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Skam season 3, episode 6 reaction

In terms of length, this is a short episode, but watching it in real time, every day highlighting Isak’s misery, felt like an eternity. Luckily Isak and Jonas’ friendship intervened to give us one of the most heartwarming scenes of the series.

SEASON 3, EPISODE 6 - “Escobar season”

Clip 1 - YOU CAN HATE ME NOW

It was a loooooong 10 days between the last clip of episode 5 and this one. Like, Trump got elected in that time, guys. I distinctly remember thinking to myself, “Goddamn, I wish Skam wasn’t on hiatus so I could have something positive to take my mind off this shit.” Which might seem frivolous, but sometimes you need a little escapism from your impending national nightmare, instead of following the news in despair for 10 hours a day and stress-eating whole bags of discount Halloween candy (which is what I actually ended up doing).

The mid-season hiatus is set up so if you’re watching in real time, you can imagine that Isak legit took a week off school, but if you’re watching after the season ended, you can buy that maybe Isak just took a weekend off from the world, and either possibility still works. That shows some forethought on Julie’s part, since she knew this season would also be viewed post-real time experience.

So the music is by Nas, not N.W.A., but Isak’s intro here definitely reminds me of what he said to Even in episode 2 , about “music that you listen to when you want to walk around feeling tough.” This is totally a moment where Isak wants to toughen up, since he’s frankly pretty fragile at the moment. I love this scene because it is so deeply real. Most of us have done this, blasted the appropriate soundtrack to psych ourselves up for something we didn’t want to do, or attempted to alter our mood with a song. The fact that this is clearly a diegetic music moment, with Isak actually wearing his earbuds, makes him seem even more vulnerable to me, ironically. Like he needs that confidence boost.

Also, the fact that this is Nas just underscores Even’s influence on Isak, and that while Isak may be trying to deal with his heartbreak, Even’s presence is still there, weighing on him.

“Escobar season has returned … it’s been a long time.” Obviously it hasn’t been that long, but it is a cheeky little nod to the hiatus, as well as the official clip title - “Returned.”

By the way, if people are wondering exactly what “Escobar season” means, here’s a little information about it. The summary is that it’s a persona Nas took on that’s like a Scarface personality, “Escobar” taken from famous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar - who interestingly was the subject of one of Isak’s oft-mentioned TV shows, Narcos.

The Escobar facade was fully formed and ubiquitous on Nas’ 1996 album It Was Written—he endorsed the now-defunct Willie Esco clothing line around the same time. 1998’s “Hate Me Now” famously begins with the phrase, “Escobar Season has returned,” and the Esco name is retired on the hook of 1999’s “Nastradamus.” Nas says Pablo Escobar represents his first awareness of a larger-than-life crime boss who wasn’t a fictional character.

This scene is framed nicely, with Even and his friends on one side of the screen, Emma and her friends on the other (the two “love interests” of this season opposite each other as they represent different sides of Isak) and with Isak stepping in the middle of the frame, not fitting into either group.

Man, I know Isak has fucked up, but like …. this song comes on, and I see him look nervously from Emma to Even, and my heart swells for this kid. I feel so bad for him. This feels so relatable for anyone who’s ever had a problem at school - a fight with a friend, a break-up - and had to go back where they knew they’d see the person again. Or embarrassed themselves, or been bullied, and had to face the judgment of your peers. It does feel like simply showing your face again requires an incredible amount of bravery from a teenager. (See also: Eva in S1, Sana in S4). And in Isak’s case, he has to face two people who know he is gay: Emma, who is angry and could use it against him, and Even, who he wants and seemingly doesn’t want him anymore.

The lyrics might sound over the top for this situation, but of course teenage problems are always the end of the world, and Isak actually does have some real shit to deal with. When Nas says, “Looks like the death of me now,” it probably does feel like that for Isak. I’d also say this is perhaps how he felt prior to coming out at the end of the episode - it could be the end of everything as he knew it, but there’s no turning back now. This is who Isak is.

“There’s no turning back now” - the lyrics that pop up when Isak first looks at Even, happen to be similar to what Isak and Even said to each other in episode 2, on their first “date” of sorts making those cheese toasties. “We can’t turn back now” - the words that made Isak cancel his plans with the boys and Emma so he could be with Even, and also the path that’s made him so currently miserable.

Let’s just note that Isak looks tired and worn and has his hood pulled up, keeps his head down as he walks across the courtyard, and Even looks to be in terrific shape, talking with people. Which has to rub salt in the wound. Even is doing just fine, seemingly, while Isak is suffering. You know Isak is questioning whether he meant anything to Even at all.

“This is what makes me … This is who I am.” Awwww, Isak. Baby.

Isak keeps his eyes ahead of him as he walks through the yard. Not on Emma or Even, though they notice him. Like the only way he’s going to get through this is if he pretends they’re not there.

Emma notices Isak and you have to wonder what’s on her mind, because really, she kind of falls away in the second half of the season? We hear about her but after this clip she doesn’t appear until the last episode. Has she already told people Isak is gay and set the rumor mill in motion, or is that yet to come?

I am always, always going to laugh at how the lyrics “DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE” sync with Even on screen, lol. You know Isak is internally kinda like FUCK YOU EVEN!!!! but also why even … why?

But also, Even probably did not expect Isak to be this downcast about their breakup. In real time, Isak has been gone for a week, and Even almost certainly noticed. You can practically see his heart stop when he notices Isak here. And it likely hurts that Isak is pointedly not looking at Even.

Oh my God, the kid crashing into Isak and interrupting his power walk is so funny, but you feel so bad for Isak! He just wanted to pump himself up before entering the school where all these people are mad at him or don’t want to talk to him, and some rando ruins the effect. Talk about adding insult to injury. A cherry on top of the shit sundae. Again, I love it because it’s such a realistic moment, and of course Isak’s woes aren’t going to be solved by the right soundtrack. Reality intervenes.

It’s like the little girl interrupting the movie moment of the pool kiss - the music just cuts off when the illusion is destroyed. Weirdly that warms my heart a little, because the pool was Even’s attempt to recreate a movie moment, this was Isak’s attempt to create a tough guy scene, and both of them got cut short by reality. Lmao, boys.

Emma looks like she’s too engrossed with her friends to notice Isak’s collision, but Even likely saw the dude crash into Isak. Just to embarrass Isak further.

Poor Isak goes into the school and the first thing he sees is Jonas. Jonas isn’t hostile, but he’s a little distant. Reserved.

On the saga of Isak’s locker of character development, he takes a lesson from Even and bangs it open. Isak isn’t all the way there with coming out, but between the last time we’ve seen him and the locker, he’s kissed a boy for the first time and almost gotten himself a boyfriend. Even showed him how to open his locker and Isak took him up on it. Soooo… progress? He also bangs it open when Jonas is present.

Isak wants to know if Mahdi is still mad at him and Jonas says they’re not mad at him. He then takes a long pause before saying that they’re worried, like you know Isak’s weird behavior has been pressing on him and he’s finally just going to say it.

Isak tries to play it off and blames “family stuff” again and you can tell Jonas is disappointed and concerned that Isak is resorting to the same old lie.

“And I can’t sleep either.” Well, this part is actually true. It’s just you need to explain why you can’t sleep, Isak.

Jonas, a good bro, knows Isak is talking shit and not telling the whole truth, but he doesn’t argue. Just lets him know that he’s there to talk. Which is really all Jonas can do at that point. You can see Isak weighing it over as Jonas leaves, too, like … maybe Isak should talk to him. Or maybe he shouldn’t because that’s frightening. But Jonas had made it clear that he’s open to hearing the truth when Isak’s ready to share, and that’s what Isak needs to remember when Skrulle starts talking about people being islands.

Clip 2 - Noorhelm and Evak parallels

Isak really cannot sleep with all this anxiety and misery in his head. We don’t get late-night clips that often in Skam, but they were employed very well in S3 to illustrate Isak’s insomnia. That’s one of the coolest things about the real-time format, that we can get canon delivered at unconventional times to reflect the character’s reality and put us deep in their emotional state.

And of course Noora’s conversation is like … the worst thing that Isak could be hearing at that moment, since what she’s saying about her relationship with William also happens to apply to his relationship with Even.

“When you are in love, you believe that love will be like in the movies. But that’s not how it works.” This would be a solid point to make regardless of context, but it especially has to hit home for Isak, with his Romeo + Juliet watching and recreating in the pool. There was an element of fantasy with Even, of being in a love story like in the movies with a guy who views life like a film. But now the fantasy is gone.

What did Noorhelm shippers think at this point? S2 was all about Noora and William and gave them a happy ending, but now in S3, the way Noora describes what’s happened to them, it’s almost like a deconstruction of the tropes from S2. Noora is talking about how she thought she’d be with William forever, but no one lives happily ever after. Honestly, it would be a pretty interesting subversion to do a story like that on Skam, the fairy tale romance that ends up falling apart … but I wouldn’t want to spend a whole season building up to their happy ending, and then having it crumble in the background of someone else’s story. I think it’d be better if they got together by the halfway point (before the hiatus) and then showed the fall of the relationship through the rest of the season.

I mean, this is all because Thomas Hayes left the show, though, and was probably not part of Julie’s original plan. Makes you wonder how this scene was planned, though. Did Julie ever think Thomas would come back? Because this scene has somewhat different context with the Noorhelm reunion in S4, and in a scenario where Thomas didn’t return.

“There’s nobody who is willing to make any sacrifices for love in 2016.” I don’t know why, but that part of Noora’s dialogue hurts the most? It does for Isak, too, since it’s the breaking point from when he goes from trying to bury his head in his pillow to getting up and telling her to stop. Maybe because to Isak, it seems like he was willing to sacrifice for Even by lying to his friends and making them angry with him, abandoning this heterosexual farce he was performing, potentially coming out, getting into a relationship with a boy despite all the problems that may come with that … but Even just couldn’t sacrifice his relationship with Sonja. For a brief moment, it seemed like he would choose Isak, but he didn’t.

Maybe also because “nobody is willing to make sacrifices for love” is pretty disheartening to hear when you’re young and going through heartache. It makes you think this is how it’s going to be the rest of your life, it’ll never get easier. Especially painful for a closeted gay kid to hear since he’ll have additional complications in finding love.

I think Noora’s words are obviously the main reason behind what’s making Isak stressed out right now, but it can’t help to hear that Eskild’s brought a guy home. Eskild has someone and Isak is sleeping alone.

Yeah, Isak could be less of an asshole in his delivery, but he’s not wrong. Take your conversations elsewhere at 2 am. Not to sound old but it’s a school night, Noora!

