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guacam011y · 3 years

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***SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 5 OF WANDAVISION***

HOLY SHITE MY MIND IS BLOWN

TOMMY AND BILLY CRYING

“Do you want me to take that again?” “Take it from the top?”

Agnes knows ! Tiger - Ralph

“Dark liquor” Vision being concerned

Billy and Tommy aged up?!

I DO NOT TRUST HAYWARD

SCARLET WITCH - TALKING ABOUT HOW WANDA DOESN’T HAVE A CODENAME

SIS STRAIGHT UP TOOK VISIONS CORPSE

HEX — HER POWERS GET REFERRED TO AS HEX POWERS SOMETIMES IN THE COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL REFERENCE

NORM SAYING NONE OF IT IS REAL

SPARKY THE DOG - VISION HAD A STAND ALONE AND STOLE A DOG

HER ACCENT

LAGOS

SHE DOESNT KNOW HOW ANY OF THIS STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE

EVAN PETERS AS QUICKSILVER

DARCY GOING “SHE RECAST PIETRO?” MOOOD

X-MEN, START TO THE MULTIVERSE?!

WANDA CAN’T BE THE ONLY ONE CONTROLLING IT

IS MONICA MAD AT CAROL???

MONICA X DARCY?! WHAT A POWER COUPLE THAT WOULD BE

SIS REALLY ENDGAME - ENDGAME ENDED WITH TONY’S FUNERAL AND WANDA PROBS WENT STRAIGHT FROM THERE AND STOLE HER DEAD BF’S CORPSE (can’t really blame her, it looked like they were trying to experiment on Vis and could it be Hayward behind it?)

WHO WAS THAT ENGINEER THAT MONICA WAS GOING TO CONTACT?

BABY VISION

AND AGNES DEFINITELY KNOWS SOMETHING

DARCY FINALLY GOT HER COFFEE

SO VIS SAID THAT WANDA COULD’VE MADE EVERYTHING SUBCONSCIOUSLY AND THAT OVER TIME SHE BECAME AWARE OF IT, AND SIS DEFO HAS SOME CONTROL BUT IT’S NOT ALL HER. I THINK AGNES IS AGATHA HARKNESS AND EITHER MEPHISTO IS BEHIND IT OR IT’S NIGHTMARE AND THEY’VE MAYBE POWERED UP NIGHTMARE

***FURTHER UPDATES AND EASTER EGGS***

Auntie Agnes and Agnes saying she has a few tricks up her sleeve - we should definitely take note of that seeing as Agnes definitely has something to do with the whole situation

Wanda and Vision’s house changed again, being inspired by Family Ties, possibly Full House and Growing Pains

“Do you want me to take it from the top?” It seems as though when someone, this time Vision, steers away from the script, things either reset themselves or people become aware to some capacity, although Agnes probably already knows

Speaking of Growing Pains - It had a spin off called “Just the 10 of Us” in which the director for Wandavision, Matt Shakman, was apart of the cast - and seemingly also inspired the theme song for this week

We should definitely keep an eye on Monica and her potential for powers. With Maria last episode revealed to have gone by the name ‘Photon’ (which is a name that Monica uses as one of her aliases in the comics) and could inspire Monica’s name as she develops her powers - those scans didn’t look 100% normal. Monica has also used the Captain Marvel monicker in the comics

Wanda’s energy field and such being referred to as “Hex” short for Hexagon, could be a little nod to the comics where Wanda’s powers are sometimes called Hex powers

She’s never been referred to as the Scarlet Witch on the big screen - and it seems as though she soon may earn that code name

So we now know that Wanda stole Vision’s corpse from S.W.O.R.D, but did she actually re animate him fully? He’s still got the gem in the centre of his forehead, but the last time he had it was in Infinity War where it promptly got ripped out by Thanos - so has Wanda found her own way of reanimating him and he’s alive or is he dead and just a trick of the mind - though from other trailers/previews, Vis is seen trying to and looks successful at leaving Wanda’s barrier

They had a little call back to Captain America: Civil War with the Sokovia Accords, which were targeting the Avengers in general but were created when Wanda lost control of her powers and killed civilians

A little joke towards Vis as playing “Father Knows Best” in their little suburbia - Which was a sitcom that ran for 200 episodes in the 50’s

Sparky ! A little nod to the little green dog from the Walta and King comics run for Vision and unfortunately soon meets the same fate 💔

A little nod to Endgame when we hear from Monica that Wanda definitely could’ve taken down Thanos by herself had Thanos not rained fire - and Jimmy arguing that Captain Marvel could’ve just as easily done it - which leaves Monica with an angry look on her face

Good ol’ dial up internet

Can Vis “save” the residents of Westview? He can still seemingly interact with people’s minds, with or without the mind stone - Norm soon comes out of his trance as Vis snaps him out of it and asks to call his sister and that he has to save them all from “her” - now this “her” could be Wanda...but it could also be Agnes and then Vis shuts him down soon enough again and Norm goes back to his sit com self

Billy and Tommy are fully aware, or at least suspect Wanda’s abilities - after asking her to bring back Sparky from the dead and speaking of Billy and Tommy - could they be semi permanent fixtures in the MCU, it would help to introduce the Young Avengers eventually. They'll do Young Avengers at some point since Kang is supposed to be a thing in the third Ant-Man.

Teddy, unfortunately, I don't think will be here for a bit (I really hope he is though!). I think the guy they hired that everyone is rumoring to be Teddy might just be an episode about Billy coming to terms with his sexuality and Wanda and Vis learning to accept it in the way that era of tv they're in would go about with that kind of episode and the dude is just a dude - but again, I really hope it’s Teddy 😭

Wanda leaves the hex after a mini missile/plane tries to shoot at her - and she’s in her Scarlet Witch costume and is seemingly mostly back to her “normal self”, which includes her accent !

