sniperct · 10 months ago
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Ah, because I'm a nerd and I find this stuff fascinating, my favorite time of year, when star citizen releases their financials for the previous year (in this case, for 2022)
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Some numbers of interest by the end of 2022
headcount: 860 worldwide
Salaries and related costs excluding the publishing/marketing teams: 56M
Other Game Dev (overheads,studio rentals, travel, etc): 18.4M
Contracted Game Dev ( external services and dev teams): 9.5M
Publishing/community/marketing: 29.9m
Accounting/Admin and legal fees: 1.4 Million
Capital expenditures (hardware/software, fixtures, offices, server upgrades etc): 12.9 million USD
All told they took in 130.7 million and spent 129.5 million or thereabouts.
In other words, they're spending almost as much as they bring in.
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undercoverdonderwolk · 9 days ago
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the idolization of kelly p is def one of the weirdest to me but it’s odd as hell all around. i gotta say some of the drivers def play into it though. alex and lily + pierre and kika for sure. not that wag involvement/branding is anything new or revolutionary, it just kinda seems like playing with fire a bit more in f1. but that’s kind of been my beef w/ f1 marketing for a couple years now! social media teams actively encourage fourth wall break in a way thats kind of reminiscent of that whole wack ass alex wennberg seattle kraken booktok debacle from a couple of years back. it’s weird, it crosses a lot of well established fandom boundaries, and i’m surprised it hasn’t yet blown up in anybody’s face. like. why are we using straight up ship names in official content? why are CERTAIN social media teams posting straight up thirst trap edits of drivers? i understand a cute little wink-wink, nudge-nudge moment is great for views and clicks, but it’s getting to the point where f1 social media teams are speaking in fan lingo, referencing fandom in-jokes, etc ALL THE TIME. it’s def at its worst on tiktok but there’s no shortage of it on every other social media platform too. ik i might sound crazy because tbf all of those little things sound harmless on their own but the big picture they form, to me, is not great. it’s a deliberate dissolution by f1 marketing teams of a lot of the boundaries between fans and these real people (who ultimately did not sign up for this weird deliberate line-blurring since they are athletes by vocation not influencers). and ofc that dissolution of boundaries is going to have consequences. i absolutely think it’s a huge contributor to the wag weirdness on f1blr and pretty much everywhere else since unfortch we don’t exist in a vacuum.
oh yeah def. so many drivers actively encourage their fans to be parasocial with them/their gfs and same goes for marketing teams. like i'm sorry but the hashtagchestappen content or the hashtagyukierre or whatever the fuck... i don't like that lol. get out of my school etc it really does feel like the wennberg debacle yeah lolllllll and it's only a matter of time until something like that happens in f1. interesting to me how mclaren for example has really pulled back from the barely concealed You Can Ship These Guys promo stuff a lot of the other teams are pushing. i wonder why because they went hard with it during the carlando era and you could argue lando and oscar are the perf people to really push that and mclaren is insidious enough to make that work for them but it's really not a thing currently. very interesting to moi!
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voyeuristicvixen · 2 years ago
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Captns Log No. 36_ChaChange$
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Our first house party... SHIT WAS LIT. If you been followin my blog since the beginning then you remember when we first moved to Fakrava Island, we have moved into three homes during our time here, from tiki hut to private island to this big ass custom house. We really thoroughly enjoyed our time here, this is where we raised our tigers, and Yemi during her first months. It was super special that on our very last week here we were able to celebrate all the lil milestones with the biggest one we had in our list. 
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I also got to share my love for music w the people and return to some of my personal SL roots. Being apart of the commune that was always my role there. I was known as the commune DJ and I was known for throwing wild themed parties like my favorite one which was a Andy Warhol theme based on the art scene he created in New York in the 80s. IYKYK. This time it was different because I was able to share a whole other side of genre of music and aesthetic w my people that connects to another side of me. That was dope. I am a hippie rocker alt chick at heart but I also am an African hip hop head too. LOL.
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I didnt get much photos but Wav got all the good ones here the album link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.104507015518461&type=3 The spread was doin its thing! We had all the tings, Mystory enbled food platters from Lucas L, Mura, we had the Junk Food Jello Shots the Tredente Punch, we had Hennessy straight from the best market Del Mar they always hook it up!! Like. We had the wineees and ofc I provided CBD waters from  starseedsbotanica and was givin out free exclusive candles and soaps. We really went in! Oh ! there was also a tray of all kinds of fancy party favors we had brownies, shrooms, joints .... lmao everything. And surprisingly had some left over, the drugs was prolly the first thing to go tbh ahahaha!
We didnt have any tip jar out or anything like that because it was just about the energy. I really wanted ppl to feel something new and different from this party, which is actually an old school SL vibe and tradition of being which is, sharing with others. What good is all these fancy homes and cute foods and clothes and objects if we arent using them to have fun, socialize and connect with others! Thats what the Linden bears are all about. The magick in giving something you made to someone else. Sharing your hard work and creations with your friends and strangers who you want to connect with.
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I am def going to miss our room, Its literally when you finally get everything decorated the way you like that something happens where you got to leave lmao. I feel like ive even written about this before in past blogs because we have had rude awakenings in the past with our living situation. Lil Yemi is about to be one and shes moved so many times already! XD
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Afro Nation fest was wild, I wont write much about this because it was a bittersweet thing for Wav and I. The sim was packed instantly hundred ppl there.
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Asake performance was wild, we changed 3 times! We put on a real SHOW! I was basically IT girl dancer because the other three coordinated without me, even though I sent all the info of the outfits I put together to match his outfits in the discord. Outfits that were free/ affordable to get and fire! It was hilarious when I see them pull up in one fit they wore the entire show that didnt match anything on stage. LMFAO. They tried to leave me out but it did not work. I had all my routine set because I actually went to rehearsal lmao. I wont say anything else besides WAV AND I KILLED IT. He was also the only artist who had three changes during the show. We didnt get paid, thanks for any of our work.. for showing up to every rehearsal despite our RL shit we had going on, for rearranging our schedule to accommodate and perform. But we did it for the culture not for money intially... until we realized that none of the people were actually kind to us, talked to us or treated us like apart of the team. Sad.
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DRAKE?!
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So I made a line of intention based spell bound candles, completely original each one is hand poured and infused with crystals and magick. They are only found at my botanica on TheBlvd : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Meroe%20Blvd/62/175/33
Theres one that helps you connect with your ancestors, spice up your life with love and adventure, theres one for intimacy in the bedroom, theres one for money of course! I made one specially for men and one for self empowerment too! Each one is set with intention when you click the candle its completely interactive and gives you stats.
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When you rez them out they have a box of matches and little crystal pyramid with them that is to compliment and enhance the intentions in the candle. These candles help you with RL too because the energy of the intention will manifest in all realms of your life. Ase!
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I also made palm stones, I chose the most helpful on hand allies I could think of. This all comes from the knowledge and wisdom I use and have gained working in my RL. I used to be a gatekeeper at a modern day botanica for many years. It is actually one of the most popular ones here in LA, visited by many high profile people. I am really exciting about merging this aspect of my RL with my life on the grid, overall it has felt fulfilling to my heart. ;)
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I made spell infused soaps as well! Every botanica out there has em and they are for the practical mystics out there! Everything at my botanica is mystory compatible and boosts stats! Mainly happiness, energy and social!
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Aw, our last lil pic as we packed up our fakrava home, we moved for a second to a house in Aussie shores and then from there we now live in our true home on the Mystory sim. I call it true home because that is where Meroe is, that is where the Botanica is, our new Secondlife family is found there. We wouldnt have it any other way and we are so grateful and blessed to have it.
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ofmermaidstories · 3 years ago
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when my mom was young she often used men's perfume, and Something's mc gives me that vibe too! Some perfumes today are marketed as unisex (as it should because honestly giving smells a Gender is dumb) but she gives me the feel that she will just go for it if she likes it regardless of who's the target demographic.
your mum sounds so cool. 😩 like she knows what she likes. 🥺 gendering scents is such a marketing scam LOL, but i guess it’s one that brings in the dollars, because it’s still going strong. 😔🔫 I tend to be REALLY picky with my fragrances — when i was younger (like, a teenager) i made the mistake of buying into the Flowerbomb hype and guh. Never again — I still get war flashbacks whenever someone walks past with it on. It’s so bad that I entered my friend’s bathroom, stopped dead and was like, “you’ve bought Flowerbomb haven’t you?” and she HAD. Ultimate betrayal. But all that to say that I’ve def. been a shopper that’s like, “oh, this is classified as girly so of course I’ll like it!” and then… just haven’t, LOL. I think, the only heavily marketed “feminine” perfumes I’ve had, that I liked, were… Ralph Lauren’s Romance and Miss Dior Cherie. Oh God, the ads for Miss Dior Cherie? Chef’s kiss, peak early Tumblr. I was OBSESSED with the one of the model holding all the balloons.
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Kudos to the marketing team behind that one because they really had dumb little Francophile bitches like me frothing at the mouth for the chance to smell like what was basically just really sweet caramel, LOL.