Noora is pretty shocked by Isak’s attitude, though. You can see the smile drop off her face. I don’t think Noora is obsessing over Isak’s personal life or anything, especially since she’s caught up in her own drama, but I think she picks up here that Isak is going through something that’s bigger than her just talking on the phone at night.

While I don’t know if Noora and Isak would ever be best friends, I do enjoy some of the moments they have together. I like to think that Noora taking care of Even when Isak couldn’t be there, and Isak demonstrating how much love there was in that grumpy teenage boy body of his, gained some lasting respect on both ends. And on the flip side, Noora ribbing Isak about his nightstand toilet paper and Isak taking it in stride in S4 is endearing.

Isak really is a good kid. He knows he lashed out and calms down after his outburst. He even says, “Say hi to Eva,” lmao? Like RARRRRRGH STOP TALKING ON THE PHONE NOORA … okay, sorry, say hi to our mutual friend.

The fact that he pauses to tell her that William is an idiot if he gives up on her is genuinely sweet. Of course there’s some projection behind it (trying to convince himself that Even is an idiot and not worth staying up all night stressing if Even gave up on him) but it’s also just a kind, courteous thing to say, since he recognizes someone else struggling over being in love, and Noora accepts his words as such.

Obviously everyone is free to like or dislike characters for whatever reasons, but moments like this are why I don’t get why some people repeatedly bring up Isak’s shitty S1 behavior as a reason why he’s the Worst (especially in the context of “How can you like Isak but not this other character when Isak has also done bad things?”). Isak repeatedly course-corrects from his mistakes and shows consideration toward other people’s feelings, listens to their advice and perspectives, and is kind to them despite his grumpy exterior. He’s not a selfish person. I’m fine with characters who make mistakes if they apologize, show empathy to others, and try to be better people.

Clip 3 - The cheese toastie of sadness

This scene is pretty short, but the first time I watched it, I spent like a minute and a half wondering “Where is this going?” only to freak out with Even’s appearance. Oh. That’s where it was going. It lulls you into a sense of mundane drudgery only to throw a curveball, which is what Isak must be feeling. Going about his boring day, feeling like shit, only for a surprise Even encounter to throw everything off-balance.

That random guy’s voice really does sound like Henrik’s, to the point where I’m wondering if Henrik said the line and they dubbed it over (since we don’t see the dude actually say anything but “Sweet”). If not, damn, that’s a close match.

It really throws Isak, it’s like a jolt of potential Even. But it’s just a false alarm. Of course, Julie gives us a false alarm to throw us off the real appearance of Even that’s going to happen in a minute.

Plot twist - this guy is Julian Dahl and he was hoping to make a move on Isak, except Even showed up.

Here’s where Skam’s ability to not rush things really helps, because this is a small scene where the majority is focused on an everyday boring task, but it establishes Isak’s mood, give a sense of how empty and dull his life feels at the moment, isolated from his social connections and love interest. The long pauses of nothing but agonizing silence feel like forever. Just waiting in line for a cheese toastie is an ordeal.

We also see just how out of it Isak is, how that reminder of Even throws him off balance - not responding to the cafeteria worker right away, dropping his money, giving her the wrong amount.

I swear my heart jumped when Even appeared, just like Isak’s must have.

Do you think Even meant to walk up to Isak or he just happened to run into him? The former makes more sense as to why he’d be right there at the front of the cafeteria line, but Even also looks so startled and caught off guard. Or maybe he just wasn’t quite prepared to be so close to Isak again, face to face.

It really does not help that Even again looks very healthy and well put together, and Isak just looks devastated. His demeanor is so muted and physically he looks drained, like he hasn’t been sleeping. Even is feigning some energy but Isak can barely summon it.

It does wrench my heart that Isak isn’t even angry at Even here, or pretending to be fine, or anything other than depressed. He doesn’t have the strength for anything else.

Yeah, that is the saddest looking cheese toastie ever. I’d eat it if I had no other options but it’s like the food equivalent of tears.

Even tries to reestablish some friendly contact with that kardemomme reference, which is especially relevant because hey, it’s not just any old small talk, it’s their inside joke, which Even remembers. It’s a personal connection.

Oh God, and it makes me so sad that Isak gives a half-hearted laugh of recognition and tries to recreate the “kardemomme!” line but his voice is broken and not energetic.

True story: when I watched this the first time, I actually yelled, “No!!!” at my computer screen when Isak says “Kardemomme!” in that weak voice. Like, way to cause a pang in my heart, Skam. That was their beautiful bonding moment!!! It made us smile, and now it’s just a shell of its former self. You took something good and used it for evil, Skam.

Even’s smile at Isak’s attempt is genuine but falls as he realizes how messed up Isak is and how this just isn’t the same as before.

What do you think Even wanted to say before Isak ran off? I honestly have no idea. I feel like he wanted to connect with Isak on a more substantial level, IDK, maybe ask how he’s been, but who knows? There are many possibilities. Go for another joke, go for a neutral topic. Try to communicate that he still wants Isak, try to avoid that territory. But Isak couldn’t let him get another word out.

The fact that Isak can’t take anymore and runs off without waiting makes my soul turn to dust. And Even looks back at him before leaving.

I think Even really was rattled by this encounter. Like ... Isak was rough. Even broke up with him as a means of protecting them both, but clearly it didn’t work as well as he hoped since Isak is suffering. You know he’s thinking to himself, You did this. You made him hurt like this. And I think this is when Even starts to reconsider whether it was the right move to break up with him. Maybe even for himself, because he misses Isak so much and having Isak not want to talk to him, barely able to look at him, is too much to handle.

Clip 4 - The queen of Skam returns

Time for the Norwegian goddess of wisdom to make another appearance!

Lmao, the opening conversation is about someone pissing her pants while exercising. The women blame it on a lack of Kegel exercises. This is all openly discussed in the waiting room within earshot of Isak. Somehow I think Dr Skrulle is in her element. Nissen’s medical staff must just attract ladies prone to TMI and bizarre anecdotes.

The “eye exam” poster in the office says YOU SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, by the way.

Oh man, this was the point when fans thought Isak was going to steal Linn’s sleeping pills, or get sleeping pills and OD on them! Such a tense week. Isak is so miserable that it felt like something drastic could happen. We were all yelling for something good to happen this week.

I feel like when you step into this doctor’s office, time and space are slightly altered.

Truly there is nothing like Isak taking a seat and immediately within his line of vision is the good doctor and a dildo. He must feel like the presence of an artificial penis is the world is taunting him again.

This scene’s funny because Isak gets to play the straight man (ha ha) to the doctor. She exists in her own world and Isak is just this befuddled teenager trying to make sense of her.

Isak can barely look at Skrulle when he’s telling her about his problems. I guess you could read this scene as Isak badly wanting those pills and playing up his distress so she’ll give them to him, but I think he really is that miserable, as evidenced by everything we’ve seen of him this week, and he has trouble opening up to anyone about his problems so this is probably a last resort for him.

“I don’t drive a car, though.” AS WE WILL LEARN IN S4.

I remember that one interview Tarjei gave where he was going over his traffic problems, and lol, I feel you, kid.

Legit nothing like a Skrulle story to put your problems in perspective. Also, A+ segue from the story of someone getting into an accident and ending up in a wheelchair to asking Isak more about his sleep problems. And by A+ segue I mean there is no segue at all.

Isak’s sleep has gotten worse over the past few weeks, for reasons that are quite obvious to the viewers. Even’s presence will do that to you.

The doctor wants to refer Isak to a mental health clinic, and he doesn’t want that. In fact, Isak is really, really against this, like … more than just not wanting to, he’s vehemently saying no over and over. This absolutely has to do with his ableist beliefs and his stigma against the mentally ill. Isak definitely isn’t going to be like one of those people. Isak can’t be mentally ill. He can’t talk to a therapist. Just like he didn’t want to be scene as one of those ultra-gay people, he can’t lump himself in with people who need help with their mental health. Those people are crazy.

I remember right after this scene I wondered if Isak would actually go to the mental health clinic where he would run into Even, and that’s how we would learn that Even also has mental health issues. I was going to say that it would have been an awkward moment for them ... but then I realized, it can’t be any worse than how Isak did learn about Even’s mental illness.

Note that in S1, the girls went together to provide support for Vilde, but here in S3, Isak has to do this on his own. Makes sense that Skrulle’s advice ends up being about him not isolating himself and reaching out to others.

You know, I think of the locker room scene as a turning point in the season, but this scene is quietly a turning point as well. Skrulle gives Isak advice that will help him throughout the rest of the season. He can’t keep isolating himself. It’s advice that will not only help Isak, but allow him to extend that help to Even, and even to Sana in the next season. Even though the good doc expresses it in a quirky way, it’s solid advice.

“Don’t you have someone you can talk to?” “TALK TO JONAS,” screamed everyone watching.

Clip 5 - Jonas is king of the bros

Watching this week in real time was so stressful, Isak was so melancholic and alone, and this scene was such. a. relief. It would’ve been wonderful in any context, but it felt like a godsend after seeing Isak go through hell clip after clip.

One of the most observant details about the clip is Isak’s hesitation. He’s about to do something big and it’s not easy to just launch into it. He stands and watches Jonas for a little bit because, you know, it’s Jonas and Jonas is his best bro, but that doesn’t crush all the doubts in his head about what Jonas’ reaction could be. Not to mention he and Jonas haven’t had the best relationship lately.

But Jonas is still friendly when Isak approaches him. Perhaps he realizes that this is when Isak is going to tell him about whatever’s on his mind. Plus, you know, I’m sure he missed Isak! They’re best friends, it can’t have been great from Jonas’ POV to feel shut out from him.

I don’t know if there was any strategy involved in getting kebab other than teenage boys needing kebab to live, but it works as an icebreaker/apology of sorts (since Isak is paying) and I think, a buffer? It helps if there’s an activity like eating happening when Isak comes out, and that he’s not just telling a personal secret with nothing else to occupy Jonas’ attention.

Also, that they’re sitting on a bench side by side in this scene reminds me of all those Tumblr posts about how common it is for LGBT people to come out in cars, and how it’s easier to do when you’re not face to face. Isak and Jonas are looking at each other and making eye contact, but I do think it helps to have your bodies facing forward rather than toward each other. It gives a little distance, makes it less intimidating for Isak.

I just want to shout out that poster in the kebab shop window, which says, “EVERYDAY IT’S KEBAB TIME.” You’re damn right it is.

I feel like Jonas is telling this random puke story to Isak so Isak can work up to whatever he’s going to say. You can tell Isak’s listening but he’s not 100% there.

By the way, this puke story sounds like it could be about Magnus, except Isak says, “It’s never the ones that you expect that throw up,” and Magnus is absolutely someone I would expect to ruin his chances with a girl by throwing up all over her feet. Maybe this story was about the mysterious Julian Dahl!

