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TIL PURE VANILLA COOKIE AND SOLO WING PIXY SHARE THE SAME VOICE ACTOR WHAT (btw no that's not Yuri Lowenthal, Pixy's live actor is a different dude altogether)imagine PVC in a fighter jet with LASERS yelling about how he hates borders and how he wants to nuke the entirety of Earthbread to reset it and entrust the future to the next generation
I think we should bring it back, even though it already passed. It is rising, actually, but no one seemed to care it.
i absolutely love this genre of websites so might as well drop some links to some of em here!!!
https://whenwe.love/cloudwatching/
https://www.proseplay.net/
https://www.inksoundscollective.com/home
https://gentle.earth/ (fun fact i wrote a lot of things here, not saying which entries are mine tho)
https://odetoeggs.glitch.me/ (not exactly "poetic," but it's beautiful haha)
https://tdingsun.github.io/flower-field/
https://www.lexspects.com/opinion/2023/6/22/bodies-bodies-bodies-the-community-and-aesthetics-of-teen-poetry (a nice read!)
I have always enjoyed the 魔法少女 ("magical girl") genre of manga/anime. For example, I remember watching episodes of Sailor Moon while getting ready for school in the morning during the first grade. And I still watch episodes of Balala The Fairies and Pretty Cure every once in awhile when I need to relax. A few of my happiest memories seem to be associated with this genre.
Some time ago, before I ever joined this forum, I was inspired to create my own manga about angels. I wanted to fuse my love for sacred art with the wonderful storytelling potential of comics. Later, I had thought to myself, "Even though I only have a very rough outline at the moment, what better place to share it than on Angel Town?!" So, without further ado, here is a small snippet of that outline...
[Begin Summary of Introduction]
Gwendolyn Atwell has recently moved to a small city named Mercy River, North Carolina. Her father Jeffrey is well-meaning, but somewhat disconnected from his daughter's experience. We don't know much about her late mother Elizabeth, other than the occasional reminiscing done by Mr. Atwell.
One day, Gwen is walking down the street adjacent to her home. Without warning, she begins to ascend into the sky until she reaches a heaven-like plane of existence. There is a giant cathedral sitting on a cloud, its steeples reaching out into deep space. The heavy wooden door at the front of the cathedral creaks open, her curiosity ushering her farther in. As she crosses the threshold, the door closes behind her, as if the building itself is alive and can sense her presence.
It is pitch black inside until a beam of white light seems to emanate downward from the ceiling, coming to a rest upon the center of the floor in front of her. As Gwen slowly approaches it, it splits into seven spheres of light, each a different color of the rainbow. They surround her in a circle, and the green one in front of her begins to speak, its voice like a soft melody...
"We are The Council. You have been chosen to help rid the world of evil."
Both humbled and bewildered, Gwen responds, "The entire world? I'm just one person!"
In unison the spheres of light begin to sing, "Love knows no bounds my child! In One is All...Therefore, you are more qualified than you know. Do you accept?"
Assured by their song, she softly whispers to herself, "Ok, if you believe in me, I will give it a try."
She is then lifted off of the floor, floating upward towards the same point that the beam of light came down. She becomes somewhat nervous as she rises higher and higher...until suddenly...
Her eyes shoot open as she lays in bed. She whimpers, "It was all just a dream!"
With a sigh, she hurries to get ready for her first day at her new high school.
She walks across the hall to the bathroom, pulling open the medicine cabinet behind the mirror to grab her toothbrush and some toothpaste. As she closes it shut, next to her reflection she sees a small angel. The angel smiles, waves at her, and says, "Hi! I'm Cheri!"
Gwen's eyes become wide with shock and she lets out a little scream. She starts to talk to herself, "Everyone is going to think I am crazy!" And no sooner does the idea pop into her head, does the little angel start to disappear...
[End Summary of Introduction]
...What say ye friends, does this seem like a manga that you would want to read, or do you think it would be better as a novel with a few illustrations interspersed throughout? Also, do you want more periodic summaries like this (*spoiler alert*), or would you prefer to see it as a completed piece of media first?
Please let me know your thoughts!
Mabuhay! I hope this post finds you well. My name is Leanne, and I'm a Filipino. In this special angel-town blog segment, I will be telling you about my favorite words, phrases, and quirks in the Filipino language.
Ever since I've moved to the Philippines, my favorite Filipino slang word/verb has always been "hataw" which the means something like "doing something extremely hard".
For example, if I say that "humahataw talaga si ate girl sa dance floor", I meant that "sis is really dancing her ass off as if the rent is due."
Unfortunately, Google Translate doesn't really understand the slang context of "hataw" and instead shows its denotative meaning, which is either "hitting" or "beating". Yikes.
Before you use this word to a Filipino, you have to make sure that they are kind enough and knowledgeable about the fact that you will be using this word in a slang context. Most likely, we are okay with that. Please do not beat anyone in real life.
That is all for Leanne's Filipino Trivia of the Week! Next week, we will be discussing about the many different Philippine words that mean "beautiful". Paalam!
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more details coming tomorrow yes that's why they all look so incomplete it's literally my bedtime now but still
that's it, tysm!! don't forget to drink ur waterrrr n see yah
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EDIT (feb 5 2023):
submissions just closed a few hours ago heeeheehee we have A Lot of reading to do but ITS ALRIGHT bc every piece is STUNNING!!! can't wait to publish this first issue omg omg i'm so excited aslkjfldsfjdkfjlfd (btw staff apps have reopened and i review them on a rolling basis so if u wanna read/review some poetry...... hmu my dudes)
