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Phelix posted a topic in WoT Role Play's RP ArchivesOOC: This RP is set about 90 20 years before the current Timeline. It is a solo RP, and begins Elin's discovery of her Talent. Edited for minor changes to bring up to a more modern time. IC: It was dusty in the store rooms, and not the pleasant kind of dusty one finds in a bakery, where the dust is mostly flour. Here is was simply a lack of presence. Wherever people spend time, the place takes on a feel... conversely, where people are not allowed, where people refuse to go... there is an absence. The storerooms were such a place. It had been seventy years since she was raised to the Shawl, almost eighty-five since she left that small village in Amadicia. Over the years, she had gained a reputation as level headed, and several of the women who had served as Highest had recognized her for it. Now there was a new woman in the position, one who wanted to utilize that Elin. No, she wasn't abnormally strong, but she was truly gifted with weaves of Spirit. Somehow, the Highest heard of this, and set Elin a task. It was rarely pleasant to be given a task by the Highest, but this one wasn't looking to be all that bad. Recently, the Yellow Ajah had been winning support among the other Ajahs, not just in the Hall, but for their efforts in the world. The Highest was working to find a way to counter the Yellow's influence by raising the profile of the Red. That was why Elin was down here in the storerooms. Her strength in Spirit, the Highest hoped, would help the ter'angreal in the Tower's keeping speak to her. Yes, it was dangerous, but she had worn the shawl long enough to be trusted with such a task. The ter'angreal were so varied it was hard to imagine that they all were objects of the Power. Sitting there, staring at a small statue of a woman fighting against a driving wind, a golden mask, and a bell without a clapper, Elin began to think that their makers must have been either mad or artists... which were often the same thing. These three ter'angreal were all known to be connected to Spirit, and their effects had already been studied. By examining these known ter'angreal, Elin hoped to get a feel for what a Spirit focused ter'angreal felt like. It wasn't doing her much good. They all had a "feel" to them, much the same "feel" that all ter'angreal had. Everything in this room had the same feel. Sitting in the room was like sitting in the middle of an apiary, the constant buzzing grating on her nerves. She was beginning to develop a headache from it. With a sigh, Elin rose out of the chair and began to walk down the aisle of shelves. Item after item caught her eye, but after further examination, none seemed worth the effort of actually taking off the shelf. Rings, bowls, statues, knives, books, birds... they all sat there, waiting to be explained. Unfortunately, Elin was sure that she did not have the Talent of detecting the purpose of ter'angreal. As her head pounded, Elin decided that today was done. She had worked enough for the day. She climbed the floors of the Tower, leaving behind the basements, and stopped at the kitchen long enough to pull aside a novice. The girl bobbed a quick curtsy, and looked obviously torn between listening to the Aes Sedai and finishing her assigned task. The Kitchen Cooks could be merciless if a novice ruined a dish due to poor attention or lollygagging. Elin gave the girl her dinner order, including a hearty soup, some ham, roasted potatoes, and a small salad. Headaches from One Power related activities needed to be countered with either strong support with nutrients or Healing. Back in her room, Elin brushed her black hair as she stared out her window over the city. The ogier had designed the city to be seen from every angle. From above, it seemed to flow and welcome the eye. Elin always found it soothing to look over the city, letting her eyes wander from one graceful building to the next soaring edifice. Her first years with the shawl on her shoulders had been spent learning the traditions of her Ajah. Once she had the shawl, sisters began to tell her an old saying that Accepted never hear... "When you join an Ajah you have as much to learn as your first four years in the Tower." After she'd learnt all there was to learn from her sisters and the Highest, Elin's feet began to itch. She spent some time traveling around Caemlyn, Cairhien, and even Illian, before she gathered her courage and did what she'd been hoping to do for some time. She put away her shawl, hid her Great Serpent ring, and road up into Amadicia, back to her home village. By that time, she had been away from home for more than twenty years, but her village was much the same as it had been when she left. The old miller, the one who had labeled her brother tainted by the One Power, had died. His mill sat empty, and Elin felt a strong satisfaction knowing that in the end, he had not won. One new addition was an inn, where she stayed the night. On the next day, she sought out her family's bakery. There were children working there... children who looked painfully like her brothers... little girls who looked much like Elin had years ago. Of course, as she stood there, the children giggled and blushed, and an elderly woman came out from the back room. Her iron gray hair hung in waves, just like Elin's did. It was her mother. They stood there, staring at each other for a long moment, both knowing who the other was. Then, Elin felt a pain in her chest as her mother put on a mask. "Good morning, my Lady, how may we serve you?" Elin bought a small set of sweet buns and left. Her mother knew she was alive, knew that she had made something of herself. She knew that her family thrived after she left. It was enough. As she brushed her hair and remembered those painful memories, Elin came back to herself when the novice knocked on her door. At her call, the novice opened the door and brought her tray in. After eating, Elin laid down and thought long thoughts about the way her mother had aged, and how it would be decades yet before Elin even had a single gray hair. The next morning, she dressed in a simple black dress, and for the first time in many years, she put on a small bonnet. This one wasn't very traditional, it lacked the deep front that hid a woman's face, but it reminded her of where she came from. If anyone asked, she would say she was dressing so plainly to avoid getting her better clothing dusty. After a quick breakfast of fruit, stewed in milk and honey, Elin went back to the storeroom. She knew that a weave of Air, Earth and Water could suppress all the dust... but there were so many ter'angreal that could accidentally be activated by a stray flow of the Power. Today, she didn't bother with the known ter'angreal. It hadn't helped before, it wouldn't help today. As she worked, lifting items off their shelves, manipulating them, turning them, the room grew hot and stuff, and her head began to itch under the bonnet she had decided to wear on a maudlin whim. After four hours of itching at her scalp through the material and mounds of hair, Elin finally ripped it off her head. "It's the past... my past, but still the past. Wearing a bonnet today won't change the fact that I left Amadicia far behind." Her voice echoed in the mostly empty room. It took her another hour to get sick of having her hair hanging about loose down her back. Her pride wouldn't let her put the bonnet back on, and she didn't have anything at hand to hold her hair back. Something on the shelf caught her eye. It was eye level, but at the back of a shelf. Like every other item in the room, it wore a small tag that gave its details. Hair Caul; metallic from unknown source material; serves unknown purpose. Whatever purpose its creator had intended, Elin needed a caul. She piled her hair into a neat coil, and slipped the caul on over it. It seemed right. The metal net kept her hair off her shoulders, but didn't trap the heat on