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and i have all the gifsets mapped out in my head

destielisgonnabecanon  asked:

hey there, i'm writing an essay about how destiel is real for a friend of mine and I was wondering what you think the most important pieces of meta that i should put in? can you recommend anything?

Hi - wow, that’s some dedication. All I did for my friends was send them some links - and, on one memorable occasion, I spent one entire 30 minutes conversation occasionally glancing at my (female&blinded by heteronormativity) friend’s lips instead of looking at her eyes, and by the end of it she was uncomfortable af and half convinced I was into her, and that’s when I presented her with a list of gifsets like -

- and basically dropped my mic and sashayed out.

(Man, I wish my hair was long enough to be flicked back.)

She changed her mind after that, by the way. And it’s really weird how most behaviours and gestures are used on screen precisely because we understand them as human things we all do on a deep level, and yet we’re suddenly unable to figure out what they mean if they’re not about a man and a woman. Uh.

(That applies to me as well, by the way. We see what we know about, not what is actually there, and that’s just inevitable - but can be unlearned, with some patience and many, many mistakes.)

Anyway, here are a bunch of things - I hope they’re useful.

Also, the entire S8, which was basically a demented Jane Eyre AU, and the entire S11, because, again, that Amara thing didn’t make sense without Destiel subtext, and finally @deanswingsbothways’ drunken rant (spoiler: contains the line “Destiel is not a story we are telling each other. Destiel is a story we are being told.” and bless).

You should also consider pimping your essay a bit, because there are a lot of posts and gifsets about how Destiel is regularly paralleled with canon couples on Supernatural, or follows the same rules as romantic relationships in movies. Here’s a bunch of them: Destiel and Sam/JessDestiel vs Dean/AnnaDestiel vs Sam/Amelia, Destiel vs David/VioletDestiel and Spuffy, Destiel and Clexa, Destiel and Phoebe/ColeDestiel vs Charlie/Gilda, Destiel vs every other couple on SupernaturalDestiel and Lucifer having funDestiel and romantic movies, Destiel and the Doctor, Destiel and Belle/Rumplestiltskin, Destiel and Tangled, Destiel and Saileen, and, of course, the beautiful and despairing trainwreck that was Repo Man.

And finally, there was that one time I went crazy and spent an entire weekend mapping every single love trope they’ve ever used around those two idiots in love, because I was just that fed up and the thing’s there, okay, and the more they say it’s not the more layers of tropes and mirrors and longing glances and narrative parallels they keep slathering on top of this thing, so, whatever and who even knows. At this point, you’re free to say it’ll never go canon because they’re homophobic or assume their audience is homophobic, and you’re free to say it’ll never go canon because of internal narrative reasons (God knows both Dean and Cas are never going to believe they’re actually good enough for each other), but to say there’s nothing there at all - that’s beyond whatever.

Anyway, my post is here, and these were the final conclusions:

As you may have guessed, this is something I’m sort of interested in - I came for the monsters and started to reblog stuff out of spite when I realized I was being treated like a crazy fangirl who sees love everywhere because women (right). If you’re looking for more sugary goodness, I tag stuff as destiel, spn meta (my own opinions), awesome meta (other people’s opinions), love tropes and parallels, and you can also have a look at some excellent meta writers who have eyes and therefore see Destiel and sometimes discuss it - people like @elizabethrobertajones, @grey2510, @tinkdw, @bluestar86, @mittensmorgul, @floralmotif, @k-vichan, @treefrogie84, @thevioletcaptain or @postmodernmulticoloredcloak (and I know I’m forgetting someone - that’s what sleeping four hours does to you, sorry). So, again - I know this post is a bit ‘join our cult’ (which is what you asked for, but still), but really - what I like about this fandom is that we can talk about stuff and we can disagree about stuff and still be friends, but this new idea currently spreading in the real world like wildfire - that not only you can have your own opinions (totally legit), but you can also have your own facts - nope. I hope your friend reads your essay (you’re welcome to share it, by the way) and sees that yes, there’s objectively something going on. If they still don’t, the final test is, “What if Cas were a woman? Would you see it then?”

(And we all know the answer to that question, don’t we?)

Seriously, good luck.

EDIT - More great meta

( @destielisgonnabecanon - you’re welcome! Go win that bet! 😁)

gif/graphic tutorial

i never know what to call these things, but i’m going to show you how to do these 4 different gif effects in photoshop:

you can find the original gifset here. while this tutorial will not have any part about the coloring, and only how to make these different effects, it is really in depth for each and every step (with pictures!). so then hopefully this will be easy to understand even if you’ve never done something like this before. all you’ll really need to know is how to make a gif, and it might be helpful to have an basic understanding of clipping masks. otherwise these aren’t too complicated! this i a really long tutorial so here we go!:

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Originally posted by kawaiinekololitablog

Cause I’m a pilot anywhere
Cause I’m a pilot anywhere
lighting star shooting star
I’ll give you my Galaxy

A/N: as you all know, or if you don’t know you’re about to find out, hob is my ult. the boy means more to me than he will ever know and i could write a million love stories and they still don’t even halfway express how i feel about him. anyway, y’all did not sign up for these corny confessions so! here’s my hob fic that no one (but my heart) asked for and happy early birthday to the loveliest boy in the whole world

wc: ~2.8K

this is a touch smutty but mostly super super fluffy

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Time After Time: ‘Round Midnight

Summary: If it were up to Dean, he’d never travel through time again. But no matter how many times he bitched about it, his ass always ended up in the past. Chasing after the Greek god of time, Chronos, Dean gets zapped back to 1943, where he shot a Nazi, and met the legendary Steve Rogers and James ‘Bucky’ Barnes.
Characters in this chapter: Dean Winchester, Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, Chronos
Characters mentioned: Sam Winchester, Anrim Zola
Word count: 1,609
Warnings: Time travel, canon violence, language, major canon divergence [it’s an AU / crossover folks]
Author’s note: Inspired by this GIFset. Thank you @deansdirtylittlesecretsblog [AKA @captain-rogers-beard] and @climbthatmooselikeatree for listening to me babble on end about this. Your patience and help means so much more than you can imagine.

My work is not to be posted on any other sites without my express written permission.

Someone is shaking Dean’s shoulder, that’s what pulls him from sleep. And judging by the vanilla perfume, it’s not Steve. “Stark called just now, said he has something on Zola.”

“That was fast. What’d he say?”

Before Peggy can answer, there’s a knock on the door. “You’re about to find out,” she says as she crosses the room.

“Your guy, Anrim, he’s not just some loan shark. It’s much worse than that.”

“How much worse could it possibly be?” Steve inquires.

Howard’s dark eyes flick to Steve. “Anrim Zola is working with Hydra. Turns out, he’s Red Skull’s right hand man.”

The silence is deafening; a pin dropping would probably shatter everyone’s eardrums. And then, the bubble of silence snaps when Steve lets loose a rageful shout. His hands are balled into fists and the veins in his neck are protruding, pulsing heavily.

Peggy jumps back, hand over her mouth, tears of surprise welling in her eyes. She has never seen Steve so… angry before. Stark wraps an arm around her shoulder, telling her, “It’s alright, doll.”

“Now it makes sense,” Dean groans. “I fuckin’ knew his name, I just couldn’t place it.”

Howard’s brows pull together. “What do you mean?”

