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cre0n · 1 year

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WASP -Tennessee Yella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqm3eo4nDUE

"12, 12, 12, 12, one, two. This is a representation of the mountain drives, endless gravel driveways, luxury cabins and wasp hideaways. Nobody else but the liquidity streams themselves. That state of minding the minds' well. Yeah gorgeous, Eye even loved you in Hell"

Breathing through the gills of amnionic Writing 3-Peat classics and a Masterpiece It was written on her walls if she got any Forged in platonic engines of unreal peace Who gotcha own beats. Yeah? Who got beef? Nothing but the macking and love for the lovers Jealous ass #### ##### punks can't touch us Keep the cornmeal in her pantry if she raised right We having turkey necks on slave night (12) Back in contention never lost my straddle Side halts up and plummets new rattles Creates babies like Jack in the platform battles As lovely as you and new fabric, paddles (12) Pedals, metal Stainless treble

"Man listen, y’all cats in here should have already beat me to the punch on this "vibe". The greatest , don't matter if we all ONE. Nobility says different while remaining indifferent. The center column and avalanche the whole game off slaloms...... Salamu alaykum"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb_GXGiN7tU

P-H the runoff not one harvest use Pure Masonry burp the jar leveraged Magic, let her cure Influenza running it's course, Rene got me rocked Big C Big D energy Triple 7's Bloodclot Who the fuck is this? What you want from Me? It's Souf Kak all day every day my destiny ATL my hoe Bitch used to be my manager, my wife though But Cre ain't fucking round Yo'................ (Yo) Get sacrificed blown on Halloween and shit My children is who these folks be dealing with Kids get corrected baby Goats, Baphomet bitch Weeks 5-8 of flower nutrients are rejected Over feeding pigs, where your chain? Not respected

"Make my music sound like Gaawwd talking young nigga. You see your uncle over there? Go tell em' his momma ain't shit. The Elephant has entered it. Cold as a rink puck when my point center it. Rack and pinion featuring the control arms. Kelp in these tomatoes, performing like Juilliard."

A year later screen saver, dragon armor now and later Ego's look like Creon and niggas know Eye'm the Man though Eye can shoulder lean and gives a fuck 'bout a sample "Da Man" though invested in this bearish channel Head and shoulders trample, Taurus 4-21 Emmanuel Volleyball thighs, new bae is a doctor and she so fine Never mind Eye lost her P-T weeks ago from J-C True Story Nobody got the hint or the rent They reading for Egyptian shit Reap quantum hips, kissed with platinum lips Fingertips dipped with lithium strips Patched Xeon as a border Cre been a Hova, carried my next gen twice over This highway Bae stretches to primordial waters The charters Eye've drawn up and granted Enlil's folks can't stand it Got-damnit Making pace at my Isle's Corners, for Tanner and Connor Correspondence always starts "In your grace, we come with honor."

"Well damn forever...... let's just get back to the love making bruh......"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwgOquaaZG0

Foaming at the mouth in the Moonlight Powered by a H-D sunrise........... "Daisy's, Chariots, Wild Dragon Fruit" Eye employed vagina that paid other coochie Then they all talked shit six digits mad sue me With you babe, it's endless samples Flawed trajectory send it to the playlist, new channels Channeling a Goddess of the gawk The game ball goes to her hermit with his chalk

"Shit buddy if Eye'm gonna be me then why not. All eyes when this does down in our Grand Canyon. Nitrogen for Cobb County. Gwinnett is always a bet. You kept it what? Hardly. Creon came from Hilman, for real. Creon came from the trap, for real. Now it's the center column, Kundalini problems that become serpents burning with the urchins."

Nigga like pulling up carpet with an art-kit

Trichomes opaque hit of Auburn, market

Spiritual reserve with the moxie of a Fed

What you lie with making your bed, oversaid

Overstood from our underworld, mass tribunals

Ego funerals, Underwriters of living trust

Over the rainbow, his Tin man’s rust

What your bitch ass ‘cordial’ sheep movement, kudos

My daddy once told me Eye couldn’t listen to Biggie

Eye got bigger said he was broke, my shadow self is shitty

Upstate made you see a different View

Rebel Co. 4 Life... (finish the rest)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGLbZZjygqA

Bobby in Tuscaloosa

Headed to Mississippi

Pancake 30 Deep

Tennessee nest drippy

Publishing Creon is Jordan Know thyself so important Hodl the new hoarding Trust me my source is foreign Hair done make-up all that Eye just wanna suck on your neck Lined up 3-Point ball racks #-#-#-# Fall back Fuck your producer and his tracks Better show Love, where your heart at? Dashing out ain't wise jack Bring the Wombman back to her infancy In the glory days we made peace And made babies with big sticks Naw chick Eye got a 90's vibe Fuck you mean? Eye am the Prize Ain't falling for no spoiled acts Self-vacay photos void of macks Them girl's trips wasn't all that Stop faking shit you lonely brats If Eye had a little girl she'd get attention (spoiled) Gotta do your history on this lineage pimpin' Bases covered, nothing missing Except you and you bullshittin' (HA) Bobby on I-20, headed to Caledonia Another contractor folder The office on Peachtree Dot Gov is beneath me Showing up in the flesh where he from cuz? HELL, now bail and grab a ref Ain’t no rules when schooling is abused They want 'passport ready' You buying land over there fool??? Six digits without the label hitting Seven off moods Eye save bread from not buying cable, how rude (Roku)

.....*Vibes, *Universe, *Energy, *Toxic, *Lashes, *Independent, *Passports, *STOP IT.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDMO5zrU5I

CREON: Play me something from Tennessee my Ego would get on... why not CRE: Gotcha... Humans...

HOOK:

Let me play with your hair While Eye kick off a War Fucked around with Billy Carson Cause' I got tired of being poor My corporation built off partnerships, with AJ Simmons Breonca fearless seeing hives, producing nectar spirits On that '94 suicide route, rectangle pizza Stab you with a lunchroom fork, you dare tell a teacher Eye am the shit, Eye am a Boss Eye am Loved, Now what it Cost? Put my life on the moneyline, didn't get no receipts Rebel Co. Deep, Creon Solo, and still no beef Chairman of the Galactic Federation, be the Lord She say she reads my Classics for fun, sometimes she get's bored (Bitch) You in Atlanta? Take your shoes off, when y’all come through that door

HOOK:

12 years ON and guess what Eye'm still ON Found endless talent kept the balance, off a mothafuckin phone And that's before phones were ON Retina scan unknown Don't smoke no bullshit in my Home Chandon Rozay a Bel-Air too, while turning Netflix on Let me play with your Melanin While kicking off Armageddon Humble power still checking You checking up on this macking? Young hot babe celebrities This publishing is immaculate Flowing like some ejaculate The black fist be backing it Well over six the first season, yo my business is happening It feels like Memphis back in 2000 Every stream cracking Of course when it drops the kitchen Motion steps grease listens The prize, the main and best believe all the fixings (Who?) ............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrar7FoJjKw

"When Eye don't even have to do it. Eye can just write this and let the rest ride. You already know the gravity. Enjoy."

CAROLINA. REAL. ESTATE. OVER. NIGGAS.

-CREON

#12 #30mil #For CreMarr #Instant classic #transcendent #playing with light #masterpiece

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bee-ina-boat · 2 years

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"chilling after patrol~"

yo this came out super good and i have to put all the credit into the og pose i referenced, even tho its a fcking ad for protein powder wjfdjjksfd;jkfds.

"who's the sexy character you drew 😳" you say? well you're just gonna have to mosey on down to @lettythepetty, tell her u wanna know about 'm', and i'm sure she'll be glad to tell u~ uwu

also pls appreciate the painted background btw, 🙏, i wanna eat that hecking couch im so proud of it

[Image ID: A stylized digital drawing of a man. he is sitting on a brown bench facing slightly towards the viewers right. he is flexing his left arm upwards, his right arm is positioned in front of his torso and holding his phone with his forefinger and thumb. he is smiling slightly, his skin is pale, there is a bit of sweat on his right cheek, his hair is short, shiny, and black, it swoops to his left and covers his left eye. there is a beauty mark on his right cheek and 3 piercings in his right ear, one on his lobe and two on the helix. his body is lean and a bit curvy with large pecs. he is wearing a dark purple body suit, the waist area of the body suit is a grayish purple. he has purple gloves that go past his elbows, a long purple cloak with the hood down and its cape draped down behind him and the bench, and a black leather garter belt on his right upper thigh. there is a dark purple eye mask on his face and a thin bracelet on his right arm. the phone has its back facing the viewer, the case is splattered dark purples and it has a pop socket that looks like an amethyst. the background is a blurry room. to the left is a brown open closet with various clothes and a pare of shoes inside, to the right there is a brown couch with a black and white wall clock above it. the walls are light lavender and the floors are a light grey. The line-art of the piece is a dark maroon. /.End ID]

also heres the reference image i used lol

[Image ID: a photo of a muscular woman sitting in the changing room of a gym, she is on a white bench. she is slightly facing to the cameras left. she is flexing her right arm upwards, her left arm is positioned in front of her torso and balancing a large jar of gorilla mode protein powder on her leg with her forefinger and thumb. her skin is pale, her hair is light brown with bangs pulled into a low bun, she is smiling and looking into camera. she wears a warm purple tank top and dark grey sweatpants, she has 3 bracelets on, a brown one and a white one on her left wrist and a silver one on her right. she has on round-ish glasses and white air-pods. behind her is a wall of lockers with both purple and white doors. /.End ID]

#m #sean caulfield #krita #digital art #my art #oc #lellih's ocs #himbo motherfcker

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legacyfighting2023 · 8 months

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Street Fighter 6: Ready to Dominate the Game Scene

Yo, peep Street Fighter 6, the next-level chapter in this legendary fightin' game series. It's packin' a killer lineup of game modes and a sick single-player campaign called "World Tour." This drop is gonna take you on a wild ride, just like some other lit titles. Get ready to dive into the insane world of Street Fighter 6, where each character's special skills open up a ton of sick opportunities.

Whether you're a pro or just gettin' started, this game is gonna leave a mark. And check out the in-game store for more PS5 game goodies to add to your stash. Sure, there might be a glitch or two, but who cares when the whole experience is fire? It's like watchin' a chess champ make moves, stumblin' here and there but still blowin' your mind with their sick strategy. Get ready to be blown away by the mind-blowin' visuals in Street Fighter 6. Every punch, kick, and special move is on point, showin' mad love from the developers. Every frame is a work of art, creatin' a world that pops right off the screen. Just like a lit dancer who keeps the crowd in a trance with slick moves, this game pulls you in with its dope graphics and attention to detail. Street Fighter 6 is like a masterpiece from top-tier chefs, blendin' creativity, passion, and skills for an unreal gaming experience.

World Tour: A Solo Quest Like Never Before

Street Fighter 6 flips the script on the franchise with the epic World Tour mode, answerin' a long-time gamer gripe. In this immersive solo journey, players dive into an experience that's as rad as it gets, guaranteein' a fresh rush with every showdown. As you navigate the streets of Metro City and beyond, you've got the chance to craft your own fighter and face off against all sorts of challengers. Alongside tacklin' side missions and beefin' up your character's skills, you'll unlock secret moves from the elite roster of fighters, provin' your commitment to masterin' the game. With the World Tour, Street Fighter 6 not only serves up a killer solo quest but also provides a stage for epic multiplayer showdowns. Whether you're down for intense battles or scorin' the latest PS5 gems, Street Fighter 6 is the ultimate jam for every gaming aficionado.

