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pacdevil · 1 year

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The Sonic Numbers REVamped

note: these numbers are separate from the full list because there would just be a HUGE sonic section in with all the other numbers. and since i am prone to adding more sonic numbers, i'm just gonna keep them in a separate post. XP

and yes, any new numbers will be put in here (sooner or later XD)!!!

enjoy >:3

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the misc numbers:

-> 193 (THE sonic number. (almost)every sonic post has this number)

-> 193.game (any gif sets, clips, information, voice clips, etc for the video games.)

-> 193.lore (story and character discussion, both canon and fanon.)

-> 193.characters (any official art or fanart that has more than five sonic numbers associated with them.

for example: a post with fanart of sonic, tails, knuckles, shadow and rouge will just have 193.characters, while another post with fanart of vector, charmy, espio, ray and mighty will have just the two numbers i have for them, 193.7 and 193.23 respectfully.

i pair up characters with a single number sometimes. :3 )

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-> 193.videos (sonic related videos.)

-> 193.meme (sonic related memes that aren't videos.)

-> 193.mags (sonic magazines/game booklets hell YEEAAAAAHHH)

-> 193.fic (fics i like :3)

-> 193.other (misc sonic posts.)

-> 193.oc (ppls COOL sonic oc's!!!)

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-> 193.hcmusic (music taste/tech headcannons for characters and sonic playlists either i or other ppl made.)

-> 193.playlists (just the sonic playlists separate from the headcannons.)

-> 193.shadowsalbums (music albums that give me strong Shadow the Hedgehog vibes. used to be daily, but now i do it whenever i want. :D)

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-> 193.ova (sonic ova)

-> 193.sa (sonic adventure. just the first one, no shadow the hedgehog to be seen here i promise)

-> 193.cd (sonic CD)

-> 193.X (Sonic X-treme)

-> 193.R (Sonic R)

-> 193.FIGHT (Sonic the Fighters)

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note: i don't post much about these au's cuz im still kindof working them out, and my brain needs them to be figured out before i post about them so yeah. XPPPP i like to be consistent

-> 193.Robin Hood SAU (my robin hood/SATBK/king arthur hybrid sonic au

-> 193.DJ AU (my rollerblade/DJ sonic au centered around Amy and Metal Sonic

-> 193.dadow coraline AU (dad shadow and son silver in the story of Coraline, just the movie i haven't read the book, yet)

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note: my fave posts for character relationships/interactions. some of these posts are meant to be romantic, which i am aware of, but i read them as anything but romantic <2

also if ur looking for Team Dark stuff, just go to any one of their numbers and you'll find them >:)

-> S&M Fave (Shadow and Metal Sonic.)

-> S&A Fave (Shadow and Amy Rose.)

-> A&M Fave (Amy Rose and Metal Sonic.)

-> S.A.M.S. Fave (Amy, Metal Sonic and Shadow :) )

-> A&K Fave (Amy Rose and Knuckles.)

-> R.O.S. Fave (Team Dark babeyyyyyy)

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the main numbers:

-> 193.1 (sonic the hedgehog)

-> 193.2 (knuckles the echidna)

-> 193.3 (miles tails prower)

-> 193.4 (amy rose)

-> 193.5 (eggman/dr.robotnik/eggman nega)

193.assist (orbot and cubot, sage the ai, agent stone)

-> 193.6 (metal sonic/tails doll/metal knuckles)

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-> 193.7 (team chaotix: vector, charmy, espio)

-> 193.8 (rouge the bat)

-> 193.9 (shadow the hedgehog)

193.shth (maria robotnik, gereald robotnik, black doom, the president, the commander)

-> 193.0 (e-123 omega)

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-> 193.10 (babylon rouges: jet, wave, storm)

-> 193.11 (infinite the jackal)

-> 193.12 (silver the hedgehog)

-> 193.13 (blaze the cat, marine the raccoon)

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-> 193.14 (chao, lumina flowlight/void, chip the light gaia, wisps, koco)

-> 193.15 (fleetway super sonic)

-> 193.16 (scourge the hedgehog, fiona the fox)

-> 193.17 (tikal the echidna, chaos)

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-> 193.18 (eggman robots/badniks)

note: mk1, mk2, and mk3 also have the robots from the scrapped Sonic X-treme game, cuz i think they're cool

193.shard (shard the metal sonic from Archie)

193.chaos (chaos sonic from Prime)

193.mk1 (mecha sonic mark 1, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 16bit)

193.mk2 (mecha sonic mark 2, from Sonic 3 & Knuckles and the Scrapnik Miniseries)

193.mk3 (mecha sonic mark 3, from Sonic Adventure)

193.gs (e-102 gamma, e-117 sigma)

193.rocket (rocket metal sonic, from Sonic the Fighters)

193.ss (silver mecha sonic, from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8bit)

193.pr (poetry robot, from the sonic movies (2020))

193.johnny (johnny, from Sonic Rush Adventure)

193.sgc (Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts)

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-> 193.19 (cream the rabbit, cheese the chao, vanilla the rabbit, ermel, gemerl)

-> 193.20 (whisper the wolf)

-> 193.21 (tangle the lemur)

-> 193.22 (big the cat, froggy)

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-> 193.23 (mighty the armadillo, ray the flying squirrel)

-> 193.24 (surge the tenrec, kitsunami the fennec)

-> 193.25 (tekno the canary)

-> 193.26 (jewel the beetle)

-> 193.27 (mephiles the dark, princess elise)

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-> 193.28 (belle the tinkerer)

-> 193.29 (lanolin the sheep)

-> 193.30 (Max the rabbit (AKA Feels or Mika), the sonic prototype)

-> 193.31 (dr. starline)

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-> 193.32 (team hooligan: fang the sniper, bean the dynamite, bark the polar bear)

-> 193.33 (sticks the badger)

-> 193.34 (sally acorn)

-> 193.35 (honey the cat)

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-> 193.36 (eclipse the darkling, black death)

-> 193.37 (sonia and manic the hedgehog)

-> 193.38 (Sonic X misc characters)

-> 193.39 (ebony the cat, pyjamas the sheepdog)

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-> 193.40 (Sonic the Comic misc characters)

-> 193.41 (sonic movie (2020) misc characters)

-> 193.42 (gadget the wolf)

-> 193.43 (bunnie rabbot)

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-> 193.44 (archie sonic misc characters)

-> 193.45 (ian jr)

-> 193.46 (Sonic OVA misc characters, mostly sara)

-> 193.47 (zonic the zone cop)

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-> 193.48 (barry the quokka)

-> 193.49 (mimic the octopus)

-> 193.50 (Sonic Boom misc characters)

-> 193.51 (rough and tumble the skunk)

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-> 193.52 (clutch the opossum idw)

-> 193.53 (SATBK/SATSR misc characters)

-> 193.54 (Tiara B. Sonic X-treme )

-> 193.55 (Trip Sonic Superstars)

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-> 193.56 (Mina Mongoose)

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#WOOOOWEEEEE that's a lotta numbers 0-0 #912

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swanmay-that-got-away · 6 months

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Patlabor Final Thoughts + My Watch Guide

So the original salespitch of Patlabor was that you could make this generic Police Procedural / Workplace Comedy / Mecha Action / Near-future Political Thriller / Romantic Comedy setting that you could plop any ol' script into and it would work. And to that end, it kind of works. It makes at least one each of those plots work across its entire runtime.

The main issue with it though, is that declaring "I want to make a police workplace comedy" seems to melt writers' brains and they start producing complete slop.

Patlabor TV is weird because writers and directors I know can write good material, just stop being able to do it. It's a slog to make it through. And, Patlabor: The New Files is a pretty transparent continuation of the TV show as if it was still broadcasting. It looks a little nicer and it can discuss TV-unfriendly topics, but it uses that successfully like twice. Spoilers after the cut.

Really, I think Patlabor is at its best when it focuses on character writing. When we're examining Noa's otakuness and how it has messed up her ability to live a healthy, happy life; when we're dealing with Kanuka's tryhard-hardass coping mechanism for racism, when we're exploring how Goto navigates interpersonal conflicts with a frankly Daoist Sage levels of wuwei, that's when Patlabor is best. This is part of why I think Patlabor's Movie timeline shines so much. Patlabor is at its absolute lowest when it's shooting for a barebones workplace comedy with the broadest characters imaginable. I cannot tell you how many times I grumbled at my TV because such-and-such was acting totally out of character because that's how the stock character would behave in a situation. It's exhausting, frankly, and it really drained any interest I had in the TV timeline by episode 25 or so.

And while I'm bitching about Patlabor TV, let's talk about the plot. Patlabor TV's overarching story is about how the SCHAFT mercenary company is trying to steal the Ingrams' data disc and develop the Griffon labor, and some mysterious plot going on with the Babylon building project being terrorized by the Home of the Sea organization.

I hope that didn't interest you at all because Patlabor never really resolves that plotline. It abruptly halts in episode 35, only to resume in New Files. And even then, New Files stops talking about it after episode 7. You get a "soft" finale to it when the pilot of the Griffon finally gets got, that's it. Anyway, here's my personal watch guide. Note that this isn't a "these are filler" list, this is "the episodes I actually liked" list. TV watchers should be aware that I didn't include the main Schaft plotline because, it's boring and also they never really conclude it anyway.

Swanmay Patlabor Watch Guide

Movie Timeline

Patlabor: Early Days (5/7) 1-2, 5-7 Patlabor Movies (3/3) 1-3 (YAY!)

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TV Timeline

Patlabor TV (23/47) 1-3, 6, 9, 13-18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 36, 39, 41, 44 Patlabor: New Files (6/16) 4, 6-9, 15 (for Ultraman fans)

#patlabor #mecha #retro anime

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conundrumoftime · 1 year

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Fics I’m working on at the moment:

- Rings of Power: Shadow-Bride chapter 20. Taking a bit of time to do some outlining with this, since my sketch of the plot here is like 1.5 sentences to span the next 4-5 chapters, and it’s already gone off course.

- LOTR/Silm/TROP-adjacent: Galadriel/Celeborn 3rd sage story, provisional title flicking back and forth between ‘Beauty of the Rain’ and ‘The Long Defeat’ depending on how cheery I’m feeling.

- Babylon 5: my WIP ‘Set Fire to the Stars’, which has been on hiatus since last year but which I was thinking about today so I’m counting it here.

I feel like I have to have something actively in process all the time, otherwise I am unmoored and drifting. I regularly get to the end of à fic or a chapter and think “ah, good, I’ll break from writing for a bit” and then three hours later go “HALP” and write two paragraphs of the next something to have as a Google Docs security blanket.

#eyeofacat writing process #eyeofacat fic #writing process #bring out your WIPs #fanfic

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mybeautifulchristianjourney · 8 months

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The Judgment on Babylon (Part 2)

33 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time of treading; Yet a little while, and the harvest time will come for her. 34 “He consumed me, defeated me, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; he left me like an empty vessel, Swallowed me like a sea monster, filled his belly with my delicacies and cast me out. 35 Let my torn flesh be visited upon Babylon,” says enthroned Zion; “My blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem. 36 But now, thus says the Lord: I will certainly defend your cause, I will certainly avenge you; I will dry up her sea, and drain her fountain. 37 Babylon shall become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; A place of horror and hissing, without inhabitants. 38 They roar like lions, growl like lion cubs. 39 When they are parched, I will set drink before them to make them drunk, that they may be overcome with everlasting sleep, never to awaken— oracle of the Lord. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to slaughter, like rams and goats. 41 How she has been seized, taken captive, the glory of the whole world! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations: 42 against Babylon the sea rises, she is overwhelmed by roaring waves! 43 Her cities have become wasteland, a parched and arid land Where no one lives, no one passes through. 44 I will punish Bel in Babylon, and make him vomit up what he swallowed; nations shall no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon falls! 45 Leave her, my people; each of you save your own life from the burning wrath of the Lord.

