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Tory Nichols "First Learn Stand" - 4x02

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[fancyschmancyopinions]

PEYTON LIST at the 2022 Kids Choice Awards on April 9th 2022 wearing DOLCE & GABBANA

Peyton looked super cute at the KCAs, where I believe she collected some awards on behalf of the cast of “Cobra Kai”. While I’m not a fan of D&G, I do like this outfit.

I love the hairstyle Peyton is rocking, it’s just super cool and I love everything about it. I feel like it really helps the edginess of her outfit.

I loved all the details in the outfit. I really loved the layering in the tops, and the lace part of the top. The gloves felt a little messy, but I really like them. I thought the pants were very nice, albeit a little long. I also like the purse she chose to accessorize with. All in all, a pretty solid look.

[fandomonetwo]

nothing like this — cobra kai

▸summary: you believed you were ready for anything. anything did not mean this. nothing like this.

▸characters: robby keene, gn!reader, miguel diaz

▸tw: miguel’s fall scene, uhhhhhh, emotions, angst, adult words

▸a/n: let’s begin my blogging experience with angst, why not? it sucks ass, but here ya go

PEOPLE SAY THAT IN order to be successful in life, you must expect the unexpected.

Well, this was unexpected and you did no expect it at all.

You knew that there was always going to be some beef between two pretty girls when they used to share a mutual boyfriend, but goddamn, you never expected it to be broadcasted over the loudspeaker. 

Of course, you had no idea what happened. Just that Samantha LaRusso had done something, and Tory Nichols was coming for her. Those words began the chaos that would make or break the tension between the two rivalling karate dojos. 

Now, you weren’t in karate. No, the only way you were affiliated with Miyagi-Do Karate was purely because you were Mrs. LaRusso’s assistant secretary, and thus made regular trips to the family home in order to be taught how to do things and make sure that she did them correctly. 

Whilst you made these visits, you often times came across the students that Mr. LaRusso taught in his backyard. Thus far, there were only two, his daughter Sam, and another boy named Robby. Robby Keene.

Gosh, since the first moment you met, you were smitten. What was there not to like about him? He was good-looking, humorous, had a great personality, and he was kind. He was sweet. You knew this because one time, you were late to the home, and wasn’t watching where you were going, so, of course, you bumped into someone in pure comic book romance fashion. All the papers you had been gathering in your hands had been dropped, and it was a miracle that they didn’t all get out of order. It was still frustrating, though, but you still began profusely apologising to the person you had bumped into. 

You knew you had been rambling for about twenty seconds before you were stopped by the other person’s laugh, and soon you were laughing together. Mrs. LaRusso was watching from the window, and Mr. LaRusso was from the side gate, but they’d never admit it. They were quite happy to listen to you guys completely lose your shit over something so small, but alas, both of you had things to do. 

No matter how close you two got, you weren’t surprised when Robby asked Sam out for a date. And despite how much it hurt, of course you were going to help Sam pick out an outfit. What kind of friend would you be if you didn’t? Well, more employee than friend, but you get the point. 

Cutting back to the current day, you was concerned about what Sam could’ve done to Tory that warranted such a reaction. So, with the rest of the school, you brisk-walked to where the biggest crowd was. Right in the middle of the hallway. You couldn’t get passed the rows of people at first, but eventually, you wound up next to Hawk, someone you knew of but had never really spoken to. You had no reason to. Now she did. 

“What’s happened?” You peered curiously at the two girls, circling each other like Scar and Simba in that one scene from The Lion King. 

Your question was not answered by the person you had asked it to, but by one of the said lions in the cage. “You kissed Miguel.” 

Tory’s tone was so cold, yet so heartbroken, that the words she spoke yielded such an uproar from the crowd. Gasps were heard all around, and you felt your eyes widen as they met with Robby’s on the other side. His eyes looked so pained, so vulnerable, you wanted nothing more than to hug and shield him from the cruelties of the world. 

You weren’t quite sure what really happened. Everything went by so fast, and you were quite literally pushed away from the drama, so you didn’t get to see too much. Despite this, and despite nearly being run over by Demetri sprinting from Hawk, you headed to where you knew the rest of the school would be going.

The stairs.

For some reason, you had wound up at the bottom of the stairs even though you were on the level above a few moments ago. The real trick now was to make your way up to the upper level without getting your face broken. 

You were not going to do anything with the girls. No, girl fights are best left alone. Your main concern was how far Robby was going to go, because from the angle you were at now, he wasn’t stopping. His kicks were never ending, his punches ever blurring, and you didn’t have an opening to go and see the damage. You didn’t have to like Miguel. You had only ever spoken two word to him and he seemed like a good kid. But you liked Robby. And you knew that Robby would keep going until either, or both of them, were dead or close to it. 

So, when you found your opening, you raced upwards, narrowly avoiding Tory’s stray fist, and managing to haul yourself to the upper level. Where you arrived just in time to see Miguel pin Robby to the ground. You saw him whisper something to the boy on the tile, his raised fist gently falling to his side as he stood up. You breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this part was over.

It wasn’t.

No sooner had Miguel began to arise than Robby felt the fire erupt once more in his chest. He whipped around, and you watched as he continued aiming his hits at the poor boy.

“Robby, leave him alone!” Your words had no affect, but you thought you may as well try. Plan B then had to be out into motion. Ignoring the advice you had given yourself long ago about not getting in the middle of fights, you found yourself doing just that. You raced to the boy in the blue hoodie trying to get him to stop. Unfortunately, his brain was already in the fight mode, so he wasn’t stopping for any money.

The fist you had stupidly grabbed was flung forward, you trailing behind it as you were thrown into Miguel’s chest. Instinctively, his hands grabbed your arms and pulled you down as Robby foot aimed at his chest. He harshly pushed you away, which you weren’t concerned about, and caught Robby’s other foot with his hands. He didn’t catch the other one that struck him across the face and you put your hands over your mouth as you sat there on the tiles with you body trembling and you tears gathering.

The boy you liked, you crushed on (you had thought), was unhinged. He had deluded himself that he was defending himself, and he didn’t notice that his defence had turned into offence against his opponent.

Soon enough, Robby had Miguel pinned against the railing in a dangerous way. You had raced to your feet and had tried to grab one of Miguel’s outstretched hands, failing miserably. Robby had to grab your arm to keep you from falling over the edge.

And so you watched the boy fall over the edge, your knees buckling as he hit the staircase handlebar. Your hands were shaking, your breath was heavy and trembling, your eyes were watering and wide.

Robby had grabbed by both arms, and now you were aware of it. You threw yourself away from him, shoving him back in the process.

“Get off me!” You were hysterical. You had seen a classmate fall at the hands of the person you had thought you would stick by through thick and thin. “Get your fucking hands off me!”

Robby looked lost, and as his fight dwindled, his flight rose a hundred fold, and he bolted. Your vision became blurry as you sank to the tile, the adrenaline running out as you struggled to comprehend what you had just witnessed. Because it shouldn’t have been this.

Nothing like this.