So much about perfume is like, dependant on how your skin reacts to it; how it’ll settle down and change. it’s so silly to divide perfumes by male/female — at that stage, you’re just selling a fantasy. which, hey, capitalism I guess. and i am very guilty of buying something for the the idea of a fantasy — but this is all the more reason to explore scents and pick ones you like, regardless of who it’s bottled for!! Scent is so evocative: if I smell anything that even slightly resembles Miss Dior Cherie it takes me back to those days when I’d wear it, to specific memories. Like — I’m on a dark beach and the sand is cold and I’m wearing the jacket of the boy I love, watching the back of his shirt ripple with the wind — and when I breathe in, the sweetness of my perfume cuts through the briny rot of the shore.
I think Something’s Reader would be a little less stupid with how they pick their perfumes (lmao), and more effortless — like your mum. Reader is Christmas shopping and ends up uncapping bottles in the men’s section — the bottles come in cool blues, or dark, heavy glass and smell minty; or warm, like ground spices. There’s an ad looming at the end of the shelves, that’s also all over the city’s bus stops — some serious-looking model in a wet button-up, with a jawline that could cut steel. Reader sprays the perfume it’s for and in the dry down finds they like how it sits on their skin; it smells good. Reader smells good, and when they buy a bottle, the sales clerk smiles. “Whatever you’re wearing today smells amazing,” He says, useless in that he can’t even recognise the product he’s selling.
Enyo comments on it, the next time he and Reader meet up, going over the latest Swan-Hime chapters. “Your perfume’s really nice, Bub.”
And Deku —
Your perfume is as much of a uniform, now, as your attitude is: you barely notice it. But Deku has — that first time, in the bookshop, curled over you like the shelves might come down. The second time outside, under the sunshine as you shared your convenience store lunch of curry buns and beer. And then lingering together over your “meetings” in cafes, pizzerias, early-morning breakfasts. Deku leans forward, laughing along with you at one of his stories — just stutter to a stop as he recognises the headiness of what you’re wearing, indadvertedly breathing it in.
You notice he’s stopped laughing, and nudge his foot with your own, under the table.
“What’s up, big guy?” You ask.
The two of you are hidden, in this corner — a tiny table, sticky under your hands, the menus discarded. It’s one of Deku’s favourite places to be fed, the Katsudon only second to his mother’s, to Kacchan’s —
You’re watching him curiously, waiting for him. Deku parts his lips to say something — anything — and instead shakes his head.
“I’m fine!” He says. “I’m fine.”
You lean forward across the table — your perfume between you like a momentary ghost. Deku wants to reach out, catch it; hold it. Instead you drum your nails by his hands the rhythm thrumming through his blood, on beat.
“You liar,” You accuse, playful, helping yourself to his straw.
Deku thinks about how he’ll go to bed later — to his own sheets, which will smell like his detergent and his sweat — and be able to only think of one thing, this one moment: you glancing up at him, waiting, your smile curved like a challenge —
Deku’s fingers curling into his palm, like he could reach out and catch your perfume like a small, lost creature. Hold it. Keep it with him, for as long as it would stay.
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suganovakawa · 4 years ago
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Hello I wanna say that I love ur work 🥺 I’m new to the haikyuu fandom and ur work gives me life! Can I request a HC with Tanaka, Daichi, Suga & asahi and how they would react when they see other teams at a tournament flirt with you and how they act when they’re jealous? Thank you !
absolutely omg i love my karasuno babies and them being jEALOUS??? this is my calling goodBYE
btw btw welcome to the hq fandom bby !! enjoy your stay here 🥺💞💘💓
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𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅𝐅 !
karasuno boys fend off other teams as they try to flirt with you !
— check out my masterlist !!
these boys don’t take too kindly to other teams trying to flirt with you . . . and they’re not gonna deal with it for much longer ! >:)
a / n : jealous anything >>>> and you cannot change my mind because it’s my weakness k thx bye 🥰
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ryuunosuke tanaka
lmao flirting w you is like asking for a death sentence i do not make the rules
tanaka is not afraid to show you off , nor is he afraid to show off your guys’ relationship at tournaments either
he has full trust in you dw , but that doesn’t mean he trusts the men that get a little too close for comfort
if his death glare alone doesn’t scare them off i feel so sorry for them
ryu will 100% call someone out if they’re obviously flirting with you
“ hey , punk ??? you’re trying to flirt with them , huh ??? gotta tell ya , you’re out of luck , go find someone else . this hot stuff right here is mine , thank you very much . ��
he gets so confused when you get embarrassed because what ??? he’s just telling them the truth
“ ryu ! you can’t just call me ‘ hot stuff ’ in the middle of the gym !! ”
“ why not , baby ? you are hot stuff ! they’re just bummed out you’re not theirs . ”
not to mention , 8 times out of 10 noya will probably be right there with tanaka scaring off the suitors
those two are literally your bodyguards , and once they know that someone else has their sights set on you , do not expect them to leave your side
also , he holds a FULL GRUDGE against ladies men type people
cough cough tooru i’m talking bout u bby
you are to stay a mile away from oikawa and all of aoba johsai at all times , ryu will not accept otherwise
oh , and terushima ??? YEAH HES NOT EVEN GONNA LAY EYES ON YOU ONCE LMAO
at least , not without tanaka’s arm wrapped around your waist
gotta make sure they understand you ain’t on the market
all in all a very protective baby crow , can and will fight anyone who tries flirting with you so pls don’t test him
daichi sawamura
daichi is definitely the silent but deadly type let me assure you
i don’t care where that man is , he’ll always have an eye on you regardless
oh and he’ll probably have the rest of his team have their eyes on you too ; just in case there is a small instance where he can’t keep his eyes on you
yuu , ryu , and shoyo will be paying the most attention to you when the captain is not able to watch over you at the tournaments
lord have mercy to those who somehow actually get past daichi’s security
my best guess is that you’re probably on like , a water bottle run in between games , so that everyone can have fresh cold water during timeouts n whatnot
yeah you’ll probably get hit on by another guy in the halls ( let’s pretend it’s yuuji because i love him so much LMAO pls hit on me teru )
anyway he’ll def be at your neck like how he was tryna get kiyoko’s number
sadly you can’t do much because you have a bunch of water bottles in your hands so you’re just tryna shimmy away but terushima is not having it
out of nowhere his face blanks
literally pales
you’re about to ask him what that’s about until you feel an arm snake around your waist
like i said , the silent but deadly type
you can’t see daichi’s face as he’s staring down yuuji , but you can hear the annoyance in his voice
“ oh there you are , y/n . you need help carrying these water bottles , baby ? ”
you turn to yuuji , who has his hands up — clearly getting the message daichi was giving to him
“ alright alright , my bad ~ ! didn’t know they were yours , man . i’ll take my leave . ”
but he did add a “ see you later cutie ” before leaving the two of you alone
you couldn’t help but laugh as the captain latched onto you protectively as the two of you went back to the gym
“ daichi , it’s okay , he’s gone now ! you’ve done your job in saving me ”
“ nonsense . i can sense their eyes on you from everywhere . you’re not leaving my sight again , y/n . ”
koushi sugawara
koushi is definitely also a silent jealous type
but he’s more mellow when showing it subtly
but don’t get me wrong , the effect it leaves on others is just as menacing
he’s the type to leave that shiver of fear when he shows up
basically he’s a sweetie until people mess with you and that’s just on periodt
suga is not too protective over you , since he does trust you and has full confidence you won’t do anything to hurt him
cough cough he still wants the other nasty boogers keeping their hands off you though
i literally just imagine him going up to people like “ :))))) ??? ” when people try flirting with you LMAO
like ?? no ??? they’re ??? mine ????
not ???????? yours ??????
