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So I did an AMA after reading the first 4 books and I’m back after getting through what was perhaps the most enjoyable read in the series. Not the best mind you, I think that goes for book 2 still.
Perrin gets totally sidelined this book, which makes me happy-sad because while I like him, his POV was by far the most boring; and my favorite were Rand, Nynaeve, and Moiraine.
So when this book focused heavily on the three of them, I knew I was in for a good time.
The last ten chapters were a rollercoaster. Non stop reading. Some of my favorite media ever, period.

Notes I took while reading.

-Eladia is an idiot.
-Siuan: woman literally too angry to die
-I’m so curious wtf is gonna happen with Logain man.
-the compelling the forsaken do makes me sick to my stomach, same with the collars of the seanchan
-Asmodean and Rand have a pretty fun dynamic
-I fucking LOVE how dreams are used as communicating through vast distance. Such a clever and realistic way to move the story and communicate information between the characters
-it’s wild how the power dynamic between Moiraine and Rand has changed. Moiraine seems she will do whatever it needs to take. The mention of how she’d do everything aside from ‘sharing his sheets’ was kind of weird, especially the claims that it would bring ‘total ruin’ and I’m not sure if this will be expanded on.
-elayne flirting with thom WHYYYYYYY
-And the girls get into trouble again, drugged. This needs to stop happening lol.
-12 of the weakest Aes Sedai could beat the shit out of Rand if they are linked? That’s some bonkers shit, it seems insanely exponential. If 12 of the strongest of them link are we talking city-destroying with ease? Probably.
-what is padan fain cooking? Somebody needs to get him out of the kitchen, ASAP
-Morgase: woman literally too stubborn to be mind controlled.
-Suian has to stay close for Garett for her to live? Convenient.
-Rand walks into Aviendha changing. This could be an anime.
-Aviendha laps the other girls by going directly into fucking, while probably in another continent. Built different.
-Nyneave’s arc continues, she‘s being getting humiliated and bullied, but I wonder what the resolution will be? Just be kinder?
-WTF BIRGETTE IS DEAD
-WTF BIRGETTE IS ALIVE
-Moghedien, is a fantastic villain.
-Man seeing Nyneave so battered and meek is pretty unsettling
-I feel like BIRGETTE being plucked out of the dream world to the real world is HUGE. I’m curious to see an explanation for this.
-Uno is back! Blo*dy I’m so happy!
-Galad is going to be a huge character soon isn’t he? It feels inevitable.
-Galad and Nyneave starting a war made my stomach turn, it feels like a parallel to Rand, but maybe unintentional. Nyneave certainly feels like she’s causing nothing but trouble and chaos.
-Mat is finally growing on me as a character this book. I find how he uses these memories in this head in battles, and seeing him trying to get away from Rand is straight up a tragic comedy.
-the battle Cairhienin was awesome. Seeing Rand plus Egwhene and Avhienda do damage with their powers was a sight to see. It especially made me happy that Rand got plucked away from the front lines because it’s so obvious he can do so much more from afar. The Mat chapters in the battle were fantastic too! The remaining Shaido will be relevant in the future I want to bet.
-Sammel chucking lighting bolts from afar was weirdly funny to me.
-When Moiraine swore obedience to Rand I was expecting the power dynamic to go further and further in Rand’s favor. But now he listens to her all the time, and if anything he’s constantly seeking her. Funny how that works. But I think this is for the better, I’m pretty sure Moiraine wants nothing but the best.
-Seeing Rand’s growth is always so satisfying, from the village boy into an expert player of the game of houses, into the dragon reborn. And it makes me pretty sad too. Cold and hard he wants to be, I eagerly await to see how far he goes. He has much of the east under his control now and it’s a treat to watch him at work.
-who gets the throne of Cairhien? I was thinking Moiraine but would that even work? He could command her but wasn’t her house irrelevant now? Or non-existent? I don’t remember.
-Man the dark ones seal are being broken left and right. What is up with that.
-This is so WEIRD. it feels like the climax of the book happened with the battle for Carhein but we keep going.
-Rand scaring thots. Alviarin is one hundred percent Black Ajah. Mat being a general, a top one of that, with his memories is a really fun development.
-the news of Morgase dying really angered Rand and this idea SEEMS TERRIBLE. Oh boy oh boy. There is no way they go straight to attack gabril/rahvin
-And moiraine just goes with it?
-Melindhra was the hinted Aiel dark friend. I feel so bad for Mat.
-Moiraine putting up so many death flags PLEASE STOP
-So, Moiraine is dead. This is probably the second time I’ve gotten really sad in this series. Lans reaction messed up
-Alright Moiraine’s letter got my eyes watery. you will do well fuck me
-WE’RE STILL GOING TO CAEMLYN?
-WHY WOULD YOU CUT FRON THAT TO NYNEAVE AND SUIAN WRESTLING
-I don’t believe for a minute Mat and Avhie
-Moghedien jumpscare
-nyneave FINALLY gets her W. But for the second time she’s now used that seanchan collar and leash. I hope this doesn’t point to what kind of road she might take in the future
-Rand and Rahvin fighting in the dreamworld is just a banger. Nyneave saving the day was cool. Baelfire working as a way to bring back the ‘dead’ is awesome stuff
-Rand wanting males who can channel. Let the man cook. Davram appearing after so many name drops.
-Asmodean dying, getting brought back, and dying, made me laugh too much
-Morgase in Amacidia? Oh boy what the fuck is gonna happen with this

