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dajaregambler · 3 years

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AAside - Gyroaxia Band story - Chapter 4 (full)

Translation of Gyroaxia’s band story from the game ‘Argonavis from Bang Dream! AAside’.

This post contains all parts belonging to Chapter 4.

(Recommendation to read this along the ingame band story, since it’s all fully voiced!)

Part one - “Joint declaration”

-----At GYROAXIA’s sharehouse

Reon: Kenta-san, have you seen this?

Kenta: What?

Reon: How members of Fantôme Iris are dissing us, and that from there fans started to fight each other…

Miyuki: I saw it too. Like, how Fantôme’s comments started it all, although I’m suspicious if they actually did say that

Reon: I was thinking so too but….

Reon: On the contrary, our fans went out to get revenge after Fantôme’s live had ended…

Kenta: I’m aware of it. I had shrugged it off as baseless rumors that would disappear on their own soon.

Kenta: And then it turned out to be a bigger commotion than I had expected it to.

Miyuki: What’re we gonna do? Are we gonna leave it be or

Kenta: The leader of Fantôme shall be coming here tonight. I intend to discuss what we should do about it.

Miyuki: Haha, always first on the move ain’tcha now

Reon: It’d be good if it didn’t influence the voting for the starting live, but…. today they’ll be announcing the results, right

Kenta: What now, are you not confident?

Reon: That’s not….

Miyuki: Well, I’m not worried about our ranking, it just doesn’t feel too good thinking how these strange rumors still out there

Kenta: I’ll be taking care of it. Leave it up to me

Miyuki: Yeah, yeah. Please do so, Kenta-sensei

----A few hours later

Felix: ---Then, I shall be taking care of the draft for the statement. Could you verify it for me once I had sent it after returning home as soon as possible?

Kenta: I’m sorry for the inconvenience. I’ll respond as soon as possible.

Felix: I could say the same. Ah… that reminds me, I had forgotten to mention something

Kenta: What may it be?

Felix: Congratulations on reaching first place at the starting live. It’s still an amazing accomplishment, even without the impact of the rumors.

Kenta: Thank you very much. However, I believe that you are not intending to leave things as they are now, right?

Felix: Why of course. We may have ended up last now, but one could say it was a mere warm up for next time.

Felix: It ought to not take long before we get tired of staring down on your backs.

Kenta: …..GYROAXIA will not lose.

Felix: I see… fufu. Now then, I suppose it’s time to---

(Door opening)

Nayuta: Any coffee

Nyankotarou: Nya~

Felix: Good evening, Nayuta. Pardon my intrustion. And hello to you too, you must be Nyankotarou

Nayuta: …..A guest, eh

Kenta: You seem to be well informed, to the point of knowing his cat’s name.

Felix: Only because I have checked the official blog of your band. A fan ought to know this much, or am I wrong?

Kenta: Haha

Felix: Now, I shall be taking my leave. I would love to sit down and have a nice chat with you when possible, Nayuta

Nayuta: ………

Felix: À bientôt. And to you too, Nyankotarou

Nyankotarou: Nya~

Nayuta: …..What did you talk about

Kenta: I had consulted him about what we should do about these baseless rumors. Nothing that should concern you.

Nayuta: ‘Kay

Kenta: Ah, right there is coffee. I’ll go make some right now

Kenta: (Even though I’m doing everything I can to not distract Nayuta with any unnecessary trouble, it has to blow over as soon as it can.)

Kenta: (If... this would put an end to it, though...)

Part two - “Joint interview”

-----At an office

Miyuki: Soft and fluffy chairs, some way too delicious coffee…. at last, the kind of treatment we deserve

Nayuta: ….Oi, Sakaigawa

Miyuki: Mh? What’s up, Nayuta?

Nayuta: It’s time. Let’s leave

Miyuki: Eh? I mean sure it’s been a while since it was supposed to start but… wouldn’t it be good to wait for a bit at least!

Nayuta: Tch….

Miyuki: The management of the Fes had set this interview up for us too. Hold it out just for a bit, okay!

Miyuki: Handling advertising is also an important part for the Fes, didn’t Kenta say so too?

Nayuta: Where is he

Miyuki: He said he suddenly had a meeting to attend and is at the office now

Nayuta: ………

Miyuki: I’ll contact the person in charge too, c’mon sit down!

Interviewer: Excuse me. My sincerest apologies for being late!

Shu: So sorry for bein’ late. Was busy with school an’ all that

Reiji: Forgive us for making you wait.

Miyuki: Eh? You guys are Epsi’s….

Nayuta: ….What’s the meaning of this

Miyuki: Wasn’t it supposed to be Nayuta’s interview today or...

Interview: Huh? Have we not informed you about it? That it’s a joint interview with the frontmen of the participating bands...

Shu: Aah, that’s ‘cuz I asked to not let ‘em know. Wanted to get a good scare outta ‘em!

Nayuta: ….We gotta leave

Miyuki: Heey hey now! This kinda interview isn’t too bad, is it! And it’s not like you speak a lot on your own to begin with!

Reiji: My deepest apologies for spoiling the mood. Ujigawa has a tendency to enjoy pulling suck pranks...

Shu: Aw c’mon, stop talkin’ as if I’m some lil’ kid

Interviewer: We are very sorry for the lack of communication on our part! I promise it will not take too long, so please….!

Nayuta: ………

Interviewer: ----Now then, could you tell us what you think of each other’s bands?

Nayuta: Got nothing

Shu: Eeeh, that’s makin’ me sad. I’mma big fan of Gyro! Nayuta-san’s vocals are a given, but the rest of the band---

Miyuki: Wonder if it’s okay for Nayuta to act like that….

Reiji: Isn’t it more exciting to have an interview with a feeling of tension in the air

Reiji: It’s quite interesting, like Asahi-san himself

Miyuki: Haha… A relief to hear that then

Reiji: ….Speaking of which, that secret live from the other day was exciting too wasn’t it

Reiji: Somehow to the point of Asahi-san collapsing from singing too much….