Continuing on the point above about Isak’s hesitation, the pacing of this scene is a huge part of what makes it so great. Because Isak doesn’t sit down and start coming out right away, he doesn’t have a speech prepared (not that that it’s wrong or unrealistic to prepare a speech, but with Isak, he’s not a preparedspeech kind of guy). He has to work up his courage piece by piece over this conversation. He lets Jonas bullshit a bit, there’s a long silence where Isak keeps glancing over at Jonas as they eat, and you know he’s working out his nerves, wondering about Jonas’ reaction, getting himself to the point where he can just say it. Tarjei’s acting in this scene is so subtle and spectacular.

Jonas is such a dear, though. Marlon does this scene really really well because Jonas isn’t like … overcompensating or overly enthusiastic, he’s not pressing Isak too much. He’s very casual, but you can also see, for instance, when Isak brings up that he’s been acting weird lately, that Jonas looks at him attentively, ready to listen, because finally Isak is going to open up.

Just saying “there’s a person that I like” is a big thing for Isak to get out. He doles the information out little by little, he makes Jonas work for it. I think that what Isak is aiming for is similar to what many viewers suspect he wanted from Eva in S1. In the kitchen scene where Eva confronts Isak about ratting her out to Iben, Isak asks her to guess why he did it. You can make a case that he wants her to guess the real reason, that he has feelings for Jonas and is jealous - that maybe a part of him wants her to know and to take it off his mind. But of course she doesn’t guess and he runs with a lie instead. Here, I wouldn’t be surprised if Isak wants Jonas to say it before he has to - that he can come out without needing to say the words.

This is a pretty heartwarming scene, but Isak actually breaks my heart a little when he asks Jonas to guess. There’s so much fragility wrapped up in that moment and in Tarjei’s performance! This poor kid is so nervous.

Although bless Jonas for guessing Vilde, because it probably did give Isak a little moment to be like WTF, no, and make him laugh.

After that, Jonas says, “Can’t you just tell me?” But of course no, Isak can’t just tell him, because that’s very hard.

I mentioned it in my episode 5 review but again, Isak doesn’t come out by saying he is gay and then going into his relationship with Even. Instead, he phrases everything in terms of actions, in some roundabout ways. he coming out is a step by step process. First, it’s that Isak is acting weird because he likes someone. Then “It’s not a girl.” He doesn’t even say, “It’s a guy,” he says it’s not a girl because that’s the less direct way of saying it, of course.

Isak gets so alert and on edge after he says it’s not a girl. Waiting and watching for Jonas’ reaction. Nervous as to what’s it going to be. Meanwhile Jonas just keeps eating that fucking kebab. Like Isak could have said, “The reason I’ve been acting so strange lately is that I found out Donald Trump is my uncle,” and Jonas would have been like munch munch munch.

I think the fact that Jonas reacts so nonchalantly when he says, “Is it me?” helps Isak quite a bit. Not only is it a funny comment, but like … if Jonas is so casual about Isak potentially liking him, then surely he can’t be that bothered by Isak liking another boy? And Jonas is just like, “What, am I completely unattractive?” Which again, is a joke but also lets Isak know that Jonas is chill, he’s not worried about Isak the predatory gay guy perving on Jonas or any of those homophobic stereotypes.

And obviously, this scene is hilarious if you’ve seen S1 and are calling bullshit on Isak not liking Jonas. No, Jonas, I don’t like you! WTF! Bruh, you set fire to Eva’s social standing and her relationship because you had a crush on her boyfriend.

But man, you can see Isak lighten up sooooo much after this exchange. He got the words out there and Jonas didn’t react badly, they managed to joke about it, so far everything is the same between them. The happiness in his eyes is observable.

I don’t think Jonas had completely guessed Isak was gay, or dating a boy, until this moment. I feel like there were a number of things that seemed odd to him, including that random guy who brought Isak his hat and was at the lockers with him, that Jonas filed away as “huh” moments and that are starting to slot into place with Isak’s admission here. We know that Jonas recognized the “left your hat in the cafeteria” story as bullshit (clarified in the script), so he’s been picking up here and there on things that seem unusual or out of place.

You can see Jonas mouth “Even” to himself after Isak says the name, and it’s such a small gesture but it’s the sweetest thing? Like he’s making sure to absorb this detail, or that he’s finally putting a name to a face, and to the cause of all Isak’s weirdness lately. There’s a warmth to it.

Lmao, Jonas saying Even is a good-looking guy and Isak reacting with laughter and bafflement. It’s a silly moment but Jonas is kind of complimenting Isak here, like hey, good taste, or hey, congrats on bagging such a hottie. Not to mention he’s showing how chill he is with talking about guys’ attractiveness, something Isak himself struggles with. Of course there are higher stakes for Isak to admit a guy is hot when he’s actually gay and Jonas is a straight dude, meaning it’s not as loaded of a statement, but still, it’s positive for Isak to be around guys who can just say other guys look good and have it not be the end of the world.

Also, this is probably how Jonas would react if Isak was telling him he liked a girl. You like Emma? She’s hot. Letting Isak in on all these bro bonding moments, not excluding him from this social exchange just because he’s not straight.

And I’m really fond of Jonas being like “What am I supposed to say?” and Isak saying, “I don’t know myself.” To them, they’re not a PSA. They don’t know the “right” words for when someone comes out. They’re just two friends eating kebab on a bench together. Because yeah, there are obvious wrong ways to react to someone coming out, but there’s also no approved script for what to say. Each person is going to be different. I mean, if Jonas made a big deal of it, like, “You are my friend no matter what and I support you,” it would have been a nice gesture, certainly, but that’s not really the relationship he and Isak have, so this would make it artificial and maybe a little awkward. In fact, not having a pre-approved coming out script is a good thing, because Jonas not knowing what to say means he draws on his normal banter and conversation with Isak, which makes it better! That way he’s just treating it like a typical conversation. By reacting casually and not making it a big deal at all, Jonas gives Isak what he needs - nothing is going to change between them, not really. Considering that one of Isak’s greatest fears is that people will think of him differently and judge him a certain way if they know he’s gay, this must be a massive relief to him.

Additionally, imagine what a relief it is for Isak to be able to give Jonas a rundown of what’s happening with Even. To get off his chest the problems with him and Even; Isak don’t know what’s going on with Even, who has a girlfriend. This is the benefit of him coming out and being honest with Jonas. Suddenly all this shit he’s been bottling up, unable to talk to anyone about, can go through another set of ears. Jonas doesn’t even need to give him great advice or anything. Isak just needs someone to talk to.

Can Isak take some of his father’s guilt money and buy a phone case? Please???

Isak swallows when he realizes what the note in his pocket is. In-universe, it’s really a coincidence that he found the note right after talking to Jonas, but thematically, I don’t think it’s irrelevant that Isak’s bleak week ends after he opens up to someone.

THIS DRAWING. Gosh, it punches me right in the heart? First of all, adorable, and I love that Even always draws Isak with the snapback, and cartoon Even’s hair, and how cartoon Isak is slightly smaller than cartoon Even. But this is actually quite creative and clever of Even, too. I mean, he could have left him a more straightforward note or drawing, but he takes an original concept that’s so them to create something very memorable.

Even has taken several things that are relevant and specific to Isak-and-Even - the inside joke of the cheese toast with cardamom - and a weightier concept that was important to Isak - the parallel universes. Remember, Even wasn’t a fan of the parallel universes when Isak first mentioned them! However, here he’s using them in a way that’s more positive, he’s seeing the benefit of Isak’s worldview.

But what gets me about this sketch is the longing behind it. We have the reality, Isak eating his plain cheese toast alone. And we have the potential other reality, Isak and Even eating their far superior cardamom cheese toast together. It’s something of a kindness to Isak, telling him that somewhere they are together, but also expressing Even’s own desire to be with him. He does want to be with Isak. It’s just that they can’t be together, for mysterious reasons. It’s so bittersweet! They’re together, just not this Isak and this Even.

Even drew this for Isak after seeing him broken and depressed in the cafeteria. I think he really did not know how badly Isak was going to take the breakup and wanted to give him some comfort. This drawing is evidence of Even’s second thoughts.

Lol, and Jonas can’t know the full significance of this sketch, but it doesn’t take a genius to recognize that Even’s giving him handmade drawings of him and Isak together, and to see that for what it is.

“He needs to break up with his girlfriend.” Awww. What a sweet, encouraging thing, to say, and Isak smiles to himself. Things are coming up Valtersen.

This clip is when the hearts on the website turned into rainbow colors, and that alone makes me want to weep. I believe this was one of the most liked clips ever, and logically I do think it was because people were like, “Oooo, pretty!” and hitting that like button to see the rainbow, but I mean. This clip also deserves it.

The fact that this scene is based off a real story also makes me want to cry.

This week was so bleak and hard to get through, Isak just was in a terrible place, and I cannot express the release that the audience felt watching this scene.

The music over the credits is “Express Yourself” by N.W.A. Excellent both because, yeah, express yourself and you’ll be happier, Isak! Be true to who you are! And because Isak had previously mentioned N.W.A. as an example of “music you want to listen to when you want to feel tough.” This is Isak feeling pretty damn confident after things went right.

General Comments

There was very little social media this week, which makes total sense considering the state Isak is in. He’s cut off from all of his social connections.

One of Isak’s most redeeming qualities is his ability to learn from his mistakes. In an example from this week’s social media, he’s apologetic to Eskild in a text message. Eskild ribs him about what Isak said, saying that Eskild is busy working on a mascara collection with Kylie Jenner, before saying that they’re cool, basically. I think Eskild did take Isak’s comments pretty hard but realizes that Isak is young and insecure and not unable to learn.

There is an IG photo from Jonas with Mahdi and Magnus - boy squad minus Isak, just to rub it in (though I doubt that’s why Jonas posted it, to hurt Isak, but it does show how disconnected Isak is).

One of the other few text convos is between Kollektivet, where Isak only supplies one line but Linn mentions taking sleeping pills. For like a day or two, the fan theories were all about Isak stealing her sleeping pills in order to get some rest and accidentally ODing and needing to go to the hospital or something similar.

Isak’s mom sends him a religious text at almost 2 in the morning on Friday, hours before he comes out to Jonas. On the one hand, her texts are another source of stress to Isak. On the other, this text is … actually pretty positive? It’s a Bible verse, Joshua 1:9, which is:

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

A lot of Isak’s mom’s texts are about sin, they’re negative and judgmental in nature. This one, by contrast, is affirming. So I think that, even with Mama Valtersen’s texts being a cause for alarm, it’s possible that this text helped Isak before he came out to Jonas. Even with Isak not being a religious person, a general message of being strong and courageous can be an inspiring thing. If that’s the case, then I like that his mom could end up being a source of comfort to her son even prior to episode 9.

