#trouble in shangri la

[goldduststevie]

Stevie on the set of the "Everyday" music video, photographed by director Dean Karr - 2001.

#stevie nicks #2001 #trouble in shangri la #photoshoot

[thewildbelladonna]

Q. Where would you like to live?

A. Anywhere near the ocean.

Q. How would you like to die?

A. In the same place I want to live—in a house on the ocean.

—Stevie Nicks, Vanity Fair, June 2001

#stevie nicks #fleetwood mac #trouble in shangri la #photoshoot #2001 #chiffon #cape sleeves #flowy dress #flowers #ocean #vanity fair #interview #quotes

[lemoncrushh]

STEVIE NICKS ALBUM LOCKSCREENS

#stevie nicks #lockscreens #my edits #bella donna #the wild heart #rock a little #the other side of the mirror #timespace #street angel #trouble in shangri la #in your dreams #24 karat gold

[rumoursjunior]

Stevie Nicks is releasing a boxset and she released one of my favorite B-Sides already!

I'm so happy

This is probably my second favorite Stevie B-Side after Garbo (not counting fleetwood mac's silver springs)

The boxset is going to have all of her solo albums on vinyl and remastered plus the rarities

Here's a playlist with all of the options

#stevienicks #stevie nicks #one more big time rock and roll star #b side #bella donna #the wild heart #rock a little #the other side of the mirror #street angel #trouble in shangri la #in your dreams #24 karat songs from the vault #poll #rumoursjunior #garbo #real tears #mirror mirror #Youtube

[mermaidinthecity]

Trouble in Shangri-La by Stevie Nicks

#stevie nicks #snicksedit #stevienicksedit #lyrics #lyricsedit #trouble in shangri la #trouble in shangri la album #mine #edits #stevie lyrics #mermaidinthecity

[animalb0y]

Stevie Nicks, 1981.

#Stevie Nicks #Bella Donna #The Wild Heart #Rock A Little #The Other Side Of The Mirror #Street Angel #Trouble In Shangri-la #In Your Dreams #24 Karat Gold #24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault #Buckingham Nicks #Fleetwood Mac #Rumours #Fleetwood Mac Rumours #Tusk #Tango In The Night #Mirage #Behind The Mask #The Dance #Say You Will #Rock #Pop Rock #80s #1980s #80s Music #80s Rock #1980s Music #1980s Rock #Stevie

[pristine-impurity]

Stevie Nicks: Love Is (Live @ Madison Square Garden) (True HD)

Love is

What you believe it is

This might be one of my fav performances from Stevie. The album version pales in comparison imho and anyone who says that Stevie lost her range and should retire should have their ears checked.

#stevie nicks #love is #trouble in shangri-la #fleetwood mac #lindsey buckingham #this was written during the dance tour #ballads #Youtube

[lesbiangummybearmafia]

#stevie nicks #trouble in shangri-la #song #music #love it #Spotify

[goldduststevie]

Stevie interview from Vanity Fair, June 2001.

#Stevie Nicks #trouble in shangri-la #2001 #interview

[fleetwoodmacarthistory]

And The Wheel Will Turn Again by Maéna Paillet // "Sorcerer" by Stevie Nicks

#fly art #stevie nicks #sorcerer #trouble in shangri la #2001 #please don't remove caption

[thewildbelladonna]

“You can consume all the beauty in the room, baby

I know you can, I’ve seen you do it”

© Albert Sanchez

#stevie nicks #fleetwood mac #trouble in shangri la #photoshoot #albert sanchez #2001 #peacock feathers #peacock feather fan #jewellery #lyrics

[parvqueen]

Maybe I am calmer now Maybe things are fine Maybe I made the whole thing up Maybe it isn't a lie Maybe the reason I say these things Is to bring you back alive Maybe I fought this long and this hard Just to make sure you survive

#stevie nicks #trouble in shangri-la #fall from grace #2001

[fmfanuk]

Stevie Puts Vacation On Hold, Aug 2005

Stevie Puts Vacation On Hold, Aug 2005

She’ll bring her hits and those of Fleetwood Mac for Reno show by Neil Baron 7/28/2005 RGJ.com Stevie Nicks returns to Reno July 31. When Stevie Nicks performs July 31 at the Reno Events Center, she’ll do it with a show that shouldn’t exist and an opening act that makes her cry. “This tour wasn’t even supposed to happen,” Nicks said by phone during a tour stop in Laguna Beach, Calif. “I was…

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#Gold Dust Tour #Stevie Nicks #Trouble In Shangri-La

[paper-mario-wiki]

Shangri-La Frontier mid-season review

This is by far the best fake video game I've ever seen written in fiction.