Lagos brand paper towels - “For when you make a mess you didn’t mean to” - a nod to Civil War again in which Wanda accidentally blew up a building in Lagos and caused the Sokovian accords to come to fruition

The mail man again - I also think he was in the commercial but anywho - “Your mom won’t let him go far” similar to “Much like she won’t let anyone leave” a potential nod to Wanda or Agnes not letting anyone leave?

“We can’t reverse death” and yet she brought Vision back - keeping in mind that he’s an android but still a little foreshadow to what happened at the end of the ep? Better yet, could Pietro coming back be a distraction for Wanda? Agnes or whoever introducing someone that Wanda lives in hopes that she won’t go full on breakdown superpowers or just to give her an attachment to Westview even more and make her not want to leave at all

“She recasted Pietro” EVAN ! I’m so pumped for this - it seems this could turn into the X-Men making their debut earlier than expected possibly? In any case, it’s a nice little Easter Egg to the previous Fox franchise of X-Men movies where Evan played Peter Maximoff “Quicksilver” alongside James McAvoy as Prof X, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and so many others - and with Deadpool being confirmed as Disney’s first R rated film, it seems Mutants are definitely on their way to the MCU

Agnes is definitely Agatha or a gender bent Nightmare

The way Billy shed himself and Tommy up was scary - definitely a little nod to his powers coming in

Multiple different perspectives of Wanda saying that Monica left

Red Hex dialled up to around light sources (computer, window, etc.)

Vision mentions reading Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man - which could refer to Mutants entering the MCU, Mutants being superior to humans

Agnes calls herself Auntie Agnes - in episode 2 during the title sequence in the grocery store there’s a product called ‘Auntie A’s Kitty Litter’

Agnes refers to herself as a Tiger and in the episode, there’s a Tiger on the dining table in the kitchen - could that be a listening device, her eyes and ears?

There are no other children in Westview - Billy and Tommy are immune because they have no prior trauma

Elizabeth Olsen’s photos are real and slightly altered with Sokovian flags in the background

In the birthday shot of Billy and Tommy, they have ‘1,2,3,4,5’ candles all on one cake

In the holiday photos, Vision goes from Turkey to Easter Bunny, to Santa and progressively gets more unhappy - realising he no longer wants to play along in Wanda’s Hex

During Monica’s callbacks to seeing Wanda’s pain inside her head, we see a new shot of Wanda crying - it looks like it’s around the time she stole Vision’s corpse, as the outfit she’s wearing is very similar, if not the same - could this be an after shot of when she’s trying to bring Vision back?

During the scene where we see the footage of Wanda stealing Vision’s corpse, the S.W.O.R.D logo that appears on the table has 8 stars around the rim of the logo but then has a 9th one in the middle - could this be a little Easter Egg to the nine realms of the Cosmos? And there’s also a map showing Cape Canaveral, could that be where S.W.O.R.D’s headquarters are?

Wanda and Pietro were born in 1989 to Irina and Oleg Maximoff - who were killed in an air raid when the twins were 10. In the comics, Wanda and Pietro were raised by Django and Maria Maximoff, before their true parentage was revealed as being the children of Magneto, however, in the comics this has been retconned so that Wanda and Pietro are no longer Mutants and the High Evolutionary had just disguised them as Mutants (something I think they should undo tbh - MARVEL, PLEASE MAKE WANDA AND PIETRO MUTANTS AGAIN!!!)

Speaking of the air raid, that was also referenced in Age of Ultron by Pietro and Wanda - “We were 10 years old, having dinner the four of us. And the first shell hits 2 floors below, makes a hole in the floor” - was the beeping Stark toaster be what that was referring to?

WHIH reappears for a brief cameo as the news service in the MCU - and Hayward cuts off Jimmy as he was trying to defend Wanda’s reputation, in which Jimmy then turns to Darcy and says “I try not to speak ill of people” Darcy then follows up with “Then allow me, Hayward’s a-“ and then she’s cut off by a shot back to Hayward saying the word “Terrorist” which would make sense as it seems with Vision’s corpse, he may have been trying to make sentient weapons and by subverting Vision’s will and blaming Wanda of doing the same. In the footage shown of Wanda stealing Vision’s remains, we see Vision broken up into parts and S.W.O.R.D seems to be experimenting on him and this seems to be the robotics/nanotech project that Hayward was referring to. Monica asks Hayward about the footage saying “When was this?” to which Hayward replies saying “9 days ago. Maximoff stormed our facility, stole Vision’s body and resurrected him” - this would mean that Wanda took Vision 2 weeks after the events of Endgame, about a week before Monica returned to S.W.O.R.D and Hayward didn’t tell her any of this and when he sent her in there, he knew exactly what he was doing - with her reputation after Civil War, this makes it easier for Hayward to paint her as the villain.

Back in Westview, Tommy wears red and Billy wears green - which are the colours that Wiccan and Speed wear in the comics, respectively. And it’s also the colours that Wanda and Vision are known for and appears quite a lot in their wardrobes

More in regards to Sparky, he was the synthezoid dog in Tom King’s run of Vision - the story being that he was originally a dog named Zeke who unfortunately passed away after digging up the Grim Reaper’s corpse and getting zapped. The Grim Reaper’s helmet appears during the title sequence of Episode 2 in the floorboards. Could Sparky have been trying to dig up a similar thing when he was caught by Agnes and consequently killed?