he’ll have that chilling ring in his voice that’s deadpan but menacing at the same time — sometimes he even scares you with it
you had a run in with tooru at the preliminaries , RIP bless his soul
you went to go watch a match while karasuno was resting ; seijoh was resting at the same time
he got a little too close for comfort in the audience stand
flashed you a famous smile of his , “ what’s a cutie like you doing here alone ? ”
“ she’s not alone , actually . ”
KFKKDKFKFKD both of your heads went a whole 180 at the sound of koushi’s voice
oh no he had that creepy smile again
“ baby , we were just looking for you . is oikawa bothering you ? ”
he turned his :) to tooru , who had already stepped a decent distance away from you
“ heaven forbid you’d be bothering y/n , oikawa , when you have a whole fanbase of girls you could be bothering instead . ”
the great king had never been so scared of a karasuno player in his life
he left in a hurry without saying much — though he was grumbling something you two couldn’t understand
switch from scary suga to soft suga uwu
he wrapped his arms around you and grinned pleasantly this time as he hugged you
“ sweetheart , don’t hesitate to tell me if anyone else is like that to you , okay ? i’ll make them go away . ”
“ koushi , you’re so scary when you’re angry ”
“ i am ? i didn’t think i was ”
“ look at how oikawa backed away when you came up ! hardly anyone can phase him ”
“ oh . maybe i am scary , but only when it comes to you . ”
he laughed and took you by the hand , and you two walked back to the rest of the team
scary suga never fails to keep the nasty boogers away
asahi azumane
he won’t even realize he’s jealous until someone points it out to him
i think nishi would be the one to point it out to him , because woah asahi looks mad
“ yo , asahi ? you good ? your knuckles are turning white ! ”
he’s been looking your direction ever since the date tech players started surrounding you , striking up conversation
he didn’t even realize yuu was talking to him until he literally had to jump up and wave in his face
asahi snapped out of it once noya caught his attention — his fists were still clenched tho
“ oh — noya . i’m fine , why ? ”
the libero didn’t buy it one bit because he didn’t know the ace even had it in him to be angry
he looked to where asahi had his eyes on the whole time before turning back to the third year with a smirk
“ you’re gonna let them just flirt with y/n like that ? what kind of boyfriend are you ? go go go ! ”
oh no yuu what did you do
“ they’re flirting with y/n ? ”
he was f u r i o u s at the thought of it
oh no no no they were not going to be flirting with you , not while asahi was your boyfriend no sir
he stormed over towards you — your back was towards karasuno so the date tech players noticed him first
asahi + scary dark death glare = run
and the date tech players — besides aone — did just that , scampering off in a hurry
you were confused until you turned around , smiling when you saw your giant teddy bear of a boyfriend
you were utterly oblivious to the stare down between him and aone
“ asahi ! shouldn’t you be practicing now ? ”
he placed a gentle but firm arm around your waist , pulling you closer to him without taking his eyes off date tech’s ace
“ yeah , but we were looking for you . i’ve come to bring you back , y/n . ”
oh heck yeah there was tension as he brought you back to your guys’ court
“ those players weren’t flirting with you , were they y/n ? ”
“ huh ? oh no ! i was just catching up with a couple of them , since i went to middle school with some of them . why ? ”
“ oh , nothing ”
you couldn’t even ask him anything else as he walked away without another word , which was very not like him
you had to get the answer from nishinoya later on , who was laughing hysterically at your description of the way your boyfriend was acting
“ OMG Y/N HE REALLY WAS JEALOUS , I TOLD HIM THAT DATE TECH WAS FLIRTING WITH YOU I CANT BELIEVE HE BELIEVED ME ”
after the tournament both of you were blubbering apologies to each other
you apologizing for making asahi jealous
and asahi apologizing for acting like a brat about it
in summary , asahi + jealousy = pls save yourself from that man he is terrifying
he’ll make it up to you with tons n tons of cuddles later so he’s still your big teddy bear <3
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kindahoping4forever · 3 years ago
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I love 5sos and am super excited to see them this summer and hear 5SOS5 but I wish they’d be more direct with their stuff involving music and tour😩 I’m so stressed. I feel like I need to be aware at all times lol they can drop kick us with anything completely unawares and maybe it is all planned out to just drop it out of the blue but—😬😬😬 (I say this all with ❤️ )
I def hear you that the ominous nature of everything can be exhausting but it's not really a 5SOS specific thing, it's unfortunately just kind of how the pop game is played. Teasing and surprises generates conversation/engagement which drives trends/interest which (hopefully) leads to sales/streams. Older marketing tools like radio and TV have changed so much in the past 10+ years they're not really reliable to labels anymore (radio is too segmented and pre-programmed, TV doesn't have a big music outlet with the "loss" of MTV) so everything is catered to how social media operates. And socials are essentially powered by the breaking news format. 🙃
That being said, this tour thing was definitely something that wasn't meant to go live yet. 😬 And as for the single we're expecting to drop next week, it's unfolded pretty similarly to their recent releases. The dates for Easier and Teeth (after being teased) were announced less than a week before release and since No Shame, everything has been roughly about a day before.
The variable this era is TikTok which is primarily where chart hits are made these days, a change that has come about in the time they've been away (thanks quarantine 😒) and that's why we got such an early tease of Complete Mess! The sooner the TikTok sound is available, the more videos can be made with it and that does the job of marketing/social engagement and helps its charting chances.
All this to say, sometimes it's exciting, sometimes it's frustrating but I can guarantee you it's methodically thought out by their team and hopefully it works to their benefit. 💙
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ri-ahhh · 4 years ago
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for the win
After dealing with a lifetime of insecurities, Winnie Walker finally gets the courage to pursue her dreams, with a few bumps along the way. But that confidence may not carry over when it comes to a certain hazel-eyed football player who’s had her attention for much too long.
A/N: this was a random inspo that hit me out of nowhere a while ago and I was gonna make it an epic oneshot, but I think I’ll just break it into parts instead. So, hence, this is part one. Hopefully you like it enough for it to be even worth posting more.
warnings: none yet, other than this is def gonna be as cheesy as you think it is
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Winnie Walker has always considered herself an enigma. Not in that annoying, ‘I’m so cute and quirky’ type of way, but rather in the way that made her someone who never quite fit into one defined space. The kind perfected by years of self doubt, an emotionally distant mother, and the random ebb and flow of confidences and insecurities that always helps her remember that she is, in fact, perfectly un-extraordinary: her face is too round, but she’s always been called pretty; her personality is dry enough that she finds it challenging making female friends, but she fits in well with the boys; and she has a penchant for being the last one to talk about anything she might be feeling until she puts a pen to paper and speaks through the mouths of others.
Sports and writing were her main passions, but it still took until her senior year of high school to decide that she wanted to be a sports journalist. Not just a journalist, though -- more than anything, she dreamed of stepping out into the light as a broadcaster. Shy by nature but an athlete at heart, it once again put her in that enigmatic grey space where she wasn’t sure what the hell she was thinking.
But it’s what her heart was calling for her to do. For the first time in her life, Winnie Walker felt sure about something despite everyone’s doubts -- including her own. She grew up an athlete, and some of her fondest memories as a child were caught between either being in her dad’s man cave with all of his friends, cheering on their team of choice for whatever sport was on, discussing heatedly what plays should or shouldn’t have taken place. Or, on the volleyball court. 
The full ride offer from USC that was presented but never came to fruition because of a devastating knee injury in one of her last club tournaments haunted Winnie in the months leading up to her high school graduation. 
Her mother, Dahlia, was not-so-secretly thrilled. A stage mother through and through, she had always supported her daughter as she made headway in her sport as a star player, but it was an open point of contention that Winnie planned to follow her passion for it all the way to college. She wanted her middle daughter to attend the local university, get a nice marketing degree, and settle into a high rise in downtown Dallas, where she could point at during brunch with her friends and brag about the pretty penny her kid made with her perfectly nice degree she attained in her perfectly nice hometown. 
That’s not Winnie, though, and everyone except Dahlia knew it. No one was all too surprised that she still wanted to escape to California (again, except her mother), even if they were slightly shocked about her decision for a major. The reactions from her friends and sisters and dad had her even more excited as she scanned the email of her academic acceptance into USC. It finally gave her the courage to spill the beans to her mother as well.
Dahlia Walker very much scoffed in the face of her quiet, introverted, hopeful daughter sitting across the kitchen island while she scrubbed at the dishes from dinner.
“Winona, sweetie, you refused to even speak at your sister’s wedding as the maid of honor, and you want to be on TV? With all those... men?”
Winnie cringed a little bit and rolled her eyes at the slightly far-off look on her mother’s face as she no doubt started imagining the sweaty athletes the reporters would stand next to post-game.
“You don’t think I could do it?” she asked flatly, flicking a chip of her nail polish off her finger so it flew across the otherwise spotless granite — her mom hated when she did that. 
Dahlia’s hands picked up their pace again in the suds, slowed down by whatever middle-aged fantasy was going on in her mind. She shook her head, the highlights in her perfectly styled blonde bob shifting under the recessed lights.
“The girls who do that are just so bouncy. Friendly. They curl their hair.”
Winnie bit her lip. She didn’t know if she should laugh or cry. Her body felt deflated. “I knew I could count on you to be supportive.”
“Oh honey, I’m just trying to be realistic with you,” her mother said dismissively. Like she didn’t realize the pang her words caused to spread in Winnie’s chest; it should have been be all-too familiar by then, but the sting was never weakened with age or predictability. “And California? Are you really ready to be so far from home? You hardly ever even leave your room.”
It had taken everything in Winnie to hold back the open scoff she longed to throw at her mother; instead, she just stood up and left the kitchen, along with any childish hope that Dahlia might ever make an effort to really know her middle daughter.
Because anyone that knew Winona Elle Walker could predict just how much she would thrive in California. In the persistent sunshine that never quite reached the peak of being too hot for very long, unlike the nearly six months of 90 and 100-plus degree days of summer she knew so well in Texas. Within close proximity to a beach that didn’t have swamp-colored water washing ashore.
In a place well over a thousand miles away from Dahlia.
And that’s exactly how Winnie found herself in LA: thriving. She made friends easily, enjoyed life on the USC campus while she studied the exact major she had set out for the first day she sat down in her first class -- Navigating News in the Digital Age class -- and it was a relatively cheap flight home if she ever missed it too much. Winnie started feeling less like an enigma, and more like someone whose quirks were becoming more of a benefit to her success than she could have ever imagined.
Now, as a woman in her senior year, nearly 22 and set to graduate in only a few months time, she’s finally up for the most coveted position in her major: being the prime time student reporter at the biggest sporting events of the school’s entire athletic program — the Trojan football games. Reporting at football games was a job always reserved for seniors, and she had been driving her roommate — and best friend in California — Naomi crazy all summer prepping for the spot’s audition.
