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deathmetalangel · 6 months

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ENVY’S MASTERLIST

this includes every character i write for and a link to their current personal master lists if i have works out for them (warnings may vary and minors dni)

this is in no particular order of character btw but my favorites will have a neat little asterisk

refer to what i don’t and do write in my separate post. also this is constantly being updated so don’t mind it much. you can always request a character if it’s not listed there’s no harm in asking :)

ADVENTURE TIME

- marceline*

- princess bubblegum

- marshal lee*

- finn

- fiona

AKAME GA KILL!

- esdeath*

- tatsumi

- akame

- kurome

AMERICAN HORROR STORY

- tate langdon*

- violet harmon

- kyle spencer

- nora montgomery

- moira o’hara

APEX LEGENDS

- bloodhound (no smut)

- wraith

- wattson

- octane

- loba

- revenant

- lifeline

- valkyrie

- crypto

AVATAR

- jake sulley*

- neytiri

- kiri

- neteyam*

- lo’ak

- aonung

- tsireya

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

- prince zuko*

- princess azula*

- sokka*

- katara

- aang

- suki

- yue

-jett

- ty lee

- mai

BIG MOUTH

- judd birch*

- val bilzerian*

- connie

- mona

BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA

- izuku midoriya

- keigo takami

- touya todoroki

- shoto todoroki

- katsuki bakugo

- himeko toga

- tomura shigaraki

- tamaki amajiki

CALL OF DUTY

- simon ‘ghost’ riley

- john ‘soap’ mctavish

- könig

- valeria garza*

- alejandro vargas*

COBRA KAI/ KARATE KID

- robby keene

- miguel diaz*

- johnny lawrence

- daniel larusso

- tory nichols

- eli ‘hawk’ moskowitz*

- demetri alexopoulos

DARLING IN THE FRANXX

- zero two

- hiro

- mitsuru*

- ichigo

DEATH NOTE

- misa amane

- light yagami

- l

DEMON SLAYER

- tanjiro kamado*

- nezuko kamado

- kyojuro rengoku*

- giyu tomioka*

- shinobu kocho

- sanemi shinazugawa*

- genya shinazugawa*

- zenitsu agatsuma

- inosuke hasibira*

- muichiro tokito

- mitsuri kanroji

- iguro obanai*

- tengen uzui

HAZBIN HOTEL/ HELLUVA BOSS

- alastor* (i fully respect his asexuality so no smut :3 since he’s not canon aro i still write for him)

- angel dust

- charlie morningstar

- vaggie

- loona

- millie

- moxxie

- verosika mayday

- stolas goetia

- barbie wire

- striker

- octavia goetia

- adam*

- lute

- lucifer morningstar*

- rosie

- the vees

HOCUS POCUS

- max dennison

- thackery binx

- sarah sanderson

MARVEL

- peter parker

- wanda maximoff

- pietro maximoff*

- tony stark

- natasha romanoff

- k'uk'ulkan*

- killmonger*

- miguel o’hara*

MID90S

- ray*

- fuckshit

- fourth grade*

- ruben (no smut)

- stevie (no smut)

MY BABYSITTERS A VAMPIRE

- jesse white

- sarah fox

- ethan morgan

- benny weir*

- rory keener

- erica jones

NARUTO

- naruto uzumaki

- sasuke uchiha*

- sakura haruno

- minato namikaze

- hinata hyuga

- neji hyuga

- itachi uchiha*

- shisui uchiha*

- kakashi hatake*

- haku yuki

- pain*

- konan

- sasori

- deidara

STAR WARS

- din djarin*

- anakin skywalker*

- padme amidala*

- poe dameron

- luke skywalker

- leia skywalker

- ahsoka tano*

- han solo

- bo katan kreze

THE MIGHTY DUCKS

- charlie conway*

- adam banks*

- guy germaine

- dean portman

- julie gaffney

- connie moreau

- luis mendoza

TWILIGHT

- alice cullen

- jasper hale*

- rosalie hale

- edward cullen

- jacob black*

- paul lahote

- leah clearwater

- seth clearwater*

- bella swan

- alec volturi*

- jane volturi

- victoria

SCREAM

- ethan landry*

- billy loomis

- stu macher

- sydney prescott

- tatum riley

STARDEW VALLEY

- alex*

- harvey

- haley*

- sam

- abigail

- emily

- shane

- sebastian

- elliott

- maru

- penny

- leah

#deathmetalangel #imagines

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mstrickster · 5 months

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23, 25, 26?

23. Fics I wanted to write but didn't.

There are two on my to be done list that I haven't even gotten close to writing. The first one is the Ducks take a senior trip to Disney World. That one mainly hasn't gotten written because I've never been to Disney World, and I don't really know how I would go about that one. The other one is Adam cussing in front of Connie and Guy's toddler. I started on it, but I just never got into the flow of it, so it's unfinished.

25. A fic I read this year that I would recommend everyone read.

This is a hard one because I feel like there's a lot of stories that I've read that are very good. I'm going to do two.

The first one is Volatile by Kay. The story has so much feeling behind it, and it was one of the only fanfics that's ever made me cry.

The second one would be Center of Attention by 411/Gaffney. This was the fic that actually got me back into writing. It was written so well that it got me excited about the fandom, and it really made me fall in love with Charlie and Adam as a couple.

26. Number of favorites/bookmarks you've made this year.

I actually only have 19 new bookmarks that I made this year. However, I'm notorious for forgetting to bookmark things, so it's not a good tell of how much I've read probably.

#ask game #anon ask #anon answered

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coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe · 5 months

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Neutralised (1994) [3/?]: My Version of The Shared Universe

For those of you unfamiliar with 'Chicago Hope', it was actually set in a shared universe. Also, 'Suspiciously Similar' characters will be involved (Due to actors playing multiple roles). This is my take on that:

Shows:

Chicago Hope

Homicide: Life on the Street

Law & Order

Neutralised

Picket Fences

characters (I'm not listing anyone who was in 20 episodes or less) under the cut. Also technically these are not all the characters as I'm still writing stuff.

Chicago Hope - Characters (& Actors):

Doctor Aaron Shutt (Adam Arkin)

Doctor Phillip Watters (Hector Elizondo)

Doctor William 'Billy' Kronk (Peter Berg)

Doctor Dennis Hancock (Vlondie Curtis-Hall)

Doctor Diane Grad (Jayne Brook)

Doctor Keith Wilkes (Rocky Carroll)

Doctor Jack McNeil (Mark Harmon)

Doctor Daniel Nyland (Thomas Gibson)

Doctor Jeffrey Geiger (Mandy Patinkin)

Nurse Camille Shutt (Roxanne Hart)

Doctor Lisa Catera (Stacy Edwards)

Alan Birch (Peter MacNicol)

Doctor Joseph Cacaci (Bob Bancroft)

Doctor Robert Yeats (Eric Stoltz)

Doctor Gina Simon (Carla Gugino)

Doctor Jeremy Hanlon (Lauren Holly)

Doctor Francesca Alberghetti (Barbara Hershey)

Homicide: Life on the Street - Characters (& Actors)

Detective John Munch (Richard Belzer)

Detective Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson)

Lieutenant Alphonse Giardello (Yaphet Kotto)

Detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor)

Detective Frank Pembleton (Andre Braugher)

Detective / Sergeant Kay Howard (Melissa Leo)

Detective Mike Kellerman (Reed Diamond)

Officer/Detective/Lieutenant Stuart Gharty (Peter Gerety)

Detective Paul Falsone (Jon Seda)

Lieutenant/Captain/Detective Megan Russert (Isabella Hofman)

