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pochiperpe90 · 11 months ago

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[ENG] PARDO - Interview with Luca Marinelli

“Luca Marinelli is a true phenomenon!” This is how Paolo Virzì, who directed him in Tutti i santi giorni in 2012, defined the actor a few years ago. He was absolutely right. Throwing himself body and soul into each of his roles, Luca Marinelli does not limit himself to playing a part, but manages to transform himself completely, creating intense, charismatic, unique characters. From the young introverted mathematician in La solitudine dei numeri primi (2010) by Saverio Costanzo, to Roberta in L’ultimo terrestre (2011) by Gipi; from the criminal in Non essere cattivo (2015) by Claudio Caligari to the cult character of the Zingaro in Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot (2015) by Gabriele Mainetti; from the proletarian intellectual in Martin Eden (2019) by Pietro Marcello, to the King of Terror in Diabolik (2021) by Manetti Bros; from Nicky, the immortal warrior, in The Old Guard (2020) by Gina Prince-Bythewood, to Pietro, a fervent mountain enthusiast in Le otto montagne (2022) by Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch; Luca Marinelli has been able to give life, thanks to his prodigious versatility, to an extraordinary range of characters who all bear the unmistakable sign of his talent.

Maria Giovanna Vagenas: In your current career as an actor there are two important works coming out soon: the television series M. Son of the Century by Joe Wright and The Old Guard 2, by Victoria Mahoney. While waiting to be able to see them, I would like to start by addressing a perhaps less well-known but equally essential side of your work: your debut as a theater director in 2023 with Kafka's Una relazione per un’accademia, for the Festival dei Due Mondi of Spoleto. How did this project, on which you collaborated with the German actor Fabian Jung, come about?

Luca Marinelli: The first idea for this project dates back to ten years ago when I saw Fabian at his graduation performance at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin. I found it extraordinary, and on that occasion I had already told him: "In my opinion you should recite this text!" Then there was a ten year gap. Towards the end of the pandemic, I proposed to him that we work together on Una relazione per un’accademia. At the beginning we had to be both on stage a bit, later I understood that it would have been more sensible to mount this piece with just one actor and I asked him if he would like to be directed by me.

MGV: What was your approach as a director?

LM: At the beginning of this project I was more of a kind of acting coach - Fabian acts in Italian, even though he doesn't speak it - then I began to understand what it meant to be a director, to take responsibility for everything the public will come to see, to make many decisions and to take care of an entire team. In this context, the exchange of ideas with Fabiana Piccioli, who deals with the light design of the show, was essential: the theatrical piece is in fact a kind of dialogue between the actor and the light, the space and the audience. Being a theater director is also a question of trust. In the cinema the director is very present until the end of the production process, but in the theater you get up to a certain point and then that's it, because the real work, evening after evening, falls to the actors and technicians, that is, to those who are in the scene and around it. The director is no longer part of the performance, he’s almost the first spectator of his own work. It was a very beautiful experience for me, because being "outside", that is, not being on the scene but in front of it, is truly something completely different! In February-March 2025, we will take this show on tour around Italy.

MGV: Do you plan to continue along this path in the future? Is it an experience that has opened up new perspectives for you?

LM: It's a road I'd like to explore, that of theater. I would like to return to the stage as an actor-director, a bit like a master, let's say. I feel that theater is much more accessible to me, while I know very little about the technical side of cinema and for which I have great respect, so for now I don't feel like it.

MGV: You come from a family close to the world of entertainment. It seems that as a kid you watched a lot of movies with your grandmother. I would be curious to know how your desire to become an actor was born in this context.

LM: My father is first and foremost an actor who is also dedicated to dubbing and my grandmother, as you said - a great cinephile. I owe a lot to every member of my family, whether they work in the arts or not. However, I cannot tell you where this desire comes from, each of us has a drive within us, and is attracted by something. Indeed, I grew up watching many films and, thanks to my father, I happened to know this work in various forms. But when you are very young it is difficult to say: I want to do this! I felt very attracted by the world of theater and cinema, by the idea of expressing myself in a way that went beyond words, which approached images, sounds, the body. I wasn't fully aware of it from the beginning, but now I feel that it's exactly this: I love observing an interpreter's body, listening to their voice. I love seeing a group working together and I love teamwork. The profession of actor contained within itself a bit of everything that nourished my curiosity. This desire has been growing more and more. My family has always been very supportive and has never hindered me in anything. Rather, I was the one who hindered myself, until, at a certain moment, I gave myself permission to approach this profession and entered the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. They were three wonderful years during which I gave free rein to all my curiosity and desire for expression. The relationship with my class was fundamental and magical. From there, little by little, I moved forward. Almost immediately, cinema arrived with Saverio Costanzo who hired me for La solitudine dei numeri primi together with Alba Rohrwacher. I auditioned while I was still at the Academy and was acting in the final recital Dream of a Summer Night directed by Carlo Cecchi. I finished the Academy and immediately went on set for the first time.

MGV: You found Carlo Cecchi again as an actor on the set of Martin Eden (2019) by Pietro Marcello many years later.

LM: Of course, and it was wonderful to meet again! I consider Carlo my teacher, he is the first who truly made me understand the importance and urgency of this profession. 2012 was the last time I was on the boards of a stage and was with him. Carlo Cecchi had become very fond of us all and with this graduation essay he managed to take us on tour. Basically we did two theater seasons from 2010 until February 2012.

MGV: Are there other directors, among all those you have collaborated with, that you consider to be your teachers?

LM: I met some great directors during my journey, each had their own vision of art, so it's as if I had many different teachers along a single professional journey. I would practically name them all, but I would also name the actors I simply observed in films.

MGV: Between the actors who inspired and influenced you, who would you quote?

LM: For the sake of equality, I only mention the actors of the past. There are many who have struck me but I always evoke Anna Magnani, Silvana Mangano, Marlon Brando and Massimo Troisi. These are the first huge names that come to mind. When I 'met' them on the screen I immediately realized I was faced with something unique and great. I like to mention these four names also because they belong to a moment in my life in which I still didn't know what I would do, but I was drawn towards them.

MGV: Non essere cattivo (2015) was Claudio Caligari's last, poignant and wonderful film, released posthumously. What are your memories of him?

LM: Claudio Caligari was a gigantic meeting for me, from him I learned how important expression and communication, sharing and respect are. I understood how much this profession is life and how much life can be put into it. I witnessed enormous courage and a great knowledge of filmmaking. I also learned the dedication and immense respect that one must have for the public, for what is proposed, for how one interacts with those who come to see a film, without ever putting oneself on a pedestal but being all together. Caligari taught me to never judge myself, nor others, nor the stories one tells nor the characters one plays but that one must stay with them, inhabit them. These are the few things, fundamental for me, that come to mind. Beyond this, every single memory is a source of inspiration and guidance for me. And then the certainty that love and passion are the only things that really keep us here and now, alive.

MGV: In 2019 you played the complex character of Martin Eden in the film of the same name directed by Pietro Marcello, and you won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival. What did this role mean to you? And what was it like working with Pietro Marcello?

LM: The collaboration with Pietro arose from a secular prayer which has been fulfilled over the years. I was a great observer of his work and his art and finally being able to work together was a great gift, a true exchange based on trust. We all found ourselves in a moment of grace, in a state that allowed us to work with great concentration and dedication together. As for the role, I think Martin Eden is one of the most beautiful male characters of the last century, in one of the most powerful novels ever written. I owe a lot to this character, not only a very prestigious award, but also important artistic and personal growth.

MGV: You have played an extremely wide range of roles, spanning from one film genre to another. Beyond your exuberant talent and the extreme versatility of your performances, what is striking about your acting is the generosity with which you embrace each character, offering your all. How do you prepare your roles?