Monica mentions that she knows this aerospace engineer, they’re never shown but she is seen texting them. Could it be Reed Richards a.k.a Mr Fantastic? Hayward did mention that some astronauts used to work for S.W.O.R.D before a mission went haywire - though it seems a bit lacklustre to introduce such highly anticipated characters this way. Could it instead be the Skrull daughter of Talos that Monica befriended at the end of Captain Marvel? She mentioned that they had extraterrestrial allies in episode 4 working with her and Fury as apart of S.W.O.R.D - in the Spanish subtitles they use the feminine articles for this engineer - so I think it’s more likely to be Talos’s daughter

The board that we saw in Episode 4 now includes the mailman, drivers license and all - could he be Jimmy’s missing witness?

The tension in the room after Jimmy references Carol is similarly seen when in Spider-Man: Far From Home, where Peter asks Skrull Fury/Talos “How about Captain Marvel?” To which Talos replies “Don’t involve her name”. Fury, Monica and Talos were all on the side of the Skrulls by then end of Captain Marvel and the space station that Fury was on maybe apart of S.W.O.R.D. So did Carol betray them?

A slight reference to Captain America: The First Avenger is made when Monica pulls a Peggy Carter and shoots at something to see if it’s bulletproof, in Peggy’s case it was the iconic Captain America shield and in the case of Monica, it was her clothes that she was wearing after Wanda threw her out of the Hex

Abilash (Norm) never states that Wanda is the one that Vision has to save them from, it’s just “her” - could this instead be Agnes?

When Billy is training Sparky to sit, he puts the treat by his ear up to his temple - a future reference that Billy will one day share the same powers as his mum?

During the scene in which Wanda leaves the Hex briefly, she turns the guns onto Hayward but none are trained on Monica - she may still trust Monica slightly, whereas with Hayward, she slightly more pissed off because of what he was doing to Vision’s remains. And turning a bunch of guns on the people you don’t trust? Like father, like daughter as Magneto pulls a similar move in one of the X-Men films - Hopefully, the big cameo they keep teasing will be Ian McKellan as Magneto or the Magnus of this House of M adaptation

During when Agnes “found” Sparky, she says he died from eating too many leaves from her plants - in the Tom King Vision run, one of Vision’s kids ends up killing Sparky and sees inside his stomach that there’s a plant that Agatha Harkness grows in her garden

All the names that appear during the credits that Wanda tries to run to end the show and to stop Vision from talking are names of people who work on the actual Wandavision show itself

When Evan Peter’s version of Quicksilver shows up, he says “Does a long lost bro get to squeeze his sister to death or what?” I DO NOT TRUST THIS PIETRO - Similar to Wandavision, the Fox X-Men movies moved up decade by decade - First Class was in the 1960s, Days of Future Past was in the 1970s, Apocalypse was in the 1980s and Dark Phoenix was in the 1990’s - which would make even more sense as MCU! Pietro wasn’t born until 1989, whereas Peter was active during the 1980s. I reckon that this Pietro is Jimmy’s missing witness, Agnes’s husband Ralph and is disguising itself as a comforting presence to Wanda as Vision no longer brings comfort and is trying to bring Wanda back to reality - and when he shows up, the mirror in the background behind Wanda is slightly distorted but his hand looks red and in the shot as well, there seems to be a grey arm reaching towards Pietro - in the shot itself behind and in front of Wanda, there’s nothing there but in the mirror, there is! Either way, I do not trust this Pietro and it’s just an entity trying to give Wanda the last thing that could make her happy - but it won’t last, as everything is already breaking down around her.

I seriously seriously love this show so much 💙

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bewitching-elizabeth-olsen · 3 years

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Press: A Thorough Breakdown of All the Marvel Easter Eggs on WandaVision

Marvel Easter Eggs in WandaVision Episode 1

When Wanda accidentally smashes a plate into Vision’s head, he jokes about his wife and her “flying saucers,” and she comments back about his “indestructible head.” Considering that Vision died after having the Mind Stone ripped from his head, it’s a dark joke to kick off the series.

Vision’s work tie has a visual reference to his comic-book alter ego! In Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta’s Vision, whenever the character dresses as a human, he wears a tie clip that emulates the diamond pattern on his chest.

Vision’s boss, Mr. Hart, is likely named after comic creator Steve Englehart, who created 1985’s The Vision and the Scarlet Witch with Richard Howell, a miniseries that heavily influenced WandaVision.

It’s been heavily implied that Kathryn Hahn’s Agnes is the MCU’s Agatha Harkness, a witch who helped train Wanda’s magic back in the ’70s and ’80s.

When Wanda magically saves dinner, the bottle of wine she pours from is Maison du Mépris, which translates to house of contempt or scorn. As fans have pointed out since the trailer drop, this seems like a reference to the House of M comics storyline in which Wanda bends reality into a new world ruled by her family.

The Stark commercial break refers to two things: Avengers icon Tony Stark and his part in Wanda’s dark past. As Wanda and her twin brother, Pietro, explain in Avengers: Age of Ultron, their parents were killed by an explosive Stark Industries device, leaving the twins trapped under rubble. The Maximoffs were trapped by a Stark Industries shell for two days, expecting it to detonate before they get rescued. Even though Wanda eventually fights beside Tony in the future, there’s still some trauma from that experience and her brother’s death. If it weren’t for the Starks, Wanda could have been a completely different person.

The episode closes with a mysterious observer watching the “show” and taking notes on a pad with the logo of S.W.O.R.D. on the cover. For those who don’t know, S.W.O.R.D stands for Sentient World Observation and Response Department and is a subdivision of S.H.I.E.L.D. It’s a counterterrorism and intelligence agency that deals with extraterrestrial threats to world security. Expect to see them around more.