Online Vibes: Global Titans Showdown

Street Fighter 6 levels up the brawl game and goes full-on strategic genius. Each fight turns into a mental showdown, like a high-stakes chess match. You gotta predict moves, spot weaknesses, and strike with precision. This deep strategy hooks you in, like a grandmaster plottin' the next move. In the digital era, Street Fighter 6 brings players worldwide together in an online arena that's as lit as in-person tourneys. The net code's been fine-tuned for lag-free action, makin' every round as hype as face-to-face smackdowns. Facin' off against fierce rivals turns into an epic journey, testin' your skills and sparkin' epic rivalries. Becomin' a combat pro takes time and hustle, and Street Fighter 6 hands you the tools for growth. It drops fresh training modes that guide you on your road to bein' a legend. From interactive tutorials breakin' down the basics to beastly challenges pushin' your limits, Capcom's invitin' you to step up your game. Street Fighter 6 isn't just about fun—it's about makin' you a true master. Enhance your gaming library – buy PS5 games for endless entertainment.

#PS5 GAMES #BUY PS5 GAMES #Street Fighter 6

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bjdinfo · 3 years

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Obscure, Rare, or Lesser Known BJD Resin Doll Companies and Independent Creators

Some artists and shops I know of and think you should too! (Mostly from Korea and China.)

Last updated April 2022.

ARK Doll (@arkdoll_bjdclub on Instagram): Two handsome 70cm guys (comparable to SSDF/“strong uncle” size), carried by dealer Legend Doll for overseas sale, as written on the creator’s Instagram.

Artito Doll (@artitodoll on Instagram, @ArtiTogeun on Twitter): Independent doll artist from South Korea, due to release their first sculpt in June of 2022.

Atelier LIMO: A fine arts brand operated by doll company Little Monica in Korea, they sell heads created by student or apprentice sculptors, either in SD or MSD size.

ATStudio/Hook / 哈克 (cap.hook0101 on Instagram): Maker of handsome Idealian-sized guy heads and a new 74cm body which were sold in limited releases and I think at doll events? Some may be familiar with their Baker sculpt, or perhaps Tengo, but they seem to be quite elusive. Collaborated with Lucaille (IG mewoh.l_66) featuring gorgeous lace-front wigs. Update: New Baker on the M74 body can be pre-ordered through Lucaille!

BNBDoll: Cute guys on a 65cm body, with rounded, youthful features reminiscent of Migidoll.

Bodoll: 1/3 heads and 1/6-scale mature minis, all of which seem to be sold on a preorder basis.

Capsule Sculpt Etsy (inausg on Instagram): A Taiwanese artist who sculpts both traditionally and digitally. Their 1/3 girl head Eva, available for a limited time, reflects the artistry of their craft, with a dreamy expression and rounded cheeks that bring to mind an antique porcelain doll.

Devotion Doll (6anli on Instagram): Delicate sculpts that fit 60-65cm bodies, sold in limited sales periods. Their Five Senses collection reflects how “Through our eyes, skin, tongue, nose and ears, we feel and we live”. Sense and Palate were previously released, with future plans for Vision, Aroma, Hearken and Caress.

Dollits: Currently offering 43cm girls, formerly 1/6 Yo-SD and 70cm EID-range size sculpts and bodies.

Dreaming Doll: Girl and boy dolls in multiple different sizes.

Fantasia Doll/Uidoll: Their original claim to fame was their Elder line, with a male and female body in the same size range as Iplehouse EID. After closing down for at least a few years, they returned with new bodies in more conventional sizes in the 60cm range.

Fulled Heaven x Sealed Heaven by R.Dean (rdean_zu on Instagram): A popular faceup artist turned doll sculptor, with four big Idealian75-size guy heads so far and plans for smaller versions in the future. Also makes eyes under the brand name of Ash in Noon.

Kana Doll (kana798 on Instagram): A long-time artist in the hobby. Adrian is probably her most popular sculpt. Heads are in SD13~17 range with delicately rounded features and boyish charm.

Illusion Garden (illusiongarden_doll on Instagram): I’d say these dolls fall firmly into the “rare” category most, despite being a bit obscure; their 65cm size boy heads are notoriously hard to get ahold of, even when sending an e-mail order at the exact time and date when pre-orders are open. (I’m totally not bitter after failing for consecutive years in a row… Maybe it’s just not meant to be!)

IZE Stage (ize_stage on Instagram): Handsome and strong-featured male sculpts that fit larger, 75cm bodies like Soom ID75. Their peach resin is a good match for the Souldoll Tera Zenith body in normal resin.

Jround (@aakik_o on Instagram, jroun_d on Twitter): Headed by Akiko, a multitalented artist who paints faceups and makes eyes in addition to 3D modeling. Their first head, NEO, debuted in April 2022 for a limited time, hopefully with more on the way!

LeMoon (jihong_lemoon on Instagram): Adorable 1/3 60-65cm and 75cm boy heads in Switch resin colors; limited pre-order periods only.

Mazarine Blue Doll (mbluedoll on Instagram): SD head and MSD girl on pre-order.

Mokona Doll (fulfilled by Dearmine, mokona_doll on Instagram): SD-sized heads that were crafted love to have kind and good-natured faces.

Mori 9’s Doll (hierophantmori on Instagram): Has beautiful sculpts created by 3D modeling, with Idealian size Veles and Austaras sold by email lottery. Their older Nanase sculpt (to whom I’ll affectionately refer as “pretty boy with tongue sticking out”) seems to be highly sought after in the Chinese secondhand market. Some of their works were released in collaboration with Universe Doll (Blue Wolf, White Fox), and for a limited time by Doll Family-H (Lu Xian).

MyDolling: Dolls in 24, 31, 42-45 and 53cm sizes, mostly girls, sculpted by South Korean artist Gu Mi Jung, best known for the Zaoll and Narsha lines fulfilled by Dollmore.

Mystery Phoenix: Lovely 66cm girls, often with a distinctly Chinese inspiration/fashion.

NakanaDoll Etsy/Nakana Workshop (nakana_workshop on Instagram) : SD full girl dolls or just the head, and one boy sculpt, charming like the subjects of an oil painting portrait.

PLUTOdolls Etsy: Childlike 1/4 MSD sculpts sold on their original body, both male and female.

Prime/Frame (prime_frame on Twitter, primeframe_bjd on Instagram): Original heads and a few bodies to choose from: 70cm and two 65cm, SD17 range bodies, one male with a slender and less muscular build, and one female with nice defined abs and biceps. All sold on a limited basis. Resin colors are close to Switch.

Pygmalion Doll (pygmalion_doll on Instagram): They offer an array of gorgeous sculpts, mainly for bigger, 70cm bodies, who look like supermodels or pop star idols. Released during certain pre-order periods, they also have the TEIA71 body (Iplehouse EID size) available for purchase.

Redollent (redollent_bjd on Instagram): Original head sculpt and a 65cm body with either female or androgynous features. Resin colors match Switch.

Rosetta Doll (rosettadoll_maker on Instagram): Limited SD-sized boy and girl sculpts in the 60-65cm size range. They don’t seem to get re-released often, if at all, so make sure to preorder before they’re gone!

Rugged Realism (dkeats888.03 on Instagram): An Australia-based sculptor who creates amazing original bodies and sculpts in SD size. Their first series included some ruggedly handsome dudes but unfortunately, it seems they won’t be sold again. There is now a second collection of 65cm gentlemen, “Rites of Passage,” which debuts on May 25, 2022.

Simply Meant to Be (obscure_kind on Instagram) So far one slim MSD boy doll, Dohwee, has been released, with two preorders to date: a whimsical cutie who became quite popular in the Asian communities, to the point it was even recasted, so watch out for cheap sales from random dealers, like some found on eBay.

Sooleedoll/Msdoll: 1/4, MSD girls as a head or full doll, and older 1/3 SD sculpts sold in limited openings.

Souris Etoile (souris_etoile on Instagram): 60-65cm, SD13-17 size single heads, good match for Switch resins. Opened through limited pre-orders only.

Story of (the) Seventh Day (story_of_seventh_day on Instagram) Recently released the ambitious 73cm “Horus” doll, based on imagery of the Egyptian god, with a human and eagle head. Clocking in at a whopping $1,700, with optional parts available at $75 more, he can be purchased from authorized dealer Moonlight BJD in a limited quanty of 100. Their next doll Seth, a counterpart to Horus, is currently in the works.

Theo Doll (fulfilled through Dollmore): The eponymous Theo is an adorable 60cm guy from the same sculptor of the Zaoll girls, Gu Mi Jung. Described as having eyes which are “pensive yet handsome,” with a “natural Asian bodyline” (realistically slim) and an overall impression of being “friendly and congenial.”

Vings (dollvings on Instagram): First rising to prominence as a urethane eye maker, now offering 68-70cm bodies and heads in a variety of different resin colors, great for hybrids. Sold in limited releases, their work can be purchased through the company’s Taobao shop or dealers like newclover-singing and Moonlight BJD House.

WinterRain Studio: Cute 1/3 SD boy sculpts offered on a 60 or 65cm body.

Yicen/Y.Cen / Hivernal Serenade (yicen061 on Instagram; yicen on Flickr): Has released two male sculpts, Chong Lin and Wu Qi, on a 75cm body, fulfilled by Moonlight BJD House. Notable past works include Chi Ye/Chilly and Douglas Winchester (I goofed and put Dean Winchester at first, but that didn’t look right…)

#bjd #ball jointed doll #bjd sale #bjd head #bjd shopping #bjd companies #bjd shops #wip #my article #masterlist #indie dollmakers #from switch

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selfindulgent-undertalerps · 3 years

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Debug x Fell Part 1

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Debug went into Underfell, he looks around with curiosity.

Behind him, Debug hears "heh, you don't look like you're from around here."

Debug looks behind him to see the person talking, "Maybe and what about it?"

There's no one there. Fell appeared right in front of him while he was looking around. "dunno, what about it." He's leaning close wearing a sharp grin.

Debug took a few steps back, He's ready to protect himself.

"hah! you shoulda seen ya face." Fell chuckles "really though, what are ya doin here? lookin a little soft for this area."

He looks Debug up and down "tryna get another crack in ya skull?"

"just looking around" Debug' voice is glitching, he's looking at Fell.

"s'not the kinda place to be 'just lookin around' buddy." Fell does air quotes. "so ya got a actual reason, or are ya really that much of a numbskull?"

"No, I don't have an actual reason . . ." Debug' voice glitched a bit more, He's avoiding eye contact.

"well you're gonna get killed wanderin around lookin like free exp..." Fell sighs pinching the bridge of his nasal cavity. this guy looks too innocent for his own good " ok... ok, what was it ya wanted to see then? i'll accompany ya with your explorin and when you're good'n satisfied ya can get the fuck out, capiche?"

"I can go now if you don't want me here" Debug doesn't like when people treat him like a defenseless child, he's looking at Fell, Debug has 5 LV.

Fell shuffles his feet awkwardly "nah now i didn't say that." He chuckled

"personally don't mind visitors, just also don't mind visitors not dustin gettin their asses jumped. it happens 'round here, ya know?"

"I know" Debug slightly scratched himself near the crack in his skull.

Fell rubs the back of his head sheepishly "look i feel like we got off on the wrong foot... hows about a do-over?" He holds out his hand to shake.

"the names sans, sans the skeleton. though you probably know a couplea those huh?" He chuckles "most visitors call me red or fell... or that asshole. heh. take your pick."

Debug shook his hand a bit hesitantly "Ralz or to be specific Debug, nice to meet you Fell" He smiled a bit.

Fell grinned "nice to meetcha debug."

Fell looks around. "it still isn't the best idea to be standing around out in the open though. ya hungry by chance debug?"

"Hm . . . A bit . . ."

"i know a safe place ya can kick ya shoes off with good food that'll warm ya soul." Fell winks. "can head there if ya like?"

"Sure" said Debug with a small smile.

"k. let's take a shortcut though." Fell holds out his hand for Debug to take.

He took Fell' hand. The two blip into an an alleyway and Fell stuffs his hands in his pockets.

