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2024.05.14 15:13 Traditional_Move3901 Discovering Björk has been an absolute revelation
I’m sure this kind of post has been written many a time over the years, here and elsewhere. And I am sure I will say absolutely nothing new or perhaps even particularly interesting or insightful about her in the slightest..
But my experience of listening to Björk for the first time has genuinely felt so incredibly (and perhaps disproportionately) profound and wonderful for me, that I felt I just had to write a little about it and express it somewhat. Particularly as it’s just been sort of consuming me over the past couple of weeks. And especially as no one in my day to day life has listened to her, and it would be nice to connect with anyone at all, who appreciates and knows her incredible music.
I went in knowing very little. In fact if anything, I’d sort of gleaned a slightly negative idea of her, from the media and certain online spheres, from snippets of conversations I’d heard about her - that she was too weird, too crazy, too experimental, and/or overrated as an artist.
I didn’t necessarily believe any of this, I am always so cautious to make any judgements about people and things I do not really know, no matter how knowledgeable or confident the critic sounds. But it is certainly interesting (and saddening) to me that these were the ideas I’d picked up about her, before ever listening to her.
But something made me want to look into her. I think in part, I was attracted to the strangeness that many seemed to see in her and also dismiss her with. I also definitely wanted to explore and find out about an obviously important, influential and prominent female artist, particularly one whose start was in the 90s (an era of music I have been particularly interested in recently). And as popular and overplayed, even overrated as it may be to some now (I do not know what the fan consensus is), I really do love that ‘Venus as a boy’ song. I loved it immediately when I first heard it, a good while ago now. I of course found it very catchy, joyful, sparkly. But I think I also sensed that this wasn’t just a cute, one off 90s single. Even with the lightness and playfulness of the track and relative poppy, mainstream feel, I think Björk’s skilful artistry, sense of self and distinctive musical and lyrical choices still shine through. Certainly enough to inspire me to explore further..
As with delving into any longtime, prolific musician for the first time, it can easily be overwhelming, just due to the sheer amount there is to explore. Happily I found a brilliant Reddit post from a little while ago about the best way to approach her discography (pretty much chronologically and certainly album by album, and in their entirety), with a little summary of each album to give an idea of the overall context they were made in, and the kind of thing she was going for with each one. I wish all artists had a little guide like this, it was the best way to listen, with just enough information/context, but not too much!
And wow. To say I was blown away is somehow an understatement. I mean I’ve always been a pretty sensitive person. I’ve always loved and felt engaged and impacted by music to a greater extent than a lot of the people in my life. And I don’t want to sound melodramatic or pretentious.
But listening to her albums recently, has genuinely been some of the most profound, exciting and moving music listening I have ever experienced.
I listened to her first four albums in quick succession of each other and absolutely fell so in love with, and marvelled over, each one. Now I am slightly jumping around in terms of chronology, although still maintaining a strict listening to each album in full rule (as I think, all music should be listened to), but each album continues to be a wonder and a joy, even though I of course have my own preferences and favourites.
How is she able to grow and experiment so so much with each album and still maintain such incredible quality and cohesion and skill and her sense of self? How is it she can push me so much as a listener, and yet still never lose me? How can she write some of the most genuinely moving and beautiful and sexy and emotive and intriguing lyrics and melodies and songs I’ve ever heard? How can she write about so many different and fascinating ideas and emotions, in such a wondrous and well articulated and mysterious and intelligent way?
And although I’ve never much been one to really focus on (or even necessarily notice) music production, except for especially brilliantly produced and made music, with every album of hers, no, every song of hers, time and time again, I find myself in awe of the absolutely incredible, incredible music production and sounds she creates, (along with, I assume, her producers and collaborators.)
I sort of want to scream from the rooftops she’s so good. I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered her. I can’t believe I’m so lucky as to not yet have listened to all of her albums.
In terms of favourites, I think Vespertine is the one that is so far my all time love. In the aforementioned Reddit post, they described the album as sounding like being stuck in a wooden cabin, in the middle of a snowy winter. And goddamn if that isn’t a brilliantly apt description. It worked particularly well as I listened to it in the early hours of the morning, alone and in almost complete darkness. I’m not particularly spiritual or mystical generally, but I genuinely felt like floating it was so transcendent and magical.
It’s just so intricate and intimate. Delicate and ethereal. Wintery and wondrous. Romantic and sexual (as a side note, I particularly love the way she writes about love - all kinds - and sex and sexuality. It’s one of my favourite aspects of her lyrically). It’s just one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard, in absolutely every respect.
Anyway that’s the main bulk of what I wanted to really say. I realise it’s mainly a load of indulgent overlong rambling, but I just wanted to share some of my feelings about her.
If anyone has read this far, I’d love to hear what your favourite album is of hers, or how you discovered her in the first place!
Also I have not yet listened to most of her later albums so if anyone has any recommendations in where best to go next or anything like that I would appreciate that too!
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But my experience of listening to Björk for the first time has genuinely felt so incredibly (and perhaps disproportionately) profound and wonderful for me, that I felt I just had to write a little about it and express it somewhat. Particularly as it’s just been sort of consuming me over the past couple of weeks. And especially as no one in my day to day life has listened to her, and it would be nice to connect with anyone at all, who appreciates and knows her incredible music.
I went in knowing very little. In fact if anything, I’d sort of gleaned a slightly negative idea of her, from the media and certain online spheres, from snippets of conversations I’d heard about her - that she was too weird, too crazy, too experimental, and/or overrated as an artist.
I didn’t necessarily believe any of this, I am always so cautious to make any judgements about people and things I do not really know, no matter how knowledgeable or confident the critic sounds. But it is certainly interesting (and saddening) to me that these were the ideas I’d picked up about her, before ever listening to her.
But something made me want to look into her. I think in part, I was attracted to the strangeness that many seemed to see in her and also dismiss her with. I also definitely wanted to explore and find out about an obviously important, influential and prominent female artist, particularly one whose start was in the 90s (an era of music I have been particularly interested in recently). And as popular and overplayed, even overrated as it may be to some now (I do not know what the fan consensus is), I really do love that ‘Venus as a boy’ song. I loved it immediately when I first heard it, a good while ago now. I of course found it very catchy, joyful, sparkly. But I think I also sensed that this wasn’t just a cute, one off 90s single. Even with the lightness and playfulness of the track and relative poppy, mainstream feel, I think Björk’s skilful artistry, sense of self and distinctive musical and lyrical choices still shine through. Certainly enough to inspire me to explore further..
As with delving into any longtime, prolific musician for the first time, it can easily be overwhelming, just due to the sheer amount there is to explore. Happily I found a brilliant Reddit post from a little while ago about the best way to approach her discography (pretty much chronologically and certainly album by album, and in their entirety), with a little summary of each album to give an idea of the overall context they were made in, and the kind of thing she was going for with each one. I wish all artists had a little guide like this, it was the best way to listen, with just enough information/context, but not too much!
And wow. To say I was blown away is somehow an understatement. I mean I’ve always been a pretty sensitive person. I’ve always loved and felt engaged and impacted by music to a greater extent than a lot of the people in my life. And I don’t want to sound melodramatic or pretentious.
But listening to her albums recently, has genuinely been some of the most profound, exciting and moving music listening I have ever experienced.
I listened to her first four albums in quick succession of each other and absolutely fell so in love with, and marvelled over, each one. Now I am slightly jumping around in terms of chronology, although still maintaining a strict listening to each album in full rule (as I think, all music should be listened to), but each album continues to be a wonder and a joy, even though I of course have my own preferences and favourites.
How is she able to grow and experiment so so much with each album and still maintain such incredible quality and cohesion and skill and her sense of self? How is it she can push me so much as a listener, and yet still never lose me? How can she write some of the most genuinely moving and beautiful and sexy and emotive and intriguing lyrics and melodies and songs I’ve ever heard? How can she write about so many different and fascinating ideas and emotions, in such a wondrous and well articulated and mysterious and intelligent way?
And although I’ve never much been one to really focus on (or even necessarily notice) music production, except for especially brilliantly produced and made music, with every album of hers, no, every song of hers, time and time again, I find myself in awe of the absolutely incredible, incredible music production and sounds she creates, (along with, I assume, her producers and collaborators.)
I sort of want to scream from the rooftops she’s so good. I can’t believe I’ve only just discovered her. I can’t believe I’m so lucky as to not yet have listened to all of her albums.
In terms of favourites, I think Vespertine is the one that is so far my all time love. In the aforementioned Reddit post, they described the album as sounding like being stuck in a wooden cabin, in the middle of a snowy winter. And goddamn if that isn’t a brilliantly apt description. It worked particularly well as I listened to it in the early hours of the morning, alone and in almost complete darkness. I’m not particularly spiritual or mystical generally, but I genuinely felt like floating it was so transcendent and magical.
It’s just so intricate and intimate. Delicate and ethereal. Wintery and wondrous. Romantic and sexual (as a side note, I particularly love the way she writes about love - all kinds - and sex and sexuality. It’s one of my favourite aspects of her lyrically). It’s just one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard, in absolutely every respect.
Anyway that’s the main bulk of what I wanted to really say. I realise it’s mainly a load of indulgent overlong rambling, but I just wanted to share some of my feelings about her.
If anyone has read this far, I’d love to hear what your favourite album is of hers, or how you discovered her in the first place!
Also I have not yet listened to most of her later albums so if anyone has any recommendations in where best to go next or anything like that I would appreciate that too!
2024.05.14 13:17 hossam281 Help with new hanzo player/mini rant
So i had to learn the hard way when i first played hanzo that headshots are NOT one shot, although ive found out by reading patch notes that they used to be.
Its genuinely stupid for a character with mid/long range and a PROJECTILE, not a scanshot, to not one shot with a headshot especially when i have many friends that complain about not being able to use hanzo because its hard to aim with him (we’re all mostly new i just got used to it and love playing hanzo)
Now my issue is i usually can get headshots consistently even with a very far away enemy, which is helpful in dealing with a widow sure, but ANY other damage/healer i can always headshot once and then never follow up because they run away and hide or get healed, wtf do i do to become better at this?
My hanzo gameplay: either help my team push a point by using stormarrows to pick off damage characters/lower the enemy team’s HP in general for my team to kill them, or i will hide on rooftops/rooms and small side paths and attempt to hit the enemy team, i always use sonic arrow on corners/if i just want to alert my team about a hiding enemy, i use storm arrows to protect myself at close range/to take down tanks, and i use dragons to clear a point/force enemies into my team’s fire, i usually fire the dragons from close to spawn and aim at the enemy point so they dont hear me fire it and get caught in it when they see it
I struggle the most with sombra (sombra mains legit target me everytime i play and i vant charge my shot before im already dead), and lucio, occasionally a reaper will be a pain in the ass but i can manage them
Any tips or guides are much appreciates
(Bring back oneshot)
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Its genuinely stupid for a character with mid/long range and a PROJECTILE, not a scanshot, to not one shot with a headshot especially when i have many friends that complain about not being able to use hanzo because its hard to aim with him (we’re all mostly new i just got used to it and love playing hanzo)
Now my issue is i usually can get headshots consistently even with a very far away enemy, which is helpful in dealing with a widow sure, but ANY other damage/healer i can always headshot once and then never follow up because they run away and hide or get healed, wtf do i do to become better at this?
My hanzo gameplay: either help my team push a point by using stormarrows to pick off damage characters/lower the enemy team’s HP in general for my team to kill them, or i will hide on rooftops/rooms and small side paths and attempt to hit the enemy team, i always use sonic arrow on corners/if i just want to alert my team about a hiding enemy, i use storm arrows to protect myself at close range/to take down tanks, and i use dragons to clear a point/force enemies into my team’s fire, i usually fire the dragons from close to spawn and aim at the enemy point so they dont hear me fire it and get caught in it when they see it
I struggle the most with sombra (sombra mains legit target me everytime i play and i vant charge my shot before im already dead), and lucio, occasionally a reaper will be a pain in the ass but i can manage them
Any tips or guides are much appreciates
(Bring back oneshot)
2024.05.14 11:00 Algr805 Rooftop bars / places for sunset
Hi, apologies for another tourist post but I figured this is probably the best place to ask
Anyone recommend any nice rooftop bars around Oslo to watch the sunset on a Saturday night?
Or any other nice locations in general around the city to watch it
Thanks
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Anyone recommend any nice rooftop bars around Oslo to watch the sunset on a Saturday night?
Or any other nice locations in general around the city to watch it
Thanks
2024.05.13 21:43 Seeker1904 New Weapon Idea: The Thorneycroft Rifle (The Bullpup Rifle)
In game description: "The ability of this compact rifle to fire a small cartridge at high velocities makes this weapon a favourite amongst rakes, rouges and renegades. A weapon of such ill-repute can only be found in the most disreputable establishments of the Old Quarter."
I absolutely think that the Thorneycroft rifle thoroughly deserves to make some sort of appearance in the game. Designed in the early-1900s, the Thorneycroft is the first known example of a full-powered rifle which uses a 'Bullpup' configuration. This means that the magazine sits behind the trigger mechanism. In general, Bullpup weapons are designed to reduce the overall length of a weapon while not compromising the barrel length.
The Thorneycroft is Victorian, its innovative and its almost completely unknown... thus making it a perfect candidate for Gloomwood! Here is the forgotten weapons video if you want to learn more ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6f21kbi2g ).
So how would it function in game? For one, I think any long range weapon has to be very carefully balanced. It would be a bit of a waste if players could clear out areas of enemies in advance from a secluded rooftop.
With this in mind, the Bullpup rifle (as the Thorneycroft rifle would be known in game) would fire a small 2.2LR cartridge (see my post on the Roth Steyr Repeting pistol) and have a small magazine capacity of only four rounds. Furthermore, the weapon would not deal high damage except if the player is accurate enough to strike a humanoid opponent in the head. The weapon would take up 4*1 slots in the inventory and the 2.2LR (perhaps called light ammo in-game) would stack to 20 rounds in 2*1 box.
The Dr. would reload the weapon by sliding back the bolt and individually inserting rounds into the integral magazine. In fact, the magazine is so integral that it isn't even really visible from an external view of the weapon. To check the ammuniton , the Dr. would half-rack the bolt and view whether or not a loaded cartridge sits in the chamber. While the rifle would not be 'silenced' the small cartridge would not generate huge amounts of noise when fired. Thus, the weapon would have a noise level somewhere between the undertaker and the revolver.
So if the rifle isn't silenced, doesn't do high damage and is inconsistent at killing enemies, then why would players use it? I see the Bullpup rifle as more of a utility weapon like the Undertaker pistol. The ability to aim down sights using the alternate fire (right-mouse button) coupled with the monocle would make the weapon useful for aggravating enemies, disabling lights and shattering windows all from a relatively safe distance. In areas like the Market district, the Bullpup rifle could be used to aggravate huntsmen and thus draw them into traps or the claws of other enemies. It could also be used by crafty players to ignite strategically placed explosives and lure enemies into traps and other hazards.
As mentioned in the description, the weapon is primarily known in the lore as a tool of assassination. Think of it as a favoured choice of the Victorian hitman. While I don't think headshots are a thing in the game, it could be interesting to have one or two weapons which require more precise aim for results. At least if we're talking about dealing with humanoid foes. Against beasts, mutants and ghouls I don't think the Bullpup rifle should do any additional damage.
As for the Old Quarter, its an idea I've had for a new district which could potentially make an appearance as a prologue to the Cathedral Row district.
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I absolutely think that the Thorneycroft rifle thoroughly deserves to make some sort of appearance in the game. Designed in the early-1900s, the Thorneycroft is the first known example of a full-powered rifle which uses a 'Bullpup' configuration. This means that the magazine sits behind the trigger mechanism. In general, Bullpup weapons are designed to reduce the overall length of a weapon while not compromising the barrel length.
The Thorneycroft is Victorian, its innovative and its almost completely unknown... thus making it a perfect candidate for Gloomwood! Here is the forgotten weapons video if you want to learn more ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6f21kbi2g ).
So how would it function in game? For one, I think any long range weapon has to be very carefully balanced. It would be a bit of a waste if players could clear out areas of enemies in advance from a secluded rooftop.
With this in mind, the Bullpup rifle (as the Thorneycroft rifle would be known in game) would fire a small 2.2LR cartridge (see my post on the Roth Steyr Repeting pistol) and have a small magazine capacity of only four rounds. Furthermore, the weapon would not deal high damage except if the player is accurate enough to strike a humanoid opponent in the head. The weapon would take up 4*1 slots in the inventory and the 2.2LR (perhaps called light ammo in-game) would stack to 20 rounds in 2*1 box.
The Dr. would reload the weapon by sliding back the bolt and individually inserting rounds into the integral magazine. In fact, the magazine is so integral that it isn't even really visible from an external view of the weapon. To check the ammuniton , the Dr. would half-rack the bolt and view whether or not a loaded cartridge sits in the chamber. While the rifle would not be 'silenced' the small cartridge would not generate huge amounts of noise when fired. Thus, the weapon would have a noise level somewhere between the undertaker and the revolver.
So if the rifle isn't silenced, doesn't do high damage and is inconsistent at killing enemies, then why would players use it? I see the Bullpup rifle as more of a utility weapon like the Undertaker pistol. The ability to aim down sights using the alternate fire (right-mouse button) coupled with the monocle would make the weapon useful for aggravating enemies, disabling lights and shattering windows all from a relatively safe distance. In areas like the Market district, the Bullpup rifle could be used to aggravate huntsmen and thus draw them into traps or the claws of other enemies. It could also be used by crafty players to ignite strategically placed explosives and lure enemies into traps and other hazards.
As mentioned in the description, the weapon is primarily known in the lore as a tool of assassination. Think of it as a favoured choice of the Victorian hitman. While I don't think headshots are a thing in the game, it could be interesting to have one or two weapons which require more precise aim for results. At least if we're talking about dealing with humanoid foes. Against beasts, mutants and ghouls I don't think the Bullpup rifle should do any additional damage.
As for the Old Quarter, its an idea I've had for a new district which could potentially make an appearance as a prologue to the Cathedral Row district.
2024.05.13 18:44 Express-Living-7542 Birthday weekend itinerary
I’m 28F turning 29 this weekend, first time spending my birthday in Chicago!
Need help planning a bar crawl for a group of single girls in the city on Saturday. Looking for anywhere with a patio or rooftop since it’s gonna be nice out! Or just anywhere with good vibes in general. Want to stay close to downtown so anywhere in Streeterville, Gold Coast, Loop/West Loop, Old Town, or Lincoln Park.
Ty!!!
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Need help planning a bar crawl for a group of single girls in the city on Saturday. Looking for anywhere with a patio or rooftop since it’s gonna be nice out! Or just anywhere with good vibes in general. Want to stay close to downtown so anywhere in Streeterville, Gold Coast, Loop/West Loop, Old Town, or Lincoln Park.
Ty!!!
2024.05.13 18:34 teller_of_tall_tales Troublemakers: Adrenaline is a superpower in itself.
First: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/14vo5lb/troublemakers_deaths_pity/
*previous:* https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1cqxbp3/troublemakers_triple_cross/
......
Caz didn't remember blacking out as she smashed through the wall, Valkyrie armor absorbing most of the blow. All she knew is that when she opened her eyes, she was moving faster than ever, throwing herself over obstacles and around corners as that massive emitter slung blinding pulses of light at her, but she wasn't stupid, it could hit her anytime it chose; They were herding her like livestock. Caz kicked off one wall of an alleyway, then the other and landed on the roof, never breaking stride as she leapt from crumbling rooftop to crumbling rooftop like she had wings, one arm protectively clutched to her chest to protect the remote. Jumping down a level she sprinted across the lower roofs, circling back around to try and retrieve her Huntress, When a Block-90 sailed through the air towards her. She caught it, Barely registering the name Dahlia engraved on the slide. She didn't need to see the troublemaker's guardian specter as a weighted chain sailed through the air from nothing to knock aside the emitter of a Geknosian spec ops' laser rifle. Caz instinctually aimed, and fired Dahlia, The soldier reeling back as a .30 caliber Durasteel slug slammed through their faceplate.
A soldier appeared in front of her, swinging a war gauntlet at her face. Sliding between their legs she put a round through their taint at point blank range to bring them to their knees before putting another round in the back of their helmet as she stood, never breaking stride.