Detective Laura Ballard (Callie Thorne)

Detective Terri Stivers (Toni Lewis)

Captain/Colonel George Barnfather (Clayton LeBouef)

ASA Ed Danvers (Željko Ivanek)

J.H.Brodie (Max Perlich)

Detective Beau Felton (Daniel Baldwin)

Detective Stanley Bolander (Ned Beatty)

Dr Julianna Cox (Michelle Forbes)

FBT Agent/Officer Mike Giardello (Giancario Esposito)

Detective Rene Sheppard (Michael Michele)

Dr. Alyssa Dyer (Harlee McBride)

Detective/Captain Roger Gaffney (Walt MacPherson)

Law & Order - Characters (& Actors)

Sergeant Maxwell Greevey (George Dzundza)

Junior Detective Michael Logan (Chris Noth)

Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek)

Exex ADA Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty)

ADA Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks)

DA Adam Schiff (Steven Hill)

Sergeant Philip Cerreta (Paul Sorvino)

Dr Elizabeth Olivet (Carolyn McCormic)

Senior Detective Leonard W Briscoe (Jerry Orbach)

Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson)

ADA Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy)

Exec ADA/DA John McCoy (Sam Waterston)

Junior Detective Reynaldo Curtis (Benjamin Bratt)

ADA Jamie Ross (Carey Lowell)

ADA Abigail Carmichael (Angie Harmon)

Junior/Senior Detective Edward Green (Jesse L. Martin)

Interim DA Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest)

ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Röhm)

DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson)

Neutralised - Characters (& Actors)

Abraham Machado (Alfred Molina)

Andreina Neri (Robin Wright)

Caleb Willow (Cary Elwes)

Dove Lewis (Alfre Woodard)

Esmé Verity (Janaeane Garofalo)

Faustus Sanchez (Hank Azaria)

Grayson Bryant (Harold Perrineau)

Hunter Kingsley (Chris Farley)

Ichabod Mortimer (Danny DeVito)

Jared Foster (Kirk Acevedo)

Kane Carter (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

Lance Carter (John Goodman)

Monday Duke (Patricia Arquette)

Noam Gold (Oliver Platt)

Omega Finch (Willem Dafoe)

Peyton Blythe (Regina King)

Russel Warszawski (Adam Sandler)

Sullivan Landon (Christopher Lloyd)

Tuesday Duke (Reese Witherspoon)

Victor Jamison (Mike Myers)

Winslow Warszawski (Brad Garrett)

Xavier Solomon (David Spade)

Yancy Haggard (Kiefer Sutherland)

Zoey Knight (Geena Davis)

OZ - Characters (& Actors)

Augustus Hill (Harold Perrineau)

Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen)

Ryan O'Reily (Dean Winters)

Kareem Saïd / Goodson Truman (Eamonn Walker)

Miguel Alvarez (Kirk Acevedo)

Vernon Schillinger (J.K. Simmons)

Simon Adebisi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)

Christopher Keller (Christopher Meloni)

Zahir Arif (Granville Adams)

Hamid Khan (Ernie Hudson Jr.)

Nacim Bismilla (Re Hanna)

Huseni Mershah / James Monroe Madison (Roger Guenvuer Smith)

Leroy Tidd / Salah Udeen (Jacues Smith)

Jefferson Keane (Leon)

Kenny Wangler (J.D. Williams)

Arnold 'Poet' Jackson (muMs the Schemer)

Paul Markstrom (O.L. Duke)

Junior Pierce (Malé-Lexington Alexander)

Malcolm 'Snake' Coyle (Treach)

Johnny Post (Tim McAdams)

James Robson (R.E. Rodgers)

Mark Mack (Leif Riddell)

Jaz Hoyt (Evan Seinfeld)

Scott Ross (Stephen Gevedon)

Andrew Schillinger (Frederick Koehler)

Nino Schibetta (Tony Schibetta)

Peter Schibetta (Eddie Malavarca)

Antonio Nappa (Mark Margolis)

Chucky Pancamo (Chuck Zito)

Dino Ortolani (Jon Seda)

Don Zanghi (John Palumbo)

Joey D'Angelo (Goodfella Mike G)

Mario Seggio (Todd Etelson)

Salvatore DeSanto (Phil Campanella)

Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez (Luis Guzman)

Carmen 'Chico' Guerra (Otto Sanchez)

Carlos Martinez (Carlos Leon)

Carlo Ricardo (Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Cyril O'Reily (Scott William Winters)

Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier (Luke Perry)

Timmy Kirk (Sean Dugan)

Alonzo Torquemada (Bobby Cannavale)

Richie Hanlon (Jordan Lage)

Shirley Bellinger (Kathryn Erbe)

Bob Rebadow (George Morfogen)

Agamemnin Busmalis (Tom Mardirosian)

Donald Groves (Sean Whitesell)

Jackson Vahue (Rick Fox)

Desmond Mobay / John Basil (Lance Reddick)

Richard L'Italien (Eric Roberts)

Nikolai Stanislofsky (Phillip Casnoff)

William Giles (Austin Pendleton)

Henry Stanton (Thomas G. Waites)

Colonel Edward Galson (John Doman)

Eli Zabitz (David Johansen)

Kipekemie Jara (Zakes Mokae)

Dean Alvah Case (Charles S. Dutton)

Sean Murphy (Robert Clohessy)

Claire Howell (Kristin Rohde)

Diane Wittlesey (Edie Falco)

Clayton Hughes (Seth Gilliam)

Karl Metzger (Bill Fagerbakke)

Eddie Hunt (Murphy Guyer)

Lenny Burrano (Skipp Sudduth)

Father Ray Mukada (B.D Wong)

Doctor Gloria Nathan (Lauren Veldez)

Governor James Devlin (Željko Ivanek)

Martin Querns (Reg E. Cathey)

Doctor Frederick Garvey (Milo O'Shea)

Warden Leo Glynn (Ernie Hudson)

Tim McManus (Terry Kinney)

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (Rita Moreno)

Picket Fences - Characters (& Actors)

Sheriff James 'Jimmy' Brock (Tom Skerritt)

Doctor Jill Brock (Kathy Baker)

Kimberly Brock (Holly Marie Combs)

Matthew Brock (Justin Shenkarow)

Zachary 'Zach' Brock (Adam Wylie)

Deputy Kenny Lacos (Costas Mandylor)

Deputy Maxine 'Max' Stewart (Lauren Holly)

Carter Pike (Kelly Connell)

Ginny Weedon (Zelda Rubinstein)

Douglas Wambaugh (Fyvush Finkel)

Judge Henry Bone (Ray Walston)

DA John Littleton (Don Cheadle)

DA Barnaby Wood (Peter Frechette)

ADA Petrovic (Jason Beghe)

Father Gary Barrett (Roy Dotrice)

Laurie Bey (Marlee Matlin)

Howard Buss (Robert Cornthwaite)

Doctor Joanna 'Joey' Diamond (Amy Aquino)

Lisa Fenn (Alexandra Lee)

Frank (David Proval)

Rachel Harris (Leigh Taylor-Young)

Ed Lawson (Richard Masur)

Peter Lebeck (Michael Jeter)

Milton Lebeck (Chris Owen)

Reverend Henry Novotny (Dabbs Greer)

Principal Michael Oslo (Roy Brocksmith)

Cynthia Parks (Elisabeth Moss)

Bill Pugen (Michael Keenan)

Lydia Brock (Cristine Rose)

Aiesha Campbell (Bruklin Harris)

Brian Latham (Gregory Vignolle)

Agent Donald Morrell (Sam Anderson)

