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Spring 2023 Anime Roundup
uhhhh it’s kinda late this season and idek if i REALLY feel like doing it but here goes
New Shit:
Why Raelina Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion: probably my favorite of the season so far. corsets, conspiracies, and hot dangerous men as far as the eye can see
Mashle: lives up to the hype! it’s just One Punch Man + Harry Potter - JKR’s shitty politics
KamiKatsu: absolutely demented. i truly have no idea whatsoever what’s coming week-to-week
Magical Destroyers: was not sold at all initially, but the OP kept drawing me back and i think i’m on board now
I Got a Cheat Skill…: pretty generic power fantasy/wish fulfillment, but executed well enough to keep me interested
Skip and Loafer: fucking adorable. love these lil rascals
Rokudo’s Bad Girls: this show gives me nostalgia for an era of anime that i wasn’t even super into. don’t let the art style turn you off, it’s some of the most fun you can have with a show this season (besides Birdie Wing of course)
Hell’s Paradise: more grimdark than the shit i usually like, but i’m sticking around at least long enough to figure out what kinda Dr Zhivago shit they got going on the island
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts: been a long time since i saw a show that was both this wholesome and also For The Freaks…
A Galaxy Next Door: … except for maybe this one. real “The Writer’s Barely Disguised Fetish” hours
Yamada-kun at Lvl 999: great little romcom! and then there’s randomly one episode (episode 5) that is legit one of the most harrowing episodes of television that i’ve ever seen! and then goes back to normal romcom. kinda weird show
Otaku Elf: very cute, very silly, very relatable
Dangers of the Heart: also very cute, silly and relatable, but instead of a cringe otaku girl, it’s a cringe emo boy
Insomniacs After School: scratching my Call of the Night itch. newest ep was some of the cutest shit i’ve ever seen
Old Shit:
Birdie Wing: YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUCK TIME IT IS LET’S GOOOOO
The Megumin Show: from the very first minute, i knew that this show would not disappoint. and it hasn’t yet! (knock on wood)
Demon Slayer: it’s more Demon Slayer. what, you thought it was gonna be bad? no. it rules. it’s not gonna stop ruling
Shit I Need To Start/Get Back To/Might Drop:
Yuri Is My Job: it’s good, but i also don’t remember the last time i cringed so hard at a show
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses: exquisite trash. kinda hate the main character, but can’t wait to get back around to it
Oshi no Ko: watched the first episode, thought it was great, have had no desire to watch more since? i’ll get back to it at some point i’m sure
Ranking of Kings: found out about the author’s politics a few weeks before this came out and just haven’t really felt like watching it. i’m sure i will at some point tho lol
Dead Mount Death Play: dunno. good first episode. but it’s just not really my thing
Too Cute Crisis: looks fun!
Heavenly Delusion: keep forgetting it exists because it’s on hulu
My One-Hit Kill Sister: didn’t finish the first episode 😭
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The Komi Report - Communication 434 & 435
It's the final Komi of 2023 (T_T). This week:
An intergenerational connection!
Read It:
Mangareader
Mangakakalot
Viz Media (North America Exclusive)
Mangadex (Dead, but there’s the backlog. And Spanish language updates, if you read Spanish)
This first thought is about last week - I think Komi should also go on a date with Rumiko. You know, to keep things even. And they should kiss. And become girlfriends.
Anyway...
This is a stunning coincidence! Just this weekend past I was talking to my sister about the benefits of intergenerational bonding. I started typing out a personal anecdote about these two music teachers I had as a teenager, but I'll spare you that and tell you just this much - I loved those nice old fellas.
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That's them! From the first scene of the anime! aksjdnkaj
I don't know off the top of my head if or when they've appeared in the manga before, but I'm pleased to see them.
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"old woman who is always on the street" that'll be me come 50 years.
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This bit is so cute. So full of nervous energy she can't stop moving
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nice little bit of foreshadowing 👍 no doubt that's a portrait of Michita's late husband there.
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Her soliloquy about loneliness and needing a sense of community is so real. I could go on and on about the value of young folk socializing with old folk but I'll just say this - what makes growing old so hard is becoming isolated, understimulated, and forgotten. It will happen to all of us unless we change our culture!! Befriend an old person today!!!
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Here we can see the clock reads ~5:55. In Comm 432:
we can't see the little hand because Tomo (who is conspicuously absent in Comm 435) is in the way, but I'm willing to bet the clock reads ~5:05. So Komi slept on Tadano's lap for around 50 minutes. That's a good ol' nap.
