thank you, thank you, everybody." Brock Ridley thanked his adoring fans of humans and Gems. "This was not how I'd expect to spend my day, but I'll take what I can get."

"Next up is the fashion model, reality show host, and gender-nonconforming icon, Willie McCarthy!" A handsome and bald dark-skinned man dressed in an extravagant suit started blowing kisses to his fans.

"Pleasure to be here, my friends." Willie said as they struck a pose for his fans. "And be sure to catch my lifestyle reality series What A Drag, Wednesday nights on The DW!"

"Next up, it's famous fashion designer, animal rights activist, and academic Tristan Wheeler!" The spotlights shined next on an aged fellow in a black suit and glasses, who politely waved to the audience.

"Good evening, everybody." Tristan Wheeler greeted the viewers while straightening his suit. "Let's have a good clean competition, shall we?"

"And for our final judge, we have…." Bismuth announced before her showmanship faltered in absolute confusion. "Marty?! How did he get here?!"

"Hey, sorry I'm late, everybody!" Marty exclaimed as he pulled up a steel chair to sit beside the judges. "I just flew in from Keystone and my arms sure are tired!"

"Who let him here?" Pearl asked as the Crystal Gems and Sam Galley stood backstage.

"Hey, don't forget who's sponsoring this event!" Marty yelled before turning on one of the monitors to read, "LITTLE HOMEWORLD IDOL, BROUGHT TO YOU BY COOKIE CAT. HE'S THE PET FOR YOUR TUMMY!"

"I was the guy who organized this event! How did I not see that?!" Sam exclaimed at the monitor. Further backstage, the Rutile Rebels had gathered for Black Rutile's latest scheme.

"This is utterly genius! Thanks to my genius manipulations, I have convinced that talent agent to put this shlock together and make the Crystal Gems believe this was all his idea! Humans love competition, which should be a perfect excuse to gather more supporters!" Black Rutile proclaimed eagerly. "And naturally, we should also be performing our own song."

"What are you suggesting, my Rutile?" Holly Blue asked.

"Cat, hand me your phone." Black Rutile commanded the feline-like former attorney as she was handed Cat's smartphone and presented her minions with social media threads galore. "In my extensive research of the social media sites these humans love so much, it seems that the musicians that are lusted after the most are Korean boy bands and male pop stars." Scrolling through more posts, Black Rutile saw many ways for people to express their adoration of these celebrities. "Usually, they express their worship of these young men through writing fanfiction of real people or making what they call "fan-cams" of them."

"Wait, you can write fanfiction about real people?" Eyeball asked confusedly. "But aren't they, you know, real?"

"Exactly, but apparently, that doesn't matter to them." Black Rutile replied. "More to the point, that is why we shall emulate these performers for our act and earn ourselves the most applause when it is time for us to perform. Afterward, we shall reap the rewards and drown in how many new followers we gain!"

"Oh, that is utterly splendid!" Aquamarine cheered and clapped at her master's brilliant idea. "This might be one of your best plans yet, my Rutile!"

"Yes, yes, I am a genius. I'm well aware of that." Black Rutile blushed cutely. "Now then, get to work on preparing our act!"

"So, who are you guys betting on to win this?" Tiger's Eye asked as she sat down in the audience with Desert Glass, Albite, Serpentine, and Beryl. "I'm personally placing my money on Lapis!"

"Ooh, a duet between Amethyst and Jasper." Desert Glass replied with interest. "I wonder how utterly chaotic it will be."

"I'd like to see what Black Rutile has planned." Albite added. "I think I heard she has something big planned!"

"They got a special surprise performance at the end! I want to know who it is!" Beryl cheered excitedly.

"Good evening everyone, and welcome to Little Homeworld Idol." Garnet announced as she stood on stage. "Tonight, we are going to have Gems demonstrate their musical skills to see who is the most talented, judged by a panel of experts. And Marty."

