#proto daan

[cryptixd]

daan and the beta daans (except theyre cats)

[tagamantra]

the Paragita Song Zalan starts off as something for straight up but singing but eventually becomes a vector for wielding your voice as a weapon: which would synergize well with the other Battle Zalan in the Sundang Langit

Zalan means Path, Road, Way of Doing Something--in the same means as "Dao" or "Dharma". in the world it is a Proto-Shenno-Ragaan word, which eventually evolved into "Dalan" among the West Bidarans, "Jalan" among the East Bidarans, and "Daan" among Selorongians, "Dao" in Shen

more importantly, Zalan evolved into Zel in western Hiraga Ra-Om, turning into Zr/Dzr in Western Temog Ra-Om, before turning into Dhr in the Razrunan River Societies, which would evolve into the word "Dharma" and would be back-borrowed back into Central Utter Islands Languages

playtest pdf out on the patreon:

[novelmonger]

Jedi Apprentice books, ranked

Here is my personal list of the Jedi Apprentice books, ranked from favorite to least favorite. Reasons and thoughts below the cut.

The Hidden Past

The Rising Force

The Dark Rival

The Captive Temple

The Day of Reckoning

The Evil Experiment

The Deadly Hunter

The Dangerous Rescue

The Fight for Truth

The Mark of the Crown

The Defenders of the Dead

The Uncertain Path

The Shattered Peace

The Threat Within

The Only Witness

The Call to Vengeance

The Ties That Bind

The Death of Hope

The Hidden Past - I love everything about this. It's got amnesia, angst, dramatic irony, Guerra and Paxxi, and a really beautiful demonstration of both Obi-Wan's strength in the Force and the strength of his bond with Qui-Gon.

The Rising Force - This is what started it all, so it will always hold a very special place in my heart. So exciting it made me shake with adrenaline the first time I read it. And a really dramatic and unexpected way for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to meet!

The Dark Rival - SO ANGSTY I LOVE IT. Xanatos and all the flashbacks to his past with Qui-Gon are really interesting. Also I love Guerra, and the drama of Obi-Wan being captured as a slave and then offering to blow himself up to save Qui-Gon!!!!! a;lkfdjsdlkfj

The Captive Temple - Some parts are really uncomfortable to read, what with Obi-Wan returning to the Temple in disgrace after leaving the Jedi. But this book also holds one of my absolute favorite passages in the whole series, of Obi-Wan having a panic attack when Xanatos captures Bant, and Qui-Gon talks him through it <3

The Day of Reckoning - Just a really fun book all around, and a very satisfying conclusion to Xanatos' storyline. Den, aka Best Supporting Character. Den and Andra, aka Proto-HanLeia :3 Also some very beautiful scenery and a lovely ending.

The Evil Experiment - Evil scientist experiments/torture my beloved! The role reversal of Qui-Gon being completely helpless while Obi-Wan has to be in charge of the mission. And let's not forget Cholly, Weez, and Tup.

The Deadly Hunter - Just a really solid, interesting mystery that leads into The Evil Experiment, so it's all linked in my mind. Didi and Astri are great characters, and the bounty hunter is such an iconic villain. Also, this and The Evil Experiment have some of the best cliff-hanger endings in the series.

The Dangerous Rescue - I like this for the same reason as The Deadly Hunter and The Evil Experiment, it's just a bit less because they rescue Qui-Gon at the beginning, so it's not quite as tense. But you've got Cholly, Weez, and Tup. You've got Adi and Siri and Astri. And it's a good conclusion to this little arc, with some great angst and hurt/comfort with Qui-Gon.

The Fight for Truth - While not part of one of the really dramatic arcs of the series, and kind of acts as just a little episodic entry, this one has always stuck in my mind for some reason. Quite possibly my first dystopia, but framed in a way that makes a ton of sense for a kid. It's dark, but not too dark. And it's got brainwashing, so it hearkens back to my favorite a bit.

The Mark of the Crown - Some parts were a little boring to me, like the conversations Qui-Gon has with the queen about legacies, but there's still some fun action and the added interest of the two Jedi working separately for most of the book. And I also love the description of a sword as being "like a lightsaber, but made out of metal" XD

The Defenders of the Dead - Better than The Uncertain Path just because there are several chapters in the beginning where Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are still working as a team. But everything that happens on Melida/Daan just kinda makes me feel uncomfortable for a lot of reasons.