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That's the end of Komi for 2023! These last chapters are sweet and comfy, and I'm glad to end the year on a high note.
and what a heck of a year it's been!
Viz began the simulpub; we had all that scanlation drama; Komi and Tadano's first kiss; Kawai proposed; Emoyama, Ogiya, Yadano, and Fuki all got surprising and heartfelt spotlights; Yamai had that chapter I refused to report on asjdnajsdn; and so much more!!! Not to mention... I started The Komi Report!
I dwell in anticipation for another exciting year to come.
But this isn't the last you'll hear from me before then. Oh, no. Tune in next week for a special 2023 roundup edition of The Komi Report! I want to list my favourite chapters from this year, talk about things that happened before I started the report, and whatever else springs into my mind between now and then!
I hope to see you next week! Until then, stay safe!
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Spring 2023 Anime Roundup
Anime of the Season – Skip and Loafer
It’s rare enough for a manga I read and love to get an anime adaptation, and to have a top-tier studio adapt it is even rarer still, so this adaptation of one of my very favorite series by P.A. Works, a studio that only makes bangers, is pretty much a dream come true. The strength of the series is in its writing, especially in how it writes characters who appear to be common archetypes, but eventually show themselves to be individuals who are neither too good nor completely bad. This would have likely stood out no matter who adapted it, and made for an enjoyable story, but luckily it was adapted by a director who nailed the wistful watercolor art style of the manga, and framed and lit the scenes perfectly, taking this to another level entirely. The end result is a series about two very different kids – an awkward, overachieving girl from the sticks and an easy-going, charismatic city boy – that shows how high school can be bewildering, magical, and life-changing all at the same time. 10/10
First Runner-Up – Vinland Saga S2
This season was the masterful payoff for every frustrating thing Thorfinn did in season one. It was obvious then that he was making terrible decisions because of his youth and his trauma, and this season of farming as a slave on a Danish farm was all about him beginning to understand what he’d done and the incredibly difficult process of atonement he has in front of him. 9/10
Second Runner-Up – My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
You know we’re in a sort of shoujo anime renaissance when you see the names Morio Asaka and Madhouse together again, and this series did not disappoint. Akane was a delightfully messy heroine, and it was a ton of fun to watch outwardly stoic gamer Yamada slowly catch feelings for the agent of chaos that stumbled into his life. 8/10
The Dangers in My Heart – When this opened up with the male lead saying he wanted to hurt the prettiest girl in class and see her in tears, I was a little concerned about what I was getting into, but it quickly became evident that it was a clever story about a middle-school edgelord figuring out that he just had a normal-ass crush on a girl and deciding to shed parts of his tweenage identity that don’t suit him anymore. 8/10
Golden Kamuy S4 – One part period drama, one part crime thriller, and one part black and/or blue comedy, there really is nothing else quite like this show in anime. It’s nothing short of masterful how it handles multiple crews of questionable dudes all trying to outwit each other while cracking the most irreverent jokes along the way. 8/10
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story S2 – While this season was not quite as balls-to-the-wall audacious as the first season, it was still a high-octane sports anime about girls playing golf in international tournaments under the thumb of mafia and business organizations, with a liberal sprinkling of Gundam references, and I’ll take all the intense girls’ sports anime they’ll give me. 8/10
Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke’s Mansion – It will eat away at me until the day I die that they gave this top-tier romantic suspense manhwa adaptation to a fourth-rate studio that couldn’t animate or storyboard to save its life. Raeliana is a fantastic self-saving heroine, Noah is the perfect sarcastic love interest, and the art was beautiful, but, goddamn, that animation was not good. 8/10
My Clueless First Friend – On first glance, this looks like just another school-set shounen romcom that pairs an aggressive character with one who just blushes, but a couple episodes in it shows some real emotional depth that sets it apart. If the male lead is this dedicated to hyping up his best girl while he’s in elementary school, he’s going to be a force of nature later. 7/10
Insomniacs After School – There was a lot I loved about this series. The way the male and female leads connected over their shared struggle with insomnia was really satisfying to watch, and I loved seeing them be physically affectionate with each other. It just lacked any soaring moments to truly wow me. 7/10
