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waka-chan-out · 4 years ago

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Okay so I heard you were looking for requests for short stuff so do you have any headcanons for getting just. Absolutely railed by Haikyuu team captains, please and thank you. (I really love your stuff and I hope you take this!)

Rough Captain Headcanons

sub captains edition here.

you heard correctly!! (though this did not end up being very short lmaoo) i am a whore for the haikyuu captains so you’ve come to the right place. and thank you so much! i’ll take any opportunity to talk about my boys.

i included literally every single captain i could think of, including the karasuno captains after daichi and our timeskip kings. have fun.

post-timeskip, obviously.

content warnings: mostly gn! reader (but occasional fem!), lots of pet names, lots of teasing and degradation, hair pulling, spanking, three (3) creampies god i hate that word, hickies, handcuffs, etc. all of these are established relationship.

so i don’t know how to describe what exactly these headcanons are? i don’t think all of the captains are the “railing” type. however, these are basically just headcanons for when they go their hardest and either accidentally or purposefully get carried away.

Sawamura Daichi

likes to cage you under him and just lose it. will loop an arm around your waist and lift you up into him, so your back arches and he can hit the perfect angle.

will. not. let you look away. grabs your chin. pulls your hair. will move you however he needs to so he can look you in the eyes while he’s pounding into you.

“Shy now, princess?” Daichi said, tipping your chin to look at him. “Don’t hide. You look so pretty like this.” A sharp breath left your lips as he pressed his hips farther forward, grinding into you and sending a shock of pleasure through your body. “That’s it, sweetheart. Taking it so well. Let me give you what you deserve.”

Ennoshita Chikara

he’s a hair puller. like he doesn’t think much about it but he really likes pulling you by your hair back against his chest so he can whisper dirty shit in your ear. sometimes he gets a little too aggressive with it, so if you’re into that kind of thing, he’s your man.

possessive as all hell. you’re going out for drinks with coworkers? he’s leaving a hickie right at the collar of your top so everyone can see that you’re taken. coming out to dinner with his old teammates? he’s going to have an arm on you all night. loves to pull you in and remind you of things you did the night before to get you flustered.

very particular about how you’re positioned. will pin your arms above your head and readjust his grip several times. pushes your legs out of the way. grabs your jaw and moves your face where he wants you. somehow he doesn’t realize how hot that is until you tell him to his face. he’s still confused about it but has learned to love that you love it.

Chikara ran a hand up your side and let it rest in your hair for a moment before tugging hard. You gasped as he pulled it back and to the side, exposing your neck so he could leave marks as he pushed deeper inside you. You let out a whimper and tried to loop an arm around his neck but he grabbed your wrist and pinned it down.

“Patience, love. I want everyone to be able to tell I fucked you senseless.”

Yamaguchi Tadashi

he tries to dirty talk, but it always turns into praise and repeating how much he loves you.

aggressive and whiny, begging for more even though he’s the one giving it to you.

prefers when you ride him, but will do anything you ask of him. loves being told what to do. thinks you directing him to go faster or slower or a little to the left is the sexiest thing on the planet. he will fuck the life out of you if you just ask nicely.

“Harder, Tadashi,” you gasped. He grunted and snapped his hips as fast and as hard as it seems his body would let him.

“God, you’re gonna make me come. How do you feel so fucking good?” You smiled at the praise and pulled him in for a kiss. His breath hissed against your face as he continued pushing into you. You wrapped your legs tight around him and he let out a whine, pressing his face against yours. “I’m so fucking glad you’re mine.”

Oikawa Tooru

he’s a biter

likes to be lazy and dirty talks while you ride him usually, but every so often he shifts and will fuck you until tears are running out of your eyes.

will lay on top of you while you’re on your stomach, an arm looped around your neck, and just fuck you into the bedsheets. he’s wrapped up in his own little world, choking on high pitched moans and gasping for breath. like i said, he’s a biter, so you end up with marks all over your neck and shoulders. he’s just a fucking baby. the sounds he makes are so whiny and breathy it sounds like he’s the one getting destroyed instead of you.

“Ngh, fuck,” Tooru gasped. His breath was hot in your ear as you panted into the mattress. “Feel so good around me. You’re just begging for my cum, aren’t you?” You wanted to laugh and tell him you weren’t the one begging, but you couldn’t. Your breath was being torn from your lungs with every thrust. Tooru sunk his teeth into your shoulder as he pounded into you harder, letting out a soft whimper against your skin. His voice raised in pitch until he was practically whining. “Hah—gonna come soon. You feel so good.” His voice trailed off as it reached a whimper and he buried his face back against your neck, body shaking in anticipation.

Kuroo Tetsuro

spanking spanking spanking

seriously, hits it from the back and is not nice about it.

kuroo likes pulling you closer by your hips or ankles, turning you over whenever he feels like it, whatever. he just likes being able to toss you around and position you so he hits you just right every time.

“What? Trying to get away? That’s not how you take it, is it?” Kuroo grabbed your hips and yanked you flush against him. You cried out and buried your face against the bed. “There we go.” He laid a slap on your ass and laughed at the small sound you let out. “I’m not done with you yet. You’re not going anywhere.”

Bokuto Koutarou

he fucks himself dumb. accidentally goes so hard he’s whining and can barely hear you if you ask him to speed up or slow down.

likes missionary because he likes being as close to you as humanly possible and it gives him the best leverage to just.....lose it. gasping against your face and babbling about how good you feel. going off of that, he has a very hard time pulling out. lord have mercy. use a condom or get on a reliable birth control because as much as he tries, he’s never going to have any self-control in the moment.

he forgets just how strong he is sometimes, which results in bruises and weak limbs and occasionally trouble walking. he always apologizes profusely and offers many kisses to make up for it even after you insist that you’re fine.

“Baby, please let me come inside you. Please. Oh my god,” Koutarou whined, tightening his grip on your thigh and snapping his hips harder.

“Yes, Kou. Please.” You brought him down into a kiss. You were both panting and Koutarou was moaning, practically vibrating against you as he got closer. He began moving erratically, pounding harder into you and making you cry out.

“M’sorry. Fuck. I’m gonna come.” His chest heaved as he thrust into you hard once, twice, and let out a long groan. You could feel him twitching inside you, hands clutching your skin so hard it was almost painful. He mumbled praise and curses and nonsense against your lips, slowing his movement until he collapsed on top of you. He pressed a sloppy kiss to your forehead and tucked his face into your neck. “Thank you. I love you. Oh my god.”

Futakuchi Kenji

likes holding your legs and moving them around to see what gets the biggest reaction from you. doesn’t care what position you’re in but loves when your legs are closed and lifted so you’re extra tight around him.

his goal is to see you as desperate as possible. he’ll do whatever it takes to get your eyes rolling back, your hands clutching at anything they can grab, mindless pleading, all of it. he just wants to watch you fall apart because of him, and i gotta say, he’s good at getting his way.

“Oh, that’s it. Look at you,” Kenji cooed. He gently wiped a tear from your face as he readjusted your legs with his other hand, holding them tightly to his chest. “Coming apart already. I’m just getting started. Are you going to be good for me?”

Daishou Suguru

finger sucking finger sucking finger sucking. loves watching you gag so he’ll shove two fingers deep into your mouth and strokes them over your tongue. he also just does it to shut you up whenever he feels like it.

likes edging and teasing a little too much. will hold off from fucking you until you’re genuinely angry at him, so wet that he can push in with no resistance. then he makes it up to you by fucking you until you’re sobbing or your eyes are rolling back in your head. you’ve never had an orgasm with him that didn’t feel like you might not live to see the end of it.

“You like that, don’t you?” Suguru said, thumbing over your bottom lip as his cock slid between your legs, not pushing in like you desperately wanted him to. “Like when I use you like this? Should I just come like this? I don’t even have to fuck you to get myself off.” You let out a pathetic noise in protest and he laughed. “Maybe another time. Today I’ll be nice and give you my cock.” He dragged between your legs again and stopped at your entrance, slowly sinking in and pulling a relieved sigh from your throat. “There we go. That’s my fuckin’ girl.” He slid two long fingers between your lips, pressing on the back of your tongue and nearly making you gag. “Now stay quiet while I use you.”

Terushima Yuuji

i.......i gotta mention the tongue piercing. i’m sorry. i know he gives the most enthusiastic, sloppiest head and FOR SURE owns a vibrating tongue ring. what a whore. i love him.

i feel like he’s messy. like he’s into spitting and really sloppy kissing and cum play and everything. will come in your mouth and tell you to hold it there while he fucks you stupid. sometimes kisses it out of your mouth. he’s a freak and i like it.

“Yuuji, fuck.” You could practically hear your body vibrating, past orgasms still lingering under your skin.

“Yeah? Tell me where you want me to come,” he said. You groaned as he abused the perfect angle inside of you and smirked down at your strained expression. “Not gonna talk to me?” You stayed silent as your head tipped back against your pillow. He chuckled and grabbed your face. “Open.” You blinked up at him and did as you were told, sticking out your tongue. He leaned forward and spat into your mouth. “I’m gonna come inside of you. Yeah? That what you want?” You nodded and swallowed, eyes pinched shut and voice frozen in your throat. He laughed and snapped his hips harder. “That’s right. Anything for you, princess.”

Ushijima Wakatoshi

so we’ve all agreed: horse cock ushijima, however, he usually uses those powers for good. very gentle, very eager to please, exactly what you’d want in a man.

he’s not a hard dom, but sometimes he gets so overwhelmed with how much he loves you that he forgets how strong he is. pounding into you with his whole heart and whispering in your ear how much he adores you between groans. very vocal. a little too rough. definitely feels very guilty when you’re sore the next day but if you kiss him and tell him you liked it....he may be willing to throw caution to the wind again sometime.

Wakatoshi didn’t speak much, but the room was far from silent. He made the prettiest sounds when he was lost in you, grunts turning to long moans, made even sweeter when they were hummed against your lips. The groan of the bed mixed with the strike of skin against skin, white noise behind your already muddled thoughts. Wakatoshi pushed your legs farther toward your chest and leaned down, laying his face right against your ear.

“You’re so beautiful.” His voice seemed to rumble through your entire body. “You’re so good to me, darling. I love you.”

Kita Shinsuke

very soft. y’all are never gonna catch me writing hard dom kita shinsuke. HOWEVER. he is so eager that sometimes it’s a little too much for either of you. like he doesn’t realize how aggressive he’s been until you’re both literally unable to catch your breath and have to just lay in silence for a while. will ask you very nicely if you’re okay and get you water and anything else you need, but he will have this little grin on his face the whole time because he’s so happy to be able to put you both in that state.

Kita’s face scrunched up into a tight wince as he came, as his hips slowing into hard, deep thrusts that made your vision go white. Your grip in his hair was so tight you were sure it hurt, but you couldn’t help it when he was scrambling your brain with every touch. He stopped moving and you realized just how hard both of you were breathing. It felt like you couldn’t fill your lungs, body so spent that it couldn’t even do what it needed to do to survive. His braced arms on either side of your head were shaking, and his eyes were still shut tight.

“Shin,” you said, as steadily as you could through your gasping breaths. He didn’t answer. “Shin, baby, you okay?”

He exhaled hard and smiled, then let himself fall on top of you.

“Perfect. I’m—you’re perfect. I love you.” You laughed and combed your fingers through his hair, then pressed a kiss to his forehead.

“I love you too.”

Meian Shūgo

what to say about this man......

i feel like my opinions about what he likes and doesn’t like are kind of hot takes, because most of the stuff i see with him is hard dom. but. i raise you: overly excited switch meian shūgo.

captain meian shūgo likes to be teased and edged within an inch of his sanity. he likes when you talk shit and order him around and he’s DEFINITELY into handcuffs. however, he always pays you back for it. even if he’s still cuffed up and a little pink in the face from embarrassment, he will absolutely use you. very loud. loves when you leave scratch marks. loves leaving hickies everywhere.

You were almost shocked by the high moan that left Shūgo’s throat as he finally sunk into you. His face screwed up in pleasure and concentration as he withdrew his hips and drove them back against you.

“Fuck, I’ve been waiting for this. You tease me all that time but you can’t wait for me to fuck you like this, can you?”

“That’s some tough talk for someone whose wrists are still bound,” you said through a smile. He let out a breathy laugh and braced his hands on your stomach, still connected by leather and a short chain.

“Doesn’t keep me away from you.” He raised an eyebrow and pushed deeper inside you. “I can still use your body when I’m all tied up.”

Hirugami Fukurō

pulling a headcanon from his brother’s list and saying he likes getting his hair pulled, which means he loooooves going down on you.

will leave your legs feeling like jelly because he makes you come at least three times, and each one is hard. like, you forget where you are and can’t breathe for a few minutes afterward.

will cock warm you until you’re begging him to please, please move. proceeds to fuck you slowly, but so hard and so deep you’re feeling him between your legs the entire next day.

“Done already? That’s no fun,” Fukuro teased. You were still shaking from the last time he had pushed you over and he wasn’t helping the situation, thumb still circling your clit after already abusing it with his tongue.

“Come on. You know how to take me.” He continued easing his cock into you, dragging out all of the breath remaining in your body.

“Please,” you whispered. He smiled and leaned closer.

“Please what, love? Do you want me to stop? Use your words.”

“No.”

“Then tell me what you want.”

“Want you to—“ You gasped. “—fuck me. Please.” Fukuro grinned and positioned himself so he had more leverage over you.

“Good girl.”

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grigori77 · 5 years ago

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2020 in Movies - My Top 30 Fave Movies (Part 2)

20. ONWARD – Disney and Pixar’s best digitally animated family feature of 2020 (beating the admittedly impressive Soul to the punch) clearly has a love of fantasy roleplay games like Dungeons & Dragons, its quirky modern-day AU take populated by fantastical races and creatures seemingly tailor-made for the geek crowd … needless to say, me and many of my friends absolutely loved it. That doesn’t mean that the classic Disney ideals of love, family and believing in yourself have been side-lined in favour of fan-service – this is as heartfelt, affecting and tearful as their previous standouts, albeit with plenty of literal magic added to the metaphorical kind. The central premise is a clever one – once upon a time, magic was commonplace, but over the years technology came along to make life easier, so that in the present day the various races (elves, centaurs, fauns, pixies, goblins and trolls among others) get along fine without it. Then timid elf Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland) receives a wizard’s staff for his sixteenth birthday, a bequeathed gift from his father, who died before he was born, with instructions for a spell that could bring him back to life for one whole day. Encouraged by his brash, over-confident wannabe adventurer elder brother Barley (Chris Pratt), Ian tries it out, only for the spell to backfire, leaving them with the animated bottom half of their father and just 24 hours to find a means to restore the rest of him before time runs out. Cue an “epic quest” … needless to say, this is another top-notch offering from the original masters of the craft, a fun, affecting and thoroughly infectious family-friendly romp with a winning sense of humour and inspired, flawless world-building. Holland and Pratt are both fantastic, their instantly believable, ill-at-ease little/big brother chemistry effortlessly driving the story through its ingenious paces, and the ensuing emotional fireworks are hilarious and heart-breaking in equal measure, while there’s typically excellent support from Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine from Seinfeld) as Ian and Barley’s put-upon but supportive mum, Laurel, Octavia Spencer as once-mighty adventurer-turned-restaurateur “Corey” the Manticore and Mel Rodriguez (Getting On, The Last Man On Earth) as overbearing centaur cop (and Laurel’s new boyfriend) Colt Bronco. The film marks the sophomore feature gig for Dan Scanlon, who debuted with 2013’s sequel Monsters University, and while that was enjoyable enough I ultimately found it non-essential – no such verdict can be levelled against THIS film, the writer-director delivering magnificently in all categories, while the animation team have outdone themselves in every scene, from the exquisite environments and character/creature designs to some fantastic (and frequently delightfully bonkers) set-pieces, while there’s a veritable riot of brilliant RPG in-jokes to delight geekier viewers (gelatinous cube! XD). Massive, unadulterated fun, frequently hilarious and absolutely BURSTING with Disney’s trademark heart, this was ALMOST my animated feature of the year. More on that later …

19. THE GENTLEMEN – Guy Ritchie’s been having a rough time with his last few movies (The Man From UNCLE didn’t do too bad but it wasn’t exactly a hit and was largely overlooked or simply ignored, while intended franchise-starter King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was largely derided and suffered badly on release, dying a quick death financially – it’s a shame on both counts, because I really liked them), so it’s nice to see him having some proper success with his latest, even if he has basically reverted to type to do it. Still, when his newest London gangster flick is THIS GOOD it seems churlish to quibble – this really is what he does best, bringing together a collection of colourful geezers and shaking up their status quo, then standing back and letting us enjoy the bloody, expletive-riddled results. This particularly motley crew is another winning selection, led by Matthew McConaughey as ruthlessly successful cannabis baron Mickey Pearson, who’s looking to retire from the game by selling off his massive and highly lucrative enterprise for a most tidy sum (some $400,000,000 to be precise) to up-and-coming fellow American ex-pat Matthew Berger (Succession’s Jeremy Strong, oozing sleazy charm), only for local Chinese triad Dry Eye (Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding, chewing the scenery with enthusiasm) to start throwing spanners into the works with the intention of nabbing the deal for himself for a significant discount. Needless to say Mickey’s not about to let that happen … McConaughey is ON FIRE here, the best he’s been since Dallas Buyers Club in my opinion, clearly having great fun sinking his teeth into this rich character and Ritchie’s typically sparkling, razor-witted dialogue, and he’s ably supported by a quality ensemble cast, particularly co-star Charlie Hunnam as Mickey’s ice-cold, steel-nerved right-hand-man Raymond Smith, Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery as his classy, strong-willed wife Rosalind, Colin Farrell as a wise-cracking, quietly exasperated MMA trainer and small-time hood simply known as the Coach (who gets many of the film’s best lines), and, most notably, Hugh Grant as the film’s nominal narrator, thoroughly morally bankrupt private investigator Fletcher, who consistently steals the film. This is Guy Ritchie at his very best – a twisty rug-puller of a plot that constantly leaves you guessing, brilliantly observed and richly drawn characters you can’t help loving in spite of the fact there’s not a single hero among them, a deliciously unapologetic, politically incorrect sense of humour and a killer soundtrack. Getting the cinematic year off to a phenomenal start, it’s EASILY Ritchie’s best film since Sherlock Holmes, and a strong call-back to the heady days of Snatch (STILL my favourite) and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. Here’s hoping he’s on a roll again, eh?

