#24 ORAS September 5 2017

[eddonegan]

Divinci Code crack confirms it.

Charles Harrelson

Dirk: I am a Dutch man living in Ireland. Originally from a small former mining town called Geleen in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.

Bloogers and writers note CHarles Harrelson is fit for the JFK assassination https://dirkdeklein.net/2016/06/18/charles-harrelson-woody-harrelsons-father-and-contract-killer/

Drug dealer Chagra later testified during Harrelson’s trial that Harrelson claimed to have shot Kennedy and drew maps to show where he was hiding during the assassination. Chagra said that he did not believe Harrelson’s claim, and the AP reported that the FBI “apparently discounted any involvement by Harrelson in the Kennedy assassination.”According to Jim Marrs in 1989’s Crossfire, Harrelson is believed to be the youngest and tallest of the “three tramps” by many conspiracy theorists.Marrs stated that Harrelson was involved “with criminals connected to intelligence agencies and the military” and suggested that he was connected to Jack Ruby through Russell Douglas Matthews, a third party with links to organized crime who was known to both Harrelson and Ruby. Lois Gibson, a well-known forensic artist, matched photographs of Harrelson to the photographs of the youngest-looking of the three “tramps”

The JFK link doesn’t stop there. The Actor Bill Paxton who was in one episode of Frasier(a spin off series off Cheers, in which Woody Harrelson starred with Kelsey Grammer) had been at a JFK event on the 22 November 1963, the day JFK was shot.

In Dirks's post is a picture of that event. Bill Paxton is the little boy sitting on the shoulders of a man presumably his Father.

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Lois Gibson (born c. 1950)[citation needed] is an American forensic artist who holds a 2017 Guinness World Record for most identifications by a forensic artist. She also drew the first forensic sketch shown on America's Most Wanted, which helped identify the suspect and solve the case.

The Tall Tramp was the Stunt Double of Lee Harvey Oswald. THe sending of the reciepts to LHO and placing near the Stunt Double's activity sells LHO was the sniper when Charles Harrelson was CH tied to E. Howard Hunt family.

JFK Jackie Schedule reprinted from The Great Treason

JFK 1962 September 24 Visit of Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan, Newport, Rhode Island

1962 September 25 Meeting with Robert G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, 11:00AM

1962 September 25 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (JBK) rides with Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan at Glen Ora, Middleburg, Virginia

1962 September 26 Bill signing - H.R. 11974 Public Law 87-701, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Authorization for 1963, 12:09PM

1962 September 27 Meeting with Prince Mohammad Naim, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, 11:00AM

1962 September 27 Meeting with Prince Mohammad Naim, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, 11:00AM 1962 March 26 Meeting with Indira Gandhi, 11:00AM

1962 September 28 Meeting with a delegation of the Gandhi Peace Foundation, 5:00PM

Gandhi was not a pacifist. … He believed in self-defence but he also believed that for a movement, such as independence from the British, peaceful resistance would be less costly in human lives than armed opposition. He saw inaction as cowardice and a sin greater than ill-considered aggression.

Chagra admitted to his role in the murder of Judge Wood and to the attempted murder of a U.S. Attorney. Jo Ann Harrelson was also convicted of conspiracy and perjury.

The Great Treason https://archive.org/download/genoracketeering_202001/GreatTreason.epub

Brett V. Harrelson June 4, 1963 and name Jo Ann fit the Divinci Code

"No way is this Kennedy guy shutting down international business. The CIA is going to hit him, I am going to take the first shot. Others in the Secret Service car Powers and Hinkley Jr. will back me up and one other sniper team too."

"We have sent the receipt of my gun to LHO and other steps are being taken to frame him. What will happen after he is dead is he as my being arrested double will die then we will swtich the rifle over to him.

Pillory epub

[levi-inthesun]

Kay’s Decade of Music Writing Challenge

Hey guys! I just recently hit 300 followers (which, uh... thank you???!!!) and figured I’d jump on the bandwagon. Basically, I chose 5 songs that came out each year of the last decade (besides 2020, those are just like, extras) for you guys to use as either inspiration for a fic/art/moodboard/etc, or you can take lyrics from it.. just whatever yall want. 

This will be for my fav fandoms- Marvel Universe and Stranger Things.

RULES

1. You don’t have to follow me, but like, that would be cool. 2. NO PEDOPHILIA. PERIOD.  3. Please include warnings! I will not read dub-con/non-con, so none of that for this challenge. Smut is fine SO IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 DO NOT ENTER/READ 4. Please send me an ask with the song title and character (Please specify if you are writing for Steve Rogers or Steve Harrington if you want a Steve!). You may do more than one (esp since I doubt many ppl are gonna hop on this? which is fine) Just, please write/create whatever you claim :) 5. One-shots, drabbles, series, social media aus, etc all welcome! PLEASE use a read more break if over 500 words.

Deadline is September 1st! Nothing special I just want to space it out from all the writing challenges with deadlines in the first half of the year. Please tag me @distractedgemini and use the tag #Kay’s Decade of Music Challenge

*****EDIT: Mobile is eating my asks so if I don’t respond to you in 24 hrs, please send me a message!*******

Song Prompts are under the break :)

Songs

(playlist here)

2010-

1. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

2.Animal - Neon Trees

3. Happily Ever After- He is We

4.Harold’s Song - Ke$ha @buckysmischief​ w/ Steve Rogers

5.Firework - Katy Perry

2011- 

1. Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum @firefly-in-darkness​ w/

2. You and I - Lady Gaga

3. Someone Like You - Adele @nekoannie-chan​ w/ Steve Rogers

4. Gotta Be You - One Direction

5. Memories - Panic! at the Disco

2012-

1. We Are Young - FUN

2. Ho Hey - Lumineers

3. Madness - Muse

4. Woodland - Paper Kites

5. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons

2013-

1. Still Into You - Paramore

2. Falling - HAIM

3. Royals - Lorde

4. Brave - Sara Bareilles

5. Alone Together - Fall Out Boy

2014-

1. Josie’s Song - William Fitzsimmons

2. Scarecrow - Alex & Sierra

3. Mother & Father - Broods

4. Clean - Taylor Swift

5. Boom Clap - Charli XCX (OR Lennon & Maisy cover)

2015-

1. Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

2. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - Florence and the Machine @deboryanne​ w/ Frank Castle

3. Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots

4. You’ve Haunted Me All My Life - Death Cab For Cutie

5. Unsteady - X Ambassadors

6. Special shout out to the millions of times listened to: Come On Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners

2016-

1. All of Your Glory - Broods

2. Hallelujah- Panic! at the Disco

3. Somebody Else - 1975

4. Welcome To Your Life - Grouplove

5. Just Another Day - Lady Gaga

2017-

1. Delicate - Taylor Swift 

2. Rose-Colored Boy - Paramore

3. Hymn - Kesha

4. Slow Hands - Nial Horan

5. Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers (feat Coldplay) @blueberrythor​ w/ Thor

2018-

1. Pynk - Janelle Monae

2. Gelatin Mode - Post Animal

3. Girls - Rita Ora, Bebe Rexha, Charli XCX, Cardi B

4. She Gives Her Love To Me - She & Him

5. Cigarettes - Tash Sultana

2019-

1. Icarus - Mindy Gledhill

2. Head Alone - Julia Jacklin

3. Don’t Throw It Away - Jonas Brothers

4. Chateau (Feel Alright)- Djo

5. Peach - Broods

2020- (Aka Honorable mentions)

1. Fitness - Post Animal

2. Million Reason - Lady Gaga

3. Big Jet Plane - Angus & Julia Stone

4. Growing Pains - Birdy

5. Leave A Trace - CHVRCHES

[harrystylesandblackgirls]

Hailey Baldwin and Shawn Mendes Timeline - The beginning

[S] Stands for speculation.

This isn’t exactly where it began but Hailey was crushing on Shawn in 2013 and Shawn responded.

October - November 2013

Hailey was 16, Shawn was 15 and he was in a relationship with Lauren at this time (2013 - 2015)

October 7, 2016

Hailey’s cousin tweeted this:

February 2017 Hailey wrote this about Shawn in ‘The Love Magazine’

(later in 2018 Shawn says that he and Hailey met through mutual friends)

Around summer 2017 it’s speculation that he starts thinking about/ texting Hailey because of a song he was working on.