"I've always wondered about the musical talents of extraterrestrials." Willie stated as the first performers took to the stage. "Okay, you two, give us some names. We're wasting daylight here!"

"My name is Amethyst, this is Jasper, and we're gonna sing a little sibling duet!" Amethyst announced while holding out a cane for Jasper to take. "Hit it, sis!"

"Understood." Jasper obeyed before smashing a hole in the stage.

"No, I meant to hit the music, as in turn it on." Amethyst corrected the orange Gem.

"You know, you could've just said "Turn on the music" instead." Jasper replied before she turned on a jazzy, big-band tune. "You know, Amethyst, being so small really gives you a leg up on the world!"

"Oh, you bet, sistah!" Amethyst proclaimed before she started singing while spinning her cane. "A little guy like me can see what others can't see! Yet being so tall makes you want to have a ball!"

"You may be a total shrimp, but you have lots of heart!" Jasper added. "But I'd be nothing if we were apart!"

"The two of us, so different, yet also so alike!" the two quartzes sang harmoniously while forming a kickline. "Someone better call the shop, because we'd like a bike! We want a bike!"

"Yeah, if I could be anything," Amethyst declared. "In this great big world we call home."

"The only thing I wouldn't be is forever alone!" Jasper added. "Alone, alone, alone, alone!"

"Just you and me against the world!" Amethyst kept singing. "Just the two of us, my girl!"

"Big or small, we'd still have it all!" Jasper and Amethyst concluded. "Big or small, we'd still have it all!" The two took a bow, followed by the crowd going wild.

"Hey, you weren't half bad there." Amethyst said to Jasper. "A little rusty, but you really carried this song."

"I made up most of these lyrics on the spot. Bear with me here." Jasper whispered back.

"Okay, I'm not that much into big band stuff, and it seemed a little short," Brock gave his honest thoughts on the song. "but hey, you two seem to be in good harmony, so you have my vote."

"What a touching affirmation of a sibling bond!" Willie sniffled with joy. "Plus, I love the jazz setup too!"

"Indeed, a very original composition." Tristan agreed with Willie. "Though I must admit, I was definitely hoping for me of you together. You make a really good duet."

"Eh, I've seen better sideshow attractions." Marty rolled his eyes in disgust.

"Thank you, thank you! We'll be here all night!" Amethyst laughed. "Hey, if you want more, we'd happily take requests!"

"Okay, Amethyst, that's enough." Pearl grumbled before she dragged Amethyst away with a stage crook.

"Hey, wait up!" Jasper yelled as she raced after Amethyst, causing the audience to laugh.

"And next up on our list of performers, we have Lapis Lazuli coming onto the stage with a powerful number of her own!" Pearl announced to the audience's excitement.

"Hey, didn't she nearly kill hundreds of people?" Marty complained about the round of applause Lapis was receiving as she, Peridot, Laz, Zuli, and a Flower Buddy got up on stage. "Why is everyone cheering for a psychotic murderer?!"

"I'd watch my tone if I were you." Pearl scolded Marty. "Security!" At Pearl's command, Marty's chair was picked up by White Topaz with Marty still sitting in it and tossed into the air.

"I wonder how far he can go." White Topaz mused to herself as Marty was sent flying and screaming into the air, only to fall to the ground with a loud clatter, his chair smashing against his body. "Wow, pretty high up."

"Too bad that didn't kill me." Marty grumbled before Lapis began to speak.

"Hi, everybody. You may know me as Lapis." Lapis introduced herself. "Now, this is a song I've already sung before because I was in a really dark place in life. But now that I finally know where I am in the universe, I think it could use a little rewrite. Peridot, if you please."

"With pleasure." Peridot said as she tapped on her tablet, and it started playing music for Lapis to sing to. "I believe in you, my water witch."

"It all felt to me so lovely, those bluest skies above me." Lapis began singing, with her two fellow Lapides providing backing vocals. "Those funny feelings that I felt once I had met you. I wanted to leave for a while. I didn't want to smile. So many colors I wish that I had known. But now I find myself sitting on that distant shore. I'm no longer alone."