The Ancient Magus’ Bride S2 – When I saw that this season took place in a school for young magicians and sorcerers in England, I have to admit that I rolled my eyes a bit, but it introduced a good crop of unique characters and seems to be building up to a meaty conflict for cour two in the fall. 7/10
Hell’s Paradise – I really enjoyed the visuals and many of the colorful characters in this supernatural-tinged action adventure, but something I can’t quite put my finger on in the writing kept me from really getting into it. 7/10
Otaku Elf – This was a perfectly pleasant little slice of life about an elf woman who has been living in Japan since the Edo era and is currently enshrined as a local temple’s god. The conversations about history and present day nerdery between the elf and her helper were really charming. 7/10
Dead Mount Death Play – You don’t see reverse isekai all that often, and this is having some fun with the idea, as the isekaied necromancer archvillain transported to Japan might be one of the least evil characters in the story. 7/10
Dr. Stone: New World – I enjoy this series less and less with each subsequent season, as it becomes more and more blatant that science is for boys and cooking and sewing are for girls. Their adventure across the sea is still entertaining enough, but the worldview is grating. 7/10
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World – There were a number of novel and creative ideas in this isekai story about the son of a cult leader getting sent to a world without gods and proceeding to build power via religious techniques, but the story wasn’t really coherent, and while the production lampshaded its shortcomings, they were still shortcomings. A whole mess, but an entertaining mess. 6/10
The Legendary Hero Is Dead! – I generally give anything tagged as ecchi a hard pass, but the opening theme song was catchy and the premise sounded kind of fun, so I gave it a try. I mostly enjoyed myself, but the story didn’t always make sense, and there were too many thigh gaps for a show centered on a leg guy. 6/10
A Galaxy Next Door – This romance featuring a shoujo mangaka and his assistant wasn’t bad, but the story was so frictionless, the characters were so well-behaved, and the voice actors sounded so much like customer service reps, that there was nothing to really hook me. 6/10
Oshi No Ko – I’ve been fascinated by the reaction to this show as some sort of masterpiece, as I found it deeply mediocre. It couldn’t decide if it was trying to be a revenge fantasy, a murder mystery, or a showbiz drama, and the infodumping via the dialogue was egregious. Each episode left me wanting to rewatch Idolish7. 6/10
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible – This was just one of those romcoms about a nondescript boy who attracts the persistent attention of a pretty girl that was neither good nor bad. Additionally, it had a frustrating tendency to explain to the viewer with dialogue what was already apparent via the action instead of trusting the viewer. 6/10
Too Cute Crisis – I can’t decide if the problem with this show about invading aliens waylaid by cute animals was a matter of directing or of writing, but it lacked the proper build up and comedic timing for the jokes and relied too heavily on the actors yelling the punchline to get a laugh. 6/10
Mashle: Magic and Muscles – On paper, this shounen comedy about a boy without magic dominating a magic high school really sounded like my kind of thing. In practice, however, none of the jokes landed for me and the fights were tediously boring. 5/10
Magical Destroyers – This gritty magical girl show set in a world where otaku are systematically oppressed by the government is every bit as shallow and undercooked as the premise sounds, and the visuals are not special enough to redeem it. The creator came up with the idea in high school, and it shows. 4/10
#anime#spring anime 2023#anime 2023#skip and loafer#vinland saga#my love story with yamada at lv999#the dangers in my heart#golden kamuy#my clueless first friend#birdie wing#the reason why raeliana ended up at the duke's mansion
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Spring 2023 Anime Season Roundup
Time to summarize the last three months before the summer vacation anime start.
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2023 A Year in Review:
Skating on Ken's Lake // pickup hockey // brisk mornings
Work at Mill Creek Animal Hospital // puppy kisses and sad times
Trashion show // all the friend makeouts
Lake Powell trip- North Wash to Trachyte with Hannah, Jeff C and Mike C // mud tussocks and giggles
Bad box bleach set + teal manic panic beauty school drop out with Nara
Jerp art performance at Jeep Week with Sam N + Moab crew
Julie visits Moab in the spring - surprise Jocelyn addition // San Rafael packraft with pups on spring's first flows
Hallie visit to Comb Ridge with Ryland // quiet nights and pottery sherds
Dolores River flowing! First overnight trip with Hannah, Jeff C and extended Alpacka crew. Euro fondu pot // dogs are angels
Solo Escalante float with Sprocket dog // four days of peaceful low flow jubilation
Learning from strange crushes // rejection is sexy and toxic
Ongoing plant identification in the La Sals // superbloom!