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ted was snoring the night away without a single care, looking like a sloth hanging from a branch on a tree with more than sixty-five percent of his body dangling off the edge of the bed he shared with his first and only flame—- the nancy to his not so vicious sid, elizabeth. he gnashed his teeth unconsciously in his sleep and sighed profoundly as he’s swept away and lost in a dream he could only hope to accomplish in real life. ❛ this show is has been straight fuego, bodacious ladies and gentle-dudes and it is all thanks to you! we seriously could not have done it without you. ❜ wyld stallyns fans’ screams caress his earholes in the dream, they were playing to a full house at the selland arena in fresno and they were opening for their fellow headliner, v.an ha/len. and just as he was about to dive into the song’s solo that would wrap up their portion of the show, the earpiece that protected his ears from upsetting loud noises fell with a soundless ‘clack’ onto the ground.

tossing his jet-black hair out of his eyes, he bends down to pick it up— but before he could snag the item in question, he felt a pair of icicles burning holes into his back. the young musician’s blood ran cold as their adoring fans gasped in unison, looking directly behind him with wide eyes and gaping open mouths. “ theodore, look ou—- ! ” and he quickly turned around. the stadium was as still and as silent as graveyard now except for the static that flooded the stadium and the few notes that were unintentionally played as ted’s fingers just barely grazed his guitar strings. instead of finding his wife who’s sentence was cut short prematurely, he finds him. wyld stallyns’ arch-nemesis and rufus’ old gym teacher, chuck de nomolos who’d traveled a very long distance to destroy what he personally liked to call that ridiculous, insipid band not once…but twice. ❛

what have you done to my friends, you futuristic dickweed? ❜ he demanded angrily, gripping the neck of the guitar in his hands as he swung it like a bat. may not be much compared to the futuristic ray gun his overfed repulsiveness had but it’ll do for now. instead of giving one of his speeches about how much he hated the most excellent society he was forced to live in because of their ‘tasteless, heavy metal’ music—- he let out a scream. a blood curdling scream, it unlike anything he’d ever had the utmost displeasure to hear before. a sound he didn’t think a human was even capable of producing. it was all over the place like, some sort of psychotic free form jazz and ted tried to so desperately block out the noise that flooded the arena.

his dream was quickly altered by a not so scary doze of reality when he realized the source of the noise wasn’t chuck de nomolos but his son. wiping the sweat off his brow, he lets himself drop with a hard ‘thud’ onto the ground. “ my stars! ” he heard his wife cry, throwing the covers off her as she rushed to his aid. “ theodore, are you alright? ” to which, ted replied with a guttural ❛ i’m alright. ❜ he lifted his head off the floor, just enough for her to see his dark, romantic, half lidded eyes behind the bed’s horizon. ❛ do not fret, bodacious wife babe! i’ll take care of it. ❜

the former princess smiled sweetly before she eased back into bed and yanked the covers over her head, she does so much for their band and their family during the day; she needs the rest. ted scrambled to his feet and quietly made his way to william’s crib. ❛ — what made you turn on your siren, little dude? ❜ he checks for a questionable scent, a sigh of relief escaping his lips to see there wasn’t any. ‘ hun-whee. ‘ he’s hungry. ❛ well, let’s go fetch some snack-a-roos, scrappy doo. ❜ the toddler clapped his hands as dad took him in his strong arms and carried him down the hall, chanting ’ snack-ee-roos! snack-ee-rooss! snack-ee-ro—– ! ‘ before ted shushed him a finger to his lips.

❛ use your library voice, dude even if you’ve never been to a library before. ❜ he’ll take him tomorrow morning to watch the puppet show, if he can bring himself to remember even a fraction of what he’s telling him. the smaller version of ted shook his head and pulled on a strand of his father’s nape-length hair. ‘ —- ba-doob! ‘ after flicking the light switch in the kitchen, the young parent put the little one down and let him walk clumsily about. he opened the fridge, squinted his eyes and looked inside. maybe he’ll want some of those yogurt cookies that melt in your mouth.he immediately took those out. when he turned around, he saw william holding up his toy guitar. ‘ bay-len! bay-len! ‘ the tot said, to which his father cried. ❛ you can shred just like e.ddie v/an ha!len? no way! show me. ❜

he offered the small sleeve with cookies to his son, who immediately popped three into his mouth. the younger pressed a bright, orange button on the guitar, making all the lights on it turn on. ted showed genuine interest as he too, munched on some of little bill’s most savory yogurt cookies, holding a pre-chilled bottle of milk in his free hand. his eyes blew up to the size of golf balls as genuine interest is displayed across his face. ❛ outstandingly played! willing to bet you must be the very spit of e.vh himself! do you offer lessons for greenhorns such as myself? ❜

the younger eagerly shook his head before his dad lifted him off the ground, turned off the light and scurried down the hall with his laughter echoing behind him. hugging his toy guitar close to his chest, the child took the cookies and bottle from the older’s hands, taking drinks from the formula between bites till he eventually the walk to their bedroom rocked him to sleep.

❛ time to get some shut-eye, little dude! we have a big day with a most excellent adventure ahead of us. ❜ the taller quietly placed the bottle, wrapper, and toy guitar on the lamp table to his left before carefully placing his now sleeping son back in his crib.he couldn’t help but smile a bit as he looked down at him—- brushing the thick, jet-black hair they shared out of his eyes as he drifted off. ❛ sleep well, little dude.

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Kenya produces 500 millions killos of picked tea annually, permonth you divide by 12 and per day you divide by 300 days, the 65 left days are holidays and weekends. So 500, 000, 000 bags divided by 300 days after converting into tonnes is 500,000 tonnes divided by 300 days is 1600 tonnes per day. So instead of planting vast tea plantations in kericho, nandi hills, kisii, kakamega, nyeri or embu kenyans should take samples of land with grown tea per hector then many people are employed to pluck all the tea leaves like you do to a chiken in luo, luny gweno, then we measure the killos given. Samples should be even upto ten a hector land. Then we see how many kgs given per hector in mind with the one produced per year as divide then settle on a fixed tea land and the rest given to food crops such as maize to avert hunger and illicit wealth, billionaires. Kericho can take 50 % of the hector given after the sample, nandi, kisii, nyeri, embu with their percentage out of tea texture and taste due to over farming or weather difference.

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So unless there is some plot twist in store, I’m pretty sure that Charlie’s mother/Henry’s wife was just made super inconsequential to make Charlie extra alone and focus on her relationship with her dad, but we’re in My Canon Territory, dammit, so here is a really long post about her backstory and experiences, not filtered through a dude's POV (like she is in my fics). Her name is now June, because she needs one or I can’t write this.

Contains mentions of child death, gaslighting, injury and a married couple having sex (THE SCANDAL).

Background Before June was born, a bunch of counter cultural types decided that they were going to live in a couple of big houses in the country and be one big polyamorous family. June was one of the kids who came out of that and she had a pretty happy childhood, with lots of “siblings” and people that treated her like she was their own. Still it wasn’t perfect, several people she got really attached to just left at one point and as a teenager, it became really clear to her just how much drama was going on underneath the ideal. When she was fifteen her mother also decided she was done and moved out with her biological kids and her boyfriend, who's not June's biological father, but she considers him her dad more than anyone else, so it's cool-ish. They’re good, supportive parents.

School wasn’t her thing, but she’s naturally good with people, energetic and a fast learner, so she’s never had a problem with finding a job. She lived in The Big City for a while, but that also didn’t suit her, so she moved back in with her parents and got a waitressing job in their town. As far as relationships went, she had a bunch of intense short-term ones, but by her mid-twenties she was over that and liked to imagine a nice, small family with someone she could trust.

Relationship with Henry Henry seemed like the perfect guy for her, she immediately thought he was cute and interesting and when they got together, he made her feel like a million bucks. He’s the kind of guy who compliments people on things nobody else notices and is generally a total sweetheart when he dares to be. She was over the moon when their relationship went from long-distance to settling down together. He clearly had a lot of baggage, but she was fine with helping the man she loved unpack that.

Then William entered the picture. June immediately noticed Henry was into him, because she knows that kind of drama like the back of her hand. At first she wasn't worried, Henry clearly loved her and they were going to have kids and were generally pretty happy, but as time went on she went from "crushes happen, whatever" to being seriously worried she might've married a gay guy.

It took her a long time to really ask herself that because surely, someone who enjoys kissing her and sleeps with her on a regular basis is straight enough, but he was usually about what she wanted and never really opened up like she hoped he would. There was this weird split where she felt like this man who was super affectionate and grateful for her existence might not actually want her (and on the rare occasions where it seemed like he did she was rightfully concerned about where that came from).

She generally worried about him a lot, because Henry’s relationship to his own body has always been Bad. He would at least remember to have meals when their kids were there, taking care of them generally got him to remember he existed outside of his work, but he still liked to shrug off major injuries, like “okay my arm got impaled by this springlock prototype, but the kids didn’t see the blood, my hand still works and William will pay the hospital bill, so it’s pretty much like nothing happened!”

Meanwhile Henry barely recognized that she was worried, because he idealizes people and thinks he doesn’t matter anyway. June isn't a fan of talking about problems either, she usually tries to jump straight to solving them, so that didn't help. Henry’s main thought about her has always been “she’s amazing and I don’t deserve her”.

Relationship with William At first, William charmed her like he tends to do with everybody, but when he got all resentful about her and Henry having kids, she started seeing him as a possessive weirdo who was, sadly, a part of her life. Both she and William tend to be aggressively polite when they hate someone, so when they had to interact they were always Really Nice to each other, like so nice, you could cut the niceness with a knife. At first she thought he liked children because he basically was one, later she figured that he hated children for that same reason.

Having to listen to Henry struggling to deal with this asshole was basically torture, but she tried to help, because William was so important to him as a friend, in spite of all the other weirdness that she couldn't get him to talk about. (”What would you do if William was in love with you?”, “Haha, no, he really isn’t”, “THAT’S NOT WHAT I ASKED....”) This is how she ended up trying to set William up with people. Pity her friends (who I’m not going to go into, but she was a social butterfly who had a lot). Pity his future wife, a random girl she encouraged to go talk to him.

After Sammy disappeared Deep down, June always believed that she and Henry could work through whatever problem and stay a happy family. There just wasn't another way she could picture her future. She was an optimist, until everything fell apart.

It took her longer than Henry to realize that Sammy was really gone. She was completely lost and grasping at straws to figure out what happened. She suspected everyone, including Henry, but especially William. She actually cornered him in his office to accuse him, but this was after William had that conversation with Henry, so he was prepared and had already absorbed enough of Henry's pain to know how he had to act. William basically convinced her that she was going insane with grief and used her own reasoning to convince her he didn't have a motive. ("You're right, I was jealous of your happiness, but now I have a relationship and I might even become a father and I can't imagine ANYONE would EVER...")