her scalp like the bonnet had. Though, that didn't entirely explain the coolness she now felt. Hours later, nothing had leapt out at her, declaring its purpose. It frustrated her. A lot. She hadn't failed at anything in some time. Another novice took her dinner order this time, and when she went to her room, Elin simply reclined in a chair waiting for her food to be brought. After she ate, she slipped out of her dress and directly into bed. She could brush her hair in the morning. As she sank into sleep, something felt different. Not enough to keep her awake, but enough that her mind kept running even as she sank into sleep. She knew she wasn't awake yet... but she found herself aware. She was sitting in her room, wearing her favorite dress and that caul from the ter'angreal storeroom. The sky outside was an odd mix of midday blue, but with visible stars. It was disconcerting. Her room was well lit... despite the odd external lighting and the fact that none of her lamps were burning. Standing, Elin walked around her room, then out into the Red Ajah halls. It felt like there were eyes boring into the small of her back, no matter where she went. She visited the rooms of women she knew, some she liked, other she barely stood because of their shared Ajah. Eventually, she even visited the Highest's rooms. There were no other people here. She did do a little rifling through papers, confirming a few ideas she had about her sisters. Though, letters seemed to appear and disappear with an alarming frequency. Books were more stable... even personal journals. Elin wandered the halls of the Tower, exploring different rooms... places she hadn't visited since she was an Accepted... places she still wasn't allowed to go. It was exillerating. Suddenly the world was shaking... and her eyes sprang open. Standing over her was a wide eyed novice and one of her least favorite sisters. "Good morning, Airen. To what do I owe the pleasure?" Elin did her best to put a few inches of frost on every surface in the room. "This girl said she came to bring you your breakfast, per the instructions you left with the kitchen, but she found you still asleep. She tried to wake you, but could not. She came into the hallway, and almost ran into me. I of course came to see if I could be of any assistance." Airen's voice was just as icy. "You see, Child, with some deep sleepers, you just need to shake them hard enough." On that line, the other Red left, and Elin dismissed the novice. What happened to her? Where had she gone? The only logical conclusion was that the silvery caul she still wore had caused whatever happened. She kept it on, though... she hadn't come to any harm, so why take it off? She spent weeks working in the storerooms, but nothing else caught her eye. For the same weeks, Elin explored this new world. After a trip to the Library to confirm her growing suspicion, Elin had a name for her new world. Tel'aran'rhiod. The unseen world. The world of dreams. Aes Sedai had studied it before, so it wasn't brand new... but no one recently had explored this world. Her discoveries would be hers alone, for now. It took a small procedure to get approval to keep the silver caul, but the Tower was lenient with ter'angreal that seemed insignificant. She, of course, had to promise to report her discoveries to share with the Tower... but the promise was carefully worded to exclude a deadline for that report. Elin knew the Highest wasn't pleased that she hadn't discovered anything monumental. Someone else would have to do something to elevate the Red Ajah. Elin knew that if she revealed her explorations in the World of Dreams, the Red would gain significant prestige, but she didn't want to share it just yet. If she told the Highest, it wouldn't be her explorations anymore. The Highest would have the caul taken from her, and the Red Ajah would explore the world of Dreams. Elin might be allowed to visit, but older sisters, women who had paid their dues and earned the Highest's favor would be given that honor. For now, the caul was hers. The World of Dreams was hers.
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Phelix posted a topic in WoT Role Play's RP ArchivesThe weave of Spirit formed easily for Elin, as they almost always did, and Elin split her flow into a second weave designed to slash other weaves, then a third, a shield, designed to cut another channeler off from the source. Her lessons with Rochel Sedai had inspired the Accepted to continue her work with Spirit, especially shields and defensive uses of the Power. She was alone in that quiet garden near the Red quarters, and she let the weaves dissipate. Sitting on a marble bench, she stroked the bands at her hem. Those seven stripes were dear to her, and she had worked to earn them. She had been an Accepted for many years, and she had passed her thirtieth birthday here in the Tower. Soon she will have spent more years in the Tower than she did in Amadicia. Back home, her brothers and sisters had probably married and had children of their own. Of course, Elin couldn't visit them. She had obviously slowed, and it would be noticed if she came home looking a decade younger than she had any right to be. They were out of her life now, and the most she could do would be to look out for her family from a distance as much as she was able. The sound of a slipper on the stone of the garden pulled her out of her reverie, and she looked up just in time to see Valeri Sedai standing there, wearing her shawl. "Elin Hawes, you are summoned to be tested for the shawl of an Aes Sedai. The light see you safe and keep you whole." Without a word, because any noise from her would be a failure, Elin stood and followed Valeri. The path was familiar, and it felt like just the other day Elin had followed this woman along this same path to pass through the arches ter'angreal that marked her as Accepted. It was more than just days, though. In fact, years had passed, and in those years Elin had grown into a woman. When she had arrived at the Tower, she had been afraid, timid, still traumatized by the death of her twin. Becoming Accepted had forced her to face the harsh realities that she wasn't just leaving her brother behind, but her whole family. She made her choice, and she was sure that she had made the right choice and she had bound herself to the Tower. Her face smooth, Elin followed Valeri into the solid stone chamber where the oval ring sat. Every Accepted knew the purpose of this ter'angreal, and Elin worked to keep her face smooth. This test would make the arches look like child's play. Barely noticing the massive doors or the almost blindingly white walls, Elin only had eyes for the ter'angreal. It was shining silver, then pearl, then white, then gold, and yet more colors as Elin watched it. Around the room stood several Aes Sedai, all wearing their shawls, all judging her. If she so much as let a single crease show across her brow, she would fail. "Attend," Valeri's word seemed to fill the chamber as the Aes Sedai formed a ring around the Mistress of Novices and the Accepted. "You come in ignorance, Elin Hawes. How would you depart?" The ritual answer came to Elin's lips without thought, "In knowledge of myself." "For what reason have you been summoned here?" "To be tried." "For what reason should you be tried?" "So that I may learn whether I am worthy." In her heart, Elin knew she was worthy. She had to be. If she failed here, no one would seek out those poor souls being put on sham trials and executed simply for being suspected of being able to channel. "For what would you be found worthy?" "To wear the shawl." The word filled Elin with a sense of pride. She would have a lovely crimson fringe on her shawl. As the last word died in the stillness of the air, Elin stripped out of her Accepted dress, watching as Valeri continued speaking. "Therefore I will instruct you. You will see this sign upon the ground." She channeled, and a silver, six pointed star appeared in the air. As Elin