#FINALLY REMADE THE OLD PROMO

[dcwnthercbbithcle]

Do you like 𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒? 𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐒? How about characters that 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔, but are actually 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒?

How about 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐘 characters that are an 𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑 that explore topics of 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤, 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞? What about characters that invert concepts of 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃, 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓

With 𝐈𝐍-𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐇 & 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄 inspired by Mortal Kombat canon, it's many loose ends and a variety of real-world culture and influences. Such as 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍. 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂, 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄, 𝐈𝐃𝐎𝐋 & 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 status and their place in 𝐏𝐎𝐏 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄, 𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 from history and pop culture, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐄𝐆𝐘𝐏𝐓 and countless more.

If you answered 𝐘𝐄𝐒 to any of the questions above, do I ever have the character for you!

Meet the High Priestess of Bayja, Outworld's Idol, 𝐙𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐘𝐀 𝐕𝐘𝐀𝐒𝐈, the Jewel of the Golden Wastes. Voice of the East. Hierophant to the Realms Enigmas & Sacred Mysteries. Beauty to some, devil to others and Spiritual Leader by occupation.

Zuriya is, at her surface, a practitioner of magic who dabbles in the traditionally heavenly aspects of the discipline, those expected of a magus of her position and priestess to the gods, yet doesn't shy away from the darker elements, rather it seems she is drawn to them. Soul manipulation, conjuration, and destruction all hold a place in her wheelhouse, making her a sorceress who practices the dark arts.

However, this reality has been cleverly hidden beneath the virtuous pursuits of her light magic and position as a patron under a goddess of life, rebirth and security. 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆.

Unlike many other magus or sorceresses, Zuriya's magical aspirations are pursued through a distinctly unique form of music and dance that she has turned from a mere method of practice into an attraction, a point of recognition the realm over and stardom.

Much like her magic, Zuriya’s personality treads both dark and light with all the care of a seasoned dancer. Though severe and uncompromising in the hand that guides her Temple.

Zuriya is a profoundly compassionate, well-humoured and light-hearted woman. That playful side she shows through performance is no act. She is a being of impulse, spontaneity, growth and carefree love for her existence! She is an ambitious and adventurous woman, desiring knowledge and travel to fuel an innate curiosity in her soul. She possesses a genuinely magnetic presence that lends well to her position as high priestess and a celebrity influence. Still, though fun, Zuriya is an intensely self-serving, ruthless woman in the face of her desires.

❝ The secrets inside her mind are like flowers in a garden at nighttime, filling the darkness with perfume. ❞

          INDIE | SELECTIVE |  MUN IS 21+ | PENNED BY BUNI

#mk rp #mortal kombat rp #fighting game rp #dc rp #indie rp #mortal kombat roleplay #video game rp #screen reader unsafe #FINALLY REMADE THE OLD PROMO

[heartsofhell]

♡ Addicted to this feelin', I can't help but swallow ♡

Indie Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel RP Blog. OC, mutliples and crossover friendly. 18 + only.

♡ I made my choice and I'm livin' likes there's no tomorrow ♡

#self promo #i finally remade it cause i didnt like the old one anymore

[jelliselfships]

❤️Finally remade my old self-ship so this is my intro post/promo post❤️

I’m Anita/jelli (either name is fine, main is corpsejelli) my pronouns are she/it. I’m usually cool with sharing so be shy to follow if we do, I have a lot of different f/os and they change rapidly with my interests so keep that in mind!

❤️Here’s a list with some of my main f/os

-Bob the tomato (veggietales)

-Chris Walker (outlast)

-Dr.Frogg (league of super evil)

-Fester Addams (the Addams family)

-Frylock (athf)

-Gregory (Gregory horror show)

-Harvey Bullock (DC)

-Ivor (mcsm)

-Penguin (DC)

-Lenny (school for little vampires)

-Luke Atmey (ace attorney)

-Phineas Welles (outer worlds)

-Preston Garvey (fo4)

-Vincenzo (Atlantis: the lost empire)

-Warren the Eagle (dhmis)

-William murderface (metalocalypse)

-Xavier (Xavier renegade angel)

Thanks for reading! Have a nice day!

#I’d appreciate a promo if possible but don’t feel pressured to or anything #self insert ship #self insert #s/i art #self insert community #self shipping

[beinfriends]

( Alright, pretty sure I've basically collected everybody in the Mother RPC at this point, so looks like it's time for me to say... hello! I'm Rabbit, or better known as Psy in this community (which you can see I continue to go by... because I am too fucking lazy to redo my promo assets. But I still really do just use Psy still.), and I was in the Mother RPC previously from 2018-2021 (I think? or 2020, I don't really remember) and wound up leaving due to mental health reasons, but recently I randomly got the urge to come back, so here I am with a remade blog. I was previously twinsmily, pigmonarch/allhailkingp, and beinfriends, a blog I have since moved from in order to make this blog.

I've added a lot of muses since the previous iteration of this blog. I feel like I should warn people, even if you knew me prior to rejoining (i.e. Neg and Star. hi btw) that my muse priorities have shifted quite a bit, although Lucas/Claus/Porky are still main muses for me. I replayed Mother 3 last June and got really into the Tazmily villagers for some reason, hence why I added all of them to my muse roster. If you remember the original version of this blog, my list was like <10 muses. We're at 50 now, and I didn't even list everybody.

As to why this even happened... I was playing chapter 3 and read Paul's text during the scene where Fassad tries to get everyone to pick up Happy Boxes and he said "I don't need happiness. It's standing right next to me." and I just really admired his wifeguy-ness... I thought that was so cute, since I'd never really thought about him before. And then my brain decided I liked literally all of them so here we are.

As mentioned in my rules, I did recommend the worldbuilding page + considering reading my fic recs per each character, but overall, I feel I should plug this directly. If you're interested in seeing the Tazmily that I have built in excruciating detail, consider giving A Change of Heart a read. The fic is about Leder telling everyone the truth about their past and everyone being forced to reckon with their trauma and memories.

Up front, it's 200,000 words. But it's a fic I wrote over the course of 5 months last year and is a huge basis for how my Tazmily now functions. The main verse of this blog is directly tied to this fic. Per my timeline, the final events of ACOH concluded one year prior to the events of this blog. BUT it's okay, I do not expect you to know all this shit. I will tell you things as necessary, I just thought I could cut out the middleman a bit is all.

