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The episode resumed on a shot of Zee and Jo, their skin tones back to normal, running up to a smiling Chris. "Welcome back," he told the camera. "Zee and helper Jo are the first to arrive here, at the world's largest mud puddle!" The camera pulled back, revealing that the trio was standing near the edge of a large lake of burbling mud, a measuring stick rising out of it at the nearest edge.
"It's eight feet deep," Chris explained over a close-up of the measuring stick showing the mud reaching up very nearly to the 8' mark, "and 200 yards across. And," the camera quick-panned to the far right side of the 'puddle', "since it's too thick to swim through," the shot cut back to the couple and Chris, "the only way to the other side is with one of you piggybacking the other."
"Umm...," Zee said hesitantly, sharing a wary look with Jo, "doesn't that mean the person on the bottom..."
"Will drown?" Chris finished. "Yes."
"What?!" Jo said in wide-eyed shock.
"Unless they use this garden hose!" Chris added, a light chime playing as he held up a length of green hose.
Zee let out a breath. "Okay then. Guess I'm on the bottom, then."
Jo's eyes widened a bit in a brief bit of surprise, and she looked at her partner. "I should be objecting to this since I'm supposed to be the helper, but hey. No heavy lifting from me."
"YeahâŚ" Zee agreed half heartedly.
Confessional: Zee
"I was able to hold Jo onto my back while we were skiing," Zee told the confessional. "I can still do the same while under mud."
Confessional Ends
"I know that I said you were weak in the past," Jo said, "but that was until I saw that you were able to make it this far in the game."
"You thought wrong about me," Zee replied. "I wasnât active at first in challenges and finding food, but with Julia eliminated, I was able to grow and become a finalist."
Chris suddenly stepped between the two. "How touching. Now start the challenge."
The scene cut to Zee and Jo jumping into the mud, the former disappearing below its depths while the latter, on his shoulders, held up the length of the hose. They started moving forward, and the camera panned back to the left to show Harold, Scarlett, and Chris holding up another length of hose.
"Yeah, I'll be on top," Harold stated.
"Pardon me?" Scarlett countered, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't trust you not to let me drown," Harold told her. "Self-preservation comes first."
Scarlett groaned. "That's fair," she said, taking the hose from Chris, "but if you let me suffocate, I'm dragging you down into the mud with me."
"Crustal," Harold deadpanned, and as Scarlett crouched down, she jumped onto the brainiac's shoulders. Scarlett stood back up and put the end of the hose in her mouth, and she jumped into the mud.
The tense music faded away as the camera moved onto Chris, the host sighing as Chef walked up. "You think the mud was a bad idea?" Chris asked. "It's a little quiet⌠oh yeah," Chris said as if in sudden realization, "almost forgot about the Peanut Gallery. Bring 'em back in!" he said into a walkie talkie he only then pulled out.
Moments later, the wind kicked up around them, and the camera zoomed out to show the large helicopter flying in with the former contestants still hanging â and screaming as they swayed ominously â below it. "Would you let us down already?!" Leshawna shouted angrily. "It's freezin' up here!"
"Yeah, I want to cheer for Zee!" Julia chimed in.
"If I wasn't tied up right now, I'd have half a mind to pound you!" Duncan shouted at the host.
The camera focused on DJ. "Hey, Chris?" he looked forward and asked loudly. "Just bring us down before anybody else gets miffed at you!"
"No, and I don't care," Chris answered with a calm smile, until Chef whispered to him. A flat note played over a close-up of Chris staring blankly at him. "Huh...good point," he admitted. "Ooh!" he said with a sudden grin. "I just had an idea!"
A flash took the scene to Zee and Jo, the tense challenge music resuming at a low volume and slow pace in the background. They were still slogging through the mud, Zee out of sight but Jo only submerged up to her stomach. She looked back over her shoulder, smiled, then said "Keep going!" into the piece of hose she was holding. "They're way far behind!"
Confessional: Zee
"So as it turns out," Zee said, "being submerged in the mud is kinda like being trapped in the dark. But there aren't any animals below to scare me."
Confessional Ends
The music ramped up as Jo suddenly stopped moving, then seemed to turn around and start moving back towards the start. "Uh, Fruit Loop?" she asked into the hose. "We're going the wrong way!"
The camera cut to Harold, looking somewhat bored as he held the hose atop Scarlett's shoulders, before noticing the other team and frowning. "Why are they coming this way?"
"Ugh! They're too safe to sabotage each other!" came the sudden voice of Chris McLean, the camera cutting to him standing in the show's jeep with Chef at the wheel, speaking into the microphone of the jeep's loudspeaker. "Deploy the 2.0 model!"
The shot cut back to Harold and Jo as they looked around with strange expressions, the sound of something like a rocket taking off coming from somewhere in the distance. They looked up and to the left, and the camera shifted to their viewpoint to show a large object shooting up through the sky overhead...
...then abruptly diving towards them, revealing itself as a red-eyed robotic bear with small jet engines coming out of its back. Harold and Jo screamed as their respective partners continued in their previous directions, getting out of the way as the Bear landed in the mud. It hit with enough force to cause a wave of mud, which shot all the way across the puddle carrying the finalists and their helpers along for the ride. All four immediately began to cough upon landing in a muddy heap.
Confessional: Harold
"At least I have a better shot," Harold said. "We're tied right now, but who knows what other tricks Chris has up his sleeves."
Confessional Ends
A close-up of the nozzle of a fire hose in Chef's hands preceded him blasting the muddy finalists and helpers with water, all four screaming where they'd landed on the shore of the 'puddle'. Moments later, the water was shut off, leaving them drenched but clean.
"We're all tied up," Chris announced with a smile. "Perfect time for a little break. First, let's bring in the Peanut Gallery again." He took out his remote and pointed it at a patch of ground nearby, a hole opening up in it and a rather shoddy-looking set of stadium seats shooting up out of it with the ten former contestants seated â and still tied-up â in it.
"Sha-finally," Lightning said, the shot cutting to him sitting in the top row with B, DJ, Duncan, and Max and Leshawna, Ella, Julia, Sammy, and Amy in the bottom row. "Are we gonna get to watch the rest of the challenge now?"
"Yup!" Chris answered with a happy smile, pressing the button on his remote again so that a large widescreen television emerged from another hole in the ground near him and the finalists.
"Will you untie us too?" Ella chimed in.
Chris huffed. "Whine, whine, whine," he said in annoyance. "Don't I do enough for you kids as it is?"
"No," all fourteen of the season's cast members replied at the same time.
A flat note played over a close-up of the host pursing his lips. "Yeah, I owe Chef twenty bucks about that," Chris said, the camera zooming back out again to show the finalists and helpers. "Everyone, grab a seat," he instructed, and the four reluctantly sat down on the logs lying behind them. "I'm gonna show you some of my favorite clips from the show..." He pointed his remote at the TV, and the shot focused in as it switched on and started to play footage of a confessional...
"Dunderhead was already pretty useless," Jo complained. "But now he's making moves on one of the actually decent players on the team? Not on my watch!"
The camera cut in close to show Jo pausing and looking back. "Something on your mind, Anti-Squeakerbox?" she asked, the camera shifting to show B peering at her and shaking his head.
âIt's not what you think it is," Jo told him. "As long as they are on this team, Julia and Zee will not date."
âNot exactly how I wanted the elimination to play, but hey. Juliaâs gone and with Zee still in the game, I could manipulate him into doing whatever I say,â Jo grinned.
The footage paused, and Chris leaned out in front of the television with a wide and mischievous grin. "Seems like there isn't a shipper on deckâŚ" he said impishly.
"So you were trying to keep me and Julia apart?" Zee said as the camera moved to him and Jo, his eyes wide with shock. "Does this mean that...,"
"Yup. I convinced Julia to quit," Jo replied. "I didn't expect her to fully go through with it since I was gonna vote you out!"
"I can't believe you'd try and do that!" Zee said with a glare!"
"If I didn't do what I did, then you two likely would've blown challenges for us like the dueling one!" Jo argued back.
The camera focused on Julia in the Peanut Gallery. "I was trying to defend my boyfriend, but sure," she said dryly.
"I'm just worried what Chris is gonna show from Scarlett," Sammy said. "It looks like he wants to mess up the finalists and their helpers..."
"Maybe he won't show anything?" Amy suggested. "I mean, it's not like Scarlett and Harold were that close to begin with."
The shot cut back to a smiling Chris. "Oh, don't worry, I have no intention of leaving those guys out of all this fun," he said happily.
"I don't see how," Scarlett said. "Harold already knows everything about me now. Iâm practically an open book."
Chris laughed. "Seems you forgot that the cameras are always on. So here's some more juicy information that everybody gets to hear." The screen on the TV went from static to a scene from the fifth episode.
Scarlett herself grabbed the dueling stick Ella retrieved, fished an electric eel out of the water, and tossed it to Max. "Max!" she cried, and her teammates looked at her in confusion, prompting her to pretend that she had coughed. "Pardon me!"
âThe plan was for Max to be the only one not in the trap, so the team would know he built it and vote him off!â Scarlett confessed.
"I overheard Leshawna and Harold's conversation when they were foraging together, and Leshawna being on to me is something that I refuse to let happen," Scarlett claimed. âZee's really gullible enough to deceive, and I'll try to talk to Ella.â
A deep, dramatic note was struck over a shot of Harold in shock. "So it was you who got Leshawna eliminated!" he scowled in Scarlett's direction.
"I wasn't ready to come out just yet, and between the two of you, you were less likely to warn anyone about me!" Scarlett retorted.
"So all this time, Scarlett was aiming to usurp her master!" Max ranted.
"I don't blame her," Leshawna commented. âAs much of a pain as she is, I would've done the same thing and sent your annoying behind home.â
"Okay," Chris said happily as the shot moved onto him, "I'm sensing some major hostility and I'm liking it. I'm out of popcorn, though, so we should probably get back to the challenge."
"Seriously?!" the finalists and helpers alike exclaimed.
"Obviously, the helpers aren't gonna be very helpful anymore," Chris replied. "So, instead of helpers, Jo and Scarlett will now be hinderers." As he spoke, Chef walked back into view with a pair of video game controllers, tossing one each to Scarlett and Jo. "The island is now back online," Chris continued, "and, with these controllers, they will be able to throw up obstacles to throw you down, or, completely crush you."
The shot cut to Scarlett as she looked at her controller and smirked. "Good to know."
"Looking forward to it," Jo said in determination.
Harold and Zee gulped, and Chris laughed. "That was the good part," he said. "Let me tell you the bad part. You have ten minutes to finish this challenge," he told Zee and Harold. "If neither of you do, Scarlett and Jo get to split the money."
"Dude, what?" Zee said in shock.
"You can't do that!" Harold protested.
"I can! I will! I am! GO!" Chris announced, blowing his airhorn right in Chef's face, earning an annoyed sigh from the man. Harold and Zee immediately ran off, but the camera cut to a close-up of a thoughtful Jo.
"Well...I want the money, but I'm not really comfortable with how this is set up," Jo said to herself. "But...I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I just made this a little more challenging for them..."
"Do what you want," Scarlett said, the camera panning over to show her grinning darkly with her controller in hand. "I'm getting my justice."
Confessional: Jo
âAnd I thought I was an underhanded person,â Jo mentioned to herself. âVelma has less morals than me and Gnome Master.â
Confessional: Scarlett
"I was snubbed in the last episode," Scarlett confessed. "And now that I've been given permission, I can stop the finalists from winning without getting electrocuted!" She pulled out the remote from the seventh episode. "I don't even need this device. I have a controller to do the job for it."
Confessionals End
A few quick drum taps opened up a deep and dangerous challenge theme, the scene returning to Zee and Harold sprinting across the open field only to gape in shock as the pine trees in the background starting launching like rockets.
"What the heck?" Harold said. "Rocket trees?"
One landed right behind them, forcing both finalists to roll forward out of the way. "This island is wild!" Zee cried as the two continued running, more and more trees landing behind them like massive spears.
The two were shown together in a brief close-up, raising their eyebrows in surprise. A quick-pan ahead revealed the landscape changing, trees and rock formations rising up out of the artificial ground to form a large, dense barrier.
Harold jumped ahead of Zee as they climbed over the first big rock formation.
Zee vaulted downward and dashing forward along a lower 'path' among the rocks. Just as he was about to jump down onto grass, however, a boulder shot upward â and he landed on it groin-first. A close-up showed him letting out a high-pitched squeal of pain.
Harold's wince drew the camera's attention back upward to show him leaping from a boulder and grabbing onto the branch of a tree, only for the tree to suddenly shoot back down into the ground â causing him to yell as it dragged him down and slammed him back-first onto a fallen log.
Zee gave him a quick concerned glance as he jumped onto the same log, then upwards onto a rock formation before climbing onward and to the right and out of sight.
The scene cut back to the hinderers, both still working their controllers with Scarlett still looking considerably happier about it. "No need to change what works," Jo said uncertainty.
"What happened to that cutthroat attitude you've been displaying?" Scarlett asked. "Don't throw it away when I can get something out of it. And lower some of those trees. They're giving them too much cover from this storm I'm whipping up."
The camera panned onto the monitor to show Zee and Harold struggling against a powerful wind as they walked through what looked like a dense forest as leaves, dust, branches, and various small woodland animals blew past them.
A focus on the monitor's screen transitioned the scene back to the challenge. "I think...I can see the finish line in the distance," Zee said, pausing for a moment as he struggled against the intense gale.
"They're not making this easy on us," Harold commented.
The pair briefly passed behind a thick and mossy pine tree, the camera zooming in slightly as they reappeared. "Would you?" Zee asked.
"...I guess not," Harold answered after a moment.
The shot cut back to the Peanut Gallery to show them watching with worry and anticipation. "C'mon, Harold," Leshawna spoke. "Just hang in there."
"I know you can win this, Zee," Julia said. "You deserve it after everything."
Then the camera cut back to the hinderers, Chris standing next to their monitor with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face. "Ooh! They're getting close!" he said excitedly, prompting Scarlett to scowl and Jo to frown.
Once more the scene moved back to the finalists, their arms raised to buffer themselves against the winds â snow beginning to fall and lightning beginning to crack in the background - with Harold in the lead. "Two minutes left!" Chris called out over the island's loudspeaker. "Two minutes!"
"I...," Harold said with glee. "I think I can make it!"
"Not if I can help it!" Zee shouted, speeding up as the dense trees around him and Harold began to recede into the ground â and the tense and dangerous challenge music resumed. "If I win, me and Julia can go out and change the world together."