Her muscles stung like hornets and her breath burned like fire, but she couldn't help but let loose a feral laugh as she slid, jumped, and vaulted through the rubble of the ruined village. The Dahlia barked, a spec ops soldier crumpling or flinching to swing their rifle from the shimmer in the air right in front of them so Cassius could drive a Kama into their throat. She didn't see charlotte anywhere, and despite the betrayal and stabbing of Remin, she couldn't help but be concerned for the girl. Another spec ops appeared in front of her, she slid around them, putting five rounds in their back armor, only for them to turn around and deliver a haymaker straight into her mask.
She felt her nose break as she slammed into the roof, momentum halted by the brutal hit as the remote flew from her hand. He reyes watched it sail through the air and fall.
Fall.
Fall into the waiting, ring bedecked hand of Drake. A shiver ran through the air as Drake pocketed the remote, a black, tattered spartan's cape flowing about his shoulders. But unlike every other time he'd lost consciousness and returned, it was like he had lost power this time, in a matter of fact, it was like he'd been drained of it. But the way he held himself was so much different, there was a sparkle in his eyes as he drew his sword, helmet flying into his palm as he snugged it on. The rings glimmered even as they absorbed so much of the light that hit them that they appeared as silhouettes.
There was a sudden change in the spec ops as they focused on Drake, she watched them gather into small groups, forming fire teams as the metal buzzards above turned to focus on the lone man. The words that fell from Drake's lips were like the first rumbles of thunder before a deadly monsoon.
"I haven't felt this scared since I was in the arena... And you have no idea how excited that makes me!"
...
Charlotte would not let the darkness of her mind claim her again. She tugged and pulled at the threads of her consciousness, fighting her older sister for control of her own body. But her older sister pulled back harder, tugging the knife taut against someone's throat. A shock of pain, a shock of cold and she was forced to let go. For a moment, she and her older sister were one. She could feel her older sister's fear, fear of punishment and reprisal. A tough mask hid the fragile being beneath that so desperately cried for freedom but feared what it could mean. All Charlotte could do, was push in her determination to be free again to her older sister before they separated again.
But this time she was not alone in the darkness, The soft sound of penny whistles and old war drums followed a man in furs and carrying an odd metal tube attached to a stock. His presence felt like an open field under a night full of stars that stretched on forever, or an endless calm ocean where you stood on a steady boat, the world as your oyster. But there was also something scary about it, like the ability to do anything was both curse and blessing. But when the man softly set himself down beside her, he also sat with her sister, letting them face each other, speaking with a soft twang she could only describe as old country, the man chuckled.
"I reckon you girls both want the same thing, and with the lord as my witness, I'm here to grant you that wish."
He held out his hands to either of us.
"Let us pray to the lord our god that he may deliver you from the lands of egypt and into the promised land."
They both took his hand, and bowed their heads as he recited a few ancient prayers. Charlotte felt a burning in her soul, a lightness that replaced the oppressive dark with a field of beautiful flowers, just like home. Looking to big sister sylva, she could see the fearful, broken look in her eyes, but also a spark of determination as the man picked up his percussion cap rifle and walked away, the sound of pennywhistles and drums following him as she tearfully, but strongly took her older sisters hand.
"Do the right thing."
As she pulled her hands away, the remote was left in her hand. Charlotte could feel the smile behind Sylva's mask as she tossed the remote, watching it turn into a swallow that flitted off as fast as it could.
...
Death slammed a palm against the wooden doors, bursting them open like they were old and rotten as he stormed into Conquest's throne room, scythe slamming against the stony floor as Drake stood off to the side. He felt an odd sensation, like he was only as strong as a human could be, like he had no power left.
And it was like a burden had been lifted from his shoulders. He moved slower, hit softer, and got hit harder now, he knew that, but it excited him to actually be able to fight!
Death stopped a few paces from conquest, who was lacksadaisically sipping from a clear goblet as servants played soft music from a corner and served her wine, either chained to their instruments, or dragging a heavy weight by their ankle or equivalent. Drake looked on in grinning anger, teeth grinding together as he observed the degrading spectacle. Death collected himself slightly, no expression visible on his skull face as he spoke in a voice like nails on a chalkboard.
"I heard that you used a soultrap, Conquest. Those were banned during the eight thousandth pantheonal convention, but I heard you used one on my chosen here."
Conquest snorted into her goblet before spotting drake and tensing so hard the goblet shattered.
"So what?! your little monster breaks more rules than I could dream of breaking!"
Death glanced back at Drake as the swordsman leaned casually against a pillar, gripping two rings menacingly with a manic grin of rage directed at conquest. The god couldn't look the mere mortal in the eyes as Death raised a calming skeletal hand.
"He breaks universal rules, supposedly unbreakable ones... and admittedly, I'm not sure how the fuck he does it. But we all agreed that soul traps are both inhumane, unfair, and straight up bullshit. It says that in the fuckin rulebook, Verbatim. If you want to fight my chosen, you'll do it in Yovun's arena, per the five thousandth convention. I don't want a war amongst the gods Gul'vak, but it seems you do..."
Conquest straightened upon the utterance of her true name, a low growl coming from her throat.
"You know nothing about what you speak of Human! Do not lecture me about rules!"
Heat mirage appeared around Death before he took a deep breath and simply said.
"Drake, if Conquest wants to break agreed upon rules... I guess I can turn a blind eye just this once. Go wild."
The room rumbled as two rings hit the ground, disappearing into black smoke so they could be summoned back without issue. Conquest stood, grabbing her hammer from thin air. But then two more rings clinked against the ground as Drake exploded with power, surging forth on black wings wreathed in pale flame. Conquest flinched and screamed.
"ALRIGHT!"
Drake stopped the lethal thrust inches away from Conquests fearful face, the hammer tumbling to the ground as Drake summoned the rings back onto his hands. He'd wanted to drive alexandros through her heart. But he could wait, as he turned around, rage broiling in his heart as he forcefully cooled it, this was not his world, it was the world of gods and primordials. It would be wise to follow their rules. Conquests voice was faux-strong as she shakily snarled.
"I'll follow the godsdamned rules... just keep that Thing away from me."
Drake felt a smile come to his face, pride swelling in his chest, this was a different kind of power he felt as he joined Death's side fearlessly. At the drop of a hat, he could make the greatest enemy of his people grovel at his feet. But, taking a deep breath, he pushed the feeling away, knowing now how the high priest felt every time he cracked that whip against a young Drake's raw back. How dangerous getting addicted to that feeling could be. He'd enjoy it for now, but he also made a solemn promise to hold back any chance he could. To show the mercy he never received.
Death swept around, beckoning Drake.
"Come, young warrior, I sense that your friends need you."
Drake was shaken from his thoughts as he rapidly joined Death's side.
"How do you know?"
"Old john brown has finally selected a chosen. For a god of liberty he has a lot of deference to the big G."
"Who's the big G?"
"God, used to be kind of a pompous bastard really, but he's grown on me."
"Nothing you just said makes sense to me."
"To You."
Death clarified confusingly.
...
Drake looked over the gathered Geknosian spec ops, noticing Charlotte's pummeled form leaning against a pile of rubble, chest weakly rising and falling. Cataclysmic rage burned in his heart as a blaster bolt burnt across his chest with his first step forward. He wouldn't need to remove a ring for this, he wanted to kick ass old school style. He took each bolt as they came his way, burning his flesh and charring his armor. But the pain was like a drug, his blood running hot with battle-lust as he called out.
"Take a breather guys! they're all mine!"
Drake picked up speed, charging through the flashes of laser bolts even as they burned his skin and charred his flesh. As his foot hit the ground, he felt them running with him, the warriors that made up the liquid iron in his blood. From the first Hoplite to his father the Warmonger. A million souls crying out for revenge as he planted a flying double footed kick to a spec ops soldier's breastplate, bringing them to the ground and sliding the blade of his sword into the gap between their neck and chest armor, purple blood spilling out as he brought the sweeping cut up, striking the chin of another's helmet before driving the point of his sword directly into their throat. He dove out of the way as a laser bolt obliterated the ground where he'd been standing, herding him into a ring of the spec ops.
Good, just where he wanted to be, up close and personal. He danced through the circle of death, blaster bolts intended to harm or kill splashing against other Geknosians in blinding flashes as Drake carried himself through the barrage on dancer's feet, the steps he'd practice with Cassius allowing him to strike freely. Each strike flowing into another, seamlessly switching between single handed and two handed grips as he leapt up, monkeying onto a spec ops soldier and stabbing his sword's blade into the gap between neck and shoulder all the way to the hilt. Leaping towards another with a manic grin as he saw fear in the eyes behind the visor before the helmet went flying with the head still inside it. Suddenly a Geknosian in ornate armor appeared in front of him, thrusting a saber for his throat.
Drake let the blade skitter off his helmet's faceplate, returning a slash that was parried with a strong low block. Steel rang, clashing and clamoring as the two danced back and forth. One thinking they were meeting their prey in honorable battle, the other fighting like a rabid, enraged beast that had been backed into a corner. The saber snapped under a particularly vicious blow, the Geknosian general just able to register surprise before Drake separated his head from his shoulders. Blood pumping, skin burning as the headless corpse slumped down by his feet. He looked around at the spec ops who still had their guns raised and trained on Drake.
"Grack this! I don't wanna die here!"
One shouted, Drawing Drake's attention as they threw their blaster to the ground and slammed down on their knees, putting their hands on the back of their heads. Drake looked around at the clearly hesitating spec ops and through his manic, uncontrollable grin he called out.
"Anyone else not want to die?!"
Slowly, ever so slowly the remaining blasters were lowered, then tossed to the ground as the two metal buzzards hummed frantically away. Seeing Caz limp to his side with her railgun, he put his hand on her forearm as she tried to raise it to point at the fleeing aircraft.
"Let em go."
"But they just tried to-"
"Some must live to spread the word."
Caz looked up at him for a moment, confused, before a spark of realization lit up her pain filled crystalline eyes as she looked at the surrendering spec ops.
"Prisoners..."
Drake nodded and flicked the blood from his swordblade before wiping it clean on the dead general's crotch flap.
"Prisoners."
He confirmed, looking to charlotte as she slowly clambered to her feet, swaying weekly as she clutched her head. Drake let his smile fall and fade before saying.
"who else needs medical attention."
"everybody but Cassius and Destrier as far as I know, including yourself dumbass."
Drake chuckled and nodded, getting an odd look from Caz as he stated.
"I'll be fine, I'll just pop off a pinkie ring for an hour when we get home."
Caz sighed and helped Drake support the badly wounded Charlotte to the forge building.
"somethings changed about you, and it's not the lack of power."
Drake chuckled and simply responded.
"I don't know, I just feel... better, all of a sudden. Fightings fun again."
"I'm not sure that's a good thing, Drake."
Drake chuckled softly and helped get Charlotte into the forge building without responding.
......
Part 107: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1crq34h/troublemakers_buried_secrets_bolster_the_weak/
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*previous:* https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1cqxbp3/troublemakers_triple_cross/
......
Caz didn't remember blacking out as she smashed through the wall, Valkyrie armor absorbing most of the blow. All she knew is that when she opened her eyes, she was moving faster than ever, throwing herself over obstacles and around corners as that massive emitter slung blinding pulses of light at her, but she wasn't stupid, it could hit her anytime it chose; They were herding her like livestock. Caz kicked off one wall of an alleyway, then the other and landed on the roof, never breaking stride as she leapt from crumbling rooftop to crumbling rooftop like she had wings, one arm protectively clutched to her chest to protect the remote. Jumping down a level she sprinted across the lower roofs, circling back around to try and retrieve her Huntress, When a Block-90 sailed through the air towards her. She caught it, Barely registering the name Dahlia engraved on the slide. She didn't need to see the troublemaker's guardian specter as a weighted chain sailed through the air from nothing to knock aside the emitter of a Geknosian spec ops' laser rifle. Caz instinctually aimed, and fired Dahlia, The soldier reeling back as a .30 caliber Durasteel slug slammed through their faceplate.
A soldier appeared in front of her, swinging a war gauntlet at her face. Sliding between their legs she put a round through their taint at point blank range to bring them to their knees before putting another round in the back of their helmet as she stood, never breaking stride.
Her muscles stung like hornets and her breath burned like fire, but she couldn't help but let loose a feral laugh as she slid, jumped, and vaulted through the rubble of the ruined village. The Dahlia barked, a spec ops soldier crumpling or flinching to swing their rifle from the shimmer in the air right in front of them so Cassius could drive a Kama into their throat. She didn't see charlotte anywhere, and despite the betrayal and stabbing of Remin, she couldn't help but be concerned for the girl. Another spec ops appeared in front of her, she slid around them, putting five rounds in their back armor, only for them to turn around and deliver a haymaker straight into her mask.
She felt her nose break as she slammed into the roof, momentum halted by the brutal hit as the remote flew from her hand. He reyes watched it sail through the air and fall.
Fall.
Fall into the waiting, ring bedecked hand of Drake. A shiver ran through the air as Drake pocketed the remote, a black, tattered spartan's cape flowing about his shoulders. But unlike every other time he'd lost consciousness and returned, it was like he had lost power this time, in a matter of fact, it was like he'd been drained of it. But the way he held himself was so much different, there was a sparkle in his eyes as he drew his sword, helmet flying into his palm as he snugged it on. The rings glimmered even as they absorbed so much of the light that hit them that they appeared as silhouettes.
There was a sudden change in the spec ops as they focused on Drake, she watched them gather into small groups, forming fire teams as the metal buzzards above turned to focus on the lone man. The words that fell from Drake's lips were like the first rumbles of thunder before a deadly monsoon.
"I haven't felt this scared since I was in the arena... And you have no idea how excited that makes me!"
...
Charlotte would not let the darkness of her mind claim her again. She tugged and pulled at the threads of her consciousness, fighting her older sister for control of her own body. But her older sister pulled back harder, tugging the knife taut against someone's throat. A shock of pain, a shock of cold and she was forced to let go. For a moment, she and her older sister were one. She could feel her older sister's fear, fear of punishment and reprisal. A tough mask hid the fragile being beneath that so desperately cried for freedom but feared what it could mean. All Charlotte could do, was push in her determination to be free again to her older sister before they separated again.
But this time she was not alone in the darkness, The soft sound of penny whistles and old war drums followed a man in furs and carrying an odd metal tube attached to a stock. His presence felt like an open field under a night full of stars that stretched on forever, or an endless calm ocean where you stood on a steady boat, the world as your oyster. But there was also something scary about it, like the ability to do anything was both curse and blessing. But when the man softly set himself down beside her, he also sat with her sister, letting them face each other, speaking with a soft twang she could only describe as old country, the man chuckled.
"I reckon you girls both want the same thing, and with the lord as my witness, I'm here to grant you that wish."
He held out his hands to either of us.
"Let us pray to the lord our god that he may deliver you from the lands of egypt and into the promised land."
They both took his hand, and bowed their heads as he recited a few ancient prayers. Charlotte felt a burning in her soul, a lightness that replaced the oppressive dark with a field of beautiful flowers, just like home. Looking to big sister sylva, she could see the fearful, broken look in her eyes, but also a spark of determination as the man picked up his percussion cap rifle and walked away, the sound of pennywhistles and drums following him as she tearfully, but strongly took her older sisters hand.
"Do the right thing."
As she pulled her hands away, the remote was left in her hand. Charlotte could feel the smile behind Sylva's mask as she tossed the remote, watching it turn into a swallow that flitted off as fast as it could.
...
Death slammed a palm against the wooden doors, bursting them open like they were old and rotten as he stormed into Conquest's throne room, scythe slamming against the stony floor as Drake stood off to the side. He felt an odd sensation, like he was only as strong as a human could be, like he had no power left.
And it was like a burden had been lifted from his shoulders. He moved slower, hit softer, and got hit harder now, he knew that, but it excited him to actually be able to fight!
Death stopped a few paces from conquest, who was lacksadaisically sipping from a clear goblet as servants played soft music from a corner and served her wine, either chained to their instruments, or dragging a heavy weight by their ankle or equivalent. Drake looked on in grinning anger, teeth grinding together as he observed the degrading spectacle. Death collected himself slightly, no expression visible on his skull face as he spoke in a voice like nails on a chalkboard.
"I heard that you used a soultrap, Conquest. Those were banned during the eight thousandth pantheonal convention, but I heard you used one on my chosen here."
Conquest snorted into her goblet before spotting drake and tensing so hard the goblet shattered.
"So what?! your little monster breaks more rules than I could dream of breaking!"
Death glanced back at Drake as the swordsman leaned casually against a pillar, gripping two rings menacingly with a manic grin of rage directed at conquest. The god couldn't look the mere mortal in the eyes as Death raised a calming skeletal hand.
"He breaks universal rules, supposedly unbreakable ones... and admittedly, I'm not sure how the fuck he does it. But we all agreed that soul traps are both inhumane, unfair, and straight up bullshit. It says that in the fuckin rulebook, Verbatim. If you want to fight my chosen, you'll do it in Yovun's arena, per the five thousandth convention. I don't want a war amongst the gods Gul'vak, but it seems you do..."
Conquest straightened upon the utterance of her true name, a low growl coming from her throat.
"You know nothing about what you speak of Human! Do not lecture me about rules!"
Heat mirage appeared around Death before he took a deep breath and simply said.
"Drake, if Conquest wants to break agreed upon rules... I guess I can turn a blind eye just this once. Go wild."
The room rumbled as two rings hit the ground, disappearing into black smoke so they could be summoned back without issue. Conquest stood, grabbing her hammer from thin air. But then two more rings clinked against the ground as Drake exploded with power, surging forth on black wings wreathed in pale flame. Conquest flinched and screamed.
"ALRIGHT!"
Drake stopped the lethal thrust inches away from Conquests fearful face, the hammer tumbling to the ground as Drake summoned the rings back onto his hands. He'd wanted to drive alexandros through her heart. But he could wait, as he turned around, rage broiling in his heart as he forcefully cooled it, this was not his world, it was the world of gods and primordials. It would be wise to follow their rules. Conquests voice was faux-strong as she shakily snarled.
"I'll follow the godsdamned rules... just keep that Thing away from me."
Drake felt a smile come to his face, pride swelling in his chest, this was a different kind of power he felt as he joined Death's side fearlessly. At the drop of a hat, he could make the greatest enemy of his people grovel at his feet. But, taking a deep breath, he pushed the feeling away, knowing now how the high priest felt every time he cracked that whip against a young Drake's raw back. How dangerous getting addicted to that feeling could be. He'd enjoy it for now, but he also made a solemn promise to hold back any chance he could. To show the mercy he never received.
Death swept around, beckoning Drake.
"Come, young warrior, I sense that your friends need you."
Drake was shaken from his thoughts as he rapidly joined Death's side.
"How do you know?"
"Old john brown has finally selected a chosen. For a god of liberty he has a lot of deference to the big G."
"Who's the big G?"
"God, used to be kind of a pompous bastard really, but he's grown on me."
"Nothing you just said makes sense to me."
"To You."
Death clarified confusingly.
...
Drake looked over the gathered Geknosian spec ops, noticing Charlotte's pummeled form leaning against a pile of rubble, chest weakly rising and falling. Cataclysmic rage burned in his heart as a blaster bolt burnt across his chest with his first step forward. He wouldn't need to remove a ring for this, he wanted to kick ass old school style. He took each bolt as they came his way, burning his flesh and charring his armor. But the pain was like a drug, his blood running hot with battle-lust as he called out.
"Take a breather guys! they're all mine!"
Drake picked up speed, charging through the flashes of laser bolts even as they burned his skin and charred his flesh. As his foot hit the ground, he felt them running with him, the warriors that made up the liquid iron in his blood. From the first Hoplite to his father the Warmonger. A million souls crying out for revenge as he planted a flying double footed kick to a spec ops soldier's breastplate, bringing them to the ground and sliding the blade of his sword into the gap between their neck and chest armor, purple blood spilling out as he brought the sweeping cut up, striking the chin of another's helmet before driving the point of his sword directly into their throat. He dove out of the way as a laser bolt obliterated the ground where he'd been standing, herding him into a ring of the spec ops.
Good, just where he wanted to be, up close and personal. He danced through the circle of death, blaster bolts intended to harm or kill splashing against other Geknosians in blinding flashes as Drake carried himself through the barrage on dancer's feet, the steps he'd practice with Cassius allowing him to strike freely. Each strike flowing into another, seamlessly switching between single handed and two handed grips as he leapt up, monkeying onto a spec ops soldier and stabbing his sword's blade into the gap between neck and shoulder all the way to the hilt. Leaping towards another with a manic grin as he saw fear in the eyes behind the visor before the helmet went flying with the head still inside it. Suddenly a Geknosian in ornate armor appeared in front of him, thrusting a saber for his throat.
