#ayyy it's post 1000!

[arisenreborn]

You're all right, I've got you.

[didyoubringauntienat]

1000 posts!

[madrone33]

THE WISDOM SAGA IS OUT AHHHH

It was SO much better than I anticipated. Like, I knew it'd be amazing to listen to - 'cause practically all of Jorge's stuff is - but I was less attached to Telemachus as a character than Ody, so while I was settled in for a fun time I wasn't as invested as I had been for the previous sagas.

Little. Did. I. Know.

HOW DO THE SAGAS JUST KEEP BEING SO GOOD LIKE WHAT JORGE DO YOU SLEEP

Anyway, now that it's officially out for everyone, here's 1000+ words worth of excited screeching/rambling/word vomit from my immediate reaction to the audio, when it released at midnight for me! (I'm australian, so I got it 15 hours ahead of the americans lol, but also means I hadn't seen the animatics from the Live at this point)

Also, heads up there's a lot of swearing and I wasn't very coherent, 'cause my brain-to-type filter was non-existent at midnight while in the middle of a HYPE adrenaline rush lol

I feel so awake rn, even though it's midnight lol.

Started smiling as soon as I heard him. He sounds so GOOD!! MICO you're knocking it out of the park!

"Come and give me a sign!" Ayyy the Athena motif!!

Ooh they merged MICO's audition way of saying "if you're dead... or just tooo far"!

"Can I do whatever I takes to keep my mum safe?" aww don't worry bebe Athena's coming!

"Where is the man who'll have to wife?" ooh they really did use the Man of the House lines!

And they dropped that it's been 20 years! That's good, a proper timeline needed to be established at this point or newcomers might get confused.

ohhh shit! That growled "Boy!"

(Also, edit from after I watched the Livestream: HE DID NOT JUST THROW A BOWL AT MY BOY OH HELL NO-)

"Why don't you open her room so we can" oh FUCK OFF ANTINOUS!

oh the LINE! The CHAMP line!

"If I fight this monster" THS MONSTER! It changed from those monsters to this monster, because while he might be having fun thinking of conquering distant monsters out in the world, the real monster is living in his home and he needs his father's strength more than ever and AHHH

(Another edit from post Live: he decided to fight for his mum's honour and thought he'd get a beatdown or DIE in the attempt and STILL put his fists up oh my goddd!! And also, HIM STEPPING INTO THE SPIRIT OF HIS FATHER AHHH)

Ok I hate Antinous already. Like, I really love his voice, it's perfect, Ayron did amazing, but Antinous? What the FUCK! FUCK HIM! And I decided I love Telemachus. He sounds so helpless in that last line 🥺 ATHENA STEP IN!

Listening to Little Wolf now! Oh god I'm scared for Tele

(Edit post Live: YOOO IT'S FULL ON STREET FIGHTER STYLE!)

"Wanna entertain me?" oh EW Antinous!

I just have a permanent stink face on rn lol

"Wanna entertain me?" Still ew, but also aww he didn't do the growl like in the demo

Clock sound effect! ATHENA!!!

she's giving TE/MO type vocal vibes, more than Act 1 Athena lol

"What's going on here??" lmao he's confused about Quick-Thought, like ody wasn't

"Uppercut him. Now." AYYYY FIGHT ADVICE

she's doing the verse melody but for him!

wait what'd she say? "I've no respect for bullies! Those who [something something] will!"

SHE CALLED HIM A DOG HA! What's a dog to a wolf hey antinous >:)

"One young wolf has a larger heart than all these men combined!" awww Athena <3

YES!! SHE'S SINGING THE CHORUS BUT IN HIS FAVOUR!!

the HARMONIES!!

"Oooh, maybe I pushed you a bit too hard..." lol she's too used to ody who is used to her

oh FUCK OFF antinous!

"Tell me, Athena, why you came to my aid..." wait WAIT HE SUNG THE "what keeps you up so late at night myyy friend?" MELODY??? HOLY SHIT!!

Ok that was awesome. We'll Be Fine time!

SHE CALLED ODY HER FRIEND!!

OMG SHE'S DOING THE "MIIIND" RIFF!!

awww she regrets <3

NO THE "SLEEP AT NIGHT" CALLING BACK TO ALL THOSE TIME ODY COULDN'T SLEEP FROM REGRET

omg but her HIGH notes

ooh? 👀 The line changed from "sailed to an island" to "and I didn't die?? What does this mean for HTD's "I heard he's on a diplomatic mission" line?

oh now HIS high notes!!