"I have to win this," Harold told him. "I've been undervalued and looked down on by my peers, friends, and even my family. I need to prove my might."
The snowy ground below their feet began to crack. A hollow sound played, then all at once, the ground shot up under them, earning startled yells from both. The shot soon cut to the new peak they were standing on rising up into the sky, then stopping.
"Drats..." Zee muttered, both finalists looking down with wide eyes. his final word echoed as the camera zoomed out, revealing the snowy mountain they were now at the top of.
The Peanut Gallery was shown gasping, as were Jo, though Scarlett was smiling as their misfortune. "Twenty seconds left...!" Chris said as the camera moved on to him looking at his watch.
The shot cut back to Harold. "I guess it's over," he sighed. âScarlett wins after all.â
Zee noticed a bulge in the snow beside him. The boy shoved his hand into it and pulled out the phone Duncan stole from Chris. "I don't know how this got here, but we have to get down. Start stomping the ground."
Harold nodded and stomped on the ground at his feet, and after a few cracks, Zee hurled the phone down, breaking the device apart. Their eyes widened as the mountain began to crumble under them, and the ground imploded in on itself.
"Six! Five!" Chris began to count off, the music cutting out save for a single plodding note to highlight each number. "Four!" The camera panned onto the television, showing both finalists tumbling through the snow and rock. "Three! Two! One!" The shot cut to the finish banner, then zoomed out to show the avalanche stopping just under it â with neither finalist in sight. "GAME OVER!" he announced, blowing on his airhorn as a subdued but triumphant riff played.
Jo stood up in surprise, and Scarlett started cheering.
"My mission was a success!" Scarlett said in victory. âNow hand over my well-deserved prize!â
"Congratulations Jo and Scarlett," Chris said with his usual smile. "Revenge is sweetest-" he glanced at the monitor- "ohhhhh, what have we here?" he said with a sudden look of shock, the music cutting out as he pointed at the television screen.
A sharp note played as a familiar hand stuck out of the snow lying just past the finish line and waved. Scarlett's jaw dropped in shock, and Jo let out a sigh of relief.
The scene cut to the finish line, the camera pulling back a little ways as Chef walked up with a stretcher, dressed as a female nurse. Leshawna ran onscreen and pushed him out of the way. Chef flew off frame with a shout, and Leshawna grabbed the arm and pulled, freeing a shocked and snowy Harold from the aftermath of the avalanche. "Oh," he groaned, looking around as Leshawna dropped him on the stretcher, "what happened?" he asked as the victorious music began to play again with much more enthusiasm.
"You won, Ginger Baby!" Leshawna answered with a smile, the camera pulling out even more to show Harold looking back at the finish banner.
"I did it!" Harold said excitedly. "Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V has claimed victory! Boo yah!" he raised his arms and cheered, the shot cutting away to show all of the Peanut Gallery cheering.
âWe weren't able to talk to each other as much, and it's clear we like each other as more than just friends, but how about we hang out a little bit back home and see where things go?â Leshawna suggested.
âAs long as we don't rush into a committed relationship, I'd like that,â Harold smiled back.
The camera panned to the left to show Julia frantically pulling a dazed and half-conscious Zee from the rest of the avalanche, and picking him up onto her back.
"Julia," Zee said weakly, "I'm sorry that I-"
"Be quiet," Julia said with a weak smile as she carried her boyfriend over to the stretcher and set him down next to Harold. "You need to rest."
"But-" Zee tried to say.
He was cut off by Julia grabbing his head and kissing him full on the lips. "You didnât win the money, but we can still provide for the world in our own ways, and with the power of love," she said with a smile as she broke the kiss, leaving Zee looking dopey.
The capstone theme began to play as the footage skipped ahead to a shot of the open sky, the double-rotored helicopter soon flying up into view. "That's it for this very, very off season," Chris began, standing in the open doorway with Zee and Julia sitting on the edge letting their legs dangle freely with Julia leaning into Zee; Harold and Scarlett standing on either side of Chris, the latter annoyed and the former grinning while holding the suitcase full of money to his chest; and the rest of the cast, crouching down and peering over in the gaps between and behind the rest, constantly jockeying for position as they tried to get one last shot of themselves on camera.
"This is Chris McLean, saying if you can't stand the pain-" the handsome host continued, the shot cutting in closer- "stay off the Total! Drama! Paaaahkitew Island!"
"RE-VENGE!" Max suddenly yelled from behind Scarlett, shoving her out of the helicopter, and the brainiac screamed as she fell.
The camera lingered on the dumbfounded looks of Chris and the other ex-campers, all of them staring at Max in shock. "This is how a traitor should be rewarded," he said, crossing his arms and closing his eyes defiantly.
The ex-campers and host burst out laughing, and a fun and energetic tune started to play. The camera panned over to the windshield to show Chef laughing along with the rest of the cast from the pilot's seat, and the helicopter flew away.
The music soon faded away, though, and the scene quick-panned down to show a screaming Scarlett landing in the giant mud puddle. She quickly surfaced with a shocked splutter, and pulled herself out onto dry land. "How am I going to get home now because of those imbeciles?!"
A few ominous notes were struck, and a ferocious growl caught Scarlett's attention. She looked up, and the camera zoomed out to show Scuba Bear 2.0 standing over her, eyes red. "Heheh," the brainiac laughed nervously. "You're not going to hurt me are you?"
The scene abruptly cut outward to the full long-distance shot of the island, the ominous music ending as Scarlett's scream and Scuba Bear's snarl echoed across the lake.
(Roll the Credits)
Lightning - 14th
DJ - 13th
Amy - 12th
B - 11th
Julia - 10th
Max - 9th
Leshawna - 8th
MERGE
Jo - 7th
Duncan - 6th
Ella - 5th
Sammy - 4th
Scarlett - 3rd
Zee - 2nd
Harold - 1st
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"It's eight feet deep," Chris explained over a close-up of the measuring stick showing the mud reaching up very nearly to the 8' mark, "and 200 yards across. And," the camera quick-panned to the far right side of the 'puddle', "since it's too thick to swim through," the shot cut back to the couple and Chris, "the only way to the other side is with one of you piggybacking the other."
"Umm...," Zee said hesitantly, sharing a wary look with Jo, "doesn't that mean the person on the bottom..."
"Will drown?" Chris finished. "Yes."
"What?!" Jo said in wide-eyed shock.
"Unless they use this garden hose!" Chris added, a light chime playing as he held up a length of green hose.
Zee let out a breath. "Okay then. Guess I'm on the bottom, then."
Jo's eyes widened a bit in a brief bit of surprise, and she looked at her partner. "I should be objecting to this since I'm supposed to be the helper, but hey. No heavy lifting from me."
"YeahâŚ" Zee agreed half heartedly.
Confessional: Zee
"I was able to hold Jo onto my back while we were skiing," Zee told the confessional. "I can still do the same while under mud."
Confessional Ends
"I know that I said you were weak in the past," Jo said, "but that was until I saw that you were able to make it this far in the game."
"You thought wrong about me," Zee replied. "I wasnât active at first in challenges and finding food, but with Julia eliminated, I was able to grow and become a finalist."
Chris suddenly stepped between the two. "How touching. Now start the challenge."
The scene cut to Zee and Jo jumping into the mud, the former disappearing below its depths while the latter, on his shoulders, held up the length of the hose. They started moving forward, and the camera panned back to the left to show Harold, Scarlett, and Chris holding up another length of hose.
"Yeah, I'll be on top," Harold stated.
"Pardon me?" Scarlett countered, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't trust you not to let me drown," Harold told her. "Self-preservation comes first."
Scarlett groaned. "That's fair," she said, taking the hose from Chris, "but if you let me suffocate, I'm dragging you down into the mud with me."
"Crustal," Harold deadpanned, and as Scarlett crouched down, she jumped onto the brainiac's shoulders. Scarlett stood back up and put the end of the hose in her mouth, and she jumped into the mud.
The tense music faded away as the camera moved onto Chris, the host sighing as Chef walked up. "You think the mud was a bad idea?" Chris asked. "It's a little quiet⌠oh yeah," Chris said as if in sudden realization, "almost forgot about the Peanut Gallery. Bring 'em back in!" he said into a walkie talkie he only then pulled out.
Moments later, the wind kicked up around them, and the camera zoomed out to show the large helicopter flying in with the former contestants still hanging â and screaming as they swayed ominously â below it. "Would you let us down already?!" Leshawna shouted angrily. "It's freezin' up here!"
"Yeah, I want to cheer for Zee!" Julia chimed in.
"If I wasn't tied up right now, I'd have half a mind to pound you!" Duncan shouted at the host.
The camera focused on DJ. "Hey, Chris?" he looked forward and asked loudly. "Just bring us down before anybody else gets miffed at you!"
"No, and I don't care," Chris answered with a calm smile, until Chef whispered to him. A flat note played over a close-up of Chris staring blankly at him. "Huh...good point," he admitted. "Ooh!" he said with a sudden grin. "I just had an idea!"
A flash took the scene to Zee and Jo, the tense challenge music resuming at a low volume and slow pace in the background. They were still slogging through the mud, Zee out of sight but Jo only submerged up to her stomach. She looked back over her shoulder, smiled, then said "Keep going!" into the piece of hose she was holding. "They're way far behind!"
Confessional: Zee
"So as it turns out," Zee said, "being submerged in the mud is kinda like being trapped in the dark. But there aren't any animals below to scare me."
Confessional Ends
The music ramped up as Jo suddenly stopped moving, then seemed to turn around and start moving back towards the start. "Uh, Fruit Loop?" she asked into the hose. "We're going the wrong way!"
The camera cut to Harold, looking somewhat bored as he held the hose atop Scarlett's shoulders, before noticing the other team and frowning. "Why are they coming this way?"
"Ugh! They're too safe to sabotage each other!" came the sudden voice of Chris McLean, the camera cutting to him standing in the show's jeep with Chef at the wheel, speaking into the microphone of the jeep's loudspeaker. "Deploy the 2.0 model!"
The shot cut back to Harold and Jo as they looked around with strange expressions, the sound of something like a rocket taking off coming from somewhere in the distance. They looked up and to the left, and the camera shifted to their viewpoint to show a large object shooting up through the sky overhead...
...then abruptly diving towards them, revealing itself as a red-eyed robotic bear with small jet engines coming out of its back. Harold and Jo screamed as their respective partners continued in their previous directions, getting out of the way as the Bear landed in the mud. It hit with enough force to cause a wave of mud, which shot all the way across the puddle carrying the finalists and their helpers along for the ride. All four immediately began to cough upon landing in a muddy heap.
Confessional: Harold
"At least I have a better shot," Harold said. "We're tied right now, but who knows what other tricks Chris has up his sleeves."
Confessional Ends
A close-up of the nozzle of a fire hose in Chef's hands preceded him blasting the muddy finalists and helpers with water, all four screaming where they'd landed on the shore of the 'puddle'. Moments later, the water was shut off, leaving them drenched but clean.
"We're all tied up," Chris announced with a smile. "Perfect time for a little break. First, let's bring in the Peanut Gallery again." He took out his remote and pointed it at a patch of ground nearby, a hole opening up in it and a rather shoddy-looking set of stadium seats shooting up out of it with the ten former contestants seated â and still tied-up â in it.
"Sha-finally," Lightning said, the shot cutting to him sitting in the top row with B, DJ, Duncan, and Max and Leshawna, Ella, Julia, Sammy, and Amy in the bottom row. "Are we gonna get to watch the rest of the challenge now?"
"Yup!" Chris answered with a happy smile, pressing the button on his remote again so that a large widescreen television emerged from another hole in the ground near him and the finalists.
"Will you untie us too?" Ella chimed in.
Chris huffed. "Whine, whine, whine," he said in annoyance. "Don't I do enough for you kids as it is?"
"No," all fourteen of the season's cast members replied at the same time.
A flat note played over a close-up of the host pursing his lips. "Yeah, I owe Chef twenty bucks about that," Chris said, the camera zooming back out again to show the finalists and helpers. "Everyone, grab a seat," he instructed, and the four reluctantly sat down on the logs lying behind them. "I'm gonna show you some of my favorite clips from the show..." He pointed his remote at the TV, and the shot focused in as it switched on and started to play footage of a confessional...
"Dunderhead was already pretty useless," Jo complained. "But now he's making moves on one of the actually decent players on the team? Not on my watch!"
The camera cut in close to show Jo pausing and looking back. "Something on your mind, Anti-Squeakerbox?" she asked, the camera shifting to show B peering at her and shaking his head.
âIt's not what you think it is," Jo told him. "As long as they are on this team, Julia and Zee will not date."
âNot exactly how I wanted the elimination to play, but hey. Juliaâs gone and with Zee still in the game, I could manipulate him into doing whatever I say,â Jo grinned.
The footage paused, and Chris leaned out in front of the television with a wide and mischievous grin. "Seems like there isn't a shipper on deckâŚ" he said impishly.
"So you were trying to keep me and Julia apart?" Zee said as the camera moved to him and Jo, his eyes wide with shock. "Does this mean that...,"
"Yup. I convinced Julia to quit," Jo replied. "I didn't expect her to fully go through with it since I was gonna vote you out!"
"I can't believe you'd try and do that!" Zee said with a glare!"
"If I didn't do what I did, then you two likely would've blown challenges for us like the dueling one!" Jo argued back.
The camera focused on Julia in the Peanut Gallery. "I was trying to defend my boyfriend, but sure," she said dryly.
"I'm just worried what Chris is gonna show from Scarlett," Sammy said. "It looks like he wants to mess up the finalists and their helpers..."
"Maybe he won't show anything?" Amy suggested. "I mean, it's not like Scarlett and Harold were that close to begin with."
The shot cut back to a smiling Chris. "Oh, don't worry, I have no intention of leaving those guys out of all this fun," he said happily.
"I don't see how," Scarlett said. "Harold already knows everything about me now. Iâm practically an open book."
Chris laughed. "Seems you forgot that the cameras are always on. So here's some more juicy information that everybody gets to hear." The screen on the TV went from static to a scene from the fifth episode.
Scarlett herself grabbed the dueling stick Ella retrieved, fished an electric eel out of the water, and tossed it to Max. "Max!" she cried, and her teammates looked at her in confusion, prompting her to pretend that she had coughed. "Pardon me!"
âThe plan was for Max to be the only one not in the trap, so the team would know he built it and vote him off!â Scarlett confessed.