Other thoughts:

Egwene is becoming a prick. The scene in the dream world with Nyneave was so fucking out of nowhere (where the forms two men groping and holding Nyneave). I know Nyneave is an asshole but what the actual fuck. I’m pretty sure Egwene will lead the White Tower in the future so her ‘authority’ is being built up but man that was rough. This might be very entertaining at least.
Also I’m pretty tired of the gendered text. Like I can deal with it. And I get it. But it’s so tiring seeing opposite gendered character argue the same way, “Men!”, “Women!”. I get it. I get it. It’s by far my biggest criticism of the book and I think it will be for the whole series. So many scenes just blend in together, always men feeling obligated to protect the women and the women being stubborn and angry at the men. I get it. I hope I see it less and less. It’s not bad, just tiring and repetitive seeing all these thoughts and arguments repeat on loop.
Also I’m kind of dreading going back to Perrin’s POV. I just cannot fathom caring about him right now. There are so many interesting characters on the move right now that I think I might cry when I see Perrin’s name to start a chapter.
Also Rand’s whole not killing women is sure…character. I don’t like it, I get it, but it feels silly right now. I think that it will payoff the in the future big time though. But I’ll explain why I don’t like it right now.
The Lanfear fight near the end of the book was awesome, between her going “fuck it mode”, the suddenness of it, and Moiraine’s sacrifice, it was great.
Yet it was held back because of Rand. It really sucks away the tension when the story makes it clear it isn’t a “oh man Rand can’t win”, it’s more of a “oh man Rand would win, but he won’t kill a woman”. It honestly makes Moiraine’s sacrifice feel even sillier. And that’s kind of the point, Rand loathes himself for it, and he suffers because of it. Yet I think there was a better way to do it. The Maidens being tired of his shit was very refreshing.
This book also hade some of the funnier stuff than any of the books. Nyneave was a riot, being so unaware of her own bad cooking, or thinking she was incredibly thankful when she wasn’t at all. I like flawed characters.
I’m really glad I started to enjoy Mat this book.

PREDICTIONS

-Mat will marry some Seanchan princes? The Court of the Nine Moons got mentioned in some seanchan prologue in another book. No idea on wtf is the ‘give up half the world’ in what he was foretold. The seanchan seem to be in another continent, so by staying there he might never come back, thus ‘half the world’, assuming there are only two continents in the planet.
-Egwene will become the next leader of the Aes Sedai.
-Logain will regain his powers, with Nyneave’s help. But he won’t join Rand or his school for males who can channel, we’ll get a Dragon vs Dragon situation.
-fain killed Asmodean. Either him or another forsaken.
-Rand will start having more and more conversations with Lewis.
-Rand will go after Illian next, assuming he can get Camelyn under control. Or none of his little empire starts to splinter.
-ngl no idea wtf is gonna happen with morgase
-a Perrin chapter will turn eagerness to read into eagerness to go to sleep
-Nyneave will take a darker road at one point. She’s also going to be straight up the strongest Aes Sedai, only being below Rand and some of the Forsaken.
-Elayne will create a wild artifact with her new found talents. She’ll also be queen in two books
-Galad will become a general for the white cloaks, or a top commander at least. Speaking of, the White Cloaks will remain Rand’s biggest mainland threat after Illian.

Copium

I’m on copium, Moiraine cannot be dead. I don’t care for Lanfear but I’m hoping. First of all Lanfear has had so much buildup that surely she would be dealt with more dramatically right? And sure Lan lost his link but like, can the link really reach the world/dimension of the snake/whatever people?
Surely not. Plus Moiraine coming back would totally serve as an awesome self reflection for the characters in the other books later down the line.
Inhales copium
As before, AMA.

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Like how we saw the light 3.0 versions released over the course of last year, I'd love to see some more subclass changes over the next few season prior to The Final Shape.
I know we're already seeing the 3rd Strand Aspect being added next season, but I'd love to see some other ones, these are my most wanted changes, is there anything I've missed?