The Uncertain Path - The one book from the "good" part of the series I would often skip. It's just so hard to watch Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan being separated like this, not because of villains but because of their own stubbornness and disagreements. Also includes Cerasi's death, which is really hard to read :'(

The Shattered Peace - This one is so low, not so much because it's bad so much as because it's kind of...forgettable? I had a hard time remembering what it was about before I reread it, and even though it's about brothers, it just didn't grab me. Not much action, either, just two peoples who struggle to understand each other.

The Threat Within - Similarly to The Shattered Peace, this one isn't a bad story, just kind of boring compared to some of the others. The similarities between the Vorzydiaks and "worker bees" are interesting and it would be fun to see that kind of thing on screen, but ultimately it's just not that interesting of a plot. It does work better than I remembered as the final book in the series, though. Kind of brings everything full circle and shows how Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan have both grown.

The Only Witness - Blah. Boring. Too much talking, not enough action for a story about a woman trying to escape the mafia, basically. I didn't like Obi-Wan's attraction to Lena. It didn't really bring up anything interesting or go anywhere, so what was the point?

The Call to Vengeance - I don't wike it. Qui-Gon acts borderline OOC, it's all about vengeance (a motivation I usually find uninteresting), and there's just a bad taste through the whole thing from the previous two books. This goes higher on the list than those two, though, because this reread did bring up several rather sweet passages that I quite liked.

The Ties That Bind - To me, this is where the series started going downhill, and I kind of wished they'd stopped with The Dangerous Rescue. I don't like how Qui-Gon's romance was handled, I don't like the way it made him act, and I don't like how Tahl was acting either. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

The Death of Hope - This book ends up at the bottom because it suffers from being in the middle of my least favorite arc of the series, which means it carries on from the frustrations I had with The Ties That Bind and doesn't really get resolved at the end either. We basically already know that Tahl is going to die, both from the title and from Qui-Gon's visions (and if you happen to have seen the cover of the next book, it's not hard to guess). So even though they're chasing after Tahl for most of the book and there's exciting action scenes, the whole thing is covered with an air of dread that makes it not very fun to read if you ask me.

[texasdreamer01]

Happy AU where Anakin decides to talk to Obi-Wan instead of Palpatine about his problems, and Obi-Wan actually helps him. And there's like Proper Communication(TM) between the two of them.

Star Wars would like... literally not even exist.

Aaaallll of Palpatine’s manipulations and scheming and time and effort sunk into molding Anakin into being the perfect little proto-Sith would just evaporate. Or would have not even worked in the first place, really, because Palpatine made damned sure that Anakin used him as his main emotional support instead of going to Obi-Wan (as he should have!).

For Anakin to go to Obi-Wan and talk to him about his problems, he’d need to not have any of the reservations he did in canon - of which the vast majority of those reservations were spoon-fed to him by Palpatine since he became a padawan.

Anakin would need to, in no particular order:

Believe that Obi-Wan would hear him out at all

Believe that Obi-Wan wouldn’t immediately run to the Council

Believe that Obi-Wan would take his concerns seriously

Believe that Obi-Wan would taken the concept of visions seriously (since that’s the majority of Anakin’s issues)

There is a lot of faith that Anakin needs to put into Obi-Wan, and while he has a tremendous amount of it already, Palpatine’s machinations prevent Anakin from the full 100% he could give Obi-Wan.

The only two options I could see for this happening is either A) Palpatine’s words never worked on Anakin, or B) Something drastic happens that forces Anakin to dramatically rearrange his perspective of Obi-Wan.

A is the best scenario, but it makes the assumption that child!Anakin doesn’t trust Palpatine, as well as not being susceptible to Palpatine’s probable Dark Side usage of the Force to bend Anakin’s will to him. Lots of interesting ways that could go down, but ideally in this scenario an adult would notice something about Palpatine is off and keep Anakin safely ensconced within the Temple as often as possible.

B is mostly likely going to be Obi-Wan whump, if it’s not Anakin whump with Obi-Wan to react in a suitably dramatic manner to it, because Anakin is nothing if not a proponent for learning things the hard way.

Since the vast majority of Anakin’s susceptibility to Palpatine is his lack of knowledge about Obi-Wan’s background, he’d need to learn about it somehow - and Obi-Wan looks completely unwilling to divulge the unedited, whole truth about his life. For one, Obi-Wan doesn’t like admitting his failures to others, and for two, it would make Qui-Gon look really bad. (Something Obi-Wan probably has mixed feelings about and is aware that it would likely tear down the pedestal Anakin put Qui-Gon on.)

