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scalefeathers · 9 months ago

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Thinking once again about how Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken are both completely amazing composers but in completely opposite directions let me explain

Disclaimer I am not a music theorist; most of music theory is black fucking magic to me. I barely know what a chord is and the circle of fifths makes me quake as though before an Elder God. I just really like both of their works and sometimes I have thoughts about things. Also this is all just my opinion, it's fine if you don't agree, etc.

So: Uematsu is first and foremost, in my opinion, an absolute master of melody. I believe it's what makes his work so iconic and makes so many of his pieces so instantly recognizable. The Final Fantasy theme, the chocobo theme, Dancing Mad, Vamo'alla Flamenco, fucking One-Winged Angel--Just from seeing those names, you've probably got one playing in your head already. You could start humming it right now. Maybe you are already.

And it makes perfect sense when you consider the era he was working in, because back in the 8-bit and 16-bit era, the melody was all you had. When you have such a tiny amount of storage space to work with, you can really play only one, maybe two notes at a time. You can't do anything that's layered, because you only have one layer to work with. I think that's why so much video game music from that era is so memorable and iconic. It's not just because you played so much Street Fighter II when you were a kid that the music is indelibly seared into your brain (though that probably doesn't hurt); it's also because Yoko Shimomura wrote really solid melodies that had nothing else competing for your aural attention (apart from the in-game sound effects, which are probably also seared into your memory). (Yoko Shimomura, btw, also composed the music for Final Fantasy XV, the entire Kingdom Hearts series, and like 50 other games over the past 40 years, another fucking icon).

But back to Uematsu: like I said, melodic genius. Even when his work is upscaled into full orchestral arrangements, that core melody is always front and center. And his affinity for melody makes even more sense when you consider that before he got into video game composing, he was writing commercial jingles. (Younger folks may not be aware, but there was a time when practically every product had to have its own theme song, and the best ones were short, snappy, and instantly memorable--and for that, again, you need a strong, simple melody. Ba da ba ba ba, I'm lovin' it.)

Compare: Soken. Soken only started at Square 12 years after Uematsu, which isn't that long in human terms (to me at least, cos I'm old), but it is a long fuckin' time in video game years. By the time he started composing for games, there was so much more you could do with game music in terms of layering, complexity, and sound, and you can tell from his work that he takes full advantage of that. His work is complex and dense, a rich layer cake of themes and motifs, all beautifully merging and weaving together, often to extraordinary effect.

And again, if you look at his pre-music career, it makes a lot of sense that he'd have that approach to music, because he first got into the games industry as a sound designer; I believe that he is the sound director for all the FFXIV expansions, as well as being the composer. So of course he'd be very aware of not just how a sound (or piece of music) works on its own, but of how it fits into the greater whole, and of how to layer and balance lots of different sounds to create something greater than the sum of its parts. And of course it makes sense that he'd bring that approach to his compositions as well.

As a consequence of this approach, though, his music often lacks the memorable melodies that characterize Uematsu's work. Like, I ground (grinded?) Dun Scaith a lot the last time it was on the Mogstone rotation, I know all the boss themes extremely well and can recognize each of them instantly. But if you asked me right now to hum one? I don't think I could. (This isn't a deficiency, to be clear; music doesn't need a prominent core melody in order to be good.)

And that's also not to say that all his music lacks iconic melodies. His vocal tracks, pretty much by definition, have to put a single melody front and center; and then on top of that (or rather, behind it), you have all that trademark Soken richness and depth. Which is probably also why his vocal tracks go so fucking hard.

I think that's also why, out of all the expansions, I like Heavensward's music the best. Most of Heavensward's score is written by Soken, but the main theme is Uematsu's, and you may notice it's basically a tasting menu of like 5 or 6 excellent, very recognizable melodies, one right after the other. And basically every piece on the Heavensward soundtrack incorporates one or more of these melodies. So it really does give you the best of both worlds, and gives the overall score a cohesion that I don't see as much with the other expansions.

TL;DR, Uematsu and Soken are both amazing composers with very different and complimentary styles that reflect their differing backgrounds and the different eras of games in which they have worked and I just think that's neat.

#masayoshi soken #nobuo uematsu #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy #rambling into the void #music #music theory #video game music #yoko shimomura

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highladyluck · 2 months ago

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Wheel of Time Season 3 Episode 4 (kind-of-a) Liveblog

FUCK THAT ORB SPECIFICALLY

I think they nailed it.