"Dang, she's good." Amethyst complimented Lapis's singing when she saw Jasper shedding a few tears. "Wait, Jasper, are you crying?" she asked the bigger Gem in confusion. "I thought you two didn't get along once upon a time."

"I'm not crying; I'm sweating a watery discharge through my eyes." Jasper lied through her teeth to try hiding how moved she was by how far Lapis had come.

"Then I saw the colors fading, the gentleness of light escaping. Shadows of my fear invading, have I seen this all before?!" Lapis continued her song. "I knew! There was something deep residing, a terror deep inside me. I once understood how you could've been so bold. But now I find myself smiling on that distant shore. I'm no longer alone."

The crowd began going wild as Lapis took a bow, and then Peridot raced up and hugged her, causing the two to fuse into Turquoise. "Thank you, thank you! I'm so happy to be singing for you all today." Turquoise announced. "I couldn't have asked for a more adoring audience."

"Wow, I'm normally not one for being overemotional, but I think I started crying on the inside." Brock proclaimed. "How about you boys?" Rather than giving a proper answer, Willie was so moved to tears that he was crying his eyes out. "Okay, Willie's out for the count. Wheeler, your two cents?"

"Music is often an expression of one's troubled emotions, and Miss Lazuli's number is no different." Tristan analyzed what he had just heard. "You can truly feel how emotionally damaged she once was through song alone, and how she is taking slow but crucial steps in recovering from whatever struggles she suffered in life."

"Couldn't agree more." Willie agreed, finally getting a word between breaks from crying so much. "Bravo Lapis, bravo!"

"Oh please, you're all too kind." Turquoise blushed with delight at all the adoration showered upon her, while Marty sulked his way backstage with a few broken bones after getting crushed by his chair. "Hey, who wants an encore?!"

"Ooh, gonna need to call in a hospital soon." Marty groaned, rubbing his aching neck while spotting Black Rutile preparing for her number in front of a vanity mirror. "Hey, Black Rutile! You're Black Rutile, right?!"

"Yes, that is me." Black Rutile said, turning around to show off her white pop star-inspired outfit. "And you are?"

"It's me, Marty! I chatted with you on Yatter!" Marty introduced himself. "Don't you remember?"

"Ah yes, Morty!" Black Rutile immediately remembered, albeit getting Marty's name wrong, much to his chagrin. "My apologies for not recognizing you; I've just been so busy planning my revenge and researching ways to unleash a being of pure chaos and mayhem unto the world."

"Sorry, what?" Marty quietly answered.

"Nothing." Black Rutile fibbed. "So, what can you offer me? And make it quick; I'm on in five!"

"I only wish to join you in your revenge on the Crystal Gems because I go way back with Steven's family." Marty revealed. "I was once his dad's manager up until he decided to ditch me for that big pink harlot on the beach, and then his son made my son disown me before I was chased out of town because everybody hated my Guacola so much!"

"Wait, Guacola?" Black Rutile asked. "Wasn't that the disgusting drink some moron got sued for after some catering incident? It was all over the news a few months ago!"

"Oh, of course, you'd bring that up." Marty grumbled in embarrassment. "Listen, you're starting that whole movement against the Crystal Gems, right? Well, tell you what, I have some industry friends who'll help you get all the funding you need for whatever you have planned. You with me?" He extended a welcoming hand to the Rutile. "Come on, let's shake on it."

"I like the way you think." Black Rutile smiled eagerly as she shook Marty's hand. "Maybe in exchange, I can help you get back at Steven's old man too."

"Oh, Black Rutile, we're due out on stage!" Holly Blue called for Black Rutile as she, Aquamarine, Eyeball, Cat's Eye, and the Rubies marched onstage in similar outfits to their boss. "Don't keep us waiting by talking to that human!"