Obi-Wan holds very tightly to his past, and unless Anakin manages to learn the full depth and breadth of it from someone else (likely another Council member, someone who’s been there long enough to watch Obi-Wan grow up and witness all the things he’s lived through), it’s likely to be a life-or-death scenario that would break the silence on the issue. ...Though, if someone other than Obi-Wan did so, then it’s likely life-or-death anyway.

Once learning even the biggest events in Obi-Wan’s life, such as Bandomeer and Melida/Daan, Anakin is probably going to feel like a very hypocritical idiot. And when Anakin is in that sort of mood, and hopefully doesn’t hide away in shame, he usually tries to make up for his behaviour with a very earnest apology.

Hopefully, hopefully what follows is a deep and meaningful conversation between him and Obi-Wan, which would convince Anakin to speak up about his own problems, and from that point Obi-Wan would probably gladly offer his help. After learning about the ends Obi-Wan would go to in order to accomplish something (re: Bandomeer, Melida/Daan, Tahl’s death, Rako Hardeen, Satine’s death, etc), Anakin’s likely to put the full 100% of his trust and faith in Obi-Wan to help him solve his problems.

If this happens during the Clone Wars, then hoo boy that war is going to be summarily ground to a halt, because when that string is pulled on the entire house of Palpatine’s cards is going to fall down.

[thedjmusic]

Traxsource Hype Chart April 25th, 2022

DOWNLOAD: https://thedjmusic.com/music/traxsource_hype_chart_april_25th_20220

DATA CREATED: 2022-05-13 TOTAL: 231 GENRE: House, Tech House, Afro House, Jackin House, Deep House, Soulful House, Funky House, Organic House / Downtempo,  Progressive House, Nu Disco / Disco,  Melodic House & Techno, Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic), Techno (Peak Time / Driving), Dance / Electro Pop, Indie Dance, Nu Disco / Disco

Ackermann - After All This Time

Adam De Maaral - Tonite (Original Mix)

ADJUMA, Sazi Cele - Humbula

AJourneyOfMilez, Mbalizethu - Mhlaba (Original Mix)

Alessio Collesano - Come To Me

Alex Virgo, Benjamin Groove - You Believe (Extended Mix)

Alexny - Marvellous

Alexny - The Deepest Feeling

Alfrenk, Giancarlo Zara - Live To The Fullest

AndMe & Bastian, Robert Owens - Set Free (Extended Mix)

André Salmon, Dario Baldasari - Weird Energy

Andre Salmon, Le Roi Carmona, Gianni Ruocco - Thanx (feat. Cami Jones) (Mihalis Safras Remix)

ANOTR - Black Box

Arnaud D, Morris Revy - Closer (Original Mix)

Aron Prince - House Beat

Atticus - Smile

Aura, Sebastian Rivero - Ave Maria feat. None Lowfi (Original Mix)

Badeo - Facade

Beat Rivals, Julie McKnight - Back Together (Michele Chiavarini Radio Edit)

Because of Art - One Day (Original Mix)

Belair - Losing Control

Ben A, Vedic - Elated (Original Mix)

Benjamin Groove - High Externals

Benny T - URuk

Black Loops - Proto/Emotions

Block & Crown, Paul Parsons - Ghetto Jack (Nu Disco Club Mix)

Bonatti - Funk On

Bones, Random Fact - Delusion

Bonetti - Meu Amigo

Bonetti, Cisco Barcelo - Farewell My Love

Bruverly Dubs - Don't You Hear No Vibe

C. Da Afro - Not So Easy

Caldera (UK) - The Part I Play

Capoon, Roos Denayer - Holding On

Casi Adame - Sabrosura

Cevin Fisher, Templar - Panamaniacs

Changin Fazes - Tell Me (Extended Mix)

Chemars - No Good For Me

Chicks Luv Us - Freakon

Clu Polar - First Light

Conan Liquid - Sweet Lemon

Cosmonection - Whispers

Crazibiza, Andrea Monta, Karl8 - Xfinity (Original Mix)

Da Funk Junkies - Ain't What Ya Do

Da Lukas, Walterino - Discovamp

Daan Steenman - Understand (Original Mix)

Daisybelle - Ordinary

Damir Pushkar - La Casa

Dan Laino - Yep Yep (Original Mix)

Dan Laino - You Are Enough

DAN:ROS, Lilah Eliash - Turn Around (Original Mix)

Daniel Steinberg - The Brain

Dany Cohiba - Chica Colombiana

Dave Lee ZR, Omar - Starlight (Dave Lees Club Edit)

Deeleegenz - The Basics (Original Mix)

Detlef - WEEARE

Digital Afrika, Clave y Guaguanco - Ode (feat. Clave y Guaguanco)

