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spooksier · 2 years

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Fun Fact! Did You Know The Liberty Bell is a Replica?

Mitski, and why you should stan her.

Every December, audio streaming platform Spotify releases its collected data of what users listened to that year and release it in Spotify Wrapped—a fun, quirky way of sharing data meant to be shared with others. While most categories such as Top Song or Favorite Genres are usually pushed aside as trivial information, the spot of Top Artist is arguably what says the most about your year in music. My Top Artist this year was the indie rock artist Mitski. I was in the top .5% of her listeners this year. While this information put plainly isn't fascinating, when coupled with the reactions of those when I told them—my friend Ashton responded with "Are you okay?" and my friend Locke kept it simple with a crisp, "CHRIST!"--there's clearly something more to this. Mitski has garnered a reputation as an intense artist whose work is considered some of the most emotional in the indie rock scene, her music has a cult following, those who enjoy her music regarding it as something uniquely precious. There's a simple reason for this—the music industry has never had an artist like Mitski. Mitski's music speaks to the experiences of women of color, those with mental illness, and those who fell entirely pulled thin in the current climate of capitalism.

The first of Mitski's songs to reach out of the Do-It-Yourself New York rock scene she had previously thrived in was a track off her 2016 album Puberty 2 titled "Your Best American Girl". In this song she details wanting to be with somebody so badly but feeling like their differences in upbringing was something love could not overcome. Mitski spoke to NPR and detailed that the song was inspired by “wanting so badly to fit into this very American person’s life, and simply not being able to, just fundamentally being from a different place and feeling like I would just get in the way of their progression in their life”1. Mitski herself is Japanese-American and has written many, many songs that tie into her life as a woman of color where she feels unwanted or deprioritized in the culture of romance and business. Songs like "Strawberry Blonde" and "Happy" reflect feeling like she is less because she can never fit into the blonde-hair-blue-eyes image of American beauty, seeing falling in love as "solitary, especially as a woman"2. She refers to herself as "the quintessential Asian woman" in her daily life which leads her to regularly challenge her space as a woman in her music—when discussing her 2018 album Be the Cowboy, she correlates the album-wide theme of not taking responsibility for your actions to the "ideal swaggering...tough white cowboy", letting the women she sings about be unapologetic about their shortcomings because "that's what a white guy would do". Be the Cowboy takes a deeper look into the experience of being a woman, the track "Me and My Husband" is a upbeat dive into domestic solitude where even when surrounded by family the wife feels completely overlooked whereas "A Pearl" discusses not wanting to get physical, something that is often looked down upon, especially as an Asian American woman, as oversexualized as they often are. In a world where women of color are fighting for more agency over their body, Mitski feels as though the narrative is often thrown back in the faces of those striving for equality saying that the argument for bodily autonomy has "been turned around on women. You're not truly feminist if you don't feel like you can have sex at any moment. A guy can be like, 'Are you a prude? Are you really a feminist?' Then you have something to prove."

Recently, Mitski has gained more popularity due to her songs circulating on platforms such as TikTok and Tumblr. While this in itself isn't a problem, the result of this popularity is that her songs are often watered down and removed from the context of being from a woman of color to fit into a larger zeitgeist of yearning that caters more to white listeners. The song "Strawberry Blonde" even being used by some white women to show off their own blonde hair in an almost astounding moment of cognitive dissonance. Many women of color have worked against this by urging others to stop saying Mitski's music is for "white gays" or reducing her to a "feral woman sing[ing] about longing". This is not to say that Mitski's music relies solely on her experience as a Japanese-American woman but it insists that "in some love songs from an artist of color, understanding race is essential to understanding the relationship dynamics in the song", her songs are not about her race but many of them are the result of it.

Another appeal of Mitski's work is its devastatingly realistic approach to mental illness and feeling completely alone. While Mitski herself insists that she doesn't make music to make people cry and warns against using her as an "emotional vessel", many have come to take somebody listening to Mitski to mean that person is in emotional distress. Much of this is due to how her songs discuss subjects like isolation and suicide in a completely unglamorous way, unlike other depictions of these subjects in media. Her song "Last Words of a Shooting Star" off her 2014 album Bury Me at Makeout Creek could easily be seen as a suicidal person wishing for a clean death such as a plane crash, particularly with the lyrics "I always wanted to die clean and pretty / But I'd be too busy on working days / So I am relieved that the turbulence wasn't forecasted / I couldn't have changed anyways / I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy / Goodbye". The topic Mitski writes most about, however is loneliness. She speaks of the loneliness attached to "being a woman, or being an other — some kind of identity that has a lot of symbols attached to it" and the loneliness that comes with touring as well as her own past as a child who never learned to make friends due to her nomadic childhood.

The song that most plainly describes this loneliness is the song "Nobody" which opens with the clear-cut line "My God, I'm so lonely." "Nobody" is Mitski's most popular song to date, while it has been joked about by those who don't listen to Mitski for its chorus which is just the singer repeating the word 'Nobody' over and over, it is one of her rawest expressions of her mental state. The song came from a vacation Mitski took to Malaysia where she intended to take time to decompress but instead had an "existential crisis" over being "all alone in a country where no one [knew her]", the song forming itself from a semi-fugue state she experienced. This loneliness is reflected in its music video where Mitski finds herself in a surreal environment where she is surrounded by faceless people and entirely alone while she searches desperately for anything real, the video ending by pulling away to show the props on a sound stage. The video ends, Mitski's alone with cardboard people.

One facet of the singer-songwriters work that flows through each album is the fatigue she feels in the current state of Capitalism, where you are expected to constantly perform at your most productive, even at your own expense. Her earlier album, 2013's Retired from Sad, New Career in Business most clearly talks about her struggle to feel productive in her life, the track "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear" relays tensions between herself and her parents who struggle to accept her career path as a musician but still support her. The lyrics "so darling, play your violin / I know it's what you live for / Darling, play your violin / We will manage somehow" a clear reference to knowing that music is often not a stable career but hoping that somehow you'll be able to make it. The end track of "Class of 2013" circles back to this fear of failure as Mitski asks her mom if she's still young enough to dream. The name of the album itself even confronts this idea of giving up your dreams to fit better into adult life or 'Business', as Mitski states, "Your heart has to die in order to survive the world. It's such a horrible world.”

Even outside of her lyrics, Mitski regularly critiques the culture of millennial capitalism calling it a culture of "working and working and working...and then getting too sick to work". She has worked to counter this by not playing it safe to be more palatable to the music industry and refusing to strive for excessive luxury, saying that as long as she "can pay for my health insurance. [She] can eat. [She] can drink clean water. [She] can pay for a roof above my head", all she cares about is making music that she feels necessary for her to make. In her most defiant move, she's even sworn off touring indefinitely in 2019 because of her worries that her "my self-worth/identity will start depending too much on staying in the game". In a climate where so much of an adult's worth is based on how much they are producing, her choice to remain stationary is radical.

When I posted my Spotify Wrapped, I got jokes and lighthearted comments asking if I was okay, but I also got many who related with me. Many people who also had Mitski as their artist of the year and when I looked deeper into their accounts I kept seeing the same thing—women of color fighting for their rights, mentally ill people advocating to be heard, and weary adults calling for something to change. There has been indie artists before Mitski, there will be indie artists after her. But in this current climate an artist like Mitski who so confidently and so deliberately chooses to make the music she creates is an artist we so desperately need. So, if you have the time, grab a tissue box, open Spotify, and stan Mitski.

