#houdin

[godzilla-reads]

Here’s my lizard

#godzilla reads #my pets #Houdin

[tobiasdrake]

Orange League, Episode 28 - Tag Battle! The Final Gym!

Liucheng/Kumquat Island, home to the final Gym. It's time for Ash to face the North Star of the Southern Cross! I mean, first there's a giant Rocket mech to deal with.

Where are they getting the money for these mechs? It was an explicit plot point in the early season that the Rockets are having to operate low-budget because they're on thin ice with Giovanni. That's why they downgraded their Gyarados sub to a Magikarp sub. That they're penniless has been alluded to multiple times since.

But ever since Lugia, suddenly they can build mechs again. Did they ransack Dipshit's sky fortress after it crashed?

Whatever the case, Ash and North Star Ruriko/Luana put Team Rocket away in short order and officially begin Ash's Gym Challenge.

Luana's a bit ahead of her time. She introduces Ash to Tag Battle, a prototype for the Double Battles that will be introduced way off in Gen 3. The rules are the same as a Double Battle, except you lose as soon as either of your Pokemon gets KO'd.

Ash intends to lead with Pikachu and predicts Luana will use the Alakazam she demonstrated in the Rocket battle. He needs to come up with a counterpick.

Personally, I recommend Snorlax. Alakazam's a monster; Extremely fast and with intense Special. But they have to sacrifice physical stats and HP for that, and that's a vulnerability that can be easily exploited. Even Reflect only brings Alakazam's resistance to physical attacks up to decent.

Alakazam lacks access to Hypnosis and Thunder Wave means fuck-all to Snorlax. The reality is that Alakazam simply can't hang in the ring with Snorlax's brutal STAB Normal smashes, up to and including the Hyper Beam that they demonstrated last episode.

Ash goes with....

Tag Battle: Pikachu and Charizard vs. Alakazam and Marowak

Not a bad choice. Charizard's got some strong Normal attacks to exploit Alakazam's vulnerability, and their Flying subtype grants immunity to Marowak's STAB moves. Offensively, however, they're going to want to stick to those Normal attacks and ignore their own STAB moves; Marowak resists and Alakazam's Special, as previously mentioned, is through the roof - 135 to Charizard's 85 before EVs.

This isn't Ash's best option, but it's far from his worst (Bulbasaur). For Ash's first ever experience with Doubles-adjacent battling, this works.

Pikachu honestly seems like the weak link, especially since this format ends at the first KO. Luana could easily score a one-turn win by focus-firing Psychic and Bonemerang on Pikachu.

In any case, this definitely goes down as one of Ash's outside-the-box victories. He baits Marowak into throwing Bonemerang, then distracts them with a Thunderbolt that they resist entirely, but that pulls their attention away. This allows Charizard to lead Bonemerang into Alakazam, who is in the middle of prepping a Hyper Beam. The Bonemerang knocks out Alakazam, whose Hyper Beam misfires and takes out Marowak.

There is absolutely no mechanism for anything that just happened. But it was pretty cool.

Ash Wins!

One last destination remains before wrapping up Ash's journey in the Filler Archipelago. Onward to Kankitsu/Pummelo Island!

#pokemon liveblog #pokemon #orange league #pikachu #charizard #lizardon #alakazam #houdin #marowak #garagara

[abibeur]

Casual reminder that every reference to Harry Houdini in any work of fiction indirectly implies the existence of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (from whom Houdini got his stage name) and also the existence of Blois in this universe, in any fashion.

#france #french #jean-eugène robert-houdin #harry houdini #blois #yeah #looking at you “harry hoofdini” #mlp #my little pony #trixie you're the proof of the existence of blois in the mlp universe

[iconauta]

Georges Méliès in The Living Play Cards.

