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bts as fathers

based on tarot. i do not know these idols personally. energies are always changing. what i say is NOT straight fact. pls take it with a grain of salt!

note; i didn't continue with the second question for every member, since the answer was understandable on the first and they didn't feel entirely comfortable with me diving deeper. pls remember that this reading, is not me making any carved in stone predictions; but it's solely the energy i pick up on, at this specific point in time. enjoy the read ♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈

seokjin

would he like to become a father?

seokjin seems quite intimidated by fatherhood. i can see the main thing holding him back, being his own insecurities, and fear of the responsibility, he sees as huge. currently, seokjin doesn't see himself as someone who's capable of carrying that “burden”, since he does recognize the amount of work it requires to raise a child. it can be a lot to deal with, very tiring, and obviously you never really get a break. he's worried about not being able to give his kids what they deserve.

what would he be like as a father?

in all honestly, he'd be a great father. seokjin's ability to light up every situation he's in, would also make itself visible when it comes to filling his kid's life with genuine happiness.

a lot of joy, i keep hearing children laughing. the type of father who'd sit down the sandbox himself and squeeze his long legs into that tiny space, just to play with his kids, and entertain their little imaginations, like building a sand castle. he'd genuinely value them feeling seen, and acknowledged.

i can also see him becoming the type of father who's very protective, probably more prone to getting worried easily. a father who wants to make sure his children grow up confidently; knowing their worth and their value.

additionally, he could want to teach his kids the importance of standing up for themselves. not being afraid of speaking up when it's necessary. i keep hearing his (lovingly nagging) voice in my head. he would give them verbal lessons, that are more on the gentle and playful side but effective enough, and encourage them in that manner.

i can see seokjin wanting to go against the more traditional ways of upbringing, and allowing his kids more freedom. i really don't see him being this extremely strict father, who slams his iron fist on the table, but moreso as someone who thinks it's important to focus on providing his children with a happy and stable childhood, and family life. fulfilling their wishes, not being so restrictive or stern. he doesn't want his kids to lie to him, or have to rebel and sneak out. he'd want his children to be honest and upright.

i can feel him wanting to lead by example, and be a rolemodel his children can look up to; a father they're proud of. this could be the reason he has a lot of insecurities in this regard. seokjin wants to be the best father he can be for his kids, and might feel he isn't really there yet. he feels he's too immature and not wise enough yet, to be a good enough example.

yoongi

would he like to become a father?

i don't really see yoongi being interested in having kids. he's someone who can be immensely independent, and focused on himself first and foremost. like all i see in the spread is him. (several impulsive knights) i don't see yoongi liking the thought of having to stay put and limiting himself in his freedom. he likes being a free spirit who can just live on his own terms, according to what he himself wants to do, in whatever moment. (i also often get this feeling it's quite understandable in his eyes, he seems to carry this mindset of “it's my life, of course i'll spend it the way i want to”)

the thought of having children seems to cause worries and anxiety in him. it stresses him out, and i feel him preferring to avoid the topic, so i won't dive in much further.

hobi

would he like to become a father?

hobi's thoughts seem a little conflicting here. his energy felt lighter in regards to this topic before, he could've done a lot of reflecting and serious pondering on it ever since.

what i'm strongly feeling, is that hobi believes he'd definitely have to step up to the plate responsibly; he'd have to man up, and mature. his thoughts seem to consist of a lot of.. “am i really there already?”

he thinks that he'd have to put his toxic habits and more selfishly driven desires behind for the sake of his kids.

there's this feeling of.. “my life won't be just about me anymore.” hobi believes becoming a father would require him to tap into the more humble, grounded and selfless side of him, that is fully focused on providing for someone else.

he's also aware there's still a lot of things he'd have to heal, confront and actively work on when it comes to himself.

what would he be like as a father?

hobi feels like it's a given for him to take on the role of the strong and dependable provider, who gives his family a sense of stability; the one his children can comfortably lean on.

there is this worry in terms of him perhaps not having built a financial ground that's reliable enough yet, in his eyes. not only for himself, but if hobi was to ever have children, that'd be incredibly important to him. i keep getting this feeling of.. “i need to lay the necessary groundwork, so that my family can have it easy.”

i can also see hobi as a father, who'd be very supportive when it comes to his children's goals and ambitions. the type who's glad to guide his kids into the direction they want to go down, push and encourage them in a way where they feel confident in their abilities. i do think he'd be quite good at finding this balance between being strict enough for them to take him seriously, but also focus on uplifting them.

namjoon

would he like to become a father?

it's interesting, because the moon has made an appearance for almost everyone from the hyung line till now. the card can be about things being hidden, deception, confusion, insecurity, uncertainty, fear, anxiety. the topic of having kids is understandably of more complex nature.

namjoon also seems to feel a level of intimidation at the thought of having kids. it's understandably a concept unfamiliar to him, which can be scary. however, considering the following two of wands; this is like him contemplating on taking a step out of the dark.

i can see namjoon feeling ready if he feels like his life, his surroundings, his mindset, and basically everything possibly affecting his children, is calm, balanced, and in harmony. he wants to welcome them into a pleasant environment.

interestingly, though a sense of reluctance and fear is definitely present, he does seem to think that, once it's the right time, he'll approach fatherhood in an open-minded and ever-learning manner. he knows he won't be perfect from the beginning, but there's a part of him that wants to humbly learn as he progresses.

note; this is a passing thought i keep having, but i could picture namjoon adopting children.

what would he be like as a father?

he'd be quite broad-minded, in a way where he wouldn't be a rigid father who puts intense restrictions on his kids. namjoon would put a lot of importance into raising his children as independent and self-sufficient individuals, who are wise and content with what they have. he wants them to know how to count and appreciate their blessings.

i don't see him wanting to spoil them too much, or have them grow up in this extremely privileged nepo baby “oh i'm a famous celebrity's kid” manner.

namjoon would be more of a father who lets his kids run free, rather than intruding and strictly lecturing them constantly. he'd be a parent who thinks it's important to let his children fall sometimes, so they can gather their own know-how of how to get back up.

though he wouldn't want them to be depending on him for everything, he'd still be an existence of emotional understanding for his children. especially when it comes to communicating; namjoon would want his kids to feel safe enough to open up to him, without fear of judgment or the need to hide parts of themselves. he wants to feel like a gentle and intuitive parent figure who's naturally attuned to his kids' needs, compassionate, and understands their point of view.

jimin

would he like to become a father?

so, jimin is one of the members who reads as more fond of the idea. he does see fatherhood as something he would like for his life, and might even imagine himself in that role a lot. however, he feels uncertain about whether he'll be able to to actually translate his wishes into reality. (12h mars)

jimin's energy is very.. “these are the things i wish for, and these are the things i believe i can do.” in his eyes, there's a gap between the two; meaning, he struggles believing he can actually live up to what he himself wishes he could be.

he's so immensely critical of himself, can often have the tendency to acknowledge his downfalls, before his strengths. jimin could get worried he'll end up projecting his insecurities onto his children, not being able to provide them with the emotional fulfillment they deserve. he believes there's deeply rooted, inner issues and traumas, he'd need to actively confront and heal. he doesn't see himself as a father who'd have much to offer.

what would he be like as a father?

this is actually very sweet. i can see jimin being a father who puts true work and effort into establishing a close connection to his children.

there's this immense desire in him to display his affection towards them, in a way where they feel sincerely and wholeheartedly loved. he'd literally pour out his heart.

i keep getting the sense that this man carries a wounded inner child in him. he feels like he's healing it by caring for other children. i keep being drawn to the world “love”.. that's what might've been lacking for jimin when he was younger, so he can feel the need to make other children feel loved.

i also keep feeling the need to say “genuinely, truly, sincerely” like, his love isn't fake, it's not a pretense and it's not shallow. it's not performance-based either. a parent's love is pure, and that's what he would want his children to know. he'd love them unconditionally, with all their imperfections and mistakes.

jimin would for sure be a father who's immensely protective, but in a gentle and almost motherly type of way. he feels this desire to shield his children from all the dark in the world, and would probably prefer just tucking them into this little cacoon by his side, where they're safe and sheltered.

taehyung

would he like to become a father?

so, taehyung is clear on fatherhood being something that'd be a major change in his life. he believes it'd require him to step out of his comfort zone, and rebuild his lifestyle, his attitude, his approach, in a manner that provides his child with the best possible circumstances to grow up in. despite the initial shock fatherhood could result in (it's a little bit of this.. “oh wow my life will completely change now”), i can also see taehyung feeling uplifted, and in high spirits about it.

an insight that's coming through strongly for him, is that he'd be very adamant on protecting his children from the media, gossip, etc. he would not want his kid to be the talk of the town, have unnecessary eyes watching and everyone voicing their opinion on them. he does read as someone who wants to separate his professional and private life; doesn't want one to disrupt the other.

taehyung wouldn't want his fatherhood to get tangled in his public image, and the fact that he's a celebrity whose private life is much more interesting to the public, to pose as an inconvenience to his family, fatherhood and his children.

ideally, he'd find a way to balance his efforts in both areas. do his best as artistically, while also fulfilling his role as a father, and providing his children everything they'd be in need of.

what would he be like as a father?

i see taehyung thriving in the role. with all the cap energy, fatherhood is likely to come naturally to him. again, i keep getting it, the protective side in him would be strong. he'd be firm on shielding his kids from negative influence; the type of parent who's careful and selective over who he allows to be around his kids. he could get very “don't talk to my child like that.”

don't know why but i also keep seeing him say that to his members too lmaoo, like i could imagine him telling a member holding his baby “okay it's enough you held him for too long already” or something ㅜ

taehyung is likely to be more of the stricter father, who's very clear on the lessons he wants to teach his kids. he wouldn't be a parent who'd be easy to convince, or talked into allowing them to do something. his energy here is more authoritarian, in a “i said no, that means no. end of discussion.” way.

his energy reminds me of my stepfather, who was a capricorn. he had these exact rules i had to follow; like bed time at 7 pm. i remember him stressing me out badly, because he was so unmoving, i could cause riots, he'd just let me be annoyed but still firmly go through with what he said. in the end i learnt a lot from him.

i do see potential for taehyung to be the type of father who bickers a lot with his children though; he could have a lot of disagreements.

i can sense his main intention being to equip his children with thick skin.. encouraging them in a way that gives them strength, letting them discover their own power through embracing their strengths, building up their confidence.

lastly, there is a part of taehyung that could connect with the imaginative, emotional world of his children.

he might not always express love in overly affectionate ways, but it would come through in the little things: playing silly games with them, nurturing their creative spirit, encouraging them to dream freely. his children could talk about the most silly and whimsical things to him, and he'd entertain it, in a way that makes them feel seen and valid. there's a part of taehyung that wants to preserve their inner naivety and innocence, while also helping them develop into strong and self-assured individuals.

jungkook

would he like to become a father?

so, jk immediately came in with the energy of.. “if i meet the right person, who'd make me want to have a child, i would.”

however, i have to say, he is someone who can feel most comfortable when working, and is most familiar with himself in work-mode. the concept of becoming a father is something that feels very.. strange (?) to him.

tbh, nearly every time i read for jungkook, his childhood comes to mind. while reading this time, i got reminded of him being a capricorn rising; and it made things click for me.

all the virgo energy, plus having a cap ascendant, can make jungkook a person who's not only self-critical and hardworking by nature, but also someone who encountered the weight of responsibility at a very young age. he can search for joy in the more simple things in life as he gets older, and as he finds more comfort in letting loose, because he's already been introduced to the serious adult world so early on.

in my spread, the page of pentacles (representing a younger jk as a virgo sun) fell out next to the six of cups (card of childhood, nostalgia) which made it look like the hardworking student is curiously gazing at these two kids, who are happily playing next to him. it seems like a world unfamiliar to him.

the awkwardness that i'm getting here makes sense. if someone's inner child was neglected and left emotionally unfulfilled for years; it's hard to the blame the person for not really knowing how to emotionally nurture another child. how do you expect someone to teach a child something, when it's something they've never been taught themselves?

i don't see jungkook necessarily rejecting fatherhood, as much as i see it potentially stirring up unresolved inner issues and self-doubt within him, that he doesn't seem too comfortable confronting as of right now.

i currently see him more emotionally distant from the idea of fatherhood. not because he doesn’t care, but because, he doesn’t believe he’s yet capable of offering the emotional maturity it requires.

mtl “best” father in my eyes

#1 taehyung

#2 seokjin

#3 jimin

#4 namjoon

#5 hobi (surprisingly)

#6 jungkook

#7 yoongi (he could honestly be great, i just didn't get an ounce of insight into potential fatherhood..)

seokjin and taehyung are quite close imo, i just see taehyung feeling more comfortable and confident in the role.