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nhatlynguyennln · 3 years

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HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOVEL AND MOVIE

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HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOVEL AND MOVIE

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOVEL AND MOVIE

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Following the resounding success of the 2001 animated classic Spirited Away, director Hayao Miyazaki continued to release a Japanese animated fantasy Howl’s moving castle. The film was inspired by the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones.

Most Studio Ghibli fans turn to the book after watching the movie. This caused a little disappointment, a bit of “disillusionment” for the ladies who put too many dreams into the handsome wizard Howl in the movie. Although both the novel and the movie revolve around the two main characters – Sophie and Howl, there are huge differences in the storyline and character construction that cause both the novel and the film to turn in two directions.

Stay tuned with ASK KPOP until the end of the video to see what made “romantic fiction” fans disillusioned with the difference between novels and movies Howl’s moving castle.

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Sophie Hatter, a girl born into a family of hat makers, does not believe that luck will come to her and she will do something great in her life. She decided she would spend the rest of her life looking after the hat shop her father left. But her life changes after being cursed by the Witch of the Waste, turning her into an old woman, and worse yet, she can’t tell anyone about it. Fearing that her family would no longer recognize her, Sophie set out to find a way to cure the curse, and then arrived at Wizard Howl’s castle. Since then there is a big difference between books and movies, especially the plot and character lines.

The difference in the story between the novel and the movie

Because the novel Howl’s moving castle was written for children by writer Diana Wynne Jones, these factors such as : magic ,humor, fantasy come first. The content of the novel mainly tells about Sophie’s journey to break the curse. In that journey, Sophie has discovered the true strength of herself and the good qualities of those around her. However, when it was adapted to the big screen, director Hayao Miyazaki incorporated many lofty messages about love, peace, and anti-war.

Throughout the movie, we see a fight break out between Ingary (the land of Howl and Sophie is in) and the neighboring country, whereas there is no fierce battle in the original novel.

The whole movie revolves around the theme of anti-war, and its true villain is the pointless war and cause the loss. However, the original story directs the reader towards Sophie’s journey to find herself, how Sophie realizes her worth, which is partly through the movie. Coming to the movie, you will experience the brutal combat scene, the dark battleships .As for the book, Howl has to confront the Witch of the Waste and her powerful fire demon. The two missions of the movie and the novel have different message stories with different audiences, both great stories with their own merits.

The difference in the character’s personality between the novel and the movie

The second most highlighted difference between the novel and the movie is the characters. The characters in the book and in the movie are transformed from the original. Some minor characters have been removed or merged together with other characters. Characters with significant changes include:

(Howl)

Howl in the movie is a perfect version, a “Prince Charming” with many advantages in personality: courteous, gentle, and also the hero of fighting to protect Sophie.If you are familiar with this Howl image then Please be mentally prepared before reading the novel of the same name. Real name’s Howl is Howell Jenkins, from Wales. It is mentioned in the book that the castle door leads to different places according to the color on the door, and the blackness opens into a dark night. However, the side when that black curtain was Wales in the 1980s, with modern equipment such as cars and computers . This is not mentioned in the movie.

In terms of personality, Howl in the novel is actually a “lady-killer” who flirts with so many beautiful ladies and any girl will not escape by him, until they fall in love with him, he leaves without leaving a trace. This was also the source of his trouble with the Witch of the Waste Throughout the novel, Howl spends most of his time dressing and grooming in order to win the hearts of beautiful girls, including her sister Sophie. The rest of the time, Howl sulked and acted like a child beside Sophie. Howl in the novel does not want to tie and always tries to avoid responsibility. But the more we read, the more we like Howl in the novel, because his personality is especially funny and witty. “I’m a coward. Only way I can do something this frightening is to tell myself I’m not doing it.” Throughout the novel, we see only a Howl chasing the girls, his words in the last chapter confuse readers and other characters: Howl is still searching and saving people from being lost from the Witch. Meanwhile, he tells himself “I’m not doing it”.

Howl in the movie gets rid of Howl’s flaws of the novel. Because the movie’s message is hind-minded about peace protection and anti-war, a heroic character is needed to be able to send the message to the audience. The hero in the movie is Howl, he is idealized in the film, becomes a hero fighting for peace, denouncing the destructive power of war. When the court asked Howl to go to war, Howl refused ,not for his cowardness. He knew from which side the war was coming from, then the end was like that for everyone, just bring pain only. However, at night, Howl quietly turns into a monster out to fight alone, fighting against planes and monsters that both sides release to tear each other up. It is an ideal, incredibly romantic image of a hero fighting evil, fighting for peace, and fighting for the things he loves. In the end, Howl in both the novel and movie has to face Howl’s problems and settle it.

(Sophie)

Sophie in the novel has red hair, stubborn, straightforward, and always seems angry after being cursed. She sees cleaning as a way to forget about the problem she is facing. She often talks to hats, clothes, objects around and this brings miracles, even life to them. Meanwhile, Sophie in the movie has brown hair and is much softer. She also knows how to control her emotions better, and she cleans out of order. However, Sophie in the movie has no magical powers. This is most noticeable in the part where Sophie meets Turnip-Head. Turnip-Head in the story is an inanimate scarecrow, but gets up and follows Sophie after hearing her talk. In the movie, Turnip-Head had life when Sophie met him. While the-story Sophie was very scared of Turnip Head and wanted to chase him many times, the Sophie-movie was friendly, even grateful to the Turnip-Head.

Sophie in the story has sent a message: “When we are young, let us go out and explore ourselves, we will find our power hidden and know what our strength is. and where is our limit. ” That is a very precious meaning that Sophie’s journey to find herself brings back.

(Author)

Author Diana Wynne Jones observed that Howl and Sophie on-screen seemed “softer and more noble than their characters in my book.” In the movie, we really liked how Howl became “lost” as he transformed into a giant crow in battles and gradually “couldn’t return.” Meanwhile, Sophie’s curse fades more and more as she becomes stronger to save Howl and to heal herself. These details are not included in the book. However, I also want to say that Howl and Sophie in the book seem more real and that the quarrel between the two is what makes me appreciate their feelings more; love each other and learn to accept each other’s imperfections.

(Witch)

She was once a charming, powerful woman. Howl in the novel once chased and abandoned her. Both the story and the movie show Howl once captured a shooting meteor and gave it his heart in exchange for power, which is Calcifer. However, the sorceress in the novel cursed Howl to complete a list of things to do and they slowly led Howl back to her hand. In the movie, the witch tries to cast a curse on Howl, but he easily removes it. In the end, she lost her magic and became a pitiful, harmless old woman.

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There are also some minor differences in the side characters. Sophie in the novel has two younger sisters, Lettie and Martha. Lettie is the younger sister sent to learn magic, and Martha is the assistant at the bakery. These two sisters exchanged looks and names in the beginning. Lettie is a huge support character in the series, even part 2 is present. However, the film only mentions Lettie – the sister at the bakery, and she can only say a sentence or two to Sophie and finish. Howl has an apprentice. In the book, he names Michael Fisher , a teenager. And, in the movie he names Markl , a boy. In the story, Suliman is the Royal Mage, male and missing. On screen, Suliman is a female magician who taught Howl before, and she is a bit mean.

Ending

“Howl’s Moving Castle” is a film with a stunning image and a beautiful European context, but it does not lose the Japanese culture, oriental styles of Ghibli. The good soundtrack both “The Promise With The World” and “Merry Go Round of Life” are great tunes but for us “Merry Go Round of Life” is still more beautiful, the scene of Howl holding Sophie’s hand , two people walking in the air together forever is a very beautiful, very romantic scene that is hard to describe in words.

