famdommcfanface · 2 years ago
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I'm generally struck by the compulsion to declare all fandoms I am a part of to be completely non-toxic and 'one of the good ones', but I also find it very funny when that is just impossible
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britishsass · 3 years ago
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raz and benny but they both conk out in the first half hour of the staying awake contest. also phoebe
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[Image ID: Two additional anons and very sketchy faces next to them. The anons say "Dogen and Elka!" and "Chloe, Elton, and Milka." End ID]
We have our cast list. I've let this idea sit in my drafts since January. Let's do the story.
"So, today, we'll be testing mental capacity. Everyone, this is a challenge of your aptitude. You are allowed to use any materials you have-- PSI-pops, dream fluffs, caffeine, and any sort of aid is allowed." Sasha pushed up his glasses. "...Yes, this is an excuse for you all to stay up late, before anyone asks. You will be scored based on how long you stay awake, and it will be taken into account. This exercise is mostly to test your ability in the face of difficult situations. You are not allowed to attack fellow campers, or attempt to put others to sleep. Other than that, you are allowed to do almost anything. The clock begins now."
Immediately, there was a lot of chatter as a group of campers split off to go to the TV room-- Maloof, Misha, Kitty, Franke, JT, Chops, and Quentin all got there early enough to score seats around the set, while the rest of the campers spread out across the camp. Crystal and Clem took their usual spot on the roof, while Vernon trailed behind Bobby and Nils, who were already desperately trying to ignore him and get out of his sight. That left Lili, Raz, Dogen, Elka, Chloe, Elton, Milka, Benny, and Phoebe to find something to do.
"...How about we split up into groups? Lili, Dogen and I, then... uh..." Raz looked at the others, trying to find an easy way to split them where no one would be upset.
"You wish, circus brat! I'm gonna beat you in this easy!" Benny argued. Raz rolled his eyes.
"Oh yeah? Then let's go! You and me! Whoever goes to sleep first loses, no one there to help us, got it? Nothing but you and me!"
The two took off together, and Lili groaned. "Boys..."
"Tell me about it," Elka whined.
"I'd rather not. I'm going to go talk to the plants." Lili walked off to ignore Elka. Now, there were six left.
"...So. Dogen, Elka, Chloe, Milka, Elton, and me," Phoebe mused. "Hey, Dogen, I'd like to get to talk to you. And Elka too, there's so much we need to go over."
"As long as you don't set my hair on fire."
"I won't unless you earn it. Point is, I think there's something on your mind, and I want to help." She guided the two off towards the GPC, leaving the lovebirds and Chloe.
"...You know, they've explored more of space than of the ocean," Elton told Chloe.
"Hm. But space is relatively infinite-- Forever growing. They haven't found my species out there yet."
"...we could go look for them," Milka suggested, quietly. "If you don't touch Elton."
"I have no plans to have any relationship with your Earth boy."
"Then that works." The last three walked off to the treehouse of Basic Braining together, chattering aimlessly.
~
Raz and Benny stared at each other, daring the other to blink. Neither wanted to break their quiet competition, but as the sun sank below the horizon, it got harder and harder to keep their eyes open. Raz took out a psi-pop, only for Benny to mirror him. Neither spoke. Neither was willing. Not like they had much to say other than the exchange of insults.
Both fell asleep at the same time, just a few minutes later. They were some of the first ones outside of the TV room to collapse.
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"Ugh, he's just... He's so cute, but infuriating, you get me?" Lili asked her small garden. The poppy's petals only waved slightly, not loud enough to really talk back. She sighed, and crossed her arms. "Fine. If you're not gonna talk to me, then I'll-- I'll give you the silent treatment too."
It wasn't much help in the quest to stay awake.
~
"So, I think that you need to apologize to Dogen for how you were speaking over him before, Elka."
"Ugh, why should I do that?"
"It's clear there's something bothering you, and if you're going to act like this, it's not going to be easy to make friends, okay?" Phoebe set a hand on Elka's shoulder. "So if you open up, we can all be friends here. And then, you won't have to handle this on your own."
"..." Elka looked at her, then at Dogen, who was already distracted by a butterfly. "...Fine. Dogen, I'm sorry I spoke over you."