18. SPONTANEOUS – one of the year’s biggest under-the-radar surprise hits for me was one which I actually might not have caught if things had been a little more normal and ordered. Thankfully with all the lockdown and cinematic shutdown bollocks going on, this fantastically subversive and deeply satirical indie teen comedy horror came along at the perfect time, and I completely flipped out over it. Now those who know me know I don’t tend to gravitate towards teen cinema, but like all those other exceptions I’ve loved over the years, this one had a brilliantly compulsive hook I just couldn’t turn down – small-town high-schooler Mara (Knives Out and Netflix’ Cursed’s Katherine Langford) is your typical cool outsider kid, smart, snarky and just putting up with the scene until she can graduate and get as far away as possible … until one day in her senior year one of her classmates just inexplicably explodes. Like her peers, she’s shocked and she mourns, then starts to move on … until it happens again. As the death toll among the senior class begins to mount, it becomes clear something weird is going on, but Mara has other things on her mind because the crisis has, for her, had an unexpected benefit – without it she wouldn’t have fallen in love with like-minded oddball new kid Dylan (Lean On Pete and Words On Bathroom Walls’ Charlie Plummer). The future’s looking bright, but only if they can both live to see it … this is a wickedly intelligent film, powered by a skilfully executed script and a wonderfully likeable young cast who consistently steer their characters around the potential cliched pitfalls of this kind of cinema, while debuting writer-director Brian Duffield (already a rising star thanks to scripts for Underwater, The Babysitter and blacklist darling Jane Got a Gun among others) show he’s got as much talent and flair for crafting truly inspired cinema as he has for thinking it up in the first place, delivering some impressively offbeat set-pieces and several neat twists you frequently don’t see coming ahead of time. Langford and Plummer as a sassy, spicy pair who are easy to root for without ever getting cloying or sweet, while there’s glowing support from the likes of Hayley Law (Rioverdale, Altered Carbon, The New Romantic) as Mara’s best friend Tess, Piper Perabo and Transparent’s Rob Huebel as her increasingly concerned parents, and Insecure’s Yvonne Orji as Agent Rosetti, the beleaguered government employee sent to spearhead the investigation into exactly what’s happening to these kids. Quirky, offbeat and endlessly inventive, this is one of those interesting instances where I’m glad they pushed the horror elements into the background so we could concentrate on the comedy, but more importantly these wonderfully well-realised and vital characters – there are some skilfully executed shocks, but far more deep belly laughs, and there’s bucketloads of heart to eclipse the gore. Another winning debut from a talent I intend to watch with great interest in the future.

17. HAMILTON – arriving just as Black Lives Matter reached fever-pitch levels, this feature presentation of the runaway Broadway musical smash-hit could not have been better timed. Shot over three nights during the show’s 2016 run with the original cast and cut together with specially created “setup shots”, it’s an immersive experience that at once puts you right in amongst the audience (at times almost a character themselves, never seen but DEFINITELY heard) but also lets you experience the action up close. And what action – it’s an incredible show, a thoroughly fascinating piece of work that reads like something very staid and proper on paper (an all-encompassing biographical account of the life and times of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton) but, in execution, becomes something very different and EXTREMELY vital. The execution certainly couldn’t be further from the usual period biopic fare this kind of historical subject matter usually gets (although in the face of recent high quality revisionist takes like Marie Antoinette, The Great and Tesla it’s not SO surprising), while the cast is not at all what you’d expect – with very few notable exceptions the cast is almost entirely people of colour, despite the fact that the real life individuals they’re playing were all very white indeed. Every single one of them is also an absolute revelation – the show’s writer-composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (already riding high on the success of In the Heights) carries the central role of Hamilton with effortless charm and raw star power, Leslie Odom Jr. (Smash, Murder On the Orient Express) is duplicitously complex as his constant nemesis Aaron Burr, Christopher Jackson (In the Heights, Moana, Bull) oozes integrity and nobility as his mentor and friend George Washington, Phillipa Soo is sweet and classy as his wife Eliza while Renée Elise Goldsberry (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Jacks, Altered Carbon) is fiery and statuesque as her sister Angelica Schuyler (the one who got away), and Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter) consistently steals every scene he’s in as fiendish yet childish fan favourite King George III, but the show (and the film) ultimately belongs to veritable powerhouse Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting, The Good Lord Bird) in a spectacular duel role, starting subtly but gaining scene-stealing momentum as French Revolutionary Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, before EXPLODING onto the stage in the second half as indomitable third American President Thomas Jefferson. Not having seen the stage show, I was taken completely by surprise by this, revelling in its revisionist genius and offbeat, quirky hip-hop charm, spellbound by the skilful ease with which is takes the sometimes quite dull historical fact and skews it into something consistently entertaining and absorbing, transported by the catchy earworm musical numbers and thoroughly tickled by the delightfully cheeky sense of humour strung throughout (at least when I wasn’t having my heart broken by moments of raw dramatic power). Altogether it’s a pretty unique cinematic experience I wish I could have actually gotten to see on the big screen, and one I’ve consistently recommended to all my friends, even the ones who don’t usually like musicals. As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t need a proper Les Misérables style screen adaptation – this is about as perfect a presentation as the show could possibly hope for.

16. SPUTNIK – summer’s horror highlight (despite SERIOUSLY tough competition) was a guaranteed sleeper hit that I almost missed entirely, stumbling across the trailer one day on YouTube and getting bowled over by its potential, prompting me to hunt it down by any means necessary. The feature debut of Russian director Egor Abramenko, this first contact sci-fi chiller is about as far from E.T. as it’s possible to get, sharing some of the same DNA as Carpenter’s The Thing but proudly carving its own path with consummate skill and definitely signalling great things to come from its brand new helmer and relative unknown screenwriters Oleg Malovichko and Andrei Zolotarev. Oksana Akinshina (probably best known in the West for her powerful climactic cameo in The Bourne Supremacy) is the beating heart of the film as neurophysiologist Tatyana Yuryevna Klimova, brought in to aid in the investigation in the Russian wilderness circa 1983 after an orbital research mission goes horribly wrong. One of the cosmonauts dies horribly, while the other, Konstantin (The Duelist’s Pyotr Fyodorov) seems unharmed, but it quickly becomes clear that he’s now the host for something decidedly extraterrestrial and potentially terrifying, and as Tatyana becomes more deeply embroiled in her assignment she comes to realise that her superiors, particularly mysterious Red Army project leader Colonel Semiradov (The PyraMMMid’s Fyodor Bondarchuk), have far more insidious plans for Konstantin and his new “friend” than she could ever imagine. This is about as dark, intense and nightmarish as this particular sub-genre gets, a magnificently icky body horror that slowly builds its tension as we’re gradually exposed to the various truths and the awful gravity of the situation slowly reveals itself, punctuated by skilfully executed shocks and some particularly horrifying moments when the evils inflicted by the humans in charge prove far worse than anything the alien can do, while the ridiculously talented writers have a field day pulling the rug out from under us again and again, never going for the obvious twist and keeping us guessing right to the devastating ending, while the beautifully crafted digital creature effects are nothing short of astonishing and thoroughly creepy. Akinshina dominates the film with her unbridled grace, vulnerability and integrity, the relationship that develops between Tatyana and Konstantin (Fyodorov delivering a beautifully understated turn belying deep inner turmoil) feeling realistically earned as it goes from tentatively wary to tragically bittersweet, while Bondarchuk invests the Colonel with a nuanced air of tarnished authority and restrained brutality that made him one of my top screen villains for the year. One of 2020’s great sleeper hits, I can’t speak of this film highly enough – it’s a genuine revelation, an instant classic for whom I’ll sing its praises for years to come, and I wish enormous future success to all the creative talents involved.

15. THE INVISIBLE MAN – looks like third time’s a charm for Leigh Whannell, writer-director of my ALMOST horror movie of the year (more on that later) – while he’s had immense success as a horror writer over the years (co-creator of both the Saw and Insidious franchises), as a director his first two features haven’t exactly set the world alight, with debut Insidious: Chapter III garnering similar takes to the rest of the series but ultimately turning out to be a bit of a damp squib quality-wise, while his second feature Upgrade was a stone-cold masterpiece that was (rightly) EXTREMELY well received critically, but ultimately snuck in under the radar and has remained a stubbornly hidden gem since. No such problems with his third feature, though – his latest collaboration with producer Jason Blum and the insanely lucrative Blumhouse Pictures has proven a massive hit both financially AND with reviewers, and deservedly so. Having given up on trying to create a shared cinematic universe inhabited by their classic monsters, Universal resolved to concentrate on standalones to showcase their elite properties, and their first try is a rousing success, Whannell bringing HG Wells’ dark and devious human monster smack into the 21st Century as only he can. The result is a surprisingly subtle piece of work, much more a lethally precise exercise in cinematic sleight of hand and extraordinary acting than flashy visual effects, strictly adhering to the Blumhouse credo of maximum returns for minimum bucks as the story is stripped down to its bare essentials and allowed to play out without any unnecessary weight. The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elizabeth Moss once again confirms what a masterful actress she is as she brings all her performing weapons to bear in the role of Cecelia “Cee” Kass, the cloistered wife of affluent but monstrously abusive optics pioneer Aidan Griffin (Netflix’ The Haunting of Hill House’s Oliver Jackson-Cohen), who escapes his clutches in the furiously tense opening sequence and goes to ground with the help of her closest childhood friend, San Francisco cop James Lanier (Leverage’s Aldis Hodge) and his teenage daughter Sydney (A Wrinkle in Time’s Storm Reid). Two weeks later, Aidan commits suicide, leaving Cee with a fortune to start her life over (with the proviso that she’s never ruled mentally incompetent), but as she tries to find her way in the world again little things start going wrong for her, and she begins to question if there might be something insidious going on. As her nerves start to unravel, she begins to suspect that Aidan is still alive, still very much in her life, fiendishly toying with her and her friends, but no-one can see him. Whannell plays her paranoia up for all it’s worth, skilfully teasing out the scares so that, just like her friends, we begin to wonder if it might all be in her head after all, before a spectacular mid-movie reveal throws the switch into high gear and the true threat becomes clear. The lion’s share of the film’s immense success must of course go to Moss – her performance is BEYOND a revelation, a blistering career best that totally powers the whole enterprise, and it goes without saying that she’s the best thing in this. Even so, she has sterling support from Hodge and Reid, as well as Love Child’s Harriet Dyer as Cee’s estranged big sister Emily and Wonderland’s Michael Dorman as Adrian’s slimy, spineless lawyer brother Tom, and, while he doesn’t have much actual (ahem) “screen time”, Jackson-Cohen delivers a fantastically icy, subtly malevolent turn which casts a large “shadow” over the film. This is one of my very favourite Blumhouse films, a pitch-perfect psychological chiller that keeps the tension cranked up unbearably tight and never lets go, Whannell once again displaying uncanny skill with expert jump-scares, knuckle-whitening chills and a truly astounding standout set-piece that easily goes down as one of the top action sequences of 2020. Undoubtedly the best version of Wells’ story to date, this goes a long way in repairing the damage of Universal’s abortive “Dark Universe” efforts, as well as showcasing a filmmaking master at the very height of his talents.

14. EXTRACTION – the Coronavirus certainly has threw a massive spanner in the works of the year’s cinematic calendar – among many other casualties to the blockbuster shunt, the latest (and most long-awaited) MCU movie, Black Widow, should have opened to further record-breaking box office success at the end of spring, but instead the theatres were all closed and virtually all the heavyweights were pushed back or shelved indefinitely. Thank God, then, for the streaming services, particularly Hulu, Amazon and Netflix, the latter of which provided a perfect movie for us to see through the key transition into the summer blockbuster season, an explosively flashy big budget action thriller ushered in by MCU alumni the Russo Brothers (who produced and co-wrote this adaptation of Ciudad, a graphic novel that Joe Russo co-created with Ande Parks and Fernando Leon Gonzalez) and barely able to contain the sheer star-power wattage of its lead, Thor himself. Chris Hemsworth plays Tyler Rake, a former Australian SAS operative who hires out his services to an extraction operation under the command of mercenary Nik Khan (The Patience Stone’s Golshifteh Farahani), brought in to liberate Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal in his first major role), the pre-teen son of incarcerated Indian crime lord Ovi Sr. (Pankaj Tripathi), who has been abducted by Bangladeshi rival Amir Asif (Priyanshu Painyuli). The rescue itself goes perfectly, but when the time comes for the hand-off the team is double-crossed and Tyler is left stranded in the middle of Dhaka with no choice but to keep Ovi alive as every corrupt cop and street gang in the city closes in around them. This is the feature debut of Sam Hargrave, the latest stuntman to try his hand at directing, so he certainly knows his way around an action set-piece, and the result is a thoroughly breathless adrenaline rush of a film, bursting at the seams with spectacular fights, gun battles and car chases, dominated by a stunning sustained sequence that plays out in one long shot, guaranteed to leave jaws lying on the floor. Not that there should be any surprise – Hargrave cut his teeth as a stunt coordinator for the Russos on Captain America: Civil War and their Avengers films. That said, he displays strong talent for the quieter disciplines of filmmaking too, delivering quality character development and drawing out consistently noteworthy performances from his cast. Of course, Hemsworth can do the action stuff in his sleep, but there’s a lot more to Tyler than just his muscle, the MCU veteran investing him with real wounded vulnerability and a tragic fatalism which colours every scene, while Jaiswal is exceptional throughout, showing plenty of promise for the future, and there’s strong support from Farahani and Painyuli, as well as Stranger Things’ David Harbour as world-weary retired merc Gaspard, and a particularly impressive, muscular turn from Randeep Hooda (Once Upon a Time in Mumbai) as Saju, a former Para and Ovi’s bodyguard, who’s determined to take possession of the boy himself, even if he has to go through Tyler to get him. This is action cinema that really deserves to be seen on the big screen – I watched it twice in a week and would happily have paid for two trips to the cinema for it if I could have. As we looked down the barrel of a summer season largely devoid of blockbuster fare, I couldn’t recommend this enough. Thank the gods for Netflix …

13. THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 – although it’s definitely a film that really benefitted enormously from releasing on Netflix during the various lockdowns, this was one of the blessed few I actually got to see during one of the UK’s frustratingly rare lulls when cinemas were actually OPEN. Rather perversely it therefore became one of my favourite cinematic experiences of 2020, but then I’m just as much a fan of well-made cerebral films as I am of the big, immersive blockbuster EXPERIENCES, so this probably still would have been a standout in a normal year. Certainly if this was a purely CRITICAL list for the year this probably would have placed high in the Top Ten … Aaron Sorkin is a writer whose work I have ardently admired ever since he went from esteemed playwright to in-demand talent for both the big screen AND the small with A Few Good Men, and TTOTC7 is just another in a long line of consistently impressive, flawlessly written works rife with addictive quickfire dialogue, beautifully observed characters and rewardingly propulsive narrative storytelling (therefore resting comfortably amongst the well-respected likes of The West Wing, Charlie Wilson’s War, Moneyball and The Social Network). It also marks his second feature as a director (after fascinating and incendiary debut Molly’s Game), and once again he’s gone for true story over fiction, tackling the still controversial subject of the infamous 1968 trial of the “ringleaders” of the infamous riots which marred Chicago’s Diplomatic National Convention five months earlier, in which thousands of hippies and college students protesting the Vietnam War clashed with police. Spurred on by the newly-instated Presidential Administration of Richard Nixon to make some examples, hungry up-and-coming prosecutor Richard Schultz (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is confident in his case, while the Seven – who include respected and astute student activist Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) and confrontational counterculture firebrands Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Jerry Rubin (Succession’s Jeremy Strong) – are the clear underdogs. They’re a divided bunch (particularly Hayden and Hoffman, who never mince their words about what little regard they hold for each other), and they’re up against the combined might of the U.S. Government, while all they have on their side is pro-bono lawyer and civil rights activist William Kunstler (Mark Rylance), who’s sharp, driven and thoroughly committed to the cause but clearly massively outmatched … not to mention the fact that the judge presiding over the case is Julius Hoffman (Frank Langella), a fierce and uncompromising conservative who’s clearly 100% on the Administration’s side, and who might in fact be stark raving mad (he also frequently goes to great lengths to make it clear to all concerned that he is NOT related to Abbie). Much as we’ve come to expect from Sorkin, this is cinema of grand ideals and strong characters, not big spectacle and hard action, and all the better for it – he’s proved time and again that he’s one of the very best creative minds in Hollywood when it comes to intelligent, thought-provoking and engrossing thinking-man’s entertainment, and this is pure par for the course, keeping us glued to the screen from the skilfully-executed whirlwind introductory montage to the powerfully cathartic climax, and every varied and brilliant scene in-between. This is heady stuff, focusing on what’s still an extremely thorny issue made all the more urgently relevant and timely given what was (and still is) going on in American politics at the time, and everyone involved here was clearly fully committed to making the film as palpable, powerful and resonant as possible for the viewer, no matter their nationality or political inclination. Also typical for a Sorkin film, the cast are exceptional, everyone clearly having the wildest time getting their teeth into their finely-drawn characters and that magnificent dialogue – Redmayne and Baron Cohen are compellingly complimentary intellectual antagonists given their radically different approaches and their roles’ polar opposite energies, while Rylance delivers another pitch-perfect, simply ASTOUNDING performance that once again marks him as one of the very best actors of his generation, and there are particularly meaty turns from Strong, Langella, Aquaman’s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (as besieged Black Panther Bobby Seale) and a potent late appearance from Michael Keaton that sear themselves into the memory long after viewing. Altogether then, this is a phenomenal film which deserves to be seen no matter the format, a thought-provoking and undeniably IMPORTANT masterwork from a master cinematic storyteller that says as much about the world we live in now as the decidedly turbulent times it portrays …