 [SPECULATION] June 18, 2017

Shawn has an unreleased song called, “She’ll be the one”, which some think could possibly be about Hailey! A fan asked what it’s about and he said in July 15, 2017 “It’s basically a song about you haven’t met this girl yet but you can kind of just tell that she’ll be the first girl to break your heart just because you can tell you’ll be in love with her before even meeting her type of thing‬”.

Genius lyric description: Shawn knows that this girl will be the one who will cause Shawn heartbreak, like in most relationships, yet he can’t bring it in himself to let her go. Despite knowing she will cause him pain, he is asking himself how he can not try to make the relationship work as he is already crushing hard on this girl.

[SPECULATION] July 13, 2017

He posts lyrics to “That’s Amore” on his Snapchat. It’s about a guy that falls in love with a girl.

🐥 July 16, 2017 Hailey liked Khalid’s tweet

  “damn catching feelings for someone ain’t a joke lol that shit really throw you off by surprise sometimes”

[S] August 4, 2017 Camila’s song that a lot of fans think it’s about Shawn, “All these years” was wrote in July/August.

So Camila Cabello wrote a song called “All these years” that fans say is about Shawn Mendes. And the more I read the lyrics it may be true. Especially this line: “Couldn’t help but overhear you,Sounds like you’re happy with her But does she kiss you like I kissed you?” She said “it’s really personal”.

 Did Shawn and Camila even ever kissed before?

 IF this song is about Shawn, Hailey and Shawn definitely started getting close earlier than fans say (they say October but why else would Hailey visit his concert August 16th when she never had before? Hmmm)

“Sounds like you’re happy with her”. Could definitely be about Hailey! She released a clip of this song on her instagram live feed August 4th, hence the date up top.

 People say his song, “Why” is not only about Camila but also a response to this song, “All these years”

August 15, 2017

Justin posted a picture of Shawn and said: “What a LEGEND. @shawnmendes” I’m pretty sure it has a lot to do with Shawn getting with / talking to Hailey  (who was Justin’s ex at this time)

1 Day later...

🚨IT ALL KINDA STARTS HERE 👇

August 16, 2017 - Hailey Baldwin News on Twitter: “More of Hailey Baldwin with fans at Shawn Mendes’s concert in Brooklyn, NYC.”

September 4, 2017

🐥Hailey retweeted Madison Beer: “Two souls don’t just meet by accident”.

September 17, 2017

🐥Shawn liked a tweet: “keep love songs alive”

🐥September 25, 2017

Hmmm could be about Hailey. I think they’ve probably been texting/talking longer than fans think (fans think October, I think longer! maybe July/ Aug)

👆Hailey retweeted the show more love tweet it’s obvious they were talking before October! They just got caught first in October at the same concert.

October 2, 2017

Cryptic tweeting.

October 7, 2017

October 22, 2017 (Sunday)

Matching Tattoos, Sunday Dinner, Night Clubs.

*I put Sunday because in his lyrics in “Nervous” he says: “I saw you on a SUNDAY in a “cafe’”… 👀 I saw a fan say he said cafe’ to change it up but it was actually a restaurant.. hmmm

AND SAME DAY (early before it all) THEY TWEETED “craY” and Shawn followed Hailey on instagram and liked that picture of Hailey and Justin.

They both got matching tattoos later. Shawn got “8” (August 8) for his birthday and Hailey got “22” for her birthday (November 22) THEY GOT IT OCTOBER 22, 2017 BECAUSE SAME OUTFITS AND TINASHE IS WEARING THE SAME HAIR AND SHIRT IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE RESTAURANT PICTURE

At the restaurant around this time her sister posted this on her instagram story (clearly about Shawn). So she did like Shawn back? Hailey was saying in the video “STOOPAA” while blushing (smiling hard)  “Stop” in a long cute way as if she was talking to Shawn himself. (video)

They’re leaving a night club together (video)

October 29, 2017

Hailey and Shawn went to “Universal Halloween Horror Night” together (video)

October 31, 2017 - November 1, 2017

“Is there a hot new couple in town?”

“While hosting a Halloween party with her BFF Kendall Jenner at The h.wood Group’s Delilah in West Hollywood, Hailey Baldwin spent quality time with Shawn Mendes.

“He had his arm around Hailey and stayed by her side all night,” a source tells PEOPLE, adding that the duo left the bash together at 1 a.m. holding hands.

Last month, Baldwin, 20, and Mendes, 19, fueled dating rumors when they were spotted at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights and enjoying dinner together a few days before.”

Picture of them at the same Halloween party (Hailey top right, Shawn bottom left)

November 5, 2017

He’s deep in album 3 aka writing lyrics and working on his album where a lot of the songs are about Hailey Baldwin and it’s scarily obvious!  

November 10, 2017

November 12, 2017 - EMAs

EMAs Backstage:

Hailey: “Hi darling”

(Shawn Talks about noise etc. audience..)

Shawn: “You’ll be fine. You’ll be good”.

(video)

November 12 - 13, 2017 - EMAs after pary

People at the party says they were making out.

”Hailey Baldwin and Shawn Mendes reportedly only had eyes for each other as they were spotted ‘French kissing’ at the 2017 MTV EMAs after party in London on Sunday night.

According to The Sun, the 20-year-old blonde bombshell and Canadian singer, 19, were infatuated with each other as they packed onto the PDA for everyone to see.

[Hot new couple? Hailey Baldwin and Shawn Mendes reportedly only had eyes for each other as they were spotted 'French kissing’ at the 2017 MTV EMAs after party in London on Sunday night]

A source told the publication: 'The place was packed with stars but Shawn only had eyes for Hailey. It clearly wasn’t a one-time thing.

'They looked like they were seriously into each other. It was a very exclusive bash and Shawn and Hailey were really enjoying themselves, spending ages French kissing.

'They even posed for a photo with Rita. It seemed like they wanted everyone to know they are an item,’ it was concluded.

They were clearly an item’: According to The Sun, the model, 20, and Canadian singer, 19, (Pictured with MTV EMA host Rita Ora) were infatuated with each other as they packed onto the PDA

It was continued: 'They looked like they were seriously into each other. It was a very exclusive bash and Shawn and Hailey were really enjoying themselves, spending ages French kissing’

He stayed by her all night’: This isn’t the first time the pair have fuelled romance rumours as earlier this month they reportedly left their pal Kendall Jenner’s Halloween bash hand-in-hand at 1am, according to People.”

(she got back with Justin 6 months later...)

November 15, 2017

A news video says that Shawn and Hailey face times each other and texts each other several times a day. And apparently after the EMA’s they went home together. (November 13, 2017)

Video: 

Another news article November 16, 2017

Our insider added, “A few months ago they were sneaking out of public venues like Delilah while trying to not make a scene and now they have gone on private vacations to Europe. Their relationship has grown and they don’t care if anyone sees them now.”

“Hailey is not one to make things a huge deal, but Shawn worships her,” our source shared. “He is definitely considerate of her busy schedule and her feelings. They are really cute together.”

While things are still very much in the early stages, fans can’t help but wonder if a red carpet debut is in this pair’s future. After all, Shawn is performing at the 2017 American Music Awards this weekend.Until then, those close to the couple appear to be in favor of this new relationship. “Hailey’s friends think Shawn is great because he is ‘chill and relaxed’ and is very supportive of Hailey,” our source shared.

Also on this day they later tweeted this:

November 17, 2017

He posts on instagram story of him singing “isn’t she lovely” by Stevie Wonder and fans were saying it’s for/ about Hailey (video)

November 18, 2017 

Sharing the same Hotel room.

A fan ran into Shawn and Hailey outside of their hotel.

November 19, 2017

She wore the same clothes that she was wearing when she was hanging out with Shawn that means she didn’t bring any other clothes. She was in LA only for a night and that night she “hanged out” with shawn🤔

November 23, 2017

Shawn tweeted this. And this is around the time he sent flowers to Hailey, her cousin posted the roses on her instagram story, it was for Hailey’s Birthday which is on 11/22.

Hailey liked Shawn’s tweet about Daniel’s music (below). Daniel makes very very sensual/ romantic songs and Shawn says he’s feeling it on a PHYSICAL level meaning that’s how he’s feeling at the moment. (and later on in the next month in December he and Hailey went to his concert in Toronto together)

November 24, 2017

Hailey tweets lyrics from the song “Can’t Help Falling In Love”

He liked a lot of pictures of her when they were into eachother.

