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boyakishantriage · 9 months

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She'd drawn a sword. It'd been about a month, they'd picked up their shipment and were on their way to their destination, when she jumped away from the ledge.

"The- Ellie what's."

A rupture appeared where she was looking, her eyes following a shape as a pair of ships appeared.

The alien turned to look, a pair of ship as he stepped back, and slammed the emergency button. Lights blazing as he turned to the Terran. Yeah, so she was gone.

She'd rush past the cafeteria, the cook managed a glance as she'd rushed past, zipping past, kicking off a corner and rolling into a sprint. Adam looked at the cook,

"... So. What's the red lights for again?"

The human sprinted past, the captain's bear like body managing to shout after her as she slid down the stairs rolling to the floor as she got up, grabbed her face and then shook it off. And then she was gone, sprinting down the hall towards. The hold. Where unruly crew, passengers and or prisoners...

The captain reached for his back, his gun was gone. As was his pistol, radio and then he froze. Head swirling as he quickly turned. Snapping orders at his inner circle.

"Yana, go armoury. Jawa, you gather or tell people hide."

The Ursian jumped down the stairs, the human standing as she fiddled with the gun, before firing at the door. A pellet striking the burnt walls as she muttered.

"Like an M4Acog... Oh hi captain."

He stared at the human, managing to open his mouth,

BZZT

The sound came from the hangar, the woman reaching into an empty sack she'd left since she got here, pulling out. Was that a human grenade?

The moment the metal cutting was almost done, she'd pulled the pin and thrown the small device.

"YEET"

The strange shout appeared to do nothing as the round tube went up, then fell down into the falling metal door. Pirates aiming guns down, as a small cylindrical thing rolled to their feet.

"... Quar?"

A flash of light, leaving a ringing sound

The human ran into the room, a kick, jump and then she was cartwheeling while shooting into the pirates, the flash grenade dazing several of the pirates as she fired blindly into the ship. Slamming against the hangar wall, a pellet managing to graze her shirt. Now dropping the laser gun, she drew her revolver, as the large alien barley managed to miss the shot.

The pirates had clearly not expected that, a sniper now aimed down the hall of the ship as the wall behind the Terran began to get cut.

"MOTHERFUCKERS"

She drew her sword, holstering the revolver as she snapped to him.

"Toss one!"

The captain looked at her, missing a bullet. Then he looked at the bag. Pulling out a sphere, he chucked it at her. The laser sight held the position, but they clearly didn't know what it was or what it did, their loss. The human had carefully placed the sphere on the ground, what was her plan? The metal would surely drop onto the device and then- Ah.

The metal exploded, surprising the pirates long enough for a loud.

BANG

To go off, a bullet through the head of the largest alien, a single Terran with her sword cocked the Colt revolver.

"Morning. Hands in the air."

Guns raised at her, a garble of sounds as I let off a shot, dropping to the floor as I swung diagonally. Sweeping my legs, as I threw my weapon at another target. Cocking the weapon, I let off another shot leaving the last pirate to glance at his friends, one with a gaping hole revealing what was probably their stomach, another with a sword through their throat and another who's head had exploded. The alien glanced back, the hand getting shut off as the Terran reloaded her gun, three bullets left and fully cocked.

The Terran eventually called to the captain.

"OI, PINEAPPLE!"

The captain glanced at the bag, green with bumps. Similar to what he was told was a pineapple. He threw it, BANG, the Terran immediately jumping into the ship, letting off a shot as she sliced a pirate's barrel off. Sliding into the sniper, pushing legs from under the girl? Probably, didn't matter really since the gun sent her flying.

The Terran was insane, several loud bangs as the pirates next door glanced at the wall beside them, moving into the room beside them as there came a wail. A tortured scream, as she held the sniper at gunpoint.

"ALRIGHT. NOBODY MOVE."

The pirates glanced at each other, one of them barking orders. His partner, and the revolver wasn't even cocked or loaded. And it appeared her sword was currently stuck in the barrel of one of them. She glanced at the captain, then straight through the alien in front of her as she pushed the aliens into a hall. Holding the captain hostage as he noticed his gun.

The Terran had throwing the woman into the pirates, rolling over herself as she jumped over the Ursian, slamming against the wall. Barking in a similar manner to the pirates, I crawled to the bag and rifled out a few more bullets. Shoving a toy in one hand, as the man leapt out the way, bullets firing from the ship as I held a antigrav cube in hand.

Of all things. She held an anti gravity cube in hand, her gun holstered and a second blade behind her back. She glanced to me.

"Hey. Captain, tell those pirates or whatever that this thing can create craters of moons."

He obliged, the woman pushing. What were probably the remains of his radio, a she slowly walked forward. The alien scoffed.

"That? That is a toy!"

"... Tell them She'd figured a way to reverse polarity, basically she'll make a black hole unless you surrender."

"..."

"Tell them it might sound ridiculous, but I've linked it to my heart. I'm gonna send both us and you to hell."

"There's no word for hell."

"Then say the worst afterlife."

He obliged, the captain of the pirates scoffing as he raised his gun. Her gun smoking as a bullet forced him to drop his weapon. Cocking the weapon, she stepped forward aiming the gun at her head.

"... What are you doing!?"

"Making a stupid decision."

"Are you-"

"Ok, so I lied. It probably won't take the entire ship. Just. Around 3 metres from the epicentre? Probably??"