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[mintytealfox]

I love Nortalice and your posts about them so much!! But I'd like to share hehehe in defense of my wife (Alice), I feel like one of the reasons she asks questions on the mining incident is to gauge a reaction from Norton. Alice is a highly empathetic and analytical person, having firsthand experience of the horrors of poverty as the "daughter of misfortune" and rising up to become a social journalist. So, seeing Norton's body language filled with discomfort and avoidance, she can deduce a lot of things since actions speak louder than words. As much as I want an adorable Nortalice meet-cute, she has a job to do, and Norton has a boatload of prejudice towards her hahaha OH but on a more positive note! IDK IF YOU POSTED ABT IT BUT IVORY TOWER "TOUCHSTONE" (Norton) x NIGHTINGGALE (Alice) SOSOSO MUCH YEARNING ESP ON NORTON'S PART BECAUSE WHY eLSE WOULD YOU JOIN A CLUB THAT PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT WHERE ALICE DISAPPEARED HMMM????

LOL yea and that is the most likely answer as to why. I just like to give them both a hard time and poke at my favorite characters lol

Cause Alice wants the truth and knows how to get it for sure for sure 👀 The fact that she can even pick any locks is scary how devoted she is to the craft~ 👀🙏 Which makes me think that she doesn't really mind if she upsets the person who is her target but I did find it interesting that she was still willing to soften and change the subject in the 'just chat' dialogue with Norton being like "my fave food? well its this this and this" and all the other examples~ So it makes me wonder that the more she learned about him the more she empathized with him and asked him more chill questions and finding out that Norton is actually a yapper with those and she doesn't even have to pay for those chill questions that provide significantly more insight LOL NORTON PLS BRO LOL He is trying to be mysterious and keep his mouth shut but as soon as he hears 'whats your dream?' Norton: "THE SKY, FREEDOM, PEACE, AND QUIET, A GOOD BOOK ,AND SOME TEA ,OH aND A TEACHER SO I CAN CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCHOOLING I MISSED OUT ON AND OH DID I MENTION THE SUN NEEDS TO FILL THE HOME TOO???" LIKE BRO 😂 He doesn't know how to lie or control his reactions in this particular situation lol Cause he has never been acknowledged, listened too, or watched so closely by this seemingly nice blonde lady lol He is too honest in this situation and can't help himself it seems like

They both had bad moments while interacting and that is what makes them such good believable characters and I love them all the more for it~

Like I feel Alice tends to put her job first and foremost and legit Norton is similar 👀 But here I did find it interesting that they both ended up throwing each other bones and this further makes me think that Norton will be on Alice's side in the end and try to help her survive.

ALSO, Alice doesn't speak about her traumatic life while Norton dropping hints about his. So it makes me wonder how his views would shift as soon as he hears even a MOLOCULE of Alice's past 👀

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[francesminos-tt]

First of all happy new year

Second of all

I need more of the Kardashians AU 😭😭

Pls let them be like early season ones (they were so unhiged)

The cameras manages to catch a fight between Alicent,Rhaenyra, Joffrey and Daeron and everyone is like 🫢🫢.

There is a fight between Alicent, Rhaenyra, Joffrey and Daeron, but fortunately there are no cameras in the cellar. Or are there?

Rhaenyra and Alicent did not call an emergency meeting this time. They both agreed to handle the issue gently, minimizing the bad PR as best as they could. Rhaenyra had already threatened to sue the Reality Show team for editing the material in such a way that put Joffrey in the bad light. However, no matter how firmly she stood by her son, the damage had already done, and now the most important thing was to keep the damage in control.

When Joffrey was called to the cellar, he had actually worried about his life for a moment. He knew his mother loved him, but what if this was a trap by someone (namely Lady Alicent, but Joffrey dared not to make any assumptions) to eliminate him once and for all? He had been the shame of the family for the past week. No, not only the family, but the entire realm. He unplugged his phone three days ago, for he couldn't face the accusations online anymore.

How can he cheat on his husband? And with Daeron’s own uncle! That’s a whole new level of incest, even for Targaryen standards.

I wonder how long has this been going on?

Guys, I did some digging, and guest what? I found Gwayne Hightower’s discharge file. He was a major in the royal navy, honorably discharged a year ago. Files attached.

Wow, he looks hot in navy uniform. I wouldn’t mind shagging him, to be honest.

I still feel bad for Daeron. He seems so in love with Joffrey. 😭

Another example of how fake these celebrities are.

No one seemed to believe Joffrey was innocent, even those rare comments that were in his favor contained only weak excuses and unnecessary apologies. Joffrey didn't care too much about the public’s opinion, but he was furious that people called him a cheater, while the truth was the other way around. Why couldn’t he even have a normal friendship while Daeron could have multiple mistresses?

Joffrey hadn’t talked to Daeron since the episode aired. To be fair, Daeron hadn't made any attempt to talk to him, either. They stayed in different rooms and avoided each other like the plague. Fortunately, the shooting had paused to make way for the holiday special, which would happen in Summerhall, a resort mansion of the family, so no further proof of Joffrey and Daeron’s strained relationship was captured by camera.

Joffrey stopped at the cellar door, took a sharp inhale, and knocked three times.

“Come in, dear.” The door was opened by Rhaenyra herself, as the current CEO of Targaryen Group pulled her son into a big hug, “God, Joffrey, you feel so cold. Have you been out in the snow?”

“I am fine, mother.” Joffrey assured her, “I just went for a jog. I needed some fresh air.”

“Did anybody see you? Paparazzi, passerby, or lingering groupies?” Lady Alicent asked with a stiff nod to acknowledge Joffrey, “We can't risk providing the public more material to speculate.”

“No.” Joffrey replied, casting his eyes down out of instinct, as if he was guilty of something, “I just jogged around manor, all private property.”

Alicent hummed, but didn't push the topic further.

“Stop it, Alicent.” Rhaenyra spoke, throwing a disapproving glare to the other woman, “Do not interrogate my son.”

“I am not interrogating anyone. I am just trying to make sure the current situation doesn’t get worse.” Alicent replied, but Joffrey could tell for her clasped hands that the lady was not pleased to be here.

Well, that made two of us. Joffrey thought bitterly.

“Why am I here, mother? I guess it’s not for the wine.” Joffrey asked, making a small joke to try and lighten the mood.

“We need to discuss your public image, dear.” Rhaenyra let Joffrey sit down on a cozy armchair that seemed out of place in the cold and dark cellar.

“With Daeron, of course.” Alicent added, “We decide that it’s best for you to work this out together in a low-profile way. Holding a press conference seems overkill and will only raise more suspicion.”

“I think we are just going to wait it out.” Joffrey murmured lamely, “I don't attract a lot of attention normally, you know that, mother. People will lose interest soon enough.”

“Well, it’s already been ten days, but the online discussion only seems to get worse.” Alicent browsed through her screen, “They are calling your marriage a fake now.”

They were right. His marriage was just that. A fake.

“I think restoring your public image also helps your reputation in the league, Joff.” Rhaenyra said gently as she took Joffrey’s cold hands into hers, “I’ve spoken to your manager about this already. Don't worry. We will deal with it as gently as possible.”

Joffrey bit his lower lip to prevent himself from lashing out. Why did his public image have anything to do with his football career? Wasn’t his skill enough to put him on the field? Was his club really going to put him on the bench because he was a cheater?

Before Rhaenyra could explain more, the cellar door was pushed open by an impatient Daeron. The blonde was in a damp raincoat with cashmere scarf around his neck and a pair of fine leather gloves, clearly just came back from outside. Daeron’s violent widened at the sight of Rhaenyra. It was clear that he hadn’t expected to see his half-sister here. Daeron’s surprise soon turned into annoyance as his eyes landed on Joffrey.

“What is the matter you want to see me today, mother?” Daeron immediately turned his eyes away from Joffrey, as if the sight of his husband irritated him, “I didn't expect a crowd here.”

“Daeron, dear, come and sit down.” Alicent pointed to the empty seat next to her. Even though her son also seemed to have been out, she made no intention to ask about his whereabouts. The double standard she took for Daeron and Joffrey made the brunette seethe with anger.

“Watch out your words, brother.” Rhaenyra was not so kind to her son-in-law, “Why are you so late? Sneaking out to meet your lady friend again? Do you know how much mess we are in? The last thing I want is to deal with your shit right now.”

“Funny, sister.” Daeron scoffed, “The last time I checked, it is not me who is being called a cheater.”

“You know it’s not true.” Joffrey couldn’t help but speak up, “It’s a misunderstanding and shit editing. I did nothing wrong.”

“Say that to these people online. I don't care what you did or did not do.” Daeron shrugged, browsing through the wine racks before looking down at his nails, making it clear that he would look at anywhere but Joffrey.

“That’s what we are here to discuss.” Alicent spoke, stopping the fight that was about to break out, “We need to reverse the public opinion before the holiday special. The first step is for you two to actually show up for the camera, together.”

“It’s no use, mother.” Daeron said immediately, “That’s no different from what we used to do. The public has become smarter now. Holding hands won't make the accusations go away.”

How could Daeron be so comfortable talking about their fake relationship? Did he notice Joffrey’s heart rate quickening whenever they held hands or shared kisses in public? Did he know that Joffrey cherished his affection, even though it was all fake? Did he know Joffrey was actually glad about the reality show because cameras meant Daeron would have to pretend he loved Joffrey 24/7? Did he know that Joffrey had loved him all along?

“That’s why we think the best way to overwrite a scandal is another scandal.” Alicent replied.

“What do you mean?” Daeron frowned at his mother, “Are you suggesting I expose Erin?”

Erin, Joffrey thought, so that was the name of Daeron’s current mistress.

“Of course not.” Rhaenyra chimed in, “I will never humiliate my son like that.”

“Then what’s your suggestion of a scandal, sister?”

Rhaenyra pursed her lips and threw a quick, apologetic glance at Joffrey. She paused for a moment, before opening her mouth to speak again.

“A sex scandal.” Rhaenyra said in a low voice, as if she feared that the thick wall of the cellar had ears, “You two will be captured by cameras while making out or doing something sexy. Like the time when Lucerys and Aemond were caught going at it on the balcony.”

The cellar went dead silent for a long while. The room was so quiet that Joffrey could hear his own breathing and heartbeat.

“Are you mad?” Daeron hissed, breaking the uncomfortable silence, “Are you suggesting handing over a porn to the paparazzi?”

“It doesn’t have to come to that extent, dear.” Alicent out her hand on the lap of Daeron to calm her son, “Just some touching and kissing will suffice, but you have to show passion. I and your sister think that the reason why the current scandal doesn't die down is because you two rarely interact on the show. You know how media work. Sex is their favorite topic.”