12. GREYHOUND – when the cinemas closed back in March, the fate of many of the major summer blockbusters we’d been looking forward to was thrown into terrible doubt. Some were pushed back to more amenable dates in the autumn or winter (which even then ultimately proved frustratingly ambitious), others knocked back a whole year to fill summer slots for 2021, but more than a few simply dropped off the radar entirely with the terrible words “postponed until further notice” stamped on them, and I lamented them all, this one in particular. It hung in there longer than some, stubbornly holding onto its June release slot for as long as possible, but eventually it gave up the ghost too … but thanks to Apple TV+, not for long, ultimately releasing less than a month later than intended. Thankfully the film itself was worth the fuss, a taut World War II suspense thriller that’s all killer, no filler – set during the infamous Battle of the Atlantic, it portrays the constant life-or-death struggle faced by the Allied warships assigned to escort the transport convoys as they crossed the ocean, defending their charges from German U-boats. Adapted from C.S. Forester’s famous 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by Tom Hanks and directed by Aaron Schneider (Get Low), the narrative focuses on the crew of the escort leader, American destroyer USS Fletcher, codenamed “Greyhound”, and in particular its captain, Commander Ernest Krause (Hanks), a career sailor serving his first command. As they cross “the Pit”, the most dangerous middle stretch of the journey where they spend days without air-cover, they find themselves shadowed by “the Wolf Pack”, a particularly cunning group of German submarines that begin to pick away at the convoy’s stragglers. Faced with daunting odds, a dwindling supply of vital depth-charges and a ruthless, persistent enemy, Krause must make hard choices to bring his ships home safe … jumping into the thick of the action within the first ten minutes and maintaining its tension for the remainder of the trim 90-minute run, this is screen suspense par excellence, a sleek textbook example of how to craft a compelling big screen knuckle-whitener with zero fat and maximum reward, delivering a series of desperate naval scraps packed with hide-and-seek intensity, heart-in-mouth near-misses and fist-in-air cathartic payoffs by the bucket-load. Hanks is subtly magnificent, the calm centre of the narrative storm as a supposed newcomer to this battle arena who could have been BORN for it, bringing to mind his similarly unflappable in Captain Phillips and certainly not suffering by comparison; by and large he’s the focus point, but other crew members make strong (if sometimes quite brief) impressions, particularly Stephen Graham as Krause’s reliably seasoned XO, Lt. Commander Charlie Cole, The Magnificent Seven’s Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Just Mercy’s Rob Morgan, while Elisabeth Shue does a lot with a very small part in brief flashbacks as Krause’s fiancée Evelyn. Relentless, exhilarating and thoroughly unforgettable, this was one of the true action highlights of the summer, and one hell of a war flick. I’m so glad it made the cut for the summer …

11. PROJECT POWER – with Marvel and DC pushing their tent-pole titles back in the face of COVID, the usual superhero antics we’ve come to expect for the summer were pretty thin on the ground in 2020, leading us to find our geeky fan thrills elsewhere. Unfortunately, pickings were frustratingly slim – Korean comic book actioner Gundala was entertaining but workmanlike, while Thor AU Mortal was underwhelming despite strong direction from Troll Hunter’s André Øvredal, and The New Mutants just got shat on by the studio and its distributors and no mistake – thank the Gods, then, for Netflix, once again riding to the rescue with this enjoyably offbeat super-thriller, which takes an intriguing central premise and really runs with it. New designer drug Power has hit the streets of New Orleans, able to give anyone who takes it a superpower for five minutes … the only problem is, until you try it, you don’t know what your own unique talent is – for some, it could mean five minutes of invisibility, or insane levels of super-strength, but other powers can be potentially lethal, the really unlucky buggers just blowing up on the spot. Robin (The Hate U Give’s Dominique Fishback) is a teenage Power-pusher with dreams of becoming a rap star, dealing the pills so she can help her diabetic mum; Frank Shaver (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one of her customers, a police detective who uses his power of near invulnerability to even the playing field when supercharged crims cause a disturbance. Their lives are turned upside down when Art (Jamie Foxx) arrives in town – he’s a seriously badass ex-soldier determined to hunt down the source of Power by any means necessary, and he’s not above tearing the Big Easy apart to do it. This is a fun, gleefully infectious rollercoaster that doesn’t take itself too seriously, revelling in the anarchic potential of its premise and crafting some suitably OTT effects-driven chaos brought to pleasingly visceral fruition by its skilfully inventive director, Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Nerve, Viral), while Mattson Tomlin (the screenwriter of the DCEU’s oft-delayed, incendiary headline act The Batman) takes the story in some very interesting directions and poses fascinating questions about what Power’s TRULY capable of. Gordon-Levitt and Fishback are both brilliant, the latter particularly impressing in what’s sure to be a major breakthrough role for her, and the friendship their characters share is pretty adorable, while Foxx really is a force to be reckoned with, pretty chill even when he’s in deep shit but fully capable of turning into a bona fide killing machine at the flip of a switch, and there’s strong support from Westworld’s Rodrigo Santoro as Biggie, Power’s delightfully oily kingpin, Courtney B. Vance as Frank’s by-the-book superior, Captain Crane, Amy Landecker as Gardner, the morally bankrupt CIA spook responsible for the drug’s production, and Machine Gun Kelly as Newt, a Power dealer whose pyrotechnic “gift” really isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Exciting, inventive, frequently amusing and infectiously likeable, this was some of the most uncomplicated cinematic fun I had all summer. Not bad for something which I’m sure was originally destined to become one of the season’s B-list features …

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hi so i started playing onmyoji because of you and i wanted to ask if you can give me any tips?? im at level 16 i think im doing well so far but since idk anyone who plays anything would help! sorry for bothering

HEHE YESS ok.. this got rlly long WHOOPS

so first thing u shld do while ur at a low level is get a mentor.. when i started playing i just fucked around and didnt get a mentor until i was well into lvl 40.. a mentorship is where low lvl (15 to 45 i tihnk..) players can apply for an apprenticeship and level up fast while also getting rewards such as grade darumas and a random ssr once u finish ur apprenticeship.. u can find the mentor application icon in the right side of ur courtyard.. it shld look like this!

while under a mentor u are also lvling up ur friendship which, once it reaches a certain level, it unlocks the co-op feature that u can find by clicking the scroll at the bottom right hand side of ur screen > friends > co-op tab at the bottom right side of the pop up screen... there u can access ur friends powerful shikigami that u can use a limited amount of times daily to beat hard chapters/evo/soul zones, etc etc... if ur looking for a mentor i recently finished an apprenticeship w someone so im free to help out if ur interested ^__^ (my user is @.sneer [all lowercase] if u didnt already know hehe)

join a guild if you havent already! i tihnk it prompts you to join a guild when u first start playing i dont rmbr but a couple things to rmbr.. one. if ur guild has ‘15gq’ ‘100gq’ in its notice, gq means guild quest and u like.. HAVE to do those or else theyll kick u from the guild.. u can find the guild quests by going to ur guild, clikcing the shrine tab on the bottom right, and where it says GROUP QUESTS thats it! usually theyre basic things like submit grade four souls or evo materials but u shld definitely stack up on evo materials and souls so u dont run out.. so if ur guild says 100+gqs.... i wld suggest leaving that guild for a lighter gq guild.. 100+gq guilds are like.. big bad guilds who wanna rank in the top ten soo save urself the trouble.... TWO. ur realm! ur realm comes w ur guild so if ur kicked u cant access ur realm :( i think u already know what ur realm is and what it does so i will just say .. fuse ur low level realm cards.. SAVE UR DRUMS REALM CARDS.. if its a 1*, fuse it but if its 3*+... save that bad boy..

speaking of jade... SAVE IT.. jade and mystery talismans r like GOLD.. theyre rlly easy to get in the beginning of the game but they start getting super scarce when ur lvling up and r completing achievements.. usually when u get ten mystery amulets or 1k jade ur gonna think “oh what if i get an ssr out of this summon ooh” YOU WILL NOT.. this game HATES ur ass it hates u so much it hates ME it hates EVERYONE except lvl 60s who get new ssrs and shit on their first summon... ennieway.. random chance up events r stupid scams but chance up events featuring new shikigami are not... like the one thats going on right now for sp aoandon.. these r good events... random chance up events coming up out of no where is just netease being like ‘buy more jade we want ur money ugly idiot... stupid lmao’.. so yeah hoard ur amulets and jade AH ALSO IN THE MALL go to the mall and go to GENERAL.. youll see a package that says smth like 5 daily jade or smth that costs 666 jade.. BUY THAT itll give u 5 jade daily everyday.. it also stacks up so if ur not online for a couple days u wil be swimming in it baby...

oh god what else... click ur scroll on the bottom right and at the end next to collection youll see a tab that says TEAM.. thats a very useful helpful tab bc if u ever need help or want to join in on someone elses team for loot this is where u go.. when i started playing and i was farming for hiyoribo shards i always went to the system chat and clicked rlly fast on the hiyoribo shard zone hoping i cld get in ... i did that up until i was in my lvl 40s .. ur prbly smarter than me and alreayd know abt this tab but just felt like i needed to mention it just in case.........

SHARDS... if u get enough shards u can form a summoning pact w that shikigami.. demon seals are little side quests that pop up after youve completed a chapter/exploration and they come up randomly with a handful of different shikigami... but you can also access all of the demon seals from the TEAM tab i mentioned above.... demon seals only have a handful of shikigami though not all of them so dont expect to see like ssr demon seals lol also some of the shikis u can farm from demon seals are VERY good.. ill touch on this later.. DEMON PARADE is another good way to collect shards.. in ur courtyard, click the town sign and the demon parade sign shld be the first thing u see! demon parade, unlike the demon seals, are chance thing, u might get the shards u want or u might not.. its kinda stupid... throwing beans around and shit.. itll give u a lineup of three shiki that u can choose from, if u hit the shiki u picked u get extra shards.. u might see some shiki in the parade w little lanterns over their heads, that just means they give more shards too nothing special

SHIKIGAMI... when ur looking at all of ur rare and sr shikigami ur probably thinking “this sucks these r all USELESS i want ssrs and sps >:(” well akchually... some of the best shiki in the game (for beginners especially) are rares and srs... shouzu (r), kamaitachi (sr), and hiyoribo (sr), are all farmable shikigami u can get from demon seals, if u havent summoned them already! yamausagi, a shiki u will see a LOT, is also a very easily summonable shiki so dont throw her away.. if u have duplicates of the same shiki u can PROMOTE THEM and it will level up one of their skills, just like a skill daruma! (DONT waste ur skill darumas they are soo valuable.. only use them on the shiki u use the most and want to lvl up skills on).. lvling up the skills on ur shiki increases their power and adds perks and makes them over all.. very sexy..

EDIT: added in this list of easy farmable beginners shikigami that u want to keep and build (refer to list BENEATH this one for list of roles)

kujira (sr) support

yamausagi (r) puller

shouzu (r) unique/shield **DEMON SEAL**

hiyoribo (sr) healer/revive **DEMON SEAL**

kusa (r) healer/dps

samurai x (r) cc

momo (sr) healer/revive

ushi no toki (r) unique

kamikui (r) pusher

oitsuki (sr) orbs

komatsu (sr) cc

kamaitachi (sr) puller **DEMON SEAL**

all shikigami have a certain role and its very important u know which shiki is which bc sometimes if u use them wrong u can mess up ur entire team.. here are all of the roles and some shiki examples:

dps: dps stands for ‘damage per second’ but it can also be used as a noun to describe a shikigami that is damage focused (ex. kuro mujou, momiji, hangan, mio)

cc: stands for ‘crowd control’. ccs have the ability to limit the number of enemies actively fighting during an encounter giving u the advantage (ex. enma, yuki onna, yumekui, samurai x)

pusher: pushes the enemies move bar back, giving u the advantage of going first (ex. kamikui)

puller: basically the same thing as pusher. pulls the ally move bar forward (ex. kamaitachi, yamausagi)

shield: shiki that provides a shield of some sort to protect allies without the use of souls (ex. ichimokuren, shiro)

heal: self explanatory (ex. sakura, hana)

revive: healer types with the ability to revive players w a cooldown. not all healers are revives (ex. hiyoribo, momo)

support: self explanatory.. supports allies (ex. miketsu, kujira, bake-kujira)

unique: shiki w unique abilities that cant be placed under labels (ex. hakuzosu, ushi no toki)

orbs: shiki that supply orbs to ur team (ex. aoandon, zashiki, oitsuki)

counter: shiki that counters after an enemy attack (ex. mannendake, vampire)

AND FINALLYYYYYY how to build ur shiki... while doing explorations u get free little souls.. in the beginning this will be ok since ur just starting off but actually each shiki has a perfect soul that makes them work the best.. now there are too many souls for me to actually list so as a parting gift to this entirely too long onmyoji cheat sheet, i will leave u this SHIKIGAMI BUILD GUIDE made by the nura clan.. it lists EVERY shikigami w the perfect soul for them, what role they play, and how to build them.. i touched on their roles a little bit above but i cldnt list everything so heres this.. i use it like everyday when building new shiki its sooo helpful

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZoMPfuA1plomt6Kq077Q9CZ3mD_0ThYzF_tIUyf28M/edit#gid=824193257

ANYWAY.. I TIHNK IM DONE.. I HOPE THIS WASNT A COMPLETE UNINTELLIGIBLE MESS... if u need clarification for anything pls ask i feel like i mashed up a bunch of words together and called it a day.. ummmm so yeah :) theres probably..... stuff... i might be missing but if theres smth specific u want to know about JUST ASK!!!!!!!!! im always looking for new omj friends...

#THIS IS SO LONG SORRYYYYYY....#i prbly cldve provided more pics to make this more coherent but im too lazy sorry king :[

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twodogsoneguy · 5 years ago

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Leashes:

Leashes are probably one of the most important tools you have for your dog when leaving the home, besides a good collar! A good leash is dependent on what you want to use it for, and what kind of dog walker you are. Leashes are very important, in most places you are not allowed to have your dog off leash at all in public, or only if they are well controlled by voice commands. I recommend keeping your dog on a leash no matter what; just because you trust them to play nicely doesn’t mean other dogs will.

Some things to start with: firstly, unless it's a picture I took of a product I own and love, I will not be posting to this blog about actual products because I currently am not affiliated with anyone or have affiliate links, nor do I plan to try and get rights to images I don’t own. If this changes in the future, I will be sure to update my info and let you guys know. Secondly, just so we don't get confused, leash or lead mean generally the same thing, they both refer to a long piece of material that you attach to a dog in order to keep it from straying.

So first off is your standard flat leash, a six foot nylon(or other strong material) leash that is typically 1/2-2in in width. It's usually your cheapest option at the dog store, though you can splurge on really expensive pretty ones. These get you from point a to point b. They also come in four foot leads, which are useful for keeping your companion closer to you without having to wrap up the excess. These types of leashes are great when you’re just starting out or need something without frills. I definitely recommend having one or two of these hanging around your house; personally I like to use them when we’re going out for a fun trip or walk rather than work. A good basic leash will be strong enough to hold your dog and not break when they pull. For example, while a 1in lead may be too heavy for a toy breed like chihuahua, it may not stand up to the strength of a great dane. Typically, for most medium to large dogs a 1in width is enough. (For reference, the pineapple leash is a pretty one I haven’d used yet. The red and white on is a leash I bought for Harley when she was a baby. Its obviously well loved.)

My personal favorite type of leash is the waist or hands free style leash. These leashes usually have an adjustable portion that you can either wrap around your waist or body, leaving your hands free to do other things. I use these when I am out and about with Athena because it makes doing my errands easier. The drawback to these kinds of leashes is that they take some time to get used to. Rather than being able to go in many directions, these leashes often have a very short radius for your dog to walk around with. This means that you have to get used to working as a team while walking together because otherwise you may end up tangled up on the floor. A dog needs to understand directional cues from you in order to successfully work with one of these leads. This doesn’t mean you have to train them in things like “right” or “left’; they just need to be able to follow your directions and read your body to see where you plan to go. With some practice you will be able to use these in no time.

Leather leashes are long favored by the training community. They’re extremely durable when well taken care of; one of the pet parents I took a class with had one from her childhood that she used to train her first dog with. When you buy one new, it will take some time to break in, meaning that it may be very stiff or have some edges that can leave marks on your hands if you have a dog who likes to pull. Leather is also a strong material, it will stand up to strong pullers unlike other types of leashes. I personally have never had the money to invest in a leather leash, though I have heard the exaltations of its proponents.