#giphy #silent cinema #the living playing cards #georges méliès #robert-houdin

[adobe-outdesign]

When you eat some day-old clams from a questionable food truck

#pokemon #pkmn #alakazam #pokemon tcg #pokemon cards #outdesign posts things #just to clarify foodin is alakazam's japanese name and sounds similar to houdin(i) #'evil' is probably a more accurate translation than just 'bad' but I digress

[hellyeahmichaelweston]

Oh God, I'm gonna have to watch an episode of the Good Doctor.

#michael weston #is the same producer as houdin and doyle and House #I know #give me strength

[thepastisalreadywritten]

More than two miles long and 1,142 feet tall, Uluru, the red sandstone rock formation in Australia’s Northern Territory, wows travelers during the day.

But now, a new night spectacle Wintjiri Wiru illuminates the darkness adjacent to the monolith in a way that reveals Indigenous culture while dazzling with high-tech sound and lights.

“Humans are drawn to light—just think of how compelling sunsets are,” says Melbourne light artist Bruce Ramus, who designed the work in collaboration with the local Anangu people and Voyages Indigenous Tourism.

Wintjiri Wiru is just the latest offering—and newest technology — in the tradition of son et lumière (sound and light) shows, grand public spectacles projected on to (or close to) historic buildings and natural wonders.

These mash-ups of pageantry, culture, and art are experiencing a boom fueled by digital advances and tourist sites looking to attract visitors after dark.

Here’s where to see the latest shows, plus why visitors love these “virtual campfires.”

How did sound and light shows start?

Paul Robert-Houdin created the first sound and light show in 1952 at France’s Château de Chambord.

Music and narration played while slide projectors splashed colored lights on the 16th-century palace.

“We had the feeling that a new way of discovering and understanding monumental heritage was perhaps being born,” one observer wrote in Le Figaro newspaper.

The concept was a hit.

“Standing in the dark and being immersed in sounds and images creates a sense of enchantment,” says Jane Lovell, a professor of tourism at Canterbury Christ Church University in England.

In the following decades, other storied sites harnessed that magic, such as the Red Fort in Delhi, India, and Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

“There were captive audiences for these attractions, so the efforts were minimal—just light up these beautiful things that already existed,” says California light show producer Ryan Miziker.

Early technology was expensive and bulky: sofa-sized slide carousels, finicky stereo speakers that malfunctioned in bad weather.

The storytelling, if mostly historically accurate, could be clunky and lecturing.

At Egypt’s Pyramids at Giza, the still-running circa-1961 show features the Sphinx “narrating” a lofty spiel about ancient life as murky colored lights wash over the monuments.

https://youtu.be/anLYLqMyK1I

How tech took over light shows

“Son et lumieres started out as pretty rudimentary things—a castle would be lit up and a soundtrack would say, ‘this tower was built in 1592,’” says Ross Ashton of London’s Projection Studio, which designs extravaganzas for attractions from Welsh castles to Indian fortresses.

But by the 1990s, innovations in video, lasers, and audio meant creators could screen riveting, mind-bending shows.

“Digital video changed everything,” says Miziker.

“We had software to do 3-D mapping, which takes a round object like a globe and flattens it, or wraps any structure in overlapping, blending geometry.”

Sound evolved, too.

“Bells, spoken voices from different directions, or a fireball rolling, you can layer sound up, so it feels like a tapestry,” says Projection Studio’s sound artist Karen Monid.

Today’s sound and light shows are like mini action movies screened on historic buildings or natural wonders.

San Antonio’s The Saga wraps the 18th-century San Fernando Cathedral in sound effects (mariachi ballads, cannon blasts) and painterly images (folk dancers, renderings of the Alamo) to tell the story of the Texas city.

In Jerusalem, Israel, the ancient Tower of David has two night shows, one on city history and the other about the biblical shepherd-turned-ruler that gave the site its name.

Wintjiri Wiru harnesses LED lights, lasers, sound, and 1,100 drones to recount a legend from the Anangu, who consider Uluru sacred.