Drake let the blade skitter off his helmet's faceplate, returning a slash that was parried with a strong low block. Steel rang, clashing and clamoring as the two danced back and forth. One thinking they were meeting their prey in honorable battle, the other fighting like a rabid, enraged beast that had been backed into a corner. The saber snapped under a particularly vicious blow, the Geknosian general just able to register surprise before Drake separated his head from his shoulders. Blood pumping, skin burning as the headless corpse slumped down by his feet. He looked around at the spec ops who still had their guns raised and trained on Drake.
"Grack this! I don't wanna die here!"
One shouted, Drawing Drake's attention as they threw their blaster to the ground and slammed down on their knees, putting their hands on the back of their heads. Drake looked around at the clearly hesitating spec ops and through his manic, uncontrollable grin he called out.
"Anyone else not want to die?!"
Slowly, ever so slowly the remaining blasters were lowered, then tossed to the ground as the two metal buzzards hummed frantically away. Seeing Caz limp to his side with her railgun, he put his hand on her forearm as she tried to raise it to point at the fleeing aircraft.
"Let em go."
"But they just tried to-"
"Some must live to spread the word."
Caz looked up at him for a moment, confused, before a spark of realization lit up her pain filled crystalline eyes as she looked at the surrendering spec ops.
"Prisoners..."
Drake nodded and flicked the blood from his swordblade before wiping it clean on the dead general's crotch flap.
"Prisoners."
He confirmed, looking to charlotte as she slowly clambered to her feet, swaying weekly as she clutched her head. Drake let his smile fall and fade before saying.
"who else needs medical attention."
"everybody but Cassius and Destrier as far as I know, including yourself dumbass."
Drake chuckled and nodded, getting an odd look from Caz as he stated.
"I'll be fine, I'll just pop off a pinkie ring for an hour when we get home."
Caz sighed and helped Drake support the badly wounded Charlotte to the forge building.
"somethings changed about you, and it's not the lack of power."
Drake chuckled and simply responded.
"I don't know, I just feel... better, all of a sudden. Fightings fun again."
"I'm not sure that's a good thing, Drake."
Drake chuckled softly and helped get Charlotte into the forge building without responding.
......
Part 107: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1crq34h/troublemakers_buried_secrets_bolster_the_weak/
2024.05.13 16:25 BandicootMany6423 Lantana Camara leaves turning reddish brown? Any advice appreciated!
 | The adult leaves on my lantana camara are turning reddish brown at the edges. I read this could be a nutrient issue but the new leaves coming in are bright green, which seems odd to me if it's nutrient-related? Any help would be appreciated! submitted by BandicootMany6423 to gardening [link] [comments] I just moved the pot outside a few weeks ago, where it receives direct sun for about 6 hours a day and heavy rain one to three times a week. I don't generally give it more water, since it rains HARD for 6+ hours (sometimes a full 24 hour day) when we get rain. It is potted in potting soil plus worm castings, and the pot has drainage holes - it is never pooling water even after a very hard rain. Also relevant is that my outdoor space is a windy rooftop terrace - the pot is in a sheltered corner but "sheltered" is relative and all parts of the roof get wind. The plant was previously really struggling with red spider mites, but I think the move from my apartment to the humid and rainy outside has cleared them up. I didn't see any spider mites or their webs while taking these pictures. Thanks for any wisdom or guidance you can share! (And just to avoid any outrage about my choice of outdoor plants: I live in Uruguay where this species is native. I promise I'm very aware of the invasive nature of this plant in the US and am growing it responsibly! 🙏) |
2024.05.13 15:24 STLhistoryBuff Weekly Events Thread 5/13/24 - 5/19/24
Please, feel free to add any events below! Check out the Visitor's Guide for more things to do around town!
Looking to meet up with people? Check out Meetup St. Louis.
Be sure to continue scrolling past the Weekly Events for Trivia Nights, Live Music, Sporting Events, Local Comedy, and more!
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Looking to meet up with people? Check out Meetup St. Louis.
Be sure to continue scrolling past the Weekly Events for Trivia Nights, Live Music, Sporting Events, Local Comedy, and more!
- Bacon Fest at Alpha Brewing Company
- May 19, 2024
- Bacon lovers, rejoice! Alpha Brewing Co. is hosting a sizzling event on May 19. Tickets to Bacon Fest include all the bacon and beer that you can consume – plus, live music from two bands.
- Cardinals HOF Presents: Flashback Fridays
- May 17, 2024
- Visit the Cardinals Museum for a candid interview in our Sportsman's Park Theater with former Cardinals Catcher Mike Matheny on Friday, May 17th at 4:30pm.
- Cardinals HOF Presents: Saturday Signings
- May 18, 2024
- Saturday, May 18th is Saturday Signings with former Cardinals Catcher Mike Matheny from 2-4pm in the Cardinals Museum!
- Chess at the Brewery
- Every Wednesday
- Local meetup group of chess players that meet at breweries on Wednesday nights. They rotate locations each week.
- See their Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/chessatthebrewery/) for the location this week.
- Chinese Culture Days at Missouri Botanical Garden
- May 18 - 19, 2024
- Chinese Culture Days at the Missouri Botanical Garden feature colorful Chinese pageantry, music, dance and art.
- At the event, you can also immerse yourself in the history and legends of China while enjoying traditional cuisine.
- E.T. Bracket Series at World Wide Technology Raceway
- May 18, 2024
- The E.T. Bracket Series presented by Carl’s 4WD & Performance Center at World Wide Technology Raceway allows drivers in different vehicles to compete on an equal basis against each other.
- Family Night with Fredbird
- Wednesdays
- Join others at Cardinals Nation Restaurant & Bar for Family Night with Fredbird on select Wednesday evenings this off-season! Bring your family down for games, prizes, and meet Fredbird from 6:30-7:30pm.
- Karaoke Wednesdays at HandleBar
- Every Wednesday
- Browse the catalog and find your favorite songs to sing! Songbookslive.com/stlredcarpet
- Karaoke Wednesdays at Mack's Bar & Grill
- Every Wednesday
- Landmarks Downtown Walking Tours
- Every Saturday
- Landmarks Downtown St. Louis Walking Tours: History, Culture, Architecture, and Exercise: What could be better on a Saturday morning.
- Native American Art of the 20th Century: The William P. Healey Collection at St. Louis Art Museum
- February 23 - July 14, 2024
- Native American Art of the 20th Century: The William P. Healey Collection celebrates a transformative gift of outstanding works by Native American artists active across the 20th century. The promised gift of 100 works establishes a critical junction between the Saint Louis Art Museum’s deep collection of pre-1920 Indigenous art and a growing emphasis on the contemporary.
- Open Mic Night at Schlafly Bottleworks (Maplewood)
- Every Wednesday
- Join others every Wednesday evening and showcase your talents with our Open Mic Night! Open sign up begins at 6:30PM with music starting at 7:00PM. They welcome original material, covers and spoken word! Grab a beer, then play and listen every Wednesday! There are no cover charges and no drink minimums to attend.
- Pointfest
- May 18, 2024
- POINTFEST returns to Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - St. Louis on May 18.
- Ranken Technical College Midnight Madness at World Wide Technology Raceway
- May 17, 2024
- The Ranken Technical College Midnight Madness program fueled by NOS Energy Drinks offers a safer alternative to illegal street racing.
- Organized yet informal drag racing will take place on the confines of World Wide Technology Raceway’s NHRA-sanctioned ¼-mile drag strip on select Fridays throughout the season.
- Soulard Farmer's Market
- Wednesdays - Saturdays
- Soulard Farmers Market is located at 730 Carroll Street in St. Louis, Missouri, a half mile north of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. The market is open Wednesday through Saturday, year round. They feature locally grown and shipped in goods, including: produce, meats, cheeses, spices, gourmet kettle corn, flowers, baked goods, and general merchandise. There are also several different eateries that have many food options, which allows customers the convenience to grab a quick bite to eat and a drink while shopping.
- St. Louis CITY Block Party
- May 15, 2024
- Before the St. Louis CITY SC vs LAFC match kickoff, get the party started early with happy hour on Lou Fusz Plaza at CITYPARK and live DJ entertainment! CITY SC presents the free CITY Block Party featuring DJ Chris Brown as well as local food and beverage vendors, fan giveaways, and games and activities for all ages. The block party is free and open to the public.
- St. Louis CITY SC Street Party at Schlafly Tap Room
- May 15, 2024
- In celebration of ALL home soccer games, Schlafly will close down "Louligan Street" and support our team the only way they know how: great food, drinks, and fun. There are beer tents, food trucks, special (game day and late night) menus, and more. Get here early and park!
- Sunday Bingo at Tim's Chrome Bar
- Every Sunday
- Get in the mood for some fun with an afternoon of BINGO at Tim’s. They'll supply the cards and daubers. Just bring yourself and your BINGO loving friends. Play for some good laughs and a variety prizes. Bar opens at 12 p.m., they'll start BINGO at 3 p.m. Cheers!
- Sunset Rooftop Yoga at Ballpark Village
- May 16, 2024
- Unwind on the rooftop of Ballpark Village in St. Louis during a one-hour yoga class led by YogaSix.
- After the session, nama-stay for exclusive happy hour offers such as $3 domestic beers and $5 select cocktails.
- Taste of Maplewood
- May 17 - 18, 2024
- The Taste of Maplewood brings together our area’s most renowned restaurants, beloved boutiques, and one-of-a-kind novelty shops for a street party with live music on two stages, all in the heart of downtown Maplewood. Join us on Friday night for live music and a sampling of food vendors before the main event kicks off on Saturday.
- In its 16th year, the festival’s vibe is distinct and unmistakable, radiating the culture and character of the local businesses.
- Thursday Nights at the Museum
- Every Thursday
- Kick off your weekend at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park! Each Thursday Night at the Museum will be the most fun, engaging, uplifting, thought-provoking, perspective-shaping night of your week. And there are drinks.
- Join others starting at 5:30pm for happy hour and pop-up activities, such as brief tours, games, and performances. The main stage comes to life at 6:30pm, light appetizers and drinks are available for purchase until 7:00pm, and the Museum’s exhibits are open until 8:00pm for you to explore!
- Tower Grove Farmer's Market
- Every Tuesday & Saturday
- Join others every Saturday of the 2023 Tower Grove Farmers Market Season. They'll have over 100 vendors with local produce, meat, flowers, eggs, honey, prepared foods, art, jewelry, live music, and so much more.
- Vietnam: At War and At Home at Soldiers Memorial
- Running until May 27, 2024
- In 'Vietnam: At War and At Home' at Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, the story of the war’s origins, execution, conclusion and legacy are presented in engaging, accessible and evocative ways. The exhibit presents a diverse and holistic snapshot of the turbulent times in Vietnam, in the U.S. and in the St. Louis region.
| Sporting Events This Week | Attractions Around the Area | Comedy This Week |
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals schedule | Anheuser-Busch Brewery | Funny Bone Comedy Club |
| St. Louis Blues schedule | City Museum | Helium Comedy Club |
| St. Louis City SC schedule | Gateway Arch | The Improv Shop |
| St. Louis Battlehawks schedule | Missouri History Museum | |
| St. Louis Billikens schedule | National Blues Museum |
| Trivia Nights | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location | Date/Time | More Information |
| Anheuser-Busch Biergarten | Tuesdays 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Trivia Details |
| Bar K | Tuesdays at 7:00 pm | |
| City Foundry | Thursdays 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | |
| Crack Fox | Mondays 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm | They host a weekly free tournament and game night. Emphasis on Non Alcoholic refreshments and camaraderie. |
| Joey B's on the Hill | Mondays 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Trivia Details |
| Nick's Pub | Mondays | |
| Felix's Pizza Pub | Tuesdays at 8:00 pm | Trivia Details |
| ITAP (Delmar Loop) | Wednesdays at 7:00 pm | |
| ITAP (Soulard) | Tuesdays at 7:00 pm | |
| Schlafly Brewpubs (Any Location) | Tuesdays 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Trivia Details |
| Rockwell Beer Co | Tuesdays | Trivia Details (Reservations required) |
| The Mack | Tuesdays at 8:00 pm | Trivia Details |
| The Pat Connolly Tavern | Wednesdays at 7:00 pm | |
| The Post | Wednesdays 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Trivia Details |
| Pieces Board Game Bar & Cafe | Wednesdays | Trivia Details |
| HandleBar | Thursdays at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Trivia Details |
| Steve's Hot Dogs | Tuesdays 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Trivia Details |
| Wellspent Brewing | Thursdays at 7:00 pm |
| Recurring Outdoor Activities | |
|---|---|
| Big Muddy Adventures – STL Riverfront Adventure | Big Muddy Adventures was established in 2002. They are the first professional outfitteguiding company providing access to the wild wonders of the Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers. |
| Gateway Arch Events | There are a variety of things to do along the Mississippi River. |
| Hidden Valley Ski Resort | Ziplining, scenic chairlift rides, and hiking trails opened during the summer. Skiing, snowboarding during the winter. |
2024.05.13 13:48 teller_of_tall_tales Troublemakers: Triple cross.
First: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/14vo5lb/troublemakers_deaths_pity/
*previous:* https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1cnuyl1/troublemakers_the_son_of_witch_and_warrio
......
Drake tossed the last shovelful of soil over his shoulder, looking over the massive circular bunker elevator that had been buried beneath rubble and dirt. Destrier and Caz were consulting the map for any kind of clue as to how it could be opened up. Cassius and Remin both kept an eye on Charlotte and the younger of the two was playing patty-cake with the small woman. Drake paused for a moment, looking at the display with an odd trembling in his heart. It was clear charlotte was at least a teenager, but she acted like a small child, her wide eyed wonder evident in the freely smiling face and glittering eyes as she happily patted her hands against Cassius'. His stomach roiled and he almost doubled over as he spit out a mouthful of bile that sizzled on the ground ominously. Truth be told, since he'd been thrown into that strange void he'd felt sick, the tingling, electrical power in his veins only intensifying even as he dug out the massive hundred foot in diameter elevator. Chucking the shovel to the side halfheartedly, he looked up at the tree of hung corpses as the shovel clanged against a wall several paces away. His heart began to pound angrily and the feeling of nausea and static intensified exponentially, He doubled over and vomited, a pink slurry of blood and oatmeal splattering on the ground. He fell to one knee as the edges of his vision darkened for a moment, an overwhelming weakness turning his limbs to lead. Cassius appeared at his side, a look of fearful concern on his face as he went to grab Drake by the shoulders.
Drake didn't understand where the knowledge came from, but Cassius absolutely could not touch him. Drake shoved a hand out, launching Cassius back a few feet where he landed on his back. Sitting up, Drake saw the rapidly cooling red-hot handprint on the chest of his nano-mesh Gambeson at the same time Cassius did. They shared a look of startled panic and realization before Drake slumped forward, his last thought before the void took him was one of confusion.
"What's happening to me?!"
...
Charlotte saw the man named Drake tumble forward after shoving his friend, Heat mirage rising off his prone back as the soil around him began to melt into magma. She hurried to her feet when the old man in lamellar held her back, a look of confusion and fear on his face.
"Why aren't you helping him?!"
She cried trying to push past the old man's iron strength. Her hand still smudged with soot where the man currently laying in a puddle of molten soil had reattached her finger like magic. The man looked down at her, anxiously shouting.
"Do you not see the godsdamned lava?! I don't think we can even get close!"
Charlotte stopped pushing, a feeling of stark impotency falling like a pall over her mind as the ground bubbled around Drake's still form. She didn't know much about her new world, but she knew that man was a good one, and seeing him lay lifeless and still made her skin crawl with the desire to help. But then she heard a sound that chilled her to the bone.
The dull thrum of propulsor engines reached her over the wind and she whipped around to scan the sky. She could see them against the soft brown midday sky, dark shapes that hurtled through the air like birds of prey. She could see them now in her mind, loaded to the gills with Spec ops and bio-engineered soldiers, Artillery class emitters charged to full, engines thrumming under a full combat load of rockets and bombs. Charlotte wildly looked around, spotting a mostly intact, low forge building she shouted.
"If you want to live get inside!!!!"
The woman and large black man who'd been pouring over the maps looked up confusedly as Charlotte began shoving Remin towards the building. The panic she felt made her nerves burn with the need to run, but she couldn't abandon them she couldn't just let the-
An earplitting screech came from inside her skull forcing her to her knees as she clutched the aching sides of her head, a horrifyingly familiar voice speaking to her from within her very being.
"Ooooooooh Sylva my dear?~ Did my little cuckoo lose her collar?~ Ah, no matter, would you kindly clear the landing area for the buzzards?~"
Her arms fell limp as her viewpoint shrank away, leaving her floating in the darkness as she saw her body move of its own accord. Drawing a long bayonet from the thigh scabbard on the old man's leg and driving it right between his ribs, the blade expertly slipping between lamellar plates. She wanted to scream as the old man jolted back, clutching at where the knife had slipped through his armor, falling to the ground as she rotated to face the other three. Her hair swayed in front of her face, the dark brown draining upwards, leaving it a stark silver with a purple stripe. The hum of the buzzards was only growing louder as she reached for the small of her back, clawing at the veil between her body and her as a pen-flare came into view, pointed at the sky.
She silently screamed as a purple flair rose into the sky, the cold void swallowing her like it had all those years ago.
...
Nothingness surrounded Drake, a deep, endless, colorless world devoid of meaning or substance. But he wasn't alone here, something moved within the emptiness, pure, flavorless power roiling off it like the heat of his village's forge.
And it was angry.
He could feel it as it beheld him with a sort of bestial curiosity born out of its anger. Invisible tendrils snaked into his body like hot pieces of iron, molding themselves around his bones and sinews like it was searching for something. Crawling through his veins and into his heart, making him feel as though he was burning alive. His heart seized and stopped bringing a cold stillness to his body. But he didn't die as the tendrils slowly withdrew, heart pounding back to life like a bright orange flame had been ignited in his chest. The thing's viewpoint changed, looking down on him from above as it touched the glowing sigil over his heart with that same rageful curiosity, then a tendril of power touched the scythe on his wrist with something akin to fondness. He could feel hard crystalline bands forming around his fingers as the thing rumbled with amusement, the feeling of molten iron filling his body before fading as each band slowly reached completion. Then it hurled him ass over head through a wooden door.
Death jumped out of his chair, falling hard without his prosthetics and careful not to spill the yellowish water inside the odd glassware in his slender hand. The two stared at each other with similar levels of bewilderment as Drake rubbed his face before looking at the set of ten obsidian bands that encircled the base of each finger and thumb.
"How in the fuck did you get here?"
Death asked calmly, stump-walking back to his chair and taking a long burbling pull from the glassware in his hand.
Drake clambered into one of the smoky chairs death had casually summoned.
"I... uh... I got thrown through your door by... something... I don't exactly know what. It seemed... angry at me, though."
Death looked up with a blank expression, oily smoke rising from his nostrils as he said.
"Beg pardon? what do you mean you don't exactly know what did it? wait..."
A look of concern etched itself into Death's face as he grabbed one of Drakes hands, looking at the black rings with ever widening eyes. Slowly he made eye contact with Drake, holding up the jewelry bedecked hand urgently.
"Do you even know what these are?!?!"
Drake shook his head.
"Obviously fuckin not."
Death took a deep breath, taking a long burbling hit from the piece of glassware with palpable stress as he set Drakes hand down, letting his chosen look at the rings curiously and experimentally take one off. The moment the pinky ring stopped touching his flesh Death leapt back exclaiming.
"Jesus fucking christ kid!! Put it back on! put it back on!"
Drake slipped the ring back on, he'd felt a small boost to his energy but hadn't noticed anything that would elicit such a reaction from the harvester of souls.
"Who's Jesus christ?"
Drake asked as Death took another calming breath before replying.
"Probably one of the most famous demigods known to humankind, but that isn't important..."
Death folded his hands and leaned across the desk with a twitching eyelid.
"What is important, is how you managed to acquire ten heart of the umbra crystals for rings. I can count on one hand the amount of people who have acquired exactly one of these rings."
Drake looked at the dull black crystal rings curiously.
"Do they give me extra power?"
Death shook his head, slowly revealing an arm encased in the black bands.