[oceluna]

Tory in ''MATCH POINT '' For: Anon

[caseyscartwright]

𝘍𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴

[genuinerio]

LOVE LIKE THIS ↠ 「 ROBBY KEENE/ ELI MOSKOWITZ 」

NOTE: I’m sorry, I changed my OC’s name to Selena in honor of my two favorites, Selena Quintanilla-Perez (god rest her soul) and Selena Gomez (love her). Also, my OC Selena is by no means a saint and will be at times not only at odds with others but with herself as well while her story goes on. Lastly, I haven’t decided on a love interest yet so either Robby or Eli might be her love interest or maybe, a love triangle might occur.

Profile of Selena Ximena Diaz.

ABOUT ↴

FULL NAME: SELENA XIMENA DIAZ.

NICKNAMES: SEL, SELLY, (friends and family), SELIA (kreese), PRINCESA, ESTRELLA, MUÑECA and MORENA, PRINCESS COBRA, COBRA WARRIOR. (karate nickname), FEMINIST VIXEN.

PLACE OF BIRTH: UNITED STATES.

DATE OF BIRTH: DECEMBER 1st 2001.

STATUS: ALIVE.

ORGIN: COBRA KAI.

OCCUPATION: STUDENT AT WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL (currently), AMONG KREESE’S STAR STUDENTS AT COBRA KAI (currently).

POWERS/SKILLS: KARATE, BEING A LEADER, OUTGOING, MOTIVATED, SOCIAL, OPEN-MINDED, SELF-ASSURED, STRAIGHTFORWARD, INTELLIGENT, VERSATILE, HONEST, LIVELY, WISE.

STRENGTHS: BRAVENESS, CONFIDENT, ARTISTIC, ATHLETIC, DETERMINED, INDEPENDENT, DEDICATED, PERSEVERANT.

WEAKNESSES: PERFECTIONIST, HAVING TO BE THE BEST, REFUSING TO SHOW SENSITIVE SIDE AND EMOTIONS AT TIMES, CAN BE VENGEFUL, REBELLIOUSNESS.

HOBBIES: PARTYING, FASHION, ART, KARATE, BEING WITH HER FAMILY, GYMNASTICS, HANGING OUT WITH ROBBY KEENE AND TORY NICHOLS.

GOALS: TO DEFEAT SAMANTHA (ongoing), TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS (completed), REKINDLE HER BROKEN SIBLING BOND WITH MIGUEL (ongoing). GETTING TO BE WITH ROBBY WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINTS (ongoing).

PERSONALITY TYPE: ESTP.

FAMILY: HECTOR SALAZAR. (father; estranged), CARMEN DIAZ. (mother), ROSA DIAZ. (grandmother), MIGUEL DIAZ. (younger brother), UNBORN CHILD. (half-sibling).

FRIENDS/ALLIES: MIGUEL DIAZ. (sibling, best friend), JOHN KREESE. (mentor, sensei), TERRY SILVER. (mentor, sensei), JOHNNY LAWRENCE. (eventual sensei), TORY NICHOLS. (best friend), DEVON LEE. (good friend), ROBBY KEENE. (best friend, love interest), ELI “HAWK” MOSKOWITZ. (close friend), AMANDA LARUSSO. (friend), CHOZEN TOGUCHI. (temporary sensi), SAMANTHA LARUSSO. (friend), DEMETRI ALEXOPOULOS. (good friend), AISHA ROBINSON. (friend), MOON. (close friend), PIPER. (good friend), MIYAGI-DO STUDENTS. (friends), EAGLE FANG. (friends), CHOZEN TOGUCHI. (temporary sensei).

ENEMIES: SAMANTHA LARUSSO. (rival, formerly), JOHNNY LAWRENCE. (supposed rival), MIGUEL DIAZ. (supposed rival), KIM DA-EUN. (currently), MIYAGI- DO STUDENTS. (formerly), EAGLE FANG STUDENTS. (formerly), COBRA KAI STUDENTS. (currently).

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: BISEXUAL.

LOVE INTERESTS: ROBBY KEENE. (possible eventual boyfriend, in love with), ELI “HAWK” MOSKOWITZ. (possible eventual boyfriend, in love with), PIPER. (kissed).

AFFILIATION: COBRA KAI DOJO. (formerly). MIYAGI-DO KARATE DOJO. (alliance), EAGLE FANG DOJO. (alliance).

AWARDS: 2018 FEMALE CHAMPION ALL VALLEY KARATE TOURNAMENT.

FIRST APPEARANCE: ACE DEGENERATE.

CURRENT APPEARANCE: HEAD OF THE SNAKE.

FACE CLAIM: JENNA ORTEGA.

FACTS ABOUT SELENA:

1. She is named after famous Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, the Greek origin of her name which means, “the moon.” Selena became name after her mother, Carmen and her biological father had gone on a date to a Selena concert which resulted in Selena being her famous namesake.

2. Despite Selena’s denial, she does in fact consider Miguel as her best friend as they share a close sibling relationship. She sees him as her first best friend with Tory and Robby alongside.

3. Since being a little girl, Selena had partaken in both karate, soccer and later on, gymnastics. And in all three sports, she is incredibly passionate about and withholds a competitive streak at.

4. It’s clear for her that Selena sees her years of gymnastics and her skills in the sport as what helps her excel in karate since she has a lot of tricks.

5. Her favorite artists are Selena Quintanilla, Harry Styles, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Conan Gray, Clairo and Lizzo amongst others.

6. Feminism is something that Selena finds very important to her and strives for equality, she believes that women should be treated fairly to or better than, or more than men because they go through more things that men do.

7. Because of her competitive side and like others say, Selena is the type to be so engrossed into something that she lets it overpower her like they believe she is with karate and strives her to be the best at it.

8. She tends to have a habit of being arrogant at times in which friends and family have to bring her down especially from a particularly close bond with Miguel who tries to help her in being her back to reality and is always there for amongst others.

9. Both Kreese and Terry view Selena as among their best students alongside Tory and above Robby.

10. Because of how much in common they have and how close they’ve become with one another, Selena and Tory had withhold a very tight bond with becoming best friends and having a somewhat sisterly type bond. In fact, Tory convinced Selena to ditch Johnny’s teachings and join Cobra Kai with remaining there during Kreese’s takeover.

11. Regardless of her overconfidence that can be perceived as arrogance as well as her claims that she only cares about herself, it is proven that Selena cares more about her friends and family especially Miguel (as she sees him as the younger brother she was always told to look out for) more than herself despite wanting to deny doing so.

12. Another thing besides her excellent karate skills that both Terry, Kreese and Johnny take enjoyment in is Selena’s ability to be a quick learner.

[kaicobras]

kaicobra’s masterpost.

about me — hi, i’m astrid! (she/her pronouns.) cobra kai has been on my mind for the longest time ever, so i decided to start an ‘x reader’ blog. i love astrology, anime, and fashion.

about this blog — in this blog, i’ll be writing for the cobra kai characters! that includes imagines, scenarios, one shots, headcanons, etc. it’ll be all ‘x reader,’ however.

characters i write for — eli ‘hawk’ moskowitz, robby keene, miguel diaz, samantha larusso, demetri alexopoulos, tory nichols, and aisha robinson.

requests are open! so, feel free to send in any you have. i’m fine with writing smut. anything i am not comfortable with writing will be added here:

su*cide, vivid descriptions of SA, vivid descriptions of an ED, pedophilia, incest or psuedo incest, more to be added.

other links:

squid game blog. masterlist. works in progress.

