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[kaiowut99]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Episodes 106-107 Subbed (Finalized)

(Previously: Episode 105 Subbed [Finalized])

(Check out my Subbed!GX Stream Masterpost!)

TURN-106: Judai and Johan of the Gem Beast Deck

A new school term has started at the Duel Academia. Invited to the Academia as transfer students and becoming new friends are the Academy Champions known as Amon, O'Brien, Crocodile, and a mysterious boy--along with one Professor Cobra. Meanwhile, atop the school building rooftop, Judai meets a boy who can see Spirits--who turns out to be the "mysterious boy," Johan. Cobra proposes an Exhibition Match, pitting Judai against Johan. Johan turns out to be a duelist in control of the rare Monsters known as the Gem Beasts.

TURN-107: The Neo-Spacians VS the Gem Beasts

Johan summons one Gem Beast after another, from his Amethyst Cat to his Topaz Tiger. Judai also has Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab and Neos perform a Contact Fusion to take them on with his Flare Neos. Then, Johan destroys Judai's Field Magic and activates a new Field Magic, Ancient City of Rainbows -- Rainbow Ruins, sending his Neo-Spacian back to his deck. Seeing these skillful attacks, Ed begins to speak of the unknown relationship between Johan and his Gem Beasts.

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...so, didn't mean to let these take about a month and a half since 105 was all finalized, but heremst we be *sips indie coffee*

Season 3 gets into full swing with these two episodes as it starts us off with a hint of our upcoming big bad right off the jump (RIP Hiromi Tsuru, your Yubel is still fantastic), then introduces us to the big foreign players we'll be seeing quite a bit of going forward. Judai has a nightmare taking place in an area similar to his vision with Saiou--which I'm sure is unrelated to anything--and then opening ceremonies ensue before we're introduced properly to our new transfer students, and the Ancient Roman lore around Johan's Gem Beasts which was pretty cool to include; Judai and Johan then have a fun duel together as we see the Gem Beasts in action facing Judai's Neo-Spacians. These episodes also see the debut of some of my favorite OST tracks from Season 3, like Fervent Duel (used really well in 107) and A Pinch here. Ed coming in for 107 and giving us the background on Johan from Pegasus, featuring cameos of Dark Yugi, Kaiba, and Jounouchi (from the Warriors and Unstopping Overflowing Feelings OP/EN in DM--these nods were kept in the dub, so it was the first time those particular shots of Kaiba and Jou were used in the West), as we learn that he gifted the Gem Beasts to Johan during a tournament in Europe was good, and I still love Johan's little fakeout at the end with the Rainbow Dragon he doesn't actually have yet. A fun duo of episodes with a fun, low-stakes duel that we should enjoy while we can.

Quick side-notes for the dub, but want to take a sec to shout out Jim's dub VA who perfectly nailed his Australian voice for the guy, and who I hope comes back if we're ever lucky enough to get a more accurate GX redub (though I think he was recast in DL? But still sounded pretty good). Dub!Yubel, though... I'm still baffled by the decision made with that voice, and I'm glad they eventually went with a better voice in BBT. 107 also saw them make a bunch of--I assume--time cuts, including most of the cold open which featured our first in-series look at Martin, and other shots as Cobra set up his evil lair in the old SAL lab (continuity!), but also the ending shot as Cobra looks at the duel energy he collected and comments on their impressive duel--most of those are fair as far as time cuts go, though I think the ending scene should've been kept. It's also interesting that, with Johan's southern accent being a thing in the dub (which has grown on me, though I like his later no-accent voice more), that they had Pegasus say the tournament he went to with him happened "down south;" according to a comment on the Crunchyroll upload, the venue's the "All-England Lawn Tennis Club where the Grand Slam Wimbledon" happens in the UK? lol

Animation error-wise, there were just over a handful that I picked up on in each episode that I went ahead and fixed up--mostly quality-of-watching ones along with a couple of card errors, and I also translated the bio on Amon that O'Brien hands to Cobra early in episode 106. As always, details below the cut if interested, along with Translation Notes for the bio.

Anywho, enjoy! The next two-parter features our fiery boy O'Brien, and with some really nice art/animation in 109 that I always love to revisit; I'll begin work on that once I finalize some special side work that I should hopefully get to post about soon, too, though I'll also be going back to episode 1 to fix up a card error I forgot to tackle, lol. Stay tuned!