"I'll introduce you to my friends here later." Black Rutile stated as she turned around and followed her subordinates to the limelight. "Right now, it's showtime."

"Ladies and Gems, we have a pretty special show for you tonight." Sam Galley announced to the audience, the spotlight shining on him being the only source of light on the stage. "Our next performer believes that this song could possibly change lives. Well, I'll be the judge of that." He gave a light chuckle. "And now, for your listening pleasure, I give you Black Rutile and the Rebels."

As Sam left the spotlight, an electropop started playing as the light began shining on Black Rutile, striking a provocative pose before she began to sing. "I hate all this peace and love; I pray to the stars above. You all thought I was done. No, I'm not; I really hate you!" she began, cuing the Rutile Rebels to start acting as her backup dancers. "I hate your oppression; I'm trapped in depression; my shame is all because of you! You think you're still the good guys?"

Although Black Rutile composed a very well-made song, the audience was slightly unnerved by her message as the chorus began. "I am far smarter and far stronger thanks to the sands of time! I just wanted to reign supreme; why is that a crime? I list everyone I hate, and you're at the front of the line. I'm always plotting, so you should've thought twice!"

"Oh!" the Rutile Rebels yelled.

"Look at what I just did! Look at what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did!" Black Rutile continued, strutting closer to the audience and giving them a domineering glare. "Look at what I just-Ooh, look at what I just did! Look at what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did!"

The second verse soon began, just as ominous and taunting as the last. "I want to see you all squirm, to see everything you love burn." Black Rutile declared. "You punished me for doing what's right, threw me here without letting me fight."

"What?!" Black Rutile's backup singers yelled.

"Homeworld moves on every day without drama, drama! But not for me, because I only want to give you karma!" Black Rutile added, further creeping out her captive audience with her lyrics and gyrating. "And as the universe turns, well, one thing's for sure, I may have got mine, but I'll give you yours!"

Once again, the chorus emphasized how Black Rutile loved boasting about her superiority and how she had the skills and infamy to back up her claims. "I am far smarter and far stronger thanks to the sands of time! I just wanted to reign supreme; why is that a crime? I list everyone I hate, and you're at the front of the line. I'm always plotting, so you should've thought twice!"

"Ooh!" the backup repeated.

"Look at what I just did! Look at what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did! Look at what I just-Ooh, look at what I just did! Look at what I just did!" Black Rutile proclaimed while presenting video footage of her previous exploits. "Take a look and see what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did!"

"I don't trust anybody, but everybody trusts me. I'll play the lead role in your scariest dream. I don't trust anybody, but everybody trusts me. I'll play the lead role in your scariest dream." Black Rutile repeated as part of the bridge. "I don't trust anybody, but everybody trusts me. I'll play the lead role in your scariest dream. I don't trust anybody, but everybody trusts me. I'll play the lead role in your scariest dream!"

"I am far smarter and far stronger thanks to the sands of time! I just wanted to reign supreme, why is that a crime?" Black Rutile sang while the song began to reach its conclusion. "I list everyone I hate, and you're at the front of the line. I'm always plotting, so you should've thought twice!"

"Ooh!" Black Rutile's backup sounded out one last time.

"Look at what I just did! Look at what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did! Look at what I just-"Black Rutile cried. "Ooh, look at what I just did! Look at what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did! Take a look and see what I just did!"

"I'm sorry, Black Rutile can't come to the phone right now." Black Rutile smirked as the song finished. "Why?"

"Because you're dead!" the other Rutile Rebels added with an evil laugh.

"Should we be concerned about that?" Volleyball whispered to Desert Glass in the audience.

"Worst case scenario, she's plotting to kill us all." Desert Glass replied plainly, freaking everyone out with her dark sense of humor.

"Okay, that is clearly ripping off another song!" Brock exclaimed. "But given what I heard about you, I wouldn't be surprised you'd sing something like this. Still, we got a huge red flag here."