Howl’s Moving Castle is not just a love story, a magical adventure and heart-fluttering romance, but also a story of growth and a journey to find oneself. Whether it’s a novel or a movie, the film’s meaningful message is expressed in tolerance, forgiveness after struggles, hatred, and curse. In addition, the extraordinary life energy of the people who have suffered many injuries in the film overcoming all the difficulties to achieve a happy destination is also the message that the filmmakers send to the audience.

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chucklestheechidona · 4 years

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Freedom Fighters - An Unceremonious Death

For the love of god let them die

Look, I like the Freedom Fighters. More the reboot than the preboot, they have less baggage, but still, I respect what they did. But if you’ve read my other dumb things you also know I think Red Dwarf USA had a real chance of working, so maybe I’m just insane.

Either way, this whole Rally For Sally business has been going around and disturbing the usual culprits from their dens and I feel I should say something.

“The American Canon“

This is a stupid sentence and yet thrown around as you like. There is no American canon, there is just “The Canon” and “Non-canon.” Believe it or not, the people who make the product get to decide what’s done with it and what is canon.

If you made something and then in France they made an entirely different story with concepts and themes you didn’t want to explore, you’d be hesitant about including or acknowledging it. Same with Sega of Japan.

But then why did Sega allow this to be made?

Well, I think this needs a tad bit of history behind it.

We’re going to the 90′s

Denim was in, the future was here, everything in 2000′s would be chrome and the Y2k bug was on the horizon.

Ohno

But Sega of Japan had an issue. Their arcade machines were selling like nobody’s business but they wanted that sweet console piece of the pie, but had no winning mascot. Alex Kidd, unfortunately, wasn’t moving as many consoles as they had hoped, god knows not enough to rival Mario.

They needed something cool, something different, somethi- It’s Sonic. You know it is, I know it is, I ain’t dragging this on.

It did well enough in Japan, but Sega was focusing on international markets with this game. It had a somewhat universal design, helped by the basis being Felix and Mickey Mouse which were popular around the world, with catchy songs based on both Japanese and American releases from the past.

It was going to be a hit.

Or... was it?

Did they need to do more?

Well, Sega doesn’t just have Sega of Japan. It had SOE and SOA as well. Europe and America respectively. Others too I’m sure but my memory’s off.

SoA and SoJ had a somewhat shaky relationship with each other, but then again, so did other companies back then. It was a new foray into public relations. Japan built the consoles that actually sold, America had to sell them, but there was a big gap between the countries, how things were interpreted, different values, and let’s not forget, American pride and greed.

AMERICA in the 90′s

SOJ needed this thing to sell big. Sonic was going to be a global success if they could help it. And let’s be honest, it was.

America had it’s own plans on what Sonic should be, and SOJ actually listened to some of them. Madeline Schroeder, product manager at the time for Sega in the US, actually went to Japan to say what she thought Sonic would be. As of this, they removed Madonna and Sonic’s tie-in with a band, as well as changing certain design traits in the US because “Sonic looked too Japanese.“

And then had the gall to call herself the “Mother Of Sonic”

Again, in a world where shitting on other people’s culture is a big no-no, and for good reason, how that managed to be fine is insane.

It’s a Japanese fucking product, Madeline.

Alongside this, as SOA hadn’t had much access to the Japanese backstories (although, the manuals should have been fine enough), when it came to marketing the games as an ongoing story (and ready in time for the cartoons they wanted to push) SOA made their own Sonic Bible, for use outside of non-Japanese territories.

This would have the seeds of what most people know, Freedom Fighters, Eggman once being good, Sonic being part of the good fight, etc.

[Astoundingly, when they made the cartoons and everything, Fleetway would be the one to actually stick closer to this than Archie/Satam/Underground/Aosth ever did so who’s talking about canon now huh]

Japan didn’t really notice nor take heed. One could make a good case for their complete obliviousness to what SOA was doing. You can tell because absolutely nothing from the bible/comics/magazine ever appeared in a Japanese Sonic game. Spinball was Sega Technical Institute, an American Division. Not Sega of Japan.

On top of this, as I see a bunch of people who go “Sega is disrespecting the American canon”, interesting fact. In Europe and Japan, the manual for Sonic CD clearly states Amy Rose is in the game. Sega of America actually edited this to say Sally, despite not going through and changing the sprites. If that’s not disrespect towards the creators of the games I don’t know what is.

The Canon

The problem I find with this is that, let’s be honest, if we had to look at this from an objective viewpoint:

Japan released a game.

America sought to profit off it, but didn’t like it was very much Japanese, not American.

They changed the story to be more American themed, changed the art design to look more American drawn, and ignored the Japanese additions to the games by editing out the Japanese characters in the manuals.

Because they wanted to profit off a different culture’s work by changing it wholesale so it didn’t resemble the culture it came from.

Nothing about SatAm’s premise or creation says anything about the original material it came from, just heavily adapted without any input from it’s creators to resemble a more American product.

You know how Japan saw Sonic?

This cute lad who acted more like a cartoon Felix the Cat type figure.

Now I get it, especially in the 90′s, everyone was localising. The markets weren’t as much the same, god knows they gave Ratchet attack eyebrows to be appealing etc.

But this was so anti-Japanese that the fact they were profiting at all from a Japanese product is insane.

Adventure

Back in Japan in the 90′s, they didn’t really have much of an idea what they were doing with the canon. They had plans but they seemed to be not as stable as they would have liked. The amount of games they were pumping out with different Eggman attacks and characters and if the GG games fit in with the MD games-

They needed something a bit more stable.

So when it was their time for their biggest game yet, they started to reign things in. In Japan. In Europe.

In America.

Sonic Adventure would be the basis for the stories for the next decade or so, with some revisions on what came before, what was mainline, what have you.

At this point, SOA’s cartoons had all died and the only thing remaining in the Sonic canon from that time was the Archie comic, still ongoing. But yet America still pulled this stuff off.

In the original script, Eggman is still Eggman. None of this “I AM DOCTOR ROBOTNIK, GENIUS OF THE WORLD” schtick.

No changing the manuals this time at least, so they’re getting better.

Over time, the only surviving things to come out of the canon, which Sega was nice enough to do considering, was

- Chilli-dogs - I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG - Robotnik being Maria’s surname

Didn’t you have something to say about the Freedom Fighters?

Why yes I do.

So, the Freedom Fighters for me, as much as I like them as , represent an American centrism. Not only was America not a Sega dominated market, for Nintendo did better and Europe was buying Sega consoles like candy, but the characters and show weren’t that popular outside the country anyway.

Ask someone in Europe in the 90′s who Sally Acorn was and unless they had access to a specific channel they wouldn’t have the first idea. Amy Rose, for sure, she was in the games.

I didn’t know who Sally was until Mega Collection Plus came out, and the UK STILL manages to get Sonic games in the top of the charts when they come out.

Aosth was shown more abroad with more appeal, the comics weren’t sold internationally, let alone in Japan.

To be all “But these characters cemented the Western fanbase” is mental.

The comics sold somewhere in the tens of thousands in their hey-day. At the same time, Sonic games were selling millions. The comic and show are so old that unless you were part of the 20,000 buying the comics recently or pirated them, you don’t even know who they are.

Fleetway was the only Sonic comic we got in the UK, and there’s more fans that have grown up with Sonic Adventure being the basis which had absolutely no inspiration from the Western products.

These characters are relics of America taking the mick out of a Japanese product in order to make more money and produce shows.