“No.” Joffrey shot up from the armchair before Daeron could speak again, “Absolutely not.”

“Joff, listen-” Rhaenyra tried, but Joffrey wouldn't let her finish.

“I SAID NO!” Joffrey all but shouted, “I don’t give a fuck about my public image or whatever. If my coach thinks I am not morally superior enough to play in his team, so be it. I will retire if no one wants to a see a cheater on the field, but I will not perform for the camera like a porn star!”

“You don’t even have to be naked.” Alicent said calmly, a sharp contrast to Joffrey’s panic, “Daeron will take the lead.”

“I do not want him anywhere near me!” Joffrey stomped to the door, “In case you haven’t noticed, your son despises me. Our marriage is a fucking mistake from the beginning.”

“Hey!” Daeron rushed to Joffrey and grabbed the brunette’s arm, “Show some respect to my mother.”

“Not when she shows none for me!” Joffrey shook Daeron’s hand off roughly, “Perhaps you can talk some sense into her. I am sure you are the last person who would agree to this crazy idea.”

“I don’t care, as long as the media leave me alone.” Daeron rolled his eyes, “I don’t want to answer anymore calls that are supposed to make me feel better.”

Daeron air-quoted the word ‘better’. Apparently annoyed by those calls.

“You hate me.” Joffrey said with gritted teeth, “You can’t even stand the sight of me, and now you are telling me you don’t mind shagging me in public?”

“I am not fond of a lot of people.” Daeron shrugged, making no attempt to deny Joffrey’s words, “It doesn’t stop me from shagging most of them.”

“Fuck off.” Joffrey spat, “I am not one of your gold digger mistresses. I’d say we call this whole disaster off and just tell people the truth. Maybe we can finally get rid of each other.”

“No.” This time, it was Alicent who rejected the idea, “You cannot get a divorce. It will destroy our PR.”

“PR, PR, PR! It’s always PR!” Joffrey’s eyes began to burn, but he refused to let the tears fall down, “I’ve spent my whole life living in a lie. Just because you were trapped in a loveless marriage, doesn’t mean you have the right to make me live with one too!”

Joffrey was so angry and hurt that he let his frustration out at the wrong person. He knew it was unfair to lash out at Lady Alicent, but he couldn’t help it. She had always looked down upon him. He was always the unfavorable son-in-law. She seemed to blame Joffrey for her son’s indifference, but God knew how hard he tried. If only she knew how much Joffrey wanted to be intimate with Daeron. But Joffrey wanted heart-felt sex, not another lie.

“Shut your fucking mouth!” Daeron came to his mother’s defense immediately, shoving Joffrey roughly, “Do you think you are the only victim here? I am also trapped in this god forsaken marriage too, but unlike you, I am responsible enough to keep the facade.”

“Hiding your mistress in a rented mansion is your understanding of responsibility, huh?” Joffrey scoffed, “I’ve had enough of your so-called responsibility, husband. You are not as important as you think, and neither am I. I doubt our divorce will cause a scene.”

“Enough.” Rhaenyra finally spoke, rising from her seat and inserting herself between her son and her half-brother, “We are here to discuss damage control, not to blame each other for things we cannot control. Joff, I am sorry, but I cannot let you divorce your uncle, at least not now.”

Joffrey closed his eyes, biting the inside of his cheek to hold back his tears.

“It is your duty to keep a good public image, no matter you like it or not.” Alicent rose from her armchair as well, her warm brown eyes now cold as a dagger, “Get yourself together.”

Joffrey felt like a little boy being scolded for his mischief. For a moment, he cursed himself for being born into a family like the Targaryens. He had no say in his own life. He couldn't choose his own husband, couldn't get a divorce, and couldn't even have a normal friendship. His life was not his own, but a commodity for the public to judge. Everything should be fine, if only he hadn't fallen in love with Daeron. If he didn't love Daeron, he wouldn’t get so emotional. Daeron could have a hundred mistresses, and it wouldn't hurt him, at all.

If only he hadn't fallen for his uncle.

“Perhaps you two should discuss it,” Rhaenyra suggested softly, putting her hand on Joffrey’s arm, “you don't have to act immediately, Joff.”

“Yes, mother.” Joffrey murmured, keeping his eyes down. He was exhausted, his previous lashing out taking a toll on his already batted mental state. He tried to fight, and failed, so now he turned back into the dutiful son, who would do anything to strengthen his mother’s grasp of the family legacy.

Daeron pursed his lips into a thin line and stayed silent. He glared at Joffrey, but this time, it was Joffrey who wouldn't look back.

Joffrey sighed as he threw himself onto the comfortable mattress. He had just come out from a shower, his hair still dripping water and his skin still pink from the heat. He was clad in only a pair of boxer, too lazy to put on a T-shirt. No one would come in his room anyway, so it was no meaning to keep his decency.

It was already midnight. It was strange to shower in the middle of the night, but Joffrey needed the hot water to relieve the soreness of his muscles. Also, the heat was supposed to help him relax, though the effect didn't work too well on Joffrey. He had trouble sleeping for months now. Sleep deprivation was beginning to take a toll on his football performance lately.

Joffrey lit a scented candle and settled in, scrolling down his Kindle mindlessly. He was half-way through a novel about a middle-aged man quitting his job and going on a trip around the world. On hindsight, Joffrey probably shouldn’t choose this novel, for the topic of freedom and self-worth felt like a distant dream to him.

Tonight, Joffrey couldn't focus. Tomorrow, KL magazine would come to the keep for an interview, and Joffrey was supposed to take this opportunity to beat his cheater allegation and reverse his public image, by shagging his husband.

Joffrey sighed again. He had accepted his fate by now. He was prepared to pose for the camera like a whore, if that meant he could get rid of online violence.

It seemed that sleep would not bless him today. Joffrey was about to get up and go out for a jog to exhaust himself (again), when he heard some soft knock on his bedroom door.

“…What do you want?” Joffrey asked with a frown, leaning against the door frame and showing no intention of letting Daeron in, “It’s already midnight.”

“I can ask you the same question.” Daeron crossed his arms in front of his chest, “What aren’t you sleeping?”

“Funny.” Joffrey scoffed, “If you really think I am sleeping, you won’t even come. Out with it, uncle. What do you want?”

“I have things to discuss with you.” Daeron replied, “It is best that we discuss in private.”

“You have made it clear that you do not want to come to my room.” Joffrey said, keeping his voice as flat as possible. He shivered slightly as cold air met his toned torso, leaving a trail of goose bumps along his skin, “Why the sudden change of mind?”

Daeron didn’t reply. Instead, he pushed Joffrey into the room forcibly and kicked the door shut behind him.

“What the fuck are you doing-” Joffrey’s curse was interrupted by Daeron’s lips crushing onto his, the blonde’s hands grabbing Joffrey’s hip tight enough to leave a bruise.

“Practice.” Daeron said after releasing Joffrey’s lips to breathe, his fingers still dug deep into Joffrey’s hip, “We are going to put on a show, aren’t we? I don't want to make a fool of myself.”

“Fuck off,” Joffrey hissed, “Let go of me, you psycho. Do you consider it an entertainment to have sex with someone you hate?”

“I don't consider anything.” Daeron replied, slipping his hand into Joffrey’s boxer, “You are warm. What were you doing? Texting with my uncle?”

“What are you implying?” Joffrey kicked Daeron on the shin, using his football strength to kick the blonde away, “Will you believe me if I tell you I am just reading?”

“Depends.” Daeron reached out to grab Joffrey again, but the brunette took a large step back, “I don't know you well enough to draw a conclusion.”

“And whose fault is that?” Joffrey took a random jersey from his drawer and put it on, “Go find your whore if you are horny.”

“You seem very upset about my girlfriends.” Daeron said, wiping off a drop of saliva from his lips, “If I don't know better, I’d say you are jealous.”

Joffrey’s breath stopped for a second, but he soon controlled himself. He might not be as good an actor as Daeron, but he could fake with no problem. Joffrey had hidden his true feelings so well that there was no way Daeron could notice.

“No matter how we hate each other, we are still married. From what I learned, we will stay married for the foreseeable future. You having a mistress is a spit at my face. Am I not allowed to be upset about it?” Joffrey said sarcastically.

“You know it as well as me that having mistresses is common in our world. It doesn't mean anything.” Daeron shrugged, “My girlfriends love my money and status more than my person. I enjoy sex favors and they enjoy money and status. It’s a fair trade.”

“Get out.” Joffrey couldn't hear anymore. He didn’t want to know that his husband would rather fuck a random gold digger than him.

“I am serious when I say we need practice, Joffrey.” Daeron put on his business face, “We need to decide how far we should go.”

Joffrey bit his lower lip. In fact, Daeron had a point. He knew from experience that strategy needed practicing before putting to use on the field, but he feared that he would lose control if Daeron went too far. He would die of shame if Daeron knew a single touch was enough to arouse Joffrey.

“You kissed me just now. Isn't that enough?” Joffrey said, though he knew his excuse was beyond reasonable.

“Please, Joffrey.” Daeron rolled his eyes, “Don’t act like a virgin. Kissing cannot help us get away this time.”

Joffrey went silent.

“Now, I say a little making out is necessary.” Daeron stepped up, wrapping one of his arms around Joffrey’s waist tentatively, “I am going to touch you now.”

Daeron slipped his free hand into Joffrey’s jersey after the brunette showed no intention of pushing him away. He flattened his palm on Joffrey’s toned stomach, feeling the muscle contract under his touch. Joffrey’s skin was soft, but his muscle was hard from years of football practice, a sharp contrast to Daeron’s girlfriends.

Joffrey shivered under Daeron’s touch, his breaths quickening as beads of water dripping from his curls into his collar. Daeron’s hand roamed over his torso, sending a chill down his spine.

Their bodies were pressed tightly together now. Daeron could see the soft blush on Joffrey’s sun-kissed skin, the brunette’s slightly pouty lips, and the veins on the side of his neck. For some reason, the sight felt erotic.

“Dragonstone FC?” Daeron chuckled as he saw Joffrey’s old jersey, “Perhaps you should wear Old Town United instead. Give the reporters more material to speculate.”

“In your dreams.” Joffrey spat, but he was too weak to sound threatening now.

Daeron chuckled again, his hand now coming to Joffrey’s boxer band. He played with the soft trail of hair under Joffrey’s navel, teasing his nephew/husband with interest.

“God, Joffrey. How long since you last had sex?” Daeron tightened his arm and pressed Joffrey harder onto himself, “You are already hard.”

“It’s just a normal reaction.” Joffrey insisted, but his watery eyes told a different story. How could he admit that he had never slept with anyone since their wedding night years ago? Joffrey would rather die than admitting his feelings in this way.

“How cute.” Daeron poked Joffrey’s erection over the boxer, “How come I never notice how cute you are?”

Daeron rubbed Joffrey’s cock, causing a wet spot to spreading over the fabric. Joffrey’s breath caught in his throat, as a tingling sensation rising from his tailbone to the back of his head. He wanted to curse, to mock, to push Daeron away, but he couldn't. His every pore sang at Daeron’s touch, like the land welcoming the first rain after a long draught.

Daeron kept teasing Joffrey’s cock, while moving his other hand up Joffrey’s back to grab a handful of Joffrey’s damp curls. He forced Joffrey’s head up, and covered the pouty lips with his own. Daeron wasted no time pushing his tongue between Joffrey’s teeth, sucking, licking and invading the brunette’s mouth.

Daeron wasn’t lying. He had never really paid much attention to Joffrey before. To him, Joffrey was just a burden forced upon him, a duty he had to carry out, a reminder of his strained life, so he was reluctant to acknowledge Joffrey’s presence until now. He had no idea how warm Joffrey was, how smooth Joffrey’s skin felt, and how intoxicating Joffrey tasted.

