#I'm chuffed I made it this far and i've still got a long way to go

[crazytaizyart]

Let's blow the dust off of this with something - I currently have a comic going called Tides of Darkness (or ToD), based in The Legend of Spyro triology. Right now, it's covering the development of the Dark Master Malefor and it's just completed it's second chapter at 300 pages!

If you're interested in giving it a peek, you can find the comic on the following locations: ComicFury: https://tidesofdarkness.thecomicseries.com DeviantART (log-in required): https://www.deviantart.com/crazytaizy/gallery/49856085/tides-of-darkness

I look to update frequently (Monthly on Wednesdays, more uploads with more pages - so far weekly has been very consistant) though I am taking a small break before getting Tome 3 rolling, so now's a great time to binge read the story!

All Comic upload notifications like this will be tagged with ToDUpload [incase you want to block out these notifications].

[lunastarhawk]

Setting up my world state for the Dragon Age fic I may perhaps one day write once I'm done with the Arcana and then collected enough research to do what I actually envisage... (or indeed envisage an actual outlined plot but what even is that)...

And after wrestling with mods and patches for two hours to make DAO look nice and also not ctd at every turn...

My little guys! They'll all be up there together somehow some way I'll make it make sense.

Sherene, cocky gooberhead of a city elf, unlikely Hero of Ferelden and Alistair's beloved. I've looked at her for about five minutes I've got nothing else yet.

Teale Hawke, loner warrior who's really Seen Some Shit, seems to not give a fuck but unfortunately actually does. No idea who she's romancing yet, haven't played DA2 fully yet so we'll see! She's a beloved oc from more years ago than I care to admit... as with Favian I made her in the cc to see how she looked and unfortunately for her I liked her, so yoinked her in here.

DA2...

DAI...

Flint "Rook" de Riva, warrior elf, tripped into the Crows and charmed Viago into letting him stay, but more as a guard puppy dog than assassin. My man can't stay quiet long enough for stealth missions. He's a bit like Taash in that respect and is equally as excited about capes, drives Lucanis nuts. Sarcastic little shit, the golden retriever that brings Lucanis' stray cat in from the rain.

Kal Mercar, taciturn gwump, rogue Shadow Dragon, acts first and smiles never, except for Neve. Kind of a second Rook. Because... I can do that.

Marin Laidir, Lord of Fortune spellblade, would rather be at sea but apparently has to help save the world first. Doesn't take anything too seriously, including necromancy, which... is a bit of a problem since she's fallen for a certain gentleman necromancer. Also, originally Altheia and Julian's daughter so somewhere in the back of my brain is an Arcana/Dragon Age crossover which totally makes sense if you don't question it. But I'm chuffed with how she's come out looking like a good mix of her parents.

So the thing is... I can't choose a canon Rook for the fic soooooo I've got three. What if I want a Rook in Minrathous, one in Treviso and one in Skyhold. What then. Who's gonna stop me huh? Who.

Aaannnnddd the man the myth the not-a-herald, Favian Trevelyan, traumatised alchemist and artificer who still can't quite believe that he, despite being staunchly atheist and adamantly not the Herald he's a very naughty boy, prodigal adopted son who went rogue and disappointed almost everybody until he landed on his feet again despite all his efforts not to, is somehow the only person capable of leading, well, anybody. Somehow manages to inspire an entire army despite self-loathing, excellent at masking after years of practice at it - though by the time of Veilguard has far more self-belief. Gets by on charisma, sarcasm and dry wit. Amatus of Dorian.

He, those flipping missives of his, and his relationship with Dorian, are the whole reason I'm in this mess. Ultimately, it's his story.

DAI...

Veilguard...

And that, er... that's Them. And if I lose the next 10 years of my life writing whatever beast of a fic the brainworms are cooking up, assuming I can translate the worms into anything like coherent words, those pixel people and their pixel love interests are to blame.

Actually it's a good thing I've got to finish Tides first, it's keeping me from diving headlong into this before I'm ready.

