#faf eclipse

[miasmaclockworks]

Marine and harpy fighting

On the other hand-

these guys just watching

[toa-archive]

Sites going down has been a routine theme of late so for something a smidge different, an article that's breaking. Previously on the Animation Magazine article you could see white boxes that you could click for the images but now uh.

Yeah it's pretty broken and the only way to access the 'missing' ones is through the source code. To save you faffing around with all of that, here they all are :) Figuring out the artist behind each has been an ongoing project thus not all pieces have been figured out at the time of typing.

Darklands environment

Rémi Salmon - L shape of art Simon Rogers - Top right

Darklands environment

Unknown artist - Top left pair Rustam Hasanov - Everything else apart from the circular area bottom left Unknown artist - Circular area

Eclipse Armour

Alfonso Blaas - Helmet, shield, glaives, Eclipse armour Yingjue Chen - Eclipse blade

Dictatious

Headless Studios

Gunmar - We do have a larger version of this image though for the purpose of this post the original has been uploaded.

Unknown artist - Top left Rustam Hasanov - All middle images and top right Headless Studios - Bottom left Unknown artist/seeking confirmation - Bottom right

Nyarlagroth

Alfonso Blaas - Middle image painted over Yingjue Chen's lineart Yingjue Chen - All the rest

Enjoy!

[bonefall]

Attempting to translate some oc names and I’m hoping I got it right

Kessakreyab = Thistleberry

Pbumswash or Pbumshepash or Pbumshepashswash = Bunnytail (She’s a bit weird because she’s named after her stubby tail which is considered good luck for her clan)

Luparoopeyach = Bluebellscar (there is no clanmew word for bluebell so I combined some)

??? = Cinnamonstrike (there is nothing to base off and I don’t feel confident enough to clanmew it myself)

Bunny reminds me-- that can translate directly to Clanmew if you'd like.

Adult rabbit is Pbum, the ones that will send out a warning thump when hunted. "Bunny" is a baby rabbit, a young one who may still be a kit or freshly out of the warren.

Bunnies are considered a dishonorable animal to hunt, but a "low" one on that list. They're taken as game when times get a little rough, always before they will start targeting songbirds.

Bunny = Gwee Named for their high-pitched mewling screech if caught

You could also use "beacon," peeg. It's the bright white butt of deer and rabbits. "Bunny-beacon" would very specifically invoke the fluffy, white little tail of a young rabbit, which is meant to flash warning to its family.

On Bluebell-- this is an interesting one. Two plants could fall under what you're looking for. One grows in ThunderClan and wooded areas, the other grows in WindClan and areas of poor soil.

The one that grows in Windclan is "Luoob," Scottish Bluebell. Also called "Harebell." The other one, which is seen in more lush places like ThunderClan, is "Hebsi." Common Bluebell.

Scottish Bluebell/Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) = Luoob

Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) = Hebsi

And, lastly, for Cinnamonstrike, you'll need to think of what kind of action you want the name to invoke. Pummeling? Cutting? Swiping? Check under 'combat' in the Lexicon.

Strikestone's name is Kachkubon. "Will-Hit Stone." He was named because he smacked his dad on the nose as a baby. His eyes weren't even open.

Sunstrike's name is Awlharakich. "Sun Will-Grapple." She was named because of her ruthless participation in the Battle of the False Eclipse.

Cinnamon is a loanword from kittypets, "Seenameen." It wouldn't have meaning in Clanmew besides as a name-- all three Guardian Cats are actually the same way. "Seenameen" is because she was named after a relative (Seenameenswash), Antfur and Blazefire use Guardmew words in their prefixes (Ak-faf and Ekna-kafyar).

(Berryheart is angry about this, and regrets letting Sparrowtail name their son Spireclaw.)

A "blow," a smack made by another cat, is a "Kubo." You could use that, if you'd like it to be simple, and make the name Seenameenkubo.

Blow (A hit, strike, pass) = Kubo

[tobiasdrake]

Snowy hellscape? Snowy hellscape.

We are not dressed warmly enough for this. Good thing we got all that cold weather practice back at Zenith Academy. Nobody talks about it but the sky is very cold all the time. It's a miserable place to live.

We aren't burning the books yet, but we've been here five minutes and I already hate this place.

Oh my god, they have ice DJs. I take it back. This place is amazing. I renounce all other places. What do you even call a--

Rude.

Now I can cross "used ice to ward away the cold" off my list of life experiences that I never wanted to have in the first fucking place.

Still aren't burning the books but I am this close.

No. Absolutely not. I am too cold and pissy right now to deal with you jackfucks.

So help me, I will skin you for warmth.

...honestly, that was barely even a fight. We've had random encounters with more punch than you two. Zale and I only had to pop a single Mending Light.

When you see One and Three, tell them I said, "Hey, at least you're not these clowns. Silver medal's better than bronze."

Alright, it's real enough. Archivist's books are safe from my wrath.

I am going to be the greatest menace to sleep schedules in history. Hmm, what kind of lighting would I like for our journey today?

Maybe we can use this to fulfill our prophecies properly, since we're apparently too shitty to do it ourselves. To be fair, using tool assistance to compensate for our shortcomings is what makes us human.

Hmm... if we can control the day/night cycle freely now, can we use this to fabricate an eclipse when needed? I was thinking about that before with the time rune things but now we don't even need the runes.

Son of a bitch! If you'd told us that from the beginning, we could have just turned around, gone straight to the Fleshmancer's castle, and died horribly.

Well played, old man.

Well, credit where it's due; The compensation for this one was pretty cool. So why not. Maybe we can make a deal.

Yeah, I saw him when I was faffing about earlier. Is there more to him or is he just a head?

Are you the guy that Garl's supposed to demand a Flask of Borrowed Time from? Because this sounds pretty Flask of Borrowed Time adjacent.

Don't forget about that, Garl. My prophecies and Zale's have been trash, but you get the best prophecies.

Wait, you can do that? Could you just. Like. Reverse time to the night of the Eclipse and then we jump in and stop Erlina and Brugaves before they know what hit 'em?

If you can control time then our best option for dealing with Mesa Island is to prevent the Dweller of Strife from ever waking up to begin with.

XD

"I have no idea where Aephorul put my artifact but he's a predictable little shit so it's going to be there."

