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apilgrimpassingby · 3 months ago

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So, I've got an assignment on measuring and analysing a bunch of flint arrowheads, and I'd written a lengthy section on the chaîne opératoire of them. Turns out, I won't be able to use it, but I'm proud of that section so I'm going to share it here.

Also I want to see how much of it makes sense to non-archaeologists.

The arrowheads, unfortunately, can only be roughly geographically placed; Conygar Hill and Sutton points are found throughout England and Wales, Greenlow arrowheads across all of Britain and Ireland (Bjarke Ballin 2021 p.30) and leaf-shaped arrowheads are known in southern England, the Midlands and Scotland (Green 1980 p.147). While there are some local variations, such as leaf-shaped arrowheads being most common in Derbyshire and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads most common in Yorkshire and Oxfordshire (Kendrick 1932), overall all types have a wide distribution (Green 1980 p.144). The temporal situation is no better; while mostly associated with the Early Neolithic (Bjarke Ballin 2021 p.26), leaf-shaped arrowheads were used throughout the Neolithic (Heath 2009 p.39), and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads are known across the Early Bronze Age (Sharratt 1998 p.250).

However, the origin of their material can be narrowed down; all known Neolithic flint mines are in southern England, and most of them are in south-central counties such as Hampshire and Wiltshire, with none further north where the flint is of lower quality (Pouncett 2008 pp.50-51). Comparing this to the wide distribution of all types, it is likely that many if not most of our arrowheads were made with flint obtained by trading.

How they were made is unknown; however, ethnographic analogy may give some insight. Barbed-and-tanged arrowheads are associated with men (van der Linden 2015 p.611) – for example, 16 men and 2 women are buried with barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, versus 6 men and 4 women with leaf-shaped arrowheads (Green 1980 p.91), and male burials from the period barbed-and-tanged arrowheads were used in included archer’s wristguards (Osgood 2000 p.23). In extant societies where archery is an important symbol of masculinity, such as the Awá of Brazil, men make arrows for themselves rather than communities having a single specialist arrow-maker (González-Ruibal et al. 2011), hence it is likely that this occurred in the Early Bronze Age.

After being produced, arrowheads would have been attached to a shaft, which in turn would have had a flight attached. Based on surviving shafts, leaf-shaped arrowheads were attached with gut binding, while barbed-and-tanged arrowheads were attached with the tang (Knowles 1909). The material the shaft was made of is uncertain – reconstructions have used a variety of materials, such as birch, ash and pine (Clark 1963), while materials of surviving Neolithic and Bronze Age arrow shafts include viburnum, birch, alder, briar, hazel and ash (Green 1980 p.182). The feathers used as flights are also unknown; while eagle feathers make the best ones, they would not have been available everywhere, and a variety of feathers make good flights (Clark 1963). Due to regional variants in what woods and feathers were available, different shafts and flights likely provided a way for groups to differentiate themselves (Edmonds 1995 p.46); if this is true, and considering what has been said above about local production of arrows and sources of flint, it is probable that flint was imported and the rest of the process of manufacture was performed by a local group.

Their usage is a matter of debate – leaf-shaped arrowheads have been variously argued to have been used for hunting (Edmonds 1999 p.39, Pouncett 2008 p.53) or warfare (Heath 2009 p.39) and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads likewise (Cotton et al. 2006 p.153, Osgood 2000 pp.19-20). Warfare is the more likely option, for both kinds. Firstly, wild animal bones are rare on Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, suggesting hunting was economically marginal (Green 1980 p.179). Secondly, we have several skeletons with arrowheads embedded in the bones, with leaf-shaped arrowheads at Ashton-under-Wychwood and Fengate (Edmonds 1995 p.46) and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads at Barrow Hills and Stonehenge (Osgood 2000 pp.19-20). Since only 2% of arrow wounds result in arrowheads becoming embedded in bone (Ryan-Despraz 2022 p.3), the actual number of people attacked with arrows must have been much higher. Finally, we have several examples of arrowheads being used in warfare, such as clusters of use-worn arrowheads at Maiden Castle (Sharples 1991 p.34) and a wooden screen at Crickley Hill with arrowheads embedded in it (Edmonds 1999 p.142). Specifically concerning barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, the likely purpose of the barbs is to cause bleeding by making removal difficult (Green 1980 p.170); animals have a very limited capacity to remove arrowheads, and so this suggests that they were used against humans. It has been proposed that they may have been used for hunting because of the abundance of fish and birds in the Somerset Levels (Green 1980 p.179), where the two discovered Neolithic bows were found (Clark 1963). However, hunting fish with a bow is obviously implausible, and birds are often hunted with wooden-tipped arrows in order to avoid damaging the feathers (Green 1980 p.170), and so this was unlikely to have been their use. While they were undoubtedly sometimes used for hunting – for example, a butchered aurochs in West London has been found with barbed-and-tanged arrowheads (Cotton et al. 2006 p.153) – for the reasons stated above, this was probably not their primary use.

Finally, the arrowheads were deposited and later found. While leaf-shaped arrowheads are common in Cotswold and Yorkshire long barrows (Cooper et al. 2022 pp.235-238) and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads are even more commonly found in burials (Ryan-Despraz 2022 p.25), these arrowheads were not buried, since they were found by fieldwalking. Many flint arrowheads have been found through this method – Pulborough, West Sussex, has been particularly productive, with dozens of arrowheads found by students from Chichester University (Frieman 2014). Arrowheads found through fieldwalking were probably ones lost in the undergrowth after being fired (Edmonds 1999 p.18).

Bibliography

Bjarke Ballin, T., 2021, “The Typology of Lithic Debitage, Cores and Tools” in Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods, Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing, pp.12-79

Clark, J. G. D., 1963, “Neolithic Bows from Somerset, England, and the Prehistory of Archery in North-western Europe”, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, volume 29, pp.50-98

Cooper, A., Garrow, D., Gibson, C., Giles, M., Wilkin, N., 2022, “Time’s arrows: the complex temporalities of burial objects” in Grave Goods: Objects and Death in Later Prehistoric Britain, Oxford: Oxbow Books

Cotton, J., Elsden, N., Pipe, A., Rayner, L., 2006, “Taming the Wild: A Final Neolithic/Earlier Bronze Age Aurochs Deposit from West London” in Animals in the Neolithic of Britain and Europe, Serjeantson, D. and Field, D. (eds.), Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp.149-167

Edmonds, M., 1995, Stone Tools and Society, London: Batsford

Edmonds, M., 1999, Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic: Landscapes, Monuments and Memories, London: Routledge