"... You don't know??"

"Hey. I managed to guess the impact this black hole would have in ten seconds, this is just a jerry rigged version of a bomb a friend of a friend made."

The pirates dropped their weapons as she threw the cube forward. Gun held at her head, and then she pulled out a grenade. A green sphere and handle, she winked at the man.

"Tell them to get into the prisoner chambers, if they ask tell them you called me an idiot." She nodded, as she stood there. Grin turning into a frown as she mimed her sassing the captain.

The man followed, barking orders at the captain as the pirates held their hands up.

BANG

She'd let off a shot, the pirates small gun still attached to his hand as she picked the small device up, holding both grenades in both hands as she threw one, a knife, her gun and the mini black hole generator into the air. One after another.

"... Ellie. What are you doing?"

"juggling."

"Why?"

"terror tactics."

"..."

"just close the cell for me."

She began walking forward, kicking the miscellaneous items as she began pushing the pirates into the cells. The doors locked a she caught the gun, fired a shot and continued juggling, looking away as she threw the grenade into the cell. The pirates scrambled, standing against the cell walls as the fake grenade gave off a harmless pop.

The Terran continued to juggle, back peddling into rooms, then a BANG would go off then she'd called out.

"Hey, why is there a Coalition emblem in here?"

"What?"

"Don't move captain, I'll bring it to you. Just gotta break this man's arm off."

"ok? Wait did-"

"GARGOBORBLE"

She dragged the crying alien out, throwing the pirate into the hangar as she cocked her revolver once more.

"You have fun, I'm gonna see who's in the other ship."

She walked off, the pirate's arm snapped cleanly off as the sound of a young child screaming came out.

"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST."

Turned out the pirates were actually just rebels from some other system, with families. The alien she'd broken the arm of was their teen son and she'd shot the head off a couple initiative taking mercenaries.

"... So, sorry I guess for breaking your son's arm. Better question is why do you have what appears to be piranhas."

The pirate looked at her.

"the meat munchers?"

"... They're called red bellied piranhas."

"Meat muncher"

"Same thing. They're native to Earth."

The man looked at the woman.

"Terra."

Supplied the captain.

"Ah."

An awkward silence before the human asked.

"ok. So is this the part where I blow his wife's brains out?"

The man nearly jumped out the chair as Ursian looked at her.

"excuse me?"

"What?"

She looked at the captain, as the man let out a nervous laugh at her casual sharpening of her blade.

Ultimately, they kicked her out the room. Partly because her logic of breaking every bone in the slut's body and also because the room was only big enough for the captain and other other human.

#tag #Triage #humans are space orcs #Aura #Lore thing

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sweepsy · 3 years

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Nessun rimorso

Giorni intensi sono trascorsi, in vista del ventennale. Il 20 è sempre il giorno più difficile, perché qualcuno ogni anno si sente titolato a straparlare, avendo la sua superficiale verità in tasca. Sapevo che su Twitter sarei rimasta intrappolata, ma Zerocalcare nelle sue tavole risponde alla domanda che mi pongo: perché mi ci amminchio ogni anno? Non cambierò l’opinione di coloro che sentono…

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#ABB #Carlo Giuliani #Diaz #Elica #G8 Genova #Genova 2001 #Gianetti Ruote #GKN #Insorgiamo #Nessun rimorso #Piazza Alimonda #Piazza Carlo Giuliani #Radio Quar #sblocco dei licenziamenti #Supporto legale #Timken #Whirpool #Zapruder

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westerberg · 3 years

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tagged by @officialglenntilbrook 😘💞💖❤️🥂

1. what is the first song you remember hearing? Oh man uhh... i remember my my dad playing the video for... oops i did it again I think? by britney spears and i was very obsessed with it. if i saw the video I would know but i don’t feel like doing that. hard to say if that is my earliest memory of music tho. i remember listening to the R.E.M. In Time greatest hits in the car late at night and feeling weird out of body as Man on the Moon came on. i like that story better but I have no idea when that memory is from. i also feel like i heard my mom singing along with Sarah McLaughlin or Norah Jones a lot when i was very young.

2. what is the first band you got into? hmm... i really loved Bon Jovi when I was very young but i didn’t like. have any knowledge of them or their discography I just liked slippery when wet and their greatest hits. and also thats embarrassing so i am trying to think of an out... probably the first real musical obsession i had was lana del rey when I was 14 /15 but thats also not great. just take the L buddy... i didnt actually get into music i would now consider very good until about 16.

3. do you collect any physical music? during quar i started trolling ebay and other similar sites for cheap cds and I have gotten a pretty good collection! you would be shocked the number of people who just really do not want to have their R.E.M. albums anymore. I have a few vinyls- a couple of cheap Joni records, Station to Station, the mats Dead Mans Pop boxset thing, and the R.E.M. single So. Central Rain. Oh and I have a very cool cd single of beastie boys body movin’. I also have a collection of cassettes that used to belong to my mom- she passed 5 yrs ago so they are very special to me! she had some R.E.M., U2, Eurythmics, Squeeze, Crowded House, Indigo Girls, and I recently dug up a bootlegged Tracy Chapman tape! she might have some more at her childhood home and if I find a tape of murmur i’ll like blackout. the sad thing is that now I really like all these musicians my mom apparently liked but i was not into them when she was alive so :/ figuring things out feels like archeology. was listening to In Time greatest hits the other day and was like she definitely skipped E-Bow the Letter every time it came on lol bc i did not hear this song until like last year.