"I overheard Leshawna and Harold's conversation when they were foraging together, and Leshawna being on to me is something that I refuse to let happen," Scarlett claimed. âZee's really gullible enough to deceive, and I'll try to talk to Ella.â
A deep, dramatic note was struck over a shot of Harold in shock. "So it was you who got Leshawna eliminated!" he scowled in Scarlett's direction.
"I wasn't ready to come out just yet, and between the two of you, you were less likely to warn anyone about me!" Scarlett retorted.
"So all this time, Scarlett was aiming to usurp her master!" Max ranted.
"I don't blame her," Leshawna commented. âAs much of a pain as she is, I would've done the same thing and sent your annoying behind home.â
"Okay," Chris said happily as the shot moved onto him, "I'm sensing some major hostility and I'm liking it. I'm out of popcorn, though, so we should probably get back to the challenge."
"Seriously?!" the finalists and helpers alike exclaimed.
"Obviously, the helpers aren't gonna be very helpful anymore," Chris replied. "So, instead of helpers, Jo and Scarlett will now be hinderers." As he spoke, Chef walked back into view with a pair of video game controllers, tossing one each to Scarlett and Jo. "The island is now back online," Chris continued, "and, with these controllers, they will be able to throw up obstacles to throw you down, or, completely crush you."
The shot cut to Scarlett as she looked at her controller and smirked. "Good to know."
"Looking forward to it," Jo said in determination.
Harold and Zee gulped, and Chris laughed. "That was the good part," he said. "Let me tell you the bad part. You have ten minutes to finish this challenge," he told Zee and Harold. "If neither of you do, Scarlett and Jo get to split the money."
"Dude, what?" Zee said in shock.
"You can't do that!" Harold protested.
"I can! I will! I am! GO!" Chris announced, blowing his airhorn right in Chef's face, earning an annoyed sigh from the man. Harold and Zee immediately ran off, but the camera cut to a close-up of a thoughtful Jo.
"Well...I want the money, but I'm not really comfortable with how this is set up," Jo said to herself. "But...I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I just made this a little more challenging for them..."
"Do what you want," Scarlett said, the camera panning over to show her grinning darkly with her controller in hand. "I'm getting my justice."
Confessional: Jo
âAnd I thought I was an underhanded person,â Jo mentioned to herself. âVelma has less morals than me and Gnome Master.â
Confessional: Scarlett
"I was snubbed in the last episode," Scarlett confessed. "And now that I've been given permission, I can stop the finalists from winning without getting electrocuted!" She pulled out the remote from the seventh episode. "I don't even need this device. I have a controller to do the job for it."
Confessionals End
A few quick drum taps opened up a deep and dangerous challenge theme, the scene returning to Zee and Harold sprinting across the open field only to gape in shock as the pine trees in the background starting launching like rockets.
"What the heck?" Harold said. "Rocket trees?"
One landed right behind them, forcing both finalists to roll forward out of the way. "This island is wild!" Zee cried as the two continued running, more and more trees landing behind them like massive spears.
The two were shown together in a brief close-up, raising their eyebrows in surprise. A quick-pan ahead revealed the landscape changing, trees and rock formations rising up out of the artificial ground to form a large, dense barrier.
Harold jumped ahead of Zee as they climbed over the first big rock formation.
Zee vaulted downward and dashing forward along a lower 'path' among the rocks. Just as he was about to jump down onto grass, however, a boulder shot upward â and he landed on it groin-first. A close-up showed him letting out a high-pitched squeal of pain.
Harold's wince drew the camera's attention back upward to show him leaping from a boulder and grabbing onto the branch of a tree, only for the tree to suddenly shoot back down into the ground â causing him to yell as it dragged him down and slammed him back-first onto a fallen log.
Zee gave him a quick concerned glance as he jumped onto the same log, then upwards onto a rock formation before climbing onward and to the right and out of sight.
The scene cut back to the hinderers, both still working their controllers with Scarlett still looking considerably happier about it. "No need to change what works," Jo said uncertainty.
"What happened to that cutthroat attitude you've been displaying?" Scarlett asked. "Don't throw it away when I can get something out of it. And lower some of those trees. They're giving them too much cover from this storm I'm whipping up."
The camera panned onto the monitor to show Zee and Harold struggling against a powerful wind as they walked through what looked like a dense forest as leaves, dust, branches, and various small woodland animals blew past them.
A focus on the monitor's screen transitioned the scene back to the challenge. "I think...I can see the finish line in the distance," Zee said, pausing for a moment as he struggled against the intense gale.
"They're not making this easy on us," Harold commented.
The pair briefly passed behind a thick and mossy pine tree, the camera zooming in slightly as they reappeared. "Would you?" Zee asked.
"...I guess not," Harold answered after a moment.
The shot cut back to the Peanut Gallery to show them watching with worry and anticipation. "C'mon, Harold," Leshawna spoke. "Just hang in there."
"I know you can win this, Zee," Julia said. "You deserve it after everything."
Then the camera cut back to the hinderers, Chris standing next to their monitor with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face. "Ooh! They're getting close!" he said excitedly, prompting Scarlett to scowl and Jo to frown.
Once more the scene moved back to the finalists, their arms raised to buffer themselves against the winds â snow beginning to fall and lightning beginning to crack in the background - with Harold in the lead. "Two minutes left!" Chris called out over the island's loudspeaker. "Two minutes!"
"I...," Harold said with glee. "I think I can make it!"
"Not if I can help it!" Zee shouted, speeding up as the dense trees around him and Harold began to recede into the ground â and the tense and dangerous challenge music resumed. "If I win, me and Julia can go out and change the world together."
"I have to win this," Harold told him. "I've been undervalued and looked down on by my peers, friends, and even my family. I need to prove my might."
The snowy ground below their feet began to crack. A hollow sound played, then all at once, the ground shot up under them, earning startled yells from both. The shot soon cut to the new peak they were standing on rising up into the sky, then stopping.
"Drats..." Zee muttered, both finalists looking down with wide eyes. his final word echoed as the camera zoomed out, revealing the snowy mountain they were now at the top of.
The Peanut Gallery was shown gasping, as were Jo, though Scarlett was smiling as their misfortune. "Twenty seconds left...!" Chris said as the camera moved on to him looking at his watch.
The shot cut back to Harold. "I guess it's over," he sighed. âScarlett wins after all.â
Zee noticed a bulge in the snow beside him. The boy shoved his hand into it and pulled out the phone Duncan stole from Chris. "I don't know how this got here, but we have to get down. Start stomping the ground."
Harold nodded and stomped on the ground at his feet, and after a few cracks, Zee hurled the phone down, breaking the device apart. Their eyes widened as the mountain began to crumble under them, and the ground imploded in on itself.
"Six! Five!" Chris began to count off, the music cutting out save for a single plodding note to highlight each number. "Four!" The camera panned onto the television, showing both finalists tumbling through the snow and rock. "Three! Two! One!" The shot cut to the finish banner, then zoomed out to show the avalanche stopping just under it â with neither finalist in sight. "GAME OVER!" he announced, blowing on his airhorn as a subdued but triumphant riff played.
Jo stood up in surprise, and Scarlett started cheering.
"My mission was a success!" Scarlett said in victory. âNow hand over my well-deserved prize!â
"Congratulations Jo and Scarlett," Chris said with his usual smile. "Revenge is sweetest-" he glanced at the monitor- "ohhhhh, what have we here?" he said with a sudden look of shock, the music cutting out as he pointed at the television screen.
A sharp note played as a familiar hand stuck out of the snow lying just past the finish line and waved. Scarlett's jaw dropped in shock, and Jo let out a sigh of relief.
The scene cut to the finish line, the camera pulling back a little ways as Chef walked up with a stretcher, dressed as a female nurse. Leshawna ran onscreen and pushed him out of the way. Chef flew off frame with a shout, and Leshawna grabbed the arm and pulled, freeing a shocked and snowy Harold from the aftermath of the avalanche. "Oh," he groaned, looking around as Leshawna dropped him on the stretcher, "what happened?" he asked as the victorious music began to play again with much more enthusiasm.
"You won, Ginger Baby!" Leshawna answered with a smile, the camera pulling out even more to show Harold looking back at the finish banner.
"I did it!" Harold said excitedly. "Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V has claimed victory! Boo yah!" he raised his arms and cheered, the shot cutting away to show all of the Peanut Gallery cheering.
âWe weren't able to talk to each other as much, and it's clear we like each other as more than just friends, but how about we hang out a little bit back home and see where things go?â Leshawna suggested.
âAs long as we don't rush into a committed relationship, I'd like that,â Harold smiled back.
The camera panned to the left to show Julia frantically pulling a dazed and half-conscious Zee from the rest of the avalanche, and picking him up onto her back.
"Julia," Zee said weakly, "I'm sorry that I-"
"Be quiet," Julia said with a weak smile as she carried her boyfriend over to the stretcher and set him down next to Harold. "You need to rest."
"But-" Zee tried to say.
He was cut off by Julia grabbing his head and kissing him full on the lips. "You didnât win the money, but we can still provide for the world in our own ways, and with the power of love," she said with a smile as she broke the kiss, leaving Zee looking dopey.
The capstone theme began to play as the footage skipped ahead to a shot of the open sky, the double-rotored helicopter soon flying up into view. "That's it for this very, very off season," Chris began, standing in the open doorway with Zee and Julia sitting on the edge letting their legs dangle freely with Julia leaning into Zee; Harold and Scarlett standing on either side of Chris, the latter annoyed and the former grinning while holding the suitcase full of money to his chest; and the rest of the cast, crouching down and peering over in the gaps between and behind the rest, constantly jockeying for position as they tried to get one last shot of themselves on camera.
"This is Chris McLean, saying if you can't stand the pain-" the handsome host continued, the shot cutting in closer- "stay off the Total! Drama! Paaaahkitew Island!"
"RE-VENGE!" Max suddenly yelled from behind Scarlett, shoving her out of the helicopter, and the brainiac screamed as she fell.
The camera lingered on the dumbfounded looks of Chris and the other ex-campers, all of them staring at Max in shock. "This is how a traitor should be rewarded," he said, crossing his arms and closing his eyes defiantly.
The ex-campers and host burst out laughing, and a fun and energetic tune started to play. The camera panned over to the windshield to show Chef laughing along with the rest of the cast from the pilot's seat, and the helicopter flew away.
The music soon faded away, though, and the scene quick-panned down to show a screaming Scarlett landing in the giant mud puddle. She quickly surfaced with a shocked splutter, and pulled herself out onto dry land. "How am I going to get home now because of those imbeciles?!"
A few ominous notes were struck, and a ferocious growl caught Scarlett's attention. She looked up, and the camera zoomed out to show Scuba Bear 2.0 standing over her, eyes red. "Heheh," the brainiac laughed nervously. "You're not going to hurt me are you?"
The scene abruptly cut outward to the full long-distance shot of the island, the ominous music ending as Scarlett's scream and Scuba Bear's snarl echoed across the lake.
(Roll the Credits)
Lightning - 14th
DJ - 13th
Amy - 12th
B - 11th
Julia - 10th
Max - 9th
Leshawna - 8th
MERGE
Jo - 7th
Duncan - 6th
Ella - 5th
Sammy - 4th
Scarlett - 3rd
Zee - 2nd
Harold - 1st
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2024.05.20 02:22 Effective_Party2975 I think my dad drugged me
For context I want to start off by saying that my dad hadnât been in my life since I was three years old and I met him again about a year ago when I was 19. He parentally kidnapped my sister and I after our parentsâ divorce then totally disappeared from our lives up until I saw him again last year. Side note, my parentsâ divorce was due to his infidelity and alcoholism. I found his recently ex wife on Facebook where I got into contact so, she had said something to him and he made his own Facebook account and contacted me himself around the beginning of last year. The following summer my sister and I decided to go spend some time at his house after getting to know him a little better. The main reason we wanted to go was to see our two other siblings on our dadâs side otherwise I donât think we would have gone. While I was there my dad was very âtouchy-feelyâ despite it being our first time there but he did it to my other siblings so I didnât think much of it even though it had made me uncomfortable. Every night my dad would get very drunk and One of those nights he had been rubbing my feet and thigh while we were in the living room with the rest of my siblings. I was so uncomfortable and didnât have enough confidence to say anything. Fast forward to late November I decided to again for my birthday and thanksgiving because they were both In the same week. Unfortunately I went by myself this time because my sister couldnât get out of work. Even though he made me feel so uneasy last time I decided to brush it off because I was so excited to finally be connected to the other half of my family like I never had before. Before I left I was extremely nervous and cried to my mom worried that something may happen to me because of what happened last time but she reassured me. The first night Iâm there, my half sister asks me to be her bridesmaid so we celebrated with drinks. My dad offers to me make me my first drink which was vodka and lemonade, so he goes into the kitchen which was not visible from the living room where we were at. I tasted the drink and it couldnât have had more than two shots in it. I had a second drink which I made myself and only put about one shot in it, after that I basically had no memory. As a side note I can handle my alcohol pretty good, this amount of drinks has never made me black out. The only thing I can remember was hysterically sobbing about my childhood abuse as my dad comforted me (which I would never have done in my right mind) then going to the bathroom to throw up. While I was throwing up I had no bladder control (also has never happened before) so I cleaned up in the shower and the memory stops there. The next morning I was the first to wake up and looked over to see my dad in my bed sleeping and my siblings in the bed next to us. At first I didnât realize what could have happened because my siblings were in the same room as us so I didnât think much of it at first. From the moment I woke up I was throwing up I couldnât even keep down water. I didnât feel hungover, just couldnât stop throwing up every minute or so. Again, Iâve never experienced this at all even from alcohol. I tell my brother the next night that I think dad had drugged me but he tells me not to worry about it and that he would never do that. The next morning heâs in my bed AGAIN. This made me extremely uncomfortable especially because I woke up from him playing with my hair. I immediately got up and went to the bathroom and ignored it. I went home and told my family and boyfriend what happened and they were super creeped out as well. Has this happened to anyone else? What do you guys think? An I over thinking what happened?
