#and lost

[barghuest-draws]

Just a couple a guys bein' dudes~

[borderlinereminders]

This is a reminder that it’s okay to reach out and ask for help. It’s okay to ask for support, reassurance, validation or whatever else you might need. You don’t have to do it all on your own.

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about Soda’s breakdown again. Thinking about how scared he sounds. Thinking about how he’s begging his family to not fall apart and crumble any further. Thinking about how long he must’ve been bottling it up just to keep them together. Thinking about how much he needed it. Just, thinking about Soda’s breakdown.

[garbria]

Flufftober Day 1

Cor knelt down, doing his best to keep his fury from his face and school his features into something comforting. His katana already vanished back into the Armiger, he held out his hands, palms up. “It’s okay, kids, you’re safe now.”

The widening of the eyes of the one of the girls huddled before him was the only warning he had. He twirled, pulling his katana out in the same motion. Behind him, one of the traffickers dropped his gun, screaming as a black blur dropped down on his head. The trafficker swore, grabbing the yowling cat, and threw it. It hit a post with a thud, sliding into the water with a splash.

Cor didn’t waste the opportunity, stepping forward to drive the hilt of his katana into the trafficker’s stomach, then sweeping his feet out from under him. He pulled out cuffs and secured the trafficker just as Espervier ran in, followed by more Crownsguard. 

Cor stood back, letting Espervier take charge of the scene. He walked over to the edge of the pier, scanning the water. He bent down and scooped out a wet ball of fur, relieved to feel it breathing. He tucked it into his jacket, nodded to Espervier, and walked back to the docks. Nodding in acknowledge to the mix of Crownsguard and Crown City Police surrounding the scene, he didn’t stop until he reached his car. He opened the back door and laid the cat on the seat. 

The cat sat up and stared at him. it was clearly well cared for, current soggy appearance notwithstanding. Not a stray, certainly. What was it doing here? Who was missing their cat?

“Who do you belong to?” Cor muttered, watching the seat get slowly wetter as the cat dripped on it.

The cat only sneezed in answer.

“Don’t go anywhere.” Cor sighed, and shut the door. He trotted back to one of the Crown City police cars and came back with a borrowed towel.

He opened the car door, and froze as he found a soggy Kingsglaive in the place he had just left a cat. 

“Ah, I can explain?” The glaive gave him an embarrassed smile.

With a start, Cor realized he recognized him. The rising star, the one Titus liked to bitch about. How very interesting.

“I look forward to it, Ulric.” He held the towel out.

[magicinverse]

I never loved Foolish more until he screamed "use words she can understand you asshole" to Bad

[wuwubean]

forever angry that while xenoblade has a large fanbase, it has a much smaller fandom. i’m having insane person thoughts over n and m again but who do i talk to about this? nobody. there’s not even a single animatic of them over a mitski song. i have to imagine them over me and my husband myself.

[wingsoverlagos]

Mark Lewisohn's Star Witness

If you're familiar with Tune In, you've probably heard about it's marquee moment, in which Mark Lewisohn overturns the mythic story of how George Martin signed the Beatles to his label, Parlophone.

In extreme brief, here's the classic tale: Brian Epstein, having been rejected by nearly every record label in London, took the Beatles' demo tape to be cut to disc. The engineer liked the demo and called in Sid Colman, a music publisher with Ardmore & Beechwood, who liked their original songs and wanted the publishing rights. Brian didn't want a publishing contract without a recording contract, so Sid patched Brian through to George Martin, who found the Beatles rather rough around the edges, but with an undeniable spark. He brought the group in for a recording test, was won over by their humor, and signed them to Parlophone. Voila.

It follows in the Beatles canon that Brian and George M. weren't terribly impressed with how Ardmore & Beechwood handled promotion for "Love Me Do", so publishing for all Lennon-McCartney songs was handled by George M.'s friend/colleague Dick James starting with "Please Please Me."

Tune In tells a different story, based almost entirely on the testimony of one Kim Bennett, who was Sid Colman's assistant at the time. Here's Mark Lewisohn on the podcast Nothing Is Real, Season 7, Episode 7:

"But Kim Bennett, who was his [Sid's] assistant, he was the one who really tried to get the Beatles signed to a recording contract. He is very much the unknown hero in the Beatles story, so unknown that they don't know about him. And they were fed a line about how they were signed by George Martin that they always- they saw no reason to disbelieve, and therefore hold it true to this day but it's not right."

Bennett's version of the story, as related by Mark Lewisohn as the Truth in Tune In, diverges from the usual version once Sid Colman enters the picture. I'll take a stab at condensing it:

It's unknown how Brian ended up in George Martin's office, because Sid really didn't like George M., and wouldn't have called him. Nevertheless, Brian met with George M., but George was not impressed and didn't intend to follow up on the Beatles. Meanwhile, our hero, Kim Bennett, returned to the office of Ardmore & Beechwood, and his boss, Sid Colman, played the Beatles' demo for him. Kim, too, gets hooked on that Beatle Juice, and wants the publishing rights. Colman shops the Beatles' demo disc around EMI, but there are no bites, at which point Bennett comes up with the idea that they can propose that they'll foot the bill for the recording if EMI will sign the Beatles.