Frieman, C. J., 2014, “Double Edged Blades: Re-visiting the British (and Irish) Flint Daggers”, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, volume 80, pp.33-65

González-Ruibal, A., Hernando, A. and Politis, G., 2011, “Ontology of the self and material culture: arrow-making among the Awá hunter-gatherers (Brazil)”, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, volume 30, issue 1, pp.1-16

Green, H. S., 1980, The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles Part 1, Oxford: British Archaeological Reports

Heath, J., 2009, Warfare in Prehistoric Britain, Stroud: Amberley Publishing

Kendrick, T. D., 1932, “48. A Note on English Arrowheads”, Man, vol.32, pp.43-44

Knowles, W. J., 1909, “On the Mounting of Leaf-Shaped Arrowheads”, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol.43, pp.278-283

Osgood, R., 2000, “Northern and Western Europe” in Bronze Age Warfare, Osgood, R., Monks, S., and Toms, J.,Stroud: Sutton Publishing

Pouncett, J., 2008, “The Neolithic Period” in The Handbook of British Archaeology by Adkins, R., Adkins, L., and Leitch, V. (eds.), London: Constable, pp.36-62

Ryan-Despraz, J., 2022, “Part 1: Neolithic Warfare” in Practice and Prestige: An Exploration of Neolithic Warfare, Bell Beaker Archery, and Social Stratification from an Anthropological Perspective, Oxford: Archaeopress, pp.1-46

Sherratt, A., 1998, “The Emergence of Élites: Earlier Bronze Age Europe, 2500-1300 BC” in Prehistoric Europe: An Illustrated History, Cunliffe, B., Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.244-276

Van Der Linden, M., 2015, “Bell Beaker Pottery and Society”, The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe, Fowler, C., Harding, J., Hofmann, D., (eds.),Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.605-620

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unintentionalgenius · 5 years ago

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ok @ongreenergrasses tagged me in this and like, I’m here for it. No one actually follows me anymore unless they want to hear my opinions so leggo!

List 10 different female faves from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people! no particular order bc they’re different fandoms and also i have this weird complex around ranking people

1. Brienne of Tarth (ASOIAF) - perfect. flawless. not here for femininity all the better a character for it. Living her truth. Inspirational. A badass and has great comedic timing. What more could you ask for? No I do not know what happened to her in the last season of GOT.

2. Miranda Barlow (Black Sails) - a female character with a complex inner life??? I mean, Black Sails has so many to choose from, but I really think she’s interesting for her role as someone who was loved by two people who were the absolute love of each other’s life, and also (bonus) Max in her relationship with Ann and Jack is perhaps a foil or set up for a comparison between the two triads (and when did we last get two triads in a piece of media, with their own complexities??). Plus! She spends a lot of time being a character in her own right aside from her role as an oppositional force and erstwhile conscience for Flint.

3. Leia Organa (Star Wars) - Leia is a fucking badass and also a really interesting character! especially in the most recent trilogy, even if they fumbled the ending. She gets her happily ever after and then we see her later and honestly, in most of the ways that matter, she failed!!! Her happily-ever-after fell apart. How wild is that! But she is not A Failure she’s just a human who tried and learned that she couldn’t fix everything, but damn, she was going to keep on trying.

4. Tara Knowles (Sons of Anarchy) - this is Not a Great Show but it has the bones of a great show. Tara is such an interesting character and she’s SO angry and it’s beautiful. She has all this furious energy pent-up inside of her and also no matter what she does, she’s always a little bit of an outsider. She is both from Charming and not of Charming, because she could have gotten out. Who amongst us didn’t have a toxic teen relationship? Relatable. Incredibly morally ambiguous and I love it.

5. Rose Tyler - honestly I will fight anyone who says even one (1) bad thing about Rose. She is brave, and clever, and working class (even poor) and written in such a way that you cannot ignore this fact about her! She is not posh, she didn’t go to uni, she’s utterly ordinary and absolutely unique and worthy of love and who among us didn’t need to hear that in high school, amirite?

6. Lydia Martin - I never try to write Lydia in Teen Wolf fic because even fictionally she intimidates me. Teen media when I was a kid would have never had a smart, popular, attractive math genius who simply got to be a character. She’s not nice and that’s ok! I also stopped watching teen wolf a long time ago so if some shit went down with her character later on we will just Ignore It.

7. Basira Hussain (The Magnus Archives) - I love her. I love every woman in this entire show and there are so many to choose from, but Basira gets to make the most glorious mistakes, as a character, and has moments of incredible hypocrisy that I find fascinating. And she’s in love with Daisy Tonner and the way that love manifests for them both is ALSO so interesting. All cops are bastards and Basira does not even dispute that characterization, if anything she leans in.

8. Angharad "Harry" Crewe (The Blue Sword) - is there a Blue Sword fandom? There is now, I’m making it happen. This girl is who I literally modeled myself after as a kid. She’s a little tomboyish, a little weird, not quite conventionally attractive, and she gets magic??? and she’s funny? and she does what she feels is right even if it means her maybe-boyfriend will break up with her, or banish her? It’s a story about finding home with a people you never knew were yours and like Maybe There Is Some Resonance With My Life or whatever but man, she’s also just an excellent character.

9. Mickle/Queen Augusta (The Westmark Trilogy) - once again I have to ask, is there a Westmark Trilogy fandom or am I inventing it? She honestly had the best of both worlds; raised as a princess, lost her memory and got to go gallivanting around, leads a whole-ass rebellion, falls in love with a pretty writer (slash potential war criminal??? he definitely has Grade School-Appropriate Trauma™️) who fought for her and then they’re also pro-democracy? I love it. I love her. I love how much they care about each other and also about justice and Doing The Right Thing for The People.

10. Furiosa (Mad Max Fury Road) - This movie was about Furiosa, first of all. (also as an aside? the visual language and storytelling was unparalleled.) This is an incredible character and I love her evolution over the course of the film. We get to see so many ways to be a woman and I love that! She has such trauma and she holds it in her own way - not the way we might be conditioned by media to think of. She is an action hero that usually only boys or unrealistically pretty girls get to be, but she’s not conventionally pretty while she’s doing it. Beyond just her physical heroism and bravery, though, she saves the wives and acts as emotional support, a first-level deprogramming, and how often do we get to see that kind of salvation playing out at multiple levels and then they get to save her in return? I’m crying now

I don’t think I even know 10 people on this hell site anymore but @ragequilt you have to have some opinions about this right???? Any other mutuals are more than welcome to pretend I tagged you if you want to do this thing

#rhi I literally almost put stiles on here bc she's a female character in my head #glad we have superseded canon

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hailneaux · 6 years ago

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These celebrities and millionaires and billionaires have been on my last nerve and I dont give a fuck if they are my favs they are having it. Janelle need to shut the fuck up about black people voting when she can use her money and power to help get more of us to vote or be vocal about voter suppression because she sees us eating a fucking chicken sandwich. Cynthia whatever her name is playing Harriet Tubmans anti-black american ass can choke, Jay Z happily throwing Kaepernick under the bus (who actually puts his money where his mouth is) to be a white billionaires music halftime boy can choke, Beyonces silence speaks volumes, Tina Knowles protecting her cheating son in law saying because he shipped a 32 pack of dasani water to Flint, that activists on Twitter should shut up, like all of them can choke and Im mad.