"Oh, this is more than just a red flag!" Willie disagreed with Brock's statement. "We're looking at an electric red flag here!"

"Some compelling and meaningful lyrics, though I have a sinking feeling this might be an excuse to spread propaganda." Tristan commented on the song he had just heard.

"Why yes, that is exactly my point!" Black Rutile announced. "When I first heard that song, I felt so connected to the feelings of revenge and hatred in its lyrics. It just screamed me!"

"Of course, that's why she wanted to perform." White Topaz frowned in disappointment. "But at least she's still a terrific singer."

"That alone is worth listening to her." Jasper agreed with her girlfriend while the Rutile Rebels walked backstage, where Marty awaited them.

"Black Rutile, my buddy!" Marty cheerfully greeted his new Gem friend. "So, how was the performance, bubala?"

"First off, do not call me a bub!" Black Rutile scolded Marty. "Second, I think you might be trivializing some Earth religion for your own benefit. And third, the performance was amazing. I'm so happy to have seen all my hard work get the respect it deserves."

"Wonderful, because I got great news!" Marty exclaimed before presenting a video of Black Rutile's song posted on Yatter that was quickly going viral. "You're an Internet sensation now! And check it out; this #BlackRutileWasRight hashtag is everywhere!"

"Excellent, just as I had planned." Black Rutile sneered evilly while steepling her fingers together. "I simply must find a way to meet all these new followers."

"Trust me, babe. The Internet can allow you to do anything." Marty assured his new business partner. "We'll find a way soon."

The show continued with more Gems stepping up to the stage to perform. Some of the quartzes put on a barbershop quartet, Teal Zircon played an 80s heavy metal song, Nephrite and her crew did opera, Monazite became a one-Gem band, Diaspore sang a romantic duet with Dumortierite, and Snowflake, Bixbite, and Larimar did a standup comedy routine. The show began to close, but there was still one contestant yet to put on their act.

"Well, we surely had fun, everyone, but unfortunately, we'll have to put an end to this soon!" Sam Galley announced, to the disappointment of the audience. "But don't get too unhappy, because our last competitor is sure to impress! Please welcome to the stage, the moment you've all been waiting for, Kunzite!"

While the audience started cheering, the Crystal Gems and the Rutile Rebels all stared blankly at a short blue Gem with a purple gem poking out of her head who wore a bubble-like coat. "I'm sorry," Black Rutile said. "who is this?!"

"I think I remember her." Garnet stated. "She was a corrupted Gem I fought once before putting her in the Burning Room. I may have forgotten her name, though."

"Hi, everybody, my name's Kunzite." The Gem introduced herself. "You may or may not have seen me a lot, but that's because I'm a bit of a shut-in and don't really get out much."

"So that explains why we barely recognize her!" Amethyst declared.

"For my song, I'm just performing a cover of a song I keep hearing on the radio, and I really liked how much the singer sounded like me for some reason," Kunzite explained while picking up a guitar and a radio. "I hope you all enjoy." Setting down the radio and pushing play on some easy-listening music, Kunzite started strumming her guitar as her song began. "Just a little time. Just a little something else instead. Just a little time. Just a little something up ahead."

"Hey, I've heard this before!" Amethyst said, nodding to the beat of the song.

"Are you kidding me right now?" Black Rutile grimaced. "She literally stole my idea!"

"I'm dreaming of being... being... being... Being human..." Kunzite continued singing. "Just a little time. Just a little something that I need. Just a little time. Just a little feeling gaining speed. I'm dreaming of going... going... going... Going somewhere and... Being... being... being... Being human." Kunzite put her guitar down and awkwardly prepared to leave when she stopped playing, only to be stopped by the crowd going wild. "Oh my, you really liked my song that much?!"

"Dang straight, you did the original version justice!" Brock smiled widely. "It's almost like you were her!"

"Agreed!" Willie exclaimed. "So beautiful!"