46 Do not be discouraged when rumors spread through the land; this year one rumor comes, next year another: “Violence in the land!” or “Ruler against ruler!” 47 Realize that the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; the whole land shall be put to shame, all her slain shall fall in her midst. 48 Then heaven and earth and everything in them shall shout over Babylon with joy, when the destroyers come against her from the north—oracle of the Lord. 49 Babylon, too, must fall, you slain of Israel, because by the hand of Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen.

50 You who have escaped the sword, go, do not stand idle; Remember the Lord from far away, let Jerusalem come to mind. 51 We are ashamed because we have heard taunts, disgrace covers our faces; strangers have entered sanctuaries in the Lord’s house. 52 Therefore see, the days are coming—oracle of the Lord— when I will punish her idols, and throughout the land the wounded will groan. 53 Though Babylon scale the heavens, and make her strong heights inaccessible, my destroyers shall reach her—oracle of the Lord. 54 A sound of crying from Babylon, great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans; 55 For the Lord lays Babylon waste, silences her loud cry, Waves roaring like mighty waters, a clamor resounding. 56 For the destroyer comes upon her, upon Babylon; warriors are captured, their bows broken; The Lord is a God of recompense, he will surely repay.

57 I will make her princes and sages drunk, with her governors, officers, and warriors, so that they sleep an everlasting sleep, never to awaken—oracle of the King, whose name is Lord of hosts.

58 Thus says the Lord of hosts: The walls of spacious Babylon shall be leveled to the ground, its lofty gates destroyed by fire. The toil of the peoples is for nothing; the nations weary themselves for what the flames consume.

The Prophecy Sent to Babylon. 59 The mission Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah, son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fourth year of his reign; Seraiah was chief quartermaster. 60 Jeremiah wrote down on one scroll the disaster that would befall Babylon; all these words were written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: “When you reach Babylon, see that you read all these words aloud, 62 and then say: Lord, you yourself spoke against this place in order to cut it down so that nothing, human being or beast, could live in it, because it is to remain a wasteland forever. 63 When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates, 64 and say: Thus Babylon shall sink. It will never rise, because of the disaster I am bringing upon it.” Thus far the words of Jeremiah. — Jeremiah 51:33-64 | New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 11:4; Genesis 16:5; Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 32:35; 2 Samuel 17:8; 2 Kings 19:7; Ezra 1:7-8; Job 20:15; Job 31:40; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 18:4; Psalm 44:15; Psalm 46:8; Psalm 76:5-6; Isaiah 8:7-8; Isaiah 13:2; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 25:5; Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 13:4; Jeremiah 25:26; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 48:15; Jeremiah 50:38; Acts 2:40; Romans 12:19; Revelation 14:15; Revelation 18:2; Revelation 18:20-21; Revelation 18:24; Revelation 19:1; Revelation 19:6

#song of praise #judgment on Babylon #Babylon's punishment #Jeremiah's prophecy #Seraiah #Jeremiah 51:33-64 #Book of Jeremiah #Old Testament #NABRE #New American Bible Revised Edition #Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Inc.

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inspiredrawaw · 2 years

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Wanted to first say thank you to everyone whose been liking my Fullspeed alchemist au!! I’m very happy so many people like my drawings of the boys :D

But this has made me think more on how the other characters would fit into this au! Some FMA characters are still just who they were originally but if they looked a mobian because there is more GMA characters then there is sonic characters

So first is the elrics and Hoenheim.

There’s Sonic as Ed and Tails as Al. For Father I’m having him as Dr. Eggman but for that to work I’m having Mr.Tinker (from IDW comics) as Hoenheim while Trisha Elric is Longclaw. In this story longclaw adopts Sonic and Tails when they were toddlers. And Mr Tinker was sometimes there.

For the Rockwells- Amy is Winry! They both have construction tools they use to fight Sonic/Ed. But also this kind, strong, stubborn, loving character that Winry is fits perfectly with how I see Amy. Pinako Rockwell is still who she is.

As for Teacher I think I might make her be Aleena the Hedgehog.

For Team Mustang you have Knuckles as Roy, Rouge as Hawkeye and the the Chaotix and Mighty the armadillo takes up Knuckles Mustangs team! Knuckles being Roy just fit into place. I was debating if I should do Rouge or Whisper for Hawkeye and then have Rouge as Lust. I decided with Rouge for The fact that just like how Roy and Hawkeye have history so does Knuckles and Rouge!

Which then lead me to the humonculous! For Lust I went with Infinite. Infinite seems the kinda guy whose able to take charge in a group setting like how Lust is (to me at least) there’s also how both have claws. For Greed originally I went with Shadow as greed and then pride as Maria but changed both of those to something else. So now Greed is Mecha! And pride as Sage! Both Pride and Sage are little Victorian children who like to murder 🖤. Envy is Metal Sonic. Someone who was made to be the perfect equivalent to Sonic but can’t quiet get there. And then Sloth as Omega and no idea who Gluttony will be as of right now.

From there let’s do Shadow. Since I scratched the idea of him being Greed I decided to go for Scar for him. After he lost his sister Maria who studied alchemy yet lost her to it along with all of the Ishvalans he is now on a revenge spree. Also in the anime Scar is the first “bad guy” we see Ed really struggling to win against. Which felt similar to Sonic and Shadow. Along Shadows journey of revenge he meets a young little princess from Xing. And Mei is Cream and Cheese! Might have Yoki as Cluth the Opossum. And as for Ling, Fu, and Lan I’m having as the rouge Babylons! Jet as Ling, wave is Lan, and Storm is fu

And 180 into the Hughes family which I think it makes sense for it to be the Wachowski family. So Tom as Maes Hughes, mrs Hughes as Maddie and then probably personify Ozzy and have him be there kid that calls Sonic little brother.

But these are the characters I have for this au so far!! I’m very excited about this au :D I love FMA and alchemy. If people have questions I’ll be happy to answer and talk about this au 👀

#sonic the fullspeed alchemist au #sonic the hedgehog #tails #sonic and tails #au #sfsa:au

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angelandgypsy · 7 months

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ghostcultmagazine · 2 years

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sagehaleyofficial · 3 years

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HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (8.4-8.10.21):

NEW MUSIC:

One Step Closer shared another song from their upcoming debut full-length album This Place You Know titled “Chrysanthemum.” The album is set to drop on September 24 via Run for Cover.

Along with the release of the highly-anticipated The Blacklist album, a cover compilation of songs from Metallica’s Black Album, Weezer released their cover of “Enter Sandman.” Biffy Clyro also dropped a cover of “Holier Than Thou,” among others.

The World is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die revealed that they are releasing a new album titled Illusory Walls. The album will be released digitally on October 8 and on vinyl on December 3 via Epitaph.

Kills Birds released a new track titled “Rabbit” and announced the details of their second album Married. The album is set for release on November 12 via Royal Mountain/KRO Records.

Underoath announced details of their upcoming new album Voyeurist, which will be released on January 14, 2022 via Fearless Records. The band gave fans the first taste of the record with their new single “Hallelujah.”

Grayscale released another single off of their upcoming album Umbra titled “Babylon (Say It to My Face).” The new album will officially be out on August 27 via Fearless Records.

As It Is released a new single titled “I Lie to Me,” following their previous single “IDGAF.” The band is scheduled to appear at Slam Dunk Festival in the United Kingdom this September.

PVRIS unveiled an intense new music video for their current single “Monster.” The band recently headed back out on the road, with their tour kicking off in Detroit this past Friday.

Don Broco released the latest track from upcoming new album Amazing Things titled “One True Prince.” The album is set for release on September 17 via SharpTone Records.

Twin Atlantic released a brand new track and music video titled “Bang on the Gong.” The song marks the band’s first new music since their album Power in 2020.

Weatherstate dropped a brand new song titled “Current Dose,” following the release of their previous single “Hangar” earlier this year. The band worked on their last song with Four Year Strong’s Alan Day.

Lil Huddy released a new track titled “Don’t Freak Out” featuring The All-American Rejects’ Tyson Ritter, Blink-182's Travis Barker and Iann Dior. The song is taken from the singer’s upcoming debut album Teenage Heartbreak, due out September 17.

Grandson released a new remix of “Oh No!!!,” taken from the soundtrack of The Suicide Squad, featuring Vic Mensa and Masked Wolf. He previously released the track “Rain,” also from the movie’s soundtrack, which he performed alongside Jessie Reyez.

Following the song’s release, Coheed and Cambria released a music video for their new single “Shoulders.” The band are heading out on tour across the United States this fall with The Used and Meet Me @ the Altar.

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Seahaven performed an acoustic set titled “Halo Sessions” this past week. The band played songs from their most recent album Halo of Hurt, which was released late last year.

Fall Out Boy stated they are unable to perform on the New York, Boston and Washington, DC dates of the Hella Mega Tour. The announcement came after an individual from their team tested positive for COVID-19.

Slam Dunk Festival released an update to fans with alterations to their lineup. Sum 41, Four Year Strong, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Vandals, With Confidence, Crown the Empire, Ice Nine Kills and Free Throw will no longer perform.

All Time Low brought special guests Demi Lovato and Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie onstage with them during their Sad Summer Fest Show in Anaheim, California. The acts performed their respective collabs, “Monsters” and “PMA.”

Boston Manor announced three warm-up shows ahead of their appearance at Reading and Leeds Festival later this month. The gigs are part of the National Lottery's Revive Live Tour, which is helping to reopen music venues across the United Kingdom.

Ice Nine Kills announced details of a special film event in London titled Welcome to Horrorwood. The event will be taking place on September 8 at the Everyman Cinema at Screen on the Green.

OTHER NEWS:

Twenty One Pilots’ hit song “Heathens” has been certified 9x Platinum, following their other mega single “Stressed Out” achieving 10x Platinum. The next highest placed track behind the song is ‘Ride,” which is 6x Platinum.

Two classic Rise Against albums - The Sufferer and the Witness and Appeal to Reason - were certified Platinum in the United States. Their 2009 album Siren Song of the Counter Cult was also previously certified Gold.

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Check in next Tuesday for more “Posi Talk with Sage Haley,” only at @sagehaleyofficial!

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aion-rsa · 3 years

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Scarface: Where Tony Montana Went Wrong

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“All I have in this world is my balls and my word, and I don’t break them for no one,” Tony Montana declares in the 1983 gangster classic, Scarface. Yet Al Pacino’s antihero breaks both in his quest for money, power, and women. And just as he is on the brink of winning the trifecta, he is blown away like so much dust up a nose.

Did he lose because the Cuban mobster didn’t heed the advice of his first crime boss? Or is it because he just couldn’t stand to see his sister and his best friend wearing his-and-her pajamas? In truth, Montana’s fall can probably be traced back to when he learned to speak English by “watching guys like Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney.”

Directed by Brian De Palma, and written by Oliver Stone, Scarface is a remake of Howard Hawks’ vastly influential 1932 mob movie, so Montana’s explosive descent was preordained. Tony Montana continued Pacino’s run of criminal icons, which included Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon and the ultimate crime family head, Michael Corleone in The Godfather films. The actor supplanted Paul Muni’s Tony Carmonte as the recognizably scarred face of the title role. Pacino would go on to play Carlito in Carlito’s Way and Lefty in Donnie Brasco, but while each hoodlum brings a new facet to his rogues gallery, none of his gangsters ever achieve their ultimate desires. They almost all reach dizzying heights, and everyone of them sees the dream slip through their fingers. Still, Montana experiences perhaps the greatest fall of all.

