#lMAO after 2 years I'm not as embarassed but also I am still a little

[canmom]

NieR Orchestra Concert 12024 [the end of data] (London, 15/2/2024)

NieR concert was incredible just as expected. Honestly, from the moment I got there - the cosplayers, the general atmosphere, it was just a good place to be surrounded by NieR nerds lmao. So many people happy to chat with the stranger next to them, kind of a con vibe.

But of course we were there for the music! And it was fuckin amazing. The emi evans/j'nique nicole duets😭These were special orchestral arrangements specifically for this concert, and the way the sound of the orchestra fills the space, how you can see a phrase physically ripple across the orchestra... I don't get to go to a lot of concerts but I really should try to go more often, because it's something else to hear orchestral music.

below: further comments on the concert, lots of cosplay photos.

The multimedia elements also worked really well - every piece was accompanied with backing videos using either demosceney abstract visuals or images from the games, along with text that told a short story over the course of the concert, with some segments voice acted by the English voices of 2B and 9S (Kira Buckland and Kyle McCarley, who have previously made their own performances of the original Japan-only concert readings). I won't spoil the story in this post since there are still concerts to come, but it was... not that substantial I'll admit, but sweet, and a nice framing device to create a flow through the songs and various moments from the games.

Hearing J'nique Nicole's voice live though, that was incredible. Emi Evans was there just as last time, and just as amazing as always - but this time we had both of them on stage together, and it was absolutely sublime. We all went wild. They performed duets in several songs, with the standouts naturally being A Beautiful Song, Ashes of Dreams, and of course Weight of the World. I think we all thought that was the end because we gave it a standing ovation but then Emi came back out to perform Kainé. After that we got into the groove of standing up and stood up again like three more times lol.

Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito showed up at the end and made a bunch of rapidfire jokes in Japanese that the translator couldn't keep up with, bless her. But we got to give them like the fourth standing ovation of the night, and made a lot of noise when Yoko Taro suggested it would persuade the president of Squeenix to fund a sequel. I'm sure they appreciated it lmao. I think it must be so weird for Yoko Taro to go from someone with a career of niche, unsuccessful games to being internationally renowned to the point that a massive auditorium full of people in multiple countries will go absolutely nuts just to hear him speak a language we mostly don't speak.

Good mix of people who were at a NieR concert for the first time and people who'd been to the last one. There was a guy near me who had apparently been to the Berlin concert just a few days before, and snagged a ticket for this one literally yesterday just to get it again with better acoustics. I respect it lol. Everyone I spoke to was remarkably friendly - last time I went to one of these things I felt really nervous about approaching anyone but it seems I've gotten better about that kind of thing in the last few years. Anyway, people had come from all over - I chatted with a pair of Americans from Boston all the way down the merch line.

Here are some pictures, mostly of cosplayers. I am still getting used to shooting with the DSLR my friend gave me, so not all of these came out perfectly steady and some of them the exposure wasn't right,, but there are some nice ones in here...

bokeeeeehhhhhhhhh... I spoke a bit to the owner of this 9S doll. Her mum was there too, and it turns out she's a haberdasher who makes cosplays for her daughters and has now done over 70. That's a legendary mum right there.

The 9S cosplayer here gave me his instagram. he's a pro photographer so I feel a little embarassed at the quality of the photos I took of him ^^'

I got some merch too, since I understand it's the main way events like this support themselves.

That Kainé thing isn't a print, it's a vinyl record with a few arrangements of Kainé. Though I was totally prepared to buy it as a print because it's a lovely drawing. I don't actually own a record player, but one day I'll surely listen to it ^^'

I was too fatigued to make a cosplay this time, but I'm sure there will be another concert and next time, for sure, I will go as Devola or Popola. Unless Yoko Taro comes up with another redhead character in the meantime lmao.