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maevekerrigan · 4 years ago

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1. What is your favourite television show from the 80′s? unsolved mysteries, full house, the joy of painting, three’s company, the golden girls 2. Favourite television show from the early 2000′s? criminal minds, supernatural, sabrina the teenage witch, 8 simple rules, malcolm in the middle, powerpuff girls, the proud family, the wire, house, the simple life, dexter, lizzie mcguire, kim possible... i could go on forever. this is when i started to reaaallly get into tv, obv 3. Favourite television show from the 2010′s +? black sails, elementary, the vampire diaries, the originals, justified, vikings, outlander, twd, sons of anarchy, anne with an e, the exorcist, the haunting of hill house (& bly manor), the killing, the following etc.. again, i could go on forever. 4. Who is your favourite female television character of all time? daenerys targaryen, of course. also tara knowles from soa. 5. Who is your favourite male television character of all time? captain flint, klaus and elijah mikaelson, daryl dixon. 6. Favourite television show of all time? black sails. 7. If you could watch one t.v. show for the rest of your life, what would it be? unsolved mysteries. 8. Favourite television soundtrack? sons of anarchy 9. Favourite guest-star appearance on a television show? walton goggins on soa 10. Least favourite character on your favourite television show? gemma on soa, ugh now ive got soa stuck in my head for everything 11. Favourite character on your favourite television show? captain flint 12. Best cliff-hanger? viserion as a zombie dragon in game of thrones was def memorable 13. Saddest death scene? ned stark, of course.. opie in soa. poussey in oitnb, that death honestly made me quit the show, it was so sad. haley hotchner on criminal minds. 14. What television show would you like to be a regular on? i prefer watching 15. What television show would you like to guest-star on? ^ 16. A show that you hate to love? game of thrones and supernatural 17. A show that you love to hate? game of thrones lol 18. Name an episode from a show that you will always remember? when cap flint makes out with his bf after kicking his bf’s dad out of his own house lmao. 19. Name an episode from a show that you wish didn’t happen? the game of thrones finale, obv 20. Spin-offs: yes or no? yes. i love the originals, i prefer it over tvd. i like legacies too, but its not as good 21. A show that you started watching but then stopped? What was the reason? the 100. i got bored of it. i also quit twd for awhile, and eventually caught up to it recently. it seems to be dragging on and on, getting a bit boring too 22. Name a show that means something to you, and why? elementary. its such a great show in so many ways. and its my go to comfort show. 23. A show that you find relatable to your life? idk, my life is too boring to be like a tv show haha 24. A show that makes your cringe? reality tv shows like the bachelor, ick. so dumb 25. Favourite television villian? klaus mikaelson 26. A show that you will continue to re-watch over and over again? my favs. 27. Name a show that had the worst series finale, in your opinion? game of thrones. thats an easy one ha 28. What is your favourite movie from the 80′s? clue and the outsiders 29. Favourite movie from the 90′s? the silence of the lambs 30. Favourite movie from the early 2000′s? pirates of the carribean 31. Favourite movie from the 2010′s +? x men first class 32. Favourite movie villian? the joker 33. Who is your favourite male movie character of all time? magneto 34. Who is your favourite female movie character of all time? clarice starling 35. What is your favourite movie of all time? i dont think i could choose just one 36. Favourite director? taika waititi 37. Favourite series/saga/triology, etc.? the hobbit 38. What’s your favourite universe? idk 39. Favourite comic-book movie? xmen 40. What’s your favourite disney movie? pocahontas, beauty and the beast, etc 41. Favourite pixar movie? big hero 6 42. What’s your favourite animated movie? the nightmare before christmas 43. Best voice-casting, in your opinion? jeremy irons as scar 44. Is there a movie that you could watch over and over again and not get tired? there’s a lot 45. Name a movie that made you cry uncontrollably? the fox and the hound 46. A movie that had you laughing throughout it’s entirety? toc toc 47. A preview/trailer of a movie you saw and thought “I HAVE to see that!”? hmm not sure, so many movies have been postponed lately 48. Rom-com’s or drama? drama 49. Thriller’s or comedies? thrillers 50. Horror or psychological? psychological 51. Your favourite book adaptation turned movie? a discovery of witches, although thats a tv show. but its so well done based on the books 52. Your favourite actor? james mcavoy, tom hardy, cillian murphy, sebastian stan 53. Favourite actress? lily james, amy adams, diane lane, michelle pfieffer 54. In your opinion, a well deserved Oscar win? colin firth, the kings speech 55. Favourite Oscar speech? idk 56. Most memorable movie ending? hmm nothing comes to mind, these are too many questions. my brain is logging off

#will finish the other half #some other time #qs

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awesomecolorfulcollectorwombat · 7 years ago

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Why Can't We Fix Puerto Rico's Power Grid?

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Why Can't We Fix Puerto Rico's Power Grid?

And then the lights went out. Again.

The loss of electrical power in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands after Hurricane Maria churned across the islands in September 2017 was already the second-biggest blackout in the history of power on Earth—3.4 billion lost customer-hours. But in recent weeks, various agencies were touting their success in restoring Puerto Rico’s flattened grid. The numbers were encouraging; the US Department of Energy, working from data from the Puerto Rican power authority Prepa, said 95.8 percent of customers had power and all 78 municipalities had at least some electricity. (That still left 62,000 people in the dark.)

On Wednesday, pop went the bubble. According to the New York Times, a contractor working to repair the grid took a bulldozer too close to a 230-kV connection from a generation facility in Aguirre. And that was it. Prepa estimated that it would be 24 to 36 hours before the agency could fix the failure. That’s a day and a half of eking by on generators and solar microgrids for 3.3 million American citizens. “Can you imagine the chaos if you said Washington, DC was going to be without power for 36 hours? Or New York? Or San Francisco?” says Scott Knowles, a disaster researcher at Drexel University.

Let’s call this what it is: a crime.