December 2, 2017

Hailey liked (and then unliked) this tweet

And then she tweeted this right after she liked it

A lot of the replies are only about Shawn including:  “Yes @haileybaldwin we know that this tweet it’s for @ShawnMendes you can’t hide it, just admit it, you cant with such beauty, welcome to the club hun😂”

December 20, 2017 

Shawn and Hailey were caught PDA-ing at a Daniel Caesar's concert at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, Canada  . They were spotted holding hands and cuddling. In one pic, you can see Hailey resting on Shawn's chest:

December 21, 2017

Hailey was with Shawn when he got his bird tattoo in Toronto.

December 22, 2017

 They were hanging out in Tornonto , Canada

**READ MORE UNDER (THIS IS LONG)!!**

December 23, 2017

They went out to dinner together (video)

December 26, 2017

Hailey tweeted (but then deleted): “Always too good to be true”.

December 29, 2017

Hailey tweeted this. Some people think it’s about Shawn getting with another girl and some think it’s about Selena and Justin.

December 31, 2017

2 days later, Shawn’s friend Geoff unfollowed Hailey on instagram. (some also said Andrew also unfollowed Hailey).

- Shawn and Hailey both liked each other’s New Year’’s post.

January 3, 2018

Shawn tweeted: “Back in the studio this month to finish the album... x” You know what that means? inspiration + lyrics = songs about his experience.

January 16, 2018

Hailey follos a Shawn fan account on Twitter.

  @shawnwwreports : “Hailey just followed us ”

And later she tweets this which fans believe it’s possibly about Shawn:

February 1, 2018

Shawn tweeted this and ya know damnnnn well who he’s talking about.. HAILEY. Just like his lyrics from his song Particular Taste, “I’m so obsessed with her”. Fans said he deleted it so fast after he tweeted it.

February 19, 2018

Hailey liked a tweet: “You run my mind boy”

February 25, 2018

Hailey liked a tweet: “We’re not in love but I’ll make love to you”.

March 9, 2018

Shawn liked a picture of Hailey on instagram (first liked picture of hers since December 31, 2017) maybe they got into it about their “zone of limbo aka friends with benefits” relationship so maybe the song “Perfectly Wrong” is about her? (about arguing, then having makeup sex..)

[S] Vanity Fair party

Fans say he looked upset after the party some say looks like he was looking for somebody:

April 3, 2018

He also tagged her in this picture lol and fans say it looks like he has a hickey.

She also posted these pictures of Shawn on her tumblr (this is also the last post she ever made)

From her instagram story that day:

May 3, 2018

May 5, 2018

Justin leaves a comment on Shawn’s instagram. This shows Justin knows about him and Hailey and is jealous. It all makes sense since Hailey went back to Justin weeks after this smh.

Hailey dances and sings along to Shawn’s song, “There’s nothing holding me back” in the NYC streets. It was very intentional that her friend was recording her and her friend was like yeah I know you know this song (video)

May 6, 2018

Shawn is obviously tweeting about Hailey. This is a day before their appearance at the Met Gala.

May 7, 2018 - The Met Gala

They were very touchy at the met, there’s chemistry. He was holding onto her waist while she was sitting in his lap. And he couldn’t stop touching her on the red carpet.

Interview before the gala Shawn says this:

(he wrote songs about Hailey on his album)

And Shawn and Hailey posted several pictures on their instagrams

Aww he even gave her his jacket after the met (bitch must’ve been cold)

May 9, 2018 article

May 15, 2018 

(video of her instagram story below)

May 18, 2018

She’s wearing Shawn’s merchandise, the “Youth” sweater. Could possibly be one he wore or he gave her her own.

  May 20, 2018

- Hailey was with Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun (which started the rumors that she’s getting back with Justin)

- Hailey singing and dances along to Shawn’s performance of “Youth” at the Billboard Music Awards  (video)

- And also this day Justin leaves that comment on Hailey’s instagram picture and fans think that meant they started back talking.

This is when it went downhill. It’s obvious Hailey and Justin Bieber started talking again in late May, so this was the end of Shawn and Hailey.

Tune into Part 2 : The End <<click.

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[transformativeworksandcultures]

Call for Symposium Essays

TWC has three upcoming special issues that are still taking Symposium submissions. And while we are always desperate for good Symps, we are especially eager to have more fan voices. It's 1500-2500 words editorially reviewed, so there is a review process, but it's nothing like for the full double blind peer review.

So here is my impassioned plea to y'all: consider writing for us. Academics I try to sell this by saying "It's a CV line for a blog entry." That's not quite true in both cases, because it isn't quite on par with a full essay (but certainly with a book review!) and it will be edited and professionally published. But it may be the best professional buck for your fannish work :)

Everyone else, who's a passionate fan and into meta: it may not get seen by as many people as a Tumblr post in the wild and there's no direct conversation, but it lasts. It has a permanence that's sorely lacking these days. And it's citable!!! (And will be cited and will be taught. Symp pieces are eminently teachable.)

OK, so while we always wants Symps (heck, if you submitted one tomorrow, we'd try to get it into the September 15 issue!), here are the three special issues for 2019:

Romance/Fans: Sexual Fantasy, Love, and Genre in Fandom

Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color

Fan Fiction and Ancient Tribal Scripture

All three are in need of more essays, and TWC is in need of more fannish voices. So if you always wanted to talk about m/m slash and romance or the fan community in romance fiction, if you want to talk about being a FOC in fandom and how things have changed over the years, if you want to revisit RaceFail or celebrate that not every COC is automatically "dead bro walking," if you've always wanted to do a close reading of this amazing Jonathan/David fic...here's your chance.

Below is a (not quite random) selection of Symposium essays over the years. And if you look at them, some are clearly academic and cited frequently (Scott, Lothian, Farley, Turk, Stanfill) whereas others are deeply personal (Phi, Sasha_feather, Wilson, Jones, Lavin, Rosenblatt). And some are just interesting and quirky: Biena's essay, for example, is told from the perspective of a LARP sword! Seriously. Wilson's essay could be meditative poem on life, the universe, and Pete Wentz :)

Cupitt, Cathy. 2008. "Nothing but Net: When cultures collide." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2008.0055.

Phi, Thien-bao Thuc. 2009. Game over: Asian Americans and video game representation. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2009.0084.

TWC Editor. 2009. Pattern recognition: A dialogue on racism in fan communities. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2009.0172.

Scott, Suzanne. 2009. Repackaging fan culture: The regifting economy of ancillary content models. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2009.0150.

Freund, Katharina. 2010. "'I'm glad we got burned, think of all the things we learned': Fandom conflict and context in Counteragent's 'Still Alive.'" Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2010.0187.

Sasha_feather. 2010. From the edges to the center: Disability, Battlestar Galactica, and fan fiction. Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2010.0227.

Keller, Vera. 2011. "The 'Lover' and Early Modern Fandom." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2011.0351.

Lothian, Alexis. 2011. "An Archive of One's Own: Subcultural Creativity and the Politics of Conservation." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2011.0267.

Gray, Jonathan. 2012. "Of Snowspeeders and Imperial Walkers: Fannish Play at the Wisconsin Protests." In "Transformative Works and Fan Activism," edited by Henry Jenkins and Sangita Shresthova, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2012.0353.

Wilson, D. 2012. "Queer Bandom: A Research Journey in Eight Parts." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2012.0426.

McWilliams, Ora C. 2013. "Who Is Afraid of a Black Spider(-Man)?" In "Appropriating, Interpreting, and Transforming Comic Books," edited by Matthew J. Costello, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2013.0455.

Farley, Shannon K. 2013. "Translation, Interpretation, Fan Fiction: A Continuum of Meaning Production." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2013.0517.

Turk, Tisha. 2014. "Fan Work: Labor, Worth, and Participation in Fandom's Gift Economy." In "Fandom and/as Labor," edited by Mel Stanfill and Megan Condis, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0518.

Jones, Bethan. 2014. "Written on the Body: Experiencing Affect and Identity in My Fannish Tattoos." In "Material Fan Culture," edited by Bob Rehak, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0527.

Barenblat, Rachel. 2014. "Fan Fiction and Midrash: Making Meaning." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0596.

Bienia, Rafael. 2015. "Exploring Nonhuman Perspectives in Live-Action Role-Play." In "Performance and Performativity in Fandom," edited by Lucy Bennett and Paul J. Booth, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0631.

Lavin, Maud. 2015. "Patti Smith: Aging, Fandom, and Libido." Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0658.