Flexi leads/retractable leashes are my least favorite type of leash. Now, I am going to admit I am a little biased towards these, because oftentimes when I’ve encountered these in the wild they are attached to owners who don't control their dogs or read canine body language well. Retractable leashes have a hard plastic handle, which contains a cord that extends or retracts automatically based on tension from the dog. They often can be locked at a certain length. Pros of retractable leashes include that the plastic handle is often easier for people who have issues with gripping things and they allow the dog a greater range of freedom in the distance they can go. The leash cord itself is typically lightweight, making them easier to use with smaller breeds. One of the biggest considerations when choosing this type of leash is making sure that it is rated for your dog's full grown weight, otherwise you run the risk of it snapping and losing your dog. Personally, I don’t like taking that kind of risk with my dogs.. Another concern with this type of leash is that it doesn’t allow the handler nuanced control of their dog. This is a concern because whether or not that dog is well behaved, other dogs may not be and being able to rush into another dogs space can turn very bad very fast depending on how the other dog reacts.

Traffic leads are short leashes under four feet, usually around two or three. These leashes are short and sweet, and mean that you have your dog up and close to you all the time, which can be especially useful in urban environments. Traffic leads are often used by service dog handlers, because their short length means they can drop the lead on top of the dog when they need their hands and easily pick it back up again. Traffic leads, like waist leashes, require good teamwork between the dog and handler because you are right on top of each other. I have used a traffic lead in the past, however I found it wasn’t as useful as I hoped it would be as it was too restricting of Athena’s movements.

Slip leads are a type of leash that uses a slipknot type loop that goes around the dogs neck. These are especially useful to those who have low mobility, and for picking up dogs running at large. Slip leads do not require a collar to use. A major drawback of the slip lead is because it works with a slipknot, it is very similar to a choke collar, meaning that it can tighten around your dogs neck a great deal and choke them or cause them to cough. However a dog who walks politely on a leash faces very little harm from a slip lead. I personally find that the benefits of slip leads outweigh their risks, because theres no way to get a collar on a dog running along a highway. I also like the convenience of a slip lead for quick trips to the drive thru because it means that I don’t have to clip and unclip the lead from my dog. You may also find these at your local vet clinic, as they are a way to easily leash a dog who may have come in without one.

Finally, the last type of leash I will talk about is the long line. A long line is a very long leash, usually over 10ft. These are used to help train a dog recall in a large open space like a park. I’ve used mine very little because I bought it just before last winter, and then the pandemic happened so its mostly spent its time hanging out in the leash pile, hence the poorly done daisy chain. Long lines are typically beneficial to people who are training working dogs in areas such as hunting or schutzhund.

Bonus round: Though not technically a leash, did you know you can get a seat belt for your dog? Doggy seat belts are similar to a short lead in length, and have a seat belt tongue(the metal part that goes into the buckle) and attachment point so that your dog is restrained. These need to be used in conjunction with a harness because using it with a collar can lead to injuries. Seat belts for dogs work wonders to keep a dog out of your hair and in the car, even when the windows are down. However, a caveat: according to Center for Pet Safety, who did tests on harnesses in car crashes, there are only certain ones that provide your dog with protection. Read more here.

To keep in mind: there are a lot of other considerations that go into choosing a leash. One of the big ones, do you need/want a padded handle? Many leashes made today have neoprene padded handles that reduce the amount of pull damage your hand takes, and are well worth it for the comfort. Reflective materials are also an important consideration, especially if you plan on doing a lot of walking during the dark hours in the early morning or winter evenings. They even make leashes now that light up at the press of a button. You may consider having several leashes for different occasions, I know I have close to a dozen now even though I only have two dogs. Anyways, that's it for this post! Let me know what you think in the replies/reblogs.

#dog training #gear post #leashes #dog gear #info post

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hydecantonlock · 8 months ago

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Material:Iron.

Available backset:50mm.

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unlikelyexpertking · 3 years ago

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Minimalist approach to fitness

Fitness can be complicated, but there is a way to make your workout easier. With a minimalist approach to fitness, you can focus on the basics of fitness and wellness. With this mindset, you can be sure you don't have to invest in a special exercise product; The waterfalls are just chaotic. The basics are enough to get you in shape and stay healthy.

This simplified approach can be useful during a period of life when time is particularly limited. Instead of leaving the routine during stressful periods, it's best to do what you can - an exercise lasting at least 20 minutes - and appreciate how much better you feel after a few great workouts. When tasks are complicated, it's easy to put them off or put them off at once. Keeping it simple means you're more likely to stick to your routine. When the comfort of a minimalist approach occurs, you may find yourself in a complicated or lengthy workout. With the basic rules, you can also be a fitness minimalist.

Three basic components Here are three important elements you should include in your minimalist training: mobility, strength and cardio. Cardio and strength training are often mixed in high-intensity interval training (HIIT), circuit training, superseries or other interval-type training. As a minimalist, focus on exercises that use large muscle groups to increase metabolic demands and functional fitness. Exercises such as squats, push-ups and lunges are essential, while smaller muscle exercises such as biceps curls and calf strokes are less important. Lifting, pushing and pulling that you would do in everyday life are movements that are emphasized during these exercises, so no special equipment is needed. Performing these exercise movements will help you perform these activities with greater strength and confidence in your daily life.

I recommend industry standards to perform 75-150 minutes of cardio training depending on intensity. The more intense the training, the less time. Healthy adults are also advised to complete two to three days of strength training to build and maintain clean muscle tissue. A minimalist approach can fit into these guidelines, focusing on the most demanding or effective exercises. Simply put, if you work harder and smarter, you can reduce your time in the gym and still achieve results.

Your minimalist workout should include a few minutes of preparatory moves or warm-ups. Start by working with soft tissues such as foam rolling for major muscle groups, including the hips, back and shoulders. After working with soft tissues, perform dynamic stretching that mimics the movements of your planned training. This part of your training may not be long, but it can make a big difference in the quality of your overall training. It can also be mental preparation and concentration.

When it comes to strength training, large muscles of the functional type are performed. Focus anamorelin mainly on the five main movements. For example, include handles such as handles and overhead handles; pullers such as curved rows and pullers; bending and lifting exercises such as deadlift; rotary drills such as chopping wood; and one-legged movements such as squats. You can do all these great moves in one workout, or you can spread them over several days. You can also customize the rope set / program to achieve the desired training result, or you can adopt a more intuitive training method by listening to how your body feels and adapting your training each day.

You can accumulate cardiovascular activity in different ways. Daily activities, such as physical activity, walking or outdoor activities, are great ways to put together cardio movements for heart health. Another approach is to perform HIIT-style training during or at the end of the training. Instead of spending a lot of time low

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flusterfluff · 7 years ago

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We were outnumbered, and our head cleric called out sick. Shame, because she was the Leader’s wife. The Support squad needed a new lead, our one Seeker, the only spare person with experience leading a squad, was required in the Archer team. After the battle, I learned that it was something along the lines of fifty two enemies to our measly thirty-some. But first, let us back up a bit.

Ruthless was a rather... well, Ruthless faction, for lack of a better word. In our latter days, we had somewhere around 150 to 175 members. Hard to tell specifics with everyone leaving here and there because the decaying state of our guild. Of these, lets say 175 because it makes math easier, the ranks fell as follows:

Leader. We’ll call him Brillopad. Or, Brillo.

Leader’s Wife/Director. She’ll be Onyxia.

Marshals. There were four slots at this rank, but we only used three. The most trusted of the leader duo. This was myself, DPS squad leader, and I think the Tank squad leader.

Executors. Ten of these, basically incredibly active and loyal players used for managing the lower ranks.

150 other people, hand-picked by Marshals and up for their combat ability, or ability to farm for guild mats.

There was a weekly event where various factions fought for control over the world map, to have their faction’s name present along the zone name when loading into any given area. These battles got... heated to say the least, but I’ve talked on the mechanics here before. The important thing to recap is that player limit is 80 per team, but the most active factions can only field 30-40 at a time.

This meant that Ruthless divided it into four squads. Each squad of ten people was led by someone that would normally use voice chat over Raidcall to call the shots and the squad’s targets. Normal leads were:

Brillo, leading either Tanksquad or Archersquad.

Onyxia, leading Support squad to lend help wherever needed on the battlefield, basically a flex position

Nameless Seeker, leading Archersquad when Brillo was on tank duty. Archersquad was mostly DPS oriented, using their head to debuff a group of targets and make them take more metal damage

Nameless Barb, who led Tanksquad while Brillo was on his archer. Basically just to pull catapults to damage towers and... Mechanical things.

One of several random people leading StraggleSquad, for people that came in late. Often used to reinforce Archersquad.

As stated above, Onyxia called in sick, and she was the only one experienced in leading the Support Squad. Normally, we’d have Nameless Seeker lead support, but he was needed in Archersquad, because Brillo was down a tank in Tanksquad and had to fill there. So, he calls for me in Raidcall, and tells me that he’s going to have me lead the Support Squad. Problem being that, at the time, I didn’t have a microphone. And also no experience shotcalling. I told him this, and got reassured by both Nameless Barb, Nameless Seeker, Brillo, and one of my best friends in that guild that I would do fine.

Brillo, the fool, the idiot, made the fatal mistake of asking me what I needed in order for my unique role as a Heavy Armor Venomancer to function at its full potential. This day, and never again, I was given reign over the composition of my squad. He asked what classes I needed, I called out in Guild chat nine names. Not classes. Not roles. I needed BeefCake the Barbarian, MysticHeal, the off-meta Mystic that specialized in, whaddaya know, healing, TANK, two Clerics, one of which being my best friend in the guild, the other being infamous for trying to DPS instead of healing, a Venomancer that I had briefed beforehand on how to operate in a squad with me and had trained with, and “Whoever else you can spare for DPS”. Brillo, the madman, let me have our second and third best tanks. From his own squad. We were operating crippled, missing half our potential catapult pullers due to my insane request, our best healer due to “illness”, and, ten minutes into a two hour war... Our leader.

Brillo left early to go help Onyxia irl. I worked together with Nameless Seeker to lead the fight in his stead. The Raidcall was in panic, but I had everything under control. Together, the squad leaders (And BeefCake, who left to go help the CataSquad mid-match), directed the fighting while I called out general strategy. While typing. And directing my squad to specific targets. Via typing. While we were in a voice call. This was while playing the single most strategically complex and reflex-intensive build in the game.

Battle highlights:

1) Brillo leaves without designating a leader, Archersquad gets wiped, Catapults get reset, Support Squad and StraggleSquad, sixteen people in total fend off a wave of three mixed seven to ten man squads, protecting our tower. Three assassins jump our healing cleric. I peel, drop their attack speed and damage, and the DPS cleric works with an archer to get a combined triple kill while I shoot a cleric out of the sky by turning it into a cat. 2) BeefCake gets reassigned to CataSquad on respawn because he got combo’d by two Wizards at once. Ouch. Said Wizards feel my wrath. One gets Kittified, the other gets sent back to spawn with my trademark OHKO combo, amped by a local Metal Mage (Read: DPS cleric) to bypass his buffed defenses.

3) My biggest Purge ever. This is why I’m Sage. My Debuff Purge gets a small five foot AoE. I hit eight people with it at once. What happens next? You hear Nameless Seeker CACKLE on voice, call target, and arrows rain from the sky, wiping a full squad after he debuffed them and triggered charms.

4) The Coup de Grace. This one deserves its own post, but to summarize, it’s the story of how I killed an entire army of fourty plus people with little more than psychological warfare. Oh, and a targeted transmog that turned someone into a cat for six seconds.

6) Reinforcements. FeedMy/PoL/arm, the enemy leader, got reinforcements, Brillo came back to see us still alive, got ignored, raged in VC for a bit, took control of his faction back by force, and proceeded to lose us a won game. I consider this TW a victory. I won. I don’t care if we lost the land. We might not have. Our enemy faction lost face, and I finally considered the score even for the one time the enemy leader continually spawn killed me for teh lulz.

The conclusion of this entire territory war is fuzzy in my memory. We might’ve won. If so, only barely. We might’ve lost. If so, only to enemy reinforcements pushing a 32v40 to a 33v52 in their favor. What does matter, more than who won the fight, was the aftermath. Within a week, Ruthless fell apart. I think the leaders got divorced. Both yelled at me for siding with the other because I chose to be neutral. That’s another story, as well. You could say we lost the aftermath, either way...

But our opponents, our biggest rival at the time? Completely lost face. I’m told their leader was screaming on voice chat, cursing me specifically for my tricky dickery that got him killed. Many of his followers lost faith in him, and soon... They crumbled, too.

And that’s how I killed two of the largest factions in EPW at the time by taking command of ONE battle! This is why you don’t let me lead things, Brillo. You fucking numbskull. This is why I can’t have nice things.

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tsakalia · 4 years ago

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;; i need to workshop background for the gaggle of like 7 new ocs buuuuuut ive been slowly working on a different one

havent really decided on gender or a concrete design yet, been too scattered to think of something i really Like

But,

what i Do have so far:

-theyre a shapeshifter bc im a weak bitch for supernatural characters, esp shapeshifters. so the most common form theyll be in on here is human (potentially with antlers that are just illusory-magicked into invisibility and untouchability). their other form is a reindeer, dunno if ill do Just Quadruped, or like, give them three total forms (so theyd have a bipedal werewolflike form) but. weindeew

-in the verse theyre from, Santa is real and so is his sleigh team... but the reindeer aren't immortal, just Santa himself. so the names of the reindeer he calls out are moreso "titles" -- like, there's been generation after generation of a family that have filled the role of "Vixen", and another family for "Prancer", etc. its considered a VERY prestigious job, akin to celebrity status in the supernatural side of things, though maybe not universally celebrated (not everyone loves the holidays, so while theyd Know Of the deer, they maaay be unwelcoming)

-generally the families live suuuuuper far north, mostly doing farm work (paralleling irl reindeer farms) -- greenland, russia, canada, etc. since only one reindeer per generation goes into sleigh pulling, most of the family stays near the farm year round. only the sleigh pullers really go off to the north pole, sometimes with their families going to send them off. since its effectively an athletic position, the sleigh pullers do go off for months at a time for training (like an olympian would, basically, but probably not Quite that much time. theres some magic involved so its not Quite like they have to sprint the entire world in a night, but they still have to be fit as hell with good stamina basically)

-the exact oc i want to make -- their father has the role of "Dasher", and very badly wants his kid to follow in his footsteps. he sees incredible potential in them, knows they're capable of the athleticism, dedication, magic capacity, navigation, and overall quality the job demands, and it's a prized family legacy that he wants to pass on. his mother filled the role, and her mother before her, and her uncle before her, and his father before him, and his sister before him... it's a long, proud line, and it'd definitely set his kid up for success for their whole life!

-...buuuut the kid doesn't want their dad picking their career for them. like, don't get them wrong! it's a great job, amazing pay, benefits, status, respect, and they do love being active... honestly, the ONLY reason they don't want to take it is because their dad's trying to hand them the future on a silver platter. they want to make their own way through life! live a little! travel the world! earn everything they can...! ...and just... choose for themself. they love their family dearly, and are nervous that theyre disappointing them all, but... they really want to be their own person. 💦

-they dress like a mid-2000s emo/alternative kid. sure, its 2021, but... hey, being so far north in the tundra, they're a little out of the loop, and they just understand that this fashion was about rebelling, and theyre kiiiind of rebelling against family traditions, and... also we should bring back mid-2000s emo/alternative fashion. we absolutely should. no i will not take criticism

-despite dressing edgy and all... they're kind of a genki personality type. eager, exciteable, always wanting to be involved and trying new things. more likely to plead than demand things, often trying to help out here and there, definitely wants to make new friends now that theyre so far from home. its lonely, going from a huge family to being on your own! and, like, their family still relies on snail mail to communicate since there aren't many cell towers that far north...

- theyre most likely currently trying to get a job in any of several different cities. if youd like to have your character interview them for a position, feel free to lmk 👀 they have little experience outside of farm work, and theyre absolutely going to be a little avoidant of questions regarding their family/background since theyve got to try to conceal magical things from nonmagical folks, so it could be very fun lol. esp bc they are Not going to dress any differently from usual when going for their interview, bc theyre probably not aware they need to,,,

-despite the whole rebelling thing, they absolutely fucking love christmas and will be loud and annoying about it. this is basically to round out the opinions of my ocs, but also, i think itd be cute lol

-their name is Kris, because, like... you know why

#aaaaaaaaaaaa this is long #im still working on this oc so idk if theyll be on the blog Soon or not but itd be fun to have them up #during this season tbh....... Topical (tm)#if anyone has comments or questions pls throw them my way i like talking abt ocs a lot #super good icebreaker #[ placeholder ooc tag here ]

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cosmichobi · 8 years ago

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the python’s playground ii (m)

in which you can’t fight your attraction to danger

Word Count: 6.5k

(read part 1)

There were several things Jungkook didn’t believe in; astrology, aliens, God, just to name a few. Living the life that he did, he had also come to believe that coincidences were rarely ever just that.

And that was how he knew.

It was immediately after you had left that Taehyung asked him if he had checked the basement, and his jaw dropped in the realisation that he had been preoccupied. He had been preoccupied with you, and in the four days since, he had been preoccupied with thoughts of you. As soon as the two boys saw the cellar doors, when they realised they hadn’t been locked correctly, Taehyung and Jungkook turned to each other, a silent understanding passing between them.

You must have been with them.

There was no way he was going to let anyone else know the truth, having Taehyung know was more than enough. He felt like an idiot, realising that you had played him. He felt like even more of an idiot whenever you’d pop into his head in the days following.

With his hand sliding up and down his shaft, his mind would go back to that night. The way you touched him, the way your mouth and tongue worked wonders against him. His hand couldn’t make himself feel the way you did but fuck, if he wasn’t going to try. He envisioned himself fucking your mouth the way he wanted to, he imagined how you would moan were he to have the pleasure of eating you out. Were you a hair-puller, or did you grip the sheets instead? Would you have been loud enough for the whole party to hear? How far would the two of you had gone? He was breathless when the cum eventually spilled over his hand, just like it had done every night for the past four. It was as if you’d cast a spell on him, and he wasn’t sure how the hell he was going to get over this.