nodded, she felt another woman channeling behind her, and a weave of spirit settled into her skull. "Remember what must be remembered." Elin resisted the urge to arch an eyebrow. This was not part of the ceremony... or at least what the Accepted were taught about it. A small part of Elin's mind wondered about that weave. It was sure to be mostly Spirit, and it likely could be altered... Elin cut off that train of thought. She would ask to learn the weave once she wore the Shawl. Valeri was speaking again. "When you see that sign, you will go to it immediately, at a steady pace, neither hurrying nor hanging back, and only then may you embrace the Power. The weaving required must begin immediately, and you may not leave that sign until it is completed." "Remember what must be remembered." That voice coming from behind was a minor irritation. The least the woman could do was speak from in front so Elin could see her too. "When the weave is complete, you will see that sign again, marking the way you must go, again at a steady pace, without hesitation." "Remember what must be remembered." "One hundred times will you weave, in the order you have been given and in perfect composure." "Remember what must be remembered." Elin let the urge to mutter about that phrase sink into her and pass without acting on it. One hundred weaves that every Accepted learned and knew by heart. It was time to perform them, not being tested by her friends, but with real sisters judging her. Suddenly, the weave she felt behind her settled into her flesh, and she fought the need to shiver. Moving without signal, the seven sisters walked to the ter'angreal and knelt at its base. They all began weaving a tapestry of the five powers, more complex than most weaves. The oval began to increase the speed of the flow of its colors, and suddenly the opening flashed white. The last bit of covering she had was her Great Serpent ring, and without showing her pain at giving it up, Elin set it atop her pile of clothing. Then she stepped into that blinding light, and was suddenly somewhere else. She was naked, but she knew she could not react to that fact. There was a comfortable, black dress sitting on the ground next to her, and she calmly bent to gather it and dress. Once she was clothed, she saw a six pointed star inlaid on the hardpacked ground. With a small smile, Elin began walking toward the star. As she walked, the dress became tighter and tighter. Each step brought the seams in tighter. The high neck was suddenly a cinch around her neck. Despite the fact that she was being strangled, she kept her face smooth and merely walked to the star. When she arrived, the dress was cutting off the air in her throat, the blood to her arms, and it felt like it would cut her in half at the waist. Ignoring those facts, she channeled the first weave, the only weave her mind would let her channel. A blue coin popped into existence, and suddenly the dress was the correct size again. To her right, a six pointed star sat above an archway. With her hands held at her waist, Elin walked to the arch. The second she passed under the arch, she was wearing a ball gown in the most comlex of Cairhienin styles. Elin was surrounded by a horde of angry women, their hands turned to claws. They each screamed vile words and phrases at her, some were so bold to reach for her dress and tear the slashes that denote rank clean off her dress. These women obviously did not think Elin deserved to claim the rank the slashes spoke to, and so they were tearing her down, literally. Ignoring them, Elin walked through the room at a stately pace toward the tiled six pointed star, and once she reached it, the tangled web practically sprang into existence. This weave was difficult for Elin because it involved so much Earth, but she kept her face serene while the women tore the gown off her back. Once the weave was formed, Elin smiled. She hadn't been shocked. To her left was a door in the shape of a six pointed star, and Elin walked toward it. In the next room, she was somewhere else again. She was still naked, and still had some of the scratches... but she didn't know why she was scratched. There was a dress sitting on a chair next to her, so she put it on, along with the slippers that sat under it. Across the room was a pattern of wooden slats in the floor, in the shape of a six pointed star. Walking to it, Elin felt the cool air on her ankles. That was wrong, but she didn't let her confusion show. She knew that she had to remain entirely emotionless throughout... whatever this was that was going on. Suddenly, there was a drunken man leering at her, and she felt the air blowing on her shins. What had been a full dress now ended at her knees. With each step, more fabric disappeared, and more men appeared. At the star, she barely had a collar of fabric anymore. As she began to weave the lacey mixture of Air, Earth, and Spirit, even that small collar disappeared. She couldn't help but blush at that moment. Situation after situation passed. Some were merely embarrassing for her, like the disappearing dress, while others were hazardous to her health, like a pitched battlefield she had to cross without letting a single emotion show be it fear, concern, worry, or any other fleeting feeling that might want to cross her face. Every time her mind blanked, she found herself somewhere new, but she still had any injuries she'd received previously. It definitely confused Elin to find herself nude with scratches, gouges and bruises all over her body. After 99 weaves, Elin found herself standing in her village square in front of her family's mill. Part of her knew that almost two decades had passed since she had left that village, but another part saw the wood piled up at the base of a stake. Tied to the stake was her brother Nile. The fire hadn't caught yet at the woodpile, but Elin knew she could stop the fire from catching at all... but she could not channel until she reached the silver star marked out in stones in the middle of the road out of town. She was wearing the traditional dress and bonnet, even her baking apron, and as she walked, her back to Nile on the stake, she heard his cries. She heard the crackle as the flames caught on the wood. She smelled the scent of roasting flesh. When she reached the star, she began channeling the required weave. Turning back to her brother, she could see that he still lived. Splitting her flows, she continued the required weave while also creating a large ball of water that she let fall onto the flames, dousing them. Nile wept with mingled relief and pain. As she finished the final weave, it erupted into sparks. Down the path leading out of town, Elin saw a pair of trees tied together to form an arch, with a shining star high in their branches. Walking down the path, Elin kept her face smooth even though she heard Nile calling for her again, knowing that the villages wouldn't let a single doused fire stop them. When she passed under the arch, she found herself back in the basements of the Tower outside the oval ter'angreal. Suddenly it all crashed down onto Elin. Every person she had walked away from, every pain inflicted on her, every shame. Then she saw Valeri Sedai. "It is done. Let no one ever speak of what has passed here. It is for us to share in silence with she who experienced it. It is done." She clapped her hands. "Elin Hawes, you will spend tonight in prayer and contemplation of the burdens you will take up on the morrow, when you don the shawl of an Aes Sedai. It is done." When Valeri left, Elin stood in the center of the seven sisters who all offered her Healing for her many wounds, and Elin knew that they had created the scenes she had lived through. A part of her wondered who had put Nile onto the stake... but she set that part of her aside. These women were now her sisters. Dressing in her Accepted's dress for what would be the second to last time, Elin slipped her ring back onto her finger and was escorted back to her room by