#original character #original characters #original writing #original series #Neutralised #chicago hope #homicide life on the street #law & order #oz #hbo oz #picket fences #shared universe #very long post #alfred molina #tagging only alfred because i hope the molina girlies like bram

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serenasoutherlyns · 3 years

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i hit 100 followers today!!

actually 102 but who's counting ;)

in order to celebrate, i want to give you guys some presents?

i'm going to write as many 100 word drabbles or 500 word ficlets as prompts i get in the next week! please send the length, character/ship, prompt list/number/quote (or original request), and (optional) "genre" that you want to see to my ask box and i'll run (not walk) to google docs for you.

characters:

claire kincaid, alex cabot, casey novak, olivia benson, jack mccoy, serena southerlyn, abbie carmichael, alexandra borgia, jamie ross, connie rubirosa, elizabeth olivet, monique jeffries, john munch, mike logan, elizabeth rogers, rey curtis, danielle melnick, sally bell, margot bell, anita van buren, tracey kibre, kelly gaffney kay howard , tim bayliss, frank pembleton, megan russert, (others? just ask - or, ask for any or my ocs, or let me pick!)

ships:

casey/alex, abbie/serena, serena/casey, jack/claire, jack/sally, abbie/alex, tracey/kelly, abbie/toni, jerena (yes, really, you know who you are <3), (others? just ask - or ask for any or my ocs, or let me pick!)

prompts:

halloween/horror prompts

tvtropes fanfic tropes

fake dating prompts

romance story starters

not-really-romantic story starters

or one of your own!

songs - pick a song or lyric:

walkman - bad bad hats

just let me love you - lowen

wildest dreams - taylor swift

talking to myself - gatlin

pocketful of sunshine - natasha bedingfield

i wanna __ you til i'm dead - YACHT

everybody wants to love you - japanese breakfast

i'm beginning to see the light - duke ellington/ella fitzgerald

genres:

fluff, hurt/comfort, angst, romance, "slow" burn (500 words, so), friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, fix-it. i won't write explicit nsfw but maybe some spicy- think T/M not E.

i'm tagging some mutuals in the hopes that people see this :) no pressure!

@commasplice27 @lesbianologist @wine-drunk-on-elizabeth @justalittleghostwriter @dankspeare @sweetprentiss @storiesofsvu @alexcabot @livscabot @rosiewritesagain @holycrapraewth @multi-obsessions @onherwayrejoicing @morbidlonging629 @oliviaomlandthethird @15coldhotpockets @teenageraccoon @sit-drink-smile @yipyipjemily @ms-calhoun @theofficialjerenablog @eastberlin @crazybagelbitch @arrowgirll13 @rollinsnovak @voltives @enduringalexblake @illicitaylors @disaster-and-disgrace @hoe4almondmilk @alexcabotgf @hi-i-1 @littlelemonkey @season4scullyhair @addictedtodinosaurs @whiteberryx @laezzzi @swimmingstudentchaos891 @bilingualfiction @cmmndrwidw @bumblebear30 @dxringred

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punksarahreese · 3 years

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❛ Where did you get this? ❜ would be fun for murmur (if you’re still writing for it!!) maybe Vivi being a little bastard <3

Mischief | Murmur

Parent!reesker; vivi has the bastard gene

Prompt: “Where did you get this?”

Word count: 995

CW: n/a

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It wasn’t every day that both Sarah and her girlfriend were home during normal work hours, especially on a weekday afternoon. Vivienne’s pediatrician appointments required them to go outside of Gaffney, though, so the couple had scheduled to be off. Their daughter had been quite happy with the arrangement and enjoyed a day out with her mothers even if it was mostly spent in the hospital anyway.

They had gotten home just before their usual supper time, leaving Ava some time to get ready for her night shift. With a few late surgeries scheduled so she didn’t fall behind, the surgeon had planned to leave before 7:00 so she had just enough time to say goodnight to Vivi.

“Darling?” the woman in question’s voice travelled down the hall and tore Sarah’s attention away from the dishes she had been putting away. Ava peeked around the corner not long after, tugging her scrub top down over the green long sleeve she had donned first, “Have you seen my stethoscope?”

“Not today,” she answered, “Where did you have it last?”

“I thought it was in my bag… maybe I left it in my locker yesterday though.”

The brunette nodded at that suggestion, “Could’ve, check the living room just in case.”

Ava agreed but went back towards the bedrooms to look for their daughter first. Vivi had run off to play with Winnie the second she had let the corgi off his harness, signalling to her dog that he was off duty. The service animal was of course still on alert for any changes in the child’s vitals but he also loved to have time to play at home. Ava could hear squeaking coming from the sticker decorated door down the hall and she knew she would probably find a mess of both Vivi’s things and dog toys. It was like having two small children in their home, if she was honest, but Ava couldn’t say Winnie hadn’t grown on her by then.

“Bee? I’m going to work,” she walked into the room but stopped short when she saw the sight in front of her. Her daughter was indeed playing in a pile of her toys, Winnie by her side while he chewed on his favourite bunny plushie. Vivienne, however, was ignoring her own mess and instead had the medical instrument her mother had been searching for in her hands. She didn’t have the earpieces in properly, since they were far too big for her small ears, but she was pressing the diaphragm of the stethoscope to Winnie’s white chest. The dog seemed unbothered, tail wagging the second he saw his owner walk into the room.

“Vivienne…”

The seven year old looked up at her mother with a gap-toothed grin, “Mummy, ‘m listenin’ to Winnie’s heart!”

“I see that,” she crouched down and gently took the instrument from her ears, “Where did you get this?”

Her tiny brow furrowed when her toy was taken away, though she clearly realized she shouldn’t have had it in the first place, “Mummy’s bag…”

“Do we take things from my bag? Or from mama’s?”

“No…”

“Right,” Ava hung the stethoscope around her neck as she answered, “Don’t take things without asking, understood?”

“But I want to play doctors with Winnie,” Vivi pouted, “He’s my patient!”

“Vivi, you know how when Winnie has his harness on he’s medical equipment and not a dog to play with?”

The child nodded hard enough that her blonde curls fell into her eyes, “He watches Vivi’s heart!”

“He does,” she agreed, “Mummy’s stethoscope does that for her patient’s hearts too. You can’t take it away or I can’t do my job properly. It’s like if someone distracted your dog when he’s working.”

“Oh…just wanted to play.”

“I know, but you need to ask first. We have your doctor’s kit in your toy box and you can always use the stethoscope from there. The real ones are special for my and Mama’s jobs, right?”

“Right.”

“Good,” Ava could tell her daughter was upset with being scolded and she sighed, “I’m not angry, Viv. We don’t take things that aren’t ours, though, okay?”

“‘Kay, Mummy.”

“Alright, can I have a hug before I leave for work?”

That made the child perk up a bit and she hopped to her feet, making Winnie look up at her and woof warningly. Standing too quickly could make her hypotensive, Vivi knew that, but she didn’t pay any mind to it. Instead she stumbled over the mess of toys to throw her arms around Ava’s shoulders, mumbling an apology into her carefully curled hair.

“It’s alright, Vivienne, just remember what we talked about next time. You sleep well tonight and I will see you tomorrow.”

“See you ‘morrow,” she nodded, “Love you, mummy.”

“I love you too, my honeybee,” Ava promised as she pressed a kiss to her temple, “Can you tidy up before bedtime so mama doesn’t have to?”

“I try,” she agreed and watched Ava stand up to leave. The woman leaned down again to pat their dog gently, which earned her hand a large lick from the corgi in question. She laughed and wiped her hand on her pant leg, mumbling a lighthearted complaint about the dog slobber. Saying goodbye to her daughter one more time, Ava left the room to gather her things.