“It’s in the fuckin’ comics,” he snaps, raking a hand through his hair, squeezing back of his neck. “I must’a read those things a million times.”

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On Others Knowing

This is a companion piece to On Octavia knowing, and it is inspired partially by this lovely gifset by illgivethattoyou. Thanks to jollyranchercube for the ask :)

I think that besides Octavia, other characters also pick up on the feelings Bellamy and Clarke have for each other.

The opening of 1x13, Raven, Finn, Clarke and Bellamy are in the dropship, trying to help Raven. We find that Raven is not allowed to move and Finn engages in a heated argument with Bellamy before leaving to get a stretcher for her.

The camera gets so close-up to the faces of Clarke and Bellamy that for a moment it seems like it’s just there in the room. Clarke gets right close to Bellamy’s face in a fierce bid to get him to join them, because she doesn’t want to leave without him.

In case you haven’t realised Bellarke close-ups are my favourite thing because you literally cannot escape – the focus is so intensely on them. Plus Clarke’s face matching with the tone of her voice. And Bellamy’s expression

But the significance of this scene lies in that it contains the basic elements of what we can now easily identify as the Bellamy and Clarke communication style - Practical, honest, heartfelt and assuring. I know that Raven was in a lot of pain and I’m not sure how much a person in such a bad state could have concentrated on her surroundings. But I think she must’ve caught at least a fraction of what went on above her head. So I’m thinking, Raven got a chance to witness an intimate moment between those two leaders and she knows the result – Bellamy, despite being afraid, defeated and angry, walks out the confines of the camp with the rest.

While I’d never seen that as a particularly romantic scene, I think that can explain why she acts the way she does in 2x05. When she’s outside the tent with Clarke and Clarke spots Bellamy, Raven doesn’t even hesitate before encouraging Clarke to go on ahead. We can read Clarke’s apologetic expression (Raven did stay up the whole night for her), but Raven knows that it’s something that Clarke needs to do.

Then we get to 2x09, where she gets paired up together Octavia, the camera allowing us sufficient time to take in their looks. Raven eyes are trained on Bellamy before she glances over at Clarke. Her expression isn’t as blatant as Octavia’s, but her lips are pressed tightly together as if she’s running through everything in her mind, trying to figure out what exactly she’s witnessing.

Clarke turns and leaves the moment she hands Bellamy the map and I’ll say this only as a speculation – I think she had a hard time telling Bellamy to go. After all, this is the guy that she specifically asked to stay because she felt she couldn’t lose him. The camera closes up on Raven’s face as her lips move in surprise, the look of worry evident on her face as she looks up at Bellamy again. This is the moment that convinced me that Raven at least sensed feelings on Bellamy’s part, if not on Clarke’s as well.

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anonymous asked:

Bri Amazing Angel!! Think I can speak for everyone to say you have NOTHING to apologize for!! Oh my gosh, that was! Yeah.. feel heat! Awesomeness! Lends so much more to the parts we already have to know that! I'm so glad it wasn't a mistake or something like that, that they both just couldn't resist and were fully aware they wanted/needed each other. And Kate's first time she got made love to from head to toe. Please write a small piece of the first kiss the moment they break, that was too good!

Yes I can definitely do this. First kiss based off of this post and a prequel to my unplanned pregnancy gifset series.

Kate knew that her skin had to be all wrinkled and gross by now but she couldn’t face getting out from beneath the cool spray of water. It was so hot that day and she desperately needed this relief. But then Seth was banging on the door and telling her to “get a move on princess!” and she knew that her momentary reprieve was over. She shuddered and made a disgusted noise when she turned off the water and almost immediately felt the wave of heat and stickiness settle over her.

Kate briefly considered jumping back in the shower but knew that Seth might just knock down the door to take his turn. After wringing out her hair and rubbing herself mostly dry, she wrapped herself in the rough bath towel and secured it beneath her arms before stepping out into the motel room. Despite the fan on the ceiling going as fast as it could, she felt no better and briefly wished that she was alone so she didn’t have to drag clothes on over her sweaty skin.

“All yours,” she grumbled, crossing to her bed.

It was the one furthest from the door. That’s just how they did things.

“Shit,” Kate heard Seth curse.

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Time After Time: Take the A-Train

Summary: If it were up to Dean, he’d never travel through time again. But no matter how many times he bitched about it, his ass always ended up in the past. Chasing after the Greek god of time, Chronos, Dean gets zapped back to 1943, where he shot a Nazi, and met the legendary Steve Rogers and James ‘Bucky’ Barnes.
Characters in this chapter: Dean Winchester, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Peggy Carter, Anrim Zola
Characters mentioned: Red Skull, Sam Winchester
Word count: 1,454
Warnings: Canon violence, language, angst, major canon divergence [it’s an AU / crossover folks]
Author’s note: Inspired by this GIFset. Thank you @captain-rogers-beard and @climbthatmooselikeatree for listening to me babble on end about this. Your patience and help means so much more than you can imagine.

My work is not to be posted on any other sites without my express written permission.

“What’s happened?” Steve demands, eyes flicking between Dean and Peggy.

“Something came across the wire this morning,” Dean informs Steve. “It’s about Buck.”

It is as if the floor shifts under Steve’s feet. He shoots his hand out, steadying himself against the wall. “Just tell me he’s alive.”

Steve chuckles, more of a scoff really. “You should’a seen him. He was… I don’t know what they did to him, but it was bad.”

“Hey, don’t do that. Don’t think about that. You saved him, and many others. They would have died if you had stayed on the plane instead of jumping off like some kind fool.”

“I still feel like something is going to happen.”

“Because of what Chronos said?”

Steve’s head dips, an embarrassed flush coloring his cheeks. “He’s right, I haven’t been able to stop this war.”

“Listen, war is going to happen no matter how hard anyone tries to stop it; even you. Yeah, you’re Captain America. You’ve got super serum running through your veins, and it’s made you damn near unstoppable. But this,” he waves his hand around the bar that is filled with men wearing every various kinds of army garb, “is always going to happen.”

“What about us?” Peggy asks, slightly annoyed at even the thought of staying behind.

“We are gonna set a fire under Johann Schmidt’s ass,” is the colonel’s arrogant answer. “What do you say, Rogers? It’s your map, you think you can wipe Hydra off of it?”

“Yes, sir. I’ll need a team.”

“We’re already putting together the best men,” the colonel announces.

“With all due respect, sir. So am I.”

Bucky, Steve, and Dean are standing on a snow-covered mountain, overlooking a set of railroad tracks. They can hear the approaching train, the same one that Zola is supposed to be on.

Bucky leans in so Steve can hear him over the bitter wind. “Remember when I made you ride the Cyclone at Coney Island?”

Chuckling, Steve answers. “Yeah, and I threw up?”

“This isn’t payback, is it?” Bucky asks nervously. Rides at Coney Island are one thing, riding a rope down a mountain onto a moving train is something completely different.

Steve claps his friend on the shoulder. “Now why would I do that?”