Fixes/Edits! (106)

Early in the episode, Professor Cobra enters O'Brien's room on the ship and asks who else would be visiting him; he hands him a bio pointing to one Amon Garam. As detailed here, I translated Amon's bio in this shot, first compiling a full image to edit from its later appearances in 111 and 121, then keyframing it into the rotating zooming-out shot that happens here with AfterEffects and Sony Vegas. (The full text of the bio is in that detailed post)

In the next shot, Cobra asks if Amon came to see O'Brien, noting that he seems to be a meddler but suggests that he doesn't pay him any mind, turning to pass the bio back to him--as he does so, a few quick animation errors happen: 1) Cobra's face/mouth glitch for a few quick frames as he shifts his face into a smile (likely his current face being left over his moving face behind it); 2) the bio page in his hand jitters a bit in the frames leading up to his turning towards O'Brien; and 3) once O'Brien's holding the paper and moves it down, there are a quick few frames where a small part of his hair (the one bang on his left) is missing before it comes back. As detailed here, I edited in my translation to the bio while Cobra's holding it and as he passes it back, masking in Cobra and the rest of the frame over it for blending, while also fixing those errors for the Japanese scene by holding Cobra's face pre-glitch over the glitched frames, editing the Amon bio so it's steady throughout, and masking in O'Brien's full hair bang over the frames where it's cut short.

Later, as the Judai/Johan duel gets underway, Judai and Johan give their "Duel!" shouts and draw their hands, but a few things happen as they jump into a split-screen for it: 1) Judai moves a frame before Johan starts to slide in on his split; 2) once the screen pans down to their decks as they draw, the split-screen border seems to have been drawn in oddly, as part of Judai's side ends up just on top of the border (also seems to be slightly cut off in width halfway down); and 3) as they split apart, more of Judai seems to have made it to the left of his split's border. I fixed each one in Vegas by first sliding in Johan a frame earlier as Judai moves, then enhancing the split-screen border a bit to cover up what ends up on top of it and to its left as they split out (I generally try to avoid making redone borders that much bigger, but thought it was the only way to cleanly/consistently fix that).

After Johan plays Gem Beast Emerald Turtle, we cut to the Overseas Champions watching on, with Jim whistling before Amon expresses his surprise at the Gem Beasts--but a coloring error happens in the rapid pan from Jim to Amon, with both having odd coloring spots. A quick fix in Vegas by redoing the panning using a frame of Jim post-whistle and a frame of Amon before his mouth moves.

After Judai summons Neos, Johan laments that he can't ask for his autograph while they're dueling, but notes that he was waiting for him to summon a new Monster--Judai slides in on a split-screen to question that, but a few things happen: 1) Johan starts moving to make room for his split a frame before he does so; 2) a coloring error happens as Judai and Johan then split apart before Johan activates Triggered Summon (more noticeable on Johan), and 3) Judai's uneven slide-out leads to it taking a frame longer than Johan's to get offscreen. Fixed each one in Vegas by sliding Judai in a frame earlier as Johan moves, masking in Judai and Johan's pre-slide-out splits over the frames as they slide out to fix the coloring error, and making Judai's slide-out match Johan's by masking one frame in earlier.

[continued below, just split thanks to stupid text-block character limits]

(6) A bit later, after Johan talks about not having any destruction cards in his deck so he can see his opponents going all-out, Judai notes how neat he finds him; as they split apart and Johan tells him to bring out his new Monster (due to Triggered Summon's effect), there's a quick frame where the border is missing on Judai's split. Quick fix in Vegas as I just added it back on by duplicating the one on Johan's and touching it up as needed.

(7) As Judai then summons Neo-Spacian Gran Mole, we see it pop up in front of him, but Judai has black rectangles on his Disk where Gran Mole, Neos, and Aqua Dolphin should be. Fixed using AfterEffects to slap on proxies for each in one frame, which I then took into Sony Vegas and shook around position-wise frame by frame to add it to the full shot (thankfully, this was just shaking around and not zooming in or out lol).

(8) During the preview for 107, we see Judai on a split-screen jumping as Johan declares an attack with his Amethyst Cat, but as they slide apart, two quick things happen: 1) there's a quick frame where there's just black behind them (and Johan's split's border isn't as glowy as Judai's), and 2) some of Johan's split's border hangs on for two frames after he and Judai slide offscreen. Fixed each in Vegas for 107 proper first, then applied the fixes here, masking in Amethyst Cat behind Judai and Johan as they split apart, then masking in some of the whooshing background behind Amethyst Cat to cover up the remaining bit of Johan's split border for those two frames.