“Enough,” Joffrey managed to blurt out, “let go of me.”

Daeron was so intrigued by Joffrey that it took him a long while to realize what the brunette had just said. He hadn't expected to go this far. He had just planned to tease Joffrey for bit, not charmed by the brunette to this extent.

“Joffrey-”

“Let go of me. You’ve humiliated me enough.” Joffrey grabbed Daeron’s wrist and dragged the blonde to the bedroom door, “It’s time for you to leave.”

The door closed in front of him, leaving Daeron alone in the dark corridor. The blonde looked down at his own mess between the legs, and sighed heavily.

It was a bad time to develop feelings.

[prpfz]

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[hometown-angel]

act i - notes from hometown.angel

here is some extra information on the story. these are not super analytical and don't contain much of my own interpretation - i do have other posts like that, but this is more just providing footnotes - some clarifications to alleviate potential confusions but also just some fun little facts.

some reminders:

i refer to the protagonists by buda (yj) and toto (bg) in all my posts to emphasise that all i say is fiction and not at all about any real people

msaahba stands for madsummer - an adaptation by hometown.angel. when i quote other shit i will reference it directly below (not using formal academic conventions tho, not sorry)

i've uploaded a timeline of act i here just bc i know that it can be hard to stay on top of chronology sometimes, especially as the story goes on (there were times i rearranged the story a little in order to provide clarity on the order in which things occured - i'll state when these points happened)

also just want to warn you that the actual story of my madsummer adaptation is like the only space in this whole project where i'm going to be eloquent. on my tumblr (including this post lol) n on twitter i will probably be very stream of consciousness n longwinded n unconcise n informal n laidback, but still coherent. pls don't let any of my casual posts deter you from reading the story itself - i promise how i type on my tumblr is not a good example of the writing i'm really capable of. in real life i am incredibly unfunny and cringe and while i hope that doesn't pollute my madsummer adaptation it most certainly will contaminate this page. i also cannot spell.

as always i have so much admiration for kyrie and the amount of detail and nuance and symbolism she packed into this story. there are things she very clearly researched in great depth and only alluded to in the narrative itself so that only people who are mad enough (i.e. me n the other sweet summer children who are madsummer fanatics) to look further into the most seemingly mundane will be rewarded by the finding of deeper meaning (pretentious but i'm typing this late at night)

buckle up!

0.

♱ bôa's duvet is the song that kyrie linked with the first part of mad summer. as i've mentioned ni other places, i've titled all three of my acts after the songs that kyrie linked at the end of each chapter.

♱ one aspect that contributes towards any raw translation of madsummer so unreadable is that the pronouns of the protagonists and whether the story is being told from a firstperson or thirdperson perspective kept changing - further confused by the linguistic issue of how in many third-person queer narratives, the fact that both protagonists often use the same pronouns makes it difficult to tell which of the charactesr is being referred to when the author says 'she', 'he', or 'them' (here is a youtube short that explains this more eloquently than i ever could). my adaptation is told primarily through buda's firstperson perspective as a semi-omniscient narrator, and then each act begins with a prologue from toto told in thirdperson. this decision helps make the narrative intelligible, makes the most sense and also serves the symbolic purpose of letting you to see how both characters change or grow up - buda's internal monologue gradually becomes less cocky and more vulnerable and toto learns to open up and be honest about what he's experienced

♱ i was very deliberate about the names and nicknames that toto is addressed by throughout this story - pay attention to how this changes :)

♱ according to kyrie the beach that buda and toto meet is malecón, cuba (check out the locations in the navigation panel)

♱ the story starts on the 29.09.2019, meaning that toto's first day on the beach was 20.09.2019.

♱ in my mind toto is wearing large ripped jeans, a holey shirt n a jacket (he's also barefoot)

♱ while coconuts are served to tourists in cuba, i honestly couldn't find much info on them being sold by children. (as someone who lives in a developing country, the petty bitch in me loves kyrie for presenting the american tourists as cringe and generally incompetent)

♱ i added this little bit about the pretending-to-drop-the-surfboard. we don't see the first meeting between buda and toto. i loved the image of toto daily pursuing something so out of reach (buda) purely because it is the only familiar thing to him and because it is the only thing that gives him any hope (keep track of hope and promise)

♱ the first person who read my translation (who i'll from hereon out refer to as parsley (i will be referring to parsley a lott)) started laughing when she read the line this was how it was when you were raised by the streets - she jsut said it felt very lego batman smh (parsley also sent me a seven minute voicenote crying as soon as she was finished reading the whole of madsummer haha)

♱ i'll talk about this more at a later time because it'll be much more relevant then, but cuba used to have two currencies - one used by locals/for local products and the other by foreigners/for foreign products (a gross simplification but again i'll go into more detail be patient)

i.

♱ in a few chapters i mention that buda had previously sworn and screamed at toto to try and get him to go tf away. the reason that i count the could you please kill me?/what? discussion as their first interaction is because i specifically state that [these are the first words that they ever exchanged because these are the first words that buda has ever heard toto speak]

♱ many knetizens have created their own version of the wanted posters (click here to see a full list)

♱ let the dogxcat dynamic begin 🗣️❗ (feel like cinderella naega byeonhae)

♱ over the course of madsummer, buda will come to own two pistols, but the gun buda uses in this scene is his browning.

♱ TINNITUS MENTIONED 🗣️❗

♱ it was an eternal june/this was our first encounter - gagged when i first read that line (i fear i ate)

ii.

♱ hope that it's obvious enough, but this scene is buda retelling his own story, the things that have happened to him over the past few years.

♱ the hangul for yj's name (연준) directly translates to the fed. this led to so much confusion when i was reading the raw translation - at first i thought that buda was also nicknamed the fed and was waiting for this epithet to also be explained

♱ the maths in this story was also so confusing - i'm quite mathmatically challenged and so i struggled to calculate and keep track of these numbers lol, but i wanted to write them out in letter form for the vibes

♱ mojitos are the national drink of cuba, where alcoholism is quite prevalent (my country also has high rates of alcoholism and substance abuse rip)

♱ i had to do so much research on illicit substances for this story - to first understand the drugs this story speaks about in order to be able to translate passages on them appropriately. hopefully i've not done an awful job or made any mistakes that would be obvious to people knowledgable about drugs because i'm amusingly inexperienced when it comes to those things haha - the most out-there substance i've ever consumed (excluding prescribed antipsychotics/antidepressants and the egregious amount of caffeine i consume on a daily basis) was the one time i smoked weed on a holiday when i was eighteen, coughed for five minutes straight because i inhaled so deeply that i physically could not breathe, and didn't even get high.

♱ so irrelevant but trying to get the pronouns of the dog/bitch/bastard paragraph make it clear who said what and who beat up who had me losing my mind. it flows alright now, at least

♱ since buda lives in the backstreets santiago de cuba, the mountains where his father was buried are most likely the sierra maestra? but given that the geography for this story is kind of all over the place sometimes (that isn't a read, i promise) perhaps these mountains are more of a hypothetical or liminal (the friends we made along the way)

♱ diego maradona was a real football player (soccer not american football). however, i can't find any information about him declaring down with cocaine/abajo con cocaína. in one interview in 2018 he did denounce cocaine (the first link below), but the exact phrasing was never used. here's more information about the football player:

Diego Maradona opens up on cocaine hell when daughter woke him from coma as he’s unveiled as new manager of Mexican side Dorados | The Sun

Diego Maradona dead: 2018 World Cup, cocaine collapse

Diego Maradona says wine binge caused his collapse as picture sparks social media cocaine conspiracy theory following Argentina's dramatic World Cup 2018 win over Nigeria | The Sun

Maradona news: 'I was wasting away' - Argentina legend talks about cocaine addiction in Dorados introduction | Goal.com South Africa

iii.

♱ i like using words that linguistically make sense but aren't technically words - case in point - uncreasing and airplaning. many more curious words to come

♱ cuba's rainy season is from may-november, while its summer is from june-august

Cuba is rainiest in late spring and summer (May to November). It rarely rains all day long, however – you’re more likely to encounter heavy downpours in the hot, humid afternoons when travelling during the rainy season. June, July and August are usually the hottest months in Cuba. Although the temperature averages don’t look too high at first glance – Havana sits at 32°C all summer – the humidity can make it feel much, much hotter. Spend your mornings and evenings exploring and the hottest part of the day crashed out on a cooler coast. - Best time to visit Cuba

♱ buda owns an old red ford. there were little things that i changed throughout the story to make contemporary references to txt music or lore, and one of these was that i had at first decided i wanted buda's car to be a grey volvo like in the 0x1=lovesong era mvs. after a lot of research on knetizens posts i realised that there was a lot of sentimentality around the red lil car, so i changed it back. the car is featured on the front cover of mad summer's second edition

♱ i know nothing about cars or how they work (i failed my learner's test 7 times and my drivers test 3 times)

iv.

♱ okay logistically speaking this is one point where you need to suspend your disbelief in terms of geography. buda's house is located in the backstreets of santiago de cuba while malecón is in havana (for more info on both these places pls check out the locations tab in the navigation panel)

oh hold on let me scroll up a little...

yeah there's next to no way that buda and toto could walk 875km before the sun sets (that's around 545 miles for any americans who happen to be reading this (get on board with the metric system guys wtf))

♱ parsley (my friend, remember?) is also uncapable of smelling weed smh

♱ so the cigarettes mentioned in the quote below

A few years back a state-run tobacco company had started producing thin paper-white cigars marketed at women who didn’t normally smoke, which many men started purchasing under the claim that they were doing so to wean themselves off of nicotine. All of the seated men smoked languorously these very cigars. Some of the smokers rose to welcome me. - msaabha

these cigarettes are a reference to a real campaign where a tobacco manufacturers habanos launched cigarettes called julieta...the brand, who ha previously primarily produced cigars for men, is called romeo y julieta. boom. another romeo and juliet reference let's go

There are two different cigar brands called “Romeo y Julieta.” Originally, it was produced in Havana, Cuba, by Rodríguez, Argüelles y Cia. However, at the time of the Cuban revolution, the company and its brand moved to the Dominican Republic, and is now under the ownership of the Spanish firm, Altadis S.A. After the communists took over in Cuba, the Cuban government began producing a cigar using the same name – “Romeo y Julieta.” However, the U.S. copyright of the “Romeo y Julieta” cigar brand, which was originally owned by Rodriguez, Argüelles y Cia, now belongs to Altadis S.A. So, you cannot buy the Cuban knock-off in the U.S. - Where is the Romeo Y. Julieta cigar made in Cuba or Dominican?

The world of Habano smokers is predominantly male, but the island's largest cigar manufacturer has now set its sights on the other half of the world's population - women. Last year, the company Habanos - an arm of Cubatabaco, the country's national tobacco company - announced a mission to overcome perceptions among women that Cuban cigars are made up of "only strong tobacco for men". The result is the Julieta, a milder version of the renowned, strong-flavoured Romeo Y Julieta brand, which was founded in 1873. Until now, cigars marketed specifically at women have tended to be flavoured or extremely mild cigarellos - a short, narrow cigar. The Julieta is bigger, 4.75 inches (12cm) long, 0.5 inches (13mm) wide, and far more pungent. - BBCCaribbean.com | Cigar makers target Cuban women

^from wikipedia (guys your high school teachers lied to yo wikipedia really is a decent resource (perhaps not for work produced within higher academic instutions but its perfectly fine in causal contexts)). i'll explain the symbolism in the essay i'll eventuall write on madsummer and romeo snd juliet but argh it's crazy the attention to detail kyrie has, good lord - i mean even the fact that the julieta cigarettes were (re)released the year that buda was born

♱ kyrie's layout of buda's house looks like this:

^ however, i imagined buda's house to look different (learn more about buda's house under the locations tab in my navigation panel)

♱ buda smokes cloud 9 cigarettes. i'll speak more about this at a later stage when it's more relevant, but yeh for now just know cloud 9 is a korean brand of cigarettes.