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2024.05.20 02:20 OreoDogDFW Oil leak headache (2000 SC300)
 | Need some advice on how to deal with the mechanic. submitted by OreoDogDFW to MechanicAdvice [link] [comments] Took my car in for an oil leak. They sent the last picture in this post back justifying the need to replace cam and crankshaft seals. I had these replaced about 8 months ago, but trusted them and green lighted the repair. They gave it back to me, and immediately upon driving around it was leaking a lot more oil than before. Took it back to them, and their best guess was the VVT sprocket was the culprit. These are good guesses really, because the cam seals and vvt gear are known culprits for oil leaks on this engine. But I decided to just replace the o ring inside that gear myself since itâs an easy job. Anyways, now as Iâm done replacing it, and searching for the leak myself, I found major oil coming off somewhere near the front passenger side of the engine. Iâm conflicted to even go back to the mechanic because even I spotted the oil leak better than what they did. I already gave them plenty of money though on the cam/crank seals. Should I go back anyways, or find a better mechanic? Also I swear the crankshaft pulley isnât aligned right, but Iâm not sure if thatâs their fault or not. |
2024.05.20 02:20 SimtemOfficial One of my coolest yard sale finds this year! This huge promotional Splatoon vinyl poster/banner! The guy at the sale was asking $10, as I was looking at it more and more he just asked âwhat will it take for you to buy it today?â I offered $6 and he accepted with no question lol
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2024.05.20 02:19 campionesidd Ranking all Juventus Jeep kits from worst to best.
With Jeep's shirt sponsorship due to end imminently, I decided to rank all the Jeep kits we've had over the years. These include all home, away and third kits since the 2012-13 season, but exclude any special edition or one-off kits. Of course, these are my subjective rankings, so I don't expect anyone to agree with this 100%, so feel free to voice your own opinions.
Starting off with the worst kits:
36) 2021-22 Third kit. By far the worst Juventus kit with the Jeep logo in my opinion. While it uses classic Juve colors like yellow and blue- the overly bright yellow and the horrible design make it ugly for an amateur kit, let alone on one of the biggest teams in Europe.
35) 2019-20 Home: The worst Home kit on this list. It made a total mockery of Juve's classic black and white stripes and replaced them with an unappealing half white/ half black shirt with a pink ribbon in the middle. While this might not have been a terrible third kit, it was an absolute travesty to have had it as a home jersey.
34) 2017-18 Third: An unappealing olive green kit with a horizontal white band that completely seems out of place. Highly forgettable.
33) 2023-24 Home: In previous years, Adidas has done a stellar job of incorporating yellow into the mix and complementing it well with other colors, but in this instance, the yellow clashes with the black and white stripes and makes it look like a mess.
32) 2016-17 Third: The infamous zebra kit. While the zebra design on the sleeves itself doesn't look too bad, it doesn't go well with the completely bland and uninspiring white of the rest of the shirt.
31) 2020-21 Third: While the orange color looks good, the black spots look like smudges of ink and ruin the overall appearance of the jersey.
30) 2018-19 Home: The black and white stripes are too narrow, and the Jeep sticker is slapped on top of it.
29) 2019-20 Away: Not a bad looking kit by any means, but the white kit and the red lettering are very unremarkable and forgettable.
28) 2012-13 Away: An otherwise good looking kit whose ranking is knocked down several spots due to the ugly Jeep sticker which sticks out, and not in a good way.
27) 2012-13 Third: Just like the kit below it in this ranking it is ruined by the awkward placement of the Jeep logo.
26) 2013-14 Third: Plain and boring black kit. Not much to see here.
25) 2022-23 Home: A controversial jersey. Some people loved this jersey and others hated it. Personally I think it looks good from a distance, but isn't pretty from up close.
24) 2023-24 Third: A greyish black jersey that is decent looking, but a very forgettable one.
23) 2020-21 Away: From here on out, we start getting to the decent looking kits and jerseys. This is another forgettable entry in the list. The dark blue color looks nice, but there's nothing that stands out about this kit.
22) 2015-16 Home: Another kit that divides opinion. The stripes are too narrow for my liking.
21) 2018-19 Away: A very clean, crisp beige design that stands out simply because we're not used to seeing this color on a Juventus jersey.
20) 2014-15 Third: Another unconventional Juve color, but I like the clean bright green design. This kit belongs firmly in the middle of the pack.
19) 2016-17 Home: A slightly unconventional design for a home kit. Would've ranked higher if the Jeep sticker was incorporated more gracefully.
18) 2018-19 Third: Very similar to the gorgeous 2015-16 kit, this beautiful jersey loses a few spots for being not very distinct from it.
17) 2019-20 Third: Most of Juve's blue kits are easy on this eye, and this one is no different.
16) 2022-23 Away: A sleek black kit with an electrifying Jeep logo, but not a very memorable one.
15) 2012-13 Home: The very first Juve home jersey with a Jeep logo. The collar looks nice, but like other early Jeep designs, the Jeep logo placement isn't done very well.
14) 2014-15 Home: A classy and timeless home kit, which will be remembered favorably for years to come due to Juve's incredible season that year.
13) 2022-23 Third: Juve returning to its pink roots yet again. This kit gets a high rating due to its intricate design although few people will remember it in the coming years due to Juve's miserable season on and off the pitch.
12) 2017-18 Away: Yellow and blue are classic Juve colors, but this kit's similarity to the 2013-14 kit leaves it out of the top 10 list.
11) 2016-17 Away: I have fond memories of this pretty two-tone blue kit, as Juve had another memorable season in Italy and Europe with it.
10) 2023-24 Away: One of the few horizontally striped jerseys on this list. I appreciate the effort to make a design that stands out from the rest. The pink and grey stripes complement each other nicely
9) 2013-14 Home: This is what a Juventus home jersey should look like. Perfectly spaced stripes, and a great collar and simple sleeves. Not ranked near the very top due to the intrusive Jeep sticker.
8) 2015-16 Away kit: The highest ranked pink kit in this list. Would've been perfect with a better Jeep logo.
7) 2021-22 Home kit: Excellent kit. The only thing I don't like about it is the horizontal Adidas stripes on the top.
6) 2013-14 Away: The Yellow shirt and blue shorts are done to perfection. If you wear this shirt, make sure it to wear blue jeans or blue shorts to match the color combo.
5) 2021-22 Away: Very visually striking jersey, and one which you can wear casually and look great in. I actually like the Adidas stripes on this one.
4) 2020-21 Home: The gold lettering and logos look really nice on the home shirt. A huge improvement over the dreadful 2018-19/ and 2019-20 jerseys.
3) 2017-18 Home: The first Juve jersey without the classic Juventus logo, but the classy design of the collar and the gold touches more than make up for it. The best Juve home jersey in a long time in my opinion.
2) 2014-15 Away: Reminiscent of the 1995-96 Juventus away jersey, this stunning kit also brought us many memorable moments in the Champions League. This was one of the last kits Nike designed for us, and they certainly made sure they signed off on a high note
1) 2015-16 Third: The black and gold combo is sublime. The Jeep logo is tastefully done, and the classic Juve logo is converted to a black and gold scheme which looks gorgeous. Adidas hit a home run with this one.
Based on the average ranking of each kit, the seasons with the best kits are
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Starting off with the worst kits:
36) 2021-22 Third kit. By far the worst Juventus kit with the Jeep logo in my opinion. While it uses classic Juve colors like yellow and blue- the overly bright yellow and the horrible design make it ugly for an amateur kit, let alone on one of the biggest teams in Europe.
35) 2019-20 Home: The worst Home kit on this list. It made a total mockery of Juve's classic black and white stripes and replaced them with an unappealing half white/ half black shirt with a pink ribbon in the middle. While this might not have been a terrible third kit, it was an absolute travesty to have had it as a home jersey.
34) 2017-18 Third: An unappealing olive green kit with a horizontal white band that completely seems out of place. Highly forgettable.
33) 2023-24 Home: In previous years, Adidas has done a stellar job of incorporating yellow into the mix and complementing it well with other colors, but in this instance, the yellow clashes with the black and white stripes and makes it look like a mess.
32) 2016-17 Third: The infamous zebra kit. While the zebra design on the sleeves itself doesn't look too bad, it doesn't go well with the completely bland and uninspiring white of the rest of the shirt.
31) 2020-21 Third: While the orange color looks good, the black spots look like smudges of ink and ruin the overall appearance of the jersey.
30) 2018-19 Home: The black and white stripes are too narrow, and the Jeep sticker is slapped on top of it.
29) 2019-20 Away: Not a bad looking kit by any means, but the white kit and the red lettering are very unremarkable and forgettable.
28) 2012-13 Away: An otherwise good looking kit whose ranking is knocked down several spots due to the ugly Jeep sticker which sticks out, and not in a good way.
27) 2012-13 Third: Just like the kit below it in this ranking it is ruined by the awkward placement of the Jeep logo.
26) 2013-14 Third: Plain and boring black kit. Not much to see here.
25) 2022-23 Home: A controversial jersey. Some people loved this jersey and others hated it. Personally I think it looks good from a distance, but isn't pretty from up close.
24) 2023-24 Third: A greyish black jersey that is decent looking, but a very forgettable one.
23) 2020-21 Away: From here on out, we start getting to the decent looking kits and jerseys. This is another forgettable entry in the list. The dark blue color looks nice, but there's nothing that stands out about this kit.
22) 2015-16 Home: Another kit that divides opinion. The stripes are too narrow for my liking.
21) 2018-19 Away: A very clean, crisp beige design that stands out simply because we're not used to seeing this color on a Juventus jersey.
20) 2014-15 Third: Another unconventional Juve color, but I like the clean bright green design. This kit belongs firmly in the middle of the pack.
19) 2016-17 Home: A slightly unconventional design for a home kit. Would've ranked higher if the Jeep sticker was incorporated more gracefully.
18) 2018-19 Third: Very similar to the gorgeous 2015-16 kit, this beautiful jersey loses a few spots for being not very distinct from it.
17) 2019-20 Third: Most of Juve's blue kits are easy on this eye, and this one is no different.
16) 2022-23 Away: A sleek black kit with an electrifying Jeep logo, but not a very memorable one.
15) 2012-13 Home: The very first Juve home jersey with a Jeep logo. The collar looks nice, but like other early Jeep designs, the Jeep logo placement isn't done very well.
14) 2014-15 Home: A classy and timeless home kit, which will be remembered favorably for years to come due to Juve's incredible season that year.
13) 2022-23 Third: Juve returning to its pink roots yet again. This kit gets a high rating due to its intricate design although few people will remember it in the coming years due to Juve's miserable season on and off the pitch.
12) 2017-18 Away: Yellow and blue are classic Juve colors, but this kit's similarity to the 2013-14 kit leaves it out of the top 10 list.
11) 2016-17 Away: I have fond memories of this pretty two-tone blue kit, as Juve had another memorable season in Italy and Europe with it.
10) 2023-24 Away: One of the few horizontally striped jerseys on this list. I appreciate the effort to make a design that stands out from the rest. The pink and grey stripes complement each other nicely
9) 2013-14 Home: This is what a Juventus home jersey should look like. Perfectly spaced stripes, and a great collar and simple sleeves. Not ranked near the very top due to the intrusive Jeep sticker.
8) 2015-16 Away kit: The highest ranked pink kit in this list. Would've been perfect with a better Jeep logo.
7) 2021-22 Home kit: Excellent kit. The only thing I don't like about it is the horizontal Adidas stripes on the top.
6) 2013-14 Away: The Yellow shirt and blue shorts are done to perfection. If you wear this shirt, make sure it to wear blue jeans or blue shorts to match the color combo.
5) 2021-22 Away: Very visually striking jersey, and one which you can wear casually and look great in. I actually like the Adidas stripes on this one.
4) 2020-21 Home: The gold lettering and logos look really nice on the home shirt. A huge improvement over the dreadful 2018-19/ and 2019-20 jerseys.
3) 2017-18 Home: The first Juve jersey without the classic Juventus logo, but the classy design of the collar and the gold touches more than make up for it. The best Juve home jersey in a long time in my opinion.
2) 2014-15 Away: Reminiscent of the 1995-96 Juventus away jersey, this stunning kit also brought us many memorable moments in the Champions League. This was one of the last kits Nike designed for us, and they certainly made sure they signed off on a high note
1) 2015-16 Third: The black and gold combo is sublime. The Jeep logo is tastefully done, and the classic Juve logo is converted to a black and gold scheme which looks gorgeous. Adidas hit a home run with this one.
Based on the average ranking of each kit, the seasons with the best kits are
- 2015-16
- 2014-15
- 2013-14
- 2019-20
- 2012-13
- 2018-19
2024.05.20 02:19 tculli Toddler with WPW
I just stumbled upon this sub and boy am I thankful to have found it. My now 3 year old was diagnosed (officially) around 5 weeks old. We knew in utero that he had a very large. SD and would need surgery within the first year of his life, but he went into heart failure much sooner than anticipated and had his open heart surgery at 5 weeks old. We were being followed by a pediatric cardiologist before he was even born and the hospital is a teaching hospital, so we had a fellow in addition to the cardiologist. Unbeknownst to me, the fellow was actually an electrophysiology major and we really lucked out. I had the baby over Christmas of 2020 so it was a shitshow to say the least. The testing didnât get sent over when it should have and they sent this fellow to get it and he was walking back to work (the hospital I gave birth in is next to the childrenâs hospital) and noticed that the EKG didnât look right. He immediately came back and taught me how to check to make sure that the babyâs heart rate wasnât too high. FF to surgery, and the night after his surgery he went into SVT and was paced with a pace maker. This went on all week until they were able to get his med cocktail down. We were there for 3 weeks and left on Lasix, Propranolol and Flecainide.
I believe he has had two episodes since then until now, but I really donât know because I have no way of monitoring it aside from the stethoscope. He is 3 and a half and has a speech delay, so he still canât really tell me if something is wrong. I have done so much homework and research on WPW because even though we are at one of the best Childrens hospitals in the country, our cardiologist said itâs so rare, that he has minimal experience with it. The EP fellow he was over seeing graduated and moved back home. I wasnât super confident in the cardiologist in regards to the WPW because he wasnât familiar with flecainide at all, and when it came time to weight adjust the dose, he didnât know how to do it or what to do or something, but I was also told that they do not like to put babies on Flecainide, that it is a last resort as far as meds go because it can be dangerous. So maybe that had something to do with his hesitation. The plan was to have him fully weaned off all medications by 18 months old, but each time we went back for our clinic testing, they decided it wasnât a good idea. He has now been off all medications since Sept 2023.
Just looking for a place where people âget itâ. Itâs tough feeling like my baby could be struggling or suffering and I cant tell, or wouldnât even know.