This is not precisely a liveblog because I'm writing up my thoughts immediately after, but whatever.

My spouse was like 'how are they going to compensate for us having spent less time with the Aiel than in the books, and knowing them less well?' and I think they did a lot to show the stakes of oaths and swords for the Aiel both right before the pillars and during them. I'd be curious to know how it went for non-book-readers!

Some of the mishmash of influences for the Aiel that RJ drew on was aurally and visually referenced in a way it hasn't been previously; the Wise Ones and the 3 silver rings are very aggressively Dune references, but the new stuff includes visual references to Travellers/Roma, Irish accents, and Jewish kippah-esque headcoverings. (Also, as my Jewish spouse said, 'the moving to the desert and then doing war crimes'.) That's only half the stuff that RJ used to make the Aiel, but we kind of already got the Bedouin & Native American influences, and I know there's probably more I'm forgetting. But it's great to see the references spelled out in a new medium.

I also appreciated that the visions were a little more personally emotionally devastating, and tbh given the very late-series developments re: the pillars, I actually think it's ok that Rand got shown stuff from after the founding of Rhuidean, even though it's not strictly canonical. Seeing the immediate aftermath of his birth served an important story purpose and I like that it caused Rand emotional damange. :) It always bugged me in the books that Rand kinda cheats his way through the glass columns since he doesn't have the same cultural upbringing as the Aiel; the trial doesn't test the same qualities or go as hard for him. He's on easy mode. The vision of his parents + the hobbit-y 3 besties addition evoking Mat and Perrin seems specifically designed to increase the psychic damage, which is juicier to watch and makes it more fair.

It made sense that they used Latra as a stand-in for every named Aes Sedai- I forget if that's canonical or not but it makes sense to condense those roles.

I hate how hot the Aiel version of Rand who gets the Sakarnen is. I don't want to think Rand is hot. But that haircut and uniform is really working for me. (Also I love that he's got a boyfriend/husband and did you see their rings??? They looked kind of like the show's Great Serpent rings!)

I love to see the Sharom explode. :D Fuck that orb specifically. Give it the fire exits they never deigned to build in!

I also love how it's really ambiguous whether Mierin actually intended to let the Dark One wreak havoc or not (as it should be!) I lean towards yes, she exploded everything on purpose to serve the DO/herself, but that's my pre-show opinion. She got her Aiel servant out with some pretty portentous words about being with loved ones, and Lanfear likes to say she's strategic about violence (although Lanfear's idea of being strategic or her idea of appropriate violence might not be, uh, baseline.) The big event being supposed to happen the next day is ambiguous- she could have made sure he wasn't inside and then triggered it, or it could have been an accident, either thing is supported. And even the portentous words about being with loved ones could just be her pining after LTT, and that's where all the weight comes from. So I think you can view it either way, and if you come down on a specific side it's because you have a previous opinion/bias one way or the other. Which I think is the right tack for the show to take!

The tattoo materialization was really cool. Honestly, the visuals were very very cool. The pillars were about what I imagined, and I LOVED the silver rings- they were exactly what I imagined and the suspensions were so visually arresting. I wish we'd seen more of the weird semi-AoL-ness of the city, but I'll settle for the Romanesque statue and Avendesora surrounded by like, fancy parking bollards. We already front-loaded the visual modernity of the AoL so it's less necessary to do it in Rhuidean. (That said, I did enjoy the very modern setting where Latra handed over Sakarnen- it looks like the outer edges of a modernist art museum.)

The show did some really effective 'speaking in unison' moments this episode- both the banishing of the dead and the Hirschhorn parking garage oath sounded great, evoked a religious mood, and were genuinely moving.

I also liked that the Laman backstory was shared between Moiraine and Rand- the books never really tugged too hard on the familial connections between all these characters so I'm happy to see Rand reacting to it. It's also funny that Moiraine is the one to steal a cultural artifact from the Aiel* this time, rather than Rand, and that Moiraine gets to get fireman-carried out of the Waste in lieu of Mat. (*To be fair, it did originally belong to the Aes Sedai, so she's not pulling a full British Museum, but my spouse is right that the Aes Sedai are basically the British Museum.)

Again, I think they nailed it and it was a very compelling episode. I hope it wins an award- I'm going to have to make sure I'm a voting member of Worldcon in time to nominate it for the 2025 TV episode Hugo. (2024 nominations are happening soon, or have just happened, I think.)