the sister from the Red and a sister from the Blue. At her door, she smiled at the women, and nodded to them. She had passed her tests, so she no longer had to curtsy. In her bed, she knew her body was exhausted, but her mind was reliving the test. She finally fell asleep, her fingers twitching as she imagined weaving the hundred weaves again. The next morning, she woke early and tidied her room for the last time. When the knock at her door came, she smiled and set down her brush. Her black curls were shining, and she was ready. Outside her door were seven Aes Sedai, one from each Ajah. She nodded to them, and they formed a circle around her. No one said a word, and Elin knew that was how it was meant to be. They retraced the steps from the night before back to the ter'angreal room, when the door opened, the seven sisters left Elin to walk through on her own. Inside the room, there were thirty women in the room waiting for her. The three sitters for each ajah, the Keeper and the Amyrlin. Elin had never had cause to wait on Shevarra Sedai. The Amyrlin tended to keep to herself. The remaining seven women were the newest members of their ajahs, and they each held a shawl with their bright fringes. Elin stepped through the ter'angreal again, knowing that nothing would happen to her this time. With a smooth face, but pride in her heart, Elin walked to the Amyrlin. "Who comes here." Shevarra's voice filled the chamber. With a loud, clear voice, Elin spoke her named. "Elin Hawes." "For what reason do you come." "To swear the three oaths and thereby claim the shawl of an Aes Sedai." "By what right do you claim this burden?" "By right of having made the passage, submitting myself to the will of the White Tower." "Then come, if you dare, and bind yourself to the White Tower." Elin stepped closer, and took the Oath Rod from the plush pillow it rested on in the Keeper's hands. While it was in her hands, Shevarra Sedai channeled Spirit into the end with the Old Tongue numeral, and Elin knew it was time. "Under the light and by my hope of salvation and rebirth, I vow that I will speak no word that is not true." As soon as she finished the sentence, she felt like her skin was suddenly tighter than it had been moments before. "Under the light and by my hope of salvation and rebirth, I vow that I will make no weapon for one man to kill another." When the words were finished, the invisible screws that were tightening her skin ratcheted another notch, pulling her skin even tighter than before. "Under the light and by my hope of salvation and rebirth, I vow that I will never use the One Power as a weapon except against Darkfriends and shadowspawn, or in the last extreme of defending my life, or that of my warder, or another sister." Elin knew that she would have to live with this oath as close as a lover if she wished to live the life she had planned, despite its mention of a warder. She would be a Red, and they had always eschewed warders. When the Oath settled into her flesh, Elin rose to her feet and handed the Rod to the Amyrlin. With a small smile, the Amyrlin spoke again. "It is half done, daughter, and the White Tower is graven onto your bones. Come now, Aes Sedai, and choose your Ajah and all will be done that may be done under the Light." Elin curtsied to the Amyrlin, as was proper, and then turned to the assembled Sisters. She smiled at the Green and Blue sisters, knowing that if things had happened differently, she might have found a home there, but she turned her back on them and walked past the Yellows, Grays, Whites, and Browns. She walked Home to the warm embrace of the Red Ajah. It was time to deal with the formalities. She would be a sister of the Red Ajah tonight. There was no other option.


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|Aug 1, 2013, 1:31 PM
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Advice before the shoot
My nephew is headed off to college in just a couple of weeks. His mother asked me to take a few family photos of them before he leaves. So in the photo will be mom & dad, 4 boys (ages 19, 15, 12 & 10) 1 daughter age 13. So I want to get 7 people total in the shot.
The tallest person in the family is the dad who is about 5 foot 9 inches tall. Mom is about 5 foot 2. The oldest boy is about the same height as dad.
Here's the setting I think is really pretty for central Indiana. Most of Indiana is corn field except for downtown Indianapolis and the Indy 500 race track.
All of the rocks have water moving over them, but I can ask them to bring dry clothes to change into if sitting on the wet rocks makes for a better photo.
I'm looking for advice on how to station the folks so it looks like a family shot, but incorporates the setting into the photo as well.
Thank you for all of your help and advice. These folks are more than family, they are dear friends as well and I pretty much get one time to get this right and I'd like to give them something worth keeping.
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How good are your photoshop skill?
1. This is a high-dynamic range setting in full sun as you can already see areas (i.e. shadow and highlight) where the camera can't capture everything). Can you pick the time of the day (late afternoon or early morning so there will be less sun? or may be an overcast day?
2. To have a decent water effect you may need to slow the shutter speed down with an ND filter, even with a polarizer on top to cut out some reflection.
3. Slowing down the shutter for the water effect create another problem for the people in the shoot... You can may be make one person sitting/staying still, but 7 at a time has a very low probability
4. You also have a problem with the foreground as to where to put the subjects (i.e. right in the water would be the best spot). From where the image is taken, the vantage point for the family IMO will be too far from the water fall... May be group them all offset to the left or right of the cascade on the camera side.
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a) Photoshop - Shoot the family separately from the fall/cascade with their respective different exposures and reassemble the images in PP. This may help: http://savageuniversal.com/products/...n-software-kit
b) Camera on tripod - Long exposure on a late afternoon for the background and fill the foreground with the family with strobes setup, possibly even shading the 7 subjects with some sort of cover or scrim overhead to take full effect of the artificial light:
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a little clarification
The photo shoot is scheduled for 7:30 pm on Sunday. I took my lunch break and went to the site and took a few photos to see what focal length lenses to bring.
It's a small pond between where I'll stand and the waterfall. So I'm thinking that the right focal length will be between 85mm and 135mm.
Hopefully, that explains the harsh, overhead sun.
To take this photo, my subjects will be facing east, I'll be shooting facing west, towards the sunset. Hopefully the trees behind the subject will put me in the same shadow as the subjects.
Thanks for the reminder of the ND filter.
FYI, when I become king of the world, every lens made by the same manufacturer that is 200mm or lower will have the same filter size.
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What are the possibilities of renting or borrowing floating chairs, and having everyone in the water? This would allow several arrangements, and probably be quite fun for the family. (spontaneous smiles are generally better than the ones you get calling for people to say 'cheese')
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-> This also solves the vignetting problem on WA lenses in case of adjustable ND's where they can get quite thick (or in stacking a polarizer)
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Us jump jockeys like to give our brains a stretch before racing starts and a few of us enjoy a bit of banter with the puzzles.