Fixes/Edits! (107)

After Judai summons Flare Scarab, he has it do a Contact Fusion with Neos for Flare Neos, but as he declares Flare Scarab's name for it, we see that the cards on his Disk--for Gran Mole, Neos, and Flare Scarab--are flipped upside-down. Fixed in AfterEffects first by applying proxies as Judai swings his Disk around, then on one frame during the zoom-out on Flare Scarab after he moves--I then took the latter frame into Sony Vegas, where I redid the zoomout on it for the whole shot, masking in Flare Scarab on top of it.

After Johan plays Rainbow Ruins and Judai's Battle Phase ends, we see his Disk as Flare Neos returns to his field, but not only are his cards upside-down again--he also has regular ol' Neos where Flare Neos should be. Fixed both in AfterEffects by applying the Mole and Flare Neos proxies correctly, masking in the orb part of Judai's Disk over the Gran Mole one.

A bit after the eyecatch, as Judai realizes that Johan hasn't played his ace yet, he starts to ask about it, startling Johan as he slides into a split-screen with him to ask as much, but Johan starts to move for it a frame early. Fixed in Sony Vegas by sliding Judai in a frame earlier there.

Later, after Johan explains that Ruby Special-Summons itself and the other Gems in his Magic/Trap Zone when placed there (rude of the OCG to remove that part of its effect), we split out of the split-screen there as Ruby's summoned, but the border on Johan's split hangs on for an extra frame. Fixed in Vegas by just masking in part of the whooshing background over it.

A bit later, Johan declares a direct attack with Amethyst Cat, and Judai jumps as their split-screen splits apart to show Amethyst Cat pouncing at him, but as they slide apart, 1) there's a quick frame where there's just black behind them (and Johan's split's border isn't as glowy as Judai's), and 2) some of Johan's split's border hangs on for two frames after he and Judai slide offscreen. As noted for the preview version of this shot in 106's list, I fixed these here first before applying the fix there, masking in Amethyst Cat behind Judai and Johan as they split apart, then masking in some of the whooshing background behind Amethyst Cat to cover up the remaining bit of Johan's split border for those two frames.

Later, after summoning Air Neos (who), Judai slides into a split-screen to explain his ATK-gain-per-LP-difference effect; as they slide apart, Judai's uneven slide-out causes his side to take a frame longer than Johan's to slide offscreen. Fixed in Vegas by just masking part of Judai's slide-out a frame earlier to even up the slide-out.

A bit later, after Johan hypes up Rainbow Dragon only to end in a "just kiddin'," Judai clicks in for a split-screen in confusion before they split apart to show Air Neos's attack connecting with Amber Mammoth--as they split apart, parts of the border on Johan and Judai's splits hang on for an extra frame. I fixed this by just using the touched-up version of this shot from the recap in 108, which had Judai and Johan's splits slide out more naturally.

After the duel, Cobra walks out to congratulate the two on a duel well fought; he beckons them towards him, but as he walks up to the center of the arena to do so, his still feet jitter as Judai and Johan start to walk over. Fixed in Vegas by masking in his feet from the frame as Judai and Johan start to walk over over the 2-3 earlier frames as he gets to the center of the arena to keep it consistent.

#GX #yugioh #ygo #ygo gx #yugioh gx #yu-gi-oh gx #yu-gi-oh! gx #Judai Yuki #Johan Andersen #my subs #give it up for best directionless boy Johan #god i remember the old April Fools joke on Janime where fake dub names were announced for the Overseas Champions #including one changing O'Brien to Marz Kelvinheit or something--it was amazing lmao #these first few S3 episodes really are the calm before the impending storm; good times

[versacethotty]

🗣 IMAAAAAGINE A WORLD LIKE THAT !

#enough of the kumbaya let’s tug on janimal’s wig rq

[vallakusurabakmanne]

你好吗 你好吗

mataramasuko

#iyidir janim sen

[eastsidemags]

The Janimal RETURNS

A little over 9 years ago, we stumbled across a group of indie comics artists who would meet up and draw and hang out and just share stories with each other. We were a brand new store and didn’t really know any “industry” people. In walks the Janimal with his book Time Shark (about a time-traveling shark)! A kid-friendly comic artist who is quite possibly the nicest human to ever walk the earth. We immediately fell in love with both his work and him! Shortly after, life took over and Janimal moved to Arizona and we stayed in touch but we didn’t get a chance to host him again.

Now - almost a decade later - the Janimal returns to the halls of East Side Mags!

