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whitewaterpaper · 2 years

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SoR/LotR: “Alloyed” [S01E08].

Serie: Sagan om ringen: Maktens ringar

Originaltitel: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Skapare: John D. Payne.

Författare: J.R.R. Tolkien (boken).

Författare: Gennifer Hutchison & John D. Payne & Patrick McKay (avsnittet).

Regissör: Wayne Yip (avsnittet).

Publicerad: 2022.

Medium: TV/Prime Video.

¡Oi! Spoilers, stavfel och alternativa fakta kan förekomma rakt föröver!

Så kom den så då till slut: seriefinalen. Och kanske är det här det bästa avsnittet i hela säsongen… Så lagom nu att bli intressant. Eller: nej jag överdriver en aning.

Man inleder med att försöka lura tittaren att alla spekulationer att meteoritmannen är Gandalf är fel. Det är det givetvis inte, men det är lite kuligt att se när Hårfotingarna lyckas befria meteoritmannen och de androgyna varelserna inser att de inte fått tag på sin store mästare.

Jag skall erkänna att även om jag var misstänksam mot Helbrand (som om han ständigt höll något hemligt) så var det lite av en överraskning att han var Sauron. Jag kan bara utgå från att han genomgick samma minnesförvirring som Meteoritmannen, och att han under en tid kanske till och med trodde han var söderns återvändande konung. (Och typ, det var han – men inte på det viset Galadriel väntade sig).

Överlevande från Númenor återvänder till ett land i sorg då den gamle kungen lämnat in. Det sista han säger är någon yrande profetia om att landet kommer gå under om de inte återvänder till de gamla sederna. Och minns jag inte fel så gick väl landet under? Visionerna Galadriel hade i Palantír:en visade att en tsunami sveper in över landet – något som då påminde mig om legenderna om Atlantis. Det känns som om serien inte är klar med folket från Númenor än.

Han har inte haft många scener i säsongen med alvernas högste kung är verkligen en karaktär, direkt otrevlig i de flesta av sina scener och jag börjar misstänka att det kanske finns mer än bara rent mjöl i hans påse. Själva smidandet av de tre ringarna är sällsamt odramatiskt. Men gillar att vi får reda på varför de tre ringarna ursprungligen smiddes.

Det här har varit en lång och tung säsong, där det varit svårt att se fram emot varje avsnitt. Berättarglädjen har helt enkelt inte funnits där, och Daniel Roman på WinterIsComing.com kanske sammanfattar serien bäst:

For my money, The Wheel of Time stands head and shoulders above The Rings of Power in this regard; in fact, I’d say that writing is The Rings of Power’s single biggest weakness, which is a dangerous fatal flaw for a show to have. It looks gorgeous, has solid actors and a beautiful musical score. But its first season has consistently felt like it was moving down a list of bulleted plot points, rather than diving deep into its characters and getting viewers invested the way great shows do. (Källa: winteriscoming.net)

Och jag håller med i mycket av vad han säger berättandet var en sammanställd checklista och berättarkonsten låg att dra på det i åtta avsnitt. Och allt förpackat med effekter, skådespelare och musik som berättandet egentligen inte förtjänade. Och då nämner jag ändå inte hoppen. Halva säsongen spenderades med maniskt hoppa runt mellan karaktärerna med samma snabbhet och grace som Sanna Kallur på 100m häck. Ingen tid spenderades, som citatet ovan säger, med att låta oss lära känna karaktärerna.

Avsnitten har kanske varit i det längsta laget de med, dock så noterar jag med humor att avsnitten till den tredje säsongen av The Orville varit bitvis längre (längsta klockade in på 1h:27min) men där märktes längden inte av alls. Det är en konst att berätta bra och engagerande – Amazon har med LotR:RoP och WoT visat att budget är inte allt.

Jag avrundar med att tacka @kulturdasset för sällskapet igenom den här säsongen. "Delad glädje är dubbel glädje, delad börda är halv börda" som man brukar säga.

P.S. Regissören till det här avsnittet regisserade även ett par avsnitt av WoT, kanske därför det tillhör ett av de bättre?

Länkar.

The Wheel of Time should’ve gotten The Rings of Power’s huge budget.