To say they’ve made a big impact on Sonic in the world is really stretching it.

F.A.Q

But you said you liked the FF’s!

I do, but in the same way I like AU’s. It was interesting, of it’s time and it said a lot about the culture it was made in. Like, comparable to Tails gets Trolled or Fleetway

B-but I really like the FF’s!

Good for you, don’t let me stop you. Again, I like a bunch of the stories.

Are you a Japanese purist?

Fleetway is cool and I liked the Boom show, and I liked Robotnik better than Eggman as a name.

I heard that some Japanese fans actually liked the FF’s though...

And more power to them. Again, Red Dwarf USA does a lot to shit on what made the UK version so good but I respect what it tried to do. Again, even I like the FF’s to an extent.

Why did you write this all out?

Seeing all this Rally for Sally has brought out all the insane people who shout at SOJ for being gits for not respecting the American canon despite the American canon being born from a disrespect to the Japanese creators.

What about IDW?

Ironically I actually liked Reboot more but also I was younger when I read them.

What do you think of Tangle and Whisper getting in?

I need to read more of IDW but they’re good enough. As for getting in the games, these designs were vetted and passed through SOJ first and the comic is overseen by them. On top of this, T+W don’t come from a place of SOA taking the mick.

But Sega has used these characters before and ESTABLISHED this as canon why are they changing it now-

I see this a lot, usually with certain people. Dobson’s a good example of why this is stupid. When the Japanese revert changes made to characters like Mario/Zelda/Samus by the West, they didn’t radically change their personalities, they just reset them to what Japan intended.

Japan never intended for the FF’s, the three heavily contrasting cartoons and Knuckles is Jesus Christ Superstar.

They just reverted him back to the sole guy on Angel Island.

Do you think Sally should get in to Sonic Dash?

No more than I think Tekno or Sonia does. They’re old, irrelevant, gone. If they do get brought in for a cameo I’d be happy enough, I like dumb nods to non-canon things.

However, there are crazy people out there and you give them an inch and they’ll take a mile. Best to leave it.

Hotel?

#Sonic the hedgehog #Freedom Fighters #Sally Acorn #Rally4Sally #America #Japan #Hotel?#Trivago

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kicksaddictny · 4 years

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Jordan Brand x Union collection

According to Nike

For Chris Gibbs, owner of UNION LA, basketball culture has a linear line and organic flow into streetwear. “Jordan is historically a sports brand, but streetwear always takes from the communities and cultures that we are inspired by, and we make it new within our culture,” Gibbs says.

The latest round of the ongoing Jordan Brand and UNION collaboration sees that train of thought through. It acknowledges the feeling and emotion of Jordan beyond the arena, continuing an effort to capture a holistic view of the late ’80s and early ’90s defined equally by advertising, music, street style and, yes, a few magic competitive moments.

With the Air Jordan IV as starting point, Gibbs guides a collection that highlights fabrication and material. The apparel pushes ubiquitous sportswear forms to new places.

“One of the things that helped me evolve in streetwear was when I was introduced to Japanese streetwear. That's when I saw people thinking about fabric qualities and different shaped bodies to illicit a certain point of view," says Gibbs. "That's the lens that I want to look through — the attention to detail and to different fabrications."

A coaches’ jacket and track pant transform into an elegant leisure suit. The related shorts channel a basketball sensibility, but with a more formal drape. Muting traditional collegiate colors — reds, blues and blacks — gives the collection a refined subtlety.

This is not to say there are not overt nods to the inherent boldness of the ’80s. Gibbs pays homage to the graphics of that era in an assortment of T-shirts that carry new and interesting ways of working with images. "I'm a big fan of big graphics going on the back. That's just me. You're going to see that a lot," he says.

Rich suede and meshes cover the three footwear styles (inclusive of two colorways of the IV, a Jordan Zoom 92 and the introduction of a Jordan Delta Mid).

Similar to the apparel, the IV evolves with subtle tweaks to material and shape. The suedes and meshes remain but are given new depth and dimension. Gibbs shifts an element of the vamp to more overtly frame the toebox. The hallmark Wings are slightly reimagined. And then there's a noticeable, even dramatic, reimagining of the tongue.

"With the IV — maybe it's the angle of my ankle — but I had a problem with the way the tongue hit my shin," says Gibbs. "When I was younger, I'd often fold it over and tie it down. I wanted to shorten the tongue. But, I am a fan of collaboration and compromise. So we decided to fold over the tongue and stitch it down, allowing for easy removal to reveal the traditional tongue."

The other two shoes, both new to the Jordan lineage, are chosen for the emotion each provokes. Gibbs is a massive fan of the Delta's sole geometry, and the UNION design pulls in the materials and colors of the IV to make the overall silhouette pop appropriately.

Meanwhile in the Zoom 92, he found an irresistible articulation of Jordan history. "The Zoom 92 is a potpourri of past Jordan and Nike designs," he says. "I love how it all came together."

The release of the collection also allows Gibbs opportunity to reflect on the role of streetwear as a boost to community.

"There's an old saying, 'I want to be part of the solution, not the pollution.' I recognize the place of privilege of having this collaboration. I wanted to see what I could do to bring new awareness to our current challenges," says Gibbs. "It is daunting to get involved. It was scary for me. But I have decided to think globally and act locally to help start change and be a call to action for those around me."

The Jordan Brand x Union collection will be available at Union doors and Union's online store on August 29. A broader launch will occur September 30 via jordan.com and select Jordan Brand and partner retail stores around the world.

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IkeSenNet OC Event (1)

IM LATE but its still today so im good

i made moodboards and i have more info for my children

for those of you who don’t know, i have 2 ocs in the ikesen universe: Asa and Jiwoo!

I know I’ve already introduced them both, but they have evolved since I’ve shared information about them! (I’ll leave up the old posts, but will remove them from my masterlist) ((minor tw for mention of self harm in asa’s bio))

Birth name: Ana Minodora Roşu*

Goes by: Asa Vermillion (roşu means red in Romanian)

Star sign: Virgo

Physical

Age (when blipped back): 23

Height: 5ft 5

Body shape: Endomorph (thICc, hour-glass)

Eye color: Hazel green (left), brown (right)

Skin tone: Pale child

Hair: Platinum blonde, wears loose (above her shoulders) or will tie back, has bangs

Scars: under lip from when she fell off of a swing, self harm scars on her chest and right arm

History

Asa (born Ana, changed upon moving to Japan) Vermillion was born in Romania in and emigrated to the States while she was a few months old. It was always hard for her to adjust as Asa was often excluded from groups. She had a lonely childhood and struggled with body image in middle school and high school. Her relationship with her parents is tight, and was verbally/emotionally abused until she left for college.

Despite leaving her self harm habits behind, Asa still had a hard time fitting in and finding her place. When she had the opportunity to travel to Japan, she jumped at the offer to see new things.

In Japan, Asa met Jiwoo and made friends at the laboratory she interned in – she fell in love with the country and her work there, so after college, she accepted an internship with the company.

Education: Completed college at Princeton, now working in Japan to further explore her love for chemical physics

Things that haunt her

~ Death/dying – is prone to overthinking about the world (string theory, subatomic particles, big bang, existence itself, etc) and results in panic attacks

~ Her ex-girlfriend – was in a bad state of mind when they got together and let herself get walked on. Only recently left the relationship and is worried that her ex will stalk her

~ Not being good enough – Asa is a people pleaser and will try to show off a bit to look good/appreciated. Simply a conditioned response to living with her parents, but is easily influenced by what other people think of her.