“Winnie, babe, you know the plays backwards and forwards. You’ve understood more about the rules of football since you were a kid than I’ll ever know as a grown woman. You have all the key players’ and coaches’ names and numbers memorized. You couldn’t be any more prepared,” she smiles, good-natured irritation clear in her eyes and behind the blinding smile that shone from her mocha-colored skin.
It softens some when Winnie stood from the couch, and Naomi reaches over and slaps her retreating ass just hard enough to make Winnie yelp and giggle. “Not to mention those squats are paying off big time, bitch. You’re gonna kill it.”
Winnie rolls her eyes and continues to make her way to the kitchen to refill her wine glass. “The camera won’t see my ass, but thanks.”
Naomi winks. “No. But Grayson Dolan might.”
Grayson Dolan — the walk-on that had stunned everyone when he was thrown into a game his freshman year after two of the starting tight ends had become injured on two consecutive plays. Now a senior himself, he’s led the team ever since in receiving yards, receptions, and TD’s, and is a clear prospect for the NFL in the coming months.
He also happens to be the player Winnie had drunkenly admitted she had a crush on during a girls night last year, and her friends have yet to let her live it down. She had felt ridiculous saying she had a crush as a 21 year-old, but that’s really all it was; he was hot, an extremely talented player, and she barely knew him beyond that one time he had spilled a drink on her at a frat party, and the rather interesting reputation that followed him around campus. There was nothing more to it.
Even if her attraction to him hasn’t died down in the passing time.
Winnie only blushes and pours herself a little extra, blaming the Maison No. 9 when Naomi throws her head back with a cackle and calls out the matching pink in her cheeks.
The morning of her audition, a mere two weeks into her fall semester, Winnie has butterflies fluttering madly in the pit of her belly. Her truer nature of being somewhat shy and timid in these situations has never left, always flaring up in moments of self-doubt and unpredictability. Undoubtedly, however, this audition deserves all the nerves; it’s a clear stepping stone into network broadcasting, and would almost guarantee her a spot as an intern at FOX Sports next semester.
She stares at herself in the mirror for a moment, silently urging herself to get her shit together, and takes a deep breath before eyeing Naomi’s curling iron plugged in by the sink adjacent to her own.
Winnie hasn’t curled her hair once in the nearly four years she’d been in LA. Not for nights out, or auditions, or even a date. A brief moment of madness overtakes her as she stands there staring at the metal device, her hand starting to reach out as words that should be long forgotten ring loud and clear in her head. For a second, the pale beige paint of her apartment bathroom turns the light blue and grey color scheme of her childhood one. Her mom had ‘surprised’ her with the the renovation one year when she decided to redecorate the house while Winnie was at volleyball camp, insisting she had chosen Winnie’s favorite colors, when in reality it simply matched the rest of the monotone suburban house that Winnie secretly couldn’t stand. It was boring, and typical, and...stuck, despite its relative newness.
With that, the fog clears as quickly as it had come, and she sets her jaw determinedly. She hasn’t let Dahlia psych her out for this long; she isn’t about to let now be the first time since she’s been out here on her own.
And maybe Naomi was right. Maybe she’d catch a certain tight end’s eye with a tight end of her own, after all.
The nausea suddenly returns as she shakes her head and reaches for her straightener instead, flicking it on before sectioning off her hair.
“No wonder you’re so fucking single, Win.”
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steve0discusses · 4 years ago
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S5 Ep7: Joey, Who Once Almost Beat Legendary Marik Ishtar, Promptly Loses to an Embarrassing Horse Guy
Y’all.
This update is only 11 caps. Nuts.
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I was kind of surprised when this episode just ended so abruptly. I really thought that this would be a 3-episode epic journey, and that Joey would die maybe one or two times, and everyone would be crying at the end, but like...I don’t think this arc has enough time to do that so we’re just moving straight on through this Zigfried nonsense at breakneck speed.
Normally I would just append this to the next episode which wasn’t that long either, but I’m still getting over my flu I got at my local DMV and so I’mma gonna take it slow and we’ll just do tiny updates.
So anyway, that’s where my brain is at, and I think that’s a perfect place for Yugioh. We start out this episode with this show actually pretending that what Zigfried is doing right here is weird:
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It would be weirder if these people DIDN’T talk to their cards in a loving, clearly not platonic, caress. I mean these cards were real boys like...recently...maybe 2 weeks recently--not sure how long that Yugi and team have been illegally stranded in the States and stuffed like sardines inside of Mr Hawkin’s RV...but it hasn’t been long enough for Zigfried to forget.
And I have to ask...what was Zigfried doing when the Oricalchos dropped and everyone got devoured into the great Leviathan? I mean this guy isn’t even slightly magical or even that bloodthirsty...so do you think he just kind of hid in his milk pool? Or was this guy like the first one in that great Leviathan on purpose? I feel like Zigfried would jump into that snake for an excuse to take a long nap and occasionally wake up to like talk to his horsey cards. He just seems like kind of a lazy villain that would love a break from his life problems.
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And, speaking of villains who need breaks from their life problems, Seto’s issue with the magma gets resolved pretty cleanly.
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What doesn’t get resolved is what happened to the copy-paste jpg of a classical painting that was hanging behind him last episode, but they probably put this blurry stand-in painting there so it would be less distracting. Unfortunately it is very green, so much like the last super-hi-def painting, I cannot look away.
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And Mokuba books it real fast out of there, saying some excuse of “I...better check on Seto...” and then he did literally nothing in Seto’s office.
But, I have to hand it to Seto, he has figured out the big bad of this season, and that’s some remarkable character growth for our normally oblivious Seto who usually has to jump through some hoops before he connects the dots.
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It does help when Zigfried is a type of person that no one would really forget meeting. It’s just really hard to hide if you have a personality like that. Like a hermit crab covered in glitter just moving from one horse-shaped shell to another horse-shaped shell.
Speaking of difficult personality, Rebecca is doing her best to make RebeccaxYugi Canon by declaring it on international television. Unsurprisingly, this joke act is more than actual canonical TeaxYugi have ever been.
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To the point that it’s almost like a very smart marketing ploy. Like if you aren’t interesting, just name drop other interesting duelists until you become the interesting duelist. She’s just out there actualizing her wishes and dreams, and who’s gonna say otherwise? Yugi?
Like hell Yugi would tell anyone the truth about anything. Her fake story is impossible to debunk.
Anyway, lots of cards get played that I don’t really go over here, and it was so many card shenanigans that it took the whole episode. Overall, Joey’s cards got removed from his deck one by one, and it was like a slowdeath (but also one of the fastest duels this show has ever had.) Joey didn’t overcome his temper, he got too emotional or whatever, and this happened:
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And Seto kind of looked over as Mokuba walked in the door and was like “sup?”
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Why is it that Mokuba hasn’t achieved chair privileges? Is it too hard for the animators to draw a chair? Or is Mokuba kind of too hyper for a swivel chair?
At the end, everyone tries to console/harass Joey until he tries to attack everyone here but the dark wizard.
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Maybe it was a good thing Mokuba wasn’t here to school his ass because Joey could really learn a little from the Kaiba perspective of “you lost because you played the wrong cards, dumbass.”
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the last scene was Joey jumping into the air and screaming “I GET NO RESPECT” and I feel like it was directly to the writers of this show.
I have mentioned this before, but Joey’s list of supernatural accomplishments in this show is as long as Yugi’s if you think about it, and yet...he’s still supposed to be...amateur at cards? The show does this sometimes, where we have to just buy that “Joey will be good at this one day” when like...I think he got good at cards! I think he already did that several seasons ago!
Joey was one of the 3 legendary guardians of the dragon swords last season, and although he did absolutely die last season--now he can’t win the baby tournament when up against just a little bit of lava (like he’s never seen lava before?)
But with the logic of the season, you can’t have the big bad go down to Joey Wheeler or else Yugi can’t play him. And honestly, how many times has it been kind of at the cost of the natural character logic that Yugi must go up against the big bad in every tournament arc? And like, this is just anime problems, that aren’t just about this show...
...and I don’t know how they’d better solve it. But, it’s the choice they made. Just make Joey’s luck run out, because he has a luck based deck or...whatever. It’s fine. It’s just one step closer to the Bakura arc when we discuss Egypt stuff so I think this is like...pretty forgivable. Although honestly, it would have made more sense if this were...not Joey Wheeler.
Like Duke Devlin is right there--I’d buy this being Duke Devlins loss over Joey. But...whatever, it’s fine.