[issysindieblog]

INTERVIEW - SPINN

SPINN are quickly winning over a fan-base across the UK from locals in their hometowns in Liverpool where they grew up to now adoring teen girls and this comes as no surprise to anybody. They have the cheek yet optimism of a new band despite completing their final lineup only last year and will no doubt continue to roar through the UK music scene and gain an army of avid supporters in years to come. This month, the boys are embarking on a tour of the UK, playing a series of gigs up and down the country from Glasgow to Bristol. They finish the tour off on the 28th September back in their home-city of Liverpool (O2 Academy 2 Liverpool). They've impressively already managed to sell out three of their six dates and have recently announced that they have been signed to American label, anti fragile music. The thing that the band are chuffed about though? The fact that one of their songs, It's Not Getting Better, was played on Made in Chelsea earlier on this week.

SPINN have released eight songs so far, including a self-titled EP which was released in April of this year. Singles of their's include catchy 'It's Not Getting Better' which is a song that stays in your head for days after first hearing it's memorable lyrics ( "you know it's killing me being here, killing me, being here.”) and groovy guitar lines which resemble that of early work from Blossoms.

Pictured below, SPINN.

So, (currently) 180,000 monthly Spotify listeners, a UK tour this month with half of the dates sold out and a growing army of supporters, I had questions for Johnny from SPINN and these were his answers... Maybe I'm slightly biased, but I think that these are the best answers to an interview that I've ever read.

1. Was there a particular moment that you realised that SPINN were becoming popular?

I was once getting a meal deal in Tesco and I saw somebody walk in the shop wearing a SPINN teeshirt. I was absolutely buzzing that somebody was wearing some of our merch and later on they messaged our Instagram page and said they'd seen me but had been too scared to come up and say hello. The same thing happened to me when I saw Ex-Everton Winger Steven Pienaar in a different Tesco. That made me realise we were doing something right, I still think we've got a while to go before we can say we're properly popular though. Just got to keep working innit x

2. Away from making music and gigging, what are your favourite things to do together?

Honestly just knocking about with each other like we always have, is what we like to do. Usually it can be anything from just walking around the shops together to going on nights out and staying up till 8AM. Last week Louis had to stay at my flat and we spent the time going to Tesco and prank calling Sean.

This has been a very Tesco centric interview I'll try and steer away from that for the rest of it. Right that's besides the point, as long as we're still knocking about together and taking the piss out of each other, we'll enjoy it x

3. You're going on tour soon, do you each have an essential item you will take with you?

I try to bring a book of some sort for the drive currently, it's Nine Stories by J.D Salinger

Andy ALWAYS brings a hairdryer and various hair products, rocking a bowl when you're on the road ain't no easy fete!

Sean usually just brings himself, that leather jacket he's always got on. A spare bass guitar wouldn't go a miss either, though. Once he left his on the side of the motorway when we were on the way back from Derby, good times.

Louis brings his Aston Villa blanket and 20 Litres of Vape liquid, the little fiend.

4. What/who are your major influences?

Collectively: The Drums, The Smiths, The La's, The Cure, Orange Juice, Ride, My Bloody Valentine.

Individually: Too many to list xoxo

5. Let’s fast forward five years from now, what do you see SPINN doing?

Ideally I'd like to get to the level of Wolf Alice or The 1975 are at now, that would be the dream. If we keep on working then I can see no reason why we can't get there, if we don't then that's fair enough, but we have to at least try! Anyway that's the dream, as long as we can make a living off the band and keep writing music that develops and matures with us then I'll be happy.

6. Do you have any pre-gig rituals?

I always have to go on stage last, I don't know why. At particularly big gigs we listen to 'I Am A God' by Kanye West before we go on, because it's such a good tune for getting hyped to. Other than that, apart from the odd bout of stage fright it's usually just a beer with the boiz before going on.  

7. How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together?

I think our songwriting has definitely improved. When we listen to our new stuff compared to our older songs, it's just in a different league, that only comes with experience though. I think that us touring has definitely helped us realise what is what in terms of song structures and live performances. So to answer the question properly, yeah we've got a lot better (even though we thought we were boss before when we weren't lol).

8. Can you describe each member of the band in under ten words?

Andy - A man who loves his haircut more than life itself.