#fuck the sharom all my homies hate the sharom #wheel of time #wot on prime #wot on prime s3 #wot on prime s3e4 #wot on prime s3 spoilers #wot on prime liveblog

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unknownhomosapien · 8 months ago

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2 of 7. Dagoth Tureynul

Lord of Tureynulal, called "Hearthrum Drinker", "Breviloquent Taskmaster", and "Gold Skinner's Curate". Scholar and academic, Tureynul presided over dwemer athenaeum with only Endus as equal. Well versed in aurals, recreation of his symphonies by our musicians has melted base iron and warped solid trickster's blood. While tonal magic is not a traditional art of House Dagoth, Tureynul's compositions are undeniably superior to those of his peers, and his mastery is as elusive as it is difficult to earn his attention. Each of his six fingers covered in the own blood from playing and each beads of his jevelry has own meaning in compostion.

ispired by @ijiwaruuma ash vampires design and this topic in particular

Tureynul Araynys

#tes #the elder scrolls #morrowind #dagoth tureynul #ash vampire #sixth house #my art

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rockermazy · 1 year ago

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Yay - I get to share my love for tidbit Hazbin lore while sharing knowledge that makes me look like a millennial boomer XD Ahem... Alastor, our favorite overlord, for all intents and purposes, is a fucking elemental. His abilities are absolutely terrifying from a scientific standpoint. Okay, so remember how during the "Stayed Gone" number, Vox starts glitching out and "loses his signal" - then the Pride ring subsequently has a blackout? That is entirely Alastor's (or whatever-the-fuck-is-benefactoring-him's) doing. A powerful enough radio signal can do that. No horseshoe magnet required. IRL real shiz. Despite being digital enough to render a bluescreen while compromised, Vox might still have older hardware from his former days as a rabbit-eared, extra-thick thick cathode-ray tube.

And Alastor is our radio demon. Keep this in mind. IRL, once upon a time during the 1940s - before digital television - there was no "Channel 1". That's because in the US, a very long time ago, both radio and TV shared the band that we call "Channel One":

"Until 1948, Land Mobile Radio and television broadcasters shared the same frequencies, which caused interference. This shared allocation was eventually found to be unworkable, so the FCC reallocated the Channel 1 frequencies for public safety and land mobile use and assigned TV channels 2–13 exclusively to broadcasters. Aside from the shared frequency issue, this part of the VHF band was (and to some extent still is) prone to higher levels of radio-frequency interference (RFI) than even Channel 2 (System M)." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_1_(North_American_TV))

Then for a short stint, Channel One was exclusively reserved for radio:

Channel 1 was allocated at 44–50 MHz between 1937 and 1940. Visual and aural carrier frequencies within the channel fluctuated with changes in overall TV broadcast standards prior to the establishment of permanent standards by the National Television Systems Committee. In 1940, the FCC reassigned 42–50 MHz to the FM broadcast band. Television's channel 1 frequency range was moved to 50–56 MHz. Experimental television stations in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles were affected. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_1_(North_American_TV))

Every local TV channel and radio station has a frequency range on the electromagnetic spectrum. For those who still listen to radio on non-internet-reliant radios devices, those funny little numbers next to a station's name are a ballpark number for the frequency the station broadcasts in the Hertz unit. A Hertz (Hz) is one wave per second. A KiloHertz (KHz) is 1,000 waves per second. A GigaHertz (GHz) is 1 billion waves per second. Modern AM radio stations are 535-1605 kHz Modern FM radio stations are 88-108 MHz TV VHF Channels 2 thru 13 are 54-216 MHz TV UHF Channels 14 thru 36 are 470-608 MHz And no, that's not a discrepancy between VHF and FM radio: the frequencies designated for FM radio are nestled right in there with TV ones - between Channels 6 and 7.

(chart from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Audio/radio.html) Even today, radio and TV are slightly shuffled in there in regards to designated frequencies. This implies that depending on Alastor's band of preference, if Vox still has some of his older hardware, Vox could, in his sleep, theoretically be able to hear Alastor's broadcasts of screaming victims without a physical radio nearby. IRL in fact, in older televisions where a knob is used to change channels, much of the static you'd hear in-between channels is actually background radiation from deep space - along with any radio interference from man-made sources nearby. No wonder Vox is obsessed with Alastor. Alastor can torment him in an in-between realm-channel daily, like Freddy Kruger.

Yet, if radio signals were only a Vox problem, why did nearly every light and electronic device go out in the Pride except the emergency lights at the Heaven embassy?