Keen, Tony. 2016. "Are Fan Fiction and Mythology Really the Same?" In "The Classical Canon and/as Transformative Work," edited by Ika Willis, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0689.

Rosenblatt, Julia Carlson. 2017. "From Outside to Inside." In "Sherlock Holmes Fandom, Sherlockiana, and the Great Game," edited by Betsy Rosenblatt and Roberta Pearson, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.0920.

Stanfill, Mel. 2017. "Where the Femslashers Are: Media on the Lesbian Continuum." In "Queer Female Fandom," edited by Julie Levin Russo and Eve Ng, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.959.

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Any questions, suggestions, people you might think I should contact, are more than welcome! Thanks!!! (kbusse2 [at] gmail.com)

[theweirdkidinside03]

Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You is the top song of 2017

Trending Hits of 2017

1. Shape of You - Ed Sheeran

2. Bad Things (with Camila Cabello) - Machine Gun Kelly

3. Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift

4. 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) - Logic

5. Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson) - Clean Bandit

6. There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back - Shawn Mendes

7. I’m the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Lil Wayne & Chance the Rapper) - DJ Khaled

8. Sign of the Times - Harry Styles

9. Stay - Zedd & Alessia Cara

10. Reggaeton Lento (Remix) - CNCO & Little Mix

11. That’s What I Like - Bruno Mars

12. HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar

13. Let Me Love You (feat. Justin Bieber) - DJ Snake

14. Havana (feat. Young Thug) - Camila Cabello

15. Attention - Charlie Puth

16. I Don’t Wanna Live Forever - Zayn & Taylor Swift

17. Believer - Imagine Dragons

18. Sorry Not Sorry - Demi Lovato

19. Slow Hands - Niall Horan

20. Chained to the Rhythm - Katy Perry

21. Scared to be Lonely - Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa

22. Strip That Down (feat. Quavo) - Liam Payne

23. Back to You (feat. Bebe Rexha) - Louis Tomlinson

24. Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith

25. Touch - Little Mix

26. Cool Down - James Reid

27. New Rules - Dua Lipa

28. Malibu - Miley Cyrus

29. Bad Liar - Selena Gomez

30. Too Much To Ask - Niall Horan

31. Crying in the Club - Camila Cabello

32. Feels (feat. Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams & Big Sean) - Calvin Harris

33. Wild Thoughts (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) - DJ Khaled

34. Paris - The Chainsmokers

35. Power (feat. Stormzy) - Little Mix

36. Castle on the Hill - Ed Sheeran

37. I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk) - The Weeknd

38. Formation - Beyonce’

39. Million Reasons - Lady Gaga

40. Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia) - Zayn

41. It Ain’t Me - Kygo & Selena Gomez

42. No Promises (feat. Demi Lovato) - Cheat Codes

43. Rain - The Script

44. Boys - Charli XCX

45. How Long - Charlie Puth

46. Middle of the Night (feat. Martin Jensen) - The Vamps

47. Unli - BoybandPH

48. 2U (feat. Justin Bieber) - David Guetta

49. Issues - Julia Michaels

50. ...Ready For It? - Taylor Swift

51. Versace on the Floor - Bruno Mars

52. Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay

53. Feel It Still - Portugal. The Man

54. What Lovers Do (feat. SZA) - Maroon 5

55. Bon Appetit (feat. Migos) - Katy Perry

56. He Like That - Fifth Harmony

57. No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly) - Little Mix

58. Green Light - Lorde

59. Craving You (feat. Maren Morris) - Thomas Rhett 

60. Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) - Cardi B

61. So Good (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Zara Larsson

62. Alone - Alan Walker

63. Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons

64. Cold (feat. Future) - Maroon 5

65. Young, Dumb & Broke - Khalid

66. What About Us - P!nk

67. Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran

68. Praying - Kesha

69. More Than You Know - Axwell /\ Ingrosso

70. Get Low - Zedd & Liam Payne

71. Hard Times - Paramore

72. The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) [feat. Lil Wayne] - Bebe Rexha

73. Swish Swish (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Katy Perry

74. Fresh Eyes - Andy Grammer

75. Down (feat. Gucci Mane) - Fifth Harmony

76. Instruction (feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don) - Jax Jones

77. Don’t Let Me Be Yours - Zara Larsson

78. At My Best (feat. Hailee Steinfeld) - Machine Gun Kelly

79. All Time Low - Jon Bellion

80. The Last of the Real Ones - Fall Out Boy

81. Perfect Places - Lorde

82. Bad At Love - Halsey

83. Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee) - French Montana

84. There For You - Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan

85. Caroline - Amine’

86. Heavy (feat. Kiiara) - Linkin Park

87. Mama (feat. William Singe) - Jonas Blue

88. Thunder - Imagine Dragons

89. Party (feat. Usher & Gucci Mane) - Chris Brown

90. Lust for Life (feat. The Weeknd) - Lana Del Rey

91. Lonely Together - Avicii & Rita Ora

92. Super Far - LANY

93. September Song - JP Cooper

94. First Time - Kygo & Ellie Goulding

95. Good Life (feat. Kehlani) - G Eazy

96. Chantaje (feat. Maluma) - Shakira

97. Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie & Mike Posner) - Nick Jonas

98. If I’m Lucky - Jason Derulo

99. Why - Sabrina Carpenter

100. Would You Mind - PRETTYMUCH

[herestomyreputation]

My Top 12 Music Videos of 2017

12. Mamita (Tour Video) - CNCO

Released: December, 18.

Link: https://youtu.be/HXYD_qaw9EY

11. No Lie - Sean Paul ft. Dua Lipa

Released: January, 10

Link: https://youtu.be/GzU8KqOY8YA

10. Everyday (Lyric Video) - Ariana Grande ft. Future

Released: February, 1.

Link: https://youtu.be/LELFIuhSPCI

9. Falling - Alesso

Released: February, 16

Link: https://youtu.be/YVPrCdChOAk

8. How Long - Charlie Puth

Released: October, 19.

Link: https://youtu.be/CwfoyVa980U

7. I Feel It Coming - The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk

Released: March, 9.

Link: https://youtu.be/qFLhGq0060w

6. There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back - Shawn Mendes

Released: June, 20.

Link: https://youtu.be/dT2owtxkU8k

5. Lonely Together - Avicii ft. Rita Ora

Released: September, 18.

Link: https://youtu.be/vQ3XgMKAgxc

4. Havana - Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug

Released: October, 24.

Link: https://youtu.be/BQ0mxQXmLsk

3. Perfect Places - Lorde

Released: August, 3.

Link: https://youtu.be/J0DjcsK_-HY

2. Scared To Be Lonely - Martin Garrix ft. Dua Lipa

Released: January, 26.

Link: https://youtu.be/e2vBLd5Egnk

1. New Rules - Dua Lipa

Released: July, 7

Link: https://youtu.be/k2qgadSvNyU

[c--squared]

2017 Review - My Top 50 Singles

50. Mura Masa - 1 Night (feat. Charli XCX)

49. Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.

48. Jessie Ware - Alone

47. Emeli Sandé - Highs & Lows

46. Zedd & Liam Payne - Get Low

45. Rita Ora - Anywhere

44. Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones

43. DNCE - Kissing Strangers (feat. Nicki Minaj)

42. Anastacia - Caught In The Middle

41. RAYE - The Line

40. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

39. The Chainsmokers - Paris

38. Starley - Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)

37. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

36. Cardi B - Bodak Yellow

35. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor

34. Little Mix - No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

33. Sia - Move Your Body

32. Nelly Furtado - Cold Hard Truth

31. David Guetta & Afrojack - Dirty Sexy Money (feat. Charli XCX and French Montana)

30. The Killers - Run For Cover

29. Ariana Grande - Everyday (feat. Future)

28. Calvin Harris - Slide (feat. Frank Ocean and Migos)

27. CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento (Remix)

26. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

25. JP Cooper - September Song

24. DJ Khaled - Wild Thoughts (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)

23. HAIM - Little Of Your Love

22. Calvin Harris - Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean)

21. Jennifer Lopez - Amor Amor Amor (feat. Wisin)

20. Kesha - Learn To Let Go

19. Jax Jones - Instruction (feat. Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don)

18. Miley Cyrus - Malibu

17. Maroon 5 - What Lovers Do (feat. SZA)

16. Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club

15. Lorde - Perfect Places

14. Nick Jonas - Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie and Mike Posner)

13. Lady Gaga - The Cure

12. Martin Garrix - Scared To Be Lonely (feat. Dua Lipa)

11. Sigrid - Plot Twist

10. Charlie Puth - How Long

9. Dua Lipa - New Rules

8. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes

7. Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

6. Steps - Scared Of The Dark

5. Paramore - Hard Times

4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling

3. Lorde - Green Light

2. Sigrid - Strangers

1. Alma - Chasing Highs

[ms-m-astrologer]

Transiting Vesta enters Libra

September 18 - November 16, 2017

Ushering in two months’ worth of partnership in the pursuit of aesthetics and equality, probably in that order, is this ingress of Vesta into Libra. This is ostensibly an inimical placement - the single-blessedness Lady Asteroid in the sign of Bridezilla - and if being one-half of a Romantic Couple is your sole/chief goal in life, you may indeed have some difficulty with this transit. For the rest of us, there are the following Vesta issues which now take on a Libra coloration:

Personal Integration: The literal interpretation is that this transit brings us challenges or gifts in our commitment to keeping our personal act together (Vesta) by maintaining our balance and poise (Libra). We could discover some personal quality we lack, which we need to adapt in order to become a well-rounded person. We may also find ourselves too dependent on others: either on actual persons, or on their opinions of us. A very tricky balancing act, to maintain self-respect equally with others’ approval.

