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elen-aranel · 1 year

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Picard spoilers but... this episode had me in tears and not in an 'oh wasn't it emotional the acting good job guys' kind of way.

I don't like picking over my personal pain and traumas with my parental situation in public. However. I have personal experience as the child of a completely estranged parent.

I feel like I don't know these characters any more.

What could possibly make Beverly behave in that way?

Saying "Jack chose not to find you" is the most bullshit reason for him not having a relationship with Jean-Luc.

It is cowardly and self-serving in the extreme.

Beverly is trying to blame Jack for HER cowardice.

But she was the one who chose to poison her son against his father.

She could have reached out to Jean-Luc. She did not. She brought him up, herself, without his father. Solely.

He loves his mother. His mother is all he's known. So why would he want to find the father that he doesn't know if his mother who he loves doesn't want to communicate with him AT ALL?

Wouldn't he feel like he was betraying her if he did?

No matter how much she's like, 'Oh I would be fine with it', he KNOWS there's a reason they don't talk. And he loves her.

There's been no sci-fi reason for Jack to have been kept from Jean-Luc. There's been no "I had to keep him safe - he was threatened at birth" reason.

As of episode 3, unless Beverly is lying, Beverly decided unilaterally that it wouldn't be safe for Jean-Luc to be involved in raising his son, and...

I am well aware that I am better off, never having known one of my parents, than some people who had both. But I have ALWAYS missed that presence. I have always wanted it, even though I have never been able to reach out and find my other parent for various reasons.

And she took Jack's father away from him.

Yes Jean-Luc had a poor relationship with his father. Yes he didn't want to be a dad. But it's not like he was a bad person. He was clumsy with children but he was never abusive with anyone under his care.

I do understand her having misgivings, given who Picard was but... I can't imagine her not screwing herself up to talk to someone? To him? I can't imagine her being that kind of... emotionally illiterate? Unable to examine her own fears and feelings?

And really she had to cut off all her friends? Even Troi? I know the Troi-Rikers went through some stuff and were on a different ship and everything but... I don't think Thad got sick immediately?

SHE needs to take some ownership, too, of her decision to bring Wesley up on a fucking Starship. Damn.

She NEVER HAD TO be a doctor in Starfleet. She doesn't get to kind of blame Jean-Luc for losing Jack and Wesley to the stars when she CHOSE THE STARS HERSELF.

I just

make it make sense because I can't.

Also. Riker and Picard being so antagonistic toward each other grates. Riker took Picard's advice and it was wrong... that's still on you as captain m8

I did enjoy Worf exclusively calling Raffi Raffaela though.

#star trek picard spoilers #star trek picard #this episode hit home in the literal worst way #picard spoilers #Picard #it almost watches like fanfiction I would x out of because it was ooc at points #ramblings of the girl from outer space #musings of the girl from outer space

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willtoledoicedchai · 6 months

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i'm iris (he/she, 20) and this is my music sideblog. main is @guppybycharlybliss i never use it though. i made this account because i exist to share love and joy and because my brain is a well oiled machine producing deranged things to say about songs&lyrics. favorite artists are. charly bliss sidney gish the mountain goats tyler the creator. underscores. a lot more but those are my top five guys right now. url is based off a joke i have with my friend about what will toledo would order at the coffee shop i work at. the iced chai would be a large and it would have oat milk and no flavor shots. here's ⬇️ a chart of my favorite albums ever in no particular order. hi :)