What do you need to know about the default universe of this blog? Here's a few simple things to make it clearer:

The events of Mother 3 concluded 4 years ago.

ALL Tazmily villagers have regained their full memories of the past. The story is generally gone, though people didn't abandon their roles/jobs.

Tazmily has been rebuilt in the old style, but the world is a mix of old and new; people still use DP, but bartering has come back in a major way in terms of doing business.

There are multiple new settlements to account for all the New Porkers.

In all, it's pretty simple, but again, highly recommend you check out my worldbuilding page for a more in-depth rundown of the world, but still shorter than a 200,000 word fic lol. I still have some stuff I wanna add, but I got a lot of it done yesterday.

Also, I have a lot of posts queued from my personal about villager lines, or edits I made, so on, so expect to see those posts in the coming days. I have chronicled a vast majority of lines you can possibly see the villagers say. I got plenty o' lines you've probably never seen. There's only a handful of lines I cannot find, and am assuming went unused. So yeah, enjoy that!! It'll be your crash course on the villagers if you, like everybody (including past me), know very little about the villagers. I look forward to it.

This blog may or may not wind up being low activity, but it remains to be seen. I start my new job today, so I'll see how the work-life balance is. Bios are still a WIP. As I said yesterday, I have 19/50 completed. I will hopefully do the secondary bio batch soon, but probably not today, and probably not tomorrow, because work. But everyone in the main tier has a bio, so check 'em out!

If you made it this far, thanks for reading! I hope I get to know all of you better in the coming days and weeks! Starter call will come after this post for everyone. See ya soon! )

#Rabbit Ramblings [OOC]

[cosettepontmercys]

Hi! Ya I was curious about the extra bonus track..but some people said it might just be a remix so I wasn't too sure about it. I like the color though and how it also matches one of her 1989 outfits on tour like people were saying. But I kinda wonder why she is doing so much for 1989..similar to Midnights with the extra bonus track and different covers..but I think she just wants it to be really successful over the original version. I may buy one for the car eventually but it also won't have the bonus song so idk. I loved her VMAS look and after-party look..and how she wore a dress similar to Sabrina's and hung out with Selena! I love that they're still close.

Ooh that concert should be fun and I'm happy you got tickets! Hopefully she works on stage presence too. The whole album has grown on me more..especially Get him back, but i have the same favorites. Ooh yes I am hoping to listen to Laufey, Mitski and Madison Beer soon. They all kinda have a slow style and almost old fashioned sound which I like. I would say it was true for Billie's other album as well if you listen to it. But Olivia's was actually more rockish lol...so I really just like it all.

I never saw Ride the Cyclone but have heard good things about it. I guess I'm not as familiar with some off Broadway stuff for the most part but that's cool. I hope we can both like Broadway again soon. But I see you watched the Little Mermaid movie and so did I! It's nice thinking we both did the same thing near each other like with the Eras tour..and hopefully with seeing the tour movie too. Anyway I thought it was mostly fine..but also good. But I mostly enjoy all the remakes..cuz I already know what I'm getting so I can't be too disappointed. But anyway..ya new songs sometimes always feel unnecessary anyway. I knew it was Lin beforehand but also you can always kinda hear Lin's style too so it's interesting you didn't know. But it was more obvious in Encanto than here. I'm still a fan of his though! But I will watch any musical movie and at least somewhat enjoy it lol. I am also using it as an opportunity to watch the Cinderella with Brandy and Bernadette Peters finally..and hoping to watch the new Theater Camp movie that's now on Hulu. I'm also looking forward to seeing her in the Color Purple movie when it comes out, since I thought she was a pretty good Ariel. What were your thoughts? I get the idea that ya it doesn't really need to be remade cuz we have stage versions too so sometimes it's just kinda okay..I think they're all pretty equal to me.

I'm glad you're feeling better! I wasn't feeling as well either which is why I didn't reply right away. But I've also more offline and trying to read more too. I will hopefully be done with Some Mistakes Were Made by the end of this week..maybe. since I am now trying to read more books in the readathon and focus on that. I will probably put The Night Circus in cozy fantasy then, and finishing up picking for the other categories. I don't really listen to audiobooks cuz I get too distracted or can't focus on it. It would have to be a good one too..a lot of the ones I'm familiar with is just like reading out loud so I don't usually listen to them..but i could see how it might make you enjoy the book more if the audio was good. I'm glad you are reading more books you enjoy and getting more done for the readathon. I will definitely look into any book you love or recommend! Have a good week!

hi hello!! i'm definitely curious to see what she ends up doing in terms of remixes for 1989 tv! and i've seen some theories about her alternating between not a lot of promo and then a lot of promo, which is cool — and would make sense with rep being an album with not a lot of promo which means (in my delusional brain) that debut would have a lotttt of promo !! i do not think that's true, but i would love it if debut finally got paid its dues. unfortunately, the different covers is just the norm now; i think sour & guts both had ~ 15/16 variants, most artists have at least 3 but a lot of them usually have more, it's just a marketing/sales thing, unfortunately. and yes!! i think it's so cute how close they are <3

i listened to the new laufey last week but haven't had time to relisten and so i do not have favorites for you yet! i've actually never listened to madison beer, but tiktok keeps pushing her on me so i might give her album a go soon! and the new mitski — i am just very behind on music lately (been listening to audiobooks instead) but i am very excited to give the new mitski a go! one of my best friends got to go to an early listening party in a planetarium for the new mitski, and that experience sounded SO cool. guts has definitely grown on me a lot more; i think i like it more than sour, but that might be recency bias.

i saw ride the cyclone twice in seattle, and it is just such a weird little musical that i love with my entire heart! i love odd little shows that just make me think, and ride the cyclone definitely is one of those shows. i'm seeing the national tour of hadestown in a few weeks which i'm super excited for; i've seen it on broadway twice, but missed the tour last year when they were in seattle (got into seattle and then found out they cancelled my performance twenty minutes before doors opened). and i just got tickets to go see a regional performance of the band's visit when i'm in boston this fall, so i'm super stoked! i hope you're also able to love broadway again soon 🤍

and yes!! i love that! 🥺 i think i was a little disappointed by the remake? i don't usually like remakes though (aside from live action cinderella). i really loved halle bailey as ariel, but was a bit let down by jonah h-k as eric (and sent my friend caitlyn several voice memos about how his eric reminds me of how he plays laurie in PBS little women) vocally but also just wasn't the biggest fan of his characterization/interpretation! i think the remake also just didn't do a whole lot for me, which is fine! the pacing felt very drawn out, i wish the costumes were a bit brighter in color, and i think some of the casting was interesting, but i really loved daveed diggs as sebastian! i haven't actually wanted encanto but i keep meaning to!