LM: It's like a kind of love at first sight; I fall in love with the story, with the character and from that moment on I begin to see everything in that direction. It is an almost routine behavior that I have never schematised. If someone were to ask me, "How do you approach a character?" I would answer that I have no idea, but every time I do it more or less in the same way. There is certainly a certain affinity with the director and an involvement in the script and the character. Little by little I'm starting to eat all the information I can find. I am often offered films to watch, and then I discuss them with the director. I love working with imagination and thinking about every element of the character. I like being with the costume designer, working on the costume and then creating the look of my character with makeup and hair. I'm very happy when I can have my say too. As I said before, I fall in love with the character and I begin to see everything in that light. My wife always tells me: "You've already started!" I don't notice but she does! "You've already started!" it means that everything has started to take on that colour, but I don't do it on purpose, I believe that there is a more intelligent, unconscious part inside me that organizes my work. It's a bit like this!

MGV: A few years ago Paolo Virzì, who directed you in Tutti i santi giorni, said of you: "Luca is a phenomenon, he's intelligent, witty, but at the same time he's crazy, he becomes what he's doing. All the great actors have a kind of lack, a defect, they know who they are and therefore they are enthusiastic about becoming the one who proposes to them!" What do you think?

LM: I agree with him, all this is said with deep love and therefore I accept everything he says about me. I love Paolo so much and I think he understood me more than I understood myself. In fact I think none of us really have a clear focus on who we are and what we can be. Of course this is an interview from a few years ago, perhaps now I know slightly more - but only slightly [laughs] - who I am because I am closing, so to speak, the first act of my life, given that this year I will be turning 40!

MGV: Being an actor is a collective profession. Over the course of your career, a very significant bond has been created between you and Alessandro Borghi, with whom you collaborated for the first time in Non essere cattivo and who you met again on the set of Le otto montagne of Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, Jury Prize at Cannes. Could you tell me about your working relationship and your friendship?

LM: I'll start from the beginning of what you said; for me this isn’t a job we do by ourselves. This art doesn’t exist without the other. Even a monologue is not done alone but with the audience. Acting is always a way of expressing oneself and communicating. I adore, as I said before, teamwork, over the years I have happened to work with many wonderful colleagues who have become important friends and then there was this magnificent meeting with Alessandro during Non essere cattivo, a film that carries within itself something sacred due to how it was approached, and due to the strength of the great Claudio Caligari who created it. The two of us found ourselves actors in this extraordinary work which united us so much, creating a deep bond between us which at that moment was needed, let's say, for the film but which the film then gave us for life. Since then this friendship has continued and gone forward, without interruption. After Non essere cattivo for six years we were no longer able to work together, then suddenly another wonderful film arrived, full of love: Le otto montagne and thanks to two fantastic directors, Felix and Charlotte, we managed to make this friendship coincide again on the screen too. Alessandro and I are good together. At work, to put it in a football metaphor, for me it's like I always know where the other guy is so I can make a cross almost with my eyes closed because I know he gets the ball, stops it and shoots it towards goal! We have great chemistry and on set, we don't need to worry too much. I hope we can work together again soon. I happened to see an interview where we said that we promised ourselves not to wait another seven years to do it, but now it's been almost three years already so we have to hurry!

MGV: For a few years now you have also started an important international career by participating in important productions such as The Old Guard by Gina Prince-Bythewood with Charlize Theron which was a huge success on Netflix, the series Trust (2018) by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy and starring, among others, Donald Sutherland, and a production for German television: Die Pfeiler der Macht (A Dangerous Fortune, 2016), by Christian Schwochow. How did you experience dealing with all these new production realities?

LM: In every latitude there is a slightly different type of approach but essentially the work is always the same. The thing that always excites me is that, ultimately, we all find ourselves in the common language of acting, of art. I was lucky enough to work with some wonderful international casts, not only every single actor but also the technical departments and directors were wonderful people. Ultimately, the place changes geographically, but the work remains the same.

MGV: As a member of the Jury of the International Competition, what will your evaluation criteria be?

LM: I was just looking at the list of films in competition and judging by the images that accompany them I already like them all, so maybe I'm off to a bad start! [laughs] I don't actually have any specific parameters. I certainly won't judge only the performers, but I will look at the film as a whole. However, for me it is essential to start from the assumption of great respect for the film itself, because every film is a work that requires great efforts from many people and for this reason must be evaluated with consideration. Having said that, I would like to have a good dialogue with the film, an intelligent dialogue on an intellectual and emotional level. In short, I hope that a film leaves me with a thought, a sensation, an emotion.

As usual, sorry for any mistake and my English

#luca marinelli #the old guard cast #tog cast #film #the old guard #intervista #interview #eng translation #eng trans #mine #magazine #rivista #locarno film festival #Pardo

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theogm-art · 11 months ago

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Im going around asking my favorite mech artists "how to get better at drawing mechs", so now i'm coming to you! What is your approach to drawing mechs, what was your path into learning how to draw em? And how could someone get better at drawing mechs? Thank you for your time and attention

Hello ! ^^

For me, I started drawing mechs 4 years ago. I was just starting to draw again after my big depression era (like 4-5 years without drawing anything after artschool) =w= I kinda had to start from scratch. So, to help me, I started drawabox.com .

I did the first lesson, pulling lines and drawing straight, which helped me a lot gaining confidence in my hand. I ended up drawing 250 boxes . It took me something like a month and a half, doing 10 boxes in day, not everyday, but most of the week.

This was important, especially with mechas, because it teaches you to draw in 3d, to give volume to your shape, and because most mechanical stuff is pretty much boxes piled on top of each others, it's pretty geometric.

At that point, I was already dusting myself of the rust in my drawing muscles, but what really finished it is doing the March of Robots 2020.

I did like 25 mechs in almost as many days, until I started getting comms. And since then, I haven't stopped. ^^

(also a year later, I got a dm from Tom/Abaddon and got hired to do mechs for LancerRPG x)

Of course, between all that, I did sketches, studies. I tried doing 100 hands but didn't finish it. etc

But for mecha, specifically, I think one of the first things you have to understand is that it is a language of symbols, that is different from organic forms. This obvious difference between mechs and humans, one could say, is that humans are soft volumes and mechs are hard surfaces. But , not only is that not necessary the case (you can draw a mech soft and circular), but it is more about filling in with symbols, shortcuts that bring to mind the idea of the mechanical.

I am not an engineer. Most artists that do mechas and robots and vehicles and hard surface are not engineer and/or do not have that knowledge. (some do but my point is it's not required). Which means that, as an artist you have to fake it by learning those symbols, that bring the IDEA of a mechanical form. This is about using the brain of the spectator/viewer, their knowledge of what mecha looks like, so that you can meet halfway.

You learn those forms by studying. There is no shortcut here. You have to practice, not only your hand, but also your eye, in looking at your favorite piece of mecha media, and replicate them until you can pull them from your brain without reference. (always use refs tho, you don't have use 100% of your brain all the time.)

I am a very DETAIL-oriented artist. It's one of the thing people compliment me on and/or hire me for. It's far from being the only approach in mecha (plenty of great artists doing great concept arts of mecha with few details) . The more details, the clearer you'll have to be, and the more time you'll have to spend on the art. Especially lineart for me. BUT details help a lot convey those symbols and forms and shapes that immediately call MECHA in the brain of the viewer.

Another thing about mecha, is that since it is NOT organic, there is 1) lots of repetition of shapes and symbols, which you are 100% allowed to copy-paste (i do that all the time) , that makes you gain a lot of time.

and 2) SYMMETRY (it's not always the case, you can have an asymmetric design which can be far more interesting) because it's a robot or a mecha or whatever, designed therefore by human hand in-context. Symmetry makes it harder for me, personally, drawing a 3/4 angles or in perspective etc, symmetry is tough. Symmetry of shapes from one shoulder to another, symmetry of details etc. That's probably one of the harder part when you work in 2D. Cause you have to understand perspective and foreshortening and all that.