#tv #streaming #john d. payne #j.r.r. tolkien #gennifer hutchison #patrick mckay #wayne yip #sagan om ringen: maktens ringar #the lord of the rings: the rings of power #alloyed #s01e08 alloyed #fantasy #äventyr #action #prime video #2022 #us

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graphicpolicy · 2 years

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Review: Rings of Power S1E8 "Alloyed"

The first season of Rings of Power ends in a dark place, but not without hope #ringsofpower #lotr

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky.”— J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings In its series finale, Rings of Power resolves its lingering mysteries (Who is Sauron? What’s the deal with The Stranger?) and sets up new paths, both dark and light, for its characters. Writers Gennifer Hutchison, J.D. Payne, and Patrick McKay predominantly focus on the Harfoots and Elves/Halbrand…

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bookwormlily · 2 years

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Our scales are balanced.

Rings of Power: Alloyed (2022)

#rings of power #alloyed #gennifer hutchison #jd payne #patrick mckay

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wheelsgoroundincircles · 2 months

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Skill of the Week: Handle a Car That’s Hydroplaning

Patrick Hutchison • April 14, 2024

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — having the breadth of skills, the savoir-faire, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we’ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your manly know-how week by week.

Hydroplaning is a terrifying situation for even the most experienced driver. It occurs when water is forced under your tires, causing them to leave the surface of the roadway and you to lose control of the car. In normal conditions, your tires are designed to shed water to the sides. But, in deeper pools of water, or when your tires are worn, the grooves on your tires may not be sufficient to force water out of the way. When water isn’t sent to the side, it goes underneath and hydroplaning occurs. At higher speeds, the problem is only exacerbated.

As with most emergency maneuvers, the best way to deal with them is to avoid them entirely. A few pointers for prevention:

Keep tires properly inflated

Replace worn tires

Avoid cruise control in wet conditions

Drive slower in wet conditions

Avoid road edges where puddles tend to accumulate

If you do find yourself losing control, staying calm and making smooth maneuvers is important. As outlined above, what specific actions you take depend on the type of car you drive.

Illustrated by Ted Slampyak

Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!

#car #cars #muscle car #american muscle #mopar #ford #dodge #chevy #pontiac #oldsmobile #AMC #Rambler #Hydroplaning #Hydroplan

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naturalrights-retard · 8 months

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Conspiracy theory time. Interim Speaker of the House Patrick McHenry wasted no time before booting Nancy Pelosi from the “hideaway” office. He ordered her to vacate the office almost immediately, which is a privilege afforded to a very select few in the House.

According to Harold Hutchison at Daily Caller:

McHenry ordered Pelosi to move out in an email sent hours after eight Republicans voted to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy along with 208 Democrats in a 216-210 vote Tuesday, according to Politico. Pelosi served as Speaker from 2019 to 2023 before Democrats lost the House of Representatives, despite Republicans underperforming expectations of a “red wave” nationally. “Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” an email from the House Administration Committee to Pelosi’s staff said, Politico reported. McHenry, who serves as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, was McCarthy’s first choice to serve as Speaker pro tempore in the event that he was forced out, according to Politico. “Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time,” Pelosi told Politico.

There’s a decent conspiracy theory floating around, but let’s start with the most obvious possible reason why Kevin McCarthy refused to boot her before McHenry rushed to do so. Privileges granted by the Speaker of the House are often considered courtesies, especially for adversaries. Pelosi, for example, allowed her predecessor to retain privileged office space for a time.

“This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition,” Pelosi said. “As Speaker, I gave former Speaker [Dennis] Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished.”

As for why McHenry would boot her so quickly, it seems reasonable that he was simply lashing out after all Democrats joined eight Republicans in removing McCarthy from the Speaker position. Perhaps McCarthy and McHenry, who are close friends, appealed to Pelosi to intervene with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. When the vote came down, it was clear that McHenry was livid.

Now, let’s turn to Rogan O’Handley for the other prominent theory…

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ofallingstar · 1 year

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List of books I read this year

The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Kink: Stories by R.O. Kwon

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Nana by Émile Zola

Poesía completa by Alejandra Pizarnik

Hija de la fortuna by Isabel Allende

The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney

The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

The Dalkey Archive by Flann O'Brien

The Likeness by Tana French

The Gathering by Anne Enright

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Plague by Albert Camus

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen

Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Dale

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

Graveyard Clay: Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001 by Czeslaw Milosz

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories by Annie Proulx

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

As Normal as Possible: Negotiating Sexuality and Gender in Mainland China and Hong Kong by Yau Ching

The Black Phone by Joe Hill

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

Firelight of a Different Colour: The Life and Times of Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing by Nigel Collett

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 by Susan Sontag

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

How Now, Butterfly?: A Memoir of Murder, Survival and Transformation by Charity Lee

Santa by Federico Gamboa

Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee

Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Temprada de huracanes by Fernanda Melchor

The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche

Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities by Flora Rheta Schreiber

The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

Posion for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Díaz

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations by Rainer Maria Rilke

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demonscantgothere · 2 years

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“Not dark. Not with you at my side.”