i'm SO excited for theatre camp! i think i'm watching it on friday with a friend; i love molly gordon, and will watch anything for her haha. the color purple remake looks so good, i saw a trailer of it when i watched barbie and it looks amazing!! in general though, i really have mixed feelings because i don't think everything needs to be a remake — i think some things work better as proshots vs. remakes, and sometimes i just get sad because there are perfectly good actors who can sing well that we can cast in musicals and a lot of remakes/movie musicals don't do that (this isn't about any cast/movie in particular, just an overarching generalization).

i hope you're feeling better!! i feel like everyone is getting sick/ill lately :( take care of yourself, friend! i haven't really been doing the readathon as much as i want to either — jamie and i were briefly talking about doing an october / nov / dec one instead (i have some prompt ideas, might just post them to encourage the besties to read more if people are interested)! do you have anything fun planned for this weekend? what are you currently reading/watching/listening? 🤍

#post: answered #🩷 anon

[desthscape]

hey ! I will keep this simple and short as I can. But this an priv. sel. indi. multi-muse roleplaying blog that takes partake in any gaming and anime franchise. ( final fantasy, honkai star rail , bleach ect ] however everything on this blog will regard to my interpretation any of my muses, with minor set back of my own headcanons. which I will be  oriented  for you read rules before asking any interactions with me. force with beta editor ]

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written by mac, 33 years old. + pronouns ; he / him.  est blog remade. september 5th 2023. other  blogs: renji abarai , zack fair , scaramouche nav.   carrd. , startercalls , promo. 

low - activity due to helping wife watching newborn.

#[ pinned post / don't reblog !

[deadqueernoldor]

Got tagged by @camille-lachenille , thank you bestie!

[ID: So, wanted to get some hiatus rec lists goig6 and encourage some self promo in my friends so how about sharing your top fics no matter how big or small – give us the links to your wonderful works with the Most hits/most kudos/most comments/most bookmarks/most words/least words. //END ID]

Most hits & Most Kudos

Alright, so most hits and kudos both would be very close between Old Bonds Remade (4th age Maglor fic with a lot of family shenanigans) and Old Habits Die Hard (3rd Age Maglor fic where he lives in the Shire as Old Maggie Took and he adopts baby Lilotie bc ofc he cant stop taking in stray elflings)

Most comments

Once more, it would be Old Bonds Remade, and I am glad I'm not the only sucker for 4th age feanorian reunions and the brothers consequently pissing each other off hehe

Most bookmarks

This one's Old Habits Die Hard again, but the most bookmarked one that's not of our Old Maggie Took series would be Elves Are Not A Cult (I Think). It's out first nb OC Loreley, who finds seven goddamn weirdos in the forest and comes to the conclusion they must have escaped some sekt or cult to Be the way they are!

Most words

Finally something different lol! Most words with a margin of 14.900 words is On Which We Stand And Fall. It's a 2nd Age fic in canon divergence, following Ranyatinwe, our OC for Caranthir's twin sister. She meddles, and somehow along the way ends up with Ecthelion as a husband!

Least words

Shortest fic is Built On Duality, a oneshot of the second kinslaying in Doriath, also following Ranyatinwe, who, for once, shows morals ♡

Looking at this I am so glad how much people live the whole Maglor hid in the Shire AU, because it was a fuckton of fun writing it, and I'm happy it's still very much loved

Tagging anyone who wants to do it, really! I need fic recs so this is a plea to please drop your fics for me to download or read during my holidays.

#tag game #tolkien #long post

[kybercore-archive]

    ❛  INFINITE SADNESS,  ❜    obi-wan said, even while smiling.   // est. dec. 2016.

#ok so i remade my old promo #w/ the new url #and its my day off so #u guys can catch me on skype while i watch the final few episodes of s5 of tvd #and then ill most likely try and do some overly due stuff #wHO WANTS IN ?? #self promo tag.

[materia-hunter-robin]

(Remade this post without links so it will show up in tags)

RP promo for Final Fantasy VII Original Character Robin O'Mordha

Open to most things with a few hard limits. Mun is 29+ years old.

Feel free to shoot me an ask or message if you want to start a thread or just kick some ideas around without commitment. No need to follow.

#rp promo #final fantasy 7 rp #ff7 rp #final fantasy vii rp #ffvii rp #final fantasy vii roleplay #oc rp #final fantasy vii oc #final fantasy oc #final fantasy rp #final fantasy vii oc rp #final fantasy 7 roleplay

[papermoonloveslucy]

THE LUCIE ARNAZ SHOW

April 2, 1985

Produced by Sam Denhoff Productions and Taft Entertainment Television

Producers: Susan Seeger, Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman

“The Lucie Arnaz Show” was based on the British television sitcom “Agony” (1979-81) starring Maureen Lipman as Dr. Jane Lucas. The original series ran for 20 episodes on LWT (London Weekend Television). Guest cast included actors like Bill Nighy, Rosalind Ayres, Miranda Richardson, and Phyllida Law.

On “Here’s Lucy” there was an attempt to spin off Lucie’s character of Kim Carter for her own sitcom. In 1972, the last episode of season 4, “Kim Cuts You-Know-Who’s Apron Strings” (HL S4;E24), essentially served as the pilot for a story that had Kim moving to her own apartment, introducing a new cast of characters, one of whom was Lucy’s brother Herb, an uncle invented for the new series. CBS did not pick-up the pilot for production and Arnaz remained part of the regular cast of “Here’s Lucy” in seasons 5 and 6. While it seems unlikely that Lucille Ball was incapable of convincing CBS to pick up the new series, most likely Ball didn’t want to pressure CBS due to Vivian Vance’s sudden illness. Without Vance to fill-in as Lucy’s side-kick, Lucie was needed on “Here’s Lucy.” 

