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The Elder Scrolls - a disclaimer and rant

I am going to make some posts about The Elder Scrolls, and in particular, its background, setting, and characters. That means that a disclaimer is probably necessary.

Here’s the tl;dr version: yes, I know about the lore. Please trust me when I say that I was really super into it about a decade and a half ago, and I’ve kept an eye on it since. I have read the Michael Kirkbride forum posts. I have read C0DA, The Seven Fights of the Aldudagga, Sermon Zero, the Loveletter from the Fifth Era, and so on. I know the forum roleplays like The Trial of Vivec. I know that Ayrenn is really a time-travelling mining robot from outer space. I think all the stuff I just referenced varies widely in quality, opinions quite reasonably differ on it, and it’s frequently at odds with what’s actually depicted in the games, but at any rate, I promise that I know it.

So when I go on and talk about Psijics – I know, all right? I know. I am choosing to engage with the setting on a level that focuses more on characters, human stories, and, well, the narratives of the games. The TES apocrypha is interesting, but of limited relevance to the things I’m interested in. There are many valid ways to enjoy TES. Okay?

Now, the longer part:

If you haven’t played TES, and… actually, scratch that, for like 90% of people who’ve played TES, none of the above needed to be said. The thing is, when you play a TES game, it is a fairly straightforward elves-and-wizards-and-dragons fantasy setting in the D&D mould. Indeed, the earliest versions of it, back in the 90s, were based on a D&D campaign. So there’s relatively little surprising about it, and “it’s like D&D” will carry you most of the way towards understanding it.

However, TES games are also renowned for containing lots of in-game books you can read, which are often some of the most striking and evocative parts of the games. These are supplemented by a large library of apocrypha: often unofficial material, posted by developers (and ex-developers) on the internet. The most infamous of these writers is Michael Kirkbride, who has some… very unusual tastes and interests, but there are a range of other names as well. In any case, the result is that TES has an ‘expanded universe’ composed of these non-canonical writings. Often canonical texts in-game hint at some of this vast, unofficial hinterland, and sometimes ideas invented in the apocrypha sneak back into the games themselves.

Further, the apocrypha often hints at what seems to be a very different setting to the one directly experienced in the games: one that’s less about warriors and wizards and adventure and more one about divine magic, transcendence, myth, and meaning. The descriptions often seem to be somewhat at odds. This can best be demonstrated with some examples.

For instance, here is Michael Kirkbride’s description of a High Elf warship, written before any game had depicted the High Elf homeland:

Made of crystal and solidified sunlight, with wings though they do not fly, and prows that elongate into swirling Sun-Birds, and gem-encrusted mini-trebuchets fit for sailing which fire pure aetheric fire, and banners, banners, banners, listing their ancestors all the way back to the Dawn.

This is Old Mary at Water.

You will immediately notice two things. The first is that this sounds really cool. Some of it you need some context to parse (the old elven homeland is called ‘Aldmeris’, hence ‘Old Mary’ as a mocking nickname given by its foes; the High Elves believe that they are literally, genealogically descended from the spirits that created the world at the Dawn), but even so, man, that warship sounds awesome. This Kirkbride guy can write. The second thing, though, is that it is extremely unclear what any of this even means. Given that descriptions… what does this ship look like? Try to picture it! What the heck does ‘crystal and solidified sunlight’ look like? How exactly does a trebuchet throw fire? What?

You might then go on to play a video game where the High Elves are taking part in a war to conquer the continent. If you’re like me, you’re probably keen to see one of these fabled warships. But then it turns out that in-game, High Elf ships look… like this. Or like this.

(Indeed, the High Elves are often a good example of this. An earlier written text, in a pamphlet enclosed with the video game Redguard, described the elven capital of Alinor as “made from glass or insect wings” or “a hypnotic swirl of ramparts and impossibly high towers, designed to catch the light of the sun and break it into its component colours”. Needless to say, should you visit it in a game, it does not look like that.)

After a while, you start to notice that there is very little connection between the world implied by the apocrypha and the world experienced in the games. Kirkbride says that the “closest mythical model” for the ancient knight Pelinal “would be Gilgamesh, with a dash of T-800 thrown in, and a full-serving of brain-fracture slaughterhouse antinomial Kill(3) functions stuck in his hand or head”, and says “Pelinal was and is an insane collective swarmfoam war-fractal from the future”. Indeed in Kirkbride’s descriptions Pelinal seems to have been an ultraviolent schizophrenic who led a wild, genocidal band of anti-elven warriors, was very definitely gay, and who had only a red, gaping hole where his heart ought to be (which in turn is a reference to the missing heart of the creator-trickster deity Lorkhan, whom Pelinal was in part a mortal incarnation of). You might find that really cool or you might find it banal, but there’s no denying that it’s extremely different to the Pelinal whose ghost you can meet in-game. The apocryphal Pelinal is a mad butcher whose closest mythic model, contra Kirkbride, actually seems to be Achilles; the game Pelinal is a straightforwardly sympathetic chivalric knight. This is complicated somewhat by the in-game books being written by Kirkbride and therefore being gonzo bananas insane, so the ‘canon’, such as it is, is unclear – but at any rate it is impossible to deny that there’s an incongruity.

I could go on with examples for a long time. I haven’t even mentioned the most famous – the 1st edition PGE description of Cyrodiil compared to what it actually looks like in Oblivion – or more recent ones, like the gulf between Alduin the mythic dragon who will consume the world and indeed time itself in its terrible jaws and the frankly quite underwhelming beastie you fight in Skyrim. The point I’m making is that there are effectively two TES settings: one relatively down-to-earth, immersive, and depicted in great detail in the video games, and one that’s this absurd mash-up of magic and science fiction and whatever psychedelics Michael Kirkbride has been taking this week.

I write this long disclaimer because it has been my experience discussing TES in the past that people who are mostly interested in the former – in the relatively grounded setting experience in the games – sometimes run into an elitist attitude from people who are interested in the latter. Sometimes fans of the apocrypha can come on much too strong, or gatekeep the idea of being a fan of ‘TES lore’. Any sentence that starts with “actually, in the lore…” is practically guaranteed to go on to be awful.

My point is not that the apocryphal TES is bad. As I hinted above, in my opinion its quality varies extremely widely: there are things that Kirkbride has written that I think are pretty cool (I unironically love the Aldudagga) and there are things he’s written that I think are indulgent tripe (C0DA stands out). Ultimately it’s all about what you enjoy, and I would never try to tell anyone that they shouldn’t have fun reading or speculating about or debating the zaniness of some of these texts. Indeed, as far as online fandoms and video game fan fiction goes, TES probably has the most fruitful ‘expanded universe’ that I’ve ever seen, and I think that’s wonderful. Kirkbride himself has said that “it’s really all interactive fiction, and that should mean something to everyone” and “TES should be Open Source”, which is a position I wholeheartedly endorse – and does a lot to take the edges off some of the worse things he’s said.

Rather, my point is that everyone should enjoy what they feel most interested in, or most able to enjoy. Further, I argue that there is absolutely nothing wrong – and for that matter absolutely nothing less intelligent or less intellectual – about a person preferring to engage with the version of TES most clearly depicted in the video games. Part of this might be defensiveness on my part, because in my opinion what TES has always done best is a nuanced depiction of cultural conflict: this is particularly the case in Morrowind and Skyrim, and ESO’s better expansions tend to deal in this area as well. As such I take relatively little interest in the metaphysical content of much of the apocrypha. For me, Shor, say, is most interesting as the protagonist of several conflicting cultural narratives, rather than as a metaphysical essence.

I would also argue that the most recent game content has taken a good approach by going out of its way to legitimise a range of possible approaches to the setting. The latest chapter of ESO, Greymoor, includes a system where the player can dig up ancient artifacts, and a number of NPC scholars will comment on them for you. This allows the game to indicate in-character scholarly disagreement over issues fans have previously debated. One item shows disagreement over whether the mythical character Morihaus was literally a bull, or a minotaur, or whether he was a human allegorically referred to as a bull. Another one points to disagreement over the possibility of magical spaceships: apocryphal materials have referred to ‘Sunbirds of Alinor’, ‘Reman Mananauts’, etc., as sorts of magical astronauts, but that seems so ridiculous given what we’ve seen in the games as to be easily discounted. I like items like this in-game because they seem to say to players, “It’s okay to disagree over questions like this – no one is doing TES wrong.”

That said, I am reasonably positive that I’m in the minority here, because I am in the camp that usually says that legends exaggerate, and so Morihaus probably wasn’t a bull and magical spaceships don’t exist. This is not a popular position. My reason, of course, is that I think tales are more likely to grow in the telling rather than shrink, and I have a dozen of what I think are hard-to-deny examples of this happening in TES (e.g. heroic narratives of the War of Betony are very different to the grubby reality you uncover in Daggerfall, or Tiber Septim is almost certainly from Alcaire rather than Atmora). However, this means that I openly take an opposite methodology to Michael Kirkbride. Kirkbride was once asked by a forum poster whether some in-game writings are exaggerated. His reply was: “I prefer, "It is very possible, as is the case throughout this magical world, that some of the exaggerated claims made about some subjects pale in comparison to the Monkey Truth. ZOMGWTFGIANTFEATHEREDFLUTYRANTS."”

