#bey talks

[beyonce-knowles-carter]

THE BEYONCÉ EFFECT — PART 1 ⚡️  RAP-SINGING  (Listen to the evolution of her rap-singing here)

Music critics have often credited Beyoncé with the invention of the staccato rap-singing style that has since dominated pop, R&B and rap music. Lakin Starling of The Fader wrote that Beyoncé's innovative implementation of the delivery style on Destiny's Child's 1999 album The Writing's on the Wall invented a new form of R&B. 

Beyoncé's new style subsequently changed the nature of music, revolutionizing both singing in urban music and rapping in pop music, and becoming the dominant sound of both genres. The style helped to redefine both the breadth of commercial R&B and the sound of hip hop, with artists such as Kanye West and Drake implementing Beyoncé's cadence in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The staccato rap-singing style continued to be used in the music industry in the late 2010s and early 2020s; Aaron Williams of Uproxx described Beyoncé as the "primary pioneer" of the rapping style that dominates the music industry today, with many contemporary rappers implementing Beyoncé's rap-singing. 

Michael Eric Dyson agrees, saying that Beyoncé "changed the whole genre" and has become the "godmother" of mumble rappers, who use the staccato rap-singing cadence. Dyson added: "She doesn't get credit for the remarkable way in which she changed the musical vocabulary of contemporary art."

(Beyoncé is a great rapper and always has been) (What genre is Beyoncé, anyways?)

#beyedit #beyonceedit #musicedit #wocedit #beyoncé #marya #bey effect #(domino effect meme) 15 yr old Beyoncé -> we don't talk about Bruno

[bijoumikhawal]

anyway I am going to spoil everyone's fun. The Mummy is a racist movie, it's frustrating that it's popular and no one discusses that, and let me explain why

Whitewashing/brownface/self orientalism. The Carnahan's are meant to be mixed race. Their actors are white. Oded Fehr is white and a significant portion of his career has been playing exotic brown people in media made for white people, specifically while weaponizing the ethnic ambiguity he does have. Imhotep is white- insult to injury, his actor is an Afrikaner! Playing a pre-colonial African character! The only Egyptians played by people who arent white are the sex pest warden, Dr. Bey (also a minor character who dies), and Anck-su-namun. None of their actors are Egyptian.

The portrayal of Egyptian men. The warden and Jonathan are both portrayed as pathetic, weak, morally circumspect, and the warden is a pervert. Imhotep is also a pervert, frankly. The Egyptian public at large- mostly male crowds and male workers- are literally canon fodder and senselessly killed on multiple occasions. They're turned into mindless zombies, with no consideration given to what happens to them afterwards. Did hundreds of people just die? In public? The only two Egyptian men that aren't utterly horrible are Evie's boss, Dr. Bey, and Ardeth.

The portrayal of Egyptian women. The only two we actually hear speak is Evie and Anck-su-namun, both of whom have orientalist tropes applied to them- Evie, when they make her dress "local", and Anck-su-namun with the whole titlating "the pharaoh has me walk around naked and covered in wet body paint so no one can touch me without him knowing" nonsense- similar tropes are applied to Ardeth, frankly, with how his tattoos are portrayed, his ethnic background, etc. They specifically chose tattoos a Western audience would still find sexy (which aren't based on the actual local tattooing traditions). Face veils in early 20th century Egypt didn't really look like that, even the ones you might call flirty, and I find portrayals that make Ancient Egyptian society's overall often greater comfort with bared skin into titillation for the audience pretty offensive, especially as there are currently existing cultures in Africa viewed through lenses like that. It's not merely ahistorical, it's apart of a broader issue with how living people are viewed by others.

This is more of a me thing, other Egyptians may not agree: I think mummies as a horror trope are racist. The key fear to mummy movies is that white people might get punished for disturbing the graves of the honored dead. You are asked to identify with literal colonizers and view the local population as antagonistic (past and present in this case), especially in this movie, which is set before England started pretending it wasn't controlling Egypt (and by the damn way, ask ANY Egyptian when the country got independence and we'll say 1956. Between 22 and 56, England still had explicit control over some of the government, notably foreign relations and military, it used this an excuse to justify control of Sudan, and it was militarily occupying the country, especially the Suez area. When King Farouk tried to make a decision they didn't like, they put his palace under seige. That is not independence. Whoever made the 1922 declaration the first result on Google is manufacturing apologia for imperialism).