A wonderful season of work: Hammond Canyon with Wilderness Volunteers// SUWA projects// two long bridges// Trail Mix buddies// not enough alone time// all the log outs - Luke, Jacob, Rachel and Isaac
Muddy Creek with Zoe, Maddie and Olivia // slot canyon babes
Long solo and friend gravel rides
Sold the house // feelings of loss and longing, but also relief
APA RoundUp paddle trip to California with Duncan// feeling obsolete in the packraft ww world//solo hike in Trinity Alps to granite heaven
Muumuus and Mimosas- my 6th annual?
SLC city weekend seeing Remember Sports, thrifting, and mountain biking with Maddie, Audrey and Rachel
Sold the Toyota Pickup // lost identity
Montana Red Meadow Pass bikepacking loop with Maddie and Olivia // perfect temps and champagne gravel// fill your belly of berries
Birthday backpack in the Weminuche// 15 miles in 5 days with the old furball// learn to enjoy the pace and place// anniversary photos
Julie returns to Moab for late summer! Hot hot biking//water daze
Mom and pop visit in the early fall//coworker end of season farewell bbq//beautiful mountain colors//comb ridge camping
Elk packet with Jamie and Sam H // 24 mile roundtrip with a rear quarter // humans are meant to do this
Solo trip of favorite landscape linkup // Dark Canyon -> Cataract Canyon -> Henry Mountains -> Lake Powell -> Bears Ears hike/packraft/bikepack/bikeraft linkup
San Juan packraft trip with Hannah and Jeff C + his college buddies// Han's bad back and chilly temps// good company
A quick shot to the very rainy PNW coast// surfin', soggy and splashin' with jellyfish//Julie, Will, Pete, Nara, Xander and pups
Early backcountry ice at Clark Lake! Jonny and Ian hike-in mission
RAR intro to bikepacking weekend was a smash hit// new SLC bike buddies//love the feeling of teaching and sharing knowledge
Home right before Thanksgiving, off to Costa Rica! Solo bikepack along the Nicoya Peninsula surfing all along the way.
Christmas in Detroit to the New Year
Books Read:
"Grievers" by adrienne maree brown
"Black Sun" by Rebecca Roanhorse
"The Solace of Open Spaces" by Gretel Ehrlich
"Teaching a Stone to Talk" by Annie Dillard
"Fire on the Mountain" by Terry Bisson
"Earth Apples" collection of poetry by Ed Abbey
"Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky
"Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
"Let My People Go Surfing" by Yvon Chounard
"You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People" by Aubrey Gordon
"Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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TGIF: Roundup for April 14, 2023
Should Every Church be Multiethnic? SOLA Editorial Board member Daniel K. Eng interviewed Rick Hardison, lead pastor of Lakewood Ranch Baptist Church, who completed a PhD with his dissertation called, “A Theological Critique of the Multiethnic Church Movement.”
We also shared Renee Zou’s article: What Comes to Mind When You Think of Heaven? And I reviewed Sam D. Kim’s new book: From Doubt to Faith: Book Review of “A Holy Haunting.”
This newsletter is one of the many ways you can keep in touch with us. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For more, check out my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group and TGIF Playlist on Spotify. You can reach me on Twitter and Instagram.
Aaron Lee, Editorial Curator
Enter to win this excellent book! Read my review. Thanks to Sam D. Kim for providing this book for our giveaway, in partnership with my newsletters for @diveindigdeep and FCBC Walnut.
Articles From Around The Web
Ricky Njoto: Three Things Jonathan Edwards Teaches Us about Holy Communion
“By far the most important aspect of Holy Communion, for Edwards, lies in the present. After all, just as Christ was present physically in the Last Supper 2,000 years ago, he is also present spiritually at every Lord’s Supper today. For Edwards, the Holy Communion is a physical sign of a spiritual reality: that Christians are joined together in Christ.”
Tim Challies: Banksy and Beauty from Ashes
God takes what has been purposefully destroyed, what has been willfully ruined, what has been blown up by our own acts of sabotage, and he works upon it until it is a beautiful and precious work of art.
Related: Learning and Writing about God and the Church: An Interview with Tim Challies by Aaron Lee
Curtis Yee: Asian American Theologian: Our ‘Culture’ Is Not to Blame
“When it comes to the community’s response to trauma and anxiety, Daniel D. Lee calls for a closer look at the dynamics of racism and the migrant experience.”
The SOLA College Writing Cohort is our new writing cohort for college-age students to receive mentorship and training as young Christian writers. Editorial Board member Soojin Park will personally be leading this initiative, and she is very excited at the prospect of nurturing the next generation of Asian American thinkers and writers who will help encourage and edify the Church!