"k, just follow me and don't talk to no one. s'not like you're the first visitor here but i don't want no trouble." He jerks his head in the direction he wants Debug to follow and leads them out of the alleyway and to the front of Underfell's version of Grillby's, opening the door and stepping inside.

Debug walked behind him, he looked around.

There were only a couple monsters inside. just Lesser Dog and Greater Dog practicing poker at their usual spot and a rabbit monster passed out in a booth.

Fell seemed to relax a little and turned to Debug. "you want a table, booth or bar seat?"

"Booth"

"booth it is" Fell slips into a booth and nudges the standing menu towards Debug. "figure out what ya want before burning man gets over here."

Debug is looking at the menu.

Fell leans on the table and puts his head in his hand, his phalanges clack on the table loudly as he idly taps patterns. It doesn't take long for Grillby to come to their table with a notepad and pen in hand.

"heya hot head, i'll just be ordering my usual and whatever this guy wants." Fell gestures to Debug.

Debug placed his order, nothing special.

"so what's your story?" Fell stops tapping on the table and looks at Debug.

"Hm?"

"who are ya? where'd ya come from? i dunno, life goals? everybody always has somethin' goin' on."

"Hm . . . I come from an art based AU, to be specific from a timeline where the Underground collapsed, I was the only one to survive . . ." Debug' voice gradually became more sad.

Fell looks sympathetic "ouch." He hissed, wincing "that uhh.. that really sucks... sorry for askin'."

Fell gives Debug an appraising look "that uh, makes sense why you're just wanderin' au's."

"Yeah" Debug is looking at him.

"well welcome to underfell." Fell chuckles. "dunno why a cute little guy like you would wanna come here, place is a shithole."

Fell suddenly gets hit in the back of the head with a small poof of flame.

"oof! fuck! i wasn't talkin' 'bout you! ya oversized fuckin' pocket light." Fell mumbles the last half while rubbing the back of his head.

A small blush appeared on his cheekbones, Debug giggled when Fell got hit "Are you okay?"

Fell's face lights up "yeah, yeah, i'm fine."

Debug is smiling slightly.

Fell's tapping on the table again. "so an art au huh? what was that like? everyone go 'round drawin on shit all the time? if- oh eyy thanks."

Grillby served the two's orders up, Fell's usual was apparently a burg and three mustard bottles.

Grillby put a milkshake in front of Debug, signed "on the house" and gave Fell a warning glare before walking off.

"what!?" Fell called after him. He shook his head and turned back to Debug "what were we talking about?"

"My AU" Debug took a sip from the milkshake "It was nice, almost everyone was doing some kind of art, be it music, paintings, animation"

"that sounds it'd be fun." Fell says while dumping an entire bottle of mustard onto his burg, it's disgustingly messy. "was everyone good at everything or didja all have.." Fell paused trying to think of a word "specialties?"

"Specialities, I'm for example good at digital art, sewing and knitting, also cooking"

"so ya all did all the arts huh?" Fell takes a bite of his burg chewing and swallowing quickly. "that's sew cool."

Debug snickered at the pun.

"did ya knit that scarf yourself then?"

"Yeah"

"looks soft, can i feel it?" Fell's got a sly smirk on his face.

"Sure" Debug's looking at him.

Fell makes sure his hand's clear of mustard and reaches out to touch it.

"yep that's just as i suspected. s'made of top quality boyfriend material." Fell winks at Debug.

Debug' cheekbones are covered with a blush, his freckles barely visible because of it, he sips on his milkshake, he doesn't know what to say

Fell snickers "sorry don't mean to needle ya."

Debug giggled.

Fell takes a bite of his burg and squirts mustard directly into his mouth moaning in delight.

"gotta admit the hot head's a asshole sometimes but he sure knows how ta make fuckin mustard and burgs."

Debug is watching him, taking sips from his milkshake and eating his own food.

Fell all but inhaled the rest of his meal. sagging in his seat with satisfaction.

Debug soon finished his food too.

Fell glanced at the bar and back to Debug and leaned in close saying in a lowered voice

"hey ya ever dine and dashed before?" Fell grins "s'the only way i can get 'im to put it on my tab."

"Um . . . No . . . but I could try . . ."

"don't worry i do this all the time, we're friends, it's like our thing." He says shrugging with his eyes closed, the sweat on Fell's forehead however says otherwise.

"s'ok on my count you'd go for the door and i'll cover ya." He gives Debug a mischievous grin. "ya in? or nah? s'fine either way, no pressure."

"I don't know really . . . I don't want you to be in trouble . . . "

"nah i'd be fine. it seems it'd make ya too uncomfortable though." Fell sighs in defeat.

"alright guess we're playin it straight this time." Fell chuckles "can't say i play it straight that often." He says with a wink.

Fell then turns around and shouts at the bartender "yo grillbz! the check!"

Debug is looking at him.

"nevermind just keep the change!" Fell slaps some g on the table and turns to Debug "lets bounce." Fell stands offering a hand outta his seat to Debug.

"i think there's a couple places that'd be interesting to visit round here, ya gotta stick close to me though, not too many'll fuck with ya if i'm around."

"Okay" Debug took his hand.

#this one where fell is disgusting and a piece of simp #debug #debug!sans #fell #fell!sans #underfell #undermine #undertale au #undertale alternate universe #undertale #ut #utau #au #um #uf #utmv #utmv ship #fanfic #writing

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Night Runners (1/?)

Rated: M

Summary: So a robot and a ninja fall in love... (Bladerunner/Altered Carbon AU)

A/N: Man, it’s been a while since I started a serious project. Hope you guys enjoy! And please take care :)

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Yang was lucky it wasn’t raining.

Dangling high above street level, her arms strained as her fingers clutched the edge of the Sukeban building rooftop.

She began to pull herself up with one arm, her free hand reaching the lip of the parapet as she hoisted herself up to safety. Carefully, she used her feet as leverage against the steel frame supporting the building's high rise windows, and balanced herself on the edge.

Cold wind jostled her long hair, whipping blonde curls into tangles as she turned around and faced the open sky extending towards the horizon.

Yang kept completely still as she listened. As she waited. Focusing on the sound of whirring rotors, of screaming sirens. Eyes straining for any sign of optic headlights searching for life signatures.

Nothing.

Yang turned towards the rooftop.

“Ruby…?”

“I’m here.”

Yang felt a burst of air escape her at the sound of her sister’s voice. She leapt over the parapet wall with an agile spring to her step, focusing on the colour red of Ruby’s jacket as she searched the roof. It didn’t take her long to find Ruby lying flat on the ground behind a whistling steel vent, panting, her face flushed, and her short hair matted over her forehead.

“Yo.”

Yang fell to her knees beside her. Her hands hovered the girl's inert body, hesitating in case she jostled injuries, before curling them against her thighs. “What in the hell were you thinking, Ruby Rose?”

“Can’t talk.” Ruby wheezed. “Need air.”

“You’re damn lucky I found out what you were up to.” Yang said. “I managed to scramble their cams before they caught your face on trid, Rubes. What if I didn’t arrive on time, huh?”

Ruby wove a dismissive hand. “I could’ve handled it.”

"You could've handled getting chased across the city by ten Ravagers?"

"Yeah."

Yang dragged a hand down her face with a furious groan, her mind flitting through the many ways their night could have ended terribly. “The owner of that chop shop’s gonna be looking for us.”

“It’s Sleet Labs, Yang, don't call it a chop shop.” Ruby muttered. “They deserve it, anyway.”

“It’s a still glorified chop shop, and we’ll talk about your poor sense of self-preservation later.” Yang said. “Please answer my dumb question, Ruby.”

Ruby smacked the asphalt with her hands and sat up with a grunt. “You needed it.” She said. “I can’t just sit by and watch you get worse. What if your arm stops working?”

“I’d rather have a malfunctioning arm than see you in prison.” Despite her anger, Yang caved in and wrapped her sister in a hug, swallowing the smaller girl’s frame. It allowed them a moment’s reprieve as she rocked her sister side to side, comforted by the fact that they escaped.

“Promise me you won’t do it again?”

She listened to Ruby breathe, her hands curling around Yang’s elbow. “You can’t tell me to stop helping you.”

“Dammit, Ruby.” Her words didn't even have any bite anymore, too drained to muster anything more than a sigh.

Shaking her head, Yang decided to save this conversation for later. Probably when they were no longer in danger of being caught.

“C’mon,” Yang stood and pulled Ruby up, dusting her pants trousers. “We gotta get outta here before they send in more Ravagers.”

It wasn’t difficult outrunning a couple of Ravager tek drones in a chase. Their taser bullets were slow enough that someone as nimble and fit as Yang could avoid one or two successive shots. The true danger came from how loud they sang, and usually the city’s districts were rife with NAPD patrols rounding every miserable crevice of Neo-Anima.

But downtown Higanbana was a no-fly zone. The presence of ruling gangs around this particular district were affluent enough, they didn’t hesitate to stack dirty credsticks with six-digit numbers to keep NAPD patrol cops at bay.

They made their way to the rusty scaffolding, which rose from the side of the building like oversized pythons, ladders old enough that they creaked and swung precariously. By the time they reached the ground, they were out of there. Out over the chain fence that had a defaced ‘No Trespassing’ sign, and down an underpass covered with eclectic graffiti art and poor lighting.

Yang liked to think she intentionally led their drone pursuers to Higanbana, to help keep NAPD patrols off their tails, but the unfortunate truth was that they were lucky. Lucky they found the MTR shortcut, heading to the outskirts of Higanbana. Lucky they came across a forgotten construction site with half its framework still intact, its hanging girders stretched out long enough to keep them running. Lucky that Ruby managed to find and cut a stack of wire cables holding a concrete slab from above, losing half their pursuers in the resulting chaos.

There were so many ways their night could have gone sideways. Luck, Yang thought, might not be on their side the next time they got in trouble.

#bumbleby #bumbleby: night runners #my fic #cyberpunk au #bladerunner and altered carbon remix

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Project Sakura Wars will launch for PlayStation 4 on December 12 in Japan for 8,800 yen, Sega announced.

First-print copies will include a PlayStation 4 theme featuring the game’s main visual and theme song.

A 14,800 yen limited edition and digital deluxe edition will also be available. The limited edition includes a Sakura Wars Series Song and Art Collection, which consists of a soundtrack CD featuring over 60 songs from the series’ six titles, and an A4-size, 72-page art book featuring illustrations from the series. The digital deluxe edition includes the same content in data form.

Sega will host a hands-on event for Project Sakura Wars at Hanayashiki Amusement Park in Tokyo on August 31 from 18:30 JST to 21:00 JST where fans can go hands-on with the game for the first time. Applications are available here.

Sega also shared new information on the game, including the announcement of Sakura Amamiya’s theme song and the reveal of two new characters:

■ Sakura Amamiya Theme Song

Title: “Shoujo Nandesu Yo”

Singer: Sakura Amamiya (voiced by Ayane Sakura)

Writer: Jirou Ishii

Composer: Kouhei Tanaka

Arrangement: Akifumi Tada

■ New Characters

Yang Xiaolong (voiced by Yuuichirou Umehara) Shanghai Combat Revue “Wu Shenglong” Captain.

“Shanghai Combat Revue “Wu Shenglong”… now is the time we start the fight!”

A young man who serves as the captain of the Shanghai Combat Revue: Floral Division. He is a hot-blooded young man who hates dishonesty and often says things straight from his heart. Therefore his words are seldom taken as vile even if he talks ill of someone. He boasts strong blows from his martial art attacks in battle. Outside of battle, his nickname is “The Rice Chef of Fire,” as he serves as a skilled chef with his specialty Chinese-style fried rice.

Huang Yui (voiced by Sumire Uesaka) Shanghai Combat Revue “Wu Shenglong” member.

“Your potential is going to be spoiled in the Imperial Combat Revue… Hey, why not come to the Shanghai Combat Revue?”