#cipher talk #There is a great deal of complexity with the Abdeen Palace incident and I don't think Farouk was in the right- I think the royal fam were #Fucking idiots frankly and I'm glad we're rid of them. But the fact that it happened??? #the mummy 1999 #ardeth bey #Like Britian didn't have moral reasons to oppose Farouk's politics. It was purely a matter of who they were allied to #Anyway. Duh the stupid mummy movie is racist but I have personal beef with the stupid mummy movie

[shady-swan-jones]

Did we really need the Pick-Me version of Jolene?

#beyonce #cowboy carter #jolene #dolly parton #country #jay z #i mean this sounds like a woman who's so insecure in her marriage she's picking cat fights #and I can see why cause she's been cheated before but it wasn't Jolene's fault #Dolly Parton said it best with the begging and sadness and pain of a woman talking to another woman heart to heart #bey said he's my cheater get your hands off him #completely missing the point #and the lyric about how she raised him girl please he found you at 18 and managed your life

[bey]

and you're gonna look up to me while I do it.

#texts #text post #imessage #cute #face #yours #couples #dirty talk #life #bey

[hoperaypegasus]

I thought up random stuff for Beyblade... again

Bladers call their beys by nicknames or shortened names instead of their actually names outside of battles (like Storm Aquario might be called Storm or Hades Kerbecs might be called Kerbie).

Bladers who travel on their own a lot often train their beys so that the avatar can accompany them. This technique is also more common in performer spheres as it does drain energy and wouldn’t be smart for a battle blader to constantly be doing.

Beys tend to listen to people who are close with their blader as well (for example Toby and Zeo can command each others beys if they want) and generally all beys being willing to listen to a mechanic if they’ve been to them numerous times before and trust them.

Some beys can alter their avatar if what they are based on has multiple forms (like Horuseus can be a falcon as well, or Aquario can take on the form of a wave and a water spirit).

When bladers get to a really high level of strength and control, they can temporarily embody the power of their bey (as seen by Pluto at the battle of Nemesis and Ryuga’s teleportation). This power varies in form from bey to bey and can be built up over time (Kenta with teleportation and a bow, Gingka with wings, Kyoya with creating wind currents, nile with shields etc).

Even if they stop battling later in life, former bladers often still carry their beys with them, often hiding bey boxes in professional settings in increasingly creative ways.

Tag team partners who battle together a lot typically end up mimicking each other subconsciously and usually have some form of matching item in their appearances (tattoo, jewelry, etc).

DJs often got into fights about "blader custody" during the world championships, aka who got announce for them since they were DJing for them the longest. And it wasn't just National DJs with each other, regional ones jumped in too. It was chaos.

Different types of bladers value and aim for different things in their beys, so comparisons between different groups by each other tend to fall short as they hold them to their standards. Because of this, there are sheets on the WBBA websites of what is common goals of each groups for reporters who might not be fluent in these.

#mfb #beyblade metal saga #metal fight beyblade #i wrote this very late at night #so im tired #but in my defense i forgot some of these werent canon until i was talking to my friend and completely confused them #but yeah hypothetically HYPOTHETICALLY mechanics could wield every bey they work on #after said bey reaches some level of sentience #so that could be fun #you cannot convince me a bunch of kids do not give nicknames to their prized possessions #and dj fights are essentially custody battles or turf wars during the world championships #everyone else was so confused #i really need to write out my blader and bey sentience levels don't i? #oh well

[the-wiggler]

not immune to silly boy attraction disease i fear ive fallen for dion….*gazes wistfully out the window* oouhhhh pookie….unveil ur secrets to me…..

