#I've been bamboozled by Ea-nasir!

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Can never hear the song My Favourite Things normally ever again because my brain keeps automatically replacing the lyrics with the xkcd Ea-nasir complaint version

[ferdifz]

Ea-Nasir is "back"...

Hey guys, remember the ancient Mesopotamian low-quality copper bamboozler Ea-Nasir? Guess what: he seems to be "back"...

...To be fair though: This particular embezzlement crime actually happened in 2021: [mining.com] Not this year (2024).

(Using a news-link from mining dot com, because the original Bloomberg dot com article is behind a pay-wall.)

Still hillarious though, in my opinion. And the Ea Nasir joke continues to be evergreen. At least among Tumblr deep-lore enthusiasts and fans of ancient world/mediterranean/levant history.

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Some more choice memes I've collected recently, related to Ea Nasir:

A reply, over from Bluesky:

Ea-nāṣir jokes are like high-quality copper ingots. Not everybody gets them.

Not mine; this next one neither:

Obligatory "Palpatine is back" remix:

The Simpsons predicted this, of course:

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Caught by the captains of the East India Company:

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Randal Munroe/XKCD Comics remembers Ea-Nasir, of course...

The Tumblr merch shop [shop.tumblr.com] has been under maintenance and reconstruction for several months now, but the (current? former?) head of Tumblr merch still has his Tumblr blog up and has a nice quick-briefing of the Ea-Nasir meme on Tumblr....

In 1953, explorer Sir Leonard Woolley discovered and acquired the tablet from what is believed to be the ruins of Ea-Nasir's home while on an expedition to the city of Ur. Several other similar tablets complaining about poor copper quality were also recovered, suggesting Ea-Nasir frequently sent his customers poor-quality goods. The tablet is currently held at the British Museum.

[serenaew]

Serena's Masterlist: Filk

Last updated 28/12/2023

Harry Potter

[Filk] Sing for you in the dead of night (T, Snarry, complete)

[Filk] Game Over (T, Snarry, complete, TTO Dracula the Musical: Zu Ende)

[Filk] Nocturne (G, Snape x OC, complete)

[Filk] Old Lord Voldy (had a soul) (T, TMR / gen, complete)

[Filk] Embers and Soot (G, no characters, complete, multivoice)

Phantom of the Opera (all media)

Voiceteam Triumphant (G, gen, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] This World Is Mine! (T, Carlotta / gen, complete)

[Filk] Podfic Home (G, complete)

The Sound of Music

[filk] Ea-Nasir's Favourite Things (G, Mesopotamian RPF tto My Favourite Things, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] I've been bamboozled by ebay-Nasir! (G, xkcd, complete)

Assorted fandoms / tto

[Filk] From the life of a C. elegans researcher (G, Science fandom, complete)

[Filk] podfic podfic filk (G, the llama song, complete)

[Filk] (Voiceteam) Over the Rainbow (G, tto Over the Rainbow, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] I like the Voiceteam (G, tto I like the Flowers, complete, multivoice)

Blaviken [filk] (T, The Witcher, complete)

Poison & Win(?) (T, This Is How You Lose The Time War, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] Proem: Helen, Achilles and the Great War of 1,200 BC (G, Greek Mythology, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] The Flan-King (G, Voiceteam filk tto Erlkönig (Schubert), complete)

Details under the cut!

Harry Potter

[Filk] Sing for you in the dead of night (T, HP: Snarry, complete)

Summary: In which Harry sings his heart out, Severus responds in kind, and they try to make it safely out of Hell. Additional Tags/Warnings: HP:EWE, original tune, Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice 

[Filk] Game Over (T, Snarry, complete)

Summary: As the war ravages on, they meet again, years after Snape's betrayal. Additional Tags/Warnings: AU (from DH), Unresolved sexual tension, filk, inspired by Dracula the Musical, Ambiguous / open ending

[Filk] Nocturne (G, Snape x OC, complete)

Summary: Flute solo filk (fanmusic), written for EtherealTrail's Snapebang fic Remedial Venom. Additional Tags/Warnings: flute solo, original music, Romanticism, Impressionism, Dark Academia

[Filk] Old Lord Voldy (had a soul) (T, TMR / gen, complete)

Summary: About the creation of Voldemort's Horcruxes, tto Old MacDonald. Additional Tags/Warnings: Crack

[Filk] Embers and Soot (G, no characters, complete, multivoice)

Summary: An a cappella mashup song of Chim Chim Cheree (Mary Poppins) x Once upon a December (Anastasia) x In Noctem (Harry Potter). Additional Tags/Warnings: Filk, mashup, a cappella, original arrangement