Most MMO-centric isekai stories have trouble with providing accurate and realistic depictions of the complexities and minutia that give MMOs the allure they have. I've seen so much handwavey bullshit tacked onto fake-games that introduce unrealistically overlooked mechanics for reasons like giving the protag immense power just because they're the protag and the story is about them. A good example of this is another MMO Isekai airing this season, "A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life", wherein the main character becomes extremely rich, powerful, and famous by episode 2 because he stumbled into a stealth archer playstyle, a build which apparently no human in that universe had ever conceived of before, and then making a fortune by selling basic potions to everyone after NPCs stopped selling them (another thing he was uniquely able to do because not a single other player had the forethought to spec into alchemy). These lesser, dime-a-dozen isekai add up to be boring fantasy strories with gaming elements clumsily put in so that the author can demonstrate how powerful the world's inhabitants are by showing their stat allocation screen instead of, say, explaining anything about what they do that's so uniquely powerful and how they figured it out. Ya know, stuff you'd hope to hear about from any competent story.

Shangri-La Frontier is a breath of fresh air for anyone who, like me, is sick of authors ignoring the things that actually make video games compelling in service of creating a stock-standard narratives in fantasy worlds because it allows them to get away with bullshit. I've always found it very convenient that many isekai narratives indulge in things like chattel slavery, because it's societally normal enough for the protag to purchase a beautiful, vulnerable girl to add to his harem (dont worry, she is always inexplicably in love with him no matter what because he's SUCH a kind master). And it never really seems to go anywhere. Because the Video Game Isekai, while an interesting premise in theory, is more often than not used exclusively as a means to simplify the structure of a world's power scaling to abide by an arbitrary set of omnipresent universal rules (e.g. what people who have never cared to look into game development think of video games). This anime, by comparison, is VERY clearly authored by someone who plays a LOT of games.

Every piece of logic used to drive the plot forward, so far, is congruent to a real-world example of video game conventions, and I'm not just talking about levelling up and selling monster parts. Story elements that I've rarely (if ever) seen explored in other isekai are ever-present and genuinely clever and amusingly introduced. My favorite example of this so far has been the way the protagonist has been able to go head to head with so many overlevelled foes in the first 9 episodes. The story of course makes note of how good of a gamer Sanraku (our hero) is, but much like in real life games, being super duper good at dodging attacks doesn't really make up for a 70 level gap in items and learned skills. For that reason, he gets his ass whooped more often than he actually outsmarts others (so far he hasn't beaten a single player in pvp). So how is he getting out of these situations without dying so frequently? Simple: he got access to a later area too early relative to his level (sequence break) and got access to a high level follower NPC that's been carrying him. This is something he acknowledges directly several times, specifically using words like "Emul has been hard-carrying me for a while." This, to me, is extraordinarily meaningful. That's something you can exploit in Skyrim, man. That's REALISTIC CHEESE STRATS. The excitement and wonder I find in this show doesn't come from watching the protag do something unexpected, but by watching him do something that I would think to do.

This knowledge the author has demonstrated regarding modern gaming culture extends further into the actual realistic nature of game design and community. The story exists in a reality where full-dive VRMMOs are the be-all-end-all of gaming, and given the prohibitively expensive nature of developing and designing expansive, immersive worlds, most games are pretty shit. It's been hinted at so far that this is due to a monopolistic megacorp which is one of the only entities rich and powerful enough to make a good game (the game in question being the one that shares the title of the anime), but so far the strife of the characters have been pretty centralized to the happenings of the game world and its politics. By the way, lets talk about the game world's player base politics, which I'm also quite pleased with. It exists in the form of guilds and clans who struggle for power not by participating in seemingly random pvp with other powerful players to see who is the most epic and badass warrior (again, like many contemporary isekai typically opt for), but by gaining actual realistic support from a fictional playerbase with realistic desires and playstyles. Some guilds are interested in lore, some gather for alliance and boss raids, some for things like animal husbandry, and (naturally) at least one is dedicated to trolling and PKing. Each of these factions, through the very little that we've seen of them so far, communicate on forums and only know as much as is reasonable for them to know. The only reason they give a shit about the protagonist at all is because he gained access to a high-level unique scenario quest that they want information on how to access, and the only reason word of that got out in the first place was because someone posted a screenshot of him with a unique NPC onto a forum, asking about it as "where can i find this pet summon, its super cute!" That's real. That's video games, baby.

