#and its astounding to me too like i always think i wont be able to eat a lot

[willddheartt]

26 Days | Wilbur Soot

30 days to fall in love with someone? Sounds easy right? It would be if that person wasn’t so unbelievably annoying in almost every sense.

You’re not sure how you found yourself in this situation, but you were positive there was no backing out now…

Series Warnings: Mostly fluff and angst, and a very poorly constructed enemies to lovers plot.

Word Count: 2264

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26 Days

God, you hated him so much! You wanted to scream it from the top of a building how much you truly hated Wilbur. But you couldn’t

Lately, no matter what you did or said on stream, he always had a problem with it. You had been streaming Minecraft together, on the SMP. You were just messing around, no lore this time. You suggested you made a house together in L’manburg, no matter what you did, the two of you couldn't agree on a material, you wanted to build it out of birch wood and cobblestone but he insisted on dark oak logs and spruce planks would look better together. You gave up and let him have what he wanted because he was so persistent and you knew had it gone on you would have blown up on him in front of all your viewers, and that’s the last thing you needed right now. 

You were up late, last night, planning out when you were going to meet up, and just a few hours ago the two of you got along perfectly. Laughing over the phone as you were laying in bed, chatting mindlessly. You wondered what happened between then and now.  You and Will planned to meet up in the middle of next week, you were going to drive down to see him and stay at his place. Although you brought up getting a hotel room, Wilbur insisted you stay with him, too tired to resist you agreed, but now you're starting to think maybe getting a hotel room might be for the best. 

You and Wilbur ended your streams at the same time, and you sighed as soon as you were sure it was off. 

“What?” Wil asked, still in the voice chat.  “What was that back there? Why the hell are you so disagreeable?” You let out.  Will scoffed, “Me? You’re the one who kept on insisting birch and cobble when that wouldn't even fit in L’manburg!”  “Jesus Christ,” You sighed, leaning back in your chair and running your hands down your face. “How in the hell are we going to get through this month?”  “Maybe you should stop being so uptight and argumentative.” Wil shot  “Fuck you,” You mumbled before clicking out of the chat and leaving your PC. 

You needed to get out of the house and away from any form of contact you had with Wilbur and social media. You had been cooped up inside your apartment for close to a week at this point, maybe some fresh air would do you good.  You grabbed a jacket and keys before leaving the apartment, leaving your phone charging on your desk. You didn’t want to bring it with you because you didn't even want to think about getting a text or any kind of notification from Wilbur right now, you knew you would have blown up at him completely. 

The weather was just beginning to turn nice, the air was warm but the wind still had a slight winter chill to it, although all the snow was long gone Jack Frost still made his lurking presence known.  Buildings lined the walls of a small square common area where teens mostly hung out after school and on weekends. The square had a fountain in the middle of it, the water had been shut off for the winter but with the warm temperatures from the last month, it had recently been turned back on.  You sat on the ledge of the brick wall around the bottom pool for the fountain, looking at everyone passing through on this nice Wednesday evening. Older couples out for an evening walk, middle-aged business people speed walking their way home from the office, teens scattering the open area, sitting on blankets and laughing in their small groups of friends. You found watching people be interesting, it made you think. 

We are all living our own lives at the same time and most of us on this small planet don't even know of one another, or if you know of them you don't know them, you only know their name. It's weird how that works.  It's astounding to think about though, what are the chances of meeting exactly who you did, at the time you did, and what a gamble it is for them to stick around. 

You had been sitting on the fountain for close to five minutes and when the wind had just started to pick up, sending a slight shiver down your spine.  Your mind was clearer now and you were no longer angry with Wilbur, it was stupid what you fought about and as much as it pained you to admit, he was right.  You were being stubborn and didn’t take into account the surrounding aesthetic of the area. It was your fault that the disagreement broke out in the first place. 

You got home and saw your phone had been basically blown up by notifications from Wilbur, asking if you were really mad at him or if it was for a bit that you took too far, but when you didn't answer he slightly snapped you, asking if you were okay and where you were.  You answered immediately, scared he might have been worrying.

Hey! You typed, Sorry I went for a walk after stream, needed to get out. 

There you are! He responded within seconds, I got worried. 

I’m okay, I left my  phone home, needed a break from the internet and things. You know? 

You mean you needed a break from me? 

You could have sworn, had you been on a video chat with him you would have seen him frowning. You weren't sure what about that message got you, but you found yourself almost with tears in your eyes, you didn't mean to hurt him and you hoped you didn't -what were you talking about. Wilbur didn't mean anything to you, he was just someone you kept in contact with because you were in the same friend group. 

No, you typed, not the whole thing at least. I just needed to clear my head, and i'm sorry for being such a dick on stream, I didn't mean to cause that, and you were right about the blocks. 

You sighed when hitting the send button, never in a million years did you think you would be telling Wilbur, The Wilbur Soot, that he was right about something. I’m sorry. 

Christ Y/N it’s alright, really. Just don't scare me like that again, I was starting to think something bad happened to you. 

I didn't mean to scare you, Wil. 

You found yourself feeling bad about leaving him in the dark while you were out, you didn't mean to worry him, you just didn't want to hurt him by blowing up at him. 

Still call tonight, yeah? He messaged 

You nodded, even though he couldn't see you. Yeah, I'd like that very much. I'll call you before I go to sleep. 

In the time that you had been a fake couple, you and Will had started calling while you were getting ready to fall asleep in bed, you usually ended up falling asleep before he did, the sound of his raspy sleepy voice lulled you to sleep like there was no tomorrow. You'd wake up in the morning to find that Wil left the call going, you thought it was cute. Sure it might have been some highschool relationship stuff but it was cute nonetheless. 

-

“Hello, Y/N” Will said through the phone, his voice sounding tired and soft  “Hi Wil,” You smiled, giggling slightly. Although you had just been on a voice chat with him earlier you loved hearing his voice when he was tired, it sounded like stirring honey into your morning cup of tea, or reading an old book, but specifically an old book that smells of must and age of being stored at the back of your grandparents bookshelf that hadn't been touched in years.  “You sound tired,” you mumbled, laying down with the phone resting on your stomach as you looked up at the ceiling.  “I am,” He hummed, “You don't sound very tired though, did you drink a lot of coffee today?” He asked  “A little more than usual, but I’ll be fine.” You sighed, your voice almost coming out in a whisper. There was something about talking to Wilbur before going to sleep that made you feel soft and loved, but you couldn't put your finger on exactly what it was. Maybe it was the thought of having someone there, or maybe it was just as simple as it was Wilbur and it was you.  

“Are you excited for next week?” He asked  “Right now it feels too far away to be real,”  “Who’s talking here, is it you you or is it us you?” He asked, unsure if your thoughts were good or bad “Its both,” You said. “It feels so far away to me right now, but so close at the same time and a side of me cant wait for it to get here, so we can finally meet in person. But another side of me feels like it’s good that it feels so far away because maybe something will come up and I wont be able to make it and i don’t want to think that or even say it because thats a terrible thing to say but you know how it is.” You rambled, trying your best to explain it to him in a way that he would fully understand the crossroads your mind is at, and not sound like a dick while doing it. 

Although you couldn’t see it, you could tell he was nodding along. “How about we make a deal, alright?” He started, “In these night chats, we don’t have to put on the face of the characters we play on stream and through out the day, Alright?”  You rolled over to your side, putting an arm under your head and setting your phone on the mattress by your head. “I like that. Deal.”  “Okay now tell me how you really feel about all of this” 

All the thoughts ran though your head a mile a minute, you didn’t know where to start honestly, you had a lot of thoughts but if you really looked at it and narrowed it down most of them talked circles around the same thing just using different words.��

“You promise what ever I say wont hurt you or make you flip out?” You asked  “Swear on Tommy’s life.” You could sense the smirk that tugged at the side of his mouth when he said that. “Okay,” You started with a sigh. “So I din’t really know where I stand on it anymore, at the beginning I thought this was going to be insufferable, but now that we’ve gotten into it for a few days, you’re really not that bad, but I’m still on the fence.”  “I hope come meeting, your opinion has changed a little bit more. But I do understand where you’re coming from. Its weird being able to talk off stream and such with you and not be fighting twenty-four-seven. It’s nice, I feel like I’m getting to know you better.” 

He was right, you had told Wilbur more in the last five days than you had ever in your years of knowing him. You were surprised to find out that he’s actually not as bad as you thought, but you would never tell him that bit. 

“Do you have to put on a character when we do those streams and such, Wilbur?” You asked, 

“I don’t think I do, and if I do it I don’t know what I’m doing it. It’s just something thats easy to do, I’m not sure how to explain it.” He replied “Do you have to when we’re talking like this?”  “No. Not at all, this is 100% me.” 

You’re not sure what part hit you the most, when he said he didn’t have to put on a full character mask when showing your ‘relationship’ to the public, or if this Wilbur, the tired one was the real Wilbur who you've been falling asleep with for the past three nights. You weren’t sure what you though you wanted to hear when asking him that but it definitely wasn't what you go, but maybe it was what you needed. 

The line went dead for a couple of minutes, you had the radio playing softly in the background to help you sleep better, and Wilbur seemed to be enjoying listening to you breathe through the phone.

“Hey Wil,” You yawned  “HM?” He hummed, you could tell he had his eyes closed with the phone by his face, like he did on one of your face time calls the other day.  “I’m soon gonna pass-out,” You whispered  “Thats alright, go to sleep. Get your rest, I’ll be here when you wake up, love.” He was so sweet it almost made your heart hurt.  “Okay” You nodded, but don’t hang up, okay? I like it when you’re here with me when I fall asleep.” 

You struggled to keep your eyelids open, feeling heavy and light all at the same time. You felt so light it was as if you could float away but you were too heavy and weighed down to get up and move, even if you absolutely had to move for whatever reason you don't think you could have. 

“Goodnight Wilbur, love you.” You mumbled into your pillow  “Sweet dreams.” 

#wilbur soot #wilbur soot imagine #tommyinnit #tommyinnit imagine #tubbo #tubbo imagine #ranboo #ranboo imagine #technoblade #technoblade imagine #philza minecraft #philza #quackity #quackity imagine #karl jacobs #karl jacobs imagine #sapnap #sapnap imagine #dreamwastaken #dreamwastaken imagine #georgenotfound #georgenotfound imagine #fundy #fundy imagine

[wetwellie]

somewhere in my brain there is a fully fleshed AU where Bitty is from an honest to god farm and is in charge of his family’s produce stand. 

The produce stand for that farm outside of town has always been a more or less popular spot just off of campus. For those students who are really really sick of grilled cheeses and pizza and other bread+melted cheese based food products that make up nearly all of the dining options on campus, the stand offered delicious and in season fruits and vegetables. They are at a decent cost and outrageous quality. Students often came for the food, and stuck around for the drama. 