The original 1932 film took place during Prohibition when crime was a viable means of survival. De Palma’s adaptation happens in the Reagan era, a time when lucky opportunists could get their lips around the spigots of cash before it got a chance to trickle down. Tony’s economic theory is much more succinct: “You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked.”

Scarface is a rags-to-riches-to-self-destructive fireball story, and nothing succeeds like excess. Montana’s first crime boss in America, Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia), has weathered the climate change from President Carter to the Gipper, and warns Tony to never “underestimate the other guy’s greed.”

In the original Howard Hughes production, Tony was an immigrant from Italy. In the Cold War era film, Montana is a refugee from Cuba. Their shared first mistake is to believe in the American Dream.

The World Is Yours

These words are flashed in both films and hit each of the two criminal aspirants as hard as the “give me your tired, poor, and hungry” promises carved under the Statue of Liberty. Scarface opens shortly after the Mariel boatlift, the 1980 exodus which followed Cuba’s economic crash. Montana seeks asylum, telling immigration officers he is a political prisoner who doesn’t agree with his country’s politics and owns nothing under communism. He says even American prison is better than his life on the Caribbean island. The officers note his criminal past, the telltale tattoo on his arm, and the scar on his face, which despite their insults was obviously not caused by oral sex.

In exchange for a Green Card, Montana and his friend Manny Ribera (Steven Bauer) assassinate Gen. Emilio Rebenga, who tortured the brother of the crime boss Lopez. Tony settles in sunny Miami. And when he gets out of the kitchen and into the heat of crime, he hits the ground running. “The World Is Yours,” after all. All you have to do is take it, and Montana has both hands out.

Frank warns his protégé, “The guys who last in this business are the guys who fly straight – lowkey, quiet; and the guys who want it all – chicas, champagne, flash – they don’t last.” But Montana is a meteor, bound to burn up in the atmosphere. He gets caught on the orbit of Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar), agreeing to supply cocaine from Bolivia independent of the other drug lords. Within a few years, Montana is doing so well, the feds target him for tax evasion.

Tony’s Betrayal of Frank Lopez

Montana’s betrayal of Frank Lopez is crucial to his downfall. Frank is the father figure who initially took a chance on Tony. He let him rise through the ranks, even as he tried to bite off more than he could chew. Frank’s biggest mistake is not making sure his underlings follow his sage advice. He also ignores one of his own commandments. Lopez underestimates Montana’s greed. He trusts Tony to accompany his trusted second-gun Omar Suarez (F. Murray Abraham) to Bolivia to meet with Sosa, and continues to let Tony operate after the druglord hangs Suarez from a helicopter.

The deal Montana makes behind Frank’s back is a major step toward the fall. The vow Tony takes never to betray Sosa ultimately leads to the last splash. Montana breaks his word to both of these men, and they bust his balls as a result. When Tony returns to Miami, Frank is suspicious over Omar’s death and his returning soldier’s independence. As Montana begins to build his own cocaine empire, Frank orders a professional hit.

For gangsters, the only good cop is a bad cop, and it is advisable to grease the wheels which move crime. Mel Bernstein (Harris Yulin) demands his take early in the film at the Babylon Club, which has the perfect cocktail napkins for bribery notes. Bernstein was willing to overlook the murders of Rebenga, “Hector the Toad,” and “that bloodbath at the Sun Ray Hotel.” Tony should have taken him at his word when the cop said he could clean up Tony’s Lopez mess.

Before Tony eliminates Frank, he is hungry. The money and drugs are not a distraction. After he begins to accumulate power, he lets his public profile rise and indulges in conspicuous consumption. Montana keeps a chained-up tiger in front of his compound just to let everyone know how powerful he is. There are real life precedents for this. Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar imported hippos for his private zoo. Brooklyn mobster “Crazy” Joe Gallo kept a pet lion named Cleo in the basement of his headquarters. The scenario was also probably inspired by Miami’s most notorious drug lord, Mario Tabraue, whose predilection for wild cats was featured in the Netflix documentary Tiger King. But the most conspicuous acquisition Montana leveraged cut Frank the deepest.

It’s always a mistake to go after the boss’ girl. James Cagney’s Tommy Powers knew this in The Public Enemy (1931). James Woods’ Maximillian “Max” Bercovicz skirts this in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Montana sets out to steal Frank’s trophy wife, Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer), from the moment he lays eyes on her, though he waits for the height of his reign to claim her. He does it as much to emasculate his former boss as he does it out of desire. It’s a betrayal equal to having Manny whack Frank while he pleads for his life.

The new couple is married by 1983, but with a marriage always on the rock.

Don’t Get High on Your Own Supply

Montana’s downfall is aided, abetted, but most of all mirrored in his descent into addiction. He probably took his first sniff from Elvira’s stash, but even as Montana bemoans, “I got a junkie for a wife,” he doesn’t get wind of his own problem. “Another Quaalude, and she’ll be mine again,” he reasons as the trophy wife climbs off the pedestal and up on a shelf.

Montana is in deep drug denial when Elvira leaves him after he openly complains she can’t have children because she is polluted with the yaya he’s been peddling. He should at least entertain the notion when she openly wonders if he would even be alive to raise their child.

In American Gangster, Denzel Washington’s Frank Lucas knows enough not to dip his nose into the supply. And while Pacino’s slide into the junkie aspects of his character is physically more subtle than Ray Liotta’s bug-eyed Henry Hill in Goodfellas, the results are just as devastating. When Montana was crushing the competition and bagging the Sandman, he had discipline. His mind gets muddled as his drug use spirals out of control. He makes rash decisions, dips into schizoid delusions, and succumbs to white powder paranoia. He can’t see his way through the haze to find alternatives. He walks right into the undercover cop’s money laundering bust.

The drugs dull his instincts. If Tony wasn’t high at the security command center, he would have seen Sosa’s soldiers encroaching his compound over the cameras. He had 10 bodyguards on the property, he could have positioned them defensively. The only thing his ultimate hit man is hiding behind is a pair of killer shades. He never should have been able to sneak behind Montana’s back. Tony also wouldn’t have gotten rid of his most trusted weapon.

Over and Underestimating Little Friends

Tony Montana’s right-hand man would have been the best, first defense against the Sosa attack. What Tony does to Manny Ribera is his worst action. The two are virtually brothers. Their bond goes beyond being partners in crime, it tightened in the “Freedomtown” concentration camp, and solidified in the Miami chainsaw massacre. It is because Manny is Tony’s most trusted soldier that he will never be good enough for Tony’s sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). Tony’s saving grace is he believes he is doing all this to ensure a better life for his sister. Gina is supposed to represent the innocence he sacrificed, but she is also an unattainable sin.Tony’s mother doesn’t try to separate her children merely because her daughter might be swallowed in the criminal life; she is curbing what she sees as Tony’s unnatural urges.

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Even if Tony doesn’t see Manny as a rival for his sister’s affections, he still sees him through the eyes of a fellow criminal, and a womanizing one at that. Tony is just like his mother, who rejects him. Tony brands his friend, and ultimately seals his fate with it.

The problem is Ribera wasn’t made to be a gangster. He is a loyal and efficient consigliere and soldier for Tony’s crew, but he would have been happier slapping his name on knockoff designer jeans. Besides the bubbling incestuous tension exacerbated by the coke haze, Tony doesn’t want to see his best friend happier than him, and denies Gina a real chance at the happiness he wants for her.

It’s the one thing Tony can’t buy for her. Gina and Manny fully expect Tony to be thrilled by their marriage. They were going to surprise him with the news. Tony’s incestuous protectiveness speeds his downfall. He murders Manny as a punishment. Gina is shot by Sosa’s men. Montana loses the two most important people in his life, and his inability to control his lusts destroy them all.

“Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy”

The biggest contributory factor in Tony’s downfall is his humanity. In The Godfather, Sonny Corleone advises his brother Michael not to take things too personally in business. When Lopez gives Montana the mission of delivering a bundle of cocaine to Columbian dealers, the rising mobster takes things very personally. The deal goes bad when Montana’s friend Angel Fernandez is murdered with a chainsaw in a scene so aurally graphic (watch it again, there’s no violence shown, only heard), it almost got the film an X rating.

It was allowed in the film in the name of education, Stone pointed to a DEA report which detailed the exact scenario. Tony teaches the Colombians a lesson in humanity. Not content with leaving with the cash and the coke, he kills every single gang member who had anything to do with Angel’s death.

Tony also lets his conscience be his guide when he’s working the GPI on a hit. Faced with serious jail time for his tax evasion arrest, he makes a deal with Sosa, who is also under fire. Montana agrees to fly to New York and assassinate a journalist before he can give a speech on Sosa’s organization. A bomb has been planted in the journalist’s car, and Tony is in charge of tailing until the perfect detonation point. But when Tony arrives on the scene to assassinate the journalist, he notices the man’s wife and children are with him. Montana not only breaks his word, the promise to protect his powerful partner, but he murders Sosa’s right hand man, Alberto, rather than kill the children playing in the back seat.

“I Always Tell The Truth. Even When I Lie.”

Tony Montana may have been the ballsiest and most charismatic of his machismo mob, but he wasn’t the brightest. He acknowledges his intellectual shortcomings, “I come from the gutter,” he admits. “I know that. I got no education, but that’s okay. I know the street.” But he doesn’t read signs. He can’t tell a freeway from a dead end. Frank Lopez may be a blowhard, but his words of wisdom could have been carved in the cement.

All the concrete Tony brags about has gone to his head, making his skull thicker than Pacino’s accent. Montana is brash and unbending, narcissistically adherent to only his own advice, and his own worst counsel. His anger blinds him, the battery is running low on his foresight, and he’s so flashy his enemies can see him coming from miles away. And he can’t see them when they’re standing close enough to breathe on the back of his neck.

Final Massacre

Of course the most obvious reason Tony ends up the way does is because he fights off an army by himself. He’s got quite an arsenal, and the coke probably makes it seem like a good idea at the time, but the decision to stay and fight is vastly miscalculated. Even if Tony had survived the last assassination attempt, Sosa’s men would always be hunting for him. It would have been a short hunt. Tony Montana would have died of a heart attack from all that coke he snorted.

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Alternative Rap Battle - Division All Stars || Kanji, Romaji & Eng

Alternative Rap Battle is the a song for the upcoming mobile game ‘Alternative Rap Battle’, by Division All Stars - The full HypMic cast.

Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement: invisible manners (Daisuke Hirayama ・ Sei Fukuyama) MV Creator: Pink Janakutemo Vocals: Division All Stars

Lyrics under the cut! Apologies for taking a while with this!

KANJI

ICHIRO Yo yo yo! Play the gameだぜ! Back again、yo 固唾を呑みな起こすぜフェノミナンおもねんなメンバー下げんな縦フェーダー(Let’s go) 叫ぶスピーカーでブクロをBig up この国家は今一度洗濯しかないぜ円卓の騎士が起死回生の為に凱旋いかんせん邪魔ばっか嫌になるぜパイセン(Let’s go) 謳えアンセム山田一郎が参戦

SAMATOKI ナチュラルハイでイキったクソガキがいっちょ前にマッチョな事言ってまちゅねぇ? アティチュードは血も凍るゼロ・ファーレンハイト我に返っても既にToo late Mother Father Sister Brother 俺さまはGod Father 言霊ぶつけるぜまざまざとバイオハザード級の災いだ　まだやるか

RAMUDA ハート型の光線をコンセントレートチョコで包む洋酒入り怖～いダイナマイト！ inner zoneに入り交じり愛憎を倍増させるメッ！する対象広くユニセックス乱数の事グルグルと何回考えちゃう? Love感情生産する脳内マニファクチャー飴玉が甘いなんてダメだ決めつけちゃ? 特別なレクチャーはぐちゃぐちゃにチャーミングだよ?