Trouble is I made a schoolboy error by failing to mention my good pal David Bass is one of the best at coming up with the answers.
Poor old Bassy got a bit annoyed and reckoned I was trying to claim all the credit when we all know he is the one with the brains!
So sorry Bassy. My bad!
He's pretty switched on and very in to his politics. There's no doubt he is best going left-handed, if you get my drift!
He likes nothing more of an evening to sit down and read The Guardian — with a glass of champagne, of course!
Bassy is a big Corbynista so last year for his birthday I bought him one of those Lenin hats.
Kim Bailey made him go shooting the other day for an Injured Jockeys' Fund charity day, loading guns for some of the guests.
I'm told he wore his hat very proudly!
We're both off to Cheltenham today and I reckon I've got a licence to thrill on O O SEVEN (1.50).
He likes it around the course and I think this is the right race for him.
I've always been keen on this horse as he's always knocking on the door. I'd like to think there's a nice race in him, hopefully today.
He was a brilliant spin in the Topham Chase over the Grand National fences when he was fourth last spring.
I probably got there a bit too soon but that was because he was jumping so well and enjoying it so much.
He was fourth when I won on Gold Present at Ascot a couple of days before Christmas last time and that was a decent race so he has the form in the book to match up to his rivals here.
I do think he is a better horse on decent ground. We are going into the unknown slightly but we're just going to have to pick our way round and see how he copes with it.
I'm certainly hopeful of a place today.
The gaffer Nicky Henderson runs two really nice horses in the Grade 2 novice hurdle.
I would have quite liked to have ridden both Santini and PACIFIC DE BAUNE (3.00) and it wouldn't surprise me if they dead-heated for first!
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I rode them both to win similar novice hurdles around Newbury and they both rode like good races.
It was very much a toss of a coin between the two — the boss wasn't sure himself.
I really liked the way Pacific De Baune stayed on at the end on his debut and the step up to 2m4f will be exactly what he wants.
He has a lot to show for himself and is proven on that soft, hard-work ground.
Santini is probably the form horse — his win has worked out really well.
We pulled him out last weekend when the ground was very heavy at Ascot.
It's very early days for both of them. They are quite babyish but they are two very nice horses we can really look forward to next season.
Today is the last meeting at Cheltenham before the Festival. After all the waiting, it will be here . . . and gone . . . before we know it.
Looking ahead to that, Altior is in very good order. I still haven't sat on him since he came back in — Toby Lawes is doing all the work on him. I'm just waiting for my time to come.
Finally, the gaffer runs Thomas Campbell (3.35) in today's Cleeve Hurdle.
He has a chance but I am sure Nicky would be happy if he finished second to Beer Goggles.
We all know why. Rest in peace, Richard.


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Other side quests on Tikawara Island Walkthrough Pillars Of Eternity 2 Guide and Walkthrough
On this page you will find descriptions of how the smaller optional tasks of the Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire that can be completed during your stay on Tikawara Island (more important and larger side quests are described on separate pages in our walkthrough section). It's a good idea to complete all of these quests, because you can gain a lot of experience, various rewards and improve your relationship with the characters or the Huana faction that lives on the island.
Broodmothers Fury
How to unlock: Talk with Himuihi (M27,4).
You will learn from Himuihi (M27,4) that she wants to die as a lagufaeth parent (you can still show your Survival knowledge, among other things, during the initial part of the conversation). Choose any exit from the village and after the map of the island loads up head north-west.
You must first get to the Boa Hika Pass. This includes a scripted interaction with wild boars and lagufaeths (details on map M27). No matter how you play it, continue your journey until you reach the Hohina Ravine shown in the picture (map M28). Move to it and start exploring it. While crossing, watch out for single traps and monsters - you will fall into lagufaeths and scarab beetles.
Go towards the northern part of the ravine. The Lagufaeth Broodmother will be seen for the first time at the waterfall (M28,4), but her bedding is Broodmother's roost (M28,5). There are two main ways to behave here:
- Murder of the mother and all the other lagufaeths. You can attack the monsters right away or by selecting the appropriate dialog during the conversation. The mother is obviously more resilient, but beware of the magic of the lagufaeths as well. After the battle, examine the corpse of the broodmother and find Head of the Broodmother from Tikawara and a necklace - Baubles of the Fin (+1 Endurance and Intellect, ensure Cruelty and Curiosity).
- Interview with the parent and fulfill her request. When you try to communicate with Lagufaeth Broodmother, you can select dialog options for the enigmatic or hunter, but you will also be able to understand her without them. You will find that the parent wants her younglings to be released. You can return to Tikawara and reach the cage with the young lagufaeths (M27,3) (picture above). It only has a 3rd level lock, but if you are caught by Pekeho in opening the cage, you will deteriorate your relationship with the Huan faction (it's worth waiting for the night to come or for Pekeho to leave or use the invisibility spell). When the creatures are released, return to the mother and ask her to stay away from the village. You will receive from her a necklace - Baubles of the Fin (+1 Endurance and Intellect, ensure Cruelty and Curiosity).
Return to Himuihi (M27,4). If the mother is still alive, then she will be unsatisfied. If you have murdered the broodmother, show the head as a proof and trophy. The reward will be a Trollhide Belt (regenerates 1 health point every 6 seconds) and many Huan's reputation points.
Plucked Fruit
How to unlock: Talk with Mukumu (M27,5).
Get to the central part of the village where you'll meet Mukumu and strangled Tamau (M27,5). You can promise to take a look at the theft and ask Tamau a series of questions right away. At first, you should:
- Talk to Pekeho (M27,3). You can make a "standard" conversation with him or use Bluffing 4 / Intuition 3 to successfully accuse him of a lie. Pekeho will confirm that Tamau has not stolen the fruit, but even if you come back to Mukumu and let him know about it - it won't be enough.
- Reach the Kuaru's Hut (M27,6) and talk with Rongim. During the conversation you can support yourself with Intuition 5or look at the box marked in the picture above. The box contains the Rongi's Journal. You do not have to remove it from the box (this would be treated as a theft) - right click on it to read it. You will find out that the Rongi visits the beach every night.
Another important trail is to find the stolen fruit of koika. Get to the western beach (M27,2). You can:
- Use the characters with high Perception and find the chest shown in the picture with their help. It contains Dried Koiki Fruit.