So yeah, her world view was destroyed, the way she saw herself was shaking, some old attachment issues she never recognized started to surface and her marriage and family barely felt real anymore. One day, she left. She meant to figure it out, she meant to talk to Henry again and make some sort of arrangement, but she kept not doing it and then told herself it was too late and her daughter probably didn't even remember her. They did officially get divorced without coming anywhere near each other, but that’s it.

She's living a new life now, but she still thinks about her children every day.

#the silver eyes #basically she was the most reasonable person in this whole mess until it broke her #(I'm not really expecting anyone to be interested in this but hey I love writing me some character profiles)#(and clutching at straws to acknowledge FEMALE. CHARACTERS. in FNAF)#Junebug

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The Average and Unusual Couple: Chapter Eight

Stan and Lydia both enter into Beetlejuice’s bedroom where he was floating around waiting for them. Just like with the living room, Beetlejuice’s bedroom is also pretty messy. But it wasn’t as smelly in comparison.

Stan: I’m surprise that this room isn’t as smelly as to the living room.

Beetlejuice: I usually spend the time here during my sleeping hours.

Lydia: So Beetlejuice, what is it that you want to show us? Your updated toe nail collection I assumed?

Beetlejuice: Babes, ever since Stanny boy here toured us throughout South Park and shared some funny stories from his past, I thought why not we do the same for him. I’ve founded a huge memory book from my big ass attic that contains all the times that has happened between us, which includes everything that has happened during our old show run.

Lydia: Wow, Beetlejuice! I never thought that you would ever make such of a suggestion like that. I love it!

Stan: How big is this memory book?

Beetlejuice: I’ve recently placed it into my closet. *turns himself into a Terminator* I’ll be back! *turns himself back to normal, and flies into his closet*

After a few moments later, he returns with the memory book that’s almost as big as him.

Beetlejuice: Phew! *talks to the reader* Skeletons in the closet, you should know by now why I hate them so much.

Stan: Woah, dude. You sure weren’t kidding around on how huge the book is.

Both Stan and Lydia sit next to each other on the bed while Beetlejuice floats above them. Beetlejuice uses his magic to lift the book up to make it float, and places it right in front of them. He continues to use his magic to open the book, and turns to the first page. The first picture shows Beetlejuice and Lydia making funny faces in a selfie pose.

Stan: *chuckles a bit* Was that picture taken on the day you two first met each other?

Lydia: Yep. I didn’t even know if I was ever gonna see Beetlejuice again at that time, so I took a picture of us both as a precaution.

Beetlejuice: Those faces that you made were just as gross as my own, Babes. I felt very proud by it that I couldn’t stop crying happily in my sleep.

Lydia: *laughs* You never told me about that.

Beetlejuice: Well umm, I was just too embarrassed to admit it at the time.

Stan was looking through the pictures and sees how each image is so well professionally taken.

Stan: So just like with the photos taken in our world, you took every picture in during each of your visit at the Netherworld?

Lydia: Yes. In fact, more than two thirds of the pictures that I have taken with my camera are all either supernatural or Netherworld related stuff.

Stan: Uh-huh. Do you keep any of these pictures in your room too?

Lydia: I only have a few handful of my personal favorite ones in actual photos, while the rest are stored away in some of my GB fast drives.

Stan: I’ll like to see your favorite ones next because I imagine they each have a good story to tell.

Lydia: Each of the photo in the memory book has a story to tell, but since this book is gigantic in which takes a lot of time to get through, and we don’t have that kind of a time at the moment, we’ll do that instead. Beetlejuice, takes us to the page during our first time at the Netherworld Auto Factory.

Beetlejuice: Oohh, good choice, Lyds.

He uses his magic to turn the page that shows pictures on the day that they created Doomie.

Beetlejuice: Ah yes, the very day that our monstrous car was born.

Stan: What’s with the car in these pictures?

Lydia: Beetlejuice and I wanted to have our own car in order to travel to many places. So we bought a super cheap car from a wrecking yard for five bucks, build it from scrap, and made it come alive pretty much like how Dr. Frankenstein created his monster.

Stan: Wait a minute, that car is alive?

Lydia: That’s right. We even named him Doomie. His personality is much like that of a dog. He can be a happy-go-lucky, loyal, good-natured kind of a car. Although he does have an abnormal carburetor that causes him to have a split-personality disorder. Whenever Doomie sees a dog, he quickly becomes a werewolf-like car that lasts up to at least a while.

Beetlejuice: *chuckles* You can thank me for that.

Stan: Where is he right now?

Lydia: He’s on a second honeymoon with his love interest name Pinky. He should be back sometime next week.

Stan: I can’t wait to see what he’s like. He must be such a really fun car to be around with.

Lydia: Oh, you’re gonna love Doomie, Stan. He’s literally like one of the best pals that you can ask for.

Beetlejuice: Yeah, Doomie is such a monstrous car that he can give a Mustang a run for their money. Which remains me, I gotta remember to put Doomie into a race so that I can bet on him for a shit load of money.

Lydia: But BJ, we already were in a race with Doomie and won, remember?

Beetlejuice: I know that, but that race didn’t earned us a lot of bucks! *a big herd of deer bucks magically shows up to run him over* Aaaahhh! *the buck herd runs him over* Ugh, I gotta be more careful with my literal translation.

Stan: *laughs* I’m beginning to see why you hang out with your ghostly buddy a lot, Lydia. He’s such a funny guy to be around with.

Lydia smiling: That’s what’s Beetlejuice does best. Wherever he does it intentionally or not.

Stan: So what other fun things did you guys do together?

Lydia: Here’s a memory past that was more like a learning experience for me. Oh Bj, turn to the page where we saw William Shakespeare.

Beetlejuice excited: Oh fuck yeah! Now you’re talking!

He uses his magic to the page that has photos involving William Shakespeare. Stan sees a picture of Lydia and Beetlejuice being together with Shakespeare himself.

Stan: Holy shit! You two actually met William Shakespeare?! How did you guys get to meet him?

Lydia: During one night, I had to write an essay about him for English class. At that time, I didn’t understand much onto why he was one of the most influential writers of all time. So I asked Beetlejuice for help, and he took me to a place call The Back Stage of Beyond where I got to see some of Shakespeare’s characters. During my time there, I was able to finally understand on what made William Shakespeare such a brilliant writer in the first place. And then when we saw him, he had a writer’s block situation in which we were able to help him in breaking the giant block in order for him to write new plays again.

Stan: What was he like?

Lydia: When I first met him, he was very depressed in not coming up with any new ideas. But then after having the writer’s block get destroyed, I was able to see him doing some of his finest works. Just able to see him writing poetries was all inspiring to watch.

Beetlejuice: But let’s not forget one very important thing here, Willie and I are old pals!

Stan: Really now?

Beetlejuice: Oh yes, I knew him well. I was able to help him in putting the terrors and tragedies into his work while he influents me in becoming the comedian prankster that I am today.

Stan: Interesting. How did you two met?

Beetlejuice: He was doing his writing homework on Latin when I gave him a good spoke. He founded me fascinating, I liked the way he talks, and the two of us became close ever since. I still give him a quick visit once a while.

Stan: That’s pretty cool, dude. What other historical figures did you made friends with?

Beetlejuice: Well, there’s also Benjamin Franklin, Harry Houdini, Alfred Hitchcock, and Elvis Presley.

Stan: Have you checked on them recently?

Beetlejuice: Not yet, but maybe I’ll give them a prank call later on. *chuckles*

Lydia: Hey, Beetlejuice, remember the time that you disguised yourself as my Cousin for the first time?

Beetlejuice: Oh yeah, and when I got your family to start dancing during that night. Let me find that page.

He uses his magic to the page that has pictures of Lydia’s family dancing.

Beetlejuice: Ah, yes. That was sure a fun night, wasn’t it, Babes?

Stan: What’s the story behind these pictures?

Lydia: My family relatives came over for a visit, and I didn’t want to have an another boring day with them. So Beetlejuice steps in disguise as Cousin BJ to lighten things up. The first attempt wasn’t too successful, but it was when during dinner time that things started to get fun. BJ used to his possession power to get my family start dancing. After twenty seconds later, the magic wear off, and yet my family were still dancing. These photos had since then became my most favorite family moment in my life so far. I even have a video of the whole thing.

Stan: Cool! You gotta show me that video someday whenever you can.

Lydia: Absolutely!

Beetlejuice and Lydia showed Stan some more of their memory photos. Some of them include such as visiting a wild west town call Tombstone Scarazona, running a fast food restaurant, the time when Beetlejuice got spit into two BJs, and the time when Beetlejuice was temporally Mayor of the Netherworld. About two hours later, Stan quickly checks the time on his Fitbit watch, and sees that it was almost four o’clock pm. His mother has stated that she was gonna pick him up right around four, and now it was time for him to be heading back.

Stan: Crap, it’s fifteen minutes to four, and my mom is gonna pick me up right around that time. We gotta get going, Lydia.

Beetlejuice: Oh come on, Stanny boy! I was just about to tell you the one time when Lyds was a wild prankster.

Stan: Sorry, dude. Maybe another time. But before I go, I just wanna say that it was wonderful in getting to know you more as yourself instead of you in one of your random disguises. You’re such a blast to be around with, and I look forward in spending a lot more time with you, Beetlejuice. *smiles*

Beetlejuice: *chuckles* If you thought today was fun, wait until you see the adventures that awaits us all. Trust me, the Netherworld will be like your new playhouse.

Lydia: Ready, Stan?

Stan takes Lydia’s hand, and nods his head up and down twice.

Lydia: I’ll give you a call whenever I can, Beetlejuice.

Beetlejuice: Just don’t keep me waiting for long this time, Babes.

Stan: See you next time, BJ.

Lydia: Home! Home! Home!

They both disappeared from Beetlejuice’s room, and then are teleported back to Lydia’s bedroom. And as they returned, Lydia was back on wearing her long dark purple top and black leggings.

Stan: Wow, dude. That was one hell of a day.

Lydia: That was only just the start. The Netherworld has a lot more to offer, and I’m very excited to take you to those places someday.

Stan: Well umm, just in case if I ever want to give BJ a call or want to visit the Netherworld myself, how do I do that?

Lydia: I’ll write you the instructions for it. Just give me a minute.

As Lydia heads to her desk and writes the instructions, Stan looks though the shelve that has the books and picks out the photo book that only has pictures of her family, insects, and trips in the real world.

Stan: Where do you keep your favorite Netherworld pictures at?

Lydia: In the closet. It’s a black book that saids memories with an image of a bat as it’s cover.

