Day 5: Post at least 2 songs that you like in your target language. Make sure you add a link to them so people can go listen to them.
How to chose?!
For one, I love Tawsen so much. His voice is so addictive! He sings in mainly French with parts in Arabic, and his familty background is Moroccan, but after reading about him it seems he grew up in Europe. Here’s one of favorites on Youtube
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I will also share one by my fave Russian speaking artist, Jah Khalib (he’s from Kazakhstan). He includes a lot of references to Central Asian music and culture in his videos, but I’ve heard he’s pretty popular in Russia from a friend. This video is just so pretty and epic :)
Белая простынь через шторы прорезаясь луч солнца
за секунды преодолевая космос
он спешит к тебе каждый день, каждый день
а у меня пять минут на сборы мне надо бежать
бешеный график где продуманный каждый мой шаг
ведь я не верю в счастье в шалаше там нищета
деньги не цель надо платить по счетам
ты просыпаясь утром рядом не увидишь никого
не смотря на это сохраняешь в очаге тепло
мое светлое завтра…
Sova and Agent 8 are lovers, and the former’s eye injury has something to do with failing to save the now-missing agent (and possibly sparing mirror Sova).
Who’s Agent 8?
For context, Agent 8 is this unknown agent who isn’t mentioned by anyone
Could be dismissed on bad terms, dead or missing
But let’s say they are missing because if they were gone entirely, the VP could’ve just put Phoenix (Agent 9) as the new Agent 8
So I believe the VP is accounting for a chance that 8 will return.
Oh and Riot Parmcheesy did say that Agent 8 could return so yeah
Agents 6 and 8
Sova is Agent 6, so he most definitely knows this person
It’s also possible that they’re close, being one of the first few VP agents.
Agent 8′s locker number being scratched out in the Warmup cinematic could make sense if their loss was still a bitter topic for at least some of the VP agents
Spotify Playlist
Since the agent’s Spotify playlists most often have songs meaningful to the agent’s persona, let’s look at something in Sova’s playlist
There’s a song there called Medina by Jah Khalib which is about a man separated from his love but hopes they will see each other again
I know there’s also a chance that the “missing lover” is someone else, but to simplify things I have this theory. Occam’s razor, right? Valorant has way too many characters already lmao
Fade’s dossier tells something about Sova missing his shot before, and I think this means that Sova missed his shot in some mission at it cost him greatly, particularly his eye and/or the loss of a loved one.
Connecting the Eye and the Lover
Maybe there was some sort of major face-off or mission involving Sova, Agent 8 and mirror Sova. Sova spares his double, but this backfires, resulting in the loss of Agent 8 and his eye.
Why did I bring his eye into the conversation anyway? I admit this is a bit of a tangent but if Sova was shot in the eye with a bullet it would most likely count as a lethal headshot, from which Sage can just revive him because agents have clearly been headshot before
But nope it just looks like an X-mark from stitches after an eye surgery, so it must have been something not as lethal but still able to cause injury...like an arrow from mirror Sova.
If this is the case, it would also make sense that his zealousness (we all know about the latest Danger Room incident) is a combination of him being a soldier and him overcompensating to avoid another incident from his mistakes.
As dark as this may sound, grave injuries are fairly common talk among soldiers, so the only possible reasons I can think of as to why there’s so much emotion placed on Sova’s eye loss is if it almost cost him the job he’s so passionate about---or cost him a special someone.
Other Agent’s Voicelines
Omen has a voiceline saying he senses a fury within Sova, so I really sense some unresolved personal issue here
Brimstone tells Sova that the latter has lost an eye for them already and that one is enough, which supports the idea that Sova lost his eye in a mission.
Cypher, meanwhile, says he accessed Sova’s background file and the explanation there about his eye loss isn’t entirely true. The way I’d interpret this? Sova didn’t lose his eye in some pure act of martyrdom like Brim’s voiceline paints it, but rather as a result of him softening up and sparing mirror Sova. And if this really did end up in the loss of an eye and a lover, this would look more incompetent than heroic on Sova’s part.
Chamber’s interaction with Sova supports this too. Chamber teases Sova about having broken rules before. Looks like for Sova, it’s (1) fraternizing with other agents and (2) being good to your double. With Mr. Frenchie choosing to form some sort of “friendship” with Cypher so his own secrets stay safe, he must’ve picked up some intel from Cypher about the other agents in return. Sova dislikes both of them for their secrecy...or is it really just that?
Conclusion? Hypothesis? IDK whatever you call it
Sova and Agent 8 are a pair. On one mission, Sova spares his double which becomes the one time he fails at work. As a result, he gets hit in the eye and as some indirect result, Agent 8 gets taken away. He still holds a grudge in himself and the other Sova because of this whole incident. Sova also hopes to see Agent 8 again.
Пост для моей любимой и прекрасной Марго (@margooooo). Работа над твоим подарком продвигается без происшествий, уже двадцать третья страница A4 маленьким шрифтом. Сначала я просто шутила, но, кажется, я правда вышла из-под контроля.
А ещё этот пост — дань прекрасному пэйрингу. Актёр и юноша с двумя личностями. Вообще звучит очень интересно, потому что у них двоих есть своеобразные маски.
the multilingual music list you need to enrich your ears
If you’re learning French, Spanish, Italian, etc. & are in need of artists to listen to... i’ve got you ! Here you’ll find music from different genres & most are on spotify.
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