Other than fucking the life out of you, of course.

It had been four days since the text that had been haunting you, dictating your every movement, first graced your phone screen. You had had four days to somehow process the fact that a very dangerous man knew where you lived, and said dangerous man was probably very angry with you. You half-expected to wake up with one of your organs missing, and your mother would probably tell you that that’s what you deserved for getting involved in this mess. Jennie, on the other hand, your roommate who had the misfortune of falling in love with a gang leader, didn’t deserve such a fate. But you knew that if the Pythons ever did decide to attack you and steal your kidneys in the middle of the night, they wouldn’t hesitate to hurt her either.

She softly gave you permission to enter her room after you knocked, but you only opened the door wide enough to poke your head through. Jennie looked up from her laptop, her face expectant. She probably anticipated something about the groceries, or anything equally mundane, your refusal to fully enter the room seemed to suggest that this would only be a quick announcement.

“Not to alarm you or anything, but the Pythons might try to kill us sometime soon.”

You waited with baited breath as she took in your words.

“What? What are you talking about? Cheol said not to worry about it anymore.”

“But he doesn’t know the whole story.” It was when Jennie narrowed her eyes that you knew you had no choice but to spill. Her eyes followed your movement as you walked into her room, placing yourself on the edge of her bed. “Jungkook texted me after I left the party.” You began, inspecting your fingernails instead of daring to look your roommate in the eye. “Basically, he knows that I know Cheol and the gang. I don’t know how the fuck he figured it out, but he knows, and he probably won’t take too kindly to the fact that I lied to him.”

“Has he contacted you since?” You shook your head no. It was in these moments, when Jennie reacted to potentially life-threatening situations with calm and collectedness, that you realised how much her relationship had changed her. It wasn’t so much that she was immature before, but a year ago she would, understandably, have been just as freaked out as you were in that moment. You never wanted to get to the stage where you were used to this life and all the mayhem that came with it. “If he ever contacts you again, tell me straight away. I’m serious, Y/N.”

“I will. I promise.”

“You should probably get your number changed, too.”

Deep down, you knew your anxieties about the potential fallout from that night weren’t the only thing keeping Jungkook on your mind. You weren’t going to say this out loud, your inner voice could barely admit it to yourself, but there was something about you that was inexplicably drawn to him. The lust had been there from that first night on your couch, and it took an immense showing of willpower to not give in to him then and there. Yes, you were at the party to distract him, but you also got to live out some of the fantasies that had been playing in your head since you first met.

These were the same fantasies that would still sometimes creep into your head when you were least expecting it. Memories of the way he begged to touch you would hit when you were out in public, heat rushing to your face as you squeezed your thighs together. It was only underneath your covers at night when you’d allow your hands to slip underneath your panties as you recalled the way he writhed underneath you when you licked his nipples, or the way he vouched to fuck your mouth.

Guilt washed over you after every climax, but it didn’t stop you from doing it again night after night.

“Something’s been bothering you lately.” Yoongi’s words sliced through the silence that had befallen. Jungkook was never the talkative type, but his quietness wasn’t what gave it away. It was the incessant bouncing of his knee that Yoongi could see from the corner of his eye, and it was driving him crazy. As if reading Yoongi’s mind, Jungkook’s knee stopped bouncing. Instead, he tapped a finger against his now-still knee, a less obvious outlet for his inner nerves.

“I’m fine.”

“Are you sure? No girl troubles, or whatever it is that gets to you kids these days?”

“Kids? You’re only 4 years older than me.”

“That’s a long time in our world.” Jungkook simply offered a hum of agreement. “Seriously, though. You better be okay, because I need everyone focused tonight.”

Tonight. This was the night Yoongi and Namjoon were to negotiate with Seungcheol and Jeonghan. Face-to-face negotiations such as these were rare, and it was even rarer that they ended without bloodshed. It had now been five days since the party, since Wonwoo’s location was last changed, and they were still yet to receive any payment from Seungcheol’s gang. If they couldn’t come to a conclusion tonight, well, there would be more than a few drops of blood.

Yoongi and Namjoon had picked the location of the negotiation. It was a top-tier restaurant, one where they would probably have to fork out a shitload of money to the owners to keep them quiet about the inevitable chaos. More importantly, it was set up in such a way that all seven Pythons would be present at the meeting, with Seungcheol and Jeonghan being completely obvious.

They knew better than to think those two would be without backup, though. The Pythons were prepared for any scenario.

“We’ll all be focused.”

Day five, and all your vital organs were still intact. At this rate, you were going to survive the whole week! Your excitement, however, could only last so long as you clocked in for the night shift at work. Weariness seemed to overpower you whenever you stepped into the building, but it was soon replaced with confusion as Lisa, one of your co-workers, explained the plans for the night.

“The restaurant’s been completely hired out from 8.30 until closing time.”

“Really? Big group?” Lisa shook her head no, her big eyes twinkling with the promise of gossip.

“No, it’s only a table of 4! Makes no sense, right? Since it’s such a small group, only one of us has to work tonight. I tried to call and tell you earlier, but it wasn’t going through for some reason.” That reason would be that you had set your phone to Do Not Disturb after Jungkook’s text, choosing, as you always did, to ignore the problem rather than do anything about it. “I don’t mind doing a double shift.”

“No, no, it’s fine. You go home, I’ll work tonight.”

“Are you sure?” If it were anyone else you would have probably been annoyed, but Lisa genuinely seemed to enjoy the job (you had no clue why), and you felt the question was sincere. If it were up to her, she’d be serving here 24/7 instead of balancing the job with college. If it were up to you, you’d never so much as hear the restaurant’s name again.

“I’m sure, go get some rest.” Lisa waved an enthusiastic goodbye to you as she grabbed her things and left. You weren’t sure where she got her zeal from, but you needed some.

As you set the table, you wondered why a group of four would need the entire restaurant to themselves for the whole night. Then, you realised you weren’t making enough money to care.

Your manager was running late, but it’s not like his supervision was needed for such a small group. You knew exactly what to say and do to keep a customer satisfied – ever since the main hostess quit, you had essentially been performing both roles (though your cheque didn’t reflect this). As long as the chefs did their job, which you knew they would, the night would go by smoothly.

A group of three men, one being quite a few inches shorter than the others, were the first to arrive. It was 8.30 on the dot when they swung the door open with a confidence that you didn’t usually see among new customers. You led them to the table, trying to hide the confusion on your face when only two of them sat down. The one with broad shoulders stood behind them, his hands clasped together behind his back.

“Would you like some water whilst you wait for your guests?”

“Yes, please.” The smaller, pale one spoke. His voice was much deeper than you expected, though it greatly matched his aura.

Jungkook watched as Jimin did what he did best, and somehow got the backdoor of the restaurant open. The two of them, along with Taehyung, followed Hoseok (who had memorised the floorplan of the restaurant) into the building, past the kitchen, and on to the stairs leading up to the second floor. There wasn’t much to behold – just the toilets and the room where they kept their cleaning facilities.

Each of them took their place, the four corners of the room guarded by each of their bodies. Just on time, Yoongi, Namjoon and Jin entered the restaurant. Jungkook was focused, just as he told Yoongi he would be, until he heard the waitress’ voice, and his heart began to thud against his chest.

There was no way.

He ignored his suspicions, pretending his heart didn’t feel like it was about to explode until he heard the waitress offer them some water. That was when he chose to peer over the barricade. He felt the wind get knocked out of him as soon as he saw you.

It couldn’t be debated at this point. That was you, wearing the same uniform you had worn the night the two of you met, pouring water into Yoongi’s glass.

What the fuck?

The door swung open, the cold rush of air stealing your attention as the next guests walked in. When you saw them, it all made sense. Your body seemed to have caught on quicker than your mind - goosebumps had settled on your skin since the first three men had walked in, there was a deep sense of unsettlement within you that you couldn’t shake.

Seungcheol walked in with his right-hand man Jeonghan, accompanied by a tall boy who you were sure was called Mingyu. You guessed Mingyu, much like the man with the broad shoulders, was there as a bodyguard.

This was a gang meeting.

The boys were smart enough to pretend they didn’t know you as they entered, following you silently as you led them to their table. You never did mention where you worked, and you were starting to wonder if that was a mistake. Perhaps all of this could have been avoided, if you had just slipped it into conversation somehow.

Sweat formed on your brow.

You reminded yourself to take deep breaths and to do your job. Trying to calculate the odds of making it out of this alive wasn’t conducive to performing your duties. Plastering the fake smile on your face like you had done almost every day for the past few months, you turned to Seungcheol.

“Would you like some water?” You couldn’t look him in the eye, nor did you want to. You didn’t want to see what he was like in this context. Both Seungcheol and Jeonghan, who had taken the two available seats, responded with a yes.

They began to speak as you poured.

“Your boy is in the car right now.” You didn’t know who was speaking, you didn’t care to figure out. All you really wanted was to get the hell out of there. Where the fuck was your manager? “We need that payment from you, or we’re moving him to the next location tonight.”

Any attempt to still your shaking hands as you poured the water were futile as you inevitably spilled some onto the table. Some droplets had splashed onto Seungcheol, you were sure of it, and you began to apologise profusely. He swore it was okay.

As if any of this was okay.

After handing the men their menus, you stood back. Running a hand through your hair, you exhaled hopelessly, throwing your head back and staring at the ceiling. Something in the corner of your eye caught your attention. As much as you hoped you had imagined it, you were sure it was real.

There was movement.

You narrowed your eyes as you focused on the second floor.

Jungkook crouched down, his back against the barricade. He was sure you’d caught him staring, but he couldn’t tell. Deciding to risk it one more time, he peered over. His heart almost leapt out of his chest when the two of you made direct eye contact.

He was here. He was here, a few feet away from you, and you had no idea what to do. You swallowed, trying to understand what was happening but knowing you wouldn’t find any answers. You stared at the four men at the table, not daring to look up again. You thought you felt Jungkook’s eyes on you, but that may have just been the paranoia. Regardless, you weren’t going to check.

The voices of the four men began to get louder, things were getting heated. You heard what they were saying but you weren’t able to register any of it. Something about rightfully owning money, a couple words about a history of stealing. The sentences all ended up sounding the same to you.

You watched as the tall man sitting next to the pale one took off his glasses. It must have been some type of signal, as a shot was fired into the air not a split-second later. You jumped. To everyone else in the room, the sound was probably as common as singing birds in the morning, or the beeping of car horns in traffic. The shot had come from above, but you were sure the location of the sound was opposite Jungkook. He must not have been alone up there. As soon as the realisation hit, the front door swung open again and in walked Jihoon and Soonyoung, who must have been waiting for any sign of danger.

There was silence. They were at a standstill.

“Don’t make him shoot again. Besides,” the pale man turned to you, his lips curled into a smirk. “We don’t want to scare our beautiful waitress.”

“It may be in our beautiful waitress’ best interest to get the fuck out of here.” You couldn’t see his face, but you knew it was Seungcheol’s voice. Underneath his mocking tone when repeating the description of you lay a warning. He was sending a message: things were about to get worse.

The pale man’s gaze flickered towards you once more. You decided you didn’t like him.

“We won’t be ready to order for a while.”

In that moment, it felt like your only option was to go for a toilet break, not caring if it made it obvious how scared you were – how were you supposed to stay calm? You had made it halfway up the stairs when you realised that you would have to walk past Jungkook in order to get to the toilet. If it weren’t for Seungcheol’s clear warning, you would have turned around and made your way back downstairs. The thought of being so near him again wasn’t scary, not compared to everything else that was going on, but it intimidated you nonetheless.

Heat pricked your skin as you walked by him. At the very last moment, right before you pushed against the door to open it, you dared to look at him. You couldn’t explain what it was you felt when you looked at him, but it was like your head and your pussy were fighting a battle. You’d been there before, you knew who would win.

You took a few minutes to yourself in the bathroom, trying to control your breathing and appreciating, for once, the cool air. Never again would you complain to your manager about the low temperature in the toilets, never again would you complain to your manager about anything, actually. (Well, if you lived through the night you did plan on complaining about his lack of presence at the scene, but at this point it was the least of your worries – the Pythons probably had something to do with that, anyway.)

You tried to convince yourself that the men wouldn’t actually be at the restaurant all night. At least this meant you’d get home earlier than usual, even if it meant you’d be carrying some trauma with you. Silver linings, right?

Deciding you’d been in there for long enough, you opened the door to leave, only to have Jungkook press against you, pushing you back into the bathroom.

The feeling of his body pressed up against yours brought an uncomfortably prickly heat to the back of your neck, which spread up to your face and down to the pit of your stomach. He shut the door behind him, locking the two of you in there. Gently gripping your upper arms, he moved you so that your back was against the bathroom door, and he leaned in to you, ignoring the beating of his own heart with every inch that disappeared between the two of you. He now had both palms pressed against the door on either side of your head.

“You need to get the fuck out of here before you get hurt.”

That wasn’t the first thing you expected him to say to you after finding out that you lied to him. You thought a simple ‘fuck you’ was much more likely. But you had to remember that the Pythons were always one step ahead, and it would probably be a mistake to take his words at face value. If that weren’t enough, you’d only ever known boys who looked like him to lie like it was their second nature.

“Why should I believe you?” He pulled back, brows furrowed. Your question had offended him, that you could see.

“I’m the one who should be wary of you.” He glanced towards your cleavage, and you tried with all your might to ignore how he bit his lower lip before his eyes met yours again. “Should I not?”

He had a point. You knew he had a point, and that only annoyed you. You placed a hand on his chest to push him away, creating space between you before turning around to unlock the door. The two of you could only have been in the bathroom for three minutes at most, but the scene had descended into violent chaos when you stepped back out.

A shot was fired in your general direction, and you both crouched down behind the barricade. He had a protective arm around you, using his free hand to get his gun from his inside pocket. You didn’t realise until he got up to fire a few shots and scan the area, but you had been holding on to him. The fear in your eyes was obvious when he looked down at you. He crouched down again, and the next time he spoke he whispered.

“I’m serious, sweetheart. Either stay in the toilet or get the fuck out of this building.” It was stupid, and your logical self (she was there somewhere) hated you for this, but the use of his nickname for you provided some sort of comfort in the midst of … whatever the hell this all was. You chose to heed his warning and scurried back into the bathroom. You locked the door and sat on the windowsill, trying to ignore the sounds of the fighting beyond the door. The gunshots were rare, they seemed to be solely using their fists at this point.

You pulled out your phone, deciding that Jennie needed to know what was going on. Not so much the ‘Jungkook-being-in-your-presence’ thing, but definitely the ‘Seungcheol-fighting-on-the-floor-below-you’ thing. You weren’t sure exactly what it was that you wanted to say, or how to phrase anything that you did say. The ceaseless shaking of your fingers meant that the text ended up being an incoherent mess anyway. All you needed to do was get the main point across – her boyfriend was here fighting the Pythons, and you were locked in the bathroom waiting for the nightmare to end.

As quickly as you had written and sent the text, the door handle of the bathroom was moving wildly. Jungkook was on the other side of the door telling you to open up. When you did, he took your hand and telling you to follow him, not taking any time to catch his breath. He was quick to move again, but your feet were rooted in place. The sounds of the fighting had stopped, had you looked over the barricade you would have seen that the six men originally on the bottom floor were no longer there.

“What? What makes you think I’m going anywhere with you?” He sighed, clearly exasperated with you. The version of you he had conjured up in his dreams was much less contrarian.

“Your friends,” you wondered if the words tasted as bitter as they sounded, ��have gotten away. It’s over. We’re all separating and either you come with me now or Yoongi gets someone to follow you for the next week. He doesn’t trust strangers.”

“That’s it? He’ll get someone to follow me?”

“Follow you and torture you until you promise to keep your mouth shut.” The response flew out without a missed beat, Jungkook having reached his limit with your obstinacy. “I, on the other hand, will tell him I took care of you. It’ll be much easier for you to just follow me.”

So you did.

You followed Jungkook out into the cold night, a crescent moon casting its light on the city. The fear within you had dissipated. You should have been afraid, roaming the streets alongside him with no idea where you were going, but you weren’t. Maybe it was naïve, but you were sure that if he were to hurt you he would have done so by now.

There was no time to grab your bag, all you had on you was your phone. No gloves, no scarf, no jacket. It was too cold for you to remove your hands from the warmth and pull out your phone to see if Jennie had responded to your text. Jungkook had his eyes ahead the entire time, you could see sporadic clouds of his breath in the air. Your silence throughout the entire journey prompted him to turn to you. Taking in the sight of you, your arms wrapped around yourself as your teeth chattered, part of him actually felt bad.

“You cold?” Your lips were so numb, you could only nod. A hotel propped up in the distance as you turned a corner. “We’re here.”

“W-we’re staying the night?” It was difficult to form the words due to the numbness of your lips. Jungkook shot a look at the hotel before looking back at you, as if the answer was obvious. When he began to walk towards the hotel, you felt compelled to follow. It wasn’t until the two of you were checked in and inside your hotel room did he speak again.

“You don’t seem to trust me very much,” was what he noted. You had been staring out of the window into the city, wondering where the rest of the Pythons had gone off too, wondering if Seungcheol and the others were safe. His statement bothered you, to say the least, and you turned to face him. You noticed he had removed his blazer and rolled up the sleeves on his shirt, exposing his forearms.

“Well would you trust you, if you were me?”