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when we first got married i had to psych myself up every time to say “my wife” to a new person. it was awkward because with “girlfriend” a lot of people would just assume i meant “friend,” and of course “fiancée” is gender-neutral when spoken, so we’d always had plausible deniability. but the meaning of “wife” is pretty unavoidable. still, i made myself do it on principle, and slowly but surely it became natural.

now i love saying “my wife,” to everyone all the time. i love saying it to the old woman distributing the strawberries at the farm share, asking if she knows where i can still get rhubarb because every summer i make my wife a pie. i love saying it to the gay employee helping me at crate and barrel, telling him i’m buying these glasses because my wife and i both had them growing up, and seeing his eyes light up. i love saying it to friends of friends and to new acquaintances and to potential coworkers and to the women at the laundromat. i love being aggressively out, and i love having such an easy way to be aggressively out. i love being the first woman with a wife someone has ever met, making our existence part of their reality. i love being visible for other lgbt people who might feel a little less alone knowing i’m there, which helps me push past the fear when it comes. most of all, i love not hiding. i love saying “my wife” and i love my wife.

I’m reading a book about room decoration and quick question, am I supposed to construct my own rustic ladder leading nowhere or when the time is right will I wander into a Crate and Barrel and the rustic, cannot possibly bear weight ladder will find me?

Dungeon Design: Guiding Player Movement Part II

This time I’m going to go over some factors that guide movement that are less about visual composition and more about content. I am using the same map from Part 1, a map of an icy cavern frost giants are using as a lair. An entrance to a hero’s lost tomb is located within.

Mechanical Design

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  • what she says: i'm fine
  • what she means: i should have told them i was sick last week, they're gonna think this is the way i sing, why is the pianist playing so loud? should i sing louder? i'll sing louder. maybe i should stop and start over. i'm gonna stop and start over. why is the director staring at his crotch? why is that man staring at my resume? don't stare at my resume i made up half of my resume look at me stop looking at that, look at me, no, not at my shoes don't look at my shoes i hate these fucking shoes why did i pick these shoes? why did i pick this song? why did i pick this career? why does this pianist hate me? if i don't get a callback i can go to crate and barrel with mom and buy a couch. not that i want to spend a day with mom but Jamie needs space to write since i'm obviously such a horrible, annoying distraction to him. what's he gonna be like when we have kids? and once again... why am i working so hard?these are the people who cast Russell Crowe in a musical jesus christ, i suck, i suck, i suck, i suck

naadestiel  asked:

Youre one of my favorite writers so I have a favor to ask. Could you write me a drabble for my birthday? Any kind of httyd will do since I love all your stories! Thank you thousand times!

Happy birthday!!! I hope you have a good one! <3 :)

Hiccup hummed as he strolled down the walk, holding a crate full of mis-matched tools and metalwork. The sky was colored darkly, stars beginning to twinkle as everyone wandered off to she or he’s hut- or both, given the twins.

He paused by Astrid’s hut, noting the flicker of candlelight inside.With a grin he sat the crate on a barrel outside, giving a little knock on the door.

He was only met by silence, so he knocked again, harder this time. There was a squeak along with a crash, wood grating against wood.

“Astrid!?” He called out, concerned.

“Yeah, it’s me.”

The door creaked open, revealing a bedraggled Hofferson staring at him through squinting eyes. He double blinked in return, not used to such oddities. Astrid was always so prim, neat, and organized. Right now, she looked a complete mess.

A beautiful mess, but a non-Astrid mess.

Hiccup peered closer, noting her lack of armor. “Were you sleeping?”

“You look like-”

“Shut up and come in.” She grumbled, turning around without bothering to shut the door. Hiccup ambled inside and finished the deed, turning back to watch her slump into a chair.

“Something wrong?”

Hiccup eyed her critically, “Are you sure..?”

“Positive. What do you want?” She ruffled her braid absently, staring dry eyed at the table top. She hadn’t blinked once, which made Hiccup question her truthfulness even more.

“I saw the lights were on, and just thought I’d stop to say goodnight…”

“Goodnight.” She mumbled.

Hiccup stared, before shrugging and stepping forward determinedly. He gentley grabbed her hand in his and slid into a chair beside her. With a tilt of his head he ducked in front of her face, finally causing her to blink.

“What’s wrong?” He prompted with a little squeeze of her hand.

“Mm, I was just thinking is all. I accidentally fell asleep…” She admitted reluctantly. “Note, “unintentionally”.”

“I did. Not very you.” Hiccup teased. She cracked a small smile in return, but it was clear she was groggy from her interrupted nap.

“Should I leave and let you sleep?”

“No, I want some company.” She leaned back and scrubbed her eyes with a sigh. She let her hands fall to the table, glancing back to Hiccup. “How about a walk?”

He smiled and stood in answer, grabbing her hand again to lead her outside. Toothless warbled from the rooftop curiously upon their exiting, eyes wide and carrying an underlining smugness.

“We’ll be back in a bit, bud.” Hiccup called out reassuringly, waving his hand. “Go on to my hut and get some rest.”

Hiccup took the lead as the two slowly ambled down the platform. Gradually the walked further until they reached a high cliff where the platform ended and stone steps were carved. Hiccup took this time to switch positions, following Astrid as they trekked up the steep incline.

It wasn’t a long climb, but once they reached the top the both silently agreed on resting on the cliff side, staring out at the now star covered sky and sparkling ocean spread out before them. In the distance, Hiccup spotted wavering Northern lights, reminding him of that first flight no so long ago.

“Been awhile, huh?” He murmured, wrapping his arm around her shoulders.

“Yes…” Astrid whispered quietly, almost to herself. “I wish this Viggo-Krogan thing was over… in more ways then one, I miss home.” the last part was breathed, whispered in hope and longing.

“I do too.” Hiccup kissed her cheek. “But if plans go accordingly… we’ll be heading home in less than a year.”

“A year…” She sighed. “You say it like it’s only weeks away.”

“It is, approximately 52.” Hiccup replied jokingly, but tightened his hold around her shoulders. “We’ll go back for a visit soon, I promise.”

“A break… a break would be nice.” She agreed with a straightening of her back. “For a few days, maybe.”

“We could leave the twins here.” Hiccup added with a laugh.

Astrid grinned, “Unsupervised? We’ll leave Snotlout too, to watch them.”

“Then… then we’d need to leave Fishlegs to watch Snotlout.”

“True point. That makes a date.” Astrid teased, jabbing him in the ribs. “You sly dog.”

He laughed softly, bending down to capture her lips in a quick kiss. “We still have to tell Dad, you know.”

“I’m amazed he hasn’t figured it out.”

“I think he has.” Hiccup mused. “He just… I think he’s waiting for me to say something.”

“Well, that gives our trip a purpose.” Astrid paused to yawn, eyelids fluttering. “When do… when do we leave?”

“After you’ve slept.” Hiccup chuckled, pulling her close. She rested her head against his and let her eyes slide shut, shuddering a sigh. “Want me to carry you, milady?”

“You’d kills us both going down those steps.”

“What? Because of my very rare clumsiness or my prosthetic?”

“Because of both, they make a deadly combination.” Astrid looked up with twinkling eyes before scrambling to her feet. Suddenly Hiccup found himself dangling from her arms, desperately clinging to her in attempts to keep from falling.

“What the heck, Astrid?” He squeaked.

She began hauling him down the steps easily, grinning widely. “I have both feet and a sense of balance, we’ll be fine.”