• A second Super ability for both Darkness subclasses, each Light subclass has at least 2 and in some cases, 3 Super options, lets get some more for the darkness ones. I'm sure Titan and Hunter would like a 1-bomb style Strand super like Warlock's and in turn Warlock's would like a roaming strand Super or maybe a 1-bomb style Stasis super? Lets get some more options and see what cool ideas can come from these really interesting subclasses!
• Stasis shards... Oh man we need Stasis 2.0! Maybe this is how we add the second supers???
• Melee needs some love. Grenades have been THE hot ticket builds for most subclasses (not looking at Solar Titan) we need to get some new melee options/buffs, most subclasses only have a single melee option and some subclasses have 7 grenade options! Most subclasses just won't build around strength because of this, there are so many melee exotics that are just not as viable because melee isn't as good, even stuff like Necrotic got changed to remove the melee stipulation.
• General Super rebalancing, we all agree that the super balancing currently sucks, in some cases it's not even worth using compared to other abilities (again looking at Solar Titan). Warlocks are relegated to Well because all the other supers are just so pathetic and Well is so good.

That's about everything I can think of, is there something else that would be a welcome change before TFS?

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Ive had some thoughts on the inherent nothingness of this rules discussion that commonly comes up regarding doubles and I'm going to first start off with a few examples and then go into how I don't think obsessive tweaking with doubling rules makes all that much sense. The reason I think its important to look at this is so much myth has been built up around what the effects of rules are, and I think people like Mr Easton have popularised ideas of seemingly simple obvious effects rules have without much experience playing under them or writing rules, when their effects are in reality deeper. A lot of it is similar to World Rugby, in an effort to make phase play attacking rugby easier and cut down on kicking, clamped down on contesting the ruck but the result ended up being attacking teams couldn't hold on for it as long without getting penalised and so started kicking shit ball away more. So without further ado heres my exploration of the concept:
So I was rewatching the matt easton sport fencing series of vids for a laugh and one thing that stuck out to me was how he seemed to think right of way was a better deterrent to double hits and afterblows than the epee short lockout time. This could make some level of sense re: old right of way from the 70s or earlier, but current foil and sabre have way more double hits (even if we aren't defining them by the lights but by the blade physically hitting the opposition within say 1 second) than epee. hell early to mid 2010s foil heavily rewarded being hit so then you could finish your action afterwards as the attacker without having to worry about being parried. This demonstrated, I think, a fundamental misunderstanding of systems he isn't really familiar with.
The second thing I think is misunderstanding what doubles in epee actually do. This idea of epee "rewarding" doubles to both fencers except in the most literal sense of awarding a point to each fencer is nonsensical. reward in a competition has to come at a cost to the other fencer, if it maintains the status quo it isnt reward. Now obviously in epee this is true, there is a slight reward for the fencer currently in front as it reduces the touches they need to score to get to 5 or 15 while keeping the margin the same. But fundamentally this is true for all doubling/afterblow rules that arent an elimination. Simply not awarding points does almost the same thing in a timed HEMA bout, despite the lack of theoretical gain there's little reason for the leading fencer not to end any pressure with a double if they can reliably time it. Subtracting a point to each fencer again more or less maintains the status quo (though its interesting more on that later). Indeed the only variation of consequences that outright discourages doubles are double elimination for one or multiple double hits, a system that for a dedicated fencing competition or set of rules is usually considered very harsh (not for modern pentathlon though).
The third element is criticising the 0.025 second lockout. Now this ones way more understandable bc it seems it would encourage trying to pull the trigger earlier and back your pace to get that first. And there is a limited amount of this. But in terms of playing for doubles, its the mechanic that makes it bloody hard, and by extension creates a lot of situations where a fencer chooses to parry or otherwise try to secure a single or just not getting hit over a potential double even if they are leading the risk just isn't worth it. The .025 lockout is actually what makes defence worth anything in epee. If you were in the lead and had .5 of a second you'd just be landing out of time counters for days if your own hit never came to fruition.
So all in all lets look at the results. You have, in epee rules, a system that requires you have to hit first at least once more than the opposition (inherently the same as any timed hema bout) and you can't afford to hit late, where doubles are next to meaningless with some niche tactical applications usually towards the end of the bout, and rarely match deciding unless its 14-13, and where its unreliable to either actively look for them or even use them as an insurance policy. As an epeeist who competes for my country I only really have a couple uses for doubles, if I'm ahead in the early or middle to keep momentum on my side and if I'm ahead in the late game to finish the bout. Even then I don't want them, every double I gain I'd've preferred a single. Even at my most incentivised, I want a single and would shrug at a double. Other fencers, especially lanky stophitters will have more stomach for them but fundamentally its still true, every double they've ever had they'd still prefer to be a single. You really aren't "incentivised" to double, you would much rather a single and when you are down you cant afford all too many of them.
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Now lets look at some of the primary hema rules regarding what times you have to land afterblows/doubles, and what the consequences are.
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Now first I want to sing the praises of the single step rule. Fantastic, gorgeous, if you can get out after scoring a valid hit, or stay in and give them no means of hitting in a footwork tempo that's good fencing and you deserve a single. This is far and away my favourite timing for HEMA afterblows/doubles. I think its a much better alternative to the 1 or 2 second systems I've seen, bc frankly once you've been hit, you have a whole second to score a valid hit, you should be able to finish that in at least a couple weapons. If I'm hit in smallsword, what is stopping me from running the other bloke down? I know for a fact I can cover half a fencing piste in 2 seconds with no starting momentum, HEMA circles are often much smaller. and smallswords are fast enough that you can draw the parry and remise easily so while this wont happen all the time it seems a nightmare to stop. Ive been hit in foil taking two steps after my counterattack landed with a .3 lockout time (less than a 3rd of the 1 second rule), and while while obviously a smallsword is slightly heavier, not so much that this would be difficult. Light cut and thrust swords also seems very exploitable with these approaches, its hard to know as so far I've only trained smallsword but from when I've felt and used them to play around with it seems the case. 2 seconds is frankly ridiculous, 1 is more understandable but again the loose time actually gives the hit fencer recourse to actively look for an afterblow or double with no repercussion.
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Now if we were to look at the rules for consequences in HEMA, I've usually seen no hit awarded, subtraction, or elimination. No hit awarded is functionally very similar to epee, especially if the bout is timed. Subtraction is the interesting one, in a timed bout again basically the same, but in one that isn't a leading fencer is losing sight of the goal score by letting them occur, and the losing fencer has to climb more too. The lead stays the same, but its definitely a more unpleasant prospect for both fencers, though arguably it again does create incentive for the losing fencer in particular to secure an afterblow out of time if they're technically within their step/1second or w/e (though very arguably especially in shorter times). Elimination is definitely a deterrent, but its also kind of unhinged. Certainly I think any tournament running this rule without some space allocated for fun sparring for eliminated fencers is doing itself a disservice, especially if this is applied in a preliminary poules system. first offence elimination is particularly harsh, but I think even after multiple infringements its just such a massive penalty for what's almost always a safe accident.
So in HEMA we have a combination of rules that run the gamut from I think very good (single step with no hits awarded in timed bouts or subtraction in untimed bouts), Quite poor (1 or 2 seconds no hit awarded in a timed bout is so open to abuse with lighter swords) to insane (2 seconds and double elimination would be very fun for a silly club comp but who in their right mind would sign up for that as a serious tournament). The best combination of these common HEMA rules are barely, if at all (I think its a matter of taste), better than epee, and what can we learn from this?
I think at the end of the day, so long as doubles are at best "okay", arent so long they can be actively sort after to nullify a score from the opposition, and that their biggest advantage if any is a minimal one for the fencer in the lead who would still very much prefer a single anyway, I say let the boys play.