I like this show a lot so far. I like that it cares about video games, but I also like its writing. I like the main character and how hes less of an ultra badass super cool guy, and more of an earnest challenge-run lets player. Like, a lot of his dialogue straight up sounds strikingly similar to Japanese youtubers. And he's naturally always quick to point out inconsistencies in the game world's logic. I ALSO really like his community of pals from a janky old fighting game, and I ADORE the girl from his school who has a crush on him and also just so happens to be an exceptionally high level player from a top clan, and how she had to spend 9 episodes working up the courage to send him a friend request. I love that so, so much, dude.

I highly recommend this show if you're into a single thing I've mentioned. The animation is great. The world is beautiful. The character design is immaculate. And I'm looking forward to watching it continue.

#text #shangri la frontier

[danshive]

If it's not too much trouble, could I ask about some anime you'd recommend? I have temporary access to Crunchyroll and I finished the thing I originally wanted to watch but I don't want to be "waste" the remaining time I have, and I remember a lot of times seeing you talk about an anime you were enjoying and going "when I can I should watch that", but now that I can I can't remember most of them outside of like, Bofuri and Bocchi the Rock.

Bocchi is so good, though!

EDIT: Shangri-La Frontier, which I originally didn’t mention because I just had a big post on it.

Spy X Family is really good, though there are episodes that are more slice of life than action (which isn’t a bad thing, I just know it catches some off-guard, and not everyone likes it). Also, there’s a lot of it with over 30 episodes.

The very high-production value Apothecary Diaries is fun mixed with some pretty heavy subject matters.

Frieren is good, though be prepared for emotional punches to the face.

Skip and Loafer is an exceptionally chill anime with very emotionally real characters. As much as I like it, though, I sometimes forget it exists (but am happy when I have that “oh yeah!” moment.

Campfire Cooking In Another World is a relaxing fun one, though a not-insignificant amount of run time is cooking and eating (it’s cute and chill, but still).

If looking for absolute absurdity, Nichijou is an option.

Life With An Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated As A Total Fantasy Knockout starts a bit slow in episode one, but is hilarious by episode two.

Mob Psycho is a fascinating comedy anime.

The first season of My Next Life As A Villainess is one of my favorites, though that’s partly due to timing. I started reading the manga when I really, REALLY needed a pick-me-up, and the protagonist is basically one of my brain cells now.

#dan shive says stuff #anime and manga

[adventure-showdown]

What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 1 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

Time and the Rani

Synopsis

The First Rani has returned after her last encounter with the Doctor, with yet another malicious scientific scheme.

Taking advantage of the post-regenerative trauma the recently regenerated and unstable Doctor is going through, the Rani hopes to achieve control of an approaching asteroid composed entirely of strange matter.

Can the Doctor figure out he is being used for the Rani's evil experiment, and what is behind the door the Rani won't allow the Doctor past?

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Paradise Towers

Synopsis

The Doctor and Mel decide to visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents. However, the establishment is far from what its name suggests. A conflict persists among the Kangs, humanesque, multicolour beings who gather in opposing gangs based on which colour of the rainbow they bear. Furthermore, killer cleaning robots prowl the halls, and a secret in the complex's basement poses the greatest threat of all...

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Delta and the Bannermen

Synopsis

Boarding a Nostalgia Tours bus, the Doctor and Mel go for a holiday. They will soon learn that their fellow passenger Delta is a Chimeron Queen, fleeing from the Bannermen who wish to make her species extinct. Thus, the time travellers' trip to Shangri-La turns into a battle against genocide...

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Dragonfire

Synopsis

As trouble brews on the space trading colony of Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel encounter their sometimes-ally Sabalom Glitz - and a new friend who goes by "Ace".

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

Silver Nemesis

Synopsis

The arrival of a mysterious comet heralds impending danger from enemies both old and new. As Ace helps the Doctor defend Earth, she is confronted with a dangerous question... "Doctor Who?"

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Synopsis

The Seventh Doctor and Ace head for the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they meet a disparate group of performers and visitors, including a self centred explorer named Captain Cook, his companion Mags and a biker known as Nord.

The circus itself is dominated by the sinister chief clown and his deadly troupe of robot clowns, who organise a talent contest in which all visitors take part. The audience consists of just a single strange family — mother, father and daughter — seated at the ringside. Although hindered by the treacherous Cook, the Doctor eventually discovers that the Circus hides a terrible secret: the family are in reality the Gods of Ragnarok, powerful creatures with an insatiable craving for entertainment who invariably destroy those who fail to please them.

With Ace's help, the Doctor ends the gods' influence on Segonax and returns the circus to the control of its original owners.

Propaganda no propaganda submitted

#round 1