It Could Have Been Anyone

Word Count: 3,574
Warnings: smut

Here you go @phandomsub

Summary: Dan is a porn star asked to be a part of the illustrious Phillip Lester and there ends up being a problem during shooting…

The black town car pulled up to a large mansion on the outskirts of London that looked like every other set Dan had worked on, but he knew from industry gossip as well as watching several of Phillip Lester’s films that the inside would be anything but normal. The man was known for transforming his mansion into over-the-top sets for whatever project he was working on as well as giving hands-on direction to the actors. In normal filmmaking that wouldn’t make Dan nervous but this was the adult film industry and that put him slightly on edge. Dan was newer to the porn industry and the fact that he was asked to perform in one of the Phillip Lester’s movies was not only a shock to him but to his manager PJ as well, but this could make or break Dan’s future in the industry so he had to perform well.

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Request: Could you do a fanfic where Newt has a emotional breakdown?

~I can feel the feels already. Here we go! :) I hope you enjoy!~

“Niffler, stop that now!”

“Pickett, I know. Give me one second, please.”

“Dougal, the occamies are fine, leave them be right now….never mind, Dougal, please help them.”

Newt ran around the case, trying to keep his creatures under control. For some reason, they all decided that today was the day to drive their owner mad.

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OK KO: Barrels and Crates Animation Director: Jake Ganz Art Director: Ismael Bergara Animated by Studio Yotta

General BotW Tips!

You can smash boxes and crates and barrels with two handed weapons like axes and sledgehammers. There is usually food or arrows in there.

You can feed animals by holding or dropping foods in front of them. This includes your horse(s).

Spotted/dappled horses are easiest to tame, but aren’t good stamina-wise; they maneuver a lot easier, though. Good beginner horses.

Two-colour horses have more stamina, but are slightly harder to tame, and slightly harder to maneuver.

Solid colour horses are the hardest to tame, but have the most stamina, and are very fast.

Keep your guardian parts for upgrading your bombs/stasis, etc.

Keep Bokoblin horns for upgrading your clothing at the fairy fountain.

Be sure to find the tower in each new area you go to right off the bat; it’s a lot easier to explore when you have a map.

If you wear clothing of the same set, you’ll gain a special bonus.

Your horses CAN DIE. Do not fall off cliffs with them…

If you attack cucoos enough, they’ll lay an egg (they still attack you after enough hits, so be careful not to hit them too much).

Recipe lists aren’t all that essential as long as you remember that there is no mixing ingredients with effects (stamina and defense or speed and stamina, etc), and you should be able to make something that is edible.
And don’t mix monster parts in a meal either.

Guardians are terrifying until you cut off their legs; if you aren’t ready to fight and kill one yet, don’t… But you can get away from them by cutting off a few legs.

Sometimes fairies fly out of random enemies as they die; catch them while you can!

You can get fairies behind Kakariko village at the great fairy fountain. Sneak up behind them and grab them - you don’t need a bottle.

Remove your sword and any metallic items if there’s a lightning storm; you’ll get struck by lightning if you don’t.

Feel free to add more info! I haven’t gotten all that far in the game myself.

A Soul Lost at Sea (Olicity Victorian AU Fanfiction) Chapter 13

Rating:  Mature

Summary:  Five years after pirates attacked his ship, Royal Navy sailor Oliver Queen returns home to England to find his affluent family in financial ruin.  So when he’s presented with the opportunity to marry Felicity, eldest daughter of the ridiculously wealthy Noah Smoak, Oliver doesn’t hesitate to capture her hand…even though he has no idea if he can capture her heart.  Or if Felicity could ever possibly learn to love a soul lost at sea.

Tags: Smut, Fluff, Angst, Victorian attitudes, Arranged Marriage, Romance, Pirates

Link:  AO3

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Bid Ye Soft Farewell-Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Eyes in the Hold

The Thistle was a bit worse for wear, but still intact. The crew that had boarded her tried their damnedest, but she was a sturdy ship; built for rough waters and violent men.

           The crew of The Thistle was not so lucky.

           Jamie surveyed the damage caused by the battle. The deck was stained with blood, shining black in the moonlight. Splinters of wood were scattered amongst the stains. Forty-eight men lie dead or dying. Twenty of those men were of The Thistle.

           The had won, but at what cost?

           The other ship had fled. Fair Dawn, it was called. The Thistle hadn’t the numbers or the weaponry to chase. Besides, they needed to bid farewell to their dead and lost.

           “Malcolm McNeil.” The last body, wrapped in burlap, was honored and tossed overboard. Malcolm was a quiet man, but with deadly aim of a pistol. Some men said that he took three enemies to the grave with him.  Jamie was inclined to believe it.

           He leaned against the rails, watching Malcolm’s body bob with the waves until he disappeared beneath the surface. Returning to the sea.

           Would this be his fate as well?

           No. He promised his sister all those years ago. He would return to her.

           He could see her now in the back of his eyes. Dark hair whipping in the wind, blue eyes crinkled in amusement, or consternation. It could be either in regards to Jamie…

           He tried to send her small messages and letters whenever the ship was at port. But he knew he could never receive any in return. He wondered about her life now. Would she be married? Have children? Was he an uncle, and didn’t know?

           “Jamie, lad.” Murtagh came from behind him to lean on the rails next to him. Murtagh was an old family friend that Jamie had known his entire life. Dark, small, and severe, he was never free with his emotions. But Jamie knew he worried about him. “All the men are toasting their fallen mates. Yet, here ye are. Quiet as a dormouse. What’s on yer mind?”

           “Jus’ Jenny.” Jamie could be honest with the man. He always could be. His parents trusted him, his brother and sister trusted him. In turn, he trusted him as well.

           “Aye. I’m sure she’s fine, lad. She’s a braw woman.”

           “I ken she’s fine. She’d fight the devil if she had to.” This made Jamie smile, imagining his sister brawling with Lucifer himself. “I jus’… miss her, is all. I want tae go home.” Jamie had earned his fair share. Enough riches to last them, and generations after them. But Dougal would not let him go. He was an asset to the crew. A bonny swordsman and fighter, Dougal needed him as an ally. Of course, Jamie could leave at any time he wished. But Dougal held the gold over him. He could abandon ship, but he would not receive his share.

He must do his captain’s bidding before returning a success.

Jamie decided to join his comrades in toasting the fallen, as it would be a dishonor to their memory not to. The drinks flowed freely, as memories became slurs.

“De ye’ ‘memberrrrrrrr? ‘MemberWhenJohnFellOff zah ding-eee? He thought he washzzz drownin’, but. But. But… we washz 10 feet from shoooore!”

The best way to mourn a death was to celebrate the life.

“Aye! He washzzz thrasssshhhhing aye? But, hecoulda stood!”

“Nay, ye ‘member when Marcush drrrank 10 pintsh. In fivvve minoots?!”

My ship an’ clothes are all in pawn!” The singing began, and the men answered in kind.

Go down ye blood red roses, go down!”

“But, Malcolmm! He could drink ush all underrr the table!”

Tis mighty draughty ‘round Cape Horn!”

“Go down ye blood red roses, go down!”

“Aye! I’d put muh gold onnit!”

Oh, ye pinks and posies! Go down ye blood red roses, go down!”

Between the recollecting of memories and the chanting of songs, cups quickly ran dry.

“Ish there anymore rum?”

“I’m out!”

“Jamie, be a dearieeeee, and check the hold? Pleeeease?” Rupert begged Jamie, clutching his shirt front and grinning up at him, all teeth showing.