"I think we might have a winner here." Tristan concurred with the other judges, much to Black Rutile's anger.

"What's impressive?! I've been ripping off a song my whole act!" Black Rutile yelled as she stormed towards the victorious Kunzite and slapped her so hard, Kunzite fell to the ground. "This whole thing was rigged to humiliate me, wasn't it?!"

"Black Rutile, calm down!" Garnet yelled at the Rutile. "Just accept that sometimes, there will always be someone better than you! If it makes you feel better, we'll let you have second place."

"Besides, look at all the attention you've gotten!" Marty added, showing Black Rutile that her followers were still growing by the dozens, which was all she needed now to be satisfied with her work.

"I see. Good enough." Black Rutile's tune changed entirely as she walked off the stage. "Come my thralls; we have much to do!"

"I suppose we shall continue our indoctrination of the masses?" Aquamarine asked evilly while the Rutile Rebels, now joined by Marty, followed their fearless leader.

"Quit reading my mind." Black Rutile responded.

As the Crystal Gems helped take down the stage as the show ended, the judges took some time to exchange some friendly conversations before they went back to their respective celebrity lives. "So boys, up for a few drinks later?" Willie asked Brock and Tristan. "I know of a good place in Dover with such amazing service!"

"Eh, I got time to kill before flying back to Empire City." Brock agreed to the queer fashion model's offer. "Hey, I know we shared this thought earlier, but Black Rutile is definitely all kinds of messed up, right?"

"I believe I've seen her many times before." Tristan stated. "She made headlines for her numerous crimes against humanity and her trial not too long ago."

"We made a good choice not naming her the winner." Brock declared. "Otherwise, she'd have let it go to her head and, I don't know, use it to take over the world or something!"

"Like that will ever happen." Willie laughed. "So, still up for drinks?"

"Yes." Brock and Tristan declared as one before the three judges left Beach City behind.

Well, we had our fun for now, but next time we'll be getting back to more serious territory. On the next Little Homeworld Life, more new Gems will be introduced and it'll be up to us to decide if they're friend or foe! In addition, the Crystal Gems will start questioning their own actions and maybe start slowly falling apart. I'm sure you'll find that very exciting. Catch you next time!

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TWST OC Profile ~ Johnathan Nott Hamilton

The smug autoromatic painting ligerman turned classical art professor. He also by birth secretly is a old bastard prince of the Sunset Savanna that was exiled. This makes his royal title "Grand Uncle of the King" & great uncle to Leona.(More about this will be under the cut)

Theme song to listen to while reading ^^

Profile ☆

Name: Johnathan Nott Hamilton

Other Names: Khari/John Leo Kingscholar,Joanna Stripe Starlight

Gender: Work of Art(Nonbinary)

Age: 52

Species: Liger Beast Human

Orientation: Autoromantic/Gay(Johnathan & John),Bisexual(Joanna)

Birthday: Nov.8

Zodiac: Scorpio

Height: 210cm or 6'8"ft

Eye Color: Yellow(cosmetic green contacts sometimes)

Hair Color: Orange Yellow Mix(Brown aswell depending)

Homeland: Sunset Savanna

Family: Falena Kingscholar - Great Half Nephew

Leona Kingscholar - Great Half Nephew

Cheka Kingscholar - Great x2 Half Nephew

Amani Kingscholar - Half Nephew

Inspired By: Prince John from Robin Hood

School Year: 1st year teaching at nrc

Occupation: Classical Art Professor

Best Subject: Art/Music

Dominant Hand: Right

Favorite Food: Grilled Salmon

Least Favorite Food: Bugs

Dislikes: Complex Modern Tech,Thunderstorms

Hobby: Painting,Singing,Talking to his reflection,Skincare collecting

Talents: Oil painting,Watercolor painting,Singing,Getting Lost,Forgetting to eat/drink while painting for hours

Elemental Magic: Water

Unique Magic: Kingly Fiction's claw - Can turn into a 9ft tall anthropomorphic Liger man. Other than his very fictional were-animal looking appearance his senses are heightened and strength is tripled. He retains his mind and usually wont even notice this has happened unless someone tells him or is freaking out looking at him or he finally looks down to see his hands being paws.