#reverie audios #dion ur so sayang pookie #hes my silly rabbit #my bao bei #wo zhen ai de #tell me all ur secrets pls flame boy #fire boy please….please…. #hot bartender from undertale….talk to me

[7kylian]

@anytimebitchess IT’S HAPPENING

#kylian mbappe #mbappe #YOOOO I WAS TALKING TO NAT ABOUT THIS EARLIER #IMM #WOW #JAY Z #NOW BEY

[goldenguillotines]

heyy,, guys I know it sometimes sucks that you don't get the adoptable you want or from the person but going forward can we stop trying to complain about not getting the design to the person who got it instead,, I understand but.. I would prefer not to feel guilty about getting a character that I really wanted.

#not mad by the way.. this is a pattern that im like.. kinda over????? #I understand. But i would prefer if you kept that talk to yourself especially when im just trying to talk about the character #this seems very prevalent with one persons designs in particular and at some point im just not gonna post their designs :/ till im done bei #excited about them. #Just please respect this. I dont wanna have to not talk about ocs im excited about here

[thewingedwolf]

i go on twitter bc it’s more active than here but “more active” usually means people calling blue a whore, saying jag is too stupid to own a company & must live with his parents, saying people are overdramatic about cameron being weird to america, that jared saying the r word is no big deal and doesn’t matter and it’s like

oh so that’s why i never go in the tags on twitter now i remember

#bb25 #like we clown here but at least no one is saying ‘it’s fine jared called america the r word’ like. people have slightly diff opinions on how #it should be handled but no one is saying it’s fine. people are less weird about blue here too. it’s game talk and not ‘she’s a slut’ which #is so. okay and where’s that energy for jared wanting a letter from kenzo while sleeping in a bed with blue?! #the jag & america stuff is just out of line tho like jag bei bc gullible in the game doesn’t mean anything abt his outside personality

[kazumahashimoto]

um. they have the same name

#i had this idea a while ago. i thought it was. funnie #zac dies and he tries to give the bustersword to xander but he can't pick it up so it's really awkward #shinra idol au has probably been done but shinra BEYBLADE idol? now we're talking #zack's bitbeast would definitely be a wolf btw. like no doubt. #imagine angeal and zack still die but it's because shinra is acting as the snake pit and they forced them into possession #and angeal dies from power corruption after zack battles him to death and zack dies from the 100 blader challenge #i think zack would have a switchable stamina and attack type. angeal is defense #but the. the buster bey as it were is still the same. so cloud gets the stamina attack type when zack dies #he would only use it in attack mode though. i imagine #<- riveting discussion #anyway #hh art #zack fair #zack #zac the sunrise #zac the sunshine #beyblade #beyblade burst #ff #ff7 #ffvii #samson and xander are there too but shrug #zacander

[umilily]

waking up from a poorly timed nap to my friend once more making the worst possible life choices

#lily talks #i don't want to be pessimistic but GOD #that message made me close my eyes and turn around again #woman is dating the worst man to ever exist and she just moved to another city to live with him #this is unfortunately a trend and it doesn't matter what i say on the topic #and yeah she's an adult and all but jesus this will only end in disaster #i will never forget her introducing me to this guy and telling me about him which featured the world famous sentence 'oh he's alright #'he just doesn't respect me' #said in the calmest tone ever #LIKE???????? GIRL??? WHAT????? #and it is 100% true #this guy does not give a shit about treating her with any respect from what i've seen and essentially wants her to drop any interestes and #ambitions she has to be his wifey and stroke his dumb ego #we are talking him getting 'jealous' over her going to univeristy to get a degree because that means she doesn't have time for him 24/7 #every interaction i've had with this dude made my skin crawl and want to leave the room asap #it was unbearable #and i told her that i think he's an ass #obviously didn't care #and now they're fucking living together and she more or less invited me over #bei aller Liebe aber nee #(there are no words in english)

[n-orris]

the opening ceremony for the vegas gp is so unserious the drivers literally all look like they want to die

#PLEASE IT'S SO FUNNY #THEM RISING UP WHEN THEYRE BEI NY INTRODUCED #AND WHEN THEYRE ALL UP THERE TOGETHER #THEYRE HOLDING THEIR LAUGHTER IN #f1 #vegas gp 2023 #a talks

[fallingforfandoms]

Wo kann ich die Petition unterschreiben, dass Lena diese Katze auch nach dieser Folge übernehmen darf, wo sie doch den Tod ihres Besitzers aufgeklärt hat? Wir brauchen wieder mehr cat content von Lena! (In der fluffy Variante, nicht so traumatisch wie in "Unter Wölfen", bitte, danke, ciao.)