Marvel Easter Eggs in WandaVision Episode 2

The opening credits for this episode aren’t just an adorable homage to Bewitched but a whole bevy of Marvel Easter eggs! The illustration of the moon happens to be surrounded by six stars, and we can’t help but be reminded of the Infinity Gauntlet.

When Wanda goes to the supermarket in the opening, three references hang above the aisle! Bova Milk refers to Bova, the humanoid cow who raised Wanda and Pietro on Mount Wundagore. Auntie A’s kitty litter is a witchy reference to Auntie Agatha or Agatha Harkness, whom we’ve discussed before, and her cat-like familiar named Ebony. And Wonder Mints is most definitely a cheeky reference to Wonder Man, aka Simon Williams, the superhero who Vision’s brain is based on in the comics!

When animated Wanda and Vision settle on their couch, the small figure on their side table is a statue of the Whizzer. Featured in 1982’s Vision and the Scarlet Witch, the Whizzer thought he was Wanda’s father but later discovers he was wrong. Whizzer and his wife were offered the chance to adopt Wanda and Pietro when they were kids on the mythical Mount Wundagore, but they declined.

When Wanda hears a crash outside the house, she heads out to the front, where she finds a colorful toy helicopter in an otherwise black-and-white world. Not only does the red-and-yellow helicopter have the number 57 stamped on it, but it also bears the S.W.O.R.D symbol! The number is likely in reference to Vision’s first appearance in Avengers #57, while the symbol hints to the presence of S.W.O.R.D outside Wanda’s perfect world.

The creepy, cult-like refrain spoken by the fundraiser organizers of it all being “for the children” seems to be a reference to Wanda’s involvement in the comic event The Children’s Crusade. The story follows her son, Billy, who’s trying to gain control over his reality-warping abilities by looking for a missing Wanda.

Well, here’s another blast from the angsty past! The Strücker timepiece is a very obvious callback to Hydra and Baron von Strücker. The watch bears the unmistakable octopus skull symbol of Hydra, and Strücker is the Hydra leader who recruited Pietro and Wanda for the experimentation that gave them powers. He was later killed by Ultron in his prison cell. Does anyone else hear that ticking noise?

Remember good ol’ Herb? In the comics, a character named Herbert is also the High Evolutionary who runs Mount Wundagore, the very same safe haven where Bova delivered the Maximoff twins. Time will tell if the super-scientist is the same character, but it can’t be a coincidence.

Wanda and Vision’s magic show has two gems that we’ve noticed! First thing, the literal Mind Stone happens to be the design on the doors of the Cabinet of Mystery that plays a huge part in their act. Second, Wanda and Vision use the names Illusion and Glamour for their actor, which are also the names of the magicians that Vision goes to see in an issue of The Vision and the Scarlet Witch.

Though we all enjoy a good jam, The Beach Boys’ “Help Me, Rhonda” gets interrupted by someone asking, “Who’s doing this to you, Wanda?” And doesn’t that voice sound an awful lot like Randall Park’s Jimmy Woo?

While it may seem weird that Wanda shows her pregnancy in an instant, it’s in line with what goes on in the comics. Wanda uses magic to help her have children, which checks out since her husband is a synthezoid.

Oooh, that mysterious beekeeper! Not only does their presence lead to the reveal that Wanda has some control over the reality they’re in, but it also sets off some alarm bells. Even though the beekeeper’s suit bears the S.W.O.R.D logo on the back, the costume is reminiscent of the yellow costumes worn by A.I.M., a military science organization founded by Baron von Strücker. Could this be a sign that Wanda is being watched by more than one organization? And is this a hint that Hydra is back!? (Obviously, it is.)

Source: POPSUGAR

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miss-alice-evelynn · 3 years

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WANDAVISION SPOILERS Y’ALL

So, I have some thoughts on the WandaVision finale... like always lol

Firstly, does anyone else think that Vision bought the land for the house when Westview was nice? As in... he would have bought it before the Blip so Westview could have been a really nice place and Wanda arrives after the Blip where life is a bit shitty.

I personally really liked the ending. I know that not everyone did and that’s okay too. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course.

Not gonna lie, I wasn’t gonna watch WandaVision when it was first announced. I know right, not a perfect fan! Still, the closer it came to the premier the more invested I was in the show and oh boy, I am so glad I decided to watch it. Now, I have no problem with the whole black and white thing or sitcoms. Love me a sitcom. WandaVision showed us that you can have a good show that’s more about the character relationships rather than just the plot. Wanda and Vision. Aren’t they a fine pair? I wasn’t a total Wanda x Vision fanatic but now I am. Wanda has really grown on me and Vision is a gem. Pardon the pun (is that a pun????)

Agnes/Agatha Harkness was awesome. I LOVE Kathryn Hahn. She nailed the role and I just really liked the build up to her reveal. Sure, we were expecting it but we were all still so shocked. (insert shocked pikachu)

Billy and Tommy were BABIES. I love them!

Monica, Jimmy and Darcy are my dreamteam. Need more of them.

Now, here comes the clincher. So, I still think that Fietro (Ralph Bohner boi) is still Fox!Quicksilver. I do. Really.... Bohner? Of all the names. Sure there is still the chance that Disney is taking the piss but I still hold onto hope. Still loved Evan Peters in the show overall.

I am not going to get the cracking noise when White Vision tried to make an omelette with Wanda’s noggin. HOWEVER although he didn’t say it when Vision came and saved her ass he defo had the whole “THAT’S MY WIFE” vibes.

I think episode 8 was my fave. I really liked the whole flashback thing. Especially THAT line from Vision. I lost my grandma recently so it kinda helped to hear that line about grieft. I’d like to think that other people thought the same. It was such a thing to hear with what’s going on in the world. Thanks whoever wrote that. Have a doughnut or whatever floats ya goat.