Well. Shit. I have a feeling we're about to find out if we can fabricate eclipses or not.

I guess we really wouldn't have been done once the Dweller of Woe was dead. Strange. If a Dweller's here, I wonder why it's not. Like. Doing anything.

I'm feeling a lot better about our chances against the Dweller of Strife than I was five minutes ago.

Here are your books back. I'm sorry I threatened to burn them.

It's called Torment Peak because the Dweller of fucking Torment lives there. Nobody knows there's a Dweller there because the place fucks with your head so bad that the Docarri, having set up shop on the island, discourage people from visiting.

There could be hidden Dwellers anyplace where common knowledge says we don't go there ever.

Okay, point to Erlina and Bugraves. We actually wouldn't have been finished after the Dweller of Woe was killed.

But also five points deducted because. What. People are just supposed to live like this? What the Dweller of Woe was doing to that island isn't any less unfathomably horrifying just because more Dwellers exist. If anything it's moreso. How long until the Dweller of Torment beefs up enough to do the same shit to the Docarri?

Oh, yes please. I could chug some "Fuck Outta My Head" Juice. We had a bad experience with exactly this kinda shit on Wraith Island and I don't want that ever happening again.

[garavigujarat02]

Jos Buttler helps Rajasthan to remain unbeaten

On Saturday, the Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets thanks to an unbeaten century from Jos Butler, who eclipsed Virat Kohli's opening IPL century (6).

In his 100th IPL encounter, Butler got his century off 58 balls with a six when Rajasthan needed one to win their pursuit of 184, with five balls remaining in the Jaipur match.

After scoring 35 runs in his previous three games, Butler found his form. He and captain Sanju Samson put up 148 runs for the second wicket, with Samson making 69.

Butler spoke of his winning smash over the deep mid-wicket fence, "Had a little bit of luck, did not time it well, just got over the rope, delighted with the win."

No matter how long you've spent playing the game, those tensions and worries persist. The mind is a powerful tool; all you need to do is persevere, work hard, and sometimes good fortune will find you.

Earlier, Kohli scored an undefeated 113 to lead Bengaluru to 183-3 after reaching his ninth IPL century in 67 balls, the highest by any batter.

However, his efforts were in vain as the first-time winners, Rajasthan, secured the top spot in the 10-team table with four wins, keeping them undefeated throughout the season, ahead of second-placed Kolkata Knight Riders, who have won three games in a row.

After getting off to a poor start, Butler—who, along with Chris Gayle, now has six tons in the IPL—blasted Mayank Dagar for three fours and a six in a 20-run sixth over, setting up the chase.

After Buttler came in to replace Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was out on the second ball of the innings, Samson also assumed responsibility for the opposition's assault.

At their home stadium, Samson and Butler captivated the audience with their beautiful strokeplay, hitting 16 fours and five sixes between them.

After Samson left, Rajasthan faltered a little and lost two more wickets, but Butler and Shimron Hetmyer, who scored 11 off six, held strong.

After reaching the three-figure mark with a single off Nandre Burger, Kohli, 35, hit his first century of the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League. He then removed his helmet and lifted his bat in front of the applauding audience.

"I want to keep the bowler guessing; I don't want to be too aggressive." They want me to leave quickly and hard," Kohli remarked.

It just takes maturity and experience. I prepare the game and play the conditions.

As he and captain Faf du Plessis put on an opening stand of 125 runs, with the latter hitting 44, to create the groundwork for the total, Kohli struck his third fifty-plus score of the season.

With a six off 39 balls, Kohli scored his half-century by smashing Riyan Parag below the belt.

Yuzvendra Chahal gave a catch to long-on and Du Plessis fell. To check the surge, Burger shortly bowled Glenn Maxwell for one.

Throughout his 72-ball innings, which included three fours in the last over, Kohli remained resolute and responded with four sixes.

With 316 runs in five games, the former captain of India solidified his place atop the batting table this year.

With Bengaluru, Kohli is still searching for his first IPL victory.

[danwhobrowses]

WWE Royal Rumble 2021 - Initial Thoughts

I know I’m late, but employment is still a thing, and I had to prioritize that over an all-nighter, but it’s time for the Royal Rumble, one of the more exciting shows of WWE’s schedule, so let’s get on with it!

Spoilers for Royal Rumble, you have been Warned

I might not invest too much in kickoff matches but the Women’s Tag Match was not a good time

It was fine before the end, but who the hell decided that Charlotte should control 90% of the champions’ offense and have the hot tag!? Asuka is the RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPION, not Charlotte. After the tag Asuka literally had one spot and she was dead, completely taken out of the match for *checks notes* being thrown over the Announcer’s Table...you know that thing several wrestlers come back from easily.

The finish was just too much too, Ric distraction didn’t work, Lacey distraction didn’t work, Kirufuda Clutch didn’t work but then the brass knuckles did. Too much.

And why TF are we putting titles back on Nia!? We should’ve just given the titles to the Riotts, or the winner of the Women’s Dusty Classic. It also cuts me deep that Asuka and Shayna are treated this way, even as champion Asuka is a side character to Charlotte T_T

Main show though and I don’t like the package and interviews between entrances

Drew vs Goldberg was just...meaningless.

It was cringy enough that Cole had to spout drivel to make 60 year old Goldberg seem strong but to have Drew be ‘injured’ by a barricade spear - something much more tired wrestlers have and will get back up from in less time and continue a longer match - was daft. Also saying that Goldberg’s spear or jackhammer is the best move of all WWE is stupid, it was a WCW thing

Thank God Drew Won, but the post-match does remind you of the meaningless circumstances this feud came about. Suddenly Goldberg is okay with Drew’s same manners of respect

I mean, Carmella’s entrance and gear is cool, but do you think it eats at Corey a little that Carmella’s ‘behind the curtain’ bit is a tad...red light district?

Sasha’s promo didn’t hit for me unfortunately

Reginald didn’t deserve to be ejected for that! He caught Sasha and get beaten up for it

Jesus Carmella! Sasha got barely any of that dive

Screeching and faffing aside, Carmella got a good showing...I do hate quick tap outs in title matches though

Sami cuts a good promo, but his content wasn’t exactly the best. New Day are hardly the management’s faves, it’s taken this long for E to get a singles run, Fans literally had to Yes Movement their way into giving Kofi the world title.