Most folks understand, by now, the difficulties Puerto Rico’s electrical grid faced even before the hurricane. “It’s not the right word, but Puerto Rico’s system is too chunky,” says Jeremy Fisher, a senior strategy and technical advisor at the Sierra Club who co-wrote a scathing 2016 report on the Prepa grid for Synapse Energy. Essentially, the generating capacity is overly centralized, which “puts a lot of requirements on a few large fossil-fueled generating units.” When one fails: poof. “The quality of the electricity degrades so rapidly by not having enough generation on the system that you put at risk personal computers, motors, and other equipment,” Fisher says. In other words, one fault propagates through the system.

How’d they get that way? As an invaluable article in IEEE Spectrum points out, tax incentives in the 1970s induced mainland US companies to build factories in the southern part of the island, so Prepa built generating facilities there. In 1996 the tax break expired and the factories left. So today, 70 percent of Puerto Rico’s population lives in the north, around San Juan, and 70 percent of the power generation is in the south. A fragile grid connects the two via tough, mountainous terrain. Scattered rural populations have always had a tenuous connection to that grid. Meanwhile Prepa, hamstrung by billions of dollars of debt, austerity measures, and possible corruption slacked off on maintenance. Hurricane Maria sliced Puerto Rico’s broken-down grid in half.

This has been what Knowles calls a “slow disaster.” Like the lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan or a flood in Houston, the crisis in Puerto Rico came not as a consequence of one big storm but after years of well-understood neglect. “The standard logic has been, ‘we know, and that’s just the way our government works.’ So we wait for a disaster,” Knowles says. “But disaster relief funds are not up to the challenge of meeting deferred maintenance issues.”

So engineers and aid groups now see Puerto Rico as a potential lab to rethink entirely what a resilient, environmentally benign electrical grid might look like. Before Maria, just 2.4 percent of Puerto Rico’s electricity came from renewable sources like solar and wind. Now groups like Elon Musk’s Tesla and the provider Sonnen are proposing to build solar “microgrids,” installations that power community centers, hospitals, and other self-contained institutions that people can access locally. A group run in part by the Puerto Rican architect Jonathan Marvel hopes to get legal and technical buy-in to extend similar microgrids over entire neighborhoods, megawatt-scale installations that can power not just one building but a few hundred homes at a time.

In fact, a December 2017 report (from the New York Power Authority and a couple dozen electricity research outfits) says that for $17.4 billion (cheap!) you could combine that kind of innovation with hardening the traditional grid—elevating critical machinery, using category 4-capable power poles, building more redundancy into the grid—and get a reliable electrical infrastructure. It’d withstand hurricanes and be a model for other vulnerable coastal cities in an age of climate change-driven sea level rise and monster storms.

That’s even harder than it sounds. Puerto Rico would have to stabilize its existing, oil-burning generators while simultaneously building out the supergreen ultraresilient grid of the future … while also dealing with billions of dollars of debt, worries that bondholders will take money meant for hurricane relief, an inability to attract new capital, and a bankrupt Prepa. Right now Puerto Rico has no regulatory structure to understand who will own solar microgrids, how they’d connect to the existing grid or the grid of the future, and how to make sure their owners don’t price-gouge their users. “I’d like to imagine that everyone believes that we need an electricity system in Puerto Rico,” Fisher says. “But it appears from the outside that there’s a lot of political infighting about who will take charge of the process.”

Engineers love a chance to fix a problem. But these challenges are borne of failure and incompetence. It’s fine to celebrate technical improvisation��people cobbling together battery-powered refrigeration for their insulin and tech companies donating solar panels and battery systems. I’ve done some of that lionizing myself. But those kind of stories also tacitly accept the lack of a formal infrastructure—and in one possible timeline they enable privatization. Indeed, privatizing Prepa is already a possibility. The risk is that cheering on high-tech fixes (instead of embracing a big plan like the one in the New York report) will give a weak, cash-poor government cover to corporatize the grid instead of fixing it.

This disaster wasn’t a surprise. It wasn’t even wholly natural. It was a disaster of policy. Puerto Ricans shouldn’t have to be this resilient. They should have a functioning power grid.

The 2018 hurricane season starts on June 1.

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jollylollylily · 8 years ago

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Like...why?

I can get if Beyoncé is not your “ thing” but the reasons some of y ‘all list for not liking her are just… just say you have no reason for not liking her and go. From saying she can’t sing, she doesn’t do “enough” for her people (or any people) to calling her overrated is so…show me on the doll where Beyoncé hurt you, boo.

Fine. If your personal opinion is that she can’t sing then you can have that. To everyone else, she surely can and shows it off the more she grows as an artist. Like…clear examples exist of her singing be more than just one dimensional. For example:

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Or This! ( Also note the BLACK members of her ALL FEMALE BAND. Also note that she is doing charity work by performing for sick children at a children’s hospital. I will get to the criticism that she does not do any in a minute.)

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I could list many more but acapella singing kinda shows that she can sing but go on ahead and keep up the narrative that she “can’t sing.”

Next up is the idea that she does not do “enough” for her people. Oh boy…am I gonna have fun debunking this one! First off, a lot of what she does do is not publicized as with many celebrities. She only came out and listed some of her charitable contributions after Harry Belafonte accused her of not “doing enough” in an interview he did back in 2012. So…on to the contributions (which she released to a little underground and fledgling newspaper called “The Wall Street Journal.”) !!!

“An abbreviated list of the unselfish work Beyoncé has done and continues to do.” The list included co-founding The Survivor Foundation “a multi-purpose community outreach facility in downtown Houston”; donating “100K in 2008 to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund to aid Texas victims of Hurricane Ike”; performing in “MTV’s Hope For Haiti Now! Benefit in addition to making a generous monetary donation,” among many other charitable activities.”

If you pay close attention to the locations she donated too, you may notice a high case of melanin. Why? Because she donated to black people. Gave back to black people. Way before BLM was even a thought, she was doing her part to help her people. For example, The Survivor House, started in TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE, was made for the sole purpose of helping survivors of Hurricane Katrina in Houston,Texas region. The foundation also built a set of apartments for Hurricane Katrina survivors in Houston.

“ The project is a 43 unit, single room occupancy supportive housing facility for at-risk populations designed to provide permanent living accommodations for women and men who are taking significant steps in improving their lives after the traumatic effects of personal and natural disasters. The apartments will provide “a safe place to live” for all residents.”