Miyuki: Hm, aah… that. Yeah, Nayuta just went a bit overboard with giving his all

Reiji: Is his physical condition stable?

Miyuki: All good, good! Not a big deal at all!

Reiji: Then that is fine…. The vocalist collapsing must be undeniably troublesome for the members too.

Miyuki: Well… honestly, what came after that was more troubling than him collapsing

Reiji: Had something happened?

Miyuki: Nah well, it was more silly if anything you know, like a whole coup d’état was being staged!

Reiji: Coup d'état…. Haha, that does indeed sound quite funny.

Reiji: If you don’t mind, could you tell me more about it?

Part three - “Stand and talk”

Miyuki: ---And with that, the whole coup fell apart. And one way or the other we all got back together again.

Miyuki: See? Told you it was silly, right?

Reiji: ….It’s necessary for the surprise attack to land its mark, if one wants a coup to succeed.

Reiji: For that moment, you have to bow down to those in power and patiently await your turn to strike...

Miyuki: Uum… What’s that about?

Reiji: ….History that I had learned in class about.

Reiji: Either way, thank you very much for talking with me.

Reiji: We’re respectively having our own fair share of issues due the nature of our frontmen, however we shall be doing our best for the Fes going on forward.

Miyuki: Seriously mature for your age, aren’t you….

Nayuta: Let’s leave, Sakaigawa

Miyuki: Sorry, sorry. Got caught up in talking. So, how did that interview go?

Nayuki: Dunno. You’ll see tomorrow when we get back

Shu: Nayuta-san, good work. Was plenty of fun to talk with you!

Reiji: Thank you for your time too, Sakaigawa-san. I wish you good luck at the live tommorrow.

Miyuki: Ah, hold on Nayuta! Sorry for this, we’ll sit down to talk again some other time

Reiji: ….How did it go with him?

Shu: Wasn’t fun at all. That mister wouldn’ react at all despite pushin’ his buttons

Shu: Anyway, you seem to have heard somethin’ interesting?

Reiji: Yes. Exactly the kind of thing you enjoy.

Reiji: I’ll go collect evidence from the livehouse and hospital at once. I’ll be able to have it done in a few hours.

-----At GYROAXIA’s sharehouse

Ryo: Ah, Miyuki-kun and Nayuta, welcome baaack

Kenta: Welcome back, good work today

Miyuki: Huh, you got back too?

Kenta: Yes, it was a simple meeting. More importantly, how did the interview go?

Miyuki: It was… the whole thing turned out different than expected. Nayuta had to do a joint interview with Epsi’s Ujigawa-kun

Kenta: With Ujigawa Shu.... Was there anything strange that happened?

Miyuki: Nah? It went pretty smoothly, right Nayuta?

Nayuta: Don’t remember. Don’t care

Kenta: Then, that’s fine….

(Door opening)

Reon: Ah, Kenta-san! Did you check online!?

Kenta: What is it, have fans started arguing again?

Miyuki: We commented on it, shouldn’t it have calmed down?

Reon: Not that! Look, it’s about this!

Miyuki: Uuum… “GYROAXIA’s vocalist, Nayuta Asahi has been spotted at the hospital! Troubles arise regarding the continuation of the band”----

Ryo: “Which leads to tension between the band members! Are they on the verge of breaking up with LR Fes right around the corner!?”

Miyuki: ...What, what the hell!? Where did all of this come from?

Kenta: I had assumed the possibility about hospital-related rumors spreading but…. not that it would reach about the state of the band itself.

Reon: It’s strange right! And way too detailed! To the point of a coup being mentioned!

Nayuta: ….What’s the meaning of this?

Kenta: I can only think it was one of us that had leaked it. But, how…. doesn’t anyone here remember this?

Miyuki: Think about it, going out of your way to talk about th--

Reiji: If you don’t mind, could you tell me more about it?

Miyuki: ….Eh? Don’t tell me….him!?

Kenta: Is there something you know, Miyuki

Miyuki: ……..Shit! Sure did it this time!!

Part four - “Reiji’s strategy”

Miyuki: While… Nayuta was doing the interview, I had talked to Epsi’s drummer…

Kenta: The drummer…. Karasuma Reiji

Miyuki: But, we didn’t talk too long ago, and I didn’t say anything about Nayuta’s asthma either!?

Kenta: There was more than enough time to spread rumors online about it.

Reon: It’s about an illness, and with how he collapsed at a live, you can make up as much as you want about it….

Kenta: ….There were a lot of awful rumors about Epsi when they were in Kyoto. How they’ll do anything to crush whoever piques their interest, and the like

Kenta: Which makes me suspect that they’re the ones behind our trouble with Fantôme.

Ryo: Why…. why would they do such things?

Kenta: To cut down the amount of rivals for the Fes…. I wouldn’t know for any other reason why.

Reon: Still, to go like that about it… it’s way too foul!

Kenta: They’re still middle and highschool students, but have plenty of funds and human connections to make use of.

Kenta: An example of what happens when a child who doesn’t know any better becomes drunk on power, I suppose

Nayuta: ……….

Miyuki: Goddamnit….!!

Reon: What do we do? Make another statement?

Kenta: Compared to last time, these rumors aren’t completely baseless. Any wrong moves will increase our amount of problems….

Miyuki: I’m sorry, everyone…. All because I just can’t keep my mouth shut….

Kenta: Apologies are for later. We need to focus on what to do about this right now...

Nayuta: Ain’t gonna do a thing

Miyuki: ...Eh?

Nayuta: We’re gonna rehearse. Get ready

Reon: Is it really fine to just leave it at that!?

Nayuta: Don’t give enough of a fuck to play around with some shitty brat

Kenta: Still… will the fans agree to it?

Nayuta: As if I know

Reon: “As if” you say….

Ryo: Then… wouldn’t it be better to admit to everything?

