Whenever I say xiao’s name, (魈) xiāo, I say it like (小)xiǎo because its hilarious. I couldn’t stop cackling when I first met him because I thought that the short motherfuckers name was literally just *small* for a hot sec. Like imagine the great Rex Lapis saves your life but then gives you the name shorty for eternity.
Establishing Partnerships
Black Sails Musical Parallels | XV. XVII. XXI.
I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)
Our reporters captured THIS photo of Xenophanes and friends entering property owned by Zephaniah. 🤭 Perhaps they're paying a special visit...but what for? 🤔🤫
Vo, Rumblecusp, Lucidian Ocean: Vo is a treehouse village on the island of Rumblecusp, in the Lucidian Ocean. Its inhabitants were subject to a strange magical effect causing them to lose memories. The Mighty Nein uncovered the cause in 836, and most of the ≈100 villagers left, so it is unclear if it is still inhabited today.
image from crit recap animated
Cathmoíra, Domunas: Cathmoíra was a pre-Calamity city in the continent formerly known as Domunas, now the Shattered Teeth. It is a sister city and docking point for the floating city Avalir.
LORE BOMBS ABOUT XIAO AND HIS FRIENDS IN 2.7 AND I CANT PLAY BC IM HAVING EXAMS SOON. IVE ALREADY SEEN A COUPLE OF SPOILER AND IM LIKE HFJNFBFHDNDBDHDHDHD
I remember reading – I think it was 2014 – a post on a specialized Porsche forum entitled “Why aren’t the Carrera 2.7s worth as much as the RS?”. Well, a few months after that post the value of the 2.7 Carreras started to grow up to quintuple.
The post actually made a lot of sense as the RS and the Carrera 2.7, especially in the European version with fewer restrictions on emissions, shared the…
Opposing Sides
Black Sails Musical Parallels | XV. XXXI. XXXV.
music variation note: the first part of the parallel in XV matches XXXV, while the second part matches XXXI; XV in a minor key and XXXI in a major key.
I spent a year rewatching Black Sails and tracking all the bits of music that repeated at any point during the show, and my findings are reinforcing that Bear McCreary is a genius and this show should have been called 'parallels that will kill you over and over again'* (tag | chronological)
Contrary to the stated terms of their accord, Will wants Chilton to spill to Hannibal. He correctly surmises that telling Chilton not to ensures he will, besting the cocky Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane administrator with simple reverse psychology. What then does Will seek to gain? To upset Hannibal by cutting off access to the object of his obsession? To provoke him into making a mistake that might lead to his unmasking or, better yet, arrest? To just see what he might do? Maybe all of the above.
we now know the names and aliases of the yaksha's and zhongli just appearing at the end. that swish of robes. and then the next quest where he comes and is like 'no you didn't. i am zhongli the ordinary mortal and no you did not see me. and if you did i was taking a leisulery walk (in the middle of monster infested chasm) and you cannot blame me for anything! please do not thank me.'
i'm screaming because this was a beautiful ending to a quest. felt a little heavy lore wise and not very uh tied in to the rest of the storyline but was still rather excellent and beautiful. the domain graphics were gorgeous and I can't belive it.
SPOILER ALERT: 2.7 event
the chinese playerbase has known the names of the yaksha for a while, so i feel like they've appeared before, but i'm not sure about that.
zhongli appearing at the end.... dude when xiao fell down, the music just STOPPED and i was like... literally about to cry LMAO. then the robe swish actually nearly made me cry i was like no you can't be ding this to me!!! and then paimon was like 'don't act dumb!!!' and i was screaming too like BRO JUST TELL US WHAT HAPPENED GHSNGSDHGJDH
it was truly beautiful i really enjoyed it. i was actually pretty glad they didn't leave 'interlude' just at shenhe story quest because istg i would have been so annoyed >:( also i'm glad we got to see characters actually doing their idles and attack animations!! it was super cool and i really want them to do that more ;;