THEIR HARMONIES!!

awww their motifs mixing! <3 <3

(Edit post Live: lmao him trying to lean on her shoulder and accidentally falling through her instead XD)

Well that was nice! Time for LIP... What am I in for bro

AHA I was RIGHT! The music from the cover art reveal IS here at the start of this song!

OH HOLY HSIT NOT HIS "REMEMBER ME" OMG WAIT GO BACK

The "ohhhh" motif from Remember Them!

TIME DIVE! WITH LYRICS!

oh yo! THESE scenes! We called the Sirens, Scylla, and Thunder Bringer on the discord, but the lines that are being used are INTERESTING

(Edit post Live: the animatics are going CRAZY this saga!)

calypso time...

Ooh calypso's voice is much gentler than the snippets! (I'm determined to not let my bias against her character in the Odyssey colour how I feel about her performance, because Wangui is a lovely person, and her voice is beautiful.)

lmao the awkwardly long pause and then "... ANWAYS!" is always funny XD

the electronic elements when she reveals what she is!

"Time can take a heavy toll." uh oh what's that mean

Damn not the "all I hear are screams"-

...

... holy fuck. Um. My jaw literally dropped what. What. Ok first, her "ody" fuck that. Second, the LEDGE?? Um. UM. I need to rewind please

Oh shit

Oh my goddd JUST LET HIM GO

NOT THE OPEN ARMS NO WHAT THE FUCK NOT POLITES OMG EURYLOCHUS OH FUCK ANTICLEA TOO OH SHIT

no him calling for athena! 😭

the slow clock omgggg

YES GO HELP HIM HE NEEDS HELP

... wait I need to rewind wait shit I'm shaking

ok. Pause. That was.

I guess I called correctly, but it turned out to be a BIT of an understatement when I said there'd be an UNEXPRECTED EMOTIONAL MOMENT! What the FUCK. Oh god that was incredible and I teared up and ah fuck wtf fuck who gave him the RIGHT

TIme for God Games. Shit. Am I ready for Beast Mode Zeus??? No. But I'm doing it anyway! :D

ok that was beautiful. Also her calling him "father" was unexpected but welcome

"... Odysseus." commander motif!!

god I love his voice but I hate him

ok I love how he says "AphroDITE!" I'm smiling, I'm getting into this

also, wait why does he say "or" instead of "and" like the snippets did?

The voice teasers! Ah shit I can't believe I'm going to HEAR THEIR VERSES IN A FEW SECONDS WHAT. Also Hera's voice is VERY interesting!

Apollo? YO?? Wait wait I have to go back and actually listen to the words lmao his voice is cool!

oh the sirens??

Huh. I... don't really get that logic? Athena just said "yeah but they had it coming and now they'll know better" and he replied "understandable have a nice day"?

wow what is that accent? Lemme go back and understand lol

damn those went by quick. Also, not what I'd thought their issues would be. Tho I think someone called the sirens one!

ooh wait I've always loved aphrodite's, this is BEAUTIFUL. I need to go back to the start of the song so I can get her full impact after pausing so much.

ohhh she's the first one to reject athena!

Ares!!

"HOLD YOUR TONGUE NOW! HIS SON'S MY FRIEND!"oop you done fucked up ares

oh I LIKE hera's voice! It's kinda airy but still hella powerful!

damn my jaw hurts from smiling

I hear cheering 👀

ohhh THAT'S what he meant by "or"! Athena was supposed to face either the five gods or Zeus?

"You DARE to defy me!" DAMN Zeus! That growl!

THUNDER BRINGER CHORUS!

lightning bolt to the face lmao

oh? The Wotm motif?

wait. Is the. Is this the "anime character on brink of death thinks of their friends and powers up" moment???

(Edit post Live: shit, zeus. Someone call CPS)

"Let him go..." oh wait that's IT?? NO WHAT SHIT

... lemme hear that end bit again.

WAIT reading through the comments and JORGE'S DAD VOICES HEPHAESTUS?? HOLY SHIT THAT'S EPIC! Now we just need his sister lol.

Oh that's right, I can see the cast now! Brandon McInnis as Apollo, POSEY as Hera, and Mike Rivera as Hephaestus. Nice.

It's 1 am now. Holy shit that was a wild ride. Damn. Hats off to Jorge and all the cast and editors and EVERYONE, that was absolutely incredible!! 💙🙌🏼🎉

... but also JORGE! WHEN I CATCH YOU JORGE-

[genderisafuck]

Ayyy we made it to 1000 notes on the post. Let us know how it goes!