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I believe he has had two episodes since then until now, but I really donât know because I have no way of monitoring it aside from the stethoscope. He is 3 and a half and has a speech delay, so he still canât really tell me if something is wrong. I have done so much homework and research on WPW because even though we are at one of the best Childrens hospitals in the country, our cardiologist said itâs so rare, that he has minimal experience with it. The EP fellow he was over seeing graduated and moved back home. I wasnât super confident in the cardiologist in regards to the WPW because he wasnât familiar with flecainide at all, and when it came time to weight adjust the dose, he didnât know how to do it or what to do or something, but I was also told that they do not like to put babies on Flecainide, that it is a last resort as far as meds go because it can be dangerous. So maybe that had something to do with his hesitation. The plan was to have him fully weaned off all medications by 18 months old, but each time we went back for our clinic testing, they decided it wasnât a good idea. He has now been off all medications since Sept 2023.
Just looking for a place where people âget itâ. Itâs tough feeling like my baby could be struggling or suffering and I cant tell, or wouldnât even know.
2024.05.20 02:18 Incident_Fluffy Madden 23 PS5 league Season 1 Week 7 (Post Draft)
Madden 23 PS5 league Season 1 Week 7
Have the Bills available in my PS5 league and looking for a user. These are the post 2024 draft & FA updated roster. Dm me if you want the like to the discord. This is a legit league so if youâre not serious about joining please donât waste our time.
Important info: GOTW 24- 48 hour advance week Power rankings PS5 Franchise Open teams: Bills
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Have the Bills available in my PS5 league and looking for a user. These are the post 2024 draft & FA updated roster. Dm me if you want the like to the discord. This is a legit league so if youâre not serious about joining please donât waste our time.
Important info: GOTW 24- 48 hour advance week Power rankings PS5 Franchise Open teams: Bills
2024.05.20 02:18 Puzzleheaded-Yam4764 Long overdue story time
 | I hope you all enjoyed my brotherâs story. He was a great guy, and I still miss him sometimes. No one has to worry about me though, this was years ago and Iâm pretty much over it. Maybe some of his old fans are even reading this and never knew I was related to him. If youâve seen recordings of Edâs battles, or maybe even seen one live or in person, feel free to say hi and talk about it in the comments. (/uj not a preexisting character, feel free to make up stuff) submitted by Puzzleheaded-Yam4764 to PokeMedia [link] [comments] |
2024.05.20 02:17 SasquatchHurricane 4-16 in last 20 games
The reality is the Reds only have half a major league lineup. KEY injuries destroyed them. They have no depth; which is the fault of ownership and management. They never acquired the outfielder we all knew they needed. Itâs a lost season and itâs only mid-May. Itâs a shame, because the starting pitching has been excellent.
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2024.05.20 02:16 ComprehensiveBug2560 st brown for higgins & pickens & #1-2025
Guy who won the league last year is offering me:
Higgins & Pickens & 2025 #1 FOR my St. Brown (12 team, 1/2ppr).
He is stacked at WR (Puka, Jefferson, Aiyuk, Lamb & he benches Higgins & Pickens) so I'm thinking about asking for the #1, Aiyuk & higgins or pickens, his choice
Thoughts on this? do it or don't? a different combo? is it already a good deal?
I do have a hole at wide receiver, but we haven't drafted rookies yet
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Higgins & Pickens & 2025 #1 FOR my St. Brown (12 team, 1/2ppr).
He is stacked at WR (Puka, Jefferson, Aiyuk, Lamb & he benches Higgins & Pickens) so I'm thinking about asking for the #1, Aiyuk & higgins or pickens, his choice
Thoughts on this? do it or don't? a different combo? is it already a good deal?
I do have a hole at wide receiver, but we haven't drafted rookies yet
2024.05.20 02:16 steviejae97 Super Earth possibly at risk very soon?
 | Is it possible that we will soon have to liberate the outer sectors around the Sol System? I don't know but this is very sus... submitted by steviejae97 to Helldivers [link] [comments] \"Enemies Killed: 5, Helldivers KIA: 1 & Bullets Fired 20\" in the Altus Sector which has never been open to the playerbase... |
2024.05.20 02:16 Significant_Tax472 DAE feel like legacy has dried out in the NBA?
Maybe Iâm just getting older or the NBA has changed a lot.
But when you hear Kobe and the Lakers made it to the Western Conference Finals. It sounded like a movie, it sounded like someone trying to pave their destiny. A will to win the championship for the love of the game.
Itâs what made it so exciting to watch. It felt so rich to watch.
Basketball now feels very detached from emotions, it feels kind of robotic.
There have been so many paths paved already by NBA players, if youâre a rookie in this league you just choose what you want to do it seems. Not really pave it anymore.
Everything seems so calculated and boring.
I blame that on the NBA being a business first and foremost (but canât really blame it) but for viewership it kinda sucks.
Even the media is running out of content to create. Seems like theyâve already ran every story possible
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But when you hear Kobe and the Lakers made it to the Western Conference Finals. It sounded like a movie, it sounded like someone trying to pave their destiny. A will to win the championship for the love of the game.
Itâs what made it so exciting to watch. It felt so rich to watch.
Basketball now feels very detached from emotions, it feels kind of robotic.
There have been so many paths paved already by NBA players, if youâre a rookie in this league you just choose what you want to do it seems. Not really pave it anymore.
Everything seems so calculated and boring.
I blame that on the NBA being a business first and foremost (but canât really blame it) but for viewership it kinda sucks.
Even the media is running out of content to create. Seems like theyâve already ran every story possible
2024.05.20 02:16 delicateheart106 should i seek inpatient/intensive outpatient care for my depression?
my journey with major depression and other mental health problems has been long. iâm 24, been severely depressed since i was 12. i have attempted suicide 3 times (twice when i was 14 and once just this past december). i self harmed for many years as a teen, relapsed early last year. have been clean for close to two months now.
long story short, i have no hope. no motivation, no passion, no desire to do or be anything. iâve stopped caring about just about everything. i have never had many friends or a big support group, but the few people i have i have all but completely shut out. iâm not honest with my therapist, i often cancel our sessions. i think of suicide every single day, it completely consumes my mind. i consider overdosing or crashing my car multiple times a day. the only things keeping me here are my intense fear of death (not knowing whatâs on the other side) and my bunnies. i manage to go to work 5 days a week, but itâs mainly because it is a distraction. i work at a grocery store so itâs very mindless, hands on work that allows me to keep busy. outside of work, i have no hobbies and no desire to find new ones. self care used to be the one thing i wouldnât let up on, even at my lowest, but even that has become nearly impossible. it takes so much mental effort to force myself to brush my teeth or shower. i sleep all the time because i donât want to be awake. i donât want to cook or eat. i donât want to go out, even for walks which i used to really enjoy. i canât imagine a future at all.
i could go into more of why i believe i have gotten this low (after years of being somewhat okay, while still struggling) but itâs not really important. i havenât taken myself to a hospital yet because i worry if iâm admitted somewhere i wonât actively try to get better. i guess i want to be happy, but quite frankly i just donât care. iâm too overwhelmed and exhausted and really wish i could just stop existing.
would it be genuinely worth it to take myself to the hospital? for whatever itâs worth, iâve been on 72-hour holds 3 times in the past, when i was 13 and 14. i know how these things work, in the past they havenât really helped. if anything, made me feel worst.
any advice is appreciated.
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long story short, i have no hope. no motivation, no passion, no desire to do or be anything. iâve stopped caring about just about everything. i have never had many friends or a big support group, but the few people i have i have all but completely shut out. iâm not honest with my therapist, i often cancel our sessions. i think of suicide every single day, it completely consumes my mind. i consider overdosing or crashing my car multiple times a day. the only things keeping me here are my intense fear of death (not knowing whatâs on the other side) and my bunnies. i manage to go to work 5 days a week, but itâs mainly because it is a distraction. i work at a grocery store so itâs very mindless, hands on work that allows me to keep busy. outside of work, i have no hobbies and no desire to find new ones. self care used to be the one thing i wouldnât let up on, even at my lowest, but even that has become nearly impossible. it takes so much mental effort to force myself to brush my teeth or shower. i sleep all the time because i donât want to be awake. i donât want to cook or eat. i donât want to go out, even for walks which i used to really enjoy. i canât imagine a future at all.
i could go into more of why i believe i have gotten this low (after years of being somewhat okay, while still struggling) but itâs not really important. i havenât taken myself to a hospital yet because i worry if iâm admitted somewhere i wonât actively try to get better. i guess i want to be happy, but quite frankly i just donât care. iâm too overwhelmed and exhausted and really wish i could just stop existing.
would it be genuinely worth it to take myself to the hospital? for whatever itâs worth, iâve been on 72-hour holds 3 times in the past, when i was 13 and 14. i know how these things work, in the past they havenât really helped. if anything, made me feel worst.
any advice is appreciated.
2024.05.20 02:16 brokeandlurking A question for the men: is right girl wrong time a real thing?
I (25F) just broke up with my âsituationshipâ (29M) a couple days ago.
History: Met in December for 2 dates then when christmas rolled around as well as a holiday straight after. He fell off the face of the earth after texting every day and sending pictures in January. This was quite upsetting but I never chased him up since we had only gone on two dates.
Pops up 2 weeks later (mid jan) telling me heâs back in the city but doesnât acknowledge the disappearing act. I donât respond. A week later he comes back with an apology and a plan. I decline for personal reasons also felt a bit like he was just expecting me to be on his time. I asked him out in April. Everything seemed to be really good, had a great 3rd and 4th date was really eager to see me too. But then I noticed he would on some days go really long without texting me. I understand not at work since he works in an office and a demanding job but not even in the evenings. Once I texted him a minute after he texted and in the morning he said âSorry I fell asleepâ.
After the 5th date I brought up the lack of communication issue (some days only receiving 2 texts from him the entire day) because I thought there was a possibility he was serious about me. Was extremely reasonable and just expressed how I felt did not accuse him of anything. Went into shut down and just said âIâm really sad you feel that way I thought everything was going really wellâ we went back and forth for 4 days over a conversation that could have been had taken 10 minutes on the phone. I cried the whole weekend.
We met up 3 weeks after that because he wasnt available for 2 weekends and spoke about the situation. It went well but in my heart I knew something about the situation was wrong.
Not for a second I thought he was seeing anyone else (female intuition) but had a theory that he never dealt with his previous breakup last year and maybe avoidant attached. I say this because I think he did genuinely like me. His actions and kindness is what drew me to him.
TLDR: Met a man I had compatibly and connection with but awful communication skills. Has shown history of better communication but his excuse was always his job.
In the end it just wasnât enough. I ended it with him over the phone, it was our first phone call. He had never tried to call me once in the few months we were dating. However he did make time to take the call on his lunch break. I appreciated that. He told me âright person, wrong timeâ. Also has said previously he initially thought I was out of his league and âperfectâ.
I guess my question is, do good men just say this stuff when they want to let you down easy?
I always believed even if a man had a 50hr work week, if he really wanted to talk to me he would take 10 minutes out of his day to ask about me?
Is there anything I could have done differently for a better outcome?
I think I know what the answer is but Iâve never been in a situation were I believed he could have been the man for me but walked away because it wasnât enough for me.
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History: Met in December for 2 dates then when christmas rolled around as well as a holiday straight after. He fell off the face of the earth after texting every day and sending pictures in January. This was quite upsetting but I never chased him up since we had only gone on two dates.
Pops up 2 weeks later (mid jan) telling me heâs back in the city but doesnât acknowledge the disappearing act. I donât respond. A week later he comes back with an apology and a plan. I decline for personal reasons also felt a bit like he was just expecting me to be on his time. I asked him out in April. Everything seemed to be really good, had a great 3rd and 4th date was really eager to see me too. But then I noticed he would on some days go really long without texting me. I understand not at work since he works in an office and a demanding job but not even in the evenings. Once I texted him a minute after he texted and in the morning he said âSorry I fell asleepâ.
After the 5th date I brought up the lack of communication issue (some days only receiving 2 texts from him the entire day) because I thought there was a possibility he was serious about me. Was extremely reasonable and just expressed how I felt did not accuse him of anything. Went into shut down and just said âIâm really sad you feel that way I thought everything was going really wellâ we went back and forth for 4 days over a conversation that could have been had taken 10 minutes on the phone. I cried the whole weekend.
We met up 3 weeks after that because he wasnt available for 2 weekends and spoke about the situation. It went well but in my heart I knew something about the situation was wrong.
Not for a second I thought he was seeing anyone else (female intuition) but had a theory that he never dealt with his previous breakup last year and maybe avoidant attached. I say this because I think he did genuinely like me. His actions and kindness is what drew me to him.
TLDR: Met a man I had compatibly and connection with but awful communication skills. Has shown history of better communication but his excuse was always his job.
In the end it just wasnât enough. I ended it with him over the phone, it was our first phone call. He had never tried to call me once in the few months we were dating. However he did make time to take the call on his lunch break. I appreciated that. He told me âright person, wrong timeâ. Also has said previously he initially thought I was out of his league and âperfectâ.
I guess my question is, do good men just say this stuff when they want to let you down easy?
I always believed even if a man had a 50hr work week, if he really wanted to talk to me he would take 10 minutes out of his day to ask about me?
Is there anything I could have done differently for a better outcome?
I think I know what the answer is but Iâve never been in a situation were I believed he could have been the man for me but walked away because it wasnât enough for me.
2024.05.20 02:16 kfrancis95 Iâm salty that Fortnite is getting a fallout update but 76 doesnât have Nuclear Winter anymore
Nuclear winter was so much fun and couldâve been a staple if it wasnât abandoned by the devs. Now Fortnite is getting fallout skins? What do the 10 year olds that play Fortnite now about fallout? Why is this cartoony ass game getting skins from a game that is quite literally synonymous with hyper violence? My point is that the majority of the Fortnite crowd wonât even understand/appreciate the fallout addition to the game, but we have thousands of 76 players who would LOVE for a real fallout battle royale (Nuclear Winter) to come back. Iâm just annoyed and venting, and would much rather play a fallout themed battle royale in a game I love rather than one I hate. Rant over.
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2024.05.20 02:15 sssurrrealism IEI So4 archetype and its correlations with the types of the AP typology system
Lately the whole typology community has been obsessed with narrowing down possible combinations between types of different typology systems. This tendency, without any exaggerations, has reached a point of absurdity. Unfortunately the majority of community supports the idea of strict archetypes, neglecting the fact that human psyche is not a material thing that can fit into certain categories. Our consciousness surely can be characterised by some definitions or dichotomies, nonetheless all typology systems were inherently created to describe mental processes, not to force people fit into specific categorisations. All sciences change their theories if they donât correspond to reality - for some reason this rule is not applied in typology. The community decided that we have to adjust peopleâs identities to fit into some rules that are not always correct.