“I could ask you the same thing.” There was nothing you could say to that. You turned around, away from him and his distracting forearms, focusing on the view once again. You could see from the reflection in the window that he was walking towards you, and he was soon by your side. “I know Yoongi and Namjoon organised the negotiations tonight, I think tonight was a pure coincidence. But you know what? I also think Seungcheol knew I was coming for him the night we met. I think you walked down that alleyway on purpose.”

“Are you serious?” There was no reason for his incorrect assessment to spark such irritation within you, there was no reason for you to care what he thought. Except, you were sure he had waivered his right to judge you the moment he chose to keep his own mouth shut about who he was.

“Let me know if I’m wrong.” He held his hands up, as if you’d attacked him, and backed away from you.

“Of course you’re wrong! Me running into you was a complete coincidence, I helped you because I cared.” Jungkook made a face at your words, mocking you.

“You cared? You cared about a bleeding stranger on the street?” The concept was foreign to him. He was only supposed to care about the Pythons. Everyone else had to earn it, and he had never met anyone who was worth it – he was starting to believe that no one was worth it. Yet here he was, with you, listening to you defend yourself whilst mentally undressing you (he had no idea the two could be done simultaneously).

“Yes, for some godforsaken reason, I did.” Jungkook ran a hand through his hair, letting silence fall. For once, you didn’t take his eyes off him. You watched his face, trying to figure out what the hell he was thinking. He shook his head to himself.

“But the party – you knew what you were doing at the party.”

“Yes, I did. You lied about who you were, and stole my fucking orange juice, and I did the same to you.” You were now stood in front of him. “I’d say we’re even.”

“What is it about you?” He stepped towards you. You took a step back, which only ended up with your back against the wall. “You’re basically one of them. I don’t care what you say, you are. And yet,” his right hand cupped your face, his touch shooting volts of electricity through you. “I can’t stop fucking thinking about you.”

His thumb traced over your bottom lip, his touch gentle, barely there. Maintaining eye contact with him, you parted your lips slightly, enclosing his thumb in your mouth. His gaze darkened, and his breath quickened as your tongue swirled around his thumb. He felt blood rush to his member, remembering the way your mouth felt around him at the party. When he pulled his thumb away from you he wrapped his hand around the side of your neck, inching ever closer towards you.

“We don’t have to trust each other.” You whispered at the last moment, lips ever-so-slightly brushing against his.

“We don’t have to see each other again.” he spoke, eyes raking over your face. An understanding seemed to pass between you in that moment. “You look fucking perfect right now, waiting for me to touch you.” He was going to miss the sight. He smirked, the first time his lips had done anything other than frown that whole night. It was the only warning you were given before his lips collided with yours. Yes, his lips were soft, but the kiss was anything but. He bit down on your lips, hard enough for a slight pang of pain that was forgotten as quickly as it came. His free hand came to your right breast, massaging it through your clothes.

“Get this fucking uniform off me.” You demanded, and he was quick to act upon your command. That was one good thing about him – he was a pro at taking orders. Your clothes fell to the ground, nothing more than an annoyance as you kicked them away. His hands flew to your waist, pulling you into him as he continued to kiss you. When he removed his hands and pulled away, the warmth leaving your body, he cocked his head to the side.

“Get on your knees.” He breathed. You obeyed, running a hand over his clothed body as you sank onto your knees. “I told you I was going to fuck your mouth, didn’t I?” You remembered it clear as day, the words having been on repeat in your head for the past five days. It felt like your hands were working overtime as you unbuckled his belt, throwing it aimlessly once you managed to remove it. He helped you remove his trousers, and you took in the sight of his hard dick pressing against his boxers, begging to be freed. You licked him through the fabric, and he groaned deeply, shaking his head slightly. “No, you won’t tease me like last time.” His hips began to lightly grind the air in need, your tongue still working against the soft fabric. You chuckled to yourself before pulling his boxers down, finally freeing him.

You ran your hand up and down him a couple times, not that he needed the extra stimulation, before running a tongue over the tip. He grabbed a fistful of your hair, giving you no choice but to surrender control. He thrusted, lightly at first, into your mouth. He then picked up the pace a bit, allowing his dick to be completely coated in your saliva. He used the handful of hair to control your head, bobbing you up and down his length. You moaned onto his dick, your pussy already throbbing as he did exactly what he promised to do. “Look at you, such a good girl right now.” he breathed. Even if you wanted to respond, even if you could form intelligible thoughts, you wouldn’t have been able to muster up anything more than a muffled gag as he thrusted deeply into your mouth, holding your head and himself in place. He had to stop himself before he got carried away and came right down your throat, Lord knows he was ready to.

When he finally pulled away you gasped, taking in the air that you had been denied for so long. He grasped your jaw with his hand, tugging at you so you knew to get up. He pulled you into another kiss. It was messy, it was sloppy, it replaced your ability to breathe once again, and you had never been more turned on.

You playfully pushed him onto the bed. As soon as he hit the mattress you were on top of him, the thin material of your underwear acting as the sole barrier between your heat and his dick. You unbuttoned his shirt, and he sat up slightly to help you get rid of it. Next to go was your underwear, which was drenched by the time you had removed it.

“My turn now.” You moved forward so that your thighs were now resting on either side of his head. Hands grabbing the headboard, you sank down onto his face, his tongue beginning to lap against you immediately. You cried out instantly, the moans having a mind of themselves. Hopelessly, you began to grind against his face, the urgency of your movements matching his. You tasted just as good as he imagined, better even. If the speed at which he licked wasn’t a dead giveaway, his fingers sinking deeply into your thighs was another indicator as to how much he wanted this. You were sure that would hurt in the morning, but now wasn’t the time to care.

He focused on your clit, doing everything from sucking to lightly grazing it. Your grip against the headboard was loosening, your knees had gone weak, and your mouth hung open. His mouth had you at his mercy. “I-I want you to play with yourself.” You instructed, your voice hoarse and strangled to the point that you barely recognised it.

One of his hands left your thighs, moving down to his shaft. He used the precum that had leaked as a lubricant as he began to move his hand up and down his length. Your moans spurred him on, his tongue working against you and his hand working against himself. Remembering how sensitive he was last time, you plopped your thumb in your mouth, moistening it with your saliva, before reaching below and caressing his nipple, coating it in the warmth. He had to let go of his cock, the combination of activities being enough to send him over the edge. He brought his other hand back to your thigh, holding you against him while you continued to play with his nipples. He whimpered involuntarily against you, and that was it for you. A loud cry followed by a slew of curses were released into the air as an intense wave of ecstasy overcame you. You shook as you slowly rode out the wave, before collapsing next to him on the bed.

You panted in desperate attempts to catch your breath. In one swift movement, Jungkook was hovered over you, planting kisses on your neck, moving down to your chest. Feeling him pressed against you, you could only sigh contentedly.

“You’re so fucking good at that.” You could honestly sit on his face forever. He smirked at your praise, looking up at you as his lips pressed against your soft skin.

“I don’t know if you’re ready for my cock.” He teased between kisses. “My tongue was too much for you, huh?” You arched your back as his thumb began to circle your still-sensitive clit, hissing and squirming underneath him.

“I n-need you to fuck me.” You knew you weren’t seeing him again, and you were going to make as much of this as you could.

“Then spread your legs for me, just like you want to.” You did as he told, spreading your legs and wrapping them around his back once he was prepared to enter. He ran the tip of his dick against your slit, playing around with your juices, coating himself with your wetness. “So wet for me…” he moaned. The words were quiet, as if you weren’t even meant to hear them.

Perhaps not even a full second after asking if you were ready, he thrust into you. You yelped out in pleasure whilst he moaned sweetly against your ear; you didn’t expect to elicit such sounds from him. You felt incredible around him, amazingly wet and invitingly warm. He felt incredible inside you, filling you up and stretching you out.

Just when he settled into a rhythm, he switched the pace. He slowed down again, stopping completely to throw one of your legs over his shoulder, whilst lowering your other leg so that it was around his thigh. He pulled out completely before plunging deeply into you. He did this twice more, each drive into you causing you to scream louder. He picked up the pace, squeezing your ankle as he got faster and faster, losing himself in the motions. Your walls tightened around him as you played with yourself, watching his eyelids flutter as he gave in to the pleasure.

Your second orgasm arrived, your body twisting and writhing as Jungkook put your leg down and tightened his grip on your hips. He had been so close to exploding on so many occasions, but he was ready to let go completely now that you came around him.

“You came on my face and my cock, I had no idea you were so dirty.” The words were slurred, he was too lazy and too engrossed in the moment to enunciate properly. “You look so good, all fucked out.” That tell-tale whimper of his alerted you that he was close. He bucked against you a couple more times before pulling out, splashes of cum landing on your abdomen as his guttural moan filled the room.

“Fuck.” you spoke at the same time, neither of you having previously experienced anything like that.

“I’ll get you cleaned up.” Jungkook announced, disappearing into the bathroom.

You knew when you woke up that Jungkook would be gone, and barring any grand coincidences like the one you’d faced that night, it was unlikely that you would see him again. For the rest of the night, you were going to bask in the warmth that was his body next to yours.

There was no trust between you, and there certainly wasn’t love. There was a faint understanding, and it was enough to get you through the night.

“Goodnight, Jungkook.”

“Goodnight, sweetheart.”

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what is plastic mold?

What Is Plastic Mold?

What is plastic mold? The tooling used for plastic injection molding is called a plastic mold or plastic injection mold. The plastic mold is made from a combination of steel plates and other mold components, coupled to form an overall mold, which is then reliably assembled and installed in an injection molding machine, then applies a thermoplastic resin to the desired shape to fulfill the intended purpose. Most plastic products are molded by plastic molds. According to the molding plastic characteristics, plastic molds are divided into thermosetting and thermoplastic mold.

Based on the molding process, the plastic mold is divided into - injection mold, - blow mold, - casting mold, - pressing mold, and so on. The injection mold comprises two main sections: the moving half and the fixed half. The moving half is mounted on the moving platen of the injection molding equipment, and the stationary half is mounted on the stationary platen. Over the injection molding, the moving and the stationary half are shut to develop an injection structure and a cavity structure. Once the mold is open, the moving half and the stationary half are split up to clear away the plastic item from the plastic mold. To decrease the mold design and developing period, the majority of the plastic molds work with standard mold bases. https://res.cloudinary.com/dl8a9jvpa/video/upload/v1572574321/plastic%20mold.mp4 The plastic mold is mainly composed of - Injection system, - The temperature control system, - Part forming system - Ejection system.

The injection system and the part forming system are in direct contact with the plastic, and they change with the different plastics and products. Those 2 systems are the most complex and most varied parts in the mold and require the highest finish and accuracy. The part-forming process refers to the melted plastic heated by an injection molding machine is injected into the mold cavity. After cooling and solidification, it gets the molded products. Which simplifies as mold close - injection - pressure - cooling - mold open - ejection. What is plastic mold? The plastic injection mold is generally composed of the following parts: - mold base: generally choose standard mold base from standard mold base manufacturing factories, such as LKM, DME, HUSCO... - the mold insert: it is used to form plastic products; a plastic mold factory normally makes it by itself; most of the processing time is spent on producing mold inserts. - Mold auxiliary parts: they include location ring, nozzle bushing, support pillar, ejector plate, guide bushing, guide pin, lifting ring, and so on. - The four major systems: - Injection system��runner）: Injection system refers to the flow path part before the melted plastic enters the cavity from the nozzle, including the main runner, the cold slug, the sub-runner, and the gate. It is directly related to the molding part quality and production efficiency. - ejection system: ejector pins, blade pins, and sleeves. - heating and cooling system: hot runner, preheating device, cooling water; - venting system: venting slot, parting surface venting, ejector pin venting, and insert venting; - special mechanism: if the product has the undercut or sidewall hole, the plastic mold needs to design the side core pulling mechanism (also called the slide), the inclined core pulling mechanism (also called the lifters), the oil cylinder (when the side core pulling distance is long).

Classification of injection mold:

- 2 plates mold: another name of the sprue gate mold, also known as the single parting line type plastic injection mold, its characteristic is the simple mold structure, but the sprue is a part of the injection molded part, and it needs to be manually removed later, and plates mold structure is widely used for various kinds of mold. - 3 plates mold: the pinpoint gate mold and the double parting line type injection mold. Its gate characteristic is pinpoint, and the gate cross-section is small. The injection molded part appearance is good, and because it does not need the manual removal of the gate later, it is advantageous for the automation production. But three plates mold structure is more complex, and the cost is higher. It is generally applicable to small and medium plastic parts. And plastic molding material is with good fluidity. Difference: The most significant difference between the three plate mold and the two plate mold is that the three plate die has an extra runner plate (automatic remove runner).

The main plastic mold system

There are four key concepts to consider when designing a mold, and the next few lines provide information on how to design a mold. 1.Runner To design a good runner, its geometry, size, and layout also should be correct, in addition to its cooling ability, ejectability, and minimization of regrinds. It is best to fill all cavities at once using a balanced runner system to minimize cycle time and ensure the greatest possible dimensional integrity of the molded product. The long and thin runners or any runner shaped like a half-moon or a half-circle need to be filled at higher pressures to prevent the mold from cooling down prematurely and causing incomplete parts. The length of a long and thick runner leads to an increase in regrinding, which, in turn, reduces the efficiency of the molding process. In cases where the runners' intersections should have ejector pins positioned to eject with sufficient force, ejecting the runner should still be possible. On the ejector portion of the mold, it is preferable to have runners installed to be forced out with the ejector. - Main Runner This is a portion of the mold that attaches the nozzle of the injection molding press to the sprue. The top of the sprue is concave for touching with the nozzle. The one end diameter of the sprue needs to be a little bigger than the nozzle size (0.8 mm) to prevent excessive streaming and avoid the two from being clogged due to wrong positioning. The size of the one end is determined by the item's dimensions, generally 4-8 millimeters. The size of the runner ought to be increased inwards at an angle of 3° to 5° to aid the ejection of runners. In addition to the correct runner geometry, size, and layout, good runners must also be cool quickly, ejectable, and have very little regrind. For filling all cavities simultaneously, a balanced runner system is necessary, which minimizes cycle time and allows the molded product to remain dimensionally intact. Long and thin runners or half-moon runners require higher injection pressures to ensure that parts aren't rendered incomplete if the mold cools too quickly. Long and thick runners result in more regrind, which decreases the effectiveness of the operation. Ejector pins should be in place to expel the runners at the convergence of the cold runners. Runners should be installed at the core half of the mold so that the ejector should be able to push these out of the mold. - Sub-runner This is basically a small channel joining the primary runner and each cavity for the multi-cavity plastic mold building. As a way to come up with the melted resin occupies the cavity in equivalent velocity, the layout of the runners for the mold needs to be symmetrical and equidistantly spread. The form and dimension of the runner impact the stream of the plastic melt, the discharge of the item, and the mold building. In many cases, the trapezoidal or semi-circular cross-sections are employed for runner design, and they are machined on ejection half of the mold for the ejector pin to push out. The exterior of the runner has to be finished to minimize the stream resistance to produce a quicker filling speed. The dimensions of the runner vary according to the sort of plastic material, the dimensions, and the thickness of the item. For most thermoplastics, the runner's cross-sectional circumference is not over 8 millimeters, Maximum 10-12 millimeters, Minimum 2-3 millimeters. The cross-sectional region needs to be created as small as possible to decrease the resin misuse and shorten the cooling period.

3 plates mould - Cold Slug It is deemed a prolonged runner situated at the far tip of the main runner to capture the cold resin among the 2 cycles, therefore avoiding the possible blocking of the main runner or the gate. Should the cold resin blend directly into the cavity, the interior stress will probably stem from the injection-molded item. The Cold slug features a diameter around 8.5-10.5 mm and 6.5 mm deep. To be able to help ejection, the base is usually grabbed by a puller. The tip of the puller needs to be created to be a zig-zag catch or a depressed slot to ensure that the cold slug might be easily removed in the course of ejection.

2.Temperature Control To meet up the mold temperature demands of the injection molding procedure, a temperature control technology is necessary to regulate the heat level of the mold. For injection molds to inject thermoplastics, the cooling system is usually built to cool the mold. The most popular way of mold cooling would be to drill cooling water lines inside the mold and work with moving cool liquid to take out the mold's heat. Along with heating the mold, hot liquid or vapor should be considered within the water lines, and a heating bar might be mounted within and around the mold. Mold cooling is an essential metric for determining the quality of the product given to the customer in terms of dimensional integrity, physical properties, surface finish, shrinkage, and the strength of weld lines. Irregular cooling inside a long cavity will result in poor warpage control. Cooling all core pins is imperative, especially if the ratio of length to the diameter of the core exceeds four. Hot core pins result in surface imperfections and prolong the molding process. The heat transfer efficiency of a water layer on the pins is much higher than that of the air layer. Ejector pins for flexible resins need cooling before ejection. The ability to control the temperature of the sprue puller pin area reduces the time it takes to cycle the mold and the number of interruptions it causes during the ejection process. For effective temperature control, the fluid flow must be high-volume and turbulent. Prohibiting corrosion within the water lines is achieved by using stainless steel mold plates; other ways to prevent corrosion include plating the cooling channel or adding rust inhibitors into the water. The mold plates must be thick enough to accommodate the cooling channels of proper size. 3.Venting This is a not deep groove cut in the mold to release the air within the cavity or the soft plastic material introduced. Should the melted resin is shot into the cavity, this kind of trapped air in the cavity needs to be released out of the mold via the grooves at the end of the streaming front in time. Or else, the item will likely have voids inside(especially for transparent resin injection molding), vulnerable weld lines, um-completed shot -. Perhaps the build-up of air would produce excessive-high temperatures because of the high pressure to make the item charred.