Din Jay, Zibadan - Sweet Thing (A Yam Who? Mix)

Disco Daddy - I Like the Way U Move

Disco Lust - Let's Dance (Original Mix)

DiscoGalactiX, FederFunk - Random Call

Discoplex - You Can't Stop Me Now

DJ Bullet, Don Luciano - I Feel Safe (Mark Lewis Flow Culture Remix)

DJ Wady - Drums Roll Deep

Don Rimini - Like This (Torrfisk Remix)

Dr Feel - Iafrika Yethu

Dub Clap - Drums N' House

Earth n Days - Soulshakin' (Jay Vegas Remix)

East Coast Love Affair, United Spiritual Singers - A Minute Too Late (feat. United Spiritual Singers)

Eden Burns - Super Stroke

El Funkador - Don't Get Me Started

Electronic Youth, Gardy - Thinking Of You (Club Mix)

Ella, Mattei & Omich - Find You (CASSIMM Remix)

Eric Martin, Black Sonix, Shaun Escoffery, True2Life - Believe (True2Life Remix)

Eventual Groove - Big H

Ezirk - Secret Agent

FDF (Italy) - Summer Groove

Fickry, Thincut, Andres Power - Under Disco Lights (Original Mix)

Filizola - All Right (Original Mix)

Fleur Shore - Manizer (Original Mix)

FLOWFAT - Rhythm

Fort Romeau, Ron Trent - The Truth (Ron Trent Remix)

Francesco Poggi - On & On (Extended Mix)

Frankie Romano, Supermini - Celebration (Extended Mix)

Fulltone, Zein - Far from This World

Gabriel Vezzola - Be Anything (Extended Mix)

Gene Farris - Mr Everybody (Teknicoz & Cross Remix)

Gene King, The Riffs - Cyrus Says

George AJ - Orbital (Extended Mix)

Giandomenico Di Vito - Kuduru

Gianni Ruocco, Ivano Bellini - Planet Funk (Original Mix)

Giza Djs - In The Sun

Groovemasta - Luv Me Like U Do

Gruuve - Utopiko (Original Mix)

Hebdonis - Whatever You Feel Like

Holy Deep - Pacific State (DJ Pascal Club Version)

Hot Since 82 - Out The Door (Original Mix)

HP Vince - Jack The Sound

HyperSOUL-X - Maji Matamu (Main HT)

Idjut Boys - Dumme Willie

Igor Gonya - Tepache

Jaksan - Gimme More

Jamal Reivera - Reign of Terror

Jamback - Pickup (Original Mix)

James Burton - Best Of Times

James Deron - Amenundala (Original Mix)

James Dexter - She Looks

Jheans Figueroa - Venezuela Africana

Jo Paciello, The Space Knights - Champagne Supernova

Joe Smooth - The Jack Zone (Marshall Jefferson Mix)

John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - Up Jumped The Devil (Moodena Remix)

JoioDJ, Tommie Cotton - I Believe

Jon Mavek, Walid Martinez - Mockingbird

Jordi Cabrera - Feel Alright

JORGE SPANIA - I Believe

JSRP, Cardiac (UK) - Plant Pots

Juan Soul - Candela (Mijangos & Peppe Citarella Afro Latin Mix)

Julian Millan, Gander - Sleeping Dance (Original Mix)

Kabisa Sound - Twende

Kadenza - Desire

Ken@Work - The Deal

Kenny Brian - Lumturi (Extended Miix)

Kepler - Illusion

Kid Massive - Alright (Extended Mix)

Kide (IT) - Move Your Body (Original Mix)

Kiko Navarro, Nader Behravan - Sounds Of My Breath (Original Mix)

Knox - Soul Music

Koala Kaladevi - One Another (Opolopo Remix)

Komiko - Feel Alright (Dr Packer & Michael Gray Remix)

Krankbrother - Same Heads

KulaKingz, Sian-Lee - LMSY (KORT Remix)

L.I.N.G - Everything To Me

Lap Dancers - Work That Acid

Larry Peace - Runnin

LeBaron James - Love Drunk

Lee Wilson, El Funkador - Just Got Paid (Sebb Junior Remix)

Leslie Lello - Spirito Rivera

Liam Jay - Shoulda Known

Love&Happiness, Groovenerd, Emma Steawart - No Short Man

Lucky Vegas - Life

Luis Radio, Pietro Nicosia - Bamako (Darbuka's World Mix)

LUME - Tonight (Original Mix)

M-High - Enchant me

M. Rodriguez - Brainwash (Original mix)

Madvilla - Be Real (Original Mix)