Needless to say, I find this implausible, and it means that, for example, I interpret the Remanada as an obvious piece of propaganda, inventing a story about Alessia’s ghost in order to retroactively explain why Reman, probably born the son of a hill chieftain with zero connection to the previous dynasty, really has imperial blood. This is a very different but in my opinion more historically plausible take than Kirkbride’s, who has a naked thirteen year old Reman standing atop his harem and slaughtering recalcitrant followers.

I’m not saying that my approach is objectively correct. It’s all fiction – and as Kirkbride said, TES is open source. The only thing that matters is what you the reader, player, or interpreter find the most interesting. For me, that means generally favouring what is seen in the games over the developer apocrypha, which I can take or leave.

At any rate.

I’m going to go on and make some more fannish posts about stuff in ESO that I liked.

Just… if it’s relevant, be aware that I am familiar with the zany stuff. Some of it I like, a lot of it I don’t like, and I feel no obligation to use it if I don’t like it.

There. Disclaimer over.

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bakudekuficlibrary · 4 years

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Finally!! Good luck with the changes and welcome to the new members. Here my question: do you know any rock!Au fics? Either bakugou or izuku or both like member of a band? It could be explicit or no. And it can be in canon universe or no. Thank you :3

Happy new year and thanks for all your patience! I am eternally bananas over the Rock Band AU, so I scoured the interwebs and put together a mini-list for ya (my personal favorites are right at the top)!^^

~Gabs ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

1 Series. 16 works.

Tire Swing by ElopeToTheSea ( T | 21,061+ | 4/? )

After being kicked out of college, Bakugou Katsuki decided to go back to his hometown. Back to the friends he knew, back to what he was familiar with, back to simpler times.

However, Midoriya Izuku wasn’t familiar. He was strange, he was confusing and he was hurting.

Bakugou couldn’t help being entranced by the anomaly. Especially when he had the voice of an angel.

Surpassing Expectations by Mewphisto ( M | 4,273+ | 1/? )

DEKU! goes on tour with Ground Zero thanks to some great connections and sheer luck. Izuku, DEKU!’s guitarist, is one of Ground Zero’s biggest fans, and feels extremely lucky for the opportunity to tour with his idols. He’s even more grateful when they get to share a tour bus, after all, part of the reason Izuku chased a music career was because of his crush on Ground Zero’s lead singer, Bakugou Katsuki.

Even so, Izuku never expected the grumpy singer would be attracted to him as well, not with his ugly scars and annoying personality. But Bakugou Katsuki was always surpassing expectations, and with six months on tour together, he had plenty of time to demonstrate.

Friends and Friends of Friends by songbrd ( E | 30,933+ | 6/? )

No one purposefully follows their grade school bully into university. But as Midoriya Izuku arrives at UA on freshman move-in day, he realizes he may have done just that.

[Series] Impulse Control by orphan_account ( E | 12,093 | 2 Works | Complete )

Izuku never did anything without a plan, without forethought, without looking into every possible outcome and weighing the pros and cons of each.

But something about Katsuki made him want to be impulsive.

The Space Between by Kanae_vR ( M | 115, 583+ | 20/24 )

Holding his expensive camera tightly between his hands, Midoriya Izuku looked up at the once-white letters displayed on the black storefront banner. “The Hard Luck Bar,” he murmured to himself, unsure if he was getting ready to enter or flee.

Amateur photographer Midoriya Izuku is stuck in a rut and desperate for a change of pace. Deep in his city’s grimy underbelly, he finds exactly what he’s looking for in the form of an underground punk sensation on the verge of their big break, fronted by a foul-mouthed firework of a human being.

Loud, brash and passionate, Izuku may have just found the creative spark he needed, as well as something new to set his soul ablaze.

Without You I’m Nothing by BrightEyesEren ( T | 16,661 | 5/5 )

Katsuki Bakugou has gone his entire life without understanding how someone could give into their feelings. As long as he has music, there’s no need for anything else to get in his way; it’s a way to get through everything. He’s convinced that nothing could possibly stop him… At least until he meets Izuku.

For the 2018 BakuDeku Big Bang.

Drummer boy blues by Natsumiofgames ( T | 1,862 | 1/1 )

Bakugou was pissed.

And that was the nicest way to put it.

As per usual, the whole fucking world couldn’t let him be happy. It’s not Bakugou’s fault he’s obviously destined to be the best, so why does something always have to get in his way?

All Bakugou wanted to do was to take a holiday and relax at home, maybe watch those Crimson Riots DVD Kirishima had been hyping up with a few drinks to get the night going.

All in the company of Deku, the dense dumbass Bakugou had the misfortune to fall so hard for.

But instead he finds himself, in Chicago, one of biggest music cities in America and the last venue his band, Ground Zero, was playing at on their tour.

What’s a guy to do when the show must go on?

Magnolia Dreams by ElopeToTheSea ( T | 7,098 | 1/1 )

“Kaachan!” Deku’s voice. Sweet and cheerful, like a midday breeze. He was looking at him with those big bright green eyes, holding a flower crown in his hands. “Look what I did!”

“What’s that, Deku?” he asked. He was five, flower crowns weren’t something he was familiar with.

“Mom taught me how to make them,” he replied, placing the flower crown on top of his head. “They’re called flower crowns! I made mine of Magnolias!”

“They’re so lame,” he snickered. The field they were sitting on was covered in flowers. From white lilies to purple orchids. They all bloomed in spring. “A true crown is made of metal, idiot!”

[Major Character Death]

I Miss the Music by InkspillsNotebook ( E | 22,800+ | 4/? )

Inspired by the prompt by pennyforyourotp on tumblr of:‘You’re a really famous actor/musician and I’m your childhood friend that shows up a lot on your Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat and people have started shipping us which is really bad for my crush on you that I’ve been trying to hide’

Founder of the number one band ‘Ground Zero’ and lead guitarist, Katsuki Bakugou, takes a vacation before an upcoming tour. Upon returning home, he strives to convince childhood friend, and secret love interest, Izuku Midoriya, to abandon his internship hunt and come on tour with him to once more be apart of each others lives, and write music together again.

Seven Stages by Mikacrispy ( E | 2,022+ | 1/7 )

The 7 Stages of Dealing with a Confession from your Best Friend

Katsuki confesses and Izuku’s whole world view changes.Izuku is involuntarily thrown on a journey of self-discovery to find out what love and sexuality mean to him.

drumbeats & heartbeats by katsugoii ( M | 12,194+ | 5/? )

College— it was a place where fresh adults could start to find themselves and what they wanted to be. All Katsuki’s friends had been bubbling with excitement, but as for him, he didn’t really see what the big deal was. He was there to get his degree and then move on. It was just another branch on the tree of life. He would get up in the morning, go to the gym, go to class, and then either do homework or practice with his band. The only difference now compared to before was that he didn’t have to deal with the old hag, and he’d be on his own, which he supposed was a relief.

However, when he saw a tiny, curly-haired boy with a ridiculous amount of freckles splattered over his cheeks, on his tiptoes to hang a poster next to his desk on one side of the dorm— Katsuki thought they might have had a point.

Hard Habit to Break by Takiewrites ( G | 3,359+ | 1/? )

“Um, ‘zuku. It’s- hi, I’m uh, I-Izuku.” His voice wasn’t as loud or stable as he hoped it would be. He cleared his throat as Ochako covered her mouth to hide a giggle.

“Hah? Fuckin’ speak up, for fuck’s sake.” Bakugou shifted to his other foot, radiating annoyance. “Deku? That’s yer name?” Izuku quickly shook his head, opening his mouth to speak before Bakugou cut him off, “Cool, Deku.“

Or the one where Izuku is a big-bi-mess and gets the hots for a lead singer of a punk band.

Let Me Down Slowly by BrofriendWrites( Not Rated | 2,001+ | 1/5 )

When Plus Ultra’s lead singer loses her voice right before The Battle of the Bands, Izuku and Iida have to find a female lead singer with high range ASAP in order to still participate.

Luckily or unluckily, Izuku finds salvation in his angry classmate, Katsuki Bakugou, who he bribes into helping them.

Notes: Going to be a cute, short-ish fic. Maybe 15k-25k words in total. Just had this on my mind lately and needed to get singer!bakugou out of my system and hopefully clear my writers block. Enjoy watching Izuku lose his mind while trying to process pretty Katsuki singing :)

[Underage]

From Chaos [Comes Clarity] by cosmikuri ( M | 4,732+ | 2/? )

Izuku Midoriya was just following his dream: fronting a rock band and leading his friends to the top. Well, attempting to, anyway. Things became more complicated when he met a certain hotheaded blonde, who happened to be a part of the rival band.

It will take a while by abovetheclouds14 ( Not Rated | 2,698+ | 3/? )

Katsuki may seem to be intimidating but he has a soft heart - in fact, he loves soft things. His current obsession? The softest guy he ever laid his eyes to, one who has fluffy green curls and mesmerizing freckles; he goes with the name - Izuku, the newest addition to the bar he’s working for.