Books, Podcasts, Music, And More
Sam Choi: Prayer and Fasting
This message was given as a part of the Bethlehem College and Seminary spring 2023 chapel series on Prayer.
Off the Pulpit Podcast: The Wives Takeover
In this episode, the wives takeover and chat about all things pastor wife life and women in the church.
Aaron Lee: Related Works
Book reviews: Words of the Resurrected by Robert J. Nash, All About Bible Animals (Kids Book) by Simona Piscionera. Listen to our TGIF playlist on Spotify. Join my Asian American Worship Leaders Facebook group.
Check out the new edition of our SOLA Network Magazine! Download it for free and share it with your friends as a great way to be introduced to the work we do at SOLA Network.
Featured This Week On SOLA Network
Aaron Lee: From Doubt to Faith: Book Review of “A Holy Haunting”
What is faith and where does it come from? Is faith just a whim? Or is there something deeper? In A Holy Haunting, Sam D. Kim shows “why faith isn’t a leap but a series of staggers from one safe place to another.”
Renee Zou: What Comes to Mind When You Think of Heaven?
Fellow Christian, we are destined for the new heavens and the new earth. God is longing to bring us home. Are we longing for the same?
Daniel K. Eng: Should Every Church be Multiethnic? (Part 2): An Interview with Rick Hardison
Whether there is a mandate to be a part of a multiethnic church, approaching people with their heart languages to bridge cultural gaps, the relationship between contextualization and unity, the need for multiethnic and ethnic-specific churches, serving the people living in your church’s proximity, and the difficulties of being an ethnic-specific church.
Daniel K. Eng: Should Every Church be Multiethnic? (Part 1): An Interview with Rick Hardison
Where we get the idea of the “multiethnic mandate,” what the Bible does (or doesn’t) say about multiethnic churches, how to think about ethnic church “divisions,” and the stories of the Tower of Babel and Pentecost.
TGIF: Roundup for April 7, 2023
Gods and Gangsters / These 3 Japanese Christian Women Changed Their Country / Narco Saints’ Drug-Dealing Pastor / Moving to a New Place with Irene Sun / Gateway Chapel: Hanley Liu
General disclaimer: Our link roundups are not endorsements of the positions or lives of the authors.
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Holidays 1.28
Holidays
Christa McAuliffe Day
Daisy Day
Data Privacy Day
Global Community Engagement Day
Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]
Great Mental Health Day (UK)
International Lego Day
International Make Your Point Day
International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day
Jackhammer Day
January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)
José Marti Memorial Day (Cuba)
King’s Name Day (Sweden)
Love Among the Nations Day
Make Your Point Day
National Amy Day
National Army Day (Armenia)
National Film Day (Argentina)
National Gift of the Ladybug Day
National Kazoo Day
National Pediatrician Day
National Serendipity Day
National Spieling Day
National Tina Day
Number Please Day
Paul Jackson Pollock Day
Pop Art Day
Rattlesnake Roundup Day
Telephone Exchange Day
Thank a Plugin Developer Day
Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day (St. Louis, Missouri)
World Day for the Abolition of Meat Day
Youth Climate Action Day (Indiana)
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Blueberry Pancake Day
4th & Last Saturday in January
Big Garden Birdwatch (UK) [begins 4th Saturday]
Great Fruitcake Toss (Manitou Springs, Colorado) [Last Saturday]
Local Quilt Shop Day [4th Saturday]
National Seed Swap Day [Last Saturday]
Yay Day (Sam & Cat TV Show) [Last Saturday]
Independence Days
Roschfallen (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Agnes (Christian; Saint)
Alan Funt Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
The Apocalypse (Pastafarian)
Black Pepper with Everything Day (Pastafarian)
Charlemagne (Christian; Saint)
Cyril of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Ernie (Muppetism)
Glastian of Scotland (Christian; Saint)
John of Reomay (Christian; Saint)
Joseph Freinademetz (Christian; Saint)
Julian of Cuenca (Christian; Saint)
Margaret, Princess of Hungary (Christian; Saint)
Muhammad (Positivist; Saint)
Paulinus (Christian; Saint)
Thaipoosam (India)
Thaipoosam Cavadee (Mauritius)
Thaipusam (Malaysia)
Thomas Aquinas (Christian; Saint)
Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinions (Christian; Martyrs)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 53]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [5 of 71]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 5 of 60)
Premieres
Blue Valentine (Film; 2011)
The Duck Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1932)
How to Be a Sailor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (Animated Film; 2020)
I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, by Jean Goldkette (Song; 1927)
La Vie Commence Demain (Film; 1951) [1st X-Rated Film]
The Mechanic (Film; 2011)
My Cherie Amour, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1969)