New Day’s Brodie gear was good though

Bad Bunny as the ‘Biggest Latin Artist’? Is Cole for real? I didn’t even know who he was before today

If the song is about Booker T then why is he dancing around GI Bro?

Come on Book, you hang on the Sucka! That’d be like if the Rock just went ‘If ya smell what the Rock is cooking’ without the drags or pauses

Ric’s ‘with a tear in my eye’ promo was after the Rumble though...

It’s actually a sad stat that just over half of the Rumble winners win titles

No Morrison segment for the escape spot!? He did it as much as Kofi dammit!

Sorry Greatest Royal Rumble is not canon for me

This Stat Attack has taken far too long

I’m okay with Mike Rome but couldn’t a woman have announced the Women’s Rumble? Where’s Lillian at!?

NAOOOOOOOMIIIIIIIIIIIIII GIRL WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?

That hair is amazing as well

I know you can’t say it, but we all remember that Benoit won the rumble in the first two as well

Was...Bianca wearing earrings on her entrance, she looked like she was taking them off

Billie actually had the right idea, can’t be in the match until you enter the ring, it’s clever stuff

That tank did not look like it was meant to turn that direction XD

It actually surprises me every time how tall Shotzi is, I always imagine her short

Billie no...not with Shayna

The piped boos are highly unrealistic to boo even a heel Toni Storm

Shotzi eliminated and then horrible singer Jillian comes in? Urrrrgh, Bad Singer Jillian was terrible

Wrestling wise she hasn’t missed a beat though

Billie’s surprisingly being a highlight here with actual narra-OHMYSHITITSVICTORIA

Gear was a bit meh but Victoria definitely can still go

Oh Peyton the purple looks good on you, and her Widow’s Peak was not bad at all

Ah, good for Santana, for a moment I thought it said Santina and got a very bad chill

Damn Liv, Speed Machine!

Ooof, the betrayal is real Billie

THIS IS MY BRUTALITY!

Somehow I’m genuinely upset by every elimination so far, good job!

Aaaaaand then they got rid of Victoria and brought on Charlotte to immediately take out Rhea -_-

That was a clever move from Bayley but damn Ruby landed hard

Are we seeing a Bayley/Peyton team? Or is she just eliminating the Riotts for revenge for Billie, but also Liv Nooooo!

Torrie now, eh okay

Ouch for Dana

Lacey...no, this ain’t working

Poor Peyton, her elimination was a side chapter

And we missed Bayley’s elimination!? For Shame

Mickie! Good to see ya! Aaaaand being beaten by Charlotte...

Nikki Cross is back too! Hopefully they find a good story for her

Alicia Fox? I guess she sobered back into the good gra...R-Truth? No

Oh yeah, Humberto is a thing

Jerry shut the fuck up!

The 24/7 stuff was super unnecessary, we did not need to take focus off this match

Lacey eliminating Mickie, rude.

Dakota should’ve gotten more time, she barely lasted a minute

Reginald again deserves better

See Tamina vs Rhea would be exciting...if Tamina was booked better

Naomi’s chemistry with Bianca is really insane right now

Lana *reminded of her feud with Shayna and Nia* Also Lana *goes for Rhea*

That was a hard tackle on Alexa by Rhea...aaaaand she’s eliminated mid ‘transformation’ a bit worthless for me

Road Warrior Ember Moon! And right into the Eclipse that’s the good shit

Baszler probably shouldn’t have eliminated Lacey story-wise

The Betrayal is real for Tamina as well

What’s with the crazy camera cuts!?

Nia eliminating Baszler? Nah...

Hold on Cole, baiting Nia over the ropes isn’t a ‘tremendous elimination’

The betrayal is real for Lana too, Nattie sure shrugged off that double assault

I get that the narrative is that Charlotte has beaten both Bianca and Rhea before, but to hang against both of them after already being in a match and hanging on from two apron attacks was daft. Stop making her super strong, she’s mega talented yes but giving her the Brock Lesnar energy does her no favours

That close call though with Rhea and Bianca was great, need more spots of two wrestlers about to be eliminated at the same time

The final bit of chain wrestling too was great, that’s what you need at the final part of a rumble, the mini-match

I had Rhea as my win prediction but am more than happy for Bianca, who was my second choice. Winning at No. 3 is great and her emotional promo just gets her more over. Bianca vs Sasha’s gonna be wild too

Overall the Women’s Rumble was good, most of the women got shine and there were a few mini stories too, do wish that more time was given to some women and that Sonya was in the rumble but the returns were good and most of the eliminations got me good

Miz talking about guaranteeing a championship run like he didn’t lose the last cash-in and didn’t have a chance to cash in previously this night when Drew was ‘reeling’ from the barricade spear.

I reiterate that I wish Sonya was in the rumble, but do like her endorsement of Bianca

Again, this 24/7 stuff is wrong place and time right now

Last Man StANDing Match for the UniVERSal Championship

Cole, there is Champion’s Advantage. Triple H vs Michaels Last Man Standing, neither men made the 10 so Trips kept the title, 17 years ago. Royal Rumble 2004.

See, this is where a Finisher Spotfest works, because it’s not about pinfalls it’s about keeping people down

The camera switches are not doing good on this portion of the side of the thunderdome

Yes, attacking the knees, this is the Cerebral ‘rope breaks with his pinkie finger’ Owens I like to see

Ooof the Golf Cart, a la Kane and Stadium Stampede

Why is this training area just like a second arena

Lil’ running ref in the background

Right into that conveniently placed mini-ladder

Not the forklift! Think of Judy Bagwell!

Oh that curtain is the thing Becky took a photo of! I mean she was always gonna be backstage

Corey before the match ‘there must be a winner’, Corey after Owens went through the stage LED ‘The ref should consider stopping the match’

Did the Ciampa move there to stand up

I don’t think you’re allowed to use a Ref Bump that way

Then the Second Ref restarts the count and stops at 5!? If this doesn’t come back next SD it’ll be a misstep

It was a physical match, not the best I think the finish brought it down. The problem is that KO has lost 3 times now and the last time is a botch finish, and we can’t have him lose again - the poor guy needs a win

ON THIS DAY, I SEE CLEARLY!

