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mydaroga · 3 months

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Fest for Beatles Fans 2024 Write-Up

In case anyone wants to know what goes on at these things, I can at least give you a run-down of what I did at this one, though as always there was far more going down than any one person could see. I tend to favor panels and discussions over bands, so I am sure I missed a lot of great music. Because the bands were great.

It was held this year at the TWA Hotel, which is part of JFK International Airport and has retained a lot of the features of when it used to be a terminal. I posted photos of it last year when I was there on a layover, and I still love it to death. They did NOT let me ride on the baggage thingy though. In addition, I was unable to secure a room at the hotel, though if they hold it here again I will be snagging one because, like I said, the place is bonkers.

Friday

I entered my cross-stitch in the art contest, because why not? While there ran into several people whom I had met last August at the Fest in Chicago.

Beatles Biography panel with Vivek Tiwary (The Fifth Beatle graphic novel) and Madeline Bocaro (In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono). Vivek comes off very passionate and sweet, very respectful of Brian Epstein and cognizant of the importance of telling his story right. Bocaro is also very passionate, but I'm afraid some of us present her personal Ono pendulum has swung too far to admit any human fault in her subject. I later bought the Brian book, but not the Ono.

First Generation Fan Panel was mostly Leslie Healy recounting her adventures, which are legion: she was at the Ed Sullivan dress rehearsal, and at Shea Stadium, and she's *also* the one who got that audio at Paul's house when she visited all four Beatles in 1967. Also, she had a Bearded Collie, which I also had growing up, so that gave me a thrill.

I entered the 60s dress up contest -- second time as Twiggy was the charm, and I won! And then there was a lot of dancing. Gogo boots, ironically, not so much made for such activities.

Saturday

Chatted with some folks because it was more interesting that listening to the speakers, oops. The guy from the Ranking the Beatles podcast is lovely and we've already been in touch since. Also Terry Crain who wrote a great coffee table book about NEMS Beatles merch, which I bought last year.

Went to the dealer's room and bought silly buttons, like TO HELL WITH THE 'BEATLES' and I ❤️ PAUL. There were butcher covers and all that jazz, and horrid dolls, and all the lovely awful things, none of which I could ever afford. But I can buy buttons!

Lovely friends entered the talent contest and proceeded to the finals, and they kicked so much ass and I am so proud of them.

Academic panel with Ken Womack, Christine Feldmman-Barrett, and Andy Nichols was pretty good, a lot of talk about how subsequent generations get hooked and sort of the state of Beatles fandom/academia today. Which feels fairly positive, in the sense that all present felt there is more respect now than there was--though still room to improve on that score.

As a side note, all of my interactions with Womack convince me he's a great guy, very passionate in his love for the Beatles and very devoted not only to doing this right but in elevating lesser-heard voices. He's a very likable man.

Speaking of, next he interviewed Laurie Kaye, who did the radio interview with John on his last day. Her story was very moving.

Tried to dance again this evening after the talent show but unlike the previous night, everyone thought we were weird and stared forbiddingly at us from their seated positions.

But my PAUL IS DEAD / IF YOU WANT IT / HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM JOHN & YOKO shirt was a hit. Finally.

Sunday

Saw Jude Southerland-Kessler talk about the "birth of the beatles" but sadly it was NOT about the tv film of the same name. So I went to chat with Adrian Sinclair and Allen Kozinn instead, which they later tweeted about.

Beatlemania in the 21st Century panel was about, well, what it says. Next was Women's History of the Beatles which was also interesting and involved various writers, teachers, fans, podcasters, etc. I got to meet Erika from BC the Beatles which was very cool.

Then came the Laurence Juber and Steve Holley panel which I have mentioned elsewhere.

Jenny Boyd talked about fashion and the Apple Boutique, hosted by a lady who wrote a book about Beatles and fashion I would like to read.

Fantastic band with great additional harmonies, which I knew who they were.

I did not win the art contest. I did get a participation ribbon. I'm not even a millennial.

We then found a quiet place to chat, of which which the hotel had many, and then I needed to go to bed so I could be bad in like five hours for my flight.

I've probably forgotten lots of things but that is the general run down. There was also a video room, two stages for bands, more art, authors and guests at tables all weekend, and Mickey Dolenz, whom I did not meet but it's cool he was there.

#yes i know some of you were there too i'm just not outing you #kris talks a lot #beatlesfest2024 #fest for beatles fans

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overbearingstruggles · 1 year

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Sent this sort of thing over the jackinalex earlier this week too but. I think the main thing that upsets me here is the application of social media crime logic to more serious subjects. For the most part, the issue with the fanbase right now is that no matter what they do, they're guilty. It's sort of in the same argumentative vein as politics right now; accuse someone of something bad enough and regardless of whether it's true or not, it's a difficult point to argue without "proving" a different point about yourself. So, for example, in Florida right now, drag is a sex crime and sex crimes are punishable by death. Well, no one wants to be on the side of the sex offender, right? In that way, it's really difficult to argue that we shouldn't listen to victims online because it sort of implies you're on the side of the rapist. The difference here, however, is that there have been multiple allegations run against real life people that have been proven false, either by omission of data or by the person themselves admitting it. In fact, one of the most extreme cases of this that I've seen in online spaces was the entire Kwite situation. He was able to disprove the claims thoroughly, but he had to reveal a lot of personal information in the meantime.

The point of all this is just to say that I don't think ex-ATL fans are going to come back, just because regardless of what ATL does, there's always some amount of deniability (they had better lawyers, she didn't have enough evidence, etc etc etc). I think they're right for going for the court case, but I wish more people saw it as a reason they could be innocent (pretty ballsy to argue a case that might not go in your favor) rather than a reason that they *must* be guilty. yknow?

Overall we very much agree but I want to harp on one thing. For every ATL or Kwite there are many, many, many more Depps and Mansons and historically those dudes win. The entire point of the hard lean into a blanket phrase like Believe Survivors is because of the way abusers have been let off since forever. I stay devastated that my band got caught up in the midst of this pendulum swing!!! But before we can throw around that there are copious amounts of false claims because a few can be named, it does us no good to forget that false claims remain extremely rare and baddies use these exact type of suits all the time hence why they automatically scream bad optics. As far as the social media of it all…people, especially young people, are so concerned with their brand that they live in fear of being on the wrong side of anything but it’s easy to shrug it off if you’re pitchforking in the wrong direction. It all comes back to nuance and critical thinking and bad faith arguments and that most people don’t actually care enough to be thoughtful. And while I agree I don’t expect ex fans to come back no matter what happens, we’ve now seen ATL get read for something as dumb as a fucking hospital bracelet merch item, so the haters stay watching and waiting to pounce on anything to add to a contextless pile of disingenuous got’chas.

#i mean. we’re totally in agreement! I just can’t pretend there isn’t a reason for the cultivated echo chamber #and ik the chamber isn’t being guided by history but that’s the reaction to centuries of bad action #eventually maybe this issue becomes more common but that’s still not reality and we can’t pretend it is #and you know I had to look up what the hell a Kwite was!#answered ask #atllegations

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stillgrey · 1 year

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It’s been 5 years and I regret to inform all 10 of you that I am still here and still cringe.

Anyway, Pendulum revival has me fucked up and I want to support the band but their merch is boring as hell.

#talk tag

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thatunaturalmango · 2 years

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Attack on school castes headcanons

Armin:

Smart kid, in so many fandoms and is constantly checking his twitter and various blogs (Tumblr) and forums

Always reading blogs and discussing fan theories, has tried to launch theory channels on YouTube but was to nervous to actually post anything

Shit post constantly on his throw away accounts, never malicious just cursed images of whatever fandom is being discussed

Loves American movies, has a sizable collection of films of all kinds. A lot of blue world and sea documentaries

Reads whenever he can, loved reading as a kid and that stuck as a habit

Could teach a master class in acting, he practices lines from movies he really likes. Can cry on command, and has a great poker face

Loves music, mostly pop and rock, supports the local music scene and loves live shows of bands he follows

Big hip hop fan, the biggest doja fan

Only games on the weekends, max 3 hours

His closet is 60% merch, 30% casual wear, 5% business attire and the rest is cosplay (tuxedo mask and a maid outfit)

Pranks are his form of getting retribution for any past wrongs

His parents are mechanics

Never was afraid of the dark as a kid or believed in cooties

Still has his security blanket somewhere in his house

Mikasa:

Her dad is a journalist, mom stays at home

Is a polyglot

Had an intense fear of the dark when she was a kid, Night light kid, it was a tiny bat

Is athletic but doesn't look it, nobody knows (except Armin) that she works out. She's always been really physically blessed rarely getting sick or being winded when doing intense exercise. Her parents were track stars and met in college at a gym meeting

Watches prank videos on YouTube and spams them to Armin, she knows it's all fake but pretends that she thinks they're real to annoy him (this was middle school)

Her room is really well kept, burgundy walls, dark furniture. Her parents helped her set it up

When she became goth it was a gradual process but it was hard to really tell her parents that's her new vibe. She's self conscious, and her parents are super supportive and made her feel safe.