Katsuki wants to know everything about this new guy but it will take a while :)

My Sweet Baby by yumenoyousei ( G | 5,070 | 2/2 )

Izuku noted mentally his new facts on the angry blond. First, his name was Katsuki. Second, he liked sweets and whipped cream. Third, he gave weird nicknames to his friends. And last, he was actually very hot.

Don’t need your pity by thedeathofyouboo ( M | 3,292+ | 2/? )

Izuku has 3 jobs not including caring for his deadbeat father. When a blonde rich kid stumbles into his life he finds himself in a band with a bunch of over protective friends. Will he ever get to have his dream of going to the UA music academy or will everything be for nothing?

#BakuDeku #KatsuDeku #BNHA #fic rec #bkdkfl ask #long post #curator gabs

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courage-a-word-of-justice · 4 years

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Fate/Zero 1 - 25 (FINAL)

Most of these notes stayed intact during Fate/Stay Winter posts, but I’m releasing them in an unedited version here (aside from the dotpoints and read more, of course).

Fate/Zero 1

For some reason, I have it recorded that I’ve watched F/Z ep. 1, but I don’t remember it! I only remember Saber fighting someone…that’s why I have notes for this ep too.

Ewwwwwww…what’s that in the Macedonian box…?

Oh! Heaven’s Feel is the name of one of the movies that came out this year or last.

LOL, the grandparents of Waver literally refer to him as “Waver”. I thought it was a title. Is it really his name???

I’m very good at making connections between seemingly disconnected things using only the things I know. I predict Kariya’s in for a verrrrrrrry bad time and will probably die in this Grail War, if not go bananas. I already know Rin, Ilya (the Einzbern child) and Sakura are already part of the Fate/ canon, so they’re probably going to fight in a Grail War as well.

Ahhhhhhh! B*stard Archer (that is, Gilgamesh)! He’s hereeeeeeeee!

What’s that counter on the ep title card…? Is it the time until the Grail War…?

Fate/Zero 2

I’ve seen enough spoilers being bandied about that I already know Rider is Alexander the Great.

Like, seriously, why do we call the dude “Waver Velvet”? What’s his real name?

Kiritsugu acts as Ilya’s dad, but…I’m pretty sure he isn’t her dad. Kiritsugu’s surname is Emiya, right? He’s Shirou’s dad, as far as I know. Then again, I only know what I know from being around Fate/ fans for so long.

LOL, there are far too many dragons in this name – Ryuunosuke Uryuu.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! Is this Giant B*stard Archer???? Is this Giant B*stard Archer??? (i.e. Gilgamesh) Oooooooooh! No wonder people like Gilgamesh, even though they call him a giant loveable b*stard.

Fate/Zero 3

Thy don’t call Rider that for nothin’, eh?

I wonder how Saber managed to get a passport…? She’d need one, eh?

Oh…CGI car…it’s burning my eyesssssssss! (although I do believe Troyca didn’t do any better with El-Melloi’s Case Files)

“Hotel in Fuyuki” – They couldn’t be any more explicit with this stuff, could they…?

“…Highness.” – I can see why Saber is so popular with the Fate/ fans now.

Huh? I seem to remember the battle that comes next! Damn *bleep* <- (censored name of anime club manager responsible for the anime marathon that caused me to go from the beginning of F/Z in the first place)! I definitely remember Saber fighting Lancer.

Fate/Zero 4

(sorry, seen this one! That’s where the confusion was! So no notes here!)

Fate/Zero 5

Berserker looks like Goblin Slayer covered in smoke…LOL.

…Well, they don’t call that guy Berserker for nothin’ either.

Rider would make a great Santa Claus, LOL.

Fate/Zero 6

Isn’t there a Joan of Arc in the Netflix Fate/ (Apocrypha)?

Dang, that Kayneth is an evil b*stard, alright!

Kirei is basically Wolverine…?

No wonder you never hear about Caster when people talk about Fate/…he’s neither hot nor a waifu…so nobody gives a s*** about him.

Fate/Zero 7

Is that a Gantz?

Wait, y’mean Rider is motivated…by pants? *spits* Hahahaha…

You can see Ufotable’s much-praised CGI at work here, too.

I can definitely see why Ufotable was chosen for Katsugeki and why they chose Izuminokami for their protag.

Had to google Jeanne to remember what she looks like in this universe, but yeah…she does look like Saber.

For some reason, I had a fleeting thought that Lancer would be the one to be on the mountain alongside Saber…I was right.

So basically, the entire Fate/ series is this: who would win? A mage or an assassin? (Or something like this.)

Fate/Zero 8

I still think Kirei is basically Wolverine.

Kiritsugu = “to cut and tie”.Update: It’s “to tie” and “to inherit”, apparently.

F/Z 9

I wonder…just what is Lancer’s motivation for the Grail? Surely, Servants have their own motives…

I literally covered my eyes when Sola-Ui bent Kayneth’s finger back…it was almost as bad as seeing Nozomi get tortured (Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka)…*gulp*

“Not well” is an understatement, Sola-Ui.

I had to google how old Waver was in this Grail War…he’s 19, apparently, so right in my strike zone right here, so to speak~.

Beleaguered Waver is what you cool kids would call the 2020 Mood…and yes, I’m watching this on the 1st of January, 2020 (but you’re reading this after I put it up later in the month), so I’m keeping the comment.

“What kind of moron would go busting in?” – *facepalm* It seems Rider would.

What the heck is Rider riding his chariot over on the floor, anyway? What’s up with these sewer creatures ? They’ve got tentacles…!

F/Z 10

Rin reminds me of Asuka (NGE)…*gulp* That can only mean bad things for her.

Zenjo? I’ll make a note of that name.

That one glowing sign says “Fuyuki Station”.

Rin no Bouken = Rin’s Adventure. I don’t see why the subbers included “Big” in there, tbh.

F/Z 11

Uh-oh. Why do I get the feeling Saber’s going to get very, very drunk…?

Gee whiz, the great b*stard is a narcissist…

Well, sometimes I forget I had “Archer = Gilgamesh” spoilt for me ages ago…probably because he’s all over Babylonia, not to mention he seems to be one of the more popular characters precisely because he is the great b*stard.

“I wish for my homeland’s salvation.” – An interesting thing to say, considering Brexit.

What the f*** is a Gordius…oh, okay. So that’s Rider’s chariot.

How many Assassins are there??? I thought there was just the one, but there were 4 last time.

This discussion is interesting…no wonder Saber got mistaken for Joan of Arc back in the day.

Welp, Assassins gotta assassinate…*shrugs*

Eyyyyyy…there’s this one guy who looks basically like an older Waver Velvet! That explains a few things, I think.

F/Z 12

“Ramasonic” (sic).

I still think Gil-I mean, Archer’s snakeskin pants are hilarious.

I feel like last episode was a lot better in regards to how good Fate/ could be. This episode is just Ufotable animating talking Gilgamesh and Kirei heads.

Why do I get a bad feeling something bad’s going to happen to Maiya…again?

Kirei trying to look bada*s while leaning against a wall…it looks sort of funny, to be honest with you…because he bends his neck at a funny angle.

F/Z 13

This is the end of the 1st cour, apparently…according to AniList, at least.

“…5 billion people.” – I think the number is 7 billion now, but okay.

Never leave your Servant unsupervised, amirite?

I saw one of the bookstore’s shelves has science fiction on it…hmm, in a show with magic, that seems ironic…or was that non-fiction? Also somewhat ironic.

Oh, this “Don’t you want to do anything fun?” from Rider to Waver is an interesting parallel to Kirei’s episode (the previous one).

Dragon guy’s off his rocker…seriously.

Paraphrasing here, but “…if you want to use the Grail to make yourself taller…” – then stick to milk and other calcium products, Waver…LOL. I mean, other anime characters do.

Even Saber Naruto runs! There are no aliens here…but that car does have gull-wing doors (<-had to google what the doors were called), so…is it a DeLorean or something? Then someone could time travel instead.

I thought one of the previous commands from the overseers was to defeat Caster…?

Fate/Zero has become a kaiju movie, LOL.

Scared Waver is also a 2020 Mood…LOL.

F/Z 14

What’s this “Giant of Light” business…?

Geesh…If Ufotable did a Godzilla movie, I would watch that…(now that this monster makes me think of that possibility.)

This is a small quibble, but is it “Diabolo” or “Diablo”?

Somehow it didn’t even hit me until the fight was halfway over…but does Gilgamesh control a flying airship as part of his Noble Phantasm?!

Pretty scenery or not, talking people standing still are just that…not very entertaining, for sure. It’s basically the only flaw of this series, aside from the fact it hasn’t plumbed the depths of its themes yet.

Ufotable’s clouds look kind of like Gainax’s in Houkago no Pleiades, huh?

Tokiomi seems to blame Kariya for the whole sister vs. sister thing. Hmm, it really just shows how demented the guy is.

F/Z 15

Berserker is only ever in CGI, huh? No wonder Ufotable was given the job.

“That’s…from King Arthur’s legend…” – Can I please interrupt with the Excalibur song? (I’m annoying like that and want to ruin your level of immersion, that’s why.)