So how we feeling about this?? Do we think he would have been able to keep his promise? Was he even being honest or just doing everything he could to get her to agree to his marriage proposal? Would he really have been a good boi?!

I'm going to quote this interview with two of the shows writers, J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. In the Vanity Fair interview, J.D. and Patrick said this:

In the final episode, we see the creation of the three rings Sauron will later use to try and control the elves. They’re making them out of mithril, and using the most powerful forge ever built, but it keeps backfiring. Halbrand/Sauron proposes they stop trying to force the elements together and instead let them mingle and draw together on their own. Is this a metaphor for what he’s doing to the various societies and tribes in Middle-earth? Payne: It’s a moment he’s genuinely learning something as a character. I don’t think he was just keeping that in his back pocket and tossing it on the table now. He’s been trying to conquer and force people forever. But being with the elves and watching how they do things and watching what’s effective, he sees another path and offers that up. Then that becomes the key that unlocks the entire thing. McKay: I would go further, and here’s where I think we can tip our hats to Gennifer Hutchison who wrote quite a bit of this episode. The title of the episode is “Alloyed,” and there’s a rich metaphor there of things that don’t belong together being coaxed together, and complementing one another, and balancing one another. That’s very much what’s going on emotionally with Galadriel and Sauron. That’s his pitch. “If you and me do this together, you’ll balance my dark side, and I’ll give you the power that nobody wants to give you.” He’s pitching an alloy to her. And that’s what is happening with the rings.

Payne tells us that Sauron didn't have this whole ploy with the rings in his back pocket all along. He has just been following Galadriel around to see what would happen. Curiosity, perhaps. He hasn't had a masterful plan this whole time. He is learning as he goes, so the whole thing with Galadriel couldn't have been just a grand, mass scheme of manipulation because Sauron didn't have a plan to begin with. Once he's in Eregion working with Celebrimbor, he develops a plan. That's when Sauron sort of spirals out of control and back into his ways of desiring/amassing power.

McKay tells us something much more interesting, though. "There’s a rich metaphor there of things that don’t belong together being coaxed together, and complementing one another, and balancing one another. That’s very much what’s going on emotionally with Galadriel and Sauron. That’s his pitch. “If you and me do this together, you’ll balance my dark side, and I’ll give you the power that nobody wants to give you.” He’s pitching an alloy to her."

McKay has literally SPELLED IT OUT FOR US that Sauron's pitch to Galadriel is keyword: emotional. This is one of the writers for the show. Not an actor, not a director. One of the writers who came up with the concept of this story and is executing it. The writers are the most important part of any show, period. They control the entire narrative.

McKay said Sauron's pitch to Galadriel is emotional: “If you and me do this together, you’ll balance my dark side, and I’ll give you the power that nobody wants to give you.”

So, yes, Sauron meant it. He hoped Galadriel would help him. She doesn't, so I'm excited to see where this goes, but yes, 100% Sauron meant it and it wasn't just some part of a manipulation. He IS being manipulative towards her to appeal to her because she won't listen to him, but his pitch isn't manipulative. Only his methods of attempting to get her to agree to it.

#saurondriel #haladriel #sauron x galadriel #galadriel x sauron #halbrand x galadriel #galadriel x halbrand #the rings of power #rings of power #trop

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miravayl · 5 months

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#Mira-Marathon | LOTR

Finished watching Lord of the Rings in the new year😄

Serial Name: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 1 | (2022); Production studios: Warner Bros. Television, Amazon Studios, New Line Cinema, Cause and FX, Reunion Pacific Entertainment, Tolkien Enterprise, Harper Collins Publishers; Director by: Wayne Yip, Charlotte Brändström, Juan Antonio Bayona, Sanaa Hamri, Louise Hooper; Screenwriters: Patrick McKay, John D. Payne, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison, Nicholas Adams, Stephany Folsom; Starring: Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova; Genres: Fantasy, Adventure, Drama; Running Time: One series – 1 hour 10 minutes | All series – 9 hours 20 minutes;

"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is an epic web series based on the works of Tolkien, which captivates the world of Middle-earth and enthralls with an intense plot. With beautiful visuals and characters, the series offers a unique perspective on the history of this world.