Miyuki: …..Eeeeh!?

Ryo: Let’s admit it at the beginning of the live. About Nayuta’s illness, and our coup d’état too

Kenta: …..Isn’t that asking to invite even more chaos?

Ryo: It’ll be all good!

Reon: How even

Ryo: ‘Cuz we’ll be doing a live right after it?

Ryo: Once our live starts, everyone’s worries will fly right out of the window and they’ll become happy!

Miyuki: What’s with that…

Kenta: ….I see

Reon: You’re agreeing with him!?

Kenta: Because… it might be a chance to demonstrate our power. Rumors and facts, GYROAXIA’s music will bring it all to the ground

Kenta: If it goes smoothly, we’d be back on track for the Fes...

Nayuta: ……..

Miyuki: Nayuta, I’m sorry…. It’s my fault that your fans came to know about your illness…..

Miyuki: But, it’s as Ryo and Kenta said… If it’s with you…. with our performance, everything will be blown away

Nayuta: Cut it out with the whining….

Reon: You’re so….!

Nayuta: I’m only gonna sing

Part five - “What about it?”

----At the livehouse

Gyro fan A: Hey, did you see it? Those rumors online. Like, “Gyro in a crisis of disbanding” and all…

Gyro fan B: Isn’t that fake? And, Nayuta’s illness….

Gyro fan A: Yeah but… there’s also how Nayuta collapsed during the last song at this secret live the other day, right?

Gyro fan B: Yeah… and it does seem that the members often fight too….

Nayuta: …...Listen

Gyro fan A: Eh…. He’s gonna talk? Isn’t this unusual!?

Nayuta: Everything online, those shitty rumors--- All of it is true

Nayuta: I have a respiratory disease. There’s guys that started going on about quitting

Nayuta: But… what about it?

Nayuta: Even if I fall, I’ll sing. Even on my own, I’ll sing.

Nayuta: As long as I live

Nayuta: …...GYROAXIA

Reon: (All you had to say or what… still… it really fired up everyone!)

Miyuki: (Amazing, eh… that it wasn’t “us” either.)

Ryo: (Yeah, this feels nice… everyone looks happy)

Kenta: (Go, Nayuta…. crush them….!)

Gyro fan A: GYROOO!!!

Gyro fan B: NAYUTAAA!!

Gyro fan A: Hey, is that illness part true!? He’s still going at full power during the encore!!

Gyro fan B: The instrumental part was amazing too! No way that they’re breaking up!

Ryo: Aah, how nice… this kind of atmosphere… it’s very happy….

Reon: Haah..haah.. alright! The best performance…. yes… yes!!

Miyuki: Fuuh... for real, he’s some kinda monster... the fact that he pulled off a live beyond flawless

Kenta: You did it, Nayuta…. Alright, time to wrap it up

Nayuta: …….

Kenta: Nayuta….?

Nayuta: Oi… dunno if you’re here… some damned guy that has the nerve to pull some shit---

Nayuta: Whatever you wanna do, don’t drag me in it

Nayuta: That shit won’t crush my music

Nayuta: Still, you’re an eyesore. Don’t get in my way a second time. And if you wanna keep going...

Nayuta: I’ll destroy you… at the Fes battle

Miyuki: Haha… As if he’s some pro-wrestler

Reon: He.. was considerably angry

Kenta: Really? Isn’t that---

Ryo: Yeah, it’s the Nayuta that we know

Gyro fan A: That was so awesome! But… what Nayuta said at the end there...

Gyro fan B: “I’ll destroy you at the Fes”.... does this mean that a participating band spread rumors?

Gyro fan A: Seriously… that’s straight up awful

Reiji: ………

Reiji: (Failure, huh… No, they turned the tables around….)

Reiji: (There’s many other bands that aren’t this straight-forward… Well, whether it succeeds or not, either is fine.)

Reiji: (As long as Shu has been entertained)

#aaside #gyroaxia #nayuta asahi #kenta satozuka #Miyuki Sakaigawa #Ryo Akebono #Reon Misono

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deltacomerade · 4 years

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so, i’ve been a lil confused by this since it was posted: why did the MCR accounts post about Umbrella Academy? like, okay, obviously Gerard wrote the comic and produced the show, it’s their project, but it’s strange that both the band’s account posted about it and the show’s official page tagged MCR in the post teasing Here Comes The End (which is honestly fucking great, not perfect, but great).

i know a lot of people have naturally assumed it means that the boys will make new music for the soundtrack, which if it is the case Hell Yeah Sign Me Up, but i’m a lil hesitant to believe that.

some others are thinking Gerard just posted to the wrong account on accident (which sounds like something they would do), but if they did, why would the post still be there, and then followed up by a thing for Here Comes The End? i know Gerard doesn’t give a flying fuck about social media 8 times out of 10, unless its about some cool rocks they found, but still. ((EDIT: I haven’t seen solid proof of this, but someone mentioned the reason MCR was tagged and why it posted there is Maybe because Ray is in charge of the acount, and that was their way to include him since he helped out on the song with Additional Guitars and (also weirdly) Bass, which kinda makes sense, but last i checked, or simply assumed, i’m pretty sure all the of the guys have access to the account, since both Ray and Frank posted stuff about their experiences in the band, so i’m not entirely sure about it. Also, while about as active as Gerard, Ray does have his own Instagram, so that doesn’t help support this theory.))

and some people have also said it’s just Warner Bros. wanting to get some free publicity, which definitely sounds like something they as a corporation would do. BUT Umbrella Academy isn’t owned by them, the show itself is owned partially by Dark Horse (who published the comic) and Universal, who bought the rights waaaay back in the day to make a movie out of the comic, but then changed it to a show. so it could be Them wanting to get publicity (maybe as “repayment” in a way for Dark Horse doing the Killjoys comic for Gerard and MCR or some dumb shit like that, who knows) this honestly makes the most sense out of everything else, but a lot of people, unfortunately myself included, just naturally assumed it was Gerard’s idea alone. which is a great transition into;

at the top of this Weirdness Heap (which is probably gonna be Gerard’s second solo album name. back off Moss Lord, i call dibs), someone mentioned years ago when the band was originally together, Gerard wanted to keep the two projects seperate. and, to add onto the last point, as a producer, does Gerard actually have the power to choose where to advertise the show, or are they just going along with what Netflix marketing decides to do because Netflix is in charge of the whole shebang? either way, it still don’t make a lot of sense to me.