The show depicts mala (wallaby-rabbit) beings battling a gigantic devil dog spirit.

“Combine light with sound—in this case Anangu songs and other effects—and it’s like the desert is speaking,” says Ramus.

Other projects are more abstract, such as the new Aura Invalides show at Les Invalides in Paris, which fills the grand interiors of the historic military monument with surreal rays of colored light and outlines architectural elements in laser graffiti.

“People move around within the building, making it more like a 360-degree immersion than something didactical,” says Manon McHugh, a spokesperson for Moment Factory, the studio that created the show.

Why travelers love spectacles

Experts think people are drawn to these shows for their sense of wonder and spectacle.

“Sound and light shows are like fireworks—it’s impossible to look away,” says Miziker.

"Since audiences are sitting in the dark, there’s cognitive dissonance, with the atmosphere almost becoming its own entity,” says Lovell.

https://youtu.be/FV3XdOda3zM

Plus, in this age of Instagram, sound and light spectacles make ideal selfie backdrops or video ops.

“When Moment Factory started doing shows, we didn’t want people to have their phones out,” says McHugh.

Now, other digital production studios build in elements like photo booths to encourage participants to share their experiences.

How sound and light shows help tourist sites

Sound and light shows can be expensive and time-consuming to design.

(Wintjiri Wiru was developed over several years and cost $10 million.)

But many tourist attractions and cities are willing to shell out.

“They produce new income streams,” says Ashton. “People normally go home at night, but if you sell them a ticket to an illumination, they’ll come back.”

Many sound and light experiences in public, urban spaces — outside cathedrals, on city halls, across skyscrapers — are free, but paid for by cities to give visitors an excuse to stay an extra night.

“We used to think of tourism as a daytime activity, but there has been this tourist-ification of the night,” says Andrew Smith, a professor of urban experiences at England’s University of Westminster.

“Now cities want to attract people and keep them in town. It’s a commodification of the night, a way to extend economic and cultural activity.”

Studies indicate that these shows might even make city downtowns feel safer. “It starts to dematerialize the buildings,” says Ramus.

“You just see the lights, and our cities become transparent. They feel gentler.”

#Youtube #Wintjiri Wiru #son et lumière #sound and light shows #Paul Robert-Houdin #Château de Chambord #France #Pyramids at Giza #Cathedral of Notre-Dame #Regalia #Moment Factory #Uluru #Anangu people #Voyages Indigenous Tourism #The Night Spectacular #King David #Jerusalem #Projection Studio #San Fernando Cathedral #Tower of David #LED lights #drones #sound #lasers #Aura Invalides #National Geographic #Nat Geo #The Saga

[discodiablo]

Not the whole roster but I filled it out

Template here Picrew (with slight edits)

#oc meme #character meme #vampire the masquerade #VtM #Lukas Love #Valter Locke #Rafael Reis #Seraphin Sable #Jesse Steele #Art Houdin #Aidan Evans #writing Aidan is so fun bc of how much I cringe

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin / Escamotage d'une dame au théâtre Robert Houdin (1896, Georges Méliès)

10/22/22

#The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin #Georges Melies #early cinema #1890s #magicians #magic #short #silent

[owolau]

the way some people play Fire Emblem feels alien to me. this is fine of course to each their own fun. high skill ultra optimized PRE PLANNED playthroughs and map clears are... fun and impressive to see. but i cannot imagine playing FE like that. the fun for me is in the Situations and houdining yourself out. a planned opening to a map that then evolves into an improvised strategy built from individual good moves and clever tactics. simply let go and wrestle against the game.

#text #ohhh yeah fireemeblemposting in this blog were going back to 2016 baybe real olauheads will know #fire emblem

[godzilla-reads]

Happy National Haiku Poetry Day ☺️

#godzilla reads #Houdin #my pets #national haiku poetry day #haiku #national haiku day #haiku poetry #book blog #poetry #books #booklr #bookish holidays

[versacethotty]

catch me or I go houdin–

[deathmetalunicorn1]

If you had to create a roster for the Einherjar (without using those already on the list) who would you pick from history?