She has an altar that's always has some light going, led candles only, she's too freaked out by fire to have it going when she's isn't doing some big ritual.

It has a crystal ball at the center, the two candles at the back always giving a glow, she has an athame Infront of the ball that's always closed but it's a prop knife that goes in when it gets pressed on skin. She has her cards and materials in separate drawers under her altar. She has a pendulum, bones, runes, books on astrology, crystals, incense and her book of shadows.

She does readings for all her friends, she does a forecast for Armin every week and only brings up really good things or really bad things to look out for

Always doing love readings for Armin, she knows he'll find his perfect someone and asked to cast a spell for him. He said no, so she just looks out for him and respects his decision

Marco:

Such a good kid, like literal angel

Agendas from yester year in his room, always has his schedule memorized but liked to keep his agenda close at hand

Always smells super good, has like 5 colognes that he bought himself after consulting a specialist

Really scientific minded, not religious in the slightest but he is always up for anything he's invited to (Mikasa's antics about calling the dead on Halloween)

Got a tarot reading from Mikasa because he heard about how she's getting into in through Armin, he kept an open mind and encouraged her. Although he's not a real believer, he sees it as a way for people to talk out their problems.

Wants to be a counselor when he grows up, he worked at summer camps and loved them so much. He loves kids, he was the favorite camp counselor

Always trying to cheer people up, not a push over and puts his foot down constantly when he sees people being bullied

Choir kid

Loves old music (1920-1985)

Jean:

Was a chubby kid all through elementary and most of middle school, puberty hit his metabolism like crazy

Big crier, like all the time in elementary

Practices dances in his room all the time, hoping one day he'll get to use them

He adopted the bad boy persona to divorce himself from the kid image of himself

He worked out hard to get the body he's in now, mostly if not all glam muscles. Don't ask to see his legs they are quite skinny

Bugs Armin because he's always with Mikasa and wants him to leave her side long enough to ask her out

Stops bugging Armin due to his reputation being smeared

Annie:

She's adopted, her dad wanted to start a family but never really got around to finding love but wanted to help a kid that was an orphan like him

Really active kid but rarely talked to people, was the kid who'd run away from people if they tried to talk to her. Hides behind her dad's leg

Learned martial arts from a young age, she like it but wasn't super thrilled by her dad being super extra about it

Won a championship when she was 14 and got to ask her dad for anything because she whooped grown man ass. She chose guitar lessons, smiled the whole time

She started the cooties thing at her school to get people to leave her alone

She grew up on classic rock, her dad is an older gentleman and is a vet. Her brash way of speaking comes from hearing him and his friends talking

Loves sweeties because her dad rarely lets candy into the house, but on her birthday and graduation days he gets her the most sugary bullshit possible

Rarely watches movies but has a secret love for romance movies, however she can't stand most Hallmark movies

Enjoys her alone time, she has a low social battery and doesn't like big groups and usually tires out quick

Knew Reiner and Berthold in elementary school, she has kicked Reiner in the shins twice, once because he pissed her off and the other time is because she wanted an excuse to leave a social situation that he roped her into

Can handle Berthold because he rarely talks, she's the one to keep the convos going because he can't really come up with things to say

Went to her first concert at 12, her dad hated it but was their to accompany her

She considers her best friend to be Mina since she always talked to her, they have a couple of year long text conversation going

She writes HAGS (Have a great summer) in people's yearbooks if asked, but she writes out fully thought out and meaningful page long messages to her friends.

Started wearing punk stuff freshman year

Got her license as soon as she could

Loves British tv shows, really into their comedy

Rarely posts anything on social media, but spends an unhealthy amount of time on YouTube, Spotify, Pandora and band camp

Constantly listening to something

Armin and Mikasa's friendship

Him and Mikasa are childhood friends, she invited him for a tea party thinking he was a girl, when informed he was a boy by her parents Mikasa asked him if he wanted to stay and he did. It was history from there.

They went to the same school since pre school to high school, and honestly plan to even after. They were next to each other during nap time

Is an only child but Mikasa is over at his house so much that she's basically his sister, and he's over at her house so often that he's essentially her brother.

They've been to movies, concerts and events together if they could go together

Armin and Mikasa really love dark gothic stuff, when she went Goth he really was super supportive and helps her research occult topics and she learned Tarot by practicing on him. He use to not believe in it until a lot of her predictions started happening, he calls himself a "hesitant believer" because not all of them came true but enough came true that it took him back.

In the fourth grade they were each other's first kiss, it was a decision they made talking about it since they heard other kids had their first kiss. It was quick and they both cringed about it, still to this day, and is a mood killer when it is brought up

They just use their inside jokes all the time regardless of who's present. Mikasa calls Armin the "descendant of darkness" because he helped her get over her fear of the dark, he calls her supreme because they loved AHS coven

Super protective of each other

Sasha

Comes from a yeehaw family, like they're country as hell but live in the nicest house on the block

She is the biggest sister and the best babysitter

Is always active either because of her siblings or she can't stop pacing

Met Connie when they were in elementary, they got in trouble for not being able to stand still so the teacher held them back from recess set them down and told them to write an essay. They just ended up playing in the room and just made it tornado mess in the room

Played with the boys and girls equally, but when cooties got started she would chase all the boys like a sheepdog to the sheep

Not the best student, had a lot of tutors growing up

Hunting trips with the family, she was a natural

Really sensitive ears, she gets overwhelmed by a lot of auditory stimulation so that's why she prefers the outside

She has one of the most active metabolisms out there, either from helping around the house or exercising she's always constantly moving

Her favorite subject in high school is AP psychology, she has a natural talent for picking up on cues and loves to talk to people

Is not afraid to get physical with anybody who makes fun of her friends or tries to cross her

Although she's only in one after school club she appears in so many of the after school pictures people just assume she was in all of them

The janitors hate her, she just leaves crumbs absolutely everywhere, the school just started calling them Sasha trails

Is a slave perfectionist and is afraid of people will rag on her for any little mistake that she does

Outside of Connie she actually gets along really well with Jean

Has a knack for cooking, like she is what amounts to a master chef amongst her friends

She heard John complain about not having a girlfriend or not being kissed in such a long time she just jumped on him for the most over the top kiss ever. They both thought it was super weird, but it got Jean to stop freaking out about that stuff. What made it worse is that this was in front of their whole friends group

Is the reason why the fire alarms have those plastic coverings over them, she didn't pull any of them but her and Connie just run down the hallway and just shoulder check each other so often that people have bumped into those things by accident and almost set them off

Goes out of state to go to college and get her degree in developmental psychology

Connie

Although he's the shortest of his siblings he is the older brother

His laid-back attitude doesn't really give it off but he's actually very responsible, he's one of those people that you remind them of a project that's do or something and they already have it done and they look at you and say hey did you do it

Not one much for studying, pays all the attention in lecture so he can avoid studying at home, he has no way of explaining it but studying at home just seems so difficult for him

Watches those old LA noire movies and wishes he could be a detective from those times

Secretly has a beautiful singing voice

He and Armin took a couple of improv classes together but he actually stuck with it and went to school for acting

Reiner

Momma's boy, only child

His mom was the only parent and as a result felt that he had to fulfill a protector role and his house, when he was really little like five or six years old he said he was the man of the house

He had a lot of good male role models growing up not just from TV but from his school and the friends that his mom had, his uncle was his biggest influence and for all intents and purposes was a emergency contact number

Really active kid, love playing with other kids, had to be told a couple times to be nice since he was bigger than most kids and used that to his advantage when he learned he could

Not a bad kid per se but has a propensity for exploiting his edge on others when he was much younger

Was in football since Little leagues all the way up until he graduates college, he loves the sports he knows all the stats he watches old game highlight reels and every Halloween even when he was in trick or treating he dresses up as an NFL player

Funny enough him and Bert were diametric opposites personality-wise but they got along because they had a fondness for football and other sports

The only reason that he started talking to Annie and they became friends is because he learned that his friend had a crush on her and he was trying to get her to talk to him, he was a little bit too persistent and he put his hand on and he's shoulder and when that wouldn't work he slightly pulled on her hair causing her to swing back and take him in the shins as hard as possible (elementary school, like 1st or 2nd grade)

Started working out at a really young age and before he can join a gym he always helps his mom out with a groceries and did push ups around the house

Started accumulating a lot of friends both in real life and on social media and honestly loves the attention

After the whole Annie incident around 5th grade they made up and he adopted her as a honorary third member to the duo that him and Burt had.