After viewing the pilot CBS made a six episode commitment to the show, but recast everyone but Lucie and Karen Jablons-Alexander (Loretta). Broadway’s Chip Zien was one of the casting casualties. CBS aired all six episodes (with a two-month break after episode 4) but they declined to pick up the show for their Fall 1985 schedule. 

CBS also made the executive decision to change the title from “Agony” to “The Lucie Arnaz Show,” a decision Lucie was conflicted about. While she was flattered to have her name on a show she felt good about, she felt it was not a show about Lucie Arnaz, but Jane Lucas. In England, the term ‘Agony Aunts’ applies to those who give advice, much like Dear Abby or Ann Landers in America. CBS insisted the title was too short to be quickly found and understood in the TV listings. 

Unlike her mother’s sitcoms, the show was NOT filmed with three cameras in front of a studio audience, but on location in New York City with one camera. 

Between the time the pilot was shot (late 1984) and production resumed after CBS gave the show the green light, Lucie Arnaz became pregnant with her third child, Kate. Production was sped up and Arnaz’s wardrobe successfully hid her pregnancy from viewers. Coincidentally, Lucille Ball herself was pregnant with Lucie when filming the pilot for “I Love Lucy” in 1951. 

CBS picked up the show as a replacement series for “Alice”, a sitcom starring Linda Lavin that ended its 9 season run on March 19, 1985. Although Monday nights had been lucky for Lucille Ball, Lucie Arnaz was given Tuesday evenings, taking the 8:00pm time slot of “The Jeffersons” which moved to 8:30pm for its final months on the air. “The Jeffersons” aired its final episode on June 25, two weeks after the end of “The Lucie Arnaz Show,” so CBS moved it back to 8pm and aired it alongside a rerun of “Alice” at 8:30pm. 

Series Premise 

“Advice Radio 88 - Your spot for music and mental health in the afternoon”.

Lucie Arnaz plays Dr. Jane Lucas, a radio call-in host in New York City, who also writes a newspaper column and holds down a private practice. She has to deal with her eccentric secretary Loretta, her chauvinistic boss Jim, her immature co-host Larry, and her interfering sister Jill. 

“The always ingratiating Miss Arnaz as a psychologist who not only writes an advice column, but also takes calls from listeners on her own radio program." ~ New York Times

The show features Jane contending (by phone) with her over-protective mother. Viewers cannot help but think of the real-life mother Lucille Ball, who looms large over the CBS sitcom world. In fact, promo material for the series touted 'You'll Love This Lucie!’ 

In the mid-1960s, CBS employed Abigail Van Buren to bring her “Dear Abby” advice column to the airwaves just as Dr. Jane Lucas did on Advice Radio 88′s “The Love and Lucas Show” in the mid-1980s.

CBS also recruited Lucille Ball to do a daily 15 minute talk show (as herself) titled “Let’s Talk To Lucy”.  Although not strictly an advice show, Ball was known to speak her mind if she was so inclined. 

In addition to her co-hosting duties at WPLE, Jane writes a column for the Daily Mirror, which was also the name of the newspaper that Lucy Ricardo read about Rosemary in “Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer” (S1;E10).

Although it was a real-life newspaper, New York’s Daily Mirror ceased publication in 1963, making it fictional in Jane Lucas’s New York, but not Lucy Ricardo’s! 

Jane lives in Apartment 4A on East 70th Street. From 1951 to May 1953, the Ricardos lived in Apartment 4A on East 68th Street. 

Jane plays short-stop for the WPLE softball team. Lucy Carmichael and Viv Bagley played softball for the Danfield Volunteer Fire Department in “Lucy and Viv Play Softball” (TLS S2;E23) in 1963. 

Although she played music instead of dispensing advice, Lucy Carmichael hosted a radio show in “Lucy the Disc Jockey” (TLS S3;E26) in 1965. 

In 1981, the same year “Agony” ended in Great Britain, Desi Arnaz Jr. was in a TV movie titled “Advice to the Lovelorn” starring Chloris Leachman as an advice columnist named Maggie Dale. The telefilm served as a pilot for a series that was not picked up for production. 

In 1933, the same year Lucille Ball arrived in Hollywood, United Artists released a film adaptation of the Nathaniel West novel “Miss Lonelyhearts” titled Advice to the Lovelorn (later changed to Advice to the Forlorn), about a newspaper reported demoted to writing the lonely hearts column of his newspaper. It featured “I Love Lucy” character actor Charles Lane.  

In 1958, the story was remade again, this time with Montgomery Clift as the demoted reporter writing to the heartbroken. This version was titled Lonelyhearts and was adapted by Dore Schary, and produced by Walter Reilly, both of whom were characters on “I Love Lucy”. 

Finally, just a year before “The Lucie Arnaz Show” started filming its pilot, PBS presented a more faithful adaptation of “Miss Lonelyhearts” starring Eric Roberts as the writer. 

In 2020, “The Lucie Arnaz Show” began streaming on Tubi, a free TV streaming service. 

“I wasn’t anxious to do a television series. I have no desire to become any more famous than I already am--and I don’t mean that egotistically. It’s just that I’ve been well known for...well, really ever since I was born, because of whose daughter I was, and I’ve never had a burning ambition to be famous. I grew up with it; I know what it’s like.” ~ Lucie Arnaz, Los Angeles Times  

REGULAR CAST

Lucie Arnaz (Dr. Jane Lucas) is the real-life daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. She was born in 1951 just before the premiere of “I Love Lucy.” Lucille Ball was actually pregnant during the filming of the show’s pilot. Despite rumors to the contrary, Lucie Arnaz never appeared on “I Love Lucy.” Lucie played Cynthia (as well as other characters) on “The Lucy Show.”  She has been twice married, to actor Phil Vandervort (1971) and actor-writer Laurence Luckinbill (1980–present). She has three children  with Luckinbill: Simon, Joseph, and Katharine. She now lives in Palm Springs, California, near the home once owned by her parents. 

Jane is 31 years old and a graduate of New York University. Arnaz was actually 33 and did not attend college. 