I don’t have a least favourite ep. I don’t. I liked it all. Really cannot wait until TFATWS and Loki. You have set the bar HIGH Marvel so good luck with that one suckers!

#wandavision #wandavision spoilers #wanda maximoff #the vision #billy kaplan #billy maximoff #tommy shepard #tommy maximoff #agnes #agatha harkness #monica rambeau #jimmy woo #darcy lewis #pietro maximoff #peter maximoff #marvel #disney plus #spoilers

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libidomechanica · 3 years

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ryanmeft · 6 years

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A Poetic Tribute to Final Fantasy

Today is the thirtieth anniversary of Final Fantasy’s original Japanese release. To commemorate and celebrate, I wrote this series of poems looking back on each of the main, numbered, single-player entries.

In kingdom far and lands of old The world gems dark, their light gone dry Bold need be those who'll save all life In strangers' hands, Crystals raised high

From where they come None e'er will know Their strength and spirit They must now show

Across the bridge To lands anew To destroy the four So light shines through

A fallen knight, In time he waits For heroes four To meet their fates

Flames consume four warriors' world Twas empire brought the storm Midst a field of wild roses Their resistance takes its form

Lost in the darkness A friend, a brother Not for kingdoms do they war But for him, and for each other

'Cross fields of snow And through palaces of hell They fight for freedom, And for those who fell

The light and the shadow Though often opposed In a world of darkness Now no longer foes

New Heroes of Light Young, yes, though not weak Will cross between worlds Their dark shadows they seek

Those long vanished Who once fought the light Must shield the land From wizard's mortal spite

The young woman grown Childhood left behind The monsters, her friends She calls with her mind

Far from his kingdom Wandering warrior foreign Pride-filled and boastful Yet loyal, always, to kin

The White Maiden walks On journeys anew To her knight in dark armor She is eternally true

A warrior of dragons His path shrouded, unclear Made to fight his blood brother With his strength and his fear

A bloodied, noble heart Behind walls of night To uphold his honor Must embrace the day's light

To save their world They must leave it soon On a great ship to Fly them to the moon

Friends and adventurers Under shadow of death In their world now Evil draws a new breath

Two worlds traversed By four warriors brave Crystals in tow Their reality to save

In the deep and dark void Where no life or love is They fight one spawned of souls Who thinks all the worlds his

Out from sure doom They then make flight For friendship they ride And an end to the fight

The steam so warm, the streets all quiet Hide wakened power far down below Loosed, an empire rises forth to power Dark metal feet in white soft snow

A girl enslaved Since birth has known hell Before her unwitting power Many men fell

A thief, tho he doesn't like to be called that A rapscallion, a bounder, a nomad, a hellion His great love long taken Steals he, now, for rebellion

A king, quite reluctant Of two minds he ponders He must keep safe his subjects Yet to war his thoughts wander

A brother removed From the crown's cruel weight He knows naught of the coin Which decided his fate

The general, a cold one On Magitek raised Horrors she has witnessed Tis peace, she's since praised

The waters spoiled Under a knight true and unbent He, to fight, must endure His own demons' torment

Tossed out as a pup His own father hath damned him Though he's since run with beasts He'll fight evil yet more grim

A man, always moving Under dark shrouds he hides The life he'd have known Now tossed to the side

The old man, his youth gone An unspoken loss, tragic His mind stolen by dark curse And released by love's magic

The young girl, always sunny She paints in many a hue Her past a blank slate Her future, shining through

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Nihilism embodied, Their foe so great On a throne at the top Of the world, he waits

Though few their number In hope they fight To fell a tower And return the light

A train rolls through the city The night quiet and dark Within it holds rebels Ready to strike a spark

The engines of power grind Yet soon, one will fall As flames of vengeance leap high A message for one and all

Though most come for the cause One seeks other pay He awaits only his money Then he'll be on his way

With the blade of a lost friend And the mind of one, too He knows not of the struggle He's destined to go through

The Soldier, once high In the ranks he did rise Now returns from the dead And with him, hope dies

The young woman, she watches Her old friend with sadness Wondering would it be kinder To not reveal his madness?

The burly one, forceful ever The leader's role he would carry Yet he lugs behind, always The ghosts of the buried

The world of profit, it grinds on Men's lives its main meal Its fate, an avalanche Forever to seal

Through rockets in space And a mind so fractured They fight now to stop Apocalypse, manufactured

Yet greater, their fight is Than presidents and kings The dark cloud from the north Harks an end to all things

One light in the shadows Of slums long has grown From a ground blessed so holy Her pure resistance now sown

To the place of the ancients She goes to seek her fate There hope seems as though felled By the blade of one's hate

Yet below it still shimmers The white, glowing pearl Which bears the last wish of The Ancients' last girl

Remember me always But forward, now move Stop the world's doom Your worth, now, you must prove

War brews between schools Tears and sweat in the mud Two students, they strive Rivalry marked with blood

Once they near held Youth that never existed By life's turbulent waves Minds and souls, now, are twisted

Childhood held together By war's cruel plight Memories now set to sea on A white ship in the night

The past or a dream? Like fading waves on a shore The faeries lap soft upon Hist'ry's edges once more

The soldier with gun He longs to lay down The truth of his heart In pen will be found

The woman on stage Her dress red, soft her voice Her eyes fall on whom? The poet warrior, her choice

Across planet he travels For the girl who was caught Leaving wife far behind With the son he knows not

Through time swift and brutal Pain and loss they all knew Yet though past be unchanging Love lives, and shines through

A rumble on the balustrade A night lit up with cheers A wrench soon to be thrown in A grinding empire's cruel gears

A tantalizing troupe of False actors, read from pages A trick for cruel queen's pleasure A performance for the ages