My rating: 7/10

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princessamyrose87 · 1 year

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knuckles spin-off series cast

Vector the Crocodile - Bruce Campbell, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Micheal B. Jordan, Seth rogen

Espio the Chameleon - Daisuke Tsuji, l.j. benet

Charmy Bee - Colleen o'Shaughnessey, Jacob Tremblay

Mighty The Armadillo - Micheal Mando, Micheal B. Jordan, Brady noon

Ray The flying squirrel - Tara Strong, Hudson Meek

Fang The Sniper - John Patrick Lowrie, Hugh Jackman, Karl Urban,

Bean The Dynamite - Aziz Ansari, Steven Ogg

Chief Pachacamac - Danny Trejo Sofía

Tikal the Echidna - Díana Bermudez, Ana de la Reguera, Selene Luna, Sofía Espinosa, Isabela Merced, Salma Hayek, Nisa Gunduz

E-102 Gamma - Corey Burton

Wendy Witchcart - Mia Goth, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Harriet Samson Harris

Battle Kukku XV - Nolan North

Speedy XVI - Maria Bakalova

Dr. Fukurokov - Mark Ivanar

Breezie The Hedgehog - Regina King, Janelle Monáe, Jena Malone, Pollyanna McIntosh

Vanilla The Rabbit - Maggie Robertson

Amy Rose - Kimiko Glenn, Anna kendrick

Big The Cat - Dave Fennoy, Patrick Warburton, Micheal B Jordan, Kevin Chamberlin

Cream the Rabbit - Melissa Hutchison, sabrina glow

Sticks the Badger - Margot Robbie, Paola Lázaro

Gerald Kintobor - Ron Perlman

Maria Kintobor - Mkeena Grace

Commander Abraham Tower - Frank Anthony Grillo

Subject Shadow The Hedgehog (Terios Kintobor) - (Paramount stated they want an A-list celebrity to voice Shadow) Keanu Reeves, Robert Pattinson, Pedro Pascal, Oscar Isaac, Micheal B Jordan

Rouge The Bat - Chloé Hollings, Marion Cotillard, Mélanie Laurent, Camille Cottin, Jordana Lajoie, Scarlett johansson

Tom Wachowski’s father - Bob Odinkirk, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray, Micheal Keaton, Kurt Russell, John Goodman

Metal Sonic - Ben Schwartz(robotic filter)

E-123 Omega - Micheal B Jordan, Terry Crews, Jon Bernthal

Hazard The Bio-Lizard (Marzanna Kintobor) - Ivana Miličević

Void TrapDark - Jude Law, Dane DeHaan, Gerald Way, Scott Williams, Freddie Highmore,

Lumina Flowlight - Tabitha St. Germain

Blaze’s Mother - Janina Gavankar, Sakina Jaffrey

Blaze The Cat (Indian/British accent) - Priyanka Chopra, Devika Bhise, Varada Sethu, Simone Ashley, Ulka Simone Mohanty, Natasha Chandel

Marine the Raccoon - Sia, Katie Bergin, Bella Heathcote, Isla Lang Fisher, Rylee Alazraqui, Kendal Rae

Blaze’s Rival: Frost The Axotol(example)- Michelle Yeoh, Fala Chen, Antony Starr

Jet’s Father - Matt Ryan, Iwan Rheon

Jet The Hawk - Tony Hawk, Aaron Paul, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dante Basco, Ken Jeong, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jimmy O. Yang

Wave The Swallow - Sarah Margaret Qualley

Storm the Albatross (pacific, Oceania) - Dave Batista, Taylor Wily

Emerl The Gizoid - Augus Imrie, Kendal Rae,

Clutch The Possum - Micheal Rooker, Benjamin Byron Davis, Robert Allen Wiethoff

Tangle The Lemur - Lauren Keke Palmer, Brenda Song

Whisper The Wolf - Stefanie Joosten, Ana de Armas

Mimic The Octopus - Richard Colin Brake

Doctor Starline - Troy Baker, Hugh Grant,

Starline’s Love interest and partner -

Rough and Tumble the Skunks - Will Ferrell and John C. Reily, Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key