“Och, aye! If it’ll git yer dirty mitts offa me!” Rupert’s grin, surprisingly, grew bigger, stretching his face in an unbelievable way.

“Good lad.”

Jamie descended the rickety stairs into the dark and humid cargo hold. With not but a candle for light, he had to recall where everything was placed. Crates of medicinals and linens directly to the right, barrels of powder diagonal to that. There was a small chest of jewels of inconsequential size against the left wall. A box of mixed gold coins beside that. And the rum. The rum was in the very back left corner, if he remembered correctly…

He heard a scuffling behind him; that usually meant there were rats aboard, somehow. But the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, and a shudder ran through him.

He felt eyes on him.

Not the small, black eyes of a rodent. Human eyes, boring into the back of his head. Intelligent eyes that calculated his every movement. Did a man from the Fair Dawn sneak into the hold?

Jamie spun quickly, the flame from the candle wavering at the sudden rush of air. But, alas, there was no one there. No glint of eyes, nor creaking of boot. Just the crates and barrels that crowded the hold.

Yer three sheets to the wind, Fraser.

Jamie gathered as many bottles of rum that he could carry, and headed for the stairs, giving one last glance around the room.

Claire watched as the man left, his eyes squinted in suspicion. She let out a gust of air then, thankful that she wasn’t caught by the large, Scottish man. He would have either killed her outright, or brought his men down on her. She was a gifted fighter, but she couldn’t take on an entire crew on her own.

She crouched, and quietly made her way to the spot the red-headed man just left. She stole a bottle of rum out of the crate, and crawled back to her hiding spot. She pulled out the orange she had stashed in her pocket, and had herself a small feast. She needed her strength.

After all, she didn’t know how long she would have to stay hidden in the hold of this ship.

Hello, friends! If you wish to hear the sea shanty the men of The Thistle sang, I’ve provided a link! Hope you enjoyed chapter 2. Chapter 3 is where the real fun begins!

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Domestic Klance Headcanons
  • Keith and Lance love Mythbusters. They watch it together all the time and they bet on if something will be busted or not. Lance will often take a side he doesn’t necessarily agree with just to make the the episode more exciting (and despite his ego, to see the cute face Keith makes when he inevitably wins)
  • Hunk and Pidge like to watch it with them but after an incident where Monthly Mythbusters Marathon Monday coincided with Klance Makeout Monday, they always make sure to plan a different day to join in.
  • speaking of which, Lance loves to have theme days of the week. It changes every week to make it exciting but without a doubt, Keith wakes up every Sunday to a list of ideas for the week. Some themes have included, Taco Tuesdays, That thong th thong thong Thursday (one of Keith’s favorites might he just add, even with the horrific name of course),
  • Despite the fact that Lance is a crazy driver due to his inability to handle the sensory overload that is driving Lance style (what do you mean, I could just not drive with music, Keef? that’s ludicrous I tell you!), Keith isn’t sure whether he prefers him in the passenger seat because he has no control over what his boyfriend will do
  • Lance is impossible to get out of bed however when he finally does get out, he is the sunniest of morning people, ready to take on the day. Keith on the other hand bolts out of bed the second the alarm goes on but is a grumpy robot zombie for a solid hour while being technically ‘awake’
  • Even though it’s not technically a theme or an alliteration, Lance’s favorite thing to do for Keith is make breakfast for him on Saturday or Sundays, anything he wants. It’s the only day when Keith doesn’t act like the world has betrayed him for being awake in the morning.
  • Lance is good at interior decorating, Keith doesn’t give a shit as long as he can find his stuff.
  • When they first moved in together, Lance took Keith on an all day adventure to Ikea, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, you name it to let him pick out something big enough to keep said stuff, only to find out it literally only included like ten things other than his clothes. That day tested their relationship more than any thing they had yet to deal with. They are reluctantly stronger for it now and have tackled the obligatory Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Costco trips with ease.
  • Keith has a variety of weird collections, and builds on them now that he and Lance have their own place.
    • said collections include: geodes that he started collecting in elementary school when his mom gave him a big amethyst for Christmas.
    • band t-shirts. He has so many more now that he got Lance hooked on collecting t-shirts too and since they have a huge amount of clothing storage. He lowkey wants a t-shirt wall in their office like in a certain store that will not be named
    • knives, obvs. much to his friend’s chagrin. He also has a super expensive sword that hangs over their mantle that Lance gives the evil eye almost every time he walks in the apt. (I have a whole fic prepared to write about this, it’s a great story I swear).
  • Lance is in charge of almost all the cooking when they aren’t eating Hunk’s tasty leftovers. However, Keith is the ULTIMATE SNACK KING™ . He always has the best snacks with him. He buys Lance special treats that he surprises him with on movie nights. Speaking of movies, Keith has very particular stances on popcorn and candy and he always has the hookups for anyone’s snacking needs. He practically grew up on road trip foods so its part of his nature to be Prepared™.
  • Keith introduces Lance to a lot of great music, old punk bands, classic rock, alternative music, etc. (they also occasionally listen to his guilty pleasure music from his teens. Pop-punk was a good bridge between more hardcore stuff and what Lance typically likes). They blast Blink-182 when they clean the apt. They’re 80 year old neighbors love it.
  • Lance introduces Keith to movies, classics and new. Sometimes they watch crappy sci-fi movies and have their own Mystery Science Theater.
  • Lance leaves notes and doodles for Keith everywhere. He’s a pretty talented cartoonist. Keith keeps all of them, even most of the napkin doodles that Lance packs him for lunch. Shiro sends Lance pictures of Keith at work, smiling like a dork when he unpacks his lunch. Lance saves those.

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For the drabble thingy, can you please do Hartwin and #29 (because it takes a better person than me to not do the "I thought you were dead" one)? I ADORE your writing, so thank you in advance :D

Thank you :)

Warning for some violence in this one, though it’s not too graphic.

Harry hid underneath the outdoor stairway, his head low as a pair of guards made a circuit above him.  They weren’t being careful; Harry could have taken them out easily, but there was little point when he had no idea what was happening inside the building he had just been- literally- thrown out of.  He knew they had Eggsy, and he wanted to go in guns blazing- but he wouldn’t do Eggsy any good if he got himself killed for real that way.

Once the guards were gone, Harry checked in.

“Ha- Galahad,” Merlin said, the stutter a sure sign that he had been genuinely worried.  “I couldn’t reach you.”

“I was thrown off a building.”  Harry got lucky- again.  Blown up, shot in the head, and now- his first time back in the field since recuperating- this.

He was going to get a reputation.

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can you do a blurb where you have begun dating Niall you volunteered to babysit freddie and everything is fine with you and freddie at first but its all gone crazy after a while and your freaking out cause you don't want louis or even niall to think you screwed up?? All these baby blurbs i NEED one where you are babysitting freddie for the first time pleaseeeee???? I love your writing!!!

Could you do a blurb about you and Niall being really close friends and he is babysitting either Freddie or Liam’s baby and asks you to keep him company and watch the kids with him and then he sees you interacting with the kids and realizes he is in love with you?

A/N: This isn’t edited - at all.  I got these two requests and sort of combined them.  Ended up being kind of a friends to lovers.  But all fluff.  Fluffiest fluff.  Enjoy!!!