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1813) [#2]
Red Rock West (Film; 1994)
The Shining, by Stephen King (Novel; 1977)
Sullivan’s Travels (Film; 1942)
We Are the World, recorded by Supergroup USA for Africa (Song; 1985)
Today’s Name Days
Caroline, Karoline, Manfred, Thomas (Austria)
Toma, Tomislav (Croatia)
Otýlie (Czech Republic)
Carolus, Karl, Magnus (Denmark)
Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle, Karel, Karl, Karli, Karro (Estonia)
Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Mies (Finland)
Manfred, Thomas (France)
Karl, Karolina, Manfred, Thomas (Germany)
Haris, Palladios (Greece)
Karola, Károly (Hungary)
Tommaso, Valerio (Italy)
Kārlis, Spodris (Latvia)
Gedautas, Leonidas, Nijolė (Lithuania)
Karl, Karoline (Norway)
Agnieszka, Augustyn, Flawian, Ildefons, Julian, Karol, Leonidas, Piotr, Radomir, Roger, Waleriusz (Poland)
Efrem, Iacob, Paladie (Romania)
Alfonz (Slovakia)
Tomás (Spain)
Karl, Karla (Sweden)
Edward (Ukraine)
Carlotta, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotta, Charlotte, Charmaine, Manfred (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 28 of 2023; 337 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 4 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 7 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 7 (Bing-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 6 Shevat 5783
Islamic: 6 Rajab II 1444
J Cal: 28 Aer; Sunday [28 of 30]
Julian: 15 January 2023
Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter
Positivist: 28 Moses (1st Month) [Muhammad)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 39 of 90)
Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 8 of 30)
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Holidays 1.28
Holidays
Christa McAuliffe Day
Daisy Day
Data Privacy Day
Global Community Engagement Day
Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]
Great Mental Health Day (UK)
International Lego Day
International Make Your Point Day
International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day
Jackhammer Day
January Revolution and National Police Day (Egypt)
José Marti Memorial Day (Cuba)
King’s Name Day (Sweden)
Love Among the Nations Day
Make Your Point Day
National Amy Day
National Army Day (Armenia)
National Film Day (Argentina)
National Gift of the Ladybug Day
National Kazoo Day
National Pediatrician Day
National Serendipity Day
National Spieling Day
National Tina Day
Number Please Day
Paul Jackson Pollock Day
Pop Art Day
Rattlesnake Roundup Day
Telephone Exchange Day
Thank a Plugin Developer Day
Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Day (St. Louis, Missouri)
World Day for the Abolition of Meat Day
Youth Climate Action Day (Indiana)
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Blueberry Pancake Day
4th & Last Saturday in January
Big Garden Birdwatch (UK) [begins 4th Saturday]
Great Fruitcake Toss (Manitou Springs, Colorado) [Last Saturday]
Local Quilt Shop Day [4th Saturday]
National Seed Swap Day [Last Saturday]
Yay Day (Sam & Cat TV Show) [Last Saturday]
Independence Days
Roschfallen (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
Feast Days
Agnes (Christian; Saint)
Alan Funt Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
The Apocalypse (Pastafarian)
Black Pepper with Everything Day (Pastafarian)
Charlemagne (Christian; Saint)
Cyril of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
Ernie (Muppetism)
Glastian of Scotland (Christian; Saint)
John of Reomay (Christian; Saint)
Joseph Freinademetz (Christian; Saint)
Julian of Cuenca (Christian; Saint)
Margaret, Princess of Hungary (Christian; Saint)
Muhammad (Positivist; Saint)
Paulinus (Christian; Saint)
Thaipoosam (India)
Thaipoosam Cavadee (Mauritius)
Thaipusam (Malaysia)
Thomas Aquinas (Christian; Saint)
Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinions (Christian; Martyrs)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [6 of 53]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [5 of 71]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 5 of 60)
Premieres
Blue Valentine (Film; 2011)
The Duck Hunt (Disney Cartoon; 1932)
How to Be a Sailor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)
The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild (Animated Film; 2020)
I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, by Jean Goldkette (Song; 1927)
La Vie Commence Demain (Film; 1951) [1st X-Rated Film]
The Mechanic (Film; 2011)
My Cherie Amour, by Stevie Wonder (Song; 1969)
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (Novel; 1813) [#2]
Red Rock West (Film; 1994)
The Shining, by Stephen King (Novel; 1977)
Sullivan’s Travels (Film; 1942)
We Are the World, recorded by Supergroup USA for Africa (Song; 1985)
Today’s Name Days
Caroline, Karoline, Manfred, Thomas (Austria)
Toma, Tomislav (Croatia)
Otýlie (Czech Republic)
Carolus, Karl, Magnus (Denmark)
Kaarel, Kaarli, Kaaro, Kalle, Karel, Karl, Karli, Karro (Estonia)
Kaarle, Kaarlo, Kalle, Mies (Finland)
Manfred, Thomas (France)
Karl, Karolina, Manfred, Thomas (Germany)