I will say this immediately, revealing Edge and Orton as 1 and 2 beforehand was a terrible idea, just because you don’t have a live crowd doesn’t mean the people watching from home can’t be surprised

‘Number 3 is the worst number to draw on average’ - Belair just won at No. 3

Ali at 4? Then went after Edge and not Orton?

Sami, just don’t get in Orton’s face

Refs what are you doing? No rules in Rumble, where were you with Nia and Shayna with that logic

‘What does Shin need to do to be more successful?’ - for one not face AJ Styles, he is still a tag, US and IC champ as well as a RR winner, that’s quite successful

Carlito finally shows after the Legends Night tease and yes those are some abs

So...Randy’s just sleeping with this knee injury

Big E enters with some snappy camera angles again

I was hoping for more Ali - especially since Ricochet came immediately after - buy angry E was nice to see

Wait is that Elias’ entrance? Where’s the guitar strum?

Priesty, wonder if this is his main roster call

What DJ leaves his equipment on stage anyway?

‘The biggest star in the world in the music business’ - for real?

‘I’ve heard of flying squirrels but flying bunnies!?’ - Corey you need to watch Tokyo Joshi Pro, they got a flying sugar rabbit

To quote Ross Tweddell, MMMmmm Riddle...does not do it for me

Stop with the camera cuts I beg of you!

Mayor of Knox County!?

Ricochet eliminated by Kane, le sigh

The betrayal is real for DBry

Big Elim for Priesty though

‘Now it’s a Royal Rumble’ - reminder that Edge is a KOTR winner too, and that Nakamura is the King of Strong Sty-oh and Corbin eliminated him :/ what was the gauntlet about if you’re gonna Corbin him?

Otis’ new gear is slick

aaaaand Corbin’d again

Big Dom Fuck im Uhhhhhh Spinebuster’d

Damn he got him though

Dang that bounce sound from DBry

Bobby no why you gotta do Dom like that!?

Hurricane back from his Gangrel crossing and disposing Sammy Guevara’s broken body in Elite Deletion to do another rumble

One of these days, he’ll hit that Chokeslam and shit will go wild

Christian! This time getting the more emphatic reaction

Oh that smile, that hits you in the chest cavity...then Riddle ruins it

Rey comes in and WWE made him an advertisement ¬_¬

Edward James Omos what are you doing? well...I know what he’s doing, IC feud between AJ and E

Edward James Omos fuck you for eliminating Rey

The betrayal is real for Shamu

Cole how did you know it was Seth before his entrance hit?

I don’t think we were supposed to pick up Shamu welcoming Christian back but that was sweet

Then finally BWOAR

And Bwoar eliminates Cesaro, what was the point of his push? (it’s because his contract’s nearly up isn’t it?)

Again with the camera switching

Seth No! And where’s the boos pipe music!? DBry was a heavy favourite, that would’ve caused heat

Can’t believe Mmm Riddle lasted ahead of DBry

I didn’t forget about Orton, but the finish was good, that Orton tease got us good

It was a decent rumble, in hindsight you could tell Edge was winning given how they put express focus on Michaels winning at number on in the stat attack, Edge being face in peril for the first 10 entrants and Cole reminding us how long Edge has been in there

I don’t at all hate the end result, though I do question whether it was the best choice in the long run. Edge had his rumble win returning from injury already and throwing more legends at Drew does imply a heavy lack of depth in the current roster. Edge didn’t really need the win, but I’m not disappointed in him winning

The Men’s Rumble itself wasn’t as good as the women’s I don’t think, a lot of favourites of mine were unceremoniously dumped out quickly, any layered storytelling didn’t get enough time and it did feel a little by the numbers, almost a microcosm of modern WWE booking

Overall it was still a decent PPV, happy with the winners of the rumbles and that’s mostly all we need from a Royal Rumble. The Road to Wrestlemania starts here

[magic-is-something-we-create]

Hello! Happy ( late ) WBW & FAF! For WBW: are there special events in your WIP, and how are they celebrated? For FAF: Pick one animal to turn into for life. Why did you pick that?

Hey, happy WBW & FAF!!

To answer for WBW:

As we know, the Festival of Magic is a celebration of the Mayhist goddess, Venn, and all the ways she manifests on Ehl! But, there are celebrations for each of the other goddesses, too!!

(before we go on, I should mention that Mayhism follows 6 goddesses. they are: Delta, goddess of time and, subsequently, change; Venn, goddess of magic and stories; Vii, goddess of life and joy; Lib, goddess of death and peace; Luma, goddess of the sky and moons; and Erra, goddess of the ground and oceans.)

For example, the Days of Change are acknowledged on solstices and equinoxes, and their respective festivals take place in Delya, Deltierin, as a day of remembrance, and of planning for the future. You will see lots of triangular pennants, usually in indigo, white, light gray, and cyan, with black motifs of trees. Days of Change are some of the more serious celebrations in Mayhism, though; people generally spend the days with their loved ones, visiting graves and planting trees. This is also the most likely celebration to show up in Firebreathers, other than the Festival of Magic!

There are also less formal celebrations at the Temple of the Nimia, whenever there’s a meteor shower or an eclipse, in honor of Luma! They send word out a few weeks in advance, to let other temples know that one is predicted, and visitors are invited to watch the sky and listen to music with the Priestesses!

To answer for FAF:

I’d probably turn into a Basset Hound, honestly. I’d get to sleep for upwards of 16 hours a day and no one would judge me. Also, I’d be a dog, and get all kinds of hugs and pets!!

[poore-choice-of-words]

Happy FAF from @austrohungarianwriteblr! What are your characters' go-to karaoke songs?

Happy FAF @austrohungarianwriteblr​! Thanks for the ask!

I rolled a die and I got Humanless!

Drake: Will only sing Karaoke with his friends, but does have every word of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” memorized.

Bobbi: Also reluctant to do karaoke, but is a fan of Dolly Parton and will sing “Jolene“ if pressed.

Hecate: Consistently mad that she can’t find “Habanera” from Carmen

Singe: Has some old Folk songs of Draconis that he’ll ask bands to play, and unless they’re from Magek, they won’t know it.

Frank: “Under Pressure” by Queen, featuring David Bowie.