Per the latest article I could find, which is from 2014 (updated in 2016), she has donated SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OF HER OWN MONEY TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

Oh, we are not done yet!!! Essence Magazine did an article on other charitable contributions she has made. (Jay-Z is included as well but I will highlight Beyoncé’s work)

Beyonce’s Trip to Haiti (it happened in 2015)

“Last week, Beyonce ventured to the poverty-stricken nation of Haiti, where she surveyed the damage and destruction that still plagues the country five years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit. Bey alongside Valeria Amos, the United Nations’ humanitarian affairs chairwoman, met residents who were still recovering and was able to see firsthand all of the work that still needs to be done.”

Beyonce’s BeyGood Foundation

“Touching everything from the unemployed to the sick, Bey’s BeyGood foundation aims to make the world a more beautiful place. Her new initiative is currently raising money for the thousands in Nepal who were affected by the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The superstar raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight for gender equality worldwide, given school supplies to students across the nation and hosted food drives in Houston (and she shows no sign of stopping!).”

Beyonce’s Partnership with Goodwill

“In 2013, Beyonce partnered with Goodwill to tackle the unemployment crisis. “Goodwill helps people get back to work by providing education, job training and placement,” Beyonce said in a statement. “I wanted to team up with an organization that puts people first and works every day to help them improve and re-establish their lives,” Beyonce said. She encouraged her devoted Beyhive to donate clothes and electronics that would help disadvantaged people search for jobs.”

Beyonce’s Phoenix House

“While prepping for her role in Cadillac Records, the 2009 biopic detailing Etta James’ tumultuous life, Beyonce was introduced to Phoenix House, a rehabilitation center for recovering drug addicts. Bey became so enthralled with the organization that she donated her $4 million salary from the film to foundation, and went on to open an affiliated cosmetology school, which offers Phoenix House residents a seven-month training program to learn real-world skills.”

Oh yeah...almost forgot about the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center she opened up, in partnership with her mother, Tina Knowles, in Brooklyn, NY that helps recovering drug addicts get back on their feet.

STILL NOT DONE!!!

“CHIME FOR CHANGE, founded by Gucci, is a global campaign to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for girls and women around the world, with a focus on using innovative approaches to raise funds and awareness for Education, Health and Justice projects. Through the power of crowdfunding, CHIME FOR CHANGE has funded more than 400 projects in 86 countries through 144 non-profit partners reaching hundreds of thousands of girls and women around the world. CHIME FOR CHANGE co-Founders Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Salma Hayek Pinault continue to lead the campaign with its coalition of partner organizations.” ( I am aware Selma is hella annoying after her “all lives” mattering Jessica Williams a couple weeks back but again, this is about Bey.)

She also raised money ($82,000) for The Flint Water Crisis

And this whole ass list of organizations as well.

Last, and certainly no least, is the $1.5 million dollars Tidal will be donating to Black Lives Matter and other social justice groups.

So like…Beyonce clearly cares…a lot. She also gives…a lot. She shows up and out and she does not have to. She could just perform and collect her check like some other artists do but she realizes that she can do more. And she does. Often.

But back to this idea that does not do enough for her people. Her mere existence as a black successful woman does enough for her people. Yes, I am aware that colorism plays a role in her success but she has never touted her skin color as something “special.” She just exists as a proud black woman. She fully embraced and yelled that from the rooftops with the majestic and glorious gem that is “Lemonade.” That album celebrated black women, black love, black struggle, black strife, black life.(Lest we neglect to remember her having the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, Mike Brown and Eric Garner not only in her video but bringing them to the VMA’s with her in 2016.) She absolutely did not have to do that album. She could have given us another “Beyoncé”(which was a celebration of her embracing feminism) album and her fans would have been just as satisfied but no…she gifted us with “Lemonade.” I know other artist have done unapologetically black albums and I’m sure those were great albums. But, we are on Beyoncé and her album right now. It means something to have a global artist such as herself remind people that she is, in fact, black as fuck. Southern black. Black with a side of mo’ black. A black woman living a black life with her black husband and black baby(soon to be babies!!!) Also…lil’ side note: (the, now deleted, tweets from dreamhampton that talks about both Jay-Z and Beyonce donating money to help bail out Ferguson protesters.)

Now, oh now…on to the very idea that Beyoncé is “overrated.”

“overrated

adjective US

/ˌoʊ·vərˈreɪ·t̬ɪd/

(of something) considered to be better than it really is:

After seeing the award-winning movie, we decided it was overrated.”

How? HOW??? So help me God…I will never get this one. She gives consistent albums every time she comes out. She tours. She sings. She sings and dances at the same time. Like…I don’t even know how to properly address this baseless lie with sounding like I have a “BEY STAN 4 LIFE” tattooed on my forehead. But like…her albums go gold or better. Her albums always seem to be relevant to the times and also seek to do more than simply “provide music.” Her music provides a soundtrack to life. To her life mostly but we can glean life lessons from it. From the the grossness of male entitlement to a woman’s body with “Yes” (go listen to it again, my fellow Bey lovers and bask in the early peaking of her feminism.) She gives us visuals along with her music!! Like, visuals that propel the already great music to another level. Over the top or subtle and subdued theatrics. All while look gorgeous as hell ( Side note: I saw a man say she look “regular.” I took one look at his picture and knew Jesus still had work to do on me because the words “shit explosion of a face” crossed my mind.”) What is overrated about any of that???

Listen. Beyoncé is not above reproach. No one is but…the reasons people list for disliking her are so common when you have literally no reason to dislike a person. She can sing. She contributes her time and money to charitable endeavors. She is not overrated because…she just isn’t. She gives us a complete show. A complete package. Michael Jackson did the same thing and no one calls him “overrated.” Prince did too. Yet…somehow we are here…with me writing this dissertation because this wave of dislike keeps trying to wash ashore and no…just no.

P.S. Let us remember that just yesterday,a white artist, Adele, stood herself on stage and praised Beyoncé for being. Simply being who she is. Acknowledging Beyoncé as an artist she loves, respects and realizes that Bey deserved to win album of the year.

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Then… she continued to praise Beyoncé even after the show…

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It’s twelve minutes and she mentions Bey any chance she gets and I love it.

#beyonce #queen bey #bey #beyhive #beyonce knowles #beyonce giselle knowles #beyonce giselle knowles carter #beyonce knowles-carter #yonce #lemonade #queen 🐝

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Why taking my daughter to a Beyoncé concert is a necessary rite of passage

There are countless ways that mothers and daughters bond, but I think one of the most universal approaches is through music. Whether it's a mother's tender lullaby or a toddler learning their ABCs, mothers use music to make an impact on their children. I might have a difficult past with my own mother, but I still have memories of that wonderful kind of mommy-daughter bonding. I remember being a little girl, singing along with my mother to “Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)”-from the soundtrack of our favorite movie Dirty Dancing-as we drove around in her car.