It might depend on how we define the word "radio". Is it radio, as in "those radio stations we can listen to without the internet"? Maybe radio, as in "any frequency utilized in modern communications, including TV and Radio"? Or is it radio, as in "almost any signal on the electromagnetic spectrum with a frequency lower than friggin' heat?" People, below is an IRL over-simplified chart of the electromagnetic spectrum and its usages by human.

When radio is defined as a specific part of the electromagnetic spectrum, it is basically any frequency below infrared. *** Cellphone service and WiFi use radio signals within this range. Most cellular services are between 600 MHz and 39 GHz WiFi routers are about 2.4-5 GHz (6 GHz in newer models) That's where the "G" in "4G" and "5G" come from - the "G" stands for "Gigahertz" Radio, local television, cellphone service, WiFi, and basically any point in the internet that isn't linked by a landline - these are all safely within the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that the scientists would call "radio". If Hell's technology is supposed to mirror the real world, then most electronic devices need radio frequencies in order to communicate. The VVV's empire is truly fucked, should Alastor so choose. The only plot hole in this explanation I see is why all the lights went out. These devices don't run on radio - they communicate using it. My best-educated guess is that the on/off switch for Hell's power grid is on an open network and at least part of it wireless. Or maybe Alastor's radio attack works like a general EMP and he can just break stuff by "brute force". (I am not an expert on these sorts of things like telecommunication... or network security... or physics.... I politely ask that someone in the comments, please enlighten me U.U ) ------------------------------------- Also, notice that Alastor's Tower, Cannibal Town and the Heaven Embassy were the only regions with lights on during the blackout.

is that...?

Cannibal Town?

If this is, in fact, Cannibal Town, then my only guess is that the Cannibals are so hipster, many of them only light their homes and businesses with candlelight and leviathan whale oil. Neither candlelight nor oil-burning rely on wifi. Only some of their region's light was lost in the blackout. They might use some electricity (as many during the Victorian era did, which Cannibal Town seems to be inspired by), but they don't fully rely upon electricity. This suggests that Alastors friendship with Rosie might be less of an organic friendship and more like a strategically slick alliance. Rosie's territory is one part of Pride that Alastor can't completely shut down (other than the Embassy). But, who knows?

Alastor's derision of modern tech now seems to have more merit than just being "hipster", or avoiding leaving a digital footprint that Vox can manipulate, (the latter of which I once head-canoned before this epiphany). Alastor can literally just shut most of Hell's tech down. This might also suggest why Alastor is homies with Zestial - another known old-timey prick.

Alastor makes alliances with demons he can't easily overpower with his abilities. This might seem self-contradictory to Alastor's seeming over-confidence in teasing Lucifer - until you realize he did this only after he learned angels could be killed during the Overlords' meeting. (And yes, I know what I wrote about Alastor a couple of tumbl notes back with the "popsicle" evaluation. I do not consider flip-flopping a moral issue if done so by epiphany. That note stays, because it's funny XD ) ----------------------- Another theory! Ok, so this theory isn't entirely my own-own, I'm just building off of it based on what I've just said (mostly Roo stuff). So IRL, scientists decided to take an image of the observable universe in the microwave range. Microwave energy is in the upper ends of radio, but just below infrared in frequency. What they found was cosmic background radiation - a lot of energy that isn't coming from the stars themselves.

(Image source: https://www.space.com/33892-cosmic-microwave-background.html) Some scientists theorize this is because this particular energy is left over from the formation of the universe. So about Roo:

In the first non-pilot episode, The Story of Hell, as read by Charlie, states that the angels of pure light "worshipped good and shielded all from evil." During this line, imagery of two faces are shown before the angels: one face of light and another face of twisted red and black.

Subsequent lines and imagery in the episode suggest that this "evil" existed before Lucifer fell or Eve allowed this evil to enter the world - even before the Earth was created. Some Tumblrs who have been in this fandom longer than I have may know of Roo, a character that appears in some of VivziePop's older works within the Hazbin/Hellaverse. Some of Roo's monikers include "The Root of All Evil" and the "Tree of Knowledge". I'm wondering if in the Hellaverse, the cosmic background radiation of the universe is a manifestation of Roo when she isn't bound to a tree. Could Alastor's radio powers come Roo, the background "dark" energy of the universe's birth? Did Alastor bite the apple the second third time for mankind? XD

------------------------------------------------- While researching for this paper, I learned that microwave ovens and 2G cell phones operate within the same frequencies at around 2 GHz. Apparently, the only reason cell phones don't cook our brains is because the wattage is too low. (I dunno what wattage means. I'm not a scientist.) But now, Alastors singing lines in S1E8 had me thinking: "The constraints of my deal surely have a back door Once I figure out how to unclip my wings, guess who will be pulling all the strings" Knowing what Alastor is capable of with radio, this has me wondering if Alastor's radio powers are coming from one source, all while be is being chained by another entity entirely. Someone might have gone out of their way to get Alastor into a contract - if only to keep him from literally baking the universe for his viewing pleasure... on a rotating glass plate.