(mostly how he looks just more cat shaped I couldn't find a cat type picrew like this sorry. 🙇🏿)

⚠️ I cut here cause a mental issue and brief tw of trauma mention will be in next sections so if rather not read that please stop here. Thank you for reading warning.

The 3 Js ☆

Johnathan has Dissociative identity disorder. He is aware of it and knows he is a alter. He the protector alter of the system(John Leo Kingscholar). Other alter is Joanna Stripe Starlight who is mother figure alter to the system.

(For more about DID terms refer to this carrd here)

John Leo Kingscholar - Old Sunset half prince who was known for his painting and willpower. He was heavily abused by his stepmother and her royal servants for over 20yrs due to being of illegitimate birth and being half tiger.

He fled from the Kingscholar family after his nephew tried to end his life over jealousy that his nephew's son Leona favored him over his own father. He created Johnathan during early teenhood as the him in mirror who was everything his stepmother wished he was. Joanna was made to be the mother he never knew his birth mother but traits of his stepmother attached to her sadly.

Johnathan Nott Hamilton - An self-taught actor who only knows that self care,self love,and self worth is all that matters. He has a amazing talent of convincing people that what he is saying is real and has gotten though life this way. He is using John's painting skills as the main thing of this role he currently living as a famous painter of the Sunset. He has spent 7yrs crafting this fame and is now just living off it but couldn't for long.

He wants this role to be remembered so what better way then to retire and become a professor at a famous college where young minds are easily impressed? Johnathan also has a non acting side where he is more a soft,caring for others,and loves to have fun. He hides this side the moment he on nrc campus grounds or near students. They only know him as being super narcissist.

Joanna Stripe Starlight - A fashionable sensual wine loving woman who aware she inside a old large man's body but makes it work for her alittle too well. She very motherly when its needed but has a few bad habits that John's stepmom did. Nothing very bad and she does care for John alot. Often she dresses in very flamboyant clothing when she in control with the rare chance she will flat out put on dress and go out in public. She has and people remember it.

She very flirtatious and has a thing for pretty men who dress as nice as she likes to or hardworking ones who still dress so fancy.

The 3 Js communicate via writing on paper. When you see Johnathan who usually the one in control around he has a journal thats has alot of stickers on it. Randomly he will open it and scribble in it rapidly. This is him and the other two talking to each other. If you could read it you will see 3 different handwritings and little doodles.

The NRC staff is aware of Johnathan's mental disorder and have been educated on it to better help him if he asks or needs it. Like what day is it,etc

Due to John's fear his family will find him he only is in control way late in the night when students are asleep rest of the time Johnathan & Joanna are. To help keep John safe Johnathan uses magic to change his hair & fur color orange that Joanna also keeps they both style it different to.

John is unaware Leona is at NRC as Johnathan has masked this to keep him safe as he knows he would want to see him as he dearly loves his great nephew. Joanna dislikes this and tried to make it known but Johnathan stops her each time.

Khari is John's birthname given by his father who was King at the time. When it was found out Khari was the King's son and not just a maid's kid the upset people working in the castle after his mother was told to leave the savanna without him begin to call him John as a insult of being plain despite the King defending him best he could but failed to.

Thank you if you are reading this. This oc is my most beloved one and I love him & his alters so much. 🥺❤

Also in case someone may think it Johnathan is nearly a year & half old oc. I did not create him recently cause of Moonknight but it has maybe helped me visualize how Johnathan would be in person. Johnathan's DID has alot of ties with the way i twisted his base character Prince John from Disney's Robin Hood.

Character refs for drawing:

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland oc #twst oc #professor oc #dissociative identity disorder #JohnathanH #JohnathanL

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