Devotional and Religious Activities; One’s Work or Path of Service: “Ora et labora,” as St. Benedict advised us (approximately). The “social justice” side of Libra is bound to manifest itself, through Vesta’s transit, as (firstly) a kind of recognition that we can’t be truly effective working by ourselves - that this is not only inefficient, but futile. Second, although we may all indeed be equally committed to peace and harmony, our means and methods of getting there (as well as, what that looks like once we arrive) can be so different as to be opposite. Spiritual lessons regarding cooperation, manipulation, and competition are to be learned, if we’re willing.

Scholastic Interests: Well, yes, pretty much “fine arts bonanza” time, although Libra’s social justice side will also affect what we choose to study. Keep in mind that Libran balance is required of us. If you’re already well-versed in something, don’t focus further on it: think about how you can healthily balance that knowledge/skill, to make it even stronger.

The house(s) Vesta/Libra travels through, in your own chart, indicate where these issues/opportunities will be found. In the 1st House, you’re being asked to personally embody these qualities; in the 6th House, you need to clean up your diet and exercise acts, and maybe commit yourself to a “craftsmanship” level of skill; in the 11th House, find yourself a compatible group of allies with whom to associate.

Most of the aspects Vesta will make are of the “challenging” variety. My gut tells me that, if we’re up for it, we will be either shaken into, or out of, complacency. (That is, worry wart control freaks such as myself will learn how to chill out, while the “ignorance is bliss” crowd will be excised from that position.)

Celebrities with Vesta in Libra: Beyonce, Scarlett Johansson, Lana Del Rey, Bob Marley, Matt Damon, Roger Federer, Frank Sinatra, Christian Bale, Beethoven, Edith Piaf, Shakespeare, Coco Chanel, Charles Prince of Wales, Bernie Sanders, Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, Alanis Morissette, Michael Phelps, LeBron James, Serena Williams, James Hetfield, Sinead O’Connor, Thomas Edison, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Karl Marx

Wednesday, September 27, Sun/Libra conjunct Vesta/Libra, 4:39

This is the beginning of an almost 18-month cycle (ending March 8, 2019) between the Sun (our basic identity and conscious purpose) and Vesta (personal integration). It’s therefore an important day for all of us to re-align and re-commit ourselves - actually, any time during the first half of Sun/Libra will work - and for those of us with Sun-Vesta aspects, it’s a crucial day indeed. We can start thinking of ourselves as forces of balance, and of justice, rather than as random reactors to whichever breeze blows. Find, free, and direct your inner Eleanor Roosevelt.

Planets/Points affected lie between 3:39 and 5:39 of the signs Aries*, Gemini, Cancer*, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn*, and Aquarius.

Sunday, September 30, Juno/Capricorn square Vesta/Libra, 6:06

Certainly this will bring up partnership and relationship issues, even if you don’t happen to be in one at this time. We’re hyper aware of how we do/don’t conform to others’ expectations and demands; we desperately wish for their approval and acceptance. This ends badly when we feel alienated from our partners, and/or we sacrifice ourselves on the partner’s behalf. “The resolution of these challenges,” writes Demetra George, “lies in integrating the role of the autonomous individual within the context of a committed partnership.” Perhaps something along the lines of bringing out the best in each other will do.

Planets/Points affected lie between 5:06 and 7:06 of the cardinal signs Aries*, Cancer*, Libra*, and Capricorn*; and between 20:06 and 22:06 of the fixed signs Taurus*, Leo*, Scorpio*, and Aquarius*.

Wednesday, October 4, Mercury/Libra conjunct Vesta/Libra, 8:11

This is the beginning of a new 18-month cycle between Mercury and Vesta, so it’s extremely auspicious for beginning a new scholastic pursuit. Anything goes, really, even math: remember that the Libran symbol is a machine. Whatever you pick, be aware that the learning process will present challenges and frustrations. But how else are we supposed to learn?

Planets/Points affected lie between 7:11 and 9:11 of the signs Aries*, Gemini, Cancer*, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn*, and Aquarius.

Saturday, October 21, Pluto/Capricorn square Vesta/Libra, 16:59

Manipulative and cunning, with (1) a cold streak and (2) possible sexual compulsions. Issues of isolation (too much, or not enough) may also arise, and the whole thing could blow up pretty spectacularly. The key is to focus on constructive growth and change.

Planets/Points affected lie between 15:59 and 17:59 of the cardinal signs Aries*, Cancer*, Libra*, and Capricorn*; and between 0:59 and 2:59 of the mutable signs Gemini*, Virgo*, Sagittarius*, and Pisces*.

Saturday, October 28, North Node/Leo sextile Vesta/Libra, 20:19; South Node/Aquarius trine Vesta/Libra, 20:19

Here is the opportunity to integrate some genuine scholarly and/or artistic talents into our evolving self-conceptions. Remember that the North Node is supposed to feel strange and alien, though - we aren’t going to be Mozart or Monet jumping full-fledged out of our beds, this morning! Even if we’re just a little more public about our inner Oscar Wilde, that should be plenty….

Planets/Points affected lie between 19:19 and 21:19 of the yang signs Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius.

Wednesday, November 1, Venus/Libra conjunct Vesta/Libra, 22:26; Thursday, November 2, Eris Rx/Aries opposite Vesta/Libra, 23:08

...or gosh, for all I know, you have an inner “Bad Fairy Godmother” (like the one in Sleeping Beauty) who wants out. Maybe she and Oscar can have a fight, because this conjunction and opposition have serious Dorian-Gray-meets-Baba-Yaga implications. Writer and activist Starhawk, while working on her book Circle Round, “awoke one morning with the voice of the Baba Yaga in my head, saying, ‘Once I had a beautiful face.’” I feel you, Grandmother. And so may we all, over these two days.

Planets/Points affected lie between 21:26 and 24:08 of the signs Aries*, Gemini, Cancer*, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn*, and Aquarius; and between 6:26 and 9:08 of the mutable signs Gemini*, Virgo*, Sagittarius*, and Pisces*.

Monday, November 6, Saturn/Sagittarius sextile Vesta/Libra, 25:09

These two together are almost always conservative, and in Libra and Sagittarius what we’re trying to conserve is pretty much ideology. Perhaps we can hone in a little more than is the usual Libran or Sagittarian wont, and conserve fairness and justice. It’s potentially very preachy, too. At the same time, the aspect is hard-working and determined - I’d like us to hang onto that for the next week or so.

Planets/Points affected lie between 24:09 and 26:09 of the yang signs Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius.

Tuesday, November 7, Uranus Rx/Aries opposite Vesta/Libra, 25:45; Thursday, November 9, Neptune Rx/Pisces (11:30) sesquare Vesta/Libra (26:30)

Over these few mid-week days we’re liable to feel particularly isolated and alienated. We’re also afraid of losing our identities. Therefore, either we refuse to “work well with others,” or we completely sacrifice ourselves. Remember that Libra wants to bring balance: take well-defined (and agreed-upon) turns.

Planets/Points affected lie between 24:45 and 27:30 of the cardinal signs Aries*, Cancer*, Libra*, and Capricorn*; and between 9:45 and 12:30 of the mutable signs Gemini*, Virgo*, Sagittarius*, and Pisces*.