For the first two years Jack was at Samwell, the stand was manned by two sisters. All that The Swallow’s unofficial guide to Samwell said about the stand was “If you want to see some honest to god entertainment, just ask about the Jam.” He tagged along with Shitty after practice a couple of times to see for himself. The apples were delicious, and Judy and Suzanne were so nice. ”Oh you two play Hockey? My son played on a Hockey team before we moved up here.” “Why doesn’t he play now?” Jack wants to ask, but he’s cut off by Shitty.  “Which of these Jams does he like best?” “Mine” they both answer with a passion and fury that Jack has seldom seen off-ice. 

Jack didn’t visit the stand much, though. He was much too preoccupied with Hockey and Being the Best and Never Failing to go out of his way just to be the one to get the fresh produce. Someone else in the Haus has always been the one to do that.  Sometimes Shitty would burst into his room dumping all the “bounties of his travels” to the farm stand. 

”Suzanne introduced me to her son as “Mr. Crappy” and Judy introduced me as “Shitty”. I swear to God man, the guy just sort of went through an entire debate in his head and just ended up calling me “sir”. “And this is important because?” “I got free pies” Shitty says, placing a the plastic container on the bed. “That kid is invited over any time”  “I don’t think that’s a good idea. Isn’t the kid twelve?” “Eighteen next month, and gonna start running the stand full time starting in the summer” “Where are the sisters going?” Jack asks absently as he works to open up the container.   “Expanding their farm empire it looks like” Shitty says as he passes him a paper plate and some plastic forks from their kitchen. “I didn’t tell you this, but there’s gonna be U Pick Apples in their Orchard starting next fall” “Why do I need to pick my own apples?” Jack asks. He takes one of the mini pies and brings it to his desk to eat. Shitty tries to get himself comfortable by one handedly shucking off all of his clothing. Jack gives him a glare, and Shitty decides to keep his briefs on before collapsing onto Jack’s bed.  Jack turns to his pie and takes a bite. Jack isn’t one for his communication or flowy language. It’s suiting that the only thing he can do is turn to look Shitty in the eye and say “Holy shit”

“I know, right? It’s like eating love” “With a stick of butter and a cup of sugar on top” Jack notes. “And you said the kid made this?” Shitty nods, not able or willing to talk in between the pie he shovels into his mouth.  Jack considers this, but says nothing else. 

Bitty sends lots of calming videos to Jack from the farm

 Jack talks about the classes that he takes He still takes the photography class Bitty shows up to his first game and ends up holding the sign for the Yo Marry Me Jack Zimmermann maker while she goes and gets popcorn. This, of course, is when the jumbotron hits him and jack can see and shit

 “You’ve lived here for 5 years why do you still have your accent” “I don’t know, but it makes my road rage at people who cant drive in snow a lot more confusing for folks” Jack runs by in the summertime like…yknow that picture. Bitty tweets about it a lot. It’s worse when he actually stops by to chat with bitty in that condition. He asks him for some lemonade or water and he just…drinks it??? The fuck????? Or that one time he bought a peach and just ate it there with no care. Fuck you too Mister Zimmermann

 And then there are the winters. The food stand is hardly ever open. Only twice a week. And its only honey and jams and preserved stuff. But god, Jack sees bitty all bundled up and still shivering.

He rallies the SMH to lend like, all of their scarves and warmest winter accessories for this boy. Bitty sees him come up with a huge ass bundle of scarves, and finds himself buried underneath said bundle. He’s warm, and thankful Jack can’t see the blush on his cheeks. Bitty in the winters does find himself at more games, and at the Haus a lot more often. He even sits in on some classes just for shits and giggles. But most of the time, he just makes friends

 Bitty is made unofficial manager of the team. He can’t be official since he’s not technically a student of Samwell. Bitty is actually…pretty bummed about that. He wanted to be able to go to university and find himself and grow into his own skin. Shitty comforts him and says that he’s grown so much in the time that they’ve known each other. It really is astounding. And yeah, college isn’t for everyone. Sometimes it’s just…not in the cards. But don’t let that limit your grounds of success.

Bitty talks to jack about it, per the suggestion of shitty, and he says “when I was around the age to think about college, I never did. I never thought that was the plan. But it’s really helped and it lets me play. “ or something like that

 Subplots is that Bitty tries to learn how to play hockey again.

Jack wont “waste his time” with it. He’s got his team to worry about. And he’s not even sure he’s allowed to. Shitty and Ransom and Holster, however, try to teach him. In exchange for teaching them “farm stuff”

(aka, he brings a horse to a Kegster and is uplifted into Legend status) (the horse is fine)

#check please #wipitgood #fic #au #please someone have a farmer bitty au #or like...stardew valley jack runs off to a small town and finds him there au

[pocketsizedquasar]

So, Dave Malloy’s Moby Dick Musical.

Soooo I have a long and weirdly personal relationship with this musical, in the sense that I have been following it and its production super closely for the past several months & interacted with Dave on a very memorable occasion re: potentially problematic elements of the show, and just generally have spent a ridiculous amount of emotional energy worrying about this for the past two months (I’ll get into that more later).

I went to see the dress rehearsal on Sunday, and saw the previews again Friday night. Here’s my thoughts! This will be slightly spoilery, and very long. TLDR at the bottom!

1.) Artistic/technical aspects: needless to say, wonderful. The cast all performed phenomenally, the music was great, the set was beautiful. They were such a delight to watch & you could really tell they were all having a good time and /I/ had such a good time watching them! Both shows I genuinely had fun and enjoyed myself (also shoutout to the lighting and set design, the orchestra, and really everyone involved). The show really excelled here, which really was to be expected — the songs were SO so wonderful. even though I had issues with the way some of the characters were treated, I still absolutely adored watching the actors and the performances, even if the material wasn’t always my favorite. But more on that in a bit. Like, off the top of my head? Starr Busby made me cry in Dusk, Manik and his raw nerdy energy was such a perfect Ishmael, Andrew & Manik were lovely as Queequeg & Ishmael together, Tom’s Ahab floored me, Matt’s voice as Tashtego literally transcended me from this mortal plane... on Sunday I went onstage for the audience participation bit and everyone was just so wonderful and lovely (and like I got to hold hands w some of the cast and I think I can honestly die happy now)... like seriously, shoutout to this whole cast for being perfect human beings (and so sweet to interact with after the shows!)

Anyways.

2.) Race & Moby Dick, in general, and with this musical:

So... I will preface this section with the fact that Moby Dick is already very much a story about race. It’s not always handled well, of course, but Melville deals with race and racism and white supremacy a lot in the novel. So, ANY adaptation of Moby Dick is inherently also going to be about race, and by extension, any adaptation is going to be Relevant to race in modern America. Some adaptations have dealt with it by just whitewashing the characters or otherwise ignoring the racial issues, but ignoring it is still making a powerful statement on it as it is. Cool? Cool.

The way Dave has spoken about the show in interviews & such sounds like he’s wanted to really specifically address & comment on race in modern America. Which, like, okay, cool. A little bit weird since you don’t really have to try to make MD about race, and I question the ability of a white male writer in general to comment on race and racism in the modern US, but I digress.

Around June this year, some friends & I find out about potential plans to change the races of several of the characters — white men being played instead by woc (w/ the exception of ahab), characters of color having races swapped, etc. — sort of similarly to how Great Comet was cast. This raised a few red flags, since MD and GC are Very different source materials and a lot of the characters’ of color’s stories are Inherently About Their Races (re: Pip, Queequeg) & the white characters are Explicitly Racist (re: Stubb, and to a lesser extent the other mates) — changing around characters’ races doesn’t make sense in a story so intrinsically tied to race. A couple of friends go to the preview concert in NYC, where they saw ‘the tambourine’ — a long segment of the show that was then sung by “Pip-Not-Pip” (played by a nonblack actor) and also contained a lot of racist and ableist elements, and just generally...yikes.

Soooo this is where my weird personal story comes in. I won’t get too much into it, but the TLDR of it is, I talked about my concerns w the racial casting a few  times  here and on  twitter; I tried to go meet Dave Malloy in person at the A.R.T.’s open house in October and give him a letter that @starbuck and I wrote with our concerns, and he recognized me as That Person Who Made Those Posts on twitter/tumblr, and I was just overall a very awkward human being.

Anyway.

There Have been improvements made since then, since October, and even since Sunday, so I’m optimistic — most of the changes have been fixing the casting. However, the bulk of tambourine is still there in the show (though it has been changed), & all the mates are still played by WOC, even though they are referred to in the show as white men (I don’t strictly have a problem with this; it’s just an interesting take to have them be ‘metatextually’ white). l’m very glad for the changes that have been made thus far, & I hope he continues to take things like this into consideration. I would have loved it if Dave were a little more transparent about some of the racial issues and their changes (if only for my peace of mind because, truly, the amount of emotional energy I’ve expended worrying about this gd musical is... astounding), but also so that? His audience could know that he’s willing & able to accept critique and make changes? I don’t know; I feel like transparency with issues like this is pretty important.

And then we have... Fedallah.

In the book, fedallah is a very poorly represented Parsi Zoroastrian man — melville really just went ham with the orientalism here. He’s just this badly written mystical exotified mess, and it’s awful.

In the musical, Fedallah’s actor gets a monologue where he talks about his experiences as a Black Muslim man & calls out both Dave & Melville on their respective racism, and just generally goes off about religion & racism. It’s not... terrible? But I’m curious as to a) who it was written BY (the actor? Or Dave? Bc it’s questionable at best if Dave) and who it was written FOR. It felt very self-congratulatory, very “hey look I’m woke for writing this and calling myself out like this, and you’re woke for hearing this.” I as a POC in the audience (specifically an ethnically persian person, so like, literally the group that fedallah is from) felt extremely uncomfortable, (1) with the erasure of Fedallah’s race & religion, (2) with his lumping of all religions together as “bad” and “fucked up” (which like, yikes, yeah you can criticize religion without lumping in indigenous religions, Islam, Judaism, etc with Christianity like that and implying that they’re all on the same level), (3) with the fact that this speech seemed to be taken as a free pass for the audience to just, like. Exonerate themselves of their own racism?? It felt like it was Dave congratulating himself for being “better” than melville (which congrats ?? You’re less racist than a white man from the nineteenth century), it felt like he was trying to Prove Something to a presumed white audience, and in doing so, alienating the audience of color. Like I distinctly remember the feeling of like “this show is not meant for me. I’m not the target audience.” And (4) because the actor did an accent whenever he was actually acting as fedallah and that just really rubbed my persian ass the wrong way.

Anyways.

Idk, I’m still on the fence about the whole thing there. Again, part of my discomfort stems from the ambiguity on who wrote it? And parts of it — calling out Melville’s racism, the actor talking about his own experience — were actually quite good. I just think it needs to be reworked, both from a racial and just a general writing perspective (which I’ll talk about next).

That and cut tambourine. The rest of the Ballad of Pip was fine, even great, without it.