Bert reminds him that a duo is a duo because there's two not three, not that he doesn't understand the concept but he just is a hard time explaining that that's his way of saying that she's part of the group now

Weird enough is that his mom loves Elvis, he asked her if he could take some guitar lessons and she said he could if he found the money for it, money was tight around his house, and he did a lot of odd jobs around the neighborhood. He already had a good reputation with all his neighbors being like that good kid that had a bright future of head of him, so they were really willing to help him in any way they could

He got himself in Ash Martin that was from the pawn shop and just learned from the internet how to play a lot of Elvis's classics

He asked all his friends to help him make it happen, and this was the birth of the do gooders club

With a very strange tactical precision for children of their age, 14-15, they've rearranged the house and made it look like a small private stage

Him, Hitch, Mina, Bert, Sasha and Marlo to set up the interior to make it look really nice and have all the food that they prepared ready to go

Him and Annie were part of the distraction team and all the best that he could come up with is for her to kick him in the shins again, because he want to pretend that he got hurt so his mom would go upstairs slow with him and Annie

The kids weren't just there but all their friends and family were there because everyone was in the loop but his mom, it was so much fun for everyone

For the most part he is the brains of the operation, in the sense of like he comes up with the ideas and they figure it out. For a time he had a huge crush on historia but seeing as she wasn't interested because she rejected him so badly He was quick to move on but man did thay hurt

He also plays the drums, he took band classes for a filler in the morning but really grew to love drumming and was torn between doing the marching band or football. Football always won out

It's sad to say but he fights a lot of silent battles that he doesn't let a lot of people in on, and for time they manifested as overt aggression. Is Mom got a new job that was finally stable and it had good enough insurance that it covered for a lot of his therapy sessions, somewhere deep inside of him he always blamed himself for not having a dad and taking on a lot of responsibility when he was a little kid Philippine was so much worried that eventually manifested itself as depressive episodes and for a really long time he really thought that he could just power through them and just keep on going and being himself without help

It was actually Marlo who he told this to, him and Bert. They were both very understanding and told him that he doesn't have to do this alone and as good as friends are medical professionals are probably better and diagnosing the problem but they'll always be his support system

Always is posting something on his social media, it's either him doing community service, playing his guitar or a group selfie with all of his friends at the mall

Went professional for a time and got into the hall of Fame as one of the greatest defensive lineman of his time

Berthold

Was the tallest kid every year he was in school

Liked Annie in elementary school, never acted on it, after seeing that Reiner got his shin obliterated

Made friends with Reiner on the playground after seeing him trying to throw and catch a football all by himself.

Reiner taught him football, he taught Reiner about basketball

Loves basketball, always loved it as a kid and once a year him and his family would go to a live game. It was usually local games but when he got to highschool his family was able to get him NBA play off tickets. Best day of his life

Always sits in the back of class due to his height

Most of his casual wear are basketball jerseys

Only listens to podcasts, legit has no music. The only music he has is whatever the sound track was for that years 2k game

His long legs made him the fastest in school most of the time, Connie would constantly press him during laps

Dated someone but to this day nobody knows who, and loves it when people guess, obviously it didn't stick but it ended very civil

Can't play hot cross buns on the recorder, does not have a musical bone in his body.

He genuinely cannot tell if someone is on or off key, Connie and Sasha learned this and they made a playlist of really bad covers of very popular songs and sent it to him.

He genuinely thought they were good, still has it to this day and puts it as one of his gym playlist

Bert: wow they sound exactly like the artist!

Connie: yep they sure do

Sasha: glad you liked it

Bert: definitely! Wonder why they have so little followers

Was given the aux once in Marlow's car, put it on and immediately regretted it

Any and every popular dance that exists, he knows how to execute flawlessly

Has an entirely secret life nobody knows about, other friend group from before highschool

Actually has a girlfriend from another school but nobody believes him

Went to school for sports journalism, got to be really popular and sometimes got to go on panels which was difficult for him

He was always able to get interviews with Reiner since they go way back, everyone is jealous of his connections

Ymir

Oldest sibling of two younger brothers

She's a carbon copy of her mother, but in looks alone their mannerisms are more like their father

Was really close to her dad, they are best friends

Wore more traditionally girly clothes as a kid but started wearing more boyish clothes at the start of middle school, a lot of her friends could barely recognize her

She enjoys coffee a little too much, if not for her insane amount of self control she would have it morning to night

Came out as a lesbian sophomore year of highschool, her family knew since her 7th grade year.

She has a low-key friendship with Armin, they geek out over some new anime or show. They text like all the time, she has a lot of niche knowledge on old movies and got Armin into indi films.

Cannot keep her balance on wheels, cannot ride a bike or a scooter. However in a car she's a fearless speed demon, but other wheel based transportation she can't stop the oncoming panic attack. She for the life of her cannot tell you why she's afraid of them, she just is.

She's so quite when she moves it's almost concerning, like you could hear a pin drop in an empty room before her.

Has to constantly be reminded of personal space and boundaries, she learned real quick after a really embarrassing situation that happened when she hugged Armin from the back thinking he was Historia.

Marlowe

Super quiet kid, like he learn how to talk very young but just either refuse to or didn't want to

Has an older brother that instilled in him a sense of righteousness, his father is religious so is his mother And he always grew up hearing fire and brimstone sermons about people's responsibility to do good in the world

He wasn't a tattletale for the sake of being a tattletale but when he really thought somebody was breaking the rules he let the teacher know, he was not popular in elementary school

He always kept his workspace super clean and he always pastored other kids to keep their workspaces clean, him and Connie did not get along for the longest time

In his house they never really used any slang or any kind of euphemisms for anything so he spoke like an adult at a very young age

Likes wearing suits

Gives himself his own hair cuts, bowl and scissors

He generally loves volunteering and when he got into high school he had so many community service hours he didn't even have to do anything over the summer or during school to graduate if anything he was way over the allotted amount

When you got to high school he became more aware of the world than the differences of people and took time to educate himself on those topics and in the process found a lot of causes that he would love for him and his friends to get interested in

He knows what his social group is called at school but doesn't really pay too much mind to it As they don't really do much

He invited his group of friends to do community service with them on the weekends, a lot of the times they said no until they really needed the community service hours

Always seen as the sore thumb, Hitch teases him to no end And genuinely gets really annoyed with her, gives the silent treatment when angry

Good student, close to straight A's but can never knock Marco off the top

Thinks the castes are stupid, and sees himself closer to the bottom of the pyramid and more of a floater if it weren't for the group

Has gone on a couple of dates in highschool, nothing really stuck but they all ended respectfully.

Super protective about his private life

Will never say no to going to any event with anyone, he definitely has a complex where he sees himself as one of the more trustworthy in society

Never has said no to dates if asked, it's happened before results may vary

Tries to steer everyone in the right direction, is the groups tutor

Tutors Bert the most

He has a servant leader mentality, He sees that the role of those in charge are to make sure that the people who are under them or rely on their leadership have their needs met before anyone else

Has a car that always looks brand new, always is the groups designated driver because he doesn't like how anyone else drives

Never lets Hitch in the passenger seat unless it's just them, only because of she refuses to get in the back and guilt trips him into letting her go front saying that she'll hitchhike her way back home and God knows what would happen to her

He still feels very guilty about this but one time When they do gutters we're hanging out Hitch was doing her typical teasing, however Marlo started to get very passive aggressive. When the topic of what college are they going to everyone shared but Marlow, He said he'll tell everyone else but hitch.

