#time for Paul to lose

[iwillbestronger]

PAUL MESCAL & ANDREW SCOTT PRESENT THE BAFTA FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM

[tonsillessscum]

I want to be a body for you. I want to chase you, find you, I want to be eluded and teased and adored; I want to be defeated and victorious—I want you to cut me, sharpen me. I want to drink tea beside you in ten years or a thousand. Flowers grow far away on a planet they’ll call Cephalus, and these flowers bloom once a century, when the living star and its black-hole binary enter conjunction. I want to fix you a bouquet of them, gathered across eight hundred thousand years, so you can draw our whole engagement in a single breath, all the ages we’ve shaped together.

Amal El-Mohtar // This is How You Lose the Time War

[its-kinda-snowy]

everything, everywhere matters to everything

[msookyspooky]

Slashers/Slasher Protag's doing the 'First to Roll Their Window up Loses' Challenge:

Near Dark = ND

The Lost Boys = TLB

Near Dark, Firefly Family, The Lost Boys, Scream 1996 + Mickey, House of Wax

Never participates and probably pulls their hat down/hides their face/sinks in their seat:

Billy Loomis, BO SINCLAIR, Otis Driftwood, Dwayne TLB, Jesse Hooker, GALE WEATHERS

Fails at songs with a bunch of sex noises and TMI lyrics like anything by CupcaKKe or Ding Dong Song by Günther:

Vincent Sinclair, Sidney Prescott, Paul TLB, Star TLB, Mae ND, Randy Meeks, DEWEY RILEY

Fails at cringe meme songs like 'What does the Fox say?' or 'skibidi toilet':

Foxy Coltrane, DAVID TLB, Homer ND, Tatum Riley, Diamondback ND, Bo Sinclair (If he participated)

Fails at Girly Pop/Hyperpop like Barbie Girl by Aqua or Oops I did it again type of songs:

Micheal TLB, Caleb ND, Billy Loomis (If he participated)

NEVER fails. Looks people dead in the eyes when they drive by:

BABY FIREFLY, Stu Macher, SEVEREN, Marko TLB, Lester Sinclair, Mickey Alteri,

Captain Spaulding (He complains tho)

[strawbsonmars]

Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass, Book VII: Revelation

Amal El-Mohtar, This is how you lose the time war

[untimelyambition]

i am sure i am literally the last person on earth to notice or realise this but im rewatching black friday and peanuts the hatchetfield pocket squirrel… he’s there in curt mega’s pocket… ive never noticed him there before

[unintentionaloracle]

Roman Reigns could shill a questionable "hydration drink" and run a podcast but The US Title Holder could never help carry a 3 1/2 to 4 year epic storyline, even while part timing.

[reflectismo]

But Lennon and McCartney are forever linked, like Rodgers and Hammerstein or the Gershwin’s. Even after 20 years of lawsuits, the image that remains is, indeed, the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Paul says, “I’ve never been the kind to go down to the pub with my buddies. John was really my only male friend, if only because of proximity.”

Is there a record he likes to put on just to hear John’s voice? I ask Paul the next day. He looks startled. He fumbles. “Oh, uh. There’s so much of it. I hear it on the car radio when I’m driving.”

No, that’s not what I mean, I persist. Isn’t there a time when you just wish you could talk to John, when you’d like to hear his voice again? For some reason, he instead responds to the original question. “Oh sure,” he says a looks a little taken aback. “‘Beautiful Boy,’” he says. It is a song about Lennon’s younger son from his final album. There’s a dreamy line in it that goes, “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.” It is very un-McCartney. Maybe that’s the whole point.

— Paul McCartney profile for FAME Magazine (March 1990)

[menelaiad]

LOOK. whatever you think of menelaus or agamemnon or whatever. this lil moment here (from icke's oresteia) is AGONY. because they did come from so much shit. from murder and scheming and freakin' cANNIBALISM. yet they MADE IT. before paris and the dominos that fell afterwards, they would have believed that they were different, that they were safe. they had wives that loved them and kids that loved them too (argue with the wall about it). they had MADE IT. DESPITE EVERYTHING. and most importantly they had EACH OTHER. they weren't atreus and thyestes. things were so good for them. and they did good!! we know that myceneans LOVED aga as their king. and menelaus got a kingdom he NEVER expected to have.

to be descended from TANTALUS you are already losing. to then have ATREUS as a father and THYESTES as an uncle? it would have been so easy for greeks to write them off. for them to write themselves off. BUT THAT DIDNT HAPPEN. and they did SO WELL. it was all going SO WELL.

you can't change a narrative. you can't alter fate. and the reason tragedies are so is because it wasn't ALWAYS that way. but ... things could have been so different for them. i TRULY believe that.

[fideidefenswhore]

#AnneBoleynWeek, Day 2: Monday, 25 September — favorite historical Anne quote (either by Anne herself or about Anne)

"Once she was a wise woman, [endowed] with [many] outward good qualities […] and such [...] courtly graces […] as few women were of her time; with such an outward profession of gravity as was to be marvelled at [...]" William Thomas (1524(c.)-1554)

"Had audience of the King this morning and thanked him for the love he bears the State, and did the like by the Queen, who said she knew that God had inspired his Majesty to marry her, and that he could have found a greater personage than herself, but not one more anxious and ready to demonstrate her love towards the Signory." Carlo Capello, 1533

"As supper prevented further conservation I returned to my inn, and went next day to Court to pay my respects to the Queen, who, after keeping me a long time, being reminded by her attendants, sent for me, and received me very kindly, saying to me, “I am aware, my dear Winter (Vintere carissime) that you are beloved by the King and have many friends who wish you well. Reckon me among the number.” And then she added that she would not fail to serve me wherever she could." Thomas Wynter, (1510(c.)-1564)