The venting grooves might be situated both at the end of the melt stream and on the P/L of the mold. The last-mentioned place is a shallow slot that is a depth of 0.03-0.2mm and a width of 2-6.5mm cut on the cavity side of the plastic mold. The vent grooves won't escape much-smelted resin throughout the shot since the melted resin will cool down around this location and congeal the grooves. The placement of the vent grooves ought not to be confronting the operator to avoid an unexpected splash shot of melted resin. The gap between the ejector pins and the ejector hole, between the ejector bar stripper plate and the core insert, may be a method to release the air. plastic mold venting slots size: 4.Ejection Ejector pins, sleeves, stripper rings, or stripper plates should work without obstruction to realize consistent ejection. A guided ejector system allows for precision alignment of the core and pins and will also bear the loads so that the pins do not wear out and go out of alignment. An early return system is another safety feature that should be included. The early Return system drives all ejector pins into seated positions before the mold closes, ensuring no accidental contact with the ejector that has not fully retracted. Every mold incorporating ejector pins or sleeves under any slides should have a protector pin. To prevent the ejection pins from colliding with the slides, this lock secures it in the retracted position. Plastic mold should use special ejection systems for parts that consist of flexible, thin-walled, deep sections that are difficult to eject.

Elements of a Plastic Mold

Designers and people interested in creating a mold should realize that molds are basically made up of a number of different elements from which to choose a design that is appropriate for use. The following elements are essential to every injection mold: 1. Determination of the cavity space(s) with corresponding cores ( molds can have up to 144 cavities for preform mold). 2. A conduit for conveying (hot) plastics from the machine nozzle to the mold cavity. You can choose from - Cold runners (two or three plate) - Hot runners (of various types) 3. Ventilation: Natural venting or vacuum venting are both options. 4 A cooling system designed to allow the molded product to be ejected from the cavity 5. Various options are provided for ejecting the molded article: These include - Hand removal - Sleeves and pins for ejectors - Stripper - Ejection by air - Force ejection - Various methods of in-mold product removal methods - Automated removal methods 6. Attaching the mold to the machine: Several methods are available - Molds are limited to one machine - Mold can be used on more than one machine - Easy mold change options 7. Aligning the cavities and cores: The following methods may be used: - No alignment feature - Brass bushings and pins (2, 3, or 4) - Leader pins and bushings between ejector pin plates - Taper locker between individual cavities and cores 8. A number of (mold) plates would be required here to support and back the above elements. Although each of these features can increase the cost of a mold (often quite significantly), they can also improve the productivity of a mold and lower the cost of a product. If you are looking to choose the most suitable (and most economical) mold for a particular application, these factors may not all be necessary.

Plastic Mold Gates:

The gate of plastic mold refers to a short flow path between the runner and the cavity, which is the entrance of the resin into the cavity. It is a channel connecting the runner and the cavity. - The cross-sectional area of the gate can be equal to the runner, but it is usually reduced. So it is the smallest part of the entire runner system. - The design of the gate is related to the size, shape, mold structure, injection conditions, and properties of the plastic parts. - The role of the gate : - It could control the flow rate: - The early solidification of the melt in this part can prevent backward flow: - The molten material passing through is subjected to strong shearing to increase the temperature; thereby, it will lower the viscosity to increase the fluidity: - It could facilitate the separation of products and the runner system.

plastic mold gates - The design of the gate shape, size, and location depend on the plastic, the size, and the structure of the article. - The shape of the cross-section of the gate is rectangular or circular, and the cross-sectional area should be small, and the length should be short. - Gate location should generally be selected where the product is thickest without affecting the appearance. - The shape, quantity, size, and location of the gate will greatly influence the quality of the plastic parts. - So gate selection is one of the key points in plastic mold design. - Direct Gate

direct gate - Pros: - 1) low-pressure loss; - 2)the processing is simple. - Cons: - 1) the stress near the gate is large, and the product stress is uneven and easy to deform. - 2) it is necessary to remove the gate with extra works manually. Also, it will leave obvious gate marks on the product surface. - Application: - 1) it is suitable for large and deep barrel-shaped parts. For plain parts, it is prone to warpage due to shrinkage and stress. - 2) for parts that are not allowed to have gate marks on the surface, the gate can be set into the inner surface of the part, which is an inverted mold. Read the full article

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chrisabraham · 4 years ago

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Transcript of Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast with the podfather, Adam Curry:

Guy Kawasaki:

I’m Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People. This episode’s remarkable guest is Adam Curry. Adam was one of the VJ’s, video jockeys of MTV, back in the 1980s. In this position, he interviewed some of the most popular musicians of the time. This includes Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney.

Adam is an early adopter and pioneer. He embraced the web and podcasting long before other people. In fact, he helped make podcasting a thing by collaborating with Dave Winer on podcasting technology. He also created one of the very first podcast, The Daily Source Code. In 2005, Steve Jobs previewed Apple’s podcasting efforts by playing The Daily Source Code on stage at D, the most exclusive tech conference. It was a huge deal when Steve used a product like this.

Adam also started companies along the way that offered services such as web designing, video sharing, incubating, and podcasting. He currently co-hosts the No Agenda Podcast with John Dvorak.

I’m Guy Kawasaki, this is Remarkable People, and now, here’s the remarkable Adam Curry: podcaster, VJ, and pioneer.

Adam Curry:

August 1st, 1981 is when MTV kicked off. I didn’t come in until ’87, as they’d gone through the first wave and they were doing an expansion, and that expansion meant that they were going on primetime cable, basic cable, which was forty channels, and that meant that that would be available everywhere.

And back in the day, only people who are old enough to remember this, but cable was a joke. It was, “Yeah, that’s not real TV, no one’s going to advertise on it, no one cares about it.” They had the ACE Awards, and then they laid out the CableACE Awards, and each of these cable systems was just like their own little fiefdom that the owner would be a typical guy with a Cadillac with horns on the front, like, “Yeah, it’s my wife. Hello, MTV man.”

So we’d also have to tour the affiliates to make sure that they kept us on their stations, on their cable networks. So it was real Mickey Mouse. And I was living in the Netherlands, and they recruited me from there. I was doing television over there. And I came from a state broadcaster and we had fourteen cameras, five makeup rooms. It was all gunmetal gray. None of it was spiffy or anything, but we had a proper camera operator and a cable puller, all the stuff you’d want, and MTV was basically a studio. We shared the studio at the time with, I think the Sally Jessy Raphael show, this was on the Unitel Video on 57th Street in Manhattan.

And there was a couple lights. The lighting director would come in once a week and he’d say, “Okay, stand in your spot,” and he tapped the light, “Okay, this is good. I’ll see you in a week or two.” We had no makeup, no wardrobe, we did all that ourselves. It was really, really guerrilla television, very low rent, and it was kind of being run by radio people like a radio station at the time.

So I fit right in, I felt great, although I never really connected well with the management. I think they thought I had too many aspirations. I had all kinds of things written in my contract they didn’t like, like I could do radio, and they just thought that was ridiculous. “Are you going to be a VJ or a DJ? What do you want to be?” I said, “Why can’t it be so both?”

There were other things, like I was in the music meeting as the only on-air talent where they decided what they would accept to play on the channel, and some producer things I’d negotiate because they came to me so that gave me an upper hand. But it was not the drug-fueled bosom babes rolling around the studio-type vibe that you might think it was, it was quite sedentary, quite tedious. In fact, we’d record, not in real-time, but just the segments. So we never actually saw the videos while we were taping it.

Guy Kawasaki:

What?

Adam Curry:

We’d seen them before. Yeah. Go on YouTube, you see me, I’d be like I’m looking off camera, I’m literally looking at like a floor manager or a production assistant like, “All right, that’s great to see Bon Jovi up there.” And they talk about the next video and then here comes, I look off to the side, I’m just looking into darkness, and then they would literally… This is so pre-internet.

They would take these big tapes, these pneumatic tapes, which is like a big Betamax kind of would look like, and they put them in a car service, drive it to Long Island to the network operation center, where we had guys all day long who would insert like Adam Curry, 12:00 PM segment A, and he’d play it and then he’d click the other machine and play the video, and then he’d fast forward, queue up the next segment, Adam Curry, 12:00 PM segment B, and he’d play that. So it was kind of a playout system like a radio station with cart machines. And it was really, really, really low rent.

And I was on the Internet at the time and they had a Wang computer. I’m like, “Whoa, these guys are ancient.” It was crazy. They were doing the Word processing on the Wang and sending it down from the studio. Whoa, it was great.

Guy Kawasaki:

You’re bursting my bubble here, Adam. So you’re telling me that you didn’t just watch the video and then react to it?

Adam Curry:

It’s all acting, Guy.

Guy Kawasaki:

All that was fake?

Adam Curry:

All of it was fake, man, all of it, every single bit of it. Yeah. And this is why I rarely do mainstream things anymore. I know how it works. I’m always disappointed.

I remember when Michael Jackson died and I got all these calls like CBS Evening News, “I want to talk to you.” I’m like, “Okay, that’s fine.” I was doing other stuff at the time, I wasn’t on MTV anymore. And I spent three hours interview, some walking shots, and then you watch at night, it’s literally fifteen seconds of me going like, “He’ll be missed.” All the other stuff I said was… I’m like, “I’m not going to do that anymore.”

I’m so spoiled by podcasting and the freedom that we have. There’s a lot of disillusionment there, but man, does it work. Does the mainstream trickery just work beautifully. Everything is a great product that I see, it really is. It’s not truthful but it’s a great product.

Guy Kawasaki:

Back then, did the experts scoff at the idea that there would be only music videos? Did they say, “American public doesn’t want this, they want movies, they want Disney specials, just to have two minute videos over and over again is not going to cut it”?

Adam Curry:

Interesting. Again, it was really radio people who drove this, and they said, “Oh, we can run this like a radio station, add VJ’s, and they’ll do shifts.” And basically, as a VJ, you’re one step lower on the rung from curable lepers, incurable lepers, then down there is VJ.

So they really want just interchangeable talent that you can just pull in and rotate out and have them look pretty and do their thing, don’t bump into the furniture, and we’ll play the songs. But something else happened, and the revolution really came from creatives.

So the first thing was these videos. Directors were making videos and they were doing them on really small budgets, and this became an industry. And so the first thing that had to happen was, we had to legitimize what was going on.

So every MTV Video, you would see the director, and the director would get a credit at the beginning and the end of the video. And that was not only an interesting negotiation that we went through with certain guilds, but it also really gave legitimacy to the product. And then you got celebrity kind of directors who would jump into the game, and there was people directing for each other. So that really became quite a thing. Then with John Landis and the Thriller video, all of these things really built up into this is an actual product that stands by itself, which ultimately also became MTV’s demise as we know it, when music videos were so commoditized that they found themselves competing with other networks for premieres.

So the next Michael Jackson video was going to BET. And so Viacom, MTV Networks, they said, “What? Let’s just buy BET, because we can’t have these guys cutting into our business here.” So they did that.

And then the commoditization just continued, particularly as online started coming to play, and they saw that they could get a 0.3 rating for music videos, maybe a 1.0 in primetime with some special programming like Dial MTV, or what later became TRL Live. But you did a long form programming like MTV Beach House, or MTV Real World, or Sporting Fool, or Remote Control, the game show, now you’re talking a three rating. And that was it. That was the smartest decision they could have made.

Sad for what it was, but the music video was no longer a viable business, and so they just went straight into, “We’re targeting this audience and we’re going to go after them 100 percent,” which a lot of it is low hanging fruit, teen moms. It’s crazy, it’s a lot of reality shows.

So the joke, the meme that goes around at the fortieth anniversary is, “Happy birthday, MTV, forty years and fourteen years of music,” all the rest was different kinds of programming. But it’s nice because it’s something that our generation, and that really is older millennials, I would say, up until… or maybe it’s just the older millennials and some boomers in there as well, that was something we shared.

It’s like the rotary phones on the wall. You can show it to people, they’ll be like, “That was like our thing. You stand here waiting for it, and you grab the cord and go around the door into the basement, really?”

So it’s that, that it’s hard to understand, but I’m so happy that I was a part of it, and I was there for seven and a half years. And to this day, I’ll be in just the most odd circumstances, maybe a CEO and then they figure it out like, “Wait a minute, aren’t you the guy from…?” And then the shirt opens up, Metallica T-shirt’s on underneath it. So it’s kind of a cultish thing at this point, but I’m very, very happy that I was a part of it.

Guy Kawasaki:

Wow. And tell me, how did MTV go from this scrappy startup held together by duct tape, into really defining the culture?

Adam Curry:

First, I will say Tom Freston was really important in that. I feel that he led MTV in his own Tom Freston way. He was a very, very interesting guy, very, very rock and roll, but complete suit, you wouldn’t know it. But you look into his background, he was into import export with Afghanistan. It’s like, “Okay. I know enough about Tom. This guy, he’s rock and roll.” And he had a good connection with the music industry. He understood what they wanted, because MTV is just a part of the system, and it became that very, very quickly, with all the negotiations and what goes on, “And who do we put in on special rotation to hook up someone else?” All the favors are all there.

And it was top forty radio sliding towards hip hop, the artists, and the video artists who put it all together, they made the words come alive. The videos, at a certain point was just the budgets were crazy, and record companies would still put them up and put up those kinds of budgets, and that started to change over time. So more creativity came in, the technology changed.

Final Cut Pro, that was instrumental for MTV Music videos in the latter part of I’d say the ’90s. It was like, “What? Nonlinear video editing and I can do this at home?” I remember going to CBS Sony records in 2005 or something, I was going to see I… ’04 maybe… see if I could do anything with the music business with podcasting. And I’m in the lobby there, and in Manhattan there’s a second floor lobby, and that’s where everyone waits until you’re called up to God to go meet with whoever you’re going to meet with. And I couldn’t believe what I saw.

It was just like 100 hip hop groups, and they’re all filming stuff, and they got soundtracks running, so I guess they’re doing a part of the videos that they’re going to get their record contract, and Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran is sitting there waiting next to me, and we’re looking at all this, and all of a sudden the lady comes on the speaker, “Mr. Simon Le Bon, Mr. Simon Le Bon, you can go up now, Mr. Simon Le Bon.” This is Simon Le Bon, we know who he is, and the whole thing was just mayhem, Guy.

I was like, “I don’t recognize this industry. I don’t know who’s making the money where it’s going.” And of course, the music business in general has really been stripped to its bare bones with Spotify and streaming and all the types of deals that were done to keep the broadcasters rich and musicians starving. The same story as always.

Guy Kawasaki:

Nothing’s changed.

Adam Curry:

No, not really, not really.

Guy Kawasaki:

And were you part of the, “I want my MTV promotion group”?

Adam Curry:

No, no.

Guy Kawasaki:

No? Not at all?

Adam Curry:

That was before me. That was the very first, when they just started off and they needed to get cable stations to carry the signal, that was the thing. Just like radio, you had to clear the stations and you had to talk to all these guys. I should know who came up with this. But the “I want my MTV” was an easy one.

You got all, especially the British guys to say, Bowie, The Stones, you got Madonna, you got Billy Idol, it was all the icons of the moment, and they loved it too. They were part of it. It was very, very community type thing, and it was heartfelt, even though there was money behind it and the intent was to create a four billion dollar brand, which it is, or at least annual revenues. So it behooved everybody. It was fun to watch. But the early days, no that was not me. I was not a part of that.

I was a part of Spring Break. This is a good one. So Spring Break became famous, MTV Spring Break coverage, but MTV didn’t want to just go to Florida and watch kids belly flop. That was never the idea. The idea was, “How do we get Budweiser to advertise on the channel?” And I was a part of this pitch. So we went to Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, and we said, “Look, your beer is down there in Florida and all these other places for spring break. We’ll do wall to wall coverage like big inflatable bottles of Bud everywhere,” and they went for it. Then of course, it wound up with me on the Bud Light boat with Spuds MacKenzie. Okay. But we did whatever we had to do, and that was purely to get them on the station, and it turned into kind of an unforgettable programming that they repeated over and over again.

Guy Kawasaki:

Man, you’re bursting so many of my bubbles, Adam.

Adam Curry:

No, but this is good. It was really fun to do. It was real. The realest thing I think was the Video Music Award. Those were live, they went out live, the early ones.

Later on, it became a little too contrived. And it was so good in fact that the VJ’s were not actually invited. If it was in Los Angeles, you had to fly yourself out, you had to buy your own ticket. They were horrible to us. It was like, “No, no, no, this is special programming. This is not for you.”

But like the people watch this all day long. So you get to do one little segment or something like outside. I’m standing outside here, all the stars are inside, I’m the schmuck VJ on the outside.

Guy Kawasaki:

So as a VJ, you basically watch these videos and then you had to just make it up on the fly? You weren’t meeting with them, you weren’t interviewing? How did this work?

Adam Curry:

Oh, no, no, no. There was plenty of interviews and stuff that would then get chopped up. I had several shows throughout the years that would include, would basically be six segments in an hour, of which three could be two minutes and just typical, it was like typical television because you got to sell more Skittles.

So we do that, and those things were great, and I loved doing that, many, many interviews, but it was never really like a live show, except for a Mardi Gras was live, we would cut live to Mardi Gras, which was really fun, back before you got killed in the streets. Spring Break was live, and the afternoons were live for a while with the Dial MTV where people would call in and request their favorite video.

So no, it was actually a lot of fun, and they were, in general, highly scripted. So every VJ was highly scripted, there was a teleprompter. And I just said, “Just leave it empty because I’ll just make it up. I know what’s going on.” Because I was researching. I had found the internet in ’87, ’88, and I was on Gopher. I was poking around, I was looking at news groups.