Around graduation Hitch asks Marlow out and he agrees, they have a good time shopping. He allows hitch to basically play dress up with him as her living doll.

He went to school to be part of child protective services

They dated on and off and saw other people in that time but we're really good friends during the whole thing

marriage after asking for her father's blessing

#armin arlert #goth mikasa #nerd armin #mikasa ackerman #annie leonhardt #jean kirschstein #marco bodt #attack on school castes #headcanons #alternate universe #reiner braun #connie springer #sasha blouse #Berthold #Ymir

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badasspantiestalker · 3 years

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Got Tagged

tagged by @lilolilyr thanks for the tag x3

rules: answer the questions and tag some blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.

name/nickname: Yohanna || Yo

gender: she/her

star sign: Aries

height: 166cm

time: 22:26

favorite bands: The Blue Stones || Royal Blood

solo artists: In This Moment, Janelle Monaé

song stuck in my head: Mr. Blue Sky

last movie: Down a Dark Hall (I didn’t finish it, it was really boring -.-)

last show: Super Hero Girls xD

when did i create this blog: eehhh, when I deleted the old one by accident

what do i post: Smut XD

other blogs: two

do i get asks: sometimes ^^

my ao3 following: apparently 14, I don’t really post much tbh, I really wish I could write more though.

followers: I assume Tumblr? 252

hours of sleep: it’s always different, I am mentally so fucked up. Sometimes 10+ others 4.

lucky number: 21

instruments: Ukulele of course XD

what am i wearing: sweatpants and a hoodie

dream job: Digital art and maybe a fish shop with Betta fish. (selling only to buyers who will actually take care of the fish) and with selling fish merch. ^^

dream trip: Anywhere where there is lots of fruit, I really want to go visit Brazil again. Miss my childhood home.

food: Avocados, Goiaba, Figs, Litchi

nationality: Austria/Brazil

favorite song(s): Witchcraft - Pendulum || Fear of the Water - SYML || 57821 - Janelle Monaé || Blood - In this Moment || Blood Water - Grandson || Psycho - Muse

last book read: Star Trek Discovery: Desperate Hours (still haven’t finished it, I am so slow when it comes to books.)

top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: Legend of Korra (10000%) || Dishonored 2? (I love the art style so fucking much) || Star Trek? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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rnainframe · 5 years

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every! single! one!

can you tell my mood dropped hard like halfway through

angel; do you have a nickname?at the moment lars is pretty much just a nickname because my mom won’t let me get a name change

awe; how old are you?19!

baby; favorite color?red!

bloop; spirit animal?that’s not a very good term iirc but i guess wolf?

blossom; favorite book/movie/song?book: wolves of the beyond is very near and dear to memovie: the world’s end, the thing 1982, the incredibles, deadpoolsong: i have... so many

blush; what was your stuffed animal as a child?

her name is baby, she’s dressed up, and i still sleep with her to this day,

breeze; most precious childhood memory?sitting behind my dad and watching as he plays games on the psx and gamegear, i mainly remember ristar and sonic on the gamegear and silent hill on the psx

bright; mermaids or fairies?both!!!

bubbles; do you have a best friend?@aceiou @gruvu

buttercup; showers or baths?showers, submerging my body freaks me out

butterfly; dream destination?a road trip to visit all my frands

buttons; are you religious or spiritual?spiritual, mainly superstitious

calm; favorite scent?a kind of cologne my dad used to wear

candlelight; what did you dream about last night?my brain reminding me of my deep-seated desire to reconnect with an asshole i used to crush on despite me wanting to bury it for good

charming; have you ever been in love?yes

cozy; eye/hair color?i think the name of my hair color is light ash brown? people confuse me for ginger and blond though somehow

cuddly; what’s your favorite time period?80s/90s, also the aesthetics of the 20s~50s

cupcake; favorite flower/plant?succulents, roses, lilies

cute; what did you get on your last birthday?clothes, something useless from my sister, a panic attack

cutie pie; most precious item you own?baby, my phone, my sketchbook, a paw print from sadie the people that put her to sleep sent us

cutsie; what makes you happy?i’m too numb rn to really know

daisies; describe a moment when you felt free.i think the last time i got to go anywhere with friends and without my mom involved was last summer

daydream; how do you want to be remembered?like my dad, where people try to remember him fondly while ignoring the glaring bad shit about him, hhhH

daylight; favorite album of all time?smoke + mirrors from imagine dragons, in silico from pendulum, no culture from mother mother

dear; zodiac sign?sagittarius on the traditional zodiac, ophiuchus on the updated zodiac, my animal is the rabbit

delightful; concerts or museums?museums, concerts get me overloaded unless it’s a band i really like

dimples; have you ever written a letter?yeah

dobby; dream job?i don’t know anymore

doll; how do you like to dress?comfortably, ideally masculine

dovey; any paranormal/magical experiences?my dad haunts my house

dreams; do you want or have any tattoos?i wanna get either an eye coming out of my shoulder of a shamrock in memory of my dad, something simple and space (and/or wolf) related in white ink, uhhhhmaybe the pokemon league symbol somewhere

drizzle; do you believe in aliens?they’re out there

euphoric; talk about someone you love.ace is adorable!!!! i love them so much, their voice, their face, their fashion, their art, their writing!!!!!!

fairy; do you have a pet?ginger morkie named rusty, i wanna get another lab sometime

fluffy; ocean or mountain?mountain

forever; where do you feel time stop?sitting outside at night when it’s snowy, it’s so quiet and magical feeling

froglet; are you a good plant owner?unfortunately no

garden; how many languages do you know?one, trying to learn german or danish or irish

gem; who are your favorite tumblrs?aceiou, gruvu, bunjywunjy, bogleech, weirdmarioenemies, uuhhhh

giggles; what is your aesthetic of choice?either space or red+black glitch stuff

glittery; do you like anons? why/why not?when they’re nice

glow; list the top 5 things you like about yourselftoo numb for that rn

heart; silk or lace?silk feels nice to touch but i wouldn’t wear either

honey; coffee or tea? how do you take it?coffee, cappuccino mixed w/ hot chocolate and a lot of creamertea, raspberry or peach iced tea

hugsy; do you enjoy people watching or bird watching more? why?birds don’t judge you

hunnybunch; what sounds help you sleep?white noise - the sound of a fan, the sound of rain, etc

jewel; what’s your favorite kind of weather?rain, especially stormy

jiggly; what do you usually like to do on weekends?every day is a weekend. i have no life. i am rotting

joy; do you laugh loudly or giggle more?i wheeze or silently laugh. i used to have an ugly loud laugh

kinky; do you blush easily?i blush when embarrassed or crying

kisses; what romantic cliché do you wish for most?spending every moment loving on the person i’m with, every day being like the first day we met

kitty; what’s your favorite time of the day?sunset to night

ladybug; what’s your favorite artist to listen to when you’re sad?mother mother

love; what is your favorite season and why?autumn. it’s not as depressing as summer

lovey; what is your favorite flavor of macaron and ice cream?i’ve never had macarons, but i love bunny tracks and peanut butter cup and bear creek caramel and

magic; what are five flaws you have?you think i can narrow it down to just five

moonlight; do you prefer soft pastels, warm neutrals, or cool darks?warm pastels, warm neutrals, warm and cool darks

munchkin; what do you look for in your significant other?idk but i got it

paddywack; how would you describe a perfect date?wandering around mainstreet and old town st charles, eating at rt weilers, getting ice cream at riverside sweets, then having sodas from the old soda shoppe, ideally in autumn

pebbles; how do you spend free time by yourself?sleeping, wasting away on the internet, the likes

precious; what is something valuable that you learned in your life?don’t get attached, everything will go bad someday

pretty; do you like to cook or bake more?baking is easier but i feel more in control when cooking

prince; how would you describe your handwriting?horrible, illegible

princess; do you play any instruments? if not, are there any you wish you could play?i used to play the recorder, then the flutei want to learn the guitar but i’m so bad at it that when trying to tune a very expensive guitar i got as a gift when i still had passion for it i broke a string

prinky; how do you relieve stress?i don’t

pumpkin; what is your favourite kind of fruit/vegetable?strawberries, raspberries, bananas, pomegranates, pickles, broccoli, tomatoes, pumpkins

rainbow; what was the last line of the last book you read?i can’t focus on reading anymore

roses; what is the most significant event in your life so far?my dad’s death.