Also, if you just got here, this is how you can read all these Yugioh caps in chrono order
https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono
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ballplayersxo · 3 years ago
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I def think booker wants to be famous. unlike his other peers, he didn’t come into the league hyped. he was a bench player in college and went 13th in the draft. his situation also didn’t allow him to gain much good attention which is why he got labeled as a “empty stats” guy. I think him being snubbed still makes him feel as if he isn’t on the other guys’ level. dating jordyn and Kendall and being in those circles was definitely his plan and he succeeded. I actually think players do respect him it’s the media and shit that still have their biases and narratives in their head. I agree he isn’t benefiting from his relationship with Kendall but he honestly doesn’t have much going for him. he don’t got a big shoe deal or something and brands don’t look at him as some big marketing plug like jayson. maybe after his playoff run they’ll see how much attention he brings and hit him up cause at the end of the day, he just didn’t have that many eyes on him before to sell.
don’t see any lies here! imagine being the forgotten player from kentucky’s legendary 2015 season cause you had to play behind the fucking harrison twins, i’d be sick too. then going to one of the worst teams in the league??? it was really bad for him. i’m glad he’s getting the recognition he deserves now, i just hope he doesn’t do too much with all the arrogance & fighting cause he still doesn’t have much to back it all up with. if the suns win the championship he can do all the talking he wants though
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I agree with your bts rant! but the wya i end up concluding it is “don’t hate the player hate the game” Like it’s such an industry deep situation. Even a societal one like everything we do is for money. Capitalism is a disease of its own. I mean def there are things to critic about artists like when they do bundling but that’s bc you can sell without it. But marketing is sadly necessary bc of the wya to industry works and just inevitable. I hope they tone it down tho but hey big hit wants that💰
lol ya my rant isn’t directed at the boys but rather at big hit. but also for all that the company is, i have so much respect for their sales/marketing/advertising team. witnessing their growth from dope onwards was insane from a business perspective. they really knew how to use social media to their advantage, how to give their fans free content aka bangtantv ( lol altho free i can only guess the ad revenue on their youtube videos!! hint: it’s millions), gayo & run episodes, their vlives and all of that, and make fans stay and convert them into ‘loyal customers’. they leaned into the fact that the public was moving more towards celebs that they find genuine and relatable and away from those that were over the top. they figured out how to make them feel accessible, relatable, before much of the industry figured it out. also, they understood how english could help them gain a lot of traction (iirc PSY talked about this too). it is also why bts gained such a following internationally, even bigger than in korea before they really blew up in their own country. anyway bang pd identified a niche early EARLY on, put together a team (boys, producers, lyric writers, content makers, just everyone at the company) that could bring it to fruition and capitalized on it. and i know we all go hehe haha bang pd but people seriously do not understand the brain this man and his team has. luck is one thing, but the way they’ve grown is more than just luck.
although im not part of the demographic that is willing to spend on everything, they knew they had people that do; that will buy all the concert dvds, summer package, winter package, muster, movies, bon voyage, in the soop etc. etc. etc. i could be wrong but no one produces as much content as they do. big hit is literally a content factory. all the merch, tinytan, bt21, etc. etc. etc. they take consumerism to the next level. as an individual looking at how much the company achieves year after year and all the profit i can only guess they make... it’s just amazing to me. the fact that they made weverse was genius. they really said fuq u to naver, vlive and fancafe and said we know how much our content is worth. don’t know when but when weverse starts doing live videos and if bts ever fully migrates everything over, add ads (especially curated ads based on the user data), profits are going to go through the roof and into outer space. data is worth more than anything and the fact of the matter is, the moment you download an app, you are inadvertently selling your data to them for the ‘free’ content you get. so yes, they are very smart. though i think they will always have a vlive presence because you need your hand in every cookie jar. and vlive is a way to reach ‘newer’ fans while weverse is for once you’re already in the ecosystem. acquiring pledis & source music to grow that ecosystem was also pretty smart. i can’t say much about the games they have released but i assume it’s a good enough revenue stream, data-wise and also probably coins that people buy or wtv.
the one thing i really do not agree with is the ads and products bts endorse. some of the ads are soooo boring. it doesn’t make me feel like buying the product but i am sure there are a zillion fans that will buy anything with their face on it but i will continue my thoughts on their ad/brand endorsement in another ask ahahahah.
but tldr: big hit from a business and money-making standpoint: amazing and i bet many companies want to emulate. big hit from a fan stand-point: i am tired from being bombarded with messages to buy things (i know i am not being forced so don’t come for my neck lol)
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( dylan minnette, cis male, he/him ) have you heard about KELLAN RICCI? they’re a 21 year old INTERN in the NEWS team. i don’t know what their last job was, all i know is that they’re originally from BOSTON, MA. carol in hr said that they’re kinda IMPULSIVE and SARCASTIC but jessica in marketing insists that they are HONEST and DILIGENT. at the end of the day, no one is worthy of the instant hype here. i just hope they get to achieve their dream of being A JOURNALIST one day. According to the latest Vibez quiz, their Disney soulmate is PRINCE ERIC.
heyyyyy nicole again and this is kellan!! (this is a sideblog to brady so kellan will not follow u back, don’t take it personally xoxoxo). his STATS PAGE with lots more stuff is here.
again, im unfortunately not really here here for opening, so i might not see tumblr messages immediately. you can add me on discord ( john ambrose mcclaren#1627 ) and hmu there to plot and everything!! or ill get back to u here later. i put some very basic connections ideas at the bottom of brady’s intro that apply to kellan too but id love to just plot based on our muses specifically! so yay ok here we go:
background
kellan is the oldest of three children, born to nico and vanessa ricci in boston, MA. nico is a nurse and vanessa is a veterinarian, so they both work a lot and have since kellan was young. it’s not a big deal, though; they’re good parents and do a lot for kellan and his 2 younger sisters.
all around the riccis are a pretty typical family. growing up, his parents always made sure to have Family Time™ when they weren’t working and the five of them could all be together. they’re really open and kellan always knew that he could tell them stuff if he needed to. but you know, as far as being a kid goes, he never had much he wanted to tell. they trusted him, though, and it’s not like they were home often enough to see what he was doing anyway.
as for his 2 younger sisters — one is close in age to him (this is a wanted connection so check that out !!). they grew up as very normal siblings, close one minute and hating each other the next, but now that they’re older, ofc kellan loves her and definitely feels closer to her than to his parents. then there’s their 14-year-old sister (obvs npc). kellan of course has the inherent desire to protect and be there for both of his sisters at all times.
when he reached a certain age, kellan thinks he probably just...got bored. so he started to act out a little. not much at first, just skipping a class here and there or going out way too late with his friends, but it escalated a bit as time went on. by the time kellan was in high school, he was def a bit of a delinquent. he and his friends would shoplift just for fun, or fuck with people purely for entertainment. he’s mostly grown out of that (especially after a certain incident in college where kellan very narrowly avoided legal trouble), but he still likes to cause a lil trouble. get a lil crazy. be a lil silly. maybe he still likes to light stuff on fire, idk, ask him not me.
fun facts and info!!
contrary to the fact that he is Dumb, he has always loved reading and writing. he has plans of becoming a journalist so he’s also working a lot on photography (to get good shots for articles), and often has a camera around his neck to practice that.
he initially started as an intern in the entertainment team, but he didn’t end up moving up in that department, so he transferred over to the news team and is interning all over again. a lil salty abt that, don’t txt.
he kind of gives off sk8r boi vibes, but he absolutely does not know how to skate. he owns a skateboard though. and sometimes he’ll carry it and never ride it. mind ya business.
his hair is absolutely always dyed fun colors (thank you dylan minnette for ur service), so it’ll probably fall out before he turns 30. currently it’s blue!
he is wildly bisexual. very much happy and open about that.
he’s def very ~in touch with his feelings~ so he and his homies say real men cry and that’s that on that.
he’s super romantic, but it all depends on the other person. he’ll do a lot to make someone he loves smile but won’t go all out if that isn’t their jam ya know? he’s good at reading people (and also just straight up asking, and that’s on healthy communication).
he knows when to tone things down and keep certain things private, but for the most part he really enjoys saying his piece/just being heard. so the journalism thing makes sense, really. like, listen to ME specifically talk about this thing. but of course that mindset has and will likely continue to get him into some shit lol. being too showy can get u in trouble. keep ya MOUTH shut, ricci.
omg beep beep ricci
i can’t think of toooo much else to add right now? i believe that is the essence of him and as i figure out more i will speak on it.
some aesthetics i think of for him (while i work on his pinterest board): worn out converse, laying on the roof at midnight staring at the stars, dogs wearing sunglasses, asking for nudes via nintendo DS pictochat, one of those spinning colorful disco ball lights.
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starstress · 4 years ago
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MCC Aqua Axolotls Live Commentary!
Hello, as said, I will attempt to write down my thoughts and reactions during the MCC. 
Stream links!!
False: https://www.twitch.tv/falsesymmetry
Ren: https://www.twitch.tv/rendogtv
Grian (yes, he’s streaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjkgnEi4t9g
Pearl: https://www.twitch.tv/pearlescentmoon
Updates will come as edits, so be sure to check this again every once in a while if you’re interested or just curious! 
To all fans, please be kind to everyone, no matter the team or who you wish would win. You will only embarrass yourself if you harass others or act immaturely and will gain no brownie points with those you follow and watch.
For now, may the games begin and the best team win!
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Edit 1: Peeps are running a bit late, apparently, Ren is the only one on the team with no aqua colour XD Grian recoloured the headband that Smajor had made for him last stream XD
Andddd, we’re kicking off!!