A bright energetic girl with an unyielding spirit. She is the best acrobat in the team. While she is generally easygoing, her love for the Shanghai Combat Reveue sometimes causes her to be harsh on the Imperial Combat Revue and their shortcomings. Although she seems to like Sakura Amamiya for her grit, despite the state of the Imperial Combat Revue, and advises her as someone who has been in the business for a longer time.

■ Battle Suits

Seijuurou Kamiyama

Sakura Amamiya

■ Shanghai Combat Revue

A Combat Revue formed following the establishment of the “World Combat Revue Federation (WLOF).” Based in Shanghai, they protect the city and concurrently served as defense for the Imperial capital until the Imperial Combat Revue was re-established. Even the Gouma (monster) Kamamiya encounters at the station when he is appointed to the Imperial Capital is repelled by the Shanghai Combat Revue. During the battle, he worked under Shanghai Combat Revue “Wu Shenglong” captain Yang Xiaolong.

■ Mecha

Wanglong

A Spiricle Fighter operated by the Shanghai Combat Revue. It has an aggressive exterior reminiscent of a dragon, and is characterized by its flame-clad martial arts unleashed by the operator’s agile movements.

■ Locations

Shenlong Xuan

During peacetime, Xiaolong cooks here as the head chef, and people often lineup to have his Chinese-style fried rice.

■ Exhilarating Action Battles: Basics of Battle

Project Sakura Wars cycles between adventure and battle sequences, through which you will progress through the story and strengthen your bond with the heroines.

Battle parts use an action combat system in which you take control of the leader Kamiyama and the other members’ mechs. Utilize each character’s unique abilities and defeat enemies with exhilarating combos and special attacks.

The more you strengthen your bond with teammates, the stronger they become during battle parts. Experience dramatic battles, and even let the story unfold within them.

Flashy, Three-Dimensional Action with Simple Controls

Use a combination of the Square and Triangle buttons to unleash a flurry of standard attacks. Use your jumps and dashes to move freely throughout the battlefield, and use many other actions such as wall running and just-dodges to defeat enemies.

—Standard Attack

—Dash

—Step

—Jump

—Wall Run

Places that you can wall run can be found at specific points on the map. Use this to move around dynamically.

Finish the Enemy with Special Attacks! Familiar Scenes from the Sereies Return!

Collect Spirit Power during battles to use special attacks to finish off your enemies. When you use a special attack, scenes specific to that character will play out. Spirit Power can be amassed by defeating enemies and gathering Spirit recovery items. Also, by fulfilling certain special conditions, you can perform joint attacks with other members. Please look forward to how Kamiyama and the members’ attacks will play out!

Use Just-Dodges to Turn the Tide of Battle!

When you take a step while an enemy is attacking, a just-dodge will trigger. Use this to turn the tide of battle and strike back. During just-dodges you can even cut an enemy in two. When doing so, a dynamic effect will play out.

Charge the Bond Gauge and Boost your Members’ Abilities!

During battle parts, when the bonds between Kamiyama and each member gets stronger, their abilities also get a boost. The starting value of the gauge can be increased through the actions you take during adventure parts, as well as further boosted depending on the play contents of battle mode.

Dramatic Scenes Make Events and Battles Exciting!

Even during battle, the story will progress via event scenes and communications. Cooperate with your allies to come out in victory.

■ Unique Personal Mechs: Each Mech Has its Own Unique Abilities

Seijuurou Kamiyama – Spiricle Fighter: Mugen

The “Spiricle Fighter: Mugen” operated by Seijuurou Kamiyama is characterized by its variety of attacks unleashed from its dual swords. In close combat, it runs around the battlefield with its almighty fighting strength. Its special attack is called “Juuou Mujin: Arashi.” It overpowers the enemies in its vicinity with overwhelming combo attacks.

Sakura Amamiya – Spiricle Armor: Sanshiki Koubu

The “Spiricle Armor: Sanshiki Koubu” operated by Sakura Amamiya is an older-style mech, but it can unleash steady attacks one hit after the other. Its special attack is called “Tenken: Sakura Fubuki.” It rounds up the enemies in front of it and unleashes an attack, and has the power to clear an entire front of the battlefield.

Watch the latest trailer and first battle gameplay below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

Trailer

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Gameplay

10:01 to 13:06 – Anastasia Palma and Azami Mochizuki Cutscenes

22:18 to 23:15 – Yang Xiaolong and Huang Yui Cutscene

33:04 to 33:46 – Cutscene

34:34 to 35:52 – Bathhouse Cutscene

39:36 to 40:45 – Battle Gameplay

49:57 to 54:50 – Battle Gameplay

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#Project Sakura Wars #New Sakura Wars #Sakura Wars #Sakura Taisen #Sega #Gematsu #long post #Don't read the site's comment section.#Put the wrong picture before. <<

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Yugioh S2 Ep 36 Part 2: Pegasus Lives Every Artist’s Worst Reocurring Nightmare

Normally I don’t do more than two posts on a weekend but considering the last post was just overflow on color theory and sort of a mini post (which I was pleasantly surprised so many people liked, thanks for the kind comments on that random color theory aside), and also considering that I try not to do work on the weekend and I’m just kinda bored, here’s the second part of Ep 36.

Lets do a series recap shall we?

-Yugi Muto is three people (this is including a chunk of Bakura which just...lives there but doesn’t do anything)

-Odion is pretending to be Marik

-Marik is pretending to be Namu

-Tea is possessed by Bakura’s ghost

-Ryou Bakura is no longer possessed, but got hella shanked and passed out on Kaiba’s blimp, so we don’t know yet if he was actually British or if that was just a ghost thing.

-Serenity is Joey’s Sister and she Actually Truly Exists although I have kept close track and no one has yet to tell Kaiba who’s sister she is.

-Duke Devlin is just permanently here now, taking the place of Tea Gardner for “Character the writers have no freakin idea what to do with”

-Grandpa passed out a few episodes ago but I think the show forgot.

-Ishizu is here and is hiding from Marik for her dear life despite the fact she still thinks he’s a good boy.

-Shadi showed up to save Tristan and Duke although Shadi has never spoken a word to either of them and has no idea who they are at all.

There we go. A cliff notes-version all in one place. It’s a lot to remember.

Now we’re ready for another round of exciting duel prep.

That’s right, Shadi’s here, and he’s ready to dump a lot of plot on us. Which is why I felt like it would be nice to get a summary up to now because now we’re going to get even more nonsense we have to remember in this kid’s show that I had no idea would be this complicated when I started capping it.

(read more under the cut)

Can we talk about the knot Shadi is using here on that Ankh?

What is that?

OK, I just wanted everyone to look at that and then just...wonder with me,

Anyway, if you were looking for some explanation this episode, this is not that episode, because Shadi is here, and he just...never feels like fully explaining anything. He only ever feels like adding more and more to our bucket of Lore like it’s the 5th book of Harry Potter.

That’s right, this episode is a return to Pegasus, who I do miss. I mean Marik is fine, all in all, but I do miss how Pegasus knew what he was actually doing. I kinda miss my villain who was also a functioning adult.

Anyway, while Pegasus was searching the dunes of Egypt for Egyptian art to make OC’s of and add to his collection, Shadi and he had a very awkward reunion. Bear in mind these two haven’t spoken since Shadi fused Pegasus’ face with a haunted table weight.

And like, here’s the thing about Pegasus--he has the most reason of anyone on this show to not trust Shadi. Yet, now he’s going to follow Shadi into a hole. Literally follow Shadi into a dark and scary hole where no one would find his body.

Thing I wasn’t expecting from this show: Marik’s family is mole people????

OK…

I mean...I guess we’ll just gloss over that.

I mean...I guess I’ve never really thought about it but like...yeah they have to take care of a tomb and the tomb is underground so they just...hang out down here most of the time. Guess that explains how Marik ended up kind of albino-blonde.

Anyway, it’s here that we see a familiar relief sculpture—Apparently Ishizu just excavated her own sacred tomb and was like “lets ship this to Japan to screw with Seto Kaiba.” Not like I blame her, Seto is very easy to screw with.

But here she is being like “I’m this incredible Egyptologist give me your money!” when all she did was loot herself. Well...loot the Pharaoh, I guess, but he’s dead so wtv.

And so, after running around an ancient tomb collecting curses like fleas, he boards a business class, awkwardly shares an armrest with his photographer who equally refuses to give up the armrest (like what the hell is this armrest situation?) and has to endure our colorist’s favorite shade of chartreuse.

Purple/chartreuse is a pretty solid color combo, not gonna lie, but it is the last thing I ever want to see in a plane.

Also, Croquet is back. I guess this was before Pegasus bought an island, and it’s this episode we start to see why he might have wanted to flee the States.

Sometimes I forget this show is based on a horror anime, and this was an episode that brought us back to basics. Like, this is something I would absolutely expect to happen in Season Zero.

I cannot believe that this children’s show had a darkroom murder scene. The audacity. And not just a darkroom murder we also get this type of murder shortly after,

How do you go from the darkroom to this!?

The older I get, the more I would gladly welcome a Huge Sky Dragon over the actual drama I have to deal with on the reg. Please, please let me put Huge Sky Dragon on the ballot. We will let him have Salesforce Tower, he clearly comes with electricity and rain clouds and California desperately needs both those things.

Downside to Huge Sky Dragon unfortunately, is that he kills you.

So, in the classic horror protagonist archetype, Pegasus puts on his favorite shades of beige, he goes into an isolated room where no one can save him, and he reaches for that good ol hubris. Since, in his mind, he has a millennium eye, he’s the all powerful Pegasus, what could hurt him?

You gotta love that he’s such a purist that he paints an itty bitty card on a 6000% bigger canvas. Love that classic illustration nod right there. (and not gonna lie, I would kill for Pegasus’ studio. Damn. Look at it.)

Also look at this in the next cap! He can paint something that’s not a monster or his dead wife--is that a completely normal still life of some random purple flowers back there behind him? What’s he doing painting those??? He’s off killing 1 or 2 people a day in his human sacrifice chamber why’s he painting lilies in pots like everyone’s Mom during Wine ‘n Paint night?

Dude, does Pegasus go to Wine ‘n Paint night? I mean he would, right? Like he would be the first there with a huge ass bottle of wine/juice and be like “I am ready to sip, paint, and gossip about everybody’s husband.” Yo, he’d be killer at Wine ‘n Paint night. Like, I would never be Pegasus’ friend but I would absolutely paint some dumbass flowers in the same room as him as he gets tipsy on margaritas and starts going off about the Great British Bake Off.

And, much like I do when I finish most of my art at 2 AM, he passes out directly after and has anxiety laden dreams about what he just painted for the rest of the evening.

So lets get this straight, if you reproduce this image in any way, let it be traditional, digital, camera, or whatever—you will arouse the God Card ghosts and be straight up The Ring murdered. Unless, you tattoo it to a person’s back, then apparently you’re cool. Also, what the hell was Ishizu doing bringing this thing to a museum? Like yeah it’s in a restricted section but they had like no security on those doors so it’s like, girl—anyone who takes a selfie here will be dead. What else are museums for except avenues for selfies? Way to curate a museum, Ishizu. You had one job.

Also does that mean that if Marik photobombs people without his shirt on that they super die? That kinda sucks a lot, no wonder he wants to get rid of Pharaoh. Marik just wants to go to the beach without having to wear a hoodie and getting a weird tan.

Oi, hashtag relatable, amiright?

Anyway, Pegasus realizes he can’t post this art on main, so he decides to give it to Ishizu to bury it for him. Essentially, he put on his brother’s tumblr because he’s trying to be a professional here but like, who are we joking, the guy draws kids art for dollars. His friends, much like my friends, are full aware of what our sketchbook looks like.

After hearing this weird story, Pharaoh decides to take over and give some closing remarks.

Yugi got TWO huge bottles of mystery purple moisturizer??? Maybe one is just full of hair gel.