But yeah, because it's inorganic, hard surface requires a better understanding of perspective, because straight lines are easier to read therefore the viewer will have an easier time at clocking wonky mistakes.

I could go on, about design and function, and aesthetic. but i'll stop there. This is basically how i started plus some other stuff. The rest you'll pick up along the way.

Thank you for asking ! =w=b

#my asks #mecha

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radiantrookie · 6 months ago

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My Sonic Timeline Part 1 (Version 1)

3000 Years ago

SONIC PICT July 2021 – Someday, I’m sure…

50 Years ago

SONIC PICT July 2020 – It’s that star and that one!

SONIC PICT February 2022 – We finished it, teacher!

15+ Years ago

Dynamite Düx (Arcade) (Has Bean's father and uncle, Bin and Pin as the protags, the Arcade version is canon because Pin is absent in the Master System version)

Sonic Origins

Tails Adventure (Takes place before Tails met Sonic)

SONIC PICT January 2023 – Now it’ll be even better! (Chronological debut of Froggy)

Sonic 1

Sonic CD (Debut of Amy and Metal Sonic)

SONIC PICT February 2023 – With all her love…

Sonic 2 (Sonic meets Tails, Debut of Mecha Sonic Mark I, the Death Egg, Death Egg Robot and Super Sonic)

Sonic 3 and Knuckles + SONIC PICT July 2023 – Big Catch Greeting Card from a Genius?! (Debut of Knuckles, the Master Emerald and Mecha Sonic Mark II, PICT takes place before Ice Cap)

Knuckles's Story of Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Debut of Super Knuckles and Super Mecha Sonic)

Sonic 2 (8-Bit) (Debut of Silver Sonic and the Master Robots)

Sonic Labyrinth and Tails Sky Patrol (Both take place at the same time, they also feature the debut of Eggmanland and the Witchcarters)

Sonic Chaos

Sonic Drift

Sonic Triple Trouble (Debut of Fang)

Sonic Drift 2

Sonic Spinball (Only canon appearance of Planet Mobius, Was non canon but got canonized)

Sonic Blast

Current Classic Era

Sonic 3D Blast (Origin of the Flickys, Confirmed to take place after Spinball)

Sonic R (Confirmed to take place after 3D Blast, Debut of Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles)

SegaSonic the Hedgehog (Confirmed to take place after Sonic R, Debut of Mighty and Ray)

Knuckles Chaotix and SONIC PICT May 2023 – Botanical Early Afternoon (Debut of Team Chaotix, PICT takes place during Botanic Base)

Sonic the Fighters (Debut of Bean, Bark, Honey and the "8th Chaos Emerald")

Sonic Mania (Debut of the Hard Boiled Heavies and the Phantom Ruby)

Sonic Mania Adventures (Was non canon but got canonized to take place during Encore's Mode's Angel Island Zone)

Sonic Mania Plus's Encore Mode

SONIC PICT November 2023 – Let’s hang out together again!

SONIC PICT June 2023 – Birthday Gig!

Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special

Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2021

Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special

Sonic the Hedgehog: Amy's 30th Anniversary Special

Fang the Hunter Mini Series (Chronological Debut of the Warp Topaz)

Sonic Superstars: Fang's Big Break

SONIC PICT October 2023 – Happy Pancake Halloween!

Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble

Sonic Superstars Start Book

Sonic Superstars

SONIC PICT August 2024 – Color of Summer ★ Hiking to Escape the Heat!

Sonic the Hedgehog: Knuckles' 30th Anniversary Special

2000s Modern Era

Sonic 4: Episode I

Sonic 4: Episode Metal

Sonic 4: Episode II (I put Sonic 4 as canon due to White Park and the game's Badniks coming back)

Sonic Advance (Tails uses the Tornado 1 so I'm placing it before Adventure, Debut of Mecha Knuckles)

Sonic Adventure and SONIC PICT August 2022 – On a hot day, this is the only way to go! (Debut of Big, the Tornado 2 and the E-Series, the PICT takes place during Sonic's Red Mountain)

SONIC PICT February 2021 – Zzz… hrm… ribbit-ribbit…

SONIC PICT April 2020 – All right! I found ’em!

Sonic Shuffle

SONIC PICT March 2020 – I wonder if you’ll be pleased…?

Sonic Adventure 2 (Debut of Shadow, Rouge and G.U.N)

SONIC PICT April 2023 – First-Rate Brilliance

SONIC PICT May 2024 – Not like that! Like this!

SONIC PICT January 2020 – A Naughty Adult Chao?

SONIC PICT March 2024 – Fine spring day, cherry blossom viewing feast, treat for the palate

Sonic Advance 2 (Debut of Cream)

SONIC PICT February 2024 – So excited…!

Sonic Heroes (Debut of Omega)

SONIC PICT November 2021 – If you’re looking for someone, leave it to me!

SONIC PICT October 2019 – YOU SCREAM, CREAM!?

SONIC PICT October 2020 – I’ll play a prank on you! ♪

SONIC PICT October 2021 – Trick or Trick?!

SONIC PICT October 2024 – “Does not compute…”

Shadow 05 (Expert Mode confirms Shadow canonically does the Hero Mission in Cryptic Castle and makes it to Cosmic Fall, Debut of Abraham Tower and Black Doom)

Shadow 05's Expert Mode (Shadow gets placed in a simulation for GUN training)

Sonic Battle and SONIC PICT May 2022 – Maiden Straight! (Rouge mentions Omega and Shadow has most of his memories, Debut of Emerl, the PICT takes place during Amy's Story)

Sonic Advance 3 (Debut of Gemerl)

SONIC PICT May 2020 – To my beloved mom…!

World Grand Prix

SONIC PICT March 2022 – To a New Stage!

Sonic Riders (Debut of the Babylon Rogues)

SONIC PICT September 2024 – Is this it? …What are these?

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

SONIC PICT August 2020 – A Green Gale Blowing Through

Sonic Free Riders (In Zero Gravity, Sonic tells Jet's he'll see him in the next Grand Prix)

Jet & Shadow

06 Timeline

SONIC PICT September 2022 – A Brief Rest (Takes place before 06 Silver met Blaze)

Sonic 06 (Game was intended to be a prequel to Rush, Debut of 06 Blaze, Elise, 06 Sonic Man and Mephiles)

SONIC PICT August 2021 – Fire Flower Scenery in the City of Water (During the game)

SONIC PICT March 2023 – I’ve got something for you! (During of the 06 Town Mission)

Post 06

Sonic Rivals (Silver's first canon appearance, retconned debut of Eggman Nega)

Sonic Rivals 2 (Silver and Espio become friends, Debut of Metal Sonic 3.0)

Sonic and the Secret Rings and it's tie-in comic, Sand, Spirits and Sonic Speed (Comic takes place during Pirate Storm)

SONIC PICT April 2021 – That means the treasure is…

Sonic Rush (Debut of Blaze)

Sonic Rush Adventure and SONIC PICT July 2022 – The Princess’s Elegant Evening Cool (Debut of Marine, the Sonic PICT takes place during Coral Cave)

SONIC PICT August 2023 – Coral Adventure

SONIC PICT November 2020 – Indian Summer at the Sol Empire

Shattered Earth

SONIC PICT April 2022 – Bon appétit!

SONIC PICT July 2024 – If only I could make these emotions into data, too!

Sonic Unleashed

Night of the Werehog (takes place before the town missions, Tower Terror and Jungle Fright)

SONIC PICT February 2020 – With all her heart… (Take place after Spagonia)

SONIC PICT March 2021 – Spring in full bloom, dancing in the night sky (During the game)

SONIC PICT June 2022 – Let’s make it your birthday too! (During the game)

Amy & Professor Pickle

Camelot

Sonic and the Black Knight (In Unleashed, Sonic has the option to go on a date with Amy)

Sonic and Merlina (During Misty Lake)

SONIC PICT April 2024 – Travel preparations livening up the castle town

Egg Planet Park

Sonic Colors Comics

SONIC PICT September 2020 – How unusually thoughtful!