#tatort #tatort ludwigshafen #lena odenthal #folge: gold #miezi! <3 #ich liebs auch wie frau keller bei dem anblick lächelt. it's the small things <3 #... like those finger movements in the last gif. huh. interesting. mesmerising. what was i talking about. idek.

[awkward-thinker]

This is the fake scene I mentioned when I posted a fake screenshot of it! :D

I still think it’s super dumb for the kids not to have been angry/disappointed with Aiger for breaking Valtryek.

Literally, Phi breaks Fafnir, and Valt screams for Free to get out of Phoenix’s attack, and then immediately rushes down to reprimand Phi and challenge him. But ohhh nooooo, Aiger gets away with BREAKING. THE WORLD CHAMPION’S. BEYBLADE.

At the very, VERY least, Toko and Nika should have been upset with him! He broke their big brother’s Bey! Nika literally started crying when it happened! Toko tried not to cry! How are you supposed to still be all buddy buddy with someone when they harmed your family member so badly, and haven’t even apologized for it?

Aiger did face repercussions for his corruption through his bond with Achilles weakening, but he didn’t face any repercussions from his friends, which he logically SHOULD HAVE.

Seriously, if I were his friends (OR LITERALLY EVEN JUST AN AUDIENCE MEMBER, you know Valt has to have fans that should’ve been angry with Aiger), I would be so mad at him.

#beyblade burst turbo #beyburst #beyblade burst cho z #beyblade burst chouzetsu #beyblade #aiga akaba #aiger akabane #fubuki sumie #fubuki sumiye #toko aoi #nika aoi #valt aoi #phi beyblade #free de la hoya #literally in ep 30 aiger was insulting the bey club like #saying you guys call yourselves the bey club this is like taking candy from a baby #and i know there has to be someone in here i can at least have a semi decent match with #WHICH BRO??? EXCUSE YOU #i think i might just write a thing where toko snaps at aiger after hearing this because honestly i would have #i know it can be read as trash talk but honestly it feels more like insults

[discworldwitches]

i don’t mean to be an ass i just can’t stand people saying shit like, “you’re already jewish to me”, “you’re more jewish than [jewish person],” or “i can’t wait for you to join the tribe.” like that’s explicitly not allowed and just because someone in the process has opinions you find favourable does not make them “more jewish” than jews you disagree with like ffs.

#like especially as replies or comments on some post and not a conversation between friends #and i know as ur beis din/final beis din (depending on how u converted) approaches it’s normal to begin to identify urself as jewish #im not saying that im specifically talking about the comments i see converts get all the time! #as someone who converted!! like. it’s just not ok and not a compliment imo #ig unless ur some asshole who questions jews’ identity and thinks that’s ok

[timelesslords]

lying face down on the ground thinking about how everything shara bey did for the rebels was so that her son could live in a better world. spending her youth fighting an impossible war. getting captured and tortured and interrogated by the empire. risking everything, not just her life but her future and her husbands future, risking leaving her son without his parents. Just so Poe wouldn't have to fight the same battles she did and grow up in the same world she did.

and then she dies young after the war and leaves him without his mother anyway. and he spends his youth fighting an impossible war. and he gets captured and tortured and interrogated by the first order the same as she did. he risks everything for the rebellion, the same rebellion his mother sacrified everything for for HIM. shara bey is rolling over in her goddamned grave. the first order is lucky she wasn't force sensitive bc her force ghost would be single-handedly ending their shit

#and poe doesnt even know!!!!!! bc kes was so wrecked by her loss that they never talked about their rebel days!!!!! #he has no idea that he and his mother share all this in common bc nobody TOLD HIM #im losing my mind #poe dameron #shara bey