Babysitter’s Club

The wailing starts back up the minute you sit down on the couch.  Freddie’s baby monitor lights up, and you pull yourself up to check the small, black and white screen.  Louis had warned you that he was teething, and you’d assured him you could handle it.  Niall seemed a little more reluctant to believe the brave face you were putting on, but that still didn’t stop him from hopping in the front seat of Louis’ Range Rover to head out to some charity luncheon.  If you and Niall hadn’t been such close friends for so long, you probably would’ve been better at pretending to know what to do with a baby.  If you hadn’t been in love with Niall for so long, you probably wouldn’t have agreed to help him out by babysitting for his mate’s one year old either.  But, alas, here you are.  And you are in way over your head.

You collect some of the supplies Louis had set out for you and trundle back up the stairs to the nursery.  According to the schedule Louis has typed out for when Freddie is at his house, he should be taking at least a 2 hour nap right now.  You don’t know a lot about babies, but you do know that if they’re sleep schedule gets screwed up, their whole night is going to be a disaster.  You tiptoe into the nursery and find Freddie with his fat little hands gripping onto the side of the crib.  His cheeks are wet from the crocodile tears spilling from his bright blue eyes.  You’ve measured out the exact amount of infant tylenol into a dropper, and have a warm sippy cup of milk on stand by.  You scoop him out of his crib and settle into the plush glider in the corner of the serene room.  Freddie squirms a bit, still a little unsure of you, but happy to be in someone’s arms nonetheless.  “I know, I know.  Babies can smell fear.  Your Uncle Niall told me.”  Freddie blinks up at you and kicks his chubby legs out.  You dribble the tylenol into his mouth, thanking God and whoever else is listening that he takes it without a fuss.  Curling your legs underneath your bum, you pull a small blanket from the basket next to the chair and get settled in with Freddie snuggled in your arms.  He’s happily sucking on the sippy cup and your stress level is rapidly going down with the soft suckles and coos coming from this precious baby.

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People in the future will be so confused if they start watching Star Wars for the first time.
  • People: Why can't I watch it from episode 1 ?
  • Me: No, No. First you watch episodes 4,5,6 later episodes 1,2,3. After that you watch The Clone Wars which take place between episode 2 and 3. Later you watch Rebels that take place between episode 3 and 4. After that episode 7, later Rogue One prequel to episode 4, but sequel to Rebels. After that episode 8 and Han Solo movie. Han Solo takes place before New Hope. Later and finally episode 9.
  • People: Say what ?

Nobody needs clothes

Incorrect correct Star Wars quotes

Poe: Search your feelings, Ben…you can’t do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate!

Kylo: It is too late for me, Poe. Leader Snoke has shown me the true nature of the Force. He is my master now.

Poe: Then the Ben Solo I loved truly is dead…

“No such thing as a good war, kiddo.”

So I saw this picture by ellydraws and it got me thinking about the Gem War for Earth, Greg’s conversation with Steven in The Return, and Jasper’s opinions on Rose Quartz.

In amidst all the shipping and the Diamond Authority theorising and the excitement over Certain New Characters, it’s interesting to take a minute to think about all the Bad Things the Stevenbomb episodes said about our Gems, and especially Rose.

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Rey jabs like Palpatine all through the duel though and that's way more noticeable than swinging the saber down from above her head one time.

Jabs like Palpatine, hm?

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JKA World Karate Championships to attract 2,500 competitors and supporters to UL

JKA World Karate Championships attracts 2,500 to UL

Friday, 18th August 2017 Tags: University of Limerick, JKA, Karate World Championships 2017, UL Sport Arena,

The first Japan Karate Association (JKA) World Championships to be held in Ireland will take place at University of Limerick (UL) this weekend.

In total, more than 2,500 people are expected to attend the championships which begin at UL Sport Arena on Friday. Competitors from 58 countries are participating in week-long activities run by JKA Ireland on the Limerick campus before taking part in the 14th Funakoshi Gichin Cup which begins on Friday, August 18 and continues until Sunday, August 20.

This event takes place outside Japan just once every six years and has previously been held in Australia and Taiwan.

Tournaments take place on Friday and Saturday with an opening ceremony being held on Sunday morning, August 20,before the final competition. This event will be attended by: Mayor of Limerick City and County, Councillor Stephen Keary;and, representatives of JKA Ireland and JKA Japan.

JKA Ireland was founded in the early 1970s by Corkman Sensei Noel Casey, who has played a significant role in bringing karate in Ireland to a world-class standard.

The event in numbers

  • Estimated 8,000 bed nights in Limerick City and County
  • 800 mats to make up eight tatamis (fighting mats used for competition)
  • 2,400 bottles of water


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Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.

                   We know that we have passed from death to life          because we love one another.                   —1 John 3.14

You can die from holding your breath forever.

Breathe out the love God breathes into you; that is living.

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Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.

                 The Beloved says:

You are no lowly sinner, and no great saint. Confess: you don't even know the difference.

        I don't care. I only want you.

Your prayers are ordinary and distracted, neither base nor lofty, and more for you than for me.

        I don't care. I like the sound of your voice.

Your desire for me is weak and impure, but it is the heat of my lips upon your heart. Your keening for me is the very song I sang you; your love is mine, not yours, not yours at all.

        But I don't care. I only want you to return,         my heart in yours, my body burning inside yours.         I want you to take off your price tag and be mine.

Let this mountain rise in you, a thousand angels singing; this bright sun burn within you, burn away your paper prayers, until your shadow disappears and you are light, my light.

        Forget yourself. I want you.

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Perhaps not as volatile in its fuel avatar, Diesel is among the most celebrated denim brands. What started as a small, home-based enterprising exercise has now transformed into a truly global brand. Diesel has more than 400 stores in nearly 80 nations.

Founder Renzo Rosso initially produced a pair of bell-bottoms with flair, using a modest sewing machine borrowed from his mother. Needless to say, that denim had strokes of genius written all over it and since then, the footprints have been fast, on the upward swing. An innate ability to design and sell clothing led him to transform Diesel into a go-to brand for denims and accessories.

The demand for Diesel luxury denims is insatiable. Renzo is still the creative director and his vision of bringing more attainability to luxury wear is yielding great returns in terms of customer loyalty. The finesse separates it from the clutter of similar looking labels. Another transformation that has helped the luxury brand to make inroads into relatively passive consumer demographics is creating a more comprehensive lifestyle portfolio. You now get fragrances, watches and eyewear too.

Italian brands are conventionally associated with handcrafted finesse. This is what the creators of popular denims at Diesel do. With a large supply chain, Diesel might not fit the conventional definition of a boutique brand but it is still a premium label, very luxurious and is considered the trendsetter in the niche of designer apparel. The designs might be minimalistic but they are never too basic since Diesel believes in being bold and expressive.

Today, Diesel happens to be a cherished fashion label, loved by the elite with a primarily youngish audience. Diesel has the leverage of being recognized as the true founder of distressed denims—a fashion trend that ceases to wane. Diesel might have started as a staple for men seeking premium denim wear but eventually, the brand started catering to women too. Today, the company is positioned as a holistic luxury lifestyle brand.

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Rover Toolkits are Still Full

Article written: 5 Nov , 2004
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All the scientific tools on NASA’s two Mars Exploration Rovers are still working well, a full 10 months after Spirit’s dramatic landing.