Hey, who knew? We get to see Joan in this anime, too. Thank you, Ufotable and Type Moon for saving me a Netflix subscription.

F/Z 16

“Things have been rather hectic this evening.” – Well, you don’t say…

*Saber and Lancer start their fight * - I detect signs there may have been people shipping Saber and Lancer at this point in time, what with their mutual ideas of honour and such.

Kayneth is kind childish, LOL – he’s like a kid peeping at his parents while they complain to each other about a hard day’s work or something.

Uh, this curse from Lancer here is definitely gonna be relevant later, right…?

I was muttering, “Oh goodness” (<- I’m self-censoring here, but you get the point) a few times over when Kiritsugu and Maiya finally got around to killing Kayneth, Lancer and Kayneth’s fiancee. By the way, were those two ever married…? Also, this makes me wonder…what would happen if you got a completely useless Servant? Like “King of Fools” or something. It would sound like the Familiar of Zero, sure, but it would be an interesting exercise in making a compelling narrative.

F/Z 17

Dangit, B*stard Archer. Disappearing just after you provoked Kirei…

Oh! I found the Avalon scene confusing at first, but now that they explain it, it makes a lot more sense.

“As I live and breathe, Kirei!” – Sounds mighty ironic for a meant-to-be-dead historical figure to say that.

F/Z 18

We jump to someone else’s story…or do we?

For some reason, I think this beach place is based on Okinawa. (It seems like the best match.)

“This isn’t a game.” – Seems highly ironic, given his current situation.

I know Kiritsugu is probably looking into Shirley’s eyes, but all they show is the boobs downwards, so I imagine it to be fanservice.

That shaking was just to disguise the bad animation, wasn’t it…?

…and suddenly, zombies!

Well, that’s great, Kiritsugu. You ended up burning down a village by association. Good job…

“Vampires.” – Well, that wasn’t the word I was expecting…

For some reason, I think this new arrival is a woman, but now that I get a proper look at their face, they kinda look like the Great B*stard (Gilgamesh). Update: It looks like they have cleavage, but then they also kinda resemble Samatoki (Hyp Mic)…so, uh…I dunno. Update 2: Okay, she’s a woman…Natalia, to be precise.

The houses on fire look a lot like the ones in Katsugeki, come to think of it.

F/Z 19

Wait, what’s a Mystic Code again…?

Oh, I didn’t think this show would do it, but there’s a good few seconds of recap. I know, because I had to skip it.

Oh, the reason Kiritsugu doesn’t seem to ally with the Association or the Church is because Natalia wasn’t part of either. Right…I’m so dumb.

Am I just reading into Kiritsugu’s pose here too much, or does he look like Christ the Redeemer a bit…?

There’s something oddly pretty about Vorzak. Then again…it’s too bad he’s designated to be dead.

I could tell Kiritsugu was CGI for a second…but he was in fog. Dangit, Ufotable. You know how to disguise your CGI well.

…Okay, those bees were very CGI. Scrap what I just said.

Bees on a plane. What a way to die.

I’ve noticed Kiritsugu’s eyes don’t have any pupils in them. They’re always kind of dead, but not in th same way En’s (<- from Boueibu) are.

What happened to Kiritsugu’s mother…?

The extended flashback seems to be the best way to my heart, assuming you can pull it off properly.

What’s with that “sometime, somewhere”?

F/Z 20

There hasn’t been a proper OP since 3 episodes ago.

Was Maiya ever interested in Kiritsugu as a woman? This vague pseudo-harem sorta annoys me, which is why I need answers.

The crows in this show aren’t very fluffy. Not that I have a problem with that…it’s just a bit random (and I’m saying that as I operate without much sleep and will have a huge period of getting up early in my near future, so you’re probably going to see even more randomness coming from my brain).

Modanyaki. Never thought I’d be googling a Japanese concept for this anime.

This sleeping bag Waver reminds me of Aizawa, but this is at least 4 years too early for that.

That cloud in the top left is shaped funny…like a knight, maybe? (There’s a triangular bit that looks lik a helmet.)

I believe the bird is a bush warbler (uguisu), based on the colour.

So this is where you learn what the f*** a Gordius Wheel is…right.(sounds a bit pissed)

Seeing Kariya squirm…it makes me thank my lucky stars I had the sound off. My imagination makes the scene worse, though.

So fakers beget fakers and killers beget killers, huh? Not surprising.

“I’ve always told him he was doing the right thing.” – Because you didn’t know any better, huh, Iri?

F/Z 21

“Knight on Two Wheels” – What would that knight be riding, a bike…? (somewhat sarcastic)

…A motorbike. Close enough. (not sarcastic anymore)

The motorbike’s plate says “Fuyuki - Te” – instead of a licence plate combo, Japan has a single hiragana.

Well, at least now I know why you never hear of Kariya outside Fate/Zero much…those worms don’t give him long to live.

Isn’t Tokiomi dead though…?

Holy s***, Kariya, you just got framed! *yells in the tone of voice as if Kariya got owned…which he did, in a sense*

*brow furrowed* What’s up with the framing of Aoi’s killing that makes this seem like attempted rape…?

Kirei looks all dead inside. (LOL) I know it’s the animators’ fault that they didn’t bother with him in that scene, but…he has the eyes of a dead fish there, y’know? I can’t help but laugh.

F/Z 22

Never in my life have I seen a grandpa want to talk on the roof.

The grandpa reminds me of Rider…that’s probably where part of their relationship comes from.

You can see the lack of sleep is getting to Kiritsugu right now…his face looks a little sunken…

…Fate/ is apparently pretty infamous for treating its women badly from a feminist persepctive and I think I get why now…(referring to the death of Aoi and now Kirei’s treatment of Iri)

I think the scariest part of F/Z is watching th emotionless guy learn how to feel…kinda like Equilibrium, y’know?

Hmm? I wonder how this show will choose to end, since it’s signalling its end from 3 episodes out?

I predicted Rider would say something along the lines of “…befitting of the Rider class” and lo and behold! He did!

So Rider can summon a single horse as well as the entire chariot? *Saitama face* Okay then.

Number of Times Waver Appears: 1, Number of Times Waver Cries: 1, Number of Times Waver Blushes: 2

Come to think of it, even though I had that weird “Ohhhhhh! Great B*stard Archer!” reaction at first, Gilgamesh has shown up in most of the worst scenes of this show so far (basically, most of the “talking heads” scenes where he talks shop with Kirei). Then again, my change in feelings probably because I’ve had to keep a special eye out for Waver and knew Saber was the poster girl for the entire series.

The counter appears to be “time until the Holy Grail War”…well, that or its final conflict.

F/Z 23

I like how Waver’s joining in with Rider’s yelling.

I have the sound off, so now I’m just mentally narrating Sakura with this creepy child voice and it’s spooking me out…the Urobutcher could really go toe-to-toe with Stephen King if it weren’t my imagination…(LOL…?)

I feel sorry for that car’s owner…the car wasn’t meant to be wrecked…

I fully expect Berserker to be Lancelot or some other guy in King Arthur’s canon, judging by Saber’s reactio-hey, who’s Arondight…? Update: Oh, f***. It really is Lancelot. Turns out Arondight is the name of Lancelot’s sword. How did I know? There’s that upcoming Camelot adaption, isn’t there? Connect the dots.

Oh, f*** me – I feel conflicted. On the one hand, Lancelot’s hella handsome (and his dark hair is exactly my kinda thing), on the other hand…doesn’t he look like he came out of Castlevania or Vampire Hunter D or something??? F***in’ vampires!

Oh, f*** again, I stand corrected. Lancelot was handsome, before he became a Caster-looking…thing.

*bursts into spontaneous laughter* The new Lancelot looks kinda like Tsukasa from Dr Stone, LOL.

Number of Times Waver Cries: 2

Wait, isn’t Bucephalus Greek??? Update: No, he wasn’t. He was Alexander the Great’s horse. That explains why he’s Rider.

I was wondering how Waver managed to live long enough to be El-Melloi II when he was stuck in a battle to the death. Welp, that’s how he did it, folks! *points at screen*

Number of Times Waver Cries: 3…but…anti-climax, much, f***in’ Gilgamesh???

Uh, what’s up with Psalm 23:4? (I had to google that snippet of the Bible to find out its citation.)

LOL, Kirei and Kiritsugu have very similar faces. Didn’t realise that until now.

F/Z 24

It’s weird seeing Kirei full of fighting spirit…He’s still frickin’ Wolverine, though.

Is this taking cues from the Matrix? I bought it from the charity store the other day because I haven’t seen it yet, but I know Bullet Time from TV Tropes.

Now Kirei is channeling Bruce Lee, LOL.

Ouch…the bullet to the hand reminds me of the nail gun scene in The Island (which still freaks me out to this day). (…and now I’ve gone and done it – every time I think of that movie, I get the song The Island – part 1, at least - in my head as well.)

I can almost see Sakaido (from ID: Invaded) in some of these scenes instead of Kiritsugu…trust Ei Aoki and associates to do that.