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Edit 2: The gong makes an appearance!! Also, the story of the gong!! Grian had bought it as a gag for whenever he and Mumbo record! The team loves it!
Countdown has finally started!
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Edit 3: The first game is Skyblockle(?)!! Team ain’t feeling too confident about it, but we’ll see! I think they’ll be okay at this. Gri is reading the instructions and getting nervous XD
From now, everything will be under the cut. Warning, it’s really long.
Oof, wood fell in the lava. They still have more :)) They’re sharing tasks pretty nicely, I have to say, but they keep changing plans. Things will heat up quickly, tho, and I’m glad this game is gonna be out of the way soon.
First death in Skyblockle for the Aqua Axolotls: False! Second: Grian!
Doom is on the horizon XD
Rip, Ren has died too, and Pearl has gotten a couple of kills!! 
And the Axolotls are out!
First gong after a game. Rn we’re all watching the other teams. Dream team is holding up well. Techno’s team is out too. Last bid!
Endgame: Pearl has won the most coins, team is a bit disappointing by last place.
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Edit 4: They have the Uno Reserve card as they were the worst team. 
Game: Bingo but Fast!
Gri is reading the instructions again. Someone in Pearl’s stream is watching 25 streams holy dandelions.
The team is again sharing tasks. This is pretty speedy!
Hearing Gri lament how speedy it all is is so funny. Also, they’re all like headless chickens and a lot more disorganized now. Poor team.
Endgame: Ren’s sweating in unspeakable places lol, but they’re not last anymore!
Pearl’s game just crashed, oh goodness.She’s back in, wooo!
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Edit 5: Game: Battle box!
Gri is going for the middle. Pearl got so many kills!
First round won!!
Second round lost!
Third round won!!
Ren’s having a hard time breathing, and I gotta say same! 4th place rn.
Game was paused to stop the animations of the NPCs and we got another gong! we chilling for a few mins lol.
WE’RE ON AGAINST THE DREAM TEAM. Aww, the game needs to be reset or smt. 
Oh wow, draw for every team. Fourth round was skipped.
Fifth round - uh SERVER CRASHED
Wowie, the map looks really strange without the resource pack.
First hiccup in 7 event, dang. 
Starting again. Resource pack might no re-appear again. And now I’m laggy, lol
Round 1: lost!
Round 2: won! Gri with the tnt :D
Round 3: lost! tnt did not work this time
Round 4: unknown due to lag, oof.
Round 5: lost
Round 6: unknown 
Round 7: unknown
Round 8: unknown
Round 9: unknown (prob lost)
Place: Last.
Everyone’s laggy, including me lol.
The viewers are being encouraging, which is really great and wholesome!
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Edit 6: Game: Big Sales at Build Market!
Team is confident about this one, wooo!!
Grian ended up in plants lol. Ughhh, diorate. Communication is key, and it’s very well done!!
They’re building fast and getting resources pretty fast, that’s good.
Grian listing what they need is *chef kiss* False being alert is *hearteyes* and the chats are the real mvps 
Endgame: Place 7. It was pretty intense indeed.
Break time!
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Edit 7: Audience takeover!! Pearl wants Rocket Spleef, so does Techno. Dream wants Hole in the Wall.
Game: Rocket Spleef!!
Grian’s reading instructions :))) 
This will be intense as all heck. Countdown has stopped, huh.
Oof, apparently it was supposed to be Hole in the Wall, but can’t change. Gri’s prob not gonna have as great of a time as I’d hopped :P
Round 1: Rainbow map, False is out! :o The very first time! Team’s out right before tnt time! Place 6, nice.
Round 2: Uhh, Atoms map?? Grian and Pearl are struggling. Pearl’s out! Gri’s out! Ren’s out! False’s still going.
Round 3: Grian’s finally got the rocket jump. Jump and then launch :D Or maybe not XD Tnt time! Pearl is waiting down at the bottom. She fell, oof. Grian’s having cramps in his hand and, in his words, he’s ‘a goner.’
Endgame: False’s the master of Rocket Spleef! And place 6! Team really enjoyed it, I’m so glad :D
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Edit 8: Team’s hoping for Ace Race, and it looks like it might be!
Game: Ace Race!
Grian is narrating for all of us, nice! “This is totally Sonic!” he says!
“’Your first time will probably suck’. Yeah, that’s been happening about the entire time!” lmao
Omg, the map is so cool!! Def a fan favourite!! The entire team is having so much fun yesss
All of them are really doing good, Grian and False are placing good.
“Techno, get outta my way!!” -  Gri, and I have to say, mood.
Grian got place 15! Right behind Techno, nice!!
Pearl is 32!
Ren is 35?
False is somewhere behind Gri, but way before Pearl.
Endgame: Everyone had one heck of a time and now they’re trying to find out how to make it in Vanilla Minecraft XD
Place: 9 
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Edit 9: They dunked the Lime Llamas XDD
Game: Sands of Time
Oof, this one’s gonna be a maker or a breaker.
Oh goodness, they have no one watching the time D:
They’re banking coins, thankfully. 
Oh no, Pearl!! Sand is needed. Grian to the rescue!
Phew, three sand left, thank you Pearl for topping up!!
Intense, gosh, i’m really nervous about the sand!!
Oof, Pearl’s stream froze. It ended, oh no. Actually, it might just be me that has enormous lag (not smt new lol). 
There we go, slow but it’s something.
The sand!! Aww man, right as Pearl got the sand!! They’re out! At least they banked a lot of their coins.
Endgame: We got a nice gong. Place: 5! Overall place: 9!
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Edit 10: My wi-fi is beating me up with a stick, and it’s unrelenting. Lag is my life now.
Last game: Hole in the Wall
Ren’s gonna have a bad time XD
Round 1: Pearl’s fallen, from what my laggy video will show me. Gri as well. They’re out!
Round 2: Pearl’s still alive, woo!! Glitched right through one, so cool XD
Round 3: lag.
Endgame: Ren’s raging, Grian is really amused by that XD Nice game!! 
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Edit 11:
Overall place: 9
Time for the final battle!! Gong! Ren wants the gong as stream sound effect :D
Green Guardians vs Orange Ocelots! 
Grian supports Techno bc Techno said he liked him lmao!! The others are Green. 
Also fun fact: Grian could coach a match of dodge ball!
Round 1: Green wins!
Round 2: Orange wins!! Techno’s taking them out!
Round 3: Orange wins!
Round 4: Orange wins!
Grian: “It’s like one of those anime moments!”
Round 5: Green wins!
(Gri went off holy heck)
Congrats to the Green Guardians!!  
Last edit of the night!
That was extremely fun to watch!! The lag and my own wi-fi made it a bit irritating at times, esp since I had to split my focus, but it was pretty good nonetheless.
It’s really sad that the Championship itself lagged so much, I have a feeling it left both a lot of viewers and players feeling frustrated as well. 
However, the new mini game was lots of fun and I have a feeling we’ll be seeing it a lot in the future. I really hope we will.
The team was really good, they managed to coordinate very well, but like many groups who’ve just started working together for the first time, there were times where they could’ve slowed down a bit and reconsidered their plans. Still, the important bit was that they all had a great time together.
Overall, I really hope Grian and Pearl will participate again, even if not on the same teams. I also hope that there will be more Hermitcraft members joining in, even if only for one Championship. I had tons of fun writing this as well, but I think I’ll switch back to occasional posts about amusing things that happen during the games, as it really took a lot of my attention from the mcc itself.
Hope whoever kept up with me or reads this later enjoyed/enjoys this. I’m off to bed now, I’m sleepy and I’ll prob wake up, read through this, and find 10 million little mistakes that I’ll die over. Future me, I deeply apologize, but, uhhhh, no regrets!!
Starstress out!
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hoochy-coo · 4 years ago
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Thoughts on Dua Lipa? Music, style, public image
Dua Lipa is the breathing living proof that a female pop star can put out bops after bops but if you don’t have a stable fandom, you’ll still do mediocre numbers on the charts. She scored like 5 top 10 singles with her first album (which was all over the place and had no direction - not surprising since she shifted musical direction a couple of times since the release of her EP). That should have set up ‘Future Nostalgia’ for a huge success. Some artists have a massive second album slump but that didn’t look like it was going to be the case with Dua because 1) She never had a real hiatus so the public hasn’t had the time to forget about her (dropped ‘One Kiss’ and ‘Electricity’ in between the albums and it got heavy rotation on the radio) and 2) The singles did well, especially ‘Don’t Start Now.’ ‘Future Nostalgia’ should be doing high numbers but despite the fact that most of twitter agree that it’s one of the best pop albums to come out in the last couple of years, it’s still stalling on the chart. The underwhelming success is partly due to the outbreak of covid-19 (can’t tour, can’t promote, can’t do press) but I think it just goes to show that female pop stars can’t reach the top without a stable following. I know it’s unfair since male pop stars seem to have no issue in that area but that’s just how it’s always been. In terms of her team, I think they can do a bit more for her (does she have a brand deal? I feel like she’s big enough to at least bag a small campaign with brands like Coach or something along those lines) but at least, they’re not absolute rubbish at promoting her like in the case of Normani lol. I also thought her team was super smart for connecting with Blackpink for a feature because that opened up a new market for her and gave that single (and era) that much more longevity. 