It was pretty difficult to keep up with the national selections when they were happening--I did my best, but couldn't always give them full attention. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been working my way though all of the final selections and doing full rankings, and thought I might as well share my top 3 from every final. Feel free to share your own thoughts about these.
Vidbir 2023 - 17 December

• "Heart of Steel" - Tvorchi
• "Dovbush" - Fiinka
• "When God Shut the Door" - Jerry Heil

Thoughts: A fairly clear top three, for me. I think you could make a case for "Kolyskova", but it's just not quite as good as these in my opinion. This is my ordering of them. I straight up love the first two and like the third a lot. Any one would have been a good choice for ESC.
Festivali i Këngës 61 - 22 December 2022

• "Duje" - Albina & Familja Kelmendi
• "Ma kthe" - Evi Reçi
• "Kozmosi i dashurisë" - Erma Mici

Thoughts: I know there was a fan favorite that didn't make my top three, and I'm going to agree with the televote on this one, because "Duje" really stood out amidst the large field of songs in this show as an entry that had everything you could want. I actually went and moved it back up a couple of places on my ESC ranking after watching this (staging will make or break it, though). As to "Ma kthe", I don't believe I've ever seen anybody say anything about it, but it's so good.
Eurosong 2023 (Belgium) - 14 January

• "Ça m'ennuie pas" - Chérine
• "T'inquiète" - Gala Dragot
• "Because of You" - Gustaph

Thoughts: Normally, I'd be inclined to put the more artistic entry above a pop song like "Ça m'ennuie pas", especially when the entry is as strong as "T'inquiète", but Chérine's song is just so fun that I can't help but absolutely love it, despite the funny JESC staging and her voice fraying and everything else.
Eurosong 2023 (Ireland) - 3 February

• "Midnight Summer Night" - Connolly
• "We Are One" - Wild Youth
• "Down in the Rain" - K Muni and ND

Thoughts: Ugh. What a weak selection. "Midnight Summer Night" is a surprisingly decent song, though, and good on her for handling herself pretty well in what I think was her first public performance ever? Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.
Benidorm Fest 2023 - 4 February

• "Eaea" - Blanca Paloma
• "Inviernos en Marte" - José Otero
• "Arcadia" - Megara

