#justice for joost

[mournersandfunerals]

Wait I just realised that Kaz approaches the crows at the end of the season with news of the Ice Court job.

Which means we can assume that poor Joost died at some point during season two.

Rip, my good man. May the moon and your mustache no longer be a problem.

#another one bites the dust #justice for joost #shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers #sab spoilers #six of crows #soc #joost van poel

[deadpanchaos]

Does anyone just think about Joost

he had so much potential. and then he died

#six of crows #joost #justice for joost #I kinda forgot about him

[charmed-henry]

“Joost glanced at his reflection in one of the glass panels set into the double doors that led from the house to the side garden. His mother was right. Even in his new uniform, he still looked like a baby. Gently, he brushed his finger along his upper lip. If only his mustache would come in. It definitely felt thicker than yesterday.” -Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

NAME: Sir Henry Charming AGE: 21 TITLE: Puddingheart (derogatory), Petalprince (derogatory), Weasel Lord (derogatory), Rosy-Eyes (derogatory?) HOUSE: Knightley OCCUPATION: Knight WEAPON OF CHOICE: Broadsword, Dagger, Mace, Flail, his HEART <3 ALLIANCES: House Knightley and Lady Rose <3

BIOGRAPHY: 

Henry Charming was born with stars in his eyes. Everyone noticed that he was a dreamer, easily distracted, prone to wandering off, humming to himself, while he was supposed to be training to be a knight. It was a miracle anyone wanted to take him on as a Squire when the time came, but Henry’s family had just enough connections, and he managed to make a good enough impression that he was eventually knighted. 

He never stopped daydreaming, though. And one day, at a tournament, in the crowd, he saw her-- the new subject of all his daydreams, the beautiful Lady Rose. She was beautiful in a sharp way, a rose with all its thorns. Henry knew she would marry a prince one day, but that didn’t stop him-- he was in love.

Sir Henry has pledged his allegiance to House Knightley and sworn to protect the castle, so he comes to the wedding for that purpose, of course. But... Lady Rose is here, and Henry hasn’t taken his eyes off of her. Who could blame him? And sure, there are nefarious players here, potentially aiming to seize the Iron Throne, and Henry ought to keep an eye out for them...

But, really, what’s the worst that could happen?

#i just want to say #JUSTICE FOR JOOST #he was legit my favorite character when i read him #HE DESERVED BETTER #swyngom #swyngombio

[melliejellybellybean]

So actually I am mourning and I am funeraling

#shadow and bone #six of crows #netflix im in your walls #justice for joost and his mustache he wouldve been amazing in the spin off #brb im gonna go cry

[multifandomconfusion]

Okay, y'all talk about Joost. But what about Anya?!! I mean she's a fucking badass, like “do what you're told and this will soon be over, ja?” Justice for my girl. She deserved more book time and deserves more love!

#anya six of crows #soc #soc shitpost #six of crows #six of crows anya #joost and anya #six of crows shitpost #soc fandom #joost van poel #grishaverse #leigh bargudo

[malidreamer]

Sorry, SOC fandom do not talk enough about Joost.

Justice for Joost.

#six of crows #joost #wesper #kaz brekker #leigh bardugo #crooked kingdom

[kaz-brekker-crow]

"Justice for Joost" my man was a cop

#he was pathetic little worm tbh #soc #six of crows

[nothewraith]

Just found out that a family friend's dad is named Joost and the first thing my brain let me think of was the joostfit

so glad you came to me with this. does your friend’s dad perhaps have roughly two problems? maybe, say, the moon and his mustache?

if so, he may be entitled to some joosty couture sweatpants and a justice for joost shirt.

#asks #love that when people hear joost they think of me

[mariacallous]

One of the more amusing TikToks that followed the announcement of the forthcoming Legend of Zelda movie riffs on a scene from the animated series Drawn Together. In it, the blue-caped Captain Hero sits in a wheelchair at the bottom of a staircase next to the text “Zelda fans when the movie was announced.” One beat later, the words “it’s live action” appear, and Captain Hero screams. Another beat, then “it’s produced by Avi Arad (Morbius)” flashes up, this time to a louder scream. Finally, “It was written by the writer of Batman v Superman, Rise of Skywalker, and Jurassic Worlld [sic],” and Captain Hero unleashes one last wounded wail.