Haris, Palladios (Greece)
Karola, Károly (Hungary)
Tommaso, Valerio (Italy)
Kārlis, Spodris (Latvia)
Gedautas, Leonidas, Nijolė (Lithuania)
Karl, Karoline (Norway)
Agnieszka, Augustyn, Flawian, Ildefons, Julian, Karol, Leonidas, Piotr, Radomir, Roger, Waleriusz (Poland)
Efrem, Iacob, Paladie (Romania)
Alfonz (Slovakia)
Tomás (Spain)
Karl, Karla (Sweden)
Edward (Ukraine)
Carlotta, Charleen, Charlene, Charlotta, Charlotte, Charmaine, Manfred (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 28 of 2023; 337 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 4 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 7 of 28]
Chinese: Month 1 (Jia-Yin), Day 7 (Bing-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 6 Shevat 5783
Islamic: 6 Rajab II 1444
J Cal: 28 Aer; Sunday [28 of 30]
Julian: 15 January 2023
Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter
Positivist: 28 Moses (1st Month) [Muhammad)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 4 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 39 of 90)
Zodiac: Aquarius (Day 8 of 30)
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Title: Incalescence
Collaborator: eirlyssa
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K2 - Huddling for Warmth
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Arc Reactor Issues, Metal Arm Issues, Getting Together
Summary: The cold had always bothered Tony, especially considering the Arc reactor in his chest. When he realizes he's not the only one suffering, he decides to do something about it.
Word Count: 900
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Title: In My Dreams I Turn You On - Chapter 2
Collaborator: ceealaina
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K5 - Mutual Pining
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Mutual Pining, explicit sexual content
Summary: Tony’s crushing hard on his new massage therapist, but doesn’t want to be a sleazy businessman. Bucky’s crushing hard on his latest client, but doesn’t want to take advantage of him in a vulnerable position. So they handle it like any sane adults - pretend it’s not happening and refuse to discuss it. At least they both have terrible friends to help them through it.
Word Count: 11,067
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Title: Situational Analysis
Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A1 - Kidnapping
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Sleep Deprivation, Headaches, Kidnapping
Summary: As awareness gradually seeps back in, the first thing Tony notices is the headache. Not that this is exactly an uncommon state of affairs; but depending on the reason for the headache, his day will have drastically different outcomes. Aka, is he waking up to a mild annoyance, or a rather unpleasant morning, or an increasingly miserable however long until he manages to get himself back home.
Word Count: 1200
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Title: The Paper Football Champion
Collaborator: newnewyorker93
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: R3 - Games
Ship: None
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Nebula has her paper football and she’s ready to play!
Word Count: N/A [Feltie]
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Title: let the soft animal of your body love what it loves - xv
Collaborator: deathsweetqueen
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S2 - Occupational Hazard
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Time Travel
Summary: In 2023, Steve Rogers, after burning his husband's body, goes through the timelines to return each of the Infinity Stones. In 2015, Tony Stark’s husband returns to him and for the first time in years, he has hope for his marriage.
Word Count: 66,332
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Title: Caught Out
Collaborator: JacarandaBanyan
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S5 - fake spell
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Mentioned sex, established relationship
Summary: After Steve introduces a new rule about over-the-top PDA in communal spaces, Tony and Bucky hatch a plan to get around the rule. In hindsight, maybe they should have thought of a better plan.
Word Count: 1224
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Title: Anywhere You Go, Let Me Go Too
Collaborator: cami-chats
Link: AO3
Square Filled:
A2 - Abducted
R3 - First Date
T2 - Kink: Rushed Sex
K5 - Anticipation
S4 - Interrupted Kiss
Ship: Tony Stark/Peggy Carter
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Time Travel, Period Typical Homophobia
Summary: What should have been a regular fight with Doom sends Tony hurtling back to the ‘40’s in the middle of World War Two. Maybe that would have been fine except he lands right in the middle of Project Rebirth and gets roped into becoming Howard’s assistant. Now Tony’s in love with someone that’ll be senile when he returns to the present, and he doesn’t know how to be fair to Peggy while trying to save himself a broken heart. Fortunately, Peggy doesn’t plan on being left behind.