"It's okay. I'm used to it from my sister."
"There. I apologized. I'm going to go find Nils and--"
"That's not all, Elka." Phoebe held on a bit tighter. "...What's bothering you? You've been meaner this summer than last year."
"I'm not!"
"Just talk to me. It helps."
"...Fine. My parents are getting a divorce. Is that what you wanted to hear? It's not like yours are any better-- Yours are going to die before you graduate high school!"
A nearby bush lit on fire, but neither girl spoke after that. Only Dogen did.
~
"So, if we find the right signal, can we get aliens to come get us?"
"Yes."
"...I'd like to see the stars," Milka murmured. "They're nice. Quiet."
"Can I come?"
"If you wish, and my Alien family agrees. My Earth parents would not approve of you."
"Then let's do it."
The trio fidgeted with the radio, trying their best to find a way to get a response, but no one ever spoke back to them. Before long, all three were asleep on the radio and its desk, having collapsed. It was, after all, so quiet, so peaceful...
~
"Can we go back? I don't want to see a bear." Dogen rocked on his feet as the other two glared at each other. "Please?"
"Only if she apologizes," Phoebe replied.
"...I'm going back to the camp."
"Fine. See if we care," Elka shot back.
Dogen, instead, hopped into the stump, sitting in the little car, and let it bring it wherever it pleased. Much better than being around two people who weren't in a good mood.
The girls, too, fell asleep, but Dogen stayed up until morning, when the car spit him out and back on the surface. He was the last one awake, somehow, and no one knew how.
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ritchieblackless · 4 years ago
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Blackmore and Powell's friendship pt III {The last lap}
Well, first of all, thanks to everyone for supporting this mini series (just three post omg) of Cozy and Ritchie's friendship. They were so cute and I think they didn't realize how goals they were....
Also, this part will be more long than the others because it's the last one and because there's a lot to cover in this last lap.
Making 'Down To Earth'
Making that album was important for those two because they were in their own. The band, in a certain way, was no longer Ritchie's band.. Although Ritchie will never admit it, without Cozy's help Down To Earth and his successful career after Cozy left, would have been a little more difficult. Without mentioning that Cozy discovered Joe Lynn Turner.
As Cozy quoted in his 1982 interview.
"He [Ritchie] seems to have more success with Rainbow since I left. I'm really glad for him. -Cozy (Kerrang! 1982)
But returning to the point... As the two dorks were men in charge, due to pulling the new Rainbow out, they had to be closer to each other more than they used to and spending more time together under a lot of stress. Perhaps that was the reason why their friendship quickly wore off.
Anyway... time for quotes! I'll put first the 'Making Down To Earth' quotes and then the 'Woring off friendship' quotes.
"After a while we were going crazy, we couldn't find anybody at all. Then Roger Glover said, 'Well, what about me?' Ritchie asked me what I thought as I'd have to work with the guy and I said, 'Fair enough, I'll give it. try, once I start playing I can never hear anybody else anyway.' So Roger became the bass player." -Cozy. (1979)
(Ritchie knew Roger for years and still he asked to Cozy what he thought about Rog...it shows you that Cozy's opinion was important to Ritchie)
"All the members we've got are very competent at what they do. Don's been playing keyboards for years, Roger's an accomplished bass player, Graham's a great singer... all I've got to do is teach Ritchie a few new chords and we'll be alright." -Cozy (Sounds 1979)
(A little of English humor for y'all. I'll skip the quote where Ritchie says that he would loved having that laugh with Cozy because you already know that one. Where Ritchie tacitly said that he miss Cozy)
Now, the quotes about their, as Cozy called it, battle of wits.
"Cozy and I, we're always trying to outsmart each other. He's a very fast person, him with his cars. Me, with my medieval music, he hasn't got a clue where I'm coming from. So we have our differences, but when we're on stage we click because he wants to be the best drummer and I want to be the best guitarist." -Ritchie (Melody Maker or Sounds 1979)
The next two quotes are from the same paragraph but I divided them because... yes.