“Did you find your stethoscope?” Sarah met her in the living room, her tablet in hand as she settled down in the armchair she loved so dearly.

“Yes, we have a thief on our hands.”

“Vivi?” Sarah laughed when Ava nodded, “Did you talk to her?”

“I did, she said she wouldn’t do it again but I’m sure her thieving days are just beginning,” the blonde shook her head fondly, “And it looks like a tornado tore through her toybox.”

“Oh Lord,” Sarah sighed, “Not again.”

#🥴 this didn’t start out how I wanted #I forgot how to write for murmur fahsjd #ava bekker #sarah reese #reesker #vivi tag #my aus #murmur #mum!sarah #mum!ava #asks #mutuals #nova tag #cj add this to your fic masterpost

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recentanimenews · 3 years

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She’s the Cutest… But We’re Just Friends!, Vol. 2

By Akamitsu Awamura and mmu. Released in Japan as “Ore no Onna Tomodachi ga Saikou ni Kawaii” by GA Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by airco.

There’s a narrowing of focus in this second volume. In the first book, we got to see a whole lot of Kai and Jun’s peers, classmates, and rivals and see how their “relationship” impacted all of them. For the most part, there’s very little of that in the second volume. Indeed, Reina, my favorite character from the last book, has a much smaller role here, though she certainly makes use of it, seeing what the rest of the cast don’t. But for the most part this volume deals only with three characters: Kai, Jun, and Kotobuki, the girl who confessed to him in the cliffhanger of the last book. I was honestly worried about the addition of Kotobuki after that last book, fearing this would become a “one girl per book” sort of harem series. Fortunately, my worries were unfounded – I’d argue this book is better than the last one, getting into the nitty gritty of friends vs. girlfriends and coming out on the friends side.

Kotobuki has indeed confessed to Kai, and suggests dating in order to get to know each other, an idea that floors him because he’s read too much manga and believes you only date AFTER falling in love The date actually goes pretty well, and they’re a cute couple. Then they coincidentally run into Jun on their date… and she can’t get over how CUTE Kotobuki is! No jealousy on her end at all. The trouble is the other end… Kotobuki had heard that Kai had a friend who came over to play games, but assumed it was, well, a female otaku stereotype. Not a stacked blonde goddess. Feeling a bit desperate and threatened, she decides to up her seduction game… which proves to be EXACTLY the wrong move. Can she and Kai recover from the backlash? And can you have a girlfriend and also have a close female friend who’s even more tactile than your girlfriend?

The most interesting thing about this book is that the drama is almost entirely one-sided. Jun is simply not remotely getting jealous, loves Kotobuki to death, and her reaction to Kai accidentally walking in on her topless is nonexistent. If the series is eventually going to get Kai and Jun together, it’s got a long way to go on Jun’s side. That said, she fills an important role here, as she allows Kai and Kotobuki to recover from their dating mishap and find steadier ground. Kai, like Jun, does not feel mature enough to be in a relationship, something that Kotobuki also realizes about herself during the course of the book. Indeed, the book may be an ad for “just friends”, as the best scenes in it are the ones with no tension or romantic angst, just the three of them hanging out and having fun. (It’s also a giant ad for anime and manga properties, and not just GA Bunko series. The lack of censorship is jaw-dropping.)

Unfortunately, after two quick volumes in February and June of 2020, there has been no more of this series in Japan. I hope we eventually get some closure. In the meantime, this is a good one if you like romcoms with a bit less drama than usual.

By: Sean Gaffney

#Anime #News #Manga Bookshelf

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pass-the-bechdel · 5 years

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Homicide: The Movie

Does it pass the Bechdel Test?

Yes, once.

How many female characters (with names and lines) are there?

Eleven (28.94% of cast).

How many male characters (with names and lines) are there?

Twenty-seven.

Positive Content Rating:

Three.

General Film Quality:

Definitely not a strong finish to the series, but then again, neither was anything in the final season of the actual show, either. You could skip this and not really be missing out. In fact, you might be better off that way.

MORE INFO (and potential spoilers) UNDER THE CUT:

Passing the Bechdel:

Howard interviews Mrs Desassi.

Female characters:

Dawn Daniels.

Helen Lucaitis.

Terri Stivers.

Laura Ballard.

Kay Howard.

Nonna Giardello.

Megan Russert.

Rene Sheppard.

Mrs Desassi.

Billie Lou Munch.

Julianna Cox.

Male characters:

Al Giardello.

Paul Falsone.

Meldrick Lewis.

Mike Giardello.

Frank Pembleton.

George Barnfather.

Tim Bayliss.

Stuart Gharty.

Stanley Bolander.

John Munch.

Roger Gaffney.

Robert Hall.

John Komen.

Karl Miller.

J.H. Brodie.

Terry.

Robert Gessner.

Dr Williams.

Salerno.

Jasper.

Bernard Weeks.

George Griscom.

Mike Kellerman.

Eric Thomas James.

Ed Danvers.

Steve Crosetti.

Beau Felton.

OTHER NOTES:

Considering this film is set not long after season seven ended, it’s kinda weird that Gee has apparently gone from his newly-appointed Captainship to campaigning for Mayor in that time. I mean, I’m not surprised that he would be bored out of his mind in Property Crimes, but this is quite the sudden leap for a guy who never expressed a desire or inclination for a political career.

The old credit sequence is back! Wouldn’t have been right to finish without it.

SPEAKING OF OLD THINGS THAT ARE BACK:

Forget about Gee’s career shift being weird: what the heck with fucking GHARTY being Homicide’s shift commander now? Remember four years ago in-show, when he was introduced as a cowardly derelict-in-his-duties uniform officer just trying to make it to his pension (only a few months off at that time)? How does that guy make it to Lieutenant in four years? Seems fucking ridiculous.

Mike Giardello going on a rampage beating the shit out of people is objectively uncool, but the decision to have Mike Kellerman tagging along watching him while casually snacking makes the whole sequence hilarious.

It’s been so many hours since Gee was shot, where the heck are his other kids, huh? I feel like they’re conveniently pretending they don’t exist so that they can focus on making his bond with Mike seem especially ~profound~. It’s too late in the game for the father/son Ultimate Bond cliche, y’all.

Why the fuck Gharty talking about putting up with being a ‘stooge’ in order to get off the street, instead of just taking that Goddamn retirement? What a tiresome man. I can’t believe we wasted literally any scenes at all on giving him a weak excuse for a subplot-esque thing, when we’ve got all of these other great characters running around getting about three spoken lines and zero functional purpose. Urgh.

Bayliss confessing to the Ryland murder to Pembleton is a great scene, but it feels out of place in the film, and disingenuous as a plot development for the characters - considering it’s the last development they ever get, I really don’t think it’s a meaningful conclusion (individually or as a partnership), and it takes a mainstay of the series at its best - the writing, acting, and chemistry that made Pembleton and Bayliss the show’s flagship team - and perverts it with the kind of dramatic contrivance that was a mainstay of the series at its worst.

Lewis just gotta bring up Bayliss’ sexuality, coz he’s a jerk.

The afterlife scene is super weird and not a strong ending for the entire series in the slightest (the dialogue there feels especially stilted), but I am delighted that they took the excuse to include Crosetti and Felton, and complete the set by getting every single major character from the series back again, living and dead.