Sonic Colors Ultimate + Sonic Colors DS (Both the Ultimate and DS version are canon, Ultimate introduces the Jade Ghost Wisp and the DS version introduces the Mother Wisp, Red Burst Wisp and Violet Void Wisp, along with having Silver and Blaze canonically meet for the first time, Debut of Orbot and Cubot)

SONIC PICT September 2019 – Chili dogs are the best wherever he goes?! (Takes place during Sweet Mountain)

Rise of the Wisps (Takes place during Sweet Mountain)

White Space and Shatterverse

Fang & Trip

SONIC PICT December 2023 – Sky-Blue Shoes

Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings

SONIC PICT September 2021 – Agent Under the Moon (Takes place before the second episode)

Sonic X Shadow Generations + Sonic x Shadow Generations X Chao (A three stories happen at the same time)

SONIC PICT June 2024 – Put this one and that one on top of it! (During the game)

SONIC PICT November 2024 – “Look! It’s shallow here!” (Takes place after Sunset Heights)

Super Sonic and Doom Wing Shadow (During the game)

Shadow & Rouge

Sonic Prime (Orbot and Cubot's existence place this after Colors and Gens, Sonic mentions how he "never saw Tails so upset" so I'm placing it before Lost World)

Lost Hex

Sonic Lost World (Debut of the Deadly Six, the 3DS version has exclusive Wisps but otherwise has the same plot)

SONIC PICT January 2021 – Just gotta tighten this here… (Canon Debut of Cosmo)

Zazz & Espio

SONIC PICT December 2019 – Cutting through the aurora night sky…

Eggman War

Sonic Forces: Rise of Infinite (Debut of Infinite)

Sonic Force: Stress Test

Sonic Forces: Looming Shadow

Sonic Forces: Episode Shadow

Sonic Forces + Sonic Forces: Moment of Truth (Moment of Truth takes place before Spaceport, Debut of the Avatar and the Resistance)

SONIC PICT May 2021 – With her favorite raincoat…

IDW Sonic 1-12 (Debut of Lanolin, Tangle, Whisper and Starline)

Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2019 (Debut of Jewel)

#sonic the hedgehog #Sonic Timeline #Sonic Lore #Classic Sonic #Sonic PICT #Sonic Riders #Sonic 06 #Sonic Rivals #Sonic Rush #Sonic Unleashed #sonic and the black knight #Sonic Colors #sonic x shadow generations #Sonic Prime #Sonic Lost World #Sonic Forces

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greentrickster · 3 months ago

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have they done aliens yet? thats one

No, but we did do sapient robots and astronauts.

Also, ffs, don't jinx us, it's still only March, I know we've all been joing about aliens finally showing up since 2020, but I swear to- Apollo, put the dodgeball down, I SAID PUT IT DOWN, YOU PROPHESYING TROLLOP-!!!!!

#ask #ace attorney #anon #apollo

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astoundingbeyondbelief · 1 year ago

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Kaiju Week in Review (March 24-30, 2024)

A coworker asked tonight me how Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire measured up to Godzilla Minus One, and I responded, "Almost as good, but in a completely different way." If you like monsters (and if you're following me I have to assume you do), see it, no questions asked. There's about a million of them and they're all delightful. The franchise has long struggled to recapture the specific charms of the Showa era, and I think this comes closer than any of them. (It's the climactic tag-team battle... also Mothra returning to knock some sense into Godzilla). Pure junk food, but you can't just watch Oppenheimer all the time.

Godzilla x Kong tore up the box office this weekend, performing well above expectations. Its $80 million opening Stateside was the second-best of the Monsterverse (after Godzilla). It added another $114 million internationally for the best overall opening of the (still-young) year. China was a big part of that with $44 million; giant monster movies are among the few Hollywood imports that still play well there. With a $135 million budget, lowest of the Monsterverse by a wide margin, it's a matter of when, not if, Legendary announces the next one.

The Oxford English Dictionary has added an entry for tokusatsu, defined as "A genre of Japanese film or television entertainment characterized by the use of practical special effects, usually featuring giant monsters, transforming robots, and masked and costumed superheroes." It's part of a group of 23 freshly-acknowledged Japanese loan words; unclear if the timing is coincidental. Oh, and if you're curious, they added kaiju in 2018. As someone who remembers when the only English-speakers who used either word were in fandom, it's pretty wild to see.

French company Extralucid Films will release Gappa on Blu-ray in June. The impressive-sounding bonus features are naturally all in French, but there's one that transcends language: 17 minutes of extra monster footage. The U.S. version of Gappa, Monster from a Prehistoric Planet, only has about 7 minutes worth of shots absent from the Japanese version, so I'm pretty curious about the other 10. It's also the first time this footage has been released in HD (Tokyo Shock blew it in 2020).

Season 2 of Chibi Godzilla Raids Again is indeed receiving official English subtitles, starting the same day as the Japanese premiere, April 10. Godzilla Battle Line also added a hilariously busted joint Chibi Godzilla-Chibi Mechagodzilla unit, along with a Destoroyah variant. (Maybe Godzilla x Kong units are next month?)

A new Monsterverse movie means new books to buy. The prequel comic Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted is out already (not recommended), but officially you'll have to wait until April 23 for the novelization and May 14 for the art book. Chalk that up to the late release date change, maybe. Unofficially, people are already getting the novelization from Amazon, because they're a monopoly that can afford to pay the fines from publishers for breaking street date. The audiobook version also released on the same day as the film. I don't have intel on what it adds and changes yet; adding everything from the film itself to Wikizilla is all I can handle right now.

The San Francisco Giants are offering a Godzilla VIP Experience on May 17, a long-overdue acknowledgement of the savior of their city. Tickets are almost gone, though I think it's a shame that the promotion is opt-in to begin; what happened to giving these tchotchkes out to the first thousand fans? Well, figures that they'd make getting merch of the Minus One Godzilla in the States a hassle.

#kaiju week in review #godzilla #godzilla x kong the new empire #baseball #chibi godzilla raids again #king kong #gappa #kaiju #tokusatsu

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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 2 years ago

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I just read through the Wish Upon A Star event for the first time and it's a nice heartfelt story! But hoo BOY do some things about this event feel unexpectedly heavier now with the context of Book 6 and what's currently out for Book 7, particularly with the Diasomnia boys ...

Wish Upon a Star was really nice for the Shroud brothers' story in hindsight! I wouldn't say the event has anything "essential" (you can still understand book 6 without seeing any of Wish Upon a Star), but it definitely adds extra context (like sprinkles on top of an ice-cream sundae!) and some vague foreshadowing to the upcoming main story happenings. (It helped a lot that both brothers were featured cards for this event; they could share the spotlight!) We learn some new information that is fundamentally rooted in what we already know of the Shroud brothers (ie Idia is into video games, Ortho is supportive of his brother) and how it all plays together in a grander narrative. Star Rogue was actually first introduced in this event as something important to Idia and Ortho's childhoods, which later becomes a recurring motif in book 6. The book even closes on Idia playing it with all of his new NRC friends (?). The legend of the Starsending itself, of course, refers to the story of Pinocchio, where a puppet turned into a real boy--a theme which eventually carries over to Ortho, the robot that gains humanity. Additionally, we get a more in-depth exploration of Ortho and Idia's relationship in Wish Upon a Star. We see that Ortho, despite being a robot who would easily be able to look up anything he doesn't understand, still has a child-like wonder about wishes coming true and even dedicates his own wish to hoping that his older brother's wish comes true. It's Idia who expresses a deep cynicism for the Starsending and acts like a buzzkill (pointing out that the stars most likely react to people's body temperature rather than light up in response to being whispered a wish). This reflects their behavior in book 6 too: Idia is the one who has given up hope, and Ortho is the one who seeks to help his brother's dreams come true.