Surge The Tenrec - Rachel Bloom, AJ Michalka

Kitsunami The Fennec Fox - Michael Cera, Kyle McCarley

Zavok - Christopher Judge, John Cena, Jon Bernthal

Master Zik - Frank Oz, Randall Duk Kim, Dustin Hoffman

Zeena -Mindy Kaling

Zor - Jaeden Martell, Dane DeHaan, Gerald Way

Zazz - Danny Brown,

Zomom - T.J. Miller

Black Doom -

,Keith David https://youtu.be/9LmOwEfPHUo

, Jackie Earle Haley - https://youtu.be/sF8zxctevXc

, Jon Bernthal - https://youtu.be/sDp4AuNen0Y

, Sean Schemmel -

, Ray Porter - https://youtu.be/aR8p4DIpxxE

,Karl Urban - https://youtu.be/ccF3uvpJ96I

Eclipse The Darkling - Norman Reedus

Callisto The Darkling - Carrie-Anne Moss

Dark Oak - Jeremy Irons

Black Narcissus - Angelina Jolie

Pala Bayleaf - John Leguizamo

Yellow Zelkova - Terry Crews

Red Pine - Pat Casey or Josh Miller

Cosmo The Seedrian - Carol Anne Day, Liliana Mumy

Lyric The Ancient(Owl like Longclaw) - Jackie Earle Haley

Johnny Lightfoot - Taron Egerton

Tekno The Canary - Paula Burrows

Porker Lewis - John Boyega, Daniel Radcliffe

Shorty “Shortfuse” The Cybernik - Cillian Murphy, Barry Sloane

Ebony The Cat - Gratiela Brancusi

Sonia The Hedgehog - Kiernan Shipka, Evan Rachel Wood, Isabella Merced, Jena Malone

Manic The Hedgehog - Joe Keery

Sally Acorn - Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman

Antoine D’Coolette - Tomer Capone, Bradley Cooper(hes fluent in French)

Bunnie Rabbot - Alex McKenna

Rotor The “Boomer” Walrus - John Cena

Nicole The Holo-Lynx - Ashly Burch

Lupe The Wolf - Amber Midthunder

Dulcy The Dragon - America Ferrera

Chip - Tom Holland, Freddie Highmore

Professor Dillion Pickle - Ian McKellen

Imperator Ix - Gary Oldman

Shade The Echidna - Lady Gaga

Infinite The Jackal - Kit Harington, Jon Bernthal

Silver The Hedgehog - Steven Yeun

Gold The Tenrec - Simone Ashley

Professor Von Schlemmer - Matthias Schweighöfer

Dr. Negan Robotnik a.k.a Eggman Neo - J.K. Simmons, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Giancarlo Esposito, Bryan Cranston, Pedro Pascal

Dr. Grimer Wormtongue - Ian McShane, Jackie Earle Haley

Chris thorndyke - Graham Verchere

Frost the hobidon - Dakota lotus

Juliet suter - Sydney Scotia

Antia/tania - Cassie glow

Perci - Stephanie lemelin

Preteen bokkun - Brett Gray

Park ranger - Patrick Warburton

Ashe - peyton r. perrine iii

Burst wisp - cherami Leigh

Uncle Charles - David Lengel

Bernadette - Melanie Zanetti

#knuckles the series

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Rings Of Power Writer Gennifer Hutchison's Challenges, Temptations, And Favorite Scenes In The Season Finale

Very insightful interview. Highly recommended.

The first season of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is only the first part of a five-season story arc that amounted to nearly half a decade of work (including pandemic delays).

The first season spent a lot of time establishing the show's massive cast and sprawling setting. It provided background, set stories in motion, and ended with some major reveals.

Gennifer Hutchison, one of the primary creative talents behind the series, doubles as one of the show's executive producers and primary writers, spearheaded writing the script for both the second and eighth episodes and was able to share some fascinating insights into many of the creative decisions that went into the final moments of Season 1.

Read more for the biggest narrative challenges, her favorite scenes, the potential of visiting Rhûn and some insight into where the other Rings of Power are hiding.

Writing challenges and the potential of more Rhûn in season 2

Question: You have executive producer credits throughout the first season, but you wrote Episodes 2 and 8, correct?

Answer: Yes. I wrote Episode 2, and I co-wrote Episode 8 with Patrick and JD.

Q: As one of the primary writers on that episode, how much creative input did you have on the finale compared to the rest of the season?

A: Just as much. We all built the season together. The writer's room worked together to build the story for the entire season, and then writing the finale, myself, Patrick, and JD had a hand in every scene and every beat in that episode.

Q: What was the biggest challenge with trying to tie up so many storylines at once and then set the stage for Season 2 at the same time?

A: The biggest challenge is figuring out where to stop the scene. You want to answer a question, but you want to ask another one. It was figuring out the best way to build those climaxes of our two big reveals but still leave it so it's like, "Now what happens?" and making sure that was coming through, where you feel a satisfying character arc, but you also are intrigued to [wonder] what comes next.

Q: To zero in on one of those scenarios, in particular, we have a still-undefined Wizard who is heading east by the end of this episode. Assuming we can't get any identification specifics still, can you at least give us a little bit of the background on the decision to officially name-drop Rhûn and then include the eastern regions of Middle-earth in the show?