Thoughts: I feel like I'm the only Eurovision fan alive who wholeheartedly loved "Inviernos en Marte". I've said it before, and I'll say it again: one of the best power ballads of the season. Also, José Otero mostly nailed the vocal performance in the final. As to "Eaea", well... it's my current ESC winner, so there you go. Loved Benidorm Fest.
Melodi Grand Prix 2023 - 4 February

• "Ekko Inni Meg" - Jone
• "Masterpiece" - Atle Pettersen
• "Queen of Kings" - Alessandra

Thoughts: No shade on the winner. I just preferred "Ekko Inni Meg". They're both absolute bangers, though. Also, I'm not going to downplay this: Atle Pettersen made me, a grown-ass man, cry. So yeah. 10 points to Atle.
ESCZ 2023 - 7 February

• "My Sister's Crown" - Vesna
• "Ghosting" - Pam Rabbit
• "Introvert Party Club" - Rodan

Thoughts: Czechia has done really well with their selections the past couple of years. "Lights Off" was a favorite of mine last year, and Vesna are in my top 10 right now (we'll see about staging). "Ghosting" by Pam Rabbit is so good, though. I was sort of getting Lena 2011 vibes off of her performance and thought it could have also potentially done all right at ESC. I revisit this song a lot, and the performance, as well.
Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - 11 February

• "Dance (Our Own Party)" - The Busker
• "In the Silence" - Ryan Hill
• "Checkmate" - Brooke

Thoughts: The Busker absolutely deserved to win, and I love their song. That said, these other two were quite strong entries. Ryan Hill's voice... wow. I hadn't heard anything about this entry at all when I watched it, and as soon as he began, I sat up like, "Um, hello!" Anybody know who this guy is? Seems like the type that would have come out of a singing competition like The Voice or something.
Sanremo Music Festival 2023 - 11 February

• "Cenere" - Lazza
• "Splash" - Colapesce Dimartino
• "Il bene nel male" - Madame

Thoughts: I had Marco in 4th. "Cenere" felt like the most modern, of-the-moment song in the competition. Lazza seemed to be performing it without a lot of the autotuning he uses in the studio track, and I think the result is a bit mixed (I kind of dislike how much these Italian artists abuse autotuning), but on the whole, he held his own amongst the more powerful vocalists. Could have been another opportunity to show the world that Italy remains on the forefront of musical trends, but honestly, there's nothing wrong with what they're sending.
I could have done without about half of the songs that were at Sanremo this year. Lots of meh. Surprisingly, there were a couple that I liked, like "Cause perse", that the Italians hated.
Eesti Laul 2023 - 11 February

• "Bridges" - Alika
• "Tuju" - Meelik
• "Venom" - Ollie

Thoughts: Love the winner in this one. I'd have been happy to see any one of these three sent to ESC, though. Bedwetters did not belong in that superfinal. This was a great national final--one of my favorites. Lots of good songs.
Supernova 2023 - 11 February

• "Aijā" - Sudden Lights
• "Fake Love" - Raum
• "You Said" - 24. Avēnija

Thoughts: Really liked this national final, as well. "Aijā" is one of my favorites (top 3) from this year. "Fake Love"' was so good, though. "You Said" was more artistic. These two are in a virtual tie for second place with me.
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 - 11 February

• "Breaking My Heart" - Reiley
• "Freedom" - Nicklas Sonne
• "Lige Her" - Søren Torpegaard Lund

Thoughts: The ranking of these doesn't make a lot of sense. In truth, I really don't like "Freedom", but on a technical level and in terms of performance, it wouldn't have felt right not having it here. It might seem a little weird that I left Reiley as the winner, but honestly, I think the song is pretty good. However it performs at ESC, I think it was the best option for them this year.
Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 - 18 February

• "Stay" - Monika Linkytė
• "Like a Movie" - Beatrich
• "Need More Fun" - Justė Kraujelytė

Thoughts: Not going to rock the boat here: "Stay" is fantastic. Watching her perform this again at the Barcelona party, I was reminded why she won. There was a fan favorite here that I don't really like much and a beautiful ballad that I had to put in 4th, because it was just a little too ballady. "Need More Fun" seems underappreciated.
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 - 25 February

• "Ylivoimainen" - Kuumaa
• "Cha Cha Cha" - Käärijä
• "Girls Like You" - Robin Packalen

Thoughts: This is probably where I'm going to lose a lot of you. ha! I'm just not as excited about "Cha Cha Cha" as the rest of you. It's a good entry, though. I have it at 12 in my own ESC ranking.
Una voce per San Marino 2023 - 25 February

• "Mama Told Me" - Ellynora
• "Qualcosa in me che non funziona" - Mayu
• "Out of Space" - Deborah Iurato

Thoughts: I made a separate post about UVpSM the other day. I love this top three. That's all I'll say here. Like, every one of these songs just works for me.
Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję! - 26 February