Man, Seto had him double covered, he knew--he knew Yugi was nuts for products.

I wonder if it’s full of LA Looks.

I appreciated that Pharaoh might have a physical body but he still enjoys spooking people like a ghost should.

Well, I mean.

So many questions here, but I assume we’re going to learn more about it later? Like why the hell Marik is...in a tomb? As a baby? With a...flower wreath?

What even is this show. Don’t put babies in tombs!

I don’t even know why Shadi even bothered showing up here. Like Ishizu already knows “it’s happening,” she has a future necklace.

Did Shadi show up to every single person on in this ship, Roland and Kaiba included, before actually going to the one place he needed to go?

Man. Phallic necklace. Did they not know about goatse in the early 00’s? Please don’t look that up if you don’t know what it is. I just.

Phallic necklace, please. You’re killing me.

Anyway, Shadi sees a chance to make a change and fix some things with the one person on this ship who desperately needs fixing, and while he’ll save Tristan and Duke and tell Yugi all about his history and etc—actually confronting Bakura? No thanks. Shadi will stay in his safe keyblade power place where no one can see or hear him, not even Bakura.

Not sure why any of the doctors haven’t picked up on Tea being weird as hell yet, but like...compared to the Kaibas and everyone else, I guess possessed Tea is the most normal person on this flying boat.

But that’s all for now, next week we see if they actually start dueling or if instead, even more people from S1 show up on this boat.

If you just got here, we’re like over halfway through S2, so here’s a link to read everything in chrono order from S1 Ep1, have fun.

#Yugioh #Yugioh recap #photo recap #S2 Ep36 #yugi muto #joey wheeler #Maxamillion Pegasus #Shadi #Croquet #Bakura #Tea Gardner #Ishizu #Pegasus really effed everything up when he majored in art huh

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Which Music Genres Are Fashionable Round The World

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What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to inform us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did historic Egyptians worship the capability to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do individuals tread when they turn out to be resentful, boastful and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, journey and duty, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for all times. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while remodeling and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers. The exact relationship between music and speech notion stays unclear, nonetheless. (See Musical Roots" here.) Joe Crew of cochlear implant company Superior Bionics suspects that the correlation may merely replicate common auditory processing abilities, such as focus, fatigue, and working reminiscence. 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Rock and roll brought with it the electric guitar, and Beatlemania could also be spotted throughout Japan. Through the recognition of both a new sub-genre of kayoukyoku called "Group Sounds" sprang up, though its tenure was tenuous at greatest. Group Sounds attempted to recreate the rock band motif with Japanese musicians, however controversy abounded when members argued about whether or not or not rock and roll could be performed in Japanese. Many bands struggled to realize a foothold as they debated between singing in English or Japanese. Finally Group Sounds died away for a few years when no person might come up with a transparent answer.A couple of years ago, my buddy Jill Sternheimer and I started a conversation one night time while driving across the streets of New Orleans. Both of us are music nerds, and we frequently attend the sorts of musical retrospectives which have develop into widespread on this age of historical exploration by way of tribute exhibits and historical playlists. Jill, the truth is, often organizes such exhibits at Lincoln Middle Out of Doorways, where she is the director of public packages. I sometimes write about them, and infrequently ponder how music historical past's being recorded and revised within the digital age. Why, we wondered, was the significance of girls so often acknowledged as a trend as an alternative of a supply of lasting influence? We got here to a conclusion that, in 2017, will likely strike nobody as a shock: that the overall historical past of common music is advised through the nice works of men, and that with no severe revision of the canon, women will all the time remain on the margins.

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Weapons

Specs wasn’t really an engineer. Their friends took him to be more of the theoretical sort, someone who could crunch numbers but was never seen in the lab for more than the minimum amount of time. He could be relied on for knowledge, but anyone who’d been in group projects with him had heard he preferred working with people, and that splitting work with him and expecting it done was a lot less productive than sitting him down in a work space on campus and bouncing the work between you.

His flatmates knew he wasn’t in the flat that much, and assumed he spent the rest of the time with societies and work. If anyone had checked, they would have noted that there was always a two hour gap in his schedule, but since he seemed to be perfectly ordinary (or as ordinary as the majority of EU student body were, at least) no one paid it much attention.

The shop students knew him as the guy who’d borrow their time to get little things done on their machines. A pinch of solder and iron to fix a wire, a small bit of the forge to cast some metal bits in the unused space of a bigger project. The chemistry students knew him as the guy who’d drop liquids in the liquid waste bin. Never more than a glass, a good way of disposing something you didn’t want to drink or keep nearby. The physics students knew him as the guy who’d request a few minutes with some of their meters. Strain gauges were the most common, but voltmeters and pressure gauges were close behind.

He always had an air of detached interest whenever gossip about the Gentry passed around the lecture halls. It was always another student who’d had a run in with a shadowy figure down by the lot, or had met Jimothy to trade beads, or had carefully not looked too closely at their flatmate recently.

Specs remained a guy with a few good friends who was a nice enough person to chat to throughout his first year. Then, in his second year, his sister came to EU.

Frizz was a drama student, eccentric, always ready with a smile and with a temper that was righteous in its fury. She wrote her own plays, sang her own little songs and drew in her spare time. She and her brother met up every other day for a quick hug, her drama friends quickly becoming acquainted with the smaller group of second year chem eng students who accompanied the elder sibling. When Frizz began dating, in as quietly dramatic a fashion as always, her brother was the one who looked her partner in the eye and stared for half a minute before calmly patting them on the shoulder and giving them a grin when he felt them shaking.

It was only a few months before Frizz had racked up a substantial number of encounters with the Fair Folk, as the liberal arts students tended to. One of Specs’ friends caught the occasional glimpse of worry beneath his usual friendly demeanor, but since Frizz had seemingly taken her brothers words of mild caution to heart she’d not come out of any of them the worse for wear.

Then, halfway through the year, Specs went backstage after a production had finished, he and the rest of the group of friends who’d come to support those of their number involved, to find Frizz’s partner running to him, terror in their eyes.

“They took Frizz!”

Specs face lost all emotion, and the rest of the group took a step back to give him space. A couple of them followed him as he left the theatre with a steadily quicker stride, and lost him as he began sprinting out into the grounds. They hoped he would be alright, knowing that the loss of a sibling would be heartbreaking. One or two of them resolved to go to his flat to comfort him the next day.

What they didn’t expect the next day was for Specs to be sitting behind a table on one of the main university paths with a selection of gadgets and items in front of him and a big digital timer counting down.

The first person to approach him was met with a fake, friendly smile and asked if they’d like a free sample. When they asked him what on earth he was doing, he took a yo-yo from the table in explanation.

“I’m starting off with the smallest stuff. Wholly iron and steel, six metres long wire string. Get it swinging at two and I guess you could even wrap someone up in it. Time goes on, I’ll start getting rid of the bigger stuff I’ve got stashed around. There’s a spray paint system I worked on the other day, it’s got a lovely red finish at up to twenty metres. I put some red iron-based paint in it, easily replaceable.”

Of course, most people steered clear of his stall, afraid of angering the Fair Folk, but there was always someone desperate, and soon he’d given out about thirty of the smaller things. There were several people who observed a tall man, lines of red rising on his skin in a manner that suggested something had coiled round him, stride over to the table.

“You will stop,” he said in a sibilant, angry tone.

“Huh?” came Specs disinterested reply. “Oh, you’re right, two hours have gone past and still my sister hasn’t turned up. Time to move on to the next batch.”

The man seemed to grow taller, hands becoming more pointed. Specs pulled a hula hoop from the stand and tossed it over the man’s head, breaking a catch and allowing a spool of chicken wire to spring from within, encircling his interrogator. After a couple of minutes, he pulled the chicken wire down, taking a small water pistol from the table instead. The tall man glared and retreated.

After half a day, Specs was seen walking to several iron electric boxes and pulling out things stashed within, before returning to the stand to place his unearthed stash on display. Unlike the steadily grander toys he’d been selling, these things didn’t hide what they were made for. An ugly looking thing with springs held several iron bolas. A mass of batteries were strapped to a couple of electromagnets with a supply of iron filings to feed between the two. Swimming goggles with lenses and rocks. Flashlights with reticules and chemical warning labels. Ball bearings and a hand cranked handheld self reloading catapult.

For those who were desperate, the rumours that had spread around campus were enough to bring them in. Each piece of equipment was explained, warnings about not firing this through a glass window, it could put someone’s eye out, that shouldn’t be aimed at the legs in case it trips someone up, this should be handled with a paint mask and with no-one in the immediate vicinity.

In the evening, as Specs handed out the last of the things he hadn’t been holding onto for himself, a group of assorted people with burn scars, pocks of red and faces in assorted angry expressions that looked near inhuman came towards him.

“You’ve made a lot of people angry.”

“They can join the club. I still haven’t seen my sister.”

“You have no more threats to hand out. You will be sorry.”

“Oh? No, I’ve got a whole wardrobe full of these things. Then there’s the emergency stashes I made, just in case. Then the stuff I’ve left half finished. And, of course, I might start handing out copies of my designs, I had a bunch of people interested in what I offered today and I’m sure some of them would love to know how these things work, try a hand at making their own-”

“You wouldn’t dare.”

“Wouldn’t I? I don’t see what the problem is. I’m just putting my frustration into something productive. If only my sister were here to calm me down…”

The next day a girl with Frizz’s face approached the stall. She left when Specs offered her a wire Chinese finger trap to try out.

It was midday when Frizz herself appeared, wandering drunkenly over to Specs stall and hugging him as though she’d never let go. Specs brushed her hair with a hand covered in iron rings, murmuring in her ear. He kept one arm around her as he packed up the stall, hefting the duffel bag and stall with difficulty with one hand before the siblings’ friends arrived from class to help.

That evening, in Specs flat, with Frizz lying exhausted on the couch in the kitchen, one of his friends quietly asked why he’d had all that stuff prepared. In the course of one and a half days he’d handed out enough anti-fae tools for a small mob, and he’d been hinting he had even more. One of Frizz’s friends, the one who never wore iron and smiled all the time, looked slightly scared as she asked why he hadn’t used it.

“My family have always been creative,” he said. “You can see my sister’s talent. My dad paints, my mum sings. I imagine things. And some of those things are not very nice.”

He looked at his hands. After two days of being either clenched or solid as a rock, they were shaking now.

“It was fun to imagine solutions to a problem I’d never faced. To make something cheap, effective and that I’d never need to use, but should have around just in case. Heck, I even said to myself that it was alright to design bigger, because it wasn’t as if it’d be used on anyone nice.”

He began to cry. His voice went very, very quiet.

“I don’t want to be known for weapons.”

#mysteriousboxfactoryhq #stories #specs #frizz #stolen away #this broke my HEART #submission

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annsparksthegmr · 7 years

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Dangan Thieves AU - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

*comes bursting through the door*

So thanks to @shsl-shipper-gamer-fangirl and her Danganronpa Thieves AU, I decided to give it some thought and tackle a duo I not only love from the series but how they’d play out. That being said, here’s below as to how I believe the Ultimate Swordswoman and Ultimate Yakuza could work into this AU. In advance, sorry for the lack of visuals I’m not very good at Digital Art yet but if anyone would like a crack at making some for this I’m game.

PS - Also thanks to @kitucan for the Komeada design and idea for that character. Helped me out when thinking about these two. There is also a little skit at the end using that Komeada.