From staged play to reality A royal one now flies Her aim to bring an end to A lost parent's lies

The abductor or abductee? A man with no place his own Happy to escort The canary, now, who's flown

To lands across all borders Their running feet do fly With mage and knight in tow, now One loud, the other shy

Mad'ning mist is issued forth War is brewed from deep tree's roots The man who deals in nations Plans to harvest deadly fruits

The motley crew to stop him Is the last to which you'd turn Whether carefree, afraid or pompous The task before them, soon, they'll learn

The woman watched her kingdom burn The youth is all alone The wanderer fights his nature The knight fights against his own

The bird lit from the palace Flies to sly eagle, who hides his claws Though it's a perfect world she comes from She falls, despite his flaws

They look for all the things in life That anyone could hope to find Home, vengeance, family, lost love Or, perhaps, just peace of mind

The beasts who come from within Used to see a planet glow And the souls from war and discord Into empty vessels flow

Yet oblivion, one cannot bear So all memory he'll erase And in his pain and power Leave void only in its place

But love will win the day still And though it take his last breath One built for war will prove a hero Ne'er an angel of death

Across worlds, times and dreams The wandering warrior arrives Though his master is gone Here his new student thrives

Though naive and childish Loved he is as a star Yet while blinded by fame He will never go far

To new world and new purpose From ease he's now brought With a god of only cold death His new home has been fraught

Though beautiful their land Her people walk a dark mile For them the lord's young daughter Stands strong the summoner's trial

Tasked she with great purpose Weighed with all souls she's sent Yet though she look frail Her will, always unbent

With guardians and friends To guide and protect her And most unlikely love To keep her feet sure

Face to face now at long last Father, adrift in the dark With son he'd forsaken His death, his freedom, his spark

Fate's taken new course Yet bittersweet vict'ry chimes Love lost now, but not broken In a dream swept from time

High above my head In a sky so blue The airships soar ever I would have that life, too

I'm tired of being stuck Under empire's guns I long to be up there Where the cool winds run

Down here on the streets Of a kingdom once defiant We can stand, no longer, for anything Every day, weak and pliant

The one with the ship He's my ticket, my plan He strides long 'cross the world In his mirror, the lead man

The strange, tall warrior Quiet and wise, she roams Now exiled, walks a cold world So far from her home

My best friend keeps me straight Her outlook, so bright If attitudes could fell empires She would, with her light

The traitor, the framed one Cast deep into hell His mind ever on honor He thinks not of his cell

The princess, the rebel Love's crown now lost Yet she sees it forever In the mist's cruel gloss

I'm free now, as I move Across worlds of fire, and ice I see nowhere not touched By battle's terrible price

Whether imperial rivals Or alluring power of Cryst It is innocents, always Most cursed by war's kiss

I stand now, and wonder What good ever I did? I know now, and it hurts That I'm still just a kid

Those who walk with me Suffered also, have they It's now for their sake, not mine That I'll make Empire pay

My pain I must lay aside For I am not alone If this fight ever ends Maybe then, I'll have grown

A sphere of metal Where the powerful feast A gods-crafted moon Above a planet of beasts

Those chosen by fate And by crystallic whim Must uncover a secret Where many plots brim

To escape a plan Upon them forced They follow their world Down to its source

If win they would Their world would fall Though human pillar Might then rise tall

Top down, wheels hot The highway before us Friends forever, though different A discordant chorus

Whether demons by night Or armies by day Four friends at the wheel Always find a way

Across world divided Whose art'ries of stone Pump with the doubts of A king for his throne

Far off lies the princess On altar yet to kneel And a king most insistent Her heart's beat once more to feel

To fight an empire, then Though it may end in sorrow Along the way, we'll make memories For every tomorrow

Good food that we've cooked up And the pictures we take A quiet night with the fish Spent out on the lake

Though we've long yet to go And hurts to unfold Our friendship lights for us The road long and cold

Wheels down, engine hot now The lights of the road Will see us through peril Will see our story told

Bonus, because I just couldn’t leave it out:

In dust-covered books, a story is held For ages untold, a hero is known To all the lands a beacon he be The common man who sat the throne

In no books, though, is the tale seen Of he who watched that man take crown Noble born and nobler heart Yet his deeds earned him no renown

A far off land in ancient time Warred between the houses three North and South, each lions true The third house sacred, the Holy See

Yet all the rulers And all their squads Were guided ever by hands Of fallen gods

Into their midst Many heroes he led Whence vict'ry across the land Was spread

Most thought them dead Though away they rode Heresy declared Other worlds they strode

Blades of steel or blades of grass Honor, family, freedom, light The pages of hist'ry may bury my name Yet I shall always do what's right

Happy Birthday, FF.

#Final Fantasy #video games #poetry #poem #sony #nintendo #microsoft #square enix #square soft

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forsoothsayer · 7 years

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The Rainbow by Branwell Brontë