JAKURAI それは理にかなうクリニカルなスキルクリティカルな状況　狼狽しパントマイムなどは堅く禁ずだが進む淡々とTime 万全とは何か問われているAll time

壊れている人体涙目のクランケブランケットにくるむ腐乱する痛ましいフランス・ルイ17世の幼気な魂神よ全ての子供たちにMercy

CHORUS 騒乱動乱　ヒプノシスマイク群雄割拠 Alternative Battle illなビート寄越しなDJ バチバチの捨て鉢　ぶちこんでくライム

エキシビションじゃない歴史上のBattle 格式容赦ない異次元の魔法欲張りだぜ東西南北分捕るまでぶっ放すぜ罵倒

奪い奪われても恨んでる暇はねえ Are you game for more? Do you want more?

JIRO 無人のリムジンに火をつけて木っ端微塵バチバチに燃えてるぜ俺は風神雷神阿吽の呼吸でRollin’ Rollin’ 何かに取り憑かれたゴロツキ冗談抜きで火気厳禁のごぼう抜きのスキルは物好きくらいじゃ到達できん(Let’s go) 殺す気でかかって来るが良いがウチの一兄の出る幕も無いようだ

JYUTO はいはいはいウザい余罪つかムカつく重過失蛇足だぜ　その無駄すぎるライムもはやクライム初動で動員する押韻そうさ機動捜査隊のスタンス滅相もない！元も子もないもっともな言い分なんてないニューナンブの銃弾に代わるニューロンを蹂躙するマイク公務執行妨害だぜ頭部ぶっとぶがいい

GENTARO 明治大正昭和平成令和厭世的時代考証真似し青年は永遠なるパラダイムからも抗えるポエジー物狂で不器用な文豪のイメージ流刑地から一等地まで伝播して蔓延るこの活字のステージ弁は立つ衒学趣味無知蒙昧 no mind エクリチュール高慢な鼻を抉り取る

HIFUMI バトルもある意味接客業務せっかくだし盛り上げとくゲームウェイとか言っときゃ良いとか無え？(ウェイ！) 大都会生きるエンターテイメント延滞料金は不要だぜメンズ？弁解無用さツケにしてやんぜ？顔は殴らんよライムでもそうただしアンタのメンツはぐちゃぐちゃでしょ？

CHORUS Run & Gun　ヒプノシスマイク蛮勇韻力 Alternative Rap Dopeなビート繋ぎなDJ たちまち奪うガチ　ぶちこんで詰める！

one for the treble two for the bass 痛いガキ死すともフローは死せず韻の攻防は因果応報分捕るまでぶっ放すぜ罵倒

奪い奪われても恨んでる暇はねえ Are you game for more? Do you want more?

SABURO 三郎の出番何喋ろう？とりま愚弄しとくマイクロフォンワーカホリックなリックで奪う不道徳なFlow所得フォトショして書き換えてくブクロの青写真(ブループリント) Bring on Bring on キンコンカンコン義務教育をお前に施してやろうか？ You know what？有能な僕の助言さまずはブクロの法律の授業だ

RIO ようそろ！さあようこそお前の不安要素の戦場の霧小官がメイソン理鶯弁証法により勝利を導く道理を一字一句お前に軍事指南進ぜよう心理的シンドローム伴う心底死んでも死にきれんほど擦り切れるだろう前頭葉前途多難だなジェントルマンああ残念　当面は火力演習の的となる

DICE おいおいおい go humble おいあんちゃん go gamble 丁半も知らん唐変木チンチロならションベンだぜマジ勘弁　テンション下げまず1勝次は本気で来いよ Once again 今日の賭場はラップゲームショバ代を払っとけ Dead or Alive 降りんならとっとと払えよ ZionだろうがBabylonだろうが財を成そうが滅びようが要は賭け(Bet)だろうが

DOPPO 死に敵う救済なんてシニカルな冗談商談相手にいつだって媚び諂ってshit damn 疾患寸前ぐらいなら失敗なんてノーカン儲かっても無いけどまだ食えてるならいっか一回や二回じゃ覚えらんないルーティンワーク雨天決行する結構なハードワーク営業トークで隠された封印解く日本刀のごとく突き刺す深く深く深く

CHORUS 騒乱動乱　ヒプノシスマイク群雄割拠 Alternative Battle illなビート寄越しなDJ バチバチの捨て鉢　ぶちこんでくライム

エキシビションじゃない歴史上のBattle 格式容赦ない異次元の魔法欲張りだぜ東西南北分捕るまでぶっ放すぜ罵倒

Run & Gun　ヒプノシスマイク蛮勇韻力 Alternative Rap Dopeなビート繋ぎなDJ たちまち奪うガチ　ぶちこんで詰める！

one for the treble two for the bass 痛いガキ死すともフローは死せず韻の攻防は因果応報分捕るまでぶっ放すぜ罵倒

奪い奪われても恨んでる暇はねえ Are you game for more？ Do you want more？

ROMAJI

ICHIRO Yo Yo Yo Play the game da ze Back again, yo katazu wo nomi na okosu ze fenominan omonen na menbaa sagen na tate feedaa (Let’s go) sakebu supiikaa de bukuro wo Big up

kono kuni wa ima ichido sentaku shikanai ze entaku no kishi ga kishi kaisei no tame ni gaisen ikansen jama bakka iya ni naru ze paisen (Let’s go) utae ansemu yamada ichiro ga sansen

SAMATOKI nachuraru hai de ikitta kuso gaki ga iccho mae ni maccho na koto itte machu nee? atitchuudo wa chi mo kooru zero.faarenhaito ware ni kaettemo sude ni Too late Mother Father Sister Brother ore-sama wa God Father kotodama butsukeru ze mazamaza to baiohazaado kyuu no wazawai da mada yaru ka

RAMUDA haatogata no kousen wo konsentoreeto choko de tsutsumu youshu iri kowa~i dainamaito! inner zone ni iri majiri aizou wo baizou saseru me! suru taishou hiroku yunisekkusu

ramuda no koto guruguru to nankai kangaechau? Love kanjou seisan suru nounai manifakuchaa amedama ga amai nante dame da kimetsukecha? tokubetsu na rekuchaa wa guchagucha ni chaamingu da yo?

JAKURAI sore wa ri ni kanau kurinikaru na sukiru kuritikaru na joukyou roubai shi pantomaimu nado wa kataku kinzu da ga susumu tantan to Time banzen to wa nanika towareteiru All Time

kowareteiru jintai namidame no kuranke buranketto ni kurumu furan suru itamashii furansu.rui juunanasei no itaike na tamashii kami yo subete no kodomotachi ni Mercy

CHORUS souran douran hipunoshisu maiku gunyuu kakkyo Alternative Battle ill na biito yokoshi na DJ bachibachi no sutebachi buchikondeku raimu

ekishibishon janai rekishijou no Battle kakushiki yousha nai ijigen no mahou yokubari da ze touzai nanboku bundoru made buppanasu ze batou

ubai ubawaretemo uranderu hima wa nee

Are you game for more? Do You Want More?

JIRO mujin no rimujin ni hi wo tsukete koppa mijin bachibachi ni moeteru ze ore wa fuujin raijin aun no kokyuu de Rollin’ Rollin’ nanika ni toritsukareta gorotsuki joudan nuki de kaki genkin no gobou nuki no sukiru wa monozuki kurai ja toutatsu dekin (Let’s go) korosu ki de kakatte kuru ga ii ga uchi no ichinii no deru maku mo nai you da

JYUTO hai hai hai uzai yozai tsu ka mukatsuku juukashitsu dasoku da ze sono mudasugiru raimu mohaya kuraimu shodou de douin suru ouin sou sa kidou sousatai no sutansu messou mo nai! moto mo ko mo nai mottomo na ippun nante nai nyuu nanbu no juudan ni kawaru nyuuron wo juurin suru maiku koumu shikkou bougai da ze toubu buttobu ga ii

GENTARO meiji taishou shouwa heisei reiwa enseiteki jidai koushou mane shi seinen wa eien naru paradaimu kara mo aragaeru poejii bukkyou de bukiyou na bungou no imeeji ryuukeichi kara ittouchi made denpa shite habikoru kono katsuji no suteeji ben wa tatsu gengaku shumi muchi moumai No mind ekurichuuru kouman na hana wo eguritoru

HIFUMI batoru mo aru imi sekkyaku gyoumu sekkaku dashi moriagetoku geemu wei to ka ittokya ii to ka nee? (wei!) daitokai ikiru entaateinmento entai ryoukin wa fuyou da ze menzu? benkai muyousa tsuke ni shite yan ze? kao wa naguran yo raimu demo sou tadashi anta no mentsu wa guchagucha desho?

CHORUS Run & Gun hipunoshisu maiku banyuu inryoku Alternative Rap Dope na biito tsunagi na DJ tachimachi ubau gachi buchikonde tsumeru!

one for the treble two for the bass itai gaki shisu tomo furoo wa shisezu in no koubou wa inga ouhou bundoru made buppanasu ze batou

ubai ubawaretemo uranderu hima wa nee

Are you game for more? Do You Want More?

SABURO saburo no deban nani shaberou? torima gurou shitoku maikurofon waakaahorikku na rikku de ubau fudoutoku na Flow shotoku fotosho shite kakikaeteku bukuro no buruupurinto Bring on Bring on kinkon kankon gimu kyouiku wo omae ni hodokoshite yarou ka? You know what? yuunou na boku no jogensa mazu wa bukuro no houritsu no jugyou da

RIO yousoro! saa youkoso omae no fuan youso no senjou no kiri shoukan ga meison riou benshouhou ni yori shouri wo michibiku doori wo ichiji ikku omae ni gunji shinan shinzeyou shinriteki shindoroomu tomonau shinsoko shindemo shinikiren hodo surikireru darou zentou you zento tanan da na jentoruman aa zannen toumen wa karyoku enshuu no mato to naru

DICE oi oi oi go humble oi an-chan go gamble chouhan mo shiran touhenboku chinchiro nara shonben da ze maji kanben tenshon sage mazu isshou tsugi wa honki de koi yo Once again kyou no toba wa rappu geemu shobadai wo harattoke Dead or Alive orin nara tottoto harae yo Zion darou ga Babylon darou ga zai wo nasou ga horobiyou ga you wa Bet darou ga

DOPPO shi ni kanau kyuusai nante shinikaru na joudan shoudan aite ni itsudatte kobihetsuratte shit damn shikkan sunzen gurai nara shippai nante nookan moukattemo nai kedo mada kueteru narai ikka ikkai ya nikai ja oboerannai ruutin waaku uten kekkou suru kekkou na haado waaku eigyou tooku de kakusareta fuuin toku nihontou no gotoku tsukisasu fukaku fukaku fukaku

CHORUS souran douran hipunoshisu maiku gunyuu kakkyo Alternative Battle ill na biito yokoshi na DJ bachibachi no sutebachi buchikondeku raimu

ekishibishon janai rekishijou no Battle kakushiki yousha nai ijigen no mahou yokubari da ze touzai nanboku bundoru made buppanasu ze batou

Run & Gun hipunoshisu maiku banyuu inryoku Alternative Rap Dope na biito tsunagi na DJ tachimachi ubau gachi buchikonde tsumeru!

one for the treble two for the bass itai gaki shisu tomo furoo wa shisezu in no koubou wa inga ouhou bundoru made buppanasu ze batou

ubai ubawaretemo uranderu hima wa nee

Are you game for more? Do You Want More

ENGLISH

ICHIRO YO YO YO! Let's play the game! Back again, yo Don't be scared, get up to this new phenomenon No backing down! No fade us out! (Let's go!) Shout it through the speakers, big up 'Bukuro! This country’s all washed up again The Knights of the Round Table have been revived Sorry senpai, but you best not get in our way Sing the battle anthem! It's Ichiro Yamada on the set!