Colman takes Bennett's idea to one of the EMI bigwigs, L.G. Wood, but he isn't interested. At a later date, he brings it up again, and this time Wood agrees to the plan. He forces George Martin to sign the Beatles to Parlophone as a slap on the wrist; L.G. Wood was very cross with George M. for trying to negotiate during his contract renewal, and for having an affair with his secretary.

The Beatles are signed, "Love Me Do" is recorded, and Kim Bennett works doggedly behind the scenes to promote it. But when the time comes for the Beatles to push out another release, Ardmore & Bennett aren't given the publishing rights. Out of spite for having been forced into the situation, George M. convinces Brian that Ardmore & Bennett didn't do enough to promote "Love Me Do." Lennon-McCartney end up with Dick James as their publisher.

That's Lewisohn's version, and what a scoop! Yowza! A total bombshell disrupting a classic Beatles narrative! I'm sure he's got ironclad evidence to put something like this forward as a True Fact in the story of the Beatles, and not just a story he heard from one guy. The citations must be exhaustive. And surely Kim Bennett had never gone on the record about this issue before, particularly not in a way that contradicted what we see in Tune In--

Oh dear. Why, if it isn’t page 8 of Beatles Book issue 70, published May 1969, edited by Johnny Dean! The passage comes from a piece called "When did you Switch On?" (no author given), and it features some information provided by one Mr. Kim Bennett. Hmm! In 1969, Bennett said that Sid called George Martin to sell him on the Beatles, but in Tune In, Bennett swears that Sid Colman would never call George due to personal animosity. How curious!

Of course, we can't expect Mark Lewisohn to have every issue of Beatles Book Monthly memorized. That simply isn't fair. Sure, he freelanced answering trivia questions for it when it was re-printed (see Nothing Is Real Season 1, Episode 14), but there's no reason to expect that he'd know this issue particularly well, surely?

Mark Lewisohn on Ethan Alexanian's Fans On The Run podcast, Episode 73

"I just needed to see my name in the Beatles monthly."

"I just needed to see my name in the Beatles monthly."

Surely it couldn't be--

--but there it is. Beatles Book Issue 70, May 1969, edited by Johnny Dean, on page 14. The very next page after the piece ft. Kim Bennett ends:

Mark Lewisohn (10 1/2)

[unknownorigins-uo]

i beat the main story of sky: children of the light and all i got was this stupid haircut and a beautiful conversation with someone halfway across the world about the meaning of catharsis as we layed down in the grass after i thought i had lost them in the storm, or worse abandoned them after what they had done for me, only to meet them after the skies cleared.

[laski-and-sage]

Alucard: You're eating McDonalds? Do you know how bad that is to put in your body?

TJ: I've seen the men you've put in yours. Trust me, the McNuggets are healthier. Especially mentally...

Anderson:

Anderson: Ouch?

[fcaruana]

I AM JUST SO IN LOVE WITH FRANCO ARRRGGH. this man gives 0 shits about his newfound fame, just let him live his life!! in saying that tho, i do hope this doesn't lead to dodgy scenarios lmao please at least have a brain about it baby

hes sooo chill all the time i'd be losing my mind

couple months back he said he's not used to his fame in argentina, so when someone stops him in the street calling his name he's like how do you know who i am..... do we know each other??? 😭😭

he said he was glad he's still unknown in europe so he could live his life like a normal guy but i fear that won't last long

[tsukiglitch]

Happy birthday Dreamtale bros!!

Allow me to be a little nostalgic.

(jeez, been a long time since I drew them)

Happy birthday to my favorite twins, the dreamtale brothers!! :D

[Dreamtale bros belongs to Jokublog]

(also if u ship Dream and Nightmare, i'll kindly ask u to leave, thanks. 👍)

Also, yay first time posting here. (I'm very lost)

[theriseofleon]

Pages 46-55...tis the skip, the kiddos are sent to Chima!

[lithiumdoll]

Are fannish auctions still a thing? Do we still do that? I’m completely out of touch on where anything is happening at this point.

Where is anything happening?

Did I miss a migration?

[nubs-mbee]

I’m getting a small tattoo lasered off and I had one of my sessions yesterday, this thing is looking *gnarly*. Wish I could show you guys tho cause I think it looks cool! Unfortunately it’s a bit too gory for tumblr.

[serchive]

I don't know if I like it or not, it's more beautiful than last year and i much prefer the pink version than the blue but it could have been better with less carbon I think