Will do gamer

[m-jelly]

Ayyy.

I've made over 1000 posts. Huzzah!

I celebrated by changing my profile picture 💕

More me. More realistic. So pretty.

Thank you everyone for being here for those ridiculous number of posts and for the many more 💕

[arielmagicesi]

ayyy, my most kudos’d fic on AO3 has 999 kudos now, that’s so cool! I’ve never had 1000 kudos on anything before.

it’s not even that good of a fic in hindsight, it’s just a reasonably well-written 10k fix-it fic with both main ships in a show that was posted the day after a cliffhanger-ridden season finale for a popular show, so, people liked it. but it’s still a fun milestone

[ruby3818]

Ayyy!! I missed the 1000 mark but thank you everyone! I'll try to go through my drafts and post more frantic/spe content now that we're in lockdown,, but thank you so much everyone for sticking around!

[stupid-twilight-headcanons]

AYYY I HIT A 1000 FOLLOWERS. 1006 to be exact. Thank y'all so much for liking all the dumb shit I post. Much love for y'all, you twilight nerds ❤️🖤

[anonil88]

Grammys liveblog part 2

Trevor is not wrong at all that even if you don't win best new artist you can have an amazing career. I.E. the rocket man himself.

Ayyy Lizzo! Let Lizzo curse. I love that Megan is down to earth to laugh at her friend for that.

Best new artist is???????

AYYYY MEGAN SIS HAVING A DAMN PANIC ATTACK.

Aw Doja hype for her friend.

I know Megan's momma is so proud of her even though she can't be with her.

I love that the cars loud as hell in LA but I'm glad that they did this safely in the open air.

We getting short films for each artist too? Oh Grammys really said we are gonna work with small artist and creators as an apology for all the snubs over the years. It isn't enough but it is nice to see.

These live performances are a bit more intimate like talk show performances. I wonder who is working on this from any one of the many late night shows production rooms. Probably someone from SNL.

The lead singer from the Black Pumas is so fine. His skin, perfect. His voice, perfect.

HE IS SINGING WITH A RETAINER. A RETAINER.

Instead of talking about Taylor swift and getting the swiftness mad, I am so hype for the new Spirit movie.

I guess I'm getting paramount plus to see these short films and watch Clarice. Y'all sold me on it.

I hate da baby's merch.

Him, YG, Lil Nas X, Playboi Carti, and Uzi Vert all are the definition of Rockstars and Popstars that happen to be rappers.

He is choir directing these old white people 🤣🤣🤣

Husband time, Benito and his space buns.

Puerto-rican Princess Amadala.

I really really like Dua Lipa's music and her aesthetic change. Her voice has a really nice sense of character with the rasp and tone. This album was so good I bought it on Vinyl (its sold out now). Her stylist is doing gods work out here and picking some amazing looks for her like this outfit is gorgeous. BUT I love how everyone who likes her looked at her during this pandemic like:

She was hopping and bopping her ass around the world like we aren't in a pandemic. She was traveling as if her world tour wasn't cancelled.

A 3rd outfit change? Another song? She still can't dance though haha.

The set is gorgeous. Yea you should have listened to your own lyrics sis, "Don't go out." 😒

Our first pre-recorded performance, it looks like it but its probably them doing live edits and pulling out the 70s production stops.

I am not a huge fan of this song but I am excited for this Silk Sonic collab project and the rest of the songs on the album. It just feels very Bruno Mars forward and Anderson is less of a front man.

Ooo this dual split looks super cool.

Yea I think that was pre-recorded.

I feel so bad for so many small venues man, one of the ones near me closed and another almost closed. Artist could always hold live virtual performances at these spaces so they get some life in them.

You see how all the country nominees are women. 😊😊😊

Yes Miranda get that grammy girl.

Ah so some people are on Zoom calls.

Here comes T.Swift, Now this is most definitely a set in their little concert space.

I'm really dissapointed in her response to her fanbase turning into a racist mob over misplaced outrage and I'm not even a fan of hers.

All of your teen favorites will experience non hurtful but light jokes as long as people make TV and movies. Especially since a lot of the writers are/were fans on the level of fanboy/fangirl behavior.

This set is gorgeous though.

Congrats tall British man, did he curse? Anyways I hate this boa with this outfit but I know this specific one is his staple boa.

Here comes the tribute, r.i.p Bill Withers.

Silk City, Anderson and Bruno, is a great choice for Little Richard's tribute.