I guess something similar applies for the Diasomnia boys? 🤔 Although to be fair, this event came out in summer of 2020 (when the game itself first launched in March 2020), so we didn't know a ton about the Diasomnia boys back then. A lot of what they said for their wishes would have easily been dismissed as just normal characterization, but it definitely comes off as more ominous knowing what we now know of book 7:

Sebek’s wish: “I wish for the whole world to kneel before our king.” WELL. You definitely got that wish granted, Sebek 😭 cuz all of Twisted Wonderland is about to kneel over in a deep sleep once Malleus’s UM spreads far enough… Sebek is pretty much always going on about how powerful Malleus is, but in book 7 it’s not so fun having to deal with that magic now turned against us and set on consuming the world.

Silver’s wish: “I wish… for my father to have a long life.” When we first heard of this, the assumption was that Lilia would outlive Silver?? Especially with how spry Lilia is portrayed to be… BUT THEN IT TURNS OUT 700 YEAR OLD LILIA’S MAGIC IS ON THE DECLINE AND HE WANTS TO GO DIE ALONE IN A FOREIGN LAND 😩 Silver also mentions during his wish segment that he owes a lot to his father and isn’t close to repaying him for everything he has done. This is a sentiment Silver shares again in book 7… in which he then proceeds to break down and cry in front of Malleus about those insecurities 😭

Lilia’s wish: “My wish is… for humans, fae, and all other species to live in harmony.” This one hits super different because right now we’re witnessing Lilia’s past self as a general actively fighting against humans and being suspicious of them. His present self is much more peace and harmony loving, even instilling in Silver a respect for all creatures and lecturing Malleus and Sebek for their sometimes ignorant behavior towards other races. He acknowledges the challenges that come with bringing together those from all walks of life, but he’s also the first to preach about how the importance of it. People may be weak alone, but they can come together like the threads on a spindle to become something stronger together. This is a testament to how much Lilia’s feelings and him as an individual have evolved over time. What’s even sadder is that when you read Lilia’s words, it definitely sounds like he’s reflecting on his unsavory past, and wishing for a better world for the future: “You've learned about […] all the countless tales of our failure to compromise, and the resulting conflicts? I have no desire to see such history repeated.” So he makes the same wish every year…

Malleus’s wish: “I wish for Roaring Drago (Gao-Gao Dragon-kun) to make a friend.” Gao-Gao makes his first appearance in Malleus’s Labwear vignettes, but becomes a more integral part of Malleus’s story in other materials, then culminates as a motif in book 7. The importance of this virtual pet cannot be understated in regards to its connection with Malleus’s understanding of human lives and change. Prior to book 7, we see Gao-Gao as something “like Malleus”—it’s alone, a dragon hatched from an egg. (One can say that wishing for Gao-Gao to have friends is a metaphor for how Malleus himself wants friends.) During book 7, the perception of Gao-Gao changes; now it is likened to Malleus’s loved ones. He fears them leaving, just like Gao-Gao does when he’s all grown up—and so Malleus justifies his extreme actions with the excuse of, “I want them to live a happy fantasy forever and ever, just as though Gao-Gao were with me for all of time”. It’s how Malleus rationalizes his actions and comes to understand others. What makes Gao-Gao and even more prominent symbol in book 7 is its ties with Lilia; as Malleus notes in his Starsending segment, Gao-Gao was a gift from Lilia’s travels… and Gao-Gao set to leave once it has fully matured, so, too, comes the painful reminder that Lilia set to leave soon. It puts more pressure on Malleus to act, to come up with some kind of solution for a “happily ever after”. It’s his way of keeping his friends with him… whether they want it or not.

#twst #twisted wonderland #Diasomnia #Malleus Draconia #Lilia Vanrouge #Sebek Zigvolt #Silver #disney twisted wonderland #spoilers #notes from the writing raven #Idia Shroud #Ortho Shroud #Ignihyde #Pinocchio

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Welp... $20m for ELIO on its opening weekend here, $34m everywhere. Astoundingly low opening, but I think a chunk of us knew it was coming. Surprisingly, only that trash Deadline article tried to suggest that the complaints of obnoxious redditors and twitter users are worth heeding, the other trades acknowledged that this is just the current game for original animated movies post-March 2020. Speaking of that... Where does ELIO fall?

To make this list a little longer, we'll include - as per this post I made a little while ago - animated movies that are based on pre-existing source material, and films that are part of big franchises *BUT* are not sequels/directly related to previous adaptations. (Yes, this includes TRANSFORMERS ONE, I don't care if someone said off-the-cuff in 2021 "Oh yeah, it's gonna be connected to the Bayverse!") I'll highlight the truly original movies, for convenience.

$134m - THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE

$36m - DOG MAN

$35m - THE WILD ROBOT

$29m - ELEMENTAL

$28m - TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM

$27m - ENCANTO

$24m - TRANSFORMERS ONE

$24m - THE GARFIELD MOVIE

$23m - THE BAD GUYS

$23m - DC LEAGUES OF SUPER-PETS

$21m - DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA - THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN

$20m - ELIO

$19m - WISH

$19m - THE KING OF KINGS

Yeeeah... Uh... So, it's not like others within the playing field that aren't sequels are opening all that high. SUPER MARIO was a freakin' game-accurate Mario movie, so of course it's super-high up here... But nearly $100m below are book adaptations DOG MAN and THE WILD ROBOT. Release a chunk of these movies in a year like 2015, they likely open w/ $40m+ easily. So yeah, that's the playing field, for the UMPTEENTH time.

Now... Second weekend, and subsequent weekends. ELIO has an A CinemaScore, just like ELEMENTAL did. Less people seeing it and that kinda score, I feel, spells good word of mouth. What's out next weekend? F1? M3GAN 2.0? Should be fine.

Ya know, there are some animated movies that had *stellar* drops on their second weekend, after opening with fairly low amounts for what they are...

PUSS IN BOOTS, the first one, not THE LAST WISH, opened with $34m back in late October of 2011. That was the lowest a SHREK franchise movie had opened, and was likely way below SHREK's opening weekend gross adjusted. Second weekend, only fell 3%... Made $33m that weekend. The film went on to score a fantastic 4.3x multiplier.

And hell, throw in its record-breaking sequel. Paltry $12m on opening weekend, December 2022, though to be fair there were snowstorms. Second 3-day frame, **JUMPED** 35% up from its opening weekend take. WOW! Then, over the winter break? Had the best multiplier for an animated movie released in the last 40 years. 15.5x multiplier. FIFTEEN-POINT-FIVE TIMES...

Another great example is BOLT. Released a week before the Thanksgiving 5-day back in 2008: Blah $26m opening weekend, *ROSE* 1.4% on weekend two, and then added some nice change from the Thanksgiving stretch. BOLT ended up making 4.3x its opening weekend domestically.

Legs can work wonders if audiences dig the movie enough. And if it's an animated family movie? Chances are, it's gonna quietly do lots of hard work to make up for lost time... In terms of family movies, LILO & STITCH '25 is still going strong but has arguably ran its course, HTTYD '25 proved to be pretty frontloaded, too. ELIO's pretty much alone to have some fun before, maybe, JURASSIC WORLD 4 shows up. SUPERMAN as well. PG-13 tentpoles have their kid cross-appeal, but the animated movies hold tight despite the heavies. ELEMENTAL did it in such a crowded summer, PUSS IN BOOTS Dos held its own just fine against the big blue cat-people movie playing next door.

Kind of ironic, in a sad way, how Disney's only profitable movie this year so far is a remake of a risky, only moderately successful original animated movie... While the actual original animated movie (also starring aliens and a weird kid who isn't being raised by his parents) was left to fend for itself, with yet another pathetic "please clap" marketing campaign behind it that didn't get people flocking to the multiplexes to help it muster up at least $30m on opening weekend.