Tony Roberts (Jim Gordon, Jane’s Boss) and Lucie Arnaz were both presenters at the 1981 Tony Awards aired on CBS.  Coincidentally, Roberts was on Broadway in They’re Playing Our Song, although he joined the cast after Lucie Arnaz’s departure, playing opposite Anita Gillette as Sonia Walsk. In March 1985, just prior to the airing of this sitcom, Roberts, Arnaz, and Lucille Ball were three of the “Night of 100 Stars 2″ at Radio City Music Hall. In 2018, Roberts and Arnaz were two of the many stage stars interviewed for the Rick McKay documentary Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age.

Karen Jablons-Alexander (Loretta, Jane’s Secretary) was born in 1951 in Trenton, New Jersey. Aside from this short-lived series, she only has two other screen credits, both in 1991: a day player on “General Hospital” and a background character on the film True Colors.  Aside from Lucie Arnaz, Jablons-Alexander was the only actor CBS retained from the pilot episode. 

Lee Bryant  (Jill, Jane’s Sister) is probably best remembered as Mrs. Hammen in both Airplane! and Airplane 2: The Sequel. From 1978 to 1979 Bryant starred in TV commercials for Yuban coffee, where she played a wife who can't understand why her husband never wants to drink a second cup of her coffee. She also played Fran, ex-wife of  “T.J. Hooker” (1982-83). 

Todd Waring (Larry Love, Jane’s Co-Host) made his series TV debut with this show. He has been continually working ever since. He is married to actor Eve Gordon and has two children. 

Tippy (Larry’s Invisible Dog) 

Each episode began with a different handwritten note from a listener, after which, the credits begin. 

EPISODES (aired in filming order)

April 2, 1985 - “The Old Boyfriend” (S1;E1) 

Synopsis: Discovering that her old beau had indulged in a few lies, Dr. Lucas decides that ''after 12 years, I can put down the torch.''  At the half-hour's end, she advises a listener that ''happiness is being aware of the fact that you're not going to be happy all of the time.''

Director: Ed Feldman

Writers: Susan Seeger

Rating 12.6 ~ In its first outing, the show attracted 20% of viewers, a sliver better than “Three’s a Crowd” on ABC, but well below “The A-Team” on NBC, which got 37%.

GUEST CAST

John Getz (Scott, Jane’s Old Boyfriend) is an Iowa-born theatre actor who appeared in the workshop and very first production of the musical The Robber Bridegroom. Goetz was standby for Robert Klein in Broadway’s They’re Playing Our Song starring Lucie Arnaz. One of Getz's earliest roles was as ‘Shampoo Man’ in a Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo commercial shot in the late 1970s. He has recently been seen on “Better Call Saul” and “Grace & Frankie.”

Gene Klavan (Mel, Engineer) was born on May 4, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. Klaven was a popular talk radio personality although on screen he was primarily a voice actor. He left radio in 1980 and died on April 8, 2004.

Thomas Quinn (Cab Driver) is best known as Desk Sergeant Martin on the CBS sitcom “Baker’s Dozen” (1981). 

TRIVIA

555-WPLE was the advice line phone number, adhering to the old film and TV practice of using 555 as a telephone exchange.  

The opening scene was filmed on location in front of the Ed Sullivan Theatre (above today), then home to the CBS sitcom “Kate & Allie”. Coincidentally, in 1987 “Kate & Allie” did an episode where Allie (Jane Curtain) dreams she is in “I Love Lucy.”

Across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theatre is the Broadway Theatre, where Anthony Quinn was performing in a revival of the 1968 musical Zorba. The revival ran from October 16, 1983 to September 2, 1984, which means the scene was shot sometime in late summer 1984.

On her office bulletin board, there is a Playbill for the musical My One and Only which opened on Broadway on May 1, 1983 and closed on March 3, 1985. It then launched a National Tour starring Sandy Duncan and Tommy Tune. Lucie Arnaz replaced Duncan on the second half of the tour. Lucie won the famed Chicago Sarah Siddons Award for her performance.

A view of the Empire State Building starts the final scene at the baseball diamond. Location footage of the Empire State Building was also seen in “Bon Voyage” (ILL S5;E13) as the helicopter carrying Lucy Ricardo toward the SS Constitution flies over Manhattan.

One of the most memorable episodes of “I Love Lucy” involved Lucy and Ethel (dressed as women from Mars) scaling the observation deck of the New York City landmark, although there was no establishing footage and the episode was filmed entirely in Hollywood. 

The final scene of the episode takes place at a Central Park baseball field. Could this be the same field where Lucille Ball played for the Broadway Show League in 1961, batting for Wildcat with Julie Andrews (Camelot) as catcher and Joe E. Brown as ump? 

April 9, 1985 - “Sisters” (S1;E2) 

Synopsis: Jane's sister visits her for the week while her family is out of town.

Director: Ed Feldman

Writer: Susan Seeger, Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman

Rating 10.5 ~ The show fell to third place in its time period, drawing just 16% of the audience.

GUEST CAST

Melissa Joan Hart (Sarah, Jane’s Niece) was an 8 year-old from Long Island when she made her TV debut with this episode. She is best known for playing the leading roles in “Clarissa Explains It All For You” (1991-94) and “Sabrina The Teenage Witch” (1996-2003). 

Sandy Schwartz (Billy, Jane’s Nephew, uncredited)

Gwyn Gilliss (Peggy Gordon, Jim’s Wife) is a NY stage actor who is best known as Lisette Grummond on over 800 episodes of the soap opera “Loving”.  She was also seen on the daytime dramas “All My Children,” “As The World Turns,” “Another World,” and “Ryan’s Hope.” 

Kate McKeown (Sister Bernadette) 

Richard Zavaglia (Sam, Engineer)

Douglas Seale (Mr. Beverly, Jane’s Neighbor) was born in London in 1913. He was a New York stage actor seen in the original casts of The Dresser (1981) and Noises Off (1985), which earned him a Tony nomination. He was the voice of the Sultan in Aladdin (1992) and the voice of Krebbs in The Rescuers Down Under (1990). He died in 1999 at age 85.

Jane attends an event at the Club El Morocco. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were just two of the many celebrities who spent evenings at the Club, known for its zebra-print banquettes. 