Phantom of the Opera (all media)

Voiceteam Triumphant (G, gen, complete)

Summary: You are compelled to sing. Voiceteam filk tto Masquerade. Additional Tags/Warnings: Voiceteam 2023

[Filk] This World Is Mine! (T, Carlotta / gen, complete)

Summary: What if Carlotta strived for universal domination? Additional Tags/Warnings: Crack, space opera, self-aggrandisement, tto This Place Is Mine (Yeston / Kopit)

[Filk] Podfic Home (G, complete)

Summary: Wherever podfics play I know I'm home Europodfriends filk tto Home (Yeston/Kopit) Additional Tags/Warnings: Europodfriends 2023

The Sound of Music

[filk] Ea-Nasir's Favourite Things (G, Mesopotamian RPF, complete)

Summary: A complaint about the world's most (in)famous ancient copper merchant, set to music. Additional Tags/Warnings: inspired by xkcd 2758: My Favorite Things, tto My Favourite Things

[Filk] I've been bamboozled by ebay-Nasir! (G, xkcd, complete)

Summary: A complaint about ebay, inspired by above filk. Additional Tags/Warnings: inspired by xkcd 2758: My Favorite Things, tto My Favourite Things

Assorted fandoms / tto

[Filk] From the life of a C. elegans researcher (G, Science fandom, complete)

Summary: About my favourite model worms, tto "Row your Boat". Additional Tags/Warnings: C. elegans

[Filk] podfic podfic filk (G, tto the llama song, complete)

Summary: The podfic version of "llama llama duck". Additional Tags/Warnings: tongue twisters galore

[Filk] (Voiceteam) Over the Rainbow (G, tto Over the Rainbow, complete)

Summary: Voiceteam filk tto Over the Rainbow! Additional Tags/Warnings: Voiceteam 2023

[Filk] I like the Voiceteam (G, tto I like the Flowers, complete)

Summary: We all like the Voiceteam. Additional Tags/Warnings: tto I like the Flowers, Voiceteam 2023

Blaviken [filk] (T, The Witcher, complete)

Summary: Jaskier walks into a bar, after "Rare Species"... Additional Tags/Warnings: Possibly unrequited Geralt / Jaskier Serena's Notes: I took more of an advisory role in this, but that doesn't stop me from loving how it came out!

Poison & Win(?) (T, This Is How You Lose The Time War, complete)

Summary: About the final poisoned letter from Red to Blue. Additional Tags/Warnings: tto Posion & Wine (The Civil Wars)

[Filk] Proem: Helen, Achilles and the Great War of 1,200 BC (G, Greek Mythology, complete)

Summary: A venerable Greek P(r)oem where everybody got three epithets. Additional Tags/Warnings: Iliad, tto Prologue (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812)

[Filk] The Flan-King (G, Voiceteam filk, complete)

Summary: A Flanfilk inspired by Flan and Goethe's Erlkönig. The filk of [Poem & Podfic] The Flan-King. Additional Tags/Warnings: flan, tto Erlkönig (Goethe & Schubert)

[serenaew]

Serena's Masterlist: Non-HP works

Including HP crossovers.

Last updated 28/12/2023

Overview

Anastasia x Harry Potter x Mary Poppins

[Filk] Embers and Soot (G, no characters, complete, multivoice)

Bredlik

Mantolik (G, Chinese bredlik translations, complete)

Doctor Who

Hear Me Out (T, Graham & 13, complete)

Emelan

[podfic] tea at midnight (G, Trisana & Briar, complete)

[podfic] Dear (G, gen, complete)

[podfic] speak with my own voice (G, gen, complete)

[podfic] The Night Is Still Young (G, gen, complete)

Galaxy Quest

[podfic] SMOF (G, complete)

Greek Mythology

[Filk] Proem: Helen, Achilles and the Great War of 1,200 BC (G, complete)

Merlin (TV)

[Podfic] Mud (T, Merlin x Arthur, complete)

Meta-fandom, if nowhere else

[Filk] podfic podfic filk (G, the llama song, complete)

[Filk] (Voiceteam) Over the Rainbow (G, tto Over the Rainbow, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] I like the Voiceteam (G, tto I like the Flowers, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] The Flan-King (G, Voiceteam filk tto Erlkönig (Schubert), complete)

Original Work

What's in the Dark? [podfic] (T, Original Work (Werewolf game), complete)

Percy Jackson Universe

[Podfic] The Lost Gods (T, Thalia & OC, complete)

Phantom of the Opera (all media)