♱ bingle bongle keep an eye out on park dongjae

♱ okay so the quote below describes buda's phone

In an era where people daily used smartphones that had fourty million pixels, I had bought the cheapest flip-phone available at the first corner store I’d walked into the day I arrived in Cuba. I’d never changed its preprogrammed ringtone - a greetingly genial tune, the first sixteen bars of an old lovesong.

this phone is talked about more specifically in a bonus scene that takes place in later reprints of the physical book (that i don't have access to ripp) so

One of the Fed's ancient relics, following the red Ford and the video tape. It was a feature phone with no Wi-Fi, and the model name was unknown. It was a Cyon, and the onyl specs were a 16-note phone and a 400,000-pixel camera. I don't know about the other two, but I heard that Xiaomi released a 100 million-pixel smartphone a while ago. It was exactly 250 times different from the Fed's. Beomgyu opened the Buddha's cell phone, which was 250 light years behind the lives of his peers in advanced countries. The small LCD was black and white, and even that was digital. -extract from a bonus scene in kyrie's mad summer reprint

♱ woah infodump get ready - buda's ringtone is said to be love greetings/salut d'amor.

i searched for "love greetings" and it turned out that the composer wrote this song for his fiancee. its about two people with completely different backgrounds who met and got engaged. -anonymous chatter on a madsummer public chat forum

2 old samsung phone models come with this ringtone built in - this phone is confirmed by kyrie to be a cyon. (source for video below here)

here is the story behind the tune:

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) composed Salut d’Amour as a love song to his future bride, Alice Roberts. In the summer of 1888 (age 31), Elgar decided to take a holiday with his dear friend Dr. Charles Buck. As Elgar departed Worcester for Dr. Buck’s Settle, Yorkshire estate, Alice gave him a poem she had written entitled Love’s Grace. While at Settle, Elgar, much taken with Alice’s poem, decided to reciprocate with a short piece of music especially for Alice. He titled the piece Liebesgruss (Love’s Greeting), dedicated “To Carice”, a mashup of Alice’s forenames Caroline Alice. Elgar presented the musical love poem to his future bride on his return from Settle. They were married the following year. At the birth of their daughter two years later, they named her Carice. - Salut d’amour, Op 12 – Program Notes – Clinton Symphony Orchestra

alice's poem sent in response to love's greeting, love's grace (initially entitled the wind at dawn, alice changed the name of her poem upon receiving the musical piece elgar dedicated to her), goes as follows -

And the wind, the wind went out to meet with the sun At the dawn when the night was done, And he racked the clouds in lofty disdain As they flocked in his airy train. And the earth was grey, and grey was the sky, In the hour when the stars must die; And the moon had fled with her sad, wan light, For her kingdom was gone with night. Then the sun upleapt in might and in power, And the worlds woke to hail the hour, And the sea stream’d red from the kiss of his brow, There was glory and light enow. To his tawny mane and tangle of flush Leapt the wind with a blast and a rush In his strength unseen, in triumph upborne Rode he out to meet with the morn! - The Wind at Dawn (Elgar, Edward) - IMSLP

alice roberts also wrote another poem about elgar, named love alone will stay -

Closely cling, for winds drive fast, Blossoms perish in the blast, Love alone will last. Closely let me hold thy hand, Storms are sweeping sea and land, Love alone will stand. Kiss my lips, and softly say, Joy may go and sunlit day, Love alone will stay. - Between Worlds: Lady Alice Elgar's poems

one article on the couple, their love and their artistry ends -

After Alice died in Elgar's arms in 1920, he wrote to a friend: "Bless her! You, who like some of my work, must thank her for all of it, not me. I should have destroyed it all and joined Job's wife in the congenial task of cursing God". - Between Worlds: Lady Alice Elgar's poems

anyway, very long winded but i think the kyrie's meticulousness is unmatched, good lord - buda's literal ringtone being a reference to timeless, profound, ineffable love? ingenious

♱ pay attention to the use of home/house

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♱ most nights the streetlights blinked intermittently - -- --- … - / -. .. --. …. - … / - …. . / … - .-. . . - .-.. .. --. …. - … / -… .-.. .. -. -.- . -.. / .. -. - . .-. -- .. - - . -. - .-.. -.--

♱ pay attention to the use of okay ;)

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♱ i've already made a massive point of emphasising this story's content warnings but i bet you weren't expecting the story to get so sad so quickly

♱ bananas are a massive part of the cuban agricultural output (i won't be sourcing this bc i know you don't care)

♱ was toto humming the salut d'amor or the lovesong at the center of this narrative? the world will never know

♱ argh okay so my adaptation says a good tree cannot bear bad fruit and that is obviously a reference to matthew 7:18 in the bible, but this was the result of so much trial and error around trying to find a proper way to translate the original thing. the raw translation says

They say that dead trees don’t bear fruit. Superstitions that would come out of a Joseon shaman’s mouth were believed even on the other side of the world. - raw translation a Dead trees are not open to fruit. On the other side of the world, the superstition that might come out of the mouth of a Joseon shaman was also believed. - raw translation b

so i had no clue at first how to make this make sense. it seemed like asaying or an idiom or a proveb, n the only one i could thtinko f was matthew 7:18 bc that's so close to what is beign said excpt that it says nothing about dead trees. it may have been a proverb from the joseon dynasty, but because i was also struggling with finding more context on that i went with matthew 7:18 n added more context n surroudign sentences.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit. On the other side of the world, a lifetime ago, he had heard a pastor utter this sentiment. The banana tree hadn’t been able to hold him. Could a blameless tree bear dead fruit? - msaabha

♱ an excellent line from the raw translations:

I liked hanging myself to death, but I didn’t want to be beaten to death. I wanted to die, but I didn’t want to die even if they killed me. -raw translation a I liked to hang myself, but I didn't want to be beaten to death. I want to die, but I can't believe I don't want to kill you. -raw translation b

which i translated as

He had intended to kill himself, sure, but he hadn’t planned on being beaten to death. He wanted to die. He didn’t want to hurt.  - msaabha

guys i enfdured so much translating this story but it was worth every second of it

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♱ forgot to say earlier - a little chagne i made was turning the single bed with a pink bedspread (say that fast ten times in a row) into a pink fold-out-couch. there is an intended symbolism behind this that i'll explore during my act iii notes but i hope somebody picks up on the kind of metaphorical function this change serves

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♱ woah it's time for the evident fact that i know nothing about drugs to be made even glaringly-ier evident. the things i had to google to even attempt to understand some of these passsages- if anybody without context opened my search history they'd probably be very concerned as to why i have been googling so much about cocaine - tbf tho, the actual context (that i have spent six months adapting a fanfiction in a language i don't actually speak that well about a gay pairing i don't actually romantically ship just bc i'm nosy) isn't much better

♱ argh guys ok so buda speaks korean with dongjae and toto only. i really tried to make the vibes come across through tone bc english doens't do honorifics

♱ getting into more semi-omniscent narration...

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♱ so just to clarify, the list of things i know nothing about includes numbers, drugs and cars. luckily only one of these features as a massive plot point. unluckily that happens to be the same one i know the most nothing about

♱ flakka is a real drug. in the country where i'm from, it is a substance that concerningly is becoming increasingly more prevalent. there is a drug used in this story that kyrie invented for this story, which i'll acknowledge when we get there. from what i understand, kyrie has a fairly extensive interest and understanding of illicit substances.

lastly, let me talk about materials and research. although i am an engineering student with a minor in chemistry, i have always been interest in drugs, even if it was not my major. i like related documentaries and research a lot of materials. so i have never had a hard time or had any trouble finding materials. - kyrie responding to an anonymous user in a public chatroom, raw translation

she then recommended the following pieces of media in public chatrooms n anonymous ask forums -

약국에 없는 약 이야기 박성규 저자 - Park Sungkyu - Talking about drugs that aren't in the pharmacy - ISBN 9791190116121

Roberto Sabiano - Gamorrah - ISBN 978-0374165277

Qiu Miaojin - The Last Words of Montemarte - ISBN 9781590177259

Breaking Bad - a 2008-2013 tv show

Narcos - a 2015-2017 tv show

zerozerozero - a 2012 tv show

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♱ on abysm - eyes are the windows to the soul oop

♱ guys i promise i'll write the whole post on the abysm soon bc that rabbithole goes deep but just know that the image of a bottomless pit lowkey is a massive point of contension when it comes to mad summer inspiring 0x1=lovesong

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♱ recurring-nightmares parallel lets go

♱ okay so kyrie put this sickfic passage a little bit later (i'll say when) as a flashback that happens when toto and buda are driving to retrieve the suitcase. however i wanted tokeep the chronology of this story as linear as possible n there had already been two recent flashback scenes (buda explaining his past, then toto's nightmare) and flashbacks are one of my least favourite narrative tropes

♱ okay also i added the little bit about the rope scar myself. i wanted to create in buda more intruige/concern around what happened in toto's past, but also just bc realistically if toto had attempted to hang himself a only a few months back and also bc he had very almost succeeded and then fallen to the ground from the branch the rope was hanging from (good lord that was incoherent) he most certainly would have at least some kind of scar

♱ ooh i love talk about cleanliness in relation to love, beauty, morality and the religiously traumatised (pls allow me to feel proud of instances when my writing ate)

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♱ in my timeline i use dj to refer to dongjae if that wasn't clear eek

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♱ guess which private new purpose buda will dedicate his life to?

♱ i also added this bit where buda attempts to feed toto when toto was sick. (justification for this retrospective passage - it feels more reflective than it feels like a flashback :P )

♱ chocolate is a large import in cuba. i also added this point in bc very rarely in the original text does it ever actually talk about eating food? i saw one knetizen ask if buda and toto ever ate anything at all because kyrie barely mentions food in the story which made me laugh

♱ this was categorically untrue - buda biting lore unlocked❗❗

♱ added in the detail about the dragon kites - guess which movie i'm talking about?