PRESS

“Will Miss Arnaz get better scripts to showcase her decidedly appealing personality? Perhaps only Sam Denhoff, the creator and executive producer, knows for sure.” ~ New York Times, April 9, 1985

April 23, 1985 - “Good Sports” (S1;E3) 

Synopsis: Jane gets a poor review from a Sports writer (Danny Aiello).

Director: Allan Baron

Writers: Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman

Rating 9.2 ~ The show was not aired the previous week due to the mini-series “Space”. This week the show was up against two repeats, and still lost its time slot. 

GUEST CAST

Danny Aiello (Dick Rosetti, Sports Columnist) was nominated for an Oscar of 1989′s Do The Right Thing. In 2016, Aiello and Lucie Arnaz were both voices in the animated film Henry & Me. He appeared with Tony Roberts in the films Key Exchange (1985) and Radio Days (1987). He died in 2019 at age 86.

Dick Boccelli (Dominick, Bar Patron)

Frank Gio (Frankie, Bartender)

Richard Zavaglia (Sam, Engineer)

April 30, 1985 - “Larry Writes the Songs” (S1;E4) 

Synopsis: Jane reviews Larry's song lyrics.

Director: Allen Baron

Writer: Bob Colleary

Rating 7.5 ~  Once again the show was up against two repeats, and still lost its time slot.

GUEST CAST

Ray DeMattis (Vitto, Mr. Gordon’s Barber) made his TV debut with this episode. He is a New York stage actor who was also seen in several TV shows featuring Bill Cosby. 

Melissa Joan Hart (Sarah, Jane’s Niece)

Sandy Schwartz (Billy, Jane’s Nephew)

Ted Schwartz (Buzzy Cone, Emcee)

Carol Siskind (Cookie, Stand-Up Comic)

Richard Zavaglia (Sam, Engineer)

Douglas Seale (Mr. Beverly, Jane’s Neighbor)

June 4, 1985 - “Jane’s Desperate Hour” (S1;E5) 

Synopsis: Jane helps a young woman with an abusive husband.

Directed by: Peter Baldwin

Written by: Len Richmond & Sam Denhoff

Rating 6.4 ~ Not only did the episode lose its time slot to reruns, it was the lowest rated show of the evening on all three networks.

GUEST CAST

Kit LeFever (Marie, Jane’s Patient)

Raymond Baker (Ralph, Marie’s Husband)

Clarence Felder (Rocky, Jane’s Patient)

Mark Kaplan (Cop)

Richard Zavaglia (Sam, Engineer)

Douglas Seale (Mr. Beverly, Jane’s Neighbor)

June 11, 1985 - “Birthday Blues” (S1;E6)

Synopsis:  Jane puts together a 'surprise' birthday party for Mr. Gordon.

Director: Peter Baldwin

Writer: Laura Levine

Rating 6.6 ~ Once again the show was the lowest rated show of the evening across the board. Although the rating share was up 2 tenths of a point from the previous week, it was too little, too late to give confidence for a fall 1985 renewal.

GUEST CAST

Douglas Seale (Mr. Beverly, Jane’s Neighbor) 

Richard Zavaglia (Sam, Engineer)

FAST FORWARD!

In 1991, Lucie Arnaz was part of another failed CBS series, “Sons & Daughters”. Lucie played Tess Hammersmith in all 7 episodes that aired. 13 episodes were filmed, but the show was canceled on March 1, 1991, with six episodes that never aired. Five years earlier Lucille Ball experienced the same disappointment when “Life With Lucy” was canceled by ABC with several episodes still un-aired. 

#Lucie Arnaz #The Lucy Arnaz Show #1985 #Tony Roberts #Lucille Ball #i love lucy #Desi Arnaz #Desi Arnaz Jr. #John Getz #Gene Klavan #Karen Jablons-Alexander #Todd Waring #Lee Bryant #Melissa Joan Hart #Douglas Seale #Sons & Daughters #Vivian Vance #The Lucy Show #Agony #Here's Lucy #Maureen Lipman #The Jeffersons #Alice #New York City #Ed Sullivan Theatre #Zorba #Anthony Quinn #Miss Lonelyhearts #Advice to the Lovelorn #Dear Abby

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Oh, the Thing with the Ghosts, the Boys, and the Car?

I try to be positive but sometime it’s hard, it’s really really hard because all you do is feel profound sadness. The season 15 premiere will air later today, so I have to acknowledge that Supernatural is finally ending. In Part 1 I discussed about my relationship to Sam and why that has made me feel the way I feel about him, and it eventually turned into something positive. It was just the right kind of celebration of a show I have come to love, which is why I chose to publish it first, even though this part would thematically be a better beginning of a series. 

Part 2. Whose Dead Horse Are You Beating?

When it was announced last March that Supernatural would come to close with season 15, my first thought was not “Oh, I’m so sad it’s ending”, or “I’m grateful for the time we’ve had together and glad that we get a definite last season which so many shows do not get”, or  “I’m glad the ending is their choice”, or even “I knew it was coming one day but I don’t feel ready” (which I posted at the time). No, my first thought was: 

“Oh, thank god, I don’t have to listen people complain about it anymore.” 

My second thought was how fucked up my first thought was. I feel such a profound sadness and anger that my first thought was something so irrelevant, something that was not even about me or what I think or feel. I still do think that it is a relief that I don’t have to read negative comments about Supernatural anymore. But when the relief tastes this bitter, is it a relief at all?

It saddens me greatly that I had let the opinion of someone else taint something that was and still is precious to me. I know and I understand that someone doesn’t like Supernatural or they feel bitter or betrayed by it. That’s okay; not everyone likes the same things nor do they watch a show for the same reasons. It’s okay to stop watching, it’s okay to say you dislike it and why you dislike it. It’s okay to criticize it for doing a poor job in something (look, I know, I’m watching the same show). But I still shouldn’t let what others think affect what I think of it, and most of the time I don’t, but this time I did and I can’t get over it.