4. what is your favourite piece of music memorabilia? do you know that picture of R.E.M. where they are all holding roses like they are all going to the prom together? i scored a poster of that off Ebay for the incredible deal of $50!! a deal at any price :) I don’t have much that is like legit valuable lol. But here you have to see the picture

5. what's your favourite concert you've ever been to? hmm i havent really been to any truly mindblowing concerts I don’t think. I got to see Tommy Stinson play an acoustic set at 7th street entry in 2019 which was very cool. I feel crazy saying thats my favorite but it was incredibly special.

6. if you could see one artist who is no longer alive in concert, who would it be? If you ask right now I would probably have to say Replacements with Bob Stinson. Prince would be a close one

7. have you met any musicians? almost! when i went to see tommy stinson, afterwards he was hanging in a bar next to the club and was taking selfies with people. i kept thinking about getting in line and eventually i decided to just do it. when i finally went to go look for him he was deep in a conversation with someone and I also realized i had nothing intelligent to say, so i sat and stared at him talking for a bit until i left and went back to the show.

8. what is your go to album when you're feeling sad? Tim by the mats! i think i maybe listened to this album every day my senior year of high school. it is legitimately strange how I feel as if this album just knows me very well. everyone says this about the mats but every song feels like it’s about me and my life. I think a perk of being a lower middle class Minnesotan with an alcoholic father is just really really getting the replacements. but i guess it depends on the kind of sad I am. If i’m just looking to be cheered up i might go with Lifes Rich Pageant or Green by R.E.M. because invariably by the end of Tim I will be bummed out !

9. what is your go to album when you're feeling happy? somehow this is a very hard question. Radio City by Big Star was a big one for me when i was still on campus. maybe an obvious one but rubber soul is a good being happy album

10. what is one music documentary you love? the doc Every Everything about Grant Hart from Hüsker Dü is a favorite. it’s just all interview with him and he’s a fascinating guy. I’ve never watched an interview with him where i wasn’t like woah u’re smart :0... the director of that also did a good replacements doc but at certain point with mats journalism im just like well i could’ve just read trouble boys.

11. what is one concert DVD you love? I think I only own one concert DVD, Prince’s Lovesexy show which i was very obsessed with back in high school.

12. do you prefer listening to playlists or albums? i prefer albums usually, sometimes i’m in the mood for a playlist but albums are def superior

13. do you prefer to listen to albums in order or on shuffle? in order !!!! What am i a psychopath

14. what is your favourite deep cut song by your favourite artist? Portland by the mats is a top ten song of theirs. very in character for it to be a b-side i’m not even mad

15. what is your favourite cd/cassette/vinyl you own in terms of packaging? I love the inner sleeve of my Grandpaboy cd which is just Paul Westerberg’s doodles and scribblings. sometimes when i buy stuff off of ebay it comes with notes and stuff too which is my favorite. my copy of suicaine gratifaction came with a very sweet note of how much the previous owner loved it. and my copy of mbv’s loveless has this very hard to read note which i can maybe make out half of. if you can read it please translate for me.

i love being tagged but if you do not want to answer 15 long questions do not feel pressured! i shall tag @the-replacemints @pattismithgender @myfcukingrat @willemdafoeplscallmemynumberis @little-rimbaud @milesofsmiles97 @electrofolk 🤙😜💘

#this was very fun!!!! thank yoo <3

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whatiwillsay · 3 years

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do y’all do voice calls on the Patreon discord

damnnn back in the height of quar like summer 2020 we used to do what we called swiftgron radio every. single. night. where like 20-30 of us would be on vc and we would just have fun. there’s even some recordings of it early on in the patreon episodes (my fav is the one where cara perfects her first dianna is straight argument)

we don’t do it anymore but if you wanted to request it just at me in gen chat and maybe we can schedule one!

#anonymous

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francescacammisa1 · 3 years

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Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

Odio e amo. Forse chiederai come sia possibile; non so, ma è proprio così, e mi tormento.

Gaio Valerio Catullo - Canti

📷 Ph Jack Davison

#catullo #jack davison #odi et amo

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soldan56 · 4 years

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dandibuja · 4 years

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Decimoséptima y última semana de bocetos digitales inspirados en el serial radiofónico “Cuando Juan y Tula fueron a Siritinga”

CAPÍTULO 81 - Coordenadas trampa A bordo de la nave tolkiena, un hipnotizado Haragosa le entrega a Zien Reis una carta de navegación almacenada en un cilal. El-Jormaz descubre que está programada para separar módulos de la nave y dejarlos orbitando el planeta e invierte esa programación. Luego expone su plan, deben separarse, él irá a Laris en la lanzadera del Octavo Anillo, mientras que Juan y Bien reis alcanzarán Sima Xamira en el Sexto Anillo.

CAPÍTULO 82 - Se traspasa magia El-Jormaz se despide de Juan y con un abrazo le entrega su poder mágico. En ese momento los tres primeros anillos de la nave se separan, y el rostro de Ban Taur aparece en un holograma en el centro de la sala. El marciano ha reconocido a El-Jormaz y se dispone a abandonar el planeta. Sin embargo una fecha de fuego sale del Desfiladero y destruye sus Anillos. Atrapados en Laris, Moona y Sikarra invierten su tiempo en acrecentar su odio. Moona le ordena a Sikarra que vaya al edificio de la aduana a buscar una de sus polveras.