Thoth: “Modern Major General” from Pirates of Penzance

Syren: Sailor Moon Theme Song, multiple languages

[wobblegong]

I was going to squee about my space-cat but I just got shotgunned through the Chains of Harrow quest & subsequent orbiter thing so instead I’m going to spew my thoughts everywhere. I have too many emotions about this ok. WARNING: Massive story spoilers (for many quest lines), massive gameplay spoilers, massive worldbuilding spoilers, BASICALLY NOTHING BUT SPOILERS UP IN HERE. You probably don’t want to read this unless 1. you’re caught up on everything including 2. you dgaf and find me nattering about a game you don’t play interesting. (~2200 words.)

I. Gameplay/Mechanics

Chains of Harrow is VERY WELL DONE, jfc. I continue to be impressed by Warframe’s execution. Some previous quests weren’t quite ideal but this one... this one was on point.

(Shout-out to my game dev friend who does totally unrelated stuff and their ANGUISHED GROAN when I asked how they’d do the one bit with moving the audio around in their not-Warframe engine; they stared into Hell as they contemplated it. “But Unreal engine apparently lets you do it just fine.” It’s so fun to be reminded that one engine’s effortless task is another engine’s “the only thing that eclipses the suffering this would require is your hubris”.)

There were spoopy screen effects, not that I’m surprised– already seen plenty of demonstrations of what they can do when I get flashbanged or fade in/out of a menu. One section has you chasing directional audio aka heading towards wherever the sound is coming from. (This was the worst section for me, I had to pause three times to get my panic wrangled.) The talking-heads approach to story, combined with the setting, combined with a few lite-cutscenes & one interactive segment... was actually fucking perfect. I usually feel like the exposition-dumps are somewhat contrived and aggravating, but here I was SOLD.

If I had any criticism, it’d be that the spoopy starts wearing off like 1/3 of the way in and just keeps eroding until the end isn’t spoopy at all. It didn’t feel like a deliberate tone-shift, just that they ran out of jumpscare (which is what the spoopy is 100% made of) and didn’t really replace it with anything. I don’t consider it a drawback though... if it had actually been scary the whole way through I’d be a gibbering jelly. Also everything else going on is so fantastic that I prefer the lack of distraction.

I did laugh when the main combat section goes Ghostbusters: you have to trap a spoopy in a box you toss on the floor, complete with a glowy beam trapping said spoopy. Mild grumble because I wasted a dozen traps before I googled wtf to do in that section (hint: APPLY BULLETS TO BAD THING) but fine, if I hadn’t been accidentally lied to I would probably have tried that first instead of faffing around.

Final “boss” fight was indeed kind of a bear but I was warned beforehand that I was gonna get punched out like forty times so when I only got punched out thrice it was like all my namedays had come at once! HOLY FUCK DON’T DO IT BEFORE YOU’VE DONE THE GARA QUEST THO & GOTTEN AN OPERATOR AMP ON CETUS. This quest predates all that BUT THE AMP IS GOOD. EVEN A BAD AMP IS BETTER THAN NO AMP. So... hot tip, get your little shit a little piece of shit and be thrilled when you can actually kill the boss fight adds in under 12 hours.

Ok no I have one true criticism: BLOOD ISN’T RED WAX, WHY WERE THE BLOODY MESSAGES ON THE WALL THAT COLOR. Actually they were... really 3D... ... ...maybe it WAS wax? Where the fuck did the spooperson get so much red wax for writing creepy messages?

II. Story

So the story is that you get a haunted I mean hecked up transmission, it’s spooky; you go to a fucked-up empty ship and find one Red Veil chick just hanging out with her cat. She says a lot of baffling things and then forty ex-Red-Veil zombies/ghosts/possessed assholes try to murder you, ineptly. Ok maybe they’re less inept if they’re not going in ultra-slow-motion. (My god, I will never stop being happy that Frost Prime was my first frame. So good and useful when I’m going into shit blind.)

You haul RVC (Red Veil Chick) out of there and plunk her ass down in the Steel Meridian camp because I guess the factions like each other enough for casual favors like that. She says some more barely-less-confusing shit and very earnestly (there’d be dewey eyes and heaving bosoms if she wasn’t wearing a full-body-inculding-head suit) begs you to go find some relic. Off you go to another fucked-up empty ship! UNNECESSARILY CREEPY WHISPERS lead you to said relic, which was the thing Rell focused on for soothing because most sensory stimulation was too much for him. Wait, what? And then ASSHOLE MCINVINCIBLE tries to stick his hand up your ass like a puppet and if you’re me you sprint in circles for 30 seconds crying while the NPC frantically tries to get you out.

You go back to RVC and she does a seance. It works. To summarize/paraphrase including story bits revealed further into the quest line, Rell was one of the Tenno who got shunned out of the gaggle even before they all got Tenno’d. Apparently this put him in a position to discover what the fuck is in the Void, at which point he had his meatsack body killed so his mind(/soul/whatever) could be chained to his specific ‘frame, leaving him awake/conscious to keep doorstoppering the badbadnotgood, even while the other Tenno were off snoozing per the Lotus’ plans. A line of RVCs (Red Veil Chicks) were in on this and dedicated themselves to... looking after him, inasmuch as you can look after someone who shoveled themself into a robot that’s been chained up somewhere it’ll never see the light of day. They could talk to him anyways– I guess they were mostly there to keep him from going bonkers and maybe intervene if anything ever went wrong.

Anyways, that’s all fine right up until it isn’t; RVC & the Lotus determine that his transference fucked up and fragmented so you need to go Ghostbusters the creepy phantoms of this guy’s psyche. Collect them all while dodging ASSHOLE MCINVINCIBLE (and a smattering of forgettable mooks– fuck off Infested, I don’t care if it’s your ship) and RVC thanks you/tearfully asks you to take them back to where his ‘frame rests so he can die because THAT’S ENOUGH SUFFERING FOR ONE PERSON THANKS.

Nothing gets to be easy, not even that, so when you find the ‘frame and start snapping its chains it wakes up. RVC has about five seconds to go “thaT’S NOT RELL” while your little shit self scurries behind a pillar before boss fight! Red Veil operatives (except dead or mind controlled or who knows what) try to punch you out while some kind of awful red glowing tear pops in and out to fireball you. But eventually you snap all the chains and yaaaay Rell gets his eternal rest. (I’m not crying, you’re crying.)