• "Be Good" - Dominik Dudek
• "New Home" - Alicja Szemplińska
• "Gladiator" - Jann

Thoughts: If I didn't lose you with UMK, this is where I lose the rest of you. "Gladiator" was, as a studio track, by far the most interesting song in this contest, but as a performance, I found it kind of goofy, honestly. His vocals were fine. "New Home" was a song I didn't even really like as a studio track, but it was performed with such professionalism that it stood out in this rather dire national final.
Unser Lied für Liverpool - 3 March

• ["Alle Frauden in Mir Sind Mude" - Frida Gold]
• "Once Upon a Dream" - Anica Russo
• "Blood and Glitter" - Lord of the Lost
• "Hold On" - Will Church

Thoughts: Had Frida Gold been there, it might have been my winner, but we'll never know now. Beautiful song. "Once Upon a Dream" grew on me massively with the stage performance. So friggin' good. This national final was actually surprisingly strong when I watched it back the other day. Will Church's vocals were astoundingly good, and elevated this song more than it had any right to.
Etapa națională 2023 - 4 March

• "Soarele și luna" - Pasha Parfeny
• "Du-mă" - Aliona Moon
• "Yummy Mommy" - SunStroke Project

Thoughts: Clearest top 2 of any national final for me. Both of these songs are amazing to me, though in different ways.
Pesma za Evroviziju '23 - 4 March

• "Samo mi se spava" - Luke Black
• "Cvet sa Istoka" - Princ
• "Od jastuka do jastuka" - Stefan Shy

Thoughts: This was probably the best national final of the season. Everything was good, basically. This top three maybe seems a little odd. I apologize. "Novi plan drugi san" is my 4th place. I loved it just as you all do, but I liked these songs more, and I have to give Stefan Shy props for improving dramatically from the semifinal.
Söngvakeppnin 2023 - 4 March

• "Power" - Diljá
• "Dancing Lonely" - Sigga Ózk
• "Sometimes the World's Against You" - Bragi

Thoughts: Easy top three for me, because I don't like the other two songs at all.
Melodifestivalen 2023 - 11 March

• "Tattoo" - Loreen
• "On My Way" - Panetoz
• "Six Feet Under" - Smash Into Pieces

Thoughts: "Air" in 4th place. Panetoz is definitely not appreciated enough by the fandom or the Swedes.
Festival da Canção 2023 - 11 March

• "Ai coração" - Mimicat
• "A festa" - Edmundo Inácio
• "Goodnight" - Bárbara Tinoco

Thoughts: Very decent national final, but with a very clear top two for me. In 3rd, I go back and forth between this one and "Povo", but I'm happy with "Goodnight" here.
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And Croatia I skipped. heh. Sorry, all. Too many songs, and I didn't care enough.

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Collections Avaiable: Nemestice Collector's Cache 2021, Aghanim's 2021 Collector's Cache, The International 10 Collector's Cache, The International 10 Collector's Cache II.
Nemestice Collector's Cache 2021

Set Name	Hero	Price(USD)	Qty
Twilight Hex	Dark Willow	7.5$	4
Litany of the Damned	Doom	10$	4
Astral Terminus	Enigma	5$	4
Caerulean Star	Enchantress	7.5$	4
Arcane Inverter	Gyrocopter	10$	5
Creed of the Skullhound	Lycan	10$	4
Desert Bloom	Nature's Prophet	10$	5
Silence of the Starweaver	Oracle	7.5$	4
Eyriebound Imperator	Skywrath Mage	10$	4
Anthozoan Assault	Tiny	10$	4
Vision of the Seraph Scion	Vengeful Spirit	15$	4
Defender of the Brumal Crest	Winter Wyvern	10$	4
Red Sands Marauder	Shadow Shaman	10$	5
Indomitable Legacy	Sven	50$	4
Footfalls of the Sporefathers	Witch Doctor	25$	2

Aghanim's 2021 Collector's Cache

Set Name	Hero	Price(USD)	Qty
Blightfall	Abaddon	10$	3
Days of the Demon	Axe	10$	2
Cosmic Concotioneers	Alchemist	15$	2
Stranger in the Wandering Isles	Drow Ranger	12.5$	2
March of the Crackerjack Mage	Rubick	5$	3
Forgotten Fate	Mars	5$	2
Widow of the Undermount Gloom	Broodmother	10$	2
The Chained Scribe	Grimstroke	7.5$	2
Perils of the Red Banks	Chen	5$	2
Secrets of the Frost Singularity	Ancient Apparition	7.5$	2
Test of the Basilisk Lord	Razor	10$	2
Apex Automated	Clockwerk	10$	3
Perception of the First Light	Dawnbreaker	10$	2
Scales of the Shadow Walker	Phantom Lancer	10$	3
Silverwurm Sacrifice	Dragon Knight	10$	3
Pyrexae Polymorph Perfected	Ogre Magi	12.5$	2