"Quite the opposite... They typically completely restrain your power so you don't burn up and turn into a walking, talking nuclear weapon. And they're specifically given to those who have touched the Umbra and survived, typically just experiencing the primordial soup that makes reality results in a cataclysmic leap in power... but even then... it's only ever been one ring. Three humans have owned one of these rings, Archibald Sunshine, Roxanne Richards, and Bagelious Braveheart. How the Bagel god's chosen got one I'm at a loss. But of those three, One died using the power the ring held back, The other lives inside a mechanical body locked away from her powers permanently, and Bagelius? he's... He's just unhinged."
Drake gazed at his hands, the rings glittering dully in the flickering firelight. He held them up curiously.
"So... what does it mean if I have ten?"
Death took another deep breath, letting it out in an exasperated sigh. He didn't look drake in the eye as he stared at a wall.
"I... I don't know... If I had to guess..."
Death looked at Drake with no small amount of curiosity and fear for his life.
"You didn't just survive the umbra... You fought it... and lived to tell the tale... I don't even think you're human anymore Drake..."
Drake furrowed his brow, clenching and relaxing his fist, feeling the rings click together.
"Then what am I?"
Death shook his head before simply stating.
"Something I and those before me, have never seen..."
He looked into Drakes eyes, a soft glimmer in the endless, silvery pools as he rolled his sleeve back down to hide the bands around his own arm.
"You defy every law and command of the universe, just by existing."
Drake slowly nodded before standing back up.
"That explains why conquest looked so afraid. Bitch kidnapped my soul and tried to fight me on her own turf and still lost."
"Im sorry..."
Drake glanced over at Death's coldly calm words, the primordial exploding with power as he roared.
"She did WHAT!?!?!"
Drake looked at death with wide eyes, shocked at the sudden outburst, the primordial literally steaming with rampant power as he clicked his legs on. Drake was about to step through the door and back to his body when death stopped him with a snarled.
"No, you're coming with me. I need to know what she's playing at... and what better way than to bring the one person she's actually afraid of."
...
Caz had barely taken a running step towards Charlotte, blindsided by the sudden betrayal as the small woman lifted a pen flare to the sky and launched it with a Pop! Snatching her Huntress she broke it open, cocking the striker and slamming a fresh flechette into the electrically insulated chamber. A massive shadow loomed over her and she froze in her tracks, looking up at the massive metal machine as it hovered over the ruined village, her heart pounding in her throat as dark silhouettes leapt from the sides of the propulsor driven aircraft. They landed hard on the ground, Grey, patterned armor shifting to blend in with the bombed out village as their cold visors regarded her emotionlessly. Caz drew a bead on the first one, about to fire when the cold steel of a bayonet was pressed against her throat from behind. She'd forgotten about charlotte. A soft chuckle came from within the group of organized soldiers and they parted to reveal a geknosian in similar but far more ornate armor. Golden medals bedecking every available surface including a fabric crotch flap weighed down with stamped precious metals. They pulled an ornately forged helmet from their head, a dark grin on the general's face as he looked around at the general disarray the five troublemakers found themselves in.
Cassius held a chest seal to the wet gash between Remin's ribs. The old man looking pale and shaky as he weekly held his shotgun in the general direction of the soldiers. Destrier slowly folded up the map and tucked it into the pouch at the small of his back, dark eyes gliding studiously over the Geknosian forces. Caz adjusted her crosshair onto the General and felt the bayonet press harder against her throat.
"Drop it... Bitch~"
The small woman holding the knife cooed. Caz snarled and threw her Huntress to the ground, raising her hands in surrender as the blade of the bayonet relaxed against her throat. She wanted to spare Drake a glance, but she dared not turn her head lest she slit her own throat on the keen blade of Remin's long bayonet. The Geknosian General sauntered forward, attempting to take her chin in his hand.
"ARRRGH!"
The General cried out, leaping back as a burst of cold frost froze his war gauntlet into a brick of ice. Caz's eyes lit up as she backed into Charlotte, the woman crying out in pain and jerking the blade away as a brick of frosted ice formed around her chest. The Geknosian general grabbed for the blaster pistol at his hip and she kicked him in the chest, freezing his chestplate and sending him reeling back in shock. She got a glimpse of Destrier sprinting to Remin and Cassius's side, helping Drag the old man into the low forge building as Caz dove for her Huntress. A heavy armored boot slammed into her mask, throwing her disorientingly on her side even as the boot froze over. Caz slowly got back to her feet as the soldiers bore their guns down on her, wiping the blood from her split lip through her mask, she growled, glancing back at Drake's still form, the ground around him having cooled and solidified into hard stone. Charlotte slowly joined the generals side, the frost around her chest quickly melting as she leaned in to whisper in the general's ear, eliciting a smile.
"Thank you Sylva, the information is much appreciated. A little cuckoo bird tells me that you all came here looking for the human bunker. How pitiful you don't have an access remote, like this one?"
The general held out a hand, a piece of blocky, olive drab green plastic falling into his outstretched, thawing palm. Clicking a button, nothing happened and he purred.
"But, alas we're at an impasse, for only someone of human genome may access the bunkers... oh wait~"
He held the remote out to Charlotte, Who stared at it blankly, eyes glimmering dully for a second. Then they dulled again as she looked up at Caz with an odd expression.
The remote sailed through the air and Caz instinctually caught it as Charlotte monotonely stated.
"Run, Keep it away from them."
Caz didn't need to be told twice as she turned on her heel and sprinted through a small alleyway between two buildings that leaned on each other, blaster bolts ablating the stony surfaces in puffs of loud smoke and blinding flashes. Grabbing the hook at her belt, she threw it and slung herself onto the crumbling rooftops, one of the metal buzzards turning where it hovered in the air to focus a glowing emitter on her. She leapt off the crumbling rooftop just as the powerful laser ablated the spot she'd just been standing with a blinding flash and a pressure wave that launched her much farther through the air than she intended. The last thing she saw before blacking out was a crumbling wall rushing at her as she fell face first towards it, clutching the remote to her chest.
......
Part 106: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1cr3pct/troublemakers_adrenaline_is_a_superpower_in_itself/
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Drake tossed the last shovelful of soil over his shoulder, looking over the massive circular bunker elevator that had been buried beneath rubble and dirt. Destrier and Caz were consulting the map for any kind of clue as to how it could be opened up. Cassius and Remin both kept an eye on Charlotte and the younger of the two was playing patty-cake with the small woman. Drake paused for a moment, looking at the display with an odd trembling in his heart. It was clear charlotte was at least a teenager, but she acted like a small child, her wide eyed wonder evident in the freely smiling face and glittering eyes as she happily patted her hands against Cassius'. His stomach roiled and he almost doubled over as he spit out a mouthful of bile that sizzled on the ground ominously. Truth be told, since he'd been thrown into that strange void he'd felt sick, the tingling, electrical power in his veins only intensifying even as he dug out the massive hundred foot in diameter elevator. Chucking the shovel to the side halfheartedly, he looked up at the tree of hung corpses as the shovel clanged against a wall several paces away. His heart began to pound angrily and the feeling of nausea and static intensified exponentially, He doubled over and vomited, a pink slurry of blood and oatmeal splattering on the ground. He fell to one knee as the edges of his vision darkened for a moment, an overwhelming weakness turning his limbs to lead. Cassius appeared at his side, a look of fearful concern on his face as he went to grab Drake by the shoulders.
Drake didn't understand where the knowledge came from, but Cassius absolutely could not touch him. Drake shoved a hand out, launching Cassius back a few feet where he landed on his back. Sitting up, Drake saw the rapidly cooling red-hot handprint on the chest of his nano-mesh Gambeson at the same time Cassius did. They shared a look of startled panic and realization before Drake slumped forward, his last thought before the void took him was one of confusion.
"What's happening to me?!"
...
Charlotte saw the man named Drake tumble forward after shoving his friend, Heat mirage rising off his prone back as the soil around him began to melt into magma. She hurried to her feet when the old man in lamellar held her back, a look of confusion and fear on his face.
"Why aren't you helping him?!"
She cried trying to push past the old man's iron strength. Her hand still smudged with soot where the man currently laying in a puddle of molten soil had reattached her finger like magic. The man looked down at her, anxiously shouting.
"Do you not see the godsdamned lava?! I don't think we can even get close!"
Charlotte stopped pushing, a feeling of stark impotency falling like a pall over her mind as the ground bubbled around Drake's still form. She didn't know much about her new world, but she knew that man was a good one, and seeing him lay lifeless and still made her skin crawl with the desire to help. But then she heard a sound that chilled her to the bone.
The dull thrum of propulsor engines reached her over the wind and she whipped around to scan the sky. She could see them against the soft brown midday sky, dark shapes that hurtled through the air like birds of prey. She could see them now in her mind, loaded to the gills with Spec ops and bio-engineered soldiers, Artillery class emitters charged to full, engines thrumming under a full combat load of rockets and bombs. Charlotte wildly looked around, spotting a mostly intact, low forge building she shouted.
"If you want to live get inside!!!!"
The woman and large black man who'd been pouring over the maps looked up confusedly as Charlotte began shoving Remin towards the building. The panic she felt made her nerves burn with the need to run, but she couldn't abandon them she couldn't just let the-
An earplitting screech came from inside her skull forcing her to her knees as she clutched the aching sides of her head, a horrifyingly familiar voice speaking to her from within her very being.
"Ooooooooh Sylva my dear?~ Did my little cuckoo lose her collar?~ Ah, no matter, would you kindly clear the landing area for the buzzards?~"
Her arms fell limp as her viewpoint shrank away, leaving her floating in the darkness as she saw her body move of its own accord. Drawing a long bayonet from the thigh scabbard on the old man's leg and driving it right between his ribs, the blade expertly slipping between lamellar plates. She wanted to scream as the old man jolted back, clutching at where the knife had slipped through his armor, falling to the ground as she rotated to face the other three. Her hair swayed in front of her face, the dark brown draining upwards, leaving it a stark silver with a purple stripe. The hum of the buzzards was only growing louder as she reached for the small of her back, clawing at the veil between her body and her as a pen-flare came into view, pointed at the sky.
She silently screamed as a purple flair rose into the sky, the cold void swallowing her like it had all those years ago.
...
Nothingness surrounded Drake, a deep, endless, colorless world devoid of meaning or substance. But he wasn't alone here, something moved within the emptiness, pure, flavorless power roiling off it like the heat of his village's forge.
And it was angry.
He could feel it as it beheld him with a sort of bestial curiosity born out of its anger. Invisible tendrils snaked into his body like hot pieces of iron, molding themselves around his bones and sinews like it was searching for something. Crawling through his veins and into his heart, making him feel as though he was burning alive. His heart seized and stopped bringing a cold stillness to his body. But he didn't die as the tendrils slowly withdrew, heart pounding back to life like a bright orange flame had been ignited in his chest. The thing's viewpoint changed, looking down on him from above as it touched the glowing sigil over his heart with that same rageful curiosity, then a tendril of power touched the scythe on his wrist with something akin to fondness. He could feel hard crystalline bands forming around his fingers as the thing rumbled with amusement, the feeling of molten iron filling his body before fading as each band slowly reached completion. Then it hurled him ass over head through a wooden door.
Death jumped out of his chair, falling hard without his prosthetics and careful not to spill the yellowish water inside the odd glassware in his slender hand. The two stared at each other with similar levels of bewilderment as Drake rubbed his face before looking at the set of ten obsidian bands that encircled the base of each finger and thumb.
"How in the fuck did you get here?"
Death asked calmly, stump-walking back to his chair and taking a long burbling pull from the glassware in his hand.
Drake clambered into one of the smoky chairs death had casually summoned.
"I... uh... I got thrown through your door by... something... I don't exactly know what. It seemed... angry at me, though."
Death looked up with a blank expression, oily smoke rising from his nostrils as he said.
"Beg pardon? what do you mean you don't exactly know what did it? wait..."
A look of concern etched itself into Death's face as he grabbed one of Drakes hands, looking at the black rings with ever widening eyes. Slowly he made eye contact with Drake, holding up the jewelry bedecked hand urgently.
"Do you even know what these are?!?!"
Drake shook his head.
"Obviously fuckin not."
Death took a deep breath, taking a long burbling hit from the piece of glassware with palpable stress as he set Drakes hand down, letting his chosen look at the rings curiously and experimentally take one off. The moment the pinky ring stopped touching his flesh Death leapt back exclaiming.
"Jesus fucking christ kid!! Put it back on! put it back on!"
Drake slipped the ring back on, he'd felt a small boost to his energy but hadn't noticed anything that would elicit such a reaction from the harvester of souls.
"Who's Jesus christ?"
Drake asked as Death took another calming breath before replying.
"Probably one of the most famous demigods known to humankind, but that isn't important..."
Death folded his hands and leaned across the desk with a twitching eyelid.
"What is important, is how you managed to acquire ten heart of the umbra crystals for rings. I can count on one hand the amount of people who have acquired exactly one of these rings."
Drake looked at the dull black crystal rings curiously.
"Do they give me extra power?"
Death shook his head, slowly revealing an arm encased in the black bands.
"Quite the opposite... They typically completely restrain your power so you don't burn up and turn into a walking, talking nuclear weapon. And they're specifically given to those who have touched the Umbra and survived, typically just experiencing the primordial soup that makes reality results in a cataclysmic leap in power... but even then... it's only ever been one ring. Three humans have owned one of these rings, Archibald Sunshine, Roxanne Richards, and Bagelious Braveheart. How the Bagel god's chosen got one I'm at a loss. But of those three, One died using the power the ring held back, The other lives inside a mechanical body locked away from her powers permanently, and Bagelius? he's... He's just unhinged."
Drake gazed at his hands, the rings glittering dully in the flickering firelight. He held them up curiously.
"So... what does it mean if I have ten?"
Death took another deep breath, letting it out in an exasperated sigh. He didn't look drake in the eye as he stared at a wall.
"I... I don't know... If I had to guess..."
Death looked at Drake with no small amount of curiosity and fear for his life.
"You didn't just survive the umbra... You fought it... and lived to tell the tale... I don't even think you're human anymore Drake..."
Drake furrowed his brow, clenching and relaxing his fist, feeling the rings click together.
"Then what am I?"
Death shook his head before simply stating.
"Something I and those before me, have never seen..."
He looked into Drakes eyes, a soft glimmer in the endless, silvery pools as he rolled his sleeve back down to hide the bands around his own arm.
"You defy every law and command of the universe, just by existing."
Drake slowly nodded before standing back up.
"That explains why conquest looked so afraid. Bitch kidnapped my soul and tried to fight me on her own turf and still lost."
"Im sorry..."
Drake glanced over at Death's coldly calm words, the primordial exploding with power as he roared.
"She did WHAT!?!?!"
Drake looked at death with wide eyes, shocked at the sudden outburst, the primordial literally steaming with rampant power as he clicked his legs on. Drake was about to step through the door and back to his body when death stopped him with a snarled.
"No, you're coming with me. I need to know what she's playing at... and what better way than to bring the one person she's actually afraid of."
...
Caz had barely taken a running step towards Charlotte, blindsided by the sudden betrayal as the small woman lifted a pen flare to the sky and launched it with a Pop! Snatching her Huntress she broke it open, cocking the striker and slamming a fresh flechette into the electrically insulated chamber. A massive shadow loomed over her and she froze in her tracks, looking up at the massive metal machine as it hovered over the ruined village, her heart pounding in her throat as dark silhouettes leapt from the sides of the propulsor driven aircraft. They landed hard on the ground, Grey, patterned armor shifting to blend in with the bombed out village as their cold visors regarded her emotionlessly. Caz drew a bead on the first one, about to fire when the cold steel of a bayonet was pressed against her throat from behind. She'd forgotten about charlotte. A soft chuckle came from within the group of organized soldiers and they parted to reveal a geknosian in similar but far more ornate armor. Golden medals bedecking every available surface including a fabric crotch flap weighed down with stamped precious metals. They pulled an ornately forged helmet from their head, a dark grin on the general's face as he looked around at the general disarray the five troublemakers found themselves in.
Cassius held a chest seal to the wet gash between Remin's ribs. The old man looking pale and shaky as he weekly held his shotgun in the general direction of the soldiers. Destrier slowly folded up the map and tucked it into the pouch at the small of his back, dark eyes gliding studiously over the Geknosian forces. Caz adjusted her crosshair onto the General and felt the bayonet press harder against her throat.
"Drop it... Bitch~"
The small woman holding the knife cooed. Caz snarled and threw her Huntress to the ground, raising her hands in surrender as the blade of the bayonet relaxed against her throat. She wanted to spare Drake a glance, but she dared not turn her head lest she slit her own throat on the keen blade of Remin's long bayonet. The Geknosian General sauntered forward, attempting to take her chin in his hand.
"ARRRGH!"
The General cried out, leaping back as a burst of cold frost froze his war gauntlet into a brick of ice. Caz's eyes lit up as she backed into Charlotte, the woman crying out in pain and jerking the blade away as a brick of frosted ice formed around her chest. The Geknosian general grabbed for the blaster pistol at his hip and she kicked him in the chest, freezing his chestplate and sending him reeling back in shock. She got a glimpse of Destrier sprinting to Remin and Cassius's side, helping Drag the old man into the low forge building as Caz dove for her Huntress. A heavy armored boot slammed into her mask, throwing her disorientingly on her side even as the boot froze over. Caz slowly got back to her feet as the soldiers bore their guns down on her, wiping the blood from her split lip through her mask, she growled, glancing back at Drake's still form, the ground around him having cooled and solidified into hard stone. Charlotte slowly joined the generals side, the frost around her chest quickly melting as she leaned in to whisper in the general's ear, eliciting a smile.
"Thank you Sylva, the information is much appreciated. A little cuckoo bird tells me that you all came here looking for the human bunker. How pitiful you don't have an access remote, like this one?"
The general held out a hand, a piece of blocky, olive drab green plastic falling into his outstretched, thawing palm. Clicking a button, nothing happened and he purred.
"But, alas we're at an impasse, for only someone of human genome may access the bunkers... oh wait~"
He held the remote out to Charlotte, Who stared at it blankly, eyes glimmering dully for a second. Then they dulled again as she looked up at Caz with an odd expression.
The remote sailed through the air and Caz instinctually caught it as Charlotte monotonely stated.
"Run, Keep it away from them."
Caz didn't need to be told twice as she turned on her heel and sprinted through a small alleyway between two buildings that leaned on each other, blaster bolts ablating the stony surfaces in puffs of loud smoke and blinding flashes. Grabbing the hook at her belt, she threw it and slung herself onto the crumbling rooftops, one of the metal buzzards turning where it hovered in the air to focus a glowing emitter on her. She leapt off the crumbling rooftop just as the powerful laser ablated the spot she'd just been standing with a blinding flash and a pressure wave that launched her much farther through the air than she intended. The last thing she saw before blacking out was a crumbling wall rushing at her as she fell face first towards it, clutching the remote to her chest.
......
Part 106: https://www.reddit.com/HFY/comments/1cr3pct/troublemakers_adrenaline_is_a_superpower_in_itself/
2024.05.13 10:22 huhthatmakesnosense Where to Stay in LA? + General Advice?
Hi!
Thank you in advance!
My family and I are coming over to LA from the other side of the globe in October and have 8 days, just looking for some help planning!
We have 3 days with just 4 of us its a Friday-Sunday and I was thinking of staying in Downtown LA, is this a good idea? Would another neighbourhood be better? Thought then we could fill those 3 days with Rooftop Cinema, Grammy mueseum, Flower market Grand Central Market and Last bookstore. If this is a bad idea, no worries nothing is booked yet for those 3 days.
The last 5 days are booked in Santa Monica as I found a great place to accomodate our group of 8, however it is my sister and I's birthday on Halloween and wondered if anyone had any advice on stuff to do that night? A cool dinner or a fair? Nothing tooo spooky.
Also other general advice on cool stuff that is a little different, keen for some general advice on LA?
Also we will rent a car as have lurked here enough to know thats essential!
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Thank you in advance!
My family and I are coming over to LA from the other side of the globe in October and have 8 days, just looking for some help planning!
We have 3 days with just 4 of us its a Friday-Sunday and I was thinking of staying in Downtown LA, is this a good idea? Would another neighbourhood be better? Thought then we could fill those 3 days with Rooftop Cinema, Grammy mueseum, Flower market Grand Central Market and Last bookstore. If this is a bad idea, no worries nothing is booked yet for those 3 days.