Being able to cook a soul in microwaves would require that they be at least partially made of water, however. Buuuut... I guess if there are working ACs in Hell, I really shouldn't read too much into it XD -------------

Do you think the mad scientists from Helluva Boss, Lyle Lipton and Loopty Goopty, ever chat over coffee about the abilities of the overlords based on casual observation?

One day, Alastor's name comes up... ...and after four minutes of discussing facts over coffee, they're both just like "Nope"?

XD {END} *** Note: Googling "Electromagnetic Spectrum charts" will yield different results. Some charts will have different designations frequencies lower than radio, like Extremely Low Frequencies (ELF). I do not know whether this difference is a reflection of a newer categorization, or if most charts online are made for laymen such as myself. Most charts I saw years ago only designated "radio" as "everything below microwave". I want to assume that the "only radio below microwave" categorization went into the writer's designing of Alastor's character simply because such charts are more common (while also making for a more interesting power scaling).

______________ Disclaimer: I am composed of chauffeur knowledge. I know nearly nothing about communication science little about radiation stuff. I took an astronomy elective in college once, so I sorta knew where to look when it came to frequency stuff. I have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about. I know that I confused frequency and wavelength somewhere. Please, #sciencesideoftumblr feel free to correct me. ----------------- TLDR: Most tech IRL uses radio waves to communicate. That Includes TVs, WiFi and cell phones. Alastor can make the Pride Ring go kaploowee if he looks at it funny. I don't know what he's cooking.

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ihatebrainstorm · 1 year ago

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Random idea: Cybertronian who scans a vehicle to be their altmode, but has 0 clue what certain functions from said vehicle do

Examples:

Cybertronian with a B737 altmode who doesn't know what aural warning alerts mean, and gets jumpscared by alerts like "TOO LOW GEAR" "SINK RATE SINK RATE"

Cybertronian with aircraft altmode in a snowy region who doesn't realize earth aircrafts need to be deiced or sometimes anti-iced before flying, and just flat out face plants into the snow right after take off

(Ok yeah I'm just thinking about airplanes again shush) But also another thought: Do flying Cybertronians have to learn how to fly when they first come online???? Seekers ig wouldn't stall easily bc fighter jets are designed to not stall- But do others have to practice stall recovery procedures??

I'm partially thinking about how convenient it is that Twitch from Earthspark scanned a drone, since drones to my knowledge are extremely hard to stall?

#this post turned into a ramble moment ig lmao #ok I gotta stop procrastinating and finish studying oh god #kinda long post

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missamyrisa2 · 2 months ago

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The clink and clack of machinery joins the scratching of writing utensils on paper, which almost distracts from the nails tapping on tablets and keyboards. It takes a village to run this treatment and the whole of them have all their focus, their eyes, and their comments directed at your naked wigglyness on this padded exam table. Another test of your muscles indicates the restraints on your wrists will not be giving up the job any time soon, nor will the flexible cords attached to your stylish shiny anklets which affords only the slightest of protesting kicks to be made - at least, until a surge of energy starts and your legs are pulled into position so that the humming apparatuses can emerge from their chambers in the ceiling. The panels fold and buzz, moving aside. From your periphery you can see the deep purple of their surface. The elongated padded tool rumbles as it hovers slowly towards your body. Scanners flare to life sending tingly beams up your backside, the energy spilling into your knee pits and along every curve of your thigh backs up to your bouncing tush and along the sides to your ribs and underarms and neck. A crackle of power and force begins when the data is fed back to the machinery. The long pipe shaped tool shifts and contorts, becoming perfectly shaped to attach itself to your body. The first set descends to your legs, filling your knee pits with a molded copy. The outer arms attach around your legs to secure the deposit, and with a tap of a key from a smirking tech the vibrational therapy starts.