The first time I made a musical connection with my own daughter, the situation was strikingly similar. She was a preschooler in the backseat of my car when she nailed the lyrics, “Who run the world? Girls! Who run the world? Girls!”

Every day, my daughter would bounce, bop, and sing Beyoncé's iconic lyrics from the backseat. Whenever a song would end, she'd ask to hear another-a request I would happily oblige. Moments later, a different Beyoncé song would blast themes of strength, fun, power, and femininity from the speakers.

So when I found out that Beyoncé would perform in our shared hometown of Houston, Texas for two nights of the On The Run II Tour, I knew that not only did I have to go-but I had to take my eight-year-old duet buddy with me.

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As a fellow Houstonian, Beyoncé has always felt like part of the family to me.

Since her days in Destiny's Child, she has been like one of those distant relatives I'm only vaguely sure I'm related to. Still, with each one of her amazing accomplishments, I feel the same sort of pride I'd feel for one of my very best girlfriends. I share in her victory as if it were mine. (In fact, I'm not ashamed to say I regularly brag about being from Houston: home of NASA, the world's best Tex-Mex, and the birthplace of Queen Bey herself.)

But my admiration for Beyoncé doesn't lie solely in our hometown connection or her musical achievements. Her strides as an activist, philanthropist, and feminist have inspired me both as a woman and as a mother.

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Like any parent, I want my children to have strong and positive role models, and for my daughter, that role model is Beyoncé.

My daughter and I may have bonded over her music, but I was also on mission to teach my kiddo everything that Bey stands for. A true philanthropist, Beyoncé has taken her wealth and given it back to the community that raised her-the same one that raised me and that is now raising my daughter. In 2005, Beyoncé and Destiny's Child alum Kelly Rowland joined forces and created The Survivor Foundation, an organization that housed people who had been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Together, they also opened the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth, a multi-purpose community outreach facility located in the heart of downtown Houston.

That isn't the only building baring Bey's name. In 2007, the Knowles family donated $7 million to help house Houston's homeless population, creating the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments. After the 2017 flooding of Houston, the superstar again donated several million dollars to the impacted areas-Houston and the Gulf Coast-through her BeyGood initiative.

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And that's only the work she has done in Houston. When you count her aid towards the Flint water crisis, her involvement with the Phoenix House, her partnership with Goodwill, and her trip documenting the aftermath of Haiti's massive earthquake, Beyoncé's philanthropy is genuinely global.

Beyonce just paused her Glasgow show for a moment of silence, displaying victims of police brutality #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/REajdvlmUf

- Will (@TheAussieSide) July 7, 2016

Bey's activism has perhaps gotten the most public attention, even more than her philanthropy. As one of the biggest superstars in the world, she has one of the largest platforms on which to speak-and she's not afraid to use it.

In response to decades of police brutality and the racial injustices experienced by Black people in America, Beyoncé co-wrote “Freedom,” a song from her incredible visual album Lemonade. In one especially moving performance in Glasgow, the superstar sang the song while names of several Black victims-most of whom were killed by police-scrolled behind her.

Beyoncé's song “Formation” also made a statement by celebrating Black beauty, feminist strength, and cultural pride. And, if anyone missed the message, she performed the song at the Super Bowl dressed in an outfit inspired by the Black Panthers, with matching backup dancers behind her.

As I've watched Beyoncé- just a few years older than me-grow from a young girl into a mature and powerful woman, her feminism has inspired me. And it's that example that I've tried to teach my daughter.

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Bey is arguably the biggest persona in music. Her name and face are known everywhere around the world. Through surprise album releases and artistic evolution, she completely changed the way the music industry looks at female artists. She's a mogul, an artist, a visionary. Creatively, she's on a whole other level.

But, she still allows herself to be soft.

When she gave birth to her children Blue Ivy, Rumi, and Sir, she allowed us, the public, to see her joy. When she shared the news of her miscarriages, she introduced us to her pain. When she showed us the proof of her damaged marriage, she turned pieces of her worst nightmare into what will always be regarded as one of the best albums of all time.

Beyoncé's feminism tells little girls like my daughter, “I can do anything. I can even fail and get back up again.”

And for my daughter- a beautiful, irrepressible Virgo just like Beyoncé- I think that's exactly what she needs to hear.

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Why taking my daughter to a Beyoncé concert is a necessary rite of passage

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As a fellow Houstonian, Beyoncé has always felt like part of the family to me.

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A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Sep 15, 2018 at 8:11pm PDT

Like any parent, I want my children to have strong and positive role models, and for my daughter, that role model is Beyoncé.

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A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Aug 31, 2017 at 6:56am PDT

Beyonce just paused her Glasgow show for a moment of silence, displaying victims of police brutality #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/REajdvlmUf

- Will (@TheAussieSide) July 7, 2016

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment

But, she still allows herself to be soft.

Beyoncé's feminism tells little girls like my daughter, “I can do anything. I can even fail and get back up again.”

And for my daughter- a beautiful, irrepressible Virgo just like Beyoncé- I think that's exactly what she needs to hear.

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Loki and the whole stadium were so hyped when they came out! I may have screamed too.

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Mary, did you know?

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Why taking my daughter to a Beyoncé concert is a necessary rite of passage

The first time I made a musical connection with my own daughter, the situation was strikingly similar. She was a preschooler in the backseat of my car when she nailed the lyrics, ��Who run the world? Girls! Who run the world? Girls!”

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The Future Is Female. #womensmarchhouston #womensmarch #womensmarch2018 #metoo #thefutureisfemale #timesup #blacklivesmatter #protectdaca #feminist

A post shared by Samantha Chavarria (@teoami) on Jan 20, 2018 at 7:22am PST

As a fellow Houstonian, Beyoncé has always felt like part of the family to me.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Sep 15, 2018 at 8:11pm PDT

Like any parent, I want my children to have strong and positive role models, and for my daughter, that role model is Beyoncé.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Aug 31, 2017 at 6:56am PDT

Beyonce just paused her Glasgow show for a moment of silence, displaying victims of police brutality #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/REajdvlmUf

- Will (@TheAussieSide) July 7, 2016

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment

But, she still allows herself to be soft.

Beyoncé's feminism tells little girls like my daughter, “I can do anything. I can even fail and get back up again.”

And for my daughter- a beautiful, irrepressible Virgo just like Beyoncé- I think that's exactly what she needs to hear.

View this post on Instagram

Loki and the whole stadium were so hyped when they came out! I may have screamed too.