The last 5 days are booked in Santa Monica as I found a great place to accomodate our group of 8, however it is my sister and I's birthday on Halloween and wondered if anyone had any advice on stuff to do that night? A cool dinner or a fair? Nothing tooo spooky.
Also other general advice on cool stuff that is a little different, keen for some general advice on LA?
Also we will rent a car as have lurked here enough to know thats essential!
2024.05.13 09:01 EscapingKid Patch Notes - Update 29.2
 | Original Post (pubg.com) submitted by EscapingKid to PUBGConsole [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/5nt7qd8p650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=9934ae3506f4280dbc5fb67df9c65ba76936e541 29.2 HighlightsPUBG Patch Report #29.2 on YouTubeLive Maintenance Schedule※ The times shown below are subject to change.
Map Service※ Console players can anticipate the next rotation every Thursday at 7 AM UTC.Schedulehttps://preview.redd.it/1bsklrrp650d1.png?width=562&format=png&auto=webp&s=91ddce08aea13b342de0bc2b03dd0463fbd89205Live Server - Featured Map
Live Server - Normal MatchRandom Map Regions - NA, EU, RU, OC, SA & Consolehttps://preview.redd.it/scbnhttt650d1.png?width=666&format=png&auto=webp&s=f98b87eb5549e1d658584583e4c661f5636a63ab※ Rotations featuring Deston will have a 20% probability for each map. For Weeks 2 and 4, fixed and favored maps will each have a 22% probability and etc. maps will be 11% each. Live Server - Ranked
World: Erangel Classic※ Erangel Classic is available in Normal Match as a featured map and is also supported in Custom Match.※ Erangel Classic preserves the essence of the earlier version of Erangel, its distinctive appearance and atmosphere, all while delivering the enjoyable gameplay experiences that players have grown accustomed to. Service Period (UTC)Normal Match (Featured Map)
Custom Match
Detailshttps://preview.redd.it/d6k8yghv650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=887aad6ec1609bc13a74b3297d38e42b98a2fa1f
GunplayWhile not identical to the old recoil, Erangel Classic's reduced recoil will enable players to relive the nostalgia of the old Erangel map. However, this adjustment excludes certain firearms such as SRs, Handguns, and the Crossbow.
Tommy Gunhttps://preview.redd.it/6f2ero1w650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=343a3008bb65c923d2e900b3e1d184842249c41d
ARs
SMGs
DMRs
LMGs (DP-28, M249, MG3)
Shotguns
UIhttps://preview.redd.it/lo1biziw650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=0f656354b0721347ab61e1d6c82cf4a65e8c4582https://preview.redd.it/89qyl3vw650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ae59c4a17ac807fd17e80bd3182335aef2425a9
Spawnhttps://preview.redd.it/jpgbnq8x650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9c64049d4d0806d58d9d1f7ce6e9613d5ba4318
World: Rondo※ The following features are available only in Rondo.New Item: Zipline Gunhttps://preview.redd.it/cgmsrxlx650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=1cf710bdb86a39a6186f1d8932205baedc5f77e4Meet the Zipline Gun, a zippy new travel tool that lets you navigate Rondo in a whole new way.
In-Game ChallengesTo make teamwork easier, we're improving In-game Challenges based on player feedback.https://preview.redd.it/vkurm56y650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=b4c26a25abcd646564fc495eb32db1acaa775614
World Misc.
New Feature: Win Streak ShowdownIntroducing Win Streak Showdown, where premade teams compete in Normal Match for achievements beyond the Chicken Dinner.https://preview.redd.it/91ragzly650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=6035b0e2043c6df807b429970982625846777912 How to Participate
Rules
Rewards
Arcade※ The following updates apply to Custom Match as well.Team Deathmatchhttps://preview.redd.it/x8u90z8z650d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb91d6ff386740aa2c8309b112fed612be4fa5d6
Intense Battle Royale
QoLGroup EmoteThe Team Emote feature has been renamed to Group Emote and now offers broader interaction possibilities. Enjoy emotes with even more players!https://preview.redd.it/rbqybo52750d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=d0d20c6cf448388ceb5366637b3b2ba85c6780d2
Survivor Passhttps://preview.redd.it/849af8k2750d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c40e734910cc713013f4c5cd9b2a0cadeae8afdA new Survivor Pass: Off the Grid is prepared for the 29.2 update. Read more details in the May Store Update announcement! WorkshopNew item sets have been added to the Hunter's Chest and Archivist's Chest.https://preview.redd.it/j687hj54750d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=22c0e78fcb0df210c160cc22ed971c574a21135f
UX/UI
Performance
Bug FixesGameplay
World
UX/UI
Items & Skins※ Clipping issue: Graphics that are shown outside the visible part of an image/object.
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2024.05.13 08:45 EscapingKid Patch Notes - Update 29.2
| | Original Post (pubg.com) submitted by EscapingKid to PUBATTLEGROUNDS [link] [comments] 29.2 HighlightsPUBG Patch Report #29.2 on YouTubeLive Maintenance Schedule※ The times shown below are subject to change.
Map Service※ PC players can anticipate the next rotation every Wednesday at 2 AM UTC, while Console players can expect the same every Thursday at 7 AM UTC.ScheduleLive Server - Featured Map
Live Server - Normal MatchMap Select Regions (AS, SEA)Map Select Regions - KJP, KAKAORandom Map Regions - NA, EU, RU, OC, SA & Console※ Rotations featuring Deston will have a 20% probability for each map. For Weeks 2 and 4, fixed and favored maps will each have a 22% probability and etc. maps will be 11% each.Live Server - Ranked
World: Erangel Classic※ Erangel Classic is available in Normal Match as a featured map and is also supported in Custom Match.※ Erangel Classic preserves the essence of the earlier version of Erangel, its distinctive appearance and atmosphere, all while delivering the enjoyable gameplay experiences that players have grown accustomed to. Service Period (UTC)Normal Match (Featured Map)
Custom Match
Details
GunplayWhile not identical to the old recoil, Erangel Classic's reduced recoil will enable players to relive the nostalgia of the old Erangel map. However, this adjustment excludes certain firearms such as SRs, Handguns, and the Crossbow.
Tommy Gun
ARs
SMGs
DMRs
LMGs (DP-28, M249, MG3)
Shotguns
UIhttps://preview.redd.it/gmusqti1450d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=99df16c7166303624e6c632376dff84da6752ed6
Spawn
World: Rondo※ The following features are available only in Rondo.New Item: Zipline GunMeet the Zipline Gun, a zippy new travel tool that lets you navigate Rondo in a whole new way.
In-Game ChallengesTo make teamwork easier, we're improving In-game Challenges based on player feedback.
World Misc.
New Feature: Win Streak ShowdownIntroducing Win Streak Showdown, where premade teams compete in Normal Match for achievements beyond the Chicken Dinner.How to Participate
Rules
Rewards
Arcade※ The following updates apply to Custom Match as well.Team Deathmatch
Intense Battle Royale
QoLGroup EmoteThe Team Emote feature has been renamed to Group Emote and now offers broader interaction possibilities. Enjoy emotes with even more players!
Survivor PassA new Survivor Pass: Off the Grid is prepared for the 29.2 update. Read more details in the May Store Update announcement! WorkshopNew item sets have been added to the Hunter's Chest and Archivist's Chest.
UX/UI
Performance
Bug FixesGameplay
World
UX/UI
Items & Skins※ Clipping issue: Graphics that are shown outside the visible part of an image/object.
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2024.05.12 23:01 katakalyzm Adding a gallery/balcony & porch to a boxy house
I've been feeling fairly uninspired trying to think of how to spruce up the exterior of this home: https://i.imgur.com/Tjh5CMZ.jpeg
I think I finally found a style that may be compatible with the existing architecture without getting too intense with renovations: https://i.imgur.com/lmtHwGH.jpeg
As a total beginner, I'd love to get some feedback and suggestions if the inspiration home would be feasible to replicate on the existing structure- basically adding a gallery/balcony porch thing with pillars, some siding, shutters, and window upgrades. I'm dealing with an HOA, which sucks in general. If the garage has adequate structural support, it would be cool to make that into a rooftop situation one day.
Any other ideas? The current plain boxy look really isn't doing it for me. I thought this might be a way to embrace and enhance the boxiness instead of fighting against it. Has anyone done something similar? Would love to see examples of exterior front balcony or gallery additions! Porches too!
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I think I finally found a style that may be compatible with the existing architecture without getting too intense with renovations: https://i.imgur.com/lmtHwGH.jpeg
As a total beginner, I'd love to get some feedback and suggestions if the inspiration home would be feasible to replicate on the existing structure- basically adding a gallery/balcony porch thing with pillars, some siding, shutters, and window upgrades. I'm dealing with an HOA, which sucks in general. If the garage has adequate structural support, it would be cool to make that into a rooftop situation one day.
Any other ideas? The current plain boxy look really isn't doing it for me. I thought this might be a way to embrace and enhance the boxiness instead of fighting against it. Has anyone done something similar? Would love to see examples of exterior front balcony or gallery additions! Porches too!
2024.05.12 20:49 hotballs Des Moines Metro Public Bodies Meetings/Agendas for week of May 13th - May 17th, 2024
Adel
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- City Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. with agendas available by EOD Friday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here.
- Adel Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 14, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Adjusting Storm Water Rates
- Setting the FY2024-2025 Fees for Services
- Support for Increasing Board Membership of the Dallas County Board of Supervisors
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 2nd Monday of every month at 7 p.m. AND every 3rd Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m., which appears to be their Work Session meetings. Agendas can be found here.
- Alleman Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda – May 13, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Nothing of interest this meeting
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 6:30 p.m. Agendas can be found here.
- Altoona Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda – May 6, 2024
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. with agendas available by EOD Friday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here
- Ankeny Mayor and City Council
- You need to select Novus agenda and it takes you to a 3rd party website where you can then select the latest meeting type such as City Council, Action Planning, etc.
- City Council meetings can be viewed via Zoom, but only during the meeting. The City does not post the video of the Council meetings on either their website or YouTube.
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 6, 2024
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
- Bondurant Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 6, 2024
- City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month at 6:30 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here on the right side of the website.
- Carlisle Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Moving May 27, 2024 Regular Council Meeting to May 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM
- Public Hearing For Specifications for Scotch Ridge Road And Highway 5 Intersection Improvements
- Ordinance 799 Amending Stop Signs To Allow Roll-out Stop Signs
- Discussion and Possible Action On Gravel Surfacing For County Line Road and SE 72nd Street
- City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 6 p.m. with the goal of having agendas posted no later than two business days prior to a meeting. Agenda Packets for 2024 can be found here and a collection of prior year agenda packets (2005+) and large construction set documents can be located here.
- Clive Mayor and City Council
- Latest City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 2, 2024
- City Council meets on the 2nd Mondays of every month and sometimes on the 4th Monday if needed at 7 p.m. They updated their website so in the new way to find their current agenda/packets is either on the front page of the website either under latest news in the center or to the right under upcoming events.
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Moving May 27, 2024 Regular Council Meeting to May 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
- Dallas Center Mayor and City
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – April 29, 2024
- Dallas County Board of Supervisors meet every Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. Upcoming Supervisor Agenda Packets can be found here and Supervisor meetings prior to upcoming meetings can be located here.
- They do not post contact information for their three board of supervisors - Someone who lives in Dallas County please contact the County to post this information because it’s antithetical to an “open” government.
- Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda – May 14, 2024
- Items of interest:
- CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGETING
- HEART OF IOWA COMMUNITY SERVICES 28E AGREEMENT
- Items of interest:
- If you work for Dallas County or know someone who works there, please tell the administration to include Supervisor agenda packets on the website.
- City Council meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. with agendas posted to the City website by the EOD Friday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here.
- De Soto Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda – April 16, 2024
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5 p.m. with agendas being available by 4:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the meeting. Agendas can be found here. I will only do my top 5 as the media generally covers DSM Council meetings and the big topics.
- Des Moines Mayor and City Council
- City Council does usually have Work Sessions on the morning of regular City Council meetings (Mondays) at 7:30 a.m.
- City Council Meeting Agenda – May 6, 2024
- City Council meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at 6 p.m. Agendas can be found here and Agenda Packets can located here (it seems like agendas are posted at a separate time compared to the full agenda packet.
- Elkhart does not provide contact information for their Mayor or City Council. If you live in Elkhart, please contact the City to ask that they put this information up on their website.
- City Council Meeting Agenda – April 22, 2024
- City Council meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. Agendas can be found here.
- Granger Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 8, 2024
- City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 5:30 p.m. and they try to have agendas available to view for the public published 24 hours in advance of the meeting. They have dates listed on their website when they will not meet during the year listed here.
- Grimes Mayor and City Council
- agenda & meetings page/calendar this does include their upcoming and previous meetings with agendas/packets if you scroll up or down.
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 14, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Public Hearing on Proposed Voluntary Annexation of Property Generally Located Along SE 19th Street/250th Street
- Second Reading of Ordinance 787 Amending Grimes Code of Ordinances Title 8 Public Ways and Properties, Title 11 Building Regulations, and Title 13 Subdivision Regulations
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 7 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here.
- Indianola Mayor and City Council
- City Council does have study sessions on topics that are before the regular City Council meeting at 6 p.m. and are open to the public.
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 6, 2024
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 7 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here This takes you to a 3rd party website where there appears to be no separate web pages for each Council meeting.
- Johnston Mayor and City Council
- City Council does have Work Sessions that are open to the public that occur before regular City Council meetings at 6 p.m.
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 6, 2024 (On the desktop version, it is not a separate page from where the agendas are located so you have to click on meetings in the top right, find the Council meeting on the left, click view agenda, and then you can click on separate agenda items on the left to get more info)
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
- Norwalk Mayor and City Council
- Tentative City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 16, 2024
- Items of interest:
- SW Corridor Update - Snyder & Associates
- Animal Control - Chief Staples
- Setting a Date of Meeting at which it is Proposed to Approve a Development Agreement with Dunn Industrial Condominiums LLC
- Public Hearing regarding Resolution of Necessity for The Ridge at Echo Valley Reconstruction Project
- Resolution approving the Site Plan of Legacy Circle Apartments
- Amending Water, Sewer, Recycling and Solid Waste Fees
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets for previous meetings can be found here but you have to select the particular meeting from a list under City Council Agendas (Their archive is not updated properly so you may need to contact staff at the city to fix this or request different agenda documents). Agendas for the upcoming City Council meeting can be located here on the left hand side of the web page.
- Pleasant Hill Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda – May 14, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Ordinances amending sewer, solid waste, recycling, and stormwater rates
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
- Polk City Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Ordinances amending sewer, solid waste, recycling, and water rates
- Items of interest:
- Polk County Board of Supervisors meet every other Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. The schedule for the rest of the year as well as agenda packets for upcoming and previous meetings can be found here They also typically have work sessions on Wednesday or Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
- Polk County Board of Supervisors (You have to click on each Supervisors “Bio” to get their contact information)
- Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda Packet – May 7, 2024
- City Council meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here on the right side of the website.
- Urbandale Mayor and City Council (On the left hand side of the webpage you have to select each person for their contact information)
- City Council does have Work Sessions that are open to the public that occur before City Council Meetings at 5:30 p.m. City Council also has Lunch and Learn meetings that are open to the public electronically on select Tuesdays at 11:45 a.m. (The public may access the conversation in person at Urbandale City Council Chambers the day of the meeting).
- City Council Lunch and Learn Meeting Agenda Packet – May 14, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Review Use of City Assets & Workforce for Non-City Engagements
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 2nd Monday of every month at 7 p.m. Agendas can be found here
- Van Meter Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda – May 13, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Discussion & Possible Action: Resolution #2024-46 – Approval & Certification of the FY25 Budget
- Resolution of Support for Increasing Board Membership of the Dallas County Board of Supervisors
- Setting Date of Public Hearing Special Speed Zones to change the speed zone to 45 mph in the city limits along F-90
- Discussion & Possible Action: City’s policy & structure setting fees
- Items of interest:
- If you work for the City of Van Meter or know someone who works there, please tell the administration to include Council agenda packets on the website.
- Warren County Board of Supervisors meet every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at 9:30 a.m. Agendas can be found here
- Warren County Board of Supervisors
- Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda – May 7, 2024 They require you to download the agendas via PDF’s so there is no direct web link to the agendas
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. Agendas can be found here AND the agenda packets can be located here
- Waukee Mayor and City Council
- City Council will have Work Sessions and Special Meetings that usually occur on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month.
- City Council Work Session Meeting Agenda Packet – May 13, 2024
- Items of interest:
- Alice’s Road Widening Project
- SE Olson Drive/SE Brick Drive intersection control update
- Kettlestone residential development overview
- Urban fowl discussion
- Pool and hot tub ordinance
- Items of interest:
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 5:30 p.m. Upcoming Council Agenda Packets can be found here (to see the packet for a meeting, click on the meeting under “Events” and then select one of the packet choices) and Council meetings prior to upcoming meetings can be located here
- West Des Moines Mayor and City Council
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 6, 2024
- City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 6 p.m. Agenda Packets can be found here
- Windsor Heights Mayor and City Council (You have to click on each person to get their contact information but you can fill out this form to send a message to the Mayor, the five city councilors, and the city administrator at once.
- They do have recaps of their City Council meetings which are located here
- City Council Meeting Agenda Packet – May 6, 2024
2024.05.12 19:06 plasticpole I get it now: why pride will be so significant for me this year (maybe a bit early, but who cares!)
So I've been able to make a few pride parades over the past few years and even kicked up a fuss a few years ago because I didn't feel my work had done enough during pride month. I've been a part of the events, but also felt apart from it all as I felt a bit of a fraud.
But this will be my first pride after staring HRT (96 days today!) and am on the cusp of being fully-out socially. I've started to see some physical and psychological changes and am generally so very happy with how things are going. My skin's so soft! I'm actually growing breasts! I'm hormonal to all hell!!
However, despite seeing so many things which make me so happy, most of the people around me are ambivalent, or maybe don't really want to hear about some of these things - which, fair enough, I don't want to impose.
Typically, I hate to make things about me - I don't throw birthday parties and would never consider doing anything to celebrate stuff like getting a promotion etc. But this... this I want to sing from the rooftops about. I've been through so much to get here. At each step I've had to (and will have to continue to) push through layers and layers of resistance (internal and external) just to get here. Ironically though, the only thing I want to celebrate, I don't feel I can.
As much as I love my cis-hetero friends, it seems it's mainly those within the LGBTQ+ community who understand. We've seen, and continue to see some real shit, but we deserve this time to celebrate that we've got here - whatever that means to each individual, and wherever you find yourself on your personal journey.
I know pride isn't about only me; it's about us, coming together and celebrating who we are; to look back and thank those who walked, and maybe fell, before us so we can run. But this time, just a little, I'm going to let myself feel a bit of pride because I know I deserve it. I might even have a little dance.
And you know what? You deserve it too.
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But this will be my first pride after staring HRT (96 days today!) and am on the cusp of being fully-out socially. I've started to see some physical and psychological changes and am generally so very happy with how things are going. My skin's so soft! I'm actually growing breasts! I'm hormonal to all hell!!
However, despite seeing so many things which make me so happy, most of the people around me are ambivalent, or maybe don't really want to hear about some of these things - which, fair enough, I don't want to impose.
Typically, I hate to make things about me - I don't throw birthday parties and would never consider doing anything to celebrate stuff like getting a promotion etc. But this... this I want to sing from the rooftops about. I've been through so much to get here. At each step I've had to (and will have to continue to) push through layers and layers of resistance (internal and external) just to get here. Ironically though, the only thing I want to celebrate, I don't feel I can.
As much as I love my cis-hetero friends, it seems it's mainly those within the LGBTQ+ community who understand. We've seen, and continue to see some real shit, but we deserve this time to celebrate that we've got here - whatever that means to each individual, and wherever you find yourself on your personal journey.
I know pride isn't about only me; it's about us, coming together and celebrating who we are; to look back and thank those who walked, and maybe fell, before us so we can run. But this time, just a little, I'm going to let myself feel a bit of pride because I know I deserve it. I might even have a little dance.
And you know what? You deserve it too.
2024.05.12 16:05 Not_Mason_Pines Piecing Together the Inside of the Noceda Residence
Hi, hello, it's me again, posting some more work my brain forced me to do before I'm allowed to get back to writing again 'cause none of it will be seen by anyone if I don't.
tl;dr, I tried to use the scenes we get to put together two possible floorplans for the Noceda residence, though, surprise surprise, there's no definitive answer.