(open readmore for a list of shows i've seen ^_^)

computerwife, tv girl (08/whatever/2022): bad. i don't even like tv girl that much but it was the birthday of a friend who did so i got us tickets. the speakers and sound mixing were soooo shitty live and without the buffer of admittedly really pretty ethereal instrumentation the sad guy incel type misogyny of tv girl's lyrics is a LOT harder to ignore. also my friend passed out from dehydration so we had to leave early. that experience made me think i don't like live music but nah. i just don't like tv girl. computerwife was good though. shoutout computerwife

people planet, feeble little horse, sidney gish (12/30/2022): kicked so much ass. people planet was good not super my thing though. feeble little horse RULED best band name ever also. sidney gish was like indescribably amazing. my birthday is on new years eve so seeing her live was the last thing i did as an eighteen year old and im so glad it was. she has crazy stage presence and the crowd's energy was great and i ran into my childhood best friend there. all around awesome show. kumo 99, lustsickpuppy, cowgirl clue (03/11/2023): so so so so good. all the acts were amazing but i think lustsickpuppy was my favorite just cause of how insane and captivating their energy was. there was a part where they instructed the whole audience to bark for them and we all started woofing with UNRESTRAINED energy. my friend who i was with broke his glasses in the mosh pit but said it was worth it. three super talented artists and none of them disappointed. fuck yes.

raffaela, charly bliss (04/25/2023): raffaela ruled so extremely hard live and then me and my friend went home and looked them up on spotify and they were just kinda mid. i do have to respect the stage presence required to make mid songs sound straight up transcendent live. this isn't about them though. charly bliss was (guy with a charly bliss special interest voice) nothing short of incredible. i talked to eva hendricks briefly right before she went on and she was so nice and the music sounded so good and the venue was so cool and i was going so crazy. thank you charly bliss.

john-allison weiss, mal blum (07/13/2023): awesome. mal blum is an artist that meant a lot to me growing up and i was right up front like straight up making eye contact with them throughout the whole show and the venue was pretty small and it all just felt like really welcoming and warm and important. they're a great performer. john-allison weiss is also really great i keep meaning to check out their stuff more. the two have been friends for a while and kept exchanging jokes and anecdotes during the set it was really cute. when mal blum introduced a song as "this is about ocd" i cheered REALLY hard and i think i saw them look at me like ...?. sorry mal.

slothrust, the front bottoms (11/11/2023): charly bliss was supposed to be another opener but ended up not being able to make it. how sad. it's okay though because slothrust ripped. i had only heard like two songs by them before but now i'm thinking i need to check out more they were really excellent. the front bottoms were alright! they had good energy i think i just like them more on recordings than i do live. they did a little costume contest bit and the band played the ghostbusters theme which was cute. a good time all around.

peach fuzz, charly bliss (11/21/2023): UPCOMING >:D

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jessicakehoe · 5 years

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What’s in a Pop Name? How Toronto’s Raffaela Weyman Settled on RALPH

The Internet has taught us that there’s a simple process for choosing a successful pseudonym—and it’s usually a combination of the street you grew up on, the name of your first pet, your birth month and what you ate for breakfast this morning. Sadly, out in the real world, this model doesn’t always work. When you’re choosing the name you hope your global fans will be screaming at you from a crowd, you’re going to want to dig a little deeper.

RALPH, Canada’s favourite on-the-rise pop princess, has her sights fixed on Gaga and Snoop-level success. And it seems like the 28-year-old Toronto native, who in her Instagram profile describes her sound as “〰 *🔮synth-pop-disco-soul🔮* 〰,” has what it takes to get there. Her deep, seductive, Stevie Nash-esque vocals and upbeat ’80s-inspired beats ensure that RALPH’s songs are great on their own, and she has over 10 million Spotify streams to show for it. But it’s her creative, fashion-forward, choreography-filled music videos (a speed-dating-inspired video for “Lond Distance Lover,” a senior citizen-filled pool party for “Something Better” and face masks in a Russian spa for “Tease”) that really stand out in the sea of female pop performers. And the name RALPH might have a little something to do with it too.

So let’s talk about your stage name, RALPH. I feel like your given name, Raffaela Weyman, sounds like such a great pop star moniker already.

Does it? I’ve done music for a long time, and I’ve done it under a lot of different names. I was in a band out of high school, and then I did stuff under Raffaella Rosemary, which is my first and middle name. When I transitioned into doing my RALPH stuff, I wanted to separate myself from my past musical projects. And also, I wanted there to be a separation between who I was on stage and who I was with my friends and family. I wanted to have the privacy of having my own name and having it be a personal thing. Something that not everyone knows or calls me. I think it can be hard to constantly be “on.” It’s nice to have a small way to disassociate with who you are as a performer, go home and really be yourself.