Wednesday, November 15, Pallas Rx/Aries opposite Vesta/Libra, 29:59

In under two hours’ time, Pallas retrogrades back into Aries; Pallas and Vesta oppose each other; and Vesta enters Scorpio. The two Ladies both “end up” in Mars-ruled signs, moving there from Venus signs. This is perhaps a “crisis point” in manifesting our creative visions - a “lightbulb moment” when we devote ourselves to the development of our creativity, to a political cause, and/or to our creative autonomy.

Planets/Points affected lie between 28:59 and 29:59 of the cardinal signs Aries*, Cancer*, Libra*, and Capricorn*; between 00:00 and 00:59 of the fixed signs Taurus*, Leo*, Scorpio*, and Aquarius*; and between 13:59 and 15:59 of the mutable signs Gemini*, Virgo*, Sagittarius*, and Pisces.

[jewelwriter]

My Two Coins:  My argument on Defense

Disclaimer: "My Two Coins" are to be read as such, someone's two coins about the topic at hand. IF at any point you disagree with it or agree, remember they are just my coins about said topic and the value you have of it will differ from my own because of religion, upbringing, beliefs, and logic based on your own experiences. Do not assume my coins are the international equivalent for it may be considered of a lesser value in the bank of public exchange. Thank you.

“Why didn't you complain about the previous third versions/sequels/whatever that did the same thing? That shows you are biased against Gen VII.“

I’m saying it Once and I’m saying it again.... BIAS MY@$$!!!

Welcome ladies and gentlemen. You've found a wild Jewelwriter.

And I’ve been given this a lot lately with some of my more personal allies and I feel like I have got to defend myself once again.  Though it’ll be in response to each of the criticism that I’ve been sent my way along with extra notes to go with my replies.

=1=

"The removal could be to like you stated, the Framerate is poor. It also doesn't help that they weren't even popular in the first place. You queue for a triple or rotation battle in previous generations and you can be sitting there for maybe 30-40 minutes? Think about it, the game is all 3d, that is a LOT of space being used up and compressed for code and other information."

The patience some people have is sad when I look at it.  (Though makes me wish that my time would have been included for that)  I've considered that 3d animation takes time but at times the Pokemon have vanished when attacks are used...trainer included.  So it could have worked still to a degree.  This is the most bendable of points since the programming isn't easy.

-

And I mean it as the Programming that probably is going to be a problem when trying to get certain things into a certain space but then again they had managed to do it before to fit a number of details into the game so it isn’t as easy to do but it is possible if by working edges to smooth them out.

=2=

"Super Training was bullshit and I never used it. The change of pace for Island Trials was due to the face Alolan didn't follow the rest of the world in the system. The Gen I pandering is to be excepted as the region is neighbors with Kanto. The Ultra Beasts were an interesting twist on Pokémon Legendaries/Mythicals And really, the whole story. I'm sorry to say this, but it sounds like she is bitching over spilled milk, crying because she wanted another dull Pokémon Game.”

Super Training wasn't bs because it honestly will tell you what EVs you are giving which is a lot more than what the islands are doing.

Doesn't excuse how they aren't as filling as the trainer battles and Gym battles.  The fact would be one of the more filling battles that were given with the gyms was oddly a Gen 3 battle (the 7th one oddly...better known in Emerald for having 4 Pokemon to worry about.) so in a way I wasn't in as much a headache with the Gym system and more with the Trials.

I might as well see Mt Moon with how that seems to be that close to Kanto with all those Pokes.  I mean there are other generations that deserve some love and barely got any (Gen 5 especially...I mean Audino for the only mega poke?  And I could count nearly 19 of them before you get through half the islands.) so it would help to see more mon that isn't just restricted to Gen 1 remixes?

Cosmog was an interesting concept.  The Ultra Beast had some promise, but the story was about LILLY and her mostly needing your help to find answers while you randomly get the story pointed to you instead of the main goal of it being on you when the boring part of her quest kicks in.   Followed by Edgy the wannabe rival that tries to be the blue you wanted at the last minute when the Professor did a better job of that and he was more interested in seeing you grow out of anyone else.  And that's on top of the fact that I accepted that Hau wasn't going to be the strong battler rival of the game.  So excuse me for being factual on something that was done wrong and judged the game on its own before comparing it to the rest of the legacy which this is the weakest by far.

-

And how can one defend this one since they literally have you working around everyone else and barely have anyone really interested in you as a true trainer to watch grow sans the professor when you begin.  Hau is the friendly fighter who’s just trying to grow beyond his Grandpa, Edge Prince Gladion is a last-minute fighter using an apparent god fighting Pokemon that apparently got a type power up stronger than yours.  At least the professor fights you on your level of sorts.  Ultra Beasts storyline kind of is left to the aftergame and barely anything really revealed about them.  The only one that kind of gets development before you get it is Cosmog who kind of goes with you all over (though it tells you something when Lilly is able to carry Cosmoem) so it’s workable.

=3=

“Seriously, Sun and Moon got me back into series after the disappoint of X/Y. I liked the story, but at the same time, X/Y was just boring outside of it. Same old same old. I mean, I love it when you beat the champion and then the old King himself AZ appears and challenges you. It just seems she hates everything new they are trying to do."

I honestly felt more enlightened to Pokemon thanks to Black and White and X and Y felt like more the most completed revival of the series that people wanted out of the Black and White.  And sure I understand there are risk and reward for trying something new but when the new fails it is time to call it out on THAT and at least wait to see if it gets better or worst.  I'm kind of happy that you can hatch 19-24 eggs in one time, happy you can get rare items and stones to sell and use for your Pokemon to evolve, and I'm happy that they added more ways to battle with the Battle Royal and made it that you are the champion and are defending your belt against different trainers instead of just taking on the same foe again (Fun fact: for the mission of that sort I took it on and did it 5 times which I took on Hau, The Dragon Rocker, the Professor, Team Skull's former babysitter, and the kid on route 1. :P ) so excuse me for seeing the negatives outway the positives but when it is true... it is flipping true.

-

And I’m not kidding about it since I had to hunt for the reasons why I liked Gen 7 instead of finding it flowing out like a river of water.  If Orre was more memorable than alola then there’s a problem.

=4=

"Platinum and Emerald were done in literally half of a year. And B2W2 had worse footing then Sun and Moon. If that is not a paste job, I dunno what is anymore. I'm just going to stand on my ground of that, a majority of the Pokémon Community is spoiled. I mean, look at Kirby games. Most of them are nearly similar in gameplay and theme but always get extreme praise. There is very little hate towards it, so why on God's Green Earth is Pokémon getting it?"

-.- (GOD that is so incorrect.) Time for a bit of a time check...

Gen 1: September 28th, 1998 Yellow: October 19th, 1999 ({=Unexpected here.  Then again I was moving during this time.)

Gen 2: October 15th, 2000 Crystal: July 29th, 2001 ({= Here is under a year.)

Gen 3: March 17th, 2003 Emerald:  May 1st, 2005

Gen 4: April 22nd, 2007 Platinum: March 22nd, 2009

Gen 5:  March 6th, 2011 B2/W2:  October 7th, 2012

Gen 6: October 12th, 2013 ({= I had to flinch at how short this date was.) ORAS:  November 21st, 2014 ({= Only thing comparable for the time.)

Gen 7: November 18th, 2016 Ultra S/Ultra M: November 17th, 2017

They only did going under a year twice... and that's before the 3rd comes up.   I'm one of the few that try to make my own Pokemon from the ground up and the only thing I hate worst than this generation is what is flipping going with Smogon so think of it like this: I might hate Gen 7 (Which might not change my mind when the newest of it comes out and I got to work with it.) but I rather play with that than step anywhere near Smogon at all costs.  Sure competitive Pokemon is a mess but I would want that to grow and be more diverse than what I'm seeing from the worst of the community which is in that area of toddlers.

-

And I’m being truthful here.  I REALLY despise Smogon with such a fury that it makes My gen 7 hate I got to look like a cake compared to a Snorlax dinner that is the fury I have for Smogon.

=

And that’s EACH and every counterpoint and I will still defend my argument to the end since it is under a year...and in a way, I expected more in a way from Game Freak, The Pokemon Company, and the people that know their history and support them.  I might be one voice but after all the things that went wrong with this one I’ll be glad to get out of vacation mode in Pokemon.  Write to me if you feel like I’m write, right, wrong, or mixed in some way.  After all THIS is a text box.