[brizzlovesyou]

one of the best things about tory is that she is canonically very poor and struggling but the wardrobe team consistently dresses her in head to toe vans & Nike lol

Tory Nichols is a fashion ICON. I want that skeleton hoodie... 

Yeah listen wardrobe is also one of those things where I have to suspend disbelief too. I can’t even be mad about it because she’s serving looks. Though, it is completely possible to find really good deals at outlet malls or stores like TJ Maxx. And I think we’re meant to assume that Tory’s mom hasn’t always been in as bad of shape as she currently is. So it’s not completely outside the realm of possibility that she would have some nicer pieces in her wardrobe, especially if that’s how she decided she was going to treat herself.

[dastardlydandelion]

Max Mayfield and Tory Nichols in a horror film, what would be the plot/monster and would they survive?

this is it. this is the tumblr ask. the ask i've been waiting for my whole life. my time to shine, here we go!

filming begins under the cut:

tried and true creature feature, this is a werewolf movie. let's go with a werewolf between the van helsing (2004) and trick r treat (2007) variety. the beast once transformed is fucking huge, clearly both lupine and human, head almost entirely wolf, body primarily bipedal in shape, but robust, sinew shredding claws and big ass bone tearing teeth. also tails!! bc tails are cute!!! powers include monstrous strength, accelerated speed, healing factor. weaknesses silver and decapitation.

okay, so van helsing (2004) werewolves are mindless rage monsters and trick r treat (2007) werewolves are cognizant. for our max & tory creature feature, they're gonna of the in between variety. i chose a werewolf movie for these two specifically bc they both have their anger problems and the werewolf has long been a symbol of anger unleashed in the horror genre, even tho common gray wolves are just like. i mean, yk, animals, they hunt and howl and pee on trees and most of the time would rather avoid humans. but obvi horror genre werewolves are not common gray wolves, they need to be scary, and like, the remnants of traditional folklore influenced by rabies and discourse in the middle ages...wait, where was i going with this? anger, yes, max and tory both have anger problems and i think this works for what i'm gonna do with this theoretical movie.

who's the werewolf in town? terry fucking silver. bc terry is evil and dramatic and also, i think it's rly funny for a werewolf to have silver as a surname. he's fully cognizant in his transformation and he's purposefully biting kids and teenagers bc he wants more talented karate students. and like. yk, with the enhanced strength, speed, and regenerative recovery of lycanthropy, well. there u have it, more talented karate students.

do max and tory know each other, if so, how? okay, so in this 'verse tory is a lil older than max. that reflects their canon ages, i think. let's say max is 13 and tory is 16. billy has tory in some of his classes and he more or less makes a deal to spilt his allowance with her if she'll babysit max bc he's tired of neil riding his ass to babysit max. tory needs money so she's like, 'sure, why not.' max finds it rly stupid that she's 13 and neil thinks she needs a fucking babysitter but as far as babysitters go, tory is fun. she likes to show max what she's learning in cobra kai and they spar together a lot. max would actually like to join cobra kai but 1) neil would throw a fit on various fronts and 2) lucas is in miyagi-do. max knows there's some rly intense beef between cobra kai and miyagi-do. ofc tory's filled her in on the karate war, how could she not?

well one day tory takes max to the playground to watch a plane fly like she does with miggy in ck, and it's nighttime, ofc, and lo, the full moon is out. shining up in the sky. they hear a howl. they both look at each other. max is kinda curious but tory's like nah, nah, we gotta go. she grabs her, starts pulling her along. but the next howl is a lot closer and they can hear smth running and it just sounds fuckin big. they're running too now, legs pumping hard, but there's no escape once the beast is right behind them, hot, rancid breath blasting the backs of their necks and harvest gold eyes glowing in the dark.

max gets bitten first. tory tries to kick the big ass beast off of her and then it rounds and bites her too. the terror is real now. and then shockingly, as fast as it'd come, it leaves. neither girl has an explanation for wtaf just happened but tory takes max home. billy gripes at her for being out late but helps her patch up. when susan learns what happens she decides to take max to get rabies shots right away. loads her up in the car, runs her off to the emergency room-- but when the bandages come off, they are no wounds.

tory's bby bro tries to help patch her up too. but he's like 4 yrs old and his idea of "help" is sticking bandaids with cartoon characters up and down the wounds in haphazard fashion. tory plans to redo it all properly once she's put him to bed. sure enough after he's asleep, and she peels the bandaids off from every open mouthed pac-man to every green teenage mutant ninja turtle, the wounds are gone.

meanwhile there's missing ppl err day on the news. terry turns kids and teens but kills adults for the lulz.

tory and max know what happened to them was an event that tangibly, definitely happened but neither have any explanation for their wounds just disappearing. max, our resident horror fan, is the first to propose a real life werewolf as an explanation. she cites the missing ppl on the news. tory thinks she's tripping balls but reluctantly gives an inch when she acknowledges no, she can't think of any other explanation.

life goes on. max tells lucas what happened only she leaves out the part abt tory bc she's not gonna tell a miyagi-do student she's kickin it w the enemy. he doesn't rly believe her, like how she didn't rly believe him about the upside-down in their canon. he thinks the horror movies are rotting her brain.

tory almost tells her dojo but she gets distracted being pissed off by sam and that should be her priority, right? sensei kreese is always going on abt getting back at the enemy. she spends her shifts daydreaming abt revenge bc it's more comforting than worrying abt past due bills and her mother looking paler by the day.

full moon next month comes around. neither tory nor max are cognizant of or during their first respective transformations. max's first kill is neil. she's seven feet of fur and fury, tears his ribcage open with claws like daggers and sinks her teeth into his putrid, maggoty heart. susan isn't home. billy is, but he doesn't hear any of the fracas. he's unconscious on the living room floor, crisscrossing impressions of neil's belt buckle blaring red on his back.

tory's first kill is sam. sam larusso wants to think she's a bully?? fine, tory will show her a bully. she hops the miyagi-do fence after hours. she just wants a fight. just a fight, they always fight. but then she's sprouting fur and tory as tory gives way to smth else. she'd not aware of being a person when she doesn't have fur. not really, all she knows is rage and ravenousness and the morsel below her has bunny rabbit wide eyes.

neither of them remember what they did the next day. not vividly, anyway. it's there but it's cloudy and hard to discern, like a groggy fever dream more than a memory. but max burps up neil's wedding band and tory finds señor octopus (sam's stuffed animal) bloodied in her bed. it's apparent what happened. max accepts this more easily than tory bc 1) she always kind of suspected she'd turn, since she sincerely considered what attacked them was a werewolf and 2) max isn't terribly upset abt killing neil while tory is acutely horrified she killed sam.