Public-image wise...does Dua even have a public image? I feel like there’s really not much there to dissect with her? Her relationships have all been lowkey and the GP def don’t care enough about her to follow her every moves like they do with Selena and Ariana. I don’t know if that’s because her publicist hasn’t bothered to push her personal life to the press or if she’s just very private and prefers that it stays that way. There are some pop girlies that are super good at inserting themselves into the press and has stayed relevant purely based on how they monopolise their private affairs between the big gossip outlets, she’s definitely not one of them. 
Style-wise, her personal/street style is ‘meh’ - cute but nothing special (honestly dresses like a combo of Kaia and Bella). Her styling for each era has been really strong though. I can’t criticise her for that. I feel like ever since ‘IDGAF’, her styling has been on-point and it always reflects the music. I can see that she got a slightly bigger budget for this era (fair enough too) and her team clearly spent that wisely because all the music videos that have come out of this era have been amazing. I also like that Dua and her stylist took the ‘future nostalgia’ theme quite literally and implemented that in the styling (i.e. her wearing those matching Chanel tweed set that’s been coming back in full force since last year but it’s still an ode to luxe prep that was all the rage during the 90′s).
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nuthingoodat4 · 5 years ago
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For the Culture. Black Women’s Holiday Market
Most Holiday faires,boutiques and markets that cater to Black folks seem to have a very specific demographic that are served. Typically we are talking about 24-60 year old women who are Christian, highly educated and mid career supervisors and managers doing really well for themselves. Now don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a knock on them or a bad thing but where do the younger Black alternative, non-Christian, queer or non-binary youth shop?
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Who may or may not be on a budget? Still highly educated but less concerned about the mainstream trappings of success and want something original and that speaks directly to them instead of showing off a high end brand name or consuming products to fit in and be like everyone else. I was happy to see so many younger vendors, entrepreneurs creating a space for Black folks to shop locally and find one of kind items. Not only a blend of dynamic artistry but mindfulness around how products were made, by hand and with the  Black and Brown Oakland community in mind.
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While the market was open to everyone and over 45 different vendors sold during this two day event I truly felt represented,seen and heard in the care the organizers took to build a space for all types of Black women. I appreciated the concern for each other by them providing food,encouragement,deliberate attention to health and wellness both physical and mental. Thank you to the Fresh to Def team and other volunteers for giving us the time to speak to each,stretch,eat,set the intention for our experiences and to gather in unity and positivity. A big shout out to all the sponsors and Oakland Impact Hub as well.
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Vendors were asked to meet at a pre-event orientation to go over logistics and see who would be participating in the market and break bread with them and get to know each other as well as introduce the organizer staff. This meeting set the tone and moving into day one of the market it really felt less competitive as other shows I’ve set up at and more like a support system. It did not go unnoticed that the energy in the space was very gracious and expectations were high. Expectations not just to sell out of our goods but that folks would treat each other well and the good vibes would translate into more of a foundation for future markets. The feeling in the air was one of anticipation for endless possibilities. And you know what? I haven’t felt that way during a festival,convention or holiday market in a long time. No fear. I guess that was what was missing. The insidious claustrophobic unsettling pallor of what if this doesn’t go right. what if this fails. what if I lose money. what if ..what if..none of that happened and I am so happy and thankful the organizers had the foresight to prep us for positive outcomes and focus on what we do have instead of what may be missing. Super job and incredibly inspiring.
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I enjoyed sharing my table with an awesome lady Tatille of Moonlight Wild honey. It makes a huge difference whether or not you have a good neighbor. Shout out to all the amazing folks that stopped by my table and supported. I sold out of several prints and had cool conversations with some of the most sweet people.
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As I said before, food was given to vendors and the facility was clean and in a great location for random foot traffic. Parking well. It’s downtown Oakland so parking is what it is. That being said the security and parking attendants were nice too. Big ups to everyone who came out even in the rain on Saturday. I had a blast and still need to catch up on sleep. I’ve included a few photos here and I have more on my flickr page so check them out here, https://www.flickr.com/photos/storm1sky/albums/72157712052765928
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suganovakawa · 4 years ago
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your jealous hcs are immaculate 😌 could I get sum the same headcannons for my short kings hinata and nishi 🥺
aBSOLUTELY I AM ON THIS
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𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘'𝐑𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐘 !
karasuno boys fend off other teams as they try to flirt with you !
— check out my masterlist !!
these boys don’t take too kindly to other teams trying to flirt with you . . . and they’re not gonna deal with it for much longer ! >:)
a / n : jealous haikyuu boys . that’s it . that’s the tweet . :^)
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taglist : @yams046 @janellion @avylee
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shoyo hinata
mans is gonna be going through an internal conflict of “ HEY THATS MY SO ” and “ wait am i being too possessive ? ”
literally all of his teammates have told him being wary of who tries flirting with you is NOT being overly possessive , but he still has his self doubts about it all
you’re still a manager-in-training during the summer camp , and you’ve basically been following kiyoko around ; every time you’re not , you’re usually with shoyo
all of hinata’s hesitation goes down the drain the moment lev basks in your presence
you two met through shoyo and kenma , during lunch — you found your boyfriend speaking to this really really really tall guy , and hinata quickly introduced the two of you before you could run away in fear
what he didn’t like , was how well you two got along afterward
during the week he’d catch lev striking up easy conversation with you when he wasn’t around ; whether it was about him , you , volleyball , nekoma , or karasuno
y’all got along well — way too well
it came to the point where tobio had to give the carrot top a whole pep talk about his jealousy ; shoyo began to be more distracted on the court , which earned karasuno more and more punishments
“ boke ! you need to do something about yourself ! we don’t stand a chance in winning if all you do on the court is gawk at how lev is better at striking conversation with y/n than you ! ”
“ but kageyamaaaaaa , what if i’m just reading too much into it ? ”
“ you’ll be reading the fine print on my sneakers if you don’t pull your crap together soon and be a man for y/n ”
and that was the end of that discussion ; hinata was gonna pull his crap together later tonight
after another camp day finished , he found you with lev . . . again
he was helping you with cleaning up any extra volleyballs — shoyo watched as you laughed at one of his short jokes , you punching the side of his arm lightly
the first year marched towards the two of you , and you smiled when you saw your boyfriend in view
“ shoyo ! did you know that lev — sh-shoyo ? ”
lev widened his eyes a bit as hinata wrapped an arm around your waist , blatantly pressing a kiss to your temple in front of the nekoma first year
ignoring his self embarrassment , shoyo flashed a small smirk in your direction , using his fingers to brush the hair out of your eyes
“ i missed you , y/n . do you need help with anything ? ”
“ aaaaaaand , that is my cue to go find yaku . see you around , y/n ! ”
you hid your flustered face in shoyo’s chest and blindly waved lev off , not fully grasping what in the world just happened
out of nowhere , you can feel and hear your boyfriend short circuit
“ oh my goD thank GOODNESS lev left already , i didn’t think i could do that for much longer ”
you look up at hinata , whose face was just as red as yours from his own actions
“ what was that for anyway , shoyo ? you’re never like . . . that ”
you blushed at the thought of shoyo being protective of you in front of lev , your stomach feeling fluttery with his arm around your waist
“ honestly , y/n ? i kinda . . . got jealous . that lev was getting most of your attention . kageyama was the one who told me to do this , but i got scared i was being too controlling of you by doing what i did ”
at what shoyo said , you couldn’t help but laugh and press a kiss to his nose
“ nonsense , shoyo . i know you’re not like that . and i’ll give you more attention , silly . you should’ve just asked . ”
he let loose of your hips and you began to walk out of the gym , but you faced him one more time before turning the corner , a foxy grin on your lips
“ but damn , shoyo . i’d love to see that side of you again , because that was really hot . ”
you were kidding when you said that , but he clearly didn’t get that part when he did the same exact thing the next day — and he was much more confident this time
yuu nishinoya
he will call anyone out if they even dare flirt with you
as an experienced flirter himself , yuu knows exactly what to look for when a male specimen interacts with you
and if he sees any red flags ? consider the interaction terminated
of course he isn’t possessive , he’ll lead you away from the specimen nicely instead of just dragging you away
but the specimen should def expect a death glare from the libero
exhibit A — koutarou bokuto
could the fukurodani player make it more obvious that he was completely and utterly smitten over you ?