I went to dump a screenshot in Paint and one of my Fate/ backgrounds from one of the previous posts was set to my background! (I have my backgrounds set to rotate every 12 hours and I have over 600 pictures for that purpose.) *sighs happily and incredulously* Well, whaddaya know…sometimes the stars do align.

I almost expected Shirley to appear, but it turns out it was Iri instead.

Kiritsugu still has his Command Seals so he’s still connected to the Grail War somehow…hmm…

C’mon, I predicted Gilgamesh would compliment Saber when she was down and bleeding.

F/Z 25 (FINAL)

Who’s Lord Justeaze?

Sakura has the same eyes as Kiritsugu. Dead, lifeless eyes.

Did Kariya just throw himself to the worms???

The Great Naked B*stard Gilgamesh.

A priest is a zombie, huh? How ironic.

Isn’t Gilgamesh annoyed by his lack of clothes…? Update: Never mind. He gets a cloth soon enough.

Wait, if Saber destroyed the Grail, who won…?

Huh? The timer ran out.

Aw, even Waver’s growing up.

One of the books says 零戦 (reisen) which apparently means “Zero Fighter [Plane]”. One of the sets of books says “William Shakespeare”, who I know is a Servant somewhere in the Fateverse.

The Bible verse is Job 19:25.

Lancelot’s head doesn’t disappear when the rest of him fades away…It’s pretty poignant.

Jubstacheit is the head of the Einzberns. Update: Think I had to google that.

“Becoming a hero has an expiration date.” – As much as I know that in my creative heart to not be true, my adult heart says yes, it’s true.

Welp, that’s the end of one series. Time for another.

#Fate/Zero

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Kids Best Balance Bikes For Your Toddler- Biking With Baby : From Newborn To Infant To Toddler

It seems hard to believe that we ever took training wheels seriously. They teach novice riders a lot of bad habits and probably cause more crashes than they prevent read more everything about bike (The Ride Round). Rolf Mertens and his LikeaBike showed Europe a better way almost 25 years ago, but it took about a decade for the pedal-less, two-wheel balance bike to become ubiquitous this side of the Atlantic. The first models were simple in the extreme and far too close to the infamous “department-store bike” for the liking of committed cyclist parents. Today, you can get functioning brakes, higher-quality wheels and tires, and carbon-fiber frames, all the better for the no-pedal races held for children at most BMX tracks nowadays. All balance bikes work in same fashion: The rider sits low, with knees bent, and uses both feet to push their bike along and to hold the machine upright. As speed and familiarity increase, the rider goes feet-up to experience a few thrilling moments of balanced flight on two wheels.

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The original Striders had 12-inch wheels. Today, most manufacturers make larger balance bikes with 14-inch wheels for older riders; for smaller or younger riders, models exist with 10-inch wheels and low standover heights. Regardless of wheel size, choosing a model with a wide range of seat adjustment is always a good idea for fast-growing children.

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Direct and reliable feedback from a balance bike’s steering can help a child feel immediately comfortable, so low-grip tires can make the learning process a little frightening. The most affordable balance bikes have hard plastic wheels, more or less as you remember from the “Big Wheel” trikes of the Seventies, with all the attendant drawbacks. Moving up to a foam tire on a plastic mag wheel, as found on the segment-defining Strider Classic, offers a bit more traction (at the expense of durability). More and more balance bikes are using a traditional pneumatic tube and tire, which improves the riding experience but increases the likelihood of maintenance.

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The first balance bikes didn’t have a brake, but many of the newer and more sophisticated entrants to the segment have at least one. The Woom 1 Plus has a three-brake system: front, rear, and rear coaster. Why bother? It’s just as important to learn stopping as it is starting. Many of the larger-wheeled models can reach worrisome speeds with a committed pilot. Plus, a brake saves wear on shoes since kids don’t have to use their soles to stop, Fred Flinstone-style.

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Parents looking for the easiest transition to traditional riding might want to consider one of the models with add-on pedal power. It’s not cheap, and it requires some mechanical aptitude, but the convertible pedalers offer even more confidence to young riders.

Seat adjustment is a critical part of balance biking, and it’s best to get the model with the largest range of possibilities. If you expect your child to be on a balance bike for the long haul you might consider choosing a model with an adjustable or replaceable handlebar. Some parents are understandably reluctant to spend $200 or more on what is essentially a training tool, but if your child will be using the balance bike to accompany you on even short rides away from the house, upgrades might be worth the cost.

The balance bike is firmly established as the preferred way to join the cycling hobby, but it can also be a gateway to real competition: Both USABMX and BMX Canada offer balance-bike race classes at dozens of local tracks. Ready to get started? We’ve selected the most compelling options below.

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Our team of test editors has an army of young kids who have tried and tested many of these bikes. Over the past 36 months, we’ve evaluated more than two dozen options, and carefully watched which ones helped our kids most easily learn to ride (and which ones the kids grabbed first out of the garage, because that’s important too.) We evaluated the bikes based on weight, features, construction, ease of build and maintenance, longevity, and value. We’ve found models with air-filled tires and rim brakes to best support developing riders, but the simplicity of other models is desirable too. When we didn’t test a specific model, we included it here based on reviewing similar products, customer feedback, and the assessment of other experts we trust.

Kokua LikeaBike Jumper

The original balance bike, updated for Stateside tastes with plenty of tech

Purists will not want to settle for anything less than the original wooden LikeaBike from Kokua Bikes, but unless your personal tastes run strongly in the direction of Scandinavian furniture and eco-chic, you can save a few bucks with the Jumper, which is based on a monotube aluminum frame and weighs just 7.5 pounds. The removable steering damper and elastomer-based rear suspension will bring a smile to any parent who remembers the downhill MTB scene of the 1990s. There’s even an optional front brake for balance bikers whose training grounds include steep driveways or trails. Yes, it’s ridiculously expensive. So was the 1986 Kestrel 4000. In both cases, envious glances are part of the package.

Strider 12 Pro

A good balance between cost and capability

The widely distributed Strider brand made balance biking an American pastime instead of a European import. Rugged and durable, these are the no-pedal equivalents of the no-frills Huffy department-store bikes on which many riders got their first taste of freedom. The Classic ($89) is available pretty much everywhere and has been widely proven in practice, but the Pro uses aluminum construction to drop the weight to 5.6 pounds then throws in extra touches like an adjustable seat and a sporty number plate.

Haro PreWheelz 12 Gen 3

A balance bike with BMX heritage

Haro’s refined take on the 12-inch wheel offers some surprising refinement, such as a 6000-series aluminum frame and — more important — a massive amount of seat adjustment that will get even the smallest riders on the bike. The seat has a built-in grab handle for the guiding hands of parents. Is there a matching Haro jersey available? Any BMX rider from the past few decades knows the answer to that.

Prevelo Alpha Zero

Thoughtful touches and effective braking at a sub-premium price point

Like Woom, Prevelo is a fairly new company looking to bridge the gap between entry-level bikes and the high-end options from boutique kiddie-bike makers like Spawn and Trailcraft. The Alpha Zero is the entry point to this range. Join Prevelo’s trade-up club for $69 more, and if you trade it in within two years for the next model up, you’ll get 40 percent off the original purchase price. At 8.6 pounds, it’s slightly heavier than most of the aluminum competition, but the Prevelo offers an effective V-brake tucked under the chainstays where it won’t scratch kids’ legs. Wheel nuts, as well, are rounded off for safety. Standover height is low and the tires are pneumatic Kendas. As a final touch, Prevelo will put your rider’s name on the bike, the same way the sponsors do in UCI international competition.

SE Bikes Micro Ripper

The overtly nostalgic choice, featuring low standover height and rugged construction

When former X-Games star and current SE Bikes head designer Todd Lyons became a father, he promptly cooked up a balance bike for his daughter, Angelina Lyons, to race on. The Micro Ripper features ’70s-throwback graphics to go with a minimalist specification. Choose your color: the candy red familiar to former racers or the light blue associated with trick-star Mike Buff. With a traditional BMX stem and 16-spoke wheels, the Micro Ripper is a heavy but undeniably durable choice for kids who seem to break anything they touch.

Woom 1

The entry point to Woom’s upscale series of children’s bikes

The team at Woom has produced some innovative children’s bikes in the past few years, numbered 1 through 5 for the order in which they should be purchased and ridden. The Woom 1, the first in the five-bike series, features a V-brake with a brake lever scaled for hands 18 months or older. Standover height is exceptionally low thanks to a curved monotube, and the seat is adjustable. The 1 Plus is designed for children age 3 and up, with 14-inch pneumatic tires. It takes a kitchen-sink approach to equipment, featuring two hand brakes, a coaster brake, and a high-rise, BMX-style handlebar. Both models have a rubber steering limiter to prevent accidents caused by a quick “folding over” of the steering at speed.

Kiddimoto Karbon

For those parents who want to win the playground pose-off

The Kiddimoto Karbon is a carbon fiber balance bike, and we think it looks the absolute business. If Darth Vader spent his youth on two wheels instead of building podracers, this would have been his ride. Upscale touches include pneumatic tires with spoked wheels and an ergonomic gel saddle for longer rides. A new distribution deal is making this available to U.S. buyers at about half the original price.