Things she’d never tell a soul

~ Continues to beat herself up mentally and only lets up after going to Sengoku (has other things to focus on)

~ Stole a toy from a girl in daycare one time and felt so guilty about it that she got the girl a new set

~ Likes to fantasize about being skinny / beautiful like a model

Personality

~ Outwardly shy to new people, easily trusting, opens up to friends and can be very bubbly, likes to make jokes, is easy to talk to, not good at comforting / would rather give advice, hates lying

~ Can be very stubborn, lingers on things more than she should, hates being wrong, puts off things / procrastinates

Likes and dislikes

Favourite colour: anything pastel

Favourite food: donuts, dumplings

Least favourite: brussel sprouts, raw fish, yogurt

Spicy food: No she is weak

Favourite smell: Citrus, cinnamon

Hopes for the future

Pre-Sengoku, Asa wants to accomplish something major – write a book or find a major discovery in the science field – anything that would solidify her name so that she is remembered. It is a silly thing, but she wants to be celebrated or to at least get back at her parents with her accomplishments.

Post-Sengoku, Asa still wants to write and discover more, but she also wants to have a family (husband(s) and children). She loves the idea of having good friends and family, but is shy to suggest it.

Relationships

Parents: Crina Vermillion (mother), Mihai Vermillion (father)

Siblings: None

Children: Etsuko Vermillion*, Ruxandra (Roxie) Tokugawa, Kokuro (Koku) Tokugawa, Luca Vermillion*

Current Partner(s): Kennyo, Ieyasu Tokugawa

Friends: Jiwoo Shin, Sonya Tsvetayeva ( @caitea-ward‘s oc), Kaida Gates ( @mexicancarolina‘s oc), Ieyasu, Shingen, Mitsunari

Pet: cat named Michi

Unrequited love: well it was ieyasu but then i made it a poly :)

Enemies: none (at the moment)

*Asa x Kennyo children take Asa’s last name

Birth name: Jiwoo Shin

Goes by: Jiwoo Shin

Meaning of name: jiwoo has a lot of meanings will/purpose + universe

Star sign: Gemeni

Physical

Age (when blipped back): 24

Height: 5ft 5

Body shape: Ectomorph (hourglass, skinny, doesnt have much assets-wise)

Eye color: Amber

Skin tone: In between pale and tan

Hair: long black hair, usually wears it down

Scars: one on her foot from stepping on coral as a child, (post Sengoku) is sliced across the collarbone

History

Jiwoo is born to a rich Korean family – basically think Crazy Rich Asians. She is thrown into the spotlight at a young age and her parents use her to gain public attention because she is a very cute toddler. Because of the age gap between her brothers and her, they pay little attention to Jiwoo. However, she receives a good education. Jiwoo starts to slip in high school though, and claims that she can do whatever she wants with her parents’ help.

They do not approve of her love for fashion, makeup, and filming, so they send her to Japan to try an internship (where she meets Asa. She also falls in love with the country and culture, drawing inspiration from the sights to influence what she wants to do with her life. Jiwoo decides to do fashion and modeling on the side and to pursue a hotel license.

Education: Completed highschool and is planning on returning to college

Things that haunt her

~ Her brothers’ girlfriends would comment rude things about her, hurting her image and making her question how she looks

~ Post Sengoku: teasing Sonya too much – she realizes that she is just as catty as the rest of her extended family and hates that

Things she’d never tell a soul

~ Isn’t a virgin anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

~ Secretly is jealous of Asa because of how smart she is. Jiwoo will never understand science or math the way Asa does

~ Splurges on clothes and has maxed out her cards before

Personality

~ Quite extroverted, likes to overshare (but has good intentions), will protect her friends fiercely, sexual innuendos queen

~ Is quick to judge people, can be catty, has the tendency to over-tease and upset people, might give unwanted advice

Likes and dislikes

Favourite colour: any shade of pink

Favourite food: alcoholic things

Least favourite: kale

Spicy food: YES

Favourite smell: Blossom

Hopes for the future

Pre-Sengoku, Jiwoo is still a bit unsure what she wants. She wishes to help her cousin in running a upscale hotel chain in Korea, but also wants to pursue fashion and film.

Post-Sengoku, ... well she comes back pregnant so.... She wants to raise her children right and give them the best life possible. Deep down, she’d do anything for them, even if it means sacrificing her own dreams.

Relationships

Parents: Mi-Cha Shin (mother), Jiae Vermillion (father)

Siblings: Jihyun Shin (32), Jinsol Shin (29)

Children: Jihwan Mori, Jihun Mori

Current Partner(s): Motonari Mori

Friends: Asa Vermillsion, Sonya Tsvetayeva ( @caitea-ward‘s oc), Kaida Gates ( @mexicancarolina‘s oc), Kenshin, Shingen, Mitsuhide

Pet: (gifted by Motonari) two drawf Japanese flying squirrels named Bomi and Hae

Unrequited love: Kenshin

Enemies: hopefully not you

*Jiwoo keeps her maiden name after marrying Motonari

#ikesen oc #ikesen #my ocs #event #im tired now okay goodnight

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For the dashboard osmosis thing...avatar the last airbender?

(This is an ask meme where I try to describe a franchise I’ve never seen based on “dashboard osmosis,” i.e. what I’ve learned of it from fandom.)

Avatar: the last Airbender is an American cartoon series with Japanese-anime-influenced design. It is set in a medieval fantasy world. I have not seen any of the cartoon, but I have seen the ten-minute long “Best of” Rifftrax spoof of the M. Night Shyamalan movie on YouTube. Rifftrax is where the guys who did Mystery Science Theater 3000 create an audio track making fun of a movie, and you play it while watching the movie. I used to really like MST3K as a little kid, but Rifftrax doesn’t age well.

Actually, based on this I think I can talk about Avatar REALLY well. I bet this is going to be such a good Avatar post. Everyone will be really impressed by my knowledge of Avatar. They’ll probably think I’m very good at meta.

There are four nations, that live in harmony until the Fire Nation attacks. See? That right there is Avatar.

The nations are water, which is populated by Inuit(?) inspired character designs; Earth, which is based on China; Air, which is possibly Tibet; and Fire, which I think draws on the aesthetic of India. People born into those nations can have the power to manipulate that element, which is called “bending.” Once in a while someone is reincarnated, like the Dalai Lama, who can bend all four, and they are called the Avatar.

Impressive, huh? Watch this! I can even do the plot and the characters. Hold my beer.

So a smart girl from the Water Nation (Lucy) and her doofy brother (Sokka) are going for your usual amble across a glacier, when they come upon a corpse frozen into the ice. This may sound like any normal Canadian walk to school but in THIS case, when they remove the corpse, it turns out to be AN ALIVE BOY who was somehow frozen alive!!!

He is a small bald boy with a blue arrow on his head. His name is Aang and he is the Avatar. The blue arrow is never explained. In fact, M Night Shyamalan interpreted it as not a bright chalk-blue arrow, but a weird collection of black squiggles in a vague arrow shape. M Night Shyamalan is a coward.

Anyway, the blue arrow may be a brilliant makeup choice to Accentuate Your Best Feature. Aang has enormous eyeballs, so maybe he wants everyone to look at them and thus distract attention from his ears. Or perhaps he feels that he has an oddly shaped chin.

Anyway, he wakes up and starts running about, going “I must go home!” And Lucy and her brother take him to possibly Tibet, or some Himalayan-based aesthetic, please forgive me, I haven’t seen the show. Unfortunately, everyone in possibly-Tibet is dead. It’s entirely possible that they have been dead for ten THOUSAND years. I actually don’t know. They’re all very much dead at this point though.