3.) Writing: I’m pretty torn on this one, because there were a lot of things I really really liked, but a lot of things I really didn’t like. A lot of the added dialogue felt a bit clunky and unnatural, for one. I’m really happy with how Tashtego and Daggoo both got more development — their scenes together were great to watch — but it felt like it came at the expense of Queequeg’s character, who felt underdeveloped and like he was played off for laughs, especially in his intro. I ADORED how ishmael was characterized / acted, and I loved how he broke the fourth wall and went in and out of the show like he goes in and out of the narrative of the book, but I feel like his and Queequeg’s relationship (while, again, was acted so so sweetly & honestly made me cry) didn’t get, like, the narrative or emotional treatment it deserved? I felt baited the first time I went to see it, and I felt better the second time, but I still would’ve loved at least some kind of explicit narrative confirmation.

And I’ve talked about this before, but I really do believe that any take that reduces Ahab to just “privilege” is wont to flatten his character — and in this case it did. The performance was phenomenal, like I said, but from a writing standpoint, Ahab doesn’t really get the depth that the book gives him. I figured this would be the case going into this, especially given that he is the only white man on stage and Dave’s apparent take of “white man leading America to its doom,” but still.

So from a character standpoint I wasn’t too happy with how either Ahab or Queequeg were narratively handled (again, they were performed beautifully!)

And then both of the segments I had issues with race-wise (fedallah & the tambourine) also just from a writing perspective felt incredibly out of place and tonally dissonant from the rest of the story, to the point where they jarred me out of the show and even had a negative impact on the parts of the music that I DID like.

I think, ultimately, the show is trying hard to be too many things at once. It’s trying to be a faithful adaptation and a modernized retelling at the same time; it can’t decide which it wants to be and so it fails at both. It feels like at times Dave is trying too hard to prove a point (a point that it’s questionable whether he should even be making at all, as a white writer), and in doing so, loses us on the story. Storytelling should be about posing a question, not proving a thesis.

Anyway...TLDR:

Overall? It was a good show. I had a Lot of fun both times I went. I know the show is still changing a lot in previews, even more than the changes I’ve already seen between Sunday and Friday (apparently they’re adding an entire musical number? holy shit this cast is superhuman); I’m curious to see where it goes and what gets changed before it officially opens. Im much more optimistic about it now than I was.

But I think there’s still some pretty glaring racial issues that sort of drag the rest of it down for me, and from a writing perspective, I don’t believe that it can do the book justice without revisiting some of the characters and the way of approaching the storytelling.

So, yeah.

#quasartalks #yeah sorry this got so long i really did want to make it shorter #but i felt like more context was better? #so that i could explain myself properly? anyway #moby dick #mobydick #moby dick: a musical reckoning #dave malloy #malloysical #american repertory theater #american rep #melville #herman melville #ishmael #queequeg #ahab #captain ahab #not quite sure what else to tag this #uhhh #review #?? #yeah sure we'll go with that.

[veryangryhedgehog]

Man of Medan: AKA Let me Throw my Money at your Face Supermassive

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these little analysis things, and I doubt this one will be very long (just kidding I lied), but I’ve been playing Man of Medan, the first episode of the new “Dark Pictures” anthology by Supermassive games, and I think you can tell by the title exactly how I feel about it.

(As a note, I will be discussing the contents of the game, so SPOILERS ahead)

First of all, let me just start by saying that I am a huge fan of horror in general, but especially of horror anthologies. There’s just something about the format that fits in so well with this particular genre, one that is often more about eliciting a certain kind of emotion or feeling from the audience vs. any grand character studies or morals to be shared. Don’t get me wrong, those things are great as well, as a writer becoming known for my massive amounts of character (a large number of which I kill off) I understand entirely. But horror in particular is a genre best encapsulated by its brevity. The shorter and more visceral it is, the less you have to explain, and often the more terrifying or thought-provoking. 

Another benefit of the anthology format is the ability to explore a larger amount of ideas in a shorter amount of time. And horror is of course, all about its ideas. So the instant I heard that Supermassive was going to create a series of shorter horror stories in the format of its previous game “Until Dawn” I was immediately excited. I held back a little, holding onto the fear that sequels are often worse off than their predecessors, and that lightning doesn’t often strike twice. I am pleased as punch to admit that my caution was entirely unwarranted.

Keep in mind, I have never actually played “Until Dawn”. I have seen two different Let’s Plays of it, but I feel as if I can’t truly judge a game without actually having played it myself. That’s kind of the purpose of a video game. Thusly I will not be making a whole ton of comparisons between the two works, but rather discussing “Man of Medan”, or MoM as I will abbreviate it as, on what I have observed and its own merits.

However, the one point of comparison I will have to make is between its two “framing devices,” mostly because I think it’s interesting to compare these two with the themes of their respective games. Until Dawn had a psychiatrist character, and many of its themes were related to the characters and their interpersonal relationships. I think people who claimed that the “choices didn’t actually matter that much” in the game were incorrect, as the choices weren’t so much based on how the story went moreso than how many characters made it out and how their relationships with each other changed. 

A lot of this theme of character interaction carries over to MoM, but at the same time I feel like there’s a much larger emphasis put on the concepts of the tales, as horror anthologies are wont to do, and the plays and twists on tropes that the creators can make. Thusly, MoM trades out the psychiatrist for the Curator. I will say that personally, I like the Curator better as a character. The psychiatrist was meant more to scare you, whereas the Curator has a deeper sense of disquiet to him. It’s more subtle, and it shows that while MoM does have a lot of “jump scare” moments to please the masses, it also contains that hint of genuine creativity and understanding of its genre. Also, for those of you who read Ede Valley, I think it will be obvious to you why I like this character so much. Or maybe not quite yet.

On the topic of its creators, I was incredibly impressed with the writers’ understanding of tropes and their uses in Until Dawn--I always hated when people complained that its characters were “weak” or “annoying” because once again, they completely misunderstood the creators’ intentions--and Man of Medan continues to impress on that front. To be fair, my friend (an actor) and myself (a writer) were able to guess what was really going on within about ten minutes of the game’s beginning, but even with that knowledge, it was still utterly fascinating for us to go through the game and seeing what the creators did with it.

Have you noticed that all of the characters see different things? (Special thanks to @allimiece for pointing this out.) Alex and Brad see pretty generic things, but Julia (who is unsure of her relationship) sees Alex trying to attack her, Fliss (who is relatively superstitious and cautious) sees cults and rituals, and Conrad, most interesting of all, has his own hornyness turned against him in the form of a pretty pinup girl turning into an ugly crone and hunting him down.

I am sincerely impressed with the amount of thought that went into the writing of this tale. As with its predecessor, these characters are not the smartest people. They are a little older than their wendigo-chow counterparts, in a slightly different phase of their lives, but still kind of idiots. But that’s the point. Sure, there’s some incredibly cheesy lines here or there, but all of it is done with this knowledge of “yeah, we know this is really stupid too. Look at this fucking idiot. You wanna kill him, right?”

But not only that, I am even more impressed with the thought and care that went into absolutely every detail of this game. I decided to go and watch some of the small featurettes that came with the game, as I’ve always been a sucker for behind-the-scenes stuff. This is actually what prompted the writing of this essay. Because in those featurettes, the creators talked about the amount of thought and love that went into every aspect of the game, down to hiring a costume designer and getting swatches for the Curator’s potential clothes, down to the details on his fucking desk and the hours of thought about the lighting in his repository, and I was utterly astounded (and honestly a little cowed, I wish I could write some of my stories with as much effort). 

I’ve always held the belief that if you put a lot of love and a lot of effort into a work of art, it will really show. And sometimes this will elevate a work from great to stellar, and now if I ever need a ready example of this, I can point to Man of Medan. You can truly tell that everyone involved with this project really cared about what they were doing, and about making something truly great, and every second of screentime just bleeds it.

I’ve played through the game about 2 and a half times now, once in multiplayer, and once in single, and it ran so smoothly and wonderfully and I only ever experienced a few minor graphical glitches (which are slightly worse in the multiplayer, but that’s most likely out of Supermassive’s control). Even my friend who is a professional business man was highly impressed with it, so much so that he was wondering how much money it would take to buy Supermassive (keep dreaming, Wimdy, keep dreaming).

So yeah, Man of Medan is absolutely fantastic and if you haven’t experienced it yet, you should really just go buy it. It’s available on Steam for only $30, and is worth every penny. I understand that it’s very easy to simply go watch Lets Plays, especially of games that play mostly like movies such as this one, but Supermassive is not a huge AAA studio. They certainly don’t get the sales figures that say Call of Duty or even Assassin’s Creed receives. So if you can, please, please go support them in any way you can. MoM is an incredible game and I’m so excited to see what they come out with in the future.

(Also, Allimiece and I are so excited for Little Hope. The Crucible is our shit and we are over the moon about it!)

#man of medan #the dark pictures #analysis #supermassive games #essay #Anyone out there think I should video this up and post it on my channel?

[apriki]

WARS OF THE STARS

So ya homegirl finally saw the last jedi and oh, there are THOUGHTS to be HAD below the cut for spoiler purposes but guys. GUYS.

I LOVED IT

I LOVED IT 

IT WAS WEIRD AND AMBITIOUS AND OVERTHREW THE CONVENTIONS OF THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE IN A WAY FORCE AWAKENS SPECIFICALLY DIDN’T AND I LOOOVVVED IT

when luke threw the lightsaber over his shoulder at the very start i was like OHHHHH YES BITCH...... ITS FUCKIN ON

‘this isn’t going to go how you think’ INDEED

my heart siezed when i saw leia ugh.... and this film treated her with the gravitas she deserved and i loved that 

POE IS A COCKY FLYBOY BUT OKAY THE HUX SCENE WAS LEGITIMATELY FUNNY and domhnall gleeson is having THE MOST FUN 

ROSE’S SISTERRR and i feel like this film took pains to show a more diverse range of people in the resistance and also in the background on the star destroyers? and i really loved that

snoke’s red room of pain lmaoooooooooo. and his mara jade bodyguards

snoke forcing kylo to take his helmet off because he knows kylo needs it to disconnect shut the fuck up

kylo tantrum™ and him wrecking the mask because snoke shattered its meaning to him but also YOU DON’T GET TO WEAR THE MASK IN THIS MOVIE, KYLO. A BITCH IS GONNA BE OUT HERE VULNERABLE AS FUCK

the timeline of this movie was... odd? i feel like we were meant to think rey was with luke for weeks but the rebellion plot was suuuuuper super fast. i employed some mental time dilation to make sense of it lmao

KYLO NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE SHOT AND KILL LEIA

EMO SON LOVES HIS MOM 2K17

holy SHIT i really thought they were going to kill leia off 20 MINUTES IN for a hot minute there

but then she FORCED HER WAY BACK INTO THE SHIP? SUCK ON THAT DUDEBROS WHO SAID SHE WASN’T STRONG WITH THE FORCE LIKE DIE

SPACE LAURA DERN

We Need To Talk About Rey And Kylo’s Sense8 Plot

THAT FIRST SCENE WHERE SHE DIDN’T HESITATE, BITCH

and he FELT IT. HE FELT THAT BLASTER

THEIR FACES when they force felt each other what the guuud FUCK

kylo: you will lead me to skywalker

rey: i think the fuck not

‘i don’t see where you are... only you’

BI.......TCH

THE REST OF THE WORLD FADED AWAY AND THEY WERE STUCK WITH ONE ANOTHER

luke’s sad hermit routine lmfao

luke: the jedi weren’t shit really

me: absolutely fair and true

when rey was like ‘please take this lightsaber and all the responsibility that comes with it’ and luke was like ‘this bitch empty YEET’

porgs are whatever. i wouldve eaten that one on the stick lmao chewbacca is a softie

am i the only one who like doesn’t remember the millenium falcon’s dice in the mirror lmao

sidenote like, adam driver’s voice. right? right?