#nier #nier automata #nier replicant #nier reincarnation #nier orchestra concert #if you're in any of those photos please let me know! i'm gonna post them on instagram and twitter too

[chvoswxtch]

hi again, court!

it's once again the anon that sent the massive ass paragraphs rambling about the punisher after i finished watching it. i feel like i should either just un-anonymise myself or give myself a name or something to make it easier to identify myself?? but idk?? i'm still new to tumblr so i dunno how these things work

anyways, just wanted to say, i also am just so happy that they are taking the reboot seriously!! i only really got into like the daredevil/punisher in like the past year or so. so i feel like i don't really have the same grounds to stand on as some longer term fans but i just remember being so disappointed with karen/foggy originally not being part of born again so i'm so so glad that that changed and we have the true trio back. and frank being in it just makes me SO happy because i have become incredibly incredibly attached to frank (it might be a little unhealthy but big strong men who are morally questionable is my type haha)

i totally agree with season 2 feeling rushed, it definitely felt like some of the plots were supposed to be fleshed out more or like storylines would have carried on into a season 3 and billy not being fucked up enough is SO FUCKING REAL. like frank literally BRUTALISED him but he comes out looking okay?? like idk?? it just doesn't look convincing i feel like ben barnes' acting is good and he plays the subtle psycho (though you're right, him being more outwardly bloodthirsty and vengeful would have been AMAZING) but the visuals don't hit right. but this is such a wider issue with pretty actors in hollywood?? especially cause they also did it when he played the darkling in shadow and bone. i dunno if you ever watched shadow and bone but like his character should have been way more scarred but they just didn't make it as brutal as it probably would have been in reality and it makes me so mad because i just don't understand why??

AND THE WILL THING, LITERALLY, WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON SCREEN, I LOOKED AT HIM AND WAS LIKE 'is that?? is that WILLIAM LAMONTAGUE??' and then everytime he came on and was being psycho, i was like 'someone get jj to sort her husband out' and also this is so DUMB but i love to think that this is what will was doing during criminal minds and that's why we never see him, he was just off being pilgrim and terrorising frank, obviously it doesn't really work timeline wise BUT the thought of it just makes me laugh so it is now my headcanon.

I HAVE FOUND ANOTHER MADANI LOVER. that makes me so BEYOND ECSTATIC. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY THAT MAKES ME. karen is literally a stronger woman than i could ever be. both with madani and tbh with frank, i dunno how she doesn't crumble in front of either of them. like i wish i had karen's strength. but like yeah if madani even LOOKED at me, i would be spilling all of my goddamn secrets. i'm so glad i'm not the only one who sees the lack of love (i may end up trying to fix that with some fics hehe)! i am such a whore for her, it's actually insane. like the past few days since i finished watching it, she has been on my mind 24/7, what i would let her do to me is EMBARASSING. i love that woman so much and i'm so glad i'm not alone.

i'm done ranting for now but i cannot promise i won't ramble in your inbox again. i truly have punisher brainrot (and criminal minds brainrot too but that's not important right now)

thank you for reading my ramblings again <3

welcome back nonnie!

totally up to you love! if you’re not comfy coming off anon & wanna give yourself a lil nickname, that’s totally fine with me :)

don’t even worry about how long you’ve been in the fandom, that doesn’t matter. you’re here & your opinions & feelings are just as valid as everyone else’s. to your point about big strong men with questionable morals: yes

I haven’t watched shadow & bone but I have seen ben’s character in that role and maybe he’s the problem like maybe they try to make him look bad & it’s just impossible bc it’s ben barnes 🤷🏻‍♀️

LMAO pls that would be so funny. hey will what have you been up to lately? oh nothing just terrorizing the punisher in new york no biggie

karen is a strong woman bc the second frank or madani looked at me like that i’d fold & be like yeah literally anything you want I will give you. if you do end up writing any madani fics pls send them my way! i’ll get around to writing for her eventually. it’s been hard for me to focus on writing anything other than bodyguard frankie bc that’s my baby

I don’t ever not have punisher or criminal minds brainrot so pls feel free to rant with me anytime <3