I mean, yes, I am delighted that I got to see EVERYONE one last time, but it made for a wildly overstuffed hour-and-a-half film, and almost none of those characters were used to meaningful effect. Essentially, having the entire cast back is a gimmick - and a gimmick that I love - but consequently the plot has no idea what to do with itself, characters drift in and out of it and mostly achieve nothing more than just physically being there for the sake of it, and thus there’s almost no building of emotional resonance or even the natural tension which should arise from having our beloved shift commander shot. More than anything, this feels like an excuse to bring Bayliss and Pembleton together one last time, and I certainly understand that temptation, but it’s a bad move in terms of actually telling the story of the film (which involves thirty-six other named and speaking characters who are not Bayliss and Pembleton, lest we forget).

Additionally, the movie is dotted with useless extras that have nothing to do with the core narrative and only serve to waste vital time which could have been better invested giving one of the many underused characters something to do (the pointlessness of Detective Hall, who was not part of the original series and has no impact upon this film now, is chief in my mind on this score - adding drama by having the shooter in the hospital was also a time-waster), but then again, even the scenes which DID use our old characters were largely red herrings that could be excised from the film completely without altering the story at all. In some cases, that really would have been an improvement, since the movie doesn’t even pretend to treat Little Gee’s rampage as anything other than a pointless dead end, nor Munch and Bolander’s visit to the African Revival Movement, Sheppard and Lewis’ interview with the white supremacist (who was never part of the original series either), or Howard and Falsone’s visit to the widow Desassi. All of these scenes exist purely so that those other characters can do One Single Thing as if it will magically legitimise their presence, while Bayliss and Pembleton unsurprisingly take up the bulk of screen time and are the only ones who uncover anything useful (seriously, they’re even the ones who notice the gunsmoke on the video, even though Ballard and Stivers were assigned to review the footage. Fucking script couldn’t even give some other characters just one genuinely useful thing to do in all this useless mess).

Altogether, the whole thing feels massively under-cooked as a story in its own right, and it has nothing to say about the show, its legacy, what it meant or why it existed in the first place. Homicide was never about Al Giardello’s command, any more than it was about Bayliss and Pembleton’s partnership. Then again, this movie isn’t really about those things either, they’re just the only aspects it manages to carve out with anything close to clarity. Ultimately, I’m not so sure this movie was about anything.

#Homicide: the Movie #Homicide: Life on the Street #HLOTS #Bechdel Test #female representation

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I've had too much to drink tonight, but I wonder if they'll miss me once they drive me out…

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July 11, 2018: Obituaries

Bobby Jolly, 64

Bobby Ray Jolly, Sr., age 64, of Roaring River, passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Curis at Wilkesboro. He was born January 18, 1954 in Wilkes County to William Marvin Dimette and Maude Ethel Pruitt Jolly. Mr. Jolly was a member of Stony Hill Baptist Church and a member of the National Guard. He was an avid NASCAR and dirt track racing fan; and loved cars. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Marcia Ellen Jolly; brothers, Billy Jolly, Abe Jolly, Roby Jolly; and sister, Ozell Burcham.

Surviving are his wife, Helen Wolfe Jolly; son, Bobby Ray Jolly, Jr. of Roaring River; daughters, Breanna Anderson of Roaring River, Tonya Jolly of Winston Salem; grandchildren, Hannah and Ella Anderson, Noah and Wesly Hemric; sisters, Retta Durham of North Wilkesboro, Lillie Little of Clemmons, Callie McHone of Browns Summit; nieces and nephews, Kim Caudill, Ryan Jolly, Jamie Marley, Rachall McCoy and Jake Woods; special sister-in-law, Tammy Woods.

Memorial service was held July 9, at Oak Grove Baptist Church on Rock Quarry Road with Rev. Ken Pardue and Rev. Joel Blevins officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mtn. Valley Hospice, 688 North Bridge Street, Elkin, NC 28621.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

Maudie Dillard, 85

Mrs. Maudie Sue Rogers Dillard, age 85 of North Wilkesboro, passed away Saturday, July 07, 2018 at Wilkes Senior Village.

Funeral services were held July 9, at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Lawson Horton, Rev. Tim Roten and Rev. Shane Pardue officiating. Burial was in Harmony Baptist Church cemetery.

Mrs. Dillard was born October 2, 1932 in White Top Virginia to Franklin and Maudie Huffman Rogers. She was a member of Greater Vision Baptist Church. Mrs. Dillard was retired from Holly Farms Poultry (Tyson Foods).

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; Leonard Eugene Dillard, a daughter; Carolyn Shumate, a son; Roland Dillard, a sister; Ruth Hart and a brother; Frank Rogers.

She is survived by a daughter; BJ Johnson of North Wilkesboro, a son; Roger Dillard of St. Cloud FL, eight grandchildren; Allen Dillard, Crystal Dillard Triplette, Charlie Dillard, LeAnne Dillard, Beth Ann Schramm, Clayton Shumate, Katie Childress and Jonathon Johnson, eight great grandchildren; Kendall Smidovec, Tatum Smidovec, Ethan Childress, Makinizi Childress, Brantlee Childress, Cody Dillard, Trip Triplette and Eva Triplette and two sisters; Maggie Bumgarner of Wilkesboro and Connie Hart of Millers Creek.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Byrd Ridge Crisis Center Food Pantry, PO Box 1188 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Gary Pearson, 66

Gary Gean Pearson, age 66, of Hays, passed away Friday, July 6, 2018. He was born February 13, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Henry Marshall and Reba Jane Williams Pearson. Mr. Pearson was a paratrooper in the United States Army 82nd Airborne Division. He was preceded in death by his parents; twin brother, Larry Dean Pearson; brother, Edward George Pearson; sister, Pamela Rose Pearson; and nephew, Marshall Keith "Tucker" Pearson.

Surviving are his wife, Elaine Pearson; beloved daughter, Jennifer Pearson Faw and husband Jeff of North Wilkesboro; brothers, Michael Alvin Pearson and wife Jean of Ronda, Marshall Keith Pearson of Hays; grandchildren whom he adored, Ethan Colt Faw, Lakyn Breanna Faw both of North Wilkesboro; nieces and nephews, Josh Pearson of Charlotte, Chris Conner of Charlotte, Tesha Simpson and husband Jay of Bessemer City, Laura Pearson of Traphill, Marsha Pearson of Boomer, Ronald Tinnin and wife Michelle of Wilkesboro, Rodney Tinnin of North Wilkesboro, Wayne Dail of Taylorsville; and special neighbor and friend, John Poplin of Hays.

Gary was a caring and generous person who touched the lives of many. Earthly possessions were not important to him as he would give his last dime away to help someone else in need. If you ever met him you would not forget him. He had a magnetic personality and loved to entertain people with his stories and rhymes. He also had a unique style and often dressed in western attire. He will deeply be missed by those who loved him.

Memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018 at the home, 208 Montieth Acres Road, Hays. Instead of flowers, the family requests than an unexpected and unsolicited act of kindness for someone in need be done in his name. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

Debbie Wyatt, 61

Ms. Debbie Lynn Wyatt, age 61 of Fleetwood passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018 at Foley Center at Chestnut Ridge in Blowing Rock.

Funeral services was held July 9, at Old Fields Baptist Church in Ashe County with Rev. Larry Powers officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Ms. Wyatt was born June 23, 1957 in Wilmington Delaware to Billy Junior and Jo Ann Blackburn Wyatt. She was a member of Beaver Creek Christian Church.

She was preceded in death by a sister and brother in law; Donna Leigh Snider and husband; Mike Snider.