III. Meta Story/Worldbuilding

It’s SUCH A THING to me that RVC casually knows what the Tenno are. I mean, ok, makes sense because the RVCs were so involved with Rell, buT LIKE. MAN. NOBODY ELSE KNOWS. THE “KIND OF HAVE A CLUE” PEOPLE STILL DON’T KNOW MORE THAN “IF YOU DISSECT A WARFRAME YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE TENNO ARE”. Fuck, I think the RVC even dresses down the Lotus over it a la “fuck u, u say they’re ur kids but u suck and u never knew about Rell”.

They completely skate right past RVC setting up shop in the hyper-secret Steel Meridian HQ. “Yeah, no big, me and my ouija board are gonna hang out at the secret base of a completely different faction, which happens to be located like three centimeters from the balls of the genocidal maniacs they defected from. Sorry you keep seeing my kavat in the background of my transmissions.” W h a t . ?

...ok, side thoughts out of the way: OH FUCK OH FUCKOHFUCKOHFUCK THE MAN IN THE WALL

As of this point in Warframe’s existence (out of game I mean) they have done... not the WORST job defining the Void, but of course a lot of it hasn’t been written out. (Both because good storytelling and also because the writers probably haven’t gotten that far. :p) Things we do know:

The ship of people who got stuck in there was (afaik) 100% casualties among all the adults. Fuckers all went feral apparently? But the kids lived. Although they came out weird and dangerous (understatement). People do still go into the Void atm, generally via opening a portal on another planet. People... don’t always come OUT of the Void, although presumably they come back out often enough for the major powers to feel like it’s not a waste of time to ransack that shit. I don’t know where they stuck this lore but iirc there’s some kind of horrible THING in there that basically shoves some kind of hijacking device into you, if it catches you, and then it controls you forever. (IDK if dying gets you out of it or if it can just be like HA HA NICE TRY MEATPUPPET and get you back up. With how this setting is, could go either way.) This is why all the Void tilesets have a variety of mob types: the THING has been hijacking the assortment of factions that wander in. Like I said, people don’t always come back out during those expeditions.

So the first badbadnotgood hint I personally played through was at the end of The War Within (Space Lil’ Shit 2 Electric Boogaloo, Now With More Tremors). It’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it brief, but while Space Dad is congratulating you, your Operator suddenly stares into the camera, eyes turning into voids, and a creepy voice taunts you, something about “don’t forget what you owe me kid” or the like. It’s a single line, but the way the camera snaps around (complete with some fucking over-the-top visual effects) & Space Dad catches your arm while you shake it off... thaaaaaat’s not a trivial hallucination.

Anyway. Among other things, during the Chains of Harrow the RVC is very fucking explicit about how Rell was grappling with/cockblocking a specific “vast and indifferent” entity that lives in the Void. Offhandedly, The Lotus dismisses this while mentioning that basically all Tenno have mentioned or claimed similar things. (RVC keeps on insisting.) Right before Rell finally dies, he asks who’s gonna take over his job if he stops, and the RVC coos that all the other Tenno will have to help now.

I have been told by one friend– without checking around, so could be wrong, but– that once you’ve finished the Chains of Harrow you’ll periodically get jumpscared on your ship by a creepy asshole who looks identical to your Operator, but has a different (asshole) voice. Said friend randomly turned around once and what looked like their Operator was sitting on their nav console. And taunted them. Said friend sprinted down to the transference pod to make sure their Operator was in the right place– they were– but was pretty freaked out by it.

Obviously, we don’t have much more detail at this point, but uH. This is not painting a rosy picture of the shit lurking out there in the Void. To me this is pointing towards some kind of extradimensional horror that you really don’t want to draw the attention of... and we’ve gone and done that. Possibly even that the Tenno were lucky to scamper away the first time after it got to play with an entire ship of people (some guessing there, but given its asshole moves so far...) and going anywhere near the Void after that was about as wise as standing on a hilltop in a thunderstorm while double-dog-daring Zeus.

I’m so excited to find out how fucked we are.

Given what the orbiter shit involved, the answer is probably very, and also creatively. BALLAS? WHAT?? WHAT?????

IV. Further Thoughts

I really would love to hear the perspectives of autistic folk. That said, I... more or less liked how the Chains of Harrow handled Rell? The quest established that he was very different; the other kids-eventually-Tenno ignored him, while his mother loved him (I’m open to other interpretations but everything I heard pointed to sincerity). He had the intelligence and agency to deal with badbadnotgood, and while the RVC had a certain maternal vibe she was pretty damn reverent when discussing what he’d done/was doing. Also (maybe most importantly in my reckoning) he didn’t get a happy ending, but he succeeded at what he was doing. By this setting’s standards that’s a rosier conclusion than almost anyone else gets.

Now that I’m thinking of it, I’m racking my brains for any parties that have known the truth of the Tenno and been kindly disposed towards them without getting all maternal/paternal. I’m coming up blank. (The fuck is with this setting and everyone treating them like kids btw? All indications are that they stopped aging so they look like young teens, sure, but all indications are ALSO that they’ve lived awhile time, even excluding their cryosleep! I’m willing to believe a certain amount of “their brain maturity stalled along with the rest of their aging so they have the hardware of a 13yo” but that wouldn’t undo living long enough to form a small civilization. SOME parts of teenagers not being like adults are hardware, but a lot of it is pure lack of life experience, which the Tenno have in spades by now. Also, you know, THEY PSYCHICALLY POWER SPACE NINJA ROBOTS, SHOW SOME RESPECT.)

...

And now I’m going to pass out to sweet dreams of tomorrow’s fully-grown space-kitty.

[actuallydeglace-blog]

Some Kisasaku?💙

Here is my previous answer on my vague kisasaku plans… also, for your kisasaku needs, see my kisasaku tag which has such juicy art. Also I appreciate that you used a blue heart in this ask, don’t think I didn’t notice this fine detail!

Anonymous said:Ever consider madasaku or kakasaku? You’d rock it.