#court answers #court rambles

[salamispots]

remembers after 2 years that I didn’t share this hAHA

based off these two

#comics #sequential #yeeeeep it's oarfish guy + surfer #dude #lMAO after 2 years I'm not as embarassed but also I am still a little #hsfkjghdfhgdfhg #also this happened because of discord friend hangouts #I am definitely the type of person to briefly draw characters and then letting them vanish into the void hahahaha #squints actually that's a lie I still wanna do a tiny comic with them #hides face on table #cACKLES #but also I really like how it turned out + paneling? so #there you go #the most romantic(??) thing I've ever drawn jfhfgdkfghf #furiously scribbled in procreate on ipad haha #edit: also it's kinda not clear but they do not kees #:V

[gayforgoodomens]

It's okay lmao,I don't mind So,I was asking if there is a reason as to why you hate on Neilman so much(outside of his social life,,as in,if you have smt to object on his literature or smt) because I'm a big fan of his and I honestly feel so embarrassed sometimes of his choices(like that breakup for instance. I mean,who does that???) And no,I'm not here to hate on you,because that's simply unethical and everyone has the right to have an opinion on anyone and anything. Oops I'm running out ofwords

ok first off : thank you so much for sending your ask twice, clearly as you can see i’m not very skilled at technology lol

second : why would you feel embarassed at his choices? you’re not the one who made them. and you have every right to be a fan of his writing, that’s totally normal and healthy- i like art from unethical people as well, even if i avoid giving them money as a moral choice (once again, that’s just me). I only partly read 2 of his books (american gods and coraline) and found them ok (I clearly remember disliking the way he wrote women, but as I haven’t read him in years, I can’t comment)

I was very fond of Gaiman as well when i first read Good Omens- he was friends with my favorite author, and then he went out of his way to create a show they both dreamed of when Pratchett died. I had a lot of respect for him, and kind of loved him by proxy, because Pratchett loved him.

But now all that respect is lost after only a month or so of learning half of the stuff the guy’s done/said. the biggest offense is him giving millions to Scientology- a cult that hurts, enslaves, tortures, and even kills people. A cult that sells fake science and pays politicians to do their biddings. A cult who hurt and ruined thousands, maybe millions of innocents. Regardless of everything else Gaiman’s done- I’ll never, ever again see him as anything other than a spoiled, uncaring, selfish rich man with little to no understanding of how his actions hurt others- he qualified Scientology as “just another thing I am, like being jewish”. It’s not. It’s a cult. It’s a cult that his family financed and promoted for decades, and profited him as well with their ill-gained gains and contacts (his ex wife is also a scientologist) ; even if we don’t know the going-ons on his financial situation, anyone who knows the first thing about Scientology knows that scientologists tend to interact only with other scientologists and promote one another financially, socially, and politically- that’s the cult’s whole game. The simple fact that he has never once spoken up against the Cult is a huge red flag IMO- and very telling whether or not he still supports it. this view of him being another rich self-centered guy just keeps being confirmed again and again ; he abandoned his ex-family for a younger woman, and he abandoned his new family AGAIN, including his 4yo son, during a global pandemic, to flee to his private mansion in a quarantined space at the other end of the world without caring for the people he risked infecting, or even aknowledging how horrifyingly privileged or selfish that was- I mean, jesus, the scottish authorities even showed up at his house, and because of his privileged position, he didn’t have to pay a single dime or be arrested by the state. ANYONE ELSE who broke the quarantine order would have had repercussions. ANY random 59yo man who acted the way he does would be absolutely despised by his peers. Those are not “bad choices” or “accidents”- this is a pattern.

If you want more info on the way he acts, I strongly invite your to search his name on Reddit- better journalists than I am have a lot more info on his past behavior, and it really just confirmed my disdain for him as another rich white male who plays the “socially woke” card for brownie points (there’s some stuff about how he called palmer “mannish and ugly” in a public interview, which just. idk man. roasting the woman you’re supposed to love publicly like that, it’s just. such an abusive and careless thing to do)

Once again, you’re completely justified in liking his writing and no one can fault you for that- just means you appreciate good art. And your favorite author’s faults do not, in any way, reflect badly on you- it’s his life, not yours. So don’t feel guilty for a second. Just stay informed if you want to, and if you feel hurt by reading this stuff, just ignore it- I wouldn’t fault you for that either, and no one should

#personal gayforgoodomens #discourse