CAPÍTULO 83 - La Virgen de la Sira En la explanada del puerto de Laris, el eunuco ve a Fliviah Xa-Gorna elevándose por los aires acompañada por el enjambre víborx, dejando caer una lluvia de Xagor rojizo, en su ascenso hacia al sol de Pantar. Los narradores, Tusitala y Vairaumati ascienden a la órbita del planeta y allí comparten una emotiva despedida. Él irá a Laris para narrar el final de la historia de El-Jormaz , y ella narrará la de Juan y Zien Reis.

CAPÍTULO 84 - Encuentro y Muerte… El-Jormaz llega a Laris, donde es recibido con hostilidad por Moona, que conoce la profecía del Trigono y espera ejecutar el ritual ella sola. Moona le suplica a El-Jormaz que se vaya del planeta, al fin admitiendo que lo ama, e incluso intenta atacarlo con su yatagán. El-Jormaz la agarra por la muñeca y la besa, ella es el profetizado “enemigo de su Destino”. En ese momento el fango que cubre la explanada se incendia con llamas verdiazuladas, destruyéndolo todo. Tusitala narra como su propio corazón deja de latir.

CAPÍTULO 85 - En pleno Trigono Juan y Zien Reis están en la Gran Baarnaal preparándose para el despertar del dragón. La gran roca porosa empieza a elevarse, Juan y el monje se suben a ella, y a ellos se une Vairaumati, para sorpresa de Juan. Juntos forman un círculo con las manos mientras ascienden por encima del Desfiladero. Finalmente Juan invoca el poder del dragón y sus manos se iluminan como estrellas. Y el Universo entero se duerme por un instante.

CAPÍTULO 86 - Epilogazo El Dios de los seriales narra la destrucción de Siritinga y la resurrección de una dragona Flamynbaar que surcará eternamente el Universo en la larga cola dorada del cometa JOLAR-QUAR-YMAZ. Juan y Zien Reis pescan truchas en un río. El zahorí le pide al anciano que le cuente una vez más la historia de cuando se hizo pasar por monje mudo. Le gusta esa historia porque parece de verdad a pesar de ser tan mágica. Zien Reis le responde que él nunca dijo que no fuera verdad.

Seventeenth and last week of digital sketches inspired by the radio serial “Cuando Juan y Tula fueron a Siritinga” (When Juan and Tula went to Siritinga)

CHAPTER 81 - Trap Coordinates On board the Tolkienan ship, a hypnotized Haragosa gives Zien Reis a navigation chart stored in a cilal. El-Jormaz discovers that it is programmed to separate the modules from the ship and leave them orbiting the planet and inverts that programming. Then he exposes his plan, they must separate, he will go to Laris on the shuttle of the Eighth Ring, while Juan and Bien reis will reach Sima Xamira in the Sixth Ring.

CHAPTER 82 - Magic is transferred El-Jormaz says goodbye to Juan and with a hug gives him his magical power. At that time the first three rings of the ship are separated, and Ban Taur's face appear in a hologram in the center of the room. The Martian has recognized El-Jormaz and is preparing to leave the planet. However a fire arrow leaves the Gorge and destroys his Rings. Caught in Laris, Moona and Sikarra invest their time in increasing their hatred. Moona instructs Sikarra to go to the building of customs to look for one of her powder boxes.

CHAPTER 83 - The Virgin of the Sira On the esplanade of the port of Laris, the eunuch sees Fliviah Xa-Gorna rising through the air accompanied by the swarm of viborx, dropping a rain of reddish Xagor, on her way up to the sun of Pantar. The narrators, Tusitala and Vairaumati ascend to the orbit of the planet and there they share an emotional farewell. He will go to Laris to tell the end of the story of El-Jormaz, and she will tell that of Juan and Zien Reis.

CHAPTER 84 - Encounter and Death ... El-Jormaz arrives at Laris, where he is received with hostility by Moona, who knows the Trigone prophecy and hopes to perform the ritual herself. Moona begs El-Jormaz to leave the planet, finally admitting she loves him, and even tries to attack him with his yatagan. El-Jormaz grabs her by the wrist and kisses her, she is the prophesied "enemy of his fate”. At that moment the mud that covers the esplanade burns with green flames, destroying everything. Tusitala tells how his own heart stops beating.

CHAPTER 85 - In full Trigone Juan and Zien Reis are in the Great Baarnaal preparing for the awakening of the dragon. The large porous rock begins to rise, Juan and the monk get on it, and Vairaumati joins them, to Juan's surprise. Together they form a circle with their hands as they ascend above the Gorge. Finally Juan invokes the dragon's power and his hands light up like stars. And the entire Universe falls asleep for a moment.

CHAPTER 86 - Large-size epilogue The God of the serials narrates the destruction of Siritinga and the resurrection of a Flamynbaar dragon that will forever cross the Universe in the long golden tail of comet JOLAR-QUAR-YMAZ. Juan and Zien Reis catch trout in a river. The dowser asks the old man to tell him once more the story of when he pretended to be a mute monk. He likes that story because it seems real despite being so magical. Zien Reis replies that he never said it was not true.

#dandibuja #artists on tumblr #Siritinga #Cuando Juan y Tula fueron a Siritinga #space opera #sketches #radio serial

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wrestlecore · 5 years

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url music game!