The International 10 Collector's Cache

Set Name	Hero	Price(USD)	Qty
Origin of the Dark Oath	Night Stalker	5$	3
Ravenous Abyss	Underlord	5$	2
Apocalypse Unbound	Ancient Apparation	5$	2
Beholden of the Banished Ones	Warlock	5$	2
Fury of the Righteous Storm	Disruptor	5$	3
Lineage of the Stormlords	Juggernaut	15$	3
Silent Slayer	Silencer	7.5$	2
Mindless Slaughter	Pudge	7.5$	2
Heartless Hunt	Bounty Hunter	5$	3
Herald of the Ember Eye	Grimstroke	7.5$	3
Fissured Flight	Jakiro	5$	2
Flashpoint Proselyte	Huskar	5$	2
Signs of the Allfather	Nature's Prophet	5$	2
Glory of the Elderflame	Lina	15$	2
Songs of Starfall Glen	Enchantress	5$	3
Ancient Inheritance	Tiny	10$	3
Forsworn Legacy	Mars	15$	2

The International 10 Collector's Cache II

Set Name	Hero	Price(USD)	Qty
Evolution of the Infinite	Enigma	5$	3
Beast of the Crimson Ring	Bristleback	5$	2
Clearcut Cavalier	Timbersaw	5$	2
The King Of Thieves	Keeper of the Light	5$	2
Horror from the Deep	Tidehunter	7.5$	2
Ire of the Ancient Gaoler	Arc Warden	10$	2
Talons of the Endless Storm	Chaos Knight	5$	2
Carousal of the Mystic Masquerade	Rubick	5$	2
Crown of Calaphas	Shadow Demon	5$	2
Wrath of the Fallen	Doom	5$	2
Blacksail Cannoneer	Sniper	5$	2
Secrets of the Celestial	Skywrath Mage	5$	2
Blaze of Oblivion	Phoenix	5$	2
Master of the Searing Path	Ember Spirit	10$	2
Steward of the Forbidden Chamber	Templar Assassin	12.5$	4
Claszureme Incursion	Faceless Void	35$	1

So last summer my then best friend (A) hooked me up with my now boyfriend (M). At that time, A and i hadn’t been seeing each other a lot.
During 2019 A and I were incredibly close and spent most of our time in her home. She called me her “twin flame” and we had so many plans about what we do in the future together. Her brother on the other hand, was a complete pig. He had a “spit spot” in his room that was growing mold from constant spitting. He would piss into bottles and collected them in his room instead of going to the bathroom. He would keep the cat’s litter box in his room as an attempt to encourage her to be in there but he always kept his door closed and so the cat would end up doing her business all over the house. He would play video games late at night and scream and throw things around his room and yell at us if we asked him to be quiet. There was a lot more but those are the key things. I mostly tried to steer clear of him for these reasons.
Around the summer of 2019 she got into I relationship with H. I was very supportive of this because I knew she wanted to be in one, although quickly she essentially stopped talking to me and at first I was very upset about it because I felt like she just replaced me. Eventually after many conversations of me trying to tell her I just wanted to see he talk to her more and to still feel like her best friend and her dismissing my feelings I just stopped trying to tell her how I felt. Anytime we made plans to hangout she would tell me she would be over at a certain time and then leave me waiting all day for her to cancel. At first I was understanding but after about the 10th time of this happening I stopped trying to make plans with her because I was tired of her wasting my time.
Skip to August 2021. At this point we probably only saw each other maybe twice a year and barely talked to each other and she asked me to do a trip with her to a town about a 30 minute drive away from ours with her mom and one of H’s best friends, P. I hadn’t seen A in months so I was really excited she reached out and I had always crushed on P and she knew that so she wanted to hook us up. P and I had met a few times before but barely talked to each other. We instantly hit it off and within a couple weeks of dating, became official. P and I hung out with A and H a few times in our first month of dating and then A went completely radio silent. I texted her a few times to ask if I had done something wrong and she just said she didn’t really like P anymore and she was just really busy. Okay? After years of excuses from her I didn’t really think much of it and just ignored it. I tried a few times to reach out in the next year but nothing.
P and I’s relationship progressed and in around July 2022 we saw H and A at their place for a get together. A was incredibly cold to me and ignored me and I was uncomfortable and just ended up going home. Apparently after I left she started talking shit about me and saying how much she hated me and laughing at how uncomfortable she made me. I took some time to process this after P told me and then I messaged her laying out everything and asking what I did to make her hate me so much? She told me it was because I told P about the things her brother does and that I was a narcissistic bitch and she ended up blocking me.
I’m still trying to process all of this months later and I’m curious if I am the asshole as she says? I didn’t think it mattered that much because P knows her pretty well and she’s told him herself about the things her brother does.
I don’t really have a lot of friends and almost every friend I have had has ended up ditching me for other people so I am beginning to feel like I am the problem in these situations but I’m honestly flabbergasted at how this friendship ended. I’ve grown to fully resent and hate her for how she dragged me along and since she dumped me I have seen that she was never that great a friend to me in the first place and really just used me and took advantage of my kindness and generosity. But deep down a part of me still misses her and I just feel really conflicted about the whole situation.