Voiceteam Triumphant (G, gen, complete, multivoice)

[Filk] This World Is Mine! (T, Carlotta / gen, complete)

[Filk] Podfic Home (G, complete)

Science Fandom

[Filk] From the life of a C. elegans researcher (G, Science fandom, complete)

Small Podcast Fandoms

Tremor [podfic] (T, Down - Definitely Human, complete)

On your mind [podfic] (G, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, complete)

The Sound of Music

[filk] Ea-Nasir's Favourite Things (G, Mesopotamian RPF, complete)

[Filk] I've been bamboozled by ebay-Nasir! (G, xkcd, complete)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars x The Muppets

[Podfic] We are all luminous beings (G, gen, complete)

This Is How You Lose The Time War

Poison & Win(?) (T, Blue/Red, complete)

The Witcher

Blaviken [filk] (T, Geralt / Jaskier, complete)

Expand for more details on individual elements.

Details

Anastasia x Harry Potter x Mary Poppins

[Filk] Embers and Soot (G, no characters, complete, multivoice)

Summary: An a cappella mashup song of Chim Chim Cheree (Mary Poppins) x Once upon a December (Anastasia) x In Noctem (Harry Potter). Additional Tags/Warnings: Filk, mashup, a cappella, original arrangement

Bredlik

Mantolik (G, Chinese bredlik translations, complete)

Summary: 两份 Bredlik 翻译。(Two Bredlik translations into Chinese.) Additional Tags/Warnings: Inspired by Tang Poetry, Podfic

Doctor Who

Hear Me Out (T, Graham & 13, complete)

Summary: At the end of Episode 7, series 12, the Doctor avoids the topic of Graham’s cancer disease, stating her social awkwardness. As a doctor of (amongst others) medicine, and especially as The Doctor, she really could have done better! So here is my version of what she could have said and done. Additional Tags/Warnings: Mentions of Cancer, Grief/Mourning, Episode: s12e07 Can You Hear Me?, script format

Emelan

[podfic] tea at midnight (G, Trisana & Briar, complete)

Summary: Tris shook the hand she was still holding out to him. Little Bear, obediently off the bed, whined a little. “Up.” Briar squinted up at her. “It’s cold out there.” “It’s damp in there. You’d think you’d run up a mountain, not had a nightmare.” Podfic of tea at midnight by dirgewithoutmusic. Additional Tags/Warnings: short & sweet, podfic

[podfic] Dear (G, gen, complete)

Summary: A selection of letters to and from Trisana Chandler during her four years at Lightsbridge. Podfic of Dear by KiaraSayre. Additional Tags/Warnings: epistolary, podfic

[podfic] speak with my own voice (G, gen, complete)

Summary: Laima Greenfinch, interviewing Trisana Chandler for the Lightsbridge Gazette, Watersday, 23 Hearth Moon, 1046 K.F. Podfic of speak with my own voice by AlexSeanchai. Additional Tags/Warnings: interview format, podfic

[podfic] The Night Is Still Young (G, gen, complete)

Summary: Four nights during the social season at the Citadel. Podfic of The Night Is Still Young by ivyspinners. Additional Tags/Warnings: fluff, podfic

Galaxy Quest

[podfic] SMOF (G, complete)

Summary: In this fandom, there are things you don't talk about. Podfic of SMOF by hollimichele. Additional Tags/Warnings: Fandom Allusions & Cliches & References

Greek Mythology

[Filk] Proem: Helen, Achilles and the Great War of 1,200 BC (G, complete)

Summary: A venerable Greek P(r)oem where everybody got three epithets. Additional Tags/Warnings: Iliad, tto Prologue (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), filk

Merlin (TV)

[Podfic] Mud (T, Merlin x Arthur, complete)

Summary: In which Merlin and Arthur are trudging through the muddy woods. Podfic of Mud by ProdigyBlood. Additional Tags/Warnings: Muddy kisses, Banter, Fluff and Humor, Flirting, Self-Indulgent, Merthur fun, Merlin's insults, Clotpole, Arthur is a royal ass, merlin loves it, all the mud, One Shot, Arthur loves Merlin really, Cute, Merlin's a cocky bastard

Meta-fandom, if nowhere else

[Filk] podfic podfic filk (G, the llama song, complete)

Summary: The podfic version of "llama llama duck". Additional Tags/Warnings: tongue twisters galore

[Filk] (Voiceteam) Over the Rainbow (G, tto Over the Rainbow, complete, multivoice)

Summary: Voiceteam filk tto Over the Rainbow! Additional Tags/Warnings: Voiceteam 2023