A hundred thousand evil wiggling fingers with feather tips and somehow blunt tip nails at the same time have a rager of a party in the sensitive crevice behind your knees. The machine gleefully extracts data from you as the scanners run and your every motion in the restraints sets off clicking analysis. The vibrating apparatuses are almost pumping you for information, and there are more arrivals on their way. The next crackle signals the sheath forming to attach onto your thigh backs, a purpley attachment which hurriedly begins trembling and feeling as though a swarm of buzzing lips were lingering on every sensitive little spot. Beeps and chimes happily approve of your desperate gasping giggling screams. The team works efficiently, calmly, irrespective of your frantic sounds. A long shifting sound joins the melee of aural torment - the tush attachment always takes the longest to form. A piece of art in itself, that intricate casting of your rear curves plus an extra extension (currently being massaged with a coating of shiny lubricant), this one moves extra slow to ensure a 100% accurate drop zone. You feel it first in the underside of your cheeks, the line of vibration as a coil of singing feathers. The taunting teasing spreads up like a spiderweb, not fully buzzing your cute ticklish booty but instead performing a vibing fireworks show as it lights up in intricate set of patterns. The technique milks plenty of data from you and doubles to coax your honeyspot into agreeable conditions. The extension gently yet relentlessly finds its way to the target and attaches with a snug deep shock to your system. The vibrations are hugely inconsistent there, seemingly only to appear when you least expect it in order to extract a maximum reaction. A purply ribcage joins late, for it must adhere to extensive designs by ensuring it covers every detected line of sensitivity on your upper body. Moving and securing itself like a claw machine, the last of the machine's components wastes no time in stimulating your ribs to your shoulders and down your spine, with extra nubby attachments springing out to merrily rotate and brush at your squishy sides and soft neck.

Your giggles are both pleasing and addictive to machine and tech. The overload of information fills the banks and satisfies the crowd of mechanical and organic eyes. They adore your body, and revel in every reaction. This love and adoration fuels the passion to tease, taunt, tickle, and torment. Your beautiful body keeps giving and they will keep taking. How many treatments has this been? You've lost track. The only certainty is that when you awake tingling and gasping, the clock has started to spin down once more before that humming purply vehicle finds you once more and milks out all of the pent up data & reactions since your last capture.

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theawsomeboii · 6 months ago

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Yōkai!Sonic AU

Sonic and the Oni Strike is a Sonic Storybook based AU.. sort of? It's a different universe where Miles befriends a yōkai named Aural and works with him along with Amy Rose to prevent an incoming attack from a clan of Yōkai Aural was once part of. Aural never liked hurting people that much which is why he agreed to help Miles & Amy plus his name wouldn't be tarnished 🔥🔥

eventually they run into Robotnik and whatnot which I elaborated A LOT on his bio, characters like Metal Sonic or Shadow become relevant after the main story but I figured I'd make a bio for him anyway since I already had his design done

if you have any questions or anything just ask but that's all I have to say for now!!!!

might turn this into a game

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic au #au #sonic #alternate universe #miles tails prower #tails the fox #dr. robotnik #dr. eggman #metal sonic #yokai au #yokai #sonic fanart #sonic storybook series #sega #sonic and the oni strike #sth #sth au

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trevlad-sounds · 2 years ago

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Saturday 8 July 2023 4:30 pm Mixtape 335 “Sun Sugar Escape”

2023-07-08

Library Retro Synth

Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom.

Celebrating the new album “The Hexagonal World of The Twelve Hour Foundation” from The Twelve Hour Foundation.

The Twelve Hour Foundation-Sun and Air (Part 2)-00:00

Belbury Poly-Swingalong-02:51

Stellarays-Baby Bees-05:52

The Twelve Hour Foundation-Ninety Loudspeakers-08:34

Zélie Zénon-L'île aux Oiseaux-13:12

Domenique Dumont-Message Of The Diving Bird-15:37

Albin-Sommaren-17:27

Aural Design-The same and yet different-23:27

Bernold Delgoda-Critérium-25:03

Castle If-Coral Colonies-28:06

Binaural Space-The Chlorine Cloud Escaped Again-30:50

Alexis Lumière-Emotional Labyrinth-31:45

Future Children-Don't Take the Brown Acid-34:21

The Twelve Hour Foundation-Sugar Power-36:36

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arthistoryanimalia · 7 days ago

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#TwoForTuesday :

Double-Whistle Vessel with Sea Birds

Lambayeque (Sican) culture, Peru, 900-1100 CE

Earthenware, slip paint

H 6 3/16 x W 7 x D 4 3/16 in. (15.75 x 17.78 x 10.67 cm)