How I see them in their roles is quite simple and fitting: taking inspiration from the events leading up to the first dungeon of Persona 5 (this is considered spoilers if you want to be completely blind), it could be seen that what leads Fuyuhiko to awaken his Persona is if Peko get harmed trying to protect him like in DR2 or having a situation just like Ann and Shiho in P5. Either way, it would lead Fuyuhiko into joining the party to save/avenge Peko and then his Persona. However, I don’t really see Peko joining the team as a party member. She seems to me to act like a regular Confidant and somewhat like Sae/Sojiro role for the party. (if anyone would also like to help flesh out this idea then be my guest)

This post will only contain Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu because this was so long. I will be working on Peko Pekoyama on a separate post. And who knows… I might end up doing Sonia Nevermind, Ibuki Mioda or Mikan Tsumiki after these two…

[I’ve fallen into this AU and I can’t get out. You might expect more of this AU characters being worked on by me in the future. Once again, I’d like to thank @shsl-shipper-gamer-fangirl for creating this AU and I hope to contribute more in the future. And maybe just not the characters…. ;)]

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu

Arcana: Magician

Codename: Gangster or Boss (Mainly Peko calls him this) / Eyepatch / Baby

Outfit: An American gangster outfit complete with a red tie, fedora, gloves, and a white scarf. On the tie and the rim of his fedora is design of white dragons. (Or if all else fails then look up the Mafia outfit from Resident Evil 4. I mean how could it not be his outfit?!)

Mask: A black masquerade mask that covers over his eye but swoops around and covers most of the right side of his face (Where the scar is in the game). There is a black eye patch also over the right eye that has a white, round dragon pattern on it.

Persona: Agrippa (A German magician, occultist, alchemist, humanist, and early feminist. Makes sense in my mind to give him this Persona.)

Skillset: Strong Fire + Gun Skills, yet weak against Ice

Initial Weapons:

Melee: Tekko

Ranged: Submachine Gun

All Out Attack: “DON’T CALL ME A KID” written above a stone wall with the silhouettes of shadows with splashes of red on the wall as they collapsed. His catchphrase would be “That all you got punks?!”

Persona Awakening Dialogue:

Agrippa: “Well, looks like the child finally woke up. Tell me, who will avenge Peko if you don’t? Clearly, surrender is not the answer; her death as your tool and her very existence would be forgotten, no? Are you willing to allow yourself to be that kind of man?”

Fuyuhiko: “No!! All I ever wanted was for Peko to be herself… No matter what I’d become I wanted her by my side as herself, not just be a tool! And if that means I have to kill the Mastermind himself… I will avenge Peko!”

Agrippa: “Excellent. That’s the resolve you have to have, to lead and avenge your precious Peko…. With my assistance of course. I am thou, thou art I… The contract is forged at last by your resolve for your justice. Your time with your resolve will bring a new light to your future for years to come. As long as you don’t lose sight of this fact, your strength and mine are one.”

Fuyuhiko: “I won’t let them - no, I won’t anyone down anymore! I will avenge Peko and others who this Mastermind has fucked over… and it starts here! I won’t let anyone look down on my anymore! Time to get them, Agrippa!”

Quotes:

“Where’s the challenge? They’re all weaklings.”

“Know what… I could really use a break.”

“Alright! Level up!”

“Guess who’s getting more badass?” (Skill Up)

“Sweet! We got ourselves a chest!”

“What kind of loot did we gain?”

“Ace, let’s regroup and take a breather in the safe room ok?”

“When are we getting to the Treasure? We’ve been here for hours.”

“Shadow up ahead Ace. Shall we fight?”

“Mind if we go a little overboard? I’m… getting impatient.”

“...Shit! I’m going to pass out at this rate…!”

“How’d you get spotted Ace?!” or “Fucking bastard!”

“Are you sure we need to fight these weaklings?”

“That felt very one-sided.”

“...Might want to come back later to fight that.”

“Why are there only weaklings here!?”

“Heh, another victory under our belt.”

ENDURE: “Damn it… that hurts like shit!”

PROTECT: “Pay attention, you idiot!”

BATON PASS: “Leave them to me!”

HARISEN RECOVERY: “Hey Dipshit!!” or “Seriously you idiot?!”

LOW HEALTH: “...Shit. Looks like I pushed myself too far…”

GETTING HEALED: “...Thanks for the heal.”

PHYSICAL ATTACKS: “Outta my way!” “Time to knock some sense into you!” “Looking for some pain idiot?!”

HEALING SOMEONE BY USING AN ITEM: “Here you go!”

PERSONA: “Agrippa!” “Yo Persona!”

FOLLOW UP: “Don’t be sloppy!”

COVER FIRE: “Yo Ace, need some cover?”

GIVING BUFFS: “Be useful okay?!”

ATTACKING: “Take this bastard!” “Just die already!

ATTACK MISSES: “Stay still bastard!”

COULDN’T FINISH OFF ENEMY: “Shit! Somebody cover me!”

FAINTING: “No… I can’t die here…”

GETTING RESURRECTED: “I won’t give up here, you here?!!”

Burn: “AH! Fucking shit!! Why the fuck is it hot here!?!”

Freeze: “Fucking hell. When did the temperature get this cold?!

Shock and Paralyze: “Why… can’t I… move!?”

Confusion: “Wait… what’s going on here?!”

Rage: “I’ll kill you and sell your organs bastards!!”

Despair: “No… Peko... don’t leave me!!”

Dizzy: “Huh? Why is everything fucking spinning?”

Brainwash: “So this… is truth.”

Forget: “Peko…?! Why can’t I…?”

Hunger: “My stomach… its killing me.”

Sleep: “Zzz… Peko… zzz…”

Silence: …

Mouse: “Squeak~?!”

Mementos Chats:

“You know Ace, you’re not that bad at driving…. most of the time.”

“I should be keeping extra rounds of ammo on me.”

“This eye patch also doubles as my mask? At least it doesn’t hamper my sight much.”

“I still don’t understand this weakness thing; why doesn’t everything die after getting shot by a gun?”

“At least fighting shadows is better than being stuck killing each other… right?”

“Hey!! Watch where you’re driving! You’re not joyriding with passengers.”

“Being a Dangan Thief… I wish Peko could join us…”

“As long as we’re down here, let’s stay on task; we don’t want to cause suspicion to the Mastermind ok?”

Fuyuhiko: “Say, does Mementos lead to anywhere specially or are we just mindlessly exploring?”

Chiaki: “We have to wait and see.... *yawn* but I’m enjoying my time here. I can play all the mobile games I want here!

Fuyuhiko: “Why is my outfit more… layered than everyone else’s here?”

Hinata: “If that’s true, how come you’re so agile?”

Fuyuhiko: *whispers* “...So does Ace know about Blackjack or what?”

Chiaki: *whispers* “I think it's best to keep spoilers secret for now.”

Fuyuhiko: I sure hope Peko is okay; I won’t forgive the Mastermind for what they did.

Hinata: That’s why we’re fighting here and I’m sure Peko will be just fine.

*Bonus. How they choose Fuyuhiko’s Codename - Featuring Komeada*

Hinata: Speaking of which, we need to give Fuyuhiko a nickname.

Chiaki: … How about Fedora?

Fuyuhiko: No way I’m going to be called Fedora. Next.

Komeada: How about Eyepatch? After all, that new scar has given you a boost in hope.

Fuyuhiko: *raises his gun* ...Can I shoot the clown over here?

Chiaki: You can’t just shoot your teammate over a silly code name! What would Peko think? Hinata: She wouldn’t approve of this.

Komeada: Please, shooting somebody as hopeful like me would only help the Mastermind. You wouldn’t want to be called Baby right?

Fuyuhiko: *lowers gun* You get off easy this time… but before we go on, nobody’s calling me Baby.

Chiaki: We are getting nowhere with a codename. Any ideas Ace?

Hinata: ...How about Gangster?

Chiaki: Gangster? Now that you mention it… The attire does resemble more of a Mafia outfit than a Yakuza. *sweatdrop* No offense.

Fuyuhiko: Gangster huh? *folds arms to think* Now that you mention it, it's better than calling me, Boss. I’ve got no complaints about either of those honestly.

Hinata: Alright, then let’s go with that then.

#Dangan Ronpa #danganronpa 2 #kuzuryuu fuyuhiko #fuyuhiko kuzuryuu #dangan thieves AU #my own idea #hope everyone enjoys it

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sonyclasica · 5 years

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PASQUALE GRASSO

SOLO STANDARDS VOL. 1

Anunciamos el lanzamiento de la serie digital de EP del virtuoso guitarrista Pasquale Grasso. El guitarrista fusiona Bebop y la técnica clásica en una interpretación maestra sin precedentes. Solo Standards Vol. 1 – disponible HOY en formato digital.

Consíguelo AQUÍ

Era el tipo de apoyo con el que que la mayoría de los guitarristas en ascenso solo pueden soñar... En su entrevista para el artículo de portada de febrero de 2016 de la revista Vintage Guitar, se le pidió a Pat Metheny que nombrara a algunos músicos más jóvenes que lo hubieran impresionado. "El mejor guitarrista que he escuchado en toda mi vida tal vez lleva ya un tiempo dando vueltas, Pasquale Grasso", dijo el icono guitarrista y maestro de Jazz de la NEA. "Este chico está haciendo algo tan increíblemente musical y tan difícil.

"Lo que suelo escuchar son los guitarristas que suenan un poco como yo mezclados con un poco de [John Scofield] y un poco de [Bill Frisell]", continuó. “Lo que resulta interesante de Pasquale es que no se parece en nada a eso. En cierto modo, es un poco complicado, porque su modelo —que es un gran modelo— es Bud Powell. De alguna manera, ha captado la esencia de ese lenguaje del piano y lo ha pasado a la guitarra de un modo completamente original. Es el mejor nuevo músico que he escuchado en muchos, muchos años."

Como ha hecho con muchas estrellas del jazz en ascenso, Metheny más tarde invitó a Grasso a su casa de Nueva York para tocar y compartir su sabiduría. Desde entonces, se ha convertido en un gran apoyo en la vida de Grasso, y su opinión de la forma en que Grasso interpreta es, no es de extrañar, muy acertada. Nacido en Italia y ahora radicado en la ciudad de Nueva York, el guitarrista de 30 años ha desarrollado una técnica y un concepto asombrosos, inspirados no tanto en los guitarristas de jazz sino más bien en los pioneros del bebop como Powell, Charlie Parker y Dizzy Gillespie y la tradición de la guitarra clásica.

Su nueva serie digital de EP, disponible a partir de junio con Sony Masterworks, muestra a Grasso en el formato de guitarra solista, donde sus estudios intensivos de los maestros del bebop y la técnica de la guitarra clásica se fusionan en una interpretación única que es completamente innovadora y, a la vez, evocadora. Esta serie de lanzamientos se aborda teniendo en cuenta el panorama cambiante de la industria, permitiendo a un artista de grabación prolífico lanzar una buena cantidad de material a lo largo de un período prolongado de tiempo.

"Aunque existen importantes inconvenientes en el cambio de la industria de la música hacia la escucha en streaming, esta también ofrece grandes oportunidades," dice Matt Pierson, productor, gerente y consultor A&R de Sony Masterworks. “Cuando los impulsos creativos de un artista son muy frecuentes, es posible grabar y publicar material de una manera más progresiva, ofreciendo música a los oyentes de un modo más regular. En el caso de Pasquale, siendo un músico solista tan brillante con tanto repertorio, grabamos 50 pistas extraordinarias. Dado que creo que su forma de tocar es muy adictiva, espero que cuando la gente lo escucha, también se enganche y podamos publicar material variado en el transcurso de un año."

¿Pero a quién nos recuerda? Después de una primera escucha, es posible que se te vengan a la cabeza los LPVirtuoso de Joe Pass. Ahora, escúchalo otra vez. El tono chispeante, inmaculadamente equilibrado; los matices de un ritmo interpretado con buen gusto y el boogie-woogie; las impresionantes líneas de una sola nota que conectan su igualmente extraordinario uso de la armonía de los acordes: un buen arreglo solista de Grasso equivale a Art Tatum.