Word Count: 19,778
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Title: Spring Blossoms
Collaborator: eirlyssa
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A4 - Gardening
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Getting Together
Summary: There wasn't much Tony had that was truly his, but this was one of them. Until he noticed Bucky struggling and decided to help.
Word Count: 1392
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Title: Cleaning Up the Evidence
Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: R4 - Writing Format: Dialogue Only
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: De-aging, Parent Tony Stark
Summary: Tony discovers the unexpected pitfalls of an artistic toddler [+moodboard]
Word Count: 100
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Title: Blue Blankets and Bright Giggles
Collaborator: HogwartstoAlexandria
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A2 - Sunrise/Sunset
Ship: Happy Hogan/Tony Stark
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Non-Sexual Age Play
Summary: Ever since Afghanistan, and Obie, Tony's become averse to loud noises. He was never a fan of shouting matches, but now, they're his worst nightmare as a little, and Happy can't have that can he?
Word Count: 1031
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Title: Keep You Safe and Warm
Collaborator: eirlyssa
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - Free
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Summary: When Tony comes to see Bucky, it's easy to tell that something is very wrong.
Word Count: 1234
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Title: Maze of Horrors - Chapter 2
Collaborator: ABrighterDarkness
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A5 - Phobia
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Psychological Horror, Temporary Character Death
Summary: “How long?” he asked despite really not wanting to know the answer. How long had he lost this time? How many times was this going to be his reality? How many times would he be forced to see the evidence of those he loved moving on and living their lives while he was left in the dust again? How many years was he destined to lose before he was allowed to live in some semblance of peace? When Tony spoke there was an unusual hesitance to his tone and the words were quiet and carried a similar pain to what Steve felt rushing through his mind and body. “Fourteen years,” he answered. He cleared his throat and gave a slight self-depreciative smile before continuing, “Fourteen years, two months, and seventeen days, if you want the whole of it.”
Word Count: 5953
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Title: N/A [Moodboard]
Collaborator: chel
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: A3 - Free
Ship: ironsastiel
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: supernatural crossover
Summary: a hunter, a superhero, and an angel walk into a bar…and sass each other and fall in love and live happily ever after
Word Count: N/A [Moodboard]
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Title: Give Me Support for Being Alive
Collaborator: polizwrites
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K2 - Writing Format: First Person
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: CA:WS Canon Divergence, First Person POV, pre-slash
Summary: Bucky finds out why Tony doesn’t hate him.
Word Count: 1169
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Title: Maze of Horrors - Chapter 3
Collaborator: abrighterdarkness
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T1 - Wake up!
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Recovery, Fake-Science
Summary: “It’s okay,” Tony continued lowly, one hand cupping the back of Steve’s neck, thumb stroking over the base of his head when Steve shuddered into the embrace. “We’re okay. It’s only been three days. No time lost and I’m definitely not married.” Steve gave a choked laugh but his hold tightened fractionally, “It’s over?” “Seems like,” Tony answered. “I think we’re home safe and sound.” Steve slumped back against the bed in relief, pulling Tony down with him.
Word Count: 16,905
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Title: Bot Connection
Collaborator: newnewyorker93
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: Adopted - robot family
Ship: Dum-E/Opportunity Rover
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: moodboard
Summary:
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Title: Conduction
Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T1 - fireplace
Ship: Tony & Bucky
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Touch-starved, Bucky Barnes needs a hug
Summary: Conduction n, the transfer of heat energy via contact. It is a small thing that makes him notice. A simple clap on the shoulder, emphasis for whatever point he is making. But when he moves to take his hand away, Bucky follows, just for a moment, prolonging the contact.
Word Count: 970
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Title: Death Shall Have His Dominion
Collaborator: MagicaDraconia16
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S5 - dark
Ship: none
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Dark, death-fic, nobody lives
Summary: When Thanos arrived at Earth looking for the Infinity Stones, he found it already dead. He, too, found death there. And now, thanks to his armada, the Merchant of Death has a way to travel beyond Earth. And death is what he lives for.
Word Count: 1335
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Title: N/A
Collaborator: dr-stxrk
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: S5 - galaxy
Ship: none
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: gifset/edit
Summary: N/A
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