Now on display at The Walters Art Museum newly opened Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano galleries. (48.2826)

🆔 Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)

“The Peruvian Pelican, one of the largest seabirds of the region, is shown in a life-like manner on the top of the vessel. By contrast, the base is covered with abstract spiraling motifs that may evoke water and land, both of which provided a home for the pelican. Using a simple palette of red, white, and black, the potter was able to create a sense of animation, which would have been heightened when the whistle was blown, perhaps imitating the call of the pelican.”

info via https://art.thewalters.org/object/48.2826/

“Community Voice: Lisa DeLeonardis, PhD, Andean scholar

I have spent my career on the Pacific coast of Peru and have had many opportunities to conduct research in its wildlife sanctuaries. Pelicans are a familiar sight, flying neatly in a single-line formation or nesting in squawking colonies on its rocky shores. In summer months, the birds pair off to breed.

The Double-Whistle Vessel with its two resting birds triggers my memory of these ancient creatures. While seemingly plain in appearance, the bottle's design is animated with visual and aural references. The perch on which the birds rest calls to mind the textile patterning of Andean palatial architecture. The birds' size and their elevated position suggest that this is no ordinary pair, likely referencing a royal couple or founding ancestors. Sound is produced when the bottle is filled with liquid, reminding me of the birds' noisy outbursts-a marked contrast to their silence in flight.”

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kithpendragon · 2 years ago

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A programming language designed for a voice-only interface -- interesting! My immediate impression is that a program of any length would quickly become very unwieldy. Perhaps a great deal of abbreviation by modularization would help.

This seems like it is relevant to @kithpendragon ‘s interests

#ponderings #programming #aural programming #voice only interface design #exotic programming languages #this is going to simmer in the back of my mind for a decade #then i'll reinvent something from first principles

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alexriesart · 6 months ago

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do birrin have any king of aural communication, or is it mostly/all done through body/sign language?

also, have you given any thought to what birrin writing might look like?

Oh they are very vocal, sounding like birdsong and the raptors from Jurassic Park.

I have designed some basic birrin scripts, which is generally written vertically.

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dy6nsty · 1 year ago

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Rosebud Skin ❀

═════════ஓ๑♡๑ஓ═════════ Omega Ghoul x Gn! CW— Marking Kink (Hickeys, biting, clawing, kissing, etc), Smut, Sub Reader, Dom Omega, Porn with plot, touchy(?) Omega, Praise, Auralism, human reader, ‘The knee trick’. enjoy <33

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It was a quiet night between you and Omega. Sat in between his legs with his arms hugged around you, it was peaceful. Your back against his chest before a tail wrapped right around your thigh. It wasn’t and odd touch, no not all. Shrugging it off you wanted something to do. Sitting in silence was getting boring after all.

So, you grabbed a book placed down on his nightstand and opened it, feeling his arms pull you further to him— closing distance that once remained. “Need something?” You asked, tilting your to face him whilst he moved his face to rest neatly on your shoulder, aiming close to the side of your neck.

He hummed gently. It was unknown if it was a yes or no to your question. His finger gently tugged at the side of your shirt, slipping off some of the fabric that covered over your shoulder. Omega gaze locked right onto your skin.

“Your skin would look prettier if I got to decorate it.” He murmured gently, lips pressing into a gentle kiss to what he revealed. Omega looked at you waiting for answer or reaction— you looked up at him: stunned. “It would what now?” A faint laugh in your tone. Omega stared back at you, he knew you heard him. “Do you want a demonstration, my love.” He said firmly, trailing his hands from your hips up to where your ribs were. His hands placed delicately to prop you up— his mouth better positioned near your ear.

You gave him a faint nod in response, which he took happily. His hands gently grazing back down to your waist. With a smooth motion he turned your body over to face him, your legs spread in a somewhat kneel position straddling right over his lap, your hands placed on his shoulders for your support.

Omega’s head dipped it’s way back down to your neck, running his tongue along the soft skin before grazing his teeth against his designated spot. A soft gasp falling right into his ear as you pushed his head to keep it in spot. The Ghoul took this as in invitation and sank his canines right into your neck, letting the sharp teeth plummet down to withdraw a strained hiss of pain from your throat.

Omega’s fingertips gently rubbed small circles against your waist, claws gently running their way up your back.