♱ such quirks made me more of a loser - a lover with a dollar sign❗❗

♱ i spent ages trying to figure out which kind of paper can be used to store coke (the fbi agent on the other side of my computer was probably judging me very hard)

♱ y'all the raw translations kept trying to tell me that the policemen snorted drugs using the syringes. which. um. even i know that that isn't really how things are done

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♱ so this is round about where the sickfic flashback occured in kyrie's version of mad summer, aroud about somewhere in between the first three paragraphs of this scene

♱ woah guys its anther point of similaritiy between madsummer and 0x1=lovesong - that the protagonist constantly compares his lvoer to an angel

♱ parsley had asked when she was reading madsummer the first time - butterfly jasmine, more commonly known as white mariposa flowers are the official national flower of cuba

♱ no clue which beach this takes place on. it might be omehwere near the sierra maestra mountain range where buda buried his dad, or it could be on one of the three main beaches that kyrie spoke of in that earlier menitoned anonmyous ask forum - malecón, varadero or playa ancon (if i can find the screenshot where this last beach is mentioned i'll put it in)

♱ i had rewrite some parts of this story when i did more research on the locations (look at rabbithole research spiral notes 1 and 2). the current description of the cave is different than it was at first. initially, i had pictured the cave as a large space that both buda and toto could sit in:

He finally stopped walking, turning to face me. The waves were more violent so far out from the beach. They tore at him, spat at him. He remained unfazed. I watched his lips move, but I couldn't hear a word over the roaring waves. He pointed at the cave and I nodded. In close enough pursuit, I came to see that this cave was much smaller than it appeared. I stepped through the cove's mouth and into the hollow in the cliffside, ducking down under the hanging lip just like he did, sitting next with my back against the cave’s wall while he foraged around purposefully in the stalagmites. The cave looked at the horizon from a slant and as it was around midday our surroundings were relatively well lit. Of course, the deeper you got into the cave, like where the he was crawling, visibility was low. I thought of Plato. I watched the boy emerge from the shadow struggling with a large rectangle-shaped shadow. A carrier bag, made from synthetic aluminum. He wrestled it to the ground. It hit the floor with a thunderous bang. - msaabha

♱ when i rewrote the passage above i put an insane amount of effort into trying to find synoynms for the word cave

♱ i still have no clue what 0313 symbolises i spent an embarrasingly long amount of time trying to figure out what 0313 represented only to realise that is toto's (n bg's) brithday

♱ toto is lying - there is only one suitcase

♱ the case still rattled each time its aluminium base hit the concrete of the boardwalk - he fought to meet my pace, fumbling over himself like a clumsy puppy. another instance of me tooting my own horn but the phonetic implciations? the onomatopoeiac imagery? i fear i cooked once more

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♱ as someone from a developing country where the government is corrupt and constantly cutting our access to electricity? i feel that. (granted, within that devloping country i am considerably welloff given the centuriesold and racialised structures of abject poverty that still hold my country back in the present day and so on and so on)

♱ any guesses as to where toto got all that money?

♱ ik everyone has different versions of it but i learned this version of lord's prayer when i was five or six - glad it finally came in handy haha

♱ also pay attention to the word strange

xvi.

♱ 50000 korean won notes have the porrtrait of shin saimdang on them - more of shin saimdang here

there's another thing about the money that comes into play later - this revelation confused me a lot upon first reading and so i had to do so much research n feverish googling to understand, but lucky for you dear reader, i shall share with you what i have learned soon as the time is right

xvii.

♱ bureau de change's are also known as currency or money exchanges. curiously txt lore references a money exchange in the loser=lover music video, which contains footage also used in an alternative 0x1=lovesong...will be discussing this in the post i'll eventually make on 0x1 and madsummer

♱ i'm assuming yk who jesus christ is. an asura tho is a mythical creature from hinduism, buddhism, as well as other religions that emerged in close proxemity to these.

Asuras have been featured in many cosmological theories and legends in Hinduism and Buddhism. In the oldest verses of the Samhita layer of Vedic texts, the Asuras are any spiritual, divine beings including those with good or bad intentions, and constructive or destructive inclinations or nature. In later verses of the Samhita layer of Vedic texts, Monier Williams states the Asuras are "evil spirits, demons and opponents of the gods". Asuras connote the chaos-creating evil, in Indo-Iranian mythology about the battle between good and evil. Scholars have disagreed on the nature and evolution of the Asura concept in ancient Indian literature.  Kuiper calls Asuras a special group of gods in one of major Vedic theories of creation of the universe. Their role changes only during and after the earth, sky and living beings have been created. The sky world becomes that of Devas, the underworld becomes that of Asuras. The god Indra is the embodiment of good and represents the Devas, while the dragon Vrtra is the embodiment of evil and an Asura. During this battle between good and evil, creation and destruction, some powerful Asuras side with the good and are called Devas, other powerful Asuras side with the evil and thereafter called Asuras. This is the first major dualism to emerge in the nature of everything in the Universe. Many scholars describe Asuras to be "lords" with different specialized knowledge, magical powers and special abilities, which only later choose to deploy these for good, constructive reasons or for evil, destructive reasons. The former become known as Asura in the sense of Devas, the later as Asura in the sense of demons...Asuras are non-believers of God and can believe in their own powers.   Asuras...are a type of supernatural beings (antigods, demigods, or titans) in traditional Buddhist cosmology and a realm of rebirth based on one's karma in current or past lives. They are described in Buddhist texts as creatures who live in lower levels of mount Sumeru, obsessed with sensuous aspects of existence, living with jealousy, and endlessly engaged in wars against the creatures who are Devas (gods). - extracts from -> Asura - Wikipedia

♱ knsl - i won't tell you what this means yet, as there is a more pivotal moment in the narrative where i want to reveal it. however, i have hidden a clue somewhere in the information i've put out around the first act - it shouldn't be too hard for you to find out ;) (i, however, spent literally two hours straight trying to figure out what this word meant - scoured dozens of posts from knetizens, obbsessively google translated) just know that it is a question

♱ pagafantas - literally meaning the guy who pays for fanta (pagar+fanta), this term has several meanings

a guy who buys things (like drinks) or goes to great lengths for their crush because of an ulterior motive - often in order to sleep with them. similarly, a boy who has reluctantly and bitterly been friendzoned (there's a famous spanish movie called pagafantas that has this premise) a boy who is willing to overextend himself and be the second option for a girl he likes - buying her things and treating her kindly, only for her to turn and get with another man in other words, the closest english translation would be simp or a nice guy however, it also has another less obvious or common meanings that comes from how the word translates over to korean. pagafantas -> 빨판 (ppalpan) -> sucker/loser 빠가판따스가 it's so hot tonto útil -> useful idiot/fool 호구 -> someone who is easily fooled or scammed, often someone is gets friendzoned / a pushover / danger extracts from the links below: pagafanta / pagafantas | WordReference Forums Spanish New Words Explored #02 Hokou : Naver Post 스페인어 신조어 탐구생활 #02 호구 : 네이버 포스트

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♱ tom and jerry type shit

xix.

♱ i added most of the things on this list ha - i think the original ones were teh tearoff calender, broom and dustpan only.

♱ the worker named k is a reference to the original madsummer's author kyrie

♱ when writing i really like inventing words that are linguistically and etymologically sound/plausible but don't really exist - aphroditean (a-fro-di-ee-shun) being one such word

♱ the paragraph that feaures the word aphroditean is the one i associate with bôa's duvet

♱ remember - buda left korea before graduating middle school, and so he would never have used melon

♱ this was a small detail i changed, but i loved the connotations n implications of buda's crucifix being made of glass - i was thinking of something like this (i am so aware that there are next to no similarities between these reference photos but pls humour me)-

xx.

♱ the cojimar pier is one of the most important locations in the story. located in havana, it stands close to the hemingway monument. (go to the locations tab whoopdoop)

xxi.

♱ boom. the beginnings of toto lore.

♱ i added in and emphasised the details around strawberries and the colours pink and red throughout madsummer, especially in relation to toto. in one thread a knetizen (if i find it i'll link it here) asked what colour best represents madsummer and a user responded with the colours pink and red. i'll talk about this inits own post, but the juxstaposed yet coexistent implications of love, danger, flesh, tenderness, blood, rage etc

♱ kyrie revealed that the book of korean poems that toto finds is called 문학동네시인선 038 - 오은시 집 우리는 분위기를 사랑해 (Literature Village Poet Selection 038 - Oh Eun-si's House We Love the Atmosphere).

^ a raw translation of one poem in the book

here is a poem from the book (all quotes from this book are from publically accessible samples). though they don't translate over well i still love the sentiment of them. the link to other translated samples from this collection is found here.

dopamine* (012-015) the mirror breaks i can't stand being alone because i'm not alone i can't stand it i need to tear this scene apart i need to scour this moment element breaks through the set i start building a black castle on a white piece of paper. too low to collapse. too thin to tumble. creation gives birth to another creation. the more you talk about it, the more you have to say. the complementary set penetrates the entire set. outside the black castle you are away from the scene away from the moment i drink coffee with you, you exchange glances with me, I sneak out and smoke a cigarette, and in the meantime you drop a drop of whiskey into your mug you help me, i pretend to help you, you imagine being helped by me, i think i helped you, and we feel good about eachother my heart is racing riding a sports car and sharing chocolate love your enemies! love your elements more! far-sighted and thin-eared people are startled we need a bigger stimulus to get closer, to get thicker to become a solid element to become a large set to become alone to become not only alone to be, come alone if you can't stand it, you can't stand the scene and the moment, you can't stand to tear the assembly apart, you can't stand to break the mirror hurry! more cheers, more applause my head hurts as if i've poured out too many words and have been rereading them one by one in the broken mirror my pieces shine sharply and shout, arthur! * it is a neurotransmitter that plays a role in transmitting the excitement of brain nerve cells. it affects movement, attention, learning, cognition, and motivation, and it is known that a deficiency can cause parkinson's disease, and an excess can cause bipolar disorder or schizophrenia

♱ another moment of artistic liscence, it wasn't mentioned in kyrie's ms but this is the colour i was imagining for the condom wrappers

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♱ similarly i just decided to make the pen look like a surfboard - i was thinking of smth kitsch like this, made of wood or like pseudo wood idk

♱ 토토 refers to mostly sports betting that occurs mostly over the internet

♱ toto - from this point on, this is mostly what buda calls the brat. toto is the real name of a parrot bg had (which most moa should know)

♱ at first i was trying to figure out whether purple was a reference to lean or to heroin, but the chatrooms came though for me - purple is a drug that kyrie inventing, describing it only as a narcotic (below is the raw translation of a discussion between two knetizens on a public forum)

♱ toto starting to curse - the more you know someone the more they become you

♱ in the standard edition of mad summer, the items on the bucket list are not revealed in this moment (two are mentioned at later points in the story though). however, from scouring knetizens chatrooms, i was able to find information about toto's full bucket list (more raw translation extracts yikes) which is featured in the reprints on mad summer

♱ i chose october 27th as toto's d-day because it was the day that baz luhrmann's 1996 film romeo and juliet first premiered (kyrie only mentioned a random date in ocotber)

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♱ had to change this to be relevant to the avctual seasons of cuba lol

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♱ the blue aloha shirt is another reference to romeo and juliet. i do love the cockiness and kitsch of buda loving this shirt so much

the official madsummer fanart that came with the physical copies of eacg book features buda in his blue hawaiin shirt and toto wearing the shirt in the photo abvoe the fanart photo

♱ to show how deranged i am, i spent literal hours trying to figure out which church kyrie had taken inspiration from, since all other landmark locations in the story were based off of real places - i learnt though that this chapel in particular is not a real location and more an amalgamation of several chapels, including the iglesia de santa ana. (said it once i'll say it again - check out my locations folder whoopdoop.) the church depicted below is from the official fanart that came with physical copies of the book - it's of a scene from act iii where buda visits the temple and hugs the statue of mother mary. again, he's wearing his hawaiin shirt here.

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♱ here are the stories i imagined to be on buda's shelf - Peter Pan, The Alchemaster’s Apprentice, The Little Prince, Coraline, The Time of the Fireflies, Through the Looking Glass, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. at some point i'll make a goodreads list of books to read if you liked madsummer, as well as all the media refernced in the story (clarifying whether it was me or kyrie who firt alluded to thst piece of media in our rendition)

♱ if it isn't obvious enough, the film toto watches is baz lurhman's 1996 romeo and juliet movie. this fiim is at thte centre of madsummer - narratively, thematically and symbolically

♱ i added a reference to shakespeare's romeo and juliet here.

A double suicide. A violent end. -msaabha

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. -william shakespeare romeo and juliet

woah is that foreshadowing?