Jan Marc “The Janimal” Quisumbing is a Jersey tomato roasting in the Arizona sun. A graduate of the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University (NJ), he now resides in Northern Arizona with his family and 3 cats. He has exhibited at comic conventions from Phoenix Fan Fusion to New York Comic Con and serves as the acting president of the Northern Arizona Cartoonist Association (NAZCA). His fun and cartoony style has a great retro feel and translates easily to the drawing demo classes that have been a staple at Verde Valley libraries and LibCons over the past nine years. He currently works at a library in Northern Arizona as its Program and Marketing Coordinator.

Follow his work on Instagram at #thejanimaldraws

#Janimal #indie #indie comics #artist #draw #share #industry #Time Shark #kid-friendly #Arizona #East Side Mags #Jan Marc Quisumbing #Jersey #tomato #graduate #Mason Gross School #Rutgers University #NJ #Northern Arizona #comic conventions #Phoenix Fan Fusion #New York Comic Con #Northern Arizona Cartoonist Association #NAZCA #fun #cartoony #retro #drawing #classes #Verde Valley

[dancingkirby]

Don’t worry my cat’s doing fine I just wanted to do a new pfp.

#this actually is a remake of an old pfp I did #I’d gotten annoyed at the constant Crow discourse on Janime #but the only extant copy of that one was too low-res to use

[fortassumsel]

#Fortassumsel #gusmus #imron supriyadi #pegiat teater indonesia #puisipuisi #yosep suterisno #erwin janim #teater palembang #teater sekolah #Youtube

[ella-yo-el]

Esta es la última vez que yo te quiero. En serio te lo digo.

—Jaime Sabines

#janime sabines #poemas

[peniswizard69]

I thought i had followed you already but im stupid as fuck and didnt. I simply must ask you for whatever you have in your head related to your drawtectives tma crossover. We are on a brainwave.

I thought i was alone in here... until i found u my sister

Ok most of what I have is Jancy x Gertrude and when I try to list headcanons for them I wind up just writing a half baked fic so I'll leave that in the trunk until I can full bake the fic

This Magnus institute, London is now the Bagnus Institute, Dondon. I could list a bunch of places in Breat Gritain but I'll leave it at Snengland Snotland and Snales

Phelix being in an animatronic and the stable of imagination were done with Leitners. The Celestial Spear connecting to Gareville was a Spiral ritual. Everything else is just like that, the game that Villainius is from, wild trains, Grandma compelling Sam Ug that one time, that's just what it be like

The Stranger looooooves animatronics. The Hunt is extremely powerful up in the Northern Tribes. The End hates Eugene with a passion

Some statement givers at the Bagnus Institute, Dondon: Edd Edguy, Hugh Janimal, Barry Dalive, Noah Naround, Ican Seayew, Kat Astrophe, Kent C Schitt, Tara Ntula, Ida Noyu, Wanda Eetiew, Jason Mighpray, Phil Thee, Lotta Merderz, and Oliver Twist

The head of the Bagnus Institute isn't Elias. It's Luke Ing.

York is halfway an Avatar of the Hunt but simply too distractable and indestructable to fully succumb. Might be immune to Jared Hopworth. The Highforge family is a cult, kinda like the Lukas family, idk for what entity. Rosé is lowkey serving the Dark but don't worry about it

Jancy is very Eye-influenced; she doesn't like it but she's too tired to hate it. She's an occasional ally to Gertrude, with her detecting skills and such. Maybe Gertrude would have hired Jancy to prove Gerry Keay didn't kill his mom? Idk

Eugene knows a lot of the big names, he's arm's length with the Lukases, Simon Fairchild, Rayner and the Divine Host, Luke Ing. He's also done some buying and selling with Leitner and Salesa

Ogalvy has like 11 Fears trying to court him. You know how it is

Gertrude would hate the Drawtectives for their goofy and fun loving nature. Jonathan Sims trying to go through a conversation with them would be the funniest thing in history

Tim, Basira, Melanie and Georgie would have disliked them a normal amount. Martin and Sasha would have been able to hang out with them. Salesa would have had a great time with them

Gerry would have gotten along great with the drawtectives. He'd talk with Rosé about alt fashion, Grandma would match him in weirdgirl vibes, York would think he looks scrawney and pathetic but then watch Gerry demonstrate strength somehoe and BOOM instant besties

Anyway yeah that's my things for now

#original broth #the magnus archives #tma #drawtectives #drawfee

[caxycreations]

The Relanian Zodiac

Info under the cut!