max kinda had some smidgen of attachment to neil bc like, he's the only father figure in her life and here and there they've had their moments. but his abuse (psychological/physical toward billy, sexual/financial/psychological/emotional toward susan, psychological/emotional toward herself) outweighed any and all of those moments. she is genuinely concerned that she tore a human being to pieces and only vaguely remembers it but like, if she had to kill anyone, she figures neil was the best to kill. max is mostly concerned bc she can't kill neil a second time. she's worried the next time she turns it could be an innocent person, or one of her friends, or her mom, or billy.

tory is blindsided and scarcely able to comprehend the reality, holy shit, max was right, she's a fuckin werewolf. and she's sick to her stomach bc she hated sam but she never wanted to do anything like that. she didn't want to kill, she just wanted to break her face. scare her. rough her up. she didn't want to eat her. she just killed someone. she's a literal horror movie monster and she just killed sam. what's miguel going to think?

tory and max talk. they decide they need to find the werewolf who turned them. we get montages of them going over the news articles with a fine-toothed *ba dum tss* comb and searching areas where it seems like a werewolf would be. the woods. some caves. max all of a sudden has a freakishly tall man constantly hounding her to join cobra kai. neil's gone but she still hesitates bc of lucas being in miyagi-do. also he believes max now and with the proff, she's decided to let the rest of the party in as well. they also exist in this 'verse. she showed them the crime scene and the wedding band she burped up. billy isn't a roid rage racist in this 'verse bc that would be a giant buzzkill. he doesn't believe the werewolf shit either. he thinks max saw neil get attacked by some animal and that the carnage was so traumatizing for her, she subconsciously created a werewolf fantasy to cope.

tory meanwhile spirals downward. bc she passes sam's memorialized locker in the hall everyday. her memorial table in the other hall, full of sticky note condolences and mournful teddy bears, and a picture of sam right in the center always, always accusing her. miggy is heartbroken and distraught. hawk didn't care for sam but even he's freaked out by what happened, how the news said there were only torn up chunks and bones picked clean found in her bedroom. tory is terrified of herself. she's desperate to find whoever did this bc she wants to make them pay. if sensei silver has been asking her extra questions lately and presenting her performance to the class more than normal, she doesn't notice at all. aisha notices tory's fucked up but tory can't exactly tell aisha that she *ate* sam. aisha is also mourning, she and sam used to be bffs. so she doesn't say a word.

max has a theory that if u can learn to control ur anger, u can learn to control urself when u shift. she is, after all, v familiar with angry horror movie werewolves. and she's savvy enough to know it's smth she and tory have in common. neil is dead but that doesn't mean max isn't angry anymore. she's still angry at the damage already done and tbh also angry that there's some werewolf around turning ppl willy nilly bc she recognizes the danger in that and it wasn't smth she consented to. but controlling ur anger is an easier feat for max than tory insofar that max has a support system w her friends, and better relationships with the remainder of her fam. tory has two mentors actively, adamantly teaching her and her friends to be ruthless, view the world as ur enemy, use violence as ur go-to solution, and that mercy is weakness not to be tolerated.

when the next full moon rolls around, they decide to spend it together under the correct inference that they will transform. they think it's better to be together. they're hoping they'll be able to control each other, if not themselves. or that if they are both mindless rage monsters again, that rage will be turned on each other. this would be a better outcome operating on the presumption that one werewolf will be able to take what another can dish out, at the v least more so than a regular human being.

max is successfully able to maintain enough of her consciousness to control her actions once transformed. she feels aggressive and hungry, but not enraged and ravenous. she can keep it in check. tory, on the other hand, uh...tory can't do it. she throws her wolf head back in the most bloodcurdling howl ever and takes off like a bat outta hell. max goes loping after her. they can't speak like human speak in this form, but max tries to communicate with her. whimpers plaintively. tackles tory at one point, not out of anger but just tryna subdue her, licks at her ears and tries to get her to settle. tory bucks her off.

tory runs off again, max in pursuit. they wind up at the skate park where billy n robby are prolly up to some fuckery or another. i could easily see pre miyagi-do robby n billy getting up to all kinds of mischief. ooh, actually, they're prolly arguing abt that. now that robby's in miyagi-do he has another outlet for all his energy and he's getting the positive attention he craves so he's not participating in hooligan activity or shenanigans w billy anymore and billy is like. offended. except suddenly there's werewolves. fucking. snarling, gigantic, toothy, hairy ass werewolves.

let's say robby kicked miguel down two stories in this 'verse too and tory recognizes him in her werewolf form even if she isn't exactly cognizant of herself. she tears straight for him, jaws open. billy doesn't exactly *mean* to protect him but it's kinda an automatic reaction from putting himself in between whenever he thought neil was getting too aggressive w susan or max. and like, sure, robby's the better fighter (not that billy would ever acknowledge this) but it's not like he's gonna karate kick the motherfuckin werewolf anyway-- billy is bigger, he's bigger and it's instinct and the next thing he knows, he's in between robby and the thing w sharp teeth (tory).

and that's when max gets serious. she bowls tory over, away from billy before she can bite. they're rolling, tearing at each other with teeth and claws. lo and behold, terry silver is lurking in the background like the evil mastermind he is, just watching them shred each other and evaluating his experiment. it's a p close match and tory is the more aggressive of the two but she's also been going, going, going since she shifted and she's burning herself out. she's also fighting with the blind instinct of a threatened animal while max maintains more precision bc she has better control of herself. max also isn't wasting energy unnecessarily. max gets her jaws around tory's throat and tory just goes slack. but she can think and she doesn't want to hurt tory, so she opens her mouth and relaxes her maw, teeth grazing harmlessly thru tory's fur.

tory's being shown mercy. possibly for the first time. it's so unlike her conception of others' ruthlessness, so unlike the worldview that's been instilled into her that it startles her enough to crack thru to her cognizance. she does the wolfy deference thing where they tuck their tails and lick at the dominant pack member's muzzle. max responds in kind and lets tory up.

this is when they notice terry lurking (billy's already worked out the werewolf that came to his defense is max so he's just dumbfounded watching all this shit, and robby's not abt to leave someone who just saved his ass, so he's stuck unsuccessfully tryna pull billy away and inevitably watching too). terry calmly slinks over, sizing up his charges. he's pleased with the performance. but tory and max are anything but, another werewolf fight ensues.

so while they all get huge after transforming sheerly on the basis of being werewolves, i'm gonna guess the size is proportionate to their human forms. so tory is a little larger than max and terry significantly outsizes them both. terry is also the more experienced werewolf. it's two against one but it's not the curbstop it would be if this was some weaksauce werewolf, it's dramatic evil karate werewolf terry fuckin silver. terry's shredding tf outta these two. their healing factor can't keep up, he's dishing out faster than either of them can recover and tbh they were already winded from fighting each other first.

but it'd be a major buzzkill if our movie had a downer ending. and also, the power of determination and friendship and shit. terry's got his jaws around max's throat now. he's a millisecond away from tearing it open. tory's pinned under him but she thinks fast, frees a hind leg, and rips her claws down his soft underbelly as deep as she can and doesn't stop ripping, like pedal kicking almost for a human, but with her hind claws. his intestines shoot out like paper snakes from a gag candy can!! okay, well, maybe they don't shoot out w that much gusto, but still. the bowels are free, the bowels are hanging low and tory's tearing 'em tf up, fluids n fecal matter errywhere. on tory. i'm sorry tory. ur under him, that's just how gravity works.

terry dies. healing factor can't keep up with the damage done, it's too critical. but nobody knows it's terry until the dawn breaks and he reverts back to his human shape.

max is v much 'i told u so,' in billy's face. robby promises not to tell. he doesn't want to get mauled or killed or anything. tory's able to cope better with what she did to sam knowing that it won't happen again, that she won't hurt anyone else she doesn't want to be she can control herself now. tory believes in mercy now bc max spared her, she trashes kreese's philosophy and joins eagle fang when johnny and daniel join forces in this 'verse too. max also joins eagle fang, takes her place in the front row right between tory and lucas at her v first practice.

credits roll.

after the credits we see tory considering turning her mother in the hopes that having the healing factor would help her mom's condition improve.

is that a teaser for the sequel?

idfk.