I can only imagine what Disney will blame this opening weekend on. ELIO was significantly altered after its original director got kicked off of it, retooled so that it wouldn't be called "woke", "DEI", "too political", etc. They made it "more universal" and "less autobiographical"... And look what happened, it opened below both ELEMENTAL and LIGHTYEAR. Wha'cha gonna blame it on, Disney? Something really silly, like "No one likes alien movies"? "The lead character isn't white, so that's what killed it"? I wouldn't put it past them...

At this point, I'm mostly concerned for Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian, the two directors who took over the movie from Adrian Molina. Molina was re-routed to COCO 2 after being taken off of ELIO in fall 2023, so he's safe. Given how these things tend to go down, I feel that the blame will all fall on Shi and Sharafian. This is the latter's feature directorial debut, and the former's previous feature film got dumped onto Disney+ and had nonexistent box office because of that. The only thing it had to its name was monster Disney+ viewership/ratings and an Oscar nomination.

So far, we saw Angus MacLane get fired from Pixar two years ago, likely due to how his LIGHTYEAR performed. Along with him went producer Galyn Susman, even though her and MacLane were long-time Pixar veterans whose careers started there back in the late 1990s. Susman was infamously the very woman who kept a back-up copy of an in-progress TOY STORY 2 on her home computer; which saved the day after all the work done on the movie up until that point was accidentally erased at the studio. Sure, it was all for the version of the movie that ended up not getting made (when it was still a B-team production), but still... That's how you repay her? After that and ALL her years of work there? I'm sure those were Disney-mandated firings. Corporate bullshit, as per usual.

I initially feared that ELEMENTAL director Peter Sohn would be let go because of how Disney 180'ed on ELEMENTAL (from flop to underdog success to flop again), but he's directing INCREDIBLES 3. This could be read as him doing penance for ELEMENTAL (and also THE GOOD DINOSAUR, which was a rare pre-COVID Pixar box office flop), maybe not. I remember some people thought Andrew Stanton directed FINDING DORY as punishment for his JOHN CARTER flopping hard at the box office, and there were similar sentiments about Brad Bird taking on INCREDIBLES 2 after TOMORROWLAND got flambeed. I do not know. Sohn could've had another original or an ELEMENTAL sequel in mind for his next movie before landing the INCREDIBLES 3 gig, maybe not.

So... Shi and Sharafian. Maybe nothing happens and all resumes nicely, maybe they get assigned to a sequel, maybe they both get fired. As far as I know, Shi had something in the works after she completed TURNING RED, but had to put it on hold because of being put on ELIO. Perhaps she resumes making that film?

Originals will continue to be made, obviously. HOPPERS is halfway through production (Curiously, no teaser ready for ELIO's release. Maybe in July, then?), GATTO was announced. You need originals in order to spawn new franchises, because the legacy wells will run dry eventually. That isn't my concern, everything else is.

Good luck, ELIO.

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darthasterisk · 4 months ago

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Following the last post, here's K2 on some other adventures.

Orignally posted: March 3, 2020 | January 22, 2019 | May 8, 2019

Figures:

1/12th Scale Hasbro The Black Series | Star Wars: Rogue One | K-2SO | Released in 2016

1.5" ThreeA/3A | World War Robot | Mini Bertie | Released in 2011

ThinkGeek | Portal 2 | Wheatley LED flashlight | Released in 2012

Good Smile Company | Nendoroid #605 | Haikyuu!! | Kozume Kenma cat accessory | Released in 2017

Good Smile Company | Nendoroid # 796 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Alphonse Elric cat accessory | Released in 2018

See other pages from my Toy Photography Photobook

#star wars #k-2so #wheatley #portal 2 #toy photography #threea #photobook

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The Magic That Kills: A Detailed Analysis of Momose Amane’s First Trial

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If you’re here from my last post about Amane’s second trial, hi! If not, well it’s still a hi for you.

If you don’t know what MILGRAM is or how it works, here’s a snippet from my last post:

“... MILGRAM is a Japanese interactive music project by DECO*27 and Takuya Yamanaka, established in April 2020, where 10 prisoners are put into three rounds of trial to gradually express their guilt and sins into a song. The viewers, representing an ungendered guard named Es, vote if the prisoner should be “innocent” (forgivable) or “guilty” (unforgivable). Each prisoner has a different experience and style of music and visuals, but have a single thing in common: they all have committed murder. This will focus on one of the 10 prisoners, a 12-year-old girl named Momose Amane who has known to have been brainwashed into a cult’s practices ...”

Anyways, here’s a detailed analysis (with timestamps!) with my interpretations of Amane’s first trial. Please note I’m not saying this is what Amane’s trial is about, they are mere speculations.

P.S. Please make sure you have watched both Magic and The Purge March. I will be cross-referencing both.

Title Analysis

Unlike my previous post, I’ll go with this analysis first because I feel like it’s an important thing to keep in mind in the entirety of this post.

おまじない (omajinai) can also be written in kanji as 御呪い. The character 御 can mean manipulate/govern and the character 呪 can mean spell/curse.

Visual and Lyric Analysis

0:00~0:23: Amane is introduced like she is in a show. Considering that MILGRAM shows these MVs through the prisoners’ point of view, memories, etc. and that Momose Amane is only twelve, it is possible that what she is going through is being sugarcoated as something everyone goes through/can withstand—in terminologies, this “show” is made to look like it’s rated for all audiences.

0:24: In The Purge March, the green flag is the green mascot in magic, named Gachata, embodying the lyric (commandment) of “[achieving] a goal without straying from the path.” You could say Gachata teaches faith. Additionally, he is said to have a serious personality.

0:26~0:35: Amane is shown a board, where she is taught her schedule—possibly even her life—planned out by her parents (which lowkey reminds me of the little girl from film “The Little Prince” if I’m being honest) and how she should always follow this “schedule” waking up, work first, play later.

0:40~0:50: Yuri is introduced, whose commandment in The Purge March literally means “pay for what you believe in” as it collects fees to the point the box is overflowing. Yuri is said to have a “big brother” personality.

The animals that pay for the beliefs are the cult members, who are also shown to be animals. It is possible that this is how Amane views them, and it is also possible that her parents may be the only ones benefitting from it (the money).

0:52~0:54: Amane encircles her arms above her head, showing that she is agreeing to something, while the two robots look at each other, skeptical. They look like they are in a TV show where the mascots are the hosts and Amane is participating in a Q&A segment. On the podium where Amane stands, the phrase さいかいは? is written. They are possibly testing her if she learned from the lessons these two mascots gave her.

0:56~1:03: The robots cross their arms, disagreeing with her. A penalty is given, thus it “flicks” her forehead. Amane gets dizzy and falls, in a display of exaggerated childishness—a forehead flick is not enough to knock over a child. The crosses that resemble her eyes in her face are often seen in characters who have been beaten up, and Amane might have suffered physical abuse from being unable to comprehend the commandment (it may seem far-fetched, but an explanation for this will be mentioned later).

1:04~1:07 Amane comes to her senses, and the mascot extends a hand to “help” her up. This is a tactic with the use of praise and punishment, most likely to effectively instill the beliefs into Amane’s system—you punish someone and then praise them to discipline them.

誓います　もういい子になるしかない！ですよ I swear! I’m going to be a good girl now! That’s it!

The lyrics are also kind of sugarcoated. Not only is this a phrase helpless children promise to parents because of the fear of being punished again, but the literal meaning of this is “[I am] wrong! I have no choice but to [obey]!”

1:08: There is a sequence of Amane agreeing and the mascots simultaneously disagreeing. It shows that she’s still having a hard time grasping her beliefs, and may sometimes do things that she thinks is correct, but actually isn’t (at least, according to their commandments).

1:16~1:31: Gozake is introduced, whose corresponding belief according to The Purge March literally means to “give up baseness” (which is the lack of moral principles or bad character). Gozake is known to be a mysterious monk, who seems to be in charge of what seems like a choir along with other animals (believers).