Banana Bike

A price leader, available with Prime shipping

The Banana Bike LT represents a minimum-viable-product approach to balance bikes. For just under $60, you get an adjustable seat and a ball-bearing headset. Another $10 upgrades you to the GT model, which has pneumatic tires and is available in three colors of sparkly paint. Parents on a budget will appreciate the free shipping and relatively fuss-free assembly, and they’ll feel particularly satisfied with their choice the first time they see their child dragging it down the sidewalk.

Strider 14x

The industry’s dominant brand goes pneumatic

Like their scooter counterparts over at Razor, the balance-bike pros at Strider have been conservative when it comes to changing their core product — but just as Razor eventually gave in to the big-wheel crowd with the Lux, Strider has made the move to a pneumatic tire with the 14x. This is considerably bigger than the traditional Strider 12, which will please BMX parents but may be a little daunting for riders age three or younger.

FirstBike Limited

The only bike on this list with optional skis

Why not make a balance bike out of plastic? It seems like an obvious idea, but only FirstBike has tried doing it at a level above dollar-store disposability. The trellis-style frames of the Basic, Racing, and Limited models are made from composite, carefully molded and finished to remove all sharp edges and pinch points. The brake is a rear drum, and the “horse saddle” seat is shaped to prevent children from slipping off the bike. A special “LowKit” makes this relatively large bike usable for smaller kids, but the most impressive option is the set of skis that bolt on in place of the wheels to make the FirstBike a winter thrasher.

Swagtron K3

More balance bling for less money

You may know Swagtron as an Amazon-focused purveyor of “hoverboards” and other electronic products, but the company is also interested in your balance-bike business. Towards that end, the Swagtron offers some luxury features — pneumatic tires, lattice-spoked wheels, forward-angled handlebars for more stability — at the same price as basic models found elsewhere. Pro tip: Unbox it before your child can see the packaging and get their hopes up for a brightly lit, battery-powered sidewalk toy.

EarlyRider Bonsai

The inevitable fusion of wood and aluminum for the hipster balance biker

With the Bonsai, EarlyRider has created something truly unique: a single-sided rear swingarm balance bike made largely of wood. A single laminated form is bent Eames-style to form the frame, while the fork is carved in more traditional fashion from hardwood. “Rest easy about the carbon footprint of your bike,” EarlyRider advises. If your home is furnished in Modern-with-a-capital-M fashion, this is the only option to seriously consider — it’s a Case Study (pun intended) in how to make a sustainable child’s bike.

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What Have We Learned?

Things we now understand after watching 25 hours and 46 minutes of kaijû weirdness (not including re-watching most films to get details and then comparing my notes vs IMDb’s quotes, plus trivia entires, and then composing reviews to clarify in my own mind what’s going on in the ‘plot’ and various other things). Realistically, we’re looking at a devotion of 48–50 non-contiguous hours of viewing and mental attention to movies featuring guys wearing big rubber suits.

Throughout the entire experience, I’ve watched courtesy of the above entry in the Criterion Collection (Spine #1000) which I got on sale but would have gladly paid full price, had I known just how much pleasure I’ve got from seeing these. Watching the extras on Disc 8, I can see just how much work went into the cleaning-up of the images to make them nearly free of scratches and flaws. Honestly, it’s like night and day when you see the flat colour and hail-like scratches on the frames after watching them in pristine condition for all those hours.

I’ve only watched with the Japanese dialogue and English sub-titles, unless the only option I had was English; as was the case with King Kong vs Godzilla. After hearing the audio for so many Japanese films now — plus Yôjinbô, Tsubaki Sanjûrô, Rashômon, and Shichinin no samurai — it’s tempting to start learning some Japanese. There’s a whole bunch of sounds and groups of words which I’m starting to recognize but do not actually know what they mean per se. The subtleties of hai are something I am certainly starting to get already. I know nothing of actual Japanese characters, however, so while I might recognize the “Hepburn Roman Characterization” of Shichinin no Samurai, the notion of learning an entirely new alphabet so as to also recognize 七人の侍 seems a trifle more daunting. From a distance, the idea of learning Japanese from kaijū films seems cool and fun and an intriguing challenge; but once one gets in up to one’s waist, the notion undoubtedly has much more heavy lifting than being able to point at a hillside and scream “あなたが実行する必要がありますか、巨大なハゲタカがあなたを食べるでしょう！” (or “Anata ga jikkō suru hitsuyō ga arimasu ka, kyodaina hagetaka ga anata o taberudeshou!” if you prefer).

That said, I noticed a heck of a lot of ‘borrowed words’ from English in the films! The following list is not complete, but it’s most of them.

Borrowed words

helicopter

Engine (as in ‘I am having trouble with the engine of my plane’)

Typhoon (although we may have borrowed from them)

handlebag (handbag)

zero (the numeral)

drums (as in oil drums)

Geiger Counter

Remote Control

Oxygen Destroyer

Stop! (as an order to a vehicle)

Blue Mountain (some variety of coffee)

gas (as in a vapour)

Space Titanium

Radar

Maser (as in ‘Maser Cannon’)

Driver (as in ‘screwdriver’)

Thank you (this may have been used in the same way we would use the French, however)

Titanosaurus Controller

Piano (granted, we would call a koto by its name, so not too surprising)

Musical saw (ibid)

tower (as in Tokyo Tower)

action (as in ‘action films’)

microphone

orchestra

prescore (as in ‘music composed before the score is created’)

Screen (as in ‘movie screen’)

camera

happy ending (as in a story element)

Producers (the film role)

story (as a script element)

scenario (ibid)

Other things we can learn by watching these films

Less useful, but the following things can be approached as ‘rules’ to an extent. They should not be considered to be set in stone by any stretch of the imagination, however. There are a large number of times that the films contradict themselves when considering one film after another, and sometimes even within the same scene. After all, when people saw the Giant Octopus in King Kong vs Godzilla, a number of fans cried out for ‘more octopus,’ and so Honda-sensei obliged with an octopus the next kaijû film he did, which was set in the mountains, a location where octopuses are considered ‘rare.’

Anyway, with that veeeeeery flexible matter in mind, here are things I’ve noticed can/will invariably happen:

Japanese harbours are surrounded by refinery equipment prone to attract kaijû for the destruction of

Everything will burn, no matter what it may be made of (which may actually be true)

If it can’t burn, it may burn anyway

If it really can’t burn, then it’ll probably explode or fall on people or both

People will always be in the way of the monster

Railways attract monsters like honey does bees

Ships within 5 miles of any monster will be swept up by a storm and be driven towards them, then either zapped or smashed, with no reason other than the monster feels like it

Aliens will always attack, and so will subterranean peoples

Monsters can be made to defend humans from other monsters, but only if you’re willing to make it a sport for them

When all else fails and you still haven’t got the help of your chosen kaijû, sing at it

It is pointless to fire missiles at a monster, but it is important to do so as it is the expected thing

All aliens hide their ugly forms (and all aliens are ugly)

Co-operation to solve a common problem — and all problems worth solving are common — is the only way forward. Compassion and love will see you through.

People are flexible and play many roles

At one point I was trying to keep track of actors who appeared multiple times in these films, so as to create some sort of bananas story about how one person had ancestors who appeared in Kurosawa-sensei’s films, and then their descendent appeared in theses daft films, but they only were one person in the Godzilla Universe… If I had actually kept track of everyone I would go insane. I have no doubt someone, somewhere, has a spreadsheet with this information in it. I do not want it, please do not send it to me.

However, here are two actors whose credits boggle the mind when looked at:

Takashi Shimura (chronological according to the setting of the stories)

Woodcutter - Rashômon set in… 15xx…? (1950)

Rōnin Kambei Shimada - Seven Samurai set in 1586 (1954)

Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura - Japan’s Longest Day about the very last day of WWII in Japan (1967)

Chief Detective Sato - Stray Dog (1949)

Palaeontologist Dr. Kyohei Yamane - Gojira (1954)

Palaeontologist Dr. Kyohei Yamane - Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Newspaper Editor - Mothra (1961)

Psychiatrist Dr. Tsukamoto - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Akihiko Hirata (eye-patch wearing man)

Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, slayer of kaijû - Godzilla (1954)

Chief Detective Okita - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Captain Yamoto - Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

Environmental researcher Fujisaki - Son of Godzilla (1967)

Professor Hideto Miyajima - Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)

Dr. Shinzô Mafune - Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Don’t forget that the last two of Hirata-san’s appearances over-lap each other’s time line, are direct contradictions of character, and they were possibly done within a few months of each other. Imagine Harrison Ford showing up in The Rise of Skywalker as some ancient fry cook who dispenses poisoned blue milk to the followers of the Rebellion.

Now the following one is my favourite character actor in Japanese film. I’m positive this list is incomplete, as he did little appearances is seemingly any film Toho produced from 1950 through to his death in the mid-’70s. Once you get to know his face and the way he moves, he sticks out a mile, no matter how much make-up or weird wardrobe you cover him with. He’s fabulous and had the kind of career I once would have killed for.