Stan looks through the closet, and finds the book. He checks out the pictures in it, and recognizes some of them like the ones that has Doomie in it. But the one image that Stan seems to like the most is a picture of Lydia in her Netherworld outfit at a dark room while holding up a candle with spiderwebs both at upper left & right corner. It perfectly captures the strange, spooky, and beautiful type of a person that she truly is. Looking at the photo puts a smile onto Stan’s face.

Lydia: All done.

Stan: Okay.

He puts the book back where he found it, and heads over to her.

Lydia: Here ya go. They’re all pretty simple to follow.

She hands Stan the instructions as he takes a good look at it. The instructions reads in the following guidelines:

1: If you want to summon Beetlejuice or send him back where he came from, say his name 3 times.

2: If you want to visit the Netherworld, make sure to have the room entirely dark with only a fire candle as the only light in the area. Once everything is set, say these magic words: Though I know I should be wary, still I venture someplace scary! Ghostly hauntings I turn loose…Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

3: Whenever you’re at the Netherworld and want to head back where you came from, say the word “Home” 3 times.

4: You can also bring someone or something with you to and out the Netherworld by any type of physical contact. Just make sure nothing touches you in order to prevent any unintentional things from happening.

Stan: Alright, this is all I need to know. And I promise that this will only be between us both. The knowledge in entering the Netherworld is pretty much something that can screw up the entire world if a lot of people knew about it.

Lydia: Thanks, Stan. The less people know about it, the better.

Delia calling from downstairs: Stan, your mother is here!

Stan: Okay, Mrs. Deetz! I’ll be down in a second. *turns back to Lydia* You wanna come down and say hi to my mom really quick? She’s been wanting to meet you for a while now.

Lydia smiling: Sure! It’s about damn time that I meet one of your parents anyway.

They both head downstairs together as they see their mothers talking with each other on the couch.

Stan: Hi, mom.

Sharon: Hi, Stanley. How was your day today?

Stan: It was a lot fun, all thanks to Lydia here.

Lydia: Hello, Mrs. Marsh. It’s so nice to finally meet you.

Sharon: I’m so happy to meet you too, Lydia. Stan has told me so much about you, and your beauty is definitely one of them. You look so lovely.

Lydia: Thank you, Mrs. Marsh. But spooky is something that I prefer to be called as instead of lovely.

Sharon: Oh, okay. But anyway, what did you two do today?

Lydia: We watched some horror movies together. We watched the Hammer version of Dracula, Night of the Living Dead, and Monster Marshmallows from Miami.

Delia: Ugh, you showed Stan that Marshmallow movie? I don’t understand on how you find a movie like that so entertaining.

Lydia: It may be a cheesy B monster movie, but it’s also a lot of fun that way. You just gotta have the right taste for it.

Stan: Yeah, much like how I view Alien Resurrection. It’s so bad, that it’s also entertaining like hell.

Sharon: I’m just happy to see you two having a lot of fun together. Well anyway, it’s time for me and Stan to be heading back. I wanna try to be back home before it gets dark, and you’re probably aware by now on how long it takes for us to drive between here and our current home.

Lydia: I understand, Mrs. Marsh. It was wonderful in meeting you today. Hopefully I can come over to your place someday.

Stan: How about on my birthday? It’ll be on a Friday as I also plan on throwing a party right after school on that day. I’ll be inviting some friends over, and I was gonna invite you first.

Lydia smiling: Aww, Stanley. I absolutely would love to come to your birthday party! *turns to her mother* Mother, can I go over to the party, please? Stan has been over here a couple times so far, and I still haven’t visit over to his house yet.

Delia: Ooh, alright, sweetheart. Since you’ve been getting great grades at your new school so far, I’ll let you go over to Stan’s house.

Lydia super happy: Thank you so much, mother! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sharon: Then I look forward in seeing you again during Stan’s birthday, Lydia. And I’ll see you in an another date, Delia. Have a good night.

Delia: You too. Drive safely.

Stan smiling: Today was some of the most fun that I ever had in a while, Lydia. I’m really excited to see what more fun lies ahead of us.

Lydia smiling: Me too.

They both hug each other for one more time, and then Stan heads out to the door with his mother.

Stan: See you at school. Bye.

Lydia: Bye.

Both Stan and his mother went into the van, and they begin the drive back home.

Sharon: Stanley, I can tell that you two have strong feels for each other. Have you told her yet about your love for her?

Stan: Not yet. I really don’t want to rush on admitting my honest feeling towards her.

Sharon: Well, judging on the way that you two smiled and hugged each other, it sounds like you two are starting to fall in love. You need to tell her about your true feelings for her sooner than later.

Stan: *sigh* When the moment is right, I’ll tell her that I love her so deeply.

In the next chapter, Lydia heads over to Stan’s house for the first time.

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Pine to Palm 2018

Snag and I left work Thursday afternoon to go pick up Unyi in Elk Grove. Met him at his farm and headed north.

Hwy 5 was closed between Redding and Shasta from the fires. As we drove north we started running out of daylight and realized tonight would be our best night to get rest. So we stopped in Red Bluff to stay in a hotel.

The next morning we woke up with concern over the detour from Redding to Shasta. Options included:

follow the detour and risk an 8+ hour drive, or

embrace a 7 hour drive west to the coast around the fire, or

our chosen way head east through Lassen Park from Red Bluff to skip some of the Redding detour.

In the end 3 was probably the right choice, it took us ~6 hours to get to Ashland.

That afternoon we were lost looking for check-in around Williams, OR we got a flat tire Rock Creek Road - near a Meth Lab and a forest full of tweakers.

The bolt was stripped on the wheel. We couldn’t get it off.

We met a helpful overall-wearing gentleman and his giant headed dog, but we still couldn’t get the wheel off.

We happened across another racer and Dad who picked us up - took us to “The Bar” (Rascal’s) looking for “Tyler?”

“Tyler isn’t around anymore”. Bartender Becky called boyfriend, Chance.

Chance, Unyi and Snag tried to get the wheel off.

We pounded beers - practically giving up on starting the race.

Around 11pm we called a final decision meeting with Chance in the lounge of Rascal’s. We decided to camp in Chance’s yard - tent - drink water - couldn’t sleep - still up at 1:30am when Unyi got back from bar.

Woke up at 4:15 - hit snooze

4:30 - “I quit” then I didn’t have a good reason.

Snag and I hitchhiked to the race start.

start (0miles)

First section - not having “fun”.

Altitude.

o’brien creek (14.5miles)

Smooth down - cheater miles. High-fived Hal Koerner and met George - nice guy from Marin.

steamboat ranch (21.5miles)

seattle bar (28.5miles)

Seattle Bar - not as hot as expected - no Unyi. We wondered how he was doing.

Presumed this would be the toughest part.

Climbed - beautiful views of peaks galore.

stein butte (35miles)

Ate burrito and ice - felt amazing to next section.

squaw lakes (41 & 43.5miles)

Met Unyi at Squaw Lakes! - ate Ramen - changed shoes - spirits high. (It turns out Unyi got a tow truck to the Gap, and the mechanics got the wheel off, replaced it and Matt was on the road again).

Climb - suffer

hanley gap (52miles)

Started slowing down before a flag-grabbing out and back. Ate ramen.

squaw creek gap (59.5miles)

Got to aid station - dude said “you better hurry to make cut-off.”

Almost at Dutchman - soooo cold - altitude - Wanted to quit - couldn’t think of a good reason: “too tired” “too cold” “won’t make it” - none of those reasons would work.

dutchman (67miles)

Made it to Dutchman within cutoff - volunteers mentioned “that’s it for cutoffs” - no more for the rest of the race - so that’s good news.

Wandered down the hill, drunk on altitude - half expecting to not see Unyi.

Did see Unyi - who ordered us to get in the car and eat ramen.

Saw George on his way out - such a positive friendly dude.

Bundled up with pants gloves layers beanie and started to run.

Quickly warmed up when we got out of the wind. Stripped all that stuff off. Headlamp was intermittent, snag lent me a replacement.

This section was tough - touched the PCT on a nasty side hill and there was a long drop down the mountain. Was so tired, fading and almost falling asleep.

siskiyou gap (73.5miles)

Got to aid - where we were told that there is in fact a cutoff next at Grouse : “7:30am and we better hurry”. So demoralized. Hard to do math. Almost got lost twice. As I climbed into altitude started feeling VERY negative and gave up. Got to the top, sat down and felt sorry for myself. Came to terms that “hey, I tried”, I even named my Strava Run “DNF: Pine to Palm 100”. Then I stood up and kept moving. As I got closer to the “1 mile of downhill” I started thinking that there’s a chance. The sun came up and it was majestic. An epic view of the Shasta peak and several other >7,000+ ft peaks popping out from the pond-flat fog. Absolutely stunning sunrise. Raced downhill and got to aid with 5 minutes to spare. Turns out there was no cutoff at Grouse.

grouse gap (80miles)

At Grouse ate some ramen and got mentally prepared for 20 more miles to get it done.

We left Grouse really slow. I was sick of altitude and I knew that we’d be into the thin air again in this section. What made this section even worse was the technical scramble for what ended up being ~5+ miles.

Scrambled up to get flags on some rock pile. Felt like insult to injury. “Why is he making us do this?”

Then very steep technical downhill. My quads and feet were destroyed.

Miles later, near the end of the technical down I was fed up. I couldn’t chop-chop-chop slow-step downhill slow anymore. I just ran to get it over with, and got to Weasel Creek aid pretty quickly. I sat at Weasel Creek aid, where the volunteers were saying that there was a 1:30pm cutoff there! Snag was behind me (micro fracturing his ankles we later found out) but we had plenty of time.

weasel creek (90miles)

Now, 10 miles left. A smooth fire road, net down hill with gentle grades. Snag wanted to drop because of his ankles, but we convinced him there was time to walk it in. We did the math and got moving.

Despite the gentle grades, this was a challenging section - it was water torture: dull endless suffering. We were moving so slowly. I was fading in and out of sleep. Pounded some caffeine Gus and Snag and I talked mindlessly to keep eachother awake. Counting down the miles and the time and tracking our pace. Hallucinating and reaching for the finish.

We finally hit the paved road and a mile walk downhill culminated in a slow walk across the finish line.

finish (100.5miles)

GEAR

Tracksmith tank, patagonia shorts, injinji socks, nike kiger 4, buff arm sleeves, buff headband, black diamond headlamp, patagonia duckbill, nike sunglasses

nike tee, patagonia long sleeve, nike jacket, new balance trail gobi 2

north face pants, nike tank

FUEL

taco bell green bean and cheese burritos, gu, watermelon gu blocks, tailwind, ramen, cokes, ginger ale, red bull, sparking coconut water

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neostarstudios · 7 years

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7/7/17

While the last few years of Warped Tour have, to varying degrees, seemed to course-correct the festival’s reputation for chasing the latest trends, 2017 may have hit a high water mark. While different regions had some bands jump on and off (West = Goldfinger, Midwest = The Suicide Machines, for examples), Camden’s lineup was certainly packed with a load of heavy-hitters. There was some of the expected fare for the younger crowd (Attila, New Years Day, Beartooth and personal favorite Dance Gavin Dance, among many others) but veteran acts may have outnumbered the newer ones, which is a shocking change.