Oh my god! I bet the Fire Nation did it!

Those bastards!!

And then they have to go… do something else. The General idea is that Aang needs to be trained in bending all of the elements, so they have to go to all of the places. So Lucy organises some kind of Road trip to visit every nation, and I believe Sokka briefly dates the Moon. They meet a visually-impaired small girl in the Earth nation called Toph, and they acquire a flying caterpillar-dog called… Apnea? Like a Great Pyrenees that can float. Which is quite useful because then they can probably fly from place to place instead of walking.

Also, Aang jumps off cliffs with a kite to hold him up. All the time. You can’t stop him. I think Lucy would try, because she’s sensible. “Aang,” she would say, “let me at least tie a piece of string to you. Let me at least reel you in, if you must be a kite - reel you in like some kind of skyfish.” But no, Aang will NOT be tamed, he must ride the thermals - where are the adults in this? Like, I appreciate that he is an airbender and he has Powers to hold him up, but like, he’s also about 9 years old. He doesn’t have all his teeth yet. Lucy must be the most stressed character in the whole fictional universe. I mean if the fate of the current world depended on a 9 year old with a predilection for throwing himself off cliffs with a kite, I would tie a piece of string to him. “No offence, kid, you’re a great kite, but I was kind of hoping to have a future?”

There is also a Cabbages Man and his cabbages, which are frequently overturned.

They are pursued this whole time by a sort of Goth child with a scarred face from the Fire Nation. I feel like I would know his name if I saw it again, but I am reaching for it, and all I am finding is Kylo. I am opening every drawer in the backwater cupboards of my memory and I just find Kylo. Now, the problem here is that I feel (based on some kind of osmosis) that I actually quite like Fire Nation Kylo. I have no idea what he does or sounds like but I feel like I support him. While the brief experience of the Star war Kylo that I got, didn’t so much make my skin crawl as it made my skin bolt, like my skin attempted to launch itself off the sinning meat of my body and fling itself into another room, but it’s anchored all over, so he just made my skin ripple. Like a horse twitching flies. I made a lot of weird faces watching that movie. So I’m going to call this Kylo “Scruffy Dave.” I can’t go any farther with this if his name is Kylo, even if it is, which I’m sure it isn’t.

I don’t know why Scruffy Dave is pursuing a bunch of other children all over Asia. I believe it is to do with “honour,” but he’s like 12. I remember being 12 and horribly conscious of my dignity, sensitive to all kinds of perceived slights, but I don’t think I would pursue the offenders as far as Fantasy Outer Mongolia. Maybe, like, Fantasy Next Town over. So I suspect there’s more plot to it than that. Scruffy Dave-O has an uncle called Uncle Iroh who likes tea. Uncle Iroh is cute, but useless. As the only adult in the show, you’d think he would say things like “Little Scruff, let’s find some fucking chill here. Let’s go on a quest to restore your missing chill.” But no, the cavalcade of fuckups tumbles all over creation, instead, overturning cabbages.

I’m handwaving here. I assume more adventures are involved. Give me back my beer for a sec. I’m going to need both hands free for the handwaving finale.

So Scruffy Davoh and his inadequate babysitter catch up with Lucy’s herd of children and I believe they have some kind of battle, at the end of which, Scruffy Davenport converts to Aang’s side and has a redemption arc! I believe it is a good one.

But there’s a lot of plot after this? So I assume that the new bad guy is the Fire Nation. I think they all team up to attack the Fire Nation.

Oh wait! Aang must be the last airbender because the show is called “Avatar: the last airbender.” Maybe that’s what changed when the Fire Nation attacked. They got rid of all the airbenders. I think airbender would be a good name for a salamander. Like a hellbender crossed with a nice feathery axolotl. But how did the Fire Nation get away with that? Was it 1000 years ago? Why was it ok for them to destabilise an element-based continent like that. How did Aang get in a glacier. I don’t care to find out.

They are all underage children. I think it’s important to stress that they are all underage children, and I am vexed and pained by their unsupervised shenanigans. Why didn’t somebody sort this out earlier.

So that is the plot. Then eventually they all die of old age, and it’s time for Legend of Korra, which is the same show but everyone is an adult and gay, and it’s somehow the 1920s. Korra has basically reinvented bi culture and saved us all, as well as providing us with feudal lord/handmaiden jokes. I haven’t seen that show either, but that’s the gist of it.

Also, I think Lucy’s name might be Katara. But it only just came to me now.

Did I mention, I think Sokka dates the moon? I’m really not clear on this. And I think Toph owns a haunted squirrel. That might be important too.

Here, finish this beer for me, I can’t, I’m still breastfeeding.

I also believe, but cannot cite evidence, that there is no war in Ba Sing Se.

#dashboard osmosis #long post #long post warning

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HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, SỰ KHÁC NHAU GIỮA TIỂU THUYẾT VÀ PHIM

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HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, SỰ KHÁC NHAU GIỮA TIỂU THUYẾT VÀ PHIM

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOVEL AND MOVIE

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Stay tuned with ASK KPOP until the end of the video to see what made “romantic fiction” fans disillusioned with the difference between novels and movies Howl’s moving castle.

Body

The difference in the story between the novel and the movie

Throughout the movie, we see a fight break out between Ingary (the land of Howl and Sophie is in) and the neighboring country, whereas there is no fierce battle in the original novel.

The difference in the character’s personality between the novel and the movie

(Howl)

(Sophie)

(Author)

(Witch)

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#HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

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15 Best Women’s Watches Under $100 You Can Buy

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15 Best Women’s Watches Under $100 You Can Buy

15 Best Women’s Watches Under $100 You Can Buy Ivanna Quilley Hyderabd040-395603080 January 28, 2020

We live in a modern digital age where almost everything can be done on a phone, tablet, or laptop. You no longer need to wear a watch to know the time; however, a watch is a timeless accessory that truly never goes out of style. Wearing a watch on your wrist can make a mediocre outfit look sophisticated. It is the icing on the cake and is something all women must own. The good news is that you can get a glamorous watch without the added weight of a hefty price tag. For under $100 you can buy a watch that is as stylish as luxury watches. We have put together a list of watches that you can buy for under $100. These are just as trendy and chic as the luxury ones but won’t burn a hole in your wallet!

1. Timex Women’s Easy Reader Date Expansion Band Watch

Every woman needs a classic watch every now and then. Well, the Timex Easy Reader Band Watches for women go well with office and evening wear. If you have a small wrist, then you’re in luck as this watch is specially designed for them. It will subtly complement your outfit without overpowering it.

Key Features:

Expansion band clasp

Round, white dial

Two-toned band

Water-resistant

2. Michael Kors Women’s Stainless Steel Quartz Watch with Leather Calfskin Strap

This watch is designed for your inner glam queen. Available in several colors, they are easy to pair with your #OOTD. With its large sunray dial and sticky indexes, it truly does make quite a statement. It can be paired with casual day-time outfits or used to spice up a sultry evening gown.

Key Features:

Tang buckle clasp

Round dial

Leather band

3. Fossil Women’s Riley Stainless Steel Multifunction Glitz Quartz Watch

Functional yet glamorous, this watch is a notch above the rest and a timeless masterpiece. It has a luminous 3-hand analog display that is lined with delicate crystal detailing. If you’re looking to buy a luxurious watch but want to spend wisely, then this watch is a steal.