KYLO CALLING HIMSELF A MONSTER WAS WHAT MADE REY START TO BELIEVE HE WASN’T? WHAT KIND OF BYRONIC NONSENSE......

‘i’d really rather not do this right now’ / ‘yeah me either’

I CACKLED. 

THESE TWO SHIT KIDS WITH A SENSE8 CONNECTION THEY DON’T WANT DROPPING IN ON EACH OTHER’S NARRATIVES

I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS MOVIE IS REAL.

i heard that kylo ren had a sixpack. that kylo ren is shredded

DON’T YOU HAVE LIKE, A COWL OR SOMETHING?????????????????????

MAZ KANATA IS LIVING HER OWN ACTION FILM SHE DOESN’T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR BULLSHIT

loved the casino world that was so obviously based on monaco and dipping into the muddy waters of arms dealing and showing how deep the fight between tyranny and freedom runs in the galaxy. it can get quite baroque with the skywalkers and their drama and i felt like it was a smart smart move to have finn team up with rose to see how exploitation and cruelty don’t always have to be in the form of sith lords or first orders

this movie is so busy dismantling the ideas of heroes and villains. it’s just people making choices and that’s the point and it’s TRRRUUUUUUE

benicio del toro is the new era boba fett and i love HE

poe getting SLAPPED and BLASTERED like multiple times lmaoooooooo like i like him well enough but bitch listen to your betters!

i kind of loved that finn and rose went off on this grand plan to save the resistance and it.... didn’t work. like everything they kept trying just DID NOT WORK but there was still hope at the end? friends it was beautiful

YOU’RE NOT ALONE

KYLO SLIDING OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR IS UHHHHHH THE STRAIGHT UP BEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN

HE’S A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD LINKIN PARK FANATIC AND I LOVE

rey in the rain

the first time she’s ever felt it?

and then the world goes QUIET AGAIN

WHAT KIND OF WOLFGANG AND KALA BULL SHIT

and okay the end of this scene where kylo pulls his hand away

AND WIPES OFF

THE RAIN

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

CANNOT

I CANNOT.

WHAT IS THIS AGE OF INNOCENCE FUCKING BUFFONERY SCREAAAMM

‘did he tell you what happened?’

and like, kylo could just say it himself

but he knows rey wouldn’t believe him 

and luke fucking LIED

‘THAT SKYWALKER BLOOD’

me two years ago: what’s an adam driver

me now: (laughing nervously) what the f

‘why does the force keep connecting us?’ BITCH ME TOO LMFAO 

the way the world STOPS ALL AROUND THEM

oh my god the flashbacks

like i feel like we got more than enough of this alluded to in force awakens but some people need it in black and white i guess and HERE THE FUCK IT IS

‘and the last thing i saw were the eyes of a frightened boy whose master had failed him’

and okay WOW @ ME EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HAS CONTINUALLY SAID HAN, LEIA AND LUKE DIDN’T FAIL KYLOHE LITERALLY TRIED TO MURDER HIM

look.

i am the most stoic bitch in a movie theatre. like shit does not phase me but i fucking teared UP my face just CRUMPLED LIKE UGHHHHH

AND ADAM’S DRIVER’S STUPID FUCKING FACE AND HIS DUMB EYES

HIS PARENTS SENT HIM AWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF HIM AND HIS UNCLE TRIED TO FUCKING MURDER HIM

‘YOU WERE WRONG TO THINK HIS HEART HAD DECIDED!’

and THIS is what’s at the heart of the last jedi - dismantling the myth of the hero. there are no heroes, only people, and luke is the embodiment of thatto rey he’s a myth but to kylo he was a man and that’s how he stumbled but he stumbled because he believed his OWN myth i’m just..... dying slowly

THEIR HANDS TOUCHING

THEIR FINGERS

FUCK OFF

THE ELECTRICITY

I FEEL THE CONFLICT IN HIM

REY CRYING AND KYLO TEARING UP

GOODBYE BITCHES I’M FUCKIN OUTTA HEEEYYYYA

rey: i saw you at my side

kylo: well i saw YOU at MY side

me: fellas,

REY BLASTING OFF RIGHT INTO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY CAUSE SHE BELIEVES SHE CAN SAVE BEN’S SOUL

REY GOING INTO THE DARKNESS AND NOT BEING AFRAID

AND TRYING TO SEE HER PARENTS BUT ONLY SEEING HERSELF

snoke claiming that he mainpulated rey and kylo looks up in FURY because he realises he was manipulating him too

LIKE HE ALWAYS KNEW

BUT HERE IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE

his fingers twitching 

the saber moving

me in my seat: boy he bout to DO IT

AND KILLS

HIS

TRUE

ENEMY

i SCREAMED

well i didn’t scream because i was in a theatre but i screamed on the inside. i would watch kylo or ANY character kill every person who ever manipulated abused used them and HOW oh my GOD 

HE COULDN’T KILL REY AND HE KILLED SNOKE INSTEAD.

HE COULDN’T KILL LEIA AND HE COULDN’T KILL REY

JUST A BOY IN A MASK

THE EYES OF A FRIGHTENED BOY

like he just wants someone to to TRUST and they all keep FAILING for all his talk to rey of her constantly looking for parental figures like all he fucking wants is to belong to something??

it’s whatever.

like i can but i also can’t believe we actually got this character so shaped and formed by abuse and manipulation KILLING HIS ABUSER. like KNEELING IN FRONT OF SNOKE and being beaten down and down and FINDING THE STRENGTH TO KILL HIM ANYWAY

the conflict of this series is happening in the galaxy but it’s also happening in ben solo’s heart and that’s just about enough for me to mcFREAKING lose it

THE WAY REY CONSISTENTLY CALLS HIM BEN.’

BEN. BENJY. BENJO BOY

REY AND KYLO FIGHTING

BACK TO BACK

BACK! TO BACK!

REY WITH THE CROSSGUARD SABER KYLO WITH ANAKIN’S SABER

KILLING THOSE RED DUDES MAYBE THE KNIGHTS OF REN? THE SLOW MO

FIGHTING TOGETHER................. 

POETRY

I DIED

I FUCKING STRAIGHT UP ASCENDED

REY CALLING HIM BEN AND HIM FLINCHING

EVERY

SINGLE

TIME

‘you’re nothing to the story - but not to me’

LOOK,

LISTEN,

I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS MOVIE IS REEEEAAALLLL

when kylo asked rey to join him i swear to god i heard the opening synth of carly rae jepsen’s ‘run away with me’

FORCE FIGHTING FOR THE SABER

DARKNESS AND LIGHT TO MEET IT

BUT ALSO DARKNESS IN HER AND LIGHT IN HIM

THE BALANCE

THE BALANCE!!

THEY’RE EQUALS THEY’RE SO EQUAL THEY FUCKING

TORE

THE SABER

APART

i seriously thought this was going to be the film’s climax but there was like 40 more minutes after this ksadjfkdsfj

LAURA DERN AND LEIA wow that was some BUSINESS 

and leia explaining to poe about doing the right thing vs. looking like a hero MY GOD this film is on another level. how the fuck did it both take star wars to town over like its most fundamental conventions but still feel true to the series and respectful and genuine? I AM... AGOG

LAURA FUCKING DERN LIGHTSPEEDING INTO A SPEED DESTROYER HOLLLLYY SHIT

and the no sound CRACKING APART of the cruiser the LIGHT 

this movie was shot so beautifully thanks disneymarvelfox conglomerate

honestly i’m still astounded that a film so rooted in nostalgia, nearly dependent on it in a way, firmly and deeply embedded a ‘let the past die’ moral through its narrative. LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF BLOCKBUSTER???????? but i loved it, i loved that luke and kylo were both so determined to bury the past and rey was equally determined to dig it up. because how can you have balance without it? 

the whole hoth version 2 snow planet was beautiful and the BURGUNDIES the contrast i love an aesthetic!

(tastes red substance hesitantly) ‘Salt.’

i want a crystal wolf

LMFAO YODA JUST BEING A FUCKING TROLL WHAT THE HELL

they couldn’t phone ewan mcgregor for a yung hot jesus obi wan cameo? i’d be into it

LUKE’S FOOT NOT SHOWING A RED PRINT THAT’S WHEN I KNEW HE WASN’T THERE

kylo: .........i’ll destroy the girl

luke: no you wont

kylo: yeah no i wont u right u right

LUKE AND LEIA OH MY GODDDD the GRAVITAS of mark and carrie!!! it was so beautiful

when kylo gave an order and hux repeated it super loud and kylo GAVE HIM THE WILDEST SIDE EYE I FUCKING CHOOOOKEKEKKEKEKED

i’m glad somewhere along the way they realised hux is like the biggest joke character lmfao

bye phasma

finn’s storyline really god sidelined this movie huh? i loved rose a LOT and i loved them together but did we need the poe plot like really

all the scenes with the og trio have been so layered and beautiful you can 

though i thought luke died in the fire and it was his force ghost not him like force astral projecting lmao

LUKE WALKING OUT OF THE RED SMOKE FROM THE GUNFIRE DDDAMMMMNN

‘do you think you got him????????’ KDBFKSHDFKHDS

ooof that final confrontation scene though

damn right you should apologise luke lmfao

SEE YA, KID

kylo’s anger in the last third is just wooooof like he thinks he can destroy every person and every remnant that rejected him but he’s just running on his own anger until he realises luke isn’t really there and there’s nothing else for him to fight

OOOOF

THE BINARY SUNSET

that GOT me i was verklempt

rey and poe meeting was cute

i hope they’re not setting up a love triangle cause like that shit is tiiirrreeeedddd

i like finn and rey and also finn and rose like im happy to go down whatever road they take

THAT FINAL SCENE

SNOKE WAS WAY FUCKING DEAD BUT THEY WERE

STILL

CONNECTED

HIM BENEATH HER ABOVE

YES BITCH LOOK AT EACH OTHER

and shutting the door but like the FALCON

I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S GONNA BE TWO MORE YEARS

is the fucking novelization out yet?

or the script?

i want to swim in this movie god stay tuned as my thoughts #develop and #grow

#star wars spoilers #the last jedi spoilers #spoilers #tlj spoilers #I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL ANYONE #i can't BELIEVE i lasted like FOUR DAYS without getting spoiled #but i'm so glad #it was such a joy to watch #star wars #i've been GRINNING like an IDIOT all afternoon and night like this movie has made my YYYYEAR #RIAN JOHNSON SAVING 2017 LATE IN THE GAME

[ruslanalekseev]

Was Hiruzen a Good Hokage?