Thanks?!!? KakaSaku has been beautifully dealt with by myriads of writers before me whose skills far eclipse mine, so, believe me, you don’t need someone like me faffing around in the kakasaku tags. I love this ship though, as far as I’m concerned it’s Basically Canon ™, far more so than the other pairing (you know the one)

As for Madara, he’s one of those new characters I don’t know at all, and, as I don’t intend to catch up with the naruto canon after wherever I left off 10 years ago (kakuzu/hidan arc & Ino’s disappointing treatment there) I wouldn’t feel comfortable writing him. However!! Do check out the works of @beyondthemoor @ofhealinglove and @sariasprincy (among many others) ‘cuz they have awesome stories about this man and his Glorious Hair

Having shot down your two suggestions like a douchebag, may I also add how much I appreciate that you think I would do either of these pairings justice?! THANK YOU. I’m flattered. Especially because of kakasaku which is like, the stomping grounds of fanfic writing behemoths from the Days of Yore

Anonymous said:I'm In LOVE WITH FLASH POINT ITS SO GOOD PLS UPDATE WHENEVER U CAN IM DYING

Thank you!!! for trying this rarepair and for liking it, and if you need more deiino content @deidaraino is a thing which you should avidly follow, run by @enecola who is essentially this pairing’s sole content source, but what a source. I stared too long at her art & this pairing that had so captured her imagination & it turns out it was contagious and captured mine too, and I love itttttttttt

[seanjtealeupdates-blog]

Sean Teale on The Gifted, superheroes and learning from the best.

Sean Teale has already played major roles in Skins, Reign, and now Marvel's The Gifted – and he's still only 25. We chatted to one of British acting's most exciting talents

(THURSDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2017)

YOU’VE BEEN CAST IN FOX’S MARVEL SERIES, THE GIFTED. CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT THE SHOW OR YOUR CHARACTER?

The Gifted is in a way a street level view of the X-Men Universe and the people within it. The show tracks two families of sort that are thrust together. One is an all American family of four and the other a group of Mutants who are part of a Mutant Underground Network designed to help other mutants. In our world mutants are persecuted and oppressed by a hostile American government agency who deems them a danger to public safety. I play one of the main members of Atlanta’s Mutant Network Marcos Diaz (or Eclipse) – alongside his girlfriend Polaris and his best friend Thunderbird.

YOU'RE PLAYING A NEW MUTANT CHARACTER CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SHOW. DOES THAT GIVE YOU MORE SCOPE TO PLAY WITH THE CHARACTER OR PUT YOU UNDER PRESSURE TO IMPRESS LOYAL MARVEL FANS?

It actually contributes a bit of both. On one hand you get the benefit of working on a character never seen before - you have a certain freedom in not being shackled to anything historically. At the same time you have no backstory to go on other than what you’re told or personally create. Luckily Matt Nix and our writers have given me information to help with the process and hopefully keep it within the universe the fans are so dedicated to, which its hugely important.

APPARENTLY YOUR CHARACTER WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO ABSORB AND MANIPULATE PHOTONS. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE A SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

If I could choose anything I’d choose teleportation. Flying would be great but it’s a lot of faffing about and who knows how quickly you can fly. Knowing me I'd mess up and find out what the inside of a plane engine looks like – much like Thunderbird in the comics does at some point.

WHAT’S THE SECRET TO MASTERING THE AMERICAN ACCENT?

I’ve always loved accents and I don’t know if there is one specific secret per se. When it comes to accents I’ve always just really enjoyed impersonating. When I was a child, growing up I would basically be a Parakeet. We’ve had American programming flung at us from a very yearly age so tie that in with the amount of American work available and you find your way. But I enjoy manipulating accents and playing with intonation, tone and stress so you just have to stick at it. The history also of why people speak with the speed or cadence they do is pretty fascinating. It’s all useful but just requires time and desire.

GROWING UP DID YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE SUPERHERO?

I mean across all the many superhero comics and movies Sir Patrick Stewart as Professor X stands out performance wise – especially in Logan. Deadpool is great. My childhood was a lot of Batman movies with different Batmen.. some were far better than others...

WHY DO YOU THINK THE SUPERHERO GENRE REMAINS SO POPULAR? FOR THE LAST CENTURY IT’S DOMINATED OUR CULTURE...

I feel like there's a plethora of reasons for this and this interview would be endless and I'd bore everyone if we got into too much. Overall the genre can be entertaining, tell interesting, different stories and be broad in size and scale which means there’s something for everyone in there. But alongside that it’s also the perfect medium to tell stories of humanity, and resonate with issues occurring in the real world. The perfect example is the X-Men and how relatable they are - Professor X and Magneto were to some degree based on MLK and Malcolm X.

THIS FUTURISTIC ROLE CONTRASTS THE PERIOD ROLES YOU’VE PREVIOUSLY PLAYED. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN PREPARATION?

To be honest there isn’t too much difference in overall preparation. Really the difference exists in your character prep - it varies from role to role with who they are and what world they live in but you’re still preparing for it the same way. Admittedly shows set in the modern era are simplified to some degree by us existing at the same time as they’re set. In shows set centuries ago you have to take into account society, how they spoke, movement from a time you didn’t exist in. It’s all fun.

YOU MADE YOUR NAME IN SKINS – DID YOUR TEENAGE DEBAUCHERY MIRROR THAT OF THE SHOW?

To some degree it did yeah. That show was completely insane to be a part of in the best possible way. On and off camera we had a lot of fun - but most of the serious stuff we saved for on screen.

YOU’VE WORKED WITH SOME GREAT ACTORS, INCLUDING TOM HARDY, BEN AFFLECK AND MATT DAMON. DID THEY TEACH YOU ANY VALUABLE LESSONS OR SHARE ANY TIPS ABOUT THE BUSINESS?

I’ve been very fortunate to work with some of the people I have over the last few years. Working alongside creatives with so much experience means you’re always learning, picking up ideas on prep and execution that resonate with you and some that you try and find aren’t quite your gambit. There’s no real direct route to success in an industry like this though so often people thankfully don’t just tell you specific tips that will guarantee you get to where they have. But they’ve all been a font of knowledge, experience and ideas to learn from or play with which is awesome.

DO YOU HAVE ANY DREAM ROLES / PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE?