♱ the song that played at the end of the movie is radiohead - exit music for a film

♱ there were times in the original narrative where kyrie refers to buda and toto as other animals, but i wanted to do my best not to mix metaphors - instead of ending the thoguht about the cocaine dog wehre kyrie did (toto laughing at the thoguht of buda being a cocaine dog) i made toto laugh at teh thoguht of buda being a cocaine sniffing cat (i would die for buda+toto's cat+dog dynamic)

♱ staring yearningly at your homie's back while you're sharing a bed at a sleepover is a core part of the queer experience i don't make the rules sorry

in closing

i will update this if i remember to add anything, if anybody has any questions or needs clarification on anything. at some point maybe i'll spellcheck this but maybe i won't. we'll have to see lol. here are three final points

♱ shit is about to ut

♱ the below fanart was comissioned for madsummer's printing, n postcards and postcards came with each purchase. i'll make a post on each of these fanarts maybe, going into more detail abbout each, as wel as the book covers

♱ remember that madsummer was set in 2019

this is what the person toto was based off looked like in 2019

this is what the person buda was based off of looked like in 2019

these are literal babies.

and i will leave you with that thought.

☀︎ with love - hometown.angel ☀︎

[kels-orange-joe]

introduction ^_^ (regularly updates)

haii my name is stitch (not my real name obviously)

and yes as in the chaotic blue creature from lilo & stitch but that’s besides the point

this is my side blog!! an omori (mainly kel) themed one at that. my main blog is @stitchthelilo, and this is specifically for stimboards/sensory boards (well some other stuff too but that’s like the main thing) whatever you wanna call em, it’s also a kel fanblog cuz he is THE BEST OMORI CHARACTER!!! I WILL STAND BY THAT TIL THE DAY I DIE BECAUSE ITS TRUE

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ocs as long as you provide pics and/or info, info is optional though ofc! but if you don’t provide it i am just gonna go off of aesthetic

total drama

danganronpa

omori

undertale/deltarune but moreso undertale

pokemon

sonic

mario

cookie run

the amazing digital circus

murder drones

smg4

bfdi/bfb/tpot

ii

hfjone

any object show really lmao

mlp

adventure time. however……. i may not be that accurate when it comes to later seasons or fionna and cake, cuz i never actually finished it or watched the spin-off, lmao sorry

gravity falls! same as adventure time though, haven’t yet finished it (but ik bill cipher and allat)

vocaloid

warriors/warrior cats (i haven’t read the books though, might not be accurate sorry)

scp foundation

bbc ghosts

she-ra: and the princesses of power

memes

garfield

the sims

among us (as cringe as that may sound, it’s a good game)

my singing monsters

the battle cats

dnd

agere/petre/agedre/petdre

otherkin/therian

furry

starters movieunleashers

hazbin hotel/helluva boss (i do NOT support vivziepop or her team, i separate content from creator because the episodes can really be good, even if they miss most of the time.. and i love the concept of both shows. I PIRATE IT Y’ALL DW I AM NOT GIVING PRIME VIDEO NOR VIVZIEPOP MY MONEY 😭)

doctor who

good omens

and much more! but i can’t be bothered adding them.. if any more of my interests are in an ask i’ll just tell y’all and edit this

[abiiors]

Hiya,

I'm doing a presentation for my degree on audience theory in relation to the at their very best tour, it's due tomorrow so I know I've left this quite late 🥲

According to my lecturer, one question I need to develop a bit further for my argument is how a 1975 fan would 'identify' themselves and what qualities they might share?

Do you have any answers you could provide for this? Also if anyone else reading would like to share I'll take as many answers as I can get 😭😭

No pressure to answer, I'm aware I'm springing this on you haha

Also, any general reviews of at their very best (specifically the recorded show at madison Square garden) are welcome

Thanks vee!! :)

if anyone else wants to answer this too pls send @partoftheband04 an ask :)

hello!!

okay so about identifying as a fan -- out of all the fandoms i've been in, i've specifically seen this weird phenomenon for the 1975 which is that there's no "casual fan". you either hate the band/matty/their music or you're absolutely obsessed. there's no middle ground, which i genuinely can't say about a lot of other things.

i'd say there's no specific definition for a fan because it can't just be a certain group of people who, for eg, have seen them live, have collectible items, have met the members, have been in the fandom for a certain number of years etc etc. i'd rather describe it as someone who understands the context behind the music and understands the songs as opposed to just listening to them.

a good example would be "it's not living (if it's not with you)" because without the context it can be (and has been) mistaken for a love song. a lot of their songs have been mistaken for love songs when they're in fact about addiction/drugs etc. because matty's and the band's personal life drives their music so so much, i'd say a fan would be someone who has a good grasp of matty as a person (and i'm mostly saying matty here because he is essentially the spokesman for the band)

as for what i've seen in common amongst all the fans is the fact that majority of us seem to be a part of the queer community, majority of us seem to be politically aware and opinionated because the band's music is politically aware and opinionated. and like i know it's a joke at this point that you have to be mentally ill to be a fan of the 1975 but i think it's true because matty has been so open and honest about his own struggles with mental health. that's what makes a lot of people be comfortable about being open about their struggles too.

i can't really give you a specific review of the atvb show at the moment because it's been a while since i watched it :( and with watching satvb so much for the past few months all i can think about is how much the band has improved since their msg performance for atvb.

but yeah, i really hope this helps!!

[dreamcatcher-roulette]

Anonymous asked:

Hullo, hope you're doing well and enjoying the comeback and the albums 🤩🤩 looking forward to when they'll show up in roulette!

Pls feel free to ignore as this may be a little dumb, but I figured you might know?

From what I can vaguely understand from Wiki and from your past response, can I assume TV broadcast files are usually .ts files? And that it's not the file type that dictates the "quality," but rather the encoding?

There's a Twitter account (😭 I forgot which, it's lost on my timeline now) that occasionally posts .ts files of DC's music show performances, the most recent file being :

240718.MnetJP.엠카운트다운.드림캐쳐.JUSTICE.H264.AAC.1080i-AbySSS.ts

Going off the name and what you've mentioned before about "best quality" where 1080i h264 is better than Youtube, would this file probably be better than downloading the YT video of the same performance?

Fake ask again to strip links because I'm really good at being unnecessarily paranoid but YES! I am having a blast. Siyeon’s absence is felt but it's nice to see her still pop up in some of the YouTube show performances. Handong is totally killing her parts too though so it's been fun seeing that 😁

On the question of quality:

(Minor point of clarity: the encoding is an aspect which determines the quality but not the only one. The simplest quality measure is probably taking into account encoding AND bitrate, where bitrate is the amount of data being displayed per second and encoding is how efficiently it's compressed. Technically the best quality is the highest possible bitrate with zero compression but that's just not feasible, so this is where encodings come in. Newer encodings are, as a rule of thumb, better quality than older ones at "sensible" bitrates, but, as in the case of YouTube for example, a much lower bitrate can make a newer encoding look much worse than an older one. That's why in my quality ranking YouTube was beneath MPEG2 - YouTube is almost all h264 for 1080p, which is newer than MPEG2, but the bitrates drag the quality down the drain.)

Generally 1080i recordings, in their "rawest" form, are MPEG-TS (.ts) files, yeah. 4k are more commonly posted in MP4 though I've found. I'm speculating here based off my own experiences (I haven't ever asked anyone who does this if this is the true reason) but I think that's because MPEG-TS just isn’t efficient enough at high bitrates to provide a very pleasant viewing experience. Let me demonstrate using a convoluted metaphor:

Say you’re a marble vendor and you are looking to transport two blue marbles and two red marbles to one of your clients. You need a container to send them in. Because these marbles are quite precious you want to make sure that they are sent in a well fortified box, but you also care about fitting as many boxes as possible into your supply trucks, so you don't want to waste any space inside of them. You pack all four marbles tightly into the box and seal it up.

When your client receives their shipment, they open it up and can easily see all four marbles in the box. There isn’t much incentive for them to move the marbles since, even though the box has a bit of a heavy hinge, it's not really that big of a deal and any other box would incur some cost in opening it too. They place the box on their shelf and don't worry about it any further.

Now imagine you want to send a client one hundred thousand marbles. But your boxes still only fit four marbles each. The transportation is easy and efficient because the boxes stack nicely (assume for a moment you also have an extremely efficient marble box packing machine), but, once they all arrive at their destination, your client doesn't want to search through hundreds of boxes trying to find the marble they are looking for. They want to move all those marbles to a much bigger and well sorted marble... Okay I really don't know what people normally store hundreds of thousands of marbles in. But the point being that even though all the marbles are still the same, at a certain volume the transportation container was no longer optimal to keep at the destination. 4k HEVC .ts files are HORRIBLY inefficient at rendering even on relatively good hardware and moving the data to MP4 has huge performance benefits.

So the file extension of the source doesn't matter? Well I still think it does, psychologically. I would always trust a .ts more than a .mp4 at 1080i. It isn't possible for you to know, without the original, that what the uploader did was a remux (changing the container) rather than a re-encode (a lossy operation which, best case scenario, produced an output that looks equivalent to the human eye because nothing crucial was lost). Well intentioned people accidentally re-encode to MP4 all the time without realising what it does to the integrity of the file. It's much less likely someone has had the same mishap in the other direction because .ts is not a commonly desired destination. So even though a remuxed MP4 is identical in quality to it's MPEG-TS source, in order to avoid other people's translation errors I would always trust an available .ts first.

That file, assuming it is what it says it is, would absolutely be better than downloading the same performance from YouTube. YouTube has done a lossy re-encode on the video the broadcaster uploaded and will not ever serve you the original. A really obvious symptom of this is the file sizes. YouTube will always be a lot smaller. (For the same encoding. Which by the way you can find out by using Media Info. AVC=h264, HEVC=h265) It's pretty noticeable to the human eye in motion, so it can be a fun exercise to play the two side by side and compare. It's also noticeable on a frame by frame level if you use a player that lets you do that.

But yeah, in summary, YouTube's version of that performance will be unquestionably worse. On average it will be missing 3/4 of the information stored in the original. Which, because of how cool compression is, actually still produces a pretty decent image, but it falls apart in motion and really if you are an individual wanting to watch something for your own enjoyment instead of a big company trying to optimise their bandwidth usage there's just no need to sacrifice those pixels.

[pebblysand]

Hey! So I’ve been scrolling through some of your writing advice post and I have a question. I’ve written stuff before and I’m getting back into it and I really want to write a long fic that’s canon compliant but idk how to do that without just like rewriting the story that’s already written ? I always get so focused on making sure that I’m writing true to the existing plot/story, like even down to copying the dialogue and stuff out of the show/book/movie, and sort of push my oc/insert character to the side and they end up making very little contribution to whatever is happening and I wanna not do that anymore haha. Also like a way to outline a long fic bc I’ve never really outlined a story, I just sorta wrote and did what I was talking about before.

Pls if you have any advice I would be very grateful 🙏🙏

hi anon! thanks for your message!

first of all, congrats on getting back into writing, that's awesome! in terms of your questions, here are (some) answers which will hopefully help. i don't know what fandom you're in so i'm taking most of my examples from HP as i assume most people are (somewhat) familiar with the canon, but you get the idea.