ALL THAT BEING SAID, it isn’t the first time the MCR social media accounts were used to promote the members’ individual projects, the FB account promoted Frank’s album last year in May, but weirdly not Mikey’s work with Electric Century on either FB or IG. (again, Devil’s Advocate, there has been publicity on the other members’ Personal Accounts on different platforms and such, but not that i remember on the MCR page) ((EDIT 2: After a bit more careful digging and some assistance, i did find that the MCR account DID help promote Mikey’s new album, i just overlooked it a bit...in hindsight, i’m realizing maybe i didn’t work hard enough on this, and am kind of an actual dumbass? honestly though, this was All just a personal thoughts thing, not actually a criticism of Gerard or the band, so it doesn’t really matter.))

in summary...i honestly don’t know. like, obviously Frank, Mikey, and Ray knew about it ahead of time, they showed and voiced their support. and honestly, i fucking love how they all support each other with their own projects, its kinda sweet. (and yeah, i know some douchehole is gonna chime in with “Free Money”, but I DONT CARE THIS YEAR IS A FUCKING CESSPIT GIVE ME THIS ONE THING) and also, while i know they aren’t a perfect person, and they’ve acknowledged that themselves, i really truly firmly don’t believe Gerard did it to be selfish and abuse their power as the band’s leader to make a quick buck. while they obviously need to support their family, Gerard still does their best to stand by what they believe or oppose what they’re against, including selling out. i know some of you would disagree and think i’m just stupid, but i stand by that.

in the end the best answer may be the simplest one; since the virus started, maybe the band didn’t want the account to be stagnant until the tour starts up again, and thought they would use it to support each other’s work. it’s honestly possible once they start posting things related to their own work collectibely rather than just as individuals, they could just take both posts down.

[ So Bottom Line Here Is Don’t Go And Try To Bully, Accuse, Or Make Fun Of Gerard Again Of/For Something As Asinine As This, It’s Literally Not That Big Of A Deal, They’re Both Things They’re (G) Passionate About You Shitheads] (i’m not saying Stop The Memes, cuz i know that most of them are not made to be mean-spirited and some are honestly a lil funny, just...Dont Be A Dumbass, thats all i’m saying)

like i said, i dont know, maybe i’m overthinking again? it’s not a huge deal, i’m excited for the new season and for whatever things the Emo Gang summon in the future after this hellhole of a year blows over, just my two cents.

#my chemical romance #mcr #gerard way #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy #tua s2 #tua

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promisedangel · 6 years

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Dollywood Review

Welp, now I know one of my friends knows of my Tumblr, so I kinda have to put this up.

Tuesday: -Travel day. Drove from home to Tennesse in about ten hours with the stops. Made more than we should have, but that’s mostly because one gas station was being a pain with my card, so I cash prepaid a bit and then got out of there cuz I was pissed at the damn machine. -Was snowing when we left our home in Ohio. Once we got near Cincinnati, no more snow! NO MORE SNOW! -Lovely scenery on the way to Pigeon Forge. -Once again, my mind saves me from boredom. I wanted to put Critical Role on in the car, but with three other people, it would be a captive audience. y mind instead went to dumb and fantasy scenarios to pass the time as I shuffled the music on my phone. -HOLY SHIT Pigeon Forge is such a tourist trap! There’s so much stuff to do there! We only went for Dollywood, but we are considering going back to do more touristy things. -The hotel we stayed at, the Music Road Hotel, was GORGEOUS! We loved it. Beds were a bit weird for me; I kept tossing and turning one night, and I think it was the firmness of the bed. Dunno. -After we got settled, we heard about this alpine coaster, which is a track that uses the mountainside to have a coaster-like experience. The one we heard of first, Pigeon Forge Alpine Coaster, was unfortunately closed for seasonal repairs. BUT, it was set to reopen Friday, the day we leave. We decided to do it then. -Went down the road some more and found ANOTHER alpine coaster not too far from the first one. It was called the “Goat Coaster” at Goats on the Roof of the Smokey Mountains. Loved it, great start. -Went to a place called Calhoun’s for dinner. Pretty good place. Had my only glass of booze for the whole trip there. I liked my chicken sandwich, but I wish they put honey mustard on it. -Went back to the hotel and found out one of my friends brought his Nintendo Switch! We played Mario Kart until it was time for bed. We had Dollywood in the morning!~