Sean - Donned in a tight leather jacket he's often quite hungover.

Louis - A small man, usually asleep in his Aston Villa blanket.

Me (Johnny) - Taller than the other four, basically the god of dancing xoxo

9. How long have you been playing together? 

Louis joined about a year ago, but we've been a band for about 2 and a bit years. Saying that, I don't think we would be SPINN without Louis so therefore I'm gonna say a year.

10. What has been your favourite and least favourite venue to play so far?

My favourite was The Magnet in Liverpool. There's so many boss memories there but now it's been turned into one of those chain comedy clubs which is something that chips away at my soul every time I walk past.

My least favourite was The Sitwell Tavern in Derby. Everybody who came to see us was lovely and so were the other bands and the promoters Dominic (just wanted to make sure if they read this they know I had a boss time at the gig and in the chippy afterwards ;) ).

But, and it's a big but, the pub had fuck off massive "The S*n" flags up all over the gaff which frankly isn't something we like to see anywhere, as we think that that rag is scum, sorry not sorry.

SPINN set out on their debut headline tour this month at the following locations:

21st September - Surf Cafe, Tynemouth

22nd September - Broadcast, Glasgow

25th September - Record Junkee, Sheffield

26th September - Hy Brasil Music Club, Bristol 

27th September - Thousand Island (formerly Upstairs at The Grage), London

28th September - O2 Academy 2 Liverpool

Tickets are available to buy now at https://www.musicglue.com/spinn-band/ and all of SPINN's music is available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify.

[punkscowardschampions]