Here's also an imgur album where all the sketches and combined screenshots scattered around this post are located. I'd suggest having all embeds open for this post's formatting's sake. If you instead want to read this post on tumblr, head here. Anyway.
Since the scenes establishing the Grove's interior are mostly isolated to single rooms or all within one episode, hopefully the paradoxes and contradictions remain somewhat low. And of course, before we fully dive into things, this is not meant as a critique towards the show. Setting up a scene, joke, or otherwise, trumps a fully logical, realistic layout, and putting together a full floorplan prior to boarding or animating makes it almost impossible to account for any later rooms or more useful arrangements that are needed in the future.
So, with the introduction aside, let's first take a look at the exterior of Walnut Grove.
Walnut Grove exterior
The house is a quaint suburban home with two floors, possibly an attic, and (a later revealed) basement, with a forward-facing gable roof that has one shed-style dormer window at the front. There's a chimney off on the right, slightly off-center, and there's two windows on this side, one for each floor. The front door is to the left, along with six windows, two thinner ones on either side of the door and four big ones, though the second thin window is occasionally missing, such as in the picture above. There's no garage, just a driveway. The back and left-facing sides of the Grove are never seen, so they're a blank slate, though it's very likely there's a backdoor. The general dimensions of the house seem to have a comparable width to length, close to a square.
Front door
In the second half of Thanks to Them, there's a perfect shot that shows the full entryway.
Full entry hallway
Here you can see the stairs on the left, a door on the left near the back of the stairs, a door all the way at the end with ventilation up top, and two openings on the right, one leading directly into the kitchen.
As a funny aside, in the extended intro in Thanks to Them there's a shot of the hall that looks like this, where the stairs have to be fit in a seriously thin slice on the left to not be visible.
Spaghettified staircase
Anyway, going counter-clockwise, the living room is easily established as being the first opening on the right of the hall (hard to see due to low lighting), the stairs are also visible from the living room. The majority of this room is occupied by drawers and small tables, plus a large sofa in the middle with a TV against the front wall. There's also a window off to the right.
Living room
The back right corner of the living room is never seen properly, nor is the front wall beyond a close-up shot of the TV, but the back left has this additional inward corner.
The other room visible in the prior establishing shot of the entry hall is the kitchen, being accessible through the second opening. These two opposing shots give a full view of the kitchen. There's a counter that runs along the back three walls, along with a kitchen island and a breakfast table on the other side. The microwave and stove top plus oven are on the left along with the fridge, and the sink's at the back.
Kitchen
The opening on the right of the second picture leads into the hallway, with the other exit being a regular door.
There's also a different angle where the opening is seen more clearly, with the room opposite the hall being the downstairs toilet. This also means the door on the left of the establishing shot of the entry hallway belongs to the downstairs toilet, leaving only the door at the back of the hall unaccounted for, though the presence of the window in the kitchen makes it very likely this is the backdoor, or something that leads into a small room that has the backdoor.
Kitchen view of toilet
And that should be all the known rooms on the ground floor done with. Here's a crude sketch for the layout (not necessarily to scale):
Sketch of downstairs
Before making anything more definitive, let's move on to the other two floors. First, the basement is probably the easiest and most well-defined. These two opposing shots map out the majority of it.
Basement
There's a small work station and a sofa seated up against the stairs down to the basement, a closet on the wall to the right, alongside a washedryer setup. In the opposing corner is a small bar. This was definitely the mancave. The one thing that's missing is a pool table. The only trouble the basement has is…where are the stairs to the basement located? The space right under the stairs in the entryway is already occupied by the downstairs toilet, and the front of the house is already mapped from left to right: left wall -> entry hall -> living room -> window on the right wall. The only bits with space undefined/left is in the back right, as the kitchen's right wall has no windows or anything to indicate it's actually an outside wall, or the back left, with the unassigned door which may or may not be the backdoor obscuring things. The unassigned door has ventilation above it, and while I'm not sure, I presume it's common to have those above interior doors rather than exterior ones, so perhaps there is indeed another room back there. Especially if it's the entry to the basement, which has no windows or access to the outside for ventilation. Plus, the way the kitchen extends further back than the hallway in its establishing shot suggests there is room back there.
Lastly, let's move on to the upper floor.
The main thing we see on this floor is Luz's room, which is almost fully mapped by these shots, leaving just one corner unseen.
Luz's room
It has a bunk bed, a window on either side on both walls, a built-in closet with sliding door on the opposing wall, a small bookcase, and a desk under the right-most window. This is also where we run into the first definitive irreconcilable contradiction. You can see the slanted roof of the house here, with Luz's ceiling going up diagonally from the wall with the bookcase to the door at the back. However, in Yesterday's Lie, Vee jumps out of the desk window on the right, and comes out the shed window at the front of the Grove.
Vee yeeting out the window
Furthermore, we also have a shot at the end of the extended intro in Thanks to Them, where Luz sits at her desk on the right and directly sees the school bus arrive at the front.
School bus arrives
So, the ceiling says the desk window should be on the side of the Grove, but two instances say the window is at the front. There's sadly no way to reconcile this, so any future layout will have to compromise and pick one or the other. One thing that's clear though is that Luz's room has a front-facing wall. Whether that means her room is at the front-right corner or the front-left corner is up to us to pick.
The ceiling's slant in Luz's room should start a lot lower near the floor anyway, as the roof at the front slants down all the way to the bottom of the upper floor, along with the shed window being obvious from the inside, while in Luz's room the diagonal ceiling is only near the top, and the windows are both on flat walls. But of course, fitting in a bunk bed with that kind of ceiling is much more difficult for animators with these shots, so let's just let that slide.
Moving on, we also get a few shots of the upstairs hallway.
Upstairs hallway
Now, I definitely think this hallway has been stretched out in the right picture, namely to add in all the photos on the wall, so let's go with animation trickery and assume the length is shorter than this, otherwise it'll probably be wider than the entire house, length- or width-wise. We also have at least two doors on one side of the hall, possibly three since the door in the left picture is white, with the other door further back in the right picture being brown. There's also room behind the camera on the left for a door, as well as the stairs leading up to the hallway. There's no serious slant visible in the ceiling like in Luz's room, so the hallway isn't directly up against an outside wall, so that's one point off.
When it comes to Camilla's room we basically see nothing except the bed and the door, so nothing more to say about that.
Camila's room
Before I go ahead and show my first attempt at a complete floorplan, I'll also mention that we're missing a proper bathroom, so that's something that has to be around somewhere. Since there's at least three doors in the upstairs hallway, and convention, the bathroom will be upstairs.
There's also this inward corner in the back-left of the living room, and the kitchen doesn't have an alcove back there, so another room has to be back there. Though from all possible angles, no door can be seen. So apparently the Grove just has a hole in its center?
Unidentified empty space
Lastly, there's the already mentioned possible location of the basement stairs behind the door at the back of the hall. I'll leave out a highly possible attic space, as it's never shown, and adding it to the floorplan is pretty easy. Just a singular room with a collapsible ceiling ladder somewhere in the upstairs hallway.
With all this kept in mind, the floorplan that arises from this looks like this, though proportions can be altered a little:
Floorplans attempt 1
Some clarifications, I turned the mysterious gap in the center of the house into a pantry, with kitchen-access, even if there's no actual access visible in the show. The second doorway in the kitchen also directly leads into the living room, in the corner we can't see. A fireplace is also added, as there should be a chimney/fireplace around that location. The space behind the door at the back of the hall is turned into a room with access to the basement, though I can also see it containing the breaker box and that kind of stuff on the right wall.
For the basement, nothing more needs to be said, except yes, I did add the pool table. And for the upstairs, by making things fit with the parameters set with the ground floor, the additional space in the front-left corner becomes a home office (for Manny, rest in peace), with Luz's room at the front-right and her desk window becoming the shed window, and Camila's room at the back-right. Using up some of the remaining space for built-in closets, the potential third/middle door in the hallway becomes the missing bathroom, which is an en-suite here. Lastly, the remaining space in the back left just becomes more storage space.
So yeah, a few clunky things, but it works overall.
Now to tear this apart and point out all the inconsistencies I left out up until now.
This also means the hallway is oriented wrong, as none of the slanted roof can be seen at the back, which would be the case if the orientation was front to back. The upstairs hallway is depicted as being oriented from left to right, parallel to the rooftop, especially with the window at the end.
Speaking of windows, the sideview of the Grove's exterior shows there's no window near the front at the right-facing wall, even though the living room has a window at the right. No matter what, the living room is solidly depicted as being in the front-right corner of the house, making this missing living room window the second irreconcilable contradiction we've encountered so far.
Keeping up with windows, the exterior window in the back of the right-facing wall is nowhere to be seen in the actual floorplan, belonging to the kitchen, which has no window on that wall. Furthermore, the side of a neighbor's house is visible in the kitchen window, meaning that wall is side-facing. This means the kitchen is either in the back-left corner or the front-right corner, though the latter is already occupied by the living room, so if anything, the kitchen would be in the back-left.
And, as mentioned previously, there's absolutely no entry to this mysterious hole in the center of the floorplans in any of the interior shots.
Kitchen window inconsistency
Based on these floorplans, it should also be clear that the house stretches back more than it is wide, which doesn't match up well with the outside, where the layout is more square.
Oh, and I left out the biggest inconsistency so far.
You remember that second entry to the kitchen? The one with the door, not the one to the entry hall? The one I assigned to being a direct passage into the living room?
Yeah, there's a whole second hallway beyond there, one we never actually see from within in the show.
Surprise hallway!
So…big oversight on my part there.
With all these big inconsistencies pointed out though, barring the two irreconcilable ones, let's try again, and attempt to work out these kinks.
Rather than base things off the entryway, let's instead build things up on the ground floor around the kitchen, since that one had the biggest inconsistencies in attempt one.
Well, let's start with putting the kitchen at the left of the house, with the kitchen window facing left. We also still have the downstairs toilet across the hall from the opening, and we now also have this second hallway visible from the other door, which has a corner, if not a T-junction, right where the kitchen door is, and two doors, one for each wall of said corner.
A crude sketch of this arrangement looks like this:
Sketch of kitchen and hallway
We now have a weird mess of hallways and turns, but to further build on this, let's just connect the two bits of hallway we can see into one, which you'll see just below in the final floorplan.
Of course, the location of the entry hallway and the living room doesn't change whatsoever, so let's just go ahead and show my full second attempt:
Floorplans attempt 2
As you can see here, the new kitchen direction with adjacent hallway system, combined with the entryway and living room, fills up quite a bit of floorspace. That, and the downstairs toilet now neatly explains the back-left corner of the living room. Concerning the two additional doors visible in the second hallway, I've assigned one to the pantry, and the other to a small closet containing the breaker box.
The long stretch of hallway parallel to the right of the kitchen did create some empty space between the living room and the pantry, but I filled this up with a proper dining room. This also now happens to be the spot where the chimney/fireplace would be located, which seems very fitting.
The basement does not change in any significant way, besides needing to figure out where the basement stairs are, as the kitchen now occupies the space right behind the entry stairway. As the weird second hallway section seems to extend beyond the windowless kitchen wall, the implied space right beyond the kitchen is turned into the basement stairs. This also turns the whole basement by ninety degrees.
Lastly, there is the upstairs. As the placement of the staircase really does not change, the floorplan of the upstairs is not determined by that of the downstairs. In reality, the floorplan of the first attempt and that of the second attempt here could be interchanged if you fudged the proportions a little. Anyway, for this upstairs I collapsed the Luz Schrodinger's room wave function into the front-left corner state, meaning we're now adhering to the sloped roof visible in Luz's room rather than the desk window. I also gave the one corner that's never actually shown in the show an indent to give some room for the stairs to go up without the ceiling being in the way.
With her room in the front-left, this makes the hallway stretch from left-to-right, also solving that discrepancy discussed with the last attempt. Beyond that, I assigned the three visible doors upstairs to Luz's room, a hallway closet, and the home office (otherwise an empty space), with the shed window now being part of said office, and in the back there's Camila's room, a walk-in closet, and the en-suite bathroom to fill the remaining space.
All in all, a decently put together floorplan, I'd say. Now let's point out what's wrong with this one.
Speaking of windows, the one in Luz's room, above her low bookshelf, is not visible on the exterior, where only the shed windows are visible. Proportions just won't allow this shed window to belong to Luz's room, unless you fudge with things and make the other room on the front end be much thinner. At least there's now space for a window on the lower right wall near the back, which I added to the bit of hallway that reaches the right wall, between the dining room and pantry.
There are two glaring inconsistencies though, one being the fact the entrance hall no longer matches the one establishing shot, where the kitchen is visibly established as being oriented where its one window is facing the back. This kitchen window both facing the back of the house as well as showing one of the neighboring houses is the third irreconcilable contradiction.
Full entry hallway
The other big inconsistency involves the downstairs toilet, which happens to have a small window on the wall opposite the door. The stars are even visible through it.
Quantum tunneling toilet window
In this layout, this wall is an interior one, with the living room being on the other side. It seems this window is somehow capable of quantum tunneling to the exterior wall, which doesn't sound very realistic. (As an aside, I'll skip on figuring out a floorplan for the actual Owl House, citing magic as my excuse. That, or 'Hooty was feeling a little quirky with his insides that scene' when contradictory shots show up).
So, dear reader who's somehow found this post and read it to the end, which floorplan do you prefer, or think makes more sense? Keep in mind that you can swap the layouts for the upstairs between the two attempts as long as you adjust the proportions a little.
But that's enough out of me. I'll see you once the next side-tangent for fic writing hits and I put too much effort into it to not show it online.
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tl;dr, I tried to use the scenes we get to put together two possible floorplans for the Noceda residence, though, surprise surprise, there's no definitive answer.
Here's also an imgur album where all the sketches and combined screenshots scattered around this post are located. I'd suggest having all embeds open for this post's formatting's sake. If you instead want to read this post on tumblr, head here. Anyway.
Introduction
Alright, so we all know that houses in cartoons are innocuous suburban homes that inside are secretly eldritch shapeshifting nightmares hellbent on driving anyone trying to put together a definitive interior insane, answering only to the whims of the storyboarders. And typically, the longer a show runs and the more scenes we get inside a house, the more contradictions etc. build up. Thankfully, the Noceda residence, which I think I'll call Walnut Grove, or the Grove for short from here on out (since Noceda is losely translated to grove of walnut trees, and the Grove or Walnut Grove sounds like something people might name their house). Petering out sentence aside, thankfully we only see the inside of the Grove in a couple episodes: Camila's room in Enchanting Grom Fright's last scene, the living room in the ending scene of Keeping up A-fear-ances, several scenes of the kitchen and Luz's bedroom in Yesterday's Lie, the kitchen and entry hall at the end of King's Tide, Luz's room and the upstairs hallway in the epilogue, and of course every single room we know of in Thanks To Them.Since the scenes establishing the Grove's interior are mostly isolated to single rooms or all within one episode, hopefully the paradoxes and contradictions remain somewhat low. And of course, before we fully dive into things, this is not meant as a critique towards the show. Setting up a scene, joke, or otherwise, trumps a fully logical, realistic layout, and putting together a full floorplan prior to boarding or animating makes it almost impossible to account for any later rooms or more useful arrangements that are needed in the future.
So, with the introduction aside, let's first take a look at the exterior of Walnut Grove.
Walnut Grove exterior
The house is a quaint suburban home with two floors, possibly an attic, and (a later revealed) basement, with a forward-facing gable roof that has one shed-style dormer window at the front. There's a chimney off on the right, slightly off-center, and there's two windows on this side, one for each floor. The front door is to the left, along with six windows, two thinner ones on either side of the door and four big ones, though the second thin window is occasionally missing, such as in the picture above. There's no garage, just a driveway. The back and left-facing sides of the Grove are never seen, so they're a blank slate, though it's very likely there's a backdoor. The general dimensions of the house seem to have a comparable width to length, close to a square.
First attempt
With that out of the way, now for piecing together the actual inside. Let's have the first attempt start right at the front door, which opens up into the entry hall, where the staircase resides.Front door
In the second half of Thanks to Them, there's a perfect shot that shows the full entryway.
Full entry hallway
Here you can see the stairs on the left, a door on the left near the back of the stairs, a door all the way at the end with ventilation up top, and two openings on the right, one leading directly into the kitchen.
As a funny aside, in the extended intro in Thanks to Them there's a shot of the hall that looks like this, where the stairs have to be fit in a seriously thin slice on the left to not be visible.
Spaghettified staircase
Anyway, going counter-clockwise, the living room is easily established as being the first opening on the right of the hall (hard to see due to low lighting), the stairs are also visible from the living room. The majority of this room is occupied by drawers and small tables, plus a large sofa in the middle with a TV against the front wall. There's also a window off to the right.
Living room
The back right corner of the living room is never seen properly, nor is the front wall beyond a close-up shot of the TV, but the back left has this additional inward corner.
The other room visible in the prior establishing shot of the entry hall is the kitchen, being accessible through the second opening. These two opposing shots give a full view of the kitchen. There's a counter that runs along the back three walls, along with a kitchen island and a breakfast table on the other side. The microwave and stove top plus oven are on the left along with the fridge, and the sink's at the back.
Kitchen
The opening on the right of the second picture leads into the hallway, with the other exit being a regular door.
There's also a different angle where the opening is seen more clearly, with the room opposite the hall being the downstairs toilet. This also means the door on the left of the establishing shot of the entry hallway belongs to the downstairs toilet, leaving only the door at the back of the hall unaccounted for, though the presence of the window in the kitchen makes it very likely this is the backdoor, or something that leads into a small room that has the backdoor.
Kitchen view of toilet
And that should be all the known rooms on the ground floor done with. Here's a crude sketch for the layout (not necessarily to scale):
Sketch of downstairs
Before making anything more definitive, let's move on to the other two floors. First, the basement is probably the easiest and most well-defined. These two opposing shots map out the majority of it.
Basement
There's a small work station and a sofa seated up against the stairs down to the basement, a closet on the wall to the right, alongside a washedryer setup. In the opposing corner is a small bar. This was definitely the mancave. The one thing that's missing is a pool table. The only trouble the basement has is…where are the stairs to the basement located? The space right under the stairs in the entryway is already occupied by the downstairs toilet, and the front of the house is already mapped from left to right: left wall -> entry hall -> living room -> window on the right wall. The only bits with space undefined/left is in the back right, as the kitchen's right wall has no windows or anything to indicate it's actually an outside wall, or the back left, with the unassigned door which may or may not be the backdoor obscuring things. The unassigned door has ventilation above it, and while I'm not sure, I presume it's common to have those above interior doors rather than exterior ones, so perhaps there is indeed another room back there. Especially if it's the entry to the basement, which has no windows or access to the outside for ventilation. Plus, the way the kitchen extends further back than the hallway in its establishing shot suggests there is room back there.
Lastly, let's move on to the upper floor.
The main thing we see on this floor is Luz's room, which is almost fully mapped by these shots, leaving just one corner unseen.
Luz's room
It has a bunk bed, a window on either side on both walls, a built-in closet with sliding door on the opposing wall, a small bookcase, and a desk under the right-most window. This is also where we run into the first definitive irreconcilable contradiction. You can see the slanted roof of the house here, with Luz's ceiling going up diagonally from the wall with the bookcase to the door at the back. However, in Yesterday's Lie, Vee jumps out of the desk window on the right, and comes out the shed window at the front of the Grove.
Vee yeeting out the window
Furthermore, we also have a shot at the end of the extended intro in Thanks to Them, where Luz sits at her desk on the right and directly sees the school bus arrive at the front.
School bus arrives
So, the ceiling says the desk window should be on the side of the Grove, but two instances say the window is at the front. There's sadly no way to reconcile this, so any future layout will have to compromise and pick one or the other. One thing that's clear though is that Luz's room has a front-facing wall. Whether that means her room is at the front-right corner or the front-left corner is up to us to pick.
The ceiling's slant in Luz's room should start a lot lower near the floor anyway, as the roof at the front slants down all the way to the bottom of the upper floor, along with the shed window being obvious from the inside, while in Luz's room the diagonal ceiling is only near the top, and the windows are both on flat walls. But of course, fitting in a bunk bed with that kind of ceiling is much more difficult for animators with these shots, so let's just let that slide.
Moving on, we also get a few shots of the upstairs hallway.