Even with the slight mistake—the movie's screenwriter, Derek Connolly, did contribute to Jurassic World and Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker but didn’t have anything to do with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice—historically, you’d have been naive to bet against this wisdom. Video game adaptations have a rough track record. Yet 2023 saw the release of one critically acclaimed video game adaptation, The Last of Us, which received two dozen Emmy nominations, and one obscenely profitable one, The Super Mario Bros Movie, which made more than a billion dollars worldwide last spring. Even more obscure titles, like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Twisted Metal, made reasonable waves.

This upturn in the fortunes of video game adaptations has coincided with a perceived downturn for comics-based fare. After 15 years of dominance, “superhero fatigue” is now a pervasive talking point. Is there a new hegemon in Hollywood? That might be premature, but 2023 hinted at a future realignment in audience appetites.

For those invested in superheroes’ downfall, the numbers are encouraging. Warner Bros. and DC’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and Blue Beetle and, most notoriously, The Flash all bombed, with the latter making just $55 million in North America in its opening weekend, way below projections. For Disney, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania started strongly, then interest cratered, becoming one of the few Marvel films that failed to break even. The Marvels, which cost Disney north of $300 million to make and promote, brought in just $47 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend, the lowest of any of the MCU’s 33 movies.

Even Bob Iger, the Disney CEO who ultimately signs the Marvel checks, seems at least a little fed up. In June, Iger admitted that oversaturation of Marvel projects, particularly TV shows, had hurt interest in superhero offerings. He weighed in again in late November, admitting that Disney had made too many sequels. Some superheroes—the Batmen, the Spider-Men—should never be counted out, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 brought in $118 million domestically when it opened, but Disney had no billion-dollar releases in 2023. Compare that to eight prior to 2020 (minus Sony’s Spider-Man movies), and then consider that The Super Mario Bros. Movie beat every superhero movie released in 2023, and it’s easy to see Hollywood swerving away from at least some of the more obscure superhero outings in the future.

Super Mario Bros. wasn’t this year's biggest movie—that title goes to Barbie. But from 2010 to 2020, the top 10 movies in North America in any given year were dominated by comic-book heroes. The only video game adaptation to join their ranks was Sonic the Hedgehog, which came out in February 2020, right before Covid-19 closed many theaters and transformed moviegoing habits.

Mario’s success will lead to a “deluge” of video game adaptations, argues Joost van Druenen, a New York University business professor and author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games. Van Dreunen reckons that superheroes are “going the way of the cowboy,” referring to the shifts in Hollywood’s dominant genres (think: the rise of zombies a few years back, all the Home Alone-esque family movies in the 1990s). Even a show like The Boys, he argues, with its anti-superheroes, looks like a kind of turning point, akin to the revisionist Westerns, exemplified by Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch, that began to dominate the genre at the end of the ’60s and into the ’70s.

Provided audiences are as tired of superheroes as pundits think, video game protagonists could profitably fill the gap. They come from well-known franchises and have large, engaged fan bases—two things studios appreciate. Cast your eyes down the development list: God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Assassin’s Creed, continued expansion on The Witcher, among others. Nintendo, which has traditionally resisted film spinoffs, is planning a movie a year; Arcane, widely considered the first title (before The Last of Us) to break the curse of such adaptations, is finally getting a second season. Amazon’s forthcoming Fallout series is being helmed by the same team as Westworld.

“Video game content is now appealing to filmmakers, unlike ever before,” says van Dreunen. “So that’s coming in at the same time the superhero movies are starting to reach their tail end.” Of course, these are not sure things: Gran Turismo’s performance was decidedly average, and it’d be fair to question whether any game character can compete with Mario’s star power. Looking into next year, Fallout will be an early litmus. If it finds a foothold upon release in April, that’ll be the surest sign yet that pop culture is entering its video game adaptation era.