No. As many people have already pointed out, Hiruzen was very indecisive, and he always did what his advisors told him to. Which wouldnt be that bad, if not the fact that almost every single one of their decisions were suggested to them by Danzo.

Hiruzen might have had good intentions, but good intentions wont do you much good, if:You orchestrate the massacre of one of the founding clans in your village. You dont react to bullying towards the villages probably most valuable shinobi.You cant even bring yourself to killing one of the greatest criminals from your village

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What if a gay person was elected as the POTUS?

We have already had a gay President. James Buchanan Jr. was the 15th President (18571861) He was a member of the Democratic Party.

The only president to remain a bachelor, Buchanan's personal life has attracted great historical interest. Buchanan had a close and intimate relationship with William Rufus King, an Alabama politician. Buchanan and King lived together in a Washington boardinghouse for many years, from 1834 until King's departure for France in 1844.

King referred to the relationship as a "communion", and the two attended social functions together. Contemporaries also noted the closeness. Andrew Jackson called King "Miss Nancy" and prominent Democrat Aaron V.

Brown referred to King as Buchanan's "better half", "wife" and "Aunt Fancy"

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How did Canada manage to control COVID 19 so well despite its shared border with the US?

When doctors and scientists here in Canada told us that the COVID-19 virus would not only kill some people, but others who contracted the disease might suffer permanent damage to organs and body systems, we listened and became afraid. Then, when it was shown some young children also suffered devastating organ failures, we knew we must all do what we can to protect ourselves and others.

We didnt each need to personally know someone who has been so affected, we just imagined how our own actions could cause this result. For some reason, Americans do not seem to feel that same empathy for their fellow citizens. Tragic and sad

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What is the significance of WhatsApp for Facebook?

Why did Facebook acquire WhatsApp at such a hefty price of $19 billion?

Let us think about it. Say you are talking to your girlfriemd and you decide to go for a movie coming weekend.

It is not a big information for you. But for facebook it is a priceless piece of information. Since it they know now that you ar going to the movie they will project all the ads that is pertaining to movie going.

. Hence facebook achieves a greater accuracy of targeted ads. And hence 19Billion dollars.

Also facebook knows everything about you except your messages to your intimate people. Now that they bought whatsapp they literally know everything about you to sell you out when the time comes.

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Will Joe Biden be worse than Trump?

Worse at what? I guess it depends on what you value and what you place importance on. If youre a Republican partisan it doesnt matter what Biden does itll be worse than Trump.

If youre a Democrat partisan it doesnt matter what Biden does because itll be better than Trump. If youre an independent youll recognize that all Presidents have pluses and minuses. Theyll do things at annoy you and things youll applaud.

I didnt vote for Trump in 16 and hes done things I despise and things I applaud. I didnt vote for Obama either time and he did thinks I liked and things I hated

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Do many Chinese people hate Fujianese people?

I don't know where did you get this view.

In college, I had a roommate coming from Fujian who is an authentic, courteous, helpful person with lots of computer's knowledge. Every time our computers occur in problems, our first thought is to seek for his help not to go maintenance store straightly because of its expensive charge. There are a few Fujianese.

as far as I'm concerned, They all good person through conversation and cooperation. But, I can't say Fujianese all good people since I had met all good Fujianese. In working with people, The significant thing We need to do is giving our sincere heart to them.

Similarly, you will be rewarded for your sowing.

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How old should a kid be before seeing Deadpool?

FWIW, the airline cut is devoid of *all* sexual content (to the point of blurring out the slight glimpse of butt-crack visible in the opening credits, as well as losing the Stan Lee cameo), but I dont believe they removed *any* of the violence or swearing.

What a country!As for child-appropriateness, it depends on the child. I was OK with my kid seeing the airline cut because he never swears and he doesnt like gory violence (it wasnt too gruesome on my 5 phone screen).

Other kids his age may not be able to handle this material. Heck, I know adults who wouldnt do so well with this material

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How can we stop people from throwing garbage in the empty plots?

Please know that if people throw biodegradable garbage only in an empty plot after removing all plastics and dry wastes, you are actually replenishing the ground.

This will improve vegetation of the plot.The second approach is to promote home composting and community composting. This can happen only if there is source segregation.

Third approach is to penalize through a law.Instal leaves composter in the entrance of the plot and encourage people to deposit the dried leaves into it. Many aesthetically good looking composters are available.

The process is very simple and no stink involved.Be creative and you will have many more options. Cheers.

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Could we derive energy from gravity in space?

You mean free flowing gravity? Yes.

Look at a grandfather clock and see the weights it has to keep it going. Except for dams most of the ways are small but all together make up huge amounts. You could use the same clock system method with a much larger counter weight and just by hand moving it back up daily to the top would generate constant power.

In other words you could produce huge amounts of potential power by a little daily hand labor.Now you got me wondering if there is a natural limit it this because it is not being done or that people are just lazy in not doing this

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How will the GOP change if Trump loses to Biden?

I dont think they will change at all, at least in the short term.

Trumps presidency has done one useful thing - exposed the corrupt innards of the Democratic party, and the Republicans, with or without Trump, are going to want to follow through on things, especially when the Durham report comes out. Trump has also shown how to do things economically, such that even Biden wants to plagiarize him. Theres been absolutely nothing wrong with his policies.

They were working great prior to the pandemic and theres no reason to think they wont work again when things finally get back to normal

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Who is the best teacher for sociology for the UPSC optional preparation in Delhi?

Hello there .I am a Civil engineer , who did not have any prior knowledge about sociology .

I was an expressive person and with the suggestions of friends , I chose sociology as my optional .I went to Pranay Aggarwal Sir and that was the best decision I made . Reasons :-He took classes in small batches with led me to focus more on the subject .

He is very interactive which makes sociology come out very naturally from oneself .He is very helpful and extremely accepting of different ideas which gave me confidence and started loving the subject . His notes are all encompassing and I can vouch for it

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Why was Paul Manafort sent to prison?

This just reported by NY Times:Banker Accused of Arranging $16 Million in Loans to Manafort to Gain High-Level Trump PostA banker in Chicago has been changed with trying to buy an appointment as Treasury Secretary. He arranged $16 million in loans to Paul Mafort. I dont know if the prosecutors knew about that alleged crime when Manafort was sent to prison.

This news certainly speaks to what kind of person Manafort is. It continues to astound me how corrupt Trump is that he picks people like Manafort. How can Trump voters have been so clueless to have voted for this narcissistic(oops, I better restrain myself).

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Why was the Roman Empire so successful?

the roman empire was successful in its government form.it probably had the most advanced government in ancient times, a republic which represent each of the classes in society.

Outsiders or barbarians could also aspire to gain citizenship if they work hard enough, slaves could gain or buy their freedom. This makes roman empire have a equal opportunity system similar to the american dream.But things slowly deteriorated once ceasar become dictator for life, or sulla and marius trying to monopolize power through using the military triumphs.

It lead to rise of emperors and rulers not acccountable to the public, and right to rule slowly degenerate into hereditary succession or military coup.

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Did the music of led Zeppelin change your life?

Yes!

As does every song does, some more than others. The Rain Song played while I was enjoying the company of a young lady I met on Manhattan Beach as I was coming out the ocean, exhausted from surfing for 5 hours. I collapsed on my board and was laying there taking in the scene when this beautiful blonde girl with curly hair, piercing blue eyes, and a body of a Black girl, blocked the sun, looked down and said are you ok?

. That was the beginning of summer of 91 and we had fun. Especially the night we spent in a motel on the beach, listening to led Zeppelin

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Who is the most under appreciated American president?

Adams greatest war president in our nations history.When almost everyone in the young country wanted war with France egged on by that snake Jefferson. Adams held back, he understood war was not necessary would be destructive and would cripple the country for decades, he also well understood his stand would likely cost him his reelection but he stood firm.

The country did not go to war but he did loose his office. Such a shame the country remembers the man who did his most noble service as a citizen under an English king and not the man who formed the nation after the Revolutionary War

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Why did you leave Hinduism for Islam?

People group or regroup into religion for rudimentary security reasons, not due to any love for a religion.

Any person who understands the first alphabet of any religion will know the purpose of religion is to help and serve the society he or she lives selflessly, particularly those who donu2019t follow his/her beliefs and faith has to be served, loved and cared.If someone thinks that his/her religious group is better than the other, it discredit the fundamental first alphabet of the religion. Islam, Hinduism or any religion in the world, if it is practiced by grouping and subgrouping its practioners, it is deplorably divisive for the society and in general human welfare

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In WW2 during the Battle of France, why did it take so long for France to surrender?

Why didn't France surrender earlier?

France waited so that the English could be evacuated from Dunkirk. They held the German back while the small boats could get in and get the boys home.

Then they had a resistance to organise not easy when you have a whole lot of tanks running over your toes. Finally, the Italians decided to pop in for a late entry in the game of conquest so they had them to send packing. Then they surrendered.

That is to say the French Government surrendered, the French people on the other hand fought on.If you have ever seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you see just how ferocious the French can be in their taunting of opponents.

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Accidental Experiment

Fandom: Marvel Request: If you do SteveXBucky ships, can you do a fic where the reader is the daughter of those two? I always had this idea that HYDRA took their DNA and created a baby from it. During a mission, the Avengers find the girl being experimented on, and no one knows who she is until she needs a blood transfusion. I know this is pretty specific but you have such wonderful writing and I am horrible at it. Requested by: @freestrawberrynight Word Count: 1663

"Extracting" The lead scientist said deep in thought, while both subjects were unconscious. Hyrda had captured Captain America and The Winter Soldier to conduct a series of high risk experiments. Suddenly, a bomb exploded the Hyrda base and the experiment was only half complete. The scientists yelled and screamed to each other, grabbing weapons and heading to the location of the attack.

Throughout the chaos, one of the scientists accidentally mixed the DNA together. He noticed the mistake and almost exterminated it but realized the DNA was fusing together in a way he'd never seen. Amazed, he put a lid on the container and flead the base just as the rescue team released Rogers and Barnes. The men awoke, barley able to stand. 

The scientist held tightly onto the container and hid in the dark, waiting for silence. Hours passed and his back was sore, his feet cramped but it was worth it for the now abandoned base all to himself as he experimented with the genetic human life formed by two males and different chemicals and serums that mixed together when the roots of the base shook.

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5 years later

"Dad?" I giggled. 

"Yes?" He smiled back at me. 

"Who is my mother?" I say getting serious. I never knew my mother only my father. He sighed and I knew it wasn't going to be a happy evening. 

"You are adopted" He admits. My heart stilled and my brain didn’t understand. "What?" I ask. 

"I am not your real dad. Your parents died in a car crash just after you were born" He says with a face I can't read. 

"Why are you telling me now?" I start to cry. Tears fall down my innocent young face. 

"There isn't ever going to be the right age so you ask, I answer" He says before standing up, turning the tv off and walking out.

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12 years later

I unlock the door and throw my bag to the wooden floor. 

"I'm home" I yell out. No reply. I shrug and walk upstairs to my room deciding to take my bag with me as father always talked about being tidier. I jumped on my bed and pulled my laptop from my bag, opening it I start watching a movie. Hours passed quicker than I thought. The knock at my door disturbed me from my movie. 