"Considering the Word of God, to do good to one's enemy, I wished to warn her before hand, because I have daily experience that the King's wisdom is such as not to esteem her repentance of her rudeness and unnatural obstinacy when she has no choice." Anne Boleyn, (1501-7(c.)-1536

"[...]Given her great faith and wise patience, which rose above womanly courage. [...] Such that everyone [...] judges her life to have been prudent, and believes that they have committed a great offense in having thought so ill of her." Lancelot De Carle (1508(c.)-1568)

[paulic]

Denny’s death hit me more than I expected it to :( I remember when I discovered the Wings and thought the guitar was just superb. December can’t be easy for Paul whew

[molliemoo3]

Could you explain formula e to me please as Paul Aron is racing this weekend

OK so im not necessarily great at explaining things but a basic weekend run down is

Friday

-Shakedown

-FP1 (30 mins i think)

Saturday

-FP2 (30 mins i think)

-Qualifying

-Race 1 ~ 40 laps, 6 mins of attack (4-2, 3-3, or 2-4 splits)

Sunday

-FP3 (30 mins i think)

-Qualifying

-Race 2 ~ 38 laps, 4 mins of attack (3-1, 2-2, or 1-3 splits)

FP sessions are exactly as you'd expect (if they arent the 30mins theyre 45)

Quali is in 2 sections, first the group stages - 2, 12 (i think) min sessions with the drivers split into 2 groups based on championship position (basically odd is one, even is the other) with the top 4 of each group going through to the duels. And then the duels, which are 1 laps shootouts until the top drivers from group A and group B go against each other for pole.

The races are in a lot of ways just races, except with 1000% more chaos a good 95% of the time, the biggest differences are -

Attack Mode, which is the FE equivalent of drs/p2p, except drivers have to push a button to "activate" it, and then go off line to actually gain attack mode, this is where the main strategy comes into play. It is an increase in energy from 300kW to 350kW, and it has to be activated twice in the race, notably in Monaco Jehan failed to activate it at all, and received a 10 secind stop go penalty post race (48s added to his race time). It will cause drivers to lose postiins pretty frequently so its important to make sure you hit the button and go over the 3 loops on track the first time(s) you intended to in order to not lose positions unnecessarily.

No pit stops unless there is a problem hence why attack mode is the main strategy bit. Also front wings arent vital so if it completely comes off and isnt at risk of coming off under the car, theyll probs just keep going without it.

SC, under if the race is under safety car, and or full course yellow, for a certain amount of time (in relation to a reference lap time set based on each track, for Berlin its 2min45s) laps will be added for the first 80% of the race, any sc or fcy after that point will not result in added laps. There is a maximum of 5 added laps per race.

Energy management is a huge part of FE it can sometimes lead to peloton (i think that's the word i mean) style racing with drivers not wanting to lead for to long which can be a bit annoying, but we do get a good dose of chaos each weekend, especially in the last few laps which is always fun. And the mid pack will always be in some sort of fight.

In terms of where to watch your best bet is going to the FE website (or app) and checking for your country. FP sessions are free on youtube and show on the app/website too. There's a predictor game each race which is fun and on the app, as well as driver radios during the race.

Paul's making his debut with Envision, who are the reigning teams champions of formula e. Season 10 hasnt necessarily had the best start for them, but it hasnt been terrible, with best finishes of P2 at the opening round in Mexico and at Race 2 in Diriyah. Envision is a customer team of Jaguar TCS racing who supply their power train, and who the other Envision debut, Joel Eriksson, is the reserve driver for. There's definitely the possibility for points, with a car capable of podiums with its usual drivers, and a power train that can win races and is currently topping the teams standings, a good quali, and avoiding the chaos (much easier said than done) is vital, but definitely doable for him, especially given how his rookie f2 season is going (i say like these cars arent entirely different beasts). Envision clearly has faith in him, and chaos means literally anything is possible (like an abt almost got a podium the other week, truly anything is possible here)

We're also blessed in Formula E land that we have a bunch of lovely people who put a lot of time into creating guides and gathering info for people interested in FE, the mains ones im aware of are:

@formulawah 's bad guide to formula e season 10 - by bad it isnt bad its silly and funny and something to look forward to each season, they also post on twitter about fe and have a blog they post on

and

@robinfrinjs 's formula e, an intro to season 10 - this goes into more detail about the cars and how theyve changed through the gens and has more info on sessions and how a weekend is run. They have a discord full of wonderful people that love fe too.

@formulaesource doesnt really post much over here anymore, but theyre incredibly active on twitter, and are attending this weekend. Theyre pretty much always up to date on how long races and such are gonna be and a great source for updates on penalties and such, and just changes to the formula e world in general.

Hopefully this is somewhat helpful and anything i havent remembered to include can be explained elsewhere or just send another ask and i shall do my best to help you figure out this chaos child of a racing series. Fingers crossed for a decent weekend for Paul 💚💚💚

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

...the problem with dropping out of the world is that the world moves on without you

Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel

[modernmanblues]

i can’t possibly be the only one who appreciates the bassline in this remix. it’s so sexy.

[booksandicedmatcha]

someone edit paulkins and/or holloduke to francesca by hozier!! please!!

if someone asked me at the end/i'd tell them put me back in/darling, i would do it again/ if i could hold you for a minute/ darling i'd go through it again

[theamazingannie]

Choosing not to reveal who was blocked by the end of the episode would’ve been a less cruel cliff hanger than this🫥