Ikio Sawamura

Constable Hansuke - Yôjinbô (1961)

Elderly Slave - Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster

Priest blessing egg - Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)

Honest Fisherman - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Elderly Slave on Devil’s Island - Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)

Fisherman #1 - Furankenshutain no kaijû: Sanda tai Gaira

Witch Doctor - King Kong vs. Godzilla

There are a bunch more but his final appearance was in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) as Mafune's Silent Butler. He passed away a few months after filming was complete but before it was released.

In conclusion…

All in all, I have had more fun watching all of this lunacy than one probably should. I’ve really been impressed with the storytelling, acting, and the model work (especially in the 1960s). I am probably going to watch most of them again at least once more before I put this aside and begin watching some other series off films with which I’ll become obsessed.

#Godzilla #Gojira #kaijû #Criterion Collection #Dear God What Have I Done to Myself?

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Frostpunk and other games coming to Xbox One this week

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THE CITY MUST SURVIVE Offering players a complex strategic challenge alongside a rich narrative featuring an alternative take on the 19th-century industrial revolution, Frostpunk weaves a story of how our planet mysteriously freezes, putting an end to civilization as we know it and forcing the human race to adapt to the harsh conditions. As the leader of possibly the last civilized society on Earth, you’re going to build the city your survivors live in, discover new technologies, explore frozen wastelands and most importantly, manage and rule society to prepare it for life in an unforgiving world. Whether you’re an enlightened ruler or an iron-fisted tyrant, you’ll discover choices in this world aren’t as easy as they seem, and that holding power over people has a cost as heavy as the responsibility you feel in caring for them. TwinCop (October 11, 2019) Grab a friend and two controllers and get ready for the MOST COOPERATIVE GAME EVER. In this inventive top-down twin-stick shooter, you and a friend control the SAME character! STORY MODE: ABSURD 80s SATIRE You and your partner were the best cops in the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area until a horrific pontoon boat accident nearly killed you. The police department took half of each of your mangled bodies and combined them together using the latest technology to save your lives, combining you into one super-cop: TwinCop. You and your partner now each control half of the same body, so you’ll really need to be in sync with one another if you’re going to survive. What truly happened with that pontoon boat accident? Who is funding the war on these streets? What does the PopTop Corporation (creators of the delicious and healthy PopTop Drink) have to do with any of this? CUSTOMIZE YOUR COP Over 25+ character combinations to try! Choose one of the eight most elite members of the Twin Cities police force, each with their own unique special ability. Try to match up abilities for maximum carnage! Who will you choose? WORK TOGETHER Both of you control movement, so that means communication with your other half is key. Move in OPPOSITE directions, and TwinCop will go nowhere. Move in the SAME direction, and you will move swiftly and heal yourselves. Moving together is the ONLY way to heal, and it also charges your combined super ability, Twinsanity, which slows down time and really lets you gain the upper hand in tough situations. HILARIOUS MINIGAMES When you’re TwinCop, everyday tasks become quite difficult. Defuse bombs by cooperatively cutting wires, chase bad guys through busy intersections, fist bump yourselves after a job well done. You’ll never take these tasks for granted ever again. Active Soccer 2019 (October 11, 2019) Active Soccer 2019 is an exciting top-down arcade football game providing a fast-paced arcade experience, implementing amazing playability and responsive easy-to-learn/hard-to-master controls. With Active Soccer 2019 you have full control of the game, no scripted goals, no CPU-driven decisions! Active Soccer 2019 provides a complete career mode, implementing many international leagues, cups and championships. Imagine being the manager of a 5th division English team - you have a budget and your goal is to be promoted to higher divisions, by purchasing players, creating tactics, managing the team and playing real matches! Features: Multiplayer game, up to 4 local playersCareer mode, supporting 1250 teams (club and national) from all over the world and 25,000 players with individual skillsClassic teams and hundreds of legendary players includedCompetition designerTeam editorVaried weather conditionsDifferent camera views: you can play vertically, horizontally or with a diagonal viewSoundtrack created by Chris Huelsbeck - Amazing fun! Read the full article

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American Gods 1x02: Burn Motherfucker, Burn

Welcome everyone let us gather in worship for episode two of American Gods! There is a part of me that wishes I had never read the book and was instead experiencing this show completely cold, just relishing the assault of characters and stimulus with zero context. If you are having this experience, please let me know how that's going for you. Does it feel like being shot through a wind tunnel? Peacefully drifting through the cosmic vagina? Have you stopped watching? I feel like probably if it was that last one you would have stopped reading this by now. So I hope not.

Anyway this week started off with a bang. If you were at all worried that episode two couldn't compete with the powerful punch packed by ep one, I hope those fears were literally burned to the mother fucking ground. This week's Coming to America was, besides fucking awesome, a perfect illustration of the elements that make this show so delicious. Ingredient one on display is a powerhouse performance. Now I have always found Orlando Jones to be an enjoyable actor, he was by far the best thing Sleepy Hollow (RIP) had going for it. But he has never left me as shewk as he did on Sunday. After campaigning (successfully) for the role or Mr. Nancy on Twitter, Jones set a high bar for himself to deliver the goods. And well...

As you can see, he did. Ingredient number two is the tone and content. As much as I am loathe to use the term "difficult", the subject of American slavery is a difficult one to cover. However American slavery is also just that: American. To really cover the topic of "what makes America, America" as this show seems to be angling to do, you have to talk about the millions of people brought here against their will. Not only does American Gods plunge into this topic head on, but it does so with anger, gravitas, and wit. In a show stopping monologue (that I bet Tarantino wishes he had written first), Mr. Nancy gives a ship full of shackled slaves an unyielding look at the future of black people getting fucked in America. He paints a picture of unending subjugation and suffering, of endless cruelty and humiliation. He also cracks jokes, wears a razor sharp three piece suit, and comes with jazz accompaniment. It’s a potentially tricky juxtaposition of elements, but in the hands of Fuller, Green, and Jones, the scene slays.

As I wrote about last week Bryan Fuller is the master of walking the tonal tightrope and that is really where American Gods excels. It is blood-soaked, filled with novel-length monologues, and takes on ten ton subject matter. It is also genuinely funny, irreverent, and stylish to boot. I mean this episode had a dick pic y'all, a bone a fide hard on. And guess what? America didn't end. Take note Game of Thrones.

After the show stopping opening scene (ya, there was more after that) this week's episode flirted with various dichotomies. We were introduced to the new god Media, by way of Lucille Ball, by way of Gillian Anderson, by way of all of my dreams. Like the other new god Tech Boy, Media is slick and detached, visually polished and poised. She is worshipped passively by millions (including, by default, the audience of the show), and is confident in her relevance and power.

In contrast old god Bilquis is very much of the physical world. She has visceral desires, her worship is carnal, and emotional. She seems to feel emotions that are more human than godly. Despite the million things that are happening at every second, the show is very clear in it's delineating of the gods. Even if it is not always clear what exactly is happening, there is a very strong sense of "us vs them", "this vs that".

This episode we also met Russian death god Czernobog whose name means "Black God", and who has a real chip on his shoulder about his counterpart/brother the "White God". Czernobog enjoys sledgehammering cows to death, vodka, and leisurely games of checkers. Also bless this show for being able to turn on a dime from nonstop high speed crazy to a ten minute checkers playing sequence that is just as taught and compelling as anything else we have seen.

Once again the cast continues to be off the chart bananas. Gillian Anderson, Peter Stormare, non-speaking Martha Kelly, CLORIS LEACHMAN. I'm done.

So Shadow bets his life in checkers game against Czernebog and loses. Will he be bludgeoned to death in the morning? Truly anything is possible because Shadow's untimely death wouldn't necessarily mean the end of the series or even his departure from it.

I'll be back next week, and let's just say American Gods has been easing us into us to a world that is unafraid to show cock. Get ready ya'll. Can't wait.

XO MD

PS Bonus god flesh gif:

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I was tagged by @xbluenerdx

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1) As with anyone you could find here on the Tumblies, I love video games. The games that I love the most are the ones that would leave a lasting impact and make you think. The Silent Hill and Zero Escape series are both a good example as after you make your way through, you are left with questions and you will try to put it together and see if others go through the same thoughts.

2) ... No matter how much I love the games, you will not get me play actual horror type games. I am a coward. I’ve freaked out on sneaking parts in ALL of the Zelda games, starting with the Oracle games for the Game Boy

3) I don’t like to be touched. I have sensitive areas on many parts and I’ve grown to learn to fear and distrust others. I’ll especially freak out if someone tries to touch me from behind. Even so, if I do trust you, I’ll reach out and grip at your shirt or your arm for personal comfort in crowded places.

4) My most preferred name called is Adrian. It’s the both the name I have been called for a long time by my Father’s side of the family, as well as a rather gender neutral name. It also seems to be easier for everyone else to pronounce when addressing me

5) I enjoy all sorts of ships. It doesn’t matter if the person is gay, trans, or straight. I don’t even care if it’s one I not considered before. I would enjoy it because you can see the enjoyment other people would take. Hell, even Platonic ships are cute as fook!