Upstairs hallway
Now, I definitely think this hallway has been stretched out in the right picture, namely to add in all the photos on the wall, so let's go with animation trickery and assume the length is shorter than this, otherwise it'll probably be wider than the entire house, length- or width-wise. We also have at least two doors on one side of the hall, possibly three since the door in the left picture is white, with the other door further back in the right picture being brown. There's also room behind the camera on the left for a door, as well as the stairs leading up to the hallway. There's no serious slant visible in the ceiling like in Luz's room, so the hallway isn't directly up against an outside wall, so that's one point off.
When it comes to Camilla's room we basically see nothing except the bed and the door, so nothing more to say about that.
Camila's room
Before I go ahead and show my first attempt at a complete floorplan, I'll also mention that we're missing a proper bathroom, so that's something that has to be around somewhere. Since there's at least three doors in the upstairs hallway, and convention, the bathroom will be upstairs.
There's also this inward corner in the back-left of the living room, and the kitchen doesn't have an alcove back there, so another room has to be back there. Though from all possible angles, no door can be seen. So apparently the Grove just has a hole in its center?
Unidentified empty space
Lastly, there's the already mentioned possible location of the basement stairs behind the door at the back of the hall. I'll leave out a highly possible attic space, as it's never shown, and adding it to the floorplan is pretty easy. Just a singular room with a collapsible ceiling ladder somewhere in the upstairs hallway.
With all this kept in mind, the floorplan that arises from this looks like this, though proportions can be altered a little:
Floorplans attempt 1
Some clarifications, I turned the mysterious gap in the center of the house into a pantry, with kitchen-access, even if there's no actual access visible in the show. The second doorway in the kitchen also directly leads into the living room, in the corner we can't see. A fireplace is also added, as there should be a chimney/fireplace around that location. The space behind the door at the back of the hall is turned into a room with access to the basement, though I can also see it containing the breaker box and that kind of stuff on the right wall.
For the basement, nothing more needs to be said, except yes, I did add the pool table. And for the upstairs, by making things fit with the parameters set with the ground floor, the additional space in the front-left corner becomes a home office (for Manny, rest in peace), with Luz's room at the front-right and her desk window becoming the shed window, and Camila's room at the back-right. Using up some of the remaining space for built-in closets, the potential third/middle door in the hallway becomes the missing bathroom, which is an en-suite here. Lastly, the remaining space in the back left just becomes more storage space.
So yeah, a few clunky things, but it works overall.
Now to tear this apart and point out all the inconsistencies I left out up until now.
The inconsistencies #1
Obviously, Luz's room is a Schrodinger's room that's in either the front-left corner state or the front-right corner state. For the sake of illustrating both options, I collapsed the wave function into front-right for this attempt, but I'll get back to the other state in a bit.This also means the hallway is oriented wrong, as none of the slanted roof can be seen at the back, which would be the case if the orientation was front to back. The upstairs hallway is depicted as being oriented from left to right, parallel to the rooftop, especially with the window at the end.
Speaking of windows, the sideview of the Grove's exterior shows there's no window near the front at the right-facing wall, even though the living room has a window at the right. No matter what, the living room is solidly depicted as being in the front-right corner of the house, making this missing living room window the second irreconcilable contradiction we've encountered so far.
Keeping up with windows, the exterior window in the back of the right-facing wall is nowhere to be seen in the actual floorplan, belonging to the kitchen, which has no window on that wall. Furthermore, the side of a neighbor's house is visible in the kitchen window, meaning that wall is side-facing. This means the kitchen is either in the back-left corner or the front-right corner, though the latter is already occupied by the living room, so if anything, the kitchen would be in the back-left.
And, as mentioned previously, there's absolutely no entry to this mysterious hole in the center of the floorplans in any of the interior shots.
Kitchen window inconsistency
Based on these floorplans, it should also be clear that the house stretches back more than it is wide, which doesn't match up well with the outside, where the layout is more square.
Oh, and I left out the biggest inconsistency so far.
You remember that second entry to the kitchen? The one with the door, not the one to the entry hall? The one I assigned to being a direct passage into the living room?
Yeah, there's a whole second hallway beyond there, one we never actually see from within in the show.
Surprise hallway!
So…big oversight on my part there.
With all these big inconsistencies pointed out though, barring the two irreconcilable ones, let's try again, and attempt to work out these kinks.
Second attempt
I'll spare you the same pictures of the rooms again, so let's get to the meat of this second attempt.Rather than base things off the entryway, let's instead build things up on the ground floor around the kitchen, since that one had the biggest inconsistencies in attempt one.
Well, let's start with putting the kitchen at the left of the house, with the kitchen window facing left. We also still have the downstairs toilet across the hall from the opening, and we now also have this second hallway visible from the other door, which has a corner, if not a T-junction, right where the kitchen door is, and two doors, one for each wall of said corner.
A crude sketch of this arrangement looks like this:
Sketch of kitchen and hallway
We now have a weird mess of hallways and turns, but to further build on this, let's just connect the two bits of hallway we can see into one, which you'll see just below in the final floorplan.
Of course, the location of the entry hallway and the living room doesn't change whatsoever, so let's just go ahead and show my full second attempt:
Floorplans attempt 2
As you can see here, the new kitchen direction with adjacent hallway system, combined with the entryway and living room, fills up quite a bit of floorspace. That, and the downstairs toilet now neatly explains the back-left corner of the living room. Concerning the two additional doors visible in the second hallway, I've assigned one to the pantry, and the other to a small closet containing the breaker box.
The long stretch of hallway parallel to the right of the kitchen did create some empty space between the living room and the pantry, but I filled this up with a proper dining room. This also now happens to be the spot where the chimney/fireplace would be located, which seems very fitting.
The basement does not change in any significant way, besides needing to figure out where the basement stairs are, as the kitchen now occupies the space right behind the entry stairway. As the weird second hallway section seems to extend beyond the windowless kitchen wall, the implied space right beyond the kitchen is turned into the basement stairs. This also turns the whole basement by ninety degrees.
Lastly, there is the upstairs. As the placement of the staircase really does not change, the floorplan of the upstairs is not determined by that of the downstairs. In reality, the floorplan of the first attempt and that of the second attempt here could be interchanged if you fudged the proportions a little. Anyway, for this upstairs I collapsed the Luz Schrodinger's room wave function into the front-left corner state, meaning we're now adhering to the sloped roof visible in Luz's room rather than the desk window. I also gave the one corner that's never actually shown in the show an indent to give some room for the stairs to go up without the ceiling being in the way.
With her room in the front-left, this makes the hallway stretch from left-to-right, also solving that discrepancy discussed with the last attempt. Beyond that, I assigned the three visible doors upstairs to Luz's room, a hallway closet, and the home office (otherwise an empty space), with the shed window now being part of said office, and in the back there's Camila's room, a walk-in closet, and the en-suite bathroom to fill the remaining space.
All in all, a decently put together floorplan, I'd say. Now let's point out what's wrong with this one.
The inconsistencies #2
Let's get the obvious ones out of the way. Luz's desk window now doesn't face the front anymore, but this was one of two irreconcilable contradictions anyway. The other one is the lack of a living room window on the right side of the house, which again can't be fixed.Speaking of windows, the one in Luz's room, above her low bookshelf, is not visible on the exterior, where only the shed windows are visible. Proportions just won't allow this shed window to belong to Luz's room, unless you fudge with things and make the other room on the front end be much thinner. At least there's now space for a window on the lower right wall near the back, which I added to the bit of hallway that reaches the right wall, between the dining room and pantry.
There are two glaring inconsistencies though, one being the fact the entrance hall no longer matches the one establishing shot, where the kitchen is visibly established as being oriented where its one window is facing the back. This kitchen window both facing the back of the house as well as showing one of the neighboring houses is the third irreconcilable contradiction.
Full entry hallway
The other big inconsistency involves the downstairs toilet, which happens to have a small window on the wall opposite the door. The stars are even visible through it.
Quantum tunneling toilet window
In this layout, this wall is an interior one, with the living room being on the other side. It seems this window is somehow capable of quantum tunneling to the exterior wall, which doesn't sound very realistic. (As an aside, I'll skip on figuring out a floorplan for the actual Owl House, citing magic as my excuse. That, or 'Hooty was feeling a little quirky with his insides that scene' when contradictory shots show up).
Concluding remarks
In general, the Noceda residence is decently well established, and does not have too many irreconcilable contradictions, as hoped for predicted in the introduction. Trust me, other cartoon houses are notorious for being extremely inconsistent in their depictions.- Luz's desk window suggests her room plus upstairs hallway stretch front-to-back, but the ceilings of her room and hallway show they stretch left-to-right.
- The kitchen window is facing left, but the entry hall and kitchen are established to face front-to-back.
- The living room is established to be in the front-right corner, but the window visible on the right wall is absent on the outside.
So, dear reader who's somehow found this post and read it to the end, which floorplan do you prefer, or think makes more sense? Keep in mind that you can swap the layouts for the upstairs between the two attempts as long as you adjust the proportions a little.
But that's enough out of me. I'll see you once the next side-tangent for fic writing hits and I put too much effort into it to not show it online.
2024.05.12 15:05 mutumu5591 The Nightmare That Is Kampala House Hunting
I have been searching for a house to rent in the areas of Kisaasi, Kyanja, Kungu, Kulambiro, and surrounding neighborhoods in Kampala, Uganda. My budget range is between 500,000 and 750,000 Ugandan Shillings (approximately $132 - $198 USD). The primary reason for focusing my search in these areas is that I own a business located in Kisaasi, so I need to live nearby.
Yesterday(Saturday the 11th of May), I reached out to a broker who had previously assisted me in finding a shop, hoping they could help me find a suitable house as well. During our phone conversation, the broker mentioned having four houses to show me that fit within my stated budget range. We agreed on the pricing, and I met up with the broker to view these properties.
The first house we looked at was located in Kyanja and priced at 600,000 UGX. However, when we arrived, the house was currently occupied by tenants. The broker assured me that I could view the property the following day, which I did. Upon inspection, I found that the house had issues with mold growth and paint chipping from both the interior and exterior walls, presenting potential health hazards for any occupants. Additionally, the kitchen appeared to be an afterthought in the design, poorly integrated into the overall layout.
The second house, also situated in Kyanja, was approximately one kilometer away from the main road. Not only was the location somewhat isolated, but the area did not feel particularly safe. While the house itself was decently sized, the kitchen once again seemed like an ill-conceived afterthought. The asking price for this property was 690,000 UGX.
The third and fourth houses we viewed were located in Kisaasi. Unfortunately, neither property was particularly impressive. They were both quite small, lacked adequate lighting, and were situated far away from the main road, which could present accessibility issues.
At this point, I began to doubt whether this particular broker was truly familiar with the area and my specific requirements. Against my better judgment, I decided to reach out to a different brokerage firm that I had been seeing advertised on TikTok. Before proceeding any further, I insisted on meeting them at their physical office location to ensure their legitimacy. Surprisingly, they did indeed have an actual office space. I explained my housing needs and budget constraints, and they informed me that they had three properties that seemed to match my criteria. After paying the required fees and obtaining a receipt, we embarked on viewing these houses.
The first property we visited was located in Kulambiro. Situated near the main tarmac road, the house was decently sized. However, as had become a recurring issue, the kitchen was essentially non-existent – a mere afterthought in the design. The broker quoted a price of 500,000 UGX for this house. Initially, I considered it a potentially viable option given its convenient location and my budget constraints. However, just as we were inspecting the property, the caretaker arrived and informed us that the house had already been rented out to someone else. In hindsight, this situation raised suspicions that it may have been a carefully orchestrated ploy between the broker and the caretaker.
The second house we viewed was located in Kungu and priced at 800,000 UGX. Despite the cost, the property itself was quite underwhelming and failed to meet my expectations.
As for the third house in Kyanja, I did not actually get the opportunity to see it in person despite going to the place. According to the caretaker, someone had paid for and secured the rental overnight, leaving the broker seemingly 'surprised' by this sudden development.
The fourth and any remaining houses I was shown continued to be disappointments, offering nothing noteworthy to report.
In the end, after spending approximately 200,000 UGX on broker fees and transportation costs, I was unable to secure a suitable rental property. From this experience, I have made the following observations:
In comparison, the houses I viewed in Kampala within my budget range of 500,000 to 750,000 Ugandan Shillings (approximately $132 to $198) were substantially lacking in quality, often with poorly designed kitchens, smaller living spaces, and a general absence of modern conveniences like elevators or common areas. This stark contrast highlights the disparity between the housing standards and rental costs in Kampala versus what one might expect for a similar budget in a city like Nairobi.
The root cause of these issues may be linked to the low GDP per capita in Uganda, which stands at approximately $946 USD. With the average Ugandan contributing only around 300,000 UGX (approximately $79 USD) per month to the economy, there appears to be a significant wealth gap. A small portion of the population can afford high-quality housing, while the vast majority live in poverty, with little to no options for decent, reasonably priced accommodation.
In light of these challenges, I am appealing to you good people of Reddit for recommendations or insights that could aid my ongoing search for a suitable rental property. I remain open to considering studio apartments as well, provided they are conveniently located near my place of business and fall within my stated budget range. Any guidance or suggestions would be highly appreciated, as I find myself at my wits' end after this disheartening experience.
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Yesterday(Saturday the 11th of May), I reached out to a broker who had previously assisted me in finding a shop, hoping they could help me find a suitable house as well. During our phone conversation, the broker mentioned having four houses to show me that fit within my stated budget range. We agreed on the pricing, and I met up with the broker to view these properties.
The first house we looked at was located in Kyanja and priced at 600,000 UGX. However, when we arrived, the house was currently occupied by tenants. The broker assured me that I could view the property the following day, which I did. Upon inspection, I found that the house had issues with mold growth and paint chipping from both the interior and exterior walls, presenting potential health hazards for any occupants. Additionally, the kitchen appeared to be an afterthought in the design, poorly integrated into the overall layout.
The second house, also situated in Kyanja, was approximately one kilometer away from the main road. Not only was the location somewhat isolated, but the area did not feel particularly safe. While the house itself was decently sized, the kitchen once again seemed like an ill-conceived afterthought. The asking price for this property was 690,000 UGX.
The third and fourth houses we viewed were located in Kisaasi. Unfortunately, neither property was particularly impressive. They were both quite small, lacked adequate lighting, and were situated far away from the main road, which could present accessibility issues.
At this point, I began to doubt whether this particular broker was truly familiar with the area and my specific requirements. Against my better judgment, I decided to reach out to a different brokerage firm that I had been seeing advertised on TikTok. Before proceeding any further, I insisted on meeting them at their physical office location to ensure their legitimacy. Surprisingly, they did indeed have an actual office space. I explained my housing needs and budget constraints, and they informed me that they had three properties that seemed to match my criteria. After paying the required fees and obtaining a receipt, we embarked on viewing these houses.
The first property we visited was located in Kulambiro. Situated near the main tarmac road, the house was decently sized. However, as had become a recurring issue, the kitchen was essentially non-existent – a mere afterthought in the design. The broker quoted a price of 500,000 UGX for this house. Initially, I considered it a potentially viable option given its convenient location and my budget constraints. However, just as we were inspecting the property, the caretaker arrived and informed us that the house had already been rented out to someone else. In hindsight, this situation raised suspicions that it may have been a carefully orchestrated ploy between the broker and the caretaker.
The second house we viewed was located in Kungu and priced at 800,000 UGX. Despite the cost, the property itself was quite underwhelming and failed to meet my expectations.
As for the third house in Kyanja, I did not actually get the opportunity to see it in person despite going to the place. According to the caretaker, someone had paid for and secured the rental overnight, leaving the broker seemingly 'surprised' by this sudden development.
The fourth and any remaining houses I was shown continued to be disappointments, offering nothing noteworthy to report.
In the end, after spending approximately 200,000 UGX on broker fees and transportation costs, I was unable to secure a suitable rental property. From this experience, I have made the following observations:
- Brokers often lack integrity and will prioritize making a commission over genuinely fulfilling the client's needs and requirements. This seems to be a vicious cycle, with dishonest practices being a common occurrence regardless of which brokerage firm one engages with.
- There appears to be an acute housing shortage in Kampala, with demand far outstripping the available supply of rental properties. This imbalance likely contributes to the stark disparity between the cost of housing and the actual quality/condition of the units.
- Many of the houses I viewed were of substandard quality, with poorly designed layouts, lack of basic amenities (such as properly integrated kitchens), and overall inadequate living conditions – yet commanding prices that seem unjustified given their shortcomings.
In comparison, the houses I viewed in Kampala within my budget range of 500,000 to 750,000 Ugandan Shillings (approximately $132 to $198) were substantially lacking in quality, often with poorly designed kitchens, smaller living spaces, and a general absence of modern conveniences like elevators or common areas. This stark contrast highlights the disparity between the housing standards and rental costs in Kampala versus what one might expect for a similar budget in a city like Nairobi.
The root cause of these issues may be linked to the low GDP per capita in Uganda, which stands at approximately $946 USD. With the average Ugandan contributing only around 300,000 UGX (approximately $79 USD) per month to the economy, there appears to be a significant wealth gap. A small portion of the population can afford high-quality housing, while the vast majority live in poverty, with little to no options for decent, reasonably priced accommodation.
In light of these challenges, I am appealing to you good people of Reddit for recommendations or insights that could aid my ongoing search for a suitable rental property. I remain open to considering studio apartments as well, provided they are conveniently located near my place of business and fall within my stated budget range. Any guidance or suggestions would be highly appreciated, as I find myself at my wits' end after this disheartening experience.
2024.05.12 07:00 CraizeeWriter Best hidden gem for a date?
Looking for cheap (preferably no-cost) "unpopular" places for a date. Hidden gems, if you will. Parks and gardens are fine, so are trails, but anything that could be a hideaway for two people to just explore, possibly stargaze. Train tracks, abandoned buildings, parking garages with little light pollution, stuff like that are great, as are playgrounds and rooftops that allow general access.
Any place in orlando, alafaya, lake mary, or any immediate surrounding areas would be perfect
Thank you so much!!
Edit: THIS IS NOT A FIRST DATE WE'VE BEEN DATING FOR ALMOST A YEAR!!!!!
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Any place in orlando, alafaya, lake mary, or any immediate surrounding areas would be perfect
Thank you so much!!
Edit: THIS IS NOT A FIRST DATE WE'VE BEEN DATING FOR ALMOST A YEAR!!!!!
2024.05.11 21:13 SanderSo47 Directors at the Box Office: Wes Craven
 | https://preview.redd.it/5jhcjegtjuzc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=71a26f361e87730152e07e12f1bc76322db0b023 submitted by SanderSo47 to boxoffice [link] [comments] Here's a new edition of "Directors at the Box Office", which seeks to explore the directors' trajectory at the box office and analyze their hits and bombs. I already talked about a few, and as I promised, it's Wes Craven's turn. Craven earned a master's degree in philosophy and writing from Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently bought a 16mm film camera and began making short movies. His friend Steve Chapin informed him of a messenger position at a New York City film production co, where his brother, future folk-rock star Harry Chapin worked. He started in the industry as a sound editor, before transitioning as a porn director. He said he made "many hardcore X-rated films" under pseudonyms. And then he transitioned into directing for the big screen. From a box office perspective, how reliable was he to deliver a box office hit? That's the point of this post. To analyze his career. It should be noted that as he started his career in the 1970s, some of the domestic grosses here will be adjusted by inflation. The table with his highest grossing films, however, will be left in its unadjusted form, as the worldwide grosses are more difficult to adjust.The Last House on the Left (1972)"Mari, seventeen, is dying. Even for her, the worst is yet to come."His directorial debut. The film stars Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, and Marc Sheffler. The plot follows Mari Collingwood, a teenager who is abducted, raped, and tortured by a family of violent fugitives led by Krug Stillo on her seventeenth birthday. When her parents discover what happened to her, they seek vengeance against the family, who have taken shelter at their home. Craven, who had no money at the time, was put on the job of synchronizing dailies for Sean S. Cunningham's Together. They became friends, and Hallmark Releasing gave them $90,000 to make another film. Craven considered a hardcore film, but decided to tone it down a bit. The idea for this film came from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, and Craven wanted to make a film in which the violence would be shown in detail onscreen, as he felt that many popular films of the era, such as Westerns, glamorized violence and the "vigilante hero", and gave the public a misleading representation of death in the wake of the Vietnam War. The film attracted negative media attention for its heavy graphic content, and there were calls for some theaters to drop the film. But you know, bad buzz is still buzz and that translated to a pretty good run in theaters, earning up to $3 million in its initial run. Even to this day, the film is polarizing due to its violence and themes. But Craven just made his name well known.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)"A nice American family. They didn't want to kill. But they didn't want to die."His second film. The film stars Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace. The film follows the Carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the Nevada desert. Craven wanted to make a non-horror, but he found that his investors only wanted films with graphic content. At the New York Public Library, Craven checked the library's forensics department, and learned of the legend of Sawney Bean - the alleged head of a 48-person Scottish clan responsible for the murder and cannibalization of more than one thousand people. He drew influences from this, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Grapes of Wrath. Craven also had to cut a lot of scenes to avoid getting an X rating. The film once again drew negative attention for its violence. But it made over $25 million at the box office, which was an even bigger success than House. It subsequently earned a cult following.