So, is this my fault and my issue? Well, to a degree, yes. I’m an adult, I should know how to formulate my own opinions and express them. In addition, I should know how to moderate my own “social media experience” or whatever people call it these days, and I do, but it’s basically limited to “press X to close”. It works surprisingly well, I highly recommend it to everyone. However, usually when pressing X I have already seen something that has spoiled the soup for me, and the only way to get rid of it is to simply forget. Unfortunately, when it comes to Supernatural specifically, there is one specific complaint that resurfaces time and time again: 

Look, Supernatural might be a long show, and there’s a lot that can be said about the overarching plot or individual episodes, themes, characters and their character arcs, and whatnot. But. In my opinion, Supernatural is in no way a dead horse, and if you think it’s a dead horse, you truly have not seen a dead horse, or even a horse with broken leg (in case you didn’t know, if a horse has broken leg, it’s kinder to kill it cause it’s never getting better and will only suffer needlessly). I have seen my fare share of dead horses and even zombie horses (you know, when you thought a show has ended and it comes back and you’re not sure if it should be on at all and it slowly slumbers forwards until it rots away in quiet, forgotten). Truly, horses are so poorly constructed and die so easily that it’s a miracle there are any horses at all, and by horses I mean shows. Honestly, at the rate old shows are brought back, remade or rebooted, TV is filled with horses in various stages of decay, or limping clones with half a rib cage missing (just please kill them, they’ve suffered enough) and only a couple of healthy foals and yearlings. 

Sure, Supernatural is an old, half-blind horse that get lost easily and doesn’t come when you call it (it comes when I call it but that’s just me) but I wouldn’t be taking it to glue factory just because of that. Seriously, there are TV shows that have gone so horrendously wrong compared to what they were in the beginning that Supernatural would have to pull some seriously out of the left field shit that it could be considered truly dead and then keep on going. I’m talking like something so absurd that Supernatural, the show in which literally anything can happen because they’ve constructed the show in such a way that basically anything is possible, could not handle it. Like “seasons 2 to 14 were actually Dean’s coma dream but now we’re back in reality and everything is still bad and the dream is actually a prophecy and Supernatural is really about predestination rather than free will” type of absurd shit. And even though based on the promo material the show is taking a look back at its history, I don’t think the worst case scenario I presented is going to happen. Of course the show can still go totally tits up, but that’s a whole other matter entirely.

I suppose we also have to discuss the beating part of “beating a dead horse”. This is where this analogy starts to fall a part, because the only horse you can really beat is a dead one. I mean you can beat a living horse too, but that could be extremely dangerous since they tend to retaliate and throw you off the saddle if you’re riding and break you neck, or if you’re standing next to it, they’ll just kick back and crush your skull. Considering they tend to do all this on accident as well, I recommend not beating any horses. Also, I’m not really an animal lover, but can we stop beating horses metaphorically too, it’s not a pretty picture. 

Nonetheless, if we have to discuss the beating of dead horses, I mean shows, it also gets a bit blurry, since those who insist on using this metaphor are not particularly clear who they view as the beater: is it the crew that actually makes the show or the production company bigwigs who want the show to be made to make some more money. Admittedly, my knowledge of behind the scenes dealings is limited, but in the case of Supernatural it is relatively known that the former has wanted to continue the show as long as there is a story and everyone still wants to make it, and the latter has viewed it profitable enough to not cancel it. Of course, from what I’ve understood, CW did try to kill Supernatural in the past by moving it to a Friday night slot, but since that didn’t happen, they’ve just let it be. And since now the show is on its final season, by the decision of the team behind it by the looks of it, it can’t with all honesty be argued that it’s being beaten to continue. Otherwise it would continued until no one cares of it, and where I stand, it seems that there are a lot of people who care about Supernatural. They care about it a lot.

To be honest, I don’t care what other people think of Supernatural. I mean I do care, but in a sense that I’d like to talk about it with others, or talk about something else if it’s not their jam. If you like it, great. If you don’t like it, also great, but you must like something else, so focus your energy on that instead. However, the way I see it, Supernatural is not dead, no one is beating it (at the moment anyway), and it shouldn’t matter what other people say since they are obviously wrong. So let me keep my horse before it’s released to the heavenly pasture and go beat your own dead meat somewhere else.

#supernatural #supernatural season 15 #SPN #spn season 15 premiere #spn s15

[almaasi]

well my dcbb is still not done

but i made an EXTREMELY LAVISH promo graphic for the team promotion things the mods are doing, only for it to be rejected for ~photomanipulation~, except then i was like NOPE AND I CAN PROVE IT and i did (in a long email describing everything i did, with EVIDENCE and images at various stages with layers and filters removed)

except then i saw what other people made and i’m like............oh heck i went like 4000% overboard here. everyone else made simple image+text things and mine was a professional-grade movie poster???

so even though there was nothing actually wrong with my promo, i remade a simpler version, and then the mods finally got back to me today - only to say the first one was actually fine (at least i think that’s what they meant. i saw the word “gorgeous” in there, thaaank u mods)

but then the promo was posted on the dcbb tumblr and the image ain’t even showing up

sooooo... i’mma wait for them to fix it, then i’ll reblog it

but in the meantime, hi, i’m still struggling to edit even a single sentence of my dcbb, and it’s still missing an end scene

also, unrelated - or maybe completely related, who knows - my very old and very good dog had to be put down last week and i hadn’t mentioned it here yet, rip Neola ;~; (there’s a story and some photos in my drafts but i didn’t post them yet because i was Sad and Tired)

and i had a filling in my tooth because my last dentist sealed in some decay, so that tooth has been paid for twice now gdi

my queue’s about to run out but i’mma leave it empty tonight ‘cause it’s past 2am and i gotta get to bed, i keep wanting to be in bed by 1am and failing

HOPE YOU’RE ALL GOOD (I’M SENDING MY LOVE TO EVERY CORNER OF THIS PLANET, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNFORTUNATE CASE THAT YOU’RE NOT GOOD) <3 <3 <3

+ link to my latest 2.6k Destiel fic Unconditional because why not!!! i got a very special “this maybe changed my life”-type comment from someone on there today and that made me feel all the feels D: haven’t replied yet oops. sad and tired tired tired

#dcbb #Elmie writes things #The Wireless #post of postiness #my pets #Neola #medical cw #? #health stuff

[etihws-blog1]

May I have a birthday/just remade promo? My name is Yoite and I am finally too old for this shit.