Key Features:

Has a calendar

Has 3 separate dials

Multi-functional with stopwatch functionality

Water-resistant

4. Citizen Women’s Quartz Silver-Tone Watch

If you’re looking for a watch that exudes elegance and simplicity, then this silver-tone watch is the one for you. It’s minimalist design and functionality coalesce to form a fashion statement that will never go out of style. The watch and body are made from stainless steel and it runs by Japanese Quartz movement. It is water resistant and functional.

Key Features:

Made from stainless steel

Sunray dial with luminous hands

Minute marker around the rim

Has a fold-over clasp

5. Invicta Women’s Mako Pro Diver Quartz

This watch gives a nostalgic nod to classic nautical timepieces. Run by Japanese quartz movement this watch has a protective anti-reflective mineral crystal dial window. With its stainless steel construction, it is water-resistant. Dive into the cool summer waters with no worries as this watch has been designed for swimmers and divers.

Key Features:

It has a water-resistant rate of 330 feet

The band is made from stainless steel

Has a protective anti-reflective mineral crystal dial window

Attractive two-tone design

6. Casio Women’s Shock-Resistant Multi-Function Digital Watch

This sporty digital watch is multi-functional, water-resistant, and sharply designed using cutting-edge technology. It is shockproof and has a backlight with afterglow. It has a resin band with buckle closure. The best part of this watch is that it has a 1/100-second stopwatch, countdown timer, 12/24-hour formats, and mute function. If you’re looking for a watch that is dependable and functional, then this sleek watch is the one for you.

Key Features:

1/100-second stopwatch, countdown timer, 12/24-hour formats, and mute function

Water-resistant

Shockproof

7. Anne Klein Women’s Bangle Watch and Swarovski Crystal Bracelet Set

This watch is all about the glitz and glam. It comes with bracelets that you can use to layer up with or wear plain for an elegant yet sophisticated look. It has a three-hand analog display and a round dial. It is splash-resistant and can be removed and put on by opening the clasp.The bangle is accentuated with 36 Swarovski crystals.

Key Features:

Three-hand analog display with quartz movement

Has a round dial

Splash resistant

Comes with three bangles that have a clasp closure

8. GUESS Rose Gold-Tone Iconic Navy Silicone Watch

GUESS watches are amongst the most recognized in the world, and we can see why. This two-toned watch is unlike any other. The color combination of the watch will ensure it makes quite a fashion statement and is bound to win you a lot of compliments. This watch has a navy silicone strap that can be adjusted with the buckle closure. It is water and scratch resistant. If you’re looking for the glitz and glam, then this is the watch for you.

Key Features:

Navy silicone strap with adjustable buckle closure

Three-hand analog display with quartz movement

Water-resistant

9. G-Shock Women’s GMA-S120MF-7A1CR

Spice up your casual outfits by adding this watch to your collection. Men, women, and teens can all rock this spunky and cool watch. It is comfortable and made of high-quality material. This watch is perfect to throw on if you have a long day ahead. The watch is magnetic and shock resistant. It has a battery that will last for 10 years and an alarm. It is functional, dependable, and comfortable. It truly is everything a girl would want.

Key Features:

Is magnetic and shock-resistant

Has a 10-year battery life

200M water resistant

Comes with Auto LED lighting with afterglow

10. Armitron Women’s Swarovski Crystal-Accented Watch and Bracelet Set

This watch comes in gold and rose gold. It has Swarovski crystal beads set around the rim. The set comes with a gold-toned bracelet that is also accentuated with Swarovski crystals and has a jewelry clasp closure. It has an analog display and is water-resistant. This fashionable timepiece is functional and glamorous.

Key Features:

24 mm metal case with mineral dial window

Japanese quartz movement with analog display

Available in gold and rose gold

Has inset Swarovski crystals at bezel

11. BUREI Women’s Elegant Analog Quartz Wrist Watches

This Swiss-inspired watch is a classic. It has a ceramic band, mineral lens, and stainless steel case. With the ultra-precise Japanese quartz movement, this watch looks sleek and professional. The band is also accentuated with crystals and can be adjusted for a better fit to complement your evening dress perfectly.

Key Features:

Has a ceramic band

Is hypoallergenic

Has mineral lens and a stainless steel case

Scratch and water-resistant

12. Tommy Hilfiger Women’s Watch

This watch has a peppy champagne-colored strap that is versatile and can be easily paired with casual or work clothes. Made from stainless steel, it has a leather calfskin strap and a silver-white sunray dial. The tang buckle of the watch makes it easy to put on and remove. It is perfect for people with smaller wrists and can be worn any day of the week.

Key Features:

Has an analog display

Water-resistant upto 100 feet

The durable mineral protects the watch from scratches

13. Skagen Women’s Anita Quartz Watch

Inspired by Danish design and culture, this watch embodies modern and playful energy. The stainless steel mesh design of the strap sets it apart from other watches. The regal blue dial of the watch perfectly complements the silver strap making it look sophisticated. It is water-resistant and can withstand splashes and even brief immersions in the water.

Key Features:

Band size is 12 millimeters

3-hand analog display

Arabic numerals at 12 and crystal hour marks

Stainless steel mesh band

14. Seiko Women’s Stainless Steel Watch

This gold-tone watch features a white rectangular dial and a cross-embossed black leather band that has a buckle closure. It is a timeless masterpiece that’s run by a Japanese quartz movement. The dial has black roman numerical indices that look elegant and vintage.

Key Features:

Rectangular gold-tone watch

Textured white dial

Black Roman numeral indices

15. Nine West Women’s Strap Watch

This trendy timepiece is modern and exquisite. Its minimalistic design makes it versatile and can be worn with any outfit. The gray strap of the watch has a buckle closure. It has a domed mineral crystal lens and matt dial with rose gold-toned hands. It is not water-resistant, so be wary if you’re going anywhere near water. This classy slim watch is easy to style and will not overpower your outfit.

Key Features:

Analog display

Tang buckle clasp

Matte dial with rose-toned hands

These are some of the best watches you can get for under $100. They have been trending for quite some time now and will tie together your outfit. They will look great on your wrist but won’t burn a hole in your wallet.