Rules: spell out your url with song titles and tag some friends

i got tagged by @adamcolesteeth!

Wires- The Neighbourhood

Red Clouds- The Word Alive

Everything Moves- Bronze Radio Return

Square Hammer- Ghost

Telekinetic- Starset

Living in the Shadows- Matthew Perryman Jones

Everglow- Starset

Critical Darling- Slipknot

Old Rivals- Bear McCreary

Rise and Fall- Starset

E(I had nothing for the last e)

I tag @vincedieclub @rossidont @residentjoth @adamcoles n anyone else?

#i am. very tired rn #long post #im writing an essay rn so i went back n forth

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mtonino · 3 months

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Oggi lunedì cinema si occupa di un cliché che nel film Poor Things viene ribaltato: BornSexyYesterday per cui creature femminili, dalla mente ingenua in un corpo sessualizzato, sono pronte a essere educate dall'eroe maschio di turno. Spiegato meglio qui

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RadioQuar ore 20.00

#radio quar #radio #me #cinema #musica #poor things #born sexy yesterday #Youtube

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kidcataldo · 6 years

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Digby’s Big Adventure

The year is 2054 and World War III, otherwise knows as The Nuclear War, has just emerged. Unlike his three sisters (and literally, like, everyone else), young Sunny Digby is happy that Britain’s at war; he thinks a little chaos will do good for the world. An unexpected bombing at their school separates Sunny from his sisters and he gets stuck with a crazy conspiracist named Gordy. Along with Sunny’s trusty SpiderBot, Orbi, they venture off into war zone, looking to become heroes.

Here’s a crappy unfinished first draft of the story, if you’re interested. Also, I’m not british and it’s set in britain, so the language is a little wonky. Wrote it the night my brain created the story, so I’ve changed some things since:

“Morning all,” said the man on the radio. Sunny Digby sat at his desk, attempting to fix up his latest creation, a tiny spider-like robot. It seems his spider-like complexion makes it prone to crushing. He had been listening to some tunes while working, but the nine ‘o clock news disrupted that system. With a disgruntled huff, Sunny turned the nob, lowering the volume of the radio. Clearing his throat, the radio man continued: “British Prime Minister Anthony Barr has met with American President, Salma Abdullah. The visit was arranged after both North Korea and Russia threatened to fire missiles. His Majesty, King William V, has issued—"

Sunny let out a dignified “YAK!” as he turned the radio completely off. Instead of listening to such dreadful news, he decided to put forth his full attention to the robot before him. “There you are, Orbi,” he said as the robot opened its eyes. “Go on then, get up. That’s a good girl.

“Right,” he said, tinkering with its legs. “Let’s see if you can still walk. Start off slow now… That’s it, girl.” The robot walked meekly toward the picture frame of him and his three sisters at the far end of the desk. Its legs shook so terribly, Sunny had his hands around Orbi for support, in case it decided to fall apart like the last few attempts. Successfully, Orbi made it to the picture frame still in one piece. Placing three of its eight robotic legs on the frame, it began attempting to climb. “Slow down, girl,” said Sunny, laughing. “I haven’t yet reattached your bristles to make you climb.” He let it down gently back on the desk and it began crawling to the wall. Leaping forward, it tried to attach itself to the wall. Sunny caught it quickly before it could damage itself.

“Honestly, why do you even bother with that thing,” said a voice at Sunny’s window. Sunny screamed, throwing Orbi high up in the air, and fell right out of his seat. Orbi, unable to grab the ceiling, fell onto his head.

“Bloody hell, Margo,” said Sunny. He removed Orbi from his head and started rubbing the bump that was now forming. “Will you quit doing that? Nearly killed me this time.” he said as his sister Margo climbed into Sunny’s room.

“Why do you think I still do it,” said Margo, slyly. Helping herself, she sat down on his bed and picked up the book laying peacefully beside her. “’Robotics for Dummies’,” she read aloud. “How fitting.”

“Gimme that,” he said, yanking the book away from her and tossing it carelessly onto his desk. It hit the picture frame and knocked it to the floor. “What’re you doing here?”

“You missed Maths class,” she said simply. “Again.”

He rolled his eyes. “What? Are you off to tell Mum? Or maybe Pops… Not like they’ll care, anyway.”

“If you get kicked out of Charterhouse, they’ll have no choice but to send you off to military school,” she said, a sly grin forming on her face. “I even heard Mother tell Father she wanted you to attend the Royal Navy Academy.”

“You did not,” he said. He held Orbi firmly in both hands, afraid of what his sister might do to it if he let go.

“I did too,” she said. “It was on holiday… She casually mentioned to Father about what a nice school it was and how it would man-up their little boy Sunny.”

“Quit lying to me, Margo!”

“Would I ever lie to you, little brother,” said Margo, a teasing tone in her voice.

“Let me think,” said Sunny, pretending to be lost in thought. “Yes! All the bloody time, in fact.”

“Regardless if I’m lying to you or not, you need to attend your classes.”

“I was planning to,” he said, looking down at the robot in his hands, “but someone crushed and killed Orbi while we were walking to class." He powered down Orbi and set him gently back down on his desk. “And what about you? Aren’t you supposed to be off playing football?”

“On my way now, as a matter of fact,” she said, walking up to the window. With one leg inside her brother’s room and one leg outside the commonwealth, she turned back to Sunny: “Go to Maths class, you buffoon.”