[mspirations]

Tory Nichols "Kicks Get Chicks" - 4x06

Aeropostale Snood Cropped Raglan Pullover Hoodie *

Blowfish Play Sneakers For Women in Red *

Stefan Multi Purpose Backpack *

* I found it

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PEYTON LIST at the Vanity Fair Hosts Vanities Party: A Night for Young Hollywood on March 23rd 2022 in Los Angeles wearing GIUSEPPE DI MORABITO dress and YUZEFI bag

Peyton has had so many cool looks recently! I think this look totally fit the vibe of the event and was just such a cool look.

I think the dress was a great choice. I loved the colors used and think the plaid was a great pattern. I loved the puffy sleeves and the buttons down the front. Peyton really made it look nice with her accessories.

First, it’s hard not to notice the GIANT earrings. I think they look great and I love the shape. She also chose to wear sheer gloves. I love this trend! I think the white color looked great with her dress and I love the length of the gloves. I think the gold shoes really worked well with the look. Overall, I was very impressed.

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Cobra Kai Season 4 Trailer Teases Tournament Showdown for December

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A sneak preview of Cobra Kai’s upcoming fourth season has arrived in the form of a teaser trailer and the reveal of an imminently clarified December release date. The series has certainly come a long way from its initial launch on a streaming platform no one watched to its current chart-topping heights on Netflix, as exemplified by its recent Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. However, contrary to the Television Academy’s designation, there’s nothing funny about the new teaser, which may be brief, but is packed with intense revelations.

While the teaser trailer for the December-set Cobra Kai Season 4 kicks off with high-impact hero shots of our main characters—notably Daniel’s former protégé, Robby Keene (Tanner Buchanan), in his new Cobra Kai duds—the clip quickly flashes to a montage of blink-and-you-miss-it scenes. They, of course, shed light on the cliffhanger moments of Season 3, in which the proverbial gauntlet was thrown for a loser-leaves-town contest set for the next All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament between John Kreese’s Cobra Kai against the newly-merged alliance of Daniel LaRusso’s Miyagi-Do and Johnny Lawrence’s Eagle Fang. Indeed, the teaser’s imagery showcases some tough training by the respective dojos.

Netflix’s official fourth season synopsis for Cobra Kai teases tumult in the lead-up to the climactic proving ground, stating that, “Samantha and Miguel try to maintain the dojo alliance and Robby goes all in at Cobra Kai, the fate of the Valley has never been more precarious. What tricks does Kreese have up his sleeve? Can Daniel and Johnny bury their decades-long hatchet to defeat Kreese? Or will Cobra Kai become the face of karate in the valley?”

With that set, let’s break down what the trailer reveals!

The All Valley Karate Tournament Returns

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There’s no mistaking the familiar fist of the All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament, as displayed in iconic fashion in 1984’s The Karate Kid (and 1989’s The Karate Kid Part III) and revived on Cobra Kai’s 2018 inaugural season. Tellingly, an announcer standing in the middle of said fist stands before what appears to be a packed crowd, seemingly indicating that interest in this particular tournament—probably as word of the dojo challenge reached the public—will be at a fever pitch.

Daniel Teaches Miguel Miyagi’s Kata

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We see Daniel working one-on-one with Johnny’s student, Miguel Diaz (Xolo Maridueña), performing a kata. One of the primary methods of the late Mr. Miyagi’s teaching style—at least, once you move past waxing cars and painting houses—kata (the Japanese word for “form,”) has the practitioner execute a choreographed set of moves. As the kata acts out an imaginary battle, it also teaches muscle memory, provides mental clarity and even the art of unity when simultaneously performed by an entire class. Pertinently, Daniel’s kata warm-up—showcased previously on the show—was criticized (after an initial compliment) in The Karate Kid Part III by villain Terry Silver, who makes his heralded return to the franchise this season. Yet, said kata ended up being the psychologically-vexing method with which Daniel dispatched Silver’s paid ringer opponent, Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan), in that film’s tournament. With Kanan long-rumored for a Cobra Kai return, could the kata lesson foreshadow the arrival of Barnes?

A Fateful Fist Bump?

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Of course, we already witnessed decades of enmity from the first Karate Kid finally put aside between Daniel and Johnny in their climactic Season 3 act of combining their dojos for the tournament challenge. Yet, this image of the former enemies engaging in a reluctant-but-solid fist bump is an auspicious sign for their effort.

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Tough Love at the Cobra Kai Dojo  

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Robby’s consequential climactic Season 3 choice to side with Kreese—even against his own father, Johnny—in the hyped Tournament Challenge has set up a scrambled series dynamic. However, it will also further facilitate his romantic chemistry with fellow Cobra Kai devotee Tori Nichols (Peyton List), whose unmitigated anger was explained by a rough situation at home in which the high-schooler has been forced to become her family’s primary breadwinner. Indeed, the sexual tension is rife in the training session shown in this image, in which Tori has mounted Robby, ready to rain down punches.

Samantha Practices a Bit of Parkour  

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Daniel’s daughter, and the show’s love-triangle fulcrum, Samantha LaRusso (Mary Mouser) is shown jumping off a rooftop. Barring the possibility of this being an abruptly bleak endpoint for her arc, one must assume she’s attempting a dauntingly dangerous hop over to the next building. It will certainly be interesting to learn the context behind this scene.

Johnny Breaks Blocks

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Johnny has apparently taken up the hobby of letting off steam in an empty warehouse, in which he can be seen smashing a cinder block. Along with his signature black headband, he seems to be sporting headphones connected via wire to an obscured device that, knowing Johnny, is likely to be a cassette Walkman.

Terry Silver’s Ponytail is Prepared

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Finally, we have another glimpse at the show’s ominous newcomer. Of course, Cobra Kai Season 4 fired its first shot across the bow this past May by teasing the imminent arrival of The Karate Kid Part III’s master manipulator himself, Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith). While not represented substantially in the new teaser, the wealthy industrialist, creator of the dubious “Quicksilver” method of karate and John Kreese’s old army buddy—seen in Season 3’s Vietnam War flashbacks as Twig (Nick Marini)—did manage to sneak into the fray. Indeed, the revelatory montage has an emphatic punctuation with the tying of an identifiable ponytail that, while turned from black to gray, remains Silver’s signature attribute. As the Season 3 flashbacks implied, it’s a style that Silver adapted as a tribute to a fallen comrade.