[Filk] I like the Voiceteam (G, tto I like the Flowers, complete, multivoice)

Summary: We all like the Voiceteam. Additional Tags/Warnings: tto I like the Flowers, Voiceteam 2023

[Filk] The Flan-King (G, Voiceteam filk tto Erlkönig (Schubert), complete)

Summary: A Flanfilk inspired by Flan and Goethe's Erlkönig. The filk of [Poem & Podfic] The Flan-King. Additional Tags/Warnings: flan, tto Erlkönig (Goethe & Schubert)

Original Work

What's in the Dark? [podfic] (T, Original Work (Werewolf game), complete)

Summary: The quiet small town of Narfolk is suffering a series of gruesome murders. Is it due to werewolves or just some wild animals? Either way, something has to be done, someone needs to be blamed. Additional Tags/Warnings: Major Character Death, Horror, Suspense, Dark Comedy, mob justice, semi-improvised, Werewolves, paranormal podcast, might be a bit melodramatic, but like… in a fun way!

Percy Jackson Universe

[Podfic] The Lost Gods (T, Thalia & OC, complete)

Summary: A cushy house-sitting job, a mysterious journal, a creepy guy at a pool, and... a rescue crew with arrows and wolves? Suddenly, this summer job had gotten a whole lot more interesting. Podfic of the fic The Lost Gods by hiddendruid. Additional Tags/Warnings: includes slavic mythology, podfic

Phantom of the Opera (all media)

Voiceteam Triumphant (G, gen, complete, multivoice)

Summary: You are compelled to sing. Voiceteam filk tto Masquerade. Additional Tags/Warnings: Voiceteam 2023, filk

[Filk] This World Is Mine! (T, Carlotta / gen, complete)

Summary: What if Carlotta strived for universal domination? Additional Tags/Warnings: Crack, space opera, self-aggrandisement, tto This Place Is Mine (Yeston / Kopit), filk

[Filk] Podfic Home (G, complete)

Summary: Wherever podfics play I know I'm home Europodfriends filk tto Home (Yeston/Kopit) Additional Tags/Warnings: Europodfriends 2023, filk

Science Fandom

[Filk] From the life of a C. elegans researcher (G, Science fandom, complete)

Summary: About my favourite model worms, tto "Row your Boat". Additional Tags/Warnings: C. elegans

Small Podcast Fandoms

Tremor [podfic] (T, Down - Definitely Human, complete)

Summary: “I don’t need sass, I need… I need… something else!” Marion pulled Sam away before he could reply with yet more sass — or worse, offer the agitated Captain a drink. A multivoice recording of a Tremor by LenaLawlipop Additional Tags/Warnings: Charlie Dresden / Marion Straker, Episode 11, emotional hurt/comfort

On your mind [podfic] (G, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, complete)

Summary: Hadji was quiet on the way back to the hotel. He couldn’t meet Jessie’s eyes in the car, or after. A multivoice recording of On you mind by KDHeart Additional Tags/Warnings: Whump, Past Mind Control, Awkward Tension, Episode Tag

The Sound of Music

[filk] Ea-Nasir's Favourite Things (G, Mesopotamian RPF, complete)

Summary: A complaint about the world's most (in)famous ancient copper merchant, set to music. Additional Tags/Warnings: inspired by xkcd 2758: My Favorite Things, tto My Favourite Things

[Filk] I've been bamboozled by ebay-Nasir! (G, xkcd, complete)

Summary: A complaint about ebay, inspired by above filk. Additional Tags/Warnings: inspired by xkcd 2758: My Favorite Things, tto My Favourite Things

Star Wars: The Clone Wars x The Muppets

[Podfic] We are all luminous beings (G, gen, complete)

Summary: Some Jedi are more force sensitive than others. And then there's the Jedi who aren't so much force-sensitive as straight up force beings who have somehow acquired a physical body. The clone troops roll with it. A multivoice podfic of We are all luminous beings by MarbleGlove. Additional Tags/Warnings: filk

This Is How You Lose The Time War

Poison & Win(?) (T, Blue/Red, complete)

Summary: About the final poisoned letter from Red to Blue. Additional Tags/Warnings: tto Posion & Wine (The Civil Wars) , filk

The Witcher

Blaviken [filk] (T, Geralt / Jaskier, complete)

Summary: Jaskier walks into a bar, after "Rare Species"... Additional Tags/Warnings: Possibly unrequited Geralt / Jaskier Serena's Notes: I took more of an advisory role in this, but that doesn't stop me from loving how it came out!