For a more fun one let’s play which Isekai characters would you pick to be an Einherjar?

This was quite fun to do!

1. Alexander the Great, educated, a strong warrior before he was king, responsible for sacking the Persian Empire, but even when the Persian King fled, he left the coward king’s family unharmed, showing that he was also compassionate. He died young and his heirs were assassinated shortly after and the empire promptly fell apart without his guidance.

2. Genghis Khan, one of history’s most infamous leaders, conquered the Mongol Empire plus most of Asia and Europe during his reign. A strong warrior and brilliant tactician who ruled his massive army, and had so many children with various women that his descendants could form their own army today. I love the mystery that nobody knows how he died or where his body is.

3. William Wallace, famous for leading Scotland to its freedom from the English, he may have not been the one to actually do it, but his actions as a warrior and a leader set in motion to the Scots rising up against King Edwards I following his death. His death was tragic, being betrayed and then executed in horrible ways and having his severed body parts displayed around England.

4. Miyamoto Musashi, a ronin samurai who killed his first person at age 13. He traveled alone with no affiliations to train his skills with a sword, which resulted in nito ichi-ryu, better known as kensai, battling with two swords. His most well-known fight was against Sasaki Kojiro, which he won, but then retired to train others with swords and retired with an undefeated record of 61 duels.

5. Spartacus, warrior turned slave turned gladiator turned rebellion leader, courageous but compassionate, a ruthless warrior who offered his enemies both mercy and respect, and led an army of rebels against their oppressors, the Roman Empire.

6. Achilles, who led the Greek army against Troy, killing Hector at the gates, a proud and strong warrior and leader, but he needs to make sure to wear iron boots that are impenetrable as everyone knows his weak spot.

7. Ching Shih, a female pirate who commanded 300 ships and was able to go toe-to-toe with the Chinese Imperial Navy. If you disobeyed you were immediately executed, but the same went for if her men raped captives, she had a no tolerance policy. She ended up getting to retire with all her wealth after the Imperial Government offered both her and her crew amnesty after they were defeated under the agreement that they would stop.

8. ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill, a British solider in WWII that charged into combat with weapons that were not common for the time, such as a sword and long bow. He was disappointed the war ended with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as he wanted to keep fighting. He once stormed a German held down in Italy with just one other man and captured a mortar position and 42 men with just his sword, long bow and his bagpipes.

9. Amanirenas, one eyed ancient queen of Kush, now modern day Sudan, who fought back against the Roman Empire, after the death of Cleopatra, when they decided to try to expand past Egypt, so viciously that Rome and Augustus were quick declare peace between the two empires after they couldn’t win due to the unbearable heat and the pissed off queen. A fierce tactician who used supposedly used war elephants, fed captors to her pet lion, and defaced Augustus’ statues and kept the head of one statue under the feet of the throne of Kush.

10. Lyudmila Pavlichenko, deadliest female sniper in the world; sniper for the Soviet Union in the Red Army during WWII; nicknamed Lady Death and claimed, during her time as a sniper, to have killed 309 soldiers. Became an advocate for peace and toured the world.

11. Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin a French watchmaker, illusionist, magician and regarded as the father of the modern style of conjuring, having brought magic from something only seen at circuses or similar places like that for the poor, to something of grand entertainment for the wealthy.