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e-race

In the not-too-distant future, mandatory, state-enforced high-tech microsurgery will enable all citizens to join the brave new colorblind e-race. In his latest cutting speculative parable, fast-rising SF writer Russell Nichols satirizes techno-optimism, the ways tech is deployed in the service of ‘combatting’ racism, and much more. Enjoy. -the Ed

[Starting tomorrow, racism in America will be history!]

When the urgent notification popped up in his eye-mail, the very old man swatted it away. How was he still getting these damn things? He unsubscribed twenty times at least from this mailing list he never even signed up for. Tried to block them. What part of no means no didn’t these parasites understand? Last week he was so fed up with the spamming, he called the U.S. Department of Reparations toll-free number to strongly suggest they go straight to hell, but nobody answered.

[Today marks the deadline for compliance. After midnight, all non-members of the new e-race will face severe penalties, including…]

He slapped at the air again, deleting the message mid-scroll. Then groaned, rolling over in bed. The nubs where his legs used to be itched. The sign of a storm coming. Then: Boom! Boom! Boom! On the door of his senior living pod. He pulled the cover over his head, but knew he couldn’t hide. “Police!” came the voice from the other side. “Open up, Mr. Ellison!”

*

Fifteen minutes later, the security guard dragged Ellison into a crowded microsurgery clinic.

“Get your hands off me!” Ellison hollered, fighting but failing to break free. “I’m exempt!”

The guard took Ellison to reception. “Got another 406 for ya.”

“Wunderbar!” said the receptionist. She aimed an ID scanner, clicked, and a blue light flashed. The data loaded onto her computer. “Waldo Ellison. Been playing a little hooky, have we?”

“No, no, seriously, I—I’m handicapped, look—” Ellison showed off his robotic prosthetics. “I’m supposed to get a pass.”

The guard bent down like talking to a toddler. “Can you say man-da-tory?”

“Please,” Ellison pleaded. “I’m not supposed to be here.”

“Rightio, you’re supposed to be over there.” The receptionist pointed to the long line of people waiting to go through pre-op body scanners. Then she pressed an intercom and muttered, “Need a fix on a 406,” as the guard escorted Ellison away.

“Hold up, I can’t do this. I don’t do hospital beds, I break out real bad—”

“If you try to break out of here, it won’t be good. Trust me.”

The guard patted Ellison’s shoulder and left him in the back of the line. The line was a snarl-up, going nowhere, like a scene from the DMV back in the day, before autonomous cars. A shame that cars learned to be autonomous before people. Look at them. More like drones in skin wrapping paper. With zero perspective beyond their eye-mail. Look at them, staring all blank, scrolling through retinal feeds, the contents of which Ellison could only guess—e-race fashion dos and don’ts: Do wear bright colors and you’ll be fab! Don’t wear gray or you’ll look drab!

Didn’t they see what was happening?

[The Indivisible Nation Act will level the playing field by eliminating the perception of skin color from the visual cortex…]

Ellison whacked the notification away with a grunt.

Then: a voice behind him. “What’s the matter, legacy?”

[Legacy [leg-uh-see] noun, offensive: An old or obsolete person with machine parts]

Ellison dismissed the pop-up definition, turned around. “Whatchu call me?!”

Standing in line behind him was a boy, maybe fifteen, wearing an LED shirt that kept flashing Now You See Me then Now You Don’t.

“No trigger, no trigger,” he said with his hands up. “Just launching dialogue with you. Looking like we’ll be frozen here a minute.”

Ellison almost asked the boy where his parents were, but then remembered he didn’t give a shred of damn. He turned back around, hoping a non-response would shut him up.

But the boy asked: “Why you all sad-faced?”

Ellison turned around. “Lookie here, you—”

“Call me Disher.”

“I’m tired and it’s about to rain and I’m just tryna get out of here. And I got a hunch that if you zip those lips of yours, that’ll happen a helluva lot faster, you got me?”

Ellison turned back around.

“I think I got you,” Disher said.

Ellison turned around. “No, no, you clearly don’t, see, ‘cause that was a rhetorical question. That means you’re not supposed to answer.”

“I know what rhetorical means.”

“Then why are you still talking to me?”

Disher frowned. “Is that rhetorical?”

Ellison shook his head, turned back around.

“Why the downvotes, legs? I mean, judging by your body-mods, that last-gen suit and your buggy social skills, I’m getting a strong centenarian signal. I fig, what, a buck oh-five? Buck ten? Point being, this should be an achievement day for you.”

Ellison scoffed. “Achievement day.”

“No more color lines. Equality all around. That’s God particle!”

Ellison glared at Disher. Was he born remedial? Or was that LED shirt offing brain cells?

“It’s Trojan horse-shit,” Ellison said.

“Edit: Okay, maybe not God particle, but at least it’s a step in—”

“—Trojan horse-shit.”

“Whatchu infected with? Verify, I’m not as ancient as you. Still I’ve d-loaded enough history to know it was all glitched up back in your era. But now, thanks to this program, I can be somebody.”

Ellison palmed his face. “A monochrome somebody.”

“Legs, you can’t act like complexion don’t matter. You know how long it took me to find a job? How many opps declined me because my skin tone? How about all the undocs looking for sanctuary?” Disher motioned to the people in line. “Like or dislike, this new law levels the playing—”

“Spare me the sound bites, alright? It’s the same field, different game.” Then, without thinking, Ellison shouted: “You fools really think not seeing color will make racism disappear?!”

“Who’s a fool?” came a voice from the crowd.

Ellison felt all eyes on him. But he got an idea: If he could get enough of these drones riled up, the guard would have to step in, and Ellison could step right the hell out.

“Who’s a fool?” he asked. “Everybody in this line, that’s who.”

“Who this legacy think he trolling?” somebody asked, rhetorically.

“I speak the truth!” he said. “You’re all getting herded up like cattle. In the name of equality. Am I the only one seeing this?”

“Amigo, you’re going to be seeing a whole lot less if you keep at it,” somebody said.

Ellison kept at it. “Discrimination never dies. If not the color of your skin, it’ll be your accent.”

Pointing to various people around him. “Or your eyes. Or your nose. Your height. Or your weight.”

Ellison pointed to Disher. “That hair.” To himself. “These legs.” A man in a color-changing hijab.

“That Christmas ornament on your head.”

His partner pushed Ellison’s hand away. “You crossed the line.”

“See, exactly, that’s my point! There will always be a line.”

The security guard waved a finger at Ellison. A warning to stop.

Ellison didn’t stop. “Do any of you know what it feels like to get hit in the face by a high-pressure fire hose? I’m talking enough water pressure to tear bark off a tree or brick off a wall. Of course you don’t, but I do. See, I was out there, Kelly Ingram Park, singing ‘Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around’ while getting sprayed to the ground by pigs.”

The security guard didn’t budge.

“Bet you never even heard that song, huh? Listen, don’t be mad at me, I’m only speaking truth! I grew up in the segregated South. Marches, boycotts, sit-ins. Out there fighting for my rights. My life. But see, that’s what’s wrong with you kids today. You don’t know nothing about sacrifice!”