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Why taking my daughter to a Beyoncé concert is a necessary rite of passage

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The Future Is Female. #womensmarchhouston #womensmarch #womensmarch2018 #metoo #thefutureisfemale #timesup #blacklivesmatter #protectdaca #feminist

A post shared by Samantha Chavarria (@teoami) on Jan 20, 2018 at 7:22am PST

As a fellow Houstonian, Beyoncé has always felt like part of the family to me.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Sep 15, 2018 at 8:11pm PDT

Like any parent, I want my children to have strong and positive role models, and for my daughter, that role model is Beyoncé.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Aug 31, 2017 at 6:56am PDT

Beyonce just paused her Glasgow show for a moment of silence, displaying victims of police brutality #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/REajdvlmUf

- Will (@TheAussieSide) July 7, 2016

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment

But, she still allows herself to be soft.

Beyoncé's feminism tells little girls like my daughter, “I can do anything. I can even fail and get back up again.”

And for my daughter- a beautiful, irrepressible Virgo just like Beyoncé- I think that's exactly what she needs to hear.

View this post on Instagram

Loki and the whole stadium were so hyped when they came out! I may have screamed too.

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Why taking my daughter to a Beyoncé concert is a necessary rite of passage

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The Future Is Female. #womensmarchhouston #womensmarch #womensmarch2018 #metoo #thefutureisfemale #timesup #blacklivesmatter #protectdaca #feminist

A post shared by Samantha Chavarria (@teoami) on Jan 20, 2018 at 7:22am PST

As a fellow Houstonian, Beyoncé has always felt like part of the family to me.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Sep 15, 2018 at 8:11pm PDT

Like any parent, I want my children to have strong and positive role models, and for my daughter, that role model is Beyoncé.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Aug 31, 2017 at 6:56am PDT

Beyonce just paused her Glasgow show for a moment of silence, displaying victims of police brutality #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/REajdvlmUf

- Will (@TheAussieSide) July 7, 2016

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment

But, she still allows herself to be soft.

Beyoncé's feminism tells little girls like my daughter, “I can do anything. I can even fail and get back up again.”

And for my daughter- a beautiful, irrepressible Virgo just like Beyoncé- I think that's exactly what she needs to hear.

View this post on Instagram

Loki and the whole stadium were so hyped when they came out! I may have screamed too.

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Why taking my daughter to a Beyoncé concert is a necessary rite of passage

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The Future Is Female. #womensmarchhouston #womensmarch #womensmarch2018 #metoo #thefutureisfemale #timesup #blacklivesmatter #protectdaca #feminist

A post shared by Samantha Chavarria (@teoami) on Jan 20, 2018 at 7:22am PST

As a fellow Houstonian, Beyoncé has always felt like part of the family to me.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Sep 15, 2018 at 8:11pm PDT

Like any parent, I want my children to have strong and positive role models, and for my daughter, that role model is Beyoncé.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Aug 31, 2017 at 6:56am PDT

Beyonce just paused her Glasgow show for a moment of silence, displaying victims of police brutality #AltonSterling pic.twitter.com/REajdvlmUf

- Will (@TheAussieSide) July 7, 2016

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment

But, she still allows herself to be soft.

Beyoncé's feminism tells little girls like my daughter, “I can do anything. I can even fail and get back up again.”

And for my daughter- a beautiful, irrepressible Virgo just like Beyoncé- I think that's exactly what she needs to hear.

View this post on Instagram

Loki and the whole stadium were so hyped when they came out! I may have screamed too.

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Episode 24:

It’s the first CLASSIC and MODERN run for 2018, and the High Priests are on song to review another two great issues featuring our boy in white –

CLASSIC RUN: The Defenders Vol. 1 issue #50

MODERN RUN: Moon Knight Vol. 3, issue #3, Resurrection War, Part 3 of 4

Another very fine podcaster has also lent his vocal talents as guest narrator for the show – this episode, we’re pleased to have Connor McKenna – host of The Immortal Iron Fist Podcast – Sons of the Dragon! Be sure to check out the Iron Fist Podcast too – if you’re a fan of character focused podcasts, then the Iron Fist podcast is a MUST!

Also, with this, we have one bit of exciting news for your Loony needs…. more Moon Knight in animated form! Very, very exciting indeed!

So sit back, grab your issues and get your Khonshu on!

OVER THE MOON:

BARE BONES – guest narrator, Sons of the Dragon- Immortal Iron Fist podcast

Defenders Vol.1, issue #50 – “Scorpio Must Die!”

Released August 1977

(writer) David Kraft

(artist) Keith Giffen with inks by Keith Giffen, Mark Royer, John Tartaglione & Dave Cockrum

(colours) Don Warfield

(letters) Gaspar Saladino & John Costanza

(editor) Archie Goodwin

Having crashed through the roof of Scorpio’s New Jersey hideout, Hulk stands enraged with the newly formed Zodiac crew in front of him. Already angered at having to chase Moon Knight, Valkyrie and Hellcat across New York (as seen in the previous issue), and recognising Scorpio from a previous tussle, the Hulk is ready to smash anything and everyone in his way.

Scorpio introduces his newly created Zodiac members: there’s Leo – a huge, dark figure with a flowing mane and ever-sharp claws; Sagittarius – a nimble archer; Aquarius – a laid back, yet deadly opponent with water cannon; Taurus – a stocky thick-set man with retractable horns on his fists; Gemini – a mysterious entity which can split in two; Cancer – an armoured gladiator with weapons to boot; Aries – a hunch-backed battering ram; and Libra – an intangible observer. All members stand before the Hulk, and all ready to take him down.

What ensues is a non-stop battle as the Jade giant launches himself at his enemies. The other Defenders can’t help but jump into the fray as well. Their intent is to save Jack Norriss but in order to do so, they will need to go through the Zodiac.

Each Defender pairs off against a Zodiac member – Hulk vs. Aries, Moon Knight vs. Taurus, Valkyrie vs. Leo, and Hellcat vs Gemini.It’s a battle royale as each team vies to gain the upper hand.

As they continue to exchange blows, Jack Norriss sees the Fury LMD quietly slip away. Norriss calls out for him, but the Fury LMD tells him not to follow him as he tries to find Scorpio.

Back at the battle, Aries manages to surprise the Hulk, and he rams him from behind, sending the Hulk hurtling through the wall and into the Passaic River just outside the warehouse. Angrier than ever before, the Hulk leaps back and crashes into the hapless Taurus much to Moon Knight’s delight.

Elsewhere, Nighthawk – having gained more strength with the onset of twilight – slowly resists the chains which bind him and with his new found strength he manages to finally free himself from his shackles.