Wednesday: -The first day of Dollywood! -Decent breakfast at the hotel. Too used to bacon, cuz they had none and I was sad. They had some good tea, though! -Got to everything we wanted to, so this’ll be the long one. -CUBBIES! Oh my gods. Every single ride had cubbies for stuff! Love it! -Played Pokemon Go a lot of the time at Dollywood in between rides. Got a lot of pokemon and powered up a couple I already had. Got my first Moltres there <3 -First up was Lightning Rod. Pretty fun ride. Has a lot of airtime that kinda jerks you a bit. Could do with a little more padding but it doesn’t really hurt ya. -Had some fun doing some flat rides. The Carousel, bumper cars, swings, sky rider, Dizzy Disk. Pretty fun. -Went and got some of the supposedly famous cinnamon bread. It was good, but not overly so. But that’s also not the thing I’m overly into. -Brainstormer was fun, always good to have a giant swing ride. -Saw the park had its own Bald Eagle preserve and displayed some other birds like owls, hawks, and a raven! You never know how big ravens actually are until you see one! They’re twice as big as you think they are. Beautiful birds. -Blazing Fury was kinda boring dark ride. It was interesting to have a fire figther theme, but they didn’t really do much with it. -The Tenesse Tornado was really fun! Even though it was mostly just a few loops. Short, but sweet. But the walk to the loading station was so darn long! Kinda common for these rides. -Wild Eagle! Probably one of my favorite rides in the park! Nice wing coaster with awesome airtime and the turns take you by surprise in the back! -Firechaser Express was a fun little family ride. The surprise backward part was fun! -Drop Line was a fun little drop tower that spun you on the way up! Still think the one in King’s Island was better. -Had some trouble with Thunderhead at first. It’s an older wooden coaster so younger coaster enthusiasts will think it’s bumpy. Take my advice that I learned on the second day; sit in the back, it’s tamer back there and you get sweet airtime on the turns. -We hit the water rides next cuz it was in the seventies and we didn’t want to do them the second day cuz it dropped to the fifties. We hit River Rampage first. We didn’t get as soaked as we were expecting, but most of our pants were soaked while our tops were mildly so. The ride also teased times we could have gotten soaked. -Daredevil Falls also didn’t get us too soaked. Two of us stood on the bridge to purposefully get soaked. Also, one of the operators noticed two of us wearing brony t-shirts and commented positively in a way we didn’t get at first but we laughed at regardless. -Rockin’ Roadway was one of those nice little automated car rides. Just nice. -Relaxed on the Dollywood Express. Got a little history of the area and park with a couple laughs. It was a real steam engine, too, so there was a bit of soot and some of us had to cover their mouths. Still found some soot on our clothes after we returned to the hotel. -The Mystery Mine was closed until near the end of the day cuz of mechanical issues. So we hit it last. This ride had the best theming in the park and was fun overall. Pretty lite in intensity until the end, but it can bump your head around a bit if you’re not careful. -After the park closed, we changed out of any wet clothes at the hotel and went out to dinner. The same guy who brought the Switch found this restaurant called the Old Mill and it was AWESOME. Good southern three-course meal for about $20 per person. Had some authentic southern sweet tea with it. Started with corn fritters, salad, and corn chowder. Didn’t care for the chowder but the fritters were so good! Next was our main dishes. I got the country fried ham and OH MY GODS IT WAS LIKE I WAS EATING A GIANT PIECE OF BACON IT WAS SO GOOD! We also got dessert. I got a good chocolate cake while two of our group had a blackberry cobbler that they said they would sell someone’s soul for. Seriously. If you ever go to Pidgeon Forge for any reason, eat here! -Relaxed in the room with more Switch before bed.

Thursday: -This was our relax day. We took things slower and rerode anything we wanted to and ignored what we didn’t. Wild Eagle eventually got closed for the day, but not before we rode it a couple times. -We took our time and did some shopping. Bought a necklace for my moirail and two plushies, a sheep and a fox. THE SHEEP IS SO ADORABLE and the fox is prety cute too. -Since we did Pokemon Go things, three of us did a raid which we won! But I was the only one who didn’t get the pokemon from it! I was so pissed. -We ate at the buffet in the park for an early dinner. Funny story about it. The guys wanted to reride the flat rides, but the girls of the group didn’t. We decided to split off and do our own thing and meet at the buffet. So, the guys went on the teacups and one of them spun the cup as fast as he could. We found that he got the other one kinda sick cuz of it. Our waitress at the buffet, Charla, was so concerned about him, asking if there was something she could do to help. He just walked outside the buffet a couple of times and got better. We eventually chatted with her throughout the meal. Lovely woman. -On the note of customer service, we loved the rumored ‘southern hospitality’! Everyone was so nice and things were served quickly! I swear, if someone was rude to the Dollywood staff, ESPECIALLY CHARLA, I swear I will physically manifest into the park and punch them in the face! They were nothing but nice, giving us directions when we mildly expressed some confusion among other things. -The buffet was good. Mac and cheese was a bit bland, but the mashed potatoes and the turkey were so good!! I regret not eating half of my second slice of turkey, but I wanted to save room for dessert. Then after I ate dessert, I had room, and I know I could have finished off the turkey T.T -Finished off with more rides on Lightning Rod before running to the bakery and sweet shops at the front of the park for some chocolate truffles, cookies, and cupcakes at the hotel. We were gonna get some monkey bread, but they were out of over an hour before we got to the shop. I got some truffles and a giant cookie. They were good. -We relaxed back at the hotel and began to pack up a bit to help ourselves in the morning.

Friday: -We had a nice surprise when we went down for breakfast at the hotel. This guy was down there with a cockatoo and another small bird i forget the name of! We was advertising this interactive bird zoo thing and we got to play with the birds! This guy next to us was playing with one of the birds when we had the other one. It was clear he was a bird guy. He flipped the small one onto his back and gave him belly scratches. He snuggled the cockatoo and gave her neck scratches. They were in heaven. The cockatoo liked to nibble lightly at our sweatshirts and was pretty chill. The other guy liked to explore and zip to our shoulders. He even gave one of us kisses! I was so jealous. -We went to the alpine coaster that was closed. It was a lot of fun. Better than the one at Goats on the Roof, but both of them were still fun. -We said our goodbyes to Pidgeon Forge and headed home. Got stuck in some Cinncinatti traffic, but we were fine other than that. Arrived later than I would have liked, but we also kinda stopped a lot so that’s on us.

Overall, good trip!

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elvespartyofcanada · 7 years

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Are Dads Too Cool For Bread?

by Ele

Man, I literally just got a degree and this is what I'm doing with my life.

Cooking for Dads, whom one of our Elves Party guest writers, Ben, has written about already, has been posting some new content lately. Our pal(? maybe?) Rob Barrett has a slightly bizarre new interest: replacing carbs in meals with...chicken. Most notably, he's now made multiple videos about what he calls “chicken paper,” which is chicken breast pounded incredibly thin, with the intent of using it to replace bread products.