Having different experiences at the show, we decided to share both JJ and Henry’s experiences here. Sometimes they’ve crossed streams, and sometimes they were at different parts of the venue.

JJ: On a side note, this was my first time seeing the event at this location as Scranton is my usual location of choice. While that location has its advantages (my familiarity with the layout, easy and free parking, short lines to get in, and just a generally laid-back experience) this location had its own appeal. After getting the layout figured out (which did take a little while), the navigation here was easier than Scranton as stages were less spaced apart.

Henry: I’ve been to Camden a number of times. In fact, the first few Warped Tours were held at the parking lot of what was Wachovia Spectrum. I think they moved it to Camden back in ’97-’98 and have been setting up here ever since.

JJ: Anyway, after figuring out where the Hard Rock Stage was, I knew it was where I was going to largely camp out. I made it into the venue in time to see Bad Cop/Bad Cop, one of the bands I was most excited to see, take the stage. They plowed through their set which had a ton of new material from their just-released album Warriors. The new material really blended nicely with their older songs and, if anything, upped the intensity. If you didn’t pick up the CD at their merch tent for only $5, it’s time to start kicking yourself. As good as they are musically, they are even better as people.

Henry: Bad Cop/ Bad Cop was a band I definitely wanted to see. I’ve become a fan ever since seeing them play with Masked Intruder on the 25th Anniversary Fat Wreck Tour. I’ve even forced a few of my friends to watch their set and they loved every second of it!

Henry: I headed out towards the Mutant North Stage to check out Silent Planet. They’ve been a band that has played a bunch of shows here locally for years but for every chance they were in town, I’d end up missing their sets. I was happy to see that they’ve blown up over the last few years.

JJ: I wandered inside to the Skullcandy stage to see War On Women as they shouted their message of equality and making concerts safe spaces for everyone. This was followed by Save Ferris next door at the Journey’s Right Foot Stage (the stage placement is one bone I have to pick with this venue). Anyway, SF put on a tight, energetic performance that made everyone in the crowd move even if a lot of them weren’t even alive during the band’s initial run. Now THAT is how you come back bigger than ever. This seemed to an even peppier show than when I saw them in a club earlier in the year. After they finished, I had enough time to get my bearings and plan my next move which was right back to the Hard Rock Stage for….

Municipal Waste! I had never seen them before but it was everything I hoped for with maybe 15 songs being played in 25 minutes. You really get your money’s worth with them. It was nice to see drum-deity Dave Witte in person. A recent addition on second guitar, Nick Poulos really bolstered their attack and maybe it was because I was closer to his side of the stage, but his leads really were highlights of the set. It didn’t hurt that I was able give him a thumbs up and a fist bump later.

Henry: Inside, to tried to cover Memphis May Fire. Literally ever since they’ve been appearing at Warped Tour, for some reason, they always end up playing inside. I hate shooting inside. It’s dark. Very dark.

After a few feeble attempts, I gave up and decided to try and catch The Ataris on the Hard Rock Stage.

Henry: It’s been ages since I’ve seen The Ataris live let alone listen to any releases beyond ‘So Long Astoria’ (sorry, ‘Welcome the Night’ just never did it for me.) The band had just released a new record and is selling it at Bad Cop/ Bad Cop’s tent. No doubt was I curious. One of the highlights of their set was when they finished with the Don Henley cover of “Boys of Summer” and they replaced the line “Out on the road today I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac” with “…Dickeys sticker on a Cadillac” in reference to the band that stirred up controversy earlier on the tour.

Henry: The entire point of Warped Tour is to check out the bands that you’ve never heard of. Going with that notion in mind, I decided to run back inside to check out a Manchester, UK band that was pitched to me called Sonic Boom Six. They had an upbeat ska sound that you can totally skank to (do people even know what “skank” even means anymore!?)

JJ: After walking around some more, I came back to the Hard Rock Stage to see Sick of It All and….wow. Being familiar with their recorded material forever but never seeing them, these guys may have won the MVP award for the day. Despite being in the game over thirty years, their energy is beyond compare. They have a tight, loud, massive sound live that the early records, for all of the quality of many songs, don’t really capture. It’s hard to imaging them being able to keep that intensity up for an hour, but maybe they can or maybe they just go all out and make the most of their 25 minutes. No matter what, it was impressive and I got to shake frontman Lou Koller’s hand afterward and express my gratitude.

Henry: I’ve been a huge Sick of it All fan ever since I picked up a copy of ‘Scratch the surface.’ It’s weird to think that I was 13yrs old when I bought that. But music has been a rather huge part of my life. The last time I saw them live was literally 20yrs ago at Warped Tour 1997.

Henry: While walking around, I noticed my friend Sean up on the Full Sail University Stage with Courage My Love. I’m not gonna lie, I’ve been clueless to the fact that I’ve been conversing with Mercedes Arn-Horn off and on in FB comment threads for a while now. I’ve always just figured she was a friend-of-a-friend amongst my other music industry friends. It was actually rather cathartic to see her on stage performing with her band since I only knew her from chat threads.

JJ: I ventured over to the Journey’s Left Foot Stage (see what I mean about the layout?!) to see CKY. They are local favorites and the entire Margera family came out to introduce the band. After watching them on TV for years, it was a little bit of a thrill. Bam even came out late in the set to sing a G.G. Allen song. The real story is how the band has recalibrated with the departure of frontman Deron Miller. It’s Chad Ginsberg’s voice at the forefront and…the approach is different. Instead of Deron’s smooth croon, Chad has the vocal approach of a stoner-rock dude who just rode into town and is looking for a fight. After a few spins, the new album The Phoenix is a short and sweet tour of a lot of what the band does just with a slightly different approach. They only played one track off of that “Replaceable” but mostly stuck to tracks from Vol. 1 and Infiltrate. Destroy. Rebuild. Everything was enjoyable and the crowd was into it but the performance seemed a little listless. The band and their layers of sounds are probably best-suited to an intimate club.

Henry: I killed a little bit of time right after CYK. I needed to reorganize myself after all the running around I’ve done. I managed to catch up with a few tour friends along the way. Most were complaining about their lack of sleep (something I knew too well after my short stint a few years back). I caught New Years Day‘s performance over at the Journey’s Left Foot Stage. It’s funny. I can recall a time before they became a household name, when the band would hang out in the press area simply out of boredom and would sit-in during interviews.

JJ: More wandering ensued before circling back to the Hard Rock Stage for the Adolescents. Even though they’ve been at it longer than I have been alive and influenced even the mighty Bad Religion, they were still sharp live. Sure, it’s basically Tony and Steve bolstered by some younger musicians, but those two were always the engine of the band anyway. They had a great new album last year (Manifest Density) and showed that they can keep going as long as they want.

Henry: The Adolescents were one of those bands I didn’t bother photographing. I just wanted to be able to stand back and enjoy their set. I think the only song any of the younger crowds recognized was “Amoeba” made famous by Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 game that we all obsessed over.

Henry: Back inside, one of the acts I was looking very forward to was William Control. I’ve seen him perform a number of times and in different configurations. Starting off with “Monster” and “Kiss the Girl”, he addressed the crowd “I know a band with synths is probably the last thing you’d expect to see here today at Warped Tour. But think of us as a bit of repreive. First we’re going to romance you, and then when Beartooth comes out after us, they’re going to fuck you all in the ass!” According to a few old-school Warped attendees, William Control was one of the new acts that they saw and fell in love with. Also worth mentioning was that ‘Revelations: The Red EP’ just came out today and is available at their merch tent for only $5 and is worth every penny!

Unfortunately, I had to run as the band was starting to launch into “Beautiful Monster” as blessthefall was about to start at the other end of the venue.

Henry: After fighting my way through hordes of Warped attendees, I finally made my way to the Mutant North Stage. The sun was starting to set and “golden hour” was upon us. As the band took the stage, frontman Beau Bokan sprayed the crowd with a bottle of Monster’s Mutant soda. I managed to dodge most of the spray but my camera wasn’t so lucky.

JJ: After this, I made my way over to the Mutant South stage to catch a little of Silverstein’s set. They had gotten a shipment of their new album Dead Reflection in a week early (it was officially released on July 14th) and were selling it at their merch tent. Don’t tell anyone. A few songs in, Beefcake The Mighty “killed” Billy Hamilton and took over on bass for a few songs. I wasn’t able to stick around long because….

Strung Out took the stage at the Hard Rock Stage! I’ve been crossing paths with them a lot over the last few years and as always, good stuff. Vocalist Jason Cruz’s voice sounded stronger than it had the last few times I had seen them and they can really do no wrong in my book.

Henry: By the time Silverstein came on, I was beat. I knew JJ had to run to catch Strung Out but he totally miss the greatest part of the set when GWAR’s Beefcake The Mighty “killed” Billy Hamilton and took over bass for “Retrograde” and “Still Dreaming.”

JJ: It was at this point in the day with clouds threatening and giving way to sun for so many hours before, that the rain finally delivered on its threat. A drizzle became a full downpour with gusty winds creating havoc as I tried in vain to put on my poncho. If it was just me, I wouldn’t have minded, but I had signed merch with me and was already down a backpack and pair of earplugs that evening. It was with a heavy heart that I had to miss the band’s last song as I ran inside for shelter to dry myself and assess the damage. Once solving this and realizing my poncho was torn and therefore mostly useless, I looked out to see the rain even heavier than before. It must have been an experience for those at the Mutant Stages who saw Hatebreed and GWAR through that.

Henry: I was caught in the rain during Hatebreed and GWAR. I tried to photograph Hatebreed’s set but by the time they took the stage, the clouds were overhead and it looked like it was night to my left, and still daylight to my right. I watched as production staff tried to keep the stage together as strong gusts of wind kept knocking over banners and they hastily tried to cover up speakers before the onslaught that we were about to receive.

JJ: I waited it out inside at the Skullcandy Stage again and was happy to realize this detour brought me right to the Street Dogs, one of the bands I wanted to see anyway. They burned through some familiar numbers including a cover of Joe Strummer’s “Coma Girl”. The crowd in front of their stage which included me, was modest but frontman Mike McColgan worked hard to win everyone over. In fact, he worked so hard, he spent just as much time if not more so in front of the crowd waiting in front of the Journey’s Right Foot Stage next door. They may have been there for Never Shout Never but they got a healthy dose of Street Dogs and I could see a lot of people in that crowd also really into it.