Back to superheroes, artist fatigue is one under-explored factor. Inspiration is lacking. Some are undoubtedly tired of the whole enterprise, but many are just tired of poor films: And clearly, these two factors entwine. “I think it’s the quality of the movie, more so than the superheroes themselves,” says Mark Caplan, who worked in video game licensing for Sony Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox and worked on the three Spider-Man games of the Tobey Maguire era. “Superheroes have always found an audience, whether it’s through paper or through film, television—and it will continue.”

The film critic Richard Brody captured this general listlessness in his lukewarm review of The Marvels. Brody blames copyright restrictions: If artists outside of the multinationals could reimagine superheroes, “fatigue” talk would be moot; that world, unfortunately, is many years away. “What happened to superhero movies?” Brody writes. “How did a genre rooted in astonishment, weirdness, and wonder become a byword for the normative, the familiar, and the mundane?” That’s the astonishment, weirdness, and wonder that game adaptations need to recapture.

[irvinenewshq]

Reserve Financial institution spent years probing Jooste says Kganyago

Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Financial institution. The SA Reserve Financial institution spent years investigating Markus Jooste, the previous chief government officer of scandal-hit retailer Steinhoff Worldwide Holdings, earlier than shifting to grab his property final week for violating international trade management guidelines. “We’ve been on the Steinhoff investigation since 2017,” Lesetja Kganyago, the governor of the South African Reserve Financial institution, mentioned in an October 22 interview at a convention within the Drakensberg mountains. “We’ve spent some huge cash doing the investigation.”  READ | Markus Jooste crackdown: Seized property embrace Stellenbosch properties, artwork and automobiles Quite a few authorized authorities, regulatory probes and lawsuits pointed to Jooste, 61, as the principle architect of the accounting scandal that engulfed Steinhoff in late 2017, though he has but to face prison prices. The property seized embrace a wine farm in Stellenbosch, close to Cape City, and a property within the coastal city of Hermanus, courtroom papers present.  Different Steinhoff executives have additionally had their property frozen, in line with Kganyago, who expects the strikes to be legally contested. The motion taken by the central financial institution had nothing to do with South Africa’s makes an attempt to keep away from being positioned on a worldwide illicit-finance watchlist, he mentioned. Publication Every day SA Cash Every day The largest enterprise, financial and market information of the day. Join The Monetary Motion Job Drive, which polices compliance with anti-money laundering and terror-financing measures, has warned that it might embrace the nation on its so-called grey record in February except it tightens up its controls. A research carried out by analysis and consulting firm Intellidex on behalf of foyer group Enterprise Management South Africa discovered there’s an 85% likelihood of that taking place. READ | Val de Vie homes of Steinhoff execs, Jooste’s ‘romantic accomplice’ have been hooked up final yr “The gaps or the shortcomings that FATF had recognized, have rather a lot to do with whether or not or not prosecution has taken place,” and the justice minister has mentioned that can occur, Kganyago mentioned. “Our focus because the South African authorities is to do our greatest to keep away from the grey itemizing, however ought to it find yourself going down, to get out of the grey record as rapidly as attainable.” Different highlights from the interview: The central financial institution expects that inflation peaked within the third quarter. “We work on quarterly figures. Month-to-month figures will not be very helpful.” “Inflation, even when it has peaked, it’s nonetheless exterior of our goal. Our focus is what’s inflation going to be, into the following 12 to 18 months as a result of that’s what we are able to affect.” “We wish to see it within the goal and firmly anchored on the mid-point of our inflation focusing on vary and that’s what we’re specializing in.” Originally published at Irvine News HQ

#Irvine News HQ

[mournersandfunerals]

I haven't read the books in ages and it took me an embarrassingly long time to remember who Joost was😭

sir, that's my emotional support stadwatch guard

#what do you mean you forgot that one-chapter wonder?? #justice for joost #six of crows #soc #grishaverse #shadow and bone #joost van poel

[ramulifho01]

Lesley Ramulifho law firm: the best law firm

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Major Appointments

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[tomorrowedblog]

Friday Releases for August 12

Friday is the busiest day of the week for new releases, so we've decided to collect them all in one place. Friday Releases for August 12 include Cheat Codes, Emergency Declaration, Inu-Oh, and more.