Of course, some combinations are obviously not possible, but that absolutely doesnât mean that we have to get rid of almost every correlations. Borders between various typology systems are not precise since each of them focuses on its own peculiar studies of human personality. This is the reason why sometimes itâs just impossible to amalgamate some typology methods to create a correlation between them.
In this article i want to talk about IEI so4 archetype and its combinations with types of attitudinal psyche method of typology.
First of all letâs emphasise that 4th enneagram type belongs to heart triad. This means that individuals who identify themselves with this enneatype can only be ethical types in socionics. Considering the fact that 4th enneagram type is also known as a withdrawn one, individuals who associate themselves with this enneatype are most likely to be introverts.
Now letâs dive deeper into details of social subtype. I want to quote a description from this website: âThe social instinct motivates us to create relationships and care for the wellbeing of others. It includes our desire to positively enhance the lives of those we care for. When sensitive to the social instinct, weâre interested and curious about people beyond what they can be or do for us. The social drive is what helps us to assess who is and who isnât a worthy friend, ally or partner, without losing sight of the humanity of anyone we may be in conflict with.â
Description of So-IV subtype by Claudio Naranjo: âSocial Fours develop mechanisms for calling negative attention to themselves. The shyest of the Four subtypes. There's a shame about desiring, about "loving." Proust is filled with the social envy of the person dazzled by the "aristocracy," who has a passion for being "in", who wants to be included, to receive their favors. A feeling of "I'm nothing," "I'm ugly," "I'm silly." Fours in general want to absorb through their gaze, but this is especially true for the Social Fourâ
I think both of aforementioned citations are without any doubt correlated to the Fe-function in ego-block position: âFe is generally associated with the ability to recognize and convey (i.e. make others experience) passions, moods, and emotional states, ⌠, recognize and describe emotional interaction between people and groups, and build a sense of emotional unity.â - desertion is taken from this website:
We can conclude that So-4 enneagram subtype strives to share own emotions with others, in other words to evoke certain impressions in the public. It means that such individuals are focused on their emotional impact on others. This statement also corresponds to the description of the emotional aspect in the 2nd position, which is conscious, extroverted and subjective: âSecond Emotions provoke the expression of reactions, showdown. They encourage acting in other people.â - https://wiki.personality-database.com/books/psychosophy-attitudinal-psyche/page/emotion
Now letâs discuss why IEI So-4 individuals may have the volitional aspect in the 4th position. Description of 4V: âThe Fourth Will becomes weak-willed, waiting for decisions and active actions from others... Such individual can take the lead, but only if he is âassignedâ by those around him, but hardly of his own free will, because he does not like to strain and bear responsibility too much. There is an opinion that the Fourth Wills have no ambitions - this is not so. But it is easier for them to realize their ambitions alone, without responsibility âfor a common causeâ. In addition, 4V can be âinfectedâ with your dreams and plans with prolonged exposureâ.
Aforesaid statement is almost identical to the definition of suggestive Se:
âHe is additionally very indecisive. He may lack the ability to make important decisions, especially with regards to his own future. He may know what he wants to achieve out of life in a broad or long term sense, but will find it very difficult to set and finish the short term projects leading to it. In order to be able to act, he needs a tangible and definite stimulus from somebody well grounded in external reality and who has a clear picture of what must be done in a certain situation.â
All these arguments indicate that IEI So-4 archetype can be not only an ExVx in attitudinal psyche typology system, but also an xExV.
Thanks for your attention !!!!
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Of course, some combinations are obviously not possible, but that absolutely doesnât mean that we have to get rid of almost every correlations. Borders between various typology systems are not precise since each of them focuses on its own peculiar studies of human personality. This is the reason why sometimes itâs just impossible to amalgamate some typology methods to create a correlation between them.
In this article i want to talk about IEI so4 archetype and its combinations with types of attitudinal psyche method of typology.
First of all letâs emphasise that 4th enneagram type belongs to heart triad. This means that individuals who identify themselves with this enneatype can only be ethical types in socionics. Considering the fact that 4th enneagram type is also known as a withdrawn one, individuals who associate themselves with this enneatype are most likely to be introverts.
Now letâs dive deeper into details of social subtype. I want to quote a description from this website: âThe social instinct motivates us to create relationships and care for the wellbeing of others. It includes our desire to positively enhance the lives of those we care for. When sensitive to the social instinct, weâre interested and curious about people beyond what they can be or do for us. The social drive is what helps us to assess who is and who isnât a worthy friend, ally or partner, without losing sight of the humanity of anyone we may be in conflict with.â
Description of So-IV subtype by Claudio Naranjo: âSocial Fours develop mechanisms for calling negative attention to themselves. The shyest of the Four subtypes. There's a shame about desiring, about "loving." Proust is filled with the social envy of the person dazzled by the "aristocracy," who has a passion for being "in", who wants to be included, to receive their favors. A feeling of "I'm nothing," "I'm ugly," "I'm silly." Fours in general want to absorb through their gaze, but this is especially true for the Social Fourâ
I think both of aforementioned citations are without any doubt correlated to the Fe-function in ego-block position: âFe is generally associated with the ability to recognize and convey (i.e. make others experience) passions, moods, and emotional states, ⌠, recognize and describe emotional interaction between people and groups, and build a sense of emotional unity.â - desertion is taken from this website:
We can conclude that So-4 enneagram subtype strives to share own emotions with others, in other words to evoke certain impressions in the public. It means that such individuals are focused on their emotional impact on others. This statement also corresponds to the description of the emotional aspect in the 2nd position, which is conscious, extroverted and subjective: âSecond Emotions provoke the expression of reactions, showdown. They encourage acting in other people.â - https://wiki.personality-database.com/books/psychosophy-attitudinal-psyche/page/emotion
Now letâs discuss why IEI So-4 individuals may have the volitional aspect in the 4th position. Description of 4V: âThe Fourth Will becomes weak-willed, waiting for decisions and active actions from others... Such individual can take the lead, but only if he is âassignedâ by those around him, but hardly of his own free will, because he does not like to strain and bear responsibility too much. There is an opinion that the Fourth Wills have no ambitions - this is not so. But it is easier for them to realize their ambitions alone, without responsibility âfor a common causeâ. In addition, 4V can be âinfectedâ with your dreams and plans with prolonged exposureâ.
Aforesaid statement is almost identical to the definition of suggestive Se:
âHe is additionally very indecisive. He may lack the ability to make important decisions, especially with regards to his own future. He may know what he wants to achieve out of life in a broad or long term sense, but will find it very difficult to set and finish the short term projects leading to it. In order to be able to act, he needs a tangible and definite stimulus from somebody well grounded in external reality and who has a clear picture of what must be done in a certain situation.â
All these arguments indicate that IEI So-4 archetype can be not only an ExVx in attitudinal psyche typology system, but also an xExV.
Thanks for your attention !!!!
2024.05.20 02:14 ImpressiveSugar9287 Is there a tour shirt?
Iâm at the Columbia show tonight and they donât have any tour shirts at the merch table. Seems odd to me.
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2024.05.20 02:14 titanlmao A review of the Pyro video abt Kendrick vs Drake and (almost) everything he got wrong
iâm a diehard hip hop fan, more specifically Kendrick, so most of this stuff I know by heart so why not make a post pointing out EVERY SINGLE wrong thing i can catch Pyro say. Im mostly making this since it pisses me off when people who have zero clue about something come in and try to sound confident as hell about it while getting countless things wrong. I will try to link proper sources for everything he got wrong as well. Enjoy! By the way when I say Dot it is Kendrick Iâm talking about. And I will also put the time stamps of what iâm talking about
Also if i got something wrong please correct me so I can edit it. Most everything here should be correct however
First off and it isnât Pyro, itâs Critikal, but talking about how youtubers in 2016 ruined diss tracks and Dot vs Drake is the first beef since then to make real diss tracks is so funny because Pusha T vs Drake happened in 2018 I believe so just goes to show how in touch they are
Okay once again something petty , itâs small but it kinda shows how much research was done from the get go, because Kendrickâs real name isnât Kendrick Lamar, It is Kendrick Duckworth, Lamar is just his middle name. So it kinda shows the research level when you canât get the dudes name right when youâre supposed to be saying the full name of both dudes.
4:50
Claim - Drake came from nothing thus Drake flexes money
Okay so this is the first major one I think. Drake did not come from nothing, he grew up in rich neighborhoods, more specifically Forest Hill in Toronto. Not to mention his fatherâs side of the family had many successful musicians. He grew up rich. This is why people dislike Drake as he tends to go on his records rapping about the hard hoods and shit like this when he grew up infinitely more wealthy than most other rappers.
5:05
Claim - Kendrick does not like Drake as he flexes too much
Not even close. The actual origin of their beef is said to come from Kendrickâs legendary verse on Control. It is said that after Kendrick made his verse Drake felt very disrespected and thus attempted to blacklist kendrick from various radio stations which didnât work. Kendrick felt that Drake took the verse too personally when Kendrick was just being competitive(it is vital to note that every other artist Kendrick mentioned ignore it or praised him for it). And eventually the animosity just kept ramping up as many people began to perceive drake as a culture vulture due to the fact heâd rap about stuff such as hard life in the streets or gangs despite never growing up around that only because it was trendy at that time. Which funnily enough is what pyro is doing right now, heâs culture vulturing off the beef since itâll give him money but doesnât really care
6:00-8:00
I donât see why bring up Pusha T vs Drake as this isnât that relevant to the Dot beef. Not to mention he just skips over 90% of things said in the beef. But yea itâs not Adoeniss lmao.
8:15
Okay so that wasnât a diss track. Thatâs a sneak diss, something very big to distinguish as in the hip hop community sneak disses are seen as a pussies way to start beef while trying not to. this is especially relevant to drake as one of the biggest criticism of drake is how often he sneak disses rappers. to the point dot himself mentioned it in one of the diss tracks. Also tory le ness. also again i donât see why bring this up as it is not relevant to the Dot beef. It wasnât even a beef in the first place megan never fired back nor did drake even say her name. just feels like padding runtime
9:15- 9:30
Why is bigfoot being brought up at all it is not relevant, iâve said it like three time but it really isnât you can skip over all this and not have missed a single thing
10:05
Claim - Meganâs law line is about drake
It isnât, this is the line that kickstarted the nicki beef. Nickiâs husband and i think brother are both sex offenders, Meganâs line about Meganâs law references a law in america where it is required for the police to make a sex offenders information public. Maybe it can be about drake but it almost unanimously agreed itâs about nicki. Okay so i listened to everything he said, basically the same I said. So yea itâs probably not about drake only reason people think it is is because kendrick called him a predator
14:03
Metros booming track? For all the scary dogs? what? Everything else he said seems accurate however. He didnât mention the prince and jackson line though which was specifically at drake
16:30
No, GKMC was the classic he was talking about. The actual line would be the classic is GKMC, the overhyped is TPAB and the prime was DAMN. This is the only one that makes sense as not many people see section 80 as a classic whereas GKMC is seen as the first of the four run classics by Kendrick. Also good kid and Maad City
21:14
They werenât directly involved but essentially Drake was saying that all the dudes I collab with clear you because of me. And that youâre not even the biggest in your own label, cus I think him and SZA were both top dawg. Pyro also doesnât mention the push up and give me 50 line despite being the fucking chorus
21:48
Thatâs not it? At all? What Rick ross was trying to say is that Drake is so insecure about his own music that he had to âleakâ the song in order to see if the public liked it enough for him to officially release it
22:20
Thatâs not what he claimed at all either. The nose job thing is not about not giving credit to his mentors, itâs about how Drake is seen as confused about his race and how he never felt black enough and that he isnât black enough. Pusha and Dot tackled the same thing head on. Hell Dot literally ended Euphoria by saying Drake shouldnât say the n word no more. Itâs nothing abt giving credit rather adding on to the fake narrative thatâs chased Drake his whole career
23:35
Thats part but not the only reason. He used the voice of the most iconic west side rapper ever to diss and make fun of tue current best west side rapper. This is why that became so controversial among the hip hop community, which he doesnât mention. Because itâs corny to use the voice of a dead man to diss a dude whoâs seen as the protege of Tupac and the current rep of the west coast.
25:48
Itâs small but hearing Pyro act like DMX is just âsome random rapper that passed away that said the same thingâ is so annoying. Like bro isnât a legendary rapper himself. Itâs the equivalent of saying âoh yea and this interview of this one boxer, Mike Tyson idk if yk him, said the same shitâ
26:13
No he isnât saying that because Drake isnât an activist heâs saying that because of the fact that Drake grew up super wealthy, but likes to act and pretend like he had a hard up bringing. The black enough just comes form the way Drake is perceived as a culture vulture who likes to pretend to live a life he didnât.
29:33
Most people donât care about writers. Kanye is a legendary rapper and he was well known for having writers in his track. The problem comes from when you attempt to portray yourself as an incredible writer when in reality you have 20 dudes doing it and you ignore that part. What makes it funnier is that Kendrick actually mentioned this in Euphoria I believe with the âItâs 1v20 with all the writersâ. Essentially itâs the same as an athlete taking steroids but pushing himself as clean. Just makes you feel fake, which again is the main narrative around drake
31:00
Thing is that it wasnât just his son, he literally addresses each family member, including his father. Also the predator line is referencing his father, and also Baka whoâs an actual sex offender, so idk why mention that but not mention who it is heâs talking abt
Okay, so I think thatâs it. Pyro weirdly left out vital parts of the beef such as how Drake was constantly alluding to Dots wife cheating with the bodyguard. Or other stuff like that. Or just not explaining certain bars and what they mean when itâs like 20 seconds at most. Or why some backlash occurred or like leaving certain things that can paint a picture of why Drake lost which is what heâs attempting to do. Such as him leaving out the fact that the Tupac part got backlash because of the west coast connection. Or how Drake isnât critiqued for flexing but rather pretending to live a life he never did just because itâs trendy
In other words it just sounds like a white dude whoâs never even listened to one song by either artist trying to make money off of it. Stick to Sunnyv2 and inflated furry porn pyro.
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Also if i got something wrong please correct me so I can edit it. Most everything here should be correct however
First off and it isnât Pyro, itâs Critikal, but talking about how youtubers in 2016 ruined diss tracks and Dot vs Drake is the first beef since then to make real diss tracks is so funny because Pusha T vs Drake happened in 2018 I believe so just goes to show how in touch they are
Okay once again something petty , itâs small but it kinda shows how much research was done from the get go, because Kendrickâs real name isnât Kendrick Lamar, It is Kendrick Duckworth, Lamar is just his middle name. So it kinda shows the research level when you canât get the dudes name right when youâre supposed to be saying the full name of both dudes.