The security guard wasn’t intervening.

“And now look at you, staring all blank, scrolling through retinal feeds, for what? e-race fashion dos and don’ts? Do wear bright colors and you’ll be fab! Don’t wear gray or you’ll look drab! Ha! You’re standing in line for a mandatory surgery to be colorblind and that’s supposed to be quote-unquote great for America? I didn’t vote for this. Did you vote for this?”

Why wasn’t the security guard intervening?!

“But wasn’t this the end game?” Disher said. “A future where we don’t see color? That means all the protests paid off, right? Isn’t this the world Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of?”

The question wasn’t exactly rhetorical. But Ellison didn’t answer fast enough, and the tension evaporated with murmurs of “That’s true.”/“Good point.”/“Preach!”

Ellison hollered: “I know where I stand!”

Somebody hollered back: “Yeah, in line just like the rest of us!”

The crack drew laughs. Moment gone, just like that. Everybody went back to their business. Scrolling through retinal feeds. The security guard raised his fist in the air like “power to the people.”

Ellison, rage boiling over, stepped out of line. Power walking. Straight for the guard.

[Starting tomorrow, racism in America will be history!]

Ellison punched the notification.

The guard held his ground, grabbed his nightstick.

Ellison closing in.

Tunnel vision.

[Starting tomorrow, racism in America will be history! Today marks the deadline…]

Ellison batted the air. He’d show them a deadline.

The guard stepped forward, winding up.

“Don’t take another step!” he said.

Ellison didn’t stop. But a default safety feature made his legs slow down.

The guard lit up, convinced of his godlike power.

Ellison pushed himself forward, but Disher’s hand grabbed his arm, holding him back.

“No ban, mods,” Disher told the guard. “I’ll take care of him.”

“Get off of me!” Ellison said.

But Disher used the energy to pivot and escort Ellison to the vacant restroom.

Inside: there was a window up in the wall, getting pummeled by pellets of rain. Disher locked the door and went to a urinal. Ellison leaned over the sink, adrenaline coming back to Earth.

“What were you thinking?” he said, staring at his reflection.

“You’re welcome,” Disher said. “And don’t start spamming me about colored-only restrooms.” Ellison splashed his face with water. “I don’t know nothing about colored-only restrooms.”

“Riiight.”

“That’s the truth. I never stepped foot in one in my life.”

“But you said—”

“I never marched. Never boycotted. The only sit-in I ever did was at home, alone on my couch, when I didn’t feel like being bothered with people. Which was all the damn time.”

Disher washed his hands, keeping his mouth shut.

“Back then I felt like, if I could work hard, make something of myself, anybody could. And everybody blaming racism was just using that as an excuse. I really thought that.”

“Where’s the error?” Disher said. “Race is a social construct. If you don’t believe in ghosts, they can’t attack you.”

“I used to say, ‘I don’t believe in race.’ But see, to say that, I was denying the struggle of the oppressed. Hell, my own struggle! I was in denial of myself.” Ellison turned to Disher. “Look, I know you think this Indivisible Nation Act is the end-all, be-all, but I’m here to tell you, it’s not even close. Racism is grafted into the skin of America. You can’t remove it without spilling a whole lot of blood.”

Disher seemed to consider this, staring up at the window.

“Look at me: I’m 125 years old. Lost my legs in a car crash. Before autonomous cars took over. Didn’t fight for any kind of rights. But here I am, a survivor, and I can’t live with the guilt of doing nothing. I have to resist. I want to make a difference and … I will not let our history get wiped away.”

“History lives on,” Disher said. “Right here.”

Disher pointed to his chest. Ellison figured he was talking about his heart, but all he could see was the shirt flashing Now You See Me then Now You Don’t.

The room was silent, except for the patter of heavy rain.

Disher looked at the window again. “Ready to ex outta here?”

“You and me?” Ellison felt a surge of pride, but he knew the weather would force his prosthetics into safe mode. Probably wouldn’t get two blocks. “I don’t know—”

Disher tapped Ellison’s arm. “That was a rhetorical question.”

Ellison chuckled. Took a deep breath. And positioned himself under the window.

Then: Boom! Boom! Boom! On the restroom door.

Ellison’s legs held steady under the weight as Disher stood on his shoulders.

Disher opened the window, looked down at Ellison. “You following?”

Ellison heard keys at the door. “You go on. I’ll see you on the other side.”

“No you won’t.”

“Go on! I’ll find you—you just go and keep going. And don’t look back, you got me?”

Disher gave him a sad smile. “I got you, legacy.”

The boy pulled himself up, crawled out of the window and into the storm.

When the security guard burst in, the very old man fell to his mechanical joints.

[Starting tomorrow, racism in America will be history!]

*

Moments later, Ellison came out of the restroom on a stretcher. Eyes heavy. The world fading as a sedative took hold. Body going numb, but he could still feel the weight on his shoulders, where the boy had been standing. An orderly pushed him through the pre-op area. Past the line of drones he gave no damns about. He sacrificed himself to make a difference and nobody could take that away.

“You can’t make me do this!” a woman hollered at reception. A kindred spirit.

As the orderly pushed him through a door and down a white hall, toward the operating rooms, Ellison heard the receptionist over the intercom: “Need a fix on a 406.”

And that was when he saw it. At first he thought it was side effects from the sedative or his old eyes playing tricks on him. But no! There, through the window of a waiting room, he saw a group of kids sitting completely still, their heads plugged into the walls. And one of them, a girl, maybe fifteen, unplugged herself and walked out toward the pre-op area, in the same LED shirt they all wore, flashing Now You See Me then Now You Don’t.

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[musicdish]

C Z A R I N A Releases Spacewave Ballad "Til The Last Star"

Rising RetroFuturist synth and electronic artist C Z A R I N A has released her latest spacewave and dreamwave ballad entitled "Til the Last Star" to welcome summer. Accompanied by atmospheric synths and orchestral arrangements simulating the journey through outer space, C Z A R I N A reels listeners in a Sci-Fi-inspired, trance-like dreamscape in her most vulnerable performance and personal testament about the epic lifelong journey one would traverse for love. "Til the Last Star" is now available for streaming and download in digital platforms worldwide. Written, composed, performed and produced by C Z A R I N A (aka Vero Faye Kitsune), "Til the Last Star" poignantly talks about love as the true paramount choice through life's journey. "Many of us are driven by ambition and goals while in search of one's self. We often forget that at the end, all that matters is our ability to give and accept fearless, dauntless love," explains the artist, who herself had found tremendous success for many years as a fashion mogul, prior to her return to music and fully embarking upon uncharted territories towards self-discovery. Before C Z A R I N A, Vero Faye Kitsune spent her time as the full time creative director and founder of the famed footwear and accessory brand, IVY KIRZHNER NEW YORK. With a design aesthetic true to her own notoriously unapologetic rock-and-roll persona, her footwear collection became a global success, with a long list of celebrity clientele including Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Kesha, Lily Collins, Cassie, Jamie Chung and Tori Kelly. Her line was also stocked at specialty retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom Salon, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Intermix, Harvey Nichols London and Printemps Paris. With the paramount accomplishment of her company, C Z A R I N A decided to venture back into music and form a sound that is a true reflection of her dynamic skillset as a creative professional. On November 11, 2018, her critically-acclaimed debut LP, Painted Holograms, was released and had earned her a spot in several Best of 2018 lists, including Music Connection Magazine's Hot 100 Independent Artists of 2018. C Z A R I N A blurs the lines between retro and modern, along with vivid and colorful lyricism, sonic guitars, heartfelt melodies and vocal hooks which are all signature to a soundscape that is truly her own. Her trademark persona has garnered attention from publications including Guitar Girl Magazine, Dark Beauty Magazine, She Bops and Iron Skullet Synthwave. The latter praised C Z A R I N A's masterwork debut LP, Painted Holograms, as "a remarkable creation at a critical moment in synthwave's history... She may very well be the first synthwave rockstar." To keep up with C Z A R I N A and her evolving musical projects, visit CzarinaOfficial.com and Instagram @Czarinaofficial. http://www.czarinaofficial.com http://soundcloud.com/czarinaofficial/c-z-a-r-i-n-a-til-the-last-star/s-Fhq7S

