#jasontom

[mrjasontom]

The Warm Up at @slackkeylounge Mahalo @omni_mc @noelanilove @ryan_perez_music Slide 1 Video: Jason Tom the Human Beatbox rocking the mic at the Warm Up. #jasontom Video: @shoni.sylva Slide 2 Video: Jason Tom the Human Beatbox rocking the mic at the Warm Up. Video: @rising__eagle Slide 3 Video: @ali.sky.music with @dom_o_carlos & @mattcordier at the Warm Up. Video: @shoni.sylva Slide 4 Video: Wayne Bow at the Warm Up. Video: @mrjasontom Live Music Night following Comedy Night at @annaobrienshi Slide 5 Video: Jason Tom the Human Beatbox at the Music Night Anna O’Briens. Video: @josedynamite of @comedyu.hi Also great seeing & connecting with @omni_mc @noelanilove @ryan_perez_music @shoni.sylva @risingeaglephotography @mattcordier @dom_o_carlos @skillingliam @johncontini @kaiyoflow @mikeyjams808 @5guitarstrings @jeromejames @aubrey.emi.designs @muzik_junkie_duff @elishasirenazeitler @katiebear808 @existentialdude @chriscoffman @stevenskymusic @kasmack @josedynamite @comedyu.hi @desirabllle @nahu_okalani @mindysmokestack808 @eeeb @simond8o8 @anthrax_eater @slackkeylounge @hbsocialclub @annaobrienshi & more… https://www.instagram.com/p/CnURboZr9vb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bigskydreaming]

Thinking about Kings of the Sky and Jason's titans. Kid Devil, Beast Boy, and Danny Chase are shoo ins. Who else? Arisia Rrab would fit. Sprout? (Damn a lot of options are sexually controversial.)

LOL actually I do have the full, extended lineup of Jason's Titans in that AU all figured out: 

Here's the initial post explaining the background of my fave Jason ship, JasonTom, and possible choices for Jason's teammates and my reasons for each. 

And here's the post laying out the finalized list of Jason's lineup of Titans and who each one's respective mentor from Dick's lineup is.

Beast Boy is solidly a member of Dick's lineup because this AU only diverges from canon around the point where the Garzonas case happened, and despite being younger than a lot of the others, Gar was still well established as one of Dick's Titans by then. And tbh, Vic and Gar are one of my fave dynamics and I can't imagine not writing them as BFFs forever, which just works better with them in the same age range. One of my biggest RAGE, I RAGE, DC! changes to the New 52 was them aging down Gar and Raven, because I just love their friendships among the NTT so much and just look at that choice and get stuck on a loop of going yup, that was a choice that happened alright, but WHY was it a choice and does it HAVE to be a choice? Let's make it not a choice that happened. 

Danny Chase floats in a kinda in between state between Dick and Jason's lineups, due to his age and established dynamics with the characters present here. This goes AU well before Titans Hunt so Danny, Joey, Arella et al don't die as they did there, so he never becomes Phantasm, so he's kinda the slightly older, more experienced confidante to Jason's generation of Titans and is like lol yeah fuck the older Titans, I heavily endorse you doing anything and everything that will make them groan in exasperation, particularly Dick.

Kid Devil I didn't make part of the lineup because I most primarily associate him with being part of Tim's lineup of Titans during the year of Countdown/52, and okay that's also clearly a total cop out since I made Amy one of Jason's lineup and she was literally a traitor on that same lineup of Tim's so what is the truth, me, hmm?? 

Okay, lol lbr, the reason I didn't include Eddie was total pettiness/personal reasons. I just kinda have a.....grudge, I guess you could say, against his character for the way his 100% offscreen friendship with Jason is hyped by a lot of Jason's fans while they actively ignore the ON the page moments we got between Dick and Jason back then, where Dick actively tried to build a relationship with Jason, and they just default to being like "no. Dick hated Jason. Is canon. No shut up it totally is." 

And then two seconds later its like okay and now let's talk about Jason and Eddie's epic friendship which consists of two whole pages referencing them being pen pals and teaming up one time pre-Crisis (which again, was where Dick and Jason's brotherly relationship truly lived and we saw tons of at the exact same time, so its like okay so Eddie and Jason, still BFFs forever because of a couple pages, but Dick and Jason, mortal enemies because Dickhead was an asswipe to Jason all those times we didn't actually see because he wasn't actually an asswipe. Got it!)