smile; what is one thing that has greatly affected you?my dad’s death.

shine; art or music?i’m not good enough at art to deserve picking it, and i’m an audiophile (not! a! fetish!), so

shimmer; do animals tend to like you?i get too rough without realizing it. rusty probably doesn’t like me. he just licks me and sleeps by me whenever he doesn’t have my mom to love on.

smitten; do you collect anything?bottle caps, can tabs, pokemon merch, empty pill bottles

smoochies; how many pillows do you sleep with?four at the head of my bed (two go unused), one plain blue body pillow to hold, like five other pillows to add pressure to my legs

snuggle; what is your favourite candy?peppermint kisses

snuggly; do you have a camera? if so, what kind?phone

sparkle; do you wear jewelry?i used to wear necklaces all the time. they all break because of how i stim with them. my mom doesn’t trust anything around my neck anymore

spooky; sunrise or sunset?sunset

sprinkles; do you like to listen to music with headphones or no headphones?headphones

starlight; what was your favourite show as a child?crashbox, digimon, power rangers, pokemon, total drama

soft; describe your favourite spot in your house.my room.

soothe; digital or vinyl?digital

squeezed; who do you miss right now?read over some of the questions and ask me again

sugary; what traits do you value most in friends?can i trust you

sunshine; do you prefer for things to be practical or aesthetically pleasing?both

sweet; do you find it easy to open up?too easy

sweetie; do you like kids? if so, do you ever want to have any?they are sensory nightmares

thimble; is there somebody you look up to? who are they?edd gould is dead

toot; what is something you find unique about yourself?my ability to get completely numb over the dumbest bullshit

tootsie; what kind of friend are you?a bad one

treasure; what was something that made you smile today?nothing so far

velvet; are you an early bird or a night owl?night owl

whiffle; if you could have a magical power, what would it be?shapeshifting or invisibility or mind reading

whimsical; do you prefer doing stuff at home or going out?ideally i wanna go out but only if i trust whoever i’m with to understand that i burn out fast anymore

whiskers; do you usually wear makeup?no

wiggly; are you a messy or tidy person?i obsessively organize things but am very messy

wispy; do you like the place where you grew up? do you think you will live there when you get older?i have no choice, i legally own the house i’m in now. i can’t go anywhere without dragging my mom along. i’m trapped

wobbly; have you ever wished upon a star?i wish to have good birthdays. they never come true

#anon #answered

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kevindurkiin · 4 years

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Pendulum Is Gearing Up For Their First Release In 10 Years

It’s been 10 years since Pendulum released their last new music, Immersion. Since then, the group has reunited at Ultra in 2016 and then gone on to tour with the full band, as well as its three founding members, Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding, as Pendulum Trinity.

Now, the group is almost certainly gearing up for the release of their first new music in a decade.

At least two new songs were previewed during Pendulum’s live tour: “Driver” and “Nothing For Free.” Both songs have recently been getting copyright strikes for YouTube videos recorded during these live sets, indicating at the time that something could have been on the horizon. Now, a cryptic post on social media likely indicates the rumors are true: new Pendulum music is coming.

Normally, a post like the one below could mean anything from a new tour to new merch to new music. But there’s no touring, Pendulum hasn’t released merch in ages, so occam’s razor abides given past evidence.

No other information has been given or seen about the group or its releases, so at this point, it’s a waiting game. But it seems that the timeline is moving up and we should be hearing about something soon. Until then, listen again to Immersion, In Silico, and Hold Your Colour as we await this momentous return.

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— Pendulum (@Pendulum) September 3, 2020

Photo via Rukes.com

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Pendulum Is Gearing Up For Their First Release In 10 Years

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bestdjkit · 4 years

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Pendulum Is Gearing Up For Their First Release In 10 Years

It’s been 10 years since Pendulum released their last new music,Immersion. Since then, the group has reunited at Ultra in 2016 and then gone on to tour with the full band, as well as its three founding members, Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding, as Pendulum Trinity.

Now, the group is almost certainly gearing up for the release of their first new music in a decade.

At least two new songs were previewed during Pendulumâs live tour: âDriverâ and âNothing For Free.â Both songs have recently been getting copyright strikes for YouTube videos recorded during these live sets, indicating at the time that something could have been on the horizon. Now, a cryptic post on social media likely indicates the rumors are true: new Pendulum music is coming.

Normally, a post like the one below could mean anything from a new tour to new merch to new music. But thereâs no touring, Pendulum hasnât released merch in ages, so occamâs razor abides given past evidence.

No other information has been given or seen about the group or its releases, so at this point, itâs a waiting game. But it seems that the timeline is moving up and we should be hearing about something soon. Until then, listen again to Immersion, In Silico, and Hold Your Colour as we await this momentous return.

pic.twitter.com/hWUaL4OPtq

â Pendulum (@Pendulum) September 3, 2020

Photo via Rukes.com

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Pendulum Is Gearing Up For Their First Release In 10 Years

from Best DJ Kit https://www.youredm.com/2020/09/03/pendulum-is-gearing-up-for-their-first-release-in-10-years/

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bluebuzzmusic · 4 years

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Pendulum Is Gearing Up For Their First Release In 10 Years

Now, the group is almost certainly gearing up for the release of their first new music in a decade.

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— Pendulum (@Pendulum) September 3, 2020

Photo via Rukes.com

This article was first published on Your EDM. Source: Pendulum Is Gearing Up For Their First Release In 10 Years

source https://www.youredm.com/2020/09/03/pendulum-is-gearing-up-for-their-first-release-in-10-years/

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hazydreamerneko · 7 years

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Report of LH Live Tour 2017「Shingeki no Kiseki」8/7 Concert in Chiba (PART I)

Original Report (Chinese) found here

Original Text (Chinese) by：初霜翼 Image report by：-流曰-

Translations by: HazyDreamerNeko/LostNeko (Referencing Lyrics Translations by marchen-v-friedhof)

It’s been a while since I have done any translations, but I was very excited to read the report and have thus sought permission from the Sound Horizon Chinese Wiki site to translate and share the cuteness that is Revo with overseas Laurants ^^

It’s SUPER LONG so I will split it to 3 parts, this is part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Any use of the original text please contact the Chinese site/writer to seek permission. Any mistakes with translations please feel free to contact me!

Before the Concert

Merch:

Day 1 merch sales start from 11am in the morning. Perhaps due to the reservation system employed for the Premium seat audiences, the queue for the merchandises is not very long, it’s possible to see the head of the queue.

Right after 11, announcement was made by staff to conduct the sales of merchandises: We will now begin the sales of「Shingeki no Kiseki」Tour merchandises. Shinzou wo sasage yo!! (Offer up your hearts!!)

Linhora Corps Members: …?! Ha!! (Did the Heart Salute by reflex)

It took a moment for us to realize what we did, and everyone started laughing and clapping. This time, the staffs also did the heart salute to customers as they sell the merch. Entering the venue, purchasing the merchandises, getting the stamp, and taking a seat all happened as usual. My seat for day 1 was on row 13, which was rather close to the stage. I could even see the preparations going on behind the screen before the performance began. I could also easily identify YUKI who took his position with his guitar.

Announcement before the opening. As expected of Linhora opening announcements, even though it was not SH and there wasn’t Sascha making use of various popular SH lyrics, there were still bunch of settings incorporated to emphasize the story elements. The announcer is a female voice, and introduced herself as “Linhora Corps Relay team Recruit Isuka (TN: Iska?)”

Iska: Everyone from Linhora Ichihara branch, good evening. Welcome to the Live Tour organized by Linhora Corps, 「Shingeki no Kiseki」. I am Linhora Corps Relay team recruit Iska. I heard from our squad leader, Vial, that there are a lot of creatures bigger than Titans in the Ichihara branch. They are called “Elephants”. Even though they are not a species that eat people, I still get very frightened when I see gigantic creatures!

Subsequently it was various precautionary announcements. These were repeated twice, the first time emphasizing that photos and recordings are not permitted, and the second time to test the wristbands. Unlike Sascha, there are not much lyrics thrown into the announcements at these parts. Iska explained everything in a very proper manner. Her sentences always end with 「~dearimasu」(TN: indicating formality (?)).