"Come in" I call out, knowing it would be only one person.

The door handle twisted and opened to see my father in the doorway. 

"We gotta go" He says, knowing how disappointed I would be. 

"What?" I say with disrespect. 

"We have to go. Pack your things we are leaving first thing in the morning. 

"No" I say. 

"I’ve finally made friends here, I have a life here" He spins around faster than the speed of light and stormed towards me. I moved as far back against the wall as much as I could.

"Friends? I told you no friends allowed!" He shouts. My heart races in fear and adrenaline pumps throughout my body. 

"Well I wanted a friend" I say back. He steps back and starts to leave. 

"Well we are leaving anyway so pack or don’t pack we are going tomorrow morning"

"No" I decline. 

"No?" He barks back. Fire burns and anger overcomes my fear. 

"You don’t get to tell me what to do you aren't my real father!" I scream with passion. The devil inside him must have come back as he latched onto my arm and dragged me out of my room. 

"No!" I yell. 

"Let me go!" He doesn’t reply back.

I realise he is dragging me outside. He grabs the keys and pulls the door shut with a slam. I thought of breaking free but I knew it would anger him even more. I get shoved into the car seat and he comes around to start the car. We drive away and I don't dare say a word.

I try to keep calm and control my breathing when he is driving like a maniac. Ten minutes later we pull up in a familiar building. I’m so fixated on the building that when I release its his work he yanks me out of the car. “Act normal” He growls low. I do as he says and smile while walking past the receptionist and co-workers.

Once he gets let through the door opens and his private science lab is presented in front of me. My mind scans over the room and before I know it, a needle is struck into my neck and it felt like the words had been taken from my mouth and replaced with silent screams. 

He throws me onto what I assume is the experiment table. It is metal and cold it feels like it is burning my skin. I try to move my body, my hands, my anything. I was paralysed, couldn't move, could barely breathe.

Before he could turn back around from whatever he was doing on the bench a roaring noise erupted someone near us. The sounds of glass crashing, guns and screams surround me while my vision is just a blur.

My body falls off the table and onto the floor. My dad runs off to god knows where. Panic settles in. I don't know where I am or what is happening. My mind feels like its shutting down and my body won’t move. I give in and into the shadows I go.

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Another loud bomb rattles me awake with fright. I try to move my toes and it comes with ease. Whatever he injected into me must have been temporary. My hand rests on the floor while I go to push myself up. A sharp stinging pain attacks at my abdomen. I went to inspect the pain to find warm substance on my body.

I am still dizzy and overwhelmed by the commotion I start to think my mind is playing tricks on me. I lift my hand up infant of my face to find its red. I couldn't feel any pain, only if I moved the open wound that is on my stomach would feel as if a demon is trying to crawl out of my body.

I try to control my panic breath but its out of control. I flip onto my stomach and extreme pain follows. I bite my lip and drag myself across the floor. The room is eerily quiet with the execution of moving debris around me. My breathing is ragged and it pierces the air with a sharp knife. 

Out of nowhere someone speaks and another and another, like a group of people. I holt my escape and stay still. I wasn't risking anything.

The voices get louder every passing minute. Suddenly the door of my room is pushed open with force.

“Seems this place has cleared out” Says a man. 

“Good. I’ll let our informant have his reward, this was a big base” Said another. I couldn't see, only hear. I hoped they wouldn't come near me.

“It’s disguised well” The other hummed in agreement. I tried to shimmy under a table but hit something which caused a domino effect. Things started to fall off the table and the men started yelling until debris hit me on the head and knocked me out cold.

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I am barely conscious. My eyes wont open and I can only hear words here and there.

“Too much blood”

“Transfusion”

“Lucky”

“Unknown”

I couldn't make sense of it. I slowly managed to open my eyes. I spotted a doctor and a man talking to said doctor. I grumbled in pain when my head started to throb uncontrollably. Both men looked at me until the doctor came over. 

“Hi. I’m Dr. Reys” He announces in a soft tone. 

“Whats going on?” I ask, my throat burning with each word. 

“Well, you have 2 broken ribs, fractured wrist and had to endure a blood-transfusion. You, Miss are quite lucky” He says, reading off his board.

My head has started to calm down and my eyes start to adjust. I’m too afraid to move. 

“We took some of your DNA, for the transfusion and the results are remarkably astounding” Dr. Reys says, eyes still glued to the board, shifting through papers. The other man looks over his shoulder, not resisting the curiosity. I swear I saw the blood drain out of his face. He looked pale and the doctor look gobsmacked.

“What?” I croak out, curiosity taking over. 

“Thats why you needed our blood?” The man asked. 

“I’m Steve, your biological father” He says to me. 

“And Bucky. How can two men have a child?” Steve asks the doctor. My heart leaps in joy. My blood in my veins has never rushed so much. I’ve always wanted to know my father and here he is right in front of me. After only a split second of ultimate happiness, confusion and fear overrides any current emotions.

“What?” I stammer out, sitting up. 

“Well your DNA is quite unique. I can’t quite wrap my he'd around it but if it wasn’t for the part blood transfusion we would have never known. This will be a remarkable study” Dr. Reys says in amazement, but fear takes over as soon as he said study. 

I saw those movies about mermaids not coming out because of being experimented on and I felt like a theoretical mermaid. 

“No!” Steve said in disgust after he looked at me.

He stood too close for comfort at this point but yet I felt some what protected. “You cant just experiment on her” He spoke with authority. 

“She’s just a kid” He argued. 

‘I can’t promise anyone else won’t" The doctor spoke quietly, placing his board down. 

“We’ll keep her hidden and safe” He looked at me with puppy dog eyes as to tempt me to agree. I already new deep down my life was going to be along the lines like this.

#steve x bucky #stucky #kid #hydra #mcu #marvel #avengers #dna #bucky barnes #steve rogers #captain america #winter soldier #fictionalspadesfics

[dangkinronpa]

headcanons for ouma who was close friends with, and had a big crush on, shsl botanist shinguuji

heres ur headcanons ouma! i hope u like them, and if u want any changes let me know and ill start working on them! - mod kiibo - normally, ouma wouldn't consider shinguuji the type of guy he would end up falling for. after all, shinguujis talent involved spending his time with plants, and ouma always thought hed get bored much too easily just watching someone waste his day playing around in a garden. once he spent time with shinguuji, though, ouma realized he was more interesting than he thought - shinguuji had this mysterious sort of aura to him, which led ouma to believe that shinguuji probably had quite a few aspects about himself that he just refused to share with others. ouma found himself wanting to figure shinguuji out, so he figured that it would be worth his time going to talk to the botanist, which he soon realized he wouldnt regret - shinguuji had a wide knowledge of plants, and any time ouma mentioned any sort of plant shinguuji was able to tell him basically anything about that plant he could possibly want to know. ouma was honestly impressed, and on more than one occasion found himself listening to shinguuji talk about different plants for hours, which he never thought hed do - ouma ended up spending a lot of time with shinguuji because he had a tendency to surprise him. every day, ouma found out plenty of different things about shinguuji, but came to the conclusion that there were still plenty of things that shinguuji had yet to show him. ouma ended up developing a bit of a crush because of this - even though ouma was afraid of shinguuji rejecting him, he still enjoyed spending time with the botanist as a close friend. he was constantly asking shinguuji to play different games with him, and occasionally shinguuji would agree to spend time with ouma playing games instead of doing something he found to be more intellectual - one time, ouma asks shinguuji to play a game of chess with him, and shinguuji agrees because he somewhat believes that he should be able to beat ouma somewhat easily. so hes amazed when he realizes that oumas beat him pretty quickly, and cant help but ask ouma how he got so good. ouma just ends up shrugging and saying he doesnt know, but hes lying about that - ouma finds himself lying to shinguuji a lot, actually. most of the time, though, its about his feelings. ouma is perfectly fine letting shinguuji believe that he only sees him as a close friend, even though he really wants to be more than that. he just convinces himself that something like that is impossible, though - occasionally, shinguuji will let ouma try to take care of plants with him, which is how ouma learns that he has a black thumb. everything he touches does, pretty much, and he just doesnt know what hes doing wrong. shinguuji tries to reassure him and tell him that its alright and things naturally die, but ouma still throws a little bit of a fit over it - ouma pulls an astounding number of pranks on shinguuji, too. whenever shinguuji thinks that everything is calm and he has a chance to get serious and focus on other things, ouma leans close to his face while wearing those glasses that have the mustache attached to them. and then ouma wont stop laughing because he thought it was really funny - ouma doesnt want to let shinguuji know that he has a big crush on him, but he does like the fact that he can consider shinguuji a close friend of his. even though he wants shinguuji to see him as more than a friend, ouma cant help but get really nervous whenever he thinks about telling him. he doesnt want shinguuji to just leave him alone, after all

#kokichi ouma kin #ouma kokichi kin #dangan ronpa kin #ndrv3 kin #dangan ronpa #ndrv3 #new dangan ronpa v3 #korekiyo shinguuji #headcanons

[dropping-a-toaster-in-the-bath]