God it is wild how much Bruno looks like Little Richard.

This piano player is fucking this piano up.

So many musicians and bts people passed this year. This virus just took a battle axe to the entire senior generation of artists. Some of them from it and others just shit circumstance. I hope and pray no one gets sick of these performers, I know some have been vaccinated.

R.I.P beautiful SOPHIE.

Over 1000 artists freaking insane.

Ay Brandi Carlile, she got one Grammy this afternoon.

Britney Howard Chris Martin, and this band are 🤌🤌🤌.

How sad.

Commercial break: lil nas x needs to show off his hat collection. Also I break this reaction up into 3-4 parts because this show doesn't end until 11:30 and Tumblr only allows a certain about of gifs each post.

Me looking at Canva AD talking about being a professional tool, which it is, but as a designer I'm like

Congrats to the first Black women nominated in this country category and her song is country but super pro Black. I know some of these country fans aren't happy about this, but maybe if they all are pushed out of the country concerts I will finally go see some of my fav country artists live.

The red carpet leads them inside and outside just like I'm about to head into part 3 of this liveblog and get dessert during this country section.

[realtalk-princeton]

Clover, I'd love to hear more about FRS 118 Life on Mars - or Maybe Not! It's supposed to be available again this spring and is by far my favorite FRS topic of all the interesting options

Response from Clover:

Ayyy cool! Yeah so firstly the title of this seminar “Life on Mars” can be a bit deceiving because the seminar is only very briefly about Mars. In truth, the course focuses more generally on scientific journalism. You’ll be taught by two awesome professors— Michael Lemonick and Ed Turner. Mike is a science journalist who has written for many big name publications, and Ed is a professor of astrophysics who also has had experience with the media side of science. It’s a really interesting combination, as they both have different yet extremely interesting backgrounds, have lots to share and teach, they don’t always agree with one another coming from the science vs. media sides, etc.

You come to learn through this seminar that there’s a lot that goes into science writing. You’ve got the pressure to make readers interested in your writing, but you also run the risk of exaggerating to the point of lying; you want to get news of novel cancer treatments out to the world, but don’t want to spark false hope... This honestly is only a tiny part of the complexities we talk about, but the general idea is there is so much that goes into science journalism that doesn’t always meet the eye— unless you know to look for it! Also, it covers science journalism about climate change, AI, space (where Mars ties in!), medicine, etc., divided into 4 big chunks over the semester— so it touches on all kinds of scientific topics!

Cool features of the course include really neat visitors coming to the class (we had journalists from Science, the head ‘storyteller’ from JPL, etc.) and snacks for every class. Workload is relatively low to medium level, depending on how much you want out of the course. There are tri-weekly topics, and each week you get sent 1) a list of article links to read and 2) a weekly science journal. Each week someone from the class will have to lead a discussion on #2– one week that’ll be you. The articles from #1 are not necessarily all discussed, but they follow a sub-topic of the tri-weekly theme and you spend a good chunk (~half) of class talking about them.

As for other assignments, we got 6 writing assignments throughout the semester. They ranged from 1 page journal articles (write something from a provided press release) to a fast turn-around article (we turned in our stories by midnight that class day) and even a feature story (longer article, I think 1000 words). For all but the fast-turn around, you get 1-2 weeks to work on the assignment. Definitely mangaeable. Mike grades the papers, and he can be blunt with his comments. But if you take the time to read through them (they are very detailed haha), you’ll find that you can improve on those parts of your writing and genuinely get better with time.

Final part of the course is the research paper, which is more of an academic, writing-sem-type paper comparing different journal coverage just like you do in class. Longer than other assignments, but for sure manageable.

The overall grade breakdown I believe comes out to be mostly participation in seminar (which is easy enough to do if you even just read half of the articles assigned and the weekly news one), ~6% each for your writing assignments, and then the rest is final project stuff and your grade for the weekly discussion you lead. They are nice graders for all of the participation stuff in my opinion, and even if you don’t talk all the time it doesn’t matter so long as when you do contribute, it’s valuable.

I have to say that the class is only as engaging as you make it, as it’s so heavy on discussion. Some weeks I didn’t read all the articles, which made it easier for my workload, but I didn’t gain as much from that class and it was more stressful worrying about discussing an article I hadn’t looked at. Additionally, Mike and Ed spend a good bit of time talking to you all and sharing stories from their experiences. I thought they were all really cool, relevant, real-world stories, but I guess that could be subjective. Does make for a less strenuous class even if stories aren’t your favorite thing.