Guy Kawasaki:

You were on Gopher?

Adam Curry:

Yeah, I’m on. I got a SLIP account through Panix in New York City, and I figured out how to set up that SLIP connection, and you got your PPP stack and all that stuff, and then you fire up the terminal. “Oh, okay, there it is.” And then you log into the Gopher server and check around. But I really had more fun with the newsgroups and email.

Email was phenomenal because my audience was college students who, A, didn’t count in the ratings at all, so they didn’t even know how many were watching. They were watching but they had very different ideas about what videos they liked. So I’d get feedback from them and that’s how I ultimately set up my own Gopher server and registered mtv.com to run it, and I would pitch that on the air from time to time, so people had put little stories up.

And so I typically had new stories a day before MTV News itself because I was getting it from the people out there in the country who were emailing me these stories. And then it was I think around ’90, and I got an email from a guy in University in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and he says, “Yeah, Adam, I’ve got this thing, and I wanted to try it out.”

Guy Kawasaki:

Let me guess. A?

Adam Curry:

Yeah. Marc Andreessen. He says, “Adam, check this HTTPD server out?” I think it had like 1.4 or something. And I set it up and like…browse. I’m like, “Oh, wait a minute.” And that blew my mind. And I wound up leaving MTV maybe a year later to start my own company because I was like, “This is it. This is the real future, what’s going on here. I’m just mucking around on this cable news business or cable business.” And so yeah, that’s really how I got sucked in very, very deep, and I saw that I could be much faster, much nimbler, do more fun stuff, less restrictions online. And it was truly the Wild West.

AOL wouldn’t let you on the internet, if you recall, and people were like, “Come on, man, give us a browser, give us a browser.” And like, “Okay.” And you got that browser, and had to just click all those warnings like it’s dangerous out here, anything could happen, which is exactly what you wanted. And after that, AOL became a dial up company. Everything got sucked into the internet. It was beautiful. It was really an exciting time.

Guy Kawasaki:

Okay. Only one more question back in MTV days because we got to make the transition to the web here. Were you there when Michael Jackson required that everybody call him the King of Pop?

Adam Curry:

Yes. This is one of my favorite stories. So there were many deals that were made, and they typically revolved around the Video Music Awards. So if you wanted to have an artist of stature appear, then you maybe would have to play some other video by the same label, or some other favors were made, deals we’re done. And Michael Jackson, he was going to perform, and we had a whole Michael Jackson weekend planned around the premiere of his latest video, I don’t remember what that was, and of course teasing that he would be on the Video Music Awards.

And the way it worked on MTV is you tape on Thursday; you tape for Friday and Saturday… Wait. On Thursday, you tape for Friday, Friday, you tape Saturday, Sunday, something like that. Somehow we threw in a Monday somewhere. But we wouldn’t work on the weekend, but it was the weekend.

So we all did our bits, forty-eight hours’ worth of programming. And then I got a call Friday night like, “Y’all got to come in tomorrow because someone messed up.” The deal was every single time you say Michael Jackson, it had to go Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. I don’t even know if Michael Jackson cared, but we reshot the whole weekend just to make sure we didn’t screw anything up with that deal. That’s how political it was when it came to the deals. But it was all for the good. We wanted Michael Jackson to be on the show, I guess, but there was some grumbling.

Guy Kawasaki:

I can just imagine. Let’s get out of MTV days. We already touched on this a little bit, but tell us about this getting on the web. What a concept, right? How did that happen? How are you this early adopter, this pioneer of the web?

Adam Curry:

Well, I’ve always been a tinkerer. So my love of radio started when I was thirteen. I got a… and I still have it… Radio Shack 101 projects, and it’s a breadboard and it has components; you connect them with different length wires and stuff. And so that’s how I built my first transmitter, my FM transmitter, and that’s how I kind of fell into radio because I needed something to play on my transmitter, and before I knew it, I was building a mixer and understanding how to mix in a microphone, etc.

So my dad actually, we were living in Europe, and he was into all kinds of PR stuff, but it was online, and the first thing he brought home was a Minitel terminal from France. And France was very, very sophisticated early on. Every household had this little terminal and it was meant for hotel reservations or restaurant reservations and some news, etc. Turns out it was being used by sex workers a lot, so they had to scuttle the project at some point because there was a message board thing.

So my dad had all these weird computers and the one that I really grabbed hold of was the Sinclair ZX80, which was basically this plastic keyboard with a module on the back, which was the RF modulator that hooked into the TV and you could write and load programs through a cassette. But I worked part time at a computer store on weekends, and a buddy of mine who I think he might have had the Commodore VIC-20 at that point, but we built our own modems, our own acoustic modems.

So we ripped apart old phones and we put them in little boxes, so you could put the phone cradle right on top, and it worked, I want to say like three baud a minute or a second, whatever, but it worked. And so that was kind of my introduction, then bulletin boards and that kind of thing that followed. And then I put everything aside as my radio and television career started when I was nineteen in the Netherlands. And then when I got to the States in ’87, the first thing I did is I went to 47th Street Photo…

Guy Kawasaki:

Oh, my God.

Adam Curry:

…and I bought a Mac Plus with a scuzzy external hard drive, twenty megabytes, with that big scuzzy cable, remember to terminate. You could plug an RV into that thing. It was so much power. And the 1,200 baud modem, and I was using it for CompuServe, because I discovered CompuServe by then, I thought that was phenomenal. Prodigy was coming around, around that time, I think, that was a Sears deal. But all of this stuff was nothing because I kept hearing people say, “The internet, man, the internet. It’s impossible to get on but all the cool kids are there.”

And so I just fooled around night after night until I finally got a dial up account with Panix New York, figured out how to get the TCP/IP stack running, and I was off to the races. And from there, as I said, it just progressed into the web.

A guy from Sun Microsystems, Karl Jacob, who later… I think he’s still an advisor… He might have been on the Facebook board at some point. But he was at Sun and he said, “Check this out, Adam.” And at this time, I had a 56K frame relay in my house, “Look out, I’m cooking with gas now.” And so he streams a sound file from San Francisco to my computer in New Jersey. I’m like, “That’s it, man. Why am I mucking around on this cable business? This is where I got to be.”

And so literally, I finished the number one video on the Top Twenty Countdown, and I said, “That’s it. I’m leaving MTV. I’m going to start my own company. I’m going to do something on the internet. I don’t know what it is, but that’s where the future is, and I’m done and I’m out.” And I left and I never looked back.

Went right to my radio syndicators and started a company called OnRamp, and the first thing we did was this Fifty-sixth Annual Grammy Awards, we did what we call the cyber cast, with two sponsors, VISA and Casio. Casio was sponsoring because they’d just come out with digital cameras that you could connect via a serial cable to your computer so you could then upload the photos. And we were using CU-SeeMe video, hello, one frame a second, and it was a tremendous success.

Guy Kawasaki:

Oh my God.

Adam Curry:

And we even brought a T1 line into the Shrine Auditorium, and it was cowboy stuff. It was really crazy. But it was all East Coast, right? It wasn’t until I met the West Coast guys that I really understood how nuts the world was. And that’s where I met such luminaries as Marc Canter, and Dave Winer, and John C. Dvorak, John Perry Barlow, and I really didn’t know that much about the culture of Silicon Valley and computers other than the thing I held in my hands. So these are like profits, man. I was like, “Wow, there’s a whole another thing going on out here.”

In fact, I was still at MTV I think, and Halsey Minor gets in touch with me, he said, “We’ve got this thing which is a pilot called CNET. Come on out.” I’m like, “Okay.” So I go, and they had an idea, they brought in Kevin Wendell, a top… He helped build the Fox Network, not Fox News, but the Fox television station network, and they were going to do like a cable channel or something called CNET, and they had a whole bunch of people in just shooting all weekend long.

I said, “This should be an internet thing, really.” He says, “Oh, yeah, good idea. What should we do?” I said, “Well, do you have cnet.com?” “No.” “All right. Hold on a second.” I register cnet.com. I ran their email for at least a year, IMAP or POP3 email boxes for them. They never had an idea that it was going to be seen at the computer network the way it turned out to be.

So there were all these things I was just coming across, but that really enamored me with… If you sit down with Marc Canter and he’s smoking some weed, man, you can listen to that guy for hours like, “Wow, these guys are nuts.” And so that’s how I kind of started to learn about, again, the tinkering side, RSS. This is what I learned from Dave Winer. He was building microblogging, really, he was building RSS and the aggregator, and Marc had his multimedia stuff, and all of these different things happening.

Meanwhile, I moved to Amsterdam at the end of ’99, to go back. I had a Dutch wife and she wanted to be near her parents, and they had cable modems. Now, this was cool because cable modems was not fast or anything, but it was always on. You didn’t have to dial up, you didn’t have to tie up a phone line. Napster was just happening, so people were like, “Holy crap. I’m sharing all this stuff and I’m literally poking inside someone’s hard drive and pulling mp3 files out, and it’s all kind of working, but it was also slow.”

And that’s when I came up… I wrote a blog post called The Last Yard, and I had this idea that since the computer was always on, why couldn’t we just have the video file that you absolutely want to see instead of the experience of the day, which was click, wait, wait, download, click open up with another program, the real player starts to jerk open, all this stuff that was a crap. I said, “Well, wouldn’t it be great if there’s some program that would run in the background, something I wanted to see was ready, would download it, but then would tell me later,” because once it’s downloaded, then it’s just one click, it plays. So what I don’t know won’t hurt me. That was my whole concept.

And somehow, when Dave… and I was very involved, because I loved his product, Radio UserLand, I said, “Well, this is a two-way system. You create an RSS feed on the blog, and I aggregate it, and I can read it on my end. Why don’t we do like a file attachment?” But it wasn’t that simple. I had to go fly to New York and I had to explain to him what I was talking about, and I think he probably thought I was a schmuck.

Like, “What’s this Hollywood guy doing here telling me what to do?” But he saw it, he saw the light. And I think by the time I was back in Europe, he had kind of coded it in. And for two years we were testing this functionality, just going back and forth and like, “Oh, cool. There’s another 100 megabyte file that Dave uploaded last night in San Francisco, and I don’t have to download it. I click, it plays right away.” It was all kind of fun, for me at least.

Dave was working with Chris Lydon. I know that they had done some stuff for his radio program, but when I saw the iPod, yeah, that’s when it all came together. I’m like, “Ah.” Because I looked at the iPod, and that was not a digital Walkman or whatever people were saying, I looked at it and I said, “That is almost exactly like the Sony transistor radio my grandmother gave me when I was seven years old that I have under the pillow, it was the same size.” I said, “This is a radio, it’s a radio receiver.” And now we can have the radio shows… subscribe was the word of the time… you subscribe, and then this little program is going to look for the new episodes or whatever. We were calling it episodes, I think. And it’ll download it and put it on your iPod and Bob’s your uncle. And that’s where we started. Literally, that’s where we started.

And I’d started doing The Daily Source Code, which was a daily podcast. We didn’t even know what it was called at the time, and the whole point of The Daily Source Code was, I was talking about what the developers were building because they were building more radios. Ii was like, “Oh, the iPod Rex, and iPod Lemon and all these.” We didn’t have apps, we didn’t have phones or anything. My God, the tools we have now is so unbelievable compared to then. So yeah, and so that just took off real fast. I mean, people grabbed hold. I say that to Tony Kahn from WGBH, he was quite instrumental, unsung hero because he really pulled NPR into the game early, early on, and he was pushing them very hard. And that really gave it legitimacy, and yeah, it grew so fast. It was only a number of years.

Guy Kawasaki: I've

So people have applied the moniker “podfather” to you. Is that accurate? Are you the father of podcasting? Well, then what’s Dave Winer? Is he the mother?

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How to build a homemade tandem

A two-seater tandem bike is great when you need company on your next ride - even if it means biking in unison with someone else (or against them!). You can go as fast or slow as either rider desires, get where ever we're going quicker than expected because there are two sets of pedals doing all the work instead of just one set like other bikes provide alone. I've never seen anyone riding this type before until my buddy told me he had picked up his new toy from an online seller who specializes exclusively in reconditioned goods so keep looking around out there

Many people find it difficult to build a tandem bicycle but with the right tools and patience, anyone can do so. Follow these instructions closely for your very own two seater bike!

Step 1: Parts

you're going to need: -crescent/ adjustable wrenches -chain breaker -extra chain -electric drill -bolts/ nuts -two bicycles, nothing fancy (possibly a smaller frame for the stoker if you'd like, and if you're picky and want certain cranks, go with frames with square/ taper BB's) -crank puller (optional) -allen keys -basic bike tools -probably some other stuff I can't remember right now.

Step 2: Wheelses

take the front wheel off of whatever you're going to make the rear bike, and just as well, dismount the front bike's rear wheel. using a combination of wrenches and or pliers, do what you can to remove the axle from the front wheel that you just took off. we're discarding it, so make no special effort to keep it in great shape, though I highly recommend keeping the innermost washers in the best condition you possibly can. we're also removing the rear wheel's axle, so once again, try your best to remove all the washers while keeping as much as you can in tact. a workbench clamp is very helpful in such removal, as sometimes certain sides get stuck. I do not at all recommend using a pair of plyers as a clamp, as you'll strip the threading on the axle easier than you can possibly imagine. anyhoo, just make sure you have all the washers and nuts from both hubs aside from the ones that press against the bearings in the rear, because they'll probably be a bit of a different size. the whole point of this step if you're handy enough and don't feel like reading, is that we're putting the rear axle in the front wheel. it's longer, and we need that extra bit of length. I haven't tried this with a quick-release axle, though I'd be surprised if it didn't work. under the same token, why would you need one?

Step 3: Rear Bike

this doesn't necessarily need to be in any particular order, in when you do this, but on the rear bike, we're going to need to drill at least two holes through the headtube and through the steerer tube of the fork. drill holes corresponding with the size bolts you're going to use. I also wouldn't recommend smaller bolts, considering that we're going for strength here. this drilling is going to prevent the frame of the rear bike from turning like the cargo of a semi-truck, which could be catastrophic if it happens on a left turn for the drivetrain. MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU DRILL, THE FORK IS LINED UP PERFECTLY STRAIGHT WITH THE FRAME. I don't think I need to explain why. it might be easier to check this with a front wheel mounted, or if you particularly don't care about it, clamp it in a vice as I did.

Step 4: Attachment

so you should have a front bike without a rear wheel, a rear bike without a steering set of handlebars and three rods bolted through its steerer tube. splendid. take the rear bike and set it up with that front wheel with the rear axle, and using whatever combination of nuts you can get a hold of, make sure the fork tightens so that the dropouts of it are closest to the axle. try to get the rear dropouts of the front bike on over the axle. now of course, it depends on what fork you're using, what your rear dropouts are like, etc, but if for some reason your fork doesn't fit with whatever configuration you're using, stretch it. yes, if it's a steel fork, it should stretch pretty easy, as mine did; just put your foot on one leg and slowly bend it. make sure it fits over the rear dropouts, as opposed to inside of them now, and bolt that middle wheel on as tight as you possibly can!

Step 5: Finishing Touches

hopefully, like I suggested, you used a rear bike with at least a double crankset. that's vital. let's get the chain on now. or two. or three actually. yeah, you'll need three chains for this bike as well as a breaker. first off, fuse two chains together, and add or take out as many links as you'll need to get the chain to stretch from one set of cranks to the other. and make sure your pedals are set to where you want them just as well. you can do this using a chain breaker, which are about three bucks at your local walmart. naturally, the holes in the second bike's headtube are going to stretch, and considering that, so is your chain on those nasty turns. a simple solution is taking an old deraileur and fastening it to the dropouts of the first bike, but only using the bottom pulley. this will tension the chain from the bottom up, as you see, and prevent it from falling off. once you've routed your chain through the deraileur, connect the chain. so that's one down. oh yeah, and you're going to want to fasten it to the top gear of the rear cranks. the middle ring (I drilled out the little one because I'm anal), will work great for the drive ring, as you will, and operates on the same principle as a regular bike's drivetrain would. just so the chain doesn't fall off, I took an old front deraileur and bolted it on as another safety precaution.

Step 6: Gearses and Brakeses

I figured I'd give the stoker something to do, (okay, realistically, gear cables don't run this long!), so I installed a shifter on the rear bike's set of handlebars which control the gears for the bike, though I found out that they honestly don't help so much anyway. ha haa. and as far as brakes: if you want, you can install two, but they have to be controlled by the captain, because you don't want the stoker doing anything stupid. I highly recommend a front brake, and on the middle wheel, you can install a back brake for the front bike, or a front brake for the back bike. bottom line is, even as heavy as the thing is, it works fine for me with just one brake. and no bike shop would ever condone this, but if you, like myself, have a nicer deraileur and are lacking horizontal dropouts, get a cheap deraileur hanger and stick it in between the hardware and tighten the hell out of that wheel! it's proven to work fine, but looks pretty bad in my opinion.

Step 7: You're Done!

that's it? what?! yep. it's that easy. just make sure everything's tight and the hand - controlled parts are properly tuned up, and it's ready for a ride! so how do you ride it? yeah, there are three wheels and it's pretty difficult to turn (I say it turns like a semi-truck going through the drive-through of mc donald's) but trust me, it's not that bad once you get the hang of making really wide turns. I recommend having the captain get on first, support the bike completely and have the stoker mount themselves on the pedals, then take off with as little horizontal movement as possible. there might be some play in the rear bike's steering, as why I cut them down to size, considering that the stoker will have less leverage as a result, and it's proven to be effective. I'd cross streets by walking the bike and never take turns too quickly. also, think about getting a higher pressure middle tire, just because the wheel has twice as much weight on it as it normally would.

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