#宵風喋ってる

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This post encourages you not to be afraid to implement ideas. Don't leave them to gather dust until better times. Swipe to see a lot of photos from the pitch, from a trip to the Dominican Republic and the metamorphosis of the robot. Perhaps our story motivates you to put your ideas (that have been nurtured for a long time) into action.In golf there is a driving range, a training field for practicing long and medium strokes. During a day it may catch up to 20,000 balls. These balls need to be collected somehow. Usually, they are gathered with the special equipment attached to the car. It causes personnel costs, maintenance of equipment, damage both to balls and to the field. In the summer of 2018, my friend Michael Wykrent, a golf coach in Germany, talked about this issue of the administrators of golf clubs. So I found a solution in the form of a robot. I made the first prototype from plywood and wrote an article about it on the Internet to receive a broad response. Now, we have a team of 4 people, professionals featuring experience in international companies.Basically, the message of this post is that you don't need to be perfect, you just need to act.If I had kept my idea, protected it, and cherished it, it wouldn't have worked. I made the first model (very far from ideal) and told the world about it. It helped to find like-minded people with whom I hope we will remain good friends. Below is a photo of our team building! Next let's talk about the body, mechanics, control board and software. I would like to show what was in the beginning and how it looks now. The progress is especially noticeable due to the low base effect.The first version of the body was terrible and shouted that we need a man to solve this problem. Together with the team we remade it and now it looks like this. First model Current version with painting and glass fiber reinforcement. The progress is visible to the naked eye, and it's all the result of networking.Any old thing helped to test the idea, even noname engines from Aliexpress and printed gears. Of course, for further development it all had to be replaced, even the engine change and printing сhevron gears didn't work. This option isn't the final drive, now we're waiting for the timing belt and pulleys to facilitate the design. Board First there was the word, then the breadboard. What does the interweaving of wires look like? That's right, a cat's cradle. This is what the first compact breadboard looked like. Then the user SkyserR took over. He designed and assembled the module connection Board for the raspberry pi version.If you would like to help, please DM me in FB. Software Initially, all software was self-written. Python scripts and Arduino sketches. But when we become tired, we switched to Ardupilot and ROS. We have MVP and now we are developing hardware and software altogether. We use opensource solutions and write our own software. We have contractors in Russia and China who supply us with components.​The transformation from a hobby experiment to a productWe took part in pitch sessions, talked about our project. We received contacts of 3 investment funds and two independent investors. Such events are permanent. I highly recommend them, they allow you to find investors, prepare your presentation, find weaknesses in the project. It was a meeting with one of the funds from the event that allowed to get the first offer. Just a good option is to appeal to the investor, who has in the portfolio of a similar project or invests in this field. Funds in the US, in which we prepare applications. If you have experience in the presentation of the project in the US and you want to help us with this, message me in the social networks.​Trip to Dominican Republic in February 2019"Esto es un robot que collecta las bolas de golf" — I said, because I don't know what's Spanish for "No, it's not electric sheep". I think for the gentleman from the sun and our sister country of Haiti it would sound about the same. User tersuren invited us to the Dominican Republic. So we were able to test our robot in the winter and don't wait until May to work out the algorithms for building a GPS trajectory. At the same time, the tests were held in one of the best golf clubs in the world. We made a video of the robot working in a golf club, which helped a lot in communicating with investors and demonstrating the robot's capabilities. Flying with a robot is a whole story. I had to somehow carry spare parts and personal belongings as well as the robot itself(1100*800*300). In general, I put the laptop and the battery in a backpack. Personal belongings, gifts from Russia, spare engines, wheels, wires, etc. were placed directly in the robot, in the compartment for balls. You should have seen the surprised faces of the airport and customs officers. The robot was taken in the scanner back and forth several times. And we ended up with a question: What's that? Considering a huge sign of HERROBOT on board, the answer seemed obvious. After all, it is clear! And we have some epic fails. We hurried to order the board in resonance, so one of the contacts was mixed up. It was rewired by a thread. Because of the humidity, the driver on the wiring worked just on special occasions. Any testing of algorithms in low-level problems wasn't possible. "A gramme is better than a damn I, suffering from heat, and Shadow_ru, braving the cold with a 7 hour difference due to time zones, introduced urgent changes to the Ardupilot to make it work in the new environment. ESC, to replace the burned, had to drive from the online store the day before departure from Russia. But it wasn't meant to be. Existing controllers understand PWM and beaglebone hard given only the frequency for the servo. In the end had to make a bridge from the Arduino.​Promo-video after the trip Video with 3D rendering before the trip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fS3xkKofGo​Now there is only one competitor in the world and it costs $15,000. In the world there are 34.000 golf clubs, each spending at least 1.500$/masses to collect the balls. This market costs over $600M /year. Our program is at least the sale and subsequent maintenance of 1000 robots. Even when sold at a price 40% below a competitor's, it gives a revenue of around $8M. We have a preliminary arrangement with golf clubs interested in testing the robot on their field in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the Dominican Republic. And it's all thanks to Habr. Do you know why it is good to fulfill dreams and implement your ideas? Tranquility. Just close your eyes and enjoy the moment. No Eckhard Tolle will tell you about the power of the moment, if you are thinking the same thought ad it doesn't leave you alone.You add details to your project, but don't start acting. You forget about it for a while, and then a trigger again causes images of the idea for the dream project. That's exactly the reason to start acting. Don't wait for the perfect moment, the perfect moment is now!​Do we even need such a robot?In Russia, golf is not so common, but we have turned to industry experts to find out their opinion. They all agree that this robot is necessary. We turned to the leaders of the robotics market in Russia to find out their opinion on service robots for solving routine tasks. This is undoubtedly a trend. We will refine and promote our robot, because it's urgent. To speed up we need your help and support! Plans We have another pitch planned for the beginning of March. Why, if we already have an offer? I don't know yet, we do it like Siddhartha, the way finds us. In March, we need to finalize all the algorithms for full operation and start tests on Golf courses in Russia in April. In June, we're planning the participation in the exhibition, publication in European golf papers and magazines.Over the summer of 2019, we have to make 25 robots and start tests in Russia, Germany and the Dominican Republic. In autumn, we're planning to start selling as a service. And in 2020, we're to enter the US market. In 2020, we're intended to release the model of the lawn mower working on the same algorithm of construction of a trajectory for the solution of all problems on a driving range. Here are some simple milestones, thank you for your support.​Thank you so much for your time!www.Herr-Robot.com

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