Scorpio – having realised not all the Zodiac members seemed present – returns to the Zodiac chamber and finds Pisces near-dead, the product of a premature activation. Concerns are raised even more when Scorpio searches frantically for Virgo, the only female member of the Zodiac and whom Scorpio had hoped to gain as a life companion. He finds her stillborn in her Zodiac chamber, and it’s too much for Scorpio to bear.

Meanwhile, The Defenders and The Zodiac continue to tear Scorpio’s warehouse apart and just as Aries is about to surprise the Hulk again, Nighthawk swoops in and intercepts him. With renewed vigour and with the superheroes finally acting as a team, The Defenders stand galvanised and ready to end it once and for all. Surprisingly, it’s a little help from Gemini which finally tips the scales. The dual-identity villain has a change of heart after speaking with Libra (who still hasn’t lifted a finger but watches the battle intently), assists in containing Leo from Hellcat. After this small victory, it doesn’t take long for the rest of the Defenders to defeat the remaining members – again showing how effective teamwork can be. With the threat now over the only remaining thing left is to bring Scorpio in.

In another room, away from the battle, Scorpio is found by the Fury LMD. He is sitting in the dark, listening to sad, melancholic music. Still broken at having discovered his love, Virgo, killed, Scorpio now starts to entertain dark thoughts. He pleads to the Fury LMD to give him his gun and being an LMD, Fury does so, as all LMD’s do not have free will against their masters.

As Moon Knight and Jack Norris race across the warehouse, they hear a single gun shot and head towards the noise. They find the Fury LMD sitting silently next to the dead body of Scorpio.

Moon Knight Vol. 3, issue #3 – “Resurrection War: Phase III – Halfshadow”

Released March 1998

(writer) Doug Moench

(artist) Tommy Lee Edwards & Robert Campanella

(colours) Melissa Edwards

(letters) Ken Lopez

(editor) Mark Bernardo

Moon Knight is still taken aback at having faced Black Spectre and hearing Black Spectre’s words echo that of his dream. Moon Knight tries to get answers from him but is unsuccessful as the hulking Black Spectre continues to spout nonsense. Moon Knight tells him of his dream but the villain does not believe it, and slowly but surely, he gains the upper hand against the rattled Moon Knight. A blow to the back of the head; an uppercut and finally a king hit from his mace is enough to floor Moon Knight and leave him groggy. Unable to regain composure and facing the same result in his nightmare, Moon Knight is suddenly saved from the killing blow as Black Spectre reels from an arrow shot through his arm. It’s Stained Glass Scarlet and she now returns the favour in saving Moon Knight from certain death. She showers Black Spectre with arrows from her crossbow and now on the defensive, the injured villain escapes through a trapdoor in the floor and onto a speedboat below.

With Black Spectre gone, the abducted councilman saved and Knowles’ henchmen despatched, Moon Knight and Stained Glass Scarlet ponder over the forces which appear to have controlled Black Spectre. Moon Knight suspects Morpheus, but with all that has happened recently, he’s open to the theory it may be an even worse darker force at play.

Meanwhile in Cairo, we see none other than Bushman colluding with a shadowy figure. It appears some plans have been set in place for sinister means. Bushman questions the dark figure as to his motives – he knows Black Spectre has been promised New York; Bushman himself is being paid by half a dozen terrorist cells; but he’s yet to figure out how the shadowy figure benefits from their well laid plans.

The figure – who looks suspiciously like Morpheus – reproaches Bushman for thinking to bomb the UN conference building. It’s revealed that all of them appear to work for Set – the God of Death – and it is Set who will influence the UN conference delegates; it is Set who will fill them with hatred and chaos, which will result in global catastrophes.

Back at New York, Moon Knight drops by Detective Flint’s office. Probing Flint for clues as to why Black Spectre is free when he should still be serving a twenty year sentence, Flint let it be known that there are bigger problems ahead. Terrorism has turned its ugly head towards New York and the UN Conference in three weeks appears to be the target.

Moon Knight takes leave of Flint and returns to Grant Mansion where he pleads with the statue of Khonshu for answers. Moon Knight suspects the God Set, and amazingly before his eyes, the idol of Set which he holds in his hands melts away. Suddenly, he hears a voice, “It IS the dark god of chaos…and he is free��. At the very same time, in Cairo, Bushman storms the museum of antiquities and steals the unearthed statue of Set amidst explosions and a hail of bullets. In parallel, as Bushman leaves with the statue, Marc bows before his statue of Khonshu and pleads again for more answers. He’s unsure of his state of mind…is he dreaming? Or is he still dead and dreaming of his resurrection?

Out of the shadows comes Simon Darkover to Marc’s utter surprise. Darkover, who apparently died not long ago, stands before Marc and tells him of Set and his growing power. Darkover pleads to Marc to stop Set. “You mustn’t allow Set to become the Dreamer” says Darkover. With no warning, a huge, monstrous hand comes out of the darkness and claims Darkover, and with an array of gut wrenching sounds it claims him. Darkover croaks, “Set is….Death” before he disappears forever.

Marc then finds himself looking at HIMSELF in bed with Marlene, as he wakes from a nightmare. Back from the dream realm, Marc is convinced Morpheus is at play as he finds the idol of Set now back intact, much like how the statue of Khonshu previously exploded, then appeared back whole upon Marc’s resurrection. Marlene heads to Ravencroft Asylum where she requests to see Morpheus. The hapless ward points her to him, in an empty cell. He still is under Morpheus’ illusion, but not so Marlene.

With Morpheus on the loose now confirmed, Marlene and Moon Knight search for answers. Black Spectre has disappeared, and Moon Knight’s dreams have stopped. The lovers contemplate whether Morpheus is serving Set or if indeed the gods such as Set or Khonshu even exist. Perhaps they are constructs of man, and it is man who gives the gods power.

Finally, in Cairo, Bushman and Morpheus confer over their upcoming plan to attack the UN conference. Morpheus has made contact with Black Spectre and has been notified that Moon Knight is back. Bushman is confident that the three of them – Bushman, Morpheus and Black Spectre – are more than a match for the lone White Knight. Morpheus cares not of Moon Knight – he’s more invested in the ancient war between Dark and Light. Morpheus believes them all pawns to Set and Khonshu. Black Spectre’s lust for power and Bushman’s greed for money have bound their souls to Set. Similarly, Moon Knight is a pawn to the god Khonshu, and that of light and order. Morpheus truly believes they are all controlled by these higher powers, and soon all the pawns will face off in a final battle – the Ancient War – which lies just ahead!

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