The bite and the pain it brought with was enough to make your knees loose the strength in them. Breathing heavily with small gasps, your sounds like music to his ears. “You can handle it, my dear. Keep it up with that pretty mouth of yours.” He muttered against your skin before sucking against the bite. Pressing kisses and letting his mouth against the flushed skin.

As Omega slowly continued with his ‘decorating’ his knee subtly slipped right in between your legs. Gently pushing itself forward as he pulled back. From neck, shoulder, and collar bones, colors of light pink to a better red decorated all over you. The Ghoul stared down and admired his work, his leg gently moving it’s way back and forth as it had a mind of it’s own. One hand kept firm on your hip as he let you grind your way down onto his clothed knee, keeping his leg in rhythm with your stride. His other creating a tear in the shirt you wore, leading right above your chest.

His teeth latching right onto the plump flesh, pulling away with a small saliva strand connecting you and his lips.

“Red like roses.” Omega hummed, placing a sweet kiss on your lips, slowing down his movements to calm you down from your high.

═════════ஓ๑♡๑ஓ═════════ I apolgize if this seems short, or quickly ended!

#omega x reader #omega ghoul #nameless ghoul x reader #band ghost #dy6 #dy6nsty

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notwiselybuttoowell · 7 months ago

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By the 1980s, some women had had enough. After decades of struggling with prams and shopping trolleys, navigating dark underpasses, blind alleyways and labyrinthine subways in the urban obstacle course mostly made by men, it was time for a different approach. “Through lived experience,” wrote the Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative, when they launched their manifesto in 1981, “women have a different perspective of their environment from the men who created it. Because there is no ‘women’s tradition’ in building design, we want to explore the new possibilities that the recent change in women’s lives and expectations have opened up.”

A case in point is the Essex Women’s Refuge. The complex, designed by a male architect, had got basic things wrong, from the shared kitchen, which was far too small, to the location of the children’s play areas, which were completely separate from the main communal areas, with no visual or aural connection for passive supervision. Matrix worked on the centre in 1992. Using what became a regular tactic, they presented the women with big cardboard models of different spaces, which they could rearrange to test out different configurations, along with using ribbon marked like a ruler to measure their existing spaces, which were added to the plans as a comparison.

“These were all simple techniques,” says Jos Boys, a founder member of Matrix, “But they made the women feel part of creating the project. A key part of everything we did was to make the language and practice of architecture more transparent and accessible to non-experts.”

Boys describes what now sounds like an unimaginable heyday of community action, participatory planning, squatting, workers’ co-operatives and technical aid centres, with public money readily available. Much of what Matrix worked on was funded by the Greater London Council under Ken Livingstone, before it was abolished in 1986 by the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Their projects included the groundbreaking Jagonari women’s educational resource centre in Whitechapel, east London. Working for – and with – a group of South Asian women, Matrix ran workshops with demountable models, asked the women to bring pictures of buildings from their home countries that they liked, and took them on a “brick picnic” walk to discuss what building materials and colours they preferred.

The result, completed in 1987 and now home to a childcare centre, incorporated a variety of Asian influences, deliberately not linked to any Hindu or Islamic imagery. It included decorative metal latticework over the windows, to provide both visual interest and security, mosaic patterns around the doors, squat toilets and sit-down sinks for washing large saucepans from communal meals. Every part of the building was fully wheelchair accessible too, a rarity in those days.

“They understood exactly what our requirements were without being patronising or judgmental,” wrote their client, Solma Ahmed, in a glowing tribute written three decades later, in support of an unsuccessful bid for Matrix to be retrospectively awarded the RIBA gold medal. “We said what we needed in that building: safety, security, childcare, sensitive to women’s cultural and religious needs while breaking some myths about Muslim women in particular. They were [the] perfect fit.”

When people have encountered Matrix in the past, they have sometimes asked what exactly feminist design looks like. How would a city designed and built by women be different? But, in Boys’ mind, that misses the point. They weren’t promoting a feminist aesthetic, but a way of looking, listening and designing that takes account of people’s very different needs and desires, one that embodies “the richness of our multiple ways of being in the world”. It’s about who gets to build it, too: a large part of Matrix’s work was devoted to publications, manuals and events, explaining routes into the building trades and running training courses.

As Matrix write: “Consciously or otherwise, designers work in accordance with a set of ideas about how society operates, who or what is valued, who does what and who goes where.” The question is who gets included, whose values we prioritise, and what kind of world we want to create.

#excerpts #urban planning #architecture #1980s #1980s england #design #matrix feminist design co-operative

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