I really want to write a long fic that’s canon compliant but idk how to do that without just like rewriting the story that’s already written ?

i don't know what precisely you're trying to write but i've always said this: i think there's a subgenre of fanfiction that many new writers tend to gravitate towards without realising how incredibly hard those stories are to write, and that's stories that happen during the canon timeline. for example: stories made up of missing scenes, AUs of canon events (e.g.: what if Harry was in slytherin? what if Sirius lived? etc.), or stories told from alternate POVs (e.g.: the seven books from Hermione's perspective).

i think the reason why so many people tend to gravitate towards these stories (especially when they're starting out) is that as a newer writer, your imagination is still in "training". there's this idea that writers are just born making up stories in their heads but i think imagination is actually more like a muscle. the more you engage it, the better it gets at venturing further out. so, when you're starting out, it's much easier to answer the question: what if sirius lived? than it is being like: what happened in tom riddle's childhood?

if you're writing to answer the first question, you have a lot of material that is already provided for you by canon. you know about the horcrux hunt, you know about the hallows, you know about harry giving himself up, ect. all you really need to do is what happens at the margins (i.e. how do i integrate sirius into these plot points?) rather than having to reshape an entire story. whereas if you're trying to write about tom riddle's childhood... you know he was in an orphanage. you know he was mean to the other children. and... that's about it. it's pretty much a blank slate from there, and it's much harder to come up with things. canon becomes a crutch to do the difficult plotting parts for you.

the thing that a lot of people don’t realise though, is that under the guise of being “easier” to write (due to the canon crutch), it’s actually much harder to be “original” with the former. because you very quickly end up falling into the trap you’ve just described: rewriting canon. so, your story feels like you’re just copying and pasting events from canon into it, with just a tiny addition at the margins. and taking it further (taking it to a place of true originality) is much harder. it’s definitely doable, but it takes a very skilled writer to actually add real substance and not make that feel stale.

but the thing is: i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. you say you copy a lot of dialogue/lines from the original material - so what? i definitely did a lot of that too when i was younger. your fic might not be of the best quality, sure, but i think that's a very natural and normal step in your growth as a writer. you'll naturally train your imagination and learn to gradually step further and further away from canon. i really don't think you should be worrying too much about this. just keep writing - you'll get there eventually.

if you do want to speed up the process though, here are a couple things that could help:

set yourself the challenge of writing one short fic without quotes from canon. see how you get on, see where you reach to express those thoughts now that incorporating these is "forbidden" and then try to build on that. you don't need to go for a long fic right away if that's too scary/hard.

challenge yourself to a story where you have very little canon material to go on. say, a story about a side character for instance. i think a good example of that is writing something like listening for that angel choir. i wrote that fic about the child of two of the main characters on the show. we see him a couple times in canon, but we mostly know his parents. the challenge was to try and determine what he and his life would have been like, given what we know of his parents' story. i'm sure there's someone in your fandom that fits the bill. doing this allows you to have a little bit of a canon crutch (knowing the parents well), but still forces you to get out of that comfort zone.

I sort of push my oc/insert character to the side and they end up making very little contribution to whatever is happening and I wanna not do that anymore haha.

i think this might be a different problem though. is it possible that your OC isn't really needed in your story? this happens to me regularly when i make up an OC for something and envision them to be a much bigger character than they end up being, because in the end, they're not really needed. it can be heartbreaking because we love our OCs dearly, but you have to remember that unlike in original fiction, OCs in fanfiction are primarily functional in nature. even when they have their own arc, they (and their arc) should serve your plot/characters, first and foremost. there are a lot of OCs i've built for my fics that end up being in one scene (maybe two) in the end, because that's all they're needed for. it's normal and it's your job as a writer to know when using your OC/or not is useful to your story.

i know i generally don't stand by most of stephen king's writing advice but i do think he's right on "kill your darlings". you do sometimes have to scratch plotlines/characters/etc. you otherwise love, if they don't serve your story.

Also like a way to outline a long fic bc I’ve never really outlined a story, I just sorta wrote and did what I was talking about before.

okay, first - just writing for the vibes is super valid. however, if you do want to start outlining more, here are some tips:

first, i've gone through many methods of outlining. i think the main thing is that outlining should serve you, not the other way around. you should find a method that suits you. if the method starts being a burden, switch it up. one method might only fit you for a limited amount of time. it might fit one chapter, but not another. but so far, since i started writing long fics, i've used the following:

for my first long fic, i had two outlines: one for the general overall plot of the story, and one for specific chapters. the "general" outline was a big-picture outline of big "events" that needed to happen in each chapter, in chronological order. it was kind of a brain dump of all the scene and plot ideas i had. not everything ended up in the final product (or in that specific order), but it was a good "high-level" idea of where i was going. i had this just as a list in my notes app. then, for individual chapters, i followed this method which is closer to a visual storyboard.

i continued with this system of two outlines for the first "act" of castles (my current wip) (chapters 1 through 7). then, for the second act, i felt the need to "formalise" the "big picture" outline more, and moved to a spreadsheet. it looked like this:

(this is the template i created - it's blank because those are actually act 1 chapters, but you get the idea. i'm using this because some of the act 2 stuff later got moved to act 3 so i don't want to spoil and can't be arsed to redact)

i would fill in, for each chapter, in a few lines, what was happening for each of the categories (if anything). it made it easier to move things around as needed as well. note that this is not particularly chronological. it lists the events by category, but it's not necessarily the order they happen in within the chapter.

then, when it came time to actually write the chapter, i would build the chapter outline on the basis of this bigger outline, and get more granular (and chronological) in the storyboard, then even more granular on the page.

now, for my third act, i've switched to miro (bc of a tiktok recommendation from another writer, but i find that it works really well for me). things are looking like this:

(for sneaky castles readers -don't try to zoom in - you can't, i've checked)

as you can see, i've done away with the general outline, and only have the storyboard left, but in electronic form. i did have some stuff planned from the old spreadsheet that i moved into here, but i don't feel like i need the spreadsheet as a constant reference anymore. it might be because i'm reaching the end of the story that i don't need the broader view as much. i have, however, created a timeline like this, which i felt i needed to keep track of the big "milestones" of the story:

(ah, go on, you get the kids' birthdays.)

to give you an idea of the level of detail i go into in these, here is the last couple of chapters:

as you can probably see if you've read castles, even those i don't follow to the letter. there's a lot of things that get moved around (if you look at that table in chapter 16, you'll see the locations are totally off) and if you look at 17 (the order of scenes changed, and the redacted stuff got moved to later chapters). for 17, i also turned black the sticky notes as i was done writing them, which i didn't do for 16. also, you can see that for a chapter that's *twenty-two thousand words long*, 16 has very little outlined lol. everything was just in my head.

for me, while these (and outlines in general) are essential to the mapping out of a story, it's essential that i remain flexible in terms of what actually goes into the final product. if i'm not "feeling" something i'd planned, i change it/move it.

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anyway anon, i hope this helped! thanks again for your question!

[seivsite]

500 MILESTONE EVENT .ᐟ

first and foremost, thank you all so much for 500 followers! i’m grateful for all the love and support my account has received, so here’s an event as my thanks.

MASTERLIST | STATUS : CLOSED!

ABOUT EVENT :

i’ll be providing you with a list of prompts from which you can choose a maximum of one prompt for one character, i’ll then write a drabble / one shot out of it.

once a prompt is taken, i won’t accept any further requests for the same prompt. here’s the prompt list〜

there’s no specific format for how you should ask, but here is an example in case you’re confused :

“hii for ur “if only you knew” / 500 followers event, can i request prompt 10 w nagi? fem reader & romantic pls, ty!”

RULES AND REGULATIONS :

the event duration will be from august 25th until september 5th, this might change depending on the circumstances.

only accepting star rail, genshin, and blue lock requests!

i’ll only accept female and gender-neutral readers. please specify the gender or i’ll assume it’s gender-neutral.

the request can be romantic or platonic! do specify it in your request or i’ll assume it’s romantic.

i have the rights to delete your request if i don't have motivation, feeling burntout, etc. and please don’t rush me, all i ask for is your utmost patience, thank you.

if you have any other queries, feel free to send in an ask and i will answer them! once again, thank you all for the utmost love & support ‹3

all the content from this event will be posted under the tag #( event )

[korrasera]

The op's post isn't accurate and it misrepresents the reporting provided by Agência Pública. I know I'm being a stickler, but this issue is complex enough that it I feel like it's important to clarify things that could misinform.

I'll try to be as brief as possible, but this is still going to get a bit long.

The first article discusses the ongoing discussion surrounding a proposed amendment to the Brazilian constitution, No. 10/2022.

Currently, private blood banks are required to sell their blood components to Hemobrás, a state-owned company that processes all plasma in Brazil. The amendment would give those blood banks the ability to sell excess plasma to other blood processing companies. It would also allow companies to pay people for their blood draws, instead of relying on volunteer blood donation.

Among the supporters of this change are several pharmaceutical companies, only one of which is a Brazilian company, Blau Farmaceutica SA.

The pro argument is that this change is necessary to provide blood products for Brazil. Agência Pública reports their points:

Hemobrás cannot meet Brazil's current need for blood product supply and will not be able to even after their current production facility is completed in 2025.

The lack of in-country blood processing capability means that a large amount of plasma collected by private blood banks is destroyed as Hemobrás lacks the capacity to process it and the blood banks are not allowed to sell it to anyone else.

The national shortage in blood products in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue because of these limitations.

The change would initially make Blau Farmaceutica SA the only company able to engage in this market, the implication that it would be protected from international competition for some time.

The opposing argument is that this change would open Brazil's blood product supply to exploitation and corruption. Agência Pública reports their points:

Brazil's blood supply is protected by the 1988 Citizen Constitution and that policy is strong and has led to excellent blood health security in the country.

They link the collection of blood for profit to the spread of disease like Hepatitis and AIDS due to the lack of quality controls see in Brazil's pre-1988 for-profit blood market.

The companies on the pro side are ultimately interested in finding a way to sell Brazilian plasma for profit and are clearly not interested in the public good.

As further background, the Swiss company referred to above is Octopharma, who were contracted by Hemobrás to process blood components stored between 2016 and 2020, which were going unused because Hemobrás did not have the capacity to process them. The processing of these blood components is what led to the immunoglobulin discovery, showing that Brazilian blood components measured 4.8g per liter as compared to 3.5g per liter from European blood component supplies.

It's a complex discussion because there are valid points both for and against this kind of change and it can't really be summed up as a simple case of colonialist exploitation. There are interests in Brazil fighting for and against and interests outside of Brazil doing the same.

Right now, I don't think you can summarize this as an example of outside interests trying to exploit a national resource for export to the rest of the world. Some of this isn't exploitation, some of it is, while some of the people and orgs involved are in Brazil, while some aren't.

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The second article discusses Bill 7082 from 2017 (PL 7082/2017), which would allow for the creation of independent research ethics committees that are not under the direct control of the current oversight model.

Brazil's National Research Ethics Commission, CONEP, currently controls the creation and registration of all CEPs, the research ethics committees, and acts as a central body that provides oversight to the entire system.

The pro and opposing sides are a little simpler in this case, and likely what you'd expect.

The pro side argues that this system is slow and bureaucratic and that independent CEPs would improve the speed at which research is approved.

The opposing side argues that allowing for the creation of independent CEPs opens the system to corruption, as independent CEPs are much more vulnerable to harassment and manipulation by financial interests.

Also, as one last opposing side argument, this would change the Brazilian model to more closely follow the US, which already operates in this manner.

As for access to medications, research sponsors currently have to provide the medication free of charge to any Brazilian citizens that participate in such studies. If PL 7082/2017 is passed, research sponsors would be allowed to stop providing the drug to study participants 5 years after the drug entered availability in either the national health market or the public health network.

So apparently some Swiss company found out that Brazilian blood has more immunoglobulin (which is used in some medications made by pharma companies) than European blood, and now international pharma companies are lobbying to change Brazilian law to allow them to use our blood as a resource

There is no current evidence that those things are related, but it just so happens that at the same time there is also another law being discussed that would get rid of "bureaucracy" when it comes to ethics analyses of trials on humans. It would also remove the right, which all brazilians currently have, to access to the medication resulting from the trials they participated in

Both sources are in Portuguese because both news have been recently broke by a Brazilian investigative news agency, but if you don't speak it, you can always use automatic translation

I know there's a lot of fucked up shit happening in the world right now, but please pay attention to medical rights in Brasil right now. Especially if you're European, because virtually every company related to this is from your continent and plans to benefit you above all

[thesewickedworlds]

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