I have this memory from primary school of some badges that were sold at school, Im guessing for charity and I think they were smiley faces in either light blue or pink? They were pretty big, maybe around 6cm or so. Does anyone else remember these? They just randomly popped into my head the other day but I can't find anything about them online.

No numbers have been proposed, everything will be polled in a later stage, you're just making stuff up in order to object to the skill.
Heck, they don't even have to be combat related. A few examples of possible gear buffs from literally standing in the shower for 5 minutes:

• weight reduction
• run energy drain reduction
• digging ability for gloves (no need for spades)
• ring of wealth effect

At most, these buffs will maybe reduce the need for stam pots at Zilyana. But generally, they would be nice to haves, so you won't need to bring spades on clue scrolls, or can do your farm run in full bandos without running out of energy.
Just a possibility. If you don't like the vibe of the skill, sure. But don't disregard skill proposals based on some made up scenario.

hi gurls
some years back i realiser how 2 make butt explosions from butt huge didlos upp my butt and putting that dildo on a screwdriver to wrinkle my asshole like a tornado and was wondering if i could enlarge my prostate in a natural way? Would it be more pleasurable? I would like it to become so big that i can squeeze 3 dildos in there and hit ever spot beside in so i can then sploosh them out in order 2 have a prostate prolapse.
I’ve heard of men (especially str8s) getting an enlarged prostate as they get older, is this gods way of making sure we become bottoming loving sluts at some point in our lives? If so i cant wait for my prostate to get enlarged <33333 Do i need to stop using dildos in my ass in order to achieve a world record butt explosion when i am 58? Help would be greatly approciated especially from any gay dead zombies out there 😍😍 but stay away from biting and infectng my butt grampas 😘

If you identify as female and are aged 16-26 I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on these 3 makeup product concepts.
What is the concept?
Hybrid makeup products that provide both skincare and mindfulness benefits.
What is it solving?
Simultaneously elicit feelings of productivity and self-improvement, and benefit both physical appearance and mental well-being without taking up too much time or promoting excessive consumption.
Mascara
· Candelilla wax – smoothing
· Shea butter – moisturising
· Biotin - stimulates new cell growth; essential for regrowing fallen lashes
· Black tea and cocoa pigments – darken the lashes without harmful chemicals
· Lavender essential oil – antimicrobial, anti-fungal, moisturising
· Curved wand – contours around lashes to evenly coat from root to tip
· Blue tansy essential oil pulse roller on oppose end of tube - apply roller to the wrist and smell calming aromas whilst applying the mascara, inner peace, centres mind
· Pressure point technology – small bumps target pressure points in the fingers when the product is held, providing stress and anxiety-relief
· Blue moonstone crystal packaging – promotes mental clarity and inner vision (a master healer for busy people)
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Multi-use Concealer (safe for around eyes and face)
· Squalane – moisturises and strengthens skin barrier
· Niacinamide – hydrates, improves skin texture, reduces swelling and redness
· Ginger extract - antiseptic, banishes pimple-causing bacteria
· Vitamin C - reduces appearance of dark spots and acne
· 100% mineral zinc oxide - protects from blue light and sun
· Colour pigment suspension – allows colour to blend seamlessly with other ingredients
· Ylang ylang essential oil – anti-bacterial properties, regenerative, boosts mood
· Metal roller ball applicator - massages the face as the product is applied, cooling effect
· Glass tube – as voted by consumers
· Citrine crystal packaging – boosts confidence, inner strength, and courage, bring luminous laughter to even the greyest of days
· Uplifting mantra inscription – “I am radiant”
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Lip Glaze (clear)
· Candelilia wax - smoothing
· Glycerin - helps the skin to retain moisture even when exposed to pollution
· Japanese peach - repairs damaged lips
· Tremella mushroom – ‘the beauty mushroom’, detoxification, hydration, skin elasticity, plumping
· 100% mineral zinc oxide - sun protection
· Peach essential oil – easily absorbed, hydrates, plumps, elevates mood
· Rose quartz infusion – promotes new cell generation, exfoliates dead skin cells
· Massaging roller ball applicator – soothing and smoothing, as voted by consumers
· Glass tube – as voted by consumers
· Rose quartz crystal packaging – reduces stress
· Uplifting mantra inscription – “nourish your soul”

Hi,
i am looking for a group. I am open for PvE, light PvP, RP and i have nearly 300 hrs of gametime. I am 41yrs old and i want to join a nice 18+ community. Discord would be cool, Teamspeak(the thing old guys used in the early days) would be fine too.
Please contact me, i am stranded!^^