"Ritchie and I have argued about their [Graham, Don and Roger] inclusion, well, we have a lot of arguments anyway as you can well imagine. When we don't agree over certain things, he usually wins because it's his band, he started it all in the first place, so I'm not going to knock that. But I will make my opinions heard." -Cozy (Pelo 1979)
Cozy was very strong-willed, also a little stubborn but he'll never lose the respect for Ritchie and his baby as you can well read.
"I'll say what I think to Ritchie and he respects me for it. I think the only reason that I'm still a member of Rainbow is that Ritchie knows that I'll beat him up if he fires me. So we have differences of opinion - in fact it nearly came to fisticuffs at one point in Geneva - but at the end of the day it's usually OK, we have a few drinks and make it up. But it's good all the same, it's healthy. We're men enough to know that united we stand, divided we don't necessarily fall but it's not going to be so easy. So if we stick together we could end up conquering the world. Which'd be nice, wouldn't it?" -Cozy (Pelo 1979)
Awwwww, Cozy... you two already did. He softie.
"We disagree about a lot of things, although we tend to agree upon the end result. I do feel uncomfortable with him in some situations, but we do treat each other with a great deal of respect." -Ritchie (Sounds 1979)
You... you toxic dorks. I'd love to know what that 'Uncomfortable' means.
"I've had thoughts about leaving Rainbow every other month. It's easier to quit, but harder to keep going - and I don't believe in giving up. Ritchie must have been thinking 'I wonder how much longer he's going to take this?' while I was thinking 'how much more can he put up with me?' - it was a battle of wits. This is reflected in the way we play, very aggressive; but in the end we've got great respect for each other." -Cozy (Sounds or Melody Maker 1980) (they in the two interviews say the same so sometimes i get confused but trust me hasha)
I think they were just tired of each other but not tired of being friends but being band mates and driving force.
BUT, although their fights and arguments and all. Ritchie still cared about Cozy. (I'll put a sweet quote just for change the bad taste in mouth of the other quotes)
"I'm speaking for myself and that night I was very sensitive, as in fact I always am, but on that night I felt I could not come across to the audience and I was disgusted with what I was doing. So I came off and I said to Cozy: "Shall we do an encore?" He was very mentally brought down, he'd just done his solo, and so I decided not to do an encore. The whole thing about doing an encore is that it should come from your inner self." -Ritchie. (Sounds 1979)
Is not the first time though. He, in Rainbow, usually wanted to do an encore but then he'd see Cozy, as he said, mentally brought down and as much as Ritchie wanted, he'd not do an encore... just for Cozy.
'After-Rainbow' relationship.
As I showed you in the first part, they ended in very good terms and still being friends and they were still good friends until, of course, Cozy's death.
"Ritchie and I are still really good friends. He came to see us [MSG] while ago. I left the band very amicably way and there's no hard feelings. I just think five years was quite long enough. We'd both seen enough of each other. It's a long time to work with any relationship, especially in an artistic way, it was better to part as friends rather than as enemies." -Cozy. (1982) (it was a cut off article I found in pinterest long ago so i don't know the very source)
Cozy was still supporting Rainbow after he left and he liked "I surrender" and all. And he discovered Joe Lynn so when Graham left... Cozy told Ritchie about Joe.
And for the last quote... I will leave this funny but sad but nice (????? ... you will understand what i mean)
"Last time we saw Cozy was in Denmark. He was doing an interview beneath my window in the garden of the hotel. I couldn't resist but to throw water out of the window and onto him. We always played practical jokes on each other. Cozy went too soon, but that's the way he'd have wanted to go, in his car. -Ritchie (Blackmore's Night Q&A online)
"We always played practical jokes on each other". Ritchie you're such a liar and you're talking advantage of Cozy's death because if he were still alive he would tell you that you were afraid of his practical jokes.
But he is deep about Cozy's cause of death, and he's right about it so that, again, shows you that Ritchie knew him very well.
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So we reached the end, a fair-sad but happy ending for their friendship. Is sad because Cozy's death but is happy because they were still the goal friends that they always were. And i have no doubts that he still misses him, because Carry On Jon is very similar to The Loner and i don't think it's a coincidence.
Anyway, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll and I want their friendship.
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