I want to try my hand at anything and everything to be honest - it’s more about the stories that are being told and the role itself than a specific name or franchise.. but.. two books that I’d love to do well or be involved in in any way now that their rights have been bought are the Spademan Chronicles and The Sisters Brothers - all amazing. I wish I could've been involved in Band of Brothers too. And show me someone who wouldn’t like to take on Bond and I'll show you a liar!

Via: https://www.squaremile.com/features/sean-teale-interview-the-gifted/

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Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav Star As Visitors Beat Proteas By 9 Wickets

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav’s magical wrist spin outfoxed a depleted South Africa as Indian romped to a crushing nine-wicket win in the second ODI to reclaim the pole position in the ICC rankings here. India now lead the six-match series 2-0 as they literally annihilated the home team which had the ignominy of being shot out for a paltry 118 in 32.3 overs — their lowest-ever score at home. Chahal recorded his career-best ODI figures of 5 for 22 in 8.2 overs and was superbly complemented by Kuldeep (3/20 in 6 overs) with none of the Proteas batsmen able to read them off their hands nor off the pitch.

Interestingly Chahal’s figures were best by any Indian bowler on South African soil eclipsing Yuvraj Singh’s 4 for 6 against Namibia at Pietermaritzburg during 2003 World Cup.

It was a walk in the park for the batsmen as Shikhar Dhawan (51 no) helped himself to a nice half-century in company of skipper Kohli (46 no) to get India atop the 50-over rankings, finishing the match in 20.3overs.

However ICC will not be releasing the ranking list till the end of the series as it is a convention.

The end of the match bordered on farcical as on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Adrian Holdstock called for lunch with India needing only two runs for a victory.

The umpires went by the book to call for lunch as 19 overs of Indian innings was possible before the break. However commentators Mike Haysman and Sunil Gavaskar were very critical of the rigid ICC ‘Playing Conditions’ with players required to comeback for scoring two runs.

Probably to make a point, India played a maiden over before Kohli got a couple to finish off the match.

It was once again the wiry-framed Chahal and chubby- cheeked Kuldeep, who bamboozled the batsmen with their difficult art-form with a collective haul of 8 for 42 — best ever by spin duo in an ODI on South African soil.

While AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis’ absence is an advantage, the performance on South African soil by the spinners will go a long way in shedding the tag of being backyard bullies.

Chahal struck in his second over as Quinton de Kock (20) was caught in the deep trying to pull his leg-break.

It soon became two wickets in two balls, as new skipper Aiden Markram (8) played a poor stroke off a Kuldeep half- tracker in the very next over being caught in the deep as Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a well-judged catch.

Four balls later, David Miller tried to drive a perfectly dipping leg break delivery and offered a simple catch in the slips. South Africa lost 3 wickets for without any runs in the space of 6 balls and never recovered from thereon.

Khaya Zondo (25) and JP Duminy (25) added 48 runs for the fifth wicket to stem the rot but only for a brief period.

In this meantime, India deployed Hardik Pandya again and Kedar Jadhav (0-11) as well to eat up a few overs.

But the procession began once the wrist-spinners came back in action. Zondo miscued one off Chahal in the 27th over and was caught at midwicket, with Pandya latching on second attempt.

South Africa barely crossed 100 in that over, and then Chahal came with another breakthrough, trapping Duminy plumb lbw. The Proteas then lost their last five wickets for 11 runs and were bowled out in the 33rd over.

Chahal trapped Morne Morkel (1) leg before as well, while Kuldeep got rid of Kagiso Rabada (1) with a wrong one, another leg-before.

Chasing a paltry 119 for victory, India started off in hectic manner. Rohit Sharma (15) outlined the intent to go for a demoralizing blow to the opposition as he pulled Morne Morkel (0-30) for a six over midwicket off the 3rd ball of the innings.

While he looked good at the wicket, Rohit couldn’t break his poor run on South African soil and was out caught at fine leg off Kagiso Rabada (1-24).

The latter had troubled Rohit throughout, and nearly had him earlier when a confident shout for caught behind was turned around off DRS in the batsman’s favour.

But this was the only success for the Proteas as Dhawan and Kohli ground their disheartened bowling attack to dust.

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[kateemmerson]

Patience OR procrastination huh?

Every now and then, it is true – that sitting patiently, silently, in a centered and non -pressurized way, simply biding your time is absolutely necessary! A bit like the full moon and the special Eclipse last night.  It can only happen at the EXACT moment it is ripe to happen. Not one second before. You can read more about what this eclipse means for you from an awesome colleague, Cassandra- click here.

And at other times, you are merely conning yourself -yes, YOU ARE CONNING YOURSELF and playing small. And what is called for is a little nudge or even a tougher kickup the b*tt  to get back into action as opposed to wallowing around pretending to be patient. All that matters is that you do the right one at the right time, and don’t con yourself you are being “patient” when actually you are faffing around. “procrastinating”.

Make sense?

There is a HUGE difference between these two scenarios. I think that all too often we think we are being patient with regards to an outcome we want, or a goal we are working towards, when all we are really doing is wasting time and space by not doing anything. We can lull ourselves into the sense of false security that the time is not right, when in actual fact we are conning ourselves and letting ourselves easily off the hook.

We can get VERY good at doing that.

There is wisdom in knowing the difference between the two. Let me keep it simple as to how I see the difference…and see if you recognize where you are right now with regards to some aspect of your life.

  How do you recognize if you are being patient?

You have a sense of order

You trust that things are right for you

It feels good on the inside

There is a sense of calm

You feel empowered that all is as it should be

You are positive about what is coming

You have taken all possible action within your power for this goal / outcome

You are excited and optimistic

You can sense the divine timing around it all

  How do you recognize if you are just “messing about wasting time” procrastinating?

You are lethargic and tired

Your head is not focussed on your goal

You have no sense of direction….just ambling around

You have not taken all actions within your control

You expect others to be doing things

You are irritable the goal is not happening

You are blaming people or circumstances about why the goal is not being reached

You are doing things that have no real value; TV, shopping, sleeping unnecessarily

You are bored and apathetic

So, when you think about something that you say you really want and are not getting, just assess where you are at HONESTLY and if you need to actually start taking different action and get your b*tt into gear. If things are just as they should be for right now and everything is in perfect harmony then get on and enjoy the time you have on your hands by doing something else you really enjoy?

You cannot speed something up that is not ready…..so don’t even try.

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