SAMATOKI You think too high of yourself, damn brat. It’s almost natural. Acting all macho with the big dogs now, huh? My 0°F attitude's enough to freeze blood. Try to come back to me, it's already too late Mother Father Sister Brother, I'm the Godfather Samatoki These words'll crush you, cause I'm a biohazard. So you still up to fight?

RAMUDA My heart-shaped beams will strike your through♡ Wrapped in chocolate and wine, it's scary dynamite! Both love and hate mix and explode in the inner zone! This punishment is unisex~ Hey, is Ramuda's cute face stuck inside your head yet~? Brains are manufactured to produce love, you know! Who says candy has to be sweet anyway? That's silly! My special lecture is chaos, let’s make a charming mess~!

JAKURAI Clinical skills are defined by logic Panicking and pantomining in critical situations, these are forbidden, though apathy and time never halt. I ask myself “what is perfection?” is all the time. The eroding human body, patient with teary eyes I swathed in blankets, they still decay. How pitiful.The innocent soul of Louis XVII May God have mercy on his children

CHORUS Chaos and mayhem, Hypnosis mic! This means war! Alternative Battle! DJ, bring that ill beat! Crackling tension, rhymes are bullets! This ain't an exhibition! It's a historic battle! The brutal magic of this new dimension! Everyone here's greedy as hell! We're gonna rap you to death! No hard feelings, ain't no time for that! Are you game for more? Do you want more?

JIRO Set the limousine alight and blow it up! Let's burn it all up! I’m the God of both Wind and Thunder. The three of us, Rollin' Rollin'! Punks who fight us'll end up dizzy Seriously, you gotta bite harder than that if you wanna match my skill (Let's go!) It's aight if you're aiming for the kill, but this fight would be too easy for Ichi-nii!

JYUTO Yeah, yeah, all right! How annoying, shut your trap! You’re in for the arrest. It's ridiculous how useless your senseless rhyming can get! It's a crime in itself! Striking at the first sign of trouble, that is our criminal investigations department's stance! Absurd? No way! We can't afford mistakes or losses! Take this mic instead of a revolver, to fry your neruons! Obstruction of justice is a felony, you know? Don't blame me if I blast your head off!

GENTARO Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei, Reiwa I'm but a copycat, looking back to every pessimistic era Writing poesies that resist even eternal paradigms, I create the image of a mad and bumbling wordsmith. This verbal stage spreads like an epidemic, from the depths of the slums to the royal palace Your manner of speech clearly indicates what an ignorant fool you are (No mind) This ecriture dictates my desire to gouge out that haughty nose of yours.

HIFUMI Battles are like a customer service, in a way As long as we're here, why don't we up this game? Nothing wrong with a little party and fun, hm? Let's enjoy some big-city entertainment. No need to pay the late charges guys, but your excuse is useless. It'll go on your tab. So no hits to the face, but let's settle this in rap. Though, your appearance is just a mess, isn't it?

CHORUS Run & Gun, Hypnosis Mic! The merciless rhyme, alternative rap! DJ, bring that dope beat! We'll beat you down before you know it! One for the treble! Two for the bass! Even if you knock us down, our flow's here to stay! Fight or flight, it's still your win or loss! We're gonna rap you all dead! No hard feelings, ain't no time for that! Are you game for more? Do you want more?

SABURO Saburo's turn, what should I say? For now, it's time to wreck ‘em with this microphone Workaholics earn their money through dirty work Photoshopped, rewritten, it's 'Bukuro's new blueprint. Bring on, bring on, ding dong ding dong Why don't I teach you a lesson, right here right now? You know what? Take it as a lesson from someone smarter than you. First off, how bout we talk about 'Bukuro's rules?

RIOU Keep the ship stead! Welcome, come on! I am the unstoppable force on the battle field. I'm Mason Riou. The path to victory is through sound logic and reasoning I move with the guidance of the military way. The psychological syndrome that afflicts your heart shall wear out your brain until you perish. Many difficulties lie ahead of you gentlemen. Unfortunately, you are my target and I’m opening fire.

DICE Oi, oi, oi, go humble! C'mon, let's go gamble! Don't know how, then I'll teach ya dumbass! Chinchiro's easy! Still can't play? Gimme a break! It's my win now, so come at me seriously next, got it? Today's a gamble! Fork over your bets! Dead or Alive, if you gonna call quits, hurry and pay up! Zion or Babylon, win or lose, it ain't matter! What matters is we bet it all!

DOPPO Salvation in the face of death, what a cynical joke Doing business means nothing but sucking up, shit damn If you're on the verge of collapsing, making mistakes is fine, I guess Sure, there's not much profit. But as long as you get paid, it's all good. Just doing it once or twice isn't enough for this routine work Rain or shine, it has to be done. It's pretty hard work. Hiding it on normal days, I'll unleash myself during sales talks. I'll stab through you with my blade, let it go deeper, deeper, deeper

Run & Gun, Hypnosis Mic! The merciless rhyme, alternative rap! DJ, bring that dope beat! We'll beat you down before you know it! One for the treble! Two for the bass! Even if you knock us down, our flow's here to stay! Fight or flight, it's still your win or loss! We're gonna rap you all dead!

No hard feelings, ain't no time for that! Are you game for more? Do you want more?

TRANSLATOR NOTES

Ichiro refers to the knights of the Round Table - 12 here, but the original numbers are something like 24, 36 or some even as 72.

Paisen - Another way of saying senpai, but for one you're much closer to/familiar with.

Samatoki's referal to himself as 'the Godfather' is related to how he brought up Ichiro's rap skills.

Jakurai uses the german word for patient/ill person, Kranke

Since these verses are shots at their rivals, Jakurai is addressing Ramuda in this verse. Louis XVII was a child king. Jakurai is asking mercy on Ramuda's soul because he's about to beat this kid to the ground.

Chinchiro is the game that Fling Posse played in the 2nd Drama Track and 4th Chapter of Side FP/M

Zion - synonym for Jerusalem. Babylon, once the largest city in the world - This line possibly refers to how Dice is risking it all with his bets. All or nothing.

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Chinese Pan Ku, the Creation Myth

reference link : https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15250/15250-h/15250-h.htm#d0e1278

The Fashioner of the Universe

The most conspicuous figure in Chinese cosmogony is P’an Ku. He it was who chiselled the universe out of Chaos. According to Chinese ideas, he was the offspring of the original dual powers of Nature, the yin and the yang (to be considered presently), which, having in some incomprehensible way produced him, set him the task of giving form to Chaos and “making the heavens and the earth.”

Some accounts describe him as the actual creator of the universe—“the ancestor of Heaven and earth and all that live and move and have their being.” ‘P’an’ means ‘the shell of an egg,’ and ‘Ku’ ‘to secure,’ ‘solid,’ referring to P’an Ku being hatched from out of Chaos and to his settling the arrangement of the causes to which his origin was due. The characters themselves may, however, mean nothing more than ‘Researches into antiquity,’ though some bolder translators have assigned to them the significance if not the literal sense of ‘aboriginal abyss,’ or the Babylonian Tiamat, ‘the Deep.’

P’an Ku is pictured as a man of dwarfish stature clothed in bearskin, or merely in leaves or with an apron of leaves. He has two horns on his head. In his right hand he holds a hammer and in his left a chisel (sometimes these are reversed), the only implements he used in carrying out his great task. Other pictures show him attended in his labours by the four supernatural creatures—the unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, and dragon; others again with the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, Page 77some of the firstfruits of his stupendous labours. (The reason for these being there will be apparent presently.) His task occupied eighteen thousand years, during which he formed the sun, moon, and stars, the heavens and the earth, himself increasing in stature day by day, being daily six feet taller than the day before, until, his labours ended, he died that his works might live. His head became the mountains, his breath the wind and clouds, his voice the thunder, his limbs the four quarters of the earth, his blood the rivers, his flesh the soil, his beard the constellations, his skin and hair the herbs and trees, his teeth, bones, and marrow the metals, rocks, and precious stones, his sweat the rain, and the insects creeping over his body human beings, who thus had a lowlier origin even than the tears of Khepera in Egyptian cosmology.1

This account of P’an Ku and his achievements is of Taoist origin. The Buddhists have given a somewhat different account of him, which is a late adaptation from the Taoist myth, and must not be mistaken for Buddhist cosmogony proper.2

The Sun and the Moon

In some of the pictures of P’an Ku he is represented, as already noted, as holding the sun in one hand and the moon in the other. Sometimes they are in the form of those bodies, sometimes in the classic character. The legend says that when P’an Ku put things in order in the lower world, he did not put these two luminaries in their proper courses, so they retired into the Han Sea, and the people dwelt in darkness. The Terrestrial Page 78Emperor sent an officer, Terrestrial Time, with orders that they should come forth and take their places in the heavens and give the world day and night. They refused to obey the order. They were reported to Ju Lai; P’an Ku was called, and, at the divine direction of Buddha, wrote the character for ‘sun’ in his left hand, and that for ‘moon’ in his right hand; and went to the Han Sea, and stretched forth his left hand and called the sun, and then stretched forth his right hand and called the moon, at the same time repeating a charm devoutly seven times; and they forthwith ascended on high, and separated time into day and night.3

Other legends recount that P’an Ku had the head of a dragon and the body of a serpent; and that by breathing he caused the wind, by opening his eyes he created day, his voice made the thunder, etc.

P’an Ku and Ymer

Thus we have the heavens and the earth fashioned by this wonderful being in eighteen thousand years. With regard to him we may adapt the Scandinavian ballad:

It was Time’s morning When P’an Ku lived; There was no sand, no sea, Nor cooling billows;

Earth there was none, No lofty Heaven; No spot of living green; Only a deep profound.