LOL so the point is, that discrepancy, let's call it, just annoys me on principle. When its like, painfully obvious that almost an entire fandom's view of Dick and Jason's dynamic is contrived and literally just a choice Big Name Fans with a large influence over what new fans do and don't know, like, made a long time ago, and people just decided that oh okay, we can hype the hell out of two pages of bonding with a character most people don't even know exists while ignoring multiple repeated displays of genuine sibling affection between brothers just because we don't like that narrative and prefer Jason be misunderstood and resented by his brother for Reasons, I'm just like.....mmm, don't love that. 

As you can see, it gets me easily worked up into a tizzy, lmao, and while I don't MIND being in a tizzy while posting meta thoughts all tizzily, I prefer not to WRITE write while in a state of being tizzified, and so I just decided to swerve around making Eddie a Titan here and putting a lot of focus on his and Jason's friendship, since I don't trust myself to be objective and nonpetty about writing it. I'm just like...eh, I don't want to write them, and I know and understand why I'm making that choice, so I'm fine with it. *Shrugs* 

(Which is basically what I actually always argue for people to do more of so I try to take my own advice. Like, I truly don't think anyone should HAVE to write characters they aren't thrilled about, lol, like why would they, but I just believe its better to just be fucking honest about the why of it and own it, even if just to yourself, so that it doesn't leak into the actual writing in the form of like, resentment that you feel you HAVE to write someone you don't actually want to invest page time and effort into.)

So for the record, Eddie and Jason ARE still friends in this, they do still have that penpal relationship, just modernized, and I didn't do away with that or anything, I just keep it mostly just referenced and happening off the page while on page I focus on the lineup I outlined above and the friendships I develop there.

Arisia and Sprout just didn't come up when picking my lineup because I'm not as familiar with their characters and at this point there's already so many characters even peripherally in the mix that its unlikely I'll throw them in, but eh, you never know. Most of the people I did pick though are like, C and D list faves that I always thought had mega untapped potential DC remains committed to untapping, because I can delve the hell into characters like that, with all the gusto. 

So yeah. That's the What and the Why of all that story direction!

[ztenzila]

If you guys can seen this post #good but please I will be showing my #life drawing that I did in #Orbitalcomics in #London ... We drew #catsuitsandrayguns more illustrating work #comingsoon ...plus I'd even updated my illustration too ! #jasonTomic #lifedrawingclass #2019 #ztenZila @orbitalcomics @artmodelcollective https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHz0XCHSI5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b3v7aaalitno

[jasontomblog]

Get ready, get ready. #JasonTom about to #Disrupt the #KSEdTech #Conference. #EdTechConference #ksedtechconference #disrupt2018 #kamehamehaschools #ed #tech #education #technology #educationtechnology (at Blaisdell Center)

[bombz808-blog]

Check out the new flyer, another contribution to the HIpHop scene by #FAEK | @faek_apparel . Show includes performances from @kidchill808 @prizzyprie808 @jimhurdle #beatRockKrew #JasonTom #Grip

[mrjasontom]

Jason Tom on the “Boots and Cats” for Kalaheo High School Mustangs’ Give Aloha Assembly. #jasontom Photo by: @sevenamsprint Jason Tom’s Give Aloha Assembly 🌸 Drip 💧 Headwear: Detroit Lions 🦁 NFL 🏈 x Staple Pigeon 🕊️ Collection New Era 59FIFTY Fitted Hat #OnePride Outerwear 1: Detroit Lions NFL x Staple Pigeon Blue Split Logo Pullover Hoodie #flockwithus Outerwear 2: Detroit Lions 🦁 Starter “the Pick and Roll” Satin Varsity Jacket; Honolulu Blue, Silver and White 🧥 #lookforthestar 💫 Pants: Nike Black Cargo Windbreaker 👖 #justdoit Socks: Ralph Lauren Preppy Bear Socks 🧦 #madetobeworn Sneaker: 1985 Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG True Blue 👟 in True Blue, White and Cement Grey with True Blue shoe laces. #belikemike #airjordan1 #airjordan1trueblue My official site and social media: JasonTom.com Follow, like, subscribe and hit the bell button… Facebook: https://facebook.com/mrjasontom Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasontom Instagram: https://instagram.com/mrjasontom YouTube: https://youtube.com/JasonTom (at Kalaheo High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CodbRnpPT7T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mrjasontom]