A: That's a world that exists in the Legendarium, and we know a little bit about. We don't really get to see as much in the primary text. When you're doing a show that you have that space, it's such a temptation to go into that world and get the opportunity to expand it since it's there. We love the idea of exploring it.

Where are the other Rings of Power?

Q: Shifting gears to Eregion — we all know the Ring Verse, which lists 19 Rings of Power and One Ring to rule them all. In the source material, the Three Elven Rings are made last and without Sauron present, like you had in the episode, but only after the Nine Rings for Mortal Men and the Seven Rings for the Dwarf-lords are completed. Where are those Rings in the show?

A: We have seen the rings that have been created, so there may be a little bit of a shift in the sequencing of the Rings, but yes, the Rings that you have seen [are] the Rings that have been made.

Q: Is this the way it's been from the beginning, as far as fitting the making of the Rings into the finale itself? Was it always planned to make the Three Rings at the end here and then other Rings later on?

A: Yes. This season was about tracking the Elves and their story of dealing with the fading and Galadriel's journey with Halbrand. Coming to that ending for this season was always, at least very early on, the plan because [we're] focusing on that story and making sure we're servicing that one for this season.

Q: A slightly nitty-gritty question: How much time in the story takes place once they get to Eregion, because Elrond requests three more months, and then it's hard to tell how quickly the Rings actually end up being made. Is that actually known or not?

A: We don't really say exactly what it is, but you can assume that it is within that timeframe that he asks for it. It's certainly not ... I don't think it's an immediate thing that's happening.

Q: That's important, right? They do have that spring deadline that has been established and so days versus months matter at this point, right?

A: Yes.

Addressing Annatar rights and potential Sauron/Galadriel romantic tension

Q: Do you know in Season 2 if there is going to be any kind of a time jump or is this going to pick right up where you left off?

A: I can't really speak to that, but I will say we've set some stories in motion that we definitely want to keep following, so whatever's going to best serve that is the direction we're going to go.

Q: In the source material, Sauron masquerades — a lot of people are aware of this — as the immortal being Annatar. That's the name everyone was looking for when he makes the Rings. Did you guys have permission to use that name and chose not to use it, or is it outside of the range of material that Patrick McKay and JD Payne have expressed you have full permission to use?

A: That's a Patrick and JD question. I don't know the specifics. It may be about the rights issue, but they are way better suited to answer specifically that question.

Q: With the Sauron and Galadriel sequence that took place in her mind, I guess you'd say, is there a personal or romantic motivation behind Sauron's desire to have Galadriel as his queen or is it purely... We know he's a deceiver. Is it a power and control situation?

A: People can bring their own reads into that scene, especially with a character like Sauron. He's a little slippery. So much of what we were building to was less intentionally a romantic thing and more a meeting of the minds — this idea of this team together challenges each other to be their best in a lot of ways. She inspires him, and he helps push her. That was what we were thinking about [while] writing that scene — him selling this idea of "Together, nothing could stop us." That was the intention behind it. I love people being able to look into a scene and bring what they bring into it and get their own reads from it.

Q: Yeah, that's very Tolkienian, right? He liked to have other people interpret as well. It wasn't all allegorical or preset.

A: Yes.

Season 2 storylines and Hutchison's favorite part of the finale

Q: Moving forward, what storyline are you the most excited to work on in Season 2?

A: Oh my gosh, I love every world. Now that we've uncloaked Sauron ... What's he going to do? That's so exciting. Also, I'm so invested in Nori and the Stranger and seeing where they go, now that she's finally gotten what she wants. She wants an adventure. Now, she's on an adventure. What does that look like for her?

Q: Did you have a favorite part of this finale in particular that you really enjoyed writing?

A: I loved writing the Galadrial, Halbrand, and Sauron confrontation, and the Nori goodbye scene was also one that was so close to my heart when I was writing it.

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Trump tells NRA crowd that gun rights are ‘under siege’

ELECTIONS ’24

He calls Texas his second home, Abbott a ‘hot politician’

Former President Donald Trump, in Dallas to address the National Rifle Association convention, said Saturday that Second Amendment rights were under attack as part of a deterioration of America under President Joe Biden.

“Our Second Amendment is under siege. Our Constitution is being run through the shredder. Our borders are being obliterated,” Trump told convention delegates, who responded with several loud ovations, particularly when he lashed out at Biden.

“It’s time for a president who will replace weakness with strength, turn poverty to prosperity and vanquish Joe Biden’s corrupt tyranny with a great restoration of American freedom,” he said.

Trump used a phrase from his old television show, The Apprentice , to sum up the election in a fiery 100-minute speech that included touches of humor.