I know this was probably more than you were looking for, so I’m sorry if it’s annoying to sift through for the parts you actually wanted to know about. I just thought I’d put all my info on the class down in one post for anyone else looking into taking FRS 118. If you have any more questions about it, feel free to ask.

TLDR: highly recommend! Low stress, great professors, interesting material! I have become a better consumer of science news because of this seminar! :)

[marbsy]

AYYY I HIT 1000 POST!!

[spierfeld]

hey faith!! congrats on 2.5k!!!! 💞💖💘 i'd like 👭🏳️‍🌈 (for my sideblog) pls!! i love the pride emojis djsjebhd

ayyy thank you sm mari!! (omg thank i just needed to fill my dash w/ lots of pride emojis lmao!!) (also congrats on graduating tomorrow in advance hell yeah!!!) @cedricdiggiory

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mari i don’t even know what to say other than that your blog is literally flawless??? like soooo soo good all of your posts are gorgeous and your url is one of my faves ever tbh!! and you’re literally such a sweetheart so?? the Best

help me celebrate 2.5k!! 

[krvm-blog1]

✁ compliments ! “  (( mutuals in bold, no favs because all mutuals are favs tbh. 

@toujourspurr your blog is really cute and you always show up in my notifs!!! posts are 10/10 and your url is really nice too 

@lumox allie ok i know i said all mutuals are fav but you’re my absolute fav so.... i don’t know how and why i first reached out to you but you’re the sweetest person and even though timezones are shit?? i still love talking to you :)) also your edits are 1000/10 and i love you a lot !!!!!!1!!!11!!!1!!!

@howlingremus ok sandhya when you followed me i was like ashdjfahlsklfdjk and like i talked to you once but i think that’s it?? allie speaks highly of you ;D and your blog is fine asf!! your writing is 10/10 and so are your edits //

@hyppo-gryff​ ayyy idk how but your blog is really nice // your domain name is crazy good and your theme is just super neat in general !! ( i really love your theme asdhjashfdskj )

[avicarion]

johnnyjoestarofficial replied to your post: johnnyjoestarofficial replied to your post: ...

that’s fucking nasty im sorry you have to deal with this vile toxic shit because you deserve it less than anyone i know

ty my dude but ayyy it’s ok ‘cause like 1. don’t talk to him at all anymore (after we broke up he messaged me some sappy shit and was like “i want to be w/ you again”) like hell no again dodged a fucking bullet w/ that kid and also 2. our mutual friends support me like 1000% rather than him so i can appreciate the fuck outta that also on one hand maybe got what he deserved???? kinda fucked up tho but his mom died like 3-4 months ago (BUT she had like stage 4 cancer AND would constantly be drunk so that could be a big fuckin factor) there’s a new story on it ‘cause she was found in some other guys house (and she was married so that’s some red flags right) here it is if you wanna check it out???? last i checked they didn’t determine cause of death but that was like a week after it was even released so idk if that one has any info (i haven’t read it yet)

[heytheregreeneyes]

Ayyy were my new chapter at??? Jk jk take your sweet time 💓💓💓

Ayyyy 😄 you crack me up! I’m gonna be honest, I’ve written and deleted the last 1000 words probably 3 times now. I’m just not happy with how it’s turning out, it sounds... blocky, if that makes any sense. I’m working on it tho!

I’m having surgery tomorrow morning and I’ll probably be loopy most of the day, so hopefully I can get it the way I want it tonight and post Wednesday. cross your fingers for me!

[cookinguptales]

This is a queued post bc in all likelihood I’m asleep right now but I wanted to get one of these posted during the day FOR ONCE.

My jury duty was canceled (ayyy) so I’ve decided to do $5 ficlets for the entirety of next weekend. (In other words, June 10th and 11th.) This month, in honor of Pride, any requests I fill will benefit Immigration Equality, an organization that’s fighting to help LGBT immigrants stay in this country -- especially if they’re asylum-seekers.

For my new followers, my inbox is always open for charity fic requests at a rate of $5 per 500 words. Usually the bottom tier is 1000 words (or $10), but once or twice a month I set aside a day or two for as many $5 ficlets as I can get written. Any fandom I’m familiar with is fair game, NSFW is fine.

As far as not-for-charity fic, I’m gonna try to get something up this week. I have a few things I got half-written last week, so we’ll see what gets pumped out first. Meanwhile, I’m trying so hard not to fall into writing KH fic again. XD