Ms. Wyatt is survived by her parents of Fleetwood, a sister; Janet Miller and husband John of Fleetwood, two aunts; Allene Blackburn of West Jefferson and Carol Wyatt of Hamptonville,an uncle; Ford Wyatt and wife Virginia of North Wilkesboro, nephew; John Junior Miller, niece; Mary Kay Miller and several cousins.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Old Fields Baptist Church 1964 Conley Creek Road, Fleetwood NC 28626.

Archie Staley, 94

Robert Archie "Bob" Staley, Sr., age 94, of Boomer, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2018 at Wake Forest Baptist Health-Wilkes Regional. He was born July 6, 1924 in Wilkes County to William "Bud" Gordon and Cornelia Byrd Staley. Mr. Staley was a World War II US Army Veteran and very proud of his military service. Mr. Staley was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers; and a sister.

Surviving are his wife, Katrina Sue Phillips Staley; sons, Robert "Archie" Staley, Jr. and wife Lisa of Wilbar, William "Gilbert" Staley and wife Daisy of Purlear, Mark Daniel Staley of Moravian Falls, Ricky Clarence Staley and wife Dawn of Boomer; sister, Mary Kilby; eight grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.

Funeral service was held July 8, at Miller Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jay Johnson officiating. Burial with military honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard Post 1142 followed in Sharon Walker Baptist Church Cemetery. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the VFW Post 1142, PO Box 357, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

Christopher Cleary, 35

Mr. Christopher Daniel Cleary, 35, of North Wilkesboro, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018.

Christopher was born on May 6, 1983 in Wilkes County to Johnny Daniel Cleary and Pamela Jane Call Cleary.

Christopher is preceded in death by his Mother and grandfather, Hubert Call.

Christopher is survived by: his wife, Misty Cleary; daughter, Christy Dawn Absher; father, Johnny Daniel Cleary; grandmother, Margaret Ann Call, several nieces, nephews and many beloved friends and Family.

The Family would like to thank Mt. Valley Hospice and Christopher's racing family for their support.

Visitation was July 8, at Gordon Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro. The funeral service was at Gordon Baptist Church. Burial followed the funeral at Gordon Baptist Church Cemetery.

In addition to flowers memorial donations may be given to Mt. Valley Hospice 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017.

Rev. Mark Barlow officiated.

Adams Funeral Home of Wilkes has the honor of serving the Cleary Family.

Kenneth Brewer, 60

Mr. Kenneth Wayne Brewer, age 60 of Millers Creek passed away Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 at his home.

Memorial service was held July 8th, at Wilkesboro Baptist Church with Dr. Chris Hefner officiating.

Mr. Brewer was born May 26, 1958 in Salisbury to Edward and Betty Kelso Brewer. He was a Project Manager in Construction and a member of Forest Hills Baptist Church in Raleigh.

Mr. Brewer was preceded in death by his father; Edward Brewer.

He is survived by his mother; Betty Brewer of Wilkesboro, a son; Jim Brewer and wife Annie of Fuquay -Varina, four grandchildren; Payton Elizabeth Brewer, James Finley Brewer, William Edwards Brewer and Parker Earline Brewer and two brothers; Michael Edwin Brewer and wife Debby of Winston Salem and David Lee Brewer of Marietta, GA.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to A Hand of Hope 607 N Ennis Street, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526.

James Wood, 71

Mr. James David Wood, age 71, of Wilkesboro, earned his wings to his heavenly home on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. He was born December 26, 1946 in Surry County to Henry Coy and Eleanor Mae Waldrup Wood. James was employed by American Drew/La-Z-Boy Furniture for thirty-two years. He was an avid sports fan (especially for the Braves, Tar Heels, Panthers and NASCAR) and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and gracing them with his witty jokes and personality. James was a blessing to all of his family and friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Jerry Wood and Jackie Wood and sister, Janette Wood.

Surviving are his wife Susan Johnson Wood; sons, David Wood and wife Jayme of Lake Murray, SC, Devin Wood of Wilkesboro; daughter, Debbie Wright of Gaffney, SC; grandchildren, Jessica Wright and Jeffrey Wright; brothers, Joe Wood and wife, Margaret of Dickson, TN and Junior Wood and wife, Martha of North Wilkesboro.

Graveside service was held July 6, at Mountlawn Memorial Park with Pastor Victor Church officiating. Flowers will be accepted. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

Richard Duncan, 86

Mr. Richard Avery Duncan, age 86 of Burlington, formally of Millers Creek, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at Olde Knox Commons in Cornelius, NC.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday July 15, 2018 at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Shannon Critcher officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:00 prior to the service in the Chapel of Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home. Burial with Military Honors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1142 will be in Mountlawn Memorial Park.

Mr. Duncan was born February 9, 1932 in Siler City, NC to Glenn Hayes Duncan and wife Clarice Lewis Duncan. He was a member of Millers Creek Baptist Church where he was a Deacon, had been a Sunday School Teacher and Chairman of the Church Building and Grounds Committee. During his residency in Burlington, he and his wife were members of Grove Park Baptist Church. In addition he was a member of the NC Beekeeper's Association, an Avid Bee Keeper and gardener, Skilled Craftsman and Jack of All Trades. Before being drafted in the United States Army, he attended NC State University. Mr. Duncan retired from Holly Farms (Tyson) where he worked in Quality Control Management.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Pauline Harris Duncan.

He is survived by three daughters; Susan Bumgarner and Steve of Cornelius, Carol Clayton and Dwight of Efland and Michelle Webb and Rob Upton of Torrance, CA, a son; Richard Duncan and Sharon (Church) of Hilton Head Island SC, six grandchildren; Andrew (Stephanie French) Duncan, Anna (Nick) Varakin, Jessica (Tiger) Outterson, Will (Samantha Kropski) Bumgarner, Daniel (Bonnie Spratt) Bumgarner and Abigail Rose Clayton; seven great grandchildren; Kayleigh Varakin, Lexi Varakin, Michael Varakin, Nikki Varakin, Avery Duncan, Abel Duncan and Chloe Bumgarner, two sisters; Glenna Lewis of Burlington and Betty Friddle of Winston Salem and a brother; Arnold Duncan and wife Marquita of Wallace.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Americanfallensoldiers.com/donate; Hospice and Palliative Care of Charlotte www.hpccr.org or Millers Creek Baptist Church Building Fund PO Box 559 Millers Creek, NC 28651.

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Rudy Knight

Rudy Laverne Knight, 67, of Drayton, SC, died Saturday, March 10, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his family. Born May 10, 1950 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Albert and Rachel Durham Knight. Rudy received his Associates degree from Spartanburg Methodist College. As a U.S. Army Sergeant, Mr. Knight served in the Vietnam War, later serving as a Drill Sergeant at Fort Jackson. Rudy was a former Spartanburg County Police Officer, a Shriner, he was also a professional Rodeo clown, and was a Master Mason with Mill Village Lodge #360 AFM. He was a member of Drayton Baptist Church and was a member of “The Shop” motorcycle club. Survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Guyton (Matt George) of Spartanburg; two granddaughters, Aubri Ann George and Azilee George of Spartanburg, SC; brother, Norman Knight (Bobbie) of Gaffney, SC; Kay Ivey, who is his cousin, best friend, and caregiver; a cousin, Mitch Stegall; along with numerous nieces and nephews. He was also predeceased by a brother, Douglas Knight. Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 PM Monday, March 12, 2018 at Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29307. A Celebration of his life will be 4:00 PM Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at the chapel, conducted by the Rev. David Frost. Burial with full military rites will be in Sunset Memorial Park, 1955 Cannons Campground Road, Spartanburg, SC 29307, escorted by The Shop Motorcycle Club. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Shop Motorcycle Club, c/o Tommy (Willy) Williams, 1366 Marconi Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303. An online guest register is available at http://bit.ly/2lcbDXM Floyd’s Greenlawn Chapel from The JF Floyd Mortuary Crematory & Cemeteries via Spartanburg Funeral