***

As Sunny was walking to class, he noticed Dr. Angular, a teacher of science, staring up at the sky. His hand covered his forehead, attempting to block the sunlight—what little sunlight they had, anyway. Beside him, some technicians were setting up an alarm of some sort beside the entrance to the science building. Sunny wasn’t bothered by them too much; he figured they were attempting to modernize Charterhouse, and it needed all the modernization it could get. He was more interested in the doctor—more importantly, what he was observing. A new scientific discovery, Sunny suspects.

“Doctor,” said Sunny, looking up with him, “what are you looking at?” When he did not respond, Sunny tugged on the sleeve of his coat. Dr. Angular jumped at the touch and turned to the young Digby boy. Sunny laughed. “Sorry for startling you, Doctor. I was only wondering what you were looking at.”

“Oh, Mr. Digby… I was just—well, if you must know, I was looking for missiles.”

“Missiles?” said Sunny, looking up. “In the sky?”

“Yes, we live in dangerous times… Dangerous times indeed.” He went quiet for a moment, staring back at the sky, before Sunny tugged his sleeve again. Again, he jumped. “Needn’t worry, young Mr. Digby. Just a precaution, that’s all. Just a precaution.”

***

Sunny spent the rest his day unbothered. The doctor is known, notorious even, for his crazy antics. Sunny is sure he’ll be searching for extra-terrestrial life tomorrow… and God the next. Before bed, he managed to fix Orbi right up, bristles attached securely and all. He tried to listen to some music while he slept, but they had interrupted the station with a special message from the British Prime Minister. Sunny clicked it off before the old man finished his greeting. And so asleep he fell, dreaming of Kings and Presidents, and missiles floating above his head.

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“Sunny, get up!” he heard as he felt the world shake. He groaned and turned, placing his pillow above his head. Maybe if he ignores the voice, they’ll go away. “Get up, you buffoon!”

“I’ll be… up in a bit,” he mumbled out with a yawn. “I just need… some more time.”

“We don’t have time, Sunny! We have to go now!”

“Go where?” An alarm went off—the fire alarm, Sunny suspects—and the person began shaking his bed more urgently.

“To the underground!”

“The underground?” He opened his eyes and turned to the voice, his sister Margo.

“Yes,” said Margo, pulling him out of bed, “we have to—” There was a high-pitched ringing in his ear and it seemed to be coming closer and closer. It was so loud the Digby siblings had to cover their years to try and block out the noise. With a final and determined bang the ground shook furiously, knocking both Sunny and Margo to the ground.

“What the bloody hell was that?” Sunny said, panic in his voice.

“Let’s go!” Margo kept a firm grip on his wrist and led him to the window. Carefully they climbed out.

Most of Charterhouse was up in flames and robot soldiers infected the place. “What… what about Jo and Tattie? Where are they?” The chaos was so terrible, he nearly forgot his other sisters.

“They’re already on the coach.”

Tightening her grip on Sunny, Margo started running, as fast as her athletic legs could take her, and she dragged Sunny along behind her. He tried to keep up, but she was just too fast for his legs to handle. Finally, his body collapsed, and he fell to the ground. Margo was running so fast, she made it ten feet before realizing he had fallen. “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, SUNNY! WE HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING!”

The ground shook again and Sunny cried out in fear. “I… I can’t!”

A very scrawny-looking robot, who had a big red ‘EVACU-BOT’ stamped on its forehead, noticed them. Scanning them, he hurried toward them. “STU-DENTS OF CHAR-TER-HOUSE, PLEASE E-VAC-U-ATE TO THE NEAR-EST SAFE ZONE. THIS AREA IS CUR-ENTLY UN-DER QUAR-AN-TINE. TH-ANK YOU AND HAVE... A NICE DAY!”

With great ease, Margo lifted Sunny up to his feet and started running again. His feet were just skimming the ground; Margo was stronger than she looked, like their mother… That, or Sunny is just incredibly light. Probably a little bit of both. As Margo ran, and Sunny glided, the EVACU-BOT led them to the exit. Headmaster Vice was guiding the students safely to the coach across the road.

Sunny plopped down to the ground as they waited in line to cross the street. With a big huff, Sunny patted his front pajama pocket. “All right there, Orbi?” he said. Upon realizing his pocket was empty, he stood abruptly up, searching around him like some wild dog. “Orbi,” he said. “I forgot Orbi!”

“Next in line,” said Headmaster Vice urgently.

“Forget the stupid thing,” said Margo, taking his arm and dragging him to the Headmaster.

“No,” he said, yanking his arm away. “I have to… We have to go back!”

“Children, come along now,” said the Headmaster, gesturing for them to come closer.

“Sunny, you can make another spider,” said Margo. “This place is about to be filled with warrior bots… We have to leave now!”

Grabbing the EVACU-BOT, he sped off back to his dorm room, without so much as a goodbye. “SUNNY! WHAT THE—” Headmaster Vice grabbed her before she could run after him and led her to the coach.

***

“ORBI! ORBI, CAN YOU HEAR ME,” he yelled, looking in through his window. Orbi was sleeping soundly on his desk, unbothered by the flames surrounding it. “Orbi, activate,” commanded Sunny and the robot’s eyes opened. Assessing the area, it quickly jumped to the wall and crawled its way out to safety, landing safely in the hands of its master. “That’s a good, girl.”