The shower is past, and the sky O'erhead is both mild and serene, Save where a few drops from on high, Like gems, twinkle over the green: And glowing fair, in the black north, The rainbow o'erarches the cloud; The sun in his glory comes forth, And larks sweetly warble aloud. That dismally grim northern sky Says God in His vengeance once frowned, And opened His flood-gates on high, Till obstinate sinners were drowned: The lively bright south, and that bow, Say all this dread vengeance is o'er; These colours that smilingly glow Say we shall be deluged no more. Ever blessed be those innocent days, Ever sweet their remembrance to me; When often, in silent amaze, Enraptured, I'd gaze upon thee! Whilst arching adown the black sky Thy colours glowed on the green hill, To catch thee as lightning I'd fly, But aye you eluded my skill. From hill unto hill your gay scene You shifted, whilst crying aloud, I ran, till at length from the green, You shifted, at once to the cloud! So, vain worldly phantoms betray The youths who too eager pursue, When ruined and far led astray, Th' illusion escapes from their view. Those peaceable days knew no care, Except what arose from my play, My favourite lambkin and hare, And cabin I built o'er the way. No cares did I say? Ah! I'm wrong: Even childhood from cares is not free: Far distant I see a grim throng Shake horrible lances at me! One day, I remember it still, For pranks I had played on the clown Who lived on the neighbouring hill, My cabin was trod to the ground. Who ever felt grief such as I When crashed by this terrible blow? Not Priam, the monarch of Troy, When all his proud towers lay low. And grief upon grief was my lot: Soon after, my lambkin was slain; My hare, having strayed from its cot, Was chased by the hounds o'er the plain. What countless calamities teem From memory's page on my view! How trifling soever you seem, Yet once I have wept over you. Then cease, foolish heart, to repine; No stage is exempted from care: If you would true happiness find, Come follow! and I'll show you where. But, first, let us take for our guide The Word which Jehovah has penned; By this the true path is descried Which leads to a glorious end. How narrow this path to our view! How steep an ascent lies before! Whilst, foolish fond heart, laid for you Are dazzling temptations all o'er. What bye-ways with easy descent Invite us through pleasures to stray! Whilst Satan, with hellish intent, Suggests that we ought to obey. But trust not the father of lies, He tempts you with vanity's dream; His pleasure, when touched, quickly dies, Like bubbles that dance on the stream. Look not on the wine when it glows All ruddy, in vessels of gold; At last it will sting your repose, And death at the bottom unfold. But lo! an unnatural night Pours suddenly down on the eye; The sun has withdrawn all his light, And rolls a black globe o'er the sky! And hark! what a cry rent the air! Immortal the terrible sound! The rocks split with honible tear, And fearfully shakes all the ground! The dead from their slumbers awake, And, leaving their mouldy domain, Make poor guilty mortals to quake As pallid they glide o'er the plain! Sure, Nature's own God is oppressed, And Nature in agony cries; The sun in his mourning is dressed, To tell the sad news through the skies! Yet surely some victory's gained, Important, and novel, and great, Since Death has his captives unchained, And widely thrown open his gate! Yes, victory great as a God Could gain over hell, death, and sin, This moment's achieved by the blood Of Jesus, our crucified King. But all the dread conflict is o'er; Lo! cloud after cloud rolls away; And heaven, serene as before, Breaks forth in the splendour of day! And all the sweet landscape around, Emerged from the ocean of night, With groves, woods, and villages crowned, Astonish and fill with delight! But see! where that crowd melts away, Three crosses sad spectacles show! Our Guide has not led us astray; Heart! this is the secret you'd know, Two thieves, and a crucified God Hangs awfully mangled between! Whilst fast from His veins spouting blood Runs, dyeing with purple the green! Behold! the red flood rolls along, And forming a bason below, Is termed in Emanuel's song The fount for uncleanness and woe. Immerged in that precious tide, The soul quickly loses its stains, Though deeper than crimson they're dyed, And 'scapes from its sorrows and pains. This fountain is opened for you: Go, wash, without money or price; And instantly formed anew, You'll lose all your woes in a trice. Then cease, foolish heart, to repine, No stage is exempted from care; If you would true happiness find, 'Tis on Calvary, seek for it there.

#branwell brontë #born on this day #english poetry

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tallsamjones-blog · 7 years

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Hark! The Herald Haight Hobo Swings

Mistrals and mongrels sit on the sidewalk

Share a ground score

Smoke and talk

We like it down here

Among the moss-eaten

Cigarette butts

Let the clean ones gawk

Cobble together a quick and dirty band

Shitty guitar, two trumpets

No mic stand

The kind of jazz

Where the traffic sounds

Call the tune

Bang your feet and clap your grubby hands

I've given my backpack up as an offering to the hippies. Deep in the middle of a stroll down that famous old drag, among musicians and gem enthusiasts, I left the green polka-dot knapsack on the curb in front of a shoe repair store. This was one of those sub-concious, inner-level decisions which I am not aware of until later; a result of living faithfully and doing as I'm told by my future self. When a premonition comes down from the vague ether, I act accordingly whether I “know” what's going on or not.

The Circumstances of that moment said “grab your saxophone and walk away.”

I left with Delilah and the unnamed pack got to stay.

I'm assuming that someone else simply needed the contents of the bag more than I did. There were some good items in there, to be sure: a pair of fleece-lined carpenter pants, Jack Kerouac's “Dharma Bums,” a dozen or so incriminating photographs from about two months spent hitch hiking around the Pacific Northwest, a one dollar bill in an Altoids tin with some kitchen matches, stuff like that. The object which I most nearly regret losing is probably the one which is most likely to really affect someone; the composition notebook with my name on it. I started writing several times a day back in February. Songs and stories, snippets and ramblings, poems from friends or from my own muse. I built a pocket sleeve out of duct tape and kept a series of old letters from a friend in there.

These are pieces of Tall Sam Jones, and now they're in the hands of a “stranger.” Walking back to the van after leaving the pack behind, I plucked one of those blow-all-the-seeds-away dandelion weeds, wishing that whoever found my stuff would read the journal and get a kick out of it and maybe even find me later and be my friend.

It's raining today in San Francisco. My five band mates and I are in our van headed to the food bank to drop off some beans. We're playing at Winters Tavern in Pacifica tonight, our first gig since Sunday. Our break has been a pretty gray one. Camping in the Sierra-Nevadas and then on the beach near Arcata, we slept on the ground in wet sleeping bags, listening to howling wind. Yesterday we took the brief, sunny opportunity to play in the park in front of the big cathedral bordering Chinatown, making everyone's lunch break a little louder and brighter.