The ones on Spirit are adding fresh evidence about the history of layered bedrock in a hill the rover is climbing.

“Our leading hypothesis is that these rocks originated as volcanic ash that fell from the air or moved in ground-hugging ash flows, and that minerals in them were altered by water,” said Dr. Ray Arvidson of Washington University, St. Louis, deputy principal investigator for the mission.

“This is still a working hypothesis, not a firm conclusion, but all the instruments have contributed clues that fit,” he said. “However, it is important to point out that we have just begun to characterize the textures, mineralogy and chemistry of these layered rocks. Other hypotheses for their origin focus on the role of transport and deposition by water. In fact, it may turn out that volcanism, water and wind have produced the rocks that Spirit is examining. We are just beginning to put together the big picture.”

Both rovers completed three-month primary missions in April. NASA has extended their missions twice because they have remained productive longer than anticipated.

“We’re still making good progress even though Spirit has two types of problems with its wheels,” said Jim Erickson, rover project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. “We are working around those problems successfully, but they might be a sign of things to come, as mechanical parts wear out during our exploration of Mars.”

One question for continuing investigations as Spirit heads for rocks higher in the “Columbia Hills,” is what the environment was like when water altered the minerals. Possibilities include water in the volcanic magma mixture before the ash erupted, surface water transporting the ash while it was still loose after the eruption, and ground water soaking through the rocks that solidified from the accumulated ash.

Some clues for a volcanic-ash origin come from a layered rock dubbed “Uchben.” Researchers pointed Spirit’s microscopic imager at a spot on Uchben scoured with the rock abrasion tool. The images reveal sand-size particles, many of them sharply angular in shape and some quite rounded. The angularity is consistent with transport by an eruption. Particles carried across the surface by wind or water usually tumble together and become more rounded. Uchben’s rounded particles may be volcanic clumps, may be concretions similar to what Opportunity has found, or may be particles tumbled in a water environment.

Evidence for alteration by water comes mainly from identification of minerals and elements in the rocks by the rover’s Moessbauer spectrometer and alpha particle X-ray spectrometer.

The rovers’ principal investigator, Dr. Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., said, “We have really made headway just in the last several weeks in understanding these rocks. The most likely origin is debris that blasted out of a volcano, was transported by air or water to its present location, and settled out in layers.”

Opportunity, meanwhile, examined a lumpy boulder called “Wopmay” inside “Endurance Crater.” The slope of the ground and loose surface material around the rock prevented Opportunity from getting firm enough footing to use its rock abrasion tool. Evidence from the spectrometers and microscopic imager is consistent with scientists’ earlier hypothesis that rocks near the bottom of the crater were affected by water both before and after the crater formed. The evidence is still not conclusive, Squyres said.

Opportunity is heading toward the base of “Burns Cliff,” a tall exposure of layered rock in the wall of the crater. However, if the rover encounters more of the poor traction found around Wopmay, planners may change course and drive up out of the crater.

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Known simply as “Sonic Saturn“, it was another project that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Sega Technical Institute (STI) along with Sonic X-treme. This prototype was created by Peter Morawiec, the coder of the Sonic 2 special stages, with an interesting 3D Engine that was more “realistic” than the ones used in X-Treme. It seems that Yuji Naka did not like this proto and so the Sonic Saturn Engine was never used to develope a full Sonic game. STI tried to use the engine to create some Bonus Stages to add in the Saturn version of “Sonic 3D”, but for the lack of time they abandoned them in favour of a 3D version of Sonic 2’s special stage.

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    1. monokoma Post author

      No problem Matt3! It’s not easy for me to organize all these unseen games, so often i miss some important ones.. like Sonic Saturn :P

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    Oh hey fun fact: Sonic Adventure started out on Saturn as a game called Sonic World. In fact Sonic Jam’s Sonic World was a test engine for it

  2. wetzin

    sega la a cagado varias veces incluso al cancelar varios titulos y rechazar prototipos como el jet set radio para wii pero a sega le parece buena idea sacar sonic y el caballero negro no?

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    Gotta say…. That last pic looks a LOT like Emerald Coast from Sonic Adventure. I’d say that area’s concept was definitely recycled & saw the light of day.

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PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 2 (UPI) -- The United States urged North Korea to grant amnesty and release U.S. national Kenneth Bae, who has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in that country.

U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell, responding to a question on Bae's sentencing during his daily media briefing in Washington, said, "There is no greater priority for us than the welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad, and we urge the DPRK authorities to grant Mr. Bae amnesty and immediate release."

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On Thursday, the official North Korean media reported that the country's Supreme Court had sentenced Bae, referred to as Pae Jun-ho in that country, to 15 years of hard labor for "committing hostile acts" against the country. The Korean Central News Agency said Bae was arrested last November while "committing hostile acts against the DPRK" after entering Rason City as a tourist, and that Bae, during a preliminary hearing, had "admitted that he committed crimes aimed to topple the DPRK with hostility toward it."

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Ventrell, noting the United States has long been concerned "about the lack of transparency and due process in the North Korean legal system," said the facts of the case are not known.

The United States does not have diplomatic relations with North Korea and Swedish diplomats had been representing the United States in the Bae case.

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Bae, a Korean-American, had entered North Korea on a valid tourist visa, a senior U.S. official told CNN earlier. The report said while some Americans had previously crossed the border without a visa, either knowingly or unknowingly, Bae was a tour operator and has visited North Korea before and this time too he had a visa.

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St. Pete's long troubled downtown shopping area, Bay Walk, is announcing a major redo by its new owners. Most fascinating for me is their implication they can bring in major retail to compete with Tampa's International Plaza (similar to our Mall at Millenia):

"Those restaurants will be announced in 30 to 60 days, with the names of three anchor retail tenants announced 30 to 60 days after that, he said.

"The Shops will compete with International Plaza, Jimenez said, offering apparel and home goods that St. Petersburg residents currently buy in Tampa."

If this actually happens, they will solved one of the most pressing problems current facing downtown revitalizations across the country, and especially Orlando's.

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The problem with Orlando's downtown is that there needs to be more people. When is there enough? You'll know it when you see more people walking the streets on the weekends when there are no events going on. The other problem is that it is too easy to get on the interstate right now. You have easy access to I-4, which makes it very easy to get to multiple malls. And malls means you have multiple shops in one convenient stop.

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News of the potential rise comes on the back of the company's annual review, with Virgin set to write to subscribers about the rises, which will include a £1 line rental increase.

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Roadblock to Reunification: North Korean Aggression Solely a Means of Supporting a Dying Regime

Since the beginning of 2017, North Korea has carried out 15 missile tests, firing weapons that span from short-range ballistic missiles to intercontinental ballistic missiles, more widely referred to as ICBMs. The international community interprets these tests as growing displays of dominance, in an attempt to both pose a menacing threat abroad and foster legitimacy within the North Korean domestic sphere. David Maxwell, associate director of the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University, articulated a list of vital assumptions about the nature of the Kim family regime and its objectives, which provide the basis for the policy maneuvers suggested by resident Korea experts. Maxwell states, “The only way we are going to see an end to the nuclear program and threats and to the crimes against humanity being committed against the Korean people living in the north by the mafia-like crime family cult known as the Kim family regime is through achievement of unification and the establishment of a United Republic of Korea that is secure and stable, non nuclear, economically vibrant, and unified under a liberal constitutional form of government determined by the Korean people.” In line with Maxwell’s conception of an ideal Korea, denuclearization, while crucial, must not threaten prospects of future reunification.