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59th Annual Grammy Awards Winners Part 1

General

Record of the Year

"Hello" – Adele

"Formation" – Beyoncé

"7 Years" – Lukas Graham

"Work" – Rihanna featuring Drake

"Stressed Out" – Twenty One Pilots

Greg Kurstin, producer; Julian Burg, Tom Elmhirst, Emile Haynie, Greg Kurstin, Liam Nolan, Alex Pasco & Joe Visciano, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Will Made-It & Pluss, producers; Jaycen Joshua & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

Future Animals & Pilo, producers; Delbert Bowers, Sebastian Fogh, Stefan Forrest & David LaBrel, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer

Boi-1da, producer; Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Kuk Harrell, Manny Marroquin, Noah "40" Shebib & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

Mike Elizondo & Tyler Joseph, producers; Neal Avron & Adam Hawkins, engineers/mixers; Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer

Album of the Year

25 – Adele[Note 1]

Lemonade – Beyoncé

Purpose – Justin Bieber

Views – Drake

A Sailor's Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson

Danger Mouse, Samuel Dixon, Paul Epworth, Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, Ariel Rechtshaid, Shellback, The Smeezingtons & Ryan Tedder, producers; Julian Burg, Austen Jux Chandler, Cameron Craig, Samuel Dixon, Tom Elmhirst, Declan Gaffney, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Emile Haynie, Jan Holzner, Michael Ilbert, Chris Kasych, Greg Kurstin, Charles Moniz, Liam Nolan, Alex Pasco, Mike Piersante, Ariel Rechtshaid, Rich Rich, Dave Schiffman, Joe Visciano & Matt Wiggins, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

James Blake, Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd & Jack White, featured artists; Vincent Berry II, Ben Billions, James Blake, BOOTS, Jonny Coffer, Dannyboystyles, Michael Dean, Alex Delicata, Diplo, Derek Dixie, Kevin Garrett, Diana Gordon, HazeBanga, Hit-Boy, Just Blaze, King Henry, Beyoncé Knowles, Ezra Koenig, Jeremy McDonald, MeLo-X, Mike Will Made-It, Pluss, Jack White & Malik Yusef, producers; Mike Dean, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Koller, Tony Maserati, Lester Mendoza, Vance Powell, Joshua V. Smith & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Dave Kutch, mastering engineer

Big Sean, Diplo, Halsey, Travis Scott & Skrillex, featured artists; The Audibles, Axident, Justin Bieber, Big Taste, Benny Blanco, Blood, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Scott "Scooter" Braun, Mike Dean, Diplo, Gladius, Josh Gudwin, Nico Hartikainen, Mark "The Mogul" Jackson, Steve James, Ian Kirkpatrick, Maejor, MdL, Skrillex, Jeremy Snyder & @ S O U N D Z, producers; Simon Cohen, Diplo, Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Josh Gudwin, Jaycen Joshua, Manny Marroquin, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Johannes Raassina, Gregg Rominiecki, Chris Sclafani, Skrillex, Dylan William & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers

dvsn, Future, Kyla, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Rihanna & Wizkid, featured artists; Brian Alexander-Morgan, Axlfoliethc, Beat Bully, Boi-1Da, Cardo, Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Daxz, DJ Dahi, Frank Dukes, Maneesh, Murda Beatz, Nineteen85, Ricci Riera, Allen Ritter, Noah "40" Shebib, Southside, Sevn Thomas, Jordan Ullman, Kanye West, Wizkid & Young Exclusive, producers; Noel Cadastre, Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Seth Firkins, David "Prep" Bijan Huges & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers; Chris Athens, mastering engineer

Sturgill Simpson, producer; Geoff Allan, David Ferguson & Sean Sullivan, engineers/mixers; Gavin Lurssen, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

"Hello"

"Formation"

"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"

"Love Yourself"

"7 Years"

Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)

Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)

Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)

Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

Best New Artist

Chance the Rapper

Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Maren Morris

Anderson Paak

Pop

Best Pop Solo Performance

"Hello" – Adele

"Hold Up" – Beyoncé

"Love Yourself" – Justin Bieber

"Piece by Piece" (Idol Version) – Kelly Clarkson

"Dangerous Woman" – Ariana Grande

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

"Stressed Out" – Twenty One Pilots

"Closer" – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey

"7 Years" – Lukas Graham

"Work" – Rihanna featuring Drake

"Cheap Thrills" – Sia featuring Sean Paul

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin – Willie Nelson

Cinema – Andrea Bocelli

Fallen Angels – Bob Dylan

Stages Live – Josh Groban

Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway – Barbra Streisand

Best Pop Vocal Album

25 – Adele

Purpose – Justin Bieber

Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande

Confident – Demi Lovato

This Is Acting – Sia

Dance/Electronic

Best Dance Recording

"Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya

"Tearing Me Up" – Bob Moses

"Never Be Like You" – Flume featuring Kai

"'Rinse & Repeat" – Riton featuring Kah-Lo

"Drinkee" – Sofi Tukker

The Chainsmokers, producers; Jordan Young, mixer

Bob Moses, producers; Mark "Spike" Stent, mixer

Harley Streten, producer; Eric J Dubowsky, mixer

Riton, producer; Wez Clarke, mixer

Sofi Tukker, producers; Bryan Wilson, mixer

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Skin – Flume

Electronica 1: The Time Machine – Jean-Michel Jarre

Epoch – Tycho

Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future – Underworld

Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII – Little Louie Vega

Contemporary Instrumental

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Culcha Vulcha – Snarky Puppy

Human Nature – Herb Alpert

When You Wish Upon a Star – Bill Frisell

Way Back Home: Live from Rochester, NY – Steve Gadd Band

Unspoken – Chuck Loeb

Rock

Best Rock Performance

"Blackstar" – David Bowie

"Joe" (Live from Austin City Limits) – Alabama Shakes

"Don't Hurt Yourself" – Beyoncé featuring Jack White

"The Sound of Silence" (Live on Conan) – Disturbed

"Heathens" – Twenty One Pilots

Best Metal Performance

"Dystopia" – Megadeth

"Shock Me" – Baroness

"Silvera" – Gojira

"Rotting in Vain" – Korn

"The Price Is Wrong" – Periphery

Best Rock Song

"Blackstar"

"Burn the Witch"

"Hardwired"

"Heathens"

"My Name Is Human"

David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)

James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)

Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

Best Rock Album

Tell Me I'm Pretty – Cage the Elephant

California – Blink-182

Magma – Gojira

Death of a Bachelor – Panic! at the Disco

Weezer – Weezer

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

Blackstar – David Bowie

22, A Million – Bon Iver

The Hope Six Demolition Project – PJ Harvey

Post Pop Depression – Iggy Pop

A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead

R&B

Best R&B Performance

"Cranes in the Sky" – Solange

"Turnin' Me Up" – BJ the Chicago Kid

"Permission" – Ro James

"I Do" – Musiq Soulchild

"Needed Me" – Rihanna

Best Traditional R&B Performance

"Angel" – Lalah Hathaway

"The Three of Me" – William Bell

"Woman's World" – BJ the Chicago Kid

"Sleeping with the One I Love" – Fantasia

"Can't Wait" – Jill Scott

Best R&B Song

"Lake by the Ocean"

"Come and See Me"

"Exchange"

"Kiss It Better"

"Luv"

Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PARTYNEXTDOOR featuring Drake)

Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)

Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Teddy Sinclair, songwriters (Rihanna)

Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Lemonade – Beyoncé

Ology – Gallant

We Are King – KING

Malibu – Anderson .Paak

Anti – Rihanna

Best R&B Album

Lalah Hathaway Live – Lalah Hathaway

In My Mind – BJ the Chicago Kid

Velvet Portraits – Terrace Martin

Healing Season – Mint Condition

Smoove Jones – Mýa

Rap

Best Rap Performance

"No Problem" – Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

"Panda" – Desiigner

"Pop Style" – Drake featuring The Throne

"All the Way Up" – Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared

"THat Part" – ScHoolboy Q featuring Kanye West

Best Rap/Sung Performance

"Hotline Bling" – Drake

"Freedom" – Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar

"Broccoli" – D.R.A.M. featuring Lil Yachty

"Ultralight Beam" – Kanye West featuring Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream

"Famous" – Kanye West featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song

"Hotline Bling"

"All the Way Up"

"Famous"

"No Problem"

"Ultralight Beam"

Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie & Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared)

Chancellor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West, Cydel Young & Malik Yusef, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Rihanna)

Chancellor Bennett, Dwayne Carter, Rachel Cato, Peter Cottontale, Tauheed Epps, Jonathan Hoard, Cam O'bi, Ivan Rosenberg, Conor Szymanski, Lakeithsha Williams & Jaime Woods, songwriters (Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz)

Chancellor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West, Cydel Young & Malik Yusef, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)

Best Rap Album

Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper

and the Anonymous Nobody... – De La Soul

Major Key – DJ Khaled

Views – Drake

Blank Face LP – ScHoolboy Q

The Life of Pablo – Kanye West

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Manga the Week of 9/15/21

SEAN: Gonna start reversing the list more often as, no offense to Seven Seas, I am tired of Airship getting the first image every week.

So we start with Yen On, who have a plethora of “delayed from August… and July” debuts for us! Four of them, in fact.

Bond and Book (Musubu to Hon) is a new series from the author of the Book Girl light novels, which I greatly enjoyed when they came out ages ago. Sadly, they came out before the LN boom, so sold poorly – I hope this does better. It seems to be a linked story series, as the books overall involve a young man who can “hear the voices of books”, and each book has him dealing with a specific problem. The first is called The Devotion of “The Surgery Room” (a short story by Japanese author Kyōka Izumi).

ASH: This sounds right up my alley. I, too, enjoyed what I read of Book Girl and I like book-ish type stories.

SEAN: Second we have If the RPG World Had Social Media… (Moshi Role Playing Game no Sekai ni SNS ga Attara), a series which I’m going to take a wild guess is a comedy. Would you challenge the demon lord via text?

Third we have Magistellus Bad Trip. A Certain Magical Index may be dead in North America, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a new series by the same author. A VR city with gambling and high stakes is about to be taken by a young man and his succubus partner.

Lastly, we get a spinoff from The Irregular at Magic High School, the appropriately named The The Irregular at Magic High School. Seems to be more of a continuation than a legit spinoff – they’re even keeping the numbering, as this is Vol. 17. But it has to be a new series, I’m sure.

ASH: Huh! That’s an interesting way of doing it.

SEAN: Viz Media debuts Mao, the new Rumiko Takahashi series. This runs in Weekly Shonen Sunday, and is definitely a step back towards serious supernatural/horror themed stories.

MICHELLE: Kinda curious about this one.

ASH: Same!

MELINDA: And me!

SEAN: Also from Viz: a double shot of Kenjiro Hata, as we get Fly Me to the Moon 7 and Hayate the Combat Butler 38. Other than that, it’s tie-ins galore, as we see Kirby Manga Mania 2, Pokemon: Sun & Moon 11, Splatoon 13, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 9, and YO-KAI WATCH 18.

Tokyopop has A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation 4.

SuBLime debuts Black or White (Kuro ka Shiro ka), which runs in Kadokawa’s Emerald. Two actors who are typecast in roles they’d rather not be doing are secretly lovers.

ASH: I’m looking forward to giving this one a try.

MELINDA: That does sound interesting, actually.

SEAN: Also from SuBLime, we have Jealousy 4 and Given 6.

MICHELLE: I am so behind on Given already.

ASH: I’m a bit behind, too, despite enjoying the series!

SEAN: Square Enix has the 4th volume of A Man and His Cat.

MICHELLE: Yay!

MELINDA: Another yay!

SEAN: Another small week from Seven Seas. They have The Ideal Sponger Life 9, Plus-Sized Elf 7, and Reincarnated As a Sword 7.

One Peace debuts Multi-Mind Mayhem (Isekai Tensei Soudouki), based on the as yet unlicensed light novel. This story of a man with three different souls in his body – his own, a Japanese samurai, and a Japanese otaku – comes from Alpha Polis.

ASH: I am possibly intrigued.

SEAN: Kodansha, in print, has Orient 4 and A School Frozen in Time 3.

MICHELLE: I enjoyed the first volume of A School Frozen in Time.

ASH: I still need to read it, but I do have a copy!

SEAN: Digitally, as always, much more. Two debuts. Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss! (Online Game Nakama to Sashi Off shitara Shokuba no Onijoushi ga Kita) is a BL title from Ichijinsha’s Gateau, about a guy who tries to destress after days dealing with his evil boss by talking with a gaming friend online. then they meet up in real life and… yeah, you guessed it.

The other debuts is also BL and also from Ichijinsha’s Gateau. We’re On Our Own From Here (Konosaki wa Futarikiride) is a high school romance between two boys, spurred on by a girl seemingly confessing to one.

MICHELLE: This looks really cute!

MELINDA: I’m a sucker for this type of story.

SEAN: There’s also Abe-kun’s Got Me Now! 7, Ace of the Diamond 34, Giant Killing 26, Police in a Pod 4, The Springtime of My Life Began with You 4, Tokyo Revengers 22, We Must Never Fall in Love 8, and Yamaguchi-kun Isn’t So Bad 2.

MICHELLE: Lots of stuff here that I’m interested in! Mostly the sports, not gonna lie.

ASH: I’ll admit to being fond of sports manga, too.

SEAN: J-Novel Club debuts Dragon Daddy Diaries: A Girl Grows to Greatness (Totsuzen Papa ni Natta Saikyou Dragon no Kosodate Nikki: Kawaii Musume, Honobono to Ningenkai Saikyou ni Sodatsu), a title from the author of Sexiled and A Lily Blooms in Another World, so again, I would not worry about daddy-daughter issues here. This looks super cute, and is about what you’d expect: a dragon adopting and raising a human child.

ASH: Another book to add to the list to check out!

Also on the light novel tip from J-Novel Club: The Apothecary Diaries 3, Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower 3, Perry Rhodan NEO 3, The Sidekick Never Gets the Girl, Let Alone the Protag’s Sister! 2, and A Wild Last Boss Appeared! 6.

Lastly we have Airship. In print, they’ve got How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom 12 and Muscles Are Better Than Magic! 3.

Two early digital debuts. The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan (Saikyou no Shien-shoku “Wajutsushi” Dearu ore wa Sekai Saikyou Kuran o Shitagaeru). Sigh. Weak. But really strong. Betrayed. Evil? Probably, but he’s our hero. Moving on.

Planet of the Orcs is from Kodansha’s Legend Novels line, and therefore I expect it to be pretentious as hell, even though when I look at the premise all I can do is sing “ORCS WITH GUNS!” to the tune of Duran Duran’s Girls on Film.

That’s a big chunk of stuff… but is it for you?

By: Sean Gaffney

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