After the second round of announcements, it was about time for the concert to start. The screen was still down, and the image of the (shingeki) wall was projected upon it. As we waited, a row of people came up behind the screen, presumably the singers, and they stood neatly in a row. Subsequently, someone whose silhouette closely resembled Revo walked to the center of the stage. Everyone screamed and cheered while clapping.

Main

All the songs from the main performance were fully accompanied by videos from SNK anime, it’s quite extravagant. Moreover the contents of the anime and songs are matched almost seamlessly.

After the show, someone commented that it is “An Ojisan that loves SNK and is a diehard fan of SNK. He brought together the singers and musicians he liked to create the best SNK music from his heart. This was coupled with the best edited anime clips to form the “official” huge MAD with concert music onsite.” That’s true wwwwwwwww.

Especially in the songs for the female supporting characters, the key sound effects completely match with the anime clips. Regardless if it was the sound of Carla being eaten by the titans, the sound of Ilse being eaten by the titans, the sound of the Petra’s body being tossed from the cart, or the sound of Annie’s female titan fingers being sliced by Mikasa, all these scenes was shown on the screen.

01. Nikagetsugo no Kimi e (To You in Two Months)

The sound of wind and the sea started after the venue darkened. The wristbands turned blue.

The prelude began with the scenes on the translucent screen. Across the wall, through the Titan Forest, and thereafter is the scene from the first episode of the anime. The wristband turned orange. At the same time the stage lit up, revealing the person behind the screen.

The main singer is Commander (Revo), 5 singers stood alongside him for the harmony. This included the chorus part at the beginning, and the refrain. The choreography is the same as ToLH (Theme of Linked Horizon), there’s a strong sense of déjà vu.

Commander’s clothes are the ones on the album cover. The five singers’ clothes are mainly white, with the Linhora style napoleon jacket in black with gold accents. Their hair are styled similarly to the main character of their songs. The other musicians’ clothes are also of the same standardized style.

At the part「Guren no hi wo matoi (Wreathing yourself in crimson light)」the huge screens inside of the stage lit up, showing a red sea.

「Ji ni moeru kusa no me ni wa ( grass buds sprouting from the earth)」the images were of fields with flowers

As the screen in front played clips from the first episode, the screen at the back shows the sea. At around the interlude the translucent screen opens and the anime clip transfers to the screen at the back. The dancers appeared at around「Korekara mo tsudzuku tatakai wa (This battle will only grow harshe)」, performing as though in combat with hand lights that looked like silver lightsabers to express the “Battle” here. There’s a total of four dancers here, theres seven on the concert publications. Unless more people are added during subsequent concerts, it should be alternating between the seven dancers.

The band also appeared during the interlude. During the guitar solo, Commander played along with air guitar.

When Sascha announced the song title in German, it was shown on the screen with the handwritten animation effect.

The dancer’s props were super cool this time. During this song we thought it was just normal silver lightsabre representing the blade of the omni-directional mobility gear. But the light effects are actually adjustable, and it was used in various unexpected ways as the concert progressed…

- MC -

After Nikagetsu , Commander made the scissors hands gesture before he even started speaking. It’s super cute!

He spoke too much during this MC and I can’t remember everything, so this is just the rough idea.

Commander: Good evening. We are Linked Horizon. The tour finally started. Ahh, the rehearsals passed in the blink of an eye. I wanted to practice for a while longer, but on one hand it’s the desire for more rehearsals, on the other hand I still wanted to meet all of you sooner.

Commander: This tour is already longer than the rehearsals. That rarely happens for my concerts.

Commander: I’m very happy to be performing with such excellent members. I hope this tour will become one that makes everyone increasingly love SNK.

Commander: Ah from my perspective the lights on the audiences are so bright. Even with my sunglasses it’s so bright! There should still be a lot of people in the back rows, right? Shine some light there for me to have a look~? Fighting for the opening tickets should have been an intense battle for you all, the seats should be quite full, it should be fine to shine the lights there I hope? If it happens that the back rows are not filled, I am going to feel uneasy.

(The lights are adjusted brighter towards the back)

Commander: Oh oh~ Among those seated here, regardless if it’s for Sound Horizon or Linked Horizon, who is the first time seeing us perform today~?

(A show of hands, mostly among the back rows)

Laurants: \Oh oh oh~/ (Claps)

Commander: Thank you, but I can’t see the show of hands like this! Stop clapping for a while, sorry, can the first timers raise your hands again?

(A show of hands)

Commander: Ah quite a few. For this performance, it doesn’t matter to what extend you like or understand Linked Horizon, you can enjoy it so long as you like SNK. Although I trust that there will be a lot of people here who know us very well, the concert today are irrelevant to past concerts! Everyone is on the same starting line. Perhaps the ones who know us well will feel that I am being too long-winded. But I hope to make this as easy as possible for the unfamiliar ones. (He repeated things to this effect several times)

Commander: We intentionally rearranged the CD song sequence for the subsequent set list. Please anticipate what the next song will be.

02. Moshi Kono Kabe no Naka ga Ikken no Ie Dato (If Everything Within These Walls were Just One House)

The moment the prelude’s pendulum sound began, everyone started cheering.

Although I had expected them to play this song, I didn’t expect it this early!

In hindsight, it made sense since both Nikagetsu and Guren are Revocal. It might be too tiring for him to sing back to back in concert, as per the sequence in the CD. Thus, it was necessary to insert a song by another singer between them. Inserting this song before Guren is seamless both in terms of music continuity and story timeline. After all, the ending to this song matches the beginning of Guren - it is the most suitable under all considerations.

It’s still fully accompanied by anime clips. The beginning is the same “door” as in Jiyuu e no Shingeki (TN: gate? I’m not entirely sure what they are referring to..) , with a young Armin beside the door. The subsequent video focused on the trio when they were young, and the part in ep 12 where Armin was shouting at Eren after he lose his mind in his Titan form. There were also home Eren imagined (?) and Armin knocking outside the window. The lyrics「Water made of flames, lands of ice and snowy fields of sand are expanding」were perfectly matched with the images in the video.

Unlike in the CD but akin to all the other songs in 《Shingeki no Kiseki》, Sascha’s German narration of the song title was added, with the title simultaneously displayed on screen with animated effects.

03. Guren no Yumiya (Crimson Bow and Arrows)

Moshikabe logically flowed into Guren no Yumiya.

The narration is of course the album version. The TV Size part of the song used the season one OP animation, thereafter it’s from the first few episodes of season 1, the start of the first episode and Eren vs Colossal Titan etc.

Narration for「That day mankind received a grim reminder…」used the same scene as where the narration appeared in the anime.

The Dancer’s hand lights which we initially thought to be silver blades changed in this song to look like they were spitting fire, such that when they swung them around they looked like burning arrows. What’s even cooler was when they spun it - the afterimage looked like flames!

The「Jäger」and「Eren」were standard Call & Response，「Wir sind der Jäger」also continued being audiences’ chorus.

Commander’s actions were also the familiar set of actions. Yet they seem subtly less than what I remembered from Kouhaku…

04. 14 Moji no Dengon (14 Lettered Message)

Sung by Eiko Matsumoto.

Scenes are of Carla’s highlights, so of course it’s mainly from ep 1 and ep 2.

During the thunder background sound effect at「Mata kikime no usui kogoto o kurikaesu (I scold you again, as ineffective as it is)」, the stage lights also flashed, imitating lighting.

During「Jikan'yotomare (if only time would stop)」, the images turned to black and white, and the lights on the wristbands faded away.

It switched to Carla’s final scenes at「Tatoe anata ga (Even if you eventually…)」. The rhythm and the sound effect of the titan’s footsteps starts to be almost in sync with the video.

The melodica at the end was live by Igarashi.

Finally, the sound effect when the Titan bit down M A T C H E S P E R F E C T L Y with the scene in the anime.

What was already a very impactful scene became even more emotional with live music accompaniment.

How daRE.

In the end the screen showed CG of three birds flying across a sunset sky, recreating the final image in the BK.

05. Guren no Zahyou (Crimson Coordinates)

The translucent screen is down. There’s the sound of rain at the start, and there’s also drizzling projected on the translucent screen.

At「Rakuen o samayoeru awarena hitokage (Pitiful silhouettes that wander in paradise)」the four dancers imitated the mindless roaming titans.