Especially as nuclear threats from the Kim Regime weigh heavily on the current geopolitical climate, desired end states for the Korean peninsula begin to organize into two distinct timeframes: the short-term goal of easing the growing threats of attack, nuclear or otherwise, from the North, and the long-term end of a stabilized, entirely denuclearized, unified Republic of Korea. The key to the achievement of both is maintaining a united international front so that attainment of the short-term end of deterrence does not jeopardize the long-term end of complete reunification.  By extension, all of the international attention begs the question, just how powerful is North Korea, anyway?

When one discounts incendiary rhetoric and domestic propaganda, not very. Corruption abounds, and the already-impoverished population is subject to perpetual human rights violations and a constant stream of propaganda, effectively cut off from the rest of the world in an effort by the Kim family regime to perpetuate its illusion of omnipotence. In recent years, covert social unrest and resistance movements have gained ground; the number of defectors has increased greatly, and those defectors have begun smuggling information across the border in substantial volumes in an effort to provide North Koreans with international media. Younger generations, the greatest market for the contraband intellectual property, have been given a taste of the world outside of the walls that have been constructed around them; as a result, they are becoming increasingly—albeit quietly—disloyal. All of this points towards a slowly-crumbling regime, adding credibility to the idea that reunification potentially looms on the horizon. The nuclear front may be the Kim regime’s last avenue for establishing legitimacy and longevity; however, if maneuvered correctly, it could, in turn, spell the regime’s demise.

Early in September, the UN security council met to deliberate the best course of action in response to North Korea’s continued development of a fortified nuclear program. The agreed-upon sanctions range from banning North Korean textiles to caps on the natural gas and fossil fuel industries, effectively prohibiting the consumption of 90% of reported North Korean exports, a measure estimated to reduce the nation’s already-struggling national income by an additional $1.3 billion. Important to note is that “reported exports” marks a key phrase in this discussion: black and gray market trading of goods bolsters much of the revenue of the North Korean economy; the effect of the sanctions on these markets will likely prove difficult to discern.

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  • Sale Date08/21/2017
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  • Bedrooms5
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  • Year Built1977
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    Thought it was about time to post up a new mix of the various redeeming features, tips from board members and outright dancers that have come my way recently. I reckon this is the most board friendly mix I've posted, emphasis on funk/beat/jazz-y/psych-tinged private press goodness just in time for spring (not that you'd know it from looking outside at the moment). Big up to Fuz for passing a couple of these LPs on to me a long while back and therefore pushing me to be a bit more 'open' in my charity digging and for Mr Divine for his knowledge of random local releases to us and tolerance for my singing the praises of otherwise unredeemable tripe - hope there's some stuff here to surprise and delight in equal measure. Here's the link:

    Paddy Neary - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: solo accordion promotional kind of LP (which is almost without merit). Lovely version of Morricone though
    Bill Matthews - I Heard It Through the Grapevine: club/cabaret version of a soul classic
    Peggy O'Keefe Quartet - Blind Man, Blind Man: lounge group on Waverley, whole LP is good
    New Faces - Like A Man: single on PYE, sounds like the Long Blondes copied the intro wholesale
    Bill Garden Set - Sexy Susan's Line: funk, with Scottish accents. Alas my copy is scratched so if anyone is holding spare heat on this one hit me up
    East Coast Jazz Band - Superstition: funk by middle aged Scots gents in tuxedos playing in a Dundee hotel. Wonderful
    Ian Sutherland - New York Exile Song: funk, with Scottish accents, on an LP entirely of fairly trad folk - no idea where this track came from
    Duncan Lamont - Sun Children: library goodness on Impress, lovely brass
    Glentones - Baby Elephant Walk: school big band, quite the musicianship although the rest of the LP bar one other track is a bit staid for me
    Royal Artillery Mounted Band - Hawaii 5-0: a Fuz contribution, just a fun track
    John Wright - City Slaves: bit more rock, fuzz guitar in places - probably the best release I've found on the Neptune label
    Kenny - I Don't Miss You: beat/mod from Germany but singer was Scottish, much better than the a-side to these ears
    New Faces - You'll Be Too Late: another nice track on a different PYE 45, smoother sound on this one
    Elizabeth with Electric Concert Sounds - Look Around: a bit of folk/psych, don't know much about this one at all, SRT press
    The Honky Tonk Ceilidh Band - Marguaritaville: nice country flavoured number, nice and mellow
    Roberto Bernardi - Saturday Night at the Disco: a guilty pleasure, words can't really do it justice. From 1988 via the 70s and Barrhead, that's all I'm saying

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    Stephen, this looks right up my street! Looking forward to giving it a spin later...

    PS got a small pile of unreedemable tripe to pass onto you!
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      Blimey, isn't it a bugger how when you've made your initial spelling mistake in the thread title you can't go back to correct it? Ne'er mind D83...we'll pretend that the Socts were a remote tribe who were half Scot/half Pict....oh, and props for resisting the obvious temptation to call your series 'McNuggets'...should really go and listen to it I guess....
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        It is indeed a bugger Giantchicken - realised just after posting and found out the hard way you can't edit the thread title (if any mods can and they're reading this please put me out my misery). I'd be lying if I said the name McNuggets hadn't crossed my mind but it's been used before. I like the idea of rubble suggesting something you have to dig/sift through. Now go listen!

        Mr Divine I await your irredeemable tripe! Need to drop you a line to arrange something. Hope you hear a few new bits to your ear here (and maybe even enjoy some of them).


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2Cellos headliners Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser

Luka Sulic, 26, and Stjepan Hauser, 27, have played for Prince Charles and Jay Leno, Elton John and Ellen deGeneres. Now these two Croatian cellists are pulling their bus up to the newly-renovated Civic Theatre and bringing their unusual brand of musical performance to New Orleans for the first time.

On Wednesday, October 30, the self-titled 2Cellos will sit on stage with their electric Yamahas and one drummer and play a non-stop 90-minute gig. Included will be their unique version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal, which became a YouTube viral sensation leading to a record deal with Sony Masterworks and an invitation to join Elton John on his worldwide tour.

While they knew each other growing up in Croatia, Sulic and Hauser never really spent time together until they both found themselves in London, with Sulic in the master’s program at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music and Hauser commuting to and from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

“I met this other crazy dude, Stjepan, my partner in crime, and we started hanging out in London,” Sulic said. “Then we started talking about doing something together.”

The something was their YouTube arrangement of the Michael Jackson song, which debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Digital Songs Chart and landed the 2Cellos debut album in the Top 100. When Elton John, who also studied at the Royal Academy of Music, saw it, he got in touch with Lukas Sulic and their world changed overnight.

Sulic’s and Hauser’s fan base is now worldwide. They recently performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, George Michael and Leona Lewis, and released their second album, IN2ITION, this year.

Talking by phone from Atlanta before the pair went on to Huntsville, Orlando and Tampa, Sulic described how the two musicians pace their show.

“It starts out quiet, classical,” he said. “Then the pace slowly graduates with our 2Cello arrangements and it gets more intense and more intense; it becomes a real rock concert.”

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