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ahh forgive me, it's been a long time since I've read that era. I meant more that I don't recall a fleshed out depiction of the attack on Genosha as it happened, at least not in the same way the show just did. Imo it's never gotten as full of a treatment as M-Day has

some stray observations about episode 5 of x-men 97 because I watched it a week late:

that was the best Kurt I've seen, live action or animated. exactly matches up with what I imagine when I read the comics.

holy shit I can't believe they had an ALISA TAGER AKA CIPHER CAMEO. they've all but forgotten her in the comics but her character and skill set have soooo much potential.

this was probably the best depiction of the Genoshan genocide, including the comics. if I'm not mistaken I think that was the first time we saw the attack happen on the ground. the genocide never was really felt deeply in the comics, not as much as Decimation, and this is arguably worse

they BETTER add Emma to the roster, and they better pull her out of the rubble, diamond-shiny and all!!!

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some stray observations about episode 5 of x-men 97 because I watched it a week late:

that was the best Kurt I've seen, live action or animated. exactly matches up with what I imagine when I read the comics.

holy shit I can't believe they had an ALISA TAGER AKA CIPHER CAMEO. they've all but forgotten her in the comics but her character and skill set have soooo much potential.

this was probably the best depiction of the Genoshan genocide, including the comics. if I'm not mistaken I think that was the first time we saw the attack happen on the ground. the genocide never was really felt deeply in the comics, not as much as Decimation, and this is arguably worse

they BETTER add Emma to the roster, and they better pull her out of the rubble, diamond-shiny and all!!!

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holy shit I literally SCREAMED at my TV when Storm got her 70s costume

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tbh what i hate about voting the best people off on drag race is that we're robbed of like more entertaining moments from those queens and all we're left with are the mid queens

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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MINIATURIST, French Guillaume de Machaut: Poetical Works 1350-55 Manuscript (Ms. français 1586), 300 x 210 mm (folio size) Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

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Detail of a gravestone, St Peter’s church, Heysham, Lancashire (via here)

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Ben Sledsens (Belgian, 1991), A second nice break, 2017. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 217.5 x 169.9 cm.

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hippie bitches wanna shame me for taking meds for bipolar depression after years of trying therapy first, meanwhile their brain is fried from doing molly and acid every weekend girl stfu

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re-listening to tune-yards and remembering how good their first three albums were. finally listening to sketchy too and digging it so far. it's sad they kind of fell off the radar and that their audience fell off (myself included) after i can feel you creep into my private life.

i do agree with the pitchfork article about how conversations of cultural appropriation needed to be brought forward and releasing an album (especially in 2018) centered on white guilt was awkward and off-putting. but it also doesn't sit well with me that the author, laura snapes, is a white woman complaining about how uncomfortable it is to talk about white guilt. white people need to talk to white people about their own accountability no matter how uncomfortable it is. i think it comes down to the audience. i think tune-yards were aiming for their white, liberal, hipster audience but it ended up coming off as "woe is me, evil white woman" esp. with "colonizer"

idk it's not my place to say what's right or wrong in this conversation about the appropriation of afrobeat but execution aside, i think what tune-yards wrote and sang about, be it bringing awareness to oppressive systems or white guilt, are still important discussions that need to be had. and as others have pointed out, it has to be noted that other (mostly male) musicians who have strong african and afro-beat influences (i.e. vampire weekend, paul simon, etc.) are subjected to much less public scrutiny.

regardless, i'm happy they're still make music and have even moved to scoring with boots riley on sorry to bother you and i'm a virgo.

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JAVELIN is out today. Thank you for listening. I love you.

This album is dedicated to the light of my life, my beloved partner and best friend Evans Richardson, who passed away in April. He was an absolute gem of a person, full of life, love, laughter, curiosity, integrity, and joy. He was one of those rare and beautiful ones you find only once in a lifetime—precious, impeccable, and absolutely exceptional in every way.

I know relationships can be very difficult sometimes, but it’s always worth it to put in the hard work and care for the ones you love, especially the beautiful ones, who are few and far between. If you happen to find that kind of love, hold it close, hold it tight, savor it, tend to it, and give it everything you’ve got, especially in times of trouble. Be kind, be strong, be patient, be forgiving, be vigorous, be wise, and be yourself. Live every day as if it is your last, with fullness and grace, with reverence and love, with gratitude and joy. This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Thank you. I love you.  XOS

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i think Ahsoka in the mouth of the (space)whale is not just a reference to Pinocchio (and even Finding Nemo, go synergy) but also references the biblical story of jonah and the whale. Ahsoka, like Jonah, had rejected the call to action from the Force (i.e. God) and it is only when Jonah is swallowed by the whale that he reflects, acts for forgiveness, and accepts his mission. I think this is also what part of Anakin's lesson was about, especially when he said "you lack conviction." Ahsoka after leaving the order was directionless, she had lost faith in her mission, her training and in herself. she was "going nowhere." but Anakin is trying to teach her that this is a kind of death in itself. you have to fight to live, you have to fight for it, not just survive. not just stay put. and that's why enlightened ahsoka says it's better to go somewhere than nowhere. she finally wants to live, wants to make things better, not just stop things from getting worse.

also i think this is the first time we ever really get to see/hear from anakin/vader post-rotj and it's so much more full circle to hear him speak and be at peace with both the dark and light sides of the force inside him. i always felt off about how quickly vader turned good/achieved enlightenment and became a force ghost but something about hearing his view of the force really closes that chapter from me. "live or die" might sound like absolutes but i think it's his own contribution to the legacy he was talking about. you have to have a reason to live, you have to have a reason to move on and be, otherwise, you are in a way, dead. something obi-wan learns in his series, and anakin learns once he lets go of the past and saves his son. you have to have an active part in shaping your life, in living.

maybe i'm projecting a bit of myself in here but i think that reading of it is somewhere in there and explains why i'm so emotional about this episode. but dave filoni has given us a brilliant, nuanced arc and philosophy and i am so grateful. i haven't been this excited and invested in a piece of star wars content in a long, long time.

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Hydrangeas and Other Garden Flowers - John Ross Key , 1882.

American, 1832-1920 Oil on canvas, 36 x 20 in.

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On the confounding joy of being // Part 5

-April 11th, 2022