“To achieve the future you have to march into the voter booth and tell crooked Joe Biden, ‘Joe, you’re doing a horrible job. You’re a horrible president.’” Trump said. “Like Apprentice , Joe you’re fired. Get out of here, Joe.”

Promises deportation

Trump also promised that as president he will implement history’s largest deportation of undocumented migrants.

“It will be a big one,” he said.

Trump also promised to boost the Texas energy industry.

“Drill baby, drill,” he said.

Before Trump’s NRA speech, his campaign announced a new Gun Owners for Trump coalition led by “over 50 Olympic athletes, firearm industry leaders and Second Amendment advocates.”

And, as expected, NRA officials announced Saturday the group had endorsed Trump.

Democrats criticized Trump’s appearance at the NRA convention, which comes in the same month as the one-year anniversary of the May 6 mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets, where a man with an AR-15 assault-style weapon killed eight people and injured seven others.

“There is one thing that drives this senseless epidemic — the shameless inaction of the Republican Party that has been bought and paid for by the NRA,” Dallas County Democratic Party Chairman Kardal Coleman said in a statement. “To add insult to injury, the City of Dallas and Texas could pay a combined $1 million in tax-payer dollars to host a convention that does not reflect the values of Dallasites.”

Trump’s Dallas speech offered a respite from his New York trial over whether he committed felony business fraud related to hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

On Monday, Trump’s lawyers will continue cross examining Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer who is central to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case.

“They want to take away my rights worse than Alphonse Capone,” Trump said. “He got indicted less than I did.”

Throughout his speech Trump praised Texas.

And he told delegates he played golf Saturday with former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.

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Trump has called Texas, a fundraising hub for his presidential campaigns, his second home.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick leads Trump’s Texas campaign and has advised the former president on state issues like border security and energy, as well as helping to make endorsements of statewide and local candidates.

Several high-profile Texans listened to Trump’s speech at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, including Patrick and U.S. Reps. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, and Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo.

Some Texas Republican House candidates also were there, including David Covey, who’s trying to unseat House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont.

Trump called Phelan “an absolutely terrible speaker of the House.” “He didn’t want to go into voter fraud,” Trump said. “He didn’t want to do it. … We have to get the speaker out of there.”

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Trump also praised Gov. Greg Abbott, who addressed the convention before the former president.

“He’s a hot politician,” Trump said of Abbott. “You know why he’s hot? He’s doing a great job.”

Abbott demurs

Trump has said Abbott was on his short list of potential running mates.

Abbott responded that he’s flattered to be considered but is focused on leading Texas.

He is fully engaged in the Texas Republican primaries, using his time and resources to push candidates who support his plan to allow students to use public dollars for private school expenses.

Much of Abbott’s speech was about border security, where he praised Trump and criticized Biden.

“This crisis is about to come to an end in just six months,” Abbott said. That’s when Joe Biden will be fired as president of the United States of America, and Donald Trump will once again become president of the greatest country in the world.”

In his speech Abbott touted Texas legislation that he signed to promote the Second Amendment, including allowing Texans to carry guns without a permit.

By law, Texas is a Second Amendment Sanctuary State, and its agencies and officials are barred from assisting in the implementation of federal gun-control policies.

“Now, more than ever, we must fight to protect our Second Amendment rights,” Abbott said.

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Trump pledges to ‘roll back’ Biden gun rules

ATF chief would be fired, he says at NRA event

DALLAS – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to unravel gun regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe Biden during a lengthy speech to the National Rifle Association on Saturday, during which he accepted the influential group’s endorsement.

The address to thousands of NRA members at the group’s annual Leadership Forum in Dallas was light on new policy, but he used the platform to urge gun supporters to go to the polls in the November election.

“We’ve got to get gun owners to vote,” Trump said in his wide-ranging speech, which covered everything from his criminal trials to trade and immigration over more than 90 minutes.

“I think you’re a rebellious bunch. But let’s be rebellious and vote this time.”

The nation’s top gun rights group has now endorsed Trump three times – in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

The organization had cheered on Trump during his 2017-2021 term, as he appointed three conservative justices to the Supreme Court and took a series of steps sought by the gun lobby.

That included designating firearm shops as essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing them to stay open.

During the speech, Trump repeated a pledge to fire the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, on Day One of a potential administration.

He accused that agency, which enforces U.S. gun laws, of being heavy-handed with firearm owners and revoking licenses on frivolous grounds.

Republicans largely oppose stricter gun laws, saying the right to bear arms is established in the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.