And it is interesting to note, in passing, the similarity between this Chinese artificer of the universe and Ymer, the giant, who discharges the same functions in Scandinavian mythology. Though P’an Ku did not have the same kind of birth nor meet with the violent death of the latter, the results as regards the origin of the universe seem to have been pretty much the same.4

P’an Ku a Late Creation

But though the Chinese creation myth deals with primeval things it does not itself belong to a primitive time. According to some writers whose views are entitled to respect, it was invented during the fourth century A.D. by the Taoist recluse, Magistrate Ko Hung, author of the Shên hsien chuan (Biographies of the Gods). The picturesque person of P’an Ku is said to have been a concession to the popular dislike of, or inability to comprehend, the abstract. He was conceived, some Chinese writers say, because the philosophical explanations of the Cosmos were too recondite for the ordinary mind to grasp. That he did fulfil the purpose of furnishing the Page 80ordinary mind with a fairly easily comprehensible picture of the creation may be admitted; but, as will presently be seen, it is over-stating the case to say that he was conceived with the set purpose of furnishing the ordinary mind with a concrete solution or illustration of this great problem. There is no evidence that P’an Ku had existed as a tradition before the time when we meet with the written account of him; and, what is more, there is no evidence that there existed any demand on the part of the popular mind for any such solution or illustration. The ordinary mind would seem to have been either indifferent to or satisfied with the abstruse cosmogonical and cosmological theories of the early sages for at least a thousand years. The cosmogonies of the I ching, of Lao Tzŭ, Confucius (such as it was), Kuan Tzŭ, Mencius, Chuang Tzŭ, were impersonal. P’an Ku and his myth must be regarded rather as an accident than as a creation resulting from any sudden flow of psychological forces or wind of discontent ruffling the placid Chinese mind. If the Chinese brought with them from Babylon or anywhere else the elements of a cosmogony, whether of a more or less abstruse scientific nature or a personal mythological narrative, it must have been subsequently forgotten or at least has not survived in China. But for Ko Hung’s eccentricity and his wish to experiment with cinnabar from Cochin-China in order to find the elixir of life, P’an Ku would probably never have been invented, and the Chinese mind would have been content to go on ignoring the problem or would have quietly acquiesced in the abstract philosophical explanations of the learned which it did not understand. Chinese cosmogony would then have consisted exclusively of the recondite impersonal metaphysics which the Chinese Page 81mind had entertained or been fed on for the nine hundred or more years preceding the invention of the P’an Ku myth.

#china #egg #chaos #panku #pangu

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Could the Original Valentine use the Dismantling technique OUTSIDE the Backyard? I wondered if it is possible for Backyard Magic users to tap into it and influence reality without just being in the Backyard itself.

GGXrd's Codex referred to the incident as "Baptisma 13".

The implication is that 13 sealed Gears were subsequently "unsealed" and then "sublimated" by Valentine.

While the Codex never explains this directly, I'll try and clarify what I mean.

Baptisma or "Baptism", is symbolically a Christian tradition in which someone is purified of all sin and thus forgiven and reborn.

And while that's heavy context implying that Gears are "Sinful creatures", keep in mind it was the Conclave and Sanctus Populi who dubbed this event as such... even if they aren't officially a Religious Order... they were the founders of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights and had considerable "religious clout" at the time.

What the Conclave calls "forgiveness" is actually the "death" or "dismantling" of a Gear's body down to the cellular level.

Valentine never performed these actions from within the Backyard, or at least it does not appear she did. Rather, she was taking war-like actions bordering Illyria Kingdom's domain... and eventually used a powerful sealing Magic on King Ky himself that even Sol didn't have the knowledge to decode at the time.

Izuna later stated that Valentine was a Backyard resident like himself, so it makes reasonable sense to assume she knew complex Magic that could destroy Gears in the blink of an eye, just like Izuna was able to save Sol and Sin at the last minute just as quickly, even if he was hiding his presence from them at first (Izuna wasn't in the Backyard when he saved Sol, he was just hiding because of his shyness).

Much much later, we see Bedman performing feats like long-distance Teleportation and generating Information Flares out of Japanese victims, and this was "outside the Backyard" as well.

Even Asuka R. Kreutz (with Sol's help) performed a Felion-barrier breaking technique that essentially went above and beyond the "660 Borrowed Laws of Heaven" (aka the 660 Arcanum that the rest of the world calls "Magic").

So, no... they don't need to be in the Backyard to use such complicated Magic, however... they did have to "enter" the Backyard at some point to understand that Magic and grasp it.

You can't simply do what you want right away upon entering the Backyard, as it takes a considerable amount of time to digest any fraction of its dense and complex information.

And, more obviously, no normal human could enter the Backyard in the first place...

It's interesting to note that the 660 Arcanum is actually referred to as the "Borrowed Laws of Heaven", while the remaining 6 Forbidden spells fall outside those Laws and are considered detrimental.

Backyard Magic by it's nature "breaks" those natural laws just like Forbidden Magic does, so clearly there are more than six spells that could be considered "forbidden". Even Dr. Paradigm had to create a set of “scores” (books/notes) to keep track of the Magic he was looking at when he studied the Cube.

The biggest Magic "threat" of the Backyard thus far has been the Information Flares... the first of which destroyed the entire population of Babylon; it was a spell code created by Justice in her Cradle form. The symbol that appears when she used that spell also appears to be the same symbol that appears above Sol's head when he uses his Dragon Installed form of Branding Breach... the same symbol on the Sage's Testament. So there's a connection between such powerful Magic and Gears from the outset.

The Backyard still has rules, however... This is why Humans die very easily when exposed to the Backyard's space in the first place... If that weren't the case, Humanity would have discovered the deepest secrets of the Backyard a long time ago.

Those who "know" that Magic, are special individuals to say the least... And they know the "cost" of using such a power and the "risk". Even someone like Axl Low isn't immune to the Backyard's effects, despite how powerful it's suggested he actually is.

Bedman referred to Humanity's connection with the Backyard as similar to a "Lucid Dream"... A dream that people have the ability to control with their very own subconsciousness.

Such dreams gave birth to I-No and the Youkai, among other "exceptions".

Such Magic is hardly easy to use... but in some cases, like the Information Flares... it risks opening the full "gate" to the Backyard itself... invoking the Absolute World, destroying everything in the process.

What exists within the Backyard is meant to stay there, as the Original Philosopher once said, but anyone who brings the Backyard to this world invites calamity to it.

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Recap/review 14.04: “Mint Condition “

THEN: Michael's gone. Supposedly. Dean feels bad. Ghosts are a thing. Salt circles. Monster Kaia's magic spear.

NOW: A comic book/collectibles store. The camera pans over a variety of figurines and memorabilia, including a poster for the movie Hell Hazers, which you may remember from Hollywood Babylon, (thank you, Continuity Fairy!) and briefly pauses on a poster for the movie All Saints' Day before showing a television. Someone's watching Shocker TV, showing scary movies "24 hours a day, all week long." We see clips from Route 666 and that movie they were filming in Hollywood Babylon, whose name escapes me, as well as from a movie we will eventually find out is All Saint's Day. Cut to a guy unpacking a box of collectibles under the watchful eye of a long-haired freak right out of All Saints' Day. I keep waiting for this guy to realize he's being watched, but I am the one who eventually comes to a realization - that's not a guy, it's a statue.

The guy unpacks a box and literally drops it in shock. Because it's haunted, right? No, it's just a Thundercats collectible figure Panthro, in its original box. (No one in my house knows anything about Thundercats, but I assume this is a real character.) He stuffs the box in a backpack, and then his phone rings. The incoming call is a video call, which is weird, because people this age don't even call each other, let alone via video, but it makes for better television, so we'll let it go.

The caller is a girl named Sam, who is apparently his boss. She immediately starts berating the guy for his bad customer service, which resulted in a negative Yelp review. He promises to do better and confirms that she's coming over for game night. Stewart picks up his bag and a set of keys on a Batman keyring and locks up the store, under the watchful eye of the creepy statue.

(Boy, this is a lot of recap before we even get to the title card...)

We see Stewart at his house, arguing with a pizza delivery place. Panthro is sitting on a table and he turns and looks at him. It's surprisingly well done, BTW. Stewart turns to see Panthro on the floor, gets closer, watches Panthro swing his mace, and then screams.

Title card!

Bunker. Dean's lying on his bed, eating pizza and watching Hatchet Man: All Saints' Day, which is a gloriously cheesy salute to the 80s. Well, I'm glad he finally got a TV in his room, but does this mean the Fortress of Deanitude is no more? Is it full of refugee hunters now? Aw, that's sad.

{Sidebar: I wonder if this movie is called All Saints' Day because they knew the episode would be shown on All Saints' Day, and were being meta/clever? Or is it just supposed to be a riff on the Halloween franchise?}

Sam comes in and asks what he's doing, and when Dean looks up, he's shocked to see the Beard of Despair is gone. "Why are you so surprised?" Sam says. "Obviously, judging from my glorious scruff, it's been a few days since I shaved. Have you really not seen me in a day or two?" (No, he doesn't really say that.) But Dean says "it's so smooth; it's like a dolphin's belly." And it's not. It's really not. And as much as I love the scruff - which is quite a bit - I'd also like to see Sam's pretty face smooth as a dolphin's belly sometime. Just sayin'.

Sam (still) wonders if Dean's okay, since he hasn't really come out of his room in a week, which I guess explains how he missed the Big Shave. Dean expositions that Cas is "showing Jack the ropes," because if Jack wants to learn how to be a hunter, there's no better teacher than Cas, right? Absolutely no one. And with Monster!Kaia and Michael "in the wind," and his home full of strangers, Dean apparently figures he's got nothing better to do than hole up in his room watching Hatchet Man movies. (Is Hatchet Man the franchise, and All Saints' Day just one of the titles? I'm having trouble getting a grip on this.)

He knows Sam doesn't get it, because Sam doesn't even like scary movies. "Our life is a scary movie," Sam points out. And speaking of which, he's found a case. He shows Dean a YouTube video of a bloodied Stewart describing his Panthro attack, and I wish I could take credit for this catch, but I saw it on Tumblr... look at the left side of the screen. The "Recommended for You" videos are about zombies, a conspiracy theory, and how to clean your sink, which are all very interesting, but look at the "Up Next" video.

IT'S A FUNNY CAT VIDEO. HAS SAM BEEN WATCHING FUNNY CAT VIDEOS?

Oh, Sammy knows just what he's doing, and I love him for it. He's all, we don't have to take this case involving KILLER THUNDERCAT TOYS if you're not interested, but he's got Dean exactly where he wants him.

His smug little face at the end of this scene gives me life.

Guys, I was so ready for this. A MotW, and Sam giving Dean a hunt he knows he'll enjoy just to help him kick his Michael blues... This is the show I'm here for!

The guys show up at the comic book store dressed like absolute dorks, in short-sleeved shirts and ties. Sam has a pocket protector. I don't know why. But it's single-layer Winchesters and I'm gonna embrace it. Looks like this episode is happening on Halloween and not on All Saints' Day, because they're accosted by costumed children outside the store. Dean comments that Sam still isn't a fan of Halloween (which we've known ever since the pilot; thanks again to the Continuity Fairy). Sam confirms.

Apparently this red mask is a character Jensen voiced in an animation? And of course Jared was in House of Wax. Pretty deep meta here, Show.

BossLady!Sam is there, wearing a red plaid shirt, and Dean comments that she's like Sam's twin. "I don't know what you're talking about," Sam says, as he and BossLady!Sam tuck their hair behind their ears in sync, and I die.

That’s me, in a puddle on the floor.

“Soft, delicate features," Dean points out. "Luxurious hair. She's like your Wonder Twin." All of this is true, Dean, and good on you for noticing that your brother has soft, delicate features and luxurious hair. Sam notices a guy stocking the shelves - black All Saints' Day t-shirt, shortish spiky hair, lollipop just like the one Dean snagged at the door - and says "if that's me, then that's you over there."

Dean's distracted (and delighted) by the Hatchet Man statue, giving him the name David Yaeger. {Sidebar: did you know the word jager means hunter in German?} His doppelganger encourages him to push a button that plays his catch phrases from the movie, including "we all do bad things sometimes." Which is, like Dean's motto. Dean's joy is infectious and adorable.

BossLady!Sam finishes her business with the police and asks what she can do to help the guys, offering "Funko Pops, Magic cards," and given the number of Supernatural Funko Pops decorating my office, I'm pleased with that shout-out. Sam asks about Stewart as Dean asks about vintage Hot Wheels, and Dean, I am very sad to inform you that Hot Wheels apparently never made a 1967 Chevy Impala.