somehow you were completely oblivious to his advances , brushing off as you just carried on tending to karasuno
but even still , bokuto wouldn’t give you a break . and yuu wasn’t going to deal with watching you unintentionally push his advances away for much longer
at first , tanaka wanted to help with busting koutarou
“ c’mon , noya ! let’s show that ace who y/n’s boyfriend is , eh ? don’t deal with his shit anymore ! ”
cue a manly cutscene
and an even manlier yuu nishinoya
“ no , my dear tanaka . i appreciate your support , soldier , but y/n is my s.o. , so i will take matters into my own hands . if i cannot do such a feat , i cannot call myself a man , and a worthy boyfriend . ”
cue ryu’s manly tears , and the two hugged on it
come dinner time , and yuu is finally going to stop bokuto from pursuing you
he sees you , and you see him — you try calling out to noya , but before you can finish , koutarou is already at your side , puppy dog eyes and all
“ y/n !!! you were great today ! ”
“ th-thank you bokuto , but i really didn’t do much today — ”
“ nonsense !! with the way you kept up with your team after every punishment , it’s so cool of you ! ”
“ HEY ! BIG GUY ! ”
nishinoya saw your eyes sparkle as he approached the two of you , an index finger waving in kou’s face
“ what’s your business with y/n , eh ? this one is off the market . by me ! so , go pursue someone else ! go , go ! shoo ! ”
omg did koutarou just go into emo mode
you were about to say something in an effort to cheer him up , when he saw another fukurodani player — akaashi , you remember — tapping him on the shoulder and crossing his arms
“ let’s go , bokuto-san . your dinner is going to get cold if you insist on being sad over at karasuno’s table . ”
you and noya watched as keiji dragged the third year back to his own team , and you turned to your boyfriend confusedly
" yuu ? was he trying to pursue me ? "
oh my god you really were oblivious
" yeah , babe ! you didn't see him giving you nothing but goo-goo eyes literally all day long ? "
" oh wow . . . i suppose didn't . " you smiled , " thanks for coming to my rescue , yuu . i can always count on you . "
he grinned and nodded his head , before kissing your cheek sweetly
" of course , baby . that's what i'm here for . "
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praphit · 5 years ago
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IT Chapter 2: maybe he’s simply stupid
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Party People! That killer clown... is BACK!
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No, not that killer clown (although one could argue Ronald's body count is vastly higher).
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THAT clown!
Good ol Pennywise.
The last time that we saw Pennywise he had just gotten his ass beat by a bunch of kids. Not a good look for any certified tough person; especially if it's a tough person who's supposed to be a villain!
He can't show his face around the villain bars or parties no more - he's a laughing stock! It wasn't just any group of kids he was defeated by, it was a group of kids who embrace the fact that they're losers ("The Losers Club"). That's pretty bad when a group of people accept their deprecatory labels to the point that they form not a support group, but a social club. Imagine if you were made fun of for having stinky feet, and you decided to join "The Stanky Feet Club". That's the level of debasement we're talking about. Pennywise got beat up by self-proclaimed losers.
You can't be considered a villain or a monster if you go down like that. You can't call the Justice League for Pennywise; they ain't coming! They MIGHT send Robin, MAYBE. I'm not sure the cops would even waste their time. I think that if they got a call about Pennywise, they'd just see if they could gather a gang of kids from a nearby middle school to oppose him.
Pennywise had to redeem himself.
So, in Chapter 2 - TWENTY SEVEN YEARS LATER, he decides to go after those same loser kids as adults. 27 years! Seems like a long time to plot one's revenge - you know, maybe he's simply stupid.
Yes, a long time, but here we are. He starts off his scheme for revenge on the Losers Club by eating gay people.
Yep.
Now, I'm not saying that Pennywise is homophobic or anything (the town he's in called Derry def is tho - my goodness!), but maybe you don't START your plan of evil with the LGBTQ community. You know?? - not a good look. I'm sure Thanos, when he's out there snapping away worlds, had a PR person whispering in his ear.
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"Look, Thanny baby! You know I love ya! But, let's be sure (on this tour of destruction) NOT to hit up the minority planets first; don't worry we'll get to them. But, let's snap away a couple of predominantly white planets in the beginning."
It's bad for approval rating. I mean, the white supremacists ratings would hit an all time high, but... no one REALLY wants that look.
But, Pennywise stamps down possible homophobia on his resume, and grabs the attention of... the Old Spice guy. Or known in this universe as MIKE.
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His Old Spice days are over! He's going for the neighborhood crazy guy look now.
Mike is the token black dude in The Losers Club. Mike has been living in an attic for 27 years ever since "the losers" made a promise that if Pennywise ever came back, they'd all come back too, to stop him for good.
Mike gives all of the losers a call one by one to convince them to come back and honor their promise.
People let me just say, if you're traumatized in a certain area, the normal thing to do is to leave that area and never go back.
I remember, back when I was in middle school, seeing one of my teachers outside of school at a market (weird in an of itself). But, it was raining hard, and her makeup was running big time. Now, people, I did not realize at the time the powers of makeup. I knew it could enhance one's appearance. I did not know it could give one a whole new face. This rainy day I saw my teacher's face melt off as she was walking towards me in the market to say "hello" Freaked me the bleep out!  People I’m sorry, but I’m just telling you my truth from the perspective of a child at the time.
It was like - with makeup she looked like Halle Berry
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And as the makeup washed off - she looked like Morgan Freeman
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I don't think y'all understand.
With makeup - 
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 (well, not QUITE like that, but pretty much. I didn't do well in that class. I was distracted for some reason.)
Without makeup - 
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That drastic!
I ran away from that monster (or woman, I guess - people, I'm just saying that I can't PROVE she's NOT a "monster" who ripped off her face). Point is I have no interest of going to that part of town ever again. Trauma runs deep.
These losers now adults have sweet lives (well, most of them). Why go back to face a killer clown?
BUT, Mike does his thing and they all band back together!
Like the Avengers:
They have a The leader - James McAvoy The jokester - Bill Hader The tall, sexy guy - though he used to be the fat kid
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 (see that - bullying has it's uses. He’s getting all of the money and women now! Had he not been bullied he may have be destroyed by that other clown).
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The hypochondriac (there's one on ever super team right?)
The scared of everything guy (... well, they are "the losers")
The sexy chick - Jessica Chastain
And the black dude - Mr. Spice
BOOM! BACK!
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They track down Pennywise - he's out there doing his thing: eating kids and gay people... and shapeshifting into old ladies (like seen in the trailer).
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He might have to stamp down "pervert" on his resume as well. Cuz not only is he shapeshifting into old ladies, but he's getting naked before chasing people too. This is some plan he's executing!
Pennywise's powers are amped up in this chapter, though maybe too much. Annnnnnd here's where the big flaws begin for me. I know, party people... I was looking forward to this movie too I loved chapter one), but...
Big Flaw #1 - Unexplained rules
I'm not sure of the rules of Pennywise's powers. I can't tell what's real or not, due to all of the hallucinations and whether or not people can be hurt in the sitches - I don't feel like it's consistent. There are plenty of times when he has his prey, and they slip through his fingers somehow. Why does he keep letting them escape? Or are his powers not as great as advertised? If it's all in their heads, are they ever in any real danger? Idk. Look, with Jigsaw, we didn't need an explanation for how an senior citizen riddled with cancer is making all of these elaborate traps, purchasing materials for these traps, and cleaning up the horrifyingly bloody evidence again and again. 
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BUT, we knew what Jigsaw was all about. We knew the extent of his "powers" - that's all I'm saying! Plus, Pennywise sets someone free to go after The Losers (which the plot def did not need), but how that whole thing plays out (concerning Pennywise's abilities) makes no sense.
Big Flaw #2 - bad storytelling
Pennywise's origin is kinda explained in this chapter. I say "kinda" cuz we as the audience experience the telling of that story vicariously through someone on some type of acid trip. Like any good drug trip, who the hell knows what was going on?? So, they screwed up the origin, they never explain his powers well enough, the whole thing with The Losers coming back and listening to crazy ass Mike (who's been tripping on acid and living in an attic for 27 years) as he leads them in a quest to kill the clown MAKES NO SENSE. I'm not even going to get into said "quest" - also makes no sense. And then the ending... wow, stupifying.
Big Flaw #3 - CGI
It's not that it's bad, it just isn't scary. It's the opposite of scary. It's down right goofy at times. Like a spook house created for the whole family. Perfect example is in the triler I mentioned, when Jessica Chastain is being chased by the naked old lady. The way that they do the cg there... If I were Jessica Chastain in that moment, I wouldn't have been scared. I would have been like "Really dude? *heavy sigh* Pennywise, can we talk about what's going on with you? And why the bleep are you naked anyway?! You know they're gonna stamp "pervert" on your resume. None of this is scary. And you're just going to let me escape! You big dummy!"
Seriously, maybe he's simply stupid.
I mean look at him.
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Maybe that's scary, because that's the face he makes before he eats you, but it's also the drooling face I've seen people make when met with basic math problems.
It's not all bad! The acting is really good! And I was never bored in this 3 hour long movie (which is impressive), but all of those flaws equal a GRADE ----  D
Poor Pennywise.... what will his legacy be? Pervert, homophobe, possibly plain stupid person, who chose to dress like a clown. Got his ass beat by a group of kids... THEN that same group of kids come back as adults and beat his ass again. And the way he's defeated... it's so humiliating (and confusing - let's not forget the poor writing), but yikes... No "monster" to my memory has ever been defeated in such a way; I actually felt bad for him.
They had better not make a Chapter 3.
At the end of the movie, crazy ass Mike is packing his bag and about to leave the attic. I was thinking to myself "That dude is unstable." Wherever he's going, he's going to engage in some crazy behavior.They COULD make another chapter out of THAT. Mike starts dressing up like a clown and eating kids. Make that movie!
But, no more Pennywise please! He set scary clowns back ten years with this movie.
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