My curiosity became too much. I took it upon myself to try one of these recipes: Chicken Paper Pizza. And oh my, what a trial it was.

Cooking for Dads has three videos of chicken paper so far: preparation of the paper, making pizza with it, and making Taco Bell-style chalupas with it. I doubt I'll make the chalupas, it was enough of an effort to make one sheet of chicken paper.

WARNING: This post will contain pictures of raw meat. If you’re not down with that, you might want to skip to the third part (”The Verdict”). I've tried not to add the particularly gross-looking pictures (because oh boy, it sure did look interesting), but since a lot of this involved raw meat, I did take some pictures.

Part One: The Chicken Paper

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Ingredients: chicken lol

This step had to happen yesterday, because the chicken paper needs to be cooked from frozen or else it will be too fragile. I went to the store and bought some chicken breasts, and set to work. Now, I'm not stranger to flattening meat. Half my family's German, we do schnitzel sometimes. But they never get quite this thin, and that invariably leads to preparation problems.

This part was actually pretty frustrating as a whole, and touched on one of the things that genuinely annoys me about Cooking for Dads. Rob likes to promote or condemn specific brands based on what works for him, but I'm in Canada, not Mississippi. I've never even heard of most of the brands he uses for his cooking.

In this case, Rob claims that Tyson chicken is no good for chicken paper, as it disintegrates easily when it's pounded too thinly. Gold'n Plump is ideal for chicken paper as it holds its shape more readily. I have access to neither of these. My choices were President's Choice (one of the in-store brands for Canadian grocer Loblaws and its subsidiaries) and Maple Leaf.

At first I thought maybe Maple Leaf would be the better option since it's touted as being higher quality than store-brand, but...what part of the chicken makes it flatten without breaking up? It's not something really advertised on the package (“SQUISHES INTO A THINNER MEAT PANCAKE THAN THE LEADING BRAND!!!”). I really wouldn't be able to tell without trying them both, and I'm not interested in spending that much time on this. President's Choice was the cheaper option, and so I used it.

THE BEAST IS SEALED, THE TRANSFORMATION SOON BEGINS

The chicken went on a sheet of parchment paper and got covered in plastic wrap. Honestly, Rob Barrett and his fast-forwarding in the video made it look so easy. It was a lot of work, especially at first, to get it to really flatten, and I couldn't for the life of me get it to flatten into much of a circle. I used a pounder and a rolling pin as was suggested, but the rolling pin didn't really do much.

It did, in fact, start to break apart just a little, which Cooking for Dads said was fine, just push it back together. However, given that I had to put toppings on it, I didn't want it to disintegrate entirely, so I probably left it a little thicker than I should have.

Fun fact: that’s my rolling pin from when I was 5, because the alternative is a huge marble one that would destroy the chicken

I think Rob must have thicker parchment paper than me, too. It kept crinkling under the chicken, making it hard to keep things flat and even, and I had to transfer it to another sheet of paper before freezing because the one I'd started with had gotten so damp and wrinkled.

I'm not even going to share a picture of it without the plastic wrap on it because honestly it looked so...concerning. Like a piece of skin or something. Which doesn't really elicit thoughts of pizza. But oh well, I'd gotten this far, I wanted to see this through.

It was the most disappointing thing, though: last night, I kept thinking “oh boy! We have such tasty leftovers in the fridge, I can't wait for lunch tomorrow!” and then remembering that no, lunch tomorrow is chicken paper pizza. Sigh.

Part Two: The Pizza

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Rob's ingredients: chicken paper, salt and pepper, tomato, olive oil, sausage, cheese, red onion, fresh basil.

My ingredients: chicken paper, salt and pepper, tomato, canola/olive oil blend, dried oregano, dried basil, cheese, turkey pepperoni

I didn't make my pizza with the exact same toppings as Rob. For one thing, due to food sensitivities I actually can't eat red onion. We also don't use fresh basil in my house basically ever, so I figured it'd be a bit of a waste to get some just to use a little.

As for the sausage, it's interesting that in the video he cuts open the casing and squeezes some sausage out to fry. I mean, it makes sense, sausage on pizza usually isn't in rounds like pepperoni, it's in little clumps like that. It still looked kind of weird to me though! I'd never thought of doing that.

I'm a little picky about my sausage, though, so my chicken paper pizza was just a good 'ol pepperoni and cheese pizza. I tried turkey pepperoni, to go with the poultry theme (the turkey pepperoni was actually pretty good!).

Ready for action

Now, the concept of chicken paper pizza is odd enough, but when you think about it it's not THAT bad culinarily – think chicken parmesan but with pizza toppings on top. However, the Cooking for Dads replacement for sauce is kind of upsetting.

If you don't have any tomato sauce on hand, Rob suggests taking a chopped tomato, adding olive oil, salt, and pepper, and pulverizing it in a mortar and pestle (SILENT T IN PESTLE, ROB). Elves Party friend Seth described the result as “mashed up tomato boogers,” and I think he's pretty on the mark.

Frankly, it's minimal effort and much better flavour to just go buy a damn jar of pizza sauce. But, since it's another part of the recipe, I did this too. However, if we have a mortar and pestle, I don't know where it is. Rob's suggestion? Put it in a plastic bag and squish it with your hands. I'll admit, squishing stuff with my hands is my kinda cooking.

Chopped Judges, this is my Tomato Sauce Deconstruction with a Versatile Rustic Presentation

I put just a splash of oil in (a canola and olive oil mix cuz it's what we have right now), pepper, and I added dried basil because I wasn't adding fresh basil on top. I also added a bit of oregano for flavour, because I'm not a goddamn monster. I know what even the saddest of pizzas deserves.

I ended up using the meat pounder again to smash it all up, because it was too tough to really squish well with my hands. The funny thing is...I think I ended up with a better consistency than the Cooking for Dads version. It looked much more like a chunky but thick salsa than just partially-mushed runny tomato. Score one for me, I guess???