Janis & Jimmy

Janis: You alright? Didn't see you yesterday morning when I came for Twix and you missed my note in Physics, even though it basically smacked you upside the head, divvy Jimmy: Sorry mate Jimmy: yeah fine. You? Janis: What you being so dry for? Jimmy: dunno what you mean Janis: Lemme spell it out for ya then Janis: you've not been chatting to me and now you are you're barely like Janis: if I've done something to piss you off, just say Jimmy: it's not you Jimmy: I'm the dickhead Jimmy: Sorry Janis: Yeah but I knew that, no need to try and hide it now, yeah? Janis: Something's up, don't make me sound like that crazy bitch but it is...if it doesn't concern me then can brood in silence together Janis: Don't have to avoid me Jimmy: Funny Jimmy: Alright, look something is up Jimmy: it does concern you and that's the thing like Jimmy: cause you were avoiding telling me but I still know Janis: Not really but s'alright you lot aren't known for your craic Janis: What do you know? Janis: What's the rumour today? Probably not even true, fuck sake Jimmy: It isn't like that Jimmy: Forget it I should just wait for you to tell me Jimmy: I dunno how to do it this fucking way Janis: Just say it Janis: I ain't arsed Janis: This is just annoying Jimmy: Better that your annoyed at me than the alternatives running through my head Jimmy: It's about your sister Janis: Ugh Janis: So one of your mates found Rio's site Janis: I know what she does, its not that big a deal, she has for ages, that scandal is old Janis: Embarrassing but whatever Jimmy: I'm not on about her Jimmy: it's nowt to do with Rio Jimmy: Let's leave it, alright Janis: Err don't tell me to leave it when its about me Janis: I'll find out regardless Janis: Grow a pair and tell me or don't Jimmy: Fuck's sake, Janis Jimmy: I'm not avoiding this shit for my benefit like Jimmy: I wanna see you and not be off with you Jimmy: but there's a reason you didn't tell me before I heard off a mate Janis: Yeah well what good do you think its doing me then? Janis: I want that too Janis: If you can't avoid the topic like standard then you have to say Jimmy: Don't make me Janis: Jesus Janis: Nothing warrants being this much of a friggin' drama queen, mate Janis: Whatever then, go back to angsting from afar Jimmy: Fuck Jimmy: I know about Edie, okay? That's it Janis: That it? Janis: Well me too, I was there Janis: was ages ago Jimmy: it doesn't matter how long its been Janis: Time heals all wounds, Jim Jimmy: No it fucking don't Janis: If you wanna wallow that's your business Janis: You don't know her, or the situation, so don't get it twisted like you do Jimmy: I'm not Jimmy: I'm saying that's a cop out, time doesn't heal anything it just gives you new shit to deal with Jimmy: Can't make the old news go away Janis: Whatever you wanna philosophize Janis: I've moved on regardless Jimmy: Why didn't you tell me then? Jimmy: If it's no big deal to you Janis: Forgot? Janis: Didn't know you needed family history and a blood sample Janis: Fucking hell, keen Jimmy: Whatever Jimmy: We done here then? Janis: That wasn't the deal Jimmy: You found out what was up Janis: Yeah so you'd be normal again Janis: stop being weird Jimmy: I'm not being weird Janis: Well, you won't talk to me still Jimmy: We're talking now Janis: Only 'cos I didn't let you go just then Janis: You want to, I'm not thick Jimmy: You're being thick if that's what you think I want Janis: I know what you want but it ain't fucking happening Jimmy: What? Jimmy: What do you reckon? Janis: You want what everyone fucking wants Janis: acceptable grieving Janis: tears and fond memories never far from hand Janis: well she was a bitch and i'm not crying about her so you feel better Jimmy: I don't want none of that Jimmy: We've done the fake bit, mate Jimmy: I give a shit bout you, sorry like, but that's happened Janis: Like I said, it was 4 years ago, bit late to offer a shoulder Janis: s'not what I want Jimmy: You want to shut me out but that ain't fucking happening either Janis: Its none of your business that's why Janis: It happened, its over Janis: Move on and forget you heard about it Jimmy: Good to know that I can only give a fuck about what happens while we're together Jimmy: Cheers for that head's up Jimmy: Done. It's forgotten Janis: What's the point, like? Janis: The past is just that Jimmy: For you Jimmy: Chuffed for you, mate, I really am Janis: I'm not going to apologise for it Janis: but if this is about something else then you may as well say that too Janis: show all your cards Jimmy: Didn't ask Jimmy: So you can tell me to move the fuck on and get over it, you're alright Jimmy: None of your business, that's the deal Janis: It's not a blanket rule or statement Janis: don't act like I said that Janis: but fine Jimmy: Understood Jimmy: 👌 Janis: Don't be a prick Jimmy: Bit late Jimmy: Can't overhaul my entire personality soz mate Janis: now who's shutting who out Janis: immature Jimmy: I'm right here Jimmy: if you've got something to say, go for your life Janis: Alright, what happened to your Mum then? Jimmy: why the fuck should I tell you Jimmy: like you said, what's the point like Janis: I'm not going to force you Jimmy: Thanks Jimmy: 👍 Janis: Jesus Janis: Do you want to talk about it or do you not? Jimmy: You brought it up Jimmy: I didn't Janis: Not a yes or no but Janis: I'll ignore previous sarcasm and go with that answer, yeah? Jimmy: For the best, bit late to offer a shoulder here either, isn't it? Janis: I don't know Janis: sounds like it Jimmy: It's been years, gotta move on like Jimmy: anything else? Janis: No Janis: You're free to go Jimmy: Alright Janis: Bet that's a relief Janis: Perfect excuse Jimmy: whatever Janis: Fuck you Jimmy: yeah fuck me, 'cause this is all my fault Jimmy: Just go Janis: Make me, bitch Jimmy: I can't make you do anything Jimmy: but fine I'll go then Jimmy: You win Janis: I'm not going to make it easy for you, so sorry Janis: if that's what you want then own it Jimmy: fuck me it'd be a first if you did Jimmy: do you want me to say challenge accepted 'cause unlucky Jimmy: this isn't on me Jimmy: you're doing it too like Janis: Got the wrong girl there Janis: Go find some other bitch Janis: This is your problem, I'm out of it Jimmy: you've made that clear Janis: What do you want? A refund for your lost time? Jimmy: You to stop being a dickhead but that's not gonna happen Janis: Want me to repeat your own words back at you now Janis: how #goals would that be right? Jimmy: shut up Jimmy: that's what I want Janis: No Janis: Stop replying if you're so butthurt Jimmy: Fine Janis: 👌