Los fans especializados en músicos de guitarra ya han escuchado a Grasso y han visto sus asombrosas interpretaciones en vídeo; saben de su hermoso instrumento personalizado —creado en Francia por Trenier Guitars— y los primeros triunfos de su carrera. En 2015, ganó el Concurso Internacional de Guitarra de Jazz Wes Montgomery en la ciudad de Nueva York, se llevó a casa un premio de 5.000 $ y tocó con el trío de órgano de la leyenda de la guitarra Pat Martino. El año pasado, en el Kennedy Center de DC, como parte del Concierto Tributo de los Masters del Jazz del NEA, Grasso participó en una actuación especial en honor a Pat Metheny, junto a sus compañeros guitarristas Camila Meza, Gilad Hekselman, Dan Wilson y Nir Felder.

Actualmente, Grasso enseña y mantiene una apretada agenda de conciertos en Nueva York, con frecuentes actuaciones en solitario en el popular Mezzrow en Greenwich Village, donde gracias a sus conciertos de lunes por la noche pudo desarrollar su talento solista. No es que Grasso piense que su trabajo ya está todo hecho. "Todos [los músicos que amo] son una inspiración para nuevas ideas y formar mi estilo, porque aún está en desarrollo," dice Pasquale. "Y va a estarlo hasta el día que me muera".

Sus nuevos EP de Sony Masterworks son la evidencia de su gran capacidad a la hora de moverse en un escenario de ambiente intimista. Estas grabaciones te permitirán ser testigo de toda una vida escuchando y desafiándose a sí mismo para superar el listón establecido por Art Tatum hace tantas décadas. Los siguientes EP se lanzarán en formato digital a partir de junio, y los EP adicionales se publicarán en el futuro, entre los que se incluirán trabajos donde Pasquale explora las obras de Duke Ellington, Bud Powell y Charlie Parker.

Solo Standards Vol. 1 – disponible en formato digital el 28 de junio de 2019

Esta recopilación de algunos de los clásicos más queridos por Grasso se inicia con "Just One of That Things", una canción que quiso tocar después de escuchar la interpretación en solitario de Bud Powell. "This Time the Dream's on Me" es uno de los primeros clásicos estándar que Grasso aprendió, después de escucharlo en una grabación en directo con Powell y Charlie Parker; También era el tema de apertura de las bandas que codirigió con su hermano, el saxofonista alto Luigi Grasso, mientras crecían en Italia. Pasquale eligió "All The Things You Are" para que los oyentes pudieran evaluar su estilo en este el clásico de los estándares de jazz, y porque es una de las canciones favoritas de su hermano (y, por supuesto, de Charlie Parker). "Dancing in the Dark" encuentra inspiración en la excelente versión en solitario de Art Tatum. "Tea for Two" es un guiño a Tatum y Barry Harris, que usa el número como elemento básico en su repertorio de conciertos.

Solo Ballads Vol. 1 – disponible en formato digital el 23 de agosto de 2019

"La forma en la que interpreto las baladas", explica Grasso, "es que trato de aprender la historia de la canción con la letra, incluso si no recuerdo toda la letra, porque el inglés no es mi primera lengua." Y luego, dice el virtuoso, simplemente trata de relajarse y dar fuerza a su interpretación con el paso tranquilo del piano. Aquí, Grasso toma "Body and Soul", uno de los favoritos de su padre y una canción que recuerda haber escuchado interpretada por Dexter Gordon en la película 'Round Midnight; los homenajes a Art Tatum con "These Foolish Things" y "Over the Rainbow"; la engañosamente difícil "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" y "Someone to Watch Over Me", otro elogio de su héroe Bud Powell, que grabó una versión de trío desgarradora a mediados de los años 50.

Solo Monk – disponible en formato digital el 11 de octubre de 2019

Como con la mayoría de sus pasiones musicales, Grasso se convirtió en un fanático de Monk cuando aún era un niño, después de que su padre le puso un disco: en este caso, The Unique Thelonious Monk, una sesión de trío de 1956 con Oscar Pettiford y Art Blakey. La manera de tocar de Monk (la arquitectura de blues propulsora de sus solos, el acompañamiento percusivo marcado con los pies) le recordó al joven guitarrista a uno de sus héroes más admirados (y una de sus pocas influencias de seis cuerdas), Charlie Christian. Desde entonces, la música de Monk le ha dado a Grasso una interminable cantidad de desafíos armónicos y rítmicos, que aquí encuentran eco en "Epistrophy", "Round Midnight", "Ruby, My Dear", "Criss Cross" y " Off Minor.". “No hay mucho más que decir", admite Grasso, riéndose. "Sencillamente, es música de genios".

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akillerqueenyouare · 7 years

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Ask meme

🎶okay fine whatever I’ll join in toooo🎶

1. Do you have any recurring dreams? If so what are they? I rarely remember my dreams and if I do, they never repeat themselves 2. Favourite type of fruit? watermelon 3. Sweet or savoury? savoury 4. Petty fear? wasps 5. Least favourite vegetable? cauliflower 6. Favourite art movement? Art Nouveau 7. Do you drink milk? only in tea 8. What was the last line of the last book you read? The Argo II sailed into the night. 9. Do you like bitter food? sometimes 10. What is the most significant event of your life so far? getting to 18, round of applause for me 11. What is one thing that has greatly affected you? a certain teacher’s love of medieval literature and how it influenced Tolkien, CS Lewis, etc. 12. What is your favourite breed of dog or cat? springador (you’ll see why) 13. Favourite turtle names? Bert, Squirt 14. Dream job? an author but people actually buy my books 15. Does someone’s name affect first impressions to you? no, why the hell should it? 16. Favourite letter? F 17. Any instruments you want to play? guitar 18. List your best friends? hmm, I have a lot of good friends but I think Tor @saynotofruit and Hannah @myunextraordinarylittleworld (do you even tumblr anymore?) 19. Would you rather be a skeleton or ghost? ghost, I wasn’t born to be a skeleton 20. Fish or lizards/snakes as pets? lizards and snakes 21. Art or music? yes 22. What is your favourite type of flower? hellebore 23. Soup or salad? soup 24. Are you good at keeping plants? only cacti, they’re low-maintenance 25. Do animals tend to like you? yup 26. Worst book you’ve ever read? Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (and all its sequels) 27. Do you collect anything? I used to collect model horses 28. How many pillows do you sleep with? 2 29. Latest woken up? 5pm 30. How many pictures or posters do you have on your walls? too many and yet not enough 31. When did you stop having stuffed animals on your bed? I’ll let you know when I do 32. Favourite candy? flying saucers 33. Favourite baked good? coffee cake 34. Do you have a camera? nikon d3200 35. Do you wear jewellery? first and second piercings in both ears and a nose piercing 36. Sunrise or sunset? sunrise 37. Do you listen to music with headphones on or off? depends where I am and how I want to irritate people, being quiet or being loud 38. Favourite show as a child? power rangers 39. Favourite spot in house? my bed 40. Do you prefer to be hot or cold? hot 41. Best joke? my life 42. Weirdest thing you’ve seen happen in a public place? a three-legged race through a shopping centre 43. Cd or digital? digital 44. Who do you miss right now? having new episodes of supernatural to watch 45. If you could combine two places which two would you combine? my house and the seaside 46. Worst substitute teacher? that One Teacher™ who gets sent to teach a subject they have no idea about 47. Do you believe in horoscopes? they’re always scarily accurate so yeah 48. Are you spiritual? yes but not religious 49. Describe your pets? one (1) dog, a chocolate springador (springer x Labrador) named Coco two (2) horses, a 14 yo chestnut mare named Bracken, and a 2 yo brown and white filly foal named Cookie 50. Do you get over mistakes easily? I’m good at repressing shit so yah I tag @saynotofruit

#have fun #lol #ask meme

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brightlotusmoon · 7 years

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CN talk of size, weight, clothing, past anorexia.

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OMG. So, we went to one those dollar plus stores, and there was a table of skinny jeans. I naturally chose a size up because they didn’t have my regular size anyway. And those bigger jeans, a size up, passed my neck wrap test perfectly. I got blue and dark blue, they were $20 each.

Went home and tried them on. They fit like thick leggings. No waist gap at all, it was like gloves. Felt like satin, sliding over the thickest part of my thighs. The inseam was a couple inches long and it bunched at the ankle but it was comfortable. Remember, I am four-ten. The 7/8 size even had enough room so I could push out my belly, which is another important test, to see how well the waist could stretch.

Curious, I looked at the tag and saw that they were mostly ramie, with cotton, polyester, spandex. Ramie is a freaking amazing material, I forgot it was used in pants! Cool. In a couple months I plan on going back and getting a couple more pairs, maybe two sizes up just in case.

Earlier at Rugged Warehouse, I looked at boys and men’s jeans. The 30 was the only one that fit for my hips but the waist gap was clown like. There were no boys jeans large enough. I tried a 16 and my thighs laughed. My hips are 36-37, my waist 24-26. Couldn’t women’s pants just be numbers like that? Are my numbers so odd? Numbers confuse me.

You know, it makes me think about Vanity Sizing and obsession over being small and slim, being able to humblebrag when your trouser and dress size is, like, two or four.

I am only four feet ten and one quarter inches. In my early twenties, I used to be obsessive about being the skinniest because I was so damn short. I once wore an infant tee that fit under my bust. I was anorexic and emaciated, but I was thinner than everyone, my weight was in the double digits and I was proud, I was tiny, I was what society and industry desired. Right? My college friends tried to make me eat caloric foods. I loved mozzarella sticks. My friends were afraid and worried, giving me tuna and cheese and steak. My face was hollow, my ribs easy to touch. I smiled in the mirror and wore children’s clothes.

At my own wedding, photos showed a glowing snow white dress hanging on a pale snow white bride who seemed hollow, and I barely touched the catered food. Months passed and my new groom cooked extravagant balanced meals that I ate with joy. For my job in a law firm Library I walked and moved every day and ate high calorie food. My coworkers gave me snacks and asked how I felt. When I gained enough weight to break 100 lbs, texting my friends, friends of friends would murmur “oh, look at your friend, who is she, she is beautiful, she is stunning, she glows, we must know who she is.” My friends smiled proudly.

I had filled out, no longer hollow, I was moonlight poured into round curved flesh, flourished and nurtured.

For some time in the past couple of years, I was at a “healthful” weight, or a weight that was balanced to fit me. In the past couple of months I lost fat and revealed muscle and I’m not used to it. I look at inches lost in my buttocks and waist and my mind will always be skewed and messed up by anorexia. In my younger years I would have cheered and felt beautiful, ideal culturally right, good enough to be Admired, look everyone look how small I am.

But these skinny jeans, a size bigger, make me happy and delighted. They bring me a joy better than the kind I had in my mid twenties when getting thinner mattered, when numbers mattered. My hips will never shrink to the measurements of Victoria Secret models. My hips are the hips of my Mediterranean and Russian-Asian ancestor women, strong and hearty. I am not a size two anymore and I don’t care. I’m not an actress or model who must fit into a sample size. Even if I were, it wouldn’t matter. I was and am an artists’ model, they love hips. I’ve worked for my mother, who teaches art anatomy drawing courses and I’m one of her best fluid models, my poses convey motion and power, and my curved form is fun to sketch. Mom paints me from memory, even when I was anorexic she filled me out gently.

Anyway I got off track. Maybe I got a little condescending. It’s fine, though. I’m older than I was and I’ve learned more. (“In modern Western usage, the word condescension, condescending, has a strictly negative connotation due to an egalitarian conception of relationships. In the past, the word could be used in a positive sense when a person of higher status was willing to introduce a high degree of mutuality into their relationships with people of lower status.”) A Tumblr anonymous pm called me that regarding my TMNT rants, condescending, and I felt thankful. I am occasionally wise with knowledge. Check out my sage mountain, yo. 28 years. Of course I want to introduce a degree of mutuality.

Aaaanyways. Uh. Wooow. Okay. The, uh, the skinny jeans found at the Dollar And More store next to the HMart. The ones made out of Ramie.