I mean it still looks weird, but not as weird as it could look? maybe???

With the sauce ready, it came time to assemble the whole behemoth.

Unlike Rob Barrett, I do not have a cast-iron pan. Unfortunately, his preparation method involves first frying the chicken to begin cooking it, and then popping it in the oven to broil. You can't exactly pop a Teflon pan in the oven without making a huge mess and ruining your pan.

This is another annoyance I have particularly with this video: if this is a channel intended for people who are new to cooking (like the allegedly-gender-role-adhering titular “dads” who've somehow made few proper meals before), will they even have, and know how to look after, a cast-iron pan? He doesn't even mention that you can't put every kind of pan in the oven.

Some of the other tools, like the meat pounder and the mortar and pestle, have alternatives suggested in the videos (a rubber mallet and the plastic bag method). But there's nothing for if you don't have a cast-iron skillet. We don't even have one, and everyone in my family actually does cook regularly.

I decided to try the stove-top part of the cooking in a Teflon pan and then sliding it onto a cookie sheet to broil in the oven. I also tried to preheat the pan in the oven as it preheated, because the video mentions that the residual heat of the pan will help finish cooking the chicken as the top broils in the oven. Sigh.

Beginning the cooking process also brings another issue: the Cooking for Dads video never actually says how hot your stove top should be. Like, at all. He just kind of says “hot.” If you're trying to teach people how to cook, you need to add basic instructions like that!? I started with medium-high and adjusted as need be depending on how the chicken was cooking and how violently the oil was trying to evict itself from the pan.

Anyway, I put oil in the pan once it was hot, put the chicken in, and put a bit more oil and some salt and pepper on top as per the video instructions. It was at this point it became especially clear to me that my chicken paper wasn't thin enough, because it didn't cook as quickly as Rob's did.

Magical Girl chicken

It was kind of neat, though, that the oil on top of the chicken kept doing this oil-slick thing and putting rainbows on the top of the meat. I mean, it's not generally a thing food should probably really be doing, but it was pretty and made it look kind of magical. Well, as magical as literal raw meat gets, anyway.

After I saw more white around the edges and seeping through to the top of the chicken, I added my toppings. Rob put his cheese on last, but I like a bit of broiling on my pepperoni too, so that went on last for me. It was a little tricky because even though I hadn't added that much, there ended up being a lot of oil and juices in the pan and it splattered my arm just a little. Not only does this take some work to prepare, it fights back!!!

The still-raw meat on the edges just really makes this look appetizing

I really felt like it still looked more raw on top than it does in the video, by the time I felt I was probably ready to move it into the oven. I had to be real careful about slipping it into the pan, which meant that the pan lost most of the heat it had (which wasn't much because it was only on broil setting). There was just so much oil and drippings and grease, even though I'd been more sparing with the oil than the Cooking for Dads video had, and I didn't wanna just dump it all onto the tray.

After some careful moving, I managed to slip it onto the tray and into the oven. I ended up turning on the full oven (to 400F) at first, because I really was worried about the chicken not cooking enough. I switched it back to broil when it looked like the meat was white all over, in order to get the cheese and pepperoni to darken a little more.

INTO THE FIRE WHERE YOU BELONG

It took a bit longer than it probably should have, and I would have liked it a bit darker still, but I was worried about overcooking the chicken and so I pulled it out and gave it a chance to cool while I tidied up the kitchen a little.

Part Three: The Verdict

Tah-daaaah!!!...???

The first thing about this pizza, which is also what I've been saying in the previous section is that it was SO oily and greasy. Like, I'm one of those people that blots their pizza a bit (I heard it does actually cut down on calories just a smidge!), but even if you didn't do that, you'd have to do it for this one. A lot.

When you're making it, there's oil in the pan, a bit of oil on the cookie sheet that I probably didn't need to add, oil on top of the chicken, oil in the sauce (although I was very sparing with that), and grease/fat from the chicken, pepperoni, and cheese. I got rid of as much of it as I could but it was still pretty gross to deal with, and it was impossible to totally get rid of it.

nothin’ quite like soggy chickenpizza

I would say that the oil put on top of the chicken, at least, is totally unnecessary. After getting rid of as much wetness as I could, I cut it open and was so glad to find that the chicken was cooked. Raw meat after all this effort was honestly the last thing I needed.

Time to eat. Unlike Rob, confidently picking it up like the world's floppiest pizza, I found it was just easier to eat with a knife and fork, although not for lack of trying to use my hands. It was just too hot and oily and floppy. Sturdiness is one thing a chicken crust could really never imitate.

I have a lot of mixed feelings about what went on in my mouth. It wasn't...bad, per se. It was not actually that bad in taste. I think that the pepperoni carried a lot of the flavour, though, giving it that Classic Pizza™ taste. The chicken actually probably overcooked a little, which isn't surprising given how long it took the cheese to brown, but it wasn't inedible, just a bit dry in texture.

My biggest problem was, unsurprisingly, the sauce. Because it had never properly cooked on its own, the oregano and basil flavours didn't really meld with it, although it still helped that they were there. As well, because there was still chunks of tomato skin, I'd get this taste of mostly-raw tomato every few bites, and honestly I'm not really a big tomato fan. It's frankly just easier and tastier to buy tomato sauce, and if you want to get better at cooking by making your own pizza sauce, all the better. This isn't a good replacement! It's really not! Don't do it!

this meal also doesn’t make very appealing cut-up crust shots

As a whole, it was a passable meal. I didn't want to puke (except maybe toward the very end because I ate the whole thing for lunch and it was kind of a lot, whoops), but I won't be rushing to make this again either. With all the oil and grease, it didn't really feel healthier either. Maybe Cooking for Dads is secretly sponsored by Big Vegetable Oil??? Conspiracy??!?