1:32: The last mascot is introduced, Riyone, whose corresponding belief is to “live destiny [as it was written/given unto you].” She is described as a healthy tomboy (all these mascot descriptions are from the MILGRAM Wiki).

1:34~1:51: A faulty light starts to act up—and it is possible that this was a challenge deliberately given to Amane to challenge her beliefs. The robots (feign) surprise/concern, as Amane starts to worry over the injured cat.

1:48~1:51: Riyone suggests to just pray for the cat and not interfere. Whether it heals or dies is up to their “god” and that treating its injury would interfere with destiny.

1:54~2:00: Amane is visibly shaken, starting to question her beliefs, but decides to help the cat in the end, little did she know she’d suffer intense punishment(s).

2:16~2:30: For an agonizing several seconds, we watch as she gets tortured in all different ways, but it’s done in a way that one wouldn’t notice—as if it were a mere comedic effect. Amane gets electrocuted by Riyone, waterboarded by Gozake, physically abused by Yuri, and aurally tortured by Gachata.

How can you tell she is being aurally tortured? Amane has her hands on her ears. It’s possible the method being used on her are bells because a) there are bells resounding throughout the entirety of the sequence and b) there are bells in Gozake’s head.

もっともっともっと　いい子になれたならきっときっと　みんな笑顔になるずっとずっと　一緒にいられたらいいな

Only if, only if, only if I could be a good girl I hope, I hope everyone can be happy and smile Forever, forever together would be a dream

Amane visibly regrets her actions, and starts questioning why she helped the cat in the first place, forcing to blame herself and to look back at the beliefs being taught to her. Are they right? Did she do the right thing? Should she have done that?

2:32~2:39: Amane is left alone, as she prays for the first time in the entirety of the music video—all the torture she had gone through made her turn to her “god”.

2:40~2:56: She gets rewarded. For what? Enduring her suffering, probably. The spirals in her eyes are the same as the ones from the purge march, showing she has started to apply these commandments in her life. The wand that she waves could be seen as the baton she uses in the purge march—the murder weapon used.

3:21: The footage of the TV show reflects in her eyes. The mascots are gone, and what's left was the stage she used to be in, indicating that she has done it, she has purged evil! :D

If you’re still reading, hi! I’m surprised you’ve stayed this long. I hope you enjoyed reading it, although some of the things were very obvious and already known. I personally would say Amane is innocent—I’m still trying to grasp why people have voted her guilty when the brainwashing was quite obvious. Plus, she’s a mere child. But I suppose that factor could also be something to be suspicious of.

Additionally, Amane thinks that being imprisoned is another trial given to her by God, and she’ll face whatever comes her way. Just like how she was taught. Do what you will with this information. Once again, I hope you enjoyed reading, thank you!

#milgram #milgram analysis #momose amane #milgram amane #deco*27 #magic #youtube #analysis #sorry there's nothing new to bring up about this mv #it's a long time ago but i just started recalling things i wanted to share #oh well

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wolfliving · 3 months ago

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The work was funded by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation and the Kone Foundation. We thank all the ideation workshop participants.

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March 2024 Important Dates

AKA my notes on The Astrology Podcast's March Forecast.

February recap: The conjunction between Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto in Aquarius conjunction has aligned with new tech developments. The Venus-Pluto conjunction heralded OpenAI's new text-to-video generator and the ensuing discussion on its potential political, labor, and artistic effects. Mercury was conjunct Mars and Venus trine Jupiter (with Virgo Moon completing a grand trine & involving the Saturn-Pisces opposition) the day Neuralink tried its first human subject. How will different parts of society react to further developments in cybernetics and body augmentation? Past occurrences of astrological alignments can help us make predictions. Advances in robotics during a major transit in the humanistic sign of Aquarius will challenge us to redefine what it means to be human. On February 10th, around the Mars-Pluto conjunction, a group of people set a self-driving delivery car on fire in San Francisco. These robo-taxis are likely going to increase when Jupiter enters Gemini, and indeed a few companies are poised to launch in other cities.

In other Pluto in Aquarius news, last episode Chris noted there's work in using X-rays to ancient scrolls from Herculaneum and Pompeii that can't be opened without incurring damage. On February 5th, the day of the Mercury-Pluto conjunction, the first images of one of these scrolls have been made available. This fits with Mercury-Pluto themes of lost or buried information coming to light. On the same day King Charles of England's cancer diagnosis was announced--an announcement of mortality. We also had the first privately-funded lunar vehicle landing. Pluto makes large thing imperceptibly small and makes microscopic things enormous.

In Saturn in Pisces news, in 2020 Chris predicted success for Miley Cyrus's Saturn return and indeed she won the Grammy. This also marks part 2 of the Dune movie--the book was written under Saturn in Pisces as well. Other influential sci-fi & fantasy stories were written under Saturn in Pisces like Lord of the Rings, and our hosts predict that a new classic will be born during this transit. In other Mars-Pluto news, we have ambiguous stories about nuclear weapons and Israel's announcement of storming Rafah. Unfortunately the upcoming eclipses (connected to 6 months ago) do not bode well for cessation of warfare. On February 15th, farmers in India have begun striking again, and doctors in South Korea walked out on the job to protest working conditions--Mars in Aquarius squaring Jupiter-Uranus in Taurus reactivates these ongoing labor disputes.

Our hosts recorded the forecast before the perfect Mercury-Saturn-Sun conjunction in Pisces hit on February 28th (the day I'm typing this!), which is one of the major influences over the first half of March. The other big influence is Mars-Venus in Aquarius. In the mutable, indeterminate sign of Pisces, Saturn doesn't bring us as much order as he did in the previous two signs of his domicile.

March 2nd/3rd - Venus square Uranus Venus in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus--either a change is needed to bring us peace and pleasure, or something is disrupting our pleasure. Austin says either way, this placement prompts us for significant changes. Venus's is overcoming Uranus (earlier in the zodiac, has the upper hand), so we can make good use of this placement if we shake things up a little bit in relationships.

March 9th/10th - Mars square Uranus, Mercury enters Aries Mercury has entered the sign where he'll retrograde, stretching what would normally be a transit of a few weeks into 2 months. Mercury in Mars's sign amplifies the wishes of the red planet, who's doing some pretty interesting stuff. In a firey Mars-ruled sign, Mercury wants something practical to do. This clarity and decisiveness will be welcome after all the indecision of Pisces. However, the North Node is in Aries, with the power to obscure things even when it's not blocking the Sun's light. There will be an eclipse here in April, so the pathfinding is tricky. We'll definitely be doubling back as Mercury prepares to retrograde. Sometimes you need to dive into things while you have the vision, yet before you have the rationale. Austin likens it to clearing your way through thick jungle terrain to determine whether a route is viable--it's only by going forward that you find out that you're on the wrong path, and thus, where the right one is. Mercury retrogrades teach us to learn from our mistakes--third time's the charm!

Mars follows Venus's path, and along with Mercury, weighs heavily on the upcoming lunation. Mars-Uranus connotes surprise attacks, sudden severing, unexpected explosions. Internally this can make us feel restless and impulsive. Keywords: recklessness and action without planning. Think of a cigarette being dropped near an oil drum. Technology disruptions are also likely.

March 10th - Pisces New Moon

Saturn and Neptune are close by to this lunation, and though Mars-Uranus is weighing in, Mars in particular is ultimately reporting to Saturn's broader plan. As Neptune and Saturn approach their conjunction, we'll seek escapism and the imaginal as a respite for our fatigue. We need to step out from being immersed in these waters. Mercury conjoined Neptune on the 8th before he left Pisces, leaving the imprint of confused or empathic communications in the air as the lunar cycle resets for the month.

March 11th/12th - Venus enters Pisces From here she builds up to a conjunction with Saturn at 11° on the 21st. As the sign of her exaltation, she's better able to bring harmony and reconciliation in our relationships, though Saturn brings a cool distance to our relationships. She'll conjoin Neptune in this sign next month. We may also see some kind of artwork that resonates with people on a deep emotional level.