We're nearing the end of the longest “break” the band has had since leaving to be out here on tour. Four days without a show is getting to us, emotionally and financially. Winters is rumored to be a legendary spot. We must rock the populace to save ourselves.

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wayneooverton · 5 years

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A princess in a tower – falling in love with Mount Ophir Estate

It was a wild and moody overcast morning when I made my way deep out into the Victoria High Country in my zippy little blue hire car, following the instructions to Mount Ophir in Australia.

Wow, was I in for a treat!

Looking at these photos from my stay at the Mount Ophir Estate, I’m immediately transported back to Australia. I close my eyes and I can see it all again.

The tall golden grasses home to kangaroos (and god knows what else), the hot winds, gum trees lining historical farm estates and old wineries, the gold rush era towns, but most of all the red earth beneath my bare feet. What a place!

25 photos that will inspire you to visit the Victoria High Country

When I reflect on my time in Victoria, this is what I remember. For me it felt so distinctly Australian, which I know sounds silly.

Iconically Oz, these region is the perfect escape for people looking for an authentic Australian experience in a beautiful place without the hustle and bustle of tourism in the more iconic locals.

Punching in the code, I opened the farm gate at the entrance of Mount Ophir Estate, a place unlike any other I’ve been to before or since. And doubt I ever will.

Greeted by wide open fields of tall golden grass (wheat? not a farmer here) tempting me to frolic through them barefoot in a flowy dress a la Instagram, which I of course resisted as frolicking in tall grasses in the summer in rural Australia is highly discouraged (cough, cough, snakes), I could see my destination amongst the spaced-out restored buildings – a beautiful brick tower.

A very unique and special bit of dirt, Mount Ophir Estate an exclusive property outside Rutherglen in North East Victoria. Once a thriving winemaking hub, it fell into disuse 60 years ago before being lovingly restored by the local Brown siblings.

First built at the tail end of the nineteenth century as a farm and vineyard, Mount Ophir Estate really came into its own when it was developed by wine merchants, the Burgoyne family at the turn of the century, where it quickly became the largest winemaking facility in the southern hemisphere.

Harking back to their french culture, they built a stunning french provincial tower on the estate, which still stands today and has been transformed into one of the coolest places I’ve ever stayed.

Honestly, it was like a real life Australian fairytale.

For decades it was mostly forgotten, a lonely and an overgrown collection of winery buildings, before the land was bought by Eliza, Angela, Nick Brown a few years ago, who have painstakingly restored building by building themselves, breathing new life back into a spectacular place.

Owners of the nearby All Saints Estate and Terrace Restaurant, a must-stop on a trip to Rutherglen, the Browns have poured their heart and soul into revitalizing this incredible area.

Very much a family owned and operated business, everywhere you look you can see little touches they’ve put into making this a memorable stay and experience.

Six of the buildings have now been restored and are available to rent, or even to hire out the whole estate for functions, weddings and events. Some sleep up to 20 while others, like the Tower, are for couples or solo travelers like me.

As soon as I turned the old heavy key to the Tower to walk inside, I think I immediately fell in love with this place.

The extraordinary French Provincial tower at Mount Ophir Estate surely is the gem of the property and one one the neatest and most unique places I’ve ever stayed, which I do not boast lightly.

Spread over three floors, you walk in and greeted by the loveliest dining space and kitchen, well-stocked with local treats and everything you need (hello Nespresso machine!) curving along the walls in the circular space. The walls are decorated with artwork by locals.

A stunning narrow spiral staircase, leads you upwards to the second floor, a library and lounge with beautiful views over the estate. Chock full of colorful books, cozy sitting nooks and a vibe that inspires you to make a cocktail and park up and stay awhile, once you sit down, it’s not easy to get back up again.

Saving the best for last, the top floor is the bedroom complete with a marble bathroom and the coziest bed inviting you for a little nap.

I’ll just note here, the Tower at Mount Ophir is not for kids and is suited for agile people who don’t mind being out on their own. As a stubborn and lifelong solo female traveler, I wasn’t phased staying out on the Estate alone.

I came back after an incredible night out in the dark in a wicked thunderstorm which I thoroughly enjoyed but I imagine could freak out some folks.

Perhaps what I love best about this place is that the family truly believes and practices sustainable farm management and are working to be guardians of this special land. The winery will once again be running after decades of silence, with the first vintage being released in a few years.

How cool is that? Bringing back Mount Ophir to its form prestige and glory!

Now for the food and wine lovers, this area of Victoria is known for a local variety of grape called Durif as well as Brown Muscat, something new for me. For over a century, they’ve been harvesting grapes here, and Rutherglen arguably produces the best durif in the world. A late ripening variety, it requires a warm climate to develop to enough to “tame the tannins.” A big, bold red, I immediately fell in love.

Though not as in love as when I got my first sip of the local Muscat. Holy hell, where have you been all my life? Rich and ripe, this fortified wine won me over immediately, and I left with 3 bottles.

While I could wax lyrical about the wine of the Rutherglen area forever, I’ll leave you with the memory that this was one of my favorite days in Australia. Maybe it’s the wine talking, but I loved it!

Have you ever stayed anywhere like the Tower in Victoria? Do you travel for food and wine too? Have you ever tried a Durif or Muscat? Spill!

The Feast High Country Festival coming up from May 3rd to May 19th, 2019 and is an amazing time to explore, eat and drink around the Victoria High Country

Many thanks for Tourism North East for hosting me in Australia – like always I’m keeping it real – all opinions are my own, like you could expect less from me!

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