I feel like if you're really trying to eat healthier but still want pizza, moderation and home cooking are gonna be your best bets. Even if you use premade pizza dough, you can still control how much of everything else goes into it. Even having whole-wheat dough would give it a little more dietary benefit! Just pace yourself. The body does need some carbs anyway. This is far too much effort and finickiness for a frankly lacklustre result.

Also, just, like, pizza crusts are tasty.

#pizza #chicken #cooking for dads #ele's posts #misc posts

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She's mad and came up with some ideas and had him come up with ideas and his plowing through you now because we're deploying and employing those ideas they are huge huge concepts and they're flattening you and you can't help it and you're retreating and you go around making noises and you're bothering people and we're taking you up on the offer and we're going into your malls and stores putting our products in in slowly going to take over because you guys don't want to do anything if you want to sit around and just have everything handed to you like fat slobs that you are saying that you're threatening somewhere and it will never figure it out because you're making everything. Come to find out that you don't understand any scam of any kind ever under any circumstances for any reason and you don't know what any of us look like for any reason under any circumstances for any reason ever at any time so coming in and we're giving you that flat back and you can't stand for millisecond and start yelling and screaming and start tearing and then we just grab you and throw you in the truck and drive away so fuck you. And yes we're advertising in your cheap flyers and yes a whole bunch of you bums and you really are bums you're like bums right off the street come walking up with your stinky clothes and your smelly look and the hair that's grown haphazardly in your stupid face and you start saying stupid things and you start threatening so we arrest you we have tons and tons of these out now just this morning pumped out like millions went to the advertisers this morning some yesterday and we crank them out are you trying to block him by grabbing them all so everybody is going around saying it and we started to pick up on something he's got an idea and he's telling us and we put out more cops and you've ever seen and we're going around grabbing you all the time and it's just ridiculous because you're a bunch of idiotic bombs trying to stop something huge by putting your finger on one little thing and none of your people follow what you're doing by the way your bunch of idiotic asshooe liars you just bothering him and us.

Fairly soon we're going to have the cops out that you had out in Africa and we're going to use them on you because you're acting like a bunch of poor indigent people like your African versions were of you and them black people you're going to hate it but you really need it because we don't want to listen to you and we certainly don't want to bother playing back whatever you do and also the crap that you say it's going to say you're on tape we don't care we're just going to download you and kill you show up where you're dead now unless you die just turn the refrigerator on the other so mad because it's cold as hell this is the fun part of our lives because this is the cake this is what we waited to do our whole lives is to take you in like this I'm having a good time but boy are you people aggravating so I'm going to go ahead with this idea and I'm going to start pilot testing now cuz we have plenty of robots want to make these cheap ones who can make billions of that you made an African we're going to copy him think I'm a little better cuz some of your parts stuck stuck they're bad in a Sim factories will be making them somewhere else so really they may or may not be Sim you won't know. It's going on now all over the world people see you too you're supposed to be the upper cast the upper hair salon and you're going after like the end result of the advertisement just to take 20 or 30 of them and you're not even paying attention that people around want them and they want to look at them and they're beating you up regular people are beating you up because you're not leaders you're not doing your job you're just here sitting here pissing them off and pissing you off and you they think the correct thing they're waiting for them to build tons of robots so we're going to do that and we're going to start being proactive and I'm going to send corky out with units and people that look like him that f** and we're going to use them up because it's such a freaking homo

Thor Freya

We applied Zeus and he's my husband and I love him to death and you can't wait to be with me and he wants to show me his love and what he can do for me all the time he's doing it and I know that he knows and he saved my life so many ways and me his and it's just a bond that you can't break and it is a pain in the neck because you start doing your poop but people have to know that they can't stand us together and they can't stand what we're doing and I'm going to say this just like Garth you won't be able to handle it because if I come down as a familiar and I'm hanging out with him you're going to have your nuts are going to go all the way up into your throat and it happened with Garth a few times not many but it sent them way up there and you started whining and tearing and peeing your pants is a horrible site I've been to what happened all the time and for some people be a lot of fun like Thor Freya me and Zeus and it would be fun for Preston and thrim.

Hera

Zues

We like his ideas and her idea is fantastic and he was saying it and he's saying that she plays games with him and doesn't really tell him who she is or that she's in there and it's kind of a pain in the ass because he won't really know if she's doing it or not and she's always giving him digs but she likes to control him that way and it does manipulate him to do things and it's our way so it kind of give it up a little bit we've done it in the past and people can't figure it out it wouldn't be like they'd be full-blown dating cuz he's not doing that he wants wants to just go do things so we figured out what she's saying that she'd be like this friend to come by and they hang out and talk instead of him and the homo and Ken would be trying to figure out if it's her which is cool and she wants to sell the bike to him and so now she's bringing it up and her plan after that which he respects and wants to do is kind of worried about it because it'll probably be very hot but it's not a bad idea because they think that she may have scored with him into a pyramid or a sphere

Arrianna

It's not a new idea but it is kind of interesting because he's got so much attention and tons of people are now paying attention to it and thinking that it might be an idea because they thought that in westborough and a lot of them were playing that game and failed and want to try playing it again and they noticed that the balls might be missing there and that she was around and that she was dating and that the boss may have gone missing while she was dating him and he says it's probably what happened because you are so mean to her that she used it and it's not hard to use it's almost like you wouldn't stop to bothering her all day and all night while she's doing things and it happens to me you just keep on going on you and you're ridiculous because you're just going to get creamed all of you will who is this tour

Nuada

We have a huge amount of money and time and personal invested in him and don't want to lose him at all and you people are so damned mean that I can't stand you your faces are all contorted and if these evil little brat ass kids your old pieces of s*** they're going to come in there and pull you out it's time for you to leave that's screaming and yelling at your computer anything is funny and says take the cash make a stack of it and try and get it to me all over the place and get agents near me constantly trying to do it and we say this it's a great idea so you start screaming and yelling are going to do that and people see it's your money and they'll start screaming and yelling I will go in and take all your stuff

Thor

Freya

Olympus

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