The guys introduce themselves as Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, The Husband points out) from Campbell and Sons Insurance (hee!), wanting to speak to Stewart. Presumably not about Hot Wheels, unless he got run over by one. They'd gone to his place, but his roommate said he moved out. Or got kicked out. BossLady!Sam explains that Stewart is an "acquired taste" who makes a lot of online enemies, and he can be found at his mom's house.

I still don't understand why the guys are dressed like nerds. Is it a Halloween costume? Because we've seen them as insurance agents before, and they were wearing regular suits.

Mom's house. Mom puts a couple of mugs on the table - one is a superhero (Flash, maybe?) and one is decorated with cats - and announces that Stewie will be up in just a minute. Dean reaches for the superhero mug, even though it was placed in front of Sam, but the joke's on you, Dean, because we now know Sam likes cats! But more importantly, Dean has added a pair of black Clark Kent eyeglasses to his getup. WHY? I mean, it's hilarious, but WHY?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

We hear Stewart pitching a fit in the basement. He stomps upstairs and sees the Winchesters, and I know the guy in the store was supposed to be Dean's avatar, but this guy is wearing a RED SHIRT WITH A SQUIRREL ON IT. COME ON .

Truly a Red Shirt of Bad Decisions.

We learn that Sam is aware of Fortnight, and Dean notices the smell of burning sage. Stewart explains that he dated a goth chick who told him it would bring good luck, but he broke up before they could "merl." Dean's as confused as I am about "merl," but Sam explains it's MIRL - Meet In Real Life. Dean asks how he knows what that means, and Sam very quickly changes the subject. And this opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities, doesn't it, regarding Sam's online activities and his knowledge of MIRLing, and that would certainly be an entertaining rabbit hole to go down, and I hope some of y'all indulge in that, fic-wise or meta-wise or whatever. I look forward to reading it.

Anyway. Sam asks about the Panthro attack, and Stewart jumps in to say he made it up. When Dean presses, he gets mad and kicks them out of the house and then we cut to an exterior shot and WHAT THE FUCK? NOW DEAN HAS A TACKY CHECKERED BLAZER? It's like he's slowly turning into Matt Foley from SNL. At some point in this episode he's got to say something about living in a van down by the river.

Dean refers to Stewart as "Big Bang," which reminds me that I meant to ask, when we first learned his name, if he was a shout-out to Stewart the comic book store owner on Big Bang Theory. {Sidebar: Would this be a reciprocal shout-out, since that show has a character named Kripke? Is there a connection I don't know about?} Given Stewart's Wiccan girlfriend, they think the toy might have been under a spell, and they decide to check the house for hex bags later. Although I don't know how she would have left any in the house, since they never MIRLed.

Later. The guys are sitting in the car, still outside Stewart's house, when a little lumberjack and vampire walk by. Look, it’s Dean and Benny!

Sam’s instructing someone to use lamb's blood and "stay safe," because he's still Chief, Dean, whether you like it or not. Dean asks "seriously, what is your deal with Halloween," and "don't give me that 'every day is Halloween for us' crap." It's kind of odd that he doesn't already know. I mean, we already know. His life is Halloween. And his mother died two days after Halloween. {Sidebar: Is it just headcanon, fueled by fanfic, that John got blind stupid drunk every year around the anniversary of Mary's death? Or is that canon?} The conversation is interrupted when Stewart's mom leaves the house, and the guys have to duck - toward each other - to avoid being seen. It's ridiculous and hilarious and I love it.

Dean could have just taken off the Clark Kent glasses.

Sam suspects Stewart changed his story because he's being brutally mocked online. And he won't say the word bitch. Is this something we can't do now that we're airing at an earlier hour, Show? Then Stewart comes out of the house, bloody and screaming for help. Dean goes inside, gun drawn, and follows a trail of blood to Stewart's man cave (um, boy cave?). As he gazes at a Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster, he hears a chain saw, which hurtles into the room and barely misses his pretty head.

Hospital. Stewart's mom, still in costume, sits at his side and thanks the guys for saving his life. She wants to go home and get his favorite pillow, but they convince her to stay. "Everything's fine," Dean tells her. "Everything is not fine," he says to Sam, as they leave the room. He says he swept the room for hex bags and found nothing, but the EMF went crazy. So it's a ghost. Hey, guys, you should have watched the "Then." We already knew that. Dean is going to stay at the hospital and keep Mom from going back to the house, while Sam asks around to see if anybody "got dead lately."

At the house, Sam finds the light switch in the Den of Stewartitude doesn't work, even though a lamp and computer monitors are turned on in the room. He laughs at himself for being startled by the Panthro toy and says "nice, Sam, smooth," and for some reason this just almost makes my heart burst open. The toy isn't putting off EMF now, which he finds odd. Then he looks at one of the monitors and sees a group photo of Stewart, LadyBoss!Sam, Dean's doppelganger, and an older man.

Back at the hospital, Dean's doppelganger is standing outside Stewart's darkened room. He is wearing an army green canvas jacket and has acquired some scruff of his own and he's just such a precious little mini Dean; I can't stand it. He asks what Dean's doing there, and Dean says he's just keeping an eye on Stewart. "He must have awesome insurance," Doppelganger says. Which is very funny, and also very Dean, because he says "awesome" so much. I love it.

Dirk explains that Stewart is a jerk, but he's his best friend, and he's there when Dirk needs him. They eat pizza and watch movies and who else does that, my friends? You know who. Then the guys bond over their love of scary movies, and it looks like the franchise is actually called All Saints' Day. I'm sure you were really dying to know. Stewart comments that no hospital would ever be that empty, and Dean says he's been to a lot of hospitals at night, and "trust me, it gets pretty empty," and at first that's just heartbreaking because I figure he was at these hospitals because John or Sam were injured. But maybe he's just thinking about hunts in hospitals. (Again, I need to differentiate fic-fueled headcanon from actual canon.) And then Dean says he likes to watch movies "where I know the bad guy's gonna lose" and yep, my heart is definitely broken.

Sam shows up at the store and asks BossLady!Sam if anyone close to Stewart has died lately. She explains that Jordan, who used to own the store, was kind of a Willy Wonka to her, Stewart, and Dirk (Aha! His name is Dirk! Which is close to Dean, and hasn't Dean actually been called Dirk before?). He died and left the store to BossLady!Sam and Dirk. Not Stewart, because he fired him twice for stealing. But she hired him back because he's a friend. It seems like Stewart has better friends than he deserves. She tells Sam that Jordan was cremated, and then we see something frosting over behind her.

Sam is adorable, trying to look casual as he pulls out his EMF meter and it lights up like a Christmas tree. He tells her it's a carbon monoxide detector and she needs to leave. He starts to tell her she's in danger, and then the David Yeager statue smacks him into the comic book display and knocks him out cold. Even though he hits it with his back. (Handwave!)

When he wakes up, BossLady!Sam is terrified but unhurt. She gets a quick version of the "monsters are real" speech and finds that the door is locked, and Hatchet Man took the keys. He throws something at the door, but it's shatterproof glass. Apparently Jordan was serious about thieves, which explains why he's so keen on killing Stewart, that Panthro-stealing little asshole.

He calls Dean, who's fanboying with Dirk about horror movies, and tells him it's Jordan's ghost. And the David Yaeger figure is on its way. Dean can hardly believe his luck. He pours a ring of salt around Stewart's bed, having given him the speech, and orders him to stay in it. Boy, it's a good thing they reminded us what salt is for in the "Then," or else we'd be really confused right now.

Store. BossLady!Sam figured out what I did, that Jordan wants to kill Stewart because he's a thief. She says she's been taking money out of his check to pay for what he steals, but Jordan wouldn't know that. Sam breaks his lockpick, and then asks if they have any cleaning supplies.

Hospital. Ghost stuff starts happening in Stewart's room, and Dirk panics and flees. Dean takes a hatchet out of a fire emergency box, even though I think that would probably set off a fire alarm. (Handwave!) Dirk's mom is carrying a tray of food from the cafeteria and comes across the Yaeger figure. She drops her tray and screams, just like the woman in the movie. Dirk shows up and puts on a stern face and tells Jordan that if he's going to kill his friend, he has to go through him. Oh Dirk, you sweet little thing, you're channeling Dean so hard now and I adore you. Jordan does come for Dirk, who says "crap" and runs off. There's a funny sequence where we cut back and forth between Dirk and some hospital guards who are watching All Saints' Day and ignoring the actual mayhem happening on their monitors.

Meanwhile, Sam is mixing drain cleaner and something else in a Scooby Doo lunchbox. {Sidebar: I'm not a Scooby Doo fan, but I love the show's constant references to it and the way the Continuity Fairy always remembers Dean's a fan.} BossLady!Sam asks how he learned to do this, and he says "I had a messed up childhood." It's funny because it's true. He hangs the lunchbox bomb on the door and they hide behind the desk. After it blows the door open, they both slowly peek over the desk and simultaneously say "cool." I'm starting to love Sam and his little doppelganger too.

Hospital. Dirk hides in the morgue (no, Dirk, never in the morgue!) and gets a scary hand on his shoulder, but it's Dean. Then a body on one of the gurneys sits up. Yeah, it's Yaeger.

At this point there's a fake movie promo for All Saints' Day III: The Reckoning. It starts out "Three Years Ago," which reminds me very much of a certain scene that starts out "Twenty two years ago." Looks like David Yaeger was killed in a fire on October 31, 1983, which is two days before Mary Winchester dies in a fire. Oh, you clever, clever show.

Back to the show. Dean gleefully fights the Yaeger figure. At least he's gleeful until it seems he's not doing very well. Sam and BossLady!Sam show up, and she's wearing Jared's coat from the EW Halloween photoshoot last year.

Bless you, Show.

She figures out that Jordan must be attached to the Batman keychain. Meanwhile, Dean is cornered, and about to get axed, when precious little badass Dirk stabs Jordan in the back. It doesn't kill him, of course, but it gives Dean a chance to get up and start losing the fight again. The Sams run in and BossLady!Sam figures out that alcohol will help them burn the keychain faster. Whoosh! There goes Jordan, and the statue falls lifeless to the floor.

Aftermath. The guys tell Dirk and BossLady!Sam that everyone is safe now. The Impala scene starts with Dean thanking Sam for "giving me a win." Sam asks him to stop hiding out in his room. "What happened with Michael, you said yes for me, for Jack, for your family. You did the right thing." He says nothing Michael did afterward is Dean's fault, and he needs to stop blaming himself.

"I'm never gonna get over it, okay?" Dean says. "I'm just not." And once again, Sam could say "yes, I understand how you feel, because I've been there too," not to make this all about him, but just to commiserate and show Dean that he's not just blowing off his horrific experience, he knows how bad it was and he might have some good ideas about getting past it. And once again, he does not. But that's okay. What isn't okay is what happens next. Dean asks again why Sam hates Halloween, and Sam tells some ridiculous story about having a crush on a girl in sixth grade and throwing up on her at her Halloween party, and you know what? I just refuse to accept this. WE KNOW WHY SAM HATES HALLOWEEN. AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A GIRL IN SIXTH GRADE. I don't know why you're doing this to me, Davy Perez. You're usually so good about canon. I cannot accept that Sam Winchester, whose entire life has been Halloween, whose mother died two days after Halloween, is distressed because of something that happened in sixth grade. I'm going to pretend this part never happened. Who's with me?