Release

Ever since I was young, I’ve always enjoyed human nature. I never really caught onto this when I was younger but I think I must of subconsciously been examining the people around me. Whenever I’d go outside, there would always be another person outside on my street, whenever I’d go on a bike ride, it’d always be coincidentally timed with a person I know outside or just some common occurrence of the old man down the street sitting outside on his porch watching the driveway. Looking back, there was never a single day where I had a bike ride where something like that didn’t happen. And I go bike riding at least 3 times a day but there has never been a day where something I knew didn’t happen again. Some people doing their constant yard-work on something important, the others with their garage open while working on cars, the neighbors that give their dog a walk daily. Always something, always something happening in the world around me. Now that i’m older, I can really appreciate the individuality of life. The people that walk past me on the street, they aren’t just blank “NPCs” that exist solely for the point of walking past me to convey the feeling of population. They’re people with their own personal life and stories and it really is amazing to just stop and think about the people you go by. It really makes everyone so interesting as if they’re all little colors on a giant color scale. So many tints, hues, variations, names, they all come together to make something giant. The man you walked past last week with that strange beard, what kind of stories do you think he could tell you? Do you think he could be a veteran, or some sort of lumberjack? Maybe thats too broad of an assumption, what if hes just a normal day-to-day business man with a strange beard? I wonder if he just forgot to shave or maybe thats just how the man likes his beard..These kind of thoughts just kinda float around in my head. I have so many things I could tell people, my life when I was younger, my life now, all the things i’ve done up to this point, my opinions on topics happening in my life right now, my friends, the people i’ve lost, the people I have, the pets I have, the connections i’ve formed with the world around me... That guy that flipped you off yesterday when you may or may not have purposely cut him off? Do you think hes naturally a mean guy? Maybe it was just what you did, or maybe hes just an ass. What if hes a big rude boss, or just a simple and kind working man that was slightly bothered by your actions? Its really special when you just stop and examine everything. Its very unlikely those questions will ever be answered as with all the people in the world, we’ll never get to meet everyone, and all these different possible variations in character, appearance, and beliefs and what they really meant as you probably wont see them again. Sure, in the moment, thoughts like these really don’t matter, as I doubt you’re going to forgive the guy who just hit you in the back with a shopping cart at Walmart due to being unaware but when you stop and look back it brings interesting perspective. Did he do it because he just didn’t like you then played it off as if he wasn’t aware? Did he do it just because he was unaware and there really wasnt anything more to it than that? Maybe the man is just in a rut and personal problems are what caused said unawareness? Its kinda sad, not everything that happens with the people around you will ever be answered. Even so, I still find it fun to just think about those people around me that were never really important to what i was doing, but still helped in assisting the world around me shine. Theres so much personality and thinking and emotion put behind every persons moves. We don’t just get up in the morning because we wake up from sleeping, we get up in the morning because theres things we need to be doing. We aren’t just “going to school” with nothing behind it, were “going to school because while I fucking hate it I’ll probably need what i’m learning in class in the long run”. We don’t just hang out with our friends because the option is there and we can chose it. We hang out with friends because we want to grow closer to them as people and learn more about them, how we differ and how were alike and how we can strengthen our bond to be something more than friends. Its actually kind of head-hurting just trying to think of all the motivation asserting itself from the people around us. That guy next door leaves early in the morning because he has a job to do and god damn it is he gonna do it good to earn for his family. Your teacher isn’t just there because he wants to tell kids what they need to know, hes there because he wants to inform the kids of the next generation, enlighten and help them so they can continue on stronger and better people from what they’ll be learning from him. You aren’t just mad at this dick whose insulting your friends because hes saying mean things, you’re mad because you know what hes saying is false, and you can justify the defense of your pals, you know them better than anyone! At least, from the outside, thats what I think you’re thinking of. We all have our own justice, and we all have our own thoughts and they fuel our actions and our life. While that one dude that left a bad impression with us for being rude may not be favorable to another, may be a beloved person to the next who just made a mistake or possibly struck out with what they thought we’d like. Theres just so many possibilities and that really amazes me, the concept itself is simple but when you stop to look back at it, it really is astounding. As you read this, you may have a plethora of things to say, things that i’ll get, things that I won’t understand how you feel that way, and overall what you say will decide how I feel or think about you. I may not really get to understand or learn about the history thats lead you up to these thoughts and admittedly I probably never will and you may never find out what lead me up to this point and why I feel this way but even then..I find it so intriguing. Everything around me is so cool! I can’t help but appreciate it!  You’ve got so many stories over the years to tell other people, you do so much every day with your own thoughts and aspirations that fuel those movements and actions, you have so much going on in your life that I cant help but just stop and think about it. Its not just me in this huge world thats doing a bunch and experiencing so much, but EVERYONE around me! Everyone around me can turn their whole life into a novel that could go on for thousands and thousands of pages, even if you think you haven’t done much with your life (which I seriously doubt as this is something I thought at first) you could easily fill a thousand pages with just your personal thoughts! What you did yesterday and why it mattered so much to you even though others thought it wasnt really that big at all, how you live your life, how you make your days, how you change the world around you into its own little area that only you can control. Its just all so amazing, its hard to stop wanting to put it into words. I want to tell you everything, even if you happen to be some random person with enough free time to read what I say, I want you to know my perspective, and my upbringing, what I feel, what I think, what I say in comparison to what I think and how that makes me. So, I can be another face that lights up and adds more depth in the world around you. So you know that you aren’t just the only one in this giant world, so you know that each nook and cranny has its own personality that will allow it to bloom into one of the most powerful and unique flowers you’ll never be able to comprehend in mere words!

I want you to know that I wasn’t being rude at the supermarket by not responding to you rather I have a serious problem with being nervous and I just couldn’t figure out how to ask for a job application. 

I want you to know that I didn’t mean to hit your leg while walking down the bus aisle, I tried to reach my backpack pocket and there wasn’t enough time to explain and now I feel embarrassed that I did that and I apologize even thought it was just a small accident, I want you to know that it was an accident. 

I want you to know that I don’t just do strange things because I want to be different, rather those strange things I do are just because I find them fun, even if they are childish! I don’t want to grow up into a serious person, I still fully believe that people can be silly and fun-loving even as an adult and I won’t let the world around me decide how I want to be as a person! 

I want you to know that I want to know if you find how I behave, a bit strange compared to others. Am I that different from the people around me? If so, how so? I want to know why you think that of me. I want more thoughts and perspectives so I as a person can grow and learn and see things from the eyes of others, so I can also grow to be a stronger and more reasonable person! I want to know! 

I want you to know that I as a person lack worldly knowledge and as such I can say things that sound stupid even thought I make good grades! I feel dumb when I do this, I feel like i’ll never be ready for life on my own because I lack that information and it hurts me. I’m a dunce! I can say things that are really really stupid although I seem like a person that wouldn’t say something so dumb!  

I want you to know that I procrastinate way too much, and I have barely invested even half of the time I should of into thinking about my future, I don’t like the idea of having to do work, and I don’t like the idea of having to worry about what life will throw at me because of how thats gone badly for my mother and the more and more I say that the more I feel power, I feel strength, raging through me. I will power through, I didn’t go through all of this for nothing, I won’t succumb like some dying dog, if i’m dying, i’m going down with a fight! People WILL be coming with me! I need to make it through, and theres no other way to prove to myself than to succeed! I want you to know this! I want you to know that I can doubt myself so much, and yet I can still believe in myself at the same time, I can get mad at this world and at the same time find such reliance in it. I want you to know that i’m not just a faceless person that just walked past, or made accidental eye contact via car driving past, or two eyes meeting in class while being bored. I can hate, yet I can love people at the same time! I can hate myself and the things I do, but I can still love myself for who I am, and what I embody! I just want you to know. I really do. Even if you dont care, even if I dont matter to you, even if i’ll be just another person you forget. Even if what i say is rude, even if what I say is stupid, even if what I say makes me look worse as a person. Letting you know something about me will be worth it in my book. 

I love having all these opinions and thoughts and matters in my life, even if when i’m with my friends I jokingly shove them away! I really really appreciate and respect them and hold them close, even if they even aren’t that big! The world around me also feels like this, like everything has something to say even if they wont or can’t say it and that what makes it so interesting and never something I will be able to grow tired of. There is so much individuality in everything and depth in everyone around you that no two stories will ever be identical. Every person has movements, that are shaped by what they’ve gone through even though I may never learn of what the things that shaped them were- things only they as people can speak as loud as I can about what I want you to know about me, and I can appreciate the “beauty” in that. I can appreciate the “beauty” in you, as I can appreciate the “beauty” in this world. 

#3deep5me #thoughts #im having a serious day okay? #I feel so much better after writing this #yeh I can be kinda hypocritical #This world is beautiful

[burtonjonathan93]

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    I know, I know I have been gone for a while. I took a bit of a sabbatical, because I was having a hard time coming up with content and then would go into a shame spiral etc. Blogging stopped being fun and became another thing to beat myself up about, if you haven’t picked up on it I might have a slight self esteem issues… but I am back and applying less pressure on myself because ultimately I enjoy blogging.

  Anyway! I wanted to take a few to talk about some of my favorite Fictional Escapes (see what I did there?) from 2017. Some I blogged about already, some I have not. Even though I have it in a list format, it is not a ranking. THAT WOULD BE LIKE ASKING ME TO PICK A FAVORITE CHILD! Here are 10 favorite things from 2017:

s1. Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I blogged about this book, so I wont spend a ton of time on this one, my feelings on this book are well documented here, on Twitter and Facebook. BTW Taylor Jenkins Reid is a mega sweetie to her fans, I suggest following her. This book was absolutely amazing! I read it in like a day. I say read, but more devoured it. The book takes you through 2 stories of very different women and how their lives connect. It is beautifully written and so well done at times I forgot I wasn’t reading an Autobiography.

2. Reincarnation Blues

Another one that I haven’t shut up about since I read it. Milo is the oldest soul in the universe, living nearly all of his 10,000 lives. We are taken through several of his lives as he tries to reach perfection, as well as his time between lives where he is in love with a Death who goes by Suzie. This book is magical, fun, and at times heart breaking. This book is reminiscent of Douglas Adams. The many different worlds Michael Poore has built in just one book is astounding.

3. Twin Peaks the Return

What can I say about this show? Honestly I am never so happy to be confused then when watching Twin Peaks, and the Return took that up a notch or. Kyle MacLachlan playing several hard roles so perfectly, you forget its the same actor. Dougie Jones absolutely broke my heart on a weekly basis, while the bad Cooper was scary as hell. The fact they were on Showtime, they were able to get a lot darker then in the original show. Plus we so got this beautiful sigh-worthy moment:

#BigEdandNormaForever

4. The final season of the Mindy Project

Mindy, Mindy, Mindy. There is nothing that Mindy Kaling has done that I didn’t love, this show included. I was hooked from the very first episode. The characters, the story line, the jokes, everything was perfect. Season 6 was the shortest and one of the best seasons of the show. They wrapped up everyone’s story line, with out every feeling like everyone was short changed or rushed. With out spoiling the overall story arch, I was nervous about how the show would end, the direction it seemed to head and they nailed it, with out sacrificing the character’s emotional growth as I feared they could. This show goes down as one of my all time favorites with 30 Rock, Parks and Rec and Scrubs. I will miss this show so much!

5. Season 3 of Playing House

  Ugh! I guess technically I should have titled this one “The final season of Playing House” but I’m not there emotionally and it is too soon. I knew the Mindy Project was ending, this one was ripped from my arms by the cruel USA. This show. THIS SHOW YOU GUYS! I have so many thoughts and feelings about it, and have blogged about it in the past. The entire show is amazing, but season 3 was something truly special. Season 3 had Emma being diagnosed with breast cancer and shows her and Maggie battle it together, in a story line “ripped from the headlines” as Law and Order likes to say. You see in reality the lead actresses Jessica and Lennon are best friends, and Jessica did have breast cancer. The way the show handled the story line was perfect. It was touching and informative. It was sad at times with out ever actually feeling too heavy. They educated us on cancer treatment options, with out ever pulling you out of the story or feeling preachy about things. Damn you USA Network for canceling it! If you have On Demand, I could not recommend watching this show enough.

6. Womp It Up! Podcast

What? Jessica and Lennon get 2 spots on your list? Yes they do, because they are amazing people who rocked my 2017. Womp It Up! has been around for a while, but I didn’t discover it until this year, and luckily for me I didn’t have to wait a year and half between episodes like other fans. Womp I Up! is a comedy podcast that was birthed from Comedy Bang Bang characters. Jessica St Clair plays Marissa Wompler, a 17(ish) year old, not very well adjusted, student at the Marina Del Rey High School, the podcast is her senior project. She is doing some alternative learning in her school’s program called STARS, ran by her teacher and lets face it best friend Charlotte Listler, played by Lennon Parahm. Every week there is a new comedian on playing a person in the Marina Del Rey community. My favorite has been Andrew Daly as Joe Bongos, the Health teacher who has some interesting ideas on what to teach the kids.