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Top 10 Emerging Fashion Brands 2017 Despite 2017’s spate of ultra-hyped brands, the most exciting emerging names this year built awareness by fostering quality output, original design concepts and placing themselves among the right crowd. Rather than following predetermined formulas, these brands forged new paths, bringing original voices to the fashion echo chamber. In no particular ranked order, here are 10 of 2017's best emerging brands. 01 032c 01 032c As a magazine, 032c leads the wave of progressive, modern fashion tomes, featuring industry icons like Raf Simons alongside newcomers like ALYX. Its accompanying collection of merchandise, designed by Maria Koch, was equally trailblazing; since kicking off in 2016, the apparel and accessories lines have become a hot commodity. It’s stocked by SSENSE, redesigned in collaboration with Stüssy and imitated by a wave of other media outlets, which have also started to issue their own in-house merch lines. 032c clothing is generally straightforward -- imagery, slogans and branding is repurposed across a range of graphic T-shirts and hoodies. Its simplicity is effective; Koch affirmed in an interview with SSENSE this year that when designing the brand’s graphic goods, "we just try to make them very attractive, hardcore and sexy." The outcome makes for immediately effective, highly collectible wearables not too far removed from the likes of Supreme and Richardson. 2018 will likely only see the brand’s influence spread. 02 SOME WARE Some Ware Cali Thornhill DeWitt launched Some Ware with Brendan Fowler in 2016 after working with Kanye West on The Life of Pablo merchandise. The pair’s collaborative line serves as a vehicle for their in-demand artwork, emblazoning bold graphics across ranges of organic cotton, USA-made T-shirts and accessories. Utilizing a unique cataloging system, the brand grants each product (including its events and Tumblr page) a specific number, signifying that each release is unique and also that each undertaking serves the brand’s greater purpose. This year, Some Ware maintained a consistent flow of desirable gear, leading up to the label’s debut showing in Paris and a buzzy LA pop-up. The brand’s emphasis on community and DIY expression ensures that Some Ware will continue furthering its artistic vision for years to come, whether it breaks into the mainstream or not. 03 03 SSS WORLD CORP SSS World Corp Following his brief tenure at Brioni, Justin O’Shea launched SSS World Corp, a 032c-backed "luxury streetwear" label, which debuted its Spring/Summer 2018 line in late 2017. Meshing O’Shea’s taste for the ostentatious (leopard and tiger-print velvet coats) with the recognizable (trim wool suits), "Aloha from Hell" -- the brand’s debut collection -- is a blend of the street style icon’s preferred looks. Although street-minded suiting is nothing new, O’Shea’s bombastic approach to blending slim tailoring with bold graphics is the next logical step for fans looking to blend Saint Laurent’s unpretentious cool with Off-White™’s visual appeal. With approval from fashion insider Etienne Russo, colette, Selfridges and other industry icons, SSS World Corp is poised for a bright future, with plans to offer more expansive future collections. 04 GMBH 04 GmbH Multicultural fashion collective GmbH formed on the dance floors of Berlin, drawing upon the youthful energy for progressive takes on cool-kid club gear. The brand showed its second collection in Paris in early 2017, and immediately garnered notice from the fashion cognoscenti. Vetements comparisons came immediately -- after all, both labels hinge upon a low-key collective of European innovators subverting traditional fashion under an unassuming brand name (GmbH essentially translates to "Inc." or "LLC" in German). However, GmbH’s inspirations and intent differ, yielding distinct designs. Unconventional materials like PVC, vinyl, reflective polyester and upcycled puffer jackets formed the basis of the brand’s Fall 2017 collection, which received a bevy of positive critical attention and earned the brand stockists ranging from Opening Ceremony to SSENSE. 05 05 READYMADE READYMADE No longer Japan’s best kept secret, READYMADE is a certifiable success story. The young label’s exquisitely crafted garments first garnered buzz in 2016, before exploding into the spotlight this year. This year saw Yuta Hosokawa’s reworked gear on the backs of Travis Scott, Erykah Badu and Meek Mill, emblazoned with BAPE imagery and Just Don embroidery and reshaped into Fear of God’s short-sleeved overcoats. Each READYMADE garment boasts textiles sourced from vintage military clothing and goods, with authentic wear-and-tear still evident on each time-consumingly handmade piece. Hosokawa defines the label’s ethos as anti-war, because "deconstructing military wear during peacetime is a signal to end all wars. It’s a signal that we have no need for war in the modern era." Indeed, it’s a good thing that no one else is using the fabric, because READYMADE has plenty of forthcoming releases queued up. 06 Advisory Board Crystals Advisory Board Crystals With only one year under its belt, Advisory Board Crystals has amassed impressive stockists, including colette, Bergdorf Goodman and Union LA, with whom it released exclusive goods. At face value, the young label looks like the descendent of the '60s hippie and '90s New Age movements, with its vague name, colorful tie-dyed shirts and predilection for gemstones. Although one can see the label’s roots begin in decades long past, it has more in common with the #vaporwave music trend that exploded across cyberspace a few years back; the brand’s mindset repurposes those once-corny mindsets with a knowing wink, undercutting the edgy, overly-serious streetwear labels that emblazon knives and skulls on their cut & sew. The label’s meticulous hand-dyed, washed, cut, and sewn garments are sold alongside gems and crystals on the brand’s website, showcasing a slow-burn approach to clothing that flies in the face of fast fashion and trends, an attitude that continues to prove innovative going into 2018. 07 DOUBLET 07 Doublet Designer Masayuki Ino has designed his line of playful casual wear since striking out on his own from Mihara Yasuhiro’s brand a few years back. With signature motifs like fringed embroidery and off-kilter graphic T-shirts, Doublet quickly amassed Japanese stockists, finding domestic success and developing its flavor of uniquely off-kilter clothing. However, 2017 was easily the label’s biggest year: Doublet debuted at Tokyo Fashion Week, collaborated with big names like 424 and Dover Street Market, and found a devoted fan in tastemakers like Travis Scott. International stockists range from Barney’s New York to China’s Lane Crawford, demonstrating the wide-ranging appeal of Ino’s oversized cuts and unique imagery. Doublet Spring/Summer 2018 was its most progressive release yet, with pre-packaged dress shirts and dozens of off-kilter silhouettes. 08 08 No VACANCY INN No Vacancy Inn Boasting "the most authentic perspective I’ve seen in modern times," according to Off-White™’s Virgil Abloh, No Vacancy Inn is more than a mere clothing line. Headed by the culturally-aware Tremaine Emory and Acyde, the imprint serves as a barometer test of cool, merging music, art, fashion, and more into pop-ups and products. Although they dipped their toes into clothing in 2016, 2017 saw the pair delivered a complete collection with Abloh’s help; Off-White™ c/o Art Dad LLC debuted in January. More concise drops continued throughout the year, including collaborations with VLONE, Denim Tears and Some Ware. Like the latter collective, No Vacancy Inn supplements its clothing drops with thoughtful podcasts and cultural examinations. No Vacancy Inn transcends the pigeonholing trap that many effervescent young labels find themselves in a year or two after breaking into the public eye. With supporters ranging from A$AP Rocky to Heron Preston, the brand has proven itself as a high-water mark of cultural exports. 09 Heliot Emil Heliot Emil Burgeoning Danish designers Julius and Victor Juul took their label’s name from their great-grandfather. Despite this nod to its heritage, the brand’s designs are distinctly forward-thinking. Juxtaposing contemporary trends with thematic inspiration, HELIOT EMIL is anything but Scandinavian minimalism. Still, the brand’s neutral color palette and ethical, Copenhagen manufacturing underline the brand’s blending of tradition and progression. This year represented a major year for the imprint: A$AP Rocky showed support by donning several items from past releases, and the Spring/Summer 2018 show turned critic’s heads. Dubbed "Post-Traumatic Combat Stress," HELIOT EMIL’s adventurous collection turned military garments on their head with oversized cuts, hits of cool pastels and sardonic takes on militaristic hostility. Having taken its first baby steps into the consciousness of the fashion-aware, HELIOT EMIL has established itself as a promising contender amidst the ever-growing fashion landscape. 10 BILLY 10 BILLY BILLY quietly earned the attention of celebrities like Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian thanks to its luxurious, domestically-made loungewear. Drawstring-waisted pants, oversized melange sweaters and distressed tees assert its effortless styling, with occasional bold-lettered branding. As the fashion industry gears itself towards genderless clothing, Holly Jovenall’s unisex designs make for an accessible starting point, with an approachable blend of comfortable textiles and contemporary cuts; easygoing staples are granted a harder edge with leather rider jackets, sleek bombers and distressed sweaters, resulting in a comprehensive line that's both fashion-forward and wearable. This year saw the brand expand from a direct-to-consumer operation to being picked up by a bevy of high-profile stockists, which will hit shelves sometime next year. Read more at HYPEBEAST

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