Dean says that next year, he and Sam are going to wear couples costumes (and if you happened to be wearing your shipping goggles, I think I heard you squealing). Batman and Robin. Bert and Ernie. (!) Rocky and Bullwinkle. (!!) Shaggy and Scooby. Turner and Hooch. Ren and Stimpy. Thelma and Louise. "We just it in drive and go." {Sidebar: Who wants the show to end that way, Thelma and Louise style?}

Meanwhile, back at the hospital, one of those useless security guards finds the Yaeger figure in the morgue. The guys left it there? Oh well. It's a good horror movie ending.

So! For the most part, this was just what I needed after three episodes of mytharc. A good MOTW with lots of humor and nods to canon. On the other hand, there's that one thing. But since I'm ignoring that one thing, I guess this was a fantastic episode! What did you guys think?

Please help me stay unspoiled, thanks!

#spn #14.04 #spoilers #sam winchester #dean winchester #tv recaps #recap

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Mizrahi Dialects and the Persistence of Collective Cultural Memory

By Kyle Newman

Languages are powerful. They serve as virtual time machines, transcending the fabric of society to tell stories that convey the weight and influence of civilizations. They can just as well be used to gauge the weaknesses and prospective dangers faced by a people, acting as harbingers of impending destruction or distress. Judaism itself is not only a religion, but a civilization bearing its own ethnic, cultural, and even linguistic identity, and we can thus trace the ebb and flow of Jewish history through the changes and continuities that make up its rich linguistic heritage. A subject often ignored in the study of Jewish languages is their importance to the history of the Jewish communities of the Middle East; before I dive more deeply into the discussion of these Middle Eastern Jewish languages and their immense significance, however, the historical context in which these languages were born must be properly illustrated.

The Babylonian Kingdom’s conquest of the Kingdom of Judah in 586 BCE, under the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, marked a significant turning point in Jewish history. The Jewish people were subject to enslavement in Babylonia until 538 BCE, when Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II, conquered Babylonia and liberated the Jewish captives. Reputable for serving as a benevolent ruler, Cyrus (referred to in the Book of Isaiah by the epithet “God’s anointed”) allowed the Jewish people to return to their homeland and rebuild their first temple, which the Babylonians had destroyed during their hegemony in the Levant. Although a number of Jews decided to return to what is present-day Israel, many decided to remain in the Persian empire, which welcomed them with open arms and granted them citizenship.

The Jewish captivity in Babylonia and subsequent Persian rule in the Achaemenid empire brought markedly significant changes to Jewish society and culture, such as the adoption of the current Hebrew alphabet, the emergence of the central role of the Torah in Judaism, and the emergence of scribes and sages as communal leaders instead of Jewish monarchs. Along with these cultural changes also came changes in the linguistic heritage of Jews living under the reign of Persian kings. After Darius I established Aramaic as the official language in the Western half of the Achaemenid Empire, the Jews quickly adapted to using the Eastern Aramaic dialect of Babylon for daily affairs and business - while preserving Biblical Hebrew mostly for religious study and prayer.

The adoption of Aramaic by Jews in Aramaic-speaking areas throughout Mesopotamia led to the gradual creation of a number of Hebrew-influenced Aramaic languages, called the “Judeo-Aramaic” languages. Up until the early 20th century, these languages were widely spoken in Jewish communities across the ethnically Kurdish regions of Northern Iraq and Northwestern Iran. Although there is no formal or standard Judeo-Aramaic language, most Judeo-Aramaic dialects are mutually intelligible and serve as the lingua franca of Kurdish Jews who either conduct business in the Sorani and Kurmanji dialects of Kurdish, or in Persian and Arabic.

I myself have Kurdish Jewish ancestry on my mother’s side, and both of my maternal grandparents speak a dialect of Judeo Aramaic called “Hulaulá” or “Lishana Achni” (originally spoken by the Jews of Iranian Kurdistan). The word “Hulaulá” itself literally translates to Hebrew (as in the language) and “Lishana Achni” translates to our language. The word “Lishana,” translating to language, is itself similar to the word “Lashon” in Hebrew, meaning tongue or language. The word “Achni,” translating to the possessive adjective our, is also similar to the Hebrew word “anachnu,” which means our or belonging to us. I grew up around my grandparents speaking this language in domestic settings, i.e. during Shabbat dinners and important occasions, and I understand it fully but speak it very minimally.

The following is a recording and translation of my grandmother recounting her Passover experience as a child in the city of Sanandaj in the Iranian province of Kurdistan:

“When I was a child living in Sanandaj, my father owned farmland with plenty of horses. He would mount us on our own horse and lead us in the windy night to our grandparents’ house for the seder on the first night of Passover. I remember my favorite Passover tradition being Shalshalakan, where we would take a hard boiled egg and hop on one foot to our grandfather. Once we finished hopping to our grandfather, he would ask us ‘where are you coming from,’ and we’d respond ‘Egypt!’ He would then ask us ‘where are you going,’ and we’d respond ‘Jerusalem!’ After he pretended to open the gates of Jerusalem for us, we were finally allowed to eat the hard-boiled egg.”

The Passover tradition my grandma recounts here, “Shalshalakan,” is common for Kurdish Iranian Jewish families to honor during the Passover seder or meal. It is ironically a fun and enjoyable way for children to reenact the hardships of the journey the Israelites took from Egypt to Israel (hence the hopping on one foot), and a tradition I love to partake in. Her story also reveals something deeper about the cultural and societal conditions of Jews in Iranian Kurdistan. In the beginning of the recording, she mentions that her father “owned farmland with plenty of horses”. This shows the disparity of wealth between Jewish communities in Kurdistan and Jewish communities in Iran before the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty. Before the Pahlavi Shahs ruled Iran, most Jews of Central Iran faced periods of heavy discrimination and were forced to live in urban ghettos. However, the Jews of Iranian Kurdistan faced relatively less discrimination from the Muslim majority in the area, were not forced to live in ghettos, and had more opportunities to acquire wealth than the Jews of Central Iran. This discrepancy can be attributed to the fact that the Kurds of Iranian Kurdistan, who are Sunni Muslims, do not believe that non-believers (non-Muslims) are a source of ritual impurity or najjes, whereas the Shia majority of Central Iran does believe so.

The dialect of Judeo-Aramaic my grandparents speak is of course not the only existing dialect. There is also the dialect Lishana Deni, originally spoken in Northern Iraq, and Lishan Didan, originally spoken in Iranian Azerbaijan and around Lake Van in Turkey, among many others.

Additionally, another group of languages that adds further diversity to the rich linguistic heritage of the Middle East is Judeo-Persian. The Judeo-Persian languages arose from the pockets of Jewish communities of Central Iran that have existed in the area since the freeing of Jewish captives in Babylonia by Cyrus the Great. The term Judeo-Persian itself is somewhat obscure and could even be considered a misnomer. The term “Judeo-Persian” in actuality refers to the Persian language written in Hebrew script, but the Hebrew-influenced Iranian languages spoken by the Jews of Persia can be referred to most accurately by the term “Judeo-Iranian Languages”. This umbrella term not only includes Judeo-Persian dialects spoken in Iran, such as Judeo-Kashi (spoken by the Jews of Kashan province) and Judeo-Isfahani (spoken by the Jews of Isfahan province), but also includes less common dialects like Judeo-Bukharic (spoken by the Jews of Bukhara in Uzbekistan) and Judeo-Pathani (spoken by Jews from the Pashtun regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan).

Judeo-Iranian languages are much different from Judeo-Aramaic languages: while Judeo-Iranian languages belong to the Iranian language family, Judeo-Aramaic languages belong to the Semitic language family. However, both of these Jewish language groups are influenced by Hebrew and reflect the common culture that differentiated Jews in the Middle East and broader Western Asia from people of other religions in the area.

Of course, just as Judeo-Aramaic languages like my grandparents’ Hulaulá have been used to pass traditions and fables across generations, Persian Jewish elders often tell intriguing stories and fables in Judeo-Iranian tongues. These stories often do not evoke the same intrigue and humor when told in standard Persian, so I have included a video of a man telling a parable Judeo-Kashi below (followed by an English translation):

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“In the olden days in Kashan there was a fellow who was so lazy that they would call him ‘Shahtanbal*.’ One day when he wanted to go to work, he was looking for an excuse not to go. While he was riding his horse, he asked someone, ‘How is it that a person dies?’ The fellow he asked, who knew him, said, ‘On a day when it is cold, and you are sitting on your horse and going uphill if your horse passes gas, you will die immediately.’ Shahtanbal, who wanted to die and not have to go to work, heard that his horse passed gas powerfully. Shahtanbal, imagining that he had already died, dismounted from his horse, pretended he was sleeping in the middle of the road and went to sleep. The people, having thought that he had died, went and brought a coffin and put him in the coffin. They then wanted to take him to the cemetery. Along their way, there was a water stream, and they could not pass over it while carrying the coffin. Shahtanbal brought his head out of the coffin and said, ‘When I was alive, I’d take another route around the stream to get to the cemetery.’ The people, when they saw that he was still alive, let him go and threw him into the stream - so that he would know that he is still alive, and also that he learn that it is good for a living person to work”

* “Shahtanbal” literally translates to King-Lazy or King of the Lazies.

The parable of Shahtanbal is only one example of many parables and such that make up an important part of Persian-Jewish heritage. Aside from humorous parables, there also exists an abundance of Judeo-Persian or Judeo-Iranian literature. One of the most famous Persian Jewish authors who wrote in Judeo-Persian is the 14th-century poet Shahin Shirazi. His epic poems indicate a very comprehensive understanding of Classical Persian literature as well as Talmudic and Midrashic works; he wrote a very impressive versification of the Book of Genesis in the mid 14th-century entitled “Bereshit Namah.”

The beauty and importance of Judeo-Iranian and Judeo-Aramaic languages cannot be discussed without explaining their deeply concerning endangerment. Most of these languages and their smaller dialects are assigned an EGIDS level of 8. The EGIDS level is a standard that indicates whether a language is strong enough in terms of its ability to survive in the near future. Being assigned to level 8 indicated that most Judeo-Aramaic and Judeo-Iranian languages are “moribund” and in danger of extinction. They are not used on a daily basis by their fluent speakers, and the languages are not being passed on or taught to younger generations.

On that note, I must stress the importance of preserving languages. There is certainly a richness to Judeo-Aramaic and Judeo-Persian languages that is worth remembering- not to mention their ability to convey significant cultural and societal differences between communities, and their ability to withstand the barrier of time by recounting a history so complex and multi-layered. But the only way to unlock the powers of endangered languages, in general, is by speaking them, by recording them, by adapting them to our lives. I therefore strongly encourage whoever reads this to seek out any and all opportunities to learn these dialects. Whether you have a family member who speaks an endangered language or the friend of a family member does so, or you simply show a general interest in linguistics or historical preservation or both: please make some sort of effort to preserve it. Passing that up means missing out on a very exciting opportunity that most people only wish they could have: the ability to travel back in time.

Painting by Sophie Levy

References

Tablet.otzar.org, http://tablet.otzar.org/he/book/book.php?%20book=156653&width=0&scroll=0&udid=0&pagenum=2.

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Babylonian Exile.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 27 Dec. 2017, www.britannica.com/event/Babylonian-Exile.

Electricpulp.com. “Encyclopædia Iranica.” RSS, www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aramaic-.

Electricpulp.com. “Encyclopædia Iranica.” RSS,

www.iranicaonline.org/articles/judeo-persian-ix-judeo-persian-literature.

“Hulaulá in the Language Cloud.” Ethnologue, www.ethnologue.com/cloud/huy.

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