Smiling, he patted the robot’s head gently, but stopped when he heard that deafening sound again. It was so loud it blocked out the sound of the alarm. Looking up, he saw a large tubular object falling from the sky.

The EVACU-BOT beeped and said, “UR-GENT! UR-GENT! STU-DENT OF CHAR-TER-HOUSE, PLEASE E-VAC-U-ATE TO THE NEAR-EST SAFE ZONE. PLEASE E-VAC-U-ATE TO THE NEAR-EST SAFE ZONE! PLEASE E-VAC-U-ATE TO THE NEAR-EST SAFE ZONE!”

Though the bot’s words were firm, it did not practice what it preached and Sunny had to push him to start moving.

“UR-GENT! UR-GENT!” the bot kept repeating, its eyes blinking red.

As they ran, they watched as the missile flew over them and landed behind them. Again, the ground shakes and they all fall to the ground. Feeling a terrible wave of heat hit them, they watched as terrible smoke filled the air and the sky turning a deep red from the fire. His eyes burned; he could barely see. “O-orbi,” he said. He managed to grab hold of the EVACU-BOT and yank off the metal on his back, exposing his wires. “Orbi… Orbi, fix him up.”

The spider-bot crawled inside the EVACU-BOT and started rearranging its wires. “UR-GENT!” it still said. “UR-GENT! UR…GENT! UR—” Suddenly his blinking red eyes turn a firm green and it stands tall, as if it were a WAR-BOT. Noticing Sunny laying on the ground, the robot helps him up with ease. “I WILL SAVE YOU, FAIR CIT-I-ZEN,” it says to Sunny.

Sunny climbs on top of the bot’s exposed back and it begins speeding forward, quick like a flash. The next thing Sunny knows is he’s being dropped off at the gate with a former EVACU-BOT, rewired into a WAR-BOT, saluting him farewell.

The night air is filled with black smoke and heavy flames. In the distance he sees the coach, listening as its engine starts. He runs quickly. He sees his sisters, Margo, Jo and Tottie, in the back, banging on the glass window, encouraging him to hurry. Another missile lands, and the ground shakes furiously. Sunny almost falls to the ground, but his persistence kept him balanced. He reaches for the coach, stretching his arms out far.

Suddenly, bang, something hits him, and he gets tossed up in the air. He hits the ground hard, with an ache in his right arm and head. He watches, through blurry eyes, as the coach drives off. He sees legs of a man, hovering over him, checking if he is dead. He is not dead. Not yet. “You okay, kid?” he hears, the words echoing in his head. “You okay? You okay? You okay?” With a groan, he closes his eyes.

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Last of us: Left behind DLC

-Note: I brought this over from my old college blog for my LGBQT project in college but felt it would be good to bring it over to my video game blog as well.

Pop Culture is something that has always been with the human race. According to the Ziauddin reading Pop Culture changes depending on what time period you look at. An example that was given was if we go back to Shakespear’s time Pop Culture was the Theater. In our time period when the book was written our Pop Culture ranges from everything from the Top 40 Radio, The Simpsons to even Paris Hilton (Ziesler, 2008). While the reading focused more on movies and T.V shows it seemed to have missed a huge part of Pop Culture in our society. Video games have become a huge source of Pop Culture in our society. The entertainment Software Association has stated that there is more than 150 million Americans that play video games (More Than 150, Retrieved on: 2017). This number is also not counting those who are on another massive Pop Culture media which is YouTube with its Let’s Players that allows viewers to watch other playing video games.

As the years have gone on video games have become better not only in graphic quality but also in storytelling and character development. Characters are starting to show that they are not just one dimensional and looking closer at their personal life ranging from gender Identification, sexuality, racism and even sexism. One video game we are going to take a closer look at it the Last of Us. This game first game out on the PS3 but quickly was updated and touched up for another re-release on the PS4. The main part of the story is based around two main characters Joel and Ellie. Both are white and somehow have managed to survive the virus outbreak that has pretty much killed off pretty much everyone other than a small group of people here and there. After the main part of the story has finished you feel like there is nothing else that could be told about these characters it felt like a basic model for characters and their personality. The company then released some DLC which jumps back into the past before Ellie meets Joel and shows us that her character in fact has more of a story to tell.

There we learn about Riley and the “special” friendship that they share. Riley is an African American girl who is part of the firefly group who is a restraint group against the government and the marshal law that is taking place. Riley and Ellie sneaks out to have a fun time which by the end of the story we realize it is more of a date taking place between the two girls. By the end of the date the two kiss but then things start to go really wrong and Riley and Ellie ends up being infected by a bite. Both girls knowing that they were going to die talk to each other how they do not want to turn and how they would much rather take their life. By the end Riley dies and yet somehow the white girl survives. In one of our readings we talked about the word Quare and how Johnson states that it is different than that of Queer. When it comes to Riley’s character she may in fact use the term Quare as it has been adopted by many people who are black and gay. The reading continues in talking about how the LGBQT community of black people often face different challenges than those who are white and gay (Johnson, Retrieved 2017).

It was interesting that they made the character Riley into a woman (or young girl) a woman of color. It was also more interesting that they made her character on the opposite side of the law. Some could state that due to her race the creators believed to fall into the stereotypes of making non-white people a lower class who does illegal things. Even more so the white lesbian girl manages survive while the main non-white girl dies giving you the slight feel that if you are not white you are not going to survive.