- Wait for the next midnight (you can use the option to speed up time or rest) and talk to Rongi who will appear here. It will turn out that he was the thief - use Intimidate 4 or Bluffing 5 to make it easy for him to get a statement of guilt. You can also request a bribe for keeping the result of the investigation for you 400 gold pieces.
This quest can have several ends. If you have found a fruit box yourself on the beach, you can either immediately return it to Mukumu or first visit Rongi and accuse him of theft (here you can demand a bribe of 400 gold pieces). If you caught Rongi in the night, you can return to Mukumu with your knowledge.
During the conversation with Mukumu you can:
- Allow execution of the sentence in Tamau.
- Tell the truth and accuse Rongi of theft.
- Lie and say that Tamau was the thief.
As a reward for your investigation, you will have a strong positive reputation for the Huan faction, 3 potions of agility and Azata Nui Shell.


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By Dick Polman
Is any remotely viable Democrat prepared to step up and challenge Hillary Clinton in 2016? Because she deserves to be scrutinized by a competitive opponent - more so than ever, now that she's been busted anew for engaging in classic Clintonian secrecy.
Turns out that Hillary, in all her official communications as Secretary of State, used a personal email account - defying the Federal Records Act, which requires that all top feds use government email accounts, thus ensuring that their e-correspondence is publicly archived for the future benefit of congressional committees, historians, and journalists.
Instead of complying with federal law, Hillary - through her advisers - has cherry-picked only the emails that she has deemed worthy of release. Those have been turned over to the State Department. But nobody - aside from Hillary and her advisers - knows what's in the emails that were not released. Nobody knows who received the emails that were not released. Foreign leaders, perhaps? And yet, a Hillary spokesman somehow insists that Hillary has complied with the "letter and spirit of the rules."
The flak's Orwellian claim doesn't fly with the nonpartisan watchdogs at the Sunlight Foundation: "(T)here is shock at what Secretary Clinton did because the most likely explanation of her intent seems clear - she created a system designed to avoid accountability, potentially in violation of the law."
The moral of the story: It would be a mistake for Democrats to treat 2016 as a Hillary coronation. She needs to be checked and balanced and held accountable like any other candidate - as demonstrated by this business with the emails. Fact is, she and Bill have long had a problem with transparency, and voters who abhor secrecy deserve to have it debated.
Lest we forget Clintonian secrecy was vigorously debated during the 2008 primaries. As I wrote back then, Hillary "refused to shed any light on why the Clintons are safeguarding the identities of the global heavy hitters who are bankrolling the Clinton Library." She was asked, during a debate, whether she and Bill would identify the foreign donors, in order for Americans to judge whether the Clintons owed future favors. She replied that Bill would "be happy to consider that." Turns out, he wasn't.
Also in 2008, Hillary dragged her feet on releasing her tax returns, doing so only after weeks of relentless pressure. Also in 2008, Bill looked bad in this USA Today story: "Federal archivists at the Clinton Presidential Library are blocking the release of hundreds of pages of White House papers on pardons that the former president approved, including clemency for fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich. The archivists' decision, based on guidance provided by Bill Clinton that restricts the disclosure of advice he received from aides, prevents public scrutiny of documents that would shed light on how he decided which pardons to approve from among hundreds of requests."
Heck, we could trace the secrecy theme back to the early days of Bill's presidential tenure, when Hillary was tasked with the worthy goal of crafting health care reform - an unprecedented First Lady responsibility - but did so in secret. A coalition of medical and ethics organizations demanded that Hillary release her team's records. She refused. The groups sued. The courts ruled that Hillary had been wrong to work in secret, and wrong to shield the identities of her task force teammates - many of whom were private medical industry people with potential conflicts of interest.
In fact, during the 2008 primaries, Obama campaign maestro David Plouffe assailed Hillary as "one of the most secretive politicians in America today," and questioned "whether she'll be open and honest with the American people as president." He said aloud what many Democrats have long privately muttered.
Granted, Plouffe dissed her in the heat of battle, and he's quiet about her today (and reportedly advising her on the sly). But this new email story should serve as a Democratic wakeup call. Even if she gets the party nod in 2016, at minimum she needs to be questioned about whether, or to what extent, she might be tempted to govern under the radar.
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Briton jailed over Trump death plot
A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a gun in a bid to kill Donald Trump.
Michael Sandford, 20, pleaded guilty in September to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting an official function.
He was accused of grabbing a policeman's gun at a rally in Las Vegas in order to shoot at the candidate.
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"My mother first diagnosed me with NADD. It was the late 80s and she was bringing me dinner in my bedroom (nerd). I was merrily typing away to friends in some primitive chat room on my IBM XT (super nerd), listening to some music (probably Flock of Seagulls — nerd++), and watching Back to the Future with the sound off (neeeeerrrrrrrd). She commented, "How can you focus on anything with all this stuff going on?" I responded, "Mom, I can't focus without all this noise.""


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I will now begin to sigh, read poets, look pale, go neatly,
and be most apparently in love.
I should not be surprised if we should have another pair of turtles at the Hall, for Master Simon has informed me, in great confidence, that he suspects the general of some design upon the susceptible heart of Lady Lillycraft. I have, indeed, noticed a growing attention and courtesy in the veteran towards her ladyship; he softens very much in her company, sits by her at table, and entertains her with long stories about Seringapatam, and pleasant anecdotes of the Mulligatawney Club. I have even seen him present her with a full-blown rose from the hot-house, in a style of the most captivating gallantry, and it was accepted with great suavity and graciousness; for her ladyship delights in receiving the homage and attention of the sex.
Indeed, the general was one of the earliest admirers that dangled in her train during her short reign of beauty; and they flirted together for half a season in London, some thirty or forty years since. She reminded him lately, in the course of conversation about former days, of the time when he used to ride a white horse, and to canter so gallantly by the side of her carriage in Hyde Park; whereupon I have remarked that the veteran has regularly escorted her since, when she rides out on horseback; and I suspect he almost persuades himself that he makes as captivating an appearance as in his youthful days.
It would be an interesting and memorable circumstance in the chronicles of Cupid, if this spark of the tender passion, after lying dormant for such a length of time, should again be fanned into a flame from amidst the ashes of two burnt-out hearts. It would be an instance of perdurable fidelity, worthy of being placed beside those recorded in one of the squire's favourite tomes, commemorating the constancy of the olden times; in which times, we are told, "men and wymmen coulde love togyders seven yeres, and no licours luste swere betwene them, and thenne was love, trouthe, and feythfulness; and lo in lyke wyse was used love in Kyng Arthur's dayes."[A]
[Footnote A: Mort d'Arthur.]