Hawaii's Human Beatbox Jason Tom on 93.9 The Beat, home of the Sam and Ryan Show! @samandryanshow @939beat #939thebeat #radio #samandryanshow #samtheman #hawaiianryan #jasontom #939beat #beatbox #Hawaii #Oahu #Honolulu #humanbeatbox #samandryan #beatboxer #hiphop #music #acappella #voice #humanvoice #iheartradio #numberone #onair #interview #radiointerview #transformers #autobots #freelancebrand #freelancefam #freelance https://www.instagram.com/p/BMF_r_YDM5T/?igshid=myw3jaoh205k

[mrjasontom]

#hawaiibeatbox #jasontom (at Chaminade University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BBnKeVKBZCC/?igshid=zs8j3e2kp189

[mrjasontom]

@freelancebrand and I were in Los Angeles. This is from my beatbox performance at the @spocom Anaheim Supershow! VC: @mrcampos2000 #hawaiilife #jasontom #mathcoach #honolululife #uhalumni #kccalumni #beijingforeignstudiesuniversity #kccohana #uhohana #hccohana #jasontomdotcom #jasontomblog #presenter #hawaiishumanbeatbox #hawaiiblogger #publisher #TEDxpresenter #musician #moonwalker #lifeinhonolulu #voiceactor #lifeinhawaii #belmontuniversitybruins #liholihowarriors #kauluwelatigercubs #kawananakoawarriors #mckinleytigers #entertainer (at Anaheim Convention Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BAbOtQhhZOZ/?igshid=1rdgvts7ik4zs

[mrjasontom]

Marjo: "Awesome beatboxing plus explanation on the evolution of beatboxing skills onG kinG aRts cenTer (check out the vid on the wall if you want to hear this guy go)." From this past First Friday at the Ong King Art Center in Downtown Honolulu's Arts District Chinatown. #Chinatown #ongking #ongkingartcenter #artcenter #Honolulu #downtownhonolulu #downtown #Oahu #Hawaii #firstfriday #first #Friday #jasontom #beatbox #hiphop #hawaiihiphop #hiphopinhawaii #freelancebrand #freelancefam #artsdistrict #beatboxing https://www.instagram.com/p/BJIlKQKhnc9/?igshid=13g2g72v5zwcl

[mrjasontom]

PC: Patrick Lau, courtesy of Innovative Sessions #jasontom #beatbox #hiphop #hawaii #oahu #honolulu #musician #music #beatboxer #in4m #innovativesessions #freelancebrand #gshock #in4mation #goodygoodybarandgrill #barandgrill #goodygoody #openmic #hawaiihiphop https://www.instagram.com/p/BKo56xlhUfo/?igshid=1tgesrh8s3ckr

[mrjasontom]

Jason Tom is a co-founding crew member of Hawaii's Human Beatbox Academy, Hawaii Scene Choice Awards' Best Solo Human Beatbox Performer, and an American ambassador of the fifth element of hip hop urban culture called "human beatbox." He is recipient of the McKinley Tigers' Mr. Hustle Soccer Award, and a former judo champion at San Jose State University and the City College of San Francisco. Hawaii human beatbox pioneers Radical Rob, Gizmo, Re-Run, Joevon Brown paved the way for Jason, and music artists like him. He began beatboxing at the tender age of four, began recording by six, and performing at 21. The turning point of his life, at 21, was when he fell unconscious from a collision with an SUV that caused a concussion, long term memory loss, and head trauma. It was at that pivotal moment he decided to pursue beatboxing as a career. "#JasonTom's rendition of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' is a spectacle of showmanship. From the first drum and snare beats, the song is recognizable, and you wonder how so many sounds could be coming from one person's mouth. Add to this Jason's signature Michael Jackson moves, from the hip thrust to the hand jive. He glides across the floor in a smooth moonwalk." (at Ilikai Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8EdVXbjkTZ/?igshid=14euavxfpuz8w

[mrjasontom]