7. Oh, Hello on Broadway

Oh, Hello got it’s start on the Nick Kroll Show, where Gil Faizon and George St Geegland had a prank show on public access channel in New York. Their one prank was ordering a tuna sandwich with way too much tuna, ultimately getting the person say “That’s too much tuna”. What was the prank show called? Too Much Tuna of course. Somehow, in Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s brilliance they were able to make a super successful Broadway play based on these two dirt bags.

Gil (a writer) and George (an actor) have been best friends and roommates since the 1970s. They decided to write an autobiographical play telling their story. The brilliance of this show is the play that is happening around the play. It gets pretty meta at times, often Gil and George stop the actual play to have their own interactions, generally it is Gil giving George notes on how he is doing in the play. The sheer detail that has gone into this show is mind boggling. I can’t even describe the layers of the play. I highly recommend checking it out.

8. Wonder Woman

Let’s not get into a DC vs MCU argument here, generally I am an MCU fan and haven’t been too excited over the last few DC movies, but this one. I will admit was a little nervous when I first saw Gal Gadot was cast as Wonder Woman, but she won me over immediately in Batman vs Superman. I was still cautiously optimistic for the Wonder Woman movie, but it came out better then I imagined. In my opinion it was just awesome (I am aware of the issues people had with it, but to me the good outweigh the bad). I enjoyed the hell out of it, it made me laugh and cry. I also enjoyed the feel of it, different then the other super hero movies, it felt more like a war movie. If you haven’t seen it, check it out!

9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Thor: Ragnarok

I decided to combine these two into one, because well I didn’t want this list to be 3/4s super hero movies. I could also write a book on my feelings for these two movies and their directors. Guardians was written and directed by James Gunn and Thor was directed by Taiki Waititi, a kiwi writer and director known for his work with Flight of the Concords, What we do in the Shadows to name a couple. Also if you’re looking for a sort of weird but sweet movie, check out Eagle Vs Shark.

These two movies have a bit of a rag-tag team thing going on, and both delve into family relationships. They are both visually stunning, and laugh out loud hilarious, (yes I know that is a problem some people have with Marvel, but I love to laugh and they are right up my alley). Their similarities are one reason I decided to group them together. The first Guardians became my favorite Marvel movie about 10 minutes into it, and was thrilled that James Gunn actually made something better. I have always had a soft spot for Thor, and been sad at the state of the movies he’s had. I left Ragnarok thinking they finally gave him the movie he deserves, also Jeff Goldblum at his Goldbumiest.

My other favorite part of both of these movies, is they seemed to fix the villain problem. Hela and Ego managed to be interesting and complex. They didn’t seem to fall flat like others have in the past.

These two movies are all in all a good ass time!

10. Hamilton the Musical, paired with Hamilton the book

   I know, I know. It’s based on true events, but some of it is changed for dramatic effect. I am so late to the game on Hamilton, but I just recently got Spotify Premium which let me listen to the soundtrack in order… and I am HOOKED. I decided to check out the biography the musical was based on by Ron Chernow. Combining the two adds a lot more depth to the play, certain lines in songs make sense. There is so much drama in Hamilton’s life, so much that the play never even touched on.

If you want to add to your Hamilton experience, read the book as well. Honestly, it makes the entire experience so much better.

  Thanks for reading everyone!

    Check out my top 10 from 2017 list of my favorite Fictional Escapes. I know, I know I have been gone for a while. I took a bit of a sabbatical, because I was having a hard time coming up with content and then would go into a shame spiral etc.

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Day 05 - Islands of Adventure

TLDR: Islands Of Adventure, the first of the Universal Parks. Waited longer than expected to get in the park, though kicked off with a bang once we did. Harry Potter world essentials including Forbidden Journey & Dragon Challenge. First time on this coaster and it was brilliant. Butterbeer done, nom. Jurassic Park River Ride, got wet, The Hulk, got scared then Spidey to finish. Rain again. Home, Ready, Steaks!

The most important meal of the day

No breakfast again right? WRONG Suckas! :P (sorry come back, I was kidding). We stocked up on cereal and little mini crullers the night before, so we were able to grab a wee bite prior to heading to the park. It made such a difference and I think well always make sure we have something in, however small, if we have to leave early doors in future (though I think the second week is a week of late starts and fireworks party's so that should be fine).

As we approached the entrance, across the lake between both parks, sat a huge factory, spewing white smoke from its enormous chimneys. It was the new Chocolate Emporium! It was the stuff dreams are made of and looked exactly like something out of Willy Wonka. The thing is, weve booked this delightful place for Patricks birthday in Friday, so excitement levels just got turned up a notched (oh happy birthday Patrick, btw). Heres a pic from my phone:

Prior to entering the park proper, which was absolutely jam-packed today, we had to upgrade our tickets to include Volcano Bay, as we bought the original tickets prior to the park opening. An HOUR after arriving (after queues for security and bag check and then guest services), we finally get to the desk. We confirm a rumour that Volcano Bay is at capacity at opening! Whaaaat? Y'see the Universal hotel guests are allowed to enter the park early and that together with the popularity of a new water park and the inevitable queueing carnage that ensues, means that were likely not going to be making a morning visit any time soon. Well not unless we start queueing  at apparently 7:30 for a 10:00am start! Eeek. Well definitely need to revise the schedule for tomorrow.

One thing we get at Universal is the refillable Coca-cola cups, and today was no exception, especially as there were 15 of us. For about 12 bucks you can have a huge cup and refill it throughout the park at special stations as many times as you want. Hundreds of varieties so Its a no brainer really.

Our plan of action for today was hit Harry Potter as soon as possible, then go around the park, as it was due to rain again, late afternoon. And due to this, the initial plan of buying interactive wands and doing all of the extra special/magical stuff would have to wait for another day. That being said, we kicked off with one for the kids, the Caro-seuss-sel in Seuss Landing. Nice light one, before subjecting them to Death Eaters, Dementors & Dragons (oh my).

And now it's time for Patrick's Fun Fact Of The Day, brought to you by Patrick, today. Here it is... 

The word NERD was invented by Dr. Seuss.

Even after all this time? Always.

So we left the rest of the Seuss rides, fun though they are, bypassed The Lost Continent area and entered Hogsmeade. Right at the back of the snow topped village lies The Forbidden Journey - my most favourite ride. This visit was extra special for us, it was the first time Gracie was tall enough to ride it! It was just as amazing and awe-inspiring as before and not for the first time, used the benefits of Child Swap to ride it again. Grace was left feeling a little overwhelmed by the whole thing though and wasn't quite expecting the sharp twists and turns so didnt seem to be as an enjoyable experience for her, which was a shame. Im sure another go on a return trip may well persuade her.

Alessio, who wasn't quite tall enough for Forbidden Journey went with as few others on to Flight Of The Hippogriff, a little coaster designed for younger kids. Gracie just HAD to go to the toilet then though, so we missed out on the chance to ride it (although the dialogue from Moaning Myrtle in the toilet almost made up for it).

As there were a few older folk among us, there was a decision to ride the Roller Coaster at Hogsmeade - The Dragon Challenge. Kevin, Michael, Sarah Jane, Corrie Robert & Myself were up for the challenge. Emily really wanted to go on to, but she was just under the height restrictions (which they are very strict about adhering to). Formally known as the Dueling Dragons, this inverted roller coaster allows you to choose between the Red Chinese Fireball or the Blue Hungarian Horntail. Robert pointed out that it was the Horntail who Harry faced off with in the Goblet of Fire, so we went with that. It. was .awesome. Fast paced, with loads of twists and turns and a loop thrown in for good measure. Really really good and Id have went on again if time was permitting. Robert loved it too, and it started him on a very long conversation with Michael about the other Coaster in the park - The Hulk!

We grabbed some Butterbeer (standard) and left in the direction of Jurassic Park. Apart from the many photo spots along the way, the main star of this land was the River Adventure. A water ride with a big t-rex and bigger drop right at the end. Really fun and wet - everyone loved it. The last time we were here, they were constructing a new ride in the Jurassic Park Area, and this time around it was fully completed and open - The Reign Of Kong, a new 3D action thrill ride. Wait times for this were through the roof, due to it being really new (I think it had been open only a matter of weeks, so was to be expected). A jungle ride through a huge temple or cavern (possibly, I haven't seen the new movie yet, but I suppose like many others, it will be one of the first I go to see back home, all thanks to this ride). The 3D effects were next level, huge 360 degree expanses all amazingly detailed - it really felt like you were somewhere else!!! I was lucky enough to visit Orlando when I was young and can remember the first King Kong ride, the difference in special effects and technology are astounding. I can understand why its so popular. 10/10.

You wont like me when I'm angry!

The final area of the park we hit around mid afternoon. And the one we (well Robert) had all been waiting for - The Hulk Roller Coaster. You can see this towering over the park as you enter, and I've always wanted to try it out, but previous circumstances didn't allow that to happen. This time however, our trusty group who rode together on The Dragon Challenge would once again reunite one final time! :P Although similar in size and complexity Robert, who didn't shut up about going on The Hulk all day, now receded slightly, and started panicking a little. Michael, the only one of us who had rode it before, reassured him if he could do one, he could do them all! And with that, we boarded. And it was FAST, much faster than the Dragons. From the minute it started its initial ascent, we were gripping to our harness through every turn, drop and loop. It was even more amazing than the Harry Potter one and was so glad I got a change to ride it. However, I cant take anything from Robert he was a trooper and was all chuffed than he managed to do two roller coasters today!

After an amazing day, we decided to end it with Spiderman. I'd been on this one before, so didnt expect much after the epicness of the last ride, but I was waaay wrong! Ive said it before but no matter how many times you go on these rides, they still astound and amaze. And Spiderman so much so, that I went on it a second time, through the magic known as child swap ;) This appeared to be one of Graces favourites as she also wanted a second go and was screaming and shoutiing in excitement all throughout.

And after we finished what did we get? Rain! Not anywhere near as heavy as the previous day, but just enough that it confirmed the decision to head to the car and get home. So home we went.

After seeing an offer for Outback Steakhouse for Wednesday night, we thought it would be nice for us all to try it out tonight. This would be the first time all 15 of us were going for dinner together, so Ann had called ahead to reserve some tables as best she could earlier in the day. Most eateries around the area do have specific bookings but when we go to the hotel then had prepared a nice long table for us all.  Not only did they have really nice steaks on offer, and a bloomin' onion (a full battered onion), they also had Crab - the thing Gracie had been waiting for all holiday!!! Both myself and Ann option for sirloin with a half pound each of Crab legs. Now I like my seafood, as does Ann, but Gracie is a seafood monster, so she opted to share our meals instead of getting her own. I’m not entirely sure you could call it sharing however as she ended up with most of it - well at least I can say that the steak was nice XD

Today has been the first day I’ve felt a little tired (even with the 5hr energy shots), so today’s entry may not have been the most in depth or attentive one I’ve written, soz. At least tomorrow we have a later start but with the Volcano Bay issues, were not entirely sure whats going to happen...