Still, however, this may be nothing but a little venerable flirtation, the general being a veteran dangler, and the good lady habituated to these kind of attentions. Master Simon, on the other hand, thinks the general is looking about him with the wary eye of an old campaigner; and now that he is on the wane, is desirous of getting into warm winter quarters.
Much allowance, however, must be made for Master Simon's uneasiness on the subject, for he looks on Lady Lillycraft's house as one of the strongholds where he is lord of the ascendant; and, with all his admiration of the general, I much doubt whether he would like to see him lord of the lady and the establishment.
There are certain other symptoms, notwithstanding, that give an air of probability to Master Simon's intimations. Thus, for instance, I have observed that the general has been very assiduous in his attentions to her ladyship's dogs, and has several times exposed his fingers to imminent jeopardy in attempting to pat Beauty on the head. It is to be hoped his advances to the mistress will be more favourably received, as all his overtures towards a caress are greeted by the pestilent little cur with a wary kindling of the eye, and a most venomous growl. He has, moreover, been very complaisant towards the lady's gentlewoman, the immaculate Mrs. Hannah, whom he used to speak of in a way that I do not choose to mention. Whether she has the same suspicions with Master Simon or not, I cannot say; but she receives his civilities with no better grace than the implacable Beauty; unscrewing her mouth into a most acid smile, and looking as though she could bite a piece out of him. In short, the poor general seems to have as formidable foes to contend with as a hero of ancient fairy tale, who had to fight his way to his enchanted princess through ferocious monsters of every kind, and to encounter the brimstone terrors of some fiery dragon.
There is still another circumstance which inclines me to give very considerable credit to Master Simon's suspicions. Lady Lillycraft is very fond of quoting poetry, and the conversation often turns upon it, on which occasions the general is thrown completely out. It happened the other day that Spenser's Fairy Queen was the theme for the great part of the morning, and the poor general sat perfectly silent. I found him not long after in the library with spectacles on nose, a book in his hand, and fast asleep. On my approach he awoke, slipped the spectacles into his pocket, and began to read very attentively. After a little while he put a paper in the place, and laid the volume aside, which I perceived was the Fairy Queen. I have had the curiosity to watch how he got on in his poetical studies; but though I have repeatedly seen him with the book in his hand, yet I find the paper has not advanced above three or four pages; the general being extremely apt to fall asleep when he reads.


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She didn't get an Oscar nomination, as it happens, but her resolutely unglamorous portrayal of sharp-tongued, pill popping, chronically depressed Los Angeles lawyer Claire Bennett is very good: easily award-worthy.
What makes it particularly admirable is that Aniston doesn't court sympathy for her prickly character – and nor do director Daniel Barnz and screenwriter Patrick Tobin, who ensure we only glimpse the tragic causes of Claire's condition in fleeting asides.
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Discussion in 'Charts, rates etc' started by ohnostalgia, Sep 19, 2016.
I meant so that other songs that went out too early would go higher!
Don't you stan for Anastasia? Queen of hating music.
Let's relive the hatchet job you all did on The Con...
75. Soil, Soil
63. Hop A Plane
62. I Was Married
61. Knife Going In
58. Floorplan
50. Like O, Like H
47. Burn Your Life Down
37. Relief Next To Me
22. Are You Ten Years Ago?
19. Dark Come Soon
16. Call It Off
10. The Con
Which means guess what?
Back In Your Head
Great top 5 actually!
1 Back In Your Head
2 Closer
3 Stop Desire
4 Boyfriend
5 U-Turn
I'd love if Boyfriend becomes the highest rated LY2D track, but realistically it'll be U-Turn.
IT IS ANASTACIA. And she recently covered John Miles' 'Music (Is My First Love)', so that post couldnot be more wrong.
And Call It Off.
This is delayed as fuck but I did give this a 10 so...
Sadly I just forgot to write you in the post, I didn't miss your score. Shoot.
I meant to post this yesterday but then I got sick and battled nausea for like eight hours!
Not that Heartthrob made me nauseous...
57. I Run Empty
51. How Come You Don't Want Me
48. Guilty as Charged
38. Drove Me Wild
32. Love They Say
28. I Couldn't Be Your Friend
24. I'm Not Your Hero
17. Now I'm All Messed Up
11. Goodbye, Goodbye
7. Shock To Your System
6. I Was A Fool
So your favourite Heartthrob song is...
Sara adds another 0.5 to her last song standing rankings!!!
sara: we are so proud to play world pride in toronto. but we didn't need it to be world pride, you know that our favourite audience is in toronto, thank you soooo much. uh if i wasn't in a monogamous gay relationship i would have sex with all of you.
tegan: no, she's lying, she's a tease.
sara: of age, consensual, and with protection of course... i'm just kidding, i'm very frigid. anyways from our band, from our crew, we've been really touched by being here. we believe in this, we believe in the community around us, we feel so proud of the people who support our band, who support the lgbt community. thank you so much for having us toronto, this is our last song. goodbye!
#5. Closer 9.26
HIGH: 11.00 x 1 @Posh Spears 10.00 x 11 @2014 @constantino @digitalkaiser @Ferk @Jwentz @LA Hallucinations @ohnostalgia @Petty Mayonnaise @Remorque @Slice of Life @Sprockrooster
LOW: 2.50 x 1 @ethansiafbjork 8.00 x 2 @LE0Night @send photo
ALBUM: Heartthrob
WRITER: Both
Oh hi...
I bet you thought Closer was going to win, huh? Well surprise binch, you thought wrong! And would you be horribly angry at me if I let you in on a little secret: I'm not that mad about it. I'll let that sink in while I share some quotes from our ladies:
"Although I do imagine that this would be an okay song to make out to, all I intended was to write something sweet that reminded the listener of a time before sex, complicated relationships, drama and heartbreak. In short, I was writing about my youth – a time when we got closer by linking arms and walking down our school hallway, or talked all night on the telephone about every thought or experience we'd ever had. It wasn't necessarily even about hooking up or admitting your feelings back then. In fact, that rarely happened. It was the anticipation of something maybe happening that was truly exciting and satisfying. We were perpetually getting closer, yet we rarely got physical with one another, if ever." - Tegan
TEGAN: Sara and I wrote that together actually. A lot of people were asking about that, but didn't have the opportunity to tell you. But Sara wrote the chorus um, so she's the sexual one. Just a trivia. I was like "I want to hold your hand, I wanna get closer." The song's about like the spark before the touch, the rush before the touch... and Sara's all like "I just want to get physical!" *pussy pats*
SARA: When the world ends it will be that gif and cockroaches.