After the Street Dogs closed up shop, I headed back outside one last time to happily see the rain had ended. I took the walk back to the Hard Rock Stage one final time and was able to see all of Anti Flag.

There was something appropriate about them closing things out, especially given the state of the world.

Henry: I had to make a choice. Go see Anti-Flag, or stay and see GWAR. I decided to stay and watch GWAR. Words just aren’t enough to describe their clash of comedy theater/ rock show. It’s one that everyone has to experience first-hand to comprehend it. Like if I were to say to someone that I had a great time getting blasted in the face by Blothar’s four penis’s, I’m pretty sure I’d be met with confusion and disgust. Still worth it!

JJ: All in all, it was an odd experience for me not being consumed by press and only able to get a sampling of performances. This is the exact experience a normal Warped Concert-goer would have and while different, was nearly equally enjoyable. I had already interviewed most of the bands I was there to see (in some cases multiple times) anyway, so with a few elusive exceptions, I was fairly up to date with a lot of them, anyway.

Henry: It was a marathon for me to try and cover as many acts as possible. But overall I was happy to see fans young and old showing up and actually having a good time together. I watched as men in their late-40’s/ early-50’s throwdown in a circle pit with kids half their age during Sick of it All. I saw concert goers in their mid-30’s develop a new love for new acts. Acts that they’d never be exposed to on their own accord if it weren’t for what this tour was built on: comradery and unity. I saw numerous collaborations on stage that made me scratch my head (Big D and the Kids Table with American Authors, GWAR and Silverstein were the two big ones that came to mind) but they’ve made it all work.

JJ: Let’s also applaud the tour itself as it managed to strike an impressive balance of old and new which should make it a viable, relevant festival for even more years to come.

Written by: JJ Ellis and Henry Chung Photos by: the unstoppable Henry Chung

Warped Tour 7/7/17 While the last few years of Warped Tour have, to varying degrees, seemed to course-correct the festival's reputation for chasing the latest trends, 2017 may have hit a high water mark.

#BB&T Pavillion #Camden NJ #Henry Chung #JJ Ellis #Vans Warped Tour #VWT2017 #Warped Tour 2017

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Havin’ a Few Drinks and Watching: Judgment Day ‘08

The title of these posts are self-explanatory. Occasionally I will have a few adult beverages and watch an old PPV. All the writing (aside from this introductory paragraph) was written live by me throughout the night and unedited from its original form.

My first reaction of the night is that I already absolutely loathe this PPV’s theme song three minutes in. It is called “Take It All” by some Danish band called Zididada, and I’m convinced that it’s the same line over and over again. I hate it more than I hate myself.

According to research, the dark match for this show was World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly (what) defeating Carlito and Santino Marella. Can’t believe they didn’t air that sure-to-be greatness.

The show starts with JBL fighting John Cena in a match I already regret watching. If you’re curious what period of time we’re in, there’s a sign that says “JBL = EPIC FAIL!” so we’re right smackdab in the middle of when “fail” was A Thing. Another sign says JBL stands for “Judgment Day’s Biggest Loser.” Get fucking wrecked, Bradshaw. John Cena is wearing an NES Cover-inspired T shirt that I wish I owned. This match had some solid heat. The people love John Boy (I believe this is before the “JOHN CENA SUUUUUCKS” chants) and hate JBL (as everyone should). However, everything else is putting me to sleep. I’ve never really enjoyed Bradshaw in the ring, and this John Cena isn’t the Greatest In The World John Fucking Cena we’ve got 10 years later. JBL dominates most of the match with a slow pace. Cena’s selling really looks goofy as hell. JBL’s just destroying Cena at a really deliberate pace, and then out of nowhere Cena hits the FU for the win. Classic “Super Cena” that would get people to hate his overpowered characters before he became Actually Good in recent years. This match was bad and the ending being so sudden and nonsensical didn’t help matters. If we’re rating stuff it’s probably about *3/4.

We cut to Raw GM William Regal as the match is finished. He seems to have enjoyed the match just as much as I did.

We get clips from an episode of “The Dirt Sheet” (which you can see first every Sunday on WWE.com) with Miz and John Morrison. They’re going to face off against Kane (the ECW Champion) and CM Punk (Mr. Money in the Bank) for the WWE Tag Team Championship. Miz-as-Kane and Morrison-as-Punk have potential, but goofy ass sound effects (FART!) take away from whatever comedic value the segment would have had. Miz is wearing a fedora, a “chick magnet” shirt and some goofy-ass short pants (long shorts?) and it’s nice to see an entirely different Miz have the same level of hate-ability. Mike Adamle keeps referring to Punk as just “CM” and it sounds weird. Punk gets taken to Slamtown with a Moonlight Drive after getting distracted by Kane chokeslaming Miz into oblivion. It’s a fine match. There’s not too much that stands out but I enjoyed the ride. **3/4-***.

Third match of the night is Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho, so hopes are high. I’m not as big a Michaels fan as I used to be, but he was still a heck of a wrestler. Combine that with the GOAT Chris Jericho and you’ve got a stew goin’. That scumbag Shawn Michaels faked an injury to get the edge on Batista in a match where Jericho was reffing, which is how we got here. Jericho’s IC champion, but it’s non-title for whatever reason. Match starts out with some nearfall exchanges and Michaels’ smarmy, cocky ass pissing Y2J right off. Slightly off-topic, but no matter how many times I see them, I will never get used to Shawn Michaels’ Jesus-themed assless chaps. Match is fun, and it’s hard to be snarky or insightful when things are simply “fine.” Michaels tunes up the band right into a codebreaker OUTTA NOWHERE which was a fun moment. Ending is kinda weird. Jericho goes for Lionsault, but Michaels has double knees up. Jericho somehow sees that coming and prevents himself from landing on the knees but Michaels reverses into a pinfall. So that’s why it was non-title. This isn’t a classic match like these two could have, but it’s still very good, even great. **** overall methinks. Jericho and HBK shake hands as a show of respect. Regal reacts to the action by staring off into the distance some more.

JBL interrupts Todd Grisham and Mickie James by saying that actually he beat John Cena and not the other way around. Also he’s not mad, he’s actually laughing right now.

We’ve got a Women’s Title match with Beth Phoenix vs. Melina vs. Mickie James. Because this is a women’s match in 2008, everything feels rushed. Even introductions. Lillian Garcia takes absolutely no pauses in the introductions. Just gets it done. You can tell all three women want to get as much of their stuff in as possible in their token 5 minutes of the show, and things are fast-paced but still pretty smooth and REALLY fun. Beth Phoenix lifts both Melina and Mickie for a backbreaker, and it gets one of the best reactions of the night. Mickie finishes Melina with a DDT in less than 5 minutes. They really made the most out of the time they had. They left me wanting more here. ***1/4

Next up is the World Heavyweight Title match, which was stripped from Taker by Vickie Guerrero. Vickie’s fiancée Edge is naturally the one in line for the shot. There’s a sign that says “I only came 4 Edge,” which… extremely same, IF YA KNOW WHAT I’M SAYIN HERE. There’s also a man in the first few rows wearing a very large, floppy sombrero, and I hope whoever was behind him beat the shit out of him after the show. As for the match? It’s an Edge vs. Undertaker match. So just imagine you��re seeing one of the many Edge vs. Undertaker matches, but not, like, one of the BEST ones. Just a good one with some shenanigans thrown in. LITTLE BABBY versions of Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder show up to distract Charles Robinson while Edge exposes a turnbuckle. Undertaker wins by countout, but Vickie makes sure to note that the title can’t be won on DQ or countout. So we get a countout finish and still no champ. Fun stuff! Match is like a ***1/4-***1/2 overall. Taker’s mad so he gives Edge a tombstone after the match for his troubles.

WWE only scheduled six matches for the night, so MVP is out to complain that he’s off the card. He challenges anyone who wants to fight. United States champion Matt Hardy comes out to accept the challenge for his Brother Nero. The crowd’s loving the impromptu Jeff appearance since he had just returned from a wellness suspension. Apparently MVP is the highest-paid athlete in Smackdown history. I like him just fine but that seems like a poor investment, doesn’t seem worth it. Like we just saw a match with Edge and Taker. You’re paying MVP more than them? Is everyone on like crazy cheap Steph Curry contracts where you didn’t know they’d be this good? Anyway, the match is mostly okay, but nothing too special. Weeeeeeeird ending though. Jeff misses the Swanton Bomb. MVP sets him up in the corner, misses the charge, and loses to a Whisper of the Wind literally like 20 seconds after the missed Swanton. Sloppy as hell there. **1/4.

There is nobody I hate more than Sombrero Guy. Seriously. Imagine paying hundreds of dollars to be sit up close at a PPV only for some dude in a floppy ass sombrero to block your view.

I am starting to feel very sleepy. It is 2:15 a.m. as I write this. All that remains is the main event. The main event is Triple H vs. Randy Orton in a steel cage match. There are few things that seem less appealing than this match in this moment. Lillian Garcia pronounces Randy’s last name as “Or-taaaaan.” It starts with a moment where Randy immediately rushes for the door and dives (heh) for the exit before it’s even closed as the bell rings. I’m not expecting too much more where either guy really rushes to do anything, though, because this is a Triple H and Randy Orton main event, and we’re gonna have to sit and suffer through it, dammit. There’s a comment about how these are the kind of matches that shorten careers, but really all this match is shortening is my patience am I right? You know what looks silly as hell? When Randy Orton’s selling submissions and just randomly starts flailing around like a Bayley buddy. When dude’s trying to reach for the ropes he looks like a cat trying to paw at a ball of yarn. A chair comes into play as Randy grabs one while being dragged back into the ring. We get a few spots based around that. Lots of cage-climbing spots down the stretch. I complain, but I do like the overall oldschool feel of the match in that they’re not going overboard and keeping it simple. Lots of focus on escape, no run-ins, only one weapon introduced outside of the cage. How well it works is obviously up to debate. But I give it some credit. The match isn’t bad, honestly. It’s just that Trips and Orton lack the chemistry to bring it a step above “good,” and it lacks consistency because Trips has gotta have his matches be more “epic” than they need to be. I’m tired. Triple H retains with a Pedigree. ***1/4

Overall, Judgment Day 2008 is a decently solid show. There’s only one match that’s too essential, which is the Jericho-Michaels match. However, the Women’s triple threat, Edge-Taker, tag team match and even the main event don’t make me regret watching too much. The MVP-Jeff Hardy match is easily skippable, and the JBL-Cena match is straight up bad. I’m not gonna rush to revisit even the better matches soon, but you could do much worse than this on the Network.

Overall Grade: C.

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