Gaia - strong-willed, mentally and physically resilient, often associated with work ethic and stoicism. Gaia is the zodiac sign of those born during the phase of Gaius (first 60 days of the Relanian year, irl equivalent is January 1st to March 1st, or to Feb 29th on a leap year, though those don't exist on Relan)

Finon - empathetic, compassionate, and loving, often associated with emotional support and companionship. Finon is the zodiac sign of those born during the phase of Fina (second 60 days of the Relanian year, irl equivalent is March 2nd [or 1st on a leap year] to April 28th [or 29th on leap year])

Malus - creative, insightful, and entertaining, often associated with craftsmanship and tranquility. Malus is the zodiac sign of those born during the phase of Malor (third 60 days of the Relanian year, irl equivalent is April 29th [or 30th if leap] to June 29th [or 30th if leap])

Escin - Eccentric, sincere, and self-assured, often associated with self-help and individualism. Escin is the zodiac sign of those born during the phase of Escor (fourth 60 days of the year, irl equivalent is June 30th [or July 1st if leap] to August 29th [or 30th if leap])

Janim - Adaptable, relaxed, and private, often associated with acting and social chameleonism. Janim is the zodiac sign of those born during the phase of Jan (fifth 60 days of the year, irl equivalent is August 30th [or 31st if leap] to October 30th [or 31st if leap]

Dinat - Observant, quick-witted, and adventurous, often associated with exploring and study. Dinat is the zodiac sign of those born during the phase of Dinora (sixth 60 days of the year, irl equivalent is October 31st [or November 1st if leap] to December 31st)

Due to the Gods' influence on the world, the Relanian zodiac is no mere pseudoscience. It is a reliable way of understanding someone. The nature of the magic in the world at the time of one's birth has a subtle but noticeable influence on them as a person, and results on the adoption of certain traits that God bears.

@that-one-enby-onyx (cause ik how much you love when I tag you :) ) and @mikathewriter (cause you inspired this in the first place)

#writeblr #relan #literature #furry #fiction #modern fantasy #anthro #anthropomorphic #writing #fictional zodiac

[raya-00]

Bu enerjimin sirri bir birindən əlaqəsiz janim mahnılarımdı

[vallakusurabakmanne]

offf okurken bile kiyamayip ayri kılıf hazırlayıp icinde okudugum kitabi edebiyatciya hediye edicem bugün tekrardan bakarken bile duygulandim en sevdigim kitaplar arasinda ilk ikide

#adama 2 yıldır kitaptan söz edip carsamba verecek olmam cok ince bi davranis #ama o da ne zaman bi kitap ihtiyacin olsa gel hemen soule demisti janim hojam #duygusallastim #ebladimdan ayriliyor gibiyim

[kaiowut99]

How long have you been subbing GX if i may ask? :)

Heya! May have answered before but i've been at it since... 2007 or so? Started with episodes 102-104 (Judai vs Saiou) to lead into Season 3 as I wanted to show Japanese GX (and S3 in particular) to my anime club friends in high school haha (armed with only game knowledge, Janime episode summaries, and very rudimentary self-learned Japanese ofc). Made a nice gateway to learning more Japanese as I went back to Seasons 1 and 2 while taking Japanese classes in college (sometimes asking a professor for help and she was sweet enough to oblige me lol), finished the show in 2013 or so after redoing S3 and doing S4 fresh, and have apparently been finalizing my subs since 2014 🙂

#Lance answers things #Anonymous #imagine my shock digging up my finalized!episode 1 release post to see it was posted in 2014 lol #hoping to be a casual viewer once I finish finalizing everything 🙏

[seekerbr]

So, little while ago I was scrolling down a Yu-Gi-Oh livejournal community that was very popular in the late 2000s/early 2010s called Playthedamncard, and found something pretty cool: a YGO survey made in 2011 to see what people's interests and opinions of the series were at the time!

Here's the post on the site about it, and here are the answers on the survey itself! I recommend going through it, but I'll post some things i found interesting about it personally:

Seeing all the places that people found the survey, showing how much people used forums back then! According to it, most people found it on Playthedamncard itself, the YGO Abridged forums, Pojo (an anime forum that still exists to this day), Janime (YGO fansite with forums that doesn't exist anymore), a Fanfiction.net YGO shipping forum and TV.com, which i never even heard of before.

The most voted in favorite series was Duel Monsters in japanese, with 5Ds sub in second and YGOTAS in third! Gx sub ended in forth; then in a poll on people second favorite series, YGOTAS ended in first place.