TEGAN: So where was I? Oh Sara.. you're a bitch.
Right, where was I? Oh yes... obviously there's no denying Closer is a behemoth pop song (even though one of you tried it). It's 3:29 of pure sugar rushing through your veins, a shiny glittery ode to making eyes across the room, to not quite reaching for the hand beside you, to writing your first name with their last name, to hoping for mistletoe, to possible love at first sight. The music is light, airy, buoyant, literally a new breath in their discography (which is not to be read as a slight against their earlier work as you damn well should know by now). And yet..... I'm not that passionate about it. Closer gets a 10 from me because I would be insane not to recognize the Grade A pop songwriting going on here, but it doesn't hit me emotionally like a Shock To Your System, an I Was A Fool, nor does it charm me like a U-turn, a Back In Your Head, a Boyfriend. In a lot of ways I think Closer gets a lot of extra credit for being "the first" or a "game-changer" when a) they weren't that far away from pop music in the first place and b) there are more interesting pop songs in their repertoire. There's something about Closer that's just slightly too polished and slick for me to want it to win a Tegan & Sara discography rate. Which again: I love this song, it's amazing and wonderful and all the good things. But I just... am glad it didn't win. Also for your information I took out that 2.5 and Closer still would've only come in 2nd place. Just 'cause I know you'll all be wondering.
Oh dear @Petty Mayonnaise (10): "I fully expect this to win. It was their first proper big pop single, and it is undeniably massive. The synths sparkle. The chorus explodes. Yeah, maybe it's a bit predictable for this to win, but a wise woman once said "sometimes the simplest move is right."" Sometimes simple is boring. @digitalkaiser (10): "I think this song will do marvelously well in this rate, and for good reason. Possibly the poppiest Tegan and Sara song ever produced, with a similarly cool and gorgeous video promoting love of all kinds. The positivity, longing, sentiment is all over this song and you can hear it in their voices. The production is some of the best I've heard in a song in recent years, and it's no wonder people took notice of them again after this, almost to point of finding some mainstream appeal. While I think it's a bit...easy to rate this song so high, there is no denying its appeal." I see no lies. @Jwentz (10) exemplifies what I like to call the"Closer Effect "This is such a perfect pop song only aided by the fact that it seems to come out of nowhere." Seems being the operative word here. Although maybe not for @eccentricsimply (8.5) considering her commentary: "This song started playing and I whispered a very soft "yas" because I know this is album is going to be a relief after the pain that was Sainthood."
@constantino (10) knows the importance of context: "Best opening track of 2013 (EDIT: After Tennis Court oop). They are giving me energy, urgency and pure LIFE with that chorus and it really lets me know exactly what I'm about to experience. I remember reading an interview around the time of release where they basically said that they wanted to write a song about physical attraction between two women, because such a sentiment is so hard to find in pop music, unless it's in a tokenistic/offensive/tactless/all four way. Basically, this track summarized why a) Tegan and Sara are so important and b) Why I'm delighted about their breakthrough." Although that's actually why I prefer Boyfriend because it's more explicitly gay. @Slice of Life (10) has a cool business idea: "Two years ago, this would be a solid 8. But now it's a perfect 10 because my taste suddenly grew. Kii. I love this so much now and is pretty spot-on when describing a burgeoning relationship. I just want to print out business cards with the words "Let's Get Things Physical" written over them and send them to all the people I fawned over: which is like 1 person. Hehe." @Sprockrooster (10) tries to praise that Niall solo song in my rate and NOT ON MY WATCH: ""A true stomper, but sonically a bit lacking their own sound. This tends to be a bit anyone's song. But no matter who did it. This is amazing nonetheless. Fun Fact: Greg Kurstin who worked on this, also worked on Niall Horan's debut solo single." Don't even start with me tonight. @send photo (8) submits my first vine commentary and says "I'm Kylie."
Cool story. @Ferk (10) had nothing to worry about: "As a huge fan of Tegan and Sara I was excited when I heard they were going for a more pop oriented sound but I was also slightly apprehensive. 'Closer' calmed all those fears. A brilliant, shimmering Pop Song that perfectly captures the rush of a new love. It still gives me a euphoric feeling every time I hear it." And we'll round out the commentary with our scarily psychic 11 giver @Posh Spears: "A massive and brilliantly-composed pop song that was just destined to be their biggest hit yet. The "oh-oh-oh-oh!" hook is fucking excellent, and feels like such a Greg Kurstin trademark as well (which he later reimagined in Famous by Charli XCX, one of my favorite songs). I always say that the best songs are the ones that make you experience intense feeling while still being really simple in nature, and this is a great example. There's so much emotion in the simplistic lyrics, and the production is just so… fulfilling!"
I understand your argument about Closer not being a winner that represents them accurately @ohnostalgia, but this not making at least the top three is beyond incorrect. Although, I was semi prepared for it when you said a 2.5 was still in because I knew it was the only one that was actually likely to get a troll score. Realistically it might not have gotten my 11 if I rated today because of all the other tracks that grew on me since (it'd probably be BWU or Shock To Your System which I rated way too poorly) but Closer is literally THAT out of this world anthemic bop!!!
The one good thing about this result is that Sara can win the rate now with either Slayfriend or Back in Your Scalp.
I'm so glad this didn't win, even though I absolutely adore it. That chorus is still such a rush.
Just to be clear, nothing from LY2D deserves to win.
It's not their best album, it's not even their best synth pop album.
I'm okay with it though.
OK but who is this, though, they've bombed out like half the songs in this rate and yet they've never actually commente-
@ohnostalgia where did you hide the body.
I swear to god if its a Love You To Death top 3....
I have little to no experience of Tegan and Sara outside of Heartthrob and Love You To Death but how the fuck is the latter dominating the top 4? It's good, but Heartthrob is such a special album, and I find it hard to believe their earlier stuff being all but absent from the top 10 is accurate.
Also, I've been popping in to see how the few songs I'm familiar with are doing and feel like @ohnostalgia needs a round of applause for her immaculate hosting.
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