(Brand names are Bamboo for the light blue, Tush Push for the dark blue. They are basically the same except for the sequins. I like the Bamboo better, just a little. I need to take a selfie or have husband Adam take a photo. Srsly, no waist gap, not even for this lady with hyperlordosis. I feel like I won something.)

I think the whole point is that I am okay with the me that I am. I only just realized I am gendervague femme demigirl after all, which probably played a part. I think I’ll get my eyebrows waxed finally, but I’m not wearing a dress without pants. And I’ll never wear heels unless they’re boots. See this is why I love the TMNT. They’re only half human. They don’t need to worry about girly and manly things. Mikey looks amazing in a dress, does Donnie. I don’t know if they can fit in skinny jeans but they would rock them, think about the muscles. I finally have visible muscles. Physical therapy for cerebral palsy does me well.

This is literally a ranty ramble right now. *laugh*

#mylife #photo #clothing #anorexia #life story #ramblings #i don't even know #my past #self #whatever #blogging #body positive #body image #mikey would have cooked for me #demiboy mikey #cerebral palsy #the agony of women's pants shopping #the ninja turtles are only half human

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50 Zine Examples

1. Fancy Pants (Elisabeth McNair, https://www.etsy.com/listing/155190472/fancy-pants-an-illustrated-zine , about a girl being criticized be a pair of fancy trousers, paper and staple binding)

2. Zine Scene (Francesca Lia Block & Hillary Carlip, available on Amazon, paperback 8.5 x 11 in paper, A guide for girls to the unpredictable, unedited, and uninhibited world of zine publishing offers advice on selecting a genre, art work, writing, raising money, and distribution)

3. Riot Grrrl (Mult. Authors- collection edited by Lisa Darms, available on Amazon, for fellow riot grrrl movement members, feminists, and interested parties, “homemade cut and paste, xeroxed, collagey”, About multiple things including: experiences with sexism, mental illness, body image and eating disorders, sexual abuse, racism, rape, discrimination, stalking, domestic violence, incest, homophobia, and sometimes vegetarianism)

4. DIY: The Rise of Lo-fi Culture (Amy Spencer, available on Amazon, paperback, recalls the history of lo-fi culture and it’s evolution from its roots to today)

5. Burn Collector (Al Burian, ¼ size paperback, about Al’s personal life including humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and nuanced descriptions of odd locales and curious characters, made for the punk scene, the zine’s cult following, and everyone.)

6. Tip Top by Minka Svarcs (https://minkasvarcs.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/tip-top-zine-2/, A wild tale of wolves, societies, mountain tops and serenity, paper bound with stitching)

7. Making Stuff and Doing Things (Kyle Bravo, 5.5x8.5", paperback, handbook full of basic life skills for the young punk or activist, available from Microcosm Publishing at https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/1400 )

8. Aint-Bad (https://www.aint-bad.com/ multiple contributors, Perfect Bound 8.25″x10.75″, “An Independent Publisher of New Photographic Art”)

9. Bedspread Zine (Founded by Jennifer Lo, multiple contributors, “a curation of stories and works by artists and photographers from across the world that demonstrates the varying motivations behind the act of photographing & documentation involving beds, while providing a platform that aims to open a dialogue around universal human experiences including joy, sadness, mental health, sexuality, love and loss.” Perfect bound paper)

10. Record Culture Magazine (https://record-magazine.com/, editor in chief is Karl Henkell with multiple contributors, Perfect bound, Softcover, “focuses on niche music communities around the world and their intersection with the worlds of art, fashion and culture.”)

11. Polyester Zine (Founded by Ione Gamble, multiple contributors, “intersectional feminist fashion and culture publication aiming to bridge the gap of URL cyberfeminism with the IRL world.” a5 on uncoated paper)

12. Yo Sick Zine (by Prashant Gopal http://www.yosickzine.com/ 5.5" x 8.5", black and white laser copy, Prashant made this as a way to share creative projects and things of interest with friends and those around him.)

13. Conveyor Magazine (https://conveyor.studio/?category=Magazines founded by Conveyor Arts, “Conveyor Magazine is a semi-annual publication dedicated to eliminating the hierarchy between emerging and established artists. The magazine includes a series of new photography projects, interviews, articles and essays by writers and artists who strive to bring new ideas on photography to light.” Multiple bindings including perfect binding, and spiral bound)

14. Subjectively Objective (founded by Noah Waldeck, multiple contributors, different photographer showcased in each issue, dimensions and format shift, issues are either saddle stitched or perfect bound, 80lb or100 lb paper, with 26 plates of the photographic work, Each Issue features in-depth look at a single body of work, and an artist statement about the project. https://subjectivelyobjective.com/ )

15. Dad Tweets (curated by Amy Burek, mini zine, 7 x 11 cm, Paperback, a curated batch of premium dad tweets from Amy’s dad, was available on etsy,)

16. Jurassic Dark (by Sparklebutch, stapled and glued paper, blackout poetry created from pages of the Jurassic Park book, sold on etsy)

17. Lists of Lists of Lists of Wikipedia (Amy Burek, paper, ink, xerox, letterpress, binding, photocopy, hand set type, lead type, wood type, “this zine is an homage to weird, wacky and dubiously useful lists that populate Wikipedia”, available on Etsy)

18. Make Your Own Fun: A Zine About Making Zines (Kriski, risograph, black ink, green ink, pastel green card, recycled white paper, staples, a zine about making zines—created by a zinemaker, available on etsy)

19. A Guide to Being Just About Okay (by dogsnotdiets, stitched paper, zine about coping with depression, overwhelming emotions and mental illness, new edition available on etsy)

20. 87,000 Steps: 5 Days in Amsterdam (by Kriski, 6" x 8" Saddle stitch binding (staples). Covers are risograph printed in two colours - blue and black soy-based inks - on recycled 160gsm white card. Inner pages are risograph printed in blue on 80gsm pastel blue paper, records the five day trip the author took around Amsterdam, available on etsy)

21. Dog House Zine (by Zoe Bread, https://www.zoebread.com/product/dog-house-zine gsm pages & 250gsm soft touch cover, about a girl, her dog that is always talking, and dreams.)

22. Things in Things (Erika Rier, staples, ink, paper, available on etsy, illustrations of various things inside a variety of other things and each page is dedicated to a new thing such as tubes or toilets.)

23. Rubbish FAMzine (by the Lim family aka HolyCrap.sg, each issue is curated and c reated by the Lim family and covers something new, Claire, Renn, and their two young children each use the magazine as a creative outlet.)

24. Cooties (multiple contributors, “an online and in-person publication dedicated to working with and for female artists of all genres”, https://cootieszine.com/cooties-crew )

25. 3 Dot Zine (founded by artist Devin Morris, http://www.3dotzine.com/home multiple contributors, “an annual publication that serves as a forum for invited artists to center and elaborate on marginalized concerns”)

26. A Sashimi Zine (Diyou Wu, Printed in Risograph, 5 inches x 7 inches, https://www.littlemountainpress.com/product/a-sashimi-zine a zine about Wu’s cat Sashimi and her habits)

27. On The Mystic, Magick, Talismanic, Alchemical Practice of Zine Making (Brian Cotnoir, 21.8 x 14 cm riso and photocopy, paperback, staple bound, a description of alchemical practice through the making of zines)

28. Flash Zine (Gabino Azuela, 21 x 14.5cm, staple-bound, paperback, risograph, a collection of flash tattoos created by Mexico City-based artist Gabino Azuela, inspired by the series Mazinger Z.)

29. Proof I Exist (by Billy McCall, available on etsy, sectioned off pieces of McCall’s life written very poetically)

30. If You’ll Find Yourself In This Zine You’ll Get One Free (Y.Meiry, 22.5 x 16 cm, paperback, staple-bound, inkjet printed, this zine is A severe portrait of nightlife in Tel Aviv)

31. Five Zines About The Internet – (An Anthology (includes Dad Tweets and List of Lists of Wikipedia) by Amy Burek, spiral bound, risograph printed, monochrome on colored paper)

32. Fan-Zine (by Shiori Kawasaki, 11.5 x 8.5 inch softcover, tribute to Japanese punk music fans, photography of the culture, fans, and their love of punk music)

33. Flyer Zine (by Julia Aredondo, https://julia-arredondo-sk3r.squarespace.com/flyer-zine, 16 pgs, saddle stitch bound, covers the flyers Julia made for Disco Go Round in Chorpus Cristi)

34. A Zine Devoted to All of the Prime Ministers of Canada (Alexander Atkinson, paperback, laser-printed, staple bound, captures basic biographic info and portrait of each Canadian PM)

35. CANCEL Art Zine (multiple artists/contributors, digital process, staple-bound, paperback, 21 x 15cm, “Cancel is an art zine published in Helsinki, Finland. The publication aims to showcase and promote works by new and unknown artists with a fresh and unique approach to visual art”)

36. Only Human by Printed Matter Inc. This is the second printing of a compilation of black-and-white photographs by documentary and street photographer Jill Freedman, published by Printed Matter with 8-Ball Zines, photocopy, staple-bound, tape-bound, 28 x 21.5 cm)

37. Things I’ve Been Really Into Lately (by the Space Bureau, risograph, https://thespacebureau.com/listing/564196586/things-ive-been-really-into-lately depicts things the artist has been into over the last month through photo and illustration)

38. 84 - Entertainment Ephemera (by Andy Brinkman, http://andybrinkman.com/84-stacks-lgal/8ce3kcdedtl2jcdye6c3o9uk7n3i3q depicts Pop culture phenomenons from 1984)

39. Nine Lives (by Kriski/Kristyna Baczynski, 10-page concertina mini comic, printed on heavyweight card, digitally printed on heavyweight 200gsm, follows an unlucky feline as they go through their 9 lives)

40. Can’t Lose (multiple contributors, was available on etsy, 5"x8" risograph, staple-bound, comics, illustrations, and other contributions paying homage to Friday Night Lights.)

41. The Last Girl in the Woods (by Bergslagsgatan http://www.talesfromthewoods.eu/?p=1063 A visual short story about the forest in conjunction with an earlier exhibition by the artist)

42. Straubs (By Kelly Walton who is now on hiatus, was available on etsy, The Straubs are "semi-feral girls" who "who hunt giant strawberries & use them to make elaborate desserts & jams.")

43. Tesseracting (By Megan Bentley, was available on etsy, zine Inspired by A Wrinkle in Time, this zine teaches you how to travel to the fifth dimension.)

44. A Guide to Being Alone (by Julia Arrendondo, https://julia-arredondo-sk3r.squarespace.com/guide-to-being-alone-zine 8.5" x 7", covers traveling alone, being newly single, etc.)

45. Their Paradise Materials (by J.Yung, Excerpts from the work of Ronald Johnson, John Milton and William Blake along with illustrations reinterpreting those excerpts

46. How to: Be Kind to Yourself (by Bunny Miele, 4"x6", hand cut and stapled, available on etsy, a self-care guide)

47. Kazoo (founded by Erin Bried for young girls aged 5-12, Bried made this zine after being frustrated with the lack of STEM publications geared towards girls, Kazoo is “a magazine that doesn’t tell girls how to look or act, but instead inspires them to be strong, smart, fierce and, above all, true to themselves.” https://www.kazoomagazine.com/)

48. Number One: A Zine of Firsts (by Missy Kulick, a zine of firsts, paper and staples, available on etsy)

49. Origin Story (by DanaCapybara mini zine tells the unusual but true tale of three rats. With a bit of a stranger's kindness, they survived the odds and went to live with their forever human, available on etsy, paper, ink, pigment, stapled, 4.25" x 5.5")

50. This Party Really Sucks (by Leigh Luna http://leighlunacomics.com/#/this-party-really-sucks/ comic about Luna’s mom paying her with comics to go to prom)

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