it's something I didn't notice consciously before reading it in the LOTR soundtrack book by Doug Adams, but Howard Shore's music really does have this constant breathing-like quality, it goes up and down, up and down, there and back again All The Time. now I look for it every time I listen to various fragments of the soundtrack and it's always somewhere there
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"use commas" this "learn how to spell" that. you fools. the very core of linguistics is the change that you so despise on account of lacking any sort of knowledge or foresight. you imbeciles. we the linguists laugh at your little commas and dots that you throw around in your playpen. you think it matters? you think any of this matters? the only thing you should even slightly care about is if you can understand or interpret the core of the message. you hold up the punctuation system as you do the values of the past, thinking it sacred, much like a false idol. you will never be free if you dont stop policing the victimless crimes we've made up. you will never ascend.
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gale is ambition, so he has both crippling self doubt and debilitating pride in his work.
gale is ambition, so if a character tries to undermine him by one-upping him, he'll think he's not nothing left. more else can the orb destroy that it hasn't already?
gale is ambition, so if a character tries to undermine him by one-upping him, he'll vehemently deny that. he's the wizard of waterdeep. he was mystra's chosen. he was her lover. who could be any better than that?
gale is ambition. it's his greatest flaw and his greatest asset.
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I feel like fool! Gavin and Freelancer would really fit in the Burlesque movie au! I want Freelancer to watch Fool! Gavin gain confidence and ogle at Fool! Gavin wearing these outfits:
Anyways that’s my au contribution idea :3
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So, I have an oddly specific question: I got into Witch from Mercury because I'm an Utena fan, and now I'm (slowly) watching 0079, and am finding that it holds up pretty well, but I'm not sure if I want follow it up with its sequel, and since I read that some of your favorite Gundam characters are from Zeta, I was curious about its appeal, and if there are any caveats I should consider in watching it?
First of all, Hi! Hello! Welcome to fanbase!
Personally one of the biggest appeals of Zeta to me is that it shows how messy the aftermath of war can be. Without spoiling 0079 too much, it basically develops the Federation more after the war with Zeon in a way that I think is really interesting.
Kamille is also one of my favorite protagonists in Gundam. Unlike Amuro, Kamille starts out as an angry teen looking to hit back at the world and ends up really maturing over the course of the show. Where Amuro learns to bottle stuff and become the soldier the federation needs him to be, Kamille goes from a kid looking to pick fights into a very kind and thoughtful protagonist.
As for caveats, there's two big ones I want to share. One being that Zeta is basically the middle series in a trilogy and because of that the tone is a little more bleak because the story doesnt conclude the same way 0079 does. In fact, ZZ Gundam starts literally days after Zeta, to give you an idea of how things go.
The other caveat is that this era has a lot of uhhhhh dated views on gender and things to say about women sometimes. I think it's still a lot more progressive than people give it credit for and the female characters are all fantastic, barring, like, a couple- but be ready to roll your eyes every time someone starts talking about what a "Man's Job" is.
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when the Heroes are No More, idk I've never played this game
original:
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thinking about 4x09 like, after a season of rayla devaluing herself so completely, and then
“and what makes this elf so special that you would risk everything for her? why could she Possibly be worth it?”
“Because She’s Rayla.”
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Time for another Insane Sophie Thought!!
I was trying to brush my teeth last night and this short clip of music kept playing in my head over and over and I just couldn't remember the lyrics. But I had the vague concept that it was about two characters and teamwork or something.
And exactly as I thought "Oh, it would probably make a good Jackson and Jillson song, then" it hit me that it was this song from Cats
I don't even know what to do with this. Enjoy
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i actually really like the ra*bits so far, i should read their character stuff
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