「Jäger」and「Krueger」are again standard Call & Response。

The two parts「Sono ishi wa Muda janai (Their dying wish won’t be in vain), Kono mama ja Owarasenai (I won’t let it end like this)」and「Kono ishi yo Toki o koe (Let their dying wish transcend time), Nandodemo Uketsuga re (To be passed on over and over again)」switch between the left and right channels as in the CD, and the light position also change according to the sound channels.

06. Saigo no Senka (The Final Battle Deed)

Sung by Tsukika

During the first part of the song, scenes from when Survey Corps depart for the 57th expedition beyond the walls were shown.

They start to use the OAD scenes in the second part.

After「Watashi wa saigomade kusshinai (I will never give up)」,「Kidachi chino kage ni (…from behind the trees)」was immediately matched to the scene of titans appearing. 「Yumiru no Tami… Yumiru-sama.. yokuzo (“…subjects…of..Ymir…” “…great….Ymir…” “Well met…”)」fully correspond to the image of the titan talking on screen. Tsukika will make the gesture of writing everytime she sings「Kusshinai (never give up)」

The second last part of the song fully correspond to final moments of Ilsa in the OAD, the sound (TN: of the notebook dropping?) and the image are totally in sync.

For the last part of the song, the stage was lit with purple lights.

- MC -

When the darkened stage brightened again, Commander is back with a change of clothes.

Commander: Thank you

Commander: As we kept singing, were you all thinking “Are there no MCs anymore”?

Commander (Turning to look behind): Ah-! Why did everyone disappear from the stage once I come up for MC? Is it because everyone at the Ichihara branch are too uncooperative?

\Eh--??/

Commander: Nah (Laughs). The next song will be one that is religious in nature. This song doesn’t need the band, instead there’s a choir – (turns around) Even though the choir is not here today, the singers will sing it with the audio of the choir. There’s no accompaniment, so there won’t be any band performing. But it would be boring if it’s only like that, so the band members will be here dressed as believers (Wallists) . They are now preparing backstage, so I’m here to buy time.

Commander: Does everybody know about the Church of the Walls? I don’t really understand their doctrine, but roughly it’s just that the walls are untouchable! If you touch it, you will provoke them! You can only look at the walls, but not touch it! If you touch it, you will offend them! You will be punished!

Commander: Since we can’t touch the walls, can we dig a tunnel from beneath it? No! Even though tunnels are really convenient, isn’t it? You have all travelled on things like Shinkansen right? Like the Tokaido Line (makes gesture of a straight line). If we can’t dig tunnels things will become very difficult (Gestures a squiggly line)!

Commander: In summary, the wall is sacred, you can’t do anything to the walls!

Commander: Has everyone seen the anime? (Image of the Wallists praying is shown on screen) That’s the feel of the Church of the Wall. Does it give you a sense of foreboding? Despite having considered that it might be fun for all of you to sing it, the song requires splitting the singers into different groups. I’m afraid once we start singing you might get confused like “eh? Which part was I supposed to sing again?”, and some will not be able to keep up. So for now – and it’s only optional! If you want, you can do this Wallists action, and link like a chain with the person next to you. It’s entirely voluntary! Absolutely do not force yourself! It’ll be bad if I’m suddenly telling you to link arms with the strange old man beside you, and in hindsight it becomes “I didn’t want to do it at all! We were sweaty and sticky and didn’t want to touch at all but this bastard Glasses Oji-san forced us to do it!” No, it’s voluntary. The band members know each other so it’s fine. For all of you, casually introduce yourself to the person beside you and ask each other “Do you want to do it?”. If yes, reply “Jäger (Looking very passionate)” , if not, say “No Jäger (Looking very disdainful)” like this. I hope I can let everyone have the sensation of being in a great church. After we are done we will be accepting everyone’s complains –– it will be received and managed after the tour ~

\(Laughter)/

But from my observations, at least most within my field of vision linked arms.

07. Kami no Miwaza (The Work of the Divine)

The five female singers were wearing white robes with necklaces of the Church of the Wall. They sang while standing on the stairs in the middle of the stage.

The band members stood on both sides of the stairs, cosplaying as Wallists.

There were three steps of stairs, the singers stood in the formation of 2-2-1 from top to bottom steps respectively. At the 「Thou～Thou～Thou～」part, the singers on each step repeat it once. At「Maria」「Rose」「Sina」, the singer on the first step sings 「Maria」, the second step「Rose」, the third「Sina」, symbolizing the three layer of walls.

(Continues in Part 2)

#translations #linked horizon #shingeki no kiseki #linhora #sh stuff #revo #sound horizon #sanhora

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timothydark · 5 years

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What a perfect night. Daniel Adam Saftler, Debe Dalton, Turner Cody, Jason Trachtenburg, American Anymen, Caged Animals, Rebecca Florence Joe Yoga and The Indestructible Characters (You guys are the best!!) and I rocked Sidewalk, then the band and I went to Niagra and danced our asses off. Lisa Bianco and I had breakfast at Remedy Diner and I came back to my hotel and crashed hard. I woke up to a dead cell phone and bunch of text messages. Nothing has changed. 🙂 Thank you all so much for coming out and thank for for staying, even with the late start time. Thank you Somer Bingham for inviting me to play and thank you Bob Black for the excellent sound. Thank you Kelly Barrett-Gibson for holding down the Merch table. 🙂🖤 I’m only here a few more days and I’m trying to see as many people as I can before I take off. I’ll be on the Evan Ginzburg’ show on Sunday morning (11-1), so please tune in for that. Also, I’m going to be hosting a show called DMT (Dark Music Television) on Social Media Shows out of Las Vegas. So any artists who want to be featured, please send your videos (Not your YouTube or Vimeo link) to my Dropbox ([email protected]) So far Kathy Zimmer Kid Hawk, Rachel Trachtenburg, The Pendulum Swings, The Grasping Straws, Lusterlit, Davy G. Haze MNR PLSR are all part of the rotation. You’ll definitely be in good company. If I don’t see you before I leave I’ll catch you on the next touch down. Love you like the “Sidewalk” stage -TD These are The Last Days of Dark 📸 by Mixman Dave Jeans designed by @jenniewest.work (at Sidewalk NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuPThieFVT7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12eqaf4mxfe2c

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astraltus · 7 years

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In response to your reblog about the band questions. Pendulum

How long have I listened to them? I think since 2010 or earlier.

Favourite song: Either The Island - Pt. I (Dawn), Set Me On Fire, Witchcraft, or Watercolour. (if I had to pick a favorite song segment though it would have to be the last half of Visions)

Least Favourite song: Probably something on the Hold Your Colour album because the beats aren’t very diverse and a lot of it is just the same thing over and over again. There is good vocals and stuff in that album though.

Favourite Album: probably Immersion simply because it has so many songs but In Silico is honestly right up there with it.

First song I’ve heard from them: I think it was either Witchcraft, Watercolour, or The Island (I or II)? MAYBE Set Me On Fire

Have I ever seen them in concert? nah :(

Any merch I posess: none

Favourite recorded concert, If available: idk their Brixton performance was pretty neat

Favourite Single/Music Video: it’s honestly a tie between the music vids of Witchcraft and Watercolour! they’re very similar imo

Favourite Member, current: from what I’ve seen of them probably Ben Mount, although I’m not sure if he’s still current? Pendulum’s on an indefinite hiatus and have been ever since Rob and Gareth became Knife Party.

#thanks!!#asks

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familyvisionis2020 · 4 years

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Day 5 - Huntsville

Jeremy’s up the earliest and sends a text to us that he’s getting breakfast with Noah at a place called the Grit. Rather than opt to join I just post up on the porch with Trey and indulge in a long long blog post.The weather is cooler and grayer, joggers and dog-walkers and kids on bikes roll down the streets, slow syrupy sunday morning, humidity and gristle, butter pats wouldn’t melt if you left them out on your plate but they wouldn’t be too taut to sink your teeth into. I feel a fundamental sense of repair from typing, reviving a column of spirit I’d quietly suffocated, knock loose a clot of rust in my clockwork and the machinery is humming along again. Now that I have the link to the blog to share to people I feel like I’m gingerly handing the missing puzzle piece to my patrons and well-wishers and companions, indulging a curiosity and rounding something out to myself that might prove the regard and sensitivity my quietness can bely, might be a kindness or a service to people who find me austere or impenetrable or bristly. I was staring at a picture of a cactus and identifying with it the other day, tall, two arms, tiny head, spiky, full of water, not so bad if you’re careful with them, just like me.