is an American ambassador of the fifth element of hip hop urban culture called "human beatbox," a co-founding crew member of Hawaii's Human Beatbox Academy, and Hawaii Scene Choice Awards' Best Solo Human Beatbox Performer. He is recipient of the @McKinleyTigers' Mr. Hustle Soccer Award, and a judo champion at @SJSU and @officialCCSF hosted tournaments. Hawaii human beatbox pioneers Radical Rob Onekea, Gizmo, Re-Run, Joevon Brown paved the way for Jason, and music artists like him. He began beatboxing at the tender age of four, began recording by age six, and made his live debut at 21. Jason listened to and watched countless hours of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson, Bobby McFerrin, Michael Winslow, Rahzel, and MC Jin. He also enjoys Motown music, the Temptations, Jackson 5, Diana Ross, the Fat Boys, the Roots Crew, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, and Doug E. Fresh. Asian American beatboxer Elaine Chao's show stopper at the Showtime at the Apollo did it for him. "#JasonTom's rendition of @MichaelJackson's 'Billie Jean' is a spectacle of showmanship. From the first drum and snare beats, the song is recognizable, and you wonder how so many sounds could be coming from one person's mouth. Add to this Jason's signature Michael Jackson moves, from the hip thrust to the hand jive. He glides across the floor in a smooth moonwalk." Jason was featured in the Breathe, Creation, Hip-Hopalypse, Puja Dance, and Femme Capulet productions. He has presented #Play and #SuccessfulPeopleFailMore on #TEDx Talks Shift, on @HawaiiChildrenAndYouthDay, @HawaiiBookMusic, "Vocal Groove" on #TEDxTalks It's About Time, @Chevron Speech Honolulu Festival, @RiceFest, Brown Bags to Stardom Grand Final, and on the Music With A Message, Say Yes to Purpose, Not Even Once, and RAP: Real and Powerful school tours. Jason has opened for #KSEdTech, Michael Winslow, Jabbawockeez, Quest Crew, and has performed with Tom Thum, Kapena, Imua Garza, Jake Shimabukuro, John Cruz, Cynth and the What's His Faces.... (at Waikiki Beach Walls) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI8ftQTDaaB/?igshid=1n3x3mq8jgl9z

[mrjasontom]

Jason Tom is an American ambassador of the fifth element of hip hop urban culture called "human beatbox," a co-founding crew member of Hawaii's Human Beatbox Academy, and Hawaii Scene Choice Awards' Best Solo Human Beatbox Performer. He is recipient of the @McKinleyTigers' Mr. Hustle Soccer Award, and a judo champion at @SJSU and @officialCCSF hosted tournaments. Hawaii human beatbox pioneers Radical Rob Onekea, Gizmo, Re-Run, Joevon Brown paved the way for Jason, and music artists like him. He began beatboxing at the tender age of four, began recording by age six, and made his live debut at 21. Jason listened to and watched countless hours of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Michael Jackson, Bobby McFerrin, Michael Winslow, Rahzel, and MC Jin. He also enjoys Motown music, the Temptations, Jackson 5, Diana Ross, the Fat Boys, the Roots Crew, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, and Doug E. Fresh. Asian American beatboxer Elaine Chao's show stopper at the Showtime at the Apollo did it for him. "#JasonTom's rendition of @MichaelJackson's 'Billie Jean' is a spectacle of showmanship. From the first drum and snare beats, the song is recognizable, and you wonder how so many sounds could be coming from one person's mouth. Add to this Jason's signature Michael Jackson moves, from the hip thrust to the hand jive. He glides across the floor in a smooth moonwalk." Jason was featured in the Breathe, Creation, Hip-Hopalypse, Puja Dance, and Femme Capulet productions. He has presented #Play and #SuccessfulPeopleFailMore on #TEDx Talks Shift, on @HawaiiChildrenAndYouthDay, @HawaiiBookMusic, "Vocal Groove" on #TEDxTalks It's About Time, @Chevron Speech Honolulu Festival, @RiceFest, Brown Bags to Stardom Grand Final, and on the Music With A Message, Say Yes to Purpose, Not Even Once, and RAP: Real and Powerful school tours. Jason has opened for #KSEdTech, Michael Winslow, Jabbawockeez, Quest Crew, and has performed with Tom Thum, Kapena, Imua Garza, Jake Shimabukuro, John Cruz, Cynth and the What's His Faces.... (at President William McKinley High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6OgxQDrEK/?igshid=bm78e7bdh7p0

[mrjasontom]

McKinley grad (C/O 2001)…Jason Tom the Human Beatbox     www.jasontom.com

[mrjasontom]

Late #repost @mikeholyfire and I at the Moanalua High School Drug Free Assembly! Full video on YouTube! VC: Mike Holy Fire #hawaiilife #jasontom #mathcoach #honolululife #uhalumni #kccalumni #beijingforeignstudiesuniversity #kccohana #uhohana #hccohana #jasontomdotcom #jasontomblog #presenter #hawaiishumanbeatbox #hawaiiblogger #publisher #TEDxpresenter #musician #moonwalker #lifeinhonolulu #voiceactor #lifeinhawaii #belmontuniversitybruins #liholihowarriors #kauluwelatigercubs #kawananakoawarriors #mckinleytigers #entertainer (at Moanalua High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/BBfYBD5BZJz/?igshid=1hd78kxfw6zfk