As for me... this wild one runs away!

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 15th September 2019

This is a pretty damn busy week all things considered, especially in comparison to the last few weeks which have been incredibly dry, by that I mean “No new arrivals” dry, so without further ado, let’s review the charts.

Top 10

Now I’m puzzled, why hasn’t “Take Me Back to London” by Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy, remixed by Sir Spyro with additional verses from Jaykae and Aitch (Yes, I’m saying that whole thing every time) been dethroned yet? It’s its third week at #1, and I understand that it’s Ed Sheeran making watered-down white-washed grime music which follows somewhat of a UK hip hop trend with pop sensibilities and riding off the waves of a late 2000s grime/UK garage nostalgia phase, it’s essentially the perfect #1 for late Summer-early Autumn 2019 in Britain, but come on, this isn’t a great song and it’s been so close to stepping down from this spot in the past three weeks, in fact...

Aitch may as well have dethroned himself by technicality this week, since the release of his AitcH20 mixtape (I don’t like the dude’s music but I respect the pun) has propelled his lead single “Taste (Make it Shake)” up a spot to number-two, which is a new peak but not the #1 spot as I very much expected, and dreaded, this week.

Potential #1 “Higher Love” by Kygo and the late Whitney Houston is down a spot to number-three thanks to Aitch’s impact, which fortunately, isn’t notable enough for an Album Bomb feature; neither is Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding but we will see some of that later on.

“Ladbroke Grove” by AJ Tracey is staying still at number-four.

Meanwhile, we have a humorous blunder on the BBC’s part, who said that Post Malone’s “Circles”, at number-five this week, is “down 6”, implying that Post Malone reached the impossible: A #0 spot on the UK Singles Chart. Pretty impressive. This song has grown on me, especially in album context, but I’m not bothered about it all too much still and I do think “Goodbyes” with Young Thug is miles better.

Joel Corry’s “Love Island anthem”, “Sorry” featuring uncredited vocals from Hayley May, is at number-six this week, which isn’t a change at all from last chart.

Unfortunately missing its chance of #1 now is “3 Nights” by Dominic Fike, down two spots to number-seven. I predict Fike’ll be a one-hit wonder because of his general apathy for promotion and performing live, especially since none of his other singles seem to have matched the success of his breakout song, but that debut album will be what decides it, I suppose.

Lil Tecca is down one space to number-eight with “RAN$OM”, which still isn’t plummeting fast enough – I did a UK Top 40 ranking on my Twitter @cactusinthebank and this just barely missed the bottom of that list, so if you wanted any insight on how I feel about that track, there you go.

Young T & Bugsey ride off the Aitch feature as “Strike a Pose” is up another chart position to number-nine.

Finally, we have a gain I’m ecstatic about, as “Goodbyes” by Post Malone featuring Young Thug gains a second wind, up four spaces to #10 thanks to the album release. More on that later, but I’m glad this returned to the top 10, it is a near-perfect pop song.

Climbers

I’m ecstatic about this gain too as Regard’s Jay Sean remix, “Ride It”, is up 10 spaces (or “down 10” – thanks, BBC) off the debut to #15, becoming Regard’s first ever UK Top 20. Congratulations, but man, who cares? Jay Sean has another hit. It’s his ninth UK Top 20 hit overall and first ever since 2010, I hope this guy makes a comeback. Speaking of people getting their first UK Top 20 hits, “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I had an unexpected boost 12 spaces up to #19, becoming her first ever as well. There are no other climbers but there are a ton of fallers, so...

Fallers

I think I need for the first time in months to separate these fallers by genre, so...

In reverse order of how high up these songs are on the chart unless noted, and starting with pop, EDM and rock(?), “bad guy” by Billie Eilish (Featuring Justin Bieber, kind of) is down six spaces to #37 as this one’s definitely on its way out. Skipping two songs for the sake of the writing to flow, “Ritual” by Tiesto, Jonas Blue and Rita Ora is down four to #28, “Someone You Love” by Lewis Capaldi is down six to #27, “Castles” by Freya Ridings is down six as well to #26, “Beautiful People” by Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid is down five to #24 and “boyfriend” by Social House featuring Ariana Grande is down five to #22.

Our second genre is Taylor Swift, as “You Need to Calm Down” has an end to its second wind thanks to the Lover album release, down eight spots to #36 (It’ll be out pretty soon), and the title track (That’s “Lover”) is down nine positions to #31.

Our third and final genre category worth noting is hip hop and R&B, starting with MIST and Fredo dropping a whopping 26 spaces to #35 with “So High”, just as I start to actually like this song, thanks to what are probably streaming cuts... and that’s actually all for that genre. Huh. Maybe I shouldn’t have split this in the first place.

Dropouts & Returning Entries

Our drop outs seem to all be songs from the last stretch of the charts, in fact all of last week’s #36-#40 have been replaced this week, mostly some songs barely holding onto the UK Top 40, specifically in the realm of hip-hop seemingly, with “I Spy” by Krept & Konan, K-Trap and Headie One dropping out from #39 and “Location” by Dave featuring Burna Boy out from #40, as well as “Wish You Well” by Sigala featuring Becky Hill from #38, while some recent debuts are also out of the chart. “The Man” by Taylor Swift is out from #36 but won’t be back and is probably the result of a combination of a busy week and Lover hype dying off, while “Lalala” by Y2K and bbno$ is out from #37 off of the debut, but will re-enter next week at even possibly a higher position actually. It’s just because it’s a busy week and it happened to break in late, it’s not losing in performance.

There are no returning entries so let’s get into the most EPIC part of the show:

NEW ARRIVALS

#40 – “Slide Away” – Miley Cyrus

Produced by Andrew Wyatt and Mike WiLL Made-It – Peaked at #11 in Slovakia and #47 in the US

You’d be hard-pressed to find a Miley Cyrus song I enjoy, even in eras people seem to praise like Bangerz and... well, just Bangerz. I don’t think I’ll ever be a fan of Cyrus to be honest, I’m definitely not a fan of the slight country twang she has in her voice and I never think her production is any good or even worthwhile, usually provided by Mike WiLL. It’s either completely misguided and cringeworthy like SHE IS COMING or to an even worse extent, Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz, or generic, country-influenced pop slush like her Disney efforts and once again to an even worse extent, Younger Now. I did see a lot of buzz about this track in particular that seemed pretty positive, and I’ve got to say, it took her 16 UK Top 40 hits and a music video being released recently, but she’s finally got a charting song that I like, in fact, I might love this. Those slick guitar riffs that start the song off as well as soulful pitch-shifted vocals set a really sombre atmosphere, propelled by the trap percussion with 808s that really dig into the centre of the mix, and an odd scatting and incoherent vocal sample, which is actually an interesting addition and probably Mike WiLL’s contribution. The chorus here is insanely powerful, with Cyrus’ country twang being more subtle and overall, her performance here is a lot more bearable than normal. The swell the airy synths have here especially in the hook is less non-descript than most modern pop and doesn’t present any grandiosity like you’d expect, especially backed by the strings. It sounds more like acceptance, which is incredibly fitting for the subject matter, which as a result from Cyrus’ split with one of the Hemsworths, is focused on how she wants to safely move on rather than focusing on the past as it’s pretty unhealthy especially as she’s now a grown woman (Which she points out in the pre-chorus), with the fully instrumental and surprisingly lengthy outro (Really love the subtle touches there as well, as the vocal sample comes back briefly as well) full of vocodered synth brass and strings flailing out and going nowhere... much like her marriage. Was that on purpose? Probably not, actually, I doubt Mike WiLL really cares, he was probably there to programme some trap drums that sounded a tad sombre and then move on to giving Rae Sremmurd a reason to be making music. Yeah, this is pretty great, although I’d prefer the writing to be a little less undercooked, with a variation on the verse rather than a simple reprise, but I’m not complaining about how it is now really, considering this is a massive improvement on... pretty much everything else. Check it out if you haven’t already.

#38 – “Liar” – Camila Cabello

Produced by watt, The Monsters and the Strangerz and Jon Bellion – Peaked at #13 in Singapore and #56 in the US

I love how history repeats itself. In 2017, Camila Cabello released a double A-side single of sorts, with a trendy pop song following what was popular at the time and a slightly left-field Latin-tinged R&B cut. The trendy pop song, “OMG” with Quavo, underperformed, although the Latin-tinged R&B cut with the incoherent Young Thug guest verse was “Havana”, a #1 hit and one of the most popular songs of the decade, later ending up on the album. Similarly, the “dark pop” Billie Eilish rip-off that is “Shameless” was given the obvious label push but fans seem to really prefer the Latin one, “Liar”, which shows they should probably stop marketing Cabello as a pop star, but we’ll see how that goes in a few months when the album releases. For now, however, we’ve got “Liar”... wait, why the hell does Lionel Richie have a writing credit?