Later tonight I will watch Tired Frontier play the last set of their tiny tour with us and what will end up being our last show of the tour as well. Watching the face of the guys I see things so so different then when I saw them for the first time, when they were complete strangers, tourmates but sight unseen. What I saw in their faces the first time I saw them play: Royal is tall and broad-shouldered and country and active and maybe a little sloppy and expanive and reminds me a ton of my friend Mike, so I have love for him off the bat, also his weird tuning and rococo pedal board setup and heedless mustache and you know, wife, set off little clockworks of insecurity in me and my mind props up baseless criticisms of him sourced solely from my ignorance of him. After three shows we are not friends but I know him much better, have seen him from more angles, have a better sense of him, he loves doing bits and laughs high and loud and chills endlessly, in this way he matches the tone and cadence of Kabir magnificently. Paul is beautiful and has a face like a svelter Jim Carrey and kneads the keyboard effortlessly, digital dough, his fingers are narrow and elegant and move only enough to play the next keys, the same sort of parsimony of motion I used to see from chefs with expert knife skills. I envy his bouny raven thick-sable hair. Trey looks plainly joyful when he plays drums. He extends his crash cymbal hardware to the maximum length so his crash is preposterously high up. I can’t discern a reason other than it’s kind of fun or different. He’s enthusiastic about my writing, I get to share him some other work I’ve done, he says he loves it, I swell with gratitude and we exchange emails.

The morning in Athens goes more or less like the morning before: me and Kabir and John and Paul all go get breakfast at Donderos’ again, drink tea and coffee, pack up our stuff. We take some group photos with both bands outside on the porch with the orbs and they’re cute and silly. Kabir flipped a coin to decide whether me or John drives the next stretch, it’s me, I’m a little apprehensive because I haven’t driven a 15-passenger van in awhile, but once I’m in it’s like riding a bike, I have muscle memory of driving big vehicles from U-Haul trips and, before that, the box truck I drove to transport food donations to the pantry of the Servant Center in Greensboro. I’m a good driver, I check my mirrors, I put on a halloween mix I made in 2015 and I am feeling myself, focused, caffienated, surrounded by friends, there’s some clouds in the sky and drizzles but it’s not bad and we’re making good time. The boys just listen along with me to the DJ mix for awhile then start up a new crossword puzzle and we all 4 do it collaboratively, one person describing the clue, letters, cross-clues, and we brainstorm for answers, between the four of us we’re really good at this, and we’re all laughing and in great spirits as we methodically complete the puzzle. We stop in Marietta Georgia at one point to use the bathroom, we stop at a KFC with a 20-foot mechanized/animatronic chicken head whose eyes roll back in its head and whose giant beak opens and closes in regular time like a campy pendulum. I buy a postcard and a souveneir cup from here because I think my Mom has family from Marietta Georgia but when we’re back in the car I can’t remember if it’s Marietta Georgia or Marietta Ohio, but I figure it will be well-received either way. We get back on the road and now we’re off the highway and onto some more remote state routes and we pass into Alabama and the rain lets up but its still overcast so the light is gentle and diffuse, the hills are rolling, we pass a colony of tiny homes, weird, livestock, bulls with giant horns that when I see them I just say ‘aurochs’ absent mindedly, livestock and cotton fields and when we see police someone will just say ‘ops’ and the whole drive everyone is just in a good mood, making jokes, kind and breezy. I marvel at how these boys do not seem to carry the same sort of darkness I feel I do, or maybe they just don’t wear it on their sleeves, or maybe none of them are neurodivergent or addicted or traumatized, or maybe they are but hide it well, or have coped and healed…something I’m used to is being around people who require a space to talk about extremely serious and heavy and heartbraking things. Maybe it’s a vestige of a lifestyle I’ve left behind. In all the time I’ve spent with Kabir and Jeremy and John and David (our NC bassist who plays home shows when Jeremy is in NY), I’ve never seen anyone come close to losing their temper, yelling, crying, crumbling, whatever. I marvel at the putative stability of my friends. I like having stable friends, I like having a stable life, it’s not how my life has always been. There is a level of tranquility and calm that washes over me while I’m driving through rural Alabama with my stable friends in a well-maintained van in my healthy body wrapped around a heart that is not broken and a mind that feels as clear and capable as it has ever been. Grace is unearned, I’m told.

We make it to Huntsville on time, the venue is called the Salty Nut, kind of a spacious and tidy bar with a kind bartender my height but with a double thick country accent and the show booker is slight and soft spoken and exceedingly kind, he receives us and then points us in the direction of a nearby restaurant called Banditos Burritos. The restaurant is festooned with vaguely southwestern or hispanic decorations and also random camp like a dirty 1990s Bart Simpson doll, a ruined acoustic guitar, a King Khan poster, a garden gnome on an old-fashioned scale with the sliding thing, a skateboard without trucks painted with a sleeping cactus person wearing a sombrero, etc. The people there are so so nice and when we say we are playing the Salty Nut tonight the guy behind the counter explains that menu items with steak and all beers will cost, but otherwise we can order whatever we want for free. We get burritos, nachos, beans, rice, salsa, hot sauce, ice water in a paper cup. We feast, scarf down, all hungrier than we realized, it’s essentially a non-franchise Taco Bell by my appraisal, which is absolutely perfect as far as I’m concerned, the beans and rice feel good and substantial. Tired Frontier shows up a little after us, gets the same stuff basically, we eat and laugh and finish and go back to the venue and wait around for awhile, I join Jeremy and Royal outside skateboarding and act crazy and try to film them doing tricks but my phone dies and and eventually they stop and we go inside and set up and play. The show goes fine, TF sounds as good as they have so far. They’re playing to a crowd of the other two bands and maybe 8 people in the bar sitting at a table eating food they brought over for Banditos Burritos. The show is fine, unremarkable. When we play, I do the usual routine of trying to play my hardest and with my whole body, and end up dropping sticks more than once and missing some snare hits and not being able to keep up on the driving floor tom parts, mostly because I’m not warmed up and maybe not focusing enough, I’m letting myself get a little carried away trying to play hard and fast rather than keep things tight, I worry this may miff the other guys but after the show there is no indication that anyone even noticed it or cared. There was a cool part where I dropped a stick but instead of it falling to the floor it bounced around on top of the snare and tom and I managed to snatch it out of mid air and keep playing and Jeremy noticed that and that made me feel cool. We played hard and to my ear we got good claps between songs, we are pretty live and high energy and I think even if people don’t like our sound they appreciate the energy, but also some of the songs are earworms and catchy and people like that too, I’ve heard. We finish, the other drummer from the other band, Golden Flakes, says great set man, we perch at the merch table but sell nothng. We listen to Golden Flakes play for close to an hour, very jam band vibe, many many guitar solos, kind of sloppy, sort of high energy rock and roll I guess, I by this time am tired and pretty disinterested, get on my phone for most of it. Toward the end of their sets someone who I assume is a townie is drunk and heckling them between songs in a way that they are clearly fine with and they know the guy and to me for some reason he looks the way I imagine the way the protagonist John from Shit Town the podcast would look. We are in Alabama after all. He sounds like John (not from our band, from the podcast). He’s annoying and I’m being judgy in my head about him when I should maybe feel sorry or indifferent, idk. It feels sad to me, I don’t feel like writing more about it. It’s awkward enough, the heckling and banter from Golden Flakes, that by the end of the set we all kind of joke-rush out of there, quietly agreeing that what’s happening is awkward and unpleasant and we should go. We get put up in Thomas’s apartment, and on on the ride home the guys talk about how Huntsville’s claim to fame is being the place where the Nazi engineers taken during Operation Paperclip were taken after WW2, whose skills were put to use developing rockets, and that all manner of testing has taken place in and around the nearby military base, the Redstone Arsenal. Kabir tells a story about how a nuclear warhead was dropped on NC and by freak chance did not detonate. It would have wiped out the population of the entire Southeast. I didn’t believe it but you can read about it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash?wprov=sfti1

At the apartment I make a b-line for the couch, get my sleeping stuff out, eat an apple and a banana and a bunch of peanut butter out the jar and go to sleep. At the end of every day I feel so much more irritable and grumpy than I do at other times. I still really treasure a quiet space all to myself to sleep in and so this troubles that. But I just listen to a youtube video on European history, learn nothing, and have no dreams I remember.

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