Emergency Declaration

Emergency Declaration, the new movie from Jae-rim Han, is out today.

While investigating a terroristic threat that goes viral online, Korean authorities discover that a suspect has recently boarded an international flight bound for the United States. When a healthy passenger on the same flight suddenly dies a gruesome death of unknown cause, panic erupts both in-flight and on the ground. With steadily decreasing fuel and international refusals to offer aid, the captain and crew will be forced to take unprecedented emergency measures in an attempt to save the lives of their passengers.

Inu-Oh

Inu-Oh, the new movie from Masaaki Yuasa, is out today.

Born to an esteemed family, Inu-oh is afflicted with an ancient curse that has left him on the margins of society. When he meets the blind musician Tomona, a young biwa priest haunted by his past, Inu-oh discovers a captivating ability to dance. The pair quickly become business partners and inseparable friends as crowds flock to their electric, larger-than-life concerts. But when those in power threaten to break up the band, Inu-oh and Tomona must dance and sing to uncover the truth behind their creative gifts.

Fall

Fall, the new movie from Scott Mann, is out today.

For best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights in this adrenaline-fueled thriller costarring Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Emily The Criminal

Emily The Criminal, the new movie from John Patton Ford, is out today.

Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.

Day Shift

Day Shift, the new movie from J.J. Perry, is out today.

Jamie Foxx stars as a hard working blue collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.

Rogue Agent

Rogue Agent, the new movie from Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, is out today.

The chilling true story of conman, Robert Freegard, who posed as an undercover MI5 agent kidnapping countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt until the woman who fell for him brought him to justice.

Secret Headquarters

Secret Headquarters, the new movie from Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, is out today.

While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.

A League of Their Own

A League of Their Own, the new TV series from Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson, is out today.

A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall’s beloved classic, while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball.

Five Days at Memorial

Five Days at Memorial, the new TV series from John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, is out today.

Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina, Five Days at Memorial tells the story of the exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital who were forced to make heart-wrenching decisions amidst the storm’s aftermath.

This Fool

This Fool, the new TV series from Chris Estrada, Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman, is out today.

Inspired by the life and stand-up of star and co-creator Chris Estrada, “This Fool” is an irreverent, cinematic half-hour comedy set in working class South Los Angeles. The show centers around Julio Lopez, a 30-year-old who still lives at home, has been dating his girlfriend on and off since high school and finds any excuse to avoid dealing with his own problems. Julio works at Hugs Not Thugs, a gang rehabilitation non-profit, where he butts heads with his older cousin Luis, an ex-gang member who just got out of prison and moved in with Julio and his family.

Never Have I Ever S3

The third season of Never Have I Ever, the TV series from Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, is out today.

In Season 3 of the coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever, Indian American teenager Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) continues to deal with the everyday pressures of high school and drama at home, while also navigating new romantic relationships.

Cheat Codes

Cheat Codes, the new album from Danger Mouse and Black Thought, is out today.

DRILLMATIC: Heart vs. Mind

DRILLMATIC: Heart vs. Mind, the new album from The Game, is out today.

Traumazine

Traumazine, the new album from Megan Thee Stallion, is out today.

#Movies #TV #Music #News

[reddeadrevolutionn]

Justice For Joost.

#justice for Joost #six of crows #shadow and bone #leigh bardugo #soc #sab

[brekkinxnews]

it just hit me that the show fans won't know joost

that is unacceptable

#justice for joost #shadow and bone #six of crows #grishaverse

[n3sta]

biggest heart break in soc that i don’t rlly see enough people talk about is that we’re given this whole ass chapter on joost. many of us had to read it Multiple times because low-key, it was a hard chapter to get through, so u know what i rlly did become invested in a sweet little boy and his stupid fucking moustache and how kind he seemed, just for him to be killed off in a passing statement by his crush no less?!? justice for joost honestly i did cry over u little man

#six of crows #soc #crooked kingdom #justice for joost #leigh bardugo #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jasper #wylan van eck #no joke i was acc so sad #he was just a kid