4:50
Claim - Drake came from nothing thus Drake flexes money
Okay so this is the first major one I think. Drake did not come from nothing, he grew up in rich neighborhoods, more specifically Forest Hill in Toronto. Not to mention his fatherâs side of the family had many successful musicians. He grew up rich. This is why people dislike Drake as he tends to go on his records rapping about the hard hoods and shit like this when he grew up infinitely more wealthy than most other rappers.
5:05
Claim - Kendrick does not like Drake as he flexes too much
Not even close. The actual origin of their beef is said to come from Kendrickâs legendary verse on Control. It is said that after Kendrick made his verse Drake felt very disrespected and thus attempted to blacklist kendrick from various radio stations which didnât work. Kendrick felt that Drake took the verse too personally when Kendrick was just being competitive(it is vital to note that every other artist Kendrick mentioned ignore it or praised him for it). And eventually the animosity just kept ramping up as many people began to perceive drake as a culture vulture due to the fact heâd rap about stuff such as hard life in the streets or gangs despite never growing up around that only because it was trendy at that time. Which funnily enough is what pyro is doing right now, heâs culture vulturing off the beef since itâll give him money but doesnât really care
6:00-8:00
I donât see why bring up Pusha T vs Drake as this isnât that relevant to the Dot beef. Not to mention he just skips over 90% of things said in the beef. But yea itâs not Adoeniss lmao.
8:15
Okay so that wasnât a diss track. Thatâs a sneak diss, something very big to distinguish as in the hip hop community sneak disses are seen as a pussies way to start beef while trying not to. this is especially relevant to drake as one of the biggest criticism of drake is how often he sneak disses rappers. to the point dot himself mentioned it in one of the diss tracks. Also tory le ness. also again i donât see why bring this up as it is not relevant to the Dot beef. It wasnât even a beef in the first place megan never fired back nor did drake even say her name. just feels like padding runtime
9:15- 9:30
Why is bigfoot being brought up at all it is not relevant, iâve said it like three time but it really isnât you can skip over all this and not have missed a single thing
10:05
Claim - Meganâs law line is about drake
It isnât, this is the line that kickstarted the nicki beef. Nickiâs husband and i think brother are both sex offenders, Meganâs line about Meganâs law references a law in america where it is required for the police to make a sex offenders information public. Maybe it can be about drake but it almost unanimously agreed itâs about nicki. Okay so i listened to everything he said, basically the same I said. So yea itâs probably not about drake only reason people think it is is because kendrick called him a predator
14:03
Metros booming track? For all the scary dogs? what? Everything else he said seems accurate however. He didnât mention the prince and jackson line though which was specifically at drake
16:30
No, GKMC was the classic he was talking about. The actual line would be the classic is GKMC, the overhyped is TPAB and the prime was DAMN. This is the only one that makes sense as not many people see section 80 as a classic whereas GKMC is seen as the first of the four run classics by Kendrick. Also good kid and Maad City
21:14
They werenât directly involved but essentially Drake was saying that all the dudes I collab with clear you because of me. And that youâre not even the biggest in your own label, cus I think him and SZA were both top dawg. Pyro also doesnât mention the push up and give me 50 line despite being the fucking chorus
21:48
Thatâs not it? At all? What Rick ross was trying to say is that Drake is so insecure about his own music that he had to âleakâ the song in order to see if the public liked it enough for him to officially release it
22:20
Thatâs not what he claimed at all either. The nose job thing is not about not giving credit to his mentors, itâs about how Drake is seen as confused about his race and how he never felt black enough and that he isnât black enough. Pusha and Dot tackled the same thing head on. Hell Dot literally ended Euphoria by saying Drake shouldnât say the n word no more. Itâs nothing abt giving credit rather adding on to the fake narrative thatâs chased Drake his whole career
23:35
Thats part but not the only reason. He used the voice of the most iconic west side rapper ever to diss and make fun of tue current best west side rapper. This is why that became so controversial among the hip hop community, which he doesnât mention. Because itâs corny to use the voice of a dead man to diss a dude whoâs seen as the protege of Tupac and the current rep of the west coast.
25:48
Itâs small but hearing Pyro act like DMX is just âsome random rapper that passed away that said the same thingâ is so annoying. Like bro isnât a legendary rapper himself. Itâs the equivalent of saying âoh yea and this interview of this one boxer, Mike Tyson idk if yk him, said the same shitâ
26:13
No he isnât saying that because Drake isnât an activist heâs saying that because of the fact that Drake grew up super wealthy, but likes to act and pretend like he had a hard up bringing. The black enough just comes form the way Drake is perceived as a culture vulture who likes to pretend to live a life he didnât.
29:33
Most people donât care about writers. Kanye is a legendary rapper and he was well known for having writers in his track. The problem comes from when you attempt to portray yourself as an incredible writer when in reality you have 20 dudes doing it and you ignore that part. What makes it funnier is that Kendrick actually mentioned this in Euphoria I believe with the âItâs 1v20 with all the writersâ. Essentially itâs the same as an athlete taking steroids but pushing himself as clean. Just makes you feel fake, which again is the main narrative around drake
31:00
Thing is that it wasnât just his son, he literally addresses each family member, including his father. Also the predator line is referencing his father, and also Baka whoâs an actual sex offender, so idk why mention that but not mention who it is heâs talking abt
Okay, so I think thatâs it. Pyro weirdly left out vital parts of the beef such as how Drake was constantly alluding to Dots wife cheating with the bodyguard. Or other stuff like that. Or just not explaining certain bars and what they mean when itâs like 20 seconds at most. Or why some backlash occurred or like leaving certain things that can paint a picture of why Drake lost which is what heâs attempting to do. Such as him leaving out the fact that the Tupac part got backlash because of the west coast connection. Or how Drake isnât critiqued for flexing but rather pretending to live a life he never did just because itâs trendy
In other words it just sounds like a white dude whoâs never even listened to one song by either artist trying to make money off of it. Stick to Sunnyv2 and inflated furry porn pyro.
2024.05.20 02:14 xBrewCrewx Major League Minimum Question
Iâm in the offseason of an Aâs playthrough right now and I have a lot of guys I donât want making the MLB minimum or on my 40 man roster. If I DFA them and they pass through waivers will I still owe them the MLB minimum for the next season if theyâre not on my 40 man? Or will their contracts become minor league contracts? Thanks in advance!
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2024.05.20 02:14 Ambitious_Try_8169 what is it with these schools? Are all schools the same?
Hey, guys first-time poster here. the majority of posts I've read have given out really good advice so I want to ask something also. I've had trouble with nursing school in the past because, for the most part, it feels like instructors and professors have no idea how to teach/ and sometimes straight up don't. It's very frustrating because it feels like I had to teach myself basically and I also wasn't allowed to view the test for mistakes either. based on another post apparently, this is something that happens at a lot of schools. I've left the program due to failure and debt honestly. I'm thinking of doing an ADN program for a fraction of the price so I can save on student loans. Is it worth finding another BSN program and seeing if another school is better or opting for an ADN program to save money? For reference, my loans are about 30k so far and an adn program would net me 8k in additional loans, or should i hit the nuke button and join the army?
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2024.05.20 02:13 speedyBoi96240 Round 4: the phantom-weight champion versus the exalted seraph
 | Spitfire slumped over and trudged out of the arena. submitted by speedyBoi96240 to skylanders [link] [comments] His worldview had been altered severely. Not once in his life had he ever thought about giving an opponent respect on their deathbed. But there was just something about that fight that shook his head for him. He ended his round the least injured of anyone before him. An incredible feat considering the two before him were amongst the strongest skylanders. But not only that, round 3 had left the arena in the best state so far. Not many wounds lay upon the battlefield this time giving the cleaners a well deserved break after the catastrophic damage caused in the first 2 rounds. Ambush sat in the stands blown away by what he had just witnessed, other skylanders, mabu and greebles were loudly discussing the outcome. A large and intimidating figure loomed towards ambush. When it reached him a gruff yet booming voice greeted him. âAMBUSH MY GOOD FRIEND ITS NICE TO SEE YOU, WHAT DID I MISS?â Is what the man said. Ambush slightly startled turned to the man knowing exactly who he was. âTri tip⌠ive told you countless times that you need to use your inside voice more oftenâ ambush responded. âBUT AMBUSH MY GOOD FRIEND, THIS IS NO TIME FOR SILENCE, THIS IS TIME FOR UPROAR!â Tri tip countered. âYes yes i suppose an event this exhilarating doesnt happen every day⌠now you asked what you missed correct?â. âYEYUPâ. âWell that spitfire just turned our fellow miss boom bloom into past tenseâ. âWHAT?â. âI forget you're not the brightest⌠ahem, boom bloom is dead, spitfire killed herâ. âWOAH, SOMEONE ACTUALLY BEAT A SENSEI? AMAZING!â tri tip seemed very happy for someone who had just lost a colleague and friend. âDisturbing priorities aside how is king pen doing?â. âOH YEAH I JUST SAW HIM, HE SHOULD BE SHIP SHAPE BY THE END OF THE NEXT ROUND HE SAIDâ. âBrilliant, i may have to fight again soon, i dont want him in the hospital for thatâ. âSO WHOâS UP NEXT?â Tri tip questioned. âWell if you had ever learnt to read you would see the notice board over thereâ ambush pointed to a large board hovering above the arena as if by magic. âWHEN ONE IS AS IN TOUCH WITH THE POWER OF THE CLUB AS I AM READING PALES IN COMPARISON MY FRIENDâ. âOh no doubtâ ambush mocked âwell it says the next to fight are night shift and knight lightâ. Tri tips eyes widened âNO WAY! THE KNIGHT LIGHT? YOU MEANâŚâ. âI do⌠the only knight i have ever trained, to surpass meâŚâ. âWOW! I MEAN JUST WOW! WITH A MAN LIKE THAT FIGHTING MY CLUB WANES FOR MY ROUND EVEN MORE!â Tri tips joy could not be contained and exploded out into a destructive little dance that he performed so carelessly that he accidentally trampled a mabu or two yet failed to notice. Suddenly a voice echoed throughout the stadium. âATTENTION VIEWERS OF THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT EXTRAVAGANZA TO GRACE THIS WORLD IN CENTURIES!â The voice seemed to be coming from speakers placed around the stands. âROUND 4 OF THE TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY! DONT FORGET TO PLACE YOUR BETS AND PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY CHILDREN WITHIN THE VICINITY ARE VACATED IMMEDIATELYâ. âThatâs the que tri tipâŚâ ambush said. tri tip abruptly stopped his dance and swung himself onto one of the benches and yelled âOH SWEET! I CANT WAITâ. âNo need to, looks like the fighters are already stepping up to the plateâ ambush pointed out. âBRILLIANT! THEY REALLY DID MEAN SHORTLY WHEN THEY SAID SHORTLY!â. âExcellent observationâŚâ ambush said as he rolled his eyes. Before anyone knew it the fighters of round 4 were staring each other down just like the six others before them. Knight light brandished his traptanium scimitar with a stoic expression on his face and night shift was shadow boxing the air inbetween the both of them. Both fighters took their professions before becoming skylanders very seriously. One was an all star in the ring, revered and highly admired amongst the viewership. The other was a knight like no other, an angelic swordsman that wore armour fashioned by the most esteemed blacksmiths and craftsmen skylands had ever known. Even with all of this being popular lore amongst skylands, no one could have forseen what would take place the millisecond the bell rang, no one except the two in the ring. Thats right, a ring, the very place night shift was the reigning champion in for most of his life, until he was forced out due to the officals having to ban his signature techniques. Thats right, they had to ban his fighting style to give anyone a chance. But in this ring⌠He was free. He could do anything he wanted to the man that stood before him. And night shift displayed his understanding of this once the bell rang⌠The vampiric boxer opened with a swift chomp to knight lights shoulder. And to everyones suprise⌠It broke through his armour⌠The same armour that had never been pierced, not even by the most divine weapons in skylands. Knight light was the only person who was unfazed. âImpressiveâŚâ Knight light praised. âYouâre impressed by this, boy? Trust me this is nothing compared to what you have yet to seeâŚâ night shift stated condescendingly but truthfully. âIs that so? Then please, show meâŚâ Knight light said confidently. Night shift smiled and responded with a technique he liked to call the over underhand. A powerful attack that ended 86% of his fights during his hayday. This involves throwing a simple over hand punch at range, then when the opponent least expects it, using his teleportation he would instantly move in close and throw a powerful under hand strike that embodies the true damage of the technique as opposed to the diversion the first hit is meant to be. So when he performed this on knight light you best believe it did some real damage. Knight light attempted a block on the over hand like so many did in the past. However he simply could not react to the under hand just like everyone else. The resulting damage from the attack left a boxing glove sized hole in knight lights armour revealing his stomach. âRemarkable, i never thoug-â knight light started before being interupted by a lightning fast barrage of punches that were thrown at him. Each punch dented his armour and spread cracks across its surface. Just after a few seconds of the barrage happening knight light had decided that he had had enough⌠He lifted his hand and bent his fingers like he was holding a sphere before launching a bright flash of light at night shift. âFighting dirty are we? I can do that tooâŚâ knight light said as his opponent was violently blinded. Night shift still had his guard up however, so when knight light swung his scimitar with enough strength to cleave a mountain in two it was not a lethal blow. His knuckle had a chip in it and a tear in one of his coveted gloves was made but overall no problematic damage was taken. An impressive display of a boxing champions instinct that shocked the crowd. âWOW! THIS SHIFTY GUY HAS SOME REAL SKILLSâ tri tip yelled to ambush over the cheering audience. âIndeed, however knight light isnt even attempting to win yetâŚâ ambush responded. âWHAT!? THIS IS LITERALLY A FIGHT TO THE DEATH WHAT COULD HE BE WAITING FOR??â tri tip replied in a perplexed manner. âHe knows that night shift is not just all statsâ. âWHAT?â. âSigh night shift has a trump card and knight light is trying to bait it outâ ambush explained. âAHHH SO HEâS USING HIS BRAIN TO FIGHT! I NEVER REALLY GOT USED TO THATâ tri tip said honestly. âThat is unfortunately excruciatingly evidentâŚâ. âYEAH WELL YOUR BIG FANCY WORDS HAVE NOTHING ON MY CLUB!â Tri tip yelled defensively. âYes im sure thats the case, now lets just focus on the matchâ ambush redirected. âFINE! BUT ONLY BECAUSE THAT ONES THROWING A HAYMAKER!!â. and sure enough if you were watching the fight in that very moment you would see a still blinded night shift throw a devestatingly powerful punch that made a perfect connection with the skull of his opponent. A large shockwave was created by the impact and the tiles of the arena crumbled but more importantly knight lights helmet shattered into a thousand pieces. The man who's face had not been seen ever since his duty of protecting the starlight began⌠Had eyes cast upon that very face for the first time since then. Underneath he was not a gruff viking or an ascended immortal, instead he was just a person, like everyone else. All of the legends that were told about him had clouded everyones view of such a figure. The revealing of his face made knight light feel more human, it grounded him for the first time in a while, like a burden had been lifted from his shoulders. So the act came off, the veil was lifted and he spoke⌠âyou shitty old manâŚâ. At the very sight of hearing such words from this man the crowd silenced themselves. âDo you really think anything you have done so far is impressive?