March 17th - Sun conjoins Neptune, Electional chart

At around 1PM local time, this chart has Cancer rising with a dignified Moon in Cancer, applying to a trine with Venus at 7Pisces and sextile with Jupiter in Taurus in the 11th house. This chart occurs before things go crazy later in the month and is the best time to start something new. It's especially good for friends, groups and alliances and doing new things outside of the box.

March 18th - Mercury enters shadow (not pictured) Mercury hits 15Aries, the point he'll retrograde back to, at the same time as he conjoins the North Node. This is a precursor of things that will occur in April.

March 19th/20th - Sun enters Aries This puts the Sun in the same time as the Node that will eclipse it.

March 21st - Venus conjoins Saturn Saturn and Venus bring a sort of melancholy beauty to things. Though we may see them at odds for signifying discipline and love respectively, Saturn does exalt in Venus's sign of Libra. In the sign of Pisces empathy is especially relevant--think understanding each other's feelings because we've suffered the same things. Nostalgia is another important keyword.

March 22nd - Mars enters Pisces This puts him on track to contact to Saturn (exact cojunction c. April 10th)--a dangerous combination. Along with the Sun in Aries and Mercury slowing, this represents the event horizon of major developments for the rest of the month and early April. This will be the first Mars-Saturn conjunction in Pisces; note the Aquarius conjunctions in 2020 and later years coincided with the COVID lockdown(s). Sea lane transit will likely slam on the brakes as well, and current maritime conflicts will see big developments. More figuratively we may ask "where are we going, and what dangers lie ahead?"

March 25th - Libra Lunar Eclipse

For about a week things have been building up to this eclipse. Its twin will be visible across much of the United States in early April, meanwhile a comet will start to be visible in the night sky. Mars in Pisces copresent Saturn weighs heavily on this eclipse. The pace of events starts moving quickly and chaotically around eclipse season, and things start to move rapidly up or down, especially for prominent people & companies. This eclipse represents a culmination or next chapter of events started in October--major beginnings and major endings (in the Libra house of your chart for individuals). The picture may begin to get clearer. It's not the last installment, but things are clearly underway. Unfortunately this does not bode well for ongoing global conflicts. We can't see clearly with the eclipse, meanwhile Mercury is slowing down about to station retrograde, while right on the North Node. Combined with dangerous Mars-Saturn, it's a bit of a crazy situation. Jupiter's approach to a conjunction with Uranus indicates some surprising, amazing wins, and some people will find unexpected good fortune once the smoke clears. However, not everyone will be able to count on winning the Jupiter lottery here. (Later in April, when Jupiter conjoins Uranus exactly we can expect some kind of freedom and liberation).

The two weeks between these eclipses will be very active, dramatic, and chaotic, with beginnings and endings galore. In the Indian astrology dasha timing technique, the US Sibly chart has been in a time period ruled by Rahu (north node) since the early 2010s, making any eclipses visible in that country especially important to it. This is a time to be flexible!

#astrology #transits #forecast #the astrology podcast #march 2022 #mars square uranus #venus square uranus #mercury in aries #libra lunar eclipse #mars conjunct saturn #mars in pisces #saturn in pisces #pluto in aquarius

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Lockdown (Japril Imagine)

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Age Rating: 12+

Chapters: Two of Three

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy

Ship: Jackson and April

Summary: Jackson drives Amber to her brothers and talks to her about his worries over April living alone during a pandemic.

Words: 990

March 18, 2020

Jackson looks down the empty road that he is driving in sadness. Sadness over how short of a time it can take for the world to fall apart and how little he can do to fix it. He knows no matter how long he can be in the frontline treating people and stopping the spread of covid he can’t make it go away. He can’t make it so his daughter can grow up in a less scary world. He can’t make it so his day at work is something to look forward to not something to dread. And he can’t make it so all of his friends and family can be safe.

Those thoughts run through his head as Amber is next to him scrolling through her phone for the nearest store that can get the latest shipment of toilet paper and water bottles. It’s that sight alone that makes him want to scream but he can’t because he’s driving. Even though it’s likely he’ll get in an accident on an empty road.

“Okay I counted and calculated and we’re good on toilet paper for at least three weeks, you can thank me for making a quick trip before the day of the end.” Amber tells him but he’s barely listening due to his own worries.

Jackson glances at the sidewalk to see tents up and sealed with the homeless community inside. It makes him think of April who quit her job as a trauma surgeon to work at the free clinic full time so she can help the homeless. In the beginning he saw it as brave and selfless but now it terrifies him that she is out there every day exposed to people who can’t afford houses let alone protection. His fears are escalated due to Amber secretly telling him Matthew left April in the hopes they can get back together.

He isn’t entirely sure if he and April are getting back together. He knows they both need time to themselves to figure out what they want. But he also knows that without Matthew in the house April runs the risk of contracting the virus with no one to take care of her. He imagines her suddenly developing the symptoms that get so bad she can’t call for help. And if that happens it’ll be too late to get her treatment and Harriet will lose her mother. And he’ll lose the most important person in his life.

“I’m trying to call the stores to see when they get a new shipment but apparently everybody else has the same idea since I only got a robot on the phone and-”

“I can’t do this.” Jackson says something for the first time since they left the penthouse.

Amber pauses and looks surprised by his interruption, “Can’t do what? Go only three weeks with toilet paper? Join the club buddy.”

“No, I can’t keep pretending that everything is fine in front of April when I know that it isn’t.” Jackson grips the steering wheel, “She is out there every day exposing herself to this thing like us only it’s worse because the community she helps were in poor health to begin with before corona. And at the end of the day, she goes home to nobody there to help her or make sure she’s not showing symptoms. She’s acting like she has someone, but she doesn’t know that I know the truth. She doesn’t know that I am worried, and I have every single right to be.”

Amber sighs putting her phone away, “Now I feel bad for breaking her trust and making you worry about her possibly dying of a virus. She’ll be ready to tell you when she tells you. We agreed to give her time to process and be comfortable enough to tell you at her own pace.”

“Yeah, well things changed.” Jackson tells her sternly, “We can’t afford to be alone right now especially with what we do, what she does. I need to talk to her about this and figure out if she has a plan without Matthew in the picture.”

Amber looks at him scared, “Jackson I admire your big heart, but April doesn’t know I told you and if she does, she will kill me. Do you want to bury me?”

“If it means I don’t have to bury April yeah.” Amber narrows her eyes at him, “Hey you made your bed when you told me something April told you in confidence. Nobody held a gun to your head and made you tell me her secret.”

Amber purses her lips, “I was trying to be a good friend to you in the pursuit of true love. How was I supposed to know a worldwide pandemic would hit a month later? It was an act of God or something.”

“I’m still gonna talk to her, I’d look into witness protection if I were you.” They stop outside Alex and Jo's 2 story house and Amber looks at Jackson betrayed who ignores her and unlocks the door, “I’ll be back to pick you up in half an hour, I’ll let you know how it goes and whether to look over your shoulder for vengeful redheads.”

Amber shakes her head at the joke before putting her mask on, “If your ex-wife kills me, you stay out of my virtual funeral.” Amber opens the car door, exits out and slams the door behind her before heading to the house. Jackson sighs before putting the car in drive and heading to his destination.

After a ten-minute drive he parks in April’s driveway outside her house, gets out of the car and knocks on the door. He waits patiently with a mask on for a few moments before the door opens and he’s face to face with April Kepner.

“Hey.” April greets Jackson who looks at her worried. She can tell by his face and gets worried too, “What’s wrong?”

“We need to talk.”

#greys anatomy #grey's anatomy #greysedit #greysanatomyedit #jackson avery #april kepner #jackson x april #jackson and april #japril #amber karev #headcanon #mine

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