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[wiegenlied]

Okay I did this, but I'm not quite sure. I thought about it for a long time and it was like that... What do you think?

[weirdmarioenemies]

Game: Wario’s Woods (NES version)

It’s a Wario’s Woods masterpost! If you ask me, this is an extremely underappreciated game, for its fun gameplay, unlikely cast of characters, and overall weirdness. You play as Toad, and maneuver around a block-falling puzzle game screen. Instead of blocks, though, this game has colorful bombs and wonderful little monsters! Toad can walk, climb, pick things up, put things down, and even kick to slide things across the stage. These monsters are sent by none other than Wario, who is trying to take over the woods for some reason. Toad is helped by Birdo, of all characters, as well as a fairy named Wanda. So as you can tell, this is a fairly odd game.

The monsters don’t really do enough to warrant their own individual posts, but that won’t stop me from reviewing them all here under the cut!

Name: Fuzz

Fuzz is the most common enemy. Weirdly, it doesn’t look all that fuzzy, does it? It looks like all its hair swoops down smoothly over its mouth, but I guess “smooth” isn’t a great name for a creature. I love its incredibly weird mouth.

Name: Squeak

Squeaks are also very common. The wiki calls them sheep creatures, but I don’t think I see it. Are they even mammalian? Anyway, they look adorably concerned.

Name: Beaker

Beaker is the rarest enemy! They can only be defeated by diagonal bombs, making them harder to defeat than the common enemies. I have no idea why it’s called Beaker. Does it have a beak? It looks like it just has a hairless face and no mouth. Or maybe it likes chemistry. Nerd! If it wasn’t the size of Toad, it would probably be actually kind of scary with its lack of mouth and hulking stature.

Name: Scram

Get a load of this thing! Scram is some kind of little mammal-looking thing that wears a dress! It looks like it’s frantically pacing in place with its dress up in panic like it’s scared of a bug on the ground. Maybe it’s telling the bug to scram! This is another one that can only be defeated diagonally. And look at its ketchup and mustard color scheme! Oh yeah, and the Japanese name roughly translates to “Bartholomew”.

Name: Dovo

This thing is weird! The wiki describes it as “crab-like”, but it seems a lot more like a solid ghost with big grabby scoop arms to me. They’re one of the hardest enemies, requiring two bombs to defeat, and you only have a limited time after the first bomb to defeat them, and if you’re too slow, they’ll require two bombs again!

Name: Spook

Hey, what’s the deal with this mushroom being called Spook when we just had a ghosty thing? Oh well. Spook is so happy! That makes it all okay. Unless it’s laughing at you because it, like Dovo, requires two bombs. Delightfully devilish, Spook!

Name: Spud

I saved my favorite for last! Spud is actually also one of the most common enemies, with no special strategy to defeat. It’s a root vegetable of some sort with a face, and is named after potatoes. That’s really it. But quality over quantity! Spud delivers in spades.

So that’s it for Wario’s Woods! There are actually some bosses in the NES version too, but they’re so... designed. They’re pretty much all some kind of established monster, lacking the beautiful ambiguity of the little buddies. 

The opponents Toad faces off against in the SNES version, on the other hand...

[realclassica]

Dvořák’s last years

I'm finish with Wagner ... psychologically ... I can't stand his massive ego at the moment. That’s why I looked what Dvořák’s last words were ... you know that I like to tell about this things ...

In march 1902 Dvořák started to work on his last Opera “Armida”, a lovestory about the damascene princess Armida, the crusader Rinaldo and the Syrian wizard Ismen from the Torquao Tasso's epic “liberated Jerusalem”. Only slowly did it progress; “Finished in Vysoká an 30.June after the fair at big heat” is written at the end of the first act.

On the 22. of august 1903 he finished the score. But since the beginning of the rehearse there was only misfortune: No one was enthusiastic, Dvořák was not able to stay till the end of the premiere, because of illness. The Opera was a big failure not only because of the topic rather than it’s similarity to Wagners works. In terms of this failure Dvořák never wanted to write a Opera again.

“He suffered from Uremia and progressive Atherosclerosis, Diseases whose true nature were kept from him.” (A. Robertson) Heart complications occured: “At the beginning of 1904, we were sitting in the Imperial, as Dvořák came. He looked  gloomy and complained about side stitches ...”

His emotional state were unstable. He get angry very fast and insulted his surroundings. He was not able to attend the first Czech Music Festival, that were held in 1904 in Prague, because he had the flu since a long time. On the 1. of mai he felt better; The doctore let him get up for lunch, his wife and son Otakar helped him getting dressed. He walked through his room and sat in his armchair, where he was eating a Plate of soup.

But then he suddenly said: “My head is spinning, I would rather lay down.”; That were his last words. After this he turned pale, than bloodred; he droped back in his chair and lost consciousness. He died from a stroke.

[Uremia is the condition of having "urea in the blood". Urea is one of the primary components of urine. It can be defined as an excess of amino acid and protein metabolism end products, such as urea and creatinine, in the blood that would be normally excreted in the urine. The Uremic Syndrome can be defined as the terminal clinical manifestation of kidney failure.]

[Atherosclerosis is a disease in which the inside of an artery narrows due to the build up of plaque. Initially, there are generally no symptoms. When severe, it can result in coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney problems depending on the arteries which are affected. Symptoms, if they occur, generally do not begin until middle age.]

[Stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. They result in part of the brain not functioning properly. Signs and symptoms of a stroke may include an inability to move or feel on one side of the body, problems understanding or speaking, feeling like the world is spinning, or loss of vision to one side. Signs and symptoms often appear soon after the stroke has occurred. If symptoms last less than one or two hours it is known as a mini-stroke. The symptoms of a stroke can be permanent. The main risk factor for stroke is high blood pressure. An ischemic stroke is typically caused by blockage of a blood vessel, though there are also less common causes.]

I’m not a doctor, that’s why I mostly ask wikipedia in english to help me with the whole thing. I hope it’s not too much if I inform you about the diseases like this?^^

I dont know much about Dvořák, yet. But I needed a break from Wagner. I was interessted in Dvořák last words, I will show you Wagners last words later. Dvořák was never ill in his life, but at the end everything came together ... it’s sad ... but he was with his family and I think that he liked it. I’m very hyped now to learn more about him, that I try to finish Wagner as fast as I can! Promise~

What do you think?

[plasticsoulder]

Relatable

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[shiraru]

yeah sorry i dont know how to draw hashie but uhhh ot3? ot3. (hashie/chopin/padkun still has a speacial place in my heart)

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[590co]

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