That stance has remained fixed even in the face of a steady stream of mass shootings that have led to calls from many Democrats to impose more controls on guns.

“In my second term, we will roll back every Biden attack on the Second Amendment. The attacks are coming fast and furious,” Trump said.

Following the speech, the Biden campaign accused Trump of prioritizing the desires of the gun lobby over public safety. Trump and Biden are set to face off in the general election on Nov. 5.

“Tonight, Donald Trump confirmed that he will do exactly what the NRA tells him to do – even if it means more death, more shootings, and more suffering,” said Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa.

As in previous addresses, Trump repeated a false claim that he won the 2020 election, and he went after Biden in aggressive terms, repeating claims of corruption that are not supported by available evidence.

Trump also unleashed a torrent of attacks on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running a distant third and siphoning off votes from both front-runners.

Surveys show gun regulations are a divisive issue in the U.S., though a strong majority of Americans support at least some limits.

In a March Reuters/Ipsos survey, 53% of respondents said the government should regulate gun ownership, while 38% of respondents disagreed.

Among Republicans, only 35% said the government should be involved.

The four-day annual NRA convention gathered tens of thousands of gun enthusiasts and dealers, with many in the heavily Republican crowd wearing Trump gear Saturday, at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Dallas, Texas, Trump floated the idea that he could throw out the constitutional amendment limiting a president to two terms.

“You know, FDR 16 years—almost 16 years—he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?” he asked the crowd. Some yelled, “Three!”

Donald Trump tells NRA crowd he wants to retire in Texas

Former President Donald Trump received an ovation at the National Rifle Association’s annual meetings in Dallas on Saturday when he teased that he might relocate to Texas.

“I want to move to Texas and I want to retire in Texas,” Trump said to applause.

Trump is expected back again Wednesday, when he has a scheduled fundraiser in Dallas with oil pipeline company billionaire Kelcy Warren.

and ….

While in the White House, he made 18 trips to the state, and he has returned 13 times after his presidency. By comparison, former President Barack Obama made 11 visits to Texas over two terms in office. Former President Donald Trump said he would consider tapping Ken Paxton for U.S. attorney general if he wins a second term in the White House.

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Ideal professional/fandubbers voices for your characters, naming as much as possible?

Ideal professional/fandubbers for my characters, huh?

Well, the first that comes to mind is Alex Rochon.

For any others, I'd have to say people like Michella Moss, Michael Kovach, Revtrosity, Tom Kenny, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Laura Bailey, Patrick Seitz, Kellen Goff (bless his voice for Diavolo in GW), Richard Epcar (love his work as both old Joseph and Bobobo), Charles Matinet (a fucking LEGEND), Wendee Lee, Michelle Ruff, and the lovely people who dubbed Mewtwo & Me on the OVAS channel.

I don't usually keep track of voice actors, so I tried to pick out a few notable ones from my favorite media.

(Yes, a chunk of them had roles in JoJo bite me-)

Edit: WAIT SHIT I FORGOT TO ADD DWIGHT SCHULTZ, NICKY JONES, JOHN DIMAGGIO, SAMANTHA KELLY, TYLER SHAMY, MELISSA HUTCHISON (who I've discovered upon writing this voiced Marucho Marukura in Bakugan: Battle Brawlers which is based af, especially since Bakugan is a childhood favorite of mine), ERICA LINDBACK, AND YUKI KODAIRA

#ask #anonymous #questions

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Football Game Preview

Crawford Colts vs. Mission Bay Buccaneers

Crawford is 0-1 against Mission Bay since October of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Crawford Colts will head out on the road to face off against the Mission Bay Buccaneers at 3:00 p.m. Hopefully Crawford focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up four on Thursday.

Last Thursday, Crawford suffered a tough 37-14 defeat at the hands of Patrick Henry.

Crawford's defeat came about despite a quality game from Joseph Minchello, who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown.

Meanwhile, Mission Bay had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 57-6 win over Coronado. With Mission Bay ahead 35-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Charlie Hutchison continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 135 yards and three touchdowns while completing 100% of his passes. Ricky Esquer and his 134 yards on the ground were also a key factor in Mission Bay's victory.

Mission Bay's win bumped their season record to 7-1 while Crawford's loss dropped theirs to 5-3.

Thursday's contest might be decided on the ground as these two are both standouts in the run game. Crawford has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 188.7 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Mission Bay struggles in that department as they've been averaging 156.6 per game. It's looking like Thursday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.

Crawford came up short against Mission Bay in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, falling 28-22. Can Crawford avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough. *Reposted article from Maxpreps by Ken Nelsen on October 19, 2023

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