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

What is the web-o-sphere angry about this week? A global actress left off The Avengers top billing, a global actress included on the cover-up of Vogue and a pay-for-play elite education strategy. Here’s everything you need to know :P TAGEND A College Admissions Scandal is Revealed

THE STORY: Earlier this week, federal prosecutors announced that dozens of wealthy individuals are face charges for taking part in a college bribery strategy. Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among the mothers involved in the scandal, which involved cheating on standardized tests and faking athletic abilities to get children admitted into upper-class colleges.

THE REACTION :P TAGEND

This college admissions scandal really is a disgrace. Easily as bad as any recruiting scandal.

As if the rich and powerful didn’t have enough advantages already.

— Tony Massarotti (@ TonyMassarotti) March 15, 2019

Wow this college admissions scandal … Imagine all the qualified students that worked their asses off and get screwed because of it pic.twitter.com/ ITeg9KAVZP

— Katy (@ lustrelux) March 13, 2019

this college scandal with laurie loughlin stimulates me so heated. U ** is my top picking school and to know that despite all my the expected accomplishments and aspirations there is a very real chance my place could go to someone who’s parents have more fund and clout than me attains me outraged.

— stella (@ krisatriss) March 12, 2019

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Having watched Gossip Girl and Gilmore Girls, I always assumed this was how the college admission system worked for America’s most wealthy :P TAGEND

I guess I’m merely frankly surprised that a scheme was even employed/ needed in this college admissions scandal involving Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin( and many more ). I simply always assumed that this was the scenario: #collegeadmissionsscandal pic.twitter.com/ wn6ZvyCwBE

— notsoperfect (@ notsoperfect) March 12, 2019

And then, of course, there’s the “legal” route that rich mothers give their children an academic advantage: hire private tutors, send kids to prestigious feeder schools, receive legacy predilection. However, when corner-cutting becomes blatant law-breaking, it’s easier for us to understand the lengths at which the elite are willing to go to maintain their privilege. And, when it’s framed in this style, it’s also easier for us to get angry about. Here’s hoping that the outrage makes a larger conversation about a broken system.

Danai Gurira is Left Off Avengers: Endgame Poster Top Billing

THE STORY: Marvel Studio’s released the official poster for Avengers: Endgame on Friday, along with the highly anticipated film’s first full-length trailer. 13 of the main actors who survived Infinity War–Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson among them–were displayed on the originally released poster. Only 12 names, however, were credited in the top billing.

Actress Danai Gurira, who plays Okoye, a General of the Dora Milaje, in the Black Panther franchise, was the only face on the poster whose name appeared in the small, footnote credits.

THE REACTION :P TAGEND

leaving out danai gurira’s name on the poster while bradley cooper’s name is there i- https :// t.co/ KefStY3AoQ

— tori allena (@ astarwarstori) March 14, 2019

she is the only black female on that poster, the highest profile post-snappening wakandan, a firm fan favorite, and freaking actual DANAI GURIRA to boot. put some respect on her name, damn.

— Bim Adewunmi (@ bimadew) March 14, 2019

WE KNOW OKOYE ON THE POSTER IS TOKEN WAKANDAN REPRESENTATION BUT THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS PUT DANAI GURIRA’S NAME UP TOP LIKE EVERYONE ELSE’S. PAY YOUR DIVERSITY TAX.

— Nichole (@ tnwhiskeywoman) March 14, 2019

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: It didn’t take Marvel very long to re-release a rectified poster, with Gurira rightfully placed in top billing. That said, they didn’t exactly apologize. Instead, they devoted a brief response on their Twitter:” She should have been up there all this time. Check out the official Marvel Studios’ #AvengersEndgame poster .”

I’m just hoping that this wasn’t a subtle sign that Okoye isn’t going to attain very far into the movie. And I’m really hoping that the rest of the Black Panther cast joins her on screen by the end of Endgame.

Scarlett Johansson” Transcends Borders” on New Vogue Cover

THE STORY: Above the tagline’ 14 Countries, 14 Hotshots: The Global Actor Who Know No Limits, ’ Scarlett Johansson appears on the April cover of American Voguealongside South Korean actress Doona Bae and Indian actress Deepika Padukone.

Johansson was featured in” Everything That Upset the Internet This Week” last year when she was cast as a trans man in the film Rub& Tug. The project was fallen, but the dispute around it generated a greater dialogue about the actress’ choice of characters: in 2017, Johnsson became the poster daughter for Hollywood whitewashing when she played the title role in Ghost in the Shell, a cinema that was adapted from Japanese manga.

THE REACTION :P TAGEND

Sorry but Scarlett Johansson shouldn’t be on this cover. The Vogue article was an extensive look about the barriers these other women have transgressed to gain international stardom and here’s Scarlett who filmed a movie in Japan once. [?][?] https :// t.co/ 7L7UtWLXpD

— Amanah F. (@ xAmanaFx) March 14, 2019

Including Scarlett Johansson on the encompas is insulting to the other women. She has repeatedly stolen roles from WOC and the Transgender community. She has also failed sexual abuse survivors( Woody Allen’s muse and lead ). She only supported #metoo when it was convenient for her

— Megan (@ AlphaOhMegan) March 14, 2019

scarlett johansson really is the most versatile actress of our time. here she is on the encompas of vogue portraying 7 clones of herself! truly remarkable. https :// t.co/ hJfK9fOp 3u

— war criminal (@ abblien) March 14, 2019

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: I understand why Vogue would think to include Johansson in this package of women around the world. She is, after all, one of the highest paid and most popular actresses in Hollywood right now — so it builds sense to me that they would invite her to be a part of this survey, especially with Avengers: Endgame being released next month.

The article was an opportunity for Johansson to address her controversial casting history, and it’s unfortunate that this doesn’t happen. Instead, she talked about how she” recollects being quite lonely” while filming Lost in Translation in Tokyo. It’s also unfortunate that the controversy around Johansson has taken the spotlight away from the other 13 global talents featured. We promise we’re still paying attention: read more about Bollywood star Deepika Padukone here.

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