Majesty - Coffee Shop (Alexis Raphael Remix)

Mak Negron - The Flavor (Original Mix)

MANT - Same Same (Original Mix)

Manuel Tur - Bubble Wrap

Mark Knight, James Hurr, Cari Golden - You Are A God (Extended Mix)

Mark Picchiotti, The Absolute, Suzanne Palmer - I Believe (feat. Suzanne Palmer) (Sophie Lloyd Extended Remix)

Mason Thorn, waste wisely, Leon the Lover - Love Thoughts (Leon The Lover Remix)

Matias Aguayo - El Camaron (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)

Max Kernmayer - Let's Move

Max Komodo - Soul (Extended Mix)

Max Müller, Dan Corco - Feel Inside

Melle Brown - One More Chance

Mellow Man - Take the Chance

Michael Gray, Kimberly Brown - Brother Brother (Booker T Vocal Remix)

Michele Chiavarini, Andre Espeut - Glad (Vocal Mix)

Mijangos - AfroJazz (Original Mix)

Mike Ivy, Craig Leo - Come On Over (Extended Mix)

Mike Newman - Back To You

Milk & Sugar, Simon Harris - Bass (How Low Can You Go) (Typ Vhs Extended Remix)

Mo'Cream - Do That Thang (Main Vocal)

Mr Norble Guy - Danja

Mr. Lekka, Jan Danen - ID (Extended Mix)

Neidex - Double R

Next Door But One - Never Be The Same (Extended)

Nick Bennett, SamSilva, WilHvlm - Harlem Love (Original Mix)

Nico Lahs - Always

Nico Lahs - Everything Is Good

Niteplan - Temptation

Norberto Acrisio - I like stuff like that

ODASOUL, Idd Aziz - Bantu (Original Mix)

Oggie B - Violet

Paco Caniza - The Night

Paco Caniza - Way Too Long

Pandar - Turning Point

Paul Adam - Punto G (Original Mix)

Phazed Groove - Get Down 2 It

Politics of Dancing, Ray Mono - Timing

Punky Wash - How I Need

Qubiko - Mind Game

Raffaele Ciavolino - No Fussin

Random Soul, Jean Tonique - Everyday (Jean Tonique Extended Mix)

Rawfox - Fantasy (The Cube Guys Mix)

Reagan Ruler - Church Meeting

Reelow - S.O.S.

REIYM - Unfurl (Vocal Mix)

Reset Robot - Tired Voice

Retromigration - You Want That

Reverend X - iDlanga

rich vom dorf - Alright

Rick Marshall - Say To Ya

Riky Mura - My Need (Original Mix)

Roberto Rodriguez - After Midnight

Ron Elliot - Templar

Roy Ayers - Baby Doll

Saison, Miss Yankey - Making Shapes (Scott Diaz Remix)

Sam Dexter, Tom Savage - Beat Drop (Extended Mix)

Sammy Deuce - Got Something

Scavazza - Shake Your Hearts (Original Mix)

Sebasti - The Underground (Garage Mix)

Seth Troxler, Jaden Thompson - Talking Walls (Dub)

Shmoo - Blue Toys (Mix 1)

Sllash & Doppe - Ocean Drive (Original Mix)

Small Talk - Easier Said Than Done (Original Mix)

SODF - Remember (Extended Mix)

Southall - Tribal Funk

Spacefunk Dub - Think Better

Stanny Abram - Montego Bay

Stuart Ojelay, Amy G - Home

Superdrug - Funky Sensation

Swanky - Question My Love (Extended Mix)

SY (DE) - Solutions

T.Markakis - Jazz Stories (Milos Pesovic Remix)

The Stoned - So Much

Tom Vernon - Minobu In The Rain

Tonis, Narda - Leavin' (Extended Mix)

Tony Madrid - Little Mate

Tovi Sound System - You Got Me

Tsalikee, Kathy Brown, Dj Kone & Marc Palacios - Something About You (Dj Kone & Marc Palacios Extended Remix)

UltraMax - No Limit

Vincent Caira - Soul Shoes 2

Vintage Culture, Goodboys - This Feeling (Original Mix)

Walter G - Harlem Blues (Original Mix)

Yam Who?, LaRae Starr - Taste of Bitter Love (Extended Disco Mix)

Yogi, Dutchican Soul - Be Funky (Dutchican Soul Extended Remix)

Yooks, Rona Ray - Goosebumps (DJ Spen, John Khan, & Paul Lyons Remix)

Yvonne Kay - I've Got The Music In Me (Re-Tide Back To 80s Remix)