In general in this poll you see how popular the Abridged series was back then. Nowadays you see a lot more people either not knowing about it or just not liking it that much, but at the time most people seemed to have watched it (though seeing how many people that voted in here came from the YGOTAS forums, and how this community was where the series was posted for the first time, there might be some bias here.)

There were some polls for favorite characters in each series that had been released, plus a general one, and the results are not very surprising (sorry for the quality of some of the next pictures, they are really long)

There are also some age/gender/country of origin polls (shoutouts to the 2 people from Brazil that voted!!)

There's some more in the survey itself, including some questions where the person could write in, but these are the ones i decided to show here.

It honestly kinda made me want to do something similar, but seeing how there are 7 series now and i don't know the cast of the latter ones very well it would be a little difficult to do it (that was also something that i found interesting about this poll, you kinda get the idea that people knew a lot more about the other series at the time than nowadays where everyone kinda stays in their corner... though seeing how many there are it is understandable.)

As a bonus, there was a survey from 2010, but that one was made with people giving their answers in the comments of a livejournal post, so a lot less people and it is harder to get a consensus, but i'll still leave a link here!

#long post #yugioh #ygo #yu-gi-oh #fandom #yugioh gx #yugioh 5ds #seekerbr's things

[nomadbuzz]

If My Words

by Rafeef Ziadah If my words can stop this If they can stand in the way Of a bomb, a drone or a single bullet If my words can stop this

If they could stand in the way Of a bomb, a drone or a single bullet I would lay them at the feet of every child in Razda And offer them like prayer

I would recite them over and over and over Like the Holy Names of God I would write them endlessly Until all language breaks Like daylight

As we count our dead They ask me for balance They still ask me for balance He used to balance his son on his knees and sing And now, he's lost his legs and his son

How can I balance your silence Against all the sound of artillery in Razda? How can I balance your silence Against neighborhoods wiped out into smoke? How can I balance between David and Goliath? You tell me

Sorry, I know we're not meant to make this comparisons They make some uncomfortable So let me just say We are holding our ground Don't you worry about us We are holding our ground

If my words can stop this I would scream back this Gasoline Taste in my throat for four weeks now I would write my spine disfigured Like maps of Palestine and stand tall At the top of my lungs scream Make them stop, make them stop Please, someone, make them stop

They're just children playing Is the beach forbidden? Is there any place safe left under your sky Made of iron? Don't But we are standing our ground We are standing our ground

If my words could stop this I would argue circles around Every Israeli spokesperson Tell them, let's be clear Your smooth accents can't make killing children justified Let's be clear, we are not collateral Don't you dare call us collateral

Let's be clear Your polished talking points stick Inside skin near bone like shrapnel I shake my head to shake them off Your word linger meaningless But we are still standing here We are holding our ground

If my words could stop this I would hold them up, like fists pounding Like hearts pounding in shelters They asked us to evacuate, then they bombed us And he pressed her little head into his chest She's alive, she's alive, I swear, she's still alive They had to pry her little body out of his hands And if I could I would offer me his daughter

If I could, I would offer him all the Words of the world to take away the pain But the sky is raining heavy steel everywhere

This is no time for poetry There's no space for bodies in hospitals anymore No water, there's no electricity In this darkness I wish my words could transform to light To protection

I also wish for quiet I wish for some quiet from those who battle to Get to the microphones, and perform their rituals All you're clambering to get on stage is to speak Your rage, spare us, get out of the limelight

And Let Razda speak, let Rafah speak, let Janim speak Let Jerusalem speak, let Shatila speak Let Darius in speak Let everybody on the streets of Razda speak For a self today

I will not warn my death in 140 characters for your Twitter My dead are not your bloody Facebook status My dead will not be cluttered into an infographic to share today And then forget, we are still standing here We are holding our ground

If my words could stop this I would create a rhythm Louder than the speed to too familiar I would learn the lyrics to every freedom song And write it on every building still standing in Razda If my words could stop this

If they could stand in the way Of a bomb, a drone or a single bullet I would lay them at the feet of every child in Razda I would offer them like prayer Recite them over, and over, and over Like the Holy Names of God I would write them endlessly Until all language breaks

But words can't stop this So I offer you this silence and a poem And tell you are not to worry

We are holding our ground We are holding our ground We are holding our ground We are holding our ground.

Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian spoken word artist and human rights activist. This poem was written in 2014 during another mass killing of Palestinians. Here is Rafeef reciting it.

#palestine

[mystickinz]

dialed town but janimal am animal jam oh yeah. theyre so silly i love themn……

#me sillies