6) I don’t like it when people force others their opinions. I’ll enjoy theories and opinions, but when people shove it down your throat that X is Y, it rather aggravates me and takes the fun out of comparing your own opinions with the other, as well as a fun possible debates.

7) Despite being Asian, I’ve been asked countless times what my ethnicity is. The common question if I am Mexican. I personally find it hilarious and decided one day to ask Dad if he’s secretly Hispanic, and was greeted with confusion.

8) I will mess with you. If I like you, I will cause chaos and havoc, be silly, be weird. I joke that I am a bully, but this doesn’t mean you can’t return the favor. However, if something I’ve done you don’t like when it involves you, I will respect you as long as you tell me. I don’t like to mess with people to be hurtful

9) I’ve been drawing since I was 3. I recall being interested in watching my father sketch with his ink pen during his free time when I spent time at him at his work. He’d draw anything i tell him to draw, and it was so wonderfully done. Mom still have a picture he have drawn of me as a babe.

10) I am a vivid dreamer, a lucid one. I love the stories I experience from them, but hate when I get the nightmares, because I feel everything. The pain would linger for days, and the sensations feels different to what I could commonly explain as “I banged my -body part- against wall/object”

11) I’m allergic to all berries, except for strawberries, because that isn’t a berry. But a banana and watermelon is a berry, but I am not allergic to those (in fact i love them so much). I am also allergic to silver earrings, which caused actual knots to form behind my earlobes, because of this, I stopped wearing earrings because, as a child, I only wanted to wear the silver ones and not the gold.

#orion rambles #fact memes #I spent a long time on this

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HubPages» Journey and Places» Visiting Australia this can also be a masterpiece of craftsmanship in the main points and care in the design. The opposite "Legends in Lava" is far older and made in 1964. This piece is Lono, he was often known as lord of the sun and of knowledge on the Hawaiian Islands, Lono brought on the earth to grow green and produce fruit and food for man and the animals that shared his world. Additionally Lono was the god of medication; he had a selected interest in retaining herbs healthy and medicinal plants flourishing for the people of this world. Lono was the god of peace who additionally presided over the makahiki season when struggle ceased and taxes have been paid to the ali'i. Kanaloa, Lord of the Historical Ocean ... Kanaloa ruled over the oceans and was accountable for the southern Pacific Ocean health and the creatures that stay inside is depths. As such, he was god of seamen, sailors, and lord of fishermen and offered the well being of the oceans. He was invoked to calm the seas by many Polynesian fishermen. Little is thought of Kanaloa except he might dwell with men and would watch over them. He's at all times described as Kane's constant companion who, together, liked bananas, and the fruits of the islands of the south Pacific. He cherished to consume `awa (kava-kava) with a ardour, and unfailing finders of inland contemporary water sources for the individuals of Hawaii and different Polynesian lands. It is alleged that Kanaloa's respiratory causes the waves to ebb and circulation on Hawaii shores and that the mountains obeyed his voice.

One Kanaloa Tiki and two Lono Tiki’s made from Hawaiian Lava. In Historical Hawaii there was great beauty. I can't understand why anybody wouldn't find historic Hawaii history and artwork interesting. In historic Hawaii there was nice magnificence, from the flowers to the people of the islands. The world of Tiki’s was additionally there with fascinating piercing stares, and figuring out eyes and people frightening menacing grin that appears to let out a loud ancestral roar to people of our time. These Tiki's and the people of these occasions communicate of an enchanted historical land by means of a wood or stony-lava disposition of the unknown distant past that is tough for us to take a look at with out wanting to know more about these individuals and their rich heritage. Coco Joe was a grasp at capturing this magical past of the Hawaiian people.

Four vintage Coco Joe's of Hawaii "Legends in Lava" Three Coco Joe’s King Kamehameha Punaluu Hawaii the house of Coco Joe's. "lat":21.585253,"lng":-157.894287,"zoom":13,"mapType":"ROADMAP","markers":[] Every piece was exclusively designed and made in Hawaii. Coco Joe's was well-known for their pieces sculptured in Lava erupted from the once fiery depths of historical Hawaiian volcanoes, the designs have been all the time from Hawaii's colorful previous and had been unique creations of solid, Stone Island Clothes-like high quality - extremely well figured with care and love and with extremely detailed features. Coco Joe positioned in Punaluu Hawaii was a maker of resin souvenirs bought in Hawaii. The unique firm is long out of business. The Coco Joe's black resin items were made from lava. The lava was pulverized and blended in with the resin. Every piece was exclusively designed and made in Hawaii. Created with lava that erupted from the ancient island volcanoes; the same type of volcanic lava from which the Hawaiian Islands were formed from a few years ago.

Coco Joe would Capturing the Past of the Hawaiian Folks. Carving is one in every of Man Earliest identified Types of Expression. Carving is one of man earliest identified types of inventive expression; a 25,000 year previous Stone Island Jackets; visit the following post, statue has been found the Polynesian like "Venus of Willendorf" of Lower Austria. Throughout the historic world carved idols blossomed in the early days of man’s civilizations. From the pagans of Northern Europe to the totems of the American Indians in the Pacific Northwest, the Tiki's styles flourished, grew and even may very well be discovered in the South Pacific amongst ancient Polynesians individuals of Hawaii. Thinks to the craftsmanship of Coco Joe and other Hawaiian artist, this legacy may be shared to people of our technology.

Coco Joe's Island Maiden Pele the Goddess of Fireplace was the Volcano Goddess. She rose from the ocean depths in a wreath of hearth and lava to create her personal domain which is now the honest islands of paradise know because the Hawaiian Islands. Within the now too distant past, solely the fairest of maidens can be sacrificed to her molten pyre to appease her displeasure. At present she remains an superior determine whose display brings each tragedy and wondrous magnificence to Hawaii. The volcanoes of Pele have created Hawaii which is the biggest mountain on Earth, rising six miles from the ocean floor.

Coco Joe's Madam Pele made from Lava Pele's Sighting At all times Process an Eruption Coco Joe's lava creations of Pele by close examine revels two sides of Pele's personality; one the evil, wicked hag, and the opposite the sweet native innocent maiden woman. Many declare sightings of her in considered one of her forms usually mingling in crowds solely to abruptly disappear. The sighting at all times process an eruption.

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sendingAuthorGlenn Waters three months in the past

Hello James,

the lava resin is usually poured into a mold for most COCO Joes items. The lava is pulverized right into a fantastic black powder and combined with resin and poured into the mold ... As soon as removed from the mold after hardening, the ending touches can be achieved to the piece by hand, Sanding, and any wanted sculpting, was performed by hand.

Thanks for the comment,

Hi Dawn, that is a superb ashtray, Coco Joe spent a great deal of effort and time in making and designing his creations. Thanks for sharing ...

Daybreak Nelson 2 years in the past

we now have the ashtray with the lady made in 1964, I had no concept who made it, so I looked for ashtrays made with lava. I am so glad to know more about our ashtray, my husband has had it since the 60's as a teen he thinks he purchased it at a yard sale. We don't smoke I use it as a cleaning soap dish.

Hi Mary, Sure Coco Joe's made many other gadgets not in lava or lava resin. Being gold colour it may very well be in a resin made with Hapa-wood, which was highly regarded within the 1960s and 1970s. Thanks for sharing your comment ...

Mary Kompare 2 years in the past

I've a CoCo Joe's napkin holder that I believe is perhaps lava resin. The inside of the napkin holder is stamped "CoCo Joe's - Made in Hawaii." It's a gold coloration. I could not discover any gadgets that have been in this gold coloration. Do you know if, in fact, some were made in the gold coloration??? I can ship an image along (not sure how to try this.) Thanks Mary

It's best to keep them, the Hapa-Wooden figurines by Coco Joe sell for some huge cash on EBay. I saw a Hawaiian carved figurine of the Hawaiian god of money made of Hapa Wooden by Coco Joe selling for twenty eight dollars on EBay ... :)

carol 2 years ago

Great article, I used to be cleaning out a chest and was about to position 2 items for 1.00 ea. at my upcoming yard sale. They are Hapa-Wooden.

AuthorGlenn Waters 2 years ago

They're great to collect and will great shows. Please post your photos when you could have a chance ...

Thank you for your remark.=,

Glenn :)

Mary Lynn 2 years ago

I believe that my grandmother and step grandfather owned coco joes. I've some pictures.

Nice site Hawaiian Scribe, thanks for sharing :)

Stephanie Launiu 3 years in the past from Hawai'i

Mahalo nui for your very interesting hub on Coco Joe's collectibles. I have pinned it to my "Retro Hawaii" board on pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hawaiianmania/retro-hawa...

Aloha, Stephanie

AuthorGlenn Waters 3 years in the past

Hello Dan, I am not shopping for any at this time, nevertheless you could possibly in all probability discover lots of consumers in your Tiki on EBay, and get an excellent value for the Tiki as nicely :)

I have also up to now seen Tiki's for sale on Craigslist, hopefully somebody will see your remark right here on this hub and provide you with a name, thank you in your comment and good luck discovering your Tiki a new dwelling.

Dan Neumann three years ago

I've a tiki.Are you a buyer? 920-292-1117

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