Deadly Blessing (1981)"Pray you're not blessed."His third film. It stars Ernest Borgnine, Maren Jensen, Susan Buckner, and Sharon Stone, and tells the story of a strange figure committing murder in a contemporary community that is not far from another community that believes in ancient evil and curses. It received negative reviews, but it was another box office success for Craven.
Swamp Thing (1982)"Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!"His fourth film. Based on the DC Comics character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, it stars Louis Jourdan and Adrienne Barbeau. It tells the story of scientist Alec Holland who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane. Later, he helps a woman named Alice Cable and battles the man responsible for it all, the ruthless Arcane. The film made $2.5 million domestically, despite mixed reviews.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all."His fifth film. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Johnny Depp, and Robert Englund. The film's plot concerns a group of teenagers who are targeted by Freddy Krueger, an undead child killer who can murder people through their dreams, as retribution against their parents who burned him alive. The film was inspired by several newspaper articles printed in the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s about Hmong refugees, who, after fleeing to the United States because of war and genocide in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, suffered disturbing nightmares and refused to sleep. Some of the men died in their sleep soon after. This, along with the song "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, motivated Craven to craft a horror film focused on people dying through their sleep. The film's villain, Freddy Krueger, is drawn from Craven's early life. One night, a young Craven saw an elderly man walking on the sidepath outside the window of his home. The man stopped to glance at a startled Craven and walked off. This served as the inspiration for Krueger. Initially, Fred Krueger was intended to be a child molester, but Craven eventually characterized him as a child murderer to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of the film's production. He settled on the name Freddy Krueger, which was based on a childhood bully of his. The process of writing the film went smoothly, the real problem was finding a studio. Craven sent it to most studios, and all rejected it. The first studio to show interest was Disney, but Craven declined their offer as they wanted a more toned-down kid-friendly PG-13 flick. When Paramount and Universal also turned it down, Craven decided to go to the independent studio New Line Cinema. The studio only distributed films, but they agreed in financing the film. As they lacked the financial resources for the production, New Line had to turn to external financiers. Despite opening in just 165 theaters, the film earned $1.2 million in its opening weekend, making it clear that it would be an immediate box office success. It eventually closed with $25 million domestically, and $57 million worldwide. It received critical acclaim, and has been referred as one of the best and most influential slashers ever made. Freddy Krueger would soon be hailed as one of the most emblematic figures of horror, and Craven quickly earned a reputation as a horror legend. But most importantly, it was the beginning of New Line Cinema as a studio, which is why it's referred as "the house that Freddy built." The film would later spawn a franchise, although Craven wouldn't direct any of the "sequels." Why the quotation marks? We'll get to that later on.
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)"So you think you're lucky to be alive."His sixth film. The sequel to The Hills Have Eyes, it stars Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Michael Berryman, Penny Johnson, Janus Blythe, John Laughlin, Willard E. Pugh, Peter Frechette and Robert Houston. It follows a group of bikers who become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land. The film was shot on a very low budget, and it simply ended prematurely because they ran out of funds. There are no box office numbers available, but it received awful reviews. Deadly Friend (1986)"There's no one alive who'll play with the girl next door."His seventh film. Based on the novel Friend by Diana Henstell, it stars Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, and Anne Ramsey. Its plot follows a teenage computer prodigy who implants a robot's processor into the brain of his teenage neighbor after she is pronounced brain dead; the experiment proves successful, but she swiftly begins a killing spree in their neighborhood. Craven wanted to make a PG-rated science fiction film, with a similar tone to Starman, hoping to prove that he could make something that wasn't horror-themed. An unfinished version of the film was screened to a test audience of Craven's fanbase, and it was poorly received for its lack of violence and gore like his previous films. So WB decided to rewrite the film, adding more scenes with tons of gore. This made the final film appear tonally jumbled, and it went from easy PG to struggling to not get an X rating. The film was poorly received for its story and inconsistent tone. It also marked a huge flop at the box office, not even hitting $10 million. Craven lost interest in the film after WB inserted their own version, and he has since disowned the film.
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)"Don't bury me, I'm not dead!"His eighth film. It stars Bill Pullman, and is loosely based on the life of ethnobotanist Wade Davis, recounting his experiences in Haiti investigating the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly poisoned, buried alive, and revived with a herbal brew which produced what was called a zombie. The film received mixed reactions, but it was a much needed box office success for Craven.
Shocker (1989)"No more Mr. Nice Guy."His ninth film. It stars Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Cami Cooper, and Mitch Pileggi, and follows a serial killer who uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police. Another mixed bag for Craven, but it was still profitable.
The People Under the Stairs (1991)"In every neighborhood, there's one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid."His tenth film. It stars Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a neighborhood's crooked landlords after breaking in to steal their collection of gold coins as the boy learns a dark secret about them and what also lurks in their house. After a slate of mixed performers, the film received Craven's best reviews since Elm Street. To the surprise of Universal, it was also a box office success.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)"This time, the terror doesn't stop at the screen."His 11th film. The installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, it stars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes and John Saxon. The film is not part of the same continuity as previous films, and it portrays Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world and haunts the cast and crew involved in the making of the films about him. While Craven co-wrote the franchise's third installment, Dream Warriors, he wasn't that involved with the rest of the franchise. He wanted to make a deliberately more cerebral film than recent entries to the franchise, as he considered them as being cartoonish, and not faithful to his original themes. Specifically, he wanted Freddy to resemble his original vision: far darker and less comical. To reinforce this, the character's make-up and outfit were enhanced, with one of the most prominent differences being that he now wears a long blue/black trenchcoat. In addition, the signature glove was redesigned for a more organic look, with the fingers resembling bones and having muscle textures in between. The film received high praise, and was considered as the best film in the franchise since the original (it was Englund's favorite). But the franchise has been bleeding interest at the box office, and New Nightmare unfortunately had to suffer. It was profitable, but it became the lowest grossing film in the franchise.
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)"A comic tale of horror and seduction."His 12th film. It stars Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy. It follows a Caribbean vampire who seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire. The film had awful reviews, and despite the presence of a huge star like Eddie Murphy, it disappointed at the box office. Craven really needed a hit.
Scream (1996)"Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far."His 13th film. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore. Set in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, Scream's plot follows high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends, who, on the anniversary of her mother's murder, become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface. As he was trying to make it in the industry, Kevin Williamson watched a Turning Point documentary about serial killer Danny Rolling which he said left him unsettled. Williamson later noticed an open window, armed himself with a knife, and called his friend for support. The pair began discussing horror characters that had resonated with them such as Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. This experience prompted Williamson to start developing a concept wherein a girl is haunted by a caller. He started writing a film titled Scary Movie, and even left an outline for possible sequels. The concept was part of an era where there was debate over the influence of cinematic violence on audience, with Williamson coming up with a brilliant line "movies don't create psychos, movies make psychos more creative." It was inspired by many 1980s slashers, even though the genre was on decline by that point. His characters were intentionally designed to be knowledgeable about these horror films and their typical elements, with the intention of creating a unique killer who was not only aware of horror film clichés but also exploited them for his own advantage. While Williamson struggled with his previous films, this script was part of a bidding war with the studios, to the point that Oliver Stone himself wanted to direct it. Miramax (through Dimension Films) bought the script, and Williamson made some rewrites to scale back the violence. Bob Weinstein also wanted to change the name, as he believed the audiences would think the film is a comedy. The studio considered Danny Boyle, Tom McLoughlin, Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony Waller as prime candidates to direct the film, but they all preferred to view the film as a comedy. Wes Craven was considered, but the studio believed he couldn't direct a satire. Craven also wasn't planning on directing it, as he wanted to focus on more mainstream films to salvage his career. Craven's assistant Julie Plec (who would collaborate with Williamson on The Vampire Diaries) convinced him in helming the project. By signing, Craven decided to get back some of the gore that was missing in the previous drafts. A huge contrast to the horror films of the era was that the film had established actors as the leads, as Craven and Williamson wanted to prove that no character was safe. Drew Barrymore had already starred in a few recognizable names, Neve Campbell was on the hit show Party of Five, Rose McGowan was known for Encino Man and The Doom Generation, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich were recognizable supporting characters, and Courteney Cox obviously was known for Friends. Vince Vaughn and Natasha Lyonne were the preferred choices for Billy and Tatum, but external problems caused them to drop out. After viewing the dailies raw footage, the Weinsteins criticized the quality of Craven's work as "workmanlike at best", believing it lacked tension and had an inconsistent tone. The Weinsteins also disliked the mask design, and said Barrymore lacked sex appeal because of the pageboy hairstyle she had chosen. While filming the final fight, Campbell's stuntwoman accidentally stabbed Ulrich with an umbrella tip, missing the protective vest he was wearing and hitting the site of an open heart surgery Ulrich had as a child. During post-production, Harvey Weinstein decided to name the film as Scream based on the Michael and Janet Jackson song. In a surprising move, the Weinsteins decided to release the film during the holiday season as counter-programming, offering teenagers an alternative to more traditional holiday fare. The decision was unpopular with the cast and crew, with Williamson expecting the film to fail. The film opened with $6.4 million and finishing in fourth place, leading analysts to consider the film as a bomb. But the film just kept growing. Buoyed by positive word of mouth, the Weinsteins increased marketing and the film managed to increase in its second and third weekends. It closed with $103 million domestically and $173 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing slasher film ever and Craven's highest grossing film ever. The film received critical acclaim for its characters and writing, and has since been deemed as one of the most influential horror films of all time. It rekindled interest in horror, resurrected Craven's career and launched the careers of Williamson and the cast.
Scream 2 (1997)"Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far."His 14th film. The sequel to Scream, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Elise Neal, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett, and Liev Schreiber. The film takes place two years after the first film and again follows the character of Sidney Prescott, along with other survivors of the Woodsboro massacre, at the fictional Windsor College in Ohio where they are targeted by a copycat killer using the guise of Ghostface. As Williamson already had plans for sequels, the idea was for Sidney to attend college while being stalked by a copycat Ghostface killer. As filming began, Williamson's script had four killers: Derek, Hallie, Cotton Weary, and Nancy Loomis. But after Williamson transferred his script to the production, it was leaked onto the Internet in full, revealing the identity of the killers and a large amount of the involved plot. This resulted in the production continuing to film with only a partial script while Williamson conducted extensive rewrites, changing much of the film's finale, the identities of the film's killers and drastically altering the roles of other characters such as Randy Meeks and Joel. With a short deadline, Williamson couldn't fully compromise on the final script, forcing Craven to fill in the gaps himself. So the film was one of the very first cases where the Internet leaked major aspects of a film. As the Weinsteins wanted the film ready for December, it was able to capitalize on the audience's word of mouth to the original. It opened with $32 million in its first weekend, almost five times as big as the original, and the biggest December debut. It didn't hold as great as the original due to the competition, such as Titanic, but it still made $172.3 million worldwide, almost matching the original's gross. It also received very positive reviews, and so a profitable franchise was already underway.
Music of the Heart (1999)"She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget."His 15th film. The film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan, Jane Leeves, Kieran Culkin and Jay O. Sanders. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools. After seeing the documentary Small Wonders, Craven was inspired to make a full-length film about Guaspari. Madonna was originally signed to play the role of Guaspari, but left the project before filming began, citing "creative differences" with Craven. When she left, Madonna had already studied for many months to play the violin. Streep learned to play Bach's Concerto for 2 Violins for the film. The project marked a huge departure for Craven; it was his first and only film to be rated PG, and his only one to not be horror or thriller. It received generally positive reviews, but it bombed at the box office. It received 2 Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Song, the only Craven film to get any noms.
Scream 3 (2000)"The most terrifying scream is always the last."His 16th film. The third installment in the Scream franchise, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matt Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, and Patrick Warburton. The film's story takes place one year after the previous film's events and follows Sidney Prescott, who has gone into self-imposed isolation following the events of the previous two films but is drawn to Hollywood after a new Ghostface begins killing the cast of the film within a film Stab 3. The plans for a sequel were already underway since Williamson sold the script, although Williamson still didn't write a script yet. When the Weinsteins approached him to write the film, Williamson was already busy with many projects (including his directorial debut), and was unavailable to perform his duties. He only made a 20-page outline wherein Ghostface would return just as production on a fictional film Stab 3 would be filmed. His plan was to show the killers were part of a Stab fan club (this idea would later be adapted into his show, The Following). With Williamson not available, Ehren Kruger was tasked in writing. Shortly before production began on the film, the Columbine High School massacre took place, and many parties began looking for reasoning behind the shooters' actions and there came an increased scrutiny on the role of the media in society, including video games and film, and the influence it could have on an audience. With production of Scream 3 not yet underway, there were considerations about whether the film should be made at that time, aware of the potential for negative attention but the studio decided to press forward, albeit with changes. The Weinsteins demanded to scale back on the gore and emphasize its satiric humor, as well as moving the setting to Hollywood. At one point in the production, the studio went as far as demanding that the film feature no blood or on-screen violence at all, a drastic departure for the series, but Craven directly intervened. One of the aspects changed was that the killer would be revealed to be Stu Macher, having survived the original film. The Weinsteins changed it after Columbine, as they didn't want to associate violence and murder with a high school setting. The film opened with $34.7 million, a franchise record and the biggest February debut ever. But it had weak legs, although it still made a very profitable $161.8 million worldwide. While the previous films were well-received, this film received negative reviews, who lambasted the film for becoming the very own thing it satirizes.
Cursed (2005)"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."His 17th film. It stars Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, Judy Greer, Scott Baio, Milo Ventimiglia, Shannon Elizabeth and Mýa, and follows two orphaned siblings attacked by a werewolf loose in Los Angeles. Kevin Williamson started working on a script that followed the exploits of a New York City serial killer who discovers that his lethal tendencies are due to his lycanthrope nature. When one of his projects was scrapped, Craven decided to direct, teaming them up again for another Scream reunion. But it wasn't planned like that. Craven was making a film, Pulse, when Bob Weinstein abruptly pulled the movie from the schedule ten days before shooting and cut through all the slow lanes, wanting Craven to get to Cursed as soon as possible. Craven was reportedly not pleased so Weinstein doubled his pay in order for him to direct the film. The director deemed the script too tonally similar to his film Vampire in Brooklyn, but felt pressured by the studio, leading him to ultimately sign on. The film started filming in January 2003, hoping to get the film released in August. In June, they only had six days left for filming. Suddenly, Dimension Films decided to put the movie on hold because top executives at the company weren't happy with the film's ending or how the special effects were progressing, specifically the look of the film's lead lupine. Rick Baker was preparing the final transformation effects when production stopped and asked Weinstein to let his team finish the work in order for it to be ready for the reshoot, but he refused. Patrick Lussier was brought in for massive rewrites, and the film didn't return to production until November. Baker was fired, and the prosthetic make-up was replaced with CGI. Skeet Ulrich filmed his scene as one of the leads, but chose to drop out following the reshoots as he disliked the new direction. It was also heavily edited to get the R rating down to PG-13. The budget was originally $35 million, yet some reports suggest it ballooned all the way to $100 million, making it one of the most expensive horror films ever. With that budget, it was clear it was not going to be a box office success. It flopped with just $29 million worldwide, and was panned by critics. Craven himself dislikes the final product, and a director's cut was never an option because his original ending was never filmed.
Red Eye (2005)"Fear takes flight."His 18th film. It stars Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Cox. The story follows a hotel manager ensnared in an assassination plot by a terrorist while aboard a red-eye flight to Miami. The film received Craven's best reviews in years, and was a box office success, earning almost $100 million. While he is fine with people loving it, Cillian Murphy is not really fond of the film, "I love Rachel McAdams and we had fun making it but I don’t think it's a good movie. It’s a good B movie."
My Soul to Take (2010)"Only one has the power to save their souls."His 19th film. It stars Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Raul Esparza, and Shareeka Epps. It follows Adam "Bug" Hellerman, who is one of seven teenagers chosen to die following the anniversary of a serial killer's death. This was Craven's first film in almost two decades where he would be directing, producing and writing. But that didn't pan out to a success: it was a critical and commercial dud.
Scream 4 (2011)"New decade. New rules."His 20th and final film. The fourth installment in the Scream franchise, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortorella, and Roger L. Jackson. The film takes place on the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders from Scream and involves Sidney Prescott returning to the town after ten years, where Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High. In 2010, Williamson and Craven confirmed their plans for a new film. Craven said that endless sequels, the modern spew of remakes, film studios, and directors are the butts of parodies in the film. The main characters have to figure out where the horror genre is in current days to figure out the modern events happening to and around them. This was the first film in the franchise to use CGI, with the knife's blade added in post-production. Even though the franchise was profitable, it seemed like its glory days were long behind it by the time it hit theaters. The film disappointed in its opening weekend with just $18 million, and closed with a weak $97 million worlwide, far less than the previous films. It also received mixed reviews, particularly for its writing and new characters. It was the last film directed by Craven before his death in 2015.
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The VerdictQuite inconsistent, but a very iconic figure in the horror genre. You know you made it big when your creations include Elm Street and Scream. Craven often struggled with difficult productions (you can blame the Weinsteins for that), but he still managed to make competent and scary films, even if some are better than others. Some even see critical re-appraisal as time passes; even Scream 3 and Scream 4 have their fans. We don't know what he would've done with the franchise after the fourth film, but he made it clear he was exhausted by having to film without finished scripts. Rest in Peace to a horror legend.Hope you liked this edition. You can find this and more in the wiki for this section. The next director will be Clint Eastwood. I think I'll have to make two posts, given that he directed 42 films. I asked you to choose who else should be in the run and the comment with the most upvotes would be chosen. Well, we'll later talk about... Ang Lee. A legendary Asian director. This is the schedule for the following four:
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2024.05.11 19:30 besmik Anarko Kapitalizmin Çürüyen Cesedi ile Tanışın! Karşınızda Kowloon Walled City
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2024.05.11 16:22 Alone-Act8981 3rd Roommate For Late June / Early July Move-In (East Village) -
Currently living in a 3 bed, 1 bath apartment in the East Village. One of our roommates will be moving out in late June / early July, and we are therefore looking for a third person to take their room.
The available room is a true bedroom with its own closet. It is in a walk-up building (second floor) with in-building laundry and a rooftop deck. Kitchen (all stainless steeel appliances) and bathroom were recently renovated within the last year. The apartment looks across from a school and small park and is quiet on both the weeknights and weekends. The apartment is a ~3 minute walk from the L, ~12 minute walk from Union Square, and ~3 minute walk to Trader Joe’s and Target.
Ideally, the third roommate would be a recent graduate (graduated within the last 0-2 years), clean, and willing to help out with general apartment up keep (monthly cleaning, taking out the trash, etc.). We both work in finance (HF and IB) and are consequently not at home for most of the weekdays, so if you work from home that wouldn’t be an issue.
Rent would be between $1.9 - $2k per month including utilities and WiFi.
If interested, feel free to message me and we can setup a time to discuss further.
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The available room is a true bedroom with its own closet. It is in a walk-up building (second floor) with in-building laundry and a rooftop deck. Kitchen (all stainless steeel appliances) and bathroom were recently renovated within the last year. The apartment looks across from a school and small park and is quiet on both the weeknights and weekends. The apartment is a ~3 minute walk from the L, ~12 minute walk from Union Square, and ~3 minute walk to Trader Joe’s and Target.
Ideally, the third roommate would be a recent graduate (graduated within the last 0-2 years), clean, and willing to help out with general apartment up keep (monthly cleaning, taking out the trash, etc.). We both work in finance (HF and IB) and are consequently not at home for most of the weekdays, so if you work from home that wouldn’t be an issue.
Rent would be between $1.9 - $2k per month including utilities and WiFi.
If interested, feel free to message me and we can setup a time to discuss further.
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