12. Richard I of England, a bad king but a brilliant warrior, having spent most of his time in the Crusades, rather than running his own kingdom, or fighting against France

13. Ragnar Lothbrok, Swedish and Danish king, legendary Viking warrior leader who raid both the British Isles and the Holy Roman Empire in the 9th century

As for Isekai~

1. Ainz Ooal Gown- Overlord

2. Rimuru Tempest- That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime

3. Canya- In the Land of Leadale

4. Azusa Aizawa- I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed out my Level

5. Yuna- Kuma-Kuma-Kuma Bear

6. Albedo- Overlord

7. Diablo- That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime

8. Shiraori- So I’m a Spider, So What?

9. Seiya Ryuguin- Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious

10. Mamako Oosuki- Do You Love your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?

11. Diablo- How Not to Summon a Demon Lord

12. Hajime Nagumo- Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest

13. Teacher and Fran- Reincarnated as a Sword

#record of ragnarok

[greatbritishsimchallenge]

“Rogue, Will, come over to the bar,” said John, “I’ve got you both beers ready,”

“Thanks,” replied Rogue, “But I’ll just have a water.” 

“Water?” John repeated, incredulous.

“Yeah. I don’t drink.”

“Ah, I see. Like, only at Christmas and weddings?”

“Nope... not then either.”

“So you don’t drink at all?”

“No.”

“John, stop houdin’ ‘im...”

“Sorry, Willi, I’m just tryna understand! So, if you don’t drink beer, what do you drink?”

“Water, mostly.”

“Just water?”

“Yes.

“Nothing else?”

“I mean, I’ll have apple juice at celebrations sometimes.”

“But not beer?”

“John!” William cried, “Just get ‘im a water! Get us both water.”

“Alright...” said John slowly, still struggling to process the information.

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#ts4 historical #s4 history challenge #s4 historical #ts4 history challenge #sims 4 historical #sims 4 history challenge #ts4 legacy #s4 legacy #sims 4 legacy

[smokestarrules]

https://smokestarrules.tumblr.com/post/707126557762895872/personally-i-didnt-like-howwish-washy-boscha-was

1. If you don’t think me out of line considering my red flag comment from a few weeks ago, I think in a show like this or similar it is something that can be easy to mess up.  Which it didn’t, but I’ll get on that in a moment.

Namely, Boscha has problems and a lot of straightening out to do in the future.  And it is especially good to see recognition that bullying isn’t some cute initiation prank to determine if a kid can handle hardship.

Only problem is if say in any show with a school bully and an adult villain or adult who messed up morally, the adult character will be either more multi-layered and sympathetic.

Like Lilith for example (Don’t hate her and like how she was in S2).  But even if she didn’t curse Eda during their childhood, she’d still be guilty of making Amity an unwittingly tool to her cheating, almost branding Eda/Luz and possibly believing it wasn’t Eda and almost killing Luz.

Or Alador who as you stated got a rushed redemption and second chance.

Some writers would have easily well done things the same in that regard while actually coming done harsher on Boscha.  A subject of debate for Miraculous.  Even if say Chloe deserves to go down with no redemption, it feels less like a less principle reason of age is no excuse for wrong doing as Hawk Moth an adult and terrorist gets more depth.  If the show keeps both as bad people, that would be one thing, but some fear that the adult will get Karma Houdined while the kid is dismissed as the worst.

2. But Dana didn’t fall into that trap.  Boscha isn’t even close to being a goodie now, nor given a chance to be friends, but she gets a bit of sympathy and the chance to do right even if it genuinely is for her reason.

Basically it doesn’t feel like hatesinking a kid, but a good middle ground.

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Completely agree. No notes. 

#toh #toh spoilers #boscha #smokey answers #antiyonder

[francepittoresque]

13 juin 1871 : mort de l’illusionniste Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin ➽ https://bit.ly/Illusionniste-Roberrt-Houdin Fils d'un horloger, ce féru de mécanique fut non seulement un amuseur prestigieux, mais également un inventeur dont l’oeuvre, quoique inconnue du grand public, est cependant considérable

#CeJourLà #13juin #RobertHoudin #illusionniste #magicien #prestidigitateur #illusionnisme #magie #prestidigitation #inventeur #mécanique #biographie #histoire #france #history #passé #past #français #french #news #événement #newsfromthepast