â He continued âDo you really think someone like me could ever be compared to you?â âWell⌠i thought those things too, until that punch just nowâ knight light smiled a comforting smile âAll of my battles and feats placed me on a pedestal that i wasnt worthy of in my eyesâ âBut you have just brought me down into a sportâ âA place i can be myself and not the stoic hero everyone thinks i amâ âSo for that i thank youâ âYa done squirt?â Night shift grumbled obviously just regaining his eyesight. âI amâ knight light responded. âGood, because all of this character development is real nice nâ all but i want to know why, even after everything iâve thrown at youâŚâ âYouâre still in the same spot you started the match inâ The crowd remained silent but in response to night shifts statement the silence grew louder. No one had realised it but even after taking hits that easily broke his armour not once had knight lights feet ever left the ground, not once had he ever been knocked backwards, not once had he cried out in pain and whats more? Not once had he bled. âWell you see⌠my armour is moreso for theatrics, batman has his outfit, superman has his and so does wonder womanâ knight light answered. âAre you sassing me compadre?â Night shift snarled. âNot at all! It is strong armour no doubt but my armour is never what made me strong, no no you see my bones and muscles were enhanced by the starlight itself, after a millenia within its proximity, intern granting me enormous powerâ. âYou talk like your blood is gold and honestly that makes my blood boil but what you're telling me scares meâŚâ. âWhyâs that?â. âBecause if what you said was true that means⌠that swing you took at me whilst i was blind, was your absolute weakest possible attackâ. âAtleast it wasnât obviousâ knight light chuckled. The crowd began getting loud at the changing tides, this fight just went from fairly even to a massive mismatch. However an interesting development in knight lights demeanour was noticeable as it was no longer pompous and gallant but he was a lot more lax despite still displaying faint hints of those aforementioned traits. âSince a funeral is gonna have to happen soon its best we get back to the fightâ night shift yawned. âWe probably should but donât dig your own grave like that, its unbecoming of a championâ. âOh i wasnât talking about me pal⌠ive got no one to attend my funeralâ. âAh a lonely road youâve paved i take it?â. Night shifts eye twitched with irritation âletâs just box, im sick of hearing shakespearâ. âAs you wishâ knight light obliged and opened with a brutal yet glamorous attack. This attack wasnât even initiated by so little as a gesture. It simply started with light pouring out of knight lights body. This light was very water like and flowed gracefully before sharpening and becoming rigid. Once solid it wrapped around night shift before he had any hope of reacting to such an attack. It then pulled him towards knight light who began to charge up a special type of swing. One that follows through beyond all the way. This technique was one that had slain many elderitch horrors in the past and its name was âthe celestial vortexâ. Once night shift was stunned, helpless and in range knight light let loose⌠He swung his scimitar, but not just regularly, like i said, beyond all the way. The second half of the celestial vortex consists of a 1080 degree spin with the traptanium scimitar. This means the attack encompasses the full area around knight light and strikes three seperate times with powerful blows. And so that is exactly what happened to night shift⌠The first hit ripped through his ghastly body, the second shattered his mortal bones and the third killed him. Or so everyone thought because although his body laid lifeless on the ground moments after the incredible attack, a coffin manifested around it out of nowhere. This coffin had an ominous aura that swirled in demonic fury around it. But not long after appearing it burst open and a good as new night shift was there ready to settle the score. âSuprise, im immortalâ he said with an astonishing amount of hubris for a man who just got diced in three seperate ways. âSo thats it is it?â Knight light in the arena and ambush in the audience understood the event at the same time and prefaced this with the exact same words. âTHATS GOTTA BREAK SOME KIND OF RULE RIGHT!?â tri tip roared in signature sportsfan fashion. âWell surely an opponent that canât die has a supreme advantage in a battle to the death yes, however there may be ways around it we are currently unaware ofâ ambush tried to approach the situation with logic and reason. âNA THIS GUY IS GONNA WIN THE ENTIRE THING, THIS JUST GOT BORING IM OUTâ tri tip angrily hopped out of his seat and turned to leave the stadium. Instead he bumped into an individual almost as large as himself. It was king pen, still bandaged up a tad but overall he seemed in good health. âNow now tri tip, did the club not teach you patience?â King pen persuaded. âWHA- KING PEN YOUâRE BACK UP AND RUNNING ALREADY!?â Tri tip was startled by the sudden appearance of his leader, mentor and friend. âWhy yes i am, and im glad to say i did not miss too much of this spectacular matchâ. âBUT YOU SAID YOUâD BE READY BY THE END OF ROUND 4â. âOh silly tri tip, always being so dense, thats what i love about you, theres no bigger picture in your mind. Canât you see the round is already coming to a close?â His words sounded harsh but they were comforting and professional in a strange way. âI- IT IS?â. âJust watch, my friendâ king pen put a hand on the shoulder tri tip did not have his club over and guided him back into his seat then sat peacefully beside him. Night shift was still, his guard was raised and his eyes were focused. Knight light was obviously brain storming, desperately trying to find a way he could overcome immortality. But it wasnât possible⌠There isnât a way to kill an opponent that canât die⌠All he could do was smile softly. âThere may be nothing i can do to you vampire⌠however! I will put up my very best against you!â He said confidently. âId expect nothing lessâ night shift replied in agreement with his philosophy. And so knight light engaged with a heavy swing downwards onto night shift who swiftly teleported out of the way. Knight light spun around with another ferocious swing that again was dodged easily. The powerful shockwaves from these attacks tore apart the arena violently. Many more swings were performed and each successive one had more power than the last. After 12 or so more attacks night shift performed his final dodge. Not to say he got hit no, he simply began charging up a powerful punch in response to knight lights onslought. This was no ordinary punch however. The way he tensed his phantom muscles was very unique. He held the power that he would normally release into one of his jabs. This subsequently multiplied the force that the punch would exert. But the main problem was that he had to hold the punch for a while. A feat that wasnât easy with an actively attacking opponent. So when knight light began another swing, night shift tapped into a power that would majorly help him. This power allowed him to constantly teleport to every location simultaneously within a small area around knight light. This made him virtually unhittable. He called it âthe ghost gods ringâ. Knight light was completely perplexed by the sight of such an ability. His attacks halted and his brain was scattered in thought. But again everything has a downside and this technique drained night shifts stamina incredibly fast. At the very least he had to throw this powerful punch with enough energy to not make it a dud. However he only had this one chance to do it⌠It was an all or nothing approach but it was the only way he could ever hope to win. So he channelled both techniques for an entire minute. A minute is what he assumed to be the perfect amount of time but really he had no clue. A constant minute of being omnipresent in a specific section of the arena⌠A constant minute of having his very internal forces gestate and multiply within his muscles⌠This was an incredibly risky play to make, if he didnt end this with this attack he was absolutely done for. His body would be destroyed internally and he would be forced to die over and over again until he had regained enough energy to try it again. But now was the time to launch it⌠He methodically stopped his rapid teleportation behind knight light. Then he released all of the pent up force he had been holding in, into a full fledged super punch. The punch radiated power, it generated shockwaves just by existing. Reality warped and light bended around it. The size of the fist grew to a humongous size as if by the will of the universe. This attack was called âThe pinnacle of punchesâ and it ended 1% of night shifts matches back in the day. It came into contact with knight light before he even realised what was happening. Steam was being let off in every direction and the surrounding section of the arena was levelled completely with nothing built by mabu remaining. Knight lights last few pieces of armour turned to dust. All that survived was his boots and his pants. Night shift struggled to keep the punch thrown. His vision swayed and his energy dwindled but he kept holding out for the win. Well he did until⌠His fist exploded. The sheer pressure of the clash was too much for his hand to take. Everyone including both fighters were absolutely gobsmacked with this development in the fight. But what they were to see next would set the precedent⌠that this fight was unwinnable⌠Knight light appeared to have taken zero damage from that attack. And whats worse was the fact that his feet were still in the exact same spot they had been in the entire fight. The first person to realise the match was a lost cause was none other than night shift himself. âSo thats it huhâŚâ he said in a hushed tone âYou are one hell of a guyâ âYou took the best i hadâŚâ âAnd youâre not just still standingâŚâ âYou didnât even budge, you didnât even bruiseâ âThe only one who got hurt by that hit was meâ âAnd honestly iâd be pissed if it didnâtâŚâ âThat was the strongest punch i have ever thrown and im proud of itâ âBut more importantly im concerned about this match nowâŚâ âNeither of us can kill the other, i canât put a dent on ya and you canât put me down for goodâ âSo whatâre we gonâ do?â He finished âWhile i appreciate your praise and your power i actually did think of a way to kill youâ knight light confessed. If everyone wasnât already silent from shock they were now. âYou did?â Night shift asked intrigued. âYeah but before i show you i just wanted to say a few thingsâ âIâve never had such an intense fightâ âIts been a real rollercoaster and to be quite honest at the beginning i thought you were just a grumpy old fartâ âBut you exceeded every expectation i had of youâ âAnd just for you im gonna try to talk normally from now onâ he finished the sentence with one last comforting smile âHehe⌠iâd say your doing a great job, i understood every word you said just fineâ night shift chuckled. The whole crowd was dying to know what knight light had in store for them. No one could believe a way to kill the unkillable existed. But little did they know⌠Knight light was about to invent one⌠âAlright!â He yelled to gather everyones attention âObserve! For you wonât see a more impressive attack as long as you venture within this realm!â He said raising his arms, one holding his scimitar âSo much for talking normallyâŚâ night shift mumbled. All of the spectators viewed intently only to see⌠Knight light doing the unthinkable before doing the even more unthinkable. He stepped forward⌠For the first time in this match he had moved out of his starting position. A thing that would be commonplace in any other fight had become suprising to see in this one. But he didnât step forward for no reason no, he took a stance with his scimitar over his head in the air. He was slightly crouched and he held his free hand outwards like he was stopping someone. His wings outstretched themselves as if ready to take flight. Now that all of the preparation was done he inhaled slowly then exhaled even slower⌠Suddenly a pool of light formed around his feet and expanded to encompass a large area around him. Then his body began to glow with a radiant light, like that of the sun. The very same light encircled his sword and began to wrap around it like a web that flexed and vibrated in a helix pattern. âYour fighting style reminded me of somethingâŚâ he began âThe way you made yourself seem numerous and the fact that every punch you threw was stunningly beautifulâ âIt just brought stars to my mindâ âAnd what was around before the stars?â âNothingâ âSo thats exactly what this attack will doâ âNot nothing, but it will completely erase anything in its path, wiping anything from the face of realityâ The crowd loudly discussed this revelation. Ofcourse it was so simple yet no one else had ever thought of it. The crowd seemed to understand the weight of these statements. But one question was asked numerous times within their discussions. Could an attack really remove something from the world for good? Well⌠Knight light would be about to answer that question⌠For when he swings his blade⌠The truth will be evident. âIn a way this attack will be named after youâŚâ knight light was still talking as the attack was charging âYou inspired itâŚâ the light danced around him in the air and shimmered on his body âAnd Im going to name it after the inspirationâ his scimitar was glowing with a very volatile and unstable light that shifted tones so much no one could determine its colour âIt must be an honour having to be killed this wayâŚâ his muscles tensed in response to the light moving on his body as if they were soaking it in like a plant âLikewise its an honour having to kill you this wayâŚâ the very air in the stadium began to sparkle like glitter âThatâs why im calling this ability, the highest possible grade of attack that can ever be reached, âthe brightest constellationâ as soon as he finished those words knight light jumped into the air âI couldnât have had a better opponent in this here match today⌠thank youâ night shift heroically stood proud ready to embrace death as he said his final words. The jump knight light performed broke the sound barrier and created a sonic boom that sent people in the stadium flying off of their seats. The liquid light that covered the floor of the arena attempted to follow him up into the sky, this created a bunch of pillars that were formed out of this light. Once knight light reached the apex of his jump he began hovering in place with his wings. âI thank you tooâŚâ he muttered knowing that only he could hear anything he had to say. Then he readied his scimitar and began a skydive back down to the arena. Light encompassed his body like a cacoon. It swirled enchantingly around him. On the otherhand the light on his blade began to erupt with an unsettling degree of colour. Before he knew it he was nearing the ground. In preparation he held his sword in the swinging position. Then when he was within the boundaries of the stadium again he swung his blade horizontally towards night shift with the momentum of his skydive included. All of the light within his blade, surrounding him and on the floor of the arena shot at night shift. He landed shortly after. Before reaching night shift the light transformed into stars that were linked together by lines, they resembled constellations incredibly well. But they didnât last long because shortly after coming into creation they detonated and discharged a beyond blinding amount of light. Everyone in the audience could not see as a result of this. The attack was the mother of all flashbangs and everyone going wild in the stands proved it. The fact that they could not see meant they could not know what happened to night shift. And that was the main focus right in this moment. Everyone NEEDED to know what had happened. But no one would get an answer until the first few viewers regained their eyesight. After 19 excruciatingly long and chaotic minutes the very first people able to see again witnessed the state the arena was in. The entire third of the arena night shift was stood in⌠Had been decimated⌠It looked as though it had been carved right down to nothing, it boasted a weirdly smooth and eerie shape. Almost like within a radius of that attack, things had indeed been set to zero. But no one knew how. No one except knight light. Who was smiling with a tear in his eye. he grimly said with a catch in his throat âiâll come to your funeral night shiftâŚâ. THE WINNER OF THIS BOUT IS KNIGHT LIGHT, THE EXALTED SERAPH! |