I think maybe we all need that. Maybe we should all have separate names for our professional and personal lives.

And you know, I think that’s a really good point. There’s this huge movement right now around honesty. People are more interested in celebrities being real. And I think they’re embracing having famous people on Twitter be like, “hey, I struggle.” And I think that’s so wonderful, and I’m happy to be very real. Because it’s always going to be a challenge to balance the line of giving yourself and being yourself.

And social media is a great example of that. Social media is where the line often starts to blur. Do you have a hard time knowing who the real you is because of the image you project online? Everyone seems to be losing the place where the line starts and stops.

And the question is always, do I want to be that person? I remember a friend, someone not music but someone that I’ve known for years, sending me a DM saying, “ oh my God you always look so good you probably wake up like that.” So I sent her a picture of what I look like waking up — and when you have bangs, it can be bad — to say, “just so you know this is what I look like when I wake up.” I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t put work into looking a certain way. I think it’s important to preach that.

When fans greet you, do they call you RALPH or Raffaela? And which do you prefer?

If you’re a fan, it’s RALPH. If we’re just going to have a one-off interaction, RALPH is great. It’s weird when fans try to add me on Facebook—and I’m hard to find because I’ve changed my name. I always just say, “no no no. There is still that boundary.” With social media, I think everyone feels like the person you admire is just a hop, jump and skip away. If you can DM me on Instagram, you have a direct line to me.

But, if I’m having an interview with someone and we’re talking intimately or I’m working with a producer, Raffa is great. If we’re going to have a personal conversation and you really going to get to know me, you need to know me as Raffa. And if I’m crying in the studio in front of you, I think you need to know me is Ralpha. Wait, Raffa. See now even I’m getting confused. It’s funny, friends I’ve had for years are now always getting confused.

I can see that. Obviously, the names are similar. How did you come to RALPH? Is there a story there?

So the project started with this producer called Johnny who I had gone on a date with. The date didn’t work out, but when he sent me a track to potentially sing on, I was really interested. It was kind of 80s pop, which is really different than the folk stuff I was doing at the time. When we were coming up with a name to put on it, he really wanted it to be Raffaella. But I really wanted it to be something different. A moniker. At some point, we had a list of names. There were so many names…

…like?

Carmel was one of them. We are both Italian, so a lot of them are very Italian-inspired. Milita was another one. And RALPH, I guess because it’s almost a shortened version of Raffaella. I liked that it had gender ambiguity. Was it a man? Was it a woman? And I like that it was the name of one of my favourite characters from The Magic School Bus. He’s this very chubby excitable guy.

But it’s funny how many times I’ll go into a venue, and the sound guy will go up to one of my male bandmates, and say, “hey nice to meet you.” They never think it’s me.

So who is RALPH then? Is RALPH you, or is RALPH the band?

RALPH is me. It’s my project. I’m really lucky to have a great band behind me, but when I get on stage, I’m RALPH.

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jessicakehoe · 5 years

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What’s in a Pop Name? How Toronto’s Raffaela Weyman Settled on RALPH

So let’s talk about your stage name, RALPH. I feel like your given name, Raffaela Weyman, sounds like such a great pop star moniker already.

I think maybe we all need that. Maybe we should all have separate names for our professional and personal lives.

When fans greet you, do they call you RALPH or Raffaela? And which do you prefer?

I can see that. Obviously, the names are similar. How did you come to RALPH? Is there a story there?

…like?

But it’s funny how many times I’ll go into a venue, and the sound guy will go up to one of my male bandmates, and say, “hey nice to meet you.” They never think it’s me.

So who is RALPH then? Is RALPH you, or is RALPH the band?

RALPH is me. It’s my project. I’m really lucky to have a great band behind me, but when I get on stage, I’m RALPH.

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