One writer by the name of Heather Hogan in 2016 in fact ended up looking more into our pop culture and how LGBQT characters are often represented. Hogan (2016), found out that that fate of LB characters on TV shows often ended up dead (a total of 31% of all these characters). Only 20% were still alive by the end of a show when it was cancelled. Only a total of 10% of these characters ended up having their happy endings. While these numbers are based on TV shows writers of video games need to be aware of them as games are becoming more common as a source of entertainment. Killing of an LGBQT character should not be used as a quick emotional go to when stories are being told. In a lot of ways to me it almost feels like they are using the LGBQT characters as they use animals in a lot of shows or movies (which I also do not agree with) as a tool to be sad.

We need more positive images of healthy relationships showing that no matter what: your race, sexual orientation or gender identification that you have a right to be here and you have the right for a happy ending as well. This is true not only for Hollywood or TV shows but also games as well as they start to build their well rounded characters. There has to be a balance in the scales but maybe as our pop culture grows and adapts more we will start to see that balance happen.

Resources: Johnson, Patrick. "Quare" stuidies, or (Almost) Everything I know About Queer Studies I learned from my Grandomother.

Hogan. Autostraddle’s Ultimate Infographic Guide to Dead Lesbian Characters on TV. 2016

“More Than 150 Million Americans Play Video Games.” The Entertainment Software Association, www.theesa.com/article/150-million-americans-play-video-games/. Accessed 14 Aug. 2017.

Ziesler, A. Feminism and Pop Culture. Berkeley, Calif: Seal Press, 2008. PDF.

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45-Track "CARE4LIFE" Compilation Features New Music from The Chemical Brothers, Maya Jane Coles, and More

Many major artists in the electronic music community have joined forces to support NHS Charities Together amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

London-based label Above Board Projects has releasedCARE4LIFE, an expansive charity compilation providing COVID-19 relief to NHS Charities Together, a collective supporting the National Health Service. According to a press released issued to announce the compilation, the project is "aimed at assisting and honouring our brave and skilled NHS frontline workforce in this most challenging of times."

Released on Bandcamp today, the album spans a whopping 45 tracks and features new music from many major underground electronic artists, including legendary production duo The Chemical Brothers. The tandem contributed a new remix of their single "Catch Me I'm Falling," which appeared on their Grammy Award-winning 2019 album No Geography. Other artists appearing on the compilation include Maya Jane Coles, Jamie Jones, Dusky, Pete Tong, Groove Armada, and Patrick Topping.

âThrough the challenges of the Covid19 pandemic we have all developed a new understanding and awareness about the role our frontline health professionals undertake, and as a nation we are all united in our appreciation of the incredible work they have delivered in the face of much adversity and pressure in the last couple of months," said CARE4LIFE representatives in the press release. "In the continued spirit of people coming together in this time of need, the CARE4LIFE project hopes that this amazing collection of music can contribute to easing that pressure by giving some much needed support to these frontline workers from our fellow artists and friends in the music industry and its surrounding community.â

You can purchase the compilation via Bandcamp here and view the full tracklist below.

CARE4LIFE Tracklist: 01: B.Traits - Rest 02: Daniel Avery - In Your Sleep 03: The Chemical Brothers - Catch Me Iâm Falling (Losing You Mix) 04: Apiento & Tepper - Blossoms 05: Luke Vibert - Thatâs ill folks 06: Locussolus (DJ Harvey) - NextToYou (Kiwi Remix) 07: FYI Chris - SWH (No Boundaries) 08: Matthew Herbert - Indigo 09: Luke Solomon - Wait 10: Groove Armada - Heâs On My Heart 11: JD Twitch - Is It All Over The Place 12: Laima, Iggor Cavalera, Joe Goddard and Mutado Pintado - Play Doh 13: Playgroup - Ringpiece 14: K-LONE - Undercliffe 15: Nathan Fake - Arboretum 16: Big Miz - Merak 17: Hammer & James Shinra - Lunar Seven 18: Jas Shaw - Joy Multiplication 19: Crooked Man - This Time 20: Clark - Laptop Stand 21: Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Levitate 22: Jamie Jones & Kate Simko - Mind Games ft. Laizer 23: Maya Jane Coles - Keep It Moving 24: Joe Goddard featuring Amy Douglas - Workinâ 25: Miguel Campbell & Benoit Ft. Beccs Lott - Blonde Bomb 26: Dusky - Justified 27: Dense & Pika - Pleasure Stacker 28: Mason Maynard - Black âNâ White 29: Solardo x SOSA Featuring Richard Judge - Chemical Edge 30: Eats Everything - Itâll Be Over Soon 31: Patrick Topping - Totality 32: Pete Tong and John Monkman - Aquarius 33: Nic Fanciulli - The Return Of Mango Flow 34: Jaden Thompson - Eveâs Drop 35: Waze & Odyssey - Plus & Minus 36: Radio Slave - Sabre 37: Nightwave - Sadhana 38: SCB - KTS3E 39: Lauren Lo Sung - Lucid Dream 40: Archie Hamilton - Waiting Game 41: Laura Jones & Karousel - No Borders 42: Jordan. - Quar 43: Thoma Bulwer x Anna Wall - Peace Of Mind 44: Nova Cheq - Dopamine Domain 45: 3Strange - Xylophone Funk

from Best DJ Kit https://edm.com/music-releases/care4life-compilation

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