Okay, so I’ve covered 1994’s Year-End list for a Top 5 Best and Worst Hit Songs feature, and I’ve listened to the 1984 list as well for a Top 10 Best Hit Songs feature for that one, and as I guess is a gift of fate, one of the best songs from the 1994 list and one of the worst from the 1984 list are both sampled and/or interpolated in this Camila Cabello song, and trust me, once you hear both of them, you can’t un-hear them, and I heard them immediately. It’s not subtle, but it doesn’t necessarily need to be, the song can still be a catchy pop ditty with the blatant sample... but no amount of Melodyne and vocal manipulation can help Cabello from her rubbery and squeaky, slightly off-key(?) falsetto cooing. It’s not sensual or “Broken”, it just sounds awful. Oh, yeah, and the ska beat is mediocre, with hilariously plastic horns, especially in comparison with “Havana”... Honestly, replacing Pharrell with Jon Bellion and removing Young Thug entirely is probably the worst decision the label made. Nothing here is enticing except an admittedly tight bassline, but what’s the point? Just listen to “All That She Wants” by Ace of Base, download some extra FL Studio saxophone sound effects (Even though the cheap horns in the original are dated, they sound a lot better than the recreation here), and you’ve got a somewhat better version of this song. It’s a weak effort, but my expectations weren’t high in the first place. Still better than “All Night Long (All Night)” though, but that’s a pretty difficult feat.

#21 – “Buss Down” – Aitch featuring ZieZie

Produced by Mojam

Remember ZieZie? I wrote paragraphs on paragraphs about that “Fine Girl” song he had but it really was an enigma to me at the time and still kind of is. Anyway, this is the instant grat single and breakout song from Aitch’s second mixtape, AitcH20 (There are layers to that pun and I respect it). I don’t care about Aitch all that much, he just seems to be a safer alternative and pretty accessible guest rapper, like your grandmother’s favourite British trap artist. This is his fifth UK Top 40 single and ZieZie’s second (I never thought I’d say those two words in my life)... but first of all, I commented on this when I talked about “Fine Girl” but the dude’s released more singles so it’s even more jarring now – why is his pre-fame single “Low Life” still listed on Spotify as “ZieZie- “Low Life”” in both the album and track title? He’s signed to a major label, he’s on one of the biggest UK rappers’ promo single, how has no-one fixed this? Sigh, well, the song’s okay. It’s very much not a trap cut, it takes some influence from the Afroswing that people like MoStack make, especially with the piano riff that’s used as the main synth melody, as well as some cute 808s and an admittedly great hook from ZieZie... but the beat doesn’t change and Aitch is existent. The chorus is four lines, all of which sung twice in one chorus, which happens four times in the song. It’s mostly Aitch with corny lyrics and a really sloppy flow on the verses, with a third verse from ZieZie that is absolutely dreadful, pushes this song to mediocre for me. Not only is it incoherent enough for there to be some [?]s on Genius still, but it’s about taking your girl... but letting ZieZie’s friend have sex with your girl, although apparently your girl likes it when her and ZieZie have rough sex, even though your girl is having sex with ZieZie’s friend instead and your girl loves how caring ZieZie is... Huh?

#20 – “Sounds of the Skeng” – Stormzy

Produced by Sir Spyro

Now, THIS is some good British hip hop. This is Stormzy’s 17th UK Top 40 hit and tenth UK Top 20 single, and it’s pretty great. I understand why it didn’t have a Top 5 debut like the sweet gospel-pop number “Crown” or addictive bop that is “Vossi Bop”, because this is just straight-up grime. It’s not UK garage, there aren’t any pop beats or Jorja Smith vocal samples, it doesn’t go soft, it goes hard. It’s produced by Sir Spyro, it has three rapidly-flowing verses, and it’s an absolute banger. You can barely even hear Stormzy under the dramatic synths and bursts of brass, but you can tell he’s just going and going and going. The only sense of melody we get in this bass-rattling single really, other than the synths and smooth jazz horns in the left channel, is the producer tag that plays briefly in the chorus and never again. There are several moments here I just love, not even necessarily lyrical moments although those are usually on point here, but Stormzy’s wild inflections throughout. Most verses start with a simple, Westernised modern flow and then go into a more speedy and aggressive delivery that barely doesn’t clip in the mix. The first verse is comparatively relaxed, with a pretty lazy cadence, making a pretty obscure Kendrick Lamar reference for whatever reason, with the “Perfect!” sample from Street Fighter perfectly implemented. I like how the first verse seems more like a threat while the second verse and third verse are right into the action, as he asks “old Mike” not to resurface, and in the chorus, even mentions old persona Wicked Skengman or Mr. Skeng. The title of the song has a lot of thought into it as well, being a reference to The Sound of Music juxtaposed with grimey London slang term “Skeng” and the Sir Spyro producer tag, “Sounds of the Sir”. Stormzy starts dissing British rappers who use too much Americanised slang and beat selection in the second verse, with lazy, dismissive ad-libs almost mocking trap-rappers overseas like Migos, and then he reaches the peak of the song. The second verse, personally my favourite, is where he has a machine gun flow enraged outburst, and it is insane, mentioning his two BRIT Award wins while also keeping an impressive delivery that is pretty much just really quick yelling, it’s really intense, but he sounds focused and determined. The third verse is the cooldown, paying tribute to So Solid Crew and their flow and ad-libs, as well as some pretty clever wordplay regarding other rappers Flipz and MIST, as well as Giggs, whose song “Whippin’ Excursion” is rhymed with a brag about how tall he is. He’s 6’5’’, which is towering above me. All three verses here have their own unique flow and cadence, as well as theme seemingly, but that’s not all that clear right now. I’m excited for this one in album context, but this is great already. Check it out.

#11 – “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone

Produced by Louis Bell and Brian Lee

Really? The title track? I mean, understandable, it’s the first song on the album and it’s not a bad song at all, but there are so many better and more interesting songs on the album that you’d figue would debut high. “Saint-Tropez”, the “Wow.”-type banger? “Enemies” with DaBaby? The awesome alt-rock banger “Allergic”? Kanye West-produced “Internet”? Future and Halsey pretty much saving the ballad “Die for Me”? Hell, I figured the record-breaking “Take What You Want” with Travis Scott and the legendary Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath would be the obvious choice to chart in the UK, it has Ozzy on it for goodness’ sake! Thanks to UK chart rules, this is the only track from the #1 album allowed though, and it’s not a bad song at all, far from it. It’s just a good more than half of the album, which admittedly is pretty great especially for a Post Malone album, is better than it, most by far. Regardless, it’s Post’s twelth UK Top 40 hit and 11th UK Top 20 hit, and it’s a pretty good introductory song. I should note though, that Post’s last album, beerbongs & Bentleys, also had its non-single intro track with no features, “Paranoid”, also co-produced by Louis Bell, debut and peak at #11, just more than a year ago. What a coincidence. Anyway, the song (And album may I add) starts with some sombre vocals from Post complaining about Hollywood and he sounds pretty great, with less strained vocals than usual and a slight warble which I’m actually a fan of, which is well integrated into the chorus, but when that trap beat hits, it knocks. It’s a great drop. Otherwise, eh, I love Post’s performance here, with a lot of flow shifts throughout both verses, but it’s a pretty standard beat until that one note Post holds into a beat switch, with a very glitchy rock beat with oddly mixed 808s, and it sounds pretty great... until it’s gone in like less than 10 seconds. Good song, but nowhere close to his best.

Conclusion

All things considered, this is a pretty great week. I’d probably give Best of the Week to Stormzy for “Sounds of the Skeng” with tied Honourable Mention going to Miley Cyrus and Post Malone for “Slide Away” and “Hollywood’s Bleeding”. Worst of the Week is going to Camila Cabello for just plain mediocrity in “Liar”, so Aitch is scot-free (Although ZieZie is both the best and worst part of that song). Follow me on Twitter @cactusinthebank for, to be honest, SpongeBob memes and very infrequent musical commentary and ramblings, and I’ll see you next week!

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